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The Soldiers Board of Relief

XIV oOIUK0I D 0UHIU UI hHIIeT
W III ae"t ut Lancaster CsurI House 81
Tns.aay the 23d inst., Ter the tran.ae,i.p
OF business "f iHPortanse-u full aud pune.
tunl attsadapcs i, expected
By order Of the shairnsn.
JONES CROCKETT,
Sss'y aud Treas.
Feb. II, 1854, /,
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AIR EpIr"n.-Ws would susy~st the
mans or MIR. \ lleuYh II. suituh!e rer.
aon tor the Clerk of the Court for I.unca.
ter District
lie entered the Confederate army in April
1861, was III the battle at Manass,. t,-
Isth. lsih and 2O'n July. in soH-.qurnr. Of
ia'iSne aud exposure, contracted a disease
~ INC IuhS'. from which he has not yet re-.
covered aud consequently ua- d.rharrsd
troa ser're, md still remains unnS,. 10 In.
Dor to support himself and faulty.
MANY FEIEDS IT, DIsARLEp SoIpIrE,
we are authorized by the friends Of Mr.
Isaac w. iiuItsr To announce h,m a ca.di
da's Tor the office OF Clerk Of the Csurt,und.
vacant bv the death OF u. J. Hancock. Esq
The trI'nd' OF John w. Twitt,, Ess AN
n"uhce him cnsdIiate 10 hiI tn. vacancy
III the ohcr Of Clerk of the t"url
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A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
For Twelve Months Confederate Ser.
vice in the State

1oh A~oiVo hontn6 confederate SSfs
vice in the StateI
CsLUAIIA, 3. C., Jan. "a, 1864.
HAVlNG received iastrsstions frsn the
IL Bureau Of ConseriPtisa At Rich hnsnl,
thro' the Co.RIandsnt OF Cslseripts fer
South Carolina, to raise SIX COMPANIES
OF MOUNTED MEN for the purpose Of
arrssting Dsssrtsrs aad dsli.qusnts from
C0nscrip,ion, and also for ths purpose Of
rssistisg & any "lesal isvasion" Or raids that
may be attempted by the AbsIitisnists;
Sush authority on my part 10 thus nale
knswn to The citizens Of the State in srdsr
that this Bsst important service may bs
rendered the great cause Of Southern Iads-
pendsnce.
1t is proposed to fern The Battalion ftsu
"Exsnpts aad Nsn.eonssripts." Each ssn-
PsnJ 10 esnsist OF net less than sixty, No.
more than one hundred, rank ald his 70
slsst it's ewa officers, sad to farnish its
o~n ssrsss. Arss (sakrs ssl sarbias) and
.sesstSnsats will - fsraisksl By the
Csnfsdsrats Gossrsass:; asd Psrssls Do.
sress Of jeisins The sorIssan yspsri, either
Individually Or 10 srganixsa sonpaniss, ts
the s-srs.t District sT Congressional En.
rollisG Ofhssr, whs 10 aatL Lsriasd 10 muster
in sAa report thsa 10 me at thsse Hssl.
quarters.
Tho above Card 10 issssd With the full
ssnssrt ofths State asthsri,iss.
The tern o! service will bs fer ~ slvs
months, aud Its sphere Of asiieH lssal-,has
10, withis the 1tsts.
ALLfN J. GREEN,
Major sad HarslIiss oassr.
1ss. - les%. S4-<t.
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Ihe Assessor and Collsstor will hoth .t.
tend at the timss and places aLsvs .s..d
in order 10 trouble tAs tax psysrs a. s.,-
don as the nature % the kasiasss actually
rssuirs, and it is hoped the tax payers viii
attend prsaptly 10 The apps,stssnts-
JAMES 4. AAGILi.
l8Ik District Collector.
Jan. 20, 1864, ko-It
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Matthias Crsnshaws' Monday Feb. !, 1854
} W.Twitty's store, Tuesday q,
Nelson Belle, Wednesday
Pleasant Hill, Thursday
John 3. Small's, Fridsy q.
ars. III. Hsrton's, Saturday 8,
Taylor q .Asbury's {Gsld
Nins) Aoudsy Q,
Ta!sh.w, Tassaay .,
g. n. Fupdsrburk's, "Wednesday" 10.
J. n. MeMurrays, Thlrrdsy II,
tn,-nssstsr Z. ii. Monday Us,
0raix {. Taylsr's, Tsssday "Is.
~ M"x'f. store, Wednesday ~,
D''1,r' Mn Thursday lis,
Lancaster &. n. Ms-l,y a.
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PvS. D 1864
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-18
THE PRESIDENT AND THE ARMY.
All Sorts of Paragraphs.

WHAT Church do you attend, Mrs. Par
tington?' "Oh any paradox church where
the Gospel is dispensed with"
A rRAvELER relating his adventures, told
the company that he and his servants made
fifty wild Arabs run; which, starting them,
he observed that there was no great merit
in that, "for," said he, eve ran, and they
ran after US. "a. -.
The Department of the Pacific, including
California, Oregon, &c has been rendered
to Major General Hunter, and refused by
him. The Department of Baltimore and
Pennsylvania, also rendered to him was
refused.
Want of active service is the reason
given.
THE oldest battery in the service is re
ported to be Light Company c." Of the Sd
United States Artillery. The battery was
mounted in 1888, commanded by Ringgold
at Palo Alto, then by Ridgely, then by
Braxton Bragg, then by the late Gen. Rey-
nolds. then by Gen. Ord, then by Captain
Gibson on the Peninsula, and new BY Capt.
Ransom, under whom it serves in cavalry
division in the Army Of the Potomac.
DEcEAsED.-Mrs. Bsyard, wife of Hon.
James A. Bayard, died at the residence Of
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The COLONIZATION FUND.-Some time
ago the house of Representatives called for
information relative to the colonization
fund appropriated by the last Congress to
enable the President to deport hence per-
sons of color A reply has been turni shed
that the sum of $780, has been drawn
from the treasury up to the, present time
twenty-five thousand dollars were drawn by
Hon. S. G. Pomeroy for South American
colonization, but the latter appropriation
was not carried into effect, owing to the
remonstrances of the Governments of the
countries to which it was proposed to trans
port negro colonists. No specific practical
results of the expenditure are given A
special agent, it appears, has been sent to
the Island of Anash, in Hayti, to inquire
into the reported facts attending the dis
tressed condition of large party of negroes
sent thither from this country.
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Psrs1DENr LrScoLs's policy, from the

President LrNcoLN's policy, from tns
frat. has been to kill off his Presidential
rivals. His cabinet was constructed in this
view and he has steadily pursued the same
object ever since. CAMERON was dismissed
a soon as he had used himself up and FRf.
MONT was squelched Is soon a. favorable
opportunity presented itself. CHAsris re-
tanned simply because Mr.. LINCOLN knows
that al soon as he is removed, from the re-
straint which his duty as member OF the
cabinet imposes, he will become Al active
and formidable opponent. Gen. GRAsT ha'
received his quietus in the Lieutenant Gen
eralship and the whole posse Of Nj. LIN
COINS friends is enlisted in the efforts to
crush Gen. MCCLELLAN, it matters not
whether by fair means or foul. The prom
nsnce into which Fremont has lately
arisen has made it necessary for the Pfesl'
dent again to do something to put him out
of the way. Accordingly it is announced
that he has been assigned to command the
Department of the South-reliev'ng Gen.
GILMORE. At the same time. 1t is UNDER
stood that most of the troops are to be re-
called from that Department, and that no
active operations will take place during the
coming summer Sic transit Fremont. In
everything except the suppression Of the
rebellion and the restoration of the Union,
"Henest Old Abe" has manifested much
shrewdness and fnesse. 1t is to be regretted
that bis military tactics against the rebels
are not as successful as his political STRAIT
egy against his personal rivals.
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From Washington.
from the New York World.
WASHINGTON, March Is,

MIDDLE DEPARTMENT.
General Lew Wallace assumes command
of the Middle Department, headquarters al
Baltimore, on Thursday next He has ap
pointed Colonel Wooley, of Ind, Proves
Marshal, but at present in the Army Of the
o.. Cumberland. .es.
SENATOR PoMERoY.
The Republicans are after Senator Pome
row, and offered to-day resolution to re-
peal the Colonization appropriation, twenty
thousand dollars of which had been ex
pended not very clearly, it is said, by that
Senator.
GEN. FREMONT TO HAVE A COMMAND.
1t is understood, in circles likely to
know, that General Fremont will be assign
cd to the command of the Department Of
, South Carolina. 1t is also understood that
active operations are at an end In that de-
partment for the season.
NEGROES ALLOWED TO VOTE.
The bill which has passed the Senate and
was referred in the House to day, &C
amends the charter Of this city as to allow
negroes who have resided here one year tC
vote, provided they pay one dollar schoo
tax. Considering that there are some ter
thousand male negroes, contrabands includ
ed, now here with such qualification, the
question becomes one of deep interest
TO those not in favor of miscegenaton and
the negro equality this schemeNthus pro
poses.
THE RADICAL PROGRAMME.
The radicals begin to give out that their
plan of operations includes a total separa
ton from the administration party, in case
Mr.. Lincoln is renominated. He is de-
nounced as having "Tylerized,' and his
convention is ridiculed as being precisely
similar to that which assembled at Bait.
more and nominated John Tyler for re.
election. The radicals will ran independent
candidates for Congress in every district,
State tickets in every State.
THE FLoRIDAAFFAIR
The Committee on the Conduct Of the
War have called upon the President and
Secretary of,War for correspondence in re-
iation to the Florida affair. They desire to
know, first, who is responsible for issuing
the order for the expedition; whether it
originated here or with General Gilmore
1.-THE latter, they will send for him and
those officers who participated in it
If should turn out that it originated here,
it will be hard matter for the committee
to get at the facts.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE ARMY.
1t is understood that the President has
given over meddling with military affairs
tor tue present The public now look to
General Grant as the chief, and Mr.. Lin
coin seems disposed to look in that direc
ton too. Since the President acknowl.
edged his error in endeavoring to interfere
with General Grants plans for the cap.
ture of Vicksburg, it is not likely that he
will interpose any advice relative to plans
for the present campaign, nor ask, "In
what does your plan differ from mine"
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day. Although an invited guest, did not
attend nor participate therein. But am
still more surprised to find that the old
veterans Of 1915, J. B. blanche and Alfred
Hennen, were present--the former being
dead three years, and the latter absent
since last Spring. JAS. D. DENEaRE.
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A CARD.

NEW ORLEANS, March 5, 1864.
Editors Peayune: Please insert the fol-
lowing in your next number, and oblige
the undersigned:
In the report in the Era of this morning
Of the Inauguration of Gov. Hahn, 1 find
my name among those of citizens who met
at the City Hall and attended the ceremony.
was not there, and took no participation
whatever in the Inauguration.
EUGENE Rousseau.
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new Advertisements
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TIE Navy Department has received the
details of two expeditions sent cut from
the gunboat Tahoma, during the past
month, the objects of which were success
fully accomplished, having marched through
swamps and dense woods q distance of four
miles. They destroyed the rebel Govern.
ment's Salt works at st, Marks, Florida
These were seven miles in extent, and con-
nected with them were, among other things,
$50 salt kettles, ITO furnaces, and l65
houses and shanties. Similar works, ten
miles distant, shared similar fate. The
property destroyed is estimated at two
million of dollars.
The Philadelphis Telegraph says shat a
letter has been received from friend of
the late brave Col. Dshlgren, who served
With that unfortunate officer during the
recent raid about Richmond, which states
emphaticslly that the so-cailed order al
legged to have been found upon the body of
Colonel Dahlgren was fabrication and
forgery in toto. No such order was ever
written, printed or even considered BY the
noble young Colonel, as far as his friends
are apprised. 1t is believed that this mis-
cradle lie was gotten up for effect, to cover
the indignities visited upon the remains Of
Dahlgren."
DEsHRT1oas FROM THE ARMY.-Previous
to April, 1862, there were reported 78,451
assertions from the army-being an aver
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-18

Hams INAUcuRArIoN.-The Abolition
journals have often alluded to the alleged
participation of prominent citizens of Louisi.
ana in the various Reconstruction" and
emancipation demonstrations with which
the adninistrationists have amused Them
selves in New Orleans. The following
"cards" will serve to explain the means by
which good parade of names has been pre-.
sented to the public: ss
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age of 6,239 per month. In April, 1862,
the Provost Marshal system was adopted,
and since then he..average assertions per
month hsve been but !, 7S6.sssFhe total ag-
gregate of desertions since the war broke
out il lN ,l57; of which number 3O,0OO
were from New York; 1889 from Penn
sylyania; 1889 from Ohio; ii ,455 from
Illinois; 200 from Kentucky; 4,s0s from
Missouri l,943 from Tennessee; $3.50 ffom
Virginia; 4 ,959 from the District OF Column
bin. and smaller numbers from other States,
The Washington correspondent of them.
Y. Commercial Adpertissr says: -
The charge that Mcclellan had secret
interview with Gen. Lee the night after the
the battle of Antietam has proved to be a
fiction of disordered brain. The person
who made the astounding statement is a
Mr.. Francis Wsldron, Marylnder, WHO'S
4 scboolmaster by profession, and who has
been somewhat addicted to drink. He has
been in the custody Of the Sergeant at arms
since Wednesday afternoon, but refuses to
make under oath the statement he has
for publication. ' ters aaRg
REBEL RAID ON KEHTucKY.-A Memphis
| correspondent of the New York IIibun.
says that Trustworthy intelligence from
the interior announces that an extensive
raid through Tennessee and Kentucky is
projected by the rebels, and is, in fact
nearly, if net quite, ready to start. a
point on the Ohio river, below Louisville
and probably near Evansville, Ind, will be
an intermediate destination, when, if 9
crossing can be effected to the northern
bank Of the river, the raid will be extend
ed into Indiana. Such precaution will
however, be taken on our part, now thai
the design has become known, as will make
any attempt to invade Kentucky exceeding
ly dangerous, if not entirely futile
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A CARD.

New ORLEANS, March S, 1854.
Editors Picasune: / find my name men.
toned in the public prints As having sssis.
ted in the inaugural ceremonies ef yestsr.
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The effect of the currency on prices is
well illustrated In the following:
b eff the whole enhancement of prices re-
suited from taxation the country would be
very nearly paying the expenses Of the
war out of the annual revenue. If this
were the case, it might seem hard, but it
would certainly be honest; and the patriotic
masses would bear it without finching-
But, in truth, very little Of the exorbitant
prices they pay finds its way into the
Treasury. Let Us take single article for
illustration. Coffee, which is a taxed ar
ticle, pays to the government FIVE cents a
pound duty. But the price of coffee has
been considerably more than doubled
Precisely the same article which three
wears ago sold for eighteen cents, now sells
for forty. The five cents which 90 into the
Treasury would be paid without grumbling
and the burden be little felt. But the
laboring classes arc false themselves, if, by
their votes, they continue in power the
financial quacks who have substituted a
constantly depreciating currency for real
money"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-02-04

preme Chief, Powhattan, by whom he
was to be first fattened, then killed.
and eaten at solemn feast. Can't.
Smith appears not to have taken On
flesh very rapidly; but being at last
pronounced 10 be in good condition.
the ceremonies began. Her Majesty
the Queen, Powhattan's wife, presen.
ted him with water to wash with; an
other amiable, with a bunch of feathers
to serve as napkin, and lie was then
invited to quite sumptuous banquet,
which, however, he declined, not hay-
ing stomach to eat, being himself
about to be eaten. The next ceremo-
my that was to end his strange event
ful history was forcing his head down
upon a fiat stone preparatory to tho
three chiefs battering his brains out
with heavy clubs. At that moment
Pocahontas, girl about twelve years
Of age, and favorite daughter of Pow
hatta.., unable to resist the impulse Of
a gentle compassionate heart, rushed
forward, and, with piteous entreaties
implored that his life might be spared.
Her prayers We're unavailing; and as
last resource, she placed her head on
the captive's, and declared that they
should kill her before they did the
Pale-fac This prevailed, Powhattan
pardoncd the captive, accepted him
as his son in-law and promised him q
large tract Of land.-jS. James Maga-
zinc. ....... -.t. ....s....
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Troops going 10 the Field--Our Army
not Depleted.

The general impression that the fur
loughing of our veteran regiments
which have re-cnlisted for the war is
causing a depletion of the ranks of our
armies is confidently denied in official
quarters. The number of recruits and
veteran volunteers entering the SER
vice, and now going forward to the
field, is understood to equal if not TO
exceed that of the soldiers returning.
Itappears from the records in the
United States Quartermastcr's Depart
ment in this city that the lumber of
recruits provided with transportation
to the various points on the coast, and
in Virginia where our armies arc sta
toned, average from three to five thou
sand each week. One half of these 80
by rail and the other by water. They
include the men enlisted in the eastern
part ofthis State and part of the volun-
teers of New England. AS the regi-
ments returning comprise only one to
two hundred men each, not less than
twenty Of these organizations belong
ing to the district of country named
must come homo each week to make
the number of men leaving the army
assuming the average for all the
states to be the same Aequal 10 the num-
Der joining it; and so many regiments
do not return. Besides, it is not gem
orally known that some of the rcgi-
ments coming home-particularly those
which were enlisted here-leave consi-
derable dctachments in the field. Our
regimental organizations are really.
therefore, not so much reduced as they
seem to be.
In the course of few weeks the
grand march of our regiments to the
field, with their ranks recruited, will
begin. Enlistments, which are now
numerous and increasing, will be like
ly togive many Of them quite their ori-
ginal compliment of one thousand men.
II New York Post.
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CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA.

DR.. w. A. Scott, Of Palmyra, Iowa,
thinks he has found an infallible cure
for diphtheria In communication
to the Missouri Democrat he says:
twill always cure ifthc treatment
is commenced before the diphtheria
membrane extends into the air tubes
which is known by the great difficulty
of breathing and restlessness. In such
cases no remedy yet discovered will
always effect cure; but if the pat.
lent is watched, and this treatment
used in time, there is no danger.
l sent this treatment 10 friend Of
mine in Wisconsin. and he used it on
himself and family, and ncighbors
with such wonderful success that he
requested me to send it TO you for pub.
lication, as this horrible disease is pre-.
vailing extensively in parts OF Mis-
gOuri
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THE REBEL UNIVERSAL coNscRIP.
TIOy.
CONSERVATION in the Rebel Capital.

Grorn the Richmond Examiner Jan. Il.
The breaking up of the substitution
contracts seems likely to afford plen-
tiful crop Of frauds andartful dolges to
evade tho demands of the conscrip ton.
1t is said that bids to the tune Of tens
Of tousands have been made for depart
ment clerkslips by some Of the most
atrociOus spectators in Richmond. and
that petty bureau officers have an ex-
cellcnt chance to make their fortunes
by providing hiding places for wealthy
conscripts. The extorti0ners are get
ting government clerkships; million
aires have suddenly become nautical
in their tastes, and are bidding high
for little cribs in Mallory's depart
ment.
From the Savannah Republican, of
Jan. 13:
The futtcr created here by this law
is most interesting. We have heard
of considerable commotion on the bay,
and the papers everywhere record ex-
tensive stampeding to the North. and
and other foreign parts by gentlemen
whose energies have been devoted to
trade. Various are the shifts to dodge
the new order of things. All sorts Of
offices are in great demand. The pa
pers never before announced SO many
candidates for tax receivers ard colec-
tors, and we heard Of one gentleman
in this city who offered the chief of po-
lice ten thousand dollars to have him
self put on the night guard.
From the Richmond Enquirer ....
THE LAMENTATIONS OF THE SUBSTITUTE
eoNScRIPT.
And it came to pass that the man Of
means said unto his hired servant, 20
ye into the army, and take with thee
these shekels of gold and shekeIs of sill
yer that | give thee. for thou standest
in my shoes. And the man of little
faith, who hired the substitute. opened
a shop and sold cakes and calico. and
waxed rich on his gains Of fifteen hun
dred per cent But it came to pass
that the wise men of the nation arose.
and debated among themselves wheth
or the principal and the substitute
should not keep company together
And the wise men passed a bill max.
ing the subtitute nought, and send
ing their friends, the principa to greet
them in the ranks, with musket Al
the right shoulder shift Then the
principals waxed exceeding wroth
and straightway set about preparing tc
emigrate to anothcr-yea, a better
country, beyond the Potomac. Anc
the lsraclites conspired together tc
spoil the Egyptians, changing thcil
Treasury issues into gold and theil
State promises into grcenbacks, anC
forthwith took their departure, shak
ing off the dust of their feet against US
And Of all their deeds, are they no
recorded in the books of the conscrip
officers, who search for them in vain?
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Nothing on earth in SO ridiculous as
the affected caution of fool after he
has been humbuggedi rar
"MoNEY is great comfort Not
when it brings the thief to the gallows.
A PUNsTER, at the point of death,
being advised to eat piece of pullet,
declined, because it might lay on his
stomach,
A LIE once spoken, n coach and
four horses could never bring it back.
NATURE designed the heart to be al
ways warm, and the hand TO be often
open. ...... ....t ... a....t
Con is on the side of virtue; for he
who breads punishment suffers it, and
he who deserves it breads it.
HAPPINESS is like pigwith greas-
ed tail; everybody is running after it,
but none can hold it. 81 i
IN PRIVATE, we must watch our
thoughts; in the family, our temper /;
IN company, our tongues.
A Allowing friend rebuke sinks to the
heart, and convinces the judgment; a
strangers rebuke is invective, and ir-
ritatcs, not converts. aq