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The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1865-01-18
The Campaign in the South West.

The great interest heretofore manifested in the
campaign liz the South West is likely to be con-
tinued, notwithstanding the escape of Hood
across the Tennessee. The rebel General doubt
less desires time to rest and recruit his shattered
army, and has hunted ground for that purpose
in the State of Alabama, having despaired of
either holding Tennessee or invading Kentucky.
But il there is any reliance to be placed in the
statements OF army correspondents, who lately
write very definitely and to the purpose, Gen.
Thomas, the COLI Safety" of the South West,
Is meditating another campaign, and one which
the rebels fear will equal in brilliancy that of
Sherman, which eliminated in the capture Of
Savannah; indeed, some go far as to predict
that he will out-Sherman Sherman. Their sup
position is that he will march into South Western
Virginia, and then, following the line of the
railroads, finally aim for Richmond and Lees
rear. This extensive plan is due more to their
fear than any knowledge they have of his con-
templated movements. great movement has
never yet been successfully made, but that some
one has sought parallel. The South appears
to be now doing SO in the case of Thomas. Let
as look at the present position of our gallant
General. His headquarters are now at PASSPORT,
Miss, small town on the southern bank of the
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Tennessee, just at the Alabama border. Here he
has concentrated the larger part of his infantry,
while the cavalry are at Florence and cambridge,
within easy supporting distance, and covering
his TANKS. His infantry will be reinforced by
II 600 men from Memphis, which will make his
army count more than so, 900 bayonets. To these
Hood, with all his army, and the reinforcements
that can reach him, cannot oppose over 30, 900 de-
feated and dispirited men. PASSPORT is good
base, with good river navigation, and will be held
fora time; and it is freely stated that Gen. Thomas
contemplates gigantic expedition across Ala
bama or Mississippi and that he will not stop
short of Mobile. If this be so, he will do as
Sherman did, cut loose from all bases, and seek
for new ones on the coast. 1t is further reported
that a strong cooperating force has already left
Veksburg, under Gen. Dana. similar force
under Gen. Gordon Granger will cooperate with
Thomas from the other side. By this means
they will secure the control of the navigation of
the Alabama river. and will render easy the
capture of Columbus, Ga. Other cities in Geor
ga and Alabama will speedily follow, and Mo-
bile will then hold a position to Thomas, precisely
similar to that Savannah held to Sherman
This is parallel case based upon what our
Northern press profess to be assured of, and we
have certainly no reason to doubt its contempla-
ton and success, when we have such a brilliant
example before as the conquering of all
Georgia. Thus the Calf States will have the
war brought to their very doors. They were the
most fiery supporters of the rebellion, as long as
the war confined to the border States and
the coast cities their appi Extensions not pointing
out danger more imminent. But the tide has
changed, and the resistless wave of armies
are searching the very heart of the Confederacy.
Under these circumstances what will the citizens
and soldery of Alabama do? Hood cannot
resist, and the citizens cannot fell trees across
two States. The greybacks must fee, and the
civil authorities yield. At best Hood can only
attempt diversion as he did to draw off Sher
man from Atlanta. What did he find? An
isolated Thomas, whom he could drive pell-mel
into Ohio? The sequel shows the blanket on the
other horse, and in the event of all the above
predictions CT our press TRANSPORTING, doubtless
another :. Old Safety will be left at PASSPORT to
keep it there.
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THE people of Savannah manifest tractible
spirit relative to receiving supplies and food from
Northern benevolence, and do not turn up their
noses quite so high as the arstocracy of New Or
leans did under Butler Hunger weakens pride
and strengthens loyalty.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-03

ignate officers who shall keep record OF MARI
ages which may be solemnized by any ordained
minister Of the gospel, who shall make return
of the same, with such items as may be required
for registration at places designated by the
Assistant Commissioner. Registration already
made by United States officers will be carefully
preserved.
TX. Assistant Commissioners will instruct
their receiving and disbursing officers to make
acquisitions upon all officers, civil or military,
in charge Of funds, abandoned lands, &c, with
10 their respective territories, to turn over the
same in accordance with the orders Of the Presi-
dent. They will direct :heir medical officers to-
ascertain the facts and necessities connected
with the medical treatment and sanitary condi
tion Of Refugees and Freedmen. They will in
struct their teachers to collect the facts 10 refer
ence to the progress of the work of education,
and aid it with as few changes as possible to the
close of the present season. During the school
| vacations of the, hot months special attention
will be given to the provision for the next year.
x. Assistant Commissioners, will aid Refu-
gees and Freedmen in securing titles to land ac-
cording to law. This may be done for them as in
dividuas or by encouraging joint companies.
XI. This Bureau being in the War Depart
ment, all rules and regulations, governing off,
GERS under accountability for property, apply as
set forth in the Revised Regulations of the Ar
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Bureau are also subject to military jurisdiction.
XII. Assistant Commissioners will require re-
gular and complete reports from their subordi-
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directed by law, andsorrespond frequently with
this Bureau, directing to the Commissioner i'll
person.
0. O. HOWARD, Maj Gen,
Com Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-03

are, by special provision of the statute, made
payable by the person in whose hands the ar
tcles are first found by officers of internal reve-
nue.. With reference to those articles, there
fore, the rule laid down will not apply, but ass
essments will be made wherever they are found.
Whenever any person holds, as purchaser, any
articles which, under the Internal revenue laws,
may be transported under bond, and desires to
transport the same to any Northern port or place,
he may apply to the assessor to have the amount
Of tax ascertained and determined. The proper
examination having been had, the assessor will
certify the amount of duties thereon to the Col
lector, and the Collector will thereupon grant
permit for their removal After the execution
Of bond for their storage in bonded warehouse,
snch permit and bond being in the form requir-
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bonded warehouses; On or before the 10th day
of each month the Assessor will transmit to the
Office of Internal Revenue, statement showing
the amount of duties thus certified during the
month preceding, and the Collector will on or
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Lcourss of the preceding month. When goods
arrive in any Northern port under such trans
Eportation bond or under a permit issued by a
| Collector of Customs under the regulations of
May y, 1900, they Will be received into the pro-
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Revenue laws, in the district into which the
goods are brought, and the necessary certificates
will be issued for the cancellation of the bond
in the same manner as if the goods were trans
ported from another bonded warehouse. When
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found to have paid license tax to a special
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| TroaGurv Daportmonk for ofna aroiol ptor
with insurrectionary districts, the Collector will
issue license for the year ending May l, 1866,
and'Wlll collect only so much as may be due for
the time intervening after the expiration of the
license issued by the special agent The
amount assessed and thus left uncollected will
be abated when the proper claim is presented to
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
HUGH MCCULLOUGH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-03

VIRGINIA.-Vifginia presents to the nation
most striking and impressive spectacle of a
people honestly, anxiously aud cheerfully en-
gagged in the work of reconstruction and State
reorganization. BY common consent agreeing
that bye cones shall be by-goues, all are putting
their shoulders to the wheel, and county re-
spends to county from the Valley to the Sea-
board, through great primary meetings which
everywhere proclaim the intention of our cti-
zens to sustain the laws and Constitution of the
United States. Frankly admitting the utter ex-
tinction of the Confederacy, they are taking the
amnesty oath without the slightest mental reser-
vation, and are honestly determined to faithful
" perform its obligations. The proclamation
of President johnson having swept away every
yestige of the late State organization, Governor
| Pierpont is everywhere receiving support
which he well merits, for the admirable manner
10 which be is dischargine the delicate and re-
sponsible duties of his Office.
Many things have contributed to bring about
| this happy result Much of it is due to the
striking pecularities of our people. They fought
bravely to the last, and for four years endured
the enumerable horrors of war without muir
| mur of complaint; but when defeated, they at
once prepared to perform with honor and integ-
rity all the duties which their changed condi-
tion imposed upon them-Ricansond Times.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-03

pa~ The Richmond Whig says that fifteen
or twenty years ago the military bands in Rich
mond were composed exclusively of eolored men,
Now, and for u number Of years past, the bands
have been composed exclusively Of whites.
Colored men were formerly the only musicians
at balls and dancing parties. Now, the German
is preferred Some years ago, a white porter in
business house was rare sight. Nov, they
met with as frequently as negro porters. No
one thought eff employing white servants when
the men of the present day were boys; bat they
are now quite numerous. Since the changed
state of affairs in Richmond, this substitution Of
white for negro service has been progressing
rapidly, and is chiefly noticeab--5 the vehicles
running upon the streets Formerly white
Jehu was seldom seen occupying. the drivers
seat, Now, one seldom observes negro hack
man.
The white man rooted the Indian out, and
the negro will go the same way, unless be is
very industrious and behaves himself we'll. e.,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-03

A school was recently opened near GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, where burglary, pocket picking, tricks in
gambling, counterfeiting, 60, were actually
taught. Quite class of young boys had been
organized when the existence of the "institu
ton" was at once discovered and Terminated
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-03
SUICIDE OF EDMUND RUPPIN-The Rich

SUICIDE OF EDMUND RUPPIN.-The Rich
mond Republic contains the following:
On Saturday last MIR Edmund Ruffin, very
distinguished agriculturist of Virginia, commit
ted suicide a. his residence, near Mattoax depot,
on the Richmond and Danyille Railroad. He
retired to bis chamber at an early hour in the
morning, and taking seat 10 chair, took
gun, loaded with shot and sugs, and placing the
muzzle to his mouth, discharged the piece by
pushing the trigger with stick The upper
portion of his head was entirely blown off. In
diary of his was found q memorandum stating
that he could never live under the United
States Government, and took death in prefer
ence In the same memorandum he said that
he would have committed the deed on the 9th
of April (the day General Lee surrendered) but
was prevented by the presence of visitors in his
house. Mr Ruffn was we'll known in Virginia
by his efforts in behalf Of agriculture in the
State, and was once editor, we believe OF the
Southern Planter. He was we'll known through
out the country during the first Of the war from
the ardor with which he embraced the Confed-
crate cause, and particularly from the fact that
be wasthe man who fired the first gun at Fort
Sumter when General Beauregard bombarded
that work in 1861. HI vas over seventy years
of age. A paragraph in the letter left for the
perusal of family and friends explained the ira
gic deed 1t reads; II cannot survive the loss
Of the llbenties of my couhtry.'
SOUTH CARoLINA-Chareston correspon-
dents state that that city has again assumed
business like aspect. The work Of rebuilding
the portion of the city destroyed during the war
was in active progress, and the wholesale mer-
chants we're rapidly disposing of their stocks of
goods, purchasers from the interior coming in in
large numbers Heavy mortality was prevail
ing among the negroes in Charleston.
1t is said that there are at least one hundred
thousand bales Of cotton along the line of the
railroad between Charleston and Columbia,
awaiting the completion of the line to be for
Warded to market.
Certain Northern papers complain that the
prices accorded to negro labor in Virginia are
grossly inadequate. We conclude, therefore,
that much his her wages are given there, and We
advise our colored heighbors to migrate thither.
- Petersburg Erpress. e..
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06
The Fate OF Crinae.

1A0 DSte Oh VI1Aos
Rascality does not always drive SO prosper
Gus business as rogues are apt to imagine
The bank teller who absconded not long ago
from this city and from his elegant home on
Staten Island, arrived safely enough in Eng.
land; but how long did he enjoy his ill.gotten
gsins7 How speedily was he arrested and
country he had furtively abandoned7 So, too,
with Smith ]. Eastman, the merchant who sud
denly fed from his counting house down town
and his palatial mansion in Brooklyn, defraud.
ing every friend he could impose upon and
carrying of an immense sum TO Europe. Did
his wealth purchase him even mental tranquil.
ity7 Instead Of dashing about the capitals Of
the old world and living on prince, he was
forced to take opium in order to allay his dis
tress Of mind. He found it indispensable to
keep semiinsane in order to silence the clamor.
ings of his conscience. To crown al, insanity
really set in, and he returns home species Of
maniac, as we'll as a prisoner, to answer to the
law for his culpability.
"The way Of the srsnsgressor is hard" and
if every man would only look this fact fully in
mon nor fraud 90 popular In nine cases out
of ten, these peculators live most wrstched
lives after they have committed an act which
exiles them from their friends and makes them
walk the earth like wicked things, seeing in
every form they meet an officer Of justice, and
feeling in their heart Of hearts that ever-present
and intolerable anguish which haunts the guilty
mind. They often take more pains, and labor
with more assiduity, to acquire sum by i'm
proper means than would suffice to accumulate
it uprightly, and, after they have got it. what
felicity does it procure for them2 1t makes the
earth itself Pandemoniam, life burthen
After all, "honesty is the best policy;' there
can be no mistake about that truth, no discoun,
(as the "sports" say) on that solemn reality
N Y. Sunday Times.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

GES. GRANT and party arrived yesterday
morning in Dunleth at o'clock, on the Itasca.
which was the occasion Of cannon booming on
that side of the river. The trip up and down
the river was perfect ovation. When night
came bon6res we're built and the General trot-
ted out at all hours to satisfy the people. At
every town crowds of people from miles back
in the country, had assembled to see the Com.
mander-in-C Chief. The party went to St. An
shony, st. Paul, Minneapolis. Minnehaha, and
other points of interest in that locality. He
took the regular train. yesterday morning. for
Galena. The Dunleith Battery gave him q
parting salute. We understand that he visits
Milwaukee next. Il must be perplexing and
annoying to be great man, when crowds Of
people are gazing at you and destroying your
waking hours and midnight repose. No doubt
the General sighs for q "lodse in some vast
wilderness" to escape the excitement conse-
quent upon his passage through the land
Dubuque Herald, Aug. 29A
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

ROMAN CATHOLIC STATISTICS The
greatest authority on statistics in Europe.
the ut, Mr.. Dieteiici, estimates the pcpu-
latiou Of the globe At 1900, ,o00, 900, twsn-
ty-five per cent. Of whom are Christians
Half of the Christians are Roman Catho-
lies, making l62, 500, 900 Of that dcnomi-
nation in all Il . worli. However, a CEN
sus of Roman Catholic commandments,
taken in Rome in 1864, according to the
number Of waters consumed at Easter Ct
that year, in all the churches and chapels
Of the globe, fixes the number of commu.
nicants at about thirty millions, or less
than one. fifth Of ths total Roman Catholic
population. While it may be taken for
granted that those who know are commu.
masses of Roman Catholics who did not
appear at the communion table in 1864,
would not wish to be thought less devoted
in their allegiance to their church. Nor
can the statistics be deemed satisfactory
unless they include ten years or more, and
establish yearly average, since, from va
rious circumstances, it may appear that
many persons are kept back from the com.
munion tables in one year who would
crowd them in other years. The labor Of
collecting and preparing such statistics il
immense, since all the priests in every part
Of the world must report the number Of
the commandments in their respective
churches or congregations to the bishop Of
their respective doceses. In commenting
upon the small number OF communicates
in proportion to the total population Of Ro.
man Catholics, it must be borne in mind
that children included in the latter, are not
in the former, and that in countries with
preponderating Roman Catholic popu!a-
tons like France, I.a'y. Spain, Portugal,
Belgium, Austria. ireland, end Poland.
the Communicates. in great proportion, are
drawn from the female population, Is many
men, though devoted 70 the church, 30 not
take the trouble Of being formal copmo.
~
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

"WiLLiE," said an interesting young mother
to her youngest hopeful. "do you know what
the difference is between the body and soul7-
The soul, my child, is what you love with. The
body carries you about. This is your body"
touching the little boys shoulder, ''but there is
something deeper in; you can feel it now;
what is it7' ooh. know" said Willie, with
a fash of intelligence in his eyes, "that's my
flannel shirt"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

A good story i told Of country Methodist,
st whose house al itinersnt preacher Vas pass'
ing the night; who. when bed time came. and
family prayer was suggested. in searching fos
. Bible. finally produced . couple Of torn leaves
Of the good book, with the remark: ~ didnt
know was 30 near out Of Bibles"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

Coop REAsox soa MovlSe.-An honest
Hibsnian. trundling along hand cart con.
taining all his valuablss. was accostsd with:
"WeA, Patrick. you are moving again.
sss!'
"Faith. AM" hs replied. "for the times are
% hard, its dale cheaper hirin hand-easts
than payin rnts.'
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

AuRicuLAR CoNyEas.oS.-A cunning jurymau
addressed the clerk of tho court when admin.
istering the oath. saying: "Speak up. canno,
hear what you say" "Stop. are you deaf =
"Thsn you may leave the boz. - il 10 nscss.
sary for Q juryman 70 hear both Sides"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

| CoLERlDGE was acknowledged to be 4 bad
rider. One day, riding through the streets he
was accosted by would-be Wit. II cay, do you
know what happened to Balaam" Came the
answer sharp and quick. The same - hap
pened to me. An ass spoke to him.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

TIE FAIL BoSSIr-A sample Of the fall
style Of bonnsts which has arrived in Nsv
iug no commendable feature whateves.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

There are now nearly three hundred
Ohinamsa living in New York but probaly
not hsH Dozen lnsn from that country.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

A Missouri paper says the people Of south,
west Missouri are living % green's. s!;ppsry elm
bark and roots A light diet.