San Jratisra %Wxtwmi\i$\ San Jfrancko ^bbcritscmtnis. S>m $xmthtv ^tocrtisemcnts.
N. REYNOLDS   *% CO.,
Produce and General Commission
MERCHANTS,
Nos. 79 and 81 Davis street.
Between Clay and Washington stieets,
.NAN FaANCISCO, Cal.
Personal attention given to the sale of—
FiuUr,  Grain,
Potatoes, Onions,
Fruit.
Butter, Egpp,
Cured Hmt«,
Wool, Bides,
\nd all staple products of the country.
Will fill orders for goods when accompanied by
cash or equivalent, in way of consignments.
Have constantly on hand new and second hand
Grain and Gunny Bags, which we offer oy the bale
or bundle, in lots to auit.
First class storage furnished when required, and
liberal advances made on consignments in store.
Having good experience and locality, we trust, by
strict attention, to give that satisfaction which ia
pleasant to both ourselves and our consignors.
Nicu. Rkysoliis. L. V. H. Howell.
JANSON, BOND & CO.
Corner Battery and Clay streets,
SAN FRANCISCO,
Have now Landing and in Store,
QA/\      BALES    BROWN    DRILLS    AND
OWU Sheetings;
100 bales Grain, Flour and Seamless Sacks;
20 cases Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings;
10 eases Merriman Prints;
10 cases Pacific Prints ;
10 cases Cocheco Prints ;
10 cases Spraguc Prints ;
5 cases Printed Jaconets and Lawns;
6 cases Ginghams and Chambrays ;
C cases Assorted Dress Goods;
5 ca3C9 Cottonades and Jeans.
Also, a large assortment of—
Cotton and Silk Ildkfs;
Brilliautines; Jaconets; Cambrics;
Victoria Lawns ; Dotted Swiss;
Cotton and Wool Hosiery ;
Buck Gloves; Irish Linens;
Musquito Netting; Diapers;
Huck and Fancy Towels ;
Hickory and Cheek Shirts,
Cassimere, Sattinet and Jean Pants.
And a large assortment of other Dress and Fancy
Good*., too niimerons to mention.    For sale low.
JANSON, BONDifc CO.
Corner Battery and  Clay streets, San Franctsco.
To Parties Claiming Payment from
the United Stale* for  Iosm ami destructleu ot
Property during tlie War witli Mexico.
IBB desirous of having their Claims pros-
cuted by the undersigned before the Court of
Claims at Washington, caa receive all the necessary information ou the subject, and bave tbeir
Claims promptly prosecuted on application to O.
MORGAN, Los Angeh
2  ""
J. D. STEVENSON", San Francisco.
Post Offices  and Post Masters in California.
Aguii FWo■ ■ ■. Mariposa county
Alamo Contra Coata	
 B 1* Whitney
..J M Jones
ATitk.ch  ilo         Q Brown
Ah'iis-ad«. Alameda A M Church
Alameda     do *
Angels Calaveras
Auburn I'lacer...
Alpha Nerada..
American Bai
,.Santa
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
A .1 Barb*
 J CScribner
„B Gordon
 A J Alston
.Shasta  T A Freeman
Clara A Ratlibone
BEAN SACKS.
IjlOR SALE CHEAP-Bv
1 JANSON, BOND & CO,
Corner  Battery and Ciay  streets. San  Francisco.
107 Clay Street,
OFFER FOR SALE
Alcohol;
Castor Oil ;
Tartaric Acid ;
Blue Vitriol ;
Fresh Hops ;
Camphor ;
Crmm of Tartar;
S&\ Soda ;
•feidlitz Powders;
Burns ;
Strychnine ;
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 a full and complete nssortnu-ntof ileal rable
DRUGS   AND   MEDICINES.
R. & CO. respectfully solicit orders Irom the
countiy, and will guarantee satisfaction, in every
particular, to those who favor them with their ou
torn. ap25 3
Southern Dispatch Line
SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
   TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
1.HIS LINE is composed of the favorite clipper
. schooners
LAURA BEVAN, Captain F. Morton ;
JULIUS PRINGLE. J. S. Garcia ;
S. I). BAILEY, N. Hiller ;
ARNO, Wm. Hughes.
Which will run regular hereafter as above, taking freight and passengers on the most   favorable
terms, to wliich every care and attention will be
paid.
Arrangements are in progress by which a regular Weekly line of Schooners will be established,
sailing from San Francisco, without fall, every
Saturday.
For further particulars apply to any of the principal 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, (np stairs.) where goods will be receipted for aud forwarded free of storage and drayage
anglS
Buiidville....
B<>.lega	
BtaomSeW..
F
40-incli Silk Handkerchiefs.
OR SALE BY—
JANSON, BOND & CO,
05 Buttery street. Snn FranoisOO.
SEA.MLESS SACKS.
ISIOR SALE CHEAP—By
! JiNSON, BOND & CO,
Corner Battery and Clay stieets, San Francisco.
ap25 Um
JONAS G. CLARK & CO'S
FURNITURE
"CTTAREH-OOMS,
128 Wn.Hliigtou strei t, Sao FranOlsoo ;   ami 4.
Importers, Manufacturers,
WHOLESALE AJVD RETAIL DEALERS
1,1 every description of
PURNITtTRB
AND
Juasiite,
Have now In St-.i-e tlie largest
■took min mosi complete assort**
in cut   uf    rl  ti   an 1    beautiful
FUKNITURG,
ever offered in this State, consisting in part of—
FINE     ROSEWOOD,     WALNUT    AAD
Mahogany Parlor and Chamber sets.
SOfAS    OTTOMANS.   LOUNGES  AND
Easy Chairs ;  Bureaus, What-Nois, Mirrors of all
sizes.
OFFICE AND  KITCHEN FURNITURE.
in great variety.
.TA?- We are now manufacturing from our Native
Woods, also from Walnut aud Rosewood, most of
our finest Furniture, and can produce an article superior for strength, durability and beauty, to anything
imported from the East.
^SSB-We have constantly on hand, and are in regular r ceipt of full and complete invoices of Goods,
adapted to tlie Interior and Coast trade.
ffa-'Vu Wholesale Dialers wc would sny, your
orders will receive, as formerly, our careful  and
prompt attention.
aP25 3 JONAS  & CLARK & CO,
WHOLESALE
DRY   GOODS.
TAAFFE, MCCAHILL & CO,
Front Street, eowet Sacramento,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
STAPLE  AND FANCY
DRY    GOODS,
OXotlxlixgTj. cfco.,
HAVE NOW ON HAND AND ARE CON-
Btantly receiving by every clipper ship from the
EaBt, and by every steamer via the Isthmus, a complete aud extensive assortment
ALL GOODS IN THEIR LINE,
SELECTED
Expressly for this market by one of the Firm, which
will be sold at the lowest market prices, and to which
the attention of city aud country buyers ie invited.
Particular attention is called to their Beleet stock of
NEW
si»n.iisra- g-oo:ds»,
COMPRISING
The latest Styles and Designs.
A large assortment of
Alexandre's Celebrated KID GLOVES,
Always on hand, together with a
Large Variety of Buck Gloves, Gauntlets, <Xc
ALSO. A VEBY
FULL STOCK   OF  HOSIERY,
COMPRISING
EVERY ARTICLE in this DEPARTMENT
DAVIE3 & JOKES' CELEBRATED
P AT E N T    S HIRTS.
Cotton Ducks, IV'os. 0000 to 10,
Bnven's-Oucks,
Drills, Sheetings, Ac, Ac.
Also, a large stock of
SUMMER  CLOTHING,
suitable for the Mining and Agricultural districts,
together with every article to be found iu the Dry
Goods line.
ORDERS
FILLED WITH CARE AND  DESPATCH.
TAAFFE, MoCAHILL &. CO.
tpll 8 Front street, corner Saor__i._to.
final! mit ninii
SMITH & WINCHELL'S
COMMERCIAL MRSERY.
S A IV   JOSE,
Received from the Statp Fair of]85G
THE  FIRST PRELUM,
Sgg    HAVING become the Agent for the    S§§
_*!__. above Nursery, and having made ar- _32„
■aogementa lor a constant supply of Trees from
the same, I now invite all persons who contemplate planting an Orchard, Garden, or a Single
Tree, to cull and examine my STOCK hefo
chasing. If it is not convenient for all to com..'
personally, then delegate some friend or Business
Agent to examine for yon. or order directly f-om
me a Sample Lot of such trees as are wanted.
I have arrangements with other Norseryraen
and Gardeners for a supply of such minor fruits
and trees as may be necessarv in order to keep a
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of everything in
this line.
The list below comprises a portion of what I
now offer at very LOW RATSS.
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 line symmetrica! form, well branched,
aud ol all the choice varieties.
PEAR,
Dwarf and Standard of nearly all ofthe best varieties.
CHERRY,
From four to twelve feet high, very fine and thrifty, including many of the leading varieties.
PLUM,
Of the usual varieties, also some of the choicest.
PEACH,
One and two years old, of fine growth and  ofthe
leading varieties, also in dormant bud very low.
NECTARINES,
One and two years old, of choice varieties.
APRICOTS,
One and twn veai-s oid, ot choice varieties.
0URR.1JYT B USHES.Utiil and White Dutch.
GOOSEBERRY H_rSfffiS,Hou_-liton'sSeed-
linsand E-'glish.
RASPBERRY BUSHES, Antwerp, Fran-
coniaand Kastolff.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, Longwortb's,
ProUHc, British Q.een. Hovev'a Seedlin., Black
Prince, Large Early Scarlet and Boston Pine.
ORNAMENTAL   TREES,
SHRUBS, PLANTS,  &C,
Furnished at Nurserymen's prices.
Orders sent through Post Office or Express,
promptly attended to. Treess packed for any distance.   TERMS CASH.
C. W.  LECOIJNT,
dec27 3m        S9  Davis Street   San Franctsco
L. SCOTT & CO'S
REPRINT OF THE
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AND THK
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OF THE LATTER PUBLICATION.
L. SCOTT & CO., NEW YORK, continue to pub-
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l.
The London Quarterly, Conservative.
The Edinburgh Review, Whig.
The North British Eeview, Free Church.
The Westminster Review, Liberal.
Blackwood's Kd nburgh Magazine, Tory.
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furnish a more correct :ind ssttisl'uct.u-y rcisor.l of the day.
throughout the world, than enn be jjossibly obtained from
any "ther source;
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a. tliey can now be placed in Uie hands of subscribers
about as koou n» the original editions.
-ashtand Butte ...LI ij ah Lot t
Aqueduct City Amador Mb Iu^Ller
Relmont San franciseo.... „..S J Bitot
Brush Crees Butte ...D G Martin
Bidwell'sBar do     PWWorstrum
Benicia Solano....... .T T Hooper
Bottle Hill ElDorado...   ....SSI Jamison
BieBtir Trinity Wm Coddington
i\, ;,ak Fkt T-clumne... JW Eutier
- °  ■   — Mariposa Stephen Bond.
j,QOm_. J M Miller
40     H  Lamb
-„«    ....Sacramento U L Lafken
Bt___.k_.6r .    do        James Buekner
Baokanort......Humboldt W Roberts
Buckeye Yolo J JI Charles
Cache Creek....do A McDonald      _
Charley's Ranch Butte h Lorin^
Chioo do     3ohu Bldwe11
OhmfoOt...:.. ^      »*"™l
CampoSflOO Calaveras ...T M Pawling
Camp ton ville Yuba S J Bowley
Chinese Camp Tuolumne M  B Graham
Columbia  do  X B lu.kura
Ourtsville  do  J M Root
Clinton Nevada HM Moore
Co..is Creek Placer J Ba-nea
Colusa Colusa Wm Vincent
Cold Spring El Dorado CH' Gilbert
Cloma . do  RF Davis
Cedarville  do  Geo '1 hatcher
Clarksville  do         DCumrninga
Cosumnes Sacramento     W I> Wilson
Cordelia Solano     P  0 l.amorie
Cotton Wood Shasta wn)  i.ane _
Crescent City Klamath DC Lewis
Centieville • lameda R S Clement
CafloriCity Trinity    RF Channel
Diamond Springs Kl Dorado MK  Shearer
Don Pedro's Bar Tuolonme R  Smi
Double Springs  .   ...Calaveras N T iNon
Downieville Sierra James Onion
Drv Creek Yuba Robert Mc Adams
Drytown Amador W O Clark
Eureka Humboldi K H Forb
F.J Dorado Calaveras A Irvine
Euiorv's  Crossing Yuba J W Everett
Empire Ranch  do     S Moody
Elliott's Ranch Sacramento   MrFlhot
Fr-mklin ....        do  J B G TOW foi •a
Folsom     "         do  J Ciarkin
Fiddlrtown..'.... Amador DTownsend
Forbest.-wn Butte Nathan Plum
Forlorn Hope.... Merced T Fagleson
French Gulch,.. .Shasta W G Giobs
Foster's Bar.... Yuba SB Whitcomb
Fremont....Yolo ..Jonas Bpect
French Camp ....San Joaquin B ft Noble
Forrest Ci ty.... Sierra  - W Henry
Foreman's Ranch Calavers
Fourth Crossing        do
Green Springs....Tuolu	
State Government.
J, NEELY JOHNSON, Governor.
Il'oBERT M. Andkrsox, Lieut-cDant GoYernor.
D. W. Douglass, Secretary of State.
Geo. H.WIiKroaD, Controller.
JamepL. EnglisQ, Treasurer.
Jobn H. Brewster, Surveyor General.
Wm. T. Wallace, Attorney General.
A. J. Moulder, Superintendent of Publio In.
stru ction,
W. C. Kibbe, Quartermaster General.
James Allen, State Printer.
Wm. Bausman, Private Secretary to the Gover-
S Foreman
do
Grafton Yolo..
,_-and Island....Colusa
Gcornet own El Dorado.
Greenwood  do
Garden Valley..,,   do
Grizzly Flat         do
Gilrov Santa Clara	
G-.odyear's Bar....Sierra..
Gibsonville  do
Gra*s Valley,...Nevada...
lii'orjjiana. .. .Sacramento
Gwin....Merced...,
Hamilton,...Butte
....RI.Gardi
..J H Watts
.AUpdepmif
szbolT
Tlunnns Eddy
,...J C Terrell
....( ■JBrBdy
,...S Stewart
... James Burgess
A C Everett
....Julius Meinhardt
R E Elliott
. .EMatthewson
..   .,..,! MSedwell
Wm Lmighlin
.,G DDickin
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For anv two of the four Reviews
For anv three of the four Reviews
Forall four of the Reviews
Vor Blackwood's Msisiii.ne
For Blackwood  and  three Review1;
For il 1stckwood and the four Reviews
•6 00
9 00
10 00
Payments to be made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued, will be
received at par.
CLUBBING.
A discount of twenty-five per cent, from the ahove
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more
supies of any oub ov move of tbe above works. Thus :
'our copies of Uhickwood. or of one Review, will he r?ent
o one add-eas for $9 ; four copies of the four Reviews
ind Blackwood for $80 ; and so ou
  s Ranch Tuolumne.
Horse town Shasta ! R Gill
Honcut....Yuba WR Rizer
Hornitas... .Mariposa ... .W L Goss
lone Valley,,, .Amador J H Alvord   '
IIIiouirrtown.,..Placer B Brickell
Iowa City         do     J Co gan
Indian Diggings El Dorado.. J W Gilbert
Indian Gulch... .Merced J W Norton
Jamestown... .Tuolui.me R W Mardis
Jsirksouville     do        G B Keyea
Jackson Amador B B Redhead
Johnson's Ranch... .Sutter W E 0 Kerr
Kinfrs River Tulare ,7 Smith
Kelney's.. ..El Dorado John White
Knight's Ferry--.. -San Joaquin W E Stewar
Lcsich's Stole Mariposa L Leach
Lassen's....Butte.... . „WI' Mayhew
Lf.wiston.. ..Trinity.;? C Wood
Los Angeles Los Angeles ,1 S Waite
Lagrange- Stanislaus I.M Booth
Lisbon....Placer G W Applegate.
Lovelng's Ferv....San Joaquin J Loveing-
LitUe York....'Nevada W WCimns
Mountain View ....Santa Clai a J Shumway
MeOurtvsville do I.evi Millard
Mavfield
Mil'pitas
'   i San Jose.
Moiuitai
...Pla.
O JOttis
■o Fred CreieMoi
meda. J J Vallejo
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Periodicals above named, is about $o\ per annum
a Bluff
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Maxwell's Creek....Mari]
Maripona do
Mount Ophir do
MiHerton do
Martinez Contra Costa..,.
MokclumneHill Calaveras
Murphy's do
MciVrmott's Bridge        do
Mill Valley do
Moon's Ranch.      " '   ""
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P W Keyser
ia Gff Coulter
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TO SCIEN'TIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.
By Henry Stephens, F. R. S.. of Edinburgh, and the late
J. P.  Norton. Professor of SdesiUfi.: A_srionlttire in Yale
College, N'ew Haven.   2 vols. Royal Octavo.    lOfiQpages,
and numerous! Wood und Steel Engravings.
This is, confessedly, the most complete work on Agriculture ever published, and in ord«r to give it a wider circulation the publishers have re.iolved to  reduce the price tt
Five   Dollars,  for  tlie Two Volumes!>
When sent  by mail (post-paid) to   California  and Ore
t?on  the price   will be ST.    To evory   other part of tht
"nion add to Canada   (post-paid), $6.     j£S~ This work u
it the old u Book of the Farm."
Remittances for any of the above  publications should
always be addressed, post paid, to the publishers,
LEONARD SCOTT k CO,.
No. 54 Gold Street, New York
i Island,...Sacramento.
Michigan Rar do
Mon tefey.... Monterey...
Montezuma Tuolumne
Monte.... Los Angeles,..,
Miners ville.. ..Trinity..,.
Mid.Uetown.... Shasta CM McKinnelly
Napa....Napa E B Eaton
Nevada....Nevada..' Wil "Endicatt
Nicolaus....Suiter J C ttiekey
..BFogg
 H S Anhiser
A P Stevens
WFMcDermott
E g Osburn
,Go Fa.-tman
J B Weston
 J W Dennisot
B L Wayne
Wm Curtis
... W F Norton
Ira Thompson
avato Marin H F Jones
North Branch Calavt
Newtown,.   ,El Dorado,
Nealsburg Placer	
Natividad Monterey	
Nelson's Creek Sierra	
Ouseley's Bar...,Yuba	
Oregon House do
O'Byrne's Ferry Stanisla'
Oni.-bo Sacramento,
Edwin T Lake
,..J W Smith
A C Neal
...James Stokea
,...J CLewis
,.F Bridge
Peter Rice
 JohnO'Keil
C F Howell
EMBROIDERIES.
HCKS.
RIBBONS.
ME.B.'S,   WOMES'S,   &   CHILDREN'S
HOSIERY,
OF    EVERY     DESCRIPTION.
GLOVES,  CR-.1VATS,
Collars, Shirts, Drawers.
AMERICAN, F\GIiISII FRENCH AND
t,tCRMAN
FANCY  GOODS.
BY  LATE  ARRIVALS   OF
STEAMERS  AND CUPPERS.
hughes & Wallace,
105 and 10T Sntmraei.tn st.,
rtec27 3mis SAN FRANCISCO.
Turner's Ginger Wine.
THE MEDICAL FACULTY THROUGHOUT THE UNION
have acknowledged thi-1 'o be one of the best family
medicines now iu use. By cao.:ueal process it has been
proved to possess
Alterative, Tonic &■ Anti-Dyspeptic
to those found in any other medi-
The IUedical Faculty
of the State of New York, prescribe it in almost every
case for debility and lassitude, owing to its so-.thing effects on the system, and the absence ofall injurious minerals, chemicals or acids.
The Turner Brothers have in their possession numerous certificates of itssanisive properties, from thn
most eminenl public men of the United Slates, who have
witnessed its effects on their patients, where it lia.s been
administered in tbeir extensive practice.
It has been Analyzed
bvthe njost eminent chemists of Hew York City and Buffalo, where the Turner Brothe. s manufacture daily thou
sands of galb ns, and so popular has it become, that they
cau hardly supply the demand, even when their stills are
kept in operat'on dav and night.
Thir< wine is acknowledged at the East to be the RKST
RESTORATIVE NOW IN USE where general prostration
of tho system exists, or derangement of the funcr ions of
the digestive organs, as it braces the nerves anew, recoat.F
the stomach, and crealesan appetite when other tonics
have Tailed.
THIS EXCELLENT WINE is pleasant to the taste, and
tbe strictest advocate of temperainso eaonoi discover any
intoxicating quality in it. It is wholly freo from all substances that aro inj urious to health, but on the contrary
its effects on the system of either invalids, or persons iii
robust health, are ofthe mos I henelicial description.
LOS ANGELES STAR
|alr °|riittrag fetaMtsljmtiti.
SPRING STREET, adjoining the U. S. Land Office.
Tht oropnetor of  the Los AneelefStar. would -espec
! ti 11 v inform   his   friends  and    the   public,  tiiat   he hi
instraceived a large and varied assortment nf new ma'er
il.and is now prepared to execute the followingdescrip-
PTATN ANT> FANCY
JOS  ra.I3STTi:N"G-.
Iii tiie tost style ol the Art.
Bookn. Circulars, Law Blank*,
p^-nnhlnts, Cards; Bills of Exchange
BiH Heads, Deedn, Bank Checks
-Labels, Notes, Programmers,
Posters, Billets, BillsofFare.
lad every liascriftion of Pricting tia,t csay be r*qt:ire-I
Caution to the Public.
The reputation awarded to Turner's Ginger Wine.
and the unheard of popularity it has received at tho East,
as well as in this State, has been tbe means of putting in
the market M.WY SPURIOUS ARTICLES—to guard against
hich Turner Brothers have had engraved on astefli'lATii
.. snlendid new l-.bel, which is copyrighted and cassot nn
roi-NTF.HTsriTFnoRiMiTATKn. without an infraction of 'h"
copyright law This label has a correct portrait of the
Tur'nnr Brothers, six in number, and no bottle that has
not this label will contain the genuine Ginger Wine.
Unprincipled en in this city have paitiallv c lunter-
feitcd the label lately used by the Turner Brothers, and
thnrf-bv impnsed nn manv persons.
Wo caution all consumers of C,I\T,ER WIN'E to examine
the lahel. as none Is genuine save such as have our por
traits in a circle on a steel plntp si._rrr.m_ding the inscrip
tinn—" TUKN'ER-? .";i\T;ER WIN'E. prepared bv TrRVER
BHOTirr.is, New York, Buffalo, (N. Y.) and San Francisco
California."
ft^_CORfiIAL';. SYRUPS. AKD BITTERS of every de
scription. raanufacturei* by
TRRVER- BROTHER*,
Jt»:Set Stmt] oppo&Ite tfce Orphan Asvlurn,
iyM &AA FJUNOS00.
.Placer Daniel B Curtis
Oiu City do G White
Oroville....Butte D CDowaer
Oakland....Alameda T Gallagher
Ottitiewa....Siskiyou G H Coe
Pleasant Vailey.. ..Mariposa A Shearer
Pea Vine.. ..Butte D Whipple
Park's Bar.. ..Yuba Geo Wiser
Pilot Hill.   ..ElDorado.. ATBailey
Pinoervillc do A M Thatcher
Petaluma ...Sonoma W It Swinertoir
I'tfusant Springs  ...Calaveras KH Hoerehner
Paterson.. ..Nevada.. ,,E P Turney
Plum Valley       Sierra F R Bocker
Princeton Colusa R T Arnett
Pine Grove..,.Amador.... ....A Leonard
Quartiburg . ..Mariposa I» M Poo!
Quiney.. ..Plumas ...Lewis Stork
Rough andRtady.. ..Nevada E BlVinans
Round Tenf do E J Plate
Red Dog do J C Green
Kcd Bluffs Shasta S Bradway
Rabbit Creek.. ..Sierra Mr. Lester
Rattlesnake Bar ...Placer Thomas Wood
Russian River.. ..Mendocino H G Heald
Sebnstopol... .Napa DM Johnston
Sau Francisco....San Francisco....... .C L Weller
Steinberg's do G Thatcher
SacranJentO., ..Sacramento Terri> Foreman
Sutter do D Hastings
Sco t's River Siskiyou James Cregein
Salinas . ..Monterey J B Hill
Sain Juan do P Breen
San Diego.. ..San Diego      George Lyon
San Luis Obispo .. . .San Luis Obispo A Murray
San Jose ?anta01ara C E Allen
Sam* Clara do .        H D  McCobb
Santa Cruz .,.SnntaCruB E  Anthony
San Lorenzo,...Akmieda J Wood
United States District Courts.
For the Atorthern District of California.—Og-
deo Hoffman, Jr., judge ; John A. Monroe, clerk ;
Jae. Y. McDuffie, marshal. Regular tenns, flrBt
Monday in June and December of each year. Special terms at the option of the judge.
For the Southern District of California,—!. S.
K. Ogier.judge ; C. Sims, clerk ; E. Hunter, marshal.   Regular terms, first Monday in June at
Monterey ; first Monday in December at Los Angeles.     Special terms at the option of the judge.
United States Circuit Court.
For the District of Calif ornia.—M. H. McAlis-
terjudge ; Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk.     Regular
term, first Monday in July of each year.1   Special
terms at any time after thirty days notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydeufeldt. Chief Justice ; David S.
Terry, Hugh s. Murray, Justices.   Regular terms
of the Supreme Court commences on the first Mondays of January, April, July, and October.
DISTRICT JUDGES.
lat, Benjamin Hayes ; 2d, Joaquin Carrillo ; 3d,
Craven P. H^W ; ith, John S. Hagar'; Mb. Chas-
M. Creaoor; 6th, Alonzo S. Monsjn ; 7th, E. W.
McKinstry; 8th. J. M. Peters ■ 9tb, W. P. Dan-
gerfield; 10th, William T. Barbour; llth, John
M Howell; 12th, Edward Norton ; 13ih, E.Burke j
14th. Wiles Searles ; loth. J. S. Pitzer.
TERMS OF OODRT.
The First District Court holds its terms in Loa
Angelas on the third Monday** ol March, July and
November; in San Diego, the third Mondays in
April, August and December ; in San Bernardino
the third Mondays of February, May and October
United States Land Office for the Southern District of  California:
Anguntin Olvera, Receiver ; Walter H.Harvey,
Register.
Cvstoms Department—(Sail Pedro).
Collector—C. E. Carr ; Deputy—J. F. Stephens
Postmasters :
S. S. Waite, Los Angeles,
O. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the counties of
Los An&eles, San Rernardiao and San Diego.-
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.   I
COUNTY  OFFICERS.   >
County Court—Wm. G. Dryden, Judge.   .
Shurill—Elijah Bettis; Under Sherifl—Wm. B.
Peierscn. i ,n '■■■.. ■<
County Treasurer—H.N.Alexander.   .
County Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel; Deputy
—J. H. Ccleman.s       -,. -,:<.
County Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Publie Administrator—M. Keller.
Superintendent of Public Schools—John W.
Shore, county clerk, ex officio.
District Attorney—C. E. Ttwim.
Coroner—A. Cook.   ■;,;,,
County Clerk—John W. Shore; Deputy—J. A.
Hinchman. ■ ■■■":.:■ ■>■■;.,
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Sapervieors—W.M. Stockton, Tomas
A. Sanchez, R. G; Fryer^ Stephen C. Foster, Felix
Bacbman.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Los Angeles—Justices of the Peace—Russell
Sackett,  J.   S. Mallard.      Constables—Wm.   H.
Peterson, B.B. Barker.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal— Vl. C. German * Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
1    City Attorney—CE. Thom.
City Assessor—Benj S. Eaton. t
City Council—AnlonioF. Coronel, Juan Barrfr
John Frohling, Hiram McLaughlin, A. Ulyard,
George Carson, Joseph Mullaly.
SAft BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M. Thomas.
Connty Treasui er— Samuel Rolfe.
County Assessor— James Henry Rollins.
Connty Surveyor—Alyin Stoddard.     ';.,-.-,
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Pub:ic Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis Eames.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Clift.
Supervisors—L., Roubideaux, N. Taylor, Wm.
Cox.  . .    .   '•''.■
The Law of Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
0 the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers dis-continued.
PublUhers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect ot refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which th<y are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them.
4. II subscribers remove to otber places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent-to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided tbat refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, oi removing
and leaving it uncalled for,isjpri»*a facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
01 the regulations requiring tbem to notify Publisher?, ouce in three months, of papers not taken
from their office by subscribers.
San L.'itndro
San 1-edro..
Pun Qabriel
Sn.n R.if,icl..
Santa Rona..
Sonoma
Smith's Kane
Pan Ramon..
San Pablo
Salmon Falls
Spanish Flat
Santa Barbst
Pan  Bernardi
Shait a.... Sh
Shaw's Flat.
Sonoi
ffVan Wagner
.LosAngeles G Alexander
do T Burdick
..Marin S .1 PkMmore
. 5onoma FC Hahmann
do Mr Miller
jh     do N M HedpPB
. ..Contra Costa W Russell
do AB Bates
.El Dorado J Downer
do J Glass-man
...Santa Barbara G RFiiber
....San Bernardino ...DNThoma"
Tuolumne J Roberts
do G W Patrick
...San Joaquin  P J Staples
do PE Conner
.Amador T) Crandall
do                   K Kobinnon
.Mariposa.^. H Sohroeder
Staple;! Ranch,
Stockton
Sutler Creek..
Sarahfille
Shellfhg*«Rs-m   ...
Suisun Soiaro ;..W S Kyle
San Andreas       Calaveras C. L Sweet
St. Louis S-erra WP Williams
Secret Ravin      ..Placer ..J Hart
split Rock..    Merced J A Bo KB
StrawberryV   ley Tuba J A Barnhart
Teh am a.... C<du sa 0 Gervy
Trinidad.. ..Klamath.. .   .. ..F C Darlini.
Tvini'v..  .Trinity C Lee
Uniontown....Humboldt A H Murdoch
Volcano.. ..Amador H T Barnnm
Vattejo....Solano  J B Friable
VilWito . ..Calaveras... G M Murray
Vi-alia  ...Tula re.... J P Majors
Woodvillo Butte.... ..S Alvard
Weaverville.. ..Trinity J Barry
Watson ville.. ..Santa Cruz L Thrift
Wpst Point.. ..Calaveras A Walhaum
Whiskv Creek Shasta P Mix
Western....Sacramento A H White
Yankee Jim's     ..Placer K Henck
Yuba Citv Yuba.. T.BadoIett   -
Yolo Yolo JH Button
Yrok-...;.8ieiiyou..     John InateK
Distances.
Thefollowing table of distances was measured
witb aviameter, by Capt, Warner, ofthe U
S. Torograpbical Engineers, in the summer
of 1848 :—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores. .24 miles.
" " SanchtrZ Ranch 17
" " San Mateo  21
11 " SantaClara 48
" " San Jose  61
'* ". Murphy's,...........70   ,
" " San Juan 94
*' " Salinas river.. 113
" *■*■ Monterey 125
" " Mission Soledad 166
» » Ojitos  266
» " San Miguel .237
«' " Brakes   Ranch ..258
(i " Santa Margarita... 265
" " San Luis Obispo 276
" (( Capt. Dana's 299
" '• Los Alamos 321
» " Santa  Inez 340
" » GaviotaPasB........352
" " Arroyo Ho nde .359
« " Dos Pueblos 370
« « Santa Barbara   387
« " Carpentiria 398
" « Rincon 402
-- » Bu naventura..,.,. .415
» » Santa Clara river.... 421
■< ** Canega .......476
<( « Lob Angeles... 485
« " Lob Coyotes.. 504
»' " Santa Ana 515
« " Juan Avila's 535
« " San Juan Capietrsno.542
" « LosFloroa 562 .
" « San Luib Rey 578
" " San Diego  6125-
L.
Siple
VOL. VII.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,  JUNE  20,   1857.
NO. 6.
Cos ^Angeles Star:
PUBLTSUBn  EVKRY SATURDAY  MORNING,
At No. 1, Pico Buildings, Spring Street, adjoin^
ing the U. S. Land Ollice, 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
Advertise mi-: nts iuserte at Two Dollars per square
of ten lines, for the first insertion * and One
Dollar per sijunre for each subsequent insertion.
A libera! deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Agents*.—The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Star :
L. P. Fia
3 is  Bckoick. I'.i-it 0 Hi Cl
WHlflr.EB it   Kl.VQ	
Col. Eka Tiiomfsun	
B. N. Qi.ENS  	
JuiigkD. A. Thomas	
.. Monte.
..Santa liarharn.
..Sun Ht'.nia'-rfiiio.
BELLA UNION HOTEL
lSfcek,±J3.  Street,
LOS   ANGELES.
TLASHNER & BREMERMANN,
PROPRIETORS.
MTHIS HOTEL, so long known as the beet
in Southern California, having passed into
the hiffids of tlie present Proprietors, has
been thoroughly refitted, and many additions made
to its acciimiiiodfitions.
Strangers, and gentlemen with their families, will
find this an agreeable home, at all times.
The table will be supplied, as heretofore, with all
the delicacies of the market. my2
Carriage* anil Blacksmith Shop
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL
n TE ruiljscriliei I'.ripi.-cti'ully in-
L Torms the public gene rally thai
e will keep constantly on hand
and \villi)i;iuui'i.ttu.t\j lo order,
Coaches,Baggies, Wagons,Carts Sec,
in -x neat and morkmaaliEf uisinner. He has oa hand and
for sale a fine ntock of Esisiern White Oak and Hickory
Flank and'isvds. He k.Msps isoustantly on hand a large variety ofCart and xi.i^y A-iieeU. Tiioke.i, Felloes, Shafts,
Neck. Yokes. Double *i'ndnngletrees
Horse Shoeing: and Blacksmithing-
in alllts various ji'auolies,uxccuted with promptness- and
pdisatch. 1'articu.Iai- sLtwufiiin will be ^iven to the manu
fact ure ind repair of 1'LOWsS, iLiKIWWS. and other Farming; Uatensils. H" has an extensive assortment oflron ax.
els, Springs, ".olts, I'loiv and Spring steel, and other msLte.
cialpertaining to the business, too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 Toas of Blacksmiths' Coal.
"With none but tke best of workmen in hi.  employ, he
feelsconfidentthat he cangive entire satisfactioi to hii-s
un7 TORN GOLFER.
BLAOKISMITH
CAEEIAGE SHOP,
By h. Mclaughlin & bug.,
JLOS A^UELEsS-STKEKT,
Opposite Melius1 Building.
WE take the present oppori unity to inform the
publie, 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 pf stock »'ill justify.
We are now building some of the best. WAGONS
chat ever bave been built in the .Southern country.
B_^~0id castings bought at Si per hundred pounds.
febu h. Mclaughlin & bho.
Notice.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for (invented horses.
or cattle of our brands ; . r tliey will be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMINGUEZ,
sep20—tf JESUS Ma. COT .V de DOMINGUEZ.
lushttss dkrts.
0. B. THOM. C.SIMS.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
OFFICE—ON AI-HN STREET,
(Opj
John   ~W\   Shore
COUNTY CLUKK.
Pees    pnyalih:    InVuriiiljIy   In    ndvnncts.
X>x*.  Carter,
OFFICE   JlND   DRUG    STORE
LOS ANGRLES   STREET,
Adjoining Keller's BtOfB.
im- A, cook,
WOULD inform liis IVi.-n.li- unci ibs- public,that
lie now occupit1*! a room on Uequenastreet. in
the city of Los Angeles, where he may be consulted at all hours, (except when abroad io visit the
sick.) He wilt be happy to confer with all those
who wish his council or med cal aid. A full and
unbroken conlirlence may be entrusted to liim in
any one or other case o! disease to which the human system is mad'1 heir.- lie will successfully
treat all indolent ulcers, ftfrnnrs, spellings, ab-
scesses and scrofula ; and will give particular attention to the treatment and Cure of diseases of
the Eye. oetl'8
LAZAR.D   &   WOLFSKILL,
IMFOBtES.
And Wholesale and Retfill Denier in
French ?    l-.'n&BisEB   and    American
Dry Goods,
Corner of Melius Row. Los Angeles.      aug 9
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwnrding and Commission likrcitanl,
San Pbdbo and Los Angeles. Cal.,
iin7 H. READ, Agent, T.oa- Angeles.
R. E. R4IMOND.No. IDs Ft ont sire,t. Agent
at San F'aitcisco.
GAMBRINUS BREWEBY.
rpUL best ALE and BKER mannfactureit and al-
X vvayson band. Delivered to city customer;
without extra charge.
Coopering mill  Kisjinirlng of BnrrS'.is, &0. ^Os.
An assortment of Barrels always on hand.
______ — ____&* Pri Pi'idoi'.
Wholesale aiid Ketasl.
.NEW BOOKS, STATIOJfEHY, &c.
HELLMAN & BRO.,
f)EG- to inform the public that, having removed
]) to their new store. Los Anjrele street, where
they have increased facilities for business, they
have now on hands the largest and besi selection
of goods in their line ever before oil'ured in Irtjs
Augeles, comprising—
BOOKS—English §■ Spanish, embracing every
Department of Lite> aturr.
STA TIONER y, of every description. Playing
Cards.
SEGAHS,  Tobacco, and .Matches.
FANCY GOODS—a  choice and extensive   sa
sortrh'ent.
C UTLEH Y-~ of all kinds.
RIBBONS,   Cmnbs.   Sewing Silk,  Perfumery.
Toys, Candy. Sec   fyc.
All of which will  be disposed of on the lowesl
terms, lor cash.
HBLMANN & BRO.,
Melius Row. lid I side Los Augeles street.
Aueust 9 ii. [856.
1 Shall Sleep.
Ye?, I aha}! sleep, some sunny day,
When blossoms iu ihe wind are dancing
And children tt! their clieerlul pi y.
Heed not the niouriilul crowd advancing.
Up ihrmigh lhe bmj: and luisy siieei,
They'll bear me to my last retreat.
Or else—it matter not—may rave
The storm and sleet and wiuiry weather,
Above the blfnk and uew made yrave,
Where care aud 1 lie down together ;
Enough thai I sliall know it not,
Beneath, iu lhat dtuk, nan\iw spot.
Oh, sweet repose !    Oh, slumber blest!
Oh. riiglit of peace 1—no fltorm, uo sorrow,
No heavy htiiring in my rest,
To meet another weary inurrow ;
I shall not note nor ui^ht nor dawn—
Bul still, with lolden hands, sleep ou.
Then weep not, Iriet ds. wlmt time ye Jay
The cold, moisl earih above my ashes ;
Think whni a rest awaits my clay.
And smooth the mound with tearless lashes
Glad that the wast, d foi m within,
lias done at length will) care and sia.
Think that wiih him fhe strife is o'er—
Life's stormy, struggling battle ended ;
Hope that his soul had gained that shore.
To which.thongh weak, his foots ti ps tended
Brealfig the dear hope above Ins sod,
And leave him to liis rest—a/id God.
ATWILL &  CO.
172 Washington Street, San Francisco,
SHEET, CARD, and BOOK EMM,
via.*©- gravaft
And other Musical Instruments.
STRINGS'and Reeds, for-Violins. Guitars. Clarionets, _*_. &e.    Also, a large wholesale stock of
JANCY GOOD'S AND TOYS,
Billiard Balls, Wax and Oue Leathers, Flags of all
nations, Boxing Gloves. &e. &c. 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 are required to be sent.
apll ATWILL & CO. 172 Washington st.
PAPER   HANGINGS
Just Received, per late Arrivals,
FRANK" BAKER,
110 and 112 Clay street, San Franciseo
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 wojl carpets;
125 pieces stair carpets, assorted ;
2*75 pieces Bay .State druggets;
800 pieces oil cloth, assorted ;
126 pieces silk damask and brocatelle ;
300 pieces cot-ton and worsted damask ;
4000 pair window shades; l
375 pair lace curtains;
750 pair muslin curtains ;
8000 cornices and curtains;
325 do7.cn mats, assorted.
Stair Rods, Table Covers, Gimps, IMnges, &c.
"Wholesale urnl Ttetnll. ity
FRAN K BAKER,
110  and  II 'Clar street.
Orders from the  country filled with care and dispatch, inavfl .lm
L.   P.  FISHER'S
ADVERTISING   AGENCY,
San   Francisco,
Office,  Iron  Bnildin_r, corner  of Montgomery and
Washington streets.
AGHST FOR THE I,OS AStlKLES STAR.
NEW    STORE.
LEWIS JACOBS begs  to inform his friends and
the public of SAN BERNARDINO, that he has
Re-commciiced Bsisiuess,
in the NEW BRICK BUILDING, opposite the
Office of the County Clerk, where he now offers for
their inspection an entirely NEW STOCK OF
GOODS. Dry Goods and Groceries—on the very
lowest terms.
6m Jan. 1st, 185*7.
SAN   BERNARDINO.
MR. FRANK L. WETTERGREN, of San Bernardino, has been appointed agent in San
Bernardino eity, for the Commission and Forwarding
House of A. W. Timms.
He is authorized to collect money and transact all
business tor the house.
A. W. TIMMS.
Los Angeles and San Pedro
Los Angles, April 11.   §51.
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 spies did stock ol
WATCHES Mi) JEWELRY
ever imported into this State. Our Watches cannot be surpassed for substantiality and time-keep
. Our Jewelry is. selected with the greatest
care, and none but the most, tasteful goods made
bl the finest gold are allowed to leave our estab
llshment.
We manufacture on the premises. We are the
inventors of the art, aud keep ahead of all competition.
WATCH REPAIRING
is done by the best workmen, under onr own inspection, and warranted for one year. Watch ei*
for repair sent to us by Expres-s are attended to
promptly.
BARRETT & SFIKRWOOD,
135 Montgomery street,  7
between Clay and Comni'Teial streets.
jy26 tf SAN FRANCISCO.
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned, under the firm of Banning &
Wilson, is this day dissolved by mutual consent,
Phineas Banning being authorized to settle the business of said firm.
PHINEAS BANNING.
S. H. WIL-ON.
Los Angeles, Say 19th, 1857.
PHINEAS BANNING begs to inform the public,
that he will continue the business of Forwarding and
Commission Merchant, and execute all orders with
which  ho may be favored, to the  entire satisfaction
of his patrons, ns heretofore. 28
F^TIJAY NOTICE.
STRAYED away from San Pedro, about
four weeks since, two hor-es, one a larrre
BAT and the other a SOBREI, HORSE
branded A T. Information of the above horses will
be thankfully received, or a reward paid for their
delivery to A W. Timms, at San Pedro, or at Los
Angeles, to H. READ, Agent.
May 16, 18C7.
Tim Amoor  XUT«T.
Thefollowing interesting account of the Russian settlements on the Amoor river and the neighboring territory, i. taken Irom a letter in the
Washington Union, written from Russia. Until
recently Manlchooria has beeu a terra incognita,
ai.d any inlormation respecting that vast territory
must prove i-iteresting.
Nevschink is now the head of navigation on the
Amoor rider, and a government steamer plies between this point aud the mouth ol'the Amoor.
Nicul ef is a lortilied town ot some two thousand
inhai itants, at or near the mouth ot the Amoor"
Nijoliet, as I understand, is the place to which
the Russian Pacific fleet retired during the recent
allied war. This port lies without the mouth of
the Amoor river, in a favorable and sheltered
position, and capable of making a stout resistance.
Northward of the Ochotsk sea there is no navigable water ; but eouttiward, at the bay of Castries,
tlieie is plenty ot water for any vessel. There is
a small settlement of some three hundred persons
neat this point, whence to the Amoor there is a
line of military posts. This iniormation is not
precise, or given with implicit confidence, bin it
is such as I gather.
Mantchooi ia is interesting, if not now important, as lhe ancient seat of Tartar prowess under
Zenghis Kahn, and the country whence issued the
conquer ers ot China. Nature has done much for
the country, but it wants development. During
the last year, and the one previous, gold fields
were'discovend in the country east of Lake Baikal, which is to the south and east of Iskoutshe.
As many a? five to ten thousand men have been
working In these fields during the last summer.
The government of Russia is not yet prepared,
■is I learn, to open the Amoor to indiscriminate
commerce, or to European exploration.
'lake the immense exient of territory now under
the dominion of" Russia, (to1 which there is no par-
1 alltl in the history of tho world,) and it pVesents a
field where the grandest ideas may be put pr ctL
cally into execution, the sovereign power being in
the hands of one man, having the head to conceive vast designs, and the will to put them into
practical operation. j
That the waters of Lake Baikal can be connect- '
ed with the Amoor, I think there is no doubt, and
thus open the very heart of Siberia to our Pacific
commi-rce. My idea is, that a lailroad of a lev,-
hundreds miles will connect the two systems of
waters, and give a continuous line of communication between the waters of the Pacific and the icy
ocean ; this, with a tew steamers on Lake Baikal,
ihe Yenisei, the Sena, the Obe, the Amoor and
their tributaries, would advance the trade and
commerce of those countries a thousand-fold in
len years, and realize more to commerce and civilization than the discovery of the "North-west
Passage to India.'
This routejdf opened witb steam upon those Siberian rivers, would realize, in fact, a north-east-
eru passaue to India, through which an immense
tnide might eventually How, for with steam the
summer waters* of the icy ocean would be available for some- monfhs each year. Now the com
merce whieh flows (o Archangel must wen ther the
north cape in about 71 degrees north latitude,
while the headlands of the Obe are only about 72
legrees, and those ofthe Yenisei would be within
73 degrees north latitude ; then, while Archangel
s about 64 decrees, Obdorsk, the mouth of the
Obe, is 56 degrees, that of the Yenisei is little
above 72 degrees. Thus it will be perceived that
the difference is not very great, and with s-eam
the passage to the Obe would be much more readily accomplished than by sail now to, Archangel.
Thus, with the passage open from the north of the
Amoor. an inland route could b' obtaimd by
steam the whole distance from ocean to ocean,
some four thousand miles direct, and the different
lines of navigation made available by this com
mon artery would be swelled to three or four
times that fum, for the rivers of Siberia form a
kind of net-work over the face of the country, and
arc easily made available by short cuts from one
to the other, giving a very beautilul system ol
inland navigation.
The uses to which cotton may be put are generally unknown here, and Ihe hitherto close mon-
poly which the English capitalists have been enabled to hold over the introduction of the staple
has retarded its more liberal consumption and restricted its use.
Uex-aan &-EtOrs.
London. April 18—Noon.
The Paris correspondent of the Times expresses
a strom: hope that the differences between Spain
and Mexico will be pacificully settled.
The Spanish ambassador at Paris lias had interviews with Count Walewski and Lord Cowley, and
he was to see the Mexican envoy yesterday
If the attempts nt pacification failed, Ihe Spanish government will probably address a note to
the French and English cabinets, and'perhaps to
the other powers, setting forth the moderation-dl
its demand, and declaring that in the event of
hostilit es the cabinet of Madrid is not to be held
responsible for the consequences.
The news from Spain is still full of warlike
demonstrations. The fleet had left for Cuba on
the 20th of March ; bnt Lafrai*na, the Mexican
Minister, had delivered his dispatches to the
Spanish Ambassador at Pari9i wbo hipotti-d very
favorably on thesaine to Madrid, and being baffled in iheir etlbrts to get assistance from France
or England, the Spanish cabinet speaks again of
pi-ace. Meanwhile the Mex can Government ta
raising an army of 2o 000, to be prepared in case of
au attack. Letters from Havana state that an af
tempi was made to assassinate the British Consti
there ; also that Santa Anna was very nearly being assassinated at Turbaco.
Rich "placeres" have been discovered near
Guadalajara. Durango and Chihuahua. A party
of ten men. among whom were Iwo C.ililornians.
explored the latter, at the risk of being murdered
by the Camanches, aud though satisfied of the
riches tliey met, they say that the want of water
mid the risk is too great fbr a settlement, except
iu the rainy season, and in great numbers.
" Consciente !" said Mrs. Hopkins, indignantly ;
do you suppose nobody has got any conscience
but yourself? My conscience is as good as yours
—aye, and better, too, for it has never been used
n th" course of my life, while yours must be worn
out.7'
Hczckiah s**ya 'f bis landlady kneio beans, she
would not buy the article called "burnt and
ground coffee."
NavlgaMlliy of lliu OulOJMUto River.
We {Alta,) are indebted to our Iriend Ames, of
the San Diego Herald, (br the following interesting letter, describing the navigability of the Colorado :
. Bditot Sax Diego Herald :—I have just received a letter fiom my friend Anloine Leroux of
New Mexico, in which, that, old and exper.enced
trapper makes the following statement witlr re
gard to the navigability of the Coloiado river. I
q.uote 1 is own language :
"I kuow that tlie river Colorado is navigable
from the mouth of the Virgin down. From the
mouih  of the V rgin, En 1837, I construct d six
kin canoes until I hud reached the place wher
timber was to be had ; then I made seven wooden
canoes, and continued trapping as far as the tidewaters, in wliich place I met with the Co-ca-pah
Indians : in all Ihis traveling, nothing that I know
could siop a small steamboat in going up as far as
lhe mou'li of the river Virgin (except there may
be some hidden rocks under the w ter that cannot
be seeu.) The most shallow part I recollect having seen, had a depth of from 3-12 to 4 feet, and
it was in the mouth of January. The cotton-wood
timber begins about forty miles below the month
of the Virgin, a few scattered trees being above
that place. From the month oTthe Virgin to the
road of the Big Salt Lake, there are about thirty
or thirty-five miles. In any other month of the
year there is generally more water in the river.
because all the creeks on thai river, above the big
canon, are frozen in that mouth."
Hoping that the above may clear away any
doubts with regard to the possibility of getting a
steamboat up the Colorado as far as the Virgen,
I remain yours truly.
II R. Wm-rz,
Assistant Surgeon, U. ft A.
Fort Steilaeoom, Washington Territory,  31st ol
March, 1857.
Americas Convkxtiox.—A convention of the'
several American Ward Councils was called tobe
held at American Hall, corner of .lib and J streets,
on Saturday. A lew members of the organization
met at the appointed hour, and were called to order by L. W. Ferrif, President of the First Ward'
Council, who, after stating the object ofthe meeting to be to consider the policy beat to be pursued
hy the party, submitted a resolution instructing
the proper ofllcer^ of the respective councils to
surrender th ir charlers. The resolution excited
a discussion oc upying nearly three hours, and
was advocated hy .fosse Morrill, L:AT/. Ferris, Dr.
May, J 11. Stewart, Dr, Bradford and Dr. Bell ;'
Opposed by Dr. Powell, W. C. Wallace, R: M. Fol-
ger, J.n. Mitchell, John Skinker, P. Robinson and:
others, and finally rejected by a vote of 9 in favor
t'o 14 against. The meeting then adjourned to'
meet at the same place, at 8 o'clock, on Wednesday eveuiing next. Tbe opponents of the resolution were unanimous in the opinion that the best
policy to be pursued was to endorse thfi beat nomination^ made by (.lie other parlies—-go back to the
otiginal position ofthe American parly—as thereby other parties would be compelled to nominate'
Iheir best men or sustain a merited defeat. On'
thc olher hand, many of the advocates of the passage of lhe resolution desired to be left free to enter the Democratic parly, and participate in the'
approaching primary elections.—Sac. Union.
San Dikgo Copper Minks.—The value of the
newly discovered copper mines iu San Diego county, says the Herald, continues to iucrease both in
value and extent. Some spec! nens presented to
tie editor from the Juses Maria mines contains
from fifty to sixly per cent, of pure copper. From
their locality and the value of tbe ore we cons der
these to be much the richest mines that has yet
been opened In thissection. They arc ab ut
miles south of San- Dsego, on the San Antonio
rancho, and within six miles of an embarcaderu
or cove, at the head ot Eneenada bay, with an ex
cellent natural wagon road from the mines to lhe
embarcadero. We are informed by Mr, Darnell,
who is the proprietor ot these mines, that during
the first eighteen days lhat he worked them, he
sunk a shaft twenty-five feet, from which he has
aken twenty-five tons of ore "iinilar to thr speci-
nen before us. In six weeks be calculates to have
a hundred tons of ore ready for shipping.
"Bridge City,"—The "Prairie City," "Oity
of tbe Plains," " Cily of Gardens," and "Capitol
City," are amongst the titles by which Sacramento is known. Latterly, however, the people living above the " head of navigation " have dubbed
ii with the less euphonious appelation of the
"Bridge.City.'-' — Alta.
And, " more latterly," a correspondent of tlie
Alta bas had tbe audacity lo apply the libelous
•nomer.  " tlie city of the Plain-women."
A Fruitful Gakde!*.—In the fatntm- Smith gardens. Sacramento, there are now grow ng 10.000
cherry trees, and as many seedlings ; 10.000 pear
trees, and 30,000 seedlings; 25,000 peach trees
and os many seedlings : besidis grct Qtimbe__ o
apricot, plum, and other fruits.
Mrs. Webber, ol Wayne county, Ind., recertly
presented President Buchanan wilh a pair ol wool-
"U mittens, of ber own make. The President
thanked her in a Deal letter, and inclosed $25.
Mr. Buchanan is the oldest man who has ever
laken the PreMdency. Gen. Cass is said to be
seventy-lour yean old, and is Hie oldes. man who
bas ever filled the oflice of secretary cf state in the
country.
"Sally," Baid a fellow to a girl who had red
hair, "keep away from me, or you will aet me
afire." "No danger ol that," was the reply, "yon
are too green to burn."
A smart chap once borrowed a dictionary, and
on beii.g asked bow be liked it, replied. ■' Very
well ; all the objection I Lave to it, it don't dweil
long en one BnbjeQb    Seimible young geut, that.
Immexse Telegraphic) Enter hu a ic—Wc learn'
from a gentleman j.n the waj ol receiving authentic inteirgence on the subject, that a number of
gentlemen of this cily largely interested in the'
telegraphic business, have a project oil foot to'
conm'Ct New York and San Francisco direct by ft
line of telegraph.
The plan is uot yet fully matured, hut when perfected, it will embrace a preliminary expedition
under the auspices and protection bf the Government party, which is soon to slart on an engineering tour for the purpose of laying out (under the
recent act of Congress) a military road to the Pacific-
The telegraphic party, which is to accompany
lbe military expedition, will probably consist of
some forty or fifty persons, and will be amply
supplied wilh males and camels for the pnrposeof
crossing tbe continent with safely and dispatch.
The party will start from Oinalia city, Nebraska,'
(lo'be connected by telegraph with St'. Louis) follow lhe Platte river to the South Pass, ang thence
direct across fo San Francisco.
. Tliis is au immense enterprise, and one which
requires a large outlay of labor and capital,-
Should it prove successful, and the submarine
telegraph he laid successfully in July. London and
San Francisco will be wi'liltr hailing distance of
each Other, and' the quotations on 'Change in the'
metropolis of Europe will be bulletined iu the
Golden city with an hour.—N V. Mirror.
The extraordinary weather of the past few
weeks has been lhe principal theme of the press.
The whole country from North to South, East and
West has been visited by blighting frosts, extraordinary snow storms, and every description of temperature except that naturally looked for at this
season of the year. Our exchanges front all quar-'
ters bring us accounts of the devastating ellects to
the crops of every doscrii tion.
The new United States frigate Niagara has
made a (rial trip which proved in the highest degree satisfactory. She is said to be a Clufd' Ouvre
of naval architecture.
Advices from Kingston, Jamaica-, of April 23d,-
state that an English man-of-war hnd'brought into
St. Anns an American schooner, from Africa for
Cuba, with 378 slaves. 137 had died on the passage, and the rest were in a starving comlitiou. It
was rumored ttiut another slaver was oft the coast,
nd ,i British steamer had started in ■pursuit.
The Indians in the Northwest have recently
corn milted lhe most atrocious burl rarities upon the
settlers in that remote and comparatively unpro-'
tected portion of our counfi'y.
Advices from Ifondurarr to the 1st April, state
lhat the new British superintends'iit. Mr. Seymour,
has been sworn as Her Majesty's Lieutenant Governor of the Bay Islands, causing much excite--
ment En Honduras, as Indicating that England
does not really intend to cede the colony to Hon-'
dnraa.
Great Ditch Estkju'r-se.—The Knight's Ferry
and Table Mountain Ditch (capital slock $12.>,<)00>'
will be computed by the middle of July. It runs
through an extensive and auril'etous region whieh
has been hut very little worked.
Onerous Taxation.—On the 2o!h, thc Sacramento Council passed the ordinance assessing tho
city taxes at 234 percent. The county taxes
will probably be as much more.
Prentice says of a ootwnporary editor, thai ho
gets up every morning a whiskey barrel, and goeu
lo bed ever night a barrel of whiskey.
Solitude is sweet, but like the Frenchman, I
wish lo have a friend to whom I can say, "how
sweet is solitud«."
Faust, Franklin anil Morse, tlie three greal*
lights ol civilization. The first created type to
express thoughts ; the second, thought, and illumined the world; the third combined the efforts
ofthe two. girdled the earth with ebcrric fire,
and caused the lightnings to act as the messengers
of men."
As trade Is stopped at Canton, it is fortunate
that we have a good stock of tea at home. Oil
the 3lst of January, tire stock iu lhe [fritted
Kingdom amounted to 87.546.0M) pounds; about
fifteen minimis more ti.nn in lfs..(i.aud twenty-one
millions more than in \HI&.
A pretty pair of eyes aro the beet mirrors to
shave by. "Yes," replied a bachefor on reading
the above, ,; many a man has been shaved by
tbem."
Matlhew Lansberry used  to say, "If yon wish
have a shoe made of durable materials, you
should make the upper bather ol the monlh of :\
hard drinker, for that never lets in water."
As gold becomes refined by passing through the
ordeal of Are, so truth is the purer for being tested
by the furnace of fun ; for jokes ure to facts what
melting pots are to metal. The utterer ot a gocd
joke i^ a useful member °f pociely.
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