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VOL. XIII.
LOS  ANGELES, CAL.,  SATUKDAY,  MAKCH 5, 1864.
NO.  44.
#05 Angeles Star:
PUBLISHED BVEBT SATURDAY MORNING,
At the" STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Loe
Angeles,
BY   H.   HAJIILTOM,
tashwss Carbs.
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Advertisements Inserted at Two Dollars per square
often 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. O. A..CRANE Is the only authorized agent
for the Los Anqelbs Stab in San Francisco.
All orders left at his office, Northwest corner of
Washington and Sansome streets. Government
uilding, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to.
GEORGE H. HOWARD,
TEMPLE'S   BLOCK,
ENTRANCE on MAIN and SPRLMG St"s.
Los Angeles. Jan. 30th, 1864. 2m.
A. B. CHAPMAN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
OFFICE in Temple's  Building, near   the Land
Office. aug29
HOTELS
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
LOS    AMGELES.
JOHN KING & HENRY" HAMMEL,
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 the Stages
to and from Los Angeles -arrive at and depart from
this Hotel. »
The Bar and Billiard Saloons
shall receive tbe  most strict attention, and the
patrons shall find that this bouse will be carried
on as a first class Hotel ought to be.
Los Angeles, May 31, 1862.
ON WITH the: DANCE.
J. M.  HELLMAN,
ARCADIA   BLOCK,   .
Next to Corbitt & Barker's,
WHOLESALE  AND  BETAIL
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Dress Goods,
WUIte Good.,
Embroidery and Lace Goods,
Dress Trimmings,
Hosiery, Gloves, Sic. jan4
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 tho WILLOW  GROVE
HOUoE
A   FIRST   CLASS   HOTEL.
This House is half a mile East of the Town of
Lexington, on the   main road   to   the   Colorado
River.
Families ean be aecomm&dated with large rooms.
as the above House has been newly furnished and
well ventilated. The bar is well supplied wilh tbe
best of LIQUORS and CIGARS.
Attached to the Hotel in p large STABLE and.
Corral, where the best of HAY, BARLEY and
CORN is kept for sale and feed. Tbis is the
only place where there is plenty of water.
J. J. MUBPHY.
Bl Monte, Oct. 25. 1863. oct3l-tf
THIS HOTEL, newly opened, in the prin-
lipal place of busines« in EL MONTE, is
lesigned for the  ACCOMMODATION   of
_TRAVELERS on the road from Los  Angeles tu San Bernardino and the Colorado River.
Animals are welt taken care of at the
STABLE AND  HAY-ITARD,
Which U abundantly supplied with WATER,
and where FEED cau always be obtained on reasonable terms.
J. W. EVANS,
AI. F. Q.U1NN.
El Monte, Sept. 28. 1863.
&ft. Sansome and Haljeck Streets
(OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,)
SAN   FKANCISCO.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully vnforms the
, Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent
Boarder,  that he has leased the above well
- known and centrally located Hotel, and intends
i-£j_l j keeping it as
A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE,'
At Moderate Prices.
In the last three months there has been expended a
arge amount in
Re-modeling and Re-furnlsl»lng,
the EXCHANGE, and it will now compare favorably with
the drst-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-
HAVGE one of the most comfortable ahd home-like
otels in the State, and make the
Prices to Suit the Times.
T H :EJ    TABIjX!
Will be supplied with every delicacy the season affords.
Attached to the house are fine BATHING BOOMS for
Ladies or Gentlemen.
JOHN W. SARGENT, Proprietor.
CLARK'S
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
For Marking Linen.
For sale by the gross, at
305 Montgomery street, Room No.
eb22
%y San Francisco.
W. HOLT.
KOTIOE.
B.  S.   GRAY
WOULD respectfully inform the public, that keinpre-
pared to perform all services pertaining to the interment of deceased persons. 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 the Catholic Church, or at his store,
on Main Street, opposite the New Market, will he promptly attended to.
«*N. B,—AUorders for DIGGING GKAVES, must be
left at the earliest moment possible.
1*98 Angeles, June 1*3,1803,
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S.   HELLMAN,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
MAIN STREET, Los Angeles,
— DEALER IN —
Books and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fnirtjy 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 12, st ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
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 BANNING,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION
AGENT,
New San Pedro and Los Angeles
On, ou with the "dance of death," ihey cry,
With tbe glorious dance of death I
For the groans that break with the agony
Ofa nation's fluttering breath,
Are nothing to us! we have power and gold,
And we hear from the land afar,
With ajoy tbat ean never be rung or told,
The terrible thunder of war!
O! happy and free are our hearts to-night,
Happy, and merry, aod free ;
Though a thousand forms in the dim moonlight,
Lies dead as the dead can be!
Though i thousand proud, high hearts are still
As a mystic river's flow, _
Aod a thousand brows by forest and bill,
Are as cold as the winter's snow.
What matter to us ?   Let the wine gleam out,
And flash from the crystal oup;
For we join in revel, and song, and shout,
'Till the breath of the morn comes up 1
Comes wearily up from the Southern plains,
Where in slumbrous solitude
They lie—who bro't to us pricless gains,
By the flow of their crimson blood.
On, on with the dance 1 let us bear the beat
Of an hundred thousand drums—
Though the tide of Death, with a mighty sweep,
Rolls over our nation's sons 1
Tho' false-faced women with hungry eyes,
And hearts that are bound to the dead,
Have nothing to silence the eager criea
Of the children that ask for bread 1
O! a grand, grand thing is this war of years!
Fill the silvery wine-cup higher 1
We'll be gay tbo' the iron the soldier wears,
Burn into his heart like fire!
We'll join in revel and song to-night,
Be happy, and merry, and Iree,
Tho' a thousand braves in the fair moonlight,
Lie aa dead as dead can be.
k co.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MIEJSO.OIET.AJXrT'S,
LOS ANGELES AND SAN PEDRO.
aprll-1863.
WM. M. BUFlFUM,
(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACHER & CO,)
— Wholesale   and   Retail   Dealer  In —
WIRES AND LIQUORS,
Syrups, Bitters? Cordials,
ALS,   PORTER, AND  CIGARS,
SMSain street, Los Angeles, Cal.
GEO. W. CHAPIN & CO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st.,
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT   OFFICE   AND
GENERAL 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
Aug. StG&rxner
Ss.'
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. fo
F O K
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON and after the first of April, and until further
notice, the steamship
*ffiBE.     SENATOR,
Will Make two trips per month on the Southern
Coast, leaving Broadway Wharf,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month
AT 8 O'CLOCK, A. M.
Bills of Lading will be furnished by ihe
Purser on board.
For freight or passage apply on board, or at the
offioe of S. J. Hensley, corner of Front and Jackson streets.
dec9 S. J. HENSLEY, President.   .
Richmond papers of the 10th contain the following, beiug Jeff. Davis, proclamation to the
army:
Soldiers ofthe Army ofthe Confederate States:
Io tbe long and bloody war In which your country is engaged you have achieved many noble
triumphs. You have won many glorious victories
over a vast number of hosts you have cheerfully
borne privations whicb you were unused to ; you
bave readily submited to all these ; you bave lately added another triumph, the noblest of human
conquests—a victory over yourselves. As the
time drew near when you wbo first entered the
service might well have been expected to claim relief from your ardous labors and a restoration to
the endearments of borne, you have heeded only
tbe call of your suffering country, aud again you
come to render your service for the public defense
—a free offering, which only such patriotism as
yourscould make—a triumph worthy the cause to
which you are devoted. 1 would in vain attempt
ty adequately express the emotions wich whieh I
received the testimony of confidence and regard
with which you have recently addressed me. To.
some ofthose first received, separate acknowledg
ments were returned, but it is now apareut tbat
a like generous entbuthiaem pervaded tbe whole army, and the only exeption to such magnanimous
will be of those wbo, having originally entered for
the war, cannot display anew their zeal in tfie public service. It is therefore deemed apropriate,
aud it is hoped to be equally aooeptable to all, to
make a general acknowledgment instead of successive special responses. Would that it were pos-
siple to tender you my thanks in person, aud in
the name of our common country as well as my
own, while pressing the hand of each war-worn
veteran, to recognize his title'to our love, gratitude and admiration. Soldiers by your will, for
you aod for the people are but one, I have been
placed in a position which debars me from sharing
in your dangers, your sufferings and your privations in the field wilh pride and affection my heart
has accompanied you in every march ; with soli—
citnde'it has sought to minister to yaur every
want; with exultation it bas marked your every
heroic achievement. Yet never in the desperate
assault have you rendered service eo decisive in
its result ss iu the last display of the highest
qualities of self devotion and sacrifice which can
adorn the character of warriors. Already the
pulse of the whole people beats io unison with
yours; already tbey compare your spontaneous
offer of your lives for the defense of the country,
with the halting, reluctant service of the mercenaries purohased by the enemy, at a prioe of high ■
er bounties than hitherto know in any war; and
animated by this contract, they exhibit a cheerful
confidence and more resolute bearing. Your battle-cry will,riog loud and dear through the land o'
tbe enemy as well as our own, and will silence tbe
vain-glorious boastings of their corrupt partisans
and their pensioned press, and will do justice to
the calumny by which they persuade tbeir deluded
followers that you are already purchasing dishonorable safety by dishonorable peace.
The victories of Shilob, Perry ville, Murfrees-
boro, Fredericksburg and Cbancelorrsville are
referred to, and downfall of the Union armies confidentially predicted.
Praise for the Light that Shines.—The newspaper correspondents are now in the habit of stating tbat Gen. Grant is the "prince of commanders ;
the Napoleon of tho war ; as modest as a young
girl; as simple as a child," etc. But a year ago
these same follows had written him down a miserable sot, a loafer, and one not to be trusted witb
an army. Let him lose a battle and they will say
the same of him again.—Stockton Independent.
Wendell Phillips is ''not certain that slavery is
dead until he sees It buried.'' The New Haven
Register says if he will go to the "FreedmenV"
camps along tha Mississippi, he will see it buried
at the rate ol seven hundred per day.
Concentrating Power In tbe  (Sroveriiment.
The most absorbing question now occupying the
Attention of the Legislature appears to be an act
concerning offices, introduced by Senator Evens.
It reads as follows :
Section 1. All act or parts of acts which fix,
the duractiou of the terms of offies createp by the
Legislature aod filled by appointment, either by
tbe Governor or by any Board of officers, or by a
Judge or Judges, at any other ftmit than during
the pleasure of tbe authority making tho appointments, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect from and af-.
ter its passage.
Tbis bill serves to place on the anxious seat the
whole army of Abolition   office   holders,  and as
it is pending in the Legislature   there   will be no
peace for the unfortunate Members, who are daily
importuned and buttonholed by the  greedy applicants for position who throng around the Capitol,
and the frightened occupants of  office,   wbo fear
tbat the passage of the bill wilj   oust   tbem  from
comfortable positions.   It is  an   interesting war,
carried on between the ins and tbe outs, and with
it Democrats have nothing to do   further   than to
look on and enjoy tbe sport.   At tbe   same time it
j8 our duty.to bold up to the publio view all such
odious schemes for the concentration of power in
tbe bands of one man.   Let us see wbat it proposes
to do.   The Governor now bas the appointment of
two Stamp inspectors, a State   Guager,   Supreme
Court Reporter, Commissioner of Emigration, ao
inspector of  Gasometers   and   Notaries   Public.
Tbese bold office for a   term  fixed   by   law, and
tbe bill referred to repeals.   He also has the appointment of four Port Wardens at San Francisco
and one at each of the ports of entry in tbe State;
three   Pilot  Commissioners,   and  one  Locating
Agent in each Land District in the State.   These
latter have no terms provided by law, but, according to the custom heretofore, may be removed at
the will of the Governor.   At it now Stands there
are at least 370 persons who bold office by virtue
of appointment from tbe govemor. Of tbis number
he only has power to remove about twenty persons.
The propossed bill gives him power to remove the
remaining 350 from office entirely on bis own motion   and   without  cause.     Tbese    offices   are
estimated  by  Republican  authority to be worth
in tbe aggregate $350,000.   It is  good   policy to
clothe the Governnr of the State with sucb a powerful weapon.   It gives bim power by which be can
crack the whip over the bead of every one of these
agents of tbe people, from Del Norte to Sao Diego,
aod make tbem slaves to his commands  or   walk
the plauk and give place to tbose  who will.   We
are of the opinion tbat those who   are the agents
ofthe people, and whose duty is to aid  in admin-
stering the laws, should   be   responsible   to the
laws and to the people for tber acts. Tbis measure
makes them the   creatures  of  the   Governor to
make an agent out   of every one   of   those three
hundred and seveDty office holders, in the business
of perpetuating hispwn   rule,   carrying   out any
personal project, or elevating   himself to a higher
position, for it is well known that   tbere  are corrupt men enough ready to take offioe.   Is it wise
to put any incumbent of the   gubernatorial chair
iu a position where he can   go into a   State convention for re-election, packed up with patronage
amounting to nearly half a million   of   dollars—
with a prestage tbat any eunning   and   unscrupulous politician can   create,   even   against public
opinion, through the wire working of  three huudred and Beventy personal agents! We do not wish
to be understood as questioning   the   integrity of
the present Governor of the State.   We   are  not
viewing the subject in that light, but   simply as a
question of public policy, as a settled  rule.   The
party enemies of the Governor intimate   that  be
favors the bill as a measure for his own advancement to tbe United States Senate.   We   make no
such accusation.    We do not even   know whether
be favors tbe bill or not, but its passage wold give
color of truth to these   rumors.—Marysville Express.
Oor Losses During the War.—The following
table, compiled from the report of General Halleck.
shows at a glance our losses at Fredericksburg and
in the various battles of note during the campaign
just closed:
Kill'd. Woun'd. Miss'g.
Fredericksburg  1138   9105    2078
Chancellorville	
Gettysburg      2834 13709     6443
Bristoe Station 51
Port Hudson 200
Chickasaw Bayou 191
Arkansas Post „.. 129
Port  Gibson 130
Fourteen Mile Creek (skir'h) .... 4
Raymond 69
Jackson 40
Champion's Hill '. 426
Big Black Railroad Bridge 29
Vicksburg ........545
Prairie Grove 167
StoDe  River 1538
Chickamauga. 1644
Bridgeport 76
From this it will be seen that of all our large battles, by far the most oostly and bloody vas that of
Gettysburg—the loss being nearly twice as large as
that of any other battle, and larger than that of all
the battles before ViBksburg. Singular enough,
the loss at Chancellorville is not know in official
circles, but it is probably not less than that of
Fredericksburg or Stone River. Our entire losses
In killed, wounded and missing, from Fredericksburg to Chattanooga, foot up to the figure of about
one hundred and thirty-five thousand men, exclusive of disability from diseaie.—Times.
Tiie  Specific   Contract.
On Wednesday, the bill for the repeal of tha
Specific Contract Act came up ou its final passage
to the State Senate, and waa defeated by the following vote:
Ayes—Benton, Evans, Heacock, Haskin, Kutz,
Lovett, Maddox, McMuriy, Meyers, Moyle, Smith,
Tuttle, Wright, Yule—14.
Noes—Buckley, Burnell, Cot, Crane, Cunningham, Dodge, Foulke,Freeman,Gaskill,Hale,Hall,
Hamilton, Haswell, Hawee, Henry, Leonard, Montgomery Pierce, Redington, Roberts, Rush, Shafter,
Sbepard—24.
We are pleased to find that tbe Democratic
members voted in the negative. This scheme waa
of Abolition origin and received Abolition support.
The powers at Washington were even brought to
bear, and little Johnny Conness was sent as aa
errand boy to Salmon P. Chase, in order to get the
Father of Greenbacks to endorse the movement.
That gentleman sent the lollowing by telegraph:
Wasaisoton, Feb. 8,1864.
To Thompson Campbell and E. W.Roberts: I
am clearly of the opinion tbat tbe California Gold
Law is against the National policy, and I shall ba
much gratified to see California declare herself in
favor of oue currency for the whole people by its
repeal. S. P, Cuasb.
Tbe reading of the above wa? received by-tho
friends of tbe repealing bill with stamping and
cheers. Wbat -loyal" man would darf .to vote
against greenbacks as the currency of the State,
when Mr. Cbase bad given directions as to tha
course which shold govern their action. The dispatch was read to tbe members of tbe Assembly,
and tbey shouted and stamped and gave three
cheers. A dignified body indeed. We are informed that tbe conduct of some of the members at
the time would bave been considered as out bf all
character at a respectable meeting of a Jockey
Club. But, after all their pains, the bill was defeated in the Senate, the Democratic members
voting in the negative. The next thing we may
expect will be a communication from Johnny Oon>
ness impugning the "loyalty" of tbe Calilornia
Legislature.—Marysville Express.
As Unholy Alliance.—Evidences ot positive
character multiply, all going to show that Senators
Shafter, Hawes and Hale, pretended Union men,
have entered .into an alliance offensive and defensive, with the Copperheads, by which
the contratcing parties are to lend material aid and moral support to each other
in all caces. At all times these parties are found
acting in perfect harmony, and are thus enabled in
many instances to control tbe action of the Senate,
so as to promote the personal interests and views
of the three Senators named above, and to advanco
tbe political prospects of the Copperheads of tha
State I have been unwilling to credit this disgraceful fact, notwithstanding many indications thereof,
but the positive logic of eventful facta bas compel*
led me to acknowledge the existence of that which
I herein set forth. The Union party has been sold,.
like sheep in the shambles, for the benefit of a few
renegade aspirants for senatorshipa and that political party which is openly arrayed in sympathy
with the enemies of our country. But this unholy
alliance cannot long succeed; the day of ita triumph
is short; for Uuion men now see and understand
it, and are determined to overwhelm a portion of
the parties thereto with shame, and all with deft-at.
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Vivm Reasons Wht Hh Shoosld be Exempted.
—A cotemporary, upon whom an enrolling officer
recently made a call, give tbe following among
other reasons, why he should be exempted :
''Our early military education has been sadly
neglected, and therefor we fear we must prove an
unprofitable soldier. Our eyesight is very defective, and at the sound of artillery we are very
apt to be troubled witb a weakness of the knees.
We have been troubled witb a weakness of tho
back from our infancy, and sinoe we have arrived
at the age of manhood have been Badly afflicted
witb corns. We have conscientious scruples in
regard to the taking of human life, and therefore
would object to shooting down one of our fellow- '
citizens, without at least a good cause, such as refusing to acknowledge the whole Union and tha
people thereof, as united in one common bond, all
sections being equal, witb tbe exception of tbe
Abolitionists, who shall be given a lair field to
fight out tbeir difficulties among themselves. Wa
are opposed to tbe carrying of deadly weapons
and most solemnly protest against their being
forced upon our shoulders. We are slow on foot
and would labor under great disadvantages in a
retreat. Taking all iu all, we cannot but think
that tbe Provost Marshal, il he is a kind, humane
mau, having at heart the good ol his country, as
well as that of bis fellow-beings, will omit our
names when he throws those slips of paper in tba
wheel.
The Rev. Thomas Starr King, now of San Fran-
cis&o, on a late occasion said :
"We bad sent $400,000 in gold to Buffering soldiers at the East—$485,000 rather, through the
blessed influence of Providence and Salmon P.
Chase, and these two were a team when harnessed
together."
This looks as though Starr King had become a
foot as well as profane.
There is many an unfortunate one,
whose heart, like a sunbeam, always ap
pears loveliest ia its breaking asunder. \. ged deserter.
The Life of Oliver Cromwell.—Among tha
other Christmas books for sale in this oity, is tha
life of that holy martyr and beatified saint, Oliver
Cromwell. A most devout and edifying book for
the reading of Christian children! We are surprised that this choice volume ie not accompanied by
the Life of Abraham Lincoln, and the Life of tha
lamented Jobn Brown, whose soul ia now maobing
on tbe track of Cromwell. Three kindred spirits—
Old Noll'pre-eminent of the three* in those qualities which distinguish tbem from the rest of tha
human race—they ought to he united in the memory of their admirers, as tbey are likely te be in
tbat shining immutability wblce awaits shuch
characters in another state. In all soberness, have
the Yankees taken Richmond, than the life of that
hideous Puritan, Oliver Cromwell, Ib to be tburst
in our face at this season of the year? Id the name
of all that is pure and merry in tbese holidays
keep the sour visages of the Puritan field out et
oar way till Christmas is over.—[Richmond Dis-
patoh, Deo. 23.
—A respectable citizen of Cincinnati
by the name of Armstrong,hasbeen fiDed
$100 -and«ent to prison for six months
for  harboring  his  own   son, an alle>
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