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Year: 1864




The Charleston Courier, conresscdly tho
ablcst and most influential journal in rebel
DOM in its issue of the 7ih inst, has the
following on the la!! OF Atlanta:


All Of us perceive the intimate connection
existing between the armies of the Conred-
eracy and the peace men in the United States
These constitute two immense forces that
are working together for the procurement of
peace. The party whose nomination and
platform we are considering are altogether
depending for success on the courage and
resolution Of our fighting. men. If~their
generalship, sagacity, valor, and vigilance are
unable to obtain victories, and to arrest the
progress of the invading hordes, the existing
Administration will laugh to scorn all the ei,
forts Of the Opposition, and, in spite of the
most powerful combinations, will continue to
hold the places they occupy.


Our success in battle insures the success
Of Mcclellan. Our failure will inevitably
lead to his defeat 1t IL the victories that
have crowned our arms since this year be-
gah, that have given existence, strength and
harmony to that organization, which has ar
Tayed itself with firm. defiant front against
the despot and his minions. 1t is our long,
unbroken series of splendid successes that
has emboldened the few men of sense and
honesty in Yankecdom to raise their voices
in deDunciaton Of the unconstitutional, base.
foolish measures adopted and enforced by
their Government, and they have gathered
around the banner of their exceptional men
so large number, as that they have good
hope Of being able to make head against the
oppressor and tyrant. .......


That heavy reverse occurs at the infancy
Of that organization. II has not been but
started in its career. 1t has not had timo to
mature its plans and to develop and augment
its actual strength. We arc aware that that
party, no matter how numerous, harmonious
and powerful, engages in the contest with
the party in power under many and grave
disadvantages. Even if the campaign under
Grant and Sherman come to grief before the
end of the present month, It is extremely
doubtful whether Lincoln, with the treasury
at his command, backed by the amy, sup.
ported by the thousands who are growing
rich by the war, and who are deriving their
maintenance from employments of various
sorts in his service, will defeat his rival, and
replace himself in the Presidential chair. 1t
is highly probable he will be able to retain
the power he now wieds even in case we
are altogether victorious, there is no ground
for .he hope that the opposition will succeed
II our armies are visited with defeat.


Contemplating the fall Of Atlanta from
this point of view, we are obliged to consid.
er 1t a disaster of great magnitude.
Year: 1864

TIE army sentiment was well expressed
by soldier in the Vermont election. A
copperhead ticket was thrust at him as be
lmped up TO the polls. lie took it and look
ed at it musingy, then threw it away with
the remark, What n laundering fool |
should be to go down to Virginia and fight
rebels three years with my muskct, and then
come here TO stab myself in the back with a
piece Of paper like that ~
Year: 1864

A terrible affair has just come to light in
Paris, which is causing a great sensation.
A celebrated physician, desirous of ascer-
tanning and infinitely recording the effects
of the "haschish" or Indian hemp upon the
human mind, induced three young men to
lock themselves up in room with him,
and partake of it. The servants were all
sent away, but after waiting twenty-four
hours and the inmates not coming forth,
the doors were demolished, when horrible
sight presented itself within. lac


On the floor lay the doctor, insensible,
and bleeding profusely from a wound in his
head. One of the young men extended be-
side him, groaning in agony, his left arm
and leg both broken by the fall of the cham
delier, which by some extraordinary aeci-
dent, had slipped from its chain, and lay
scattered in fragments all over the carpet.
Another of the experimentalizers was
seated on the floor, close by the doctor,
clasping one Of the brass candelabras from
the mantle-piece with which it was evident
the victim was wounded-he was found to
have become a raven maniac; while the
third was lying quietly beneath the table
lin O stupor, from which no medical skill
has yet been able to arouse himl 500 p


The doctor, whose wound is not serious,
and whose insensibility produced from the
loss of blood, gives a vague, confused ac-
count of the scene as yet. The revelations
made in the pages of his pocket-book, are
said to be most extraordinary, and to have
caused the greatest excitement among the
medical men of Paris. ~ tlH
Year: 1864

extent, and in their size, as well as Tn
decorations, bear witness to the wealth and
luxurious tastes of the. occupant. Among
the relics of this house preserved in the To-
cal museum is one which throws a curious
light on the domestic arrangements of the
Pompeian baker, being no other than one
of the dishes which were actually In process
of preparation for dinner on the very day
of the catastrophe! Upon the cooking stove
in the kitchen was found stew pan, half
filled with ashes, and in the bottom appear
ed an indurated mass, which Signor Fiorelli
rightly conjectured to have been produced
by some of the viands which lay within the
pan, and which, although long since de-
composed, had left their impress on the now
consolidated ashes. Acting upon this hap
py thought, he applied in this instance the
same ingenious process which was so sue
cessfully adopted in reproducing that pain
fully life-like group Of human figures, de-
scribed with such terrible fidelity in one of
your former numbers; and the result has
fully justified his anticipations, being an
exact fac simile in bronze of young pig,
which was being stewed for the family din
ner at the very moment when they were
surprised by the stroke of doom.-Letter
frO1n NdDles.
Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged TIE DAILY ONO
STATESMAN, and now print It on plain an, hand
some new type and clear white paper


In Politics. The ONO STATESMAN is, in W ar as IN
Peace. for the Country for tho Constitution and 10,


Union Of equal States. with equal privileges, and
with equal and exact Justice to all its citizens We
srtfor the Old Flag. with not Star or Stripe erased
and the Old Union far as possible to restore it,
aud for the existing Constitution in its spirit letter
nd purpose.


Upon the eeming events Of the year. rest the hopes
If the People and Government. We are in the midst
Of bloody and protracted civil war. Its duration
and close depend upon wiser, ruer and moro patri-


ePolicy than we have seen during the present Ad-
ninistration. Wsowe 1t to the memo<y Of our Faith


and to the hspes Of Children tc The future Of
BUR Country, and to the best INTEREST," OF mankind to
shange Policy which is drifting farther and far
her from the landmarks Of our patriotic sires.


TEE STATESMAN will do all 1t can to aid in bring
Ing about this change snd hence. the Publishers in
vite support and encouragement from all those who
while wishing for . good NEWSPAPER. also wish to
have sound Constitutional journal.


We publish paper in which we seek to give the
TRUTH. Our Commercial Reports, our Markets, our
Political and General News, are carefully freed from
The ensational character, and we seek TO make TIE
sTATEsMAN trustworthy in every particular.


For News, for Instruction. for Good Morals. for
Sound Political Sentiments. for Steady Defense of
American Institutions Take, Read and help to Cir
,ulate. TIE ONO STATESMAN. .,


The WEEKLY ONO STATESMAN is enc Of the
argcst, cheapest, and best printed Papers in the
West. Each number contains complete resume Of
II the Military and Political news of the week. the
atest telegraphio and market reports carefully
prepared collection of literary reading for the home
and family; and an abundance of paragraphs upon
every topic of interest or Importance. The wide
circulation already obtained by this paper is evil
Sence Of its popularity, and Of its being adapted to
the wants Of the people. .
Year: 1864

Napoleon was generally master of an emer-
gency, and knew what measures were most ef-
fectiye for the matter in hand. On one occasion
he dispersed ferocious mob By a single dis
charge Of grape shot, followed by blank catrid-
ges. On another, as related in the following
paragraph, he scattered them by pertinent joke
which hit the core Of the matter:


When an officer of the goyeranment ofthe rev.
olution, the first Napoleon had been ordered out
to disperse body of rioters. Having drawn up
his soldiers and some guns across the street, he
waited their advance. They at length appeared
sweeping down on him and his party like roar
ing torrent The artillerymen, with their bort
fires, stood ready at his signal to pour showers
of grape into the body Of the mob. Unwilling
to shed blood he stepped out from his men to
reason with the suffering and s-guided people,
and soon found himself Uis-a-Uis with their head,
yirago OF woman, whose appearance present.
ed a remarkable contrast to his own. She was
of great size and enormously fat while he, al
ways very little, was at that time so thin, as well
as small, that he was known by the sobriquet of
fLa Petit CorporalU He demonstrated with the
LADY, but she replied with yolleys of abuse, tel
ling him that while she and other honest hard
working people were starving, such idle fellows
as he and his soldiers were fattening on the best
of the land With that eagle eye and remarka-
bic promptitude which afterward turned thefate
of many battle field Napoleon saw the weak
point of his adversary's position. He paused
till she was out of breath. Then taking of his
hat he bowed to the mob; and, placing his own
thin figure beside that ofhis opponent, he asked
them to say whether the good lady or he looked
most like starving? As happens in more res
pectable assemblies than mobs, and elsewhere
than in witty France, good humored joke won
the day; and the people for time at least quiet
ly dispersed
Year: 1864

1t is a curious subject for men now to reflect
upon to what will be the aims and occupa-
tons of the hundreds of thousands of men now
in arms after their present occupation is gone.
Doubtless we will haYe from ten to twenty thou
sand engineers, who will claim railroad build
ing and canal digging, tunnelling, ballooning,
mining and torpedoing, and a vast number Of
other things, as their especial forte; and many
of them will bring high sounding titles to their
aid as guarantees of their superior capacity
From this down to the humblestin position, men
will strive to bring their experiences during the
last three years to some useful and remunerate
appfcation-we fear in most cases to little pur-
pose. Little knowledge can be gained in war
that will be useful in peace.
Year: 1864

IT is curious propensity in most dogs TO
howl at the moon, especially when shining the
brightest. In the same manner it may be OBJ
served that any eminent person who is striving
to enlighten the world is sure to be assailed by
the furious clamor and abuse Of the bigoted and
envious This is a thing disgusting in Itself
the bowling Of dogs is an unpleasant sound ;
but still it sign and accompaniment of
mans success in doing service to the public
And it be is truly wise man, he will take no
more notice Of it than the moon does Of the
bowling of the dogs. Her only answer to them
j. to shine on.
Year: 1864

AN OLD CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR IN TROUBLE.
The Washington correspondent Of the Alta
gives the following in relation to what befel a
member of the last Legislature of California


"John w Cherry, formerly a member of the
Legislature from San Francisco, and now on
visit to the East, was recently captured in Wash
ngton a rebel spy and confined ia the Old
Capitol Prison for some time, notwithstanding
his urgent pfotestatons of loyalty He repaired
to Washington on a visit and answered so well
to the description of a rebel spy, which the Gov
ernment officials were on the lookout for, that
they nabbed him as the rebel Simon Pure. The
mistake was not discovered until Cherry had
good examination of the inside of the Old Cap
itol-as one of the institutions of the city. His
curiosity probably led him to look around the
departments about Washington, in the Capitol
and the gardens of the White House, as most
strangers would be likely to on their first visit
to Washington. Cherry, however, saw the Cap
itol, he cannot deny that but it was the Old Cap
itol which he found used as a hotel as well as
Wizards; but the fare though good and whole
some, was not exactly as dainty as the latter fa-
nous resort. Ample apologies were made, of
course, when Mr.. Cherry was released. 1t is
surmised some enemy Of his lodged the infor-
nation against him, or threw out dark hints
about seeing him South at some time.
Year: 1864

When Cornelius Vanderbilt was young man,
his mother gave $50 of her savings to buy
sail boat, and he engaged in the business of
transporting market gardening from Staten
Island to New York City. When the wind was
not favorable, he would work his way over the
shoals by pushing the boat along with poles,
putting his own shoulder to the pole, and was
very sure to get his freight into market in sea
SON. This energy always gave him command of
full freights, and he accumulated money. Af-
ter a while he began to build and run steam
boats, and he is now reputed to be worth over
nineteen million of dollars, after making the
Government pl esent as free gift of a steam
ship that cost the sum of $500 O0OO.
Year: 1864

CAPE COP JUsr1CE.-A man on Cane Cod
who had separated from his wife, married a sec
ond, with whom he lived year and half and
then died His first wife came forward and took
possession Of the estate, the second wife sued
for her pay for services during the time she lived
with the deceased, and jury gave her a verdict
for 50 per week.
Year: 1864

Sheridan had very convenient formula for
acknowledging all the new publications that
were sent to him: Dear sir, | have received your
exquisite work, and have no doubt shall be
highly delighted after have read it, The au-
thor may take this remark either way, compli-
mentary or otherwise
Year: 1864

MODERN DENoCRACT.-The Merced Banner
declares that the recen. Democratic Convention
of Merced county was called by the Secretary
of the County Central Committee, and that the
Chairman never heard Of it, Only few wire
pullers. it would seem, knew of the meeting.
This is not a strange occurrence for modern
Democracy" in this county, only portion
of the precincts were representative don.
know whether the others were notified or not
but it is likely tie K g. c. left them out in
the cold Intentionally
Year: 1864

EMIGRATION TO ANERICA.-The New York
correspondent of the London Times is alarmed
at the stream Of immigration which continues
to pour into New York in steadily increasing
volume from Germany and Ireland. and to a
smaller extent from England" Last year,
he writes, "the average weekly number OF
arrivals was upwards CT 5000. This year it
promises to be 5000 These emigrants leave
the worn out fields Of the Old World to lie as
fallow ground, while they turn TO the more
productive and profitable fields of the New
and well may the tottering monarchies view the
subject with deep concern. But with tie
promised land" Of Freedom before their eyes
the German and the Irshman are well content
to leave the Fatherland which could give them
only their nativity, on their pilgrimage across
the sea, 10 find home.
Year: 1864

DY VIRTUE OF A DECRETAL ORDER OF


Ee sale, issued ont of the District Court of the
Second Judicial District, in and for the county Of
Butte and State of California under the seal thereof


in favor of J. ~ Pollard, plaintiff, and against P.
Riley, defendant, to me directed and delivered,
commanding me to sell the mortgaged premises
hereinafter described to satisfy the judgment men
toned in said order, TO which reference being had.
more fully appears. have levied upon, and viii
expose at public sale, to the highest bidder for cash


at the Court House door in said county and State on
Year: 1864

In recent speech upon question which he foresaw
would lead to fresh dssenons at the North In the
ranks of his party Mr. Senator DooLIrTLE held the
following languarge:


In Gods let us fret the Union let us crush
the rebellion let give freedom to the negroes the
it by constitutional amendment But let us postpone the
discussion aud action upon this and all other Issues which
ouly distract DIVIDE and weaken the energies
OF the loyal people in this great struggle For myself
would so conduct affairs if it within my power


that the whole people Of the Free States Loyal States


this controversy should stand together man shoulder
to shoulder speaking butone voice. but sent
ment their hearts pusang with wshthat is TO
the Government crush the rebellion and rampe the Slave
Confederacy in pieces"


Upon the single paramount issue Of saving the Gov
ernment" and maintaining the Union once had a
united people in the Loyal States II the remonstrance
which Senator Doolttle now 80 ferventy uers against
questions Of med strife had been needed from the first
and if those questions had been postponed to their proper
time and place. should have still had united people
On revertng to the history of the last two years, II will
be that the questions about which loyal men have
most widely and sharply differed questions which bad
not arisen in the necessary natural progress OF events,
but questions thrust upon the consideration OF Con-
gress and the Executive by that clsss of hurryng
formers Coeridge calls them, who themselves as


little satisfied to-day with the situation they have created
the whom they have disgusted by their prema-
ture and unsvaDg projects Of political and social change
Year: 1864

We need not direct the attention of our readers


to the Report, elsewhere found in to-day's Intell


gencer, as made by portion of the War Commit


tee appointed to inquire into the truth of the re-


presentations made respecting the barbarities COM


mit,ed by the insurgent forces Of Gen. Forrest on


the occasion Of the capture of Fort Pillow, the


Mississippi river.


1t will be seen that those representations are


more than confirmed by this report whether re-
gard be had to the number or character of the re-
voting excesses committed by merciless foe in
the hour of victory. All that the imagination can
conceive of rLost brutal and fsLdsh in war seems
to have combined to swell the horrors Of the
bloody scene. War at its best estate is full Of
atrocities, but it is in such hideous pictures as
these that its features alright by their ghastlness.
The presence of negro troops among the Federal
garrison defending the fort appears to have been
the motive or pretext of these barbarities. What
ever may be said or thought by any respecting the
original expediency Of employing negro troops, it
is obvious that when once employed by the Gov.
ernment they entitled to the full protection of
the Government tits a part of the sad necessities
entailed by the policy which has thrust them into
the ranks of army that their there gives
ferocity to the foe. while it lays the Government
under the moral obligation of counter checking that
ferocity by some form of retaliation. Nothing is
clear than this obligation in point of theory
nothing is more embarrassing than, in practice, to
give it effect without committing the barbarities
We deprecate. What steps shall be taken to pro-
cure for the negro soldiers the same treatment is
awarded to the white, it is not for us to say. The
President in his only public reference to the SUBJ


ect has made it evident that he shrinks and justly
shrinks, from wreaking vengeance for these OUT
RACES on the persons Of innocent prisoners of the
enemy in our power.


The whole subject is beset with practical diff
cultes, as soon as it is lifted from the circle Of
passion into the domain of reason. Those who
heedessly urge the President to take counsel only
of his resentments in this terrible and delicate
complication would be, we may hope, more chary
of their adjurations if they were called to bear
the responsibility of their proposed measures, AS
the President must be called, in the face Of. the
civilized world and in full sense of his personal
and official duty, to bear the responsibility Of what
ever decision he may make in the premises.
Year: 1864

The Cincinnati Gazette, in commenting on the
Presidents appointment of Major General BLAIR
to the command of the Seventeenth Army Corps,
after he had made violent attack on the official
conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury expresses
the opinion that such an appointment, conferred
by the President under such circumstances, is in
consistent with that view of "loyalty" which re-
quires support of the Administration in all its
"men and measures" To this effect our Repub-
lican contemporary says:


"There is another important aspect Of this in
loyal point of view. On account of the mighty
which engaged the necessity Of supporting the Ad
mnistratOn will hardly tolerate any difference Of opinion
to either measures. All must be sustained be-
the safety of the nation demands that the supporters
of the shall show an undivided front to the
enemy and shall make change of front OF base until
the rebellion s put down. But how this requirement
OF loyalty be fulfilled when the Head of the Admmisra-
tion holds in his hands, in state Of suspense the comms
sion of Of his subordinate officers while he into
Congress and assas the official integrity of the Head of
Department of the Administration and then restores
him his commission by act Of extraordinary Executive
authority il to reward him for this ssrvce' Is not this
calculated to demoraze that unanimous and unconditional
support Of the Administration which has thought equr
cd by this great crisis of the country"


This inference would undoubtedly be just one
if the Presidents view of "loyalty" was coinci-
dent with that of some among his super-service-
able partisans, but we have yet seen no evidence
to justify the belief that President Lincoln makes
any such exaction on the manliness or indepen-
dence Of bis intelligent and loyal countrymen.
He leaves the ignominy of such complaisance to
be assumed by few among his self-appointed SER
vitors, who prove nothing but their own sycophan-
cy when they inculcatc these maxims of abject and
passive submission to men in place. The stigma
which, in his letter to General Blair, he took the
pains to inAct on "insincere timeservers" at this
crisis, sufficiently shows that he values no loyalty
to "men" which does not spring from adherence
to principle, and no loyalty to ''measures" which
is not inspired by love Of country. We would adj
wise the partisans of the President net to adopt
more exaeting standard of loyalty on this score,
because the impression that they will thereby con.
cate the favor of the Executive is seen to be un-
authorized.
Year: 1864

Yesterday the military authorities arrested at the Will
liam Tell Hotel in this city, two rebel olcerss major
and capainwho have been soiourninq here for seven
days past dressed in citizens clothing They are reported
TO be staff officers of well known rebel General and
when arrested papers found upon them showing their
connection with the rebel Government