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LOS  ANGELES,  CAL.,  SATUEDAY,  AUGUST  6,  1864.
NO.  14.
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At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Los
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HOTELS.
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THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above
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THE  BEST  HOTEL.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Families can be accommodated with large, airy
rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished.
The Bills of Fare
shatl be Inferior to none in the State.
All the Stages
to and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from
tbis Hotel.
The Bar and Billiard Saloons
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patrons shall find that this house will be carried
on as a first class Hotel ought to be.
Los Angeles, May 31, 1862.
Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets
(OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,)
SAN   FRANOISCO.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the
, Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent
'«$4-'tM Boarder, that he has leased the above well
"ilililififl known aud centrally located Hotel, and intends
f- Aj*v.-4 M 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-farinlsning,
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 homg-like
otels in the State, and-make the
Prices to Suit the Times. w
THE    TABLE
Will be supplied with every delicacy tbe season affords.
Attached to the house are fine BATHING ROOMS for
Ladies or'Gentlemen.
JOHN W. SARGENT, Proprietor.
Dickson, deWolf & Co
OFFER FOR SALE
WHISKIES:
CENTURY—JACOB VAN HORN'S.
EUREKA..
FMMTEBH—WMS. H. DALY'S.
•OCR"   FINE   OLD   RYE.
"AAA"   VERY OLD AND CHOICE.
VALLEY—WM.  H.  DALY'S—IN CASES.
—ALSO,—
WM. H. DALY'S CLUB HOUSE GIN.
THE above WHISKIES are all copper distilled,
from the choicest selected Rye, and are never
offered in the market within three years after their
distillation.   The stock now on hand is
From Four to Eight Years Old.
These brands of Whisky have been favorably
known in California during the last six years, and
the constantly increasing demand for them attests
to their excellence and uniformity of quality.
Tbey are commended to the trade as among the
purest imported into this market.
Por Sale by aU tile principal Dealers In this
City.  ' 	
,    DICKSON, DEWOLF & CO,
feb28 Sole Agents, San Francisco.
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All kinds of MILITARY GOODS imported to order.
Swords. Belts, and Presentation Swords got up in the
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Address,
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A.B. CHAPMAN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
Building, near  the Land
OFFICE in Temple's
Office.
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S.   HELLMAN,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
MAIN STREET, Los Angeles,
— DEALER IN —
Books and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fancy Ooods, _Ec.
CIRCULATING  LIBRARY.
GARDEN SEEDS.
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Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
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Office hours, 9 to 12, m ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
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IMPORTERS,
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French,   English   and   American
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PHINEAS BANNING,
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AGENT,
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TQMON8QN
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aprll-1863.
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(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACHER & CO,)
— Wholesale   and   Retail   Dealer  In —
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Syrups, Bitters, Cordials,
ALE,  POB.TSH, AUTO  CIGARS,
Main street, Los Angeles, Cal.
T*0"ESX?V   GOODS
J. L. Morris & Bro.,
Have pleasure in announcing to tbe publio
and their old patrons,
That they have Re-Opened at their
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and have imported a new and extensive
assortment of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
FANCY and DOMESTIC GOODS,
which they offer for sale at reduced
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FOB
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
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ON and after the first of April, and until further
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office of the Company, corner of Front and Jackson streets. '__   _     „
dec9 J. WHITNEY, Jr., President.
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C CHA.DNCY BURR, Editor.
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despotism which reigns at Washington,
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official historical records of our country. .....
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DS&MOCUAT1C  STATE  CONVENTION.
At an adjourned meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee, held on the 21st day of July, A.D. 1864
the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Democratic State Convention heretofore called for August 16th, 1864, for the purpose of nominating an electoral ticket, be and the same is hereby
postponed until WEDNESDAY, the SEVENTH day of SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1864, to meet at San Francisco.
On motion, it was ordered that R. R. provines, the Cor"
responding Secretary, be instructed to address the Chairman of the respective County Democratic Central Committees informing them of the action of this Committee.
The former order of the Committee is as follows :
Resolved, That it is hereby recommended that the delegates to said State Convention be by their respective
counties authorised to meet in separate District Conven
tions, and nominate candidates for .Congress for their respective districts at the same time and place.
Resolved, That the qualification of participants in the
selection of delegates to said Convention shall be: That
they shall support the platform and nominees of the
National Democratic Convention, to be held at Chicago,
on the 29th of August.
Resolved, That the apportionment of delegates to said
State Convention shall be as follows:
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
Counties. Vole. No.Del.
Alameda  804 6
Alpine    —> 3
Amador 2064 11
Butte 1490 8
Calaveras 2029 11
Colusa... 564 4
Coso      8 '
Contra Costa  534 4
DelNorte ;K7. 152 2
ElDorado ,-»v&S139 12
Fresno  378 3
Humboldt  196 2
Klamath  199 2
Lake     267 3
Lassen ••   8
LosAngeles  982 6
Marin .V..TT!?/!;   489 8
Mariposa  921 6
Mendocino  571 4
Merced  829 3
Mono ..,.  695 4
Monterey  507 4
Napa  660 4
Nevada .1756 10
Placer 1620 9
Plumas 766 6
Sacramento.... 1944 11
San Bernardino  376 3
SanDiego >lM, 132 'i
' SanFrancisco .:.»452 28
San Joaquin 1473 8
San Luis Obispo  219 2
San Mateo  340 3
Santa Barbara 148 2
Santa Clara 1526 9
Santa Cruz •  403 3
Shasta  617 8
Sierra .1803 8
Siskiyou  999 6
Solano '..1124 7
Sonoma 1712 10
Stanislaus     399 8
Sutter   679 4
Tehama  453 8
Trinity  604 4
Tuolumne 1923 11
Tulare  716 6
Yolo .x.   768 6
Yuba 1393 8
CHARLES L. WELLER, Chairman.
W. D. Sawyer, Secretary.
A Proclamation from a  Presidential Joker.
THE LOVED AND LOST.
The loved and lost!    Why do we call them lost?
Because we miss Ihem on our onward road !
God's unseen angel o'er our pathway crost,
Looked on us all, and loving tbem tbe most,
Straightway relieved them from life's weary load
They are not lost.   They are within the door
Tbat shuts out loss, and every hurtful thing—
With angels bright, and loved ones gone belore,
In their Redeemer's presence evermore,
And God himself their Lord, aod Judge, and
King.
And this we oall a " loss!"   O, Belfish sorrow
Of selfish hearts!   O, we of little faith !
Let us look round, argument to borrow
Why we in patience sbould await the morrow
That surely must sucoeed Ihis uight of death.
Aye, look npon this dreary desert path,
The thorns and thistles whereso'er we turn,
What trials and wbat tears, wbat wrongs and wrath
\\ bat struggles and wbat strife tbe journey halhl
Tbey have escaped from these:   aud lo!  we
mourn.
Ask the poor sailor, when the wreck Is done,
Who with his treasures strove the shore to reach,
While with tbe raging waves he battled on,
Was it not joy, where every joy seemed gone,
To see his loved ones landed ou the beach 2
A poor wayfarer, leading by the hand
A little child, bad baited by the well
To wash from off her feet the clinging sand,
And tell the tired boy of that bright land
Where, this long journey past, they longed to
dwell.
When lo! the Lord, who many mansions had,
Drew near, and looked npon lhe suffering twain,
Then pitying spake, "Give me the little lad ;
In strength renewed, and glorious beauty clad,
I'll bring him with me when I come again."
Did she make answer selfishly and wrong—
"Nay, but the woesl feel he, too, must share!"
Or, rather, bursting into grateful song,
She went her way rejoicing, and made strong
To struggle on, since he was freed, from care.
We will'iflo likewise ; death bath made no breach
In love and sympathy, in hope and trust;
No outward sign or sound our ears can reach,
But there's an inward, spiritual speeoh,
That greets us still, though mortal tongues be
dUEt.
It bids ns do the work that they laid down—
Take up the song where they broke off the strain;
So journeying till we reached the heavenly town,
Where are laid up our treasures and our crown,
And our loBt loved ones will be found again.
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The King of Sweden, who is a member of a society of engravers in Paris, has lately sent to them
a very splendid line engraving which he executed
in his leisure moments.
Semi-Annum. Appobtionmbst qf ths School
Fund.—By tbe report of Mr. Swett, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, it appears tbat the
July apportionment of the* School Fund allows
$1 14 to each white pupil, the census not including any others.     -....
Secretary Stanton said that Grant was master of
ilia .situation. Good! Every previous General in
the situation of commander has unfortunately bad
Stanton for his master.
A wag offers to bet that if a Confederate bullet
had eyes it could not find Ben. Butler ia a six
weeks hunt.	
Rude White Boy.—"Clear tha track, nigger 1"
Small American Citizen of African Descent—
"Now you jus' lull me lone.   I guess  you'll  wish
you was a nigger yourself afore dis war's over."
Abraham's instructions sto his provost marshals.
1. As your office is one lhat is unknown to the
Constitution ofthe United States, and to tbe Constitution of tbe State, you must endeavor to impress the people as much as possible with tbe dignity and importance of your official position, by
evincing as much contempt as you cau forthe
foolish, old fashioned laws of the States* which are
now entirely obsolete, being unfitted for the exigencies of the time.
2. You are to spoak continually, and In all
places, of the "odious," hinfamous," "execrable,''
"infernal," and "damnable" doctrines of State
Rights.
3. Never under any circumstances, allude to the
Constitution ; and if you hear the word on any
man's lips, arrest him immediately.
4. It is a disloyal pratice for any man to allude
to the exploded mode of trial by jury. Arrest all
sucb.
5. Accuse all Democrats ot every crime under
heaven, and if the scoundrels presume to argue
with you, arrest them.
6. All who talk about liberty of speech aud
presB are traitors—arrest all sucb.
7. All who prate about the 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
suoh disloyal practices.
9. Use, whenever you can, the ear-tickling
words, loyal, and "supporting the Government,''
but always in such a way as to mean the subversion of tbe miserable old Government, aod the
support ol my new system. If yon 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
such.
11. It is a disloyal practice for any man to speak
ofthe size of my feet, or otherwise to allude tome
execpt in praise of my personal beauty, and of my
emancipation policy.   Arrest them.
12. If you hear any man say that I know better
how to tell stories than to oonduct the affairs of
tbe nation, he is disloyal.
13. If you hear any man allude with respect to
the ridiculous article, in tbe old constitution,
which protects citizens from unreasonable searches
and seizures, anest him instantly. If you find no
contraband letters and documents about him, it
will be proof that he has taken tbe precaution to
destroy them, and will be sufficient evidence of his
guilt.   Lock him up.
14. It is opposing the Government for any man
to Bay tbat the Abolitionists ought to enlist to
belpdosome ot the fighting. Arrest all sucb
traitors.
15. Arrest aay body you please, and if any man
complains arrest bim, for be is disloyal, and an
enemy to tbe Government.
lfi. If anybody should blow your brains out
while attempting an "illegal arrest," tell the devil
that you died serving me. He will reward you
accoidingly.— Old Guard.
Return of Mr. Vallandlgliam.
Mr. Vallandlgham has returned to Ohio. Iu doing this he had done right; the only bad feature
of it being tardiness. He should never have respected tbe ukase of bis expatriation. He should
at the first opportunity, have thrown himself upon
his rights as an American citizen, and have presented squarely the issue between the despotic acts
ofa mere individual and the constitutional rights
of a citizen of this Republic.
Wbo banished Mr. Vallandigbam? Was it a
properly constitued court ot law before which he
was brought by established processes, aod his guilt
properly substantiated, and as a conclusion of
whioh hd was found guilty by a jury of his peers
and thereafter punished by "banishment" as provided by law ? Not at all. Who banished him ?
Mr. Lincoln—and who is Mr. Lincoln who thus, in
person, or through bis agents, takes upon himself
the part ol Sheriff, Judge and Jury ? He is nobody
in these capacities—a mere individual—a mere
John Smith, beariug no more extended relations to
society than any other John Smith. Should his
acts as an individual be respected, then ? No; and
therefore Mr. Vallandigham, who was banished by
Mr. Lincoln, the individual, the mere man, does
right when he refuses to obey any order issued by
Mr. Lincoln. ,
The question for Mr. Vallandigham is. not one
of resistance to law, but of adherence to law and
resistance to tyranny. He was not banished by
law ; no Court had taken cognizance ot his case ;
he was not tried or sentenced by a legally constituted tribunal.   He   was  simply  kidnapped and
taken out of tbe country by a posse acting under
no valid authority.
It a body of ruffians under the leadership of some
Bill Jones, Tom. Smith or Abe Lincoln, should
come to Chicago and seize some citizen and hurry
him off to some secluded plaoe, and tbere in a
court with Judge Lynch presiding, should sentence tbe citizen to be hung, or to be sent to Canada, and should proceed tb carry that sentence Into effect, tbey would do precisely what was done
some mouths since by a posse of men to Mr. Vallandigham. Would that citizen be thought guilty
of disobedience to law if he should refuse to stay
In Canada, whither he was banished by these ruffians? No; nor Is Mr. Vallandigham any more
guilty of disobedience to law when he refuses to
stay where he was sent by a body of irresponsible
men. *' "f"'
If Mr. Linooln ohooses to attempt to arrest Mr.
Vallandigham and again send him out of the
country, a question will be raised in which every
citizen in the Republic is interested, lt is whether the Constitutional rights of tbe citizen can be
abrogated by the will of a mere individual; it ts,
in short, whelher the Constitution or the simple
will of.a despot is supreme. It can be settled now
as well aa ever; it is better to settle'it now, fcrIP
tbe country submits longer to attempts to suppress
the freedom of the press and the citizen, we will
yield ourselves to a tyranny which in a little while
will reduce thia people to a condition more infamous and degrading than the Helotism iu ancient
Sparta.
If Mr. Lincoln Is wise, he will not attempt further usurpations; the people bave borne much already, and the time iB close at hand when a further endurance will cease to be either a virtue or a
\ possibility.— Chicago Times.
Lincoln nnd Johnson.
The age of statesmen is gone; tha age ot rail-
epliters and tailors, of buffoons, boors and fanatics,
has succeeded. God furbid that we should reproach
Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Johnson with tbe narrowness
of their early ciroumstanoes, which precluded opportunities of culture. Bnt when men are proposed for the highest and most responsible offices ia
tbe Republic, there necessarily arises the question
relating iu part to training and antecedents, but
turning, in tbe main, oo the possession of present
qualifications. The problems presented for solution within the next four years are more complex
and difficult, they require a larger grasp and
deeper penetration, than any whioh have ever
been offered to the consideration of statesmen.—
But Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Johnson are both men of
medioore talents, neglected education, narrow
views, deficient information, and coarse, vulgar
manners. A statesman ia presumed to be a man
of some depth of thought and extent of knowledge; profoundly versed, if not iu history, at
least in the policy, resources, and aims of all tho
leading contemporary governments of tha world;
in the character, qualifications, and idiosyncrasies
of their publio men; and in the bearings of tbeir
most important measures and projects on the development of commerce, the growth qf civilization
and the progress or retardation of free principles
of government. It Ib needless io say that neither
'n this sense, nor in any high sense, are the Republican nominees statesmen, Except a superficial knowledge of oar domestio politics, such" as
may be ploked up in the newspapers and in intercourse with the vulgar herd of office-seekers, Mr.
Lincoln and Mr Johnson have no attainments to
distingush them from the mass of ordinary citizens.
That a country whose Jurisprudence bas been
adorned by Marshall, Kent, Story; whose diplomacy boasts of such names as Franklin, Jefferson,
the Adamses,Cling, Webster; whose finances hava
been mauaged by Hamilton, Gallatin, Taney;
whose congressional debate! have borrowed
luster from the eloquence of Adams, Clay,
Calhoun; whose chief magistracy baa beeu
tilled by Washington aud an unbroken succession of illustrious statesmen down to Van
Buren, and by many able men since;—tbat
this oountry, with so proud a record, should now
be reduoed to suoh intellectual poverty as to havo
presented to it two such names as Abraham Lin*
coin and Andrew Johnson for its highest stations,
>n the most trying crisis of its history, is it cruel
mockery, a bitter humiliation.
Tbe only merit we oan discover in this Baltimore ticket is tbe merit of consistency; irk all of
a piece; tbe tail does not shame the head, nor the
bead shame the tail. A rail-splitting buffoon and
and a boorish tailor, both growing up in uncouth
iguoranoe, they would afford a grotesque subjeot
for a satiric poet, who might celebrate tbem ia
such strains as Dean Swift bestowed on Whistoa
and Ditton or Aristophanes ou tbat servilve demagogue, Hyperbolas. We degrade our highest offices as the free ropublics of antiquity scorned to degrade even their political punishments. Whea
tbe ostracism by which illustrious statesmen like)
Aristides, Themistocles, aud Alolbiades were banished, at lengnnell on a man of au origin and
character similar to the Baltimore candidates,
namely, oif'the aforesaid Hyperbolus, tbe proud
and high spirited Greeks abolished tho ostracism
which had beeu thus debased. But we are less
jealous of the honor of our highest offices than
they were of the method by which they set tha
pretensions of their statesmen aside.
If the Republican party, having weighed Sew*
ard and the rest of their statesmen in the balance
and tonnd them wanting, are too poor in talent to
present from civil life any more commanding
names tban those they have selected at Baltimore
they might at least have shown a grateful appreciation of the merits of our distinguished soldiers. Io point of intellect and statesmanship it
wonld be bard to find among our educated 'generals men of smaller caliber than the actual candidates; while the luster of arms would have shed- A
dignity on the ticket which might have rescued it
from the oontampt of intelligent men. Tbe military feeling of tbe country, never so active and
pervading as now, will refuse to keep step to tha
music of this ticket. A popular candidate from
the army will take from tha Baltimore nominees
all support, except suoh as can be controlled by
fanaticism and shoddy.
In a crisis of the most appalling magnitude, requiring statesmanship of the highest order, the
country is asked to consider the claims of two ignorant, boorish, third-rate, backwoods lawyers, for
the highest stations in the government. Suoh
nominations, io such a conjuncture, are an Insult
to the common sense of the people. God save the
Republio '.—New York World.
m*> " *» " ««»» '
Wine Making in Connecticut.—I am surprised
to find in the course of my drives back in tha
country, how many of our old time farmers aro.
applying themselves iu a modest and aomewhat
fugitive way, to wine making. It is true they
bring under contribution a great many fox swamp
varieties and are not very careful in regard to
ripeness; but faults of acidity they correct by a
heavy sugaring, whicb gives an innocent and
bouncing per centage of alcohol. I think tbe development of thia borne manufacture has beeu
quickened by Maine laws, heavy import duties,
and by a growing reluctance on the part of the
heads of families to carry a demijobn in the wagoa
I also hear the home produot commended by the
old gentlemen manufacturers, as 'warming to the
in'ards ;' and in large doses, I should think It
might be. Their town customers for tbis beverage
Bre mostly exceedingly serious and sedate people
who have a comical way of calling home made winea
"pure juice. Aud pray wby should not sedate
people enjoy the good things of life, oall tbem by
what name they will? I know an exceedingly
worthy man who never buys his cider exoept of a
deacon;  and he buys it very often.—Vce Marvel.
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