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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-01

HrLL.-The hull of anew boat now lying
at the levec was hoateJ down Fl ON the Wis.
consin kyer, where it was byf, this season.
1t is intended for the towips Vusiress, and
goes to st LOWS for nhaalinery and to be
finished. The machinery Of the old Lu.
zerne is to be put into it, we believe
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-01
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DRY GOODS
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DRY GOODS
SELLING OFF = !
Fer q ShOrf TtMee /!
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IS. WHISTLER

C'sos w H1SlAEh Il
rs positively closing
out his stock of Dry
Goods, and will sell
AT NEW YORK
RATES.
for a short time, after
which the balance of
the goods will be
shipped to the New
York Market, where
they are selling at a
large percentage over
our present prices.
Septenber 9Th, 1854 dgwtf
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
A Document TO be Preserved
The Treason with which MIR,
vallaRdIgham WAS Charged.

T. IfFuNn the NlntlnnAi Au4h4eT -
We ofen hear the bitter Republicans speak
of Mr.. V~Rllandigbam as a convicted traitor
Now we propose to turn back TO the Proceed.
ings Of the drumhead court martial that tried
him, and see the kind of treason that he com
mitted. We want to know Of what species of
offense he was accuA ID or convicted. Here
It is:
Nj. VallAndigham was invited BY the De-
mocracy of KNOX and Franklin counties to
address them upon the political isms OF the
day. He accepted the invitation, and in his
speeches, among other things, .said, accord
ing TO the report Of The Government spy, who
took down his words This a wicked and
unnecessary war a war for the purpose Of
crushing ont freedom and erecting a despot-
Ism u war for the freedom Of the blacks aud
enslavement of the whites" boy
"If the administration had 30 wished the
war could have been honorably terminated
months ago. Peace might have been honors-
bly, obtained by listening to the proposed medt
alton Of France" .Io
Propositions by which the Southern States
could be won back, and the South guaranteed
their rights under the Constitution, had been
rejected the day before the late battle Of Fred
ericksburg by Lincoln and his minions.'
"The Government OF the United States
was about to appoint military marshals in eve
~ district to restrict the people Of their libet-
ties to deprive them of their rights and priv
ileges."
'Order 80 is a base usurpation OF arbitrary
authority"
1.-THE sooner the people inform the minions
Of usurped power that they will not submit to
such restrictions upon their liberties the bet
ter" .
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
what they are Driving AZ.
We may read, in almost any Republ

We may read, in almost any Republic
can paper we pick up, stuff like this;
The United States, three years ago appar-
entlyfafing IN pieces and going utterly to
wreck, now takes rank among the Rations as
one of the great military and naval powers,
Our nationality, though the work of its vim
dlcation is far from complete, has a consldera-
ton more distinguished than ever, heretofore,
But in nom Of these papers will You
ever read one word Of concern for Consti-
t%utional Liberty or the expression OF any
care whether it survive, or utterly perish
in this horrid conflict. If freedom Of
opinion, of speech, and of the press are
to be sti1ed if the poll-book is to be the
register of a Despot's will through the
coercion of the bayonet if the youth and
vigor of the c~ountry-the pride of FOND
parents-the love Of trusting hearts-are
to. be driven in hand cufs to the battlefield
what will it profit the people, the tOiling
suffering, enslAved masses, to be told
that the unity Of our territory is preseryed
that our nationality is indicated, FanC
that we take rank among the great mill
tary and naval powers? Better a thou
sand times that the Federal System shoul'
be wrecked; that each State should re
vert to'its sovereignty; that the ono
cherished idea of Union should be foreve
obliterated from the minds of men.-thai
that one jot or title of American freedom
should become a prey to usurpation an
tyranny.
1t is easy to see-indeed no intelligen
observer can help but see-what the RI
publicsns are striving to accomplish. J
is the erection of an Empire ; the %creatio
Of = privileged class the s~ubjugatio
and impoverishment of the masses in
word, the subversion of American institV
tons, and the total overthrow Of America
liberty,
Yeta little while, and these warning
if needed. may avert the impending doom
But if despised and neglected, a despotisr
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
tCommunieated.l
PrIncIpIes before Men.

DAYTON, Jan. 81, 1864.
MEssRs. EDIroRs -Having seen large mum
bers of the sterling Democracy of our county
during the last four weeks, it gives me great
pleasure to say that they are uniformly Tor
peace and against the further prosecution o.
this war. There is great unanimity upon an
other point. They are all opposed to the nom.
nation Of any unsound man simply upon the
ground Of expediency. BY unsound man l
mean a man who does not stand upon the true
Democratic doctrine, and is not an exponent
Of the old JelFersouisn principles.
This is exceedingly gratifying, Let US al
stand firm. Peace 10 the greatest favor tha'
we can bestow upon our country now, with
out it we shall go to ruin.
The Democracy Is too large and intelligent
a mass of men to 60 over in a body to any lY-
ing statesman or general. Let men come to
principles, but not principles yield to men
That will surely be the day OF our greatest
misfortune, when the Democratic party shall
cowardIy desert its principles for the eSalla'
ton of "A man. CAADEH'
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
From the Chicago Times.
The "PurIty'' Ofthe AdmInistra-
llOn,

The lodges adopted by the administration
lists to explain the corruption in the manage
ment of public affairs are ingenious and
amusing, if not plausible. 1t now appears
that plundering is Il military necessity. A
day or two ago, by the joint efforts of Senator
CONFESS, of California, and the New York
Commercial Advertiser it was plainly proved
that the Quakers were responsible Tor the war
and whatever of villainy and diabolism in evil
or military management have followed in It's
train. The administration cannot preventive
exercise of thieving proclivities in its subor.
dinates, tempted as they are by "spolls OF
opportuuity." In reference to this the Phlla-
delphia Press says.
but the American people, Judging the
uaatter honestly, understanding how the vast
expenditures Of the government assist the
concualment and tempt to the commission OF
fraud, knoU that we never had a purer admin
istration than that of Abraham Lincoln"
There is so much Of Forney in this that we
think he must have been assisting his sub in
Philadelphia, instead of the one in Washing
ton, when it was concocted. Leaving the
Barneys, Pa.mers, Hurts and other thriving
official subordinates out of the question, we
have a few inquiries to IN sou
administration proper.
Did not Mr., Lincoln 81
the letting of contracts j 81 H d
sister, Mrs. Grimsley2
Did not Congress censu 3ame1pE for cor
ruption in the managemen. % bs odice ~
Secretary of war;
Was not Stanton implie 'sd With Iucssr
the frauds committed IL or7aafing iran
ports ?
Was not Welles convicted of granting
fraudulent contracts to his brother-in.lsW
Morgan
Did not Mr.. Van Wyck bring to the notice
Of Secretary Chase, more than a year ago, the
shameful dishonesty in the New York Gus
tom House, and did not the Secretary retain
the parties in their positions when their Grim
i~nnality had been clearly established
And yet it is asserted that the "people
knoU we never had q purer administrator
that that of Abraham Lincoln What the
others must have been we can best illustrate
by the abstraction of one of Mr.. Lincoln'l
stories. A young lady applied to a %phyiciar
for a specific for a bad breath. LET me smell
it" said the Esculapius. She breathed OF
him. "Ah, Miss" said he, You must eheV
assafetids."
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

The time Of meeting OF the next Demo
cratic National Convention has been fixed for
the fourth OF July next-the place, Chicago.
Less than six months will intervene before
the candidates will DO in the Geld.
We believe the Peace element at this mo-
ment stronger than the War Democrats and
AbOlitionists combined, yet without organic
alton they will let the power of the Govern
meut pass into the hands Of those who will
continue the war as a war Of conquest and 70
eradicate slavery in the States, Let the
Peace Democracy then organize in the differ
emit States, in counties aud in neighborhOods
Let the organization be thorough, aud when
il IS so, let its voice be heard in tones not to
be disregarded, in favor Of peace for the eoup-
try. "Blessed are the peaeemakers, y says tho
Bible; yet il they sit supinely aud proclaim
not their Peace principles they will be far
from deserving the blessing.
A Peace candidate for President on a
Peace platform wonld sweep through tho
country like a hurricane, yet with all the re-
freshing benefit of rain to vegetation upon
the dry or pArcbed earth. Peace candidates
the country can have, if Peace men act up to
their principles, not otherwise, If that sad
misnomer, a "War Democrat" be the nomi.
nee, upon a war platform, a change of rulers
would be no change Of policy, save that the
war might be conducted with a little less
atrocity. The War Democrats" in their
support Of the war, since President Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation, have adopted
his views and do battle for his policy. They
know and they feel that the war is waged to
eradicate slavery in the States, and that for
this purpose It is prolonged, and still they
support it. Can they then rid themselves Of
the crime Of battling for the sam object2 We
cannot see how it is to be done. The %rcceiy-
er is as bad as the thief the man vino urges
his fellow men to deeds Of violence, knowing
them to be wrong, is worse than the deranged
man who thinks them right. The end and
object of the Abolitionists is to eradicate sla-
very, and for this OBJ ect they trample the
right of the States TO manage their own do
nestle institutions in their own way, and with
it the Constitution in the dust. This they
could not do without receiving aid and com
fort from men calling themselves Wa Demo
Gratis, although most unworthy Of the name of
Democrat, ever a synonym OF fidelity to the
Constitution.
The duty of Peace men, then, is to organize,
and thus TO show their full force, not only to
make themselves seen but felt in the great
contest which is TO win or to lose the Repub-
lie. Duty and patriotism of the highest nature
and noblest kind prompt this course. al
you have but one day, one hour to live, let
that day, that hour be devoted TO your coun-
try" Tn Peace party seeks to save the
country, its adversaries to ruin it. Over the
whole expanse of country--north, south, east,
west-its advocates are numbered among the
great and the good, the wise and the patriotic.
! Thev have the mower to shane events to the
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
A strong ResoIutIon.

The Democratic State Convention Of New
Hampshire, amongst other resolutions, unGn.
imously adopted the following;
"ResOiued, That the freedom Of the ballot
MUST ANN SHALL BE MAINTAINED sacred
and inviolable, and that we, the Democracy
of New Hampshire, will unite with our breth-
rem in other States, ny FoRCR Oh ARMS, II NEED
BIZ, in resistance to every attempt, from what
ever source it may come, to o~verturn or
military force, the independence and purity
of the ballot box in the ensuing elections,
State and National and to this end we
pledge each to the other, and to our brethren
of other States, our lives, fortunes and sacred
honors, being firmly resolped to maintain, al
all hazards, our rights as free and patriotic
citizens of the american Union,
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

B6- That detestable, peBtiferouS SGT Of ia
n%atics, known as the Massachusetts Union
League, have passed a resolution, and had il
autographed over the country, endorsing Hen
ry Wilson, and thanking him for offering the
resolution in the United States Senate to sx-
pei the Hon. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, from
that body. Instead of beneftting their cause,
these men are doing themselves harm. The
country will see from this action Of the Union
League, that it is not patriotism nor the love
of anything that is good that prompts them
to act in this matter but 3 love Of power, and
place, and money, and the almighty niger
It is a political dodge intended to bolster up
the infamous cause of a corrupt and rotten
Administration, They are afraid of such
men as Garrett Davis, and want to get them
out Of the way so that they can plumber and
steal, and violate all law and the Constitution,
when there can be non manly enough to call
them to an account aad expose their outra.
ges.- Wash. UnioH. WV
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

We might I'll a column of our paper every
day with frauds committed in every depart
ment Of the government, civil and military
Arrests are taking place almost hourly, and
yet, strange to say, we seldom hear of a trial,
and still more seldom Of conviction and pun
tshment. Prominent politicians are now in
confinement for deeds of prime rascality, but
there we suspect it will end. Palmer and his
assistants, in New York, and Given and his
accomplioes, in Washington, and scores of
others, are just now under a cloud-but polit.
zeal influence, and the fear of exposing others
still more prominent, we fear, will relieve
them. Frauds in the War Department,
frauds in the Treasury Department, frauds in
the Custom Houses, in the Commissary and
Quartermaster's Departments, in the Navy
Yards-frauds everywhere; in fact the whole
administration is a stupendousH fraud; and, the
fountain being muddy, the stream that flows
from it is dlscolored through its whole length.
Whenever one of the rascals now in durance
is tried, convicted and punished, we shall
make a note of it,-Hdrrisburg Patriot.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
"Our a is PANIED, our soul il sick
With every DAYS report"

But the men who have inflicted so much
of suffering upon this helpless race, in
stead of pausing in their career of cruelty
and crime, are intent on pursuing the
course they have begun, so long as there
remains one slave-mother or child, whom
they can deprive of the protection and
care of the masters home. These freed
men, and women, and children, are dying
by thousands. They are the victims of
cold, of hunger, Of nakedness, until the
pestilence terminates their suffering and
then their bodies are left to rot upon the
ground, like those of the brutes that
perishi
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
pay The amendments to the conscriptior

act passed by the Senate, exempt clergymen
from liability to military duty. We ourselves
think genuine clergymen-faithful disciples of
the Master-ought to be exempt. But there
should be no exemption for those wolves in
sleeps clothing, occupants Of pulpits, who
have been so instrumental in stirring up all
this strife. The preachers of Christ and Him
crucifed shrink from the flow Of blood, and
pray night and day for the return Of peace; il
we're impious TO compel them to take up the
carnal weapons OF war. 1t is the preachers
of hatred and malice and all uncharitable,
ness, who, more responsible than any other
class Of meA for the war, should be compelled
to march in the front rank on every battle
field. For them there should be neither eI
emption nor Communication - Chicago Times.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
COUGHS, COLDS, SORE THROAT

Z. COUGHS, COLDS, SORE THROAT,
ASTHMA AND CoNSUMPTI0N.- ut Is
only necessary for any one troubled with these
complaints to try one OF DR.. Stricklands
Melliauous Cough Balsam to convince them
that this is the best preparation ever used. II
not only cures the above affections of the
throat ind lungs, bnt il cures night sWeats
and splitting Of blood, and is an excellent gar
gle for any kind Of sore throat itis pleasant
TO take Ahd q safe medieinel for infants 90
cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. i.u
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

tne COURSE Oh some r6nectlOnB up0D Governor
Seymour's able message, remarks: mll +.
a nqpestiopably approaching the
,rial of a- national history. From tho Pres
ideI.al lion, which is to occur this fall,
70 f4al conservative men succeed, begin
70 rfs-5sn , glory and the peace of the
hmeriehn K lion while if radical measures
s%oatinue u remain power, our downward
courses viii e rapid to anarchy and ruin. We
doa5tW' n free institutions can possibly
vHrv3'a 'aHI years more Of trial such as they
ga-B- | under radical management. The
great truth brought out by Governor Seymour,
that there is a bottom to national purse and a
limit to the national credit, isof profound I'M
port. Shall the plan of war and conquest, at
the expense of other thousands of millions,
continue till we reach that limit 2-till we pass
itP Will prudence, caution, reason, never
resume sway at WAshingtou2 No man can
doubt that this nation is able to bear as great
a debt as any other nation in the world but
that does not imply that we can bear any
amount of debt, TO the extent Of unlimited
thousands of millions. Let us not blind our
eyes and close our ears to the deeeitful prom
lses that the war is almost over. IL stretches
away before us into years of darkness, fearful
years to a free country. The expenses of
treasure and blood are yet to be We
can carry our present debt without doubt.
How much more can we carry ? This is the
question forcibly presented in the present as
pect of our national affairs. 1t does not pre-
sent itself, as radical men will pretend, as a
question of abandoning the war forthe Union.
1t is a question, of abandoning a war for
conquest and abolition, and r~esuming a war
for the Union. Shall we 20 back to original
principles, or shall we plunge into chaos 7n
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

Mrs. LINCOLN RRCEPTIo Mrs Lincoln's
afternoon reception on last Saturday was
again largely attended. Among the notablsI
present we're the Peruvian and Brazilian Min.
listers. A striking feature here on all such
occasions now, is the expensive and SNOWY
dressing Of the ladies. We give the following
description Of the lady of the white House"
by Mrs. Greenhow. The part referring 10
her style Of dress is said to be correct
MRS. Lincoln is a short, broad, fat figure,
with a broad, fat face, with sallow, notified
complexion, light gray eyes, with scant light
eyelashes, and exceedingly thin pinched lips;
self complaceney and slightly s%cornfnl expires
sion characterize her bearing. Her dress was
very grand. The gown was composed Of rich
silk Of light ground, with gaudy flowers EN-
broidered over il, lying in voluminous folds
fully half a yard on the ground, Point We
Mise collar and sleeves, deliberately made uI
with pink ribbons; white hat, adorned with
feathers and flowers, interpreted with tinse
balls white parasol lined with pink, whit,
gloves and a superb mantle of black lace com
pleted her costume Wash. Union.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

A SHORT PRAYEh-The Rev, Mr.. Shine,
chaplain Of the House Of Representatives in
the Iowa Legislature, on the opening Of the
recent session, prayed thus '''
BLESS Thou the young and growing State
of Iowa, her Senators and. Representatives,
the Governor and State officers. Give US a
sound currency, pure water, and undefled re-
hgion-for Christ's sake. Amen p "
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
. REMEDY FOR PILES--II

2. A REMEDY FOR PILES.-It is a
blessing to the suffering to know that we
have an %effeotual cure for this truly trouble
some disease. Mr.. j. p. Hazarde, Of 1874
Second street, Cincinnati, takes great pleasure
in in forming all who are suffering with piles
that he used a small quantity Of DIR. Strick-
lands Pile Remedy, and it effected a perna-
nent cure. This seems to be the case with all
who make use Of this splendid preparation.
It is manufactured at No. 6 East Fourth
street, Cincinnati o., and sold by all Drug
gists,
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

s. DR. STRICKLAND-The valuable
remedies offered by this regularly educated
physician, who came here from Tennessee,
highly commended, will be found advertised
in our oolums. He gives advice gratis, aud
prepares his own prescriptions at a low price.
His office is No. G East Fourth street. Gin
%cinnati, OIL Cincinnati american Republic,
We would advise any one suffering from q
distressing cough or any affection Of the
throat or lungs, to try DR.. Strickland's Melli
auous Cough Balsam, it is for sale at the drua
stores.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

will be rivctcd upon us, from which there
is no redemption, more Calling and in'ol-
cradle than is endured by any people on
earth.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22
,eThe Roon nC Freedom.,,

Still, from every direction, where the
Abolitionists have stolen, or driven, or
coaxed the poor negro from the home of
his master, we hear the same heart-rending
story of suffering. privation, disease and
death.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

B6s-Abolitionist tell the Rebel leaders,
"lf you continue fighting we will eKterminats
you if you stop fighting and lay down your
we will hang you -Thats comforting.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-22

,sEduaI and exact Utshce 60 all men, of whatever
state OF persuasion, rcIi gious or poliueaii d,
Peace commerce. sna honest friendship win al
nations entangliug alliances with nome
LTls stopDt of tht Sfute GOUsrhhptnts ~ az tha'
rilhts as tie most competent ADMINISTRATION ior oli
d3m6sur concerns. and the snrest bulwarks against
anti republican tendepctesi 10.
rne preservation 3ftne genera government IN l-
whole Constitutional yigOr, as the sheet anchori OF our
ussne athoms and : defy abroad.
A Jealous care Of the right Of election oy the peo'
pies 40. Inn.
ped oy the sword OF revolution, where peaceaole reu's'
dies are unpro yided;
,ority, the vital principle OF republics, nom which y
no appeal hut 10 forcs, the vital principle aud ihiinedl'
ate parent of despotism,
AWoi disciplined militia, orr best reliance In peace
aud for the first moments ofwar, TIL regulars may re-
The supremacy OF the civil over the military au'
thOrityi
lightly burdenedi
seryAtion VI the puhu9 FAITH,
acknowledgement ofagriculture, and ofcommerce "a
its handTnaid, .,
The diffusion Of information, and arrugnment Of All
shuset At the bar Of public reasOni
Freedom Of religion,
FRERbOH ~ THE PRESS;
And fssIou VI psrson under TIE protection Of The ma
BIAS CORPUS;
Aud trial by lures impartially selected
THnM A ~ "a -