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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-21
THE WILKES NAV AZ COURT MAR.
TIAL.

Correspondence, Missouri Democrat.
There is one thing very evident from
the proceedings of the court martial in
thecase Of Admiral Wilkes up to tar;s
time This is, that his case is good
deal stronger one than Was gencrdfiy
anticipated. The technical point of
disobedicncc may or may not be estab-
lishcd-that latter is fully as likely as
the former; but the Navy Department
will gain very credit by the trial.
There is abundant evidence for making
this observation-disclosures that has be-
come tho property Of the public. The
correspondence Of Admiral Wilkes with
the Navy Department, produced in the
court, rebounds to his credit. 1t ap-
pears that during the latter portion of
1862, he Wrote to the Department rep
resehting very explicitly the ,mpossi-
bility Of wholly preventing blockade
running or capturing the rebel pirates,
with his small squadron of five vessels
Il portion Of which were ina very bad
condition for effective cruising. He re-
peatedly asked the Department to send
him more ships, Or at least to give him
the command Of the vessels already in
the West Indies, so that by their con-
certed action he and they could act
more efficiently in accomplishing the
purposes the Government had in view.
He pledged himself to capture or de-
stroy the rebel vessels, if his force was
made adequate for the purpose, but
sa,d that it was an imrossibility so to
do With. the squadron at his command,
as he had 80 many thousand miles to
guard in those, dangerous seas. tap
pears Also in evidence that he was pro-
noted by the Department utter the date
Of the acts upon which he is now be-
Ing tried.
The American people have "a weak.
ness" For Captain, or Admiral Wilkes,
arising frpm a kindly remembrance of
bis patriotic pluck in taking Mason and
Slidell; and they have an idea that
whatever errors he may have commit
ted that have caused his present ar
regiment, were errors of the head
rather than tho heart-an idea that the
result of this court martial bids fair to
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-21
DEMOCRATS IN CON.
GRESS.


Henceforvard, says the Philadelphia
Press argument is unnece ssary to prove
disunion to be the object OF the Oppo-
sitlon party. 1t is confessed. Mr..
Long has confessed it, Mir. Harris has
gloried in the Shame Of the admission,
and Nessrs. Randall, Miller, Dennt:
son, Ancona, Strouse, who pretend to
represent Pennsylvania, have confessed
it. These are the gentlemen who voted
that Mr.. Harris Was not worthy Of GEN.
sure when he said that he acquiesced
in the doctrine eff secession, and thus
continued: "'rhe South ask you to
leave thenf in peace but no, you say
you will bring them into subsection.
That IS not done get, and God A.
mtghW grant that 1t may ncvcr be. !
hope go" scM never saIjugotc tie
SnM." After this, argument would
be waste of time. A man prays to God
Almighty that the Union may be bro
ken up; and finds men who are paid by
the people to support the Government
so faithlesa to the contract that they
declare such language no. only no cat,se
for expuls on. but actually no reason for
censure! Pennsylvania has an account
TO settle with these gentlemen.
Nothing political is more important
than this matter in Congress, and We
intena to make it so clearly understood
BY the people, that every man in every
nook and corner Of The State sha
know it by heart. .....
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-21

No telsgraphic news was received
last night. We learn however, that
gold tumbled down on Tuesday to 81,
and produce in the same ratio.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-21

CoAh.-A farmer from Willow Greek,
Shelby township, brought large lump
OF coal TO town several days ago. We
understand that it was found on the
farm Of MIR. Fox, and is drift coal,-
Munkuto Record. d.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-21
CAPTAIN JAMES l., FISK,

The following item of news we take
from the Washington correspondence
Of the New York Herald:
THE WESTERN MIGRATION.
Captain James L. Fisk, United States
Army, who has distinguished himself hy
commanding and conducting two emikra:
tlon Parties from Minnesota, by way of the
Northern route, to the gold fields Of Idaho,
declines this year to accept similar Gem
mand. This is to be regretted, because
hundreds Of persons in the Northwest have
incurred heavy expenses in preparing to
60 to Idaho or Mantano, via St. Paul, and
1t would be almost ruinous to them to at
tempt now to change to another route
The government will Certainly select and
detail some other officer for that duty, there
being an appropriation Of $4,000 for the
purpose Of assisting those who wish to en-
igrate by this route
The New york Times says the State
suent that Capt Fisk had baudooed
the projected expedition to ltahe is er.
roncous. Another expedition Of con-
siderable Importance, under his direc-
ton, is being prepared to leave St.
Paul about the 25th ct May tor the
new Eldorado, via the Yellow Stone.
The Messrs Burgess arc now en-
saSed i'll building new steau' >aw-nill
on the lie Sueur river, about five miles
east Of town. !uuukuto Record.
-An adopted son of Mr.. l.. Smith,
Of Garden City about IL years of
age, was thrown from horse,
in the carly part of this week,
breaking his right Leg in two places,
at the thigh below the knce.-IJ,d.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-21
MEAT MARKET.

E'RESH Meat, Hams, Sausage and We, !
i tables Of oil kinds, kept constantly 9,
hand: Shop Oh st. German street.
eRAs. kVFf,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08

"U there be those ,oho would no. saye The
Union unless they couH at the same time
saUe slduery, do not agree Nth them.
~ there be those pho ,oouH not saue The
Union unless they could at The sd'ne time de-
stroy slavery, lido not agree Nth them.
My paramount otject Is to sape the Union
and not either TO sare or destroy slavery.
III Icoula saue Me Union ,oithout free
ing any slaue, I,souH do it-V IcouH savt
Il bg freeing all The siapes, I~ouid do h-and
u could do aly freeing some and harin9
Others alone, ,oould also do that.
What / do about sldperJ and The colored
race, do because Ib,liere hhelps 10 SAFE tbs
Union, and Uhdt / torbear, l Jorbear be-
cause do not beliere Il ,oOuld help TO sare
The Union.
IMdH do less phenerer I shall beliere
phat ! Cm doing hurts The cause, and ] shall
do more tchenerer Ibeliere doing more Wih
help the cause. y Abraham Lincoln.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
MODERN DEMOCRACY.

The New York World, the leading
Copperhead paper of the country, spoke
thus of the nominees of the Baltimore
Convention:
The only merit we can discover in this
Baltimore ticket is the merit of consistency; !;
the head, nor tho head shame the tail. A
rail splitting Ju6ooa and a boorish tailor,
both from The Jdckooods, both gro,oiag up IN
uncouh ignorance, they would afford gro
tesque subject for satiric poet" &C., &c.
A few days later the Richmond Ex-
aminer saw fit to announce the nomina-
tion of Lincoln and johnson In tho fol-
lowing terms:
"The Convention of Black Republicans
in Baltimore have re-nsminated for Presi
dent of their country Abraham Lincoln
the Illinois rail,spiitter, and for Vice-Presi
dent Andrew Johnson, known in the Wes
as the Tennessee tailor. one of the meanest o
that craft; whether they shall ever'be elect
ed or not depends upon tho Confederat
army altogether.
The time was when the fact tina
Abraham Lincoln rose from rail-split
ting to the Presidency, and that Andrey
johnson, an illiterate and pennies
boy, one Of the "poor white trash," 81
generally kept under in the South
fought his way up through the Legis
lature and Governorship Of his owl
State, TO the U. S. Senate, were eloquen
tributes alike to the character of ou
J institutions and the personal worth o
these men; but now the Democrat
journals, North and South, speak o
them sneeringly as " raii-splitting bav
fooa and boorish tailor. Whittier al
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
scan I'm Hand.,'

On the 2s.h of May, 1861, scarcely two
months after the firing upon Sumter, the
Richmond Whig said Of the Northern peo.
Pile:
"We must bring these enfranchised slaves
back to their true condition. They have
long very properly looked upon themselves
as our social inferiors-as our serfs; their
mean niggardly lives, their low, vulgar and
sordid occupations, have ground this con-
viction into them"
Then, after speaking of the Northern de-
termination to put down the rebellion, and
saying that their uprising has all the char
acteristics of a ferocious servile insurrec-
tion," the editor concludes that the war
"will enable us to restore them TO their
normal condition of vassdldge, and teach
them that cap IN hand Is the proper atti-
tude ofthe servant before his master"
And with ''cap in hand" the whole Cop
perhead party now stand before their mas
tsrs ready to do their biddingl The re-
marks Of the Whig are perhaps entirely
just, when applied TO this class OF our peo-
pie, for they have ever been slaves to the
party, and the party has been the vassal Of
the South. Z.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08

THAT Gen. Mcclellan cherished feel
ings Of personal respect and liking for
the Rebel leaders has been well under
stood before now. Here is an apt piece
OF testimony to that effect from Col
Metcalfe, of Kentucky, who said re-
Gently at a public meeting:
"I got my eyes opened on that young
Napoleon In the spring Of 1861. went TO
zee Gen. Mcclellan, and in the course Of the
conversation / said to him that JEFF. Davis
was q scoundIel and a repudIator. He
MeClsllsn) Strengthened himself up quick
", and said: do assure you, sir, that you
are mistaken. jeff. Davis is a perfect gen.
tlsman, and will not do anything unbecom-
ing gentleman. Well. II a traitor, con.
spirator, thief, repudiator, and the evil devil
who IL instigsting all this murder, is hii
bean iaeal ofa perfect gentleman, l hope
our country viii never be cursed with hi
morality and virtue at the head Of affairs. :
Could man thus swift'to resent an
imputation on JEFF. Davis be expected
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
La Mira, O., Aug. 23d. "a.

THE N. Y. Tribune in speaking Of
those who are. shouting for Mcclellan in
New York, observes as follows;
The rioters who held our city in siege
during three days in July, l863-who burn
ed the Colored Orphan Asylum, turning
two or three hundred helpless and inoffen-
siye children into the street-who, in gangs
of one to three hundred, hunted simple ne
gro boys and women through the streets,
manning, robbing and killing so many as
they could of them-are all hot for M'Clel-
Ian. They paused in their devilish work,
and went around to his house to cheer for
him, That portion of the gang who mob.
bed, sacked and set on fire the Tribune of.
fice were constantly shouting for Mcclellan.
Their ring-leader, while among his conf
Dental cronies he proclaimed himself for
jeff. Davis, and boasted that we should,
soon see Gen. Lee marching up Broadway
at the head of triumphant, invincible ar
my Of Confederates, yet in public cheered
and exhorted others to cheer for Mcclellan.
$500 reward to whoever will shew us q
Black Republican" was chalked on the OPP
posite fence almost simultaneously with the
burning out of the young orphans. All
who participated in those cewardly, rnffian-
ly, murderous riots are now shouting
themselves hoarse over the nomination OF
Mcclellan.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
Gems. Grant and M'PhersoH--
Interesting Correspondence.

The Fremont Sentinel publishes the fol-
lowing letters which explain themselves:
CLYDE, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1864.
To GEN. GRANT-Dear Sir-I hope you
will pardon me for troubling you with the
perusal of these few lines lom the trem-
bling hand of the aged grandma Of our
beloved Gen. Jas. B. M Pherson, who fell
in battle. When it was announced at his
funeral from the public print, that when
Gen. Grant heard of his death, he went into
his tent and wept like child, my heart
went out in thanks to you for the interest
you have manifested in him while he was
with you. | have watched his progress
from infancy up. In childhood he was obe-
dient and kind; in manhood interesting,
noble and persevering, looking to the wants
of others. Since he entered the war 9th.
ers can appreciate his worth more than
can. When it was announced to us by tel
egraph that our loved one had fallen, our
hearts were almost rent assunder; but when
we heard the commander in-chief could
weep with us too, we felt, sir, that you have
been as father to him, and this whole ma
ton is mourning his early death. l wish
! to inform you that his remains were con-
Quoted by kind guard to the very parlor
where he spent a cheerful evening in 1861
with his widowed mother, two brothers,
only sister and his aged grandmother, who
is now trying to write. In the morning he
took his leave at six o'clock, little dream
ing he should fall by ball from the enemy.
His funeral services were attended in hi;
mothers orchard, where his youthful feet
had often pressed the soil to gather the fall
ing fruit, and his remains are resting in the
silent grave scarce hall mile from the
place of his birth. His grave is on an em
inence but few rods from where tho flu
neral services were attended, and near the
grave of his father. The grave, no doubt
will be marked, so that passers by will OF
ten stop and drop a tear over the dear de
parted. And now, dear friend, few line
from you would be gratefully received b,
the afflicted friends. pray that the GoC
of battles may be with you. and go fertl
with your armies till rebellion shall cease
the Union be restored, and the old fal
wave over our entire line.
With much respect, remain you
friend, LYDIA SLoCUM,
Aged 81 years and months
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
GEN. GRANTS REPLY.

HEApo' RS ARMIES OF THE y. S.,
City Point, Va. Aug 10, ga.
Mrs. LYDIA SLOCUM:
My Dear Madam Your very welcome
letter of the Sd inst. has reached me. L
am glad to know that the relatives of the
lamented Maj. Gen. MPherson are aware
of the more than friendship existing be-
tween him and myself. < nation grieves
at the loss of one 30 dear to our nation s
cause. 1t is selfish grief, because the ma
ton had more to expect from him than
from almost any one living. Ijoin in this
selfish grief, and add the grief personal love
for the departed. He formed for some
time one of my military family. l knew
him well. To know him was butlto love him.
1t may be some consolation to yeu, his aged
grandmother, to know that every officer
and every soldier WHO served under your
grandson, felt the highest reverence for his
patriotism, his zeal, his great, almost un-
equaled ability, his amiability and all the
manly virtues that can adorn commander.
Your bereavement is great, but cannot ex-
ceed mine. Yours truly,
U. s. GRANT, Lieut.. Gen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
The Union and the Democratic
Platforms COnfrasted.


L. The Union Platform aflirms the duty
of maintaining the integrity of the Union
and the paramount authority of its Consti-
tuition and laws. The Democratic pledges
''unswerving fidelity" to the Union, but is
silent as to the duty aforesaid,
III. The Union Platform treats the Re-
beliJn as tdrong--as wicked and unjusti-
fable-and demands its complete suppress
sion. 1t does not propose to buy Peace,
but to make one, by constrainihg the Reb-
els to submit to lawful authority and de-
port themselves hereafter like law-abiding
citizens The Democratic Platform nowhere
condemns the Rebellion, even by implica-
! ton, but rather condemns those who have
striven to sub1ue it.
III. The Union Platform exhorts the
Government to prosecute the War vigor-
ously till the Rebellion shall he suppressed
no further The Democratic Platform
points signifies nt'y to the fact that the Rebels
lion has not yet been suppressed, deddcing
thereIrom the conclusion that it was mis-
take to attempt resisting Rebel force by
force. 4
IV. The Unon Platform affirms that as
Slavery was the cause and now constitutes
the strength of the Rebellion, it ought, inf
the interest ofpublc tranquility and safety;
to be abolished asd prohibited. The DEM
ocratic Platform says nothing OF the sort,
but plainly implies aud intends that Slavery
shall be preserved aud perpetuated.
V. The Union Platform holds it right
that Black as well as White men should
: fight for the preservation of the Union,
a and be protected by the Government in SO
y doing. The Democratic is silent on this
point; but, since it wishes the war stopped
anyhow it of course doesn't want "niggers
n to fight in it.
f vi. The Union Platform returns tht
thanks of the American people to tn.
/ soldiers and sailors who have fought fo
y their country and promises ample proyis
ionsfor those who have been or may be dis
abled in her service. The Democrati
- Platform proffers them sympathy and pre-
lection, but never intimates that they hav
j. been and are fighting in righteous an
holy cause.
VII The Democratic Platform blame
~ President Liaeoln and his Cabinet for al
~ most everything they have done in resi-
nc nc tance to the Rebellion, but blames the Rel
~ els for nothing. Even the cruelties of th
UT UT Rebel authorities, in causing our capture
en brethren to be exposed, for weary month
l,s unsheltered, to the burning suns ar
en- en- drenching storms of Georgia, feeding the
~, w on twelve ounces of fcornmeal and Two efp
W. u. trid pork per day, is charged against o,
l'l own Government, without hint that ii
,as Rebels have done anything wrong in tt
ssss premises.
oe- In short if Mr.. jeff Davis had be,
~ platform maker for the Chicago Conve
i.s ton, he could not have treated himst
'hI more tenlerly nor his enterprise more gi
- gery than they have been in the actu
.cr Platform
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
SARATOGA, N. Y. Sept. 8, 1864.

SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept. 3, 1864.
Bells were rung and salute of one hun
dred guns fred here to-day in honor Of the
great victory Of General Sherman at Allan
ia.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Sept. 3-SP NJ.
Our citizens are now celebrating en- n,dsse,
the taking of Atlanta by General Sherman,,s
forces. Two hundred guns are being fredi
bells ringing, fire works set off, with bon
fires, torchlight professions, and speeches.
The streets are filed with an immense throng.
OswEao, N Y. Sept 3, 1864.
There was parade of the 10th u. s. In
fantry, stationed at Fort Ontario, this after
noon, and a salute will be fred this evening
in commemoration OF the victory won over
the Rebels and the occupation of Atlanta
by General Sherman's forces.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 8, 1864.
The fall of Atlanta was celebrated here
during the day by display of flags, and
this evening by the discarge of cannon, bon
fires and speeches.
New HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 8, 1864.
| A-National Salute was fred on the Greer
/ by order of the city authorities, and tn,
| bells of the city rung at sunset in honor o
the great victory of General Sherman owe
be Rebels at Atlanta.
BURLINGTON, Vt, Sept 3.
Our citizens are wild with Joy over tn
capture of Atlanta. Flags are displayed
and salute OF one hundred guns has jus
been fred
BURLINGTON, N. j., Sept. 4.
The Union League rooms were illumin'
ted and a Federal salute was fred here @
Saturday evening, in honor of the victor
at Atlanta.
, Boston, Sept. g.
5 One hundred guns were fired on Bostc
, Common this afternoon as an expression
Y public rejoicing at the capture Of Atlant
9 Sautes were also fred at Lynn, Belfas
D Me-, and other places.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
Obituary..
LIEUT.. MILO WILKIsoN.

Died, in Hospital at Chattanooga, June
2Sth 1854 of Diphtheria, Lieut. Milo
Wikison of Co. D, 43d Regt. D. V. l., in
the 26th year of his age.
The deceased was native of Belmont
Co. Having enjoyed all the advantages of
district school, he attended college one
term at New Athens, o. He then engaged
himself arduously in the mercantile busi-
ness, and would have made it his vocation,
had not his country called to "arms."
''Whom the Gods love ieyoung," wrote
heather poet. Aud when we consider
the many thousands of our best young men
who have perished in this war, is senti-
ment true and very applicable in ourcountry.
And among that bright army of martyrs,
none shone more noble, kindhearted and
patriotic than Milo. Taking an early and
deep interest in this great struggle of our
land for national life, he enlisted in her
service, in December. 1861. Breaking
expectations of friends, and bright hopes
of future prosperity, he devoted himself
with his whole soul to the cause of human
progress BY nature very prudent, with
the added graces of the Christian religion
it is not strange that amid the tiresome trials
of camp life, he surpassed all expectations,
by his manly endurance of privation and
fatigue. During all his soldier life, from
Ft Pillow, at Corinth, and even to his last
battle and in Hospital, no word of COM
plant was uttered about his bardships, or
that they were other than he had anticipa-.
ted, Always cheerful, and obedient to his
superiors, he had the esteem of all who
knew him. On this subject, the following
extract of letter from his Captain lWil-
liams is a fine tribute, II need not tell you
how warmly sympathize with you in this
aff1icton. never expect to find Mio's equal
in the service. Every man in the Company
and in fact his acquaintances throughout
the Regiment, from the Colonel down, seem
very much afflicted by the sad news" He
was wounded slightly in the head at the
battle of Resaca, on the -, and while in
Hospital contracted the disease, which
terminated his life. His last letter home,
written four days before his death,
was full of hope and cheer to his parents.
And we trust that he who was so well loved
by all at home, by all in the army, who SO
long and SO faithfully served his country in
her battles, and whose body now fills a
soldiers grave so far from home is now an
inhabitant of that Heavenly country, where
SoHooLMATE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
A MILITARY ADyENTURER,


In the early part of this war, Gen. Nc,
Clellan wrote to a distinguished officer in
the South, expressing his desire to serre in The
Confederate army. Ii he dare deny the
fact-and his recent reports prove that in
mcndacity he is the representative man of
the Yankee nation--it can be demonstrated
by such evidence as will close his lips in
eternal silence. When he was at West
Point, he affected to fraternize especially
with those from the South, and to have lit
tie sympathy with those from his own sec
ton. We dare say this was genuine, and
that he really was anxious to serve under
jeff Davis in this war, but the high bribe
offered by Lincoln was too much for his easy
virtue. He was not the man to sacrifice in
terest to sentiment, and of late has shown a
disposition to become as extrome in his an
tagonism as in his friendship for the South.
The above was copied into journals
throughout the loyal States in the sum-
mer of 1862 Did Gen. Mcclellan ever
authorize denial of its main allega-
tion2 We never saw any. The chal,
lenge and threat of the Dispatch GER
tainly required some sort of notice L
any was ever taken, the fact has escaped
our observation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
Our Majority Last fall.

The majority for Gov. BRoUGH IN
Belmont County last Fall waS 1872,
including tie soldiers vote. The result
Of that election gave our County a proud
position in the State. Remember, Union
Men Of Belmont County, Mat oar ma
jority of last FaG should not be reduced.
STAND BY THE FLtG!