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Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-14

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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01
The Guerrilla Democracy,

Immediately after the account that the
Mayor of Fredericksburg headed a guerrilla
band raised from the inhabitants in that vi
cinity, and drove 10 the enemy's lines three
hundred of our wounded soldiers, who had
made their painful way ten miles on. foot to
that place, Mr., Garfield, in tho House, asked
leavo to introduce a bill to provide for the
punishment of gucrrilas. Tho following
official report of the proceedings thereupon
ken from the Globe, illustrates the spirit
of the Democratic party in tho House, on
this question. Could there bo palmer
demonstration that tho Democratic party is
the Guerrilla party ..... ..
Mr.. GARFIELD-I ask tho gentleman to
yield 10 enable me to ask tho consent of the
House to present and have considered at
this time from the Military Committee, q
bill for the punishment of guerrillas.
Mr.. sTEvENs-I will yield for that pur-
pose.
Mr.. ANcoNA-I must object to the report.
ing of the bill from the Military Committee.
Mr.. WAsHBURNE, of IIlinois-Is that bill
for the punishment of those guorrillas who
] shot and wounded soldiers
| Mr.. GARFIELD-I would include those.
Mr.. SCHENcK-Mr. Speaker. l think no.
body has objected to the immediate consid.
Grafton of that bill.
Mr.. Speaker-The gentleman from Penn.
sylvania objected.
| Mr.. SoHENcK-Surely it cannot be posi-.
BILE that any member of this House has OBJ.
iected TO- considering the bill to provide for
the punishment of guerrilas who are com.
mitting such mischief and crimes, and mur.
dering defouceIess citizens and wounded
soldiers in the rear of our armies. Crie:
of "Order !"
The Spoaker-Objectian is made to the
| bill, and no debate is in order.
Mr.. ScHENoK-I only want to be salts
fed, ["Order IL and know ii there is any
gentleman on this floor who will object to
bill for such purposes. ! therefore hav,
asked the question. (Cries of" Order.!" from
the Democratic side, and confusion.l
want to know whose sympathies run in tha
direction. (Shouts of "Order ~
The speaker-The gentleman is not Il
order. The gentleman from Pennsyl lyani,
objects to the bill, aud no debate is In or
der.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01
An Astonis he'd Japanese.

1t is related in letter from Paris, that, of
all the wonders which the japanese Ambak
sadors have seen in Paris, the one that baS
most astonshed them is La Pomm orais' tri-
al. Their interpreter read to them daily
the reports of tho proceedings, which occu.
pied the court ten days. They supposed
that La Pommerais must be- q prince, or at
least somo very illustrious parsonage, and,
when they were told that he was an obscure
medical practitioner, Of no social standing,
they could not bring themselves to under
stand how it could be necessary TO lose six
or eight months in preliminary instruc-
ton, to cite some hundred witnesses, and
TO spend upwards Of week in hearing ex
perts, doctors, etc., all about the lito of Q
simple individual. In our country, they
said, justice is much more expeditions.
man is accused of a crime, his bowels arc
ripped up, and there is an end to it. If ht
is guilty, so much tho better, and. If limo
cent, SO much the worse for him; but thor,
is no great harm done. This European
respect for human life has, however, strucl
the principal Ambassador as thing worth,
to make note of, and he has addressed |
report to the Tycoon on the subject.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01
A Hottentot Fable,

This fable, entitled "The White Man and
the Snake" is one Of several collected by
DR.. B.cck, as current among tho Hotten-
tots "a white man, il is said, met snake
upon whom large stone bad fallen, and
covered her 80 that she could not rise. The
whito man lifted the stone off the snake.
but when be had done so she wanted to bite
him. The white man said, Stop le. us
both 60 first to somo wise people, They
wentto the hyena, and the white man asked
him, is it right that the snake should want
to bite me, though helped her when she
lay under stone and could not rise j? The
hyena (who thought ho would get bis share
of the white mans body said: Ifyou were
better what would it matter 2 Then the
snake wanted to bite him, but the white
man said again: Wait little, and let ns
60 to other wise people, tba, l may hear
whether that is right They went and
met The jackal is it right that the snake
wants to bite me, though lifted up tho
stone which lay upon her = The jackal re-
piled: i do not believe tina. tho snake
could be covered by o stone and could not
rise. Unlcss saw it with my two eyes, l
would not believe it. Therefore, come, let
US 60 and see the place where you say it
happened, whether it can be true They
went, and arrived at the place where it had
happened. The jackal said Snake, lie
down and let tbysef be covered The snake
did so, and the white man covered her with
the stone but, although she exerted her
self very much, she could not rise. Then
the whte man wanted again to release tho
snake. but not the stone. She wanted to
bite you, therefore she may rise by herself.
Then they both wont away, and left the
snake under the stone"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01
The Battle of Coal Harbor.

The battle of Coal Harbor, which was
fought between the armies of Cons. Grant
and Loe, on the 4th of June, was n moro
hotly contested and important engagement
than the public seem TO suppose. Its result
will materially change the plan of opera.
tons. Curiously enough it was fought on
almost tho snme ground which, two years
ago, proved q turning point in McClellan's
campaign. The 18th corps under Smith,
had just made it's junction with the grand
army, and everything seemed ready for the
decisive stroke, and IL must be confessed
that not without some disappointment did
the evening Of that oventful day show that
our noble army bad advanced toward Rich
mond SCARCELY half mile, with an uDcon-
qucred and defiant enemy in front. Our
lott and left center was chiefly engaged,
and tho point attacked was Unexpectedly
ascertanod to be the key of the rebel vorks
and OF course moro formidably fortified and
defended tban.any otLerspart of the rebel
line. Notwithstanding this, our troops suc-
cecdod in capturing a portion of the works.
but were unable to hold them, owing to
their being enfladed by tho rebel artillery
from other positions. Some of tho rebel
newspapers have remarked that the armies
III front OF Richmond arc fighting over tho
same ground which they occupied
tho Mcclellan campaign of 1862 This is
true, but the positions are reversed. Then
the rebels hold Coal Harbor and Mcclellan
held Gaines Mills:wherens, now We hold Coal
llarbor and the rebels have Gaines .Mills.
In 1869, too, Mcclellan bad divided his
army between tho two sides of tho Chick
fahominy. Had Lee done go in this instance,
Grant would havo destroyed bis army; but
Lee has kept all his forces north of tho riv-
or, and fortified his lines there heavily.
Grant, Immediately upon crossing the
! Pamunky and moving forward against tho
rebels, appreciated the great importance of
Coal Harbor, and fought to gain it, in which
be succeeded. In the great bnttle of Fri
day ho made an effort which, had il proved
fortunate, would have been most disastrous
to Lee's army, for we should have forced
the passage Of the Chickabominy. with Lee
in q ruinous retreat before our fire. The
rebel army incurs great peril in fighting
with the river in its immediate rear, but in
in this Lee trusts to the strength of his
earthworks. which at this point bavo served
him well. Notwithstanding tho formidable
character Of tho rcbol works, Hancock
seems to have firmly established himself
+ within fifty yards of thcm, and just over tho
, crest of bill facing them,
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01
Petersburg.

The city of Petersburg. Dinwiddie Co.,
Virginia, is on the south bank Of the APP
pomattox river, twelve miles above its
junction with the James at City Point, and
is twenty-five miles by railway, and pwen-
ty-three by turnpike southeast OF Rich.
mond. It's population in 1854 was six
teen thousand, and was growing rapidly,
1t was one Of the greatest tobacco mar
kets of Virginia, and contains many pub
lie and private buildings. Several of its
streets are lined with three-story brick
houses, giving it fine uniform appear
ance. II is at the head of tide water on
the Appomat:ox, which is navigable to
the town for vessels of one thousand tons.
The fall in the river, Immediately above
town, furnished splendid water.power,
which is employed in several msnufac-
turing establishments. The Great South
ern Railway. from Richmond to Charles
ton, passes directly through the city
Until the war commenced, however, ,there
was a break of about a mile in the road,
in the town, making necessary transfer
of freight and passengers from depot 10
depot. military necessity" however.
caused the railroad connection to be per-
fected; and this road, the great feeder Of
Lees army, and OF Richmond. is the
most important in the Southern Conledcr-
acy.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01

al thing, far more good than harm, though
ho may not know IL. Tho Emperor, Fred.
erick the Great, thought otherwise, aud
acted accordingly, but he soon very deeply
regretted it.. A few OF his favorito cherries
we're takou by tho birds, and he very un.
wisely ordered them to he destroyed. This
decree was go rigdly executed, that In q
few months not bird of the kind could be
found. Tho result was, that in two years,
there were no cherries at all. The insects,
which tho birds in eating had destroyed,
we're so multiplied by having this check re-.
moved, that they destroyed tho whole, and
no moro were raised till the country was
ro supplied with those very kind of birds /;
which was finally done by order of the Em.
peror himself, nt very great expense. Tho
two called Sap suckers" once erroniously
supposed to feed on sap, destroy immense
quantities of insects, that infest tho bark of
trees. The holes mado by them in the bark
were made in order to reach the insect, aud
for no other purpose.
Whothor this family of birds shall re.
ccive, at tho hands of on Intelligent com.
munity, that protection nature designed
ard tho best interests ofagIculture demand
is question that tho farmers of this Coun.
ty, will, ere long, bo compelled TO tako into
serious and thoughtful consideration +; for
the yearly incieoso of these birds is small
raising as they do, but ono brood usually in
season, aud tho slaughter now made
among them, by thoughtless men and truani
boys, exceeds tho annual increase. so tina,
their numbers are gradually diminishing
year by year. b. +. ADELL.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01
The Copperheads and Fremont.

The following significant paragraph is
found in the Washington correspondence of
the New York Herald, 1t adds another
proof to the already demonstratiye evidence
that Gen. Fremont is in full communion
with the Copperheads:
The National Democratic Association met
last night. Senator Salisbury, of Delaware,
and j. B. Florence addressed tho meeting.
Mr.. Saulsbury referred patheticaly to the
period when he sang psalms, the burden OF
which was peace. and which learned him
the creed of his party-"Peace on earth,
good will to men" The temper of the meet,
ing was strongly in favor of the Cleveland
nomination, the speaker urging the election
of Fremont as the only means OF putting an
end to tho war.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01
MAJOR GENERAL sEpaWIcK.

One more OF tho mighty is fallen,
The bravest whore all are bravo,
Oh bring ye a wreath Of laurel
And lay it on his early grave.
And bring, too, some sprigs Of cypress,
For how can YOU help but mourn,
When hero, flower in your army,
The pride of fond hearts, has gono?
You will miss him,y braves in the council,
AS YOU meet on the tented field,
Aud again on those furious charges
Whore so often your enemies yield.
Aud whom all these war notes are over,
That now echo back from each hill,
And poace broods once more o'or the
nation, ... .
Ah then thou wilt miss him still.
But as in your sorrow you mourn him,
You feel that your loss is his gain,
For bark with the heavenly choir
Is mingled dulcot new strain.
Ono moro harp is attuned to glad praise
One moro song swels the song Of tn,
blest,
IT'S the harp and voice of our horo--
In his manhood he's gono to his rest.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01

WE may set it down as an axiom, that
dsresrect to others is incompatible with
selfrespect, and he who is indifferent
with their feelings can have none but in
different feelings Of his own. The bitter
word is not the strong word. The great
est vigor of thought or act is not violent;
i. breaks no law Of courtesy. The light
ming is silent and playful-it is the rent
and wounded air that walls In thunder.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01

OuR lovely time Of youth is our Italy
and Greece, fail Of gods, temples and bliss
and alas! that so often Goths and Van
dals stalk through, and trip them with
their talons.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-01

SENsrBILIrY is like the stars, that can
lead one only when the sky is clear
Reason is the magnetic needle that guides
the ship when they are wrapt in dark
ness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-26
FROM NEW OnLEA>s2

ST. LOUIS, April 25.-I!.e Sienna, =
Phu!; from New Orleans or he eyepiny RI .H ~
18Th inst, has arrived al Cairo VT
jt seemed 10 be generally cvnce}e} !hsr IL.
battles III Louisiana have been against E..narnI
banks, IS while The ConTeusgaccs rr,u,;nri -"
the gronnd alter Saturday tight. Gen. T., j.
letreated forty r}ilcs.
liie tranSpor: Black Hovk suiara. ca,,>;6.
erabiy, wheIi above Alexandra, from the IVA.
4ederates besides having several Killed Az;
WOUNDED.
1Ee report Of another light 81 the 10Th
Inst, Was~a nllstak {.
L4e steamer Roo BOY, 2]a$ter Stephens
had arrived at New Orleans !ro;.I the {ej
River, having run the gauutio. OF large n;2,0~
Der ci guerIll!as.
Ihe Bob Roy had Jour guns and fon*ht
MOST Of The way dewn. \ eannon bull passed
through the clerk Office.
One soldier was killed anl Jour wounded On
tie Matte Stephens
The Uonfeacrates axe still! IN the vicinity 81
Pleasant kldge.
'i'i.e Federal army was at Grand f,core, ior~
tifying beth sides Of the river. Gen. Banks
and Admiral Por1or were 0otil th@Ge ,iho;a
vas only i've feet OF water AT. GRAND Ecore.-
The guuboat Passport Was aground there
all the large boats were beiow, but the light
cli~ught boats were above.
Tue prisoners taken say chat Kirby Smith
and Sibev yere killed In the recent battles.
J'he steamer La Crosse from the it@t; River
for New Orleans, having stoppc, At n ma
ton to take or cotton, when = coo)Ya:y q tAe
First Louisiana heocl) Cavalry lnade 8 DE-
scent on the boat The passengers a!l crew
we're paroled, and the boat ana cotton WAS
burned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-26

Ihe " aShlngtOn correspondents u 'A0 W"
York Tribune tecgraphs from " asil'hSio"
that Gov. P!erpolnt, OF Virginia. Is cut III d
pamphlet philippe upon the military RUE OF
Gems. Butler and Slough, said 70 De comfort"
Ing only 10 whisky venGers and traitors.
Private John Il. Thompson, OF company
G, First Ohio Cavalry, convlctad or the 2AsJ
inst, .oy court tai, IS ro Re executed N
Alexandra, Va, Oil friday, the 29tEa Of April,
in the open field, near the olckIes Barracks,
for the crime Of desertlon and robbery.
The bids fos furnishing the U. S: govern
nlent with -four were opened yesterday. But
26, 900 bbls. Of Nc. 2 -four were offered, at
prices ranging from s. SO to 50 l5 Nontracts
for only ., 200 bbls. we're awarded, at S. SO AND
So 62z.
A Federal scouting party, from this place, on
Saturday. had skirmsh with a small party
of Confederate scouts, near Accotink, 10 which
four Coneederatcs are reported to lave been
wounded. and one horse captured, and tvo Of
the TederaIs wounded slightly.
On Morris Island over one hundred tons of
iron. consisting Of broken guns, fragments Ct
shells and ,,ney uloded shells have been 1uther-
ed 10 . heap at the ordnance depot. The
onanitv would be greatly augmented if the
nroiectiles buried IL the sand we're dug out
and added to the heap.
General Burnsides Corps, which Was re
cont|v enc,nned al Arnanol;s. passed tbro Ugh
Was inston Yesterday afternoon,
New orleans c;snatcbes. to the New York
norars sta+c that fhe amount Of cotton de-
s,-p~,, ,. 0~.l>5,u~s~, ID p;vor :
sAloSe CO ~ ''ao 0ons0O0'"'''' @'0>~ N''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-26

The caution against giving any cFedence 70
the street rumor<, and newspaper selters Oh
the eve o. important army movements, IS
good one. I heard three point t}aDk LIES, re-
taijet! yesterday, with all gravity, an1 aSce:-
tanned their entire taislty Ill the course u i"
hour. The occupation Of ''quld nunc, II
s,,ch f;n,as j. nrnEtlpSs oi;e. 4.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-26
Azcxan1ria Gazetf :
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26.

TUESDAY EVENING, G. APRIL %.
Lieut.. Col. Fl. IT. Wells the U. S. Provost
Marshal, at this place, has been promoted to .
connelcy, an3 there is a report, that ne VIII
succeed Gen. Slough, as Military Governor,
when that officer leaves. Gen. Briggs is also
mentioned as Gen. Slough's successor.
IN Lynch burg, Va, on the 9th, beet tell
fvous i've dollars, per pound to three dollars and
fifty cents Potatoes which had been selling
for dfteon or twenty dollars per bHshel, SOLD for
ten
Gold in New York yesterday further ad-
vanced, and at the evening board closed at 1873.
The yrioc Cf butter continues 70 decline at
the North.
From " Washington It is telegraphed that
President Lincoln has accepted the eighty
thousand troops rendered for six months
service by the Governors of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
These men compose~a kalt Of thc militia force
Of these States and being armed, equipped
and paid by Che United States Government,
will be asel 70 garrison posts, while the veteran
soldiers will be sent 20 the field. Gov. Bcough
has ordered the Irrational Guard Of OHIO to
report for duty on the "a proxin,o, and Gov.
Morton, Of Indiana, has called Tor twenty
thousand volunteers to supply tbe quota OF that
State
The Wheeling Intelligonoor, Of Saturday,
says: Alossrs. Conrad AMI Dlnlrl3ge, two Of
the Winchester hostages, have been paroled.
Oae Of the cor litions Of the parole is that the
gentlemen paroed are to 90 South and endeavor
to secure the release OF Wheat anl I}och OIL
VIM NJ Bonael hostage from Dodaridgc
county, was released from the Atheneum,
Sheriff Shaw, Of Putnam county, Tor whom
he was held as 3 hostage, having been returned.
Governor Bayley Of Nassau, n. p, has
been cautioned by Tie Duke OF Newcastle
against the use Of language, In his public
speeches, which may have tendency &c engen~
der Il! eelingo the part OF the Northern States.
The governor, ia his address before the leglsia-
tive session, referred 30 the efforts made by
Inhabitants OF Nassau, TO run the blockade, II
somewhat commendatory language which, It
IS stated, was the occasion for the reprooF
The New Y ork Express says that the Sword
contest at she Sanitary Fair in that city
shows that General Grant beat in dollars and
Mcclellan in numbers Four packages put In
10 the 18th street box on Saturday, contained
lar more money than the large majority Tor
Grant. The vote for Grant IN secret In four
hours was $20,644 against 1864 voted in
nm nn in three weeks
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-05-14

should know something of the capacity of the
hero(?l of Port Hudson. Hence / have writ
ten the above. We all hope he will yet have
some measure of success up Red River, where
he was a few. days since so ANONYMOUSLY
drubbed, but we fear he will be Obliged to
back down the river, and trust he will be
able to bring the balance of the army of IN
safety, and that General Grant will =" move
on his works" and relieve him from command.
s. Bintsly, as saith the preacher, last but
keastn One word for the copperheads. Among
all classes of people here, loyal or secesh, in
the army and navy, or in civil life, they are
"cursed above all CATTLE" despised and spit
upon. These southern marshes produce no
horrid reptile so insidious, or venomous and
so dreaded We had specimen from Wis
consin here not long ago, in the shape OF a
former copperhead orator from the northern
part of the State. He met an old live slave
holding seeesh gentleman here, to whom he
supposed he could utter his favorite senti-
'ments in safety, but in offering his budget of
treason was promptly rebuked and "scOtch-
ed . by his more honorable rebel friend In
fact had flea put in his ear. The last heard
from him he had taken the "yellow fever
in the shape of quadroon girl, and started
for Cuba, proving thereby that "snaix may
''miscegenate as well as niggers. Bully for
the "snaix." so
1 sha1't annoy your readers with another
communication unless take notion to.
aaFa -s asss7 d. X T.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-05-14

gTGen. MCCLELLAN having failed through
lack of votes to get the army sword at the
Metropolitan Fair, the New York Herald calls
on the faithful to subscribe and buy him one
A fund of $3.50 had been raised at last ac-
counts, and the Herald was drumming up for
more. If "Little Mack" is to have any more
ornamental swords presented to him, it is en-
inently proper that they should come from
some establishment like the Herald.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-05-14

A FORNIDABLE CUsToMER.-A Newbern let
ter describes the rebel ram which assisted in
the recent capture of Portsmouth as about
40 feet long, with an oval roof much like
the back of a turtle, and so strong in timber
and plating as to be impervious to hundred
pound, steel-pointed, solid shot, at distance
of not more than twenty feet. She draws
but FIVE feet of water, and is about that dis
lance out of water
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-05-14

GEN. RANsON.-We learn from a private
letter from New Orleans Of the 18th ult. that
although painful doubts were for time enter
tanned in regard to the condition of Gen.
RANSOM, who was severely wounded at the
battle of Sabine Cross Roads; he was at the
date of the letter rapidly recovering. All
pain and inflammation had subsidized, and the
wound was rapidly healing.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-05-14

THE rebel papers distrust the secession pro-
cliyities of STEPHENS, of Ga, the Vice Presi-
dent of the bogus Confederacy. The Rich
mond E''Q1irer in speaking of recent speech
he has made, says 'Mr. STEPHENS has dis
appointed his admirers and friends only to
crafty his enemies and those of his country
has at no time uttered any expression of hope
or confidence in the success of our cause
and can point to no word or material aid that
he has rendered the cause.pn 8ai! sites
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-05-14

EH The Fort Pillow investigation by a
committee Of Congress, yields fifty-seven de-
positions, each stuffed with narrowing details,
in support of newspaper accounts, and even
exceeding, them precisely as the camera gives
a more faithful picture than the pencil sketch