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Year: 1864

The value OF the exports from Boston last week was
$50. against $'3o52o for the corresponding week
IN 1853 The imports for the same period 1894
against $774,aT7 during the same time last year.


The subscriptions to the five per cent ten forty
1oan st tbe Office OF the Assistant Treasurer to-day
amounted % 350 and at the First National Bank in
this city the subscribed $c2e 800 plauly to
be that additional aducement must be offered
10 the people before this loan can all be taken The
bonds have been on the market nearly two
~eess, and probably the aggregate amount OF
subscriptions throughout the country during That
time will reach eight millions OF dollars At this
rate !, viii nke nearly year TO negotiate the loan Of
two hundred Millions while the government will require
during that time to meet its expenses nine hundred
millions and only about hundred and ninety millions
expected to be derived from customs and internal
saxcs. Where the balance from we will leave
Co the financial sagacty q the Secretary the Treasury
60 determine.


The FIRST and second mortgage bondholders OF the
Piitsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company
will vote tomorro Thursday the proposition con-
Gained in the following resolutions, the Of said


oDdhclders being requisite before the necessary capital
TO make the improvements be added 10 the liabilities
OF the company


Resolved, That Il s expedent that expenditures for
construct equipment and objects pertinent thereto,
Involving capital should In the main be provided for
aoy an Increase o capital stock OF the company


Resolved That the increase Of capital stock should be


made .ey for the purpose OF build ng and competing
double track such part thereof may be expedspt
and for eouppng the road and providing such additional
rolling stock. machinery. appurtenaDces and other
facilities as NAV be necessary to properly do all the
business which NAV offer. and for other purpose,
and should ouly be issaed from year TO year such
smouns as the stockholders at their annual meetings
may decide upon Their decision shall be based upon
detailed estimates made by the Board Of Directors OF
the amount Of money necessary for the OF the year
and that the issue OF stock shall only be sold after
public notice


Resolved That the increase Of capital for 1864 shall not
exceed ~. 800 900,
Year: 1864

If you would render. yonr children
helpless all their lives, never compel
or permit them to help themselves.


The loud tones in which sone people
appeal to reason, imply that reason is
Year: 1864

An ACT to detach the counties of Calhoun


and Branch from the western judicial dis


trict, and annex the same to the eastern


district of the State Of Michigan.


Be Il enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States
of america IN Congress assembled, That
the counties of Calhoun and Branch, in the
State of Michigan, be, and the same are here
by, detached from the western judicial dis
trict and annexed to and made part Of the
eastern judicial district Of said State.


Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted. That
this act shall not in any manner affect any
suit or proceeding now pending in the ourts
in the western judicial district of the
State of Michigan, but the same shall be
proceeded in and determined in said courts in
the same manner as if this act had not been
passed.


Approved, June 20, 1864.
Year: 1864

Ar one Of our army hospitals there is a
practising surgeon who has the reputation Of
loving the knife and saw he loves to hew and
hack the poor patient brought to the hospital.
to show of bis skill After one Of bis last op-
erations Oh a wounded soldier, the surgeons
attendant stood looking at the two pieces Of
mortality lying on the surgeons table. What
are you doing Sir ?" sharply asked the surgeon.
Il was waiting for you to point out which
piece is to be put to bed and which is to b.
huried "
Year: 1864

THE man who didn't think it respectable TO
bring up his children to work has just heard
from his three sons. One Of them was driver
on a canal, another had been up as q vsgrsn,.
and the third has gone TO a public institution
TO learn the shoe business.
Year: 1864

How TO EAT PEARs-Did you ever take q
pear supper Sapper | say. | do wholly reject
the old maxim that fruit in the morning is gold
at noon, silver at night, lead | reverse the
order A melon IS the only fruit to be eaten
ut breakfast. Pears and apples in the morning
are signs and Signals Of blue, desponding,
heavy day Few people unframed by pom.
illogical conventions know how to eat pears.
They take them after hearty meal. They
take whole ones. They eat them Should
cher selecton be good, they are fortunate; it
bad, they must eat the whole, or give up.
Gather in your friends at evening The tea is
taken and mere souvenir Of bread. Now
while all are fresh, unstuifed and unsated. bring
in your pears, seven or eight kinds Let one
man carve Take the probably poorest first;
and yet, your poorest must be good. Give to
each guest section OF the same pear Eat to-
gether from the one fruit and be united and
magnetized by the spiritual essence Of the one
fruit So on from fruit to fruit, and kind to
Kind Thus each one, without glowing or over
iuluess, will have tasted OF each kind, and OF
every specimen. Meantime the conversation
must abound. Tell the great and wonderful
stories Of the new seedling-ot the wonderful
YIELD Of the immence size, OF the freaks and
phantasies, OF luck aud unluek in this or that
sort ln short, have real garden gossip.
Pears thus jiscrminately and unselhshly eaton,
will prove to be not the forbidden fruit Hen
" Ward Beeehr,
Year: 1864

The proposal 10 stop sighting the rebels and
look sweetly at them and talk soft words, re-
minds an exchange of the following verse
"There was an old man who said, How
Shall | flee from this horrible COW!


will sit on the stle


And continue to smile,


Which may soften the heart Of this COW. p"
Year: 1864

FEDAY, March 4, IS6A-Since writing
the previous page, l learn that the tor
pedo boat and crew that sunk the
Housatonic are all safe So says the
Charleston Mercury of late date, and
J hose aud trust it Il 50. In your letter
you speak Of removing TO Gonzales in
case the Federals advance into tie in
terror, and express some surprise 90 my
not advising you in my previous letter
what course TO pursue IN such an event
/ have mentioned this matter frequent.
ly Of late, but have always told you
Year: 1864

The New York Tribune publishes a
large number of letters, which were
captured a short time ago by the gun
boat Signal, while the rebel mail carrier
was crossing the Mississippi river. We
copy the following, which IS rather hard
on the rebal General Polk.
Year: 1864

a few nights ago he went out attack
ed and sunk the steam sloOp Of war
Housatonic, but unfortunately (like his
predecessors IN this desperate and un-
tried adventurel fear that be and his
crew were all lost l inclO5e you slip
from our psper, giving an account Of
the affair, which viii DO interesting to
you, as Singer and myself built the tor
pedoes with which the ship was de-
stroyed, and besides, we own q consid-
erable interest in the value Of the ship,
as the owners and crew Of the boat get
one-half Of her value for destroying
her. Besides this, we sunk one boat
and seriously injured another in the
York River IN December, the fall par
ticulars Of ali Of which Dunn will tell
YOU when he sees YOU
Year: 1864

write this TO send by Bob Dunn,
who leaves here Saturday morning Tor
home, and for once in my life l wish 1
was another, and that other lucky
Bob Dunn remember well your re-
marks about his outwitting in getting
the first chance to return to Texas, but
l assure you that in this case no extra
amount Of wit was brought into requi-
sition by him to gain this (to him) de
sirable end.
Year: 1864

Since we have been on this side Of the
river we have got up q good many pro-
jects, and have been interested in many
new schemes, the particulars Of which
are too lengthy for an ordinary letter.
Among the number, however, was q
submarine boat built at this place, OF
which Whitney and myself bought one
fifth for three thousand dollars.


WHAT HAPPENED 10 TIE DoAr


We took her TO Charleston for the
purpose Of operating there, and o
few days after her arrival there she was
sunk through carelessness, and her crew
Of five men drowned Another crew Of
eight men went on from here, raised
her and while experimenting with her
in the hsrbor, sunk her, and all eight
were drowned. Lieut. Dixon then went
on from here, and got another crew in
Charleston.
Year: 1864

The Yankees are in great trepidatlon
for fear that he will again invade their
territory Our armies are stronger than
they have been for a long while, and
all looks bright and cheering. From
YOUR side the river good accounts reach
rs freuuentlv.
Year: 1864

The campaign in Mississippi has ended
surely in no glory no US The move
ment-was one Of the boldest which the
Yankees have essayed in this war
With force little if any superior to
the force which Gen. Polk had under
his command, they marched without
opposition across the whole State, aud
destroyed an immense deal Of valuable
railroad, breaking our communications
with the country from which the larger
portion Of our supplies for the Army
of the West is drawn.
Year: 1864

ARE THE HuMBoLDr MINES CURSED WITH
BASE METALS ?-The following extract from
letter to a gentleman in this city, says the Ma
rpsvile Appeal, was not written with any in
tent of publication but as its statements are
known TO be from man of sense and of the
highest responsibility, whose profession as an as
sayer for two years in Humboldt eutitle bis
statements to great weight, and as many of
our citizens are interested in the Humboldt
Mines our friend here has no hesitancy in put.
ting before our readers the following portion
of the private letter which be received bu,
yesterday:


There is one thing constantly urged against
this country which should be dissipated by
proper representation, and that is the prevail
ing impression Of the difficulty, or rather i'm,
possibility, of working the Humboldt rock
They say the Sheba IS enc of our best mines
but the Shebs cannot be worked BY the ordi-
nary process. And then they draw the follow
ing strange conclusion: When some cheap
and practical method is invented for reducing
the rebellious ores of Humboldt, we expect to
hear glowing accounts from that region" As
if the Sheba is a sample of all our ores! Now
the fact is that, during residence Of two years
in this country, have never seen a combina
ton of base mineral so detrimental TO reduc-
tion as exists in the Sheba mine.


The generality of our mines are easily work
ed and yield by mill process to within five to
twenty per cent of the fine assay. result as
good as that obtainad in Virginia City and
Falls mill is weekly demonstrating the fact
that We have lodges that will pay from 5000 to
S405 per ton, and turn out bars from 700 to
900 ine. Humboldt with all its disadvantages
is steadily improving slowly, it is true, for
want Of capital, but that We will soon be able
to do without.
Year: 1864

tbs CHICAGO Post says: The original
bose that bore the original quill that signed


be original emancipation proclamation, is
|wned by an old lady in New Jersey. She


kys it is a darned mean goose any how, and
be will take two shilling for IL
Year: 1864

there was a reasonable prospect that terms
of intercourse between the belligerent par
ties upon the very basis which Mr.. Lincoln
laid down in his inaugural as law to them
and elected him. Does not, then, the fear
tnl responsibility of rejecting overtures
for peace, upon the very conditions upon
which the perfection and endurance of our
political fabric depend, rest solely with Mr..
Lincoln and his advisersP 1t Ia not only
time that the fearful sacrifice of blood and
treasure should cease but that the men who
bar the door to conciliation upon the very
terms laid down by the party In power as
necessary to the preservation of our free
institutions, should be held to rigid re-
sponsibility We believe that there has
never been day from the beginning Of the
war, but conciliation and reconstruction
could have been accomplished If the parti-
sans In power would have permitted It, up
on the basis of the resolution of the Chica-
go platform quoted by Mr. Lincoln, il faith
fully and honestly carried out.
Year: 1864

Especial Correspondence Memphis Appeal


In LINE, NEAR CHATTAiooCHEE, July 7.


The accession of conservative Democrat
like Mcclellan to the Presidency, who
would conduct the war upon more humane
principles, who would repeal the emancipa-
tion proclamation, and probably make over
lures to the South to return to the Union,
with guarantee of all constitutional rights,
would do infinitely more to paralyZe the
South and build up reconstruction party
in our midst--e most fatal calamity-than
the combined efforts of the present party in
power.


The idea entertained by many of our
people that we will ultimately receive as
sistance from the Vallandighaln party, like
the visions of the Northwestern Confeder-
acy and of European Intervention, will only
be realized in momentous realities, which
VIII call forth every energy of our
own, and drain our last resources before
we can achieve our independence and sc. a
proper estimate upon its blessings.


1t may be that the measure Of our trouble
is not filled up yet. We have been too
proud and self-reliant; we have depended
too much on our Generals, and not enough
on Providence. The character of our enc
mics for depravity and perjury, and the
correctness of our own principles and in
stitutions have emboldened us to believe
that God would probably bless cur cause,
and that under Stonewall jackson, Bragg,
Lee, and Johnston, commanding armies
that could whip ''five to one" it must tri-
umph any how. That we win ultimately
triumph, no one who has read the history
Of the past, or knows the temper of our
people, can doubt; but our forefathers
fought seven years for their independence,
and we are not better than they were. The
Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged THEa DA1Y OHro
STATESMAN, and now print 1t on plain and hand
some new type, and clear white paper.


In Politics, The ONO STATEsMAN is,'n War as in
Peace for the Country for tbs Constitution, and for
Union Of equal States with equal privileges, and
With equal and exact justice TO all its citizens We
are for the Old Flag with not Star Stripe
and the Old Union far it possible to restore IT.
and for the existing Constitution in its spirit letter
aud purpose.


Upon the coming events Of the year. rest the hopes
# the People and Government We are in the midst
of bloody and protracted civil war. Its duration
and close depend upon visor, truer and more patri-
otc Poiey than wo have during the present Ad-
mnistrstien We owe it to the memory Of our Faith
ers and to the hopes Of Children to the future Of
our Country and the bestinterests Of mankind to
change Policy which is drifting farther and far
thor from the landmarks of our patriotic sires.


THE STATESMAN will do all it can to aid in bring
ing about this change and hence. the Publishers in
vite support and encouragement from all those who
while wishing for a 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 carefully freed from
the sensational character and we seek to make The
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
culate, THE OHIO STATESMAN.


THE WEEKLY OHIO STATESMAN is one Of the
largest, cheapest, and best printed Papers in the
West. Each number contains complete resume OF
all the Military and Political news of the week. the
latest telegraphic 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 iSan evi-
dence Of its popularity, and of its being adapted to
the wants of the people.
Year: 1864

people may all yet feel the iron tread Of
the invader, and all our territory, at one
time or other, be overrun before we again
taste the sweets and amenities of peace. To
hasten speedy, glorious peace, let all in
the army and at home put forth every ener-
gy, and earnestly invoke the favor Of an
all-powerful Providence.
Year: 1864

koNDAY, August Sc P. NJ
7s eject q the expansion OF the currency 10 de
precatng tis value real property is beginning 10 DC
severely felt unressonaby property owners are
becoming somewhat alarmed in view OF further pros
Iectve decline gold value OF real estate, railway
stocks and other mmobe sources or wealth we esii
the value Of the stocks OF twenty OF our principal
railways undermentioned at their market price on the
LIST OF the current month and calculate gold at premium
OF hundred and fifty niue, shall find that II has de
clined 40 Al per from its value in gold. The fol-
loving statement in which the value OF the stocks is es
mated at The market rates OF July and gold at ESQ., will
make the comparison clearer
Year: 1864

plry extending from the Hudson 70 the Delaware, and
With provision for sinking fund for the redemption OF
the at maturity. Tho Issue OF bonds viii be 10 prd
vide the purchase OF additional equipment and 70
complete the necessary double track, erect engine
spd machne buildings. with other improvements the
company have in view TO make the road FIRST class
through route for passengers coal and other Transports
tiou.


The following table shows the gross monthly earnings Of
the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad since the
Year: 1864

cyUBsTITuTES vANTED.-THE VERY HIGHEST
- bounty, cash in hand pad for substitutes as soon
accepted with choice service either army navy
Apply at the old established Office. l36 Eleventh street,
Sixth
Year: 1864

TIME PAssINa.-Have you never fclt
an impulse to quarrel with time for leavs
ing you so fast, after you had. perhaps


been impatient for some particular portion


oftit to arrive? But it would neither stay
to be your companion, nor slacken TO
receive your reproach. 1t seems to pass
You for the purpose of stealing away your
life; each hour taking off q share of that
as its spoil. Observe how the theft and
diminution are necessarily going on.-
While you are planning, or consulting in
success, or fretting at failure, the one con-
tinual fact is--ttat liSffe Is speeding on.
Year: 1864

r. A NATION OF PIeMIEs.-In the Bay
Bengal, on the very high road of com
merce, is u group Of islands thickly cover
ed with impenetrable jungle, and swar-
ming With leeches in the rainy, and ticks
in the dry season. Except a species Of
pig, until recently unknown to science,
there are no wild animals that offer any
molestation to man; but to make up for
this deficiency the human inhabitants are
among the most savage and hostile that
voyagers have ever encountered. They
may truly be termed nation Of pigmies,
being on an average only four feet FIVE
inches high, and weighing from seventy
to seventy-fve pounds; but they are well
proportioned, and display an agility and
nimbleness truly wonderful. Their skin
is dark, though not as black as that of the
negro, and their faces are decidedly ugly.
They go entirely naked, shave off the
hair of their head with pieces of bamboo
or broken bottle, and further increase their
unsightly appearance by daubing them
selves all over with a mixture of red
ochre and oil, covering their persons to-
wards nightfall with thick coating of soft
mud, to serve sa protection against the
mosquitoes, with which in addition to the
leeches and ticks, they seem to be tormen-
ted the whole year round. They are ex-
cellent swimmers, taking to the water
almost before they can walk; and they rely
upon the water for the principal supply Of
their food-turtles, oysters and fish.
Year: 1864

PAPER AND CLOTH FROM CORN HUsKs.-Iu
Austria they make very superior paper out Of
corn husks, but we see by the Washington
Chronicle that the Commissioner OF Agricul-
ture has received some specimens of bleach ed
aud uubleached crash. and oil cloths made
from the same material. All portions Of the
corn husk are converted into paper stuff; spin
ming stuff or husk meal, which is mixed with
common -four Nineteen per cent. Of paper
6bre ten of spinning material, and eleven OF
seed stuff are obtained, together making forty
per cent, leaving refuse of sixty per cent,
much Of it fine fibre and gluten, which may
vet be filtered and utilized. The manufacture
is said to be very profitable. The paper is
equal to the finest linen paper, and some Of it
is thought to be good substitute for pOrch-
msnt.
Year: 1864

proved to BEL to Galley, went to Mack, aud
found be had been stabbed in the back, and
seemedsto be bleeding from an artery. He
rallied, and helped him up the ladder 6nd-
the sick womao's bed empty, / laid him on it,
and ran out of the house to see what the mat
ter was, as l heard firing, and prepared to
make few profaHe remarks if those stationed
up stairs and outside bad allowed the man who
got up to escape.


When get there, found my men formed
behind courthouse, firing Oh q small SQUAD of
cavalry who were just going on hill towards
Halltown, and on inquiry, found that When
had fallen. the woman on the bed bad jumped
up; rushed to a window, and after firing a
pistol at one Of my men, made a break for a
small piece Of woods near, and Immediately
after this body of cavalry appeared, but re-
treated as soon as they were Joined by the man
who escaped, leaving two dead and one wound
ed man in our possession. In the skirmisb
they had wounded enc man slightly in the
shoulder.


Returning to the house, found McElrath
breathing his last, and we soon had the Cap
tain up and by his side on the same mattrass.
1t seemed that my second shot as he started
for the ladder took him in the left shoulder,
and to this he ascribed the fact Of McElrath
having held him. The one who escaped was
the very bird of all others that we wanted
for the daring fellow was Harry Gilmore.


Before leaving for camp found that the
alarming illness Of Mrs. Capt. Cheney was
only a ruse to occupy the bed, covering the
trap door.


Poor McErath was buried the next day,
and with the hon0rs due him.


Though eur little party received the con-
gratulations Of the several officers at the Fer
ry, we all felt that we had paid dear for our
success in the loss of McElrath. But some
would say " it was only private" What
though lie was, some heart achei as sorely and
truly, as your kind readers who have lost a
son or brother the Lieutenant or Captain.
Year: 1864

The Western Christian Advocate OF the
present week publishes the following extract
from recent private letter Of Gen. Grant
"There has been no time since the beginning
of the war when have felt doubt about ul-
innate success. feel now as certain that
Richmond will fall before the cad Of the cam
paign as did that Donelsen or Vicksburg
would. never doubted success at either
place. 1 believe the enemy feels here as do,
that they must finally succumb." ......