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The New York herald., 1864-08-25
SThe Peace Question ne Washin 3 sson-
Why SO Much Mysterye

Why So Much Mysteryf
Notwithstanding the denial Of Senator Will
son, pointed and positive as it is, we are as
sured from an intelligent source that peace ne
gotiations have been going on for some time at
Washington, and that in this connection Major
Hays return to Niagara Falls is not without
significance. We are further assured that in
Washington, among the knowing ones, Senator
Wilson's late card Is laughed at, which we can
readily believe; for his memory is 50 lbad that
he will positively and fatty deny to-day, as an
injured innocent, his public declarations of yes
terday, as heretofore we have had occasion to
show.
Setting aside. then, the protestations Of Sena-
tor Wilson as Of no account, we accept these
more reliable assurances that the Cabinet has
very recently been, and probably still is,
engaged in the consideration of some peace
movement, and that the Presidents confidential
secretary, Major Hay, in his return to Niagara
Falls, has gone there, in quiet way, to CLEAN
some further information upon the subject, II
possible from other mems conversations with
Holcombe, Clay, Thompson and Sanders, the
rebel peace emissaries in that quarter. But 1t
appears that the administration has beer. par
ticularly anxious to keep this business in the
dark, SO that IL the peace movement in ques-
tion shall turn ont another failure, like that Of
Greeley and Colorado Jewett, II may be hushsd
up without exciting any public sensation or
troublesome curiosity.
But why oil this mysteryi Can II be that
President Lincoln il seeking for the ways and
~cHu In h. ~
Of rebel emissaries, and through secret chan
nels Of which be is half ashamed? Can II be
that Horace Greeley an advocate Of the right
OF secession and . preacher Of the folly Of 90
ercion before the war began, has succeeded In
pcrsuadng the administration that Holcombe,
Clay, Sanders and Company are peace agents
with whom II would be well 10 renew diplo-
natie relations7 We do not know; but IL
Honest Old Abe, or simple Old Abe, or cunning
Old Abe as the case may be, is not aware Of
the fact, we can tell him that the sooner he
dispenses with Greeley as bis confidential peace
ambassador, and with those rebel emlssaries in
Canada as the accredited peace agents Of the
so-called Confederate States" the better il
will be for the peaceAof his admlnistration and
his party. .4...,i.--...
There il very short method BY which all
these Northern peace agitatcfs and disor.
ganissrs nay be efreotually sQsncsd and rem.
dered powerless for any further mischief. A
peace commission u Richmond Of three in
telligsnt. experienced apd eminent public
men, with ove1..aarse for an armisAcs and
convention Of all the ss::ssiot, In view Of the
restoration Of the Union upon the basis Of
the federal constitution and . magnanifno.-.s
xsVepslllxtScn. will settle the buslness. We
The New York herald., 1864-08-25

The Draft I'm Onio-Froci"mataon OF
Governor Brough-speech or Fernando
Wood, &c.
CINCINNATI, August ~, 1854.
Governor Brough has issued proclamation TO persons
in Ohio who preparing to resist the coming draft
warning them to desist from such purpose.
Fernando Wood, in speech at Day ton last night,
serted that peace man, peace PLATFORM would be
nominated at Chicago and that the convention would DO
harmonious
The New York herald., 1864-08-25

NEW BOwERY THEATRE, Bowery. .-CALpEgoS
PAT's BL uNnKRs-iRoN MASK.
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MUSICAL DIR. James Peck OF Montreal and who was
for time musical director and conductor OF the Eng
ish OPERA Theatre Royal Drury lanc is we learn now
hee the purpose of organizing company for the pro-
ducton OF English opera at Montreal.
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BAREUM's MUSEUM Broadway. Two GIANTS Two
DwARrs. ALBiNo.. SARrgSrs, &c, all hours THE
MAoIc CAvk-DUTCaMAN IN DIFFICULTIES Al II A. H.,
and
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BOwERY' THEATRE. Bowery.-THRrx GuARpsssS-
j ONES BABY-M asos ABBEyiLLF.
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WINTER GARDEN, Broadway. y.-HvERrBoprs FRIEND
RoUGu DIAMOND.
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WOODS MINSTREL HALL 5l4 Broadway. .-ErnroprAs
ecEGs, DANCES, &C.-MILLER AND HIS MEN
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AM UsEAENrs THIS EVENING.

wALLAoK's THEATRE. Broadway .-EvKLrEs.
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CAMPBELL MINSTRELS l99 and 2Ol Bowarv-yARIFp
AND ExcIrISG MELAYGK OF EraIoPAN ODDITIES.
The New York herald., 1864-08-25
The Indian Outrages in ths Northwsss.


FoRT KsARNY, August %, 1894.
Major General Curtis arrived here TO day straghtsu
up Indian affairs. The Overland Stage Company have
removed oil the agents. stock and coaches to this post
protection There white Inhabitants betwssa
here and Denver All have ned to the forts for protss
tion The road around Denver Is reported swarmng
With hostile Indians The road between here and Omahs
almost entirely deserted BY the whites except 81 tw0
foruned posts columbus and Fort Curtis
General Curtis has had conference with the chiefs =
the Pawnee tribe, whofagrssd 10 assist him In nshta0
the hostile Indians.
There has been no exaggsration In the telesrsphss
news from this country about the Indians.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-18
Publre mssnng IN Roans.


Acall for an assemblags Of the people
Of Rosne county. Tennessee. At Kingston,
on the 9th Of January, 1864, TO consult
together as 70 the best pan 70 restore
civil Law and order, and 10 adopt such
measures ss the exigencies Of the times
demand, wss responded 20 By = large
number Of the citizens Of che county,
who, at y o'clock, y repaired to the
Presbyterian church; when,
On motion Of Wm. Ellie, Esq. Samuel
Burnett, Esq, was called 70 the Chair,
aud VIM. S Patton, and n. A. Paterson,
appointed Secretaries.
Ga a call Of the different civil districts
Of the county, il vas found that all were
represented except the 9Th.
Ga motion, = committee to draft reso-
luiions was appointed by the Chairman,
consisting WIN. G. Julian, ESQ Isaac A
CLARK. Esq, and Wm Ellis, Esq and On
motion. s. L. Caildress. y. A. Paterson
and Vim. s. Patton, were added 10 the
committee
On motion The Chair appointed CON-
mitiee consisting Of Z. W. Boyd, Gen.
j. Hickey aud A. H. CroHuers 70 Wait
upon Col Sherman, commanding Brigade
at present in our town, Col Byrd, COM
manding Post, aud l. Col Young, Dep.
Prov. Marshal aud Col. ]. T. Shelly, %
attend the meeting. In = few minutes
Col. Byrd appeared, and being loudly
called for, took the stand, and for about
"A hour, indulged ia that strain OF
nervous logic and forcibie reasoning for
which The Col. is go justly celebrated.
Ga The eOnelusion Of Col Bgrd's speech,
Col Sherman being called. addressed the
audiences in a brief speech, which gave
evident satisfaction % the assemblage.
The committee en- resolutions having
returned reported through their Chair
man the following presnble aud resolu-
lions. viz.
Whereas, in the month Of February,
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! MOUNT VERNON. Containing Map Of
WashingtOn's Farm, Picture Of his
House, the Church in which he was
msrried, his portraits at 25 and 40, and
Just before he died; also his wiie's; .
sketch of their lives, and numerous
other things; size 25x40, sheet form.
MAPS OF THE TERRITORIES and
California, Mexico, West Indies, Cen
tral America, Maps of the World, Eu-
rope, England, Ireland and Scotland,
France, and of different countries, at
the lowest prices.
PRINTS OF BATTLE SCENES, Farm
Scenes, Love Scenes, Water Scenes, &c,
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-18

WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. p, 1854
SIR-Your communication Of the 29lh
ultimo. addressed to the Provost Marshal
General, has been referred to the Seere-
tary Of War, who directs me TO inform
you
Ist. That tia question whether claims
can be allowed foe property taken from,
or services rendered By, persons while
dislcYal to the Government, even il they
have returned to their allegiance, under
the Presidents recent proclamation,
must depend upon future legislation.
am Sir. very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
Ed. NJ. CASEY,
Brig. Gen. A. A. G.
Brig. Gen. s. P. CAETER,
Provost Marshal General Of
East Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
OFFICE PRov. MARSHAL GES'L Z. TEsEsl
KSoxYmLE, Tenn. Feb 1864
JOSEPH A. MARRY, ESQ: Sir,-I have
examined into the facts connected with
the accounts presented by you for ny
endorsement that your loyalty has been
established" to enable you 70 draw the
suount o. the sane from tho United
States.
The one that originated September 4sh,
1868. is for sugar aud corn meal, and Il
for the sum Of 1908.
The other originated October 20lh, Of
the same year, is for sacks and fabric
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-18

Old Mott, q noted rebel scoundrPi and
snv 81 SEWER county, was arrested and
lodged in prison il this town, but throrsl
The influence Of some tendsf- neafiee
Union men was allowed 70 take me oaih
ana 20 a. large. The resait e, that Mott
II new acting IS guide TO Longsiseets
fbisvinv forces, and pointing oQs Union
men and houses. The only Question 81
d;gisultv with us il, whether rebel trait
ors. or = certain class Of Unioa men, are
doing the greatest injury 10 the tedaFal
,.,,,s - E.,..rl,iIls Igtie.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-18

r USI RECEI VEDE ON CON-
- SIGNMENT,
80 Bbls. Sugar,
Is Bbls. Crushed Sugar,
so Bags Coffee,
30 Boxes Candles,
10 Bbls. Molasses,
20 Half Barrels MOlasses,
100 Kegs Nails,
500 Bbls. Salt,
500 Bills. Flour,
so Bills. Lebanon Flour,
900 Bbls. Potatoes,
TOGETHER WITH
MACKEREL,
CHEESE,
BROOMS,
BUCKETS,
And various other articles too numerous
70 mention.
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1astrilIe Amiou.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. Is, 1864.
TERMS 0F SUBSCRIPTION

Weekly (sIngIe copy year....-....s2 90
50 g "a months. 90
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LNGRAVINGS, beautifully cOlored, Of
our most distinguished officers and men,
of Fruits and Flowers, Of Birds, Of
Hunting and Fishing, Landscapes, Of
Clipper Ships, of the Soldier Return
ing from the War, Of the Soldier 60
ing 10 the War; also, Humorous and
Comic Scenes Of ali kinds, from 10
cents each 10 So 90.
Of Officers, and differ
ent subjects, Humorous and Comic,
from So to $50 per hundrsd--l2c. to
toe. each.
PRIZE STATIONERY Of the very best
in the market.
|OLDIERs' CERTIFICATES in Eve
oolOrs, representing Cavalry, Infantry,
etc. The Certificate is inclosed in
stout pasteboard tube, size 1SXlf-
beautifully executed. zoe.
EDAIS Of sn kinds.
SONG BOOKS,
NOVELS,
CARDS,
NEWSPAPERS,
PAPER,
ENVELOPES,
PENCILS,
INK,
&c, &C, 60.
Agent for the New England Valentine
lszfacturing Company.
Orders Tor al kinds Of goods in my
e promptly hIIsd, on receipt Of the
,nsy, without extra charge.
GRO. P. JENKINS,
iO7 Main-street,
an Cincinnati,
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Marshal's Sale.
Marshal's Sale.

The United States rsrsus ] box containing isEelry
and other ARTICLES.
I EFoRMATl0N No IS, District Court Of the United
l. States for the Middle Diatnct Of Tennesste.
IN Obedience % an order Of said Court made the
9Th LAY Of NoYemBeF, 1883, 10 thls cause viii sell
a. the store house formerly occupied b. A. }. Dun
cnR o.. Oa ihe e5th day u FehFaary, 1854 e. pub
&c ancl0n, 70 tho highest bidder Tor essh n haut
ths above property. said sale 20 conmenra af 10
O'Clock On the morning Of that Day.
4 r. GLA9COCk,
FeD Got Z. 8 Marshal Tor said District
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-16

1. We believe that the people demand a
change of rulers: and that the Decorate
party of the Union, which has 30 long gui-
ded the nation, in safety and prosperity,
should be again intfnaed With the Admins
tration of the government. 49, !
8. We believe that tho next President
should be selscted from the men schoeled
in the trying events Of the time, who have
exhibited warlike ability and practical state
manship-such as GrAnt, Mcclellan, Han
Geek, Thomas, Sherman, and others who
might be named; and we believe that those
who have best served their country deserve
her highest honors. .-.--.-,
9. Finally, We believe that the time has
arrived when the true men Of the land
should combine for the common cause Of
our imperiled country against the rebels IN
arms and their sympathizers in our midst;
that all party considerations should OF
merged into the higher and holier cause o
national existence This maintained ano
secured, let party warfare go on; but in tine
face of the enemy let there be but ono SEN
timent, one principal, one aspiration-tha
for upholding the Constitution of our conn
try-restoring national unity-and thu,
bringing to our unhappy land and d!video
people, by avigorous prosecution OF the wal
while war is necessity; the inestlmaoie
blessings of lasting peace.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-16

TELESCOPE PATR1oIsM.-A week ago says
the New York World the Times was mourn
ing over her lost liberty of the press in
France. Now the Wing is rejoicing because
herarsiter "no one will be deprived of liber
ty, nor condemned to any punishment
whatsoever without verdict or legal de-
cree" and because of some assurances Of
liberty of the press in-Russia.
But these American Mrs. Jellabys in
pantaloons outrage their prototype. That
estimabe person could see nothing nearer
than Africa. Hers was Borrioboola Cha
philanthropy butt is not recorded that she
denounced the philanthropy which begins at
home. Her fine eyes were fixed on the
natives residing on the left bank Of the Nj
ger. whose momentous interests dwarfed
into utter insigni6cance all other places and
things. Yet she did not vituperate the
London philanthroplsts whose visual range
was less telescope. But the Mrs. Jellabys
of Printing House square not only see moth
ing but Africa, they anathematize anybody
who can. They bewail restrictions on the
liberty of the press in France, and encour-
age by silence the suppression of opposition
journals by cabinet ministers, generals and
mobs, in the United States. They rejoice
over Russia when she throws around the Ii
berry Of her citizens the protection of legal
formalties, yet help to tear down for their
follow citizens of the United States the
protecting muniments of the Constitution,
and demand in the same breath that they
shall be deprived of life, liberty, property,
without due process of law"
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-16

PoMERoY has returned to. his seat in
Washington. He avows the circular that
he put forth against the Administration,
and SAYS he will stand by it. He makes
out that the Administration is incompe-
tent to put down the rebellion. So the
Democrats have said all along, and are
deemed traitors for saying so. 1t is the
cherished object of Democrats to end this
rebellion and restore the Union. They dc
not believe that the present policy will &C
complish that end; hence their opposition
If they are accused of sympathy with
traitors for this opposition, what will be
said of Pomeroy & Co.?
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VIZ call the attention of our readers, no

= VIZ call the attention of our readers, no
matter what may be their own political
opinions or party affiliations, to the calm
and able article under the caption "What
then o. which we transfer to our columns
from the New York Journal of Commerce,
this morning. We are all too apt to shut
our ewes to the final consequences OF any
policy which, for the time being, seems to
promise US success. In our zeal for the &C
complishment of q noble purpose, We are
too often led to the adoption OF means
whose ultimate effect may defeat the very
purpose we had in view. 1t is Therefore the
part of wise men to look far into the future
and provide in the present for the circum'
stances which may then arise. While
bending all the energies of great nation
to the prosecution Of war unexampled in
the magnitude Of its operations and in its
consequences upon the historyiof the world
it is certainly not impertinent to ask,
"When the rebellion is subdued-what
then ?" We are making our country's fu'
ture now. If we would have is glorious as
the past or if we would cast its honor in
the dust, we must determine now: For
this reason, it becomes us to look narrowly
into the tendency of the events transpiring
around us and shape our course that after
the rebellion is suppressed and the author
ity and integrity Of the Union made secure
We may still retain the same elements Of
prosperity which gave our nation the pow
er and importance which have been our
boast.
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The Testim Ony of Republicans
From the Boston Post.

Mr. Phillips says only five U. S. Sen
ators are in favor of Mr.. Lincoln's re-elec-
ton, aud among those are not Sumner and
Wilson. Mr.. Blair accuses the Secretary
of the Treasury of gross misdeeds; says the
department is rotten with corruption, and
that this is SO palpable that the friends of
Mr.. Chase dare NOT call for Investigation
Fremont declares that he has been badly
treated by the Administration, and pouts.
The Gratz Brown radicals smite the Presi-
dent as Sampson did the Philistines, hip
and thigh. General Banks is derided by
the Republicans in Massachusetts,. The
Springfield Republican asks, as lying a
vice inherent in republican Institutions, or
merely incidental to Mr.. Lincoln;s Admin
istracion2" Thaddeus Stevens says if the
government GO on expanding money at the
present rate, the people will be involved
in one general bankruptcy and ruin. Thur"
low Weed writes to the New Albany
Ecening Journal, Until the administration
thoroughly Sits and probes the iniquities
of the New York Custom House, the people
will be justified in inquiring whether their
treasure and blood shall contine to flow by
millions and in in rivers, while its own Off
Gals are playing into the hands of the enc
my" Senator Poneroy says that should
MIR. Lincoln be elected, the affairs of the
country will 90 on from bad to worse in his
hands, and the war will languish until our
public debt will overwLelm US. Mr. Bout
we'll denounces the Presidents plan of
reconstruction. Winter Davis charges the
President with acting without law, and
Miss. Dickinson boxes the ear. of Mr..
Seward. The persons here named are all
republicans, if not all honorable men,
Ben Wade, the republican Senator from
Ohio has proclaimed against the nomination
of President Lincoln.
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phers Of Washington is not very healthy.
If there be any who have doubts on the SUD
iect, walk along Pennsylvania avenue on
q fine afternoon, will satisfy them on this
point. 1t would seem that the National
Capital is fast becoming metropolitan, also,
in the STATISTICS of crime committed within
ito limits. There are three men now In the
county JILL awaiting death on the gallows
for murder, and during the past six months
eleven hundred criminal cases have been
tried IN the District Court, in two hundred
of which the accused were sent to the pen
itentiary. NO f4<'+ f.+'
INCREASE OF SALARY.
The Judges of the United States Courts
throughout the country are pressing vlgor.-
ously for an increase of salary, but with
little prospect of getting IT. The Presi
dents Private Secretary modestly requests
$4,000, instead nf $4,000, his present very
sufficient remuneration. Department
Clerks, many Of whom are getting twice
what they could earn on their intrinsic mer
its, want few hundred year added to
their pay ALSO But they will all solicit in
vain. congressman think, and very Justly
too, that as long as they can WORK, work 81
for 5000 year, andpay five dollars day
for board, and fifteen cents glass for whis
Ky, Judges, private secretaries, and clerks
who are supposed to eat and drink less ex
pensively, can get along very well. When
the present rate of Congressional compen
sation was adopted, board was only three
dollars day, and good liquor could be hat
for ten cents glass. The rise in the form
er is not so severely felt as the advance In
the latter. Fifty per cent additional on
Congressman's whisky bill is an enormous
item in long session.
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THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,
WASHINGTON, March, IL.
The President to day sent to the senate
the following message:
EXECUTIVE MANSION March 9.

To the senate ofthe United States.
In compliance with a resolution Of the
first instant, respecting the points of com
mencement of the Pacific railroad on the
hundredth degree of west longitude, and Of
the branch road of the western boundary
of Iowa to the said hundredth degree OF
longitude, transmit the accompanying re
port from the Secretary of the Interior
containing the information called Tor.
deemed it proper to add that on the 18th
day of November last An executive order
was made upon this subject, and delivered
to the vice president of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company; which fixed the point
on the western boundary of the State OF
Iowa from which the company should con-
struct their branch rail road to the hundred
degree of west longitude and declared it to
be within the limits Of the townships IN
Iowa, opposite the town of Omaha in Ne
braska. Since then the company has repre-
sentated to me that upon actual surveys
made, it has determined upon the precise
point OF departure of their said branch road
from the Missouri river, and locsted the
same as described in the Accompanying ing re
port of the Secretary oftbe Interior. which
point is within the limits designated in the
order of November last. And inasmuch as
that order is not ofrecord in any Of the ex.
ecutive departments and the company desir
ing a more definite one, have made the
order of which copy is herewith transmit
ted, and caused the same to be filled in the
Department of the interior.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The order above referred to is as fol-
lows:
In pursuance OF the provisions of sect ior
fourteen of the act of Congress entitled
Gan act to aid in the construction of 8
railroad and telegraph line from the Mis-
souri, river to the Pacific ocean, and to Sc
cure to the government the use of the same
for postal military, and other purposes,
approved July, /, 1862, authorizing and di
recting the President of the United States
to fix the point on the western boundary o.
the State of Iowa from which the Union
Pacific Railroad is by said section author
lied and required to construct single line
of railroad and telegraph, upon the most
direct and practical route, subject to the
approval of the President of the Unite d
States, 80 us to form connection with the
lines of said company at some point on the
hundredth meridian of longitude in said
section named l, Abraham Lincoln, Pres
ident of the United States, upon the appli
cation of the said company, designate and
establish such first above-named point on
the western boundary of the State of Iowa,
east of and opposite to the east line of sec
ton 10 In the township Is north of range
l3, east of the sixth principal meridian in
the Territory of Nebraska.
Done at the City of Washington this
eth day of March, in the year of our Lord
1864.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.