VOL. XIII.
LOS   4NGELES,  CAL.,  SATURDAY,  DECEMBER  12,  1863.
NO.  32.
Coon-
£os 1X\\%t[t5 Star:
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ittSIMSS
S.-
HOTELS.
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
LOS    AMQELES.
JOHN KING & HE?fSY IIAMMEL,
Proprietors.
THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above
named Hotel, wish to assure their friends
and the travelling public that they will endeavor
to keep the Bella Union what it has always  been,"
TIIE  BEST   HOTEL
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Families can be accommodated with large, airy
rooms, or suits of rooms, well lurnished.
Tiie Bills of Fare
shall be inferior to none iu the State.
AU tiie Stages
lo and from Los Aogeles arrive at and depart from
this Hotel.
The Bar anil Billiard Saloons
shall  receive the   most  strict   attention, and  the
patrons shall find that this  house will be  carried
on as a first class Hotel ousrht to be.
Los Angeles, May 31. 1862.
■ iiOVE Hi
J. J. MURPHY, PROPRIETOR.
THE   SUBSCRIBER   having  leased the
above house, wishes to assure his  friends
and the traveling public, that, he will endeavor to keep the  WILLOW  GROVE
EiDp
A   FIRST    CLASS   HOTT5L.
This House is hilf a mile East of the Town o<
Lexington, on tbe main road to the Colorado
River.
Families can be accommodated witb large rooms,
ns the above House has be"n newly furnished and
well VHiitilnt"il. The bar is well supplied wilh tho
best of LIQUORS and CIGARS.
Attached to the Hotel is a large STABLE and
Corral, where the best of HAY. BiRLEY and
C'OflJV"isk»pt for sale and tVed. This is the
only place where there is plenty of water.
J. J. MURPHY.
El. Montr, Oct. 25. 1863. oci3l-tf
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THIS HOTEL, newly opened,in tho principal place of business in EL  MONTE,  is
_!->iffni»d for the   ACCOMMODATION   ol
r.-J&'l TRAVELERS on the road from Los   Angeles in San Bernardino and the  Colorado River.
Animals are wfell taken care of at the
S3?A3£SS aiib hay-yaud,
Which is ahii'-idintly supplied wilh WATER,
and where SEED can always be obtained on reasonable terms.
J. W. T3V<VIVS,
AI. F. Q.UUV1V.
El Monte, Sept. 28. 1863.
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Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets
(OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,)
SAN   FRANCISCO.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the
(Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent
Boarder,   that he  his leased the above  well
gg known and centrally located Hotel, and intends
1 jftiffi^ a keeping it as
A FIUST-CLASS HOUSE,
At Moderate Prices.
In the last three months tnere has been expended a
arge amount in
Re-modeling and Re-furnlslilng,
tht» EXCHANGE, ana it will now compare favorably with
the first class hotels of the city.
WE HAVE SPLENDID
SUITS OF APARTMENTS
for Families; also a large number of Sne single rooms for
gentlemen.
It is the purpose of the Proprietor to mate the EXCHANGE one of the.most comfortable and home-like
hotels In the State, and make the
f»rices to Suit tne Times.
THE3    TABLE
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.
CLARK'S
INDELIBLE_PENCILS.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
Por Marking Linen.
For sale by the gross, at
305 Montgomery street, Room No.
eb22
£, San Francisco.
W. HOLT.
R. aARJR.SJTT,
WHEELWRIGHT AND CARPENTER,
HVVING LOCATED IN EL MONTE, AND
being enabled to keep a supply of h.ird wood
always on hand, is prepared to do all kinds of work
In Ma line at short notice and at the lowest current
rates.   Orders respectfully solicited. msr28
We are told to have hope and trust; but what is
ft poor fellow to do when be can no longer get
trust?
A.B. CHAPMAN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
OFFICE in Temple's   Building, near   the Land
Office. aug29
GEORGE H. HOWARD,
DENTIST,
TEMPLE'S  BLOCK,
ENTRANCE on MAIN and SPRING  Sts.
Los Angeles, Ott. 17. 1863. lm
. J. M.  HELLMAI,
ARCADIA   BLOCK,
Next to Corbitt & Barber's,
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL
dents' Furnishing Goods,
Dress Goods,
White Good.,
Kmhrol.lery and Lace Goods,
Dress Trimmings,
Hosiery, Gloves, Sic. jan4
S.   HELLMAN,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
MAIN STREET, Los Angeles-,
— DEAW.R IN —
Books and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fancy Goods, Sic.
CIRCULATING-  LIBRARY.
GARDEN SEEDS.
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND SjURGEON,
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angeles.
Office hours, 9 to 1?., m ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
S.   8L  A.   LAZARD,
IMPOKTKHS.
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Frsncli,    English   and   American
Dry Goods.
Jorner of Melius Row,Los Angeles. 1  62
PHINEAS BAWLING,
FOKWA RDING and COMMISSION
AGENT,
Few San Pedro and Los Angeles.
WM. M. 13UFFUM.
(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACIIER & CO,)
— "Wholesale   and   Retail   Deajer  In —
F<
Mil
mm
Syrups, Bitters, Cordials,
assj, ponasn, Asa's* csg-as.s,
Main street, Los Angeles, Cal.
GEO. W. CHAPIN & CO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st.
SAN FRANCIsCO.
EMPLOYMENT   OFFICE   AND   -
CENERAL AGENCY.
Furnish all 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. feb22
FOR SALE-FOR CASH,
2,000 LARGE SIZE WOOL
SACKS,
At the San Francisco Prices.
S. & A. LAZARD,
janl7 Corner Bell's Row
FOR
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
Sari Pedro and San Diego.
N and alter the first of April, and until further
nbttce, the steamship
$Mt     SENATOR,
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.
jgy Bills of Lading will be furnished by lhe
Purser on board.
For freight or passage apply on board, or at the
office of S. J. Heusley, corner of Front and Jackson streets.
dec9 S. J. HENSLEY, President.
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NOTICE.
B.   S.   G a A Y
'OUI.D respect!nlly inform the public, that he ispre
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 badges,
gloves, etc., if requested. Any orders left at his residence.
New High Street, near theOathi.licChurch, or at his store,
on Main Street, opposite the New Market, will be prompt-
lv atteuded to.
H3-S*- II.—All orders for DIGGING GRAVES, must be
left at the earliest moment possible.
os Angeles, June 13,1863,
Bancroft's Map ofthe Pacific States,
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FAST FRIENDS.
BTE.D   M.
In the stories we read,
In the tales that are told
Of Damon, Orestes,
And David, of old—
Dwells immortal the fame
Of the irteudsbip ofyre,
Tlirilliug true in warm hearts
As the brave ever bore.
Yet believe not all faith
Has gone down with the past,
That those unions of snul
Were the truest and laat—
I have heard ofour day,
In the land where we dwell,
Tales of friendship as firm
As old rhapsod'iBts tell.
Like ring-doves well mated,
Two comrades I knew,
Which from childhood to age,
Undivided still grew;
Whether Fnnshme or storm
Lit or tarnished ihe sky,
One psth their twin spirits
Took ever and aye.
So compact their bond,
So adhesive their ties.
That the two seemed b»it one,
To men's dull mortal eyes.
As the ivy clings close,
Side by side witb decay:
As the phBde follows light
Through a long summer's day ;
As the hours mingle in,
With Ihe flow of the years;
As in sorrow ufid grief.
Blind our sighs and our tears,
Thus blent their existence.
Thus hound were the twain—
Alas! all nninutual,
Abhorred was the chain!
Do yon ask me tr» name
Th
s mysterious pmr i
The first wub my kinsman,
His comrade was Care I
[From the New York Day Book."]
Self-Government—Sovereignty and
Allegiance.
* * * * * *
The hereditary consolidationists, for
sixty years deprived by the people of
any solid power in the councils ofthe
Union, with the hope that success might
attend a change of front, and finding
that the tenets ofthe fanaticism />f the
day did not conflict with, and could
easily be incorporated into tho political
doctrines they inherited, very readily
fell into the arrangement of factions
that promised them the exercise of un
controllable power, and which now constitutes the republican party.
The full political theory ofthe party
thus constituted, was notlaid before the
people when soliciting their support.
It only proposed, through Federal authority, to prohibit slavery extension
into the territory ofthe Union, and to
abolish it in the District of Columbia,
and in the forts, arsenals and navy yards
of the Union, wherever situated. It assumed the constitutional right to do
this. The reverse was maintained by
both branches ofthe party on the side
of self-government and State rights; but
owing to its unfortunate division, and to
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the zealous preaching of political persons, a sufficient number of unthinking
and unsuspecting people were seduced
into tho ranks of its opponents to give
them a preponderance in every N orth-
ern State, save that of New Jersey.
The Southern States, accepting this
result as a declaration that the Constitute n could no longer preserve to them
their just rights—that the Northern
States had determined to make war on
their institution, to refuse them equality
in the Union, and, branding them as a
sens i-barbarous people, prevent the Constitution to their oppression—determined for themselves, in the exercise of
their sovereignty, each one for itself, in
the same manner as they had been conferred, (through a convention of the
the people, elected for the sole purpose
of representing thoir sovereignty on
that question,) and thus withdraw from
a Union that they felt no longer, sought
to establish justice between the States,
ensure domostic tranquility therein,
promote the general welfare thereof, or
secure the inestimable blessing ofthe
liberty of self-government to them and
their posterity.
"War—bloody, fratricidal, relentless,
destructive—has followed. In its progress the real principles of the party
that so unhappily came into power in
1860, have, step by step, been developed
The most vicious maxims of government that ever blackened the' pages of
history have been unearthed and made
the rule of conduct; and a tyranny ovei
mind and person attempted to be established, that, to find its parallel, we must
search the scanty records of the dark
ages. The Constitution of our country
 which we had been taught to reverently look up to as our political guide,
and as the bond that bound in ono Con
federacy for the purposes it specified,
upwards of thirty independent sovereignties, with the right of self-govern^
ment in each—We are now told ss nothing but "a dead sheep skin," and that
that only is constitutional which a live
President Cabinet and Congress may
choose to order and enact, and that he
who imprudently invokes its power and
protection for the people, in the American Congress, is a traitor, and ought to
meet the doom of one.
The President, who is peculiarly
sworn to preserve and protect the Fe.
deral Constitutioh,unblushing and boldly, before the people of all the States,
declares thai he will disregard some of
its provisions, under the plea that he
does so to save others—in plain language, trample upon such of them as
stand between him and despotic power.
In the face ofthe Constitution, which
prohibits the Federal authority from
meddling with the freedom ofthe press,
he suppresses newspapers.
. In the face of the Constitution which
expressly prohibits him, he arrests and
imprisons free citizens, without warrant
and without information made on oath.
In the face ofthe Constitutirn, which
no where gives him the power, and limits in Congress to times of invasion and
insurrection, he has suspended the writ
of habeas corpus, where there was no
disturbance, and refused to those thus
summarily arrested by his military
power, any opportunity to learn the
cause of their incarceration.
In the face.of tho Constitution, he interrupts the session of the Legislature
of a sovereign State, by arresting the
members and holding them in close imprisonment hundreds of miles distant
from their own State, never offering
them a trial or letting them know for
what they w ere arrested, and only liberating them at the expiration of the
term for which they have been   elected.
In the face' ofthe Constitution, in repeated cases, the judge on tbe bench
has been arrested by a file of soldiers,
while in the midst of his official duties,
and confined in military prison distant
from his State; thus suspending the
administration of justice in a sovereign
State; lest such acts would be judicially
•pronounced unconstitutional.
In the face of tho Constitution, the
municipal officers of two great cities,
the Maj'ors, Councils, &c, are airested
and immured in distant prisons, and for
a time militar}? governments established
by the President in their places.
In the face ofthe Constituion, which
prohibits him, through his miliiary he
has dispersed peaceable assemblages of
the people, that had only met for the
purpose selecting candidates for the
pending of State election.
In the face of the Constitution, which
forbids it, money has been taken from
the Federal treasury without appropriation, and officers appointed and clothed
with power without being authorized by
law.
In the face ofthe Constitution, which
expressly forbids it, the territory of a
sovereign State has been divided without its consent having been ■ given or
solicited.
In the fi ce ofthe Constitution,which.,
after full debate in the Convention that
revised or framed it, recalled the power
to emit bills of credit from the Federal
authority, such bills have- been issued,
and the country flooded with an irredeemable paper currency.
In the face ofthe t onstitution, which
delegates no such power, these bills of
credit are, by the act of Congress, made
a legal tender in the pecuniary transactions of private life.
In the face ofthe Constitute n, which
grants no such power, taxes are levied
on State corporations, not for tho purpose of revenue, but for the avowed object of destroying them, and thus drive
out of circulation a currency authorized
by the States and familiar to the people
to make room for that which it is deter,
mined unconstitutionally to force upon
them.
In the face of the Constitution, by
proclamation, to be enforced aud supported by the armies of tke Union, the
t resident undertakes to change the domestic regulations of States that he
claims to be still in the Uuion.
In the face of the Constitution, which
grants to the Federal  a&ent   no   such
power, it is proposed to tax one.portion
of the people to make good to another
any loss they may sustain in. relinquishing their rights to the labor  of  a third.
But why extend the   list   of  usurpa*
tions and acts   of  tyranny?    Has not
enough been named to show   that   the
Constitution, in the estimation   af  the
party in power, is what the   Kev.   Buffoon of Plymouth Church  designated it
to be—"a dead sheep skin," without virtue or pow.er to control or keep   within
bounds the Administration to whom the
people of the States have so unhappily*
entrusted the management of their confederate interest? When Patrik Henry,
and others, in the convention of  Virginia, with prophetic   language   pointed
out the danger to liberty  that   he imagined to lurk in its provisions—'that the
effort would be made to construe   it in
favor of consolidation and  despotism—
the friends of libeity   who   favored its
adoption felt that it would   be   such a
glaring usurpation of undelegated pewer
that they could not   conceive the  posi-
bi'ity of its occurrence, and were indignant that it should be suggested.    Both
parties there were friends of liberty and
Union, but one argued that the proposed
plan endangered the   righte of self-government in the States, and would  ultimately result in the despotism of consolidation or the weakness   of  disunion;
while the other maintained   that its adoption  would   protect   the     States in
their sovereignty  and   strengthen   tha
Union between them.   The one side, for
the purpose of defeating, or at least securing, further guarantees   against encroachments by the Federal   agent   on
the liberties of the people and the sovereignty ofthe  States,  represented that
th« time would come when it would attack the liberty   of  print   and speech,
when the citizens of one State would be
dragged by despotic power to   another
for imprisonment and  trial,   when  the
control ofthe militia would be UBed,not
to protet, but to crush the States, when
in would be assumed   that  the   States
held no rights but what was subservient
tothe Federal authority, when   the judiciary, would claim that it had power
to bring sovereign States before its bar
to answer a citizen of another   or a foreign State.    The  friends   of adoption
combatted these   ideas   as   chimerical,
they showed that it would lack the first
great element of consolidation,   not being established by   a  majority   of the
people as a whole, but by the sovereignty of  each State, each State  for   itself
determining whether it would hold itself
aloof o.i unite   with   thd   others—they
showed that it would not  attack the liberty of print and  speech,   because the
proposed plan was silent on the subject,
and hence the power was not delegated
—they showed that provision was made
for the trial of all crimes by 'the jury in
the State where they  were   al eged  to
have been  commited—they   showed, if
a President was crazy  enough to interfere with the courts or Legislature of a
State, "the people  would   assemble   in
thousands and drive thirty  times"   the
military force he might seek   to use for
that purpose—they showed   that   they
were not establishing a government over
the States, but an agent of the States to
do c rtain duties which   could   be thus
performed   more   conveniently,    more
cheaply and more   energetically—they
showed that the clause giving tho   Federal judiciary   jurisdiction   between  a
State and citizen of another State, only
enabled a State to become   a plaintiff—
they showed, if   not   withstanding  all
this, if the   delegated   authority they
were granting to secure their own happiness should be perverted and abused,
they still retained the power   to   reassemble in convention and wholly recall
their  delegated powers;   in   the   lan-
fruase of Mr. Madison, "if we be dissat-
isfied with the  t.ational government, if
we should choose to renounce it, this is
an aditional safeguard to our defence."
Who cannot see that the Constitution
under the administration of President
Lincoln, has become precisely what its
opponents predicted it will become—and
that the guards and checks sought to be
secured by the amendments have
proved but as gossamer threads in the
in the path of the tiger, in obstructing
the rapid and steady strides of despotio
power. Who, in th« days of 1788,when
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