The Graves of a  Household*
IiX  Mil...   1U.MANS
They grew in beauty side by side,
They filled one house with glee,
Their graves are severed far and wide.
O'er stream, and mount, aud sea,
Tho same fond mother beat ut night
O'er each fair sleeping brow,
She had each folding flower in sight ;
Where arc those dreamers now ?
The aea, the lone blue sea hath one,
lie lies where pearls lie deep ;
lie was the loved ofall, yet none
O'er his lono grave may weep.
One fell where Spanish vines are dresi
Above the noble slain ;
He. wrapped his colors round his breas
In a blood-red field of Spain.
One 'mids^ the forest of the West,
By a dark stream is laid ;
Tho ludian knows his pl^ce of rest,
Far in the forest shade.
And one, o'er her the myrfle shade
Its leaves UY ~0,i winds fanned ;
She faded 'midst Italian flowers,
The last of that fair band.
New Klfle -tII.Sf.Ucrg.
Tin* experiment* for tho purpose of publicly
testing the inventions made by Captain J. Norton
took place recently on the practising ground of
the lioyal Engineer, at Biomptou, England. The
first portion of the afternoon whs devoted to testing anew description of shell, called by Captain
Norton a •' liquid-fire shell," The merit claimed
for this invention is that tho phosphorous and other chemical properties contained in the shell are o'
so highly inflammable a character that immediately on its striking either the sails or rigging of a
Bfiip they become ignited, and are thus destroyed.
A nnmber of sacks were suspended on the ground
to represent the sails of a ship, and these were
soon wotted through by the rain. Captain Norton
having loaded a large rifle with his shell, which is
r thau a rifle bullet, fired at the
liough the materials were so wet,
was shortly in tlames. Captain
occeded to experiment with his
i-'-il- lire-shot, which oc bay named
■hot. This messenger u intended,
"rom a rifle, to set tire to the pow-
ion wagons, bags of gunpowder,
and also firing dry grass in jungles. This shot bus
been fired by Captain Norton at a distance of
eighteen hundred yards. Iu the experiments a bag
cantaining about two pounds weight ol gunpowder, mixed with a great quantity of sawdust to iu-
iuerease the bulk, was placed on the ground, and
was saturated with the rain. On tho ball being
fired into tho powder no effect was immediately
perceptible ; but after a short time the gunpowder
was ignited, and blew up with a loud report.
somewh
sacking
the whol
Norton
newly in
the "spi
when it i
der
Av Anciext Institution.—It is very abeurb fo
the Yankees to take credit for the express business
being a modern and American institution. Thi
first authentic record we havo of this business, i;
that of one which was run (some say in Mesopota
mia,) over six thousand years ago, when Adam:.
express removed his baggage from Eden.
A Western farmer being obliged to sell a yoke
of oxen to pay his hired mau, told him he could
not keep him any longer—
'■ Why V said the man, " I'll stay and take some
of your cows in place of money."
" But what shall I do," said the farmer, " when
U)y cows and oxen are all gone ?"
" Why, you can then work for me, and get them
all back."
Traveling is good to take conceit out of man, to
shake out li is ideas, and enlarge the bounds of his
mental vision, It makes man wiser, but seldon
happier. After all, homo is the place for comfort
we are always happiest where the heart is. A:
Holmes says : '" The world has a million roosts for
a man, but only one nest. Others may roost
where they please, give us tho nest.
The editor of one ofthe Maine papers saya that
he has had a pair of boots given him, which were
so tight that the came very near making hi
Universalist, because he received his punishment
as he " went along."
'■' Jones have you paid that tailor's bill ?"
"No, sir, I never encourage vice or its consequences. If our first parents had not sinned, people would never have created tailors from courtesy
1 repudiate thom upon princplc."
What ia a mau?—A young lady answers, "A
thing to waltz and flirt with, to take one lo places
of amusemen!, to laugh ot, to be married to, to pay
one's bills, to keep one comfortable." Not far
from the truth.
The story about the discovery of an ancieaf
Egyptian hotel register, upon which was found
tho names o( " J. Cobb, and E. Sau, Mesopotamia,'j
is a fabrication. Jacob and Esau were not accustomed to writing their names in that manner,
A young scamp in a drug store haa a rather
good but innocent name for his employer, who
wears spectacles.   As calls him old Lingglass.
" I don't beltevo it's any use, this vaccination,"
eaid a Yankee, " I had a child vaccinated, and he
fell out ofthe window a week arter, and got killed !'>
Cowardice consists, not in havin
yielding to it.   In well ordered
sentinel that wakes up courage.
'■ The only victory tbat costs no tears," eaid Na.
polcon, "is that over ignorance."
"I would do anything, go to tho end of the
world to please you," said a fervent lov«r to the
object of bis affections. "Go there," said she-
" and stay, and I shall be pleased."
Ye device of Ye country edito:
sor aut Nihil.'—N. Y, Press.
Mr. Isudore Poulin, an independent and success,
ful merchant of our city, bas boon living serenely
in the quiet comforts of home, where a faithful
wife and smiling babe gave buoyancy and fleetaess
to the happy hours. She was the second wife of
Mr. Poulin, and had borne to him one child—a
daughter, now four years old.
A few months since, Mr. P. employed a likely
young clerk named Augustus Lurges, and iutro.
duced him to his household. The clerk would
linger long at meals, and soon manifested a preference for social and domestic comforts, which'
kept him much from bin commercial duties. He
was devoted to the little daughter, and evinced
such pleasure in attending to her tbat Mr. P. feeling a parental pride and pleasure, indulged, him
in many hours of absence from the store. Matters
passed on thus—the absences increasing induration—and yet Mr. P. had no suspicion that there
was other attraction than the little daughter, that
kept his child-loving clerk away,
Ou Wednesday evening last, the clerk did not
return from dinner, aud when tea time came, Mr.
Poulin proceeded as usual to his home, without
the least suspicion that all was not right there.
He opened the door and passed into his drawing-
room, where all wa~ quiet and in order ; he proceeded to the tea-room ; he went to hia cbamler
to the kitchen and over the entire premises, but
could sec no one. He called his wife, hia daught-
but no answer came. Silence reigned Mr
preme, and desolation brooded over all. His wife
had flown Sho aud the clork had departed by
tbe evening train, taking the little daughter with
them.
Mi. Poulin was astonished, mortified, indignant
furious. He had never spoken an unkind word to
his wife, and he trusted her with unwavering confidence. He would as soon have suspeetod that
the sun would fly from its orbit, as that she would
deviate from the paths of virtue. The clerk had
beeu kindly, generously, confidingly treated, and
be could not dream that he would rob him of his
I his wife and
In th3 mitterof the Estate of Uer-
nardo Yorka, Deceased.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
M°
residence of Frud
Air.cles county, or
ncio Yo
the nam
i'l'.IU)
RATH
LEON
Loa Angeles. Dec. 24, 18
i tne District
PROBATE   COURT.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, I
Los Angeles Count,/, j
In tltc Matter of the Estnte of Xlillla
N°
;;■;,  S"o
itv of Los Ango'e
of Los Angeles, f
* First Judicial Ole
>iiiplaint filed in the city
in the office of the clerk
nt Of tbo United States
larcii, ISui, aiid ttHI expve on the3
EXECUTIVE.
^Pennsylvania,       -      Present.
dge,ofKy.,       -       Vice Presided
.im,        -        •        Secret;ivy ersu...
yoV
and to
_d copy
riGE
-   Sec. ofthelntorioV
Post Master General'
-       Attorner General!
CIARY.
UT FOR CALTFOBNIA.
er,   Of   Han    Francis .0,   JU(_W,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Los Angele
:: _._■_;...„-.<■:■ {Jo ■.■__.■; r-,': ilf.:.  l:'l\r,:.l ■-.'■ v-lC.zv
trict.
»ret E. Hilburn, Plaintiff.
■Judicial
City and
the Cier'
Karj
Lemt
Coun
: ofsE
.] IE Hilbi
. Defendant.
rict Court of th
•mplaint filed ii
reles, in th.
;■;,;,:
and   i
■er the
fear, but in
duds fear is the
' Scis
Family Bath foe tub   Winter
daily '• hot water" with your wife.
A pipe, like a quack  medicine,
it's puffed. ^^^^^^^^^
What is the diflerence between a blind man and
a sailor in prison ? Oue cannot see to go, aud the
other cannot go to see,
■'I am all heart," eaid a boasting (el
comrade.    "' Pity you're not part pluck.
Gelling into
nothing till
>W to hi:
waa th
ie bench," said a
1, nnd taking tin
retort. 	
" I've risen from the  bar   to
lawyer OH quitting the prolessk __
Bhoemaklng.
A boy three years of age was asked who made
him. With his little hand leveled a foot above
tlie floor, he artlessly replied, "God made me a little boy, so high, and I grew the rest."
A writer iu the Literary Aftssi'nger, speaks of a
friend of hid tbat has E-.-r.-.y.- been accustomed lo
the pen.    Is tlie friend ab au'.hor or a pig ?
By others faults, wise men correct their own.
clerk and little daughter were all gene, and had
taken with them a considerable amount 0' money.
The strangest feature of this Blraage transaction is
the disparity in the ages and appearance of the
criminal parties. The woman is about, forty, pockmarked and not comely, v.-hiie th ; man is about
twenty-six and good looking.—St. Joseph (Mo.)
Gazette.
Jfluiignrian tktl
These grapes, renowned in Europe for a variety
of luxurious qualities, such as thin skin, U
abundant sweet juice and delicate pulp,
of season from August to May, offer to th
can public a disideratum cot heretofore enjoyed
on this continent, aud especially deserve th
tonticn of grape growers for fruit or wine. They
contain sufficient grape sugar to preserve wine
made from them without adding cane sugar, a fact
ofthe highest importance, the line fruity ilavoi
being impaired by adding cane sugar ; and .hem-
ists demonstrate a difference in the proportion o.
elements and other properties, which may easily
account for the intoxicating and brain-disturb!
attributes of wine partially composed of fermented
cane sugar.
North east en Europe, a ciimato simil
ours, where no sugar cane is used in wine ma
aud profuse quaintities of wine made from the pure
juice ofthe sweet grade is used, habits of intoxica.
tion are very rarely formed, and inebriety from
drinking wine is almost unknown.
owing  the
md   by the
nty of Los Au
t filed therein,
jmenfc by default  wili bo taken
1 CALIFORNIA,
OF HOLDING COURT.
Monday of December.
■1 district of California.
Stimulated  by eminent su
ccess  foil
planting of Hungarian slips h
.st year, (
severe proof of hardiness  wl
lich   the ]
afforded in the vineyards of Dr
■ Potts, at
New York, (ninety-nine slips,
out   0101
planted, still thrive,) and by *
m cmulou
to acclimate here one  of the
Hungary, Johu Kolber, 592
of Hungarian wines, &g., has
hia brothers at Pesth  and Bu
di, a eph
thrifty shoots, of growth of If
?58,  einbr
different kinds of choicest vai
iety, and,
ame Ruttkay Kossuth,  ■' uni
equalled 1
Stiver White—Grape is sweet and vcryjuicy;
skin very thin, size of medium Isabella.
Red, Yellow aod "White Muscatel—Skin very
fine, very juicy, seeds few aod small, almost transparent, (white, quite so,) size above medium Isabella.
Blue Katarka—Sweet, little more fleshy than
above, approaches the Isabella, but much more
juicy.
Kecske Csoes (goat Treats)—Sweet and juicy,
keeps through a winter and spring without difiicul-
ty, shaje long oval, liby i inch.
Tekoy—The king of grapes, the sweet juice o
which renders the best wine in Hungary or Europe
flourishes on mountain side, aad fruit continue to
sweeten uutil snow fall, and approaching winter
compels the gathering of rich clusters of berries;
fiae small Isabella.
White Honey—A small delicious grape; skin
very delicate, transparent, extra sweet, and ripens
very early, from hills about Buda; whence also
Blue Katarka, differing slightly from the Katark*
of Pesth.—N. Y. Post.
Ttb Paraguay Question,—Through private ad-
ccs received by a commercial house at Philadelphia, from Pernambuco, March 4th, we receive the
highly important intelligence Lhat the difficulties
between the United States and Paraguay have
been happily adjusted. The news was brought by
the Brazilian Mail steamer Ape, which left Montevideo Feb.IC.
The particulars of the arrangement have not
transpired. Rumor stater that oue stipulation embraces the payment of 510,000 to the widow of the
at of the Water Witch, killed by one ofthe guns
ofltapira; and another, a paymeut of $25,000 to
tbe Hopkins Company.— New York Times.
Arguments are tbe salt of life, but as salt ia good
,t a pinch, and not in the bucket-full, bo you
Iiould not argue over much.
Etequette of Cocrtsuip.—Ii you wish to offer
your hand to a lady, choose your opportunity.—
The best time to do it is when she is getting out of
an omnibus.
One of the miseries of human life is, being beat-
en in argument, and afterwards thinking of some
happy retort or very appropriate joke, which
would have smashed your adversary to smithereens.
Iti-uKr-v .for Fits.—If you are subject to these
distressing attacks, buy your clothes at a slop shop
and yon will never have a fit afterwards.
" We're rising En the world," aa the kilo said to
its tail.
1.1.0 irlarntiir, rlkI (it v: -t
custody of Robert Hill)
plaiiitiH.uliJfiircosr.cf
further or general relief.
equity.
Ami if you fi.ii to asp
complaint aa above requri
cause your default ro be i
(Jonrt ior the relief praye
Witness the lion. Beoji
District Court aforesaid.'
D. 1859.
[seal.]    Attest r My h
aOd and thi
Court, the day and year 1
ast above v
CHAS.
It. JOHNS
Por Jraix
Scott & L..KDKR, Attor
neys for Tl
rnb5
In lim District Cms. tot
tke 1st Joe!
State ot California, eo
uiitj-oii...
Joseph alullally, an
Insolvent
Tils Ore
ASSIGNEE
I'S  SAL
B.TNTI0E is hereby give
n, that the
■ to t
Barre, by pul
geles Star, i
the county ol
ill this case, i
California State <5ovevm...„t.
r, A.D.
.•iTMS,
CHAS. It
Por C. U
jrmrreoN, cum
Drislsy, Dcpu
ONE OP OUR PIKM is at present travelling in
Barope.where he is collecting nnd forwarding
to us by every steamer the most splendid stock of
EE?EEE EED SEEEim
t gold are allowed to leave our "estab
'acture on tho promises.    We are the
:' the art, and keep ahead of all com-
Reporter.
Fairfax, Marya-nlle, Dierk
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Fjrjr. Aii!;frit.-;, tNi.ii ['ii'.vmivdino ami Sfui  Diego.l
rtnyos, Judgti,
B__ • —Los Angeles—Third Mondn>- of Maich.
—Tiiinl MoiH.ay of April, August and Pecem-
rdiiao—Third Monday of February,  May ami
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
Contemplate n
J... i'.E'EEiE:E,.EE'E-  --E  E/.-.. '.■■;.:_■..;....:..'..,
PROPRIETORS ct the Phccnix Iron Work?, Sai
Francisco, desire to call your particular atlen
tion to the (act that they arc extensively on■.'*,*-,'(;.:
in manufacturing iylRE-i'UOOF DOORS AM
SHUTTERS, BANK VAULTS, PRISON CELLS
&C..&C., at greatly Reduced Prices.
Our practical knowledge of tho business hai
been rendered complete, by ten years experienc*
in Sau Francisco.
Onr best reference is our Work which can b(
seen in nearly every city and town in this State
and Oregon. Particular attention paid to order!
from the country.
A large assortment of second hand doors and
shatters constantly on hand, aud for Bale at very.
low rates.
172 Battery street, near Pacific, San Frn.no"*:"
A. B, Hallook, at Portland, Is our Agent 1
Oregon. ap9-0m
BAJEL    X3E1_0:E>3".
2,000 TONS.
On and after this date, we shall oilTer
OUR  LASGE STOCK
•--._', : . -'.: :
_ pp* _
AT  REDtlCJCD RATE:
THOS. H. SELBY & CO
Iron ?
42 and 44 California street
The Hamburg Bremen
FIRE JiSi
tNSUEBS   against   Lossae   by  Fire in  all  tiu
■   cities and towns in California,
At Greatly Reduced Rates.
For particulars apply to
MORRIS SPEYER,
138 Washington street, Saa Francisco.
All losses settled here iai Cash
immediately after the amount is ascertained.
ap30-3in
WATCH REPAIRING
;donebythe best workmen, under  our owr
section, and warranted for one year.   Watc
>r repair sent to us by Express are attended to
romptlyi
BARRETT & SJIERV/OOTJ,
135 Montgomery street,.
between Clay and Commercial streets,
3J-26 tf SAN FRANCISCO
vEEPME'CIC & niolD"LLIl5
WHOLES iLB DEALERS IN
BKOCERtES  AND  PROVISIONS;
Corner of Sacramento and Front streets,
SasR   Francisco.
-Third Monday of iat&afa
^OgUllarTorm...-Follrti,
:iTY OF LOS ANGELES
llli
■«6 IflSHIiff-TOW^Sgr
SAI FRANCISCO.
1 RE now recemng their stool, for the SPHIKI
A TRADE of
I    HEW AND FRESH GOODS,
and offers to country buyers the lamest and bo..
I'U-'s Hfinch 13, I-'iie-
lk   Hnnn(.   _.pv,-..- •>■>
IE   Ti.;il:0_  12, 1'att-
Sprijig 14,   .Tlcmnt.iiii'
'Ser-ry  10, Ken, Kiver
" ^.lEv.Vx^Yi-fiidi.
■'s  10-Hart's'ia   H:m
lir'l   TV
ells,  no
<> 12, Lu":
ro Vii   .iV>,
iAiigeleslS—distiinoe
Ies, Sun Jose 12, Kan-
-■■( Grande 10, Teme-
lVarncv'fi  Ilaitoh 10,
yi'Vini-.    y,   Carisso.
'-,  Al.imo  Miurlio   no
['■■■ 1
.   Yuri-
'■:■ USIj'rnii
>*.   to  Sivi
w.-itt'i-', 'i:
'-. Ifiot Kiioh 18, Fort
>-0 miles,  FiUibustw
We
Ihi).  i>
lia 40,
0, Murdei
■ev'  f*jt-.i .
12, Flap 'ja„k Ranch
■e 20, (,'ij;, I.;,,,,,], [7
onis-
280 mil
iif:o3T. ]-oi3iturMoun-
es.    Time, 71h. 45m.
::i:   _\ii!ii;.
/a^it i-i. ;
iUiil!D.\'
mid's, _-■■,,_ ivJro.j,
10,   Stein'..  Teak  35-
Micm-jvios'Hivor  Ki,
52, Fort Fillmore 14,
ce360 ttilea.    Timo,
miles, Canorlrus   3(lt
sa-l.Topi.'K Ciimp.ll,
^in.Ki.S.Ih.uH.onoh
Jlunlbonrno 30—.lis-
o-l, 12 miles, Monn-
!i',", '," ;..v
■I. Smith
'* 12, Clear   Ytnk 26,
3 such, tl
to sueh
'Hie Wool! and Willow Ware:
ESTABLISHMENT OF
HAWXHUR8T   A   S®i
IS still in lull operation, at their old stand, No.
39 SAC"!! A .'LENTO yTItl-.Mi', whtro will be
found the largest attock of goods in their lino on the
Pacific coast, inh2lj-6m
li.?.X'AlTrUL,.TIO.\\
0INES
gu'arant
!S   11,   YOKIS*
S 10, Shillml.
c SIS mile's.
MH.KS BOtrna
.. 4fi4 .. 80:00
.. 280 .. 72:J>0
.. 280 .. 71:46
.. SftQ .. S2:0O
.. 428 ..128:40
.' 283 ..  65:25
rt
. 192 .. 38:00
.  313  ..  48:55
.. 160 .. 11:40
■live minutes.
e in lonf.it.nd
and twenty-B
:ents pre-pays
..._v,.i ii leu.-i- ..ip".'iei: ui Sa-oamcnlo, or oth or
. tlie .(.-.(.Ler r-.iA.o ol' |io^i;i{;a ;,s reijinred for tile
efl places, as well sb all pel  its fur tier East.
nmlt
VOL. IX.
Cos 'uXtiQtlzs Qtax:
PUULISlCliD EVKBY SATURDAY MORNINO,
At No. 1, Pioo Buildings, Spring Street, Los
Angelerr,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
LOS   ANGELES,  CAL.,   SATTJBDAY,  MAY  14,   1859.
NO. 1.
Ittsiiwss Carbs.
TERMS;
f   SitbrHcription, per annum, in advance.
£ For Six Montlm,	
For.Three Months.	
Single Nnmber	
2 00
0 25
Ad'Vbbtissmbsts inserted at TwoDoliars per square
- of ten liuea, for the first insertion ; and Oue
Dollar per square for eachwutaequeut insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
AdHNTS.—The following gentlemen are anthor-
s ed Agents for the Star :
- l. 1". FtgHfin San Francisco.
Buusa & HunmcK, lJout Office San Gabriel.
Cot. Iha'Ciio>;p.l:oh Monte.
li. X. GHJaSfl  ....    Santa Barbara.
JiiuobD. A. Thomas SanBernapMno.
BELLA UNION HOTEL
M:£_±_a. Street,
LO!    HISElEi,
FLASHNER & WIISTON,
PROPRIETORS.
MTRIS HOTEL, so long known as the bepfc
in Southern California, having pase-MS Into
the hftndS.of the prwent Proprietors,  hue
been thoroughly reiiUed, and many additions made
to its accommodations.
Strangers, and gentlemen with their families, will
find tliis a:i ii.gi-eoable home, at all times.
Tbe table will be supplied, aa heretofore, with all
the delicneies of the market. oetii
LAFAYETTE (tOtCL.
'S^.^tX^x  Street,
OPPOSITE THE BELLA UArIO™_
.ILOS ANG£LES,
" " THIS Establishment offers superior in-
| ducemeiits to the traveling public, and es-
^■pcciilly to those wishing a quiet home. The
location ia desirable, the establiKinnent Inrge and
conimodious, with rooms—single and for families—
clean and well furnished, and a table wel! supplied
■with the choicest viands and delicacies of the season
—as is weil known by those who have favored the
houaa with their patronage.
The Proprietor will use every exertion, and neglect nothing, to give his guests entire: satisfaction.
-EBERIIAUD k KOLL.
Los Angeles, Deo. 11, 1858.
C.  E.   THOM,
Attorney and Counsellor at Lai
LOS ANGELES,
Office in Pico Buildings, Spring street. jy
E.   J.   C.   KEWEN,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
LOS ANGELES, Cat,,
Will practice in the Courts ol the Fibst Judicial
District, the Supreme Court, and the U. S. District Court of the Southern District of California.
Office, in Temple's iluiidiug, opposite Melius'..
store. Jan. 1st. 1859.
SLOAN & REYNOLDS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
OFFICE—En pleo's Brick miHCIIng,
Near the Court House, Spring Street,
B. W. F. SLOAN. . B- F. KETNOLDa.
Los Angeles, April i, 1859. ap3
DR. J. C. WELSH,
Wholes.!, and Retail
:D-£^1"X<3-CS-:EiS1,_
!       MA1JV STREET, LOS AJYGELE8.
jirii
feb_.
lit Ot Commorclal,
H.  P„   SWAIN,
RESIDENT BENTSSTj
LOS ANGELES,
Temple's Block, Main  street, nearly opposite
Comsncreinl street,
Entrance through Dr. T.J. White's Drug Store
WM. H. SHORE,
jan29 office with e. dhows.
To an Old Friend.
BS PARK BENJAMIN.
OUI friend ! though many a year hath flown,
And we havo somewhat wiser grown,
Since you and I first met—-
The love that in our bosoms grew
When life was rosy, fresh aud new,
13 blooiaing brightly yet.
Time brings a philosophic mind,
Time takes more than ho leaves behind—
Time is a thief of joys;
Times turns one's golden locks to gray,
Time draws a bill which all must pay—
Times makes old men of hoys.
Time with his sytlie and hour-glasa stands
To reap the harvest of our lands—
To shorten prosperous days ;
Time eats the keenest steel to rust,
Time crumbles monuments to dust-
Time robs ut. of our praise.
Much fault is found with Father Time,
In books and speeches, prose and rhyme,
But we will not upbraid ;
For he has left our hearts as young
As when in youth wo laughed and sung
In sunlight and in shade.
"Who snys that age makes friendship eoltU
A true affection ne'er grows old,
But lasts like mountain pines,
Whoso heads unfading verdure crowns,
Though winter darkens them with frowns,
Or summer smiles and shines.
I wish that round onr mutual souls,
While earth upon its axis rolls,
The vines of love that run
Might spread their tendrils and cmbracs
The cherished dear oneB of our race,
sire  to son
So that fro
.UNITED STATES HOTEL.
EilaJjn. Street,
Los  Asigreles..
i THE StTBSCEIBEft having teased tin
ery best style. Tbe
ed with everything I
y rare will be taken
,E_ HOTEL a com
rho Hotel is a BAK,
rigars are kept
rate to suit the feimPE
T. WEAVER.
J.os Angeles. Dec. 22, 185S
Hooiiijig 2 Hoofing S
f. P. RUSSELL'S   P.ITE.VT.
(EILUS,
.&
ii
CIS
haucd the pate
mention, for tlw
t eight of the above
purpose of supply-
a, dan Bernardino
1 to exeeute all or-
■ed.
& been the study of
ids
i cum
sure
Th
v..r:n:<>.'
OO'iissg iii
It would
the diirieuldc
.bored i
upon  tin ;
A  shingh
of rust ;t
i. and th
onvinced of its
not at
ears to com-
ove purport.
.ecay attend-
■ tniction  by
un and frosr, of the varioufi comnositiona used
otiug.    This he suceeedud in doing, and now,
six years of the severest trial we would invite
.. areful attention ot all interested in sue
believing that they will be fully
practical value both for durability aod e(
which respects we believe that its equi
prossnt known. This roofing cau readily be applied
to roofs of every description, cither steep or fiat, and
can be put on over shingles or tin, being much cheaper- than the first and at half the cost of the latter.
Two coats of the mastic put on over an old leaky
tin roof, will make it as good as new at one-third of
tlio cost. In preparing Tliis roofing a heavy drilling
or canvass is used, which is thoroughly saturated
with a perfectly water proof preparation, after which
it receives a thick coating, upon both sides, of the
flour of soapstone, which sets into the texture of the
canvaas, and gives it a firm body, making it very
otitic «iul durable. After the canvass, as prepared,
■oof, another coating ot mastic, which
Mighly filled with sand, is given it, maldng it
of in every respect.    By exposure, this coat
IB [lilt Up1
fi:
durab
.and u
of tin
firm and solid,
ed upon with pi
lvthing known; 8
itirrgly believe, f
yet discovered;
,rs, Etand as relir
first put on, without change ■
ask is, that a careful examm
and we feel convinced that it
mendation which we offer of
vou the names of some of
roofing, and to whom we arc
you a roof that
rfect impunity, and as
rid we do most candidly
r superior to anything
and atter a severe test
bio and good as when
■r decay. All that wo
ition may be given it,
vill bear all the rcconi-
uxed t
; thi
IM r
at liberty to refer:
iiltsct, -.10 ?t:i.osf: !'<>■
• mills,
kiunrrt
: T. &  J Lowe,
. l^n.lr
il, build
ar: E. B. Cole,
ion, bur
ldep;Jol
mson & Levett,
:d HcK
Btchnie,
builder: Tlins.
llyin.S
■.■Vi!!l..-K-.
ldenioil works.
cat. G.W. Cliii-
c. Ducommun,
WATCHMAKER AI^TD JEWELER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
JTasicy fl^oods, Boolta & Stationery,
TOBACCO, PIPES. CIGARS ;
—   ALSO,	
Window Glass, Gils and Colors. Varnishes,
Turpentine, &c. &c. &c.
The most varied and extensive stock on hand, to
s 3 ..... -e ;....   ™ ■ gepll
be found out of San Francisco.
mvoiiT-mi,
And Wholesale and lietail Dealer En
£\rre*--r.c*fl?    JiuglisH   and   Aiuerican
Da-y Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.     any 2
FLEISHMAN & SICHEL,
IMPORTERS AND   DEALERS   IN
Haxd.wa.re,   Croekeryj Paints,   Oils,
Sc, fife,
: BoIIdfng
Los Angeles Sicect.
PHINEAS BANNING,
Foy-war-iiiag   and   CojaamiissioM
BSercliant,
LOS ANGELES AND SAN PEDRO.     olO
E9WARQ N. MCDONALD,
Forwarding   and   Commission
M E R C H A N T .
LOS    ANGELES    AND    SAN   PEDRO.
ap23
JOHN G01LER. J. J. T0MLINS0N.
GOLLER ft TOMUNSON,
Fo I'm'ar dins   and   Commission
Men-clsants,
LOS ANGELES and SAN FEDRO, Oal.
R. E. Raimoi*i>, Agt. at San Erancisco.
July S, 1858. nov6
BACHMAM & CO,
■WUOLB3ALB AND RKTAIL DEALERS IN
Gfiocerics,  WhieB'  Liquors,     lothlng,    Har«l-
w-rc, &c,  &b.
Pioduec, Hides, and Wool taken lu exchange.
Los Angeles street, second house from Commercial street. Jan. 1st, 185'J.
FRANCIS   MELLUS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIN DEALER
In  Groceries, Hariri-rare, Paints,
Oils, Ac &c.
JUNCTION OF MAIN AND SPRING STREETS
LOS  ANGELES. ante
E. H. WORKMAN & BRO.
Saddlers and Harness Makers,
TEMPLE'S MARBLE FRONT BLOOK,
Will keep constantly on hand an assortment of
Saddles, Harness, &c. &c.
Ilr|)r_.a__-il!g <io>
I witli promptness.
Oct. 24th, 1868.
JOHN L. SMITH,
WORKER IN ASPHALTUM,
RESPECTFULLY i.f.rms Ihe citizens of Los
Anrreles, that he has permanently established
himself in this eity, and that any orders for
llooling, Fiuo.-!it;_, or Piwements,
will be promptly attended to, by leaving them at
the Bella Union Hotel, or this office. feb!2
 F. MF.LLUS,
Jnnetion Main and Bpring streets.
Anselos, Sept. 25, 18.8.
S^-XjiI? ^,€*>"Et   SSJk.XjOES.
lOOO Bags of Salt for sale, by
_n_s FKANOIS  HELLUS.
ss.^:d--->xJi:e_:o.-x-,.
M. EONTET,
» Trout or Coxbltt
HAS the honor to announce to the Publie, that
he still carries on his business at the old
stand, as above, and having in his employment
competent workmen, he is prepared to execute all
orders with which he may be favored, in the Manufacturing of
Pine Hant-»3,Ci!i-i'Iii i;c Kepalring,antt Alehdlng
Ofall kinds.
Also, everything In KlusSaddlety Business.
Los AngeleB, Nov. Slst, 1§5?.
Our large affections might survive,
And be as brightly kept alive
When we exist no more,
By those we leave to guard our fames,
And keep unstained our honest names,
As in the days of yore.
Old friend, :tis something in theso hours
Of work aud hurry when the flowers
Of'feeling scarcely bloom,
To feel that in.our hearts there growa
A plant rmid life's sands aod snows,
That may adorn our tombl
Council of the Oity of Los Angeles to contract a
loan Tor irrigation and other purposes," approved
April llth, A. D. 1859. and also another act of
the Legislature, entitled " Au act to authorise the
Common Council ofthe City of Los Angeles to extend the city limits," approved April 15th, A. D.
1859.
In the consideration of which you will exercise
tha most mature deliberation, so that anything
you may do iu this regard will be for the benefit
of the citizens generally, and at tlie samo time
not interfere with the vested rights of any ono.
The present salary of tbe City Attorney I believe to bo inadequate lo the services required of
him, and recommend that it be increased.
I would also Btate to the Council that I bave
boon informed hy a large number ef citizens, that
if an Ordinance should be passed hy your body,
for the purchase of a " Fire Engine," with Hose,
Hooks and Ladders, and the necessary apparatus,
responsible men will furnish tho same, and take
the scrip or bonds of the city for the payment;
payable in flvo or ten years, at tha legal rate of
interest, or less, provided you believe you have
the authority to do so, of which you can be advised
by the City Attorney; and believing it to he necessary for the protection of property, I would
suggest that you take into consideration the propriety of making such purchase.
Relying upon your desire to act for the welfare
ofthe city, in the discharge of your duties, I shall
at all times be ready to render you every assistance in my power.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
D. MARGHESSBAULT. Mayor.
Los Angeles, May 9th, 1859.
■■ ii " -'»^ ♦-
Mayor's Message.
To the Honorable, the Common Cauucil ofthe
City of Los-Angeles :
Having been elected to the office- of Mayor of
the City of Los Angeles at the last municipal
election, held in said city on the 2d day of May,
A. D. 1859, it becomes my duty, according to law>
as well as custom, to inform your honorable body
of the present financial affairB of the city, and to
recommend te your consideration such measures
as will, in my opinion, tend to the beat interest
and benefit ofthe city ; and, in doing eo, I have
your hocorable body have been selected [rom the
best of our citizens, and will discharge their duties faithfully, and to the credit of our city, now
daily increasing in wealth and population.
According to the best information I can obtaini
the city was in debt about six thousand dollars on
the first Monday of May, A. D. 1858, and is now in
debt about lhe sum of fourteen thousand three
hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twenty-eight
cents. The revenue of the city (or the past year
was about the sum of thirteen thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and four cents; and
the anticipated revenue for the present year, from
taxes, licenses, Ss€., will be about fifteen thousand
dollars. For further information, I refer you to
annual report of the City Treasurer.
I would recommend that the Committee oa Finances of your honorable body should examine in"
to the state of the finances of the city, and report
as early as possible, and that such report be pub
blished in one or more of the city newspapers, in
English and Spanish,
I would suggest the necessity of a committee,
to be appointed from your body, to compile the
Ordinances of the city, now in force, aud that they
be published in pamphlet form, for the convenience
the authorities, and the citizens generally ; and
that the Clerk of the Commou Council bo authorized to purchase tho necessary hooks, and that he
be required to keep in said books a fair record of
the proceedings of your body; and also a full and
complete statement oftbe affairs of the city ; so
that, at least onco a week, it can be ascertained,
by an examination of said books, the precise situation of the city's receipts and expenditures ; and
that said Clerk be empowered to act as Clerk of
the Mayor's Court, and that your honorable body
will fix his compensation, by a fee in each case, or
otherwise, according to your discretion.
I would also recommend that you appoint a
committee, from your body, to investigate, ascertain and report, as soon as practicable, as to the
amount of unsold lands belonging to the city, and
where such lands lie.
It is a well known fact that our streets are, and
have been for some time, in a bad condition, and I
would suggest to you the necessity of improving
and grading the same, where it may he necessary,
and keeping them in a cleanly aud healthy condition ; and lhat a foot-bridge be built across the
usual passing ofthe Loa Angeles river, by the
Monte road, and substantial bridges be built over
the different zanjas in the main streets of the city,
fliciently strong for the heaviest teams to pass.
It rests in your discretion to carry into effect
ouch laws and ordinances as are now in force, or
may be passed by you, for the distribution of water
within the city limits, for irrigation and other
purposes, and the appointment of a Water Steward
iu whom you can place confidence that the water
may be distributed according to the rights of all-
The city being now iu debt about the sum of
§15,000, or more, for which different persons now
hold the scrip or bonds of the city, I would recommend the establishment of a Cash Fund, to meet
the expenditures of the nest fiscal year, so that all
expenditures be paid in cash, and that you may
devise some means to extinguish the present city
indebtedness ; aad that, if scrip or bonds are issued for any indebtedness of the city, that they
shall ouly issue for the exact amount due, and no
more by reason of it being in Ecr'" or hnnda.
 „,_^^__=^^^^_    bonds.
rVoufd" furl her recommend to your attenti    .
an\ctof tlio Legislature  oi this State,  entitled \ _m.    	
•'Au Act to authorize the Mayor and Common' iy 0n ascertaining the amount ot the surplus in
AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Los Augeles to contract
a Loan for Irrigating, and other purposes.
The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Sectnoxi 1. The Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Los Angeles are hereby authorized
to borrow money for the purpose of municipal
improvement?, either of Irrigation, or for furnishing water for domestic purposes, and lighting the
Oity, and for any other purpose that may result
to the benefit ofthe City, ar.d belong to the legUi"
mate municipal powers of the corporation, to the
amount and in the manner hereinafter sot forth.
Sec. 2. The amount borrowed under the provisions of this Act shall not exceed two hundred
thousand ($200,000) dollars. The rate of interest shall not exceed twelve (12) per cent, per an.
num. The time of payment of the loan shall not
exceed twenty (20) years, nor be less than five (5)
years.
levels over "and abf6Ye' ^gfiSJBgy "t!&L%7fa''Vc\iVi;
the payment of the money borrowed, shall not exceed, in all, one (1) pepr cent, per annum on all
al and personal property, and the bonds or other
idences of indebtedness shall be issued in
amounts of one hundred (S100) and five hundred
($500) dollars.
Sec. 4. Whenever the corporaton of (ho City
of Los Angeles see fit to borrow money under this
Act, an ordinance specifying tho purpose for
which tho loan is to be contracted, the amount,
time of payment, rate of interest, specifying the
rate of taxation proposed to be levied and collected, to provide for the payment of the principal
and interest of the loan proposed, shall be passed
by a majority of all the members ofthe Common
Council legally qualified, at a regular meeting
thereof, and approved by tho Mayor.
Sec. 5. So soon as the Mayor shall have approved and signed the ordinance aforesad, he shall
cause notice tobe given of a special election,
which shall take place not less than three months
from the date of first publication, which notice,
together with Lhe ordinance, shall be published hi
Spanish and English for three months next pre-
ceedtng eaid special election, in some paper or papers publihed in Los Angeles City, at least onco
a week.
Sec. 6. At the special election aforesaid, each
voter shall cause to he written or printed on his
ticket, -'for the loan," or, "against the loan ;" and
if a majority of the votes thrown at said election
shall be in favor of the said proposed loan, then
the ordinance so voted on shall bo valid and iu
full force ; but if a majority vote against the loan,
then the ordinouce shall bo null and of no effect.
Sec. 7. The said amount of two hundred thousand (#200,000) dollars may be borrowed at different times, and in such amounts, as the corporation
may see fit. subject tho vote of the electors of the
City thereon, as aforesaid.
Sec. 8. For the purpose of paying tho intercs"1
on any debt or debts that may be contracted by
the aforesaid corporation under this Act, and
to provide for the payment of the principal of tbe
same when due, said corporation is hereby authorized to mortgage the rents and profits derived
from the improvements to be made wilh fhe money
borrowed under the provisions of this Act, and
also to levy and collect, in manner as prescribed
for the levying and collection of other taxes, a
special tax or taxes not exceeding the rate of one
(1) per cent, per annum, on all the taxable property in the City of Los Angeles, should the wh ole
of said amount of two hundred thousand (200,000)
dollars be borrowed, and in proportion should the
loan or loans made be less than the entire sum,
and said special tax or I axes shall continue to be
levied aud collected without increase or dimuni-
tion of the rate set forth in the notice of election,
provided for in section fifth, until the debt, to tho
payment of which the same is applicacle, shall be
satisfied.
Sec. 8. The moneys arising from the taxes
herein before authorized, shall be set apart by the
City Treasurer, constituting a separate Fund or
Funds, one Fund for each and every loan created
under this Act. The City Treasurer shall pay,
out of said Fund or Funds, annually, tho interest
accruing on the said loan or loan,s, respectively ;
and the surplus of the eaid Fund or Funds, after
such payment of interest, shall be applied as fol-
The said Treasurer, niinuully,   imniediate-
eaid Fund, or Funds, shall advertise for proposals
to the [holders of the debt or debts, hereinbefore mentioned, for tho cancellation of the principal ofthe same ; said proposals to ho sealed and
submitted to the Mayor and Common Council of
said Oity for approval, and the Mayor and Common Council shall approve and accept the proposal or proposals most favorable to said City, and
order such surplus funds to be applied accordingly : Provided, that the Mayor and Common Council may havo the power«lo reject all or any ol tbe
proposals made in any one year, and retain lhe
surplus money in such Fund or Funds, to be applied and paid on accepted proposals in the next
following year. But such surplus funds shall not
be applied to any purpose, other than the Batis"
faction of the specific ijflhi, for Ihe payment of
which thoy were collected ; nor i-:hall the Funds
created and authorized under this Act be mixed,
one with the other, but for each loan there shall
bo a separate Fund.
Sec. 10. The uotiee for proposal to holders oT
indebtedness,directed by the proceeding section,
shall be givcu in English and Spanish, in somo
newspaper or newspapers published in Los Angeles County, at least ouce a week, for one (1)
month proceeding the day fixed for the receipt of
such proposals.
Sec. 11. Tne Bonds, or evidencesof iudohted-
nes, which may be issued, under Ihis Act, shall ho
signed by the Mayor of said City, and tbe President ofthe Common Coucil, and countersigned by
tho City Treasurer ; and the Treasurer shall keep
a record of the samo, in a suitable book, setting1
forth amount, rate ol interest, when and to whom
payable, date aud on what Fund issued.
880.12. Upon the creation of any loan under
tho provisions of this Act, and previous to the receipt of any money under it, the City Treasurer
shall deposit! with the Common Council a good
aod sufficient bond, with three or more sureties,
approved by the Mayor and Common Council, in a
sum equal to double tho amount of sucli loan,
conditioned for tho due and faithful discharge of
his duty in receiving, keeping, and disbursing
such loan, for which services, in so receiving and
disbursing—which shall, in all cases, he upon the
order ofthe Common Council—he shall be allowed, upon the disbursement, two percent, on all
sums, and shall file a quarterly report, counting
from the first day of May of each year, setting
forth a full statment ofall receipts and disbursements, with tiie City Ccuucil.
Skc* 13. All and singular of the right, title,
interest, and estate of tho State of California held
by said state as eminent domain, is hereby granted
to the corporate authorities of the City of Lost
Angeies^ to the extent which may bo .required by
out the present confirmed limits of the said City,
for the purpose of making a water-ditch or water-
ditches, dam or dams, a reservoir or reservoirs.—
The Mayor and Common Council of the said City"
are hereby invested with all the privileges, pow
era, and rights, now conferred by law upon raiL
road companies, in and about tho right of way
over, and the right of entering into, and tho right
of appropriating and nudermining, for tlieir own
use, any lands that they or their officers, may
judge necessary for tho suitable prosecution and
success of their water-improvements, by section
twenty-seventh of said Act, as amended on tho
tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred ouil
fifty-five.
AN ACT to'authorize the Common Council of tho
City of Los Augeles to entend the Oity Limits,
The People of the State of California, represented iu Senate and Assembly,  do enact as fol
io-
Section 1. The Common Council of tho City
of Los Angeles, by and with the consent of tho
Mayor of said Cily, is hereby authorized and empowered to extend lhe limits of the City of Los
Angeles, one thousand five hundred yards, or less,
on any one, or all of its sides, beyond the preseut
boundary lines of the said City.
Sec. 2. All Acts, or parts of acts, In conflict
with the previous of this Act, aro. hereby re]
■uM  ♦ » >  Ba...       	
Pbofouxd REi-nKirrtoN.—I have often observed,
at a public entertainment, that where there is
anything particular to be seen, and everybody
wants particulate to see it, everybody Immediately stands up, and effectually prevents- everybody
from seeing anyling.
■
Giving Himself Auisj.—A Weimer letter states
that Listz, the i_reat piano forte player, has given
iu his resignation as director of lhe opera Of that
place, in consequence oltho coldness with which
fhe "Barber of Dagdud," composed by his pupil
Cornelius, had been received.
A certain barrister, who was remaikaho for
coming iuto court with dirty hands, ob.-e:ved"lhat
he had boon turning over Coke." "I should havo
thought that it was coals you had been turning
over,1' observed a wag.
A Frenchman, wishing to speak of the cream of
the English poets, forgot the word, and said " do
butter of poet.1.-'7 A wag said that he had fairly
churned up the Pmglish language.
A writer in one of our exchanges epcaks of a
friend of his that lias always been accustomed to
the pen.   Is the firiend an author or a pig ?
It is said that the hunger for gold increases
witb ago. That's wby so many old people always
have it in their mouths.
A schoolmaster in Texas advertises that he is
prepared to teach tho juvenile undegtowth of
that couutry how to shoot.
Roast Beef, serenity of mind, a pretty wife, and
cold water baths, will make most any mau healthy,
wealthy, and wise.
We seldom find people ungrateful, so long as we
are in a candition to reader tbem service.
Saiisapaiulla.—Dr. Becker, of Boon, on llio
Rhino, so well known for his experiments on tho
digestion of articles of food and ailment, has, by
experiment, discovered that Sarsaparilla bad none
of those wonderous porifoiDg properties ur-mdly attributed to it, and that it is a useless and expensive, hospital drug. This but confirms the opinin
which has been previcusly expressed thiough our
columns.— Sicentiftc American.
Lever, in one of his stories, tells of a dashing
individual who boiled his hams iu Sherry Wine ;
whereat au boneat Hibernian exclaimed, " I wisdi
I wts a pig them times myself."
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