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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

The annexed letter was written BY the
Youngest daughter Of the Hon Alexander K.
Boteer, of Jefferson County, Virginia, detail
ing to her sisters the burning of their home
by order Of General Hunter, aud also the res
idence of Edmund } Lee whose place ad.
joins Mr. Boteers. Fountain Rock, alluded
to below, belonged TO Mrs bOteler, who, with
her daughters and grandchildren, has been
thus ruthlessly deprived of their only home
Mr. A r. Boteler will be remembered AS a
member of the Federal House OF Represen-
tatiyes in ls60-6l, and was actively engaged
with Mr. Critenden and others in resisting
secession; but, after the call for seveuty-hve
thousand men by the President of the United
States, acted with his State.
Captain Martindale was informed by one of
Mr. Boteler's daughters that the property was
not her fathers; but that of her moiber-hav-,
| ing been conveyed to her many years since.
She afterward sent word TO General Hunter,
that he had not succeeded IN destroying one
dollars worth All he destroyed belonged to
Mrs Boteler, who was absent from home at
the time. No one was there except Mr. Bot
eler two daughters and three little grand
children This is the letter OF Miss Boteier
SHEpPARDsTowN, JEFFERSON Co Va
July 20, le64-Wednesoay night
Mr. DEAREST SISTERS suppose you will
have heard before this reaches you that our
dear, beautiful home is in ashes Yesterday
just after dinner, Lizzie, her three LITTLE chill
dren and being at home, fifteen Federal so :
diers Of the First New York Cavalry, under
Captain Martndale, came with orders from
General Hunter to bnrn everything under
roof on the places OF A. R. Boteler and Ed
mund ]. Lee. They came to US first and in
twenty minutes after their arrival it would
have been dangerous to enter the house, Of
the furniture, we seved two little rocking
chairs and three other chairs from the porch,
This is literally all The barn, in which was
stored all the hay just cut-the servants house
aud library with the books, cabinet Of mine
rails, valuable historical papers, and docu-
ments-all are gone, The meat house and
dairy are still standing, as the wind blew from
them Writing this is harder work than
thought it would be, after all / have gone
through with.
They piled up the furniture, and with cam
phene, etc, built the FIRE that has burned
deep into our hearts Meta and ! are al
aunt Mamie tonight; Lizzie and children
at the Grove Mrs Lee has joined her hus
band, and Fountain Rock and Bedford are
both desolated My heart aches to have suct
terrible tidiugs of the dearest spot mall tht
!, world to you | fear loved it too much, bu
my greatest grief is for our darling parents
, We are yonng and can bear such changer
better, but their life ties we're formed and riv
, eted there, Ill write more in the morning
when litter for it. How many will be sorr
to hear all this / read Hunters order my
r self-had it in my hands and tried to keep
g to send Pepa, but it was taken out of m
y hands. 4.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
al Forelrn Opinion.

lfrom the quebec Chroniclel
We need hardly recount what Is fully detail.
ed ia ibe dispatch, which will be found 10 its
proper place Suffice il 10 say that, after an
opening Of negotiations which promised ~
least hat the meeting would be accorded to
the southern commissioners in spirit Of lib
erality and fairness, one OF those infamous at
tempis 10 set all generous feeling at defiance,
aud to give to approach % peace its full quie..
tue, was addressed 10 whom It may concern.
Why, does not peace or war concern the whole
nation2 Does the w5etched old jester Of the
White Honse, amidst all the coarsenosa and
ribadry in which his whole life appears 10
center, inow nothing better than the concoc-
ton of SO absurd and iil-disgoised evasion Of
the desire on the part oltbe South to treat
Have no his shoddy vampires had sufficient Of
the uattn's life blood, that they will not be
forced frDm the hold they have upon the car
cass How long will these people Of the
North shttheir eyes 10 these glaring lndecen-
cius Bow long win they lend their aid to
the blooithirsty Moloch that rayages their
country With ruthless despohsm aud slaughter
Mr. Llnoln has never before done the South
50 great service. Never have they been
placed n the eyes Of the civilized world, so
favorable as the mem and inhuman rejection
Of the dtsire to negotiate has accomplished.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
Defeat of LinCOIR-SJOp Ghe
war.

Lincoln, in his "To whom it may concern
letter, lays down his ultimatum Abandon
ment of Slavery" or interminable war Lin
coin will have no negotiation listen to no
terms that will save the lives OF hundreds OF
thousands of white men, unless the Negro is
freed The Negro and Lincoln stand in the
way of Peace Lincoln will have no Peace
until the "Colored American" stands on an
equality with the White Citizen. For the Ne
gro Lincoln will make the war indefinite. But
the people have their wits left, hey will de-
feat Lincoln 10 his defeat, they stop the War
secure Peace, and restore the Union AL
true men will mite upon the Nominee of the
Chicago Convention, in order that the great
calamity of Lineoln's reelection may be
aveIted
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
MholesmIe surgery.

A correspondent writes: "a few days ago
some three hundred rebel wounded fell into
orr hands OF these twentyon required
capital operations They we're placed in a
row, a slip Of paper pinned to each mans
coat collar, telling the nature OF the operation
that had been decided upon. DR.. Morton first
passes along, and, with towel saturated with
either, puts every man beyond consciousness
and pain. The operating Surgeon follows
and rapidly and skillfuly amputates leg or
an arm, as the case may be till the tweuty.one
have been subjected to the knife and saw
without one twinge of pain. A second Sur
geon ties up the arteries; third dresses the
wounds. The men are taken to tents near
by, and wake up to 6nd themselves cut in two
without torture, while winrow of lopped-ofi
members attests the work. The last man had
been operated upon before the first wakened.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

DRIFTISG WITH THE CuRRENT-Six months
ago there was not half dozen peace jour.
mails in the North To day there are not half
dozen journals representing or protesting TO
represent Democratic principles, that are not
committed to support the proposition for an
Armistice and Convention Of the States We
do not think that there are three 'tcor Dem
ocratic" journals in the North. The Evening
Post that insists upon calling itself Democrat
c, must be counted as one of three, but even
The Evening Post is pledged 10 become a
peace journal within six months from the
eighteenth instant One day it declared that
the war SHOULD be and must be over in six
monthsr 1t is, therefore, 10 prospective, as
positive peace journal as any in the land.
1t is remarkable that The Herald, that pro-
fesses to be an index of public opinion, yet
lags behind the spirit of the time, We fear
that the weathercoek has grown rusty on it's
pivot, or perhaps, since it has become a cheap
newspaper, it has become indolent and ndlf,
ferent Itis not possible, however, that many
days shall pass before The Herald shall stun.
he upon consciousness Of the bias of popu.
lar sentiment, and act accordingly ly-N Y
NeCs,
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
.sNIgger DeaIera.N

The Abolitionists used to speak contemp
tuously Of Southerners as 'nigger dealers,
because they bought and sold negroes. The
State Of Ohio is now in the nigger business,
having some eighteen or nineteen recruiting
agents at work buying up Southern negroes
TO e IN up our States quota The scramble Tor
black recruits is equal now to an auction OF
slave traders Three hundred dollars for
Jimp Five hundred dollars for Cuff r.
Eight hundred dollars for Sambo And all
in order that the "last man aud last dollar
Loyal Leaguers can be left at home to talk
War l-Stdtesndn.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

"AMAzoNs' IN THE FEDERAL Army The
official records at Washington show that up
wards Of one hundred and 6fty female recruits
have been discovered since the commence
ment Of the war Il is supposed that nearly
all Of these "Amazohs" were in collusion with
men who were examined and accepted, after
which the fair ones managed TO substitute
themselves and be mustered into the service.
Over seventy Of these martial ladies, when
their sex was discovered, we're acting as Of
feers servants In one regiment there were
seventeen acting in this capacity,
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
Amairs at Petersburg.

The result of General Grants mining op-
erations and assault at Petersburg, is a bloody
repulse. We assume, OF course. that the
manly way is to look the facts square in the
face, instead of trying to cover them up by
falsehood The consolation gained by pre-
tending that disaster is victory, in short-lived,
and is dearly purchased by the neglect of the
means necessary to retrieve the disaster Our
troops we're hurled upon the inner line Of in-
trenchments as strong as the one that had
been mined at one point The black troops
appear to have been sent on an impossible at
tempt ltwas buchery to no purpose
1t is to be hoped that General Grant will
find some way of operating with less sacrifice
OF his men That rate of expenditure Of
this precious material which might not be
fatal to fnal success in such disparity OF
forces as at Vioksburg, will not do when he is
contending with Lees army. The country
can furnish the men to put down this rebellion
but 1t is time to bring military skill into play
instead of blind slaughter. And il is believed
to be possible to military genius to bring Lee:
army to battle on fair terms, instead OF draw
ing it to it's strongest and best prepared sposi
ton, when It covers all it's communications
while we uncover the whole North - GnciR
nah Gazette, August End
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

THE "Son of Liberty" sensation seems
to have died suddenly. People think that
it is highly importaut--if true-and highly
ridiculous, if not true. Even the aboli.
tionists take it quietly They think that
if vALLANDreHAM has got 100000 men,
as it is said he has, the game is up. They
are apprehensive he could get 100000
volunteers for civil liberty much faster
than ABE with all his drafting machinery
can get 100 ,00U.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

RSy-A reliable editor out West states that
a young man who was recently bathing in
the Missouri river, seeing u number Of ladies
approach, drowned himself from motives Of
deiicacy. He is supposed to have been rela-
ted to the virtuous youth in Chicago, who, rs
Deacon Bross related, preferred drowning to
stealing Rpples
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
Improving stlII.

We find fresh improvement in the
Commercial and the most cheering symp-
toms of partial recovery from the bite of
abolition fanaticism. Il alludes to and
denounces--in mild language, Of course
the recent arrests in Kentucky. 1t has
discovered that the people are little
anxious when they see military interfer-
ence at the polls, The thing must be
plain when the Commercial sees it.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
Elatr RestorGr.

A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
TTNHE UNDERSIGNED hereby return their thanks
l. TO MIR Valentine Fries, Agent and tho
GERMANIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Of New York, for the great promptness they have
shown in pnying 10 us the amount Of the insup nee
on the life OF Pet1T Elcher, deceased. Sid Eiehrr
insured his life or the beneh ct OF hin y ife N d ch
dren, on the 2lst day o April 1864 He suddenly
took sick, and led or the Sd day May, 1854, and
on this day The company has pald US tho amount of
the iusuran SltO0 We think II nght that the pub-
lie should know these iaGts.
BARBARA EICdFR.
Dayton, May "a, 1854 A. HOORsT. lind
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

ALExANDERsyILLE, MONTGOMERY Co., o,
July 18th, 1864
To-day we celebrated the birthday of Hon
c, l. ValIandgham. There was general
out.pouring of the people, who showed and
vindicated their right to endorse and approve
of the public acts of the returned Exie--acts
that a free and independent people will never
be ashamed of--acls that posterity and gene
rations vet unborn, will be proud to eommem-
crate. The spirit of Democracy manifested
its willingness to support and justify Mr.. Val
landighsm in the assumption of the rights OF
the true American citizen-the rights of life,
liberty and property, and the rights of the
freedom OF speech and the press, the right OF
trial by jury, and above all, the right Of home
and its eujoyments, which are as dear TO him
as they are to the minions who dared to exc
cute the will Of usurped power, and dictate
the unwarranted authority of military Law
over him. Ex Typo.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

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they have tried everything but uld ohtein no reei
but one Pot OF strickland Pile Remedy effected
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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
A PETITION will be presented 10 Governor
n Brough for the pardon OF Claybon hngan, nov
asOwss cAiHARINE HAGAE,
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02
lEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET,
sEoRETARY OF STATE,
WILLIAM W. ARMSTRONG,
OfSenece csunty.
SUPREME JUDGES,
(ron ruLE TnnN,
PHILADELPH VAN TRUMP,
OF Fairfield oou ~.
(ro rtLL vAqAsoiEsl
Loay Vasercy,
MACHIAS c. WHITLEY,
OF Hancock County.
Short Vacancy,
ALEXANDER y. BOYS,
on ulghland County.
"s- ATTORNEY GENERAL,
LYMAN r CRlrCHFIELD,
OF Holmes Comfy.
CoMPTRoLLER OF THE IRnAsuhf'
WILLIAM s Y. PRENTISS,
or Franklin County
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
ALEXANDER 8 RAMSEY,
OF Hardin County.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
WILLIAM LARWILL,
OF Ashlsnd County.
(Foa v.cAEcT,l
CHARLES B0ESEL,
OF AuaislEs County.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-02

Your devoted sister,
TIPPE.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-16
FROM GRANTS ARMY.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-One of General
Grants staff officers has just arrived here
and reports the situation of the army to be
improving. Lee cannot attack with any eff.
feet until Early returns, and Sheri an holds
him so closely that he cannot fall back with.
out great disaster to his forces.
The Richmond Examiner Of last Friday
says that Grant has ri.aSscd great many
troops on the railroad two miles south Of
Petersburg, and has within the last ten days
pushed his left quarter Of a mile west Of
the railroad. He will at an carly day make
a grand burst and try to reach the south side
of the railroad at some point near the town.
This is to be his next grand movement.
1t is gratifying sight to witness the won
derrul change effected in our army within q
few weeks from large and frequent reinforce
ments. Our skeleton regiments are filling
out 10 the old proportions which they exhb
tied in the first stages of their campaigning
The brigades are beginning to show an unu
sual numerical force, while the divisions arr
becoming something like appropriate com
mands for our general officers. With all thi.
there is decided improvement in the spirits
and health generally Of the troops.
| Considerable dependency has been occa
stoned by the fall Of Atlanta, especial,
among the Georgia troops, who begin to los
all heart in the cause, for the reason tina
they believe their State is hopelessly con
quc,e ed from the Confederacy.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-16
SHERIFF'S SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY VIRTUE
IN Of execution issued Of the Office Of the Disrct
Court In Black Hawk County Iowa. in favor Of IIosford
Miller, and against Joseph EIDE and John W. Inman,
for The sum Of two hundred and twenty and 100
dollars damages with interest thereon nj the rate Of ten
costs and accruing costs the 9Th day Of April A. D.
1882 have levied upon the following property the
property Of the said j. W. Inman in the Of Cedar
Falls in said County, to satisfy the same, to wit
arm chairs and looking glass.
pail, wash stand, howl, cuP-plate and soap.
single harness and gong.
/ towel roller and stand. .....
sofa and pitcher and basin. E
|. small chair and platter. s-a .,.-
castors and bottles, pitcher, sugar bowl, sal.
cellars. -.
dining tables and 1G dining chairs
high chair and table cloth. o..
bedsead and furniture aad lounge. ....-
willow basket. buckets and / wash basin.
l stove. de",iiohn. and three jugs
bedstead and furniture and bsdstead and furniture
bedsead ard furniture, and wash stand, pitcher
and basin. '
i pitcher, bowl wash stand, chairs, piece carpet
chair and lot extra bedding.
wash stand bowl, pitcher and glass. re- --'.
bedsteads and furniture, and carpet.
Extra pipe, and bedstead and mattrass.
pitcher, basn wash stand, chair carpet and looking
glass
carpet, wash stand. bowl and pitcher.
beisteads and furniture.
parlor box stove.
ton to the highest cash bidder at Pattersons auction
room In said town Of Cedar Falls the LIST day Of Octo
ber 1864, at one O'Clock P. N. OF said day.
WE. BROWN, Sheriff,
[ptrs. fee 491 BY r. SESSIONS, Deputy
Dated this 10th day Of September, 1864 25-2w
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-16
LETTER Fxo,x LITTLE ROCK.

LETTER. FROM LITTLE ROCK.
The following is a portion of private let.
ter received by us from Mr.. A. c. Blood,
formerly Of this Office, who enlisted for the
third time in the service of his country last
January. As will be seen by the letter he
is in hospital at Little Rock, having been
quite sick of remittcnt fever, but we are glad
to learn that at time of writing he vas near.
ly recovered. We should be pleased to hear
from al" often: Az.
LITTLE Rocx, Arkansas
August q, 1864. {
MEssRs. II. A. & G.. d. PERxINs - y
My Regiment, Ohe LIST Iowa Cavalry is at
the present time sadly mixed up. The vet
Grams never came back to US but on the ex-
piration Of their furlouSh were ordered to
duty in Missouri. General Steele is trying
to get the vets. back into his Department,
and the Colonel is doing all in his power to
have this detachment ordered to join the
veterans in Missouri. The Colonel l think
will win but it will be some time before
General Steele will let go Of US, as the rsbs.
are getting pretty thick and troublesome
around here, and an attack on Little Rock is
anticipated. There is nothing here now Of
the LIST Iowa Cavalry but recruits-the old
soldiers whose time has expired having left
about week ago for ST. Louis, Missouri, to
be mustered out Of service. ....
Possibly you would like to have short
history of the ten brave volunteers who left
Cedar Falls last January for Tsras and land.
ell in arkansas. Oren wilkins has been
discharged and is now at home in Cedar
Falls, | believe. Leonard w. Rhodes left
here two weeks ago on sick furlough and is
probably at home before this time. George
II. Kingsbury, sick in the same ward with
myself, received q furlough yesterday and
will start for old Black Hawk in few days.
John B. Fort, formerly in the employ of
Messrs. Hatch & Allen, is clerking at De.
partment Head Quarters. Nelson Holding
is on detail here at the Arsenal in the Sad.
dler's Department. Elias J. Babcock, form,
erly employed ia the American House." is
acting as clerk and orderly in the District
Provost Marshal's Office. George H. Wat
son is detailed in the Regimental Harness
shop. James X. Hotchkin, in the employ of
Messrs. Ba.num & Melendy at the time he
and Marcus J.Pennock, arc the only
two out Of the ten now doing duty in the
company. They are both in good health
And now for myself, last and least. am
on duty in ward II, General Hospital, help
ing to lessen the amount of delicacies pre-
pared by the Ladies' Soldiers Aid Society,
and the stock Of drugs in the Dispensary.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-16
POLITICAL MEETINGS.

c. Ben Darwin, one of the Presidential
Electors for the State at large, will speak in
this place on Wednesday, Sept. 2sth, at !
p. NJ. He speaks in Waterloo the same day
Mt p. NJ; at Waverly on the Goth; al
Charles City on the aoth, and at New Hamp.
ton on Oct. 1st
Mr.. Darwin is an eloquent and forcible
speaker, and let him be greeted by large au.
dicnces. '. $780,. g.
MAJOR. W. G. THOMPSON. candidate for
Elector at large, will speak in Cedar Falls on
the 2sth inst, in the evening. lie speaks
at Eldora on the Goth, Iowa Falls on October
lst, Webster City October Sd, and at Fort
Dodge October 9th. .. ..