hn Jfraimsra %Wdhtmxi&.
ROBERT JOSEPHI
Wholesale Dealer In Watches, Jewelry,  Diamonds, T00I3, Glasses,
WATCH MATERIALS, FANCY  GOODS, &C.
195 Montgomery street, corner of Jackson,
(Dr.   Wright's Building.)
ROBERT JOSEPHI having:purchased the  entire stock and trade ul  the
■ business ol Isaac S. Joseph i &O0., will
carry   ou tlie Bame  for his own account, at   196
Montgomery   street,   comer   of   Jackson,   (Dr.
Wright's Building,) San Francisco-      dec-7-.hu
EMBKOID SHIES.
LACKS.
EIEBOSS.
MEN'S,    WOMEN'S,   ,i   CHILDREN'S
HOSIERY,
OP    EVERY     DESCRIPTION.
GLOVES,   CIl.VVATS,
Collars, Shirts, Drawers-
AMERICAN, ENGLISH PIIEN^JI AND
GERMAN
FANCY GOODS.
BY   LATE   ARRIVALS   OF
STEAMERS AND CLIPPERS.
HUGHES .t WALLACE,
103 tniil 107 Sr.i-1-itmi...tc. St.,
acc27 3raia SAN FBANCISCO.
§an Jfritittistu ^skximmnk.
To Parties Claiming Payment from
the United State, for loss nnd destruction of
Property during tl.e Wor witli Mexico.
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims prosecuted by the undersigned before tiie Court of
Claims at Washington, cau receive all the necessary Information ou the subject, and have their
Claims promptly prosecuted on application to 0.
MORGAN, Los Angeles.
aug 2 J. D.'STEVENSON. San Francisco.
Southern Dispatch Line
OF
SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
SMITH & WINCTIELL'S
COMMERCIAL RTUSERY,
. S A N    J <> S M ,
Beccivcd from thc'State Fair of 1850
THE  FIRST  PREMIUM.
gg HAVING become the Agent tor the 3g|
_Sw above Nursery, and having made ar- ZXZ,
rangements for a constant supply ol'Trees irom
the 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 Dot convenient for all to come
personally, then delegate some friend or Business
Agent to examine foryon, or order directly from
me a Sample Lot of such trees as aro wanted.
I have arrangements with other Nurserymen
and Gardeners for a supply otsuch minor fruits
and trees as may he necessary 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 three years old, from four to ten feet
high, of line symmetrical form, veil branched,
and ol ali the choice varieties.
PEAR,
Dwarf and Standard of nearly all of tlio best varieties.
CHEERY,
From four to twelve feet high, very fincand thrifty, including many of the leading varieties.
PLUM,
Of the usual varieties, also some of the choicest.
PEACH,
One and two years old, of line growth and oftbe
leading varieties, also in dormant bud very low.
NECTARINES,
One and two years old. of choice varieties.
APRICOTS,
One and two years old, of choice varieties.
CURRANT B USHES, Red and White Dutch.
GOOSEBERRY BUSHES,llong\\ion'aSeedling and English.
RASPBERRY BUSHES, Antwerp, Fran-
coniaand Fastolff.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, Longwortb's.
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 Express,
promptly attended to. Treess packed for any distance.    TERMS CASH.
C. W.  IJECOUNT,
dec27 3m        9!) Davis Street, San Francisco
TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
mlllri LIN I'] is composed of the favorite clipper
JL schooners
LAURA BEVAN, Captain F. Morton :
JULIUS PRINGLE. J. S-Garcia;
S. D.BAILEY, N. Hiller;
ARNO, Wm. Hughes.
Which will run regular hereafter as above, taking freight and passengers on the most   favorable
terms, to which ev,ery care aud attention will be
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 applyto any of theprin-
cipal merchants at Los Angeles. San Pedro, or
Santa Barbara. N. PIERCE,
Proprietor of the Line: at San Francisco.
Office— Corner of Market and East streets, lower
building, (up stairs.) where goods will be receipted for and forwarded free of storage and drayage
anglfl
L. SCOTT & COS
KEFMNT OF THE
British   Periodicals
AND THE
GREAT REDUCTION LM   THE  PRICE
OF THE LATTER PUBLICATION.
L. SCOTT k CO., NEW YORK, continue to publish the following leading British Periodicals, viz
1.
The London Quarterly, Conservative.
The Edinburgh Review, Whig-
The North British Review, Free Church.
The Westminster Review, Liberal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Tory.
■ThesePmoilicaUablv rroresBui tb'o three greart politi
cal  parties   of Great Britain—Whig, Tory, and Radical.-
butpolitics  forms only one feature of tbeir character.—
" 'ana ol' tlio most pro to unit writer;, on Science, Lit
p Morality, and Religion, tliey stiind, as Ihey ever
toofl, unr'iviilled in Hie world of letters, being con-
l iadiapenaable to the scholar and the professional
.liiile to   the intelligent reader Of every ela.is they
furnish ;i more correct and satisfactory record of the day,
throughout the world, than can be possibly obtained l'rum
iy other source.
EAULY COPIES.
The receipt of Advance Sheets irom the British publishers five's additional value to these Kept
now   be placed in tl
in as tlie original editions.
TERMS. reran:..
 of the four Reviews - - $9 00
y two of the four Reviews - - 6 (K
Forany three of the four Reviews - - 7 00
For all four of tho Reviews - - - S Mi
Por Black wood's Maga*m%        - - - 800
"" r Blackwood  and three Reviews       - - B 00
r Blackwood and the four Reviews   - - 10 00
Payments to be. made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued, wiil be
received at par.
CLUBBING.
A discount of twenty-five per cent, from tho above
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering lour or more
copies of any one or more of the above works. Tims:
Pour copies 'of Blackwood, or of one Ileview, will be Ment
to one address for Sfl ; four copies ofthe four iteviews
and Blackwood for SU0 ; and so on
8,
m
Jfreiitkij ^plmliscumits.
J. M. Strobridge & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL AND SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. Nicholas Hotel,
SAA" FRANCISCO,
ORFEB tbe liir.vosi .u;d most, complete assortment of
Clothing and Oentlomen*a Famishing
Goods ever opencil in i-au Francisco.
We are reteivin :' per every steauii.i from our Manufactory in Neiv York,
The Cutest antf most Fashionable Styles
—oonslstfngjof—
"ine, Black, Brown a.-id I due Dre&B and Frock Coats;
Fine and Heavy Heaver Overcoats;
Talmas ot every description ;
"ine ami Heavy Fnuich ;>.:i.l American Ca_= si-more Bants;
'ine Hi;.ck ami Fancy t?ilk Velvet, Satin and   Cloth Vests;
leavy tuphed CasBfmeru und Cloth Business Suits, etc.
Also, a lurye assortment of Hats and  Caps constantly
n band.
Fine White and Cheek Linen and Cotton Shirts:
Fine Silk, Merino an ICbttM) Undershirts and Drawers;
Scurfs, Cravats   Xe ■!.  [':,--., Suspenders;
Collars. iliNidi.  rcl -■ I . Gloves:
English,
Ev
'ith
Gentlemen's   Furnishing   Goods
constantly on hand.
A largoand complete assortment of
nlv
sale.
mvopening
Onr Hock consisting of over *1Q0,000. we
eciully fttranffffrs riaitteg the city, to call .
.n-e mafeSOJ. tiieir purchases, as we lint ter
an | lease in prioeand qualify.
San Francisco. May ID, 1858.
0 S -& V ft B< Wtt tt ■
It is   our  Business to Publish
—THE—
IMPORTANT NEWS,
AjYD   YOURS
Wu therefore tiikc time!, pleasure in being uble
to inform tlie people of California, that tiie
most Extraordinary ReducUoaa.
HAS TAKEN PLAGE 1* TKE
Price   oT   Xj.cx3.si3a.gr
O".   "W".   Sullivan's
Great Pacliic Dppnl and General Agency
1'OR THE-SUPPLY OF PUHLIFATIONS, STATluM-.KY.'&c
PAPERS, PERIODICALS AXD BOOKS,
Received weekly by the Mail Steamers, and exclusiv
press, via Nicaragua.
THE proprietor would respect full vin f (inn Count rv Booksellers. Canvassers, Agents, Pedlers, and the i'ublic
that independent of lus^etiertil Xewspaperbusiness, lie has
constantly on hand, and receiving by every steamer, all
the STANDARD HOOKS, MACE/ASY.E'AXl/llEVi^WS OF
EUROl'K AND AMERICA.
OOMMEBCIAL AND FANCY STATIONARY
AU orders must be postpaid, enclosing CASH lor Works,
Wholesale ami retail depac Linen;, next door to the Post
Office, San Francisco. u
Turner's Ginger Wine
THE MEDICAL FACULTY THROUGHOUT THE UNION
have acknowledged this to be one of the best family
medicines now in use. By caeiaieal process it has "
proved to possess
Alterative, Tonic & Anti-Dyspcnlic
properties, Car superior to those found in any other modi
cinal beverage yet discovered.
The Medical Facility
ef tha State of New York, prescribe it in almost evn-
ease for debility aud lassitude, owing to its southing el"
feets on the system, and the absence ol'all injurious min
eral*, chemicals or acids.
The Turner Brother.? have in their possession nn
merous certificates of its sauilive properties, from tin
most eminent public men of the United States, who hav.
witnessed its effects on their patients, where it hasbeei
administered in their extensive practice.
It has been Analyzed
Iry ihe most eminent chemists of New York City and Buffalo, where the Turner Brotbeis manuissnuire daily thou
mnds of gallons, and so popular has it become, that thev
can hardly supply the i_e.iiand, even when their stills
kept iu operation day aud night.
This wine is acknowledged at the East to be the REST
RESTORATIVE Nt)W IN l!.sE n-\„,rf, general prostratioi
of the system exists, or derangement of the functions o
the digestive orpins,'as it braces tbe nerves anew.recoat
tho stomach, and creates an appetite when other tonic
have failed.
THIS EXCEU.EMT WINE is pleasant to the taste, and
tho strictest advocate of tempera nee cannot discover am
intoxicating quality in it. It is wholly free Irom all sub.
Stances that are, injurious to health, but ,;u 1 lie contrary
its effects on the system of either invalids, or persons '"
robust health, are oftlie mos! beuelicial description.
Caution to the Public.
The reputation awarded it. Turner's Ginger "Win.,,
and tho unheard nf popularity i'. h_.s received at the East
as well as in litis M:ue.  In,- been  r-,„ „»■:„,, nf ,,„'. ; i „,_   '■  '
the market MANY Hi'UiUOl'S AUTR'IJ-:?—tr -uanl ^.in
which Turner ]ln>thers hav.; had <-,.,,.;iVCil ,.,■', ;i .;T!.-|,, n .-n,
a splendi.l ,i« l;,l,el, ,vtiieh is copyrighted  and CAxyor
ooL'MMiitmtu> OB imrATBD,  without au Infraction of i...
copyright law.    Thi-S label has r,  0rll ,...,'   norlvai',  of  tl...
Turner Brothers   six in number, an,!  no   feottle  lhat lia
not this label will contain the genuine flingei fflne
tJffi^YZKV'?}''   "lH   "ity have   pawiallvemnte
feited the label lately used by   the Turner lirothers    au
thereby imposed on manv punons.
We caution all consumers of GIVGI.R WINC to examir
the label, as none is genuine save sueh as have our no
traits ina circle, on a steel ida'- .m-.Minvi- Ibr -nJJL
cSKti »ew     Bv"ral0'(N- Y->;in' *a:> ^VcL
aJfeSP^t !YR'IPR> AXD SIXERS Ot every ,
eenption, manufactured by J
u    ,   *   .      TURNKR BROTHERS,
-   „      MarlMt street, opposite the Orpl-an Asyl!!fn
:y36 SAN ssaSosoo
.ch
■ hands of subscribers
For any o
POSTAGE.
works will
In all the principal Cities and Towns.
be delivered, Fhki: OF Posta<■;.!. When sent by mail, the
Postage to any part of tho United States will be bul
TwK.MV-vorii Cr.Yi.s.a year for lllackwood, and but FOURTEEN CestB a year for each of the Reviews.
J\.B.— The p'ice in Great Britain of the five
Periodicals above nanud. is about Sell per annum
WBI ffAitSfS.EJP :SPIBB
TO SCIEKTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGHICULTURE.
By Henry Stephens, F. R. S-, of F.d.inburgh, and the late
.1. ?. Norton. Professor of Scientific Agriculture in Yale
College, New Haven. 2 vols. Royal Octavo. 1000 pages,
and numerous Wood and Steel Kugravings.
This is, confessedly, the most complete work on Agricul
ture ever publislied, and in order to give it a wider circulation the publishers have resolved to reduce the price tc
Five   Dollars for  tile Two Volumes! 1
When sent by mail (post-paid) to California and Ore
sron the price will be ST. To every other part of the
Union and to Canada (post-paid), $.1. &jj- This workis
sot 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. 54 Gold Street, New York
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.
128 Washington street,
HAN FRANCISCO,
IMPORTERS,
Wholesale and Ketail Dealers,
In every description of
FURNITURE, BEDDING, &c. &o,
_PTJH.KTITTJB.E3
W A R E R 0 O At S ,
In the Building opposite Washington Market,
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fourth street, between J and K
streets, Sacramento.
^-5©- For tlie 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.
pS? Particular attention  and  care   jriven  to
TRADE. ORDERS and the FURNISHING of
Hotels and  Puhlic   liiiilriiiigs.
_^f~ Goods purchased will be sent to  Steamers,
Vessels,and all parts of the city without charge.
JO^-IS G. CLARK & CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
ang 30 San Francisco.
1.19 nml 131 Ssicvam~"iito Street San Francisco
and 87, 89, 1>0, ami 01, New Addition, !..(.• tdes-
dorff street.
The Price of LODGING is now EEDtltKD to
00 and 75 cents per Night.
Lf-nl^insrs In Qr *  ■' ■   - -'■ [le Rooms, fa* tilled complete
t SEVENTY Fl ... "' -      , er ni-ht! "
We liin-e. beeD given to understand IJia. Lodstinga by tlie
'eek can be obtained at w. YKUY LOW .].'l-;ii:i:.
Gentlemen.: Sleep is a wonderfwUnsitUutton, bnt Wood-
fujrdljas improveil upon it greatly, by intvortucing-ami
.ringing within the reach of every okp those Ken iwned
';: .<-i_1  l-'rencii Pprine: lieds. -,\\ 5!) ■frM J5 cents pevnisrht.
The Price, of BOARD is also Exceedingly Low :
Board n^rWeek S6 00
tbe
Board per Day
Meals, eacli..
Ita e\!ensiv
I Lll.ill.ARY
81 00
rjOct-nts.
and ;i1n:u<[iintly p= i:;i],lle-,J KFADING ROOM
s also (itted up for the accommodation ol
on of  the     ..    nia   .; b fts to place It in
litre . ■ '. ■ tne -    i* I      .■■-■!'■  <, | .-u,. tne Mail 3t#
iip Company aOfBce, and in the immediate vicinity of
Le (j. ri. Branch Mint.
Just e, 11 at the  WHAT CHEER HOUSE,  119 and 121
icvamcnto street, where von will be. well attended to by
K. B. lYOOnWARIi, Pronrietor.
Tliis  House  iri conduetcd oil (.trictIv Teinjieranee principles.
Los quo Padezcan! Lean!! Lean!!
EL GRAN KEMEulO ITALIANO
DE DR. PA11EIEA,
Para la eierta y ejicaz cura de las infermedades
de una naluralcza privada, sin hacer cuso del
t tempo que se ha durado y sinmalos efeclos al
sistcma o sinponerse en dieta.
Sunca sella faltailo—Dil imude faltc a Curar.
Este E8PECIFIC0 INVALUABLE YV-: wnnnwaw
h^aainouenta  MUi      "i ■       ■       U  le fo«Men
conocido pata um cant electa tuBflnlof pneSloi y ciuda-
des no soUmente en ol Conttnante, pero teiabiea en Soan
Bretaiia, la tremiiHila por ella y sni merit01 inn recniven-
i.'.- (jm-i en rue nos ile uu ...fin .!.■ ?.;-, '-,-t -..'I i" ' ■■., fue loma-
do en lugar do,, todos otroB remedioa. !.,■• f.iei:lfa(ies de
medicina do ila.s eiurLules prineisales de Enropa fueron
"oiui'"H'lo-. a ceoonocer su aaamnreao pedes sobre enfer-
ii""1 "1,,J.    1'i-opnetai'ios i.le otru.s niedieinas, nelosos-de su
 t.i' ' .'I ipie vian en vano detenerlo en  su progreso.
Ci .inn illri.'n delante el scif ardor, sus enfuerzos caiveron
ii el fuego en los llanos llevando toeio por
i:\ai fue un triunfo. iSe anedo ensus mei'l-
i decern lent e vid proof! y fue ctnvineido
rtuna adqaerido por Dr- Pareira He la ven-
.sanos que la prepare solo atesti.-jua a sus
to del Doctor Io receta fue Iiere;lada por
ecienfeiuente lo ha iiii.i'uduciclo en loe Es-
El mimero do las curas que se ha heelio es
les y miles pueden dar testimonio de su
Post Office* and Post Masters 1» California.
V'ua Trio.... Mariposa countv BP Whitney
\iui.o fjontraCoBta ' MJonea
Antioeh  do  Q BtO»H
Alvarado Alameda A M Chueeh
Alameda      do  A J Barter
Angela  Calaveras J CSeriuner
iu'bnni I'lacer R Gordon
Alpha Nevada A J Alston
\meriean Ranch Shasta T A Freeman
Alviso Santa Clara A Kathbene
Ashland Butte Elijah Lott
Aqueduct Citv Amndor SI S Butler
Belmont San Francisco S J Ellet
Brush Orees Butte D G Martin
BldweU'sBar do P WWbrstrum
IJenicia Solano TTHooner
Bottle Ilili El Dorado B M Jamison
Big Bar Trinity Vvm Goddingtor
Bie;0ak Flat Tnohunm
LOS AS GELES STAR
lob printing ^staHisIjiiwitt.
SPRING  STREET, arljoining tho U. S. Land Oflice.
The proprietor of the Los AngelesStar, wouldrespect
fully inform his   friends and.   the  public,  that   he hat
just receded a large and varied assortment of new materi"
l,and is now prepared to execute the following deBcrip*
PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB  PRINTIHTG.
In tl»e l>e»t style of tlie Art.
Al rallecimie
su hijo. quien
i.ados tjntdos;
azimbrozo,    M
Lai
Todos los que risen, lo Cwraran ! I !
No   tomas falsas   nostrums.
remedio quo ha sido proliado por los  cincnenta
sadosy que nose ha faltado.
GUJABDANSE OE FALSAS AT'ARri:NCIAS.
■nl.a l.rt.r
isles
Books, Circular:
Pamphlets, Cards;
BillHeads, Deeds,
Labels, Notes,
Posters, Billets,
Law Blanks,
BillsofExobang*
Bank Checks
Programmer,,
Bills of Fare.
And every description of Printing that may he required.
causado ya personas a
biod ''spuria, con apar
In. firmeescrita de A. I
de oadabotelia. Toilo
cadores serau eas;i<-n
oioTRESPEEOSLA Bt
cock, el unieo a ■ inte •
Sandwich a quien tod
Tambien p
aim e nte.
mayor.
Un discueuto liberal para lo
que compran per
TJ.EABCOCK, Dro^uero Mayor.
133 Calle de Clay 8i:n Pranoiseo.
a vender por '.I. B. WINSTON,
Drogerero Los Angeles.
T-istii tie Agentes en el Estado.
Or. J. H. WIXSTON, l.os Aneeles.
R. K. STARK\YC,.\TIIi;:R, [;„t;Cad--la Ciudad  i
IMCIl. CnlTIV Wi. J^di-ann, Mr.^.vii.,,.'
W. H. BKU-N'EU, Botiea dii Tuolumne, Sonora
:asi"aivicn[o.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
...J\v ]
Bosdville M:u-i[ins;t
Bodega Scnoma,..
Bloo:n!ielj      do
liriel; Sacramento
Lloekner	
Budkaport...
Buckeye	
Cache Creek.
Charley's Rai
Cherofeee 	
Canipo Seci
Stephen Bond.
JM Miller
..1-i  \,','.mh
...Dl. Lafken
...lames Buekner
..Humboldt W Roberta
Yolo .J JI Charled
do A McDonald
...Butte
do
do
,.Calaveras.
Cam pton ville Y
Chinese Camp Tuolumne
Columbia  do
Curtsville  do
Clinton Nevada ,
Coon Creek .I'lacer.....
Colusa Colusa v
Cold Spring Kl liorado.
L Loring
....John BidweU
....T ^1 Daniel
...T M Bawling
S ,1 Dowley
 M H Graham
.,-.../( B Tinkum
 J M Boot
II M Moore
...i Barnes
'm Vincent
 0 V Gilbert
 RF Davis
 Geo Thatcher
 1) Cumminga
W D Wilson
Coloi
Cedarville...
Olarksvilie...
Cosumnes...
Cordelia	
Cotton Wood
Crescent City .
Ceutreville..." Alameda US Clement
Canon Citv Trinity RE Channel
Diamond Springs M Borado MK Shearer
Don Pedro's Bar Tuolumne R  Smith
Double Springs .   . ..Calaveras NT Noreross
Downievilie Sierra .lames Gcrnon
Dry Creek Yuba Robert Me Adams
..Saeramento
Solano     P OLam
 Shasta Wm Lane
ath D G Lewis
0 (.'lark
K II Fobs
..A Irvine
 J W Everett
 S Moody
....Mr Elliot
....JRCrawford
....JClarkin
Drvtown Amador.
Eurekn Humboldt	
El Dorado Calaveras*..„
Emory's Crossing Yuba
Empire Ranch  do     	
Elliott's Raueu Saeramento
,  Franklin         do
Folsom  do .
Fiddle tow ii. Amador. I) Townsend
Foruest(.wn Butte Ma than ITum
Forlorn Hope Merced T EaglftBOn
French Gulch....Shasta W 0 Cibbs
Foster's Bar.... Yuba SB VVhiteomb
Fremont.. „Yolo Jonas Spect
French Camp.... San Joaquin R WNoble
Forrest City ... .Sierra W Henry
Foreman's Ranch....Calaveras S Foreman
Fourth Grossing.... do  ..A CBenf/hoil
Green Snrings Tuolumne R L Gardiner
Gar.-ote.... do     J H Watts
Grafton.... Yolo A Updfigraff
Grand Island Colui
,,El Dorado
Greenwood  do
Garden Valley    do
Grizzly Flat....        do
Gilrov... .Santa Clara	
Gnodvear'sBar... .Sierra.
Gibsonville.... do
Grass Valley.. ..Xevii da..
Georgiana Sacramento
Gwin Merced Vi
llainillon....Butte
Thomas Eddy
 I C Terrell
 C j Brady
 SStewart
 lames Burgess
...AG Everett
 JuliUH Mcinhardt
...       . R E Elliott
 E .Matthewson
 .1 MSodwcll
n Laughlin
R Davie
Ilorr's Ranch Tuolumne 8  D Dickinson
Horsetown..,.Shasta ■ R Gill
Honeut.... Yuba W 11 Ili/.fV      .
ich.
Sutli
.. W E 0 Kerr
McCartysville
Mlivtir-ld
Mil'pitas
.Mission Sau.Iosr
Mountain Spring
i Bluff
.Santa Ch
do
nil-.
Moi
Miu-ir
ville
i Islai
.Tulai
1 Dorado lohii W
y San Joaquin W E Steward
'...Mariposa L Leach.
onif W P Wayfaew
lih.nv CWood
,.Log Angeles J S Waite
Stanislaus LM Bootii
cer C, WApplegate.
rv San Joaquin  JLovetng
..Nevada W W CnwsenB
 J Shumway
Levi Millard
J Ottison
Fr-d Greighton
 J J Vallejo
 I Barron
—- Washeim
ICevser
 G W Coulter
J F MnNiimara
J H .Miller
H Carroll
..HFogg
 II S Anhiser
A I'Stevens
W FMcDermott
E fi Osburn
.Ceo Eastman
,1 II ffiaston
 J W Dennison
B L Wayne
..Yuba..
do
Mi-dli:
Marys
Maxwell's Greek Maripost
Mariposa '"'do
Mount Ophir do
Miilerton do
Martinez.... Contra Crustft...
MokelumueiIilI....Calavera(
Muvphv's do
McRermott's Bridge        do
Mill Valley do
Moon's Ranch....Colusa....
do
. .Sacramento
Napa.... Naps.	
Nevada Nevada..
Nicola Ufl Sutter,.
Navato.. ..Marin.,..
Nortli Branch Ca
Newtown., .. E3 Dorado..
Nealsburg Placer	
Natividad Monterey..
Nelson'sGreek....Sierra
■ Ouseley's Bar Y"uba..
.Wm   Curl
...W H Endicatt
...J DDickey
.11 F Jones
Peter Rice
misiaus lolm O'NeiZ
 CF Howell
 Diiniel B Curtis
G While
...D C Downer
 T Gallagher
 Gil Coe
rlposa a Shearer
....D Wb'    '
loo Wi>
. A T I
• ley
..Sonoma	
■rings  . ..Galavera
.Nevada....E PTi
\ M Thatcher
Pf Ii SwinertOB
RH Hocrchner
Sierra.
Princeton....Colusa	
Pine Grove Amador..
Quartzburg Mariposa.
Quincy., . .Plumas	
Rough and Rtady.,.. .Nei
RouudTent l
Red Dog (
Red Bluffs....Shasta..v.
.F R Bockar
,RT Arnett
...A. Leonard
 DMPool
ewis Stork
a E B Tfinans
E J Slate
J C Green
.S.Rradwny
Ra bhi t Creek.... Sierra Mr. Lester
Rattlesnake Bar Placer Thomas Wood
Russian River Mendocino H G Heald
Sevastopol Napa DM Johnston
i Francisco C L Weller
do GThatcher
 Ferris Foreman
P Hastings
.. ...Tames Cregein
J B Hill
P Brcen
.... ..George Lyon
San Luis Obispo.. ..San Luis Obispo A Slurrav
San Jose.. ..Santa Clara.. Co Allen
Santa Clara do H D  McCobb
Santa Cruz.. ..Santa Cruz 6  Anthony
San Lorenzo Alameda .7 Wood
Steinberg'
Sacramento.. ..Sacramento.
Sutter do
Scott's River.. ..Siskiyou.. .
Salinas*,. ..Monterey	
San Juan do
San Diego.. ..San Diego.
San Leand:
San Pedro.. ..LosAngeles.
San Gabriel do
San Rafael.. ..Marin	
Santa Rosa.. .. Sonoma.. .
Sonoma do
Smith's Ranch     do
San Ramon Contra Costa
San Pablo
W Van Wagner
 G Alexander
T Burdick
.S J Skhlmorc
...FC Hahmann
Mr Miller
N M Hedges
. ,.W Russell
A B Bates
Salmon Falls ElDorado .1 Hownei
Spanish Flat do j Classman
Sauta Barbara.. ..Santa Barbara G R Fisher
San Bernardino San Bernardino D N Thomas
Shasta Shasta J Lemon
Shaw's Flat.... Tuolumne J Roberts
Sonora do Q W Patrick
Sla jdes Ranch .... San Joaquin D J Staples
Stockton do \< JJ Conner
SutterCreek Amador D Crand.ill
Sarahville do R-Robinson
finoltnrg's Ranch....Mariposa H Schrocder
Suisiin Soiano WS Kyle
San Andreas       Calaveras .. ..CL Sweet
'eh a
:..     Merced	
y Vi.ley Yuba.
..Colli;
WPWilliams
 IHart
J A Bugg
J A I
.Klai
ath.,
OGei
-...EC Darling
...uity.. ..Trinity C Lee
[Tniontown Humboldt A Jl Murdoc
Volrvmo.. ..Amador.. ...... H T Tli mum
Vallejo....Solano JB Friable
\-:i]loci to.... Calaveras G M Murray
Visalia.. ..Tulare J P Majors
WoodyHle Butte g Alvard
Weaverville....Trinity J Barrv
Watsonville Santa Cruz J, Thrift
West Point.. ..Calaveras ,\ Walbaum
Whisky Creek Shasta p M~ix
Western Sacramento A I] White
Yankee Jim's.... Placer N Hern*
YubaCity....Yruba I.RadoIett,
Yolo....Yolo J HHutton
Yreka....Siskiyou John Lint eH
State Gov e rn in cut.
.7. NEELY JOHNSON, Governor.
Robkkt M. Anderson, Lieutenant Governor.
D, W. Diuioliis'w, Secretary of State.
Geo. II. "Whitman, Controller.
Henry Bates, Treasurer.
Jolm II. Brewster. Surveyor General.
Win. T. Wallace, Attorney General.
Paul K. Hubbs, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
W. C. Kibbe, Quartermaster General.
James Allen. State Printer.
Wm. Bausman, Private Secretary to the Gover-
or. ___^  ___^_^_
Unltccl States District Courts.
For the Northern District oj California.—Og-
don Hoffman, Jr., judge ; John A. Monroe, clerk ;
Jae. Y. McDuflie. marshal. Regular terms, first
Monday iu June and December of each year. Special terms at the option of the judge.
For the Southern District of California,—J. S.
K. Ogier,judge ; a Sims, clerk; E. Hunter, marshal. Regular terms, first Monday in June at
Monterey ; first Monday in December at Loa An-
les.   'Special terms at the option of the judge.
United States Circuit Court.
For the District of California.—-M. H. McAlis-
ter. judge; Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk. Regular
term, first Monday in July of each year. Special
terms at any time after tiiirty days notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydeufeldt,Chief Justice; David S.
Terry, Hugh S. Murray, Justices. Regular terms
of the Supreme Court commences on the first Mondays of January, April, July, and October.
DISTltlCT JUDGES.
1st, Benjamin Hayes ; 2d, Joaquin Carrillo J 3d,
Craven P. Hester ; 4th, John S. Hagar ; 5tb, Chas-
M. Creanor; (ith, Alonzo S. Mods m ; 7th, E. W.
McKinstry; 8th, J. M. Peters ; 9th, W. P. Dan-
gerfield; 10th, William T.Barbour; llth, John
M. Howell; 12th, Edward Norton ; 13th, E.Burke ;
14th. Niles Searles : 15th, 3.,S. Pitzer.
TERMS  OF  COUItT.
The First District Court holds ite terms in Lor
Angeles on the third Mondays of March, July and
November; in Sin Diego, the third Mondays in
April, August and December ; in San Bernardino
the third Mondays of February, May and October
United States Land Office for the Southern Dis-
• trict of California:
Andres Pico, Receiver ; 11. P. Dorsey, Register.
Customs Department—(San Pedro).
Collector—C, E. Carr ; Deputy—J. F. Stephens-
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Los Augeles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.   '
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the counties oft
Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego,
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY   OFFICERS.
Countv Court—Wm. G. Drvden, Judge.
Sheriff—Elijah Bettis; Under Sheriff—Wm. H.
Pelerson.
County Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—Autonio F. Coronel ; Deputy
—J. H. Ccleman.
County Surveyor—II. Hancock.
Publio Administrator—M. Keller.
Superintendent of I'ublic Schools—James F.
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thom.
Coroner—A. Cook.
County Clerk—John W, Shore; Deputy—J. A.
Hinchman.
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors—J. R.Scott, M. Dominguez, Wi M, Stockton, Tomas A. Sanchez, R. Fry-
TOTOSEHP OFFICERS
Los Angeles—Justices of the Peace—Russell
Sackett, J.  S. Mallard.     Constables—Wm.   H.
Peterson, B.B. Barker.
CITV OFFICERS.
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal—W. C. Getman ; Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—Samuel Arbuckle.
City Assessor—W. H. Peterson.
City Attorney—C. E. Thom.
City Council—M. Requena, N. Potter. Ezrai
Drown, Ira Gilchrist, A. Uiyard, Myrou Norton,
George Carson.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTS,
County Judge—D. M. Thomas.
County Treasurer—Samuel Rolfe..
County Assessor—James Henry Rollins-
County Surveyor —Alyin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Public Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis Eames.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R. Rt Hopkins.
Sherifl—Robert Clilt.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaux. N. Taylor, Wm,
Cox.
Tlie t*aw of Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who 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
papers (rom the office or place to which they arc
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 have decided that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, or removing
and leaving it uncalled for,\$ prima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
ofthe regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken
from their ftffice by subscribers.
Distances.
The following table of distances was measured
•    with aviameter,by Capt. Warner,   ofthe  TJ
S. Topographical Engineers, in the summer
of 1848 :—
From Sau Francisco to Mission Dolores. .2* miles*
" " Sanchez Ranch 17
" " San Mateo 21
" " SantaClara 48
" " San Jose 51
" " Murphy's 70
" " San Juan 04.
" " Salinasriver 113.
" " Monterey ....125
" " Mission Soledad 166
" " Ojitos 266
" " San Miguel 237
" " Brakes' Ranch 258
B " Santa Margarita 265',
*' " San Luis Obispo 276:
" u Capt. Dana's 299-
" " Los Alamos 321
" " Santa Inez 340'
" " Gaviota Pass.- 352
u " Arroyo Honde SSI*
" " Dos Pueblos 370
" " Santa Barbara 387
" " Carpentaria 39&
" " Rincon 402
" " Buenaventura 415
" " Santa Clara river.. ..421
" " Canega .475
" " Los Angeles 485
" " Los Coyotes, 504
" " Santa Ana 515
" " Juan Avila's 535
" " San Juan Capistrano.542
" '* LosFIoros  5(}2
" " San Luis Rey 57g
" ,f San Diego , 612i
'
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VOL. VI.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   MARCH   14,   1857.
NO. 44.
Cos Augeles Star:
PUBLISHED  EVERY  SATUKllAV  MORN'IXO,
At No   1   Pico Hini,DiN<;s, Spring Street, adjoining the U. S. Laud Officii,   L-:j« Angeles,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum, in advance.. $"> 00
For Six Months    S 00
For Three Months   2 00
Single Number  0 25
Advertisements inserte atTwoDnllars per square
of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Ifmshtcss Citvbs.
C. B. THOM. 0. SIMS.
THOM & STMS,
Attorneys and Counselloss at T^aw.
OFFICE—ON ALilN STREET,
(Opposite ihe Bella Umon Hotel.) anl
Agents.— The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Star :
\t,  P. FxSKBR 	
%Rsa k  BUKD1CK, Post Olficii.
WHI9LSR &  KlN'G	
Col. ta* TaoaPHON	
R. [7.QI.8VH   	
JuixiR D. A. Thomas	
, San Francisco.
 San Gabriel.
 Mtmtc.
 M'inlr..
 Santa Bnfbnra.
 San Bernardino.
PACIFIC EXP.RE33 COMPANY.
T1IR iiiiilerHisrneil. Ascnt ft=^^^3l
if tho "■ I'ACIFKI !■ Xl'KR^ j£_?!i^$m
"JOIIPANY," will.lCMialcliiiy averyS-taame
ress. in charge of a Special JtusHeu^er, to
SANTA R4.HB\ltA..
SAN LUIS OBISPO,
MONTEREY.
SAN FUANCISCO. and
Alt parts of Northern and Southern Afines.
—also—
Ort>Si>n,   Atlantic  States  ami   "Ruvope.
COLbECTIONS made in all of tlie above, named places,
XRBiaUEE, l'AUCELS,   PACKAGES and  LETTERS foi
warded. .
DRAET3 parohasedin San  Francisco on  tho Atlantic
States nnd Europe.
Particular attention paid to the forwarding of Gold Dust
to the Mint for coinage.
Treasure, Letters, etc., raceivedup to the latest mome
and ensured to destination.
m_ H. B. MTLES. Agent
Jolin  "W-   Sliorc,
COUNTY CLERK.
Ft'€»    pnyn*il<5    iMvrti'lntoly   In    ndvnnvv.
OFFICE   AND    DRUG    STORE.
LOS A1VOELKS   STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
DR. A. COOK,
WOULD inform hia friends and the pulilic, that
he now occupies a room on Requena street. In
tbe city of Los Angelic, where he may be consulted at' all hours, (except when ahroafl to vi^it the
sick.) He will be-Bftppy to confer with all those
who wish his council or med cal aid. A full and
unbroken confidence may ho entrusted to him in
any one or other case ol disease to which ihe human system is made heir. He will successfully
treat, all indolent ulcers, tumors, swellings, abscesses and scrofula: and will give particular attention to lhe treatment and cure ot diseases of
the Eye. oct!8
SOLOMON   LAZAED,
IMPORTER,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
French,    KngBisk   and    American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.      aug 9
Carriage anil Blacksmith Shap.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STEEET,
NEAR THE FOOT   UF OOMMEBCIAL
T£K subscriber respectfully informs thepabUogeRerally that
he will been constantly on  band,
and will manufacture to order,
Coaches,Buggies, Wagons,Carts &c,
In a, neat and.workmanlike manner. He lias on lian<i and
forsalea line stock of Eastern White Oak and Hickory
Plank aivlaxels. He beeps constantly on hand a large variety oCOart aad Baggy wheels, Spoke*, Felloes, Shafts.
Neck Yokes. Double and' *in?letrees
Horse Shoeing and Blaclfismitliiug
in alllts various'jranchesjcxecuted with ppomptnesf.and
pdisatcli. I'urticuliiviittenLidii will be 'riven tnthe miiim
Picture md repair of PLOWS. EUBROWS, and atherFarm-
ing'Jntensils. H» had an extensive as^trtinoniot Iron ax.
els. Springs, lioUs, Plow and Spring ^teel, and other mate.
rialpertainir.gtot.heljusiness.too numernti^ to mention.
Also, 20 T0113 of Blacksmiths' Coal.
Witl none but the best of workmen in his employ, he
feelsconfidentthathecangiveentire .,atisf&ctioi to his
CU,,f,Ter'1, .tOHN  (JOLLE):.
Notice.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against  buy
ing or otherwise trading for unvented horses.
or cattle of our brands ; rr they will   bo prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDRRAS nOMTNGURZ.
fiep20—tf JBSU8Ma.COT.Vde DOMINGUEZ.
Hotel International,
JACKSON   STREET,     near    .Montgomery.
SAN    FRANCISCO.
MTHP magnificent Mansion has been
leased for a term of years by _
MRS, A. 8. IIA1.EV,
ts now undergoing a thorough repair, when it will
be furnished entire with new Furniture and opened
to the public on Christmas, the 25th instant, witB
the best Table and most cleanly House on the Pacific,
jrgf Board, with Lodging, from $2 to §3 per day.
Onr motto—wk strive to plkask. janlO
EMORY, HOUGHTON & CD'S
P A T E Jf T
CONSISTINQ   01^
A Family? Bag, * Shuttle Macliine.
OFFICE   OF  AGF.JVOV.
NO.  26   Battery Street,   near  Pine.
janW Sin J- M. GRBAYT, Agent.
J. C.  EDDY & CO'.S
IS THE PLACE TO BOY YOUR
CLOTHING-, HATS.  CAPS,
—AND—
FURNISHING GOODS.
F0K THEY HAVE UNEQUALLED EACILI-
TIESFOR SUPPLYING EVERY ARTICLE OF
GENTLEMENS'
•Wearing Appai-el
—AT—
LOWER PRICES
Than any other Establishment in the State.
CALL AND SEEioE YOTIEEELTES,
At their E«t»T.ll«lime..t o.. the BJortUwF.t Cor-
ncr of Sai.some and Co..n..««lal »t«.,
Directlv opposite the St. Nieholas Hotel San Fran
Cisco"   The place may be known hy the stained
glass windows. toi> '
103 au.a. 107
SACRAMENTO   STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO.	
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwiirdiiis and Commission Merchant,
San Pkdro axd Loa Axokles.Cal.,
[7 »■ HE,»l), Agent, l,os Angeles.
BANNING & WILSON,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants, San Pedro.
Pbjkbub Bakhthq, S. H. WlLSOX'
Pep?Z
GAMBKINXIS BREWEEY.
THE best ALE una BEER maoufacture.d, and al-
ways on   band,    Delivered to city customers
without extra charge.
Cooptrmg and lli-pairlng of Barrels, Sic. Sic.
A(i assortment of Barrels always on hand.
K. MESSER, Pnprielor.
WSiolesale and Retail.
NEW BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c.
HELLMAN & BRO.,
BEG to inform the public that, having removed
to tlu'ir Iww Btore. Loa An^eUi- ?tv«et. wliere
tliey havo increased facilities for business, they
have now on h;unls the largest and best selection
of goods in tiieir line ever before offered in Los
Angeles, comprising—
BOOKS—English &r Spanish, embracing every
Department af Literature.
STATIONERY, of every description. Playing
Card-.
SEGARS,   Tobacco, and Matches.
FANCY GOODS—a choice and extensive -sa
sort.ment.
CUTLERY—of all kinds.
RIBBONS,   Combs,   Sewing Silk, Perfumery.
Toys,  Candy. Sfc   Sec.
All of which will be disposed of on the lowest
terms, ior cash.
HBLMANN A BRO.,
Melius Row. Ear-t side Los Angeles street.
AngttstSth'. 1856.
wNOTICE! "®k
MR. II. 8EWWAKK having withdrawn from the
Finn of Rich, NewnmrU & Co., has been admitted a partner in the Firm cf Newmark k Kremor.
Hereafter, the business of said Co-Partnership will
be carried on under the name of NJiWMARK,
KREA1F.R k CO.
NEWMARK k KREMER.
Los Angeles, Jan, 9th. 1^57.
NEWMARKJ^ROER & CO.
Will constantly keep a full Assortment of every kind
OF
Groceries and Liquors,
Dry Goods and Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Hard-ware,
&c. &c. &c.
NEWMARK, KREMER k CO.
Los Angeles. Jan. 9, 1857.
®£txx  IBernardino.
IM £ W   3 T O R E .
I EWIS JACOBS begs to inform his friends and
J the public Of SAN BERNARDINO, that he intends
To Recommence  Business  In tl*c ItlorilH  or
Febinniy,
in the NEW BRICK BUILDING, opposite the
Office of the County Clerk, when he will offer for
their inspection an entirely NEW STOCK OF
GOODS, Vary Goods and* Groceries—on the very
lowest terms.
Gm Jan. 1st, 1857.
FANCY GOODS,   YANKEE   NOTIONS, &C,
HUGHES & WALLACE.
HOSIERY,  GLUVES,   SHIRTS,  Sit:.
HUGHES & WALLACE.
BONNETS, FLATS, FLOWF.itS, Sic.
HUGAES& WALLACE.
RIBBONS,   BLONDES, ttOUCHES, Xic.
•     HUGHES & WALLACE.
BUTTONS, FRINGES, GALLOONS, &©.
HUGHES & WALLACE.
If MVES,  SCISSORS,   RAZORS, &c.
HUGHKS ft WALLACE.
Sit Down.   Sii,j Bool*
Sit down, sad soul, nnd count
Ttie moment's flying ;
Come—tell t!ies>veet amount
That's tost by sighing.
How many smiles 1—a score?
Then laugh nml couct no more,
For day is dying!
Lie down, sad soul, and sleep,
Ami no more measure
The flight of'Time, nor weep
The loss of leisure ;
But hear, by this tone stream,
Lie down with us and dream
Of starry treasure.
We dream ; do thou the samo
We love forever ;
We laugh, yet few we shame,
Tlie gentle, never;
Stay, then, till sorrow dies—
Then hope and skies
Aie thine forever 1
Al/FKKO TeN'SYSON.
Tlie Klmlly Thouj;Ht mid Word.
What though onr brother bo not yet
By virtue's master taught.
We'll speak for liim the kindly word,
And ihink the kindly thought;
Believe, if seemingly we la.ilr
Our labors are not vain ;
The harvest hymn we'll sing ere long
Ou some eternal plain!
0 ! have his footsteps wildly strayed
From duty's steady path ?
Harsh words will never bring him back
To flee ihe coming wrath ;
His heart will only be subdued
When thy whole soul is Iraught
With ti>at which coins the kindly word
And thinks the kindly thought.
If any man sincerely craves
From thee the word fohgivb,
And would, retrieving all the past,
With thee in union live ;
If. to confess his own misdeeds.
His softened heart he brought,
Be sure to speak the sought lor word,
And think the gentle thought!
Hope.
BY SCHILLER.
We speak with the lip. and we dream in the soul
Ofsome better and fairer day ;
And our days, the meanwhile, to that golden goal
Are gliding and sliding away.
Now the world becomes old : now again it is young.
But -The better's" forever the word ou the tongue.
At the threshold of life, Hope leads us in—
Hope plays around the mirthful boy;
Though the best of its charms may with you begin,
Yet for age it reserves its toy.
When we sink at the grave, why the grave has
scope,
Aud over the coffin man planteth—Hope !
And is it not a dream of fancy proud,
With a tool ior its dull be^eutr ;
There's a voice at the heart that proclaims aloud,
"»We are horn for something better!"
And that voice ofthe heart, oh, je may believe,
Will never the h< pe of the soul deceive !
The Path ok the OOBAM Tblbqeaph.—A Washington letter states that Lieutenant Berry man, who
was sent out by the Navy Department in Uie ship
Arctic, to ascertain the depth, by soundings, from
Newfoundland to Ireland, with reference to the
practicability of a submarine telegraph, has submitted his report, together with the maps and
charts, to the Navy Department, which will be
published in the reports accompanying the Secretary's annual report. It is very biief and to the
point. He starts out by making soundings every
thirty or forty miles, varying from one hundred
to two thousand and seventy-five fathoms; no
place beyond the latter figure, that being tlie deepest point. In almost every sounding, he brought
up various kinds of curiosities, such as shells of
every description, gravel, quantities of mud. etc.,
all of which have been deposited in the Smithsonian Institute.
On his return, he made the same experiment of
■oaodtage wiih tfo« saflte>suooesB. No wfaora ui<i
be find any obstructions or impediments in the
way, and establishes clearly and conclusively, and
beyond the shadow of a doubt, in his judgment, ihe
practicability and feasibility of the sub-marine
telegraph between these two points. He says : I
understand that the whole thing can be accom
plished in teu days after everything is in readi
ness. During the month of July, in his judgment
is the time it should be done. He further says
that tlie wires would sink down into solt muddy
bottom, and that nothing could possibly interfere
with them. This settles btiyond ali question the
practicability of connecting the two continents by
a sub-marine telegraph.
  -*-<o»'»-	
" It has been my lot," said Sir Roderick Mur-
chison, in speaking at a late meeting of the Print
ers' Pension Society, ofthe acquirements and merits of the compositors and readers, " to give more
trouble to the printer than most contemporary
writers, and I have often admired the address,
ability and tact of the working men, who, if pa.
tience be a heavenly virtue, ought never to have
had the name applied to them that is in common
use. It Is to an author like myself that the term
might in common honesty be applied ot 'printer's
devil.' I entertain the same regard for the man
who works the types, and the reader who supervises the proofs, as I do for the short-hand writer
who renders my crude speech into good and racy
English—a gratitude, I will say, which is seldom
expressed by the very numerous public orators
who owe the debt."—English paper.
Desolation   of Palestine.
In Palestine you are nearly as much in the wilderness us when iu Arabia, lor as to inhabitants
they are precisely the things which do not exist.
tor all ycu can lell, except in the towns and villages which you pass through. You ride on day
after day, and you ride over each hill, and you
sink iuto each valley, and except an occasional
traveler wilh his servant and his muleteer, or a
Turkish official with his party, rarely does a moving object appear upon the laiidscape. No cattle
are on the lands, aud no passengers are on the
highways. How lonely it is! and this loneliness
strikes you more like that of the desert, for it
seems unnatural, because heie there should be 1 fe,
aud there is none. Sometimes you may make out
at a distance on the hillside ft single figure, a man
upon a donkey. It is the only moving thing your
eye can detect all round. And so you go on
through this desolate laud. From Jerusalem to
Beyrout you scarcely light upon one single scene
ot life that cau be compared to those on the Arab
pastures from the top o( Jahel el Sufar to the wells
of el Mileh. There, iu places, the country was
lull ot people and children, and flocks aud herds—
a rejoicing picture of pasioral existence in all its
abounding wealth ; while here, in the country of
tillage, and towns, and villages, the whole land
seemed to lie under a spell.—Louth's Wanderer
in Arabia.
Established in 1849.
ONE OF OUR FIRM is at present travelling in
Europe, where he is collecting and forwarding
to us by every steamer, the most splendid stock of
WATIMS AND JEWELRY
ever imported into this State. Our Watches cannot be surpassed for substantiality and time-keep
ing. Our Jewelry i^ selected with the greatest
care, aud none but the most tasteful goods made
of the finest gold are allowed to leave our estab
lishmeut.
C^TJL^tx'tszs Jewelry
We manufacture on the premises. We are the
inventors of the art, and keep ahead of afl competition.
WATCH REPAIRING
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Value of Rkputatiox.—Daniel Webster, when
a young lawyer, was employed in a case for which
ho r«o(?ivcd a. foo of piyfitpen dollars. Later in
life he wa^ employed in a similar case aud received a fee of five thousand dollars, though he used
the same brief which he had prepared lor the first
case.
At the Crystal Palace, in London, when the
fountains are in full operation, they have 11,778
jet- playing, aud the quantity of water d splayed
simultaneously in them is about 120,000 gallons
per minute.
Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable
citizens. They are the most independent, the
most virtuous, and they are tied to all their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the
most lasting bonds.
A lunatic once, informed his physician, who was
classifying cases of insanity, that he had lost his
senses by watching a politician, whose course was
so crooked that it turned his brain.
" Josh, I was going down town t'other day, and
I seed a tree bark."
" Golly, Sam. I seed it hollow."
" I seed the same tree leave."
" Did it take it's trunk with it?"
" No, it left that for board."
An imaginative Irishman gave utterance to this
lamentation: ''I returned to the hails of my
fathers by uight, and I fouud t.nem in ruins !" I
cried aloud, '■ My fathers, where are they ?" an
echo responded, " Is that you Paddy Miles?"
Men may lose by being too communicative. The
great laconic philosopher, Shirk says, "Keep
ehady, and if you see a quarter an the ground
put your foot on it."
Yaxkeb Politeness.—In a mixed company of
ladies and gentlemen, a Yankee in Europe was
asked : " Which are the handsomest, the ladies of
this country or the American ladies?"
"I must confess, was the prompt reply, "tbat
the palm of beauty is with the Americans ; but
had I met the ladies around me in America, I
should have supposed them to be my own coputry-
women."
An Inference.—A country editor in speaking
of a steamboat, says "She had twelve berths
her lady's cabin."    "Oh, life ol me!" exclaimed
au old lady upon reading this, " what a squalling
there must have been ?"
" Juke," said an old farmer to his mower, '■ do
you kuow how many horns there are to a dilem
na?"
''No," replied Jake, '-'but I know how many
there are in a quart of good Mouongahela."
It is said that certain temperance met) have refused to have anything more to do with water, because it is so often drunk.
I have cleaned my mirror, aud fixing my eyes
on it, I see so many defects in myself that I can
easily afford to forget those of others. Clean your
mirrors.
Why are potatoes and corn like certain sinners
of old. Because having eyes theyjsee not, and
having cars they hear uot.
An English bishop has undertaken to show that
the founder of the Chinese Empire was uo other
thau the patriarch Noah !
The bacheor who undertook to mend his breeches wiih the " thread of life," gave it upas a bad
job, aud sent them to a tailor.
To make a girl loye you, coax her to love somebody else. It there be anything that woman relishes, it is to be contrary.
An eld " revolutioner" says, that of all the
solemn hours he ever saw, was that occupied in
going home one dark night from the widow Beta's
alter being told by her daughter Sally that he
"needn't come again " was the most solemn.
The mau who is fond of puddings and pies, places himself fearfully in the power ot his wife!
Extraordinary e»
t
We frequently hare occasion to mention some
occurrence in which the spirit of enterprise is
prominently displayed, but heretofore it has been
only in matters which are continually before the
community and where such displays are expected.
We have on many occasions also observed a spirit
of rivalry among our newsmen, each, upon the*
reception of any important intelligence, striving
to outdo the other in laying the same before th»
public at the earliest moment, but we confess we
were considerably surprised last night at some to-
formaticn afforded us in this connection, and also
to learn that the business of selling newspapers
has become so immense in (his part of the world.
It is generally known that J. W. Sullivan .t Co.
have the largest news circulation iu this State.
r.nd that they have obtained the same solely by
their indomitable perseverance for several years
put They B&V4 alwiys kept a bright look out
for the quickest method of forwarding their packages to their innumerable customers in the interior,
in order to be ahead of all competitors in laying
intelligence received before them, which extraordinary enterprise has been so well appreciated
that the number of packages forwarded to the Interior by them on the arrival of each steamer
would astonish the beholder, and we remember
that only a short time ago one of the firm made an
examination of the land route to Sacramento city
in order to ascertain the feasibility of establishing
au express thereon for their especial use, snd
which may yet be established.
The late arrival of the steamer yesterday did
not afford this firm sufficient time to send their
packages iiy the afternoon boat, but being determined as ever to forestall their neighbors in tho
news line, they chartered the magnificent steamer
Surprise, and at au expense of one thousand dollars, dispatched their packages to Sacramento at
eight o'clock last evening. By this movement,
Messrs. Sullivan & Go's customers will be supplied with Atlantic news one day in advance of all
others, whose parcels will go by this afternoon's
boat. The " spirit of enterprise " thus exhibited
by Messrs. Sullivan &, Co. is worthy of commendation, and we take great pleasure in bestowing our
tribute of praise on the people's best friends.—Sun.
Amber.—This is a mineral solid, of yellow color,
usually found in diluvial soils, and sometimes in
detached pieces on the sea-coast, and is probably
au antediluvian rosm, often containing leaves and
insects. It consists of about equal parts of carbon -,
hydrogen and oxygen, and burns quite away with
flame. It resembles copat in several respects, bu'
is harder, and does not melt into drops upon being
exposed to flame.
[It exhales a fragrant odor when burned, and
when distilled yields inflammable gasses and water
containing several acids.
There arc but few places where amber occurs in
sufficient quantity to be mined, but it is often
found in small pieces. It is found on the coast of
the Black Sea. in Eastern Prussia. It is collected
in the beds cf small streams and in rounded fragments, and is also thrown up by the waters of the
sea. It is found in Sicily, in beds of clay and
marl, which lie below the crag limestone, and it
is accompanied with bitumen. It also occurs in
Saxony, Poland, Siberia and Greenland.
This substance is considered very valuable, and
the best varieties are used for making ornaments.
The coarser kinds are valuable in chemistry, medicine and the arts. Amber becomes negatively
powerfully electrical by friction, and the workmen
are often troubled with tremors in their arms from
thia cause. t
A durable varnish may be made by dissolving
amber in dried liuseed oil or oil of spike.
Definition.—That was a comical definition
blurted out by Dr. Currie, (hot both by name ami
nature) when teased by a frivolous blue to tell
her tbe meaning of the word idea, about which
she said she had been reading in some metaphysl
cal work, but could not understand it. "Idea,
madam," at last angrily exclaimed Dr. Currie.
" Idea, madam, is the feminine of idiot, aud means
a female tool." The very counterpart iu its wey
of Douglas Jerrold's witty definition somewhere
of dogmatistndogmatism? Djgmatism? Why, it's
of course, puppyism arrived at tall maturity!"
Who will Tuv?—It there is any foundation in
the following, it is certainly a great discovery.
Who will try the experiment?
The London Builder says that Ihe meat market
at Ghent is now entirely free from the intolerable
nuisance of flies. The simple remedy consists in
the inner walU having been painted with laurel
oil (Oleum lauri jwblis,) the smell of which the
flies cannot support. Even gilt frames can thus
be preserved unsoiled. The smell of laurel oil is
not unpleasant, aud one easily gets accustomed
to it.
Poets and Beek.—The house in which Mooro
was born is now a whisky shop j Burn's native
cottage is uow a public house ; Shelley's house, at
Great Harlow, a beer shop; the spot where Scott
was born is occupied by a building used for similar purposes ; and Coleridge's residence at Neth-
erby Stowey, the very house in which the poet
composed his sweet " Ode to the Nightingale," is
now au ordinary beer shop. A house iu which
James Montgomery lived for forty years at Sheffield is also a beer shop.
Every body has heard oftlie gentleman who described his couutry sea; as having a '■Lemonade "
in front, a " Porto-rico " to each wing, a '■ Pizar-
ro" in the rear, with an "Anecdote" by which
the w ter was conveyed iuto a " Resurrection "
in the " Erie." If we had ever heard of that gentleman's having taken up his residence south of
llasou and Dixon's liue, we should have no doubt
that he was identical with the one who, as a Louisiana correspondent narrates, thus announced
some contemplated architectural   improvements :
" I contend," said he, "among other " pusillanimous" thiugs, to put a " disclosure " around
that field, plant a " harbor " in the middle, aud
cut a "revenue" up to the door. And theu when
I have built a " partition " to my house, I shall
be able to receive my friends in a " hostile " manner.
Singular Coincidences.—The volcanic eruptions in the Molucca Islands occurred on the 2d,
3d and 17th of March of the past year. On the
1st of the same month Vesuvius sent forth smoke
and ashes, the latter being slightly magnetic. On
the 2d, in latitude 37 deg. 30 min. N., longitude
70 deg. 40 min. W., the ship Wisconsin encountered a heavy tempest, in which she was struck by
two meteoric balls of Ii. e, which, exploding with
tremendous force, eet lire to the ship, but the
storm of ice, sleet and snow extinguished the
flames. On tbe 16th three shocks of au earthquake
were felt in Chile. Were these phenomena connected with the terrible eruptions in tlie Moluccas?
Many of the Camaiiche women are equally expert, as equestrians, with the men. They rido
upon the same saddles, and in the same manner
witli a leg upon each side of the horse. As an example ot their Bkill iu horsemanship, two young
women of one o! the bands of the Northern Cam-
anehes, while we were encamped near them, upon
seeing some anielopes at a distance from their
camp, mounted horses, and. with lassos in their
hands, set oft at lull speed in pursuit of this fleetest inhabitant in lhe plains. After pursuing thera
for eome distance, and taking all the advantages
which tlieir circuitous course permitted, they finally came near them, and, throwing the lasso with
unerring precision, secured each auimal, aud
1 i-iuighi them back in triumph to the camp.—Capt.
Marcy.
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