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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-04

C,oR SALE OR TO LET--Tw ENry ACRES OF LAND
with House and Barn IN village Of New Durham forr
mites from Honaken one.qaarcr mile from Aierons de
pot Ncrhern New Jersey Railroad, and miles from
Forty second street ferry Apply 10 y W. STEVENS urn
her dealer ot % Forty eighth street North river 80
Pine street. from 20 p. NJ.
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

THE expedition which went from this
place on Tuesday week, under command
of General Marston, steamed across to Cone
river, Va, which is nearly opposite this
place, and there effected landing. The
expedition consisted of infantry, cavalry
and artillery, and after landing marched
some distance into the interior, capturing
four or FIVE officers, and about as many
privates, destroying large quantity of
corn and pork, and bringing away num-
Der of mules and horses, besides large
quantity of fowl" &c. One man, we
understand, was accidentally killed. After
an absence of four days. the expedition re-
turned to the Point, all seemingly well
pleased with the excursion.
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

A DEsERrER REwARDEn.-W are in
formed that on Saturday last, while one of
the new recruits of the 18th N. Ell. rcgi-
ment was endeavoring to effect his escape
he, unfortunately for himself, came in con-
tact with cayalryman who endeavored to
arrest him, but meeting with resistance he
drew his revolver and fired at the would
be-deserter, killing him almost instantly
We believe this il the first case of desertion
from this place which has been rewarded
with death. but certainly not the first that
has been deserving of it Any man who
is mean enough to enlist for large bounty,
aud take the oath that all soldiers are re-
quired to take, and then desert, in all prob
ability for the purpose of re-enlisting and
obtaining another bounty, is worthy of
death at the hands of savages; and We ver-
ily believe that if.the death-pill was admin
istered occasionally there would be fewer
assertions among the new recruits at this
place.
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

WoRK has already been commenced ON
the new rebel camp at this place. The
streets have been laid out, and large ia
tigue party of the rebel prisoners are daily
engaged in turnpiking them, in order to
carry off the water and make the ground
as dry as possible. The location is just
below the old camp, and the condition of
the ground is such that camp of al
most any dimensions may be formed We
have no knowledge the time when the
rebel prisoners in OTHER parts of the United
States will arrive here, but from indications
around us. and by the reports of northern
papers, we judge it will not be many weeks
hence.
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20
Negro Soldiers.


We learn that there are now several squads
ofnegro soldiers scattered throughout this county,
and that the influence eXerted by their presence
among the slaves is becoming extremely preju
dicial to the interest of our people. Since the
arrival of a detachment at Chaptico, most of The
negro men in that vicinity have left their masters
while those that remain at home are becoming
indolent aud worthless. Indeed, slavery can
now be said to have but little more than nom-
inal existence in this State and the rights of the
shareholders as poorly respected here as in
any portion of "rebeldom" And yet, we are
a ''loyal' people and live under the Constitu-
ton and laws framed by our forefathers! "The
Strong arm Of the Government has twice inter-
posed between US and our invaders, and an
armed garrison is kindly furnished us, that no
quarrel may arise around the family altar. Can
il be that these manifestations of friendship and
paternity arc grossly deceptive, and were made
simply to lull us into false security? Other
wise, why is it that ruin and penury and want
are now being brought upon US? Take from our
shareholders their slaves, and they are reduced
to poverty. They have relied, as class, upon
this species of property means to cultivate
their lands and have been dependant upon the
revenue thereby derived to pay their debts. In
solyency and beggary Row stare them IN the
face and they are incapable of az oding the fate
that awaits them. And who has been benefited
"A
majority OF the negroes that have been run off
are unfit for military duty, even if the govern
ment really needed such feeble auxiliaries in the
strife it is waging. It is evident, therefore, that
nought but desire to punish us for our politi-
cal opinions has led to the adoption of q policy
so manaestly unjust. Such q motive is un-
worthy great people, and reflects discredt
and odium upon the party in power. No fiction
of law or logic-not even military necessity
nJnpn ont riCEf 10,
and we trust our representatives in Congress
will make an earnest endeavor to repair the
great wrongs that have been visited upon us
After painful exercise of our eyes we
are enabled to extract the above from the
st. Mary's Gazette, a paper published at
Leonardtown, theeounty seat of this county.
The Go.etc i hut second edition of the
Beacon, which was suppressed last spring
by an order from Gen. Schenck, and its
editors sent South for publishing disloyal
articles in its columns. The Gazette was
started short time after the suppression
of the Beacon, and in its first issue prom
ised to be neutral-that is, neither for nor
against the Administration and its meas
ures for the suppression of the rebellion.
1t is quite evident that it has published
nothing in fauor of it, and the above arti-
Gle will show what its course has been on
the other hand. BY perusal of the arti-
Gle any loyal man with half an eye cannot
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

On Saturday last new smoke-staek was
affixed to the laundry engine, and the "ma-
chine set to running for trial, and on Mon
day the laundry and circular saw again
resumed their labor of love In furnishing
clean clothes and wood ready for use to the
goodly inhabitants of the hospital.
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

MONDAY was one Of the worst days with
which We have been visited It rained
necessarily all day, and the fog being SO
dense in the evening that the mail boat
could not make connection with the tug
boat, as she !" couldn't see the Point"
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

thoroughly dlsl0yal heart and brain as has
any Of JEFF S most devoted subjects.
He complains that since the arrival of
colored recruiting parties in the county
nearly all the negro men have left their
masters That's owning up quite honestly,
but only in the face of facts Northern
people have always been assured that the
negroes loved their protectors so we'll that
they would not leave them if they could.
This is the first opportunity they have had,
and by the Gaaettes accounts they have
improved it wonderfully. He complains
bitterly that the rights of shareholders are
as poorly respected here as in any portion
of rebeldom,'" and sluringly speaks of the
government for preventing the rebels from
overrunning the State, and sneers at the
presence of troops, and then asks if these
manifestations Of friendship and paternity
are grossly deceptive, &c, The Admins
tration is well aware of the thoroughly dis
loyal proclivities of by far the greater por-
ton of the citizens of this county, and we
infer that these manifestations of friend
ship and paternity are for the simple pur-
pose of compelling the people to support
and respect the government, and prevent
them from aiding the rebellion; and as
these are now being pretty effectually en-
forced, we presume to say to the disloyal
editor of the Gazette that ''these manifesto
tons" are by no means deceptive.
What lazy, indolent set of beings, ac-
cording to the Gazette, the citizens of this
county must be. Poor fellows, how we pity
them! AS in all other parts of the county,
it is fair to presume that the greater portion
of them own the property on which they
live; and yet, says the editor Of the Ga
zette, take from them their slaves and they
are reduced to poverty. insolvency and beg
gary 1t is really too bad, and we would
earnestly urge some of our philanthroplc
Northern ''mud-sills' to come down here
and do the work for these poor, feeble crea-
lures.
To the best of our knowledge this coun'
ty has furnished but one white volunteer
soldier for our army since the beginning of
the war, but on the other hand it has fur
nished quite number for the army of JEFF.
Since the opening of recruiting offices for
colored soldiers in this county large por-
ton of the colored male population have
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

The arrangements for the transportation
of the mail between this city and Baltimore
are now complete. BY it mail leaves
and one arrives every night about twelve
o'clock. This is great deal better than
the lone horse arrangement, but still that
ancient mode of conveying telegraph des-
patches, &C.. is still kept running the same
as usual, for the good it has done,
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-20

SEE advertisement of Il. L. Donnelly in
another column.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-24
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY
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and connected with each new naval and military
expedition Of the government prove that II Is
minet to leave no spot uncovered by Its operations
and no event can occur that shall not and mme late
report in its columns. It's costs the proprietor over
hundred thousand dollars per year to maint ain
is corps Of corr espondepts in the field.
o. m sVaon h; o. fore;gn News the MEaAID has
In the future TO maintain the stand 10 has assumed
1t has special correspondents stationed in all of tho
principal cities of the world.
It's telegraphic arrangements extend to wherever
the electric wires are stretched When the Atlantic
cable is laid, which feat will be accomp lished,
kilograms will be received from Europe and Asia, as
well as from the United States. Then our readers
will have the events Of the week In all parts of the
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them. The proprietor devotes portion of the pa
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c Arts. Sporting Matters, Business, Theatrical and
Financial, Reports, Cattle Markets, General News
and reports Of all events calculated to form ex-
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-24
Spec ial to Gate City.


DIES MoINEs March 18.-The Senate has
had under consideration all day bill to
provide for the payment Of all the old Des
Moines Navigation claims, adjust and quiet
conflicting land titles, and disnss of the re-
maindcr of the Indemnity lands under the
grant of 1852, to aid in the construction Of
the Keokuk, Des Moines & Minnesota r. R.,
when the two first objects above named are
accomplished.
The following bills have been passed
Bill for the payment of officers and soldiers
from the time of their enlistment to the time
of their mastering into the U. s. service
bill requiring druggists to keep record Of
the name, residences and general description
Of persons purchasing poison the Senate
bill reducing the interest on school fund con
tracts from ten to e,gh per cent; Senate bill
authorizing Gov. Stone to adjust and settle
all claims of the State against the United
States; the biennial bill to provide for The
adjustment Of Swamp Land claims agains,
the United States; the Senate bill to author.
ize the transmission Of fan 70 paw interes
IN State bnads. and providing that IL the
holder does not demand payment of Interest
when due within ten DAYS OF the time wher
due. he must make demand at the Office o
the State Treasury. 70
The anti-Swearing bill was indefinitely
postponed. s.a 20 ."
A registry law bill and soldiers compen
sation bill, like the one before the Senate thu
other day, were lost
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-24
North. wc..crn ship Canal Con.


Shippers, Forwarding and Commission
Merchants. Bnsincss men and citizens gen.
orally of The Upper Mississippi Valley, re
siding in the State of Iowa. Illinois, Mis-
souri, Wis, and MINI. friendly to the en-
terprise of connecting the waters Of the
Mississippi River and Lake Michigan by
means ola Slip Canal, are requested to
take immediate measures for the appoint
ment of Delegates to attend the Ship Ca
nal Convention, to be held at Dubuque,
Iowa, on the first Wednesday of May next.
Each County will be entitled to four Del.
egates, with one additional Delegate for
every FIVE thousand inhabitants. Incor
porated Towns and Cities will be entitled to
the same ratio Of Delegates. Provisions
should lie made for casting the full vote Of
the County, Town or City.
| State officers and members Of Congress
and of the Legislature of the above named
States, will be ex-offi;io members of said
Convention. Editors of newspapers in said
| States, and such other persons AS shall re-
ceive this circular, are also invited to seats
in said Convention.
1t is unnecessary for the Committee to en-
large upon the vast importance of this
| ETcdC kNdtiOubl cutcTpTiSc. WI itS
pietion, the entire product Of the Mississippi
Valley will be enhanced in value at least
twenty per cent. Their transported; on to
Buffalo will be as expeditions and quite as
cheap as from Chicago. thereby saving to
the farmer and producer the expense oil
Rail Road transportation to that or other
Lake Ports.
The question of such Ship Canal is now
being discussed both before the country
and in Congress, and the probability is that
some course of policy in relation thereto
will be adopted at the present session. Let
us therefore he awake to this great ma tiona
measure. Let every Country, Town and
City throughout the entire North West bt
represented in the proposed Convention
We have already slept too long over oul
most material and vital interests.
Let us do so no longer; now is the time
to move. Next year, or even after the ad
journnent of the present session Of Con
gress, may be too late In such AIN event,
others may reap harvest that legitimately
belongs to u.s. and which may now be gather
ed. Efforts will be made by the Commit.
tee to secure from Steam Boats and Rail
Roads, tickets to and from the Convention
at half fare. IF successful, timely notice
will be given through the Dubuque papers.
By order of the Committee Of Arrange.
ments.
WV. I. GILCHRIST, Chairman.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-24
TINTED STATES INTERNAL.
~ REVENUE ...a
ANNUAL TAXES FOR 1864.

The attention oftax-payers is hereby called 10 tho
provisions of the United States Excise Law relative
to the assessment of annual taxes
By the sixth section of the act OF July l. 1862 IL 10
made the duty Of all persons, partnerships, firms,
or corporations, made liable to any
nual duty, license sr tax, ON BKFoRE THE FIRST
MONDAY OF MAY IN EACH YEAR, TO make a list or re-
turn to the Assistant Assessor of the District where
located OF the amount OF annual income the articles
or objects charged with special tax and the BUSH
ness or occupation liable to pay any license.
Every person who shall fail to make such return
ty the day specified will be liable be essed by
the Assessor according to the best which
he can obtain and In such the Assessor is re-
CURED to add fifty per centum to the amount of the
items OF such list.
Every person who shall deliver to an Assessor any
false or fraudulent list .stateme with intent
eyade the valuation enumerai ion required by
law, is subject to fine Of five hundred dollars and
In CHI the list will be made by the Assessor
or Assistant Assessor, and from the valuation and
enumeration so made there can be appeal.
Payment of the annual taxes, except those for
licenses, will not be demanded until the thrtieth
day of June.
The appropriate blanks which to make return,
and all necessary information win be furnished by
IT. 4AcKwoRTH, Assist ant Assessor for the 10th
Division, to whom the returns should be delivered
on or before the first Monday of May at his office,
In Ottumwa. GEO. H. JEROME
march lO, lS63-3w u. 8, Assessor 4th Dist :.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-24
From Arkansas.

- 49,
Partial returns from eleven coun
ties give more votes than the whole
number required by the Presidents
proclamation to replace Arkansas in
the Union. Other counties to be
heard from, 43 in number, will give
5000 more votes. The new State
constitution framed by the late cons
vention is ratified; there being, 60 far,
only l37 votes against it. Arkansas
is thus declared free State in the
Union by the voluntary action of its
own citizens. Gov. Isaac Murphy
and the whole State ticket is elected.
Guerrilla bands made violent
threats, notwithstanding which the
citizens were enthusiastic in their de.
termination to vote the State back in.
to the Union, many going to the polls
at the risk of their lives. The mill
itary authority used every exertion to
protect voters.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-24

Late on Saturday evening, some weeks
SINCE our fellow citizen Rev. j NJ. McElroy
received letter, sent from the Revere
House, which had been brought by lady
who hal Just arrived on the night train
from Keokuk. The letter was from q prom
inent clergyman of Keokuk introducing
Miss Mary M Reynolds from Ohio, who
had been summoned by telegraph to see an
only brother Who had met with serious
and probably fatal accident at Bloomfield.
Mr. Nee ROY called at the Revere House
Sunday morning and had Miss r. conveyed
TO his own house, to remain while waiting
public conveyance to com rlete her urgent
Journey. She was from Wooster Ohio,
teacher in the, public schools there-had
taught in Columbus--a native of Miffin, Pa.
and graduate Of Tuscarora female Semi
nary. The painful dispatch which sum.
moned her to Iowa she had ceived on
Thursday morning, Just as she was about
opening school. In twenty minutes she
was on the train for the west, not having
had time even to get ticket. She had no
baggage. She was an intelligent looking
person, lady like and easy in her msn ners,
and probably % or so years Of age. There
was mistake, however, she said in the let
tor that had been sent as to locality. Her
brother was at Washington, not at Bloom
field. He had formerly lived at Bloomfield.
but latterly at Washington, and it was there
that he had fallen from a building and
probably lost his life. E
The sabbath she spent at Mr.. McElroy's
excusing herself from attending church as
abe was fatigued travelling and moreover
felt disinclined to 60 ont in her travelling
garb. By the O'Clock train Monday morn.
ing she was off for Fairfield thence to 60
BY hack to Washington, being furnished
wit h letter of introduction to Rev. Shearer
OF the latter place.
A month later Mr. McElroy received
litter from Presbyterian Minister in Nor.
walk, Ohio, making inquiry about Miss
Reynolds. She had called on him in dis
tress, had been swindled out of her money
in buying ticket at Toledo, resided in Of
tumwa, Iowa, teaching in Rev. McElroy's
Seminary, and bad been summoned in great
urgency to Beaver, Pa, to see her only
brother who had net with q serious if not
fatal injury there. The Rev. gentleman at
Norwalk had procured for Ter free pass
on the K. r. to Cleveland and loaned her
money to pay her fare to Beaver. She is
rare lady, stopping with mono but minis
ters-a game she has practiced extensively.
1t would seem, both East nd West. Bv
her feignea distress she secures lodging,
letters of introduction, and loan of mon
ey to pay travelling expenses. She is prob
ably hunting her brother yet, though she is
rather more likely to find her father who
lives, it is thought. in very no. climate.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-24

St. Louis, March Slight or ten
regiments of re-enlisted veterans OF
Missouri and other Northwester
States arrived or passed through here
the past week. all of which were teas
ted by the Veteran Reception Com.
mittee, and received cordial W Welcome
by the citizens generally.
Nearly 1000 new recruits from diff
ferent States have passed thro' here
during the same time, en- route south
to Join the regiments in the field.
The Third Michigan Cavalry,
about 1900 strong, have also gone
South.
The number Of hogs packed here the
past season is 100000, nearly $1,000
excess over last year.