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Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged THE DAILY ONO
ST ATEsMAN, and now print it on plain and hand
some new type, and clear white paper


In Politics, TIE OHIO STATBsMAN is'in War as in


ace for the Country, for the Constitution, and for
,Jnon Of equal States. with equal privileges, and
with equal and exact justice to all its citizens We
arc for the Old Flag with not Star or Stripe erased
aodthe Old Union far possible to restore it,
aud 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 WISER truer and more patri-
otto Policy than have seen during the present Ad
ministration. Weowe 1t to the memory of our Faith
es and to tho hopes Of our Children to the future Of
our Country, and to the best interests of mankind to
change Policy which is drifting us farther and far
ther from the landmarks of our patriotic sires.


TIE 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 good NEWSPAPER, also wish to
have sound Constitutional journal.


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Sound Political Sentiments, for Steady Defense Of
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THE WEEKLY ONO 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, is an evi-
dence of its popularity and Of its being adapted TO
the wants Of the people.
Year: 1864

BRANCH MNT.-According to the Nountaineer
the DalleS Branch Mint bill was passed just pri-
pie of Dalles were overjoyed on the receipt of
the news aud a salute of one hundred "anvils'
was fred in honor of the passage of the BILL
The bill has been announced passed on several
occasions, and not passed on several other occa-
sions, and we still have no positively reliable
information upon the subject
Year: 1864

OMINoUs.-The eastern dispatches report that
Gen. Grant is consulting about Withdrawing
his army from before Petersburg and remov-
ing it to Washington and vicinity, for the pur-
pose of recruiting for another campaign If
this news be true we may look upon the cam
paign against Richmond as a disastrous failure,
as having accomplished no good whatever
When we take into consideration the fact that
the last fighting at Petersburg resulted in the
defeat and Generalization of the Federal negro
troops and an unfortunate fight throughout, and
that the rebels are making such raids through
the Shenandoah valley and Maryland, threaten
ing Washington and creating alarm among the
inhabitants, it will be matter of no surprise
if Grant should withdraw as indicated. Such
move at this time would have the effect we
should think, to- depress the war spirit to a con-
siderable extent. II would certainly give the
"situation" a very unfavorable aspect. An
other thing that favors the correctness ofthe re-
port of Grants intention to withdraw to Wash
ington, is the question of appointing another
than Meade to command the army. 1t looks as
if something had gone wrong with the army of
the Potomac. The next dispatches win proba-
bly, throw additional light upon the subject.
Year: 1864

THE NEGRO IN CoNGREss.-Among the meas
ures incidental to slavery and the African race,
carried through Congress at the late session,
may be named the repeal of the Fugitive Slave
Law; the prohibition ofthe internal slave trade be-
tween States on the United States waters; the
admission of the testimony of persons of color
in the United States Courts the right to ride in
the cars of the street railroads in the District of
Columbia; and last, but not least an act to es-
tabish Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs at the
National Capital. This last act is one of vast
importance, as it proposes to create an army of
Federal Commissioners, with despotic and al
most irresponsible powers who shall take under
their control the abandoned or confscated es-
tates of the rebels in the insurrectory districts,
and lease them out and assign to each the blacks
in the conquered districts for the purpose of
cultvating the same. The details of the bill
provide for the protection of the freedmen in
various ways, but, after all, they will in great
measure be at the caprice of the Commissioner,
who, if dishonest may collude with the lessees,
and not only defraud the Government, but op-
press the bound freedmen, and render him but
little if any, improved over that of slavery
Practically, it will be but little different from
freedmen will be safe from the remorseless cru
elites practced under the condition of chattel
and families cannot be torn apart
and helpless women made the compulsory vic
Tins of the lpst of their owners and drivers; but,
so far as the exaction of labor is concerned, the
situation of the blacks under this regula-
tion will be, general thing quite onerous as
if they were slaves.-Nountaineer
Year: 1864

Need argue to en- intelligent people
that the. state of things recommended by
this document would inevitably lead to
! collisions and civil war, the end and
consequences of which no man can predict.
! While.it purports to be addressed to the
IeOple of the State generally. it is intend
ed for those only who belong to the
political organizations which its authors
assume to represent. ShOnld its
recommendations be followed, men
belonging to other political organizations
will feel their personal and political safety
endangered, and would be driven for
purposes of self defence to resort to similar
measures Tins we should have two or
more political parties in the State. armed
and organized into military bodies, and
al hopes of preventing collisions and
preserving peace and order would bo lost.
Military organizations must lie under the
supervision and control of the constituted
authorities of the State. All others are
illegal, unauthorized, and dangerous to
the public peace. The constitutional right
of the people to bear arms for their own
defense has not been and will not be
infripged. But this does not cover the
case or justify the formation of militars
organizations to hold the constituted
authorities in check under the pretcnce
that they are about to commit illegal or
unconstitutional acts. When we consider
that threats have already been made, in
various parts Of tha State, of resistance to
the execution of Federal authority, and
that the public mind is already in an
excited and feverish condition, it may well
he thought that these proposed military
purpose ami will be used in that way; and
this view is greatly strengthened by
reference to the preamble Of tie address.


| do. therefore, solemnly warn the peo-
pie OF the State against accepting the evil
counsel they have received; to abstain
from all military organizations looking, Gi-
rectly or indirectly, to resistance to Federal
or State authority; to abstain from all
schemes o'r,si. lance to the laws, and from
all organizations Or combinations, political
or military, tending to compromise them
in their allegiance and duty to the Govern
meAt of the United States. The men who
would inveigle them into such schemes or
combinations are powerless to protect
them against danger. and would undoubt-
edly be the first to desert them in a mo-
ment of peril.


In reference to the concluding part of
the address, it need only be said that the
execution of the Conscription Act, and
the assignment Of quotas of the States,
districts, counties. townships and cities
belong exclusively to the Federal, and not
10 the State authority, AMI that every ex.
ert;on has been and will be made by the
State authority to secure the correction OF
error, AMI see that full Justice is done 10
the State and every part thereof.


Given at the Executive Department,
this 10th day of August. A. d. 1861.


O. L. MoETox.


Governor OF Indiana
Year: 1864

spite of us, for. said he, yop- will have a
rebellion among yourselves before the
election comes of, and then you will have
as much as you can attend to at home.
tell you such language was hard to bear.
but was not astonished as had been ap.
priced from other sources that the Copper
heads were plotting mischief, but the ques
tion in my mind was, how did this chap
become so well posted in regard to what
was transporting in the North? Is il not
evident that the traitors North and Sonth
have communication antf fully understand
each other?


Dear Perubli,an.-I used to be one oil
the stau ichest kind Of Democrats, bet |
am happy to tell you this day that l am
not the kind of a Democrat was when |
came out, anil not the kind that maiori
ty of those who call themselves Democrats
are. ain nothing more nor less than
what the Copper heads would call a Lin
coin Abolitionist. Yes, have bravely
got over being a Copperhead. and would
like above all things to deposit a ballot
for Old Abe this fall for his re election is
the only thing that will close the war this
year.


| have often wondered if my old asso-
ciates AMI former political friends would
talk and act the way they do if they were
once on battle field. or in a field hos
pital. where they could see our dead and
wounded heroes, who had fallen in de-
fence of their country. II these sights did
not drive sll the treason out of their
hearts, should des pair Of them and hand
them over to the devil TO deal with. am
not the only one that has changed, but
hundreds of others who were Democrats
when they entered the service are what the
Cops wouli call Abolitionsts now. |
know whereof | affirm.


Isaac SMITH,


Co. D. 9th Reg. Ind Vet Vol
Year: 1864

A wailing of fddles and crashing of
horns in the orchestra announced that some
thing was coming, for Madame Heavyonthe-
legski quickly made her appearance, and
took up her position at the foot of the stage.
She was attired in bite gauze waist and
pair of slippers. Attached to the waist was
an Insignificant fringe-erroneously called a
skirt. From her position she at once made
for' the foot lights in sort of half pace, half
canter-g grinning all the tine a grin of inef-
fable sweetness, and gently strokins the air
with her hands.


All this while the orchestra was keeping
up a continual wiggle liggle tiggle-liggle, /"
to which the woman in waist and slippers


kept admirable time After reaching the
foot lights, she brought her left foot On level


with her left eye, and fronting the audience,


remained in that .'posish'' long enough for
tea de .joie of artistic applause to burst from


the galleries, when she ran backward on tip


toe the rear of the stage, at the same time
grinning and beckoning to everybody in the
audience to follow her. After breathing an


instant series of terpsichorean gymnastics


were indulged in around the stage, which led
| provincial couple ip the family circle to


declare she had got the blind staggers.
| Madame's performance seemed to us a
grand trial Of skill and strength between the
right and left limbs FIRST the left limb
would support the body-whirling around


upon FIVE writhing and wrecked toes,


balancing its companion Ia perche equipoise
style; and then the right limb would go


through a similar exploit, so as not to be


outdcne. A set of back action cart wheels
followed, during which the audience were


puzzled to discover the whereabouts of Mad


anne s head, which was apparently "npwhar." +"


These cart wheels closed in the centre of the


stage, where Madame gently unjointed her


left limb and lay down on it, throwing her


left arm over her head in a graceful curve, the


right reposing quietly by her side.


| At this the provincial couple gave sup


pressed scream, the girl informing her com


panion that she Knew all along the girl would
kill herself This position of Madsme's, we


presume, was intended to represent beauty


in heavenly repose. After few mere ex-


aggerated motions, terminating with grand
whirligig, she ran just behind the scene,


peeped forth, grinned all over the house,
l.threw random kiss at the Family Circle,
(which hit our provincial friend, causing his
face to assume beet-like hue, and was


gone.


@"Ieg' has long since disappeared from polite
| parlance


Cincinnati Times.
Year: 1864

REBEL PeTTIcoAT GovERNMENT.-The dear
ladies of the South are desperately wicked
little rebels, as whole Very many in
stances have come TO light within the lines of
this army, where the men would have alb
stained from and abjured the rebellion, had
it not been for the determined wildness of the
women.


A young man, intelligent and of pleasing
demeanor, when taken prisoner by our
forces, stated that he never was a rebel at
heart, nor was his mother He had deter
mined to keep out of their army, and reso
lutely did SO for a time. He soon found.
however, that he was marked man.-was
leersd at an scorned by every young lady in
his neighborhood. He braved it for a while !.
but one day matters came to crisis. A par.
ty OF girls came to his house, bringing with
them shawls, dresses and skeleton hoop
skirt, which they left for him to put on =
The dose was overpowering. and he went off
at once and Joined the rebel army.


The same spirit pervaded the whole of the
benighted South. There, as everywhere. the
women are the purest or the worst of the
race.


The Misses Smith, residing four miles
from Murfreesboro. upon recent occasion
boastingly assured some Federal officers. at
their dinner table, that they, with other
young laiies Of that vicinity, had formed
themselves into rebel association for the
express purpose of forcing every young man
of their acquain tanee into the army, and that
they had been eminently successful in doing
90. In several instances they had threatened
the backward beaux with petticoat and hoop
skirt presentations.-4nnais Of the -Irmy of
the Cumberland.
Year: 1864

The first year of married life is most i'm
portant era in the history OF man and wife.
Generally as it is spent, so is almost all sub
sequent existence. The wife and husband
then assimilate their views andtheir desires,
or else coniaring up their dislikes, they add
fuel to their prejudices and animosties for
ever afterwards.


g. have somewhere read, y says Rev. Mr..
Wise, in his :. Bridal Greetings" of bride
groom who gloried in his excentricities. He
requested his bride to accompany him into
the garden few days days after their wed
ding. sHe thea tlew a line over their cottage.
Giving his wife one end ofit, he retreated to
the other side and exclaimed:


" Pull the line"


She pulled at his request so far as she could
He cried


"Pull it over"


81 can't" she replied.


&c But pull with all your might" still
shouted the whimsical husband.


But vain were all the efforts of the bride tc
pull over the line, so long as her husband
held the opposite end. But when he came
round and they pulled at the same end, i
came over with great ease.


There as the line fell from the roof
"you see how hard and Intellectual was oul
labor when we both pulled in opposition tt
each other but how easy and pleasant i
was when we both pulled together; it will b.
so with us through life,"


In this illustration, homely as it may be
there is sound philosophy. Husband ant
wife must mutually bear and coincide, if the,
wish to make home retreat Of happiness
and bliss. One alone cannot make home hap
py. There needs unison of action, sweetness
of spirit, and great forbearance and love il
both husband and wife, to secure the grea
end of happiness in the domestic circle. Hom
is no unmixed paradise of sweets the ele
ments of peace and true happiness are there
and so, too, are the elements Of discord ant
misery; and it needs only the bitter spiri
of the world without to make it pandemon
ium, or the loving genius of harmony to maxi
it the prompter of every affectionate impulse
Year: 1864

is purely scientific preparation, discovered by
long research and study, and can be depended on
as being all that it is represented; is perfectly
harmless, and viii no. stain the finest can5ric.


If the use of this preparation is persevered in,
according to the directions (which will be found in
full on each bo.te) there will be no necessity of
any one having gray hairs, no matter to what age
the person may live.
Year: 1864

Common rheumatism is decease which
affects the hinges of the body, in such way
that the slightest motion of the ailing part
gives pain. A creaking hinge is dry, and
turns hard. All kinds of rheumatism are an
Inflammation of the surface of the joints. In
fiamation is heat; this dries their surfaces !;
hence, the very slightest effort at motion gives
piercing pain. In healthy condition Of the
parts nature is constantly throwing out a
lubricating oil, which keeps the joints in a
perfect smooth and easy working condition.
Rheumatism is always caused-indeed, it
may be nearer to the truth to say, that it is
always the result ofa cold dampness. A dry
cold, or warm dampness, does not induce
rheumatism. A garment, wetted by perspir-
alton, or rain, or water in any other form,
about a joint, and allowed to dry while the
person is in state of rest, is the most COM
mon way of causing rheumatism. A partial
wetting ola garment is more apt to induce an
attack than if the entire clothing were wet
ted; because, in the latter case, it would be
certainly and speedily exchanged for dry gar
ments. There are two very certain methods
of preventing rheumatism. The very mo-
ment garment is wetted in whole or in part,
change it, or keep in motion sufficient to
maintain a very slight Precipitation, until the
clothing is perfectly dried.


The failure to wear woollen flannel next the
skin, is the most frequent cause of rheum-
atism for common muslin or linen or silk
shirt of perspiration, becomes damp and
cold the instant a.puff of air strikes it. even
in midsummer This is lot the case when
woollen flannel is worn next to the skin.


The easiest, most certain, and least hurtful
way of curing this troublesome affection is,
first, to keep the joint affected wound around
with several folds of woollen flannel; second,
live entirely on the lightest kind food, such
as coarse breads, ripe fruits, boiled turnips,
stewed apples, and the like. If such things
were eaten to the extent Of keeping the sys-
tenn freely open, and exercise were taken, so
that slight moisture should be on the sur
face of the skin all the time; or if. in bed,
the same thing were accomplished by hot teas
and plentiful bed-clothing, a grateful relief
and an ultimate cure will very certainly re-
suit in REASONABLE short time. Without
this soft and moist and warm condition Of the
skin, and open state of the system, the dis
ease will continue to torture for weeks and
months and years.


Infamatory rheumatism may, for all prac-
tical purposes, be regarded as an aggravated
form of the common kind, extended to all the
joints of the body, instead of duplicating only
one or two. For all kinds, time, flannel,
warmth, with light and cooling diet, are
the greatremedies.- s.-Hdl's Journalo Of Health.
Year: 1864

1t can have escaped no ones memory
that on the occasion Of nearly every great
battle since the war commenced, one Of the
first appeals to public feeling and sypps-
thy has taken the shape Of an urgent re-
quest for supplies of material for
bsndsges for the wounded. It was 60
st the close Of all the great engagements
from Shiloh to Antietsm. Admitting the
vast improvements effected in every detail
Of the army hospital arrangements within
The last two years, and assuming that the
supplementary labors ofthe Sanitary Com
mission have aided greatly as suxiliaries
Of the surgical department Of the army, it
would be we'll not to forget that at no pc
riod Of the war have there been such ei-
gsntic operations IS the present simultsne-
ously in progress. OF the three quarters
Of 3 million men that compose the national
army, il is no excessive estimate to reckon
that half million will be either in the
very blaze and shock Of battle, or march
ing t1ither-Wsrd with eager and impatient
step, before the few remaining hours of the
week have elapsed. For the contingencies
Of battles in which host so enormous will
be engaged, it is no dispsrsgement to the
forethougtt + judgment and ability, either
ef the Medical Department. or the Sanitary
Commission, to suggest that even further
volunteer efforts may possibly be needed


MEether the pending campaigns shall
take the shape ofopen contests in the field,
or Of prolonged sieges in front Of Richmond
IN the East and Atlsnts in the West, it
would be childish to disguise the certainty
Of bloOdier work in the prospect than has
yet marked the progress OF the conflict.


In view Of this, every synpsthizing
household may at once prepare to become q
practical ministrstion to the wounded sol
dieEs. Linen and cotton rags, thoroughly
olean and sweet, can hardly be placed
within reach Of the hospital department in
the field in superabunsnt quantities. And
20 become contributors in this way to the
holy purpose Of mitigating the sufferings
of the patriotic soldiers, will prove not on
ly welcome tribute TO the Sanitary Com
mission, which is the best organized dis
tIibuting agency, but the very scto giving
itself, will stimulate feelings Of direct and
personal interest in the soldier and the
cause he fights for 1t does not need much
sacrifice to be participant in such work;
il needs but devotion OF purpose, and q
rational sense Of the great and yet uneom-
puted sum Of physical suffering which the
pending conflict brings in its appalling
train.
Year: 1864

Of Union and liberty enough is known Of
army operations within the last
i've days to claim our especial
gratitude to Gsd, while what remains un.
done demands cur most sincere prayers to
and reliance upon Him without whom all
human effort is vain. I recommend that
all patriots, at their homes, in their places
Of public worship, and wherever they may
be, unite in common thanksgiving and
prayer to Almighty God.


TSigned1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Year: 1864

B Ballard, the New York correspondent
Of the Boston Rsf, says that an on dit, all the
Way from Washington. intimates that the
Union army is likely to be reinforced By the
accession Of a parsonage whose name Is quite
familiar TO the public, and whose ambition,
it is said, inspires him to don the uniform
and ehoulder the musket, in defense Of the
flag. This coming man is no less person
than Master Robert Lincoln, the Presidents
son, who will graduate In few days at Has-
yard, end whose entrance upon military life
is confidently and with reason expected. It
is said that Mrs. Lincoln would prefer that
Robert should select q more pacific branch
Of business; but this is the day Of destiny,
and there seems to be an eminent fitness In
our finding the sou Of President Lincoln
ready and anxious to take bis turn In any ca-
pacity, among his fellow countrymen, to drive
rebellion into the last ditch.