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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09
COMMERCIAL MATTERS,
New York DIarket..May r.

New York Market-.May 4.
,C0TT0N-Dull and &c lowor at 7s9soc for low
ILOUR-State and Western dull and unsettled
! l09l5c lower at 81 OOa7 20. Sales at s7 loS
! 10 for Round Hoop Ohio. and 81 e59s SO for trade
!nds, the market closing quiet.
NHlSKY-Excited and decidedly higher at 81 81
25 for State and Western.
EHEAT-Lower, dull and nominal at COOL 81
;, choice Spring and Milwaukee Club and 81 $50
;CORN-Quiet and steady at 81 80 for old mixed
st stern, part toarrive Monday.
oiIHS oohiIIScOpened quiet and firm, and closed heavy
J0FFEE77Dul, and prices nominally UNCHANGED !.
,SUGAR-Inactive. Muscavado Is IDi7, New Or.
GnS quoted la a 5HSls' H' and Porto Rico at ls.
pETR0LEU M.Firm, Sales of crude at ssc. and
bbls of refined in bond at 56SS57c,
tMQQL-Quiet and firm.
tPORK-Very dull aud prices rule in favor Of the
yer. Sales at s27 90 for mess, see rs for old do,
rs for new do. s22 OO@24 rs for old and new
5Rt66N SIDEsSDulh IL and md RrlmS pominal %e''
'hARDI1,Dull and lower at l3h9l4sc.
BUTTERFLIES firm at 25935c for common 10
7 me Ohio. and 35G36 for State.
(
New York Money market-.HIay I.
Money easy and quiet at 697 per cent.
sterling lower and dull at lsT9lsS for first class
IS.
Told lower I; opening at 70 and closing quiet Ma
iOtai exports 1T Of specie to-day q las oss
ipons lOe9loeii zoos, October AMI April. iOsJ..
Philadelphia Markct--May 4.
All trade is dull, awaiting army news.
Thouk - Quiet. Superfne 81 0007 rs; extra
WHEAT-Declined &C. Red sls5; white O. ooae
C0RN-Firm. Yellow 81 81. W
iMHISKY-Firm at 81 e5.
ROLEUM-Unsettle Sales Grade at 3e@37:
med in bond 50; do free "a.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09

THEATRE.-",rhe Little Barefoot" very
popular and charming drama, prepared ex-
pressly for Miss Alice Kingsbry, will be
produced at the Atheneum tonight. This
piece, with the excellent acting of the little
star, should draw large audience.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09

x WASHINGTON, May 1.-The story of the
second defeat of Banks's force is not credit
ed here. q
Its stated that the count Of the House
shows Mr.. Loan, of Missouri, will be de-
clared entitled to his seat. .fnrg
Reports from Dalton, Ga- state that there
only were $4,000 rebels there and that
Johnston was reinforcing Lee. q 2 =
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09

ODD FELLows.-The annual session of
the Grand Encampment of the order of
Odd Fellows, has just closed at Sandusky.
Thos. Arnold, Esq., of this city, was elect
ed NJ. w. p. G. The next annual session
will be held at Xenia.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09

Miss CUsHMAN has consented to give an
entertainment at Naughton Hall, on We'd
nesday evening, for the benefit of Mr.. Ward
the commedian, who will also appear.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09

The friends of Capt. Plymton's company
of militia will find the clothing left by the
boys at Colts store.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09

e DRx GooDs.-A Attention is directed to
the advertisement Of Mills, Schermerhorn
q Co., in another column. Their store in
Union block Is one of the most magnificent
establishmentsof the kind In the West. \
.aI3ftlI Gav9N
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09

EXCHANGE OF PARoLED PRIsoNERs.-A
dispatch was received on Saturday from
the War Department stating that the ex-
change of all paroled prisoners had been
i effected, and that those men should be for
warded to their regiments. This win re-
lieye about fifteen hundred men, belonging
tovarious regiments now IN Camp Chase.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-09
Rebel Loss $4,000!
OUR WOUNDED eooo or 5000.
Lee IN FULL RETREAT!
GEN, GRANT IN HIGH SPIRITS!
THE VICTORY !
The Advance of the Army of the
POtOmac-IIenvy SkirmisI,ing-
The Shenandoah Valley Entire
Iy Clear of Rebels.

WAsHTNGToN, May G.-Oflicial dispatches
received at the War Department, announce
the advance of Gen. Butler with his COM
mand, and his successful landing at City
Point, Va.
WASHINGTON, May G.-The Government
has received information by way of For
tress Monroe That Beauregard is at Peters
burg, Va. with a force of 10000 men.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
A HAPPY WOMAN.

What spectacle more pleasing does the
world afford than happy woman contented
in her sphere, ready at all times to benefit her
little world by her exertiOns, and Transforming
briars and thorns of life into roses of Paradise
by the magic of her touch There are those
who are thus happy because they cannot help
it-no misfortunes dampen their sweet smiles,
and they difuse cheerful glow around them
as they pursue the even tenor of their way
They have the secret of contentment, whose
value is above the philosophers stone for
without seeking the baser exchange of gold,
which may buy some sort Of pleasure, they
convert everything they touch into joy. What
their condition is makes no difference. They
may be rich or poor, high or low, admired or
lorsaksn by the tickle world but the spark
ling fountain of happiness bubbles up in their
hearts and makes them radiantly Beautiful
Though they live in log cabin, they make it
shine with lustre which Kings and Queens
may cOvet, and they make wealth a fountain
of blessings to the children of poverty. Hap
py women are the highest types of humanity
and we cannot say how much we owe to them
for the progress Of the race. Would there
were enough to go around
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
AGRIC URAL :
Plant Large Crops.

This is the advice given on all hands. There
are many reasons TO encourage farmers to
double diligence on the opening Of another
season for planting If the war goes on, it is
obvious that the army must require vast sup
plies, aud if the war should cease, and the
Southern states be opened to the intrOduc-
tiou of provisions from the North, there will
be an unprecedented demand to meet the
wants OF those vast region blighted by the
war, and which now yield little or nothing
for the support Af the people. The West
ern producers will remember what cargoes
used to go down the Mississippi river when
the fertile field of the South were teeming
with corn and potatoes as well as cotton,
rice and sugar. Now the production has
been greatly reduced, and some parts of the
South. even agricultural portion are actually
suffering for the want Of cereal grains and Or
binary vegetables.
If the fighting ceases this summer, and
peace with union ia restored, as every good
man prays it may be- the superabundance Of
the North will flow into the impoverished
South like air into q vacuum, and the far
mers of the free States will find it a far more
agreeable business to feed their neighbors Of
the South, and to get good prices for their
crops, than 10 pay taxes for the support of
armies. 1t is not less cause of wonder than
of gratitude, that, in the midst OF a long,
bloody, and desoating civil war, the loyal
people of the country have continued to en-
joy as much prosperity in all the ordinary
concerns of business that trade continues to
flourish and all branches of mechanical arts
are in active healthful operation.
But more than other honest labor, has that
of the farmer been prospered, aud the pros
pect is that it will continue to be more and
more profitable while the war lasts and for a
time after it is over. In the long run, war il
) a great evil to farmers, as we'll as to every
body else. Some are SO short-sighted as to
wish for war that crops may bring high prices
This is a wicked wish. 1t is the height of sell
fish depravity. But if the country or the
world abroad is involved in the horrors of wal
it is the duty of farmers, as well as others, tO
meet the emergency by the exercise Of the
longest foresight and the most untiring indus
try Chicago Evening JourRdl.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
DELAWARE, OHIO, MAY s, 1854

6. Sarch the skripters iathefully fer sech
passagis ez cussid be Kanan, servance obey
yoor masters, and sich.
Z. Lern to rede, or at leest git the shaip NV
the letters so fxt in yoor mind that when you
qwote from a book er newspaper. you will
hold it rite side up. Eddicashen hez bin a
CRATE help me.
8. Lern 10 spell and pronounce Missenege-
nenashun. Its good wurd
The crate ledin Jees NV our selt wich it is
yoor dooly to inkuIkait is these: The nigger
is a ape, Linkin a gorriller, jeff Davis a
ehrischen gentleman, the rebellyun struggle
fer rites, the sojer buddy tool, Ben Butler
a beest, ct settery. Yoo air never 2 believe
in Fedral victrys, but must alluz credit con-
fedrit successes. woodent advice 700 to let
your faith in the Confedricy go so far as to
talk their scrip on yer salery, Deether wood
burn greenbax.
hev dun. Go, my bruther. Let yer poler
star be Dimocrisy, yer rallyin cry, The Yoon-
yum ez it wuz-the Constooshun ez it iz," witch
is latitOodinus, f:e the good ite, and the day
will cum, when 700 kin lay orf yer armer, and
with "P. NJ. :" after yer naime, engoy the re-
pose that alluz follows well-directid and wig.
gerus effort.
Bro. Punt startid to-day for Suthren Illinoy
where he hez a congregashen.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY,
Paster Nv sed Church, in charge.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
VOL XLVI.
Motice of Suit.


cGoPHIA ". GASToN, widow Of VIM. Castor, decd. }
y and John c. Castor, Sarah E. CASTOR, Mary J. Gas
ton Otelia Gaston Josiah CASTOR, James Castor and
Emma Gastou (heirs of said Wm. Gaston,) and Fars
CASTOR Defendants, ali OF Piatt county, State OF Il
pois are hereby notified that the Tth day of
April, A D. 1854, Robert 8. Castor, Lyman C. Aeeker
and Irwin NJ Finch, Plaintiffs, filed in the Court OF
Common Pleas within and for the County OF Delaware
State Ohio their petition against the setting forth
that on the 29th day OF November, 1856, said William
CASTOR said Sophia W. CASTOR and Fsrris Gaston ex-
ecuted and delivered to stAiiles & Bartlett" their
acres in Section J. Township s. Range IT. United States
Military lands, in Kingston township, Delaware county
Ohio beng part or lot bought Of David White, more
particularly described in said petition to which refer
erenee is hereby had; 10 secure to said Niles Bart
lett certain indebtedness of $500 book account,
and conditioned for the payment thereof by said Wan
and Faris Castor demand. AEO setting forth that
on the 14th OF December 1859, there remained still
due and unpaid Of said Indebtedness the OF $1O6
that on said Dec. 14th 1859 said Miles Bartlett made
oyer and sold to said Plaintiffs said Indebtedness and
said mortgage security thereon that the sand of
SIO67 with interest from Dec 18th, 1889 is still due
and unpad said Indebtedness, to said Plaintifs.-
said petition also forth that said Wm Castor
the 9th day of November, 1862 died intestate, leaving
said sophia W. Geston his widow aud said John c, Sa
rah E. Mary j, Otela, Josiah, James and Emma CASTOR
his heirs at law The object and prayer 0f said peti
ton is TO obtain order decree Of said Court for
the sale OF said mortgage premises pay said indebt
sdness and for all other relief in the premises proper
Said Defendants required to appear and ans WeT
said petition on before the 2Sth day OF Nay, 1854
or the same will be taken true, and decree Of the
Court rendered accordingly.
LYMAN C. MEEKER,
IRWIN n. FINCH.
By REID Eaton, their Att'ys. plaintiffs.
April s, 1s64-6cw. $3.50
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
OLD THINGS.

Give me the old songs, those exquisite
bursts of melody which thrilled the Tyres Of
the inspired poets and minstrels of long ago.
Every note has borne OF the air tale of joy
and rapture-of sorrow and sadness They
tell of days gone by, and time hath given
them voice which speaks to US of those who
once breathed these melodies-of what they
now are, and what we soon shall be. Ny
heart loves those melodies and may they be
mine TO hear till life shall end, and as "launch
my boat" upon the sea of eternity, may their
echoes be waited to my ear, to cheer ME on
the passage from the scenes ofearth and earth
land
Give me the old paths, where we have wan
dered and culled the flowers of love and
friendship in the days of "Auld Lang Syne :;
sweeter, far, the delIs whose echoes have an
swered to our voices whose turf is not a
stranger to our footsteps, and whose rills
have in childhoOd's days reflected back our
forms, and those of our merry play-fellows
from whom we have parted, and meet no more
in the old hooks we lovtd so WELL May the
old paths be watered with Heavens own dew
and be green forever in my memory.
Give me the old house, upon whose stair.
we seem to hear light footsteps, and undel
whose porch a merry laugh seems to minglt
with the winds that whistle through old trees
beneath whose branches lie the graves o
those who once trod the halls, and made tht
chambers ring with glee. And o above all
give me the old friends-hearts bound to min,
in life's sunshiny hours, and link so strong
that all the storms of earth might not breal
it asunder,-spirits congenial, whose heart
through life have throbbed in unison with ou
own! o, when death shall still this heart,
would not ask for aught more sacred to hal
low my dust than the tear of an old friend
May my funeral dirge be chanted by the oil
friends 1 love so fondy, who have not passe
away to the spirits bright home!
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
Somewhat Romantic .

The case of Mr.. Morton Seeley, OF Amherst,
who returned last week, after an absence of
twelve years, presents many interesting fea-
lures to lovers of romance in real life" A
number of years ago, he removed with his
young wife to Wisconsin, where he engaged
in business, which proved unsuccessful, and
in short time he lost his entire property
Being man ef proud spirit, he resolved to
retrive his fortune in other climes, and accor-
dinghy sent his wife and little boy back to Am
herst, where they have since lived for twelve
years, without hearing word of intelligence
from the absent husband and father. He
was a man of excellent character and habits
and as years passed by without hearing from
him, his friend had supposed him dead.
Last week a gentleman stopped at the
Beebe House, and registered his name al
Rice, from Vicksburg. He represented thai
be was a merchant, buying goods under the
permit of the authorities, and was waiting
permission TO purchase larger stock than a
first applied for. He had been here severa
days, when Mr.. j. G. Potter of this village
saw him and addressed him as Morton Seeley
He told him that he was mistaken, that hi
udul6 Was 4G'CcJ "ACLGupou MI lCA1 ALu
fully assured, however, Of his identity. Sub
sequently Mr.. "Rice" sent for Mr.. Potter, an,
acknowledging his real name, stated brief
his object in assuming the nom de plume c
Rice. He had not heard a word from hi
wife and family since he left her in Wisconsin
and he came quietly to "spy out the land
before he made himself known. If his wife wa
dead, or had married again, his intention wa
to have made suitable provisions for his bo.
if living, and return without being known
All this time he had been iu business nea
Vicksburg, where he became a successfI
planter, and has amassed snug little fortun
The rebels destroyed portion OF his cottc
but he secreted about $4,000 worth, ar
sold it after the fall of Vicksburg.
The next day alter he was recognized,
paid his wife visit, who no doubt welcome
him with open arms as one long since believe
to be dead.-EJyria Dem, Apra 20.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.

In the mountains of Tyrol it is the custom
of the women and children to come out when
it is bedtime and sing their national songs un-
til they hear their husbands, fathers or broth
ers answer them from the hills on their return
home. On the shores of the Adriatic such a
custom prevails. There the wives Of the fish
ermen come down about sunset and sing a
melody. After singing the first stanza, they
listen awhile for the answering melody from
of the water, and continue to sing and listen
until the well known voice comes borne on the
water, telling that the loved one is almost
home. How sweet to the weary fisherman, as
the shadows gather around him, must be the
songs Of the loved ones at home, that sing
to cheer him and how they must strength
en- and tighten the links that bind togethe
those humble dwellers by the sea Truly i
is among the lowly in this life that we fnC
some of the most beautiful customs in prac-
tice. =.ss
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
How to Select Shade Trees.

As the season is now at hand in which to
transplant shade trees, it may not be inapprO-
pirate to offer few suggestions as to the Sc
lection Of shade trees. Most people, in set
ting out trees, are too ambitious they want a
big tree to start with, and select large tree,
three or four inches in diameter, cut of the
top and roots until it resembles scaffold- pole
and then plant it like they would fence post
the consequence is, the tree dies and the
planter comes to the conclusion that trees will
not grow on his ground. This is a cOse Of
"vAulting ambition that ser leaps itselfn
Select small trees, we'll rooted-Bugar or ma
pie are The best-irom six to eight feet in
height, trim the top slightly, leave the roots
as they are, dig hole big enough to allow the
roots to lay easy and natural, put in your tree
ill up with good, rich soil, tread it down just
firm enough to hold the tree in its place, tie it
to a stake firmly set in the ground, and you
will have tree that will grotv, and be "a
thing of joy forever"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06

It is stated that there are at least from thir-
ty to forty thousand citizens in Kentucky
who have been plundered by Morgan and his
men, and a very large portion of those poor
victims have been saved only by Federal
charity from death by want.
Scientific men have come to the conclusion
that the great Northwest is too bare oI
shrubbery to ever be productive of fruit. A
storm meets with nothing to obstruet its ca
reer. An opon country has been found to be
nineteen degrees colder than wooden one.
The Cleveland Herald says that the Treas
urer of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati
Railroad Company, lately deposited in the
Second National Bank of that city, the nice
little sum of $38, ,643 So, being the amount o
tax on the February dividend ofthat Company
Over twenty prisoners have arrived in Wash
ington en- route to the Dry Tortugas, senten
ced for the remainder of the war. One is Lieu
tenant of the 66th Pennsylvania Infantry, whC
has deserted three times.
A new French giant is exhibiting himsel
at Liverpool, probably on his way to Bar
NUNS. His name is Jean Joseph Brice he i
eight feet it hight, measures four feet ST,
inches around the chest, is twenty-fOur yea r
old, and can lift six hundred weight. He
well formed, very affable, and much admired
The Agricultural Department has importe
large amount Of new variety of grass seed
known as "YelIow Lupin." 1t is rather val
uabe for renovating worn out soil in the plac
of clover, aud will grow where clover will moi
aud makes fine pasture for sheep, and 500
forms a sod fit to be rlowed under. Any on
wanting to try it can be furnished by the De
partment.
1t is great maple sugar season in VeI
mont. Five to eight tunes are shipped ever
week from Battleboro.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
Horrible Death from Wearing Hoops.

The London Star says: Among party of
friends who had gone last Monday on a visit
of inspection to the biscuit factory of Messrs.
Joseph Robinson & Co., in this city, was Miss
Mary Nelson, and she was accompanied by
MIR. Burrows, to whom she was to have been
married within few weeks. The party had
not been more than two minutes in the mill,
and were still examining the basement story,
when a piercing shrek from Miss Nelson, who
bad tarred slightly in their rear, made them
pause in terror. Her attention had been at
traced by an Archimedean screw, which was
fenced by rod breast high-but, when she
stopped to look at it, her expanded skirts we're
caugheby the machinery, and when the friends
turned to look at Ter it was rapidly drawing
her into its grasp Mr.. Burrows clashed his
betrothed around the waist and strove to draw
her back, but the steel Of her hoops had been
clutched by the wheels, and all his efforts were
poweress. The engine dragged her out of her
lovers arms, and whirled her round and rount
before bis eyes, until all her limbs were shiv
cred into fragments, and her body was lacera
| ted out of human semblance
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-06
TINE.

Generation after generation have felt as we
do now, and their lives were as active as ours.
The heavens will be as bright over our graves,
as they are about our paths. Yet little while
and all this will have happened. The thrObbing
heart will be stilled, and we shall be at rest
Our funeral will wend its way, and the prayers
will be said, we shall be left in the darkness
and silence Of the tomb, an6 it may be but for
short time we shall be spoken Of, but the
things Of life shall creep on and our names be
forgotten. Days shall continue to move on
and laughter and songs will be heard in the
room where we died and the eyes that mourn
ed for US be dry and animated with joy, anC
even our children will cease to think of US RnC
will remember to lisp our names no more.