S>m immim %WxBtmtdB.
107 03.a,3r Street,
OFFER FOR SALE
Alcohol ;
Castor Uil ;
Tartaric Acid ;
Blue Vitriol ;
Fresh Hops ;
Camphor;
Cream ofTartar ;
Sal Soda ;
•Seidlitz Powders;
Borax ;
Strychnine ;
Flavoring Extracts ;
Shaker's Herbs 5
Epsom Salts;
Sup. Carb. ol Soda,
Bay Rum,
Mustang Lininrent,
Alum,
Bristol Brick,
Sal tpetre,
Irish Moss,
Canary Seed,
Jamaica Ginger,
Gum Arabic,
Indigo,
Calabria Licorice,
Sassafras Brirk,
Townsend's Sarsaparilla,
Sand's Sarsaparilla,
Cooper's Isinglass,
Yellow Wax,
Copperas,
And a full and complete assortment of tleslralbli
DRUGS   AND   MEDICINES.
R. & CO. respectfully solicit, orders from the
conntiy, and will guarantee satisfaction, in every
particular, to those who favor them with their custom. ap25 3
Um ixindm %)skxim\mk.
To Parties Claiming Pay mien t from
the United States for loss and destructleii of
Property daring tiie Wat' With. DleZtOt).
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims prosecuted by the undersigned before tho Court ot
Claims at Washington, can receive all the necessary information on the subject, and have their
Claims promptly prosecuted on application to O.
MORGAN, Los Angeles.
au<* 2 J. 1>. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
Soulhern Dispatch Line
Mt.  SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
-Sh^TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
MllllS LINE is composed of the favorite clipper
_L  schooners
LAURA BEVAN, Captain F. Morton ;
JULIUS PRINGLE. J. S.Garcia;
S. Lb IJAILEV, N. Hiller;
ARNO, Wm. Hughes.
Which will run regular hereafter as above, lulling freight and passengers on the most   favorable
terms, 10 which every care and attention will be
paid.
Arrangements are in progress by wliich a rosu-
r Weekly line of Schooners will be established,
iling from San Francisco, without fail, every
Saturday.
For further particulars apply to any of theprin-
pal merchants at Los Angeles, San Pedro, or
Santa Barbara. N. PIERCE,
Proprietor of the Line, at San Francisco.
Office—Corner of Market and Last streets, lower
building, (up stairs.) where goods will be receipt
ed for and forwarded free of storage and dray-age
auglG
MBIT TREES! Mil 11!
SMITH & WINCIIELL'S
COMMERCIAL NURSERY,
SAN   JOSE,
Received from tbe State Fair of 1856
THE  FIRST  PR-MUffl,
5§§ HAVING become the Agent for the £
„_!!____, above Nursery, and having made ar- _
raugements for a constant supply ol'Trees from
the same, I now invite all persons who contem
plate planting an Orchard, Garden, or a Single
Tree, to call aud examine my STOCK before pur
chasing. If it is not convenient for all to corni
personally, theu delegate some friend or Business
Ageut to examine for you. or order directly fvom
me a Sample Lot of such trees as are wanted.
I have arrangements with other Nurserymen
aud Gardeners for a supply of such minor fruits
and trees as mav be necessarv in order to keep a
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of everything "
this line.
The list below comprises a portion of what I
now offer at very LOW RATES.
100,000 FRUIT TREES,
Ofthe various kinds, consisting iu part, of the
following;
APPLE,
From one to three years old. from four to ten feet
high, of fine symmetrical form, well branched,
and ol all the choice varieties.
PEAR,
Dwarf and Standard of nearly all ofthe best va
rieties.
CHERRY,
From four to twelve feet high, very fine and thrifty, including many of the leading varieties.
PLUM,'
Of the usual varieties, also some of the choicest.
PEACH,
One and two years old, ot fine growth and of th*
leadiug varieties, also iu dormant bud very low.
NECTARINES,
One and two years old, of choice varieties.
APRICOTS,
One and twe vearr* o,d. ot clioice varieties.
CURR.tl.Yt- BUSHES. Bed and White Dutch.
GOOSESERRY BUSH/•.S.rlouginon'sSeed
ling una* English.
RASPBERRY BUSHES, Antwerp, Fran
coniaand Kaatotff.
STRAWBERRY PLtl.YTS, Longtvorth's
Proline, British Queen. Hovny's Seedling, Blacl
Prince, Large Early Scarlet and Boston Pine.
ORNAMENTAL   TREES,
SHRUBS, PX.ANTS,  &.G.,
Furnished at Nurserymen's prices.
Orders sent through Post Office or Express,
promptly attended to. Treess packed for any dis
tance.   TERMS CASH.
C. W.   LECOIflVT,
dec27 3m        99  Davis Stt Pet.  San Francisco
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REPRINT OF TIIE
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AX 11 THE
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OF THE LATTER PUBLICATION.
L   SCOTT & CO., NEW YORK, continue to publish the following leading British Periodicals, viz.r ■
I.
Ths London Quarterly, Conservative.
The Edinburgh Eeview, Whig.
The North British Eeview, Free Church.
The Westminster Review, Liberal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Tory.
ThosePevio'ircrtls abh- vopvo^ent tin- Hire,, _roat pnlin
jstttt Jfraittisw IMcrfcenmik
J. M. Strobridge .& Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL AND SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. JVicholns Hotel,
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^FFER the latest and most c<im).l.)te u-
tof
OVFKTl tlie I,....-..  -—.,.._.
clothing   and   Gentlemen's   FUrnlshlng
Goods ever ujientid in tian Fr.mcisco.
We are receiving peruvury .steamei from our Manufactory fn New Yuri;,
The Itntest and most li'ashiomible Styles
A-.ixy RibbedCaaalmert) and Cloth Bur-ines. Suits, etc.
Also, a large ftaaaitment of Hats and Caps eonstantlj
Fine Wtdie and Chech Linen and Cottou Shirts.
Mho Silk, Miaaao :■ a I Cotton Uiiiloi'shirts and Drawers
Collars, handkerchiefs. Gloves:
English, Merino and Cattail J Wil" ITos., etc., etc.
Gentlemen's  Furnishing   Goods
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TO dCIESTIFIC A.N0 PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.
Hv Henry Stephens. F. R. S.' of Edinburgh, and the !at>
J. I'. Morton, !>_:>.:....oi' at Hwicntiiic Apiculture in Yah
College. New Haven, 2 vols. Roval Octavo. 1G00 pia'^ea.
aud numerous Wood and Steel Engravings.
This is. confessedly, the most complete work on Agricul
ture ever published, and in order to give it a wider circulation the publishers have resolved to  reduce the price tc
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gon the price will be ST. To every other part of the
Union and to Canada (post-paid), SO. .SSf* '-t'Els ivorhin
.vox thu old " Book of ikt Farm."
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EMBROIDERIES.
LACKS.
RIBBONS:
MEN'S,   WOMES'S,   &   CHILDREN'S
HOSIERY,
OP   EVERY     DESCRIPTION.
GLOVES,   CR.ft.VATS,
Collars, Shirts, Drawers.
AMERICAN, JPNGLIS1I FRENCH AND
to£RMAN
FANC^  GOODS.
BY  LATE  ARRIVALS   OF
STEAMERS  AND CLIPPERS.
HUGHES & WALLACE,
105 and 107 Sacramento St.,
dec27 3mis SAN FRANCISCO.
Turner's Ginger Wine,
rpHE MEDICAL FACULTY THROUGHOUT THE UNION
J_ h*T8acknowledged thi'- *i be one of the best family
aedicines now iu use.   By ca,^^ical process it has beeu
Alterative, Tonic & Anti-B>ys3>esjttie
properties, far superior to tbose found in any other medicinal beverage yet discovered.
Tlie Medical Faculty
of theStsAe of New York, prescribe it in almost every
case for debility and In. .-Undo, owing to its so-.thing effects on the r-y stein, and the absence of ali injurious miu-
The Tstv':;evBvotilers have in their possession nu-
It has been Analyzed
y the most eminent chemists of New York City and Buf-
LOS ANGELES STAR
I'ttii Iriittiitg (fsMIisjprat.
SPRING STREET, adjoining tbe U. S. Land Offiee,
The proprietor of the Los Angeles Star, would respect',
fully inform his frieuds and the public, that he hai
just received a large and varied assortment of new inateri
»l,and is now prepared Lo execute the following deacrip
tionsof
PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB  r»3E:i.X3>a-T,I3«JrC2i-B
In the I}.est stylt ot the Art.
Books, Circulars, Law Blanks,
Pamphlets, Cards; Bills of Hxchangi
BillHeads, Deeds, Bank Checks
Labels, Notes, Programmers,
Posters, Billets, Bills of Fare.
i.ad  every deEcription of Printing that may be required
'■^^e^'-IXj^
119 mict 131 Sdera-monto Street  fSaii Pi-anolbco
nnd 87, 81>, UO, ami 'Jl, Nev/ Addition, Lcijies-
dorff street.
The Price of LODGING Is now REDUCED to
$3?T 50 and 75 cents per Night.
-UT CHEER JEK
SEWING   MACHINES.
GR0VER& BAKER'S PATENT,
S. 0. BEIGHAM, Sole Agent.
OFFICE :
No.  63  Sansoras str«et,  ISnct^vccn
€aIaffo5-iB.a and Pine,
SAN   FBANCLSCO.
\r^?f"Xcedk'F, Silk, Linen and Cotton Threads, ir
all tbeir varieties, constantly ou band, , feb7
Los que Padszoan! Lean!! Lean!!
EL GRAN REMEDIO ITALIANO
DE DR. PAREIRA,
Para la eierta y /-fleas cura de las infermedades
de una naturaitza prioada, sin hacer cuso del
tiempo que se lia durado y sinmalos ef actus at
sistemu o sinponerse en dieta.
Huucuselin  faltado—Ki  puede fsilta aCurar.
*;iio, where ihe Tan
e daily thou
it become, liistthev
wheii their stills are
THIS EXCZ:.T.'!-:XT WIXEis ploawftut to the taste, and
tbe strictest nd vacate af tamiw.raiuce caanot iliscover any
intcxiciitiiisr quality in it. It is wholly free from-all fiub-
Ntances that are injurious to health, lint uu the contrary
its effect.* on the system of either invalids, or persons in
robust health, are ofthe most, ben ali cirri ac-scriiriion.
Caucioai to tlie Public.
reputation awarded to Turner's Ginger-Wine,
Th
aid the
ofp
eEa
in this State, has been the meiirjs of putting i
-.hcroarhet Many :-i'::i;i(;_!a-Airfjcl.,-;^—:rM?ii:Lr.!r,.ar in
a-lvch Turner Brothers i-.ave had engraved .>n a .Tia-a.ia.A'
x splendid uew hi bei. which is copyrighted and oaxxot ]
rouaaaa-aa-aTi-a; oa urnavn-:!). without an infraction of il
'■opvri'>ht law. Tliis lab'-l ha.s a correct portrait of tl
rurner Brothers: six in nnmber. and nn bottle that h;
label will con lain the genuine Gingei
tado- Uuidos.    Eli
Unpi
plea i
this
feited the label lately used by
We
iallv
;h« Turner Brothers
■'TXGW.WINEtoexr-
tho
thei. i
■rilliei
i asteel plr.ie surrounding the
tion — - Ti-RXI*R---. Civci-a. V.-INia preparrra bv TnraK
TiaoTiri-aaa Xew York, Buffalo', (N. Y.) and Sau Franciscf
California."
«S.CORDIALS. SY'HUPR, AXD BITTERS of every cfi
scription. manufactured by
TURNER BROTHER"-,
i Market street, opposite the Orphan Asylum,
*    Sy25 SiS FRANCISCO.
Toilcjs los qixe iiseu, lo Cur.iian I : :
a seirui-idad. despacho y a cierti) que ningun
No  tomas falsas   nostrums,
a remedio que ha shla probado   por  lot   cin
iasa'losy que nose lia faltado.
GOARDAN8E DE FALSAS Al'ARIENCIAS.
.-ioT;:iv' PEEOl LA EN .: i';..*.."   Para neAer par D. Bab
"■andwlch a quit .1 tfl tt nrftpneii bail   de - tKr llrijiaos
almente.     Un dtscuento liberal para los ijue coiuprjui par
D. BABCnCE. Drogner'o IMayor.
VSli Calle de Clay fm l-i-ancisco. '
Tambien para vender por J. B. WINSTON,
Drogerero Los Angelea.
I-Is'n rt« rVgcntirs ™ el Estado.
Dr. .T.B. WT(-STOX. Los Arnrelee.
R. K. ^TAliKWCATHKR.  V.ni'v.u d"la. Ciudad. Saeramento
"UOr*. nn;--|--ry Y TA., TSoticai-ios Marysville/
W. II. BEUSES, Botica de Tuolumne, Sonora
POSt Offices
1 me rloan Em
dviao S
tsbland	
»d PoitMufni
OFFICIAL railECTORY.
....D 6 Ma
.. 1' W Wtn-s
TT Hooper
Amador     1) Towiiseiid
'..Butte Nathan Plum
.Merced T Kaglesou
Stnte Oovcrnmeiit.
J, NEELY JOHNSON, Governor.
Roheet M. Andi-rhon, Lieutenant Governor.
D. W. Dougloaa, Seoretai-J ol'State.
Geo. H. Wliitman, Controller.
James L. English, Treasurer.
Jolin H. Brewster, Surveyor General.
Wm'. T. Wallace, Attorney General.
A. J. Moulder, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
W. O. Kibbe, Quartermaster General.
James Alien, State-Printer.
Wm. Baustnan, Private Secretary to the Gover-
XTnlled   Stales  ."Mr.<ric.i. Courts.
For the Northern District of California.—Orr.
den Hoffman, Jr.,judge ; John A. Monroe, clerk ;■
Jas. Y. McDuffie, marshal. Regular terms, first
Monday in Juue and December of each year. Special terms at the option of the judge.
For tke Southern District of Calif ornia,—I_S.
K. Ogier, judge ; C. Sims, clerk ; E. Hunter, marshal. Regular terms, lirst Monday in Jnne at
Monterey; lirst Monday In December at Los An-
geles. Special terms at the option of the judge.
Tlsiltcu States Circuit Court.
For the District of Calif ornia.—M. II. McAlis-
ter.judgc ; Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk.     Regular
term, first Monday in July of each year.    Special
terms at any time alter thirty days notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon HeydenfeUlt, Chief Justice ; David S.
Terry, Hugh S. Murray, Justices. Regular term,3
of the Supreme Court commences on the lirst Mondays of January, April, July, and October.
district judges.
1st, Benjamin Hayes ; 2d, Joaquin Carrillo ; 3d-
Craven P. Hester ; 4th, John S. Hagar ; 5tli, Chas-
M. Creanor ; Bth, Alonzo S. Monsan ; 7th, E. W.
McKinstry; 8th, J. M. Peters; !Hh, W. P. Dan-
gerfield; 10th. William T.Barbour; llth, John
M Howell; 12th,Edward Norton ; lyih, E.Burke j
14th. Niles Searles ; 15th. J. S. Pilzer.
TERMS 01' COUKT.
The First District Court holds its terms in Los
Angelas ou tlie third Mondays ol March, July .mil
November; in San Diego, the third Mondays in
April, August and December ; in Sau Bernardino
lhe third Mondays of February, May and October
United States Land Office for the Southern District of California:
Augustin Olvera, Receiver ; Waller H.Harvey>
Register.
Customs Department—(San Pedro).
Collector--0. E. Carr ; Deputy—J. F. Stephens
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Los Angeles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burditk, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the counties of
Lot Angeles, San Bernardiuo and $a?i Diego,
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY  OFFICERS.
Countv Court—Wm. G. Dryden. Judaic-
Shenfl—Elijah Bettis; Under Sherifl—Wm. IL
Peterson.
County Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—Autonio F. Coronel ; Deputy
—J. II. Coleman.
County Surveyor—II. Hancock.
Public Administrator—-M, Keller.
Superintendent of Public Schools—John; Wi.
Shore, counly clerk,'e:t officio.
District Attorney—C. E. Thom.
Coroner—A. Cook.
County Clerk— John"W. Shore ; Deputy—J, A.
Hineliman.
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors—W. M. Stockton, Tomas
A. Sanchez, R. C. Fryer, Stephen C. Foster, Felix
Bacbman.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Las Angeles—Justices of the Peace— Rn?seH
Sackett, J.   S. Mallard.      Constables—U ni."  H.
Peterson, R.B. Barker.
CITY. OFFICERS.
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal—vi. C. Getman ; Depu1v~E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
City Attorney—C. E, Thom.
City Assessor—Benj. S. Eaton.
City Council—Anlonio F. Coronel, Juan Barre,
John Frohliug, Hiratu McLaughlin, A. Ulyard,
George Carson, Joseph Mullaly.
SAN' BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. AL Thomas.
County Treasui er—Samnel Rolfs.
Counly Assessor- James Henry Rollins.
County Surveyor— Alyin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Public Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis Eam.es.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
Comity Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff— Robert Cliit.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaux, N. Taylor, Wm.
Cox.
Yreka. ...Siskiyou..
Tlie Law or ViexusQajtevs*
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue Iheir subscription.
2. If subscribers order tlieir papers di;-continued.
Publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers- neglect or refuse to take their
papers Irom the oflice or place to which tin y are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them.
4. I! subscribers remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts bave decided that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, 01 removing
and leaving it uncalled for,.is prima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
of the regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three mouths, of papers notlaken
from their office by subscribers.
Distances.
Thefollowing table of distances was measured
with a viaineter,by Capt. Warner, ofthe U
S. Topographical Engineers, in the summer
Of 1848 :—
From Sau Fraucisco to Mission Dolores. .21 miles.
"       " Sanchez Ranch 17
"       " San JIaleo 21
**        " Santa Clara... 48
"        " San  Jose   fil
"        " Murphy's 70
" San Juan 94
"       " Salinasriver lia
"        « Monterey 125
"       " Mission Soledad 1(16
"       " Ojilos 2(ifi
"        " San Miguel 21(7 ■
"       " Brakes' Ranch 258
i: " Sauta Margpxita... 265
" (; San Luis Obispo.. ..276
"       " Capt. Dana's 299
Los Ab
 $21
Sanla Inez..! ,„
Gaviota Pass 852
Arroyo Hondo 869'
Dos Pueblos *.70
Santa Barbara    387
Carpentaria ..'5!)S
Rincon 402
Bu uaveiitura 415
Santa Clara river.   . .421
Canega 475
Los Angeles..., ,\. .485-
Los Coyotes,.......504
Santa Ana \ ,515
Juau Avila's , . .535
San Juan Capistrano.542
LosFloros 5(i2
San Luis Rcy 573
San Diego ei2i
tijaeU
VOL. VII.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,  MAY   30,   1857.
NO. 3.
■£05 Angelea Star:
-PUBLISHED EVERY SATDRDAY MOUNtNG,
At No. 1, Pioo Buildings^, Spring Street, adjoining the U. S. Land Office, Los Angeles,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum, in advance. .$5 00
For Six Months,  3 00
For Three Months  2 00
Single Number  0 25
AnVEiiTSSEMENTS inserte   at TwoDollars per square
; of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Agents.— The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Star :
Ii''. P. .FishRU. Saw Frarte.iaco.
Burns-& Buiimcm, Post Office San Gabriel.
■ Wium.Bii ta Kino' MoiiU.
Col. Ira T80HP8QK Xante.
R. N.Gr.KNN Santa no.rhn.ro..
JudqeD. A. Thomas San Bernardino.
_mw& Carts.
C. E. THOM, C. SIMS.
THOM & STMS,
Attorneys and Counsetlora at Law.
OFFICE—ON MAIN STREET,
(Opposite ilu- Bella Union Hotel.) anl
-Tolxxx  "W\   Sliore
COUNTY CLERK.
Fees   pnyable   invariably   In   advance.
BELLA UNION HOTEL
LOS   AW GELES.
TLASHNEK & BREMERMANN,
PROPRIET ORS,
THIS HOTEL, bo long known as the best
[Jin Southern California, having passed into
iI~___hmV t,\ie hands of the present Proprietors, has
been thoroughly refitted, and many additions made
to ita accommodations
Strangers, and g 'iitlomen with their families, will
fiad this an agreeable home, at all times).
The tabic will be supplied, as heretofore, with all
the delicacies of tlie market. myi
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMME&Ct&L
TAR subscriber respectfully informs the p ablicgenura.il y that
he will keep constantly  on  hand,
■w     and will manufacture to order,
Coaches, Buggies, Wagons, Carts <
io a neat anil workman like [jianner. He has ou hand and
(or-ale a tine r.tock of Eas.orn White Oak and Hickory
Plank andaxela. He keeps constantly on hand a large variety of Cart and \ia^-iy ~v\v:i-U, ipok.es-, Pellofts, Shafts,
N«c"k Yokes, Oo able and fin^letrefis
Horse Shoeing and Blacksmitliing
in all its various branches,executed with lJrol_ll)tneK^ and
pdisatch. 1'articalav ;i.t .(-titiou will bo aaven tothe manu
tacture *nd repair of PLOWS, HAHROWS, and other Farm-
ing (Jntensils. He liaK an uxtensivo assort incut of Iron ax.
«1b, Springs, Bolts, Plow and Spring steel, and other mate,
rialpertaiuing to thebasLuoss. too amneroufr to meutiou.
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmitlis' Coal,
With none but the best of workmen in his employ, he
(eels confident that he can give entire aatiafactioi t" hiw
JOHN GOLLER.
OFFICE   JiArD   DRUG    STORE,
LOS ANGELES  STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.   .
1'RTVATE   RESIDENCE—ROWE'S BUILDING,
MAIN STREET. un 7
WOULt) inform liis f'ri''n'lft and tlie public,tbat
hu now occupies a room onR.equeoaptreGt.in
the city of'Los Angelop, where be may be consulted at all bourf, (except when abroad 10 vipit the
[ sick.') He will be happy to confer with all thope
who wish his council or med cal aid, A full and
unbroken confidence may be entrusted to him in
any one or other c;ise ol disease to which the human system is made hisir. He will puccepsfully
treat all indolent ulci^rp. tumorp, swellings, aft
scesses and FCTofula; and will give particular at-
tention to the treatment and cure ot diseases of
the Eye. oct.18
SOLOMON   LAZARD,
IMPOKTKB,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
French,    I nglisti   and   American
Dry   Goods.
Corner of Melius Row. Lob AngeleB.      aug 9
The Queen's English,
BY   HOOD.
Ab ft horse is a sea horse
When you see him in the Bea ;
But when you see him in the bay
A bay horse then ia he.
Of course a race course isn't coarse }
A fine is far from fine ;
It is a saddening sight to see
A noille pine tree pine.
If miners are all minors, Ihen
Their guardians get iheir gains;
All glaziers extra pains shoul-i take
To put in extra panes.
A bat ahout a farmer's room,
Not long ago I knew.
To fly.   He caught a fly, and then
Flew up the chimney flue.
But snch a scene was never seen—
I am qn te sure of that—
As when with sticks all bands essayed.
To hit tbe bat a bat.
" How do.you do?" sayB Sal to John,
" So. so," replied he,
■'Bow do you do?" sai-i John to Sal,
"Sometimes sew, sew,'' said she.
. A kitchen made is often made
To burn her face or broil it;
A lady will do little else
Than toil it at her toilet.
'Tis punishment for mc to pun,
;Tis trifling void of worth,
So let it pass unnoticed,
Like due tliat;s due to earth.
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwurdiiig and 8 om mission Merchant,
San Pedro and'Los Anqei.es. Cal,,
un7 HL REaD( Agtut,  T..«»s Angeles,
R. E. RAIMOND. No. Wb Front strett, Agent
at San F-ancisco.
3rL€4.11^Xa. Emerson
GIVES NOTICE TO TIIE KANCHEROS AND
Butchers ol this vicinity tbat he will give the
highest price for Hides, Calf,- Sheep, aud Goat.
Skins, and for Wool.
■70S~ Liberal advances made en contracts for
the coming clip of Wool.
A general assortment ol Red- wood' and! Pine
Lumber, for sale at the Lumber Yard on Alameda
street, near Aliso street.
Office™A lm.ed.ti Street, one doot from the corner oi" Aliso street; anl
BIiAOKSMITH 1
CAEPvIAGE SHOP,
By h. Mclaughlin & buo.,
LOS AXtiEUES STKEET,
Opposite Melius' Building.
WE take tbe present opportunity to inform tbe
public, that we are prepared to do all kinds of
Work pertaining to our business in a manner that
cannot be surpassed in this city, and at as reasonable
rates as the high prices of stock will justify.
We are now building some of tbe best WAGON?
that ever have been built in the Southern couutry.
]^~01d castiugs bought at SI per hundred pounds.
febu h. Mclaughlin & bro.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for unvented horses,
or cattle of our brands ; cr they will  be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMINGUEZ.
Bep20—tf JESUS Ma.COT\ tie DOMINGUEZ.
ATWILL Sl CO.
Vt% Washington Street, San Francisco,
SHEET, CARD, and BOOK MUSIC,
ffflAW© _J®BM8.
And other Musical Instruments.
iTRIKGS and Reeds, fur Violins. Guitars. Clarionets, &c, &c.    Also, a large wholesale stock of
FANCY GOODS AUD TOYS,
Billiard Balls, Wax and Oue Leathers, Flags of all
nations, Boxing Gloves. &c. &e. Together with all
kinds of "Yankee Notions," useful or amusing.
Goods packed with great care and forwarded with
promptness.
All orders should mention by what boat or Express cempany the goods ;u-e required to be sent.
apll ATWILL & CO. Vl% Washington st.
FURNITURISli!
FOR   SALE,
ALAMEDA WTREET.
Clmlrs, Bureaus, Sofas,
Single and Double Bedsteads, Wash Stands
Dining and other TahleB,
Teajfoj-s,   iziiiconc-.ros, arm
Toilette Tahlcs, &c. Sic. Sic-
LUMBEB.
KEDWOOD and PINE LUMBER.
GAMBRINUS BKEWERY.
THE best ALE and BKER manufactured, and'al
ways on  hand.    Delivered to city customer:
without extra charge.
Coopering ami Repairing off Barrels, &c. &c.
An assortment of Barrels always on hand,
K. MESSER, Proprietor.
S'
Wholesale and Retail.
NEW BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c.
HELLMAN & BRO.,
BEG to inform the public tbat, having removed
to their new store. Los Angele- street, where
they have increased facilities for business, tbey
have now on hands the largest and best selection
of goods in their line ever before offered iu Los
Angeles, comprising—
BOOKS—English St Spanish, embracing every
Department of Litcature.
STATIONERY, of every description. Playing
Card*.
SEOABS,  Tobacco, and AJatches.
FANCY GOODS—a choice aiid extensive sa
Sortment.
CUTLER Y—of all kinds.
RIBBONS.   Combs,   Seioing  Silk,  Perfumery,
Toys,  Candy, S{c   Stc.
All of which will be disposed of on the lowest
terms, lor cash.
HELMANN A ERO.,
Melius Row. Ea-t side Los Angeles street.
August 3th, 1856.
PAPER   HANGINGS
Just Received, per late Arrivals,
FRANK BAKER,
110 and 112 Clay streetj San Francisco
6000 rolls French and American Borders ;
300 pieces Tapestry Velvet Carpet;
625 pieces Tapestry Brussels carpet;
230 pieces three-ply carpet;
300 pieces superfine ingrain carpet;
350 pieces extra fine ingrain carpets ;
200 pieces cotton and wojI carpets;
125 pieces stair carpets, assorted ;
275 pieces Bay State druggets;
800 pieces oil cloth, assorted ;
125 pieces silk damask and brocatellc ;
800 pieces cotton and worsted damask ;
4000 pair window shades;
315 pair lace curtains;
*750 pair muslin curtains ;
8000 cornices and curtains;
325 doaen mats, assorted.
"   Stair Rods, Table Covers, Gimps, Fringes, &c.
Wholesale and lUt.nil, toy
FRANK BAKER,
110  and  il^Clav street.
Orders from the country filled with care and dispatch, mayft Sm
San  Bejrxx-Ei^cfl.ixio
NEW   STORE.
LEWIS JACOBS begs  to inform his friends and
the public of SAN BERK AUD I NO, that he has
Re-com men ceil Business,
in the NEW BRICK BUILDING, opposite the
Office of the Countv Clerk, where he now offers for
their inspection an entirely NEW STOCK OF
GOODS. Dry Goods and  Groceries—on the very
lmvi_?t terms.
c- Jan. 1st, 1857.
Established in 1849.
ONE OF OUR FIRM is at present travelling in
Europe, where be is collecting and forwarding
to us by every steamer, the most splendid stock ol
WATCHES AM JEWELRY
ever imported into this State. Our Watches cannot be surpassed ibr substantiality and time-keep
ing. Our Jewelry is selected with tbe greatest
care, aud nonebut the most tasteful goods made
of the finest gold arc allowed to leave our estab
lishment.
Q-ULCirtsa Jew^elry
We manufacture on the premises.   AVe are the
inventors of the art, and keep ahead of all com-
L.   P.  FISHER'S
ADVERTISING   AGENCY
San  Francisco,
''■' Office. Iron Building, corner of Montgomery and
Washington streets.
; AGENT FOR THE WIS AXGEM5S STAR.
PC" WATCH REPAIRING-   .
i, done by the best workmen, under our own in-
Srion. and warranted for one year. Watches
for repair sent to us by Express are attended to
""""bABBETT & SHERWOOD,
135 Montgomery street,
between ClaY and Commercial streets,
jy2S if S^1 y^CTSCO,
(From La Presse.)
The Comet of June 13, 1857.
It is truly lamentable to see the exedement produced by the indiscretion of a journal, which pronounced as the prediction of a German astronomer
the destruction of the world by a c<>me', on the
I3tb of June next. This ridiculous news, repeated by the, echoes great and small, has spread over
Europe with amazing rapidity. It is now the
universal topic of conversation in every class of
society. What is there—not to speak of truth,
but—ol probability in this prediction relative to
the comet said tobe expected on the 13ih of June?
Nothing—absolutely nothing. In the first place,
what is. the name of the German astronomer who
las undertaken to warn the world of its premature
ond? No One was aide to cite the name, although
latterly something bas leaked out on this subject,
It now appears that the prophet of evil is-Matthew
Ltenslierg.
But Mat,hew Ltensbi rg is neither a German nor
an astronomer. He is a Belgian and a canon of
Liege. HiB sole title to reputation is his having
compiled the first Liege almanac. Moreover, what
is his predicted comet? Is it sometl ing new, or
1b it a comet already known, of which tbey foretell the return ? If it is a new comet, we know
well that an unknown comet cannot be predicted :
for to announce beforehand the apparition of such
a body it is necessary to be a true prophet. If lhe
prediction relates only to a comet pi eviously observed, the orbit of which is known, let them give
u« the elements of this wandering star, let them
produce its progres day by day, and let them publish the calculation which d' monstrates the possibility of its collision with the earth. From the
moment that it becomes a question of a comet
known to professed astronomers, it is to those astronomers and their ob.-ervationa that we are to
look ior the oracle. But all the observatories are
silent, and they are silent because they have the
certitude that there exists no comet at all menacing the earth and destined to strike it on tbe 13th
of June this year.
An influential journal baB unwisely entertained
it's readers, in the midst ol these chimerical terrors,
j with an account of the comet of 1264. which so
I much alarmed the Emperor Charles V, when it reappeared in 1556. But this comet accomplished
its revolution in 292 years; it was, therefore, in
18-18 that it should have shown itself in the
heavens; but it was nowhere perceived at thai
period. Planetary perturbations, may hsve, without doubt, retarded It in its course, so that its apparition may yet be expected, it, indeed, it did not,
in 1848, arrive at its perihelion invisible to us—
a circumstance that happens sometimes to this
kind of stars, which atmospheric accidei.ts or par-1
manent clouds hinder us from observing when
they should otherwise be accessible to our sight.
Let us admit, nevertheless, that the comet ot
Charles V is yet to appear.
Never, certainly, has any astronomer thought
ot mnking it a cause of alarm to the inhabitants
of our globe. .   The inclination of its orbit on the
ecliptic is more thau thirty degrees ; it is, then,
far trom following the same track as the earth'
Moreover, many astronomers—Mr. Hind amo«gsL
others—have recently tra.ed the ephemerides o
the comet; they could, then, tell us exactly in
what point of space, and at what distance from the
earth this comet ought to be found on the 13th ol
June, 1857. But to ask them such questions would
be to give an air of seriousness to a ridiculous
prediction.    With respect to the question so often
discussed as to tbe possibility of a concussion between a comet and the earth, we cannot do better
than quote from " L'Astronomie Populaire" ot
Arago, which gives all  that can wilh reason be
advanced on the subject.    Arago has calculated
the chances which exist of the shock ot a comet i
against the earth in considering separately tbe
nuclues ol the comet, and tbat which would result
froin contact with the fluid mass which surrounds
or follows it, commonly known as the tail.
"For a shock by tbe nucleus of a ccmet,;' says
Arago, " which might destroy the earth, we bave
found one likely chance for 281.000.000 of unlikely chances. For a contact with the tail ot a comet
the chances are ten to twenty in 281,000.000. Ad
itting for a momeut that the nucleus of comets
strking the earth would annihilate ihe human
species, the danger of death which would result
to eficb individual from the apparition of ar. unknot n comet would be exactly (quai to .hechances
i hewould run if in au urn he had but one white
\ ball in a total- ot 281,000,000 balls, acu.Ms con.
dertiiiation tb dsath would be tlie inevitable consequence ol his drawing this white ball at the first
draw.- Everyman who makes use of his senses
must laugh at a danger so remote.
Although Comets occupy an immense space in
the heavens; surpassing millions of leagues, yet
by reason of the absence of atmosphere iu those
regions, permitting fluids to be infinitely rarified.
the matter of these bodies is reduced io t re most
feeble proportions.- Laplace says on this subject:
■'Although the dimensions of the tails of comets
be myriads of rhi:es. yet they do not sensibly affect tbe light of stars seen through them. Tbey
are, then, of an extreme rarity, and their mass is
probably inferior to that of the smallest mountains
on the earth, Thev cannot, then, by their contact
with the earth, produce any sensible eflect, and tt
is probable that they have frequently enveloped
the earth without being perceived." It is this
which explains how many eometf have passed in
proximily to certain planets without producing
the leasi physical influence.
Deiambre tells us that the comet of 1770 passed
between Jupiter and his sHiliies without causing
any sensible perturbation. Thus tbe comets, even
to astronomers are but objects of curiosity. Sir
John Herscbell goes still further, and says in express terms that " the tail of a large comet, as far
as we can form any idea of it, iscomp'osid of a few
pouudsof matter, and perhaps only of a few ounces." What have we then to fear from the shock
from a body so insignificant? We will add. in
conclusion, that M. Bbbinet. one of the greatest
authoiities of the age in physical astronomy, has
gone so far as to say, " the earth,' in Cuming in
contact with a comet, would lie uo more aft', cted
in its stability than would a railway train in coming, in contact with a fly."
The author of the article in the influential journal to which we have alluded, has not hesitated
to givfc a lesson to ft.. Babinet on this subject, in'
reminding him ti at a matter even impalpable as
„ ...ist or vapor, when moving with immense velocity, ts capable ot producing the most destructive effects. The anonymous author of this article
forgets that comets are not endowed with much
rapidity of motion, except wheu very near the sun;
at a distance from the sun equal to that from the
earth, they have already lost all their velocity, at
a still greater distance they are comparatively
motionless ; aud in any case, as M, le Verrier has
very well observed, the comets are part of our
solar system, and the Creator of the universe has
taken into account their mass arid tlieir movements
in establishing the laws of our planetary system-
laws which have beeu the admiration of all great
geniuses who have unveiled and comprehended
tbem.
Stamp Tax Xtt.
On and after the first day of July next, persons ;
purchasing either of thefollowing described dbca-"
went?, payable o"dt of the State, viz :—bills of exchange, drafts, certificates of deposit, letters of
credit, or other evidences of money deposit—are'
required to see that the stamp provided by the
State is affixed thereto, else they are made criminally liable, and are debarred from instituting
suit to recover any loss that might arise from failure of parly drawing such instruments
The scale of prices for stamps, which' we copy'
from the Union, are as follows :
For all papers specified above representing value:
between—
Bo.     . 20 and     ■      50...$    0 08
Do.... 50 and 100...       0 20
Do.... 100 and ISO.,.       0 30
Do.... 150 aud 200...       0 40
Do....        200 and 300...      0 60
Do  30D and 400. ..       0 80
Do  401) and 500...-      100
Do. :. .        500 and 750...      1 40 ■
Do  750 and 1,000...       2 00
Do....      1.000 and 1.500...       3 00
Do....      1.500 and 2.000...      4 00:
Do       2,000 and 3,000.. .       6 00
Do....      3.000 and 4.000...       8 00
Do.... 4.000'ud 5,000... 10 00
Do....      5.000 and 7.000...     14 00
Do... 7,000 and 10.000... 20 00
Do.... lO.OOOand 15,000... 30 00
Do.... 15.000 and 20,000... 38 00
Do.... 20.000and 30,000... 66 00
Do....    30 0U0and       50.000...     90 00
Do...    S50.000 and S100.000 175 00
Do.... above 100,000 200 00
Lawyers admitted to practice at the Bar, pay
ten'dollars for their certificate or license. All
persot s leaving the State are required to pay for'
a stamp upon their tickets as follows :
For first class passage $6 OO'
For second class passage  ..4 00
For steerage passage.. 2 0OJ
This is collected by the steamship agents at the
time tickets are solda
The octal amount per year which it is estimated
this tax will bring to the revenue of the State, is'
about $200.000.
— ■!____! ~d-^+~-_g—■ --■;■
A Dance os tiik Prairies.—The th'nly dressed
dolls who dance in our gas-lit ball rooms would,
we think, shrink trom a Kansas ball room with &■
shudder, when tliey found it located on the open1
prairie.- On New Year's evening the Uuited
States soldiers stationed .at Lecompton, gave a
ball on the open prairie. They all wore coarse
Mackinaw shawls and overshoes, and at the end
of every cotillion tbe ladies would ran to the camp-
fires to warm their noses. The -.upper was served
in a tent, and all hands turned in about midnight-
In the morning holes were broken through the ice
in the Kaw river for the ladies to wash their facea-
boncba'g Tomb.
Through the kindness ot Mr, Atwell, of Atwell
& Co,, Music Store, on Washington street, we were
shown a lithographic view of the memorial recently put up to the memory of Boscha. the harpist,
in Camperdown Cemetery, Sidney, New South
Wales. Upon the pedestal a female figure, with
long flowing robe, is kneeling in graceful attitude
before a shattered oak, upon a remaining but
broken limb of which hangs a harp with severed
strings. At the base of the tree a number of
wreaths are strewn. In the left hand of the figure,
also, a wreath is represented, while tbe right hand
is folded against the breast. The arrangement of
this portion of the monument presents an exceedingly chaste and pleasing effect. Upon the front
of the pedestal, upon a broad tablet is the inscription :■
Saered tothe memory of Nicholas Charles Bos
eha, who died 6th January, 1856, a^ed 65 years.
This monu "ent is erected in sincere devoed.
ness by his faithful friend and pupil. Anna Bishop.
"Mourn him, mourn, his harp string's broken."
'* Never shall float such muwic, *
None could sweep the lyre like him."
Upon each side of this table a flaming torch is
represented with the flame turned to tbe earth.
These, with the other embel ishments upon the
pede tal, evidence great taste and sculptural perfection. The entire cost of the work, we understand, was four thousand dollars.—Evening Ledger.
 —*-_   » \ l   MM      —.	
Precursor uf tlie Comrt—Tlie Meteor.
The late appearance of a laige meteor in the
vicinity of Marysville must have been a great mis
take. The people of Crescent City claim their
place as the one lhat was honored by its advent_
and the Herald of the 6th inst. says: " About
half past eight o'clock P. If., on the 4th of May, a
large meteor was observed by some of our citizens,
Wbenfii6tBeen.it was a little east of north, aud
in tull career. It was about tweuty deg, above
the horizon, with a disc nf bright yellow flame of
about three or four limes the brilliancy of the
anet Jupiter, aud a train of paler light some ten
deg. of long. It was watched for above one minute,
during which time i passed across the north-eastern point ofthe sky. fading gradually as it passed,
until it died away just above the '" rim of thehori-
ztyi," a little to the south of east, having traversed ot least ninety degrees ol space."
Allium Poets.
The harmless boys, scarce knowing right from
wrong,
Who libel others and themselves iu song,
When their first pothooks of poetic rage
Slant down the corners of album's page,
(When crippled couplets spread their sprawling
charms,
And half-taught swimmers move their legs and7
arms.)
Will talk of " Ilesper rn the brow of eve,"
And call their cousins " lovely Genevieve ;"
While thus transformed, each dear deluded maid
Pleased with herself in novel grace arrayed,
Smiles on the Paris who has come to crown
This new-born Helen in a gingham gown !
{Holmes.
The Territory ofthe United States extends over
an area of more than 2,300,000' square miles. Its
extreme length is nearly 2,700 miles, and its great"'
est breadth, 1,600 miles; Its general shape may
lie considereda parallelogram, 2.-100 miles, long by
1.400 broad,
Alone.
Alone.' that worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard ;
Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,
Of hope laid waste, knells in that word alone!
Orea»l-"atio»i of the Se* County ot Del Nortc-
Orescem City.
The election on Monday last, for the organization of the new county A Del Norte, says the Crescent CUy Herald, passed ofi very quietly, speaking very well for the disposition of our citizens.
There was no fighting or disturbance, all parties
seeming disposed to do iheir best, and then wait
quietly for the result.     It was a free tight ; no
narty norainatious having been made, aud every
man was on his own hook.
A Picture of London,—A ragged school association, in a publie appeal, state that there are in
London. 1.400,000 who never attend public worship, 150 000 habitual drunkards. 150 000 open
profligates, 20,000 protessed beggars. 10,000 gam
biers, 30.000 destitute children, 3,000 ieeeivers of
stolen goods. More than 10:000 young men under eighteen years of age, are anuually committed
. J for ttttU ia &*»* Britnia.
Wendell Phillips defines a politician as ;< one
who serve God as fat as he can wilhout offending
the devil." This is epigrammatic and not far from
the mark.
Sir Benjamin Brodie the leading surgeon of
England, enjoys the comfortable professional income of some $85,000 a year.
There is a negro woman in Virginia who has no
ears, and yet cau hear distinctly by opening her
mouth.
Light seems Ine natural enemy of evil.
" What are you staring at. sir, may I ask?" said
an imperialad, musfacbed "blood" to a "Hcosier"
on a Mississippi steamboat, who had been watching him as a cat watehes a mouse for stdrfe fifteen-
minutes.
*' I thought so !" exclaimed the Ho03)'er, the
nomeni the other spoke j '•! said you'd got a
noulh, and 1 was only waitin' to be sartin about
t. to ask you to ' liquor.' "
'• Stranger, what'il you drink 1 or had you rather
fight?   I don't care which myself."
"Look here, Pete," said a knowing darkey,
" don't stand dar cu the railroad,"
"Why so?"
'• Rase it de cars see dat mouf ob yours, dey
t'n.k it am de depo-", and runiitein!"
1: Is this good money ?" said a man to a suspicions looking wight, who had made some small
purchases of -him: "It ouiiht to be good, for I
made it myself -by boot making/1
made it myself -by I
{' Pompey," said a good humored master to his
servant, "I didn't kuow till yesterday that you.;
had a whipping last week."
'' Ah. massa," said the black, " don't you?
Golly, I know'd it at de berry time ob it."
What kind of a face should an auctioneer have?
A face that is for-biddiug.
\\ hy is a. butcher's cart like his boots ?  Because
■     " "       '    is thera,
like a gardner ?     Because she
ies hb
Why is a
tries to get rid of h
Why is a tooth drawn like a thing forgot?   Be-'
caw* itis out ofthe head
If you throw a man out of the window what does
he fall against ?    His imbnation.
Why is a tight boot like an oak tree?    Because
it produces a corn (acorn.)
What is that which is lengthened by being cut
I at both ends?    A ditch.
Why are lovers' sighs like long stockings?   Be-
t"iise they avo high hose flieigh bo'e!)
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