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VOLUME 31, NO. 8.
CADIZ, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1861.
TERMS-82 PER ANNUM
(thrice ?octru.
TO A PICTl'ItE.
X IrttEAM AND A PORTRAIT.
T MART VORRKST.
Iliiru in this hieho
I will shrini'thee, my swet;
Here, vvhero T gather
My spirits most moot;
A restful nook
Trotu tbo world nport,
Whero I come in tbe twilight,
Ami talk with my hniirt ;
. tr ait, w lien the fever
Is on mo, all day
Dreaming mid joltinj
The hours owny:
Hero I will shrine thc-o,
My warm sunbeam ;
MvKiron, niTscfr,
Sly loautiiil dream 1
Here, with tha hand
Of my spirit pressed down
On tho'wuves of thy hair
Kor & chrixniiil crown,
: I will prav my strong prsyor,
And tho!ossing: shiifl full
Ou u both, tor the depth
. Aud tiie uiisht of my 1L
1
7
.. IMS TWO LETTEKS.
My stay in New York had been prolonrx-d
far beyond my (Original intention when I vis
ited thai city m l I was pining to roturii to
my native vil.age, mid to the anus of my
dearest Julia, whom I hoped soon to make
uiy bride, 1 bad drunk deep of tbe cup of
worrow during my absence iVoni bur, aiiJ 1
bulked forward with glowing anticipations to
Mie time when wo should nieet to part no
lucre.
Atliistmr hudnois took a favorable turn.
Tbrio wa.uio longer anything to detain mo
iu New York, ami I made hasty prepara
tions for a departure to my native village.
it was the evening before I designed to set
out, that I wrote two busty letters to prepare
my friends for my reception.
Tbe first of these epistles was to Julia.
It ran thus:
"Dearest Girl: I shall leave New York
iu tbe three o'clock traiu to-morrow af'ter
ii jon. In .in hour from that time I shall be
with you. never know bow I loved you
until iny heart was tried by ihe tost of ab
Muao; now I feel how devotedly, bow truly
I am yo.tr own. Oil! what joy it wilt be
to meat with you once more 1 That will be
. liii hnjipie.it moment of my life, except
when 1 can, for the iirst time, call you my
b:ida. Your till death,
FilKKEillfK.
Tbo second letter was addressed to an
f.ld maid of my acquaintance, who bad been
Jike a sister to me, and to whom I was in
lebtod for ninny little aet.s of kindness:
''My Dear Friend : I write this in haste
to inform you that I shall probably visit
.Vou wine time to-morrow evening. You
pen I don't want to find you unprepared.
An 1 I want, you to treat me well, too, even
if f do not call on you the .first 'of any.
.Don't think my affection for you has in fjie
h-a-t diminished, but you must know my
affection for another has increased, and
strong as are your claims upon me, liar's
are somewhat : -trouper. Now don't be jeal
ous ; for after I am married, I shall be as
t, ue a friend to you as ever.
. Sincerely your.'-,
Frederick."
Having finished both of these letters I
sealed them with the tame haste with which
they bad been written, fearing that they
would be too late for the mail. Superseri
bina them in a hurried hand, I sent them
to the po.-toiTice, where they arrived just in
tiino.
At three o'eloek on the following day 1
was at, the depot, and in the ears. 1 was too
impatient for steti in itself. I even believed
. the telegraph could'nt have transported mo
tothu'.irms of my Julia soon enough to sat
isfy my iuipaiionjo. -1 thorght that the
cars moved slower tbnn a mule, and thought
at one time of getting out, to run along
ahead of them.
However, slow as I thought I was travel
ing, I arrived 'in good time in my native
- viflage. I .did not step to shako hands
with a single soul,, but hurried to meet my
: Julia. I arrived at her lather's house. I
expected to see her face at the window look
ing out for lne, but it was not, visible. How
ever, I reflected that, like all women, she
was coquettish, and avoided showing her
pretty eyes at the window, just to tease.
" Yet libit certain she would be lookim; out
fur me, and I have a distinct recollection of
offering to bet fifty dollars with myself that
the was peeping through tbo blinds at we,
or from behind a curtain.
I ran up to tha door and entered without
knocking. I opened my arms, expecting
Julia to jump into than, and sumios.mI f
course she would ; but I s-hut them up ag; m
quick enough, when I saw the old lady ap
' proaebing, net her daughter.
"Where's Ju'ia'r", I cried.
"Oh, she's cone
- "Gone!" ......
"W
i "For heaven's sake," I gasped, "lei! me
when;,"
; "I was. going to, butyouiijterruptednie,"
' said tiro oldluly crustily. "She has gone
' to spend a few days with her cousins."
- I was thunderstruck. I eonseientioiidy
, believe that at that moment I was as white
as a piece.' of parchment. :At any rate, I
' eould swear before any court that I fede very
flint and weak.
,:: "When .lid she go f ' I faltered. .
' , "About two hours ago. "
.-"Two hours ago ! What! did'nt she re
vive my letter?"
"-.. I was terribly excited. I felt that my eter
al happiness depended upon the woman's
,' answer. If Julia had gouo to see her cou
sin when she knew 1 was coming that I
.would bo there that night I felt that it
would break my heart.
"Yes, I believe so," drawled the old lady.
I heard her say something about getting a
note from you that sha expected you to
eall here to-night. !
i ; It was enough. My heart was a heap of
ruins! 0!i, the faithlessness, the iiekle
tie.ss, the ljeartlessness of woman ! All that
has been said of' her is but flattery ;, tdie is a
hrtrpprit in augol's form I Oh, deception 1
oh, despair my unutterable woe, when I
. learned tint Julia was gone gone, when
nho knew 1 was coining and blame me for
not giving vent to my feelings iu such ex
pressions as these.
I thought I should be, very scrupulous
-itbout swearing to anything that took place
thij noxthalf hour after my , heart received
, that heavy blow. One thing I am sure of, I
left the hiuss and got into the street, but
whether Iran there, staggered there, or was
carried tharo by jny friends, I eould not eon
soicutionsly affirm. The first I heard from
myself, 1 was approaching the door of my
ixhmd, the old naaid, and she was running
Qut to meet me, . Tiia probably brought me
tomy sense?. - '-';, . -- '
I wa part being surprHcd at anythi ng
that may happen, else I should have thought
it a little strange that Lucy hhould throw
j herself into my arms, and offered me her
j lips to kiss. As it was, feeling the need of
j sympathy, I embraced her warmly, exclaim
liiig: ! "Dear Lucy, you're the only true friend
i I've gi t."
"Oh, I hone not." she replied. "Hut I
i am glad you think 1 am a true friend to you,
I for 1a.m."
i "And you will always be?"
I "Always, Frederick I oh, and we shall bo
so nappy i
"AV bat does she mean?" thought. I,
i e siiaii dc so nappy, near treitericfc,
I Bhe repeated; 1 know we shall. The truth
j is, my dear, I have long loved yon in se
1 cret hopelessly; but alter receiving such a
i dear, affectionate letter from you '
! "Why, after receivine such a dear, cood
letter," said Lucy, "1 an) so happy that I
must tell vou all my heart. 'When we are
married, Frederick '
"I nui dreaming," thought I.
"Wc shall have this pleasant event to talk
about, won't we? Why you can't think how
surprised and .delighted I was to receive
your letter. I laughed over it, and cried
over it ; and if I have road it onca I have
read it lifty times. "
"Then it seems." she continued so hap
py that I was fairly provoked at her "it
seems that absence has taught you how
much you love me."
1 ws stupefied thought 1 was insane
couldn't u'nnerstand one word Lucy aid. -
I Meanwhile she unfolded the letter. Then
i tnen i uuuerstoocl it- an. I uttered a scream
that was scarcely human it was so wild
and eagerly matched the letter. It was tbe
letter i sent to Julia.
"Yes; then understood it all; I had
made a mistake in superscribing the letters,
and Julia had got Lucy's while Lucy had
got Julia's. AnM Lucy hiid been flattered
with the hope and !elief that I loved her,
while Julia i-oor girl believed 1 was about
to luarry her. This was the eaui-e of Litcy's
tenderness; this was the cause of Julia's
vi. i ing her cousins.
I laughed ; I d.ineed ; I dare say T cut no
every manner of capei-s which a man ought
to ho a- hamed of. And Lucy all thetiuiu
staring at mc ru I before .s;arcd at her.
Thin brought me to my senses.
"A mistake." 1 sluinnieivd "this letter
I wrote in a bu ry juit the wrong name ou
t!.e I ask sent your to Juiia and Julia' j
Lis one to you !"
I shall never forget tbe old maid's con
sternation, Phe understood what 1 w ished
to say . be saw tbe error in its true light.
I thought idio would sink through the
floor, but- she hr.d hold of the door latch,
and that probably fusta ned her. I was
glad that the door latch was strong. At
that moment my conscience hit me a severe
cut, and made nie smart. How I cursed
my carelessness, which had been the cause
of so much mischief. I made a hrn ied apol
ogy, but I did'nt stop to see if l.ticy fainted,
or to have the pleasure of holding a smelling
bottle to her nose, in case she should sink in
to that, interesting state.
1 thought of Julia. I flew to lnf.ke an
explanation. It was three miles tohef aunt's
house, but I was there in a trifle over three
minutes. 1'ufling like a steam engine, I
asked to seo her, and was shown into a
room where she was alone. She regarded
me with so cold a look that I am sure it
would have chilled me through made an
icicle of me, perhaps if I bad not been so !
hot running. ' I threw myself at her feet.
She started hack it might have been be
eati. e her hand touched my face, which was
burning like a coal.
"Poor Julia," 1 sighed.
I panted 1 suppose; but sighed is abetter
word.
"Well, sir," said she coldly.
"Drn't scorn me: I'll nike it all rijrht. i
It s only a mis r.Le.
"Wliat?"
"Why, (hat letter "
"That letter, sir, was a very friendly one.
I aiu sine. Indeed !" added Juiia bitterly,
"I feel ;u:te flattered by your confidence in
me, in making known your intentions to
marry. J hope you will get a good wife sir;
hone you will he happy "
"Jtdia, Julia!" 1 cried in agony, "I say
it's all a mistake. That letter was not meant
for you."
Julia's assumed coldness, indifference had
vanished in a moment. Then ihe looked at
mo.
"It wns'nt for you," I repeated. "1
wio'.e that to Lucv Matthew put the
wrong name on tbe Lack. Here's the letter
1 wrote to vou."
I gave her the one T had snatched from
Lucy. She read it eagerly. She saw the
mistake, and burst into tears of joy. 'ihe
next moment wo were locked in each other's
arms. I was intensely happy. Hut in an
lis, ant the bright heaven of my love was
C.eu ted. 1 thought of Luc.
"What shall I do ? " I cried. "She tho't.
the lei tjr was addressed to her. and believed
I loved her. What a mistake ! What shall
I what oi'ght I to do?"
"Go to her at once," said Julia, "and
make a full explanation and a suitable apol
ogy. "
I followed her her advice. I met Lucy
on the threshold.
"Not a word," said she laughing. "I
don't need any apology from you'; you have
not done any jrruat damage to my old maid's
heart. I received your letter: 1 was not so
foolish as to think you meant nil those pret
ty, tender things ior me. But I meant to
punish you for your carelessness, by. making
you think you had done a woridof mischief.
Ha! ha! ha ! how silly you did net."
I was willing that. Lucy should laugh at
me ; it made me feel more easy, for 1 knew
that I deserved it. I pnutod'a little, how
ever, and strove to look dismal, until she
icpeatod what she had taid about our be
ing so happy when we were married, w hich
caused me to echo back her laugh with a
hearty ha! ha I ha I
Header, 1 did'nt marry Lucy, hut I did
make a bride of Julia, as toon as I could get
her parents' consent.
On the very evening of my marriage, the
old maid whispered in my car, with a saucy
laugh, and a mischievous twinkle of her
eyes, "how happy we shall be when wo arc
married, Frederick ! " '
Our Egyptian landlord felt like the
Hoosier hotel keeper under similar circum
stances. A pedestrian called upon him and
stayed over night, for which the demand
was $2,50.
"Why, landlord," exclaimed tho traveler,
"this is ft outrageous bill." '
" "You nienn it's a big 'un," inquired the
impurtable Boniface.
-'''Yes." -' i ' ' " - ,
"Well, stranger, wo keep tavern here." '
"Very 'well, what has that to do with
such a bill?" ' "" - : 1
"Look at that new sign, stranger, it cost
ten dollars." ; . -. ;
"Well, wht of that?" ' :
"You're th first traveler that's been
along here for three weeks and I tell ye we
ctn't afford to ksop tavern for nothing, we
can't!" ; " ''' i..-' v "
The traveler paid. .
Pisedtancous.
. 1. Tod on (he Crisis.
I'avid Tod. or Pot Metal Davy, as he was
popularly dubbed, either on account of his
abdominal proportions or the impenetrable
hardness ot his head has delivered him
self of a speech upon his favorite theme.
U. Tod seldom speaks but upon one tub
ject; to its thorough comprehension he has
devoted the greatest part of his life ; it is a
subject w hieli warms liini with enthusiasm,
astounds him with Admiration, and over
whelms him with its momentous importance.
That subject is D. Tod. The "eatrleyo"
of the "incorruptable Governor" has taken
a survey of the whole universe and the won
dirs thereof, but it never gazed upon any
thing worthy of a moment's consideration,
except I). Tod. His mind was wandered
like a lost pedestrain on the prairie, but it
ever returned to the contemplation of the
same point from which it started D. Tod.
To him the human family is but a T, the
round globe an O, the earth a D. and their
union makes Tod.
With this preliminary explanation we
may introduce the speech of .the ' Eagle
eyed, " delivered at the Baltimore Conven
tion and telegraphed to the loyal journals of
Cincinnati :
"In the caucus of the Ohio delegation
this morning the question of the Vice Pres
idency cameup. on tiie statement of a dele
gate that Mr.-Tod's name would probably be
presented to tbe Convention f,.r the Vice
Presidency, in which case Ohio should unani
mously niiiy to bint. To this .Mr. Gaddis
replied, that Ohio should look to her future
interests more than to personal preference. I
She should do nothing now against her
chances in the next Cabinet. This brought
out .Air. Tod, who made, to say the least,
every preMiuipfouf speech. He did not do
py that his Mime would be presented, but
intimated it would be done by delegates
from some other State, and insisted thid
Ohio, in that case, ought: to stand by him.
Tie bad beed offered positions under the ad
ministrution of Pierce and Buchanan, and I
forget bow many other administrations, and
seemed to imply that his personal inipor
tt.uce was so weighty (hat the administra
tion could not do itself or him justice that
failed to observe this time-honored custom.
He pitched into Gaddis for bis remarks,
construing (hem a reflecting upon him. and
capped the climax by reinaikirg that, the
Union par'y of Ohio had lowered it. elf iu
electing Brough Governor and defeated him.
The debate partook somewhat of a general
chai aeter. a'ld 'he result was not such a
ple.i.ed Ted or his friends." I
That this aide ;:ud chaiai'teristie speech
failed to f ecu iv the in. mediate nomination of
Tod for the Yicj Pic-'ideney, is conclusive
evidence of the total absence of dberimina
ting intelligence and appreciation on the
part of the Ohio delegation of Abolitionists.
Is it possible that the twaddle of the P.ev.
Mr. Gaddis, whose clerical education has
developed to a remarkable degree his facul
ty of smelling the loaves, ti.-iies and flesh
pots afar off, should be listened to or fund
ed after Tod had thus-divested himself ol'
his maiden modesty and coyly insinuated
his willingness to accept the position? Has
it conn; to i-uch a pass in the camp of the
loyal that the man who had "the backbone"
to arrest a country gentleman and suppress
a rural newspaper, the man who captured
John Morgan mid allowed him to escape,
the man who refused all sorts of positions
from all sorts of Administrations,- the man
who represented bis country abroad and
whose children had danced with the children
of a Brazilian Emperor is it possible, we
ask. that he should be put down by a chirk-en-fed
preacher and refused tbe Vice Presi
dency by a caucus ol' his iellow loyalists?
Oh! David, the Beservcs could wee p for
thee, Briar Hill will mourn in the ashes of
dispair, and Young'-towii will clothe its mor
al limbs in sackcloth! To what a market
hast thou conveyed thv wares. O David of
the Pot Belly! To what base uses hast
thou perverted thy stock intrude! Didst
thou not, O David, do the work of thy mas
ters? Didst thou not puck and carry and
hew for them? Didst thou not betray thy
brut hern? Didst thou not eat dirt at the
bidding of tbe loyal? Didst thou notfm
Mvear thyself and crawl upon thy belly in
the dust to propitiate the Abolitionists?
Did -:t thou not say to Lincoln, " 1 am thy
slave. O Abe; spit on me, rub it, in, revile
me, only let me bask in thy sunshine of thy
favor I' Didst thou not do all this, and
trioic, David, uid art though now, in thine
old age. turned out to die upon tbe. common,
friendless and despised? Woe! woe! to the
house of Tod !
1 tlKAKl), years ago, the late Itev.
J nines B. Finley, of Ohiothe old Chief,
as we called him relate the following:
He was a wild boy, and took a full part in
all the fun, frolic,, "devilment." which was
so prominent a feature of our Western lite
in its earlier days. There was a practice in
vogue those days of parties stealing into
melon patches at night, eating the luscious
fruit to their utmost capacity, and then
milking a general smash up of ihe balance,
'il.is was certainly rather rough and mali
cious fun-; hut as few except "close-listed"
farmers were visited, who were stingy of
melons, the practice was rather popular than'
otherwise.
There was a German in the neighborhood
who received tome flight from one of his
nearest neighbors, mid meditated revenge.
One day, in the melon season, no came to
young Finley and proposed that they thould
havo a Kood time in a melon patch that
night. 'The matter was soon arranged, the
time and place of rendezvous appointed.
The night was dark, and proved chilly for
the season, and when tbo Dutchman ap
peared he brought a bottle of apple brandy
or apple jack as it is generally called of
which lie. bad imbibed freely. Long before
daylight the parties returned to their homes ;
tho Dutchman elated and chuckling over
the eoiisternation with which his neighbor
would be filled in tho morning. Finley,
however, was in more than usually pleasant
mood, and certainly had no compunctions of
conscience for the part he had in the trick.
He was at work near the house in the af
ternoon when he saw his Teutonic friend ap
proaching, wit ha countenance in which sor
row and anger wure equally combined. Fin
ley started to meet him, saluting him :
' llow are you, J dhurry ? Did'nt we have
a big time last night?"
"Oh, Shim (Jim,) dein was mine own
melons that we broke hist night. AY hat fool
we is!" burst out. the agonizing Dutchman.
Finley consoled him as best he eould ; and
his friend never suspected that tho sad mis
take was only the trick of a sober rogue
played off on a drunken one. :
"Did he not make several visits after the
patient was out of dunger?" was the ques
tion of a lawyer in cross-examination of a
witness called to prove a doctor's bill, in one
of our courts, ' a lew days ago. ' ' o, ' ' re
plied the witness, "I thought the paitent
was in danger as long as he continued his
visits.'"' - " ,;'i:'";v- '-- - t,
From the Tiffin Advertiser.
TSIE St.H TOT.1I-
The Enormous Tavatioa In
iili'.o.
The figures we give below will show that
under tlie Abolition Yv'ar D.tnasty the peo
ple of Ohio are burdened with a taxation
imequaled by any country in Europe :
The Legislature of Ohio on tho
of Jyiiuarv, 1864, appro
priated for iiiiHeelaueous pur-
X)SCS
On the aid of Mureli. in tho
fiener.il 'Appropriation Act
for the Ktiito Expenses, ole,
For School purposes...-.
P.ivnient of Iiilcrent on Stale
IJu'.jt
Inte;'i .st on irreducible debt
lioU:ity Fund and I'likm Loan
Spcciul . ppiopriations
$;s,t00l)0
l,iun.is:;.M
1,4TiO,(kXHJu
7ii0,0i(l 00
sl,uoo,i,n
7, '-01.5(1(1 in)
100,000 OU
10,940,783 51
Add fo tbe above the usual locnl
township anil county tuxes,
estimated ut k more than lust
year, and we have
17,2,-10,000 uO
as,l!tf,7tS3 ol
Also amount appropriation for
NIto defenses and National
G minis
1,000,000 00
&29,100,7fct SI
Thus it will be seen that our State, coun
ty and local taxation, in Ohio this year is
NKAPLY TIIIIITY. MILLIONS, again;
I a taxation last year, as reported by the Au
! ditor of State, of 4-1 l,85v.47:i 08.
j In addition to this a militia commutation
! fen of FOlIi HOLLA US is demanded from
every able-bodied men, who did not. see the
j propriety of joining the National Guard, to
I lie ordered out of the State, at the whim or
i nod of the State Executive. .- -
The taxes of the people of Ohio tn be
pir.d iu Hecembei will be doubio wnat
thoy have ever been before, wiliie the grand
duplicate will show less property upon which
the tax is to be levied.
But these tiro taxing time. In addition
to the largo sums extracted from the people
by paving tbe Draft. Commutation, tbeyiu
paying their National income and direct tax
es. The Federal Government, expects Ohio
to pav about F1FTKKX MILLIONS OF
INTERNAL IIKVBNTK THIS YEAK !
Now add fifteen Millions, to the thirty mil
lions of dollars, and v o have the enormous
sum r f FOUTY-FLYE M ILLIONS ! an
amount of taxation that will not be regc.rd-
l as a great luxury even by our Abolition
I friends ! And what is the prospect tat its
diminution? None whatever, but if Lincoln
.Brougji & Co.. are continued in liowej-nioud
they are allowed full sway, they'll ruin ennj
taj'-puim- iu ilicioimlr);"!
J he National debt ot the country is esti
mated at three thousand millions of dullars
probably more now, bv.t Ohio's share of!
all this is about, one-tenth. The entire real j
and chattel proper! v of Ohio is estimated I
at nine hundred millions of dollars, if the !
war should stop tomorrow, and the debt !
was to he paid, every man )n Unio would I
compelled to part with oXJK-'mntjj of iu
l'MOPI.KTY
Now comes another feature. The Shoil-
ilyites, Contractors, Navy Siipp'yers. Office
holders, c'ic, &c, by inverting their money
iu United States Bonds get rid of paying
taxes! About four millions of personal
property in Ohio is thus withdrawn from the
duplicate, by the Abolition financiering, and
the additional tax is aded upon the small
property-holder and the owners of real es
tate. These bonds were bought at a dis
count, yet the people are taxed to pay their
holders in gold, and hound to pay the prin
cipal at par ! Is this right is this just?
A'ct wc call the attention of the people of
Ohio to the fact that when a Democratic
member of tbe last Legislature introduced
a bill with the view of taking National1 Se
cufaties, tbe Abolition majority promptly
voted it down! By this millions' nf dollars
which should be on our duplicate for taxa
tion, which should bear alike with real es
tate, tho burden of Government, goes un
taxed ! Capitalists and Sboddyites may
think this just, honest, righteous, but we
mistake the plain people if they do not put
the seal of their condemnation ou such de
testable tinancierinir.
THE SUM '10TAL! How do you like
it, people of Ohio? How much of this im
mense sum has been frittered away, by the
favorites of the parly in power? Well co d
the venerable Chairman of the Finance
Committee of the Ohio House of ltoprescn
tives declaim airaiuxt tho ''fur ( taMtlwii''
when the SUM TOTAL stared him in the
face ! AVell did he conceive that tin outra
ged and over-taxed people would rbe up in
judgment against their pitiless public-servants!
He, more than his co-laborers, eo'd
see the hand-writing on tho wall ! The sov
erign people of Ohio are awakening to the
necessity of a chnni;e. in ihe, Ailniivixtriil 'ujn
thai ho even li.':,nif'"tl. ftumstinih of it once
wiirm fi irtitl dud ilriren lln iu. into the uc
assitg of tr.itltiraiciiif from it support !
&-mB
The Ohio Xtate Juvnuif, announcing the
result of the draft in Knox county, with a
giand flourish of trumpets, proclaims itiut a
son of Gen. Columbus Delano is one of the
men called by the wheel of chance to serve
his eoi'.utiy.
Now we are informed that this same Del
ano Humiliated extreme anxiety to be placed
upon the halt, lame, deaf, dumb, blind and
spavined list when the first draft was made.
If successful the country may lose bis valu
blo services. Can Tin) istaf-e Juwrnal editor
inform us w hether he has put on the cuirass
mid helmet and buckler, and gone forth to
th wars?
It is worthy of note that Delano, senior,
when a member of Congress from the Capi
tal District of Ohio, and the nation was en
gaged in a war with a foreign foepronoun
ced that war "unjust, unholy, unrighteous
and damnable," and voted against supplies;
but now believes this war a holy, righteous
and honorable war. It should still further
be borne in mind that he has none of his
blood or kindred in the army of the Union
notwithstanding he prates unceasingly of his
loyalty and urges that "the last man and
the last dollar be spent. " While he gives
biavc lip service bis actions speak louder
than words, and in this wise: "Let the war
go on let every poor man in the country
go let them bleed and let them die what
matter, so that the. Nation's life be saved
and 1 aud my sou John live to speculate in
stocks and fancies. Our money invested in
railroads, and hanks and farms and sheep,
is largely increased by tho general ruin
wool is enhansed in value, shoddy thieves
and greenbacks multiply tho last man will
have the last dollar, and if ho can only keep
out of gunshot range his name will Ije Dela
no! God be praised for war, pestilence and
famine for battle and murder and euddcu
death, if the house of Delano but survive! !
Mt. Gilead S ntintl. .
"You ought (o be honest," said a Rich
mond rebel to his friend in office. "Honest !
AVhy. how in the devil's name can 1 afford it
on a salary or six uunurea a year ana meat
at two dollars a pound!"".
Important as to tSio Omft The
Krprai of $3CO Clause Ctrcoiu-
The following was laid by the Senate be
fore the House yesterday, and was rcl'cired to
the Committee ou Military Affairs:
To tin; ticiMtc and House of Ripmcuta-
fires:
1 have the honor to submit for the Con
tideratioii of Congress a letter and inclosure
from the Secretary of AVar w ith my concur
rence in the recommendation therein made.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
AVahiugton, D. O, June 8, P:f,l.
AYar DurAn ytknt.
AYashixoton City June 7, '04. j
To the Puksidknt Sir: i beg leave to
submit to you a report made to nie by the
Provost Marshal General, showing the re
sult of of tbe draft now goimr on to fill the
deficiency of in the quotas of certain States
and rciomending a repeal of the clause hi
the enrollment act commonly called "The
Three Hundred Dollar clause."
The recommendation of the Provost Mar
shal General is approved by this department
anil 1 trust that it will be reeoni mended by
you to Congress.
Tho recent successes that have attended
our arms lead to the hope that, by maintain
ing our military strength, and giving it such
incrcaiC as the extended field of operations
may require, an early termination of the
war may bo attained. But to aeeotnpisli
this it is absolutely necessary that efficient
means be taken, with vigor and promptness,
to keep the a i my up to its strength, and
to supply deficiencies, occasioned by the loss
es in the field.
To that end resort must bo had to a drr.fr.
But ample experience has nov; shown that
the pecuniary exemption from service frus
trates the object of the enrollment Law by
furnishing money instead of men.
An additional reason for repealing tbo ex
emption clause is, that it is contemplated to
make the draft for a comparative short
term. The bunion of military ser ico vvill
therefore, be lightened. But its certainty
of furnishing troops is an absolute essential
of sut-'e.-s.
I have the honor to be vnnr ob't servant,
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
AV.vrt Depaktjiekt, Provost Marshal I
General's Office, :
AYAtinNCiTGN, D. 0. J une ti, U;64. j
Tn Jlun. Edwin M. &tu.it'M (5:,tvifrJ
IIW:
Sn; In accordance with the amended
Enrollment Act, approved February lif, l.V'-l,
and vour orders on this subject, I ant now
conducting a draft iu various sub-districts
for their respective deficiencies ou quotas of
troops heretofore as.-igned. Tho results of
the drafts so far as shown by the reports to
date are worthy of attention. They are
briefly as follows;
Xiiinlierof drafted men examined
X umber exempted for phyieal dis
ability Number exempted for other causes
Total number exempted....;
Number-paid r-unmutai ion money
Number who have l'ui'iie;bod sub-
nt.itiu.-s
Number held for personal service
Total no'gexempied
11,711
- -1,374
2,l).t0
7.0-ii
1,4111
l.!U
7,7:25
yet pay
Tbis includes some who may
commutation moiiev.
These reports come from sub-districts in
eight, differentiates.
1 invite your attention to the small num
ber of soldiers being obtained under the ex
isting law. T see no rea.-oii to believe that
the army can be materially .strengthened by
draft so ioug as the ijvJOO clause is in force;
nor do I think it safe to as.-uiue that tho
commutation paid by a drafted man will ena
ble tbe Government to procure a volunteer
or substitute in bis place.
I do not think that large bounties by the
United States should be again re.-o. ted to
for raising troops.
1 am, very respect fully,
Your obedient servant,
JAS. B. FRY, Provost Marshal Gen'l.
" Copperhead" Vcrsut ' Flatter
SSrecciSae.s."
Many seem not to be avv.uv that Copper
heads, as applied to a party, is only the re
vival of an old epithet which the New Eng
landers gave to our honest Dutch ancestors,
if wo, may credit the renowned Knicker
bocker, in bis celebrated History of N. Y.
Diedricb thus discourses:
"In the proud days of Peter Stuyvesant,
the good old Dutch aristocracy loomed out
in till its grandeur. The burly burgher, in
round-crowned flaundish hat, with brim of
vast circumference, in portly earbaiidlne und
bulbous mutiplicity of breeches, sat on his
''stoop " and smoked his pipe in lordly si
lence; nor did it ever enter bis brain that
the active, restless Yankee, whom he saw
through his half-shut eyes, worrying about
in dogday heat, ever intent on the main
chance, was one day to exercise control over
these goodly Dutch domains. Already,
however, the races regarded each other with
disparaging eye. The Yankee sneoringly
spoke of the Manhattoes as the "Copper
heads;" while the latter, glorying in their
own lu-tber rotundity, and observing the
sliu,k galligaskins of their rivals, flapping
like an empty sail against the mast, retorted
upon them with the approbrious appellation
of the "Platter Breeches."
If one of these .party epithets, then, is to
be revived, and the venerable name of "Cop
perheads" is to be applied to the peace-loving,
discreet, honest men of the country, as
in good Dutch times, surely their opponents
the active, restless, meddlesome busybodies,
should not object to the rival name of "Plat
ter Breeches." K Y. Mrprm.
I'uacceptibie Oratituilc.
Lieuteuunt J n, ltito of the sixteenth
regiment, was a few days ago walking down
street, when he was accosted by a fellow,
half soldier, half beggar, with a most rever
ential salute :
"God bless your honor," said the man,
whose accent betrayed him to be Irish, "and
long life to you."
"How do 'ou know me?" said the lieu
tenant. "Is it how do Tktowyour honor?" re
sponded Pat. "Good right, sun;. I have to
know the man fhat saved my life in battle."
The lieutenant, highly grat ified at this
tribute of his valor, slid a fifty cent piece
into the fellow's hand and asked him when.
"God bless jour honor and long life to
you," said the grateful veteran. "Sure it
was Antietam, when seeitig .your honor run
away as fiist, as your legs Woulil 'cany you
from the rebels, I followed iffir lead, and
after vou out of the fray, wnereby I saved
my lite. Oh ! good luck to your honor, I
never will forget it so you. "
Senator John I. Hale.
After twenty year's service in Congress,
most, of the time in the United States Sen
ate, John P. HaV,'of Njafllampshire, hajj
at last been runvut. The Administration
caucus ot the .Legislature has nominated
Ex-Congressman Cragon jn his place. Hale
has been too honesnd , independent lately
;n bm cnnrsiP.. andrtoe iircre nliant tool
J of de?rot'sm la t() tnke "B l1'- ' ; '
Frnm The Cid'huthe Advert itirf
The Democrats Can't Elect a
IreslIeul."
AVc sometimes
members ot the
,.i-, r .1...
Democratic party says
The Democrats
can't elect a President this tail; they had
better make no nomination; jut keep up
the State and county organizations; let the
Abolitionists have full sweep; it is their
war and let them have whatever honor or
dishonor may attach to it; Lincoln can and
will cootie! the army for bis own behoof."
There seems to be no disagreement among
Democrats as to the iiiet that tbe country is
m tho high roads to ruin and running down
an inclined plain with tbe breaks up. All
of them are sort of hoiding their breath in
aiitieipaiion of the fearful crash. Is it wise, i
therefore, in view of this lamentable condi
tion ol things, to fold our arms and inter
pose no effort to save the country from the
destruction that seems to await it? Grant
that it is not a war of our begetting; gTant
that our advice has not been followed in its
prosecution; this does not relievo us from
the responsibility of trying to disjdaee from
power, through the agency prescribed by
the Constitution, the men who now hold it
as with an iron grasp. No one whose mind,
intelligence and judgment are not dwarfish
in proportions, believes that the Govern
ment will survive at the end of four years
from now if the present party is perpetuat
ed in power, and it administers its affairs
with the recklessness with which it has ad
ministered them since the party came into
power.' And shall we mike no effort now
to bring about a change? Will wc stand ac
quitted in history wiil wc Maud justified
with our own conscience can we expect
tbe aparoval of heaven if wc shall refuse j
to take advantage of the opportunity that
now oilers to wake a bold, a vigorous efl.ut
to displace the party iu power? There is
too much at, stake to justify indolence or
apathy. Constitutional Liberty i'or our
selves aud for unborn venerations is at stake.
a prize the mo-f glorious that ever pealed
out an invol ution to man to labor resolutely
and untiringly to win. Shall we, then,
play the sluggard?
' The r.rniy will lie thrown against us, and
there is no hope for us." Considerations
like these, if even well-grounded, cany with
them no extenuating force for indifferences
on our part. Oar ilnli ii to lubdr for the
rigid, and no consideration can relieve us
from the performance of that duty. If un
sacceshfu! we shall not bo afflicted with self
accusing reproaches.
County, Districts and State organizations
are not only right; they are necessary. Can
didates for Congress shuuld be nominated
and elected who will reflect the will of their
respective' constituencies. But of equal, if
not of far greater, importance is it, that a
candidate shall bo put in nomination for
the Presidency wiio will as nearly as possi
ble reflect the views of a majority of the
democrats. It is important that that nom
inee should be a man who not only thorough
ly understands the Constitution and the
hi.-tory tonehbig its format ion and adoption,
but who, if elected, will make his adminis
tration conform to it. in spirit and letter.
That instrument wi)N formed to meet the re
quirements of iron-handed war as well as to
minister to the "piping times of peace."
We have men in our ranks who never justi
fied or palliated a single infraction of the
Constitution, or glossed over its perversion
strict constructionists men who would
not take into the Presidential chair either
the feelings of prejudice or resentment of
enlarged and generous views, who would
bind up and heal the wounds of our bleed
ing country who would give peace, tran
quility and prosperity to atom and distract
ed Bepublie. This is the sort of a man the
mass of the Democratic party want put in
nomination, and we have high hopes that
the Chicago Convention will present theu
5,ucli a nominee.
The ShotSc!' Convcutiuii.
The New Yoik Tnhunp is disgusted with
tbe Baltimore Convention. AVilldtison, its
Washington editor savs: Hear him:
It is a history m part ot the admission
Federal Union us fctaics, oi Arkansas, where
under Banks we have been whipped not on
ly out of our boots, but out of our actual
political possession of the soil sufficient to
elect a hog-reeve of Louisiana, w here we
bine political possession just so far as our
oO-pounderParrott guns will shoot, and not.
one inch further of Ten nessee, w here we
have jurisdiction and political grip just as fish
trnicn in Fundy have foothold between the
ebb aud flood of tbo tide, and not one inch
more of Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska,
scarcely fledged Territories, iu whose behalf,
wilt n knocking at, the Electoral College and
elbowing older Massachusetts and old New
York in their hot hunger and thirst after
the rewards of politics, not one word could
bo invented for public avowal, save that
their admission to the Convention would
help their several schemes to bring them in
to the Union as States ! ! I do not care now
to write the history of this new chapter in
American politic?. It can bide its time."
Uousuhold SLnovt ledge.
The following scraps ef information arc
clipped from t he Scientific American :
Odors from boiling ham, cabbage, &e., arc
prevented by throwing red pepper pods or a
few pieces of charcoal into tho pot.
Percussion caps are found to poison chil
dren, if swallowed.
Pigeons are hatched in eighteen days ;
chickei'S, twenty one; turkeys, twenty-six;
ducks and geese, thirty.
A cc'uient which is a good protection
against weather, water and fire, to a certain
extent, is made by mixing a gallon of water
with two gallons of brine, then stir in 1!
pounds of In-own sugar and three pounds of
common stilt ; put it oil with a brush like
paint.
Put potatoes of equal size into water
while boiling; when done pour off the water
scatter in some s-nlt. coyer the pot with a
coarse cloth, and return it to the fire for five
minute
when they are ready for the table;
even watery potatoes are thus made mealy.
Common cut nails are easily driven into
hard wood if rubbed with n little soft, soap ;
saliva is better than nothing for that pur
pose. The best way to cook a potato is to bake or
roast it in an oven ; w hen done, ci ack the
skins open and allow them to dry out for a
few minutes before placing them on the ta
bic. News paver Si-Bseiui'HONS Are infall
ible teste of men's honesty. If a man is
dishonest he will cheat the -printer in some
wuy say he has paid when ho has not
or stmt money and it, was lost, by mail or
will take the paper and will not pay for it
or will move off', leaving it. come to the office
he left. Thousands jre dishonest, and
the printer's book wilnell fearfully on tbo
day of settlement at the final judgment.
A good many fellows will not get to heaven,
who might nave done so," could they have
showif a receipt in full from the printer, for
honefty and fair doalin. .
lt is a History in pan oi u;e aoiinssioii i
to the Convention as Suites, and into they
About Peace.
persons who have sons, brothers.
! M.mv
; and fhth..rs
away in the armv, ask us if
! mere
nnv hi.tij. ,t iwiqoo All t, t. n
t : .-"V . 1 v . , i
. " war ougnr to oe over, ana it
i.-, mc muii iiupciui sign we nave seen lorni
nyaduy. AVh'nthe people will it, then'
our rulers must obey. Iet every man, wo
man and child pray fur peace, and invoke
the vengeance of the Almighty on those
bad nieii who would sacrifice precious lives of
men to make money, as Fieuiont says they
are doing.
Nine out of ten of the rebel prisoners ttf
the South wants peace.
Jeff. Davis has just published a corres-
noinkuee between him and the Governor of
North Carolina, showing that three efforts
to communicate with our rulers on that sub-
! ject have been made. AVe give an extract
trom his letter, which shows that the rebel
leaders would have, come down gracefully,
but our rulers had no manners, and the
want of which, has sine? lost us 100,000
lives:
" Commissioners were sent before hostili
ties were bttgun, and the AVashington Gov
ernment would not receive them, or hear
what they had to say. A second time I
sent a military officer with a communication
addressed by myself to President Lincoln.
The letter was received by Gen. Scott, who
did not permit the officer to see Mr. Lincoln
but promised that an answer would be sent.
No answer has ever been received. The
third time, a few months ago, agentlemsa
was sent w hose jiosition. character and rep
utation were such as to insure his reception,
if the enemy were not determined to receive
no proposals whatever from the Govern
ment. A'iee President Stephens made a
patriotic tender of his services in the hone
of being able to promote the cause of hu
mauity, and, although little belief was
entertained of his success, I cheerfully
yielded to his suggestion that the experi
ment should be tried. The enemy refused
to let him pass through their lines or to hold
any conference with them". He was stop
red before he reached Fortress Monroe on
his way to Washington. To attempt again
(in the iiice of these repeated rejections of
all conference with us ) to send commission
ed a grnts to pi ojjose peace, is to invite iimdt
and contumely, and to subject ourselves 'to
iiuliimitti irithout the slightest chance of be
ing listened to.
JEFFFRSON DAVIS."
This Lincoln and Davis fight is just like
a fight between two strong men. One hates
to give up to the other, but the friends of
each wish some third man would stopin.and
part thein. That is just what the Demo
cratic party proposes to do. Let thepeoplo
put us in power, and we can settle these
fighting cocks in a day, and restore peace to
the country, and bring all tbe brave soldiers
home to their families. Ohio iJcm,
The Dri-aui of the Quakeress.
There is a beautiful story of a pious old
Qnaktr lady who was addicted to the use of
tobneeo. She indulged in this habit, until it
increased so much upon her that she not only.,
smoked a large portion of the day, but fre-"
quetrtly sat up In bed for this purpose in', the
night, After one of these nocturnal enter
tainments she dreamed that the died and ap
proached heaven. Meeting an angel, asked
him if her name was written in the Book of
Lite. He disappeared, but replied upon ro
tumine:, that he could not find it.
"OH," she said, "do look again; it must
be there." ,
" " It is not there.".
"Oh," she said, in agony, "it must la
there. I have the assurance that it is there !
Do look again."
The angel was moved to tears by her en
treaties, and again' left her to renew his
search. After a long absence he came back
with his face radiant with joy and exclaim
ed: " AVe have found it, but it was so cloud
ed with tobacco tmoke that we could hardly
see iuv-
The woman, upon waking, immediately
threw 'her pipe away, and never indulged in
fuioKing again.
Said orW to .Mrs. AVeslev. "How can
yojhave tlfb patience to teach the same
tbtngtwenty times over to your child! "
"WJiy," said she, "if I had said it only nine
teen times and given over, I should have
lost "all my labor. It was the twentieth time
that fixed it."
Sth.aws, It is said, "straws shows which
way tho winds blow.' AVe had come eig
nigcniit political straws in this township last
Saturday. Several gentlemen who have
been acting in opposition to the Democracy
came op and voted at the nomination ana
pledged themselves to act in future with us.
From oiir knowledge of the. men we are
confident they purpose fulfilling their pledge.
There are many men in Holmes county wno
will vote diffei ntly next fall from what they
have been accustomed to do. Holme
County J'aiiner.
The Crittexden Compromise. It is
conceded on till hands that the adorition of
the Crittenden Compromise would havo
prevented disunion and war. Is there an
honest man in all the laud who can place his
hand upon his heart and say he does not re
gret that, it was rejected? AA'e know most
of the office-holders of the abolition party
would say they did not regret it;1 but in
speaking of honest men we do not rcier to
them. Holmes County Farmer.
IMBW
Abolition in Locisiana. On the 11th ,
ult. the Constitutional Convention in Louis
iana declared slavery aboli. hed. The ac
tion must be confirmed by the people, but
there can be no doubt that those of thcin
who will be permitted to vote will approve
if. How tbe convention was elected, and
how tbe elections are now conducted in that "'
State, will appear from the appended state
ment : . . . .
"Miss Annie E. Dickenson, in a recent
speech at Hartfoid Conn., declared the she
nersoni
ully knew that the ncsidtnt oaa
i sent orders to Gen. Banks to control that
election that he had directed bun to secure
the election of one candidate (llahn) and
put down the other. In this I aver what I
know, tnid Miss Jhlekinson, with emphasis.
David Ton, in his speech to the Ohio
caucus at llaltimore, said that . " the Union
t arty of Ohio had loweied itself in electing
Brougli Gtivi-inor instead of him." i There
is mi opinion prevailing among the people
of Ohio that the " Union" party could take
but one step lower than Tod and they
Uohit.iSttitetmrni. ' ' - V
, The Rev. Mr, Gaddis, politu,:mn is un
easy about the spoibflhat are to fall to the
lot of the losaKuffer the JJfrsidintial elec
tion. He tjfl nks Ohio liquid look to her
own interests in the next Cabinet tbt us
nothing should be done to damage Chase.
Docs the Rev. Mr- Gaddis want to Ik? ehajv
lain to the Treasury Department ?. There u
fine 6old fbr his missionary labors in
direction, especially in thenoteeutting witij
$t,UsmcH. f. : .'!''
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