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H. FEROTSOIT, )frj :xditor
JLDfitoit, Ohio.
Thursday;,
.January I, I8S3-
till I
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Constitutional Rights which We Mean
To Exercise And Maintain.
"Congress shall, make no law re
specting an establishment oi
ligion, or prohibiting the free ex
ercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of -the press.
'Amendments to the Constitution ofl
he United States. Article V.
"Every citizen may freoly speak
write, and publish his sentiments
on " ail subjects, ; bdiig ' responsible
for the abuse of the right; and no
law shall be passed to restrain or
abridge the liberty ot f.peceh, or ot
the press." Constitution of Ohio,
Article 1, Section 11.
SkS'TIu Editor of this paper does
nst hold himself responsible jot fh
opinions expressed by his correspond
ents. The writer, and not the Editor
is responsible.
Weeky Summary.
THE ARMY.
"All quiet on the Rappahau
nock." Bumsido is as inactive as
his prodecessor. Stuart has made
a ruid upon Dnrnside's rear, making
some unimportant captures at
Dumfries. It is now reported that
ho has crossed the Potomac into
Maryland.
Morgau has made a successful
raid into Kentucky, capturing
Elizabethtown, and two regiments
of Federals, lie ia now reported
moving in the direction of Frank
fort' and Lexington.
Uosecrana has pursued tho Reb
els to Murfrecsboro', and n great
battle is imminent.
POLITICAL.
The Missouri Legislature is in
session, with an Emancipation ma
jority.
The Western Virginia Bill is
dead, the President having refused
to sign it within ten days.
Washington is full of rumors of
foreign intervention. There seems
this'time to be some ground for it.
It is presumed that the Presi
dent will issue his emancipation
proclamation to-lay. Tinio will
show whether ho lias deceived
himself, or consigued tho black
raco to destruction. Certain it is,
the negroos have beguu to learn
what Abolition philanthropy means
and will 'not be too ready to
avail themselves of it.
LETTERS
Addressed to His Excellency Abraham
Lincoln, President U. S. A.
LETTER VIII.
Sib, I am reminded by tho close
of the year 1862, that this is the
njfiil and solemn hour when all of
nsbnght to reflect upon the deeds
of the past. The Apostle Paul, on
bis way to Rome, "looked back
thanked God, and took courage.'
I think it would 'be well for you
ho President of a great nation, to
follow the Great Apostle's example,
and thus look back, and see hoiv
far you can take courage from your
legislation, war measures, imprison
menu, and battles, during tho year
that ia now swallowed up in oter
nity. I should think that uo single
Magistrate of blsh position, ever
lived on this earth, ever gazed
upon eitch a sight as you must
gaze upon at this moment.
Sir, permit me to remind you oj
a lOW BCriOUB anu unjiarniitn-u
facts. Well, "then, 'there are tho
hundreds of thotnujroPsbrave
men, who have , pcjisneuoDh tuo
of those irho have been ., cut oft',
fncmding:toth, thTotthfy nd
the Southern armies, would, if
they had been built-jipon each
other, make a monument thirty
three yards qtmwtiVe"baKe7Kifd
eight hundred and tliirty--yards:
high ; that is to say, nearly half a
mile in height. Look ot this fact,
airland ask ypurfleland; Cabinet,
and Hh'o Republican Aftofition Con
gres.sman,,.if itja.uokcuougb, to
justify, tho language and proceed
ings of tho advocates of peace?
God nover intended that his crea
ture man' should be compelled to
finis'j his earthly probation , in the
.-. . ...
way in which you have used your
magisterial ' 'power. Look ; back
upon he number" of raen( taken
from theif homes and various em
ployments, iu different States and
shut up in loathsome, filthy, and
dark dungeons, to suffer, pine, and
die, without any information as to
why they had been imprisoned,
and without any sort of trial; and
some of them kept in these horrid
Bastiles until they were covered
with Jice, and almost eaten by
them. The Governor ol Ohio, and
other officials, will presently be,
called upon to accouut for these
things. Dr. Olds, who has iust
been liberated from one of your
Bastiles, will now have an opportu
nity in trie Ohio Legislature, to
reveal 6ome startling facts ; and
au examination of tho doings at
Camp Chase prison, will
bring
"hidden things to light,"
Again, look back sir, and see the
tons of thousands of wives, moth
ers, and children made desolate.
and dr"' ven almost deranged by tho
havoc which your war has made
n America. Sir, as you are the
guiding head, hand, and heart in
these matters, it is your imperative-
duty to look back, and see whether
you cau "thank liotl and tako
courage." I fear that there' is not
much to encourage a retrospective
view on your part.
But again, look back, and what
do on see? :A national, or rather,
a war debt, to large, so incredible,
so Injurious to the interests of the
people, and indeed to the interesU
of mankind, as to render it an
absolutely impossible thing, either
to pay it, or to bear up under it.
It will swallow up tho whole prop
erty of America. Sir, this debt of
yours, will ruin trade, industry,
commerce, and labor. And where
are tho pensions for hundreds
thousands of maimed, halt, and ru
ined soldiers, to come from ? They
must He supported; it is righ,t that
they should.'
Sriltagaln,' Jotjk back; and what
ybueC;?f;fl!yfJdd'r1iona
coneqnenee, of fli'Jrcat Asilricau
wjtf, to' IS looked atvThe'boiics
terrible separation whioh .will
prodnco perpetual hatred and
spirit of unceasing retaliation,
where peace, harmony, and concord
ought to dwell.
Again, look back, and what do
you sec, to lead you to "thank
God and take courage ?" You see
a violated Constitution a rent
Union a maddened people a ru
ined state of society fighting
churches and preachers, and pri
vate hate, cherished in tho very
soul of the nation.
Still again, look back, and look
at the number of legal and cousti
tutional principles violated, as pco
pie say, by yourself and Cabinet,
Permit me to direct your attention
to a few of these violated parts
the Constitution. "'Tho euspension
of the writ of Habeas Corpus
calliug out an., army sending
thousands to prisou; without' pro
ferrlng any charge against them
sending forth ' a ' proclamation '
emancipate tb slaves, suspending
the liberty of tic' Press. These,
andVhetj $oJatnj6f jth,S OopV
BtitSow fyiljfli people sayfornj
another j jnonumetit pioremind
futrelcijelat'sf 5'bu ijje'rgn ol
terrflof h'e V&'nfercaV'' 'Star
Chamber" of the Camp Chase
"Black-hole."
Once more, look back, and see
thTOtrOfMWff'mlttlflfis bF MaWe'd
persons in fEngfondy- ibpcuigh t 4d
ruin by your Blockade. The Cot
ton that God sent to employ them,
hni to a great extent teeubyrntn
Lbok fbraril, "and 'what doytu
ecc, but a.loused,.Demooraoyr.who
will soon call upon thft'spftilers of
tho nation to give an account of
their misdeeds; " '
Sir, I have the honor to bo,
lour .Excellency's Uu't S'vt,
WILLIAM FERGUSON.
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1863.
TO OUR PATRONS.
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of
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When this paper reaches our rea
ders, the year 1862 will exist only
in the records of the past. It has
been our aim to furuish our friends
with the best and most. reliable in
formation respecting politics, agri
culture, science, and domestic and
foreign news in general. We have
studied to serve and uphold the in
terests of the Democratic party, in
tho face of opposition, slander, ne.
gleet and threats. ' Unbiassed by
personal prejudices, we havo ar
rajed ourselves on the side of the
Constitution and the laws, uphold
ng only those men and legislators,
whose conduct and measures have
proved that they have had the
ntercst of their country rt htart,
and not tho accomplishment of
somo Utopian scheme, the offspring
of a diseased brain, and jaundiced
mind. '' ;
To those whoso words and ac
inns we believed subversive ot all
good government, inimical to the
harmony of a nation of independent
sovereign Stafes, and opposed to
tho best interests of humanity at
urge, wo have, os occasion ottered,
administered public and deserved
rebuke, while we. have endeavored
to expose aud warn the . people
against their machinations.
We believe that our labors have
been appreciated by a great number
of our readers, who have manifested
by the prompt payment of all
dues, and by what has been equally
welcome to us, words of kindness
and encouragement. We thank
them from our heart of hearts, and
pledge ourselves anew to' their
fervice. ' . ,
V During the, two years that we
have conducted the "Press" we
havo lost money on it, even while
business was far more flourishing
than it is now, or is likely to. bo.
How, then, with a limited circula
tion, and an advance of full 50 per
cent on all printiug materials, can
wo publish the "Press" at its
present pri"e. Wo cannot do it,
unless our friends will rouse, and
by a unanimous and telling effort,
double our circulation.
There aro those around us wk6
lavo said (and truly so) that they
could obtain ton, twenty or thirty
new Bubscaibcrs for u3, but we have
not received them.
We enter upou the year 1863,
with tho same aims and purposes
which have influenced our course
during the past two years; pledging
ourselves to the cause of Democracy
and Jho people. Whether we can
keep our paper at the 'same' price
as heretofore,' defends ? "riot npon
ourselves, but upon the Democrat's
of Preble county. We ask for an
increased circulation, and request
hVcOflOperatloo f tUeDelhoeAtly'
;entrai;aii4 foiihlp .CinttteeV
Cent
to assiist us'lo dbtalnlng Itj Thci
o aBsist,' us In obtaining ItJ Their
deeds : wilnproyei koV m"ufeh? the,xi
V f&
Ve earnestly beg all who are In
arrears to pay at once; and, hoping
to bo made glad by their prompt
wish-' tour .patreaij ifriendsfraae
neighbors, "A Happy Nbw Yar.'(
The Past and the Present.
A REVIEW OF AMERICAN HISTORY
DURING THE YEARS 1861—1862.
EvelitsakXIIisTor
ory is philosophy teaching by ex
ample. Let us then briefly review
the events 'of the past two-years,
ftto m momentous crisis In tho
existenco of the American nation,
and see what lessons the past can
teach for the guidance of the fu
ture. Just two years have elapsed
since a Northern Bectional party e
lccted, by a little more than ono
third of the whole votes cast, a Pre
sident, who pronounced "the Chi
cago platform a law unto him."
Iu consequence of this election,
a formidable revolutionary move
ment was inaugurated in the South,
threatening a secession af the Coti
ton, and perhaps the Border States.
At this juncture tho Hon. John
J. Crittenden offered a resolution,
the adoption of which would havo
preserved the Union, and main
tained peace between tho contend
ing parties. Tho Democrats of the
North, led by the immortal Doug
las, hastened to offer the Compro
mise, and after somo demur, tho
Secessionists, led by Davis, Toombs
and otlmr?, consented to accept it
Only the Republican Senators then in
Congress, refused to accept the Com
promise. This is the eternal truth
of history. See Mr. Douglas' speech
a the Senate on July 3rd, 1861.
Rejecting a compromise, they
proposed to save the Union by de
stroying the people who composed
it, and to lash the South into sub
mission by a blockade of tho sea
coast, and a 90 days campaign with
75,000 men. Such was the stato of
tho nation, when Mr. Lincoln on
the 4th ot March 1881, was inaug
urated the President of the United
States of America, and took a soli
cmn oath to "maintain the Consti
tution, and execute the laws." Has
he do its this? We pause for a reply.
We pass on now to review tho le
gislation and statesmanship of this
bectional party since their udveut
to power, and as an impartial hist
orian, chronicle the results.
,, Aboltionism, the very corypheus
of all evil, has been the ruling spir
it of all their legislative enactments.
Bound by their oath to uphold the
Constitution they have violated e-
very provision of it: elected ierv-i
ante of a sovereign people they
havo constituted themselves tyrants
over a ruined nation: prohibited by
their oath from receiving pecunia
ry considerations or bribes they
have revelled in the spoils of a dis
rupted Unionjtill their venality has
caused themtoBtinic ln.thetaostrils
of the whole civilized world: elect
ed to legislate for white men they
have 'babbled of the negro," and
endeavored by legalized theft, and
murder to place him where uesther
God nor nature Intcnden him to be
oh an equality, with the whHe
race: traitors to tho Constitution
of our Fathers, and every principle
of justice and equity they howl
"treason treason" against patriots
in whose very, footsteps they are
not worthy to tread Emancipation,
elevation and adoration of the ne
gro war, confiscation, high tariffs
and taxation for the white, man,
make up the record of abolitien le
gislation for the past two years, ;
What are' the results? 'A! 'Union
of 'thlrtythrei sovereigu States
stagnatlonof trade, of $300,Q00 6
vaitte.liieir'priocplei.r'' Ver aniabove thaactual cost of the
rupturod.lnto twohostilo parts a
civil irl)eteoii" Spates which had
hitherto exi.Btod together in hatpioi
Vjv coelfji'af. j ilafj ' f 2,000,00&''" per
3avl-!tt loss ti.tlie country by tho
war 500,000 of our best and bra
vest raorrtrtHedln' battle, or died
of alckneis a debt of &2,t0),000,
efujh 4h Western Stafes tobe.fc
iew iiiigiunu a aepreciateu cur
rency, aud tho prospect ot unlver
s3 bankrutoyrtf liesre the re
AjU)f ARolftifet llrtlJtion. Gen-
Uem.eavdyouLiikfljj,ei)iuri;I
urL-i t. - u-Vv" iio
V UUk III IU UU CUU UI 11 UIK
Th a n k God, Jth e bo v erei gnj peo
ple have at last roused;Vnd derio'n,H'
ccd in thunder -tones, .not only tne
conduct of the war, but every act
and deed Of the Admisistration.
Will thVperjured an Jucre-staJ-ne5
Congress hear it? Will the va
cillating, weak, and par(y-driven
Executive heed It? We trow uot;
for "whom tho Gods design to de
stroy they first make mad."
"We of this Congrers will bo re
membered in spite of ourselves,"
said the Executive on the 1st Dec.
1362. Yes, if the curse of a violated
Constitution, a sovered Union if
the maledictions of tens of thous
ands efonco. happy but now ruined
beings If the .scathing anathemas
of thousands of wives made wid
ows, .children., mada-.orpbans, and
families made homeless aud desti
tute by this war if tho memory of
a Cataline, or a Nero; a Burr or an
Arnold, be the remembranco you
covet, Jhe full, measure pfJt will be
meted out id you' by generations
yet unborn.
BOADICEA.
All Persons indebted to tijis
Office; will please to settle up at
once, as all back accounts are
now being placed in the hands of
the proper parties for collection,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Sarah Wilmot
vs. Treble Common Picas.
ChiM-lcs Wilmot. J, -
TN obedience ti the command nl a writ ol
I vendi crponas, iinued . friiin ilie '.'ni!
Common Picas, of PrcbleNCjiiNtv, iu li."
above stated case, and to the li .it!' of said
County directed, I will olfer f.r ::,' at pub
lic auction, at the door of ill'; I'm t lUu .,
in Luton, in said County, on
g4tu,iJiiy.,.Jiiuuury ,2-1' ". a J' :.I'"W
bctweeli the lioora eM OihI i i.
of said d:iy, the t'nllowi ii- re:il :.s ,ih; ol' de
fendant, Charles Wilmot, situ.ite m (lie tuv.
of New Wcstville, Preble Co;i.ity, O lio, and
being VHC Miibtt thiTty,'.,(:f )),' jk-i kno-.vn
and designate ! , on the town plat of said
tptru.of iN8w;(VcJtvillfelvalMeil at $1 f V''"
lerm", tasn.
JOHN IL MoMCVK, , (
Shcrilf of Preble Cuuiit. j
Jacob H. Pons, Att'y for Pl ff.
dec, 25 tdf pf S3-SO
' To Consuyiptioesi 1 f
The advertiser, baring been restored to
health jn a ftw weeks, by very simple rem
edy, afterdating suffered several year with
a sovere lung affection, and llmt diird dis
ease, Consumption is anxiors to make
know .tp. liir fel!ow sufferr th'eas
cre.n:;1 r, ;!'
To all V.I10 ''desire it, le Ul MrS a copy
of the prescription wed (free of charge)
with the directions for preparing aud using
the same, which they will find a sure cure
or Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, &c
The. only pbjeot of the advertiser in tending
the prescription is to benefit the afflicted,
and rpread information wh'ch lie conceives
to be invaluable, and ho hope every suflcrer
will try his remedy, as it will cost them noti
ng, and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address Kev. Eowiao A. Wilsoji,
De16.-3m Williamsburg.
King county, New York.
J.HiiFOOS,
Att'y and Counselor at taw,
Notary Public,
WILL attend promptly to all business
entrusted to hie care.
' Pnrticolaf attention paid t '
Th Collection 0 DebU,
TU ParUium eLanit, and
01I1 ;c. Tht Settlement if EttaUt.
';6fic4 Over ,Stepticns CoV Store,
51am street, opposite the Court Houso. '
Jab. 18G2,-lj
SHERJ,FJ?'8H3ALE. '
'John
mBoVn.pi'ff.-JPn
UrpWn, et AUi j"
Preble "Common Plesi. -
CasoNo. 1378...
Wai
I )io raruuou.
T'jK obodifnee title coatuiiid of an order
XfofeiJoiiBuetl 4!t!e of Com-
m'i'loS, ol Prabl Cdunty; in the abow
1 ' v
d. use, nd Hoi tliS auentt or sua
nrfcnlr JirA,.IP 1 wilt Dtfuf lOf Sale. t Ollb-
liu anctiau, at th4aJf th Court Horn
in Euton,in inidcuunty
On Saturday, Jan nary 21, A. 1863
between the hour of 1 and 4 o'clock, P. M.
ol'iaid dnj, tho following docribed real
JKCTFii,
North-Kt quarter of Section No. 12, Town
ship No. 9, in aiw.j Eaa.contaiiiing
81.26 acres'br luiiilinoru or"1css'nIso th
North end. of the" Wt 1ilf pt therI. W.
quarter of.-S(iti 1. in JoVSnhiRjiinB (9)
of range S East, C., chTrtaWmng 39.60
acres, moro or less; also ti9 60 acres of lnnd,
TMiHx oiRlie Worth" IliHW tni raw., naoi
Being on tne ivoriu moew imi r niru.
the Norlh-West quarter of Section 12, in
Township ?, in Range 2 East, bounded on
tne Norm by the original section, on me
East by a division Une between snid George
Hrown and said tiact"' aforesaid, on tbo
South by a certaii. Ufclj owned by Georgo
Price, lying in " the tattie blf quartir
section, -on the.; West by diiioa
line dividing tho.Easf and West half of tbo
quarter Section aforesaid.; also all that
piece or parcel, or lap4,lyiug anu being in
snid county of Preble, and bounded and
described a follows, to-wit: Beginning at
the South-East corner of the N. West quar
ter of Section 12, in Town&S) li$ 0 Range
two East, &c.f thence .Veatttpfle,-'thpnco
North 20 polos, thence East 80 pules, thenco
South 20 poles to the place of beginning,
containing 10 acres of land. Also a purt
of the East half oMlo North East quarter
of Section 12, in TOtfnsTiip ot Uauge i
East, &c, beginning at a stake 50 rods North
of thj South-West corner of said half-quarter,
thenco East 12 rods, thence North 13
rod, whence West 12iodii,lhenceSoiilb.13
...1' .1.. I i 1..:....!.. f..a'tMlAa
roqs w in piaoe oi..bjiiiiiihb,."'
atidniincumbecd of dfiweraliled ai$3,
044 00, upon tho following terms, to-wit.:
One third of the purchase money, cash in
hand, one third in one year, and the residun
in two years from the day of sale deferred
payments to be secured by mortgage on tho
premises, and t bear six per cent interest
ironi the day of sale.
JOIINIi.McCLEAF,
Sheiiir of 1'reble County.
Poos k Cami'uku., Atty's lor Petitioner.
Dec. 25th, 18"2 ids pr. f. $10 00.
LEGAL NOTICE.
il
.
Clinton Chadwick
1
plninlilt, I rrcuie .
vs. Common Pleas. .
Amnsa P. Carroll, j In Attachment. '
defendant. J ' '
rfUlH said Amnsa P. Carroll, of Indiana,
X is hereby notified, that mi the 22d day
ot November, 18li'.', the i-n.d. Clinton Chad
wick lilcu in the Court of Coin-noti l'leas of
Preble county, Ohio, h.s petition against
him, stating tiiutou the 2 th of March, IS IB,
the defendant irave plaium! a note for $230'.
imi, due December 29th, 18481nnd lecured
iha snine by m jrtgnge on curtain real estali
in Camden, Olii", which mmtgage ( pirated
v a necoml lieu thereon; 'I hat said prem
ises were sold on foreclosure of the first
mortgage, and at the March term of said
Court, '1852, on a distribution of the pro-cccdu-of
said sale, alter diM.,liarg'uig,the,8i
mortgage, the rcsilue was applied to tha
second'iiiorinrfi!. but-left a balance pf,tl6l:
77, die U n,iiini:l' mi s.iid note, and for
j wlncU a.it i. (UJ-; ity.-:ivi -.i execution in.piain-
u:i s liiv.ii, .ino. lor wl'.i'n amount, wim io
terist Irom April 2, lb"2, asks judgment
aiun.v -i ' . i iiiiii t ; and .-.ccomlly, slating
thai, oil' I iu'i tar i!1, . ib 19, defendant gavf
kU ; li; a . Stcohover for $55:63
iuo u.:; f,uj utter date, 'Which note vai
,Tf ns ri 1 i j .;a -ii. iif, and lor tho amount
of wine;. -:tli in.ei'esi p-iiintitf asks judg-
uieiil ii-aiii-l iluieiiilant, An attachment h;U
been issued uud .u rv e l in this ense, mid nil
less the deleiidant nppeii-8 and answers or
demurs t.i sa l petition, on orbclj e l-'ebrn-arv
2f. KS ..i i iii'lm-jni. will bo taken, and
an ui-.li-oilr.
r
au:ii:!;ij property, Or
in-. ! lur 111 Ins n:.ucc.
,t IjAMrni;!.!..
AtiAi iiir pi' iff.
G.v Pr. f. 3 00. .
SHERIFF'S 1SALE.
Malitida Jellison, pill'.
Preble Commoiy
Pleni, in Partition
t'nueNo. HH.
PURSUANT to the command of an order
of sale issued from the Court of Com
mon Pleas, of Preble, Coouty, in the above
staled case, and lo the Sheriff of said Coun
ty directed, I will offer for sale at publio
auction "t the door of tho Court House, in
Euon, in snid County, on. ,
Saturday, January 24, A. D., 1863,
between the houra of 1 and 4 o cloofi, f .
M., of .said day, the following real estatCj
limit iK ih Countvof Preble and State of
Ohio, and bounded and described as follows,
to-wit: Being the SouthrWest quarter of
Section tweiity ihrce (23) of Township Ho.
nine(0,U rus two (i) Kjsitu A.oB;
taming one hundred and fifty-six acres o
land, more or less, valued at $4,308 0.0.
Terms of sale: Uno tbira Ol tne purcnase
mone an m ai one iiira,is jii
and the' residue in two year frot th day
of sale ; eferred payments to bear six per
cent interest, and to bo secured by mortgage
on the premises. ."-
1 JOHN R. McCLEAF.
Sheriff of Preble County.
Jacob H. Foos, Atty.
Dec. 25. 1863.tila-jyr.lit3' 60.
1802t
EAGLE HOTEL,
- WINTERS &-ACHEV
DPropriot ore,
Neitb Baron fit, betwcenMain and ftomns
"' EATON, 0HIOr'
fOood stabling for 125 Htft&M