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Year: 1864

~ AdjutGnt- General Cooper states, in gen
ersl orders number IS, that applications from
the officers Of the nitIe and mining corps for
field service cannot be considered Workmen
employed by them may be organized and armed
for LEGAL defense, but their military orders must
be subordinate to work, IS the leading aim and
consideration, and second in importance to no
Other military order.
Year: 1864

General Foster finding the enemy's position at
Honey Hill too strong TO be easily taken, and not
Of sufficient importance, considering the object of
the expedition, TO warrant a continuance Of the
engagement, withdrew TO a strong position on the
savannah road, from which he will be able to
conduct future opCrations.-NciC York Herald. u
Year: 1864

the divine sanction OF the institution Of
human slavery, are led on from stage to
stage until We End them not only in the
ranks of treason fighting against their
country, bu, alas, 10 many instances, we
fad them the associates Of the murder
Gus guerrilIa and the lswless assassin.


Whatever fine spun theories and logi'
cal and metaphysical inves es,iestions may
be INDUCED in rs TO the cause Of our
troubles, and the cure, it becomes more
aud more paten! every day to every m.
biaaed mind, that slavery being the
cause OF the war must bo exiagnisbed
nnl forever wiped out before we can
have a permanent peace. The General
Government though tarlily) seems TO
have come TO that conclusion, The war
was carried on near two years on the
part of the Government with the tender
est regards for the institution, but, It has
at length been ascertainod thatitis not
only an element Of strength to the rebel
lion, but that it is the very essence Of its
existence, What but legslized system
efhuman oppression and the arrogant
and cruel disposition that it engenders
can account for the perpo'ration (by
men of Anglo Saxon origin cold blood,
ed butcheres of Fort Pillow and other
places Of equal atroci'y which makes
humanity shudder and become almost
diggus,ed at ITSELF and whose apologisis
are to be found amongst those religious
advocates Of human oppression, the in
auence Of whose teaching has had more
to DO with the origin of our.trouble than
any other influence outside of the abode
of darkness itself, Is it any wonder
that the truly loyal Of oil political

creeds who regard their country ami
tho perpetuity of her institutions, para
mount to MI other considerations, have
at last (althOugh in some instances re.
Iuctonily) arrived at the conclusion, that
slavery being not only the cause of the
rebellion but the very essence Of it,
must be wiped out before we can expect
a permanent peace, and the great wonder
is at the tardiness OF the Government in
discovering the fas! and acting, and ac-
ting upon that discovery.


Nothing can be more preposlerous
than the idea that lie Government can
be restored again upon firm and sub
slautinlbosis. and leave the cause Of lis
disruption intact and undiAufbel. II
must be wiped out, not by uncOnstitp'
tional or revolutionary means; moi as an
object of the war, on the part of the
Government, but as consequence of
the rnshness and wickCdness of the re,
belion, and as Q necessity 10 our future
existence as nation, S.


WHErlISa, W. VA, June l4th.
Year: 1864

These are ''sceery" times to those who
hold wool at full figures, on speculation;
and more nerve Is necessary now to look the
n after square in the face than at any time
during the sale of the last two clips. On


the side of full prices, after election, is the
known fact that there is an absolute scarcity
to supply the public with clothing; but
what may be ''full price" then depends
very much upon the condition of markets
and trade generally. If there is decline
all round of from 25 to 33 per cent, a con-
dition that now looks probable, wool will
be at ''full rate, its past price considered,


at from 90c to 81. It will be borne in mind


that we make part Of this condition .'the
past price considered"--but, in comparison
with past charges for woolen goods and for
all other articles on the market, wool has
all the time ranged below Its real value.-
Year: 1864

We clip the following from the New York
Journal of Commerce. 1t is a just tribute to
true gentleman


August Belmont, of New York, the dis
tinguished Chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, has been for some time
past the object of malicious abolition attack,
not aimed SO much at him personally as
against the party of which he is so valuable
member. Among other assertions is, that
he is in favor of peace and assumption of
the Southern debt, because the Rothschilds
and himself are holders of a large amount
of the Confederate bonds. Now, we are au-
thorizcd by Mr.. Belmont to state that he is
not the owner or holder of single dollar of
Confederate bonds or money in any shape
whatever, and that he happens to know that
Messrs. Rothschild are In exactly the same
position. s


"We happen to know that better patriot
than Mr.. Belmont does not live. He is in
favor of peace on the basis of the Constitu-
ton and the Union." gE Da3
Year: 1864

The telegraph informs us that Mr.. Dodd,
lately OH mock trial before mock tribu-
nal in indianapolis, has escaped from prison
and is now at large.


If he had been before legal Court-one
that would accord to him his rights under
the Common Law and his rights under the
Constitution of the United States-one that
had the least legal right to try him, we
should interpret his flight into confession
of guilt. But now we cannot. Had he
been thought to be guilty, he would have
been tried according to the laws of the
land The fact that his accusers did not
dare to bring him before such a Court is
evidence that they thought he could not be
convicted, and more packed and summary
tribunal was necessary. If Mr.. Dodd has
committed any crime that has a penalty
by the laws of the State of Indiana, or by
the United States, we hope he may be tried
before them, and, if guilty, punished ac-
cording to the full measure of the penalty.
But, for the sake of justice, give him a
legal trial, in the event of his recapture.-
Cipciu,,nti Commercial. .t m
Year: 1864

~ Tho mind is not like tho sea. whose
riches cannot bs exhausted, but rather dark
cavern in which se,lacti,ss slowly form.
When a man has brought out tho las of
these, then is tho time for him TO leave OF.
Il is a great pity IL no goes on. honestly
thinking that no Is still producing stalactites.
while his friends SOC that u is only rough
pieces Of stone. plucked with some violence
from tho walls Of the cavern. His friends
ought to tell him OF IL, and he ought to
stop. and in due time. other cryutals may
form as perfect and as beautiful as any that
he has already found. and that without any
conscious effort Of Il. Or IL not, then he
had better remain forever quiet, rather than
weary himself and others also with these
aue rough fragments from tho rock.-Bos-
ton RSrssw.
Year: 1864

EFA man in Portage County was en-
rolled in two districts he was drafted
in both ,and is at the same time in the 100
days service. Upon hearing Of his prizes
he swore he'd secure substitute in both
places. and then see il he could be let
alone.
Year: 1864

A Union Prayer Meeting will be held every
Tuesday afternoon in Che Methodist Church. We
certainly have much to pray for, and also much
to be thankful for Let LIS then leave our worldly
cares and duties at least cnce week for this our
boun1en duty. N
Year: 1864

The GREAT HoAx.-On the first page Of
the Herald, will be found the bogus dispatch
that was played upon the people of San
Francisco, as Christmas present. The
Bay correspondent of the Union, says it is
but the simple truth to admit that the whole
town was sold by it. Even one of the pro-
prietors of the Bulletin bought an extra,
from his own office, as he supposedly read
the good news, went home and slept on it,
and never knew that be was sold until the
following day.
Year: 1864

AT the sink Of the Carson the quantity of
geese and ducks is reported to be beyond all
precedent. Geese settle there by the acre
and in piles, crying out for some one to
come and shoot them. 1t is perfect para
disc for sportsmen No one ever saw the
like.
Year: 1864

BAD RoADs.-Ths roads continue in miser
able condition. Between this place and
Nevada and Dutch Flat, they are represent
ed to be almost impossible yet team
sters and stage drivers manage somehow to
work through, though not without much
wear and tear Of patience, as we'll as teams.
For several weeks there has been just enough
OF wet and cloudy weather to stir up the
mud, without sufficient sunshine to relieve
their copdition, aud there can be no i'm
provement until tue CLERK Of the weather
gives us dry spell"
Year: 1864

NEURALG1A.-We saw gentleman, few
nights ago, relieved from an attack of this
painful disease in the face, 10y the application
Of spoonful or two of salt dissolved in
cologne water. The connection was made
in the hand, and inhaled through the nose,
and the relief was immediate Pacific Echo
Year: 1864

For army dews We refer to our Tele.
graphic reports. We need only to say that
while we have been meeting with the
most splendid success, we need not look
for an entire defeat Of the rebel armies un =
til the battle within the tortifications at
Richmond is fought and won. Every foot
of ground rom Spotsylvania, where We
have SO sallantly defeated them and driven
them back is fortified for defen ;e, and over
every foot Of it our army will have to fight
its way to Richmond But there can be no
doubt Of success. at every point, East.


West, North and South we have been vic


torious, and our troops are in excellent
spirits, fresh, we'll supplied, while the reb-
els IN every respect are exactly the reverse
Year: 1864

resting place. Our Reg is Lincoln
TO the back bone, endowed with spir-
is which are never callous to the OBJ
legations they owe to their country
And when the voice of the AID, with
its brothers in the field, shall be wait
ed back upon the breeze which carries
victory to the Union, and the candi-
dates of the Baltimore PLATFORM
then will a wall 60 up from Copper
heads, such as has not been heard
since the destruction of the apostate
angels-then will they be swept as an
avalanche down to perdition, and the
few remaining ones, with the mark of
Cain upon them, will seek refuge
among the mountains and dark places
Of earth, that they may hide their
shame from an enraged people.


ScoTT.
Year: 1864

Allow me 70 introduce 10 you my friend J. W. Dol.
BEAR who sits your city for the purpose Of teach.
ing Penmanship and Photography. His reputation
as successful teacher is 50 well and 90 widely estab-
iighed that will say nothing On that score only
desire to present him as gentleman from whose so
ciety have derived much pleasure and profit and as
one whom you havethe intelligence to appreciate
anything YOU may do to further his designs will be
gratefully acknowledged BY your friend,


!" JOHN G. EDGAR
Year: 1864




gal Voter-The Prisoner Rescued by
his Friends, Sc.


ocers william p Teller and smyth, Of the Eleventh
precinct, yesterday called upon to
voting illegally at the Fifteenth poll district of the
Eleventh ward located 4o East Tenth street. on the
way to the station house, and while in D.
Fourth street. the officers set upon By gang of
rulans who fred nearly dozen shots them One OF
the balls from pistol took effect in the left OF officer
Teller aud passing backwards lodged in his head
villains then fed, pursued by officer Smyth, where.
upon the man who had shot Teller divested him
self o. his coat in order to render escape
certain, and, craving his revolver, nred
several shots at his pursuer Fortunately however none
OF them took effect. The fugi.ves kept in their flight
and succeeded In making their escape. Captain
Mount, the Eleventh precinct, has learned names
OF several Of the engaged In the urderous assault
and will spare efforts TO them Uacer Teller
after reaching the station house, attended By one OF
the police surgeons who extracted the bullet after which
the wounded officer conveyed his resideu ce No
29S East Fourth street. The attending surgeon thinks
the wound is not mortal.


During the attack the officers the prisoner that they
had arrested made his escape and 10 this hour
been retaken.
Year: 1864

The headquarters Of the republicans at the or
Broadway and Twentytnird street not opened to
the public last night AT about eight O'Clock placsrd
and announced at the Cooper Institute crowd
ped about tho building and would not be satisfied
long time but as no lights were shown and the night
grew oD they eventually dispersed
Year: 1864

Under this head the last South Bend
Register gives some good advice, which
we hope will be acted on ly the Union men
ofSlarshall county


We are on the eve of one of the mos,
important National and State political
campaigns ever held in our history. Now
is the time to prepare public sentiment
Flood your townships with loyal papers
They arc more effective than long -winded
Congressional documents, which arc
scarcely ever read. They arc moro effec.
tive even than the best mass meetings,
however extensively prepared. imposing
in display, oreloqucntly addressed. They
are read from week to week, and gradual
~ and quietly. but surely. gain potent
influence. Money and time can be slen,
in no better way than by increa sing the
circulation Of loyal newspapers.


To the above we add that now is the
best time. while men arc cool and dispas-
sionate. to appeal to their patriotism and
Judgment. Ii the matter is deferred until
rarty excitement is aroused but little
good, comparatively, will bc Effected
We hope our Union friends in this and
Stalk county will aid us in giving the Re,
publican a more extensive circulation and
thus increase its influence for good.
Year: 1864

Gen. CAN'T, of Arkansas, addressed o
large Union meeting at Harrisburg, Penn,
last week. In the course of his speech he
gave the following good counsel to grum


blers and Copperheads: or


Il hear men in the North denouncing
the secessionists with apparent bitterness.
and they say. exterminatc them bat save
the negro. They might as we'll say of a
man bitten by a mad dog, kill the man,
but for God s sake, spare the dogl Laugh
ter We in Arkansas are going to kill
the dog aud try to spare the men. Ken
tuckians say there are two parties, de-
structives and conservatives. He believed
the destructives were the secessionists and
anu their unwilling aiders; but these latter
called themselves conservatives, forsooth.
We in Arkansas are going to vote for
whoever you nominate as an unconditional
Union candidate for President. Cheers.


| Isay to those conservatives that the only
way you can stay this desolation and
bloodshed is to say to the South, yield to
the government, then we will withdraw
our armies. But, mol the conservatives
have not the time nor the men, they say.
They see their true and gallant neighbors
shedding their blood in defence of our
rights. while you stay at home to watch
the constitution. If you can't fight, if
you can't join either side, for Heavens
sake keep quiet and say nothings for when
the rebellion is conquered and the soldiers
come home, they can see for themselves
whether the constitution is desecrated or
not, and punish the desecrators. Cheers.


BY your present conduct in murmuring
and muttering. you preach peace PROPOSE
tions and encourage the insurrectionists.-
am stranger. expect nothing from
you. want nothing from the govern
mcnt: but tell you truly that the rebel
lion is looking anxiously upon the course
of the so-called conservatives. and would
like 10 spur them on. for they expect it will
bring delay and finally victory to them.
I want my suffering people relieved, but
/ want the old government tc embrace the
whole territory as of old. IChcers.


Ny friends in the South have denounced
me because I am telling the truth about
them; but 1 tell ron never met more con-
summate seccssionists than these conser-
vatiyes of the North. Would the South
abuse me If / was not telling the truth
about them? 1 have been among the
rebels aud know that your conservatism
is aiding the South. For once appeal
to you leave party and go for jour country;
nominate an unconditional Union man
and elect him. That is what the Union
men of the South want. The rebels are
waiting for the Inauguration Of q new
president and they want You eonserya-
Year: 1864

The South Bend Register has not yet
announced preference for old Abe as the
next Union candidate for President, and
thus declares the reason:


To those who desire by this (favorlng
his reelection. to catch the favorable eye
Of old Abe. we would suggest that he has
declared, al have more pegs than holes to
put them in" Do You see the point?


The Register evidently sees the point il
no one else does. But might not some OF
those who have announced their preference
for old Abe for another term be actuhted
by different motive than that of office?
Year: 1864

We received tue following letter n,
other day. post marked Nashville, unac.
corhpansbd by a word Of explanation, leav.
ing us guess the object in sending it to
us. which we infer to be to acqnaint us
with the excuses the Vallandghamers
make to the soldiers for their crushing de-
feat last fall in Ohio Where the writer
ofthe cpiste lives we are also left to guess
as he neglccts to mention that fact in the
letter, and we know no one Of his name ii
this county -'efi mosi tsr oi" fs
T. s7fsY fasm Jon December 18th, '63.


"Well Marion take my pen in hand to
direct few lines to You in answer to yours
OF the 9th Of this month. | was glad to
here from you but sorrow 10 here that your
Ileg was sore vet why don't you get fur
low and come home till it gets we'll we
are all we'll at this Time and L hope when
these few lines reaches you they will find
you well. Well Marion you seem to poke
your fun pretty we'll about valandigham
Election. must tell you how he was
beat in the first place the soldiers were
guild by there officers to vote for brough
by not permitting democrat paper to be
read by the soldiers next they would give
all the soldiers furlow home If thoy
would vote for Brough and s,me Of them
voted five and six. times on there way
home in other instances they would not
let democrats vote that had no fanatics
such as men that had to work about
through the country this is the way things
is being done at home Valandigham had
eight thousand more votes than any other
governor that ever was elected in Ohio
there is $4,000 more voters in ohio than
there was in 1860 notwithstanding all the
ravages of war but it is all right it is a
long lape that has no turn to it but Mari
L think if you live to get home you will
see how things are going you wont think
that every men that don't uphold this crnel
administration is traitor
We suppress the name OF the writer for
the reason that he seems to he not so
great traitor. notwithstanding his admi-
ration OF .Vallandigham, as many others
of his party. Perhaps he does not fully
comprehend the effect of Vallandighan' 5
teaching. His assertion. however. con.
cerDing the soldiers not being allowed to
read democrat papers every soldier
knows to be false. We have ourself sent
Copperhcad papers to soldiers for the pur-
pose of letting them see their reasonable
utterances. and to prove to them that they
were eqSally as vile as we represented them.
In regard to the frauds he speaks of, aside
from the impatations he casts upon tho
soldiers, his statements are not only false,
but the repetition merely of the excuses
invented by lying tory papers to prevent
their rank and file from being utterly dis
couragel. Their absurdity have been SO
often exposed that it is unnecessary to
waste space to do so again.
Year: 1864

ing recently and bid fairly for popular cred
il in the mares nest found a few days ago
by General Darlington. The character oi
these inventions and the sources 10 which
they are traceabe, lead us to the suspicion
that they are parts of Black Republican
intrigue and when worked up bye and
bye into some show of plausab;iitJ on. the
testimony OF perhaps gang of these dis
gusting vermin that feed and faiten on The
rotten carcass of spotism-spies or in
formers-may be held in reserve, with a
view to any necessity which may arise in
the Presidential contest for placing Loyal
.ty, after the example OF Louis Napoleon
with red breeches and fixed bayonet, al the
baIlot-boxes OF the coauiry..


Will Mr.. Lincoln risk his return TO pow
er by any delicate regard for freedom OF
election in Maryland? VIII he in Ken
lucky? Will he in Missouri? If civil
wrong or military violence be not sufficient
in these States for his purposes, will he re-
spect the sanctiiy of popular suffrage in H.
linois or in Indiana General Carrington's
North Western conspiracy requires but a
little more touching up to give the control
of the suffrage of the Whole Northwest into
the hands OF the revolution iunta at Wash
ington, in the name and with the appear
ance OF public virtue. Forewarned is FORE
armed.


The danger of violating the freedom of
.Lo ~
underValse. He has perhaps been miEIed
by our patient waiting until next November
Tor day Of reckoning and may therefore
believe that danger less llan hose that will
confront him irom Ihe passions OF an out
ragged people in the event OF mis- defeat
The error OF such supposition woud lead
to fearful evils. To guard against mistake
so fatal we urge tie public throughout the
country to give5expression, al every public
meeting, in the most emphatic manner, to
her fixed determination TO maintain the
freedom Of their suffrage by, if necessary,
even force OF arms.


We are opposed TO the principle in free
coEnlry of secret political societies When
military power sells its heel upon our lib.
critics beyond reasonable hope of redress,
by civil means, We will support any organ
izalion OF the people that promises to vim
dicaie their rights. "TTeasons, strategies
and spoiIs' win grow under the very noses
OF all The CarrEgions OF the land, thick and
fast, in not only the West but in also the
East, if the Administration shall dare next
November to lay sacrileeious hands on the
corner stone Of the temple OF our Liberties
Let Mr.. Lincoln be assured Of this in good
liuIe.-N 7. NeWs
Year: 1864

A RAT SToRY A neighbor, whose state


menis are entitled 10 implicit confidence,
relates story of the cunning and intelli-
gence of rat, which is truly remarkable -
Being plagued with the depredations of the
rodent mammels he made various aite empts
TO secure the representatives of this email
race OF quadrupeds. The trap used was a
WIRE one, and so constructed that, on a raj
entering and nibbling al the bait, the trap
would spring and cage The intruder. Our
neighbor, when he went TO examine his trap,
always found it sprung, but no rat, and,
what was the strangest of all ,the bait gone.
So he resolved TO watch the trap. His pa
tience was presently rewarded hy behold-
ing half dozen rats making their appear
ance. and at their head one who appeared
10 be leader. This rat advanced slowly
and cautiously towards the trap, and when
the others would make a move as if intend
ing to rush at the bait the old fellow would
wag his tail and they would TALL behind him.
After viewing the trap closely, the old fell
low approached the back part OF it, shook
the raised part until the trap sprung, and
Year: 1864

TURKEYS FOR THE soLDIERs.-Our duty TO
the men who are SO gnllantly Gghtlns the bat.
ties of the country ought not for a moment 10
b. lost sight Of The movement to supply them
all VITA good Thanksgiving dinner ought to
enli.t everybody in the good work. Let every
household cook It's turkey or chicken, its pud.
ling or pic, for the soldiers. And let every
one who is not keeping house send gifts of
MOI or other appropriate donations. There
ia no danger of sending too much or doing too
much for the soldiers.


An article on this subject, o. our outside,
from the New York Tribune, will bear careful
perusSl. Let us /" talk turkey" to the soldiers.