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The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-19

So long as a woman inspires love,
she is not old. But, what is it to be
old? 1t does not depend upon the fact
that we have existed during a certain
mysterious number ofyears which have
been allotted to each Of us. To be
old, Is to have no longer a beauty that
charms. If a woman preserves the att
fractions of youth until she reaches the
age Of one hundred years, she Will be
younger than the woman of twenty
who has lost them.
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-19
Ghe 8eaia Sentinel
SETH ". BROWN, Editor.
Tuesday. January 10, 1864
On Guard.

At midnight, on ny lonely beat
Where shadow Wraps the wood and lea,
g A vision ssems my view to greet
Of one at home that prayE for ne.
No roses bloom upon her cheek
Her form is not lovers dream
But on her face so fair and meek,
A host Of holier beautiss CLEAN.
For softly shines her silver hair,
patient smile is on her face,
AID the mild lustrOus light Of prayer
Around her sheds moon-ike grace.
She pays for one that's far away
The soldier in his holy hght-
And begs that heaven, in mercy, may
Protect her boy and bless the Right!
Til, though ghe leagues lie FAR between,
This silent incense Of her heart
Steals Ger my soul with breath serene,
And we no longer are apart.
So, guarding thus ny lonely beat
By EhadoWy wood and haunted lea,
That vision seems my view to greet
OF her at home who Prays for me.
CLlrP CAMERON. [Harper's Week.!
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-19
TTO BE Continued
A Cry from the Army.

Was borne across the sea,
And many hearts were melted By
That vail of agony.
Soon white-saiIed vessels, outward bound
Laden with bread were seen;
And plenty reigned in that fair land,
Where famine late had been.
And there lives no true Irishman
Who will not proudly say,
Whence he hears this story told,
GOOD bless America
On Britain's isle not long ago,
Gaunt famine reared its head;
And parents wept, as round them rose
Their children's cry for bread.
Again our Western land set forth,
A messenger of peace
A noble ship whose noble freight
Made cries of hunger cease = at
And Albion's sons will ne er forget
Until Times latest day -
The ship which brought her starving pOOl
Bread from America,
Another cry is heard to-day;
It comes not Ger the main;
And God forbid that earnest cry
Should e'er be made in vain
It comes from those true men and tried,
Who felt such stern delight,
With Thomas, Garfield, Whitaker,
In Chicamauga's fight;
Who in that dark and bloody hour
Rolled back the tide of war;
Who bear the tokens of that field
Inmany a glorious scar.
It comes from Potomac's side
From Rappahannock's flood,
Whose waters clear so oft are dyed
With true and traitor blood;
From far Arkansas, Tennessee,
And from that noble host
Which Gilmore leads to victory
On Carolinas coast:
From that proud bulwark of our land,
Who guard US with their lives,
The cry comes, "Watch you well, we pray
Our mothers, children, wives !"
Men of the rich and fertile West,
Your lives and lands you owe
To those brave men who stand between
Your fresides and the foe.
And while they face the battIe-storm, -
For all the heart holds dear,
Can you refuse that earnest cry,
They utter now, to hear?
While fathers, brothers, husbands, sons,
Bleed for the nations veal,
Shall mothers, wives, and children dear
The pangs of hunger feel?
No hands which oft have strangers fed
And thus the heart have shown,
VIII not withhold when such a cry
Arises from our oocn.
No in our nations history
It never shall be read,
That soldiers mother, wife, or child
Have ever lacked for bread.
No! when our noble boys come home,
And we around them stand,
They shall have reason to CT, out,
"God bless our native landI"
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-19

BE Of good eheer-your cause belongs
To Him who can avenge your wrOngsj
Leave it to Him, our Lord"
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
From the New York World. Correspondent

! From the New York Worlds Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July TO- 1864.
All the information have been able to gather
concerning the invasion of Maryland, some OF
which have reason TO believe perfectly accurate
leads me to the conclusion that the forces now
ravaging portion of that Stale do not exceed
twelve thousand men This movement has not,
then. the character of an invasion, properly
speaking and deserves no other name than tina.
of raid on large scale Those twelve thou
sand men consist of Breckinridge's command,
four thousand strong; Mosebys cavalry, two
thousand; Imboden's cavalry two thousand, and
Esrly's forces, four thousand. making and aggre-
pate of twelve thousand soldiers. all told Had
the rebel forces been above that number. the ex
petition would not have consisted of series of
plundering operations and destructive raids but
would have aimed at the taking Of Baltimore or
Washington, two cities which have been, during
the last four days exposed to the greatest dangers
and which might have been easily surprised. The
fact that the rebels did not march on either is a
convincing proof the inadequacy OF their means
of action and of the true nature of their attempt.
As regards the rumOr that Gen Lee is posting
his troops en- eckei0n between Richmond and Cor
louisville, preparatory TO an advance on Washing
ton or on Maryland, have excellent reasons to
believe that the news, if IL has any foundation. is
at least premature A single glance at General
Lees position indicates that il such were his in
tentions, aud if such a movement was advisable,
which strategica considerations render extremely
doubtful, he has not the means TO put his inten-
tons into practice. On the supposition of re-
moval of his army from Petersburg it is evident
that Gen Lee has but two courses to adopt: either
to lay siege to Washington or TO invade Mary
land 1.-The chooses the first. he exposes himself
to lose time in the preparation OF siege which
no has M means to- carry on: he leaves 1T the
same time the doors of Richmond open to OUT
forces and uncoyers his rear and his TANKS. which
can be attacked both by land and water; if he
chooses the second and inyades Mary he ena
bles Gen Grant to describe circle of fire around
him from which il will be impossible for him to
escape Such would be Cen Lees prospects u
he were audacious and unwise enough to under
take a movement of that kind which. am con-
WINGED, is not in his programme. This question
settled, all Others and particularly the excursion
into Maryland, are easily solved.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15
Lincoln upon the Battle Field.

We see that the papers are referring to the
fact that Lincoln ordered comic song to be sung
upon battle field. We have known the facts
about the transaction for some time, but have
RETAINED from speaking them. As the newspa-
pers now stating some of the facts, We will
give the whole.
Soon after one of the most desperate and san
culinary battles. Mr. Lincoln visited the COM
handing General of the army. While on his
visit the commanding General and his staff took
him over tie field in a carriage and explained to
him the plan of the battle, and the particular
places where the fight was most fierce. At one
point the commanding General ssid. here, on
this side of the road. five hundred OF our brave
fellows were killed. and just on the other side Of
the road four hundred more we're slain, aud right
on the other side of that wall five hundred rebels
were destroyed We have buried them where
they fell" 81 declare" SAID the President,
this is getting gloomy. Let Us drive away
After driving few rods the Presideb, said. this
makes Teller feel gloomy. Jack, speaking to
a companion.) can't you give Us something to
cheer Us up7 Give US song, and give Us a
lively one"
Thereupon Jack struck up. as loud as he could
bawl, comic negro song. which he continued to
sing while they were riding of from the battle
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15
THE LATEST.

have just ascertained that the Confederates.
after following Wallace for some distance, turned
the heads of their columns little to the right,
and are now approaching Washington. The gov
eminent has large force on the railroad bet cen
here and Washington. so disposed as to be able
to move between the advancing enemy toward
either city DRUID
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET

For Governor.
Joseph T.. NC Denaia, OF Marion,
For Lentsnsni Governor.
David Turpte, OF white.
For Secretary Of state,
JAMES s ATHos, % Marion.
FOR Auditor Of state,
JOSEPH RIs1IxE, Of Fountain.
For Treasurer % state,
MATTHEW L. BRETT, Of Davies.
For Attorney General,
OSCAR r. H0RD, Of Decatur.
For Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
SAMUEL l. RUGG, Of Allen.
For Judges q tn. Supreme couri.
SAMUEL r. PERKINS, Of Marion,
ANDREW DAWSON, Of Decatur.
JAMES ~ HANNA, Of Sullivan,
JAMES L. wORDEN, 81 Allen.
For CIers Of the suprerne Court,
gTHELBERT C. HIBBES. Of Rush,
For Electors at Large.
JOHN PETIT. % nppeoanoe,
SIMEON X. WOLFE, Of Harrison.
contngeut.
GRAHAM " FITCH, o. Harrison,
WIN. N. FRANKLIN, % Owen.
For District Electors,
First DsSfrict-s. NJ. H0Le0MB. Of Gibson. COniin
gent-PETER MYERS, Of yarderburg
Second Dstrlet-ELIJAH NEwLASD. Of Floyd. Con
tingeni-JAs. A. GHORMIEY. Of Lawrence.
Third Di.trict-A y. CARLTON, q Lawrence. Con
tingent-E G LELAND. o. jefferson.
Fourth Dstrict-B W. WILSON, - Decatur. Con
tnsent--A p FERRIS, Of Ripley.
n
MEANS, Of Wayne.
sixth Distrset-FRASK LASDERs, Of Morgan. Con
tngent-B p DAVIS, Of Shelby.
Seventh Distriei-ARcH. JOHNSON. Of Putnam Cen
tingent-GEO. W. THOMPSON, Of Plrke.
Eighth Dstrict-J. c. APPLICABLE. of Carroll. Cor
tingent-LEANDER MCCLURE, Of Clinton.
Ninth Dsstrict-J. @ OSBORNE. Of Marshall. Con
tingent--ELIAs HUGHES
Tenth Dsstret-ROBERT LOWRY, Of Eikhari. Cot
tingent-s. W. sPROTT, Of DeKalb.
Eleventh District. w. SALISBURY. Contingent
". r. ovERMAS.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15

ground, and until they approached a regiment
drawn up, when the commanding general said,
Mr.. President. wouldn't IL he well for your
friend to cease bis song I'LL We have passed this
regiment The poor fellows have Lost more than
half of their numbers. They are feeling very
badly, and should be afraid Of the effect that II
may have on them" The President then asked
his companion to stop his singing till they got by
that regiment.
We know that the story is Incredible. that il Is
impossible that q man who could be elected
President OF the United States, could so conduct
himself over the fresh made graves Of the heroic
dead
When this story was told We said that il was
ncredible-impossible but the story is told on
such authority that we know il to be true. We
tell the story that the people may have some idea
of this man, Abraham Lincoln. who is a candi-
date for four years more OF such rule. III any
Republican holds up his hands in horror and says
this story can't be true, we say we sympathise
with him from the bottom Of our soul: the story
can't be true of any fit for any Office of trust
or even for decent society but the story is every
whit true of Abraham Lincoln. incredible and
impossible as 1t may seem.-Essex Statesman.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15
WANT E p.

" The best Of wages given Address A z POTTER
NO. 81, Market street, Louisville, Kentucky.
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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15
BALTIMORE, July 10.
OUR ARMY DEFEATED AND RETREArING TO sALTI-
MORE

MORE.
The worst spprehensioHs in regard to the i'm
mediate designs Of the Confederstes are now re-
allied. After evacuatng Frederick and retreat
ing to the Monocacy bridge stated in my last
letter. and being heavily reinforced there. too.
by troops from General Grants army. il was Ger
tainly reasonable TO expect that General Wallace
could hold that position. But Yesterday after
noon the Confederates attacked him there. and A
real battle took place. The result of this en-
gagement was the defeat OF our forces wish very
heavy loss. General Tyler taken prisoner
aud the same fate befell Colonel Seward, of New
York. and several Captains and Lieutenants
whose names / have not yet learned. together
with several hundred men General Wallace is
nov retreating to this city. and the Con:ederates
in close pursuit
NUMERICAL FORCE OF THE ENEMY
The administration. and the administration pa.
pers continue TO assert that the enemy's force /.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15

r. The Democratic State Convention unani
mously approved the selection made by the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee OF delegate.
and contingent delegates TO the Chicago Conven
ton.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15

"a Our report of the proceedings made u.
say that Mr. II. II. Dom nominated L. p. Mn.
LIGsS for Governor. II was his proposition tina,
Mr. McDoSaLD should be nominated for Cover
nor. and Mr. MILLIcsN for.Lieutenant Governor
by acclamaton
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF INDIANAPO

Us THE official depository and financial agent Of the
United States. and will furnish the most favora-
bic terms,
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15
NUMERICAL FORCE OF ran ExENY

The administration. and the administration pa
pers. continue TO assert that the enemy's force il
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15

WYE WOULD CALL The ATTENTION OF DRUG.
w GlSTs TO the above establishment, and inyit,
them, when In the city, to lock through our stock.
Our goods were bought when gold at 81 IS. and
before the additional 80 per cent increase ia Tariff Duty
which, are confident, VIII enable sell goods IN
line very low and yet realize profit We viii dn-
sidered
Orders are solicited je7'G4-diy
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14

ARMY MovEMENTs.-Thc following
conversation took place on our streets yes
terday:
Abolitionist asked Democrat, "What is
the latest news of army movements ?"
Democrat-"It moved ON New Hamp-
shire last and captured it Connecticut
vii be the next poiut of attack.
The abolitionist saw a man down the
street that he wanted to speak to- Bos-
ton journal.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14
SeEE-ssOVernanlcrat.

The right of self-governme is a right
the commands Of holy stripture. jehovah
himself recognized the principle when he
made man a free agent for the dctermina-
tion of his own fate. Emperors and kings
acknowledge this right even in the act OF
infringing upon it. Attempts to abrogate
it have caused four ffths of all the civi
wars that ever blackcned the page of hu
man history. The liberators of the people
in all ages have planted themselves upon
this principle le-hehind the walls of an i'm
pregnablc fortress The patriots of the old
world from time immemoral have preach
ed municipal sovereignty and independ
encc as the basis of all virtue and peace III
government: and nations have gladly sac
rifced every other requisite OF prosperity
for the maintenance of this right.
This theory is most emphatically practi
calizcd in all the governments of the uniteo
States. The ballot box is here the sourc,
of all law. The Federal Government Is
the creature of the States and their people
The State Governments are but the agents
of the cities and towns and their inhabi
tants The cities, towns and school dis
tricts are governed in all local matters by
the residents interested. Every society
every association of men for any purpose
is permitted to govern itself in its own way
President Lincoln, in his annual mes
sage to Congress in 1861 in his own loose
and indefinite manner, recognized this
principle in this language;
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14

The relative matter of national power
and state rights, as principle, is no other
than the principle of generality and local
lty. Whatever concerns the whole. should
be confded to the general government;
while whatever concerns only the state
should be left exclusively TO the state"
Under every government and in every
community, few are to be found who fail
to comprehend the value of this principle
and the propriety of sacredly adhering to
it. With that few, originates the popular
discomfort: the sacrifice of public interests:
the burden of taxation; and the strifcs of
men upon the battlefield, which curse
mankind. Will they never learn ?-1 Mil
waukie News.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14
NUMBER 81.
The Administration and the
Press

The New Nation, in an article OH the
relation of the Press to the Administration,
makes the following curious revelation:
But what is to be thought Of an admin
istration that Is afraid of its friends-of the
presses that helped to put it in power.
1t argues something rotten in Denmark
The raid Of the Administration against tAe
Press of the country. was not intended so
much for the disloyal journals as for the
loyal or Republican ones; but the latter
saw its purpose, and got out OF the way.
1t was deliberately contemplated at one
time to pounte down upon certain Repub-
lican journals and to thrust into the ma
tional forts two or three of the principal
Republican publicists ofthc country, if not
more; and the execution ofthis design was
only delayed in waiting for public opinion
to harden sufficiently to make it safe for
the Administration to enter upon 50 haz-
ardous an experiment. Public opinion,
however, did not rise to that pitch OF indu-
ration to justify the movement; and the
scheme was, fortunately for It's projectors,
abandoned. Indeed, public opinion, By de-
grees, rescued the Republican press from
the dangers Of administrative intolerance;
and that press is beginning to reassert its
right Of speech, with decided success"
The distinguished Republican public
lists" allude to must have been Greeley,
Beecher and Tilton. Can this be the rea-
son why these three worthies are not in
favor Of the denomination sf "Honest Old
Abe?" 1t may account fer the milk in
that cocoa nut. There is a moral in this
fact, however, which the Republican press
should heed Had the Administration
succeeded in muzzling the Democratic
newspapers, nothing under heaven could
have saved the Republican press from the
same fate New York World.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14
The Coles Connfx As.rax.

The detailed account Of the recent la
mentable affair in Coles county. furnished
by cur special reporter and printer else
where in this sheet. exhibits abolitionism
in two of its most marked characteristics,
viz: malignant brutality when the power is
its own to inhict injury, ard the most alb
ject eowardice when it is in danger of
punishment for It's atrocities In Coles
county, it has for months made the return
ed soldiers the instruments of every sort Of
partisan insult and outrage upon demo-
Gratis, and the instant it was threatened
with retaliatory measures, it dug holes in
the ground for Its own security Suck is
in Coles county, and as it is
there, so it is everywhere.
Deplorable as the event at Charleston is,
it may hare its salutary uses. 1t may
teach abolitionism that there is limit to
its atrocities. and admonish the superior
military authorities that soldiers, stimuli
ted 10y abolition malevolence and rum,
must not be turned loose upon quiet, peace
ful, and unoifending people 1t may ava
ken those VINO most need to be awakened
to the condition Of things which Is grow
ing up under the reign of lawless violence
in the land, and bring all parties to a real
izing sense of the great fact that there is
no safety but in THE LAW If these shall
be its uses, lamentablc as the event is, It's
occurrence may avert impending dangers
with which its consequence is
ii ninutive indeed Chicago Times
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14

GossIp says Mrs. Lincoln wants Gener
al Sickles to succeed General Meade.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14

I'D, must give it up Now that the old
measure has vndcated itself, and the new
has proved to be such weak reliance, are
not its advocates ready to make a surren-
der, and to fall back upon that which wis
dom has established? 1t can now be seen
who are the truest friends of the national
credit, and who are they who proclaim its
promise worth but sixty-six on the hun
dred
But while we point to this sad result of
the weakness and folly which have bro't
such discredit upon the nation, We are by
no means ready to despond and give up all
as lost. 1t may be that the turning point
is not reached, and we must submit to
further humiliation before we can begin to
retrace our steps; but the change must
come at last Repentance is ever bitter
and we are now strcwing the way over
which we must return, with curses that
will wiring the nations heart. We shall
be sadder, as we'll as wiser. when we turn
our faces toward the point from which we
have strayed; but the grief will not be un-
mixed with hope. We commend to the
whole people, the Slimmer of truth which
is presented in the official acknowledgment
that the currency so long and so loudly
commended to them as the equivalent Of
cold, cannot be maintained at its nominal
value. The admission has a logical con-
nection which cannot be severed, and may
be regarded therefore as the beginning of
a reform that has been too long delayed.
IN. !. journal Of Commerce.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14

4 Methodist minister III Iowa has been
expelled from the Conference for being a
Democrat. The following are the charges:
CHARGE-V VERBATIM,
Disloyalty 10 tie Government Of Tie United
States.
FIRST SPECIFICATIONS
In submitting himself to run as a candi-
date ON the platform adopted at Fort Des
Moines on the 4th of July 1868, by a po-
litical party, the leaders of which and said
platform are in opposition TO the Govern
ment of the United States, and consequent
ly in sympathy with the rebellion.
SECOND SPECIFICATION
For aifiliating with said political party
-sanctioning with his presence their pro
clivities against the present Admlnistra
ton
The dementcd fanatics pronounced hin
guilty of "disloyalty," and ordered hi:
name to be striken from the roll of minis
ters.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14

y LEADING administration journal Of
New York proposes platform for its par
ty at the coming election, from which we
give few extracts, in order that the peo-
pie may see where the nation is going un-
der the lead of the atrocious fanatics who
now control the government:
The acknowledgement of the freedom
under the emancipation proclamation, OF
all the slaves in the rebel States, as CONF
plcte ard HregersIie fat which neither
through any subsequent Congressional en-
actmeEts, nor through judicial decisions,
can be made of no effect.
''iJsoluts contiscatiOn of the property
of the rebels not included in the proclama-
ton of amnesty by the President Dis
membcrment and division of the ccnfsca-
ted estates into small parcels for white and
black settlers and soldiers under the exist
ing laws for the public domain.
An amendment Of the constitution
which shall Cor all time prohibit slavery in
the entire jurisdiction of the United States,
and everywhere under the protection Of
the flag.
The recognition and establishment of
the principle that citizenship of the United
States can be gained by every inhabitant
thereof.
unconditional subordination Of the
separate States to the ercius,ue sorerciyaty
of their general government in national
questions"
The rebel must lie poor-spirited indeed
who would not prefer the last ditch" to
the humiliation of such settlement of our
difficulties - Erchange
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-14
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