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Year: 1864

WASHINGTON, Nov. l.


The sentence of the Baltimore actors in
the ballot fraud plot turns out to be even Sc
verer than WAS some days ago understood.


Both ire sentenced to the Penitentiary
for life-limit.


There's no doubt but that Colonel North,
Governor Seymour's vote agent here, will
suffer the same fate. The evidence against
him is known to be overwhelming. His
trial was postponed again (to-dsy) in order
to give Seymours Commission full swing.
They are still going through the solemn
farce of affecting to be busy in finding out
what it Is all about. On application they
were furnished with specimens of forged
afidavits ready to be filed at will with the
soldiers name and his ballot, which Colonel
North had prepared.


The existence Of such sfidsVits is itself
one of the most dsmning proofs of forgery.
Because the affidavit sets forth that the
soldier is resident Of such place, is law
Iully nublbIcO W NOL6J anu ms uOb sOto0
before at this election, while the blank
shows that no soldier has been there to make
the affidavit, and he refers to the whole
thing as forgery.


Governor Seymour's Peace Commission
ers are beginning to understand that the
Government knew precisely what it was
about in making the arrest.


The specimens Of the new Fractional
Currency are already prepared at the
Treasury Department.


The State authorities are understood to
have advices from Canadian authorities
warning this Government of reasonable
organized movements in their midst &c
make a descent On the Ohio and New Yori
borders at the election and either breaE
up CT take possession of the polls.


The boat from City Point to-day brought
up the body of Captain Austin, of the stt
Ohio Cavalry.


movements of importance this morn
ing. General quiet is reigning along the
lines.
Year: 1864

HEADeABrERs Oct 30.
The utmost quiet has prevailed here to-
day.


October 3lst-6AM.
The rebels attempted to play a sharp
trick on our lines last night, which was on
ly partially successful.


The main object of the attack was de-
fested with considerable loss to them.


At the point of connection between the
I'd and 9th Corps piekets the rebels made
an entrance, passing from one to another,
ia king all the men prisoners.


They then sent forward a heavy force to
charge the line of bresstworks, in the hope
Of piercing our center, but our men had
meanwhile formed behind the works, and
received the rebels with such fire as drove
them back in confusion, and with q
heavy lose. Repeated attempts ended
with like result, though firing was kept up
all night. Our loss is put down at 3s7 men
captured. The killed and wounded were
very few. The enemy's loss must have
been heavy, as they advanced to within
range Of our batteries, though it being dark
our men had not good range.
Year: 1864

The nomination Of General Grant as
Lieutenant General has been unani-
mously confirmed by the Senate, and
he now holds the highest rank in the
Army Of the United States. Lieuten-
ant General Grant is a comparatively
young man to have attained this high
honor, but be has deservedly won it by
his bravery, his high military skill, and
his invaluable services TO his country.
The sentiment of the whole country
pointed TO him as the man whom they
wished to see honored with this signal
mark of distinction. General Grant
was born in Ohio, April 9th, 1922, and
he is therefore not quite forty-two years
Of age. Lieutenant General Scott, now
on the retired list, still retains his
rank Gen Scott, however, by his ap-
pointment was only a Lieutenant-Gen-
eral by brevet, and General Grant is
the only man, except General Wash
ington, who has been honored with the
full rank of Lieutenant General in the
United States. The bill under which
General Grant has been appointed says
that "the President is hereby author
lied, whenever he shall deem it expe-
dient, to appoint, BY and with tho adj
vice and consent of the Senate, a Lieu
tenant General, to DO selected from
among those officers in the military
service not below the grade Of Major
General, most distinguished for cour-
age, skill and ability, who, being com
missioned as Lieutenant General, shall
be authorized, under the direction and
during pleasure Of the President, to
command the armies Of the United
States" We have now one responsible
military head to which the people can
look for the guidance Of our armies,
and he is worthy Of the trust
Year: 1864

Few people are aware of the large
number of impregnably fortified works
that are being constructed along the


Mississippi river by our troops--mainly
by our negro troops. BY imDrepaabe
we do not mean that all these works
are absolutely beyond the possibility Of
capture by any conceivable force; but
simply that they cannot be taken by any
enemy that could be marched or mass
ed against them-not, for instance, by
the whole military power Of the South
ern Confederacy, much less by the com
bined armies and navies Of France and
England The rebels Indicated to US
what were the strongest natural posi-
tions on the river; and some Of them
they made hard effort to hold, but in
each and every instance they failed for
want Of the proper appliances These
positions, such as Port Hudson, Vicks-
burg and others, have been taken hold
of by our troops, and around them have
been built new works; compared with
which the rebel works were contempt
bic, while our appliances Of artillery
and our iron-clad naval supports add
indefinitely to their superiority We
venture TO say that il jeff Davis were
to marshall all the armies Of the South
against Vicks5tgg, he could not capture
it in twenty years, nor, for that matter,
in twenty centuries And there are
twenty places on the Mississippi river
of which the same thing might be said
We should like to inquire Of JEFF Davis
what he proposes doing about it, ~


T. Times.
Year: 1864

TIE APPEoAcBEo END Or SLAvEEY-
The Catholic Telegraph Of last week
says:


As rats abandon a sinking ship 30
the advocates Of slavery are taking a
long farewell 10 the peculiar institution
Even Brooks, Of the y, Y Express, has
turned his back on t. Before many
months the white laborer viii have a
field Of enterprize opened TO his ener-
eies such as was never seen before in
this or in any other country. Let the
church prepare for the new crder Of
thing The land thai vas desolats
shall blossom Ike the rose. Where the
pestiferous breath Of slavery heretofore
destroyed every holy effort Of our faith
70 take root and flourish, now that the
evil il removed, the pure breath Of
freedom prevails and tho sign Of tho
cross win be seen where a few years
ago 40 one thought Of is appearance.
The enemies Of the church and of our
humanity rage in vain. Senseless
political prejudices must disappear be
fore the light Of divine trath.
Year: 1864

fact that large numbers OF white men are


required at the North TO do necessary labor


which is done by slaves az the South--to


settle the fact that, as the war is now going


on, the material for soldiers must be used


up very much sooner in the South than In


the North. SO far as that element in the
problem goes, there can possibly be no
mistake that It is decisive for the North


Now, how about the other element


Will money fail the North, sooner than


men the South? This is question which


is not so determinable by definite figures


as the other Yet it seems to us that


analogy enables it to be answered just as
| surely. Three wears of war, as has Just


been shown by Mr.. Chase in the table
published by us Yesterday, have loaded
| the Government with a debt of seventeen
hundred and nineteen millions 1t is


safe to say that three years more of war
will not more than double that debt
making it less than thirty-fye hunded


millions 1t is true that the prices of the
material of war have greatly advanced;


but this is abundantly Offset by the fact
that great number of ships and vast
amount of material, which will not have
to be replaced have been provided
from our present Indebtedness, and the
other fact that no small portion of this
debt accumulated before the tax and tar
if systems, now in operation, could be
established to help meet the current ex~
penses Could we not stand thirty-6Ve
hundred millions of debt without break
ing DOWN. The answer to this is that
Great Britain, with less than halt of our
population and available revenues, had a
heavier debt than that on her shoulders
fifty years ago, and that so. far from break
ing down under it, she has all the while
since been advancing with the strength of
a giant This is the decisive point. If
we can endure the debt, regularly paying
of its interest when due, the whole hnan-
cial system of the Government is secure,
and a national currency, based on the
national credit, can be maintained TO the
full extent required by the business of
the people The end ::of the next three
years would see us heavily burdened, to
be sure, but still uncrushed. But where
would they find the armies of the rebel- !
lion? If the last three years have put
five hundred thousand rebels hoTS an com !
BAT, and there are but four hundred thous-
and able-bodied, men left, it needs no labor
ed calculation to prove that, with the same |
active prosecution of the war, the last |
rebel soldier would be in the same con-
The fighting of the 'Confederaey" will
be brought to standsstill simply from |
the lack of men to do the fighting. And
when the "Oonfederacy" ceases TO fight
it ceases to exist


We think we have fairly answered the
question we started with. If this be so,
it is a weakness to doubt the final issue
of this war. If the Northern people con
tinue to sustain the Government as they |
have done hitherto, the final breaking |
down of the rebellion is as sure-unless
Heaven turns against us-as any physi- |
cal result can be.
Year: 1864

Country Merchants and Milliners would do we'll to
oall and examine my stock before purchasing else
where If they want to buy goods from thirty to forty
per cent cheaper than they buy the same at any
other store in Wheeling, as am positively determined
to close my business. ootlO
Year: 1864

FREEDoM.-The word Freedom has had an
immense run for a year or two. The doctrine,
of, OF rather the soord Freedom, has been con-
stantly before the public, in the mouths of rad
ical men and the continual burden of radical
literature. Yet when we come to look at the
acts and practical workings of the most blatant
of these observation-disclosures how little of real
freedom is discovered there. Newspapers that
are almost entirely devoted to what they call
"Freedom" are at the same time its very worst
enemies. While protesting great veneration
and love for "freedom" they in favor of sup
pressing every newspaper that differs with them
in sentiment upon certain questions. Thus,
practically and in fact they stand opposed to
the "freedom of the press''-a privilege which
the Constitution of the United States says, in
express terms, shall not be abridged. And so
of the freedom of speech, which is also guaran-
teed by the Constitution, these freedom newspa-
pers instead of upholding which, as one would
naturally suppose they should do judging from
their professions, frequently its bitterest en-
emies, being clamorous at times for the arrest





free and unreserved expression of opinion. And
when arrests of this character have been made
these loyal journals have gloated and been ju-
bilant over the occurrences. 1t seems to be
their especial business to write laudatory arti-
cles in favor of freedom, and at the same time
to oppose in every possible way, Constitutional
liberty in all its forms. That freedom, that lib
erty, which is regulated by the Constitution and
the laws, receives no encomiums or defenders
from this class of loyal presses; but if thera is
any kind of freedom, Or anything which might
be tortured into semblance of freedom, which
is not regulated by law, they favor it unhesita-
tingly and at once. Unlawful freedom can
claim their utmost sympathy and attention, but
lawful liberty, guaranteed by the Constitution
which has protected citizens in their rights for
nearly century, is regarded as traitorous and
monstrous The Constitution of Washington,
Jefferson and their illustrious compeers is worth
nothing to these mad fanatics and wicked men,
and consequently that great Charter of Amer
ican Freedom is never eulogized by them or by
others, with their sanction. Black freedom
they pretend to favor, but white freedom they
bury out of sight-beneath dismembered
Union and the ruins of broken and disgraced
clude that many of those who favor radical
freedom at the present day are either very ig-
norant or very wicked men
Year: 1864

He was shot whilst carrying a dispatch at the
charge the rebel works before Petersburg on the
9th of June. The ball entered his side and passed
directly through him. He lived about three hours,
endured his suerings with great forttnde and with
out murmur. When told that his wound would
prove fatal he was perfectly resigned and anxious to
be relieved from pain He retained his and
talked to his comrades till the last. He a noble
boy. 1 always esteemed him one of the best"


The subject of the above was our brOther-Adju-
tant DAVID A. REEs. Nearly three years ago he vol
unteered to fight against the rebellion and after hav
ing followed Gen. Grant through all his campaigns
and victories to the front of Petersburg he has been
called to join the pae army ere he had reached his
twenty-second year. We remember him only as
bright, bue-cyed boy of eleven summers, whom we
babe adieu in the home of our parents ten years
ago-little dreaming then that such a fate awaited
our country, that he, so timid and young, would
ever be called to die such death. But we sadly re-
alize that he has fought his last battle, and,
numbered h the sain sleeps his last sleep beneath
the soil of the Old Dimin on where when the roar of
battle has died away the winds that sweep among the
tall pines that stand above his burial place win for
ever sing his requiem. Perhaps tits we'll but his
fate has not been such as we would have cho-
sen for the child whom carried in our arms in his





homestead. Yet while we regret his early death,
we remember that he is only one among hundreds
of thousands who have persisted in the same cause,
and that we are only two among the millions who
have been called to the loss of frierds Many
as brave as he have fallen and the word outside
of their own little home circles hav9 no ON that
they died. Yet the dear ones within those homes
have grieved deeply as if their names and virtues
had been known andpu blished to the world. The
majority of us read the news of one, three and ten
thousand being killed in almost every battle and for
gett in hour; but the hearts of one, three, ten
and ten times ten thousand in the homes where
these slain have dwet made to bleed for the loss
of fathers, sons, brothers, husbands or friends
For them each parti cuar battlefield has its sad re-
membrancer. To us the assault of the 9th of June
| 64 will be memorable and grayhaired father and
mother, who, with purer deeper affection watched
! the growth of their boy from infancy to manhood
will not forget it till their latest hour and already
bowed with the weight of years will bend sti Il lower
beneath the great grief that the day has brought
them. Would that we could believe that the blood
that has been shed has not flowed in vain and that
we could look up from the night ofthegrave and fee
that though bereft of friends, have still united
country left. Would, too that there was no occa
breaved will forever rest upon the rebels who inau-
gurated the war at Fort Sumpter history will
record as bitter one against those politicians, ia
natics and shoddyites at the north who, for theil
own selfish purposes have needlessly protracted IL
Year: 1864

f1F ever the day shall arrive" said Justice
Story, Sin which the best talents and the best
virtues shall be driven from Office by intrigue
or corruption, by the ostracism of the press, or
the still more unrelenting persecution of party,
legislation will cease to be national. 1t will
be wise by accident, and bad by system" If
the legislation of our last Congress, for the
most part, was not "bad by system" it at least
has the merit Of seeming so
Year: 1864

PAST BEL1EF.-A Correspondent writing to
the Golden Age' from FisherVille, Kootenai
mines, says new mines have been discovered
on a creek short distance from Fisherville
which for the distance of four or five miles pay
very well. One company took out eighty oun-
oes of gold in one day; and so far, he says, as
prospected, the hills bid fair to pay even better
than the creek Notwithstanding the Cores
pondent says that what he writes may be relied
upon as being "true and correct" eighty ounces
taken out of the creek by one Company in one
day and the hills promising to pay still better,
swamps our belief altogether.
Year: 1864

awe have seen 'Old Abe re-nominated, and
soon we shall see the ponderous foot of the
rail-splitter engaged for another four years in
stamping treason out of the rebels, North and
South
Year: 1864

The reverend gentlemen who are engaged in
collecting money and goods for our needy sol,
diers, inform us that they intend publishing the
names Of contributors with the amounts sub
scribed and how appropriated. This will be
done to satisfy the public; 60 that no one need
apprehend wrong direction Of his donation
They have raised about or over $4,000; but they
do not intend to stop short of $4,000 if they
meet with proper encouragement.
Year: 1864

NEw YoRK, July 2s.-Gen. Sanford re-
turned from Washington last night, hav-
ing succeeded in obtaining an order
from the War Department that such Of
the 100 days men from this State that
may be in the service at the time Of the
draft will be exempt.


The Herald has the following:
Year: 1864

A physician in Connecticut he's recent
ly made discovery which must prove of
immense benefit in these times of exorbi-
tant prices of living. This discovery is
that dirt the soil on which we tread with
careless feet, can bc converted into "A
wholesome article of diet The Connec-
ticut doctor is said 10 have been led TO this
important discovery by the reflection that
the Patagonians and other athletic tribes
make dirt a portion of their daily food
This undeniable fact suggested TO the doc
tor proposition equally undeniable to
wit that inasmuch as the vegetable pro-
ductions upon which we have been in the
habit of subsisting all spring from the soil,
the soil itself must contain all the nutri :
tous elements which find their way into
tho plants which clothe its surface. ain
a word, an acre ofgood stiff mud bears the
same relation 10 corn, peas, and beans that
a bag Of wheat does to barrel of we'll
bolted white flour. Wheat is net flour,
but the flour contains nothing which is not
in the wheat Mud is not corn, nor is il
peas, but everything good in corn and peas
comes out of tho mud"
Year: 1864

Professor Henry, ofthe Smithsonian In
stitute, in speaking of the drought and of
the rain which fell week ago, says:


"The idea has frequently been advanced
that drought may be interrupted by the
firing of cannon, but little reflection will
convince us that neither the combustion OF
gunpowder nor the agitation Of the air hy
discharge of cannon can furnish tho
moisture necessary for the production of
rain. IL however, the air as surcharged
with moisture, and the atmosphere in the
unstable condition which Immediately pre-
cedes rain, thcs violent commotion or
an upward current of air produced by n
large fire may bring on rain, which
might, in some rare instances, not other
wise have fallen. In the case of the
drought, which we have had for the last
six weeks there was not sufficient mois-
ture in the atmosphere 10 produce rain.
Even on Saturday and Sunday morning
the air was remarkably dry, and therefore
the moisture from which the rain OF Sun
day night was precipitated, must have
been waited from distance by the north
cast wind which commenced blowing
from that direction about . o'clock on
Sunday morning"
Year: 1864

The New York Nsps, commenting upon
the volume Of paper currency says Why
does Chase desire to get rid Of the circulation
Of the State banks2 Is it 10 order to reduce
the imitation Of the currency and thereby
bring down what is called the high price Of
gold OF course pOt-he has no such ides.
He wishes simply 70 make room for the notes
OF his new National banks He wishes 10
put ia circulation what is practically his pa.
per, in the place Of the State bank paper, 10
as great an amount, al least and to far
greater amount If possible. he is anxious,
also, to get as much OF the "Nstionar bank
currency AS he can in the place Of his Rreea !.
backs. But that is all that he wishes He
does not dream Of reducing the volume OF
paper currency, 0n the contrary, be knows
that be intends to increase il, while the war
lasts He bas, therefore, no real purpose Of
fairly bringing doWh the price OF gold, for no
one knows better than be that what is called
the appreciation Of coin is lly the depre-
citation Of paper aud that the only way to stop
II is 10 stop paper issues
Year: 1864

HoNEY.-Judge Sheets, who has been expcr-


anting with bees the past season, informs us


they do as well here and accumulate honey


apidly as in any country he has ever been in.
ne honey produced by them is free from the
bitter taste. which is noticeablei in the Willamette
honey. The wild rye grass along the creeks and
bottoms affords the bees an excellent source
from which to extract honey. Observing men
say that early in the morning the clear honey
dew may be seen standing on the leaves of this
grass, in greater profusion than on any other
plant that grows in the country
Year: 1864

PRoBATE.-Judge Bluett commenced the first
term OF his court on Monday last at his office,
with the County Auditor, Treasurer Clerk and
Sheriff. The court is still in session to attend
to Probate business.
Year: 1864

THE WEATHER AT WALLULA.-An individual
just up from Wallula says-it has been hotter
than-any place down there for the past week
As "clincher" to his assertion, he afirms "the
mercury has run up in the thermometer there
every day until it stuck out at the top more than
an inch and a half" That rather beats our
climate up here
Year: 1864

III SETH W. 1AIEM


XTOU are hereby notified that an action has been


commenced against you by the plaintiff in the
above entitled action, and Plaintiff has filed a com
plant against you said Court, which will come on to
he heard at the next Of the Court which shall
commence more than two months after the date of
this publication, which is the 18th day of July, 1864
and unless you appear ut said term a; answer the
same will be taken as confessed and the prayer
thereof granted. The object and grounds of said
complaint are, First-to dissolve the partnership be-
tween you and said Plaintiff AM the appointment Of
a Referee for an injunction enjoining and restrain
ing you from conveying any portion of Block No.
in the townof Wallnla in said county, and all other
property purchased by the firm of YMlsyckle Ia
tenn of the University Of said Territory, and all lands
owned by the said firm in said county of Walla Walla
in said Territory. and for Judgment in the of
$l6S38 %. And whereas, by the order Of the Judge
of said Court, made on the 18th day of July; 1854,
the Clerk of the Court is commanded to issue tenn
porary injunction against you restraining and enjoin-
ing you from selling or dispOsng of, or interfering
with any of the lands or property named and set forth
in Plaintiff complaint and that the said restrain
ing order be in force until the next term Of -ad
Court or until Judge thereof, in vacation, shall
otherwise order and direct; and it further ordered
by the Judge-it appearing that you are now non
resident Of said Ierrtofy.-tbat notice Of this order
he given To You by publication in the Washington
Statesman" according TO law.


Dated Willa Wulla July l2th, 1864.


BRIDGES & TURNEY Plaintiff 3 Att'ys