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Year: 1865

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Year: 1865

s% Fifty histories Of the war have
been published, hundred probably
are now in progress, no doubt two
hundred will be got up hereafter. and
many thousands of stories Of isolated
incidents real or imaginary VIII at
different times be given to the world.
But, after all, the world will know
comparatively little OF the whole truth.
Louisville Journal.
Year: 1865

In regard to moving the dead. four men
were assigned to that duty and in return they
were allowed to bring in wood, which they, If
they chose, could sell inside fot a dollar.
Some men would go over the dead line where
it was broken without knowing il, and had
they not been warned would have been shot
Hounds were kept there to hunt and recapture
those who attempted to escape.


Prisoners were allowed to go out in certain
numbers to collect wood The witness told
his comrades that the first time he got out of
the stockade he would try to escape He
made the attempt, but was Immediately found.
He lay concealed an hour or two and heard
the yelpiRg of honnds in the distance then
nearer and nearer they came, SO close as &C.
tually to rub his nose, and then made circle
around him, until the hunters came up. The
hunter or soldier said the witness must go
with him.


The soldier said the old Captain told him
to make the dogs tear him. but having once
been prisoner himself, he felt for those who
were in their condition.


When witness was brought before Captain
Wirz, the latter asked the soldier why he did
not make the dogs tear him, when he. reply
ing, guess the dogs hurt him enough Wirz
then ordered the witness to be taken back to
the stoekade.


The court here took recess till two
o'clock
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON. Aug. IS


From highly intelligent gentlemen from
South Carolina we learn that the question of
suffrage may prove somewhat embarrassing
to the South Carolina politicians. Lii settling
the basis of representation in that State a
strong party will be in favor of fixing it on
the white basis, while the lower country in
terests have heretofore controlled the legisla-
ton of the State by preponderance in slaves
10 insist now on negroes forming any portion
OF the basis of representation will be more or
less compromising npon the question of negro
suffrage


On Friday last an officer of authority called
on jeff. Davis who announced himself as in
very good health, the only drawback being a
carbuncle on his leg, aud slight touch of
the erysipelas.


In speaking of Wertz, Davis said he never
seen or heard of him before his arrest, and
that from what he knew of Winder, having
been classmate of his at West Point, he did
not believe he would be guilty of such awful
acts of inhumanity as are laid to his charge.


Secretary Stanton will visit Saratoga before
he returns to Washinpton. fsN
Year: 1865

THE following letter from Col. J. B. Weav-
er, of the Iowa ID. was received by Col Hill
lis too late TO be read at the convention on
Saturday, and we now publish il for the ben
eft Of his numerous friends in this county:


BLOOMFIELD, Iowa, Aug. "a, 1865.
Ng Dear Sir Contrary To my expecta-
tions and wishes, | find it impossible to be
with you on Saturday, and shall have to ask
you and my friends generally in Lee county
to excuse me. Business matters imperousv
require my presence at home on that day,
and shall therefore be compelled 10 forego
the pleasure which an opportunity TO address
the citizens of Lee county would afford me.
Twill visit your city before the close of the
campaign


Give my compliments to Col. Parrott, and
the gallant boys of the ID and 7th Iowa, and
say TO them Cor me that the soldiers of Davis
county are all in line with the friends who
sustained them whilst they were in the field
They are not ready to go to bed with those
who prayed for their defeat whilst they were
at the front Very truly yours,


4 II Wp.vrp
Year: 1865

The funniest story of the age is told by
Detroit paper. A lady suspected her husband
Of improper intimacy with the hired girl.
Without informing her husband Of her inten,
tion, she sent the girl of that night and went
to sleep In the girls bed. She had not been
there long when somebody came and took the
other half of the bed. About two hours after.
the wife arose, intending to reveal the inf
deity of her spouse, and struck Light, when
lol 1t was the hired man,
Year: 1865

AMNESTY 10 DEsERTERs New York
Journal Of Commerce says many deserters are
returning from the Canadas. in compliance
with the Presidents proclamation of amnesty
to all who give themselves up within GO days
from March llth; and many come from hid
ing places in country and city


'' Great kindness is shown by the provost mar
shal and MS assistants to repenting men, who
thus make the stonement for their misdeeds
They are provided with clothing, rstions. and
transportation. and are received back into the
army on exactly their old footing, being required
only to serve out their original time. and, IN sd
dition. a period equal to that lost by desertion.
The generosity Of these terms Is fully appreciated
by the returning deserters, and they all express
their thankfulness for being let of 50 easily, and
for the opportunity of winning back their lost
honor 80
Year: 1865

That calm and moderate paper, tho New
York Journal OF Commerce, has the following
criticism upon the Military Commission at
Washington. 1t says;


"The trial presents picture which will be
by no means honorable to US in history There
is no pretense, that we know Of, on the part
Of the Court or the Judge Advocate, or any
one else, that large mass Of the evidence
given has any thing to do with the cases Of
the accused. The civilized world will look
with surprise and regret on the strange spect.
acle presented by this Court or Commission,
assuming jurisdiction TO try men and women
for capital o6enses, we're the civil courts are
in full power, and after assuming this juris-
diction proceeding to heap up mass OF testi
mony designed solely to reach the public
mind, and utterly without reference to the
question Of guilt or innocence of any of the
prisoners"


I'VE may be pardoned, in view Of such a
scene, for entering once more on our record
a plea in behalf OF due process of law. 1t is
the grand fortifcation Of life, property and
reputation. But at the present time no one
enjoys it-no one is secure against accusation
punishment, and death, without possible es.
cape by defense in due form
Year: 1865

Since the close Of the war unexpectedly
large quantities of cotton are discovered. K
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writing from Atlanta, says that the editor of
the Atlanta Intelligencer assures him that
there are not fer from 100000 bales in Geo
gia. The planters OF course secured all they
could from destruction, and the facilities they
had for secreting cotton have led to very gen.
eral belief that there was a much less guam
tity in the country than has been shown to be
the fact since it could be disposed nf safely.
II there are yet remaining two and half
millions OF bales, as recent calculations by
intelligent authority show, tho South has cap
ital that will enable her to do much in the
immediate repair Of the devastation caused by
the war. She is now buisily at work in
repairing her rail roads aud the fact that in
several instances the directors Of these roads
have proceeded without the assistance OF the
government argues a confidence in their own
resources and these Of the sections through
which the roads run that may well afford en-
cOuragement
Year: 1865

OUR TURN MUsT CONE" Generation
after generation" saws a fine writer,
"have felt as we now feel, and their lives
were as our own. They passed like va
por, while nature wore the same aspect
Of beauty as when her Creator command
ed her to be. The world will have the
attractions for our offspring yet unborn,
that she had once for us as children. Yet
= little while and all will have happened.
The throbbing heart will be stihed, and
we shall be at rest. Our funeral shall
find its way, and prayers will be said,a and
We shall be left alone in silence and dark
ness, for the worms. And it may be for
q short time we shall be spoken Of, but
the things of life will creep in, and our
names will be forgotten. Days will con-
tinuc to move on, and laughter and song
will be heard in the room where we died {;
and the eyes that mourned for US will be
dried. and glisten again with joy, and
even our children will cease to think Of
us, and will not remember to lisp our
names."
Year: 1865

TIE FIRST SHOT EVER MADE. British
plumber named Watts, retired one night
to bed as usual, and had au extraordinary
dream. He. so far as his fancy paints
himself, crawed upon church roof, about
to solder defect in it, when by one Of
those unaccountable incidents which We
take away quickly when they come 10 us
in dreams, down goes the ladle Of boiling
metal into a pool in the street below
Try again" says old honesty; and bO
descends to get bis ladLe and he laad.-S
The former was there sure enough, bat tha
latter is represented by myriads Of globes,
With real lead material and bis syeS vide
open, he goes through next morning, the
exact process be had seen in bis dream,
and inaugurates the manufatUre Of shot.
The story goes on to tell that the patent
he had for the invention be sold for $lO.-
900 and with that sum he built, for the
establishment of his native city, crss-
cent of houses, which the citizens were
impolite enough to christen Watts Folly.
Year: 1865

LET TIE Truth BE ToLD.-We have seen
a number Of the soldiers of the 18th and
other Connecticut regiments who have
been prisoners at AndersOnville. Among
them is gentleman who was detailed as
a clerk to the Confederate Commander at
Andersonville and he informs US that he
knows from the official record that the
Richmond authorities directed that the
prisoners should receive the same rations
that were allowed to the rebel soldiers -
He says there were about 80, 900 prisoners
there at time, and about 200 of them
were detailed to do certain duties. and
among these duties was the collection and
distribution of the food. He AYERS that
frauds were practiced by some Of the men
upon their own fellow soldiers, and upon
one occasion six Federal prisoners were
tried and hung by their own comrades
for the robberies.


But he says, and several others with
whom we have cOnverSed confirm his
statement, that the rations, though coarse,
were sufficient to sustain well men, and
there were no deaths by starvation Sick
men there, as at other stockades both on
that side and this, had hard time of it,
as it was a rough place for nursing the
sick, and though -four, instead of meal,
was given to the sick with gruel,s they
suffered for the want Of necesSares and
comforts which the sick demand. But all
through the war, in camp and stockade,
the same fact was apparent.


We only desire to present the truth,
and the evidence is abundant that the
COnfederates did not starve the prisoners
in their hands. The war is over. We
are to live under a common Government
with people Of the South. If there is any
credit to be gained for our nation, or any
advantage to be derived except to glut
the cursed passions of blood thirsty
wretches, in laboring to prove that the
late war was characterized by features
worse than barbarOus. we are unable to
comprehend it-Hartford Times.
Year: 1865

The HAPPY WoMAN.-In this our world
which is apparently meant 10 be the road
to perfectiUn-never it's gnal-you will
end too few specimens to be ever likely
to mistake her But you will recognize
her presence the moment she crosses your
path. Not by her extreme livelineSs, for
lively people seldom are happy or able to
diffuse happiness, but by sense Ofbright-
ness and cheerfulnOss that enters with
her-as an evening sunbeam across your
parlor wall. Like the fairy Order in the
nursery tale, she takes up the tangled
threads Of your mind and reduces them
to regularity till you distinguish . clear
pattern through the ugly maze. She may
be neither handsome nor clever, nor en-
tertalning, yet somehow she makes you
feel : comfortable" because she is so CON-
Portable herself. She shames you out Of
your compIainings, for she makes none.
Yet mayhap, since it is the divine law
that we should all, like our Master, be
"made perfect through suffering" you
are aware that she has had far more sor-
row than ever you had; that her daily
path, had you to tread it, would be to you
as gloomy and full of pitfalls IS to her it
is safe and bright. She may have even
less than the medium lot Of earthly bless.
ings, yet all she has she enjoys to the
full and it IS so pleasant to see any one
enjoy For her sorrows, she neither hyp.
ocritically denies. nor proudly smothers
them-she simply bears them therefore
they come to her as sorrows we're meant
to come, naturally and handsomely, and
passing over, leave her full Of compassion
for all who may have to do the same. -
IA Woman's Thoughts about Women.
Year: 1865




A CONSCIENTIOUS DEAcoN.-For long
time the only meeting houses in Brandon
were the Congregational and Baptist. two
Of the awkwardeSt and most diapidated,
unpainted wooden structures in the State.
All at once each society undertook to
build 4 new brick church. Deacon Spoon
er took the job Of doing some of the work
on the Congregational church, think
it was to build the window frames. He
wanted hundred and fifty dollars, while
the committee wished it done for hun
dred. At last it was settled between him
and the chairman, . shrewd LAWYER, and
so nething Of . wag, that hundred dollars
should be the price; but il, on the com.
pletion Of the job, the Deacon said he had
had ian all fred hard bargain, "he should
be paid twenty five dollars more. The
good Deacon found he had lost by the
job, and claimed the additional five. and
twenty dollars.


We'll, Deacon, asked the lawyer, can
you honestly say you have had an ALFRED
hard bargain ?


Yes, have had an awful bargain!'


But can you say that you had an all
fred hard bargain p


Yes, it was tremendous hard bar.
gain


But this is not according to agreement
Will you say you have had an ALFRED
hard bargain y


No. Squire; can't say that. Tha
would be swearin'; and | won't swear fol
any money; but it was most outrageous
hard bargain


Then don't see, Deacon Spooner, how
We can. under the agreement, pay you
the twenty five dollars


The Deacon left, preferring to lose the
money rather than violate his conscience
by saving all fired" But the upshot
was that after the lawyer had enjoyed the
telling Of the joke for q few days. he paid
the sum. So the good Deacon saved his
conscience and did not lose the money
Vermont Record.
Year: 1865

Rehecky. like her parent father. had
got to be great Union man also likewise,
and her sympathy for the down. trOd Afri
can was such that she could pick out, in
the dark, an animal If that class from an
aSSembla Of Germans and Irish just by
his peculiar shrub.like Odor which she
had learned to scent with q precision
equal to dOrg. And several were the
noble contrabandS that she would this
way bring to her fathers house.
Year: 1865

E,oR sALE-THE FIXTURES AND FURNITURE OF a
class Seamens Boarding House and Liquor Store
doing good business located in the best situation in the
Fourth ward Rent cheap, with lease This first clas
opportunity seldom met Apply at Ito Cherry street, neal
Catharne In the store.
Year: 1865

We copy, this morning, an article from
the Missouri Democrat re.ative to an
important church paper now in circula-
ton in Missouri The New Constitution
Of that State requires an oath Of loyalty
from preachers and priests, as well as
from all other classes Of society. This
oath seems to be distasteful to Peter
Richard, Catholic Archbishop of ST.
Loais, and be has issued circular to
the various priests under his iurisdic-
ton, which the Democrat quotes and
comments on. We think the Arch bishop
has made a grave political bunder.
His church is noted for its sagacity and
shrewdness in controlling political
events and politicians to its own advan-
tage, but in this instance the zeal of its
servant has outrun bis discretion. The
record of the church for. patriotism dur
ing the recent rebellion, notwithstAnd-
ing she has been represented by some
gallant and successful officers in the
army, has not been so far above sus-
picion as to allow of the circulation and
publication of many such letters as that
of the st. Louis Archbishop, without call
ing an unpleasant attention to her ante
cedents and intentions The Catholic
Church is never so successful as when
she is permitted to operate unnoticed
and her operations are freed from dis
cussion; and we are satisfied the Arch
bishop of St Louis, in thus Haunting
the rebellious proclivities of the priest
hood in his State in the faces of the
loyal people, will End out that he has
made a mistake, from the bad effects of
which it will require all the Jfnesse aud
influence of bis church to relieve her
self


We do not infer from the Archbishop 8
language, in the closing sentences of his
letter, that he designs counseling open
resistance to the laws. That would
prove too dangerous an experiment; it
would preoipitate struggle before bis
church is prepared for it. We rather
suspect that his counsel and assistance
will assume the form of an indulgence by
which the priests will be permitted to
take the oath required and yet have
their conscienees relieved of all hneasi.
ness arising from its violation. We
may be wrong, but we think our sur
mise is nearer correct than that of the
Democrat
Year: 1865

FINANc1AL.-From the New York Sunday
Herald:


morning, and The demand for cash gold was
steady; but in the afternoon il abated and the
market began to droop, the requirements OF
the "shorts" having been to a great extent
satisfied.


The recent upward pressure has been not
altogether the result OF a natural reaction
from the rapid decline. but OF speculation, con-
certed and otherwise, for rise on the part OF
the leading operators. One OF the latter, who
had been ''short" up to Wednesday morning,
turned suddenly to the bull side, and bought
about three millions at seller, three days.


The market was then largely oversold, and
as the floating gold at command hardly exceeds
three millions, the difficulty of making de-
liyeries has been very great. The "shorts"
is likely to be felt next week, and this will OF
course leave the market proportionately free
from artificial influences. The closing price
to-day shows decrease Of 7xc. from the high =
estpoint in the morning, which bears out the
views we have just expressed.


The market is, nevertheless, in q very sensi-
tive condition, and 1t is inthe power Of strong
combination to advance quotations fifteen or
twenty per cent The price would have been
forced higher probably yesterday and this
morning but for the indisposltion Of the leading
operators for a rise to run the risk OF forcing
the "shorts'' to default; and so long as the
amount of cash gold in the market remains as
small as at present it will continue highly
susceptible to speculative influences.


The money market is easy at per cent. for
loans on call, and first class commercial paper
passes at 12 per cent.


Foreign exchange is inactive, and the supply
is largely in excess Of the demand. The pres
will tend to further depress the market, and
herein we have q strong argamont against
rise in gold; but the fiscal course Of the gov
ernment exposes the latter TO SO many artificial
to 8 great extent, eounter8cted, and speculation
is ever quick to profit by opportunity.
Year: 1865

To the already overwhelming Combination of Ar
tistes which, in point of numbers and professional
reputation. bas never before heen equalled by any
other place of amusement in theatrical history.
Year: 1865

tional with the purchaser either to res
tain the residue'of the tract purchased,
after redemption of q. part. or to sun
render his certificate of purchase to the


commissioners, and receive back from


them the amount of the purchase mon
ey paid, with interest; and In case he
shall elect to retain the piece or parcel


unredeemed. he shall surrender his
certificate for the whole tract purchase
ed, and the said board shall issue q
new certificate for the piece or parcel
of land retained.
Year: 1865

When JEFF Davis was caught in his
wife's dress he said he thought our
government more n1agnanimous than
to hunt down women and children" /"
We presume he meant to include HIM
self among the former: though the
Stiffness of his conduct might stamp
him as one of the latter, and very
young one at that.
Year: 1865




OF Americas


PRO C L A N A TIoN.
Whereas 1t has pleased Almighty God
during the year which Is now coming to an
end, to relieve our beloved country from the
fearful scourge Of civil war, and to permit
us to secure tho blessings of peace, unity,
and harmony with great enlargement of
civil liberty


And whereas our Heavenly Father has also
during the year grsciously avertod from US
the calamtios of foreign war, pestilenco, and
famine, while our granaries are full of the
fruits of an abundant season;


And whereas righteousness oxalteth q ma.
tion, while sin is a reproach TO any people,
Now, therefore, be It known that 1,
ANDREW JOHNSON, President Of the United
States, do hereby recommend to the people
thereof that they do set apart and observe
the tirst Thursday Of December next as day
of National Thanksgiving to tho Creator of
the Universe, for these deliverances and
blessings.


And do further recommend that on that
occasion tho whole people make confession
Of our national sins against His infinite
goodness, and with one heart and one mind
implore the Divine guidance in the ways Of
national virtue and holiness.


In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.


Done at the City Of Washington, this


Twenty eighth day of October in the


year of our Lord one thousand eight
[sEAL. hundred and sixty-hvo, and of the


Independence of the United States


Of America the ninetieth.


ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:


WILLIAM II. SEWARD,


Secretary of State.