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The weekly Butte record., 1863-05-02

"CorrEEHEADs,"-This term of opprobrium
is applied to the Democracy here by the aboli-
tionists The former treat it, however. like
reasonable men, aud ii is becoming as harmless
as the impotent term Locofoco used TO be.
notice that several persons in this vicinity are
adopting the coppeThead b7easipin. It is a
neat, tidy ard significant affair. They are
made of the old solid constitutional currency
Of our fathers, known as one cent. and consist
Of the image Of the fair Goddess of Freedom,
stamped with the glorious old Democratic
word Liberty" and surrounded by all the
stars Of the Union on the diverse side are
the words ~ United States of America the
intervening spaces being cut away. Hurrah
for the " Copperhead " breastpin! 1t repre-
sents an intrinsic hard money currency, as well
as the sound political sense of the country. 1,
expresses the solid indestructibe, everything
constitutional party Of the country. who 20 for
The weekly Butte record., 1863-05-02
COUNTY TREASUBER's OFFICE.
Oroyile. April Ilth lSs5.

nleowIy
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03
THE SITUATION.

Uakss al! the indications are exceeding
II deceptive, the country will soon be star
tied by important war NEWS from at least
fonr vital poinss- Central Virginia, Rsst-
ern Tennessee. Northern Georgia, and the
region around Charleston. .r
The rebel news .irom Charleston siiews
that Gcneral Gillmore and Ada.irai Dahl
green mean niischicf 70 that city. The
inonisors have got to work IN earnest, and
were e,,dravoring to open up the chsnael;
incendiary SHELLS had been firo6 into The
streets. and there was every INDIGESTION
when the first tergram wsls sent that the
fdc,al army and navy we're abant to try
and carry the deferses ;hy corp ele md'ia.
The mxt news from that point will b.
awaited With hrcaiklcss interest.
Al last aec,uEts General Burnai,les
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

Tuy FuGIrIvE SLAVE Law IN TIig Dis
rn,cr OF CoruNrlA Washington cor
respondent os the DaIiiaiore .SHa, III re-
c, n, letter to that paper, says:
The fugitive slave Law continues 20 be
duly executed in this city, in case here
and there, where nwnrrs IN Maryiand
think it worth whi!e tn Ieliow or seek the
alsrnnlents here. Such an instance occur
red On Saturday last. when cOiorcd boy
nanpe3 Gusty Bull.n Was arrcss"'s III the
market house, o,, writ, us the pr"rerty of
slr. Henry T'hsrnc. Of Prince Georges
County. and taken before Cnrnmlssl"nsr
Cox. Mr. George y Fl hay. we'll known
in that connection, soon appeared as c'ii'-
sci s,r the boy, but Mr.. Thmne readily
taking The re'lnitcd oath Of Loyalty and
proving by neighbour. Mr. Luther W ;:
kirbey, bis ownership OF the negro, and
also pradu+ng kter frsm Br. Jokn u
Bayne of th. Armr. endorsing his ioyal-
tv. The Commissioner considered the pse"
sufficient, aua rsnand"d she sersa'e to I&''
master"
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

command vas ~ extreme pefil. Ne had
Isst oil Ut East Tennessee save Kssxviile,
where be was inssxaea and in danger II
capsxre, The aansinisfratinn reppns Li,u
sais; but the csuastry has lea all f.ith 10
such aGnouncs,ptnts On the part of the
War Dspartmeft Matters saus : very
grave look In that qsartcr. Lnngsfrect is
an able gesersk while Bsrnsile is not.
General Grant. We are ass1rsd, has his
army Id motion This tliressening, move
n.ent Of l.ongstrsef npon Eastsrp Tcnnc>fs:s
Brsgg. The latter must eiher hll back
or SIGHT. and, to s,ve Loagstrest, he must
do the latter. Kcinf,rced by General
Sher,nan's command. which is mach larger
that the highest rebel guesses have placed
it, General Thomas free aust largely ex-
Cred that of the enemy. III sun,beis,
skin, snd valer can give as a victory, we
ought sopn 10 hear of one in the neighbor-
hood Of Chattanooga.
General Meade's army is also in iassisn,
and Lee must either fall back to Richmsnd
or fight IL battle There are indications
that bis purpose is to retreat. aud the sudden
sending away Of the Union prisoners would
seem to indicate that the rebel g"verament
is Of spi-,ion that siege uf their capital is
not m Improbable event.
Tn the new march .-On 10 Itichmond"
the country may rest assured that General
Meade will do all that an able. skillfl eli
Ger can d. Gettysburg proved General
Meade to be !. accomplished a tactician as
eenersl I.ee. aud the recent movements in
Virginia show him to be a master of stra-
tagy He has yet to win his spurs in
great offensive movement; bat his recent
brilliant success over Lse on thc Kappa
hannsck Indicates an ability on his part to
give az well to avoid blow
1t il well understood that Gen. Meade. is
advancing against Ire under positive Or
der>. His own Judgment is against so is,-
p>r,ant iaovement wiihuata larger f"rsc.
So, If r..yerse shsuld occur, the fault
must MT BE- laid ut his do"rs. hut at those
Of the President aud General Hailrck.
All the is"veMentS ia the field seem to
be cooperative. except the one 10 Texas.
III General Banks was now operating against
Mobile instead Of Brownsville, hc would
have kept 20. 900 rebels employed at the
former point who are n"w swelling the
armies ef Rragg siiI i4ougssrcet'. five
loose Eastern Teanessec it will he becanse
II this aimless Texas sxpcdition.--Aer
York Hord
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03
LATEST NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The following are extracts fiom Rich-

The following are extracts from Rich-
mond papers:
PRISONERS RATIoXs ~ RICHMOND.
GF1om the RSamond Examiner, Nor. 2l.l
As the Yankee press anl people are just
now dread.ully CHERISHED in regard to the
quantity and quality .: the f.od furnished
the Yankee prissncrs. we appcml the bill
Of fare served daily at the Libby and Cas-
tie Thunder. furnished Ms by the coslman-
dan.s of these two posts.
At the Libby, one pound of fresh bread
or crackers aud bait poaud OF fresh beef
the fatted cav killed daily for ,he~ feast
ing) varied daily by sweet potatoes aud
nutritious ssup. The s.mc ration is als,,
served on Belle Isl-; and is the identical
food that ths lying. vindictivc. Puritan
chapIains .tigmatixe as putria aud sa!it to
eat upon every OCCASION Of their return s'
the North.
Our greatest regret is, that the soldiers
in General Lees army are pot furnished
wi,h tlte same ration every aay. At the
Castle, where are confined the Confederate
prisoners and several hanared Yankee de-
serters aad Uuion men. the rations con.
sisf of half .. pound of fresh meat aud
half a pound of brcaa fer breakfast. and
for dinner and supper con- bincd half a
pound of bread, with a pint or pint and
half of excellent soup; cabbage, (the
best we ever saw turaips and sw.vt spo-
tatocs. farming the ingredients. III pris-
onsrs are di~cnltentesi wieh such fare .s
we ha .e enusaersie6, pnled turkey. pound
cake and vine would fi,sa them sru,ubling
Sun z. lss
We always suspected that this outcrJ at
the North against The imaginary wrongs
aud prira,io,n. Of the Ysnkee prisoners
WAS gotten up To be used as a new war
cry" all the ress haviug played out. y
aud ss a means to increase tho hate. al
ready fs rec enough. between the two Sec
iions e
TUE LATE FIGHT Nv TffE TEcnE DIsrIilcr.
4 Aislile, Nov. ia letter received
from member 1T ticp- Green's staff an
nounces the defeat of two Yankee ealsmRs
IN Louisiana. Gen. Frankliu's eivision
encountered a rortisn IL Gen. Dick Tsy-
lor's array, sundar Bem Green. near Al
exaudria, ON the 5,l. and after u stubborn
! fight the Yanl,ecs were routed. waih ,he
/ loss of their stores and 600 prisancrs
! Gen. Weiszers divisioH IN reported to have
been rsuted by Gen. Dick Taylor, near
/ tOpenushee The expedition is saitl 10 b
abandened A port;cn Of the trnops hsv,
(. retusaed TO Port Hudson aud Bator
! Rouge, Y.
/ 81 FROM SsRrRgRs viRsIsiA.
/ (Frein sl,s Riehnsond E,T.nlaer, Nov. sff
II Sincn the recent sncc..sssfril dash lG ten
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

The Army of the Potomac appears to
be used by the government as sort of
metropolitan police--a body of gens-.rar-
ases for the protection OF Washington. 1t
patrols the eiyirons. II is an armed vig-
lance committee. The seldiers feel this,
and it disheartens them. They have
been marched and countermarched before.
Their fret are i,lister d. their fe:noral mus
eles ache with !narching. And what does
it all amount to: '.Washing,on is safe.
that's all The country has expected
something more than this of lis hundred
Thousand veterans in Virginia. They
have expected something more Of them
selves believe they could have achieved
snceess---are chagriued that they have not
been permitted to do so. Thus far shal.
,hoa go ami 40 farther (from Washing
ton) seems 10 be tho standing order of the
government 10 its Home Guards. They
have ebeycd the mandate. and consequenrr
~ the grand army OF the Union. is Just
where II was a year ago. Every land
mark within fifty miles OF Golu,ubi:a a,,ast
be asafanliliar ia every veteran in the ranks
as Trinity Church is to the Bnllsand Bears
Of Wall Street.. The Country and the
Troops are alike Disguised with the scary.
shilIy-vhaliy. point- no-point policy which
has so far governed the movements of the
national feices in Virginia a.. II.
IIase We got Do general that the War
Deparrncat can trust with discretionary
powers. whpis coupeient 10 take the re-
sponsilnhiy x y In The Array Of the Poto-
mac always 70 be tisxl, we had almost SAIL,
to siaa srron strings of the commander -ip-
chiefg7-StH York ledger. z.as-
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03
Tbe Little Gentleman and Gexeral
Washington. -- :

"SRNEx," in the Alexandria Gazette, is
furnishing that paper with series of reini-
niscences of the ''Od Town" la late
number we hud the following anecdeic:
There was little gentleman in Alex
andria by the name sf-let me think-I
will sot assert that it was Prigg. | would
sot swesr that it was not Priggins, nor
wasld wager that il was neither the ope
nor the s;h.r. Ii matters not---the little
gentleman was very pragmaiicsl aud very
,csty. and whoevsr SAW lit:ic geailemsl,
that was not: Politics ragged here, with
great bitterness Prig was of the .JeiFer-
son sch.el; 1T il well known that Washing
ton was Federalist On the occasion Of
large political gathering in Alexaadria,
The little man. as was usual, was boboing
about, and though seen by very few at "a
time, he was heard every rywherc. and war.
very abusive of all who did uot happen to
think exactly with himself. Always tnrn-
ing aud shifting about. he. in the course
Of the day. chanccd to be where the Gen.
eral was standing. aud his ramarks being
exceedingly effensiye, Washington gave
vent to some expression, which caused
n,uch u,nbrage TO the little geD.lemaa.
Being as placky as he was quick. be
rashed towards the General with hostile
istent. Whsiher arrested before be gave
the blow, am not inipr,aes, but every
body stood amazed. On the day follow
ing she Gcne-al sent word 10 the little
gcI tien,an tina, he wished to see tliin at bis
roam, IN thrCity Hstrl- Nothing daunted,
b promptly obeyed the suu..nons. but
what was his surprise, whca iastead Of
pistols for two. as he expected. he saw
spoa the table iecanter. of wine. and
rwo wine glasses. .Gpod morning. sir. !
said Washington. in his blandcst Nceents,
mt ihe same time extending his. haad, II
ain. always provoked with myself, yr. Z,
when. at any time. do anything which
my Judgment condemns. aud l ala pariic-
ularly 50 DOW, for having used towards
yen thu spithrt which | did yesterday. |
ask your forgiveness. sir, and | beg that
you will further oolige me, by taking
with Inc a glass of wine" The linu-
hearted little gentleman was taken all
aback. asd subdned almost TO tears. For
ev,r afterwards. be was The fast friend oi
| Gencrul Washing on.
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03
no il,


Iars,lx TxxpxR Norks IT he " sahing<
~ o~rsspsadeat i the New York Poss
sIr. f,h.se will NOT issue any more le-l
gsl.scnder notes. except of the sind bear<
ifig iniersss. He has anthoxi.y to lessae
four h,lpa=,,a ,nillisns of this description
al legal leaders, beasiug i've per cent.
ir.ierrst. this viii satiSty all his waits
durins hs ners yt.ar The SECRETARY ms
rso pt7Ir tyizs1s notes assecpt for ale ma
illsa knaks.t sad saosHh legal -scnArrs
.sl.s Issa s..s a.sI4sys Il III II II s'ss s'
serted by his friends hrre that he wli
not as., Gongress to give him further aa-
thori,y TO iss.,a notes without interest I'M
less il ,nay be to q small Amount, IN
times OF dangerous strinsency IN the
money market. The notes bearing Two
ycr cent Interest and made legal tender
will undoubtedly bc issued in sufficient
quantities To E,ay the debts of the govern
men. after the resources from the duties,
interval taxa,isn aud sale of tivc-twcnsy
bonds are exhausted.
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

IN Ina receut editorial artide -
10 the fact that even when enfaf
entailed IN Enlrllnd. aoe ~
aass 81 exxlnplls a l<l = : & = u
rele ofsen I,unlaeII 4 -
this. We iisd tie lfolls vine iacis ID are
csuf nsmber Of an Englisll aoeriodic:,l - .
The interesting aud eftenEquo,ed state
raens made some time sinceby Lord pai-i
nerston, respecting the uninterrupted t.es-
gent for q. arly eight centuries. from father
70 sun. OF y small estate in his swn neigh
borhoud in the new forsst, relates aas ii
wcll-knowa, to the family of Purkis. the
Eme-barner, whu picked up the body of
William Rufus, and carried it in his hnan-
Bile cart TO Winchester to receive the last
sad rites. But We can place upon record
a case of still longer descent of SMALL
property among persons ia ns way allied
to rank and fortune aud who have never
risen absve the condition of yeonen; while,
We believe. they have never fallen below
it. AT Ambrase's Barn, on the border of
the parish Of Thorpe. near Chcrisey, still
resides a farmer of the name of Wapsliot.
whose ancestors have lived. without "a
break. upon the same spot, ever siace the
reign of Alfred the Great, by WHOM the,
farm was grantod to Reginald Wapshct.--
There are several families among our un-
titled ssntry-the country arlsfocracy, who
can trace their uames and possessions in
direct male descent back to the Saxon
t,les-brlow that rank We are not aware of
a more striking instance vi permanence
amsng change than the past history of the
Wapshsts.
There is something very pleasant in
this h,ng continuance of an estate iu the
sane tamily y---but we are afraid that il is
often the result of considerable Injustice ,u
the younger sons and daughters. The
claims Ell she latter to fair and equal
portion Of the fathers property, must of
course be sacrificed Ia the dignity of the
estate aud OF the faa,ilv name. Is it not
paying. as DIR. Frahklin would say. rath-s
or toe dear foe the whistle l"y Probably
the ysurssr shlId.en generally would de-
eide tiss it was.-! Saturday Ege,tiay Post.
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

WANTED TO DE IN SE.sON.~-Nut many
miles FROM Boston, some time since, there
was u revival. and u merchant who was
noted for his dishonesty. suddenly became
pious and joined the church He took to
exhmting. and one "sening remarked that
be had done .nany things for which he was
sorry, and he deemed it bis daiy to make
full restitution TO those he had wrongcd.
He therefore notified all su;h that If
they would call at his store be would ccr-
tainly do 80.
About four o'clock :he mex. morning q
gentleman called at che merchants house
and aroused him from bed Raising the
window he deman,led the business of hi.
yi~inr at that early haur in the moruing
!. lis this Mr.sW-Y sr se n
|. t'That is my name 4a all
/, s.Well. / understand you have offered
to make. restitution tDl,huse You have ch.a-
ted. You viii remember that upon one
secession / have suferra 10 the extent Of
fifty siallars. aud hare called /" get It. y
'-Why did yna not wait until proper
hours and then call st my store =
i .,Simp,y because thought if | did there
waald be such rush that would not get
The window went dawn with SLAM
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

CugE FOR SaALL-Pox- German
Reformed Messenger hrs received letter
from a.friesd in China. in which it is stated
a great discovery is reported 10 have been
recently made by a sur.yeoa "f the English
arnsy in China. in the '*ay uf aa ef.'ctual
sure of smallpox The made Of treat
n,cnt is As follows: When the preceding
Fever is az lis height, and just before the
cruyaion appears. the chest is rubbed with
srot.,n oil and ta,;aric ointment. This
n.usss The whole of the eruption tn appear
Oh that t-of The body to the relief of the
rest. |: also secures full aEd plefe
eruption. aud thns Pr:vetHs the disease
fro:n attacking the intefnal orz,,ns. TEis
rs sid to u lsow the establish d mode I'll
trtatncn: ia lac EheIisf army il, China.
hy gt'nerrl ordsss. anj is regarded rs c
perfect cure. ais a@e
: 91ass, e e Me
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

lbaIsamores fieln uHeenstoN'n ~ Aa... n
Instant. reached New Yeyk sp !. - II
iicrasavicesare gcnsrally anticil ! - .a
rue PROPOSED PEACE cossRsss--r1 u TEA
OF LOUIS NAPoLEOx's LETTER. liz
: Thc letter Of the emperor Of the Fse us
t. tiis. Soyereigas, inviting ,benl To- o 90
gFess q Paris. has been pabinhed~ l..
points out That, from the political coaaision
Of Europe. il is impossible not ~ aaknev-
Ledge that nearly eycryN here tue. tresaiss
VI iienla have Deen destroyed, u,.lified,
o. misunderstood. The Emperor eon.ip..ss
as follows:
We are threatened with 4 danger. sol
lnnch the more formidable BECAUSE the ia-
proscment ettactcd by civilization, which
.ias bound the pcople togesaer by an. ;den-
tity VI isaterlal Interests, wou!u render
War still 'Eore destructive. Let lis nvt
wait beisre taxing eur part for sudden and
irresistible events 10 disturb our Judgment, |
aDi Graw Us despite ourselves into Il CON-
tEary direction Called 10 the throae by
Prosidence and the will of tho French
people, but trained in the school Of adycr-
slty, 1t is perhaps less allowable. for me than
amy other 10 iguore the rights of soyereigns
and che Legitimate aspirations of people. =
Thus am ready, without prc-coueeived
system, to enter an international Congress
With the spirit OF moderation and Justice,
ordinarily the portion Of those who have
endured so many various trials. III take
the initiative in this overture, [ do not
yield to an iapuise of vanity, but because
am sovereign, the most credited with
ambitious projects, and have got it at
heart TO prove BY a frank and loyal step
tllatsmy cole object is to arrive. without a
sl,os;k, al. the paci6cation~,f Europe. lfI
fthis YTsYo<stson be agreedto. pray you to
accept faris as the place of mea,ing -
Europe would perhaps see some advantage
in the capital whence the signal for over
throw has 20 naHy times issued, becoming
the seat Of conferences destined to lay the
basis of d general paciicatiou.
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

THE Ngxr SPEAKER Indication. from
all directions poiat to the successful eiec- ?
tion of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax aSstle
next Speaker of the House. by an ain,sss
unanimous ch.icc, aud she wiihdrasai sf.7
Casey. Of Kentucky. fm the Clerkship, is
favor of Hon. Edward MePhersan. of
Pennsylvania. now Deputy Con,Dissioner
of Internal Revenue. Indicates his selee-
tim. for that post Ills only cnnpct:Isrs
Of any consequence are Mr. Burlington. 81
Massachusetts. and Mr.. Fcss2sden. of
Maine Both Of these gentiemes ara ex-
members
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

EvaoRs rssN WAsHINGroI The Gin
cinuati Enqsirer is responsible for the fol-
We learn fron rs!ible authority that
the resignation of Chief Justic.. Roger b.
.Taney is ncw in the hands of The Presi-
dent, We also learn that the resignation
Of Bic. Chase Ms Sec.etary nf the Treasury
is also 10 the hands of the President Mr.
Chase, Il il understood. viii take the
place os the Chief y,Stice shortly after
the necting of Congress
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03
FSas GsligsaaTs Messenger, OH. .24

MExmAs TnASKs TO NaroLxos.--The
Mexicas depn'a atisus vas yesterday recciv-
ed hy tie EmFsror. lis Majesty listened
With great atirntlent 20 tbs rcpart wa.ie %
hin' by the PEesiisnt--M. Gutierrrz de-
Estra--of The reception given ti.cm by the
Arehdukc Maximilian His nnsjr~, s con-
grafulated the members on the favorable
resaits '5f tiieir mission. aul expressed tht
grrstest anxie.y for the Regeneration Of
Mtxico. FsiFa's
before retiring, H. @afierrez de Estra
preSent.d tnthe Hsnpercr. In fhc ualut. Of
the regency Of ths siexicaD Empire the
vote OF tkanks Of the junta Of nstables
deposited iD an ollUng box Of nsssiye sih
yer Of deliczk w0rxnianShip, and ticd mp
with ribb9ns OF the rational coiers OF
Mexico red viIitd and green. The boz
itself wsis c1icIosel in sEiaIi case Of l,!ae
v-lset. = II ssassss ssl4 isas -
s@ 1870 - - a,s. l.
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03

DnaIx Upos TEELAxD.--La2 EGghsls
papers state that The drain ON the iar,aiag
populstioH Of Ireland il girirg serious
alarm to The landlords Of that couIary-
A.a recent agricultural dinner. the Mar-
qrlis of Waterford declared that. If the
emigraiiou continued aa ;he rate at xsirls
it had latrly piogrs.s.-a. there woulJ te
no laborcrs to the soil and Ireland wUuli
become mere .bee-pwalk. 4..
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-12-03
SAINT mARy's sGAzETTE
IsrUBLrsuEp rvsRy riruazDAr ~ I
WALTER THOMPSON.

Txaus or SurscRIrrrox - n 90 peran-
nuna, 70 be paid within six manfhs' no
.ssscr;nt;ou Will ts received for short
= rer;ed than six months. and no paper
II discontinued until all srrcarages are
,sa;d. ercept at the option " sh~ pubIsh-
- s-&Ss N Rss~aA Il
Gs' - aNs 'i
TEgMs OF ADvRRTTsTya. per
souare for the frst insertion, and 70
cts. for every subsequent inserti"n.--
Eigh, lines or less constitute square.
If the number Of Insertions be mot marked
on the advertisement. it win be publish
ed until forbid, and charged accordingly.
A liberal deduction made 70 taese who
advertise ty tie year.