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Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged TIE DAILY ONO
ST ATBsMAN, and now print II on plain and hand
some new type, and clear white paper.


In Politics, The ONO STATESMAN is,in War as in
Peace for the Country for the Constitution and for
Union Of equal States. with equal privileges. and
with equal and exact justice 10 all It's citizens. We
are for the Old Flag with not Star Stripe erased
and the Old Union far as II possible to restore It,
and for the existing Constitution in its spirit letter
and purpose.


Upon the coming events Of the year, rest the hopes
# the People and Government. We are in the midst
Of q bloodyand protracted civil war. Its duration
and close depend upon wiser, truer and more patri-
otc Policy than we have seen during the present Ad-
ministration. We owe II TO the memory Of our Faith
e and to the hopes Of our Children to the future Of
our Country and TO tho best interests Of mankind TO
change Policy which Is drifting us farther and far
thor from the landmarks Of our patriotic sires.


TIE STATEsMAN will do all 1t can to aid in bring
ing about this change and hence the Publishers in
yits support and encouragement from all those who
while wishing for q good NEWSPAPER, also wish to
have sound Constitutional Journal.


We publish paper in which We seek TO give the
TRUTH. Our Commercial Reports, our Markets, our
Political and General News, are carefully freed from
the 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 ONO STATESMAN is one Of the
largest, cheapest and best printed Papers in the
West. Each number contains complete resume Of
a 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

AUDITOR ADAMS and his clerk, Sharretts,
of the post office department at Washing
ton, were lately discovered to have sold
some Eve or six thousand dollars worth of
waste paper and pocketed the proceeds
They returned it when the fact came out,
aud the excuse for not doing it sooner was
that they did not know what to do with
the money. The hypocrites had reduced
the pay of the laborer employed to pick up
the paper and sell it, on the prstense that
it was their daty to save what they could
for the government in these times
Year: 1864

vest it, We do not see how he can capture
il at all. But Savannah iS not the Con-
federacy nor yet Georgia, nor yet any
thing more than simply Savannah, and its
capture would count about as much TO-
wards the conquest Of the South as the
capture of Chicago towards the conquest of
tba
Year: 1864

but there was none Messrs. Clay and Hol-
combe addressed TO me letter of sharp crit
icism on the President 5 proffer above quo
ted, which first read in the columns of the
daily Journals of this city And here the
matter closed, despite all rumors Of further
or other negotiations. Messrs. Clay, Hol-
combe, and Sanders remain at the Fall, or
at the adjacent watering place of St Catha-
rines, and are still in the receipt of many
visits from Democratic politicians, who cross
the borders on purpose.


MR.. GREELEY S OPINION ON THE NATTER.


/ heartily approve the President basis of
negotiation, and think them calculated 10
exert salutary influence at the South: and
yet think it would have been wiser to have
interposed no conditions, but asked the Con
federates to perfer and verify their creden-
tials, and thenmake their proposition. For
thus brought to book, what could they
have proffered that would not have strength
ened the upholders of the Union cause 1t
looks TO me as though rare opportunity
was lost for compelling either the Democra-
cy Of the loyal States or the despots of Eu
rope to forego further manifestations of
sympathy with the rebels in their desperate
struggle. may be mistaken in this, but |
cannot be in my conviction that every indi-
cation Of desire on our part to arrest blood
shed and restore amity tends to disabuse
and conciliate the great perverted mass OF
those now fighting to divide and destroy their
and our country.
Year: 1864




A very curious piece of strategy, which
took place the other day, shows the wonders
of Coopers Indian heroes have not ceased.
One of the 18th New York Artillery
Seneca Indian, from the western part of the
State undertook on wager, to bring in
a live rebel sharpshooter, who was perched
in tree in front of our line, considerable in
advance of his own. His manner of accom-
plishing this was as ingenious as successful,
and rivals the ''devitry Of any of the Leath-
erstocking redskins Procuring guam
tity of pine boughs, he enveloped himself
with them from head to foot, attaching them
securely to a branch which he lashed length
wise of his body When completed he was
indistinguishable to casual observer from
the surrounding foliage, and resembled a
tree as closely as it was possible for his really
artistic efforts to render him. Thus prepar-
ed, and with musket in hand, concealed
likewise, he stole by almost imperceptible
movement, to beneath the tree where the
sharpshooter lodged. Here he patiently
waited until his prey had emptied his piece
at one of our men, when he suddenly brought
his musket to bear upon the ''reb, giving
him no time to reload The sharpshooter
was taken at disadvantage To the COM
mand to come down he readily assented,
when the Indian triumpantly marched him
a prisoner into camp and won his wager.
Year: 1864

The metropolitan Record has letter from
a Kentucky sympathizer, who declares that
the Democrat" of that State will support
for President no other than an uncondition-
al Peace man-not even McClellan-ad
ding that


''It is the Peace party which is to carry
us out of these troubles next November.
They are willing to support Vallandigham
or Thomas Fl. Seymour for the Presidency,
and they will not vote for any man who is
not for peace, if needs be based on the rec
ognition of the independence of the South
err States. This may sound like treason to
that delectable institution known as the
Union League, but such are the principles
of the Democracy of this State


We believe that is true, so far. as it re-
CARDS ''the principles of the Democracy. of
Kentucky, and only wish to add, that If that
Democracy had power to elect our next
President-as happily. it has not his
ne would be JEFF Davis
Year: 1864

TIMEE-Gener afteI generation have
felt as we do now, and their lives were as
active as our own. The heavens will be as
bright over our graves as they are about our
paths Yet little while and all this will
have happened. The throbing heart viii be
stilled, and we shall be at rest. Our funer-
al will wend its way, and the prayers will be
said; we shall be left in the darkness and 81
lence of the tomb, and it may be for short
time we shall be spoken of, but the things
of life shall creep on and our names shall be
forgotten. Days shall continue to move too,
and laughter and songs will be heard in the
room where we died and the eyes that
mourned for us be dry and animated with
Joy, and even our children will cease to think
of us, and will remember to lisp our names
no more
Year: 1864

Female Yankee Surgeon. DIR Mary Walk
er, Assistant Surgeon in the Yankee army Of
Tennessee, captured few days ago near
evening, and was committed to the female
department Of Castle Thunder She was
dressed in male attire, except Gipsey hat,
aud wore handsome black ralma. AS she
passed down the streets to the Castle in
charge Of detective the odd figure she cut
attracted a great crowd of negroes and boys,
who beset her path to such degree as much
to obstruct her progress. She was very in
dignant at having been taken prisoner, pro-
testing that ut the time Of her capture she
was on neutral ground.
Year: 1864

Damage Done.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
June %, S A. M.-An attack was made on
Burneide's line about II O'Clock on Saturday
night, with the intention Of driving back q
working party who were engaged In digging
entrenchments toward the enemy SO as TO gain
better position in which to place guns TO
more efectually cover the works In front The
firing was very brisk for about an hour, re-
sulting in our men holding their ground and
continuing their labors without any loss Of
consequence.


The usual amount Of picket firing took place
yesterday, being q little more persistent in
front of the 9th corps than at any other point.
1t is usual to relieve the picket lines shortly
after dark, and the enemy being generally on the
alert at the least noise, invariably open fire, in
the hope Of being able TO pick of some Of our
men while the change Is being made. 1t is sell
dom any harm results from these attacks. as
the men have be come so careful to screen them.
selves, that 1t Is next 10 impos for the rebel
sharpshooters to get range on them.


The health Of the troops is in the main good,
considering the oppressively hot weather they
have had since their arrival here. and the
corps seems to have the greatest number In the
hospital from the effects Of the hot weather


The colored troops are reported as being I'M.
affected by the heat.


Surgeon Jackson, in charge Of the 4th divi-
sion hospital, 9th corps, reports that, in that di-
vision, only forty men out Of four thousand
were unfit for duty when they were put into
the fight on Tuesday last to relieve the ID corps
This tends to show how much better they can
endure the scorching rays Of the sun than the
white troops.
Year: 1864

point decided whether it is absolutely


necessary that the food consumed by our
people should, after leaving the producer,
pass through the hand of'the hueksters,
thereby receiving an enhancement of so TO
100 per cent. We would make this simple
suggestion to the Council. At the meet
ing which takes place to-day appoint q
committee to examine into and report up
on this subject. II the committee, after q
examination of the subject, End
that they can do good, let them so report.
1t will at least be some solAce in our mis-
cry to know that our ills are beyond hu
man remedy.
Year: 1864

1t affords US great pleasure to publish the follow
ing general ORDER showing that stop is at once to
be put to tho abuse of the Amnesty Oath BY rebels
and TO the Infamous swindlc they daily perpctratc
in order to save their property and keep out of JAIL
Truly it may be said the Amnesty Oath has played
out
Year: 1864

Banner Of freedom, by freemen unfurled
Beacon Of hope to a waiting world!


Shining above is tho starry throng,


A rife in the murky clouds Of wrong
Clouds that shall roll from their beams of light,
Year: 1864

Last year il was reported that an Engineer Of
Boston, had perfected = contriVance by which
q gun of any size could be fred under water in
such a manner that the shot from il should take
effect also under water. We have heard no.
thing recently of this discovery or contrvance,
but We find from report made lately OF some
experiments conducted last year in England by
the officers Of the British guanery ship Excel
lent, that there full trial has been made, and il
is now certain that submerged cannon can be
eaectuAly fired The interesting experiments
al Portsmouth are thus described


" stage was erected in the harbor within the
tide mark on this an Armstrong 10 pounder
was mO1nted, loaded and aimed, at low water.
a. target placed also within the rise Of the tide
When both gun and target were covered bv the
water TO depth of six feet, the gun was fred
by means OF a tube. The targets were placed
al irom twenty 10 twenty i've feet from the mug
Eel OF the gun. One was composed of piles aud
oak planklng, OF q thickness OF twenty one inch
e.; another consisted Of the hull OF an old YES
eel, the Griper. laid on a mud bank a third was
made up Of three inches in thickness OF iron
boiler plates, oOlted together and backed with
timber On al these Ehe effect OF shot and shell
trom tie submerged gsn was very startling
The wooden target was pierced through snd
through, the iron target was broken into pieces
and driven into the backing, and solid shot pass
ed right through both sides of the vessel, max
iag huge hole, through which the water pour
ed 4 torrents shell with percussion burst in
entering, opening chasm OF ave feet oy three
10 the planklng, SCATTERING the ribs and bursting
up the deck beams above


Oar ordnance bureau ought to look 70 this
matter. 1t Il IS practicable to load aud FIRE
cannon under water, then the defence Of harbors
will receive new help; and iron cais, 10 mat.
ter how heavily they are armored above water
viii De as weak and deienseless against such a
submerged battery as the merest shell Of a wood
en irlga1e. IL IS impossible TO arm a floating
vessel against such assault Huge as the
British Warrior and the French Gloire are. thew
can barely support the iron plating which de-
lends their upper works-their hulls below the
water line are no more impervious TO shot than
any wooden ships Suppose now that We had
battery Of submerged cannon so arranged in this
harbor that they could be loaded aimed and fred
at will no iron clad would dare encounter such
a foe. Harbor defence would be complete "
Y Evening Post
Year: 1864

(.


LOVE AND ENTERPRISE.


So small a thing as the scratch of a nail
sometimes affects the history of life
time.


We had ridden all day at smart pace,
pausing only now and then in the shade
Of wayside forest stretches to breathe our
horses, iaded and worn by long travel.
We had set out, with high hopes and re-
solute purpose, to infiict q blow at the
yery yitals of the Confederacy; and un-
der Grierson's gallant lead we had, so
far. swept everything before us scatter
ing In dismay the bands of rebel TROOPERS
marshaled to resist our progress, and leay-
ing on every side the evidences of our
ayenging presence. Inspired by success,
running over with the love OF adventure,
we dashed. along-past thrifty field, past
scattered houses with affrighted inmates
peering from door and window, past vii
iages too contemptibie for our notice
singing, laughing as we rode, careless of
present danger, Indifferent altogether to
The probable hazards Of the future.


While, however, we had so far been
successful at all points, we had not es-
caped conflict and slight loss. At several
points in our excursion we had been
sharply engaged; and while many of the
enemy had bee,l made to bite the dust, a
few of our own gallant riders had been
left to keep them company on the field.
But Notwithstanding all this we swept
payly forward, spreading terror every
where, even with smiles on our faces and
laughter on our tongues.


We had ridden smartly all day, and
now in the twilight a detachment OF US
were sweeping into Enterprise, Mississip-
ri, to the left of the route pursued by the
main column. We knew the enemy had
concentrated there in some force; but
that only heightened our interest In the
place, and with firm and steady columns
we charged straight into the town. Be
fore the stars had come out we had fought
and yanouished the rebels, and, with our
horses picketed in the streets, were for
aging for such cheer as We could obtain
from the inhabitants. In the main, they
were by no means the hospitable people
we had expected to find them; but we
managed, Notwithstanding their GOODNESS,
to make ourselves very comfortable, tax
ing some liberties, 1t must be confessed,
which probably strict construction OF
army regulations would hardly have per-
mitted.


But we could not loiter long-it was a
long way yet to Baton Rouge-so, after
resting on our horses and refreshing our
selves, we prepared to mount and be of.
i had taken supper just on the edge of
the town, with an old man and his
daughter, occupying neat little house,
and had been treated with great kindness.
said my adieux, therefore, in my very
politest style, and started for my horse,
most of my comrades having already
mounted. But l was TO ride no more,
that time, under Grierson's brave lead.
As leaped toward my horse, in my
haste to join my comrades a nail project
ing from the side of the gate caught my
coat. STOPPING hurriedly and with a
sort of blind impatience to extricate my
self from the annoying duress another
sharp point struck me straight under the
eve, and with howl of pain fell back
stunned and bleeding, being blind indeed,
for the moment, from the agony OF my
hurt.
Year: 1864




What must our readers think of Mr.
Ristine when we tell them that no such
letter lcds euer sent or erer receiUed-
that at the time of its date the Report
was not in existence, and was not for
two months afterward, and that the let
ter is in every part an utter and shame
less fabrication? Mr.. Ristine wants the
people to believe that he complied with
the law by sending his report TO the Gov
ernor at the proper time, and that the
Governor authorized it to- be printed as
required by the law, and he prints this
letter in the face of the fact that the Gov
ernor called three times for the report
long after the time it should have been
made, and was never permitted to see it
until after it had been secretly printed
for general circulation. We forbear fur
ther comment for the present, and will
only remark that the facts present Mr..
Ristine in an attitude which must be
painful aud notifying to such of his
friends as have any regard for truth or
fair dealings, or the honest performance
flofficial duties 1t is the first time,
we believe, that State officer has vii.
fully deceive the Executive as to the pre-
sentation of an official report, and
completed the offense by an Official
falsehood to deceive the public. The
letter published in the report, pur
porting to have been sent to the Gov
ernor, is little, if any, better than 4
forgery. No such letter was ever sent
and Mr.. Ristine never wrote it except Il
the printer He never intended to le
his Report getoto the Governor hand
till it was past all chance of correction
he never intended to comply with thl
law which requires the printing to b,
. authorized BY the Governor; and he dit
intend deliberately to violate the Embe7
!. Element Law By paging for the printing
which the law never authorized, out 9
money which no law ever appropriate
to that or any other object This thin
of making the people pay partisa
printer for Copperhead election docr
ments, is an achievement of Just the sol
of shrewdness that finds peculiar hone
in that party, and doing it through sue
q series of deliberate deceptions and il
= fractions of the law may be relied upo
!, as, securing Mr. Ristins's renominatio
unanimously In few days we shs
Year: 1864

MADAME RAcnEL's PREDECESSORS -Ninon
de fErelos, the famous French beauty, like
lIoppaa. the mistress of Nero, is said to have
preserved her loveliness unimpaired to a
mature age by her daily use of bath of
asses milk. The fair Queen of Scots bathed
in wine; and the Earl of Shrewsbury, when
acting her custodian, complained bitterly
of the expense she entailed upon him by this
luxurious custom. 1t was white wine the
ladies tbas employed for the purposes of the
toilet. and it was mainly used by those of a
certain age" who desired to remove their
wrinkles; young beauty contented itself with
q bath of milk. According to Struts, if you
wish to obtain bright and sanguine COM
plexiou, YOU must first use = hos bath until
you become maryelously fair and ruddy. A
wine bath was assuredly much to be prefer
ed to the flesh of capons fed with vipers. by
which the beautiful Venltia Digby, wife Of
the eccentric Sir kenelm. endeavored to i'm
prove her complexion. Sir Kenelm is also
supposed to have made his lady feed upon the
great snail, or helir pomatia, washing down
the unsavory repast with a draft of viper
wine for the preservation of her beauty. No
wonder that she died in her 33d year, and
that only small quantity Of brains was
found in her head
Year: 1864

CoNcUssIoN OF HEAVY GuNs.-Every country
boy who has ever Teen to general training,
as the annual muster of village militia is
called, has remarked how the grass is blown
down by the discharge of the 6-pounder gun
usually fred on such occasions. Similar
effects take place every time a gun is fred,
but they are not always so apparent, The
discharge puts a column of air in motion
from the muzzle outward, which sweeps for.
ward with terrible force. The original Mon
itor, when she engaged the Merrmac in
Hampton Roads, was universally condemned
for not following the repulsed vesse! to its
lair, and the correct reason of her failure to
do so has never been given until the publica-
ton of this article.


The Monitor did not follow the Merrimac
because she was .not in a condition to do so,
for this reason: The pilot house. it will he
remembered, was Immediately forward. and
when the guns were fred in line with the
keel, the shot passed over it. The top of the
pilot house was solid. wrought iron plate
3 feet six inches wide. by feet long and 5
inches thick. This top was lifted bodily up.
and displaced by the discharge of the ll-inch
gun fired from the Monitors tnrret. 50 that
in sheering off to repair this damage the,
Monitor reluctantly allowed the rebel vessel
to escape The gun could not afterwards I've
fred except at an angle of $50 with the keel.
so great was the effect of the discharge upon
the veesel itself and upon the inmates of the
pilot house through the sight holes. For
this reason. and some others. the pilot house
on the new Monitors are placed over the tur-
rets, and the matches which cover the open
ing in the deck are all strongly tasted with
heavy bolts-Scienfifc American.
Year: 1864

WHEN Cornelius Vanderbilt VISA young
man, his mother gave $50 of her savings to
buy a small sail boat. and he engaged in the
business of transporting market gardening
from Stat'n Island to New York city. When
the wind was not favorable. he would work
his way over the shoals by pushing the boat
along with poles, putting his own shoulder to
the pole, and was very sure to get his
freight into market N season. This energy
always gave him command of full freights,
and he accumulated money. After while
he began to build and run steamboats,. and
ne IS now reputed to be worth nineteen mil
Hons OF dollars, after making the Government
present, as free gift. of steamship that
cost the sum of $500. 900