kn jfrratka ^tafei'nuitfs.
'
S>m Jfrimtko ^krtiscntciits.
To Parties Claiming Payment from
tin- United state* for loss mul destn-retlen ol
Property 'luring tlio War witli Mexico.
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims prosecuted by the undersigned before the Court of
Claims at Washington, cau receive all the neces-
ary information on the subject, and have their
HhimP promptly prosecuted on application to 0.
MORGAN, Los Augeles.
Z 2 J. D. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
107 Clay Street,
OFFER FOR SALE
Alcohol;
Castor Oil ;
Tartaric Acid ;
Blue Vitriol ;
Fresh Hops j
Camphor ;
Cream of'Tartar ;
Sal Soda;
A'eidlitz Powders *
Borax;
Sfrychnine ;
Flavoring Extracts;
Shaker's Herbs |
Epsom Salts ;
Sup, Carb. ol Soda,
Bay Rum.
Mustang Liniment,
Alum,
Bristol Brick,
Saltpetre,
Irish Moss,
Canary Seed.
Jamaica Ginger,
Gum Arabic,
Indigo,
Calabria Licorice,
Sassafras Bark,
Townsend's Sarsaparilla,
Sand's Sarsaparilla,
Cooper's Isinglass,
Yellow Wax,
Copperas,
And ■ full anil com pic te assortment of desirable
DRUGS   AND  MEDICINES-
R. &, CO. respectfully solicit orders from the
country, and will guarantee satisfaction, tn every
particular, to those who favor them with their custom. ap25 3
Southern Dispatch Line
SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
mlilS LINE is composed of the favorite clipper
_ schooners
LAURA BEVAN, Captain F. Morton ;
JULIUS PRINGLE. J. S-Garcia;
S-. D. BAILEY, N. Hiller;
ARNO, Win. Hughes.
Which will run regular hereafter as above, taking freight and passengers on the most   favorable
terms, to which every care and attention will be
paid.
Arrangements are In progress by which a regu-
lar Weekly line of Schooners will be established,
sailing from San Francisco, without fail, every
Saturday.
For further particulars apply to 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 tree of storage and drayage
aug 10
ITER the
IIIIT THIS! EMIT TREES!
SMITH & WINCHELL'S
COMMERCIAL NURSERY.
SAN   JOSE,
Received from the'State Fair ofl856
THE  FIRST  PREMIUM.
flBBj HAVING become the Agent for the £
_*£_ above Nursery, and having made ar- _
rangements for a constant supply of Trees from
the same, I now invite all persons who contemplate planting an Orchard, Garden, or a Single
Tree, to call and examine my STOCK before pn
chasing. If it 19 not convenient for all to come
personally, theu delegate some friend or Basinesi
Agent to examine for you, or order directly from
me a Sample Lot of such trees as are wanted.
I have arrangements with other Nurserymet
aud Gardeners forasupply of such minor fruit;
and trees as may be necessary in order to keep 1
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of everything in
this line.
The list below comprises a portion of what I
now offer at very LOW RATES.
. 100,000 FHIJIT TREES,
Ofthe various kinds, consisting in part, of the
following:
APPLE,
From one to three years old. from four to ten feet
high, of fine symmetrical form, well branched,
and of all the choice varieties.
PEAR,
Dwarf and Standard of nearly all of the-best varieties.
CHERRY,
From four to twelve feet high, very fine and thrifty, including many of the leading varieties.
PLUM,
Ofthe 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.
NECTARINES,
One and two years old, of choice varieties.
APRICOTS,
One and two years o.d, ot choice varieties.
OURRAJYV BUSHES, Red and White Dutch
GOOSEBERRY BUSHES,B.t,aghloti'sSetii-
lingand E-srlish.
RASPBERRY BUSHES, Antwerp, Fran
coniaand b'astolff.
STRAWBERRY PLJUYTS, LonerworthV
Prolific, British Queen. Hovey's Seedlin<r, Black
Prince, Large Early Scarlet aud Boston Pine.
ORNAMENTAL   TREES,
SHRUBS, PLANTS,  &C,
Furnished at Nurserymen's prices.
Orders sent through Post Office or Express,
promptly attend-'d to. Treess packed for any dis-
lance.   TERMS CASH.
C. W.   LECOUiVT,
dec27 3m        99  Datiis Sheet.  Sun Francisco
L. SCOTT & CO'S
REPRINT OF THE
British   Periodicals
AND THS
if & m m i a fP ® w i s us.
GREAT REDUCTIOJY L\   THE  PRICE
OF THE LATTER PUBLICATION.
L   SCOTT & CO., NEW YORK, continue to publish the following leading T: rrtish Periodicals, viz
l.
The London Quarterly, Conservative.
The Edinburgh Review, Whig-
The North British Review, Free Church,
The Westminster Review, Literal.
Blackwood's Ed'nburgh Magazine, Tory
Ss
'm Jfnitcisro jptefe'utcnk
J. M. Strobridge & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND  RETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL AND SANSOME STREETS,
OFFER tl:
Clotl
■ St. HTtollolas Hotel,
SAN FRAN-CISCO,
^outlirmeu's   Furiiisillliig
i from our Manufac-
Tlic Latest and most FasIiIouaMc Styles
LgJOfc.
s and Frock Coats;
ption
Q Black and F,ai
vy Ribbed Cass
Als<
nd.
. ..ml American Cassimeve Pants;
jilk Velvet, Satin and Cloth Tests;
re and Clotii Business Suits, etc.
lent Of Hats and Caps constantly
id Checl- Linen and Cotton Shirts:
Fine Sillc, Merino an! Cotton Undershirts and Drawers;
Scarfs, Cravats  Ned; Ti^s. Suspenders;
Collars. Handkerchiefs, Gloves;
English, Merino and {.'of ton Half Hose, etc., etc.
Everything connected  with
Gentlemen's  Furnishing   Goods
constantly on Hand',
A large a nil complete assor I men t of
J®-U.233.X3a.OX»   <Gr<ooc3.&i
now opening and ready for salt}.
Onr-took emitting of aver 3100,000, we invite all, especially strangers visiting the city, to call and see us before making their [Jin-chafes, iib we flatter ourselves wt
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—THE—
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AJYD   YOURS
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to inform, tlie people of California, that the
Most Extraordinary Reduction
HAS TAKEN PLACE IN" THE
pa?!©©    of   Xj-oca.@;i33.gr
—AT—
These "Pe
As Organso
erature, Mo
havextood,
sidered indl
man, while
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throughout;
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.licals ablv represent the three great politi
■eat Britain— Win a, Turv, and Radical,—
s only one feature of their character —
:)ie most profound writers on Science, Lit-
.ity. and Religion, they stand, as they ever
nrivnlled in the world of letters, being con-
msable to tlie scholar and the profesfional
the intelligent reader of every class they
3 correct and satisfactory record of the day,
.e world, than can be possibly obtained from
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OT   "EVERY    DESCRIPTION.
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TO riCtliSTJFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.
Bv Henry Stephens, F. R. S., of Edinburgh, and the lat.
"j. P. Morton, Professor of Scientific Agriculture in Yale
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and numerous Wood and Steel Engravings.
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No. 54 Gold Street, New York
Turner's Ginger Wine
mHE \
X. have acknowledged thir- ">be one of the  best family
MEDICAL FACULTY  TilKOUCHOI"!' THE UNION
lged thir "> be one of the  best
se.   By Cfccnical process it ha:
Alterative, Tonic & Anti-Dyspeptic
properties, far superior to those found in any other medi-
' ral beverage yet discovered.
The Medical Faculty
> of New York, prescribe it in almost every
Post Offices
Ashla;
;il SKVKVl'Y KIVJ-
r night!
uoiurrstand mar. i.ougn
a VERY LO'W yiauRK.
; Fr-
;Be
The Pr
Board perWeefe	
Board per Day	
Meals, each	
An extensive and abundantlv
nd LIBRARY is also fitted up
he patrons of this establisbmo
The location of the house is i
' f busi
..§6 OO
,-gl OO
..50 cent
:has to place it in the
ppositethe MailSteam-
"atc vicinity of
hip Company's Office, and in the
■ he U. S. Branch Mint.
Just c 11 at the WHAT CHEER BOUSE,   110 and 1£1
Sacramento street, where you will be well attended to by
R.  B. WOODWARD, i'rojirietor.
This House is conducted oh strictly Temperance prin-
SEWING   MACHINES.
GROVER & BAKER'S PATENT.
S. 0. BRXGHAM, Sole Agent
OFFICE:
No, 02 Sstnsome street,  1>ctween
California and Pine,
SAN   FRANCIjSCO,
"^"Needles, Silk, Linen and Cotton Threads, in
all tlieir varieties, constantly on band. feb7
o [ar del
LOS ANGELES STAR
lob printing ^sfsHis|m«if.
SPRING STREET, adjoining the U. S. Land Office.
Tlie proprietor of the Los AngelesS tar, wouldrespectl
fully inform his Menus and the public, that he hai
just received a large dnd varied assortment of new material, a&d it now prepared to execute the following description* of
PLAIN AND FANCY
In the best style ot the Art.
Books, Circulars, Law Blanks,
Pamnhl-Jts, Cards,- Bills of "Sxchanei
Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Ch-cks
Labels, Jf?,1-"- Proqrammeit,
fostert, Billets, Bills of Fare.
AM «very d«»riptiw of Piiofafg that B*y Ve requhftd.
sofallinjuri
properties,   1
ited  States, -
It Has lieen Analyzed
by the most eminent chemists of New York City and Buffalo, where tbe Turner Brothers manufacture daily thou
sands of gallons, and so popular has it become, that tbey
can hardly supply the demand, even when their stills are
kept in oocvat'on day and night.
This wine is acknowledged at the East to be the BEST
SEST0SAT1VK NOW IX USE where g'one.ral prostration
of the system exists, or derangement of the functions of"
the iligestive organs, as it braces the nerves anew, recoats
the stomach, and ereatesan appetite when other tonics
have failed.
THIS EXCELLEXT WINE is pleasant to the taste, and
the strictest, advocate uf temperance cannot discover any
intoxicating quality in it. It is wholly free from all substances that are injurious to health, but un the conti-irv
its effects on the system of either invalids, or persona in
i-obutt health, are ofthe m.ost. beneficial description.
Caution to tSie PnfaBic.
The reputation awarded to Turner's Ringer Wine,
and the unheard uf popularity it has receiver] at the East
as well as in this; State, has been the un
the market MAX Y'SPURIOUS ARTICLES
which Turner Brothers liave had engraved
it splendid uew label, which is copyrighted
nOTTHTBRMFTBD OS IMITATES, without an infraction of the
copyright law. This label has a correct portrait of the
Turner Brothers, six in number, and no bottle tbat has
not this label will contain the genuine Oinger Wine.
Unprincipled e-en iu this city have pai nialfv c mnter-
feited tbe label lately used by the Turner Brothers, and
tberebv imposed on many persons,
Wb caution al! consumers of rilXRER WINE t.o examine
the label, as none is genuine save such as have our por
traits in a circle, oo a steel plate -un'ouiuJinjr the in serin-
tion—" TGRNEK P f.jyc f.'.R WTXE. prepared hy Turn™
"BH-iTirRKS, New York, Buffalo, (N. Y-) and San Francisco
California."
fl-j^COItmALS. SYRUPS, AND BITTERS of every de
script ion, manufactured by
TURNER BROTHERS,
HaTketstToetiOppObite the Orphan Asylum
u, ofp
Los que Padezcan! Lean!! Lean!!
EL GRAN KEMEDIO ITALIANO
DEDR. PAHEIKA,
Para la eierta y eficaz cura de las inf erniedades
de una naturalczo, privada, sin hacer cuso del
tiempo Que se ha durado y sin malos efectos al
sistema o sin poiterse en dieta.
Nutica-Se I3lA lUltntlo—iVl  puede fnlt« aCuiar.
ESTE ESBECIFICO INVALUABLE FUE 'INTR0DUC1D0
hace ci-iiav.t'iiLi. a-tios <-::l l'isa,y pronto desf ues fue bien
jouocido para una cura eierta i^ue enlos pueblos y ciuda-
des no solamente i-i ul Convineute, pero tambien en Gran
Bretafia, la demanda por ella y sua meritos tan recuiven-
os que en menos de unafio dr su introducciou, fue torna-
o en lugar de todos otros remedies. Las facnltades de
icdicina de las ciudades priticioalcs de Europa fueron
ompelidos a reconucer su asombrojio puder sohre enfer-
ledades. Proprietanos de otvas m-jilipiuas, eelosos de su
opularhhulque via.n en vunu detenerlo en su rirorroso
S)rau eltrigo delanto cl se^ardor, sus esfuer^os eaiveron
Isuelo, y como el tnego en los'Uanos Uevaudo todo por
elaute, su marcha fue un triunfo. Se quedu ensus merl-
os, y un publico decenneute vio probo y fue convincido
ha G ramie I'ortiLua adquerido por Dr. Pareira, de la Ven-
a de i-llo los si'is ailos que la prepare solo atestiqua a.sus
Al fallecimiento del Doctor lo receta fue heredada pox
eimuue lo ha intruduchio en los Es-
icii. delas curas que se ha hocho es
miles pueden dar tcsthuomo de'su
■Toilos los que uscn, lo Curarnn ! • *
iseguridad.despachoy a cierto que nmguna otra
.ia na poseida.
Ma tomas falsas   nostrums.
remedio que ha sido probado por los  cincuenta
isadosy que nose ha faltado.
su hijo. quien Led,
tados Unidos. El i
a/unbroKo.    Miles
inciiic!
[Us u,
■vadee.sieasomuro.a medicina, ha
^u^noj-r, ,„;,-,1„iasavenderalosci!.iididosu1iacompoSi-
con espuna. con apancu^as a la oriyi^al. No compi-a sin
Is hrmeescnta de A Pareira M. D.enel Pvrdtoriedeafur-ra
deeaduumena. "ouos los den.as son falsos, y .sus fabri-
r'.a'iiiri's >ci-;i n ear;, i:/:i.iQ. M| ,.f: Wv-<n<> ripor de la lev I'rp
cioTRK-'.l'r-:!'0.<i,\ :!()TK1.!,A.      Pan, vernier por D   Bab
S^VvU' '.C' '■"'' "■'' n'":* l'lhorn-a- 0"P» y l»s Mas de
..anrtmen .. qni'm todos ordenes ban .lo esLar diriiidos
Tambien para vender por Dro-neros de este l*rtf ad., ^'mer-
almente. Un discuen to ii.beral para lrJK q u:- tomuw, ,-,<„■
mayor, ' *       *■"'
B. BABCOCK. Droguern Mayor
133 Calle de 01a v >\.,,u Francisco
Tambien para vender pOr J. B. WINSTON''
Dr-Jgerero Los Angoles.
I-lsfn tic .Igcntes en elEstnrto.
Dr. J. B. WlN'iTON. l.os  \r,^]en
R. K. STARKWEATHER. **,„■,-<.„ ,),\n ciudad SacramBMtn
JITCTJ. roriTN Y OA., Ww,™ -■TarysviUe    v-aCrameatD-
W. H. BSUNI24; Bfflo» ds TucluMDe, Swocm
rt Post Miistcrs in California.
Frio ...Mariposa county B P Whitney
 0 Contra Costa J M Jones
Tii'uiL-h      ...        do         ..G Brown
A   -u 'So    ;... Alameda A II Cb nrch
V'-t'iL't-^.a"       -     au  A  ,i Earlier
Aii<'e'ls      '^Calaveras 1 CScrihuer
Auburn I'lacer It Gordon
Alnhi    "".Nevada A J Al-ton
\mericVn' Ranch Shasta Ti Freeman
a 1 vi so        .. San ta Clara A Rathboue
Uu tie  Elijah Lott
 Amador MS Butler
Be'lmont " San Francisco S J Ellet
Itr.^h Cree's." Butte       D G Martin
!iidwell's Dar  do H W Worstrum
Ilenicia      .. -Solano T T Hooper
Dottle Hill ElDorado SM Jamison
Iii" Bar Trinity  Wm Coddingtbn
Di^Oak'lHat: Tuolumne J W Bntlor
Dondville Mariposa. Stephen Bona.
Bodega Sonoma J M Miller
Bloomfleld ..     do H  Lamb
Ib'icl; .Sacramento D L Lafken
fl„,.icner          do  James Buekner
...Humboldt W Roberta
.Yolo J M Charles
..do A McDonald
ch Butte LLoring
.John Bidwell
Buckeye	
Cache Creek..
Charley's Ran
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
State Government.
J, NEELY JOHNSON, Governor.
Robert M. Anderson, Lieutenant Governor.
D. W. Douglass, Secretary of State.
Geo. H. Whitman, Controller.
Hcury Bates, Treasurer.
Johu H. Brewster, Surveyor General.
Wm. T. Wallace, Attorney General.
Paul K.Eubbs, Superintendent of Public IQ.
struction.
W. 0. Kiblie, Quartermaster General.
James Allen, State Printer.
Wm. Bausman, Private Secretary to the Gover-
Cai
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do
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...Calaveras
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...,S JBowley
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ae        ....MR Grab
do
...Z BTinku
do
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S'evada; ..
.1IM Moore
...J Barnes
olnsa Wm Vincent
...ElDorado
 C IV Gilbert
...iid Spring	
Coloma      ... do         RF Davis
Ocdarvifle  do  .Geo Thatcher
Clarksville         do         D Cummings
Cosumnes Sacramento W D Wilson
Cordelia Solano     f OLamorie
Cotton Wood Shasta Wm Lane
Crescent City Klamath DC Lewis
Centrevillo A.lamedu RS Clement
Canon Citv Trinity , R F Channel
Diamond Springs ElDorado MK Shearer
Dun Pedro's Bar Tuolumne R Smith
, .€alav
eville Sierra..
.-eek Yuba	
\vn Amador...
a HumhoTdt...
■ado Calavt
..N T Nor'ero:
...Robert McAdama
 W'O Clark
....KH Fobs
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Fr
r;  Crossing..
a Ranch  do    ....
-'s Ranch Sacnimeiilo
!k!iu..
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Fiddh-town Amador..
Forbestown Butte	
Forlorn Hope Merced...
French Oulch Shasta...
Fosters Bar....Yuba...
.Yolo
euch Camp
rrest City....oi
reman's Ranch,
urth Crossing         do
een Springs Tuolumne
..San Joaqu:
. .Calave
J W Everett
Moody
..MY Elliot
.. J R Crawford
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....DTownsend
.. Nathan Plum
...').' Fag-leson
...WGGibbs
S ii Whit comb
as Spect
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,W Henry
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..Yolo..
do
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rizzlr Flat....        do
ilroy, ...Santa Clara....
oodyear's Bar,., .Sierra
ibsonville.... do
rass Valley....Nevada..
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win.... Merced \
iilton Butte
S Foreman1
....AC fieri l/.iiofi'
..R I. (iardin'er
J H Waits
A "Updegraff
 Thomas Eddy
o .ICTerrell
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 lames Burgess
 A C Everett
 Julius Meinhardt
-R E Elliott
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a Laughlin
R Datis
Ranch....Tuolumne G D Dickin:
ietown.... Shasta J R Gill
W R Rizer
....."WLGoss
JH Alvord
H0i
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lloncut....Yuba	
Hornitas Mariposa	
lone Valley....Amador	
Illinoisto'wn... .Placer	
Iowa City....        do    	
Indian Diggings F.I Dorado
Indian Gulch Merced	
Jamestown.... Tuolumne..,.
Jacksonville....    do        	
Jackson Amador B
Johnson's Ranch Sutter..
King's River Tulare	
Kelsey's ElDorado	
Knight's Ferry.... San Joaquii
.Mariposa
R Briokell
J Co gan
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..,1 W Norton
...,R W Mardis
...G B Eeyea
B Redhead
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..J Smith
John White
 W E Steward
L Leach
Lassen's Butte  ..WP Mayhew
Lewiston Trinity C Wood
Los Augeles Los Angeles ;T S Waite
i.rvran^e... .Stanislaus L M Booth
Lisbon.... Placer G W Applegate.
Loveing's Ferrv San Joaquin JLoveing
Lit*le York.. ."Nevada W "W Cozzens
Mountain View....£
antaClaia JShumway
do
Levi Millard
Maytleld
do
J Qttisoh
MilpitftB
do
Fred Crck'hton
Mission San Jose-...
Alameda
 J J Vallejo
.Plaeer..
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Michigan BlulT
do
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Marvsville....Yuha
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Maxwell's Creek,,.
Mariposa
.    . G W Coulter
do
J F McNamara
Mount Ophir
do
J H Miller
Millerton
do
H Carroll
Martinez Contra
CoBta....
..,H Fogg
MokelumneHiil...,
*alaveras
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do
AP Stevens
Meliermott's Bridge
do
W FMcDermott
do
ES Osburn
Moon's Ranch....C
lusa..,..
..Geo Eastman
lo
J II Weston
Miiniicn Island... .Sacrament
o 3 WPennison
do
B E Wayne
MohUt'-v Monte
ey	
Wm Curtis
Montezuma Tuolumne	
...W F Norton
Monte.... Los Ango
OS	
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t?	
J Bates
Mid.Ueto«-n....Sha
ta	
C M McKinnelly
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NioolauH Sutter J C Dickey
Navato.; ..Marin II F Jones
North Branch.. ..Calaveras Edivii
OMiy
itividad...". Monterey...
jlson's Creek....Sierra.
iseUVs Bar....Yiiba...
:egon House
lerry
.,Stanislaus..
.JW Smith
. A C Neal
....James Stokes
......JCLewis
.. ..F Bridge
Peter Rii
.JohnO'Neil
Ottitiewa....Siskiy
Pleasant Valley	
Pea Vine.. ..Butte.
Park's Bar Yuba	
Pilot Hill ElDorado
Quart siburt
C FHi
-. Placer.... Daniel B Curtis
do G While
..Butte D 0 Downer
a T Gallagher
ou G H Coe-
Mariposa a Shearer
.D Whipple
...Geo Wiser
 A TBailcy
A M Thatcher
Petaluma.. ..Sonoma ...WR Swinertorr
Pleasant Springs Calaveras 1!H Hoerrimer
Paterson Nevada E P Turney
Plmn Valley.      Sierra F R Booker
Princeton Colusa R T Arnett
Pine Grove.. ..Amador .A Leonard
..Mariposa D M Pool
imas.. Lewis Stork
.ady Nevada E B Winans
do fl J Slate
do J C Green
..Shasta S Bradway
 Sierra Mr. Lester
e Bar....Placer Thomas Wo*d
Russian River Mendocino.. H G Heald
Sebasfopol...,Napa DM Johnston
..San Francisco C L Weller
do G Thatcher
Sacramento Ferris Foreman
do D Hastings
..Siskiyou James Cregein
terey 0 B Hill
do p Breen
..George Lyon
s Obispo A Slurray
 CE Allen
H D  McCobb
.,..-. ..E Anthony
 J Wood
W Van Wagner
 G- Alexander
TBtirdiek
,.S J Skidmofe
.. ,.FC Hahmann
Sonoma no Mr Miller
Smith's Ranch     do N M Hedges'
San Ramon.... Contra Costa ...W Rus Sell
San Pablo do A B Bates
Salmon Falls ElDorado J Downer
Spanish Flat do j Glassirian
Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara G R Fisher
San Bernardino.. ..San Bernardino., ..D N Thomas
Shasta.. ..Shasta J Lemon
..Tuolumne ...J Roberts
do G W Patrick
.... San Joaquin  .. D J Staples
do P E Conner
...Amador ]) Crandall
Sarahville do R Robinson
r-.ur-Uhii.vK Kancli Mariposa H Schroeder
Suisuu Soiano W SKyle
San Andreas       Calavora« C L Sweet
St Louis.. ..Sierra WP Williams
Secret Ravin-    ..Placer J Hart
enlitEoot..    Merced ...J AEugg
Strawberry V. .ley....Tuba  j A Barnhart
Tehama Colusa OGervy
Trinidad.. . .Klamath F C Darling
Trini'y....Trinity C Lee
Uniontown Humboldt A H Murdoch
Volcano.. ..Amador HT Barnum
Vallejo Solano J R Frisbie
Valh-cito,... Calaveras G M Murray
Vi.alia ...Tulare.... J p Majors
Woodville Butte s AlVard
Weaverville.. ..Trinity J Barry
Watsonville Santa Cruz L Thrift
West Point.... Calaveras A Walbaum
Whisky Creek....Shasta ,P Mix."
Western bantam en to A H White
Yankee Jim's....Placer N Henck
Yuba Citv,..,Tuba LBadolett
tftte;,.. Tolo.,..,.,. 3 3 *uttbh
TWfe;., .EIbM-Wu ^-fcfen XHateTS
irnlted States District Courts.
For the Northern District oj California:— (W
den Hoffman, Jr., judge ; John A. Monroe, clem •
Jas. Y. McDuffle, marshal. Regular terms, flrs[
Monday in June and December of each year. Spe.
Cial terms at the option of the judge.
For the Southern District of California,—I, _
K. Ogier, judge ; C. Sims, clerk ; E. Hunter, jan'.
shal. Regular terms, first Monday in June at
Monterey ; first Monday in December at Los-An.
geles.    Special terms at the option of the judge.
United States Circuit Court.,
FoYthe District of California—M. H. McAlig.
forjudge: Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk.     Regular-
term, first Monday in July of each year.    Special
terms at any time after thirty days notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydeufeldt.Chief Justice ; Davids.
Terry, Hugh S. Murray, Justices. Regular terms,
of the Supreme Court commences on the first Moa.
days of January, April, July, and October.
DISTRICT JUDO'ES.
1st, Benjamin Hayes - -2d, Joaquin Carrillo ;-3d(
Craven Pi Hest'-r ; 4th, John S. Hagar ; 5th. Chas'
M. Creanor: 6tb,Albnzo S. MonS'.n j 7th;E.fr.
McTtinstry: 8th.. J. M. Peters * 9th, W. P.'Dan-
fe'eVfleiiJ; lfftli, William T. Barbour-; .lltli, Jolm
Sf::Howeir;'l'2tb', Edward Norton ; 13th, E.Burlfe'-
14th. Kile's Searles ; 15th. J. $. Pitzer.
TE&W OF'CCVBT.
The First District Court; holds Its" tefmVin L08
Angeles on the third MondayH of March,.July amj
November-'; in 'San Diego, ilie lthird!JSfohil^yy5I>
iA'pri'l, ;August;and Dectinber : in 'Sair-BferJiai-fllW^
the third Mondays of February, May and Octo'lie'r'1
'United- States Land Office for th e-Sinitkerji '-fife
trict oj  California ;•■ ■    ■
AndresPitio,Receiver ; Al'. P.'Dorsey, Register.
' I Customs Department— ( Sa7i Pedro).
Collector—C. E. Garr ;.>Deputy-^J. F."Si;ephe'n&
Postitiasters ;
J. S. Waite, Los Angeles.
G, C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas ■.Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the 'counties of
Los Angeles, San Bernardiao and San Diego,
First District Court.—-Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY   OFFICERS.
Countv Court—Wm. G. Dryden, Judge.
Sheritt—Elijah Bettis; Under Sherifl—Wm. -H.
Peterson.
County Treasurer—H. N. Alexander,
County Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel ; Deputy
—J. H. Coleman.
County Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Publio Administrator—M. Keller.
Superintendent of Public Schools—James F.
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thorn.
Coroner—A. Cook.
County Clerk—John W. Shore; Deputy—J. A.
Hinchman,
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors—W. M. Stockton, Teirns
A. Sanchez, R. C. Fryerr Stephen C. Foster, Felix
Bach mau,
TOWNSHIP OJTICEKS
Los Angeles—Justices of the Peace—Ru^Hl
Sackett, J. S. Mallard. Constables—Wm. H.
Peterson, B. B. Barker.
CITY  OFFICERS.
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal— iV. 0. Getman ; Deputy—E.M,
Smith.
City Treasurer—Samuel Arbuckle.
City Assessor— W. H. Peterson.
City Attorney—0. E. Thom.
City Council—Af. Requena, N. Potter, Ezra
Drown, Ira Gilchrist, A. Ulyard, Myron Norton,
George Carson.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M.  Thomas.
County Treasuier— Samuel Rolfe.
County Assessor—James Henry Rollins.
County Surveyor—Alyin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Public Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis Fames.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Clift.
Supervisors—L. Roubideatix. N. Taylor, 'Wis,
Cox.
Round Tent
Red Dog
Red B)u|fe...
Rabbit Crfl
Steinberg's
Sutter
Kali una
SanJuftn do
San nitso San Diefro
San Luis Obispo.. ..San Luis
San Jose.. ..Santa Clara..
Santa Clara do
Santa Cruz.. ..Santa Cruz
San Pedro.. ..Los Angles..
San Gabriel do
San Rafael....Marin	
Sanfji liosa... Sonoma
Shaw'
Flat..
Sonrn-;
Sfanli
Ranch
Sl.< >(;!;■
Put lei
Creel:..
The Law 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 ail
charges arc paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which tiny 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 thi; 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, oi removing
and leaving ii uncalled (or,i&-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 office by subscribers.
instances.
The following table of distances was measured
with a via meter, by Capt. Warner,   ofthe U
S. Topographical Engineers, in  the  summe**
of 1848 t—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores.. 21 miles.
" " Sanchez Ranch. if
" " San Mateo....
" " Santa Clara...
" " San Jose	
" " jUurpby's...,,
" " San Juan	
" " Salinas river.,
" '( Monterey	
" " Mission Soledad.,-,
" " Ojitos....... ....
" " San Miguel....
" " Brakes: Ranch	
" " Santa Margarita...
" " San Luis Obispo.
" " Capt. Dana's	
" ' Los  Alamos	
" " Santa Inez	
" " Gaviotti Pass	
■'" " Arroyo Honde...
" M Dos Pueblos..
" " Santa Barbara., 387
" " Carpentc ria  398
" " Rincon 402
" " Buenaventura.. 415
" " Santa Clara river.... 421
" " Canega ,
" " Los Angeles.
" ts Los Coyotes..
" " SantaAna4	
" " Juan Avila's 5315
" " San Juan Capistrano.542
(< " LosFloros 560'
" " SanLuisEey ...57g
" " San Diege 612-j
...21
...48
.. 51
...70
...94
..113
.125
.166
..266
.237
.258
.265
.276
.299
.321
.340
.352
.359
... 370
...475
...485
...504
.515
Sitwek
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YOL. YI.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   MAY   0,  1857.
NO, 52.
Cos ^.ugdes 0tar:
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
At No, 1   Pico Buildings, Spring Street, adjoining the U. S. Land Office, Los Angeles,
BY   H.   HAMILTON/
$5 00
3 00
2 00
0 25
"TERMS:
Subscription, per unnuiQ, in adv
For Six Months,	
For Three Months	
■Single Number	
Advertisements inserte atTwoDollars 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.
Agents.—The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Star :
L. P. Fisher. San Francisco.
Borms &  Bljli)
WHISLBB&   KINO.-...
Col. IhaThomi'SUX..
it. n.gt.k-*--	
Juugk D- A. Thomas
Post Offloe.  .
.. .San. Gabriel.
..Monte.
... Monte.
.. .Santa liarhara
, ..San Jji-.nia--''ili-i)-'-
lusiircss Carts.
C. K. THOM.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
OFFICE—ON MAIN STREET,
(Opposite 1 he Bf 11a Union Hotel.) anl
Carriage aniS Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   AJfGELES   STKEET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL,
rrviE subscriber respectfully in-
\_ Formstlie publiciriiiioi-iiUy thu.t-
1 he will keep constantly on band,
anrl will min uf'acture to order,
Coaches, Buggies, Wagons.Carts &cs
In a neat and vorkitiaalike manner.    Ite has on hand
for sale a line stock of Easkern White Oak and Hickory
Plank and vtela.    tie keeps constantly on hand a large v;
riety of G*rt nnd 'il iy,# .vhaels, -ipokes, Felloes, Shaft
Neck Yokes. Double and -ine;letreep
Horse Shoeing and Rlacksmithing
in allits varions-oranuhes,e;ceeLited with prompines: i
pdiaatch. Particular at Lent iun will be -n-en to the ma
factnra vnd repair of PLOWS, HARROWS, and other-Fa
Ins Uritensils. Hi has an eKtoosive assortmentol'tron
els, Springs, itolts. Plow and Spring steel, and other mi
rial pertaining to the business, too numerous to ment:
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
Witt, none Out the best of workmen in bin employ . he
feelsconfidentthat he can give entire »atiflfactioi to I'
customer?.
un7 fOHN GOLLER
KTotice.
ALL persons are hureiiy cautioned against buying or otherwise trading fop un vented horses.
or cattle of our brands ; ( r they will be prosecuted to tlie ex'tunt of the law.
4JJDREAS DOMINGUEZ.
sep20—tf JE=!TTS Ma. COT .V de DOMINGUEZ.
Hotel International,
JACKSON   STREET,    near   Montgomery.
SAN    FRA'NplSCO,
THIS magnificent\,Mansioh   has   been
j leased for a term of years hy
SIRS.   A.  S.   HiLEV,
- undergoing a thorough repair, when it will
bt  furnished entire with  new Furniture and opened
to the public on Christmas^  the  2,5th instant, with
the best Table and most cleanly House on the Pacific.
"r^*Board, with Lodging, from $2 to $3 per day.
Oui- mOttO —WE  STIUYE  tO  FI.EASli - janlO
EMORY, HOUGHTON & CD'S
PATENT
CONSISTTNG   OF
A Family, Bag, * Shuttle Machine.
OFFICE   OP AGP.YOY,
f«0. 26  Battery Sti-eet,  near  Pine.
janlO Sm J. if. GREAVY, Agent.
J. C.   EDDY & CO'.S
IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR
CLOTHING, HATS,  CAPS,
—AND—
FURNISHING  GOODS.
FOR THEY HAVE UNEQUALLED FACILITIES FOR SUPPLYING! EVERY ARTICLE OF
GENTLEMENS'
LOWER  PRICES
•Tlian any other Establishment in the State.
CALt-AtfD SEE FOB Y(Wfi£ ELVES,
At their festaUlishmont on the iVorlhTvcrst Corner of Ssaiisomii snid Coinmerciqi Sts.,
[Directly opposite the St. Nicholas Hotel San Francisco'!    The place may be known by the stained
-jlasR windows. reb 7
Hughes & Wallace,
103   £tX3Lc3.   107
SACRAMENTO   STREET,
San FRANCISCO.
FANCY GOOD'S,   YANKEE   NOTIONS, &C.
■     HUGHE'S & WALLACE.
HOSIERY,   GLOVES,   SIIIJK.'TS,  ^c*.
HUGHES & WALLACE.
BONNETS,  FLATS, FLOWERS, &C.
HUGAES& WALLACE.
IJtiONDES, ROUTES, *c.
HUGHES & WALLACE.
BUTTONS, FRINGES, GALTiOOlMS, &c.
HUGHE'S & WALLACE.
KNIVES,  SCISSORS,   RAZORS, SDC,
HUGHES & WALLACE.
PERFUMERY, COMBS, BRUSHES.
HUGHES & WALLACE.
WHITE   GOODS,   TGMBBOIilERIES.
ATWILL & CO.
17^ Washington Street, San Francisco,
SHEET, CARD, and BOOK MUSIC,
t And other Musical Instruments.
STRINGS and Heeds, for Violins. Guitars. Clarionets, tfce. &c.    Also, a large wholessdo stock of
FANCY GOODS AND TOTS,
Billiard Balls, Wax and Cue Leathers, Flaws of all
(tationa,- Roxing Gloves. &c. &c.    Together with all
kinds of "Yankee Notions," useful or amusin-j;.
.' rQooasi-padkedwith gfeat care and forwarded witli
promptnecs.     '
All orders should mention by what boat or Express ce**op'iny,the ."ood's are required to be sent.
tjffil; ATV/'ItL ■'& 'C0;i72 Washingtoa st.
J0I111  "W-   Sliore
COUNTY. CLERK.
Fees   pnyatole   liivm-lnbly   in    nefvaucc.
Ur.  Garter,
OFFICE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
LOS ANGELES   STKEET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
DR. A.   COOK,
WOULD inform his rri.fnrlh and the public,tbat
he now occupies a room on Requena street, in
the city of'.Los Angeles, where ho may be consulted at all hours, (except when abroad 10 visit the
sick.) He will be happy to confer with all those
who wish his council or med cal aid. A full and
unbroken confidence may be entrusted to him in
any one or other case ol disease to which Ihe hu-
man-systeui is made heir. .He will successfully
treat all indolent ulcers, tumors, swellings, abscesses and scrofula; and will give particular attention to the treatment and cure of diseases of
the Eye. ocf,18
SOLOMON   LAZARD,
IMPOUTER,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
French,    i nglish   and    American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row. Los Angeles,       aug 9
AUG. W. TIMMS.     .
Forwnrdim? and Commission Mrrchnnl,
San Pedro ash Los Anghi.es. Cal.,
H. READ, Aceiit,  *U>s Aujrei*-s.
BANNING & WILSON,
Forwarding and Com 115 is si on Merchants, San Pedro.
Phineas Banning, S. H. Wii^on-
seP27
GAM'BRINUS. BEEWEKY.
mHE bi^st ALE and Ui^ER mannfacturHfL aod al
I   ways on   hand.    Delivered to eity customer
withnu't extra charge.
Coopcrutg and  Rcpnirliig' of Barrels, &c. &c.
An assortment of Bavrels always on hand.
 K. ME.^SER, Proprietor.
Wliolesale and Retail.
IEW BOOKS, STATIONER?, &c.
HKLUAN & BRO.,
BEG- to inform the .public that, having removed
to their new store. Lo^ Anjre'e- street, where
they have; increased facilities for business, they
have now on hands the largest and best selection
of goods in tlieir line ever before offered in Los
Angeles, comprising—
BOOKS—English &,- Spanish,  embracing every
Department of Literature.
STATIONER V, of every description. Playing
CartU.
SEGARS, Tobacco, and Matches.
FjUVCY GOODS —a choice. a?id extensive -sa
sort ment.
CUTLER Y-of all kinds.
RIBBONS.   Combs,   Sewing Sil/c, Perfumery.
Toys,  Candy, See   fyc.
' All of which will be disposed of on the lowest
terms, lor cash,
HELMANN A BRO.,
Melius Row. Ba-t side Los Angeles street.
August 9;h. 1856.
MEW   STORE.
LEWIS JACOBS begs  to inform his friends and
the public of SAN BERNARDINO, that he has
Re-commenced Business,
in the NEW BRICK BUILDING, opposite the
Office.of the County Clerk, where he now offers for
their inspection an entirety NEW STOCK OF
GOODS, Dry Goods and Groceries—on the very
lowest terms.
Om Jan. 1st, 1857.
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 splerdul stock oi
WATCHES AKD JEWELRY
ever imported into this State. Our Watches cannot be surpassed for substantiality and time-keep
ing. Our Jewelry !*• selected with tbe greatest
care, and none but the most tasteful (roods made
of the finest gold are allowed to leave our estab
lishment.
Wi: manufacture' on the premises. We are the
inTRotors ul' tlie art, aud keep ahead of ail competition.
WATCH REPAIRING
is done by the best workmen, under our own inspection, and warranted for one year. Watches
for repair sent to us by Express are attended to
promptly.
BARRETT & SHERWOOD,
1^5 Montgomery street,
between Clay pud Commercial streets.
jy26 tf SAN FRANCISCO.
WOOL!  WOOL!
mllE HIGHEST MARKET RATES PAIU FOR
1  WOOL.—By
JANSON. BOND & CO..
95 Baftery, corner Clay street, San Francisco,
feb28 2
R E MOV M. L .
HAWXIIURST & SON.
.HAVB  REMOVED THKIR.
MM1IIHIISTAILISIIIIT.
From No. 112 Front street, Sau Fraucisco,
No. 39 SACRAMENTO STREET,
Between Front and Davis,
I.nte Vigilance Committee  Rooms,
Where they offer for sale, all articles of
Woodenware, Baskets, Brooms,
Brushes, &c.
At less than the general mnrket price.
?2~g-"-Call- and examine, if- you do not want to buy.
feb28 -1
(From Ine Weaverville Joun
He Can't Reform.
"He can't reform."    Now, my dear friend,
Pay tell us how you know :
Did'ever virtue fall so far,
Or mortal sink so low
Tbat firmness ot the mind aud will
Would not to victory lead ?
That perseverance would not wiu
And stern resolve succeed?
" Ob, but he has so oft resolved."
Well, now, what bave yon done
To aid him in his task, aud help
His reformation on.
Have not youi looks and actions said—
"You never can reform?"
But Iry liim once again, and speak
With feelinu.- kind aod warm 5
Breathe hope into his wavering mind,
Tell bim he can reform I
Aid him to break the demon's power
Who lor his own now claims
A soul, that migbt have been the store
Of nobie thoughts and aims.
And then, perchance, a son may yet
List to a father's voice :
A sister's gentle eyes grow bright,
A brother's heart rejoice ;
An aired mother yel may look
With pride upon the form,
Of him you so discourage with
Your words of doubt and scorn.
al.)
A !Lady Shop-Lifter.
Wiih some women shop-lifting amount to ti passion. A few days ago. a lady iti New York entered a fashionable dry-goods store in Broadway, for
the poupose of purchasing a "few yards of de-
While tbe clerk was looking up the delaine, tht
lady put into her muff a roll of lace, a remnant of
silk, and a package of kid gloves. She did ihis,
as sbt supposed, unseen by the clerk. Whether
she was riyht in the surmise remains to be seen
hereafter.
Tbe delaine was brought to her, she pronounced
it "just the Ihing," and requesled the clerk to
cut off nine yards. He did so. Mrs, C. then purchased six skeins of silk and four spools of cotton
" Having completed my purchase, be so good af
to teil me what my bill is."
Mrs. C. said this to the clerk. The clerk replied " certainly." There are nine yards of delaine,
twusuillings per yard, come to eighteen shillings ;
six skeins of silk come to one and sixpence, and
four spoolsof cotton are worth one and four pence,
and there is that piece of s Ik."
The [ady blushed, and said, " You refer to the
piece in the muff?"
Tbe clerk said "Yes." and went on with his
figuring, just as if nothing had happened.
" There are four yards in that, which, at ten
shillings a yard, come to forty shillings."
" Ten shillings a yard ! Why, you told me yes
terday lhat J might have It for six."
"I know that, bnt since then we have had reasons for putting up the orice."
The lady bither lips, blushed, and said, " Well.''
The clerk smiled, and went on.
" And there is the ball of lace, eighteen yards,
at fifty cents."
"Why, you must surely be mistuken in that-
Filty cents ! Why 1 can buy lace equally as good
at Stewart's lor eighteen cents."
"I grant it, Madam, but, as I said before, there
are reason^ why we should place a high value ou
the peculiar pattern."
The lady gave him a look, and again remarked,
"Well."
" The twelva pairs of kid gloves are twelve dollars.
"Nonsense—Beck sells lhe same kind for five
shillings."
"That only shows, toy dear madam, that Beck
does not know his customers. But you see that
we do.'
The lady again gave him a look, and again said
"Well."
The clerk said, '-That. I believe, is all."
The lady said, " She could think of nothing
else."
In doing this, however, we fear she fibbed- For-
if we are any judge of faces, she was all the lime
thinking of lhe police officer and an exposure.
The clerk having asked her if she were " sure
that there was nothing else," aud being answered
in the negative, he went to tbe desk with his iiems-
and in a few moments returned witb a bill, amounting to twenty-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents-
The lady gave one look, but paid it. Htsving
done this, she retired with promptness, and reach-
td home in less time than on any former occasion,
Mis. C. is a fiue looking woman, avd is considered ono of the best dressed females in the city, but
she sometimes pays a high price for her dry goods,
Mount Sinai.
Standing in the midst of some oftlie most desolate scenery in (.he world, Mount Sinai lifts its
huge form into the heavens, like some monster
slumbering in conscious strength. Its bold and
naked summit, its barren and rocky sides, and all
its sombre features, correspond perfectly to the
surrounding scene. It is a wild and desolate spot,
and were there even no a'sociacions connected
with it, the loneliness and gloom which surround
it, would arrest the travel r and cause him to remember it long afterwards. Mount Sinai has associations thai, render it ohief among the sacred
mountains. There the most acknowledged laws,
leading at last to human happiness were revealed
amid scenes that were desigued never to be forgotten.
Moses has declared that on the third morning
the eternal God is to place his feet upon that distant mountain top, in the presence of all the people. Awe-struck and expectant, thesons of Jacob
go from tent lo ten I. and speak of this event, and
then comeoutand look upon the mysterious mountain on which it is to tninspire — nothing then.'
shows preparation for the coming.
The morning dawns! All turn anxiously to the
Sinai. And see ! One single cloud drifts against
the mcunfain. That cloud is God's pavillion
Thunder and lightning spread ont the sacred view,
growing milder and milder, till the lightning np
pears an ocean of fire, and the rolling sounds like
an explosion, shaking the earth.
Suddenly ont of the cloud came the blast ol
single trumpet—one solitary note, with no sinli
ing cadence or rising swell, but an infinite sound
rising in power till the un,verse was filled with
the sfrain. Through the thunder it peals on over
the spectators, who stand astonished, awe-struck
and trembling. And that trumpet still waxed
louder and louder, and amid the rapid roll of
thunder and flashing of lighlning, and fiercely ascending volumes of volcanic smoke—Moses led
the trembling Israelites forward to the foot of
Sinai.
The uproar ceased—the thunder hushed—the
last echo died away—all was quiet I Then from
that silent cloud hallowed a voice more fearful
than all the past. The voice called : Moses, Moses
With solemn steps ascended the great, counsellor
of Israel to the rocks and climbed to the heights,
till at last tlie cloud received him into its bosom.
Now followed the proclamation of those words—
which will stand as long as Mount Sinai.
And Israel like one man kneltdown far off from
the mountain, and Moses went down unto the people and spoke unto them. And Moses came and
fold the people all the words of the Lord, aiid they
answered with oue voice and said :
" AU that the Lord hath said we will do and
obey."
Thus ended this act of the wonderful Drama of
Israel's history.- -Voice of Israel,
Julia—"Now, Alfrrd, dear, I must leave you.
I am about to shut myself our from the world "
Alfred—" Why, in tbe name of madness, Julia,
you are not tb inking of retiring into a cou vent. ?"
Julia—k'No,dear. don't alarm yourself, I am
only going tii put on my new crinoline drees."
When a daughter remarks: "Mother, I would
not hire help, for lean assist you to do all the
work in the kitchen," set it down  that she will
make a good wife.
I am afraid." said a lady to her husband " that
I am going to have a stiff neck." "Not at all im.
piobable, tny dear," rej lied her spouse, "I have
seen slrong symptoms of it ever urice we have
been married."
If a spoonful of yeast will raiso fifty cents' worth
of flouF, much will it take to raise lands enough
fo buy anolher barrel?
Nothing el"vates us so much as the presence of
a spirit similar, yet superior to our own.
Linen was first made in England,: in the year
1253;
SlNGULAit Case op Monomania.—In our peram
bulations recently, fays the Placerville American
we met wiih a gentleman about fifty-eight years
of age, whom we found to be well-read, intelligent
above mediocrity, irreproachable character.com
muuicative and affable. About two years since he
says that ten disembodied spirits commenced to
talk with him. by which he was very much amaz
ed and distressed, and that they have continued
to do so ever sii.ee, whenever he is by himself, either night or day. He says they have no power
to injure him, for that Gabriel with a C3mpaoy 0
gocd.spirits protects him. Of the ten evil or lost-
spirits, he says seven of them are the spirits of
-seven persons who were his intimate friends when
in the body—that they have told him their names,
aud have acknowledged that they are all lost
One of the other three, he says, is the Devil him.
self, the second one is his secretary, who takes
n tes of what they do ; he gave us the name of
the scribe, but we have forgotten it, and the third
one he does not know, his name never having been
mentioned. He avers that he can hear them speak-
The seven tell him that they are all lost, and that
all lost spirits wander to and fro through the earth,
having no abiding place. That good spirits are
congregated together and have a permanent residence. He says tbe ten are bound to him, and
wherever he goes they accompany him, and when
alone they are constanily endeavoring to make
him unhappy. He told us tiiat he waa not a believer in Spiritualism or spiritual rnppings, 11 or
indeed of any of the ridiculous humbugs of the
age. On any other subject than Disown idioeraey
we found him to be perfectly rational. He is a
native of Pennsylvania.
PitEACubui Colics' Idea of what ouit Loud Mkant
— Preacner Coles then came down to the abomination ol building handsome ..hutches,- and paying
ministers to preach in them ; the folly of fashion
and.the sin of wealing silks and feathers, aud all
that sort of fhing ; till at last he happened, in his
excursions, to stumble on his text, and suddenly
wound up his discourse in such words as these :
"Now, my dearly beloved bretheriug, and Coles
don't exactly agree wsth some of the Presbyterians,
Methodists, and the softer Baptists, as to our Lord's
meaning when he axed the question, " Simon lovest thou ine more than these?" Some of tbem
high-larnt thousand dollar preachers contend that
he meant. " Is your love for me more than these
fellow disciples?" Another set ofthe broadcloth
ami satin vest preacherB contend that he meant,
" Is your love lor me sironirer than the rest of my
disciples?" Old Coles baint got no eddieation
but what he picked up here and thar, while following the plough handle or swinging the ax—
never got further thau the rule of three iu'rith-
metic— knows nothing 'bout gogrnphy aud such
tomfoolery, and don't care to ; bot wheu it eomes
to scriptur', the old fellow has a fi-w wrinkles, and
wouldn't swap places with any of them college
chaps. Now, listen, dear brelhering, and Old
Coles will tell you in a few words what our Lord
meant when he said. "Lovest thou me more than
these?'' You know tiny had all just beeu eating
diuuei, and that dinner was made of fish ; and consequently, tperefbre, on this 'ere account, I conclude and reckon he meant to ask Simon, '-Lovest
thou -"tie more than thou lovest fish ?" 1 wonder,
dear bretheriug il P--ter wou'd bave made the
same tnswer il the question bad be-11 put to bim
before dinner-?-   Srelhering, 1 reckon nol!''
Trifc Crops on thk CalaveKas.—We learn, says'
the Stockton Argv-s, from a gentleman engaged'
in (arming on the Calaveras, that the present appearance ofthe crops in (hat section of the county
indicates the prospect of a srhiill'yield should wd
have no further rains. The very warm weather
of the past few days has drawn the moisture from
the ground to such au extent that itH effects are'
plainly observed in the tops of ihe grain. A large
quantity of ground is cultivated this year, and un-'
til the recent drought,-the crops promised a greater
yield than ever before. The country bordering
the Cal iW eras and Mokcluihtin rivers is the granary
of our county, and it is t'o be hoped that we may
yet be favored with rain sufficient to mature an'
abundant crop. The roads are in line condition,
with the exception of a few miles' over tho sloughs
which empty into the river.
Fiiom Vat.t.k.to.—A correspondent of the Solano'
County Herald, writing from ValU-jo on the 2d
inst.-, says : "l'he yard now is in the zenith of its
glory. On the arrival of the last steamer the welcome news of our appropriation forthe fiscal year,
commencing from next June, was received with'
great joy and well wishes for our Uncle's prosperity. The amount appropriated is. I think, $250,000
for improvements in the) yard. How gratifying'
to communicate a piece of intelligence so very'
important not only lo the yard, btit Vallejo, Our'
place is at present entirely dependent on the ap-'
propriations for the yard, but itis anticipafed cro
long (hat an impetus will be given to it in some
other way, perhaps a branch of your1 railroad may
extend here."
IlAxnsoMi* Prksknt.—A handsome present to be'
forwarded to Mr, Buchanan at Washington, was
brought down on the Goliah, which arrived from
HumboldiBay, on Saturday. The Purser of the'
vessel thus speaks of it:—" Among the'passcngers
is Mr. Seth Kinman. of Humboldt county, on his'
way to Washington, with a valuable present to
President Buchanan. Its consists of a chair of his
own construction, made from four elk horns. The
seat is made of a beautiful-piece of buckskin of his
own manufacture. Itis original in desigrJJ-and/
taken altogether, presents a beantifal and unique
appearance."—Ghronielc-
J. W. Holt, absconding Sheriff of Klamath county, was arrested in this city on the 4th inst., on a
charge of aiding a prisoner, charged witb murder,'
to escape. The prisoner, Michael Donnelly, murdered a man at Salmon Falls " lie was given into'
the hands of Holt, the Sheriff, who took him to an1
adjoining county j and upon a representation that
Donnelly was insane, obtained an order from tho
County Judge to convey him to the Insane Asylum, at Stockton -, instead of doing so, the Sheriff
brought his prisoner to Sacramento and suffered'
him to escape. Donnelly has since gone to Australia: Holt was arrested, and every effort has
been made by counsel tb obtain his release on ha-
beets corpus, fcut: withont success. He has since
been remanded1 and sent'back to Klamath county.
—Alta.
Protection of Prqiperty.—A large number of
parties interested, says the Sonoma Journal, met'
at Liberty School Houfee, Petaluma,' on Saturday
last week, to take measures to'secure their horses
and cuttle against the depredations of"thieves. A
committee, consisting of Messrs. Barnes,- Lewis,'
Lammot, Campbell, J-iickson aud York; was appointed to draft a constitution'and by-laws, and'
report at tbe same place, when the society will be!
organized.
From' the Boston Post.
The readiness with which' certain- legislators'
sold tlieir votes in'a-pccetit senate-rial electiou, reminds us of au old-epigram :—•
" Midas, 'tis said, with wondrous art of old,-
What'er he touched at once trauslormed to gold ;'
This, modern ttatesmeu can. reverse with ease,—
Touch them with gold, they turu—to what you
please I"
The Opal, for January, published' at the New
Ycrk Insane Asylum at Utica, gives the following :•
"A Question in Aloral Philosophy;—Not mauy
days since, the following conversation took place'
iu the ladies first hall of Ayslumia. MissUix had
passed through a mom«nt before, and a younger
daughter of our household, Just started-in her
teens, made oue of a cluster called together by the-
occasion.
Girl1—" Who was the lady whom' we saw with-
the doctor?"
Ludy—"Thai was Mrs. Dix-, tbe philanthropist."
Girl—" What is a philanthropist, please 1"
Lady—■' Philanthropist, my dear,- is a word;
from two Greek words, -ignifyiog a loverof men.'7
Girl—" Well, then, aie uot all we women phi-'
tanthropists V
Brown says that a celebrated hymn writer stole
one of his stanzas from that old " heather," Vir-'
gil. Virgil, a cathol c Iloman, though, we believe •
not a Roman eatholic, says—" Farilis decen$us
Averni," &c., which tlbeEnglish bard, (Mr. Watts--
his-name?) has rendered, rather voluminously,
"The gates of hell stand open night and day,
Smooth the descent and easy is the way."
A sailor being asked how- be'liked his bride, ia
reported to heve remarked—" Why, d'ye see, I
took her tobe only half of me, as the parson says-'
but dash me if she isn't twice as much as I; Pur
only a tar—but she's a tar-tar!"
A   lady asked   ber gardener why the weeds al-
tys outgrew and covered up the flowers.    " Ma-'
dam." answered he, "the soil is mother of the
weeds, but only step-mother of the flowers."
From the Commencement of lhe revolutionary
it, the term Whig was the cognomen of a party
in the United States. During the revolution, the
friends and supporters of tbe war and principles
of the Revolution were called Whigs,.«ml those
who opposed them were called Tories and Royalists.
It is stated that a company is now being formed
in Paris, with a capital of (ilteeu millions of fraucs,
to run om tubuses in New York.
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