hn franctsco Ibbcriisonunts.
N. REYNOLDS  8l CO.,
Produce and General Commission
MERCHANTS,
.\<>h. 79 ami 81 Davis street.
Betweim Clay and Washington stieets,
SAN Fi.aNCISCO. Cal.
Personal attention givwu io lb* **W uf—
Fluur, Grain,
Butfr, Kvrk,
Cured Bftaata,
Wool.  Illdca,
^nd all staple products ot tin; country.
Will fill or Juris for goods when accompanied by
•ant) or equivalent, in way of consignments.
Have constantly on lianJ new and second hand
Grain nnd Gunny Bag* which we offer oy the bsh
or bandit., in lou to suit. *
First class storage furnished when required, and
liberal advances made on consignments in store
Having Rood experience and locality, we trust, by
■trict attention, to give that satisfaction which. i»
pleasant to both ourselves and our consignors.
Nich. Reynolds. L. V. II. Howell
Vo.c on lhe i_t.de Ikbt.
Oitick of Secretary of Static,
Sacramento, Calilornia, ilay 2t>. 1857.
&U Jrancisto ^bciliscmcnts.
I,
JANSON, BOND & CO.
Corner Battery and Clay streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Have min Lauding and in Store,
OfV\   bales  bk»wn   drills  and
Ol'lJ Sheetings;
lui) bales Grain, Flour aud  Seamless Sacks ;
Socages Bleached Shirtings and Sheeting*;
10 cases M.-rrimau Prints;
10 cases Pacific Prints;
10 cases Cocheco Prints ;
10 cases Sprague Prints;
6 ca^ea Printed Jaconets and Lawns ;
6 cases Ginghams and Ohanibrays;
6 case9 Assorted Dress Qoo$$ ;
6 cases Cottonades and Jeans.
Also, a large assortment of—
Cotton and Silk Ildkfs;
Brilliantiiies; Jaconets; Cambrics;
Victoria Lawna ; Dotted .Swiss;
Cotton and Wool Hosiery;
Buck Gloves; Irish Linens;
Musquito Netting; Diapers;
Huek and Fancy Towels;
Hickory and Check Shirts ,
Cassimere, Sattinet and Jean Pants.
And a large assortment of other Drees and Fancy
Goods, too numerous to mention.    For sale low.
JANSON, bOND k CO.
Corner Battery and Clay street?. San Franctsco.
BEAN SACKS.
IjlOR SALE CHEAP-Bv
1 JANSON, BOND & CO,
Corner Battery and Clay Btreets. San  Francisco
•IO-in rh Silk Handkerchiefs.
OR SALE BY—
J\NS0N. BOND k CO,
95 Battery street, San Francisco
F
SEAMLESS SACKS.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Bv
J\NS0N, BOND & CO,
Corner Battery and   Clay streets,  San Francisco
»p25 SU
STATE UF CALIFORNIA, I
County oj Los Angeles, j
In the DUtrlct Court or tiu- First Judicial
District.
William T. B. Stanford, Plaintiff.
Edgar Purdy, Defendant.
Action brought in the District Court of the l*t
JuUeial District, and the cmnplaint fled in thi
eity and county of / on Angeles, in the ojfire oj
the Clerk of said District Court.
The People of the Stole of California send
Greeting , To EDGAR PlUO¥,
YOU are hereby required to appear m an action
brought atrai-.st ynu by the above nam d
plaintiff, in our District Court of the Firsi Judi
eial District, in aud lor ihecmmty ol Los Augeles,
and to answer the complaint (le.i herein, a ce* tiffed copy of which you are herewith served, w-th
in ten Jays alter the service on you of this sum
mons—it served within this county ; or if served
out of this county but within ihe Firat Judicn*
District, within twenty days after the servici
thereof; or If served out of the First Judicial DU
trict but in the Stale of Owiforire. within forty
days after the service t ercof; always exclusive id
the day of n- ryice—or judgment by default wit
be taken against you.
The said act on in brought torecover of you tb<
Bum of one thousand five hundred d..liars. ($1500
principal ami Interest thereon at the rate of fiv>
per cent, per mouth, from September 2()ih, 1853
until paid, being the alleged amount due on a
certain promis-ory note, executed bv y u to th'
plaintiff, ol date September 20th, 1853, for $1500.
payible tour months after date, and drawing said
interest; and also for the foreclosure of a certain
mortgage and sale of ihe oremi-es in said morl
gage described, in satisfaction of tlie above demand ; being certain lands situate in the township
of .San Gabriel in said county ot Los Ant.eles.and
lully set forth in said complaint, ami for cost- o1
suit; and if you fail to appear and answer th
said complaint as above reqiiind, the said plain
tiff will cause your default to be entered, and up
ply to the Court for the relief prayi d lor in his
•omolait.t.
Witness the Hon. Benj imin Hayes. Judge of on*
District Court aforesaid, the 15th day tf Juue, A
D. 1857.
Attest: My hand and the seal of-aid Court
[BKAL.1    the day and year lasi above written.
JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk.
Per Wm. H. Shore, Depuiy.
In the DUtrlct Court of the lit Judicial District, st uie of «. i.Ul..i nl,i, County of I_os Angelea.
William T. B. Sanford, "1
M. \
Edgar Purdy. )
Having lead and considered the affidavit i
James H. Lander, and it appearing to my sattsfac-
tion therefrom, that the defendant, Edgar Purdy
has departed from, and resides out of the Stale ol
California, and a cause of action exists againsi
eaid defendant,
I. Benjamn Hayes, Judge of the 1st Judicia
District, SLate of California, do herehy order
That service in the ahove suit be made on said
defendant. Edgar Purdy, by publication of the
summons as follows:
That a copy of the summons in this case and ol
this ordei. be published once a week, for the pe
riod of three month*, in the Los Angeles Star, a
weekly newspaper published in the city ol Lo."
Angeles.
And lhat a copy of the summons and complain!
in this case, be forthwith deposited in the posi
office of Los Angeles city, directed to said defendant at his place of residence, aB stated in the affidavit of said Lander.
BENJAMIN HVTES, District Judge.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1
County of Los Angeles. \
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, trur
and correct copy of an order this du filed in mv
office. JOHN W. SHORE, Dist. Cerk. '
Per Wm. H- Shore   D-putv.
Lob Angeles. Jon* 20. 185T. Sm
\
DAVID   F. DOUGLASS, Secretary of State
ofthe   State ot  California,   do  hereby certify
he annuled is a true and correct copy of  thii
original aet, now on tile in my office.'
Witness uiv hand and the great seal of State, at
my office in Sacramento, California, the twenty-sixth
day oi liav, A.D. 1857.
DAVID F. DOUGLASS,
[seal.] Secretary of State.
CHAPTER CCX1.IV.
An Act to prov.de f»>r paying certain equitable
claims against the Stale of California, and to
Contract a Funded Debt for that purpose.
The People of the Stateof California.represent
ed in Senate ond Assembly, du enact as follows l
toting, fun.ling, and
laim* *j_"iiiti!<t tlie .-tete ofCulifurr.ta herein-
__, tha Treasurer of State riull oaoitSo hv
[irepitr' (I -ui table bond! of t*8 *tnT.-of ' ,-iUfi.riiiri. ne! to
nned th* snin cf three miplot* afot hundred thousand
dufisrs, bssriog Interest at the fete of seven percent,
jwrr annum from the 'late of tht-ir issue, pavab!. at the
State Treasurer'a ollice, on tbe .firat clay ol July, me
thouns-n.l eight hunilred an.l seventy seven the interest
accruing on «»id bond* shnll be due .uni payabl« at lhe
i.ltice of the Tr.-.i.vi.-.ri' nl State, en the Iir-; .lay ..( Quinary and of July of each year : I'forid'd. Th t the ftr-t
payment of iatere.it -hull net be ina-le. befere the fir-it
day of January, one thousand eight hiindred and firty-
nine. Sai I bondu shall be signed by the Oovaraor. and
founter-sii;ned hv the Comptroller, i"1'1 emlnrsed hy the
TnaaOT' r of State, and shall hue the »eal of the State
affixed thereto.
Ser. %. Coupons for the intever*t shall be attached tn
esch bend, nu tha they may be removed without injury
r m-nil turn to the bend. Said coupon*, consecutivelj
(lumbered, shall lie -i^ned Iiy t lie Tiea^urer ol S_tate.
^■ee. 3. U -hull l.e the duty of the Trea-urer and Comptroller of State each to keep a wparatfl nBBord of nil
■imcIi bond- as mav lie is-ued, --hir.v iu_f the number, dale
and ami.untofeae.il hou !, an I to whom the asme wh-
issued, and upon what claim, and it-i amoant ; and none
,M the drum* herein -pe.-ilied shull he li4uidated or j.iiii]
bat in the manner herein provided.
jlec 4. The sum ol" one. tlem-and dollars is hereby a|i-
propriated mil of any nmuey in the Trea-uvy not oilier
wi.eappropriated to |'»v the expense that may be incur
redby the Trea-urer in"having n.iiM bonds prepared bul
he Comptroller nhall nut draw his warrant n the Trea
iiiry for this amojnt unlil there is money therein to pay
the same.
Sec. ft. All per»on9 havintr nnv of the claims attain**'
the State of Califorr.i... entilled to be funded as herein
after ipeoffled, shall u, on the presentation of tlie same
to tli" Treasurer of State, receive in exclianse therefor
a bond or bonrls of the Stateof California, provided for
in the hint section of this Act ; but no bond shall be issued for a less sum than flee hundred dollars, nor fot
fractional parts ol a hundred dolla s, bul the Treasurer
may issue certificate* .f auoh fractional parta uot honied, which said certificates sliall betfMUfrraWe and en
t iti a to be funded aa before provided. The Treasure;
hall endorse, on the back of encli hum so receired am
liquidated, the date on whjch he rebefvM the name
and from whom, and the number of the bnfid issued in
BxnhanM therefor, and such claim (.hall he filed iu thi
■nice of the Secretary or state
Sec. ft. For the payment wit .to twen'y years of tin
principal and interest of the bonds k-ued under tlifnAOl
here shall be levied annually, unlil the bonds are paid,
md promptly collected in the same manner as is or may
be provided bylaw for ordinary State luxes, a tax of thirty
cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value
of real and per*onsl property in the Slate, and the fund
lerived from this tajt sliall he set apart and appointed
Mtclueivelj to the payment of the'interest on the bonds
.erein provided, an.', file iinal r ■ -. 1. ■ 111. ;it ion ol" the princip'il
f nail bonds, amf the faith of 'he Stateof California i-
erehv pfrdlfed for the pnyment as hereia provided of the
onds issued hy virtue of "ihis let. aad the interest there-
n. and all moneys that may be received hy ihe Stale of
'alifomia from tiie United Slates (ioverunient on account
i" the Civil Kuu-I. so called, are hei eby irrevocably pled:.'
d tothe payment of the principal mid interest on the
,onds issued under this Act. \ wilful refusal or negleel
v Supervisors or any other officer to levy or cdlecl the
at imposed hy this Act. shall be a misdemeanor, and tbe
,erson or persons convicted thereof hall be removed from
ffice and p.unshed bv a liue not eawaedtng one thousand
d«lla», or bv imprisonment in the connty ,hi. not exceed
ng -i* months, or by both such fine add imprisonment.
Sec. 7. Wno never, ou the first day of January or July in
iny year, there remains, after the payment of the inter-
:st as hereinbefore proehJeA, a eitrplui uf ten thousand
lobars or more, it shall he the d ity of Ihe Treasurer to
livertise for the space of one week, in one daily OffWHDa
per published in English, tn tne city of N'ew YorK. am! for
me month in one dally aewrtpa er published in English a'
Ilie State Capital, for sealed pn ponala, to he opened one
month alter tbe expiration of such pablicatlnns hy the
I'reasurer, in presence nf the Governor OJ Comptroller, al
he State Capital, for the surrender of bonds issued ondei
his Act, wliich advertisement shall state the amount ol
noney he has on hand for the purpose of redemption, ami
hey shall accept the lowe-t proposal*, at rates i_ot ex-
■eediiis par value, as may redeem the jrreatusl amount o|
-.ond.. until the amoant ot cash on hand for redemption
n exhaused ; proviitid, however, in case a sufficient
imount of -ucii bond> shall not be offered as aforesaid, to
■xhaust the sink in.' fund to n less annul n I   than ten thou
ami dollars, then it is herebv '"<t'-e the duty ol IheTrea-
York
To Parties Claiming Payment from
the United Stale* fit*  !">"> ■ln,:  Ueatructleti of
Froptrtj- during Hit Wat wltln Mexico.
PAKTltS dwiroua of baving their Claim? prosecuted by tbe utiderBigued before tbe Court of
Claim* at Washington, ca.n receive all the oecea-
sary inforiiiatioti ou the subject, and have their
Claim" promptly prosecuted oa application to O.
MORGAN, Los Angeles*,
am, i J. D. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
Po»t Officts  and Post Masters In California.
..Col
do
Aottoafa	
Al/aradu Alameda
Alaioeda       do
Angel* Calaveras
Auburn Placer...
A1 [ilia Nevada...
American Knn-.-h
Southern Dispatch Line
ifjk    S.VN PEDRO PACKETS,
Jit**-TOUCHING AT SANTA BAIIUaRA.
rpHIS LINE is composed of tbe Uvorite clipper
\_ scliooners
LAURA BEVAN. Captain F. Morton ;
JULIUS PRINGLE. J. S.Garcia;
S. D. BAILEY, N.HUer:
ARNO, Wm. Hughes.
Which will run regular btreafter as above, tak-
ine freight and pasfen^ers on the most  favorable
terms, io which every care and attention   will  be
paid. ,       ...
Arrangements are in pr^gres? by which a regular Weekly line of Schooner* w'll be established,
sailing from San Francisco, without fail, every
Saturday.
For further particulars apply to any ot ttiepnn-
ciiinl merchants at Los Angeles. Snn Petlro, or
sluta Barbara. N.PIERCE,
Proprietor of tbe Line, at San Fraucisco.
Office-Corner of Market and Eaststreets.lower
building, (up stairs.) where goodfi will be receipt
ed for and forwarded ir e of storage and drayage
a u tr 11>
w" ni'ir-]i;-||L(.i-i, line ti
tl"f this Siate. fnr three m.mih-
«hall slate the amoant >>l the sink
nberof hou is numbering tbem Ir
ante, which 1 eh fund is »e' Span
and if such b"iid". so numbered ir
shall Tint ue  iire-=ent-'d for paymeni
md oue at the Oapi
vnich ailvertiswrncntf
ng fund, anil the nn
he nrder of tlieir is>
■ii pay and discharge
uch adfertiapmanta.
mil cancellatio i within three months fnuti the exnirat:
if such publication, tlien aucti fund sh ill remain in ' ii"
frea- ury to discharge such bunds whenever prown+ofl—
•>ui they shall draw no interest after such publication as
Inst aforesaid.
Sec. 8 The Treasurer of State shall keep full and particular account and record of all his proceed ini;' under thir-
\Ct. ami of the b n Is reih-emed and surrendered and lu
• hall transmit to the Governor an abstract ot nil his pro-
leadings under this Act, with his annual renort, io be hy
the Governor laid before the legislature ; and al hook-,
ind paper* pertaining to the matters provided tat in thi-
Act. shall at all times be open to the ins ection of any
.arty intereste.', or the Governor, or the Att rney General, or a co-unit tee of either branch of the Legislature, oi
B join   committee of both.
Sec. 9. It shall he the duty of the Treasurer to pay the
interest on s»id bonds when the same fulls due.
-aid interest fund, if sufficient, and if said fund
ufticient, then to pay the deficiency out of the General
■'und ; Pnri'lfA. that ihe Comptroller of Stute shall first
Iraw bis warrant on Ibe Treas irer. payable to the order
of said Treasurer for the amount of interest money about
ti. become due. which snid interest warrant snail be drinv.i
ai least one  month previous to the maturing of the in-
iO/ Cl^y   street,
OFFER FOR SALE
Alcohol;
Castor Uil ;
Tartaric Acid ;
Blue Vitriol ;
Fresh Hops ;
Camphor ;
Cr. am nl'Tartar j
Sttl Soda ;
Nfidliiz Powders ;
B Tax ;
Strychnine ;
Fl;ivoritur Extracts;
Shitk-r'fcl]-th*;
Epsom Salts;
Sup. Oarb. ol Soda,
Buy Ptiitn.
Mustang 'Liniment,
Ainm.
Er s.ol Brick
Sal I pe're,
Irish Moss,
Canary Seed.
Jvimaca GrtOger,
(£•"0. Arabic,
Inu.po,
Calabiia Llcorire,
SassafntP Bdrk,
Townsend's Sarsaimrilla,
Sand's Sni'^iiparilla,
Cooper's Isinglass,
Yellow  Wax.
Copperas,
Vint a fixll niidcimvplel e nssortiiientnf rteslvnbl
DIUJGS   AND   MKDICINKS.
R. & CO. resp.-ctlnlly s« licit oniers Irom th
conntiy. and will guarantee satisfaction, in ever
particular, to those who I'avor them with their en:
bom, f»p25 3
r and Comp
LOS AS GELES STAR
|ob printing (gstabltsbtnt.
WRING STREET, adjo<aiag tb« U. S. Laad Office.
TB*  propriatnj of  the Lou Aoj:elefSu_, woulflrespsot
fully inform bis   friands aE<l   tbe public, that   he b»>
)ustraaai*64a larfssnd varied ««>rtBJ«Btof aewmataji-
»j,»cd :> 8o» prepar»«l t« .Teeit*
PLATS ANT> FANCY
JOB PRINTING,
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Gov.
'- roller to atton'l. at least once a month, a*
■illlce. while saiil bonil" are hcinn tosuftj. to examine all
claims received by the Treasurer as aforesaid, and cause
the same to be regiateied and cancelled in such manner
i* to prevent them from beicg re-issued or put in cir-
culatioi .
■~ec. 11. The Mlinrini* nre specified i.^ the claimn which
rire entitle! to be recffved and funded under this Act:
First, Civil bonds of the Stale issued under the funding
.Acts passed in the years 1851, 1S52. 1«53. 1S55, and l$/ifi.
which are now cmtstanding. with interest du nn the
■ame when presented, as appears by the columns. Second,
Comptroller's warrants drawn under sanction of law. loi
civil BIMUHM p ior to January Is'. A. D. 1857. and now
outstanding and unpaid, bu the provision* of this Act
-hall not authorize i h" fun ing ol any of those warrants,
the registration and endorsement i.f which were cancelled
or r^rjnired to becan'-elled by the provisions of '■ An Act
to cancel the registration nnd"endorsement of certain warrants, and prohibiting the payment uf the same " ap
proved Januarv 80th. A. D. HM. or wnr ants which hav.-
. specifically adiud^-ed tflefral by any Court, anl all
warrants specified in tin* last-nvnt ii ned Act, are
■bv expressly excluded from all the benefits ai.d provision's Qf this^Act.. Third. Just or legal claims against
tne dtate accrued prior to Januxry 1st, 18.5". and wliich
may be allowed and audited by Act of the Legislature.
And if the Treasurer of State shall wilfully issue bonds
upon Btaims not herein specifie.l as receivable, it shall be
deemed a misdemeanor, and he shall be pu ished as pro
rtdeil in sec ion fl of thi_ Act. and such bond shall be Void
Sec. 12. The claims -peclfied in this Act may lie reoefTci
for rundinR. and bonds therefor may be issued prior to th
first day of January, 1869, but not afterward' : and al
■■laim" not presented for fundin; prior to that Time. ar.
excluded from the provisions Of this Act. and such Mi.nk
bonds prepared under the provi-dom of this Act, ai shall
then remain on hand, shall be destroyed ia the presence
of tbe Governor. Comptroller md Treasurer.
Sec   13   This Act  shall  taka effect on    he first  da.' i
\'ovemher. A. D. 1857, as to all its provisions except tho.
relatiuc to, and necessary  for, its submission to the pe.
pie.  and for returning,  canva'sinp and  procla ming the
votes—urhichsball t;<Ue effect immedintely.
Use. 14 Ihi-. Act shall be submitted to the people m
th^ State for their ratification, at the next general elec
tion tn beholden on the first Wednesday of September.
A. D, 1857. and the qualified eleclors of this tate. sha'-l
■it said election, on their ballots for State "Ulcers vote fbr
or airninst this Act ; those votine for the same, shall
wri e or have printed on their ballot*, the words ■'Pay
Ihe Debt i" nnd those votin" ajainst the ame, sliall write
or have printed oa their ballots, ibe words '-Repudiate
the Debt."
Sec. 15. The votes east for and aftainst this Act, shall
Ti* counted returned and canvassed, and declared in the
annfr ^n>! subject to (he same rules as votes cast
for the Treasurer of State, and if it appear that a m i.jor-
ity of all tbe votes so cast for or spainst this 1 ■, w. as afore-
'*"ld arein favor of this Aet. then the same sha'l have
effect a* hereinbefore provided, and shall be irr»pealnhle
until tbe principle ind interest of the liabilities herein
created -hall he pa'd and discharged, and the Rovernnr
shall mnke proclamation thereof ; but if ■ majority of the
vote" so east are against this Act. then the same -.hall be
come Tcid.
Pec. IS It thall be the duty of the °eeretary of Stat-
to have this Ao* published in one newsi ap r in each Judicial District of this State if one be pnhU-hed therein, for
three months next prTedine th* feneral election tn be
h.dden n ■ on the first Weflne^dav of September neyt : for
which publication no rrrester b11'-w»tic* "hall be made
ith  n thentas allowed hv la v tu ths State Print*!.
i    Approved April 28tb, 1*57.
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Santa Clara A Kftthbone
Ashland Butte Elijah Lett
Aqueduct City Amador Mb Butler
Belmont San franciseo
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l.niidville Mariposa..
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Che okee 	
Cnmpo Seco .,,
Cam pton>'ilie.
Chinese Camp
Culuinbia  oo
Cortsville  iU
Clinton Nevada...
Coon Creek I'lacer
Colusa Colusa	
Cold Spring ElDorado.
Cidnma  do
Cedarvitle  do
Clarksville         do
Cosumnes Sacramento
Cordelia Solano    	
Cotton Wood Shasta Win I.
Crescent City Klamath DO Lewis
(Vntieville  • lameda R B Clement
CafinnCitir Trinity     .. ... .R V Channel
Diamond Springs Fi Durado M K  Shearer
Don Pedro's Bar Tuolumne..
Double Springs  .   ...Calaveras....
Downieville   Sierra.
Dry Creek Yuba	
prytown Amador..
Eureka Humbold'.
Kl Dorado Calaverai
TfBl £&&a__S&Ss StflBl
Td iCIEN'TIPTC A\T0 iV_.u:riCAL AGRlCULTt'RE-
By Henry Stephens, F. R. S.. of Edinburgh, and the latf
"j. I'. Nor too. I'rofe.ssor of Scieiitltic .V.iiculture in Yah
College, New Haven. 2 vols. Royal Octavo. lCOOpages.
and numerous Wood and Steel Engravings.
This is. confessedly, tbe most, complete work on Agricul
ire ever published, and jn ordi>r to s;ive it a wider circu
lation the publishers have resolved to  reduce the price tr
Five   Dotlnra far  tlie Two
When i
Voln
.rs!!
John  Ridwell
 T M Daniel
 T M Pawling
....8 J B<iwley
e M  R Graham
 Z B Tinkvlm
 J MRoot
II M Moore
..J Ba-nes
Vincent
 CWGilbert
 BF Davis
 Geo Thatcher
 P Cumminga
 W D Wilson
P O Ij\morie
Enioi-y"
-nail (post-paid) to California and Ore
in the price will be S7. To every other par' of tht
"nion and to Canada (post-paid), S6. 0&- This worki:
:ot the iii " Book of the Farm."
Remittances for any of the above  Dubli eat ions should
ilways be addressed, post paid, to tbe publishers,
LT.OVARD SCOTT k. CO..
N». D4 Gold 3tr»e*, New Tork
..Yuba...
-an   N T Nurcross
.. .James Gernon
..Robert McVdams
...WO Clark
....K II Fobs
..A Irvir
Stale Governnieut.
J.KEELY J0HN50N. Governor.
Robert M. Anderson, Lieutenant Governor.
D. VV. 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 la.
struction.
W. C. Kibbe, Quartermaster General.
Jnmes Allen, State Printer.
Wm. Bailsman, Private Secretary to tbc Gover-
Everett
Moody
..Mr Elliot
...I RCrawford
.J Clarkiu
s Crossing.
Empire Ranch  uo     	
Elliott's Ranch Sacramento
Franklin         do
Folsom  do
Fiddl. town Amador
Forbestown Butte..
Forlorn Hope....M*roed..
French Gulch Shasta.,
Foster's Bar.... Yuba,	
Fremont.... Yolo .....louas Sped
French Camp Sn Joaquin RAVNoble
Forrest Cit v .... Sierra W Henry
Fowman'H f.anch... .Caiavein.s S Fore man
Fourth CrnsBfng do        a OBerituhoff
Gree,, Surings.?..Tuolumne R I, Gardinef
Outvote.... do     J H Watts
Grafton....Yolo A Updegralf
Grand Island Coli
..Nathan Plum
..TBaglMun
..W G Gibbs
is Whitooiub
..I-!1 Durado
Thomas Eddy
....J C Ten-ell
 I  Z Brady
....S Stewart
...  .lames Burgess
A C Everett
....Julius Meinhardt
B E Elliott
. .E Matt hewfon
....J MSedwell
Wm Laughlin
..RDavifi
ne G D Dickinson
.....T RGill
Gsorgeto'
Greenwood.
Garden Valley    do
Griwlv Flal   ... do
Gilrov Panta Clara	
G oilvcar's Bar Sierra..
Giljsouville  do     .
Gra-s Valley Nevada...
Georgiana .  .. Sacramento
G .vin Merced	
Hamilton.... Butte...
Horr's Ranch  ...Tuol
Horse town Shasea
Hon.ut....Yuba W R Kiwr
Homitas.... Mariposa W L Cosa
lone Valley Amador J H  AU'Ord
Illinuistown....Placer B Bricki-U
Iowa City.,.. do      J Co gan
In  ian n"i'-.j;ing.s....El Dorado I AV Gilbert
luilianGuh.li "...Merced .1IV Norton
Jamestown....Tuolu.-inft R W Mardia
Ja ksonvillc      do         G B Keyes
.   Jackson.... Amador BB  Redhead
Johnson's Ranch ... .Sutter W E O Kerr
King's River....Tulare J  Smith
Kelsey's,  ..ElDorado John White
Knight's Ferry San Joaquin W E Steward
Leach's St oi e'.... Ma ri posa I. Leach
Lassen's..,.Butte W I'Maylievr
Ei-ffishm.... I'rinity   C Wood
l-os Angeles....Eus Angeles ! S Waite
Lagrange Stanislaus 1. M Booth
Lisbon....Placer  G W Applegate.
aj?e rv San Joaquin      J EoveiufC
..Iff W Cos
t'nlli'il Sinti-s District Courts.
For the A or them District oj CaliJoTnia.— Og-
den Hoffman, Jr.,judge ; John A. Monror, clerk i
Jas. Y. McDuffle, marshal. Regular terms, 8n\
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
Mi.nterey ; first Monday in December at Los Angeles.     Special terms at the option of the judge.
Vnlti il States Circuit Court.
For the District of California.--^. H. McAHb-
ter,judge ; Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk.     Regular
term, fire! Monday in July of each year.    Special
terms at any time after thirty days notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydeufeldt. Chief Justice; David S.
Terry, Hugh b. Murray, Justices.   Regular terms
of the Supreme Court commences on the first Mondays o! January, April, July, and October.
DISTRICT  JUDOEB.
1st, Benjamin Hayes ; 2d, Joaquin Carrillo ; 3d,
Craven P. Hector ; 4th, Johu 8. Hagar j 5th. Chas*
M. Creanor; fith, Alonzo S. Mons >n 5 7th. E. W.
McKinstry; 8th, J. M. Peters ; 9 th, W. F. Dan-
■eififld; 10th, William T. Barbour; llth, John
M Howell ; 12th, Edward Norton ; liiih, E.Burke ;
14tb. Niles Searles ; 15th. J. S. Piizer.
TERMS  OF COVRT._
The First District Court holdfe its terms in Los
Angeles on the third Mondays of March. July and
November; in A'an Diego, ihe third Mondays i»
Apiil, August and December ; in San Bernardino
the third Mondays of February, May and October
United States Land Office for the Southern District of  California:
Augustin Olvera, Receiver ; Waller II.Harvey,
Register.
Customs Department— (Son Pedro).
Collector—0; E. Oarr ; Deputy —J. F. Stephens
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Los Augeles:.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Tb'oiWs' fiurdkk, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
E^^tiJjfd^ial
„f( the count
and &a„ JA
Is
'tt
"1
Um.1.
H,WCb
.  Qonntyi
Shenll-
Eit'le York.
Mountain View  ..
MoOsrtyflvlUa
Marlh-ld
Milpit»8
Mission San Jose
Mountain ^i>i ing!
Michigan Bluff
.Santa Cla  ;'
•lo
Fr
do
Mury
im<i Yuha P W Keyser
. J Shnimvay
Levi Millard
J OttiaOB
J J Vallejo
I Barron
- Washeim
xivel's Creek Maripor
Maripoaa <lo
Mount pphir do
Millerton do
Martinet Contra Custa..
Mokelumue Hill Calarer:
Mnrphy'i
McEe
nott
Mill Valley
;anch..
vile
1  Island
Moor
Mort.
Michi..
Monterey Monterey
M0nt.e7.uma Tuoluir
Monte l^os Angelea
MiTicrsville....Trinity
Mlddletown.... Shasta
Napa Napa
.Colusa,.
do
. .Sacramento..
G W Coulter
.1 F Uc.Namara
J II Miller
H Carroll
..IIEog.;
 H S Anhiaer
APStevenw
W FMcDermott
E S Osburn
.Geo Kastman
J H Westnn
J W IVnniMon
B I, Wayne
....Wm Curtis
 W F Norton
.. . .Ira Thompson
....J Bates
...CM McKinnelly
.Ka Eaton
 WH Endicatt
.S«Uer JC Ilickey
Marin H F Jones
 Edwin T Lake
...J W Smith
A C Neal
.. .Jnmes Stokes
.... J C Lewis
..F Bridge
Peter Hire
Nevada..
Nicola us
North Branch Calave;
Newtown..    El Dorado..
Neal whura.... Placer	
Nati.idad Monterey..
Nelson's Creek... .Sierra
Ouseley's Bar Yuba..
Or.'gon House do
O'Berne's Ferry Staniiilaus John O'Neil
Onisho....Sacramento C F Howell
Ophirville Placer Haniel B Curtis
Oro Cil v do G White
Oroville....Butt" D C Downer
Oakland.... Alameda T Gallagher
Oltitiewa....Siskiyou G H Coe
Pleasant Vailey Mariposa a Shearer
Pea Vine. ..Butte D Whipple
Park's Bar Yuba Gen Wiser
Pilot Hill.   ..ElDorado A T Bailey
Plicerville do AM Thatcher
Petaluma . ..Sonoma W R Swinerton
Pleasant Springs  ...Calaveras K H Hoerchm
Pa terson.... Nevada.... E P Turney
Plum Valley       Sierra........F R Bocker
Princeton Colusa HT Arnett
Pine Grove.. .. Amador A Leonard
Quartiburg . ..Mariposa DM Pool
tjuiney., ..Plumas .. ..Lewis Stork
Rough and RLady Nevada E B Winans
Round Tent do E J Slate
R-rl Dog do J C Green
Red BluiTs Shasta S Bradwny
Rabbit Crek.. ..Sierra   Mr. Lester
Rattlesnake Bar  . ..Placer Thomas Wood
Russian River.. ..Mendocino H G Heald
Sevastopol Napa DM Johnston
San Francisco San Francisco C L Weller
Rieinhen.'s do G Thatcher'
Sacramento.. ..Sacramento Ferris Foreman
Suiter do D Hastings
Sco t's River.. ..Siskiyou James Cregein
Salinas ...Monterey J B Hill
San Jnan do P Breen
San Dlttfto San Dteiro      George Lyon
San Luis Obispo.. ..San Luis Obispo A Murray
San Jose. ...Santa Clara C E Alii
Santa Clara do II  D   Mi-Cobb
ct1 'compri.
SafiIterndrdia
First Diatrict Court.—Judge.
county qr-FK-jms"...     •
,ountv Court—Wm. G. Drvden, Judge.
;'w'ii«b;j3ettis; Under 'S'lieri.ii^Wto1, JL
Pelevst n..  ('
County Treasurer—H.-I>(,.:A;l,e^ia^Jde,rtl .'
County Assessor—Autonio F. Coronel;'Deputy
—J. H. Ccleman.
County Surveyor—IT. Hancock.
Public AdrtiinirftnUor^-Mi. K(,Ucr.
Saperin^ndeht' bi Publ'i'c Schot>lai-:JohBi ^.
Siiore," county clerk,"'ex officio: ""'
District Attorney—:C. E. Thom.
Cwonffir—»JV. Cook. .',;
COiinty Clerk— John W, Short!; Deputy—J„ A.
Hinchman.
Jailer—F,rancis Carpenter,.
Board of SupH'v Wri—"W. M. Stockton, Trir'as
A. Sanchez, R. C. Fryer, Slepheii C. Fo!4eiJ, Felix
liuchman.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Los Angeles— Justices of the Peace—Eusfell
Sackett, J.  S. Mallard.      Constables—\\ m.   H.
Peterson, B.B. Barker.
CITY  OFFICERS.
Mavor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal—vV. C. Getman ; Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—II. N. Alexander.
City Attoi ney—C. E. Thom.
CityAPsessor— Benj S. Eaton.
Cily Council—Anlonio F. Coronel, Jnan Bnrr£,
John Frohling, Hiram McLaughlin, A. Ulyard,
George Carson, Joseph Mullaly.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M. Thomas.
County Treasuier— Samuel Rolfe.
County Assessor- James Henry Rollins.
Counly Surveyor—Alvin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Pub ic Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis Eames.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
Couuty Clerk—R.R.Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Clift.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaux, N. Taylor, Wm.
Cos.
The law of Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers dis-continued.
Publishers 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 thi y nre
sent, they are held responsible until tliey settle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them.
4. Il subscribes remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decider that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, 01 removing
and leaving it uncalled for,isj>rinia/acta ev dence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
of the regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not.taken
from their office by subscribers.
Panta Truz ...Santa Cru
San Lorenzo.. ..Alf-meda
Ban Leandro do
Pan Pedro.... Los Angeles
Pan Gabriel do
Pan Rafael . ..Marin	
Sanla Rosa...  Sonoma..
E  Anthony
 J Wood
W Van Wagner
... ..G Alexander
T Burdick
.8 JSkiimore
.-..PO Hahmann
Sonoma do Mr Miller
Smith's Ranch     do N M Hedges
Pan Ramon Contra Costa W Russell
Ran Pahlo do A B Bates
Salmon Falls....EI Dorado J Downer
Plianish Flat do J Glas-man
Santa Barbara Sanla Barbara G R Fiaher
Pan  Bernardino.. ..San Bernardino ,..DN Thomas
Phasta . ..Phasta ...J Lemon
Fhaw's Flat..., Tuolumne J Roberts
Ponnra do G W Patrick
Ptaides Ranch San Joaquin   D .1 Staples
Stockton do PE Conner
But'er^reek Amador D Grand ill
Parnhvilte tin R R^hinBon
BnelliiiK's Ran-' Mariposa H Rchroeder
SuUnn....Snwro W S Kyle
Pan Andreas        Calaveras; C L Pweet
pi Louis S nil WPWilliamd
Rr-f.T-e* Ravin       ..Placer J Hart
^jilitRoek..     Verced   J A Buee
Stra^vherrv V   Uy Tuba J A Barnhart
T"'iama....Ci.losa Ofterw
T'inidad Klamath F C Darlimt
Trini-y..  .Trinitv  c Lee
Uniontown....Humboldt A  H Murdoch
vmtnnn.   ..Ama'lor HT Rurnum
Valleio.. ..Polano    J B F'isMe
ViiW'ito , ..CalavprM G M Murray
Visilia  ...Tul*re....JPMni<>rs
P Alvard
WV-.-vrv'lU..
.rille..
W« =
.Pfttifa Cru
r-ftifc.
"... ..I.Thrift
.. ..A "Walbaum
Wh!*kv Creek.. ..Phast.a
Western i-*;r»men'o..    AH White
Yankee Jim's     ..Placer N Henck
VnhaCltv,...To'ba T '"adolett
Yolo....To!*.. JHHii"o«
Yreka Sisliiyon John IrfnME
Distances.
Thefollowing table of distances was measured
with a viameter.by Capt. Warner,  of ihe U
S. Topographical Engineers, in  the summer
Of 1848 :—
From San Francisco to Mission DoloreB.. 2i miles.
Sancluz Kanch...
..17
San Mateo	
...21
Santa Clara	
...48
San Jose...	
.-. il
Murphy's	
...70
San Jnan	
...94
Salina&rrWer	
..113
Monterey	
..hi,
Mips-ion Soledad...
..166
Ojitop	
..266
San Miguel	
..237
Brakes   Ranch....
..258
Sanla Margarita..
. 265
San Luip  Obispo.
..276
Capt. Dana'p	
..299
Los Alamos	
..321
Sanla  Inez	
..340
Gaviota Pass	
. .352
Arroyo Honde...
..359
Dos Puelrlos	
..370
Santa Barbara...
.   387
Carpent'ria	
..398
Kincon	
..402
Santa Clara river.
..421
Canepa	
..475
Lob Angeles	
..485
Los Coyotes	
..504
Santa Ana	
..515
Ji.an Avila'p	
. .535
San Jnan Capistrano.542
LnsFlorop	
..562
Kan Luis Rey....
..573
..•121
VOL. VII.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   JULY
25,
1857.
NO. 11.
£os Angeles Star:
PUBLISHKO  BVBBY SATUROAT  SiOKXINy,
At No. 1, Fico BtTlLBTHOS, Spr ng Street, adjoining the U. S LaadQifice,   i. 18 Auirelcs,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
3 00
2  00
0 25
TERMS:
Subscription, per tinnum, in advani
For Six Months	
For Three Months	
Si ogle Number    	
ADVK!tTrar.Mb:x'rsiiiserte atTwoDollars per square
of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each 8r_tbHK[nent insertion.
A liberal duduction made to fearly Advertisers].
J author-
AoaxTd.—Tin* following gentleman
ized AKWltS for the Star :
r_. p. t'MiiKit	
yiiiit-js fe Hukoich, V'>n uffice
9
usnuss
(Tarts.
C. E. TUOM. C. S1US.
THOM &S1MS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
OPrICE—(LY MtlAt STREET,
(Oppotlt* ■!,.■ B. ill  Dnuni Hotel. 1 anl
Job.n  "W.   Shore
OOORTY CLERK.
Fics    pnynlilf    lnvnrliibly   In    ndTnnt-r.
il.KR  S.   Kl-1
(Jbl. l*A PBOKFBOU-. .
R. M.ISlsvs  	
Jtmaa i>- A. Tbovm
..•Jan  V"Vm
. St, a Gfabi i
. M'.Mlr.
LAZARD  &  WOLFSKILL,
And WhulisMc and fatal] Dealer in
French,    1 ngUUfc   and    Aninican
Dry   Goods.
Oortw nf Milius Row Lou Sn_H_lMtt      loflS
"rVlHll.i',?i.\l.|.: AMi HK'l'A
ilfH, Wln.s, 1 iquui
nre,   Piwhit.,  Ifi.l.n
,    Clutbllig
fl<iul,  &r.,
Hiiitl-
_Sm
BELLA UNION E(mi
3Vl£tixi  Street,
LOS    ANGELES.
TLASHNER & BREMERMAWN,
PROPRIETORS.
MTHIS HOT EL,'to long known as the best
in Southern taliiSrnin, having f^ifeed into
the hand* of the present Propl^etorft, has
be,en th'opotighly refitted, and ina..y additions raade
to ita acciimmo'Ktions
StrangSrti. and gentlemen with their families, will
_:A thie an aspee«JhM horm-. at all times.
The talfito will ba supplied, as heretofore, with all
the delicacies of the market *nv2
Carriage anl Hlacksmith Shop
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
.VEAH CHE FUUT   OF CU.VIMKKCUL.
TIE -.ubscribti respeetfully in-
lorins the public ^«nerally thai
ie ,ifill ;ee|-s<imtantly on lianrt,
Lttd will n*nufacture to order.
Coaches, Bug^ie3, Wagons,Carts &c,
■ia * mat vad »ork aaulike innaaer. He liai on han't an'l
fur.iie ii ;lne -it.-ick of iSniefu White Out a.r,A S.aknr.V
fbtnk \a\ i«l*.    He te*jn. omuntly nu han<l a largf v«
'XlotY     if Jirt   ltl<t    1 1I.V    »>lMl*.    I>>M,   l-VllriBS,   31»»ft«
Neck YikBfl.'VviMe ini tlnTl^-rum
Horse ShoRiiii? ami Blitcksmithing
'io ill its /arious iraoob.es,«*«outed with pMintymeht au'i
plUit^h. .*irtii.jlar it ten tion ivill he ijiven tnthe mami
faetur') ia.l repair of 'LOW-S, il \KROWS, ami nlher^arm
•\nsr Ott.an-tilB.    a^hasan UKtemire a—ortmuut of Iron ax
«la, Springs, tolts, lJlow ami 3*riOK it«i'l..anrt other maie.
«-i*l tsrtaiainfFto th-" b mioesR. too oumeroiih to.mention.
-Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
.Witt .ujinnotitth* D8H1 of workmen id Bit arapluy. he
feels lonflilentthat he cangiveeotire ,ati«faeti. i to hi-
4IIIUUMI>
un7 10HN OOLT-KP
BLACK.SMITH
CAEEI1GE SHOP,
By h. Mclaughlin & bro.,
LOS ANUKLES STUCKT,
Opposite Melius' Building.
""\"\p3 take the present opporiunity to inform the
VV 'public, that we are prepared to do Jill kinds of
Work pertaining to our business in a manner that
-cannot be surpassed in tliis city, and at as reasonable
Tates as the high prices of stock will justify.
We are now building some of tbe best WAGON*!
'that tfver bave been built in the Southern country.
E3*r01d castings bought at $1 pm- hundred pounds.
febu h. Mclaughlin &. bho.
Notice.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for unveiited horses,
or cattle of our brands ;■ r they will be prosecuted to the exttmt of the law.
ANDREAS DOMTNGURZ.
sep20-tf JE^USM-t.COTWe DOMINGUEZ.
ATWILL &  CO.
172 Washington Street, San Francisco,
SHEET, CARD, and BOOK MUJIC,
And other Musical Instruments.
STRINGS and Reeds, for "Violins. Guitars. Clarion-
- ets, &c. Ac.    Also, a large wholesale stock of
FANCY GOODS AND TOYS,
Billiard Balls, Wax and Cue Leathers, Flags of all
•nations, Boxing Gloves. &c. &c. Together witli 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 Ex-
■press cempany the good* are required to be sent.
apll ATWILL & CO. 172 Washington st.
PAPsa hangin&s
Just Received, pji- late Arrivals,
FRANK BAKER,
110 and 112 Clay street, San Francisco
6000 rolls French and 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 cottou and wool carpets ;
325 pieces stair carpets, assorted;
-275 pieces Bay ^tate druggets;
.goO pieces oil cloth, assorted ;
125 pieces silk damask and In-ocatelle ;
300 pieces cotton and worsted damask ;
4000 pair window shades;
375 \is\r lace curtains;
750 pair muslin curtains J
8000 cornices and curtains;
823 dozen mats, assorted.
'St«r Rods, Table Covers, Gimps, Fringes, be.
Wholesale ami 'left', hy
FRVNTC BAKER,
110   and   11    ''lav Rtrert.
Orders from the country filled with care and dis-
■patch, mayQ 3m
T^.    P.   FISH
ADVERTISING
SB'S
AGENCY
S^in   Fraucisco,
Office,  Iron  BniMinsr, corner  of Montgomery and
Washington streets.
AGE!«T FOR T5IE *0« AJ'CiEXES STAK
L'i.« Ainfelea street, second 1*91188 from Comnier
ci .il Mri'et,    _ ini:>
aug; w.mnis.
Forw;ir(lin« sii.f Commission IHcifhnnt,
•3A.N  PKIHUVAX!) LO.S Axe.El.KS . CAI,.,      a     '
un7 II.  Ril AD, Agent,   f,os  Anstleh.
R.   R. It AIM< EVi). A\>.\{)o Font xtreit. Agent
at San K'ancisar.
GAMBBIEUS BREWERY.
THE best ALE and BUER mairafaotnfd, anditj-
wnyson   liand.    Delivered  to city  custom, rs
with, ut fldtra charge.
Coopering «'<«i  B*paftrlng of Haviclm, &c. &«■..
An assortment of Ba' rein always on hand.
K. EJEflSEKi Pri prictor.
AVholesivlo tind Ket;iil.
NEW BOOKS, STATIONER /, &c,
IIKLI11AN & BRO.,
BEG to Inform the public that, having removed
to tlieir new Store. Los Au^eie Street, where
they have increased facilities ibr business, they
have now on hands the largest and besi selection
ol goods in their line ever belure ollvred in Los
Angeles, comprising-—■
BOOKS—Bnglish 8r Spanish, embracing every
Diptirtineut of Literature,
STATKJArEtiY, of every description. Playing
Card".
9EGA-HS,  Tobacco, nnd Matches.
FJtAC'V  GOODS-a  choice, and extensile   so
sortment.
CUTLEh V~ of all hinds.
RIBBONS.   Combs.   Sewing  Sillc,   Perfume':;.
T-ys. Gandti, §'c   &rc.
AH of which will  be disposed of on the lowesi
terms, lor ca:-h.
HELMANH c BP.O-,
Melius Row. Ea t side Los Angeles street.
Aucust 9 h. 1856.
Sdxx   Bera.ard.ino.
NEW   STORE.
LEWIS JACOBS bc-rrs to inihim hie Henda iind
Oit jinljliir of SAK IIEENARDINO, thut ho lias
Re-comnn'imeed Business,
in the NEW BRICK BUILDING, opirasirc tho
Oflice of the Comity Clerk, where he now olleis for
their iiispeelion on entirely .VKIV STOCK Ul
GOODS. Dry Goods unj Groceries—on tho very
lowest terms.
in Jan. 1st, 18ft.
SAN   BERNARDINO.
R. FK\\K L. WETTERGREN, of San Bernardino, has been appointed ;*gent in San
Bermirdino city, for-the Commission and Forwarding
House of a. VV. Timms.
He is authorized to collect money and transact all
business lor ihe house.
A W. TTMMS.
Los Angeles and San Pedro
Los AngeleB, April 11.   8o7.
Established in 1849.
0" NE OF OUR FIRM is at present travelling in
Europe, where le -f collecting und lurvmrding
to us hy everv steamer, the most 9ptP\ did stock ol
WITUIIS ASH JEWELRY
>r imported into this Slate. Onr Walch'-s cannot be surptissi d for substantiality and lime-keep
ing. Our Jewelry i*- selected With the greateM
cure, and none hut tlie most tasteful goods mam
ot the finest gold are allowed to leave our estab
liBhment.
<^>-u.j_\rtz; JoxxreXry
We manufacture on the premises. We are the
invntors of the art, and keep ahead  of all coin-
'"'WATCH REPAIRING
b done bv tlie best wiirlimen. nuo'er our own in-
pt'Ction."aiiil warranleil for one year. Watcht*
for repai' sent to us by Expres are attended to
promptly.
BARRETT & SUKKAYOOD,
.186 Montgomevy   ueet.
between Clay end Qomwrcifll street*,
jy26 tf SAN FRANCISCO.
JONAS 6. OL A1H\& CO'S
FURNITURE
■WAHEE.OOMS,
lag Wnsllllicl-rii .tw.  I, S«" PratiClseo;   nnd _«
and 51ii,ilirtli stnrt, Ijel.veen J nnd It
streets,  Sucvamenlo,
Importers, Manufacturers,
WHOLESALE AAD hETAIL BEILERS
In ,oeiy tt'srripii. it af
AM'
B K » V IK®,
HnTt HOW In Stow Uu lnrs..'*«
MUK'Uiniu inns! complete- kMort-
lin-ul    of     ii   l>   nn t    bi-nullful
FUKM'TTUtK,
ever offered in this State, consisting in p;u-t of—
hi.YE     '> OSE WO0D.     WA JJWT    AAD
Mahuzany Parlor and Cbamher sets.
SttfAS    nPTQMAATS.   LOCTJVCPE8  AAA)
Easy Chairs;  Bureaus. Whai-Nois. Mirrors of all
OPFtcB A&d kuciie-v furatiture.
in weat variety,
t&- We are now manufacturing from onr Native
Wonda, also frnm Walnut and Rosewood, most oi
our finest Furniture, and enn produce an arttele superior fijfltTOTgth, ilu-ability and beauty, to anything
imported from the Fa?t.
^g_We have constantly on hand, and are in re-
ornlar r eeipt of full and eomplcte invoices of Goods,
adapted W Am: Interior and Oast trsde.
«Fj-T« Wliol<'nn!»- Dcnlfr* Wf wrrnlil "J', your
orders   will   receive,   as   formerly,   our   careful   and
prompt attention.
;p2s s JONAS G. CLAKK ft CO.
Aever Saf  Fail.
BT CUARU£3 >W'AlN.
Keep pm4tlni|—"tis wiser
Than Ml ting anlda,
And dream un and si.uhing,-
And w..iiiii_. tb* liile ;
In  iil'r's earnest  oatlle,
Tliey only prevail
Who da ly  mureli onward,
And ut-ver uav lail.
With  !n eye fnr open,
A tongue IhatV iml dumb,
And a hear! that will m-ver
To sorinw succumb,
You'll liatlleai.d cm qiier,
TIlOUKh  liliiiisa.nl- r^-,,,1  ;
Hon strung au<l how mighty
W ho never say fail 1
Ahead  iti-n. k-p p shiug,
And eUmw 5 • wa?,
Ollllfidillg Hi.- e, v.uua,
A.l »-si'- tha* brtij ;
AH  utistiiCH>  \ aui.-li.
All   enemirs quail
In ihu might it' iheir w ladom
Wii,, OL-Vr-r say luiil.
LHile's rosy  morning.
In manhood"* fair pride,
Let this be yuur    ntto
Your lmiisir].s iii guide j
In Storm and ill sunshine,
tthaii ve: assail.
We'll oi ward and conquer,
And never sny Imi !
THK   WIFE.
She clang to liim with woman'o love,
Like IV>   lo t-ie o«k!
Whilst «■'*'*■ h s he,d. with crush ng lorce
K.ii'tlrs chilling umpe.-t Inolie.
And when ihe w< rid look- d cold on him,
Ami    1 gli' liuiiii o'er hi» Usimi —
She foothed hii' cares wilh womao's b ve,
And liade liiui rii-e again.
•When care had I'nrrowed o'er hip face.
And cloud- d his young hours,
She wove an*i ng, hi- cruwn of ihorns
A wreath ol love's ov^li flowers.
And never did tha' wreath decay,
Or Olie b t kill I Hower willier ;
For wumau's tear e'ei nourished Ihein,
That they might bloom loievir.
'Tin i ver ihun with woman's love,
True till lib's siena- h„ve pawed ;
And. like the vine around lhe lire,
It biav a Uiuii lib the bi-l.
— Sacramento Bee.
Kmily Biioxtk. — Tbe remni'Kable trail ol'cour-
age in tt woman, which the following incideni ei-
hibils.is loumi in the life of Charlotte Bronte; —
Keeper was faithful lo Uu depths ol his naiun
as rong as hi^ was with friends ; Km he who st nek
liim with a st ek or whip mused the relentless
naiure ol the brute, who fl W ut liis throat lorth-
,Vilh, and I eld him there till one or the otbei was
at the point ot dralh. Nnw. Kee|iet'> household
fault was thia, He loved to steal up Biaira and
streich tiiH si] n a re lawny limbs on tlie Cotatorta'da
beds, covered over with d'licale white counter
panes. Hut ihe cleanliness ol Ihe pars' nage ar-
rangenrenis was perfect] and tide habit ol Kerp
er's was so oljeclionaiile, lhat Emily, in reply ttt
Tabby'a remnnstraiicf.fi, deel red that If he was
1'iiund again transgressing, she liersell. in deDauoe
ot warning and his well known leiocity of nature,
would beat him so severely tbat he i ever wou*d
oliend again. Iu the gatlu ring dusk ot an aulumu
evening. Tabby came, half triumphantly, hai1
tremblingly, lo tell Emily that Keeper was lying
nn the best bed, in drowsy voluptuousness Char-
lotl* saw Kmily'e whitening luce and aet mouth,
but dared not speak to interfere; no one dared,
when Emily's eyes glowed in lhat manner out ot
the paleness ol her lace, and- when tier Upa were
so compressed inlo stone. . lie went up stairs, and
Tabby and Chanotte stood in the gloom) passage
oelow, full of the dark shadows ol the Coming
night. Down ettilra cams Emily, dragging alter
lier tbe unwilling Kteper. his hind legs set iu a
heavy attitude of reactance, held by ihe '• scrul*
ol hia neck," but growling low and savagely nil
ihe time. The watchers would laid ba^e sp k n<
but durst not. fir f ar of taking oil Emily's alien-
lion, and causing her to avert her head for a mo
ment from Ilie enraged brute, Mic let h ra go.
and plantid in a dt-ik coiner at lb" bottom ol Ibe
stairs; no time was there, to letch slick or rod.
lor I', ar of ttie HraiigHng clutch Btherihftiali
her bare clincl ed list sn uck ugain t , is red (force
■ yes before be had time lo make bin spnnif, ao<l.
in the language of lhe turl, she pu 111 filed In ni nil
1 B eves wire swelled up. and the hall bl.ml. siu
(trfii'd tieast was r>d lo his aceiir-loinnl fill', to
have his swelled hf«d fomented and can d lor by
■ he very Ivuily ht-MBlf. Tlie gem rt'M dog owed
her nogrndue; he lov-d her dearly ever alter ; be
walked first among ibe inouuers to her funeral ;
he slepi moaning for nights at the dnor oi lor
i mpfy room, and never, so u. i-p.-ak. r.-ji.ic.nl do.;
fashion alter ber death.—Lift of Chariutte Bronte,
Tue Influence of Womkk,—lt is belter for you
to pass an evening once or twice a week in a lady'w
drawing-room, even though the conversation is
miller slow, and you know the girl's songs by
heart, than iu a cub. lavern, or iu the pit ol a
theatre. All amusements ol youih to which women are not admitted, rely ou it, are deleterious
in flier nature. All men who avoid f. male SO*
cieiy, have dull perceptions, and an- stupid, or
have gross tant.es, and revi ll against what is purr.
Your club swaggerers, who are sucking the butt*
of billiard cU''S all mgm, Call lemaie society in
(dpid. Poetry ts insipid to a y.ikr ; beauty bas
no charms lo a blind man ; rnt.sic does hoi please
a poor beast who does not know oue tunc bom
auolher; and as a true epicure is hardly ev-r
t nd of water anchy and brown bread Hiid butter,
I p olest I can sit all nii_ht talking to aw II regulated, kindly woman, about ber (.Irl coming ont,
or Inr boy at Elmi. ami  like   the  evening's enlei-
I a ID ment.    One of the greul   bem BU  many  	
iler ve Irom a woman's society is. lhat he is bound
tn be respi ct nl in Him. Tlfto hiie.il. is t»f great
good io vour tii'nal m< D.di | end upon It, Oundu-
CHtloU makes us the mosl em iienily Btftfiah men in
ili.- world. We light lor ourselves, we yn«u lor
omseives, we light our pipe*' and say we won't
g.i ou ; wp prater ourwlve  and on< ease,and U a
greatest good tbat Com* s lo a man ttem ,t WOBUtlQi
M.eietv is lhat be has to   think   In   B.Mi-ebidj Hi  e
beelde b mselt. lo irb >m he is imnfld to -"■ countaiitr
ly atVntivw and ntpeettnU— Thaektray.
| From the Philadelphia Ninth American.]
I'rogitAS iu  \tbiasku.
So liltie is said ol ihis Teniioiy, am! so much
concerning it- neighbors. Kansas aad Minnesota,
that it appears to be lost sight of by the public.
This ha» been the 1 -rtane ol N-biaska. siime its
first organization. Everything has gone on there
quietly and afttRnrt noise. While the battle ot
b'leedmn and Slavery riges In Kansas, and thai
of politicians and railmuds in Minnesota, the remote selt'era-nta of Nebraska are left to them
selvr!'. ittWi s|n'e;ibitors, their Mfli* mes, iheir cm-
poritions tbeir Indians, and their prairie*. Bul
if Uiey are n-glect'd by the outside world, the
EfaliriBtMKmf Itrt ilelermi ed not to neglect themselves. Accordingly, speculation nas gone ahead
here a litlle luster than aiiywtl-re else, Th y
Have lianh, toWO. railway bridge, and all ma nn (
til nth.r ont pnr.it.ous. in number DBore & in Ittfl
cienl fur a di'Z'-n times tin- pi Ml nt , n'.ialii'auis i i
tht Tirriinry. A year ago, their twent, iv.
Iliousrind souls had succeeded in OoVeriog '. t!,
their town and farm luCntions. the whole valley
ol the Missouri river, clear up to Sioux city, and
were sir idling off into the intern r all aunt: tim
river bottoms. This season, emigration set in
early, aud )n great numbers, by the river at6E.ni* ra
and the overland route through Iowa. They are
all Free State men Nobody dreams ol any other
kind ol emigrants, Slavi ry appears io avoid Nr'
braslgg, as though it were an impossible dwelling
pi Ce. The Platte river valley, along w|i ch lies
tlie great emigrant route across the wildemens lo
California, is the grand attraction, and we are
pleased to And lhat it is ispidly sealing. At
snch a rate does the movement * Xteud westward,
that settlements hav*- been made at Columbus,
seventy-five miles wesl of Omaha ; at tne mouth
ol the Loup Fork, still luTther on ; at the mouth
ol Wood river, some forty miles more westward ;
and at Eort Kearny, uearly two hundred miles
bom Omaha.
A letter In the St. Louis Democrat, from wliich
wo obtain these laets, also mentions that another
col.uiy was about lo leave Omaha, and locale al
or near the South Pass of the Rooky Mountains'
Tula progress, should it be followed np hy olher
movements ill the same direction, is lik-dy to
prove ot immense Value to the whole country.
Ol ab the overland routes d scovered and explored, this is the only one to which emigration adheres. 'Ihere in a long and weury streieh ol
travel between Foil Ke.rny and the Sonth Pass.
but the movement now commenced wil] in a few
years seine the whole oMt. Under the stimilium-
afforded by lhe Government bind grants, all tbe
railways ihron..h Iowa tn the Missouri river are
being pu-hed forward to completion. As soon
as any through line Is perfected, its inllmmce upou
the country beyond tn" Missouri must be Very
impoilaut. At present, most of the travel to Ne-
i rasl.a is carried on by the riv.r steam' ra. though
the stage lines through  luwa  are doing a coumd
arable business.
The important fact which looms up through all
this ia. thai Nebraska is likely to become a Slate
belore the Close of the >econd sess ou ol next (Jon-
gress, ft'h't will be its dimensions, people are
left to guess. It. embraces a superficial area ol
335.832 .-quare miles, large enough for live States
like Missouri, or eighl. Ue tfttW York or Pennsylvania, Ouly the southeastern conn r is now settled ; and shou d a parallelogram be carved out
d' the Territory for the Stale o! Nebraska, to include lhe present settlements, it might have dr
its UOTthern boundary the 43d parallel of latitude-
and tor its western fhe 101st mer.dian ot 'longitude
Should Kansas, Minnesota, and Oregon, get into
tin Union at the approaching session ol Congress.
Ihey would increase the number of States to
tlrrty-lour, und Nebraska would be ihe thiriy-ulth
Tins'would end the admission* for some years to
come, a- Washington. New Mexico, and Utah, are
nut in any likelihood oi being received yet. The
Minnesota State lull authorizes the orgnuiza ion
ul another uew Territory under the name ol Da'
eoiali.auda proposition is now on loot to organize a slave State in ihe Indian Territory went of
Arkansas.- Tins would make the Uni ty-sixt!:
Mute, wilh four Terntoiieb waiting to increase
the number to lofty1.
Go].n MiifMK.vrs. — 'fhe Town Talk makes up
tbo following BtateoAnl  ■: th* treasure shipments
from San Francisco durii::; '!"■  v:.t   ball   of each
y* nr. from i B19 lo tl 87 inolnato i -
1849  ...:■! 0 .8.11 1 I 1884,,.,I : ;;.',i WK)
I ■ •" ■ I : 1855:..     la.807.4H2
1851    I834S 539 | lv".n ii Vim :.,"
185S, ... I.i 853,209 I 11 i .... KB 896,844
i ■ ■::      .   2&,252^49 |
We believe, says the Talk, thai thWifi ftgurea
will be lound correct, although il'.e returns (or
ItOo is averaged, as no returns, we t}■•: n-vre-
ga e for the year, aro lo be obtained
l! will be noticed that during the period* raen-
ii"iir-,;. the yean '.'■(, ':':. '.'"'. and '7. apnrroTimato
to about the same figure, wbifet the years '53, '4.'
and '8 do not not vary onion in their great excess
over the redden. In 18MI tbe largest atBWAri w*n
■ hlppi ;. dnd in  19.9, ol oostm, the smallest-
'i'1."-   ■■' '.ri'iies are highly   interesting, particularly
when it ir; i lamthi red ih.n ihe fbtpmanti onenrred
r'-inillr';     Tr.-iV'rr.     il,     'E:\r\,    :'■ .■    ]-:l'i r,,>; ..    p..,.; .,,..;   ;, _.
abundance ol water. On Ihe commencement of a
new year tho exports of gob- invariably fall olV,
whilst 'h'y visibly increase toward the end. Tbc
larg«*t amount of treasure shipped during one
moeth, vvis ill O;:lober. Is.", i, (vtl.Kl l,^T."i,) and in
lhe nnie month, 1853. ($6,538^880
The following table exhibits the total yearly
shipments :
II tt .,.$8 HtoN I is:,n;...$.^7,331,024
ISM).... 27,676,348 \ 1854.... 81.898,866
Itol.... 48.582,698 I LB5jS.... -i;i,usi),211
\E>'E...   ■Itv.Ve.1"! i  ::-. .IS.S87.54S
Prom the above, we estimate the total shipment
for tbe year 1857, to be abont fW.t)00,000; but
stionld lbe HnportattOfl of merchandise from tho
Atlantic Slates lull cffpropnrtiiinally, as expected,
it may not reach above $40,000,000.
[Front the Calaveras Chronicle.]
Sonimt  To—*       »       «
It may be- ancient story tells us true,
Of a fair mitid whom IHan changed to atone ;
For here, emoted, a like scene we viuw,     [alone
Where marble-like thotr stand'at—the heart  *
In changed : lor who. upon those sparkling eyea*,
Those lips of reil. that brow so pure and fair,
Could look, and watch each thought that comes
and ibes
And think a marble statute slimdsth'tliere?
And yet to me thou'rt marble,—as if from heaven,
Some new 1'romei i.ens had stolen sacred Ore,
And unto thee its glorious li^ht bad given ;
Aud giv'u time all, save  love's soft, chaste
desire.
Ah. yes! thy heart is human ; and thy heart alone,
Iu changed by Dian, or by BCOtD, ffl l&ne,
JO.VATHK F. SXOOKS.
Whkre oik NanoKAL maastrta and Safety
LIB.—The slreug h uud safety ol a people lie not
alone in multitude. Lie they, tlielt. in the power
nl revolutions and m msacres—or in bayonets 1 ft.
ed to the gleam of lhe sun ? Could bayonets save
Poland ami Hungary, and Italy ! Tbey did nol !
The slrenglli and safety ol a people lie in tbeir
knowledge A their dignity and right*, and their
uuion inoeleiice ol them. Ignorant and disunited,
the greater the number the greater danger ol a
people. They art; their own curse. They fall
upon and destroy themselves. In their hand*
bayonets bi come suicidal. Give a people a true
knowledge of themselves, and no power can op
press them. Liberty comes with intelligence, and
lhe unarmed intelligent million are Btu>qgejr than
i).nJrHiit armed mlllli-ns. The strength ot the
American pe"ple lies leant in the uumbi-r of lln-ir
cannon and bayonets, and most in their school
houses, news apers and books. These are lode
structable weapOue to which age adds edge and
int^hl, aud ainvd with them, we are safer aud
st i on ger than wi h a soil bristling with murderous
steel, Armed with I bete, millions lean together,
and strike mightily, but bloodlessly as oue man.
through the ballot box.
'• A weapon stir' r yet,
And mightier thau lbe bayonet;
A weapon that comes down as still
As -no* tt.krs (all ppuu lhe s<d,
Allll eXiv,|V- ri   Iri ■■■III-ill's will,
A- 1 gh  L'siloth-- will ol G<,d!"
The CorreapOlldellCe between >ain Foote snd his
mother, on one OC0aflU<Dt Ka»QlltU pe^n'nai. Jbi
latter aa» Krui' srre§l«d lor debt, ai.d wrote to her
hou as tol low e :
'• Dear Sain ; I am ir. jail."
Tc wh ch ihe *on *■' plied :
■■ Dear mother i Bu am 1.''
A kiss h worth n ihoti-iind kie;-.:- in rec'a'ming
those rtho ate dii-pu»ed to go a*iruy.    Try it.
M.utttYiMi a BlO Woman',—" Going to marry
heiy' said Sydney Smith, bursting into a laugh,
"' goleg to mairy her! Impossible, you mean a
part of ber ; be could not marry her all himself
I* would tie a case not of bigamy, but of tngatuy ;
iht neighborhoodor ,1u; tffcgWftKpi would inter.
i' ve. Vnhre Ea tnodfth of her1 tb makes wives for
the whole parish. One man to marry her 1 monstrous. You might, people a colony with her, or
read the riot act and disperse her; iu short you
might do auy thing wilh her but marry her."
A .^i-vriMKNT'.— The Ladtes—Mny their virtues
exceed even the magnitude of their skirls, while
their faults an; still smaller than'their bonnets,—
Lowelt Citizen.
A bluffson of the sea calls th*; navigation of
the streets by the ladies, "great circle sailing.''
He deserves to bave his ears served as he does hia
compass.
A Texas editor, noticing the marriage of a co-
tem| orary, says: "We wish him posterity and
happiness."
Why is the sun the strongest thing in the system ? Because it supports everything wilh its
beams.
The speaker who "took the Door" has been
arnsted lor stealing lumber.
Leave a coquette to the foolsthat flutter around
lier; let her own fireside accommodate a scold.
A Good Toast—•' May you coffee and slanders
agftlQBt you be ever alike—without grounds."
Why are Washwomen' the greatest navigators!
B. cause ttiey an: continually Groaning the line.
and moving trom pole to pole.
Men of the noblest dispositions always think
themselves happiest, when others .mare their pleasures.
What kind of a face should au auctioneer have?
A face that Is for-bidding.
Why is a man in prison like a leaky boat! Because he wants bailing out.
Whatever thou inayi-t do, solicit not friendship.
A lucklesn youth thus relates a coasting misfortune, wi.ich happened years ago :
On a winter's nighl, when the moon shone bright,
And the snow was erii Hi d o'er.
With a msidas lar as seraphs ars,
1 slid flora a hill dowu lower.
Ere we reached the base, (like a horse On a race,)
Oui BWltfrgOlded sled '.-ar er.ed,
And wiih tresses fair stiuamiug back on tht air,
Srfeet Sally went eend over eend!
The Louisville Courier fafllblw the following
Epitaph on " 8am."
Here lies poor Ham. ai:d what is strange,
Grim death has worked in him no change ;
i|.   - v.iYK lied, and always will.
He once lied loud aud now lies still.
He loves you belter who strives to make you
good, than he wbo strives to plttie y-
The mosl polite parte of the sbips are lhe bows
and gallant yards.
Ceremonies bave tbeir use. To view the procession of lift; comfortably and to advantage, It Is
necessary lo stand upon some loitn,
A young lady who was rebuked I.7 ber mother,
lor kissing ber intended; justified the act, by quoting lhe passage—" Whatsoever ye would lhat men
should do unto you, do ye even so unto them."
A litlle boy, npon whom bis mother waa Inflicting personal chastisement, said: "Give me two
,,r three licks more, I don't think 1 cau behave
well yet."
Why is Iceland likely to become the riflbest
country in ihe world? BeoUM ils capital is »V-
wavs doubling- (Dublin-)
'"