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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
Notice to Contractors.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKs.
C0IuMpus a ApriI IN 1874

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKs)
COLUMBUS, D., April 80, 1864. I
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE.
y CEIyED BY mail at the city of Columbus, in
dorsed Proposals. for kirkersville or South Fork
Feeder, until Wednesday, June /. 1864, for exc
cutting the following work:
1st. Constructing a channel for the Feeder
south Of the National Road. near the town of Kirk.
ersville, for distance of about threefo Of
mile; estimated amount Of work, - cubic yards
I'd. Widening, deepening and cleaning out the re-
mainder Of the Feeder, from the dam near Kirkers-
vile TO the Licking Summit Reservoir; estimated
amount Of work, - cubic yards.
Sd. Excavatng q ditch about two and one-fourtb
miles in length, across Bloody Run Swamp, from
the Feeder to the South Fork of Licking Creek;
estimated amount of work, - cubic yards.
4th. Making certain repairs to tho Feeder Dam
above krkersville, which cannot be eA ,ty descrb
ed at present.
9Th. Constructing an Aqueduct twenty five feet
long, to carry the Feeder over Bloody Run.
9Th. Constructing new Bulkhead near the lower
end Of the new portion Of the Feeder.
7th. Constructing Waste Weir near the location
Of the new Bulkhead.
Bids for the earthwork must be by the cubic yard.
The grubbing to be bid for in gross
Plans and specifications will be for exhibition At
the Office Of George b. Smythe, Esq. in Newark on
and after Monday, May 25.
The work will be awarded in the rotunda of the
Safe House: in the city Of Columbus. on Friday,
June Sd, 1864.
in. LEWIS,
apri3O-dul Resident Engineer.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
A Word About National Finances

From Hunts Merchants Magazine we
learn little about Mr.. Chase's financier-
ing. The debt of the United States, col
lected from official sources for three pc
riods during the present year, was as fol-
lows:
January 2 1854. .473 o25. ia IS
March .................. Isis, ,T02,S ,SS7 90
Marcn 10, .................. l,596 w. 429 -
For twenty-nine days, from February I'd
to March I'd, the increase was 4O.477, ,123 "a,
or daily average of $1,395.762 10. For
thirteen days, from March I'd to March 18th.
the increase was $S3, 2S6, 591 76, or a daily
average of S6,4O6,66O 90 No wonder Mr..
Chase rushes back and forth between WASH
ingtOn and New iork Oh special railroad
cars. On September Both, 1853, the ac-
knowledged debt of the United States was
$l,222 1859. This compared with the
amount tor March 15, 1854, shows a steady
increase for the last six months of 81, 100000
per day.
The amount of debt bearing gold interest,
we learn from the same valuable source, to
be 1894, ,202,sl2. The interest on this is
$45,S52, 1853, and the principal as well as the
interest is payable In gold. The largest
amount ever obtained through the Custom
House was that received last year-$69, ,059,-
642. Now, suppose for the next seven
months the increase of debt is as it has been
for the last six months-$216 10000 per day.
This will add to the total debt about $780,
100000, which at five per cent. gold inter-
est, as Mr.. Chase by his ten-forties is anx-
ious to have it, will add S23,000,0O0 to the
annual gold payments of the Government
or about two millions less than the receipts
of the Custom House. AS this two millions
is all that stands pledged for the payment
of about S2,056, 100000 Of principal, the poor
loan-holders will scarcely have much for
their security beyond the faith and credit
of the United States" Mr.. Chase during
the next seven months will have to hire
several special trains.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
The Demand for Contrabands-
Negroes Called for 10 Take the
Place of White LabOrery in Ohio.

1t was probably part of the scheme of
the Abolition Governors lately in council
at Washington to flood the West with ne
groes, by taking away the able-bodied
farmers, mechanics and other white labor
ers and thus creating military neces-
sity" for the employment of blacks in their
places. Here is the first roll of the drum,
summoning the darkies to the farms and
homes of Ohio, played by that Abolition
concern, the Cincinnati Gazette, of Satur-
day:
The calling out of the militia at this
time, when spring crops are being put in,
and when work is greatly behind in conse-
quence of the rains that have been so fire.
quent this month, must cause great embar-
rassment in the agricultural districts, and
result in a deficiency in the crops, which
the country cannot afford. 1t is important
therefore, that the deficit in labor should be
provided for as far as possible.
We have received letters from the inte-
rior, making inquiries, OF which the follow
ing are specimens: "Could contrabands be
procured to perform farm labor here imme-
diately? Is there any agency to which ap-
plication could be made for them, and, if
so, where?"
We are unable, at this writing. to answer
the inquiries, and we respectfully ask some
gentleman connected with the contraband
and refugee relief societies to furnish the
desired information, in order that it may
be published in the next issue of the
Gazette. We are all interested-deeply in
terested-in seeing that the plows are fully
manned. The people cannot live comfort
ably, nor can the armies fight successfully.
without an abundant supply of food, and
this we may not expect If our broad fields
are suffered to remain idle.
So it seems, from the foregoing, that after
all that has been said about the courage and
efficiency of black soldiers, white men must
do the fighting, while able-bodied negroes
take their places at home and become in
mates of their families. Ofcourse, the only
way to thoroughly abolitionize Ohio, is to
Ahicanize ii, by stripping it of its white
male population and making up the de-
ficicncy by the Importation of negroes.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
The Mob at Lock.
LOCK, Knox County, Ohio,
April Is, 1854.

Editor Mount Vernon Banner:
SIR-We have just had two of the most
disgraceful riots that have gone off lately.
The facts of the case are as follows:
On last Thursday night, as singing school
closed, and the parties began to disperse
some soldiers, at home on furlough, three
In number, attacked w. w. Wood, asking
him If he was Union man, to which he
replied that he had always been such. They
then demanded that he should hurrah for
Lincoln; to which he made no reply; and
upon the second demand he likewise did
not respond, when they fell upon him and
beat him severely OH the head with clubs,
before he could get out of their reach.
They also struck another man. They then
came down street, gathering up stones, and
entered the store of James Stern, where
they commenced swearing. damning the
"Copperheads" and Vallandigham men as
rebels and traitors to their country, and
saying that they had orders to clean out all
such men, wherever found, and they were
going to do it. They next began smashing
Mr.. Stern's show cases and windows, and
after going out threw two large stones
through the windows, breaking some dish
es, but, fortunately, not striking any one.
They then left, saying they would return
and clean out the place.
On Saturday night, having increased
their number to five, they came again, and
commenced with the most disgusting slang
and abuse ever heard. They stated that
they were acting under orders from, and
were backed up BY, Capt. Bostwick and tif-
teen men of this (Milford) township, who
were In reserve. These boys are honorable
in comparison with those home patriots
of the oath-bound Union Leagues, who are
too mean and contemplate to look an hon.
est man In the face. They are the cause OF
these disgraceful riots all over the country,
by writing lying, infammatory letters to
the boys letters that the latter could moi
read without exciting their passions to the
highest degree, and instigating them to vio-
lence and outrage on their Democratic fel.
low-citizens, when they return home. Thi.
| Is the boys own statement.
If the above statement rests heavily
against Capt. Bostwick and others, they and
the boys for It. Such Is simple narration
Of the facts by an EYEWITNESS.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02

There Is lie out, or in polite phrase. "a
question of veracity," between two tis-
tinguished public functionaries. In 4 u
ting the case, it is necessary to premise i't,
that the Federal Constitution provides in
the sixth section of the first article, q at
no person holding any office under ne
United States, shall be member of eitner
House of Congress during his continue e
in Office; and, secondly, that it is provit !,
by the Constitution and laws of the Uni d
States, that the appointment of Major G l.
erals in the Federal service shall be c,a,-
firmed by the Senate upon nomination y
the President.
ROBERT c. SCHENCK. of Ohio, and FRAf,K
P. BLAIR Jr., of Missouri, both being \ :
jor Generals in the United States servi :,
duly appointed and commissioned as sui :,
were both elected Representatives to I G
present Congress, and both took their Sc,
as members Of the House, each swearing ,
support the Constitution Of the Unit
States. 1t was natural to infer, if the Co
: stitution and laws were still in force, th
these gentlemen, before taking their se.4
in the House, had resigned their militia
positions; that their designations had be,
accepted, and their commissions cancele
; 30 that If either was restored to his forme.
rank in the army, it would have to be dor
upon denomination by the President and ri
confirmation by the Senate.
But not long since the announcemer
was made that General BLAIR had becr
assigned by The President, without al
such formality, to the command of the l7r'
Army Corps. About week ago, the Ger
eral, before taking leave of the Hous.
made speech in that body, severely crit
cising and censuring the management an
course Of the Secretary of the Treasury
(Mr. CHAsE.) This reused the ire of MI
CHAsE's friends, and they procured II /
passage Of q resolution in the House, in,
quiring Of the President the facts in rega,
TO Mr.. BLAIR's holding commission 4.
Major General, and being at the same tim,
in violation Of the Constitution, membs,
of Congress.
''a To this inquiry Mr.. LINCOLN, on Thur
Z day last, responded that both General
ScHENcK and BLAIR had, before takii
Z their seats in Congress, rendered the resia
nations Of their commissions, upon the dis
tinct verbal understanding with him On,
LrECoLE) and the Secretary Of War (M'-
SrANroE) that they might, at any tint
during the session, withdraw their resigns
fions and return to the field. Mr.. LrNcor
also stated that General ScHENcK had n.
applied to withdraw his resignation, b.
General BLAIR had sought to be assigned {,
the command Of . corps, and had been Z,
assigned
IT thus appears, from Mr.. LrScoLs's e,;
planation, that the constitutional prohib !
tion against any person being member
Compress who holds Office under the Unih
States, was rot over or around In this way.
1fessrs- ScrrxncE and BLAIR deposited,th the \
feslknAtions in the War Department; b.
fhe resienntions werenot accepted nor the Il
commissions cancelled; they took their scs,
a (hs House, while remaining in full bloc J
~ n ~ - i4fs 4
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02

The PRESIDENTIAL IMBRoGLIo.-A Wash
ington dispatch says that Mr.. Lincolns
earlier advocates have given up his case as
hopeless. Though still affecting to support
him, they are casting about for new man,
who will heal the rapidly widening breach
In the "Union" party. Mr.. Lincoln himself
rather favors Mr.. Chase. Another large
interest names Charles Francis Adams.
Some new and surprising combinations
may be looked for. In the meantime Ere
mont is rapidly becoming master Of the
situation in the Republican camp, at least
50 his friends say.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
NOTICE.

The ONO STATESMAN will hereafter
pear on Monday morning instead of s
day, and the Sunday morning edition
be omitted. The large increase in our
scription lists along the lines of the sey
railroads, make it desirable that our IT
ers in the country should be supplied v
the latest news on Monday morning, wi
can not be effected by the issue of pi
on Sunday morning, as no trains leave
city on that day. &
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02

New York, April 80. The Newbern
Times, of the 9th, says on Friday last a
rebel force appeared In frontof Little WASH
ington, but their lines were soon deserted,
and IL Is said vigorous stampede towards
Richmond commenced.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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OF AN
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Who suffer from Nervous Debility, Premature Deca,
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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
THE MAJOR GENERALS M
CONGRESS-.

How Lincoln Managed 20 Get Roue d
tho ConstitutiOn---The Question iof
veracity between him and SchendS.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
Railroad Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED. NAMED IN THE GER
tificate Of Incorporation Of the Columbus, Chill
licothe and Portsmouth Railroad Company, hereby
give notice that books will be opened for receiving
subscriptions to the capital stock of said company
Of VIM. Dennson, in the city Of Columbus, Frank
lin county, Ohio.
WIN. DENNISON,
LEANDER NJ. HUBBY
A. STONE, JR.,
II. b. PAYNE,
Columbus. April S. 1864 did
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
COLGATE,s HONEY SOAP.

COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP.
This scelebrated Toilet Soap, in such universal
demand. is made from the choicest materials. IL
mild and emollienti in its nature. fragrant.
~ scented, and extremely beneficial in its
action upon the skin. For sale by all Druggists and
Fancy Goods Dealers. ian27'0t-d&wlysp
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
Coughs and Colds.

A large portion of the American people are wholly
unaware Of the deleterious. not TO say dangerous
effects incident TO the Of many of the wortbles,
venders Of Cough Medicines, and in this chaneesble
climate Of ours, whore are so subject 10 common
colds, y Is highly important that every body should
be made acquainted with the standard Remedy.
Madame Porter's Cough Bdisdm A pleasant and
purely vegetable preparation. Sold by ali Druerists
price Is and 80 cents Per bottle.
april 24-d&wlw.
|DIsEAsEs OF THE ENERVOUs, SEMI.
u NAL, URINARY Il SEXUAL SYs.
IEMS|,new and reliable treatment-in Reports OF
the HOWARD ASSOcfATI0N-;Se by ma mail II IN IN
isslsd sttsr spyel1gs; fEss cf charge Address
ton Nc; , 3 south Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-19

e:S. and the fight commenced in earnest
when 1T was continued until to o'cIncl,
The Yankees kept perfect rain of Mini.
bullets upon us from their works. o,,r
brigade still advancing until it cam.
within one hundred yards of them.
When we were in position to move on
their works "unconditi0nally, General
Forrest demanded the surrender Of the
place, and the officer in command did
not deem It prudent to refuse. Here We
took over eight hundred prisoners, scyc.
ral pieces OF artillery, and many imp!c-
mcntS OF warfare Our loss was not over
thirty killed and wounded, while the
enemy lost twenty Killed and many
wounded The trcstlc work on tifc rail
road here is ninety feet high and one
hundred aud fifty long. iilc entire place
WAS consumed to ashes. The Yankee
officer in command was killed Colonel
Lathrop-a cannon bali mangjcd him Sc
vcrcly. Two small &tocka,:cs above this
point were taken by Colonel Bell with
out any Serious|trouhle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-19
OBITUARY.

Died, ola the 9Th OF September, 1854, at Point
lookout, MARY land, in his twenty -lfth year,
GEORGE ii. WORDSWORTH. eldest son VI
Mis- S.lc IoldSworth, of this city
The deceased, being printer, could nave rc-
maitcd cut Of the service but At the Sutiiinetiec-
tctlt Of the war he volunteered IN the iSe!th Sh-
yiuia infantry, and participated III nearly all tina
eugtsemrut- in which that gallant resnnent took
part up 10 the I'D vi last June, when he was cap
in,t Iy the enemy before Petersburg, and eonnnsd
~ p,n; iu.kou, where he died OH the 27th of sep
,-,hr sprr an illness Of twelve days lie was q
ttft III atItct,UIlatr son, kind and loving bro.
80. - = warm and trae friend. From his youth
w ,u.u hood be Was noted for upright moral
tPr,rtsr ~ Ills kindly disposition, genial social
,iities and modest manners, won upon the ariro-
ns of ali with whom hc came In contact, ami his
oss will be deeply felt and his memory foniy che
rshed. In All enemys land, fsr from kindred and
home, the beatings of his gentle heart have bcen
stilled III death. Let hope that be has only led
the way 10 greater glory; aud may ms agei mothefs
sisters and brother derive consolation AMI hope trom
the following extract of lettr, wFitten ey kinl
friend who attended him in his illness: his Last
words were those of Christian. and his only f~srvt
was that he could not die at home, ais remains
repose in the land of our eneiniss, bat
Green be tho turf above thee. fiend VI my early
days. - .,
Nome knew thee but to love thee noas nalasa
thec but 10 praise, "a W.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-19

our main army, and that the larger por-
ton was still between Atlanta and Ma
con, under Beauegard. This may ac-
count for their apparent apathy concern
ing Hoods movement; thinking, per-
haps, they could send out and "gobble
him. up whenever it suited them.
Major General Bate, of Tennessee, who
was severely wounded before Atlanta,
passed through here to-day, en route to
take charge Of his old command, which
has temporarily been under the command
Of General John c. Brown
I!ardee's corps crossed the Chattahoo-
chce at Graves ferry, and are now far
advanced. As the army moves on it IN
crcaseS in strength. Men who struggled
when the army retrcatcd to Atlanta, and
who were left in the enemys lines, are
now coming back to their comrades, raj
lying around the banner they have fol
lowed on many field, whist dascrters,
too. are returning to their post. llar-
dec's corps alone has received an acces-
sion Of two thousand nine hundred men.
The Macon papers contain the sub
joined items:
! had long conversation with a gen
tleman this morning Just from the Army
OF Tennessee. He represents things as
being all right about the army; that we
have possession Of the State road from
Big Shanty to Altoona that we have
utterly destroyed this road for fifteen
miles, filling up the cuts with stick and
dirt and brush, and spading down the
hills, SO that Sherman could not mend
the road in fifteen days if he had posses
sion of it. He represents the army as
being in the finest Of spirits, and in
creasing in numbers daily at the rate of
from five hundred to thousand.
The soldiers say they will be content
with a handful OF corn 4 day if General
Hood will only keep them going forward,
and that they will whip Sherman if he
darcs to attack them.
Three hundred and seventy Yankee
prisoners, captured on the Sd and tth in
stants upon the railroad at Big Shanty
and AcwOrth, arrived at Newman to-day
They belong to the Seventeenth corps,
(Blair's) and had never been to Atlanta
They comprise men from Ohio. Illinois
and Missouri, and are, generally speaking"
fine locking soldiers
General beauresard, in Mlled scvil!c,
was the guest of Governor Brown. lie
doubtless went there on business relative
to the militia. \ number Of citizens, with
torch lights, proceeded to the Executive
Mansion and called for General Beaurc-
gard. He appeared upon the portico of the
mansion, and was introduced to the crowd
by Governor Brown as the general who
fought the first battle Of the war, and a
general who never lost one; where
upon General Bcauregard, in true inIitary
style, made the Governor bow for the
compliment. lie sien gave his visitors
a short talk.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-19
LATEST FROW IUE NORTH.

We have received Il copy of the Wash
ington Cho"jcIe of Sunday, the 10th in
slant
REfoRE MCnMoND-NoTuING YET OF
THURsDAY's FIGHT.
There Is not one word in the Ckr0ricie
about the fight Of last Thursday, though
it has dispatches of Friday. The re-
pulse was evidently so severe as to war
rant the suppression of its publication
by the authorities A telegram from
Fortress Monroe, dated on Friday, says;
General Butler sent out rcconnois-
sance on the north side Of the JamoS
river yesterday. They advanced two
and half miles towards Richmond, and
returned without loss, having met the
enemy in small squads.
Only slight skirmIshcs took place.
4 dispatch from before Petersburg,
dated on Friday, says:
The tacit truce between our skirmish-
crs and the cncmy's sharpshootcrs is sell
dom broken during the day. 1t IS only
when the darkness of night settles on
them, and there is little danger Of hitting
any one, that shots are fired. With the
exception OF one or two discharges from
cannon, the unusual quiet along our
front has not been broken for three days.
Daring this time, our Industrious foe are
husily engaged in making new works and
strengthening their old ones.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-19

Gold jumped up in New York, on Sa-
turday, two per cent, i'll view OF the
slight skirmshes below Richmond,
and the market closed at 2I7 II.
1t was rumored in Washington on Sa-
turday that rebel guerrillas had made a
raid on Poolsville, robbed the stores and
citizens, and burned the town.
A train of wounded soldiers ran off the
track on the New Haven railroad, on Sa-
turday, killing nine and woundlng a
great many.
SO far, in Maryland, the people have
voted one thousand majority against the
constitution abolishing slavery in that
State
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-19
From GEORGIA..

Our latest Georgia exchanges give us
some intelligence Of military affairs in
that State. No movements seem to have
been made recently. We take some
items from them:
1t has been rumored that General
French's division was cut off from the
main body of the army above Acworth,
on Friday, and forced to cut its way out,
with loss Ct six hundred. That the
division was engaged with the enemy we
are assured, but are inclined to doubt the
truth of the statement which has passed
current.
General Beauregard was at Talladega
ON Saturday, en- route for General Hoods
headquarters, accompanied by Governor
Harris, of Tennessee
A party just out from Atlanta-at least
he left that city on the 2sth ultimo-re-
ports that the impression seemed to pre-
vail in military circles that Hoods flank
movement consisted of only portion OF