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CONSISTENCY.

The rebels, dear consistent souls,
affect to think that Lincoln's insist.
ing on the abandonment of slavery
Ins condition precedent to settle.
ment between the contending parties
and q restoration of the national au.
thority over all the territory of the
South, was great degradation offer
ed them, and then when their leaders
rs they did at the great Richmond
War Meeting, propose TO abolish
slavery free and arm the negroes, 10
achieve independence, these same
rebels shout themselves hoarse with
ncclamations over the scheme. 1t is
n degradation for them to have slave
ry abolished by and for the Union,
but no degradation to abolish it to
establish their rebel government =
Consistent chaps, those.
The position they take but sub.
stantiates the view We have held since
Fort Sumpter was fired on--thAt
there was but one vital, overshadow.
ing question to be settled by the war,
to-wit: to keep the nation from dis
membermcnt, or in other words to
keep it from being destroyed. All
other questions, even the huge one oil
emancipation, is, and has been, but
an incidental part of the strife-vi-
tally necessary to early success, and
to save life and treasure, to punish
traitors and make ourselves consist
ent--but not the main question at ali
Slavery may have been the cause Of
the war, to be sure, but the war has
been and is carried on to restore the
Union and to compel peace, If it
disappears before the abrading in
fuenccs Of war, let the rebels thank
themselves for the result, and God be
praised for evoking good out of their
madness.
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NOW AND THEN.

When, four years ago, Fort Sumter
was compelled to succumb to the
South Carolina insurgents. Governor
Pickens---he who once boasted that
he "was born insensible to fear
delivered II congratulatory address to
the Charlestonians, in which he said:
1--WE humbled the flag OF the United
States, and as long MS have the honor
to preside as your Chief Magistrate,
so help me God there is no power on
this earth that shall lower from that
fortress those flags, unless they be
low cred and trailcd in q sea of blood
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The Future of the Sea Islands

General Sherman has taken the
planters ut their words. They have
always asserted that the lower and
most productive parts of South Car
olina and Georgia, the region in which
the most valuable cotton and the
whole American rice crop is grown,
was unfit for the habitation of white
men, and could be cultivated only by
negroes. Very well, says Sherman,
/ accept your Judgment; let the ne
groes have it.
The islands from Charleston south,
the abandoned rice fields among the
rivers for thirty miles back from the
sea, and the country bordering the
st. John river, Florida, are reserved
and set apart for the settlement OF the
negroes now made free by the acts of
war and the proclamation of the Pres
ident of the United States. That par
agraph in Gen. Sherman's last gen
eral order settles question which
has been q good deal muddled, chiefly
by what may be called the "too many.
cocks" system. No white person
whatever, except persons employed
by the Government, will be permitted
to live on the islands and in the re-
gion described in the paragraph we
have just quoted. The negroes are
limited to tracts of not more than for
ty acres to a family; an inspector of
settlements and plantations is ap-
pointed to administer justice, to de-
liver land titles, to maintain order,
and to superintend the enlistment OF
able bodied blacks into the army
He is particularly charged with the
care of the families of those who are
serving in the army or navy; and
these famille have the same rights of
.pre-cmption as though their husbands
or sons were present.
This is, in brief, the plan of settle
ment ordered by General Sherman,
no doubt after full consultation with
the Secretary of War, and by his COM
mand. 1t throws the blacks entirely
upon their own ezources-which
should have been done, in our own
opinion, long ago. 1t places the
whole region set apart for them un-
der single autbority-that Of the
Inspector General; and the negroes
will no longer be puzzled by the di.
versity of supreme rulers, which has
sometimes existed over the islands
and adjacent land. 1t gives to Gen.
Saxton. the Inspector G General, au-
thority to administer justice, maintain
order, and take care of the interests
of absent soldiers; and there is moth
ing more wanted of ruler there at
this moment
1t is General Sherman's intention
to settle, upon the limits he has mark.
ed out, the blacks who are now home
less in our lines. The island and the
rice coast are easily defended; the
climate is mild, the soil easily work
ed, and the whole region was the
property of the leaders and origina
tors of the secession movement
These are good reasons for settling
the loyal blacks there; if they are
properly managed they may be made
a formidable guard, an outpost ofthe
Union, which can be trusted to keep
its enemies at arms length.--N p.
Evening Post. alA ~.
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The following letter from General
Sherman has just been publhed:
HEAD RS Mil. DIV. OF THE MIS-
STssIPPI, NEAR MARIETTA, Ga.
Juue 80, 1864.
Mrs Anne Gilman Roloen, Baltimore:
DEAR MADAM-Your welcome let.
ter Of June 18th came TO me here
amid the sound of battle, and, as YOU
say, little did l dream, when knew
you playing as a schoolgirl on Sulli-
vans Island beach, that should con.
troll a vast army, pointing, like the
swarm of Alaric. to the plains Of the
South. Why, oh why is this2 i'll
know my own heart, it beats as warm
ly as ever toward those kind and gen.
erous families that greeted us with
such warm hospitality in days long
past but still present in memory and
today, were Frank and Mrs. Porcher,
and Eliza Gilman, and Mary Lamb,
and Margaret Blake, the Barksdales,
and Quashis, the Pryors, indeed any
and all of our cherished circle, their
children, or even their children's chill
dren, to come to Inc as of old, the
stern feelings of duty and conviction
would melt as snow before the genial
sun, and i belive l would strip nv
own children that they might be shell.
tered; and yet they call me the bar
barian, vandal, and monster, and
all the epithets that language can IN
vent that arc significant of malignity
and hate. All pretend to say, on
earth as in heaven, man must submit
to some arbiter He must not throw
off his allegiance to his Government
or his God without Just reason and
cause. The South had no cause-not
even q pretext. Indeed, by her un-
justiliable course, she has thrown
away the proud history of the past,
and laid open her fair country to the
tread OF devastating war. She ban
tered and bullied us to the conflict
Had we declined battle, America
would have sunk back, coward and
craven, meritlng the contempt of all
mankind. AS a nation, we were for,
ced to accept battle, and that once
begun, it has gone on till the war has
assumed proportions at which even
we, in the hurly- -burly, stand aghast
l would not subjugate the South In
the sense SO Extensively assumed, but
l would make every citizen of the
land obey the common law, submit te
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1hc New 5.

The capture of Wilmington, was
oneof the most brilliant achievements
of the war---brilliant because it was
an important success, and because
this was gained by superior general
ship. The place was defended by
works tremendously strong, and yet
our entire loss in killed and wounded,
from the time Gen. Schofeld took
command, falls somewhat below two
hundred. He drove the rebels by
turning their nanks rather than by
direct assault--hence the tritllng loss
cs. Ohioans will be pleased to read
the handsome record made by Gen.
Cox on this occasion. Hc is the hero
of Wilmington. The rebels were so
thoroughly out-generaled, aud so
rapidly driven, that they had not
much time to destroy property. The
result is, Wilmington was but slightly
damaged, and our troops secured ten
thousand bales of cotton and large
quantities of turpentine. The citi
zcns, except such rs the rebels forced
into the ranks remained, put out the
fires that the fugitivcs kindled, and
the population, men, women and chill.
dren, behaved themselves well. The
negroes were rejoiccd, and we
judge they manifested no desire to
run over to join Lees army. Some
of our Union soldiers, sick and dy-
ing from starvation, were found there.
1t is the same story of barbarism.-- =
No wonder that our officers who look
ed upon the wasted forms of those
suffering patriots, were thankful,
since they could not lay hands on the
guilty rebels, that there is a hell.
From papers found in Wilmington,
1t is concluded that Lees plan is To
concentrate all his armies into two
grand divisions, one under Beaure.
gard to confront Sherman and Scho.
field, and the other TO hold Grant,
Lee expects, while thus operating
ON the inner circle to concentrate sud.
denly against either wing OF our army
The indications are that the greatest
and bloodiest battle of the war will
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Interesting Questions mud ,nswer re-
lntlNe TO the 1.3O U. y. Lnnn

! Mr.. Jay Cooke, of Philadelphia
who for so long time had the man.
agement Of the popular 500 million
$40 Loan, has just been appointed
by Secretary Fessenden, the General
Agent to dispose of the only Popular
Loan now offered for sale by the Gov.
ernment, viz; the "SEVEN-THIR-
lTY"
In entering upon his duties he de.
sires TO answer plainly the large mum.
ber of questions daily and hourly pro.
pounded to him, SO that his fellow.
countrymcn may all understand what
this "Seyen. Thirty Loan" is-what
arc its peculiar merits,-how they can
subscribe for or obtain the notes,
&c.
Question. Why is this Loan called
the "Seven- Thirty" Loanp
Answer, 1t bears Interest, in cur,
rency, at the rate of Seven Dolla,s
and thirty cents, each year, on every
hundred dollars; making the interest
as follows;
One cent per day on each ESQ note.
Two cents f" " 100 I"
Ircn " I" 500 4"
Twenty 1000 "
One dollar +" 5000 I"
@ When and how can they be oh
ltaincdi
a. They arc for sale, at par. and
accrued interest, by all Sub Treas,
luries, National and other Banks, and
all Bankers aud Brokers.
@, When Is the interest payable
and how can 1t be collected 2
A, The Coupons or Interest Tick
cts are due 18th of February and l5tl
of August in each year, hnd can bs
cut of from the note, aud will b,
cashed by any Subj Treasurer, U. S
Depository, National or other Bank ol
Banker.
@. When must the Government pay
off these 7.30s?
A. They are due in two years and
half from the 18th of February
1855; viz. on the 18th of August
1867.
@. Must receive hack my money
80 soon "a 1872
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the same that We do mo worse, no
better Our equals and not our gu
penors. ] know and you Know, that
there were young men in our day, now
no longer young, but who control
their fellows, who assumed to the
gentlemen of the South q superiority
of courage and manhood, and boast
ingly defied us Of Northern birth to
arms. God knows how reluctantly
we accepted the issue, but once the
issue joined, like In other ages, the
Northern race. though slow to anger,
once aroused, are more terrible than
the more inflammable Of the South. i
Even yet my heart bleeds when ee
the carnage of battle, the desolation
of homes, the bitter anguish of fani-
lies, but the very moment the men of
the South say that instead Of appeal.
ing to war they should have appealed
TO reason, to our Congress, to our
courts, to religion, and to the exper-
ience of history, then will say
Peace--Peace; go back to your point
Of error, and resume your places az
American citizens, with all their
proud hertages. Whether shall
live to see this period is problematical,
but you may, and may tell your moth
er and sisters that / never forgot one
kind look or greeting, or ever wished
Z to efface its remembrance; but in put
ting on the armor of war I did it that
our common country should not perish
in lnfamy and and dishoner. / am
married, have wife and six children
living in Lancaster, Ohio My course
has been an eventiul one, but l hope,
when the clouds Of passion are
dispersed, and truth energies bright
and clear, you and all who knew me
in early ears will not blush that we
were once dear friends. Tell Eliza
for me that | hope she may live to
realize that the doctrine of ''secess-
ion" Is as monstrous in our civil code
as disobedience was in the Divine
law. And should the fortunes Of
war ever bring you or your sisters, or
any of our old clique, under the shell
ter of my authority, I do not believe
they will have cause to regret it.
Give my love to your children, and
the assurance of my respects to your
honored husband.
Truly, w. T. SHERMAN.
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now II LOVES rtlrcAusr.

1aIhc Cony,e, can't sec anything to
glorify over in the taking of Charles
ton. We are sorry it can't, but pre-
sumo that it We loved the cause OF
the South as well as il does We could
not see II either II carrys the idea
that as soon rs the rebels have no
further use for place they evacuate
not because il is for their interest -
II is n marked fact that since Sher.
'inan left Atlanta great many OF
their places have become useless.- =
Perhaps shortly Richmond will also
become useless.
We do not really blame the Cour.
ser for treating the matter In this way.
II Is very hard TO see the cause that
It loves, and for which IL hns labored
so hard, meet with defeat. 1t is uu
doubtedly in earnest, aud Is as good
All npholder of the rebel cause as can
he found in the South. Every place
that Sherman has taken has been pro,
no'inccd by the rebel press as Of No
further nse TO them, The Courie,
ssss not been much behind them In
rms matter, and is as good sup.
porter Of their cause as they need to
wish.
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Iy.-Ml,CELLANEJUs

The greatest amount insured In any one risk,
according To circumstances.
The n ieatest amount allowed by the rulos TO
DO Insured in any one city, town, or vii
lrs. according 20 circumstances
The greatest amount allowed To lie Insured
in any one block according To eircum'
stances.
The amount o. its capital or earnings deposlt'
ed In any other state, rs security for lossas
therein, none.
The harler. OF Act of Incorporation Of said
Company Is ON nle
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CERTIFICATE oE AUTHORITY.
To expire on the 3lSt day Of January 1866 J
OFfCE OF THE AUDITOR OF STATE, }

Columbus, ohio, january 10. 1865. }
wuyEgAs The Lori lard Fire insurance
CumpanV. located dt New YORK. IN Ihe o'tle
of New York, has ile, IN this Office u sworn
statement OF its condition, as required by
the frst section ot the act ''rO reguIate ihsu'
rance Companies not incorpor'Aeu D! the
state OF Ohio" passed Apr'l b 500 ana
amended February .. 1864; ana wherehs'
SAID Company has iurnisned the Undersigned
satisfactory evidence that IL Is POSSESSED
ui AT least Of ono hundred thousand dollars
oi actual capital, invested IN STOCKS or o"hus
or in mO' 'igages OF real estate, worm d"uOle
the amount for which the same Is morigaeed;
"A nd, whereas, said Company h.ts hled III this
.fice "A written instrument under ITS curpo'
rate seal, signed hy the Preadout and Sec
retnry thereof, authuriZ Lg any agent VI
agents nf said Company IN this state 10 ac'
knowledge service al process ior ana III De-
halt of said Company, HVco'u'"e W '"o 'u' III"
of said law. ,.,
Now, therefore. In pursuance OF tue afore.
said act !. James II. Goldman, AudltVr OF
St,,ie for OHIO, do hereby ceruiy tha' sald
I0rflhrd Insurance Company oi New Tore
is authorized to transact The business ot tire
Insurance IN this STATE until tha thirty'lfst
day OF January. In the year one 'housaiio
eight undrod AMI sixty'six.
in witness whei soi, have hereunto sub
scribed my name, and caused he seal ol nv
office to be affixed the Ssy a. ina a;o5aAS sar SO0''
Isr.II rSrANPl Auditor Oi State.
STATE oP Ono, Franklin County, IS.
Personally appeared before me. a. Gard
ner Jr.. duly commissio ioned Notary Public,
in and for the State and County Aforesaid, on
this 18th day OF January, 1865, W. II. Foster,
ono Of the attacnees OF tho Ohio State Jour
nal, who makes cath in due form of law,
that the abatement of tho Lorilard Fire In-
surance Company, OF December 3ist. 1864,
together with the State Auditors certificate,
granting permission for said Company to|
transact business In this State until january
1866. have been bo given to the Ohio State
Journal for one week legal advertising.
W, II FOSTER.
Sworn to and subscribed befere me, this
18th day OF January, A. ID. 1855.
IN WITsEss WHEHEoP, | have heseunto attach
ed hand and nOtarisL seal, on the day and
date Aforesaid. A. GARDNER, JR.,
Notary Public.
Appli cations received and policies prompt
ly issued and renewed by
JNO. NJ. HAMLIN,
Agent, Findlay, Ohio.
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! LITTLE oUEEli

Z! u Id somewhat singular that every
measure yet adopted by the Admins
tration, Of which Abraham Lincoln II
the bead, Is now supported not only
hs the people generally, but by thu
most btttexepponents of the Admin
istrador. ronAscation, thcs system
al taxation. the system o. finance and
che Emsncipation ProcIamation-alI
thesc measures were the objects OF
the fercest denunc!ations. at the tims,
but now he is a hardened Copperhead
who dare rsise bis voice, again 9,
'tbtm. Time and experience have
demonftrsted tl,eir soundness, and
the people sustain them.
The subscriptions to the 7-30 loan
or Nonaav amounted 10 M lSy ON
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THE EMANCIPATION pnocIAMA.

When Abrnham Lincoln proclaim
ed the Emancipation OF the slayes Of
the rcbc, States, his friends consider.
ed tho measure bad one, and many
of them thought IL dangerous. Thou
sands Of true Union men could sec
harm in il and no good, inasmuch as
the Proclamation could only be en-
forced % oar armies advanced, and
TINT the advance Of our armies made
st unnecessary. The wisdom md
foresight Of the President was never
moro strikingly displayed thhn in
that very measure. lH
Aside from the fact of his cnlistlng
the sympaihies OF the rrorls Of Eu-
rope on our side, which Of itself, rs
It prevented recognition, was enough
20 have gained, he saw that finally
/, the South would, In the field, want
The services OF the blacks. He
knew that In process of time they
must appeal 10 their slaves to save
them, md he determined to be the
first In the field in this matter. He
issucd the Proclamation declaring
them free, md what resulted there.
from?
There are now In the Union armies
10000 colored men, whose places,
had this proclamation not been issued,
woul,l have been filed with white
men. And now has como the state
OF things that President Lincoln fore
saw. The rebels lack tho men TO
carry on the war. The Richmond
papers, and the rebel chieftains de.
mand that the SLAVES SHALL DE ARM
ED--that they shall be given. their
freedom as the price OF their service
in the rebel armies. Gen. Lee says
"there are not white men enough to
carry on the war;" and the same cry
is heard all over the Confederncy.
Unfortunate mon! Lincoln was
too quick for them. He emancipated
the negroes, and every one OF them
in the South kao,os that he is FREE, if
the North succeeds, ,--and they dare
not trust arms IN his hands They
feel that the negro has no reason to
love them, and they fear him. They
are right. II they should arm so, 900
tomorrow in n month $4,000 ofthem
would be in the Union ranks, arms
and all
The Proclamation made $500, 900
people our friends, and people too
upon whom the South counted nj the
commencement Of the struggle
Whether they have been Of use to
us, let the 10000 now in arms an.
swer. Let the escaped prisoner who
has been piloted by night and fed by
day by them answer. Let tho heroic
dead Of Port Hudson, of Petersburg,
and score of other we'll fought
fields tell their tales Of devotion to
the cause.
No candid man to-day will say that
the Proclamation has not firthered
the Union cause--no truo man will
deny its wisdom and Justice. .-,.
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STATE OF NEW YolK, |

County ~ new IoTh'
Carlisle Norwood, resident, and John G..
Mills, Secretary OF the Lorilard Fire lnsu-
rance Company, being severally sworn
pose and say that the foregoing IL Il inll,
true and correct statement OF The Affairs Ut
said Company; that the said Insurance Com.
many ia he bona hde owner OF ~ least ONE
III NDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF actual
Casn Capital invested in stocks and Bonds,
ur la Murlgl res on real estate, worth double
tine amount Cor which the same ~ mortgased;
and that they are the above described oli-
GERS of said Insurance Company.
CARLISLE NUhWOOD, Prest.
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,rv,cr OF rnE AUDITOR OF STATE

Columbus, Ohio, January 10, lsG5. }
Itis hereby curtinsd mat the foregoing IL
a correct copy Of the statement 81 Condit'O
of the Lorili ,rd Fire Insurance Company OF
Nev York, made 10 anu HE'D ~ this "Il'c' 'or
the - ar lsGJ
Witness my hand seal .thc cii.lly.
TKIl JAS. Il. GOODMAN.
Auditor Ut state.
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PUBLIC SALE! =!

u'hE undersigned will odsc at public
sale at his residence in Marion township,
Hancock county, two and halt miles east
ot tindlay on
TUESDAY, MARCH 21st, 1865,
The following persolai propsriy, to-wrt:
Ho ses, Cautle, Hogs, ave- Wagons, Bug
gy, Reaper and Mower. Cane Mill, Grain Drill,
piows. harrows, Harness. Blacksmith rools.
Dry Poplar Lumber, Ash Flooring, etc.. and
.sEs sI@. variety ss .noSs ~ ssnss as.,,iss.
10 commence ~ Ten O'clock 4. n.
March 3.vlldAlt2 SAMUEL BOLrON.
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Subscribed and sworn 10 before ne, this
9TH day Of January, lsGI.
[sEALl tsrAaPl j.. W. WlLpEl,
Commissioner for Oniu, IN New York.
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The Ninth National Ban
iaI OF rHEiciTY OF NEW YORK,
CAPITAL, $1,000, 1000. PAID IN.

or AhE VII x Vr NhW iOhh,
CAPITAL, si,OOO,O0o. PAID IN.
FISCAL AGENT OF THE UNITED STA]
vnd Spsctai agent for JAY GOOKIT, Sues
fios agent,
VIII deliver 1850 Notes. Free Of Chs
by express, AL parts Of the country
receive In payment Checks on New
and Boston, current bills
bills, and all Ave per cent. interest notes,
interest 70. date Of subscription. OF
SON. By NAH will be promptly Allied.
This Bank receives the acsounts Of
and Bankers on favorable terms also
diviAuals keeping New York accounts.
J;T. HILL, Cashier. J. U. oRvis, Pr
HAreh tvilnklns lsI
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3 Il w L N q.
MRS. M. M, GRAVES.

NNIOULD respectfully offer ner services
w the ladies OF Flndlay, as Seamstress.
Thankful for past patronage, she won
kindly invite the ladies TO call aud she y
render entire salts. action In
Drc.s Making aud Tailoring.
or any kind Of IA ncy Sewing.
RgsIDEscE--N North side of Corey stTd
two doors east OF the ditch.
March 3.vlln4lm2
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Dem 9o0srtisemsnss.
Il A L l. % IL L N 6. -
A
A D A NJ S SOuRS

n u n NJ . y q Il , N"
u ESPECrFULLi announces TO the citizens
AV-oI .ne county that he Is prepared to do
Tailoring in all It's branches He has had
years OF experience in the business, and
work don" by him may be relied on y
CUTTING DONE IN GOOD STYLE
And COED MS warranted. Garments cut and
made ~ the latest style, on reasOnab ie terms.
Givo him n call.
SHoP-over Rosenthalls' Clothing Store.
March 8. 1858 vlintlyl -