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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
Cords en- the Slave Trader.

Mr.. Z. S. District Attorney E. d. Smith,
deserves the thanks Of the community for the
zeal and perseverance he has exhibited in Sc.
curing the conviction of Gordon, the captain
of the slave-hip Erie. Only few months ago,
it was openly proposed in Court to dismiss the
charge against Gordon, Oh the ground that
public sentiment would never allow a convic-
tion under the act OF Congress that declared
the slave trade to be piracy, and condemned
thosc CONVICTED Of engaging in it 10 be hanged.
Gordon was tried befoFe, and the jury failed to
agpe but on the recent trial the evidence
produced was so clear and unimpeachable, that
the iHry deliberatcd only tweI t. minutes be.
fore finding him guilty. Thia is the first con-
viction on valid grounds ever pronounced un-
der the act Of 1920. Once, we believe, slave
trader, was found guilty; but the verdict was
set aside by mutual consent, and the case vas
never heard of again. The conviction Of Cor
don-if the death penalty should be enforced
will probably deal the coup de grace to the
blackbird business in this port. The condem-
nation Of so many vessels engaged in the
trade has made it somewhat Improbable tC
atteFlpt its prosecution in New York bu
if 10 this should be added the certainty Of cap
itql punishment when the pirates are taken
very few would be EQg9d Rardy enough to Ell
gage in the desperate and iphuman trafc.-
kew YORK ErPress.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
Sensible.

The Weekly Times, London journal with
q GiTeAlNtion Of over 500,QOO, chiefly among
the working classes in Great Britain, and
Justly understood to utter the convictions OF
the masses, takes up this position, and thus
disposeS of it:
Our commercial interest, as well as our
moral duty, are both on the side Of neutrality,
We might possibly at the expense of an a
merican war, obtain the exit Of cotton a few
months earlier than it would oIherYisc OCCUR,
but hundred millions sterling would not pay
for much fighting, although it would far more
than represent the loss occasiOned by the evil
against which we are invited to take up arms
We must also remember that large portion
of our trade depression arises from the fearful
disturbance which the civil war has OccasiOn-
e,l in the finances of the North. We might.
by qnarrelling with them, make this much
worse; but running customers has never been
found good method of charging trade If
we were TO break the American blockade be-
cause we don't lika it, we should commit an
act of aggression WHICH every civilized coun-
try in Europe would condemn, and we could
not a:terward enforce any blockade Oursclv es.
1t is very inconvenient that war should inter
rupt the occupations of peace but we must
submit to such disaster until we can per.
shade the parties TO the quarrel to refer their
cause to an arbitration mildcr thdn that oil
the sword.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
Great Shipment Of Rrodues.

The exports of produce from this port, for
the week past, amounted TO nearly three and a
half millions Of dOllars-a value twice as
great as for The corresponding weeks of thu
last two years. Among the exports were
84,lO2 barrels wheat -four lac barrels rye
-four; 1,l55 barrels cornmsal; 987.799 bush
els wheat 54,6lO bushels rye; 900 bushels
peas 1850 bushels oats; 1000 bushels bar
ley 263,l3 81 bushels corn.
The receipts and sale Of wheat at this port
Monday last were, as was stated in a para
graph in yesterdays Evening Post, larger than
were ever before made in one day. But an alb
surd error f the printer made millions out Of
hundreds of thousands. We wrote that the
amount Of wheat sold was 60o,OQQ bushels,
the receipts of the day 4O4.O 900 bushclS, III
the purchases for English account 2OOO.OOO
bushels. The accidental epreix Of an extra
naught to each of these figures was probably
perceived and corrected by most of our readers.
N. Y. Post, Nov. 9th.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
AIRS. k,taeoln's Secession Relatives.


A correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
ciAT in a recent letter from Frankfort, KY,
saws:
The Hardin Helm. who is reported to be
moving down Green river, with force of from
two to four Confederates, is son OF Ex Gov.
John S. Helm, lately President Of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad. This IIardin's
wife is half sister Of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
Mrs. Lincoln has full brother, DIR. George II.
Todd. at Richmond, who had the honor of be
ing jailor TO I'll Abe's soldiers captured at
Bulls run. Mrs. lincoln has a ftii brother,
Samuel Todd, who i Lieutenant in the Con-
federae army in Virginia. She has also Il hall
brother AlexentlPr. who is now fighting f"r his
rights" Two half sisters of Mrs. Lincoln are
married to Southern gentleman. also secession
SITS. The youngest of the family, until with
in year past, resided on their farm, five miles
from this place.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

ELEVEN REBEILIoNs.-Sin the organ "a
tion of the Federal Government. eleven at
tempts have been made TO resist its authority.
The first was in I7S2-a conspiracy of some
of the officers of the Federal ar ny to c0nsoIi :
date the thirteen States into one, and confer
the supreme poEer on Washington. The SET
ond in 1887, called Shay's insurrectiou in Mas
sachusetts. The third in 1874. called the
"WhiSkey insurFection of PenqsyIYauia" The
fourth in 1914, by the Hartford Convention.
The fifth in 1920, on the question of the ad
mission Of Missouri into the Union. The sixth
was collision between the Legislature ol
Georgia aud the Federal iiovern ment, in regard
to lands given to the Creek Indians. The sew
eRth vas in 1886. with the Cherokees in Geor-
gia. The eighth was the memorable multiplying
orqinppee OF South Carolina in 1882. The
ninth |ss 10 lS42, in Rhode Island, between
the Suffrage Ass Jcialian' and the State au-
ih0rities. The tenth was in 1856, on the part
of The Mormops, who resisted The Federal an
thofities. The eleventh is the present attempt
at secession;
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

Evil INAoIXArIoSs.-Evi imaginatiuns are
Voluntarily entertained. l have no right to hang
vile pictnFes arOnnd the chambers of my brain.
Not eyen in thought haVe right 10 indulge
in forbidden pleasures. All such indulgences
debase the mind, POliute it, prepare us to real
ize in our conduct the wicked immagipstiOp or
conception. For ere such pictures. sAch i'm.
preHsiOIrs upon the tablets of the soul ever ef-
faced? Moral chemistry has no neutralizeF
that viii wholly extract the stain. No gra-
FerP tool can ever wholly abrade it for it is
liIEe the image upon the shjela Of Phidias, gra-
ven SO deep that WhatSveF would remove it,
would apnihilate the soul itselE It may be
eOEeFed mp. and thus hidden ftOH1 the common
Eye, bat > Faagept will detect and expose it,
Horace Ham.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE.-1'he very hand
ling of the nursery is significant, and the pet
ulance, the passion. the gcntleness, the tran
guilty indicated by it, are all reproduced in
the child. His soul is purely receptive ma
SurP, and that for a considerable period, with
out choice or election. A little further on he
bcgins voluntarily to copy everything he secs.
Voice, manner, gait, ever, thing which the eye
sees, the mimic instinct delights to act over
And thus We have whole generation of min
iatuFe men, receiving from US their very be-
ginning, and the deepest impulses Of their life
and immortality. They watch US every mo-
mSnt-in the family, before the hearth and at
the fahIe-and when we are meaning them no
good or evil, when we are conscious Of exert
ing no influence over them, they are drawing
from rs impressions and mol'ls Of habits, which
wrong, no heavenly discipline can wholly re-
move or, If right, no bad associations utterly
dissiPate.-Dr. Bushnell.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

I4osszs n BAFFLE.-At A4steFlitz. the
Preach lost a mep cat Of every Zoe; the Rus
siaps, 20, the Aqstgiaps, A. or nearly hall. At
A.sgram, the French lost ~ EaeD oqt of every
LEO; the Austrisgss Il. At Moscow, the
French, 80; the Rnssiau, A.. At Waterloo
the French, sc; the allies, 81. At BaQtken
the French, %; The Russians, IA. At Magenta,
jane 4th, 1859, the French :; the Austrian,
7. At SolfeFino, the Frpneh and SarIioians,
10; the Austraius, 8, Il is somewhat remark.
Ip the last example, that TIE army which was
ibest provided with riaed armes, did less damage
than the oBes which Ea7 equipped ip the old
style.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

The REBEL LOSSES AT SPRTNGFIHD-Thc
loss of the rebels at the battle of Springfield,
in which Gen. Lyon fell, hns never becn accu-
rately ascertaiued, but II bundle Of papers was
recently found in the secession printing office
in that town, containing among other d"cu-
mcns the Ofiici,I reports Of several OF tho rebel
commanders. They include only portion OF
the Missouri tRDnps, about one'iOurth Of oil en-.
gagged, yet the names Of five hundred and six
iy-seven killed and wounded appear upon them.
If the loss of McCullough's own men Gnd the
remaining Missouri regiments was in proper
tion to the above the total of therebels Killed
aud wounded must have been two or three
thousand
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

| The British press persists in representing
that the report of short crops in Europe is an
exaggeratinn, but facts are continually coming
| TO light in direct contradiction Of the newspa-
per claim of alb lEdance. The latest and worst
development is the almost total failure Of the
potatoe crop in ireland, in consequence of
which the poor pcsantry are again on the verge
of famine. 1t is stated that the greatest CON
sternation prev: ils among the people, and that
meetings have been held. petitions for reli,F
have been addressed to the heads of State
Archbishop McIIIle has called the attention OF
Lord Pulmcrs'on to the auhject in q letter,
which shows terrible state Of destitution in
view of the approaching winter. The Arch
bishop says:
rThe potGtoe crop-the staple food Of our
people-is gone, and where not entirely gone
il so deteriorateI in qrality and favor as to he
almost useless as an article Of food. On the
sad state Of the potatOe crop ca7 speak with
an authority derived from observation over
| large extent of Galway and Mayo. Since the
| beginning of August have been through the
remotest districts Of either-CIiflen, West
port, Newport, Achll, CAstlebar, Claremprr;s.
Dunmore and Moy!ough Strange names, which
the government official will explain, and, in
short, through every portion from north to south
and from west to CAST, have not only heard
the different reports. but have had frequent Op-
portunities of testing the qualities of this c.
culent, and 1 can safely and solemnly declare
that of this years crop no quantity would be
sufficient to maintain tho population, were il
even more abundant, during the coming half
year. 1t is high time, then, for her Majesty's
Ministers to adopt prompt and efficient precau-
tionary measures if they are desirous that the
remnant of the Irish people should not be
swept away"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

EELFEsHsEss.-The selfish man lives on the
most nsHseons food, when he might Fegale
himseIf With hOayspiy Fepasis. lie lives in
basement stories, Instead Of those chaRheFs
WHARF be eo#H loOk out uPog al the gtaFiss Rf
: RatRRe, aRd WhEr ths purity RRd freshness 0t
BaAttgEe eqaA aow in HpOp him The Eel6sh
Esap dresses hiaaelf in rags. instead Of in roy
Al robes. and he il tie Ssrf and slave Of the
hardest R1asteF, instead Of investing bis capi-
aRl in heaEenly treasures, and being SdElitiR4
IS = eO-wsrseF sd 60 partner With GOd-il0T.
Ace MaH,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

From accounts kept by the Secretary Of the
American Shipwastel's Association, il appears
that during the past nine months s34 lives have
have been lost by fll';pg overheard from at sea
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
Prom the Western Reserve chrSn+ls.
AUTU1m.



O8ee again the autumn cometh,
Blessed sufumn With is calm
HzlloWsd momsnts, dropping gently,
Down into the sOul their balm
Hear ye ho9 the mystic pressure
0f her fOot upon the sodf
sse' 'ss not the pale haud leading
Earthly dreamings Up 70 GudG
Lyiag ike the n0wera fading,
Fade the hopes We treasure here
Like the shadowy pail Pm weaving
For fair summers sable bier
So the sunless folds Of sorrow
Soon may gather round the way
Seek The beauty never dying
For the light Of Heaven pray
Yes, the cherished autumn eometh,
We can feel It's influence sweet,
With each rustic Of the brown leaves
Lying dead beneath our feet;
Sweet 70 rs its influence ever,
For with saddeF strains there sings
Hopes clear voice In fuller cadence
Than aught else in nature sings.
Though the glory OF the spring time
And the golden summer die,
They will break again as brightly
In the future, by and by
And although Mes autumn oometh,
Weaving shadows deep apd long
Bound our spirits, l0eseRing tendFilS
Esgly yeaFB had elasped SO strong
like the WitheFed leaves now falling,
We ere long shall lay aside
4mdSd leaveH Of earth'a dim beauty,
And aoraSH Deaths WintFy aide,
Beach the cline where one eternal
Spring breaketh on our view,
where for us no more forever
Dies she beautiful and true
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

Stay awake in church, Il is . shaFae for the
church To be made cemelry. wheFe the living
sleep abogs ground as tho dead beRcath,
When we find oarselys more inclined to
psFSecuts thnp persuade, We mGy be certain
that our zeal has more of pride in i than char
~.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

The Dayton Empire tells the following which
is decidedly rich:
There is one Democrat in this county who
certainly has no cause for reg ct in the election
Of Tod. In lS44 when Tod was nominated by
the Democracy, our friend. then a Deco .raI
and still IIemaerRt, sold siIXeE ESEer watch
to then Wing. and now IA promi inenI fusion
Republican of this city payable nciea David Tod
should be elecfei Governor IF Ohoi. Tod slip
ped up in 1874, ard again in 1916, and our
friends chance Of getting his pay was not
very bright, thnHgh Ac quietly slowed the note
away. Since then, politics have changed
somewhat, and with them, our friends prospect
for his money. Tod has been elected Governor,
and the note will he presented " The proper
time for payment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

The statement that Gen. Mcclellan haas Of
deHed foRF soldiers to be shot for sleeping On
theiy posts is contrpd cted,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FIGHT.


At all events, the people of the Northern
States are going TO figat their battles in their
own way and CT ihGir own ground, WITHOUT in
| reference or control. Meditation and com
promise were rejected long ago. Even the
Cars friendly letter produced from Mr.. Sew
ard only brief acknowledgment, and has not
led to any suggestion of arbitration. That be.
ing the case. why don't the armies fight? The
Confederates do not fight because they do not
wish to risk the fate of their army on a single
battle in front of Washington, and have the
utmost confidence in delay-why it is scarcely
possible to show concusively. Their troops
are not TO be trusted in an attack on the line
of earthworks and batteries which cover Wash
ington and extend from Alexandria to the
| Chain Bridge at Little Falls. They are Just
at present on the defensive. and hope to entice
the Federa.ists to attack them. No one knows
what is the real position OF their right on the
Potomac. but l begin TO doubt if they have the
means or the guns to command the river,
| though can scarcely think that any Of their
Generals would willluly abandon the plan Of
doing it.
The mare look at the situation, the more
grow upon me. lie has not sufficient troops,
considering their incxpcricnce, to divide his ar
my just now into two bodies-one to proceed
against the enemy the other adequate to hold
the works around Washington, and to make
them quite safe in case of a reverse or a rcgu
lar assault. 1t is quite certain that the Con
| federates have fallen back upon Manassas, and
are there in very great force. 1t is just close
enough to Washington TO render it impossible
| for Mcclellan TO move an army out on either
| fiaIk without bringing on an action which must
lead him to face the old position Of the Con
fcde-atrs from Bail Isun and Manassas to the
| bills on their left, covering the approaches to
Richmond. Although The Marylanlers may
be discontented, there would be no manifest in
consistency in Beauregurd remaining still and
inviting attack, whereas the programme OF the
North must be carried out by offensive opera
| tiQps by an inTading army. Sooner or later
Mcclellan must begin to move, to feel the
force of the enemy, which may lead to gene
raj action, or may decide him to try the for
tuae Of war by changing his position and Op-
Grating in another quarter.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
The WAR FEVER.

No one can doubt the enthusiasm of the
people at present. From Racine, through
Chicago, at Pittsburg, Harrisburg, in Ohio.
Indiana, Pennsy ylyania, the scene along the road
was the same-men drilling, companies arriv-
ing and departing, regiments moving off in
the trains from the dim-eyed mourners who
filed the stations, Union fsgs flying from staff
and steeple, advertisements on the walls Offering
various inducements in rival corps-boys and
children dressed in uniform, and shouldering
mimic muskets-three fourths of the passengers
in every train wear some sign or token thst for
the time they are soldiers.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

The great object for which the American
people are willing to make hercdlean excrtions.
and to submit TO all necessary sacrifices and
privations in the present contest, is the pre-
scrvarion of thc Union nd the complete re
establishment Of the - ority Of the Federal
Government over our whole country. With
nothing less than this will they bc content /;
and, to accomplish theSe grrAt ends, they are
ready to pour out their hOml and treasure like
water. All difficulties that may now appar
emily exist to elnbarraSs lis must give way be-
fore our mighty resources ami determined ell
ergy. 1t is essential to our present gr.'atnc.s 5.
and our future prosperity and Pa'r. that the
fatal hercsy of secession should h eff'clualy
destroyed. If We fail TO crush it now, we can
meyer expect a stable and vigorous Government.
but anarchy and canfIaiDn will prevail TO a
greater or less extent, in all coming time
Phiia, Pres,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
THE APPEoAcH TO wAsHISTox.

THE APPROACH TO wAsHINToN.
The approach to Washington by rail just
now presents very picturesque but, IL. the patri
OF, mournful sight. All through Maryland
the bridges on the railways are guarded by
little camps. And rs the Eoise Of the train
is heard the men rush out OF the tents to the
line awaiting their shower Of newspapers which
| is let fall by the passengers, and every drop of
which is the object Of friendly scramble. As
| the train draws nearer to the capital these
camps increase in number and in size till the
white canvas frosts every knoll, and CLEANS
| through every woodland and glade now color
ing with the glorious tint Of the autumnal 70,
liage. Monster trains are passed. ass.l- aha sol-
diers inside rend the air with yells and shrill
cheers. Poor fellows, they must be glad of any
excuse for little outbreak in the monosony of
journeys in rough vans over the jumping roads
for hundpedE of miles from distant States
The fields are filled with dark lines OF infantry
at drill; heavy trucks, laden with guns and mu-
nitions Of war, block up the sidings, and look
sulkily out of their secluded shooting places
On the undulating ground from which all traces
of forest and grove are fast vanishing, are Wis.
ible immense packs of horses, commissariat
camps, long lines of white tilted wagons, cities
of mules, and columns of dust seam the sky.
and mark the march or evoIutions of armed
men. Strains of music are heard as the unfin-
ished dOme of the capitol and the spires of the
city rise in view, and long stretching lines Of
tents wind in and out as if encompassing the
place in their arms till they fade away in the
distance. The air pulSates with the fash of
arms in the sunlight, and now and then the
booming Of guns make the heart beat with a
livelier throb, till one remembers that the
Unionists do not mind firing salutes in war
times, though contrary to usual military prac.
tice, and that they are obliged to exercise their
artillerymen, or that the indefatigahe Qahlgren
is at his work in the navy-yard.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22
NO. 81.

PEHNsYLvAxIA CoTTON.-In secluded apot
in the twenty-thrd wIr,l within range of the
whirl Of cotton machinery, is an acre of fcOtton,
large, luxuriant and well mafured for the seI
son. 1t was planted rs an experiment. Were
the SEASONS about thirty days longer, it would
be an entire success. We yesterday examined
the field. and with great tsiuierest The plant
is very beautiful. Its blossoms c!ozey re: enb c
those orthe aIthe. The fret day they arc snow
white. second they arc pale snfrr'no. Upon a
single plant We cOun el forty bOlls or pods in
which the cotton is contained We have often
seen it growing in single pants, 5It an acre Of
cotton in these parts is II rare sight Shpald
it mature the planter will spin il for the use of
his own family, Some Of the in Iivid,al plan 8
In this field are equal in dinen ions to any cv: r
grown in Georgia.-EEehdnge.
The Editor Of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland.
says that he has grown cotton from seed, in the
oPfn air, the present seaser, in his garden. One
oflh" plants is now FIVE feet high, with many
blossoms, and a number Of pods nearly ripa.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-22

Another Letter from 1Rr. Russell.
The London Times contains another letter
frOn its correspondent, Mr.. Russell, dated
Washington, October 4. We give few ex-
tracts
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