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INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MONDAY, MAY 30, 1864.
VOL. XXIII, NO. 52.
WHOLE NO. 1,298
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The Freedom of the Pres.
The telegraph, a very unreliable source of in
formation, reports that Governor Sitmocr. of
New York, has ordered the arrest of all persons
who were engaged in the recent suspension of the
New York World and Journal of Commerce.
The charge against those papers was that they
had published a bogus proclamation of the Presi
dent, but no sane and honest man believes they
ha 1 any complicity with the fraud. They were
imposed upon, and every circumstance attending
the affair demonstrates most conclusively that
such was the case.. .
The strange inconsistencies of the Adminis
tration and the no less singular proclamations,
addiessesand messages of the President would
have a wide margin for a not very credulous
person to believe that the bogus proclamation in
question was a genuine article. In fact such
has been the course of tbe Administration for
the past three years that the people would be
willing to credit even the genuinness of a procla
matioo acknowledging the independence of the
Southern Confederacy, and they would accept it
upon tha ground that the party in power are
prepared to adopt any policy that will perpetuate
political supremacy in its hands. In proof of
this, look at the condition of our foreign rela
tions. Every demand of England has beeu com
plied with. And tbe interference of France in
Mexican affairs and the establishment of a mon
archy by that power over our sister Republic
in direct violation of the policy of our govern
ment from the beginninghave received the
sanction of this Republican administration.
We allude to these facts to illustrate the ne
cecity of vindicating and preserving the freedom
of the press, to maintain individual liberty aDl
free institutions. If the freedom of the press,
involving the right of discussing and criticising
the measures and policy of the representatives
of the Government for the time being is stricken
down with the consent of the people, then we
may say that tbe end of free government and
popular institutions have been reached. The
government of France has been regarded as a
despotism, but we venture the assertion tbat even
Locis Nafoleos would not bave attempted the
suppression of two leading journals in Paris un
der circumstances similar to those attending the
suppression of the two papers in New York.
We do not believe that a population as much ac
customed to edicts of tyranny as that of France,
governed as it is by an iron rule, would hare
quie'-ly and tamely submitted to such an act of
arbitrary power. No crime was proven against
the proprietors of the World and Journal of
Commerce. They published an ingenious hoax
innocently, and as soon as they were advised of
the fact they did all in their power to expose the
fraud. But the government officials, without
ever inquiring into the circumstances of the case,
took military possession of those offices and ar
rested the editors and proprietors. Yet tbe same
officials permitted theboax to be published to tbe
country over telegraphic wires under government
censorship, without rebuke, even after its agents
were advised that the proclamation wa3 a fraud.
Under these circumstances we hope that Gov.
Sxtmoitb has ordered the arrest of the persons
who were engaged in the infamous outrage oi
suppressing those papers. It was a blow against
the rights an j liberty of the citizen, which should
be redressed. There mast be Home barrier in
terposed against the exercise of arbitrary power,
or else what the American people have been
taught to believe, in fact have believed, were the
inalienable rights of man life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, and that to secure those
rights, governments are instituted among men.
deriving their just powers from the consent of
the governed, will cease to have any force or
vitality.
No necessity existed for this summary exer
cise of military despotism. If tbe fraud was
calculated to do any public injury, it was cor
rected long before any evil consequences could
have ensued. It is therefore without apology or
justification and has the appearance of being the
wanton exercise of power by weak men because
they bad the power to exert it. And not only to
vindicate popular rights, but tbe people owe it to
their manhood to rebuke this act of despotism.
In this connection we append the following
comments of the New York Daily News upon
the outrage, which are eminently worthyof con
sideration:
The military proceedings against Tbe World
and Journal of Commerce are no less than acts
of sheer despotism, without even the plea of ne
cessity to eive tha shadow of a pretext. While
such things are possible, we are all the very
slaves to every caprice, to every passing whim or
imouUe of SDleen or vindictivenesa tbat mav in
fluence those in power. Gen. Dix had no more
right to. take possession of private property ia this
city than any other citizen; nor is the Adminis
tratioa vested with authority to give him that
right. Supposing that the persecuted journals
wey guilty a they are innocent, tbe military
eeiaore would be no less an outrage.
Tai city is not under marl'al law; whence,
taew.eeaaee tbe power to interrupt the vocation
of theeititen; to crowd his place of business
with armed soldiers; to lay violent hands upou
hi property; to subject him to inconvenience
and loss without judicial process, and at the mere
dictation of Federal officials, who. so far as the
sovercgnty of this State is concerned, are no
better snd no higher than the humblest within
the city limits? Jf ..Federal aohjier should
snatch a citizen watch from his pocket, the in
) fraction of the law would not be greater than in
this case of forcible entry and false imprisonment.
The citizen would be privileged in the first case
to , protect himself against the violence; he is
equally privileged in the 6econd case. It the
proprietor of th World had armed his employes
and resisted the assault upon bis properly by
physical force until tbe constituted guardians of
the public peace should have intervened to
bis protection, the laws of the State, if rightly
administered, would have held him justifiable.
The time has come when our State Govern
ment must protect its people from these lawless
doings, or the people will assume the responsi
bility of their own protection. If our form of
government has been chinged from republican
ism to military despotism, let it be so stated by
proclamation, and not be gradually announced
by successive assaults upon our rights and liber
ties. We are aware that ambitious men who
premeditate tbe enthrallment of a people have
found it prudent to slip on the fetters by degrees,
creeping at first towards absolutism, aud taking
giant's strides as they approach their goal. But
this attempt to obtain a complete control over tbe
public press and to suspend tbe publication of
journals by mere act of volition enforced by a
detachment of soldiers, is rather too lengthy a
stride to be taken without awakening tbe popular
resistance.
'
There is no safeguard to liberty when the ad
ministration of a government cm suspend a
newspaper at its will. Let us vindicate the lib
erty of the press, or the country will be at the
mercy of ambition, leagued with power. If
military force can suspend two newspapers it
can suspend all. To day the suspension uiy in
volve only individual rights; to morrow it may
involve tbe essence of our liberties. Let us not
overlook the first step, because the precipice is
yet far distant. The first step unchecked initiates
the rapid race, and the time soon comes when
nothing that the pen can write will save the press
from becoming the creature of tyranny, to be
either dumb or devoted'tothe will that sways the
military power. We give the warning; it is for
our cotemporaries to judge, by their reason or by
experience, of its value.
Kotten Uoronghs The Louisiana
Delegates.
It appears that delegates bave been selected to
represent Louisiana in the Baltimore Republican
Conv. ntion. We do not propose to make any
remarks upon this farce we m iy better say im
position upon even the "loyal" people of the
country. The Cincinnati Gazette, which is
recognized as a loyal" paper, makes the follow
ing comments upon this attempt to override the
honest sentiment and wishes of its own party by
foisting upou a convention a delegation which
has no constituency or representation except
within the lines of the army and tbat within a
small portion of the State which the "loyal white
inhabitants could not hold for a d ly against the
secession residents if our troops were withdrawn."
Yet such a State is to have a full representation
in the Baltimore Convention not only, but we
presume will be entitled to a full vote in the Pres
idential election. Says the Gazette:
The last advices from New Orleaus announce
the election of fourteen delegates to represent
tbe State of Louisiana in the Htltimore Conven
tion. What will these delegates represent? A
small portion of the State, and even there the
elections can only be held within our military
lines, and the loyal white inhabitants could not
hold it for a day against the Secession residents
if our troops were withdrawn. Tbe loyal blacks
we do not take iuto tbe account, for they are
allowed no right. They profess to represent a
State where they would be hung for this repre
sentation, if they set foot outside the protection
of the array. They represent a military election,
and yet they expect to cast fourteen votes in the
nomination of a candidate for President, as if
me same kind ot uiiiimry electiuu were going
to cast tbe vote of the State in his election.
Uow many such rotten boroughs will it take
to vitiate a nomination or an election. It seems
to us that these delegates bare a mission at home
to convert the people of Louisiana before they
assume to represent them iti the national councils.
Delegates ought to be able to mingle with the
people they act for, without fatal consequences
to their necks. We' suppose that Senators and
Representatives will soon be presenting them
selves to Congress from this aud other States in
the same condition. Aud we observe tbat the
House has just voted mileage and salary to the
rejected applicants from Virginia. This will be
sufficient to propagate the business of applying
for admission.
How .Tien Act in Ilattle.
A letter from a soldier makes the following
interesting comments on the manner in which
battles are fought, and explaining why it is that
after a terrible conflict of perhaps hours duration,
there should be so small a proportion of killed
and wounded:
If you were never in a battle you wonld not
guess there were half the number of random
shots fired that there are. Why, sir, I bave seen
whole regiments and brigades deliver their fire
when I Was sure tbat they did not wound even a
single man. Such firing, besides the wasting of
ammunition, does not intimidate the enemy at
all; on the other band, it makes them feel that
there is but little danger, consequently be is more
bold, and delivers his fire more accurately. Be
sides, if men are allowed to make these random
discharges it seems to become a habit, and they
become so excited at it that they would oftener
miss a nnn at ten paces than they would hit him.
Just in that way battles are often lost, while if
the company commander would only stop it and
tell them they were doing no good, they would
soon become collected, and after they once knew
their lolly, would of their own accord fire delib
erately, and probably save the day after it had
been comparatively lost.
Why, sir, in battle you often see the company
commanders charging around whh their swords
flourishing above their heads, crying out, "Give
it to them, boys, give it to them!" manifesting
in themselves, and creating in others, all the ex
citement possible. Now a second thought would
show their better judgment, that they were doing
more harm than good, for men become so excited
under such circumstances that they would miss
an elephant at ten steps. You often see the
above blustering around when the enemy are at
least a distance of one thousand yards off, and to
bear the roar of musketry and the excited com
manders, you would think tliey would soon come
to a nana to band hzht. What is it that excite
a mm in battle? Why, it is the danger. If you
shoot at a man once he is very much excited;
snoot at tn in a hundred times, and miss him
every xime, ana an ins tear and excitement is
gone; but reserve your fire until ytfu can do
some execution, and when they come fire into
them, cut his clothes, wound his neighbor, kill
the second man from him and let him see it, and
the day will be won
Discouraging L'nion .Ttcn.
An Eastern Tennessee correspondent of the
Chicago Journal, speaking of the large propor
tion of the people there who are well affected to
tbe Union, laments with bitterness the course
too often pursued toward them by thoughtless,
or coarse and brutal officers of our army. lie
says:
While on this subject I will enter my protest
against the conduct of some of our officers who
have had command in Tennessee. A portion of
these nave been conducting themselves in an
exceedingly reprehensible manner. One.
Major General, whom I will not name, was a
guest at the bouse of Judge Gant, of Cleveland,
as good a Union and anti slavery man as lives,
when the conversation naturally turned upon tbe
devastation of tbe country,
"Would it not be well." said tbe Judge, "to
issue an order to your subordinate to prevent
pillaging?" And he then detailed the sufferings
of union men. wben tne Ueneral responded
"No, sir; no, sir; the policy is to leave the
country a desert, and then, if the rebels want it
let them have it.
Mrs Gant, who had been listeuing, immedi
ately left the room, with tears streaming down
her cheeks. She had witnessed the suffering
around her under rebel rule, but hoped that all
would be right when tbe Union armies arrived
and it is Dot surprising tbat her heart sickened
within ber at the prospect
ItEBEIi HEWS.
GENERAL ORDERS, SO. 41.
Headquarters Akmy or Nortiierx Va.,)
May 14, 1SC4. i
First Tbe General commanding takes great
pleasure in announcing to the army tbe series
of successes that, by the favor of God, have re
cently been achieved by our arms.
Second A part of the enemy's force threat
ening the Valley of Virginia, has been routed
by General Imboden and driven back to the Po-
tomac, with the loss ot their train and a number
of prisoners.
Third Another body of the enemy under
General Averill, penetrated to tbe Virginia and
Tennessee Riilroad. at Dublin depot. A por
tion of his force has beeu dispersed by Generals
Morgan and W. E. Jones, who are in pursuit of
the remainder.
Fourth The army of Gen. Bauks sustained a
severe defeat in Western Louisiana by tbe forces
of Gen. Kirby Smith, and retreated to Alexan
dria, losing several thousand prisoners, thirty
five pieces of artillery, and a large number of
wagons Some of the roost formidable guuboats
that accompanied the expedition were destroyed
to save them from capture.
Fifth Tbe expedition of Gen. Steele into
Western Arkansas has ended in a complete dis
aster. Northern journals of the 10th inst., an
nounce his surrender, with an army of 9,000 men,
to Gen. Price.
Sixth The cavalrjr force sent by Gen. Grant
to attack Richmond has been repulsed, and re
tired toward the Peninsula. Every demonstra
tion of the enemy south of James river has, up to
this time, been successfully repelled.
Seventh The heroic valor of this array, with
tbe blessing of Almighty God. has thus far
checked the principal army of the enemy, and
inflicted upon it heavy losses The eyes and
hearts of your countrymen are turned to you in
confidence, and their prayers attend you in your
gallant struggle. Eucouraged by the success tbat
Has been vouchsafed to us, nnd stimulated by the
great interests that depend upon the issue, let
every mm resolve to endure all and brave all.
until, by the assistance of a just and merciful
God, the enemy shall be driven back and peace
secured to our country. Continue to emulate
the valor of your comrades who have fallen, and
remember that it depends upou you whether they
shall have died in vain. It is In your power, un
der God, to defeat the last great effort of the
enemy, establish the independence of your na
tive land, and earn the lasting love nnd gratitude
of your countrymen and the admiration of man
kind. R. E. LEE,
General.
Headq'bs, Ashlavd, May 11.
DEATH Or MAJOR GEN'. J. E B. STUART, F LOWER OF
CAVALIERS.
No incident of mortality, since the fall of the
great Jackson, has occasioned more painful re
gret than this. Major General J. E.B.Stuart,
the model of Virginia cavaliers and dashing
chieftain, whose name was a terror to the enemy,
and familiar is a household word in two conti
nents, is dead, struck down by a bullet from the
daRtardly foe. and the whole Confederacy mourns
bim. lie breathed out his gallant spirit resign
edly, and in tbe full possession of all hisremaik
able faculties of mind and body, at 22 minntes
to 8 o'clock Thursdav night, at the residence of
Dr. Brewer, a relative, on Grace street, in the
presence of Drs. Brewer, Gurnett, Gibson and
Fontaine of the General' staff. Revs. Peterkin
and Keppler, and a circle of sorrow-stricken com
rades and friends.
We learn from the physician in attendance
upon the General, that bis condition diriig the
day was very changeable, with occasional deliri
um, and other unmistakable symptoms of speedy
dissolution. In the moment of delirium the
General's mind wandered, and, like the immortal
Jackson, (whose spirit, we trust, bis has joined,')
in tiie lapse of reason his faculties were busied
with the details of his command. lie reviewed,
in broken sentences, all his glorious campaigns
tUUIld iICllellai'. r.r on tho Pe;naul. bo
yond the Potomac, and upon the Rap'u'an, quot
ing from his orders and issuing new ones to
his couriers, with a last injunction to " make
haste."
About noon on Thursday, President Davis
visited bis bedside, arid spent some fif teen minutes
in the dying chamber of his favorite chieftain.
The President, taking his band, said, "General,
how do you feel?" lie replied, "Easy, and wil
ling to die, if God and my country think 1 have
fulfilled my destiny and done my duty." As
evening approached the General's delirium in
creased, and his mind again wandered to the
battle-fields over which he had fought, then off
to wife and children, and off again to the front.
A telegraphic message had been sent for his wife,
who was in the country, with tbe injunction to
make all haste, as the General was dangerously
wounded. Some thoughtless, but unauthorized
person, thinking probably to spare his wife pain,
altered the dispatch to "slightly wounded," arid
it was thus she received it, and did not make that
haste which she otherwise would have done to
reach his side.
As evening wore on the paroxysm of pain in
creased, aud mortification set in rapidly. Though
suffering the greatest agony at times, the Gene
ral was calm, and applied to the wiund, with his
own hand, the ice intended to relieve the pain.
During the eveuing he asked Dr. Brewer bow
long be thought he could live, and whether it
was possible for bim to survive through the
night. The doctor, knowing that he did not de
sire to be buoved by false hopes, told him frankly
that death, the last enemy, was rapidly approach
ing. The General nodded, and said, "1 am re
signed, if it be God's will; but I would like to
live to see my wife. But God's will be done."
Several times lie roused up and asked if she had
come.
To the doctor, who sit holding his wrist, and
counting the hVeting, weakening pulse, he re
marked, "Doctor, 1 suppose I am going fast
now It will soon be over. But Ood's will be
done. I hope I have fulfilled my destiny to my
couutry, and my duty to my God."
At half past 7 o'clock it was evident to the
physicians that death was setting its clammy
seal upon the brave, open brow of tbe General,
and told him so asked if he had any last tnes
sages to give. The General, with a mind per
fectly cie tr and possessed, then made disposition
of his staff and personal effects. To Mrs. Gen
erat R. . Lee he directed that the golden spurs
be given as a dying memento of his lova and es
teem of her husband. To bis staff officers he
gave his horses. So particultr was he in small
things, even in the dying hour, that he em phut i
cally exhibited and illustrated the ruling passion
strong in death. To one of his ptaff, who was a
heavy built man, he said, "You had better take
the larger horse, he will carry you better."
Oiber mementoti he disposed of in a similar
manner. To his young eon he left his glorious
sword.
His worldly matters closet, the eternal in
terests of bis soul engaged his mind. Turning
to the Rev Mr. Peterkin, of the Episcopal
Church, and of which he was an exemplary
member, he asked him to sing the hymn com
mencing, Rock of cleft for me,
Let me hide myelf In thee,"
he joining in with all tbe voice bis strength would
permit. He then joined in prayer with tbe min
isters. To the doctor he again said, "I am going
fast now; I am resigned; God's will be done."
Thus died General J. E. B. Stuart.
His wife reached the house of death and
mourning about 10 o'clock on Thursday night,
one hour and a half after dissolution, und was,
of course, plunged into the greatest grief by the
announcement that death had intervened between
the announcement of the wounding of the Gen
eral and her arrival.
The funeral services preliminary to tbe con
signment to the grave of the remains of General
Stuart, were conducted yesterday afternoon in St
James' Episcopal Church, corner of Marshall
and Fifth Ureels, Rev. Dr. Peterkin, rector. The
cortege reached the church about 5 o'clock,
without music or military escort, the Public
Guard being absent on duty. Tbe church was
already crowded with citiaena. The metallic
case, containing the coipse, was borne into the
church aud up the center aisle to the altar, the
organ pealing a solemn funeral dirge aud authem
by their choir. , .
Among the pall bearers we noticed Brigadier
General John 11. W inder. General George W.
Randolph, General Joseph R. Anderson, Briga
dier General Lawtou and Commodore Forrest.
Among the .congregation appeared President
Davis, General Bragg,-General Ransom,' and
other civil and military officials io Richmond. A
portion of the funeral services according to the
Episcopal Church, was read by Rev. Dr. reter
kin, assisted by other ministers, concluding with
singing and prayer.
The body wa's then borne forth to the hearse
in waiting, decorated with black plumes, and
drawn by four white horses. The organ pealed
its slow, solemn music as the body was borne to
the entrance, and while the cortege wss forming,
the congregation standing by with heads uu
covered. .
Several carriages in tbe line weie occupied by
the members of the deceased General's staff and
relatives. T.
From the church the cortege moved to Holly
wood Cemetery, where the remains were depos
ited in a vault, the concluding portion of the ser
vice read by Rev. Dr. Minngerode, of St. Paul's
Church, and all that was mortal of tbe dead hero
wa9 shut in from the gaze of men.
Dr. Brewer, the brother indaw of Gen. Stuart,
ha9 furnished ns with some particulars obtained
from the General's own lips, of the manner in
which he came by his wound. He had turned a
line of skirmishers near the Yellow Tavern,
when, seeing a brigade preparing to charge ou
his left, Gen. Stuart and bis staff dashed down
the line to form troops to repel the charge.
Abont this time the Yankees came thundering
dow d upon tl General and his small escort.
Twelve shots weie fired at the General at short
range, the Yankees evidently recognizing bis well
known person. The General wheeled upon them
with the natural bravery which had always
characterized him, and discharged six shots
at his assailants The last cf the shots fired
t him struck the General in the left side of the
etomach. He did not fall, knowing he would be
captured if he did, and, nerving himself in his
seat, wheeled his horse's head and rode for the
protection of his lines. Before he reached them
his wound overcame bim, and he fell, or was
helped, from his saddle by one of his ever faith
ful troopers, and carried to a place of security.
Subsequently he was brought to Richmond in an
ambulance. The immediate cause of death was
mortification of the stomach, induced by the flow
of blood from the kidneys and :ntestines into the
cavity of the gtoniach.
General Stuart was about thirtv five years of
age. He leaves a widow and two children. His
oldest offspring, a sprightly boy. died a year ago
while he was battling for his country ou the
Rappahannock. When telegraphed that his
child was dying, he sent tbe reply, "I must leave
my child in the bands of God; my country need3
me here; I cannot come."
Thus has passed away, amid the exciting
scenes of this revolution, one of the bravest and
most dashing cavaliers that the "Old Dominion"
has ever given birth to. Long will her sons re
count the story of his achievements, and mourn
his untimely departure. Like the hero of the old
song
"Of all our knights he was the flower.
Compaction de la Maijolaine;
Of all our kn'ghtg be was the flower,
Always gay."
THE STONEWALL BRIGADK.
The Stonewall brigade has suffered terribly in
the battles of the present campaign, only three
hundred men being left in the brigade. The 5th
Virginia has but one hundred and thirty-one
men left. It is supposed, however, that a num
ber were made prisoners.
THE WOLXDED.
The number of wounded soldiers from the
late battles on the Rapidan. now in hosoilals at
Lynchburg, is about three thousand five hundred.
A large proportion of them are but slightly
wounded.
GEN". BRKCKINRIDGE8 BATTLE.
On Friday last, at six in the morning Major
General Breckinridge moved from Staunton
down the valley to JJew Matket. On Sunday
following he engaged Sigel three miles above
New Market, and by Sunday evening at seven
o'clock had defeated and driven him beyond the
Shenandoah river, six miles from New Market,
having marched forty-nine miles, fought, defeat
ed and routed the enemy, numbering from 6even
to ten thousand, in two days and a half. This
kimple statement will show our readers that
celerity ot movement, as well as vignr of ac
tion, did not desert our cau-e when Stonewall
Jackson died.
GES. A. U. JENKINS.
This gallant officer, who was reported to have
been mortally wounded aud taken prisoner by the
er.emy in the fight at Dublin, is, we are pleased
to learn, not seriously hurt, as was at first re
ported. He was shot through the left side of the
abdomen, aud while seriously is not dangerously
wounded, lie was not captured by the enemy,
but is, we learn, within our lines, and doing
well.
A Parental Government.
One of Tom Hood's funuiest conceits is an
illustrated story of two London cockneys, who
apply to a livery man for a horse and chaise to
a point some fifty miles off and back the same
day. The man refuses, saying the distance is too
great to be made in the time specified. "Vy
not?" replies one of the innocents, "Ve've both
got vhips!"
The rate upou which our Administration cal
culates its power and fixes its policy seems to be
similar to that of Mr. Hood's cockneys; its esti
mates of its ability to secure the services of the
popular drudge by the severity of the means at
its command to compel. With the whips of civil
and military Administration in its hands, and
with neither knowledge nor piety to restrain.it
presents the alternative: make the distance or
die on the road. Tbe question is uot one of
ability and wholesome powers of endurance, but
of whips; not bow much the poor animal can do
and survive, but how much can be got out of
him before he dies. Cin. Enquirer.
A Blessed Dat. What a blessed day is
Sunday to s man who necessarily catches but
brief glimpses of home during the toiling week ;
who is off in the morning while the little eyes
are closed in slumler, nor bock at nijrht until
they are scaled by sleep ! What would he know
of the very children for whom he toils were it
not for the blessed, breathing respite of Snnday?
What honest workinpman's child will ever for
get this day, when clean and neat, it is his
privilege to climb papa's knee and hang about
Iiis neck, and tell him all the news which poes
to make np this narrow, little world. "Nar
row," did we say ? We recall the word, for it
widens out into the boundless ocean of eternity.
Sunday for the workingman's children! So
would we have it a day hallowed by sweet,
pare, home influences ; when the littlo band,
quite complete, shall rest from labor, and love
shall write it down the blessed day of all the
seven.
A Romantic Incident. One of those pecu
liareoisodes that have made the present gigantic
war teem with rommtce not equaled since the
day of tbe crusades, took place in Jefl'ersonville
jesterday. As a regiment of soldiers was leav
ing tbat place for the front, one of the number
was arrested, and the veteran was accused of
being a woman. This he she we mean flatly
contradicted, but upou being assured that her sex
was known she burst into tears and ncknowlegcd
all. The old story was told about him she had
loved, and lelt borne and all that was dear to
share the privations of the field to follow. The
young girl, for she was not more than seventeen,
was sent to her home, in the northern part of In
diana. The gentleman who Informed us of the partic
ulars refused to give the name of the young la
dy. Louisville Democrat.
Different people attach different meanings to
the same word. An Irish sailor allowed the
captain's copper kettle to slip from his hand iuto
the sea ; hut, being a witty fellow, and knowing
the Captain to bo a good humored man, said,
addressing him : " Would yon say a thing was
lost, sir, if yon knew where it was V " Of
course not," was the Captain's reply. " WelL
sir, vour copper kettlo is at tho bottom of the
say."
Some people place their Ideas of happiness
upon one thing and some upon anothar. ' A lady
made a call upon a friend who had lately been
married, When her husband came home to din
ner she said, " I have been to see Mrs. ."
" Well," replied the husband, " I suppose she is
very happy." " Happy 1 I should think she
ought to be, she has a camel's hair shawl, two
thirds border."
The Democracy of the Third Congres
sional District of Ohio will hold a convention at
Dayton, on the 25th inst., for the purpose of
nominating one Presidential elector, and dele
gates to the National Convention.
The Anti-Importation Tloveuienf.
We felt it to be our duty to pleasantly remon
strate, in our last week's issue, against the move
ment inaugurated in Washington to pledge
American women not to buy any imported goods
where those of American manufacture can be
obtained. We thought it profitless and senseless
then, and we think it so now. Within the past
week a public-meeting has been held in our own
city, ostensibly conveued by the lady managers
of the Metropolitan Fair, but managed by four
clergymen and two laymen, for the purpose of
inducing the fair ladies of New York to unite
with those of Washington in advocatirg the ob
ject stated above. Far be it from us to throw
ridicule on the proceedings of such an assembly.
On the platform were clergymen whose reputa
tion for all that becomes their office is a guaranty
for the honesty and respectability of any move
ment to which they may lend their aid; with them
were two of New York's most successful and
honored merchants. And on the sanie platform
was Miss Susan B. Anthony. Ou the floor of
the house was an assemblage of ladies, which
for appearance and social position we would
match with any equal number of their sex that
4he world could produce. And yet we think all
these people were in the wrong, or, at least, all
who were ready to sign this pledge which the
meeting adopted:
"We, the undersigned, during the continuance
of this war of rebellion, pledge ourselves to re
frain from the purchase of imported articles of
luxury, for which those of home manufacture or
production can conveniently be substituted."
Nor are we disposed to provoke a smile from
any person at the incongruities of the meeting.
The remarks of one of the speakers upon general
politics; the odd position in which the chairman
was placed more than once; the sorry figure
which the gentlemen cut, and the expressed wish
of the ladies that they would retire; the presence
of Miss Susan B. Anthony on the same platform
with some of the most orthodox of our clergy
men all these, and many more occurrences
which would come to the mind of one disposed to
ridicule the meeting and its object, we have no
desire to refer to. We have t deal with the
6imple fact that a large assemblage of the most
prominent women ot New York have thus pub
licly declared thoir purpose to buy no more for
eign goods for which those of home manufac
ture cau be substituted.
First of all, it should be borne in mind that
the practice of a judicious economy and the te
Training froiOthe purchase of foreign goods are
uot synonymous. In all the reports that we
have read of meetings of this kind, we have ob
served that great stress is laid upou the virtue of
economy in general, and it? nece-sity at this pe
culiar juncture. Not a speech, not a letter ad
vocating this movement has come to our notice
but the practice of economy is urged with praise
worthy emphasis No one shall outstrip us in
appealing to our countrymen and couutry women
to use the most rigid economy throughout this
whole war, and after that, until the conditions or
trade are such as they were before the war be
gau Extravagance flaunts in gayest colors at
every street corner; enter the house-w" the rich
and you will find it there. It accur Aaies jou
to pkces of amusement; it sweeps nylou on the
public promenade; it sits beside you in the house
of worship; and even goes with you to the cem
etery. So it always does in national crises. But
ühall not its career be cut short? Is it nut high
time that this American people, professing by all
its public acts to be a Christian people, should
begin to practice economy? Aside from the cer
tnutv that a day of leverses is coining, all tho
money that evtry patriot can spare should be
loaned, if not given, to the country.
The Government is at this moment begging
for a loan, whIe its people are rolling in riotous
luxury. Surely these things ought not to be.
But hat is economy? Is it refusing to buy
certain articles because of the locality in which
they are made? Is it the purchasing of domestic
manufactures at higher prices than those of for
eign importation simply because the latter are
not made here? Plainly not. Economy, in the
proper use of the word, is the abstaining from the
use Ol sucn articles as one can conveniently and
properly do without. What is economy for one
person is not necessarily economv for another
A lady of means may be economical in denying
herself au expensive article of clothing, while a
poor woman may be equally not more economi
cal in retraining Ironi the purchase of a plain
calico gown. So economy is merely relative;
aud to attempt to prescribe rules for it that shall
include persons of all grades is simply ridicu
lous. It is trying to make Cinderella's slipper
fit every foot. Tbe thing cannot be done. We
are thus explicit on this point because of the loose
notions concerning this matter which seem to be
prevalent just now. Our desire is to have our
citizens deny themselves every luxury, and de-
rote to tbe Government all their spare means,
either directly by subscribing to natioual loans,
or indirectly by ministering to the needs of those
who bave suffered and are suffering by the war.
Tbe questiou then recurs, is this woman's anti
importation movement one of economy? We
think not. No one will deny that there are cer
tain articles which can be made at less cost in
foreign countries than in our own. Many of
these articles are necessities to a large portion of
our people, and luxuries to but a few. Take a
silk dress for example; how few ladies there are
but can easily afford, and by the conditions of
society in which they are placed, feel it necessary
to buy one." It lasts a long time, requires do
washing, and iu the end does more service than
would the same amount of money expended in
the purchase of American prints. Linen is per
haps an example more pertinent to tho point.
No one will deny that better linen is made in
England aud Ireland than in this country, and
that it is true economy to buy it instead of such
stuff as is made here. But. it is urged, silks and
fin ens can be manufactured here as good as those
of foreign importation, if the manufacturers can
only receive the requisite encouragement. Pray,
what encouragement do they want? Just as soon
as they can produce an article which is of equal
value with that of foreign manufacture, and can
afford to sell it at the same or a less price than
the latter with theueavy duty now imposed upon
it, just so soon will they find a ready market for
their goods.
England to-day uses very many articles that
are made here, because we make "them at a less
cost than she can, and so long as we continue to
do so, no long will she continue to buy tliem of
us; and the only way for her to test the point is
to make them herself. Silks are made with le-s
expense in France than in New England, and so
New England buys them of France Once all
our calicoes came from England; now we make
our own, and the people wear them because they
are cheaper than those of English manufacture.
For ourselves, we anticipate the day when we
shall outstrip tho world in manufactures of all
kinds; but the time is not yet. And till that day
comes, it will be poor economy for us to refuse
to buy of othe nations, since their goods are
less costly and more valuable than ours. Is it
not clear, then, that ecouomy does not necessa
rily consist in refraining from the purchase of
imported article? More than that, is it not, in
some cases at least, extravagance to refuse to
purchase ihemt
But the pledge, we are reminded, reads "im
ported articles of luxury." Very well. Yet,
why the qualification by the use of the word
"imported?" Why not siy "articles of luxurv,"
without regard to how or where they are made?
This would be much more to the point. We
would believe in this. "Imported articles of
luxury" who shall decide what they are.
Among the sinners to the call for this meeting
and the pledge- adopted by it, we notice names
that represent hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Who shall dictate to them what are articles of
luxury? And can they in turn pre-cribe what
article their less wealihy but equally patriotic
neighbor shall bin? It is to be left to "the pa
triotic impul-e of the ladies to say how far they
shall economize, rather than trammel their con
sciences by any stringent pledge which ther
might not be able in the fullest senso to keep,"
said one of the speakers..- Ah, then why the
necessity of a p!e Ige at all? If the whole mat
ter resolre itself into a question of conscience
and of private judgment, whence the need of
the paraphernalia of public meeting and public
pledges ?
The fact is. tho whole thing is an error from
first to last, though born of most worthy motives
and patriotic impulses. Our word for it, a year
hence the folly of it will be seen. It will die of
itself before that time. Meanwhile we shall look
for a more healthy and more extended practice
of economy, which will be the more beneficial
because it will spring from the patriotism and the
conscience of our noble American women, un
tamed by tbe stimulus of public meetings and
public pledges. Round Table (Republican.)
A Mother's Thoughts.
T FRANCIS D. CAGC.
Silent aud lone, silent and loce !
Where, tell me where are my Utile ones Kne,
Tbat uhciI to b playing about my knee,
M'itb their noisy mirth and boisterous glee?
Who littered the carpet, and mixplaceJ the chairs,
And scattered their playthings all unaware;
Who called for their supper with eafter shout,
And while they were Retting, ran in and out;
Who kept ail the apples ana nuta from spoiling,
AnJ never gaied Jackets nor pants from toiling;
Had ever a want and erer a will
That added a care to my heart, until
I Kometimcs Mghed for the time to come
When they'd all be big, and go out from home.
Silent and lone, oilcut and loue!
Where, tell me where are my little ones gone?
There's no little face to wao to-night,
No little troubles for mother to right,
o little blue eyes to be nng to kleep,
No little playthings to put up to ket-p.
No little garments to te hung up on the rack,
No little stories to tell, do nut to crack,
'o little trundle-bed, brim full of rollick,
Calling for mamma to settle tbe frolic.
No little soft lips to press me with kistrt
(Oh! such a sad, lonely evening as tils Is!)
No little voices to shout with delight;
"Good night, dear mamma, good night, goo4 night."
Silent the house is; no little ones here,
To start a smile, or drive back a tear.
Silent and lone, silent and lone 1
Where, teil me where are my little ones gone!
It heenieth but yesterday since they were young;
Now tbey are all scattered tbe world's path among,
Oat where the great rolling trade-stream is flowing.
Out where new firesides with love-lights are glowing.
Out where the graves of their life-hopes are sleeping.
Not to be comforted weepiog, still weeping;
Out where the high hills of science are bleuttng,
I'p 'mid the cloud rifts, np still ascending.
Seeking tbe ennt-bine that rests on the mountain,
Drinking and thirsting still, still at tbe fcunuin;
Out in life's thoroughfares all of them moiling,
Out in the wide, wide world, striving SDd toiling.
Little ones, loving ones, playful ones, all.
That went when 1 bade, and came at my call.
Have ye deserted me? Will ye not come
Hack to your mother's arms back to the home!
f ilent and lone, si'entand lone!
Where, Uli me where are my little ones gone?
Useless my cry is ! Why do I complain?
They'll be my little otjes never again !
Can the great oaks to the acorns return?
The broad, rolling stream flow back tothebyrne!
The mother call childuood again to her knee,
lhat in manhood went f rth the strong and the free?
Nay! nay 1 no true mother would ask for them back;
Her work nobly done, their firm tramp on life's track
Will come like an oriran-note, lofty and clear,
To lift np her soul and her spiriis to cheer !
And though the tears fall, when she's s.leut and lone,
She'll know it is best they are scattered and gone.
Silent and lone, silent and lone!
Thy will, O, Father, not my will be done !
Patriotic Eloquence ef Webster.
The following extract, which is the conclusion
of Webster's celebrated reply to Ilayne, is be
lieved to be as eloquent a tribute to the Union as
there is on record:
"I profess, sir, in my career hitherto, to have
kept Bteadily in view the prosperity and honor of
the whole country, and the preservation of our
Federal Union. It is to the Union we owe our
safety at home, and our consideration and dignity
abroad. It id to that Union that we are chiefly
indebted for whatever makes us most proud of
our couutry. That Union we reached only by
the discipline of our virtues in the severe school
of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities
of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and
ruined credit. Under itsbening influences, these
great interests immediately awoke, as from the
dead, and sprung foith with newness of life.
Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh
proofs of its utility and blessings, and although
our territory has t-tretched out wider and w ider,
and our population spread farther and farther,
they have not outrun its protection or its benefits.
It has been to us all a copious fountain of na
tional, social and personal happiness.
I have not allowed myself, sir, to look bevond
the Uniou, to see what might lie hidden in the
dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed
the chances of preserving liberty, when the bouds
that unite us together shall be broken asunder.
1 have not accustomed myself to hang over the
precipice of disunion, to s-e whether, with mv
short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss
below; nor cluM 1 regard bun as a safe coun
selor in the affairs of the government, whose
thoughts should be mainly bent ou considering.
not how tin- Union should be best preserved, but
how tolerable might be the condition of the peo
pie whenit shall be broken up and destroyed.
While the Union lasts, we have hieh, exciting,
gratifying prospects spread out before us, tor us
aud our chudreu. lierond that I seek not to
penetrate the veil. God grant that on my vision
never may be opened what lies behind. When
my eyes shall be turned to behold, for tbe last
time, the sun in heaven, may I uot see him shining
on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once
glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant
belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds; or
d.enched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let tbat
last feeble and lingering glanre rather behold the
gorgeous ensisn of the republic, now known and
honored throughout the earth, still full high ad
vanced, its arms and trophies streaming their
original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted,
nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto
no Euch miserable interrogatory as What is all
this worth? nor those other words of delusion
and folly, Liberty first and Uniou afterwards;
but everywhere, spread all over in characters of
living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as
they float over the sea and over the land, and in
every wind under the whole heavens, that other
sentiment, dear to every American heart Lib
erty and Union, now and forever, one and insep
arable!" A Marriage Broker Speculating in
Yocxo People's Hearts Successful Mat
rimosial Agency. Yesterday a gentleman
appeared before U. S. Commissioner Ilayne
to enter a complaint against a woman, who, he
alleges, has been receiving fees for forming mat
rimonial alliances without obtaining a revenue
license from tho government, lhe person thus
complained of is a Mrs. II, ("wo suppress
the name until the case shall have a heann? )
who keeps an intelligence office on South Clark
Street.
The statement is, that she negotiates for both
parties, agrees to obtain a wife for a gentleman
for a certain amount, and rice versa, the w ill ob
tain for a lady a husband. Ilaring the prelimi
naries satisfactorily arranged, it is jiossible that
in both cases she receives fees from both the bride
and bridgroom w hen a marriage is effected.
The gentleman who gave the information to
the commissioner, eavs the lady is doing a thriv
ing business. Matrimonial agencies are evident
ly better paying institutions than one would
imagine who is not acquainted with them. He
says he can bring forward two witnesses who
have become united in wedlock through the
agency of Mrs. M .
This certainly is a new branch of business in
Chicago. When this sort of speculation begins
to pay, the question arises, what sort of business
is it that won't pay ? Marriages have been con
summated through tho medium of advertising ;
that is neither novel or wonderful at the present
day ; but when a lady attempts to establish an
agency by which hearts are to be exchanged at
fixed 'rates of premium and discount, she de
serves credit from the whole world for inventive
talent at least.
We ßhonld like to understand the modus oper
andi of conducting the business. It would be a
pleasing sight, no doubt, to see an aspirant
leaving his or her order for a partner for life.
Wonder if it causes palpitation or nervousness
as the direct application docs, or whether one
goes at it as if he were purchasing a lobster.
If the lady succeeds well on a small scale, the
business might be extended, and a simple local
agency might in tbe course of a few years ar
rive at the dignity of a colossal " Northwestern
Agency." Imagine orders from abroad : "Send
me by next train a wife" and by the way to
facilitate bnsincss, there ought to be some way
of designating them besides giving long aud te
dious descriptions ; by numbers, for instance, as
boots and shoes " Send me by next train a
wife, number eight. Enclosed find check, &c"
Would'nt that be grand 1 Number eight would
perhaps be a medinm sized lady, with light hair,
blue eyes, good education, i.e., while number
nine would vary slightly, the hair and eyes being
a shade darker, and the education not so good.
Then imaeine the indignation of the agentess
when a wife happened to be returned, with a
note accompanying, "Pont suit." Merchants of
all kinds object seriously to having goods return
ed ; the marks of use about them are apt to lead
other customers into the belief that they are
second hand. Ohl it's terrible I A matrimo
nial agency established in the center of civiliza
tion 1 The world does move.
STATE 1TE.TI.
Third CoxoaEssiONAL Distsict Demo
cratic Coxvkxtiox. Pursuant to previous
notice the Democracy of the Third Congres
sional district met in Convention at North
Vernon, Jttiuinps county, Indiana, on Wednes
day, May 18, lbG4. at 10 o'clock, A M.
The Convention was organized by appointing
Colonel T. O. Lee, of Bartholomew county.
President; and P. A Parks, f Lawrence coun
ty. Secretary.
The President on taking tbe chair, briefly
stated the object of the meeting to be, to nomi
nate a candidate tor Congress in the Third Con
gressional district of Indiana.
The several counties in the district being
called, the following answered:
Bartholomew, Jennings, Jefferson, Jackson,
Lawrence. Monroe and Switzerland Brown not
being represented.
The votes of the several counties were appor
tioned as follows:
Bartholomew 22. Jakson 19, Jenninga 13,
JerTersoE 18. Lawrence 12, Monroe 13, Switzer
land 11. Whole number of votes 96, necessary
to a choice, 41).
Tbe convention then proceeded to the nomin
ation of a candidate for Congress. The can
didates for nomination were Hon. H. Harting
ton, of Jefferson, and David L. Sheeks, of Mon
roe. The following resolution, offered by Hon.
Jason B. Brown, of Jackson county was adopted:
Resolved, That the minority of any county
shall be entitled to the privilege of casting its
portion of the vote of the county they represent,
as they shall see proper, except where counties
are Instructed.
On motion, the convention proceeded to ballot
by counties, with the following result:
Harrington. Sheckt.
Bartholomew ti
Jack a H 10
Jennings 13
Je (Ter on 18
Lawrence 4 S
Switzerland 11
MoDroe. 13
76 31
Jlr Harrington having received a majority of
all tbe votes cast, he was declared to be the can
didate of the Democratic party of the 3d Con
gressional District, for Congress.
On motion, the nomination was made unani
mous. The following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolred, That the 3d Congressional District
present the name of Daniel II. Long, of Jackson
couuty, as our choice for Clerk of the Supreme
Court, and we earnestly ask his nomination at
the hands of a generous Democracy.
The nomination of an elector for this district
was postponed until the meeting of the State
Convention.
On motion, the same Central Committee for
the district who served last year, was re appoint
ed. The commute are:
B. F.J ones, of Bartholomew; James H. Yaw
ter, of Jennings; E- O. Leland, of Jefferson;
Samuel W. Holmes, of Jackson; James S. Hes
ter, cf Brown; Tbos. It. Cobb, of Lawrence; J.
H. Jitus, of Switzerland, nnd S. H. Buskirk, of
Monroe.
On motion, it was ordered that tbe Secretary
furnish copiei of tbe proceedings of the conven
tion to all the Democratic papers in the district,
also to the Slate Sentinel and New Albany
Ledger, with a request that they publish them.
Hon. Thomas It. Cobb then addressed the con
vention at some length, after which the conven
tion adjourned sine die.
T. 0. LEE, Resident.
P. A. Pauks, Secretary.
We had a visit this week from our old
friend, Jacob Sommers, of Owen county, who
was just returnitiff from a National Yearly
ileeting of the German Baptists, (commonly
callel "Duukard") held at Hagerstown, Wayne
countv, Indiana. He informs us tbat there were
mure than Eve hundred ministers of the Gospel
present mostly delegates from the various
churches in the United States. About 25,000 or
3t),0(X) people were present, and a most refreshing
time crowned their efforts. One good old
brother, a true man, who lives where the two
armies are passing and repassing, and who never
fails to attend the Yearly Meetings of the Church,
was this time repeatedly warned by the Confed
erates "not to cross their lines," but be saya, I
came through the mountains, where tbey had no
lines!" f Clay County Democrat.
New Catholic Chcbch at Ucxtisgtox
Yesterday the corner stone of the new Catholic
church at Huntington was laid by Bishop Luers,
with appropriate religious solemnities. Sermons
were celivered by Bishop Luers and Falber
O'Connor. A Iarpe concourse of persons, esti
mated at 4, M0 to 5,000, attended on the occasion.
A special train from this city took down 1,700
persons, including the German Benevolent So
eiety, accompanied by the Union brass band and
Leifela band. Large delegations also came in
wagons from all the surrounding country. Ample
provision was made for the multitude. Four
large table were set out covered with the best
and choicest viands, and those were filled four
times, probably not less fftan 2,000 persons par
taking of dinner. Tbe ladies of Huntington are
deserving of greit praise for the manner io
which the dinner was got np and the praise is
the more deserving fromtbe fact that all classes,
without distinction of church or creed, lent "tbe
aid on the occasion. Fort Wayne Sentinel.
Habbob at Micuioax Citt. Out exchangee
from the northern part of this State are engaged
in discussing the possibilities and probalitiet of
obtaining a good harbor at Michigan City. It is
proposed to petition, or otherwise influence Con
gress to appropriate a quarter of a million dol
lar toward it; to secure, when that is exhausted,
a hundred thousand or more from the State, u4
to raise the residue of the estimated amount
half a million dollars by individual contribu
tions. The lack of a harbor has been a great detri
ment to the growth snd prosperity of Indiana.
Our commerce bas contributed to the enrichment
of neighboring States, adding what properly be
longed to ourselves to their population and reve
nues; and we hope that advantage may be taken
of the present flush, high-pressure, greenback
times, to get rid of this serious privation.
Notwithstanding occasional twinges of Ohl-
fashioned Democratic prejudice againat a ayateoa
of internal improvements by the Ueneral Govern
ment, we cannot help contrasting, io imagina
tion, the present condition of our country with
what it would have been if tbe thouaanda of
millious that have been and must yet be expended
to lay waste one-half of our territory had been
appropriated to the productive enterprise of
peace. The money, brain aud muscle tbat bave
been wasted in this cruel, needless war, would
have sufficed to make everv river in the country
navigable for side-wheel steamers, to build half
a dozen railroads to the Pacific coast, and a
tithe of the uncornputed incidental expenses of
the war wsuld have furnished at least one school
house in every township, for the benefit of a
prosperous and rapidly iucreasing population
The saddest objects of human contemplation
are the "might have beens." Lafayette Argus.
How Tom Lost His Shiip. An old far
mcr in Tennessee sent his son Tom to Memphis
with a flock of shevp to sell. Tom sold the
f-heep and got the moncv, but falling in com
pany with some "sports' who had the presence
of mind to hold better hands than he did, he
was "cleaned out." Tom went heme, but avoid
ed the old man. . He told Ids mother, however,
what had befallen him, and she took the news,
as gently as she could, to the master of the ma
nor and' of the sheep pasture. Tho old man
raved, and Tom very judiciously continued to
keep out of his way. " One day the fanner had a
friend to dinner, and some spiritous potations be
ing introduced, they became quite merry. This
was Tom's opportunity. He rushed into the
room, holdine four "kings" in his hand, and ex
claimed : " Father, would yon bet anything on
such a hand as that!" "Bet, gutf I would.
I'd bet every cent I had." " Weir' said Tom,
with a sigh, " that's what became of tbe sheep.
The other feller had four aces 1" The old man
was epeeehlcas. ..
" Dont you believe the Lord is on our ido 1'
said a strong rebel to a not over tonndentiai
friend, the other day. ' Well, y-e-e-a," he re,
ponded, "y-e-e-s, but He's acting mighty
strange about it, mighty strange " i
"111 commit you; you're a nuisancel" said
said Mr. Justice to a noisy fellow in court.
"You can't sir; yon say I'm a nuisance, and
nobody has a right to 'commit' a nuisance o
1 defy you I"