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State Agricultural Soilcly. The following list of Premiums offered for 1S55 by the State Agricultural Society, to be holden at Sacramento in September next, we condense from the California Farmer. Competitors for premiums on Farms, Vineyards, Orchards, &c., are requested to give notice to the President or corresponding Secretary on or before tke first day of August. Best improve^ Farm $200 2d do do....$100 Bftst VineyaTtt 15 2d du do.... i><l Best Nurserv 75 2d do do.... 50 'lest Kitchen Garden.... 50 2d do do.... 25 Pest Flower Garden 40 2d do do.... 3d Host Nursery of Timber Trees 25 2d do do.... It, Best Nursery of Hedge plants 25 2d do do.,,. 25 Best Fence Hedge 25 2d do do.... 20 Best Green-house 30 2d do do.... 15 Competitors for Field crops, must deliver samples to the Committee on or before the loth day of September. The fields shall be measured by the County Surveyor, or by two competent persons where they are located, or by one of the members of the Society, and their certificate of the amount of land shall be presented to the Comn ittee, and the crop shall be measured or weighed by such persons, who Shall make affidavit of ihe amount of the same to be presented to the committee. In the estimate of Grain crops the committee will regard the number of acres, quantity, aud quality. Best ton aores or more of Wheat $100 2d do do do 50 Best do do Barlev 50 2d do do do 25 Best do do 'Oats 50 do do da IJ.-sl livi (lo Corn do Buckwheat Best live acres or more of Potatoes Boat lm If acre or more of Sweet Potatoes.. Res' Ave acres uf Onions ... Beat fcweoty-Bva ears af Seed Corn do do do Best V'h-ece of Wool Ui-st niieciiiieiis and crop of Cotton.. do do Bent specimens and crop of Tobacco,... id Bo dn do dft Best twenty-five pounds of Butter !d do ' do do do ... Best one hundred pounds of Cheese 2d do do do do Beat Bftff pounds of Lurd Best exhibit of Soap Best exhirit of -Candles Best specimen*-of Lamp Oil FLOUR. Best one hundred pounds of Wheat Floi do do do Best 100 pounds of Buckwheat Flour 2d do do do do Beat 100 pounds of Corn Meal Competitors for premiums on Fruit, Garden Vegetables aud Flowers, must deliver to tho Committee on or before the 15th day of September, the quantity required, with a statement that the same are grown by the applicant within the State, and whatever there may be peculiar In the mode of cultivating them. FRUIT. Best specimens and largest variety of apples $30 Best and Urgest variety of Pfiara Boat am! largest variety of Peaches 25 The premiums on other kinds of fruit range from $10 to $30, comprising the best specimens of Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries, California and foreign -Grapes, PUVyis, Almonds, Quinces, Oranges, Limes, Lemons, Figs and Cranberries. Best six water or musk-melons S10. and second fcest, $5. Best displav of Plants and Floweis, native or foreign, from $5 to $25. Best exhibit of garden vegetables, $40. Best exhibit of different vegetables, $10. Second best exhibit of different vegetables, $5. MANUFACTURES, AND HOME INDUSTRY. All competitors in this department must deposite with the committee, satisfactory evidence, in writing, that the articles exhibited were manufactured by the exhibitors within this State, Best Steam Engine $75 'Best performance of Fire Engine^ 50 Best Hook and Ladder Truck Best Hose Cart 10 Best specimens Boots and Shoes 10 Best set of Parlor Furniture 60 Best set of Chamber Furniture 40 Best specimen of Tailor's work 15 Best specimen of Hats and Caps 10 Best specimen of Millinery 10 Best specimen of Mantua-making 10 Best specimen of Needlework. 10 Best specimen of Printing 10 Best specimen of Tin-work 10 Best specimen of Marble-work 20 Best specimen of Silverware 15 Best specimen of Blacksmith-work 10 Best Cooking Stove 15 Best Parlor Stove 15 Best exhibit of Pottery 25 2d do do do ,, 15 Best exhibit of Brooms 5 WORKS OF ART. Comprising specimens of Embroidery, Wax work, Sign and Ornamental Painting.Oil Painting,Water- color Paintings, W-ood-Cuts, Drawing, Dentistry and Daguerreotypes. The premiums range from $10 to $50, each. NATIVE WINE. Best Wine from Grapes grown in the State, $25 2d do do do do 15 Best Wine from Currents grown in tbe State, 10 2d do do 0.0 do 05 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. All mmufactured articles and implements must be entered and placed on exhibition before the 13th day of September, and remain uutil the close of the Fair. Best Threshing Machine $50 2d do do 25 Best Reaping Machine 40 2d do do 20 Best Mowing Machine 30 2d do do 15 Best Steel Plow 20 2d do do 10 Best Cast Plow 15 2d do do 10 Best Grain Sower 15 2d do do 10 Best Fanning Mill 1; Best Harrow 10 Best Horse Rake 10 Best Straw Cutter lo Best six Hand Rakes 5 Best Grain Cradle 10 Best Hay Press 10 Best six Hay Forks Best Bee Hive 10 Best Ox Yoke 10 Best assortment of Baskets Best Nest of Willow Baskets 10 Best Churn 10 Best Cheese Press Best Two-horse Wagon 20 Best Two horse Carriage 20 Best One-horse Wagon 15 Best One-horse,Carriage 20 Best Dray 10 Best set of Team Harness , 25 Best set of Carriage Harness 25 Best Single Harness ], Best Dray Harness *..... 10 No premiums will be awarded for manufactured articles not produced in California, yet the Society will be happy to place such articles, with the names of the importers or exhibitors, on exhibition. CATTLE SHOW. The Cattle Show will be held near Sacramento, and will take place on the third and fourth days of the Agricultural Fair. Competitors for premiums on animals must deliv er a list of these intended for exhibition to the Committee, on or before the first day of the Fai:. Stcck must be on the ground before 10 A.M., of the second day of the Fair, when proper places will be assigned them, and on the days of the Cattle Show must remain in their places from 10 A.M., to 4P.M. Best imported or American Stallion $150 2d do do do 75 Best imported or American Mare, 50 2d do do do ...25 Best California bred Stallion, 50 2d do do . V| *5 Best California bred Mare ' 25 2d do do l§ Best breeding Mare with Colt, 25 2d do do 10 Best span of matched Draught Horses, 25 2d do do do 15 Best span of matched Carriage Horses, 25 2d do do do 15 Best Saddle Horse, 30 2d do do .-. 10 Best Cart Horse (to be drawn in cart,) 20 2d do do do 10 Best Express Horse <fc Wagon (shown together,)*^) 2d do do do do 12 Best Colt over one and under three years old, 20 2d do do do do .... 10 Best span of Mule's, 20 2d do do 10 Best Bull, 100 2d do SO Best Cow with her Calf, 2d do do.... , 25 Best yearling Heifer, . 15 Best six bead young cattle, one pair under one. one pair uuder two, and one pair under three years old, ,.*,.. 30 2d do do do do i Best yoke working Oxen, 40 2d do do 20 Best Buck, 2d do 10 Best Ewe and Lamb, 10 2d do do 05 Best six Lambs under one year old, 10 2d do do do 05 Best Boar 20 2d do 10 Best breeding Sow with her pigs, 20 2d do do do 10 Best litter of Pigs under five "months old,.... 10 2d do do do do 05 Best pair of fat Swine 20 2d do do '..' 10 Best three Fowls, (cock and pair of hens,).. 10 Best pair of Turkeys, 10 Best pair of Geese, 10 Best j air of Ducks, 10 Discretionary premiums will be awarded by the Society ou articles of animals which they shall deem highly meritorious, although they may not be named in the list of premiums. Each Committee is authorized to recommend special premiums upon objects that properly belong to the class assigned to them. The managers ofthe Society will be presentdur- iag the Fair to give directions to all who may wish to enter animals or any articles for premiums. The Society earnestly desire to be informed, at the earliest possible moment, bow far the different Farmers in the State can co-operate in this undertaking, and what specimens they intend to exhibit, so that suitable provision maybe made for their contributions. All communications upon the subject, will be promptly responded to, and all information cheerfully rendered. The announcement of the awards, together with appropriate exercises, will take place ou tbe last day of the Fair. Address tke President or the Corresponding Secretary, at Sacramento. How Tlicy Make Crim})owdcr. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, in a letter from Wilmington, Delaware, gives the following interesting sketch of the process by which powder is made at the celebrated Mills of Du Pont, iu that city: " Of course of the details of the business of the Messrs. Du Pout, even if known to me I could not make mention, unless by their consent; but the process of manufacture is in realityno secret, every book of Chemistry treating of it to some extent. All know tbat gunpowder is composed of saltpetre, brimstone, and charcoal, though but few have any idea of the trouble and labor gone through to have these materials in a proper quality. The saltpetre, as received at the yards, has the appearance of dirty, coarse salt, filled with a short fibrous matter ; by a process of refining, two or three times repeated, it assnmes the appearance somewhat of fine table salt, in which state it is fit for the powder mill. Great care is also taken ro have the sulphur pure. But the most labor and fore-thought seem to be necessary in procuring the charcoal, which is all made of the willow and poplar, the former being used for the best kinds of powder. To procure supplies of these woods the proprietors set out, yearly, in every nook and corner, trees which are hewn down every three years, aud the branches are converted iuto charcoal. This method of procuring the wood, gives a singular appearance to the country, for, iu many places alongside the road or the streams, may be seen old tree trunks, standing but little higher than a man's head, aud topped only with a bunch of small branches. I saw some trunks that appeared to be 40 or 50 years old, without a limb bigger than my wrist. The mill bildings in which the materials are ground or mixed are scattered along the banks of the stream, each one containig a mill. They are built of stone on three sides with heavy walls, strengthened with piers;the other side, facing the stream, is of wood, and the roof also sloaps towards the stream. The plan of construction is to lessen the damage from explosions for should an explosion take place the force would be diverted towards the stream. The mills consist of two heavy iron rollers on wheels, moving in a trough. I saw one pair,each of which weighed 15,000 lbs., adout seven tons. The materials, being well mixed up and pulverized in these mills is slightly moistened, when it is pressed inio cakes till it becomes almost as hard as plaster of paris. These cakes are then broke into small pieces aod taken to tlie granulating mills, an operation which, on account of its danger, I was uot permitted to sec. After granulation, the powder is taken to the glazing mills. Here (i00 or 700 pounds are put into a wooden cask, revolving moderately fast for twenty-four hours, there being six or eight of these casks, and close by each were 700 pounds more, ready for another charge. From the glazing mill the powder is taken to the drying house. Here at the time of my visit, were nenrly four tons ot powder spread out on trays, while close by were two furnaces roaring away at tbe rate of 5 ton of coal each in twenty-four hours. Danger here was not, yet I could not but think of Sevastopol and the story of its mines. From the drying house the powder is taken to tbe packing house, whereitis putinto barrels and canisters, and thence taken to a magazine, of which there are several, but built with the same regard to non-damage in case of explosion as the grinding mills. While standing in one ofthe packing-houses, and just as I bad given a kick to a hundred pound keg of powder, intended for his excellency Sauta Anna, Mr. Dupont called to aman to bring him some powder in a scoop shovel, and therein I inspected about half a peck of powder, destined to knock out of the world some enemy of his said Excellency. Correct List of Post Offices and Post Masters in the State. A nun si dn, Alvarado, Auburn, Alviso, Bel mout, Bsnioia, BidwelPs Bar, Big fin.', Big Oak 1'la.t, Bodega, Buckner, Cache Creek, Campo Seco, Cani)'Sonville, Oedarv'Ule. Ohai-li'v's liimch, riH-i-oUeel'lat, Chloo, Chinese 'Camp, Cliton, Cold Spriuif, ^OU.VTIES. Mariposa, Alameda, Contra Costa, Alameda,, Calaveras, Placer, Santa Clara, San praricisOT, Solano, Butte, Trinity, Tuolumne, Cottonwood, Ci'oscent City, Coloma, Curt rille, d Springs, Don Pedro's iixr, Hoiil-k' Spring, Downieville, Dry Creek, Dry town, Elk Grove, ■■■llhdi's Ranch, Eureka, Eiddletown, Porbestown, Foster's Bar, Frei 1 Camr, ■orgelown, m.heir's Bar ■afton, ass Nalley, mi rfprhigs, Green wood, Grand Island, Hamilton, Haskell's Ranch, Horr's Ranch, Horsetown, Illinoistown, Indian Diggings, lone Valley, Iowa Hill, J ack.se ii; Jacksonville, Jamestown, Johnson's Itanch, Knight's Forty, Laguna Seca. Los Angeles, Mar tine/,, .Marysville, Maxwell's Creek, Mkdu-iiii Blnll's, Millerton, Mi.-iini Una Jose, Mvkehimnellill, Monterey, Monteaoaja, Monte, Moon'H Ranch, Menroeville, Mountain .-priugs. Mt. Ophtr. Mniini.itin View, Mormon Island, Mud Springs, Murphy's, M'lH-nuott Bridge, Nevada, North Branch, Onisbo, ' Ophirville. Oroviile, 3 Bar Petaltr Pilot Hill, Placerville, Puerta de losReys Quartzbarg, Rattlesnake, Bed Bluffs. RmiLjli ,t. Heady, Round Tent, Salinas, Salmon Falls, San Bernardino, San Pi-iinCisco, San Diego, San Gabriel, San Jose, San Lorenzo, SanLeandro, Sa,n Luis ObifFpo, Sun Pedro. San Rafael, San Ramon, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Santa Kosa, Shasta, Shaw's Flat, Siutiii-lo Springs, Kindling's Ranch, Spanish Flat, Staples' Rand Steinbergor's, Yolo, Calaveras, El Dorado Butte, Butte, Butte, Tuolumne, Nevada, El Dorado, Tuolumne. Colusi, Alameda, Solano, Sacramento, Shasta, Khvmatll, El Dorado, Tuolumne, EI Dorado, Tuoltuoue, Calaveras, Sierra, Yuba, Calaveras, Sacramento, Sacra m onto, Humboldt, El Dorado, Butte, Yolo,' San Joaquin, Tuolumne, KI Dorado, Santa Clara, Sierra, Yolo, Nevada, Tuolumne, El Dorado, El Dorado, Colusi, Butte, Sutter, Tuolumne, Shasta, Placer, Fl Dorado, Calaveras, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Tuolumne, Sutter, Sau Jcaquin, Santa Clara, Butte, Trinity, Loa Angeles, Mariposa, Contra Costa. Yuba, Mariposa, Placer, Ran Joaquin, Santa Clara, Calaveras, Monte rev, Tuolumne, Los Angcics, Colusi, Colusi, Placer, Mariposa, Santa Clara, Sacramento, El Dorado, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Napa, Nevada, Sutter, Calaveras. KI Dorado, Butte,' Yuba, El Dorado, El Dorado, Mendocino, Solano, Mn.riposa, Shasta, Nevada, Sacramento, Monterey, El Dorado, San Bernardino, Sau Francisco, Los Angeles, SantaClara, Monterey, Alameda, Alameda, San Luis Obispo, Los Augeles, Contra Costa. Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Shasta, Tuolumne, Ei Dorado, Sonoma, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Sau Joaquin, San Fl Sonoma, Calaveras. Butte. Colusi, Sacfi to, The Root op Evil.—Dow, Jr., in the Sunday Mer" cury, thus discourses on the importance of money "Myhearers—this is not only a great,but a curious and mysterious world wc live in and pay rent for. All discord is harmony; all evil isgood",all despotism is liberty; and all wrong is right—-for as Alexander Pope says, 'Whatever is is right, except a left boot, and wanting to borrow niojiey.' You may want sense, and the world won't blame you for it. It would gladly furnish you with the article, had it any lo spare,but unlekily it has hardly enough for home consumption. However, if you lack sense, you are well enough off, after all; for then if you commit a faux paw, as the French says, you are let go with the compliment, 'Poor fool! hedoesn;tkuow any better'.' The truth is a great deal of brains is a vast deal of botheration. An empty skull is bound to shine io company; because the proprietor of it hasn't enough to know that there is a possibility ot his making a nincompoop of himself, and therefore he dashes ahead, hit or miss, aud generally succeeds beyond the bounds of all expectation. Let a man be minus brains and plus brass, and he is sure to pass through the world as if he were greased from car to ■ankle; but rig for him up a complete machinery of thought, and it is as much as he can do to tend it. He goes to his grave ruffled and tumbled, curses life for its cares, and goes into eternity packsaddled with mental misery.—Oh; for the happiness of a fool! ville, Volcano, Washington, Watsonville, Weaverville. Woodside, Wood ville, Yankee Jim's Yenmot, Yolo. Klamath, Humboldt, Solano, Calaveras, Yolo, Santa Cruz, San Francise Tulare, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Siskiyou, POST MASTER. B. F. Whitney; I,. 8. Ely; J. M. Jones; H. C. Smith; S. C. Scribner; James Bonnen, A. Rathbone; M.l'Tashner; James Miller; B. W. "Woostrum; Win. Cod din-Urn; Jas. VV. Butler; J. M. Miller; Jas. Buckner; A. McDonald; T. M. Pawling; E. T. Rnmuage; Quo, Thatcher; Fred. Peaskes; Thos. McDauiels; John Bidwell; M. ft. Graham; J. S. Cook; J. M. Goetsehius; A. A. Hunnewell; Wm. Vincent; Thos. Gallagher; P. O. Lamcrie; W. D. Wilson; William Lane; David Hover; P. L. Weymer; J. M. Root; C. N. Note-ware, Richard Smith; D. Tompson; James Gernon; Robt.McAdams; ■J. G. Sneatlr; J. W. Hall; Mr. Elliott; ■H. W. Bean; D. Townsend; SB. W. Williams; A. B. Whitcomb; VI. G. Brown; R. W. Noble; Cage Tucker; T. M. Reed; -A.C. Everett; A. C.Johnson; A. Updegraff; K. Matthewson; J. I). Tabor; N, Van Tassel; C. C. Braily; Thomas Eaay; E. M. Burrows, J. Lelevro; G. D. Dickenson; G. W, Baker; B. Briokett; A. W. Gilbert; J. H. Alford; J. Colgan; Bruce Husband; G. P. Keves; W. Douovon; W. E. OMvear: Geo. M. Dent; George H. Bull; W. P. May-hew: William Lewis; W. B. Osburn; J. F. McNamara; C. C. Collin; P. W. Eeyaer: G. "W. Coulter; ■S. T. Leet; E. P. Hart: J. J. Yallejo; A. W. Goodwin; A. Randall: -J. T. Hoyt; Ira Thomson; Georye Eastman; R. II. Pratt; Joel Holland; J. H. Miller; Jacob Shuinwav ; D. A, Kncass; S. A. Hendee: A. H. Stevens; W. F. M'Dermott; E. B. Eaton; R. A. Davidge; l'. A. Russell; Ed. T. Lake; W. Fisher; C. F. Howell; Daniel !!. Curtiss; PeterGailow; E, S. Gaver; S. W. Garland; Silas Hayes; W. 1). Williams; T. I,. Andrews; Elijah Syloa; ThonifisThorne. Thomas Wood; S. M. Bishop; J. T. Little; J. E. Slater; Ferris Forinan; J. U. Hill; "T. It. Brown; R. R, Hopkins; -Chas. L. Weller; George Lyon; Thomas Burdiek; J. W Patrick; Patrick Breeii; 1), & Crane; J. T. Bryant; J, T. Harvey; Geo. Alexander; W. Russell; Saml. Skidmore; T. W. Harper; F. Cooper; H. G. Shore; T. G. Hahniann; J. Harell; D. T. Hall: W. S. Snellimr; J.X.Randolph; H. A. Theall; S. S. Richard; D. J. Staples; Geo. Thatcher; W. S, Kvle; D. Crandalt; L. I). Collin. N. Hall; J, Clarkine-: ' E. G. Darling; J. A. Tate; A. H. Murdoek; L. Thrift; IT. B. Davidson; M. A. Parkhurst; O. A. Smith; Charles King; Table of Distances. The following distances were measured with a vi by Capt. Warner, of the U-. S. Topographical Knghi' the summer of 184IS. From San Francisco to MtrsionBolorcs 1 '* " " to anchez Ranch 17 " li " to an Mateo *i 11 " " to Santa Clara ,.4 " " " toSauJose 5 " " " to Murphy's 7 " " " to San Juan I! " " '* to a Unas River 11 " " " to Monterey ,22 ''■ "■ " to Mission of Soledad Id '■ '* " toOjitos.,, 20 " *' " to San Miguel 23 '* l: " to Brakes'Ranch .25 " " " to Sanla Marguerita ,2(3 " " " to an Luis Obispo 27 11 " ': to Capt. liana's ,2'J <' " " to*!Los Alamos 32 (; " " to Santa Inez 34 " " " to Gaviota Pass 86 '' " " to Arrogo Hondo 35 " " " toDos Pueblos 31 " " " to Sanla Barbara 38 " " " to Carpentaria , 39 " " " to Kincon 40 " " " to Buenaventura 41 " " '' to Santa Clara River 42 •( " '- to Canega 47 " " '• to Los Angeles 48 " " '.' to Los Coyotes , 5f\ " " " to Santa Ana : .61 " " " to Juan Avila's 53 '* '* " to Sau Juan Capistrano..., .54 " " " to Los Flores 5G " " " to San Luis Rey 57 " " " to San Diego 61 BELLA UNION HOTEL HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING PUR- J^ (■RASED the ontire interest of the jsVs| rtor, and leased theabove JsJjjL r Hotel, respectfully inner patrons of this house, that id fitted up in the most approved venience, and having a table spread t affords ; it is particularly adapt- ,s well as the trav- FINEST BILLIARD TABLES are connected with this establishment, and al*o a BAR, which will be supplied with the rlioisest Wines, Liquors and Board per Week $8 00 Board and Lodging per Week $12 00 EBERHART k VOTGHT, PROPiiiErcns Lns Angeles, June 1. 1555. No. 3—lm is eleganth si vie lor co with the hi ed to tlie accommodation of Famil clin- public. Two of the rm Cfiiitpitiix Pacific Express Co. cbarBtTof regular Messengers, ou the Southern Route to SANTA KARI1ARA. MONTEREY, SAN FRANCISCO. SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON, nl throughout the Northern Klines. OS- PaskagfJB, Letters, Parcels audT treasure forwarded as" Collections made in every part ofthe State and CHA8. B. JOHNSON, Agent l,os Angeles, March 6th 1S55. rolO-tf %m Jfrmrastij Sbtefctiimiis. WELLS FARGO & CO'S A Joint Stock Company wltli a capital of . <SjOO,O0O, \\TJJIaIj tlispatcli an Express from the City of \V LosAngeles. by every Steamer, to all part* tit California, Oregon, the Atlantic States and Europe, in charge ol" regular and experienced Messengers. lETTERS.PAKCELS, PACKAGES and TREASURE received and conveyed to destination with safety and dispatch. Collections made, Orders and Commissions filled, aud all business pertaining to an Express aad forwarding business, attended lo witli promptness and care. _ Sight bills of exchange procured on all the principal cities of tiie Atlantic Males, Oregon and Europe- 11. R. MYLES, A«K.\T. I.os Angeles, March 24, 1855. tf INDEPENDENT LINE. CAESYING THE UNITED STATES MAILS S;"'| FOR MONTEREY. SANTA RARflARA, SAN PKDI DRO AND SAN DIEGO. Connecting at San Pedro with stages for geles, San Bernardino, and Kern Ri- j. Departure from Long Wharf. TIIK NEW AND SPLENDID STEAMSHIP lit* nntl 131 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. Centrally located between Sansome and Montgomery St., in the immediate vicinity ofthe Nicaraguaaud MailStcam- ship Co.'s Offices, San Francisco. GKEAT REDUCTION IN THB PRICE OF BOARD AT THE "WHAT CHEER HOUSE, Kos. 119 and 121 Sacramento streets SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SO OO... »1 oo,,. 50 cts... .. Per "Week, ..Per Day, .Per Weal. SEA BIRD, l.OOOtonsburfheu, Caft. SAMUEL HALEY, will hereafter mate regular trips to the above poris, leaving Long Wharf. Phi- freiirht or pas.-,agi\ apply on board, ov lo .1. T. WRIGHT. 37 Sacramenio street, near Davis. "N. B-—Shippers are requested to get bills of Lading signed for their goods. Los Angeles, June 16, 1855. No. 5—tf Drv Goods and Clo'. hing m ned have removed their entire stock of goods from their < ^tand, corner of Com me rcial andl'r =ipal streets, to the large and ei ' NO. 2 TEMPLE'S BLOCK, Next, door to the " Star" Office, Principal Street directly opposite their old stand, where they will be happy to see all their old friends and customers. They have lately madelarge additions to their stock, which is uow the most extensive in the citv, cum prising in part READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS ANI.) SHOES, FOREION AND DOMESTIC DRY COODS. FANCY COODS, kc Which are ullVn-d at greatly reduced prices, either al We wioild re-oivctfnlH- solicit a Call from purchasers, believing that we can oiler better indueementsin our line of business than any other house in this citv. ELIAS k BROTHER Lafayette Restaurant, FORMERLY TIIE OLD AMERICAN, COMMERCIAL STREET, HAS been splendidly refitted and thorough ly renovated, and the proprietors are nov prepared to accommodate regular boarder ' witli bed-rooms If desired. Meals at all hours, by bill of fai-e. Saloon for priviit Los Angeles, January 11, ISO!: will be constantly served uj -ffATJfi & CO., Proprietors. MR. B.* .JOSEPHI tnlces pleasure in announcing t o tho eiti/.ens of Los Augeles, and all the sur Watches, Clocks. Jewelry aM Sil- -mj-jxi^^esAsz.. -"-as***/"j^^l: E*".«_3ari: a. TOOLS AXD MATERIALS kept constantly on hand and for sale wholesale and retail. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warranted. 100 Gallons of Cnmijlkcitc for sale low. Melius' Row, opposite M. Keller's, Los Angeles. Los Angelos, May 12, 1855. No. 52—2m Great Bargains \ Great Bargains ] E. JOSEPHI, Melius St-oiTV, [X consequence of business calling him to San Iraneiscn, will sell cheap for cash his entire stock id* "ewclrv and xturea ; eonslallng in part of FINE GOLD WATCHES ami 'H.VLVS. DIAMOND RJN S, PIXCl-.R RiXOS, DINS. SI.LVKR n elegant assortment of Clock* of Alst 1 ill! COTTAGE SET OF FURMTIRE IVITII MARBLE TOPS. A verv handsome PARLOR VELVET CARPET ; alarge PARLOR MIRROR 27 and 75 inche- ■ a SPLEXDID SllDtV CASK, two by six feet, two gla^s ; HEDDINO. IMLI.OtVS. ,*,-,■,. ,U-.. a good selection of WATCH MAKERS and JEWELERS' too!-, and materials. Also. 45 GALLONS FIRST QUALITY LAMP OIL, do K0 do do do CAMPHENE, and many other articles Io numerous too mention. R. JOSEPHt. Melu-s Row, opposite the foot ofCoininerei.il street. Los Angeles, June Id, 1855. No. 5—3w Auction & Commission L SIMMONS would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Los Angeles ami vicinity, that he intends opening the store of P. Beaudry nt the corner of Los Angeles and Aliso streets, for the transaction ofa regubr Auction and Commission Business. AUCTION SALES Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, also Hard-Ware, Wooden "Ware kc. k<t. All the articles offered for sale will be in good order. "Large or small lots put up to suit purchasers. The first sale will take place on Tuesday June 1(1, at 10 o'clock A. M. Terms CASH OX DELIVERY.' N. 11.— Prompt attention paid to all sales of Stock, Real or Personal property, &sc., kc. Los Angeles, June 16, 1855. No. 5—lm Carriage and Blacksmith Shop, By JOHN GOLLEE. LOS ANGELES STREET, NEAR THE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL. rrillE subscriber respectfully in- J_ forms tlie pulilicgenerally that he will keep constantly on hand, and wiil manufacture to order, Coaches, Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c, ina neat and workmanlike manner. He has on hand and foraalaa Bne Stool- of Bswern While Oak and Hickory Plank andax'd-. li i .',,- : itly on hand a large ni nety of Carl and Ba ry "WhBftl -pokes, Felloes, Shafl.s, HollSE's'nOEING-AND in all its various branches, executed wilh promptness and dispatch. Particular alien tion will be fimi to l.iic manufacture and repair of PLOWS, HARROWS, and other Farming Untensils. lie has an extensive assortment oflron axels. Springs, Holts, Plow and Spring steel, and other rial pertaining to the bul s to mention. Also, Twenty tons of Blacksrailli's Willi none but the best of workmen in his employ, he feels confident that he can give entire satisfaction to'liia customers. JOHN GOLLER. Los Angeles, June 16, 1S55. No. 5—dm LODGINGS ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMS : From $a t«$G Per Week, From DO cts. to $1 .Per Niglit, N. R.—There are "EIGHTY SINGLE ROOMS, fitted up nnd furnished iu the neatest manner, at from 75 cts. to SI per night, and from $5 tn $0 per week. JK£~ The privilege of FREE PATHS is also extended to tin, patrons of fhe house R. R. WOODWARD, Proprietor. May, 2C, 1865. No. 2—8ni 1000 lloxcs AiTnnt nntl ue Cmiillos—15, lit), SEW FEATME ! S i. IV. SULLIVAN'S GREAT PACIFIC DEPOT ....AND,... GENERAL AGENCY FOR THE SUPPLY OF CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, STATIONARY, 8sC. PArERS, PERIODICALS. AXD BOCKS, RECEIVED WEEKLY RV THE Mail Steamers AND EXCLUSIVE EXPRESS—VIA NICAROAGOA, THE proprietor would respectfully inform Country Reck- sellers. Canvassers. Agents. Pedlers, and llic Public, that independent of hisu'-nrral Newspaper business, helms constantly oil hand, and receiving by everv steamer, nil the standard doors, magazine's and reviews op hcroi'd: and a.merica; Together will! all i lie New. Cheap, and HiscellaneoiuDO- veis and publb-nlions of tlie .lav. Havlne been em^ye.i ia .'lank Di ,-ds. Inks ml En ill i inn- cd '.lis COMMEROAL AND FANCY STATIONARY. All orders must be postpaid, enclosing CASH for WerliJ. iO~ Re its kepi open lo the In test moment, Uuited States Hail via Nicaruaguii, by authority of th» Wholesale and retail department, Pout Office Building-*, -v}17a^vt.tjv.i;£c' FAMILY GROCERY. rr^y THESUBSCRrBKR-aAVING LEAPEDTHE /e*." [m I'i'il.DIN'G FORMERLY OCCUPIED UV PS QBJ.G. Nu-hvls. on Hftln street, where lie wili »;■* GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. [EXCEPTING LIQUORS,] mav be found at his Store, CHEAP FOB CASH, as he ha* adopted the molt o "nnick sa'.v, ;;ii ' -.mall profits. *' His stoei; ofg is will always te seleeto.I nf the b.ist quality, and with sm-cial reference to the wants uf his custr- mers. All who wish to purchase any article usually foitaJ FAMILY CU0CEI1Y, will reroive the fuU value of tlieir monev, bv calling at hi» Store. p. C. WILLLUE- Los Aueylos. March 10th, 1855. tf. STUART & STONE. AECHITEC T S A X D B U I L D E R S. BUILDINGS OP BRICK, WOOD or ADOBE contracted (or, to be delivered complete. OxA~ ELEVATIONS and SPECIFICATIONS drawn for polj- tlo or private houses. i;/>- CHAIN ITMl'S put up and warranted togive satisfaction or no charge. Eg- JOBBING ..fall kinds done at short notice. tf£- OFFICE opposite Johnson & Alhmson's store. Stori on Main street, near the Montgomery Iloune. Los Augek-s, April?, 18fi6, ^ Jj Livery and Sale Stable «k THE undersigned, having purchased M'SO Aeroii, on MAIN STl'.EET, where he ■-=s 1—m/Lx. is prepared to keeu Horses by the day, week or mouth, on the most reasonable terms. ALSO—The best Saddle and Hu^v Hordes wilh fine Buggies to le; al all times. BG&- Horses bought, sold or exchanged on comiiiis-imi. Persons wisliinjr to buy. sell or exchange can have an opportunity bv callinir al tlie above named place of JOHN G NICHOLS. Los Angeles, March 1, 1855. mhl tl D'; DOCTOR DAVAN. RCGGIST OF THE i'NIVERSITY, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER of Ihe Medi- Circle of Moutpellh-r : Member ofthe So- — eietv of Drui^i.sts and Chemists, and fbnner Disciple of "the Hospitals, and Member of ths-Medical oHiC'*"" of Paris, and Commissioner of tlie French Government, Has the honor of announcing to the public. Unit iieWil practice "Medicine ut the old Drug Store of DR. MORK.b, <"* whom he.is successor. Oilers his services tor Chlltl-I*'!*'-"- niid treating especially Scrofulous Ma Dulles, t>t- v«:rs, itirV., and warrants the cure of SECRET DlSEASl- all at moderate prices, Los Angeles, June lli, 1856. No. 6—»" '200 es Tomato Catsup ; Foi-sMcby HARROLD, RANDALL A-CO., GQ-Ca!ifurnia street, near Front. May 2fi, 1855. No. '2—tf ■VfEW Gooils—\cw Goads—Expressly for 100 hrhiiis C. Sngar : U hlntfs new Eiemo Figs, hf drums ; 100 hf boxes ueiv raisins; 26 bbls Almonds ; 10 bokes new Citron, UDADSH.UV k CO.. Cor California and Battery tit. May 26, 3S55. No. 2—if Almanacs! Almanacs! rUST DECEIVED AT THE STAR OFFICE, a supply oOf* CALIFORNIA STATE ALMANAC for 1855. j****1 COUNTY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE. IN J. G. Nichols, new brick building on Main street, "P stairs. II. HANDCOCK, Col-.ntv Scuvkvoi- GEO. HANSON, DEFtn. Los Angeles, April 26, 1855. No. 50—tf wnatU VOL. 5. Cos ^ttijtfds Sffar, Printed and published every Saturday, In Temple's Build- lug*, Main street, head of Commercial, by tf. S. WAITE. _ Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square' of ten lines for the first insertion, and One Dollar per siiuare for tiacli subsequent insertion. Terms, Cash. No communication in adnfissabie over a fictitio ture, unlena the real author or writer is known. Agents ot tlie Loa AHgcles Star; The following gentlemen afe authorised Agents for fhe Star: Thomas BrrRntCit ,, u;.....;,, -..San Gabriel. Gkoruk Rick tii .-..-.,-.-,' " Messrs. K\oi k Whistler .MoMe. fi. S. Timmfso.v R. Hopkiks., Coi,. Jackson ALSX. S. Taylor... Jos. A. HmcitMAS.. Thomas Bovce ... .San Bernardino. ...i Monterey. ....Saitla llarbara: San Francisco: LOS ANQELES STAR MAIN STREET, (Temple's Buildings,) The proprietor of tho Iios Angeles Star, would respect- 'fully inform his friends and the public, that he has .just received a large and varied assortment of new materi- .al, and is now prepared to execute the following desurip- PLATN AND FANCY JOB PniKrTINTG^ In tlie best style of tlie Art. Books, Circulars, Law Blanks, "(Pamphlets, Cards? Bills of Exchange Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Checks, Labels, Notes, Programmes, Posters, Billets, Bills of Fare. 'Or any other description of I'l'Inting that may he desired. jjSp-Persons wishing work done are respectfully invited "to call and examine specimens -■i m —— MaiaM_ m-fr „|MM- justness €mh. MOSES SEARTjES, House, Sign & Ornamental Painter, PAPER HANGER, GLAZIER AIVD GILDER. Lumereaux Buildings, Main Street, LOS ANGELES. W.W. TWIST. J~^ ROCEK and COMMISSION MERCHANT,— %JC Melius Uow, Aliso Strent. Loa Angeles, April SOL, 1855. No. 49—3m SAMUEL ARBUCKLE, Auction & Commission Merchant LOS ANGELES, CAL. Sale Room, Principal Street, Opposite Temple's Building. ■t8fc Sales of MERCHANDISE every TnURSllAY. *S~ Sales of TiORSEri and ilULEri every JIuNDAVi -SSI. Particular attention given to the sale of Reai rotate. feb-22-=tf WILLIAM 15. OSBUM'S AUCTION ROOMS, LOS A^GEIVES STREET, NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE. «B- FURNITURE sales, every TUESDAYS. «$_ HORSES and MULES salea, every SATURDAY. tjig- All business in any part of the city and county entrusted to me shalt be despatched u-ith promptness, and SMtU&etOrHy, W.M. B. OSISURX, Auctioneer. Ua Angeles, March 1st, 1855. mhl tf Doctor A. B. Hamiuin, TI-TNHERS-1 lis services to the citizens of Los Angeles an lis vicinity iu the various branches of the practice c Medicine. Oliice at the Bella Union. febl-tf D Matthew Lnnfratico, RARER IN PROVISIONS, O110CKRIES AND I.fQI'UIIS^ Calle de los NegTOS, Los Angeles. au31 tf VttAS. R. Jok.vso.v. H. S. Ai.la.vso.v .Toltnscii A Alla.iis.-on, Successors to Alexander <C MeU.ux, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALICRS IN GENERAL MERCHASBISE, Main st., Los Angeles- aul7 tf GEORGE IIAVSON, DEPUTY COUNTY SURVEYOR OFFICE—Up-stairs iu Nichols' New Brick Building, op posite the "Southern California" Office. Los Angeles, Slay 5, 1855. No. 51—ly «. C. ALEIAXOER. n. TV. ALEXANDER, PHINKA8 ! ALEXANDERS & BANNING "P*rwar<Uns[ and Commission Merchants. SAN PEDRO AND LOS ANGELES, Cal. ■*Mi.A6 e.VTS.——■ R. N. ALEXANDER, Los Angeles. RANKIN k CO., San Francisco. nov 23 tf O- X>-u.oorrtTirx-uixXy WATCHMAKER & BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL STREET, Los Angbt.es, Cal. Architect and Builder* THE unilersigneil nlfei-s his services to the public as an Architect and Builder. Fl€LXl*9, ELEVATIONS AJSD SPEGHcICATIOjVS DRAWN. Contracts for all descriptions of Buildings made and executed in the best manner, and at th« shortest notice. Building Materials ■riptioiis constantly on hand and for S *ard, MAIN STREET. DOORS, BLINDS AND SASH of all descriptions constantly on baud. Workshop in Melius'' Row. Office at Lumber Yard, Main street. IRA GILCHRIST. REFERENCES I A*bel Stearnes, Esq., I Hon. Francis Melius, HenryDalton, Esq., | B. D. Wilson, Esq., janll-tf Wm. T. B. Sanford. Esq. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1855. Salt! Salt!! Salt!!! THE PACIFIC SALT WORKS CO. having completed their bloek, consisting of fifty kettles, and being now Iin complete operation, are prepared to contract for any quantity of SALT, deliverable at the Company's Works, on the coast, about: twelve miles north of tlie anchorage of San l'edro, and distant from Los Angeles sixteen miles. ■where vessels can load with the .great eat fa oil ity, the beach being considered pri'fc ruble fur loading and discharging to any south of San Francisco. Samples of the Salt can be scon at the office of the Company, Los Augeles, or at Case, Heleer k Co., San Francisco. CHAS. R. JOHNSON. Secretary P. S. W. Co. Salt packed for the trade in any sized sacks, aud delivered at tlie Works, or at the Company's Warehouse. Los Ang«les, febS-tf Aug. W. Timms, Forwarding and Commission Merchant*. SAN PEDRO. All goods consigned to me will be forwarded with dispatch to and from San Pedro and San Francisco and intermediate ports. Advances made on goods, and all commission business attended to with promptness. A line of stages will leave San Pedro for Los Angeles immediately on the arrival of each steamer ; also will leave Los Angeles from the Bella Union Hotel for San Pedro, in time to meet the steamer I'or San Francisco. ,9*3"- Tickets cau be had of Lake & Goler^Los Angelea. Lob Angeles, May 19, 1855. No, 1—3m far- Sale rrr lent NO. 7. House and Lot for Sale. ME-&. AVERY DrcsIIlAULE JIUUSM, sniiable for a small ■|l'..|>j family, nontainiii!,- two rooms, with a Rot attached BBtJL situated at the head of Main street, is offend for sale on reasonable terms. For further particulars apply to IGNACIO GARCIA. feb8-tf 'IVinpli-'s Row. Main street. For "Sale, ]">ACK, RIDING and WA'.'UX MULES ; .. SAMIJ.j-and ll'AK.VMSS IIORSKS ; LARGE ROAD WAGdNS ASH HARNESS • Two or three pair full bk-,,,1 gUFfOLK HOGS,- And a number of HALF BLOOD do, Purchasers wanting will find It to their interest to call on the subscribers previous to purchasing elsewhere ALKXANHKJl \- fJANNiXd. Han Pedro jan2G-tf Or'H. W. ALEXANDER. Los Angeles. FOU SALE. «felO0ACRI«(";rTlIi':.lSl«TAt;RlCl"I,TURALLANDJ!j (gMfni the C"unty of Los Angeles, whieh needs noli —^ irrigation, f)0 acres under fence, has a goodJl IIoL'iSR and necesijttry OnthoUoBB, Also, olltl iHHIS. among whicli are 1(10 ['reeding Sow; pig ; twenty I[UIISF,.-J. TOOLS. WAGONS, kc. Tho Farm is situated three miles from this City, and the only object the present proprietor has in selling it, is that he wishes to leave the State. !>'■;- Terms easy. Enquire of ■ - - _nov'J:i—tf WM. B. OSBURN, Agent. Monte j FARM FOR SALE. The subscriber offers his Farm, tail * tain ing One Hundred and Sixty Acres of iviuice Land, situated at San Gabriel Mission, on the main traveled road from this City to the id San Bernardino. There is a large vineyard on the premises, and a (ine grove of Olive and other Fruit Trees/ There is a comfortable House, Corrals and other eonvc'nlencies, that make it a desirable location for the Dairy Business, or for keeping ranch stock, having the ad- van I age ofa large and unobstructed range. ' For further insinuation apple at the "Office of the Loa Amiklkk Stau, or on the premises to THOMAS BURDIOK March 24, 1855. tf FOR SAL.B.' rjihe fine NEW HOUSE situated on Alnmcda _l_ Street, near the corner of Aliso Street, opposite the frame house of Don Red ro Sansevaine. The House has a f/ont of 80 feet on tlie' street, and 21% feet daep—is two stories hiirh-"—contains six rooms, three above and three below, built of adobe's with good stone fbundation, and floors of American pine, I*t SO varas frtnt and 100 deep. Enquire of FELICE CtiX7.Al.KS on 1hc premises. Los Angeles. March 30, 1855. tf FOR SALE! jTHhe Entire Furniture aitd Bar Fixtures of* the Los Angelas Exchange are now offered for sale cheap for cash, as the Proprietor intends leaving the place. For information apply at the Los AitgcU'*- iC.icSjsuige, MAIN STREET. Los Angeles. June 9, 1S55. No.4—lm The British Periodicals. Early Copies Secured, LJSdKA&P) SCOTT & COl, New York, continue to republish the following British Periodicals, viz: Tl-ti! LONDON QUARTEHtjY (Conservative): 2- , . THE EDINBURGH REVIEW (Wing). 3. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW (Free Church). 4. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Liberal): BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE (Tory). The present critical'state oi Furrtpran affair* will render these publications unusually interesting during the forthcoming year. They will occupy a middle ground between the hastily written news item's, crude speculations, and firing rumors ofthe dailv journal, and tlie ponderous tome of the future historian, written after the living interest and excitement of tlie great, political 6vrifits hf the time shall have passed a way. It is to ' ie ■ . . . eais thai readers must look for the only realty int-iii.-1 v' ■ and reliable history of current events, and as such, in addition to their well-establishi-d literary, scientific and theological character, we urge them upou the consideration of the resding Public. $3y- Arrangements ere now permanently made Tor the receipt of EARLY SHFETS from the British Publishers, by which we are enabled to place ALL OUR REPRINTS in the hands nf subscribers, about as soon as they ean he furnished with the foreign copies. Although this involves a very large outlay on our part, we shall continue to furnish the Periodicals at the same low rates as heretofore, viz ! 1'KR AS SUM". For any one ofthe four Reviews....; ij;; .. i nt tl l: i :*f3 00 For any two of the four Reviews . -. um, 5 00 For any three of the four Reviews.. : it.. 7 00 For all four ofthe Reviews.:; 8 00 For Blackwood's Magazine ; ; 3 00 For Blackwood and three Reviews 0 00 For Blaekwood and the four Review's 10 00 Payments to be made in all cases in advance. Money ci.rrent ill the State ivliere issued will bt received at par. CLUBBING ta l\ discount of twenty-live per cent, from the above prices Will he allowed to (Tubs ordering four or more copies of ahy oneormoreof the above works. Thus: Four copies of Blackwood, or of one Review, will he sent to one address for $9: four copies df the four Reviews and Ulaekwood for $30; ahd so on. Postage. In all the principal Cities and Towns, the.= e works willbc delivered, through Agents, FliF.F. OF I'tl-TAOE. When sent by mail, the postage to anv part of the United States will be but TWHN'TY-Fnn; OENTS a year for "Blackwood." and but FOURTEEN CENTS a year for each of the Reviews. Remittances and communications should always be addressed, post-paid, to the VnWishers. LEONARD SCOTT & CO., 54 Gold Street. New York. N. B.—L. S. k Co. have recentlv published, and have now for sale, ..the "FARMER'S (It'inE." by Jloivy Stephens, of Edinburgh, and the late Professor Norton, of Yale College, New Haven, complete in 2 vols., royal octavo, containing" 1000 pages, 14 steel and 000 wood engravings.— Price, in muslin binding, $0, *^&, This work is MOT the old "Book of the Farm," lately RESUSCITATED and thrown upon the market. HTktlfoitwtfs. Blacksmith and Carriage Shop. Los Angeles Street, next floor to Childs, Hicks and Dtr.nison THE SUBSCRIBERS would respectfully in form their friends and the public that they are now prepared to execute all orders in theabove lines of business with neatness ond dispatch. None but experienced workmen iv ill he eniploved, and as both departments are under the in mediate superintendence of the proprietors, oureustom- ■rs may rest assured that their work w ill be done in a sat- sfact iry and workmanlike manner. ii. Mclaughlin. ecp'28 tf E. L. SCOTT. Home "fllanulactorj-. Main Street, nearly opposite the Star Ojfice- F0Y & BROTHER, SADDLE AM) UAKXKSS MAKERS, Keeps constantly on hand an assortment of SADDLES. HARNESS, BRIDLE'S, WHIPS, COLLARS, SADDLE WARE. kit. "We are also prepared to exeeuie all kinds of work in our ae at the shortest possible notice. A superior lot of California Ult ts and Spurs always on and "etlO tf GOLDEN GATE MILLS' FLOUR, WE have just received in edditiou to our large stock of desirable goods 400 tfcR. SACKS GOLDEN GATE MILLS FLOUR, Which we offer to the citizens of Los Augeles as an article of superior quality. It has always been celebrated for its purity aud fineness, having obtained the premium at the numerous expositions in San Francisco. We have effected such arrangements u-iih the manufacturers, as will insure us a supply at all times of this favor ite brand. For sale at wholesale or retail for CASH ONLY by HAUL, FLATT A- CO. Opposite Wells, Fargo & Co Temple's Block. Loa Angeles, June 9,1856. No. 4—tf Mm-dcrB In the Royal Family of Russia. The first surmise, on the ann ounce men fc of the death of the Czar, was tbat he had fallen a victim to some conspiracy. There would seem, however, to he no grounds for this suspicion. Yet the almost universal suspicion of murder was not extraordinary, when itis considered how many of the royal line of Russia have died forcihle deaths. What with the discussions among the imperial family, and what with the conspiracies on the part of the nobility to remove an obnoxiotis Czar, no dynasty of civilized princes bas ever suffered so much* from steel and cord since the days of the Roman1 Ca;sa"fs. Talleyrand's famous definition ofthe chars- acter of the Russian government, that it was " a despotism tempered by assasHiiiuLion,"- was as true a- it was witty, because of its truth. Duriug the earlier period of Czarism, nearly every emperor destroyed some rival, or was himself destroyed. Kven in the last century the murder ofa Russian prince almost universally attended or preceded the accession of a new monarch tothe throne. The bloody drama was Opened by a lather killing his own son cIqboiI Hy a bum ouiisentlng tw i)s« mui'du* nfhi« f^ ther. The incident io which we first allude was the secret execution of Alexis, onlj son of Peter the Great, by order of the father, A. D. 1719. The Prince was hostile to the new measures introduced hy the Czar, favoring the old Royar party, which adhered to the ancient usages and customs of his country. For this Peter resolved to disinherit him. Alexis, knowing what this me*int, fled abroad, but being discovered, was dragged back to Russia, compelled to renounce tbe succession, tried by secret judges, and barbarously put to death. The next great tragedy which occurred in th* Romanoff family was the murder of Peter the Third, by direction of his wife, who immediately ascended the throne as Catherine the Second. This woman, celebrated no less for her profligate life than for her political genius, was the grandmother of JNlcholas. Her instrument in the assassination of her husband, was Prince Alexis Orloff, one of ber paramours, a man of gigantic stature, who subsequently un- blushingly parked himself through Europe, and was viewed with terror and curiositv everywhere as the person who, when the Emperor'resisted, had throttled the unhappy Prince with his own hand. A brother of this monster went to Italy, where a Princess of the Romanoff line resided, whom Catharine feared, in consequence of her better title to the throne, and having inveigled the poor girl into a mock marriage, trapped her on board a Russian frigate, and carried her a prisoner to Cronsdadt. The miserable victim of the atrocious perfidy was drowned in her cell subsequently by an inundation of the Neva. The paricide to which we allude was the murderer of Paul the First, father of Nicholas, with the knowledge, if not the connivance, of Alexander, the predecessor ofthe late Czar. Paul was set upon at night, in liis chamber, and assassinated after a protracted struggle, in which he fought with desperate resolution, though unarmed and in his shirt. At the period of this bloody tragedy, Nicholas was an infant. But hss elder brother, Alexander, was a young man, and was, it is generally thought, aware of what was about to occur. Remorse for the act is said to have imbittercd the closing days of Alexander. It is asserted by some historians that even this Prince fella victim toa violent death. It is certain that lie died suddenly when on a tour in the Crimea ; and as he had become quite unpopular with a large party in bis dominions, it is not impossible that he was peisoned. In all these cas- es of assassination it was at lir.-t given out that the Czar died of appoplexy, nor did the truth appear until the lapse of a year had rendered harmless the publication ofthe facts. In a despotism like Russia, when a prince is to be deposed, there is generally no course left but to take his life. He can not safely be asked to abdicate, for he would be a bold man who could thus " bell tho cat," and while be lives, even after abdication, there is always danger of revolution in his favor. Hence Talleyrand's remark.—[Ex. paper. Swnmp and overflowed JLands At the last session of the Legislature an act was passed providing for the sale of the swamp and Overflowed lands belonging to this State, which were ceded to her by the Congress of the United States, for common school purposes. The State act requires the lands to be surveyed by the diftere-tt County Surveyors of the counties in which they are located, before they can be disposed of, according to the instructions received from the Commissioner Of the General Land Office, wbo says that— "All lands which from being swampy or subject to overflow*' are unfit for cultivation, and '■ all lands which through the dry part of the'year, are subject to inundation at tbe plantfng, growing or harvesting season, so as to destroy the crop, and therefore are unfit for cultivation, taking the average season for a reasonable number of years as the rule of determination,'- are to bo considered as granted to the State!' In order that these lands may be selected before the meeting of the next Legislature, S.H.Mariette. Esq.. Surveyor General of the State of California, has issued a card of instructions to the different county surveyors, enclosing the State act. and requesting immediate action on tbeir part, under its provisions; ' The State law reads— Sec. 11. No person shall become the purchaser, from the State, of any lands situated within ten miles of the city of 'an Francisco or San Diego, nor within five milc^. >f the cities of Sacramento. Marysville or Oaklan nor within one mile of any other incorporated city or town in this State, nor within one mile of Sacramento river, front the mouth of said river to the mouth of Feather river. The land situated within ten miles of the City of San Francisco or San DiegO, within five miles Of the cities of Sacramento, Marysville and Oakland, and within one mile ofany other incorporated city or town, and within one mile of tbe Sacramento river, from the mouth of said river to the mouth of Feather river, shall be and they are hereby excluded from the provisions of this act. The terms of purchase are set foi-th in the 5th section ofthe act as follows:— Sec. 5. Any person or persons wishing to purchase lands, under the provisions of tbis Act. may, if preferred by such purchaser or purchasers, have a credit of five years to pay for the same, by paying interest at the rate ofteu per cent, per annum, upon the purchase money, the interest in all cases, to be paid one year in advance, which interest, as well as principal, may be paid in the same manner as provided by the 4th section of this Act. The purchase money "may be paid either in money, Controller's warrants, or any other evidence of indebtedness of this State originating out of the ordinary expenses ofthe State Government." Section 16 defines the rights of settlers as follows : "Any person or persons having or holding a settler's claim, under the laws of this State for the protection of settlers, upon the swamp and overflowed ladns belonging to tbis State, shall be and is hereby protected in his, her or their claim to the same, including all improvements thereon : provided, that he, she or they shall, within six months after the taking effect of this Act, comply with all tbe requirements of other purchasers under the provisions of this Act; provided further, that no person or persons settling upon any of the swamp or overflowed lands described in this Act, shall acquire any right or title, by reason of such settlement, upon any ofthe lands excepted from the pro- ^'d visions of this Act." The terms of the grant as made by Congress the 28th of September, 1850, includes an immense number of acres of land, in the selection and survey of which no time should be lost. All delays are just so much loss to the State, and we hope that the call of the State Surveyor General may meet with a ready response from* those county officials upon whom it is made. MAKE YOUR MARK. In the quarries should you toil, Make your mark; Bo you delve upon the Boil?' Make your mark; In whatever path you go, In whatever place you stand— Moving swift, or moving slow— With a firm and honest haud, Make your mark. Life is fleeting as a shade— Make your mark ; Marks of some kind must be made— Make your mark ; Make it while the arm is strong, In the golden hours of youth ; '. Never, never make it wrong ; Hub..; H -rria. Um atamajf irf tiwit\ _ Make your mark. [Cal. Farmer, Krom Life Illustrated. A WATER SOSG. Pure cold water bright. All sparkling and white, "Will color your cheeks like the cherry : A fine pearly hue, Your skin will renew, And make you light-hearted and merry. Then powders and pills, And doctor's long bills, Just throw to the dogs, with their physic,- And if you can't sleep, Why take a wet sheet— 'Twill cure both the cold and the phthisic? Their smooth anodynes, And all their drugged wines,- Will fasten disease to you faster—' Ten chances to one, If when youv'e " been done," Old Nature makes out to be master I Then if you should reel, From topmast to keel, And hobble along on your crutches, Let calomel tell Who struck your death knell, When be had you fast in his clutches !- Our Power for Mischief. A war navy is the child ofa commercial navy. Ships are first built to carry travellers and merchandise ; then in time of trouble a portion of them are set apart to carry guns and soldiers.- Evidently, therefore, a war navy will be numerous and powerful in proportion to the number and power of the commercial navy of tbo nation. Nations owning large, numerous, anp well built commercial vessels will never lack men-of-war; while, on the other hand, nations not used to trade on the seas can seldom do anything effective i»a naval war; This is the conclusion of theory ; and history shows it to be true in practice. How stands the commercial navies of the world? An English newspaper gives the following table: Ent'daml Clenred. , MM- , of Vessels. Tonnage. Yc.-stls. Tomitijro. fi. Britain and Col.. ■j&.t*ao 5.1113.1:70 342. Si* 4 "limed States 4.1M.')02 trance H,8S4 710,000 ""pinu ii hii ('ohsnic-s. 7,9M6 379.421 11,520 Portugal Sif6 86.156 .iitlv iiudl-iirdinia..- 17,086 546,021 7,600 324,000 Greece 3,970 264,981 Turkey 2, '2110 182,000 230 38,790 Helium.: 149 36,000 4,792 Holland 3.048 456,459 15,771 Hanover, Oldeubure . 600 40,000 lianil.'iirp-..- 379 119,884 8,920 do. coasting trade. 2,000 101,661 70 9,380 2,400 Bremen.... i 3,000 M->-Lk-uburg 150 1,000 Prussia .-. ... 1,980 303,SOO 10,315 Denmark 4.095 IS 9.190 107,571 Norway i _-.^. 368,800 19,447 Sweden:*" : 880 147,028 EQBSia 806 17,072 *Tlie coasting trade about one-third more in Camels for American Army Transportation. The subject of introducing the camel as a beast' ot burden in transporting military stores, &c over our great: western plains was, if we are not mistaken, first broached in 1818 by Maj. Charles C. Wayne or tlie Quartermaster's Department.—From that iimc till 1853 he urged it on the attention of tho department, we fancy, with little success. The present Secretary of War, however, on assuming his present position, entered heartily into the idea, and Major Crossman.U. S. A., also, detotcd much time foseeui-ingforthe project (ofthe proper experiment) a triumph, laboring with zaal in making the necessary investigations to prove the feasibility of the scheme. General Davis, at each succeeding session since lie has been in office, bas left no stone unturned to obtain tire appropriation made shortly before the adjournment. Major Wayne has been1 selected, very properly, to conduct the experiment. —To that end he is about to start for ihe East, travelling overland from Liverpool or Havre.—He isto' purchase about fifty camels in Persia, ofthe kind which has beeu in use in that quarter of Asia lor military purposes for centuries. Indeed, the Persians, for one hundred and twenty years, have had a corps of artillery called "Zembourek," in which' dromedaries play a conspicuous par! ; insomuch as tlie guns «tc trnnopDrtcd o« tl>» >«4QL:i of tliOSC KH*** mals, Irom which they are also fired. These guns carry a leaden ball weighing about a half a pound. rlhose dromedaries are accustomed to a climate almost identical with that of the region in whieh it is •proposed to use tbern in the United States. For four months in the year they are accustomed t« snow aud much rmid. These animals range in value in Persia from fifteen to seven tv-five dollars usually, very choice ones bring a hundred and fifty dollars at times. The United Stales ship Supply, im which they are to be brought hither, is to leave a cargo of stores in the Mediterranean for our squadron stationed there, on her way out. After taking in her return cargo of camels, she will probably make for Indianola Texas, and there land them. Two or three scientific gentle ren are now engaged in investigating facts connected with the cli- Iflfite of various parts ofthe United States, in order to ascertain where it will be best to have them pass their first winter. It will be recollected that they travel sixty miles without food or water, and live on food which other animals of burden reject. We are firm bf.lievers that the experiment will succeed, and hope yet to see camels used as ordinary beasts of burden in our country.—[Washington Star. 1,003,736 1,074,198 1.92S.022 1,372,072 3,090,814 idditiou. — About seven-eighths of the Russian traOic ia carried on liy foreign ships. Central and South America : 1,880 193,726 Sandwich aiul SoeitstJ Islands .-. 100 3,000 From this it appears that the United States atands second in the list, being very slightly behind England. It has more ships than all the rest of Europe together. If Great Britain, France and Spain were united against this country, the three combined would only possess one-fifth more tonnage than the United States has afloat. And as we find that the tonnage has nearly quadrupled since 1812; it is safe to assume that four or Jive years hence the American merchant navy will be equal to theirs^ and will ouly fall short by a small figure of equalling the entire tonnage of Europe. This is a startling fact, if viewed in connection with the possibility of a war—[N. Y. Herald. The Law of Numerical Relatiox between tutI 5XE8.—The " Annual of Scientific Discovery " contains the fallowing interesting facts concerning the numerical relation of the sexes. It says ; " There is a natural law of relations between the sexes, which is found to vary at diflercnt ages, according to the different dangers to which they are exposed. This is one of the most curious of natural laws and one ofthe most interesting, demonstrating the admirable economy of adaptations be^ tween the several parts ofthe natural system. If tbe number of males and females born was exaclty equal, the result would be that before they reached middle age, the female sex would be reduced too low, and become inadequate to the purpose Which it lias to till j In fact, the number of males born is always greater than the females, by about four per cent. At 20 years of age this preponderance is eu-^ tirely lost, and there are more females than males. At 40 the balance again is the oilier way, and there are more males than females; At 70 the sexes are about even,and tbe ultimate age of the human being is reached without any decided advantage to either sex. Both the census of 1840 and 1850 prove this law; Beyond the age of forty years, the probabilities for longevity arc much greater for American women than that of men.—This contrasts singularly with the fact that the physique (relatively) of American women, is inferior to that of American men; That fact, as lias been shown, however, tells tremendously on women between the ages of 10 and 40, when their mortality is very great. There are now 430 American women above one hundred years of age. J&S- A country parson preaching one Lord's day from the text, "Vow and pay unto the Lord your vows," in the course of his remarks proved pretty conclusively that after a person bad made a tow it was his duty to perform it. Directly after Berviee, a sort of half bred Indian not -' all companionable, to saj tbe least, came up tac Rev. divine, saying— " I vow I go horile with you." ''Then you must go," was the unhesitating rc- " I vow I stay to supper," said he on arriving at the gate; There was no alternative and the minister invited him in. "I vow I Btay all night," was the cool assertion as he drew away from the table. The good man saw that submission ceased to be a virtue, and without any perceptible sign of discomfiture, said— '• You are welcome to-night, but I vow you shall go in the morning." A Bull In Clinrvli.. In one Of the letters printed in the auto-biography of the late Rev. W. Jay, just published, he tells a story of a bull entering a church where the reverend geutlman was preaching. " The congregation was large, and just as I was concluding the sermon there was a general consternation and out- cryi All was confusion, the people treading on one another, &c. It was rather dark, aud the pulpit candles only were lighted. I saw something moving up the aisle towards the vestry. It was a bull 1 I presume driven in by pickpockets, or persons who wished to disturb us. I was talking upon the affairs of the nation, and John Bull very seasonably came Iii; But imagine what followed. The bull could not be made to go backwards, nor could he be turned round : five or six persons, therefore, held him by the horns * while the clerk; as if bewitched, gave out, in order to appease the noise,— "Praise God from whom all blessing flow. Praise hiui all crettlnres here Ludow," kc. O that fhe bull could have roared here in compliance with the exhortation ! I looked down from the pulpit, and seeing the gentlemen who held him singing with their eyes lifted up, as it returning thanks for this unexpected blessing. I was obliged to put my hand before my face while I dismissed the congregation."—[Lutheran Obs. The Mammoth Ox.—This wonderful animal ia now on exhibition at woms on Commercial street between Sansome aud Montgomery, (San Francisco,) It ia impossible to give such a discription as will enable those who have not a conception ef what a mammoth ox is. to appreciate his Bovine Majesty. No one should fail to go and see him aud judge for themselves. It is a sight of more thau ordiuary interest. A wonderful animal, in sine aud proportion in fair keeping; in truth an elegant animal. He looks so good yoii wish to feel of liim to see if he is real. The rooms are neat and clean, and ladies can visit with the assurance that order and cleanliness and most respectful attention will add to the pleasure cf the visit to the wonder of the day. The ox approx- mates to the enormous weight of 4000 pounds, and is still termed a calf, and by great care and feeding can be made to reacli 5000 pounds. Wc are pleased to learn that the proprietor intends to put him in order for tbe State Fair at Sacramento, and win prize. ^y* It is estimated that at least a quarter ofa million of dollars have changed hands in the celebrated race of Lexington against time. Jowl.—The Dubuke Tribune of She 9th inst., announces the election of the entire Republican State ticket by increased majorities over the vote of last fall. The prohibitory liquor law has also been accepted by the people. "f^* Widow Drizzle's husband lately died of cholera. In the midst of his most acute bodily pain, bftet the hand of death had touched him, and while writhing in agony, his wife said to him : Well, Mr. Drizzle, you need'ut kick round so, and wear the sheets out, if you are dying." Im Pants.—A young lady was taken into StatioQ 2, Tuesday evening, having on male apparel. She stated that she had assumed the disguise to look after a yoUng friend. She probably felt a little jealousy. The Sl'XHat Law.—Contrary to expectation, the certified copies ofthe statutes passed at the late session of the Lcgislature.to prohibit Sunday amusements, and vex liousesof prostitution, and suppress vagrancy, have not yet beeu received by the city officials, and therefore no attempts have yet been made to enforeo them.—[S. F. Chronicle. Academic Discipline.—The following law has been passed by the present Legislature, aud has received tbe approval of the Governor : Section 1. No iuHliolder, tavern-keeper, retailer; confectioner, or keeper of any shop or house.fbr the sale of drink or food, or any livery stable k< ep- cr for horse or carriage hire, shall give credit to any student in any incorporated academy, or other educational institution within this State. Sect. 2. No person shall be approved or licensed for either of the employments aforesaid contrary to the provisions of this act. Sect. 3. If any person shall give credit contrary to tbe provisions of this act he shall forfeit a sum equal to twice the amount sounlawfnlly trusted or credited, whether the same shall have been paid of not. Sec. 4. Such forfeitures may be prosecuted for. and recovered in any court competent to try the same, and the forfeiture shall be disposed of as in otber cases of similar forfeitures.—[Boston Trav. m
Object Description
Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 5, no. 7, June 30, 1855 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Description | The weekly newspaper has p.[1-4] in English. Los Angeles Star in English includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "Miscellaneous. Murders in the royal family of Russia", "Swamp and overflowed lands", [col.4] "Make your mark", "A water song", "Our power for mischief", "A bull in church", "The mammoth ox", [col.5] "Camels for American army transportation", "The law of numercal relation between the sexes", "Academic discipline"; [p.2]: [col.1] "Vacation", "Independence", "St. John's Day", [col.2] "Indian Reservations", [col.3] "The warning power of the English queen", "Victor Hugo's address to Louis Napoleon", "News from Utah territory", [col.4] "Proceedings of the Common Council", "Commercial record", "Mr. Editor of the Star"; [p.3]: [col.1] "Proclamation", [col.2] "Ordinance"; [p.4]: [col.1] "About barns", [col.2] "Our country is safe". |
Subject (lcsh) | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers |
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (County) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (State) | California |
Geographic Subject (Country) | USA |
Coverage date | 1855-06-24/1855-07-06 |
Editor | Waite, J.S. |
Printer | Waite, J.S. |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Waite, J.S. |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | 1855-06-30 |
Type | texts |
Format (aat) | newspapers |
Format (Extent) | [4] p. |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Identifying Number | issue: Los Angeles Star, vol. 5, no. 7, June 30, 1855 |
Legacy Record ID | lastar-m84 |
Part of Collection | Los Angeles Star Collection, 1851-1864 |
Rights | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
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Repository Name | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Repository Address | 1511 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 |
Repository Email | ajutzi@huntington.org |
Filename | STAR_163; STAR_164; STAR_165 |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Filename | STAR_163-0.tiff |
Full text |
State Agricultural Soilcly.
The following list of Premiums offered for 1S55
by the State Agricultural Society, to be holden at
Sacramento in September next, we condense from
the California Farmer. Competitors for premiums on Farms, Vineyards, Orchards, &c., are
requested to give notice to the President or corresponding Secretary on or before tke first day of August.
Best improve^ Farm $200 2d do do....$100
Bftst VineyaTtt 15 2d du do.... i> |
Archival file | lastar_Volume16/STAR_163-0.tiff |