Sin Jrattcistff ^bktfeemcnts.! ^ait Jfrantbto ^bbcrti^cmfnfs.
C Alt D.
To Parties Claiming Payment from
the TJnlteil State, for loss and destrnetleii of
Property during the War wilh Mexico.
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims prosecuted by the undersigned before the Court of
Claims at Washington, can receive all the necessary information ou the subject, and have their
Claims promptly prosecuted ou application to 0.
MOHGAN, Los Angeles.
aug 2 J. D. STEVENSON, San Francisco
TO FARMERS.
T 0_3 -_kO OO.
PARTIES HAVING   CALIFORNIA GROWN
TOBACCO, of last year's crop, will  find  a
parcliaaer, hy addressing a line lo
ADOLrn SUTRO,
aepl2       116 Montgomery street, San Francisco.
RAILROAD HOUSE
JAMES THOMPSON, Proprietor,
Formerly of Haley & Thompson,
ENTICAKCB,
48 Commercial and, 87 Clay streets,
Between Front and Battery,
SAN FR/IAX'ISCO.
RESTAURANT—First Floor.
LADIES ORDINARY—Second Story.
THIS House has undergone a thorough renovating and cleansing, with new furniture, beds
and Bedding. It is intended by the Proprietor to
have this Ilouse second to none in this city. Great
care has been taken to select the best of servants,
and no expense will be spared to make the weary
traveler comfortable at the Rail Road House.*
Capt. JOHN PAYNE, formerly master of the
«tearner Mountaiueer, on the Delaware river, and
late of the steamer New Jereey, on th. North
River, New York, will be my Assistant in the
management of the Hotel.
There has also been litteil up magnificent Bath
Booms and Hair Dressing Room attached to the
Hotel, which, for cleanliness, &c, will not"be surpassed by any of this city. Also, a Billiard, room
and Pool Table.
The Bar is stocked with the finest choice of
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
A fine Lunch served every day at 11 o'clock
aulo 3 JAMES THOMPSON, Proprietor.
PAPER   HANGINGS
Just Received, per late Arrivals,
FRANK "BAKER,
110 and 112 Clay street, San Francisco
6000 rolls French and American Borders ;
300 pieces Tapestry Velvet Carpet;
625 pieces Tapestry Brussels carpet;
230 pieces three-ply carpet;
300 pieces superfine ingrain carpet;]
■350 pieces extra fine Ingrain carpets ;
_00 pieces cotton and wool carpets -r
125 pieces stair carpets, assorted ;
■275 pieces Bay State druggets;
800 pieces oil cloth, assorted ;
126 pieces silk damask and brocatello ;
300 pieces cotton and worsted damask ;
4000 pair window shades;
f 375 pair luce curtains;
760 pair muslin curtains ;
8000 cornices and curtains;
325 dozen mats, assorted.
Stair Rods, Table Covers, Gimps, Fringes, ic.
Wholegnlc  and Ke(n!l,b}-
FRANK BAKER,
110   and  11 iCln.v street.
Order, from the country filled with care and di:
patch. sepl„ 8m
Dow, Childs, & Co.,
WHOLESALE   GliOCKKS,
No. 90 Front Street, San Francisco.
J. G. Dow,    0. W. ClHLDS,    J. A. Butters.
Established in 1849.
(f^z^^^^^cw solum merchants
to ub by every steamer, tbe most splendid stock ol
WATCHES AXD JEWELRY
ever imported into this State. Our Watches can
not be surpassed for substantiality and time-keep
ing. Our Jewelry is selected with the greatest
care, and none but the most tasteful goods made
of the finest gold are allowed to leave our estab
liahment.
^?xa.£fcx-t___; Jewelry
We manufacture on the premises.    We are the
Inventors of the art, and keep ahead of ail coi
petition.
WATCH I_Ii_PAITUNG
is done by the best workmen, under our own i
spection, and warranted  for  one  year.    Watches
for repair sent to us by Express are attended to
promptly.
BARRETT & SHERWOOD,
13;3 Montgomery sjroel,
between Clay and Commercial streets,
jy26 tf SAN FRANCISCO
FMPflRinM OF THE PACHIC
O, W. GEILDS,
£_ATK  OF  LOS  ANGKLKS,]
HA\ 1XG formed a business connection iu San
Francisco, ns above, nnd desirous of securing
the trade of his old friends in the South, will spare
no effort to pro.ecute a business with the Southern
Coast, satisfactory to bis'patrons.
Possessing an intimate and thorough  knowle
of the trade, he can guarantee more favorable i'n-
ihuviueiits than offer©, by any other firm.
All orders for merchandise will meet with strict
attention.
Consignments of Produce solicited, and satisfactory returns guaranteed.
.    Los Angeles, July 1st, 1857.
ROBERT  JOSEPHI,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds,
Gold Pens, Clarke, W'nteli Materials,
Tools, bUngies, SiC, Sic.
171   VV it 8 ii i ii g* t o ii  street,
Between Montgomery and Kearny, (up stairs.)
SAW   FRANCISCO.
I HAVE just received direGt from the manufacturers a large assortment of goods, of the latest
styles and patterns, iu tbe above line.
%S~\ hare constantly on hand and am in regular receipt of full and complete assortments of
goods adapted to the California trade. To ihe
trade and dealers in the interior. I would say.
your orders will receive prompt and careful atten
tiou.    Please give me a call.
ROBERT JOSEPHI.
__^-N.B.~No business connection with  J. S
Josephi. sep26 _m
N. REYNOLDS   & CO.,
Produce and General Commission
MEECHANTS,
Nos. 79 and 81 Davis street.
Between Clay and Washington streets,
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.
Personal attention given to the sale of—-
Uinr,   GlHlH,
Potato*-*, Onions,
Fruit.
Butter, Eggs,
Cured Meats,
Wool,  Hides,
And all staple products of the country.
Will fill orders for goods when accompanied bv
cash or equivalent:, in way of consignments.
Have constantly on hand  new and second hand
Grain and Gunny Bags, which we offer  by the. bale
bundle, in lots to suit.
_ First class storage furnished when required, and
liberal advances made on consignments in store.
Having good experience and locality, we trust, by
strict attention, to give that satisfaction which is
pleasant to both ourselves and our consignors.
NlCH. Reynolds. L. V. H. Howell.
San Francisco, Sept. 26, 1857.
DICKINSON TYPE FOUNDRY.
PHELPS & DALTON,
BOSTON.
L. P. ISHER, Agent, San Francisco.
Orders solicited for Type,  Lcnrtf, Rule, Sic.
E.  P.   FISHER'S
ADVERTISING  AGENCY,
SAN   FRANCISCO,
No  H7>_ WashiDf-ton  street,   up Htairs.   nearly opposite
M-i-uiro-ri Uj.ei-. I'louso.
L.  P. _ISIIEK is the authorised A^tnt of tbe
HarygviJJe Herald,
Sacramento Union,
Sau Joaquin Republican, Stockton,
Pacific Methodist, Stockton,
Sonora Herald,
Nevada Journal,
Grass Valley Telegraph,
Red Bluff Beacon,
Columbia Gazette,
Tuolumne Courier, Columbia.
Mountain Democrat. Pliicurville,
Empire Count; _>rgu_, rineerville.
C:U:iveiMs i'lumimlr, Mukelumiie J l-i\I-
Shasta Courier,
Mariposa Gazette,
Yreka Weekly Union,
Trinity Journal, Weaver vi lie, ■
Iowa Hill News/
Weekly Ledger, Jackson,
San Jose Telegraph,
Sonoma Comity Journal,
FoUom Di.spalch,
California Mining Journal,
Los Angeles Star,
Simla lJarbin-ii (-in/otto,
n Die
> liei-iLid,
Alameda County Gazette,
Placer Courier, Yankee Jim's,.
.fapa County Reporter,
Sierra Democrat, Downieville,
Humboldt Time*,
Humboldt Union,
OreRoniaii. Portland, O.T.
Oregon Weekly Times. Portland, 0. t.
Oregon Statesman. Salem. 0. T.
Pacilic Ch. Advocate. Salem, O. T.
Jacksonville Herald, Jacksonville,  0. T.
Pioneer a ml Democrat, Olvmpia, 0. T.
Washington Republican. Steilacoom, W. _.
Polynesian. Honolulu. 8. I.
Pacific Commercial Advertiser. S. I.
Mexican Extraordinary, City of Mexico,
Hongkong Register.
Advertising In  the Atlantic States.
L.  P.  >'.  has now completed his arrangements for thi
forwarding of advertisements to all the  pi-ineipallarg-es-
circulating  journals  and  newspapers  published
Atlantic States. .   .
the
L. SCOTT & CO'S
KEPltlNT OF THE
Britih    Periodicals
AN!) I_
f_IIftlSi^   ®g*I5fl.
GREAT REDUCTION IM   THE  PRICE
OV THE LATTER  VUI-U.l CATION.
L. SCOTT k CO., NEW YORK, continue to publish tlie following leading British Periodicals, viz.:
i.
The London Quarterly, Conservative.
The Edinburgh Review, Whig-
The North British Review, Free Church.
The Westminster Review, liberal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Tory"
ThesePenodicalsably represent the three  great politl
J.M.Strobridge&Co
Corner of Saiisoiiie and Coiiinier-
eial streets.
SAN FRAA'CISCO,
WOULD call tlie attention of the public of South
ern California to the largest and most complete
assortment of
Clothing and Gentlcmcn'sWearing
Apparel,
ever offered in tins state, consisting, in part of
Fine black, brown, and blue frock coats ;
Blue dress coats; black, brown, grey, blue,and mix
ed business suits;
Summer raglans and sacks of every description, par
ticularly adapted to warm climates ;
Fine black and blue doeskin and fancy cassimere pants
Double,   single-breasted,   velvet,    niarseilles,   silk,
cashmere tte and cassimere vests; 'also,
A large assortment of navy flannel and alpacasuits.
Also, a large assortment of
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,
Consisting of white and fancy cotton and linen shirts
of the latest styles;
Heavy and fine silk, cashmere, merino, shaker flannel
and canton flannel under shirts and drawers;.
Silk, merino, linen and cotton half-hose;
Cravats, scarfs, and  neck-ties of every description
Kid, silk, cashmere and linen gloves ;
Suspenders; silk and linen handkerchiefs;
Fine black,  brown,   Panama,  Peruvian,  Leghorn,
beaver, and silk hats ;
Army, navy, velvet, cloth and cassimere eaps ;
Also, about Twenty Thousand Dollars worth
of niarseilles and linen'S UMMER CL O THLYG
just opened.
A/so, solo leather trunks, valises, and carpet bag*
of every description ;
And, in fact, everything pertaining to a gentleman's wardrobe constantly on hand.
We flatter ourselves, with seven years' experience
and with tho largest assortment on   the coast, that
we can please all in quality, price and style.    Every
article we sell we guarantee to give satisfaction,
we manufacture our own goods.
Pl.ns. Give us a. Call.
All  Orders promptly filled, and  forwarded by
the return  Steamer.
FRANK D. G1I_1$EIIT, witli
J. M. STROBRIDGE & Co.
ro THE  FAllMER
AND
Dealer InAgricuItural Implements
3PX_i_8T«^3_.S_l_r.   _Efc_E2._<_CD !
utactunng A-iicultural implei
noonce that 1 am mm properly ___„
si_#_S. I employ none but the be=t t
e i mechanics, and work no material
this way I hope to promote the Into
obanio; the interest of the farmer ;
youu_ and Rowing Agricultural Stat
time that iulerest which is f_remo>t
self.   I have had twenty j
I'sif-.hn-i rir/   hn.lti.M  .    T   L--'l
Mth faciliticsnot
l this Slate for man
thr«
nr<
en:- reader of every class they
.satisfactory vecord of the day,
i can be possibly obtained from
I I
■i.\H
WHOLES A T_ E
PRY   GOODS.
TAAFFE, IFCAHJLL & CO.,
Front Street, cornet Baevamento,
IMPORTERS  AND JOUBRS
OF
STAPLE   AND  FANCY
X>__E*Y    G-OO_0S-5,
C3Xotl__.in.sr, cfcc,
HAVE NOW OS HAND AND ARE (JON-
itantly receiving by every clipper ship from the
Eait, and by every steamer via the Isthmus, a complete and extensive assortment
ALL GOODS IN THEIR LINE,
SELECTED
Xxprensly for this market by one of the Firm, which
will be sold at th© lowest market prices, and to which
tfte attention of city and country buyers is invited.
Tfcrtieular attention recalled to-t'lieirseiect stock ol
SPRING AND FALL GOODS,
COMPRISING
The latest Styles and Designs.
A large assortment of
Alexandre's Celebrated KID GLOVES,
Always on .hand, together with a
l>«rg* Variety of Buck Gloves, Gauntlet*, «c.
ALSO, A VERY
FULL STOCK   OF   HOSIERY,
COMPRISING
T.VERY ARTICLE in Ms DEPARTMENT
DA VIES £ JOXES' CELEBRATED
PATEN T_S H I R T S.
Cotton Ducks, Bios. OOOO to 10,
Kaven's-Ducks,
Drills, Sheetings, *c. *c.
Also, a large stock of
SPRING and FALL CLOTHING
twubie for the Mining and Agricultural districts
together with every article to be found in the Dry
Goods line, J
ORDERS
PILLED WITH CAUE AND DESPATCH.
TAAFFE, McCAHILL & CO.
a-ufilS 3 Frost street, cor.er Saertmento.
I leel oo.fldsut that I
tere-t of the agricolti
efforts I trust Isballi
lid imidi: tho I'lMST HT1„;L I'l.UlV iu i_o stMt-oi Wi^oon-
iii, in the dawn ol' Ik-i- d;iv of y;-;-n: anviu_Ituv;:i hiii:nne-
nent.    I also made the
nan reaping and bowins machine,.
ir.d :'.,'■ in-sL ^:,:,,1 Plow ever mail, in this State, .There-
ore, with my expenencu, am! a knowledge of the'wants
are different from to out others,)
^an and will do much for the in
rials of the country ; and in my
eet with » good chare ot patron
.. _nd all intetested in this mntter,
n the interest and development of the agricultural
ovement of onr State. I d?.-.i_n . and hare unutr v.-a v
i lie uiauufactiiiiug of
:&00 CAST STKEL CALIFORNIA nKF.P TILLER OR QUEEN
OP WEST PLOWS.
Lie moul ]•;<,::.,■<<.. Ihe budgie, and share, are mannfac-
lure., ot east steel, iiinking the plow run mud; li.l,-,.
than any plow ever used in  tin's country.    Also,
GANG ViAIWS,   CULTIVATORS.   HARROWS, FANN
MILLS, kc. &c.
In  addition to what 1  manufacture. I shall constantly
ne   reeeivi!.-  u.,],leinerits from  the  best   makers  of  the
Eastern and Western States, amongst which .ire
500 CINCINNATI EAGLE STEEL AND ROVER
PLOWS,
A shipment of which  has just arrived
plows standi-   point of true  merit   and  wrth
" ''.flier than any others iu the great agrici
These'
ot OUfe.
tself. al
ady pi
h a call, aud see for yourself, and he
am publishing no numb lit', but simp] v
and that our young State can. within
(Tide the  farmer, with implements infe
title 1 manufacture will have all the latest ii
ivi i-L.ji-in.s, an.l hn itniHliBi! in a workmanlike manner
Ail binds of ajrrtcultnra] implemeuti and machines i
.aired un short notice, and in the hfest manner and
e.souable terms.
TIIOS. OQfl SHAW.
..u ."-.ici-a men to street, near Davis   San Krancisi
^g-lahop corner Davis and Sacramento streets.
FOR SAI.E,
10 Keijstone Wine ami Cider Mills,
Suitable for manufacturing Wine and Cider, by
83 £
0. SHAW.
itreet, near Davie
AN FRANCISCO.
lento
XO_? o:_Uxy- Street,
OFFER FOR SALE
A full n.i.compkte assortment of ilc»lrable
r>D*R,V'GS A^D  MEDICEVES.
it. & UU. respectfully solicit orders irom the
country.and will guarantee satisfaction, in every
particular, to __*se who favor them with their cup-
tum- no.8a
CATTLE  BONES WANTED
\*piO soUd CATTLE BONES,  on delivery in
I sau Franc: sco. J
BOND & HALE,
\     a     T.        .        „  &9 autl bl Sauiioaie street.
j    Swili»nei_c., Sept. 15, 1857. 20 col
EAKI.Y COPIES.
TriOreceiu; of Ad-vmitt SHeet* rromxhe British pub-
lishers .^ive.-. fi'.'.iiiti 0:1111 value lo I liese ll-'.-nrhit "., in asm ueh
as they cad now be placed in the hands of subscribers
about as soon as the original editions.
TERMS. ■ Perann.
Foranv one of the four Reviews - - $3 (10
For anv two of the four Reviews - - 0 00
Kor any three of the foni- Reviews -- ' 7 00
Forall I'ourof theliCTiewa - - - 8 00
For Blackwood's MagaaOO - . - 3 00
For Blackwood  and three Ticviews        - - 9 00
For Blackwood and the four Reviews    - - 10 00
Payments to be made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued, will be
received at par.
C L:U'B BI.NQ,
A discount of twenty-five per ceiit, from the above
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more
copies of any onu or more of the above works. Thus :
Four copies of Blackwood, or ol one Review, will be sent
to one address for SB ; foui coples'-of the four Reviews
and Blackwood for S.O ; aud so on;,
POSTAGE.
In all the principal Cities and Towns, tliese works will
be delivered, Frkeov Postage. Wken sent by mail, the
1'ostage to any part o-f the United States will be but
Twe.vty-I'OUR _E.vr.-i a year for Bhiekwood, and fc-at FOURTEEN Ck.vts a year for each of the Reviews.
A.J?.— The price in Great Britain of the five
Periodicals above namtd, is about §31 per annum
wmm wMMmmmm mmmm
TO SCIENTIFIC AN'D PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.
By Hem-v Stephens, F. R. S.. of Edinburgh, and the I'ate
J. P. Norton, Pi-ofessor of ^.-i-.-i'i-:-  \. ric'iil'tiire in Yale
College. New Haven.    2 vols. Royal Octavo.    lOCOpayes.
and numerous Wood and Stfiel Engravings.
This is. confessedly, the most complete work on Agriculture liver published, and in order to give it a wider circulation the publishers have resolved to  reduce the price to
Five   Dollars for  tl>« Two Volftmest!
When sent  by mail (post-paid) to  California  and Ore
gon   the price  will  be $7.     To every   other part of th*
Union and to Canada   (post-paid), $6".     Sg~ This work is
sot the. oitl " Booh of the Farm.''
Remittances for any of the above  oublicatiousshould
always be addressed, post paid, to the publishers,
LEONARD SCOTT k CO..
N-o. 54Gold Street. New York
Southern Dispatch Line
SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
THIS LINE is composed of the lavorite clipper
schooners
LAURA BEVAN, Captain F. Morton ;
JULIUS PRINGLE. J. S.Garcia;
S. D. BAILEY, N. Hiller ;
ARNO, Wm. Hughes.
Which will run regular hereafter as above, taking freight and passengers on the most favorable
terms, to which every care and attention will be
paid.
Arrangements are in progress by which a regular Weekly line ol' Schooners will be established,
sailing from San Francisco, without fail, every
Saturday.
For further particulars apply to any of the principal merchants at Los Angeles, San Pedro, oi
Santa Barbara. N.PIERCE,
Proprietor of the Lino, at San Francisco.
Office—Corner of Market and East streets, lower
builddng, (up stairs,) where goods will be receipted for and forwarded free of storage and drayage
auglG
Sewing Me chines_
THE undersigned, Agents for  Messrs. Emery
Houghton & Co. iu this State and Oregon, are
offering superior Machines, af follows :
BagtfiM. Manufacturing; Machines
Family Machines, several sizes;-
And last but not least, the
% 3 O    ___ A C H IIV E .
A fine assortment in store, which we shall take
pleasure  in  showing  to any who  may favor  us
with a call.
Ncedlc3, Thread and Silk constantly on hand.
JONES & STEPHENS.
104 Ciay street, between Sansome and Battery,
Sau Francisco.
N. B.—Mr. Grevcy may be found as above.
jyll3m
JONAS G. CLARK k CO'S
FURNITURE
-W-__H.__!_?LC3>01_-S,
138 Waahlnfrton street, San Francisco ;   mid 40
ana 51 fTburt.l- street, Itetwccn J amlK
streets,  S;icruiii_rito,
Importers, Manufacturers,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
In every description of
3?* XT it KT X TTTT 3R. !____
AND
lilllli,
Have now In Store tlie largest
oc-Kiii.fi most complete assort-
iff    rich   and    beautiful
FURNITURE,
over offered in this State, consisting in part of—
FINE     ROSE WOOD,     WALNUT    AAD
Mahogany Parlor and Chamber sets-.
SOFAS.    OTTOMANS.   LOUArGES AA"D
Easy Chairs;  Bureaus, What-Nota, Mirrors of all
OFFICE AND KITCHEN FURA'ITURE.
in grent variety.
?£&- We are now manufacturing from onr Native
Woods, also from Walnut and Rosewood, most of
finest Furniture, and can produce an article superior for strength, durability and hearty, to anything
imported from the East.
have constantly on hand", s..id- are in regular receipt of full and complete invoices of Goods,
adapted to the Interior and Coast trade.
fljp-To Wholesale Dealers we would sny, your
orders will receive, a3 formerly, our careful and
prompt attention.
JONAS  G. CLARK & CO.
_N"0 TIOE
To Southern Merchants
The Subscriber offers h is services for the purchase of
HAYING had many years' experience in this
particular branch ol business, he feels confident that he can give entire satisfaction to al!
who favor him with their orrl.rs. which may be
addressed to him direct, or through R. EMERSON
Esq., of Los Angeles, to whom especial reference
ia made.
J. ROWLAND BILL.
San Francisco, Oct. 1st, 1857. 0c2_
LOS ANGELES STAR
loll knitting (EsfuMisjpfiif.
BPBING STREET, b6jq
TUeprepnetoi of  the L'
fblly inform  his   friends
j ust ruceivjtrt a large and va
al,  and ia now prepared Lo execute
PLAIN AND FANCY
ing the U. S. Land Office.
Angele/iStar, would i-eapect-
d   the  public,  that   he hm
erlas.sortn-.ent of new inateri
3*0__3  3PXH3Sr__?X_Krc_V,
SHERIFF'S  SALE.
UNDER, AND BY VIRTUE of an ordefof sale
issued out o( the District Court, of the 1st Judicial District, State of California, for Los Angeles county, duly attested/ the 27th day of November, A. D. 1857. iu ihe suit of William T. B. San-
ford vs. Edgar Purdy, and to me directed and delivered, I Lave levied upon and will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at the
door o( the Court House, in the city of Los Angeles, on
WEDAESDAY,the 2M day of December, A
D. 1857, at  10 o'clock A. M.,
the following duscribori property, to wit:
All the right, title and interest ot the defendant
Edgar Purdy, in and to the following d»-criliel
lands, lying and being situaie in the county of
Los Angeles, in tbe Township of San Gabriel
about two miles northerly from the Mission of -an
Gabriel, and adjoining the rancho of Manuel Gar-
has, being the same lands bought bv the defendant at Sheriff's sale, on the 25th day of July
1853. on execution agaiust the property of Juan
Gallardo, and subject lo redemption according to
law. Said land being known by the name of San
Pasnual, and previous to said Sheriffs sale occupied by the said Gallardo. Together with all the
tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging.
Given under my hand, in the citv of Los Angeles, tlie 27 th day of November. A. D. 1857
W. C- GETMAN, HberifT
Per    W. H.   PETERSON, U   S
Los Angeles, November 28, 1857.
Post Offices   anil Post Masters In C_.l|f„- 7"
Atfua Frio.... Mariposa county u P Whit
Alamo jCoatlf '"-'
Ant:	
Alvanulo,,. j ..Alam
Alameda      do
Angels...., :Calaver
Auburn Placer
....A M Church
...A J Barber
....I 0 Scribhfcr
lt Gordon
__pb.fl Nevada A J Alston
American. Ranch Shasta.'. TA Fro_i___
Alviso......San1a Clara A Hathb.nt
Ashland Butte ..Elijah .t,(,tt
Aqueduct City Amador MSftrtiri
Belmont Ban Francisco S J Fllut
Uvush Crertu Butte D G Martin
llidwell'«Bar..   ...do V TV Worst rum
Benicia Solano T T Hooper
™ M Jam is
Bottle Hill Kl Dorado
Big Bar Trinity	
Bis; Mak Flat Tuolumi
Bond v ille Mar i posa..
Budcsa Sciioma	
]H on lii field      do     	
Brick Sacramento...
Buckner      do 	
B'.icksjiurt; Humboldt.
Buckeye Yolo
Cache Creek do.
Charley's Ranch...
Chicc
Cherokee	
Ciimoo Seco...
Camplonville.
Chinese Camp
Columbia	
Curtsville	
Clinton...... Nevada...
Coon Creek Placer
Colusa Colusa.
..WmCoddiueton
ie J W Butler
 S.Upli-flBofifl..
..J M Miller
....H  Lanib
....DLLafken
....James Buckner
-■ W Roberta
 J M Chorlca
*   .. A McDonald
Butte L lotto*
_°      JOTm Bidwell
......TM Daniel
-...T MPawiing-
■ ■S J Bo"vUy
 M R«ra„__>
 Z BTiukain
• JMRoot
H M Moore
. ..I Barnes
Wm Vincent
Calaveras...
..Y.iiba..,.,
..Tuolumne
do
do
Cold Spring El Dorado C W Gilbert
Coloma....,. do         R y E_f&
Codarvilh; .- do  Geo Thatcher"
Clarksville...,,.- do         BCnmraiiigs
Cosuinnes SacrameHtO'.... ,..-.W D Wilson
fWiMirt., ....Solano. ...,.-.P 0 I-nmorie
Cotton Wood BliaNta ..W_, Lane
Crescent, City Klamath nc l.ewia
Centreville .-.Alameda Kg Clement
Cailon City Trinity  .-.B 1' Channel
niiiii.oud S.n-in^M Ml ll«i*](>..,...„|||K 8h«_(_>
Don Pedro's Bat- .Tuolumne,. R Smith
Double Hpriii£3  .   .,.Calaveras., N T Norcrow
....amesGernon
Dry Creek Yuba....
Dry town Amador..
Eureka Humboldt...
El Dorado .Calaverai
Emory's Crossing....; .-1
Empire Ranch	
Elliott's Ranch..
Franklin	
Folsom	
Fid die town	
Forbestow
Forlorn Hope	
French Gulch..
Foster's Bar..
do
do
.Robert McAdams
...WO Clark
,...KH Fos»
. ...A Irvine
a........JWEve.reU
 S Moody
lento Mr Elliot
...-. ;..-.JRCr_Mforij
.-.-.-./.,.J Clarkin
..D Townsend
Nathan Plum
.T (''aRleson
.W Gt Gibbs
Whit comb
..Amador.
..Butte...
. .Merced..
. .Shasta..,
.Yuba	
..Yolo Jo_t*s Speof
French Camp San Joaquin RWNoble'
Forrest City....Sierra W Henry
Foreman's Ranch.... Calaveras S Foreman
Fourth Oro-ssWg....       do        A CBerf«___
Oi-een Springs Tuolumne.. R I.Gardiner
R-y.^te...; do    J H Watt»
■afton Yolo A tipdegi
fslai
C cornet, o-
Gr(
Od....
do
Garden Valley
Griz.ly Flat.... uo
Gilroy Santa Clara....
Gnndyear's liar Sierra.
QibsoBville..,; do
Grass Valley.... Nevada..
Georgian;!..... Sacrsui.-onto
Gwin....,M^roed W
Hamilton Butte	
Horr's Ranch,.. .Tuolinui:
Jioi-setowi£...;Shasta....
TIonciU....Yuba \
Homitas....Mariposa....
lone Valley Amador...
Illinois town... .Placer	
"      ft City.... d<
.Thomas Eddy
 J CTetreU
......C 0 Brady
 S Stewart
  James Burgess
...ACKverett
 Julius Meinhardl
 RE Elliott
 E Mattltewson
 J MSedwell
n Langliliri
R Davis
I .G-DDickinsotf
...J RGill
R Rise.
...W L Goss
....J II Alvord
...B Brickell
Indian Diggings... .El Dorado J Wr Gilbert-
Indian Gulch Merced J W Norton
Jamestown....Tuidumne R W Mardis
Jacksonville....     do  -.GBKeyes
J;ir;!rs(>n....Arnailoi- BB  Redhead
Johnson's Ranch Sutter W E 0 Kerr
Kind's River....Tulare J Smith
Kels.M-'s El Dorado John White
Knight's Ferry San Joaquin .W E Stewai.
Bench's Store... .Mariposa 1, Leach
Lassen's....Butte W I* Mavhew
Leiviston,... Trinity  C Wood
Los Angeles Los Angeles .1 S Waite
Lagrange Stanislaus I. M Booth
Lisbon... .Placer... .■ ,..-.G W Applegate.
Loveiu-r's Fuirv Sail Joa'u; u i ii.. ........if I.oveinj-
Little York...'Nevada ...W W Coz?
Mountain View Santa Cla;n
MeCsii-tvsville
May field
Milpitas
Mission San Jose....}
Mountain Snrines	
Michigan  Bluff
MarvSvilLi....Yuba..
Maxwell's Greek..-,._
Mai
Mount Ophir
Millorton
Martinet...Gout
:   MokelumneHill..
Mnrphv's
Meliermntt's Bridge
Mill Valley
Moon's Ranch... .Co
,Mi
,.-...! Shumway
I_vl Millaid
J Ottison
Fred Creightotf
H J Vallejo
...1 BnrroiV
 Washeim
eyser
,.G W Coulter
.1 F S
Calav.
■ Mo.
i Island..
J H Miller
H Carroll
■-It fog.
 It S Anhisef
A P Stcvcnr.
WFHcDermutt
do V. g Osburn
do      '       "     3 II Weston
Sacramento J W I>entiiso_
do BLWavne
.Wm   Curti'*     "
....•W FN-6rlon
Ira Tiiiimpson
J Bales
Mieh;_
Monterey .. ..Monterey	
Montezuma Tiiolniiine.
Monte,.... Los Angeles	
MinersvUlc...Trinity....
Middleti
Napa...
Nevada....N-varla. W H Endicatt
"     ..Sutter ! C Dickey
Navato..-.. Marin	
.North Branch..-..Calaye
Ynb:i!L.
Natividad V.
Nelson's Creek..
Ouseley's Bar .
Oregon House
'.''Byrne's Ferry
Onisbo... .Sacramento .
Opliirvillc.. ..Placer..
Oro City do
Oroville Butte	
Oakland Alameda..
i Siskiyou
...J W Sir
A C Neul
...Jainrs Stokes
....J CLewis
...F Bridge
Peter Rice
Stanislaus John O'Neill
 C F Howell1
...Daniel B Curtis
G White
D C Downer
....TGalhigher
...G 11 Coo
Pleasant Vailcy Mariposa a Shearer"
Pea Vine....Butte D Whipple
Park's Bar Yuba..
Pilot Hill El Dorado..
Placerville do
Petaluma.. ..Sonoma.. .
.....ATBailey
A M Thatcher
W R Sirinertoii
Pleasant Springs Calaveras KH Hoerclirie.'
I'atorson., ..Nevada.. ..E P Ttirney
Plum Valley.      Sierra  ..F R Rocker
Princeton,... Colusa ..R T Arnett
Pine Grove..-.-.Amador .A Leonard
Quartzburg; Mariposa ., ..D;MTool
tjiuncy Plumas *..Lewis Stork
Rough and R_tdy.... Nevada..' ,.-.....E B Winanff
Round Tent,                          do E J Plate
Red Dog                             do                        J C Green-
Red  Bluffs.. ..Shasta S Bradway
Rabbit Creek.... Sierra Mr. Lester
Rattlesnake Bar Placer.
Russian River.. .. Memlodi
Sevastopol Napa	
San Francisco..
Steinberg's do
Sncvaniento.. .. Sacia meut
Sutter do
Scott's River.. ..Siskiyou..
Salinas Monterey
San
do
Wood
t>. HG Heald
l> 11 Johnston
....cl Welter
C, Thatcher
--. Ferris Foreman-
D Hastings
 .fames Cregein
J B Hill
P Breen
.George Eyon
a Diego.. ,.San Diegi .. ..
San Luis Obispo  . ..San Luis Obispo .". ..A Jf
San Jose Sanfa Clarft...- C E Allen
Santa Clara do S D  McGobh
Santa Cru^,, ..Santa Cruz E  Anthony
San Lorenzo.. ..Alameda J Wood
San Leandro do
San Pedro..... Los Angeh
"   n Gabriel
San Rafael., ..Marin.. .,
Santa Rosa,. ..Sonoma.
Sonoma do
Smith's Ranch
W Van Wagner
 G Alexander
TBurdick
..S.I Skiilmore
 F C  Hnhmann
Mr Miller
N M Hedgei
San Ramon.. ..Contra Costa W Russell
San Pablo do A B Bates
Salmon Falls.. ,,El Dorado J Downer '
Spa nish Flat do' J Glassman      '
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara,., f,K Flslie/
San Bernardino San Bernardino D N Tliomar
Shasta.. . .Shasta J  Lemon
Shaw's Flat Tuolumne.,.. .-...J Robert.
Sonora do (j W Patrick
Staples Ranch..,, San Joaquin  .-.I) J Staples
Stockton do   . RF. Conner
Sutter Creel.., ..Amador -,D Crand:ill
Sarahvillo do R Robinson
Spelling's Ranch Mariposa  H Scliroeder
Suisun.,. .Soiano.. ,. .. ., W S Kyle
San Audreas      .Calaveras CL Sweet
St Louis.. ..Sierra WP William.
Secret Ravin-     ..Placer J Hart
»plit Rock,,,.Merced J A Bugg
Strawberry Vm.ley Yuba J A Barnhar"
Tehama... .Colusa 0 Gervy
Trinidad.. ..Klamath. F C Darling
Trinity Trinity... C Lee
Unionlown Humboldt A H Murdoch'
Volcano.. ..Amador ,HT.B«inum
Vallejo.. ..Solano JI! Frisbio
Vii.llee.ito Calaveras G M Murray
Visalia ... Tulare..,. J P Majors
Woodville.. ..Butie .S Alvard
Weaverville Trinity.. J Barry
Watsonville Santa"Cruz..
West. Point.. ..Cala^ei
Whisky Creek Kba»ta.
Western.. ,.Ss;mmBpt
Yankee .Jim's .. . .Place:
Ynbri Citv Yuba.. .
Yolo.. ..Yolo I II Hi	
Yreka Siskiyou John LintoM
L Thrift
.. ..A WalljaunV
 P Mix
 AH While'
 N Hunck
LBarlolett
VOL. VII.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATUEDAY,   DECEMBER 26,   1857.
SO. 33.
Cos ^.ngclea Qiat:
PU8LI8UBD KVKRY SATURDAY MORNING,
At No. 1, Pico Buildings, Spring Street, Los
Angeles,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
.$5 00
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Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Agknts.—The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Star :
fc. P. Fl-HXR. .San Francisco.
JJORNS fc  Buiiinrjit, Post Ollice .Sun Gabriel.
Doc. Ira Tiio.Mi'NON Monte.
R. N.Gi.kn\ Bfento Barbara.
Juikik I). A. Tiiohas  ..San Bernardino
business Carts.
LiAZARD   &   WOLFSKILL,
IMPORTKRB,
And-Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French,   Knglisli   and   American
Dry  Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.      aug 9
6ACHMAN & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
dbcertes,   Wines,   l^lqinii's,   Cldllilng,    Hardware, Sic.,  Stc.
Produce,  Hide*, antl Wool tnken In exchange.
Los Angeles street, second house lioru Conimer-
Gial street; . unlS
Montgomery House
KEST&UKANT
I.OS ANGKI.ES.
The undersigned will open
PTO-MOIIROW", the itth of
AUGUST, nt tln> above,well-.
Itnown House, A RESTAURANT, where tlie
choicest viands will be dispensed to his guests.
The cooking department will be udder the charge
Of J. Fox, wbois known os an accomplished caterer
'To the establishment will be attached a PASTRY
DEPARTMENT, whare can be procured at all
times everything that can be desired in this line.
Families and parties supplied on'the shortest notice
D. MAROHESEAULT, Proprietor.
Los Angeles, Aug. 8th, J857.
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
San .   ".!>no and bos Am;i-;i.i-:s.Cal.,
n7 H. READ, A^ent,   Los  Angeles.
i. E\RAIMOArD,-^6. i^'-y Front sired. Agent
at San Francisco.
GAMESIWUS BREWERY.
THE best ALE and BEER manufactured, and always on hand*.    Delivered to tity customers
without e£tri. eiiiiige.
Coopcrliig and Kepaitin^ of Barrels, &c. Sic
An assortment of Barrt.H always on hand.
K. MES9KR, Preprietor.
WILLOW GROVE HOUSE
EI, MONTE.
IRiL TIOMFSON
BEGS to inform the public that he has
re iitted his Hotel, and is now prepared
■ to receive guests and attend to their
, wants in a manner which cannot be surpassed by any house-in the township. He has
j«id Off his grounds in a handsome manner, there
being a Urge grote where visitors can enjoy the.
cool and refreshing breeze even In the hottest
diiys.witli neat walks  traversing it.
Travelers will find a large corral, capacious
Stables, and abundant lood for their animals, together with tlie greatest care and attention, and
«u the lowest lunns.
&0 expense shall be spared to render comfortable the guesls at the Willow Grove House..
Tiie Posf-office is located here, and tiie mail
Stages, from 6'alt Lake and San Bernardino slop
at tliis hoilfe. IRA THOMPSON.
El Monte. June 27. 1S57.
REMOVAL.
NEWARK, KREMER & CO,
nAVK REMOVED to their NEW STORE on
COMMERCIAL STREET, where they have on
hands, and will always be supplied with, a large and
tW'e'd assortment of" Goods, com prising
Groceries, ProTisions, Dry Goods,
CiotS-issg, B«ots, Shoes, &c. &c.
Terms moderate. We look for small profits and
tiiiick returns.
NEWMARK, KREMER k CO.
Loe Angeles, April 4th, ISol; 	
llASSETXE HOTTSEj
Corner Bn.lL and   Suusume Streets; San
Francisco.
M,   A;   FltENCIl, Proprietor.
^TjsjL The above named house having been tho-
j|Bn roughly renovated, is now ready to accom-
""^"^modate its patrons in as comfortable a man-
;r as any hotel m the state. au22
SO MOSQ.TJ1TOES.
COOF-E&GE.
R. EMER§ON
HAS established at his Lumber Yard, Alameda
street. A  COOPERAGE, wnere a supply of
casks, of any capacity may be procured.
Twenty thousand gallons of brandy and spirit
casks now ready for sale, and warranted not to have
had wine in them. au22
Wine and other produce taken in payment.
THOMAS TILDEN
General Mercantile Agent,
T.
SAN r-RANClSCO,  CAD:
TILDEN having bad some fifteen years experience in a .general Mercantile and Merchandise business, the lust eight years in San Francisco, will attend to the sale, purchase, and for-
,warding ol every description ol goods with punctuality and dispatch. Also, collections and remittance, to all pa:ts of the country, Atlantic
Stales and Europe, iflad'e with promptness and
fidelity.
Negotiations, and every description of mercantile business, transacted upon the most liberal
terms. aug8
Reference—Den ANDRES PlVO, Los Angeles.
~~STATE  OF CaIjFOHATA, I
. County oj Los Angeles. \
In   tltc   .District Court  of tlie  First .Tudifclol
District,
Jose Sepulveda, Jose Dolores Sepulveda.pl„intiffs
!5_S__3LX> BLE 3Et ~3F-
LOS ANGKI.ES  STREET, In front of Coiblu
iS Barker,
HAS the honor to announce to the Public, tbat,
he still carries on his business at the old
stand, as above, and having in his employment
competent workmen, he is prepared to execute all
orders with which he may be favored/ in the Manufacturing of
Pin* I_*riie-8,C«rrli'{_c Repairing, and Mtmdttig
of all kind...
Also, everything In tlie Saddlery Business.
Los Angeles, Oct, 24th, 1857.
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS  ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL
J±       THE  subscriber  respectfully
<K£kinforn>8 the public generally that
\?^he will keep constantly on hand
and will manufacture to order,
CtfaeheSjBuggiea, Wagons.Carts &c
in a iiea't and workmanlike manner. He has on
hand and far sale a fine stock of Eastern white dak
and' hickory plank and axles. He keeps constantly
on hand a large variety of cart and buggy wheels,
spokes, felloes, shafts, neck yokes, double and sin-
, gletreea.
Horse Shoeing and Blacksmitliing
in all its various branches, executed with promptness
And dispatch. Particular attention will be given to
tbe manufacture and repair of Plows, Harrows, and
other Farming utensils. He lfas an extensive asso.rt-
Me'nti of iron axles, springs, bolts, plow and spring
steel, and other material pertaining to the business,
too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 Tons of. Blacksmiths' Coal.*
With none but the best of workmen in his employ,
he feels confident that he can give entire satisfaction
to' his customers. _
un7 JOHN GOLLER.
CAKMAGE SHOP,
fey h. Mclaughlin & bro.
LOS ANGELES STREET,
Opposite Melius' Building.
WE take the present opportunity to inform the
public, that we are prepared to do all kums of
Work pertaining to our business in a manner that
cannot be surpassed in this city, and at as reasonable
rates as the high prices of stock will justify.
We are now building some of the best \VA<J|0N^
that ever have been built in the Southern country.
aoerOld castings bought at $1 per hundred pounds.
ff,. i   »*"T tnonii«   & iinn
h. McLaughlin & bro.
Notice.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned agalnstbliy-
ing or otherwise trading for (invented horses,
or cattle of our brands; trthey will be prosecu-
&d to the extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMJNGUEZ.
Ap20-~-tf    JESUS Ma. COTA de DOMINGUEZ.
Noah Felch. William II Reynolds, defendants.
Action   brought in the  District  Court of the
1st Judicial DUtiict.  and the  complaint filed itt
the city and cbiinty of  Lbs Angeles, in the office
of the. clerk of said District Court.
TH«   PcopU-  ol" 1!.«j    Statu    of   Cnllfornln   sund
On.tl.ig t   To NOAH FKI_.C11 and WILLIAM
ft. m_TfT»OL.J>SJ       '   " ^
YOU are hereby requirea to appear in' fin action
brought against you by tbe above named
plaintiffs, in our District Couit of the First Judicial District, in and for the county ot Los Angeles, and to answer the complaint filed therein, a
certified-copy of which yon at_a herewith served,
within ten days after the service on yoii' of this
summons—it served wilhiu this counly ; or if
served out of this county but within the First Judicial District.-within twenty days after the service thereof; or if served out cf the Frist Judicial
District but in the State of California, within forty
days after the service thereof; always exc nsive
of the day of service; —or judgment by delault
will be taken against you.
Tbe said action is brought fur the cancellation
of a'certain note, of date March 31st, 185.5, tor
S800, executed by plaintiffs to the defendant Felc;i,
or order, and set forth in said complaint.,- a'ri'd lo
enjoin the sale or transfer thereof, and turfher
proceedings in a certain action now pending
thereon in the 4th District Court, and bringing
or maintaining any action thereon in any court
whatsoever, as more fully appears in said complaint, and for cost* and general relief ; and if
you fail to appear and answer the s-aid complaint
as above required, the taid plaiutitls will cause
default to be entered against you, and apply to
the court for the relief prayed for in this complaint.
Witness tbe Hon. Benjamin Hayes, Judge of
our District Court aforesaid, the 25th day of November, A. D. 1857.
[seal] ' Attest : My  hand   and   the Feat of said
Court the (lav r.'ud year last above written.
CHAS. Ii". JOHNSON. Clerk.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,*
County of Los Angeles. _
I, Benjamin Hayes,'District Judge, of the First
Judicial District, State of California, having read
and considered the affidavit ol Jonathan 11, Scott,
and
thntt	
William R. Reynolds,  one  of the del'tr.'ihuvls.-aud j be  attempted if we
that he is a necessary  and  proper party   in  this
cause, and that'alter due diligence he cannot be
found within the State  of California, or conceals
himself to avoid service of summons, do hereby
order,
That service of summons be made on said Reynolds, by publishing a copy of the summons in
this case, together with a copy of this order, in
the Los Angeles Star, a newspaper published in
the city aud county of Los Angeles, once a week,
for the term of two months, and by depositing
a copy of the summons, with a copy of the complaint, certified by the clerk, in (he posl office in
the city of Los Angeles, addressed to tlyj defendant, William It. Reynolds, at his' place of residence.
Thus done and si sued,- this 25th day of November, 1857.
BENJAMIN HAYES, District Judge.
A true copy.
[seal.]    Attest: My hand and  the  seal   of said
Court, this 25th day ot November, A- D.
1857. .     .,    ,
CHAS. R. JOHNSON, Clerk.
Los Angeles. Nov. 28. 1857. 2m
The Alorliioii Rebellion.
The Correspondence between Brlghnin Young
and Col. Alexander.   •
Govkrxor'h- Office, Utah Tst-iiitroRY, )
GnBAT Salt Lakk City, Sept. 29,1857. f
To the Officer Commanding  the forces now Invading Utah Territory:
Sir: By reference to the Act of Congress, passed Sept. 9, 1850, organizing the Territory of
Utah, we find tbe following: [Here follows the
Act.]
I am still the Governor and Superintendent of
Indian Affairs lor tbe Territory, no successor having been appointed and qualified, as provided by
law, nor have I been removed by the President of
the United States. By virtue of the authority
thus vested in rne, I have issued and forwarded to
you a copy of my proclamation rorbidding the entrance of armed forces into the Territory. This
you have disregarded. I now further direct that
you retire forthwith from the Territory, by the
same route you entered. Should you deem this
impracticable, nnd prefer lo remain until spring
in the. vicinity of your present encampment--
Black Fork on Green Uiver—you can do so in
peace and unmolested, on condition lhat you de"
posit your arms and ammunition with Lewis Robinson, Quartermaster General of the Territory,
and leave iu the spring as soon as tbe condition
of the roads will permit you to march ; and should
you fall is'hort of provisions, they can be furnished
you upon making the proper application therefor.
Gen. D. H. Wells will forward this and receive
any communication you may have to make.
Very respectfully,       BRIGHAM YOUNG,
Gtvernor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
The following is Col. Alexander's reply to
Brigham Young : ,
Headquarters Tenth Regiment of Infantry. 1
Camp Winfield, on Ham's Fork, Oct. 2, 1857. \
Brigham.   Young, Es'q.,   Governor of Utah Territory :
Sir: —I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of Sept. 29, 1857,
with two copies of a proclamation and one of the
laws of Utah, and have given it an attentive consideration. I am at present Ihe senior and commanding officer of the troops of the United States
at this point, and I will submit your letter to the
General commanding, as soon as he arrives here.
In the meantime, I hare  only  to say Hint ihese
troops are here by order of the President of the
United States, and their   furlOer  movements  and
operations will depend entirely  upon orders is:
ed by competent military authority.
Very respectfully, ffl. B. ALEXANDER
Interesting
We  give  below   two  interesting   letter^  from
Colonels Johnston nnd  Alexander,  the couuiiaud
ing' officers"of  the  Utah  Expedition.'   They are
official documents, addressed to the department at
Washington, and, of course, give a better idea of
the recent movenieut upon the Mormons than anything lhat has yet appeared :
colonel alexander to the adjutant general.
Headquarters Army i-'O'b Utah, 1
Camp ft_l£Fr___| U. T„ Oct. 9. 1S57. f
Col. S. Cooper, Adjutant General, U. S- A.:
Sir—I have tbe liouor to report that I have assumed tlfe Command of the troops of the Uuited
States, consisting of part o! ths army for Utah,
which are now encamped at this point. These
troops are the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, eight
companies of the Tenth Infantry. svA the batteries
Of Artillery (six and twelve pounders) command
ed by Captains Phelps, Fourth Artillery, and
Reno, Ordnance Department, respectively. Th
Camp is situated on Ham's Fork, a tributary i
Black's Fork, which is iu turn a tributary of
Green river, about fifteen mil-s above tbe Juneiion
of the forks. Fort Bridger is distant, in a south
east direction, about thirty miles. The Tenth In
fantry reached here on the 28th of September —
Phelps1 battery ou the following day. Th^ Fifth
Infanlry airiverJon the *th of October, and Reno's
battery on the same day. On the 5th inst ,
sumed command, for reasons which 1 cohcei
be of the greatest importance to the tioops and
their supplies, and of which I shall' have the honor
to maiie a full report when a safe aud more cef
tain opportunity of sending despatches presents
tBelf, At present I can give only a statement of
what has occurred since my arrival, and report
the disposition *' have detei mined to make of the
troops.-
On the day'after reaching Ham's Fork, and at
the camp I made on it, I received ihe enclosed
Fetters fiom Governor Y'oung and Lieutenant
General Wells. The proportions tlmy contain,
however Ihey are. showed conclusively lhat a determined opposition to the power ot the, government was intended. I had met Captain Van Vliet
On the 21st of September, returning from Salt
Lakecity, and was informed by him that although
the  Mormons,  or  rather Governor Young, wen'
determined to oppose an  entrance  into  ihe city,
it  anneafin™ to  my  satisfaction   theretrom, i ,   , . , ,,
. ctSfe ofafl'ion  JiSte i,v tbi. ™uSe aga.nrt   ye' he ~u assured that no arm,d re»..t_oe would
ent uo further than Fort,
Bridger and' Foit Supply. I was still' further
convinced of this by the circumstance that a train
of 'more than one hundred contractors' wagons
had been parked for nearly three weeks on Ham's
Fork without defence, and had lieen unmolested,
although they contained provisions and supplies
which would have been ot great use to the Mormons.
Upon receiving these letters, I prepared for defence and to guard the supplies near us until the
nearest troops cmne up. I replied to Governor
Y'oung's letter, a copy of which I enclose, and
ha?e  not
him.   On the morning of the 5th of October tbe
Mormons burnt  two  trains  of government stores
the most determined hostility might be expected
on the part of Ihs Mormons, and it became necessary, from tbe extreme lateness of the season,to
adopt some immediate course for wintering the
troops and preserving the supply tiatns wilh us.
Alter much deliberation, and assisted by the counsel of the senior officers, 1 have determined to
move the troops by the following route: Up
Ham's Fork about eighteen miles, to a road called
Subletted Cut-off; along that road to Bear River
and Soda Spring ; on arriving at Soda gprtog
two routes will be open—one down Bear Valley,
towards the Salt Lake, and one lo the north-east,
towards the Wind River Mountains, where good
vallies lor wintering the troops and the stock can
be found. The adoption of one of these will be
decided by the following circumstances: II the
itir-.e _1_der my command is sufficient to overcome
the resistance which I expect to meet at Soda
Spriug, I shall endeavor to force my way into tbe
valley of Bear river and occupy some of the Sfor
moil villages, because I am under the impression
that the Mormons, after a defeat, will be willing
to treal and bring provisions for saie. The supplies on hand will last six months, and if I can
get possession of a town in Bear River Valla; I
can easily fortify and hold it all winter. There
•o several supply trains in therear, to which
I have communicated, and If ihej receive my let-
ter'in time they will bo saved and can join us. If
the Mormons are too strong for us, which I do
not anticipate, the other road will be adopted aud
I will make the best of my way to the mountains
and teni for the winter.
I desire to impress upon you the fact that I,
though not the commander appointed to this army,
have adopted this course because the safety of the
troops absolutely depends upon an immediate effort, and having information which makes it certain that the commander will not reach here before tbe 20th inst., and if we wait until"that time
we cannot leave the valley. The information I
allude to is.to the effect that Col. Johnston Jiad
relieved Gcu. Harney and had not left Fort Leavenworth on the 10th of September, and thirty
dads is the least possible time in which he can arrive here. I cannot, for fear of this beine intercepted, tell ydu the strength of my command or
send returns of it. It i3 strong enough to defend
itself and its supplies; whether it is ible to as-
suoie and sustain an offensive position remains to
be seen ; but should the commands which I have
heard are in the rear Come up in time, I think we
will have siifQcieut force to cdvrj out an active
Invasion. If we are obliged to winter in the mountains, you can perceive by a reference to S anbury's maps that we will have au open road to
Salt Lake city in (he spring, and one which 1 am
told is open early. By this cne attack can be
____o uml nttoiitioii chIIix! Irom the main toatf
(that by Fort Bridger) which may (ben he traversed by troops. The Bear river route is, however, said to be tne best one into the valley. The
other passes through ciiftons that can be defended
:by a bs__[_1 against thousands, and it is mo:e-
over so easily obstructed tbat in a week it could
be made utterly impassible. The want of cavalry
is severely felt, and we are powerless on account
of the deficiency to effect any chastisement of the
marauding bands that are constantly hovering
about us, On the 7th inst. I detached Captain
Marcy, 5'fb Infantry, with four companies to Green
river, to Collect what he could find serviceable
from the burnt trains, and to disperse any bodies
of Mormons which be found.
In conclusion, permit me to express the hope
tnat my aofs will meet the approval of the government, and on the first opportunity I will make
a fuller and more detailed report. It is unquestionably the duty of the government to quell, by
overwhelming force tin's treasonable rebellion of
the Goveruor aud people of Utah, and I most urgently impress upon the War Department the fact
that the small body of troops here will need reinforcements and supplies as soon as they can possibly be got here next spring. 1 would further re-
spictfully suggest that troops should be sent irom
California and Oregon. It in paid that tbe road
from California to Salt Lake is passable all winter, and it is certainly as much earlier in the
spring than that from the States. Your obedient
servant, E. B. Alexander,
Colonel  10th lulantrv, commander.
Headquartkrs Army of Utah, y
Camp oftm« Te'i'iiek Crossings of >•
Sweet Water, Oct. 13, 1857.)
Major;—To-night two men who live at Fort
Laramie, and who had been sent on express to
Col. Alexander, arrived at our camp on their way
back. From them I learn that the Mormous, having interposed a force in the rear of our troops,
then encamped at Ham's Furlt of Green river,
succeeded in burning three supply trains with
their contents. A message irom Col. Alexander
was sent by them lo Colonel C. F. Smith, instructing him to prelect ihe trains in Hie rear, which
contain the clothing, Sibley tenis, subsistence, An-.
The orders with regard to the maich of the cavalry and companies of tbe Sixth having been coun-
trrmanded, leaves Colonel Smith only twenty two
__.Q*, Forty-seven men of bis command were left
at Liramie as the Governor's escoit. Lt. Smith,
of the Dragoons, is four days' march behind us,
with two companies of dragoons, the forty seven
men of Col. Smith's command and twenty-five
■dragoons of my tscort who were left at Laramie
to come on with Lieut. Smith ; his command will
number about 2U0' men. I have'ordered him to
hasten lorward and join Colcircl Smith's command.
We will march in the morning aud expect to
camp with Col. Smith to-morrow night. The express man says Col. Alexander would attempt to
resell ihe valley of Salt Lake by the Bear river ;
it is much  further  than  by the usual route, and
It is supposed at the War Department that the
troops are all fn good condition, as nothing to
the contrary is said in the dispatches.
On the receipt of tiie above despatches a special
meeting of the Cabinet was immediately called;
but nothing has transpired with reference to their
deliberations.
FOR   REi\T,
A COMFORTABLE HOU NE. in the lower part
ol the town, nearly opposite the Round llous<
Avp'y to '       FRANCIS MELLUS.
August 22,1857.
hy he selects it I could  not  learn, unless fioi
any   further  correspondence with | the i robabil.ty ol ihe grass being burnt by the
"Mormons on   the  direct  rouie,    These  men say
that It is certain that they will  burn the grass ou
route they are about to pursue.   Under ihese
on Green river and on  the  Big Sandy, and a" fe*:| circumstances, if I could communicate with Co'.
wagons belonging to Mr. Perry,-sutler of the lull. | Ah-xander I would din-ct  him  to take up a good
8 »    b f position for the winUr ai Hatn-b Fork.    The road
Infantry, whlch.were a tew miles behind thelatter : £ K^L ^^ lhis aml  Ulllll-S Fork wilh com.
train. Colonel Waite, of the Fifth, though not i p!U1ies of Mormons, so tbat it is doubtful whether
anticipating any act of the kind], was preparing to 1 shall lie able to communicate wilh Col. Alexao-
Bend hack a detachment to these' trains from his der. With great resp.ci, your obeggMfrn*
camp  on  Black's  Fork- when  be received from j Co,   M C«valry, commanding Army ol Utah.
some teamsters who came' in- the  intelligence of l     Major Irvin McDowell. Assistant Adjutant Gen-1, His Exc
! their being burned.   No doubt now existed thatl eral, Headquarter, of the Army, New York city.1    City,
From Hon. J. W. Denver, lo Gov. Young.
Ofiice Commissioner Indian Affairs, )
Washington, Nov. 11,1857.   ,
Sir—Your communication of the I21h of last
September has- been received, and .would not require a formal reply were it not for llie effort you,,
make to place this office in the wrong, when, in
fact, Whatever dUHcultiea _XIB| Have resulted from
your own conduct- As the Superintendent ol Indian Affaire for Utah Territory, it was your duty
to keep a supervisory control over the dilfereh*.,
agents, and to see tJJflji they did not t-xceed their
authority. It was your du'y also to notify then!
ot all things pi rtaining to their duties, and especially to keep, them ,in their expenditures wilhid
the appropriations rtia.de for yo.ursuporintendency..
Their reports were made to you, and by. you transmitted here. You cannot, therefore, plead ignorance of their transactions. Knowing, then, the
amount of ihe appropriations^and being fully ady
vised of the affairs bffhe agbjUs/rriml lhat money
could not be taken out of the Treasury without
an act of Congress,, you have allowed ihe drafts
to exceed the appropriations to the amount of
$31,380 50. to the close of,:.the fiscal year ending
30lh June, itef. When tiie agents were notified
that their drafts could not be paid, in consequence
of the appropriations having 'mi-ii e:.'haHslcj, and
rebuked for exceeding them, th/:y replied that
they hid no information from you oil Ihe subject.
These communications passed through your hands,
and yet you seem to have passed,them by unnq:,
ticed. With a full knowledge, then, of all the
facts, you took uo steps, so far as this office is in:
formed, to protect the public interests, or to keep
your subordinates within t!ie proper, spliere^f
their duties. On the contrary, you, seem to have
been disposed to encourage these things, as is evidenced In your orders to Agent Hurt sending himl
to Carson Valley at a heavy expense to the Gb;
vernmout, when it was well known, that the ser-.
vices ot nu agent were not required in that quarter ; and again, when you fitted out an expedition
yourself, and conducted it northward out of yoiir
superihtendency, to give presents to Indians not
under your control. From all this, it follows that
if your drafts arc not paid, you have no right to
comp'luihYbeca'iise ywi fyiewat the,lime tbat the
appropriations,on which they were drawn wcrg %
exhausted.
But oven if the money was in the treasury ready
for the Indian service iu Utah, I do not see how IS
can be applied to the payment of your d'ralts until
they shall have first passed through the strictest
scrutiny, for this department has information froni
reliable sources that, so far from encouraging,
amicable relations between the Indians and the.
people of the United States, outside your own Immediate comiirBity. you have studiously endea-.
vored to impress on the minds of the ludiana that
there was a difference between your own sect;
u-ually known as Moiinons. and' ttie govefh'^ent,
and other citiz ms of the United Stales ; that the
former were their friends and the latter their enemies. In addition to this, you have been denouncing ttie government, and threatening au armed.
resistance tp the authorities sent out by Ihejfteai-,,
deut. Indeed, unless you and your coadjutor's are,
most grossly misrepresented, and your language
misquoted, the appearance of llioee authorities
anion _ you is all thai is necessary to prompt you
to au .overt act ol treason.' ft could never have
been intended when tbe appropriations were miide^
by Congress that, the money should be u^ed iu
arousing savages to war agaiust our own citizens,'
or to enable a subordinate officer lo carry on treasonable practices against his own government.'
Tbe rule of this office Mo withhold annuities from,
the Indians*Whenever they place themselves iu a
hostile of antagonistic attitude towards l.tye gov-
eniriynt ; and 1 know of ho rea.cn why the seme
rule should not be applied to you at this time ;
but as the appropriation has betb exhausted, il i_
not necessary to consider that question now.
You say " the troops must lie kept away, for it
is a prevalent fact tbat wherever there are the.
most of these we may eSM«i to find the greatest
amount of hostile Indiaf-bv and the least secpritv
for persons and property.'' The troops are under7
the direction of the President, and it is fair to presume that he would not send them to Utah Territory unless there was a necessity for so doing ;
and il it be true that wherever tbe greatest pubY-
ber of troops are there are to_be found" (he greatest number of hostile Iuaians. it a'rises.frpm,the.
fact that the troops are necessary at such places,
to preserve tne peace and to keep the Indians in;
subjection. There is no reason why persons and'
property should be any the less secure in the
neighborhood of tbe troops, nor is there any'rea^l
son why peaceable cilixcn. phoulu* obj.it^to their
presence. If it is your intention to preserve p'eive.e,.
the troops will not interfere with you ; but if you'
intend otherwise, then it is necessary that the
troops should be on the grorrnd' to enforce it. ,
It is much to be regretted that such a state of
affairs should exist, and it is always with great
reluctance Lhat we arrive at the conclusion that
Amer can citizens should at any time require the'
strong arm of power to compel obedience to the.
laws, or tbat a subordinate .dicer Bhould so far
forget his duty as fo use his official position to'
injure one portion of his fellow-citizens and to
alienate another portion Irom loyalty to their g&f/.
eminent. But when convinced of ihe existence
of such facts, the Chief Executive has no alterna',
tive lell but to crush out rebellion, and for this
purpose all the powers of the government are
placed under his control.
Y'our claim rbf .double salary cannot be allowed,'
for, even if it did'not come \n conmct with IhV
general rule which forbids the payment ol two
salaries at one time to the saint; pet son, yet you'
could not be entitled to it for the reason that you"
became Superintendent of ludiau AltUirsby virtue'
of your appointment of Governor of the Territory;"
and although Ihese offices have since tteeri' separated, yet you had not, at Lift) date of your communication, been relieved from the dulk-s appertain-'
ing to them. Y'our other account will be .xamin-'
ed into, and whenever il shall be ascertained that
the expenditure was properly made it will'be paid/
should Congress make any appropriatioh' tbr that
purpose.
You say " the department has often manifested'
its approval of the management of the Indian al-
fairs in this superintendency, and never its disapproval." The reverse of this is the fact. This*
office has often tcund'fa;iU with your conduct,and'r
to prove this it iB only necessary to quote your1
own language. One extract from your communi-
to this office, dated " Great _ali Lake City,'
June 2<i, 18;i5," will suftc-/. Y'ou ihere say—'
'■ For the list t'w"o years 1 have experienced th.'
greatest difficulty in getting my ii.coUhfif adjusted*
at the department ; and when ihey have finally
been so adjusted, that it has been done by _depen&'
ing and d-SaMowing a great porl ion there"!.'.'■ - ■-
Many similar extracts might ''-given, ir.il this is;
sufficient to establish the incorrectness 6l your'
statement that tliis office had uever manifested its'
disapproval of your conduct.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your*
obedient servant,   .
J. W. DENVER, Commissioner. ,
His Excellency Brigham Young, Great Salt Lake'
Utah Territory,