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VOL. XIII.
LOS  ANGELES,  CAL.,  SATUBDAY,  FEBEUAEY  20,  1864.
NO.  42.
£00 Angelea Star:
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Loo
AngeleB)
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 tea lines, for tbe first insertion; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers.
San Francisco Agency.
Mr. C. A. CRANE is the only authorized agent
for the Los Angeles Star in San Francisco.
All orders left at his office, Northwest oorner of
Washington and   Sansome streets, Government
nilding, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to.
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HOTELS.
wsnuss Carbs.
GEORGE H. HOWARD,
"^^^      DENTIST,
TEMPLE'S   BLOCK,
ENTRANCE on MAIN and SPRL\G Sts.
Los Angeles, Jan. 30th, 1864. 2m.
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
LOS    ANGELES,
JOHN KING & HENBY it AMMEL,
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,
THE  BEST  HOTEL.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Families can be accommodated with large, airy
rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished.
The Bills of Fare
shall be inferior to none in the State.
All tbe Stages
to and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from
this Hotel.
Tbe Bar and Billiard Saloons
shall receive the   most  strict attention, and the
patrons shall find tbat this house will be carried
on as a first class Hotel ought to be.
Los Angeles, May 31, 1862.
WILLOW GROVE HOUSE.
J. J. MURPHY, PROPRIETOR.
THE  SUBSCRIBER   having leased the
above house, wishes to assure his friends
and the traveling publio, that he will endeavor to keep tho WILLOW GROVE
HOUaE
A   FIRST    CLASS   HOTEL..
This House is half a mile East of the Town of
L-xingtou, on the main* road to the Colorado
River.
Families can be accommodated with large rooms,
as the above House has been newly furniBhed and
well veiitilatp.l. The bar is well supplied with the
best of LIQUORS and CIGARS.
Attached to the Hotel is a large STABLE and
Corral, where the best of HAY, BARLEY and
CORN'wkrpt for sale and feed. This is the
only place where there is plenty of water.
J. J. MURPHY.
Er. Montr, Oct. 25. 1863. oct31-tf
EL SIQ^TE HOTEL.
THIS HOTEL, newly opened, in the principal place of business in EL MONTE, is
lesigned for the ACCOMMODATION   of
_ TRAVELERS on the road from Los Angeles iu San Bernardino and the Colorado River.
Animals are well taken care of at the
STABLE ABTD HAT-YARD,
Which ia abundantly anpplied with  WATER,
and where F EED can always be obtained on reasonable terms.
J. W. SEVAJVS,
M. F. <tUlNN.
El Monte, Sept 28, 1863.
AMERICAN EXCHANGE.
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 has leased the above well
known and centrally located Hotel, and intends
keeping it as
A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE,
At Moderate Prices.
Sin the last three months there has been expended a
arge amount in
Re-modellng and Re-farnlsblng,
the EXCHANGE, and it will now compare favorably with
the first-class hotels of the city.
- WE HAVE SPLENDID
SUITS OF APARTMENTS
for Entities; also a large number of fine single rooms for
gentlemen.
It is the purpose of the Proprietor to make the EX-
HANGK one of the most comfortable and home-like
otela in the State, and make the
Prices to Suit tbe Times.
THE    1? ABIj£3
-Wilt he 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
INDELIBftJENCILS.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
For Marking Linen.
For sale by tbe gross, at
305 Montgomery street, Room No.
eb22
fly San Francisco
W. HOLT.
NOTICE.
B.   S.   GRAY
WOULD respectfully inform the public thathalspre-
pared to perform all services pertaining to the interment of deceased persons, He will attend to therlay-
ing out of bodies, arranging for funerals, furnish badges,
gloves, etc., if requested. Any orders left at his residence.
New High Street, near the Catholic Church, or at his store,
on Main Street, opposite the New Market, will be promptly atteuded to,
,6^-N.B.—Allorders for DIGGING GRAVES, must be
left at tbe earliest moment possible.
Los Augeles, June h3,1863.
A. B. CHAPMAN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
OFFICE in Temple's Building, near  tbe Land
Office. aug29
J. M. HELLMAN,
ARCADIA   BLOCK,
Next to Corbitt & Barker's,
WHOLESALE  AND RETAIL
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Dress Goods,
Whit* Goods,
* Embroidery and Luce Goods,
'   Dress Trimmings,
Hosiery, Gloves, Sic. jan4
S.   HELLMAN,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
MAIN STREET, Los Angeles,
— DEALKB IN —
Books and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fancy Goods, Sic.
CIRCULATING LIBRARY.
GARDEN SEEDS.
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND SlITRGEON,
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angeles.
Office hours, 9 to 12, m ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
S.  &  A.  LAZARD,
IjyORTlER8,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French,   English  and   American
Dry Goods.
Oorner of Melius Row,Los Angeles. 1 62
PHINEAS BANNING,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION
AGENT,
New San Pedro and Los Angeles.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
LOS ANGELES AND SAN PEDRO.
aprll-1863.
WM. M. BUFFUM,
(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACHER & CO,)
 Wholesale and Retail  Dealer In —
WINES Af9i LIQUORS,
Syrups, Bitters* Cordials,
ALE,  PORTER, ACTD  CIGARS,
Main street, Los Angelea, Cal.
GEO. W. CHAPIN & CO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st.,
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT  OFFICE   AND
GENERALAGENCY.
Furnish all kinds of help for Families, Hotels,
Fanners, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops
&c.
Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend-to
business In that line. . feb22
Aug. Stcermer
GUNSMITH,
MAIN   STREET,
Opposite the BELLA UNION HOTEL.
—DEALER IN—
SHOT GUNS, RIFLES & PISTOLS:
—ALSO,—
In Gun Materials and Sporting
Implements.
Also, CAPS, POWDER, *c. &c.
SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES RESTOCKED.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
All work done in a workmanlike manner, and
guaranteed.
TERMS.  CASH. fe
FOR
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON and after the first of April, and until further
notice, the steamship
^M*     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. DI.
]gg" Bills of Lading will be furnished by Ihe
Purser on board.   '
For freight or passage apply on board, or at the
office of S. J. Hensley, corner of Front and Jackson streets.
dec9 S. J. HENSLEY, President.
Waiting for our soldiers.
By the-blue Potomao waters.
By tbe Rappahannock's line,
By tbe sunny Southern rivers,
'Neath the holly and tbe pine,
Falling on tbe shock of battle,
Wounded, in tbeir blood tbey lie-
Pining witb the dark malaria—
So our youthful patriots die.
In the city, In the village,
In the hamlet far away,
Sit the mothers, watching, waiting,
For their soldiers^boys tp-day.
And are coming, daily coming
One by one, and score by score,
In their leaden casings folded,
Underneath the flag they bore.
ThinkB the mother, weeping, waiting,
And expectant all the day—
When bis regiment was summoned,
How her soldiers went away ;
With his bayonet a gleaming,
With his knapsack on bis back.
With bis blanket wrapped and folded,
And bis home filled haversack.
Thinking of the courage swelling
In-his eyes and in his heart,
Thongh a manly tear was rolling,
When he kissed her to depart;
Thinking of his precious letters.
Written by the camp-fire's glow,
Rich in love of home and couutry,
And of her who bade him go.
Counting now the lagging moments
For the knociog tit the door,
For the shuttling and the tramping
Feet of strangers on the floor ;
Bringing in their precious burden,
Leaving her to grief and tears ;
To the sorrow and the mouring
Darkening all the coming years.
The Gentleman from Africa.
The first two stanzas below were printed'by the
Cleveland Herald last week as copied f.-om the
back a two dollar bank bill. Reading tbem suggested the other four. It is, as a whole, imperfect
tor no mind cau do justice to, nor so short a Pome
begin to display the beauties of the subject:
"From Africa the negro came ;
Arise 1 oh, Congress, bless his name ;
Stand up, good Lovejoy.   Hail the day
The negro came from Africa.
"He is is the object of our love ;
In him we leave, in bim we move;
For him we preach, for him we pray,
The color'd cuss from Africa."
Who would not ireely shed hisblood
In cause so noble, just and good—
His greenbacks freely give away,
To help the cuss from Africa 1
With heels so long, with tender phin
With lips so thick and shining skin,
Wbat can we do in any way,
To help the cuss irom Africa ?
What can we, more than we have done?
A million souls from earth are gone j
A fearful debt we've got to pay,
All for the cuss from Africa.
Our country! can it be, oan it be
That there is cuss to fear for thee ?
God grant'it may not pass away,
To help the cuss from a frica!
Tne "Alabama" tn the Indian Ocean—More ot
ber Captures.
The celebrated Conlederate steamer Alabama,
has made her appearanoe in the Indian Ocean,
wbere she is committing her usual havoc upon the
oommerce of the United States. At the last advices from her, she was heading northward to get
on the track of the China and East India merchant
ships, and we may at an early day expect accounts
of her exploits in that richest of all fields, that
will eclipse her previous fabnlona performances.
The Singapore Times, of November 13th. gives
the following account ofthe capture and burning
of tbe ships Amanda and Winged Racer, off the
Coast ot Sumatra:
"Great excitement was occasioned yesterday
forenoon by the intelligence that the crews of two
American vessels, captured by the celebrated Alabama, had arrived in an almost destitute condition from tbe coast at the American Consulate.—
The news spread like wike wildfire, and the speedy
arrival of the cruiser herself at Batavia, as well
as the probable reception she would meet with
from the Government, became the general subjects of conversation. We are able to give our
readers the following information regarding the
capture of these vessels, which we obtained from
some of the crew of one of tbem. The account
therefore, though undoubtedly true in the main
if not altogether, must not be taken as official.
On Thursday last, the Amanda, Capt. Larrabee,
600 tons burden, Stewards & Crossbury, of Banjor,
Me., owners, bound from Manila to Cork, for orders, with a cargo of 315 tons Bugar and 400 bales
hemp, loaded, we believe, by Kerr & Co., of Manila, for account of Halliday, Fox & Co., of London,
when about 200 miles from Java Head, and in company witfe two or three British vessels, was steering southwest. A large vessel was perceived coming up astern, and was taken for a Spanish gunboat, but on nearing, she showed the British colors, and, ordering the Amanda to back her main-
yard and lay to, informed her that a boat would
immediately be sent off to her. A boat was accordingly lowered, filled wilh armed men, and
sent alongside the doomed vessel, when the Alabama hoisted the Confederate flag (white ground,
witb a red square, a blue cross and thirteen stars.)
The Lieutenant, on coming on board the Amanda
ordered the master and mate to accompany him to
the cruiser, and bring with him the ships papers
and other documents. They were then conducted
before Semmes, who, after perusing the papers,
pronounced the Amanda to be the legally captured prize of the Alabama. Herewith they were
sent back to their own ship, and with the4 rest hs'-.
the crew were ordered to break bulk. Tbis lasted
till midnight, when the bedding of the orew was
cut up Into small pieces and set on fire. The men
were then, almost suffocated, sent on board tbe
Alabama and placed below in irons, with the ex
ception of one'man wbo was sick.   Next morning
they were turned on deek.
The Alabama tben bore towards the coast of
Sumatra, where they on Sunday morning spoke a
Dutch merchantman, who informed them that the
Wyoming bad been at Batavia, but had left that
port on a cruising expedition. Next morning she
made way and stood tor tbe straits, and when
abreast of North Island saw a vessel making for
the Sumatra coast. The Alabama fired two shots
after her, and showed the St. George's cross, 'lhe
vessel hoisted the American colors, when a boat
with armed men was sent alongside; tbe St_
George's cross was then lowered, and the Confederate flag raised. She proved to be tbe Winged Racer ol New York, 1,800 tons burthen, bound
from Manila to New York, laden with a cargo of
sugar. The master went on board alone and tbe
two mates had to follow afterwards, when an officer of the Alabama took her in charge and
brought ber to an anchor near North Island, under the range of the Alabama's guns. Tbe Winged Racer was then stripped of all her ropes, sails,
coals, provisions and nautical instruments, and
set oo fire. Sbe sauk at about balf-past 8 in the
morning of tbe 11th instant. * The men tben got
into their own boats, and were allowed to take
with them a few articles of clothing, Water, raw
salted beef, three muskets and some gunpowder.—
Tbe crew of fhe Amanda were also placed in one
of the boats, with a few provisions and articles of
clothing. The master of tbe Winged Racer,
with his wife, child and nurse, were transferred to
the British vessel Julia, from Shanghae to London,
which will probably land them at Anjier. During their stay ou board tbe Alabama they were
most kindly treated, and allowed the same rations
as the crew.
The Amtinda was valued by Capt. Semmes at
$140,000, and the Winged Racer, at $300,000.—
Tbe Alabama has six guns and two pivots. When
the Alabama was last seen she was steering to tbe
northward. This is the 58th prize tbat she has
captured.*
Tbe Chief Officer of the Amanda gives a statement of the capture of that vessel, in wbich he
says :
The crew of the Alabama are principally foreigners, viz : French, Dutch English, Irish, and
almost every nation, and from what I could hear
while on board, tbey have generally been taken
out of prizes. While on board, the greater part
of our men were asked to volunteer ; one did ; he
was a Dutchman. The officers of tbe Alabama
are all Southerners, except one, wbo is an Englishman ; he was prizemaster on board our ship.—
Tbe Alabama's crew consists of 1C0 all told.—
Tbe crew boasts that none of them have either
been wounded or sick since the ship has been on
commission. Tbe officers of the Alabama stated
tbat the capture of our vessel and tbe Winged
Racer asade up their number of prizes to 59.
Tbe Abolition organs aro boasting of tbe faci
tbat for the first time since the* administration of
.General Jackson tbe administration of to-day baa
been able to organise in its interest tbe present
Congress, and exhibits it as an evidence of popular confidence in Abraham Lincoln. If tbis is the
only evidence of popular confidence that can bo
produced we laugh to scorn all such attempts to
bolster up a tyrannical administration. Tbe pre-'
sent Congress no more represents the true interests
and honest sentiments of the country than it does
of Kamchatka. Any administration resorting to
the same unconstitutional, illegal, unjnst means,
carried out by the present administration, could
bave bad a majority of any Congress that bas ever
existed to support it. No President before tbe advent of Abraham Lincoln, ever disfranchised his
opponents, the party of a whole State by forcing
upon tbem Illegal, unconstitutional test oaths,
and surrounding them with tbe government's
paid soldiers sent into the different States at the
expense of the government to vote for administration candidates. Never before were officers
dismissed from the service for having the manliness
when on a visit to their homes, to vote their hon»
est sentiments and support tbe opposition ticket.
Never before were Generals from the army, and
Ministers from tbe Cabinet Bent out at the expense
of government as political missionaries, to preach
the creed of the party in power, and urge the people to support the administration. The Army,
Navy, and public treasury were never before used
lor tbe unholy purpose ot defeating a political
party—if tbis had been done any administration
could have enslaved tbe people, and had the control of Congress. Let a new election come off tomorrow, without tbe interference of government
and the interposition of a hired soldiery and a
tremendous majority would be rolled up in condemnation of the unconstitutional anti-American'
acts of Abraham Lincoln's administration.—Constitutional Union.
The Supreme Court of the United States and
the L.egal Tender  Notes.
Wc find the following paragraph in a late number
of the New Haven .(Conn.) Register, an Administration paper. The Register's article has appeared in quite a number of papers published in tbe
Northern and Western States, and up to this date
without contradiction. We give it as we find it
not knowing whether correct in its statements or
not:
A rumor affirms tqat the Supreme Court of the
United States have arrived at a decision unfavorable to the legality of tbe (Treasury Notes, but
that, for prudential reasons, it will not be made
public just at present.
Democratic  and   Conservative    Triumph In
Missouri,
Messrs. Barton Bates, W. V. N. Bay and John D.
S. Dryden, the candidates of the Democrats and
Conservatives bave been elected Judges of the
Supreme Court of Missouri, by a majority of 734.
The vote of the State was officially counted on tbe
Bth of January, and on the same day Judges
Bates, Bay and Dryden were commissioned by the
Governor.
In these days of Abolition triumph, elections
should be called coercions. Thos, we should say,
the Kentucky coercion, the Maryland coercion
and the Ohio coercion, and so on. The days of
elections as they were wont to be held in the country, are a good deal nearer being wiped out in tbe
North than "rebellion" is to be wiped out iu the
South. Mr. Lincoln's war on the ballot-box bas
been partly more successful than, his war upon
secession.
Small-Pox at Washington.—Tbere are paid to
be twelve thousand cases of this frightful disease
in Washington. The negroes are dying off like
sheep. Of course, no one cares for tbem, jrnd tbey
do not care for themselves. The above figure is
probably exagerated, but the disease is doubtess
very prevalent. The city government, under inspiration of Congress, will soon do something towards having a general vaccination, and remove
the negroes from the city.—New York exchange,
January 8. 	
Anaheim Wink.—The Anaheim Wine grower's
Association have opened a depot for their celebrated Wines and Brandies,- in the-Basement of Odd
Fellows' Hall, ho. 821 Montgomery street, corner
of Summer, and are now prepared'to supply their
customers and the trade wholesale or retail, at the
lowest prices. They have also on hand a very fine
assortment of Kosher Wines and Brandies for Pe-
sach, made with speoial care by Mr. Dreyfus which
they offer on the most moderate rates.
A Praying Maciiink.— In the Iudian department
of tbe great Exhibition, is a red praying wheel,
from Thibet. The prayer is written on a pieoe of
paper and fixed to the wheel, wbicb revolves on a
spindle held in tbe band. Tbe idea of tbe worshipper is that every tkne the wheel turns, the
prayer is made. Frequently the wheel is filed by
a small stream. Iu the mountains of Thibet travellers see considerable numbers of these praying
machiifts thus driven by water-power.
A correspondent asks us to reply through the
columns of the Press lo the following  questions:
"Which is tbe largest at the present time, the
United States or the English navy ?"
"Is the son of naturalized citizens liable to tha
draft.
We bave no reference at band by wbich wo
could answer the first question with any degree of
certainty. Before the present war, both the English and French navies exceeded ours in tonage
and armament. Wbat ours is now we do not
think Mr. Secretary Welle could tell. Judging by
its efficiency, we should think it 'considerably less
than I that othe Soulhern Confederacy
The second queetion is more easily answered.
The naturalization of the father naturalizes his
minor children and subjects them to all the conditions ofthe native-born. A son wbo bad attained
his majority before the naturalization of the father
does oo$ come under the rule. This is only the
American rule. The British Government bas
never acknowledged this principle except within
American jurisdiction. A son, born a British subject, and only made an American citizen by tbo
naturalization of the eather, can claim and receive
British protection any where outside tbe jurisdiction of the United States.—Democratic Press.
Spotted Fever.—A malignant disease,known by
physicians as "spotted fever," has braken out in
the Washoe country. The first case heard of having occurred was in Gold Hill—the victim being
our respected townsman, Mr .Whitman—a young
man in the bloom and vigor of manhood, and who
died after an illness of less than twenty four hours.
One or two other deaths bave occurred in this vicinity since from tbe same conplaint. The disease
has also prevailed to a limited extent in Virginia.
At Carson City, however, it has prevailed more fatally than anywhere else we have heard of.—Gold
Hill News.
Three changes of the Naval uniform have been
ordered within a year up November 11, which ia
the date of the latest change. All these changes
involve blue cloth and gold lace, and expenses thus
induced all come out of the officers' pickets as of
course there is no increase of pay. A contemporary suggests that it would be a good deal better if
the Navy Department would attend to its legitimate
business, and leave gold lace alone. Any uniform
that is distinctive is sufficient; but if Gideon will
attempt to get some fast ships in the Navy, to close
up the port of Wilmington, and to catch the Alabama, he will find that there is ample field for hia
genius in those occupations, and he may leave the
uniform as tbey are.
An Armstrong 600-pounder was lately tried at
ShoeburyneBS, with complete success. A target,
in. the shape of a section of the Warrior's side, was
placed at 1,000 yards from tho gun, and the first
shell which qtruck it completely demolished it.
The shell blew a hole in the target two feet by
twenty inches wide. . Never, it is said, was there
such a complete triumph for the gun.
Phabaoh Disentombed —A French antiquarian
explorer has recently discovered at Thebes the
tomb o'f Pharaoh Araosis. Tbe king was found
lying in a coffin covered with gold leaf, on which
large wings were painted. Thirty jewels of great
value were found by bis side in the coffin, also a
hatchet of gold, ornamented witb figures in lapis
lazuli.
He Doesn't Take the Paper.—
The man who doth no paper take,
Grudging five dollars once a year,
Will never a good husband make.
Because his wive can never know what is going
ou in the world,   aud his children will very
ignorant and ridiculous appear.
Tbe last line is very lenglliy for tbe most
scientific poetical jngle, but tbe moral is eublime.
Ia the space of one year, three members of one
family, who, a year ago, must have bad bnt indefinite dreams of empire, bave now attained tbe
highest rank to which it was possible for them to
aspire. The father sits upon the throne of Den-
mark,|tbe eldest' daughter is heiress presumplive
to Ibe throne ot England and the youngest, son is
King of Greece.
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