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' HABPER FERGUSON, Proprietor.
Wliere Liberty Dwells, tliero is my Country.'
$1,50 Pr Annum.--In Advance.
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EATON; PREBLE CO., OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 18G3. NO. 12.3
ft&BSHAtt & BHD'S,
60, West Fifth Street,. Cincinnati,
ITivvc on hani large and desirable stock of
Which tlicy will sell cheap for cash;
NEW WINTER DRESS GOODS)
: CLOAKS, SHAWLS,
SILKS, MUSLINS, and Housekeeping '
Goods generally.
They have also a splendid assortment of
CARPETING, OIL CLOTHS,
RUGS, MATS, 4c,
Which they will sell cheaper than any other
House in Cincinnati.
Let every one call at Marshall lino's,
No. 5(1, West Fifth Street, betwecu Walnut
and Vino.
Jan. 8, 1SGX ly.
THE PRESS
BOOK AND JOB
PRINTING OFFICE
EATON, OHIO.
JHTe
igLIC attention is respectfully invited
To this Establishment, in the assurance
that am pit satisfaction will he (riven as re
gards Typography, Press work, and charge,
to those wuo may require
PLAIN AND FANCY
-SUCH AS-
SALE BILLS,
BILL READS,
LETTER IIEADS,
PAMPHLETS,
LEGAL BLANKS,
NOTES, CIIECKS,
LABELS, CARDS,
CIRCULARS,
BRIEFS, DRAFTS,
RECEIPTS,
BILLS LADING,
ENVELOPES.
"We intend that no one Bhall excol
US ill
KGUkTHSSB OF STYI2,
OR
REASONABLE PR! GE
We r prepared to execute
Boshiess and Visiting Cards
Funoral Cards,
BALL AND PARTY CARDS
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at
t
All
Sto Carts.
OFFICE
WMt Main Street, Eaton, Ohio
Terms Cash.
for
no
flour,
and
fo
him
GREAT WESTERN '
Carriage & Biiggj
HENRY RESLER
Chary St., between Main $ So'iie
EATON, OHIO. ... '
HAVING recently purchased the entire
interest in the above establishment,
ami having in his employ som of the Most
nxptruncea workmen in the Mate, is now
prepared to lurnioh, on tho shortest uotico,
BUGGIES, SULKIES ,
HpjtlXG WAGONS, ?.',"
of the m uu.'Stlutpst and ujit1,f?oveii styles
tfSAfl wwkMoir up fr( nrdei in the vra
best fctylc, and warranted to bo of the
BEST MATERIALS,
and will lie sold as tov as Mil be bought tiby
where in the Km. ;
All work Warranted to -.
RUN AT LEAST ONE YEAR,
otherwise, he will malic it good and sound,
REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS,
Done at low prices, and in tho most sub
stantial and expeditious manner.
BQTllo respectfully invites U to call
and examine his stock on hand, and be satis
fied that ho will givo them good bargains.
11KNKY K
Eaton, Sept. 5, 1802. ly
Peace Proclaimed!
AND
MICHAEL FILBERT
Still in the Iield,
H
Fj has just returned from "the "Queen
City with a large aea variou stock
HATS & CAPS, t '
!Realy 3Xfile
"loths, Cassimercs, Tweeds, Vf stings,
and a large lot of
WINTER GOODS
nich he offers to-his Humorous customers
as low rates as can be bought anywhere.
I"A11 kinds ot Custom Work made to j
order, on the shortest notice.
The public are invited to call at his old
stand, opposite the "National Hotl," and
exainiuAhig stock.. ......
Come along, come along, make jio delay i
Cbmo from every hamlet and village by the
way;
Come and bny the cheapest Clothes that ever
you did wear, j '
warranted to fit you neat, nnd to neither
rip or tear.
Eaton, August 23, 18R0.
BAKERY.
Main Street, 2 doors East
of tho M, E. Church.
JOIIN F. SPATZ bogs to return his sin
cere thanks to his friends, and the public
the patronage they have so liberally be
stowed upon him and to inform them that
stilUontinues to keep Hie best breai and
butter, eggs, oakes,' sweets, biscuits
other articles which are in. general de
mand, to which he begs to add for the com
fort of the public that ho keeps the best glass
ale and beer and tho finest tobacco. Givo
a call and you will not be disappointed
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Selected Poetry.
A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR.
BY SUSIE M. WILSON.
I.Kxn
With our feet at the goloen portals
' Of the New Year's broad domain,
And our hands, though weak, still clinging
' To the links of Love's bright chain;
With our hopes walking on before us
To the days when Peace shall reign;
Lot us linger no longer to ga.e
; On the pale Past's page of pain.
Then all the mournful bells unmullle,
And tho tears dash from each -yo,
For we'll shiver no more o'er the tomb
Where Care and the Old Year lie!
We'll ween not for him whose footsteps'1
. .Were all marked bv Death and erief.
In whose path eurbrave loved ones perished
Ai perished the Autumn's leaf.
Still sweet flowers bloom over loved graves,
And bright stars beam in the sky;
And for lives that are sorrow-shaded
There is li"ht and joy on high!
Yes, there's light in you blest land of love,
Andoy in the Eden-bowers'
Where Time comes no more to mar
The pleasure ofblis.sfull hours.
Then with feet at the golden portuls
Ot the New Year's broad domain'
We'll cast off the way-worn sandals
In which we have walked with pain;
And, praying for courage and patience,
' Trust e'er in that Father's love,
Who shall gently,, tenderly lead us .
To the umrels homo iilnivn
Ekxixgtox, Kr.,.Ianuary , 18fi:i ''
[From the Congressional Globe.]
War is Disunion.
Tfw. Great Anti-War Syeech of Hon.
S. A. Douglas, of Illinois ,' in the
United States Senate, on the 15A
of March. 18G1, the Last On lie
Delivered in Hit Halls of Congress,
and the Last Official Act of His
Life Democrats and Admirers of
the Lricrtous Douglas, Mead.
[EXTRACT.]
repeat, that the line of
policy was adopted, and tha coun
try knew it. In my opinion, wo
must choose, and that promptly,
between one of the three lines of
policy:
1. The restoration and preserva
tion of the Union by such amend
mentao the CenBtitution as will
insure the domestic tranquility,
safety and equality of all the States,
and thus restore peace, unity and
fraternity to the country.
Or, 2. A peaceful dissolution of
the Union, by recognizing thcinde-
pendenco of such States as refuse to
it
in
remain in the Union without such
constitutional amendments, and the
establishment of a liberal system of
commercial and social intercourse
with them by treaties of commerce
and amity. .
Or, 8. . War, with a view to sub
jugation and military occupation
ot those Dtates which have seceded
orniay secede from the Uuion. , . . i
I .repeat that, in my opinion,
you must adopt and pursue one of
these three -lines of policy. The
sooner ydu choose between them,
and proclaim your choice to the
country, the better for you, tho bet
ter for us, the better for every friend
of liberty and constitutional gov-
eminent throughout the world. Ill
my opinion the first proposition is
his
in
a
we
put
r j. i
the best, and the last it the worst, j
I am'in favor of such amendments
to the Constitution as will take the
question out of Congress, and re- T
storc peace to the' country. That
may be done by non-intervention
b) popular sovereignty', as it
called; or by the Crittenden
amendment, making an equitable
partition of tho territory between
the two sections, with a self-executing
clause prohibiting it on ona
side and protecting it oil the other.
may be done in various ways.
prefer such an amicable settlement
to a peaj"able disunion; and I prefer
a thousand times to civil war.'
we can adopt saeh- amendments
will be satisfactory to Virginia,
T . 1 la m a . 1
jMortn uaronna, icnnessoe ana the
border States, the same plflrt of paci
fication which will satisfy them will
create a Union party in the Cotton
States, which will soon embrace a
large majority of the people in those
on
and
and
the
not
This
but
got
States, and bring them back of
their own free, .will and accord; and
.thus roetor.e, strengthen and ppr
pctuate the glorious old Uniofr for
ever. T repeat, whatever guaran
tees will satisfy ' Maryland and tte
border btates (tho btates now
in tho Union) will create si Union
party in the seceded States that will
bring them back by the voluntary
action of their own people. You
can restore and preserve the Union
in that mode. . You can do it in no
other way. , 1 .
War is d'sunion a final separa
tion of the Union. Iloncc, disguise
it as you may every Union man in
America must advocate such
amendments to the Constitution as
will preserve peace and restore the
Union; while every disunionist,
whether secretly or openly plotting
iti destruction, is an advocate of
Secession or of war, as the surest
means of rendering reunion and re
construction impossible; I have too
much respect for his intellect to be
lieve, for or,o moment, that there is
lllltb tllUIC ID I
a man for war who is not a dlstm-i
ionist per sc. Hence, I do not mean, I
I can prevent it, that the enemies !
the Union men plottinr to de
. O
stroy it, shall drag this country in
to war under pretext of protecting
the public property, and enforcing
thelaws, and collecting the revenue,
When their Obiuct is . disunion .ami
s-ar,tb moans ot aCconiplishlno-
chcriscd purpose
The disunionists, therefore, are
divided into two classes; tho one
open, the other secret diaunionist.
The one in favor of peaceful secess
ion and a recognition of iiwlonnn.
dence; tho other is in favor of war.
as the surest means of accomplish
ing the object, and of making the
sepcratioti final, eternal. I am a
Union man and hence against the
ar. jjiu we are told, and we hear
repeated every where, that we
must find out if we have got a Gov
ernment. "Have wo a Govern
ment?" is the question; and we are
told we must test that question by
using the military power to put
uuwu an discontented spirits, sir
is question, -nave we a Govern
mentV has been pronounced bv ev
cry tyrant who has tried to keep
Ilia fppt. nn tltn nn.L-a 'fl.A 1.
-- v v... v..w v.t.ia lliu ueiMlll!
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Hiiice me worm oegan.
When the Baroii3 demanded
Magna Vhnrta from King John at
Uunnymede, he exclaimed, "have
ve. Government?" and called for
army to put down the : discon
tented larons. When Charles
attempted to collect the shin money
violation of the Constitution of
fnglaud, and in disregard of the
lights of the people, ho exclaimed,
nave we a uovcrnmenU . We can
not treat with rebels; put down the
traitor; wo must show that we have
Government." When James II
was driven from the throne of En
gland for tampering with the liber
ties of tho people, he called for his
army, and exclaimed, "let lis show
have a Government!" When
George III called upon his army to
down the rebellion in America,
- .!. vi ivu
Lord North cried lustily, "no com
promiso with traitors; let us de jxoiu
f!t''rtto t,iat wc ,iavca Government.','
'Ie" ' J848 the people rose up'-
their tyrants all over Europe.
demanded guarantees for their
rights, every crowned head ex
claimed; '-have wo a Government?"
appealed to the army to vindi
cate their authority and to enforce
law.,
Sir, the history of the world does
fail to condemn the folly, weak
ness, and wickedness of that Gov
ernment which drew its sword up
on its own pcoplo whan they de
manded guarantees for their rights.
cry, that we must have a Gov
crnmeiitjis i merely following the
cxanipJo' of the besotted "Bourbon,
whom iiovo' WeftrrreA "''anything'
misfortune, never forg4 an'
injury, uovor forgot an 'fcttront.
Must wo demonstrate that wo have
a government, coerce obedience
so.
In
joy
age
ot
of
the
the
the
us,
are
to
without reference to the justice or
injustice.--of the. complaints: Sir,
whenever tun .million ot people
proclaim to you with . aiittui
mous v61c6",' that they apprehend
their rights, their firesides, and
their family altars aro in danger,
it becomes a wise Government to
listen to tlie appeal, ami to remove ;
mo apprcncnsion. msiory (iocs
not record an example where any
Government has been
strong etiough to crush ten million i
people into subjection when they ,
ueuev
elieved their rights and liberties
were imperiled, without first con
verting the Government fouling in
to a despotism, and destroying the
last vestige of freedom.
Let us take warning from the ex
amples of the past. Wherever a
Government has refused to listen
to the complaints of the people, 1
and attempted to put down their
murmurs by the bayonet.they havc;a
paid the penalty. Of all those who ,
listened to the people in 1848, and
firran ted charters of lihortv. and took 1
o ml. I
oatl to support tkeni, only one
'Ul3 1,0011 faithful, and he has been
awarded for his fidelity; the others j
w'llPuy t'10 penalty of their perfidy, i
rill T r I T i J .
me jxiug 01 ouruima gnuiieu a
constitution, took an oath to sup-i
port it, and to day he is King of,
Italy. If George III had listened,
to the murmurs of our fathers,
n'a"u gntea their just aemanno,
tl.A .. tl. .,..,.!,,(...., ,, ,.,,1.1
have been averted, anil the blood
that was spilled would have been
saved.
If we consider thisnucstion calm
ly, and make such amendments as
will convince the people of the j
Southern States that they are safe
and secure in their family relations
with tho Lmon, wo can restore and
preserve it. If we can not satisfy
the people ol the border States that
they may remain in the Union with
safety-, dissolution is inevitable.
Then the simple question comes
back. What shall he tho policy of
tho Union men of this country.'
Shall it be peace or shall it be war?
What man in all America, with a
heart in his bosom, who knows the
facts conuected with Fort Sumter,
can hesitate in Baying that duty,
honor, patriotism, humanity re
quire that Anderson and his gallant
band should bo instantly with
drawn? Sir, I am not afraid to say
I would scorn to take a party
advantage to' manufacture partisan
capital out of an act of patriotism.
: Peace is the only policy that can
save the ' country. Let peace be
proclaimed as the policy and you
will liud that a thrill of joy will
animate the heart of every patriot
the land; confidence will be re
stored; business will bo revived;
will gladden every heart;
bonfires will blaze upon the hill
tops and in the valleys, and the
church bells will proclaim the glad
tidings in every citv, town and vill
in America, and the applause
a grateful people will greet you
everywhere. Proclaim the policy
war, and there will be gloom
and sadness and despair pietured
upon tlie . face of every ipalriot in
land. A war of kindred, fam
ily and friends; father against son,
mother against daughter, brother
against brother; to subjugate one
halt ot this country in obedience to
other half; if you do not mean
this, if you mcau pcaco. let this be
adopted, and give the President
opportunity, through the Sec
retary of War, to speak the word
"peace," and thirty millions of peo
ple will bless him with tboir pray
ers, and honor him with their
shouts of joy.
in
our
'In
in
one-third
his
the
and
1858
and
The
What'is that which is everbofore
can never be seen, and yot all
looking toward it? To-morrow.
mau', who has been swindled,
resorts to the slow process of law
recover damages, lie is likclv
enough
to die while
The
ish
city
poor
one
of
is
NATIONAL FINANCES.
The receipts into the treasury
from all sources, including-JoatiM
and balances fron- tho previous
year, lor the vcar'onding June"30,
1SC2, were 58:3,883,2-17 ; of which
10,050,307 were derived from cus
toms, 1,703.3;!! from tho direct
tax, $152,20 1 from public lands,
from other sourcos ?031,787, from
oail8 $520,002,4(30. The expcndi
human (tares wera 8570,841,700 ; of which
304,308 ,407 were under tho "War
Department, 42,(374,500 under tho
Navy Department.
Tho Post-oflico Department lias
not been for many years 60 nearly
self sustaining. Its gross revenue
was 0,012,540, being only about
850,000 less than that from all tho
states of the Union in the previous
year, showing a great increase ol
corresnondnncn in" Hi 1nv.il stntr-s
The expenditures were $11,125,304;
decrease of $2,-181,000 since the
previous year,
ln the ten military departments
tl
nivn to IIVM (If lUILl Ul I IV.WVV
officers and privates, full v armed
and equipped. Our navy now con
if gists 0f 104 sailing vessels, mount
of n, j. 415 mn nnd of 74,175 tons.
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and yi'a.steam vessels ot l,S3:j guns
and 205,9(31 tons; there having
been added during the year 35.
vessels, of which" 123 wero new
vessels mid ISO uurchased. with
177 ,rlls aiui .j 023 tons,
A ruoMnious Inciihase. Mr.
llolstein, the curator of the Iwoyal
Agricultural Grounds in Nunanu
Valley, Sandwich Islands, says that
in 1800 ho procured from South
Carolina two pounds of tho best
'rice, of which he planted a pound
and a half August 11, and harves
ted 40 pounds December 20. In tho
next March four pounds were plan
ted, from which 3,800 pounds were
received fu November. lie estima
ted that the origional pound and a
half would yield over a million of
pounds within two years from its
first planting. Rice was first raised
South Carolina at the close of
the seventeenth century, from seed
brought from Madagascar.
ASOTIIEH SlQN OF THE EXD. TllO
conviction has for some time been
deepening in the minds of intelli
gent Mohammedans, and has been
strengthened by many recent c
veuts, that the days of their relu
gion are numbered. As some in
Constantinople were told of the re
conuoisance made by officers in
army in Virginia in balloons,
of their going up armed, they
exclaimed, "Now is the end ni jh at
hand; for what says the prophecj?
the latter days there shall bo
fighting in the air.' "
Why buch a Differfsce? Ithaa
been estimated that more than six
ty millions dollars have been given
private bounties to the soldiers
since the war began, of which abdut
of twenty millions, havo
been contributed by members of c
vangellcal congregations, a larger
amount than has been given lo tho
missionary cause in thirty years.
When a similar spirit of cousecra
tion to the cause of Christ animates
professed followers, lnw will
Redeemer's kingdom advanco
triumph over all that now hin
ders its progress.
Wealth of great JJmtatx. In
the real cstaic of Great Britain
Ireland was estimated atj3,.
200,000,000, and the perso.iaf prop
crtv at 2.775,000,000, making a to
tal of about 820,000,000,000, or
about 1,000 to each inhabitant
cstsmatetod wealth of the Uni
ted States is 10,000,000,000, or
about 500 to each inhabitant.
tax for the support of the Brit'
government, in addition to
and local taxes, church tithes,
rates, eft., is a liUlcruorothan
ber cent, of the whole wealth
the kingdom. Tho public debt
about fourteen per. of theuatiou's
wealth.
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