hn Mxwxm %Wx\hmntst
IM. REYNOLDS   &, CO.,
Produco and General Commission
MERCHANTS,
ISoa. 79 and 81 Davis street.
Between Clay and Washington Btieets,
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.
Personal attention given to tlie sale of—
Flour.  Gl-nln,
Potatoi
ult.
Bnttc
KW,
\m! all  staple products uf  the country
Will fill order* for goods when accompanied by
oaah or equivalent, in way of Consignments.
Have constantly on hand new and second hand
Grain and Gunny Bags, wliich we offer oy the bale
or bundle, in low to suit.
Firat class storage furnished when required, and
liberal advances made on consignments [ri store.
Having good experience and locality, ive trust, by
strict attention, to give that satisfaction "Inch is
{(feasant to both ourselves and our consignors.
Nicu. Reynolds. L, V. II. llowy.u..
JANSOiV, BOND & CO.
Corner Eattery and Clay streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Have now Landing ami iu Store,
QA. \      BALES    BR«nV.V    DRILLS    AXD
OV.' I ) Sheetings;
lkiO bales Grain, Flour and  Seamless Sacks ;
20 cases Bleached Shirtlnga and Sheetings ;
10 cases Merriman Prints ;
10 cases Pacific Prints ;
10 cases Cocheeo Prints J
10 cases Sprague Prints;
6 eases Printed Jaconets and Lawns ;
5 cases Ginghams and Ghambraye ;
6 cases Assorted Dress Goods ;
5 cases Cottonades and Jeans.
Also, n large assortment of—
Cotton and Silk Ildkfs;
Brilliantiiies; Jaconets; Cambrics;
Victoria Lawns ; Dotted Swiss;
Cotton and Wool Hosiery;
Buck Gloves; Irish  Linens;
Musquito Netting j Diapers;
Huek and Fancy Towels;
Hickory and Check Shirts,
Cassimere. Sat ti net and Jean Pants.
And a large assortment of other Dress nnd Fancy
Goods, too numerous to mention.    For sale low.
JANSON, I.OND k CO.
Comer Battery and  Clay streets, San Fraucisco.
BEAN SACKS.
1J10R SALE CHEAP—Bt
1 JANSON, BOND & CO,
Corner Battery and Clay  streets. San  Franciseo
F
40-inch Silk llaiKlkeicHicfrr.
or sale by—
JANSON, BOND t CO,
95 Buttery atreet. Snn Francisco.
SEAMLESS SACKS.
FOR SALE (JHBAP-By
J\NTSONT. BOND Sr CO,
Corner Battery and  Clay streets, Sun Firincise
Vole on the St;iti; L'ebt.
OrriCB of Secretary or State, \
Ba0RAM£DT0, California, May '26, 1357.      f
T DAVID P. DOUGLASS, Secretary of State
J., of the State ot California, do herehy certify
thal the annexed is a true and correct copy of the
original act, now on hie in my oflice.
V.'itn.'.vr my hand and tin* great seal of State, at
mv office in Sacramento, California, the twenty-sixth
day of May, A.D. 1857.
DAVID P. DOUGLASS,
[seal.] Secretary of State.
CHAPTER CCXUV.
Ax Act to provide fur paying certain equitable
claims against the  State of Calilornia, and to
contract a Funded Debt for that purpose.
The People of the Stateof California, represent
ed in  Senate and Assembly,  do enact as follows :
Sk(.tic>- 1. For {'.:■.■ pnriJoM-oMi.jiii.lritiuif. friii'tin?, am!
paying thp claims Bgsin^l tbe ttate of California herein-
i:;vt^'i;..i, the T.v.,iuvi- of State ilul) cau^e to bu
prepared .-ui 111 ble hiunl- id the „*i»ttM>r<.;il;fi.Tiiiu. not to
iiceed Ore nate oftbrve mtlHort* nine hundred thousand
dollars, bo:ii-inj iiiii'rcr-i iii the rate of -r.cn percent,
por annum from the date of their Untie, pa'vibW at the
Stat.- Ti-ciisuriT'.i ultkn-. 1111 tin* tlrst flay ot" July, me
thousand efghl hun tred an 1 seventy seven the intercut
accruing 'in -ri'l boinU shrill be due mid pay a hie at the
nffice of tit" rreaaurer of Mate, on the flrat day <>l January and of July of each  fear: ProrfSed, Th t  the first
im incut ul' ir:vi.'si.   Mi.til   net   bemadf   bt'tWe 1 hi' Iir 11
day oi' January, pne thousand eighl hundred and fifty-
nine. 8af 1 bonds shall be signed bv the Governor, and
tounter-slgued bv Uie Comptroller, ami endorsed by tlir
Treasnr rof Stale, and i,hall have the .seal of the State
Efitxed thereto.
Sen. £. Coupons for the interest shrill be attached to
each bum!, so lha tliey may he removed without injury
r.rm ttil turn 10 the Imnd. Said coupons, consecutively
numbered, shull he >i$<ned by the Trensurer of State.
nee, 3. It Bhall be i j:i■ duly of tnp treanirer and Comp-
trollpi of State eiurli to kee|i a separate record of nil
such bend.-* as may be issued, showing tbe number, dote
and amount of each booi, and to whom tlie samje war*
issued, and opon what claim, and its amount ; and none
of the claim-, herein .-|>ee.itied shall be liquidated or j.-aid
hut. in lhe maimer herein provided.
Sec -1. The sum nf nne thnu-aiid dollars is hereby appropriated out of any ii.iiney in the Treasury not other
wi-e iippro^rinied to pay the expense that may be incur
red hv the. Trea-urer iu h.tvins: s;iid bonds prepared but
the Comptroller shall not draw his warrant n the Treasury for t In . amount until there is money tiie rein to pay
the same.
Sec. 6. All persons havini. anv of the clai
the State nf California, entitled to be funded
after specified, shall upon the presentation of tli
to th- Treasurer of State, receive in exchange tl
a bond nr bonds of the Stateof U lltofaiq provid
in the first section or thin Act ; but no bond -hai
sued for a less ,um than five hundred dollars,
fractional parts ol a huntlred dolla ». but the Trc
mav issue ci'rti;i'_';il.i's of mii:!i fr-a rtional parls not
ad, which sai.I certilkaies ahall be transferable a
titl'd to be funded as before provided. The Tr(
-hall endorse, on the back of eae*v laim so recelv
liquidated, the date on u-hk'h he received Hie
rrrr.l IV. un rr hum. ami I its' number of I he bond fs
exchange Iherefor. and  such   claim  shall  be tiled
n-rein provided, and the final rr
of said bonds, and tlie faith of
hereby pledged for the pavment
bonds issued hy virtue of Ibis *
on. and all moneys that may h
California from tue United .Statu
ofthe Civil Fund, so called, are
ed to the payment of the   prim
STATE OF OAUFOKMA, I
County of Los Elngeles. j
In the Ulstilct Court orthe First Judicial
District,
William T. B. Sanford, Plaintiff.
Suit Mmtfttn ^btttkments.
To Parties Claiming Payment from
tilt United  States for los* anil  lUstiuetltu of
Property Aorliig tue War with .ii,■-:_,■.,.
PAIM"IES desirous ui' Imviug tbeir Claims prosecuted by tlie undersigned before tue Court of
Claims at Washington; cai) receive all the necessary intoniiatiou oil the subject, and have their
Claim* promptly prosecuted on application to 0.
MORGAN. Lob Augelef.
aug 2 J. D. STEVENSON", San Francisco.
Southern Dispatch Line
SAN PEDRO PACKETS,
— TOUCHING AT SANTA BARBARA.
rpllis LINE iscornposed of the favorite clipper
J.  schooners
LAURA BEVAN. Captain F. Morton ;
.JULIUS PUINGLE. J. S.Carcia;
S. O. BAILEY, N. II Her;
ARNO, Wm. Hughes.
Whicli will run regular hereafter as above, taking freight and passengers on the most   favorable
tiniis. to whicli .every care and attention   will   be
ll!lil1- ' . . - i
Arrangements are in progress by which a retru-
lar Weekly line of Schooners w:ll tie established,
sailing from  San Fraucisco, without fail, every
Saturday.
For further particulars apply to any of the principal merchants at Los Augeles. Sun Pedro, or
Santa Barbara. N. PIERCE,
Proprietor of the Line, at San Fraucisco.
Office—Corner of Market and East streets, lower
building, (up stairs.) where goods will be receipt
ed for aud forwarded tr e of storage and drayage
•.. ii ,r ill
Post 0/Hc<s  mid Post Masters In California.
P Whitney
I  p.im
:)r hv i
Edgar Purdy, Defendant,
Action brought in the Distrirt Court ofthe 1st]
Judicial District, and the complaint filed m the
eity and county of i os Angeles, in the ofJUe of
the Clerk of said bistrict Court,
The People of tine State of California aet id
Greeting : To EDGAR PURDY,
YOU are hereby required lo appear in at) action
brought aeai.ist you by the above named
plaintiff, in our District Court of the First Judicial District, in and for the county uf Los Augeles.
aud to answer the complaint Bled herein, a ce* tilled copy of which you are herewith served, w thin ten days alter the service on you of this sum
mona—if served within this county ; or if served
out of this comity but within tbe Fust Judicial
District, within twenty days nfter lhe service
thereof; or if served out of the First Judicial District but in the State of California within forty
days after the service t ie'reof ; always exclusive rt
the day of S'ryice—or judgment by default will
be taken against you.
The said act on is brought to recover of you the
sum of one thousand live hundred dollars. ($1500)
principal aud interest thereon at the rate of five
per cent, per month, from September 20i.Ii, 1853
until paiu, being the alleged anonnt due on a
certain promissory note, executed bv y u tn th*
plaintiff, of date September 20th, 1853, lor S1500,
payable lour months after date, and drawing said
interest; aud also for the foreclosure of a certain
. mortgage and sale of ihe oremi-es in said mortgage described, in satisfaction of the above demand ; being certain lands situate in the township
of Snn Gabriel in said county of Los Angeles.and
tully set forth in said comprint, and for costs of
suit; and if you fail to appear and answer th
said complaint as above required, the said plain
tiff will cause your default to be entered, and ap
ply to the Court for tbe relief pray id for in his
•om pi aint.
Witness the Hon. Benjamin liny es. Judge of out
District Court atoresaid, the loth day cf June, A.
D. 1857.
Attest: My hand and the seal of said Court,
[SBiL.]    the day and yenr last, above written.
JOHN' W. SUCRE, Clerk.
Per Wu.H.Sbobb, Depniy,
In tho District  Court ol
tviet. State of OaUfori
pies.
William T. B. Sanford,
iinsri!i:;ii'ii 1 in 1
ths, or Iiy both sucli
Sec. 7. \VU.never, on tlie lirs*
any year, there remains, after t
ent lis hereinbefore provided, -i
dollars or more, it sliall be tin
advert ine for the space ut* one a
per |iublishe'l in Etagltith. in ' '..<-
nne month in one daily o ■■
the State Capital, for soak I ;■
immth after: lhe  expiration of
amount, of -
exhaust tbe
wnd dollars
then it
i> here
I07 Oxwy Street,
OFFBK FOR SALE
Alcohol ;
Castor Uil :
Tartaric Acid ;
Blue Vitriol ;
Fresh Hops;
Ciimphor :
Cn am nf'fartar ;
Sal Soda ;
seidlitz Powders;
Borax ;
.    Strychnine;
Flavoring Extracts j
Shaker's Herbs;
Epsom Salts;
Sup. Carb. of Soda,
Bay Rum,
Mustang Liniment,
Alum.
Br (tol Brick
Saltpetre,
Irish Moss,
Canary Seed,
Jamaica Ginger,
G"m Arabic,
Iimitro.
Citialuia Licorice,
Sassafras Bark,
Townsend's Sarsaparilla,
Sand's Sarsaparilla,
Cooper's Isinglass,
Yellow Wax,
Copperas,
r\.»rtaf«llnii(lcoiiiplclea8snvfmeotof(Te«iiftble
DRUGS   ANO   MED.SCINKS.
R.   &  CO.   respectlnlly si.licit orders  Irom th
.onntiy, and will guarantee satisfaction, in every
particular, to those who favor them with their cu:
torn. sp25 3
■.''■..•'!in_r-r niv'.er tlii.s
the Governor laid 1
and papers pertainii
of e
ajoi
9. It shall be the rtnty of the Tre-_
interest on s..i'l born'.s iviieri ;'-•■ -nn ■
Bald interest fund, if sntlicieiit. and if
sufficient, tben to pay the Heticienev oi
h'und ; Provided, that ihe Comptroller u
draw his warrant on lhe Treasurer, pay
of said I'r-easurer for the nmiiunj of inte
ti' become ilue, which Raid interest warn
at least one month previous to the mi
terest.
Sec.  10. Tt. shall be Hie dutv of the Gn
trntler to attend, at least oncea month.
rl bonds !lre  bene: issue
ulat
e.l bv
jo  ro-:
t  thei
Edgar Purdy.
Having tead and considered the affidavit •>*
James II. Lauder, and it appearing to mv .•-ntisinc
tion therefrom, that the delendant. Edgur Purdy
ban departed from, ami re.-ides out of the State ol
California, and a canse of action exists against
said defendant.
I. Benjanrn Hayes, Jirdge of tbe 1st Judicia1
District, State of California, do hereby order
That service in the above suit be made on said
defendant. .Edgar Purdy, by publication of the
summons as follows;
That a copy of tbe summons in this case and ol
thii order, be published once a week, for the period of three months, in the Los Angeles Star, a
weekly newspaper published in the city of Los
Angeles.
And ihat a copy of tbe summons and complaint
in this case, be forthwilh deposited in the post
office of Los Angeles city, directed to said defendant at his place of residence, as stated iu the affidavit of said Lander.
BENJAMIN HAYES, District Jud^e.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
Countu of Los Angrles. j
I hereby c rtify tbat Ihe foregoing is a full, true
»nd correct copv- of nil  nrder th's daj filed in mv
offloe. JOHN  U\ SHORE, Dist. Cerk. '
Per Wm. H. Sborb   D»putv.
Los Angeles, June 20. 1857. 3m
.1. The follow ini.' nr. spe.-ilied is the claims which
are entitle! to be reamed and fniele 1 uu.'er this Aet:
First. Civil bonds of the Siaie issued under tbe tun ding
Acts passed in the fair* 1861, tf»62. 1*88, 1866, and 1858.
which are now outstanding, with interest du on the
-ame when presented, as appears bi- the columns. .Second,
Comptroller's warrants drawn under sanction of law. foi
eh-il ex_ieo.se* p ior to January la'. A. 11. 1867, and now
uatntan tins and unpaid, bu    the pro-i-uons of this Act
'ft :■.''-:'     '    =..,'■:    .vl , \,', ,.'.'.',?. -,,', T -..vi, '„.-'.) ^ro _!ure.e)b"i
Aod if tbe Treasurer ofState shall w
upou claims not herein fpedti.nl as ree
deemed a misdemeanor, and he  shall fc
LOS ANGELES STAR
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RF.PRInT OF   TIIE
British   Periodicals
AND THE
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GREAT REDUCTHiAr LX   THE   PRICE
OF THI? i.ATTia-i  FUHIJUATIUX.
L   SCOTT & CO., NEW YORK, continue to publish the following leading British Periodicals, viz.:
Ths Loudjn Quarterly, Conservative.
The Edinburgh Review, Whig-
The North British Review, Free Church.
Ths "Westminster "Review, Liberal.
Blackwood's Kd nburgh Magazine, Tory.
.he world,than civn be possibly ob
"e* ULY COPIES.
TERMS,
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Payments, to be. made in a'l cases in advance.
Money current in the. Slate where issued, will be
received at
STRDJr. STREET, BdjoiniDg the V. B. Land C'ffice,
TH»  rropn«tor of   the Lo« Aogelet-Star. wonldrupscl
id   the puhlic. that   he ha'
ed as*orto-.ent of new uiaieri
toJly  inform  ht.
ju»t r»o«iv«d i Urze and
»i,*nd
PLA.TX \\T> F-VXry
bonds prepared iuvUt th" nrnriMon* of this Act, as shall
then remain on hand. -:. " ' ■ '. t:-.-.ve.-l fo the presence
of the Governor. Comalrr.ller and Treasurer.
Sec 13 Thi ■ Aet shall take effect on he first da : of
November, A. D. lS57.as to all its provfefan* except thate
relating to. and oeofssai v for, its aubmlwHon m the people, and for retornini.. cnnvnssinfc r.nd procli minK the
votes—.vhich shall takneT"ct imm"dyi !,■),■.
Sec. 14 'lliv.-\..;t khall be nabmlttea to ■'-■•■ pnipl^nr
the State fro- th-'ir rnti' ■■'"■ :-. '' ■ 'br- -rf-.' y i ■-'.! !■ -
Hon to beboldsn on the *lrs! WednM'tey ol 3epte i
A. n. 1867.'and the qu all fled elector* nr t-< is tate. "ha'.l
:,i as id alpctlon on their ballotfl r«rStateofficera. vote for
or nr-i.inst this Act ; those votintr for the same, shall
wrieorhave printed on their Vvllnt = . the words "Pay
1 iir. 11 ■■bt :"   lod liiose vol in-., against lhe   ame. shall .ente
ot bawl printed on their ballots, ihe words "Repudiate
the Debt."
Pee. IS. Th- votes cant for and against this Aet. shall
beconnied returned and canvassed, and declared in the
- ime manner i'nfl subject to the same rules as rotes cast
Tor tlie Treasurer of State, anrl if il a]i!>ear thai, a m jor-
itv or all the votes so east for nr-jaiost tin's hi w. as afore-
sa'ld, arein favor of tliis Aet, then the same sha'l have
etTeot as hBreinbefore prnvirled. and shall he irrepealnhle
until the principle ind Interest of lhe liabilities herein
Crea*ed *hnll he pa d and discharged, and the Governor
shall matie proclamation thereof ; but tf a majority ofthe
vote* so east are ftg&taftt this Act, then the same shall he-
comevmd.
Seo. Ifi It shall be the dutv of the Secretary of State
tohavelhi- Ae.' published in one news, ap r in each Judi-
rial TliatHct of this State if one be pnhli-herl 'herein, for
three months ne*t procdintr the seneral election tobe
h.dden n on th? first We'lne-day of September next : for
which publication no c-renter allowance shall be made
th n tjie rites Slewed by law to tlie State Print ei.
*    ipprovt-d Apiil 36ti, ISwT.
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Periodicals above named, is about §31 per a
"wmM mubuv yimmm
TO .-
Bv  Hen
J. I'. :
Colleg
Tbis ir
puhlisbed,and in order to gl
lation the publishers have resolved to
avo.    lOOOpages.
rduce the price t<
Five   Dullnrs for   the Two Volnnits!!
When sent by mail (post-paid) tis California and Ore
eon the price will be $7. To every other part of tht
L'nion and to Canada fnost-p.aid), S6. 4^- j%i$ V;r,>-Ji it
SOT theold " Book of ths Farm."
Remittances for any of the above Duplications should
always be addressed, post pair*, to tbe publishers,
LEONARD SCOTT & CO.,
>ro. H 0»H Steeeij J^r York
E^jSfw..
 J M Jones
do
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..Alameda...
....A M Church
Alameda ...
SS?::::
....A J Barber
...J Ctfcribner
.R Gordon
A J Alston
nCh Shasta T A Freenii
 A Rathbane
.Butte	
. Ir.hui.u l.oit
Vmeduet f.'iiv Amador MS 15 title r
Sau Francisco S ,1 III let
 Butte..
 1) G Martin
....do	
..P W fforritrum
Solano	
.TT Hooper
. .Kl Ilorailo
Trinity	
.Win Coddington
...Tuolumi
e .1 IV  Hutler
..Mariposa..
 Stephtn Bond.
..J M Miller
...     do    ....
....H Lamb
....D LLafken
.     d.o
... .James Buekner
.Humboldt
 W Roberts
J M Charlen
Caclie Creek
...do	
A McDonald
ach But
e I- Loring
do
 John Bfdwe
do
 I U Paniel
....Calavera
 T M Pawling
Cauil.ton.ill
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 S J Bowley
Chinese Cam
) Tnolnr
ine M  RGrah.
do
 Z BTinku:
Cnrtsville...
do
 .Ml Root
Clinton..   ..
..H)l Moore
Coon Creek..
.    Placer...
.....1 Barnes
OFFICIAL DIEECT0RY.
Slate Ou'vcriimciit.
J, NEELY J0HN50N, Governor.
Robert 31. Akdekson, Lieutenant Governor.
D. W. Dougliiss, Secretary ol'State,
f    Geo. H. Whitman, Controller.
James L. English, Treasurer.
John II. Brewster. Surveyor General.
"Wm. T. Wallace. Attorney General.
A. J. Moulder, Superintendent of Public In.
struction.
W.G. Kibbe, Quartermaster General.
James Allen, State Printer.
Wm.-Bausman, Private Secretary to the GoTer-
Cohna Colusa Win Vincent
Cold Spring El Dorado CIV Gilbert
Coloma  do  RF Davis
Ceiiarville  do  Geo 'i hatcher
Clarksville  do         II Ciimmings
Cofitimnes ..Sacrlunonto     W D Wilson
OordbHe Solano     P Ol.amorie
Cotton Wood dbasta Wm Lane
Crescent City Klamath DC 1.
CentM
Cafloi
tmeda B S Clement
Lnfty     R F Channel
.   .KI Dorado MIC Shearer
...Tuolumne R  Smith
.Calaveras NT NoteroSS
errs James Gernon
>a ..   .Robert Mo \dams
dor       W O Clark
oldr KB Fosa
iveraR A Irvine
.Yuba J W Everett
.        do     SMoody
.'.Sacramento Mr Elliot
ndoi
do
11-Uiii
...Mm
.Natha
T Eagleson
Shasta W GGibbft
tabs. SBWhitcomb
0 .Tonal Spect
.Sm Joaquin RWNoble
Sierra W Henry
li....Calaveras :B Foreman
do  ACBeriUi
..Tuolumne RI,Gardiner
do     I H Watts
■ a Dsdegraff
.Coluaa   Thomas Eddy
sBar
ta Clara..'..
...Sierra.
■do
Nevada..
..AC Ev
R E Ell
..EMattht
Georgiana. ..Sacramento  1 M Se
Gwin ..... Merced Wm Lau^hlin
Hamilton....Butte K Davis
Horr's Ranch... .Tuolumne Q  Dl
Horsetown....Sbasta J R Gill .
Hoi)cut....Yuha W ERiz
1 Valle
.Marl
. .Placer...
do     ...
■."....El Doi
..WL '
ado J W Gilbert
 J W Norton
 B W Mardis
 GBKeyes
..BB Redhead
tr W EOKerr
 J  Smith
....John White
iqnin W E Steward;
 LLeauli
W P Mavhew
.  C "Wood
3 Waite
...LM Booth
7 Applegate.
Mnkelumne Kill.... Calaveras..
Murphy's do
Mc.IVrinntt's Bridge        do
New!01
u..     El Dm
Xeril-h
Nati i.
ad.... Mont
Nelson
s Creek....
Ou--ole\
's Bar...."5
Or '-on
House
Pei
..Butte...
..Yuba..
J H  Miller
H Carroll
..II FogS
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A P Stevens
WFMcDermott
E S Osburn
t Geo Eastman
J FI Woston
imento J W Denoisou
lo BL Wayne
 Wm Curtis
ie  W F Norton
......Ira Thompson
 J Bates
 CM McKiunelly
B Eaton
...W fl Endicatt
...JC Dickey
..HF Jones
eras Edwin T Lake
 J W Smith
....AC Neal
 James Stokes
1 J CLewis
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Peter Rice
■lislaus Jobn O'Neil
 C FHowell
 Daniel B Curtis
G White
..D CDowner
..D Whipple
. ..Geo Wiser
Pilot Hill.   ..ElDorado ..AT Bailey
PL.cerville do A M Thatcher
Petaluma ...Sonoma WR Swinerton
Pleasant Springs  ...Calaveras K H Hoerchni
Pa terson.... Nevada.. ,.E P Turney
Plum Valley       Sierra F R Booker
Princeton....Colusa R T Arnett    '
Pine Grove.... Amador A Leonard
Quartzliiu-c.  . ..Mariposa. D SI Pool
Quincy....Plumas Lewis Stork
Rrtugh and Ready.. ..Nevada E B Winans
Round Tent do E J Slate
R'd Dog do JO Green
Red   Hl'.rlT.q.. ..Shasta S Brad way
Rabbit Cre-b Sierra Mr. Lester
Rattlesnake Bar ...Placer ;. Thomas Wood '
Russian River....Mendocino HG Heald
Sebastnpol Napa DM Johnston'
San Francisco....San Francisco C L Weller
Steinberg's do (i Thatcher
Sacramento.. ..Sacramento FerriV Foreman
Sutter do D Hastings'
See t's River.. . .Siskiyou James Cregeln
Salinas  ...Monterey J B Hill
San Juan do P Breen
San Diego San Diego     George Lyon
San Luis Obispo.. . .San Luis Obispo.. A Murra
San Jo«e.. ..SantaClara CE Allen
Sam a Clara do. H"D   MeCobb
Santa Cruz ...Santa Crua E Anthony
San Lorenzo . ..Alf.rneda .J Wood
flan Lfandro do W Van Wagner
San Pedro.. ..LosAngeles  ..G Alexander
Pan Gabriel do T Burdick
Pan. Rafael.. ..Mann S J Ski.lmore
Santa Rosa... Sonoma FC Hahmann
Sonoma do Mr Miller
Smith's Ranch     do N M Hedi.es
San Ramon Contra Costa W Russell
San Pablo do A B Bates
Salmon Falls.. ..El Dorado J Downer
Spanish Flat do J Classman
Santa Barbara Sanla Barbara ,G R Fisher
San  Bernardino.. ..San Bernardino  ...DN Thomas
Shasta;. ..Shasta J Lemon
Shaw's Flat.. ..Tuolumne J Roberts
Sonora do G W Patrick
Staples Ranch — San Joaquin  D J Staples
Stockton do P E Conner
Sut.'er Creek.. ..Amador D Crnnd.i.11
Sarahville do R Roblnaon
Snelling's Rancr Mariposa H Schroeder
Stmun....Soiaro W S Kyle
San Andreas        Calaveras C L Sweet
St Louis....Serra WP Williams
Recrel Ravin      ..I'lacer J Hart
^plitRnck..     Merced   J A Bugg
Strawberry V   ley.. ..Yuba J A Barnhart
Tehama...'.C"lnsa 0 Gefvv
T'-inidad.... Kin math F C Darling
Trini'y..   ITrinity   C Lee
Uniontown....Humboldt A  H Murdoch.
Wnicano.. ..Amador HT Barnum
Vallejo Solario J B Friable
Vnlle-ito  ...Calaveras G M Murray
Viinlia  ...Tulare J P Maiora
Woodville Rnl'e S Alvard
Waverville....Trinity J BaTy
Wit*™ ville.... Santa Cruz....;. ..L thrift
W-«+ Point.. ..faia.vcras A Walbaum
Wbiskv Creek....Shasta P Mfs
Western.... Mcnmr-nlo A H White
Yankee .Jim's     ..Placer N Henck
Toha City.... Yuba T. Padolett
Ynlo.. ..Yolo J H Hnfton
"(¥&*....BitiAftn ".JoaaM^tfea
United  States District Courts.
For the A'orlhern District of California,—§«.
den Hoffman, Jr., judge ; Jolin A. Monro,, clerk ■
Jas. Y. McDufiie, marshal. Regular terms, first
Monday la June aud December of each year. Special terms at the option of the judge.
For the Southern District of California,—I. gt
K. Ogier, judge ; C. Sims, clerk ; E. Hunter, mar^
shal. Regular terms, first Monday iu June at
Mi nterey ; first Monday in December at Los Angeles. Special terms at the option ofthe judge.
United StAtes CIreult Court.
For the District of California.— M. H. McAlig.
ter.judge; Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk.     Regular
term, first Monday in July of each year.    Special
terms at any time after thirty days notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydeufeldt. Chief Justice ; Davids.'
Terry, Hugh b. Murray, Justices. Regular terms
ol the Supreme Court commences on the tirst Mon-
days of January, April, July, and October.
DISTRICT JTH.GE8.
1st, Benjamin Hayes ; 2d, Joaquin Carrillo : 8d,
Craven P. Hester ; 4th, John S. Hagar ; 5th. Chas-
M. Creanor ; (itli, Alonzo S. Mons n • 7th, E. W,
McKinstry; 8th, J. M. Peters; 9th, W. P. D^n-
gerfiold; 10th, William T. Barbour; llth. Jolm
M Howell ; 12l.li, Edward Norton ; ISi/h, E.Burke •
14th. Niles A'earles ; 15th. J. S. Pilzer.
TERMS  OF  COURT..
The First District Court holds its terms in Los
Angelas on the third Mondays ol March, July and
Noven.ber; in Sau Diego, the third Mondays in
Apiil, August, and December ; in San Bernaidirnj.
the third Mondays of February, May and October
United Stales Land Office for the Southern District of  California :
Augustin Olvera, Receiver ; Walter H.Harvey,
Register.
Customs Department—(Son Pedro).
Collector—C. E. Carr ; Deputy—J. F. Stephens.
Postmasters :
■ J. S- Waite, Los Angeles.
.. G. C. Alexander, San "Pedro,
Thomas. Burdick, San Gabriel..    ,
IraTliompsonrMoote.
'FirsI fuditciaf-District, composing ihe counties..?f
■ 'Los Angeles,.ISan Bernardiuo and San.jjwjif.
;   First District Court.—Judge—Beuj^Bajes.r ,"
Couutv Court—Wm. G. Drvden. Judge.
■Sberiil—Elija;b3etti^.; .U-iider Shcriil—vWjii..^.
Pelerst-n;.:;., ,•; "■   , ,, [ , "A."
County Treasurer—H.;N. Alexander.       ... ■'"
-OouLibj Anoessor—Autonio F. Coronel: Deputy
—J.H. OclVmau.
County Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Public ^Administrator—.M, Keller.
'Superintendent oi Puhlic : Sohoo^^ohilJTjf.
Shore, county clerk, ex.officio..
District Attorney—O. E. Thom.
Coroner—A.' Cook.
County Clerk—JohnW, Shore'; D.Vnuty^J>A.
Hinchjrmtn. ■      ■
Jailer—Fr-uncis Carpenter.
'Board of Supervisor:.-— W; M.' Stock't-oh, T6lti*B
A.-Kancii^z,-fe. O. Fr\er. Stephen C/Foster,-Felix
Bachman.
TOWNSHIP OPFICKKS
Los  Angeles—Justices of the  Peace—Russell
Sackett, J.   S. Mallard.      Constables—"\\ m.   H.
Peterson, B.B. Barker.
CITY Oll'ICEES.
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal—vV. C. Getman ; Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
City Attorney—C. E. Thom.
City Assessor—Benj  S. Eaton.
City Council—Anionic F.Coronel, Jnan Barre,
John Frohling, Hiram McLaughlin, A: Ulyard,
George Carson, Joseph Mullaly.
SAN BERNARDP'O COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M.  Thomas.
County Treasuier— Samuel Rolfe.
Counly Assessor- James Henry Rollins.
County Surveyor—Alvin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Pub ic Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis Eames.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R.R.Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Clift.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaux, N, Taylor, "Wm.
Cos.
Tlie taw 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 dit-coutinued.
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 whieh thi y are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give aptiei. to discontinue them.
4. II subscribers remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decider that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, oi removing
and leaving it uncalled toi-^ prima facia evrdence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict ful fill ment
ofthe regulations requiring them to .notify Publishers, ouce in three months, of papers not taken
from their office by subscribers.
Distances.
Thefollowing table ol distances was measured
with a viamefer, by Capt. Warner, ofthe F
S. Topographical Engineers, in the summer
of 1S48 :—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores. .2| miles.
"        " Sanchez Ranch 17
"       " San Mateo ' .21
"       " SantaClara 48
Stin Jose	
..  61
Murphy's	
...70
Sfur Jnan	
...94
Salinaeriver	
US
Monterey	
. .125
Mission Soledad...
..166
Ojilos 	
..266
San Miguel	
..237
Brakes   Ranch
..258
Santa Margarita..
.  265
San Luis  Obispo..
..276
Capt.. Dana's	
..299
Los Alamos	
..321
Santa   Inez.	
..340
GaviotaPass	
.. 352
Arroyo Honde	
..359
Dos Pnehlos	
..370
Santa Barharg....
.   387
Carpent.ria	
..398
Rincon	
..402
Bu naventura....
. «H5
Sauta Glara river.
..421
Canejra	
..475
Los Angeles	
..485
Los Coyotes	
..504
Santa Ana,.
..515
Juan Avila's	
. .535
San Jnan Capistrano.542
Los is lores	
..562
San Luis Rey....
..673
San I)i»go	
.912
VOL. VII.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   AUGUST   1,   1857.
»0.-12.
Cos Angeles Star:
PUBL.ISIIKD EVERY  SATURDAY  MORNING,
_At No. 1, Pico Buildings, Spring Street, adjoining the U. S- Land Ollice,  Los Augeles,
BV   H.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum, in advance, .$5 00
For Six Months,  3 00
For Three Months  2 00
Single Number  0 25
.•Advertise UENT3 Inserts at Two Dollars per square
of ien lines, for the first insertion; and Oue
Dollar per square for each, subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction tnaae to Yearly Advertisers.
AOBFTd.—The following gentlemen are authorized Aleuts for the Star:.
L.  P.  Pisbkb     .*%tin Francisco.
BORVa &  BtJfEMfJK, PoA Ollice San Gabriel.
Wiiisii.BH & Ki\c Monte.
Col. I ha Tiioxi-so.v   tftmte.
R. .I.Glbss   .S'tiJito. Iturhnra.
Ji;d(1k1>. A. Thomas....    .S'an Bernardino:
BELLA UNION HOTEL
.AXfiixx   Street,
LOS    ANGELES.
TLASHNER & BREMERMANN,
PR OPRIETORS.
MTH5.R HOTRIi, bo Ions known as the best
:ti Southern Calif or ni;i, having passed into
.he hji.iiils of the present Proprietors, bus
ibeen thoroughly refitted, *ad ma..y additions made
ito its nccomusodntions
' Strangers, mid g 'iitlemen with their families, will
Sfiad tliirTiin agreeable home, at all times.
The table will be supplied, as heretofore, with all
riShe delicacies of tbe market. my2
Cairia^e an;S Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
KEAB THl«: lOOT   OF COMMEKC1AL
THE ey%scriber respectfully      ^^T~V
fciiiforms tite pubic generally tha
he will keep constantly on hand      ""***&&»*'''
and wiiS manufacture to order,
Coaches, Buggies, Wagons.Carts &c
in a neat and workman ike muni er. He has on
hand and for sale a fine stock of Eustern white oak
And hickory plank and axles. He k< epfl constantly
■on hand a large variety of cart and buggy wheels,
spokes, felloes, shafts, neck yokes, double and singletrees.
Horse Shoeing* and Blacksinitliing
in all its various brain hes, executed with promptness
and dispatch. Particular attention will be given to
the manufacture and repair of Plows, Harrows, and
■other Farming utensils Lie liasan extensive assortment of iron axles, springs, bolts, plow and spring
eteel, and other material pertaining to tlie business,
too numerous to mention
Alsot 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
With nonebut the best of workmen in his employ,
lie leels confideift that he can give entire satisfaction
<to his customers.
un7        • JOHN GOLLER.
AND
CAEEIAGE SHOP,
3y h. Mclaughlin & bro.,
L.OS ANUELES STUBKT,
Opposite Mellus'Buildiug.
WE,6akethe present opportunity to inform the
pablic, that we are prepared to do all kinds of
'Work pertaining to our business in a manner that
.-cannot be surpassed in this city, and at as reasonable
i-ateS as the high prices of stock will justify.
We are now building some of the best WAGON?
4hat ever have been built in the Southern country.
J_f~0 Id castings bought at $1 per hundred pounds.
ftbu h. Mclaughlin & bko.
3>Totio©-
ALL persons are hereiiy cautioned against buy-
fing-orotherwise trading for unvented horses,
.■or cattle of our brands ; t rthey will be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDRB.^S DOMINGUEZ.
*ep29-tf JESUS Ma.COT .Y de DOMINGUEZ.
ATWILL  &  CO.
172 'Washington Street, San Francisco,
SHEET, CARD, and BOOK MlUC,
And other Musical Instruments.
STRING S and Reeds, for Violins, G liturs. Clarionets, &c. &c.    Also, a large wholesale stock of
FANCY GOODS AND TOYS,
Billiard Bai Is, Wax and Cue Leathers, Flags of al!
mations. Boxing Gloves. &c. &c. Together with all
grinds of "Yankee Notions." useful or amusing.
Goods packed with great care and forwarded with
.promptness.
All orders should mention  by what boat or Ex-
.presB company the good-* are required to be sent.
Ipll ATWILL & CO. 172 Washington st.
PAPER   HANGINGS
Just Received, pcfe late Arrivals,
FRANK" BAKER,
310 an^ ^ Clay street; San Francisco
,6000 rolls Kreuch and American Borders ;
300 pieces Tapestry Velvet Carpet;
,625 pieces Tapestry Brussels carpet;
■230 pieces three-ply carpet;
-    300 pieces superfine ingrain carpet;
;350 pieces extra fine ingrain carpets;
200 pieces cotton and wojI carpets ;
'    125 pieces stair carpets, assorted ;
■275 pieces Bay State druggets;
.     -8HO pieces oil cloth, assorted ;
125 pieces silk damask and brocatelle ;
300 pieces cotton and worsted damask ;
4000 pair window shades;
375 pair lace curtains;
750 pair muslin curtains ;
8000 cornices and curtains;
325 dozen mats, assorted.
Stair Eods, Table Covers, Gimps, Fringes, &c.
'Wholesale and Ttetnl!, by
FRANKBAKER,
110  and  11 'Clav street.
Orders froca the oountry ailed with care and dis.
p__ janyO 3ia
business Carts.
O. E. THOM. C. SIMS.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
OFFICE—OAT- M.ilJV STREET,
(Oppositeth* Bella Union Hotel, 1 an]
Jolin  "W.   Shore
COUNTY CLERK.
Veen    iinyaMo    lnvnilnlily   In    ndrnncc.
LAZARD   &   WOLFSKILL,
tMPOKTKKrf
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French.    English   and    American
Dry  Goods.
Comer of Melius Row   Lot» Aii'ifles.       ROR 9
BACHMAN  Sl CO.,
Willi].KSALK ANO KKTAII, DBALSS" OS
G occvlt-8,   WIiiis,-  1 IqiiOiS,   CL.tlih.g.    Hardware,   Produt.-, Hidts    WOOl; &e..,   &c.
LoS Angeles street, second house from Cummer
cial street. Cnl8
AUG. W. TBHIS.
Forwiiriling and Conimission Ulcrcliaiit,
San P_n.R0 A\n Los Axqki.es.Cai,.,
anl fl   READ, Agcn), l_os Atigeles.
R. E. IIAIM'>JVD.No. 10a Font sire, t. Agent
at San F'aneiscn.
GAMBRINUS BREWERY.
THEb'-St ALKand lil-.ER manufaclur''d,aMdal-
wuyson   hand.    Delivered to city customers
with' ut extra charpe.
Coopering and  Repairing of Barrels, Ac. &c.
An assoiLment of BaTels always on hand.
 K. MESS Eft, Proprietor.
Wholesale and lietail,
NEW BOOKS, STATIONER I, &c.
HELLMAN & BKO.,
BEG to inform the public that, having removed
to tlieir new store, Los An>rele street, where
they have increased facilities for business, they
have now on hands the largest and best s-lection
of goods in tlieir line ever before offered iu Los
ArigeleS, comprising—
BOOKS—English 8c Spanish,  embracing every
Department of Lite- alure.
STATIONER y, of every description. Playing
Card-.
SEGAftS,  Tobacco, and Matches.
FjINCY GOODS—a  choice and extensive   sa
sortment.
CUTLER Y- of all kinds.
RIBBONS.   Combs,   Sewing  Silk,  Perfumery,
Toys.   Candy, fyc   fyc.
All of which will be dii-posed of on the lowest
terms, lor cash.
HELMANN A BRO.,
Melius Row. Ea t side Los Angeles street.
August 9 h. 185(5.
Sail   33e37xi£ix*ca.ixio-
N EW   STORE.
LEWIS JACOBS begs to inform his friends and
the puhlic of SAN BERNARDINO, that he has
Re-coinmenced Business,
in the NEW BRICK BUILDING, opposite the
Oflice 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.
in Jan. 1st. 1857.
SAN   BERNARDINO.
MR. FRANK L. WETTERGREN, of San Bernardino, haa been appointed agent in San
Bernardino city, for the Commission and Forwarding
House of *. W. Timms.
He is authorized to collect money and transact all
business lor the house.
A. W. TIMMS.
Los Atigeles and San Pedro
Los Angeles, April 11.   857.
Established in 1849.
ONE OF OUR FIRM is at present travelling in
Europe, where he is collecting and forwarding
to us by everv steamer, the most splei did stock ot
WITCHES A\l> JEWELRY
ever imported into this State. Our Watches cannot be surpassed for substantiality and time-keep
ing. Our Jewelry i* selected with the greatest
care, and none hut the most tasteful goods mane
of the finest gold are allowed to leave our estab
ltshment.
Quartz Je-welry
Wi' manufacture on the premises. We are the
nvntors ot the art, and keep ahead of all competition.
WATCH REPAIRING
8 dope by the best workmen, under our own infection, and warranted for one year. Watches
for repai* sent to us hy Expres are attended to
promptly.
BARRETT & SHERWOOD,
135 Montgomery street,
between Clay end CnmmrTcia' streets.
jy26 tf SAN FRANCISCO.
JONASG.CMRK&CO'S
FURNITURE
Ion stie t, Sf
niitH eftrert,
streets, Sao*
Importers, Manufacturers,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DE.iLERS
In iviy description of
AKD
• BiilKI,
Have now In Stint (hf largest
siiicknim mos* complete assortment' Of     l'I   l>   an I     beautiful
FCRM TURF,,
ever offered in this State, consisting in part of—
FINE     ROSE WOOD.     WALA"UT    AA D
Mahogany Parlor and Chamber sets.
SfifAS    OTTOMANS.   LOUAGES AND
Easy Chairs;  Bureaus, What-Nots, Mirrors of all
sizes.
OFFICE AND  KITCHEN FURNITURE
in great variety.
>r-©~ We are now manufacturing from our Native
Woods, also from Walnut and Rosewood, most of
onr finest Furniture, and can produce an article superior for strength, durability and beauty, to anything
imported from the East.
5g;, We have constantly on hand, nnd are in re-
giilarT ceipt of full and complete invoices of Goods,
adapted to the Interior and Coast trade.
#»-To "Wholesale Dealers we would *ny, yotir
orders wiil   receive,  as formerly, our careful   and
prompt attention.
_.p_M> 3 JOKAS G. QLABZ & 00.
There'* Mtwta Ul Lift Alter All.
There's much in this life after nil,
That's pleasant, if people would take it;
On some of us trouble niusi hill.
Rut sure I am most of us m ke it.
Let us look fur the ups and the downs,
And try to take things as we find them;
And if we are me* by the frowns—
Believe that a smile is behind them.
What we liave. did we not rer eive ?
Is the world not stiffie ently ronmy ?
Then wiiy should we wish to believe
We were sent into life to be gloomy ?
We may meet with some rubs in om- day,
But don't ht us tremblr for fear of them;
Ruther hope they'll not CMne in our wnv,
And do all we cm to keep Clear ot them.
There are regions of quicksands and rocks,
And it's difficult, too, to sieer roi.nd them ;
A gnod   plum-line might Bive us seine kuueks,
But it's no easy m ittar 10 Souiul ihi'iii,
And our chui t dii more than mislnul us.
For our need e may point ihe Wrong  way,
Till we find tbat. '  each dog has his tUy"
And a friend nil alive to succeed us.
But there's much in this life after all,
'1 huts pleasant, if peop'C won d take it;
Though on sum   of us tioub e must fall,
Full sure I am most of us make it.
Let us look for the ups and the downs,
And try io take things ns we find th- in ;
And if we arc met by the frowns—
Believe tiiat a sode is behind them.
Tliu Source of  the Mississippi  Hiver.
Lift a bucket of water Irom the Mississippi
river at New Orleans, and ask ynurself the ques
tion, "From whence *t came?"' and the answer
may be, Irnin the sandy deserts of New M>-xico,
from the pine hill1- of Carolina, trem tin rolling
prairies of Nebraska, or from.llie cottuii fields i
Gk'Org a; frnm lhe British possessions norib
the 49th degree ol latitude, K-paratvd by a th
r dgi: of ice covered rocks from s;reams thai fin
into the Arctic Ocean, or from bowers ol orniif
and imigiiulia that perlume the cane-fi'dds
Louisiana, from the frozen lakes that gem the
bosoms of Minnesota and vV sconsin, or trom lhe
i-miuy fountains that eu-h up from the fluwery
plains ol Alabama nd Tem.essee ; from tlie I ke
boond peninsula of Michigan ; fiom the hill sides
ol wav ng grain ia Pennsylvania and New York |
from tbe tobacco fields of Virginia and Maryhmd.
It may be a part of those m gbty volumes that
roll their never tiring wave?- through Iowa and
Missouri, through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio ;
through Kentucky and Arkansas, Mississippi and
T xas. ft is a part of the ten thousand thousand
little rills that come hymning their way In m that
mountain range where.0 arise the Columbia and
the Coloradoot the West, or of those from whence
the Delaware and SttPquehana hasten away to
meet the rising sun. In the spurs of the AUeglia.
ny it haa saluted the Roanoke and the Saluda,
and tar beyond the black hills it his lock' d arms
with the mighty Saskashawan as he hurried on
bischeeiless journey to Hudson's Bay. Thesprings
of the Connewango listen to the roar of Nipgara.
aud the fountains of the Platte overlook the craters of the volcanoes ol Utah. It has fertilized a
country greater than the empire of Alexander.
ar.d has carried a richer commerce than all the
rivers tributary to Imperial Rome.
 -m*»tm»*m>	
Yankee Fighting—'lhe memoirs of Sir Charles
N pier, just published in England, contain many
passages interesting to Americans. Wa select a
couple of paragraphs:
■' When at Bermuda, in 1819. with his regiment,
Colonel Napier, writing to his mother,says:—Two
pnck''ts are due. and we fear they have been taken,
Ior the Yankees swarm here ; and when a frigale
goes out to drive them off, by Jove, they take
herl Yankees fight well, aod are gentlemen in
tneir mode of warfare. Decatur refused Cardon's
sword, saying, " Sir, you have used it so well. I
should be aBliamed lo take it from you." These
Yankees, though so much abused, are really fine
)ws. One, an acquaintance of mine, has just
got the Macedonian ; he was here a prisoner, and
d;ned with me; he had taken one of our sh'p-,
but waa himself taken by the Poictiers, seventy-
foi.r ; being now in an English frigate, it he meets
us we must, take him. or we ar« no lorger *-ov-
gns on the ocean,"
From B* rmuda Churles Napier sailed for
America, and become actively engaged io someol
the daring and disastrous np'tations carried on
agai> st the Americans by the government over
which King George III. exreised a dcposlic
power The bush method of warfare at rack h m
cowardly, and as for the system of loadiiiL" can
non to the mouth with odds anil ends of old iron,
as his abhorence.
Seven thousand men are at Baltimore, and we
have no such force; still, my opinion is, that il
we tuck up onr sleeves and lay our ears back, we
may thrash them ; that ib, if we cauyht them out
of their trees, so as to Blop them with the
bayonet. They will not stsnd thai. But they
mitth* Eighl unfairly, firing jagged pieces of ItQ0
and every sort of devilment nails, broken pokers,
old locks of guns, gun-barreli. everything that
will do mischief O.i board a twenty gun BlSlp
that we took I lound this sort, of ammunilion
retrnlarly prepared. This is wrong. Mand lights
lo be killed according to the law of i aiioiis, and
nothing is so pleasant and correct: but to be
doused aghfot all nre is quite offensive. We
don't then kick Ike gentlemen. A twenty four
pound shot in the stomach is fine; we die heroically ; but a bras, candlestick for sinfling, with a
garnish of rusly two-penny nails, makes us die
ungenteeU, and with the colic. '
Democratic  Platform.
The following resolutions were unanimously
adi ptid by the late Democratic State Convention.
as ftp expression ofthe principles of lhe parly:
The Committee on PI at torm and Resolutions
made   his majority report :
Resolved, That the Democracy of the State of
Caillornia unanimously endorae and cordially up
prove the plaiform ot the Democratic party, as
adopted in Die Cincinna i Convention.
Resolved. That tlie Detrocracy of the State ol
California decidedly and unequivocally advocate
aud approve the conlruction ol the Paeillc rail
road, as a measure ofthe great,*! importance, not
only to lhe Slate Of California, but to the Union
af large ; and hereby urge U| on the Federal G-v
em me nt and our national representatives ol the
Stole, m Mrashingteiv, tht' necessiiy Gf Ur-'ng their
most united exertions aiid ulmost endeavors to
secure ihe construction of thia truly important
work.
Rtsoli'i-d, That we hail Willi pleasure the co
mencement of the Wagon■ Roads,- believing that
they will bring within 'he State a hardy, enterprising and laborious class 01 cit zens ; and wi
call upon the General Government to basleu their
completion by liberal appropriations;
Resolved, That the liberal and enlightened pol
cy of our democratic government in opening to
the hardy pioneer the broad field of our puhlic
lands, as an invitation to his industry nnd enter-
pi i»e, has already si-cured the affection oT our ear
ly settlers, and that we regard an extension of
that policy -o far aa to secure a homestead
«very honeBt Pettier, free of charge,'against the
vicissitudes of fortune, ns the wisest, most just
and most reasonable course which the Ge 'tral
Government can pursue; and we earnestly re
commend it to the Bei hma attention ol our repre
seutaiiveB it Washington.
Resolved, That the Democracy of the Slate of
California ate in favor of glia* an teeing to every
Slate and Territory tbe rights and privileges se
cured to them by the cnnstilutton and laws of the
country—that for tin m there is neither North.
Smith. East, or West; aid lhat duly regarding
the importance of the whole as a Union, they, aB
a unit of tlie confederacy, will jealously guarantee
ihe rights of each individual State.
Resolved, That we r commend the utmost economy id the uppri p. iation and disbursement of all
public moneys j that we hold all public oflieers
strictly iccountable for the administration of the
public I'u.ids; that we regard it us a cardinal
principle of Democracy, to preserve unimpaind
he credit and resources of the State ; and that he
who commits ihe slightest defalcation in thiB re'
spect, is unworthy the support, and hasjustly forfeited the respect and confidence of the Democratic party.
Resolved, That we cordially welcome to the
ranks of the Democracy, and receive inlo full
brotherhood and communion those old-l ne fflligP
and members of other parties, who, regaiding the
Democratic party as the great conservative parly
ofthe Oidon, now join with us iu the existing
struggle to pre.-erve the Constitution.
Resolved, That in the nominees of this conven-
in we recognise men worthy of our implicit confidence, a d deserving o! our undivided support-
aod hereby pledge to them the unauimous vote
of the Democracy of Hits State.
R'solved, That there ia a radical defect in our
ws regulating pre-emptions, whereby the owner
of a floating Mexican grant is enabled lo prevent,
the seti lenient of a tract of land much larger than
' claims.
ResotV'd, That the rights of pre-emptions in
is State ought tu be as liberal as obtained in
other State', and these rights ought to be secured
io settle all lauds not actually segregated as private property.
Risolvid, That the policy of government whicli
is sought to be established by tho present Chief
Magistrate ofthe U ited States, is eminently entitled to onr most beatty and cordial approbation,
as truly Democrat.c, and calculated lo secure the
pn motion of the best interests of oui common
country.
Rusolved. That this convention acknowledge a
moral obligation to liquidate the existing debt ol
Slate of Califtrnia, and ils payment is hereby
ree immended.
R- solved, That political associations, whetlnr
secret or otherwise, based upon religious intoler-
ence or exclusion from the exercise of political
privileges guaranteed by the constitution »b it is,
on Recount ol personal rank or the accident ot
birth place, are at once i neons! a ten1 with the spirit
of .-ur institutions and a slander upon the liberty-
loving and IrLedoiu-disaemiiutiug people of the
Union.
Rei.il/ved, That we consider the present natu
ralization laws ofthe United States in accordance
with our free am) liberal institulions, and will resist their abrogation or amendment as uncalled
for. illiberal and unjust.
Resolved. That the Democracy of Calilornia
Will ever support the Constitution a d lawB of
the r Stat' and ol the United States, and will ever
use iheir utmost endeavors to preserve as acred
and inviolate that pricelesH legacy of oui- fathers
(.outaim d in tbe Bill of Rights and writ of halnas
cot pus.
A bookstore has recently been onen.-d in one of
the principal Ft1 eets of Damascus, where Bibles,
Testaments, religious books, tmcls and school
bnol«s are so'd at low priceB bv a native Chr si 'an.
being the fir-t book-torn iu lhat cily fortheChris-
lian populat on tor 1 200 year?.
The proportion of the world's population who
are Pagans, is nearly 1 in 2: Mohammedans, about
1 in 7 ; Catholics, nearly'1 in 8; Prot. slants
about 1 In 15:Gre-k Church. 1 iu 18 ; Jews,
about 1 in 100 ot the wlude population.
A chap readlDV that Mexican Hies had been
ceived in New  York city,  went  into a hardw
store and asked to look at some of them.    He i
brother of the man   who  inqnlrtd   tor  a pound of
Liverpool dales received bv one of the steamships.
THK I'io.v of the Wohlo. — The annial production of srutlt) 'roti throughout the World is estimated al 8,000.000 'ous. O* th1-. Great Britain
prodnci s 3.1)00,000. France 75*1.000, Pni-aia 300.-
DOO Austria 250,01)0. Belgium 200.000. Russia
2*10.000. weden loO.OOn. the lesser &tirinjuUtt&B>fl
100 000. '!)•• United Slates 760.000, aud the Olher
countries 300,000.
The firut at-sam preua waa atwd jn 1814.
" Hi Hot I say, what did you »ay your medicine
would care?"
■■Oli! it'll   cure everything— heal  anything!"
" All ! well, I'll take a bottle j may be it'll heel
my boots—tbey need it badly enough."
Eloquent   Extract.
Gen. Cass concluded his able speech iu the Ser.-1
ale, December llth, ou the motion to pHnt 15/000
copies of the President's Message, in the following eloquent language :
Sir. we nre fallen upon evil times, and the existing state of things has given me iuten^o anxiety. I have been' through life a firm believer in
the duration—I may'almost say the perpetuity of
this Uniou. The hope' has been interwoven with
every fibre of my heart. The wish is aa"strong aa
ev r, but 1 am sorry to say that my confidence is
weaker. I waB born before the Constitution was
adopted. I saw the difficulties of Ita'establishment. I witnessed the anxious solicitude which
everywhere prevailed. Nothing carried us through
the crisis but the feeling or the necessity of a more
stable government, and the influence and patriotic
exenions of the men who had conducted the coun"
try through the toils and trials of the revolution,
aud at the head of whom was Washington. Do
you believe, sir, that such a constitution could be
made and adopted now ? It would be impossible.
There would be prejudices to encounter and overcome, and feelings to contend with which would-
stand up in the path and mock your effort. Cling
to your institutions as they are, for if you lose
them you can never supply their place.
I bave said that I witnessed the anxious solicitude for the adoption of the constitution. It contains a provisiou that, on the accession of tho
ninth State, the new government should go into
operation. My native State. New Hampshire
had the enviable lot of being the ninth member
coming Into the new confederacy. I have au impression of the feverish -atate of the public mind
when the fate of the measure was pending befora
the convention; and I can recall the relief that
was experienced when the result was known.
Mr. President, I not only witnessed the birth of
the constitution, hut I have seen fhe progress of
the country which it has ruled in all tho elements
Of power and prosperity. We were a little collection of remote colonies, shut in between the
Atlantic and the lakes, unknown to the world,
poor, feeble, and almost disunited. We are uow
one of tbe greatest powers on the face of tho
trlobe; and never since tho dispersion of the human family upon the plains of Shinar was there a
people that possessed more material prosperity
nor more true freedom thairwe enjoy at this day.
May we bo wise enough lo realize all this and
hold on to our blessings ! To adopt lhe sentiment
of Fisher Ami's, when I witness the contention!)
among us, I am filled with apprehensions that, as
old as I am, I may yet outlive the Union and the
Constitution of iriy country. God giant that no
such m sforiune may be in store for me I
Taaffk, McCaiiii.l .fc Co.—A rumor gained eir"
dilation yesterday to the effect that Taafl'e, Mc-
Cahill it Co., wholesale dry pOOdS merchants, hud
failed, This is one of the largest and most substantial firms in the city, and il they were obliged
to suspend there woulil itideed be cause for alarm.
We are happy to state, however, that there was
no'foundation whatever for the rumor, and that
'I'aalfe, McCahill & Co. are perfectly able to meet
ail their liabilities.— Herald.
Fbou Mazat -an axo San Bi.as.—The Mexican
cl pper schooner Lord Raglan arrived recently
from Sau Bias. We learn that seventy-two rob-
ben went into that town and ransacked it, robbed
all they could, and killed one mair named llenri-
qnez, while defending his property. The inhabitants wore in a great state ol restlessness and fear,
not knowing at what moment they will appear
among them again to commit their depredations.
The same bailed and auimoaity were visible to
foreigners, as usual.
Colt's Pistol Factory.— On the banks of the
Connecticut   river,  near Hartford, stands one of
tile !ar_.e-t armories ever built ty private enterprise—Coil's Pistol Factory.     It consists of one
main layld'nie;, four stories high, with two wings,
ach 500 leet long and  forty feet wide, making
the wi.ole frontage 1,500, within which is a steam
engine of 350 horse power, and near 2,000 petlODI
are engaged in the manufacture of Ihe murderous
jiver.     Colt has likewise a similar factory in
England, and one  In  Russia,  the  profits from all
of them being immense.     Such is the result ofa
pie  invei»tiou  made  Out  little over fourteoa
is ago, by  a  friendless, poverty stricken mechanic.
rEHVEiisfc; Amdition.—How common it ia to ueo
men attempting to be or todo something that nature never meant them for,    .Tames the First tried
very hard to be a philosopher, but only succeeded
n  satisfying   "his  majesty" that he was a real
Solomon."    Frederick ihe Great was v ry small
is a poet, in spite of his best efforts at verse writ-
n^.    Ditto  Riehlieu.  and Jobn Q. Adams.    Aa
eloquent member of Parliament suppo.-ing  that
ting "leaders" and  speechea   must be much
the  same  thing, tried  his hind  at editing the
Times, and— failed deplorably.     So it goes ; nobody iB content wilh a " s.ngle string," and yet
few can rxcel in more than one trade, art or ca.ll-
,ng.    In determining the best fftntse,  instinct ia
jlten tafer than reason.  Swift says, sarcastically ;:
"A foundertd horse will oft debate
Before '-e tties a five-barred >;aie ;
A dog by instinct lurus as do
Who sees a ditch lo deep and wide,
But man we find the only aruature,
Who, led by folly. Combats nature,
ind where his genius least inclines
Absurdly bends bin whole designs.
The Spanish   Government  have issurd a decree'
allowing no ivlig on:; cunlroveri-y. and permitting
o journal to  make any  comment upon the holy
Catholic and apostolic laith, or lo discuss the opportuneness of religious duty.
Bob W has become a Grahamtte. His doctor
ordered bin. to live on a vegetable diet till autumn. He obeys the order by getting drunk on
juleps twice a day. Doctors should be more ex-
licit, and leave nothing lo conjecture.
On ft recent rainy day a wag waa heard to exclaim:
■ Well, my umbrella is a regular Catholic."
' How- so?'" inquired a friend.
1 BeoauDe It alw-jja kse.pa lent!'-'
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