Shelby Volunteer, Volume 20, Number 50, Shelbville, Shelby County, 25 August 1864 — Page 2
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Another Tempest in a Teapot. On Saturday afternoon lat the ever vigilcnt nnl chivalrous military authorities at Indiampoli "smelled a mi c' and at onco pouneed s;rnn tlie luckless criter. which proved to he fmr hundred Revolvers, that had been shipped from New York by tlie in lefenteaceaMe IT. II. P-dd, and. hid been brought by a drayman to his office, where they were stowed away in the engine room. It nr pears
Conspiracies. As Artcmns Ward would pay, conspiracies is the "fort" of tlie "truly loyal." From the first day of the commencement of this war they liavo deen busily engaged in looking up, ferreting out and exposing "conspiracies against the government." The hearts of the rebels have been continually cheered by the assurance
of the adhorants of the Lincoln admin-
flint nil nttrmr.r at serrerv had been made in
the purchase and shipment of these arms- I istration that formidable and w ide spread
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Great Britain's Public Debt Compared with Ours. We have bcome so accustomed to seeing large figures within the last two years that they have almost lost their power to create in men's minds the corresponding ideas. In order to give us the full appreciation of their meaning, it has become necessary to look at
them in a relative manner, and compare them with numbers which were before regarded as
lare.
In order for us to fully appreciate the
The Times and Business. There is no business man but what feels he is grouping in darkness, with prospective bankruptcy ahead. He buys a stock of goods to-day, and is uncertain whether they will be worth a hundred per cent less or more than he gave for them thirty days hence,
and the same doubt and uncertainty pervades all classes the laboring man has no assur ance that he will be able to obtain employment during the coming winter whereby to procure food to put in the mouths of those
THTTR5DAY, AUGUST 25, 1 804.
K.friCKR EM TO 11.
for rr.Esur:NT in ii, Ken. WKO. . M'CLELfiA',
BEMOORATIOStatc TICKET For G'errrnyr, JOSEPH K. M'DOXALD. of Marion. For I.i"!fan( Gnrernnr, ' A TTT "t V 11 at t wait riw ...
.-....w ij. oi juontg m'ry
rr cr. r Try of .VW, f JAMES S. ATIIOX, of Marion. J'or A tn!.t r of&ufr, JOSEril RI STINK, of Fountain. ' For Tr?tirer of yt tit, IMATTIIEW L. HUE-IT, of Daviess, ' For AUormg Centra, OSCAR I). HOH I), of Decatur. ' For yu)rintnl iut rf P'Hf. fimfnrflitH1 SAMUEL L. HUGO, of Allen. ForJiHfjA fif t1,t Sunretn Cotnl,
Lf::SAMTlETi E. PERKINS, of Marion,
ANDREW DAVISON, or D-catur, .TAMES M. HAXNA, of Sullivan, JAMES L. WOHDEX, of Allen. ;.r f Vcrifc ff t Sn r-remt C,rt, ETIIELUERT C. 1IIH15EX, of Rush. For Stijirtme CSnrt J!rjtort r,
'ArOLEOX II. TAYLOR, of Mai ion
Democratic Union Co. Ticket.
tor representative J A. TIER 1IAKICISOX. For Sheriff K. II. AJISDKX. ForTirx-iirer-U JI. 3. 1IIIIMI. For Commissioner til'.a, AV. DAVIS, Tor County Purveyor JOHX IIUOI. For Coroner 1AVII .S.U1TII.
SIIELBT AND ITANC0CK JOINT NOMINATIONS.
For Senator J A rH V.H 31. of Hancock. Tor Joint Reoresontative GEO. C. TIIACIir., of Shelby District Vomittation. For Trowntor th Jn.Itci.il Circnit, Cltr.lIITO 1A.MV, ofDcarlxtm. Pth COMMON n.EAS DISTRICT. Fr Jadjrc . J. i I.I.S.SM.H, of Morgan. For Prosecuting A'torncy IC. 31, IIOIC D, of Shelby.
liincoln-si Terms of Peace. T'xkcctivr Mansion, ) Washix;tox, July IS, 1S64. j To whom it may concern : Any proposition which embraces the restoration Tr-oace, the integrity of the whole
Union ami ihe AHANDONMKNT OK SLA
VERY and which came by and with an au
thoiity that can control the armies now at
war against the V nitiMl States will he rereived anl considered ly tlie Executive Government of th United States, and will be met by liberal terms in other and substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both wars. Signed A HIJAIIAM LINCOLN.
thr-y wore parked in the ordinary boxes, with th Ftencil brand of tlie manufacturer on the end came by railroad as regular freight, and were delivered in broad daylight Notwithstanding no attempt had been malc at concealment, it is announced that a score or more "government detectives," and about as many more of Morton's pimps, who feed at his "Financial Iltireau" had been dojrgin the foot steps of Dodd for weeks past had followed Mm to New York, and followed him everywhere he went ahile there, when not too drunk to walk, and finally, with the ai'l of some more Lincoln sneaks micceeded in ascertaining that several boxes of fire arms had been bought and shipped to Indianapolis. The august Executive, O. P. Morton, and his regiment of retainers, spies and vasscls, of course were notified by telegraph, and were on the alert, and when the draymen delivered them :t company of soldiers was marched up to the office, who took possession of the same and seized the boxes. The two partners of Dodd were arrested,
but subsequently released. A gentleman
named Elliott, who advanced the money to pay the freight, was arrested and is still held in custody. As might be expected, considerable excitement was created the worshipers of Sambo and Sliody were wroth to desperation Rcrry Sulgrove (editor of the Journal) took several additional "snorts" ol rifle whisky and then proceeded to indite a terrific melange of words on the prolific and well worn theme of "Treason in Indiana." The "truly loyal," who draw their inspiration of loyalty and devotion to the "government" from this source, read the terrible philippic of
Berry and become as much intoxicated as if they had swallowed the original potations instead of mereby inhaling the fumes as they passed off from this foul reservoir. Wo arc unable to say on whose account these arms were purchased whether it was a privato venture of Dodd's or whether he had associates probably he intended to set up a pistol establishment, deeming it would pay better than running a job printing office we onlv know that he was not acting as the authorised agent of the Democracy. We have but little love for this Dodd, as any one can testify who has been a reader of the Volunteer for the past six months in our estimation he comes about as near being a true Democrat as an adherent of this Lin
coln-Morton administration does to being a
true patriot and lover of his country. Dodd though has escaped, where he has gone no one knows and we certainly do not care, so long as he docs not turn up at the Chicago
Convention.
The attempt of the Shodies to infuse a little
animation into their defunct organization by making a great blow and splurge over this affair though will prove a failure the day of humbuggery has passed, and the doom of that organization irrevocably sealed.
A Rat in tho Meal Tub.
There ire vague surmises, not without good
ijause, to believe that the recent pistol seizure
-at Indian.ipolis was all a deeply laid scheme
of Morton and the Shoddyites, and that if
Dodd had any participation therein it was
only as an agent of Morton. There has been
no effort made to arrest Dodd, and Elliott'
tha man arrested for paying the freight on
tho pistols, has been released without exami
nation or trial and last, though not least, Morton has come to the defense of Dodd. In a speech on Monday night he openly asserted
that Dodd was not guilty and the partners!
of Dodd assert that they knew nothing of these arms being shipped, and it is well known
that Dodd had not nor could not raise suffi
cient money to pay for fifty revolvers, and no
sane man or set o( men would have trusted him with sufficient money to buy four bun. dred. It is also a significant fact that Dodd and Morton were several times seen in secret caucus prior to Dodd's leaving tho citv, and
tho last that was seen of him h was inclose and animated confhih ivith our "noble and energetic Governor." There is every reason to believe that h is mere pimp of Morton's,
that these revolvers were either bought with CJovernment money or with funds drawn from
Morton's "Financial Hureau'and the seizure
nerc ruse to excite the public mind and manufacture a pretext for declaring martial law. It was a vile and treasonable conspiracy against the peaee of the community an atrocious and devilish scheme to stir up strife, turmoil and bloodshed, that during t!u excitement Morton and tho Shoddyites might again ride into power. We ask the people to calmly consider this matter, and answer if
jC-fT" It seems to bo the aim of this dis
picable Lincoln administration to s-ce how far it can exceed in deeds of outrage and infamy the meanest and most absolute despotism that has ever disgraced the earth and enrsed a people. For instance, the authorities who seized the pistols in Dodd's office at Indianapolis, also bur-
glarously broke open the safe, where they found a quantity of private correspondence, in no wise relating to the pistol
affair, between a number of prominent Democrats, which is paraded forth in the columns of the Cincinnati Gazette and Indianapolis Journal. Thero is nothing of criminal import in any of the letters published, and but one thing is exposed, and that is the insufferable meanness of the pimps and hirelings of this administration. In European despotisms, when private correspondence is seized, it is examined by the officers and if no treason against the crown is discovered it is im-
conspiracies existed throughout the North, and especially in the North-west, whose avowed object was to throw off the Lincoln yoke, set up an independent Confederacy or join the South. This programme has been occasionally varied by the assertion that the cntiro political opposition to the administration were rebel sympathisers, and premeditated an early uprising in behalf of the rebel cause. All this was aid and comfort to the rebels it was equivalent to saying to them hold out a while longer, plans are on foot to undermine and destroy the
Federal government, paralyze itspovcr and permit yon to achieve your independence easily and cheaply. This assurance by the Northern abolitionists unquestionably has encouraged and invigorated tho Confederates to continue the
contest in anticipation of ultimate assistance as promised tho continuance of
the war has cost the lives of hundreds of
thousands of Northern men, w ho to-day might have been at homo in tho enjoy
ment of health, a blessing and support
to their families, had it not been for the
malign and devilish spirit of abolitionism, its aptness in falsehood, and persis
tent endeavors to detract tho minds of
the people from their own enormities by continually exciting their minds by false rumors and hypocritical pretensions of devotion to the Union. There is not a intelligent abolitionist ia the country but knows and feels in his heart that his party is responsible for the commencement of this war, and that they have purposely and criminally prolonged it for three years, at an expense of thousands of millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives. It is not surprising these men should be anxious to divert the minds of the people from themselves, and by every species of unmanly and falso argument
and appliances endeavor to perpetuate
their rule, and thus, for a time at least, escape tho indignation so justly their due.
But it is a cause for congratulation that
the storm of frenzy and fanaticism has about spent its fury, and that to-day the
people are calmly reviewing the past and
present and forming their calculations
for the future. The result of this retur
ning sanity is the repudiation of aboli
tionism in all its different phases a lon
ging for peace a stoppage of this de
structive and bloody war, and the hois
ting of the present men, who rode into
place and power on the tide of fanati
cism, from office, and placing in their
stead men of enlarged and liberal ideas ; men who are possessed with a love of country ; who will be governed in their actions by Constitutional provisions ; who will bcy the laws themselves and see that others do the same ; who will
see that the white man has a controling
voice in shaping affairs, and if war must
bo waged that it is for the honor and glo
ry of the country and the white race, and
amount of our public debt, we must compare ' dependent on him, nor raiment to cover their
it with that of (Jrcat Uritain, which is well known to be the largest debt in the world.
U. S. 7-30 LOAIT. The f ccrrtary ff the Treasury fire notice t!t rotarTiption will be rwTfl for Coupon Trcarory Note. Py''l three yean from Aug. 15:h, l"-!. with nni-nnul intTt at the rate of seen nd three-tenth per cent, per annum, principal arnl interest hotb In 1 pi,I in Uwful mneyThese notes will be ccriTertiWe at t-V option of thcTtTW at maturity, into six percent. bearing bonla, payabl not U- than five nor more than twety year from rfjki. a
the poTemmcnt may elect. They will be issued in denomination! of $50, 8 100 J00. SlOOOand $5000. and all ubswriptions must I fur fiifty dollars, or tome multiple of fifty dliar. The note will ! transmitted t the owners free of t-xr.s-
pcrsons indeed he is in constant dread of. portation charp- as on 'after tlie receipt of the original holn.r fnm frnm tho tlif. n-ti,lin Cftn. ! Certificate of d.-poit as they can I prepared.
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We propose to show that, relatively, our pub. lie debt, is much the larger. A large debt for a rich nation to pay may not be so much as a Finall debt for a poor nation to p;y. Then let us sec how we compare with Kngland in wealth and public debt. The Iiritish national debt wa?, on the 31st March last, 700,802,139 pounds sterling, or,
reckoning five dollars to the pound, it was $3,000,010,00". The interest on that debt, which is 3 per cent, ia $110,070,320. Iiy official returns, the entire wealth and valuation of the nation was. on the 8th day of April, ISO, $31,500,000,000. Thcrefore'thc yearly interest is at the ratcf.f one dollar for $262.50 of the valuation. l?y the census of 1SG0 the entire wealth and valuation of the United States and terri
tories, was$lG1l.r0,G10,06S (including 4,000,000 of slaves at n southern valuation.) Our public debt, besides our state municipal debts and other liabilities, as wc have before shown in these columns, will on the 4th March next be more than $2,053,427,101, and it is all to be fun-led, and draw an interest of six per
cent in gold, which is $150,205,020. Therefore, the yearly interest payable in gold is at the rate of one dollar for $101.50 of the valuation, which is more than two and a half times larger than the debt of Great Iiritain.
With gold at 250, payable in United .States
currency, the rate oi interest win mane our
debt relatively more than six ami a quarter
times larger than that of Great Jfntain ! and
that, too, as compared with the resources and valuation of the United States in 1800, as it
then teas, and as it is note. iV. 31 World.
scription forced into thi ranks todic ofdi-j (, u lhlant ,,, update must ry the internt ac-
The Chicago Convention. The Democratic National Convention
comes off at Chicago on Monday next Dele
gates and others attending tho Convention will be carried over all roads running into Chicago at half fare.
It is questionable if more responsible du
ties ever devolved upon a body of men than this Convention will be called upon to trans.
act duties that involves the liberty and happiness of a great people, not only for this but
succeeding generations, for, upon the action
of this Convention depends the perpetuity of
a free government in this country the per"
petuity of the Union and the maintenance of the rights of the citizen and a Constitutional
government The man who attempts to introduce elements of discord or factious diseensions. into the Convention will incur a re
sponsibility that will consign hiui to lasting infamy as an enemy of his country, its unity, prosperity and happiness. . It is to be hoped that wisdom anddiscrction may pervade its councils! and that a platform may bo adopted and a man nominated that will meet the hearty approval and challenge the cordial and enthusiastic support of every well wisher of his country.
ease and exposure, or be killed in battle. This vague fear and uncertainty pervades all classes they feel they aro resting upon the crater of a smouldering volcane, liable to burst fourth at any moment in civil war and general devastation. No man feels safe in making a business venture he feels that property of all kinds is unsafe, and if he has money on hand be is anxious to get rid of it
before it becomes still more worthies-, but how to invest it is the riuery real estate is the safest, but the enormous taxation promises to eat up the proceeds of the land. The situation certainly is not a pleasing one, and it is not surprising that the people
arc beginning to look around them to find the
cause as well as a remedy. They have not for too look it requires no powerful magnifying telescope to discover that all our woes are attributable to the fell spirit of abolitionism,
and the weakness, folly, imbecility and wick" cdncss of this execrable Lincoln administration that it was this fell spirit that hasstired up sectional strife in our once peaceful and prosperous country, and that now threatens to involve us in civil strife throughout the North. The remedy is quite as easily discerned it is to heist this gang of fanatics,
thieves and imbeciles from place and power and reinstate the old Democratic party, under
the benign rule of which wc had neither
civil war, social commotion, enormous taxation nor sweeping conscription. Every man
felt safe in person and property the taxes were so light as to be scarcely felt the poorest in the laud could generally obtain all
the substantial and many of the luxuries of
life, if they were industrious. Money was
worth a hundred cents to the dollar, aud at all times bore a uniform value. Who does not desire to sec a return of these times? Every one except the present office holders and shoddy contractors these will yote th
abolition ticket and clamor for war and mar'
tial law to control the elections and perpetu
ate tho present state of affairs a hundred
times worse confounded, but he who desires
peace, who loves his country and his fellow-
man, who is not a thief or a fool will vote
the Democratic ticket in October and No
vember next.
cruel from date of note to date of deproit. Parties depos'.ting twenty-fire thousand dollars and opwarts for tliese dou-s at any on time will t allowed acomrmvion of one-quarter of one per cant., which will paid by the Treasury Dejartmeat on the receipt of a bil the amount, certified to 1 y the ofcerr with whom the deposit was nude. No deduction for commissions mnstl mae.from the deposi ts. srrn.ti. ADVAST.tr.rs of th:. r ots. lTUiNm5ii SiViMw IUs. offerinra h.U-r rte of intert st than ary other, and tlx heat security. Any sarins?
lank which iU depositors in I. S. Notes. consider tbtAit ia paj in" in the best circulating medium of tlie country, and it cannot y in anything letter, for its own asst-U araeithar in jrovernment securities or in notes or bonds payable in government paper. It is equally omrcnicntas a temporary or permanent investment. The notes can always lsolJ for within a traction of their face and accumulated interest, awl are tha beat secu
rity with hanks as collaterals for discounts. CONVERTIBLE INTO A 6 pr. ct. 3-iO GOLD TOND. In addition to tha very lilral interest on the notes fr three years, this privilege of conversion is now worth about three per cent, per annum, for tlie current rate for 5-20 Ilonds is not less tktn nine per cent, premium, aud before
the war the premium on six percent. I". S. stocks was over twenty per cent. It will t seen that the actual profit on
this loan, at the present market rate, is not less t hasten pr
cent, per annum.
ITS EXEMPTION FROM STATE OR MUNICIPAL
TAXATICN. But aside from all the advantages we liave enumerated, a
a special act of Congress exempts all tionds and Treasury
note from local taxation. On the average, this exemption
is worth aliout two per cent, per annum, according to the rate of taxation in various parts of the country.
It is ln-liered that no securities offer so great inducements
to lenders as those issued by the government. In all other forms of indebtedness, the faith or ability of private parties or stock companies, or sepcrate communities, only, is pled
ged for payment, while the hole projerty of the country is
held to secure the discharge of all the obligations of tlie Un
ited States. W hile the goierntnent offers the most lilcral terms for its loans, it lelievs that the Tery strongest appeal will be to the loyalty and patriotism of the people. Duplicate certificates will be issued for all deposits. The party depositing must endorse upon the or tors i certificate the denomination of notes required, and whether they are to issued in blank or payable to order. When so endorsed it must be left with theonker receiving the deposit, to be forwarded to the Treasury department. Subscriptions will le reoei veil by the Treasurer of the United States, at Washington, the several Assistant Treasurers and designated Depositaries, and I y the First National Bank of Evansville, Ind. Virst National Rank of Fort Wayne, Ind. First National Itatik of IndianaMilis, Ind. First National Bank of lifayctte, Ind. First National Hank of Madison, Ind. Fintl National Bank of Terre Haute. Ind. AXUIIY AM, RATIOS A I. KAXKS which are depositaries of Public money, and all ItESI'ECTAHLE BANKS AND BANKERS
throughout tlie country, (acting as agents of the National
Depositary Backs.) will furnish further information on ap plication and "A ford erery facility to l?crier." Aug. ""), C4. 3m..
JOHN HEXDKICK'S, Jr., DRUG STORE. RECENT extensive purchases tn Ch, enables sae te say to the public, that Jly Stock is Complete, And will be sold Low for Cash,
CONSISTING IN PART CT
CO AE Oil. PAPEK SOTIOS srcAits LAMPS LI.r.ED Oil, WIIITH LEAD UK D SEED L.UID OIL.
SCHOOL BOO&9J LSVELOPES TOBACCO uiti'snr.ft fish oir, TlHPESTniv WISDOW CLASS SPICES CASTOIl OIL
IPsxtcut 3Iotliciiios AND A VARIETY OF OTHER GOODS.
rr(?scriptions
rcT v tv i t n c. h e a care
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Remember tlie plaoe-
TT est ol the old stand.
not the degraded negro. It is this course
alono that can restore peace and harmo
ny in the country bring back the halicon
days of prosperity and plenty, and while
it is beyond their power to restore the
thousands to life who have perished in
this unrighteous war, they can and will save the thousands whom this hell-horn
administration is prenarmir for the
.
slaughter.
Yes, gentlemen abolitionists, there is a
mediately returned to the owner, but here, conspiracy on foot, in which at least six
when a Provost Marshal lays his stickey eights of the people are engaged, and
fingers upon private correspondence of a whoso avowed and determined object is
political nature, he makes all possible to hurl abolitionism, with all its murder
haste to the nearest newspaper of his po- ous and brutal instincts for ever from
litical suasion and forthwith it is paraded power in the land, and all attempts, eith
before the public. The conduct of the er by fraud or violence, to stop this con-
burglar or midnight assassin is honora- spiracy will be futile and unavailing
ble ana commendatory in comparison
with this
JB The Lineolnites the few of them
that are left endeavor to console themselves
Indian Troubles. The prospect of a gen
eral Indian war are now promising. The with the despairing hope that the peace men.
they can have cnnfMence in rulers that resort ' lied devils throughout the West are rising en so called, if they fail at Chicago, will bolt the
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to such infamous methods to perpetuate their! mass apparently determined on the total an- nomination and run a candidate of their own.
ulc- l nihilation of the Whites in the sparcely set. Of course they 'will do nothing of the kind,
' i tied Territories. The i?L Joseph (Mo.) Tri as will be seen by the tone of the convention
mv. , . men eaten at straw?, 13 an bune, gives the following probable strength held at Svracuse on the ISth. Mr. Vallan-
-.M..u. ,.n?,ana never morj ! and extent of the uprising: digham is popularly supposed to be some-
, . u. a ... i.,c present nope ; it Is a diet, and one not at all generallv thing of a peace man, but sec how he talked
. 7 r-ri,-uK-y ,,,; iue combined nuiian war u.rce t the iate Dayton (Ohio) meeting: are in a fren7y if excitement. IVar. ami tl.- put down bv manv. at near 10U.000 war-
fpera-tHc the v clamor for n.trtJ il !. tho i riors- we judge- the'se figures are near cor- I expect, speedily, by the grace of God
...uarlM-in- ,f tr.o.rw li .... ....... " ' P'ally when we remember that the
7, luum..,, uestern Territories are inhabited by at least
----"sxaavva.tivi.-'
u .general tiling, indulged in at present bv
ne.iriy every tribe, led on bv the ioux. the
most powerful of all the tribes, and who alone
ire aaui iy many to have 40,tXK) warriors.
1M.Y. Democratic State Convention.
The Democratic State Convention held in
Syracuse, X. Y. on the ISth, to appoint Del
egates to represent the Democracy of that
State at the Chicago Convention, was the largest and most enthusiastic assemblage of
the kind ever held in the State. The resolutions arc sound, discreet and pointed. The following is the 4th of the series : llesolced, 'I hat speaking for the many thousands here assembled, gathered together from every county of the State of New York, we believe that it is the duty of the coming Convention, to meet at Chicago on thc'Jthof August, to give expression to this beneficent spirit of Peace, and to declare as the purpose
of the Democratic party, if it shall recover
power, to cause this desolating war to cease, by the calling of a National Convention, in which all the States shall be represented in their national capacity, and that to this end an immediate armistice shall be declared ol sufficient duration to give the States and the people ample time and opportunity to deliberate upon and finally conclude" a form of union. The Bixth enumerates the wrongs and outrages the people have suffered at the hands of this administration, its assumption and exercise of despotic powers, its corruptions and w ickedness. The seventh will meet the lnnr.
ty concurrence of every true Democrat and lover of civil liberty, and reads as follows: Iieso Ived, That to the end that such wrongs may be redressed and eyil removed, and the liberties of the people under the Constitution re-established, that a free canvass and a free and unrestiicted election in not only a means of preserving these essential rights but is tlie very end for which government itself
is instituted, and must be preserved at all hazards; and we warn this Administration to desist its encroachments upon the rights and liberties of the citizens of our State, "and resolve that we will not tolerate the rule ot martial law, of military interference w ith
elections, or any more arbitrary arrests of our citizens, to the maintenance of which we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Grant's Campaign.
The National Intelligencer, (published at Washington) of a recent date, contained an
elaborate article of several columns in length
reviewing Grant's campaign ngainst Kiel: mond. It arrives at the following conclu
amna-
1. That the plan of the campaign was a mistake ; General Grant having either overestimated his own power of aggression or underestimated Lee's power of defence.
2. That every movement of the campaign was unsuccesslul, the only exception being the capture of a rebel division on the l'o. 3. That very little tactical skill was displayed in any of the engagements, which consisted simply of pushing masses of men against strong works, before which they were uselessly slaughtered.
4. That after losing, immense numbers of
valuable lives, as well as trained officers, no
advantage has been gained, and the cam
paign against Kichmond is a lauure.
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A Lincoln Organ on Separation.
The Albany (New York) Journal, the Lin
coln Organ, par excellence in that State, an
nounces that it prefers a eepaiation of the
States, and a recognition of a Southern Con
federacy, rather than a submission of the
questions of war and peace to a Convention
of the States. Wc quote its language :
"IT WOULD HAVE HKKX FAR BET
TER TO HAVE ALLOWED THE SOUTH
TO HAVE GONE OUT OF THE UNION
AT ONCE IN PEACE, and then to have
made a Commercial 1 reaty with them, than
to have gone into a Convention where such a conclusion would be tho oijjy one by which the rebels would be bound. A Convention called with such an understanding would have been simply a Convention to ratify the dissolution of the Union. If it be true that such a proposition (as the World alleges) was unofficially brought to
Mr. Lincoln's attention, it rcdoundt greatly to his credit that he promptly rejected it. His oath oj ojficc would not permit him to eren consent that a Convention ff all the States could sever the present Union and form a Commercial one.
cution of all copperheads anything vj that they may carry the electioas this fall. There a lut little method in there madness with one breath they breathe death and devastation toull who are nnt ''loyal" to the lanternjawed buljjon to ell who are opposed to the conscrijdiou and in favor of peace the next tar.ment their trnh chatters and knees smite tytlt in ortI terror, lest thev
should draw a priz cl net Le abls to pro e ure a nigger substitute. They certainly challenge the eoirntfiwration of every sympathetic ht'mg. We en only volunteer them IJtde iU vdr.c, iai that ia that they do all thatiC9 (a theirpowerto uphold and ma'ntain the civil faw nake up their minds to yield to tsuuilfest des
tiny and Buffer defeat this fall be sparing
and 1 ask no higher authority to be at Chi
cago. And the eves and hearts of the nation
are turned in that direction. Even Republi
cans, in the silent slumbers of the night the
hearts of hundreds of thousands of them are turned to the Chicago convention nrav that
wisdom riiav d!rrt. its nr-tinn na I hnro not
Let us add to these tig.sres the rebel infiu- the least doubt it will. When its work is
ence t.iat is oppcrating among them, and we finished, then will I be ready to devote ray-
a v. t-umfuuni! ne:r ill) bli nl nhnf hni-A t trr.tr. m rvrm rr ft II nirh and fvm nirhr
. O v . ItU t ,--- aa v a "o . a 1 1 1 UUV4 I a V Ul II 11 J I
uciorc u. till i,inrr;n ;r . 1 . j::r
.... ...v. uiii it in ru I-:, iu i ui?I.U3?ilul Ul
War and a
prear that the
cuanees lor the white man arc not first best
j Uotween a gigantic Indian I war for the negro, it would ar
ihe subjects that will be involved in the strug
gle to follow. I can assure vou.asfaras mv
nuagmentis worth anything, that the conven
tion win meet m harmony, will sit in har-
monv- ndont th rJirfit Unrl nf t nlntrn.n
Rj-i, i.eo. J. .McLlc.Ian, iranklin Tierce, nnm'matc a true candidate, and. fnrthrmr.r
! . . ..." ' i . . . ... ... ' '
Jiitiara riiimore, Horatio Seymour of New 1 tnat tDat candidate will receive a constitu
icrk, Ihos II. Seymoui Qio. II. Pendleton, of Ohio
, o - i cnpr i in ik. r - . .
.r i I . .i , i, ... ' tim fhi vi muiio men, wno
x inmi, are tue names mosi ire- love UDerty and theircountry, and laying upque&ti weationed in connection with the on tho altar Ml our private griefs, all our
Chicago Oiisrention and apt to receive the PreJuulces na passions, ana preierences for
nomination r Pra.ident, Lut it is generally fideity to principle, we will come together
r--i.-nt...,,,.,., jr-t -.i., r.. nomination aawilj b
The Conspiracy Humbug. The New York Times, the only paper in that city which gives Mr. Lincoln a cordial support, speaks as follows of the late expose of a great "Conspiracy to overthrow tha Government:" TnE Great Conspiracy. The St, Louis
journals of Friday contain verbatim reports
of the examination oi .Mr. Green 1. c-mitu.
Smith, whose business is that of a dry-goods clerk, it appears, was grand secretary of the
so-called Order of the American Knights,
and instead of having been inveigled into its
membership, he seems to have been prom in
ent as a promoter of its doctrines which
doctrines, it is now alleged, contemplate a combination with the rcbeU ot the Southto
break up the American Union. Smith pro-
lerses to repent of his lellowship with the
knights, and his professions ought to be of
some value, tie broke his oath of allegiance
to the United States when he ioined the
knights. He swore lahely when he took his vows of fidelity to the order. He penured
himself when he became an informer atrainst
his fellows. And now he desires therivilege of forswearing bis allegiance as a citizen once again when some new order of knighthood attracts his fancy. Can another such En be found to brir ' -. j- -ce
General Sherman on Negro Soldiers.
Headquarters Military Division ok tue Mississirri, is the Field. Neau
Atlanta, Ga. July 30, 1S04.
John A, fyoourr, Esq., Agent for the Com-
ninmreafth of Massachusetts, Xashrille Tenn: Sir: Yours from Chattanooga, July 2Sth,
is received, notifying me of your appointment lu tour Slate a Lieutenant Colonel and Pro
vost Marshal of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, under the act of Congress approved July 4, 104, to recruit voluuteers to be cred
ited to the States respectively.
On applvmg to General ebster, at Nash
ville, he w ill grant you a pass through our lines to those States, and as I have had considerable experience in those State, would
suggest recruiting depots to be established at
Macon and Columbia. Miss., Selica and 31 -bile, Alabama, and Columbus, JJilledgerille and Savannah, Georgia.
1 do not see that the law restricts you to black recruits, but you are at liberty to collect white recruits also. It is waste of time
and money to open a rendezvous in Northwest Georgia, for I assure you I have not seen an able bodied man there, black or white, fit tor a soldier, who was not in this
army or t.ie one opposed to.it You speak of the impression going abroad that I am opposed to the organization cf colored regiments.
My opinions are usually very positive, and
there is no reason why you should not know them. Though entertaining profound reverence for our Congress, I do doubt their wisdom in the passage of this law.
1. because civilian agents about an army are a nuisance.
2. The duty of citizens to light for their country i too sacred a one to be peddled off
by buying up the rnvseof other States. 3. It is unjust to the brave soldiers and volunteers who are righting, as those who compose this army do, to place them on a par tciih the class of recruits you are after. 4. The negro is in a transitiomtate, and is not the equal ff the while man. ". He is liberated trom his bondage byact of war; and tho armies in the field are entitled to all his araiatanca in lubor-nd fighting, in addition to the proper quotas of the Sute. G. This bidding and bartering for recruit, white and black, has delayed the re enforcement of armies at the times when such re-
enforcement would have enabled us to make !
our success r-ormanent 7. The law is an experiment which, pending war, is unwise and unsafe, and has delayed the universal draft which I Miexe will become necessary to overcome the wide
spread resistance offered us; and I also believe the universal draft will be. wise and beneficial ; lor under the Providence of God it will separate the fheep from tb goats, and demonstrate w hat citizens will fight for their country, and what will only talk. No one will infer from this that lam not a frind of the negro as well as the white rare.
STEWART & VICTOR,
CONTRACTORS
na BUILDERS.
WE are now prepared to at up ttaUdi nfn ahartaticeaodon tlx noit reanalle u-rma. Wa ala manufacture and kevp constant Ij en hand at oar Fattorj Jackauo alrccU Slcll j villc,
Panel Doors, Sash, Venet'n Shut'rs DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES. PILASTER, BASE, WEATHER -BOARDING, FLOORING, SHELVING FOR STORES, P AX ED BOARDS, MOlLdlXG, Of variuiu patterns, auiUMe f r tlie Cuiah of Frame or Brt.-k Iloiinn. W are ln prepare! r drew to crdrall klndt ct Lmoilier, iiK-Iu.liup l'lMriiig and WratlM-r-tooanliua; tr CMIwmen ; me rut out, reaIy t.t put tc-ther, al kitiUa ufauik, bracket aixl ali kinds ot Scroll W ork. I't-ii a'iut t-ert Imildmpi in ttieenuntr will And it to t!i-ir iliU-rret to pun haw ul our ental likliturBt. hoa titer can t nupplied ith all tlo-carprritrr mott raty-aia f X'a.Kiimi lutnl-r fr tlie fiiiilunc ut t uiklinift. Ituil-trra havingcnntrct in tlie country, atiere material and erfcanica are ararce, will Cud it tu tlieir interet to call a:M riamine our tck. N. It. Stair l-uil-linpcf all k icJ dne to ariler. From ur I-hc enrieiicein all I V aUire fcram hea of rnr tuinK. flatter uraclvcn Iief aMrtopive tlie ntwiuat
kat i-f.irt Kin .-' mho niaj fjvo
- u w ith llrir i
.'iaj is-uu
REMOVAL I GEO. W. F. KIRK HAS REMOVED III3 BOOT, SHOE & HAT
to tlie South-Went corner ot t-ie TuMie Square and Harrifin Street, (m4n formerly occupied t-jr rca Ilardwa stf !-), here Le baa ou ralnt Uon aver; lare andeomplela titk of
BOOTS,
AND
SHOES, HATS!
Progress of the War. There lias lecn a desperate struggle
near Richmond for the possession of the
Weldron Railroad , which it is announced the Federal forces nowr hold. The
Federal loss in the engagement on Friday
last is admitted to have been three thousand. The rehels are said to be in large
force in the Shenendoah valley, and it was rumored last night that they had crossed the Totomac into Maryland in considerable force. On Sunday last Forrest made a sudden
raid into Memphis at the head of a large points more ncsrts than those .f anv (Jen
cavalry force, capturing a number of one! eral officer in the army; lut 1 jr ft' ne-
grt'cs jut jHonccr, ic'imaicrs, cwa ut mvanls, other gradually to experiment in the art of the Roldir, beinnin with the dntie
of local carrion, such a. we had at Mem-
which he will !1 aa luw a at. 7 of e ran afford to ad! tb aania araue of work. Xo Trouble to Shove Goods. JVm't forget the plaoa. "the Old Hard vara Stwre.
ATTENTION ! f V1IIE mtnmanity are rpfvil1y txt:fl-d thai we har I pur-l.av4 tle inlTrat 4 Tto'a Jana ia ttr'.adJle and lirnna nea !.i ld tatdj and purp"7 entniug the tuiurK-a in all IU te-aurta-a, arid riwranba that hf y article atll l y aa will aa reovwmvdr4. aa
pr4nw v, practical and eiperietirwd wrkaea wrarlvea
aoj ahall (ireevery article aianafartarail nr personal aw
T .1.- -,,.r, mr,A ,li;v y.f IerTiaion. W a ibtetid tw nbutaiture
the master freed the flare, and th; armies I
have commanded have conducted to sale
hundred day men and two pieces of artillery. He retreated from the city without doing any material damage and being compelled to abandon mot of his prisoners so tho dispatches say.
Peace Commissioners to be Sent to Richmond. The following dispatch came over the wires list nisht : "ew York, August 23,-3 P. M. Rumors are current here and credited in the beet financial circle? that the Government has decided to send five coinissioners to Richmond; of Republicans 2, Democrats 3, to arrange preliminaries for peace, also a rumcr that a commission is on its way to Richmond. This rumor Is said to have acted sensibly on the pold market, causing a decline of soma 4 per cent. Can it be possible that Mr. Lincoln could be guilty of so humane an act as tha appoiott c( J r , j0 Tiait Rich-
Satldlcs and Harness
rdiis, Yicksburjr, Natch., Nahville and
Chattanooga : Lut 1 would not draw on the
j poor race for too lare a proportion of its ) active, athletic young men, for wme must ' remain to seek new homes and Tirovide for j the old and youn?. the feeble and he!plej These are some of my peculiar notions, but ' I aure vou they are shared by a large proportion of our fighting men. I am, etc., fSizned) V. T. SnERMAX,
Makrt3eneraL
Vallandigham, in a recent speech
said : If there are any enemies of the Democratia party who are in hopes" that I will go to the Chicago Convention and endeavor to stir up strife, or oouucil a bolt, thev are destined to be sadly diaappuintwd, for I shall do no such thing, I shall aoiuiess in the decision of the majority, whether iMccordance with my views or not, and like a true Democrat do all that lies in mj power to elect the
of a quality at cwl aa the tt and at prices aa low aa tbw owrt- A rail It rejuetnl.
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LA.NCEiKia . CUE5ZT.
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g. kexxedy;,
II
AVI5G permanently located In She!
y ti 1 le. ta prepared to attend to al
tttMneaa in hit line, ta the lateat and aaoa
aprore d at) le. and reactfnlly trader-
hiaarrriea to the atiienoof Mieltrnlle and vicinity. Office over Elliott's Store cunm Ural dVx aai PoatOffioa. U. te-ly
Tnc m stout or nosTtTTtaa stomach bitTEKS. The aaoat remarW Ie aaedtanaof day, mad tha many cure that bae Leva perforwied with it in cara mt Liver Oumplaiat. liipepaia, N'erroua Iirtahty, and other diamaea ariain( Irci t diaordered afanaach or liea. plaona . it at once among tt moat aatontatufc diacoeeriea thai aoa . taken place in aKJ workt. The dmaaia to wtoaK. btttera areapUtcUc are ao auiveraai that there are hat lev of oar frlea.1 who nJ teu thtar virtaea ia their familieaorcio of aoquaintama aod prove to their aaa aabafaeuon that there iaat leacv. ana reaaeSy fnaar mm
any adver-taad aaadirinea, SanrVn th pablia B ri'TV!r" "
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