-  I
: fama %Wx&ti\m\t5.
ROBERT JOSEPHI
Wliolosale Dealer in Watches, Jewelry,  Diamonds, Tools, Glasses,
WATCH MATERIALS, FANCY  GOODS, &C,
105 Montgomery street, corner of Jackson.
(Dr.   Wriffhtls Building,)
ROBERT JOSEPHI havingpur-
ehased tbe entire stock and trade of the
. Joseph!   & Co.
curry ou the B
Montgomery .
Wnght:sBuildi
me   for his  own account, at   195
feet,   corner   of   Jackson,   (Dr.
<r.) San Francisco.      dec27-3m
EMBROIDERIES.
LACKS.
RIBBONS.
HEN'S,   WOM-BW-'S,   .t   cm__I_. REX'S
HOSIERY,
O P    E V B r. I    11 B fi 0 lt i P T ION.
GLOVES,   CRAVATS,
Collars, Shirts, Drawers,
AMERICAN, __-._.._____.* II FREN')H AND
GERMAN
FANCY  GOODS.
BY LATE ARRIVALS  OI?
STEAMERS  AND CUPPERS.
HUGHES „ WALLACE,
105 and LOT Snt.-omc.to «t.,-
a_c27 3mi_ SAN FRANCISCO.
.art Jfrarasra ^BfitltajttBfc.
To Parties Claiming Payment from
tl.e Vntted Stat... for loss and destrnctlcn of
Property during the War wltii Mexico.
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims p ros-
ec-Jted 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.
au" 2 J. D. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
J. M. Strobridge & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL AND SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. lVlcbolas Hotel,
SAN FRANCISCO,
OFFER the largest anil most complete assortment of
Clut.ii.ig   a,'d
ERUIT TREES! HIT TREES!I
SMITft & WOCIIELL'S
COMMERCIAI. SIRSERT,
SAN   JOSE,
Received from the'Slate Fair of 185B
THE  FIRST  PREMIUM.
{®fc HAVING become tlie Agent for tlie &£
J_£!!_ above Nursery, and having made ar- __Z
rangemeuts for a constant supply of Trees from
tho same, I now invite all persons who contemplate planting an Orchard, Garden, or a Single
Tree, to call and examine my STOCK before purchasing. If it is not convenient for all to come
personally, then delegate some friend or Business
Agent to examine for you. or order directly from
me a Sample Lot of such trees as are wanted.
I have arrangements with other Nurserymen
and Gardeners for a supply of such minor fruits
and trees as may lie accessary in order to keep a
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of everything in
this line.
The list below comprises a portion of what I
now Offer at very LOW RATES.
100,000 FRUIT TREES,
Ofthe various kinds, consisting in part, of the
following:
APPLE,
From one to throe years old, from four to ten feet
high, of lino symmetrical form, well branched,
and ot all tho choice varieties.
PEAR,
Dwarf and Standard of nearly all ofthe best varieties.
CHERRY,
From four to twelve feet high, very fine and thrifty, including many ofthe leading varieties.
PLUM,
Of the usual varieties, also some of the choicest.
PEACH,
One and two years old, of fine growth and  ofthe
leading varieties, also in dormant bud very low.
N-ECTi RI N E S,
One and two years old, of choice varieties.
APRICOTS,
One and two years oid, ot choice varieties.
CURRANT BUSHES, Red and White Dutch,
GOOSEBERRY BUSHESJloxighion'sSeedling and English.
RASPBERRY BUSHES, Antwerp, Fran-
conia and Fastolff.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, Long-worth'a,
Prolific, British Queen, Hovey's Seedling, Black
Prince, Large Early Scarlet and Boston Pine.
ORNAMENTAL   TREES,
SHRUBS, PLANTS,  &C,
Furnished at Nurserymen's prices.
Orders sent  through Post  Office  or Exprei
promptly attended to.    Treess packed for any distance.    TERMS CASH.
C. W.  LECOUI.T,
dee27 3m       99 Davis Street, San Franc
Southern Dispatch Line
OF
SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
rnHIS LINE is composed of the favorite clipper
J. schooners
LAURA BEVAN, Captain F. Morton ;
JULIUS PRINGLE. J. S.Garcia;
S. D.BAILEY, N.niller;
ARNO, Wm. Hughes.
Which will run regular hereafter as ahove, taking freight and passengers on the most   favorable
terms, to which every care and attention will he
paid.
Arrangements are in progress by which a regular Weekly line of Schooners will be established,
sailing from San Francisco, without fail, every
Saturday.
For further particulars apply to any of tlie principal merchants at Los Angeles. San Pedro, or
Santa Barbara. N. PIERCE,
Proprietor of the Line, at San Francisco.
Office—Corner of Market andEast streets, lower
building, (up stairs,) where goods will be receipted for and forwarded free of storage and drayage
6Ugl6
"l. scott^co-s"
REPRINT OF THE
British   Periodicals
AND THE
GREAT MEBUCTIOJV I.\
■ IQg,
THE  PHWE
OF THE LATTER PUBLICATION.
... SCOTT & CO., NEW YORK, continue to publish the follovrin . _a_Dg British F.i'iodi.nls, vi&.j
1.
The London Quarterly, Conservative.
The Edinburgh Eeview, Whig-
The North British Eeview, Free Church.
The Westminster Eeview, Literal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Tory.
Situ JfOTtisw iMdis-iimtis.
Gentlemen
F-u.-iisb._i-g
.are receiving per every -uuamev from our Manufactory fn New Yt,rk,
Tlie __-__ust and most Fasbluiiubl*. Styles
f all kind.- of
—oo ns i stiti (flof—
in., nine.-. Brown aiid Blue Uros.. and 1*'rock Coats;
a Vest.
-, etc.
ist ant ly
Gentlemen's  Furnishing  Goods
.^■o_3Q_i.-B__o_e_B_"  G-oodfs
Post Olfcces and Post masters In California.
A_rnft Frio... .Mariposa couuty B F Wliitn--
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
G,p.S VUBflTS.B.,:
It is   our  Business to  Publish
—THE—
IMPORTANT  NEWS,
i_V__   YOURS
*C_?<__   IiPs-?aD___.*3;  Bas*- __K_ a,
We therefore take much pleasure in being able
to inform tlie people of California, that tlie
Most Extraordinary Reduction
HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE
Price    o_f   liodging;
EABil COPIES.
oipt of Advance SJiccts trom the
TERMS,
four Rcvi.#
I'.il- nil
. Re.
,ck.vo..d  and thie
_r Blackwood ai_dtl_e four Bevi
Payments to be made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued, will be
received at par.
CLUBBING.
_t  of twenty-five pec eent. from   tlio above
P  O S T A Q E .
cipal Cities and Towns,
j\.B.— The price in Great Britain of the five
Periodicals above namtd, is about $31 per annum
earn f-Aasaias' mis?
TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.
j.   -\7V\   ©ullivan's
Great Pacific Dnpnt an-.General Agency,
FORTHESL'Pi'IA" OK IM. I. r.U.A'.m >_.... KTAT-UNI.KY. &c.
PAPERS, PERIODICALS AND BOOKS,
Received weekly by tbe Mail.Steamers, and exclusive ex-
Tltr. proprietor -.v*.-■".'. ■-. i ■■ lul; ■ ii I'urinCountrvBook-
sellers, Canvassers, Agents, Pe'dlei*!., and tbe Public
that independent ,,: i.'. . ..-.; 1 '-,.-. ;„'p.i-..i_*i.soss. he ban
Conetftntlj on band, and receiving by everv steamer, all
the STANDARD li'm .,-', MA'.A/IXKir VND REVIEWS OJ'
EUROPE AND AMERICA.
COMMERCIAL AM) FANCY STATIONARY
All orders muut b   postpaid, enclOBlog GASH for Works
Whole-*ale hi'1 rt'laililepartment, next door to the Post
Turner's Ginger Wine
THE   ..EPICAL FACULTY  TH
havo acknowledged this to bi
. UT THE UNION
tbe host family
;ess it has been
Alterative, Toaiie & Anti-Dyspeptic
fects on th.
erals, chem
The Tu
merouscei*
most einine
witnessed i
admiulstev
bv the n
falo, where
Bands of gul
can hardly I
kept In opor
cnlty
It Has beesi A_.a_i-y2.c-l
Thii
REST*
stances tl
its effects
robust bei
There
aud the
felted the
thereby ii
Wo caul
the label,
traits in a
.ton—" T
B-WTHJ-RS,
California
•Ra-co;
Kcription,
HlljSiC-
_>« Ginger Wm
TURSER BROTHERS,
■y Henry Stephens.
J. Y. Norton. Pro.*.
College, New Haver
and numerous Woo
This is. confessedly
Led, and in order to
la tion the publishers have resolved to
. R. S., of Edinburgh, and the lat*
ior of Scientific Agriculture in Yah
2 vols. Royal Octavo.    1600pages
and Steel Engraving-..
iOiuplete work on Agricul
_ it a wider
'educe tin: price tu
Five   Dollars for  tlie Two Volumes!!
When sent hy mail (post-paid) to California and Or
gon  the price will be $7.     To every other part of tht
"Union and to Canada   (post-paid), $G.     &£** This _'__■_•/_ ''
.\ot the. old •'• Book of the Farm.''
Remittances for any of the above publications should
always be addressed, post paid, to the publishers,
LEONARD SCOTT & CO..
No. 64 Gold Street, New York
13 iui_l 121 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
anil 8T,   89, DO, ana M, Sew AflillUoi., Lclilcs-
5i.o;__* street*
The Price of LODGING is now REDUCED to
ggg--- 50 and 75 cents per Night.
Iiodsrings fn first claps Wnirle 1'oonu;, furnished com pic to
.; SEVENTY PlVi: CKNTfi per night I
We have b .■*■:! .*i ven to understiuul that Lodgings by the
reek can be obtained at a VERY LOW FIGURE.
_.entls.nio*_: Sleep is a wonderful Institution, but Wooil-
vnrd bus iin|iroie.l upon it greatly, by introducing and
irinL'iiiJ.' within tbe reach of everyone those Ren jw.ncd
'ateri. .■ -'ii--'i Spring Reds, at SO i.ud 75 cents per night.
The i'ric of Un.vi'Jl is also Exceedingly Low :
Board per Week $6 00
Board per Day |l OO
Meats,cadi. 50 cents.
and abundantly supplied READING ROOM'
is also fitted up for the accommodation of
this establishment.
af the house is such as to place it in tln
nss; it is directly opposite ihe Mail Steam
I office, and in the immediate vicinity of
h Mint.
the WHAT CHEER HOUSE, 119 and 121
reet, where you will be well attended to by
K. B. WOODWARD, Proprietor.
is conducted oh strictly Temperance prin-
nd LIBRARY
Los pe Padezcan! Lean!! Lean!!
JONAS G. CLARK &.C0.
128 Washington street,
SAX PJWJ-CISCQ.
IMPOETEES,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
In every description of
FURNITUKE, BEDDING, &c. &c.
^tt_ei_:_^x-^tt:-£-____e__
W A R E R O O M S ,
In tlie Building opposite Washington Market
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fourth street, between J and _5_
streets, Sacramento.
jgSF- 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.
0g~ Particular attention and care   given  to
TRADE. ORDERS and the FURNISHING of
Hotels and Public Buildings.
pUS" 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 San Francisco.
EL GRAN KBM1U10 ITALIANO
DE DE. PAEEIEA,
Para la eierta y ejicaz cura. de las in formed ad es
de. una naturaleza, primula, sin hacer cuso del
tiempo que se ha durado y sin nialos efectos al
sistema o sinponerse en (lieta.
Nut-case Ha faltado—Ni juicdc falta aCurar.
ESTE ESPECIPICO INVALUABLE FUE INTRQDUCIEO
hace ciri.c.c.f.nUi ../_<... en l-'isi., j* jinuitodesj; ucs fue bien
conocidc para una cura eierta q.ue en bis pueblos v ciuda-
des no sola-men to en o! Couliuente, pero tumbien en  Gran
Alamo.
Antiuch..
Alvarado.
Alameda.
Angels...
Contra Coata J M Jones
do  G Brown
Alameda A M Church
.'..    do         A J Barber
.Calaveras 1 C Scribner
Placer R Gordon
Alpha......Nevada A J Alston
.in.-i-.ean Riiiicli .Shasta. T A Freeman
Alviso San ta Clara A Rathboue
Ashli.ud Butte Elijah Lott^
A.ueductCity Amadoi
Belmont Sau l*'i*auciac.
Brush Creea Butte..
Bidu-ell'i- Bar do....
Beuicla Sola-no	
Bottle Hill Kl Hoi-ado.
Big Bar Trinity....
Bi«* Oak Plat Tuolumm
Bund v il le Mariposa..
Bodega Si.noma	
Bluunifield      do     ...
Brick Sacramento...
Buel-uer     do        	
Biioksport Humboldt ^ Robei
Buckeye Yolo J M Cbavle.s
Cache Creek....do A McDoi
LOS ANGELES STAR,
io. printing ®staWis|m.itt.
SPRING STREET, adjoi
; tbe U. S. Land Offico,
Tbe proprietor of theLos AngelcsStar, wouldreaiiect
fully inform his frieuds and the public, that he hae
justruceived a large aud varied assorttuent of new materi*
al.and is now prepared to execute the following descrip
tion.iof
PLAIN AND FANCY
In tli. Tjcst style of the Art.
, Io Curaran
No.  tomas falsa
Books,
Pamphlets,
Bill Head.,
Labels,
Posters,
Law Blanks,
Bills of Exchange
Bank Checks
Programmers,
Bills of Fare.
y description of Printing that may be required.
Cards;
Deeds,
Notes,
Billets,
.0 agente ffc
quien todo
ra vender po
Un discuent-
aOal-'.orr
r Browner
l liberal p
ara vender por J). Bab
ia, Oregon ylaglslas dc
ban  de e.star dirijidofl
js de este Estado guner
i-ra los que compran poi
D. BAB
If)OK, Dr-
guero Mayor.
isfa de A
B
J. B. WINSTON,
■ogerero Los Angeles..
i el _E_.ta.lo.
Dr. J. B. WINSTON, Los Au-eles.
R. K. KT.VRKlVli.ATIlER.  Bjitica do la Ciudad, Sacm
I'JCI.. COFFIN Y C..., liolicai-i*-);; Jlarysville.
VW. H. BRUNER, Bot ica tie Tuolumne, Sonora
...Jl S Butler
.... S J Ellet
 1) G Martin
...P W Worstrnm
..TT Hooper
 S M Jamison
.Wm Coddington
 J W Butler
..Stephen Bund.
...IM Miller
 II Lamb
....DLLafken
5 Buekner
l-Ut-t-C.
Calaveras...
..Yuba	
. ..Tuolumne
Charley's Ranch.
Ohico	
Cboiokee 	
CampoSeco	
Caniptonville....
Ciiinese Camp...
CohLuibia  uo
Curtsville  '!<>
Clinton Nevada	
Coon Creek Placer...
Colusa Colusa	
Cold Spring El .Uorad.
Oolon-a  do
Cedarville  do
Clarksvillo
 L Loring
....John Bidwell
 T M Baniel
...T M Pawling
B J Bowley
 M  R Graliam
 Z RTml-uui
 JMRoot
It M Moore
...T Bames
'm Vincent
 CWCilber-fc
 RF Davis
 ..Geo Thatcher
 D Cumir"
State Government.
.T, NEELY J0HN50N, Governor.
Robert M. Anderson, Lieutenant Governor,
D. W. Douglass, Secretary of State.
Geo. H. Whitman, Controller.
Henry Bates, Treasurer.
John H. Brewster, Surveyor General.
Wm. T. Wallace, Attorney General.
Paul K. Hubbs, Superintendent  of Public Instruction.
W. 0. Ki .Ih., Quartermaster Genoral.
James Allen. State Printer.
Wm. Bausinan, Private Secretaiy to the Gover-
.. Sacramento W D Wilson
Cordelia Solano     P 0 Lamorie
Cotton Wood Shasta Wm  Lane
Orescent City Klamath 11 C Lewis
Oentreville Alameda R S Clement
Oanou Citv Trinity KK Channel
Diamond S_-i*in"*-s El Dorado MK Shea
Don Pedro's Sar Tuolumne R Smith
..Calaveras N T Norevos
.Doubb
Downi
DryCi
Urvto-
.. Sier:
..Jai
eek.
..H
Yuba	
RobertMcAdams
W 0 Clark
mboldl	
Calaveras...
..KB Fobs
....A Irvine
 J W Everett
do     ti
 Sacramento	
         do          	
Moody
.Mr Elliot
.J R Craw-drd
.J Clarkin
.Amador	
.Merced	
 D Toiviisend
Nathan Plum
...T Fagleson
ElDorado...
Emory'*  Cro^i
Empire Ranch,
Elliott's Ranch
Franklin	
Folsom	
Eiddletown	
Forbo.town.. ..
Forlorn Hope _
French Gulch.... Shasta........W G Gi
Foster's Bar.... Yuba SB Whitcomb
Fremont,.   .Yolo Jonas Speot
French Camp.... San Joaquin R W Noble
Forrest Citv ..., Sierra W Henry
Foreman's Ranch.... Calaveras S Foreman
Fourth Crossing.... do  A C Rerr./,Uo!;.
Oreen Suriiu's Tuolumne R L Gardiner
Gar.-ote.... do     J H Watts
Grafton.... Yolo A L'pdegvaff
Grand Island
Georgetown....El Dora
Greenwood  do
Garden Valley....   do
Grizzly Flat         do
Gilroy... ..Santa Clara.
Goodyear's Bar.. ..Sier
Gibsonville  dr
Grass Valley... .-Nevad*
Georgiana. . . .Sacramento
Gwin....Merced	
Hamilton Butte	
Horr'K Ranch Tuolm
Horsetown Shasta..
Honcut....Yuba	
Hornitaa..., Mariposa..
lone Valley Amador
Illinoistown... .Placer.
Iowa City
Thomas Eddy
....J C Terrell
,...C ^Brady
....SSteivart
... James Burgess
A C Everett
,,.. Julius Meinliardt
R E Elliott
..E Mat.thewso_.
.....I MSodwell
Wm Laugh lia
... R Davis
ne G D Dickinsoni
 J RGiU
W RRizer
 WLGoss
 JH Alvord
 BBriekell
 J Co gan
Diggings.... El Dorado J W Gilbert
Indian Gulch Merced.   J W Norton
Jamestown.... Tuolumne R W Mardia
Jacksonville     do         GB Keyes
Jackson....Amador BB Redhead
Johnson's Ranch....Slitter W E 0 Kerr
King's River Tulare J Smith
Kelsey'H El Dorado John White
Knight's Ferry San Joaquin W E Steward
Leach's Store Mariposa L Leach
Lassen's Butte W P May hew
Lewis ton Trinity -C Wood
Los Angeles Los Angeles J S Waite
Lagrange Stanislaus LM Booth
Lisbon....Placer G Vv* Applegate.
Loveimr's Kcirv... .San Joaquin J Loveing
Little York.,.. Nevada W W Cozzens
Mountain View.... Santa Clai a J Sbumway
"JcOartysvilki do Levi Millard
Mayiield do 3 Ottison
Milpitas do Fred Orciijlitou
Mission San Jose.... Alameda J J Vallejo
Mountain Springs... .Placer .1 Barron
Michigan Bluff do  Washeim
MarysvilP..... Yuba P W Keyser
Maxwell's Creek Mariposa G W Coulter
Mariposa do JFMcN'an
Mount Ophir
Miller ton
Martino*/ Cont
MokelumnelOll..
illy
ti T Lake
do J H Miller
do H Carroll
CoKta....>...HFogg
Calaveras H S Anhiser
Murphy's do A P Stevens
McDermott's Bridge       do W F MoDermott
Mill Valley do E S Osburn
Moon's Ranch,.. .Colusa Geo Eastman
Mooroevillc do J11 Weston
Mormon Island.. ..Sacramento J'W Pcunison
Michigan Bar do B L Wayne
Monterey Monterey Wm  Curtis
Montezuma....Tuolumne W F Norton
Monte.... Los Angeles Ira Thompson
Mineraville.. ..Trinity ..J Bates
Middletown.... Shasta CM McKinn
Napa Napa E B Eaton
Nevada....Nevada W H Endicatt
Nicolaua Sutter J C Dickey
Navato Marin HF Joni
North Branch.. ..Calaveras	
Newtown.. ..ElDorado J W Smith
Nealsbnrg.... Placer AC Neal
Natividad....Monterey James Stokes
Nelson's Creek Sierra J CLewis
Ouseley's Bar..., Yuba ...F Bridge
Oregon House do Peter Rice
O'Byrne's Ferry Stanislaus. John O'Neil
Onisbo Sacram ento 0 F Howell
Ophi.-ville Placer Daniel B Curtis
Oro City do G White
Oroville.... Butte D C Downer
Oal-kind Alameda T Gallagher
Ottiticwa Siskiyou Gil Coe
Pleasant Vailey Mariposa a. Shearer
Pea Vine Butte D Whipple
Park's Bar.. ..Yuba.. Geo Wiser
Pilot Hill. ...ElDorado A T Bailey
Placerville do. A M Thatcher
Petaluma.. ..Sonoma WE Swinerton
Plea.ant Springs  ...Calaveras EHHoerchni
Paterson.. ..Nevada.. „EP Turney
Plum Valley       Sierra F R Bocker
Princeton Colusa R T Arnett
Pine Grove,. ..Amador A Leonard
Quartxburg Mariposa DM Pool
Quincy.. ..Plumas Lewis Stork
Rough andRtady Nevada E B Winans
Round Tent do E J Slate
Red Dog do JC Green
Red   ..luffs Shasta S Brad way
Rabbit Creek Sierra . Mr. Lester
Rattlesnake Car.. ..Placer   Thomas Wood
Russian River.. ..Mendocino EG Heald
Sebastopol Napa DM Johnston
San Francisco....San Francisco C L Weller
Steinberg's do G Thatcher
United  States District Courts.
For the Northern District of Catifornia.~Og-
den Hoffman, Jr., judge ; John A. Monroe, clerk ;
Jas. Y. McDuffie, marshal. 'Regular terma, first
Monday in June and December of each year. Special terms at tlie option of the judge.
For the Southern District of California,—I. Sv
K. Ogier, judge; 0. Sims, clerk; E. Hunter, marshal. Regular terras, first Monday in June at.
Monterey ; first Monday in December at Los Ad--
;eles. Special terms at the option of the judge,-
Unltert Strttcs Circuit Court.
For the District of California.—-M. H. McAlis--
ter,judge ; Geo. Fenu Johnson, clerk.    Regular
term, first. Monday in July of each year.    Special
terms at any time after thirty daya notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydeufeldt, Chief Justice ; David SI
Terry, Hugh S. Murray, Justices. Regular terma
of the Supreme Court commences on the first Mondays of'January, April, July, and October.
DISTRICT JUDGES.
1st, Benjamin Hayes ; 2d, Joaquin Carrillo ; 3d;
Graven P. Hester ; 4th, John S.Hagar; 5th,Chas-
M.Creanor; 6th, Alonzo S. Mods m ; 7th, E. W.
McKinstry; 8th, J. M. Peters; 9th, W. P. Danger fin Id ; 10th, William T. Barbour; llth, John
M.Howell; 12th, Edward Norton ; 13th, JE. Burke ;
14th. Niles Searlea ; 15th. J. 8. Pitzer.
TERMS'OP COURT.
Tbe First District Court holds its terms in Loi
Angel-'S on the third Mondays of March, July and
November; in Sau Diego, the third Mondays ia
April, August and December ; in San Bernardino
the third Mondays of February, May and October
United States Land Office for the Southern District of California:
Andres Pico, Receiver ; H. P. Dorsey, Register.
Customs Department—(San Pedro).
Collector—0. E. Carr ; Deputy—J. F. Stephens
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Los Angeles.
G-. C.Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte..
First Judicial District, camp rising the counties of
Los Angeles, San Bernardiao and. San Diego.
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY   O-'TICERS.
County Court—Wm. G. Dryden. Judge.
Sherifl—J. R. Bar lou ; Under Sherifl—Elijah
Bettis.
County Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
Couuty Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel ; Deputy
—J. H. Celeman.
County Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Public Administrator—M. Keller.
Superintendent of Public Schools—James F
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thorn.
Coroner—J. B. Winston.
County Clerk—John W. Shore ; Deputy—J. A.
Hincliinao.
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors—J. R.Scott. M. Dominguez, W. M, Stockton. Tomas A. Sanchez, R. Fry-
TOWHBHJP  OFFICERS
Los Angeles—Justices of the  Peace—Russell
Sackett, J.   S. Malhud.   Constables—Charles K.
Baker, Wm. PI. Little.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal—W. C. Gecman ; Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—Samuel Arbuckle.
City Assessor—VV. H. Peterson.
Cily Attorney—C. E. Thorn,
Ciiy Council—M. Requenn, N. Potter, Ezra
Drown, Ira Gilchrist, A. Ulyard, Myron Nonfatal.
George Carson.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M.  Thomas.
Counly Treasurer—Samuel Eolfe.
County Assessor- James Henry Rollins.
Counly Surveyor— Alyin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Pub-ic Schools—H. Skinner..
District Attorney—Ellis Eames.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Cliit.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaux, N. Taylor, "Vm.
Cox.
Saci
itter
mto..
..Fei
ao D Han-frige
Seal, t'i; Rivcv.. ..Siskiyou lam en  Crcoiu
Salinas Monterey J R Tli II
San Juan do p Breen
San Diego.. ..San Diego     George Lyon
San Luis Obi-spn.. . .San Luis Ob is no A Murra .
Sun Jose.. ..Santa Clara CF Allen "
Santfi Clara clo H j)  McCobb
Santa Cruz.. ..Santa Cruz........ ]*: Anthony
San Lorenzo Alameda J Wood
San Leandro do W Van Wagner
Sau l-'edro.. .. Los Angeles...... G Alexander
San Gabriel do T Burdick
San Ibifaol.. ..Marin g j Ski-lmore
Santa Rosa Sonoma F C Hahmann
Sonoma do Mr Miller
SuiiiK's Ranch     do N _ Hedges
San Ramon Contra Costa....        W Russell
Sa.n Pablo do a B Rates
Salmon Falls Rl Dorado  J Downer
Spanish Flat do J Glas. man
Snnl.il Barbara,....Santa Barbara G R Fifher
San  BernardiiK).. ..San Bernardino Di\ Tlioiims
Shasta Shasta j Lemon
I Shaw's Flat.... Tuolumne J Roberts
Sohora do GW Patrick
Slapk'.O.rineli....Sao Joaquin D J Staples
Stockton do PE Conner
Sutler Creek Amador B Crand.Ul
Sarahyille do K Robinson
Snelhng's Ranci..... Mariposa H Schroeder
Suisun....Soiaco........ W S Kyle
San Andreas       CalaveraH.., C L Sweet
St Louis Sierra WP Williams
Seeret Ravin-    ..Planer J Hart
(st.H_ Rock..    Merced     J a Bugg
Rlniwhon-yV-i loy....Tuha '. j A Barnhart
Tehama Colusa 0 Gervy
Trinidad.. ..Klamath.. .. F C Barlintr
Trin%-.... Trinity C Leo
TJniouUiwn....Humboldt A H Mnrdooh
Voieano....Amador J-I _.' Barnum
Vallejo....Solano. j b Friable
Vallccilo., , .Calaveras Q..JJ Murray
Visalia.. ..Tulare J p Majors
Woodville Butte S Alvard
Weaverville.. ..Trinity J Barry
Watson ville Santa Cruz.. .' L Thrift
West Point Calaveras A Walbaum
Whisky Creek Shasta P Mix
Western baerameoto AH White
Yankee Jim's,. ..Placer N" Hi. nek
Yuba City Yuba LBadolett
Yolo.... Yolo JHHutton
Yreka....Siskiyou John LinteM
Tlie Law or Newspapers.
1. Subscribers wbo do not give express notice*
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers discontinued,
Publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their-
papersirom the oflice or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them.
4. If subscribers remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts bave decided that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, oi removinj_-
and leaving it uncalled for,isprima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
Of the regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken
from their ollice bv subscribers.
SHsiaisees.
The following table of distances was measured
with a viameter, by Capt. Warner,   of the ■ U
S. Topographical Engineers, in tbe summer
of 1848 :—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores, ,2-i miles,,
" " Sanchez Ranch 17
" " San Mateo 21
" " Santa Clara 48
" " San Jose 51
"" " Murphy's 70*
" " San Juan 94
" " Salinas river 11^
" " Monterey 12..,
'" *■ Mission Soledad 166,
" " Ojitos 266.
" " San Miguel 237
" " Brakes-' Ranch 258
'"' " Santa Margarita 265.
" " San Luis Obispo 276
*- " Capt. Dana's. 29ft
" " Los Alamos., 321
" " Santa  Inez... 34ft
" " Gaviota Pass,. 353
" '* Arroyo Honde 35ft
" " Dos Pueblos, 37q
" -. Santa Barbara 387
" " Carpenteria.. 398
" " Rincon 402
" " Bu"naventura 415
-■ " Santa Clarariver.. ..421
" " Canega ...475
" " Los Angeles 485
" •'' Los Coyotes .504
" " SautaAna..,. .515
" '* Juan Avila's....... .535 "
" " San Juan Capistrano.542
" " LosFloros 562
" " San Luis Rey 57g
" " Ban Diego 612$
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VOL. VL
LOS   AJTGE'LES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   FEBRUARY   14,   1857.
]ST0. 40.
Cos Augeles Star:
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Agents.— The following
' tzed Asf'nts for tbe Star :
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'Bimv-i fc Burdick, Post Office.
"      Whisi.er &.KI-.G	
Col. Ira Thompson	
K. N.-GMB-s	
Jddgb I). A. Thomas	
gentlemen are author
0. B. THOM. C. 8IUS.
THOM & STMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at I__aw.
OFFICE—ON MAIN STREET,
(Opposite che Bella Union Hotel.) anl
COUNTY CLERK.
F«es   pnyabltt   InvartaWy   In   advance.
_E_5_2_-_,    0£ai_t*tO_f,
OFFICE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
LOS ASGELES   STREET,
Adjoinh,- Keller's Store,
PRIVATE  RESIDENCE—HOWE'S JJCTLDIIVG,
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
'!'**.[TANY," will d(.*Mii:i.icliby every Steamer
jtess, in (jhargeofa Special Messenger, to
-SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LUIS OBISPO,
MONTEREY.
SAN FRANCISCO, ana
Alt parts of Northern and Southern Mines.
—ALSO—
Oregon,   Atlantic  States ami  *S.ivope.
.   coi.l.ECTroNS made in nil 'of tli
'    Tlil'-ASURE, PARCEL
warded.
DRAFTS parohasftdii
States and Europe;. _. ■ _
Particular afttentibn paid to die forwarding olGold Dust
ti» tke Mint I'm* coinage. ,    ....     . ,„.,
TreivfJLire, f_9tter«, etc., raceived up to tke latest moment
and ensured to dest:
w°
rAOlfAGES and LETTERS for
San Francisco  on tko Atlantii
H. 11. MYLES. Ag-.i
Carriage and Blacksmith Siiop,
By JOHN GOLLEIl.
LOS   ANGELES   STS.EET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL
THE subscriber respectfully in
forms the publicgene'rally tba-
be will keep constantly on band
and will manufacture to order,
Coaches, Buggies, Wagons, Carts &e.
in a neat and workmanlike manner, He lias onkand and
foraaleii, flue stock of Eastern White Oak and Hickory
Plank and axels- He keeps constantly on band a large variety of Cart and liu^y *vbj'*d_, Spokes, Felloes, Shafts,
Neck Yokes, Double and singletrees
Horse Shoeing ami BlacIcsmitSiitig
in all its various branches.executed with promptness and
pdisatch. Particular iHtenlion will be j*-ivon lotbe nianu
facture and repair ol' l.*LO\VS, HARROWS, and other Farming Untensils. He has an extensive assortment of Iron axels, Springs, Bolts, Plow and Spring steel, and other maie-
rialpertaining to the business, too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
-. With none but the best of workmen m his employ, he
'feels confident that he can give entire satisfactior to kis
customers.
un7' JOHN  GOLLER.
DR. A. COOK,
OtTLD inlorm bis IVicn'ls and thu public,that
nuw occupies n room on Reguenn street, in
the city ol'Los Aagalen, tvhere he may be sonauH-
ed at all hours, (except when abroad to vi^it the
sick.) He will be happy to confer with all those
who wish his counoil or med'eal aid. A full and
unbroken coulidence may be entrusted to him in
any one or other case ol disease to which the human system ia made heir. He will successfully
treat all indolent ulcers, tumors, swelling.., abscesses and scrofula; and will give particular attention to the treatment and cure of diseases o;
the Eye. octlS
JAMES CLARKE
Attorney asE<l Counsellor at taw,
—E L   MON T E.—
Office in Whistler's Block, on Main Street.
dec,20
SOLOMON   LAZAED,
IMPORTER,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer ia
Fresscla,    J__ngEis3_-   and    American
Dry Goods.  ,
Comer of Melius Row, Los Angeles.      aug 9
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Mercliant,
San Pedro and Los ANC.t_r___s.CAT_.,
un7 H. RE.AD, Age'nij  r,os Ai.^elts.
T*J"c_>"fci,*C5<E>?
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buy-
iug or otherwise trading for unvented horses,
or cattle of our brands ; cr they will be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMING-UEZ.
8ep20—tf JESUS Ma. COT A de DOMINGUEZ.
-VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; that a]
J_*| Wood or otherwise tL-espapEittg up<
Santa Auita, in the To\*/nshi]j of San Ga
tiecuted to the extunt of the lav. ■
Los Angeles, March 29.1.56
ny Rancho ol
il, will be pro
JOSEPH A. ROWS
Hotsl International,
J A CKS ON   S TREE T,    near   Montgomery.
SAN    FRANCISCO.
MTHIS magnificent   Mansion   has  been
leased for a term of years by
MRS.   A.  S. HALEY, |
is now undergoing a thorough repair, when i*. wil
be furnished entire with new Furniture and opened
to the public on Christmas, the 2o..-instanl', with
the best Table and moat cleanly House on the Pacific.
jj^-Boai'd, with Lodging, from $2 to $3 per day.
Our motto—-we stiuve to p£HASE. janlO
BANNING* & WILSON,
Forwarding and eoininission Mcr-
cltants. Saia Pedro.
Phineas BInning. S. H. Wilson*
sep27
GAMBEINUS BSEWERY.
THE best ALE and BEER manufactured, and always on  hand.    Delivered to city customers
without extra charge.
Coopering and Repairing ot Barrel*., -Sic. Sip.
An assortment of Barrels always on hand.
K. MI'-SSER. Proprietor.
Wholesale and Ketaal.
HEW BOCKS, STATIONERY, ftc.
HELLMAN & BUG.,
BEG to inform the public that, having removed
to their new store. Los Angele« street, where
they have increased facilities for business, they
bave now on hands the largest and best selection
of goods in their line ever before offered in Los
Angeles, coinprisino*—
BOOKS—English &; Spanish,  embracing every
•Department of Literature.
STATIONER V, of every description. Playing
Card*.
SEGAHS,  Tobacco, and Matches.
FANCY GOODS —a choice and extensive -sa
sort ment.
CUTLEH Y—of all lands.
RIBBONS,   Combs,   Sewing Silk, Perfumery,
~~TuijS,   Candy, Sfc   Sec.
. All of which will be disposed of on the lowest
terms, lor cash.
HELMANN & BRO.,
Melius Row. Ea-t side Los Augeles street.
August 9ih. 1856.
EMORY, HOUGHTON & CO'S
PATENT
s^m^e. ^_^&*§_!-^.
CONSISTING   OF
A Family j Bag, *& S5i*_s_. *t3e Mac_.iiti.e-
OFFICE   OF AGENCY,
ISO. 26  Battca-y Street,  near Pine.
janlO 3m J. M. GREAVY, Agent.    "
J. C.  EDDY~& CO'.S
IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR
-CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS,
—AND—
FURNISHIBTG  GOODS.
FOR THEY HAVE UNEQUALLED FACILITIES FOR. SUPPLYING EVERY ARTICLE OP
GENTLEMENS'
"W©_3tr±ia-S Apparel
—AT—
LOWES  PEICES
Than any other Establishment in the State.
CAIL AID SEE E0E Y0UE_ELVES,
,„ttlieli-Esl--b!_--m_-n- on the aioitl.wr.t Coiner oi" S.iisoin- not- <JOiikiWLi,rcioi Sts.,
fei) 7
u_r N Oj T 1 € K ! ~m
MR. II. NEWMARK having withdrawn fi-ora the
Finn of Rich, Newmark S_ Co,, bus been admitted a partner ill the Firm of Newmark St Kremei*.
Hereafter, ..he  business of snid Co-Partnership will
be   curried  on   under  the   name  of NEWMARK,
KREMER & GO.   i     ,
NEWMARK & KREMER.
Los Angeles, Jan. 9th. 1-51.
NEWMAEK.l^EMER & CO,
Will constantly keep a full Assortment of every kind
OF
Groceries and Liquors,
Dry Goods and Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Hardware,
&e; &e. &c_
NEWMARK, KREMER & CO.
Los Angeles. Jan. 9,  1857.
jDirectlv opposite tlie St. Nicholas Hotel San Fran*
Cisco"   The place may be known by the stained
glass window..
DO
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Awake, ni
y soul
thv
liou
s tire
aceti
ip,
Thy life is
rapih
con
piet
ng,
Time with
etern
I v is
moe
So
D con
estl
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.ht.
Thy rcd-il
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too,
will
conie
ACCOK-JH
to th
Bta
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y doom.
1)0
right.
dor
ght
Though clouds thy ft
nianiont o'ersp
ead,
Aud fcuip
ests b
iota
dtli.
head
Though li
eat f
uliag-
shed
And though tliy holy hopes and fears
Lie buried 'neath the gathering years-
Do right, do right.
The warring elements' worst wrath,
The earthquake and the whirlwind's breath,
Tlie valley and the shade of death,
Need not affiioht;
E-'ir duty's <.;*_}).., coinnii. udint- form.
With rainbow arms shall clasp the _.torm.
Do right, do right-
Faint not in all the weary strife,
Though every day with toil be rife,
Work is the element of life,
Action is light;
For man is made to toil and strive,
And only those who labor live.
Do right, do right.
Life is not all a fleeting dream,       '
A meteor flash, a rainbow gleam,
A bubble on the floating stream,
Soon lost to sight;
For there's a work for every hour—
In every passing word a power—
Do right, do right.'
O ! life is full of solemn thought,
And noble deeds, if nobly wrought—
With fearful consequences fraught;
And there is might—
If gathered in each passing hour,
Tha gives the soul unearthly power,
Do right, do right.
MIGHT.
BI     S II E I I. T ,
How beautiful this night!   the balmiest sigh
Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening's ear,
Were discord to the speaking quietude
That wraps this moveless scene   Heaven's ebon vault
Studded with stars unutterably bright,
Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls,
Seems like a canopy which love has spread
To curtain her sleeping world.    Yon gentle hills,
Robed in a garment of untrodden snow ;
Yon darksome rocks, whence icicles depend.
So stainless that their white ami glittering .spires
Tinge not the moon's pure beam ; yon castled steep,
Whose banner hangeth o'er the time-worn tower
So idly, that rapt fancy deerneth it
A metaphor of peace —all form a scene
Where musing solitude might love to lift
Her soul above tliis sphere of earthliness ;
Where silence, undisturbed, nii^ht watch alone,
So cold, so bright, so still.
Volc_moo.s_
Geological theorists ass.rfl-tbat tho inequalities
on the earth's surface arise from iiplillings by
volcanoes, ear th quakes *,&(..; and to these they
ascribe the inclination of strati.. &c. But minute
seams in sandstones, and the parallelism of the
strata in the same formation indicate that the
whole is the effect of depositions and pceoipita-
tions, while in the submersions by the sea and the
advance and retreat during p.rihelion periods we
have the aqucdus agency required for the precipi"
tation.
About 2*00 active volcanoes are recorded, of
which eighty-nine are in islands Submarine volcanoes often throw up islands. Tlie Azores, tlie
Lipari, the Canaries*, ite, are examples.
The ashes from volcanoes often produce total
darkness from thirty to fifty miles round, and
tliey often fall iu showers from 200 to 300 miles
distant, Pieces oi rock ure ejected witb the f-91'C-f
nf hl cannon bklL Cotopax. anna Uuww 1*. pb:..*e of
100 cubic yards eight miles. Fish ejected from
volcanoes are those of neigh boring waters.
Lava is a stony substance like basalt, and may
sometimes be seen at the bottom of a crater red-
hot, like melted metal, bubbling »s a fountain.
When it overflows the crater it ie very fluid. At
Vesuvius a red-hot current of it from eifiht to ten
yards deep, 200 or 300 yards broad, and nearly
a mile long. In Mexico a plain was ill led up by
it into a mountain 1,000 feet high, by an eruption
in 1757. Its heat was so great that it continued
to smoke for above twenty years afterwards ; and
a niece of wood took lire in lava three years and a
half after it had beeu ejected, at Ave mileB from
the' crater.
Stones of immense size rise to the height of
7.000 feet, and others, darkening the air, fall 100
miles distant.
Tiiirty-one great eruptions of Etna have occurred within the records of history.
In an eruption in the year 1G93 the city of Catania was overturned in a moment, and I 8.000
people perished iu the ruins. The crater of Etna
is a quarter of a mile high on a plain three miles
across. It falls in about every 100 years. The
mouth is a mile in diameter, and shelves as an inverted cone lined with salts and Fulphur. The
central fiery gulf varies in size, and. noises arise
from it with volumes of smoke. D'Orville descended by ropes near to the gulf, but was annoyed by flame and sulphurous effluvia.
Pompeii was destroyed by showers of ashes, hut
Herculaneuin by hot mud, over wliich six streams
of lava have since accumulated. They had recently been destroyed by an earthquake, aud were rebuilding. In the barracks of Pompeii were found
the skeletons of two soldiers, fastened by chai b;
aud in the vaults of a country house was a perfect
cast of a woman with a child iii her arma.
People who Live without Water.- Tbe day
before we reached the Orange River, says Anderson
in his Four Years' Wanderings in South West Africa, we fell in with a krall of Hottentots, whom, to
onr great surprise, we found living in a locality altogether destitute of water! The milk of their cows
and goats supplied its place. Their catlle, moreover,
never obtained water, but found a substitute in a
kind of ice plant (mescinbry antemum) of an exceedingly succulent nature, which abounds in these re.
gions. But our own oxen, not accustomed to such
diet, would rarely or never touch it. Until I had
actually-convinced myself—as I had often the opportunity of doing at an after period—that men and
beasts could live entirely without water, I should,
perhaps, have had some difficulty in-realizing this
singular fact.
&-&_■___  ZOo_2^xi--s^-E*cS.l.-ra.o_.
NEW   STORE.
LEWIS JACOBS begs to.inform his friends and
the public of SAN BERNARDINO, that ho intends
To Kccoinm*-iie.  [.-..s.i-t'S-.*  in tlie Month of
February,
in  the NEW   BRICK   BUILDING, opposite   the
Office of the County Clerk, when  he will offer fbr
their inspection an   entirely   NEW STOCK OF
GOODS, Dry Goods and Groceries—on the very
lowest terms.
6m Jan. 1st, 1857.
A Kissing Item.—A young gentleman residing
in the neighborhood of Richmond had occasion, a
short time since, to drive his pretty cousin Funny
down to Windsor in a gig. Little Charley, a brother of Fanny, was sent with them and sat between
them in the gig; but. as he was only five or six
vears of age, was considered nobody. Unfortunately,
however, the urchin bad got a new hat that very
day, of which he was exceedingly proud. Finding,
on his arrival at Windsor, that it had sustained some
injury during the journey, he rushed to his mainmd
to complain:
" I declare, mamma, he cried, I'll never ride in a
gig between sister Fanny and cousin George again."
"Why so, my dear?' inquired mamma.
" Because," he replied, " they have crushed my
new hat all to pieces with leaning over to kiss each
other all the way from Richmond.
The Names OP Animal..—Iu the American Association for the advancement of science, recently,
at Albany, Dr. Weiuland read an interesting paper
on "the Names of Animals with reference to Ethnology.7' Many names of the North American
animals are taken from European animals—thus
buffalo, grouse, robin, lizard, chamois. Nations
bave ouly new names for their native animals.
Thus lion, in all modern languages is leo—hardly
changed. The tiger and the camel derive their
names from their native countries, other nations
adopting these names with slight modifications.
The elephant is so called in all countries. The
ass got his name from the old Hebrews. The
bare and the deer, which occur both iu Europe
aud Asia, have two names, one native in each
country—the former lepus and the latter corvus.
Nations try to reduce all foreign animals to the
names of their cwn, by adding a descriptive designation, as Guinea-pig, camel-leopard, river,
horse, &c. The Anglo Saxons who lived on the
sea had names for all sea animals, but the Germans oftlie interior called them all by some land
name with the addition of" sea," thus : sea-horse,
sea-mew, sea-dog, sea-lion, sea-tiger, sea-mouse,
sea-devil.
Almost all animals were originally named from
their qualities. The uame ol' the ass comes from
a root, meaning " walk slowly ;" the serpent to
'■glide quickly;" the rabbit to -'burrow- in the
ground." Prof. Haldeman said reindeer meant
"running animal;" fox is froia the Greek phuxoa\
" sharp;" serpent from the latin serpo. " to
creep ;" and tiger from the Persian, " an arrow.'?
Indian tribes call a lion by a name meaning " having a long tail;" a hor_ie by a name meaning
"like a deer;" a mole, "having his right hand
on the left -boulder ;" a squirrel by a name meaning " he can stick fast ii. a tree." The Indians
have also a n»mo for ahorse meaning " having
only oue toe." Apropos of names, it was remarked that the potjito is called in German the
" ground pear."
Tim   Kemble Eye.
Those only when on the htnge with Mrs. B&donn,
or wliikt playing a part with her. could hnve any
idea offhe  power of her eye.     In Lndy Macbeth,
it really seemed tO;pOSMSfl all  the awful  majfc^ty
of a queen, in the days of tinf-erupnloHS  d(.(.d*,
when "ruin leaped from the gl.uu*.* of the fearful."    It made the pernon on whom it w-tK leveled
almost blink and drop their eyes.     She cant, ant-h
a look upon me once, when  a lad, that 1   have
never forgotten it.    The Kemble eye wrr peeuliur.
John had   "an  eye like   Mure, to  threaten  nn.I
command."    His glance, when he looked " in nn-
gry parley,'- was dreadtul.     Then, indeed, could
he turn on his adversary " an eye ol d.a.h."   Who
tbat beheld it can ever forget hi* look of eoni-ten-
ance when King John upbraids Hubert  with Arthur's death?    The glance of Churl e-i, lhe thiral-
rous Charles, was equally fine  in  tho  parks h«
played.    The bright, joyous, flashing, gallant-dar-
tng '-.''i, —the glance Of which, wheu -suiled to the
voice, sent a  thrill  through every heart, hh  _•
spoke the glorious words of Fitulconbridgt, cannot
ever be  surpassed, or perhaps equalled, ©n ;th_
stage. His conception and representation of Faul-
eonbrid^e wai indeed the niont perfect performance, in my opinion', ever seen.     In every look,
gesture, movement—even in the minuteet details
—It was altogether such an identification that it
always seemed to me a reality.    I can imagine no
other Faulconbridge to have lived.    It was one wi
those rare in-dance*. iu which we could say, thii it»
iudeed, \\xe man Shakspeare drew.     Perhaps oue
of Ihe finest plage ellects ever witnen(_cd wan the
sudden sound of the approach of John's army, and
the beautiful march, when Chatillon  announces
the coming ol the English power ;
" Tbi*. interruption of (heir ehurlii.li drums,
Cuts offmore circumstances ; they are at hand.'*
The filini;-iu of the English forcei., in Chatil-
Iou'b description of them, and the gallant look and
bearing of each man, aa I remember it iu the days
of John Kemble, was indeed a dramatic t.eat.
And then such a description Is the preceding
speech of an invading army. What a glowing,
glorious picture has Shakspeare drawn of warlike
Engliind of the Norman period. Nothing in English can surpass il. Every word seems to slrik*
dismay iuto the French as they, stand there.—
Curling.
Ficra for tue Cunioca.—If a tallow candle be
placed in a gnu, and shot at a door, it will go
through wilhout sustaining injury ; and if a musket-ball be fired iuto the water. It will not only
rebound, but be flattened, as if fired against a solid
substance. A mu.iket-ball may be fired through a
pane of glahs—making the hole the uisse of the
ball, without cracking fhe glass ; if the glass ba
suspended by a thread, it will make no difference,
aud the thread will not even vibrate. In the Arctia
regions,-when tlie thermometer U below __ero, persons can converse more than a mile distant. Dr.
JamiesOH asserts that he heard every word of a
i_crmon"at a distance of two miles. A mother has
been distinctly heard talking to her child, on a
still day, across a water a mile wide.
In the District Cmivt of tl.e 1st Judicial District, State of California County of I.os An.
geles.
Jn the matter ofthe Petition of Philip C. Williams, an Insolvent Debtor.
T*)URSUANT to an Order of the Hon. Benjamin
JL Hayes, Judge of the District Court of the 1st
judicial District aforesaid, made the 7th day of
January A.D. 1857, notice is hereby given to all
of the creditors 0! the said insolvent, Philip C.
Williams, to be and appear on Thursday, the 12th
day of February A. D. 1857, in the Court House
of said county, before the Hon. Benj. Hayes aforesaid, then and there to show cause if any they pan
why the .prayer ol the said Insolvent should not
be granted, an assignment-of his estate be made,
and he discharged 'rom his debts as an Insolvent
Debtor.
[l. s.]    Witness my hand and seal of said Court,
this 9th dny of January A. D. J 8_7.
JOHN W. SHORE, Dist. Clerk.
IC. H. Dimmick, Attorney for plaintiff.
Los Angelee, Jan. 10,1857.
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There was some fun and satire in tlie olden tim*
as well as now, and much of it was very sharp and
biting.    Witness the following:
Dr. Byles was a famous Boston punster, but he
sometimes met with more than bis match. A lady,
whom he had long courted unsuccessfully, married
a man by tbe name of Quincy. u,So, madame, said
the unsuccessful suitor, 'it appears you prefer a
Quincy (quinsy) to Byles.' "Yes, for if there had
been anything worse than Byles, God would have
suffered Job to have been afflicted with them!"
Thero ia nothing
consequences of it,
gulate and control,
if it lead to a bettei
'f it do not.
formidable about death but tbe
and these we ourselves can re-
The shortest life is long enough
. aud the longest life is too short
Woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
The heart is her world; it is there her ambition
strives for empires ; it is there her avarice seeks for
bidden treasures.
JinkltS is a man who takes matters humorously.
When his best friend was blown into the air by a
* bursting biler' Jinkits culled after him, "There you
go, my es-steamed friend."
Fame is like a river, narrowest at its birthplace,
and broadest afar off.
t     What is wanting in reason upon an argument is
1 too often supplied by rage.
The moral cement of all society is virtue. It unites
id preserves,, whilst vice separates and destroys.
The good may be termed the salt of the earth. For
where thero is no integrity, there can be uo confidence ; and where there is no confide; C4 there
be no unanimity.
A main praising porter said it was su ejEflra'le
beverage, that it always made him fat. "i 1
seen the time," said another, " when it made
lean." "When?" asked the eulogist. "Last ni
against a wall."
A baker has invented a new kind of yeast. It
makes breads so light that a pound of it weighs only
four ounces.
If a man should set out calling t
right name, he would be knocked
got to the corner of the street.
ng by its
EpltapH on tlie Republican Party.
Peaceful he ray silent slumbers,
Horace Greeley shut my eyes,
We have failed lor want of numbers,
Wake rue up when Fremont dies.
Col. Benton publishes a characteristic letter to
the National Intelligencer, iu which he repudiates the word '■ lady," alleged to have been employed by him iu hie speech at the New England
dinner in New York city. He says that he "did
not _ay ladies. That word is not in the Bible ;
nor is it in any Greek or Roman book," uor In
hia "Thirty Yuan* View." A correspondent ot
the Washington Star thus corrects the Colonel's
Bible error;—
Mr. Benton, in the Intelligencer of this morning
says ihe word lady is not in the Bible. He n. in
error, as the following passages show :—
Judges 5 : 29.   Her wise ladies answered her.
Esther I : 18. Likewise shall the ladies of Persia aud Medea say thia day unto all the king's
princes, wliich have heard of the deed of the queeu.
Isaiah 47 : 5. Sit thou silent, aud get thee into
darkness. O daughter of the Chaldeans ; lor thou
shalt no more be called the lady of ihe kingdom.
Isaiah 47 : 7. And thou uaidut I .halL bo a lady
forever.
2 Johu : 1. The elder unto the elect lady, and
her children, whom I love in the truth.
2 Johu: 5. Aud now beseech thee, /aJy.no.aa
though I wrote a new cou.m..i.dmeut unto shee.
A house maid who was Bent to call a gontlemau
to dinner, found him engaged in mdug a tooth
brush. " Well, is he coming ." said thu lady of
the house as the servant returned. " Yea, ma'am,
directly," was the reply, "he ia juat Bharpening
his teeth."
When we look abroad upon the great potato
patch ofthe world, we see innumerable hil.H tilled
to overflowing with the very smallest kind of
Eaters, and a feeling of sadness comet, over us at
the thought that they will never bo auy larger.
"The moon," said a teetotaler, "is not quite
one of our sort j she lets her moderation be known
to all men, and ouly fills her horn ouce a mouth."
■'Then she tills it with something very strong,:-
was the reply, " for I have aeeu her half gone."
Good nature ip one ofthe sweetest gifts of providence. Like the pure sunshine, it gladdens, enlivens, and cheers. In the midst of hate, revenge,
sorrow and despair, how glorious are its eflects.
We see a "seamless skirt" advertised for ladies. Good. Anything that will make their Bkirta
seem less will be grateful to gentlemen. The ii *
venter deserves a service of plate—if he can pay
for it.
HatHBR Giumta—A Boston paper, speaking of
oue of its commercial representatives ofthe city,
says.- "He has takeu in a ton or two ol self-consequence at evory port at which he has happened
to touch, and started overboard modesty and scruples to make way for ita stowage."
Pope, in his truly admirable " Universal Prayer," for which he was charitably called " infidel'"
by the orthodox of tiis day, reeommends—
*' Teach me to feel another's woe—
To hide the fault I see ;
What mercy I to other.- show-
That mercy ahow to me."
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