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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-01-19
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1. On the IIth of February, 1861, when tbe
rebellion was rapidly gathering head, the fol
. loripe resolution was introduced in the House
Of Reuresentstives by Mr.. SHERMAN Of OHIO
then as now prominent and Jealous kepuDii'
can: ~
R,solped. That neither the Congress OF the
Halted States nor the people or governments OF
the non slaveholding States have the conAtitu-
1ioual right to legislate upon, or interfere Whn,
slavery in any Of the slaveholding States IN the
Union. Ap1 Sua et3E a3
This resolution was agreed to unanimously
by House in which the Republicans had a
majority. The vote was taken by yeas and
nays, and resulted yeas l6I, DaysO. Among
The prominent Republicans whose names ap-
near in the record Of the votes are cHARLEs
FaANcIs ADAMS, afterward appointed Minister to
London; Arson BURLMoAMr, now Minister to
China; GALusHA A. GBOw, elected by the Re-
uublicans Speaker Of the present House Of Rep
,eseu,a.iyes; owEN LovEJoY, THOMAS CoRwrb
soauYLrR CoLrAx, JoBN r. PorrER, every Re.
uublican, in short, who was present when the
vote was taken. gEI
g. At the extra session Of the present Con
eress il July last, Mr., Cmr1EEDEN, of Ken
lucky, introduced the following resolution:
ResOlrsd bg the House of Representatives. Of he
Conoysss of he United States, That the present
deuiorable civil war has been forced upon the
country by the disunionists Of the Southern
States, now In revolt against the constitutional
government, and in arms around the capitol. |
That in this national emergency, Congress-
baui,hing eli feeings Of mere passion o. resent
ment, viii recollecs only Its duty to the whole
country. That this war is not waged on their
uart in any spirit of oppression, nor for any pur.
pose Of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose OF
overthrowing or interfering with the rights or
eetablIshed Institutions Of those States, but 70
Defend and maintain the supremacy ofthe Con-
stltution, and to preserve the Union With all the
dignity, equality, and rights OF the several
States unimpaired; and thaea soon as these
objects are accomplished the war ought TO
cease. s.l trt i.
On the 22d Of July every man in the House
voted for this resolution except REID, Of Mis-
sOuri, and Bumrrr, Of Kentucky, both of whom
have since been expelled. @4
AZ. l. lla.l.
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speech OF Mr. wardsw Orth, OF Ken
Iucky.
The Washington correspondent of the New
W. - MALL - ,ho I6ib ;n,t aona
HsPEEcH or MR, wARpswoRTH.

The Washington correspondent OF The NeW
York World, Of the 18th inst, says:
4f "sPEEcH or Mr.. wARDswoRTH.
"The speech of Mr.. Wardswortb, Of Kentucky
n the House this afternoon was an exceedingly
eloquent effort, and created quite sensation,
all the members Of the House gathering around
the speaker during it's delivery. He declared
that If the emancipation party succeeded 10 their
schemes the Border States we're lost, and that
all hopes Of restoration Of the Union were
ended. He Wasvery severe on Thadeus Ste
vens and Mr.. Julian, Of Indiana. The speech
of the latter for emancipation, which was read
from manuscript yesterday, he characterized
as smooth-fsced, simple, school BOY compost
tion.n :.
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Can It be possible!

The Washington correspondent Of the Indian
apOlis Sentnel says: .e4r
learn that there IL deficit In the War De-
uartnlent Of one hundred and eighty-nine mil
Ions dollars (sl69, ,OO0. .00O) Frank Blair is Civ
en- % authority for the statement
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-01-19

M Nei.bsr branch Of the Legislature Sssin
session yesterday, both the Senate and the
House having adjourned, on Friday, unei mon
day afternoon. Thsmembers are nearly oil at
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Northern Virginia. The latest reports place
Gems. Lee and Longstreet at Culpeper Court
House with the heaviest portion of the army, and
Generals Jackson and Hill in the valley Of the
Shenandoah, at the head Of considerable force.
But it is also reported that this body of troops
are moving towards Culpeper by the way OF
Thornton's Gap. 1t is known that within a day
or two past their scouts have been seen os far
north as the vicinity of Martinsburg, and that
their pickets were at Ashbys and Suckers Gaps
on Monday. Culpeper Court House is eleven
miles southwest Of Rappahannock station, on the
Orange and Alexandria railroad-now held by
Gen. Sigel-and twenty-three miles in the same
direction from Warrenton, the headquarters Of
Gen. Burnside. The press correspondent at
headquarters telegraphs yesterday that the troops
around Culpeper Courthouse on Monday were
under the command of Generals A. P. and D. H.
Hill, and that General Longstreets command
lies between Culpeper and Gordonsville, while
Gen. jackson holds Chester and Manassas Gaps.
The scouting in the rear of the Federal army
mentioned above is doubtless from body OF
troops at the last named pass.
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What the Late Elections Teach.

The result of the late elections in Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Indiana teach Abra-
ham Lincoln, and the Republican party
which he represents, an important lesson.
1t shows dissatisfaction on the part Of
majority of the people of those States with
the manner in which the present Ad-
ministration has conducted the war, and
it is an emphatic disapproval of President
Lincoln's Emancipation scheme and his
Proclamation to declare the freedom of
the slaves in those States which may be
in rebellion on the first of next January.
No President of the United States has
ever been able to carry out his schemes
or views against which majority of the
people recorded their Judgment, and it
now remains to be seen whether President
Lincoln will attempt it. The popular
vote and large majority of the Congress
men in each of the States named above,
seem to be for the Democratic parity
This result may only be the forerunner
of what is to follow.
Much as we abominate the introduction
of party politics at the present time, when
we should all be of one mind and one
heart in our determination to crush the
rebellion and restore the Union, we must
be permitted to remark, that the friends
of the Republican party made the Adj
ministration and its policy the issue with
the Democratic party, and upon that issue
they were defeated in the most signal
manner. The Republican policy has been
tried and found wanting, and it is highly
probable that the result of the late cleo
tons is only an indication on the part Of
the people, to return again to Democratic
rule, under which they lived so happily
and prosperously for nearly three-fourths
of the time since the foundation Of the
Government.-.Md. Union.
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STATE ELECTIONS.

The November elections, as the October
elections, have all been favorable to the Demo
cratic party. In the States which they have not
carried they have, SO reduced the majorities
against them, that they may well claim victo-
ry. Seymour, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, has carried New York by a majority
of IL, 203. Eighteen out of the thirty-one Con-
gressmen are Democrats The same, party has
also a majority on joint ballot in the State Legs-
lature, which secures United States Senator in
the place of Preston King, Republican.
Illinois has also gone Democratic by about
10000 majority, with a heavy majority in the
Legislature.
Parker, Democrat, is elected Governor of New
Jersey, and the Legislature is heavily Demo-
cratic. -
In Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Kansas, the
gains for the Democratic ticket have been inn
mense.
The Democrats so far gain thirty members of
Congress this will make difference in the next
House of Representatives of sixty votes. This,
the New York Herald says, is, one of the most
thorough and remarkable revolutions in politics
ever known in this country, and ought to be
well considered by those now in authority it is
q warning not to be lightly passed by.
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For the Southern Egis.
THE PAST.

Like the veil which covered the 'fea.
lures of the "Prophet of Khorassan"-
and served to dazzle and mislead his fol-
lowers--so over the past there hangs
the veil of the imagination, and through
its drapery we but see what is lovely and
pleasing, and fail to notice the dark and
disagreeable features which have, perhaps,
predominated in our past history. We
hear those Of ripper years often recurring
with tones of love to their childhood days,
and in their notice of the sunshine Of that
showery period Of life, they forget the
clouds which then looked so lowering
The past throws its halo around our early
friends. Those friends are associated
with our early dreams of goodness, and of
future glory and'we insensibly have con-
founded our friends with our early dreams,
and they seem to have been the personif-
cations of truth, beauty, honor, and good
ness.
The past clothes the scenery in which
our early life was passed, with beauties
which are not discernible the eye of
strangers. No stranger can see in that
old homestead what we see; no stranger
can hear 10 the rustling leaves of those
old oaks what we hear; no stranger is
reminded, by the ripple of that tiny
brook, as we are, Of hopes, and dreams,
and friends, which are part of our being
and our 1--we. And, oh! how magical
is the light which hovers over those
"grassy knolls,' beneath which the loved
and lost now rest in the holiness Of the
past. Now the follies of the departed are
sacred from the voice of the slanderer,
and his virtues are alone rescued from
oblivion. Into the safe retreat Of the
past we all shall at last go. Happy-if
some friend will, by the silent tear, evince
that our virtues are robed in the glory Of
the past. How often, in the twi-
light hours Of life, do we muse over the
hopes, the scenes, the joys, the friends of
the past
I'Long, long be my heart with such memories
Like s'.. shs yase in which roses have once been
You MAY I, break, Jon may shatter the vase, ii
Bat "a. t5s sssns y me roe. win hang round it
M. q
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How John Van Buren, Obtained General
Scots Letter.

On Monday night John Van Buren,
addressed the Democracy of New York, at
Tammany Hall, and among other things
explained the manner in which he came
in possession of the celebrated Scott let
ter. He said:
The letter had been read by General
Scott to John G. Hamilton and James
Monroe, and if the President had acted
upon it, it would have been read to TWEEN
ty millions Of people; so he did not see
that it could be properly called, as it had
been, private letter. Republicans had
charged him with stealing the letter. A
lady, he had stated, was helping him to
keep the secret of how be got possession
of it. When Mrs. Lincoln visited this
city some short time ago, he, thinking he
ought to show some respect to the wife of
the Chief Magistrate of the country rcall-
ed upon her at the Metropolitan Hotel;
she was not in, SO he left his card. Be-
fore he got hundred miles from the city
the fact of his having called upon Mrs.
Lincoln was chrohicled in the papers
"Ah!" said this and that person, eve
know where you got that letter" edo
you 2" asked Mr.. Van Buren,, "where p
"From Mrs. Lincoln" This accusation
was the cause of his now explaining how
the letter came into his possession.
When General Scott wrote the letter,
he kept the original draft, and sent to Mr..
Seward copy. Calling upon Gen. Scott
one day, the General produced the letter,
and showed it to Mr.. Van Buren,. After
reading it, he asked General Scott for a
copy of it; he consented, and copy was
made by Mr.. Van Buren's clerk. Suisse
quently, Mr.. Van Buren, asked General
Scott, as he had never given him anything
in his life, to present him with that letter
that he might keep it for the sake of the
autograph. "He did SO, and here it is"
said Mr.. Van Buren,, producing the let
ter. Applause and laughter.1 81 in
tend to have it photographed by that ex-
cellent artist, Mr.. Brady; so you will all
be enabled to get copy"
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~ 81 = . r .
"OUR GREAT CoUNTRY.''-We hear
the Abolition presses and speakers daily
mouthing, "our great country" Well,
who made it great Echo answers "THE
DEMOCRACY r Why is it great, or rath-
err aoas it great2 Because it extended
over boundless, rich and varied terri
tory. Who added this territory and thus
made our country great? Echo again ans
wers "THE DEMOCRACY p Who oppos.
ed, for half century, the making OF this
a "great country 7" The New England
Federalists and the modern Abolitionists.
When was "our great country destroyed 2
When these New England Federalists and
modern Abolitionists got into power -
What impudence is itathen for these men
to noW talk about Sour great country 2,
The Democracy made it and the De-
mocracy alone can restore it. All men
therefore opposed to the Democracy, are
opposed to the restoration of this ssgreat
country" and according to tleir own log
ic, they must all be TRAITORS. 50 Ohio
Crisis.
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n y 7 y
Mr.. SEWARD ON THE SLAVERY CUES
TIoN.--Mr. Stewards famous letter to
Minister Dayton, April 20, 1861, is now
being read and attracting much comment
in Washington. 1t will be recollected
that, in speaking of the rebellion, he
said:
"The condition ofslayery in the several
States will remain just the same whether
the rebellion succeed or fail. The rights
Of the States, and the condition Of every
human being in them, viii remain sub
ject to exactly the same laws and forms of
administration, whether the revolution
shall succeed, or whether it shall fail
Their Constitution and laws, customs, and
habits and institutions, ia either case,
will remain the same
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Republican Promises and Performances

The convention which nominated Mr..
Lincoln for the Presidency adopted the
the following resolution:
Resolued, That the people Justly view
with alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department of the Federal
Government; that return to rigid econo-
my and accountability is indispensa BILE to
arrest the systematic plumber of the pub
lie treasury by favored partizans, while
the recent startling developments of frauds
and corruptions at the Federal metropolis
show that an entire change of administra-
ton is imperativery demanded.
This was what the Republican party
promised. Let us now see what they ac-
complished. We quote Mr. Dawes, a
Republican member of Congress
In the first year of a Republican admin
istration, which came into power upon
professions of reform and retrenchments,
there is indubitable evidence abroad in the
land that somebody has plundered the
public treasury we'll nigh, in that single
year, as much as the entire current yearly
expenses of the government during the adj
ministration which the people hurled from
power because of its corruption.
The Albany Erening Journal says:
Weak men have disgraced and bad men
have betrayed the government. Con-
tractors have fattened on fat jobs. Ad-
venturers have found the war source of
private gain. Moral desperadoes have
focked about the national capital and
lain in wait for prey. The scum Of the
land has gathered about the sources of
power and defiled them by its reek and
offensive odor.
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The workings Of Paper Money.

The rates Of foreign exchange are about
forty per cent. higher than they were this
time year ago. This is equivalent to an
extra duty Of forty per cent. on all our Inn
portations, and is drawback or discount
Of forty per cent. on all our exports of pro-
duce and manufactured articles.
The New York World, in an article on
this subject, says that the imports for the
current year are estimated at $240, 000,-
900, and the exports of produce at $780,
100000. The present high rates of ex-
change, therefore, form tax of 500, 000,-
900 per annum, and assuming twenty per
cent. for profit on the same, gives total
Of $115,000,000, which the American
consumer pays annually for enhanced rates
of exchange compared with last year,
when our cur ency was at a specie stan
dard. If this tax of $115, 10000 per
annum were received by the Federal
Treasury, then there would be some salts
faction in it, but this vast sum benefits No
interest except that Of foreigners. The
discount or drawback of 40 per cent. on our
exports, arising from the same evil work
ing of the high rates of exchange, amounts
to about $50, 600, 900 per annum. That is
to say, the foreign buyer receives the flour
at about S4.35 per barrel, which the citi,
zen of New York is compelled to buy at
81. The British manufacturer receives
the American cotton at about thirty six
cents per pound, which the American
manufacturer is compelled to buy at sixty
cents. And the same advantage. over
Americans of forty per cent discount on
all American wool and other products is
enjoyed by foreign buyers and consumers
in Europe.
This paper money system Of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is thus working for
the exclusive benefit and profit of British
and other foreign manufacturers. 1t will
enable them to undersell in this market
our own domestic manufacturers of cotton
and woollen goods. Domestic manufacture
ers can not compete with foreigners on
these unequal terms of buying the raw
material here. This state of affairs is
grave and menacing to American interests.
1t threatens to swamp our own manufac-
turers unless there is an immediate return
to specie standard for prices.
1t is evident that our commerce cannot
long sustain its profitable working under
the present paper money system. A
change is imparatively demanded to save
our domestic manufacturers from ruinous
comnatitinn with those of Eurons Tho
annual diversion of Sis, 100000 for the
exchange tax on imports, sand $50, 900, 900
for the drawback on exports, making to.
tai of $4,000, 900 in cash capital taken
from the channels of active trade, is an
evil of magnitude sufficient to cmbarras
our whole financial system. These evils
are the natural results of using legal ten
der notes to the extent of $130, 100000
instead of the same amount of certificates
of Indebtedness and Treasury 3.65 notes
for $40 and $40.
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GRAND JURY.
Joshua II. Scarf, Foreman.

Joshua II. Scarf, Foreman.
William Williams, James A. Cover,
John 7. Evans, Samuel B. Silver,
Thomas Mather, James W. Brooks,
Robert Galley, John L. Bradberry,
William W. Long, Elisha johnson, Sr.,
Henry G. Bowman, Henry NJ. Turner,
Charles G. Kinsey, Elisha Davis,
Elijah Rockhold, George W. Fisher,
James England, Philip H. Hawkins,
Thomas Brazier, John G. Monks,
John Dean. Abraham GLADDEN..
PETIT JURY.
William Morris, Alfonso Reilly
Ralph U. Lee, John X. McCOmas,
William Carson, John II. Baker,
James H. Jenness, Joshua Wann,
John G. Hanna, Jesse Guyton,
Jacob Minnick, John Alexander,
Joshua Glenn, Thomas r. Amoss
William Rigdon, David Fl. Wiley,
John Heaps, Calvin Kirkwood
Martin Lowe, Benjamin Dillon,
Henry Scarborough, W. e. Whiteford,
Amos ]. Day, Thomas Street,.
George Carver,
The following cases were disposed of
State VS.. Catherine johnson. Re
moved from Baltimore county. Charged
with selling liquor without license. No
guilty. Maynadier for State, Boarmar
for defence.
B. L. Heath & Go VS.. Henry 7. Ruth
Action on the case. Judgment for Plain
tiff. A. Fl. Jarrett for plaintiff.
B. +. Heath Il Co. VS.. w. E. Mccain.
Case. Judgment for plaintiff. A. H.
Jarrett for plaintiff.
B. E. Heath VS.. Richard McKendless
Action on the case. Judgment for Plain.
tiff. A. HI. Jarrett for Plaintiff.
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The Circuit Court for Hartford County.
NOVEMBER TERM.

The November Term of the Circuit
Court for Hartford county, commenced on
Monday last, the 10th instant-H on.
John H. Price, Judge; George Y. May
nader, Esq, prosecuting. The following
is list of the iuries:
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nS- The San Francisco merchants
have pledged themselves not to receive or
pay out legal tender notes except at rating
discount, but adhere to gold and currency
ut its standard value. It is their inten-
ton to have pledge signed throughout
the State, and refuse credit.
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sV- AT the Republican Caucus, to NOM
mate Representatives, on Friday evening,
at Ward Six, Boston, there were LOG
adults present, SO Of whom were blacks.
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BEL AIR, ND,
Saturday, November Is, 1862.

u3-The &c Southern Rgis'' has more extended cir
cuation among the Intelligent farmers and business men
of Hartford than any other paper in the county. No
Lock Hospfaln other obscene or Lotteryn adver
tisements viii appear In columns at any price.
large number OF subscribers pay for their paper in ad
vance, and consequently just the class advertisers de-
sire 70 reach.
The attention of respectable and legitimate advertisers
Is directed to the above facts. ~
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10 Correspondents.

All communications for publication must be accom-.
panied with the real OF the author, or aiten
ton will be paid them. The rea name of the author
will not be published unless desired, but we cannot
consent insert communications unless we know the
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Nebraska advertiser., 1862-05-22

TIE DAY SCHOOL Z New Singing Book
Aor Day Schools, called the DAY SCHOOL BILL Is now
ready. Il contains shout 200 pages Of choice Songs, So
los, Rounds, Catches, Duets Tries, ouartets and Che
roses. many oItn1m writer expressly for this work,
besides - race q the ElcmentsO f music. The Ele-
ments are 60 easy snd progressive that ordinary teach
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in one OF ce most bCalth-gfving, beauty improving.
school life. In simplicity Of ite Elements, in variety
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and get one. II Is complied by Horace Waters, author
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NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
TIE "a SCHOOL BELL-The tunes are lively, and
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rchcOl roOra. Itais the cheapest Hh1 among the best
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pay ssnooL BELL This book is emlnently adapted
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Wa-hzVe a-great numhero Of school song books before
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'G Pu5lisbed 81 HORACE WATERS,
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