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a ,tbei«* therew af the I iogele^ First ^ tale OS* '.VOL. XIII. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY, 1TOYEMBEB 14, 1863. NO. 28. C00 Angeles Star: P0BLI8HED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Lo= Augeles, BY H. HAMILTON, TERMS: Subscriptions, per annum, in advance. .$5 00 For Six Months 3 00 For Three Months 2 00 Single Number 0 12i Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square of ten lines, for the first insertion ; snd One Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers, San. Francisco Agency, Mr. C. A. OR *lNE is the only authorized agent for the Los Angeles Star in San Francisco. All orders left at his office, Northwest corner of Washington and Sansome streets. Government uildiug, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to. , •* '■ ' :. "" ^s^ mW& HOTELS. Snsiwss Carbs. DR. J. C.WELSH, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, CITY DRUG STORE, Main street, Los Angeles. Office hours, 9 to 12, m j and 2 to 9. p.m. Augusll, 1859. BELL/V UNION HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, JOHX KING & HEX BY HAMMEL, Proprietors. THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above named Hotel, wish to assure their friends nnd the travelling public that they will endeavor to keep the Bella Union what it has always been, TIIE BEST HOTEL IN SOUTHERM CALIFORNIA. Families can be accommodated with large, airy rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished. Tiie Bills of Pare •hall be inferior to none in the State. All the Stages to and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from tbis Hotel. The Bar and Billiard Saloons shall receive the most strict attention, and the patrons shall find that this house will be carried on as » first class Hotel ought to be. Los Angeles, May 31. 1862. UNITED STATES HOTEL. 3Wt£Jtli3. S£»"tx»©r3't, Los Angeles. THE SUBSCRIBER having leased the ■•iboveestahiisluneiit, begs leave to iu- j.TOgipa firm th* public that he has refitted and 1'WK.vM rel'urnislie.l f{ thro'iglmut. and that ii will ne conducted in the very bM style. Th. table will be liberally supplied with everything Hie market affords, nnd ever v care will be taken to make the UNITED STATES HOTEL a co,„. fbrlable hom'i for boarders. Attached to lhe Hotel, | a BILLIARD ROOM mid BAR, wliere the best ol liquors and cigars •re kept Term-, moderate, to suit the times. Miner.) coming from or to the mines of Hoi comhe. Potosi."Mohave or Sin G-i'n-iel, will find this a convenient plac l-'i meet their Iriend", or to obtain desirable information. A BAKERY is also attached to the Hotel. M)UH MESSMER. Los Angeles, November 8th. 18(52.-—tf Dickson, deWolf Si Co OFFER FOR SALE WEI CESTTUnT—JACOB VAN HORN'S. ECttliSKl. PtOVBSBLU—Will. II. DALY'S. •*X3E»' FINE OI.D RYE. "AA*" VERT OliD AND CHOICE. VAULEY—WM. H. D.llTt'S-IN CASES. —alsXj — WM. U. DALY'S CLUB HOUSE GIN. THE ahove WHISKIES are all copper distilled, from the choicest selected Rye, and are never offered in the market within three years after their dfetillation. The stock now ou hand is from Four to Eight Years Old. These brands of Whisky have been favorably known In (lalifornia during Ibe last six years, and ♦be constantly increasing demand for them attests to their excellence and uniformity of quality. They are commended to the trade as among tbe purest imported into this market. IlVir Sale by nil the principal Dealers In tills ! DICKSON, DEWOLF & ^O, feb28 Sole Agents, San Francisco. CLARK'S INDELIBLE PENC THE CHEAPEST AND BEST ARTICLE For Marking Linen. JJrir sale by the gross, at SOS Montgomery street, Room No. 2, San Francisco. W. HOLT. eb22 WHEELWRIGHT AND CARPENTER, HAVING LOCATED IN EL MONTE, AND being enabled to keep a supply of hjrd wood t,lways on hand, is prepared to do all kinds of woik IH"W» Bne at short notice and at the lowest current rates. Orders respectfully solicited. mar28 Aug. StGBrmer GUNSMITH, Los Angeles Street. —DEALER IN— SHOT GUNS, RIFLES & PISTOLS. —AL80,— In Gun Materials and Sporting Implements. Also, CAPS, POWDER, &c. &c. SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES RESTOCKED. Orders from the oountry promptly attended to. All work done in a workmanlike manner, and Knar aoteed. TERMS. CASH. fe S. & A. LAZARD, IMPORTERS. And Wholesale and Retail Dealers In French, English and American Dry Goods. Corner of Melius Row Los Angeles. 1 62 PHINEAS BANKING, FORWARDING and COMMISSION AGENT, New San "Pedro and Los Angeles. (SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACHER & CO,) — Wholesale and Rctnil Denier In — W1WES AND LIQUORS, Syrups, Bitters. Cordials, ALE, fOEIfER, ASSTS CIGARS, Main street, Los Angeles, Cal. GEO. W. GHAPIN & GO., Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st. SAN FRANC1 -CO. EMPEOYMENTrOFFICE AND GENERAL AGENCY. Furnish nil kinds of help for Families, Hotels, Farmers, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories. Shops &c. Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend to business in that line. Ieh2'2 FOR SALE--FOR CASH, 2,000 LARGE SIZE WOOL SACKS, At the San Francisco Prices. jan!7 S. & A. LAZARD, Corner Bell's Row FOR San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San Diego. ON nnd alter the first of April, and until further notice, the steamship S E AT O R, Will Make two trips per month on the Southern Coast, leaving Broadway Wharf, On the 3d and 18th of each Month AT 9 O'CLOCK, A.M. 53P" Bills of Lading will be furnished by Ihe Punier on board. For freight or passage apply on hoiird. or at the office of S. J. Heusley, corner of Front and Jackson streets. dec9 S. 3 HENSLEY, President. mm Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets (OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,) SAN FKANCISCO. THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent Boarder, that he his leased the above well known and centrally located Hotel, and intends keeping it as A FIKST-CLAS* HOUSE, At Moderate Prices. In the last three months there has been expended a large amount in Remodeling and Re-furnlsl)lng, the EXCHANGE ana it will now compare favorably with the first class holels of the city. WE HAVE SPLENDID SUITS OF APARTMENTS for Families; also a large number of fine single rooms for gentlemen. It is the purpose ofthe Proprietor to make the EXCHANGE one of the most-comfortable and homelike hotels in the State, and make the Prices to Suit tne Times. THE T jSL IO Xj 3E1 Will be supplied with every delicacy the season affords. Attached to the house are fine BATHING ROOMS for Ladies or Gentlemen. JOHN W. SARGENT, Proprietor. 1^0" O T X O 3Z3 . B. S. GHAT WOULD respectfully inform the public, that he is pre pared to perform all services pertaining to the interment of deceased pers ns. He will attend to the laying out of bodies arranging for funerals, furnish bodges, gloves etc., if requested. Any orders left at his residence. New High Street, near the Cat h" lie Church, or at his store, on Main Street, opposite the New Market, will be promptly atteuded to. r' .. tlS-». B.—All orders for DIGGING- GRAVES, must be left at the earliest moment possible. ot Angeles, June 13,1863. Bancroft's Map ofthe Pacific States, EMBRACING CALIFORNIA, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, British Columbia and Sandwich Islands. Size, 52*64 inches. Scale, 24 miles to the inch. Elegantly engraved on Copper, and colored in Counties. This great work is sold only by subscription. Aft energetic and reliable canvsser is wanted, for Los Angeles. Apply to B S. HELLMAN. in4 8m General Aeeni for ihi» County. Wars drive up riches in heaps, as windB drive up snow, making and concealing many wide abysses. Every Government should provide for every subject tbe means of living both honestly and at •MB. HOW LONG, O L.ORDT How long, 0 Loid ? we raise onr cry to Thee, From out the dust where bleeding hearts are strewn; How long shall this wrung prayer of agony, Go up responseless to Thy Mercy's throne? How long, O Lord ? how long shall dread alarms, The din nf bat 11 ng hosts, the cannon's roar, TIim tramp of lurious steeds and clang of arms, Like a black tempest stride Irom shore to shore? How long shall brother on bis brother man Leap, like a wild beast nf a forest lair; With hlo.rdy clutch proclaim the deadly ban, And All with demon shouts tbe trembling air? How long shall direful hate's remorseless sway Rage rampant through tbe land witb purpose tell— Order and law o'erlurn—the nation's stay— And light her altars with the fires ot hell? How long? ob, heritage so richly b'est By God's good gilts, tbat wauts should be unknown, Shall hy fair soil by ingrate sons be prest And graves of martyrs still be thickly sown ? How long ere Peace, her snow white wings sha sweep Our land from hither to remotest shore ; Till hearts that bleed and break, and eyes that weep O'er war's dark train of ills, are known no more? How long ? O Christ, we supplicate to Thee ? By Thy ^reat love, by Thy eirdurar.ee strong: By prayer, and cross, and dying agony— And ginrions triumph over wrong— Not long, O Christ I not long I —.V. Y. Express. The Texona ns Soldiers. One of the "Ironsides, Regiment," captured at Bradshear City, La , writes as follows of the Tex- hiis: "A word before I close th's epistle about the Texans. whose prisoners we have been lor a month. I have called them half savages, and it is about true, but they have some of the noblest qualities of savages. Tbey are brave to rashness, and will endure with patience any amount of exposure and suffering to accomplish iheir end. They are generous, good natured. and ireat the r prisoners with much kindness Tbev are splendid horsemen, fine marksmen, and can go lor days with but a morsel of uncooked food to eat They are cheap troops to support, because they don't care lor l&nts, will wear any kind of clothing, and will live on bacon and hoecake, or forage for themselves and their hordes. But though brave, tbey are perfectly undisciplined and regardless of orders, and will fight every man on his own hook, breaking ranks as soon as ihey commence firing. So that altuougb they are excellent bush-whackers, they ..re often cartel ed and routed in ihe opeu field. Tbey cou- ider themselves the equals ot their officers, and it e a risky matter to punish them for insubordination. When there i» no fighting going on, ihey soon 'ire of the restraints of camp lile, and often leave lor home, coming back when it suits ihem. Then Ihey will steal, even Irom Iheir own oflic.rs; tbey will brag beyond all the bounds of truth, and they won't wash themselves or Iheir shirts. They don't consort readily with ihe Louisianians, whom ihey call "lazy, cowardly Creoles," and by whom ihey aie cordially hated and termed "Comanobes and thieves," aud both charges have, I expect, some foundation. To give you an example of the Texan way of doing things: Two or three dayu ago some of them broke into the store of their Post Quartetmai-ter, and came riding past our hospital decked out wilh their spoils—captured Uuited States clothing. One long lank country boy had a cap on his bend aud another cap in his hand.- One of our wounded men looking over tbe balcony, called out: "I wish you would give me one of those caps, bavu'l got any V Wot expecting, however, tbat his r> quest would be granted. "All lighi." cried tbe Texan, and chucked the cap up; it lorlunately proved a gocd Bt. On the whole I don'l know as we could have • alien into better hands, and our month of captiv- ily passed pretty pleasantly, consideiing the circumstances of our position." Waste of Ammunition in Battls.—A veteran army offic- r, writing ou this subject, says: "One trouble is thai our men, in goiug into batils, are weighed down, overloaded wilh ammunition, lav. ing to sluff their pockets as well as tbeir cartridge. boxes, with tbe sixty or eighty rounds ordered.— Ol course v. ry much of this is thrown away or wasted; but this is only a trifling evil compared to the encouragement ihus given to tbe too prevalent idea among tbe men that be wbo fiies the greatest number of rounds in battle is tne best soldier. I have heard meu boasting of their acbeievemenis in ibis regard, and the result ot such an idea is a huriied loading aud discharging without any regard to aim; a waiatiug upon trees and foliage ol ammunition, which, il used at all, should be used so as lo deieat tbe enemy. I was struck by a remark fli..de by a rebel prisoner to his captors, "We never carry more than forty rounds 'nto action, aud usually expend about ten.' There is altogether too much of tins wild. recklesB fi. ing, the men discharging their peices before bringing ihem fa'uly down to a level, and utterly regardless ol taking aim. Ol course, there are peri ds when heavy, rapid, and continuous volleys are necessary; still it would be well il every man should be dulled as sharpshooters, taught to shoot slowly, aud always take aim, either at the enemy or his suppobed locality. The Chain-Gangs of Glory.—The newspapers are lull ol items s.imeihing like tbe following : "A file ot conscripts aud deserters were marched down tbe aveuue to-day, chained together and handcuffed." Deserters muBt of course be punished for deserting; aud conscripts who are indecent enough not to rejoice, as Administration papers constantly assure us lbat conscnpls do rejoice at being conscripted, may perhaps be handcuffed into a happier frame ol mind. But it mu-t be admitted there is something raiher grotesque in the speota- cle of solders of the Union marching in chains to liberate the slaves of rebels.—W or/rf. The Recognition Hueatln. The Courriei des Etats Unis ol N. Y, a paper which assumes to have better facilities tin n any of its Amerioau coteraporaries for. ascertaining the intentions of tbe French government, makes the following statement: Tbe English press persists in pnbtlsbing, and the American press continues to reproduce a thousand and one rumors on the deliberations ol which the speedy recognition ot the South is said to have been tbe object ou tbe part ot the French Government. ' Special Information of tbe most positive char- acter, wbicb reaches us from Paris, authorizes us to give these reports a categorical and unreserved- denial. Tbe question ofa recognition of tbe Confederate States bas not been discussed in aiy council of Ministers ; it is not, in any shape or any degree, among the questions of the day with which tbe Imperial Government is at pressnt occupied. It is in no way connected in,the political conciliations of Napoleon III, with tbe actual development of affairs in Mexico. The English and other journalists wbo for some weeks have been speculating so largely upon tbis subject, have been entirely led into error by an iu cident of which tbey without doubt have bad only an imperlect knowledge. TbiB incident is an application of tbe Regency of Mexico to tbe Cabinet ot the Tuileries to obtain the opinion of tbe Emperor on the question as to what they ought lo do with regard to the South. The contiguity of Texas and Mexico appeared to the members of the R. gency an imperious motive tor encouraging officially, wiihin a short time the Government ot Richmond, of which tbat of Mexico found itself, iu a territorial point ol view, so close a neighbor. Napoleon III., when consulted upon tbis subject is said to have answered that it did uot belong lo liim to determine the att'eude to be assumed by ihe Mexican Government in its external relations; that lor his part, however, he did not see the urgency oi this question ; lhat even the question of opportunity was lo bim very doubtful, and tbat finally a recognition of the South appeared to bim a very grave measure for a provisional Administration, which wiuld thus implicate irrevocably ihe luture policy of tbe sovereign whom they are awaiting. It is a wide distance from this very reserved ad vice to the ideas which are so freely ascribed to the Emperor, and we repeat that our information permits us to affirm tbat this is the only occusiou «.n which the recognition ofthe South bas recently come up for discussion in the high circles of the French Government" '*Unlon Saver." Looking over the files ot some Kepupliean papers of I860, we were forcibly reminded of the slur thrown upon the Democratic party as "Union Saver," whenever we ventured to predict that ihe Course of the Abolition leaders would be likely, some day, lo involve lhe Union in trouble." "Ob, nonsense I" said they ; "you are dough faces- yielding to the slave power— pro-slavery tools - Union savers—when every body knows the Sontb ern States could not be kicked out ol the Union I It they want to go, let tbem go I' and much more ol the same sort ot reckless bravado. Now when tbe Southern States have rebelled and gone out of the Union, and it is costing thousands of lives nnd millions ot treasure to get them back, and Democrats, wbo then feared tbis resuL and begged fanatics to stop, and are now begging them not to make this a war that must forever prevent tbe old Union from being re-established, they are denounced as disunionisls, whilst tbey pretend lo have become the "Union savers I" How much trouble would have been avoided by following the Democratic party and adhering to the Constitution.—Lancaster, Ohio Eagle. Terrible Condition of things.—The St Lonis Republican ol September 29ih says that tbe situation of affairs in Missouri is horrible beyond any power of description. iB ackowledge by all who are acquainted with it. There are portions of the State where uothing is safe—neither property nor life. Houses and grain stacks are burnt—stock carried off by gangs of robbers—Bud men are seized at their houses, torn from tbe bands of weeping wives, and children are shot as if they were bu< dogs- The sufferings, miseries and woes which are ibe portion of thousands upon thousands of our people, lortn a picture of calamity wbicb not long eir.ee could cot have been imaginedjas possible in tbis eountry. Atrocities acd cruelties which would almost put savages to the blush are perpetrated. Perfectly authentic stories are told of murdered men whose corpses have been denied the ordinary meaus of decent burial Well and Truly Said.—Ex-President Pierce' in a receut speech, sp ke as follows ol the experience ol trying to couquer and subjugate the aeced" ed States ; We have seen tbe experience of tbe last two years how futile are all our efforts lo maintain tbe Union by force of arms ; but even had war beeu carried on by us successfully, the ruinous result, would exhibit its utter impracr inability for theattaiu. ment of the desired eud. Tnrough peucelul agencies", and through such agencies alone, can we hope "to lorm a more perfect Uuion, establish justice insure domestic tranquility, provide lor the common defence, promote ihe general welfare and se cure lhe blessing ol liberty to oureelves and orn posterity," ihe Constitution was formed. If you turn arour.d anil ask me what tf these agencies fail; what if ihe passionate anger of both sections forbids; what il the ballot-box is sealed. Then all efforts, whether of war or peace having failed, my reply is, you will take care of yourselves ; wilh or without leaders, we will at least, in tbe effort to defend our rights as a Iree people, buildup a greai mausoleum ot hearts, to whieb men who yearu for liberty will in after years with bowed head- reverentl; resort, as Christian Pilgrims lo tbe sacred shrine ef the Holy Laud. -Who Brought Trouble to the Nation ' President J < ks.ui, in bis farewell address,deliv« ered March 3, 1837. pointed out what would and what has provokkedcivil war. The readermayas well remember what party the General characterized as men not worthy ol yonr confidence, and deserves your strongest reprobation." He saw tho gathering storm, and forewarned the people of impending danger; but lo little pnrpose-tbey neglected to adopt tbe precautious which he suggested,and the cons, queuees are appalling.—He said: But the constitution conoot tie maintained, nor tba Union preserved in opposition to public feeling, by the mere coercive powers confided to tbe General Government. Tbe foundations most belaid in the affections of the people; in the security it gives to life, liberty, character and property, in every quarter of tbe country and in the fraternal attachments which the citizens of the several Statewbear one to another as members of one political family mutually contributing to promote tbe happiness of each other. Hence the citizens of every Stats should studious'y avoid everything calculated to wound the sensibility or offend the just pride of other States ; and tbey should frown down upon a.ty proceedings wiihin their own borders likely to disturb the tranquility of tbeir political brith- ern in other portions of the Union. In a country so extensive as t'sie United Stat, s, and witb pursuits so varied, the internal regulations of tbe several States must frequently differ from one another iu important particulars ; but tbis difference id unavoidably increased by the varying piinciplea up. n which the American colonies were originally planted ; principles which had Uheo deep root in tbeir social relations before the Revolution, and therelore, of necessity, influencing their policy .ince they b-came independent States. But each Slate has the unquestionable right to regulate its? own internal concerns according to its own pleasure ; and while it does not interfere wish tbe rights of the people of oiher4StalfS, or the rights of the Uninn, every Stale must be tbe sole judge of measures proper to secure thesalety ol itis citizens aud piomote their happiness; and all tbe efforts on tbe part ol the people of the other States to cast odium upon tbeir institutions, and all measures calculated to disturb their rights of property or to put iu jeopardy tbeir peace and tranquility, are in direct opposition to the spirit in wbioh tha Union was formed, and must endanger its safety. Motives of philanthropy may be assigned for this unwarrantable interference ; and weak men may persuade themselves, for a moment, that they are laboring in tbe cause of humanity, and asserting tbe rights of tbe human race ; bnt every one upon sober reflection, will see tbat nothing but mischief can come Irom these improper assaults upon tbe leelingB and rights of others. Rest a sured, that the men found busy in this work of discord are not worihy of your confidence, and deserre your strongest reprobation." We believe ihat in 1837 Pies dent Lincoln was uot of tbe si.ool of politics which Jackson denounced. But since tbat time he bas been Humiliated by ihe party whom Jackson deemed untrustworthy. Ii ihe H -ro of New Orleans w-re alive to-day, he would be stigmatized as a "copperhead." and be perhaps banished from the laud he did so much for. The Ukase—Suspension of Habeas Corpus. The writ oi habeas corpus is suspended throughout tbe land. The entiie North has been outlawed, nnd our judicial structure, by one sweep ofthe Presidential pen, has been demolished. We live hereafier under martial law. Any one we. ring the Federal uniform can arrest a citizen "for any offouse agaiust ibe military," and the Courts of law shall have no power to intervene. The once free aud independent States now form one vast military camp, and all that remains of a Republican Government is a memory and a name. The Tribune, announcing upon its bulletin this intention of despotism, says : "God bless him!— Abraham Lincoln. Suwarrow proclaiming the fall of Ismael wrote "Glory to God and tha EmpresB."— The imperial prostitute whose name he* thus linked with Divinity, was the reproach of the age she lived iu, and the curse of her country. The Tribune's imploration goes for nothing, if not for sacrilege, when associated with ties violation ef the most sacred right of American citizenship. We too say, Good bless Abraham Lincoln! Bless him with more wisdom, patriotism and humanity iliau his proclamation evinces as bis altiibutes. Bless bim with a conception of the misfortune be has wrought, and tbe wrong that he is contemplating. Bless him witb endowment of reverence for the institutions of bis country, and witb appreciation of his duty and ibe obligations ot bis < fflcial oalh. But assuredly, uiiless repentance and atonement interpose between him and retribution, in lien of blessing, bis portion will be the imprecations ot his couutrymen to tbe last generation. What means a suspension ol habeas corpus upon the eve of momentous State elections? Tbe Federal arms are everywere in the ascendant. Tbe Administration ha* passed scathless, except of moral injury, the ordeal ot conscription ; the most odious, thus lar, ol its measures. Tbe North is inoffensive in the face ot provocation ; Bullen, perhaps, but submissive; and deprecatory of further injustice and insult. The people are willing and anxious to submit their oause to the ballot-box, and neither tui-i.ule.noe nor violence menace the general repose. Why, then, suspension ot habeas corpus? Is it io provoke (be collision thai tbe people would avoid? Is it because th- masses are too ob edieut and humi.le, anu by their calm propriety thwart the iute lions of tyranny and leave no pre- lext for oppression? Does the despot chale at the good nature and forbearance of his sul.jvots? If uot intended as a goad to popular resentment, tbe proclamation seems strangely inopportune. Perhaps, like Gesseler's cap, it conveys bat a challenge to startle the Tells of the JRepublic from their apathy, that they may be marked and dealt with. It it means anything itmeausdnnger- to the Elective Franchise. ''Bend, slaves, to Gessler's cap f if you will, but cling to your Elective Franchise. New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio are more more difficult than Maine lo be moulded by fanaticism. Therelore the proclamation. What will Governor Seymour do to ward off tbis lifst blow at Slate sovereignty and judicial independence? He has promised musjb, what will he do? His words are excellent; tney flow like the gentle streams and please the ear like tbe melody of harps. But tbey will not satisfy tbe demands of ihe public comon sense and h've of liberty. What will he do and wheu will It be done ? —N, Y. News. wB co CO co CM o CO Ol ^- CO CM r~. — CM o> co CM IO CM ■st CM CO CM T— CM 0) — O CM CD r-_ 1^- — — co to in — ■*t CO in_ i — CM "P*
Object Description
Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 13, no. 28, November 14, 1863 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Description | The English weekly newspaper, Los Angeles Star includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "How long, o Lord?", "The Texans as soldiers", "Waste of ammunition in battle", [col.4] "The recognition quiestin [sic]", "Union saver", "Terrible condition of things", "Well and truly said", [col.5] "Who brought trouble to the nation?", "The Ukase -- suspension of habeas corpus"; [p.2]: [col.1] "The elections", "The dictatorship", [col.2] "Court of sessions", [col.3] "Extraordinary proceeding -- murder of an un-offending man", [col.4] "France, Mexico and the Confederate states", [col.5] "A Pacific Republic", "Mining intelligence"; [p.3]: [col.1] "A swarm of bees worth having", "Great eaters", "Portrats [sic] of foreign ministers", [col.2] "Married by chance", [col.3] "Death of Madame Chuoteau", 'The course and character of Reese River", [col.4] "Prospectus of the Twelfth Volume of the Atlantic Monthly", [col.5] "Summons"; [p.4]: [col.1] "Waiting for news", "Who dares wear a copperhead?", "The beard", [col.2] "Mrs. Lincoln's visit to the North", "Interesting medical case", [col.3] "A change in the map of Europe", "Trowing the dart", "Description of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham", [col.4] "Prospectus of the Twelfth Volume of the Atlantic Monthly", [col.5] "Summons". |
Subject (lcsh) | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers |
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (County) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (State) | California |
Geographic Subject (Country) | USA |
Coverage date | circa 1863-11-08/1863-11-20 |
Editor | Hamilton, H. |
Printer | Hamilton, H. |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Hamilton, H. |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | 1863-11-14 |
Type | texts |
Format (aat) | newspapers |
Format (Extent) | [4] p. |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Identifying Number | Los Angeles Star, vol. 13, no. 28, November 14, 1863 |
Legacy Record ID | lastar-m499 |
Part of Collection | Los Angeles Star Collection, 1851-1864 |
Rights | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
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Filename | STAR_973~1; STAR_973~2; STAR_973~3; STAR_973~4 |
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Full text | a ,tbei«* therew af the I iogele^ First ^ tale OS* '.VOL. XIII. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY, 1TOYEMBEB 14, 1863. NO. 28. C00 Angeles Star: P0BLI8HED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Lo= Augeles, BY H. HAMILTON, TERMS: Subscriptions, per annum, in advance. .$5 00 For Six Months 3 00 For Three Months 2 00 Single Number 0 12i Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square of ten lines, for the first insertion ; snd One Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers, San. Francisco Agency, Mr. C. A. OR *lNE is the only authorized agent for the Los Angeles Star in San Francisco. All orders left at his office, Northwest corner of Washington and Sansome streets. Government uildiug, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to. , •* '■ ' :. "" ^s^ mW& HOTELS. Snsiwss Carbs. DR. J. C.WELSH, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, CITY DRUG STORE, Main street, Los Angeles. Office hours, 9 to 12, m j and 2 to 9. p.m. Augusll, 1859. BELL/V UNION HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, JOHX KING & HEX BY HAMMEL, Proprietors. THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above named Hotel, wish to assure their friends nnd the travelling public that they will endeavor to keep the Bella Union what it has always been, TIIE BEST HOTEL IN SOUTHERM CALIFORNIA. Families can be accommodated with large, airy rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished. Tiie Bills of Pare •hall be inferior to none in the State. All the Stages to and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from tbis Hotel. The Bar and Billiard Saloons shall receive the most strict attention, and the patrons shall find that this house will be carried on as » first class Hotel ought to be. Los Angeles, May 31. 1862. UNITED STATES HOTEL. 3Wt£Jtli3. S£»"tx»©r3't, Los Angeles. THE SUBSCRIBER having leased the ■•iboveestahiisluneiit, begs leave to iu- j.TOgipa firm th* public that he has refitted and 1'WK.vM rel'urnislie.l f{ thro'iglmut. and that ii will ne conducted in the very bM style. Th. table will be liberally supplied with everything Hie market affords, nnd ever v care will be taken to make the UNITED STATES HOTEL a co,„. fbrlable hom'i for boarders. Attached to lhe Hotel, | a BILLIARD ROOM mid BAR, wliere the best ol liquors and cigars •re kept Term-, moderate, to suit the times. Miner.) coming from or to the mines of Hoi comhe. Potosi."Mohave or Sin G-i'n-iel, will find this a convenient plac l-'i meet their Iriend", or to obtain desirable information. A BAKERY is also attached to the Hotel. M)UH MESSMER. Los Angeles, November 8th. 18(52.-—tf Dickson, deWolf Si Co OFFER FOR SALE WEI CESTTUnT—JACOB VAN HORN'S. ECttliSKl. PtOVBSBLU—Will. II. DALY'S. •*X3E»' FINE OI.D RYE. "AA*" VERT OliD AND CHOICE. VAULEY—WM. H. D.llTt'S-IN CASES. —alsXj — WM. U. DALY'S CLUB HOUSE GIN. THE ahove WHISKIES are all copper distilled, from the choicest selected Rye, and are never offered in the market within three years after their dfetillation. The stock now ou hand is from Four to Eight Years Old. These brands of Whisky have been favorably known In (lalifornia during Ibe last six years, and ♦be constantly increasing demand for them attests to their excellence and uniformity of quality. They are commended to the trade as among tbe purest imported into this market. IlVir Sale by nil the principal Dealers In tills ! DICKSON, DEWOLF & ^O, feb28 Sole Agents, San Francisco. CLARK'S INDELIBLE PENC THE CHEAPEST AND BEST ARTICLE For Marking Linen. JJrir sale by the gross, at SOS Montgomery street, Room No. 2, San Francisco. W. HOLT. eb22 WHEELWRIGHT AND CARPENTER, HAVING LOCATED IN EL MONTE, AND being enabled to keep a supply of hjrd wood t,lways on hand, is prepared to do all kinds of woik IH"W» Bne at short notice and at the lowest current rates. Orders respectfully solicited. mar28 Aug. StGBrmer GUNSMITH, Los Angeles Street. —DEALER IN— SHOT GUNS, RIFLES & PISTOLS. —AL80,— In Gun Materials and Sporting Implements. Also, CAPS, POWDER, &c. &c. SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES RESTOCKED. Orders from the oountry promptly attended to. All work done in a workmanlike manner, and Knar aoteed. TERMS. CASH. fe S. & A. LAZARD, IMPORTERS. And Wholesale and Retail Dealers In French, English and American Dry Goods. Corner of Melius Row Los Angeles. 1 62 PHINEAS BANKING, FORWARDING and COMMISSION AGENT, New San "Pedro and Los Angeles. (SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACHER & CO,) — Wholesale and Rctnil Denier In — W1WES AND LIQUORS, Syrups, Bitters. Cordials, ALE, fOEIfER, ASSTS CIGARS, Main street, Los Angeles, Cal. GEO. W. GHAPIN & GO., Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st. SAN FRANC1 -CO. EMPEOYMENTrOFFICE AND GENERAL AGENCY. Furnish nil kinds of help for Families, Hotels, Farmers, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories. Shops &c. Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend to business in that line. Ieh2'2 FOR SALE--FOR CASH, 2,000 LARGE SIZE WOOL SACKS, At the San Francisco Prices. jan!7 S. & A. LAZARD, Corner Bell's Row FOR San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San Diego. ON nnd alter the first of April, and until further notice, the steamship S E AT O R, Will Make two trips per month on the Southern Coast, leaving Broadway Wharf, On the 3d and 18th of each Month AT 9 O'CLOCK, A.M. 53P" Bills of Lading will be furnished by Ihe Punier on board. For freight or passage apply on hoiird. or at the office of S. J. Heusley, corner of Front and Jackson streets. dec9 S. 3 HENSLEY, President. mm Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets (OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,) SAN FKANCISCO. THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent Boarder, that he his leased the above well known and centrally located Hotel, and intends keeping it as A FIKST-CLAS* HOUSE, At Moderate Prices. In the last three months there has been expended a large amount in Remodeling and Re-furnlsl)lng, the EXCHANGE ana it will now compare favorably with the first class holels of the city. WE HAVE SPLENDID SUITS OF APARTMENTS for Families; also a large number of fine single rooms for gentlemen. It is the purpose ofthe Proprietor to make the EXCHANGE one of the most-comfortable and homelike hotels in the State, and make the Prices to Suit tne Times. THE T jSL IO Xj 3E1 Will be supplied with every delicacy the season affords. Attached to the house are fine BATHING ROOMS for Ladies or Gentlemen. JOHN W. SARGENT, Proprietor. 1^0" O T X O 3Z3 . B. S. GHAT WOULD respectfully inform the public, that he is pre pared to perform all services pertaining to the interment of deceased pers ns. He will attend to the laying out of bodies arranging for funerals, furnish bodges, gloves etc., if requested. Any orders left at his residence. New High Street, near the Cat h" lie Church, or at his store, on Main Street, opposite the New Market, will be promptly atteuded to. r' .. tlS-». B.—All orders for DIGGING- GRAVES, must be left at the earliest moment possible. ot Angeles, June 13,1863. Bancroft's Map ofthe Pacific States, EMBRACING CALIFORNIA, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, British Columbia and Sandwich Islands. Size, 52*64 inches. Scale, 24 miles to the inch. Elegantly engraved on Copper, and colored in Counties. This great work is sold only by subscription. Aft energetic and reliable canvsser is wanted, for Los Angeles. Apply to B S. HELLMAN. in4 8m General Aeeni for ihi» County. Wars drive up riches in heaps, as windB drive up snow, making and concealing many wide abysses. Every Government should provide for every subject tbe means of living both honestly and at •MB. HOW LONG, O L.ORDT How long, 0 Loid ? we raise onr cry to Thee, From out the dust where bleeding hearts are strewn; How long shall this wrung prayer of agony, Go up responseless to Thy Mercy's throne? How long, O Lord ? how long shall dread alarms, The din nf bat 11 ng hosts, the cannon's roar, TIim tramp of lurious steeds and clang of arms, Like a black tempest stride Irom shore to shore? How long shall brother on bis brother man Leap, like a wild beast nf a forest lair; With hlo.rdy clutch proclaim the deadly ban, And All with demon shouts tbe trembling air? How long shall direful hate's remorseless sway Rage rampant through tbe land witb purpose tell— Order and law o'erlurn—the nation's stay— And light her altars with the fires ot hell? How long? ob, heritage so richly b'est By God's good gilts, tbat wauts should be unknown, Shall hy fair soil by ingrate sons be prest And graves of martyrs still be thickly sown ? How long ere Peace, her snow white wings sha sweep Our land from hither to remotest shore ; Till hearts that bleed and break, and eyes that weep O'er war's dark train of ills, are known no more? How long ? O Christ, we supplicate to Thee ? By Thy ^reat love, by Thy eirdurar.ee strong: By prayer, and cross, and dying agony— And ginrions triumph over wrong— Not long, O Christ I not long I —.V. Y. Express. The Texona ns Soldiers. One of the "Ironsides, Regiment," captured at Bradshear City, La , writes as follows of the Tex- hiis: "A word before I close th's epistle about the Texans. whose prisoners we have been lor a month. I have called them half savages, and it is about true, but they have some of the noblest qualities of savages. Tbey are brave to rashness, and will endure with patience any amount of exposure and suffering to accomplish iheir end. They are generous, good natured. and ireat the r prisoners with much kindness Tbev are splendid horsemen, fine marksmen, and can go lor days with but a morsel of uncooked food to eat They are cheap troops to support, because they don't care lor l&nts, will wear any kind of clothing, and will live on bacon and hoecake, or forage for themselves and their hordes. But though brave, tbey are perfectly undisciplined and regardless of orders, and will fight every man on his own hook, breaking ranks as soon as ihey commence firing. So that altuougb they are excellent bush-whackers, they ..re often cartel ed and routed in ihe opeu field. Tbey cou- ider themselves the equals ot their officers, and it e a risky matter to punish them for insubordination. When there i» no fighting going on, ihey soon 'ire of the restraints of camp lile, and often leave lor home, coming back when it suits ihem. Then Ihey will steal, even Irom Iheir own oflic.rs; tbey will brag beyond all the bounds of truth, and they won't wash themselves or Iheir shirts. They don't consort readily with ihe Louisianians, whom ihey call "lazy, cowardly Creoles," and by whom ihey aie cordially hated and termed "Comanobes and thieves," aud both charges have, I expect, some foundation. To give you an example of the Texan way of doing things: Two or three dayu ago some of them broke into the store of their Post Quartetmai-ter, and came riding past our hospital decked out wilh their spoils—captured Uuited States clothing. One long lank country boy had a cap on his bend aud another cap in his hand.- One of our wounded men looking over tbe balcony, called out: "I wish you would give me one of those caps, bavu'l got any V Wot expecting, however, tbat his r> quest would be granted. "All lighi." cried tbe Texan, and chucked the cap up; it lorlunately proved a gocd Bt. On the whole I don'l know as we could have • alien into better hands, and our month of captiv- ily passed pretty pleasantly, consideiing the circumstances of our position." Waste of Ammunition in Battls.—A veteran army offic- r, writing ou this subject, says: "One trouble is thai our men, in goiug into batils, are weighed down, overloaded wilh ammunition, lav. ing to sluff their pockets as well as tbeir cartridge. boxes, with tbe sixty or eighty rounds ordered.— Ol course v. ry much of this is thrown away or wasted; but this is only a trifling evil compared to the encouragement ihus given to tbe too prevalent idea among tbe men that be wbo fiies the greatest number of rounds in battle is tne best soldier. I have heard meu boasting of their acbeievemenis in ibis regard, and the result ot such an idea is a huriied loading aud discharging without any regard to aim; a waiatiug upon trees and foliage ol ammunition, which, il used at all, should be used so as lo deieat tbe enemy. I was struck by a remark fli..de by a rebel prisoner to his captors, "We never carry more than forty rounds 'nto action, aud usually expend about ten.' There is altogether too much of tins wild. recklesB fi. ing, the men discharging their peices before bringing ihem fa'uly down to a level, and utterly regardless ol taking aim. Ol course, there are peri ds when heavy, rapid, and continuous volleys are necessary; still it would be well il every man should be dulled as sharpshooters, taught to shoot slowly, aud always take aim, either at the enemy or his suppobed locality. The Chain-Gangs of Glory.—The newspapers are lull ol items s.imeihing like tbe following : "A file ot conscripts aud deserters were marched down tbe aveuue to-day, chained together and handcuffed." Deserters muBt of course be punished for deserting; aud conscripts who are indecent enough not to rejoice, as Administration papers constantly assure us lbat conscnpls do rejoice at being conscripted, may perhaps be handcuffed into a happier frame ol mind. But it mu-t be admitted there is something raiher grotesque in the speota- cle of solders of the Union marching in chains to liberate the slaves of rebels.—W or/rf. The Recognition Hueatln. The Courriei des Etats Unis ol N. Y, a paper which assumes to have better facilities tin n any of its Amerioau coteraporaries for. ascertaining the intentions of tbe French government, makes the following statement: Tbe English press persists in pnbtlsbing, and the American press continues to reproduce a thousand and one rumors on the deliberations ol which the speedy recognition ot the South is said to have been tbe object ou tbe part ot the French Government. ' Special Information of tbe most positive char- acter, wbicb reaches us from Paris, authorizes us to give these reports a categorical and unreserved- denial. Tbe question ofa recognition of tbe Confederate States bas not been discussed in aiy council of Ministers ; it is not, in any shape or any degree, among the questions of the day with which tbe Imperial Government is at pressnt occupied. It is in no way connected in,the political conciliations of Napoleon III, with tbe actual development of affairs in Mexico. The English and other journalists wbo for some weeks have been speculating so largely upon tbis subject, have been entirely led into error by an iu cident of which tbey without doubt have bad only an imperlect knowledge. TbiB incident is an application of tbe Regency of Mexico to tbe Cabinet ot the Tuileries to obtain the opinion of tbe Emperor on the question as to what they ought lo do with regard to the South. The contiguity of Texas and Mexico appeared to the members of the R. gency an imperious motive tor encouraging officially, wiihin a short time the Government ot Richmond, of which tbat of Mexico found itself, iu a territorial point ol view, so close a neighbor. Napoleon III., when consulted upon tbis subject is said to have answered that it did uot belong lo liim to determine the att'eude to be assumed by ihe Mexican Government in its external relations; that lor his part, however, he did not see the urgency oi this question ; lhat even the question of opportunity was lo bim very doubtful, and tbat finally a recognition of the South appeared to bim a very grave measure for a provisional Administration, which wiuld thus implicate irrevocably ihe luture policy of tbe sovereign whom they are awaiting. It is a wide distance from this very reserved ad vice to the ideas which are so freely ascribed to the Emperor, and we repeat that our information permits us to affirm tbat this is the only occusiou «.n which the recognition ofthe South bas recently come up for discussion in the high circles of the French Government" '*Unlon Saver." Looking over the files ot some Kepupliean papers of I860, we were forcibly reminded of the slur thrown upon the Democratic party as "Union Saver," whenever we ventured to predict that ihe Course of the Abolition leaders would be likely, some day, lo involve lhe Union in trouble." "Ob, nonsense I" said they ; "you are dough faces- yielding to the slave power— pro-slavery tools - Union savers—when every body knows the Sontb ern States could not be kicked out ol the Union I It they want to go, let tbem go I' and much more ol the same sort ot reckless bravado. Now when tbe Southern States have rebelled and gone out of the Union, and it is costing thousands of lives nnd millions ot treasure to get them back, and Democrats, wbo then feared tbis resuL and begged fanatics to stop, and are now begging them not to make this a war that must forever prevent tbe old Union from being re-established, they are denounced as disunionisls, whilst tbey pretend lo have become the "Union savers I" How much trouble would have been avoided by following the Democratic party and adhering to the Constitution.—Lancaster, Ohio Eagle. Terrible Condition of things.—The St Lonis Republican ol September 29ih says that tbe situation of affairs in Missouri is horrible beyond any power of description. iB ackowledge by all who are acquainted with it. There are portions of the State where uothing is safe—neither property nor life. Houses and grain stacks are burnt—stock carried off by gangs of robbers—Bud men are seized at their houses, torn from tbe bands of weeping wives, and children are shot as if they were bu< dogs- The sufferings, miseries and woes which are ibe portion of thousands upon thousands of our people, lortn a picture of calamity wbicb not long eir.ee could cot have been imaginedjas possible in tbis eountry. Atrocities acd cruelties which would almost put savages to the blush are perpetrated. Perfectly authentic stories are told of murdered men whose corpses have been denied the ordinary meaus of decent burial Well and Truly Said.—Ex-President Pierce' in a receut speech, sp ke as follows ol the experience ol trying to couquer and subjugate the aeced" ed States ; We have seen tbe experience of tbe last two years how futile are all our efforts lo maintain tbe Union by force of arms ; but even had war beeu carried on by us successfully, the ruinous result, would exhibit its utter impracr inability for theattaiu. ment of the desired eud. Tnrough peucelul agencies", and through such agencies alone, can we hope "to lorm a more perfect Uuion, establish justice insure domestic tranquility, provide lor the common defence, promote ihe general welfare and se cure lhe blessing ol liberty to oureelves and orn posterity," ihe Constitution was formed. If you turn arour.d anil ask me what tf these agencies fail; what if ihe passionate anger of both sections forbids; what il the ballot-box is sealed. Then all efforts, whether of war or peace having failed, my reply is, you will take care of yourselves ; wilh or without leaders, we will at least, in tbe effort to defend our rights as a Iree people, buildup a greai mausoleum ot hearts, to whieb men who yearu for liberty will in after years with bowed head- reverentl; resort, as Christian Pilgrims lo tbe sacred shrine ef the Holy Laud. -Who Brought Trouble to the Nation ' President J < ks.ui, in bis farewell address,deliv« ered March 3, 1837. pointed out what would and what has provokkedcivil war. The readermayas well remember what party the General characterized as men not worthy ol yonr confidence, and deserves your strongest reprobation." He saw tho gathering storm, and forewarned the people of impending danger; but lo little pnrpose-tbey neglected to adopt tbe precautious which he suggested,and the cons, queuees are appalling.—He said: But the constitution conoot tie maintained, nor tba Union preserved in opposition to public feeling, by the mere coercive powers confided to tbe General Government. Tbe foundations most belaid in the affections of the people; in the security it gives to life, liberty, character and property, in every quarter of tbe country and in the fraternal attachments which the citizens of the several Statewbear one to another as members of one political family mutually contributing to promote tbe happiness of each other. Hence the citizens of every Stats should studious'y avoid everything calculated to wound the sensibility or offend the just pride of other States ; and tbey should frown down upon a.ty proceedings wiihin their own borders likely to disturb the tranquility of tbeir political brith- ern in other portions of the Union. In a country so extensive as t'sie United Stat, s, and witb pursuits so varied, the internal regulations of tbe several States must frequently differ from one another iu important particulars ; but tbis difference id unavoidably increased by the varying piinciplea up. n which the American colonies were originally planted ; principles which had Uheo deep root in tbeir social relations before the Revolution, and therelore, of necessity, influencing their policy .ince they b-came independent States. But each Slate has the unquestionable right to regulate its? own internal concerns according to its own pleasure ; and while it does not interfere wish tbe rights of the people of oiher4StalfS, or the rights of the Uninn, every Stale must be tbe sole judge of measures proper to secure thesalety ol itis citizens aud piomote their happiness; and all tbe efforts on tbe part ol the people of the other States to cast odium upon tbeir institutions, and all measures calculated to disturb their rights of property or to put iu jeopardy tbeir peace and tranquility, are in direct opposition to the spirit in wbioh tha Union was formed, and must endanger its safety. Motives of philanthropy may be assigned for this unwarrantable interference ; and weak men may persuade themselves, for a moment, that they are laboring in tbe cause of humanity, and asserting tbe rights of tbe human race ; bnt every one upon sober reflection, will see tbat nothing but mischief can come Irom these improper assaults upon tbe leelingB and rights of others. Rest a sured, that the men found busy in this work of discord are not worihy of your confidence, and deserre your strongest reprobation." We believe ihat in 1837 Pies dent Lincoln was uot of tbe si.ool of politics which Jackson denounced. But since tbat time he bas been Humiliated by ihe party whom Jackson deemed untrustworthy. Ii ihe H -ro of New Orleans w-re alive to-day, he would be stigmatized as a "copperhead." and be perhaps banished from the laud he did so much for. The Ukase—Suspension of Habeas Corpus. The writ oi habeas corpus is suspended throughout tbe land. The entiie North has been outlawed, nnd our judicial structure, by one sweep ofthe Presidential pen, has been demolished. We live hereafier under martial law. Any one we. ring the Federal uniform can arrest a citizen "for any offouse agaiust ibe military," and the Courts of law shall have no power to intervene. The once free aud independent States now form one vast military camp, and all that remains of a Republican Government is a memory and a name. The Tribune, announcing upon its bulletin this intention of despotism, says : "God bless him!— Abraham Lincoln. Suwarrow proclaiming the fall of Ismael wrote "Glory to God and tha EmpresB."— The imperial prostitute whose name he* thus linked with Divinity, was the reproach of the age she lived iu, and the curse of her country. The Tribune's imploration goes for nothing, if not for sacrilege, when associated with ties violation ef the most sacred right of American citizenship. We too say, Good bless Abraham Lincoln! Bless him with more wisdom, patriotism and humanity iliau his proclamation evinces as bis altiibutes. Bless bim with a conception of the misfortune be has wrought, and tbe wrong that he is contemplating. Bless him witb endowment of reverence for the institutions of bis country, and witb appreciation of his duty and ibe obligations ot bis < fflcial oalh. But assuredly, uiiless repentance and atonement interpose between him and retribution, in lien of blessing, bis portion will be the imprecations ot his couutrymen to tbe last generation. What means a suspension ol habeas corpus upon the eve of momentous State elections? Tbe Federal arms are everywere in the ascendant. Tbe Administration ha* passed scathless, except of moral injury, the ordeal ot conscription ; the most odious, thus lar, ol its measures. Tbe North is inoffensive in the face ot provocation ; Bullen, perhaps, but submissive; and deprecatory of further injustice and insult. The people are willing and anxious to submit their oause to the ballot-box, and neither tui-i.ule.noe nor violence menace the general repose. Why, then, suspension ot habeas corpus? Is it io provoke (be collision thai tbe people would avoid? Is it because th- masses are too ob edieut and humi.le, anu by their calm propriety thwart the iute lions of tyranny and leave no pre- lext for oppression? Does the despot chale at the good nature and forbearance of his sul.jvots? If uot intended as a goad to popular resentment, tbe proclamation seems strangely inopportune. Perhaps, like Gesseler's cap, it conveys bat a challenge to startle the Tells of the JRepublic from their apathy, that they may be marked and dealt with. It it means anything itmeausdnnger- to the Elective Franchise. ''Bend, slaves, to Gessler's cap f if you will, but cling to your Elective Franchise. New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio are more more difficult than Maine lo be moulded by fanaticism. Therelore the proclamation. What will Governor Seymour do to ward off tbis lifst blow at Slate sovereignty and judicial independence? He has promised musjb, what will he do? His words are excellent; tney flow like the gentle streams and please the ear like tbe melody of harps. But tbey will not satisfy tbe demands of ihe public comon sense and h've of liberty. What will he do and wheu will It be done ? —N, Y. News. wB co CO co CM o CO Ol ^- CO CM r~. — CM o> co CM IO CM ■st CM CO CM T— CM 0) — O CM CD r-_ 1^- — — co to in — ■*t CO in_ i — CM "P* |
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