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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
AppnopRIAr1NG IEwELRY.
Negro Heroes.

As sample of the manufactured absurdi-
ties relative to negro troops, take the fol-
lowing, which was sent to the Associated
Press all the way from Cincinnati by the
Administration, on the occasion of STURGIs'
defeat. The niggers are glorified through
out, while not one word is said in extenua-
ton of the whites: s'od' ~a
"The colored troops were the last to give
way" ''The negro troops gathered am
munition from the cast a,ody accoutrements
of the white troops, and thus were enabled
TO keep up the fight until they reached
Memphis" some body of 1000 (white)
infantry, which were cut off and supposed
to have been captured, were defended by
200 negro troops from the repeated assaults
of the rebel cavalry" "Another body of
negro troops came IN Ito Memphis) having
escaped by various roads. All brought.
their arms and accoutrements aoih them"
There were 1,6OO white troops and 200 ne
groes. The inference is that each nigger
took eight white men under his powerful
projections. Tho Journal of Gpu1ne,re says
at is not worth while seriously te refnte
such string of preposterous absurdities.
A man might as gravely undertake to point
out the probable eXaggerations in the trav-
els of Lemuel Gulliyer or Baron Mum
chausen. lgas5 b -5if.f aEf III rli4-5
"The radicals, who originate these stories
for well known political objects, will find
that they are handling weapon that cuts
both ways; for nothing would be so likely
to bring about a tremendous reaction against
negro troops and their injudicious eulo-
gizers as this class of outrageous libels up
on the white soldiers of the republic"
The NJ. Y. Tribune says that the nigger
troops take no prisoners, killing everything
and everybody falling into their hands, and
also that they are legally and morally right
in SO doing. Legally" we presume has
to the "Higher Law and NOR
ally to GREELEY's moral code.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

Commencement week at our Colleges and
Universities always forms an epoch In the
.istory of student life. tits then the new
.ledoed Freshman assumes the dignity OF the
sophomore, and the ambitious Sophomore
ssumes the wisdom of the Junior and the
,gacious Junior assumes the Importance OF
ne "grave and reverend Senior"-while
ne Senior, having been in the Institution
,ur wears. lust begins to see how little ne
nows, and how much there is yet 10 iearh'
nd distrustful of his own abilities, cuts
,ose from the old moorings, and drifts
way into the "wide, wide world" He is
,ow clothed with the toga uirftis, and be-
ONES an actor in the drama OF life. lie is
,ow citizen of the Commonwealth, as well
81 citizen of the Republic of Letters. His
yoice and his influence are to DC heard ana
elt in moulding and shapngpublic opinion,
Ie Il no longer dreamer and an enthusir
,st but the results of his long years of
tudv are to be utilized and brought into
ction. He now has the right. granted him
Nv the charter of Alma Mater, to become
eader of public opinion, participation in
he active duties of life. But he is still a
tudcnt, and has many things to learn by
Iearly bought experience; but men, more
han books, are now to be his study.
Several of our Colleges and Universities
ave already passed through their, Com
nencement week. Marietta College, Deni-
ON University, and Ohio Wesleyan Uni
yersity, closed their CommencemehC EA-
ercises OH Thursday, June Both. The COM
mencement of Ohio University at Athens
occurred on the 22d of June. Other COM
mencements have taken place, or are about
to take place. '' ~ ~.
The Cincinnati Gazette few days ago con-
tanned a notice of the Commencement at
Athens. We have few words to say about
that notice, and about the character Of some
of the exercises. The notice bears unmis-
taxable ear-marks of its tslauthorship. ltwas
evidently .writtoni hy one who is officially
connected with the Institution. The dis-
orderly and disgraceful conduct Of some OF
tbe students of that concern, at a Demo-
cratic meeting in Athens, last September,
prepared us for the announcement that
GRANVILLE MOODY delivered the Address
IN the Faculty. His themo was ne Dig
IT,, ~ W. Of Humanity" and his speech was an
my - l.---..o-sss sss,aInsU democracy. None
But those imbued with the Gospel of Hate,
could think of inviting such a creature as
AIooDY to deliver an Address at College
But the men who en-
courage the desecration of the Pulpit to
base partisan uses, and who themselves
lelp on the work, would naturally call up
m the fighting Parson"C) to profane with
lis unholy muddle the sacred fountains of
earning. He is an ignorant old ass, and
We fear that the University will long suffer
rom the infliction brought on it by calling
lpon him to make speech at its Com
nencement--even though the Professor
Who was responsible for it has been retired.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
PREpERieK o. PIERCE, Secretary.



The telegraph reports that Secretary
CHASE, universally conceded to be the ablest
man in LiNcoLN's Cabinet, has resigned,
and that the President has appointed
DAVID TOP, of Ohio, to the position. This
news fell like pail upon the country, not
only because the financial system OF the
countryis intimately connected with the
retiring Secretary but because his portfolio
has fallen into the hands of one VIGOROUSLY
incompetent for and unequal to the position.
CHAsE's whole financial system is hum
hug. as certain to come to a disastrous
end as that death follows life. The crash
which CHASE knew to be inevitable, he is
shrewd and dexterous enough to avoid,
leaving poor DAVE TOP to be crushed in
the unequal effort to avert the ruin. Inn
agine 3uck in a maelstrom or land
lubbe in tmid ocean during tempest, and
Won haSf 4 isnr iAtustration of TOD at the
.----- = .s11EncIaI Affairs In such a crisis ms
this. With gold at $3.50; Wall street in a
fury; expenditures three million per day.
receipts from customs falling of STANTON
believing for more men; old Father WELLEs
asleep in the Navy Department; SEWARD
half seas over; Old Abe telling smutty
stories at the White House, and DAVE ToD9
walking into the Treasury Department,
the people may well exclaim in the language
of litany '.Good Lord deliver us!"
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
Lincoln Coqapiands and a Shoddy
Congress Obeys.
lFrom The Chicago Times.

lrrOm Inc CnlcdgO l1meS.J' itfatNf
Tho country had reason to believe last
week that the House of Representatives
had, in moment Of sanity, determined to
interpose itself between the administration
and its Victims the people. 1t was thought,
for brief moment, that there would be
left to the people the privilege of purchas-
ing their lives at the rate of $500 per cdpitt.;
that those who did not wish to be sla1gh-
tered in an effort to elevate negroes to
equality with white citizens might escape
this fate by frequent payments of $500 for
the benefit of officials and contractors and
shoddy patriots who control the govern
ment. 49,
I But even the poor choice Of selecting be-
tween poverty and life is no longer to be
left to the nation. The administration,
having only heretofore demanded either
the property or the lives of the people, is
now apparently resolved on taking both.
It has therefore raised the taxes enormous
ly, and Is about to issue an order for uni
versal conscription. The House of Repre-
sentatives, coming directly from the peo-
pie, knew how unpopular among their con-
stituents was this wholesale conscription,
and therefore for moment they gave IL
their opposition. But it was only for a mo-
ment, MIR. Lincoln must have more men,
his order was issued to the House of Repre-
sentatives, and its effect is seen in the re-
consideration which occurred on Saturday.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
The "I.oyaI'' Papers ON The POST
pOnement. M 1.a5.
From The Philadelphia Age.l


The Abolition Journals are painfully ex-
ercised in regard to the postponement of
the National Democratic Convention. They
devote columns to prove that the postpone
ment must result disastrously to the Demo-
cratic party, and, therefore, they are very
indignant! One would suppose that, if the
step were really regarded by them as fatal
to the Democracy, they would rejoice, and
at least discuss it in good temper. But they
know better-they see in it sign that tie
Democrats have determined to put down
this wretched and wicked Administration.
that to do so, they have wisely resolved to
give themselves the advantage of mature
deliberation as the surest mode of accom-
plishing the patriotic and holy work. and
the additional advantage of looking over
the whole ground at the latest possible mo.
ment, and of using, TO secure the great end
In view, every circumstance surrounding
them at that hour. All their preferences
| for men, all prejudices In favor Of or against
particular modes OF organization for the
great struggle, all their loves and hates.
saving only their love of constitutional lin,
erty and hatred of tyranny, they have re-
solved to forego, and to merge all thought
all passion, all desire in the grand patriotic
end, the first means toward which is the ut-
ter overthroto of the Administrdtion. ol i'I
The Judgment of the world confirms the
estimate placed by the Democracy of Amer
lea upon the Administration of Abraham
Lincoln. Interested ofiice-holders and con-
tractors alone pretend to excuse the high
crimes of that bad and treacherous man.
not one intelligent human being can con-
scientiously defend him-all must admit in
their hearts that he has proved miserable
failure, and that he is morally and intel
lectually unfit to govern, in peace or war.
He must be thrust ignominiously from the
high office which he has SO disgraced, and
the powers of whichihe has SO perverted to
the deep injury Of the country. This work
the conservative masses--the people-haye
resolved to accomplish. To do Il surely,
they have resolved to do it thouphtfully.
deliberately to lose nj. advantage by pre-
Icipitation-and, God ana Americas good
angel aiding them, they tcflx do Il. '5.iIf 4
The outcry of the Republican press
against the p0stpo Of the Democratic
Convention is but a proof-if proof were
peeded-that the postponementi was wise,
Ijudicious, and full Of terror for those who
are to fall amid the ruins Of the Abolition
temple. Xxx 'l.'e2 (, 3'sf % iii'. aslaife
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
BATCHELORS CELEBRATED HAIR DYE
DIR. TOBIAS ~
Venetian Horse Liniment,

DINT BOTTLES AT FIFTY CENTS, FOR THE
cure of lameness, scratches. wind gals, Sprans.
bruises splints cuts collie, slipping stife over heat
ing sore throat nail in the foot, &c. Itswarranted
cheaper and better than any other article ever offered
TO the public. Thousands Of animals have been
cured of the collie and over-heating by this I,ini-
ment; and hundreds that were crippled and lame
have been restored to their former vigor. s9 used
by all the first horsemen throughout the States.
Orders are constantly received from the Racing Sta
bles Of England for fresh supplies Of thisinyauable
article. Oosr $500 testimonials haze been received.
Remember, 80 cents laid out in time may save the
life of your horse. Sold by all Druggists. Office Sc
Cortlandt street, New York. 1873 s.a. ~
iune14-d&w1m ogt J.g-1 III
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
Roback,s Catawba Brandy

A Remedy for the Piles.-lt is blessiD =,
to the suffering to know that we have an efFectus
cure for this truly troublesome disease. Mr.. j. P.
Hazarde, of 1914 Second street. Cincinnati o., takes
great pleasure in informing all who suffering wit
piles that he used small quantity of DIR. Strick-
lands Pile Remedy and it effected permanent cure
This seems TO be the case with all who make use Of
this splendid preparation. 1t is manufactured at
No. 6East Fourth street, Cincinnati o., and sold by
all Druggists. may5d&w-b D
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
Thc Meeting Of The Chicago Con-
vention Postponed tiIl August 20.

Atameeting of the Executive Commltsee ,la9 y
of the National Democratic Comml''ee'
held in New York, on the 22d day OF june
1894. it was voted that, in Difference to the
desire of very large number of the lead
jns members of the Conservative Union,
Democratic party throughout the country,
the meeting OF the Democratic National
Convention be postponed to Monday, Au-
gust 20, 1864, at twelve o'clock noon' at
Chicago. c,o;rmo,
PREDERIeK o. PIERCE. Secretary. 8
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

FOREIGN LEGION FOR MEx1co.-A "For-
eign Legion" is to be shipped to Mexico.
1t is to consist of sixteen thousand men-
!Austrians, French and Belgians. They are
to be commanded by o French officer hav-
ing the rank of Lieutenant General, who
will take his orders from the Emperor Of
Mexico and report on s'mattnrs of det"ip'
to NapUlcUu.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

INDIGNANT OFFIcERs.-A great deal of ir-
ritation exists among the officers in hospital
at ,Anpapqlis snfiioientlyy eonyalsseent to
to go home, and who charge their inability
to the surgeons in charge of them, who
have an interest In their retention to the
extent of one dollar day, the price of their
board.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

DEATH OLA REpoRTER.-Ulysses B, Ward,
for many years a well-known Newspaper
from Washington, AID this
winter Photographic reporter in the Senate
for the Associated Press, died Tuesday night,
having been ill but two day.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
THE N. Y. Sunday Times gives the follow
.,r. ,,:ot,,,.o 80 In,.>y W .>y prrpuN.


ing picture of JOHN VAN BUREN;
"Prince John Van Buren, used to be raSh-
er a gay looking individual, often wearing
o blue coat with brass buttons, and other
conspicuous articles of apparel. He was
shaven and brushed and oiled and perfumed,
and presented not a more elegant than dis
Van Buren has grown very careless. He
wears old fashioned and seedy clothes, and
altogether would more readily pass for an
upper-crust grocery man than for prince.
He has grown thin, his face is pinched, and
has care-worn expression; and, as he
trudges along with a somewhat enfeebled
step, he contracts his shoulders and bends
forward as if he had forgotten his earlier
days of perfect manly stature, which Amer
lea was vain enough to believe once facinat-
ed Queen Victoria, of England"
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

EXTENSIVE FORGERY UPoN THE DUTCH.
Forged bonds of the rebel loan had been
forwarded from New York, it is said, and
sold in London to the amount Of about one
hundred thousand dollars. They were re-
sold to Holland at an advance. Ef
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
Our NAVY.

1t is now stated that our navy can not ap-'
proach Richmond because the gunboats
draw twelve feet of water, and the channel
OF James river is but eleven feet in depth.
The.vesseis may be lightened sufficiently to
draw six inches less, so that this great ma
tion is within six inches of success. BEN
BUTLER, it is said, claims that the Almighty
is to blame for not making that river to fit
s....z rrs...hoats. but most sane persons will
.orae that it would have been wiser, to say
,,afI,faa of the propriety of the thing, for
~ 1thef IvELrE5.u -s.---.-h -huilt his pun-
Its to correspond with the arrangemes.s-.
tof the Creator But old Mr.. WELLEs, like
Father, ABRAHAM, has "my plan Of doing
things, and X the Almighty does not co-op-
crate lis not the Secretary's fault
The one thing in which, at the beginning
Of the rebellion, the Federal Government
was indisputably superior to that of JEFF
DAVIS, was the navy OF the United States.
This one element Of strength alone seemed
to insure the overthrow of the rebels. They
had no navy, and could not build one. We
had superior navy then, and it has been
trebled since. We have now three times as
many ships as England had when she be-
came ssmistress Of the seas.n We have more
ships now thansany two governments on
earth, in short the largest navy that ever
hoated under the same flag. But by the
criminal mismanagement and stupidity OF
the Secretary of the Navy, this enormous
power IS almost worthless and is now
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

JEFF. DAVIS SUED Foreign papers state.
that jefferson Davis and his cabinet were
sued in a French court by French traders,
who owned cargo of cotton which was
burned by the rebels after it had passed to
the merchants. The plaintiffs were defeat
ed with costs. H1fc.f54
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

: FLoRENTNo, the Paris feuilletonist, is
dead. He leaves fortune acquired in black
mailing actors and artists. To those who
have witnessed the career Of the man, this
fortune represents the misery and disap-
pointDent the humiliation and despair Of
many poor artists life. The shrek of
anguish uttered by the unsuccessful genius
may be heard in the clink Of the gold; and
the last sigh Of many a broken heart in the
rustic Of the bank notes. He was known
to charge 500 francs for line Of praise.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
THE DYNAsTYOF smODDY.



A court composed of Major General Nc
Dowell, Brig, General st. George Cooke,
and Col. Dubois, to investigate into cotton
frauds in the West, has just reported, and a
few facts are CLEANED from the report by
the Washington correspondent of The New
York Commercial Advertiser, which we copy:
GEN. CURTIS AS COTTON TRADER.
When Gen. Curtis arrived at Helena, Ar
kansas, he learned that there was qnanti-
ty of cotton on the estates of the rebel Gen.
Pillow and his brother, Jerome Pillow.
| This cotton Is seized and sold, giving as an
excuse that It belonged rightfully to the
negroes who had cultivated it. 1t appeared
| in evidence, that for aportion of 1t he gave
the negroes $50 per BALE but he had no ac-
counts Of the transaction, nor can he show
that the value of the cotton was expended
for the benefit of the negroes. The cotton
on several other estates was ',goDpled" III
similar manner. For one hundred ana
eight bales seized on the Matt. Ward estate,
Mrs. Curtis gave Mrs. Ward twelve and
half cents pound in gold, which was oD-
tanned from DIR. Guthrie.
At least a dozen other officers-some OF
them on General Curtis's staff-were also
engaged in the cotton trade, and it appears
that the Government. boats and wagons
were freely used for the transportation Oh
the focculent fibre.
ust SEIZURE OF ANIMALS.
Gen. Curtis captured three horses in Ar,
kansas, and sent them to a farm In Sand
Prairie, Iowa.. Maj. Curtis appropriated a
orav horse, which had holnnBod. to "a Co1'
Harris of the rebel army. Brig. Gen.
Deitzler took for his own use a pair ofhorses,
which had belonged to a Mr.. Ross. Lieut..
Col. Bowen appropriated gray stallion and
two other horses. Major Thomas Reynolds
took three fine horses and receipted for one
of them. Lieut.. Flint, of the tenth Mis-
souri, cavalry, seized a jackass, valued at
$780, from a man reported to be rebel;
when complaint was made, he paid the
mans wife $50 with which she was not
satisfed), and sent the jackass to his farm
in Salem. 9ts
n APPRoPRIATING JEwELRY.
Lieutenant Kimball, of the second Wis
consin cavalry, took a valuable diamond
pin, while searching house for arms. The
lady who OWNED it complained to Major
General G. &. Washburne, who sent for the
officer, threatened to have him cashiered, and
mado hina retus. tho- Jewel. HE admitted
to me- testified the General, U'i'sr - -i,od
taken the PIN" .,4,.a.o l,,y.
What is General Cuvtis's defence? He
denies his guilt, and says they are mace
against him because he is anti-slavery and
opposed to the regular army! Such de-
fsnse 10 almost confession OF guilt.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

THE Abolition N. Y. Times at last has
brought itself to say: sit ishighly desirable,
both for our own comfort and for the sake
of the country and the cause, that we should
all try and aequire calmer and more crit
ical temper in talking and thinking of the
war, and that we should, as tar as possible,
prevent our desires from clouding our judg-
ment. 1t may be as well to say, therefore.
that It is in the highest degree improbable
that Richmond will be in our hands either
by the 4th Of July or the 4th of August" 3
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

DURINs the war of,fSl2, Mr.. Madison
called Petersburg ''the cockade of the
Union," in.one OF. his annual messages, on
account of the patriotic spirit displayed by
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
A trial of Madame Porter,s Cough -eal.

sam for the past eighteen years. has given proof to
the world OF its efficacy in curing pulmonary COM
plants, is beyond any remedy hitherto known to
mankind. As time makes these facts wider and
better known, the Balsam is fast becoming staple
necessity among all classes. II has living evidences
OF its unriyaled usefulness in the many recorded
victims snatched from the threatening symptoms of
that dread disease, Consumption. Price 25 and 50,
cents per bottle. june29-d&wiw
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

The Louisville Jounal says that the
rebel General POLK was killed by shell
fired under Gen. SHERMAN's personal di-
rection. o9 .lrsd4a.s,' ~, +, i,,.s,'.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

DEATH OF or. Brown. D. p. BRowS,
OF Portage County, and q prominent poll
tician Of the Republican party, died In Ra-
VIENNA on Saturday, aged foftyaseyen years.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
.A sIight CoId.v Coughs.

Few are aware of the Importance of checkine \
Cough or SLIGHT COLD" in It's first stage th,.
<Jhich in the beginning would yield to mild rem
d, If neglected, soon attacks the lungs. |" Broa 2
Bronehddk Ifoehes', give sure and almost immed
relief. Ms@tdry Officers and Soldiers sAOgld 4 x
them as they cen Be carried IN the pocket ana to y
may12-d&wlm-G aI N+.l.-. t4rr'l ..f5 ,.- ,tl
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

DEATH OF Mrs. AMOS KENDALL.-Mrs.
Kendall, the wife of the Hon. Amos Kendall,
died i'm Washington City, on Saturday
morning. ssi 4t. fsgie
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

WASHINGTON, June q, 1854. &
Hon. WILLIAM DENNIsoN and Others, a
Committee of the National Union Con-
Yention:-- E M
GENTLEMEN Your letter of the 18th inst,
formally notifying me that have been
nominated by the Convention you represent
for the Presidency of the United States for
1our years fivIn the 4th of .Maroh next, has
been received. The nomination is gratefully
accepted, as the resolutions of the Conven-
tion-called the platform-are heartily ap-
proved. 3li 3Y fl@ff Iffil
While the resolution in regard to the sup
planting ofrepublican government upon the
Western Continent is fully concurred in,
there might be misunderstanding were /
not to say that the position of the govern
inent in relation to the action of France In
Mexico, as assumed through the State De-
partment and endorsed by the Convention
among the measures and acts of the Execu-
tive, will be faithfully maintained so long as
the state of facts shall leave that position
pertinent and applicable. aia roaa
am especially gratified that the soldier.
and the seaman were not forgotten by the.
Convention, as they forever must and will
be remembered by the gratefukcounfIy for
whose salvation they devote their lives.
Thanking you for the kind and .complil
mentary terms in which you have commu-
| nlcated the nomination and other proceed
iDgs of the Convention, subscribe myself,
your obedient servant,
| ABRAHAM LIoNCoLN.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01

THE most shameless exhibition of terror
at the shadow of Federal Military authority
which we have seen is the refusal Of the
Grand Jury to make inquiry into the mat
ter Of the suppression of the N. Y. World
and Journal Of Commerce. ..,,