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Year: 1864

Business INTEREST The Folly of trusting
to the capacity and fidelity Of the federal ad.
ministration is being painfully illustrated by the
fortunes OF many OF our best business men
throughout the country. Those among them
who have been deceived as to the actual con-
ditiOn of public affairs aud a. to the effect OF
the presidents policy, have seriously suffered
for it and not few have encountered misfor'
tunes that will darken the entire future OF their
lives. And this evil in ito full reality has not
vet begun to be apparent It is fearful to re-.
feet upon the wreck Of human hopes which
must eventually occur in financial circles. A
vast majority Of the golden projects Of the day
will soon be remembered only as the illusions
of bitter dream.


It were better for all that tho officers of the
cabinet should realize and confess the whole
truth as to the dangers and calamities they
have brought upon the nation, and proceed to
treat the case as it is, or abandon their posts
to honest and intelligent statesmen. Business
men, espe cially, should begin to realize the
iull extent Of the popular delusion which has
prevailed, and prepare for all probable reyer'
| ses in the wheel Of fortune.-Mil. Ne,os,
Year: 1864

a MlSt0Aes


We believe with Pope:


For forms of Faith let graceless bgots fight,


His cant be wrong whose life is in the right;


And thus believing we are pleased with
the good action here recorded We do not
publish it to concilate or particularly ~ticsle
masonic friends we are not Of Mens-nev-
er having entered secret society of any
kind, unless the nonsense Of the /. o. 5.
NJ is considered secret. Our days Of Curl
osity were passed at time when Seward,
Writ & Co., had Masonry under ban,
and We have lived to this hour without
seeking acloser identity with society than
that which results from a desire to be as
kind to all as is consistent with the selfish
ness, which in spite of all our training, aciH
mix itself up with the actions Of frail hu-
Danity. Just here We will say that We have
known, in a tolerably active life, some OF the
noblest specimens of men who were Masons
and we have also known the ratiest chaps
in the world to slide into the Order, SER
pent like, for biting purposes only. The
Church also has its scalliwags; even the
Saviour, Alwise as represented, did not
pick dozen followers without finding a
wretch whose name is the synonym OF
baseness. But we are not defending or
ders of secresy and our acquaintances well
know it. Here is the incident let those
who know of trouble be on hand to relieve
it, no matter what the belief of the sufferer
may be-. Misery, even in the lever order
of animals, appeals to all who wear the
human form:


MAsoNRy.-A brother who is noted for
his acts Of charity, aud who is man OF
good presence and favorite with the ladies
so much SO as to cause jealousy on the
part Of his spouse,-one evening, received
a bundle at the house, labelled Private. -
| This was sufficient for female curiosity, and
she INDUCED in an inspection. Blankets,
baby's linen, &C., greeted her astonished
vision, and dreams Of too families passed
through her brain. The husband soon
came in, and after tea, when the wife had
discovered in his eye the treachery Of his
conduct-as she supposed--he took the
bundle and went out, but not alone, for the
Jealous wife was on his track. The faith
less husband little imagined that she who
supposed herself so fouIly wronged, was
after him. He halted before small tene.
ment, which he entered. Here she paused
to hold council Of war. What tactics tC
follow she was in doubt, but determined
to storm the citadel, she knocked and has
tily brushing past the little child who an.
| swered her summons, she stood in an in
slant before her astonished husband, the
embodiment Of injured innocence. Hel
feelings were about 10 find expression wher
the scene before her caused her to pause
A pale and careworn man, shivering Ovel
the expiring emhers Of scanty fire, pool
woman on sick bed, babe not old enough
for christening, and two little girls snugly
slowed away upon some straw, met hel
gaze. She read the story at glance, ane
returned home with her husband, q better
and wiser woman, satisfied that she hat
discovered the great Secret of Masonry.
Year: 1864

Do you see that group of Ladies go
ingup or down Cedarsk 2 Nine chances
out of ten they are going or have been
to Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland,
25 Cedar st, opposite Commercial Hotel


Oct27-tf
Year: 1864

The quiet of the military lines in from


of Petersburg and Richmond was un


broken yesterday even by SOLITARY


gun. Ii there was any firing at Datcf


gap, the cannon were not heard in thi,
city. The weather was clear and dry


ing; should it continue for three or fou,
days, the ground will be in the condition
Tor which alone Grant is waiting to re.
sumo active operations. But the season
when any considerable length of good
weather can be expected has passed.
The period of SHOWS and winter rains is
| at hand.


The report that there was any fighting
on the Petersburg lines on Thursday
was incorrect. The Petersburg Express
OF Yesterday says that that day passed
without incident of Importance. 9


FROM GEORGIA.


Seeing that Sherman is now cut off
from all communication with his own
country, and that the military authori-
ties OF his nation can only hear from him
through the medium of the Southern
press, did we publish the intelligence
concerning him and his movements that
reaches us, we should be guilty of the
offence known as "giving information to
the enemy and would, in no respect,
except in motive, differ from the man
who should collect information here, and
committing it to writing, send it direct
to General Grants headquarters; there
fore we have concluded, until such time
as reticence shall certainly be no longer
necessary, to ignore the Georgia cam
paign. So far as we are concerned, the
Yankees shall be thrown upon their own
resources to obtain intelligence from
heir adventurous general. When he
shall, as it was boasted he would do,
exchange signals with Commodore
Porter on the Atlantic coast" or when
lis attempt to reach that coast shall have
'roved the grandest failure of the war,
will be time enough for us to advert to
is operations.
Year: 1864

In this statement Marion county is not
included. for the reason that her enroll
ment is so much in excess of her assess
ment of polls as to justify doubt of its
correctness. and to excite the suspicion
that It was made with view to an excess
i've vote. and the fact that large per cent
ace of the drafted men cannot be found in
the city of indianapolis, carries the sus-
picion almost to conviction. In almost
exery township we have heard of there is
comnlaint that the enrolment is too large,
and vet we here see how much larger a
vote can be counted upon in an emergency.


In the above tables we have had time to
make calculations as to but few of the
counties in which the frauds are the most
plarinr; but they run, as before said, all
along the railroad lines, and at some 9TH
er points As to the manner in which
they were perpetrated, we have the state
ments of hundreds of as respectable men
a. there are in the State, rs to one mode,
and .S,. {, thst nincrs ard uon-residente
Year: 1864

10000 majority. 1t is manifest that a
great part of this apportionment is fc-
tion-a fraud; for surely the waste of life
in this war, and the absence from the
state Of our citizens engaged in it, is
nearlv as great ~ the increase of voting
population. Then, what party has received
the benefit of this false and fictitious addi-
tion to our population. This is susceptible
of the clcarest proof by the tables we give
below. In the first table, the first column
of figures is the polls assessed, in the
connties named, in 1868 Except Tippe-
canos and franklin which are for the
year 1861 The second column is the
votes cast in this election the third
column is the number Yates cast for each
one hundred polls assessed in each Of .he
Year: 1864

On board ship, one day, when one of the
boys came with his hammock on his should
ers as he passed, the first lieutenant perceived
that he had a quid OF tobacco in his month";


What have you got there? p asked the lieu
tenant; a gum bile? Your cheek is much
swollen.


No si-,' replied the boy; there is nothing At
all the natter


oh, there must be perhaps it Is bad tooth.
Open your mouth and let me see.'


Very reluctantly the boy opened his
mouth, which contained a large roll of tobac-
co.


i see. said the lieutenant, poor fellow, you
must suffer. Your mouth wants overhauling.
and your teeth cleaning. | wish we had a
dentist on board, but as we have not, | will
operate as well as can. Send the armorer up
with his tongs.'


When the armorer made his appearance
with his topgs, he was compelled to open his
mouth, while the tobacco was extracted with
this rough treatment.


There, now said the lieutenant, I'm
sure that you feel better already. You new
er could have an appetite with such stuff
in your mouth. Now, captain, of the af-
tcr-guards, bring piece of old canvass and
some sand, aud clean his teeth nicely"


The captain Of the aiterguari came forward
and grinning from ear TO ear, put the boys
head between his knees, and scrubbed his teeth
well with canvass and sand, for two or three
minutes.


There, that viii do said the lieutenant.
Now, my little fellow, take some water and
rinse your mouth, and you will enjoy your
breakfast. II was impossible for you to have
eaten any thing with your month in such
filthy condition. When yon are troubled in
the same way again come TO me, and I'll be
your dentist


The lad was emphsticaly cured by the ridi-
cule of this occurrence OF the habit of chewing
tobacco.
Year: 1864

at the sight of her; but at last. laughing in
strange mirth at her own misery, she told it
once again. Tears started into the eyes OF
her hearers and instant relief was given Men
are impatient of tears and women weary OF
them Don't give way TO them, no matter
what the case may be; get back the smiles as
quickly as yon can. Let them be but "hollow
Smiles" if that is the best that you can do.


Keep at that. BY and by you will do bet
ter. Laugh to keep from crying. Never
give up 10 gloom; it is 4 wrong to those
about you. sad faces add to the weight OF
Trouble that life lays upon every heart. Wo 10
us ii we cannot look about us and see brave,
cheerful faces 10 encourage our hearts! Let
us. be careful that each Que Of US has one of
these faces.


A man who carries a glad face does an
amount Of good in the world impossible 10
compute, even il he be too poor to give one
cent n charity; and man whose face is gen.
orally sad, does, every day OF his life, more
harm than can be reckoned, This is hard
world, foil OF all manner of troubles, but
every one OF them can, for much of the time,
be Wrested out of sight, and every living
man and woman, as soon as the first distress
is past, can, at the very least, assume cheer
fitness. This is decent. More than this, tits
piety, It's duty. Nobody has right TO go
about a perpetual dampeuer of enjoyment.
And no one has Just reason for habitual sad
ness I'LL he has lost his soul. Springfield
Republican,
Year: 1864

RETURNED HoME.-Or northern
exchanges announce the return home
of our Representative in Congress,
Hon. W. D. McIndoe, and the hearth
ness with which they extend him well
come proves his popularity among his
friends and neighbors. All who have
watched bis course in Congress give
him great praise for the attentive
and most efficient manner in which
he has discharged his duty. This
praise, as the records Of the House
will prove, he has we'll earned, for he
has missed scarcely vote, and no
important one during the whole Of the
past long session, and his votes were
always in favor Of Liberty, the Union,
the Constitution, Justice and the
Right. In Washington his close at
tention to duty was almost proverbial,
and is only the more remarkable and
commendable when we take into con-
sideration the fact that the demands
upon his time, answering tie cores
pondence from his large district, at
tending to and watching over the in
terests of his constituents at the De-
partments, and In a thousand other
ways, were ceaseless and exhausting.
But few men could have accomplished
SO much, and he who has deserves all
the praise. Fortunately for the Dis
trict and the State we are not to
lose his services at the convention to
be held at Sparta, on the 25th inst,
the people, by their representatives,
will show by their votes that they
appreciate and honor a public servant
so faithful and SO we'll deserving


MakstOa Star.
Year: 1864

"a When 1 used to tend store at
the Regulator in Syracuse, the old
man comes round one day, ,and says he:


Boys, the one that sells the most
'twixt now and Christmas, gets vest
pattern as present"


May be We didn't work for that
vest pattern l tell yon there was some
tall stories told in praise of goods
just about that time; but the tallest
talker and the one that had more
check than any Of us was a certain
Jonah Squares, who roomed with me.
He could talk a dollar out of a
mans pocket when the man only in
tended to spend sixpence; and the
women-Lord bless .-they just
handed over their pocket books to him
and let him lay out what he liked for
them.


One night Jonah woke me up with,
"By gosh, old fellow, Il you think that
ere's got cotton in it, I'll bring down
the sheep it was cut from, and make
him swear to his own wool 'Twont
wear out either-wore pair Of pants
Of that kind of stuff myself for five
years, and they're as good now as
when l first put 'em on! Take it at
thirty cents and I'il say you don't owe
me anything. Eh! too dear! Well
call it twenty-eight cents. What
dye say? Shall | tear it? All right
it's a bargain"


I could hear Jonah's hands playing
about the bed clothes for an instant,
then rip! tear! went something Or
another, and / hid my head under the
blankets, perfectly convulsed with
laughter, and sure that Johah had torn
the sheet from top to bottom. When
| woke up the next morning found
alas unkindest tear Of all-that the
back Of nay night shirt was split
from the tail to the band.
Year: 1864

SINGULAR INCIDENT. - Twenty
years ago gentleman of this city re-
solved to move out west, and started
for his destination. In New York he
stopped at second class hotel, and
while there was robbed Of his purse
containing some two thousand dollars
in gold. In the course of his peri
orinatious he was successful and had
almost forgotten his loss, having ac-
cumulated handsome property
When the war broke out he was too
old to enlist, but feeling patriotic, he
offered his services to Gen. Logan
and acted as Quartermaster to 4
brigade. One night, on a march, the
army arrived at small town in
Southern Alabama, and according to
orders, he took possession of the inn
for general headquarters. While
talking with the landlord he discov
cred that he formerly kept hotel III
New York, and upon pressing his in


quiries, found that he was the identl.
cal landlord of the house in which be
had been robbed. In the course Of
the evening he arranged mock court


martial and brought the landlord be-


fore 1t, charging him among other
things with the robbery. Much to hi.
surprise the landlord confessed the
robbery, and be had his choice to re
store the money or die at SUNRISE
The man received his principal, and
all the interest the landlord could
afford to pay, in gold, which the gen
tleman invested i'll United States
$40 nctes.-Bcston Gazette.
Year: 1864




The accounts which have been received
Of the dreadful cltG5.ropLy caused by tho
accidental explosion Of four torpedoes at
Newbern, DO not give q ear idea Of the
construction Of those terrible cngiDes OF
war. There are two kind Of torpcdoes-
those which are exploded by percussion,
and those which are touched o,t by GlecTi-
city. The former are provided with iron
arms or levers, or claws, or something which
prorudes above the sunken torpedo near
ly TO the surface Of the water, and cEplodes
it by contract with vessels Of ordinary
draught. This kind Of torpedo was cx-
tensively used by the rebels at the outset
Of the war. Approaches to Southern har-
bors were strewu with them, leaving cham
nels known only by the rebels for their
vessels TO pass through. This coulriyapce
proved failure. There arc four or five
Of them in this city, fshed out Of the Mis-
sissippi river and Southern haibors on
the Atlantic coast There is no auihen-
tic account Of one of the detonating torpo-
does ever having exploded under water
and hurt anybody. IL is probable that
that portion of the percussion arrange
ments which comes in contact with the
water is rusted, ard thereby prevented
from working The Newbern torpedoes,
according to a statemen. received, must
Year: 1864

On Thursday night up to the hour We
went to press, the news from the front was
satisfactory. The artillery contest coutiu-
uel all night, and toward morning pc.
sons living on the eastern outskirts u the
city could distinguish al intervc..s the vol
ley6 Of muske;ry. From Gaybreak until
past I o'clock AN, the cannonade was
kept up the Grirg was slow out constant
at regular !v.ervals OF q lew minutes each
The mCet distressing casually that occur
rrs IS tho wounding of two slave children
They were in bed at their mothers dwell
ling near Blanford, when a she'll exploded
over the bed. A girl aged four years had
her lett arm broken, femorUl artery cut
and the cap Of tho right knee and fngers
of the left hand injured. A boy aged six
years, suffered more severely. His left
leg had to be amputated half way between
the knee and the ankle, and his right foot
lost the toes and portion Of the instep.
The necessary operations for the relief q
the sufferers were performed.
Year: 1864

A Nashville correspondent writes:


As to the wounded soldiers from the
front, so many of whom are in hospitals
here, their confidence in the result is with
out shadow and absolute. They represent
with one voice the spirit of the army as
animated, and strongly expectant of COM
ing success. Severely wounded, MANNED
as many of them ara, L have not found a
man who bowails his sufferings in the
cause, or who regrets his having left home
to take part in the hard work, stern con-
hicts, and sore suferings of this heroic
army. A more hopeful body of men it
would be hard to find. otalk with these
with one of these noble fellows, lying
cheerful on his little cot, with a arm or a
leg Topped away, hear him tell his soldiers
experience, describe the issue of the strug-
gle and give the reasons for the faith that
is in him, would, if anything could, con-
vert a Copperhead intOa stannch Q nionist,
and uncompromising voter for men and
money to carry on the war. If it is good
at times forF men to be taught by their
enemies, it were surely profitable for a
countrys enemies to be taught by its
friends, men who have shown friendship
and fidelity, by suffering and bleeding to
shield its honor and maintain its integrity.
Year: 1864

..H 3D. EI IEhsbURd5 Jtuy II, 1871.
To the Editor Of the Wig;


The editors of the Richmond and Peters
burg papers have been making fun of the
declaration of the Northern press that
Grant would soon startle the countryswith
another brilliant exploit" Do YOU sup
pose that Grant has kept fifty thousand
men in complete idleness for six weeks, or
fancy that his whole time has been oceu-
pied in fortifylng himself and organizing
raids? If so you will find yourselves
vastly mistaken, and that within a very
few days.


In what manner came into possession
of the facts which l am about to narrate
is not material Suffice it to say they are
facts, as time will prove. Perhaps few
hours may bring the dreadful realization
1 tremble to think of it.


Know then, that our loved Cockade city
will soon be, if it is not at this very mo-
ment, thoroughly undermined. Grant, far
from being content to blow up the rebel
fortifcations, has determined to destroy
the entire. city, as by tremendous blast
from the Internal regions. In a single in
stant every building in the principal
streets OF petersburg Will De lifted on hlgn
and scattered to the four winds Of heaven.
You may laugh at this, but it is 50. My
informant has seen a diagram of the mines
which, when completed, will extend the
length of BoingbroOk,, Bank, Sycamore
and Old streets, and perhaps as far as the
old Fair Ground on the South side of the
city. 'This is incredible and impossible
on the face Of it,i4 you will
say. Very well, you are welcome to your
opinion. But you viii be good enough to
tell me what feat ever attempted with the
pick and spade the Yankees have failed tc
execute. And viii You explain to me the
meaning of Grants long inaction. tel
you this is no canard-would that it were
but plain statement Of facts, procured
by me from an entirely reliable source.
Year: 1864

"Thus it will be seen that the enormous
number of one million nine hundred and
ten UIosasGna ssine huadred and Sirty-one
men haze been placed IN the field, exclusive
Of the temporarily serving militia, of the
black soldiers, and of the hundred days
men who recently offered their services"
Year: 1864

WASHINGTON. March l7-In the contested
cases of Loan and McClurg of Missouri. the
Committee were equally divided the casting vote
of the Chairman, decided against them on the
ground that their election was void for being un-
der military control


Mr. Kings case will be referred back to the
people by the report it is in proof he interfered
IN his official capacity in the election A minor
ity report will be submitted in favor Of Loan and
McClurg. 1t is that they will be able con-
vince majority in the House of lawfulness of
their election.


The President has signed the gold bill, and it
is therefore a-law
Year: 1864

RouaH ON A MULE.-A mule on board the
train for Nashville, bound for Chattanooga
the other day, got Its hind legs out Of the
door of the car. There being only space OF
some six inches between the car and the
freight platform, the mule was torn through
the door and literally made into mince meat.
The body and legs were whitfield up fine,
and the head wrenched from the body.
Year: 1864

We invite the attention Of newspaper publishers
throughout the Confederacy to the prospectus of the
Mutual Press Association" which appears in our
columns this morning. The inhiction of worthless
and unreliable kilograms, at heavy expense, was
borne until folbearauce ceased to be virtue, when
four OF the Richmond papers withdrew from the old
association and set foot enterprise which pro-
misses the best results The proprietor of any jour
nal in the Confederaey may become member of the
new association by contributing five dollars per
month in advance to the treasury, and forwarding
to the general agent all important news from his
locality. Thus, by making each member news re-
porter, nothing bpt reliable news will be forwarded,
and the publication of worthless trash avoided
Year: 1864

ATTEMPTED BuRGLARy.-An attempt was made on
Monday night to break into Michael Wallis stores
on the corner Of First and Broad streets. chissl
had been driven into the door. when Mr. Wall, be-
ing aroused by the noise hoisted his window above
and frightened the thief OFT He fired two loads Of


revolver at the fellow, but failed to hit him. The
chisel was left behind and may lead to the detection
Of the rogue.