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ETERNAL VIGILANCE I T II K PKICE OF" LIHKHTY." Thomaii JefferaoB.
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VOLUME 31, NO. 46.
She (SaiU j?cutiutL
For llio Sentineli
Reply to "Citizen" In Cadiz Re
publican. - "Who ia he thai condeiunethr"
8hot dead! A "millstone tied around his
neck, east into the sea" and drowned then
"wake up again with the damned and evil
uniriu or all Jeff Davis' crew." and at last
''wailing, grinding, shaking and gnashing of
teem, sum is the judgment pronounced
Hioii poor "Tom Turkey," and such a fate
h wished for him; and O, horrorl the "Cad
h Sentinel" is pronounced "more contemp
tible," than tho "Rascal" "Tom Turkey."
and, of eonr.se its doom or fiite will be double
I. c. the Sentinel will tide he shot dead
twice drowned with tiro Millstones round
it then twice "waked" up again with a
double Jeff Davis' rfoiiMt crew. What a
doom!, Bnt who is that being who assumes
authority of passing such judgment? Is he
catanic or human? lias this silly thing ever
studied that which ought to bo hid study
the Holy Bible? Has he ever read those
passages which read, "Whosoever shall say
to his brother, thou fool ! rascal) shall be in
danger of Hell fire?" What right has this
' pelf-righteous clerical Pharisee to call his
fellow-man a "Rascal" or "Liar," and with
out trial pronounce God's judgment upon
him? If poor "Tom Turkey" has done
wrong, why not show it, and also reach out
the hand to rescue him, following the ad
vice of St. Paul, who says: "Brethren if a
ftw.l be oeerlnke.ii in a fault, ye, which are
spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of
meckim., considering thyself, led thou oho
It tempted." , But why refer such evil
tungucd individual, "who has, not, the foar
of God nor even of the Devil in him." why
refer him to the advice of .St. Paul? though
it iii whispered he does wear the clerical I
robe, yet if so, ha only iccars it but does not j
ut according to it, but follows Ins proto
types' old. who "made broad their phy
lacteries, and enlarge the border of their
garments and love the uppermost rooms at
fe.r-ts, an 1 tin chief seats , in synagogues,
and greetings in th'i markets,. and be called
of men, Rahhi, Rabbi," "who shut the
Kingdom of ILjavenagain.it men," and fur
"a pretense make long prayers." crying
"L'rd! Lrd! but do not tho will of the
Lird," but mark: "Wo unto yu, Pharisee-',
Hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint
unJ anise ami cummin, and have omitted
the weightier matters of the law, judgment,
mercy and faith;" "ye blind guides, which
drain at gnat and swallow a camel.'' But.
I am loth to believe that this evil-tongued
individual- ever did belong to the sacerdotal
calling of a christian minister.' for he would
only be a disgrace to such a holy office, be
cause he openly violates the great moral
law of God, which says. l;Bear no false wit
nets against thy Neighbor," and also "Con
demn not and ye shall not be condemned."
I rather believe that this individual, who
signs himself '"Citizen" is a man of corrupt
mind, a human "Vulture," a kind of "Tur
key Buazard," , who, in tho J'r)nhlican
pounces down with lying slanderous lips up
on poor "Toni Turkey" for exposing him
and his likes in plain, truth, telling words,
"piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit, and of hiV joints and mar
row.' : . , ,.':':.'
Imtead of introverting the Fads as sta
ted plainly mid bluntly by "Tom Turkey" in
tho Sentinel of February 'i'l. this self-styled
"Citizen" introduces himself to the readers
at tho Republican by saying, "it, is not my
his intention to excite any man to a con
troversy," of course he does not want his
false statement (rather lying) exposed, and
examined or contradicted, but as a Dictator,
wants them to be accepted as Truth, and
then he adds, he "wmply will state facts
which every truth-loving mat will admit."
Instead of stating facts, he commences a
string of lying and denunciations and damn
ing "hard to "boat." Now what are the
facts in the.wc? - Simply, that "Tom Tur
key" exposed certain individuals, though
culling themire "patriots and loyal," but
would do nothing to induce Volunteering,
whereby to fill the quota of'Moorefield town
ship under the present call for troops, and
yet were in favor of the continuance of the
War, even glibly denouncing everybody else
as disloyal, traitor,' etc; but when it comes
to praetice patriotism, and to pull green
backs out of their pocket, they arc like a
"Flea, not there." This exposition in the
Sentinel of that class of sell-styled patriots
.(for their notions dont show patriotism, as
they do not practice what they profess) has
"raised tho ire of this Vulture, "Citizen,"
or "Turkey Bimard," because the ".Shoe
fits." for he isono of those, styling them
selves patriots (for nobody else does) and
don't practice their profession; hence he de
nounces uil those who so earnestly worked
and so literally contributed to a fund to in
'.duee .volunteering, as having been "forced
toote tosltell out their money to save their own
"polluted carcasses from being drafted."
What language! Shame upon this slan
derer. The citizen of Moorcfield township,
without distinction of party, but with the
exception of, those self-styled patriots and
so-called loyalists, went hand in hand cheer
fully, to contribute to a fund for those who
would volunteer, to leave behind in the
haudsof their fmnics and friends, but I am
norry to add, there were a few, though
.nlosscd "with this world's goods" and loud
ly boasting and claiming to be patriot",
would give nothing for that object, heneo
those were self-styled patriots and t-o-called
loyalists, because their works did noncom
pete with their words-, their, profession of
patriotism is barren, without fruit; and the
associate of those sham patriots, tho indi-
"viduai who signs himself "Citizen" has the
.lying audacity to slander all the Republicans
hy classing them with the self-styled patri
ots and so-called loyalists, fur winch I think
tliDfe: Republicans . who have shown that
.ihey arc patriot by their works, and eveu
"rilling to assist the community in promo
ting its welfare, will not thank him; for
these men do not brawl patriotism and loy
fcltyat their lips ends, hut showed what
they mra by their deeds, even in work or
( money; they were not led by blind and ma
licious' advisors, but like men and citizens
acted and stood there with others, w hen the
well-being of tho community called them.
These natriotic men are mibliilv known, nnd
the future will aecord to them tho praise of
"honest and. well done. Ilio sniveling
prattler and hypocrite, who "bays and does
'not," and who .thinks that sham patriotism
and profession alone, is sufficient, is cha
grinncd at these honest men, who not alone
. profess to ba patriots, but also ready to supr
. port and practice their profession by work,
hence lie hurls his defamations against poor
"Tony Turkey" for defending and showing
tin the true patriots, and for exposing sham
patriotism or self-styled patriots drones of
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socieiv; ana noiuing up uis nuuu in bhhuiucu
- Jio!y (?) .horrorn relf-rilJhteousnesF,
threatens with God' a judgments and cries
with his lying polluted tongue "0. Shame!'!
, tea. trulv. it is shame on audi "scoundrels"
iand'lyingr.wak'.V Take the beam out of
- your own eye; your ouisido appears to ba
claq nJ white,;- yet- .hi not confront
your neighbor to look him steadfast in the
eye, without squinting, for your very face
betrays the blackness, corruption anil poi
son that's within you; you revel in causing
bickerings, strife, evil surmisings, lying,
and such like, for this belongs to him whom
you serve, your master, tho evil one; al
though walking about in Sheep clothing,
yes when exnmined, you are found wanting;
like the Jackass in the Fable, who, desiring
to aspire to the station of a Lion, donned a
a Lion's skin, passed himself off for a Lion,
till he tried to roar like the Lion, when his
bray betrayed hiin; even so this individual
who signs himself ' Citizen," his bray be
trays him, too. What a beauty of Hones
ty! Without controverting facts, pronoun
ces judgment and damnation upon poor
"Tom'Iurkey" and upon the Cadiz Senti
nel tot during ta expose sham patriotism.
"0 Man. tchosorver thou art. that mdaetli:
for wherein thou judgeth another, thou con-
(tannest thyself ; Jor thon that judgest, doest.
the same thing." This Pharisaical hypo
crite wants to shelter, hide, defend, smooth
oyer and justify wrong, by talking "reli
gion" only as a pretext to avert the scruti
nizing gaze of a discriminating, just and
honest thinking community; don't you know
what the Good Book says? Go and study
it and spread it, instead of listening to and
being actuated by your own carnal mind,
which is only full of blackness, gall and bit
terness. Prov. xvii. 15, "He that judgeth
the wicked is an abomination to tho Lord."
Remember that when a Jackass "beards
a Lion in his den," he is ant to be devour
edv and also a Turkey will gobble up all
"Varmint."
' TOM TUB-KEY.
LOCAL .VEHS.
We clip the following items of local news
from last week's Cadiz Republican:
Drowned.
e regret to learn that W. F. McCor
mick, son of Samuel McCormick, Esq., of
this place, was drowned, recentlv, in Iowa.
We extend to his afflicted relatives our
heart-felt sympathy. The Nebraska Re-
pulilicrtii contains the following account of
tne sau event:
"Last night about 8 o'clock a dispatch
was received from Council Bluffs announc
ing that our fellow citizen, W. F. McCor
mick (of the firm of John McCormick &
Co., of this city, was drowned in Mosquito
(.'reck, near St. Marys, Iowa, at about 12
o'clock on yesterday. Mr. McCormick left
this city on Thursday morning, in company
with one of the Messrs. Ellinger, (of the
firm ol Ellinger & Brother,) to look at some
mules belonging to the last named gentle
men. In crossing Mosquito Creek, on horse
back on yesterday about noon, the saddle
on Mr. McCormick's horse turned, and he
was.preeipatcd into the stream and drown
ed. His body had not been recovered when
Mr. Ellinger forwarded the -dispatch to
which we have referred. Mr. McCormick
is well known throughout the Territory', and
the sad fate which has befallen him will be
deeply deplored by all who knew him. He
possessed a noble heart and a kind, gener
ous disposition, which endeared him to all
with whom he associated. We were proud to
number hiui among our most intimate
(riends nnd having written this brief no
tice of the sad event which has terminated
his existence, we accompany, a number of
his acquaintances to unite our efforts tor the
recovery of his body.
"How true it is that 'in the midst of life
we aie in.death Thirty-six hours ago W.
F. McCormick, in the possession of robust
health and with every promise of a long life
of usefulness, left this city on a business
mission. To-night he sleeps beneath the
waters; and the best service which his friends
can hope to perform in his behalf, is to re
store his lifeless body to tho posession of his
relatives." .
Pr.RStWAT S. C. Gordon, of. Co. C,
126th regiment, made us a call on Monday.
Mr. Gordon was wounded in the battle of
the Wilderness, and has not yet e ntirely re
covered. He is; now jn Triplur Hospital,
Columbus, Ohio.
W. V. Ma.nsfif.ld, of the 13th Ohio Vol.
Cav. paid us. a visit on Monday. Ho has
been at home on furlough, and leaves for
his regiment, now before Petersburgh, to
day. Mr. M. thinks the Johnnies will have
to succumb in short time.
Cait. Aki.vs of Co. K. mth U. B. C.
T. was also in our office a few days a'o.
The Captain, we are pleased to say, is in
excellent health.
The Auditor's Office. On Monday
the Auditor's ofliee changed hands Mr.
Knox retiring, and Mr. McCoy assuming
the duties of the office. Mr. Knox has
held the office for four years, at a time when
the duties havr been more complex and ar
duous than ever before; and when we say
that i?j has filled it to the entire satisfaction
of the people, we but give expression to an
opinion that prevails throughout the entire
eiunty Mr. Knot has proved himself
competent and faithful, as an officer. In all
our business relations with Mr. K. we have
found him courteous and gentlemanly; and
we have no hesitation in saying that the
county never had a better Auditor than
Simiuel Knox has made. His successor,
W. H. McCoy, is a worthy gentleman, and
will, no doubt, make an efficient officer.
Charles Zimmoxs, it Company C, 4th
V. S. 0. T., died recently, in the hospital
at Bermuda Hundred, Va.
An I'nexpecfed Champion or
Slate Rights.
Senator Hale, in tho course of a very ef
fective reply to a harangue of Charles iSuni
ner against the Camden and Auiboy Bail
road, uttered the following admirable senti
ments: "I do not want to strike giant blows at
the rebellion,, which, when they put that
down shall annihilate the Constitution and
all State rights, to that everything shall be
consolidated into one despotism.
"Mr. President, I have not bean one of
those who have been loud or strenuous or
pcr.icvering the assertion of the rights of the
states, but I believo that the existence of
the States and the proper preservation of
State sovereignty, State rights, and State
power are as necessary to the successful op
eration of the system of our Government as
tho U lion. and if one or the other is to be
destro -od, it had better bo tho Union than
the States, because if tho Union is destroyed
and tho States left, we then havo civil gov
ernment and institutions left for recuperat
ing and reconstructing a Union : but if the
States arO destroyed and all swallowed up in
one .military despotism, there is nothing left,
there is no nucleus around which tho friends
of free institutions may rally." '
l.Lm'tthat "the Calhoun doctrine?"
'Con6bik68 has voted 72 to,"? 1 to re
peal that portion of the Confiscation act.
which declares that the confiscation of real
estate shall not Continue beyond the lives of
nited State (article 3, section 3.) declare:)
that "no attainder of treason shall work cor
ruption of Wood orfoifeituro, except during
llio lilb of the jjersoii attainted."
CADIZ, 'OHIO,
nKiiMnm;
Rebel Account of the Capture of
Gens. Crook and Kelly at Cum
brrlund Their Arrival In
Richmond.
From the Richmond Enquirer, February
The Yankee Generals Crook and Kelley,
ana tne Adjutant general ot the lonncr,
Thayer Mclvin, arrived in Richmond yes
terday morning at two o'clock by tlve Cen
tral cars. As previously stated, these offi
cers were captured in' Cumberland, Mary
land, on Tuesday last, by Lieut. McNeil and
thirty men. rrom one of the party ewrae
cd in this dashing and brilliant enterprise we
learn the following incidents of the capture.
The party dossed the Potomac in front of
the town at a late hour on the night ot the
event, and captured the only sentinel to be
seen, induced him to divulge the counter
sign. Tho main body of the detachment
was then posted m a convenient position,
and the Lieutenant commanding, with sev
eral of the men, bodly rode into the town,
which was garrisoned by over four hundred
Federal troops. The headquarters of Gen.
Crook were at one hotel and those of Gen.
Kelley at another, and their locations being
duly made known by the captured sentinel,
the daring partisaus made their way to those
ot the termer, arriving just in trout ot
which the Lieutenant halted and inquired
of the sentinel if the.General was in.
Receiving an affirmative reply, he said he
had linportunt dispatches for him, and dis
mounting, followed by his men, advanced to
the sentinel, gave the countersign, and pass
ed in. Upon entering tho hotel, the squad
was received by an old negio woman, who,
it appears, was the "night clerk" of th es
tablishment; and upon making known their
desire to be conducted to the room of Gen.
Crook, the old domestic looked at them and
remarked: "well, you all is de strangest sol
diers I declare you- you you must take
da light yo'selves and go fust. I'll piut de
room out to you. I won't carry you dar,
nohow." It did not make any difference to
our bold cavaliers which method the old wo
man preferred; they took the light and the
lead, and in a moment or two w6Ye in front
of the door, where the old woman hastily
left them. After several ineffectual raps a
response from within was obtained, and the
visitors were ordered to enter.
"Is this General Crook?" asked the Lieu
tenant, holding the light so as to give him
full view of tho General, as he drowsily
looked at them from his bed.
"Yes; what do you want?" was the reply.
"I," said the Lieutenant, "am General
Rosser," and, drawing a pistol and present
ing it, added: "have some very important
business with yon, General Crook, and will
give you precisely two minutes to get up
and put on your clothes.
The bewildered general did not know how
to rcply and did not dare to resist. He
saw at a 4ancc that it would be as useless as
dangerous to attempt, escape by raising an
alarm, and he did not stop to solve the mys
tery of so unexpected a call. He obeyed at
once, and a gentle suggestion ol the propriety
of quiet being, whispered in his ear, he pas
sed out with his eacoi t as mute as a mummy.
On their egress they persuaded the sentinel
on duty to follow them by inducements sim
ilar to those submitted to the general, and
milking their prisoners mount behind them,
rode back to the main body. In the mean
time the second detachment rod ) up to the
quarters of General Kelly, where a similar
scene occurred, and that officer was, in due
time, under guard. But the party was not
content. Ai-certainitig the quarters of the
ad jutaiit-general, they gave him a passing
call, found him jn bed with his wife, who
happened, oh, pity him, Benedicts, to be a
blushing bride, and as perenitorily, but as
gently as possible under the circumstances,
succeeded in "mutating" him from his bliss
ful bridegroom into a miserable poor devil of
a prisoner.
Thus capping the climax of the night's
sport, the rendeivous was regained, and with
their prisoners riding behind them, the com
mand recrossed the river, and sped away
through Hampshire. By some means the
affair was discovered soon after they left and
a whole regiment pursued them to no pur
pose for fifty miles. Upon being presented
to General Early at his headquarters in the
valley, the prisoners were received with the
homely, but, no doubt, acceptable greeting:
"Take scats, gentlemen, I presume you are
tired after your ride," and then added the
hero of brilliant victories and stunning de
feats, with an intensification of that fine,
tooth-comb peculiarity of his enunciation:
"I expect some enterprising Yankee will
steal off with nie in the same way one of
these days." Whcthcr the prisoner relish
ed the joke or not, our informant failed to
depose. They were, doubtless, in no humor
for jokes. They, are now in the Libby
Prison, where, it is hoped, they wilj be kept
until our gallant men arrested by them as
"guerrillas" and confined in chains and dun
geons on that pretense, are released.
Return the "Dorg."
We find the following curious advcrlise
ment in a late number of tho Washington
Chroitivh:
To the Boys of Ohio:
WHO LEFT FORT CARROU- LAST JCI.Y OR
Arot'KT.
RETURN THAT LONELY SENTINEL,
THE GUARDIAN OF THAT FLAG.
Soldiers: In the beginning of this un
happy Rebellion, when loud mouthed Trea
son had Proclaimed in thunder tones that
the Stars and Stripes should wave no more,
a solitary Flag, guided by a faithful lonely
Sentinel, could be seen flying from Hawkins
Point, or the Key to Baltimore. It was
the only private l'lag unfurled to the breeze
from the Chesapeko to Baltimore, and its
Sentinel was my poor old Dog Bill, placed
there to give the alarm, when a repeating
roleanio rifle, carrying twenty charges,
could pour its deadly contents into the mis
erable Wretch who dared to molest that
Flag.
Bill is the same old Dog that sounded tin
charge and so nobly followed you over the
waves of the Patapsco to Fort Carroll, at
the time that old Gasometer, my Manager,
attempted to check your advanco through
the Orchards, because ho wanted to Fruit
himself. At my earliest convenience I went
to Fort Carroll, to express my deepest mor
tification and regret at the rude, unkind,
and inhospitable manner you had been re
ceived, but was informed that the Roys of
Ohio bad gone to the front, and tho Old
Dog had followed.
Bill is a Black coon Dog, about the size
of a fox hound, has ahead like a coon, with
a small brown spot over each eye, brown
about the jaws, neck, breast legs, and toes.
He is of no use to any one, but is liked by
everybody for his great fidelity, the enchant
ing sound of his voice, when hunting, and
his many wonderful antecedents.
Boys, return that lonely sentinel,' tho
guardian of that Flag, nnd it shall over bo
remembered by your well-wisher, ' .
i ' J. M. JOHNSTON. M. D.f
"""..' No. 7 South Frederick Street.
' j Baltimore, Md. ,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1863.
Democratic Infldcln.
. There are said to be some people who arc
utterly discouraged in respect to their coun
try, and desire to emigrate to Mexico and
become tul,jxs to little Austrian 51 ax, who
is about to regenerate Mexican mongrels,
aad to found a permanent 'royal" dynasty
in that interesting country. Aow, wo de
si io to say a few words to these people, not
based on any theory or speculation, but on
fact, and pur absolute pcrsoual experience
of the matter.
But first, we must bo permitted to say
that these desparing people are unworthy
the name of American when they thus pro
pose to abandon thoir country in its hour
(if peril and danger. They assume that it
is useless to contend against these dangers
that Abolition cannot be overthrown
and, therefore, thev miuht as well submit to
destiny at once, and get out of tho way of
ruin.
Of course they are not, and never can be,
Democrats; for a Democrat believes that
Dauiocracy is true, natural, immovable, and
everlasting; and, therefore, whatever the
obstacles in the way, or the dangers sur
rounding it for a time, it must finally con
quer, for truth is of God, and lies belong to
the devil.. In the second place, they are
Abolitonists, or practical believers in Abo
lition, for their belief, that it cannot be over
thrown or expelled, carries this with it as a
necessity. Democracy is equal rights for all
who belong to the State or political commu
nity composed of, their race or kind; and a
Democrat professing this, and knowing that
it rests on the natural equality, fixed by th s
hand of God, never despairs of the. Repub
lic or the success of Democratic institutions.
, Abolition assumed to abolish the distinc
tions, of race moulded and made by the
Almighty Creator, and . forces " white men
and negroes to live under tho same condi
tions; and, therefore, unless creation is a
mistake, and "Old Abe"' wiser and more
powerful than Jehovah, it must fail, of
course.
But we desire to say lb these unhappy
political infidels, who believe in the potency
of Abolition, and that old Abe will carry the
day against the Almighty, that even if their
belief were well founded, Mexico offers no
asylum to them. On the contrary, Mexico
is Abolition now realized, and just where
old Abe would reach a hundred years hence,
if the ''rebels" are crushed, and his march
was uninterrupted. , Fjnully, we desire to
say that while the milling States and cast of
the Siera Madra mijiht isustain a certain
amount of white population, on the table
lands and valleys of Mexico, the white man
can no more become a laborer or produce!
than orangea can grow at the north pole;
and therefore, unless they' can live on air,
and are willing to marry their children to
negroes, and aid us to overthrow Abolition,
and save our glorious eountry. Bay Bool:.
Tote Against Mia If.
Last fall the people, niider misrepresen
tation and falsehood, voted for a continua
tion of the war. They did so ienorantlv.
Through misplaced confidence in tho re
publican party, they were grossly deceived;
and made to believe that the re-election of
Lincoln would end the war', at oncO. Thev
did not believe that LincpHi's success would
necessarily entail hpon them" a continuation
of the war, and a multiplicity of drafts.
They did not believe .Democrats when told
by them before the election that the success
of Lincoln would drag the young men of
the country, by means of tho conscription
law, into the armv to force upon the nation
through war and blood-shed, Lincoln's odi
ous negro policy. But since people cast
their votes at the last Presidential election,
they have found out a few truths to their
cost. They have discovered their sad mis
take, lhe telegraph had scarcely done
clicking off the news of Lincoln's success,
till along the wires came the order tor three
hundred thousand more men. At this
staggering announcement the honest por
tion ot the republican masses stood aghast.
Tt was not thought that nieti in high places
could practice for political purposes and
success, such gross and intense! deception.
The declarations of commissioner Whiting,
Provost Marshal General Fry, and Secre
tary Seward, previous to the election, that
we had men enough, were fresh in the
memory of the whole people. Yet ever
since the election almost our entire active
business population, have been engaged in
correcting rolls, procuring exemptions,
looking up men, hunting aim begging mon
ey, and making their utmost exertions to
clear the several districts from the pressure
of the pending draft. The strong probabil
ity isjthat our people will bo compelled to
contribute to this same business of respond
ing to calls for more men and money, unless
they have learned wisdom by past experi
ence, and take in their own hands the means
of redressing grievances. - Tho power is
with tho people. And they have tho op
portunity now to commence a redress of
grievances by using their votes at the spring
elections, and through good judgment, turn
ing them against all drafts. .
The draft will eea, the war will stop,
the country will be at peace, the States will
be united, as soon as the peoplo want these
things to be,, and as soon as they say so
through their votes Waytte County Demo
crat. Testimonials to Generals.
One of the, most intense Abolition papers
in the State is the Portage County demo
crat. It is published in the Western Re
serve, and its politics are as dark as the re
gion in which it is located. It lately con
tained an article upon testimonials to Gen
erals, from which we make tho following
extract:
"Not to be outdone by the iioft of tho
Eastern cities, the snobs, of Cincinnati have
projected a "Testimonial" to Gen. Sher
man, that testimonial to be one hundred
thousand dollars in cash General Sherman's
best testimonial is the admiration and plau
dits of his countrymen, and his permanent
and endearing testimonial will be a bril
liant historic fame, as one of the greatest,
if not the greatest Captain of his day. That
true soldier would be for more gratified, we
doubt not, to have his sick and dying sol
diers comforted, and an effort made to save
their lives, than to be, himself smothered in
'greenbacks.-' But it is much more grand,
is the eyes of fawning, sycophantio snobs,
to bestow their shoddy benefactions on suc
cessful Gene rals, than to send modest, un
ostentatious relief to the humble, obscure
cot of a suffering, dying private soldier. 1
"We ask the thoughtful and truly hu
mane to pause before being drawn into the
maelstrom of magnificent testimonials, and
and reflect upon what is really right, and
truly dnrjr in the premises. Our Major
Generals are paid thousands every year for
their services, and besides have the high in
centive of brilliant reputations and military
renown, whilo the heroic private receives
but a pittance, fighta bravely, fulls in bat
tle, and goes to an abfture and Unknown
grave, nnhonored and unsung, or, shatter
ed by tho fortunes and chance of wr, km.
guishoa and dies in hospitals, far away from
friends and homo dies, absolutely dies, of
ten, when proper cue and nourishment
would save his life." .....
Ik.
augHi-al Address.
In the telegraphic department of this pa
per will be found the Second Inaugural Ad
dress of President Lincoln, delivered on
Saturday, 4th inst. It has the merit of
brevity, however, it differs essentially in
spirit and in doctrine from the one he de
livered four years ago. By reason of the
accession of the Republican party to power,
whose chosen representative he was, the
Southern States undertook to withdraw
from tho Union. They accepted his elec
tion as a verdict of the non-slaveholding
States against the institution of slavery a
verdict that would be used, one way and an
other, to extirpate that institution. They
appeared, to feel that henceforth they could
not remain in the Union, without being sub
jected to constant irritation in consequence
ot tho existence ot that institution in their
States and hence their attempted with
drawal from it. In his Inaugaral Address
four years ago, President Lincoln expostu
lated with those States that had already en
gaged in the secession movement as well as
with those who contemplated doing like
wise. He alleged that he could not find in
the Constitution of the United States anv
authority that would justify an interference
with the institution of slavery in the States
where it then existed, and that even it that
instrument contained any such authority, he
neither brought into the Presidential Chair
a purpose, nor did the party that conferred
upon him tho election, commission him, to
exercise that authority tor such interference.
He disclaimed the right of a majority, "by
tho mere lorce ot numbers to deprive a
miniority of anv clear written constitutional
right," and with this disclaimer ho coupled
the allegation, that if a majority were to de
prive, the miniority ot a vital right it would
certainly "justify revolution." And al
though he had an aversion to Congress orig
inating and passing through their body
amendments to the Constitution, and al-
thonch ho held it to be implied as consti
tutional law" that the Federal Government
had no right to "interfere with the domes-
tie institutions of the States, including that
of persons held to service," he had "no ob
jection to its being made express and irrevo
cable. Jo hisanprehciision. the only ones-
tion really in issue, was as to the toleration
ot the extension of slavery one section be
lieving it right, and the other believing it
wrong. He contemplated the possibility of
War in regard to it, and insisted that it
could not be settled by ar, tor, said he :
Suppose you go to War, you cannot
fight always, and when, after much loss on
both sides, and no gain on either, you cease
fighting, the old identical questions ot inter
course are again upon you. '
Thus, while four vears ago, he was will
ing to agree to tho most positivcj declara
tion that fhe F'edcral Government should
never reach out its band to interfere with
the institution of slavery in the States where
it existed, he was unwilling that it should
be allowed an opportunity to extend itself
into the Terretorios, which were looked up
on by the South as much their tcrntoiy as
it was of the tree States.
How, different is the Inaugural of Presi
dent Lincoln delivered on Saturday. It
does not foster tho hope of immediate peace.
President Lincoln liO'Wfiger admits that the
Federal Government has no right to inter
fere with the domestic institutions of, the
States; he no longer declares that miniori
ties are justified in resorting to revolution,
if the majority shall wrest from them rights
they consider to be vital ; he no longer main
tains the opinion that War is not the agency
through which the disagreements between
the North and the South can be satisfacto
rily aoji:sted. Everything is now staked
upon the "progress of our arms," which are
represented as "reasonably satisfactory and
encouraging" and we are told that "neith
er party expected for the War the magni
tude or duration it has already attained,"
and that "hotlrread the samo bible, and
pray to the samo God, and invoke His aid
agair.st the other," and that "the prayers of
neither hare been amwered fully." This fact
is pregnant with meaning. It means that
this infernal butchcrv should bo brought to
an end in the shortest space of time conceiv
able, and not, as .Mr. Jjincoln atteets to be
lieve, that. "God wills" the War shall "con
tinue until alll the wealth piled by the bond
men's two hundred and fifty vears of unre
quited toil, shall be sunk, and until every
drop ot blood drawn with the lash shall be
paid with another drawn with the sworu.
i lie x leajueiiL e iii:i-iiuu, juugv uui men
we bo not indeed." comesrathcr late. Why-
did not he and the demagogues by whose la
bors the sectional parties were built up, de
spite the warnings of Washington, Jackson,
and Clay consider this before they engaged
in their . bad work I Are we to understand
that a people can read the same bible, and
pray frequently to the same God for en
lightenment and direction, and yet one por
tion of them, be suffered to pursue a course
of life that shall lead to moral and spiritual
damnation, while the other portion shall be
made moral and heirs of eternal glory?
lrom such opinion we dissent, most decid
edly. This Inaugural is as chilly and dreary
as was tho day on which it was delivered.
In short, -it gives tho peoplo to understand
that there shall be no neace until tho free
dom of all the slaves in the South shall have
been guaranteed. Ohio Statesman.
Items Worth Committing to
Memory.
A liit. of clue dissolved in skim milk and
water will restore old crape.
Half a cramberry bound on a corn , will
soon kill it.
An inkstand was turned over upon a White
table cloth, a servant threw over it a mix
tnrnnf Milt, nnd ncmier plentifully, and all
traces of it disappeared.
.Picture n ames auu glasses are prescrvcu
from flies by painting them with a brush
dipped into a mixture made by boiling three
or four onions in a pint of water.
i?.-lLrre urn Lnni. nwtiv hv washing the
"-uk "r- rf, - a
crevices with a strong salt water, put ou
. 1 I L
wuii a oruen. .
Soft soap should be kept in a diy place in
the cellar, aud not bo used until three
months old.
The St. Louis papers say that Brigadier
General Thomas L. Ewing, commanding the
district of that city, has sent in his resigna
tion. He intends to devote himself to tho
practice of the law, in connection with par
ties at Washington. The numberless and
huge claims against the Government are
drawing the legal talent out of the army
now that cotton bales are becoming scarce
and concentrating it about Washington.
Where the carcass is thare will tho vultures
be gathered together.
Bnxs Founp. Tho Grand Jury of Bel
mont county, Ohio, at its recent session
found true tills in the following cases! John
Com, murder, 1st degree; David Hatcher,
niainiing; David Summers, stabbing with
intent to kill, &a; and James Irainer,
grand larceny. .
Thero wero six or eight other eateB be
fore the Grand Jury on whioh they found
"not true billa."'
President I.IiicuIu'n Second
From the liolmoa County Farmer, March 2.
Greatest DUcovery of the Age!
Ine&uauKtabte soap Mine!
Holmes Count) Ahead!
An unexplored cavern bag long been
known to lie under Hon. D. P. Leadbetter's
farm, in Mochauic township. The cavern
has for generations been known to be a hid
ing place for wild animals. Upon one occa
sion, some fifty years ago, a white man and
an Indian entered it on an exploring expedi
tion, but they never returned. A few days
ago a plan Was adopted by which the mys
terious cavern might be safely examined.
Very long ropes were procured, one end at
tached to the body of each of the explorers
and the other end held by parties outside.
The explorers were in the cavern six hours
and twenty luiuiftcs. We have neither
time nor spnee to minutely describe the
many interesting discoveries. Many rooms
were found, profusely decorated with the
cunningly devised workmanship of nature;
an immense number of animal bones and
several human skeletons were observed by
the party: but more wonderful than all,
about six hundred yards from the mouth of
the cavern the party came upon a remarka
ble Soap Mine, the vein being 7 feet 10
inches thick and composed of the very best
quality of hard soap. In the immediate
vicinity of the mine, a well was discovered
which will yield all the soft soap that can
be taken out of it.
There seems to be no doubt that this great
depositc of both soft and hard soap will
prove abundantly sufficient to supply the
whole country for an unlimited period, and 1
it will produce a great revolution in the
soap-juaking business.
A joint stock company has been formed
for the purpose of working the mines. A
railroad will be built early in the spring from
the mines down Saud Run to its mouth, and
hence to Millersburg, for the purpose of
carrying the soap to market. The following
are the officers of the company:
President. Hon. D. P. Leadbettf.R.
Secretary. WlLLIAM C. McDoWELL.
Directors. George Reed,
Ehastls Beecher,
Nicholas . Joss.
John Hitchcock,
Peter Lenhart,
L. M. Emrick,
James Allison,
Louis Mayers,
One hundred mechanics are
make boxes for the hard soap.
wanted to
One hun-
dred and fifty good coopers can have con
staut employment making barrels to contain
the soft soap. .
AV'e have tried the soap, anrt "have no
hesitancy in pronouncing it of the bct qual
ity for superior to the ordinary country
soap, and preferable to the popular rosin
soap.
Hie stock of the company is in shares of
$100 each. The stock is h11 taken. On
Saturday last $.5,000 was offered for a single
share. We think parties foolish for offering
such prices notwithstanding a share will
yield a fortune in a year or two. There are
other caves in the neighhorliwod, and we
have no doubt other rich deposites of tonp
will be discovered at an early day.
When the soap, coal aud oil of Holmes
county become fully developed, it will bo
one of the richest counties in tho United
States,
. Wo
shall give further particulars of the
business in a week or two. Those who
soap bui
wish to, can sec specimens of the soap at
Herzer s store.
Chief Justice Chase has Expous-
ed itegro Stiflrage.
Under date of Washington, February 2".
the correspondent ot The S't. Louis Repub
lican wrote :
"The third anniversary meeting of this
association, was held last night in the Uall
of Representatives, and drew together a
largo concourse of whites and blacks, who
indiscriminately occupied seats on the floor
and in the galleries. It was a social ming
ling of the races that must have gladdened
the hearts of the miscegenationists, who
have been wont to complain that the nc
gioes are backward in claiming their rights,
for on this occasion the colored element of
the congregation largely predominated, and
evidently felt its superiority, notwithstand
ing the whites were sustained by the digni
ty and talent of a Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court, several Senators and score ot
members. The negroes were particularly
proud of their choir; the singing of which.
to tell the truth, was the best part of the
peilormancc.
speeches were made by uiiict Jus'iee
Chase, presiding, Dr. Tompkins, an En
glish Abolitionist. Theodore Tilton, Editor
of 'lhe. KeiO York Independent, and Rev.
John Mitchell, of New oik. In the course
of his remarks, Mr Chase declared that all
that was now wanting to enable the black
man to realize the full rights of freedom,
was the, privilege of the elective franchise.
Said he, "Jt only remains to arm him Kith
the ballot:" and in this all the other speak
ers expressed their concurrence, much to
the expressive gratification of, the, colored
people, who no doubt foolishly imagined the
efforts of such men as were then addressing
them, would be able to elevato them to so
cial and political equality with the whites."
When we embarked in this war, we alleg
ed that the only purpose by whHi wo were
animated, was to restore the Union. Not
scccet ding sati.-factorily, men assuming to
bo divin'sly inspired, insisted that it was ne
cessary to succeed to pronitate the Iiord by
proclaiming freedom to all the enslaved of
tne All'icail race living in me omm auu
Territories over which the Federal Govern
ment had rightful jurisdiction. It is now
claimed that suffrage must be conferred npj
on the "black man.'1 It is not improbable
that in a few months, any one who shall dis
sent from this proposition will be denounc
ed as "disloyal ' and as sympathizing with
treason. It is nof long since Wendel Phil
lips said that our people would bo glad to
confertho privilege of suffrage on the "black
man" before tho War is over. If tho peo
ple shall, at the ensuing Spring and Fall
elections, give to the Administration paity
candidates such majorities as they gave to
them last fall, efforts undoubtedly will be
made to amend the Constitution of tho U
nited States, eonfering this privilege on the
"blackmail." The next step in order will
be to give favor to messures contemplating
the couvmrtigling of the white and black
racos. Ohio Statesman.
Oil is as productive of jokes as greenbacks.
Somo irreverent person suggested that Jo
nah was the first man who engaged in the
oil business, while another thinks it was Job,
and brings as authority the following :
"And tho rock poured mo out rivers of
oil." (Job, chap. 29, v 5. )
That aoeounts for JobJing so rioh.
The Dayton (0.) Journal makes a malig
nant attack upon General McClcllan, who,
without being sustained by tho Government
nearer taking Bichmond than any favorite
0t tne Aainin.su anon naa ovur uurie, m
eluding even the rodoubtaUo Grant. C';i.
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TERMS-82,50 PER ANNUM
Akirumed Milk Lerlwlntlon.
The Seneca Advertiser, in its last issue,
gave to its readers the follow irg editorial.
It is probable that in history the majority
members of tho present Ohio Leglaturo
will be known as "Skimmed Milk" JCgis
lators, and yet the people, under the delu
sion that they are serving the cause of their
country, may elect a majority i,f the next
legislature that will have the merit of hav
ing the capacity of even "Skimmed Milk"
Legislators:
in order to give our readers some idea,
of the manner in which the Abolition Leg
islature of Ohio spend their time and the
money of the people, we would call their at
tention to a certain bill that passed the,
House of Representatives, aud is now Le-'
fore the Senate. Tho bill was introduced
by a Mr. Woodbury, of Geauga county. -j
It proposes to assess a fine of twenty-firo
dollars upon even- nerson who shall or nf.
fertosell "dimmed milk," or who shall
retain that part of milking called "strip
pings. ' ', It passed the House in that siibpe;
When it came before the committee ot tho
Whole in tho Senate, several amendment
were offered by Democrats, one of which
was, to insert after the word "nuA-' tho
following: "Or milk that was milked .4ffr
Sunday, or by any slave or slaves, contrary f
to the late amendment of tho Constitution
of the United States." Coming from a
disloyal source, the amendment was vott-d
down, of course. Another IHunoenrt mo
ved to strike out the letter "'g" in the Word
"stripping!"," so as to give it a true Wes
tern Reserve twang. . ... .
When the bill was afterwards reporter
back to the Senate, Ijang, of Seneca, mo
ved to insert a new section as follows: "Sec.
3. All fines collected bv virtue of this act,
shall be paid into the Treasury of State for
the use of tho American Colonization So
ciety." Mr. Gunckel, from Montgomery,'
moved to amend fhe amendment by st;-fkiiig
out American Colonization Society," ana
inserting in lieu thereof "The Vallandighatil
Fund." Mr. Lang accepted the amend
ment and the Senate refused to adopt the
section, but referred the bill to the standing
committee on Agriculture!
"This is tho wav the corn went." aa Gov:
Medill used to say. At a time like this,',
when the storms of war shriek around our
dwellings, and the Provost Marshal raps at
every door for conscripts; when sugar, cof
fee, tea, butter, pork and beef arc strangers
on tke poor man's table, when taxes are pi
ling up mountain high and the nation's lu'
ture looks dark, one hundred and thirty
grave and sage legislators spend time and
the people's money over "skimmed tuilk:",
!te?ro Riot In Bridgeport.
The town of Bridgeport waa yesterday thd
scene of a disgraceful riot and much excite
ment and alarm, caused by the lawlcsMioM
ol some fifteen or twenty negroes who re-,
side in this city a number of whom are
soldiers. From what we could learn of tho
affair, it seems that one or two of the sable
soldiers were in Bridgeport onFriday night,
and for their insolence were rather roughly
handled by some of the Bridgeporter?.
About noon yesterday the darkeys obtained
re-inforeements, and after partaking freely
of "bald-faced whiskey, left lore for Bridge
port to resent the insult given by the "white
trash" of that town. When about a quar
ter of a mile from the town, on the Nation
al road, tho darkies came across one of tho.
men who, had incurred their displeasure by
Friday night's proceedings, and brisk skir
mishing immediately Logan. The whito
man retreated down the ' road towards the
town, closely followed by the negroes. Re
inforcements came to the aid of America,
and soon the rdgagement raged with fury,
the negroes firing their revolvers as fast aa
they could load thotn, and the whiles doing
good execution with stones and clubs.
W hen bordering on tho tow n, tho whitea
rn rl.tirn a ...... tfi-nA ...m.l .. . 1
of men to assist them, and obtained several
revolvers, t ommg out on the Mam street,
near the bank, the whites "pitched into
the ncm-ocs. anil nfli r a tinflv ..nr...,.,,!
skirmish the hitter retreated, and mado
good their escape over the bridge, aud re
turned to this city.
In the last engagement two of the white
men were wounded, one being shot in tho
foot and another in the hand, and one of tho
lieirrneu rpwivorl n Knll i Lie l.i..u C.
of the stores and dwelling houses in the
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iun ntic imuil-u uy ueillg 11 TUCK WHO
stones and bullets, and the lives of innocent,
peaceable citizens were placed in jeopardy
by the recklessness of those engaged in the
melee.
The negroes returned to this city, . and
bout seven o'clock last night sonic thirty or
forty of them met near tho Market Houso
and threatened to go over and- "take",
rtriflfrfM ifii-t. hut ,i in Iftcf. AMwu.nln
black warriors had not crossed the bridge.
The citizens of Bridgeport were prepared to
give them a warm reception, and a lively
time was anticipated on the approach of the
negroes. Wheeling Register, March 6.
The Cost ol Revenue Collcc-
tlona-
The Philadelphia Ires states that "the-
internal revenue staff is ot once too tmmer
ous and too costly; that threo men arc em
ployed to do the work of one, and that the
salaries and other emoluments of office are
exorbitantly great." - .
The Press avers also that there are men
willing to contract for collecting the whole
intend revenue, income tax 1 included, for
two per cent.; whereas the actual cost, under
the present corrupt and extravagant man
agement is over srin percent.: t
"In this city of Philadelphia, each of fhe
four collectors of internal revenue receive a
salary considerably larger than the Vice
President of the United States, or any or
every member of the cabinet, is allowed; in
deed, considering that to this salary may bo
added a percentage on the sale of stamps,
and that each recipient, is under no neccsai
ty, as at Washington, to exercise a liberal
hospitality and make a certain display, each
internal revenue collector here, and in other
great cities, is much better off, in a pecuni
ary manner, than the Vice President, ach
cabinet minister, the Chief Justice of th
Supremo Court, and most of our embassa
dors to foreign countries. In a point of fact,
one active, intelligent, ttuitworthy person,
with a reasonable but not abturd'y largo
compensation, ought to be adequate to su
pervise, as collector, the internal revenue
taxation even of such great cities aa New .
York,, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore,
&o." ' .
These are frank and honost admissions;
that do oredit to tho journal which condemn
its own party in making them. " Three offi
cers where one is needed, three thousand
whero one thousand would suffice, thirty
thousand office-holders where ten thousand
would do all the work; and tho cost of col
lection seven por cent , when it should be
not more than two! - von the country aland
aleak like this when His pouring out its
treatiitro so profusely 'iti the needful-ex?
puusos of war?--"-WAotfiJij Register, i .
Theme are about iOO,CW ItjjitM left id
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