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THE OREGON STATESMAN
II I'Ultl.lHHEIi UVKlir MONK A. V MORNINO.
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JACOB CONSKIl. MANUKf- (I. CMNHKK, JOHN A. COfiNKlt
JACOB CONSER &, SONS,
Produce & Commission Merchants
(Second Street, Unlta, lfjiii,
rpHR very bunt br.nwU of Hour, feed of all kind p.
X and ovcry diwcripiion of Produce constantly in
Htore and bo Id ttt the Id went rated.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
A choice aitsoi'LiiietiL of family groceries,, iiiuludiiitf
the taut aelection of T;hb, Colleen, Hiigurs, &c., select
ed cxpreiwly tor family uho.
Coiiainmeiita received, and apenerul1 Btorafre, For
warding and Commission UiisineHB promptly attended
to.
Wa wilt also pay the highest CASH market price for
all kiuriit of country produce mieh us Wheat, Date,
Ui.t.. It. .!,.. I.,...- PI.... liA V.,'.t ... ika
Jollui-tfoti Milla. Marion Co., 6roi(on.
.1ACOH CONSER & SONS,
Second stroet, Haltes, and
4Ctf Jetfernon, Marion Co., Oregon.
1864. HARVEST Ml.
MACHINES.
KNAPP,BVBKKIil ro.
Importers and 1 leulers in Ag
ricnll uriil implements, Imvo now on.
hn.nl mid tn arrive in tlw next fill
dnyii, tho Largest and Meat Selected Stock of
Agricultural uootls ever urotignt 10 "rrgon. jiuvtug
seven years' experience, we are enabled to select good
Him well-made mucuiuee. auiieu tu inu wnma ui mr
nir mid litivinir.ue wo now do. direct from the man
ufacturer, we can and will sell for cash, at rata
that defy eowpelitton. Below, we append a partial
liat of the beat iiiucbiuea i
REAPERS AND MOWERS.
New York Reaper (California Giant) and Nxw
Yonx Comihked KiiArmi and Mower, with imnor
taut improvements for IHM, strong, durable and eft'eo
tive machines, cut 6 to 71 feet, nud capable of cuttini!
from IS to 'ii acreB per Jay. Over BOO in use on tills
const r- Scud for our newly illustrated and descrip
tive pamphlet for 1SH4.
Katcrly'a Combined Keaper and Mower
i mproved if now welt wfarc.c.uts oJ to 0 foel.ia easily
and iuirkly adjuiled to cut stubble high or low (am
rut 18 to '( Inches Iiii;l) driving wheels large and
liiirh, and gearing ainiplo. Tliia machine doea not clog
and will work on nn very rough, itony ground, over
dead furrow, and ill all kinds of grain both wet and
dry, lodged and tangled. Is unturpntted for light
net' of and freedom from tide draught, convenience
and thnroughim of work, and with only one pan of
harm will canity average 10 to 1H acres per day. In
fact, it is now life ne pint ultra of ii-hoine combined
machines. ,
McComick't Combined Reaper anil Mower,
fi feet cut. of the new palont, entirely itinerant from
the old stvlc. Verv strong and serviceable.
Hall's "Ohio " tlie Improved
"BUCK EY E." This is ahead of all 2-wheeled
machines, and the principal objection heretofore urg
ed against that class of Reapers are now removed, as
It is mil and. durably made mk will work on rovgh
ground; has a tickle imteadof a knife for reaping,
und a support for outer end of reel. Cuts ti feet ns a
ltenper and 4 feet 8 inches as a Mower.
Kirby Ken per and Mower.
Humes' Illinois Header.
MOAVISRS.
ltnll's "Ohio," the Improved
"IWCKEYE" a splendid machine, 2 driving
wheels ;
. Molly Rtnrk and Hay State 2 driving wheels;
Ketchuni'a Iron Mower strong, and suitable
for rough land and "Hunch Grass," but for ordinary
use not us desirable as the 2 w heeled mowers.
THRESHERS.
We are ole agent in Oregon and Washington for
the GENUINE Tim BUFFALO TIIUE8IIKK,
from 4 to 10 horse power, hand and geared, both of the
Pitts and UubbcII patent, with the Patent Cleaner,
which places them fur alieud of ull other machinoa.
These Threshors are gotten up erpreitly to onr order,
aud are it rang, rell made, and extra Jinithed.
HOliHlS 1'OWlillH.
PITTS' DOUBLE PINION AXD PLANET 1'OW
EK8 EXTKA, from 4 to 10 horse.
ICxtniM.
Heretofore we liavo kept only a small supply of
Extras, lint we now have soon to arrive ovor Jlf.OOO
worth of extms, comprising duplicate parte moat like
ly to wear of all onr leading Thre'her and Kronen.
twciher with a Urge stock of SICKLE RUCTIONS.
IV Particular attention called to this department.
HARVESTING TOOLS,
Such as Orain Cradles, Mowing Scythes, Hevolviug
Horse Kakea, &e., together with a full line of Ann
cultural tinodi, consisting In part oi Rubber Ma.
chine Belting of all widths.
Plows, assorted sites and kinds, Coltivntora,
Jloru Hoet, Ox Yokci and Howl, Churm, Whiffle
Tret; Seed Sotcen, Grind-Stone, ttc. Also, Kreeb
Garden, Grass, and Field Seeds.
Vtf We are prepared to furnish, at two, ubIib' no
tice. tliroimli our iiouse in Han Francisco, any style of
machine in that market not kept by ns, that may be
desired, at Wan Fraiirlsco Pilee, fitlgllt lilfil.
py Ordera from the upper Columbia, or oilier re
inow districts, accompuuicil with CASH, filled at us
low rates as if the parties were here, and pains taken
to pack goods securely and snugly for shipping.
Call and see ns before purchasing elsewhere, as we
will not he undersold.
KNAPP, BVKKELL, & CO.,
Agricultural and Seed Depot,
April 4, 1MTI.-3hi5 Portluud, Oregon.
BUCKEYEMOWER!
TO FAIOIISHS.
WE with great coulidence offer the Buckeye Ma
chine for this reason : knowing it to be superior
to anv mower for sulo.aud Ihut it will sustain the rep
utation it has made for the past three years in surpass
ing any other Mower in the following respecs :
Ueinir better made ; much stronger, and more dura
ble; will run lighter ; cuts ninrh closer with greater
ease to the team, and no side draught.
We cilii bring twenty farmers to say thrt the Buck
eye is superior to any oilier niower.tu one who can he
found prejudiced against it.
The Buckeye mowers are of two sizes, cutting four
feet, and lour feet eight inches.
The Buckejc ns a Reaper.
The important advantages which belong to the
Buckeye us a Mower are retained in the Keaper. and
it can be used either as a Mower oru ltenper hy at
taching the platform and reel.
Though importing largely ol them, we have been
unable, for two years, to supply the demand.
They are better adapted to the wains of California
aud Oregon fanners thut any other combined machine
fur sale. It will adapt itself ii every surface of ground,
will run lighter, and will deliver its grain easier and
better limn any other reaper. Thereaier'B seat is di
rectly over the axle of the machine instead of being on
the platform, where it adds greatly t the draught.
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS ,
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SAX FIUNC1SCO AND MAKYSVILLE,
rilHTHE
Haines' "Illinois" Header.
This is the OXLY Header which, during the past
six years, has stood the test and given satisfaction ;
ull n'them. w4iich have Wen trie!, have proved fail
ires, ami have becu withdrawn from the market as
unsaleable.
ALSO, SOLE AGE.S TS FOR
AULTJIAM'H
"Sweepstakes" Thresher,
Togeiher with a full assortment of
AGRiri LTlH.ifc IMPLEMENTS.
lltWI.EY A- 0.,
Comer of California and Battery streets,
SAX FRAXCISCO.
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WIGHTMAN & HARDIE,
BlTt'KBSOllH TO
FRANK BA3CFR,
416 nnd 114 flny Ntrerl,
SAN FRAXCISCO,
Importers and Dealers in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,'
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mattings
I rilOLSTEKV 4iOODN,
PAPER HANGINGS, "l
For Sale in Quantities to Suit
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VOL. U-NO. 12.
ltc (Oregon statesman.
LETTER FROM POLK.
En. Statesman : I believe that I'olk coun
ty it tho mil' cunntT in the State, Hint has it
"wnr dcmocrnlio ticket" before the people for
their roppnrt nt the next Juno election. Thu
losJing men those nimt interested iu the mo
ces of that ticket are very aotive nnd busily
engaged iu stumping the county. I Imvc at
tended several of their meetings, nnd listened
to their speeches in the hopes of ascertaining
their mode nnd manner of pruscoiitiug the war.
They oltiiin to be in favor of a "vigoroui pros,
ecution of the war." nnd, knowing that they
were opposed to the present Administration,
and to ull of its nets, measures and efforts to
bring victory to thu federul- arms, I was desir
ous of knowing their plan -of procedure upon
which they expected to crudli the rebellion. I
have listened in vain ; whilst claiming to stand
upon a wnr platform whilst ohiiming for them
selves nnd their party tho only true and gen
uine spirit of patriotism, and that they and
they only are entitled to the appellation uf loy
al citizens to the goreruiueiit of the United
States, I have never yet heard of them luy
ing down a plan by which they would curry on
the war, unless it would be by raising their
standard aloft, upon which they would have in
scribed : Down with abolitionism and up with
the divine institution nf slavery. Tho burthen
of their speeches consist in denunciations nf
thu manner in which the w ir is prosecuted by
the federal government. Now ouo would sup
poee that men claiming to he truly loyal and
warm friends of the government, would give a
cheerful support to the executive officers of tho
government, for it is through them und them
ouly the government is to be carried on ; the
people have delegated to them the administra
tion of the affairs of the government, and they
the executive officers of the government
having received from the sovereign people the
power to administer the affairs of the nation,
they tiro under every obligation to so net ai iu
their judgment will be must conducive to the
welfare und prosperity of tho nation. These
so-called democrats seem disposed on all oc
casions tn douht the honesty of intention and
purity of motive of those upon whom devolves
tlie duty of maintaining tho integrity of the
government. Now, 1 think, nil should concede
that the President aud ull called to execute the
laws of the country, aro actuated by a high
sense of duty, fur tho best interest of them
selves, ns well ns tho happiness und prosperity
of tlie whole people is involved in die preser
vation of law and order, iu tho restoration of
the authority of the United States over every
foot of soil that hue ever been included within
the hounds of the Union, for let this iniquitous
rebellion succeed, let it accomplish the atrocious
designs for which it inaugurated, aud the hist
hope of democracy, of self-government, is
bauifhed from the continent of America.
These men getnp and assert that they want
tn discuss the principles, "for men may change
but principles never," aud when they make
that assertion principles are dropped, and they
launch forth into a tirado of ahnse against ab
olitionism, loyal leaguers, ko.; claim that they
nre the true Jeffersouian democrats, and hope
by tho charmed sound cf that name to lure
people from their snpport of their country's
cause, and perhaps give them a vote wieh will
hoist them iuto place and power ; but all their
sophistry is in vain, for tho loyal breast, feeliug
and acknowledging that their first allegiance is
due to the government which has secured to
them all the blessings, they havo enjoyed as
American freemen, nre determined that when
that government is struggling witli nil its ener
gies lor its very existence, they will give every
uid, encouragemeut nud support within their
power to the constituted authorities that thuy
tuny bu sucoouful in stay the tide of re
bellion, and bring onr country through a dark
and bloody wnr, to the enjoynunt of a bright
and happy future. Why do not these demo
crats instead of devoting all their time to tlie
denunciation of abolitionists aud the Federul
MwnVlstnAintry -orfift irf a while nine their
voice in condemnation of the (ou'Ai;rYi Cliu'lei-'
erato authorities, those who brought this war
upon us, those who aro solely and entirely re
sponsible for the great effusion nf blood which
bus drenched our land in Human gore, lliose
who, lo bask in the effulgent rays of the divine
institution nf slavery, would destroy the Inst
hope of freedom, and would rear upon the ra
ins of our countiy u despotism unknown tu the
pages of history !
it ..as been reported that 1 intended to vote
the democratic ticket. I do so intend to vote,
but the democratic ticket that I intend tn snp
port is that one that maintains and advocates
the principles of democracy those principles
npon which our government was founded, those
principles winch secured lo the people the right
of self-government, those principles which de
clare (lie right of a majority of the people tn
rule, those principles which declare that the
legally constituted authorities of tho country
are entitled to the support of every man in
their efforts to prevent onr century from being
engnlphed in the whirlpool of anarchy nud
ruin bv those, who, when I hey can no longer
govern, seek to destroy. Lincoln was elected
in accordance wit!) demticrntio principles, Ur u
majority uf thu people that people are sup
porting him in his efforts to maintain the honor
of the nation, that people are giving aid and
encouragement lo our armies, battling for those
principles, and Und grant that Hint army, and
that people may prove preeminently victorious,
aud thereby plant upon a firm and enduring
basis t!:e true principles of democracy, upon a
basis that can survive a shock from all the
combined powers of earth, aud will demon
strate that man is capable of self-government.
i rum the speeches made by these so called
democrats, I should judge that they regarded
tlie institution of slavery ns the object of para
mount importance, they appear lo deem the
peculiar institution of inch divine origin that
should it fall and crumble into rains, tlie fjnu
dation npon which oar government was reared,
was reared in vain. Yet so it is that should
slavery he banished from the United States
the last hope of this modern democracy would
be swept from their vision, so they may as well
ftepare tn shed tears over their darling pet, fur
believe the titno is fnst approaching when
slavery will receive its death blow, at the hands
nf a people born to proclaim tiuiversal Ireecloin
to the human race. Now an important rleo-
tinu is approaching, let every man who loves
his country give unmistakable evidences of hts J
position let him go to the pulls next June aud
record his rote in favor of those who he knows
will stand by his country in this her struggle
for life and liberty.
Aviv, awar, onr country calls,
To where the blond stream biota the green
Strike lo defend the gentlest away,
That liuie in ail ita'courae has aoeu.
frt from a thousand courses, see
horing the uruied toe, that haunt her track
Tliey rush to strike ber down, aui wo
Must beat the banded traitors buck.
STEPHEN STAAT8.
XT' That the question of politics has been
laid aside in the distribution of commissions
during tbo war, hat been quite evident, from
the large number of democratic Generals in
tlie service, and now we have in the fullowiug
statement nf the Washington corrtspoudeut of
the New York Lrpreu, a distinct acknowledg
ment nf the fact hy the opposition :
"Since the beginning of the present unfor
tunate war sntno five hundred general officers
have been appointed, and not in oue caschus
far has political considerations, entered. into
- tlie case of the appointed. During tbeTlijrty.
seventh Congree. the Military Committee of
! the Senate, composed of four republicans and
three democrats, entertained !)..:. appoint
ments, and in the present session some
and the Committee assert that not one party
vote has ever occurred in the Committee room
on repotting favorably in the caw of any mas.'
salem,
.ulltiw Snnnwti Mi:s Acq t) I it k A Foutunk
Theru is always good fortune in store for those
who know how to avail themsolves of proper
means to secure it. it does not generally follow
that the man who makes tho groat noiso is tha
individual who corrals the dollars. On the con
Irary, the tickle guddesa Forttiuia often turns
from these and showers her fuvora on tho unpre
tending individual who, although his tongue ii
still, has an active brain, and woos her iu a way
that the more platant and pretentious disregard,
as unworthy of th ir time and trouble. The nils,
judging world thinks, of eourso, the bold and
dashing business man is carrying the golden
palace Tiy storm i but while bis foot Is yet on the
lowest round of the scaliug-laddor, lo I bis quiet
and apparently unobtrusive rival is in the citadel,
has laid his band on the topmost spoke uf the
revolving whuel, and gained nossossion of the
glittering prize, One means of aconiplishing this
desirable result and one, too, foolishly neglected
excopt hy the shrewd ten is that of advertising,
advertising extonsivoly. "Ah," says the aristo
crat in trado or professional business, with his
nose curled up in contempt, "Nobody of any ac
count advertises." But almost betore his olfacto
ry organ has resumed its rormal shape, the des
pised advertiser is ou the Assessor's book for a
quarter of a million, and h despiser is trembling
on the verge of bankruptcy, and doing any
amount of shining to keep his head above water.
The history of the present century is full of illus
trations of the truth of what we state. England
where the non-advertising prejudice is hard to
combat and America boast their millionaires
whost way to wealth was tiist pointed out by the
index tu a newspaper paragraph. MotTatt.Swaiin,
ilollnway, Tuwnsoiid, Ayur, Simmons and many
others are cases iu point In our own community
we can cite the instance of Dr. L. J. Czapkay,
who, aflor some ten years of professional practice
in San Francisco, now retires the owner of a
princely fortune. He made this by a judicious
system of advertising. Had no listened to the
advice of his professional brethren he would have
refrained from making bis business known
through the columns of the newspapers, and been
at this time a struggling practitioner, depending
upon his prnctieo fur bis daily bread instead uf
tiie possessor of wealth computed by figures that
astonish sticklers for etiquette. Every one knows
how extensively the Doctor advertised, and what
large sums he spent in so doing. Journals from
Siskiyou to Los Angeles contained his column,
and when the tide of emigration rolled otf into
the Territories, north or south, the Urst number of
a newspaper in the principal town, told the peo
ple uf the fact that this healer of ills that flesh is
Loir to was resident in San Francisco. Some
persons laughed at the enormous trouble nnd ex
pense to which the Doctor subjected himself, and
considered it time and money wasted : but be
was sure of bis game, waited patiently, and bis
reward came at last. His investment in printer's
ink and paper, liko the bread cast upon the wa
ters, returned to him after many days : and now,
blessed with abundant ineuiii, tie retires while in
the prime of life, to enjoy in elegant leisure the
fruits of his business sagacity, and, what is still
more to be desired, with tha reputation of a fair
dealing and an honorable man. . i'. Coil.
How Sumtek Came to ub Fiuhd On. At
a Iuto Union meeting in Iluntsville, Alabama,
Hon. Jeremiah Clemens, formerly U. S. Sen
alar from that State, said ho would toll the A!
nbaiuiaus hmv their State was got out of the
Union :
"In 1801," said Clemens, "shortly after the
Confederate Government w.n put in operation,
t was in the city nf Montgomery. One day I
stepped into thu office of the Secretary of War,
General Walker, nnd found there, engaged in
a very excited discussion, Jefferson Davis,
Mcmminger, Honjumiu, Gilchrist, a member of
our Legislature from Lounde county, and a
number of other prominent gentlemen. They
were discussing the propriety of immediately
opening fire on Fort Sumter, to which General
Walker, tlie Secretary of War, appeared to ho
opposed. Gilchrist said to him : 'Sir, unless
you sprinkle blood in the face of the people of
Alnbamu they will bo back in the old Union in
lu: than ten days 4' The next day General
Beauregard opened hi. batteries on suium,
and Alabama was saved to the Confederacy."
A Si'ANOKR Naii.eu. In the course of their
testimony before tho Committee ou the Con
duct nf the Y ur. Generals Nckloi and liutter-
Ifli rpr asked whnt kuowledge tj.erhad of
General 1 footer's habits, aud whether there
was any trutli in the remark that he was no-
dor the iullueuoe of liquor nt Cbanccllnrsvillo.
They both characterized the report as un iu
famous slander, aud so did every officer w ho
was questioned ou the subject. General Iful
tei field went cveu further, aud having acted aa
General Hooker's Chief-of Staff from bis grand
appointment down to the present time, de
clared that such a tiling us General Hooker
being under thu iufluoiico of liquor never oc
curred during tho periud of his service with
him, nnd could not have su occurred without
bis kmviviug. These questions were projected
nt I ho request of General Hooker's friends, to
dispose ol u slander whicli was sprung upon
him by the MuClellau orond, und which hat
done him some damage with conscientious
minds. This popular falsehood, therefore, now
fulls from against him as it did previously from
against McDowell, lluller. Grant, Hanks, aud
almost every prominent General in the army.
The .McC'lell.inites kept it upon Hooker lunger
than upun any oilier. IFiUcj' Spirit.
The Contkaiund's Pkayek. The foil, w
ing is on extract from a prayer made by an old
contraband at a tuucrul down South, ufter thu
L'uiou boys had succeeded ill driving out se
cesb. The prayer was actually delivered in
the presence of many of thu Union soldiers.
'Manser Jew oh Jews, liko de people oh do
ole time, do Jews, we weep by de side oh du
ribber, wid du strings ob de harp all broke.
Hut we sing de song ob de broken heart, as
dcin people couldn't do. Hear us. King, iu tie
rreseut lime ob our sorrow. You know. King,
I'iney, we jess gut fro de lied sea, und wander
iu the dark wilderness, a poor, feeble, broken
Iiortiun ob do children ob Adam feeble in
lotly, feeble in health, feeble iu mind, aud
needs do help oh de good, mighty God. Oh,
help ss, ef you please, to homes, for We's got
no homes, Masser, but de shelter ob du oak
tree in de day time. and de cotton tent at night.
Great Doctor ob Doctors, King ob Kiugs, aud
God ob battles, help us to be well. Help us
to be able to fight wid da Union ingers'do bat
tles ob de Union. Help us to fight lor liberty
fight for decounlrr light for oar own homes
and our own free children and our children'!
children. Fotch out, God ob battles, de big
guns, wid de big balls, an' do big bustin'. shells
gili dem God forsaken scoesh, dat would car
ry shame to our wibes aud darters, ef you
please, a right imiitt double charge of grape
and canister, .iiake 'cm gian to stop an war
and come back t i shoes and de failed calf, and
ull de good things ob do Union no more mur
derin Iirnddura ob do Norf States uo more
ragged and barefoot no more slave whippers
and slave sellers no moro fadert ob jailer
skint uo more meaner as meanest niggers."
PiiopiiFTic FoHr.amiiT or DnuoLAs. In
B recent speech in the House of lieprweenta
lives. Mr. Arnold, of Illinois, made those in
teresliug statements :
Here I will pause a morueut tu state a most
remarkable prediction made by Doaglas in
January. 1SI4. The statement is famished
me by General C. H. Stewart, of New York,
a gentleman of the highest respectability.
Douglas was aked by Gen. Stewart, (who wa
making a New Year's call on Mr. Douglas),
"What will be the result of the effort nf 'Jef
ferson Davis aud liisHtoites"to divide the
Union!" Douglas replied:" "The cotton Stales
are. making. an, effort tu draw in the border
States to their schemes of secession, and I am
7h) fearful th-v will succeed. If they du sue
ceed,lhoreill le the most terrific civil war
the world has errcr seen, lasting for years.
Virginia will become a chainel house ; but the
end will bo the triumph of the I'mon cause,
line nf their Arst efforts will be to take poems
sion nf this capital to give them prestige
abroad, hnt tb'-v will never snooted in Ukiug
it i the North will n e en rnesse to defend it j
ouegon; Monday, may
hut it will become a oily of hospitals ; thu
churches will be used for the tick aud wound
ed, and even thu Minnesota block (now the
Douglas hospital) may he devoted tn that pur
pose before the end of the war." Geu. Slew
art inquired, "What justification is llieru for
all this I" Douglas replied, "There is uo jus
tification nor any pretense of any. If they
will remain iu tlie Union I will go nt fur as the
constitution will permit to maintain their Just
rights, nnd I do not duubt but u majority of
Congress will do the tame. But," said ho, ris
ing ou his feot and extending his urin, "if thu
southern States attupt to secede from this Un
ion without further cause, I am in favor of
their having just bo many slaves nud just so
much slave territory as they can hold at the
point of the bayonet and do more."
HOW A MI880UKI l MOM ST TALKS.
Tho following letter has been handed to us by
Wm. H. Hellemt, of Polk county, with liberty to
publish. It is from hit brother in the army of
the Union, and It fervently patriotic iu tentl
montt I Camp meaii Sedama, Mo., I
January aflth, IBol j
Draii BitOTIIKR : Tour kind letter of Decem
ber 'I'M is at band. It found me well, and doing
aa well as could be expected for a soldier. I have
hnon soldiering for nearly three years, and have
not been at home for near two years, ai.d do not
know at I want to pi home until this cruel and
uncalled for war is played out, and the banner of
liberty nnd glory waves in triumph throughout
this once happy bind. I am glad to hear you
coiuo out su hnn and true for the Union. You
cannot know iny footings when I look back a few
years, and sou what we were then, and what we
are now. When this war first broke out and vol
utiteers were colled fur, there were four brothers
uf us in this country where are we now 1 One
sleeps in the far distant hills ef the Mississippi,
and another in the soil of bleeding Kansas. Yes,
dear brother, they sleep the long sleep of death,
iu sweet repose no more to be awakened ly the
boom of cannon or the dreadful din of battle
where no armed foe can awako them to life again,
and whoro the traitor's tramp cannot disturb their
peaceful slumber. Oh, how freely wocang've
them up whim we know that they died for their
country nnd freedom's holy cause I If it should
be my lot to fiill the same way, 1 pray for the God
of heaven to receive my soul, and my friends to
give me up with the consolation that I died for
my country nnd for freedom.
You may want to know how I stand on the
slavery question: I am a Radical in full, and in
favor of the abolition of slavery throughout the
United States of America. I am one of Free
dom's friends, out and out, and all over. 1 do
not know huw you stand, but I am plain in my
talk. Our relations in Lafayette aro all rebels
and guerrillas. 1 belong to the 2d regiment of
Missouri volunteers, and think we will juin the
Army uf tho Cumberland in the Spring. Write
immediately on the receipt of this. I remain' as
ever your brother until death.
A. H. HELLKMS,
Battery 8, Vd M. V.
Opinion ok Aukkicans abroad on tiifI
Pkesidkncv. An American residing abroad
wtites to a friend at Washington :
In Europe the Americans are almost unani
mous for Mr. Lincoln for a leoo'el term. He
husdono to well been to honest and faithful
that il would not be expedient to drop him
now. It would, I th'n'-, have a bad effect
upon American securities, uf which so many
millions are being sent here. It is a fault oi
our system that we change officers so often ;
and when one hat been iu Europe ho cannot
but see it in this light. The emancipation
proclamation disarmed all opposition in Eu
rope. It was astonishing what iullueuce it
bud, and what friends it made for(us.
Gen. Gimnt. For three yean the govern
ment of the United States lias been trying
military experiments. It tried McClellan,
Burnsiilc, Pope, Hooker, Meade. None of
these experiments wore wholly satisfactory in
their results. No one of these leaders proved
himself aa "the coming man," or came up to
the exigency of the tunes. Whatever may
have been their respective merits and abilities,
each and all of them signally failed at Com
manders of the Army of the Potomac. It now
looks at though, after this long night of dis
grace and disaster, the dawn of a glorious day
hd broken upon ns. It seems as it the loug-
o,r;t)d lor "tnoti of destiny bad been Innncl
in GraV.r-Jfor the first tune tu tho history ol
of the wur, L7etutTtfiausti'H'ni."tr''t,;Kio
resource! without aohieving even a ueg'iai1'8
success, for the urst time bis attack bat been
uot ouly successfully repelled, but followed by
a successful offensive movement of the Union
forces. Heretofore our generals have deemed
it glory enough to successfully resist his offen
sive operations. For tho first time wo have
had a lead r on the I'utomno who tell strung
enough, after the defeat of the euumy't ag
gressive movements, to assume the aggressive
himsell. In Grunt it seems at II we bad nt
length found "tho coming man." If the new
that came over the wires yesterday shall prove
reliable, it will be found that Lee hat met hit
full match in enterprise, iu strategy, iu origi-
nahiy nnd resources, and more than ins mutcn
in pertinacity and resolution. j4merioia Flag.
YYUICn IS TUK TKl'K FAITH T
It it astonishing hmv well the Democrats
ngree on the doctrinal points, tly a compari
son, we tee at a glance their harmonious con
sistency. Head the following resolutiou. adopted
by the 1 oik County Democratic Convention
"KtsitlteU, 1 bat we, the Democracy ol roll!
county, are in favor of prosecuting the war lor
ine purpose in snppre-sing me reueinnn, uiaiii-
itiing the Constitution and executing the laws;
but we nre oppose I to any law for the abolition
of slavery, or for any oilier purpose but for the
maintenance of the Constitution and Union."
That it pretty good doctrine, and it claimed
to be tlie platform of the Polk county deinoo-
rucv. Hut read the following, Iroin James
O'Menra, the leader of hit party :
I lie Democratic party It opposed tu the
present unnatural, unjust, tavuge Abolition
war. Our leaders must tay to, iu obedience tn
the party tn command. 1 here it no such thing
at a prosecution of thit wjr for the restorntiou
of the Union and the supremacy of the Consti
tution. Our staudard bearers tnn.t declare to,
in conformity with the popular will."
Now, Polk county Democrats, what do run
say to thai? Do you adhere to your own plat
form, aud tn for the war against Jeff Davit, or
are you ready tn give np your own opinions of
right and justice, aud become the supple Uwls
ol tlie Jeff Davit men ol your party. II you
are honestly In favor of patting down the re
bellion, in Uie uuly way that it utu be none
by force of arms von will courageously come
nut from among the Copperheads and vole the
Luion ticket. Hut you will answer, that "we
don't like Lincoln and his politics." Permit
os to ask a simple question or two : Fruin a hum
is tlie Union of Ihe United States in the most
danger, President Lincoln or Jeff. Davit I
bo proposes to submit nit policy to your volet
Lincoln or Davit J Who Is iu favor of main
taining the Union, and who it in favor of di
viding it, and setting up the Southern Confed
eracy, founded on slavery I Hefiecl upon these
questions well before catting your volos. $tn-
linel.
A Lf.rir.it fRoJi ltr.rEn.iiY JonNBOS. Sen
alr Johnson writes the following letter to tlie
editor of the Baltimore America.'
Wasiiinhton. April 7, 1801
C. C. Fulton My Dear Sir : I have your
dispatch, and will with pleasure tend proofs of
tho speech at toon at 1 can get tune lo cor
rect it. ',.- -
D lighted to hear the result of ye-terdtiy't
election. A new era it now dawning on onr
State. Slavery ended, and it will be. at Wash
ington said it would be in that event, "the gar
den snot nf Ihe I'uit'd Slab. He laid to in
a It-lter to St. John Sinclair in Hfi.
If it it done alto in the whole country at I
think it will lie great at our prosperity hat
been lu tin' ptsi, and high aa bat been our name
WHO the moons ci tue worm, pom win ue, im
23, isgl
measurably nlmost, enhanced. And God grant
that It may be so.
Yours, truly, KEVERDY JOHNSON.
ISiTKRESTING KKMIM8CK.VCES OF LIF.l'T.
Gh'NKKAL (ilt.m.
WAHiiiNtvroti, April 8th Ulysses 8. Grant
is now in the zenith of hit fame. There ii but
one higher position that he could occupy on
earth there it none that could give him a
larger measure of glory. Yet how rapidly be
has risen to his proud eminence ! Before me
lint the Inst minimi report nf tlie Adjutant Gen
eral of IllinuiH, iu which it is stated that n com
mission was issued tn U. S. Grant nn tho 15th
of June' 1861, na Colonel of thu Twenty-lirst
Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. As every
thing connected wilh the hero nf the hour it
invested with great interest, I will indulge iu a
reminiscence (with its bright ser)tiel)of the days
when Ilia slur shone not so brilliantly at now.
Daring the months ol December nnd Jnnonry,
18G2-'(53. while General Grunt, then command
ing the Department of the Tennessee, was ad
vancing with his nrmy through Mississippi on
Grenada nnd Jackson, with the view of the
capture uf Vlcksburg hy that route, nnd the
consequent opening of the Mississippi, the pros
pects of the campaign were by no means flat
tering. The Forrest raid upon Jackson, Tren
ton, Union Oily, nnd other points between Co
lumbus and Corinth, und the failure of Dickey's
cavalry movement to intercept Van Dorn be
tween Grenada and Holly Springs, ni he had
been ordered to do by General Grunt, necessi
tated, us Van Dorn had cut off Giant s sup
plies, a rotrogudu movement from Northern
Mississippi, aud ultimately tho adoption of the
campaign against Vickahurg by the river.
While Grant win at Holly Springs it ruined in
cessantly for several days, and the condition of
tiie roads leading tn Memphis delayed the trans
portation of supplies, and rendered it necessary
to pluce the army uuder quarter rations. Under
such circumstances, the temporary failure of
Grant's plans made him feel rather gloomy, and
the members of his staff and household seemed
possessed with forebodings as to the view which
would ho taken by thu Government and the
country of the existing position of affairs iu tlie
Department ol the Tennessee. The North
west, ultvuyt beforo buoyant and hopeful, was
then despondent over thu apparent failure of
ill cherished desire for obtaining nuco more the
control uf the Mississippi. Hut Grant, though
mure sedate than usual, was cool, confident and
determined, und entered upon the preparations
fur the river rnuto with the firmness of purpose
which characterize! all hit acts. Mrs. Grant
was with him, nnd shared the apprehension! of
ull connected with the army, but yet assumed
a cheerfulness nnd held up tn nthers the bright
side she could herself hardly discern. At thii
time Colonel John 8. Loomit, Assistant Adju
tant Geueral of Illinois, was visiting the army
under ordun from hit Excellency Governor
Yntes, procuring statistical Information nnd
completing the record of Illinois regiments lu
I hat department. Having beeu from tile be
ginning uf the war an enthusiastic admirer of
Grant'! character und skill, Luotuis' faith in
the hero or Doiielson wits unabated iu Ihe least
degree, und he ipoko word of encouragement
which ontue from tiit heart, nud therefore hud
effect. Mrs. Grant was one day exhibiting to
him nnd others, at headquarters, a collection ol
photogiaphs, and among them one of tho Gen
eral. Colonel L. wrote on the back of it s "To
be Lieutenant General commanding tlie ar
mies of the United Stales," and handed it to
Mrs. G. wilh tlie assurance that he wauld meet
her some day nt Washington ns the wife of tho
General in Chief of the Graud Army of the
Union. Mrs. G. teemed to think the prophesy
a wild one, and passed it by with the remark
thut, "ruuk wus but the guinea stamp," und
Hint greatness depeuded moro on deeds per
formed than the mere productions of plans mr
great result ; uias "Mr. urant," nt she then
oalled him, nud still persists in styling him,
"hail already reached an elevation fur beyond
her highest ambition or his, nnd that she prai ed
bo might justify tho confidence and hopes of tlie
people." At a recent reception at the White
House, Colonel Loomit met Mrs. Grant nnd
several old officers of General's Stuff, nud the
prophesy of the dink duyt at Holly Springs
flashed ucrnst tho recollections uf eiicli of Ibeiu.
and Mrs. G. snid, smiling, ou grueling the Col
onel, "You mutt certainly bo the ton of a
prophet." Corrtipondtnct of the Mmouri
ijcmocrat.
Ajfi,tULKXT AUOLISIUNU SLAVERY.
Tbo WasliiugtoiT tSure'rondent of tho Sao-
rnineiito Union writes as fulluw of tjw jiatsngo
through the Senate of an amendment to tilt,'1
Constitution abolishing slavery. His letter ii
dated April II ill : ,
I should fail to he a faithful chrnnioler of
events current nt the Capital of Ihe nation if I
did not nt least allude to the vote in the Senate
on Friday Inst on the proposition to amend the
LOiistltution su ns to nboli.li slavery throughout
the United .Stales. Other, matters have pushed
this uinmeuloii subject aside for the moment,
but thu vole by w hich Ihe .Senate solemnly de
cided that there should be nn additional article
lo the Constitution should uot be unnoted. The
additional article provides "that neither slavery
uur involuntary servitude, except lor punish
incut of crime, whereof thu party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist In the United
Slates or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
How hard il ia for us to realixe that Ihe Sen
ate of the United Slates has actually pursed by
more lb. in th- necessary two-lhirdi Vole nn
amendment containing these words uf mighty
import. How difficultly doet public sentiment
keep up with the irresistible logio of events !
yet here we aru standing on the verge of the
consummation of Ihe entire, perpetual and con
stitutional freedom of every mini, woman nud
ohild benentii the folds of ihe flag. But look
ut lint Vole by w Inch Hie bill pasted the Senate:
Ayes Anthony, Browu, Chandler, Clark.
Cullamur, Conness. Cowan, Dixon, Doolitlle,
Fessenden. Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hard
ing. Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Howard.
Howe, Johnson, Lime nf Indiana, Lane of
Kuusas, Morgan, Morrill, Netiuilli, i'oineroy,
Kamsay, Sherman, Sprugue, Sumner, Ten
Kick. Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Wil.uu,
Wilkinson. Willey J.
NtiK8 Davit, Hendricks, MoDotign'l, Pow-
I, Kiddie, Suul.bury-li.
Ouly the renegade Hendriukt nf Indiana,
aud the shipwrecked MuDougall of California,
cast Irue Slate vote! against tliia righteous, lie
oinry anil unimpeachable inensiire; while
Maryland, Mittouil aod West irgima voted
lor the proposition, and Harding, Netuiilb,
Connesa, Henderson, Itevcrdy Johnson, Van
Wiukle and Wilier, never calling tliemselvet
Republicans, Toted for the constitutional abo
lition of alavcry. Verily, God t truth inovei
right on, though coward falter and kuavet
conspire.
We wait now to see if a vnto nf two thirds
of tho House uf Representatives van be se
cured fr the proposed amendment it being
admitted that a failure on the part of any Stale
to Vote opou this proposition lo amend tlie Con
stitution will count at though that State did vote
against it. The question of submission of
the meatare to the State beooinet easy uf to
lutiou, though leu Slulei are yet iu a ttaie of
civil cbaiai. by reason of the rebellion, lint if
wo may predicate anything upou the votet of
the House upon the priqiosiiiou lo expel Long
and llarns for using teditiout and treasonable
language iu debate, the prospect ol the aincinl
meut passing through the House to the people
is not very brilliant.
Moukkn Democracy. hi the earlier days
of rebellion a Democratic meeting iu Louisiana
passed ihe following resolution : (
7frW'.Tli'ut"Yihile we pluce a high'value
on lhe.i;iiliiii,w'e placvi stilljnghcr.on.the'lii-'
stitiitio'n of tlaveryf auj if unliirtiiiiately,' we
must bo compelled lo purt Willi one 'or the other,
wa cannot bctilale to part with the Union.
WHOLE NO. 688.
Telegraphic News.
Social Dinpatch to the Oregon Staletman,
S ii miliary of Captures nnd Losses In Late
Buttles In Virginia.
Four Monitors nnd one Gunboat Within 4
Miles or Fort Darling.
Beauregard Shut np In Petersburg.
Lee Abandons his Position.
Grant Proposes to Fight It out this Time, If
It takes all Summer. ,
Success of Thomas In Giiorgla.4,000 l'rlt
oners and 10 Pieces Artillery Taken. ,.,
Washinuton, Mny 13. A dispatch from
Grant just reoeived, dated Near Spottsylvaubi
Court Honse, 12th, 6:30, p. m., it nt follows :
Eighth day's battle iclosed with between 3,000
nnd 4,000 prisonert, including 2 Generals, and
30 pieoii of cannon in our handi, for the t'ay't
work, The enemy is obstinate, and feetni to
have found the last ditch.
We have lost no organization, not even a
company, while we have captured and destroy.
ru one utvition oi jnnnson's, one brigade of
Dobbs' and oue regiment of the enemy entire.
A dispatch from Grant dated 8 o'oluck myt
we have taken 5,001) prisoner!, while the ene
my hnt taken but few, except stragglers, and I
prupnue to fight it out this time, if it takct all
summer. - . . , ... . . ,,,, ,
Butler is reported at Fort Da ling,
Gen. Knutz has beeu sent tu out tho Duuville
railroad. .
Butler inyt, under date nf Mnv Iflth s Bean-
regard witli 15,01)0 men it at Petersburg. We
have nil the railroads leading iuto that eitv out
and the force to keep hnn there. Four moni
tors and one gunboat are within four miles of
tort Darling, ready to cooperate with the land
forces. Our foroes nccunv a strunir nnsition.
Wabhin jton. May 13. A bout which left
Bello Plain, 1 o'clock this it., brines intelli.
gence of the result of yesterday' battle s Lee
was urivuu out oi mi entrenchment tn Po
river during the night. A portion of onr nrmy
crossed thai itream and the glorious victory this
morning was tnui rendered dculsivo und bril
liant. Advioet from Sheridan state that in far we
have hud grunt success ; both the Fredericks
burg and Kichuioud aud the Virginia Central
railroads have becu dustroped for miles.
Sigel'l cavalry have tunned the Virginia
Central rhilroatl near Charloittville.
In all probability the losses in late battle
have beeu exaggerated, aud the ruiiiforoementi
amounting to 2?,00U men will nearly make up
onr losses.
Washington. May 14. A disnateh from
the command of prisoneri at Hello Plain says
over 7,000 prisoners, including 500 officers,
have arrived.
Spottsylvania, Mny 13-8 a. m. To E.
M.Stnutoni Lee abandoned hit position dur
ing tho night. Whether it was to aceunv
another position in the tamo vicinity, or to
uinao goon ins retreat, is not yet determined.
Ono division of Wright's oorpi nnd onu of
i i . . . . . . .
Hatioook s nro now engaged in icttllng this
question. At 7 a. m. they had come upon hit
rear, and, although our gallant army wa
greatly fatigued from their untiring effort yet-
leruay. ine new ct L,ce I deleut inspirited our
men with fresh energy.
Our whole army will soon be in motion, bnt
the heavy rains during the last 3d hour render
the roadt difficult fur the artillery aud wagoni
in p uiong. i ne uuinnur severely wounded
ii greater than in any previout day'i light.
Thii is owing to the great use of artillery.
(Signed) . DANA.
Asi't Secretary of War. .
Wakiiinoton. May I J i,.;.j ir
ti'm lioa total lost of the Army of the Potomno
in amen, wonutieu ami jpjssing, up to tho com
iik noemeiit of the bnt'le of the 12th. at 20.000.
Disputchei dated 9 A. M., of the 13th lay
Gen. Warren advunoed nnd heavy skirmishing
ensued, for five miles, with tlie rear guard of
Lee't army, which wai aoroti the river. Tbl.
shorn Leuwai nut able to risk auother flght
to-day. .-
Frankfort, Ky., Mny 13. Kentuokiant
uoino to the rescue. I want ten thousand
til mouths' men nt onoo. Don't hesitate. Lot
ui Lulp to finish the war and inve tbo Govern
ment. (Signed)
THOMAS HliAM LETTE,
Governor of Kentucky.
Cincinnati, Mny 14. Dalton Grove wai
ovucuiiied on Thursday bight, und it now oc
cupied by General Thomas. He captured
'liASjpn'iiiort ntid 10 pieces of nrljllury.
San FitANCtacoVi!Jil--Tlii following
telegram was received yesterday Iroin ,',-
UCipill I
Kev. Dr. Patterson ami Kev. George W.
Meagins uf San Francisco, addressed a large
meeting in Dr. Partnu'a church ou last Snhhalh.
A collection of $J2IMI was taken up. aud it will
bu increased tu $iilH)l). The recent glorious
haute has pluoed 20.00U of the enemy's wound
ed in our bands. Cannot California give us
lOU.OOO tin Iiutelvl
(Signed) GEO. H.STEWART,
Chairioau of Sanitary Meeting.
Tub Traitor's "Coat or Arms." Joseph
Solmlifhl. (an Englishman by birth, but an
adopted cilizen uf the United States, now re
siding iu town, aud who justly boasts of having
two sous in the army, ouo nf whom hat just re
enlisted to fight for thu flag of his country)
sends his annual subscription to thu Scientific
American for another yeart and at the saine
time he soundly herulei llioau who do not ttand
by the Government. Ho uhi-et hia hitler with
the following pungent remark I
"Tho traitor'! 'coat uf arms' oontisti of a
flea, a flu, a magpie, and a title-of-bacon.
Explanation t A Ilea will bite either the quick
or the dead ; a i will a traitor ! A fly 'blow,'
corrupt! nnd contaminates all it comet in oou
tact with ; in will a traibir ! A magpie it at-
waya chattering, talking, aud lying) so it a
trailer I A title of-baoon it never 'cured' till it
it Aung ; neither ii a traitor ! '
ISAH'riCltIV SIEWS.
WahminiitiiN, May 13 Dispatches from the
Army of the I'oloimc, dated May lllh, charac
terise the lighting on the lllth aa the most des
perate of the past teren dayi. oen. Urant be
lieving the eneinr to have tent the greater part
of hia force to Kichraoud, an advance along lb
..- it -1 .. , .i ., . .
eiiurt una was oroeruu. i a &i curpa, loruilng
the right of the line, had but flight resistance.
In the morning tho position of Ihe tnemy wai
found to be in tha shape of a hone thue. At
llancork'i troops were advancing to attack the
eattny they were compelled to fall back, An at
tempt to break tboir center Wat then ordered. and
part of Hancock's men were tent to support War
ran In tliia movement. Onr right Wat also ad
vanced. It inovuinei) began in tb evening,
the enemy being driven into bit iutreiichinonti.
A brigade of the 0th corps getting into the ene
my'a rilla pit, captured lit gun and I, (W0 priso
ners, but uot being uppurted tlity were unable
to gain the rebel works, and were forced to r
treat froio tbelr advanced position, leavim the
cajitiiml guns, after spiking Ihem, and bringing
elf Ilia prisoners. Tin oo.-my mffered heavily
from our shells falling into their works. Our in
fantry delivered their Are wilh remarkable pre
cision. Our losset were heavy tlibbont divi
sion lint ovor a thousand no'ii; Robinson' di
vision, after losing both its General officer and
men and having no General to command it,
lias been broken up und distributed tiuong olbur
division.
About noon a fire rtgrd at a point In the line
whoro a I ii go number of wounded uf both armies!
were lying, and our men, while attempting to tret
lhir 1-omiadca out uf danger, were tired uooti by
the nonny and driven off, tod the poor suffering
.,undcd had to be left to perish in ibt flamet.
1 The r stya : Bnrnside't colored troops were
held In roaoev on Tuesday for some time, hut
were Uuaiiy brought Into action.
Concerning ihe battle of Thnraday, Mar 13,
w htvt the following t
noon and juii vmxvim,
Of crssy desnrlptlrinJtrATLY and PROMPTLY exsciitst
RATK.H or ADVKIlTllilNO! , '
I.-ksI ailverllicDwnis, a on par square, Urst Insertion!
l.eo ssi-li sulwequunl leisrnnn.
L irsl ami nil Iranaleiil aUvertlseoiants must be pren'ald It
Insure tnscrtinn. ,
Administrator' Dotlces, and. all til verllsewenia feinting t
Hie r.tnt nt ilnconspil persons, most s-a prepaid, nn-twsi ar
Jeml puUlihril hytlio Colin!)' Judge, SJliI tiuiwiianl to Bt
V pan l,y him.
A Ivortl.liiK hills not paid within one year tnm the tlm
srliou onittractrd, will lia incrcssed twenty -dye uer apl.acli
year payment la neglected thereafter. , ...
Dispatches from Headquarters, Army of Pete
mac, have been received which lays we bar
achieved the greatest victory of the war, after
the severest fighting ever reeorded in hitlory.
The battle wai acknowledged to be the beavlett
of all, lasting from daybreak until after dark, be
ing renewed at 6 o'clock and continuing till near
3, a. m. Both parties contended during the night
for the possession of the line of. ride pit from
which our men had driven Use enemy in the
morning. Ihe field presents to-day a scene be
yond description. In the breastwork men were
dying in some places, iu piles of three and fear
deep, l'hi enemy removed a large number of
dead and wounded during Thursday from por
tlons of the field, but there were many place
tiiey could not reach, where they lay at thick at
onr own. The number of gum captured Is 30..
Many colon were alio taken.
'JiilCAun, May 14. The following additional
newi regarding the battle on Thursday, ha been
received!
i The battle continued until dark on onr left,
contcr and right. We had gained a railo and m
half of ground in advance of that occupied the
night before. Our right did not advance, it being
Ornnt't Intention to hold the enemy in ftuut of
that part of onr line,, in order to enable us to
make a movoment around jhe rebel left. . The en
emy kept up demonstrations along Irs whole front
during the night, The purpoae of this wai as
certained ou Friday morning, the llltb, by die
covering that Lee'i main forcei had fallen back
sums diatanco. The dispatches all agree at to
uiu reami ouiog a oeeiaive TICEUry, 4
Wasiiinoton. Msr H At - aaretOenerfc
15aiiKt was nt Alexandria. , IntimationftaTiug
been given that he designed to leave that position,
positive ordera from Geu. Orant have been Issued
requiring mm to attoru protection to tno guttooata.
Hit forces are strong enough, tinder competent
command, to bid defiance to any force which th
rebels can bring against liiin. Arrangement fo.'
supplies will be made with energy and celerity,
by Oen. Canby, who bat gone forward with special
instruction!.
Nkw York, May 8. The Tinwa' correspondent
writing from Jaiuea river, May 5th, and ipeaking
of Oen. Butler'i movement, says : "The project,
in which tho Lieutenant General, after careful ex
amination, fully acquiesced, was to advance opon
Kichmond by tlie James river, getting a foothold
aa near the city at possible, on the louth bank of
the stream, interrupting the communication! of
tha rebel Capital southward, and thut eventually
compelling the evacuation by Leo ' army of their
strongly tortillcd position on tlie Kapidan, and
forcing the rebels to give Oen. Orant battle, or to
remove rearward toward their Capital. The first
step toward organisation was made tome weekt
tinea by the concentration nt Yorktewn, front va
rious posts in North Carolina and Virginia, of the
great bulk of the Eighth C'orpa, w ith nearly all
the Tenth Army Corpa ander Oen. Oilmore, which
wore sent to Uen. Butler to parlieipate in the
movement. That Yorktown and Gloucester Point,
both at the mouth of York river, should have been
selected for tho rendoavous of the truops, natur
ally led to the supposition that the advance wai
to lie made up the Peninsula.
That tho deception might be doubly sure, a
brigade of Union troops was dispatched by Oen,
Butler at late at yesterday to White House Land
ing, on the Painunltey, where, at sunset, they
were sedulously eugaged in felling treot and con
itructiug a military wharf, as if preparing to fa
cilitate the landing of a large army. All light
draft steamers were until the last moment, kepi
at Fortress Monroe, whence, early yesterday morns
lug, they were dispatched to York river, and cony
nieneed embarking the troops, whose arrange
ments had been previously mado. Oen. Butler's
orden to subordinates require thain to repair to
Hampton lioada ai quickly at possible, where
they anchored for the night. At daybreak the ad
vance of the troops moved np the James, era
voyed by the army gunboats, iindor Geo. Gra
ham, and Ave monitora and eleven ganboatt un
der Bear Admiral Lee. Th cavalry branch of
the expedition wat commanded by Brigadier Gen
eral Kurta, who, with leveral thousand white,
troops, left Suffolk, Va., alio at daylight yeater- '
day morning. The point at which he almt pri
marily ia Hicksford.on the Petersburg, Kichmond.
nud Woldon road,
Gen. Kurtt received a roving cdmmliiion, and
may penetrate at far at Weldon before alerting
up the Peninsula. Another linall form ant out -at
the tame tune, with the object of creating a di
version in our favor by keeping the rebel excited
and attacking their outpost. This expedition
will try to cross the Chickahominy at Bottom1!
Bridge, and make iu way to the main body on
James rivor. . .
Gen. Butler hat taken possessiou of Wilson'
wharf and Fort Powhatan. The distance between
the two points is seven mile. Both of them an'
ttrong positions. City Pointbeeame ourt without
a struggle. The Union forcoi are tneurely plant
ed iu splendidly ndvantageottt positions, within
tifleen milea of ihe rebel Capital. Before night
fall the greater part of the immense army will be
disembarked. Uur line will stretch across a slip
of land, tho loft ro'ting on the James river t then
riaaaing over tho Appumatox at Port Walthall, The
ine will reach to James river again, holding that
almost insular position called Bermuda Hundred.
Entrenched her, with both flank protected by
theguubontt, we can bid defiance to the rebels.
The position is also considered admirable for se
riotisly threatening Kichmond. Lee't army it
now botiveen two lites, and should onr cavalry
raid seriously impair his communication south-
jynrd, starvation will beaddetl to hit other troubles.
.u'ty said thai when Gen. Gruut wat .,. -
ing duwnWrVni'2-.rfi.iI5-rollt mie
day last week, thu tr .in, having attached tn it
the ipeuinl oar, stopped at Brandy station.
Suute soldiert who went waiting tu go down
asked if they couid not get into the car. "No,"
wat the auawer of an officer; "lliii Ii Gen.
Grunt'i special onr." Oen. Grant, who wa
lining by thu window, promptly Uirust net hi
head ami said, "Gen. Ornut occupies ouly on
lent the loldien CBn ride."
fiT The Kentucky court of appeals ha de
cided that the congressional eonntoation aot I
unconstitutional, null and void, "because it at
tempts lo authorize the confiscation of property
of citizen! ai a pniiiihuieut of treasnu and
other crimes, without due prnccia of law by
proceeding in rem in any district In which the
property may be, without presentment or ill-"
diuttueiit by a grand jury, without arrest or
summon! of the owner, nud upon auoh evidence
nf hia guilt at would uot be sufficient proof of
any fact in admiralty or revenue oasei."
(7 Mr. Stebhins, th detnooratio member
nf Ihe committee on way! and meant, hai pro
nonnoed hiuiaell in favur nf large dotie npon
foreign import, even to alinoat prohibition, aod
an internal revenue tax equal to all dniuaudl of
the treasury, for oivil expense! of the govern
inent, and fur the interest on the public debt.'
Mr. Stebbint, with many other democrat, will
advocate and vnto for two leptrnto financial
measure, huviug tcpnrnle and distinct olijcolt. ,
The first, to get uut of internal exoite the
menni tn carry on the war, preserve the -national
oredlt, and restore the union of the state. '
Tlie second, tn strike down that mtschievoo
riortion of our foreign ootntneroe which fill tbo,
and with tlie costly aud uiulcti luxuries of Ihe
Old World; to compel ui to live within our-"
selves ; U enable us to tell our rati inrplut pro
duct! lor gold, and lo onntpel th English aod -French
to buy them and pay gold fur them,
aud not hurdwnro aud satins and laoei ; and to
tuuintuiii thit American policy on I'd the repob
ho ii restored and thoroughly coniulidated.
ExtiAi-anvn Tkt or a Parrot Oun In
Fort Pulaski, formerly "Gregg," on lb north-
erumntt extremity of Morria Iilaod, it wa dV
teriuiued by Geu. Giliuor to fire (ball Into
Charleston from a 30-puunder gun, at regular
interval of live minute between eauh ahell, '
until the gun ahould become disabled 4,815
missile wero discharged into the city from this
piece before it burst.
ANortiitii Cariio or Ari'MSS. Another
cargo of apple arrived from Oregon ou the,
steamer Puuifio, and were readily told at prtoe
ranging from ti 50 to 15 23 a box. - The
3naliUi'i Were inferior lhroughout,hut the great
einand for them mad no difference in the
Cried paid. The lust boxet old were eagerly ,
ought by th purchaser at the prtoe but
named. Thii oargo it, iu all probability, the
last of the teatoii, ur nearly to, and dealer
leel a tort uf pride in keeping A stock a long
at they can be afforded iu market. ' The cargo
consisted of 800 boles in ull, a large portion of
which were parohased by Addisou, Martin It
Co.-5. F . flag. ,