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Year: 1864

/ Correspondence of the Nashville Union


All men of whatever business or pro
fession, find it necessary at short pc
riodical intervals, to institute an exam
ination into their profits and losses by
way of ascertaining whether in wisdom
and prudence they should continue or
change their pursuit; and he who does
not resort to this wise precaution is of
ten found unexpectedly and hopelessly
involved in ruin. If this be true in
common enterprises of individuals, how
much more necessary and important is
! it that nations, and would be nations,
should institute such inquiry and ex-
animation into the progress and pros~
poets of their great national enterprises
And we think it would be wise and
prudent in the north, and especially in
the south, to make such examinations
without delay.9ne- T aa-


Such inquiry will necessarily lead Us
to consider the state and condition OF
the country before the rebellion; the
avowed cause and object Of the rebel
lion, and the progress and present pFos-
pect of ultimate success. As to the
state and condition of the country pre-.
vious to secession, all know that peace,
happiness, and prosperity unexampled,
with freedom of speech and opinion
security of he, liberty and property,
prevailed throughout the borders of
the then United States as ever since the
adoption of the Constitution. But
where now is the security for these cher
ished and sacred rights7 Gone; as ut
terly valueless as If abrogated by uni
verssl consent, Notwithstanding the
Confederacy have adopted the same
constitutional provisions for their pres
ervation and enforcement. All ex-
changed for war, for civil war, with it's
multiplied evils and aggravated calam-
tiles


The public journals of the South, for
the last thirty years, and the speeches
of the members of both Houses of Con
gress, anterior to secession, disclose full
ly the determined purpose of the lead
ers to bring about rebellion; sometimes
complaining of one thing and some
times OF another in all of which they
inferred violation Of the constitution.


But as TO the real objects of secession,
for the sake of breyity, and to consne
ourself mainly to documentary history,
we viii refer to president Davis inau-
gural address In that document, If
memory deceive as not, he said slave
territory must expand, we can and win
subjugate and annex Cuba, Mexico, and
part Of South America in it he also
said, II know we will have war, bat it
shall not be IN the South, we will 90 10
the North where We can find food for
the sword and the torch" also that thC
Southern Confederacy would have the
best currency In the world, being bosed
on cotton it would be equivalent to
specie" claiming then ten or eleven
states as havingjeined the Genfederacy,
and the remaining s. sure soon 10 follow
in the same direction These were some |
ofthe promises solemnly made under au-
thority, in high places, and these reveal
Year: 1864

We have always entertained the belief that
the rebellion would succumb if psrseveringly
hammered. The following from an exchange.
tends to the same conclusion


"A soldier in Gen. Hunters command ex-
presses the following opinion Of the rebel
situation: "The impression on my mind
about the rebellion is that the rebels are now
using their last man, last dollar and last LOAF
of bread There is absolutely nothing to re-
serve. II beaten now, they go up suddenly
and surely. We could see this every where
The last card is now being played, and iflost,
ali is lost for them. do hope our people
will hold out, no matter what happens to
Grant or anybody else. A littlc perseverance,
is bound to win the day. All the rebels want
TO end the war now. They prefer subsection
to another year OF war"
Year: 1864

Shortly after the arrival Of General
Morgan in the COnfederacy from his
Northern prison, Benjamin M0rdecai,
Esq, Of this city authorized him 90
purchase, without regard to cost, the
finest horse that he could find in the
country. A letter has just been receiy-
ed in reply, which announces the Pur-
chase, and the intention Of the gallant
soldier 10 ride the animal on the next
expedition. We learn from another
source that the aforesaid expedition
promises to be one Of the bOldest yet
attempted, and that, I" if successful 10
will be productive Of great good TO our
cause.
Year: 1864

The Portland Courier says Moth
ing has occurred in this vicinity for
long years that has more powerfully
operated to strengthen ones belief in
human depravity than the scenes CON
nected with the wreck of the BOhe-
mian. If another cargo Of equal extent,
variety, and richness should be cast
upon our shores, it is hard telling who
would be saved
Year: 1864

BrRSED.-On Tuesday morning lAsl
the servant girl of Mayor Smyth was badly
burned BY her clothes catching ere from
cooking stove as she was preparing
breakfast. When she discovered that
her clothes we're in flames che ran through
the room, where the family were sitting,
out into the yard. Mr.. Smith, in his
efforts to get her into the house and ex.
tinguish the flames, had both Of his hands
badly burned.
Year: 1864

A family in Chicsgo lost daughter
OF seventeen years Of age about two
months ago. They could obtain no clue
to her Whereabouts. The other night
a hearse was driven 10 their door,
coffin was taken out and plsced iu the
hall, with the simple remark "There
is YOUR daughter Accompanying the
remains was the keeper Of house Of
ill-fama
Year: 1864

RAINs.-The first rain of the season ap-
peared on Sunday, 4th instant; very slight
shower descending before the skies again
became clear. On the following evening q
heavy fall of rain took place, which CON-
pletely disposed of the dust which had been
accumulating undisturbed for some months.
Since then we have been favored daily and
nightly with successive warm showers, al.
teruating with short periods Of delightful
clear and mild weather; the whole bearing
the semblance Of late spring, our most plea.
SAINT seasod. Ere long our prairies will re.
sume the coat Of green so grateful to the
Hocks and herds that scour them, and there
will be nothing in the vegetable kingdom
10 remind us that the year is quickly wan
ing.
Year: 1864

SIGNS THAT FAILED.-All remember the story
Of the nn.keeper who, becoming proud as he
prospered, took down his sign Of the ASS, and
put up portrait Of George ~ In its place. His
neighbor Immediately raised the cast,off eff gy
and Sin this sign he conquered" The first land
lord, alarmed at the increasing popularity of his
rival, and understanding the cause, wrote under
meath the yisage Of His Majesty, "This is tae
real ASS"


But more ludicrous incident of the kind is
just now told at the expense Of the good Bishop
Of LANDAU. He took up his abode near the
head OF Lake Windermere, where the principal
inn had been known as the Cock; but the land
lord, by way of compliment TO his distinguished
neighbor substituted the Bishop as the new sign.
An inn.keeper close by, who had frequently en-
WED mine host Of the Cock for his good fortune
in securing a considerable preponderance of
visitors, took advantage of the change, and at
tIacted many travellers TO his house by putting
up the sign OF the Cock The landlord with the
new sign was much discounted at seeing many
Of his old customers deposited at his rivals esta.
blishmenti so, by way Of remedy, he put up, In
large, red letters, under the portrait Of The
bishop, "This is the old Cock"
Year: 1864

Of sedentary habits troubled with weakness
laSstude papation Of the heart lack Of appetite. dis
tress aer eating torpid liver constipation Sc deserve
to suffer il they do not try them.


They recommended by the ighest medical author
ites and warranted to produce immediate bene
fetal effect They exceedingly agreeable perfectly
pure and harmless.


NorIcE-Any person pretending to sell Plantation
Bters in bulk by the gallon is a svinder and mpos-
II is put up only in patent log cabin bottle
Beware of bottles re,d with imitation deleterous stuff
for which several persons already in prison. See
that every bottle has private United Stamp
the cork unmutlated and signature steel plate
side label.


Sold by respectable dealers throughout the habitabe
cioha
Year: 1864

youth and maturity arising the bsnefuI habit.
OF if-aouse. To which is added observations
Female Diseases and other Interesting matter ofthe ut.
most Importance TO the married and those atg
marriage who entertain doubts of their physical ability
enter that state Sent to any address In asesled wrap
per, on receipt OF ten cents or four stamps


We devote entire time attention TO the treat
ment various private diseases Of pri
Vae report Our Dspensary the only Institution etths
kind in America which has been established special
charter sn4 this fact should give it preference the
various quacks Of doubtful character to be foun in al
=
Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged The DAILY ONO
BrATEsMAN, and now print 1t on plain an hand
some new type, and clear white peper.


In Politics, THE OHIO STATESMAN s'in " ar a. At
Peace for the Country for the Constitution, and a


Union Of equal States, with equal privileges an,
with equal and exact Justice to all its citizens We
srfor the Old Flag with nota Star or Stripe erased
and the Old Union far tits possible to restore it,
srd for the existing Constitution in its spirit letter
I'd purpose.


Upon the ming events Of the year. rest the hopes
f the People and Government. We are in the midst
Of bloody and protracted civil war. Its duration
and close depend upon wisc:, truer and more patri-


cPolicy than we have seen ,luGng the present Ad-
nnstration. Wsowe it to the menorv Of our Faith


and to the hopes Of our Children, n tue future Of
our Country. and to the best interest OF mnrnd to
phango Policy which is drifting us farther ami lar
her from the landmarks of our patriotic sires.


TEE STATESMAN will do all it can to aid in ring
ing about this change and hence. the Publishers in
vite support and encouragement from all those who
while wishing for good NEWSPAPER. also wish to
have sound Constitutional journal.


We publish paper in which we seek to give the
.rRUTH. Our Commercial Reports our Markets, our
Political and General News, are carefully freed from
,he ensational character, and we seek to make The
STATESMAN Trustworthy in every particular.


For News. for Instruction, for Good Morals. for
Sound Political Sentiments, for Steady Defense Of
American Institutions. Take. Read and help to Cir
,ulate. THE OHIO STATESMAN.


TEE WEEKLY OHIO STATESMAN is one Of the
argest. cheapest, and best printed Papers in the
West. Each number contains complete resume of
the Military and Political news of the week; the
atest telegraphic and market reports; carefully
prepared collection of literary reading for the home
and family; and an abundance Of paragraphs upon
every topic of interest or Importance. The wide
circulation already obtained by this paper, is an evi-
6ence of its popularity and of its being adapted to
the wants Of the people.
Year: 1864

In order to extend the circulation Of our Mammoth
Weekly Edition of The OHIO STATESMAN. and to
enable our friends to get up Clubs for the Presi-
enntisl Campaign, upon the most favorable terms,
wshave decided to furnish it to Subscribers from the
9Th Of July to the middle Of November embracing
the whole of the exciting and important Political
Campaign, and including the Presidential Election
Returns-at the following Low AND GREATLY RE
DU JED RATES:
Year: 1864

Il BuH is one who buys stocks on speou,
lation, thinking they will rise, so that he
can sell at profit. 1t is to his interest to
have stocks rise. and he will resort to every
means to bring about the desired result.


4 Bear is one who sells stocks on specula-
ton, thinking that they will fall so that he
can buy in for less money to fill bis contracts
II is to his interest to break down the market.
and he will resort to the most desperate
means to accomplish bis object


A Corner is when the bears cannot buy or
borrow the stock to deliver in fulinen. Of
their contracts.


A Deposit is earnest money lodged in the
hands of third party AS guarantee. Is
up" 40 up" ETC., is the language expires.
sve Of a deposit.


Overloaded is when the bulls cannot take
and pay for the stocks they have purchased.


Shot is when person or party sells stock.
when they have none. and expec. TO buy or
borrow them in time to deliver.


Long is when a person or party has q
plentyful supply Of stock.


4 Flyer is to buy some stock with a view
to selling it in few days, and either make
or lose, as luck will have it.


4 Wash is a pretended sale, by special
agreement between the seller and buyer. for
the purpose of getting quotation reported.
Year: 1864

We clip the following from the Calavsras
Chronicle, strong Union Abolition paper:


Assurance is the best stock in trade for
politician; he covers his ignorance with BON.
bast, and cloaks his hypocrisy with the
mantle of patriotism; be has keen scent
for office, and always manages to be 10 the
strongest party, and having once got within
the pale, is terribly alarmed lest others of
the same kidney follow his course and thus
make the aspirats too numerous to give him
fair chance to win the prize. Some of the
loudest mouthed Union men of to-day were
the most violent in their denunciations of
Republicanism when it was popular to abuse
that party. But with such mon strength is
considered akin to godliness, and where
the loaves and fishes are, there will they be
also, ready to devour that which others pro.
duced.
Year: 1864

The Santa Cruz Sentinel SAYS that it was
expected that the Petroleum company would
before this date be shipping oil to San
Francisco, but the amount of preliminary
labor was greater than they had anticipated.
They have done great deal Of work in
making roads, erecting buildings, and cutting
wood for future use. The last consignment
of machinery, for the present, is now on the
way hither from San Francisco. With their
unfinished works they have retorted sufficient
oil to prove that its manufacture will be a
financial success. In about two weeks they
would commence its shipment to San Franz
cisco.
Year: 1864

IL is ascertained by inspection of the regist
many countries that the uniform proporti
male to female birth is twenty-one to TWEEN
in respect to marriage every 2
ian is naturally superfuous.-S Smiths Treat
q Population.


/ long have been puzzled to guess,
Aud so have frequently said,
What the reason could really be


That never have happened to wed;
But now it is perfectly clear


I'm under natural ban;
The girls are already assigned


And I'm y superiluous man.
These clever statistical chaps


Declare the numerical run
OF women and men in the world
Is twenty to twenty -and-one;
And hence in the pairing you see,
Since wooing and wedding began,
For every connubial score


They've got superduous mani
BY twcnties and twcnties they go
And giddily rush to their fate,
For none Of the number, of course,
Can fail of a conjugal mate;
But while they are yielding in scores
To Natures infcxible plan,
There's never a woman for me,
For I'm superfluous mani





1t isn't that | am churl,


To solitude even inclined;
1t isn't that am at fault


In morals. or manners or mind;
Then, what is the reason, you ask
l am still with the batchelor clan!
| merely was numbered amiss-
And I'm superhHous mani
1t isn't that lam in want


OF personal beauty or grace,
For many a.man with wife


Is uglier far in the face;
Indeed, among elegant men,
fancy myself in the van;
But what is the value Of that,
When am superfuous man,
Although | am fond of the girls,
For aught could ever discern,
The tender emotion feel,


Is one that they never return;
IT'S idle to quarrel with fate,
For struggle as hard as can,
They're matched already, you know =
And I'm a superfluous maui
No wonder grumble at times,
With women so pretty and plenty,
To know that never was born
To figure as one of the twenty;
But yet when the average lot


With critical vision scan,
think it may be for the best


That I'm superfluous man!
Year: 1864

The recent quicksilver discovery in San
Luis Obispo county, is undoubtedly one Of
much value. 1t is being developed by exl
perienced workmen from the n ew Amaden
mine. The rock already taken out is very
rich. The mine is located on the summit
of the Coast Range divide, about fifteen
miles from San Simon Bay, to which a good
road can be made at small expense. The
ore is pronounced superior to that obtained
at the New Almaden mine.
Year: 1864

The regalia of a chaplain of the loyal
league is a shirt, revolver, and dirk
For this was the condition in which Rev.
Chaplain was found in lady's chamber in
Massachusetts. On being questioned as to
the use he intended to make with the pistol
and dirk, he replied, 81 belong to the loyal
league, and every member has to 60 thus
armed"
Year: 1864

Charles Dickens second oon, an officer in
India, is dead. While his father stood as
chief mourner by the grave of Thackery,
almost at the very hour, his son was dying
on the other side of the world
Year: 1864

We do not wish or intend to harm any one who may be doing an honora- ble, legitimate business, but when the public are deceived by false statements and iuduced to purchase articles at enormous prices under mistaken inn pressions, we think that they (the pub jlic) should know the facts in the case.

 We know of a case of poor young man about 20 years of age, who has always been near-sighted and conse- quently required concave glasses, but on application to these learned occuI lists he received instead Q pair of con vex glasses in steel frames at $2,50, which were suitable for an old man of 60 years. We presume they eransined his eye toth one 9f Meir glasses before they gave him the specs, then told him they were all right and that he mast take them, that he could not judge for him ' self whether he could see we'll or not.

 This is only one among many instan- ces we might mention. We could, if we choose, procure the names of large i number of very respectable people who would bear testimony that the state ments we make are true in every par ticular, and that the humbug is even , greater than we assert it to be.

 Furthermore, we have procured a quantity of the

 Celebrated Perfected Lenses. about which so much has been said, sold 8by parties in town at $2.50 a pair, (which we

 T WARRANT AND GUARANTY Ito be precisely the same in every a0ay lshape and form, made by the same hands at the same place, which we sell at

 ONE DOLLAR A PAIR.

 Be it known that Riverius Marsh has procuted an assortment of the

 "Celebrated Perfected Lenses" which he sells for ONE DOLLAR A PAIR.

 These Spectacles are

 WARRANTED to be the genuine

 ee PERFECTED A3MS!8Sa'' l precisely the SAME kind of Specta- cles which have been sold in this place to honest, industrious people at the

 ENORMOUS PRICE

 OF

 THREE DOLLARS A PAIR.
Year: 1864

not evident, upon the mere statement of the
case, that Lincoln's amnesty was never ex-
pected or designed by himself to have any
any other effect than irritation and insult to
the southern people? No one however, knows
better than Abraham Lincoln that any terms
he might offer the Southern people which con-
template their restoration to his bloody and
brutal Government would be rejected with
scorn and execration. If, instead of deToting
to death our President and military and civil
officers, he had proposed to make jeff Davis
his successor, Lee Commander in-Chief of the
Yankee armies, and our domestic Institutions
not only recognized at home but readopted in
the free States provided the South would
once more enter the Yankee Union, there is
not man, woman or child in the Confed-
eracy who would not spit upon the PROPOSE
ton. We desire no companionship upon any
term with nation of robbers and murdererS-
The miscreants, whose atrocities in this war
have caused the whole civilized world to shud-
der, must keep henceforth their distance.-
They shall not be our masters, and We would
not have them for our rsaves.-RschmonI Dis
pacth


And Copperhea!s talk Of patching up
peace with these people.
Year: 1864

Are a fluid preparation, the only one of the
kind ever discovered in this country, and acts
directly on the parts affected whilst pills and
powders can only reach them as they work
through sympathy, but not at all direct and
positive.


Are you suffering from constant anxiety
for the regular return of natures prescribed
laws? Give yourself ne uneasiness, for Ly
on's Periodical Drops, if taken day or two
before the expected period, will positively
and invariably regulate its coming, as sure
as effect follows cause, as certain as daylight
follows darkness.


Are you SICK enfeebled by disease, or una
ble to bear the labor and danger Of increase?
Year: 1864

WHAT IS APPROACHING NO gen
eraI battle has been fought between the con-
tending forces since November last, when
the rebels were driven from the vicinity OF
Chattanooga. L is the suppression, however,
that this quietude will soon be broken. The
New York Times says: "The next month,
Nav, will, in all probability, witness battles ol
greater magnitude than have yet been known
to the war 1t is possible that even the very
Waterloo Of the struggle may then be fought.
At all events we must rely upon it, that a
collision betw cen the two great a.mles IN II
einia under Grant and Lee, the ablest com
mandcrs of the var, will surely take place
that Richmond Will be the stake of the con-
test, and that both sides Viii fight with des
perate energy Whether there will be any
great odds in our favor at the great encounter
we will net attempt to say, IN lack OF any def
mite knowledge concerning the strength @!
Lees army But one thing is certain; if ws
are defeated, it will only be the signal for s
new draft, anI the provocation to & more tire
mcndous putting forth Of strength than ever
whereas, if the rebels are overwhelmed, they
can never again rally ia so strong array, fol
their last conscription was universal, and they
have drawn 'spon their resources to the ut
most possibility. We may be defeated, and
vet fight again with renewed strength. L
they are defeated, they may indeed make q
new stand, and perhaps again and again but
it must be, each time, with reduced force, and
the end can only be absolute helplessness.-
Such are the unequal conditions of the com
ing struggle. No loyal man can escape anx
iety concerning its immediate vieissitudes
but the grand sequel may be anticipated with
hrmer confidence than ever"