Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4142, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1864 — Page 2

DAILY SENTINEL

THK UNlUX-ir tfCST F. PRKiKKVWi Jaceso. MONDAT MOKMNO, JANUARY . TrMn and ('nfltcailon. The C invitation of ihe Unite-! Sutes" frame! an.l adopted ehorlly after the close of the) Ktrolutioiarj war. lufMnieri, most of whom hal be 11 engeJ in that struf p!e. h 1 witnes?-I the? Tiu!etit paioua Meli haJ Leen ei)icnilcrel during the content, and the tendency of wen, Leu excited, to transcend (he bouiJ of jutke and t act lustily and unadvisedly from the influence of prejudice ard turiciun. In a verj brief commentary on that claua of the Constitution relating to treaaon, by Mr. Mamao. (see FederalUi paper. XLIII ) the reou of the provlsicn iseiplained. "A treaeon nnj b committed ajrv1)t the Uuited States, the authority 1f the United Sute ouht to be enabled to punfh it; but new fau!el and artifici.il treason have been the great engine by which Tiolent fiction, the 11 tturil ofTpring of free government, have usually wreaked their 1- I tfrnte roilipnit) on e.u;h other, the contention bvc with gre it ju m it, opposed a birrier lu this 'pec ulUr d utger, uy iaertin a constitution al definition of the crime, and filing the proof ncceiavary fur the couvictiou of it, and restraining Cor.'rc ercu in paniihin,; it.frum citen Jio the consequences of guilt beyond the person of Its author. Thu- it m pi tin thtt the Constitution oint to limit the punishment of treason to the 'iil'y perjri a!oa." Th'u provision itNi conitent wiifi the whole rf.rit of the C institution, and consonant to liie npirit of m eiern civilizitioii and the genius of Christianity. The spirit of this prorisum wa. announced in the law of Moies, na will be reit from the following quotation.: "Deut. c. 21. t. IG: The father ?h!l not be put to ileith for the children; neither ah II the children be put to ileith for the fsther. Every mm htll be put V d-Mth for hi own Iii. DeuL, eh. 1'J. t 15: On- witness shill not rie up a.int a mm lor :mr :n, :it tli mouth of two witnesses, or at t?e rnoti'h of tfTree witticsses, hall the antler be e.Uibiislied. "Levit..cli 1'J, r. It1: Thou ehilt not avenge or be ir any grudge az'iiii't the children of ihr people, but thou halt love thy neit bor as tliv sell." Sivs Moxtmi ire: ."The Chrir.MU Religion is a tränke. to mere depotie power. The mild ni o ftepientlr recommended in the ( j-:cl is Iiicomp-ttinle with the dc-p r;;e wit'i which a riiice punishes his subject, and exercise him elf in cruelty. . L't us net before our eyes, on tlie one hand the continual iiis.s.icres of the king anJ geieri! of the (In-eks am I It)mun, and on the oiher the destruction of people and cities, by those famous conquerors, Zntii 11 to and Jk;i Kahx, who ravaged Asia, and we lull see that are owe to chrUti tniiy, in irovernroent, a certain politictl Iw. und in w.r i cert-iiu Uw of nations:; benefits whic! humtn niture can never sufficiently acknowledge. It is o inj; to tiiij law of n ttiona, t!i tl amongst ; Christ is nf victory leaves thee prt;it d vnntipcs to tlie conquered: lite, liberty, hws, weilth and alwaja religion, when the conqueror is not blind to Ms own interest." "As on a a R'ouMic ht.s comoased the destruction of thoe ho wanted to aubver. it, .there ahould be an vii of terrori and puuishmeuts. Oreit punishuient. and consequently gre-tt chinge cinmt take pl.ice without iaresting iome citizen with ciorbitfn: power. It is, therefore, more adfUable in this c na t cteed in lenity thtn in severity; to bmish bus few, rather th in mmy; and to le ire them their estttes, ioe-d of at tkinz a vmt numbw T runi-cullon Under pretence of avenging the KepubÜc'a c.ue the avengers would eUablUh tyranny. The purpMe is not to destroy the rebel, but the rebellion." Spirit ur Liws, Chip XVIll. - The Uepublicani are like Jack, in Swirr's . tale of a Tub. when they meditate any r tsotlity, "they gt down on th:r k iee, roll u4i their eye mithin io pry. The Adminitrntion prty re attfmptlnK to tili further violate the Constttntiou by pretending to in ike the confiscation act conforra to it. ar.tTi: itk.u. . The totl number of nurrisge liccne.s tM'iietl in CUv county during the yetr was 91 In lbf3 tlicie wfre 111 The I, ifaielte Journil ?s that men are yet required to till the quota of the tnh Di.s trict. The llemlricka Ledger a.tya t liero h is never been but cne b id c:ise ot .in ill pu in town yet ; there are at present, nine or len c.se of vario Ioid. The Owen Cjt;tty Journ il i- enthu-i tlc in its support of Om. McClkllan as tlie Democratic nominee for the Presidency. The Huntington coun'y Poor House w.isdctrojed by fire tn Saturday evening, the lb:h in.t. -Loa to the county about $2,.r(il. The fire originated from an imperfect due. Teuthousind seven hundred and eighty -nine hors were packed in Vinceunei the past season. The number pickei last reason was lr.tKi. The deficiency' in weight this year is about 'ten per cent. The Union County ( Indian ) Herald says that ao many of the farmer's sons and laborers of that county have volunteered, that it will be almost impossible next season to get the work done. There are proprietors of Urge farms who have not a single band to help them. Korae, Terry county, is wild with excitement over two supposed cases of snaillpox The Rome Academy i dismissed for one -veek, and the citizens give the iulected loc!t;ies a wide beith. The country people are also alarmed, and utterly refuse to haul the;r urplus com modi lies to town. Tut Sr ate SmisiL Read the pros.ec:u ot the State Sentinel ia another column. It is very i:nrtint that sound Democratic pipets hukl be i.lrlv circulttel duriüg the approaching rfcsideutitl cuiva"$. an 1 it needs not us to tell our readeis that tli Sentinel i "soand." As the trrii of the Demo-rjcy t this state, it deserres a liberal suprt Surke County Pres TtirSiiONr I);ratCT The q-nu of the Seojnd l)..strict uu ler tlie I t cU, ui oee:i till el. It is true that me of the comities to the "District are behind, jet others h ve a cotiM lerable numb r recru e I over their qaots. Tneie ia no wiping out the fact that the glorious old Democratic Secoj 1 D strict leaus the van in the wiy ot recruiting N. A. Lclger. CtKtK or tu k ScraiMK Cot aT. We see by our exchanges that the nameot"Smuel K. Um ill, Eq..of old Democratic Sullivsu, is favorably trentiooed in cooDect'.on with the office of Clerk of the Supreme fjourt. Mr. U. i cne of the best speakers iu the Sttie. and besides a bold and uijdiuchio Democrat of the old Jackson school a gentleman who htsd 'ne incalculable pwl u tKe rause of Democracy ol the State, by hi uulirüi ilevoriua aud exertion inbehilt of the U1 time hooorel ptrtr, of which be is a prominent membrr. It Mr. II should rei-rive the uoml'ittioH of tlie S'.ate Convration lor the position abuve namel, as we think he should, be wili not leave a "t.Mie unturned" until the victory is complete. Vincetuea Sun. J3rFaiitiy Fern thinks ir provoking for a woman wbo hif been at work all dsy tneuding Ler Luvbaud' old coat to find a love letter from another woman in one of the pocket.

frrma tke Sw Trk W,rU.) J A Itepublli in utllr!t nn llie lreal ilml'i I'roclamailon. In nrr.'ic'i as the goenuuent of a republic is Coi.tro!!- ! bt f'uMic opinion, and e'reriou sre only the nicm bv which this opinion i m ids I ellicient die agencies by which public opinion is lorinrd and enlightened ate not les w.rtlT of attention Umii the meure and policy .of the government itself. We therefore ollVr no apolo jy f. giving prominence to the opinions of an jiid.vIJuU riter when they re supporte.1 by a skill of statement and force of logic which tk heu to iak a powerful impression on tlie pub lie m:nd. Dr Oiestts A. Rrownson. the eminent and learne2, but oiuewbit erratic. Catholic publicist, announces iu the January number of his (Jir'.erly lteiew tht he will not hereiftrT licu-s thej lagicil que-ti ns in its pae', which will be de voted to philosophy, science, jolitics. liter tture. and the interests of civtliaitioii. especially American civihz ition. We take p!eiure in com mending his Keiew to our readers a worthy of thcir attention not as a guide of opinion, but as prorocatire of thought. Dr. Uro DMn, though a Reptib'ican and a pirtisni. Ins mnd too teeming and vigorous to be the servile echo of any party or administration, and. like all inde pendent thinker', he strikes out iwa worth rons deration even when he is iu the wrong. In the January number of the review there is a bild d;scu-iou of the President' me-saj:e and proclamation of amnesty, wh;ch so riddles the scheme of reconstruction therein presented that there is little left of t but logical hot holes. Dr. Urownson is an advocate of Senator Sum tier's State suicide theory, and his in th'a Mine number a long article on the Federal Coiistitu lion, in which he wanders through a in ize of political metaphysics to find authority for that doctrine. We io not choose to follow him into this labyrinth, but thought it necessary to flate his position in order to idiow that he looks u;o the sulject of reconstruction from a itrpublic.tn point of tie. His article on the ine.''.sagc i.s raluible as demonstrating the egregious bsurd-

ty cd the Presidents eherne, on the supposition ! thit tlie secede-J States are still in the Union. He, indeed, cqudly demonstrates its absurdity on more general ground; but iu the put of the sr gument jti.t aliu led to, he shuts up the President and his supporters in a corner from which there is n e-cape without accepting the State suicide doctrine. This is a valu vbU service, us it re duces the abolition controversy to Mn-le point, ami in ike it turn on the truth, of the new crochct of which Mr. Suioncr is the inventor mid sole p len lee. !)-. Rrowiion'a positions cannol be so well stated as in his own I mgu ige, and no reader will regret th it ao lare u portion of what follows is in quotation marks. Dr. Iniison s, on the whole, rather an d mirer of Mr. Lincoln's character, or at least ho credits him with as I irge a fehare of ability aud good inteiuions as inu-t of his Republican trie:id.s would cltim for him. Ibit he regarlthe Pies'ident's planus all the more d tiigemus from tlie i:rong hold he has on tlie respect of his party. "We h ne-tlv t'liove the pliu uucoustitution il. und trauht withliaplly less danger to our republican institutions thin the Southern rebellion it-el I. ami allthe in re dange. on because it is not utiliaely to enlist in its supn ;rt so large a ptrtion of tlie uio-t fearless and dcvotctl friends of the Union." He considers it ingenious and a.-tute, "but it reeins to us tlie plan of the poli tici iii rathrr linn of the stiteimtn. and to look more to the Presidential election than to the reil well ire of the mtion " Dr. Hroanson does not object to the pl.:i on account of if beiringou the Presidential election. Hut he objects "to putting forth so itnpor taut apian wilh such a vie an 1 for .-suc'i n rea on." Dr. HroAh'Oti ilul'ikci; tlie IVesuIent'i? pl.iu primariljr because il is an assumption bv the executive of powers which l!ong to Congrcs. If he h id simply recouinieiided the niöisure to Congress, and given his reasons, he would have proceeded to the full extent of his constitutional powers. "What we object to is the attempt bv executive action, to forestall the action of Congress, or to place the whole question iu such a positiou as to render it next to impossible for Congtess to refuse its sanction. The President proceeds on the assumption that he is clothed with the whole war power of the nation; and as the war power is unlimited, while the war lasts he miy do anything lie judges proper." The following paragraph PCt.s in a clear light the essential absurdity of the President's assumption: "The civil organiz ition of government cannot be done eveu by Congress under the war power, and if done at II. must be done under its petco powers, us rKcifie-l in the Constitution. The teceded States are fetill States; that is, ciril and political organiz itiotis in the Union, or thev are not. If they are, the executive, neither under the war row;i,nor any other power, has any authority to establish military or any other gov eruments within their limits. If thev are not, their reorganization is the woik of Congress under its peace powers. The executii e h is then, in either eise, nothing to do with their civil reorganiz ition till Congre-s has acte 1, and then only to cirry out the law of Congress. Congress is competent to reorginiae them under the peace powers of the government or it is not, lor under the war power only military Governments can be instituted. The institution or reorganiz ition f civil government is always the act of thesupreme political power, of the sovereign authority of the Sutc or nation, and it is the work of pece. not of wir. The Predde.it, then, when he teds Congress it must hold on to the war power, is the power under whii h the rebellious States are to be reorganized, forgets tint neither he imr Cjngies.s can reotgmize them under tint power The moment we came to the civil reorganiz iti n of c-Miquerel territory the belligerent righr. hive ceised, anJ only the rights of peice are in operation." De Hrownson bavin- thus conclusively, a it seems to us, disp e 1 of the President's claim to act at nil, an ! ot" every claim to reorganize st.i'e governments unler the war power, he lurns to the pretense of do.ng it under the pardoning power, aud unkes neirly as clem work of tint. "He claims, bv virtue of his power t pirdon a general dispen-ing poaer. for daring to exercise which James II. of Kurland lost the cr. n of three kingdoms ' The writer says he is the list mm in the wot Id who would deprive the President of the power to pinion and ot the attribute of nicr cy, "but." he ud Is, aitli significant emphisis, "we do not wish to see it very grossly abused." The practical absurdity of Mr. Liu coin's use ot it is pi iced in a novel and striking light. "All he asks of ativ rebel, as the condition of a lull pardon and a full restoration to his political and civil rights, is that he t ike the oath of allegiance. All the prisoners ot war we now hold, under the rank of Colonel, have the right under the President's proclam tion to de mind the oith snd to be treated as free and loyal citizens the moment they have taken it " On tbe practical effort of the amnesty, if cirried out as proposed. Dr. Browr sou's reasoning is marked by vigorous sense. We quote: "We said we objected primarily to the executive plan, because it is an executive t!at.. Every fettureof itismirked by what seems to us an extraordinary ussumption of power on the part of the executive The President prescribes the oath, prescribes on what conditions the State in retel!iou may recognize State Governments, ar:i be lecogniz'd and represented in Congres us loyal State in the Union. Any one of them, with not le.-s tli to one tenth of the number of persons who voted in the Presidential election ol I Hi I. may recognize themel ves us the State, and hiveihe full Fd al iep-eei.ttion in C nj;re to which the State under the cenus of I Mi ) was entitled! Why, the President could eaily, y the distribution of Federal oflh-es and patr nige in any seceded State, unte-s there are leer Union men thin is pietended.in luce at least one in ten. it assure 1 of Feleral pre'.ection, to swallow without scruple the prescribe I oath, or any number of oaths be raicht prescribe, ani elect State and Federal "fbcers, whom he may choose to prcscritK? With the Federal lepresoutation of eleven States, who woiilJ be his nominees and creatures, and the nuraor from the other Slates he could always coin mind by the distribution of the oitronage of the goveruuieat, the executive could etsily grasp for himself ihe whole rwer of the Union, reun as anabs.)tute prince, perpetuate by re elections bis icign during life, and reduce täe fu:ictbus of Congress to that of simply reg ister'mx b;s evlicts; or, if il should now ;n. then sliow a disLHsiiion to demur, he could, after the msnrter of Louia XIV, hol i a iU d jutftce." Ir. Hrownson does not impogu the motives of the Presi iem, wh "seeks ptwer only as the roeau of doing gd." 11 jt this only re.iJrs the iheme the more dmgeni js. The scheme is ruiiuingly d;isfd, n) alnuraMy devised to mke the exccutiie practicdly the "government, aud eveu theatite, and to open ihe dor to wholesale political corruption, an J v force tbe people to cheat themselves out of their honesty aud their liberty. This absurd scheme of re organizing with one tenth of the legal voters leads the writer io ug2e that the President

seems to have inherited from his old English Whir ancestry something of the d.wirine that government cm only be earned on by trickery ai d corruption " But what be most insists oo is the logical absurdity of the scheme, not its corrupting tendency. It is so utterly inconsistent with ihe ides, that the ecelrd Sitte nill exist State, ttist thoe who miintain it "are capable of maintaining, in spite of the logician, that of C intradictorif nth msy be true " Here is a detchel acrap of his argument The (ieneral Coverument cannot intetferc in the internal sff ilrs of a State recognized to be a Stte in the Union, and is as much boui.d to re s.-ect the b'Jite rontitnt!on ind Itws pot repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United Stste. as the Stale boui.d to resrect ihe con titutiou ind I ws of the (enenl (Jovernment. It the President denies the seceded States hive ceised to exist, he has no right tc institute either military governments or civil governments for them, or to prescribe the condition on wh'ch they miy become S'ate again, and be restored to their light as Stttes in ihe Union, for they are, on the supposition, already States in the Uiii ui. So much must be clear to the rerieit tyro, and ought to be cleireven to our radicals conservative friends of the Times Rut if the seceded States have cev-ed to be Stiles, and be come simply population and territory belonging to the Union, then again the Pre-iJent his no authority ither to reorganize tl em or to prescribe by proclamation or otherwise the conditions on which they may reorganize and be recognized as Srates. u either case, tbe executive action is revolutionary and indefensible, as much so as the action of secession itself. There is no principle known to our Constitution, written or unwritten, on which the action of the executive can be justified, or eveu palliated." Dr. Hrownson portrays the beauties of the re construct on achem with fret t.oldnes and felkity of touch. No person will object to the length of the following extracts: "A State with nine tenth f its population ili-loyal and excluded from the r inks of its polit ical people, evidently could not sustiin itself and discharge iis proper functions as a Slate in the Union. It would Iiaio to be held up and nur-cd by the government, and thus would be opened the door to political intrigue and corruption, ex feeding antthing we lne yet known, even in

this city. Its lepresect itives in Coiigre:-s would be virtual nominees of the Administration, and the Congressional Districts would be only so msny "rotten boroughs" owned by the government. No election would or r ould be free. Reside., with htte all I there an individu il exerp tion, the men who wmiM take the oaah and be allowed to vote wouki be the we ikest and least energetic portion of the population. The portion of the S lutliern people who have the most ch iracter and are the best litte I to govern and look after the interests of the State or the Union, are precisely those who would be excluded bv the testoith The majority of the voters would be composed ol government employee, a Iventurer from other' States, with very little honesty or principle nf any sort, .-md without any perm incut intetest in the State, or connection with it. Here is a grave consideration. - "We cannoundcr?tand why one Union min in S uth Carolina, Tennes-ee or Louishni, should count for ten in M is ichu-etts, New Yoik, or lVniisjlvunia We know no reason why they should hive any vote at all, while the gieit.the overwhelming majority of tlie population are in re'ellion. "Rut that niijority are politically dead." Then do not count them as a bisisol rrp: esent ition. Abs'ract them Irom the v hoi popu'a'ion given by the cec.su of 1(0, and t ike only the lem iitidcr as the repicsenlitive ropulation. Vou caiiMot do that legally. The State is the State, and you must count its whole popuhfion or none. Then do you nut see the gross inequality and absurdity of pretending ihtt they arc Sitte in the Union, vvidi nil their Federal rights unimpaired? Moreover, the Union men in the eleven seceded States arc not citizens of the United States They are enem:es,a:id are declared to be so by the Supreme Court in the Hiawatha case, and have been since the 13th of July, Itol,unJ their territory is enemy's terri tory, otherwise the President could never have placed it under military governors or blockaded the Southern ports. The Supreme Court have decided that the war we aie carrving on is not a simple war against insurgent individu ils, but a territorial civil war. which mikes every man, woman, and child in the rebellious territory an enemy. The interdict must be rertored from that territory before these Union men ceae to be enemies, anil that cannot be removed so long as the law of Congressof the 13th of July. Ic61, remains unrepealed, arid thegteit majority are still hostile, without a jrross abuse of executive power. We do not know that even these Union men in the seceded States are any better than the Union men iu the organized territories under the government of the United States. And why should they, any more than these, have n federal representation and an electoral vote?" The relentless logic of Dr. Hrownson does ex ecution like the knife of a dissecting surgeon. If there was any life in the victim .it ihe beginning ot the operation, it is cut into too smill pieces for any to remain at its close. FltO.1I V AMIIXi I OS. The lurpoae or tlie Ka1iril lie publican to Demoralize the Supreme Court Cupithill tiew of tlie Noiuli to Carry on the War-Will Kirhmond be Ilvitruuted ! fSp'cial Corre.sp.nir-nce of tbe Cbicajo Times. Washivgtox, Januiry 18. There is yet one bulwark of our liberties which the impious hand of Mr. Lincoln ari l his crazr administration have not been able to strike down. I refer to the Supreme Court of the United St ites, which is made, by the Constitution, one of the constituent branches of the government, and without which the government could not exist a day. Indeed, tlieie would be no government without the Supreme Court And yet this Administration is plotting for the destruction of this court. As long as this curt rem tins ;is it is nt present constituted, it is bu'a jrk for the liber lies of the citizen, sure and steadfast, and that cannot be moved. The waves of lant'icism may dish them-clves against it; the j i kals and curs that fiwn and cringe around the footstool of executive power may velp and hiiiI around it; a faithless President, with his inauguration oath trampled beneath his feet, and his cor rupt Cabinet, rotten with the spoils wrung Irom the people, may bluster and threaten it; hut it stands as it stood in the times of ashlngton and Jacks in. and Van Buren and Hirrison 1 it was constituted by the founders of the repub lie, firm and immovable, incorruptible and tiushakej. Whenever the acts of the last Congre-s, and the acts of u-urpel puwer bv Jlr Lincoln, are brought before this high court for a ljudicaliou. they will be pronounced unconstitu tional. null and TD-d Mr Ltacoln and his administration know tlii; and, therefore, thev are devi-iii- all possible means to change the Judges, and, by tue appointment of new ones, to secure a nnjoiiiy of voices in favor of their illegal nets They have been expecting, m )tith after" month, ever fince tlieir party came into power, th t the bind of death would remove the venerable Chief Justice from the sett which he has so long adorned; and they are eh igrinned beyond meas ore t the tenacity of life exhibited bj that won derful mm. Dut God, who will not utterly de-ert us. his mercifully spared bis life; and even Iii bodily health is usually excellent His mind, however a mind which his no equal in Amer n-. preserves all its vior and cleirness, uu impaired. His voice is not near hj strong as formerly. Hut ail his decisions areas promptly given as ever; they arc clothe! iu the sime chaste and elegint I tngu ige th it he alw ays uses; and his const i:.t reference to authorities, both of recent and of long sundiug, prove that his memory, that faculty which fails first, and long before any other powers of the mind, is'ss strong and retentive as ever Yes. God, it would seem, has d-creed that this old rnan. trembling to all appearance on the Trrce of the grave, should ou'live the wicked administration thst seeks his daith, and that seeks, in smitius him down, to sroue down the only remaining obstacle in the way of their atrocious deisns. The administrttion is .tili endeavoring to mike the public believe that the rebellion is i!l on its last legs, and that the war will !e ended with the campaign of next summer. Never was there a greater delusion. To those who know the real facts, il is evident lhat the end of the wr,so fir as the conquest or subjugation of the South is concerted, is as Isr off now as it wss two years ago. The South miy not b i e as m n-y troops in the field in 11 as thev bad in ltsvl. put, il they ouly hive 3'H),tKa). they can give abundant eruDloyruent to over C'XI.O.ld; and, if they have 40U,(XJ, ihey can ttick Washington besides. It is uudtrslood that iher will act entirely on the defensive, and will ek to draw our armies as far s$ pos-ible iuto the inietior of their country.

where they expect to defeit them Atd there is very litt doubt that they will depart from the defensive system o far as to mike an attn k upon Wahineton. If they do this, and act on the defensive everywhere else, they have meant and miterial for ctrrying on the war for five year more. I hvve uniformly combatted the ilev that Richmond would be evtcuited by the Cowfedcr te, whenever the report of such tn evacustion baa been sised My Information on that puject is of uch a tuture, and comei so direct, that I am uti'fied that that city will never be band onel as long as the Confederates can put rH.(KMI troops In the field. X. Letter f rwiu .Ylajor Jack. Ooivnlni,

AMXrSTT WAR DK UOCRATS. Washisgtox, Dec. Ii, lcC3. To th Edilrr$ of the Da book: Surs Wen 1 writ you last, the Me-v-ige warn't furnished. Wal, sich a time as we had jn furnishin thst docyment you never did see. The Kernel and I et op nil nite long three or fore nites.but it ws nigh about o:irosibi. to get it to suit him. He would get it fixed, an then Seward would cum in au sa? It was too hol I Then Chase he'd cum an say it warn't bold cnuff; an finally I felled him to make it as old Deacon Grimes did bis oven. He wanted to know bow that was. Wal, I telled him it was this way: The Deacon built an oven facin to the North, wen one of his nabora cum along and sei that wo'd never do, as the North wind would blow rite in the mouth of the oven. So the old man turned it round, an put the face to tbe South. Pretty soon another Mbor cum long, tin cd he, "Deacon, it will never do to have that oven face the South, for there ain't mir wind so blj-terin as the South winj." So the Deacon turned it round to the West. Preltv soon a man cum along, an ses be "Deacon, don't you know that the worst showers and hurricanes we have lwat? cum from the iet? It will never do to face your oven tint way." S the De iron determined to change it round to the East. He hadn't more than got it dun, before another nabor cum alon an sea he, "Why Deacon (rimes, I'm perfectly astonished to ee vou buildin an oven au facin it to the Kisf. There ain't any wind t-n strchin an peuetratin as the Hist wind, an it will blow vour fire all out of the oven." "Wal, "es the old Deacon, perfectly discuriiged, "I'll suit vou all. I'll bild my oven on a pivot, and when you cum along you ken turn it round just as you want it." Now, scs I, Kernel, that's the way to lix your messige. res he, " I hat is a tact; the only trub hi! is to fix it on a pivot on which it ken turn.' Wal, pes I, that is the cisicst thing iu the world. Take the nigger for the pivot, and it will mil every m in in vour pirtv. The onlv differenve between em is, that some don't like to look him rtjuare in the f ice. That sort kin turn vour mes ste around a little, an then thev will see the nigger sideways; and those th it can'i sn'nd that kin turn It cleir around, an then they will see the tngg.T in the bick, but it will be nigger all the time! The Kernel sei il was a cipital idea, and he ment to c nr it out. It got noised around that t'.ie kernal w is comin out with some big thirg in his messige, an cverv Congressman, wen be got to Washington, run rile to the White House to give the Kernel advice Thev nigh about run him to deth. Wal, scs I, Kernel, make believe you're sick. "Sho," ses l.e, "that won't do a bit of good. I've tried it often, an thev bote me wus than ever Wal, .v, I, te 1 'eni you've cot the fk irlet fever, ;ii:l that w.ll I tk re 'en awav The ICprnel It w . ti.iti hKire CHI 1 UP IVrnei ?e-l It wa .I tlisl r.ite idee, an 8 it hj Mi.nouricel id a I the papers tli.it the PresiiJent hul the fc;r'et lever, bul il ili ln'l Jo much ool. Stime t.iid aw y. b it the croii'l WH- trenienjus. Now, ?- I, Kernel, tln.s is too bul; here it is almost ti;ne tor Conre-'s to mete, an .n messige yet Just let the reporters announce that you've got the smallpox, and there won't he . mother's son of 'em cum within gun shot of you Then jou km fix jour ines.-ige, put in that patent pivot an grease things tipp! erilly, so they'll run another year without techin. The Kernel se i there was no other way th in to do it. When it pot ti'it th.it the Kernel had the sm il!pox. you never see tuich a calm. The While Ilou-se w is nih ahout de.ei ted, an it Keme l like a Sutid iv no in Maine. The Kernel tlin j-et rite down to his me?siC an worked like ;i been r. tie st"i tie coui-i mier.s soon put ji tinii m Pliare after the foundashun timbers were laid. An i he did. When he pot it finVned he called Sownrd hi, red it to him. He seil it w is capital. 1 hill! I. A -I . . . . , t . .aa I ' I . . . I . . 1 tl . " ----- vini.-,, mi iiv, i mnil II WNow, ses I, Kernel, fend for a War D rnmvcrat, . kv lT l,e;il likei, .H Krne' l.itlttl lite out. fees ht?t AIjer. jou re 1 I a . ff C t . 11 inn ur -im km viMjr, uu im ni ii wtsnii ine.j jokin I know yoti nre." Ses he, "The War Dimmycrat.s rem;nd me of a torv of bar hutitin out West. Old Jo.h Muin hud a your.j d p; whicri was very tierce lor bars. So one ihv he! tu; him alon in a hunt. In the verv h'rt tite ! the bar bit the do's tail olF. an awv he run.1 yelpin ... barkin like oiad an Jl. could never j nei tn, fit- K.i ... ,.r,. i... v :. t. v W" I'J lilC Uflll nil CI tlllll. II 1 ju-i wiiii tue ar 1. mm vera, i ney were very tierce to tite me if I i.ued my euiaucipashun proclam ishun, hut I !id it, an by mi ioin I cut their tail off, an they have never ? ho wed .any fife ain ni since, an thev wont. No I ralv wish I hi.iirt any more trubbil on hind than ihe' ar it rnniycrats wid pive me i bes I, Kernel, I think vou are rither hirJ on the War Dimmycrats They support vu because they thought vou was tnin to restue the Union, but now wen they resd your nieie, an pee that you wont hive the Union back eny how, they will -ay you deceived em, and you miy find i e:n the most trubbiL-um customers youie jet had to deal with. Thev ment t utaiu tlie uover-! ruetit, but now wen they see that you wont tmtiin it, they miy turn on you wus than the Copperheids have; an, ses I. Kernel, you just it the Dimmjcruts united an I shul Int wunder if they would be after thi ari l then let all your Mis' Nancy Ab diiionists look out, for there wont be as much left of em as there w is i,f IUI I.e! eier s doi; atrer the unther lite. Ses the Kernel , -h w i much w thai?" Wal. es I. Hill always ed there warnt nothin left bul the collar lie had ! round his neck, and tiie lip end of his t ile about i an inco long. Wal, fes the Kein il, 'tc -rot to J po uhed, no in liter w ho don? like it, i-r wh cets j livke.1 in il.e fite. I'm in the Ab di.-'.imi bote,' und you rant stoi it now eny mo.e ihan yyi kan put Like Supeyorc in a quart bo;ile.' S.r I, qo ! aheid, Kernal; I allcrs like to ree a mm bold and trong r;n his own principles. There's r.uthin j like r.luck Le" evrvbody know jist wai vou ; mem, and then, if thev uppnrl yu. it is their own fau!t. 'Wal.' ses he. ami I .lain enuffthis time?' Yes ees I, Kernel, nil but the amnesty . . i. ... i.:.. i..... i-. .iit. . u "ii inns Kiuoer pei'v ihl'L'i. i;u, m:i ur, t i ' , ,tiil Majer. men th it emt see a hole throu;!i a I idder oujini io ie nuiniiucei re l. rneoov inais fo, but 'we idiill all know moie ntioul who is hum-bu-ctl a. ,1 who int. niter the war is over. n", , , . , . . i Uat I nver did see people so ticnicu oier the

Mesie is the RepuMikins are. I hev .- V it ' ces to all h s paters. Ir sive in:nute!j all the details coin'' to wipe out s.l.iverv,Miid rrevei.l the'Ui.ioii ! ' r.s canipaign. M!ed w.tb tlirillu r iiiciu-Wf s and interi.s it wh. ever ing re-t.'.reil; nnd then it U d.u : 1 ÄSwrT?' nS.en T-'tn T 1oT , , ,T,K vo.unie cd inHie and al.rorl:njr interest, uneoualed so cutely that a great menny people m t fee ! by any other yrt offered to the putdic. thto'lh it. Tint amne?ty doijie throws du?t in i 11 eonta'm ihe only anthentic portra:t of Jackboji, their eves, and kinder sounds generous like. i?' Portly be fire the battle of CLatceilor. -T . , . - a- i 4 w I vi. le, for üm. Jackbox. i here s a j;re;t nte cominj; off amonfr t:e Ab J olitionist aiout who's to be run for next I'resi dei.t, and I think I'll liev ome Lewi for you ; jy Tbe Importance ani intereMinz character of the afore Ion;. Envhow, I h ill keep m v eves open ! ,"r work mar be inferred from the fc that ibe pabns ushil ' Vourn, till deth, ' ! hsher ii obliged to us nery faciUty to eup ly tbe cn AJri JACK IlrtWVIYft r

ClRCCLATlOX OK THE BlBLE Hon. S M Bid well, one of the managers cf the New Yotk B?tile Socictv, stated in an address at Len-x, Ma , Ia,t week, that I.S.W.tflK) Bibles .md Te laments hid been printed and issueJ by the Americin Bible Society durinc the pat year. Every ordinary working diy more than 4,iX) are comle'el, beinc on an average of 7 per minute, and all done within the Society's bu l linsj in New York, except the manafacture of the rniterial. More than 1.5')d.UtK) Bibles and Testimetita have been given to the army; and S.UtK) hive been tent bei ord tbe rebel line? to the South. The Societv'a buildir.2 and grouuds are worth $3tXI,0U'd, ani all were purchased And built by private subscription. 3F"Nn mesavge of the Governor of Ohio estimites the totsl l s bv the Morgan raid in that State at $r97,OOd. FOR SALE. lVIitM FOU SALE. fflHE r.NÜERüliSNKU OFFERS FOR SALK THE X full 'Win farm. coatainin about 16S acrr, lyim on or near lh ludiaoapo.ia and MadUoa Mate Road, four m ir oo:h of ladianapolu; S5 acre of aid lra 1 1 under cu tivtt on, tbe balance bearily timbered, and all otider fen-e. Frame dw.'.Uaj and other oat taild.u, Barfl, Orchard, Ac. Apply for furtlier partlcwlare tots underkigned, !iv Inj ner So athport , Jtartpo CsMiBty. Indiana. ISAAC HAT ERSTICK, janll-dJ AtRAUAM C. SMOCK.

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IMPORTANT STATEMENTS AND THRILLING NARRATIVES OF TnE CAMPAIGNS. SOUTHEKN HISTORY OF TUB WAR. Rebel Account of the Battles from Bull Run to Gettysburg. "SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR." U.v IS. lOL"L,VlI, I'dltor of llie Itleli motid i:xniiiitier, AND AUTHOR OF "FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR." I Vol fro ; 4')t) Packs; Cloth $2 00. With portraits on atet-l, recent! taken, of A. H. Stephens, Gens. Longstreet, Hill, Stuart and Johnston. FIjA-IMS op battles. This volume brine tht History of the VTar, from a Southern view, down to the close cf the late InvtMon, in Ju'a , of Prtilic Ivanl. VVritiavii c'finiMi, It.drpendf nee and ability, and a me oaiyc'Mie.'tra account of all tbe civil, miiury a.i navai operations in me outh, it is or jrr"at import aiice anl int?rrt. It frive a thrilling narrative of cam ralnns, which were filled wiih intreft ng incidents and br Hunt action. The Rrt edition of 5,000 copies bas been entirely taken up in a lrance. Iherelc-re the publisher would request tue iraue to ortirr early. "FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR." u i:. a. roi.LAun, KOlTOS KlHM NU KXAMI.VKR, K. .11. i i:vitt, Kkitor Hiciimu.mi K.vyvima. 1 Vol. f?vu!; -110 Pauls; Cloth, $2 Of). Authrntic Portrait, finely executed on Steel, from late I'lioiograpbs, iT DAVIS, LEE, BEAUREGARD, JACKSON, AM) XMaiiN ol IiattN'M. Tli'iiUan rxKct BKrtiiWof tLc only HMorj of the War pul.'M.ed ni the South. The value and importance of tin emn-cted fan mriit of all civj, military and n .val operations as pict.irrd to Southern readers," ram.ot be overrated. It i wjll written. U!1 of detail, with m.nr . nirtativr ud in.i.int ot perti.al adventure cf tte Rr"-- i-"e-t. .- c"v4lV che of Soutkem OlEcerMhe tWU t.on of the foif.deratr !St f-.and a Chr.uoloKIoal I.i -tituitattb an 1 tventn. tcf "Official Reports of Battles. PUBLISHED P.T OKliK't OF C05GRKSS," RICU1T0XD, V.nr.LVfA. Companion to "Pollard's First Year of the War." One Voli me Hvo ; 6-if) pp; Cloth, $2.50. j AtTHKNTIC PORTRAIT OK ft EN" CEAURKGAUD, FI5KLY KXECUTKD OX STF. EL. j An txact rePr:n- o' , he Offlei.1 Confederate Report of J . ... . - iei-, nun ri f ar t rCII rT OT 1 H i e-i, ai"1 importune-. They wili m.jimaiK ÄÄÄ 'IU' ew York 'lirn-s -ar: T-i.i.: . t - . -'w , imi, n.i fi.ee , r.irh rr of ih rrralr) intrimand the attention of are desirou- of war. Tbis i- a ndurae o! c.tra'rdiinrv interet l,ein nntl.. in? les Han the r l,el oRicinl ttanrn ni of batt es, for the account f f which we h .ve beret ,for had to tc ly upon th report or our own cnictr and de-rripfitu- of new?p per corre.'p .i.iVr.t. me Mioic coiiecii ,n will Le otin 1 exceedii.lr valua- ' V C,""IP','I" volume to onr o ZrZ owu import on the lsoa derae! ereat ..' C.n r" " ' "' ,rr. v-naen;eai ana nanaviiiir mit. T'liiil!inr I Sio-i-itpl! v OK HOC GRE.T CKXGRIL OF TUB SOUTH AN AUTHENTIC LIFE OK ST0E; V lila JACKSOiV. UFF, SERVICES AND CAMPAIGNS -orHton W It 1 I ,J ix 1c r.oi Odlci.-il l;iM rs. Com m porai .:iri-:iiivi ;iml IVrsoual a tiuainiaiii c. -nv -A- "VXFiGjiiNriTsr. 1 Vol. 12mo ; p.eS $ -J.V Authentic Portraits of Jack -.iii. and hi Successor, Kwell, on Sieel. mvurm i,f rt, i . A . , . towali. jicss jx Ut made too profound an lmnrm. ion forthe pj.li: not t. d vv.ur with .viui-v a ,Xn i ncuir. i wr romp unw m w (ro tn up!,jr imLnr w1,Dout cc atbnnc document, bat ibia is a Ufa Jh o knH n wÜ'K'' "h ' f' xt,i under him in LI. t riUiant career, wi. a:ted in the work b.- i!rs Jart.-.n .,.huh Portrait of Stonewall Jackson, WITH AM ai; roUIC Al'll, ESGRAVED OS STF. EL BT OSE OF THE BEST AKTIST3 IS THE COUNTRY. Iti copied from a photograjh taken Jut before the battle of Chanctllorriile, lor Mn. Jackson, and Is th only auth ji tic picture. Tbe work has been coca in tht uet style cf tte art. F1UCES wmiOUr FRAME: Flaia Frocf a3 on indi " 5 00 Anit' Proofs bef re leUer, of which a very limited number hai bn printed 10 00 They can be aeot by express. Feraons deirir.g th.a splendid Portrait of Jacken arc requested to forward their names earlj to the Publisher m DC wr IS EVRT TOWS ASD CiTT. CK. UICIlAICDSO.. IIitoricaI Bookseller aod Puhl her, Ml & .100 Broadway, Y. Copi of the abore works tent by mall, post-paid, oa receipt of prtee. ir25-dlt

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tii;ti:oi'omta iiall. ITAGK VASACEB. Mr. W. II. KILET. Moaday Evening, Jan. 25th, 1864. Miss Jane Coombs AVOULD OP rAKIIIOX. DANCE Miss FASNT MKKRLL. Tir.i.J , ok TnvTii .i mi; SC ALK OF TRICE. Ire Circle and Tarqaette 50 Certs T5 CntJ Lsdav si m1 üen!l-n.r e ach ad litina! La lj C.s.lerjr All Kverved Sea's . Ceets . 1 tVnts . 50 Cents . ft IS) till UM rieat Trivate Hoves ir VH effioe o-n Ti 10 o'clock A. M, TPM'ors open at '47 o'clock. Curtain precisely. n s o i c ii a ii is . THE FOUR SMMLEST HUMAN BEINGS, Ol' matitiii: AfSi:. Ever Known on tho Face of the Globe Positively tho last Day, Ioii(lny, .Ttiiniui- tit. THREE I.KVEES itONIT, From 11 to lti, 3 to,.1,', and 7.',' to!loVlik. Doors ccu ba'f an hour in adrance. Gen. Tom Thumb ASD HIS ttiWTiVVL LITTLE: WgFE, Till: LITE MISS LWIMA WAKRKS, The t uvcinntiii luecn or llenulf! CO3I3IODOH10 'UTT, The Famnus " $30.00 Suit," So called from having reo?iveAhat unl from Mr. P. T. Karnuni for three years' her ices. ELFIN MIXXIIv WAKKEi, Th smallt Lady of her age ever i-een. "WE SMALL NEVER SEE THF.1K LIKE ANAINV 1 T THK OPEXIXd OF THE FLEVFX (VCADCK i Morninsr L-vee, Ihe i;-n-ral and hi Ij.ljr will nr th 1DKSTIUAL WKDIIIM COSTl'M K tl.y wre al Gr.t e Clarch i n their Marriarrf Hv. Fe lih. lß.1. Tt.ey will appear iu a treat variety of fic natin; perfornmnce and eoi-tuni?. t&'Th rich, rare and cnMy Wedding lYeents. also t!i .Vasnirlrent JeweN pre-ente! to fi en. Tom Ibamb by tbe Crowned Heads of Knrp-, rill be exhibited at each Levee. l"TAd mission 25 Cent Children undr It) vear of Re 15 Cent. Janl9-d6t PHYSiCiANS. CILIS. S. WARE. 11. !., Physician and Surgeon. OFKICK KOUTHWKST PORNKR OF MKK1DIAN AND Washington streets Jdm f. fpanri' old effice. Heidet.ce So. 8? Xorth I'enti?j l?;mla H. Jan25 d3ui DRY GOODS. rw a I w fr. !-i - & KW t n in 0 H 0 H I V m M m Z i n i m v U t 9) H J 0 t a Hi m ft ft o H 'Jl 'A H 0 J5 w 5r i 5 1 ö5 a PARTNERSHIP. r nnn isvnis c.xcd r.Eirixs um bkst tiuKS 1 to thedtizon t.f rCian .p nd lr vicinity for tbe liberal patroracc tLey b.vr Kiven tim darinr the penl he hn done biMn-M anon? thm. and he berebr inf.rtb them tn t cwin to a Urglr rx-re cf his tasine h baa ti day formed a parti ervhfp with Mr Teter andolfo, of C'nc.nnati, in order to facilitate with double ener?y tbe buinevi of Plum Jnjr. r,a and 5team Fitting, at the old ettablikfamcnt No. 24 aod 2 Kentucky A renne, Indianapolis, which tbe iw tirm will o-tapy All persons indebted to him will please call and nattle their bill', and all fboe baring ciaima azaint Mm m ill preent tbem lor adjustment . J. C. iJfJNX. iiidianapnlis Jn ry 1. !. The Onderk-ried partnerhip, mntnaHr formed t hi a d.y between i. C. Icnn and FMer Gandol'fu. wonld ml repectfaüy M'it a cw.tjriuanre of the patronage o liberally betoaed upon tte t-ld ei.tab!:binent. as we pr-(e prolciwy. rM frinie renewed enerary In the practxal execution of the art, cooibininjr, elersnce with rtre? utb and durability c.f our work, in ihe Flonabinr, Gaa and Means Fitting, and all other appurtenances perUinir. to 'ur buin-k. X. B. All ordert attended to whb pmaptnew and di&pa'eb J C. DZSS A CO., Kentucky Avenie, 5a. 24 and 28.Indianapoh, January i-i, 1-64. jan23-dlai NOTICE. NATIONAL GUARDS BAND. fTVLT. MEMRKKSOr THE BAUD WOULD EESPECTFCLLT tender their than, to the pablic for th-tr l.brrsl pattooage btowed lu tbe past, and solicit It. cosÜDCar.ce. Wt have, however, to Inform our friend, that wiiX the general locr.ase of prices, we also ar eoropeHed to Increate the chaxft for out services for attending funeral, to Tweuty Fire Dollars. Vuiic for ball, parties and other occasion. farnUbed as may b de.irrd, and chant wi b accordioa- to tmv vices rendered. HENKT H AH.V, Uader, Kit Street House, or Piur Ka,21 Sntb Uendiaa ireet. JauM 41w

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PIECES OP CARPETS, JCST RTCrrTED AT THE Oracle PaSsLoe, 26 and 28 West Washington St, 3Iedalion Carpets, Suirb r.ttteru. in rich hi;h color, til fixes Axininstcr Vcl. Carp't Un'-.rp!eJ in style, e'eaoco nJ durkbilitj. Velvet Carpets, New and elegant stales, ia light, dark and medium cnlor. Body Brussels Carp'ts Tapestry Brussels do. English nd American Manufacture, New Pt terns, in liih olm, rcry ßoe. Three Ply Carpets, From $1 35 j-er yard. Kxtra Superfine Carpets, One hundred pieces, frora $1 25 per Jnl. Ingraiin Carpets, Common Wool do., From 7."i cent per vard. Cottage Carpets, Rug Carpets, Hemp Carpets, Xe Stiles, from 3Jl.j cents per vird. No p litis or expense lit si been spired to fur nish our customm with the Isipest and most varied etock f Carpets ever ofTtrrd in lliia tnarket, and titer will be cold at priem defvinr; competition. Wool and Satin Damasks, Kxtrn qualities and all colors. Luce, Tambour k Swiss llnibroid crcd Curtains, Curlnins Trimmings, Holders and Tassels, Gilt Ermine, in great variety, ! Oil TlnillV '.II ttirlfflV j 1,11 l" l"ls Oil Doth and Velret Hu-s 5V Manilla and Cocoa Matting, BufTand Green Holland, (Wall Paper, New Stjlcs, RrcriTn Daily. Together with a complete asRortmetit of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. HUME, LORD & CO., IM DI A.1APOLIH, ogI3. DRY GOODS. CLEARING SALE! P O R JUJJICil No. 5 East Washington Street. n . II . GOOD. IX ORTKTt TO WIKK H(X)M FOR JipRIXO STOCK, I ill m II for Thirty Daya tbe fllowlr, tjood, which J will )e f.'und 25 ier cent, below tbe usnal tradt prk-ea: i a - ..... it:iK.. ?;irqinHi and t:irciimrf In erxllef-g variety. l'l:iiii.Oimson and I'lald Shawls. Lateat Styles. Plain. Hlark and Itep.Silks C'olorrd SI I Ii, Iaecided Rarain. ICicli roplins. In all the new bades. Victoria ICcps, Scotch riaid. Trylct dc Venice Checks. ISrocade Inster, riain I.utrcs. A LALGE ASSORTMENT OF E 31 Bit O I D E JZ I EH. Particular attention to Ilonitoti, Haltete and I'oint Lace Collars and Set. HOSIERY, ü LOVES, SONTAGS k n00D3 llivy Xitic;ii 1 urn (tin If m. Plain & Colored Border Table Cloths. PLAIN & CGL'D BORDER NAPKINS. HI'ITE ASD COLORED FLANS' ELS au Wool (aimcrf :oatinrj and rant Stuff. (All Grades.) Ladies' Siberian Cloalunfj. TrL.Gfa,Mt B,ncains of the aeaaon. ii j a uixrrai aeiactlon to the Trade. 4ecl-43W CLOAKS, CLOAKS! CLOAKS! Selling Off at 5 Per Cent. Below Cost, ron hix ircris, iYr Tm ALTETUT105 OF IM prairesbut. want tbe Caai la raVarv.. ,r BS ring Stock beforo the r..t demand tZF.rZ Markets far Bprinc Goods. r BUßROWS Cz ED7AHDS, WIlOlESALir AND atarTAIL CLOAK HOUSB! No. 18 South Illinois Street, lXDLANAPOUJ, INDUKAj.n!3 pai:jti:jc. PW5a,50. 5 EAST SIW T0JIX TErTTtO. kind, of Uoase aod slja ratnttef, Grattb aod GlarSn oa bort notfc Dd in the Terr best tyle wantltf work la kl. line are ttwtit4 u Hvo bkaaTa.

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