Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1864-07-23

              VOLUME XXVIII. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1804. NUMBER ,15. ... Democratic fanner . IS PUBLISHED. JCVERY- 8ATCRDAT MOKVISO BT L. HABPER. Cmee In Woodward Block, 3d Story. TERMS. Two Dollar per annum, payable in ed-rnaee; 82.60 within six months; $3.00 afier theexpi ration of the year. ; .- ; ' Ml Iyon's Kathairon. '.. Kathairon ia from the Gretk worl : " Kathro," er ' Kathair," ignifyiux to cleanse, rejuvenate and restore. Tnia artkle is what its nm signifies. For preserving, rentorin;? ami beautifying the human hair it is the most rcinnrkaiile preparation in the wurM. It is ajrain nwneil and put up by the original proprietor, ami is w-w inale with the Mine car, skill ami attention which gave it a sale of over one million bottles per unuuin. . It is a in ist delightful Hair Dressing. It eradicates scurffand dandruff. It keeps the head cool and clean. It rutkes the hair, soft aud ploeny. it prevents the hair from falling off. It prevents tlie hair from turning gray. It restores hair upon b:ilU, heads. .-. Anylwly or gentleman who values a beautiful head of hair should use Lyons Kathairon. Jt is kn wn and used throughout the civilized world. Sold by all respectable dealers. DKVIAS S. UAUSES A CO. New York. Mar. 20-ly ,.:' .. ' ' I . Ilacan's) Magnolia Balm. This is the most delightful extraordinary arti- I icle ever discovered. -It changes the sun burnt face . . ... r . - . - 1 tv. imnartinz the marble purity of youth, and th ! n-i bants to a pearly satin lexiureoi ravisnins ne:iu- di.tingue appearance so inviting in the city telle f fashion. It removes tan. freckles pimples and roueh- ness from the skin, leaving the complexion fresh, transparent and smooth. It contains no material in-', .1 .1,:.. !.. ..,:,.l l. lt .,.. .l 1 )pera Sioeers. It is what every lady should have. Sold every wliere. Preparee by V. E. II AG AN, Troy, N. Y. Address all orders to DEMAS S. BARNES 4 CO. New York. Mar. 26-ly HEIMSTREErS Inimitable Hair Restorative, AO 7 A DYE But restores gray kair to its original color, by supplying the cupillary tubes with, natural snstennnce, impaired by ae or disease. All inntantrueitfu 'dye are composed of Inuar enutic, destroying the vitality and beauty of the hair, and afford of themselves no lressinj. lleitntreet's Ini oitahle Coloring not only restares hnir to its natural coler by an easy process, but gives the hair a ' - I Luxuriant Reality, " promotes its growth, prevents its falling off, eradicates dandruff, and imparts health aad pleasantness to the head It has stood the test of time, being the origiual Hair Coloring, and is constantly increasing in favor. Led by both gentleman anil ladies. It is" i sold by all respectable dealers, or ran be procured hr j them of the commercial acents. 1). S. BAKNKo A J CO. 22 Broadway, New York. Two sues, 50 cents indSl. - , alar. 26-ly Mexican Mustang L.iniment. TUe-parties in St. Louis A Cincinnati., who have enaaberfeited the Mustang Lihiuient under pretense f nronri.ttrhiD. hart, liorn thoriturhlv ostoiicfl li. the Courts. To guard against further imposition, I have procured from the Ln.ted Mates 1 rcasury, a private steel p4ate revenue stamp. whieh is placed ' vr the top of each bottle. Kaeh stamp bears the fme mi!e of my Signature, and without which the nr-ticle is a Com. tert'eit. dangerous and worthless imito-'tion. Examine every bottle. This Liniment has been in use and growing in favor for many years. There hardly exists a hamlet on the habitable UkVe hat does not contain evidence of its wonderful effects. T . ,d K Amiiliiiinni in tKairikrlil W" itVi i,. .iriu eat improved ingredients, its effects upon man and lCdrt are perfectly remarkable. Sores are bealod, pains relieved, lives saved, " valuable: animals mads useful, ami untold ills assuaged. . For cuts, bruises, pprains, rheumatism, swellings, bitesf cuts, caked breasts, strained horses, c, it is a Sovereign Remedy that should never be dispensed with. It should Le in every faini'y. . Sold bv all Uruggists. D. S. BARNES, New York Mar. 26-ly S. T. 1S80. X. Personsf sedentary habits troul.led with weak- ess, lassitude, palpitai of tke heart, lack of ape- tite, distress after eating, torptd liver, constipation, Ac, deserve to suffer if they will not try the cele- b rated j Plantation Bitters, whicb are mow recommended by the highest medical Minorities, and warranted to produce la immediate fcetteflcial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, a.d must supercede all .ther tonics . where a healthy, ge.Ue stimulant is required. I Th. nrir .itn .ml ;n,i-.t- i They purify, strengthen and invigorate. Ihey create a healthy apettte. They are an antidote to changeof water and diet. . They overcome effects f dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enlived the mind. They Prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers. They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure Diarrhea, and Cholera Morbus. ; They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache. - They make the weak strong, the linguid brilliant, id are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya bark, wiuter-reen, sassafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in per-tectly pare St. Croix rum. For particulars, see circulars and testimonials around each bottle. - Be ware of imposters. Examine every bottle. See thai it has our private D. S, Stamp nn mutilated over the cork, with plantation scene, and our signature on a fine steel plate side labeL See that our bottle is not refilled with spurious and deleterous stuff. Any persoa pretending to sell Plantation Bitters either by the galloa and Bulk, is an impotter. Any person imitating this bottle, or selling any other material therein, whether called Plantation v Bitters or not, is a criminal under the U. S. Law, and will be so prosecuted by as. We already have our eye on several parties re-filling our bottles, Ac , who will succeed in getting themselves into close quarters. The demand for Drake's Plantation Bitters from ladies, lergymen, merchants, Ac, is incredible. The sim-, pie trial of a bottle is the evidence we present of their vorth and superiority. They are sold by all respectable druggists, grocers, physicians hotels, saloons, steamboats and country stores. P. H. DRAKE A CO, Jlar. XI-ly 202 Broadway. N. Y. . "r ,. , - !z JfEWYOBK STATE DIPLOMA , ?T- TCT C. ' awIrdxh to ' ' JAMES DURNO, Albany, ; 'yprtliB JBftst Catarrh Eemedy of the Age v ' JJTJBNO'S CATABEH SNTJPF. ! '!5P:J0nNS0N,'8ecT; T.8. PAXTON, Preset. :'' This s0,t desirablo or all remedies for Catarrh v haS no equal in medicine. It strengthens the sight, mprpvas he hearing, Is beneficial in Bronchitis, and ttarina the Breath. ' It is the Ladies' special remedy for Nervous Ilead-aehe; eonUJ4 noTotMO j it highly aromatic, pro-I siaoing a pleas ia g saasaiion mi hooeficial rasulta to -- sw who appreciate , . ,. ' , "ACLEAB DEAD," - . ''oWby all first elass Druggists.,. rPriCA 2i - - P" Bo. Whers not on jmU. m&mpWSox. 80 or 9y Delist,, will bo seat, tin. Ti.x. I. . y mm, rrosa toe IJKPOT ol th PrroaoUr. wmm.kh uaiyw York, i t- 9, Barn. 4 Co., Ksw York, WWIssmIo Ar EDITED BY L. HARPER. The Banner for $1,00 a Tear. Determine! to be as accommodating as pos sible to our Democratic friends, who wish to become subscribers to the Bannir, we have concluded to send it, until farther notice, for One Dollar a Year payalle in Gold, in ad. vace, in all case. It will 'he seen that this is just one half tlie price we ued to receive for our paper during the good old days of Demo-era tTc rule. Friends, shell oui vour gold dollars' ' Western Crops. Mr. Commissioner Newton has received recent advices from the West, representing the wheat crop to be letter than wan anticipated, ar regards excellence of jrrain and qnaiHity of of 6traw. Th-'yield will not prohahlyf be an average one. bn't the falling otf in quantity will, it i thought, will be fully co'iipehsated by the improved quality of the grain. Here in 'Knox county. Although immense field of wheat were destroyed by the eeverilv of the winter, yet, alter all. our farmers will have a much better yield- than they expected 1 rr. .4C rany m ine spring. ome tanners. who plowed up their wheat-field for the pur- 1r,c r : ", !.'. v .1 L"ose 01 tiiantin? t hem in orn. no rprpf 11 v- ; ..c... ing done so, inasmuch as portions of fields not t j, 8 pl0 we1 p arll w) ; , j00jp,L ,)l0,t ; f unfavorable, turned out to have about half an averaee vield. While th blaHpo n'mvi. o-r.mri,! c- . may often be destroyed, yet the germ itself is not destroyed, and will send forth living, bearing shpole, as soon as the warm sun-ehine and reviving rain&of spring vieit the eartl:. Mr. Seward's Bell. Mr. Til ton, of the: New York Independent, not having the fear of the President or his Secretary of State before -his eyes, writes as fol-loxvs : Mr, Seward's bell hsalw-ys had a dismal sound in our ears ; amlince we are not among bin favorites, it tnav some dav rinj for us. U'J ten the Government lately suppressed certain newspapers in this city, we called the act " not a very sensible measure," Of he Arjni-elles case we take the same view. Of Frank IJlair's rase in which the President insiil.ted one Cabinet officer to gratify the pride of another we have no better opinion. The IndrprtxdeM has, until recently, teen a lending and influential supporter of Lincoln's Administration, and in consideration of the valuable aid it rendered the pary in power, it was selected to do the Government ailvertising in New York City. The tyranny, imbecility and bufToonery of the President have become so outrageous and di2Usting, that the paper is . forced lo comdemn them publicly. The truth is, nearly every decent and influential Republican paper, that is not kept aliv.- by Gov ernment pHtroflsige of some sort, ilamna with faint praiee" the acts of the Lincoln dv r"8''. The Abolition Platform for 13 34. The Lincoln Abolitionists, in the B tliimnre Convention. adoptl a platliirm " full of sound , . . . ' .. . . . ami lury.Bigniiyingnoiiimg.- utveste J ot all ; veriage, and boileil down to its true consis- j t'encv, the Abolition Platform for isr4 i nret- ' . . ' . . tvclearlv set forth n f.-nrv Ward n,- nhe-r'a I new work on Miscegenation, " as follows. Read it: It will be onr noble prerijjntive to set the example of this rich blending of blood. It i idle to in .intain L that this present war is not a war f-r the negro. It is a war for the negro. 'Noi simply for his personal rights or his physical freedom : it' is' a war, if you please, of amalgamation. o called a war looking, as its final fruit, to the blending of the white and Diacav All attempts to end it withoqt a recognition j 04.tn political, civil and social rights of the negTo, wl" oniy leaa to still bloodier battles in the future. L be wise and look to the end. Let the war go on Hnlu" th Pi f done away. Let it go on until church, and state, and society recognise not only the propriety but the ecessity of the ?'it?!llwI,1,S. 5 ln " ui-'S ntil lh !n 1 u. oax pnbhc documenU t ?t ? n ,1 "V??" f.w,flPnni !w" ,,!ll-"7-?,te mM ""y he f wh,t thl t,HS .' slould melaleuketie fcefore the- comes miscegenetic Copperhead Complaints! Can .any of oar readers guess wliat docu-meat contains tLefoHowig complaints? The Abolitionists will readily gar it is the "disloyal" platform of some Copperhead Convention: "He has obstructed the administration of justice. "He has. made judges depeadeot upon tis will alone. . "He has erected a multitude of new officers. "He Bas kept antone us. in time of tieace standing armies, without tae couseot of legis latures. "He has even effected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil nower. "He has combined, with others, to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their sxcis of pretended legislation: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us. "For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for anv murder which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States. "For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefit of trial by jury. "For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, funda menially, tne lorms of our governments. ue has incited domes uc insurrections among as." The above are not extract from any latter lay political gathering, but are taken literally from a renowned old document etgned by John Hancock and fifty -Ave others written by Thomas Jefferson Dgrod by order of Cob gress and familiarly known as the "Declara tion of Independence' 6TThe editor of the East on Arras fPenn. syl vania) says: We saw weight at the Lehigh Vallej depot on Friday last, such as we never expecteu 10 see in this free country. A white man and a filth j negro, both said to be deaer- tera irom me army, were chained together by iron olaapa arooni their -wriata. .ln ahia ro- diU'on thrr wera aarebl tfougb (he public ftttlB ofBaslon; 6a"th" Way to tlie depot. That ia csrryingiit lb Abolrrioa of equality Of the racee, with venreanee,' ISThe first four years of Atolition rule nawx: wvti iour years 01 rebellion, uiooo, ueaiu 1 destruction and desolation. Alt. Vernon Ban- ner. .-.:. ' . :' . .-. A consequence of many years of Southern rnle-tbe last four of which, under that" Democratic" imbecile and gray-haired traitor, the mention of whose name patriotism and deceney forbid will stand in history as four years' of Plunder, Thelt, Kohberv and Un blushing Iniquity. Toledo Weakly (Jommer- j cial. The name of the present Abolition - imbecile and srrav-haired traitor" to the Conatuu- tion. can never lie forgotten. This Adminis- j tratisn is thesvnouvm of everything vile, ftlse. foul, profane, impious and infamous ; and has j surprised all others in this respect, that in its ' "four yeara of Plunder, Theft. Robbery and Unblushing Iniquity," it has desolated, devastated -and- destroyed the whole United States of North America. It will have left nothing valuable for any successor to taki. Its -Plun- j der. Theft and Robbery," has ruined the indl- viduals composing the nation as well as the j of the clerk swung thrbngh its formal government itself. It has given thieves and phrases. There was hope that the Sen-malefactors offi .-e and position ; an ! in its ate would recover itself, but when the " Uublusiiing Iniquity, " has established its ; narem. or seraglio 01 vice ami lewdness at the National Capitol. It has demoralize! all whom it has -. touched ; and with itV virus infected and poisoned the surrounding atmosphere. It has brought Death, Destruction. Desolation and Damnation upon the country. Plunder, Piracy and Perjury have attended it. Rapinev Ravage and Ruin have follo'we '. in the wake ol Battle, Dloodshed and Sf urder, which it inaugurated. It has been worse than the "Pestilence that walketh. at noonday" itself a chamel house of corruption and impurity. ' The True Eeason! - - Hon. S. S. Cox, in his late speech on the Fugitive Slave Law Repeal, gave the true reason why the Republican party in Ohio failed to carry out their secession views, as promulgated in t he Resolutions of the Cleveland Convention of 1859. They would have put this State into revolutionary resistance to the Federal Government, but for the reason stated by Mr. Cox, in the following paragraph, which we clip from liis speech: . I say now that the reason why the conven tion ami the party whi-h sanctioned it did not eueceed in dragging Ohio out of the Union and making revolutionary resistance to the Federal iovernuient was anl I mention this in all confidence to the House that the committee levied a "fund of liberty" on the citizens of the Western Reserve to pay the lawyers for suing out. of the State courts a writ of habeas corpus! When they found that they had to pay a dollar a head for breaking out into rebellion they revolted against revolution. Laughter. What Lincoln is Doing. The man who is mo-it peristenlv urging the repeal of the $3') commutation clnu-e in the conscription act. is Abraham Lincoln. Le' the working men who are appealed to, to vote for Lincoln because he once split rails, and kept a whiskey still, forget that this working man is trying to sh.ipe the draft so that they will be compelled-to go into th armv. no mat ter what fnav be the condition of their business and families. Eery one ktiows that, the re peal of the commutation clause will run sub- ?!itut'9 P' exorbitant firure. and m-.ke the conscription l.ear ten fold heavier than ever Un people. Let the I ,ori.i- mass- e remember ih tt the friend to wh-iv they a, indebted for the efforts to repeal the clause is I 1 t 4 l. -nr Lincoln got tha commutation clause re.-pe iied. at last. N w every in in of y.i, For ward, Mareii! How d ye like it An Alien Easmy fir Vico President: The Springfield R'p 'Vrm's Wasiiingtoh correspondent, in speaking ot the Baltim-re nomination, says: "There are those, that felt that the nomi nation of Governor Joh tison. of Temiessee, is inconsistent with the doctrine on which Loth Houses of Congress an I he two lea ling polit ical organizations of the country may finally agree; thai no electoral votes are to be counted except from the States representing the present congress, it is an anomalv in politics and Government that a mm should be elected to the second office in the country who has no minediate cousfituency. and whose fellow in habitants will not be represented in the botly over which he is to preside. The Financial Condition of the Coun try . The New York Tribune lately had a fit of sanity, and broke out as follows: "Gold oes up like a Walloon; so that $4,000 of it will buy more tha $10,000 of United States six per cent., payable, principal and in terest, in yjiw! The business of the country is all but fatally derange!; all nominal values are so inflated and unsettled that no trade: the laboring class are stinted in spite of ample work and large wages;' and there is danger of social convl8io." This is the result of three years of war! What will. we be after another year or two of War? . An Affecting Incident. Two officers, wounded in the battle before Petersburg, were going home last Friday by the Erie route. When the train neared Oswego, a well-dressed lady, accompanied by a child and gentleman, entered the car and took a seat in front of there. As the officers talked over the recent engagements at Petersburg, informing each other of various acquaintances who had fallen, one remarked: "There was Captain Warwick, of the 19th New York, as brave a fellow aa ever lived; he was shot through the head and instantly killed." The lady referred to immediately sprang from her seat, and throwing up her hands exclaimed. Oh, don't say that! he was my husband!' and then burst into an agony of tear. This was the first intelligence she had received of her husband 'a death.. The child with her w his daughter, and the gentleman her brother. There were very few dry eyes in that car daring the rest of the jouruey to Elminu JVno York ConuKcrcial. ' ' The New York Herald eaya the only reason Gov. Tod was nominated fo.r Secretary of the Treasury was, that he told a better story than any other man in Ohlo.J "' ' t fe Vnry .Murray yoqn c. woman tried in Ornge ooontj, KCf for Jtillin ber nw-Dorne Infant, baa beep (oaodUtjf mupjer )n the first degree, and senteaced" to be hang. Tlie LOSt Da)S Of UlC AdCriCan . QAW4i'' . oCIlalCe TUB D7UA3TY OF SgQPD?. Revelations and Recriminations. The members of the Shoddy Congress voted themselves complete sets of the " Congressional Globes." Thev will require two hundred and twenty-eight Sts, Ot Sixty-two volumes each, winch, at four dollars D3r volume, will amount to $50,541. What kind of a Congress :t th:it iiisr. n.diortrned. thrT?. 1"- ' -.j :- y . publican papers bear witness. The Ro chester Democrat Administration) says : A DRUNKEN SCENE: - Hale cilled up a long bill, and; there wis a lull whilA th mfiasnrpd mnnntAno bill was passed, and Hale endeavored ! to proceed with another.measure, Chan dler sprang to his feet and Yelled and screamed .' Mr. President ! Mr President 1" It was the fierce voice of an excited, half-drunken, qnarrelsome man, and might have been heard at the Speaker's d sk in the other end of tbe Capitol. :'" Order ! " Order"!" cried several Senators. " Order ! Order !" sharp-ly said the Vice President prp tern.. Senator Clark, as he brought tlie little ivory gavel down upon his desk, ring-ingly. But the fell spirit would not down at such bidding; and Chandler retorted that lie was not out. of order, but that the Chair was. " The Senator will take his seat !" answered the Chair. Chandler coarsely retorted, "You've no right to order me to my seat, arid I won't take it !" and turning to Hale who sat next to him and was urging him to sit down, he added : " No, I'll be damned if I do ! He's snubbed me enough, and I won't stajid it any longer!" "Take your seat, sir!" firmly and forcibly said the Chair. Eye met eye just then, there was a nervous motion of chairs m all parts of the chamber, and Chandler sank into his seat. "I deny the right of the Chair to call the Senator from Michigan to order !" eri?d Wilkinson, scarcely less drunk than Chan Her. " The clerk will read the rule," said the Oliair. So it was read, ani the Chair added, j " The Senator from Michigan was but of order, and will not be allowed ta " proceed except by consent of the Senate." Vain and meddlesome Conness,. of California, rose to throw the light j of his intellect upon the question, but a murmur of! disapprobation on all sides hushed him very quickly. Then, on motion of Mr. Foot, the Senator was allowed, by a direct vote of the Senate, to proceed in order. It w is the most pointed censure for years. Quietly Mr.. Chandler proceeded, but Avas decisively beaten in his effort to call up a bill ; and Hale's bill was taken up and passed. AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE TAX BILL. Something past one o'clock, word cam vfrom the House that it had passed the income tax bill. Wilson could con tain himself no longer, but' rose and in vie a fierce attack on Trnmbull, who led the majority, for bis course in trying to force the Senate to vote upon the question of adjournment. It - was a pungent , enjoyable, ill-timed and undeserved criticism. Trumbull is of all the last man in the Senate whom any one but else is sure to come off worsted. He sat in his cbair like an embodiment of vindictive force, and sprang to his feet as Wilson sat down, with a " Mr. President !" that would not be refused " He rebuke me ? He, one of a faction of ten or twelve who have kept the majority from : work fori more than two hours he rebuke me !' The contemptuous wrath behind these words was biting as a polar wind in dull October. HERE AND ELSEWHERE. It was half-past one. Wilkinson had retired to the cloakroom in unsatisfac tory condition, and wa supposed to be asleep. Chandler was bolt upright in his seat. Three or four members urged action at once upon tbe tax bill. " Trumbull significantly said the majority had been pressing action for nearly three hours on the question of adjournment and he could not allow tbe tax. bill to be considered 'til that matter was disposed of. That sneering word of his . faction" did not suit certain senators, and Wilson, Harlan, Morrill, Conness and Doolittle explained themselves to their own satisfaction. Everybody was noisily clamorous for vigorous action, and the Senate was doing nothing with astonishing success. The galleries looked down in disgHst? Afar off was a country looking up to Washington for leadership. Below Richmond and in Georgia were too great armies in the death struggle with Satan and Slavery. Everywhere, everywhere were de&olote hearths and vacant chairs and mourning hearts, i Yet in the Senate Chamber went on a wild wrangling and personality, Senators talked of he roism and patriotism, but in their . & tion"was the bitterest fire of mockery ana tne jteenest oiaae ot insnlt. 'fi3h xTon. Stwhp liiwW of ibe Sapertor Court of Ciaciaaati, baa reaigad. and Ubarlea Fes. taq. of Ciaetati been appointed to fill the cney. " ' 1 v :Fr-m the Portland Uaiae Airertiser. Washington Correspondence, Position of the Two ArzHies at Peters- burg General Grant's Mistake in At-j tacking Petersburg Secret History of the recent Change in the Treasury Department Probability of Immedi-' ate Intervention by France and Ener- land A French Fleet and Army to be Sent to Aid the South- : WASHINGTON, July 4, 18G4. The position of the two opposing armies at Petersburg is as follows: Gen-Grant' s left wing rests on the Appoma-tox river, east of the town. His centre crosses the Norfolk Railroad. His left wing,- consisting of Hancock's famous corps, rests on the railroad running from Wilmington to. Petersburg, at a point four miles south- of the latter. No trains have been run on this road however, since. General Grant began h is operation against Petersburg. All the supplies for the rebel army at Petersburg have been brought from Lynchburg and Danville. The two railroads from these places unite at Burkesville, and the road then runs to Petersburg directly from the west. Beauregard's corps is holding the town. Tho main body of General Lee's army is between the two railroads last named, its left resting at Petersburg, its centre opposite our left flank, its right bent back and prolonged some distance down the plank road which runs from Petersburg to Boydtown in Mechlenburg county. In this position the rebel army can oppose any movement that Grant can make toward the west, and can protect also the Lynchburg railroad. The damage which General Wilson s cavalry inflicted on the latter, near Burkesville, has already been repaired,. and trains are running on the road as usual. It is now evident how great a blunder Gen. Grant committed, in making his base at City " Point and attacking Petersburg,: instead of making Bermuda Hundred or New Market his base, and moving directly on Richmond without meddling with Petersburg at all. Gen. Grant's nineteen days operations before Petersburg have been of direct advan-tage to the rebels, and not the least advantage to us. They have cost us the loss of fully 15,000 men. Probably when 1G.O00 more have been slain in vain attempts to take Petersburg, Gen. Grant will change his base again, and establish a new base either at City Point or at New Market, as he might have done two weeks ago. The dissmissai of Mr. Chase from the Trei.3ury Department; (for it was a forced resignation and amounted to a dismissal,) was occasioned by Mr. Chase's firm refusal to allow himself to be used as a tool in advancing the electioneering schemes of the President. Mr. Lincoln already has his plots laid for using the army to keep away democratic voters from the polls in States where the result would otherwise be doubtful. Not satisfied with that, however; he is determined also to make use of the vast power of the Treasury Department to effect the same end.. II? had flattered himself, all along, that Mr. Chase would co-operate with Jiim in this scheme. But Mr. Chase has other ends in view than playing second fiddle to a boorish buffoon. He is convinced that the rer election of such a man would be the greatest calamity that could befall the country. When Mr. Lincoln found, therefore, that he could not use the Treasury Department to advance his views, he caused Mr. Chase to understand that his presence in the Cabinet would no longer be tolerated. Mr. Chase took the hint and resigned. ; - : M ri a i iAtf inn- wrT i ' "A Tws - Y .1 n aa! a - j ..1 .1 1 . - , . lyseen by bis choice of Mr Tod. of Ohio, to succeed Mr. Chase. Mr. Tod is as ignorant of the science of finance; as a country boy is of the science of navaga tion. But he is intensely "loyal," and he would have been an humble and a useful tool in Mr. Lincoln's hands. The nomination of Mr. Fessenden was forced upon the President. Mr. Fessenden has not yet accepted. If he does ; accept, the Treasury department will be ably managed; but Mr. Lincoln's electioneering "views will not be any more advanced than they would have have been by Mr. Chase. . j Besides, Mr. Fessenden has astonished the President by demanding conditions, without acceptance of which he has declared that he will not accept office under the President. He demands that: Stanton and Wells shall both be dismissed; that regular Cabinet meetings shall hereafter be held; and that the President shall determine upon no important executive act without full consultation at a cabinet meeting. It is hardly likely that Mr. Lincoln will consent to these terms. Letters have beqn ..received here by the last steamer, fronvwell informed gentlemen in Londonhich indicate that a change m the English ministry is imminent, and that the change willbring into power a party who will immediately canse the English Gorerament ; to recognixe the independctice of the South." 1Mb ateTjrill-l)e taken, it ia aaid, sole-Ij Jp.idrap ce English intewrta, "by pit-iinr atop to therar and thereby secii- ring ' te . England ner regiflartfnplr' 1 of wuuu. n u 4u nm. ue same step will be taken at the same time by the Emperor Napoleon, and that a secret treaty has already been drawn tin be- tween the rebel ambassadors on the one side, and the Emperor Napoleon on the other. By the terms of this treaty in consideration of certain commercial advantages, the Emperor Napoleon will not only recojmize the independence of the South, but will also agree to fur nish to the South such military and naval aid as will compel the North to abstain from any future attempts to conquer or subjugate the Southern States. Before this is done, however, it is said that England and France will unite in representing to the United States that the Southern States have sufficiently demonstrated to the world their ability to maintain their independence, and that the manufacturing and commercial interests of the two countries as well as the general interests of humanity, require that the war shall cease If this appeal is disregarded by the LTn.ited States Government, then, it is said, the Emperor Napoleon will lend a powerful naval force to raise the block ade off Wilmington, Mobile and Charleston, and will send a force of 300,000 French troops to co-operate with tliose of the rebels. Nothing is said of these letters about any material aid of this kind being expected from England.- But it is evident that there will be aid of some kind furnished from England and powerful aid too; nor it is understood that England expects, as her reward, certain commercial advantages in regard to the cotton of the South, which will practically amount to. almost a monopoly of that staple. Such is the substance of these letter. : Such is the humiliating position then to which the nation has been brought, by the hatred and intolerance of Aora-ham Lincoln toward the South. It was certainly in his power to have averted the war at the beginning. It was in his power to have stopped the war, and restored the Union two years ago. His measures, however, have only served to prolong the war and to develop the power of the South, and now he will have the humiliation of seeing foreign nations aiding the Southern States in finally and forever breaking up the Un ion. . - ";-'' : From tbe Spirit of Democracy.) STAETLING DISCLOSURE. Eillitr Spirit of Drmnrrari . Sir: Herewith I present you a true copy verbatim, of a letter, that I have picked up on the floor of my shop on the 9th day July, . 1864, which you will please insert in your pa-paper, in order that" the people may know the abominable practices of the Republicans in our midst,, and govern themselves accordingly. O e Any person wishing to see the original may see the same at any time at my shop, as I don't feel obliged to return the same to the traitorous owner. '.:. Yours Respectfully, J. D. STAUVER. A Copy Vcrbatim. Malaga, July 8, 18G4. Dear Bill Yours of the 1st is re ceived, wishing me to send yoxi my copy of the League Initiation Oath; I cannot spare it now, as I am doing a good business in making men loyal to our Order in this and Belmont County. I will send you a eopy of the same, f should think you had the same committed to memory by Jthis time. I will be in BarnesviUe the fore part of next week; tell John to send me $10 directed to BarnesviUe. I am very nearly strapped. The 1st oath is as follows: "You do soleraifJy swear in the pres- ence of Almighty God that you will ikeep 6ecret all transactions of this or y other Lodge of Loyal Leagues at which you may be resent, so heln you God." The second oath being the in side oath is as follows; (First placing a fire brand in the left and. a revolver in the right hand, one upwards and the revolver horizontal you proceed:) "You do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that you will be a true and faithful member of the Order of Loyal Leagues; that you will abide by all the .rules, orders and regulations of this or any other Lodge of Loyal Leagues of which you may. be a member, and that you will not support any person for 'office or in business, unless he is a regular initiated member of the Order of Loyal Leagues or holding the same views on politics that we do, and that you will support for President the nominee of the Baltimore " Convention, unless otherwise ordered by this Order, and that you will protect and defend any Loyal Leaguer in any difficulty he may get into with any Democrat, so help you God." You are aware we do not dare rgduce to writing the last oath. I will learn it to you when I come home. I have had considerable dificulty in getting a good many to take the last oath on account of the part in reference to tho Constitution of the U. S. Tell John to be sure and send that money. Respectfully Yours, -: pOGUE. The letter .was directed' to - . ' 7- Mr. B-'W..Roac, -' Woodsfield, ' - - ;':"! - Ohio; "Tit Now ia tbe timL to Mbaeribe (or the BaiiBer. Lineela npon the jattla Fltld. Wc sec that the papers arc referring to the fact that Lincoln ordered a'comie song to be sung upon the battle-field. We have known the facts about tho transaction for some time, but newspapers are now stating some of the facta we will give the whole . Soon after one of the most desperate and sanguinary battles, Mr. Lincoln . visited the commanding General and tne army. While on his visit the commanding General with bis staff took him over the field in a carriage and explained to him theplan of the battle and the particular places where the fight was most fierce. At one point the commanding General said, "here on this side of the road four hundred more were slain, and right on the other side of that wall five hundred rebels were destroyed. We have buried them where they fell, " I declare," said the President, " thin is getting gloomy. Let us driv away." ;After driving a few rods, the President said, "this makes a feller feel gloomy." "Jack," (speaking to a companion) " can't you give us something to cheer us up ?" , "Give us a song, and give us a lively one," Thereupon Jack struck up, as loud as he could bawl, a comic negro song, which he continued to sing while they were riding off from the battle-ground, and till they approached a regiment drawn up, h-n the commanding General said, " Mr, President, wouldn't it be well for your friend to cease "his song till we Lave passed this regiment. The poor fellows have lost more than half of thei,r numbers. They are feeling very badly, and I should be afraid of the effect that it may have on them." The President then asked his companion to stop his singing-till they got by that regiment. , AVe dcnow that the story is incredita ble, that it is impossible that a man who could be elected President of the United States, could so conduct himself over the fresh made graves of the heroic dead. When this story was told to us we sid that it was incredible im-posslble, but the story is told on such authority that we know it to betrue.--We tell the story that the people may -have -some idea if this man. Abraham Lincoln, who is a candidate for four ; years more of such rule. If any Republican holds up his bands in horror and says this story can't be true, we (sympathise with him from the bottom ' T criV lla t -v-tt rTi V A "rn r f man fit for any office of trust, or even for descent society ; but the Ftory is every whit true of Abraham Lincoln, incredab lo and impossible aa it . may seem. Essex Statesman, : A Battle-Field. - . Stand, in imagination, in some posi. tion of our Southern country, where earth and sky blend together in light and harmony, where the air is rich with fr agrance and soft with the song of birds, when suddenly there arises the sound fiercer music and the measured tramp of thousands-1 eager squadrons shake the earth with thunder, and files of bristling steel kindles in the sun end now, lace to face, rank to rank, shoulder to shoulder, are arrayed men whom God has made in the same likeness whose natures he has touched with the same impress tho same heart beats alike in all. In the momentary hush, just previous to the charge, rises before them memories of home voices of children, perhaps prattle in their ears, memories of secret affections stir among their silent prayers but it is but for a moment, when all these affinities "are swept away, trampled under foot by the shock and the shouting. Confusion then rends the air; the simmering bomb plows up the earth; the steel bites to the bone; the iron hail cuts the quivering flesh; the cannon shot crashes through the serried ranks, and in a cloud of smoke that hides both earth and heaven the desperate struggle goes on. The day wanes and the conflict ceases. - '. On one side there is victory, on the other defeat; the halls of the triumphant city are lighted with jubilee the tide of acclamation rolls along her streets the v organ heaves from its groaning breast thei peal of thanksgiving but under all this tumultuous joy there are bleeding bosoms and inconsolable tears, and whether in defeated or victorious lands, there is a wail of orphanage and widowhood, a chill of woe and death, that is broadcast throughout the lanl. The meek moon comes out and breaks the dissipating veil of the conflict, , and rolls its calm splendor above the dead. See now the .fierceness of man's paasjon, the folly of his iriekedncss, displayed in those torn .standards that charred earththose pools, of clotted blood-that festering heap of slain. Nature never made, such norrors! and when those fattening Jbonea hT hare long mouldering into dust, she Trill' spread but luxuriant'harTesti .to 3u thea, far-ever iroa tne sight. . - A refnrnH prUoner wrTte to tsa'tfc eter Ctoajthalif lb? OoveHi"artei fivaj htm five L unbred dollura ad wVpalrp cf j4- toTa, he win go "Sack 9ttc&aod a'mf a;x- inat;Jff. -tHefter."-" ; ' " " " - . - ; -ivimm -" v V - tSTThe wn aay tltatla Grt. Sfra . r. j treat from llarUilRtr. be tdrei hiru3e- rr b tniomninoo min. and evwrrts the retreating rebohr that he would Wow "tho whole thing of if they didjit let im aioiraj