Brother Jonathan's Ships.
JSX GEORGE GREENVILLE.
Hurrah.for our ships I our merchant ships!
Let's raise for them the song ;
That safely glide o'er the foaming tide,
With timbers stout and strong ;
That to and fro on the waters go,
And borne on the rushing breeze,
Like birds they fly. 'neath every sky,
From South to Northern seas !
Hurrah for our ships! our battle-ships!
Our glory and our boast;
That carry death in their bellowing breath
To invaders of our coast;
In glory and pride, whatever betide,
May they sail around our shore;
Buf- long be the day ere in battle's fray
We shall hear their cannons roar.
ntirrah   lorourships!   our sfout steam-ships!
That float in strength and grace ;
By fire and air t icircourse tlicy bear,      \
As giants in the race ;
That hind the hands of kindred lands
In close and friendly grasp :
God grant no feud by death aud blood
May e'er unloose the clasp.
Hurrah for them all, both great and small,
That Iloat our waters free ;
May they safely sail in calm or gale,
In home or foreign sea :
Hurrah again for our inevehantmcn,
Hurrah for our men-of-war !
Ring out the shout for our steam-ships stout,
Hurrah for them all I—Hurrah!
To Parties Claiming Payment from
tbe Unite*! Stales for loss nntl destruction of
PrOperty during the War -with Mexico.
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims prosecuted by the undersigned before the Court of
Claims at Washington, can receive all the necessary information on the subject, and have their
Claims promptly prosecuted on application to 0.
MORGAN. Los Angeles.
g 2 J. D. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
Contempt of Court.
In a village "down south," there lives a quiet
unobtrusive young lawyer. A modest fellow is
M., (merit is always modest,) but he knows bis
rights, -'and knowing, dares maintain them/"'
Like a great many others, he is " following the
practice," and anticipates having n glorious time
when he overtakes it. Awhile since, having been
retained in some small cases, lie made hia appearance before that august dignitary—an Alabama
Justice of the Peace.      His  "honor"   evidently
lost faith in M at first  sight, for one  after
another his cases ■'collapsed " under the "stunning" charges delivered by the court.
The law and the testimony were alike unavailing,    M 's cases were bound to go,     At last
human nature could bear no more—M -, rising from his seat, delivered himself in his usual
slow and measured manner :
" The Court can fine me five dollars."
"For what?   Mr. M ," said the justice,
somewhat surprised.
"For contempt of Court," coolly replied M.
" I am not aware, Mr.M ," said the Court,
"of your having been guilty of anything that
might be considered contempt."
"I know your honor is not aware of it," replied
M , " but I entertain a secret contempt for
this Court."
kn Jfntftim %^kxikn\m\ht
IF'ox* Sale,
BY  THE  CASK  OB   PACKAGE,
In quantities to suit,
LOST, mUM'Al'l-:!;. LEtUtCAP. LETTER PAPER, INK.
BROAD IULL 1'AFKK. WOf-riCAi.-, NUTIU'AVF.R, PENCILS, BLANK BOOKS, WAFKIiS, Sec, $t>.
Noisy Carriers Hook and Stationery Co.,
87 Battery st    and 04 and 68 Lonr* Wharf. San Francisco.
VIS—3"m C. P. KIMBALL. President.
THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL BATHS
OF   DR.   BOURNE,
f Sansome and Cc
■stC
Also, all Indolent Ulcers, tiftno:
ial Sir,
DISEASE     OF
oppo
'HE   EYES.
of the Womb, all othe
las Hotel, Seen Fra?icisco,
er Fevers, Jaundice, Diseases
nis, Neuralgia,  inch-ding lie
ilblUty of doubt, to
listei-iiig to it cal
di-uir.-i which re ma
Clothing I   Clothing 11
JENNINGS   &   BREWSTER,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing',
lYo.  7-J llatteiy Street,
SAN" FRANCISCO,
WOULD respectfully call the attention oi'buyers   to
their lar.ire and well assorted stock of SPRING AND
SUMMER CLOTHING, consisting;of—
'    PANTS.
New stylos plain and fancy cass. Pants ;
Now styles plain and limey satinet l'-iiiis ;
Black Doeskin and oasaimere Pants ;
Assorted Kentucky .lean Pants ;
Linen duck and drill pants.
TESTS.
White and check Marseilles Vests ;
PI.
uncy t
nd Fancy silh vests ;
SUITS.
Plain and fancy cassimere Business Sui
Plain and check linen Business Suits *
COATS.
Black cloth Frock Coats;
DRAWERS AND SHIRTS.
Gray and White Merino Shirts and Drji>
Hickory, Check and Flannel Shirts.
OVERALLS AND SOCKS.
Denim Jumpers and Overalls ;
CottOB, Merino and Wee] Micks.
HATS. BLANKETS, &C.
.   Tn addition to tlie above, ive   have a tine a.
Goods generally kept in our line.
hu JfrHttrisn* ^ikrfemtnfs.
CLOTHS! CASSIMERS! TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS!
And Billiard Cloths !
I BEG leave to inform the public in general that
I keep constantly on hand a complete aud well
assorted stock of
Cloths, Cnssimcrs, Tailor's Trlmmliigs,fillll-tr-t
Cloths, Velvets and Vcstlngs
of all descriptions.
Importing all these articles only-from the most
prominent European Factories, I am able to satis*
fy all reasonable demands. I am willing to icll
in quantities to suit, and soliciting orders I guarantee shey will be executed faithfully and with
despatch. A. L. BLUMENTHAL.
San Francisco, Sacramento street, 142, betwetn
Kearny and Montgomery. auglS 3m
i-ithhekl, rather thai
to
the   fceepinj,
Nic
holas Hotel
d beue-Iicia
m-   he  em
h<Hl
PJOfl
that those
e they were
Curious Blunders.—Columbus, sailing to America, thought he was discovering a passage to
China, or Cathey. Even after it became known
that a new continent had been discovered, instead
of an old one revisited, geographers labored under
many curious and erroneous impressions. America, beyond its sea-coast, was shrouded in mystery,
and what lay beyond men could only conjecture.
America was at first presented aa a great peninsula of Asia, mixed up and joined with Japan,
China, &c. Maps were shown in which China is
in the closest neighborhood io Mexico, on which
the great Rio Colorado cf California takes its
source in Siberia, and where the Tartars and their
horses and camels art* represented about the Rocky
Mountains. A Chinese was also shown with his
yellow shoes and trowsers, and pointed bonnet,
standing in the midst of the Apalachian Mountains, and not far from him the portrait of an
elephant. This latter feature was not so far wrong
lor certainly " the elephant" has been extensively seen in this country. But by degrees, as geographical knowledge improved, America was disjointed from  Asia,  Japan kept on the march  to
the West, and the Tartar, Chinese and elephants
were dismissed to their several homes.—Portland
Transcript.
Drugs   and  Medicines.,
Heca-ixigrtQii etc Co.,
114 Mattci-y  Stl-cct,
SAJV FRAJ\'C1SC0.
OFFER (or sale, Ex "nailing," .'Tornado," and "'Be-
porta:"
Tartaric  ,cid Jarnc's Medicines
Castor Oil (irafenherg Medicines
Sulphur Sand's Sarssparill.a
.Taman*;
G
iff
r
(.'.ihii.'-i
A 1
Fresh Hops
in
:i:il..*s
'■
'•
'aper
is
Adhcsiv
P. 1*
aster
Siihihm
fttfl
■ I.
rphm
Shakef
Iicr-li
Oil i!ei-_
am
Oil Oriu:
Oil Lci\
on
Oil Rose
OilSass
fi-ii
To-retlie
r w
th
a ful
Drags, Medicines,
Perfumery,  Fanny Articles,   &c.
dwell, Crane & fmglmn,
(Late E.  Crowc/l Sf Co..)
TMI'OHTrlUS 01- ].0F.M1;N AND DOMESTIC
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES, PATENT MEDI-
cines, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c,
131 COMMKllUlAl, .STREET, (LONG \VIIAKI<\)
Son Francisco.
PIONEER WATER CURE INSTITUTE,
Southeast Corner of Sansome and Commercial .Streets, opposite St.Nicholas Hotel, San Franch
 =-**-t-«*!-©-*>--&r™— — —
.Dr.  BOUilKE.   Water Cure   Physician,
■PARTICULAR   NOTICE.
Druggists, Chemists, & Assaysrs:
There is no adhesive label like a nickname!
■Waiting for dead men's shoes is, in most mea-
trares, a bootless affair!
The number of poor poets is. if anything great-
er than the number of poets who are poor I
The World's Nursuut.—The spoilt children of
the present age rarely turn out the great men of
the ncx t.
Say what you will, a marriage by advertisement
must, after all, be the union of two ' corresponding' minds.
" Charity covers a multitude of sins." So does
calico.
There is beauty enough on earth to make a
home for angels.
Fortune sometimes is heaped up like the snow,
and like the snow melts aud thaws to nothing
again.
People become ill by drinking healths. He who
drinks the health of others, drinks away his own.
Honesty is the best policy : but he who is honest only because honesty is expedient, is not an
honest man.
The pride of position in society causes more
anxiety, more heart-aches, and more severe toil,
than the necessaries of life.
It is impossible to love one in whose truthfulness we cannot confide ; nor to slight one whose
words, and purposes anil actions are without dissimulation.
Men are ofentimes hunted by the dogs of theii
own species, a? are the foxes by the hounds : and
they never give over their chase until they have
driven them into the last refuge—the grave.
The shortest way to be rich ie not by enlan
©ur estates, but by contracting our desires.
ng
Tying a mackerel to your coat tail, and imagining yourself a whale, is one of the first lessons
In iodfish aristocracy.
If you want to know how many of your neighbors wish "a little loan of 510,'' get nominated
for Congress some day.
Lost! Yesterday, somewhere between sun-set,
two golden hours, set with sixty diamond minutes.
-'No reward is offered, fur they are gone forever.
"Even this will puss over!" was the proverb
which the wise Solomon gave to an Eastern friend
who desired such a motto as would make the soul
Strong in misfortune, and humble in prosperity.
Infinite toil would not enable yon to sweep away
a mist; but by ascending a little you may often
look over it altogether, $<i it is with our moral
improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious
habit, which would have mi hold upon us if we
Mcended into a higher moral atmosphere.
The liar is the gi-ea-est f.jfol-j but. the next great-
eit fool is he who tells all he knows. A prudent
reticence is tlie hisrhpsl nriicfical wisdom. Silence
has made more fortune?,, than the most gifted eloquence.
Oneof the strongest rebukes upon the meanness of human nature, ev.Ji' conceived was in the
picture of thi: rich man refusing his poor neighbor th" crumbs, while tlie flog took pity upon him,
and Iftfttd his sown
3, M- Strobridge & Co.,!Los que Padescan! Lean!! Lean!!
WHOLESALE AND   RETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM,      _.   ■■  :: ' . ■   ._■-'    — _,j^%
COMMERCIAL AND1 SANSOME STREETS, A "V,A^?.\       'i
The" Eyes!   The Eyes!
lOx*. ZE3. X3Z- F^3E$JXXE£E1^
OCULIST.   '
fire jo*.-!*.
V1-T.EK a protraeleil blindnew
Dr. Pardee has madebimai
ielf thoroughly
d with all the (Hsorders of Ihe EYE, „,d
th universal sueceM.s the same ti-.at-
s hy fur tnopr-cio-
A. Wort! of Catillon The eve
id delicate an organ to he trilled v
it of random experiments;  therefore,   it wou'lil  !>-. -j-
C'tii-j-ly unwise anil  perhafis  dangerous  li>  '.ccr-tit »hr
" r-"'ng cures" that nre tem!*red by th.
<f all around, for every one offer* «,
pecinc tor mseases of the eye.   .
4S* Many patients can bo seeb at the office of Dr. r*»r-
iee. in dilTerent stages of recovery.
Oi'T'TCK—San Francisco, west of the Plaza, opposite lh«
dd Post Office, one door north of the Portsmouth Hon'*,
ip.staira. ju7~3iu
OFFICIAL DIEECTOET.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
United States District Court for the Southerh
District of California:
I. S. K. Ogier, Judge ; P. Ord. District Attorney ;    C.  Sims,  Clerk ; E. Hunter, Marshal.
United States .Land Office for the Southern District of  California ;
Andres Pico, Receiver : H. P. Dorsey, Register.
Customs Department—(San Pedro),
Collector—-C. B. Can-; Deputy—J. P. Stephens
Postmasters ;
J. S. Waite, Los Angeles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Purdick. Ban Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.-
First Judicial District, comprising t&c counties wj
Los Angelest San Bcrnurdiao and Sa.?i biega-,
■First District Court!-— Jnd'ge—-Benj. Hayes.
COUXTY   OI'FICFKS.
County Court—Wm. G. Dryrten. Judge.
Sheriff—J. R. Barton; Under Sheriff— JitQA
Bettis.
County Treasurer—II. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—Antonio P. Coronel ; Pe^nty
—J. II. Ccb-man,
County Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Public Administrator—M. Keller,
Superintendent oi Pnblic Schools—Jame** F
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thorn.
Coroner—J. B. Winston.
County Clerk—John W, Shore; LVpnty—J. A.
Hfnchman;
Jailer—Francis CarpeiiW.
Board   of Supervisors—J'. E. Scott.  M. Dnniin-
guez, W.M.Stockton,To
> A. Sanchez, R, Piy-
ico—RnVwll
-CliaMu X.
\lwiu:
0F.
■ FRA.YCI
'JO.
mm^& ^^^^^^,
cs
DENNIS   WIRE   WOEKS.
MANOFACTORY OF
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Sit
Sa
!!•-/
rds.
Corn and Co,
nders and Fire Ou
Meat Sofa. Pish Cove's. Pate;
Gauze  Windoni Blinds,
Wire Fencing. Sfc.
No. 108  CLAY STREET,
BETWEEMBATTERYAMD SAJVSOME,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Particular Attention given to the Manufacture
PREMIUM WIRE  CLOTH,
For Flour   and  Fanning  Mills   and   Tliresninf;
JLlT—3m Machines.
X-.   Br*.  I^XSI3:E3I«.'S
ADVERTISING    AGENCY,
Iron Building, opjwsite Pacific Express  Company's Office, up stairs,
SAN FRANCISCO.
\ DVERTI5EMENTS AND SUJlHCllTI'TlOKSsolioited for
f\ the following named pap<
Sacramento Union. 5
San Joaquin  Republican.
LStockton,]    .
Marysville Herald.
Weaverville Democrat,
-Hit
Ne
a.'lll   .[(.:
! Telegraph,
[Pla-
San .lose Telegraph,
Pet'iluwaJourr-al,
California. Farmer,
Los AngetcsStar, [Los Angeles.]
"     ta Barbara Gazette,
VaP.
Sonora Hei
Columbia Gaxett
Mountain Demoi
cervine.]
Calaveras Chronicle, [Mok.   San Diego Herald!"
HU1,] Vallejo Bulletin,
Shasta Courier, Leader. [Oakland,]
Empire Ars-us, (Coloina.]       Humboldt Times.
Mariposa ('•iw.A.U:..
Oriental, [Chinese and English.] San Francisco
Ore-ronnm, j l.'orr.land Orecron Territory,]
Oregon Statesman, [Salem. Oregon Territory ]
Pionoorann Democrat. [Olvmpia. Po-ct Sound  Wr   T 1
Puget-Sotind '.'Diirir.,-. [Sleilac.oom , Pi.i.zet Sound  W   T
Polynesian. [Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.] '
'lilURSWANTED; Sea otter, Land otter, Boa-
r   ver, Martin, Bear and Deer skins, and all othei
kinds of Furs, for which fair prices will be p^icl
M. ROSENSTOCK
No. 70. Battery street, up stairs bftwe-n   Sacra-
mento, and California streets, San Francisco.
seirt20—2m
EL GRAN BEMEDIO ITALIANO
DEDR. PAE.EU1A,
durado y •
|ES;
Gentlemen's  Furnishing   Goods
E^xxntx^xs.ox'  Goods
119 and 131 Sacramento Street, Sal
ARE CAUTION-ED
Board perWwk	
Board per Bay	
Meals, each	
In addition to a large numbc
two to three beds in each, there
and neatly furnished single Be'
fitted up with springs and the \
thereby making this the boat he
Lodging per Wcelt..
Lodging peir Nlflfliti'.,
^»*PEEB BA
,.$G OO
..$1 OO
, a/*, o oo
z, 75, $1 OO
B. B. TrODDWARD, Proprietor.
LOS ANGELES STAR
fail friitiiitfl, €«i!iHB|rri«ti.
The propn
Lilly inform
STREET, ad,
itor of the
ng the U. S. Land G-ffiee.
AngelesStar,WonIdrespect
d   tbe  public,  that   he hat
'dassoi-linoiitof newmateri
:ecute the following descrip
PLAIN AND FANCY
In the best style of the Art.
Labels, .  Kotes
Posters, .   Billets
And every doaoriptiou of Pi
style of the Art.
Circulars, liaW^BlaaS-
s Checks
Bills eff Fare'.
t may be rerjiure.d-
Com
M. "-hoii
Siimn.1 1
ol'fo.
Com
IV As
Jain.'sHoi
Com
ly Sn
Ah-inSto
Publ
c A.lr
or—A.l.li
on PH
Slip.
Pi
Is-Ii.
Hist,
ict, Al
-Ellis Emi
Coro
icr—>
Coui
it (11
rk—
K. Hopkir
Slier
Supe
rvisor
—L
11
I
onbideans
, N. T
Cox.
Tlie taw of RTe\vspapers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing t» ton-
rinue their subscription.
2. It'snbscribersordei- their papers (lii-conlinut-d,.
Jublis.hers may continue  to send them until nil
. If
their ac    _
4. Pisubscr
the former di
5. TheCou
a paper or pe
id.
bribers neef
the office
ire held re
it,andgiv.
to take thfir
hich tht-y are
j to disco
other ph
tiajac.
to tak e
(roTiirg
/ideiiet:-
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, hy a strict ftilfilhiumt
of the regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three month:-, of papers not taken
from their nllice by subscribers.
I>istfa.5ices.
Thefollowiiit,
table of distances was measured
with a viameter, by Capt. Warner,   ofthe  U
S. Topog
aphieal Engineers, in  the  summer
of 1848 :-
Prom San Francisco to Mission Dolores. .'Il miles*
"        "
Sanchez Ranch 17
a      a
San Mateo 21
"      "
Santa Clara 4&
ii      ti
San Jose 51
"      <(
" .    '•
Salinas river 113
"      "
Monterey . .     .. ,125
"
Mission Solcdad 1(16
. ti       <(
Ojitos &66
"      "
San Miguel . 237
Brakes- Ranch 258
■*      "
Santa Margarita 265
"      ?.(
San Luis  Obispo 27'6
"      "
Capt. Dana's...... ..211!)
" .    "
Eos Alamos,. 321
"      "
,    Santa Inez 340,
<t      "
GaviotaPass .. . :352
"      "
Arroyo Honde 359.
U ■          (1
Dos Pueblos.... 370
c        a
Santa Barbara .387
*.'        '.'..
Carpenteria  398-
"        "
Rincon 402
"        "
Buenaventura. 415
((          a
Santa Clara river 421
»         "
Canega 4.75
"         "
Los Angeles 485
u          ((
Los Coyotes, .504
if          ((
Santa Ana  ..:515-
"          "
Juan Avila'e....... ..535
■■         '•
San Juan CaTiistr;iiio.542
•-          «
Los FlorOB '56^
"■         "■
"         '''•  "
gan Diego... ..612$
nam
VOL. VI.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,  DECEMBER   20,   1856.
NO. 32.
Cos ^.ngclc© Star:
PUHLISIIKI)  EVERY  SATURDAY MORNING,
At No. 1, Pico Buildings, Spring Street, adjoining the U. S. Land Office, Los Angeles,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum-) in advance. .$5 00
For Six Months,  3 qq
Por Three Months  2 00
■   Single Number  0 25
Advertisements iuserte at TwoDollars per square
of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Aoent3.—The following gentlemen are author-
iiied Agents for the Star :
h. P. >YsirKtt ..San J^VaMctxco.
Burns k Buapicic, Post Office San Gabriel.
wh-slrh. k KiHS Monte.
Col. Ira Thompson i.......Monte.
R.N.Glknn Santa Barbara.
JudokD. A. Thomas San Bernardino.
Insiiwss Carts.
-   -—*'«■*• (J. BUMS.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
OFF-ICE— O-V MAIJY STREET,
(Opposite the Bella Union Hotel.) un7
John "W.   Snore,
COUNTY CLERK.
E-eea   payable   Invariably   In   mlvat.ee.
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
THE nndersigned,   Agent
1 of the "PACIFIC EXT'RRSS 	
 j COMPANY," will deHpatehby every Stei
**. regular •■;* press, in charge of a Special Messenger, to
SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LUIS OBISPO,
MONTEREY.
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Mines.
 ALSO—I
Oregon,   Atlantic  States nnd Europe.
COLLECTIONS made in all of the above n-.m*-d places.
TREASURE, PARCELS, PACKAGES and LETTERS for,
warded.
DRAFTS purchased in San Francisco on the Atlantic
States and Europe.
Particular attention paid to the forwarding of Gold Dust
to the Mint for coinage.
Treasure, Letters, etc., raceived up to thelatestmoment
»nd ensured to destination
un7  H. It. 11YLES, Agent
tape Muxes and Sawdust.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO
furnixh Gra|ie 1'aekers with Boxes ol all nines, of the
niout suitable material, and dry Sawdust to any extent,
upon terms lower than they can be had from San Francisco, and of better quality.
Samples will be  forwarded immediately, and contracts
■•nterod into, and an ample .stock always kept on hand.
M. KELLER.
Ln*. Angeles. June 7. 1856.
Hew Fruit & Vegetable Market.
rnHE undersigned having purchased the entire (itook of
I Groceries nnd Liquors uf .luux McDo.volt.h Jit Co., beg
H«*re to inform his friends and tlie public that he has re-
fltt-id and made great improvements in the store, audalso
*»pened, in connection with the
Grocery and Liquor Bu iness,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market.
AT THE OLD STAND OX
{(Opposite Pine's Hotel,) a few doors from Commercial   Street,
When* will constantly be   found   a  choice assortment of
•tlie'abovo articles cheap for CASH.
Ufa** Country Traders are respectfully requested to call
nd e
e th" go<
«y All klnils of Country Produce taken   In
e-Lelimn-e.
latt* Remember the place-—Opposite Pine's Ho
tel. Main street, Los Angeles.
unT JOSEPH RICE.
SEWING MACHINES.
GR0VER, BAKER & CO.'S PATENT.
THEniilcrskmed lias .111 hand and is imiistantlv receiving 11 siijiplv of tho above superior machines, togeth-
*i *-it!i .Iwulica'C pirts. Needles. Thread, &«., which he
wills^I-,.. reaionHbte rates.
N. It.     Maehiue.s re|,airud and wurrjuited.
S. O. imiCHAM. Sole Agent.
.For California. Oregon, and the entire Pacific Coast,
Office, "Sansome street, neiir California,
jiiT—3ta opposite Tehama House, San Francisco.
StTotio©-
-TyTOTlCK IS MEKKi;V GIVEN, that all pers
JS YTqUm otherwise trespassing upon in,
jS«nta AimiU. in the Township of Sau Gabriel,
*>*cutedt«i*:li-i extent of the law,
JOSEPH A.  ROWE
Lo- Angeles, March -29. 1S56
s cutting
E
tf
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL.
THE subscriber respectfully th-
fnrms the publicgene rally that
Coaches. Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c,
En a neatandworkmanlike manner. He has on handgand
(Tor sale a tine stock of Easveru White Oak and Hickory
Plank and axels. He keeps constantly on hand a large variety of Cart and Boggy wheels. Spoken, Felloes, Shafts.
Neck Yokes. Doubleand singletrees
Horse Shoeing and Blacksmithing
fiu all its various branches, executed with promptnest-and
pdi-atch. Particular attention will be given to the manufacture and repair of ['LOWS, HAttKOWS, and other Farm-
tng'Jnteusils. He has an extensive assortmentoflronax-
*1*. Springs. Bolts, Plow and Spring steel, and other mate-
trialpertainino- to the business, too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
Witt none but the best of workmen in his employ, he
feel* confident that he can give entire satisfaction tn hie
e»ntomers.
■*n7 JOHN  GOLLEE
ITew   Iiuml>er   Yard.
IN t,os angei.es.
THE undersigned have established a Lumber
Yard, ou Mala street, at David Anderson's
wagon making shop, opposite Dal ton's brick biuld-
ang, and have on hand a large quantity of White
<;edar, of a very superior quality; and will be re-
«eiving every month direct from the mills, every
variety of sawed lumber, from siding up to flooring joice, white cedar shingles, plastering laths,
fence -sailing, pickets, &c, with every virieby of
Lumber u9ed in the community.
H, H.LTJSE&CO.
D. ANDERSON, Agent.
LosAngeles, Oct. 11, I806.
J. C. EDDY & CO'.S
IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS,
—AND—
FURNISHING  GOODS.
FOE THEY HAVE UNEQUALLED FACILITIES FOK SUPPLYING EVERY ARTICLE OF
GENTLEMENS'
-*«7\r©al*i33.s Apparel
—AT—
LOWER PRICES
Than any other Estahlishment in the State.
CALL AND SEEioE YOUIISELVES,
At their E.taftll.hmcnt o.. the Northwct Corner of sa.i«Miic and Commercial Sts.,
Directly opposite the St. Niohoks Hotel Sao Fran
Cisco.   Tlie plaee may be kaom by the stained
glass windows. dec6 lm
Dr. Cartel*,
OFFICE   AJ>TD   DRUG    STOR.E,
LOS ANGELES  STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store,
PRIVATE   RESIDENCI^-ROWE'S  BUILDING.
MAIN STREET. ur, 7
CtiAS. R. Johnson. |'H. s. Ai.i..nson
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors to   Alexander   &   Melius.
Wholesale and Retail Den*ei» In  GESTERAri
MBKCHAHieillD,
MAIN STREET, Los Angeles. un7
SOLOMON   LAZARD,
IMPORTHt,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
French,    English   and    American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.      aug 9
AUG. W, TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
San Pelro and Los Angeles,Cal.,
•7 H- READ, Agent, Los Angele«.
BANNINa & WILSON,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants, San Pedro.
FniNEAS Banning,        * S. H. Wilson.
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DEB.   C3&--  -E3C-A.XJX-,
IMPORTER AND DEALER in
Bli
Books, Staple   mid  fancy   Stationery,
"Writing Paper, «Sic. &c.
Corner of Front and Commercial Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
August 9, 1856. 3m
IIS; Will III! II.
H-^IjdIx Emerson
GIVES NOTICE TO THE RANCHEROS AND
Butchers of this vicinity that he will give the
highest price for Hides, Calf, Sheep, and Goat
Skins, and for Wool.
Liberal advances made on  contracts  for
the coming clip of Wool.
XjXJ-IMIB-EJU.
A general assortment of Red wood and Pine
Lumber, for sale at the Lumber Yard ou Alameda
street, near Aliso street.
ne door from the cor-
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.
128 Washington street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
IMPOKTEBS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
In every description of
FURNITURE, BEDDING, &c. &c
JF" TJ 3FL mXT- TJ OR. E
WAREROOMS,
In the Building opposite Washington Market,
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fourth street, between J and K
streets, Sacramento.
We have on exhibition and in great variety,
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, OAK AND,
PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS,
SOFAS,
0TT0MAIS,
LOUNGES,
AND EASY CHAIRS,
Work, Centre, Hiding, Extension awl Fancy
T .A. -O X. DE S3 .
Merchants- and Lawyers'  Desks,
BOOKCASES,
SECRETARIES,
BUREAUS,
SIDEBOARDS nnrl
WHAT-NOTS.
Office  and  Kitchen  Furniture,
on .a. i n. s -
Of all qualities, newest style and most approved
make.
Large and small French Plate Mantel and Pier
jpgr For the TRADE, we have a large stock,
on clippers to arrive heavy shipments, and will
receive regular and complete INVOICES of goods
adapted to the wants of the interior and coast.
£&- Particular attention and care given to
TRADE, ORDERS and the FURNISHING of
Hotels and Public Buildings.
$g§~ Goods purchased will be sent to Steamers,
"Vessels, and all parts of the city without charge.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
aug 30 3m. San Francisco-
BOTTIEE DE PAKIS.
Custom Made Boots andShoes-
EDWARD KIIHL
INFORMS the public that he is prepared
to furnish custom made boots and shoes, of
the latest Paris styles.    His residence is
on Main street, three doors from the TJ.  S. Hotel.
Particular attention given to repairing, which
will be executed on the lowest terms.      auglO
KTotio©-
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for unvented horses.
or cattle of our brands ■ cr they will be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMINGUEZ,
8ep20-tf JESUS Ma.COTA de DOMINGUEZ.
The Glance of Love-.
Into my heart a silent look
Flashed from thy careless eyes,
And what before was shadow, took
The light ol summer skies.
The first-born love was in that look;
The Venus rose from out the deep
Of those inspiring eyes.
My life, like some lone solemn spot
A spirit passes o'er,
Grew instinct with a glory not
In'earth or heaven before ;
Sweet trouble stirred the haunted spot
And shook the leaves of every thought
Thy presence wandered o'er.
My being yearned and crept to thine,
As if, iu times of yore,
Thy soul had been a part of mine,
Which claimed it back once more ;
Thy very sell no longer thine,
But merged in that delicious life
Which made us one ot yore!
There bloomed beside thee forms as fair,
There murmured tones us sweet,
But round thee breathed the enchanted a
JTwas life and death to meet;
And henceforth thou alone wert fair,
And though the stars had suug for joy,
Thy whisper only sweet.
The following Bonnet was pronounced by >Sidney
Smith to be one ofthe most beautiful ia our language :—
The Sabbath.
With silent awe, I hail the sacred morn
Which slowly wakes while all the Gelds arestill,
WitfTsoothing calm on every breeze is borne }
A graver murmur gurgles from the rill,
And echo answers softer from the hill,
And softer sings the linnet from the thorn ;
The skylark warbles in a tone less shrill.
Hail I light s«rene, hail! sacred Sabbath morn.
The rooks float silently by, in airy drove;
The sun a placid yellow lustre shows ;
The gales that lately sighed along the grove.
Have hushed thoir downy wings in sweet repose,
The hovering rack of clouds forgets to move ;
So smiled the day when the first inoru arose.
ON CHAMPAGNE WINE.
RY  J.  M.   SANDERSON.
[CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.]
Having been carefully corked, twined and
wired, the bottles are stowed away on their sides,
in lots of from one to twenty thousand, for the
period of eighteen months, during which time a
thick, muddy deposit is precipitated to the lower
side of the bottle ; they are then placed in horizontal racks, perforated with holes so shaped that.
place them in what ever inclination yon may desire, they are always secure and firm ; and every
day a workman, especially charged with that duty, shakes them gently, and at the same moment
raises them slightly, until by slow degrees they
obtain a perpendicular position, and the sediment
Suds its way to the neck ofthe bottle, accumulating on the end of the cork, leaving the wine
as clear and as bright ascrystal. In this position,
they can, and sometimes do, remain for years ; in
fact, they are never removed from it, although
such removal would entail no injury to the contents, until it is wanted for export or sale, as the
wiue will keep without deterioration, if unmixed
with sugar, for at least twenty years, but after
the sugar has been added, it will depreciate sensibly in five cr six years. The next operation is that
of the degorgement, or cleansing out of Ihe sediment, which is the most diJH.cu.lt and delicate, as
it is the most curious, requiring great -kill and
precision in the handling, for by this time the
wine has become so highly effervescent, that in
the hands of the unskillful aud uninitiated, it
would either be made cloudy, or every drop would
suddenly quit the bottle. The practiced degorg
eur, however, takes it carefully from its perpendicular position, aud inclining it slightly, withits
mouth towards the ground, divests it ot the wire
and twine, and, with an instrument resembling a
brad-awl, quickly displaces the cork, which flies
from its resting place with a sharp report, carrying with it all the deposit, and a small portion of
the wine ; seldom as much, however, as is necessary to give place for the liquor, whieh is immediately afterwards added. Up to this moment, the
wine, generally, with the exceptiou of such assistance as has already been mentioned, remains free
from any artificial mixture, but on leaving the table of the degorgeur, it passes at once into the
hands of the mixer, who adds to each bottle, according to the country it is to be sent to, from
eight to twenty-two percent of a liquor composed
of crystalizcd sugar candy of the finest quality,
dissolved in wine of a character especially intended for this use, and a certain per centage of very
fine old Champagne brandy, for which a fabulous
price is paid. For America the allowance of
brandy is never over one per cent, whilst for England three and sometimes four is added. For the
Parisian consumption oneper cent is also thequo-
ta, but for Russia and Germany a very spirituous
wine is employed instead. As the addition of the
liquor is greater than theescape of wine aud deposit, the necessary quantity is generally poured
out into bottles which are slightly fortified, and
sold to the Parisian restaurateurs, who readily retail it, under the name of - Tisanne.'at four francs
the bottle.
In defence of this addition of sugar and spirits'
it is alleged that it is employed not ouly to give
sweetness and body ta the wine, but also that it is
absolutely necessary for the purpose of destroying
certain deleterious qualities appertaining to it in
iin natural state, which, unchanged, would render
it both disagreeable and unhealthy ; in other
words, that a certain quantity of sugar is required
to correct the malic acid which forms a constituent element of the wine, which, if drank pure,
would inevitably cause in the stomach ofthe imbiber thereof a sensation painfully reminding him
of the "belly-ache*' of his boyhood. From the
mixer the bottle passes to the corker,who,with the
aid of a powerful lever, reduces the cork, which
is previously soaked iu wine, to about half its
original size, and forces it into its place; it is
then secured by twine and wire, which gives it the
knobby-looking head it possesses when released
from its prison by the consumer; aud finally, after
being tin-foiled or leaded, as the case may be, aud
labelled, it is packed away in cases or baskets, to
await orders for shipment. The average day's
work ot a largo establishment is one thousandbot-
tles. The report of the Minister ofthe Interior
states that the ar-aual export of genuine Champagne wino is about thirteen nilllious of bottles'
which are distributed as follows: To Germany,
which includes Austria, Prussia, and all the States
belonging to the Germanic Confederation, between
four and five millions. To America, the exportation amounts to very nearly three millions, and to
Russia about two millions. In France and Belgi
urn, the consumption averages about two millions,
while in England the demand is very limited, seldom exceeding half a million, leaving about a
million and a half for the rest of mankind. The
class of wines sent to Russia aud Germany, as a
general rule, are of the first quality, possessing
dlicacy of flavor, light body, and highly effervescing, with Irom eighteen to twenty-two per cent, of
sugar. In America, which offers no fixed standard
of taste, every grade and quality, from the neid-
sick, with its eighteen per cent, of sweetened
liquor, to tbe ■' Grand Vin" of Moet, with its two
per cent, of brandy a VAnglaise, are exported,
and find admirers and advocates. The general
standard of the nrst-claBs houses, however, is from
fourteen to sixteen per cent., (and an experiment
is now being made by the well-known firm of G.
H. Mumm & Co., to introduce into this market an
article with but a moiety of the usual addition of
sugar, approaching, as near as possible, to the
French standard, which ranges from eight to
twelve per cent.) To England, however, ia sent
the driest, strongest, and poorest quality of wine;
for, although an English wine merchant will assure you that he receives none but wine ofthe
first quality, it is notorious fact, in the Champagne
district, that an order for anything above the
third quality rarely finds its way from London;
and as no labels are permitted on wine intended
for that market, the manufacturer has no means of
designating the true quality to the consumer, who
is thus left to the mercy of the dealers, who are,
beyond contradiction, as a class, th« greatest
rogues in Christendom.
Of late years, it has been the fashion, on the
part of would-be wine oracles and pseudo-connoisseurs, to talk learnedly and inveigh bitterly
against what they are pleased to term " the extraordinary depreciation iu the quality of Champagne
wine," some of them even going so far aa to assert they don't believe ■< there is a single bottle of
genuine wine ever reaches our shores," quoting,
in substantiation of their dictum, their recollections of the "celebrated I. C. Champagne," the
" famed Cornet brand," aud a host of fancy names
"long since dead aud passed away," any of which
could be had for fourteen dollars or less. In the
"dollar sense" of the case, these gentlemen are
very nearly right; but they forget that during
that same period of time, flour, " the staff of life,"
to quote that elegnnt remark of theclassieRaggs
" isn't what it used to was,'5 and it is vividly with"
in the recollection of many suffering housekeepers, that a shillling loaf of bread, twenty years
ago, was esteemed food enough for a growing family, while now it barely suffices to stay the stomach of a sturdy stripling. But that feeling fact
certainly does not prove that the Genessee of today isinferkr to the common brands of other and
cheaper times, nor is it a convincing argument
that ihe bakers of yore hud more conscience than
the modern doughfaces, or still less that Young
America is abetter feeder than his father; it simply demonstrates that the demand is greater than
the supply, and, as an inevitable consequence,
prices go up or quality goes down, just as naturally as water finds its level, or that two and twt
make four. Now, apply the same rule to Cham
pagne wine, and you have the same result, for
how is it possible that, with a limited and frequently a diminished supply of the raw material
and a constantly-increasing demand for the manufactured article, prices and quality should re-
maliistationary. It certainly cannot be supposed
that gentlemen engaged in the wine trade are go'
ing to invest from one to five hundred thousand
dollars of capital, merely for the fun of hearing
the corks pop ; and as it is impossible for them to
export p? ofitably the same article which cost them
in 1846 (the most famous vintage on record) at
the rate of four sous the bottle, for which they now
pay forty sous, and sell it at the same price, it
will readily be understood why first-quality wine
has apprt-ciated in price, and why fourteen dollars
now will not buy the same wine as it did years
ago. If gentlemen must have the best article, they
have got to pay for it, and. comparing it with every other article of trade or consumption, subject
to the same vicissitudes, at eighteen or twenty
dollars the dozen, it does not yield as liberal a
profit i»s when sold at the minimum price so pathetically lamented for by the old fogies in question. Ten years ago, the connoisseur placed before his cherished gastrouomical chums, claret ot
ihe:premiere cue at fifteen dollars thedozeu, brandy of a fabulous age, and undoubted purity, at
five dollars the gallon, and cigars of the choicest
brands, and most delicious fragrance, at fifty dollars the thousand. Why, then, should he object
to pay twenty-five dollars a case for the best Champagne, which the great De Thou so appropriately
termed " Vinum Dei V
But, at the same time, I would not be understood lo say that a very fair wine, good enough
for any man's drinking, cannot bo had at the stereotyped price of fourteen dollars. On the contrary, there are several brands sent to this market,
and held at that price, which have puzzled many
excellent judges, even when placed in competition with higher grades: but I do maintain that,
under ttiat price, the thing is impossible : and as
Champagne is somewhat
"Like Jeremiah's figs.
The good are very good, the bad too bad to give
the pigs,"
the consumer had better err on the right side by
buying the very best, as he may rest well assured
that neither his friends nor his stomach ever find
fault with a wine for being too good. Much more
could be said or written ou this genial topic ; but
although the subject is not exhausted, the audience probably are ; so we will rest here lor the
present;
The Ciiihinei'* Gout—Iin  lm .-..duel lim  into
Aiiif-iica.
It is not as yet genera; ly known that the Thibet
goat, from whose wool the famous Cnshmeru-
shawls are made, has been introduced Kiieci'***.fully
into the United States. This enterprising undertaking was achieved a few years since, after many-
difficulties, by Dr. J. B. Davis, of Columbia, S. C.„
at that time employed by the ©Unman Porte, in.
experimenting on the growth, of cotton, in the-
Sultan's dominions. Dr. Davis succeeded, at vant
expense, iu securing eiliven of the pure breed
which, on his way home,, he exhibited in London
and Pariu. Since that period, the goat has been
introduced iato Tennessee, where- it is said to.
thrive. The value of a flock may be estimated-
from the fact that no real Thibet goat him ever
been sold for less than a thousand dollars. This-.
enormous price, moreover, is not a speculativo*
one,, for up'fleeced animal has wool ot such fineness, softness and) durability. The wool of all
the Thibet goats in Tennessee, for example has.
been engaged, at New York, this year, ut eight
dollars and a half per jaonnd,. the purchasers designing to send it t© Paisely, in Scotland, in order
to be manufactured into fihawls.
The prices paid for the real Cashmere shawls,.
or those woven in India, have sometimes been almost fabulous. A full sized shawl, such as lu
America is called; a long shawl, ordinarily commands in Paris or Loudon, from flva hundred to.
five thousand dollars, according to the quality.
Scarfs and square shawls, being smaller, sell for
less. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that all
these shawls arc manufactured in India, in tho-
shape in which t&ey are sold here. Generally,.
indeed, the centres and borders come out separately, and are put together afterwards in sizi-s, arid
ofteu patterns, to suit customers. Moreover, a
large portion of the shawls sold as real India one*,,
are actually made in France,, for the Thibet goat,
was introduced into that country more than thirty
years ago, and the Cashmere shawls imitated with
considerable skill* Judges of the article pretend
to say, however, that the real India shawl can be
detected by its having a less evenly woven web
as also from its brighter colors. It is likewise
said that the border of the genuine Cashmere-
shawl is invariably woven in small pieceB, which.
are afterwards sewed together, as the whole border is subsequently sewn on to the centre- But.
other authorities deuy that the skill of India ia
insufficient to broche a shawl * in other words, to
weave the border and centre in oue picoe, or run
the pattern of the former over the tatter.
Notwithstanding She successful imitation of these
shawls, fashion and luxury still prefer the apparently ruder original. Just as laoos, woven by hand,
bring a price more than five times as grent as the
same pattern woven by machinery—so a Cashmere
shawl, known to have c-omo from India, will fetch
vastly more than the olevcrest imitation. Probably,
however, this is not all. Persons familar with both
the real articlo and tho imitation, assort that tho
former is softer than tho latter, and that this softness
arises partly from the way tho thread is spun, nnd
partly because the Thibet goat, when exported from
its native hills, sensibly deteriorates. There is also
a shawl, known popularly as the French Cashmere,
which is an imitation of the imitation ; but this has
nono, or very little, of the wool even of the imported
Thibet goat. The animal from which this valuable
fleece is taken is a hardy creature, at least in its
original locality; and their fine curled wool liiia
close to the skin, just as the under hair of tho common goat lies under the upper hair. Eight ounces
for a full sii-cd goat is a large yield ; but the yearlings, from whom the best wool is taken, give less.
About five pounds is roquirod to make a shawl of
the largest size and finer quality ; but threo or four
pounds is sufficient for an inferior one,
How they malte Lace,
Belgium supplies us with more luces than all the
other countries of Europe together, and laces of
the rarest kind, and finest quality, and the most
artistic design. Brussels point, point de Venice,
antique, point d'Alenoon, point de ga^e, Brussels
point d'applique, guipure, Valencieuts, and many
others, are the products of Belgian industry and
ingenuity. In fact, laoe is indigenous in Belgium, and has been so for generations. White other
arts have been deserting the land that gave thon\
birth, and, like transplanted flowers, flourished
better on a foreign soil, lacemaking remained th*
national art, the distinguishing characteristic, lh«
industrial speciality of Belgium. Kohl, thePrus-
sian traveler, accounts for it by the lact that laeo-
making was a feminine occupation, and as women
are less inclined to travel than men, tbe arts In
which they excetied were more likely to remain
stationary. In some parti of Belgium the flower*
are made separately, and then worked into the
ground, while others carry on the pattern and the
design together. There te no arbitrary rule in
this respect. Indeed, every lace district has -ome
peculiarity of its own, which distinguishes the laca
made there from every other. Tho division ofthe
labor is carried on to such an extent that it is al*
mo-4 impossible to form a correct idea uf tho tim«
required for any given quantity ; but there is no
doubt that this system expedites the work, and
renders it more perfect. Indeed il must, if there
is any truth in the old proverb ; for the smme person, being always engaged in the same thing, earn-!
uot fail to become proficient. Tho thoeheleuse,
to work at thegrouni, and thv pfuliett.-e at the
flowers, and when they have finished, the strii/tiese
works one into the other, and theta^k iscomplele,
Some work the figure and the ground oonjoiully,
and others form their patterns by piercing holes,
or cutting out pieces of the ground. Tiie Imier
are called faneuses, aud the lunn-T, fahenset *,'«
point a I'aiguille. The thread n-ijini-i.nl I'm- l-tice-,
making is manufactured in Belgium. »U|1 til" ftjj-j
est kind is made in cellars, and kept tliej'o, lestita
exposure to the atmostphere would make it luiblu
to break. This .bread sells for 1,800 iniucs 4
pound, and it has been knowu in -some instances to
reach as high as 10,000 franca, What wonder ia
it, then, thai a lace dress cost $1,300 or the lace
trimming for oue $000 '.'
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