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principle
ex-
all considerations of
e cowardly, then have
character of thc southern we been very cowardly. II to prefer c.v.l liberty
add tothe espenee o( Ireeing all the slaves, and snch an accusation. If to maintain
colouMri" them, if any or all the States consent, against overwhelming numbers, m.iu popM.
the cost ol the same to come from the pockets of citement which swept away
the people in the shape of taxes. He undertakes | law, order and humau.ty
:r:-;;or^.mi,,poSitio,;^drd^o!c»,rherSthis,
Prom tha NwYork Weekly (rii'tvi'Vi.
Things Financial ami Commercial.
The culmination of the great military move-
Bent ou the part of the Sonth, the invasion of lhe
North, which was in proems of ercecritroo when j() doslroy Lhe property
my last letter waa published, has taken place, and r (_ ,he exleQt 6t fo_r millions of these ser- tothe onJeari
although the entire couutry, north oi the Polo- | _._, ^ if ,Le 00lOQi_atiou should not work, let jinfluence and popular applause, is an
mlc appeared to he panic-stricken, Pennsylvania, lMse liK,, _re3tares t0 overrun tbe North and , indifference, this is the measure of our ol le .
■specially, being thrown ir.ro spasms, we rrrr.l our- wUh lh„ wMte ra„u_ or w__Us more like- If to assert the liberty of speech with » ' » ,
'" ly, become a tax upou him for a century or two. | mob threatening upon one e.de and the '°"'™m°°'a
Tho destruclioo oi slave labor by the emaneipa- of arbitrary power upon the other, .3 auy as.uianoe
lion act, blots out national wealth to the extent of j of devotion, that proof has not been want.nrr.
live hundred millions of dollars per year, as the
entire source of southeru labor being blacks, and
KOHLER & FBOIILIIVG'S
CAIFORNIA WINE BITTER!!
. s TO DELICIOUS TASTE AND FINE FLA-
A vor, produced by
proper combination
■ ' Bitters is supcrioi
1U)W in the market. It creates appetite,
-■nm any ingredients so rn-
e contained in Ver-
cYidence of) ",/°ya'digcs't.ve',"freeftom any ingredients so in
selves to-day commercially aod politically in statu
,1„0. The Senlh line relired: stocks ate at the.
old altitude; business neither better ner worse
moneyed men as wise us before io their oaloula
tions upon the worth oi securities, ami the rialid
havo coutiuuc.1 to purchase anil hoard _old, or t
gather iu and deposit piper, bringing both spec!
and bills, hy their footings ihis week, still larger j
ln their respective sr.ru total,, than ever before.
All the items in.kins us weekly b ink reeorts
indicate a gradual tightening nf tbe breaks which
clogs tho .vheels of commerce. When the deposit
lino is enormous, lire specie pile huge, the loan
account stationary, money at three per cent oo
time, and no borrowers, it tells of stagnation m
the stream of business prosperity.
Three-quarters of tho commercial portion of thc
North are to-day betas gradually driven to the
verge of bankruptcy. Thc very fact that a million
ol men are employed in war, or within the year
aro to be thus employed, insures the total dostrnc
tion of one thousand millions ol the real capital
of tho country, while it also prevents tho creation
ot at least two hundred to three hundred millions
of wealth, which tho healthy industry of this one
million of men could accomplish in peaceful occupations, duriug the single year.
jurious to the health, us an
month, AbB,nth(ehe.c.RsrE0HLiNG
je2D
black freedom being synonymous with idleness,
sueh a result is inevitable. Ju 1350 the official
census gave as the routings ol slave labor per year
/our hand, ed and eight millions of dollars. It
.eould he easily greater to-day, had wo peace
our borders.
The eoloniz ition of the slaves of the South,
uuder .Mr. Lincoln's plan, would cost, as per estimate of ono Hundred and sixty dollars por head,
r hundred and forty millions of dollars.
If Mr. Lincoln's plan of paying for the slaves
ofsuch States, as choose to sell Ihem, is carried
out, aud we esti.nato one-half of the slave population to ba thus paid for, and we accept the sum
heretofore named as the probable price, three hundred dollars per head, big and little, we havo another item of site hundred millions of dollars. The
blotting out of slave labor blots out northern
trade to the extent of floe hundred millions pet-
year, as hy the official census of 180*0, such was
the amount the South bought of us ; aud if this
can be mad
If our friend can Ond un act or declaration of ours
nconsisteut with these principles, then have we
been most unfortunate in the use of means or words
by which to illustrate our most deeply-settled
convictinns. The paragraph to which he so emphatically excepts was written with no such intention, and we cauuot yet see tbat it will admit Of
the construction which he pots upon it. We wero
simply rebuking tbe spirit ol rowdyism and disloyalty on the part of irresponsible persons by which
their friend were involved and their party subjected
to unjust odium. We only incidentally alluded to
the exorcise of military power in this connection,
aud theu protested against it : First, " We see no
reason why they should be dignified to the condi-
City Hall,Main St., Los Angeles.
A. BUSWEL-L. & CO,
R, E. RAIMOND,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Ko. 105 J-*roiil street,
(Between Washington and Merchant streets,)
SAN FEANOISOOj
will give particular attention to tho
Purchase sunl Shipment,
us well as to the
SALli-. OF MlSKCllAIMOlSlir AKD PKODtCE
■Rnr.li- 11171(1618. PaPer SllleTS, and ,- Ei RAIMOND having been established in San
B°S?^?Sr«V Manufacturers. U. Francisco si.ce IBM. -a.bavin* beeu cot,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
517 Clay and 514 Commercial streets, between
tinuallv engaged in tiu; Commission bneiness for
Merchants and Producers-* of Uie Southern and
'Mont" ome rv and Sansome, [Northern coast of California, as well as with that
Sail Fi'IUlCssCO. Ll Oregon and Washington Territories, feelscnntL
ill neids Brief Taper, kc, dent that he wilt be able to give entire satiisaction
B* "^Ki,^esboSnotiee.' to parties who may entrust then* buBine88jto hfc
Blank Books Kuled. Boned, and Printed to order.
Old Books Rebound.
Orders from the country by letter or express
promptly attended to. aug-*
uorany i
tion of State prisoners, su'ilty of political offences
■ ;d be
common rowdies and peace disturbers." And
again—"This character of offences is quite differ
ent from that for which many loyal and patriotic
men have been arrested heretofore, and against
which arrests we have felt in duty bound to protest
as a violation ofthe constitutional rights of the ci
The few "m this couutry are being beaefltted to- |S0lircei i WOtiia like to be informed where that
day by the wasting principle of a civil war, the
most costly of all wars to auy nation engaged ; but
the many are beiug made to suiter terribly, not to-
what the footing
day only, but for the balance of thoir lives.
Tho great body of the people have already commenced to feel the effect of this new order of things.
Thu necessaries of life are higher, and the gap
which makes the rich richer, and the poor poorer,
is now plainly widening. Tho cost of this war is
to come out of tho " lower strata" of society, as
the Knglish aristrocrats would say, the working
men, those who toil, and, with borrowed money,
create the wealth, which, by the governing priuci
pie, the absorption by capital of the results of la
bor.endsin makiug the poor the mere slaves of
the rich. The earnings of the poor man are, by
the results of heavy taxes aud high interest, car-
tied into the pockets of the rich. The rich hold
tho debt of the couutry ; they not only hold this
debt, but while receiving tho interest upou it, earned by the poor man, control also the vast machinery of business, and the per centage which the
borrower must pay the lender for thc means to
prosecute it, the percentage whieh is put upou
houses and lands, which the poorer classes must
source is.
Let us see, once mon
■vhich northern muscle will dually have to wipe
out by sweat aud toil. War cost, $2,000,000,000 :
es paid for, $1.00,000,01)0 ; colonization scheme
SGiO.000,000 ; total of direct cost, $3.2-ii),000,000
wliich must be worked out by white labor. Loa;
of wealth to the country, in addition, for blotting
out slave labor, we blot out northern trade, £500,-
000,000 per year; and destroy the result of black
labor South, $500,000,000 per year more. These
are footings to ponder upou with anxiety. In
God's aam-3, where are we drifting to ?
The bank reports of tjiis city show heavy items
nevery line. Gold is increasing at the rate of
$2,000,000 per month, and deposits over §150,-
000,000. Money on call as low as three percent,
and no commercial paper offering. Stocks stiff
aud upward, government not excepted, and gold
118-^@119. Everything seems solid and strong iu
Wall street. Confidence in everything is as firm
as the rock of ages.
The last news from Europe is of a character
touching the shipment of bread-stuffs, to arrest
the attention of speculators. Freights are so low
P. X. KAST,
AGENT Ol'
A. SEIBEKIiIOH,
be'lreUJer.°,|B00T & SHOE MANUFACTURER,
Or' PHILADELPHIA,
Warehouse, ail (r«Uibvi.m street, below
Battery street, Snn Francisco.
Constantly on linntl, a large assorted stock of
Gentlemen's, Ladies, Misses, and
Children's "Wear,
Of superior quality ; also, French Calf Boot Legs
and Boot Fronts.
F. X. KAST,
Sole Agent lor California.
tfg^-Country Ordere promptly attended to.
.vill be able to give entire satiisuction
' >s lo hi,
jyic_
OLABK'S
INDELIBLEJIMeiLS.
THK CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
For Marking Linen.
For sale by the gross, at
305 JHouigoiiiery street, Room JN©.
2, Sau Fraucisco.
obtain from the richer, they also dictate the terms LQW ^^ tll0 Continental ports promise to competi
ef, and, by tho strength which capital exercise-
against labor, contrive to wrest from those who
really create all the actual wealth, three-quarters
of their just rights.
Business, now reported as " good" by the commercial journals, is put thus: Gunpowder, shot
aud shell, onrtridgoH nod cwinnn ftalla, soldiers' accoutrements, tents, camp chests, bread aud beef-
blue cloth, shoes, shovels, and lire arms, ail go off
at a profit. These, and much more, are rapidly
consumed and destroyed by the great balf mllion
of fighting men. Take away tiie activity lent to
manufacturers by this war, take away the beneficial
influence upon the dry good and other lines of
trade by the circulation of the five hundred millions of money wastefully poured out by government to contractors, and liberally to soldiers, thus
quickly put into circulation, aud what would be
the show of business then I Yet this vast expenditure must stop ; it cauuot go ou forever, and it
may stop soon ; when it does, then comes the
vere reaction, aud theu the poor mau will severely
feel that sharp, stinging poverty which has marked the poor men ot Europe as its victims for centuries. Wo never wore in tliis. country the galling
iron collar of taxation. Wo aro now about to have
it clasped upon our neck.?. It will chafe, and blister, aud eat iuto our very vitals, but there is no
help for it. After ruining the South, and impoverishing thom beyond recovery, we in the North
shall be left a nation of shopkeepers aud manufacturers, with no customers. The tax-gatherer will
be after his roturus, aud if we report no sales, no
business, uo money, uo government will be bankrupt, and geueral ruin the closing scene in thia
horrible drama.
Can a more hopeful picture be drawn at this
time ? Will any min be so bold as to assert that
the loss of one-half the Uuion, either politically
or by the extermination of its people, will not inflict upon ua a terrible commercial disaster, to
which the mere money coat of the war is as nothing in comparison?
UDder the war fever, and supported by it, importations are heavy, aad the revenue, of course,
large at this time. Exports, the only legitimate
sign of true prosperity iu any single Hue of com- j
merce, ara liberal, so much 30, that the preseut
month will show a balance in favor of this port
since January, of twelve millions of dollars.
The last huge oatioual sensation has taken place.
The country hasten startled by the promulgation
of the great higher law edict of Abraham Lincoln,
President of the Uuited States ; an edict of a politico commercial character; the emancipation of
ali the slaves found in the so-called rebellious
States on January 1st, 1SG3.
1 do not propose to dissect this proclamation po.
lifically ; it is not withiu the province of'a commercial writer; uor do I intend to consume much
ink at this time iu a commercial exposition of this
monstrous anti-constitutional pronunciamento ;
but I would like to invite the attention of the taxpayers, the working meu, the honest sons of toil,
to a few plain, practical facts.
We have been at war with the South now twenty-oue months, aud rolled up a debt of two thousand millions of dollars. Wheu all the bills are
in, aud the Uuited States bounties paid, with the
section of laud each soldier wilt have, or what he
will be more likely to take, his one huudred dol-i
lars in place of it, together with the pensions, ali
these items of generalities will make up the huge
sum indicated. The war stiil raging, it has beeu
deemed advisable by the President to issue a proclamation about as constitutional as though it ordered the abrogation of the marriage tie, or the
enslavement of the white children after January
1st, 1803, in the States aforesaid.
To the big debt of Iwo thousand millions tho
President or the (Tatted States coolly proposes to
the North from auy other | t*zeu!,.» We knew notkiug of the party arrested
beyond the acts imputed to him, which, as reported
friend's nice sense of propriety must condemn.
Such acts are well calculated to disturb the public
peace aud are proper subjects for the local police,
and we can see uo reason why they should be interfered with and dignified into political offences
by tiie military authorities, aud many reasons,
which art* eloquently stated by our correspondent,
why they should not be.
When we cease to protest against the exercise of
arbitrary power, unauthorized by the constitution,
affecting the rights and liberties of the people, we
ahall be false to our instiucts, false to our teachings, aud recreant to tbe trusts committed to us by
the fathers. Liberty waa onr ouly heritage ; it
was all for which our lathers pledged their lives,
their fortunes aud their sacred honors—it waa uo !
idea of consolidate government; no plan of Uuion
or nationality ; but simply the right of self-government. When we consent to part with this right,
we dishonor the memory of our revolutionary ancestors and contemn their sacrifices. All this we
sincerely believe and will sacredly abide by. But
the question now to be considered is—is tbe wrong
of which we complain, such as to demand armed
resistance? for it beiug under tlie authority of
those entrusted with the government, that is the
only remedy. Any resistance short of that is mere
ly factious aud riotous. Any act only calculate
to provoke its exercise, is aimless for any purpose
but mischief. We do not recognize tho right ol
this arbitrary power ; "we do not accept it as £
principle to be engrafted upou our government:
but is it not. better to avoid it, to yield toil, if you
please, us a temporary evil, as an exception, a departure from the principles of the government
and by peaceable means bring the party which inaugurates it to the bar of public opinion for trial,
than to plunge the country into civil war'.' Is il
uot better for humanity, for civil liberty, iu th
end, that a few individuals should suffer Iawles
violence—provoked, perhaps, by their owu indis
cretiou—than that violent remedies should be res
orted to, resulting iu the overthrow of the govern
ment, when peaceable remedies are within ou
reach? The whole democratic party of the countri
with one voice, has protested against the exercise
jj-tti-tjof power, and to that party we confidently look
for the restoration of our liberties aud the supremacy of tbe constitution, without violence or
blood-shed, in the adhering states.
As to the instruments of this arbitrary power,
they are under military rule and have uo alternative but obedience or disgrace. The choice between the two in this case ia merely a question of
personal feeling or taste in which there is no
chance for dispute. It is an unpleasant position
at best, for which no oue caa blame the officer who
does no more than his duty requires, and it is unjust to attempt to embarrass him in the performance ofsuch d.aty, or to make its performance a
matter of reproach. We have only to deal with
gentlemen in this m-Utsr, and gentle conduct and
ntal forberauce may save us from consequences
too terrible to contemplate without horror, ant
which should be tbe last instead of the first resort
for the redress of political grievances.
MiMtEA E, % :■:':. XE;.
(Successors to HawMmrst &Son,)
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE,
AXD HASUEAOSCUaBRS OJ?
Brooms, Pails, Tubs, Washboards,
Churns. &c,
TJAVE RECF.lVlill. EX KliCEXT AERIVALS tlie Herat .»'
ll l.„-.,-1 « -I1...-..1 ••< "I*11 "«■■• WILLOW WAKE
GEO. W. CHAPIN & GO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st.,
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND
CENERAL_ACENCY.
Furnish all kinds of help for Families, Hotels,
Fanners, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops
Also, bave a Real Estate Agency, and attend to
business in that line. feb22
Auti-Klicmffliatic Cordial and health
ll est «v*alive
VALuiBLE AND UN;
sharply with this country iu the sale of grain, and
t is doubtful if we shall realize our sanguine expectations in the food line. The loss of the cotton freights aud the diminished exports from Eug-
land, iu consequence of our high tariff, has left a
thousand ship3 high aud dry for want of employ-
meat. These -vessels are now up at any price,
ready for extremely low contracts in Liverpool
and other British ports, aud thu grain trade of
Europe will be brought, under this state of things,
in direct competition with our own. So, look out,
farmers of the West, for low quotations ia the
English grain market, and give credit where it be-
longa, Ben. Franklis.
nto Stte-fet, S;v
119,
SUMMONS.
lit tlie District Court of tlio First Judicia
Bistilot of tlie Stale of California, i" and fo
tli<! County ot J^os Angeles.
¥"
From the San Joaquin Rcpubl
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
A friend iu whoso loyalty, patriotism, integrity
and judgment we have unwavering confidence, ex
cepts to our notice of and comments upon the arrest of Major GiUis. We regret that the stateof
tbe country and of puplic S'intiment is s
we are restrained by prudential motives from giving more of the communication of our friend than
is necessary to the explanation of our own position
and tbe vindication of our course from tbe accusations brought against us, aa follows :
li H*ve yon beeu intimidated by threats or awed
by power? Do you quail before a popular outcry
through fear aud join iu with the folly and madness of the hour ? Are the principles of civil liberty, to the support of which you are pledged, of so
little worth as to be treated with the indifference
here manifested? Or is the cause of liberty
speech and of person which you havo said you have
sworn to maintain and that you will not perjure
your soul to be defended by such an argument, or
its violations rebuked with such reasons as you
have giveu hereiu ? In a State with peace through-
outits entire borders, remote from the sceues of
war aud of strife, in which there is uot a whisper
of insurrection or rebellion—in a State eminently
loyal, and whereby no possibility could any successful forcible resistance be made to the governmeut, citizeus are arrested by the military power
for giving utterance to their opinions on public affairs and the conduct of the admiuistrntion, or for
expressing their sympathies in a contest in which
their fathers, brothers, aud all to whom they are
j bound by nature's holy ties are engaged on different
sides, and without any formal charge disclosed,
forced huudreds of miles from their homes aud families in degrading custody, and without form of
law or any examraioation or inquiry, shut up iu
the cells of a dungeon, denied the right of appeal
to the tribunals of their country's justice aud withdrawn from the defeuce of its protecting ajgis,
tobe brought to trial only wheu it suits the pleasure of him who order3 the arrest, and then to be
tried by a military board whose rules of proceedings are unknown aud undefined, for acts not pronounced by the law ' to be offenses—and the staun-
chest advocate of common rights condemns these
inexplicable outrages only on the Beore that the
victims are too humble or worthless to be the objec t
of licentious power !;'
Uuder the circumstances and in the condition io
which we are placed, there is something deeply
humiliating in the accusation implied by this catechism. We bave patiently bo-rue the taunts and
threats oi ruffians in power, and felt the hot breath
ofthe rabble, instigated by fanatic hate, hissing |
upon our cheeks, unmoved ; but wheu one eminent
for ability, generosity and all the noble qualities
wliich adoru manhood, actuated by no trivial motives, deems it necessary to ask if we are coward :
if we have parted with our manhood or bartered
our birthright of liberty for the poor privilege of
animal existence—then wa feel that we have either
greatly overrated our own qualities or are greatly
underrated by others. We had vainly hoped that
wo had purchased a dear-bought immunity from
, For»alelDV DR, ADOLPHtS.
I Atii'YM— 'Crowd fc O-nir*. corner of Clay ami Front
■ vt [-,,(■■•.^—Hcdi-i'-l'in &('■- ('lav Htvcct—JIornl, corner of
\V,r-■-,;,. .|,,u ..nd liiutL'i*ykrt.,"t?Jir. Francisco. jei:lm3
{ Agent lor JLos Angeles,
01% II. 11. MYITES.
SCO VII^'S
STILLINGIA,
I BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP-
Ourt Federal Bastilbs.—The Now York World
in commenting upon the treatment oi those who
are unjustly detained at oue Federal forta, complains as follows :
There is reason to bolieve that there are scotch,
if not hundreds, of men now lying in different
Federal fortfi, who are no more guilty of auy real
wrong toward the Government, either in act or in
purpose, than one half ol the meu who walk Broad,
way j and yet the ban is upou them, and they wail
in vain for relief. Itis one uf the alarming symptoms of tho decay of the old spirit that the people
should have eo long quietly submitted to those
atrocious violations of their most sacred rights
Never, in the days of thc most rampant tory
power, have the securities of private individual
been Ihusllagrantly overborne. Not even in the
times ofthe most formidable danger, as ia the invasion oftbe Pretender in '15 aud '45, the Irish
rebellions in '98 and '48, the Reform agitations in
■31, and the later Chartist movements—were ever
any sueh arbitrary procedures ventured upon. On
two or three occasions the habeas corpus act has
been suspended, but theu only ou express authority ol Parliament, and with the limitation that the
detaining of individuals should not extend beyond
a certain time.
Even the sedition laws of the elder Adams, oppressive as they were, still provided for trial by
jury. We havo to go to the worst despotism of
foreign lands, among the bastileB of France, the
leads aud wells of Venice, or the dungeons of Naples, to find any such system of arbitrary imprison,
ment as has prevailed for the last year under this
free American Republic. If this usurpation is allowed to go on unopposed, as it has hitherto, the
friends of human liberty, the world over, will have
eason to disown us as recreants.
PASTU
THE undersigned infi
Angeles couuty, tho
Pastures in the connty, ;
water, corals and f-tublii
all the varieties of cIot
aud dry, anil solicits pu
rate c" "'
of tilt
lllltdlll
nts
Th
:ek.
patrl
pasture is situated six m
town, between the old and uew San Pe
Parties wishing to send horses to my |
please leave them at Mutt's, or Edward
Stables.
pm- Horned Cattle not received.
E. W. £
Los Angeles, August Ifi, 1862.
F O K
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
OX and after the first of April, and until further
notice, the steamship
±i SENATOR,
T. W. SEELEY COMMANDER,
Will Make two trips per month on the Southern
Coast, leaving Broadwity Wharf,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month
AT 9 O'CLOCK, A. SHE.
will be furnished by
UST" Bills of Ladi
Purser on board.
For freight or passage apply on board
office of S. J. Hensleyv corner of Front i
An unpopular vegetable
gallon—Leeks l
streets.
dcc9
3i* at the
id Jack-
S. J. HENSLEY, President.
XI.'ie. MYLES, Apothecaries Hail)
,p26 Main street, Los Arng-ei^-j
AldL. HEALING
JAPANESE SALVE.
The Japanese Salve is tlie host preparation that b*
been discovered for the cure of
POISON FllOM POISOSV OAK,
MOSQUITO BITES,
CUTS,
SPRAIN'S.
BURNS,
Anil in fact, all kinds of E
NUftS'ING SORE RRIiA
"KEOiri'ciTOIV * CO.. ASfntt.
VOL. XII
LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATUBDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1862.
INT0. 29.
Cos Angeles Star:
PfJBLIBHSD BVE11Y SATtTIurAY MORNING,
At the STAE BUILDINGS, Spring Street, I
Aageles,
BY II. HAMILTON.
TERM
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LOS ANGELES.
Office in Pico Buildings, Spring street. jy8
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square
often lines, for the first insertion; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers.
San Francisco A gen icy.
Mr. C. A. Ctt-VNE is the only authorised agent
for the Loh An-jblbh Star in San Francisco.
All orders left at his olIl.i..-. Xurtliwit corner of
Washington and Sansotae streets, Government
uilding, (upstairs) will be promptly attended to.
tl OTELS.
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AAD SURGEON,
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angeles.
OiSce hours, 9 to 12, m ; and 2 to !), p.m.
August 1, 1859..
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
LOS AMGELES.
•JOHN KING & HENRY'HAMBIE_L,
Proprietors.
THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased Uie ahove
named Hotel, wish to assure tlieir friends
and tiie travelling publio that they wiil endeavor
to keep the Bulla Union what it has always been,
TIIK 11 UST HOTJEJL
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Families can be accommodated with large, airy
rooms, or suits of rooms, well hirnisbed, .
Tlie Bills of Fare
Bhall ho inferior to none in lbe State.
All* t^c Stages
lo and from Los Augeles arrive at and depart from
this Hotel.
Tke Itar ami Billiard Saloons
Bhall receive the most Ririet attention, and the
patrons sh.ill.find that, this liouse will be carried
on as a Gist Class Hotel ou»ht to he.
Los Angeles, May 81, 1862.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
aaCstiia. Street,
Los Am geles.
R. T. HAYES, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SITItG-EON,
Tenders his services to the citizens of Los Angeles.
Omce—Aiiotliccai-ics' Hall, near the Post Ollice
Residence of Da. Hayes—McLaren s House,
Fort street. octi5
S. & A. LAZARD,
IMPOKTKES,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French, English anil American
Dry Goods,
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles. 1
PHSSMEAS BANNING,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION
AGENT,
New San Pedro and Los Angeles.
f. p. hamir:e^?
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Oflice with J. R. Gitci^ll, Esq., Temple's Block,
French, English, ami Spanish Translated.
Collections Made, &c.
Attached to th
and BAR, wher
nre kept.
Terms moderal
Hotel, in a BILLIARD ROOM
the best ot liquors aud uigara
, tos
If, (In:
times.
Miners coming (rum or to the mines nfHol
combe, Potosi, Mohave or Sau Gabriel, will fine
this n convenient place to meet their Ineud0, or tc
obtuiu desirable information.
LOUIS MESSMER.
Los Angeles, November 8th, 1802,—If
BROOKLYN MOTEL
Iihe famous peoprie
. well known and old esla
be
< le
»'!.
!h-' Iir
f-putr.
or Nd
will remove truiil the old dil
Broadway, where he haa resi*
and will open lhat SPACIOl
BRICK STRUCTURE, whiot
for a hotel, on the south-east
und Pine streets. The Build
•supplied throughout witli gu.
Cbrystal Spring Water Company
venietioe is offered at this Hotel j
all well ventilated, largo and ct
do not hesitate in saying that I
will be second to rioue iu the S
Miners, Traders and all others \
are invited to corae and examin
The Brooklyn Hotel Omiuibus w
the House free, and il you do not
modatioiiB it will cost jou uothin
ill always be ou the wharf on th
rieuds-lHm
and elegant
.a built expressly
nd
A. LEHMAN,,
PLAIN AXO ORrVAMEST.lL
SIOIXT EIJ3.IKT,2?IKrC3-.
CARRIAGE PAINTING, &C.
Inquire at Jons Goller's Shop. augl
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE,
AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Salesroom in Temple's Btoclc.,
MAIiV STK.EET.
Strict atiention given to all business.
Coin missions solicited.
LosAngeles, May 17, 1SG2.
TIIK PJtOftlSBD LAN1>.
We have all stood in some dream of youth
On the sacred mount of old,
And a promised laud for us has beamed
In the morning's purple and gold,
Oh ! how fair were its whitened fields I
How sweet were ils scented gales!
And its rivers over sands of gold,
Through beautiful blooming vales.
Hut we who would win that heritage
On tiie mountain height revealed,
To the present's stern, relentless c;ilJ,
The brightest hopes must yield j
Must turn with a willing heart and strong
From the future's charmed beams,
Por the work we have to do to-day
Ia worth an age of dreams.
We must wake to patience, wake to toil,
* And hide deep, deep within,
The beautiful vision that charmed our youth,
Of the land it. is ours to win ;
We must tread with cheerlessaud tireless feet
The dreary wilderness way—
Must follow the pillar ol Hre by night,
And the pillar of cloud by day.
Eor the light is gone out from yesterday,
To-morrow is fivr aw;\y.
Rut close at hand with a living voice
Speaks tne Angel of to-day—
"Let tbe work which the present hour demands
Thy bands and thy heart employ,
And tbe future, unsought, shall come with a crowu
Of victory and joy!"
KELLY & VINCENT,
HOUSE, SltiN,
AND CARRIAGE PAINTING,
Temiilii's Block, Main street, I-os Angeles,
ting the city,
nr themselves,
convey you to
•ie tbe acoom-
The Omnibus
arrival of the
inland and ocean steamers, to take passengers and
baggage tn the Hotel. The Brooklyn Hotel is
conveniently situated, being* in the central part of
the city, where the cars, of the city Railroad pass
the door every three mi nines each wav, to all Darts
ot the city. There is a large Reading
tached to the Hous-* and Library coul
Standard Works, exclusively for the
guests. Rooms will be let by t
mouth, with or without boar
Rooms to families or others n
The Table will always be supp
DEALERS IN STOVES,
Manufacturers of All Kinds
TU, SHEET IRtM, Ai\D C9PPE11
AV ARE.
JOB WORK DONE TO ORDER.
WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH.
Constantly on hand,
All Kinds of Hollow Ware, Pumps
&c.*&c. &c.
BACHMAiV'S BEILDLYG,
LOS AKG-ISLES STIJ.EET.
light,
dance of the choic
ford, and uo expense
ihat will defy the cri
epicure.
i ot ils
week or
nites of
reduced rates.-—
d with au abun-
:tnd best the market can af-
1 be spared to eet a table
_m of the most fastidious
JOHN KELLY, Jo»a.
.San Francisco, Oct. 2M, 1862.-3no
WATTS' NERVOUS ANTIDOTE,
ANO PHYSIC Ali RESTORATIVE.
mllE MEDICAL WONDER OP THE AGE.—
X Tbe most powerful aud wonderful medicine
ever discovered.
Watts' Nervous Antidote
Has cured, and will cure, more cases of nervous
disorders thau any otber known remedy.
■Watts' Nervous Antidote
Has aud will cure Nervous Headache, Giddiness,
Fainting, Paralysis, Extreme Debility, Neuralgia,
Chronic and In flam in a tory Rheumatism, Toothache
&c. &c.
Watts' BTcrvows Antidote'
Is an effectual remedy for Wakefulness. Itasooth-
ing and quieting influence is remarkable.
Watts' Nervous Antidote
Will euro Delirium Tremens, Nervous Trembling,
Epilepsy, Twitching ofthe Facial Nerves, Convulsions, aud Pulmonary complaints.
Watts' Nervous Antidote
Will act upon tbat state of the nervous system
■which produces Depression ot Spirits. Auxiety of
Mind, Mental Debility, Hysterics, &o, &n<i jg so
wonderful in rejuvenating premature old age, aud
correcting decrepitude brought oo by excessive
indulgence, that nothing but a trial can convince
the patient of its qualities. Itis not au excitant
lmt a strengtheuer, purely vegetable and harmless;
like a skillful architect begins by laying a firm
foundation, and gradually but incessantly adds
■strength and vigor until nothing is left unfinished.
For sale at retail by all Druggists. jyl93m
J. GOJL.DWATER'S,
Bella UiiiuiilIuLd,
& J&. 3D> X> Xj= IH2 _0_~S".,
M. MONTET,
ALISO STREET, In ItEAUOItl's BRICK
BUILDING.
HAS tbe honor to annonnee to the Public, that
he still carries ou bis business at the old
stand, aa above, and baving in his employment com-
Linen, he is prepared to execute all or-
hich ha may be favored, iu the Mauu-
efei't \
of
FiiieH»vness,Ca
ria gcRcpKiriii g,ami itlciidlng
>f all kinds.
Als»,evcrjrtl»l'*igin the Saddlery Business.
Los Angeles,Feb. 1st, 1862.
DRUBS, -MEDICINES, &G.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
APOTHECARIES' HALL,
Main street, nearly Opposite Commercial*
HAS ON HAND, and ia constantly adding to*
one ofthe most complete assortments of Drugs*
Medicines and Chemicals, Soutli of San Francisco;
together with all tbc Patent Medicines of the day*
Also a fine assortment of
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
All of which he warrants genuine and of the best
quality; which he offers, Wholesale or Retail, on
the most liberal terms.
Physicians' Proscriptions compounded at all
hours, day or Bight.
U.K. MYLES.
LosAngeles, July 7,1860.
COIaORiLDO MINES.
FERltY at PftOYIDENCE FOOT.
■WAR1UNGEU & BRADSHAW
HAVE ESTABLISHED A FERRY on the Colorado river, at the place Darned Providence
Point, the termination of the straight liue of travel
from Los Angeles City.
A good and substantial boat will be on the station by the 16th Juue, capable of carrying passengers and freight; and as soon thereafter as possible
a largo ferry boat will be put on, capable of supplying all the requirements of the public.
Los AngeleB, June 1-i, 1862,
Speech or Hon. Glllxnt Dean,
The followiug speech wae delivered before tbe
New Yoik Democratic Union Association by the
Hon. Gilbert Dean, of that city :
Air. President, and Gentlemen ofthe Democratic Union Association .-—To-day for the first
time in six years, I Ond myself unable to attend to
my business, and I feared I should have to forego
the pleasure of addressing my fellow-citizens, although I had accepted the invitation kindly ten
dered me by your worthy President. I wrote bin
a note to that effecf, and he thou did me the honor
to call upon me io person, and stated that, as the
Association expected me to address it, there would
be great disappointment at my "absence. I could
not, therefore, retrain from coming here, and thus
attesting my devotion lo the principles of the
Democratic parly, thc triudiph of which, in Lhe
coming campaign, will redeem New York from
fanaticism and Black Republican misrule, and
preserve the Constitution aa it is, and restore the
Union as it was. I am unable to-day, perhaps, to
perform military duty, but I am willing tobe shot
down for the principles of the CoDsutution. All
personal issues should be forgotten in tbis great
issue that is presented to us this day. Tbe atmosphere arouud us is tremulous with change; the air
is full of revolution. Ten millions of people weut
to bed last night, believing that thc pilot of tbe
Government was conservative ; they awoke to find
ihut nil their dreams were blighted, and that a
proclamation had been signed which makes emancipation of the'slave the object of the war. I have
sustained the war, and been in favor of using every
means that was demanded since the firing on our
flag at Sumter, but 1 now protest against this proc
hunniioii. I um willing .to fight aud die for the
restoration of the Union, but not for the emancipation of lhe negro. I am against a war for this
object. (Cheers). If for uttering this sentiment I
am to be consigned to Port Lafayette—to the
modern Bastile—then let them send me to-morrow. (Cries of "They dare not,'' '• let them try
it," *• you'll [iave a brigade go wilh you," ''there'll
be trouble if they do," etc.) 1 love this Government, but if it is lo be administered so that a per
son cau be imprisoned for uttering his sentiments
with no chance of being heard or placed face to
face with his aeccteers, then I can only say that the
Government has been perverted, and such a Government is not worth the life of one white man to
uphold. (Cheers'.) I love the Government—wHh
all the faults of the Administration for the last two
years I love it still, aud I believe it bus a regenerating power within itself" so that the American
people will be a free people under it again. This
Government has heretofore received the oppressed
from other lands—it has protected feeble womanhood and helpless infancy, never until within the
last Id months, taken a mau from his family and
sent bim to prison where he could not be heard as
to the truth of any charges against him. Was
there any necessity for that? (Urifs.-■'* No, no.'')
In the loyal State and city of New York has there
been any necessity for tbat? (No, no.1'} What
has New York done—what has she refused to do?
Will auy Republican here who thinks the Government is justified in suspending in the State of New
York^loyal every inch of it «ud every man in its
territory—the writ of habeas corpus—let htm tell
the reason—a writ thai was wrested from King
John iu England, and rather than relinquish whicb
we had better charter another *' Mayflower/' and
go to some other continent, where freemen may
live aud breathe. (Tremendous applause.) They
say the Democrats have no right to talk on
subject. The Supreme Court^it is charged, made
a decision that tbe black man has uo rights wbich
the white man is bound to respect, but they say
now that Democrats; have no rights whieh the
Black Republican Is bound to respect. We ate all
Democrats. We are lor sustaining the Constitution and restoring the Union. Put Greeley may
publish in the Tribune anything he chooses about
tbe inefficiency of the Administration, He can
write letters, and the President ean go down ou
his marrow boues and answer them. (Laughter.)
The Times can do the same thing aud propose
George Law or somebody else to take the place of
Lincoln, and it is all right. The Post may utter
the most seditious sentiments, and Fort Lafayette
is still sbort. But when a Democrat speaks he is a
candidate for the modern Bastile. (Laughter.) I
will read the Post to-night. Ifi were to say what
it Bays I would not see my wife and family again
foreeveral weeks—at least until I took the oath
of allegiance. The Post says of the recent battles :
Thousands Buffer indescribable tortures aud
are maimed for life—and the bitter pangs of their
hurts are assuaged by the reflection that by this
battle the euemy had been crushed or destroyed.
Gruel, It is not war but nmnler ; butchery wbich
fills all right minded men wilh horror, and which
haa nothing to redeem it except the bravery of the
uoble-hearted men needlessly sacrificed."
Although the Democratic party has been organ
ized more than sixty years, aud has controlled the
Administration for most of the time, yet if one ol
its members should say, that a battle waa mafdflr,
and the war butchery, why Kennedy would
take him right off It may be that, aa this is in
Bryant's paper.it is poetry. (Laughter.) Then
he goes ou to censure MoOlellan. (Three cheers
for McClellan.) I know something of tbat 1 was
in Washington on Thursday, and the Governmeut
officials thero quaked as Belshazzar did wheu he
saw the writing on the wall, uud it waa not until
the dispatch came last Friday lhat they fell relief,
and all at ouce saw a great power in the republic.
(Three cheers lor MoClelUo.) Ihey were thinking
before that of the safety of the cily of Wa.-hiuglou,
not of the emancipation proclamations. (Applause.) They admitted lhat ihey had made mistakes—one in depriving;McClellan of command.
But when tbey heard tlie result or lhe bravery of
the men who had fought and died for the unity o''
i imes. writing
October 1, uoi
Auit
'te Mccnt.. in rv,;vv Orlti.ns.
MTi'Bpimdt-Bt of the New York
■ '■■' -■ ■■■ Qrlwiu under date of
as the war ueWa from Mury laud
the Republic, they .
emancipation procli
it all
at once
and i
•■sued ar
tli on
This
ould be
proc
imattor
nk was he."
outh
ro arm
es bad been
tion
betwee
l Nev
* Yurk
ocla
latibn
vou Id
not be
lie midst of
the additional wonder
ie guards* d' Afrique,
oreil people called out
reminds ine of ai
" Theae*
The d-v
Tliedevil
The dev
(Laughter.) If the South
threatening eomtBui
and Washington thai
dated September 22, 18G2. Horatio Seymour is
the representative of the race against puritanical
bigotry, and in favor of individual liberty of
thought aud action. (Great applause.) I am
here to advocate no partisan candidate, but speak
as a freeman to freeman, and to say that If thie administration—I do not speak ofthe government-
is to attempt to suspend the writ oF habeas corpus.
and send men without trial from loyal cities aud
loyal States, and incarcerate them in dungeons,
theu lhe man that cannot think upon that subject
is a fool, and the man who will not think upon it-
is a knave, and the mau who thinks but dare not
act upou his conviction is a knave and a coward,
and not fit to be crucified upou the Cist lamp post
iu the ciiy. (Great applause.) So far aa any man
can go, whether it be iu property, life, or anything
else to support the Governmeut, I am ready to go
Dut the time has come when you most make a dis.
tiaetion between the Administration and the Government. But wheu you talk to me about supporting a Government that takes away the right
of being heard before a magistrate or jury, I am
against it. no matter where it may take me—if to
the scaffold, or the block. The
upon UJ,
is too late uow to talk about who brought it on.—
But how is the war to be settled iu the field ? By
having a party in power that pulls a General
down, and deprives him of command for political
motives? Is it to be settled by re-electing the
men to Congress who have raised the questions of
emancipation aud confiscation which have United
the South and divided the North? Talk about
the proclamation of emancipation ! Tbe President
might as well have proclaimed that the tide should
not rise, as Canute did. The white aud black
races cannot lire together ia equality, iso matter
how mauy acls of Congress or proclamations we
liave. It is for lhe Democratic party to declare
that the policy of the war is what Coagressdeclared
it to be after Bull Run—for no other purpose than
to restore the a-jlbority of the Government. And
under tbat party the Union will be restored over
every inch of territory from tbe St. Lawrence to
the Gulf, and from tbe Atlautic to the Pacific.—
(Great applause.)
A Stray Wmf trom Uie Scene of Co unlet.
We extract the following private letter published in tbe Alta of the loth, from an oldCaltforniau,
now iu the war :
" Fkik.nu C, I Your letter Was received with that
degree of pleasure that gladdens the heart ofa
poor fellow away from home, for that is my fix ex
actly. After leaving your Goldeo State, I had an
oiler to go dotVn in Dixie, which I accepled ; and
here I am in Alexandria, iu the midst of war and
skedaddling, for you have long before this beard
of the poor luck of our Uuiou forces in Virgiuia.
There have been exciting times here for the last
week, and one aud all bave held themselves in rea
diness to "git" at any momeut. Charley, I have
not lain awake nights with fright, yet I must confess there have been times wheu I would have been
uch better pleased to havo been in California, or
any other plaee thau here. I tell yoe>, when thc*
cannon begin to speak, it makes a man begin lo
think of his frailty. Still, I have no reason to
complain. My health is good ; my pay much better thau I could get iu Calilornia. I have charge
of the commissary department of the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad* which is now a military one;
but, you bet, tbe rebels played the devil with it.
ae they are iu possession as far as Manassas. 27
miles from here. Stonewall Jackson sent word to
Superintendent I/evernux that he'd better got np
a new time table, so that his trains would connect
beiter. ''■ Good gouk 'E Five millions of dollars
would nut cover the losses in engiues, bridges, and
destruction of the road generally. C——, soldiering is a rough life to lead, eveu iu camp, and near
ly infernal when Stonewall Jacksou is alter one.
He is a brick ! 1 hope tbe cuss lias gut where they
will stop him; for if it isurt do.ie soon, he will
make Pennsylvania bowl! I- There is much excitement about Uie dialL aud there was never before
so many cripples and invalids in B . I cau
imagine the excitement thu loss of the Go/dfti
Gale created in " Frisco," as no place in the
wide world cau beat it in excitement ol any nature,
or generosity either, lt soils me better than niiy
place I ever saw, S- K."
"Alexandria, Sept 3d. I8C2 "
r influence it has evidently infirea*-
ed the number of i*|,pl.otions I,,.* ...king the oath
cf.allegiaaee, though m „iv, Vtity m ,,1V, illlk,(,(J)
bave boldly demanded papVa, fthieh rf.gi8ter them
lis enemies ot the I';:,*..,! ^tiUes. L,
these Btirriug event;
of tho first i p.>e«ran
tbe regiment of the
by Gnv. Meore, but not put into tbe fi* Id until the
amf-al ol G-.M \. (tier, I. was only a day or two
ago thai 1 saw a equad otlhese men bearing their
bayoneted muskets proudly, marching duwu Camp
street, iu charge of some hulf do2en prisoners of
their own color. A. trilling -*s these things may
appeal to the superficial observer, they really
mark momeutoud eras in the histury oi this revolution,
Suppose tiiat the day the ordinance ol Secession
was declared in this State, some oue had said that,
as a result of tbat action, *rn less thau two years a
regiment of free negroes, uuder the command of a
"Massachusetts Yankee," would appear in tho
streets ul New Orleans, what kiud of a reception
would such a prophecy have cdled forth ? Why,
eere, ridicule, possibly baagitfg to the next lamppost.
One of the most interesting and significant
things in ihis connection is ibe fact that a lew dayd
ago, a " delegation » of slaves belonging to Manu-
sel White, who is one ofthe oldest and wealthiest
planters of the parish or St. Bernard, below the Si-
ty, called to see Gen. Shepley. and asked, as eiti-
zens, for au audience of the Governor of tho State.
The request was grauled, and these men iuformed
tbe General that they came for freedom ; that thcir
iellow servants iu other places Weea all leaving
their masters, and lhat they wished also to improve their condition, but tb-at it was not clear to
their minds how ioilow. They eii-phalifJallyraid.
however, that they did uot intend to labor much
if they could help it, without remuneration, and
they concluded their requests aud protests by asking that if they remain peaceably at home, they
might bave t-iir»wages secured to theffl for their
services, General Shepley treated the matter with
great consideration and after conferring witb General Duller, permission was granted to these men
to make terms with their master, who consented
to have a partner in the transaction, and these men
bave gone to work, not as slaves but as hired men*
Great interest is exhibited to heat what will be tbe
eflect of this arrangement. Most people affect to
believe Lhat the whole arrangemcut will prove a
failure—that the negroes will work a short time,
while the novelty lasts, aud then sink inio utter
idleness. Mr. White has always had a disposition
to ameliorate the coudtion of his negroes. I remember reading, many years ago in the old Delta,
a very interesting account ef where he established
on his plantation a regular court lor the trial of
turbulent aud ungovernable uegroes. If 1 mistake
not, he acted as judge, and the negroes as jurors and
witnesses, and whatever verdict was awarded, ifi
was faithfully carried out.
The C.-vtuli-y titu-siten— Are wi! Cajmlde of
CompcMiig will* Uie Rebel IIoi *->< men :
The Cincinnati Commercial, in a recent issue,
thus ruminates: The miserable deficiencies of our
eatairy are daily mote apparent. The exploits of
John Morgan in Kentucky, and Stuart in Virgiuia
and Maryland, arc advertisements ofthe utter incompetency of our cavalry forces. Most of the
horses purchased are poorstoek. The idea iu buying them is not to get serviceable auiuials for the
Government, but to make money out of the contract. The majority of tbe cavalry officers seem
to know nothing, or worse than ijotbiug, of their
duties. The meu are suffered to allow their borsea
to starve to death. The poof animals are uot half
Ted or half curried. They becomo rusty skeletons*
Of course, they cannot overtake tho blooded steeds
ofthe guerrilla cavalry. Is the Government helpless in this matter? Very lew ol our cavalry regiments are decent!y armed. Ync rebel troops ara
better armed than ours. Onr men should havo the
best carabines, but they are not as well supplied
with the prime article' as the Confederates. Are
Sharpe's and Cull's gun manufactories in the South■>
eru Coulederucy? Our cavalry regiments are recruited very miscellaneously j Kofi only is much
of the maleri;;f accepted for tho sake of filling up
very ba<i( but it is not Considered necessary to
make the best of it by vigorous insti notion. Tho
number of awkward riders exposed in our cavalry
organizations is something fearful and wouderfuL
And then, who kuows how to handle a sabre'i A
sword is of no more consequence than a club, iu the
hands of a etSptd who knows nothing of il3 use'
And so the general result is, Joh'a Morgan and
Stuart ride abont at tlieir leisure, circumnavigate
oar grand armies, and exasperate aii who are hope*
ful of the Union cause. The (juustton urises : Are
we capable of cavalry . And, if we are, why cau't
.■some of the real r-ruele? It is misled of
General Alexander IHcCoofc lhat, some inoullis ago,
lie refused to speak of lhe mounted portion ol hie
force as cavalry, lie would ask — • Where are tbe
men and horse** ?" It is not sOrprising that there
should be some hesitancy as to tbe use of terms iii
such a case.
The folio1
Alabama
> list of '
by the
die Of Au
- Is it not a sine ular fact lhat the Uuion and rebel armies are now again and again fighting each
other across the very spot iu whin John Drowu'n
first blood was shed 1 iso spot iu Virginiahas yet
become so deeply dyed in the blood of her sous
Suck battles may be maguiliccut, but they are also j us Barper'a Perry."
v.- ■• :;■,
ilgee. ofEdgarto-ffn.
uiiiii Tucker, Now Bedford,
;iuia nl New Bedford,
n. Dunbar, of New Bedford-
in Hover, of Matlaouisett.
--;l f
inceiowu.
and lho ship
lauded ou thc Island ol Bji
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 12, no. 29, November 22, 1862 |
| Type of Title | newspaper |
| Description | The English weekly newspaper, Los Angeles Star includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "The promised land", "Speech of Hon. Gilbert Dean", [col.4] "A stray waif from the scene of conflict", [col.5] "Remarkable scenes in New Orleans", "The cavalry question--are we capable of competing with the rebel horsemen?"; [p.2]: [col.1] "The removal of generals", "Freedom of political action", [col.2] "The small pox", "A drafting scene in Ohio", [col.3] "Court of sessions", "District Court", "Board of Supervisors", "The Republicans and the great reaction", [col.4] "Our city improvements", "Final arrangements for orphans' fair", "Presentation of a Mexican flag"; [p.3]: [col.1] "Eastern intelligence"; [p.4]: [col.1] "A sea-side walk", "The draft in Baidinsville", [col.3] "Evenings long ago", "Eastern intelligence", "Mrs. Partington in a bellicose vein". |
| Subject (lcsh) | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers |
| Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic Subject (County) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic Subject (State) | California |
| Geographic Subject (Country) | USA |
| Coverage date | circa 1862-11-16/1862-11-28 |
| Editor | Hamilton, H. |
| Printer | Hamilton, H. |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Hamilton, H. |
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| Date created | 1862-11-22 |
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| Format (aat) | newspapers |
| Format (Extent) | [4] p. |
| Language | English |
| Identifying Number | Los Angeles Star, vol. 12, no. 29, November 22, 1862 |
| Legacy Record ID | lastar-m307 |
| Part of Collection | Los Angeles Star Collection, 1851-1864 |
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| Full text | principle ex- all considerations of e cowardly, then have character of thc southern we been very cowardly. II to prefer c.v.l liberty add tothe espenee o( Ireeing all the slaves, and snch an accusation. If to maintain colouMri" them, if any or all the States consent, against overwhelming numbers, m.iu popM. the cost ol the same to come from the pockets of citement which swept away the people in the shape of taxes. He undertakes law, order and humau.ty :r:-;;or^.mi,,poSitio,;^drd^o!c»,rherSthis, Prom tha NwYork Weekly (rii'tvi'Vi. Things Financial ami Commercial. The culmination of the great military move- Bent ou the part of the Sonth, the invasion of lhe North, which was in proems of ercecritroo when j() doslroy Lhe property my last letter waa published, has taken place, and r (_ ,he exleQt 6t fo_r millions of these ser- tothe onJeari although the entire couutry, north oi the Polo- _._, ^ if ,Le 00lOQi_atiou should not work, let jinfluence and popular applause, is an mlc appeared to he panic-stricken, Pennsylvania, lMse liK,, _re3tares t0 overrun tbe North and , indifference, this is the measure of our ol le . ■specially, being thrown ir.ro spasms, we rrrr.l our- wUh lh„ wMte ra„u_ or w__Us more like- If to assert the liberty of speech with » ' » , '" ly, become a tax upou him for a century or two. mob threatening upon one e.de and the '°"'™m°°'a Tho destruclioo oi slave labor by the emaneipa- of arbitrary power upon the other, .3 auy as.uianoe lion act, blots out national wealth to the extent of j of devotion, that proof has not been want.nrr. live hundred millions of dollars per year, as the entire source of southeru labor being blacks, and KOHLER & FBOIILIIVG'S CAIFORNIA WINE BITTER!! . s TO DELICIOUS TASTE AND FINE FLA- A vor, produced by proper combination ■ ' Bitters is supcrioi 1U)W in the market. It creates appetite, -■nm any ingredients so rn- e contained in Ver- cYidence of) ",/°ya'digcs't.ve'"freeftom any ingredients so in selves to-day commercially aod politically in statu ,1„0. The Senlh line relired: stocks ate at the. old altitude; business neither better ner worse moneyed men as wise us before io their oaloula tions upon the worth oi securities, ami the rialid havo coutiuuc.1 to purchase anil hoard _old, or t gather iu and deposit piper, bringing both spec! and bills, hy their footings ihis week, still larger j ln their respective sr.ru total,, than ever before. All the items in.kins us weekly b ink reeorts indicate a gradual tightening nf tbe breaks which clogs tho .vheels of commerce. When the deposit lino is enormous, lire specie pile huge, the loan account stationary, money at three per cent oo time, and no borrowers, it tells of stagnation m the stream of business prosperity. Three-quarters of tho commercial portion of thc North are to-day betas gradually driven to the verge of bankruptcy. Thc very fact that a million ol men are employed in war, or within the year aro to be thus employed, insures the total dostrnc tion of one thousand millions ol the real capital of tho country, while it also prevents tho creation ot at least two hundred to three hundred millions of wealth, which tho healthy industry of this one million of men could accomplish in peaceful occupations, duriug the single year. jurious to the health, us an month, AbB,nth(ehe.c.RsrE0HLiNG je2D black freedom being synonymous with idleness, sueh a result is inevitable. Ju 1350 the official census gave as the routings ol slave labor per year /our hand, ed and eight millions of dollars. It .eould he easily greater to-day, had wo peace our borders. The eoloniz ition of the slaves of the South, uuder .Mr. Lincoln's plan, would cost, as per estimate of ono Hundred and sixty dollars por head, r hundred and forty millions of dollars. If Mr. Lincoln's plan of paying for the slaves ofsuch States, as choose to sell Ihem, is carried out, aud we esti.nato one-half of the slave population to ba thus paid for, and we accept the sum heretofore named as the probable price, three hundred dollars per head, big and little, we havo another item of site hundred millions of dollars. The blotting out of slave labor blots out northern trade to the extent of floe hundred millions pet- year, as hy the official census of 180*0, such was the amount the South bought of us ; aud if this can be mad If our friend can Ond un act or declaration of ours nconsisteut with these principles, then have we been most unfortunate in the use of means or words by which to illustrate our most deeply-settled convictinns. The paragraph to which he so emphatically excepts was written with no such intention, and we cauuot yet see tbat it will admit Of the construction which he pots upon it. We wero simply rebuking tbe spirit ol rowdyism and disloyalty on the part of irresponsible persons by which their friend were involved and their party subjected to unjust odium. We only incidentally alluded to the exorcise of military power in this connection, aud theu protested against it : First, " We see no reason why they should be dignified to the condi- City Hall,Main St., Los Angeles. A. BUSWEL-L. & CO, R, E. RAIMOND, COMMISSION MERCHANT Ko. 105 J-*roiil street, (Between Washington and Merchant streets,) SAN FEANOISOOj will give particular attention to tho Purchase sunl Shipment, us well as to the SALli-. OF MlSKCllAIMOlSlir AKD PKODtCE ■Rnr.li- 11171(1618. PaPer SllleTS, and ,- Ei RAIMOND having been established in San B°S?^?Sr«V Manufacturers. U. Francisco si.ce IBM. -a.bavin* beeu cot, Blank Book Manufacturers, 517 Clay and 514 Commercial streets, between tinuallv engaged in tiu; Commission bneiness for Merchants and Producers-* of Uie Southern and 'Mont" ome rv and Sansome, [Northern coast of California, as well as with that Sail Fi'IUlCssCO. Ll Oregon and Washington Territories, feelscnntL ill neids Brief Taper, kc, dent that he wilt be able to give entire satiisaction B* "^Ki,^esboSnotiee.' to parties who may entrust then* buBine88jto hfc Blank Books Kuled. Boned, and Printed to order. Old Books Rebound. Orders from the country by letter or express promptly attended to. aug-* uorany i tion of State prisoners, su'ilty of political offences ■ ;d be common rowdies and peace disturbers." And again—"This character of offences is quite differ ent from that for which many loyal and patriotic men have been arrested heretofore, and against which arrests we have felt in duty bound to protest as a violation ofthe constitutional rights of the ci The few "m this couutry are being beaefltted to- S0lircei i WOtiia like to be informed where that day by the wasting principle of a civil war, the most costly of all wars to auy nation engaged ; but the many are beiug made to suiter terribly, not to- what the footing day only, but for the balance of thoir lives. Tho great body of the people have already commenced to feel the effect of this new order of things. Thu necessaries of life are higher, and the gap which makes the rich richer, and the poor poorer, is now plainly widening. Tho cost of this war is to come out of tho " lower strata" of society, as the Knglish aristrocrats would say, the working men, those who toil, and, with borrowed money, create the wealth, which, by the governing priuci pie, the absorption by capital of the results of la bor.endsin makiug the poor the mere slaves of the rich. The earnings of the poor man are, by the results of heavy taxes aud high interest, car- tied into the pockets of the rich. The rich hold tho debt of the couutry ; they not only hold this debt, but while receiving tho interest upou it, earned by the poor man, control also the vast machinery of business, and the per centage which the borrower must pay the lender for thc means to prosecute it, the percentage whieh is put upou houses and lands, which the poorer classes must source is. Let us see, once mon ■vhich northern muscle will dually have to wipe out by sweat aud toil. War cost, $2,000,000,000 : es paid for, $1.00,000,01)0 ; colonization scheme SGiO.000,000 ; total of direct cost, $3.2-ii),000,000 wliich must be worked out by white labor. Loa; of wealth to the country, in addition, for blotting out slave labor, we blot out northern trade, £500,- 000,000 per year; and destroy the result of black labor South, $500,000,000 per year more. These are footings to ponder upou with anxiety. In God's aam-3, where are we drifting to ? The bank reports of tjiis city show heavy items nevery line. Gold is increasing at the rate of $2,000,000 per month, and deposits over §150,- 000,000. Money on call as low as three percent, and no commercial paper offering. Stocks stiff aud upward, government not excepted, and gold 118-^@119. Everything seems solid and strong iu Wall street. Confidence in everything is as firm as the rock of ages. The last news from Europe is of a character touching the shipment of bread-stuffs, to arrest the attention of speculators. Freights are so low P. X. KAST, AGENT Ol' A. SEIBEKIiIOH, be'lreUJer.°, B00T & SHOE MANUFACTURER, Or' PHILADELPHIA, Warehouse, ail (r«Uibvi.m street, below Battery street, Snn Francisco. Constantly on linntl, a large assorted stock of Gentlemen's, Ladies, Misses, and Children's "Wear, Of superior quality ; also, French Calf Boot Legs and Boot Fronts. F. X. KAST, Sole Agent lor California. tfg^-Country Ordere promptly attended to. .vill be able to give entire satiisuction ' >s lo hi, jyic_ OLABK'S INDELIBLEJIMeiLS. THK CHEAPEST AND BEST ARTICLE For Marking Linen. For sale by the gross, at 305 JHouigoiiiery street, Room JN©. 2, Sau Fraucisco. obtain from the richer, they also dictate the terms LQW ^^ tll0 Continental ports promise to competi ef, and, by tho strength which capital exercise- against labor, contrive to wrest from those who really create all the actual wealth, three-quarters of their just rights. Business, now reported as " good" by the commercial journals, is put thus: Gunpowder, shot aud shell, onrtridgoH nod cwinnn ftalla, soldiers' accoutrements, tents, camp chests, bread aud beef- blue cloth, shoes, shovels, and lire arms, ail go off at a profit. These, and much more, are rapidly consumed and destroyed by the great balf mllion of fighting men. Take away tiie activity lent to manufacturers by this war, take away the beneficial influence upon the dry good and other lines of trade by the circulation of the five hundred millions of money wastefully poured out by government to contractors, and liberally to soldiers, thus quickly put into circulation, aud what would be the show of business then I Yet this vast expenditure must stop ; it cauuot go ou forever, and it may stop soon ; when it does, then comes the vere reaction, aud theu the poor mau will severely feel that sharp, stinging poverty which has marked the poor men ot Europe as its victims for centuries. Wo never wore in tliis. country the galling iron collar of taxation. Wo aro now about to have it clasped upon our neck.?. It will chafe, and blister, aud eat iuto our very vitals, but there is no help for it. After ruining the South, and impoverishing thom beyond recovery, we in the North shall be left a nation of shopkeepers aud manufacturers, with no customers. The tax-gatherer will be after his roturus, aud if we report no sales, no business, uo money, uo government will be bankrupt, and geueral ruin the closing scene in thia horrible drama. Can a more hopeful picture be drawn at this time ? Will any min be so bold as to assert that the loss of one-half the Uuion, either politically or by the extermination of its people, will not inflict upon ua a terrible commercial disaster, to which the mere money coat of the war is as nothing in comparison? UDder the war fever, and supported by it, importations are heavy, aad the revenue, of course, large at this time. Exports, the only legitimate sign of true prosperity iu any single Hue of com- j merce, ara liberal, so much 30, that the preseut month will show a balance in favor of this port since January, of twelve millions of dollars. The last huge oatioual sensation has taken place. The country hasten startled by the promulgation of the great higher law edict of Abraham Lincoln, President of the Uuited States ; an edict of a politico commercial character; the emancipation of ali the slaves found in the so-called rebellious States on January 1st, 1SG3. 1 do not propose to dissect this proclamation po. lifically ; it is not withiu the province of'a commercial writer; uor do I intend to consume much ink at this time iu a commercial exposition of this monstrous anti-constitutional pronunciamento ; but I would like to invite the attention of the taxpayers, the working meu, the honest sons of toil, to a few plain, practical facts. We have been at war with the South now twenty-oue months, aud rolled up a debt of two thousand millions of dollars. Wheu all the bills are in, aud the Uuited States bounties paid, with the section of laud each soldier wilt have, or what he will be more likely to take, his one huudred dol-i lars in place of it, together with the pensions, ali these items of generalities will make up the huge sum indicated. The war stiil raging, it has beeu deemed advisable by the President to issue a proclamation about as constitutional as though it ordered the abrogation of the marriage tie, or the enslavement of the white children after January 1st, 1803, in the States aforesaid. To the big debt of Iwo thousand millions tho President or the (Tatted States coolly proposes to the North from auy other t*zeu!,.» We knew notkiug of the party arrested beyond the acts imputed to him, which, as reported friend's nice sense of propriety must condemn. Such acts are well calculated to disturb the public peace aud are proper subjects for the local police, and we can see uo reason why they should be interfered with and dignified into political offences by tiie military authorities, aud many reasons, which art* eloquently stated by our correspondent, why they should not be. When we cease to protest against the exercise of arbitrary power, unauthorized by the constitution, affecting the rights and liberties of the people, we ahall be false to our instiucts, false to our teachings, aud recreant to tbe trusts committed to us by the fathers. Liberty waa onr ouly heritage ; it was all for which our lathers pledged their lives, their fortunes aud their sacred honors—it waa uo ! idea of consolidate government; no plan of Uuion or nationality ; but simply the right of self-government. When we consent to part with this right, we dishonor the memory of our revolutionary ancestors and contemn their sacrifices. All this we sincerely believe and will sacredly abide by. But the question now to be considered is—is tbe wrong of which we complain, such as to demand armed resistance? for it beiug under tlie authority of those entrusted with the government, that is the only remedy. Any resistance short of that is mere ly factious aud riotous. Any act only calculate to provoke its exercise, is aimless for any purpose but mischief. We do not recognize tho right ol this arbitrary power ; "we do not accept it as £ principle to be engrafted upou our government: but is it not. better to avoid it, to yield toil, if you please, us a temporary evil, as an exception, a departure from the principles of the government and by peaceable means bring the party which inaugurates it to the bar of public opinion for trial, than to plunge the country into civil war'.' Is il uot better for humanity, for civil liberty, iu th end, that a few individuals should suffer Iawles violence—provoked, perhaps, by their owu indis cretiou—than that violent remedies should be res orted to, resulting iu the overthrow of the govern ment, when peaceable remedies are within ou reach? The whole democratic party of the countri with one voice, has protested against the exercise jj-tti-tjof power, and to that party we confidently look for the restoration of our liberties aud the supremacy of tbe constitution, without violence or blood-shed, in the adhering states. As to the instruments of this arbitrary power, they are under military rule and have uo alternative but obedience or disgrace. The choice between the two in this case ia merely a question of personal feeling or taste in which there is no chance for dispute. It is an unpleasant position at best, for which no oue caa blame the officer who does no more than his duty requires, and it is unjust to attempt to embarrass him in the performance ofsuch d.aty, or to make its performance a matter of reproach. We have only to deal with gentlemen in this m-Utsr, and gentle conduct and ntal forberauce may save us from consequences too terrible to contemplate without horror, ant which should be tbe last instead of the first resort for the redress of political grievances. MiMtEA E, % :■:':. XE;. (Successors to HawMmrst &Son,) IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE, AXD HASUEAOSCUaBRS OJ? Brooms, Pails, Tubs, Washboards, Churns. &c, TJAVE RECF.lVlill. EX KliCEXT AERIVALS tlie Herat .»' ll l.„-.,-1 « -I1...-..1 ••< "I*11 "«■■• WILLOW WAKE GEO. W. CHAPIN & GO., Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st., SAN FRANCISCO. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND CENERAL_ACENCY. Furnish all kinds of help for Families, Hotels, Fanners, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops Also, bave a Real Estate Agency, and attend to business in that line. feb22 Auti-Klicmffliatic Cordial and health ll est «v*alive VALuiBLE AND UN; sharply with this country iu the sale of grain, and t is doubtful if we shall realize our sanguine expectations in the food line. The loss of the cotton freights aud the diminished exports from Eug- land, iu consequence of our high tariff, has left a thousand ship3 high aud dry for want of employ- meat. These -vessels are now up at any price, ready for extremely low contracts in Liverpool and other British ports, aud thu grain trade of Europe will be brought, under this state of things, in direct competition with our own. So, look out, farmers of the West, for low quotations ia the English grain market, and give credit where it be- longa, Ben. Franklis. nto Stte-fet, S;v 119, SUMMONS. lit tlie District Court of tlio First Judicia Bistilot of tlie Stale of California, i" and fo tli. We have all stood in some dream of youth On the sacred mount of old, And a promised laud for us has beamed In the morning's purple and gold, Oh ! how fair were its whitened fields I How sweet were ils scented gales! And its rivers over sands of gold, Through beautiful blooming vales. Hut we who would win that heritage On tiie mountain height revealed, To the present's stern, relentless c;ilJ, The brightest hopes must yield j Must turn with a willing heart and strong From the future's charmed beams, Por the work we have to do to-day Ia worth an age of dreams. We must wake to patience, wake to toil, * And hide deep, deep within, The beautiful vision that charmed our youth, Of the land it. is ours to win ; We must tread with cheerlessaud tireless feet The dreary wilderness way— Must follow the pillar ol Hre by night, And the pillar of cloud by day. Eor the light is gone out from yesterday, To-morrow is fivr aw;\y. Rut close at hand with a living voice Speaks tne Angel of to-day— "Let tbe work which the present hour demands Thy bands and thy heart employ, And tbe future, unsought, shall come with a crowu Of victory and joy!" KELLY & VINCENT, HOUSE, SltiN, AND CARRIAGE PAINTING, Temiilii's Block, Main street, I-os Angeles, ting the city, nr themselves, convey you to •ie tbe acoom- The Omnibus arrival of the inland and ocean steamers, to take passengers and baggage tn the Hotel. The Brooklyn Hotel is conveniently situated, being* in the central part of the city, where the cars, of the city Railroad pass the door every three mi nines each wav, to all Darts ot the city. There is a large Reading tached to the Hous-* and Library coul Standard Works, exclusively for the guests. Rooms will be let by t mouth, with or without boar Rooms to families or others n The Table will always be supp DEALERS IN STOVES, Manufacturers of All Kinds TU, SHEET IRtM, Ai\D C9PPE11 AV ARE. JOB WORK DONE TO ORDER. WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. Constantly on hand, All Kinds of Hollow Ware, Pumps &c.*&c. &c. BACHMAiV'S BEILDLYG, LOS AKG-ISLES STIJ.EET. light, dance of the choic ford, and uo expense ihat will defy the cri epicure. i ot ils week or nites of reduced rates.-— d with au abun- :tnd best the market can af- 1 be spared to eet a table _m of the most fastidious JOHN KELLY, Jo»a. .San Francisco, Oct. 2M, 1862.-3no WATTS' NERVOUS ANTIDOTE, ANO PHYSIC Ali RESTORATIVE. mllE MEDICAL WONDER OP THE AGE.— X Tbe most powerful aud wonderful medicine ever discovered. Watts' Nervous Antidote Has cured, and will cure, more cases of nervous disorders thau any otber known remedy. ■Watts' Nervous Antidote Has aud will cure Nervous Headache, Giddiness, Fainting, Paralysis, Extreme Debility, Neuralgia, Chronic and In flam in a tory Rheumatism, Toothache &c. &c. Watts' BTcrvows Antidote' Is an effectual remedy for Wakefulness. Itasooth- ing and quieting influence is remarkable. Watts' Nervous Antidote Will euro Delirium Tremens, Nervous Trembling, Epilepsy, Twitching ofthe Facial Nerves, Convulsions, aud Pulmonary complaints. Watts' Nervous Antidote Will act upon tbat state of the nervous system ■which produces Depression ot Spirits. Auxiety of Mind, Mental Debility, Hysterics, &o, &n X> Xj= IH2 _0_~S"., M. MONTET, ALISO STREET, In ItEAUOItl's BRICK BUILDING. HAS tbe honor to annonnee to the Public, that he still carries ou bis business at the old stand, aa above, and baving in his employment com- Linen, he is prepared to execute all or- hich ha may be favored, iu the Mauu- efei't \ of FiiieH»vness,Ca ria gcRcpKiriii g,ami itlciidlng >f all kinds. Als»,evcrjrtl»l'*igin the Saddlery Business. Los Angeles,Feb. 1st, 1862. DRUBS, -MEDICINES, &G. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. APOTHECARIES' HALL, Main street, nearly Opposite Commercial* HAS ON HAND, and ia constantly adding to* one ofthe most complete assortments of Drugs* Medicines and Chemicals, Soutli of San Francisco; together with all tbc Patent Medicines of the day* Also a fine assortment of Perfumery and Toilet Articles. All of which he warrants genuine and of the best quality; which he offers, Wholesale or Retail, on the most liberal terms. Physicians' Proscriptions compounded at all hours, day or Bight. U.K. MYLES. LosAngeles, July 7,1860. COIaORiLDO MINES. FERltY at PftOYIDENCE FOOT. ■WAR1UNGEU & BRADSHAW HAVE ESTABLISHED A FERRY on the Colorado river, at the place Darned Providence Point, the termination of the straight liue of travel from Los Angeles City. A good and substantial boat will be on the station by the 16th Juue, capable of carrying passengers and freight; and as soon thereafter as possible a largo ferry boat will be put on, capable of supplying all the requirements of the public. Los AngeleB, June 1-i, 1862, Speech or Hon. Glllxnt Dean, The followiug speech wae delivered before tbe New Yoik Democratic Union Association by the Hon. Gilbert Dean, of that city : Air. President, and Gentlemen ofthe Democratic Union Association .-—To-day for the first time in six years, I Ond myself unable to attend to my business, and I feared I should have to forego the pleasure of addressing my fellow-citizens, although I had accepted the invitation kindly ten dered me by your worthy President. I wrote bin a note to that effecf, and he thou did me the honor to call upon me io person, and stated that, as the Association expected me to address it, there would be great disappointment at my "absence. I could not, therefore, retrain from coming here, and thus attesting my devotion lo the principles of the Democratic parly, thc triudiph of which, in Lhe coming campaign, will redeem New York from fanaticism and Black Republican misrule, and preserve the Constitution aa it is, and restore the Union as it was. I am unable to-day, perhaps, to perform military duty, but I am willing tobe shot down for the principles of the CoDsutution. All personal issues should be forgotten in tbis great issue that is presented to us this day. Tbe atmosphere arouud us is tremulous with change; the air is full of revolution. Ten millions of people weut to bed last night, believing that thc pilot of tbe Government was conservative ; they awoke to find ihut nil their dreams were blighted, and that a proclamation had been signed which makes emancipation of the'slave the object of the war. I have sustained the war, and been in favor of using every means that was demanded since the firing on our flag at Sumter, but 1 now protest against this proc hunniioii. I um willing .to fight aud die for the restoration of the Union, but not for the emancipation of lhe negro. I am against a war for this object. (Cheers). If for uttering this sentiment I am to be consigned to Port Lafayette—to the modern Bastile—then let them send me to-morrow. (Cries of "They dare not,'' '• let them try it" *• you'll [iave a brigade go wilh you" ''there'll be trouble if they do" etc.) 1 love this Government, but if it is lo be administered so that a per son cau be imprisoned for uttering his sentiments with no chance of being heard or placed face to face with his aeccteers, then I can only say that the Government has been perverted, and such a Government is not worth the life of one white man to uphold. (Cheers'.) I love the Government—wHh all the faults of the Administration for the last two years I love it still, aud I believe it bus a regenerating power within itself" so that the American people will be a free people under it again. This Government has heretofore received the oppressed from other lands—it has protected feeble womanhood and helpless infancy, never until within the last Id months, taken a mau from his family and sent bim to prison where he could not be heard as to the truth of any charges against him. Was there any necessity for that? (Urifs.-■'* No, no.'') In the loyal State and city of New York has there been any necessity for tbat? (No, no.1'} What has New York done—what has she refused to do? Will auy Republican here who thinks the Government is justified in suspending in the State of New York^loyal every inch of it «ud every man in its territory—the writ of habeas corpus—let htm tell the reason—a writ thai was wrested from King John iu England, and rather than relinquish whicb we had better charter another *' Mayflower/' and go to some other continent, where freemen may live aud breathe. (Tremendous applause.) They say the Democrats have no right to talk on subject. The Supreme Court^it is charged, made a decision that tbe black man has uo rights wbich the white man is bound to respect, but they say now that Democrats; have no rights whieh the Black Republican Is bound to respect. We ate all Democrats. We are lor sustaining the Constitution and restoring the Union. Put Greeley may publish in the Tribune anything he chooses about tbe inefficiency of the Administration, He can write letters, and the President ean go down ou his marrow boues and answer them. (Laughter.) The Times can do the same thing aud propose George Law or somebody else to take the place of Lincoln, and it is all right. The Post may utter the most seditious sentiments, and Fort Lafayette is still sbort. But when a Democrat speaks he is a candidate for the modern Bastile. (Laughter.) I will read the Post to-night. Ifi were to say what it Bays I would not see my wife and family again foreeveral weeks—at least until I took the oath of allegiance. The Post says of the recent battles : Thousands Buffer indescribable tortures aud are maimed for life—and the bitter pangs of their hurts are assuaged by the reflection that by this battle the euemy had been crushed or destroyed. Gruel, It is not war but nmnler ; butchery wbich fills all right minded men wilh horror, and which haa nothing to redeem it except the bravery of the uoble-hearted men needlessly sacrificed." Although the Democratic party has been organ ized more than sixty years, aud has controlled the Administration for most of the time, yet if one ol its members should say, that a battle waa mafdflr, and the war butchery, why Kennedy would take him right off It may be that, aa this is in Bryant's paper.it is poetry. (Laughter.) Then he goes ou to censure MoOlellan. (Three cheers for McClellan.) I know something of tbat 1 was in Washington on Thursday, and the Governmeut officials thero quaked as Belshazzar did wheu he saw the writing on the wall, uud it waa not until the dispatch came last Friday lhat they fell relief, and all at ouce saw a great power in the republic. (Three cheers lor MoClelUo.) Ihey were thinking before that of the safety of the cily of Wa.-hiuglou, not of the emancipation proclamations. (Applause.) They admitted lhat ihey had made mistakes—one in depriving;McClellan of command. But when tbey heard tlie result or lhe bravery of the men who had fought and died for the unity o'' i imes. writing October 1, uoi Auit 'te Mccnt.. in rv,;vv Orlti.ns. MTi'Bpimdt-Bt of the New York ■ '■■' -■ ■■■ Qrlwiu under date of as the war ueWa from Mury laud the Republic, they . emancipation procli it all at once and i •■sued ar tli on This ould be proc imattor nk was he." outh ro arm es bad been tion betwee l Nev * Yurk ocla latibn vou Id not be lie midst of the additional wonder ie guards* d' Afrique, oreil people called out reminds ine of ai " Theae* The d-v Tliedevil The dev (Laughter.) If the South threatening eomtBui and Washington thai dated September 22, 18G2. Horatio Seymour is the representative of the race against puritanical bigotry, and in favor of individual liberty of thought aud action. (Great applause.) I am here to advocate no partisan candidate, but speak as a freeman to freeman, and to say that If thie administration—I do not speak ofthe government- is to attempt to suspend the writ oF habeas corpus. and send men without trial from loyal cities aud loyal States, and incarcerate them in dungeons, theu lhe man that cannot think upon that subject is a fool, and the man who will not think upon it- is a knave, and the mau who thinks but dare not act upou his conviction is a knave and a coward, and not fit to be crucified upou the Cist lamp post iu the ciiy. (Great applause.) So far aa any man can go, whether it be iu property, life, or anything else to support the Governmeut, I am ready to go Dut the time has come when you most make a dis. tiaetion between the Administration and the Government. But wheu you talk to me about supporting a Government that takes away the right of being heard before a magistrate or jury, I am against it. no matter where it may take me—if to the scaffold, or the block. The upon UJ, is too late uow to talk about who brought it on.— But how is the war to be settled iu the field ? By having a party in power that pulls a General down, and deprives him of command for political motives? Is it to be settled by re-electing the men to Congress who have raised the questions of emancipation aud confiscation which have United the South and divided the North? Talk about the proclamation of emancipation ! Tbe President might as well have proclaimed that the tide should not rise, as Canute did. The white aud black races cannot lire together ia equality, iso matter how mauy acls of Congress or proclamations we liave. It is for lhe Democratic party to declare that the policy of the war is what Coagressdeclared it to be after Bull Run—for no other purpose than to restore the a-jlbority of the Government. And under tbat party the Union will be restored over every inch of territory from tbe St. Lawrence to the Gulf, and from tbe Atlautic to the Pacific.— (Great applause.) A Stray Wmf trom Uie Scene of Co unlet. We extract the following private letter published in tbe Alta of the loth, from an oldCaltforniau, now iu the war : " Fkik.nu C, I Your letter Was received with that degree of pleasure that gladdens the heart ofa poor fellow away from home, for that is my fix ex actly. After leaving your Goldeo State, I had an oiler to go dotVn in Dixie, which I accepled ; and here I am in Alexandria, iu the midst of war and skedaddling, for you have long before this beard of the poor luck of our Uuiou forces in Virgiuia. There have been exciting times here for the last week, and one aud all bave held themselves in rea diness to "git" at any momeut. Charley, I have not lain awake nights with fright, yet I must confess there have been times wheu I would have been uch better pleased to havo been in California, or any other plaee thau here. I tell yoe>, when thc* cannon begin to speak, it makes a man begin lo think of his frailty. Still, I have no reason to complain. My health is good ; my pay much better thau I could get iu Calilornia. I have charge of the commissary department of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad* which is now a military one; but, you bet, tbe rebels played the devil with it. ae they are iu possession as far as Manassas. 27 miles from here. Stonewall Jackson sent word to Superintendent I/evernux that he'd better got np a new time table, so that his trains would connect beiter. ''■ Good gouk 'E Five millions of dollars would nut cover the losses in engiues, bridges, and destruction of the road generally. C——, soldiering is a rough life to lead, eveu iu camp, and near ly infernal when Stonewall Jacksou is alter one. He is a brick ! 1 hope tbe cuss lias gut where they will stop him; for if it isurt do.ie soon, he will make Pennsylvania bowl! I- There is much excitement about Uie dialL aud there was never before so many cripples and invalids in B . I cau imagine the excitement thu loss of the Go/dfti Gale created in " Frisco" as no place in the wide world cau beat it in excitement ol any nature, or generosity either, lt soils me better than niiy place I ever saw, S- K." "Alexandria, Sept 3d. I8C2 " r influence it has evidently infirea*- ed the number of i* ,pl.otions I,,.* ...king the oath cf.allegiaaee, though m „iv, Vtity m ,,1V, illlk,(,(J) bave boldly demanded papVa, fthieh rf.gi8ter them lis enemies ot the I';:,*..,! ^tiUes. L, these Btirriug event; of tho first i p.>e«ran tbe regiment of the by Gnv. Meore, but not put into tbe fi* Id until the amf-al ol G-.M \. (tier, I. was only a day or two ago thai 1 saw a equad otlhese men bearing their bayoneted muskets proudly, marching duwu Camp street, iu charge of some hulf do2en prisoners of their own color. A. trilling -*s these things may appeal to the superficial observer, they really mark momeutoud eras in the histury oi this revolution, Suppose tiiat the day the ordinance ol Secession was declared in this State, some oue had said that, as a result of tbat action, *rn less thau two years a regiment of free negroes, uuder the command of a "Massachusetts Yankee" would appear in tho streets ul New Orleans, what kiud of a reception would such a prophecy have cdled forth ? Why, eere, ridicule, possibly baagitfg to the next lamppost. One of the most interesting and significant things in ihis connection is ibe fact that a lew dayd ago, a " delegation » of slaves belonging to Manu- sel White, who is one ofthe oldest and wealthiest planters of the parish or St. Bernard, below the Si- ty, called to see Gen. Shepley. and asked, as eiti- zens, for au audience of the Governor of tho State. The request was grauled, and these men iuformed tbe General that they came for freedom ; that thcir iellow servants iu other places Weea all leaving their masters, and lhat they wished also to improve their condition, but tb-at it was not clear to their minds how ioilow. They eii-phalifJallyraid. however, that they did uot intend to labor much if they could help it, without remuneration, and they concluded their requests aud protests by asking that if they remain peaceably at home, they might bave t-iir»wages secured to theffl for their services, General Shepley treated the matter with great consideration and after conferring witb General Duller, permission was granted to these men to make terms with their master, who consented to have a partner in the transaction, and these men bave gone to work, not as slaves but as hired men* Great interest is exhibited to heat what will be tbe eflect of this arrangement. Most people affect to believe Lhat the whole arrangemcut will prove a failure—that the negroes will work a short time, while the novelty lasts, aud then sink inio utter idleness. Mr. White has always had a disposition to ameliorate the coudtion of his negroes. I remember reading, many years ago in the old Delta, a very interesting account ef where he established on his plantation a regular court lor the trial of turbulent aud ungovernable uegroes. If 1 mistake not, he acted as judge, and the negroes as jurors and witnesses, and whatever verdict was awarded, ifi was faithfully carried out. The C.-vtuli-y titu-siten— Are wi! Cajmlde of CompcMiig will* Uie Rebel IIoi *->< men : The Cincinnati Commercial, in a recent issue, thus ruminates: The miserable deficiencies of our eatairy are daily mote apparent. The exploits of John Morgan in Kentucky, and Stuart in Virgiuia and Maryland, arc advertisements ofthe utter incompetency of our cavalry forces. Most of the horses purchased are poorstoek. The idea iu buying them is not to get serviceable auiuials for the Government, but to make money out of the contract. The majority of tbe cavalry officers seem to know nothing, or worse than ijotbiug, of their duties. The meu are suffered to allow their borsea to starve to death. The poof animals are uot half Ted or half curried. They becomo rusty skeletons* Of course, they cannot overtake tho blooded steeds ofthe guerrilla cavalry. Is the Government helpless in this matter? Very lew ol our cavalry regiments are decent!y armed. Ync rebel troops ara better armed than ours. Onr men should havo the best carabines, but they are not as well supplied with the prime article' as the Confederates. Are Sharpe's and Cull's gun manufactories in the South■> eru Coulederucy? Our cavalry regiments are recruited very miscellaneously j Kofi only is much of the maleri;;f accepted for tho sake of filling up very ba list of ' by the die Of Au - Is it not a sine ular fact lhat the Uuion and rebel armies are now again and again fighting each other across the very spot iu whin John Drowu'n first blood was shed 1 iso spot iu Virginiahas yet become so deeply dyed in the blood of her sous Suck battles may be maguiliccut, but they are also j us Barper'a Perry." v.- ■• :;■, ilgee. ofEdgarto-ffn. uiiiii Tucker, Now Bedford, ;iuia nl New Bedford, n. Dunbar, of New Bedford- in Hover, of Matlaouisett. --;l f inceiowu. and lho ship lauded ou thc Island ol Bji |
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