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Year: 1864

Mr.. JAMES W. MoCUL1ooH, of the United
States Treasury Department, who, from
the nature of his dnties is styled the
"Comptroller of the Currency" has just
issued pamphlet containing sugge tions,
and very wholesome ones too, to the man.
ayers and operators of the Irrational
banks " that have been organized under
the system of the present Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr.. MoCULLocr, undeterred
by. any fear of having his "loyalty" inn
peached, discusses in this pamphlet in a
practical manner the duties these banks
owe to their own and to the public inter-
est, and as warning to them he unveils
the actual condition of the finances of the
United States He says:


Bear constantly in mind, although the loval
States appear superficially to be in a prosper
GUS condition. that such is not the fact. That
while the government is engaged in the sup
preston of rebellion of uneXampled fierce
ness and magnitude, and is constantly draining
the country of its labOring and producing pop
ulation, and diverting its mechanical industry
from works of permanent value to the con-
struction OF implements of warfare; while
cities are crowded, and the country is to the
same extent depleted. and waste and
extravaganza prevail as they never be-
fore prevailed in the United States the ma
ton, whatever may be the external indica-
tions, is not prOspering. The war in which
we are involved is a stern necessity, and must
he prosecuted for the preservation of the gov
ernment. no matter what may be its cost but
the country will unqueStiOnably be the poorer
every day it is continued. The seeming pros
perity of the loyal States is owing mainly to
the large expenditures OF the government and
the redundant currency which these expendi
lures seem to render necessary. Keep these
facts constantly in mind, and manage the af-
fairs of your respective banks with perfect
consciousness that the apparent prosperity of
the country will be proved to be unreal when
the war is closed, if not before; and be pre-
pared. by careful management of the trust
committed to YOU, to help to save the nation
from financial collapse, instead of lending
your influence to make it more certain and
more severe.


The prediction that the apparent pros
perity of the country will be proved to be
unreal when the war is closed, if not BEFORE"
coming as it does from the Treasury De-
partment, should not fail to have its due
weight upon the public mind This is not
the time for extravaganza; it is the very
season for economy and thrift.
Year: 1864

Below we print entire the article published
in 'De Bows Southern Reriew,' Ga publication
long and well known in the financial and COM
mercial world as one of sterling reliability and
great value for which the Recie,c was sup
pressed by order of JEFF. Davis, and its editor
thrown into prison.


1t is true we have believed that cotton
is king it is undeniable that we possessed
monopoly for its production, arising out
of variety of causes, but it is not true
that it will grow nowhere else Indeed,
we find that the production of it in vari-
Gus countries is increasing in geOmetric
ratio, and that in year or so the South
will no longer be needed to supply the
commerce of the globe what we vanly
hoped would grow nowhere else.


Shall we not learn from our enemies :?
What are the causes of their prosperity !?
Why do even the laborers of the North
live with a degree of comfort often un
known to the wealthy planters of the
South?


The statistical reports accompanying the
census of 1860 establish fully the results
of material conditions; and, if we admit
that the people of the North have really
hardly felt the war up to this point, we
must look to and examine the material
conditions which surround them


They cannot be more prosperous because
there is no slavery; certainly it is cheap
er to have slave who labors for you than
to labor yourself; therefore slave labor is
the more economical, or rather, it was,
before the time of Henry A. Wise and
John Brown. Considering the present
condition of the country, and prospective
ly also, it may be well supposed, as it al
ready is by many in the slave States, that
it actually may be more economical to
labor for ourselves than to maintain ne
groes for that purpose.


We have taken to raising cereals, and
have succeeded SO badly as to make it
matter of doubt whether we will not have
eaten everything before the time of greens,
which, when boiled with jowl, are so priced
by the first families of Virginia.


In the meantime, the production of cot
ton is slipping away from us, and we have
already slipped away into unknown depths,
and are drifting to fearful and to an un.
certain future. Let rs turn, then, as ad-
vised by Gil Bias when he assumed the prac.
tice of medicine, "to see what other prac-
titiOners are about"
Year: 1864

A virtuous woman s Mistress Glenare


Or at least so the world in its judgment would say
With an orderly walk and circumspect air.
She never departs from the popular way


weighed;


Her friends are selected with scrupuous care;
And in all that she does Is her prudence displayed
For virtuOus woman Is Mistress Glenare!
Her youth has departed, and with it has fled
The impulse which gives to the blood new start
Which Oftentimes turns from the reasoning head,
To trust to the wisdom OF God in the heart.
Thus the robes of her purity never are stained,
And her feet are withheld from the pitall and snare
Where nothing is ventured. there nothing is gained
o, yirtuOus woman is Mistress Glenare!
She makes no distinction of sinners from sin;
Her words are like arrows, her tongue il u rod;
She sees no excuse for the evil within,


But condemns with the zeal of partialist God
On background OF darkness of sorrow and shame,
Her own reputation looks stainless and fair;
so she builds up her fame through her neighbors'
o, virtuous woman is Mistress Glenare!
She peeps and she listens. she watches and waits
Nor Satan himself is mere active than she,
10 expose in Or sinners the faults and bad traits
Which she tears that the Lord might not happen


to see.


When the Father of Spirits looks down from above,
On the good and the evil, the frail and the fair
How must he regard, with particular love.
This virtuOus woman-gOOd Mistress Glenare.
o, Mistress f,lenare in the drama of life


fou are acting a Uory respectable part:
You have known just enough of its enviOus rife
10 deceive both the world and your foolish


heart,


But say, in some moment of clear common sense,
Did you never in truth and sincerity dare
TO ask the plain ques ion. aside from pretence,
How you looked to the angels, dear Mistress


Glenare?


The glory of God has enlightened their eyes;
NO longer through darkness, lh.y see but in part,
AND the rOees OF YOUR Righteousness do not suffice
10 cover the lack of true love in the heart
Iou look shabby and ilthy and ragged and mean :;
Even with those you condemn you but poorly


compare.


&c! wash you in Charity till you al Ie cleans
lou will change for the better dear Mistress


Glenarc!


Your thoughts have been run in the popular mould
Like wax that is plastic and easily Inelts;
Til now like nOndescript 10 and behold!
You are neither yourself nor yet any ese
or tender compassion forgiveness and love-
Your nature has not especta6ie share:
1ou are three parts of ent and of the dove
very badly prOpOrtiOned, dear Mistress Glenare
Your nOblest and purest affections have died:
Like summerdrle roses your spirit within;
Your heart is grown arid, and scarce is supplied
With sufficient vitality even TO sin
But would you be true to your virtuOus name.
There is one we commend to your tenderest care:
To deal with her wisely will add TO your fame:
That poor, s'n'u woman is-Mis ress Glenare!
Year: 1864




The Commanding General considers it due
to state that the recent reduction of rations
has been caused by circumstances beyond the
control ofthose charged with its support. It's
welfare and comfort are objects Of his con-
stant and earnest solicitude, and no efforts have
been spared to provide for its wants. It is
hoped exertions now being made will render
the necessity but of short duration, but the
history of the army has shown that the coun-
try can require no sacrifice too great for Its
no unequal steps the road by which your fathe.
marched through suffering, privation and
blood to independence. Continue to emulate
the future as you have in the past their valor
in arms their patient endurance of hardshipe.
their high resolve to be free, which no trial
could shake, no bribe seduce, no danger appaL
and be assured thatsthe just God who crowned
their efforts with success, viii, in his own GOOD
time send down his blessingS upon you.


(Signed r E. LEE
Year: 1864

About a dozen or more banks still re.
main to be visited. During the last two
or three days the managers OF the money
ed institutions, deeming discretion the bet
ter part Of valor, have saved the Marshal
considerable trouble by having the exact
amount carefully packed up and left with
apparent carelessness upon some convent
ent desk within reach of the office. Are-
cei2t is invariably rendered and as invari-
ably refused by the banks, lest by receiv-
ing it they might acknowledged the legal
ity of the proceedings, and place them
selves beyond the pale of recovering the
amount, in case the Court of Appeals
should reverse the decision of the Supreme
Court.
Year: 1864

and commanded ell men on the estate, vhen
they desired TO know tho height of the


waters, to lsok ct his paper tower. aTbe


height of the waters can only be nessur. 4
on the side of this tower" said he; ,sssad
let no man dare to think there is danger to
the estate until the waters rise to Its ton .
The paper tower danced like cork ON
the waves-now down in the depths, and
then in the sky; and the men wondered
how to measure. the height of tides, spd
whether they might ever be able to meas.
ure them again. Some of them maliciously
and wickedly attempted to measure tho
height Of the advancing waters By the
sinking hills and the land as il was lost
But these abominabls men were quickly
beaten and driven from the estate And
the paper tower danced on.


Salmon adhered to his princiI lS the
more firmly as the ground disappear ed; and
soon there was nothing lett of the estate
but one barren bill top, where the men con
gregated in desolation, and determined to
kill Salmon if the waters did not fall inn
mediately. The papsr.tewer had danced
so long and SO violently that it was satu>
rated with water and was rspidly settling
down under the waves So, at last, Salmon
consented to take the men away in their
one boat, and strive to find some new
ground. And away they went, as the top
as the paper>tower went down. But
whether or not Salmon and his men escaped
in safety, or what became Of Uncle Samuel
himself in all this trouble. is not yet
known.
Year: 1864

EcLEcTIc OR RATIONAL MEDICINE
What is it.? The term Eclectic, by which
a large class of the Medical profession, are
designated, is derived from Greek word
which signifies to choose; it is used, how>
ever, ID both the past and present tense
"we hare chosen, we are constantly choos
ing" They choose to believe, teach aud
practice. that a person laboring under dis
ease is actually dibllitated from the begin
ing-that the disease itself is an evidence
of depressed vitality. 'Paacticing upon
this proposition, they carefully husband the
strength of,he patient until by appropriate
remedies they remove the cause of disease


1t is cardinal principle of the above
system, that no medical treatment should
be adopted which permanently impairs ol
Injuries the the vital powers, that no suct
treatn ent in any case is necessary or proper
and that in the choice of remedies, they
should prefer those which are safest, ant
calculated to act more nearly in accord
ance with the laws of health, which &C.
counts for the astonishing success this elias
of Physicians have in the treatment of al
diseases, both acute and chronic.


SEQ advertisement in another column
beaded Rational Medicine.
Year: 1864

GENERAL GRANT.-lt is stated that Gen
Grant is the owner of ten thourand dollars
worth of stock in the West Division Rail,
way of this city, not purchased by him, but
subscribed privately by friends, and prsssn
ted to him as an evidence of good will
Chicago Journal.
Year: 1864

mishing to discover the strength Of the en-


envy, chsrga was made across the run,


and the works carried by assault, but not
till the rebels had made good their retreat


up the South Side rosd Our men took
position in the captured entrenchments,


while skirmishers were thrown out on both


TANKS. Soon after report came that the
enemy were moving up and across the
run, half a mile west OF the road,
where our troops were. On their
evincing an intention to attack on the
right flank, General Miles at once dis
posed his command to receive them He
also sent back for reinforcements, which
were given him at once, but the enemy did
not make their appearance during the
evening, and it is believed they fell back
70 stronger position at Armstrong; Mills,
q mile and half west The impression is
that they had no large force in the vicinity,
otherwise more stubborn resistance to our
advance would have been made.


Our loss in the charge was seventeen
men wounded. Among them was Lieuten-
ant Ward of the Third Pennsylvania cav
airy. Loss of the enemy unknown.


Later in the day reports came that the
enemy were moving toward the left in
heavy force Arrangements were made to
meet them, but up to this hour, midnight,
they have not appeared.


In my dispatch 8 few days ago, giving
q list of promotions, l, by error gave the
name OF General Meade as being made
Breget Major General, this was incorrect,
he was made full Major General in the
regular army, to date from August 18th,
1864, to rank next to Sherman. This pro-
motion was conferred at the special request
of General Grant. ~
Year: 1864

Admiral Porter communicates to the
Navy Department, information of the burn
ing and destruction of the blockade runner
Ella, of Wilmington, by an expedition
from the United States steamer Emma.
She was loaded with arms and ammunition,
and was bound for Wilmington. She was
run ashore under the guns of the batteries
on the 3rd and was subsequently destroyed.
From papers found on board, she must
have sailed from Nassau some time in the
latter part Of November.


The expedition was composed ofsix men,
under acting Ensign Samson, assisted by
acting Assistant Engineer Churchill.


Much praise is accorded to the men Of
the expedition for the way in which they
performed their work
Year: 1864

The Red Bluff Independent says that the
California Stage Company and Wells, Fargo
K Co. contemplate shortly starting an Express
line overland TO Idaho, and that the people of
Idaho are preparing TO incorporate company
to build telegraph line from there to Red
Bluff direct The distance 10 Idaho City from
Red Bluff it says, can be travelled n the same
schedule time as between Red Bluff and
Portland-six davs.
Year: 1864




A. Campbell. Esq, one of the editors Of the
Lake Superior News and Journal, writing 10
his paper from the city of New York, and
speaking of copper mining, says:


We venture the assertion that there IS 10
stock 10 the world either SO safe or remuneratiye
as copper stocks. Bank, Railroad, State and
National stocks, except the initiation Of specu-
iation. have a standard value based upon the
dividends they viii surely pay, or from SIX 10
Ten percenium yearly, but in copper. if the
ground is certainly known TO be rich and
abundant, averaging from two aud bali to
i've Per cent. of stamp work, the capitalist who
buys from one 10 FIVE thousand shares of its
stock al SO or Sl5 or $50 per share, and then
invests from So to S5 more per share in the
form OF assessments 10 open and work the mine,
Is sure TO have a stock worth from $50 10 SlOO
result that warrants the investment The
stocks of the mines upon the south range Of the
Ontonagon district are very firmly held and
constantly advancing, and We shall be much
disappointed il most OF the mines upon it do
not, IN 40 Incredibly short time, rival The very
best now on the lake.. they certainly VIII, If
the stockholders shell out their money upon
their ground, and put up sufficient mills and
machinery.


The above Says the Mining ard Scientific
Press is written after an experience Of some
fifteen years of copper mining at Lake Superior.
Il will be noticed that two and half 10 FIVE
per cent. yield of stamp work." or what we in
California would call second class ore, from
which the shipping ore has been selected, is
there considered a remunerative class of ore ;
and that mine producing such an ore must
soon, BY proper development. reach high
figure in value. As an evidence of the value
placed upon Lake Superior copper stocks, we
may note late transaction which occurred at
the Rooms Of the Fourth Street Board of Trade
10 the city Of Pittsburg. The property and
effects of the Adventure Mining Company,
located in the county of Ontonagon, Michigan
Lake Superior). was sold at the Board, Jan
18th, for Sll0 000-one fourth cash.
Year: 1864

IT is stated says the Bee that latterly recruits
have been obtained in the city Of New York
at the rate of about thousand per day. 1t is
evident that if the rebellion is not wiped out
in the campaign of 1864, the failure will not
be for the want of men to wear the Union
blue, bear up the Springfield rifles, and carry
the flag and keep step to the music Of the
Union
Year: 1864

GooD.-James Otis, the Treasurer of the
Sanitary Committee, and delegate elect TO the
National Union Convention, remarked in the
State Convention that the Sanitary Central
Committee at San Francisco are sanguiue that
they will be able to continue their regular
contribution of S25 900 a month TO the end Of
the year. and, if necessary. as much longer as
the wants of the country require
Year: 1864

The Union State Convention, which Assem-
bled at Sacramento, on the oath ult., closed its
session on the 25th On The first page of this
paper will be found the names Of the delegates
appointed to the National Convention, the
platform adopted, etc. With such men as
Thompson Campbell aud Gen. Bidwell to rep
resent California at Baltimore, the loyal people
Of the State may confidently expect that their
views of the men and policy required in this
great crisis will receive the fullest consideration
The people Of this State, with their loyal breth-
rem throughout the nation. have, after mature
deliberation, concluded that ii would be unwise
and dangerous "to swap horses in the middle
Of the stream" and our delegates are instructed
to act as q unit for the denomination by accla-
nation Of the rheei horse of the Union-A bra
ham Lincoln. This action of the Golden State
will adorn one Of the brightest pages in her
history-proving beyond cavil her steadfast
loyalty to the Union in its most trying hour,
Notwithstanding the efforts of a contemplate
minority OF "chivalry" aud doughfaces to carry
ber into the vortex OF Secession.


All that now remains TO insure the triumph
ant success of the Union cause 10 this State at
the Presidential election, is the maintenance OF
= harmonious and cohesive position by the
party, which can alone be done by discarding
oil minor issues and trivial differences. There
is nothing to be gained for the cause of the
Union, nor for the advancement Of the political
ambition of any man or set Of men, by an
attempt to raise new issues in the party, or TO
discriminate as to the status of persons in the
Union ranks who do not see things exactly in
the light they are viewed by other Union men,
but who, Oh all questions of paramount impor-
taDce, are unreservedly, with all other true and
patriotic men, pledged to faithful adherence
to that great party of the people who are now
supporting the Government with such great
uDanmity, despite the efforts of demagogues to
create dissensions and distrust, 10 order that
they may secure political triumph at the
expense of the nation. Let our motto be, a
union of all Union men for the sake of the
Union and the final result of the struggle
now being waged for the perpetuity of the
Federal Union, and the vindicaton of the
truths embodied in the Declaration of our
Revolutionary sires, cannot be matter Of
doubt. In the language of great statesmen,
the Union, "more firmly fixed than ever, will


stand, uumoved, enduring and immovable"
Year: 1864

ExScuTED.-A man by the name of Frede-
rick f. Streeter was recently executed at
Medina county, Ohio for the murder of Mrs.
Coy. When the prisoner was placed on the
gallows on chair, and after prayer, be shook
hands with those within the files of soldiers who
felt disposed to do it. Among those who
availed themselves of this opportunity was the
father Of the murdered woman. As he ap-
preached Sreeter he was asked by him if be
was the father of Mrs. Coy. On his answering
in the affirmative Streeter said "As true as
there is a God in Heaven, l never murdered
your daughter" When notified his time was
very short, he said: The crime for which l
am about to die am entirely innocent Of May
God forgive those who wronged me-" The
final moment came a move of the lever and
the trap door few from under him His neck
was instantly broken. There were none of his
relatives present, and only his sister in the
town His wife resides in Zanesvie.
Year: 1864

MCDoUGALI-CoNSEss A Washington
Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat saws
truly that the loyal press of California are
unanimous in their expressions of Indignation
in regard to the course of Senator McDougall
and are following up the request of the Senate
of that State, for him to resign, with the most
scathng and bitter denunciatons of his politi-
cal course and his personal habits But I am
told that he will probably pay no attention to
the official action of the Legislature OF his
State. He continues 10 sink lower and lower
in his bruti>hness, and lower and lower 10
the depths of COppeIheadsm. Whisky and
disloyalty have gained complete mastery over
him.. All personal intercourse between Sena,
tor ConDess and himself, has, believe, ceased.
II is the msst lamentable instance Of Senatorial
degradation known in Congress for mauy
years.


The contrast between McDougal ard Con
ness renders the case more especially notcea-
bic. The latter is man of unusual dignity
OF department, and the very opposite in every
respect, of bis colleague Senator Conness is
indeed an ornament to the Senate and an hon
or to the State which sent him. 1t is well
known that he was not elected as Republican
but as War Democrat, so that the Admins
tration had only right to expect that be would
support it in It's general war policy, but be has
worked constantly true as a member of the
Union party, and to day there is not more
reliable and efficient antislayery man than he
in the United States Senate. If there were
anything TO console California for her betrayal
by McDougall. it would be the faithful repre-
sen'ation by Conness, Of her interests and prin-
ciples.
Year: 1864

CoxAScHs.- The Inflated Camanche is
about 10 be raised. and it is feared that many
months will elspse before the work of building
her will commence. The Underwriters claim
insurance was against total loss only, and will
demand reimbursement for raising her, in the
meanwhile retaining materials as security. A
protracted litigation will probably ensue.
Year: 1864

WE WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE oFFEl


the Buckeye Machine fer this season, know
ing it to be superior 10 any MOWER for sale, ar
that it will sustain the reputation it has made 70,
the past three years in surprising any other MOW
ER, in the following respects Being better made
much stronger and more durable viii rna lighter
cut closer with greater ease to the team and no sid
drlught. We can bring twenty earmers to say tn
BUCI>ENE is superior TO any other Mower, t
one who can be found prejudiced against it, Th.
"Buckeye Mower are OF two sizes-cuttinc feet
Year: 1864

The important advantages which belong to ,h
can be used as Mower or Reaper by astachin
the Platform and Reel Though importing lsrsel
of them. have been for the last two years unsbl
TO supply the increasing demand for them. The
are better adanted To the wants II