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VOL. XIII. '
LOS   ANGELES,  CAL.,   i#TUKDAY,  FEBKUABY  27,  1864.
NO.  43.
$05 Angeles  Stcy::
PUBMSHED EVElfY SATURDAY MORNING,
At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Lot
Angeles,
. i-B.Y   H.   H A J»I I t T O N.
TERMS:
Subscriptions, per annum, in advance. .$5 00
For Six Months .'   3 00.
For Three Months  2 00
Single Number  0 124
•fdserfwemerafs.inserted at Ts/o Dollars persquare
often tines, 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. CRANE is the only authorized agent
for the Los Anqsislbss-Stab in San Francisco.
All orders left at his office, Northwest corner of
Washington  and   Sansome streets.  Government
nilding, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to.
mshxm Carbs.
GEORGE H. HOWARD,
I>EIIia",T,IST,
.   TEMPLE'S   BLOCK,
ENTRANCE on MAIN and SPR1M G Sts.
Los Angeles. Jan. 30th, 1864.    . 2m.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
ir   the Land
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OFFICE in Temple's   Building
Office. ,
WHO IS LIKE  A MOTHER.
BY   ANNU   K. H. FADES.
HOTEL S
BELLA U
LOS
WON HOTEL,
a m o e L e s.
JOHN KING & HENRY HAMMEL,
Proprietors.
THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above
named  Hotel,  wish   to  assure   their  friends
- and tbe 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 lurnished.
The Bills of Fare
shall be inferior to none in tbe Slate.
AU the Stages
to and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from
this Hotel.
The Rap and 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 ousht to be.
Los Angeles, May 31, 1862.
Hj_l^.__ilTJUl.JJ ^
ARCADIA   BLOCK,'
Next to Corbitt & Barker's,
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL
Gents1 furnishing Goods,
Dress Goods,
White Good§,
Embroidery and L*ace Goods,
Dress Trimmings,
Hosiery, Gloves, &c. jan4
S.   HELLMAN,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK.
MAIN STREET, Los Angeles,
— DEALER IN —
Bootes and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fancy Goods, Sic.
CIRCULATING-  LIBRARY.
GARDEN SEEDS.
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND S|UROEON.
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angeles.
Office hours, 9 to 12, m ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
J. J. MURPHY, PROPRIETOR.
THE   SUBSCRIBER  having leased the
above house, wishes to assure his friends
and the traveling public, that be will endeavor to keep tbe WILLOW  GROYE
HOUaE
A   FIRST    CLASS   HOTEL.
This House is half a mile East of tbe To.wn of
Lexington, on the main road to the Colorado
River.
Families can be accommodated with large rooms,
as the above House has been newly furnished and
well ventilated. 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
CORNin kept for sale and feed. This is the
only place where there is plenty of water.
.1. J. MURPHY.
Et Monte, Oet. 25. 1863. oct31-tf
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THIS HOTEL; newly opened, in the prin-
3ioal place of busines-" in EL MONTE, is
ilefiened for the ACCOMMODATION of
[TRAVELERS on the road from Los Angeles to San Bernardino and the Colorado River.
Animals are well taken care of at the
STABLE AH3)  HAX-YA1D,
Wbich is abundantly  supplied  with   WATER,
and where FEED can always be obtained on reasonable terms.
J. W.   EVANS,
M. F. tHJlJVJY.
El Monte, Sept. 28, 1863.
A.   LAZARD,
IMPORTERS,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French,   English   and   American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles. 1 62
PHINEAS BANNING,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION
AGENT, 9
SNTew San Pedro and Los Angeles,
Whose care is like a mother's care?
Whose eye so swift and keen
To note tbe thousand nameless things
By other eyes unseen?
O, child of all this watchfulness,
To grieve it not. beware,
And thanking God, be sure to thank'
Him for a mother's care.
Whose pride is like a mother's pride ?
Whose heart so bounds to see
Tbe wreath upon her children's brows,
Entwined with purity?
O, child of this unselfishness,
Do all a child may do
To glad the eyes aod cheer the heart
Of one so fondly true.
Whose hope is like a mother's hope,
So eager and ao bright,
To paint her children's future years
In tints of glorious light?
O, child of all this hopefulness,
Strive bard to realize
Her dreams of coming good for thee.
And joy that never dies.
Whose love is like a mother's love,
Embracing each aud all,
Forgetting self, fatigue and pain,
So list a loved one's call ?
O, child of all tbis tenderness,
Be sure thy actions prove
Thee not grateful for the boon,—
A mother's deathless love.
Whose prayer is like a mother's prayer,
So earnest and so strong,
So boundless its petitioning,
So pleading late and long?
O, child of all this prayerfulness,
To slight it never dare,
And thanking God, be sure to thank
Him for thy mother's prayer,
mend itselftg the favor of the Almighty. Unless
the principles governing the future conduct of onr
struggle shall be made known and approved, the
effort to obtain requisite lorces will be almost
hopeless. A declaration, of radical views, especial-
,y upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate onr present armies. Tbe policy of the government must-
be supported by concentrations of military power.
The national forces should not be dispersed in expeditions, posts of occupation and numerous armies, but should be mainly collected into masses
add brought to bear upon tbe armies of tbe Confe.
derate States. Those armies thoroughly defeated
the political structure wbich tbey support would
soon cease to exist. In carrying out any system of
policy which you may form, you will require a
Commander-in-Chief of the army, one who possesses your confidence, understand your yiews and
who is competent to execute your orders by directing tbe military forces of the nation to tbe accomplishment of tbe objects by you proposed, I do
not ask that place for myself. L am willing to
serve you in such position as you may assign me,
and will do so as faithfully as ever subordinate
served superior, I may be on tbe brink of eternity, and, as I hope forgiveness from my Maker, I
have written this letter witb sincerity toward you
and from love for my country.
(Signed) George B McClellan.
MMUMMHi h ©©«
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FORWARD™ AN!) COMMISSION
LOS ANGELES'AND SAN PEDRO.
aprll-1863.
A!
Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets
(OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE;)
SAN   FRANCISCO.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the
■Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent
_ei Boarder,  that he. lias leased  the above  well
jTJfflja known and centrally located Hotel, and intends
iJalfe, fl keeping it as
A MRST-CJLASS HOUSE,
At Moderate Prices-
Tn the last ihSree months tuere has been expended a
urge amount in
SRe-modeliiig and ■He-furMlsSilng,
the EXCHANGE, and 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 fine single rooms for
gentlemen. ,
It is the purpose of the Proprietor to make the EX-
HANGE' one of the most comfortable  and home-like
otels in the State, and make the
Prices to Suit the Times.
T HE    T .A. IB I_ 3E3
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
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICJLE
Por Marking Linen.
For sale by the gross, at
305 IVlontgouier^street, Room No.
eb22
2, San Francisco.
W. HOLT.
NOTICE.
B.   S.   GRAY
WOULD respectfully inform the public, that lieiapre-
pared to perform all services pertaining to the interment of deceased persons. He will attend to the laying oat of bodies, arranging Mr funerals, furnish badges,
gloves, -etc., if requested. Anyordersleft at his residence,
New High Street, near the Catholic Church, or at his store,
on Main Street, opposite the New Market, will be promptly attended to.
JS9-N. B.—All orders for DIGGING CRAVES, mast be
Soft at the earliest moment possible.
Las Angeles, Jane IS, 1803.
(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACREB & CO,)
— Wholesale   and   Retail   Dealer  In —
VINES MiQ LIQUORS,
Syrups, Bitters, Cordials,
ALE,   EOE.TES., AI3  CIGARS,
Main street, Los Angeles, Cal.
GEO. W. GHAPIN & 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
Also, bave a Real Estate Agency, and attend to
business in that line. fet>22
^jM*AHg. Stcarmer
ET]
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
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FOR »
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
N and after the first of April, and until further
otice, the steamship
^fik     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.
]__r Bills of Lading will be furnished by lhe
Purser on board.
For freight or pasaage apply on board, or at the
office of S. J. Heusley, corner of Front and Jackson streets.
decs . S. J. HE^SLEYj President.
Letter of Gen. McClellan to President Lincoln.
Headquabtehs Army of the Potomac,.    )
Camp near Harbison's Lanoino, Va.   r
Monday, July 7, 1862. )
Mr. President :   You havebpen fully informed
tbat the rebel army is in our front, with the purpose
of overwhelming us by attacking our  position or
reducing us by blockading our river  communications.   I cannot but regard our condition as   critical, and I earnestly desife, in   view of possible
contingencies, to lay before your   excellency for
your private consideration my general views concerning the existing state of the rebellion, althouh
they do not strictly relate to the   situation of the
army, or strictly come within the scope of my official duties.   These views amount to the convictions and are deeply impressed ujion my mind and
heart.   Our cause must never be abandoned ; it is
tbe cause of free institutions and self-government.
The Constitution and the Union must be preserved
whatever may be the cost, in time,   and   treasure
and blood. If secession is successful, other dissolutions are clearly to be seen in   the   future.    Let
neither military disaster, political faction nor foreign war shake our settled purpose  lo enforce the
equal operation of the laws of the United   States
upon the people of every   State.   Tbe   time has
come when tbe Government must determine upon
a civil   and military policy covering the  whole
ground of our national trouble.   The  responsibility of determining, declaring and supporting sucb
civil and military policy,   and   of direoting  the
whole course ot national affairs in regard   to the
rebellion, must now be assumed and   exercised by
you, or our cause will be lost.   The  Constitution
gives you sufficient power even   for   the   present
terrible exigency, this rebellion has assumed   the
character of war; as such it should be   regarded,
and it should be conducted upon the highest principles known to Christian civilizations.   It should
no tbe a war looking to the subjugation ofthe people
of any Slate or any event. It should not be a war at
all upon any population, but against armed forces
and political organizations.   Neither confiscations
of property, political executions of persous, territorial organizations of States, or forcible abolition
of slavery' should be contemplated for  a moment.
In prosecuting the war all  private   property and
unarmed persons should be strictly protected, subject only lo the necessity of   military   operations.
All private property taken for military UBe should
be paid or receipted for ; pillagejand waste should
be treated as high crimes; all unecessary trespass
Bternly prohibited, offensive demeanor by tbe military toward citizens sternly   rebuked.   Military
arrests should not be tolerated   except   in   places
where active hostilities exist, and   oaths   not required by enactments constitutionally made should
be neither demanded nor received.   Military government should be confined to the preservation of
public order and the protection of political rights.
Military power should not be allowed to interfere
with the relations of servitude, either by supporting or imparting tbe outhoiity of tbe  master, except for repressing disorder,  as   In  other oases.
Slave contrabands under the act of Congress, seeking military protection, should  receive   it.   The
right of the government to appropiate permanent*
ly to its own service claims of slave  labor  should
be asserted, and the right ofthe owner to compensation therefor should be recognized.   This principle might be extended upon grounds  of military
necessity and seeurity to all the  slaves  within a
particular State, thus  working  manumission in
such State; and in Missouri,  perhaps  in Western
Virginia, also and possibly even in Maryland, the
expediency of such a measure is only a question of
time.   A system of policy thus constitutional and
conservative, and pervaded by  the influences of
Christianity and freedom, would receive the support of almost all truly loyal men,  would deeply
j impress tbe rebel masses and all foreign   nations,
I and it might be humbly hoped that it would oom-
After the Battle.
The great battle of the session has .been fought
and though the friends of the country have not
succeeded in obtaining a victory, yet they are a
compact body, ready to renew the conflict whenever it may arise. They know they were right—
tbat justice and patriotism, and sound political
economy called for repeal; but grasping avarice
and usury and corruption have, for the hour, frustrated their hopes. The enemies of repeal are
jubilant—are profuse in their abuse of those, who,
knowiny the desire of the National Government,
sought to carry out its wishes. As we believed
from the commencement, the entire copperhead
vote was cast against the repeal of the Specific
Contract law. Those poor dupes and fools who
were frightened by the falsehoods of the Bulletin
into the belief that the attempted repeal was a
Copperhead movement, and were made to sign ridiculous calls for puplio meetings, make Billy
speeches, and pass still sillier resolutions denouncing the movement as Copperhead strategy, can
now, at ther earliest leasure, study the fable about
ibe monkey, the cat and the hot chestnut; after
which they may possibly discover a slight analogy
between the cat's paw used by the monkey, and
themselves used by the bankers, importers and
money-lenders. The law itself stinks ofCopper-
headism, It was concocted by Copperhead-, was
passed by lhe influence of Copperheads and has
not been repealed on account of Copperheads.
Some may inquire how it is possible'that this
law was passed by the Union  Legislature   by the
influence of Copperheads? This  we   will answer.
The law originated in  San   Francisco,   where a
great deal too much rascality is concocted for the
public good.   Now in all counties in the Stete except San Francisco, the line between Union   men
and Secessionists is as distinct   as   are   tbe roads
that lead to heaven and hell.   This is  not only so
politically, but in very many localities is so socially.   But in San Francisco,   except   with   a few,
there are no unpleasant  inquiress   as   to  loyalty.
Socially,   and in politics, so far as   tbe   People's
Party is concerned,   notorious  Secessionists   aDd
traitors associate together, nominate   officers  together, vote for and elect them together ;  and it
is a well known fact that that party, hitherto, ha
been controlled by quiet but bitter enemies of the
Government.   It is true for a year   or   two past
these traitors   have   themselves  suggested  that
none but loyal   men   should  be   nominated, and
tbeir conventions bave been immensely prtriotic in
their questions to candidates, and yet   there   are
more than one holding offices under the city government who would require a number of affidavits
to establish their loyalty. It is natural   that men
wbo assist in preserving the integrity of  a  party
help to make its nominations,and materially aid ia
electing its nominees to   office,   especially  when
they possess   fine  abilities  and,   withal, wealth
should exerci-e great influeuoe over   their   associates.   The infamous Specific Contract law   originated with Copperheads of this stripe belonging
to the Peoples Party.   They impressed first Union
men of the People's Party with their views/ they
talked with their neighbors; the result was, a bill
was drawn and placed in the hands ot Union men
to be presented to the Uuion men of the  Legislature, a good Copperhead   being   selected to   pass
tbe word to the Copperheads in   tbat' body,  and
without scrutinizing the act as it deserved, it became a law.   From the time the   question   of repeal bas been agitated tbe entire Copperhead press
almost without exception, bas bitterly opposed it.
Upon the vote in tbe'Sanate on   the engrossment
of the bill, the Copperheads made.a good stratege-
tic move, which enabled the mercenary (pretended
Union) prees of the State to howl  like  demons,
tbat the Copperheads were about to rise   the mischief generally, and repeal that wonderful invention, the Specific contract law ; that it was a Copperhead soheme, and would ruin tbe  Union party
and the State.   Addlepated Union men who read
these papers only, believing their statements, bas
tened to avert tbe  threatened calamity—issued
addresses, made calls  for  meetings,   urging   the
people to come forward to tbe rescue   and   save
them from tbe Copperhead conspiracy.   A   great
meeting, was held at Piatt's Music Hall, and speakers bandied the Copperheads without gloves, passed wondrous patriotio resolutions, and would have
taken np a contribution for the Sanitary Fund if
they had only thought of it.   The   meeting  was
largely made up of the forty-five hundred Downey
voters in this oity, but being instructed  by their
leaders, they bore the abuse heaped upon Copper-
hoads by the speakers—swallowed the patriotio
resolutions at a gulp, and waited for something.to
turn up; and they were not  compelled  to wait
long, (or when the v te was put in the nagative
on tbe passage of the resolutions, and seme Voted
nay, the chairman of the meeting had tbe curiosl»
ty, the imprudence, and tbe bad taste to direct bit
eye towards tbe gallery, where one strong J\»
came from, and ask the man who voted, to Bhovs
himself, when Mr Cheesman, an officer ofthe Got*
ernment, exhibited himself. As tbat did not produce a sufficient shock to bring them to their
senses,tbere is now added tbe Copperhead rote ia
the Senate'; and the Bulletin and tbe rest of tbs
mercenaries, In order to prevent tbe people from
making unpleasant inquires and reflections, at*
tempted to divert tbe minds of their readers by
making unmanly and cowardly assaults upon those
who supported the bill from the purest and bent
of motives.
The Copperheads who originated the Speciflo
Contract law, have-accomplished thus far all they
intended. Tbey desired to Isolate the pacific coast
from the East, and create an antagonism between
the two sections. They desired to split the Union
party, and by carefully arranging tbeir plans tbey
produced a division at tbe last eleotion. Tbey
unite with tbe Independents in the Legislature,
and succeeded In toloing off with them enough
Union men to defeat a measure against tbe wishes
ot the National Administration. They unite with
avowed Union men io public meetings, and by acts
of violence disgrace them, disgrace the cily,di»-
grace tbe State.
Who says that Copperheadism has not won a
great victory ?—Evening Journal.
Portrait of Jeff Davis by an Englishman.
In a work recently,published in London entitled
Three Months"'in the Southern States—in 1863—
by Lieut. Col. Freemantle of the Coldstream
Guards, tbe writer says:
Jefferson Davis struck me as looking older than
I expected.   Ho is only 56, but his face  is emaciated and much wrinkled.   He is nearly six feel
high, but is extremely thin and stoops a little.   Bis
features are good, especially his eye, which is very
bright, and   full of life  and   hum6r.   I was afterwards told that he had lost the sight ot bis left eyo
from a recent  illness   He   wore a linen coat  and
grey trousers, and he looked what he evidently is,
a well-bred gentleman.   Nothing   can exceed tha
charm  of his manner,   which is simple,  easy and
most fascinating.   He conversed with me for a long
time,     and    agreed      with     Benjamin     that
the      Yankees       did      not      really      intend
ted to go to war with England if she recognized ths
Souih;   and be said   that,   when   tbe  inevitable
smash came—and   that separation   was an accomplished fact—wb  State of Maine  would probably
try to join 'Canada, as most of tbe intelligent people in that State have a horror of being "under tho
thumb of Massachusetts,"   He added   tbat Maine
was inhabited by a hardy, thrifty, seafaring population, with   different   ideas tj   the  people  in tha
other New England States.   When I spoke to him
of tbe wretched scenes I had witnessed in his own
State, (Mississippi)  and of the  miserable,   almost
desperate  situation iu wbich I had found  so many
unfortunate   women, who bad been left behind by
their male  relations;   and when I alluded  in admiration to the quiet, calm uncomplaining manner
in wbich they bore their sufferings and their grief,.
be said,   witb much  feeling, tbat he  always considered silent dispair tbe most painful description
of misery to witness, in tbe same  way   that muto
insanity was the most awful form of madness.
He spoke to me of Grenfell, who, he said, seemed to be serving tbe Confederacy in a truly disinterested and loyal manner. He had heard much of
bis gallantry and good services, and be was very
sorry when I told him of Grenfell's quarrel witb
the civil power. He confirmed of the truth remark, that a Confederate general is either .considered a Chrlchton by tbe soldiers, or else abused
as everything bad; and he added, tbe misfortune
was, that it is absolutely necessary, in order to insure success, that a general must obtain and preserve tbis popularity and influence with his men,
who were, however, generally willing to accord
their confidence to^ny officer deservin it. With
regard to the black flag-and-no quarter agitation, he
said people would talk a great deal, and even go
into action determined to give no quarter: "but"
he added, ''I have yet to bear of Confederate soldiers putting men to death who have thrown down
their bands:" He told me tbat Lord Russel cofessed
that tbe impartial carrying out of the neutrality
laws had pressed bard npon Tbe South ; and Mr.
Davis asserted that the pressnre might bave been
equalized, and yet retained its inpartiality, if Great
Britain, instead of closing ber ports, had opened
tbem to the prizes of both parties; bnt I answered
that perhaps this might be over-doing it a little on
the other side. When I took my,leave' about 9
o'clock, tbe President asked me to call upon him
again. I don't think it possible for any interview
witb him without going away most favorably im—
presed by his agreeble, unassuming manners, and
by the ebarm ot his convcrsatioan.
Read This,—The Providence Post very aptly
says:
If the Democrats are enemies of tbe country, it
ia certainly wonderful that the abolitionists should
be striving to get so many of them into tbe army.
In New York they propose to take about sine-
teen democrats to every ten republieons drafted,
and in this State every member of the republican
'Union League' who has been drafted, bas been
Willing to accept a democratic substitute. It is
said, upon what we considered good authority,
tbat the Union Leagues here embrace three fourths
of the republican votes in the towns in which they
were located ; yet we think it cannot be shown
tbat a single member of that organization oul ot
the whole number drafted, has put on Uncle Sam's
uniform, or that one of them has volunteered as a
substitute. Tbey seem perfectly willing to trust
tbe defense ofthe country to "the enemy"—tha
Copperheads.
Generally, as soon as a man is supposed
to have a little money, his wife gets too
[ lamo to walk,, aad must have a carrige.
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