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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-04-09
Forcible Miscegena'ion in Connecticut
NEw BxIrArN. Feb. l6

A remarkable case has attracted the a.
ten'ion q some of our wide-awske cltizen.
during the pas' few days.
n young man. named p had bo,s,
20 TO his companions that he was rrc.iv,no !
ia'ieriog letters from the Normal Schco
giris, with vlew 10 intimate acanainfspe.
or marriage. lie is also very bnte- abol,
Il mist
on@ Of his companions opened lov.
correspondence with him over The sirns,urs
lof 'Dus'slema,' p replied alTsr,iona,e,v
and solisited.he carte de visi,e. she thouch.
let'queite required that he should first send
! the genuine Thing q ID nstalenn.' The vounc
man who was playing 'DusraIeDa.' then pre.
pared for The siege. and moved direcfi, uuon
the ensmy's works. He procured negress'4 :
wig, burnt corked his fife, and dressed in 90
mans apparel he had his photograph taken.
Cef'alnly. u represented fine coIored gsi
iie sent y 10 p who a, once showed i n
MS companions, and exDressea his disrp-
-
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-04-09

a remarkable case has attracted the at
ten'ion q some Of our wide cltizens
during the past few dsys.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-04-09

6TLsdies disrcbing is said 10 Be q swee,
"peeI d bellies"
0yNew Jersey has authorized married
wOmrn p dsvse thsd own property BY viii
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-04-09

6THi is suggested that orr military au
tho-ities seem % srcceed great deal better
10 scattering their own armies than those
Of the rebels.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-04-09

0T Wholcsoles AIiscege nsiion--ihe freed
blacks have been calIsd 1.-The children or
the Government
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-04-09

0-TWhy j. John Bigger's boy larger
than his islhsrl Because he Is . little
Bigger.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15
Strength Of the Rebel Army.

STRENGTH Of the Rebel Army.
A Nashville correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Enquirer, from data collected from
reliable sources during the past few months
foots up the number Of troops, exclusive Of
nsoro soldiers, in the various departments of
the rebel army.
Number of troops in Lees army in
GLIDING Longstreet's aud all other
forces.in East Tennessee, and
Breckinridge's and all forces in
Southwestern Virginia 9oOoo
Number of troops in Moth Carolina
and Eastern Virginia, under Gen
eral, Pickett and Barclay, inclu-
ding those at Richmond and Pc
tersburg, and along the line of the
Virginia and North Carolina rail- oo
roads ZZ0Oo
Number of troops in Joe Johnston's
command, including the Army OF
the Tennessee and other portions
of his command distributed inpor-
tions of Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi o2,Uoo
Number of troops in South Carolina,
Savannah and Florida, under Gen
erals Beauregard and McCown 10000
Number of troops in the Trans Mis-
sissippi Army, under Generals
Kirby Smith, Holmes and Magru'
der iZVOO
Number of troops at Mobile under
Generals Maury and claiborne 5000
Number of troops uuder Forrest,
Chalmers, Lee and Richardson 5000
Number of troops detailed as special
guards, quarterma.ters' clerks, 49,,
hospital assistants, &C., &c, $4,000
Number of troops engaged on the
banks of the Mississippi, in the
guerilla uniform 1000
vice 224,ooo
Number of conscripts lately added to
the rebel armies 10000
Total number of troops in the rebel
armies S44, 900
Portions of these figures may seem huge
to some, but you will yet find and in
short time, that they are not out OF the
way.
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A Deserter as is a Deserter.

Some men make money BY enllsring, get
ting the bounty and DESERVING. and repeat
ing the operation. Wisconsin friend re-
lates the following case in point; A big
strapping fellow named George Hill, u
brakeman on the Milwaukee and Mississippi
Railroad, enlisted into Colonel Starkweath
ers lst Wisconsin Regiment Not long af.
terward he managed to obtain discharge
on some lying pretext or other, and came
back to Milwaukee, where he enlisted into
the Oath Wisconsin, receiving $3.50 bounty,
He deserted short distance beyond Lou
isville, with five others whom he inveigled
off with him. He made his way East, and
in the course Of q few moaths enlisted into
two regiments, getting bounty from each
and DESERVING at the first opportunity. He
remained East from September, '62, to Jan
uary, '63, whenhe skedaddled to Fl. Wayne,
where he become brakeman on the Fort
Wayne and Toledo Railroad. In Toledo
be was arrested last July, and taken to Co.
lumbus, Ohio. He managed to get of By
making the officers believe that be had been
regularly discharged, which he succeeded
in doing by altering his discharge from the
lst to oath Wisconsin. The trick was dis
covered and he was again arrested and sent
down the Mississippi River to Memphis.
He again escaped. and went to Eastern In
diana, where he was found and arrested and
sent to Chattanooga, where his regiment
then was. and another time escaped. He
made his way to New Jersey, where be en-
listed, got the bounty, deserted; went to
New York enlisted again, got $500, and
then deserted for the seventh time, and
managed to reach Canada, where he is en-
joying his bounty money.-Chtcago Trib-
uRs,
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Rebel Tyranny.

The same tale is told by all who escape
from rebeldom 1t is restitution and ty
ranny. The akron BEACON gives letter
Just received by gentleman who escaped
from Georgia two years since, from another
refugee who has very lately arrived at
NewsYork. The letter writer left his home
in Georgia on the Goth of January. He
says:
Ihad furnished substitute and had q
discharge from service in the armies of the
Confederacy, but the Confederate Congress
passed an act . few days before left home,
to put these in the army who lad furnished
substitutes, and gave them until the LIST CT
February to volunteer or be conscripted l
considered the act to put me in the army, IN
bad faith, so mounted on horseback and
rode out.
The South is now under the severest and
most cruel despotism. Some months before
left home saw white men pursued with
dogs, by direction of conscript officers, and
forced into the army at the point of the
bayonet. Oh, how revolving to our feelings
to see boys sixteen years Of age carried
from their homes in chains, to fight in
cause which they had no agency in bringing,
about.
The couscript act is being vigorously en-
forced from sixteen to fifty'five years OF
age, and with scarcely any exemptions.
When left there was great deal of suffer
ing, and the sentiment of the people at home
was that the war could not possibly last six
months longer. A good many leading men
have quit the field Toombs has quit and
gone home, and says the South is whipped.
Howell Cobb commands the Georgia State
troops, andis staying at home. :,
The present Administration at Richmond
is becoming very unpopular. l was in Rich
mond on the first Of January, and at any
moment would not have been surprised to
hear of Davis's assassination. IT'S true, the
statements We see in the paper here OF the
many assertions from the Southern army.
crossed the Tennessee above Guntersville,
and remained at the front two days, after
passing within the Federal lines, and saw
squads of fifteen and twenty deserters come
in very often.
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SpurgeOn on Negroes.

A London correspondent of the Witness,
indianapolis, sends to that journal an ac-
count Of his interview with the Rev, Mr..
Spurgeon, and says: "0f course be in
quired about the war in America. Natur-
ally enough, the conversation turned upon
the negroes, vhereupon Mr.. Spurgeon
said:
ave in England are getting little tired
Of the negroes-we IRE beginning to find
them out. A year or so ago a negro was
quite pet with US, and when one came to
US We made much Of him bot now too
many Of them are coming -they come over
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15
Mrs, Lincoln and her Sister

A correspondent Of the Louisuille Dsmera
says:
A few evenings since there arrived at thu
Metropolitan Hotel LADY in deep mourning
She was probably not over twenty i've
years of age, handsome, with dark, piercing
eyes, black hair, graceful and accomplished
Her features indicated that nervous and
distressed expression of countenance sc
frequently seen now among that class o
beings who, in all times have challenged thu
admiration and homage of the world, to wit
Southern lady.
In company with a distinguished lady o
New York and gentleman friend frou
Kentucky, she called at the White House
fur the purpose of seeing Mrs. Lincoln. Her
card was sent in to Mrs. L., who must have
been startled when she read the name o
Mrs. NJ. TODD White" her half sister
whom she had not seen probably for ten
years. An answer was returned by the
messenger in a few moments that Mrs
Lincoln is not we'll enough to see you. She
vas also denied an interview with the Presi
dent. Her only object was to AK pass to
return to ner family in Alabama and to take
few articles of necessity for her own fam
ly use. Influential friends succeededed in
obtaining pass with ordinary baggage, and
the lady left for Baltimore, to return home
by way of Fortress Monroe. To Mrs. Lin.
coins credit it is known that she expressed
great regret at not seeing her sister: but as
it would be used by Mr.. Lincoln's enemies
to his injury for her to have private inter
views with her "rebel kim" she was con
strained to forego the privilege. Had Mrs.
l.. seen her sister, charge of disloyalty
would Immediately have been preferred, and
under Gen. Burnsides, order they
would both have been found gully
of treason.
When such instances as this occur in this
Democratic Republican country, need We
any longer recite and magnify the erueltie.
of Queen Elizabeth towards the magnifcan,
Mary Queen ofScots, which has been han
ded down in history as an instance of bar.
barity and cruelty unknow to the worId?-
But Mrs. lincoln is not to blame. L is the
outside public pressure that is to be found
p4rmeating through all departments of the
Government, crushing the human At
iections and sitting the voice of divinity
itself. ..ta...
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

The following graphic description of
Florida Unionism' is furnished by the
jacksonville correspondent of the Phi!a-
delphia Ledger, (Adm.) who saws, speaking
OF the battle of Olustee-
Sit is probably too early to estimate the
results Of our expedition. Rumor says that
the object was mainly political; to simply
make military demonstration; to ascertain
tho loyalty of the Floridians; offer them
protection, and to invite them TO the Union.
If that was the principal object, the expe-
dition is q failure. We found few poor
illtsrate planters, but their loyalty amount
ed TO nothing. They hated the Confeder
acy, simply because its CONSUMPTION and
taxation was despotic; because the rebellion
had Frustrated their industry, conscripted
their children, and eaten up their scanty
subsistence.
Generally speaking, the people through
the sparsely populated district through
which our army moved had no pecunlary
interest in the rebellion, yet all the able
bodied men were off in the Confederate
armies. Possibly the entire rebel army
that confronted and fought US at Olustee
were Union men, but We tailed to apprecl-
atc their loyalty. Ii is my private opinion
that Florida is in the Contederacy, that
there is little or no sentiments Of Union'sm
there, and that the State is not ,oorth fighting
for. Poverty, ignorance, filth, feaS, ALL
gators and rebellion encompass the State
from Key West to Georgia, and from the
bar on the St. Johns to Apalacbee bay"
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

We observe that the finding Of the Cour
of Inquiry in the case of Gen. Buell. will
soon be published. The Court, it appears,
does not attach any blame to Gen. Buell.
We have never heard what the specific
charges against this officer were, that ID, In
what form they have been brought forward;
but it was well understood that they
amounted to the fact of his being Dsno-
crst. and true friend Of the Constitution,
besides being q man Of superior abilities
and character, and an admirable ofdcer.-
Under his command, affairs in Kentucky
and that quarter were proceeding in the
best way possible for the true Union cause,
and he was, therefore, suspended, Court
of Inquiry was instituted, perhaps . yea,
and q half ago, and after this long period
nothing is found against him, though the
country, meanwhile, is deprived of bis val
liable services. Doubtless he with McOlel'
Ian and such others will be dropped,
under fMr. Schenck's new bin.-Bo'ton
Courier. - N-sAA
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

IF. with all the men and means that a
patriotic people has placed in the hands Of
the President for the suppression Of the
rebellion and the preservation of the nation
al unity, he fails to bring the war to suc>
cessful termination during the ensuing sum-
mer, upon what possible plea can he ask
that he be continued in power during an
other tsrm7 A Democratic administration
would have subdued in less than one year
the rebellion which LINCOLN has striven in
vain for three years to put down.
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Another Calumny That Would
MOI 6 Stick

The Republican papers have been clrcu'
lstinx for week past story to the effect
that Gen. MCCLELLAN and Gen. LEE had .
secret interview after the battle of Antie-
tam. They have been chuckling over the
,mpusasion thus cast upon McCLEIIAs's
loyalty with undisguised glee and fancled
that at last they had him completely en-
trapped. Some mythical parsonage signing
himself Of. w." had been present when
the two commanders met in traitorous con.
clave and moved by love of his country and,
doubtless, few greenbacks, he divulges to
the world the terrible secret. In eager
haste Congressional Committee is appoint
ed to investiga to the case and. if possible
establish its truth. But alas for the vanI-i
ty of Republican hopes and Republican
wishes. The Committee returned. crest
fallen, to their habitual legislation and re-
ported mournfully that they had been com
pelled to dismiss'the charge as 'fhey toand
the onlv ssisness phoHy unreliable " So the
mine which they hoped would overturn the
mountain which stands in their way turned
out to be only very bad squib that threw
dirt into their own wonder-distended eyes.
These men snap up eagerly any chance straw
that comes floating by them and build upon
it their hopes OF escape from the food which
will soon sweep them from power forever.
But their efforts are in vain, their best laid
schemes abortive. The hour Of retribution
is fast approaching when the slanderers OF
Gen. MCCLELLAN will sink to depth Of
infamy even greater than that to which
they have Yainly endeavored to consign
him
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tenSe

BAYARp TAYLOR is sick at jackson,
Michigan, with An attack of fever.
Two thousand dollars of the Second Ma
sional Bank stock of GAINESVILLE were sold
Thursday morning at fifteen per cent. pre-
MUM.
GEN. RosrcRAss has rescinded all orders
heretofore issued in his department prohib-
iting the sale and circulation OF newspapers
and other publications.
TIE Senate has passed the bill allowing
Secretary CHASE to sell gold at his dlscre
ton for one year. Little doubt is enter
tanned that it will now pass the house.
GOVERNOR BRoUGH appointed THOMAS
SHERLOCK, of Cincinnati, to represent OHIO
in the movement inaugurated by the Louis
Vile Board of Trade for the improvement
of the Ohio river.
GOVERNOR MORTON announces that Indi-
ana's quotas, under all calls, were more
than full without taking into account the
veteran re .enlistmepts He however urges
the active continuance of recruiting.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

TOMB OF EZRA TIE ScRIBr.-Ths Jews
in the heart of Asia are bestirr1ng them
selves to erect monument to the memory
of the great rsstorer Of theirsacred writings.
Two thousand FIVE hundred years have
elapsed since spot in the -esert at the
confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris, 70,
ceiyed his honored remains. The monu-
ment proposed is college for the study Of
the writings preserved through the care Of
Ezra for the civilized world. .E e-.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

e IL hss bssn stated TINT the design tor the
medal awarded TO General Grant has been
made By Mr.. Lsitse, New York artist.
Such 10 not the fact; Mr.. Leitze's design did
not meet the approbation of the awarding
committee. and the work is now in the
hands Of Mr.. Antrobus, OF Chicago, VINO
has lately furnished an admirable full length
portrait Of General Grant, which is attract
ing much attention at the Capital Mr..
Antrobus' design is figure of Liberty seat
ed on q sphere, the upper arch Of which is
drsped in . United States flag, pendant from
the mouth of an eagle in flight, at the right
hand side Of the figure. Beneath
this. It the right hand side Of the sphere,
is Lookout Mountain, and on the left Vicks-
burg, pyramid Of flags and spears, based
BY = cannon, dividing these two memorable
scenes in the history Of the war. The
eagle Is represented % carrying the flag from
Vicksburg to Lookout Seated on thesptere
il the Goddess of Liberty, holding in her
right hand chaplst and shield. On the
shield il inscribed "Donelson." Surrounding
the whole Is circular space representing the
Mississippi River, on which are floating gun
004tS ana coWWeFciel bsesWoEs, auo I'LL. -
again surrounded by IN outer rim, contain
ing thirteen stars, representing the thrteep
original States Of the Union with wreath
of olive and laurel intertwined at the base.
In scroll floating over tho Goddess OF Lii
berty is to be motto, not yet decided upon
On the diverse side of the design there Is
. profile of the Gen. surrounded by adeep
border, ct the base of which are two I nlted
States Gags crossing each other in the cen"
ter, the folds of which are entwining the
cotton, tobacco and rice plants and the su-
gar cane, typical Of Gen. Grants carrying
the flag of the Union through the Southern
States. In the upper semi circle the name
of the Gen appears in full-Major General
Ulysses S. Grant. Outside of this there is
another rim, containing thirteen stars, and
an inscription of the act Of Congress awar.
ding the medal. The design is beautiful
one, and when finished the medal will be
the finest thing of the kind ever made in
this country. It will cost over $4,000. The
workmanship alone will cost over $2,OOo.
1t is to be executed at the mint in Phlla'
delphia and will require fully three months
10 complete it. 1t will be four and hall
inches in diameter, of solid gold, and with
out diamonds..or jewels of and kind.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15
Increase Of the Army.

The gain to our armies since Nov. lst, 1868
is, By volunteer recruits. 200, 900; by the
draft of 1868, 40, 900 by deserter returned,
$4,000; by the invalid corps, &c, 900; and DO
r. enlisted veterans, 100000; total 800 600
To this add70, 600 colored troops and $4,000
white recruits enlisted between the LIST of
January aud the lst of November, 1868,
and We have 52S, 900 rs the gain to our ar
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

THE Union Central Committee OF Ken
lucky have issued call, which is published
in the Louisville Journal, for State Con-
,ention to be held in Louisville on the 18th
of May for the purpose of forming State
electoral ticket and sending delegates to
the Chicago Convention. Hon. JAMES
GuruR1I is Chairman Of the Committee.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

in squads, they are very ignorant land con.
ceited, we are very willing 20 help fnsn,
to be free, to give them money. but then
we do not want any more 20 DC Win
them"
Thousands of other people, like Spar
eeon, are coming % the conclusion thai
tbere can be too much Of ago0d thine, ard
after making the negtt fbse ysnt snsthine
to do with him. luspeis So Jdsnal. .
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

mics from Jan. lst 1858, to Feb. 18th 1851.
Deduct l25, 0o0. q thu casnalties-diseases
and battles for the year, and we have q net
gain Of near 400 900, al Of which, except
$4,000, has been made since Nov. Let,
1868, a Asw O. e~4s Ga
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15
Change Of Firm.
HENRY HARTMAN,

FORMERLY Of the arm Of Hartman d str.u,.
= viii hereafter conduct the business Of the I'm
Il the old stand. (No. 81 Water Street, one dso,
seuth Of 6prigg House. whore he wiz keep fun
ssso,tmsuf OF the latest stylas Of Ready Ma
CIothine and Gents Furnishing Goods Also
Military and Boys Clothing always on hand
MARLIN
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-15

Mill Feed of Various Grades.
TUST recsived 100 Tons Of superior Bran, Nidlinss
81 and Shipstua for sale st The lowest rete n lo to
nit purchassrs. PRYOR FROST,
ssnastf 81 & Is Main street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-01

TTNJON COURSE, LONG ISLAND.-TROTTTNG, ON
u Wednesday, June L at 3 o'clock p. NJ; purse and
stake Of 800 mile heats. best three in i've in harness.
James 8. Turner enters Dan Mace; John Turner OF
Philadelphia enters b. M May Queen: Samuel Mclaughlin
enters blk. r. Lancet: Hiram Woodruff enters Lady
enering). Cars leave South ferry at one o'clock.
M#g SHAW d WHITE. Propriet0rs
JyNION COURSE, LONG ISLAND-TROTTING--POO
~ selling by ARMSTRONG SOMERTNDYKE at The
Union Course tor the tro this day. at r. NJ. upon the ar
rral OF Lie
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-01

EXCLUSIVELY FRENCH Putting -ONE TO TWEEN.
~ ~ inches wide All materials uted in unsurpassed
manner, .. Mrs ooLDENs French Flntng Rs,sblish.
Broadway 1T Beecke rstreet below street. and
26l FULTON street Brooklyn n B.-No machinery used In
the genuine French futing.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-01

YACHT FOR 1.-THE SLoOP YACHT FANNY: IS
feet de * draws feet cabin and well founo
perfect order. he anchor north of Hoboken
ferry. Apply s. IA. WHITE, i0S Broad street..
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-01

A sURER PLACE.-AT 2Ss SIXTH AVENUE LADIES
and gentlemen WIN lind the FAIR and honest dealer D.
NfNTZ TO whom they dispose OF their Cast or Cloth
ing, Carpets Furniture and Jewery at 50 cent more
than by other dealers in the city promise the fol-
lowing prices: Dresses IS ss5: Coats 81 to
SIS Pants 81 70 81 Also for woolcn Dclane Mus.
note BY post viii be punctuay asnded 70 Ladies attend
ed 10 by Mrs Mntz Remember Che orgpel b. Min'z and
the number 25 sixth avenue Eighteen ih street, Or
from Brook and jersey City punctuay 90
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-01
DRY GOODS.

PARGAINs BARGAINS +..
GREAT SALE OF DRESS GOODS
We shall offer for sale
THIS MORNING,
TWO NEW INVOICES OF
SUMNER DRESS GOODS,
PURCHASED AT VERY Low PRICES AT AUCTION
On yesterday.
Ladies' will ind prices cheap a. last year.
rqMC PEYTON JOHNSTON.
Bow