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Year: 1864

Some Of the newspapers state that since Admiral Por-
ter assumed command Of the North Atlantic Bockading
Squadron n September sst his share Of prize money
will amount to nearly 100000 Three thousand FIVE hun
dred bales Of cotton alone ssy nothing Of other valuable
cargoes and the vessels carrying hem have been captured
since bis assignment 10 that command The cotton itself
is estimated to be worth seventeen hundred thousand
dnlars
Year: 1864

BY GALES q SEATUN.


JAMES @. wELLINa, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.


The subscription price of this paper for year Two
DOLLARS, payable in advance


reduction of 20 per cent (oneh Of the full charge
will be made any who shall order and pay for at one
me ten copies of the Weekly paper and reduction Of
2 per cent Cor oneourth Of the full charge to any
who willorder and pay for at time twentyor more
copies.


No accounts being kept this paper it will not be sent
to any unless paid for advance than
the time for which it is paid.
Year: 1864

TUE SEVERE WKArHER.-There ap-
pears to be considerable abatement in the
severity Of the weather within the last
day or two, and the signs are yet favora-
Bile for still further moderation perhaps
In few hours. That there has been q
terribleamount Of suffering throughout the
northwest, whose recital will bear horri
bic tale there can be no doubt. As yet but
few instances, comparatively of deaths from
freezing have reached us, owing to the
suspension OF The mails, but as soon az
tie routes are open from all points aDd
our exchanges begin 10 arrive we can be-
gin to appreciate the severity and extent
of the most remarkable storm that has
been known for years.
Year: 1864

PRIsTERs' COMPANY The Memphis
Journal says that the printers Of that city
commenced at ii o'clock on Monday oi
last week TO organize military company,
and before 3 in the afternoon they had
swelled their list of enlisted men to over
a hundred. This is what we call quick
work, and don't think it was ever beat in
any section of the country.
Year: 1864

IN Sonlofmlty Win very general custom Q
the Press, we call the attention of the public L
the merits and advantages Of our paper at tn
close of the present year, and present


Inducements to Subscribe
for it during the coming year. We need not at
tempt to enlighten our readers in regard to tn,
influence exerted by the Newspaper Press of th,
country upon public opinion. We hail with un
mingled satisfaction the improved tone of publ,
sentiment in own vicinity during the pas
season, and the verdict of the people Of our owr
County at the late election in favor Of the War and
the policy Of the Government; and we are proud
of the part which the GATE CIrr bore in the
contest


The coming year will be distinguished by grea,
and important eyents,-political and military
for we shall have to record the


Closing Battles Of tho Great Rebellion,
shall pass through another Presidential Campaign,
and shall enter upon the policy for the pacication
OF the Country, and the re-establishment of the
authority of the Government over the Rebellious
States


The news and the political discussions of the
coming year promise to be more interesting and
exciting than ever before and the demand for
sound


Loyal Newspapers
ought to be increased. The character and the
principles Of the GATE CIrY are well enough
known in Iowa to obviate the necessity of any
special exposition, and appear before the coun-
try as candidate for public favor on the record
we have already made.
Year: 1864

1t viii be the object to furnish the latest news
that can be obtained by Telegraph, in addition to
giving a summary of
State and General News, Army Corrc-


spoadence and Local News
Year: 1864

SIeNs.-We do not know just what
amount of faith should be put in signs,
nor never did. But as much as they are
abused and hawked at they sometimes con-
found the most confirmed skeptics and
asionish the believer. We remember to
have seen, last fall, statements TO the eff
feet that many old settlers were predict
ing an unusually cold winter because
they had discovered that the mud turtles
were goin, down much further into the
ground than they usually did, aud that
the muskra.s were constructing their
houses with a double thickness Of wall.
Whether these animals were forewarned
OF the present cold spell by prognosti-
eating instinct, it would be difficult to de-
termlne, but 1t IS certain that the signs
are right for once.
Year: 1864

The following clipped from an exchange,
is MS applicable to this region, as the place
for which It was originally written:


Can anybody explain satisfactorily why
lady meeting gentleman on the side walk
should insist upon turning him of into the
gutterf 1t has grown to be the custom,
when people thus encounter, not being acg
quainted, for lady to run gentleman down
at once. unless he gets out of the way. She
devlates not an inch from an air line, but
ignores all knowledge of the existence or
presence OF body approaching in the oppo.
site direction. There is something positive
~ disgusting in this practice. Sometimes
you meet three or four lades-glrls, perhaps
not out OF their teens, ,-furmitg a platoon
across the whole breadth Of the walk. Thew
pay no more attention to you, than if YOU
were a shadow, that might be passed over
without any sense Of Contact. You scud
down TO the curbstone, and await the transit
OF the avalanche of orInoline. Why should
tl'is be submitted to2 Why should not one
"i these females, recognizing your bodily pres
ence and right to the use of the pavement,
drop behind the others, and permit you to
avoid the humifating display of your insig-
nitcance on the edge of the curbstune or
down IN the gutter? These examples of
what we consider downright vuIgarity, are
OF constant occurrence. It often happens
that mere chits, not out of panteletts, bear
square dowu upon the ogtogenariaa aud
compel him to the oblque movement to
avoid collision"
Year: 1864

e. At livley village in Illinois they
have benevolet association, one of whose
objects is to watch with and take care of its
sick members. Last Fall, an unmarried lady
was admitted to membership. In couple of
months she was blessed with bright-eyed
babe, and was very sick. Some of the young
lady members expressed to the chief officer
ofthe association their Indignation, and
asked him If he really Il o Il it their duty to
visit the unfortunate one" Well, said he,
after much deliberation Il suppose not.
You are not obliged to watch where there is
a contagious diseased"
Year: 1864

ONLY One PARTY.-We beg leave to re-.
mind our abolition friends that only zone
party" is allowed in time Of war. Let Lin
coin men and Chase men, and Fremont men
silence their pretty difference in the presence
Of the great rebellion, when the life of the
nation is at stake" IF there are differences
Ge opinion among them, let them wait and SCI
tie them when the war is over.n
Year: 1864




The Louisville True Presbyterian, COM
tains the following remarks on the above
subject: ~f,


II the Church continues this intermed-
ding with things of the State; how long
will it be till the State will meddle with the
Church? A sample of this was recently
seen N Glasgow, Kentucky, where thd
military authorities sent the national Gag
into the Methodist Conference, with the
demand that each minister should salute It.
But this treating an ecclesiastic body as
though it were political body would never
have been thought of had it not been for
the common political manouvering of
preachers If as ecclesiastics they invade
political ground. they certainly may expect
to be invaded in turn.


The Church thus sets an example dan
gerous to herself as we'll as to the country.
Her nature, her policy and her iptentio
are all more easily learned by the public
from what she does than from her oreed.-
And who, that has been studying here thes6
last few years in the light of what she has
been doing, would for a MON ent dream that
she was not of this world--that she was In
her nature and appointment purely spir-
itual and ecclesiastical body-a great insti-
tuition of peace set up in the world to that
end? As they have listened to her In our
pulpits, as they have looked in upon assem-
bies end caught the tone and object Of 6
large portion of her debates, and read her
long and labored political acts--as they saw
her worldly temp per-more eager, more ar.
dent and more warlke than military men
who of them all thus learning the nature
of the Church from her acts could believe
that the great Head and Teacher of the
Church was the Prince of Peace? Such 4
orclusion from such premises would be
i'm possible. -.--il a.a e5sI


But this is not all. Going into the are
mics of this great war, they find companies,
regiments, battalIions and divisions headed
by Captains Colones and Generals Christ
said, my kingdom is not of this wotld; but
what can be lore of this world than head.
ing armies and fighting battles. They have
left the pulpit to take the sword, and thus
give their highest testimony to the suprSm-
acy of the world over the kingdom of Christ.
Paul said "God forbid that | should glorYt
save in the cross of Christ" but these men
seem to say, "God forbid that we should
glory, save in the art and practice of WAR;
Tbs same Apostle said, "Wos is me if (
preach not the Gospel" but these men say
woe to us if we are not found on the battle
field and in the slaughter of our enemies.


The 10 We of the brethren is one OF the
evidences of Christianity. but when Rev.
military men meet in battle and strike each
other down in death, have they not sban-
doned and falsif1ed all their m inisterisl Sn-
gagements and professions? Whata Strang6
idea of the Christian religion would
heather get by witnessing all these thing!
The report which he would carry homS
would certainly be terrible earricaters- or
Christianity, and powerful obstacle !, 20 hs
reception where such a report was 1ne"n
and believed. 81 80
Year: 1864

MANNERS IN BRAzIL.-An oriental tihge
runs through all the manners and customs
of the country, aud is seen particularly in
the general deportm ent of the women. In
the interior the female m lem bers of family
are not permitted to make their appearance
before strangers of the opposite sex. One
sees nothing of them until visit has been
several times repeated. Even in the towns
there is considerable amount of shyuess
especially when other people are present
They lead wretchedly indolent life Ex
cepting in the upper classes. very few in
deed of them can read, and scarcely any,
even in the best society, read any other
books than French novels. They conceive
that fat constitutes beauty, and their great
ambition is to become as bread as they are
long. When they appear in the streets they
are richly tired in European fashion. but
within doors their apparel is wretched and
their habits are filthy. In the principal re-
ception-rooms of the best houses in Sac
Paulo ladies of quality may som etimes be
seen publicly picking unm entionable insects
from the heads of their negro children. In
some of the streets of Rio they amuse
! themselves by standing on the balconies
and splitting on the heads of the foot pas.
seugers below. With scarcely au excep-
ton, they all smoke, and very frequently.
if one of chem happens to occupy the sam q
position in room for short time while
thus engaged, the floor. in her vicinity at
tests that the usual propensity for expec-
| toration on such occasions b as been freely
INDUCED Spectator.
Year: 1864

The Beliefonte Watchman answers the
question in the following language: 0


EWe have been asked time and again if
Dem rats should enlist aud help to prose-
cute this war, as it Is now conducted? Like
persons that belong to any other party,
Democrats have right to DO as they please,
aud as they see proper about going into this
war, and we suppose they will regardless of
our opinion as to the propriety or impro


priety OF doing SO. In a war of this kind.
waged by the General Government against
Sovereign States, by which the first Lrinci-
pies OF Democracy are violated we can have
but little faith in any one claiming to be
Democrat that gives it encourageme Mt in
any m amer whatever, yet if man desires
to fight to free pack of lazy worthless mig
gers and run the risk of being killed, to de-
grade his own race to level with them--if
he wishes to destroy the property and home
of those who ask only for their rights, and
entail misery and destruction, upon peo-
pie who never harmed him-if he wants to
strengthen the hands of the despotism at
Washington, and force the people of the
North to become serfs. or subjects of King
Abrabam-if he would assist in destroying
the American Republic, and help to estab-
lish monarchy upon its ruins-if be would
fasten debt upon the country that the
bones of his own children will be mortSa-
ged TO pay, and increase the price Of the ne
cessaries of life SO that his wife, sister or
mother will be compelled to suffer for want
of food or clothing-if he would enrich con-
tractors-impoveris honest laboring me /,
and have death aud desolation ride rampant
! over the whole country-then We would say
enlist These are the only results that can
flow from a contuu ance Of this horrible,
wicked war, aud that Dem ocrat-a disci-
pie Of Thomas j Jefferson-will assist in hur-
rying them on we do not believe. Ii the


mem bers of cur party had stood firm and
left the Abolitionists to prosecute their
own war, it would have been over long since
and our country would never have been dis


graced with an Abolition party again. For
our part we have never taken any stock in
this war, and never shall-neyer asked a
man to enlist aud never will, for as long as
men and m oney are furnished those in pow
er it will be Lrolonged-when they are no
longer to be had it must stop. and peace
wishits many blessings will then be enjoy
edl Not bsfore.'' v.-f ~ v.<
Year: 1864

"Ir you go into totally dark room,
where there happens to be pure white
object, you will, after a time, know in
what part of the room it is, and, if you
have patience, you will soon be able to
distinguish it from the articles. Again,
if you are in the dark, and al object of
light color is near you, however minute, it
will in a few moments become visible.
You yourself are in darkness, yet you see.
The object OF your vision sheds no light
on, other bodies however near. Itismere-
" self illuminating.
Year: 1864

CAUTION.-The public are hereby cnu-
toned not TO purchase negotiate for any Ot the
following Certificates Of Stock In the PaO Alto Gold
and Silver Mining Company, as the same were sold
at public auction on WEDNESDAY, June LIST. 1854,
in front of the Post 0fce Gold Hill, and Will not be
transferred on the Books Of the company.
Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged THE DAILY ONO
RrIrrsMAs. and now print it on plain and hand
.oms nav type. and clear white paper.


In Politics. TIE ONO STATESMAN is,fn War as in
Peace for the Country for the Constitution. and for
Union Of equal States, with equal privileges, and
with equal and exact irstice to all its citizens. We
ara for thed Flag. with not Star or Stripe erased
and the Old Union As far as Il s possible to restore It,
and for the existing Constution in is spirit letter
and nurpose


Jpon tbe coming events of the year, rest the hopes
of tbs people and Government. We are in the midst
of q bloodv and protrscted civil war. It's duration
and close depend upon WISER truer and more patri-
otto Policy than We have seen during the present Ad
Year: 1864

+ n@-The Copperhead press have no words
Of indignant condemnation for the brutal
massacre of our troops at Fort Pillow by their
Southern brethren" All their indignation
is directed against their own Government, and
loyal men of the South, like Parson Brownlow
and Gen. Grant. The rebels themselves are
not more savage against the loyal men Of the
South, and the colored troops who are fight
ing the battles of the country, than the Cop
[perhead politicians of the North. ~r
Year: 1864

"until We get home. Some one may hear +"


They took their seat in the canoe. All
was silent. The rowing proved to be more
difficult than when they came over, because
now they were going up stream, but Dun.
can caught up paddle that lay in the bot
tom of the canoe, and in q few minutes,
the vessel was skimming like petrol over
the waves. When they were near their
place of landing, the moon burst through
the clouds, and threw food Of light over
the waters. They heard some one hail them
from the Southern bank. They made no
answer. Again, they heard the halloo; and
then shot came wbizzing past them.


They were now on shore. Uncle Ned
did not stop to tie the canoe, but let ii
float down the current. saThey hurried on,
through the woods, over fences, unregardful
of any obstacle that lay in their way. Pau
line took Duncan's arm, and healmost bore
her along, as they fastened onward Often
he whispered: care you not fatigued p
Are you not cold Z" but she always answer.
ed, ssNot at ALL"
Year: 1864

BEAST BUTLER. The following racy
chip was shove in" by Mr.. Hanna. Of In
diana, at the late Chicago ratification meet
ing:


by whom was Lincoln supported?-
Prominent among his supporters is Butler
half devil, one-quarter beast. and less
than one-fourth human--begotten by the
Prince Of Hell, hewed from the rotten
worm of crime and thrown into the lap Of
civilization deformed, unfinished wretch.
He was sent before his time into this
breathing world, less than half made up,
and is 50 hateful looking that the dogs
bark at him as he passes by"
Year: 1864

been speaking, and the danger of making such
amendments to bills designed to accomplish a
general purpose, and which have been considered
with that view; but we are called upon to act
on individual statements with regard to which
we only know that the gentleman who makes
them believes them TO be true.


Ii was under that idea, as the Senator from
Massachusetts, Mr.. Sumner] well knows, that
when he proposed his amendment the other day
allowing everybody to come in who had been
induced to believe or led to suppose that he was
to receive thirteen dollars q month it received
no vote but his own. The proposition was so
manlfestly strange one, covering nobody
could tell whom, one that it was impossible to
reduce to certainty, throwing everything
open for extraneous evidence such as could be
admitted, that it received no support in the
Senate


When he made his other proposition gentle
men who voted against il told him "this is an
improper place for it''-not publicly but aside.
as we are in the habit Of doing-"we will vote
for your proposition as separate bill, but we
cannot vote for it as an amendmement on this
bill" 1t is the ground on which friends all
around me put it, among others. | am ready
to vote for his proposition the moment he will
place 1t IN proper position, and show me, and
1t requires very little showing, because am
pretty well satisfied about it under the position
assumed by my honorable friend from Vermont,
that IT ought to be adopted, and the money
paid; but you see the difficulty First comes
on one idea that is a favored one with Massa-
chusetts ;then comes another that is favorite of
Minnesota; then another that is a fayorite with
Kansas ;then another that is favorite with Ver-
mont; and so we have to take them on the rep
resentaton of different gentlemen with refer
ence to their own specific cases, and embarrass
our bill.


This important position. and it is important
admit, of placing the colored troops on the
same footing with white troops, which have
always been ready to vote for, has been kept off
for weeks andembarrassed, and mixed up simp-
ly because gentlemen wanted to get their indi-
yidual propositions on in regard to particular
cases. 1t illustrates the difficulty and danger
that always arisefrom suchkind of legislation.
That is theposition in which it is put, and the
Senator from Massachusetts Mr.. Sumner1
should have said when hewas explaining it that
he was aware at the time that gentlemen who
voted against his amendment to this bill, voted
against it because theydid not like it as an amen
dment, but were ready to vote forthe proposition
itsefin its proper place, and not leave the con-
trary to be inferred. deem this explanation
proper, simply that the position of the whole
matter, both with regard to the original bill
and amendment, may be defnitly understood.
Year: 1864

Try on which We must 30 greatly rely for the
speedy extnguishment of ths national debt.


IL. The extension of suitable aid for the con-
strucsion Of railroad ACROSS the continent, for
the better union Of the Atlantic and Pacific
States, and their easier defense against possible
foreign enemies, as well as to hasten the devel-
opmsat'of the rich mining region Of the conti-
nent, which We have reason to believe is des-
tined to control the commercial values Of the
world.


In conclusion, Mr. POmsroy urged thstilthe
earnest aud loyal men of the country were work
ing and uniting upon these issues, and that we
had enough of hssissney and uncoTtGinty--5f
indecision and wrong deeision-Of eoldness and
neglect to the friends of ths Government, while
favor and kindness are metsd out to its enemies.
This appeal be said was urged by the memories
Of the past and most fearful apprehensionS Of
the future. Faith in progress and triumph of
the right must not be lett to lRnguish without
work. In the Union that is to be, liberty and
union shall be found one and forever insspaTa-
ble This is war for mankind. It has the old
battle cry of Liberty. 1t establishes freedom in
free Government, as the hope Of the world.
Year: 1864

THE POLITICAL CANVASS IN mEM-


PAA9.


Call for Public MsefiHg at Oad-F -FsIIOlss'


Hall


From the Argus, 25thl


Every citizsn of Memphis, and of the State,
sojouraing in the city, who desires the reorgani-
Estion Of the Ststs Government on the basis Of
the amnesty of the President of the United
States, and who is opposed to the presentation,
discussion Of. or taking issue upon, any other
question save that of the restoration of the
Safe to her position in the Union, according to
the plan laid down by the President in his am
nessy proclamation, until this great work is Ro-
complished, is invited by the undersigned to
meet Al Odd Fellows hall, On the evening Of
Monday, the 29sh instant, for the purpose Of
taking the initistoTy stems thereto.


We call upon every citizen to come forth and
help us in this great work of restoring civil
government, and aid Us to put down all attempts
TO retard the work by making outside and sec
ondkfy issues paramount to the same.
Year: 1864

the hearts Of the thousands who gazed
upon them. They did not weep alone,
eyes that had known tears long since
theirs were wet too ; heads which the
irosts of winters had not yet clothed With
the emblem of purity aud peace we're bow.
ed with theirs. fen thousand hearts
swelling with one impulse thanked God
that he had spared these two old men 10
this work--that He had willed that the
heads already wreathed in honor should
not be bowed down forever until they had
participated in the last great effort - res-
cue their country from irretrlevablo ruin,
and been crowned with laures before
which all others pale and wither. A mo-
inert that vast audience, rising 10 its feet,
was silent before the sublime grandeur of
the scene--a moment, and admiration for
that noble grief carried it into the widest
applause, and ten thousand voices mingled
in one attested the sympathy and sd-
miratlon of the people.