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Year: 1864

AN ARMIsTIcE.-The supporters of McClel-
Ian advocate an armisiice. They are careful,
however, to conceal from the people the prac-
teal workings Of the measure. There can't
be any such thing without doing just what the
war on our part is waged to prevent. An
armisiice is not military truce, agreed to by
opposing generals for temporary purpose. 1t
is the compact of the governing authorities
implies equality of power, authority and right.
In this war such thing as an armistice cannot
be without an acknowledgement CT the Con
federacy" the thing We cannot in any event
agree to. We don't purpose dong anything
of that sort. If the rebel leaders desire peace
they know the road to it. But they manifest
no great desire that way as yet They have
not even asked for 'armistice." They have
suggested 10 terms. They leave all that TO
their Copperhead friends But they can have
all that they choose. If anything short Of
separation will satisfy them, ii they are willing
to live as good citizens under our Constitution
and laws, the way is open. If they want
better terms, they won't get them. Men who
prefer an armistice thereby acknowledge a
Confederaoy aud consent to disruption of the
Union.
Year: 1864

DESTROYER OF UNION SoLDIERs.-An East
ern paper says: Through his manifest incom-
potency, or lreachery to his Government or
both, General Mcclellan was Instrumental in
destroying more Union soldiers while he was
in command of the Army of the Potomac than
Napoleon lost of French soldiers in the cele
brated invasion of Russia. One vast graveyard
sprang up in the rear of his forces all the way
up the Peninsula, and all the way from the
Chickahominy TO james River, and all the way
from Harrisons Landing to Washington City
He is responsible for the shedding of rivers o
Union blood, and still he is the candidate O
the Peace Party on Peace Platform for
Peace President of the United States. This i;
a shaking Of CORY locks with vengeance.
Year: 1864

coPPERHEADs CoNFoUSDED.-The Rev. Col.
Moody, in a speech at Columbus, Ohio, said
that he bad prayed the Almighty to go to
Chicago and confound the enemies of the
country, and he believed He had done so. The
only way the Lord had been able to Illustrate
the building of Babel was by confounding the
language of the builders so that they could not
understand each other, and just in this way He
had destroyed the power of the Copperheads at
Chicago. They say peace when they mean
war, and war when they mean peace, and hence
their counses had been disconnected and their
efforts would come to naught
Year: 1864

der" ere pronounced by the captain :;
comfortable. for ne to hear, without
knowing if it vii ever be lowered AGAIN.
The smiling, good-natured sailors repeat
the order, and ND goes. the rope ladder.
Lay it fat or the deck" is the word,
and the ladder and clinging ScotoA wo-
man are laid PROSTATE there, she Oh her
face with hands closed in that death-clasp
round the rope, senseless and cold as if
life had indeed departed. If they cut that
step OF The ladder away to which she clung,
Or found some other means Of ex: Gicating
it from her grasp, know not, but Just as
I was believing myself abandoned, [ heard
a sailors CHEEKY voice, another woman
in the boat ~ Lower the ladder; and
as soon as she pits a loot on it, haul up
and lay it on deck" says the mate Now,
[ had q small basket and an umbrella in
the %oat, and wished to save them with
myself; so, when the hope of doing so
revived, [ took up my basket and UNI
brelia, and before I got well on the lad
der, I let the mate who gave these orders
see that had them in charge, and then
said, "Will you be so good IS to let ME
go up by myself, if you please %


They did SO F.; and the captain himself
gave me his hand and drew me up on
deck, saying "you are a brave woman
your life is worth saving"


All, captain, you ought to be good
Judge; but not half so brave am I as that
good Scotch woman whom you have just
hauled up and laid on your deck, clinging
to morsel of rope.


l dia not sayI these words; undeserved
praise perhaps overcame me, for 1 burst
into tears, and showed the stout captain 1
was anything but a bravo woman or a
good sailor, or, indeed, at all worth saw
ing, though could climb up ladder of
rope by steomer rolling heavily in the
pillows of the Atlantic.
Year: 1864

From Chambers Journal


A singular adventure once befel me on
the wild coast Of the north of Ireland,
where the Atlantic heaves its billows
aga. It that giant barrier of black rock,
when seems In stern defiance to say to
the invader "Here shall thy proud
waves be stayed" It brings shudder
to my heart to reflect in calmness on the
only time in which I saw the threatening
coast. I was total stranger in that part
of the world, and wanted to get to Scot
land. was told that Glasgow steamer
called at q small town or. village on the
coast; and took an Irish car. and set off
on journey of about twenty miles to
meet the said steamer. am not going
to record any witty sayings of my droll
Irish driver they say wretchedness in
Ireland has greatly passed away, and
somehow it appears to me that Irish wit
and humor have greatly passed away
with it. Years ago, when the road [ was
travelling over was very bad, and the
Irish miles were nearly half as long again
rs they are made now to measure, an
Englishman, borne on the same singular
kind of conveyance as I was, complained
to the driver mos5 bitterly concerning
the state of the roads and the length OF
the miles in his unfortunate country.
"Ah sure then, your honor, that's the
very reason the miles be SO long, was
the answer. "because they're bad, we
give you good measure" But now the
roads are made better, and the miles
shortened. so that travellers do not so
much require to be kept in good humor.


Arrived at poor-loohing small town,
living fiat on the sea shore, my driver an
nounced the object Of my arrival to a
man. who at once informed me 1 must
sseo round the corner" in boat, to get
to the steamer. Seeing white wall IN
the direction he pointed, 1 concluded
that wall concealed the steamer from
sight, and only took the precaution OF
bargaining for the SUM to be paid for
putting me on board OF it. That, indeed,
was speedily settled; it was not great
sum. An autumn afternoon was drawing
on. and had no inclination to check the
hurried departure which the man seemed
anxious to make. Without entering a
house. followed him to o boat, where he
left me, to hasten away in search OF an.
other passenger. He secured two rather
young men, and an old widow; they
were all Scotch and strangers like my
self,


When we got Ground the corner, the
aspect of things began to look strange
There was no steamer to be seen ; but on
went the boat out into the open sea; on
and on it went whittier bound knew
not; nor do I believe the man himself
did. The wind had been high all day,
though the sun was bright /; it rose higher
and higher the black wall of rock was
Year: 1864

TERMS S-Two DOLLARS per annum in advance
The postage on the FrEE SoUTH is twenty cents year
payable quarterly in advance NAY be paid at this
Office Advertisements viii be inserted at twenty cents
q line for each insertion.
Year: 1864

wish to bear emphatic evidence to the
usefulness of the Christian Commission
There are two wagons laden with supplies
accompanying the army, with several atten-
dants. have had opportunity to witness
the dispensation of the supplies contributed
by the churches and benevolent individuals,
and can truly say that nothing is misapplied.
Thousands of sick and wounded will bless
the Christian Commission. In some respects
it is more efficient organization than the
Sanitary Commission. Its delegates receive
no compensation. Their work is wholly a
labor of love. 1t is practical christian char
ity. There is no complicated machinery in
the organization, no red tape, but the work
is direct and immediate. The Commission
was started and has been mainly sustained
by those denominations which call themselves
Evangelical, but l have heard Unitarian
chaplains and Catholics praise its work. 1t
is not sectarian. Whoever needs-whoever
sufers-soldiers for the Union or wounded
rebel,-all, without any distinction receive
direct relief.


On Saturday morning last l was in Fred
ericksburg. A long train of ambulances
came in, filled vita the wounded of the
heavy artillery, which had SO gallantly re-
pulsed the attack on our rear two nights be-
fore. They had been in the ambulances
twenty-four hours without anything to eat,
jolting over the road. ran to the rooms OF
the Christian Commission and gave notice of
their arrival. In FIVE minutes the delegates
we're out with prepared farina, coffee, soft
bread. There we're tears of thanksgiving
from many brave fellow. "Thank you,
"God bless you," were the returns which the
delegates received, not for themselves, but
for those who had contributed for their COM
fort. l have written this from sense OF
duty, feeling all the while that no words of
mine can adequately express the value of the
work which is performed by the Commission.
In behalf Of those who are already in hospi-
tai, and in behalf of those who are ready to
suffer for their country. ask for them that
there may be no lack of supplies.-Carlston
in Journal.
Year: 1864

The Boston Post is responsible to the par
ties concerned and to the public generally
for a story to the effect that gentleman who
visited the White Mountain last summer,
accompanied by his wife, stopped at the


- Hyuss, and one night while there,
had a sudden and violent attack of collie. An
application OF mustard was recommended to
relieve his pain, an d he consented to have it
tried. His wife, on going down to the kitch-
en-, found the mustard, but nothing suitable
to spread it upon, ard her pocket handke.-
chief was taken for that purpose. No time
was lost in returning. In moment she was
at the bedside, and-applied the plaster
There, that will help you, l krow," said
she. She had scarcely finished the sentence,
however, when the poor man turned over,
and roared, What the ID are you about ~
1t ,cas not her husbands soice! Her lamp
had given but feeble light, and she had got
into the wr0ng room! She found her own
apartment without delay, and related the un.
fortunate circumstance to her husband, add
ing, with horror, that her name ras on her
handkerchief! The sick man was complete
ly overcome with laughter. His collie disap-
peared as suddenly as it came. 1t was agreed
not to remain long in those parts. The land
lord was called up; the affair explained, and
the man and wife left on the earliest express
train. The gentleman who was SO unceremo-
niously disturbed (and who is well known in
BCston) has preserved the handkerchief -
Query-ought he not to return it?
Year: 1864

is desired that the boots should Immediately
take polish dissolve an ounce Of wax in q
'easpoonfal OF turpentine and lampblack. A
CAV or two after the boots have been treated
with The resin ard ;allow. rub over them lis
wax and turpenrine, but moi before .le fire.


Illus the exterior vii have q coat Of wax
alone and shine like mirror. Tallow and
grease become rancid, and rot the stitching
or leather; but The resin gives it an antisep-
tic quality which preserves the whole.
Year: 1864

How TO PREVENT WET FEET.-I have
had three pairs of boots for the last six years,
and think | will not require any more for
the next SIX years to come. The reason is
that treat them in the following manner:
l put pound each of tallow and resin in a
pot on the fire s; when melted and mixed ap-
ply it hot with painters brush until neither
the sole nor upper will soak any more. If it
Year: 1864

A writer in the Genesee Farmer has the
ory of increasing the quantity of butte, by
water. The dairymen hereabout content
themselves by Increasing the quantity of
their milk by means of water and it pays
well enough unless the inundaiion is found
out.
Year: 1864




The Examiner is also exercised by the de-
vastation committed by the Yankee army.
1t pretends that in Georgia our troops burn
all the mills, factories and houses, and steal
everything they can carry off. The EAami-
ner sees in this vandalism the evidence that
the Yankees have lost all hope of subjuga-
ting thu South, and are bent on doing all
the mischief they can in this final campaign.
For all which the Examiner finds consolation
thus:


at is sad enough to have our people
burned out and pillaged, our women bullied
and insulted; but it is doubly huniliatins TO
suffer such evils at the hands of people We
have always despised. 1t does indeed cost
US heavily to rid ourselves Of all connection
with the Yankee nation bnt then this nd
dance is worth the cost. And perhaps We
should never have set the right value upon
the independence We fight for if it had not
cost US SO dear. We might never have been
SO fully and deeply conscious Of the great re-
cessity which was upon US, for own cur honor
and vu, vhilLIrn's well b-;u,, TO .ui OH that
abandoned nation from our Society, if it had
not been permitted to develop and display,
at so many points and for SO long time, all
the dark depths of its hateful character, all
its bastard cruelty and mean thievery, and
unparalleled fertility of fasehood. Now. We
know from what rotton carcass We have cut
ourselves loose and to escape its pollution
no price is too great. Rather than submit
to that foul embrace again, We would bid
higher and still higher, until nothing were
left to the few survivors of us but bare lite.
On the whole we can well afford TO make the
rogues welcome to all the profit the! have
got out of their invasion, especially as with
the last day of their campaign our cost ends
and theirs begins. Nations having no fu-
ture state, always expiate their crimes in this
world : and no nation ever yet ran up SO
long an account of crime, or so amply earn
ed hell upon earth; there shall be waiing
and gnashing Of teeth"
Year: 1864

country. yet their fate is not without compensa-
ton. These will now enjoy the blessings of
quiet home with the consolipg thought of having
done their duty towards God, their country and
themselves, and while the memory of the dead
will be cherished by us and our children, they
will wear in Heaven the crown which is due to
their devotion to our most sacred and Holy cause.


POLIGNAC,


Gen. Commanding the Cd Infantry Division.
Year: 1864

Ir you want suit Of good clothes the
place to get them is at Sam Perry's, oppo-
site the Post Office. He has large stock
Of ready made clothing on hand, and also
makes to order. He keeps an immense
stock Of everything pertaining to gents
furnishing goods, and when you cannot suit
yourself by looking over his extensive as
sortment, there is no use going to any fur
ther troublc-it is not in the city.
Year: 1864

CHANGE OF BASE. \ most remar kable
characteristic of the so called Democracy is
their frequent change Of base, and their GER
tainty TO abandon q position SO soon as it fails
10 answer their practical purposes. The latter
day Democracy array themselves in direct
opposition to everything that is done for the
welfare Of cur Government. 1t is strange how
they dare contradict themselves and so plainly
in matters pertaining to the administration of
the Government, and denounce lis every act as
unconstitutional aud absurd. When the $500
clause in the enrolment act was passed they
were arrayed against it with powerful argu-
ment, claiming that it gave the rich man the
advantage over the poor, compelling the latter
TO fight our battles, and the former could pay
his commutaiion fee and remain at home
Now where are they found? The $500 clause
has been repealed and the same powerful ar-
gument is used against lis repeal Thus has
it been with the so-c4led Democratic party
ever since the war began, to oppose the Gov
ernuent the Administration, and in fact eve
ry thing except tha: which affects their per
sonal interests.
Year: 1864

THE editor Of the Marysyille Express is bid
ding high for quarters in Aicatraz. Hope be
will be Recommendations


VIII yon please let our co'emporary a,one?
We cannot spare him. He is Just the man
where be is, and doing the party more good
than be possibly could The Government in
packing sand. Let him alone--fPpeal.
Year: 1864

OK the passage of the Uncle Sam fire
broke out near the smoke stack, but owing to
the good management was extinguished with
out serious damage, though at one time it ap-
peared very serious.
Year: 1864

THEIR ONLY SrRENGru.-In a recent trea-
sonable speech delivered to d herd Of Copper
heads at San Francisco by Charles l.. Weller.
reported in the Flag. be advised them to resort
TO Brute force to resist the Government.
He seemed to understand his audience pretty
well, for brute force" is wherein lies power
Copperheads have no intelligent or moral force
Erchange,


They well know wherein their strength lies,
aud the reasonable language of the Demo
cratic Chairman is rcechoed by the lesser
lights in every county town iu the State
Still they declare they have no freedom Of
speech and appeal to the ignorant members Of
their party, to resist by armed force the acts
and doings of the Government to suppress or
confne treason preachers. This is the workings
of INSCRIPTIONS politicians to stir up bad
blood among the unsuspeciug classes Of the
Democracy" and precipitate civil war and
bloodshed among US because a leading treason
preacher has been sent to Alcatraz. How
many of their boasted forty thousand will join
these disappointed and broken down office
seekers, time can only determine.
Year: 1864

The information received from the Army Of the poso-
mac tonight that the troops who went TO Madison
Court House Thursday, burned the town to ashes II
is not known whether this done by orders or not


General Burnside visited General Meade last night and
spent some hours IN his quarters


Deeerters who came in yesterday report that Lees
army u eighty thousand strong with twenty two thou
sand elective cavalry all IN good condition. with teo
days supplies distributed to hem The railroad trains
were running night and day, bringing up rsinforcements
Year: 1864

Well, the motley set who went to the
Lake shore to pitch cts to catch the wind,
hrVe pitched their nets. The platform and
the ticket are mp, and the Witless fellows
are gaping now 70 see the popular ap-
plause come rushing in. We Woald Judge
BY their esgerness that the fsie of the ma.
ton is depending upon it. They don't
seen to hsEe the least suspicion what q
precious piece Of fOolery it sll is.


We have no desire to write hsrshlv Of
these people. Many Of them really de-
serve certain sort Of pity. They have
been played upon by others. Months
ago, before the next Presidency
began 70 be thought Of by the
people, when every body Was airing his
grievances, . little scheming about the
succession was natural enough. Even
sensible men, who had ta te Tor il, might
indulge somewhat, and fancy that some
thing could possibly come from it. But
since the people have turned to the matter,
Year: 1864

received only two votes in that convention
as delegate. The loyal people of Ohio
are not under any shape or color, in favor of
such declaration as the resolution attribu-
ted to his colleague. The Democratic peo-
pie in that State rallied and sent their sons
to the war, although the people Of Ohio did
not agree with the African wholly"


We canhOt see how political capital can
be made out of the utterances of two or three
rebel sympathizers in Congress who some
times vote with the Democrats, when it is
well known that the Democrats, as body,
do not endorse the views of Harris & Co,
but on the contrary openly repudiate them,
and believe in preserving the Union and
continually vote in favor Of supplying men
and money to prosecute the war to that end,
while it is notorious that Harris and Wood
are peace men Cor secessionists) who invari-
ably vote against furnishing army supplies
But there are radicals on the other side who
have expressed themselves, unmistakkbly, in
favor of disunion. The radical Conway, of
Kansas, in the course of a speech, submit
ted the following secession resolution which
he gaid he thought ought to pass:


"Resozved, That the Executive be and he
is hereby requested to enter into negotia-
tions with the authorities of the Confede-
rate States with reference to cessation of
hostilities, based on the following PROPOSE
tiOns l. Recognition of the independence
Of the Confederate States. g. A uniform
system of duties on imports. 3. Free trade
between the States f. Free navigation of
the Mississippi river. 5. Mutual adoption
of the Monroe doctrine"


Mr. Conway, in the same speech on the
floor of Congress, declared that che was not
in favor of the Union as it then existed
Rather than to have that he would recog-
nize the Southern Confederaoy thousand
times" It is singular that such commo-
tion is raised in Congress when rebel SYM
pathizers talk disunion, and it is remarkable
with what serenity and eomposure members
sit and listen to disunion sentiments uttered
by abolition sympathizers. In the one case
Congress is thrown into fit of loyal indigna-
ton, with resolutions to expel and votes of
censure, and in the other case it is
religiOusly mute-as dumb as fish.
Year: 1864

For KooTENAI.-The rush to Kootenai
may be said to have already begun. Small
parties have been leaving here every day
for the week past, and the number going is
steadily increasing. The late news from
there, confirming previous reports about the
mines has had the effect to excite the excl
table, and some, who could do well enough
at home, seem disposed not to 1et well
enough be- and have announced their in
tention to go off with the current that is
now drifting thitherwards. Persons should
bear in mind the fact that those mines are
yet in an undeveloped state and although
accounts from there at present are encour-
aging still there is not sufficient known to
warrant the belief that the diggings are ex-
tensive. When the waters fall so that
the country can be thoroughly prospected,
we may expect to hear of the extent and
richness of the mines, but not till then
Year: 1864

The VOTE OF THE COUNTY. The whole
number of votes polled in the county on
Monday was 628--a gain of only 26 over
the vote of year ago. Yet those who prob
ably know claim that there were more than
hundred voters, the most of whom voted
last year, who did not go to the polls on
Monday. The gain was all in Walla Walla
precinct-37 over the vote cast last year.
Whole number of votes cast in this precinct
this year, 454.
Year: 1864

The election in Umatilla county, Oregon,
we are informed, gave vote of two to one
in favor of the democratic ticket. By our
next issue we can probably give the result
of the Oregon election.
Year: 1864

The Dalles Mountaineer says: "The
copperheads are full of glee over the nomi-
nation of Fremont by the radicals They
imagine that in this nomination they see the
germs of division that is to sunder the
Union party and pave the way for the cleo
tion of Mcclellan. We take different view
of the matter and think that the course
pursued by Fremont and his friends will
strengthen rather than weaken the Union
party. This movement will rid the Union
party of the more radical negro worshippers,
of which Pearne in this State is type, and
to that extent we deem it a benefit rather
than disadvantage"
Year: 1864

POINT BoNTTA.-We had the pleasure of a sail
to this notable point, and can safely recommend
those patent life preservers of Houston, Hastings
Co., for one of the party would have been drowned
but for the aid Of their life-preserving vest.