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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-30

81. tI vi 'istf $780, ~ SH%4
'..a" . .z,,,,,sl 80: ClSclNSArt. July p.
The, following has been received at
,headq quarters: - go ''l ,s..> Il
,HEADQyARTERsl IN FIELD, ~
Three miles south of New LishsH, O., Y.
:ja Pa July rs, 1909: 80
To Coll Lewis Richmond; a: ia; ,,n O.
BY the, blessing o. Almighty God IL
have succeeded In captufing Cen. John
H: Morgan, col. Cluke, and the balance Ian
Of the command, amounting to about 400
prisoners. .... .>.: 49, IL" ~ ."
~ will start with Morgan and staff on
the first train for Cincinnati, and await
tho Generals order for transportation for
the balance. 10y w. -. =. -. -. 49,, IT,
Signed, 80, Y J. NJ. SlIACKLEFORD,
.-.--...-.,.... .....~..ar Commanding
Morgan's cn,iro command, numbering
4 800 includia;g; Morgan himself, ire now
either prisoners Or killed during the RAID;
News from Charleston. states that on
the 10Th our forces: assaulted Fort Wag5-
ner but after fiyhtins salkntly' were re-
pulsed. The I'D ilaineibel'aved with es-
pecial hereisn. AT nhc< time nearly TIE =
whole rebel torces; were conccntratedr upon
the 54,h Massachusetts, (colored J. rcsi'
meat: They fotS''s hcroica'ly, and onl,
retired, when the rest did. ~ =,
| cJef. Davis library has been captured
and with it many documents that viii
throw light on the history Of secession
;" Hill and Longstteet hatc escaped thro'
Chester Gap, and are now at, Cu'pepper
Ewell's corps is at Strstsbnrg:
ITYHop. j ohnJ Crittesdcn diel:at Frank
fort, KY; on the 2eth. q" \ very*5ool ma"
and al abls enc: :.,,. 80, = 81. i
] 4, dispatch from Harper's Ferry to til.
Philadelphia Enquirer says the results o
the engagement Of Thursday last at From
Royal as reported here are highly encour
aging. The intention was to cut Lee.
army in two, and it succeeded to the ex
tent that Ewclrs corps it is reported, i:
entirely cut: Of from communication with
Lee, and its capture OF dispersion almost
certain ..:,.,::,~ - .r..H ~. u .s.s..
q Aspeeial to the Commercial, from Lex:
ington, KY, says the rebels this morning
attacked our forces at Richmond, consist.
ing OF small dictate hment Ander Colonel
Sanders. After an hours severe Sighting,
our troops were compelled to fall back to
the Kentucky river, badly eat Up:
The rebel foroc is estimated 1t =, 500 and
six guns They arc supposed to be the
advance Of Blgg's army. -: '"s:4T
~ AT latest advices Our troops I'D fallen
back within five miles OF Lexington, the
enemy closely folio ing. .,...
Martial law has been proclaimed, that
aleitizens between Is and IS are under
orders to report for duty It's thought
the city ca'. be held against the, rebel
force. '0'- 49,. ...... ..,ta.,4
IN: John Morgan, Col. Clukc and about :hir-
ty other rebel officers arrived in Cincinnati
on Monday night and were taken to the
city prison: ~..,.I....,,.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-30
~ PIONEER
Fruit I 'llil 4 Confectionery Store
M. r. NO f Il,

Has on hand at his old stand, on the corncr
Of Chapel street and Washington avenue, q
inc Of Green, Dried and Preserved
49,. l. NH YAjs: DIS
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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-30
ca pturs If John NO Morgan q |
His Whele Command. .Ptis'
|TIOl'j .Pnee rs' /
affairs at Charleston

''.'N' 49,, 81. :, ClScINSATt. July q.
The, following has been received al
headquarters: % >'-' ''l .ss,..> " i
HEADQuARrERsi IN FlELD, a.
Three miles south of New Lishs:', o. 7 :
;i"a Pa July rs, 1903.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-30

the only thing every one is liberal Of g.:
a"d recommending Fanny Kemble's Jour-
| nal on Plantati ion to careful reading -.
IF you are not already an; sAbolitionist and
that fails to-: convince you, your case is
hopeless" Please give my love TO- Mrs.
ESwisshclm,' u and believe me x, S S.;J eel
- ,TTS.Gt N.TH !:tAit !.S!a
Your sincere well-wisher, 81 =
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-30

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Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14
rhe Ren..a,ner Affair.

Ma EDITOR: In order % correct many mis-
statements, and put to rest various rumors. and
to satisfy anxious inquiries in regard to the Hf-
fair at Rensselaer,. on Saturday last. let me briefly
give the facts as they occurred:
The meeting passed off without the least dis
turbance of any kind Mr.. Sharpe. of Newton
county. upon taking the chair. cautioned the peo-
Die to do 10 act which would tend to irritate the
friends OF the Administration he even requested
them not to expose or exhibit any wooden or
copper brenst- pins aud not to hurrah for Vallan
digham. There was not a person upon the ground
during the whole day in the least under the in
hpence of liquor.
A Captain Martin, commanding the Milroy
Guards, seemed TO be dissatisfied with the speech.
as well as several Others, but there were very
many Republicans who expressed themselves
freely to the effect that they had heard it all
through and saw nor heard no treason in it.
At about bedtime Captain Tatman. with squad
of Milroy Guards, came TO the house of Mr.. Bal
lard, whose hospitality | was the willing recipient
of, and said il was his unpleasant duty to place
me under arrest, upon the verbal statements of
Mr.. James Spencer, Ed. w. j. Larue, M. ID and
II. o. Hoffman, ID. d, of giving utterance 10
reasonable language. This was certainly rather
but that / might be allowed to continue
nv visit with my frieuds, Mr.. Ballard aud his
esttmable lady. and be allowed to proceed to H.
dianapolis at my ease and pleasure, did consent
to the authority Of Captain Tatman upon these
conditions. have not been arrested.
nor has there been any restraint put
upon my freedom. nor any indignity cast upon
my person. 1t is due to Capt Tatman to say
that he acted in the premises doubtless with a
view of keeping the peace and q;iiet Of the com
murity in which he lives, rs well as TO protect
me from the hands of a mob. Possibly no vio-
lenee would have been offered had he not inter
a I---r - ..-Ars NJ
word is given to respond to any charges and
specifications or indictments against me, BY either
the civil or military authorities-that is all.
There Is no reason to anticipate anything but
justice and right in the adjudication Of the case.
ss a b. Il. DoDD.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14
Abandonment o. iheI5-snch Guns.

A correspondent of the Army and Navy Gaz
cite states that Admiral Dahlgren has sent a
requi sition TO .be Ordnance Department for
eighty 200 pounder Parrot ri6ed guns &c. replace
his smooth bores. Thus il confessed the utter
failure OF the 10 inch gun folly. upon which cur
great ordnance efforts and resources have been
wasted for the last two years; and thus the
course Of those who have all along opposed this
criminal trifing with the national safety. is just
fed.
Admiral Dahlgren's requisition admits that
under his management the Ordnance Department
has disabled the armament of the navy, and dis
armed the nation at sea. IL shows that the chiefs
OF both our army and navy ordnance bureaus
have turned The progress OF this most ingenious
Of nations, and mos, prolific in mechanical genius.
back 90 the ~impotent great guns abandoned three
centuries ago, aud have exactly reversed the line
Of improvement; and this. too. while the country
was engaged in a great war, and when this man.
agement weakened its power, squandered its re
sources. and exposed il to failure at home and to
dishGnor from foreign powers.
This requisition probably throws some light
on the unsatisfactory performance Of our nxvy
at Charleston. aud upon the reported changes in
the Ordnance Department IL disgraces the as
sailants of Admiral Dupont. Admiral Dahlgren
has fought his own guns. and his reputation IL
Justly bound up in their performances. The
change in the armament Of the iron clads in
wolves delay and much labor In changing the
port holes: and in the meantime the work
tor which they have been prepared at so much
cost, and at such a sacrifice of The general quail
ties of an effective navy, is not done
natl Gazette. .-t
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14
Mr.. woop TO PRESIDENT LIScoLS
NEW York, Dec. IL, 1862.

His ErceLency, Abraham Lincoln:
MY DEAR STA: Your letter of the 18th inst.
was handel 20 me on the afternoon of the 18th
inst. bv M. Wakeman. the Postmaster of this
city. Pardon me. Mr.. President. when say that
your reply has filed me with profound regret. Ii
declined what | had conceived to be an innocent
effort to ascertain the foundation for information
in my possession Of a desire in the South 10 re-
turn to the Union. II thus appears to be an in.
dication on your part 10 continue a policy which,
in nv Judgment, is not only unwise, but, in the
ooinion of many, is in conflict with the conslitu
tional AUTHORITY vested in the Federal Govern
ment. think, however, that my proposition is
in keeping with your own expressed convictions
upon which the war shall cease. You say that
when the people of the Southern States would
cease resistance. and would re inaugurate. sub
nit to. and maintain the national authority with
in the limits Of such States, under the Constitu-
ton Of the United States. that, in such case. the
war would cease on the part of the United States.
Admitting this position as correct, you will see
that, as A condition precedent 10 such submission,
the opportunity to do so must be afforded 1t
can not be expected that the Southern people viii
cease resistance so long as we proclaim our in
tention to destroy their local institutions. their
property and their lives, ard the dec
~laration with corresponding legislative, executive,
social and political action. They can not cease
resistance. and re- inaugurate, submit. and MAIN
tain the Federal authority, il we will not let them
alone long enough for them to DO so. III they
really desire acquiescence and are willing TO send
delegates TO the next Congress. as ] am advised,
how can they do so without the opportunity and
without some limitations or guarantees as TO the
reception of their Representatives at Washington
The act Of sending Representatives to Congress Is
within itself a full compliance with your own
conditions. If thus represented by your own
elected agents under the forrss and in pursuance
of their local State laws governing such cleo
tons, they will compose an integral portion of the
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

Government, and thus give the assurance of an
acQuiescence and submission of the very highest
and most satisfactory character. My respectful
suggestion was that you should put it in their
power to take this course. 1t would require a
simple proclamation Of general amnesty. to be
qualified. il you please, by such conditions as to
render it void in case of non compliance within a
limited period You have established a prece-
dent for this mode OF speaking to those people.
Your emancipation proclamation spoke Of pun
ishment. Let another be issued speaking the
language of mercy. and breathing the spirit of
cancellation. The painful events which have oc
Cured since my communicated OF the 9Th inst.
but emboldens me to renew these suggestions. j
hope you will now no longer refuse to suspend
military operations to try an experiment Of nego-
tiation i feel that military operations so bloody
as oars must sooner or later be suspended. The
day of suspension must come; the only question
is whether il shall be before the whole. American
people. North and South, shall be involved in
general ruin. or whether it shall be whilst there
is remaining sufficient Of recuperative Element Of
life by which to restore our once happy, prosper
Gus and peaceful American Union. In compli
ance with your request that your letter shall not
for the present become public, / shall withhold
its publication at this time.
With high regards. yours, &c,
FERNANDO WooD.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14
A Republican Guide.

r. ID. OWEN has written a letter to Mr.. SEW
ARD advocating emancipation as the only cOndi-
ton Of peace, or the cessation of the civil war.
In February. 1861, R.. d. o. was opposed to CO.
ercion as wrong in every aspect, a violation not
only Of the Constitution but of the laws of God,
and conceded the right of the dissatisfied States
to slide from the Union if they desired to leave.
II civil war or separation we're the alternatives,
he preferred the latter. OWEN is a courier, and
his highest ambition is to obtain the favor, es-
p~ecially in a pecuniary sense, of the powers that
be. He washed the feet of President
BUcHASAN with becoming humility, as
be now does the pedestrial extremities of his
successor. And if be was on the other side of the
line, in JEFF. DAVIS dominions. with equal facil-
iy he would issue long and dry homilies upon
the divinity and blessings of African slavery. Ii A.
LINcoLS had no favors to bestow. r. d. O. would
be unable to discover any virtue in the aforesaid.
The subject of this brief sketch started out in life
as a free thinker and a free lover. He was a bo-
som companion of the celebrated FANNY WRIGHT.
They Travelled together. lectured together on
cognate themes aud we know not how intimate
were their social relations. R. d. o. also pub
lished a work on physiology. the principal object
of which was to teach the rising genera
ton how to avoid the penalties of physical
prostitution Two or three years ago ne pub
lished a work in favor of spiritualism. which no
doubt commended him to the favorable regard of
the President, whom we believe is kept in COM
munication with the spirits of the departed
through such mediums as R. d. o.. and it is
stated his views of public policy are shaped by
such influences. Is it-any wonder that the
country is going to the devil rapidly when the
ship of State is manned by such a visionary and
corrupt crew in both morals and %politicsf
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

The New York Herald says; cit is the doubt
IN which the future policy Of the Administration
is involved, and the uncertainty as to the end of
the war, which undermine the financial stability
OF the Government. Had the war been pushed
forward with yigor and success, and had not i'm
psssable distractions been placed in the way of
the return of the Southern States to the Union,
there would be very little danger of the public
credit being impaired. But let the present IN
satisfactory state of things be continued for a little
longer. and it will be very difficult to prevent a
universal financial crash. The only possible pre-
~ventive, indeed, is another letter from the Presi-
dent, addressed to HORACE GREELEY or some
body, in which, after consulting the spirits in a
circle. including ROBERT DALE OWEN. ANDREW
JACKSON DAVIS and ARrEMUs WARD. he will
positively announce the end Of the war within
some definite period. The operations of com
merce and finance will then regulate themselves
accordingly, and public confidence will be resus-
citated."
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

Ed SENTINEL: Knowing that YOU do not in
tend to 10 injustice to any one. lee me beg space
sufficient to correct statements heretofore made
in regard to this flair.
You are wrong in stating that the Rev. Capt.
Martin is the Provost Marshal for Jt-per-no
burthen so heavy has, as yet, been hid upon
no calamity so great has as yet fallen upon that
people.
Captain Tatman il the Provost Marshal for
that county. aud il is due to him to say that, in
his official artinn. denPsued himself like Il citizen.
soldier aud gentleman, in performing what he
conceived Ia he his duty. Mr.. Dodd himself
speaks ia terms of praise of Captain Tatman.
The Rev. Captain Martin is quite a different
person-trofes sehly a preacher Of the everlasting
gospel of Jesus Christ He has been commits
stoned by Governor Morton as Captain of the
Mllroy Guards. a company of Major General
Mansfield legion. and lpcated at Rensselaer, for
the State deienSes.
The reverend Captain is also a cattle dealer,
hog merchsnt and horse trader, and on Sundays
does still. at times. cummand the light horse hal
lelujal company. Of doubtful orthodoxy, and va
riagaied eolors His neighbors-and they are
best gu ,ii6ei to Judge of such matters. are of the
opiuion that The death Of our blessed Lord and
Savior can not Ee made available 10 his saliva
tion Ii viii he no al sappointment 70 many of
his friends If the said Rev. Captain Martin,
preacher nj the gosrel of Jesus Christ, should be
barred out "i the first re prrerfion.
NJ .ior Gererll NJ ,nsfcld. Colonel LIZ. Noble
and Governor Morton can see bv reference to the
Rev. CtptaiI, NJ ,rtin's General Orders Nos. |. =
ami ). amf by nm Inspection of the Rev.
Captains plan OF battle aud his daring aud in
trepid movements during he sanguinary engage
ments of Saturday md Sunday, that he will Ger
tainly lie h ~ lei llwn &, fame. and although
the enter, rize nf capturing ME single unarmed
man w,s not succcs<fnl. still the Rev. Captain
Martin exhibited military senin> of 3 high order.
aud he should I've sent Immediately To l%ructify
the grant prairie upon the Lincoln homeopathic
principle
Great credit is also dne to tine "Larue giants"
for their prompt and efficient all is sn vigorously
reinforcing the Rev. Captain Martin.
JASPER.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14
PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO Mr.. WOOD
ExEcUrIvE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, December IL, lS62S
- M
Hon Fernando Wood

My DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 6th. with &C
compauying nute Of the s,me date, was received
Yesterday. The most important paragraph in
the letter, as | consider. is in these words: ION
the 25th OF November last, | was advised by
an authority which 1 deemed likely to be
well informed, as well as reliable and truthful
thit the Southern States would send
Representatives TO the next Congress provided
that a full and general amnesty should
permit them to do so. No guarantee or terms
were asked for other than the amnesty referred
to" | strongly suspect your Information viii
prove 70 he groundless, nevertheless thank you
for communicating it TO me. UNDERSTANDING the
phrase in The paragraph above quoted, the South
ern States would send Representatives tn the next
Congress, to be substantially the same as that
the people of the Southern States would cease
resistance and would reinaugurate, submit 10,
and maintain the national authority within the
limits OF such States, under the Constitution OF
the United States-I say that in such case the
war would cease on the part of the United States;
ard that, if within a reasonable time, IA full aud
general amnesty were necessary to such an end,
il would not be withheld. | do not think il
would be proper now 10 communicate this. form
ally or informally, to the Deople of the Southern
States Ny belief is that they already know it.
and, when they choose. il ever. they can cOnmu
nicate with ne unequivocally. Nor do | thi:,k it
proper now to suspend military operations to try
any experiment Of negotiation | should never
theless receive with great pleasure the exact IN
formation you now have, and also such other as
you may in any way obtain. Such information
might be more valuable before the first of Janu-
AIRY than afterwards. While there il nothing in
this letter which | shall dread to see in history, it
is perhaps better for the present that its existence
should not be made public. | therefore have to
request that YOU will regard this as confidential.
Your obedient servant, A LINCOLN.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

get a discharge from the service. / came for
that purpose, arriving two weeks ago In pass
ing the Everett House l was recognized by a
policeman, who arrested me. ] told him who
l was, and begged him not to make it public,
as il might bring a crowd. I was brought in
here. l dislike lodging here: would prefer to
sleep on the ground, as i have frequently done.
without covering and in the rain.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

OF the magnitude OF the business Of settling army
Pay masters accounts may be inferred from the
fact that over one hundred and fifty clerks are
employed upon them at the Office Of Second
Auditor; vet, with all this force, there is a year
and a halls accumulation of accounts and claims
In that Office. -
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

Mr.. Lincoln speaks of Uocle Sans ~ebbed
feet as If the Government we're a goose. To tie
radical view Of what constitutes "the Govern
ment." perhaps be Is right-[Chicago Post.
The Rochester Democrat has been loud in
the advocacy of "men. not money" Yet when
one Of is editors was drafted, he made arplica-
ton to the CO nittee Of the Common Council
for the very rslief which his paper exested lis in
Huence TO deny. f
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

q Mr.. A LINCOLN, in his letter to his politi-
cal trends IN Illinois. intimates they have been
on a big drunk. If not. what does be mean by
the general admonition, ''let US be quite sober2"
Its quite evident that the Government machine
has not been run by sober men for the past two
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

LITTER PROM FERNANDO WooD TO President
LINCOLN = THE Presidents REPLY - Nh.
WooD's REJoISDER.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times.
NEw YoRK. September Tn
The following is correspondence betweenaRies,
ident Lincoln and Fernando Wood:
Mr.. WOOD TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
NFw YoRK Decemher = 1860
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-04-24
JIa's BOOTS,

=.
Jim Il was an odd sort Of a ge-
MUS. And it came to pass that Jim pur-
chased pair Of new boots, for which he
gave five dollar "greenbacki" Of the
tissue of Abraham" and took the boots
home and pronounced them good, but
thought little tallow would enhance
their wearing qualities. So he piled them
well with grease. Full two pounds o.
tallow did he rub thereon; and then did
he set them away, sayingi
Tomorrow will l call for thee aut
wear thee"
But while Jim slept, behold some un
known son Of Adam hooked" them. jim
wsxed wroth and refuse to be com
forted, saying
II didn't. keer ouss for the boots--i
was the grease that was on EN-"
Yea, verify ssss ss sss