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   Weekly Standard (Newspaper) - December 2, 1863, Raleigh, North Carolina                               W. VOL. 49. N. DECEMBER 2, 1863. WHOLE NUMBER for lessor desiring to contract for six quent above wilh R Deduction of strictly on the cash when the time paid for it the risk of those Liberty and What are wb fighting for Not for the sake of for any man or set of but for liberty and There can be no civil liberty out civil Military law may be endured in camps during but outside the camps it should never be It is a principle as old as English liberty that no man shall be imprisoned without due process Our Courts have thus far maintained this great and we trust they will continue to do so. The Latest Gen. Bragg telegraphed to Adjutant General on thc 24th, that a prolonged struggle had taken We have heard of infringements of 1 plice between his forces and tho enemy for Lookout j ftl liberty -n by of p and that he had sustained considerable which win recoive the attention of the joss in one It was stated in other dis- General Assembly and also of military interference patches that the enemy had gained some wifch the Of suff be over- I after most terrific A dispatch from in tho of I Thursday states that thc enemy assaulted enemy was said to be throwing force across the Tennessee river at tho mouth of and pressing round on tho right of our A considerable portion of Gen. Bragg a forces were absent under Gen. near probably the best The enemy no doubt moved in greatly superior force on our A great battle has been ami while we hope for the wo confess we fear that General has been Wo shall know the particulars in a few We have various reports from It is stated that has fortified and would attempt to hold the place at all and it also rumored that he has surrendered w. .th seven thousand to Gen. Longstreet Con army was said to be hi motion on He had advanced his and a eral action was thought to be Nothing new from The enemy con- to shell the P. S. There is a rumor on the which we well that Gen. has been de- with heavy A considerable portion of his troops said to have been if is very It will open Georgia to the triumphant march of the We four also that the enemy will now make a demonstration on and again on unless held in check by Longstreet at It will be seen by the proceedings of the that and McKay have in- bills proposing amendments to the Home Guard Legislation seems to be required on this Tote of the First Congressional We are under obligations to a friend for the cial vote of the 1st which we give There were no returning officers from and Iho vote of those as far as was 07 for 49 for 1 for and 53 lor 135 looked by the General Assembly if we expect to retain even tho forms of We for that a test oath was re- quired of certain citizens of Bortio County at the late and that tho action of the inspectors on this subject was sustained by some Georgia at the point of the It is expressly provided by the statute law of that it shall not be lawful to assemble armed men on the day of at any place appointed by law to hold elections for members of Con- or members of the General under tho penalty of one thousand to be recovered of any person who shall call such or ble such armed and applied one half to the use of the and tho other half to the uso of the Yet armed men were assembled in and some of the citizens of that County were arrested and held in custody by the We learn also that the military terrorism which pre- vailed in some of our Western Counties prevented numbers of citizens from A Confederate a few weeks ar- of 135 279 309 107 48 49 23 40 88 82 80 146 9 8 17 1C 14 801 21 557 163 430 No man in dirt more to involve us in the war than the E liter of the Standard tor he Bought a peat in the State Convention avowedly to vote us into was and did vote us It is not true that we a seat in the State Wo were nominated in. 18C1, without soliciting a single person to vote for us in mass and we were elected by over twelve hundred In consented to run on the Conservative ticket with Mr. Badger and Mr. but we remained in and naJe no effort to obtain fearing that if we canvassed we would excite party We saw our mistake after the for it was evident then that our opponents did not intend that party strife should Neither is it true that we are responsible for the The war had by the action of the cotton before we wore Mr. Lincoln's proclamation compelled us either to fight the North or the and we to fight the The Observer took the same view at that but it has since changed its It con- as we the precipitate action of tho cotton and the conduct of their allies in tins State who aided them in involving us in the but the Observer has since eaten its words and justified the cotton It had to do this in 01 der to secure admission into the Destructive The war is the result of tho course of the of the North and tho secessionists of the acting and re acting on each The border or breadstuff States ore not responsible for it. They did all they to keep out of and to promote peace between tho two and they wore involved in it against their being they hive borne themselves gallantly and This is truth of The late elections in this State furnish an tive lesson to public They show that at least three-fourths of the people of the including the are and in favor of and talking for peace at the other the Language of Dr. Mr. Dr. Gen. and other Con servative members elect carrying the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the They show also that tho Destructive ers are and with no of We trust public men generally will profit by tho Whore is the army Convention VOTE OF arc yet without the official vote of the Congressional but to be no doubt G. W. is The vote of tho County in which is Logan 851, flyman 1U8, Erwin 94, Davidson 17. This vote is thc highest tribute that could have been paid to Gen. sterling Gen. Logan is in favor of negotiations for peace on honorable rested one of the best and worthiest citizens and put him in the on tho vague charge that a soldier had told the that a deserter Ind told the that the could get as much powder as ho wanted at the store of tho citizen and that tho citizen referred to had been active in the peace or so-called Union Ho was thus imprisoned on and because he had attended and taken part in a public composed of loyal We have also heard that another military officer when ho reached that part of tho that if Chief Justice Pearson executed any writs of habeas corpus in relation to those under his com- he would have to do so over his but the Chief Justice did execute writs of the and the officer had the good on to respect the action of the Chief These and many others that might be have been committed in contempt and gation of the Constitution and laws of State; and it tho Legislature to vindicate and uphold that Constitution and those The branch of the StUe government must bo at all It is the last great water against the tide of innovation and at the very thc strides of military power must be mot and Our people have a right to assemble together to consult for the common and no freeman ought to be or of his or or outlawed or or in any manner deprived of his or but by the law of the We trust tho will maintain these rights at all and sustain the Courts in their In the language of Gov. in his speech in the Con- people are resolved to be dent and not only in the end but in the means they are not only to be freemen the termination of the but will not surrender their liberties during its This is of tho essence of And while on this sub- though we would make no invidious sons between the we beg to be allowed to bear our as we have heretofore to the inflexible and able manner ip which Chief tice Pearson has upheld tho civil law in the lace of military It has so happened that he has been more frequently called on than the other Judges to interpose to protect tho weak against the and if decisions have not in every case commanded assent of they have nevertheless been distinguished by a fund of a and a devotion to thc great principles of civil freedom which have excited the respect and admiration of our We the civil law must le We must preserve liberty among ourselves while contending for it against our for if it should be lost in the and ry power should take its in vam will be all our and privations in this We regret to learn that the Rev. R. C. Maynard died at his in Granville on day His disease was His remains were brought to Raleigh on and buried with Masonic We are glad to learn that the State Clothing De- has advanced tho prices paid the worthy beting women who make up tho clothing for our We learn that tho prices now art as Coats pants shirts 75 and drawers 50 We have often urged this ad- and only regret that it was not made Thc Abuse of the Impressing The to regulate impressments authorizes resort to that movie of raising supplies for the only when they cannot be otherwise It is the evident design of the act to invest the including the Secretary of with this power solely as a last AH other means of raising supplies are to be tried and before it is lawful to exercise power of One means of raising supplies contemplated by the is thc gathering in of its tithes by the In thc natural order of this is the first method of furnishing the that is to be availed of by the It was when the law was that these tithes would nearly or quite supply the The estimate seemed since thp army falls far short of being of tho and could not therefore be expected to consume more than ol the production of the But in the event of this resource falling short of the demands of the it was contemplated by the act that the deficiency would be made up by it in the event that both the tithes and the ability to chase had that tho power to We do not misstate tho The officer who im- presses is required to over his official on his honor as an that the property impressed not be otherwise 1 and the Secretary of before he can authorize impressments to be has to be fied that tho article needed cannot be procured by These two prerequisites having been complied and it being apparent that neither by the collection of its tithes nor by its efforts to purchase can the Goverment supply itself with what Is necessary for tho support of the the power to impress may be lawfully resorted Before those two resources are there is no to use this and any resort to it not ho otherwise than arbitrary and the Secretary of War and bis subordinates acted up to requirements of the law in this Have they and exhausted all means of raising supplies before resorting to Have they gathered their tithes and ascertained that they are inadequate Have they offered purchase in all cases before impressing f Did Mr. Taylor ry first visit every farmer in and offer to buy his and did each and every one of these fanners refuso to before ho served his im- pressing order on them V Was this course arid this the experience of the impressing agents in Buckingham und in which we have the assurance of the the Government officials have locked up just as Mr. ry did in Unless such offers to purchase were made and re- we undertake to say that tho law has been If there was in cither of these a single fanner who did not refuse to and he was embraced in tho notification of we undertake to say that as to him tho was and the law affixes a penalty to any single Is it conceivable that these than whom there are none more spirited in tho all refused to sell for the use of the army articles necessary to its subsistence No population in Virginia has contributed more largely of its numbers to swell the ranks of the these Many of the noblest News FROM following dispatch was received at the War last MISSION VIA 23, 1803. To 8. A. I. Wo hold all the roads leading into Knoxville the one between the and the French and General cavalry might close Thc enemy's cavalry is almost broken and Wheeler has cut off his trains from Cumberland Gap to The alluded to by General Bragg as not being held by our east from Knoxville to The Holston is a tributary of the Tennessee and drains North east Tennessee and the extreme southwestern ties of The French Broad flows into the at from an easterly It is said that our cavalry in East Tennessee are now on the march to co-operate with and expect to strike the enemy at Greenville or to-day or Burnside has need to look well to or he will lose the delicate laurel he won at Cumberland Mat. army regiments that bear the victorious banners of eral Lee have gone from the red hills Albemarle and Is it imaginable that their fathers and brothers and friends at home have refused to the needed for The Secretary of War may think Dr. Northrop he ever may think we do So fur fi om being justified so atory and unnatural a we have public evidence to the In each of these the citizens in general by formal re- made known to the Secretary of War their to sell everything not needed for their own at the prices fixed by the Government They were not only bound by patriotism and by ties of but also by voluntary and solemn committal to sell to the Government all that they could part that was needed for the They stood ready to meet their can tho impressing agents in these counties on their honor as officers and that the supplies held there not than by im- And how can the Secretary of in view of his responsibility to the country and to his own say that the taking of this private property was rendered necessary u by son of tho of procuring the same by We either the farmers of the counties named they are not refused to sell to the these impressments are trary and violative of We leave to tho proper authorities to ascertain where tho responsibility and to enforce the proper Extract from a letter to the of the CAMP NEAR C. Nov. 14, A majority of the members the 22d are with you in every The great meeting held in this regiment for the pose of suppressing your was one of the grandest humbugs ever gotten Not more than a dozen soldiers had any thing to do with and while the meeting was progressing a certain Cap- tain said if there wore any men in the regiment who endorsed W. he wanted to know who they when suddenly some one knocked out the and more than a hundred men for Holden and the The election in the army proves that we are with That magnificent Army Convention now stands exposed in its true A majority of the diers and people have placed upon it tho seal of Its Col. Bryan announced himself a candidate for Congress in an ultra Destructive and the reception he met from the people and the soldiers was so cold that he retired from the contest and did risk a to earth will rise denial years of Gud tiro But And died amid her AND THR of men 18 more fully and have displayed more courage in this war than A Southern cotemporary Among the killed and wounded in the late battles before we can count over thirty ters and a significant when ed that thia class composes such a small part of the population of In there are only about eight hundred printers in tho of them are in the Yet some silly people would break up every newspaper in the land and have the people to live in utter ignorance of what is going GOVERNMENT What does the Confeder ate government do with all of its asks the Lexington ing it at the rate of nearly gallons per Augusta county about giving a total amount for two counties of Suppose two counties to make one tenth of ajl that is made in the probably a low Principals and Wo copy from the Richmond Examiner the lowing just and sensible remarks on this But is there no such thing a due balance be- tween the civil and the military spheres of national life This is worth for we have ed the if was such a when a levee en masse would have been and it must be remembered that we are engaged in a gle ef indefinite Are we to have the uncertainty and that have been the bane of our perpetuated in the ing of our armies Is the same bad which was shown in the virtual repudiation of the eight per cent. Treasury to bo exhibited in the cancelling of the obligations of the government to those who have furnished It was in- judicious to the eight per but once issued they ought to be redeemed on the inal It wrong to allow sub- it was certainly impolitic to suffer it to be made a matter of private if the government had retained the control of this whole and regulated the commutation of military all the abuses to which substitution ble have been But the harm has been and it cannot be undone by a breach of public Are we to have another overhauling of the Exemption attempt on the part of the military committee to sweep the whole male with the exception of members of Con- into the various camps of We hope and yet our hope is not unmingled with It is so pleasant to resolve that everybody do the and that the resolutionists shall enjoy is so cheap to be patriotic at the expense of the rest of the and things which are at once cheap and pleasant are so rare in that we should nut be shocked at any measures which the next Congress may Exemption service is a granted to the exempt because his work is a benefit to the would be cant to deny but it is a privilege which becomes a disgrace as soon as the exempt fails to perform his part of the We cure not how much this is insisted Lot every sham every untaught every swindling every detailed man who does not fulfil his duty be forced into the But let us Have no more meddling with the lists until it is what the requirements of civil life Disabled soldiers do not straightway become uses of the first although we acknowledge that a proportion of Congressmen might be replaced by a judicious selection from the number of our mutilated the con- scription as it be fully Carried But let us have no hasty measures for increasing the size of our armies until our subaltern officers bring all the men into the we get rid of generals who do not know how to handle all the forces at their It is clear that as well as the need efficiency rather than mere unlike efficiency admits of indefinite It would not be an inactive winter which should ness a thorough revision of all the departments of our A wholesome course of cashiering through all the grades of the rigid re- organization of the picket entire re- modeling of the among tho urgent necessities which must be met before another spring summons us to meet again the recruited hosts of Judge Gilliam has appointed 7th of as the day for holding a Court of Oyer and in Randolph Fur the THE It is proposed to advert mainly to such facts and ments us have not hitherto boon exhibited in tho public that every one has examined all yet suid ou tho und impatiently await any suggestion ly to I shall be extremely t. Condition Confederacy beginning of the war as to territory and The claimed 14 States and population Yankees 20 States and We have lost stvy S States with of of people or half whites instead of of the less thun Bear in that tho Yankees have under control States and 27 lions of Increase over II Our Our Memminger no doubt ought to be 000. hku rates the would be at Our is no debt say leaving over 000 is. sav millions of people using while million use the in fact to the head here nnd less The Yankee needs rily to tho we So their currency ought to be 3K better than by flu equal to U Theirs stands at discount being the ours nud is to 1 better than as theirs ought to bo times as good as and is to 1 as it t stands at only less thun T to 1. In other words have Dourly 7 times much money for present they have merely Our circulation therefore has simply kept pace with our having lost in this we have a of having lej to the of of Thc is yet apparently A remedy only The mint be and indirect If above that we hud seven times too much bucks us a a pound of cotton ought to bo worth Id will now bring 70; or a corn tit ought now to be worth hoi seat now a negro at a bacon at 12K, now 00" and .so on But it is to be considered that we failed in an that our colored labor is less and loss that horses and cat tie are scarcer than many thut negroes are doubtful property with thut our white labor up to 4f> been withdrawn from so that where is fluctuation between the standard of 7 to 1 it is traceable to these aud similar but still adding m that proportion Ho the of and we of gallons as Virginia's contribution to this line of Now if all thc other States together furnish as much we have no loss than millions of his in enough to deluge all the iu the Confederacy with all tho patients they adding needed beyond present wants IV Question of further The great tion of labor then comes How far can we in drawing labor from the country with a larger tory we were able to barely enough for the army and shall more labor be withdrawn from u lew fertile and extensive thus increasing the rulio of 7 to 1 against As U ndw nn ample supply of visions would tend to lessen the depreciation of our requiring less to buy the same further conscription of man m every up to 50 be rather me one in every two and negro labor growing not more efficient to make the most of how will Hie question of currency be Still greater issues be But in withdrawing one person in live from we not merely lose his but have to support him thus doubling the expense or men thus put into would a loss of more than tha and the cost ot food beyond present thus cy No country can thus weaken its labor us is tho the turning point the ry and Wav one gains the other in- stantly IQ V. Mr Chase's and Mr. money So then there H not so much difference between the Mr. Chase has kept his cm reney from de- mostly by of as tho lawyers he not Mr. territory to diffuse his money using of and nine of people the discount on hia funds would be U to 1) it now 60 cents in the dollar Give our Treasurer buck his proper domain and and let bun the and you enable bun to maintain Us present status of 7 to fallowing for if Agnin The army does not retain ihe minify paid to it quickly it to be and as the Yankee army is only home population of 28 and ours with a population or less at their army pay m some o times more than and is unable to iho cv liko there being more and larger capitalists these absorb by the c redialing which here is kept constantly passing from hand to hand in wild In Mr plans would very Mr Chase and vice And were the to their old limits of coming down to and no we would see scarcely any be- tween the two sets of In my I a which may be styled the magic remedy for tha PROCEEDINGS OP THE Nov. 24th, 1863. The Senate met at 11 Journal ETC. Mr. of presented a petition from John late of the U. S. asking the continuance of his rank and pay by of North A message was received from the House informing the of its On motion of Mr. a message was sent to the House proposing to raise a joint select com- to wait on the inform him of the organization of the two and their readiness to receive any communication he wish lo A like message was received from the and concur Mr. Outlaw was appointed the Senate branch of the Mr. a to repeal the law suspending certain Mr. of a to regulate the prices of articles in this prices to those allowed by the Commissioners of the erate Mr. from the joint reported that the Governor would communicate with the House in writing Mr. a resolution instructing the ry committee to enquire into tho expediency of in- creasing the fees and salaries of public Re- A was received from the House ting the Governor's with a proposition to print five copies for each member of the The message was and the proposition to print concurred in. On the Senate adjourned to 10 o'clock HOUSE OF The House was called to order A. and a quorum proceeded to vote for Speaker pro Mr. Mr. Mr. Grissom nominated Mr. of Mr. Bynum nominated Mr. Sherwood withdrew the name of Mr. of whom he nominated on The roll was calleJ with the following Whole number of cast of which Mr. Robbins received 81, Mr. Love 21, Mr. Mann 15. No Mr. Grissom having withdrawn the name of Mr. the roll was again called and Mr. Robbins re- 49 and Mr. Love 22. Mr. Robbins having received a majority of thc votes cast was declared duly and was con- ducted to thc by Messrs. Love and of whence he returned his ments for the honor in an appropiate pun Mr. T. W. commoner elect from Moore appeared and was A message from tho Senate announced the organization of that On motion of Mr. a message ft sent to the Senate announcing organization of the and proposing to raise a joint select to consist of one on the part of the Sen ate and two part of the to wait on the and recoive any com- he might wish to The Senate by appointing Outlaw as its branch of said Tho Speaker appointed Messrs. of and as the House branch of said com- AND Mr. Kirby introduced a resolution to com- of from each Congressional Dis- to take into consideration the dearth of visions and its Mr. a to amend an act entitled act in relation to the Militia und a Guard for Home that the Home Guard shall be required to muster but onca in six weeks m com pany and but once every three months in talion or regimental that they draw the pay and rations allowed in the Confederate States Army while in actual and that they shall not be employed to arrest beyond the limits of their respective Captain's Mr. a to amend and explain an act relative to the Militia and a Guard for Home that the Home Guards shall be called out oftener thun once in three ex- cept for actual that they shall not be em- ployed to arrest deserters beyond the limits of their Captain's persons appointed by County Courts to attend the wants of families and tne poor shall be exempt from Homo Guard arid that the Surgical Board of each militia have the sole power of grunting exemptions on account of mental or physical On motion of Mr. this was red to a On motion of tho introduced by him wan referred to the same Mr. a to limit the production of ton and tobacco in the year that no one shall more than of cotton in the or BOO of leaf Ordered to be A message from the Senate proposed to rescind the joint rule which requires the Assembly to dis- pose of the unfinished business of the preceding The House concurring the rule was re- Mr. of from the joint tee to wait on His the re- ported that the Governor would communicate with the two Houses at once by The Message was read by the On motion of Mr. of a message was sent to the Senate transmitting the Governor's Message and accompanying with a posal to print five copies for each member of the General On motion of Mr. the House adjourned to morrow 11 Nov. 25th, 1863. The Senate met at 11 Journal AND a resolution instructing our Senators and Representatives in to urge the m- crease of the pay of Mr. a fixing the first Thursday in the day for holding elections for bers of Mr in favor of Levi Re- ferred to committee on On motion of the motion by which the accompanying the Governor's sage to be was The consisting of a from the Legislature of in regard to a of general and and one from thc Legislature of Virginia in relation to the and reports of State officers were then Mr. a resolution referring the different subjects contained in the Governor's message to a exempting all who have em- ployed substitutes m the army from in A WMS received from the ing to set a part Saturday for thc appointment of Not Mr. a to investment of trust funds in Confederate Re- On the Senate adjourned to 11 HOUSE The House met The Journal of yesterday was read and Mr. public the secret proceedings of General which on motion of made tbo special order for to morrow 12 o Mr a resolution fixing the hours daring which the House should remainder of the Lies over under the Mr. member elect Cherokee appeared and was Mr. Cobb a resolution directing the Public Treasurer to issue duplicates certain to the committee on positions and Mr. a resolution in favor of John W. Sheriff of Duplin Referred to the committee on Mr. a resolution in regard ing the voto for a Member of Congress in the 10th Congressional the Sheriffe at Asheville on 15th day of December to the vote and the Passed its several readings under a the BILLS OK Mr. a an act entitled an act for the relief of the wives and families of soldiers i n the to appropriate three annually instead of the amount heretofore appropriated for Referred to a select committee and ordered to be Mr. a to restrict the cultivation of cotton and Ordered tcr he a making Confederate Notes a legal tender for the payment of Referred to committee on the Mr. of a hill to amend the 84th section 85 of the Revised Placed on Mr. Waddell presented memorial Trom John Manning of the U. S was red to the committee on Propositions and On motion of a message was sent to the Senate proposing that 11 o'clock A. M. on day be set apart for the appointment of Justices of On motion of Mr. that portion of the Governor's Message which relates to the Guard Home was referred to the select raised on the concerning that Mr. Waddell introduced a resolution in favor of Referred to the committee on Tho Senate by refused in the proposition from tho House to set apart 11 o'clock A. M. on Saturday next for 'the appointment of On motion of Mr. the House proceeded lo confirm nominations of Justices of the Peace from the several On motion of Mr. the House adjourned until morrow morning 10 For the Postmasters are suffering what I con a great wrong at the hands of the authorities at It is this in auditing their Mr. often makes them pay postage for five quarters when they have only collected for and when there reully is but The Auditor takes this ground whole quarters are known to the and though a man subscribe for a per the 1st of shall pay from the 1st of In the caso d times a week compiling tho tiO cours where only 2tJ cents is Thc excuse for this course 132 of P. 0. Regulations which of and was entirely applicable to the system of prepayment of and thc deduction of one-half and which is which reads cannot bo prepaid on regular newspapers or for a term than one in all postage be paid on such matter at the commencement of a If are required to pay for more than is they will exact the sarno from and many fer wrong The thing is perfectly 0. The New York at 2Uth has been The most interesting ii con- tains is embraced iu a from ted 17th, of which the following is the General Longstreet crossed the Tennessee on arid advanced in force on General Burnside fell back to evacuated that place to with which rebel pursuit was ed to give them a decided accordingly came into line of battle at Campbell's a fight lasting from late in the afternoon until The enemy made gallant and filially by outflanking our in driving them to the cover of tho which now opened a terrible and destructive The rebels having brought up three General fell back to a more desirable and again gave them The contest closing at with our troops in of their own Tho object of iho fight having been and as the detention of the rebels had enabled our trains to get all iu our troops full imck during the and early Tuesday morning reached the rebel advance guard attacked our outposts and heavy skirmishing all This mottling the attack was The rebels brought several guns into ami poured in a flanking Iu afternoon they brought forward a heavy force of infantry charged oar A rific hand-to-hand conflict Our men were compiled buck about a third a mile lo a strong which they held to Gen. who commanded the was His condition is Lieut. Col. of the 20th killed at bell's Our loss in that was between 200 and 300. Our loss to-day will not exceed 160. Tho enemy's Ions could not have been less than a owing to the severe fire of our Their loss to day is estimated at 400 to 500. Another dated my had completely invested the hut Gen. Burnside will defend it to the last it ia The troops are in the beat The reports from Gen. in the Teche state that his whole loss in wounded and missing was 667. The Indiana was captured almost The rebel force out- numbered ours tive to Several columns of the Herald are occupied with a description of the or etery at several for- eign and other dignitaries were Lincoln was serenaded the night preceding the day on which the took Hu declined to make a speech on the ground in his position it was somewhat important that he should not say any foolish A you can help it. very often happens that the only way to help it is to suy nothing at Seward was also serenaded responded iri an anti-slavery He thanked God for the hope that when is abolished the country will be again The notorious Forney also In Im declared thar he was in favor of coln's election in but did not want it to he the better accomplish tlie breaking the ovation H published at in the columns of He predicted reconstruction of the Gold on Thursday advanced to 153, but cloned ab 152. 1 Flour advanced 10 cents per The wheat market was again and a further was the upward movement of gold aud FOK GIN in London met an old whether ho liked rum that trie of What not take gin best have been tp tho and Gin only skin of the up like a but thai I could put finger V  

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