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nA The rebel prisoners at Point Look-
OUT pass their time in barter;ng with each,
other. This traffic is significant only as
to the comparative value of United States
and Confederate money-the price IF
small articles being among them S cents
+ in greenbacks or 50 so Confederate scrip.
One OF the prisoners, having erected, a
mud brick chimney for an officer. charged
$50 in Confederate money for the Job, hut
limgty compromised for so cents in
! United States ctr eney. a.,.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-01-06
The Draft.

WAsH1NaToN, Dee 29. .-Thes W.r De.
partment has under cons deratiou ,ever.l \
important questions relating to tile draft
which will shortly be made public, quotas
of several States being arranged SO as TO
avoid difficulties in future Each State
will Le officially informed of the snumber
of men it is expected to raise and time
fixed for the enforcement of the draft
which will not be later than the middle Of
January .ai6
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-01-06

WASHINGTON. Dec. ga special to
the New York World says not little dis
appointment is felt at the failure TO effect
an exchange of prisoners, fo, Gen. Butler
telegraphed here that he was quite san
guine OF securing complete exchange
The whole matter now reverts to Gems
Hitchcock aud Meredith.
The rebels still permit private dona-
tions of provisions, but will receive neth-
Ing from Government in that line.
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New York, Dec. 2S.--The Tribune 3
army dispatch states that our cavalry
have returned to Be,lton Station having
made suocessfnl foray against the reb-
els. driving the guerrillas into the noun
tains and destroying at Luray an exten.
sive saddle and harness factory and sevc-
raj tannerles; also capturing number ei
prisoners, rebel mail, quantity Of med
icines ana dry goods.
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80 HOPE.

There seems to be no hope Of this town
chip raisingits quota of volunteers, there
ny avoiding the transcription. We have
used every exertion TO stir up the Milli-
tsfy Committee, but they are as immoyea,
tls as ihe sluubering dead. -.br.v ( N
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-01-06

B6r During tho last three months ten
Thousand FIVE hundred horses have been
purchase ut Chicago for the Government
of those seven thousand four hundred
and thirty were sent to Washington. The
price paid in Chicago was one hundred
and twenty dollars, and the expense OF
transportation. to Washington was four
,een dollars each.-Ec. ~ '
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Spirit A my C hrespond' nee
letter from the 39th o. vi
PEospFcT, TENN, Dec. 18th. '63.t

PROSPECT, Tenn, Dec. 18TH. 03.
Mr.. Edtt0r: When this rebellion broke
out the patriotic young men OF the great
Northwest rushed to arms: at the call OF
the Presideut, for the purpose OF sustain
ing the Union aud Constitution, aud en-
lorcement of the laws and most of them
who vet survive are still in the ranks
Upon them has mainly fell the brunt OF
the war for the past two years, and since
thcn the policy ot the war has been alto
gether changed, and the freeing and arm
my OF the b4rbarous blacks oil the South
has been adopted, and those who held
Observation-Disclosures generally-ars NOV
ing, apparently, earth and "tother place
to get as many negroes as possible i'll the
army ia order TO screen themselves, there
by placing the negro on an equality with
the men who have been out battling Gas
they thoushD for the preservation OF tne
UnlOn ana the Const.tu. ion ever since the
war began.
| Now, 1t seems but justice, if the ne
grUes are 10 ave the skins ut white ancn
1t should be those who have borne so no.
bly, tho burdens and heat OF the conte,,
'ol the past two years, and not those ru:
silanim"us abuiitionists who have dont
nothing but de!raud the Government ant
talk blood since the be ginning of tia,
war. aud who do lot Intend. il they car
help it, to risk their worthless lives a
long as they can get negro TO stand be
tween them aud rebel bullets, Wher
are tho thousands and ters of thousand
| who, "a few weeks ago, rushed tn the ..dt
3, fence Q. the Union at political gather
, ings and the ballot box7 Why do the
uot come out and show by their actions
i as we'll as their wards, that they will su.
! tain the President in his present polio
1 ot conducting the war Yours
t GEORGE BROWNING,
: Co X 39th y. V.
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nsy The real, radical object of all the
aboiition Re.o.utiUIis, bills Ne, which it
will be seen have been the .rk Of Con
gress thus lar, is to prolong the war Ito
make it an endless war; and thereby to
reap thercl'rom continued jobs, contracts
ana profits OF all kinds. There are now
about $500, ,U00, 900 OF New Bank Capital
10 be created under the new Law, to bs
Interested III prolonSing this war uatii
their currency is out. and they are cs,ab-
liShed. Resistance TO such enormous
sums OF Human interest, cooperating
with Fanaticlsm, is for the present utterly
impossible, though, in due time, Provi
deuce will terribly punish men, who keep
up war but to make money out oil it -
Prepare then Tor more and more taxes
Prepare. hot only to fresh taxes upon
State Bauk notes. but upo, all the pro
duets OF !. Dor. Prepare Tor an expand
ing currency, md Iurthcr rise in prices
BE sure, there is 10 be no end OF this war
us long as money can he printed, directI,
or indirectly. 10 carry it on Lrtsis
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/ BJ- DR.. Olds and others have started
a movement Tor tho organisation. of new
churcha of the Methodist; or some other
persuasion. in which Democrats can par.
ticipate without insult.
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A TRuTuFUL SENAToR.--John Sher-
man stated IN his place in the Senate the
other dry that Inc people are inpatient
for tic Cos pt,on to come uf o
you really think 50, JouN? Repeal the
$500 law--inciude7 all bets cen IL and As
and try the experiment, and ii ii howl
does not 30 up from the rich Republicans
that vii o en- your eyes TO the truth we
are mislaG.a- U.tsis
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THE strongest man feels the Influence
of woman's aentlest thoughts, as the ma
jestic OAK quivors in the sottest breeze.
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HARPER FERRY, Dec. 25-To Brga
dier Gen. Callum:-tien. Sullivan's col
umn returned safely, bringing 100 prison
ers and about l0J horses, equipments
&c
Ny different columns are now saGel,
back, having captsred over 420 prisoner
aud large quantity of property. NJ,
plan and orders have been promptly an,
faithfully executed without single ex
ception aud with Il small loss on our part
Signsd] Is. F. KELLY,
Brig Gen.
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na-C; pta u Eli ). Parker. o General
Grants staff. is said to be full blooded
In Ii n, aud grandson Of the celebrated
Red Jacket.
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M4 4RREAGEs

Cn 81 c. l1th Of, Gettmi CT, byT..s, m
orkman. Esq Mr.. JosEpH r. PITTnAs
'rd Mhs CA9rtRNE letl, all Of Nor.
roc county, Ohio. .-eil sAi VI
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-01-06

E@General Hallock attacks General
Rosecrans. He had better attacked Gen.
Beauregard at Corin.h.
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FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. so The
Richmond Enquirer of the 24th say:
Our losses BY the enemy gaining pos
session of East Tennessee are incalcula
bic. We are not only deprived of the
vast flour mills Of that country which
previously supplied the whole army, bu,
ol vast IN ,chine shop, extensively organi-
xed at Knoxville. Besides this, we are
cut off from the coal. iron and copper
mines which are worth millions to US
fhe copper rolling mills at Cleveland
which wero burnt by the enemy. formerly
turned out 5000 pounds Of copper per
day. This was the only copper rolling
mill in the country, and whlci supplied
Us with copper Tor our caps and cannon
This is among our losses of the battle ot
Chattanooga. which is spoken of as mere
ly resulting in the loss of a few thousand
III q and ,S cirnon
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A Washington correspondent OF til

\ Washington correspondent OF the
New York Ecpress says:
Never did an old gentleman attempt
to do as many things as Uncle Sam Is
now DUNG. The freeing ol his negroe.
is not half as difficult ioo as proviIin..
for them free Hence Uncle Sam is
obliged to turn ,armer, planter, over<ecr
&c. Like all old sentle,scn thus dning
a great business upon unsound capital
Uncle Sam is not only running in debi--
but everybody is picking him. Ills big
rest losses j'.st now being plantations ol
the Mississippi river. lie not,only slip
uaies frr ipod aud rinlhiny OF all II,
negroes, but .lhe lessee n.rees to pay til,
United States, as rent for the estate lcas
e.l, four dollars re; bile Of l;aur hnn,!rcy
p"und1 al cation and Eve cent pcg she
for corn and pntatoeS raised.
No wonder then. Mr.. Stanton, our Tn
Gle Sans laud overeeer, asks Tor mex
fiscal year
Armr o. me mon
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Who are Exempted.

IMpoRTANT-During the discussion in
the Senate upon the three hundred clause.
Senator Howe stated that there had been
three decisions as to the exemptions 4
man was entitled to by paying three hun
dred dollars. The first decision was that
it was for that OF draft only; then it WAS
decided that it exempted man for three
wears, or the time Tor which the draft was
made; and then that first decision wa.
reafirmed that it only exempts man from
that draft, which he said WAS now the an
aerstan.ling SENIOR Cowan though,
that it only exemp'e | Il man until the
three Iiu ldred thousand men were raised
or for that draft.
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Ka. Sorth Carolina, it is stated, ha,
furnished over hundred thousand mel
= q lie e'ontedoTsts srny. .Ht
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A SUccEss.-fhe receipts of the Gin
cinnati Sanitary Fair average more than
S9,0O0 daily The receipts up to Mon
day morning. were nearly SS5, ,00C.
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pa- The Wayne county, Ohio; Jail was
burned down recently at Woostsr.-Y
Cause unknown. A-A IL III LII 4
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B6r DIR. Franklin used to say that rich
widows are the only piece Of second hand
goods that sell at prime cost. - ~
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The Russian feet will remain ali wins
ter in American waters.
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n. Y. Dec. 29.-The iEcrald's dis
patch says the reorganization OF tho
army has commenced Gen. Tyler has
been assigned to command The Irish Le-
gion. Dcssrters from the North Carolina
troops ale availing themselves of the
Presidents proclamation. Several New
England and Western Regiments are re-
enllstng.
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yiaTHE UNION AS IT WAS, AND
THE3 CONSTITUTION AS 1T ISL
7a"I hold that THIS sGovelnmentw was made
AnWths HHIrE BASIS, by WHITE
NJ esFSs for the sNsefrs of WHITE MEN
aud thsir sP0STERITY forever. STE
PHEN A. DoUGLAs. @ toAaea
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Nearly millior, of white men t" carry
on thi, arnIing-Nhile Nr. Chase csti'
mate. the debt to the end Of the Fl c..l
year, June Sd. to he, only
a@~S3,23l 935 l9n-G5a
But what is that 10, an old fellow do
ing the great big bu. .ine>s of Uncle Sam
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~ union of hearts, a union OF hands,
So A union that mono may sever aE d2
4 union Of lakes, union of lands, "a.
q n heaA AMEluAN Union FOREVER ss
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Correspondence Of the Ohio Statesman
EXeMPting Preachers FROM
the Draft.

3 Mr.. Dixon, one of the Senator's from
Connecticut. offered the following amend
Hient to the Conscription Bill. under con.
sideration in the Senate of the United
States: "All persons recognized as cler-
gymen or Religious Ministers by the ec-
clesiastical authority of the denomina-
ton or communion of which they are
members" shall be exempt from the
draft
The question boing taken by yeas and
nays, resulted-yeas 9. nays 33.
SO the amendment was rejected.
Among the reasons stated by Mr.. Dix
on in favor of his amendment, | read thu
following
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-12-21

Ben. W. Morrison was one of those
free-and-easy, good hearted, humorous
fellows that was always ready to crack a
joke or perpetrate "sell." $500,
Some fifteen years ago Ben. was travel
ing in Butler county on professional. bu-
siness. The roads we're tolerably bad !;
and worst of all the stage drivers and the
landlordyat certain hotel where they
stopped for dinner, had an understanding
with each other like this the passengers
were taken in to dine, and when clevery
seated, the coach would furiously dash
up to the door, and the driver would call
for his passep gers, stating that he could
not delay minute on account of making
his time.
They would rush out, leaving their
meals half finished, for fear Of being left
For the half finished meal they were
charged half a dollar. TIE yictuals
were kept for the next load of passengers,
when the skinning process was repeated.
Ben. had heard of this place, and when
they arrived at the hotel he set his wits
to work to see if he could get the value
of his money. .s,ie .ss., -;zgs,r ~
The bell rang for dinner, and the crowd
rushed in. They had hardly got COM
fortably seated when the coach reined. up
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swearing for q Family.

Reverend R. .s.S. McClay,ss..for thirteen
years missionary IN China, relates this
anecdote
During ono Of our examinations for
baptism at Nugkang, I observed that one
woman and some three or four young
people had the same surname. This cir
cumstance led to the following converse.
tion between myself and one of the young
men.
ST observe you all have the same SUR
name. Are you members Of ..the same,
family 2" [ inquired
"Yes,'' one replied, 'sthis is mother,
and these are my brothers" se3 ~ ,Lfi
"Where is your father 7" / continued.
"He is at home attending to business"
"Does he approve of your embracing
Christianity 2''
"Yes, he is entirelys.willing. -" q =
"Why does not your father himself be-
come Christian p
.sHe says it would not answer for all
the family to embrace Christianity 20
"And Why" asked, with some curl,
osity, "does he think so2' .s,E-g.-
.He says that if we all become Chris
tians, our heather neighbors viii take adj
vantages OF that circumstance to impose
upon u.s."
elbow will they do that p I inquired,
esCbristians are not allowed to swear or
fight, and father says that when our wick
ed, neighbors ascertain that we have em-
braeed Christianity they win proceed az
once to curse and ,maltreat US. Hence,
futher says to us, "You may all become
Christians, but / must remain heathen
| SO as TO retaiiate on our bad neighboTss--
You can go to meeting and worship, but
/ must stay at home to sthe cursing.and
fighting for the family"
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1. OHIO. WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 21 1864 a.


before the door, and the driver vocifer-
ously shouted ::
Passengers all aboard-caa wait but
five minutes" s'i 4aee
A general rush was made, but Ben. sat
still, and ate his dinner very composedly.
The stage drove off and left him, but he
seemed to care very little about it.
Having disposed Of his dinner, he wss
enjoying the luxury cf long nine in the
side room, Shen the landlsrdsaPpraashed
hin, saying $3.50 50
'.I-beg your pardon, sir, but did you
see set of silver tea spoons on the table
when you went to dinner ?" AFa
"I did SIR" hiaH o 8ai,as
"Well they are missing-oannot be
found 49,. (
"Ah, yes" replied Ben. zone Of the
passengers gathered them up-I saw him
do it," RS 80 es-a5rl
"Would you know him again ?" gasped
the landlord. ~.
Certainly I would" replied Ben,
with great GOODNESS. '.-f 70 -a
"Will you point him out to me if 1
hitch up my horse and buggy, aud over
take the stage 2"
"Certainly 1, will"
Boniface was ready ia few minutes,
and getting Ben in with him, drove like
Jehu for seven miles, till he overlook the
driver. The coach stopped, the driver
looked frightened and every body won
dered 70 see the landlord covered with
mud, and his horse covered with sweat.
~ Benz jumped out of the buggy, and got
into. the stage, when the driver, thinking
that he had hired the landlord to bring
him after, was on the point of driving off
when athealatter yelled OUT a 77cs
SIS, that passenger in there z" f-
"Yes, y replied Ben.
"Are you sure ?'' "
.s-ls'Yes, stree, shouted our batchelAr
| friend. <
(which one is It 2" es 81,
"it's me" replied Ben. with grin.
.YouP' thunder Boniface-"what the
d-l did you do with the sroous ~
III put them in the coffee pot; you
will find them all safe" replied Ben, with
curious twinkle in his eye.
ss'Sold, by ginger, by that darned Yam
keel" yelled the landlord, whilst the pas
sengers.roared in laughter, aud putting
the whip to, his horse drove back, resoiy.
ing to give the passengers ever afterwards
ample time for dinner.
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III.
KING DEATH.

The chances of battle are so desperate
in these days that no garment soldier
wears fits half so loosely as his life The
vital mistery isa bubble pierced hourly
by the sword The divorce of soul and
body has become common.
Such talk as this sounds very reckless,
but it is very true. The states of war
and peace are as antagonistie as the poles
What farce to those who have surren.
dered themselves up to tho pursuit Of
arms-the shedding of human blood
are all the strifes, ambitions, hopes, loves,
pleasures of life threatened only by the
accidents, health or the certainty of far
off decay. To duty and the present he
gives his allegiance, for whom some bull
let always waits to pierce his brain and
the mockiug thought. of the future to-
gether.
Out on the battle field, amid the din
of rushing missiles, thesights that once
were sickcning of mangled human shapes,
how fares it with him whom you adore
He has look with that sword or musket
in his hand that you had scarcely cared
10 sea visage transformed, chaotic with
savage passions, focused in the thought
to kill, In the maze Of powder smoke
are forms as savage as his own, loading
muskets, firing, advancing, retreating
yelling, falling, struggling, dying His
arrest friend has fallen close beside him
| (Such is often the fate of war.o The
event touches his head rs lightly as jest,
More lightly, for he laughs low laugh
at the brutal joke Of companion fight.
ing by his side. The bullets miss him
yet little longer. He passes on with
eccentric surge of the conflict. Lost in
the battle-smoke, what would you give
for his life !? What would you give to
cali him back to your side, with the old
calm smile, the old human look of fond
ness beaming out of eyes that yet never
imagined could glow with such tigerish
| fire 4lcu
You would give your all He would
not give farthing. He is drunk-drunk
with iercer frenzy than that distilled
from any liquor born of fruit or vine
the wine is carnage-that whose drinketh
has his heart withered within him like g
scroll.
= All ! think not you are loved, your
wives and maidens who sit wistful and lie
dreaming for your heroes. You have
said the ''farewelP-the cannon sound:
'foreyer." Your husband sleeps low
your lover is as good as corpse. The
ties Of earth are Aeeting. Welded to 4
new bride, he who was once your own il
to night the own of death. ea9
~ T.,
| t-2',l MANUFACTURED REBELS.
| The woman of the valley are pmcns
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ty years respectively. and a boy of ten,
Just returned from months wandering
among the mountains, where he had been
kept, almost foodlesss and quite homeless,
outside our line until the day before
These people who in former times had
been among the better class of Virginia,
with plenty of the luxuries, as wellas the
comforts of life about them were now
nsarly shorn of everything that made life
tolerable. There was not food enough
within the walls to sustain the family fer
a day. Yet in the most comforta bic
room above, they were willingly enter
tanning the two wounded soldiers before
alluded to as best they could. Ts ~
went up stairs. One of the soldiers,
a tough, farner-looking man, with a prob
ably fatal wound i4the groin, was lying
upoE one bed, gasping and faint from
loss of blood. The other. mere boy,
seventeen years of age, lay on the re-
naming bed, his face white as the pillows,
his eyes CLASSY, his skin hoist with suffer
ing. A gunshot had entered his hip,
passing through and breaking hole just
above the abdomen, the ball remaining
inside and causing intense pain. Neither
Ol tuebe DSu bdO
since the battle, eight. days before. 1t
was quite clear that, while both We're cers
tain to die if left in such a condition, the
life of the latter might be saved, and that
of the other at least prolonged, by pro-
curing help. A short ride suficed to
bring an excellent surgeon, who. extract
ed the ball from the boys wound, and
made both men more comfortable. That
kindness and skill of United States
! surgeon, whose name L do not feel au-
thorized to mention, but which neither
his patients nor shall ever forget, an
doubtedly saved the life of the boy, and
put that of the man in a more hopeful
path As neither when recovered, will
probably ever be fit for service against us
there is not the slightest cause 10 regret
this act of mercy. l never met more
interesting specimen of the Jone .tfdt
rebel than this boy. Scion of one of the
weal;hiest families in Augusta, Georgia
heShad enlisted Tor the war out of what
he considered patriotic motives He had
been wounded once before in the Wilder
ness, but neither that nor the present
wound sufficed to dampen his ardor or his
faith. He was perfectly willing ito fght
until he 'sgot out honorably," death OIL
not. The widest youngster, too, thai
ever flourished. He knew the mysterie,
of poker, and smoked a cigar with an air
Had he ever been eight? ?" Yes. Die
he play billiards Yes. He'knew every
thing that all youngsters are sure to know
in time, and yet he was the merriest, bes
, of boys. How many '.good,'' pale 'facet
milk-and-water youngsters are there
wonder, who would. have made half a
brave IA fight or borne their suffering
half as laugh:ngly as did this wild young
rebel? s