Oil, BE WOT THE FIRST.
Oil 1 be. not tli- lir.-i.  to discover
A blot on Hit? lame of b iriend,
A flaw ifi lhe (kith of a lover,
Whose li-ru-i-t may prove true Lo Ul" end
We none of in know one another,
Ami eft lolo error ore fell ;
Than 1st w speak veil of onr brother,
Dr ipettb not about Mai at tAl.
A .ml!,: or a ,-i. 1. fii:iy awaken
BospfofoiM ui ■ ■ - r. Ma bo. nndne,
And thai oar traBel »*$ be ib«S >a
in hearts tbat are bone&t aod true,
How eft 'In- ll«W mrUe of glafloem
Ii worn by lhe friend* thai we meet,
']'n i;ni'iT '1 ■ "'ii '"ll (,l  .1111111:!*",
Xmj proud io acknowledge defeat
How oft-fl the rtfib of dejecfl. n
Is headed from tbe byi>oorlt_'_ breast,
Tn parody irutb and eBVotleo,
Or lull ii suspicion lo n-i-t.
How often 'be Mend ; we bol I tl inreat
Tbeir noblest emotions conceal :
Ami bos -111- lire fniiv  . . -'OC.-f'-l,
Bave secret! tbey cannot revedl.
Leave bate mind. lo harbor joiploJoni
Au'l . iM.11 on-fl to trace oot deleots—
Lol our- be ft noble ambition,
For hew h tbatmlod which BuspeoMi
We none nl' ii- kii'i-.v o-ii- iiiuitli(":r,
Ami oft Into error we (all ;
Then let as-peak well oLpnr brother,
Or speak nut about Iii in at all.
. inri.-i . iii Bnvopa,
The steamer. America. f«un.Li«*-i ', ■*
via   Qtiecnstown, 8th, put  into  Halifax, Dec
lilst,  short of coal; lior  dates arc two   days later.
Tho British government had sent a letter approving tho Course of Com. Williami, tho mail
agent Aboard tho Trent,
Tbo Paris papers assert that tho British gov
_rnineiit, in answer to petitions from the Man
cluster districts., had stated that tho cotton ports
of tho Southern States would bo opened by February at the latest.
The   British   Parliament had   been further   pro
rognod until tho 7 th of January,
It was stated that an order for the purchase of
half a million quarters of wheat had been BSQt to
tho Black Sea ports from London, within the last
four dnys, for present and future use.
Tho British frigate Warrior was taking "60 tons
of coal, preparatory to service on the North American coast. A considerable number of additional
troops  were to be se it lo Canada.
The Hero, carrying eighty-sis gnu?, "'as to leave
Portsmouth on the 1 .tb, for  the North American
The ship Silas Creenman, for New York, having 1,. 00- tons of lend, on board, wn_ stopped in tbe
River Thames, the export of the article having been
prohibited.
The correspondent of the London Daily News,
writing from Paris, says, that it is the very general
opinion that the Patrie, was imperfectly informed
of lhe intentions of the French Government when
it spoke of France joining with England in an armed
mediation.
A large force of engineers will be Immediately
sent to Canada. 100-pound Armstrong gnus are
being rapidly distributed among lhe ships pn-j-nir
ing for sea. The Defiance, an ironplated frigate,
is lo have a crew of 450 men, She will be manned
without the least iliffio.nltv. Tlie Cfnutnl s__..i_;_;__ii_o
cred. The screw steamer Orpheus, carrying 21
guns, called last evening Rt Plymouth Bound —
whence Bite is to convoy the screw transport Melbourne, with troops, arms and stores to tho St.
Lawrence or Halifax.
Tb. London Ilcrnld says that the 1st Battalion of
the Hi flu   llrigade, now stafitmed „(  Dublin, and tl:
1st Battalion  of the   lfiih  Regiment  stationed  at
Sheffield, received orders yesterday to embark.
The Liverpool .Mercury says that the only item
of Importance, tn the latest news from the United
States, is a brief abstract ofthe addressof   President
Davis to the Cimledeiato ('merre's. The address,
it adds, is hopeful and determined in tone, and
shows that a war so stupidly persisted in by the
North, cannot possibly effect the subjugation of the
South.
It is stated that evidence will be laid befor ; the
Kuropoan   Governments   that the blockade of (he
Southern  ports id Ineffectual, and  consequently
illegal.
The London Times, in a city article, says it
must bo kept in view that tbe designs of Mr. Seward arc reported for some time to have been the
cause of disagreement in tlie Washington Cabinet.
That tho decision of the present question, therefore, is not entirely in ihe han.h of that personage.
Later advice, are waked for wilh great anxiety, as
it is aeon that the course of Circumstances may be
much modified by anything that lake phiee between
tho opposing armies In the interval from now to
the arrival ol the British demands. Paris pap,
assort that the dispatches Bent by the British
Government to Lord Lyons, although couched in
moderate language, aro nevertheless indexible
tbeir conclusion) whieh is the restitution of the Commissioners. KH.Ii Is refused, Lord Lyons Is to leave
Washington with all the members of the Legation
The
Itu.irs Movement.
Tile Cincinnati Timesei Deo. 12 'published the
(following reimu-k'- in relation to Qeoeral BueU's
movement upon Bowling Grri eo :
AMength we have, wbat may be regarded a
perfectly n liable assurance, tbat the columns of
General Buell are moving upon Bowling Green.
T:,:-- announcement must obeer the spirits of every
patriot (o tbe land. So long has tbe hope of the
nftl|OI] been de far red, tbat tbe public bearl lias
aickem .1 but _ forward movement is better Late
then never, and tbe i lighte■'■ la lie ition tbat some-
tblDgis tobedone, wtllbsj tyColly welo woe.
General BueU's force Is estimated at irom Blxtjr-
Lbousaad Lc eighty tboosend men, and with this
nnmber, be can push forward witb ooofl leuoe.
X6_ fij.tanc i between Nolln Uredk and Bowling
Green is sixty-three miles, and our troops have
treajos—Bacon Crack and Green river—to cross
The former will pr ;   bape Umaofs, ns
neither wide Dpi deep | but the latter will
snuae Borne delay, as it Is usually too deep to Ford,
[te width Is about Bfty yards, and might be bridged
tbout much  diffiioully  but  from the fact ilia,
ere are ball ad -sen almost Impr igoable i osHions
Domm inding Lbe pike, which it is probable Buck-
forces bav : long ere this occupied, but which
should have bi en seized by our troops.
Green rive;' Is forty eve miles Irom Bowling
Green, and tfie roid is good at all seasons of the
it being a limestone p'.ke. n is probable no
advance will be nre]" beyond IVjodeouvtlfce, sooth
nf the river,   UOtLJ all tho forces   have crossed and
„..,. !>,... Ay I- i ■.:..; .,_> th.lv  Huts of Urai-OH.
A Moody battle is in the prospective, and let its
hope that a signal victory will crown onr sue-e-s
and open tbe way for tbe re-establish mentof the
Union. Gen. Buell is an old i Ulcer, has seen service more than once, and the public has great oou
fid-nee in his energy, ability and discretion.
If our forces get Ave miles beyond Green river-
without falling into nn ambufib, or masked batteries, they will encounter nothing till they reach
Howling Green, unless. Buckner'a whole army
marches out to fight tbem In the open field, whieh
is not probable. The country is comparatively
level, and there are no secret places in which a
foe could lurk; but from Bacon Creek to a place
five miles south ol Woodson ville, there is a constant succession of hills, ravine., and dense forests,
bleb can be fortified with little difficulty, and
wliieh ctjuld alloi'd shiher from otir artillery, anil
prevent any systematic pursuit, even by our in-
i.niiry. In Bach a situation, our cavalry, of course
would be of no service.
CoxntAiiwn'' is- iub DktbioAw Columbia.—
The following order was issued from the Biate Department :
PkpartMSKI OF St&THb )
Washinqtom Uxtt, December -I-, 186L f
To Major-ftenoral Ceo. Ii. McClellan, Watk-
ington— Gkkkral—I inn directed by the President
to call your attention to the following subject:
Persons claimed to be held to service for labor
under the taws of the State of Virginia, and actual
ly employed in hostile service agaiust the Government of the United States, frequently escape From
the lines of the enemy's force., and nre  received
within tbe lines, of the army of the Potomac. This
Department understands that such persons, afterwards coming   into   the city of   Washington, are
able to be arrested by the city police, upon, the
presumption, arising from color, that Ihey are fu-
prH-v-ja fct-EuBr-trihif __.bi.*-antinea " ah Atjt io
confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes," such hostile employment is made a full
and sufficient anwer to auy further claim to service or labor. Persons thus employed and escaping are received iuto the mftitary protection of the
United Slates, and their arrest as fugitives from
service or labor should be immediately followed
by the military arrest of tlie parties making the
seizure.
Copies of this communication will be sent to
tbe Mayor of the city of Washington, aud to the
Marshal of the District of Columbia, that any col
lision between the civil and military authorities
may bo avoided.
1 am, General, your very obedient, servant,
Wm. M. Seward-
[Frcm tlic-Vii-iniri University M__,.i_in..]
THE DEMON flOti.
Once Upon B midnight dreary,
While I Btambled drank and weary,
O'er tbe loos.: stones of the pavement,
Or some open cellar door—
While 1 staggered, nearly falling,
Suddenly 1 beard a squalling,
As ol softie one loudly bawling,
Bawling at a bar-room door.
'■ >Tls some drunken man,'' 1 muttered,
'< Bawling Bt B bar-room door,
For a drink or two more."
Ab, distinctly J remember—
It was in tbe bleak November,
And tbe wind chilled every member,
As along the street 1 walked.
Eagerly ! wished tbe morrow ;
Vainly hen! 1 sought Lo borrow
.Money to drive away my sorrow-
Sorrow for my being " corked j'
For the grim B»d lieroe processors
Me thai day had badly " corked,"
Though to them 1 boldly talked.
Through my brain a thought went popping,
As I saw the figure stopping,
And towards It J went hopping,
Well as ! could without light.
In my bosom hopes were prancing,
V'.sitms ot a treat were dancing,
'Fore me as I was advancing.
On tbis one obscured from sight.
" Friend." said [," what is the mailer,
That vo'.i .h-niiil make . ueii  a datter,
Oii'this dark and dreadful night?"
While I stood an answer waiting,
And my body from cold shaking,
Soon again 1 heard a squalling
Somethinc loini-- it.. >..-o;.- j
And towards me it came rushing,
Qulcklv by me it went brushing,
Wilb a'loroe that sent me crushing
Down upon a log.
Then the sound changed into grunting,
And 1   .«' that all my trouble
Was caused by a worth-BBS hog.
" Demon," said I, " thing of evil ! —
Demon still, it hog or devil!—
Bv addressing you as I did
Was I guilty of a crime ?
Tell this soul bowed down by sorrow,
Il some money I can borrow
From a friend until to-morrow,
Fur 1 have'ot ary dime.
Or IF! there any one who'll credit
For a supper and a bottle?"
And the hog said, " Nary time."
Office of thc smtc Locating *«__**"*
Ai.iC.-H_ District, in l.o_ Angeles City.
To All whom It mny Concern t
HE  following  surveyed 16th -ml _0U> scetrcn
locution.
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B journal ifflrma   that the English   war
B ideh ;nv now being r-i-i-p.'i: ■:■<{ l'..,r -H'a.
n .ry, etc. The London Observer (ministerial).
ridloalefl the Ids* of submitting tho   Trent question
lo arbitration and danta that Qapt. WUkoa would
bejuatlfled In inking tbe ship into ■ prl« conn,
QtrrariOHa UO OB Axh-.s i:mki>.-—It the Union cannot be restored by an army of over _i.< hunared
thousand white men, how many negroes would it
take to perform the work ?
II" it is almost impossible for white nien to procure [work, what prospects would they have in
the event of the transfer of the Southern negro to
the Northern market .
What will the Government do with the thirty-
Ihonsaiul negroes In the Beaufort district when
their provisions are exhausted ?
Is the " congenial climate," of which the President speaks in his into Message, In Liberia or
ilayti, and if not where is it to be found ?
If we lind it next lo impossible to sustain the
white poor who an- among ns. what are wo to do
with the black poor whieh lhe advocates of emancipation would drive North?
Have we been so .barUable and generous to the
families of the brave fellows who fell in battle for
the EJnioa, that wo are ready to tax our means
still further for the support 0_8 large class wbo
would be transferred   from the care of their mas-
_-» Lo. ,he.;-.N'.n.-i'.t,  pfj_ NoL_.hr: n    nnnr    hou-*'—
A Startling AstKottomioal Wi-eovcry.
The forthcoming number of the American Jour
ll of Science and Arts, contains the record of a
very remarkable discovery which has been made by
eminent nstrone?Tners during tlie past year. This
discovery establishes the new and startling feature
of the solar system, that there is at least one ring of
meteoric formations, surrounding the sutl, whieh has
a regular revolution, Tiie recurrence ofthe mete
oric display in August of each year, is explained by
the fact that the earth passes, at that time, through
the ring, and the contact of its formations with our
atmosphere renders them visible in combustion.
An article of Professor Newton in tho Jo urn al, is
specially valuable and interesting, ..s presenting thc
fact that the inclination of the ring to tho ecliptic
has been measured, and so far fixed as to render it
certain that the meteors of other known annual re,
currence, cannot belong to the same ring.—
Whether other rings exist, or not, remains to be
shown, but, this, lor the present, may be regarded
as ascertained, that a meteoric ring, with an inclination of from 84 deg. to '.0 dog. to the ecliptic
and wkh a periodic time of two hundred and eighty.
one dav.s, acfualj vjm.ins.an .uuf QEtay. „p.;\rUU-tli.
passing from side to side, so that its thickness is
from five to ten   millions of  miles.
Nearly every one knows that meteors or shooting
stars, as they are often called, are annually visible
in great quantities during the month of August
on certain nights. On any one of those nights two
or three persons, watching the sky, may count from
one to two hundred of them in an hour or two.—
ft may now bo taken a_ an ascertained fact
in astronomy, that those meteors, which consist of
various minerals, are a few out of many millions oi
millions, which arc located in a great ring, that surrounds the sun, and is as regular in Its revolution
as the earth or any planet. Professor Newton,
taking one morning's observation, makes a rough
calculation that there are more than 300,000,000
000,000 of these bodies Ul the ring.
Thus it would seem that the track ofa former orb
ofthe solar system, years ago   rent by some terrific
convulsion to fragments, has   been discovered—it3
very  orbit  having been changed so that   our own
planet   passes   through it.    And thus  a vision  is
n of tbat Omnipotence exerted for destruction,
to fore  wc have looked upon only in ils
pse, it may be, is given of
PUBr.lCJ.AKDS!   PUBLIC JLANDS!
T\K-tSONS, who have settled or squatted, oa
X Public Lands, end who wish to purchase the
same from the State of California, can now do so,
by taking the proper legal measures.
Those who have hud their lands surveyed ia
conformity wilh the United States survey, wii! not
need to have the same re surveyed il the County
Surveyor can make  a plot  Irom  the field  notes
' Twenty per cent on the whole price cf the lands
and ten per cent, interest upon the balance due
the State, is all that it is necessary to pay on re--
ceiviu"- c-rl.ilieaies of purchase—and ten per cent,
per annum, in advance, upon the remainder, until
the purchaser wishes to pay the entire amount.—
Persons desiring, cau pay the whole price nt once.
Take notice, that the present liberal terms upon
which the State lands are offered may not continue and that Section Ifi, Article 1, of the Slate
Constitution says: "No law impairing the obligations of contracts shall ever pe passed." So those
who desire may now put their lands beyond tho
caprice of future legislation.
Sec. 17 of the Slate Constitution, Art. 1st, reads
thus : " Foreigners who are, or who may hereafter
become, bona fide residents of this State, shall enjoy the same rights, in respect to the possession,
enjoyment and inheritance of property, us native
born citizens."
I will, with pleasure, at my office in Los Angeles
City, give information on the above subject, and
will use care and diligence to conform to the laws
in all business entrusted to me.
A. B. CHAPMAN,
State Land Locating Agent for the Los Angeles
District,
Los Angeles, Nov. 15.1861.
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It cools and refreshes the head, and imparts to the
hair a henlthy, lively appearance.
p.S.—The properties which remove dandruff and
scurf from the head, allay irritation and free the
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as a lotion in all cutaneous affections ; such as itch,
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shingles, bites and stings of insects, and all eruptions of the skin, especially that caused by poison
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Wholesale Agents,
409 and 411 Clay street, San Francisco.
The only genuine article is put up in Pint Rot.
tie..., and has the written signature of JY. Mills,
the original proprietor and manufacturer, on tha
label and wrapper. Beware of all put up iu dil-
lerent style, which ie counterfeit.
Sold  6.   Dr. II. R.  MYLES,
At his Drug Store,
no23 MniBB stB-cet, L,os Angeles.
I
Pun jnii Mi- :in.i.or,i„,_T!ie St Uul. Rrpub
lican contradicts the report that any ill feeling ex
litad between the-. Iwo rebel Oi rale.   Il rays :
Tin-re is no real  diulcully Of  mlaUDO-ratat-lr.
Mnen McCullough „i,,l Price, a. has  l,e..|t Ire'-   !,,;!1,1 "H :1-:li:>.
QUImtlj .1 ,t..■].    -oOolloago i, or was i„ Arkan
■a., bnt is now reailvaiel willing ; „ ,; „ . ,,,
own dMlnratlon) to rollow Prle. i wbere, i  b •
•     : 1 al tbe Idea ol •
. •! ii wi.j-i-t worn :,...,..
":"L    ; ].,.!.;..;
' :i1  ,:'" Mbei lO i| derate , ,.„,„:...,,,
which Hi... kn. ... ., _| i .... .. ...   |   ,| ii;
r.T ol lbe Ulaaoorl Iroooa to tbe
A men In Laorosse, Wisconsin, iaiely rushed to
the river, swearing that he would drown blmeell.
When ho had waded in to the depth or his waist,
his wire, who had followed, seized liiin bj tbe hair
aod lli.ei, as a local editor d-scrihes it, she led him
book till they reaohod e plaoe where Ibe watei
wasaiool two loot Jeep, wbere she pulled him
over baokwanle, soused him under, aod pulled his
" Drowoe mrself, (down be went)
—leave me tofathei tbe brals! (anotherplunge)—
get drunk 1 (another souse)_nnd start ior the
:'iv"<■: ! n ilber dip)   -bet! :r use water instead ..[
r-": r°' : (a ber dip aod ahake of his head) - I'll
'earn ye to leave me a widow, and aii t&e men at
'*' "''"';   *"« sooeiog ln-i: lo her b .art's ■ -
"ll' e '!"[ :!l::l ool a w iller ii a tt a better man,
md escorted him lol i th - b i ne, dosed the door.
* B '■■'''■■ ■■'■■' '" ir3  i .:      b . i ■ ioe evening
'-. ,rto his trial balance."
I! : '- ■'■   ved  bim, and  fonnd it
raov   and
tbe appointment ol Prtoe to a  II
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Prloe, end
'''  "   '"   ' '-■'  tPoiolCadel,a ■ lino ior, ano ipenb ',"i',",,;„'.,'i i_
: blj   i■• -.. l - error" ins le   Tbe
iti ii ..
i' qoil   ! a
• *.   She  I .ok a vehicle
'>'•'"■   '   • ■ oorsaed   ," Deep Hollow."  Xnere
   i   ■        ;. di ,i to slop
'"'' '    ' ' appoints
to the command of lhe n
whicl,
creative activiiy. A glimpse, it may be,
tho future of other orbs tli at now roll in ether,
teeing tlie -' music of tlie spheres." Why may not
the astronomer, as be has heretoKiio been discovering new planets and systems, hereafter turn his tel
escope to reveal the rains of others, whose fires
have long since burned lew. and whose history and
observation will belong to a new department in astronomical science—the arcleeolngv oi the stars ?
MORTGAGE  SA-K
UNDER and by virtue ot an order ol sale issued
outof lhe District Court Of the first Judicial
District©! tbeStataol Onlnoniia, iu and for th
enmity of Les ojlgeles, on a decree ol lorecloeur
nl mortgage, made aod entered io said court, in i
cause therein pending, wherein John Rains, trustee
of Victoria and CoQcepoion, inlant daughters ol
Maria Antonio Apia, legatees nmler the last will
and testament ol Isaac Williams, deceased, it
as eleoutor Of the last will ami testament ol Theo'-
hue lines, deceased, Prederick Lyndhurger and
Mary Ilors de Lyndburger, his wile, mill Dorothy
ilors. are derendaiits, duly attested under the seal
"I ssldoourt, on lbe loth day or December ad
1861, and to me. ae Sheriff ol Los Angelesoouolv
directed at a delivered, 1 have levied on and shal
proceed to sell, »l public auction, to the highcsl
bidder or Waders, lot cash, at the door ol the court
bouse, in tbe city ol  Los Angeles,
On MO.VDA V. the :;,l dag of FERRUARY
a v. 1862, at 10 o'clock, a.m. ol said day, an eciual
undivided two-thirds parte-of the lollowing   real
estate    n  said  otali.r   ol  sale  described and commanded to tie sold, to wii j
"All that certain piece or parcel of land [vine In
theoityol Los Angeles, on lbe east bank ot the
river 0  Los Angeles, on which Theodore Ilors for-
'''"">' !"";'■  'enn.l..,!  n i   by  lands  that do  or
'." ydMbelong to Vignes, sast bv lands ol
no, bluff and road, Boutb by the road, and
"'":' ''■] "'" ,iv"'' Contaioin,. Iwenlv acres.'inure
"'■I'-, heme lhe land conveyed by lialael (lallar-
i^rt w,f. tosaid p.,,,-., ,„. ,,e..,l',l.,t,.d lleeember
II.. . 1852,£nd better described in a plat of survey
■""<" "■' "';'■ White, deputy count, survey,,,-
-Noveinli.T   .1.   Is., I.   and   t()  „.„ioll   ,,,,„,„,,;.  is
:'"::",;vlm'",",: '"-" p -i«"«ll *** singular the
-el's-a.-nl-, appurtenMoes,  rights, and eaee-
"'    '■-  "";'""»':>  be gi„g,   .„„re  especially  the
■"J privilege ther ii„ attached "
nnl-r-.y hand, at tl,.. city of Los Ange-
!  -■ 'bi ■ liehdiy u| .1 ,:„,,,   lseL.J
I.y A. J. KING, Under Sheriff
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■WN" the Diritiict Court of the Fli
!. the State of California, in umi 1
Angeles. FannleGift. plaintiff, y_.
dant, Action brought in the Dtsti
Judicial PUtrict, and the compt-J
county of Los Angeles-, in the ,-J1U
st Judicial District of
ir the County  of  1-on
tieonre W. Gift; defen-
ct Court of tfie First
l filed in the city and
: <,i tlie Clerk of said
The People of thr- State of Califo
George W. Gift. Von are hereby n
action brought again. 1 j-ou by the
in ourDiatrlet Court of the Fix. t ■
and frreeting : To
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The following  lands hftve  been   pre-empt.,!   as anneir-
:."l.""'l',^'i'"1"   "!'''» in  tl,,. I',..  Lamlumccofthil.V;.
N-. I. itrn! |,<.iu'.e t'linniit. I„> I,n-r,t ,.,1;
M.'.t ol SflBeo, T. I N, It. b  W
H'-.., of  3tise„. T. I N. It.r,   \y
S\V % ol   . .\V y: of  _ec. 36 T 1 S, It 14 W.
other, who   wish  to   purchase,  public
" "surveyed by I he Unitod -Stn les.) can
'"■'' from County -in-vcyor-s
Settlers .....
Lands (sur.eyed
<><- Hie und-rsigned
This notice is given in
Actof the Legislature of Califoi
with rtectionlOof
, ajipioved April .2d.
B. CHAPMAN,
State  Locating   Agent.
F O II
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
rief ami after the first of April, and until further
\J  notice, the steamship
MMk«    SENATOR,
T. W. SEELET COMMANDER,
Will Mate two trips per month on the Southern
Oonst, leaving Broadway Wharf,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month
AT II O'CLOCK, A. III.
W Bills of Lading will be furnished by Ihe
Purser on hoard. :
For freight™ passage apply on board, or at Ihe
"'lee ol S. ,1. Ileeslev, corner of Battery and Wash
ItlgtOUSt    dec'j       s. J. UBXSLEY, Tresidcnt
t'eill't  ni.
nd year last above .vi-i:
J. F. Cuowi.y, Deputy.
: orifserT-
ldicial Bi_-
ureof : or if
0 tlie _Ute
dgment by
■ diaaolTine
JOHN Tf. SHORF., Cleric,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
No. 105 Front street,
(Jietween Washington and Merchant streets,)
SAN FBANCISCG,
will  give  particular   attention to the
Purchase am. Sliipment,
as well a. to the
SALE OF   MERCHANDlS-ra   AND   PROJ>TTCE
RE. EAIMOND having been eptablished in Ssjl
. Franeiseo since 184!), and baving been ccn-
tii.iii.lly engaged in the Coiminssion bn.iness for
Merchaiit.s and Prodnceis of (lie Southern .nd
Northeinuoa.t of California, as ■fvel] as with that
of Oregon and Washington Territories, feelpconli-
dent lliut tie will be able to give entire . atii. notion
to partiea who may entrust their businePB to his
care. jjlG
FllENCII, WILSON & CO.
....MAKE   THE   BEST.. ..
CLOTHING.
fenislroig Goods, All Kinds.
Retailing for Cash at AYliolesale Prices.
THI. LARGEST AND  BEST STOCK OP
Clothing.
Fm-11 is..i-.g.  Goods,
Trunks,
Valises,
-Cmb'e**.* 13a jss,
Ui_-h.r4.IIas.,
13 tc,
.... TO   BB».,.
_55®* Gooda sattabie lor travelint? pnrpo.es iQ
any ciiirre. FRENCH, WILSON & VO.,
Next door to the What Cheer House.
And No. 323  Montgomery street, near Calilornia,
in Tucket's Building. San Francisco.
Manufacturing Establishment, No. 102. Liberty
street. New York.
• xt S-~Me.aBan R '"^'-'n for goods from our house
in New York, and delivered to any part of thia
Slate without extra charge. fgb9 ly
l>Kr.li\QUEKT   TAX   NOTICE.
.pHE DELINQUENT LIST of Los Angeles
X Ooiinty, CiiliiorniH. l(r the fiscal year ending
Mitreh Ip,, 1862, has beeu litis day deposited wilh
the Dislnct Attorney ol Paid County, and unlesa
he delinquent taxes therein specified are paid to
lbe County Treasurer of said county within twenty
days Irom tin; publication ol this notice, action
will be commenced by lhe District Attorney for
tlie collection of such taxes and ODBta.
JOHN  W. .SHORE,
County Auditor of Los Angeles County.
Los Angeiea, January 9lli, 1802.
NOTICE IS HEREBY  GIVEN,
ri.O HOLDERS OF CITY WARRANTS on Caeh
J-. Fund, that all those protested prior lo December 3d, 1861, are payable at tbe City Treasurer's
Office, and i( not presented within sixty days alter
date of this notice, they will not be paid.
II. N. ALEXANDER. City Treasurer.
Loa Angeles, Jauuary Cth, 1SG2.
I
_l.tfl.ek
VOL. 'XI.
LOS  ANGELES,  CAL.,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  8,  1862.
NO. 40.
£os _\ngel.0 0t at:
FUHLI9BED EVEHT aATDUDAT MORSINO,
At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Los
Angeles,
BY    II.   HAMILTON,
TERMS:
Subscriptions, per annum,inadvance    $5 00
For Six Months         3 00
For Three Months   2 00
Single Number  0 12i
■Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per %a\\tire
or ten lioes, for the first insertion; end One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers.
San   I. .in,. [_._. Acrency.
Mr.n * nKtMi?i.i_00„1;0llli,u1i^__sait
tor the Lo_ Anuki.es Star in San Francisco.
All orders left at his olliee, Northwest corner of
Washington and Sansomo streets, Government
uilding, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to.
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
New   Brick   Fire-Proof   Building,
LOS    A;,QE LES.
J. B. WINSTON & Co, Proprietors
TIIE TRAVELING PUBLIC will find accommodations in this Hotel equal to any in the State.
The Bed Rooms
Are large and airy.    Families can be accommodated with suits of rooms.
Tiie Bills of Fare
Are Inferior to none in the State of California
The Stages.
The Great Overland Mail Stage to and from San
Francisco and St. Louis; the San Pedro stages.
(connecting with the steamers from San Francisco
and San Diego ;) also, the San Gabriel, El Monte
and San Beraardino stages arrive at, and depart
from, this Hotel.
Attached to the Hotel, are a large Billiard and
Bar Room, where none but the best brands of Liquors and Cigars are kept.
IN tha Probate Court of the County of Los Angelas, la
tha State of California.—In the mutter of the E:.t:it«
of f.aac S. K. Ogi_r, deceiiHi) d. Upon read inst and Cling
the petition of Henry N. Alexander, Administrator of the
above entate, pravini; for an ord_,- to soil :i portion of the
Real Estate bfiitiiisiiis fo ....id d. ctused, -»- 't satisfactorily appearing from sai<i petition that'll sale of a portion
of said real estate is necessary to pay the allowance to
the family, the debts out'standiittr s^unst i Ik; deceased,
and the debts, expenses, and cluvn^s of administration:'
It in thereftire Ordered, hy the.ludge of eaid Court, that
all pernona iiitJi-rcfil.ed 511 sai<l es tain appear he .'<>r_ the saiil
1'rohate Court, on THUIWDAV. f.lie Clf.fi da\- of FK11IUI VHY
A.I). 1S62, at 10 o'clock, A.M. of said diy. at the f'obato
Court Kotim, ia the Court House, in the City and County
of Los Ang-leji. to show cause why an order should not
be jrranted to said Administrator to sell so much of the
real estate of the deceased as shall be necessary.
And that a copy of this order be pulih'lied at'least four
■ uccessire weeks in the L'ts Anqe-in ,<tac, a newspaper
printed and published weekly in said county.
Thus dona and signed at Ch»mbiir_, upon tltir) the 9th
dar of January. A.I).   ,R_f^	
Office of the County Clerk of the County of Los Ang-le..
—I. John W. Shore. Cou tity Clerk of tli-County of Los
Angeles, State of California, and ,:x of!,:i„ Clerk of the Pro-
bat. Court in and for said county, do hereby certify the
foregoing: to He a true and correct copy of an order duly
made and entered upon the minutes of said Probate Court.
Witness my hand and tfie  seal of said  Probate Court,
! i,._.l    tbis ninth day of January, A .lb 1862.
JOHN W. SHOE)-;, Clerk.
By J. h. BAltBKY, Deputy.
%mm&s Carts.
ALAMEDA  BATHS.
JHaiBB Street, above IIbc Pla-a.
LOS ANGELES.
Open from fi o'clock, A. M-, till 8 o'clock, p. M
BkUmm &, HINCHi.lH5
— l-ORWARDIXO   AND —
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
los Angeles and Naw San Pedro.
FREIGHT FORWARDED
DPOH    JS-__Xj>:E3,
I»uk_( Mound Ptn«,
Port Orfordl C_*litr,
Santa -rui Redwno.1,
OaU, Ash, and Hickory,
JEUoketi. Latha,
Broom Handler,
Coal,
Piaster,
Sash,
Blinds.
Iron,  &c. *&*
PAINTER & CO.,
Practical Prioters and Dealers ia
Type, Pre.ses, Printing Material-,
IKK, PAPER,   OAItDS, ETC.
3. b. fainter, ) 510 Clay Street, above S. nsome,
J .M. PAlNTBit. } San Fninci.co.
Officks fitted nut witli rli. nntcb.
mtil-yl
C.  E.   TH OM,
AttoriBey aiBd Counsellor at Lan-
LOS ANfJELKS.
Office in Pico Buildings, Springstrcet. jyS
DR. J. C. WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angtle?.
Office hours, 9 to 12, M ; ana 2 to 9, p.m.
Auenel. 1, 1889
£.   __.   A.   LAZARD,
IMP0RTBB8,
And Wholc-alc and Retail Dealers in
French,   English   and   American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row,Los Angeles.        nj 1 CI
GEO. THACXER & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Cealels in
Choice Wines and Liquors,
MAIN STliKKT,
Nearly   opposite    the   Bella   Union   Hotel,
LOS ANGELES. je9
THOH.  FOSTER. M.D. K. T    IIAYRS,  M.I).
»US. FOSTER * HAYES,
Having loiniud a Co-Partner, bip, wii] practise
Medicine in tlii_ city and county.
Offitin-Apotliceail-s' Hall, near thc Post Oilict
Rijhiiie.n'ce up Dr. Foster—Opposite Masonic
Hall, Mujn itreet.
RasiDBKOH of Dr. Hates—McLareu'e Hmise,
Port street. novSO
QUICKS &GABSQ$,||
DEALERS IN STOVES,
— AND —
Maiinfactiircrs or All Kinds
TO, SHEET IE0A, Ai\D COPPER
WAKE.
JOB WORK DONE TO  ORDER.
WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH.
Constantly on bund,
All Kinds of Hollow Ware, Pumps
t&C.   —C. &0.
TEMPLE'S BLOCK, MAIN Street.
July 29, 1861.
A.   F.  WALDEMAR,
Office in Temple's Uloclt, spring-street.
Los Angeles, September 21, 1861.
S-a -5L ID 33 Xj, E3 RTj
M. ROKTET,
.L.1SO  STilEET,  1»  ItKATJOHV'-   BBICK
Bun-puvet,
HAS tlie honor to announce to the Public.that
he still c .Ties on his business at the old
stand, as above, aud having to his employment
Damp-tent workmen.he is prepared to ex.Quti.aH
orders with which he may be favored, in the Manufacturing of
FliKlIn-iiess.CnrvIOKi UepnlrliiR.nniTMending
of nil kinds.
AlBO,cveryt.l-I<i-!'l" tin;Saddlery Business
Los Angeles.Feb. 1st, 1861
ANTON  HUMAN.
KK D. CARLTON",
A. ROMAN & CO,
Booksellers, Importers, and Pub-
*. lisliers,
No. SU7   MOKTGOMEBV   STB^ET,
SAN   FBAIVC.SCO.
WE invite the special  attention  of the Book
Trade to our immense stock of
Standard  antl Mlm-ellanco.i. Books,
•nd to our superior facilities for filling orders and
procuring Home and Foreign Publications, at the
shortest possible notice
■p-S^Orders filled with promptness and dispatch,
and at the vbrt lowkst rates.
Our own and Publishers' Catalogues furnished
nov23 gratuitously.
ALL HEALING
JAPANESE   SALVE.
3 ttie best preparation  that has
POISON FROM POISON OAK,
MOSQUITO BITES,
CUTE,
SPRAINS,
HUHNS,
FILES,
.COIL. ,
BRinsss,
CORNS,
CffiLLBLAtNB,
GUN. HOT  "WOUNDS,
SORENT'I'l-ltS,
NURSING SORE RREASTS,
And In Tact all kinds of Sores.
EorSale bv all DrugpistK, aod by DR- «. R. MYLJ-J),
December 8th.  l$«l-3m Eos Angeles.
REDINGTON & CO., Agents,
San   Fraud-co.
DRU6S, MEDICINES, &C.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
APOTHECARIES'    HALL,
Main street, nearly Opposite Comiucrclnl.
HAS ON HAND, and is constantly adding to.
one of tlie most complete assortments of Drugs,
Medicines and Chemicals, South of Kan Francisco ;
together with all the Patent Medicines of the day.
Also a fine assortment of
Perfumery and Toilet  A-tides.
All of which he warrants genuine and of the beet
quality; which he offers, Wholesale or Iletftil, on
the most liberal terms.
Physicians'   Prescriptious   compounded    at   all
hours, day or night.
H. R. MYLES.
Los Angeles, July 1, I860.
!!
KOHLER   *   FROI1L1NGS
CAIFORNIA   WINE   BITTER
1     -i   TO   r>T-r TPTDT'Q   T A  -ITT.-   A N'T. 1TT_M tf .T.T .A .
A vor. produced by a proper combination ot
Kood antl wholesome herbs, this Bitters is superior
to any now in the mftibet. It creates appetite,
nnd is a digestive, free from any ingredients so injurious to the health, aa are contained in Vermouth, Ab-ynthe. etc. ,i_-—
KOHLFB & FK0HLTNG,
je29               City Hall, Main st., Los Angeles.
ADMINISTltATOK'S    NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the undersigned Adminislrator of the estate of John S.
Bo.k, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, the said deceased, to exhibit the same, with necessary vouchers, within
tea months from the fir.l publicalioi, of Ihi. m.ti.-e,
to the undersigned, at his residence at hi Monte,
in thc county of Los Angeles. ,.,.,,
J        a. II. HOYT, Administrator.
El Monte, Dec. 13.1661. 	
WHAT RELIGION TKACI1ES.
While all dispute on points ot doctrine, none
Doubt what Rellgloa tenches to bu done.
Bear Borrow here, and look to Heaven for bliss—
This thy theology, thy practice this ;
Believe God's promises, his precepts k< .-p,
Joy wilh the joyful, wilh the mourner weep ;
Exalt Lore's banner, ftvermore unforleii,
And keep thyself unspotted from the world.
[Bl_.CKWQOD.fl MaO-JSENK,
NATURE.
The leaf-tongues ofthe forest, and the flower-lip-
ofthe sod,
Thc happy birds that hymn their raptnro in thc
ear of God.
The smmner wind that bringeth  music over land
and sea.
Havo each 8 voies U..\i tingcth  this sweet song of
songs to me :
"-Ttlo«.____]   ;a f„)i nf h.nnty. n_ other worlds
above;
And if wc did our duty, it might be full of love.'
[Gksald Masse..
THERE IS
NOTHING LIKE LEATHER!
M. KBLLER
Will Buy HIDES for Goods.or Cash
(WHBB »B ttAfl IT,1
At his Stand, Alameda street.
SE  COMPRA  CUEROS,
FOR EFJBOTOS,
EN LA TIENDA DE
MATEO KELLER,
,.15 CALI>E   »E LA ALAJIEDA-
Correspondenoe of Mr, r.i-„.u .villi tbe Loh-
doii Tlniis.
WASHINGTON, Sunday. Nov. io, 1861.
The Empre.sion ia forcing il-elf into a conviction thnt neither General McClellan nor any other
General can convert tho mass of men tmde. arms
about here into a well disciplined army according
to the European standard or the notions of the
most easily _ati._ed military critics. There is
something radically deficient—a sentiment wanting, without which respect for the offloer and obedience on the part of the man cannot be developed
into a system ol utiifonn action in all times and
QOder all Circumstances. It would take years to
infase a substitute for the feeling which produces
such results iu the European mind and facilitates
the change from the man to the soldier so readily.
There is a change, and it affects tho man's intellect
ell as his body, and you can recognize It in
ihe precision and vigorous materialism of the one
s much as in the upright carriage, regulated pace
nd even the expression of the eye iu the other.—
The recruit there begins by respecting his officer;
it-re the lesson is scarcely ever taught or l.arnt.
The newly-enlisted citizen talks to his superior
n an easy, Offhand way. and it is some time before the poor fellow is cured of his little civilities
n regard to his Captain's health in the morning,
or can he be induced to refrain, when he meets his
Colonel, Trom making kind inquiries aftct his geueral welfare. The accounts of courts-martial
whicii one reads, their irregularities, the nature of
the offences tpl_d, and matters of the sort, give an
idea of what the regular offi. its have to do. I have
seeu processions of men with their arms tied behind their backs, marching through the streets of
Washington, of whom no one sees any accounts in
the papers.    No one can tell what their offence is,
ropes together, and murclitug, under a guard, down
Pennsylvania Avenue. Then one hears such strange
sounding language between offloer and private.—
" Captain, will you come iu and take a drink?"
"And so lhe boys have made yon a leefienunt;
well, I'm reeiy glad to hear it." The other day
an officer dismounted close to my doer, and gave
his horse to his orderly. lie had a Lieutenant-
Colonel "s shoulder strap. '"Be back in an hour,"
said he ] "I shall be here at that time." "Oh,
tbat be d—," rejoined the orderly, (our meu swore
horribly in Flanders ;) '" how can you expect to go
there aud back in an hour .—'taint possible/' Tlie
Cojonei seemed struck by the force of the remark,
and said. "Welt, an hour nnd a hulf.'' "Why
don't you salute your officer?" quoth a friend of
mine to a passing private. Tbe man drew himself
up, and did so iu a sort ofa way, but as he moved
olfhe said, in an apologetical tone, "You see,
Major, I don't know the faces ol all the chaps yet.r'
If tho army be turned into regulars, and Btrictly
drilled, two or three years will, no doubt, eradicate the spirit of equality in military matters ; but
the task is difficult, for the defect to be remedied
is nearly innate. The better the class from which
recruitscome, the greater tho difficulty of reducing
them to proper subjection. The punishments in
the army are quaint and capricious; they render
tnen ridiculous, and harden without terrifying
them j and not a f_w of the officers regret that tbey
have no power to order flogging, whieh has a certain efficacy in the case of men who cannot be reclaimed by other means. Let the war go on, and
there will be greater results produced than the reduction of this force to. good discipline. The
Americans will learn that at last, when they Bee
the use of it; nt preseut they are a good deal like
children beginning the alphabet. They are slow
to believe they are actually engaged in something
more than a large faction light.
AS KX_I1A.\GB OF  PBIS0NE63.
It is affirmed that the Government will at last
yield to the pressure brought to bear against it by
public opinion, and advice of Gen. McClellan, and
will make proposals Tor the exchange of prisoners.
Without imputing to the North or South any inhumanity, it must be said, if wbat I am told aud
read be true, the prisoners are not well treuted on
either side. Thellev.Dr. Bellows, of the Sanitary
Commission—a toaa not likely to use strong words
in reference to the conduct of the war on the
Union side—in a report to Government on the
(..,., ii aiitoD of the prisoners he ..sited lathe Ne*
York prisons, declares that " it was very Hying,
almost inhuman ;" bnt it must be added, in justice,
that he proceeds to state that the wants and privations to which they were exposed, aud which were
disgraceful to tbe Slate, had been relieved, and
that tbey had nothing to complain of except severe
disease and rtcknesa, EtoweTer, ftwj bad been for
sonic weeks in that state of suffering before he Baw
tbem, and political prisoners who are not in tbe
posaeeshn. ol funds have all reason to lament their
hard fate. A Mr. Maury, au Englishman, brother
Ofthe ymiug gentleman who was arrested the other
day forcarryiug correspondence directed to persons in the South, was seized in ibe Slate Department tbe day before yesterday, as be was inquiring
after a portmanteau which had been detained at
Cleveland, but for the release of which lie had received tho order of tho Secretary of State, and he
was placed in a room, as I am informed, without a
table, fuel, or even a bed, where he passed tfa.
night, having been refused permission to communicate with his friends, or any explanation ol the
grounds of his arrest.
I'Orut.A.H MISTAKES A3 TO FltAXCR AXI) ENOHND.
ll is always " France will not, England dare
not do" some absurd thing or other, uever dreamt
of by any one except the writer. Only the other
day, a respectable journal treated its readers to a
long and inflammatory article on a supposed
change in the tone and attitude of the English
Government towards the United Stales, founded
on Lord Russell's correspondence with the Liverpool merchant, who wanted to go to war for cotton on his own account, and it informed the world
that the imaginary alteration had been caused by
the recent acts and conduct of the United StaleB
Government, not d.iguing to look at the date ot
the correspondence on which it rested its self-glorification. And then they wonder we are not
merely sympathetic bnt active la their cause. The
American people are uattirally well disposed as
any race on the face of the earth. Their domestic
affection indicates an amiable temperament, but
they are easily excited, as Democracies always are,
aud are exceedingly seusitive. II their Scribes
and Pharisees would but leave them alone—i| they
would but permit tho national sentiment to take
its own course—there would be no lear of quarrel;
but Ihese mouthing rhetorician and " mobolatora"
rear nothing so much as a friendly understanding
between the people and Great Britain, for with it
would depait one of their great levers to get iuto
place and power.
mSSHULITY   OK A MILITARY  MOTATOHSHIP.
The result of the Maryland eteotion would be
more satisfactory and conclusive ifGeti. Dix had
not done his gendarmerie work so effectively in
Baltimore. His procIaimHiori was bo alarming
that the citizens formed a deputation to ascertain
its meaning, and were informed that his intentions
were honorable. But the wholesome rigor of his
arrests on Wednesday resembles nothing bo much
as the process of voting for an Imperialist deputy,
or '" taking the sense of the people" at Nice on the
question of annexation. Nevertheless, the fact or
lhe mnjorily for the Union remains, and the faith
of the Government in bayonets and martial law is
ustifi.d so far. Nor will they hesitate to employ
the same machinery to develop Union sentiment in
the South. Can liberty be too dear? May it,
like life, be purchased at the cost of every consideration which renders it of value 1
The American people now laugh at' the idea of
any ultimate danger to their liberties and independence from armed force or national sentiment
tself ; but the step- by whieh the ruiu comes may
be as stealthy as those by which revolutiou and
and tbe Americans, relying on the enlightenment
of their democracy, deride the fears of those who
think the results which follow conquests of armed
force in Republics will develop themselves In the
New World. Tho personal character of General
McClellan affords a guarantee that he is not the
man who would seek to e^vate himsell on the
fragments of the institutions for the assertion of
whicii be is now preparing an offensive army ; but
it may eo happen that he may bo forced io avert
greater evils by assuming for a time the chief control of the State, with lhe consent of those who
are the masters of public sull'rage, if not ol public
opinion.
DIFFICULTIES   OF RECOXSTKUCnON.
The dangers o( defeat will be greater than those ol
success ; but the latter will be attended l-ltb enormous difficulties. Even ibe Maryland apparatus of
Government, though simple and effective, is not
coiisiiutional ; and when it is applied to the Cou-
federate Stales, it will become one ol the most ex-
tiaoitlinaty organisations which ever w_b beheld
in a country calling itself free. Personal experience induce, tne to believe that tho same spirit,
uiiiininiity and courage, which the South exhiliits
in its resistance in the field, will be displayed in
every form of passive opposilion to thc efforts of llio
North to reduce it to subjection when the fight
shall have ceased. The Unionist peraist in declaring there is ft large party—to be consistent, they
ought to declare there is a large nuijoiity—of the
people in the seceded Stales opposed to ihe principles ofthe Confederate- and to the independence
for which they appear to be fighting If so. the
task of reamalgamiition will be more easy; if not,
tbe Federalists will be reduced to the picas and tne
machinery of force, exercised, as they contend, lor
light, but still applied to oppress a majority ofthe
people in the Slave States. If there bo a Gen. Dii
in every Slate, a man Capable, resolute and active,
with overpowering force at his disposal, "ll the
States may be reduced tothe condition of Maryland, anil the polls may be made to give Cnion
returns, but tbe sttppo ition is very unreasonable ;
and, even If U be verified, th« world will see with
(Magnet the resurrection in lhe great Republic of
the spirit and substance of the most nb.oUito des
poiisru   covered wilb ^tlje^eej'et-liiilis^ol J.i^';,1,)'-,,,..,,
passion into the mould of a distinct nationality,
and their only ties to the North is n common language and traditions, Vbfcb, belonging In the history Of their short-lived career, are now old an
lbe Stories of the Heptarchy. When tbe Northern
orators and writers inveigh ftffalnst tne DOeO, B10
iu).. ahd miinners of the slave States, they, bear evidence In lhe lact that n broad gulf exists between
them, which they think ihey can cover over with
the national flag. The Abolitionists, to whom "the
Constitution is a league .villi t'■_ l.-vil, ricoveiiiiiil
witb lii-ll." who exclaim that "Union is dishonor/1
tbat "disunion is gain," projectile the war either
to destroy the institution "I" slavery ami its pro-
teetore, or to enjoy the luxury of conquest and
reveQge over haughty and defiant enemies; but
tbat party, which seems to become smallv 03 tbe
contest covers more ground, la divided Into active
belligerents and those who would let tbe slave
Stales go with a curse, in lhe sure confidence tbat
their systems would work out the heaviest punish-
mentol rebellion,and force them to crawl back to
the I';ii'-i With "bated breath and whispering
humbleness."
WHY THE iXl>KPKM)K_"CB OF TUE SODTU IS INADMISSIBLE.
Wltb the recognition of Southern independence
would come tho most serious questions of nil.
and it is not possible that some of them could be
settled without a renewed struggle. Tbo Norlb
can never be made to admit lhe right ol slave
States to recover iheir vagrant chattels within
their dominions ; nothing but the 0Ompl< !'^   pro,
tration ofthe North ai the Cselof the South eooM
induce ber to allow that which the Constitution
now argumentative^ yields as a right when the
(^institution shall have been rent, wsund -r. An
exiradition treaty would be a record of infamous
defeat. But how are the raw edges of tbe slave
States to be applied to the caustic of the free
States, in which opposition to slavery shall have
become an article in the new Coostitntion? For
many hundreds of miles, take what, frontier you
may, « mere geographical line or navigab e river
«ill separate the two Confederacies in n hich ..«. v
interest and every principle of commerce *il! be
in extreme antagonism. Both States must ereel
forts, custom houses, establish frontier guards
along marsh and mountain, lo fight the battles of
boitile tanf , aod to*„tch the smugglers of meu
as well as of goods.
Wherever the frontier rnns that must be the
case, but its line is yet to be drawn in blood if the
contending partial are dead to the voice of
mediation. Nor can any one pretend to say what
i.uues m-y not be raised concerning the Territories
or the States purchased for the Union by tbe binds
of the United Slates, or national forts and arsenals,
and property seised by the people in insurrection.
Tfca p_)iti0i»n« b.r» c* . only -ae one ...null—conquest. It will cure all wounds and settle all controversies ; but, if events prove they are mistaken ,
the time may come for an armed truce on both sides-
and au active mediation iu an honest and impartial spirit, which shall lead to a peace and tbe
most satisfactory adjustment of Ihese questions Ihe
nature of them permits us to expect. Any solution will lead to "a strong Governmnt"—tbat
mowutm Iwnwn of aristocratic South and democratic Norlb. Either oue centralized strong
Government or two will arise in this country, but
no oue can say whether the development will take
place at onco or after a terrible interregnum of
disorder and political trouble, and universal suffrage will find its master in its own favorite creation—armed despotism. The other day a soldier
said to an officer who was about to punish him for
his neglect uf duty, "If you do I'll uot vole for
you at the uext election." " You spoke too late,"
" here I am now with tho power to punish you,
and I'll double it for your threat'"—a very pregnant little story for people to think over in all its
bearings.
THE   FRACOS OF TUB NEW TORE  PRKS3.
'The army in good spirits ; no battle expected at
present." Such is a sensation heading in tbe papers
today, of which an ill-natured person might say
the apposition was argumentative ; but it does not,
nevertheless, correctly convey the Btate of the situation here. I have made a very curious collection of some of these same headings, as illustration,
i the cotiditiou to which a portion of tbe American Press is reduced, aud of the state to which it
is brought its readers.
The citizen of New York is quite accustomed
by this time to find that the " glorious victory" of
Monday turns out to be a defeat on Tuesday, and
the " unabashed," though not unscarrcd," Defoe,"
leers horribly as he bears the rush of the crowd
outside his office after some big lie in a secoud
will come to him again, ft is a sort of mental
drain drinking—tho " sensation" must be produced
night and morning, antl so many times in the day.
Uad we listened to the advice teudeied with such
delicious impudence, we should have actually
in Bull Run as a victoiy, the surrender of
Lexington as a splendid feat of arms, and a number of pitiful skirmi hes as bo many Vittoriaa
or Wa'erloos. Many of these actions are brought
by the leaders on both sides, apparently
without an object.
Geo. Scott was opposed to tbem ; but, in fact
the Commander-in-Chief has as little power as
the hood of any olher department over bis subordinates separated by thousmds of miles from him.
If he wants tbe power, he must make il.
As a charming specimen, of the manufacturing
ingenuity iu that line of some of your cotempora-
ries, take the veracious statement that Lord Lyons
received Mr. Semnn-s, Captain of the Sumter, In
the Confederate Navy, gave him an English passport, and introduced him to Mr, Seward at the
State Department!
Charoes against Jl-Cleu.-n.—A pamphlet was
laid upon thc desks of members the other day at
Washington, written by " Cbas. Ellet. Jr., Civil
Engineer," charging General McClellan with "incapacity, and general misconduct of the wsr."—
Whether the charges made in this pamphlet can bo
sustained by competent evidence, I know not. If
true it is no! published too aoon. If not true, Mr.
Eellet has made a bold attack, and may congratulate himself upon having opened a battery upon
the Commanding General, which will gratify the
jealousy of many officers who regard bis elevation
with 111 concealed hatred, but which has been
hardly smothered by the confidence reposed in the
young Chief by the Government and   the people.
end bowl tbat shall fill the air, until, aa In Pre-
monl's case, the country .hall d.maud McClellan'fl
removal, if for no olher rea-son than to stop tbe
uoise. Tho following paragraph from Forney's
Prtss has reference to this pamphlet, and tbe confidence it expresses in Gen. McClellan is known to
be shared by the Government.
A good deal of nervous excitement exists as to
the apparent delay Id the forward movements of
the Army ofthe Potomac. Gen. McClellan iscrit-
ieisetl and centred in some quartern, because bo
rfll not advance his standards into theheartof Iho
Old Dominion. These demonstrations result not
from a distrust of him, but from an absorbing de-
Bire that a bold blow should be struck at the vitals
of treason, and that quickly. He is extremely self-
possessed, and self-poised. His quiet reticence silences fair complaint and satisfies honest inquiry.
He is never seen about tbe Ilalle of Congress, nor
any of his aids, and I think be is resolved to let
his deeds speak for him " unbonnetled" before the
world. He certainly selects the right policy upon
which to succed, and it is because I believe he Intends to do a bold and thorough thing soon, tbat I
rest upon his sagacity, and confide in bis policy.
His whole theory seems to be unfaltering faith in
tbo triumph of our arm. wbun he strikes, aod a
proud conviction that be can afford to select his
owu time for striking. A more patient and trustful people and army uo Geueral ever had around
him."