Shelby Volunteer, Volume 20, Number 50, Shelbville, Shelby County, 25 August 1864 — Page 1

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TO 'The 1 nion: it Jin! and Shall he Preserved." Jackson. "Thi (Government was rounded on the While ttai, for Hie llrm.it of White Ic.i and tlieir I'ottiiU i ore cr .iiVOL. No. 50. SHELBY VILLE, IND., AUGUST 25, J804. WHOLE NO. J 042

niH SJlEJiBV VOJiUATJIEIt Ii pnbfiihci erery Thurs-lay rooming at Shki.etviij.e, , Shelhy County, Itxhaua, ! y 11EUBEX SPICE II.

02.00 .1 YE.'IK, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. ot pii-1 nntil th epi ration nf 6 months, 1.7 l't (vi" tntll the expiration of the year, 2,0 IjTheetrras will le risriilly ;ulh"reil to. BUSINESS DIJlECTOltY. MISCELLANEOUS. Shelby Co. Auctioneer. HATING taken out a license under tbe National Excise Law as Auctioneer for Shcll.y County,! am prepared ta attend to mil bininfss la that line, and hereby notify all persons. s'llin(r at public outcry without license, except as providclln aid law, that they lay themselves liablttoa penalty of $00. Ad Ires JERKY WEAKLEY. - 3Vjlbyille,Tec.4, la62. RICHARD NORMS, County Surveyor, Mir.Il!VVIM,r., IMl. 8pectal attention Riven tithe driwlnif up of Deeds. Mort jajen, and all conveyances, wherein a description of land Is required. N.B. When aUent order may be left at the Recorder's Office ia the Couat House. . PROFESSIONAL CARDS. s - K . Jtl . II OKI), A.ttornoy srt; Lhav, Offica over rout Office Drug Store, ' SHELBYVILLE, IND. Particular attention piven to the collection of Soldiers claims, Pensions, Back Pay, Uouwty, Slc. J A.IICN lUtltlCIMW, ATTORNEY AT LAW Ofl&caCorner Harrison an 1 Franklin Streets, second story Eentrance first door North of Post Oftico. 7$Q S 1 1 K I, B V V 1 1. 1. K IND. JTEWS DEPOT .iYiid Iei-ioclictil BOOK im STORE OPPOSITE TIIK POST OITICK, IT Allium ON ST., SIIELBVV1LLE, W II EKE you will find constantly on hand all of tht .utost Popular Periodicals, Monthlies. lnili-s, an. Weeklies. Also, an assortment of SCHOOL i((Hi'S. Beadles lI K SEUIKS OK ltiKS. Intsides a laree assort mentof T03ACCO AND CIGARS, which i.v era of the weed are invited to call ami li.v. LIST OF HOOKS, P.WEK,fce. AVmtKl.tfS. !lew York a d.'er, New York Mercury, New York V e.-Uy, ' it. -' tw- Viiion, The True 'Af. The Wejoiwie (lin st, Th Police t'.arette, Harpers Weekly, Frank Leslie illustrated, New York lllu '.rated News, Wilk's Sp'.rit of the Times", I'orter's Spirit of the Times MilSTHUW. i:ll!S, Yn k e N Nic N.iN, i M i ;tv. V.-a-ik 1.. -' "'.tl-et of Fun I . I . .!;IM)eS 't -. ci?, Viun-rson IV'Tinett's Novt-ls, f'apt. ! irvyctt's " Ch i"s l' -k. in li l. id It.itt It h-ads C. W. M. ll, vii(d.l"s T. S. Arthur's " Kuieiu Sue's '. V. !iper, Scientific AmeritMii, :ir.uy f air. '4ifo JtUIN M'.H!1!1.-0N, .lr., Pi NEW CASH STORE j AM jVAV floods, Vtf. 2, House riTHK citizens of Shell y t .unity are r- spectfully notified I that at the aWne location th.-y will alwas find a full assortment of of every article pe ruining to the DRY OODS Trade, Kii:Utat the Lowest Hates for c:-di. and will l e sold for thesauie. 1 shall aim to keep r.-.y tt.ck of LAD BSS GOODS CLOTHS, CASSDIEUES, TWEEDS, , . .'Sheeting, sliirlius5 X? 1 u n ii e 1 s , S o . ll a.I e-tmplete. Ifav;n?ad jimm'wf years experi nce ill the tra.le. I profess some kiiowlclgeof the business, aud exercise the tauie iu the selection of my go.nls. audit is teldom that an inferior article is palmed upon mo. I liave ou hand the remnant of a large stock of ' READY-MADE CLOTHING, which was purchased before the raise. and will positively te .old at first cost, to close out thesUck. A full line of BOOTS Sc SHOES, lints nncl C2rvi3S. Don't le ctvivt,U but evil an! examine niystH'k Wf.re 1 l?o.v,.....lu. i,1-.- V. ? 11:1 V jvurchasiiiir elsewhere. lcleic 11 ck. AIUI Ail IU' I v ..... PEUKV 11ITTEL. (JEW STOCK JUST IIECEIVED AT THE post offYoe drug stoke -mr AVISO purcluised thest.H-k and fixtures herete'.e 1 kept I y S. . Moroni. "d h:ivina largely incre tliis tlie Mine. I am nn prepared to sa.y t. t!.e citizens ,.f rpo-J cilyandStKllyc.iuiitytli.it hereafter I ilt lieenaMcd to aeertmmodate mv customers i th c very t hi na: l l..inriii j to tlie various hracch of the Dltl'G t APOTHECARY TRADE. ndartieul.r ottentlon eiveftto PRESCRIPTIONS- Nicht T day ihispartof the hniness we can attend to in con section wirh prtneiph of Selene and Chemistry. I'll YSlf IAS ill find 'T t.vk full and mniplete. and , rices as low as the lowest. The nt-ject in my business halt he to tatufy the wants and wishes ol the puhlic, and not the jone. A call is solicited. untlil .11. LEEFERS. Dentistry! DR. J. K. JAMESON " , Offerthifprofeaiiional srTirs to the community of Shelliyrille and Ticinity. Having had iiiumlrr of ) ear practical " experience he feels confident of his aWlity to gireciiUre satisfaction to all a ho may faror him with a cut. PLATE WORK, TEETH FILJL1XC. EXTHACTI.Mii A ., Done on short notice and in tbe most aiiprored manner.

SV ' Offlcw qn Harrison street, a Uw doora S or thai Elliott

Eye and Ear J ulii niarv.

vJ. W. PAUllISII, M.D., Oculist and Aurist, AND .GENERAL SURGEON, Infirmary on llirriimn Street, Ileisn' buiMing, South of Oura!. llanlware store, upstairs, SiibLnTViLi:, Im. FIIREATS all diseases of tlie Ee anl Kar. He will oper1 ate on Cataract. Artificial l'tipil, l'terypiuni, Strabismus (cross Eyes;, an.l will treat cu of Sre Eyes, such as tiramilateil Lids. Purulent Opthalmia, Opacities of Cornea, ic. All forms of CHRONIC DISEASES Treated on Scientific Principles. Teeth JCvt ot oil With more skill and LEi partmentof Surgery. S PAIN than ia usual in this de6'Jltfo SHELBY COUNTY BRANCH or THE lYtitionul Claim Agency OF WASHINGTON CITY, D. C. ' COXDTCTED BY IIAUVEY, COLLINS & BRACE, General Government Agents and Attorneys, 4Tu Seventh Street, West, Washington Cut, D.C. ! ?.ims Presented and Prosecuted hefore the Departments and Court of (Maims, Patents. Pensions. Bounty and Bounty Laiuh secured. JTjGeneral Bufiness Transacted. Fred. L. 1Irvet, Jso. F. Collins, Jrurs Brace, of Washington city. of New-York, of Cincinnati. We sivc personal attention to procure TENSIONS, B0CNT1KS, HOI NTY LANDS. B ACK PAY, &c, accruing to Soldiers who have leenwonndii), contracted disease, er the families of suc'a as have died or lieeu killed while in the discharge of their line of duty, as such, during the present or any previous war; claims against the Government for ineemnity for private proerty taken for puhlic uses, or for damage to such property ; collecting, sul'sistinir. drilling and organizing volunteers; ami for horses lost in the service. So churgf. in nnt c.T.vf ttnextt tu'i'fsfth III.AJA9II. V. 1IAVIS, AVTORNET AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Feh.2C,'G3. AGENT, Sheila ville, Shelby Co., Iml. BOOTS and SHOES AT OLD TRICES. TITHE undersigned takts pleasure in saying to the people of Sheleyville that he has opene.1 in the room occupied by .1. MOKUISON as a Jewelry Store, a large and well selected stock of v Boot s nucl Sliocs HATS AND CAPS, Rought direct of the nianufa. turer and Ivfore t'ie late heavy niv n e-iT- therfre I cmisell g oo.l.-' in my line from JO toxl ptrccr:tl.'he;iper than any " that bought recvr'lj. ( all ami Examine my Stock, which embracol every variety of Boots and Shoes, Lrulios AValkino- Roots, CJ aitors, Balmorals, Rubbers, Hats and Caps, Hosiery, Suspenders, oce. I mightenhirge upon the merits of my merchandise, but prefer that niy gooiis shall tell their own story, and as to rr.n iy, 1 only care to say that I can offer s .me bargains which would tempt a miser. Come then and exchange your Gkekmia ks for things that will give you more pleasure, and at tl.e tliesame tinietestit'v t -.;ur trootl taste. 1 say to al 1 , 1 w i 1 1 st 1 1 :is ( ' 1 i 1". A P as. or C 1 1 E A P F it than any other. house in this place, and I mean jut what I say. Pemetnl er th.- place. South side of tbe Public Square, two doors W'es't of Fasii.ahlns. ApnlO-tlm J. ! SJIITII. .X I . A T A A 19 S T Y It I S II ! Frcsli Horses and New Buggies Livery, Feed & Exchange stables Theundetsigned respectfully notify the community that they have purchased the stable formerly owned by Lees Anisden, on NVashingtia stceet. and are prepared to furnish Double ami Single Conveyances or Saddle Horses to all who may desirt-. - We have an entire NEW SET of Horses, l!uggies. Carriages. Harness, Saddles, &.C.. and feel confident of curability to meet the requirements of the community. Horses, bought, exchanged and sold. Those having horses to dispose of will find it to their advantage to give us a call. Horw-s kept by the hour, day or week. tlw'.bj vilie, May "u, ltl4. WEJ3T5 kr LANCASTER. J. H.-tWGUIRE & CO., nAVlNii'pernianently located in Shelby ville, are now manufacturing ami iil keep constantly ou luiud, a lull assortment nf DOUSLE AND SINGLE CARRIAGES of th"e"various Styles now in use. We hare no hesitation in sayinc that we arc now selling for I luoucy thau any other establishment in the State, PLATtonn A- F.LLiPTic srmxis WAGONS. All Work Warranted for Ono Year, A KXA.TII3iATIO F Ol lt STUCK. SOI.Il iti:if.i. Ilrpnirin Done fo Order. ISAAC DAVIS, tVHOLBSAL D RrtIL DEALCK 15 Hats, Caps, Umbrellas. GLOVES AND STRAW GOODS. He has Just Bec'd his Spring Stock O? O0OP?, direct from the Manufacturer in the East which B.witlaellasLOWaslbe LOWEST. All the LATEST STYLES kept at No. 15 PeanarjTBnia stmt.four doors South of the Post Office,

AIIOUT PEACE.

Past Peace Movements Tho Various Advances of the South Stephens' Mission-What Davis Offered in the Spring Opinion ot the Cabinet Who is to Blamo for the Continuance of the War? . - Correspondence of The New York World. , Wasiiinstox, July Now that it has transjured tliat negotiations are on foot between Sanders, Jcwett, Greeley, and others, to put a stop to the war, there can be no harm in giving publicity to some of the speculations which have been current here during the past winter, touching the question of reconstruction. Mr. Lincoln has had it in his power several times to end the war. He need never have allowed it to begin in the first place, and after he saw its magnitude it would have been an easy matter for him to have brought about a reunion, if it had not been for his own ambition and his miserable advisers, the worst of whom, by the way, at the beginning of the war, was Salmon P. Chase. ALEXANDER STEPHENS' MISSION. It is no longer a secret that tho precise mission of Alexander II. Stephens, when he was refused permission to visit Washington, as from the Confederate Government, was to promise first an armistice for a certain number of days or months ; second, the assemblage of a National Convention of all the States ; third, an assurance on the part of the Southern leaders that the South would hold itself bound to consent to a commercial union with the North that is, a union winch would permit free commercial intercourse between the North and the South, and would be one nation, so far as their dealings with other countries were concerned. As to whether the North should have the power to pass upon any question affecting the domestic institutions of tho South, it was to be left an open question ; and if a Convention of the States which met could find a happy solution for it, the South would.be boHnd to accept it. That this was jtheburden of Mr. Stephens' message was known at the time, unofficially, by .Mr. Lincoln himself. He did not choose to end the war then, and consequently the loss of life and the waste of treasure which has occurred since then is to be attributed only to the malign infiuences which surrounded him. PROPOSITIONS FROM JEFF DAVIS.' Previous to the owning oLthis'riresent campaign, as is well known in Washington, tivojjicial aJrices caine directly from Jctf Davis, (ffering to end the war on terms irhich would prove satisfactory to both 2)arties. Davis said he wished to spare the useless effusion of blood. He would guarantee on behalf of the South, if not the old Union in all its integrity, a Union which would answer the same purposes that is, a Union with one code of commercial laws, and one foreign policy. What further agrement would be arrived at was a matter for the discussion of the people of tho several States. WHAT Tll! CABINET THOUGHT OF THEM. These propositions were discussed in cabinet council, and strange to say, the only one who really favored them was no other than Mr. Chase, the same who had opposed peace only a year previously. Mr. Chase had found in the conduct of the finances that the limit of exhaustion was almost reached, and that war for another year on the present colossal scale was simply impossible, consistent with tho honor and linaucial integrity of the nation. Hence Mr. Chae was in favor j of treating the propositions of Jell" Davis with consideration. lut the cabinet were generally opposed to it, and reasoned that Davis and his armies must really be in a very bad condition, or the offer would not have been made. They, therefore, determined to try the issue of another campaign. The campaign has been tried, and its result is before the country. The hideous waste of life and treasure which has resulted from this prolongation of the war, is of course to be laid to the credit of Abraham Lincoln, Presi dent of the United States. SOCTIIEnN rOLlTICIANS FOR l'EACIl.. It is no secret that the great political interests at the South are heartily sick of the war and eager for its discontinuance. It will be noticed that for the last two ....ii t 1 i e . i years diu mile nas uecn neam 01 me Cobbs, Toombses, Iihetts, Hunters, Clavs, Yulees, and that swarm of minor politicians vho were wont to figure so conspicuously in the local politics of their States previous to the disruption of ;he Uniou. All these men and they were still influential at the South feel keenly how much they have been overridden by the military element, and hence they arc naturally desirous of coming back to a state of things in which tluy would again be able to make their appearance on the stage of political life. Therefore all this class of politicians are desirous that the war should come to an end, and it is they who are most active IS. tin forwarding these voluutecr negotia1. . 'Ill a .... i . Hons, it wm dc noticed that it is this class of men whom Mr. Vallandigham met in passing throngh the South, and who, he pays, declared that the South would willingly come back into the Un ion if an armistice were declared. There can be no doubt of the sincerity of these nersons, but there is a good deal of doubt whether they are authoiized to act in be half of the Confederate Government. It is very certain that George Sanders would not be given any serious mission to set tle any question between the two sec tions. A QUESTION OF POLICT. As it begins to b evident that public

to make a Democratic triumph probable in the next Presidential election, ft number of the friends of the Adtr.initi ation i

are urging Mr. Lincoln to try and jait'a i.r ,,... t. . il ..... J .1 '"AO

tliat informal lloticc lltf sent to the I)avfis MUJ' HI HIV tt.ll, .1114 IU UU U llll'V U 1 i;t" government that accredited commisMoners from both sides may meet either in Canada or in a portion of the border Mate?, to see if a settlement cannot le arranged tialions It is felt that while the neoare in t lie nanus ot such ma lcaps as Greeley, Jcwett and Sanders, it would throw so serious a matter into ridicule, and that the cmissaiies from each side should at least have the advantage of personal character. Among the names mentioned as being .suitable to conduct such negotiations are Thurlow Weed, Charles O'Connor, Henry Winter Davis, Bishop Mcllvaine and Caleb dishing. There are, of course, plenty of eouallv capable men at the South who could '

meet them to settle this question. ! the unexpired term of the regiments iu ; that a liunien peace is inevitable; and Lincoln's yoke still i on war. j which we were eulistcd. We thought j they wish the Democratic party to suffer Tf , f iv i , ' ', ,T ihimtobean authoiized agent for the the inominv in history of being the 1.0lt is not believed, however, that Mr. 1 r! i .1. 1. P. .,.. , ... ,

T ;n..ln ...;n . . f Liincoln will consent to anvthintr of the to anything of the kind. The strong contracting interests and the great powers now wielded by the government are an opposition to" the stoppage of the war and the reconstruction of the Union ; and hence, while Mr. Lincoln may appear to bo willing for peace, he will exact conditions which would make it impossible, lie still adheres to the abolition policy, and with that policy of course peace is impossible. Ho is as well aware of it as are the southerners. It is a fearful prospec: for the country if this war must continue to go on, even though we have every assurance that it can be closed - with honor to both sections. Tho question is, Shall we have peace and reunion or continued war, with either fiscal disunion or the subversion of our constitutional liberties ? Mr. Greeley in The Tribune of Saturday, speaking of the peace negotiations, says : It has seemed to us not only desirable but feasible to ascertain Substantially the terms whereon each belligerent is now willing to make Peace, or in default of which he insists on a continuance of the War ; and we have taken somo trouble to elicit the required information, with but partial success. President Jjineoln has frankly indicated the vital cohditions whereon he insists ; but tho other party have only objected to iv terms of "reconstruction" without indicating ttheir own. We believe they Mjght have been fought to set forth their terms of Peace ; ami that, whether these were reasonable or otherwise, the National cause would thereby have been sensibly promoted. But we bow to superior wisdom at least to tho wisdom of superiors. Ye Candidate's Grindstone. A neighbor of Colonel Baker, the warrior statesman of Windham, tells tlto following story ; The colonel's old grindstone, which had huig done good service on the farm, having become pretty well worn, he bought and brought home a new one. A poor neighbor conceiving that the venerable colonel could have no use for two stones, but could get along very well with one, asked him to give him the old one The proposal, however, was not eagerly embraced, but was, on the contrary, positively negatived. An effort to bay the stone also failed, owing to a disagreement between them regarding the price ; and the man having asked for the stone, and been given a decidedly cold shoulder, went away exceedingly sorrowful. A day or two after the colonel's nomination for Congress, he full in with his neighbor, and after shaking hands and enquiring after each member of tho iudependand elector's family, he took occasion to say, in the most friendly manner "By thc-by. you was speaking to me the other day about an old grindstone of mine. I don't know as I shall want it for anything ; if it will do you any good you can take it along R'ith you any time when you are going by. It lies out there by the woodpile. The colonel paused to receive the warm thanks which he felt that his noble conduct deserved, but was a tritle set back by the following blunt response "Better Keep it yourself, colonel, youv'e got more axes to grind than I have." A Tree Ilewn by Bullets. "Most people," says the Richmond Enquire, "have doubted the literal accuracy of the dispatch concernig the battle of Spottsvlvania, Avhich alleged that trees were cut down under the concentrated fire of minie balls. We doubted the literal fact ourselves, and Avould doubt it still but for tho indisputable testimony of Dr Charles Macgill, an eye-Avitness of the battle. The tree stood in tho rear of our breast-works, at a point upon Avhich at onetime the most murdeous musketry fire that ever was heard of was directed. The tree fell inside our Avorks, and injured sevetal of our men. Alter the battle, Dr. Macgill measured the trunk, and found it twenty-two inches through and sixty-oue inches in circuuucrence, actually hacked through by the awful avalanche of balls packing against it. The foliage of the treo was trimed away as effectually as though an army of locusts had swarmed "a w in its tranches, grasshopper could not have lived through the pelting of that leadeu-storm, and but for tho fact that our traoops Ave.ro protected by breastworks, they would have been swept away to a man." JCT "I cannot say that I sympathize with you, sir, in commiserating the sufferings of our heroic soldiery, for I think it must be -'.weet to die for one's country.' " "Why don't yon go to war then ?" "0, well, that is ah ! indeed.

A Protest from Deceived Soldiers NEAP. pETI.f:M !:i;. Va.,)

Angust 5s, lv.4. f Tim Editor of tup Sfvtivi i - s"" " We, the- undersign? 1, members of the liOtH Indiana, de.iro to say a few words in regard to the way iu which we were enlisted. There has been a great deal sail, and ;rcat indignation is expressed throughout l,UJ tate 01 in uana in regant to the wav in which we were enlisted. Now, we wih to make a statement of what we know to be facts. In lt you know there were recruiting officers from almost j ,1(,t rlitc evciy regiment then in the Hold from Indiana, wanting recruits to servo as they declared, for th-; uncxpiiod .time of the regiments . which they were ( recruiting for. The recruiting officer who i r-'aT'itc'l lJS pve us every assurance in l',e world that we were wr.nted onlvfor' ,'"ciiiiiuiii, ami iiioii-im, aiMi, uic'tni...11. i 1 eminent was responsible don?, and consequently we for nai ne trusted his word to be true. But when the time came tube mustered in we entertained some doubts as to the truth of the statement whie'i the recruiting officers made to u, and accord ingly we went to the Mustering-in officer ; and represented the letter, that we ob jected to taking an oath lor three years, nc explained 10 us mat mere was no other way in Avhich we could be sworn in, and assured us that Ave Avould be kept only for the remainder of the time which the regiments had to serve, and that avc would be mustered out along with them. rhere Avas also printed bills posted up in different 'parts of tho State saying that recruits Avere Avantcdto serve out the unexpired time of old regiments then in the field. This Avas signed by Governor Morton himself. Now, in view of all these known facts, was not this enough evidence to convince any reasonable mind that it Avas all true ? Certainly, it Avas. And Ave do not hesitate to say that avc cannot support the State and national administrations for another term, unless our Avrongs arc redressed ; and avc sincerely appeal to our friends at home not to vote for such authorities iu the, coming election. We lay most of the blame to Governor Morton, for ho most certainly knew all about how we were being recruited ; and if so, Avhy did ho permit the thing to go on without ever doing anything to have the mistake corrected ? We make these few stateirlcnt offsets merely in justice to ourselves, aud do earnestly ask our friends at home not to vote for men who have been the means of decciv ing us. Dan. Been. TlIOS. BlKDWEI.L. Omveii 1. Boon. James F. Milne. E. E. Jenkins. Healthful Effects of the Tomato. The tomato is one of tho most healthful, as well as one of the most universally liked ( f all vegetables. Its lifMthful qualities do not depend on the mode of prepartion for the table. It may be eaten thrice a day, cold or hot, cooked or raw, alone or without salt or pepper or vinegar, or all together to a'.ike advantage, and in the utmost that can be taken with an appetite. Its healthful quality arises from its slight acidity in this making it as A-aluable perhaps, as berries, cherries, currants, and similar articles. The tomato season ends Avith the frost. If the vines are pulled up before the frost'eomos and hung up in a well ventilated cellar, with the tomatoes hanging to them, tho " love apple" will continue ripening until Christmas. The cellar should not be too dry nor too warm. The knowledge of this may be improved to a great practical advantage for the benefit of many who are invalids and who are fond of tho tomato. Thf. Moisture in the Air. One of the most curious and interesting of the recent discoveries of science is, that it is to the presence of a very small proportion of Avatery vapor iu our atmosphere less than onchalf of one per cent that much of the belicent effect of heat is due. The rays of h?nt?rnt forth from the earth after it has been a aimed bv the sun avouM soon be lost in space but for thewounderful absorbent properties of these molecules of aqueous vapor, ay hi eh act with many thousand times tho power of the atoms of oxygen and nitrogen of which the air is composed. By this means the heat, instead of being transmitted into iufiuitudo as produced, is stopped, or dammed up and held back on its rapid course, to furnish the necessarA' condi ltion of ife arill .,low th. Let this mois ture be taken from the air but for a single summer night, and the sun would rise next morning upon a "world held fat in 1 the ilon of fr0t But the power of absorption and of raditiou in the same body are always equal, so that at length it is poured fourth into space; cse our atmosphere would become a vast reservoir of fire, aud all rganic life burned up. m During the time that tha rebles were enaracred in their bombardment of r 1 Stevens. Mr. Lincoln happened to pass a Mijo, nine; iwiuiu iiij .n;s i mui fortification. A shot fron thj enemy passed into the fort, and striking some projection, glanced off the ball entering tho leg of a soldier. Mr. Lincoln cast his eye first toward the point of impingement, and then at the suffering 6oldier and exclaimed' " That Avas a carom ?" The unfeeling remark was heard by some soldiers standing near, and produced, as raiht naturallj b expected, co"'" '

trroa tlw -w VorV W..,ld, A"-Mt 11 A Deep Political Game Being riayed

Tne Presidential Election Republicans to Sutler it to go by DefaultReasons For Such a Course W.ntclo An; e! 11. ClUIOfS RF.1THM0AN V.lVtMENT N I'JOT THF .Lfc.CTI"N TO tiO UY I tFAl LT. The delibeiations of the lea iing Uepublican managers in this city. New Yoik. ,, , , , , . , I: on.l ..1 .... 1..,- 1 ...... f. . i'1'.-ivu nii'i vni null, lldllii'l IV .1 w?l , , . . , . . Kin.1"!! hir i i.eiiniiit,,m ,, llmir i.tit 1 1 I

. " ' ' " " , 'lot citizens hvi l.wn II;'..'1 is state. 1 upon very l'oo.I autliontv tlsat .1 . ,

, - , . ,1 .11 01 11115 ci tuiiDUN poiitjcai movement.. .... r , , . , , . , 1 he reasons for the adoption of this r.ol - . . c .1 : . I . 1 . IV V die ,19 lUIUIl I'irst, the Republican leaders are satisfied that the war is near its conclusion : iiiucai in anizaiim which cnnscnieii 10a . c ... ., separation 01 ine .orin ana roum. sec ond, they argue that no more monev is to be made out of the Avar ; ehat the linances of the country are now in such & j state that contractors will hereafter lose, j but cannot make money; in short, that the public orange has been queczed dry, and that the election of a Democratic President and Hous-j of Representatives would put the latter party in a position whereby they could uot conduct the Avar nor make any money for their friends, and Avould be compelled to submit to a dishonorable peace. Third, they further argue that should Mr. Lincoln be elected, peace Avould likewise be inevitable, owing to his wretched management of the war; but that a peace under Republican auspices would forever ruin the political fortunes of every public man connected Avith that party. Fourth, that as the Republicans would have n majority in the Senate during the entire term of a Democratic President tthey could prevent any peace that would not bring Avith it the abolition of slavery in the Southern States. Noav that they consider the Avar hopeless, the Republi cans are AviUing enough that there should be peace with disunion, so that they Avoubl not have the political power of the South to coutend against a reunited Union. These considerations have bad so much weight Avith the lead ing Republicans that they are quite willing to see Mr. Lincoln defeated in every ijtatc of tho Union ; in fdecd, their purpose to do-eo is stated With out reservat ion, and tho course of the leading orguus of tne party shows that they regard tho election of th Chicago nominee as a foregone conclusion. From present appearances there will be no presidential contest worthy. the name. A Flank Movement. Ono of Sigel's soldiers relates the fol lowing account of a forajrinir adA'enturc ho had iu Virginia : "Veil, you zee, I goes doA'n to dat old fellow's blace dat has a beach-orchard vere ve avhs stationed, to slheal some peaches, and ven I gets to de vront gate, vot you dinks I zee? I zees derc a pig bull-dog, and he looked mighty savage. So I dinks I frighdens him, aud I says, i 'Look here, Mr. Pull-dog, sthand back I fights on dis line all zummer !' But de pull-dog he don't care for dat sol vlanks him." "How did you do that ?" " Vy, I goes vay arount, so as de pulldog couldn't zee me, and ven I gets tode back gate, vat you dinks I zee? Vy, derc I zee dat same old pull-dog ! 80 1 vlanks him again." "How did you do that ?" "Vy I goes vay around again, so as he couldn't zee me, to anoder little beech orchard, and ven I gets dere vat you dinks I zee? Vy, derc I zee dat same oi l pull dog ! to I vlanks him again." "How did you do that ?" "Vy, I says to dat old pull-dog. Look here, Mister Pull-dog, I vlanks you dree time, and every dimes I find ycu dc same old pull-dog. 'I am your obi breches ! Who cares for A'our old leeches ? My dime is out next month and de country may go to de devil for Leeches. So I goes to my dent. The Slain in Battle. Mr. V. II. II. Goodlander, in the Newcastle Courier, gives the following fig ures among the losses in battles, facts culled from authentic history : In tin battle of Austerlitz, 30.000 ; Jena, CO.OuO ; Luzem, Sl.oOO; Eylan, CO .000 ; Waterloo and Quatre Bias, 70.000. Borodino, 81.000; Fontenay, lOO.Ot'O ; Chalons, 300.000. The Carthagenians attacked Smyrna. Sicily, with an .army ol 300.000. a fleet of 2,000 ships and 3,000 transpoits, only a few escajd in a small boat. Marius slew iu one battie 140.000 Gauls, in another 1W.U00; Tamerlane in his camp betore UeUii massacred 100,000 prisoners (Indians.) The ... .. - Tk a'.,'." people supplied ium aviiu io.vuv yicums, a similar tax was levied by him upon Ba- lat of 00,000 ; Ghengis Khan slew SO 000 in col l blood on the plains of SO.000 in Nessa ; at Herat, l.CoO.OOO at Nessabar 1,7417,0"". The number of souls that followed Xerxes into Greece vas O.ITJS,:;, only about 3,000 returned 1,000,000 of lives Avere sacrificed in Na poleon's Russian campaign of 173 days. Germany lost in the 30 years' Avar 12,000,000 inhabitants, and 6,000,0o0 perished in the Avars of Napoleon. At the great siege of Paris 30,000 died of hunger, at the siege of Mexico, lUO.000 were slain in battle. 50,000 died of hunger. The siege tf Vienna destroyed 70.000;

turn to go by default, and l.ave the lm- mIO0Sf 0!aWj cnCii ,.v tj, ,,lCi.e ( ocratn. party to elect thcr 1 resident am. 'ir an,iicati,.n vll lLe 1;U of Julr the Jiouse ot uepreseutatives. It ii!?rc- ,,,., 1 ,1, - . ... , : v:f- ," ' ... , . . , , , , i peate I thtjr leuuest lur a j ji.thcAHuu oa retary Chase who is sai l to be the author i ,1, , , r,tt . . , , . . .... ,tlie same ciiiunls uu lAt u.y. Aecor.l- 1

ure Exalted. i sit 1 y th of tLe 1. tiT.il-priH-i.n.;r.:i n vl the 1 .- at I'liiu I State- as a i.iy nf i'a-tiii. iti".:. alid pmju r. tbe iugi - of ibi Di-tiktof Culuial i.1 wci" eim:t;cd. Lr the vxi rfss a-seiit of Mr. Li a -win, to hl I 1 . . . ia t :eiiiv ti e v-n.uii !s Mi:tu;i!i:in liue ',. , , t , it in e 01 the : . . ,i. i. .:.i. 1 U 1 u occrr l pu e on the 4lii f I ,, I .. I . I . . .." 1 ut.ltily last. I p i j tht tt:u? no h'Mf . . . . . . . t" as.rTi.b!3 nfie lor purpoe t.i uiveis.un !4U;tVfti - ,.,1 ; .1 1 ,1 , 1 i inglv j e:misi'ju w as akc I ot the I rei 1 1 ..." f ,1 . ,1 i ,.v.i i'.leut Kr the use ol the grounds uIro;na ing the lute House l.y a iiegro picr.u on the day set aiart by Executive proclamation as one ot humiliation aud prayer. The objects of the picnic were to praise the men who bad elerted thene-' gro to social equality with the white man, and also to purchase a banner ornamented Avith a life-size portrait ofALiaham Lincoln. This communication was refened to B. B. French, Commissioner of Public Buildings, who granted this permission, subject to tbe approval of tbe President. That appro 1 vas given. On the 4th o! August this picnic took place on the grouuds between the Wbita House and the War Depaitmeut. The Washington Cvuttltutional L'nioa: ays : "A vast crowd of negroes was present. The grand obi trees in the grounds, that had been planted iu the nobler days of th of the Republic, not nioie for the beauty of the Paik than fur the dignity of the residence of the Nation's President, were polluted by having swings attached to them whereby negro men could swin negro women. The grounds, bell by all patriots as sacred because invented Avith a national character, were prostituted and disgraced by tbe erection of stand, for negro merchants to vend fruits and cakes and drinks to negro customers. Negro speeches were made eulogistic to the senseless and infamous fanaticism that to do Athat was done there on Thursday has j.loughed horror and desolation through the av hole country, as if therewera no crops to be harvested and garnered. Negro flattery tickled tbe ears of the imperial jester with perhaps more grateful music than the uncouth melody of 'Picayune Butler," when bawled for especial gratification over the corpse bestrewn on the field of Antietam. And to crown all negro revelries went on vith the high approval of our rulers till tha sun went down, and tho stars began to gaze blusbingly upon the disgraceful scene ! "New, mark you, these Avcro negroes who did these things, and did it with tho high approval and warm commendation of our President. But the permission has been asked for tho use of the public grouuds around the White House for picnic purposes by Sabbath Schools of white men and ladies and permission was refused ! The public grounds were too sacred of too high a character in too close proximity to the residence of tho august Abraham Lincoln for white men. to use their color would remind him too forcibly of the despotism he has erected on the ruins of the Republic perhaps, too, awake unpleasant rejections iu the minds of the sol liers, Avho, enlisting to light the battles of their country, have been compelled to stand guard around his person as the vbito turbaned Hindoos range close beside the throne of their sacred Rajahs. But the negro is wooed to accept the gracious permission nay, it may be, the urgent request and the aghast country beholds tho terlible spectacle of Avbite men rudely spurned in requesting a privilege mot eagerly and anxiously thrust forward to tha blacks." Poverty a Relative Term. Bulwer says that poverty i only an idea, ia nine cases out of ten. Some men Avith ten thousand a year suffer more for want of ineaues than others Avith thiee hundrsl. The reason i, tho richer lijfa has aitilicial wants. His income ii ten thouand, and he suffers enough frora being dunned for unpaid -ki ts to kill a sensitive man. A man ayIio earns a dollar a day, and does not run in debt, is th ha'ppicr cf the two. V-ry few people who have never been rich Aiil LeIIevc , - -.,. 1 'I ! this, but it l true as iu.4 s uiu. tuco are people, of course, who are Avealtby, and av ho enjoy their wealth; but them are thousand upyu mousan 1 with princely incomes, avIi j never know a mo:ue.t'i peace, Le:ausc they live above their ien There is really more happii.es la tha world among working people, tla among thoe who aie called licli. An Engli-h savan arguse that a "dy in the moua C'jUlAi fourteen ol ca r dars. j It begins vitb a skw sunLm . by a biuliant sunshine and lut iloUwl use bent i'.teLscl :. ;J i;u 1 fabotU :rj 1 -ahr. ); tne y is our, to which blu sky is i'"." ; are visible and the hc.:.ou is I 'lC - 1 i tit Ur I there is dca 1 silen-v ; the 'w -i :a tensely black sha 1 r.ve 1 is vL: y g:eal ; j there is no o-iial perspecti '1 bus the moon is no place for in an. v snir.iA.s " of. Tiu ! or egetables that we know j --night ot the moon ii jurteea -A our ;!dsy) begins Aviili a slow ;UUset, Ahlv:l is Vollowed by inte-isa cold al.r.t 3ol degrees below zero. jtiT-l'OT,- sail a Ailing? peb'gu-'. "what is tlie cause of all this n-Ata :u school to-day V It is Bill Svkes. t-ir. who is all th time imitating'a steam-engine William : if you ham"- t a-V hJaA- '

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