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Year: 1864

The telegraph, under date Of New York
cepted the nomination of the National Dem
ocratic Convention, held at Chicago, and
gives the following extract from bis letter.


The existence of more than one Govern
ment over the region which was once owned
by our flag, is Incompatible with the peace
power or happiness Of the people. The pre-
servalion of our Union was the sole avowed
object for which the war was commenced
and it should have been conducted for tha,
object only, and in accordance with those
principles which | took occasion to declare
when in active service Thus conducted, the
work of reconciliation would have been easy,
and we might have reaped the benefit of our
many victories on land and sea- The Union
was originally formed by the exercise of a
spirit of concIiatiou and compromise. To
restore and preserve it, the same spirit must
prevail in our councils and in the hearts of
the people The re>establishment of the
Union in all its integrity must continue to be
the indispensable con lition of any settles
;nent. So soon as it is clear, or even prob
able, that our present adversares are ready
for peace, upon the basis of the Union, we
should exhaust all the resources of states
manship praclised by civilized nations, taught
by the traditions of the American people,
consistent with the honor and interests of
the country, to secure such peace, re-estab'
lish the Union, and to obtain guarantees for
the future constitutional rights Of every State.
The Union is the one condition Of peace; we
ask no more. Let me add what dcubt not
was, although unexpressed, the sentiment of
the Convention, AS it is of the people they
represent, that when any one State is willing
to return to the Union, it should be received
at once, with full guarantee of all its Com
s,ilulional rights. If frank, earnest and
persistent effort to obtain those objects
should taiI The responsibility for uIlerior con-
sequences will fall upon those who remain in
arms against the Union. But the Union
must be preserved at all hazards. A vast
majority of cur people, whether in the army
or navy or at home, would, as | would, hail
with unbounded JOY the permanent restora.
tion Of peace, on the basis OF the Union un
der the Constitution; but no peace can be
permanent without Union. As to other SUBJ
jects presented in the resolutions Of the Con
venlon, can mere say l should seek in
the Constitution of tho United States, and
in the laws framed in accordance Herewith,
the rule of my duty and the limits Of Execu
tive power and endeavor to restore economy
in public expenditures, re- sabish the su
premacy of law, and by operation of more
vigorous nationality, resume our command
ing position among the nations Of the earth.
The condition of our finances, the deprecia>
tion of our paper money, and the burdens
thereby imposed on labor and capital, show
the necessity of return TO a sound financial
system; while the rights of citizens, and the
rights of States, and the binding authority of
law, over the President, army, and people,
are subjects of not less vital Importance in
neace than in war"
Year: 1864

WHERE'S THE DIFFERENcEl-Is there anv
difference between the rebel who wishes TO-
organize Southern Conedsracy and the
abolitionst who wishes to form new nationt
Is he not traitor who says that the Union
shall not be restored as it was9 Have not
the men who control the Administration
party declared that the restoration of the
Union is neither possible nor is it desirablef
Is it not insulting to the intelligence of the
people for a party, to be a "Union party"
that is opposed to the restoration Of the
Union?
Year: 1864

ORIGIN OF Doors AND SHoEs.-Boots are
said to have been invented by the Carrans.
They were first made Of leather, afterwards
Of brass and iron, and were proof against
both cut or thrust. 1t was from this that
Homer called the Greeks brazen footed
Formerly, in France, great foot was much
esteemed, and the length of the shoe in the
fourteenth century was mark of distinction.
The shoes of prince were two feet and a
half long; those Of baron two feet; those
Of a knight eighteen inches one.
Year: 1864

traderS from New Orleans. They seem
to be about equally divided in opinion,


the trade in rebel States shouldbe
continued under the present stringent reg


or free trade should be allowed.
Year: 1864

The foregoing shows a very healthy
state of things for the Union record.
We believe the record will be made
complete next November and pos
sibly that both New Jersey and Ken
lucky will wheel into column and
keep step to the music of the Union.
Year: 1864

ment, in order that they may create out
ofthe fragments confederacy ofnegro
thieves They make negro the issue
they will thrust forward the negro.
AT that time you could hear nothing
else put forward but niger, They
will make the issue themselves, and
now are most terribly Mortified because
it is the issue
Year: 1864

This is not q political contest 1T is
a defensive struggle for life, Let us
all work together, and smake no new
issues with Union men about slavery,
OF favorite men, or anything else. Al
though l believe that slavery has caus-
ed all our woes, and hence my indy
ing hatred to the institution. Yet ]
say to all such, let us fight for the
glorious and most important Of all
earthly cause, THE UNION. The
slave party have de6antlys threwn


down the challenge, and boldly say


that it and the Union cannot both ex-
list, and one Of them must die. There's
Year: 1864




Editor JoUrnaE-Allow me through
the columns of your interesting pa.
per to state few things which may
perhaps be of interest to many of its
readers throughout Gallia County
who have friends in this regiment
Good health is prevailing in the reg
iment with the exception of a few
cases of measles and small -pox. We
have just returned from Summers
vile. We had a very hard march
through the mud and rain, but we
are all right again and ready for an
other move 1t is thought that we
will leave here soon and advance
upon the enemy a little, that is we
will move our lines a little further
out. We understand that the rebs.
have given US six weeks to get out
of the valley; they say if we are not
out before that time they will help us
out; well we will have to see them
before they can scare us; they have
tried it once before and failed, and
the next time you hear from them
they will fail. / do not think that
they can drive us out of Fayetteville
We have good Notifications here
and are able to hold them against
any force that they can bring in
Western Virginia. / believe it is
the general opinion that the war will
close this summer, but it is hard to
tell; the rebs. are very spunkY and
they are whipped but they might as
we'll give up now without any more
fighting, for we are bound to whip
them entirely out, if it takes us fif
teen years, for | know that we can
fight as long as they can, and we are
in better humor for fighting now
than when we came out. We will be
very apt to get q trial at them be-
fore long, and you may rely upon it
we will give them the best licks in
the shop. Pleaseegive this space in
your paper. so that my friends may
know how l am getting along for it
is impossible for me to write to all.


Yours Truly,


CHAs. c. JAMES.


Co. A. 9lst Reg. o. V. l.
Year: 1864

The result of the recent elections in
some of the Northern States is very
important, as indicating the determi-
nation of the people to sustain the
Administration in it's conduct of the
war. By their votes at the polls. the
people have declared their unalteI-
able attachment to the Government, t,
have placed the stamp Of their indig-
nation upon copperheadism, and have
thus encouraged and strengthened the
brave soldiers of the Union army in
the field. An election defeat of the
copperheads in single State, is worth
to the country. and to the army, as
much as a Union victory over the
rebels in u well and hard fought bat
tie. If we would put down the rebel
lion the Government must be sustain
ed. Our enemies over the other side
Of the lines well understand this prop
osition, and hence they have hoped
that the party known as copperheads
might succeed in the recent elections
But their hopes Of aid and comfort
from this quarter are blasted. The
people will sustain the Administration
the people now and forever repu-
diate the disloyal and diabolical cop
perheads. and if they go into a presi-
dental election against the Admins
tration or Union party. they will be
so overwhelmingly defeated and an
initiated that no Gabriel's trumpet
sound can ever call them to life.
Year: 1864

~The Washington Chronicle in
an article on the expulsion of the
traitor Long uses the following ar
gument.


If live rebel were in Congress,
who wished most effectually to uphold
the waning cause OF the South, what
kind of speech would he make to do
his work of treason most eifectually?
He would not endorse the leaders OF
the rebellion as heroes and their
cause as sacred. That would defeat
his fell purpose by unmasking it
But he would deny the right of the
Government to coerce the South
He would denounce the war and its
management. He would represent
the Government as violating the
Constitution and trampling on the
authority of law. He would exag-
gerate the valor of the South and t e
disasters of our arms. He would
deplore the loss of our constitu-
tional liberties, and insist that the
only way to save the country from
destruction was to make peace; and
he would do all this with such an air
of candor as to deceive the unwary
and mislead the unthinking.


A man might do some of these
things in a spirit of partisanship and
with the hope of breaking down the
Administration; but it is our deliber-
ate opinion that no man can do them
all who is true-hearted patriot and
a fitting representative of the Ameri.
can people. And especially do we
hold that no man is fit to sit in eth er
House of Congress, who, at this stage
OF our great struggle, declares, Il do
not believe there can be any prosecu-
ton of the war against a sovereign
State under the Constitution" The
whole drift of Mr.. Longs speech
shows his sympathies are where he
argues they ought to be-with the
South, which ''has demanded an in
dependent government"
Year: 1864

Ten more of the wounded at Fort
Pill ow were picked up a fw days
since from their hiding places, where
they have been suffering since the
battle. They were brought up to the
Mound City Hospital.
Year: 1864

The Rochestea Democrat in dis
cussing the question of Voting in
camp or by Proxy, has the follow
ing:


"We have seen an election carried
on in the Army of the Potomac
A regiment of Ohio Cavalry cast
their solid vote against Vallandigham
voting while in the saddle, and IA
cling the enemy on the morning of q
day of almost iucessant battle. And
that act of the Ohio soldiers-stan-
ding in line across the road at Bran
dy Station, each right hand grasping
the ready saber, which in an hour
was to hew the Rebels in 'front.' and
the left disposing the ballot which
was to rout the Copperheads in the
rear; it was one ofthe most sublime
and significant spectators we have
ever witnessed, and one how truly
Americany'
Year: 1864

THE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY CAUTIONED


L not TO purchase negotiate for any OF the
following Certificates of stock in the Cherokee
Gold and Silver Mining Company, as the same
were sold at public auction on Monday. March
Iith. 1864. at the Office of the company, in Gold
Hill and will not be transferred by the Secretary.
Year: 1864

here along with most thinkers and writer's the subject
insists that s naas Of gold and susr inhers in hs
amount Of LABOR Teqaired to produce TO duplicate
them, and that all substitute alternative media Of
change less valuable according to the feasb


y and certainty Of their conversion into actual specified
values. : - esB t1H


Ths laws OF ths universe utterly refuse to be subord
mated to the acts Congress product which has cost
thousand days labor win not be exchanged for held Of
equal value with something that may be picked up in two
hours by the side of almost any country road Legsa


on may impair the value OF gold, by obstructng its
change for other products values it cannot make
catoadof paving sones the actual enduring equivalent
of cartload Of wheat of wool in any region where
paving stones are superabundant.


"Are pottering the B C's of Finances Ger
ainy; but how avoid it when statesmen and financial
authorities have not yet mastered these? With
great respect for the abilities of Mr. Stevens say that
act of Congress declaring paper dollar the equivalent
of gold dollar is transparent and mschievous absurdty
1t may be such equivalent; if it is 1t needs statute to
bolster it, but will take ample of itself bank dollar
surely redeemRbe in coin at bank counter brokers'
Office is dollar practically and benefcenty Any paper
dollar is worth less according to the facility and
readiness wherewth it may be converted and the cash
which declares nothing to be thing forbds
to down HILL may be potent for incidental mischief but
never achieve its declared end.


Let consider the Of miner who has spent the
year 1864 prospecting and devng among the gens of the
Rocky Mountains, and has thereby accumulated twenty
pounds troy of virgin gold equal to four thousand
dollars in coin. BY what right to what purpose shall
Congress forbid his exchanging this product of his labor
for many greenbacks or their equivalent in land food
and clohing implements and farm stock these green
backs will buy in open market3"
Year: 1864

The bill introduced in the House Of Represen-
tatives by Mr.. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, the dis
tinguished chairman Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means, for the purpose of declaring by
act Of Congress that dollar note issued by the
Government is Of equal value for all purposes as
gold and silver coins of like denomination, and
that contract made payable in coin may be pay
able in legal-tender United States notes, and that
no difference in sale or value shall be allowed be-
tween them, has found still les, favor with the
public press than in Congress. The speedy tabling
of the bill has no where excited either surprise or
regret the only surprise regret being that fifty
members of body supposed to represent the aver
age intelligence of the American people could be
found to vote against such disposition Of the Chi
merical project


The New York Tribune, in commenting on the
bill of the chairman Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means in the House, INDUCES in the following
sensible reflections, which to show that in the
estimation Of that journal the United States are
not exempted from the scope of the financial laws
which apply to all other nations under the sun II
says:


"The fundamental error Of Mr. Steyens's, a. OF al
Kindred financial nosrums implies that the value Of go
and silver s created by awthst Of silver buy
| bushel of wheat less, because Government
have agreed to make gold and silver legal tender for th
payment Il debts. Tho opposite school, whereto We ad
Year: 1864

DRAFT MRRTING.-The citizens Of the Fourth
Ward will hold a meeting at the City Hall, on
Friday evening, 10 make corrections in the
enrolment list of the ward, and to adopt
measu to prevent another draft
Year: 1864

METROPOLITAN RAILRoAD.-We learn it is
the intention of this company to commence run
ming eight or ten cars on the new track along
street On Monday next. Several new and
beautiful cars are now at the western terminus
of the track, in front of the Navy Department,
which are considerably wider than those now
used on the other routes Of the city. Other new
ones will be put on the track as they are re-
ceived from the North.
Year: 1864

The storming of the ridge in the great
battle before Chattanooga on the 26lh ulti-
mo is thus described by an officer in re-
port to the War Department.;


"Ths storming of the ridge by our troops
was one Of the greatest miracles in militia
ry history No man, who climbs the as
cent by any of the roads that wind along
its front, can believe that eighteen thou
sand men were moved upon its broken and
crumbling face, unless it was bis fortune
to witness the deed, Itsecms as awful as
visible interposition of God. Neither
Gen. Grant nor Gen. Thomas intended it.
Their orders were to carry the rife pits
along the base of the ridge and cut offther
occupants; but when this Yves accomplish.
Year: 1864

1t was six o'clock in the afternoon. At
this time the great wholesale warehouse of
Messrs. Hubbard & Son was wont to close,
unless the pleasure of business compelled the
partners to keep open until later.


The duty of closing had usually devolved
on Edward Jones, boy of fourteen, who
had lately been engaged to perform a few
slight duties for which he received the sum
Of fifty dollars annually. He was the boy
but If he behaved himself so as to win the
appreciation Of his employers his chance Of
promotion was good.


Yet there were some things that rendered
this small salary hard trial to him-cir-
cumstances with which his employers were
unacouainted His mother was a widow
The sudden death of Mr.. jones had thrown
the entire family upon their own resources.
and these were indeed but slender.


There was an older sister who assisted
her mother to sew, and this with Edward,
salary constituted the entire income of The
family. Yet by means Ct untiring industry
Year: 1864

Brick Pomeroy, of the La Crosse Democrat
takes the result of the election good natured.
", and makes out that the Democrats have
done as well as the Abolitlonista. He saws:


Nor so BAD.-Election is over, and all who
are sensible people will once more be friends,
The Republicans say we abused them
and their candidate. So we did And tEey
abused US and our candidate. Here we are
even. They voted against US. We voted
against them. Here again we are eyen.-
They spent time and money. So did we.--
Here again we are even, And besides it
cost the Republicans more to elect their
President then he will ever benefit them
Here we have the advantage. And again
thousands who have worked for Old Abe
beautiful Abe in hopes to be rewarded with
office. will be disappointed and for year,
feel sore at haart. Here we have the m again.
And still another! They began this war
let them be responsible for its ending.


1t IS bad time to swap horses when cross
ing stream. Let US rather drown the
horse. Make him carry his load through
The Republican party has disarranged our
finances. Let it remedy them. Republicans
! are holding U. S. Bonds. Let them hold
them In four years from now no one else
will want to Republicans want TO free the
negro Let them do it. They want to do
the black cuss kindness by sending him
to war, All right. Let none but negroes
go 70 war. We can stand it, Here we are
even. Republicans do not intend to go to
war. We do not intend to. Here again we
are even They won't so to the war. And
we won't. Here again we are even with
them. The Republicans will have no more
drafts And we will have no more Even againl
They intend to stay at home to watch cop
perheeds. We intend to remain ct home To
watch them ! Here we have them again
Over two million of men in the North voted
for Mcclellan. Quite a moderate band of
brothers. Hero we have them seain
Year: 1864

Five engineer officers were sent several days
ago to fortify the fords of the susquehanna
river, so that the rebels might be prevented
from extending their incursion into the heart
Of the State. Their operations will doubtless
be confined to the Cumberland Valley.
Year: 1864

5s3~ Gen. Prcutiss' speech at Union
Hall last night was one of his best efforts,
and was greeted throughout with the
heartiest enthusiasm by the patriotic
crowd of soldiers and citizens assembled
to hear him. The General has with essed
and experienced the tender mercies of
our Southern brethren, and he gives ex-
preston in eloquent terms to the general
sentiment of the army in reference to the
traitors of the South as we'll as to their
Copperhead friends in the North. The
strong expressions of appreciation and
admiration of the Iowa soldiers and of
Governor Stone as a gallant officer and
an able ana patriotic citizen, will be
gratefully treasured up in the memories
of all who had the pleasure of hearing
him. :


We congratulate our citizens on the
opportunity which all will have of hear
ing General Prentiss, who remains in our
city to participate in the ceremonies Of
the reception of the Third Iowa Cayalry.
which constituted for some time favor
ite portion Of his command in Arkansss. !.
Year: 1864

EVENING JOURNAL ALMANAC. - We
have received copy Of this almanac, and
after hastily glanciug over its pages We
have come 10 the conclusion that it is
fully equal to the Tribune Almanac of
almost worldwide reputation.
Year: 1864

S-The mail from the East was brought
over in haud-cart yesterday. If the ice
breaks up We need not expect to keep up
our me OF communication with that quar-
ter OF creation any longer, for some time
at least.
Year: 1864

wealth Of the United States in 1880
would exceed that Of the United King
dom S23, 745,5lS, ,Si9 that in 1890 it
would be more than double, and in 1890
approaching qusndruple that of the
United Kingdom When We reflect
that England increases in wealth much
m5re rapidly than any other country of
Europe, the vaiae of these statistics
may be estimated, as proving how read
lily our national debt can be extinguIsh-
ed without oppressive taxation"


Let US not forget that our nation is yet
in its earliest youth; that five take care
to establish liberty and promote intelli-
gence within all our boundaries, we
may expect the United States to endure
as long at least as the English nation
has lasted; that we have as yet but
scratched the ground with hoe, while
in Europe it has been already trenched
and manured; that our greatest sources
OF wealth are untouched; and that
while we are free we shall enjoy not
only our natural increase, but the enor-
nous addition of population and wealth
which comes to US from the fact that
We drain overpOpulated Europe of its
laboring classes.-N =. Post