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N. REYNOLDS   &, CO.,
Produce and General Commission
MERCHANTS,
Nos. 79 and 81 Davis street.
Between Cloy and Washington stieets,
NAN FnANClSCO. Cal.
Personal attention givi'u co thw soli, of—
Flw*r, Uriln,
Ptttaloea, Onions,
Frull.
Batter, E(!f--,
Oturea BEvsrtS,
Wool,   Utiles,
And all  Btnple products of the country.
Will  till  Orders for goods  when accompanied by
•till or equivalent, in way of consignments.
Hare Constant!*, on hand new und second hand
Oroiu and Gunny Bags, which wo offer oy the bale
or bundle, in lots to suit.
First class storage furnished when required, and
liberal advances made on con sign men ts in store.
Having good experience and locality, we trust, by
Strict attention, to give that satisfaction nhich is
pleasant to both on reel ves and our consignors.
Nich. Reynolds. L. V. II. Howell.
JANSON, BOND & CO.
Corner Battery and Clay streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Have iiotv Lauding and in Store,
on/l     BALES    BBUVrH    DRILLS    AND
Ot.U/ Sheeting,;
lod bales Grain, Flour and Seamless Sacks ;
40 cases Bleached .Shirtings and -sheetings ;
10 cases Merriman Prints;
10 coses Pacific Prints ;
10 AMI Cocheco Prints ;
10 coses Sprague Prints ;
6 cases Printed Jaconets and Lawns ;
6 cases Ginghams and Chainbrays ;
5 cases Assorted Dress Goods ;
6 coBCi Cottonades and Jeans.
Also, a large assortment of—
Cotton and Silklldkfs;
Brilliantiiies; Jaconets; Cambrics;
Victoria Lawns ; Dotted Swiss ;
Cotton and Wool Hosiery;
Buck Gloves; Irish  Linens;
Musqtiito Netting; Diapers;
Htick and Fancy Towels ;
Hickory and Check Shirts,
Cassimere. fiattftut uml Jean Pants.
And o large assortment of other Dress and Fancy
Gooda, too numerous to mention,    For sale low.
JANSON, BOND k 00.
Come Battery and Clay Streets, Sau Franctsco.
BEAN SACKS.
1JWR SALE CIIEAP-Bv
! JAJCBON. BOND k CO,
Corner  Battery and Clay  streets, San  Francisco
F
40-iiicli Silk I laiidiici ( it iris.
OR SALE BY—
J iKSOV. BOXD k CO,
95 Battery street. San Francisco
F
SEAMLESS SACKS.
OR SALE CIIEAP-B?
J4N80N, BONrD k CO,
Corner Battery and   Clay streets,  San Francisco
STATE UF CAMFOtC AA, I
County of Los Angeles. \
In the District (mut oftlie Flint Judicial
District.
William T. B. Sanford, Plaintiff. 1
Edgar Purdy. Defendant. j
Action brought in the District Court ofthe Is/
Judicial District, and the complaint filed in the
eity and county of i os Angeles, in the office of
ihe Clerk of said District Court.
The People of, the Slufc otf Cullforiila send
(Urerllng i Tu EDGAR PULIDV,
YOU ore hereby required to appear in an action
hrought airai.ist yon by the above nam -d
plaintiff, in our District Court of tho First Judi -
•ial District, in and fbr the county of Los Angeles,
and to answer the cunipUint file l herein, a cei ti-
flod copy of which you are herewith served, w.th-
ln ten days alter the service on yon of this sum
mons—if served within this county ; or if served
out of this county but within the First Judicial
District, within twenty days after tbe service
thersof; or if served out ofthe First Judicial Di--
tricl but in the State of California within forty
day* after the service t ereof; always exclusive pf
the day of service—or judgment by default will
be token against you.
The said act on is brought to recover of you the
sum of otie thousand live hundred dollars. ($1500)
principal and interest thereon at the rate of fiv>
percent, per mouth, from September 2Ut.li, 1853
until paid, being the alleged amount due ou a
certain promissory note, executed hy y u io lbe
plaintiff, of date September 20th, 1853. for $1500.
rioyablt- four months alter date, and drawing Raid
aterest; and also for the foreclosure of a certain
mortgage and sale of "he oremi-es iu said in'
gajte described, in satisfaction of the ahove demand ; being certain land*! situate in the township
of San Gabriel in said county o! Los Augeles.and
lull/ set forth iu said complaint, and for cost- ot
suit; ond if you fail to appear and answer the
■ kid complaint as above required, the said plain
tiff will cause ytmr default to he entered, and up
ply to the Court for tbe relief prayed lor iu his
oonaploint.
Witness the Hon. Benjamin II iyes. Judge of our
District Court aforesaid, the loth day cf June, A.
D. 1857.
Attest: My hand and tbe seal of "aid Court
[SBiL.]    the day ami year last above written.
JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk.
Per Wm. H. Shore, Deputy.
In the District Court of the 1st Judi (sin I DI*-
trlot, State or California, Comity of Los An
William T. B. Sanford,]
Edgar Purdy.        \
Having lead and considered the affidavit il
James II. Lander, and it appearing to my satisfaction therefrom, that tbe defendant, Edgar Purdy.
bos deported from, and reside" out of the State of
California, and a canse of action exists against
said defendant,
I, Benjamin Hayes. Judge of the 1st Judicial
District, State of California, do hereby order
That servile in the ahove suit he inside on said
defendant, Edgar Purdy, hy publication of the
summon* as follows:
That a copy of the summons in this case and ol
tbis order, be published once a week, for the period of three months, in the Los Angeles Star, a
weekly newspaper published in lhe city ol Los
Angeles.
And that a copy ofthe summons and complaint.
in this case, be forthwith deposited in the post
offloe of Los Angeles city, directed to said defendant at his place of residence, as stated in the affidavit of said Lander.
BBNJASKN HiVE.S, District Judge.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
County of Los Jlngelet. \
Thereby certify that the foregoing: Is a full, true
and correct copy or an order this day Hied in mv
office. JOHN W. SHORE, Dist. Cerk. *
Per W«. H. Shoiie   Deputy.
Lob Angeles, Jun« 20. 1857. 3m
LOS ANGELES STAR
3ob |..rattitg OJstit.lisljnttnt.
WBIKO STREET, adjoining the U. S. Land Oflice.
Tne  proprietor of  the Ln» -UWSUtStar. vrouM.-aspect
folly  inform  bt»   fri.txl.   ».tf\   th»   pnhUo-   lint    he ha'
j»Mr •*"»•»•<" aUr^em*! v»rinl-iiiorttnent of uew maleri
sl, and is "**•» proper*.*, in MtMOtt
PLATN AND F'\\*ry
-XOJB  X»rtXKTTI3SrC3.,
Vole on lbe st tie Debt
OmcB of SEcazTART or State, }
Sacra*-.NTO, California, ilay 2u. 18G7.      )'
T    DAVID   F. DOUGLASS, Secretary  of State
J., oftlie State ot California,  do  hereby certify
t the annexed id a true and correct copy of the
orfjrintl hei, now on file iii my office.
Witness mv hand and tim grunt seal of State, at
thy office in Sacramento, California, the twenty-sixth
tUJO) Mav, A.D. 1857.
DAVID F. DOUGLASS,
[*KaL.] Secretary of State.
CHAPTER CCXLIV.
An Act to provide for paying certain equitable
claim* against the State oT Calilornia, and to
contract a Funded Debt for that purpose.
The People of the Stateof California, represent
ed in Senate ond Assembly, do enact as follows :
Sj-ctm.y 1. For the purpose of liquid;.tin)*, funding, nml
imviiij. Ill" 'slsiiuw ,-i^siin.i tli... ,M»ti- nf Crtlifortila 'it-rein-
ittat ipee~_led. tii« Treasurer of State shall cause to be
e]>Hrfil -uitahlf bonds of the Slateuf'.aliferuia. not to
sceed the «um cf three mill ine nine hundred thoiiuDfJ
dollars, bfarin/inTciest at the rat« ut weven per ceo I,
nniiRi frnm the date of their iasus. pavabl* at the
gtate Tremurer* office, nn the flrat dav of July, ine
houri.-in'l eight hundred and seventy neven the interest
.-'.'i-iiiii-.: i iri sriii's iinn.!-. shrill bi- .In" si 11 it pa va tile sit ttie
[lite nl th- --.ciiMirer ni Stule. ah the lis-l day (it Jruin-
rp ami of .luly of each vear ; J'roriited. Th t the first
my ment of interest shall not be made before the tirst
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
nine. 8*1 I bonds shall he signed by the Governor, and
euunter-hi'/ned hv the Cnmptrndlcr, and endorsed by the
Treacur r of State, and lshall have the neat or the Stale
affixed thereto.
dec. 2. Coupons for the interest shall be attaclied to
each bund, so tint they may be removed without injury
'rm.itil tion to the hond. Said coupons, consecutively
numbered, shs.lt be signed by the Treasurer of State.
sec. 3. It shall lie tlie duly of the Treasurer and Comptroller of :Uate each to keep a separate record of all
-iu-Ii bond- ns issny hi- issued, slioviiv,' the numher, diiU"
and SLiiivnit fjf i-sii.-h linn '. mi i to whom the sami. *».'
issued, aud upon what claim, and Um amount ; and none
-.f tin- I'bism-s in-iv:!j sp-tilied -hsill he ln[iiirisiteil Or j.aid
hut iii t he manner herein provided.
Bee 4. The sum of one thousand dollars ix hereby appropriated out of any money In the Treasury not other
wi-e appropriated to pay th? expense that may be incut-
red hv [he Ti-i'st.srin-r   in hsiviti:.' said hoods   prepared   liu
'■hf I' ,,tr .11,-r -Issdl   sins  drnw his warrant      n the Tr.-n
tin for this amount until there is money therein to p:n
the same.
Sec. 5. All persons having anv of the cUirn* against
the State of 1'aliroi-nii. entitled to be funded as herein
after specilied. sliall upon the presentation of the samr
to tii-Treasurer of State, receive in exchange therefor
a bond or bonds of the State of California, provided for
in the first section of this Act ; but no bond shall he issued for a less sum than five hundred dollars, nor for
fractional parts ot a hundred dolla s. but the Treasurer
may issue certificates ,,f such fractional parts not bonded, which said certificates shall be transferable and en
lith'd lo be funded as before provided. The Treasurer
-hall endorse, on the back of each laim so received and
liquidated, the dare on which I). received the same
and from whom, and the number of the bond (ssned in
exchange therefor, and such claim shall he tiled in Die
office of tlie Secretary of State
Sec. fi. For the payment wit lin twenty years of the
principal ami intere-t of the bond* issued under this Act.
there shall he levied sinnually. until the bonds are paid,
snd promptly collected in the same manner as is nr may
be provided by law for ordinary State taxes, a tax of thirty
cents on each one hnndred dollar* of thfi assessed value
of real and personal property in the State, and the fund
derived from this tax shall be set apart and appointed
exclnsiiety to the payment of the interest on tile bond"
herein provided, and the final redemption of the principal
of sa id bonds, and the faith of t lie State of Cali forma is
hereby pledged for the payment as herein provided of tlie
bonds issued hy virtue of 'his Act, and the interest thereon, and all moneys that may be received by the State of
California from tlie United States Government on account
of the Civil Fund, so called, are hereby irrevocably pledi;
ed to the payment of the principal and interest on the
bonds issued under this Act. V wilful refusal or neglect
by Supervisors or any other officer to levy or cdlect the
tax imposed by this Act. shall he a misdemeanor, and the
person or persons convicted thereof -liatl be removed from
oflice and punished by a fine not e\eeedinif oue thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceed
ing -ix months, or by br>tli such line and imprisonment.
Sec. 7. Whenever, on the first day of January or July in
any year, there remains, si fter the payment of the interest as he re in he feii' provided, a surplus of teu thousand
dollars or more, it shall be the d.ity of the Treasurer to
advertise for Ihe space of one week, in one daily newsna
per published in ^*iiglisli. in tne city of N'ew York, and for
one month in one daily neivspa er published in English at
the State Capital, for sealed proposals, to lie opened one
month after the expiration of such publications by the
Treasurer, in presence of the Governor or Comptroller, nt
tlie StateCapital. for the surrender of bonds issued under
this Act, wliich advertisement shall state the amount of
money he lias ou hand for the purpose of redemption, and
ihey shall accept the lowest proposals, at rates t.ot, exceeding par value, as may redeem the greatest amount of
bonds until the amount of cash on hand for redemption
is exhausted ; provided, hoiwi'er, in case a sullicient
amount of such bonds sliail nol he offered as aforesaid, to
exhaust the sinkinc fund to a less amount than ten thousand dollars, then it is hereby made the duty of the Treasurer to advertise in two newspapers, one in New York
and one at the Capital «f this State, for three months,
wliich advertisements shall state the amount, of the sink
ing fund, and the number of bonds numbering them in
ihe order of their issuance, which *aoh fund Is se1 apart
lo pay and discharge ; and if such bonds, so numbered in
• uch advertisements, shall not oe presented for payment
aiul cancellation within three months from the expiration
nf such publication, then such fund sh ill remain in the
Trea- ury to discharge such bonds whenever presented—
but tliey shall draw no interest after such publicsition aa
last aforesaid.
Sec. 8. The Treasurer of State shall keep full and particular account and record of all liis proceeding under this
Act. and of the b nils redeemed and surrendered, aud he
shall transmit lo the Governor an abstract ot all his proceeding . under this Act. with his annua! reoort. to be by
tiu- (in-.i'i-iu ii1 laid before- Thii I.'-gi.-liL tu re ; lind al: hook
and pap"vs pertaining to tlie mutters provided for in this
Act, sliall at all times be open to the inspection of any
party interestel, orthe Governor, or the Attr ruey Gener
al. or a co-imitteo or either branch of the Legislature, oi
a join   committee of both.
Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to pay the
interest on e*M bonds when the same falls due, out ol
said interest fund, if sufficient, and if said fund be not
sullicient, then to pay the deficiency out of the General
Kund ; Prowled, that the Comptroller of State shall first
draw his wai rant ou lhe Treasurer, payable to Ibe ordei
of said Treasurer for the amount of interest money aboul
to become due, which said interest warrant snail be drairo
a' least one month previous to the maturing of the in
tercet.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Governor and Comp
t roller to attend, at least once a month, at theTreasnrer'?
oflice. white said bonds are being issued, to examine al
claims received by Ihe Treasurer as aforesaid, and caust
the same to be registered and cancelled in such mannei
a* to prevent them from being re-issued or put in eir-
culatioi .
-ee. 11. The following are specified is the claims which
are entitle I to be received and funded under this Act:
First. Civil bonds of the Stale issued under the funding
Acts passed in the years 1851,1862, 1868, 1855. and 1856-
which are now outstanding, with interest du on the
•unit when presented, as app»ars by the coupons. Second,
Comptroller's warrants drawn under sanction of law. foi
civil expenses p ior to January Is'. A. D. 1S57. and now
outstanding and unpaid, bu the provisions of this Act
shall not authorize the fun 'ing ot any of those wi
the registration and endorsement of which were cancelled
or required to be cancelled by the provisions of '• A
to cancel the registration and endorsement of certai
rants, and prohibiting the payment of the same
proved January 80th. A. I>. 1856. or war ants which have
bee* sp-cifical'ly adjudged illegal by any Court, and all
■aid warrants speciiled in the last-menth ned Act-, art
hereby expressly excluded from all the benefits ai.d pro
i/isions of this Act. Third. Just or legal claims against
the State accrued prior to January 1st, 1857, and whicli
may lie allowed and audited by Act of the Legi-lalure
And if the Treasurer of State shall wilfully issue bondr
upon claims not herein specified as receivable, it shall be
deemed a misdemeanor, and he sliall be pu ished as pro
vided in sec ion fi of this Act. and such bond shall be void
Sec. 12. The claims specified in this Act may be receive"!
for funding, and bonds therefor may be issued prior to thi
first day of January, 1859. but not afterwards : and al
claims not presented for funding prior to that lime, are
excluded from the provisions of this Act, and such blank
bonds prepared under the provisions of this Act, as shall
then remain on hand, shall be destroyed fn the prsee&cS
nf the Governor. Comptroller snid Treasurer,
Sic 13 Tbi- Act sliall take effect on he first da/ of
November. A. I) 1857. as to all its provisions exceptthosc
relating to, and necessary for, its Submission to the people, and for returning, canvassing and procla tning the
votes—which-hall tat" elfect immedintely.
Set. 14 This Act shall be submitted to the people nf
the State for their ratification, at the next general elec
lion to be holden on the tirst Wednesday of September.
A. D. 1857. nnd the qualified electors of this tate. shall
• t snid election on their ballots for Stateofficers vote for
or nisinst this Act ; those voting for the same, shall
wri e or have printed on their b'llots. the words " Pav
thePeht:" snd those votinirairainst the ame, shall write
or have printed on their ballots, ihe words '■ Repudiate
the Debt."
Pec. 15. Th* votes cast for and againist tbis Aet. shall
be counted returned and canvassed, and declared in the
same manner »nd subject to tbe same rules as votes cast
for the Treasurer of State, and If it appear that a m ijor-
ity ofall the votes socast for or-gainst tbis law. as aforesaid. arein favor nf this Act. then the same sha'l have
effect as hereinbefore provided, and shall he irrepealahle
until the principle rnd interest nf the liabilities herein
created shall he pa-d and discharged, and tbe Governor
shall make proclamation thereof: but if a majority of the
votes no east are against thisAct. then the same shall be-
""ec. I" It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State
to have thi" Ac- published in nne newsrajvr in each Judicial District of this State if one be publi-bed therein, for
thr-e mon'hs ni<s_t preeedint. the general election tobe
h.itden vi nn the first Weflnesrlar of Seotember neit : for
which   publication   no   vr-aler allowance   shall   be   made
th  n the rotes s.llnwed bv law to the State Printer.
Approved April 3Stb, IW.
San Jfraitnsco ^bcrfcenuitts.
To Parties Claiming Payment from
the United •.laic. fur Ions nnd dexiritttleii ot
Property during tl.e War with Mexico.
PARTIES desirous of haying their Claims pros-
ecati-ti by the uudtirsigtie'l before the Court of
Claims at Washington, cau receive all the necessary information ou the subject, and hare tlieir
Claims pmmptly prosecuted on application to 0.
MUUGAN, Los Au^t-let*.
aug I J. D. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
Southern Dispatch Line
SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
- TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
rpHlS LINE iacoinposed of the tavorite clipper
_L schooners
LAURA BEVAN. Captain F. Morton :
JULIUS PItlNGLE. J. S.Garcia;
S. D. BAILEY". N. H Ner ;
ARNO, War. Hughes.
Wliich will run regular hereafter as above, taking freight and passengers on the most   favorable
terms, to which every care and attention  will be
paid.
Arrangements are in progress by winch a regular Weekly line of Schooners will be established,
sailing Trom San Francisco, without fait, every
Saturday.
For farther particular? apply to any of theprin-
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Santa Barbara. N. PIERCE,
Proprietor of tbe Line, at San Francisco.
Office—Cumer of Market and Eastsireets.lower
building, (up stairs.) where goods will be receipt
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Townsend's Sarsaparilla,
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Cooper's Isinglass,
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And n full and complete assortment of desirable
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Cold Spring El Dorado..
Colaina  do
Ct.df.rvl.l6         do
Claiksville  do
..Sacramento
,.C W Gilbert
..RF Davis
. .Geo ihatcher
.. t' Cumin ings
■■■  1) Wilson
Cordelia Solano     P O I.
Cot ion Wood Shasta Wm lane
Crescent f.ity Klamath D C Lewis
Centieville  lameda R H Clement
Canon City Trinity   R F Channel
Diamond .Springs Fl Dorado M K Sliearei
Don Pedro's Bar Tuolumne .R Smith
Double Springs .  ...Calaveras NTNorcross
Dow uie ville Sierra James Gernon
Dry Creek Yuba Robert Mc \danis
Dry town Amador W O Clark
Eureka Humboldt KH Foaa
"r.l DorsuJo Calaveras A Irvine
Emory"-.  Crossing Yuba J W Everett
Empire Ranch  do     S Mooilv
Hllsi.trs lUncb Sacramento  Mr Elliot
Frsinklin         do  J K Cr&wfanl
Vol«uin  do  J Clarkiu
Fiii.Il< town Amador DTownsend
Forlits-stirwn Butte Nathan Plum
Forlorn Hope.... Mi-reed T EnglHsou
Fi encli Gulch.... Shasta W G Gibbn
Foster's Bar Yuba SB Whiteomb
Fremont.. ..Y'olo Jonas Spect
French Camp....S-n Joaquin IIW Noble
Forrest City.. ..Sierra W Henry
Foreman's Ranch....Calaveras S Foreman
Fourth Crossing  do         AC Bei-itzliolV
G.."-n Springs Tuolumne Kl, Gsu-iliuer
Gsnvoie.... do     J II Watts
Grafton .... Yolo  A Updepraff
n Valley....   d<
I Flat   ... d
 Sanla Ctari
ear's Bar....Si<
riile..
. .Tlioi
, Ss3t
■s Barges-
do
..AC Ev.
 Julius Meinliardt
BE Elliott
....K Matthewson
 J MSedwell
i Laughlln
s Valley Nevada	
Gcorgiaua Sacramento  .
Gwin Merced.
Hamilton Butte R Davit
Horr's Ranch ...Tuolumne 6 D Dickinson
Horsatown.... Shasta J R Gill
Honcut Yuba WS Rizer
Homitas....Mariposa W 1, Goss
lone Vii Hey Amador J IT Alvord
Illiuoistown....Tlacer I* Itiickell
IoitaSity         do      J Co gun
In 'iau Diggings.... El Dorado ) W Gilbert
lurliaii Culcl: Merced .1 W Norton
Jamestown Tuoluune R W Mardia
Jasksonville      do  G B Keyes
Jackson Amador B B  Redhead
Johnson's Ranch.... Sutter W E 0 Kerr
King's River....Tulare J Smith
Kelsey's.... El Dorado John White
Knight's. Ferry San Joaquin* W E Steward
Lcsieh's Store Mariposa L Leach
Lassen's Butte W P May hew
Lewiston....Trinity C Wood
Los Angeles....Los Angeles J S Waite
Lagrange.. ..Stanislaus T. M Booth
Lisbon Placer G W Applegate.
Loveiner's Fe rv San Joaquin J Loveing
Lil'le York.. /Nevada W W Cozssens
Mountain View Santa Clai
Mct'aitysville do
Muy ii eld
Mil
do
n San Jose
Mi um lain rip rings., ..Plaaer
Michigan Bluff
riposi
do
Mount Ophir
Millerton uo
Martinez Contra Costa	
Mokelumne Hill..., Calaveras..
Murphy's do
McDermott's Bridge        do
Mill Valley do
Moon's Ranch Colusa	
Monroeville do
Mormon Island... .Sacramento
Michigan Bar do
Monterey... .Monterey
Montezuma... ..Tuoluns
Monte Los Angeles
Minersville....Trinity
MidiUetown.... Shasta
Napa.... Napa	
Nevada Nevada	
Nieolaus Sutter....
Nsivato.. ..Marin	
North Branch.. ..Calaveras
. El Dorado
Levi Millard
JOttisou
Fred CrciL'l.toi)
 J J Vallejo
....J Barron
 Washeim
' Keyser
 G W Coulter
JF McNaraara
J H Miller
H Carroll
..H Fogg
 H S Anhiser
A P Stevens
W'FMcDermott
E S Osburn
.Geo Eastman
J H Weston
 J W Demii^on
3 I, Wayne
Nealsburg Placer,
Nati-idad Monterey...
Nelson's Creek Sierra....
Ouseley's Bar Yuba	
Oregon House do
O'Byrnc's Ferry.. ..Stanisla
Onisbo Sacramento ,
Ophirville Placer.
'      -- do
 Wm  Curt
 W FNorton
 Ira Thompson
 J Bates
 CM McKinnelly
i Eaton
,.W H Endicatt
..JC Dickey
II F Jones
.Edwin T Lake
Smith
A C Neal
.. .James Stokes
 J C Lewis,
..F Bridge
"■etcr Rice
 JohnO-'Neil
C F Howell
Daniel B Curtis
Oio City do G White
Oroville....Butt" D C Downer
Oakland.... Alameda T Gallagher
Os titiewa Siskiyou G H Cue
Pleasant Vailev Mariposa A Sl.earer
Pea Vine.. ..Butte .D Whipple
Park's Bar.. ..Yuba Geo Wiser
Pilot Hill.   ..ElDorado A T Bailey
Pl.cerville do A M Thatcher
Pi'talunia ... Sonoma W R Swinerton
Pleasant Springs ...Calaveras R H Hoerclmer
Pa terson....Nevada.... EPTurnev
Plum Valley       Sierra F R Bocker
Princeton Colusa ET Ainett
Pine Grove.... Amador. A Leonard
Quart,7.burg  . .. Mariposa DM Pool
Quincy... .Plumas Lewis Stork
Rough and Rmdy Nevada E B W
ind Tent
R»d Dog do
Red BluiTs....Shasta	
RabbitCwk Sierra	
Rattlesnake Bar  ...Placer.
Russian Hiver Mendocini
Seh.istopol Napa DM Johnston
San Francisco....San Francisco CL Weller
Steinberg's                      do G Thatcher
Sacramento., ..Sacramento Ferri> Foreman
J Slate
J C Green
..SBradway
. ..Mr. Lester
, Thomas Wood
.HG Heald
Sutter
Scot's River.. ..Siskiyou.
Salinas  ...Monterey	
San Juan do
Sau Dieeo.... San Diego
San Luis Obispo.... San Li
San Jose.. ..Santa Clara..
Saina Clara do
Sauta Cruz . ..Santa Cruz
San Lorenzo.. ..AU.meda.
San Leandro do
San Pedro.. ..LosAngeles.
San Gabriel do
San Rafael.. ..Marin	
Santa Rosa... Sonoma...
D Hastim
 James Creg.
..J B Hill
P Breen
.. .. George Lyon
s Obispo A Murray
 CEAllei '      "
H D   MeCobb
 E Anthony
 J Wood
W Van Wagner
 G Alexander
T Burdick
.S J Ski.Imore
...PC Hahmann
Mr Miller
N -SI Hedges
. .. W Russell
A B Bates
. J Downer
do JGlas-man
...Santa Barbara GR Fisher
....San Bernardino . ..D N Thoinas
Tuolumne J Robert-
do                G W Patrick
..San Joaquin..   D J Staples'
do PE Conner
.Amador D Grand ill
do                   R Robinson     ,
..Mariposa .. ..H.Schroeder
Contra Costa.. ..
do
..ElDorado
Son.
Smith's Ranch
San Ramon.. ..
San Pablo
Salmon Falls..
Spanish Flat
Santa Barbara..
San Bernardinf
Shasta.. ..Shas
Shaw's Flat...
Sonora
Staples Ranch.
Stockton
Sutter freek.. .
Sars<hville
Snelling's Ran?' _ 	
Suisun Soiaro WS Kyle
San Andreas        Calaveras .CL Sweet
F,< Louis....Serra WP Williams
Secret Ravin       ..Placer ..J Hart
,>plitRock,.     Merced   J A Bugg
Strawberry V   ley....Yuba ... J A Bar nh art
Tfbama.... Colusa O Gervv
Trinidad Klamath F C"Darling
Trini-y..   .Trinity CLee"'
Uniontown....Humboldt A H Murdoch
v'nicsino.. .. Amador I! T Barnum
Vallejo Solano   J B Friable
VilleHto ...Talaveras GM Murray
Visalia  . ..Tulare....Jp Maiors
Wnodvill» Bo tie S AlvArd
Weaverville Trinitv J Bnrrr
Watson ville....Santa Cruzi I. Thrift
West Point....Calaveras. A Walbaum
Whi-kv Creek Shasta .. ..P Mis
■Western hacrsmento A H "White
Yankee Jim's     ..Placer N Henck-
Yoba Cit.v.. .. Yuba T. Fadolett
Yolo....Yolo J fl Ho Aon
Treks.. ..SJBlrlye-i * iMtimTriUltJ
State Government,      ^^
J, NEELY JOHNSON, Governor.
Robert M. Andbrson, Lieutenant Governor
D. W. Douglass, Secretary of State.
Geo. H. Whitman, Controller.
James L. English, Treasurer.
John H. Brewster. Surveyor General.
Wm. T. Wallace, Attorney General.
A. J. Moulder, Superintendent ot Public I
struction.
W. (J. Kibbe, Quartermaster General.
James Allen. Stat'' Printer.
Wm. Bausman, Private Secreta;y to the Gover
United   States District Courta,
For the Aorthern District of Calif ornia,—t)
den Hoffman, Jr.,judge ; John A. Monroe, elers *
Jas. Y. McDuffie,  marshal.   Regular term.,, fit8I
Monday in June and December of each year, special termB at the option of the judge.
For the Southern District of California,—.^*.
K. Ogier.judge ; C. Sims, clerk . E. Hunter, m'ar_
hai. Regular terms, lirst Monday in June t\
Mi nterey ; first Monday in December at Los An.
geles. Special terms at the option of the jud^'
United States Circuit Court.
For the District of California.—li. H. McAljj.
ter.judge; Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk.     Regular
term, first Monday in July of each year.    Specif
terms at any time after thirty days notice,
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydeufeldt. Chief Justice ; Davids,
Terry, Hugh ... Munay, Justices. Regular terinj
of the Supreme Court eminences on the first Mon.
days of January, April, July, and October.
DISTRICT JUDGES.
1st, Benjamin Hayes ; 2d, Joaquin Carrillo ;Zi,
Craven P. HestT ; 4th, John S. Hagar ; 5tb.Qb»
M. Creanor; (ith, Alonzo S. Mods n ; 7th. E.^
McKinstry ; 8th. J. M. Peters ; nth, W. F. D._!
-rernYId ; lOtb. William T.Barbour; llth, J0bn
M Howell; 12th, Edward Norton ; 13ib, E. Burke ■
[ith. Nilea dearies ; 15th. J. 8. Piizer.
TEHMS   OF  CCliKT.
The First District Court holds its terms in Lob
Angelas on the third Mondays ol March. Jtilj an(j
Noveii ber; in Sail Diego, ihe third Mondays in
Apiil, August und December ; in Sun lSeniifii)i!l0
the third Miindays of February. May and October
United States Land Office for the Southern Di,.
trict of  California '
Augustin Olvera, Receiver j Waller H.Harvey,
Register.
Customs Department—(Son Pedro).  .
Collector—C. E. Can- j Deputy—J. K. Stephen
Postniavters :
J. S. Waite, Los Augeles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the counties ef
Los Angeles, fan Bernardiao and San Diego,
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY  OFFICERS.
County Court—Wm. G. Dryden, Judge.
Sherifl—Elijah Bettis; Under Sheriff—.Wm. JJ,
Peierscn.
County Treasurer—H. N. Alexauder.
County Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel ; Deputy
—J. H. Cd^man.
County Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Public Administrator—M. Keller.
Superintendent of Public Schools—John W.
Shore, county clerk, ex officio.
District Attorney—C. E. Thom,
Coroner—A. Cook.
County Clerk—John W, Shore ; Deputy—J. A,
Hinchman.
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors—W. M. Stockton, Trrrns
A. Sanchez, R. C. Fryer, Stephen C. Foster, Felix
Bacbman.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Los Angeles—Justices of the Peace—Russell
Sackett,  J.   S. Mallard.      Constables— \\ m.   H.
feteraou, B.B. Barker.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
■City Marshal—W. C. Getman ; Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
J    City Attorney—0. E. Thom.
CityAssessor—Benj S. Eaton.
City Council—Antonio F. Coronel, Jnan Bnrr6,
John Frobling, Hiram McLaughlin, A. Ulyard,
George Carson, Joseph Mullaly.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M. Thomas.
County Treasuier—Samuel Rolfe.
County Assessor— JameB Henry Rollins.
County Surveyor—Alyin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt,
Superintendent Pub ic Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis EameB.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Clift.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaus, N. Taylor, 'Wm.
Cox.
ThcLaw of Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to cod-
Untie their subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers di.continu.d-
Publiebers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers Irom the office or place to which-tiny.are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notict to discontinue them.
4. If subscribers remove to other places wftbeut
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decider that refusing to takfr
a paper or periodical from the office, oi removing
aud leaving it uncalled for, is prima facia ev dence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, hy a strict ■fulfillment
ofthe regulations requiring tbem to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken
from their nllice by subscribers.
Distances.
Thefollowing table of dihtaiics was measured
with a viameter, by Capt. Warner, ot lhe U
S.Torographieal Engineers, in the summer
of 1848 :—
From San Franoieco to Mission Dolores. .2$ miles.
Sanchez Ranch....
17
SalinasrivCr..  .
113
.166
Ojitos	
San Miguel	
?37
Brakes   Ranch	
.258
Santa Margarita...
2 (55
San Luis Obispo...
.276
Capt. Dana's	
Pf)
321
340
Arroyo Honde	
.359
.370
387
.398
41,1
Santa Clara river.   .
An
Los Angeles	
AM
Los  Coyotes  .
.504
Juan Avila's	
San Juan Capi.strano
.542
LosFloros...
San Luis Rey..
573
.«m
2tiiijelf
VOL. VII.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,  AUGUST  8,   1857.
NO. 13.
Cos Angeles Star:
PCBLISUKD  EVKRT SATURDAY  MORNING,
At No. 1, Pico Buildings, Spr ng Stri-irl, Riljoin-
ing the U. S Land Oifica, L, is ingolea,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
business Curbs.
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum, in advance. .$5 00
For Six Months  3 00
For Three Months  2 00
Single Number 0 25
ADVEitTiSEttEXT;- Userte at Two Dollars 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.
AoesTd.— Tbe following g
ized Aleuts for tbe Stab :
L. P. Fl*llKK    	
BoEtvsa & Bukmuk, t'o st Office.  .
Wawi-«R& Ki*''	
Coi. Ira taoMTsos	
B.  9. CHKK5   	
Juiiok 1). A. TiidMAS....	
sutlei
; author-
O. E. TUOM. C. SIMS.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
OFFICE—ON MUN STREET.
(Os-jpoaiteth*-Bella Union HoM.1 anl
J-olaxi.  "W\   Shore
COUNTV CLKRK.
Fees    pnynble    Invmiiiljiy   In    advnnce.
LAZARD   &   WOLFSKILL,
IMPOlvTKIIS
And Wholes-ale and Retail Dealers in
Frencli,    K mil ish   and    American
Dry   i • oods.
Corner of Melius Row  Los AngeleB.       aug 9
...Santa Rarhara.
..San Berna-rdinii.
BELLA UNION HOTEL
IIVXcilxx   Street,
LOS    ANGELES.
TLASHNER & BREMERMANN,
PROPRIETORS.
MTHIS HOTEL, so long known as the best
in Southern California, having passed into
the bauds of thft present Proprietors,  has
"been thoroughly refitted, and ma.iy additions made
to its accommodations
Strangers, and gentlemen with their families, will
■find this an agreeable home, at all times.
The table will be supplied, as heretofore
the delicacies of the market.
nth all
mj2
BACHMAN & CO.,
WBOLB8AL8
Giocei-Uft,   WIims,
ware,   Proline.
IND IU.TA1I. DBALSBD IN
I iqiioiH,     Clothing,      I Is. ill-
, llldts    AVool,  &c.,   &c.
Los Angeles street, ^ecoud'house from Co
cial street, t
AUG. W. TIMMS.
,  Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
San Pedro and Los Anoei.es. Cal.,
un7 H.  READ, Agent,   l.os   Angeles.
fl. E. RAIMOND.No. 10i> Fi ont strett. Agent
at San F'anciaco.
GAMBRINTJS BREWERY.
THE best ALE and lil.ER mannfactur-d, and always on   hand,    Delivered to city custoimrs
without extra cbarire.
Cooptring anil  Hi-pairing of Barrels, &c. tta,
Ao assortment of Barrels always on band.
K. MESSES, Proprietor.
Cairiage anl Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL
THE  subscriber  respectfully
|[informs tbe public generally tbat
he will keep constauily on hand
sand will manufacture to order,
CoacheSjBuggies, Wagons.Carts &c
in a neat and workmanrike main er. He bas on
hand and for sale a fine sioek of Eastern white oak
and hickory plank and axles. He k' eps constantly
on hand a large variety of cart nnd buggy wheels,
spokes, felloes, shafts, neck yokes, double aud singletrees.
Horse SHocing -nnd Bl*icksinitliing
in al1 its various brain hes, executed with promptness
and dispatch. Particular attention will be given to
■the manufacture and repair of Plows, Harrows, and
other Fiirming utensils He has an extensive assort-
iiii.nt of iron axles,  springs, bohs.  plow aud spring
steel, and other material pertaining to the business
too numerous  to mention
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
With nonebut the best.oi workmen in liis imp o;
iie leels confident that he can give entire ssid-. Ilie tic
to his custuiners,
uu? JOHN GOLLER.
BLACKSMITH
CARRIAGE SHOP,
3y h. Mclaughlin & bro.,
JL.OS ANGKLKS STREET,
■ Opposite Melius' Building.
WE take the present oppori unity to inform the
public, that we are prepared to do all kirftis ot
Work pertaining to our business in a maimer 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 the best WAGONS
that ever have been built in the Southern country.
Jt^TOld caatings bought at $1 per hundred pounds
febi* h. Mclaughlin & bko.
Wholesale und Retail.
NEW BOOKS, STATIONER if, &c
HELLMAN & BRO.,
BEG to inform the puhlic that, having removed
to their new store. Los An^ele street, where
they have increased facilities for business, they
have uow on hands the largest and best selection
ol goods in tlieir line ever belore ollered in Les
Angeles, comprising—
BOOK'S—English k Spanish, embracing every
Department of Literature.
STATlONEh V, of every description. Playing
Card',.
SEOJihS,  Tobacco, and Matches.
FANCY GOODS— a   choice and extensive   sa
sort ment.
CUTLEh Y-of fill kinds.
RIBS HNS.   Cirmbs,   Sewing Silk,  Perfumery.
Toys,  Candy. Sfc   Stc
All of which will   be dis-posed of on the lowesl
terms, lor cash.
HBLMANN & BRO.,
Melius Row. Ea t side Los Augeles street.
AiiLMist 9 h. 1856. _^^__^__
a  Good Old Poem.
Who-"hall jinlj;e a man Ir m nature?
Who •■! :i 1 know him by his dressT
Paupers may he fit lor princes,
Princes lit lor someihinn less.
Ciunijtli'd nhi t and dirty jacket
May ln'clothe lhe goldfn ore
Ol the deepest thought and feelinR,
Satin ve.-t could do nn mure.
There are springs ■ f crystal nectar
Y.\:\- snellilii.  mil  nf Hone—
There are puinle buds and gulden
H:drien, crushed, and over-^rnwn.
Gmj, who cnunts by soula, n ii dresses,
Lines and prospers you and me,
While H" values thrones the higbeet
But as pebbles on the ~>ea.
Man, upraised above his felluWB,
Oft targets bis fi Mows then ;
Mas ers, rulers, lords, remember
That your n_< anest hands are men,
Men of labor, men ot feeling.
Men by thought, and nun by fame,
Claiming equal right to sunshine
In a man's ennobling name.
Th-re are loam embroidered oceans,
There are little weed ciad rills,
There are feeble inch high saplingB,
There ure cedars on the hills ;
God, who counts by souls, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me ;
For to Him all vain disliuctious,
Ate aa pebbles on the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation's weallh and lame ;
Titled laziness it, pensioned.
Fed and latlened oil lhe same ;
By the sweat nt oiher's loreheads,
Living only to lejo ce.
Wliflfl Ilie poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lilted up tta TO ce—
Truth and justice are e'ernal,
Burn wilh lovliness and light ;
Secr.'t wrongs shall never prosper
While there  ia*tmry  tight.
Giid. whose world heard voices singing
Boundless love to you and tne,
Siuk opposition with ia titles
Ab tin   pebble*, on the sea.
NEW    STORE.
T EWIS JACOBS begs to inform his friends and
Ij the public of SAN BERNARDINO, that he has
Re-commenced Business,
in the NEW BRIOK BUILDING, opposite the
Ollice 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, 186?.
SAN   BERNARDINO.
MR FR.V-K L WETIERGREN, of San Bernardino, has beeu appointed agent in San
Bernardino city, for the Commission and Forwarding
House of \. VV. Timms.
He is authorized to collect money and transact all
business for the house.
A. W. TIMMS.
Los Angeles and San Pedro
Loa Angeles, April 11.   857.
[For the Los Angtloa Star.]
Fhonotypy,
Mr. Editor —Agreeable to tny purpose. I give
you a list nf the schools tn wh ch the new alpha-
bt t spoken of in my introductory lias heen introduced as a short, easy, and consi-teni mode ol
familiarlsZ ng juveniles with our Ian nage^ as
yet. Tor want of suitable books, it can only be
partially adopted, or omy in ihe pri maty brandies
ol education. The first obji-ct and the greatest
trouble is to learn to read and pronounce well,
and then what to lead follows with the varnd
brain hes ol study. *hen a transition must be
made to the com mm twenty-six leiter reading;
but there being enough ot tlie old letlers used
wiih tbe new io show at a glance what the words
are, but little difficulty is experienced. Tiansi ion
readers have been published to facilitate th< pio
ce.-a.
To eet up to Ihe reading point with ease and
pleasure and in a short lime is- certainly a great
ilrsiderntutn ; and when books are prepared in
(he new dress ior the higher branches, the now
Common alphabet reading will be laid upon lhe
belt, as a curiosity fur future generations. And,
as tbe English have adopted Websier's dictionary
standard tor their language, because of its
ior worib and merit, so also the "King's
Knglish " will soon make its app arance in lbe
courts aud balls of royalty, m a Yankee dress—
a •■ Citizens' dress/'
Here follows a list ol thirty-six schools, in whicb
e new system has been introduced.
J. Harvey.
A True and Tuuchlog   Incident.
TbeGlasgow Christian A"ews gives the following as no '■ flcti n, but the plain truth:"
A young man and his wife were preparing to
attend a Chn-tman puny, at the house of a triend,
a lew miles distant.     ,l Henry, my dear husband,
don't driuk too much   at the party to-day ; you
will promis- me, won't yotl T" said she, pulling
ber band upon his brow, aud raising tier eyes to
his lace with  a pleiding smile.   'No, Millie, I
will not;  you insiy tnmt fte."     And  be wrapped
bis inlant boy in a  warm  blanket, and they descended.    The horses were Boon prancing over the
turf,  and  a  pleasant  conversation  beguiled ihe
way.   ■' Now don't forget your  promise," whis-
p< red Ibfl joung wife,  as she passed up the sleps.
Poor thing 1 she was the wife of B man who loved
to look upon Ihe wine when red.    The parly passed oft pleasantly; the lime for departing  d>ew
near,  and   tbo   wife  descended   from   the  upper
chamber to join her husband.  A pang shot through
her trusting heart as she met  him,  for he waa intoxicated—he bad broken his promise.     Silently
they rode homeward save when tlie drunken man
broke iuto "Hatches of song or unmeaning laugh-
But ibe wife rode on. her babe pressed closely   to her  grieved heart.   'Give  me  the baby,
Millie: I  can't  trust you wiih bim, ' said he as
they approached a dark aud swollen stream.    Af
ter  some   hesitation she   resigned her firstboin.
her darling babe, closely wrapped in a great blan"
kt_t to his arms.     Over lhe dark water the noble
steed safely bore thetn, and   when ttiey reached
the bank lhe mother asked  lor the child.     With
much care ard tenderness he placed the bundle in
ber arms.   But when she claspt d it to her oosom,
no babe was there !    It bid slipped from the blati-
ketandtbe father ki ew it not.     A wild ahriek
from  the mother aroused   him, and he  turned
around just in time to see  the little rosy face rise
one moment above the dark waters  then sink forever.    What a spectacle!    The idol ot his heart
gone, gone forever—and tbat by hia own intemperance    The anguish of the molhrr, rnd the remorse of lhe father, can better be imagined th-Mi
described.
3>a"otico-
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for unseated horses,
or cattle <tf our brands * <r they will be prosecuted to tbe extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMINGUEZ.
rsep20-tf JESUS Ma. COT V de DOMINGUEZ.
ATWILL  &.  CO.
172 Washington Street, San Francisca,
SHEET, CARD, and BOOK MlUC,
And other Musical Instruments.
STRINGS and Reeds, for Violins, Guitars. Clarionets, <fec. &c.    Also, a large wholesale stock of
FANCY GOODS AND TOYS,
Billiard Balls, Wax and Uue Leathers, Flags of all
nations, Boxing Gloves. &c. kc. Together with all
feinds of "Yankee Notions." useful or amusing.
Goods packed with great care and forwarded with
promptness.
All orders should mention by what boat or Express company the goods are required to be sent.
apll ATWILL k CO. 172 Washington st.
Established in 1849.
ONE OP OUR FIRM is at present travelling in
Europe, where he .b collecting and for wanl ing
to us Iiy everv steamer, the most splei diil stock of
WITCHES 4»D .JEWELKY
ever imported into this State. Our Watches cannot be surpassed for substantiality and lime-keep
ing. Our Jewelry it- selected with the greatest
care, and none hut the most tasteful goods mane
of the finest gold are allowed to leave our estab
lishment.
Quartz Je-welry
We manufacture  on the premises.    We are the
inventors of tbe art, and keep ahead  of all com-
WATCH REPAIRING
is done by tbe best workmen, under our own inspection, and warranted for one year. Watches
for repai' sent to us by Express are attended to
promptly.
BARRETT & SHERWOOD,
135 Mnntfrnmevy -treat,
between Clay end Commercial streM.».
jy26 tf SAN FRANCISCO.
supei
PAPER   HANGINGS
Just Received, per late  Arrivals,
FRANK° BAKER,
U0 and 112 Clay street, San Francisco
6000 rolls French aud American Borders ;
300 pieces Tapestry Velvet Carpet;
>625 pieces Tapestry Brussels carpet;
230 pieces three-ply cai pet;
300 pieces superfine ingrain carpet;
350 pieces extra fine ingrain carpets;
200 pieces cotton and woj! carpets ;
125 pieces stair carpets, assorted ; .
275 pieces Bay State druggets;
800 pieces oil cloth, assorted ;
125 pieces silk damask and hrocatelle ;
300 pieces cotton and worsted damask ;
4l>00 pair window shades;
373 pair lace curtains;
980 psiir muslin curtains ;
■8000 cornices and curtains;
325 dozen mats, assorted.
Stair Rods, Tahle Covers, Gimps, Fringes, kc.
Wholesale and Retail, hy
FRAN KEEKER,
110   and  11 'Olav street.
Orderafrom the country filled with care and die-
JONAS G. GTi A M& CO'S
FURNtTURE
-W^s-t_.*El-E_"ElC>C»-M:_3,
128 Washing""! •*»■« '- Sn" F»a»*lsco; a»'»*0
and 511<<>iirili sire.1. b.iw.i-ii J nnd K.
streets. Sntvum.iito,
Importers, Manufacturers,
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEHLERS
In ivrry tlrscriptitn of
pnRNITUHB
AND
BEDDING?
Hnvc now i» Store the largest
iTiK-km.il mosl complete nsnort-
nent   of   ri i'  ■>" '   bammtital
FUItXITCRK,
ever offered in this State, consisting in part of—
FINE     ROSEWOOD.     WALNUT    AAD
Mahogany Pnrlor and Chamber sets.
SohAS    OTTOMANS.  LOUNGES AA'P
Easy Chairs;  Bureaus. What-Nots, Minors of all
OfTiCE AND KITCHEN FURNITURE
in great variety. .''_,- « __i
■•■fi- We .in' now niiiniirrietiinng from nur Native
Woods, also from Walnut and Rosewood, moat of
our finest Furniture, and can produce an article superior forstrength, durability and beauty, to anything
imported from the Fast.
^We have constantly on hand, nnd are in regular r ceipt of full and complete invoices of Goods,
adapted io the Interior and Coast trade.
tfj-To WlioL-»al*s DeftleAW* wnul<lmy.yi»nr
orders will   receive, as  formerly, our careful   and
prompt attention.
|Jp.68 JONAS G. CLARK 4 00.
EyaUBH Swords for Amkhican Naval Officer!-.- Ii will be recollected, s-iys tbe Washingto.
Union, tbat a rysi lulion was pas-ed by tbe late
session ol Congress authorialhk several nava offi
ers to receive from tbe British Government elegant swards, presented in tes-tiiiiony of the appre
ciation by tiiat government ol their services ir
the eause of bum miiy. Ye.-terday we were permitted to examine those beauti.ul specimens ol
English workmanship, whieh have ,but recently
been received by the Secretary ot the Navy.
The first lhat we looked a' wat tbat given by
tbe British Government to Commander Henry J
Hartstein, wbo commanded the British barqu*
Resolute, recently purchased t»y our Government
d relurned to the British Government. This
is very much admired, and has been pronounced
to be dicidedly the handsomest oi the three. The
hilt is richly chased with gold, and the case in
which it is kept is quite perfect in its arrange*
ment.
The remaining two swords are similar in all
respects, except in the inscriptions, which are as
follows :■■ Presented by the British Government
io L'euteiiant A. Decatur Trenclianl, commanding
the United Slates surveying steam vessel Vixen,
in grateful ackuowledgmein of the prompt and
efficient services rendered the Br .list) barque
Adieu. August 14. 1855. ' The heads or the bill*
of these swords are surmounted by the eagle's
head ol gold, exquisitely carved, and the guard*
ornamented hy anchors a d cables. Tbe
blades are very haudsoirely cai ved and the scabbards of blue velvet mounted with gold.
Wills of Shakspeare. Milton and Napoleon.—
The last will and testaments of these tbr"f great
men are tied up in one sheet of foolscap, and may
he seen at Doctors' Commons. London. In the
will oftbe Bard of Avon is an inteiliin-al on in
liis own handwriting : ' I give unto my wife my
second best bed with the furniture." li is proved
by William Buyd, 22d of July. Kilfi. Tne will ol
ihe minstrel of Paradise ii a nuncupative one,
taken tiy his d;iught.-r. tlie great poet being blind.
The will of Napoleon ifi signed in a bold siyle oT
sodicil,   on   tbe  contrary,   writt
Curious Literal}- Keltca.
Milton was born at the .Spread fciagle, Bread
Btreet. Cheapside, Decembei i)th. ltiGS, and was
buried November. 1G74. in St. Giles's Church
Crippelgate, without even a stone in the first instance, to mark his resting-place: but in 1793
bust and tablet were set up to his memory by pu
be Bub-icripiiou. Milton, belore be resided :
Jewin Gardens, Aldersgate. is believed to have
removed to and kept school in a large house on
the west side of Aldersgate Btreet, wherein met
City of London Literary and Scientific Insti-
ion previously tn the rebuilding ot their premises It) 1839. Milton's London residences have all,
ith o e exception, disappeared, and cannot be
recognised. This is in Petty France, where the
poet lived from 1051 lo 1660. The lower part of
ihe house is a chandh-r'H shop j tlie parlor np
stairs looks Inlo Sfc Janvs' Park. Here part of
"Paradise Lost'* wan written. The house belonged to Jeremy Bentbam, who caused to be
placed on ils front a tablet, inscribed *' Sacred to
Milton, Prince of Poets." In the same gluss case
wiih Shapspeare'B autographs it) the British Museum, ip a printed copy of lhe El gies on Mr. Edward King, ttie subject of Lyc'das, with some
c-rrections in ihe text in Milton's handwriting.
Framed and glazed in the library of tlie late Mr.
Rogers, ibe poet, bung the written agreement between Hilton and bis publisher, Simmons, for thi.
copyright ol'his '■ Paradise Lost."
A  Dun   " na  li   a  Dun."
The Mariposa Genetic indulges in the following novel dun of ite delinquent patrons, which for
wi', point and fore ), we bave seldom seen equaled
although many rich appeals to the justice and
gratitude of delinquent newspaper patroushave
been "got off" by fhe suffering press, "from
time immemorial." If the lorgetlul patrons of
lhe Gazette don't "take the hint," and forthwith
step up to the captain's oflice aui nettle," wa
fear ttiey will find no peace in this world or in tho
World to come :
Notice to ock Pkbtohs.—When In the course
of human events it becomes necessary to pay our
debts, which can no longer be avoided or got
around, aud also, particularly, when creditors
make such strenuous representations of their de*
ploruble need of that " little bill " as lo leave no1
doubt upon one's mind that he will shortly bave
recourse to that commodity known aa law, In order to obtain their tust dues. Jqst or not, ditto ;
and when and wherefore, a'so, in the course ot
human events, etc., we bave expended nil of our
available means in pfOgagaMog and perpetuating
the " valuable journal " entitled tbe Gazette;
and whereas, furthermore, being in such a male of
financial distress as to leave uo recourse but to
dun sundry and diver* reaper table individuals, loo'
numerous to mention, whose names appear In
quantities upon onr books as _-)U. in amounts from
$,-i upward-"; it is Ihorelore
' Resotvtd by us to " D0*« rt this ui.iveranl community, and te ask that all who eWe us. nnd who
know (hey owe us, to come forward and pay, for
our distresB is exceeding great. OnrChina washerman "no shabl'ee'u'' when told of pay next
week. Our Dutch baker hasn't failb, and on our
pitying our butcher an X, we were politely told of
it moot) larger amount due, lor wliich probably he
cursed his credulity for trusting us wilh, Our
paper, ink, Ac., comen to the express oflice with
nn ominous " ('. O. D." upon it, and the inexora"'
ble express agent won't take promises lor a C. O,
D., as many ofthe unfortunate in this community
have ere this found out. We should- be entirely
without utimitlnnts to refresh yott, gentle reader
when you Visited our ollice, were it not for tho
gratuitous offerings of saloons and lager beer
Bhops, for puflfc, bo reduced are we.
So, now " friends," a very small feW of our
difficulties and a VOTJ fair exposition of our ox-
trrmilies b&S beeu made, aud we hope that each
and ail will pay according  to ability and oblige."
Fovnii Oct.—A young lady who has been traveling about Canada recently dressed in male attire, and trying to obtain employment as a compositor in various printing offices, turns out to be
the daughter of Mr. D'Enny, a surveyor and crown
land agent in Peterboro, C. W-, and ber name is
Minnia Augusta Celeste D'Enny. It seems she
deserted her luxurious home, about six months
since, under the influence cf a pansiou for ttie stage
  Mlllll
A   Well Govtsiiii-'l Slate.
Where spades grow bright, and idle words grow
d   II;
Where jails are empty, and wh"re  barrn» are full ;
Where church pathB are wilh  frequent feet  outworn,
Law court-yards weedy, silent, anil forlorn.
Where doctors tool it and where tarmi-rs tide,
Win re age abounds and youth is multiplied •
Where these signs are. ihey clearly indicate
A happy peopb aud well go erned State.
The It-loon.
I am fain
To feed upon the beauty of tlie moon !
Sorrowful moon ! seemiiiff so drowo'd ia woe ;
A queen, wliom some grand, battle <luy Ime left
Ui kingdumM and a widow, while the nars,
1 hv handmaidens, are ■ i s■   ■ i. ■     b cit in awe,
G:*zi  g in sibnee on thy mighty j,-rief 1
All men have loveil thee lor thy beauty, mnon !
Adam has .ui ned from Eve's fair face to thine,
And drank tliy beauty wilh his "Wne eyes.
— Alexander Smith,
Thk Elkctkiu Flash.-— Recently, while telegraphing lo establish acorrect longitude lor solar
observation at different places, the lines were si-
lultaueously iu operation between Chicago and
Quebec, a didance, by the telegraphic route, 0*
one thousand four tninilred miles ; yet the electric
fluid occupied no appreciable time in pasting.
A voter, deficient in personal beauty, said to
Sheridan, "I mean to withdrew my countenance
from yon." " M ny tbaiiksjor the favor," replied
the candidate,
saw."
1 for it is lhe uglist mug I ever
wntit.g ;
s-liortly before bis  di
*'ate of his body-
alb, exhibits  lhe  then weak
Maosa Chart* It. ovkkkd.—The transcript ol
Mairna Charta now in the British Museum was
discovered by Sir Robert Cotton in ihe possession
of his tailor, who was just about to cm the precious document ool into measures for his custom-
r . Sir Koberi redeemed the valuable curiosity
t the price of old parcl-ment, and thus recover il
.hat had long been supposed irretrievably lost.
There is an inscr ption nn a tomb stone at La
Point, Lake Superior, whicb reads as follows :-—
'John Smith, accidentally shot as a mark of
aff ction by his brother "—Exchange.
This, says the Not th  Californinu.  reminds  us
of one on a lomb stone near  San biego,  which
runs as ftilloi
ory of  Willi,
tielh by bein
obi kind, brass rnountd and of such  is tbe king
dom of he vin."
••This yere is .aktid lo the rnein-
Ileiny .Skraken, who came to Ins
t with Colts reve
ue of tin
How can colors be called fast which are war^
ranted not to run ?
During what part of the year \* your money not
your own 1   When it's Lent.
What key can never be broken ? A key (w) bole,.
to be sure.
Why cannot Kings be made April fools of? Because they are August personages.
Wantkd.— A lock of heir from the head ofstcam-
boat narration—likewise a big loe from'the foot
ol a mountain.
At a fair in New Jersey, a reporter gives the following in the lint of premiums: " Best bed-com-
forier~Mibg Thompson.
Long words like long dresses IV.-;'i-si'ly hide
something wrong about the und*'i>(at)*nn__.
Punch says, if you wish to see the teeth of a
besiutiful young lady, pruiae her rival before her
face.
The man who  nun ion "U the heart
of a coquette, bas become a skillful stone cutler.
" I wish you had been Eve," said  an  urchin to
a woman who  was  proverbial   lor  her  meanness.
" Why so V    " Because you wosibl haTe eaten all
e apple, inrtead ol nividing il with Ailiim."
The man who always drives a good bargain has
lately procured a new whip.
An old maid in Connecticut being at a loss for a
[lineiir.blt.ui, iiiii'I'' us-'e -A an r,ii,(.;i. On tin; lul lowing morning r-he lound A.,a aii l:." is i rl,.-. ;irUl
tears iu their eyes.
K roan attempted to seize a hVorabl* opportunity a lew days since, but bis hold slipped, and be
fell to ibe grutnd soatlderabt'r lojoreA.
Why is a free  fl-ght   like  *n nnetioncer's store ?
because there are a good many knock downs iu it-
Why are ladies  dretaes round   the  waist like a
general meeting I —
there.
Washingion seldom induced in a j. ke or sarcasm, but when be did, be always made n decided
nit. During Ihe debate on the es-ablisbmeni o'
the Federal nimy. B member ol Congress ottered a
resolution limiliog it lo tbr-e thou-aud nr n, to
which Washington off-red a" ameni'im-nt. prov d
inn lha' iioeremy should ev. r invade itn-c umry
with more than two thousand soldiers. The
laughter which enHiied, binoibeied ihe reaolutiou. - haa
Du. Fkankus in Paris—In lbe early part of
lhe American w«r. Franklin went to Paris, iu tbe
hope of proem ing peeuniaiy resources from
France For some time he was unsuccessful
b iii-j [ovlled lo a lar;ie party, a gentler—
served, '• H  must be
miw ezblbi
snd
iob-
wned. sir,  that  America
to us a grand and maeniflcent sp-c
Because there l»%gathering
lader     "True." repli-d tbe Doctor, -but the
spectators do on' pay 1"
A  man b ving asked "how  many doir days
there were io the yea'," ntceived the ans-uer (but
it was Imooealbk to namber them, a» " eveiy dog
bis d»y."
The Niagara river in i i i   suffering from
a very heavy tall, and is confined tQ its b d.
It is staled tbat (4,090,000 worth of oysters are
sold in New Vork iinntwlly.
The Atlantic Ocean is estimated as three miles,
and the Pacific as lour miles deep.
There are six or seven generations of gnats in a
summer, and each lays 2,'»tl eggs.
; re about 9.000 cells in a square foot of
honey-comb.   6,000 be - s weigh a pound.
A swarm ol bees contains trom 10 OflO to M.00O
in a natural ttalt, and from au,U00 to IO.OjO in ■■:.
, bive-
■   i   i