Oregon sentinel. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1858-1888, December 12, 1863, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextORIiflON SENTINEL bcc'ySowariPvI.iisthiicc'Cli. In Auburn, the city of his home, Sccre tary Hcwnrd on the 2d of Nnvembir de llvcred n snerch to nn Immeiitu crnnil of niilitul.uite citizens. Me held in it thol.lnln f.ir lil nvlpnmo. when he dixs come same cheerful views that ho has over ix- pressed In speeches, Inductions In ambus - s.idors and occasional Idlers. J Io said In1 opining : " I do not forget that cheerfulness nnd lioptfiilness, plve ofIViie in certnln quarter. "We have n cins of patriot who deride them, who Insist upon h.wing llm political Vic obwirsul nnd tho poliltcal moon throughout her changes presented under ecitp'o. I do believe in checrfulncM and lH)fiilneM. As in religion so In politic It'll f villi and not depm1ncy tlmt over - comts mountains nnd scale the heavens. The Gsnernl who, lurangulng his nrmy on ' peace that establishes forever llm pructu on the eve of battle, should c.i press fears of blllty of Irec, lUpubllcan, representative lUtVit, would be sure to Ira defcuteO. The Feilernl (iovernmeut; thu immedinte or ul statesman who apprehends that disunion is ! timitc restoration of 1,000,000 of bonds- Insvltabtc, would b suro In produce di.o - lutlon. The Christian who Ulicvcs that he has commtllul the unpudonnblo sin will never work out his salvation. I le who impatiently rejects the councils of hope In political action lcausc lie does not see nil his expectations Immediately realized Is ns bad a citlzm ns ho Is n bat) Christian who wavers in Ids faith became u hundred gen erations have passed nway nnd ' all these things' aro not yet fulfill!.' " It is only through the Administration that the country can put forth tho ffrt necessary for Its rescue. If you discard I this Administration of tho Government by i ! Tcnnesicc, and the contiguous coun you vote, you brim: no new or belter oneltlw of adjoining Slates. The product of to Its place. You thro Ikivo practically nu interregnum from this time Io tho -lib . ti i. icm t .. r. ...... ....... f .!- m -reH. io... - .CTsrsuu,,, , .. . teen months n tlw very crisis of relielllon. You would rencrtt even In n more dunscr ous way tho great, though then nnavold.v 1 "'y Important In Itself, but was Important blc. misfortune of the Interregnum which !!" In roipcct lo tho contiguous country was produced by Ihe election of Abraham "hleh It protected. A great line of rail Lincoln In 18C0. leaving .lamos JJucbnnnn way was secured, continental In Its dlmen liillioPfwidency until the .tlhol March. tloiw "d In Its value. The 1301. During all that period the ship oH wlinu nnd lead mines of Virginia, which Hlalo necessarily ami uiwvoidably driflwl ! produce all tho salt and lead nscd in the nod dashed llseir ngnlnst the rocks of n ' Confrderacy, were protected so long us lee shore. Tho American people are uol Ka Tennessee wai ours, going to commit so great an error nnw." Hut the evacuation of that region, ond He advocated the right of tho soldiers Its sarrender without n single battle to tho to vote " Has tho soldier only the right enemy, has lost all thcto advantages. Tho to Inniruish in tho hospital, to die on tho ' railway is broken up, nnd there can bo no battle field, nnd to bo carries Into captivl- j communication between (Jen. Jonw'-'nt ty I" He protested that the then approach-' Ing elections were not to determine who should be President after law It was to. determine who is President now, Lincoln ' burg, the Carolina; nnd Augusta, or Davis. Lincoln was elected to bs Pre- 'I ho hogs of lvast Tennessee, affording 'J3, Uent from March ith, 1801. lo March -th- 000,000 pounds or pork.nro now bolng 18C5 fairly, honorably, constitutionally , slaughtered for tho Yunkio nrmlw. The clccteil to bo Prosident of tho whole i vast com crop and forage supplies of that Unton, not a part of It. Yet ho has been ' department, sufficient to winter all the live forcibly kept out of a part of ft. Tho ( stock of the Confederate nrmlw, ore being coming olctioos uud war had one common ' fed to the SO.OOO horses and mules belong object, to make him tie farto as well ns de ing to the forces of Grant. The salt and jure President from IbOl to le'Cj, in Geo-1 load works or tho Confederacy, and In the gla, South Carolina, and tho Gull States, numerous caves or Northwestern Virginia, s ho Is In Massachusetts, New York nnd , from which Immense supplies of saltpetre Ohio. That object he knew would sue re obtained for tho ordnance department, ceed, for it was justice, and peace could on-j aro now Immediately threatened ly return through the granting of that jus- lice. Tlie dgtcrinlnatloii to suecml In the I attempt wa3 founded on tho moral instinct. " Tho robin doos a3 much. J le guards his j The tosk imposed by tho loss or Hast own nest, because it Is his. Tho lion de- TcnnesH-c upon Gen. Samuel Jones, com fends his liar, and each of these is endowed mauding in Southwestern Virginia, Is oner with n force aileejuato to that of defense, ous, l!elcen tho Yunkec Generals, Av Our disloyal ciliseos act on tho assumption I erlll In tho direction of Cheat Mountain, that tho enlightened und virtuous American ' nnd Hurnsldo threatening from Knoxville, peoplo are liss fugacious than tho fowls or t-he has a line of more than COO miles to Ihe air ami Ihe beasts ol the field." , guard. Tho task is rendered doubly ardu- On tho question or slavery, Mr. Seword ous through tho thorough disorganization said: i or tho Kentucky nnd Tennesseo cavalry, Tho rebols h wo lost by resistance, on ' who have been carousing, pilfering nod nn average, 10,000 slaves a month. Kacli j skulking In Southwestern Virginia, uuder month .cf prolongtd resistance, -Increases tho non-dlsciplino or tho Kentucky Gener tho lo!, and they uro verging upon the ' ols, to whose tender mercies tho peoplo or tiuio tsUsiubuiusIoii, coming too late, will l. that country Imvo been turned over ever leave wither slavery nor slaves In tlw land, since tho wir begpn. Though tho Ken This question of slavery is their busiuew, tucky Generals, who wcrq intrusteil with not mine. So long us they propose no sur-j Iho protection of that important country, render, they are entitled to ask no terms, gave it to the Yankees without a buttle, What has happtued to slavery thus for, has been tho legitimate fruit of their own crime ; but it was fruit ordained not by man, but or God. Without seeking todi viuo His' ways, I think that the future will"1 bo like unto Iho past. The Insurrection will perish under military powvi', 'necca- rlly uud therefore Jawfujly .exercised,- ami I merely as the baclc door, In the Yankee slavery will perish with It. Nevcrlhele,lphn.c, of (he Confederacy , but as tho only I am willing that the prodigal son slallire- jadiquate source of tupply for meat, ocd as I turn. The doors, no far ns I nm concerned, llllt l,m ,k. opoi) to Mm, I Wo licllcvc Unit In n few weeks more the nf the Central Pacific Kjllrond nf Cnlifbr !l tl.!l mml mi Invitations nllcr him ! etiemv will linvc bet n driven out of KjsI niu.Gov. Stanford, in u communication , , MMnlfiDS uol for myself, hut lor - iyrm nnd the whole American people, I c.x- - .,rcM the conviction that neither mon nor ' nnm l run nrnirnt the flitted call bclni Incl, n.iln;; ficnllrntly. llrnlhr, I have 1 0nmle1. nnd 1 desire rccoiiclliation." r, Seward concluded as he began, with 'an expression of his nhtillng faith that the election of Abraham Lincoln ns President ' of the whole United Slalex from IfiGl to , lgfi5 was a fixid, irrcslstlblo fact. S.itd he "The country ' snved, and there remain nothing If ft to complete th'gmil nnd piln ' fu drama but that which cannot lw long 'uVliiycil, the submission of the insurgents ' ami the restoration of peace. And wlut In nencemay we not cstiect that to be I A ' men to freidotn j the security of the Amcr. lean continent against cipially tho evils of infernil anarchy nnd foreign nggrcsslon The nngels in heaven might tunc their harps to tho symphony of such n cacc." Imi'ort.inck or Hast Tknksskb to tub I Unitw.-For n long time the importance of Knit Tenncsso In the Confederates nxm cd to be uiuppreclnted. Not until that country fell Into the hands of the enemy was its Incalculable value realized. Ex cept what was furtively obtained from Ken- lc.v. ' army "U'l") "' l " 'roni J corn in that region was very heavy, and mo portion of tho Confederacy, cqu il In ox- tr-nl nfTirilnil ns Inrnl n siinnlv of furn'-u """-""""'"- .,., ' ' ' ' " f "ml winter pasturage, i iw occupation 01 liasi ivniicstra ny our own armies'was noi llriston and Ucn. Ilragg nt Uiicuomaugii, who ore less than 130 miles apart, except a circuit of 1,'JOO miles, through Pelera- by the close presenco of hostile armies, requiring tho preseno of heavy forces of; 'our own for tholr protection and although Cumberland Gap wnssuiren dered without a shot by a Mississippi Ilrigadier, of West Point, tho country, wo aro glad to believe, is not lost. At the Ust moment tho Government set-ins to lave awakened to some senee or ihe Importance or Kast Tennessee: not I u very important one for grain nnd (orajro. , Tennessee. Imlccil.lt Is highly prolmhlc J lli.it tlic work would have been ncconi plUlicd by the present time If the move ineiils of the nrmv Imd not been retarded i lv thu wunt of shoos. While our bravo troops are waiting, ns late as October, for shoes, thu enemy is consuming ten Unas the value of these necessary articles In coin, pork uud forage ; but wo have reasons to believe that Kust Tcnnes'cc will soon be recovenil, even although this should be after nil lis supplies are c.xh tinted by tl c Yunkecs Uithmoml llmtmur, Off. .'II Nkiv I'nooi'or Vaiunihiiiiam'h Tiika .son, Among some Southern baggage cap tured In Rut 'IVnnos'oe, was found the ef fects of Col. 1). Iiuhull, of tho eight Liuls- lana Volunteer. Among other Istlere were tho following from Vallnndigham, written in ICuoxvIlle during his trip through the country. It contains u strik ing proof of Ids traitorous instincts. The following Is an extract : " You lurml'D correctly when you say that that you lulitvt me to be the f'ltml cf the South in htr tttugyle far ft(lom. .My feelings havo been publicly exprvs sed In my nwu country, in that ipiotntiou from Ird Chath nn " .My hU. ymi cannot compicr America." Then) Is not u drop of Puritan blood In my veins. hate, ( pin itml defij the lymniotl (tovenimtnt which has sent me among yon for my opin ion' ale, and shall never give it my sup port in Its crus-ulc upon your institutions. Ilut you are mistaken when you say there are but few such in tho United Slates, North. Viotimitdi me thtie who would spoil; nut but fur tho military despotism ' wl '" strangles them. "Although the contest has Ixcn, nnd continue to be. n blo.nly one, ym bnre but to jicrHwre, itml the victory will itirtly be tjonri. l'mi mi( tlr'ke home I The de fensive policy lengthens tho contest. The shortest road tu ihkicu is the boldest one. Yon am him your ouvi Itrmt by unmg the battle on Ihe enemy's toil. " Accept my kind regards for yonr per sonal welfare, and sincere thanks for your wishes in my bihalf, mi hoping and nny iiiti for the iuueu of the Muteux xdiidt you rre fighting, believe, us ever, your friend, U. L. ALLANniUIUM Homr ron Ltrri.K Wlsiikiikiw. llv .Mr. Van Meter Is now In Michigan with his twenty-eighth company or orphans from the street ol New York City. Ills success in saving children from vice, crime mid starvation, and securing them Ihe means of nu houest living is unparalleled. He reeds, clotlm and teaches over 200 dally ; hag no luuds, looks lo God for dally supplies for his groat family of falherlc3 chlldrcu. Though often commencing tho day with Iivh than a dollar, he ha always received sufficient for his iKeec.ltiw, has never turn ed nway a single child of want, and owes not a dollar. Pkut. We havo some German friends up ul uaiena, who, hi nauy conversation, usu tho lvngllsh language, but thu mother teaches her children the saino German prayers she used to repeat in her childhood, nwuv lack on tho banks ot tho Ithinc. Quo night, us little Karucst, a precocious chap or soino four summers, was quietly going through his evening devotions, ho suddenly electrified and ustonlshed his pi ous mother, by exclaiming : " Mu, why do wo always talk Yunkeo und pray Ger man! Is God n Dutchman ?" Wo will give Harper's Drawer two months to beat that break. IfniAoe Times, How sweet aro thu uffoctions or kind ncss! How balmy tho inllueuco of that regard whiclfdwclls uround our firesides I Distrust aud doubt darken not the luster of Its purityj the cravings of Interest und jealousy mar not the harmony or that scene. Parental klnducss aud filial affection blos som there in all tho freshness of eternal spring. It matters not if Iho world is cold, ir we can but return to our own deur circle, and ask and receive nil that our heart claims. Gen.Jeff, Thompson, of the rebel army, has been liberated on parole. Gen. Dul ler asked that this should be, as Thompson, when in command in Louisiana, has treat ed all Union prisoners kindly, and especial ly so all of them that were wounded. George 1). Prentlcg sent Thompson a dem IJohn of whiskey for kindness Iiq had be stowed on Prentice's sou. Tim Ckntimi. Pacific Tho I'rosMcnt published in Hun Francisco, wys : - "It is n year nml four months slnca the - ( comp my received nn nulhorltiitlvo slnte- ment nf the action or Conines In nhf of the I'aclfie Unllrii.nl. .Since that time SHOO.000 or stock hns been subscribed by Individual's, 8L'.n,0l)lr by Placer county, 8.100,1100 by Sacrnmrniu, und, if thu law were ni'Uil upon, S(!00,000 by Han Fran cisco. In udilition in tills, SI 0,01)0 pr mile has been iloiutrd by thu State ns sec tions ure completed. Twenty-four miles of road uro graded, uud seven morn uru In it forward slate. A lino and costly bridge nnd trcstlo work, neross tho American Iliver, has brn built. Iron und rn'lmg stock for seventy mili-s of ro id havo been bought and paid for, n portion of which has arrived, nnd is now in dally use. The balance I nn hoard ship, with the excep tion of two locomotives, which uro nenily rrndy for shipment. The company has the nblllly lo coinplelo the first section of fifiy mile within tho time required by Congress. With the Sn'OO.imO from San Francisco, and the consequent end 1 1 which Iho receipt or llinic bonds would givo tho company, much moru could be done. Tlilrty-ono miles n f road will undoubtedly Ins com. pleted in running order in curly us Februa ry, with n cost of grading, bridging, ma sonry, nnd suK'rstructuro of about 8700, 1)00 n portion only h cadi." I.KIIKI. TmTHIO.NV TO TIIK KfFKHT OK TDK KmaMMI'ATIO.S PlKK.TAMATIO.f. Ill U plain letter lo Governor Seymour, Peter Cooper of New York, relates Iho following us having been told him by provost Marsh al Diun,of Si. Imis in proof of nn assertion tlmt die proclamation or freedom has done more lo weaken the rebellion und prevent foreign recognition than uny other measure that could have been adopted: " On his late vlsii to my home ho Informed me that he had brought on a large number of ltubel officers uud men to to exchunged ut Fortress Monroe. During their passage he took the opxirlunity to ask the officers in a body what ifTect tho President's proc lamitiou of freedom had had In Ihe South. Their reply was (to ure their own vulgar expression), thai Ml had played hell with than.' Mr. Dcuii then asked Ihem how that could bo possible since the negroes cannot read. To which ono of tlim re plied that one nf hi negroes had told him of tho proclamation fivo day before he hoard It in any other wny, Others Mild their negroes gavo them their first lutlma lion of the proclamation. Ono or these officers then mid with a defiant air, that If we would only Imvo them their corn, their bacon and their homespun, which their negroes produced, they would llht us twenty years." It must bo ery hot In the south. A cotemporary says n small negro boy Injudi ciously leaned upugnlnst Ihe sunny side or a house, nod foil asleep. In n few minutes ho began to soften, nnd In Ihreo qunrlers of an hour ho ran ull over tho yard. His mother ilippcil him up and put mm in I ho wash tub, ui.d ho has been greasy ever since. A wretched editor, who hasn't a wife to laku caro of him went thu other night to n ladies' fair. Ho wys ho saw then) an article which ho " fain would call hi own," but it was not for sale. Ho says that sluco that night he has been ''wraptuiomly wretched." As tho article was bound In hoops, tho rea der Is left to Infer that it vios cither a girl or a keg of whl.ky. A Confederate surgeon who was beastly drunk when our forces captured Little Hock, Arkansas, found hlnuclf among tho Yankees when ho got tobcr, and rem irked that It beat Rip Vun Winkle, th it a man couldn't go to sleep In Iho Confederate States without wak ing up in tho United Stale?. - Gu-v. Hasten ins, This General knows how to obey us well ns to fight- and he obeys without grumbling, as a true toldtcr always does, f" - C C " Mamma, may f gV a-Hlilng'" ' i'tf dear, but don't go near tho, water, And recollecj,tif,yp45i jlrpww.'d, I jsa)l skin you us suro ns you live." 1 Why Is an innkeeper like j multitude or people? llecjuso hifia n fVojI'himielf. ' -y'hen s nitircd yian,llke thief! When ha iH't'd-i u rusting. Tho Nationiffunc--A Bp'utcfon. 1'. J.lirAV.,.K. K. ItlinOAV . KDWMID IIIMJR RYAN, MORGAN & CO., KSTAIILISIIKI) FOU TF.N YKAIW, -IV TIIKIII- Two-atory, Fire-proof Urick Store, MEN'S DEPARTMENT UJ? STAIRS. DHALKltS IN All Classes ol' rtlm'lMiiui.sr, INCLUDING DRUGS 8s MEDICINES nii!fln.v wnmum nnnni! uiijuuuit it uuisuu tiuui'i)) FINK DUANDIKfl, WHISK I IM. WIN IN. SYItl'PS, And nrnT.us, In which wccanon'iir IiuluccuiuiiiS to Saloons. OUTFITS PUKNISIini) TO Parties Going North. AT VKItY LOW THICKS. U'o will SUPPLY TIlADnitS. At n flwilo ntxivo Snu FruiicUcu co.it mid charge. Wo rtxo n. Ponnanont Institntion IN THIS VALLKY. "W'o two Ablo to Deal Liberally With Good nnd Prompt Cuatomen, And will mako It for Iho Interest of such to deal with UN Vgoxxtiss fox tlio ASHLAND MILLS AMI Englc Distillery & Flour Mill "XTo Xxtvcro An Ersperienced Agent RESIDING IN SAN ntANOISCO, Donbllng us to DEFY COMPETITION. Wo will pay tho Highest Price lor Mnrkct WOOL AND HIDES. Wc will take EVIJKY Dl-aORIlTION -or- .For whlchrwo can get n market. f'o wtl keep replcnlshlup our slock "' Fresh oorts Every Monti' In tho ycoritbat the roads nro passable. CAIX ANI SE33 XJH. MAN, MORGAN & CO. J AOKSONVJLLK, Nbr.l, 183.