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NO. 1.
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HOTELS.
tasiwss Carts.
M.   CAHAN,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry,
Carefully repaired and warranted, at S. HELL-
MAN'S HOOK STORE,. No. 2 Temple's Block,
Main street. Ieb27.
A. €. RUSSELL.,
ATTORNEY  AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
OFFICE—In the   "STAR"  BUILDING.   Spring
street, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Jan. 16th, 1864. tf.
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
1.0 S    A. NO K LBS,
JOHN KING & HCSBYHAMMEL,
Proprietors.
THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above
named Hotel, wish to assure their friends
aad 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 lurnisbed.
Tiie Bills of Fare
shall be inferior to nooe in the State.
All the Stages
to and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from
this Hotel.
Tiie 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 ou.ht to be.
Los Angelea, May 31, 1862.
J. J. MURPHr, PROPRIETOR.
THE SUBSCRIBER having leased the
above house, wishes to assure his Iriends
a and the traveling public, that lie will en-
M'iit'l'a deavor to keep the WILLOW GROVE
HUUoE
A    FIRST    CLASS    HOTEL.
This House is balf a mile East of the Town of
Lexington, 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 ventilated. The bar is well supplied with tbe
best of LIQUORS and CIGARS.
Attached to the Hotel is a large STABLE and
Corral, where the best of HAY, BdRLEY and
CORN is k-pt for pale and feed. This is the
only place where there is plenty of water.
.J. J. MURPHY.
Et. Montr. Oct. 25. 1863. oct31-tf
THIS HOTEL, newly opened, in the principal place of business in EL MONTE, is
resigned for the  ACCOMMODATION   of
 I TRAVELERS on the road from Los  Angeles to Sau Bernardino and the Colorado River.
Animals are well taken care of at tbe
STABKB AIUB*  HAY-YAB.D,
Whioh ia abundantly supplied with WATER,
and where FEED can always be obtained on reasonable terms.
J. W.  EVANS,
M. F. Q,U1NN..
El Monte, Sept. 28, 1863.
£
Gor. Sansome and Halleck Streets
(OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THE4TBE,)
SAN   FRANCISCO.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the
Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent
Boarder,  that he has leased the above  well
B known and uentraHy located Hotel, and intends
1 fl keeping it as
A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE,
r-r-A* Moderate Prices.
Ia the last three months tnere has been expended a
arge amount in
Re-modeling and Re-ftarnlshlng,
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 ifl 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.
■PHES    TABLE
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.
KTOTIOE.
B.   S.   GR A 7
TOtJLD respectfully inform the public, that he is prepared to perform all services pertaining to the interment of deceased pera ns. He will attend to the laying out o'f 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 attended to.
3S-3T. B.—All orders for DIGGING GRAVES, muM be
left atjthe earliest moment possible.
Loa Angeles, June 13,1863.
CLARK'S
INDELIBLE PENCILS.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
For Marking Linen.
Por sale by the gross, at
305 Montgomery street, Room No.
:2, San Francisco.
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W. HOLT.
GEORGE H. HOWARD,
DBMTIST,
TEMPLE'S   BLOCK,
ENTRANCE on MAIN and SPRING Sts.
Los Angeles, Jan. 30th, 1864. 2m.
A.B. CHAPMAN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
OFFICE in Temple's   Building, near   the Land
Offioe. ' aug29
S.   HELLMAN,
TEMPLE'S  BLOCK,     V'
MAIN STREET, Los Angelea,
— DEALER IN —
Books and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fancy Poods, &c.
CIRCULATING  LIBRARY.
GARDEN SEEDS.
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PHYSIC1 AN AND S.URGEON,
Office, CITY DRUG STQRE,
Main street, Los Angeles.
Office hours, 9 to 12, m ; 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 BANKING,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION
AGENT,
New San Pedro and Los Angeles.
TOMUNSON   A   0©.
F0RWARIMG AND COMMISSION
:mdes:eio:ei.___._j_"__,s,
LOS ANGELES ANO SAN PEDRO.
aprll-1863.
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WINES AND LIQUORS,
Syrups, Bitters, Cordials,
_____3,  PORS22K, AXs?B  CIGARS,
SMSain street, Los Angeles, Cal.
GEO. W. CHAPIN & CO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st,,
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT   OFFICE   AMD
GENERAl^AGENCY.
Furnish all kinds of help for Families, Hotels,
Farmers, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops
ke.
Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend to
business in that line. (eb22
Aug. Stcermer
GUNSMITH,
MAIN   STREET,
Opposite the BELLA UNION HOTEL.
—DEASLER IN—
SHOT GUNS, RIFLES & PISTOLS.
—ALSO,—
In Gun Materials and Sporting
Implements.
Also, CAPS, POWDER, &c. &c.
SHOT GUNS ANO RIFLES, RESTOCKED.
Orders from the country (Sromptly attended to.
All work done in a workmanlike manner, and
uaranteed.
TERM*. CASH. fe
Notice to  Creditors.
Estate of CONCEPCION E. PENDLETON, Deceased.
[From tbe Day Book,]
The Invader* Conquered. .
BT GERSHON WIDORN.
NOTICE 19 HEREBY GljVEN, by the undersigned. Executor of th'e above named estate
to the creditors of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit the same witb
the necessary vouchers, within ten months Irom
thesfirst publication of this notioe, to the undersigned at his offioe in San Diego, County ot San
Diego, California.
Geo. A. PENDLETON, Exeoutae.
San Diego, April 2d, 1864. apr9-4w.
Though conquest be tbe invader's aim,
He's oft the conquered In the game.
So Carthage, once so fierce and grand,
Had almost swept the Roman's land ;
But still for Fabius fortune turned,
And Carthage In ber ruins burned.
Napoleon first witb wondrous sway,
Dethroned old kings and monarchs gray ;
All Europe shook at power unbounded,
And each his brothers, too, was crowned ;
Bnt yet, when forture ceased to smile,
He died on lone Saint Helen's Isle
Now direst ills that man ean dread,
Are plagues, and wars, and lack ot bread ;
And, heaven be praised, no plagnes are jiear;
But war, ob 1 war, how came it here ?
Yes war, that withering, burning scourge,
What can we for its presence urge?
Wbat but to blot, destroy, deface
All rank but with tbe oolored race ?
Now Antius pause, to waste of life,
To section conflict who bas bid her ?
And who has caused tbis deadly strife?
Its rise for years now pray consider.
And now although we're sure invading,
Our credit's d ran and armies fading :
And France and Carthage in tbeir fate,
May stare us in the face too late.
"IJ   » » «   E»"
Abraham's  Instructions  to bis   Provost Marshall*.
1. As your office is one that is unknown to the
Constitntion of tbe United States and to tbe Constitution of ibe state, you most endeavor to impress
the people as jauch as possible witb the dignity
and importance of your official possition, by evincing as much contempt as you can for the foolish
old-fashioned laws of the States, which are now
entirely obsolete, being unfitted for the exigencies
of tbe times.
2. You are to speak continually, and in all
places of the'odious,' infamous,' 'execrable,''infernal,' and'damnable, doctrines of State  rights.
3. Never, under any circumstances, allude to the
Constitution; and if you bear the word on any
man's lips, arrest him immediately.
4. It is disloyal practice for any man to allude
to tbe exploded mode of trial by jury. Arrest all
sueh.
5. Accuse all Democrats of every crime under
(leaven, aod if tbe scoundrels presume to argue
with vou. arrest them.
6. All wbo talk about liberty oi speech and
press are traitors—arrest all such.
7. All who prate about tbe habeas corpus are
enemies of the Government—arrest them.
8. Studiously avoid the word freedom except as
applied to negroes. Arrest all who are guilty of
such disloyal practice.
9. Use, whenever you can, the ear-tickling
words, 'loyal," and "supporting the Government."
but always in sucb a way as to mean the subver-
tion of tbe miserable old system. If you hear any
man use the words in any other connection, arrest him.
10. It is opposing the Government for any man
to speak of restoring the Union as it was. Arrest
suob.
11. It is a disloyal praotice for any man to
speak of tbe size of my feet.'or otber wise to allude
to me, except in praise of my personal beauty and
of my emancipation policy. Arrest tbem.
12. If you bear any man say tbat I know better
bow to tell stories than how to condut tbe affaire
of the nation, be is disloyal.
13. If you hear any man allude with respect to
the ridiculous article io the old Constitution,
wbicb protects citizens from unreasonable searches
and seizures, arrest him instantly. If you find no
contraband letters and documents abcut bim, it
will be a proof tbat be has taken the precaution to
destroy tbem, and will be sufficient evidence of his
guilt.   Lock bim up.
14. It Is oppossiner tbe Government for any
man to say that the Abolitionists ought to enlist
to help do some of the fighting. Arrest all such
traitors.
15. Arrest anybodyyou please, and if any man
complains, arrest bim, for he is desloyal, and an
enemy to the Government.
16. If anybody should blow your brains out
while making an "illegal arrest/' tell the devil
tbat you died serving me. He will reward yon
accordingly.— W. F. Old Guard.
Nigger Worship—Official from tbe Ritual,
The following "Prayer," we give as we find it
approvingly quoted in tbat "official" Nigger organ, the Warsaw New York:
" Our Father .who art in Washington : Abraham be tby name; thy victory won, will be done,
at the Sonth as at the North ; give us this day our
dally rations of pork and crackers ; and forgive our
shortcomings as we forgive our quartermasters; tor
thine is the power, the soldiers and the negroes, for
the space of four years more.   Amen."
from "reliable" authority, and as a fitting accompaniment, we add the amended Ten Commandments:
1. Take heed that Sambo ever be
The god to which thou bowest tbe knee.
2. To every soldier grant permission
To vote—ty he vote for Abolition.
3. Imprison all who cannot feel
That we should war for tbe Negro's weal.
4. Tbe Habeas Corpus act suspend
When White Men for tbeir rights contend.
5. Enact conscription laws for fear
The Copperheads won't rolnnteer.
6. Bring back the rebs by confiscations
And oaths to abide Abe's Proclamations,
7. That covenant with hell's pollution
Trample on—th' old Constitntion.
8. Curse Democrats—call them Tiaitors,
Copperheads, and Union-hatets.
9. Let greembacks legal tender be,
And b ess their maker, Salmon P.
10. The civil courts set thou aside;
By martial law men must be tried.
The   Treatment of Northern Prisoners.
Tbe following brief paragraph appeared in the
Herald of the 13th instant:
"Colonel Sanderson, just released from tbe
Libby Prlsgn, at Richmond, states that lhe number of deaths amongst tbe Union prisoners on
Belle Isle reported have been greatly exaggerated.
He wad afforded opportnnites of personally Investigating the matter by tbe rebel authorities,
and counted'the graves in the burying ground on
tbe island, where all tbe prisoners who died on the
island were buried, and found tbe number from
June 1 to November 1 wae eeveuty-eight; and from
November to January, twenty-two aud from January to February, fifteen. The prisoners on tbe
island have suffered severely during tbe winter
months, and tbeir rations have been Insufficient in
quantity and poor in quality, but not so much as
to lead to starvation."
Thus, in a single brief paragraph, are all tbe
horrible stories of the cruel, barbarous aod inhuman treatment of our prisoners in the South
disposed of. Last winter tbe country was lasbed
into a mad fnry by the Abolition press, over alleged stories of starvation, and the savage ferocity of
the southern people was pictured out as|Ned Bunt-
line would describe a bandit or a pirate. Thousands of dollars were subscribed to relieve tbem
from aotual death by starvation, and, at one time,
the whole North was called upon by one ol the
sensation papers of this oity to volunteer to go to
Richmond to relieve the prisoners from their barbarous captors. Even a Senator in Congress offered a resolution to accept a million of men for
ni%ety days to carry oat "tbe humane purpose "
of relieving the sufferings of these soldiers.—
Whole columns were written about it and eight-
tenths of the northern people probably believe to
this day all the horrible stories tbat were told.
The few lines we bave quoted, however, disprove,
in a quiet manner, all tbat was said or written.—
Tbe deaths, it will be noticed were surprisingly
few among so large a body of men, and though
much suffering is inevitable,under the circumstances, yet it could not have been very intense without producing a much greater mortally than is
stated to have occurred. How many people will
have their attention called te this paragraph, so
that it will make sufficient impression on their
minds, to remove the former stories of wrong and
outrage? Surely not one In a hundred. The
Abolition papers will pass it by, or publish it without comment leaving the falsehoods they bave industriously circulated to remain in the minds cf their
readers as historical facts.
We have recently come in pessesslon of certain
information, whicb leads us to believe that all tbe
starvation stories, &c. which were circulated last
winter, were deliberately planned and gotten up in
Washington, in order to keep alive and s.imulate
the war feeling! The editor of a certain Washington paper told a gentleman in this city connected with tbe press, and whose opinions on the war
he somewhat misapprehended, that there was to be
a period of repose for the armies, tbat many soldiers would receive furloughs to go home, and in
the meantime, the press must use every exertion
to keep up the war feeling. It is, therefore, placed beyond a reasonable doubt that the Richmond
starvation stories were deliberately concocted and
set afloat to deceive and exasperate the northern
people. They are now known to be false, and the
authorities at Washington must have known they
were false at the very time they were circulating
them, for they had every opportunity to become
acquainted with the facts. Can the human mind
conceive of anything more inhuman than thus torturing a people into a phrensy,' as tho matador
with his red flag does the bull in a bull fight, in order that they may accomplish their own wicked and
selfish party purposes? When will the people
understand tbat the party in power is playing upon
tbeir passions and goading them on in a war, which,
if sober reason and sound judgment could once more
have sway, would not last a single day.—Day Book.
A New Discovery.
We bave just made a discovery. We have been
wondering why «o many Democrats thought, or
seemed to think, it necessary to take up eome
military man as a candidate for President. The
profound idea waB derived from Thurlow Weed.
It is as follows :—The Democracy have always
been the war party of thecountry. Geoeral Taylor was aken up and rushed into tbe Presidency
on the strength of his popularity obtained in the
Mexican war; ergo Grant McClellan, or Sherman,
are just the men for the present occasion. Mow if
the war were popular—if it were founded on Dem-
cratlc ideas and principles, tbere would be some
propriety in taking a representative of it for a
presidential candidate. Thousands of the people
bave been beguiled or deluded into the support of
the present war because all onr former wars have
been popular. But it sbould be remembered that
all our former wars were Democratic wars, and
tbat they were opposed by the present party—tbe
very men wbo have now involved onr country in
tbis sanguinary civil strife. Tbe men in favor of
civil war—those who have alwayB proved themselves the enemies of their country in foreign wars
are the very ones now to gloat over the slaughter
and destruction of their brethern. The very reae-
ons why our former wars were popular, are the
ones why this is unpopular. The very reasons
why publio opinion opposes tbese wars will con*
stltute tbe very ones why history will condemn
this one, and hold np all its aiders and abettors to
the condemnation of humanity. Our former wars
have been to vindicate atid sustain the principles
of self-government—defensive and not agressive.
Even when Mexico was conquered and humbled
■t oar feet, we did not aek her to give up ber laws
or ber Institutions, simply demanded that she
sbould pay ber honest debts. When sbe did tbat
we left ber to herself. Now, however, we seek
not only to deprive a people of their right of self-
government, bnt to destroy their local lews and
state institutions. The first is anti-Republican,
the latter damnable.   No one in   favor   of either
oan be a Democrat or even nnderstan
as we have learned Democracy.—Day Book.
■inooracy
The New   Hampshire   Election—How It Was
Done.
The election in New Hampshire was carried
practically by force. The object was effected completely by force and bribery combined. Those
who have bad means of information allege that
tbe administration sent 6000 soldiers Into tba
State. It seems quite certain that not less than
4000 actually arrived. Tbe soldiers, promised •
holiday, accepted tbeir furloughs and voted aa
ihey were directed. No democrats were permitted
to come home. This was as plain farce applied to
to the election, as if a bayonetted squad bad attended every poll. It is as roundly asserted that
the administration spent not less than halt a million of money in transportation of troops and for
purchase ot votes, fry Boston Courier.
Very well, tben; why do Democrats, so-called,
keep on supporting tbe war and voting men and
money "to carry «lections" in tbis way? They
know tbat more power ia Lincoln's bands means
more votes—means a perpetuation of his wicked
policy? Why, for tbis reason solely, so far as we
bave ever beard, that to give ap the war, tbey say
seems to conseot to disnnioo I Wbat a fallaey ! II
is war tbat is disunion. Suppose wa were to have
peace to-morrow, would we not bave more ot a
Union than we have to-day ? We'could bave Intercourse between tbe sections. That would bo
one step in advance of the present condition ol
affairs. We could take the views of al) parties.—
That wonld be another step towards Union, for
there can be no Union except it presupposes an
Interchange of sentiments.
Peace itself would be tbe very step towardi
Union, aa war was tbe very first act in tbe pro.
gramme of disunion. Tbe people must be made
to understand that a Union can be obtained
through peace, and only through peace. Why,
then do we read the arrant nonsense in the War
Democratic papers tbat to stop the war is to consent to disnnion ? It Is the story of tbe abolition
papers tbat subservient Democrats repeat, without
even so much as thinking for a moment of its niter absurdity. Tbe simple truth is, that tbe war
is, and has been from tbe beginning, the sole and
only obstacle to reonlon, and every day, every
hour of its continuance, is digging tbe gnlf between the sections wider and wider. Why, then,
do Democrats support It for a single moment ? II
ought to be anthexlzed and execrated as the curse
ef our country—as the Invention of the devil or
the abolitionists, perhaps both, to ruin onr land,
destroy the fairest institutions of liberty that the
world ever saw, to bring about tbe dismemberment of tbe States, and by driving tbe people into
anarchy, induee them, in their madness and desperation, to welcome even a despot as a refuge
from social confusion aod cbaos. No Democrat
can support a policy whicb tends to sucb a result.
—V. Y. Day Book.
The Democracy Moving.—From ever/ portion
of tbe State we bear evidence ot tbe vitality of
tbe Democratio party. Club meetings, Connty
Conventions, and bold and out spoken sentiments of tbe opposition to the rnling party and
the mad policy whicb rules the boor, show tbat
Democrats are resolved to make a united effort at
the ballot box, to preserve tbe princeless heritage
of Americans—Constitutional liberty, Uuder tba
presenty regime and cloaked by tbe specious pretext of suppressing a rebellion, tbe landmark established by the founders of onr Government, and
whioh distinguished it from the despotism of tbe
old world are fast fading from view. With the
experience ofthe past three years fresh in eur memories, wbat new outrages may we not expect under a repetition of a Presidential, or rather Dictatorial term of the same partizan stripe. Tha
nicely balanced system between State sovereignty
and National obligations Is fast being swept away
before tbe advancing steps of a revolutionary
party, wbo propose to establish on tbe ruins of Iks
Government tbey destroy, a centralized despotism
bound by no ties of fraternity, bnt united by force
—sustained by tbe bayonet. Outrages, snch aa
bave been consummated by tbe party in power,
have shaken empires to the centre—cost kings
tbeir crowns and tbrones. Tbe assumption of
power whetted a dagger for Caesar, and begot
a Cromwell for Charles. Fortunately we still
bave left to us a quiet but no less potent weapon
of redress—the ballot-box. To exercise the sacred right of suffrage, and to see tbat threats and
intimidations shall deter no man from the free exercise of this prerogative, sbould be our first care.
To this end and for the harmonious and concerted
action, the work of organization bas been commenced, aod tbe signs of tbe times are favorable
for a vigorous and successful campaign.—Mariposa Free Press.
California Advancing Backwards.—RepublI-
canism and extravagace are synonymous, or rather convertible terms. While tbe party in thia
Slate is immensely patriotic it rnns its fingers Into
the people's pockets to tbe elbow. The last feal
of the ground and lofty tumbling is enormous
State, city and county taxation—greater now than
ever before. But wbat It true of the laat Legislature Is equally true of Congress. How to grind
out the heaviest taxes and create an army of tax
gatherers, Is tbe substantial policy ot tbis modern
abolition miscegenation, regeneration, reformation
party. Tbe country Is making "history" and
bankruptcy spite of itself. When wllliteud?—
Demo ci a tic Prezs.
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"In the Hands of Abraham Lincoln P*
When the terrific explosion occurred
on SNew Year's evening an old lady,
who with her husband had retired, waa
excessively frightened. Her husband,
seeking to calm her, said, "Woman, be
still. It may be thunder; it may by an
earthquake. We are in the hands of
Abraham Lincoln. What everhe6ends
upon us, we must take !*%
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