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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
Adjutant- General Thomas on the Negro
Policy of the Administration.

special dispatch to the Cincinnati Commv-
eial, dated Cairo, April Is, says:
General Thorn ,s addressed McPherson's corps
at Lake Providence on the 9th. he said he
came with full power from the President to an
nounce the policy determined upon. He came
from him clothed with the fullest power TO act
precisely az IL the President were there him
self. He was directed to refer nothing to WASH
ington, but act promptly, and etrike down the
unworthy and lift up the deserving.
After speaking of the Southern white men
being in the army, and negroes In the fields,
he said the administration had determined
to take from the rebels that eource of supply
10 take their negroes and compel them to send
back q portion Of their whites. Very poor
substitutes Southern men will make for the
dusky field-hand, and il they come into your
camps, you can not but receive them. The
authorities at Washington are very much pain
ed to hear that this poor, unfortunate race had
been turned from US and refused admittGnce
within our lines. All of you, some day, have
been on picket duty. charge you, II any Of
this unfortunate race come to your lines, you
will rot repel them, but receive them cordially.
They are to be encouraged to come in, receiy-
ed kindly, fed, clothed and armed. have the
fullest authority for dismissing from the army
any man, be his rank what it may, for NAL
treating this unfortunate race. would rather
do that than give commissions, because such
men are unworthy the name OF soldiers This
is the determined policy OF the AdministrA-
ton. When the President puts his foot down
it's there, and he'e not going TO take II up"
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
The New Postage Bill.

The new Postal Law, as amended by the
last Congress, will 60 into effect Cd the Ist Of
July next. The following are the most i'm.
portaut Of its provisions.
Letter carriers are to receive salaries, and
no charge will be made for the delivery of let.
ters.
Postage on local or "drop letters' is raised
two cents, to be invariably paid In advance, and
by postage stamps. The postage is. two cents
when the weight does not exceed half an ounce,
and an additional rate is to be charged foI
every additional half ounce OF fraction Of on
ounce.
The regulations respecting soldiers lettera
remain the same as heretofore.
On all mail matter required by law to be
prepaid, and which shall reach lie destination
unpaid, double the usual rates must be COLLECT.
cd on delivery, and insufficient payment is to be
disregarded.
The fee for the registration Of letters 10 left
optional with the Postmaster- General; but It ID
not to exceed twenty cents per letter.
Unsealed circulars, not exceeding three, to
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
Gov. Morton ON the Cause of the Con.
M N scriptiOn LaW. 49,


Coz. Morton OF Indiana had q public re-
ception In New York a few days ago, and made
q speech: Public receptions are frequent now
10 New York, and speeches more than usually
abundant. But the speech Of Gov. Morton was
not common speech, inasmuch as he proved
clearly thar the .'copperheads" are the authors
OF tho conscription law. Here is the manner In
which the Governor Invested the administration
and Ito party Of all responsibility for that law
and fastened IL upon the "copperheada;"
,"Tho government did not want 10 resort to
that policy, but q Iarty had arisen East and
West attempting to make the war odious to the
people by representing the President as standing
with bis foot upon broken Constitution, declar-
ing that the war was being waged for the pur.
pose OF promoting negro equality, and thus cre-
aLing state OF feeling In the community which
had efectually prevented oil volunteering
These men wero the authorS OF the CONSUMPTION
act, and these were the men who should be held
responsible for il. [Applause. ]"
The Governor does not deny that the Presi-
dent has put his foot on the Constitution, but
charges the "copperheads" with representing
such to be the fact. We shall be charged next
with pressing" the proclamation from him,
and with being responsible for the suspension
Of the habeds corpus, aud the arbitrary arrests
perpetrated upon "copperheads" exclusively.
The desire of the Governor TO make other
parties responsible for the policies OF this ad-
ministraton is very natural one, but Demo-
Gratis decline TO knowledge them as their
bhutlings. Chicooo Times. uJ
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
slaves FlOcking to Our Lines.

A Murfreesboro letter to the st Louis Re-
publican saya:
The slaves continue to pour in from the ada
cent country. The mon slaves have been in, or
of, some time ego, and now come the women
and children, the aged and infrm. A negro
camp has been established. and is fast filling up.
From one farm of man by the name OF James
King, thirty nine negroes ran away, and came
toto Murfreesboro during one night. The farm
is seven miles from here. The blicks came
in with all their plunder; they had taken
their masters teams, three large wagons, each
drawn by three yoke Of cattle. They also rode
10 some mules and young. horses-in fact,
cleaned the place Of live stock. The wagons
were piled high with their beds and bundles, Of
whitish cotton cloth, and on top were literally
covered With little and old negroes. The teams
we're turned over 10 the Chief Quartermaster,
and the people sent out to the camp, there 70
be detailed 70 hospital work, cooking, put ou
the Notifications, and the like. ri
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

The Female AnttSlavery Society held its
twenty sixth anniversary at Philadelphia on
the 9th inst. FoRNRY's Press of the 10th gives
sketch of come matters contained in the So
ciety's annual report Referring to the eman'
ciration proclamation, the report says:
OF the four millions Of slaves, to whose de-
livsrance our lifelong labors were pledged,
more than three millions were, on the morning
Of January l, 1868, declared, by the highest
law Of the land, thenceforward and forever
free.
Tbeee lifelong female Abolitionists are not
alone in regarding the emancipation proclama
tion, though unauthorized by the Constitution
or the lAws made in pursuance thereof, as not
only the higher" but the "hlghest la~ of the
land" Male Aboltionists, whose conversion
to that political faith is Of more recent date,
coincide in sentiment with their sister Aboli.
tionists assembled at Philadelphia.
Speaking of the Abolition Of Slavery 10 the
District Of Colombia, the .eport styled ii:
The first ripe sheaf OF the full harvest into
which the Abolitionists, toiling in the patience
Of hope Tor thirty years, had looked steadily for
ward with soulinspirng faith.
Alter commencing Gen. HUNTER for having,
on the 9th of May, 1862, declared 'the slaves Of
South Carolina and Georgia free," and Gen.
BUTLER for issuing proclamation " calling on
the free colored citizens Of Louisiana to take
up arms In the cause of the Government" the
report says:
Another act Of justice TO q long injured race
was the opinion of the Attorney General OF the
United States, declaring that free colored men
within the precincts Of the United States were
citizens OF the United States, and entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens.
Male and female Abolitionists, who have rad
the moral courage to speak their real sentiments
without concealment or evasion for merely
selfish and base partisan purposes, have always
contended that the negroes should be placed on
footing of perfect equality, socially and pOlit.
icaIly, with the whites. Hence, the name OF
Attorney General 8ATEs stands high on the
Abolition roll oi honor along with the names Of
Generals HUNTER and Butler
The report closes with the following jubila-
tioD:
To the work which remains for us to do we
joyiully address ourselves, devoutly thankful
Tor all that has been attained, and have faith
that the hour OF final victory Ia at hand, when
the Abolitionist may put off his armor and sing,
"Jehovah hath triumphed; His people arc
free" lts
These may be said to be the ut!eFances Of q
crszy female Abolition League. But there is
evidently ga method in their Madness" in
which they have persevered with zeal and ener
gy for tWenty-six years. Besides, there are all
over the country leagues of just as crazy male
Abolitiouists, who as triumphantly exult in the
prospect Of attaining the crown of all Their ef
forti-the freedom and equality of the black
race, though the Constitution be trampled uu.
der foot and the Union rent asunder.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATIoN.-The pass.
age of q law creating an immigration Commits.
sion, was one of the best acts of the late Leg.
isature and the designation of our fellow
citizen, Benno Speyer, Esq, to fill the place,
was an appointment fl to be made. For many
years Mr.. Speyer has creditsbly filed stations
here connected with the emigrant interest, and
lie we'll known and highly esteemed in our com
mercial and financial circles. As President of
the German society, he ia almost universally
honored by his fellow citizens from the Father
Land. A native OF Prussia, he ia lover Of
the Teuton race, whilo his attachments for his
adopted country are the best warrants of bis
patriotism. He will address himself to his
new duties with ardor and the most conaum-
mate intelligence We expect the State to be
greatly benefited by tho conduct of his office.
Cincinnati Commercial
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

one address, are 10 be charged pllh two oonts
postage, andin chat proportion for o greater
numbers W NJ
Newspaper postage will undergo considerable
change No papers will be permitted TO 60 free
In the mails, except In the county where pub
lilhed, as heretofore.
Weekly papers, Eve oents per quarter; semi
weekly, ten centC; tri-weekly, fifty cents; elk
times per week, thirty.fye cents. At these
rates the weight must not exceed four ounces
lin each case payable In advance per quarter
OF year, either at the mailing or delivery Office.
No extra charge is TO be paid for a card
printed or impressed upon circular or letter
envelope or wrapper. Circulars to be prepaid
by stamps.
Postmasters will not be allowed to exercise
the franking privilege as heretofore.
Postmasters can only frank official letters 10
other officials = the former license to the small
or class Of Offices heretofore enjoyed, Of frank
ing on their own private business, having been
abolished
All foreign postage is o be paid in coin.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
Daniel $. Dickinson His own Prophet.

At the meeting of the Abolition League In
New York on the llth inst, the speakers were
put into one Of the parlors Of the Everett House,
and as their names were called, they came for
ward, and with a'badge Of gaudy ribbons pin
ned on their breasts, were marched, by an es-
cort Of the officers Of the League, to the stands
designated for them. The World thinks that
as DANIEL s. DICKINSON was thus passing
through the crowd with his ribbons Auttering,
it must have brought vividy to his mind the
following passage from speech Of hiH delivered
q few years since:
Do you know, my Democratic friends, how
the Republicans serve the Democrats who 60
over to them7 will tell yon how. They serve
them ss the New York butcher serves his fat
OK. He puts gaily. colored ribbons on bis horns
and marches him through the streets as spec.
tscle to be stared OF, and then-last scene Of
sll-he drives him to the slsughter-pen. This
is the way Republicans serve Democrats who
are hattered and csjoled by them into an aban.
donment of their principles.
The World adds that tits not every man who
is 40 signally privileged to be his own prophet.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
The Rebels Declare that VaIIandigham
and Cox are Doing them more DAM
age than Seward and Sumner.

The Richmond Enquirer, the official orgau
Of the JEFF. Davis Government, in an ersicle up
on the Northern Democracy, Gays:
"Let our enemy appear as an extermipatipg
Yankee host, We pray, aud not as Democrat
ic Convention. Let him take any ehape but
that Already we have visions Of the men OF
feeble knees, tender feet and undulatiDg spines,
losing their senses and manhood by the contact,
as they did, alas so often before"
IL Gays, speaking of and naming Messrs. VAL
laudigham and Cox:
ave wish from our hearts they were both al.
ready safely chained up at the present writing,
Thy hape done 40 more harm, they and their like,
Than ten Mousand Sepayds and Summers
"Oh, Dictator Lincoln lock 20 up those two
peace Democrats-togethes With Richardson
in some Of your military prisons"
Why Vallandigham and Cox are doing the
Confederates damage is intima.ed in the para
graph about weakened men in the South
They want Lincoln to shut them both up in
military prisons! In this the organ of the Con-
federates agrees with the Abolition press at
home,-Cin. Enquirer.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
Affairs in New Orleans-LO! The Poor
Negro.

hhuiiS NCW OttCoho-A4OS
Negro.
Gen. Banks is still rumna ating in the Cres
cent City, which seems to magnetic the steel
of the warriors We send down there, 80 as to
keep II from cutting their way to victory.
Butler, all the time that he remained there,
never made etep out of the city, and Banks
is almost as heroically inactive as bis prsdeces.
sor. There must be a reason for this. Perhaps
he has as much ss he can do to preserve show
Of Union sentiment in the city without attempt
ing other conquests that he might not be able
TO preserve. IL certainly seems strange that It
takes the force of @ Msjor- General to do the
police duty of place which is said to have be.
come so very loyal Of late days. II all the
large cities Of the South are to be conquered
in that fashion, the President had better begin
and prepare Q new list Of Major Generals, for Il
appears il will take oil be can make to do gar.
rison duty.
But this is not all that is strange In that
quarter. The negro promises to be large el-
ephant In the hands of our modern philanthro.
psts. When he had master who knew his
wants and capacities, SAmbo was quite re.
spectacle genus homo; but as soon as the eman-
cipation bugle sounded in his cars, he became
something like the idols (idles) of the Scripture
who have ears but they hear not, who have eyes
but they see not, who have hands but they work
not. The negro in New Orleans ia prodig-
ious trouble TO the General there Being good
Union men, while their masters are tinRed
more or less with secesh, the distinction, of
course, must be made In their favor. Yankee
logicians have discovered that for servants in
the South 10 do any service for their masters IA
"giving aid and comfort" to the enemy, 80 the
slaves are admonished that such is the law, and
they must beware Of the penalty. The CON
sequence is, that the poor creatures, fright.
ened by the threat OF the invaders, come
pouring into the city to be ont Of danger
But here they discover that the honied kind
ness Of their delivereiB is only bait. They
have given up the service Of their old masters.
and tue only alternative is to serve against
them. But the old negro will never consent TO
do go. He may be deficient in every other trait,
but his affection for the old home and its in
mates cannot die out, 90 he refuses the bribe of
liberty to murder his master, and perhaps slDks
home to the old cabin again at night. II not,
be enlists In come thief gang Of the city, or
takes to the woods, or, not unlikely, becomes
an "intelligent contraband" for band OF Con.
federates in the vicinity, to whom he conveys
the doings and projects Of the Union army.
General Banks ID now attempting to get rid
Of these poor victims Of the emancipation folly
by sending them back TO their masters, whom,
he insisss, shall pay them wages. He will fild
very soon the truth Of the old adage that s'it
ls easier 70 pull down than build up" "-Meirogol-
itsH Record
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
From the New York ExpresB, 9lh.l
An Ohio Judge on the Violation of the
Habeas Corpus, etc.--The SO-caIled In


Habeas Corpus, etc.--The SO-csIIed In
demnity Act, etc.
Judge p. Van Trump recently delivered o
charge to the Grand Jury Of Fairfield county,
Ohio. which is very able, and which fills large
space In the Lancaster (0hio) Eagle.
The Judge starts with an exposition OF the
objects and duty OF Grand Jury, showing it's
h tory, ETC., and then branches off to show how
arbitrary arrests, and the violation OF the writ
oil habeaS corpus damage aud destroy the Con
stItution Of the State Of Ohio, as well as her
State act against kidnapping, etc., and her Bill
Of Rights, which says:
"No person shall be transported out OF the
State for any offence committed within the
same," etc.
The Judge then showa how the Magma
ChaTtG was affixed in, aud upon our Federal
Constitution, and the ten amendments to that
Constitution, which he calls the ''Ten Com
mandments" lie shows that the Bill Of Rights
and the Constitution Of that Stlte are in con.
cord with the Federal Constitution. Then, he
reasons that neither the President, nor Secre.
taty of War can deport any person from the
State without arrest, trial, etc. If even the
President has right TO suspend the habeas COR
pus, il does not follow that no can do away with
the right oil examination by witnesses, the trial
by Jury, etc.; Congress alone can suspend the
writ, he then shows, and Congress only In cases
OF invasion or rebellion. The peril of riding
over toTitten Ldtos torten constitutions, he then
shows by quotations from some of the most
eminent men in England and the United States.
Ali the alleged war powers of the President in
peace communities, he attacks. The Pfesi-
dent, he shows, cannot declare martial law,
outside Of the army linoa any more than the
humbleSt corporal,
Important Ruling on the Act of Congress, March
3, 1853, kRO,on as The Indemnity Act,
Judge Van Trump then had brought before
him the case OF Edaon B. Olds, kidnapped in
Ohio, abducted TO New York, aud imprisoned
in Fort Lafayette. 0lds sued one Stoughton
Biss for thus kidnapping him, etc. Bliss plead
the Indemnity Act, and asked a certificate TO
tranefer the case from the Ohio State Court to
the United States Court, under the Indemnity
Act. Judge Van Trump ruled the Act Of
Congress, transferring this case, to be unconst.
tutional, and refused the petition for transfcr.
TThe reader will remember that the "Iu-
demuity Act" allows the transfer of the case
of all persons sueing the parties thus arrssting
them, from the Stite Courts to tho u s.
Courts, in order thus to free Federal officers
from the tribunals OF the State. This decision
of Judge Van Trump ia the first, and the de-
cision Is, that that part OF the act ia uncOnsti-
tutional, and therefore void. The case will
doubtless be taken higher up, on appeal by
Blss,-ExP.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PROBATE NOTICE.
Settlement Of Accounts.
P. o. Box,..5,079.
march3O' So -d6weow1y

TINE following accounts have been fled in the Pro.
bate Court OF Franklin county, Ohio, and will be
heard and exam ined for settlement on MONDAY, the
18th day OF May, A. D. 1863, TO wit:
The FIRST accounts OF Hiram Ingalls, guardian OF Su.
san M. Brown and Emily j Brown; the nrst accounts
Of susannah Kramer, guardian OF Amanda Kramer,
Samuel r. Kramer and Mary A. Kramer; the first ac
count OF John Rathmell, administrator Of William r.
Smith, decd; the rst accounts OF Edward a. Benin,
guardian OF James q. Benin and Emma v. Benin, the
second account Of Moses Seymour guardian Of Rebec
ca j. Ramsey the second account OF Nathan Davis,
guardian OF Mary O. Davis; ths third accounts OF John
Rager, guardian OF Lafayette T. simms aud Perry W.
Simms the third account Of John Knox, executor Of
Paul Wambaugh. decd; the fourth account Of John
Greenleaf and Abner L. Backus, executors OF Rlljah
Bacdus, deo'd the hfth account Of John Wagner r
Of Abraham Winter, decd the final account Of George
Wagner, admr with the will annexed OF Michael Tbom
as decd the final accounts Of Hiram Ingalls, guardian
OF John Brown. Amedia Brown and Nancy J. Brown;
the final account Of Henry Hamaker, executor Of Dan
lei Hamaker decd; the final account Of Samuel Btnn.
mel, guardian Of hmily T. Stmmel; the final accounts
Of Cornelius Jacobs, guardian Of John II. Bhggeman,
Mary A. Briggeman and John J. Briggeman; the fnsl
account Of William Leidy, admir- Of John Swangef
deed; the fnal account Of William Graham, admir- 6i
Samuel Billingsley, decd; and the first account oi
Samuel T., samuel, guardian Of Sophia Rowland.
HERMAN y. ALBERY,
"a Probate Judge.
Columbus, Ohio, April 10th, ls83-aprll7-
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

Ia Cough, COLD, oH AN iRRfTATRD THROAT
h allowed 70 progress tdiats 10 ashsps Pulmonary and
bronchial affections, oftentimes incurable.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHEs
reach drscv the affected part and give almost instant
relief. In BaoNomrIs, ASTHMA, and clrARRu they are
beneficial. The good effects resulting from the use Of
the Trochss and their extended use eaused them 10
bo countereted. Be to guard against worthless
limitations. OBTAIN only the genuine Bro,on's Bros
oial Toches which have proUe tner efficacy by tes
Of many years PupbIo srEIKrns and smaRRa should
use the Troches. Military oGicers and Soldiers, who
overtax the voice and are exposed to sudden changes
should have them, Sold everywhere at 45 cents per
box. 81 4fl Nrtl4it 5tri -ltiht
jan2O-dkw3m t.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17
[Ror The statesman.l

Mn. EDITOR :-In the Ohio State Journal o.
Wednesday, April l4lh, l find the following
cat the election last Monday the Democrats
Of Reynodsburg, In this county ,.voted for two
negroes, whom they had nominated and put up.
on their ticket"
The Democracy Of Reynoldsburg did no such
thing, and the author Of the above Ia mean,
low, scurrilous, dirty scoundrel, and beneath
the contempt of oil honorable men.
TRURO
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

SHoLLENBAReER, the candidate for Assessor
in the first ward, was defeated because of q
slight Misunderstanding of the Demo-
Gratis and conservatives believing that II was
Hon. S. Shtllabarger, the defeated candidate
for Congress, that was running, and hence but
few voted for him. Had they known that it
was Jake Shollenbarger, the man who attends
to the spiritual wants o. the people at Dukes
grocery, he would no doubt have been elected.
Such mistakes are provoking in the extreme!
Springfield Democrat.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

A MOT occurred on the 18th inst. between
Longshorsmen working on the piers in New
York city, and several negroes who were en-
gagged 10 unloading vessels lying along South
street. Quite melee occurred, but no one
was seriously Injured. The contest grew out Of
the old Jealousy between white and black
laborers. A't
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-17

FLoRiDA paper describes the visit of Fede-
raj gunboat up st. Johns river, to take posses.
sion Of the town Of Pilatka. According to this
authority, negro battery on hoard was attacked
by Confederate cavalry, after making land
Ing, and driven back With thirty or forty killed,
without firing q gun.