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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13
The North and South Compared.

The white population of the
South in 1915, at the commence
ment of the Revolutionary War,
was about $4,000; of the North,
100, 900. At the expiration OF
eighty-fivo years, the Southern
white population has increased to
$500, 900, and the population of the
North has increased from 1,700,O 600
to $4,000, 900. Each section, there
fore, has multiplied its population
by ten, the North little exceeding
that ratio. The Free North has
now two persons to one in the
South, and it nearly had that pre-
ponderance in the Revolutionary
struggle, eighty-fve years ago. Il
is surprising that the relative posi-
tons should have run along SO
evenly. ,gl r. -,,i4g, Z
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13
A Public Notice!!

..F.H.HHI .N. Hnt
Those of ourreaders who did not
pay for their paper in advance, as
they ought to- have done, are re-
.spectfully informed, that payment
is requested forthwith. We are
old enough andexperiencod enough
to know, that we publish a paper
with which our friends have reason
tobethoroughly satisfied, and which
is worth double the trife they pay
for it. We spare neither pains,
nor brains, neither time, nor mon
ey, to render the Democratic Press
worthy of The great Democracy Of
America, but though we know a
thing or two, we do not know how
to live without food, work without
pay, or continue to be honest and
pay our printers and find paper
and ink every week, on any other
conditions than that aour readers
and advertisers pay US in advance
for the paper, and for all small ad-
vertisements, to enable us to pay
others punctuaIly, and once a quar-
ter for all yearly and half yearly
advertisements. We beg to inform
all whom 1t may concern, that we
hereby authorize all postmasters,
wherever our paper comes, to re-
ceive advertisements, subscriptions
and subscribers for US, and to give
receipts for the same, and we shall
take care that they are ~honorably
and honestly paid for their trouble.
1t may not be known to the half of
our readers, that we are now sup
plying several hundreds Of persons,
including some heavy advertisers
with our paper at our own sole ex-
pcnse, they having paid before we
purchased the Press. We cannot
afford any longer to lose at the
rate ofeight dollars a week, which
sum we have lost duringthe month
we have conducted the paper.
Parties who subscribed for the
Press for half a year only, are re-
spectfully informed, that if they
t wish to continue the paper, they
/ must inform US relative to their
!, intention, otherwise the paper will
{ not be forwarded What we most
earnestly desire is, that our friends
. should understand us, and afford
us the means of understanding
them. A mutual and proper un-
Outstanding lisa safe guide for Ed
itors, publishers, advertisers, and
general readers
Do us the kindness to read our
advertising scale, and list Of char
a ges for the Press, as published in
our paper Of the 9th Of June, 1851
n ap W. 8 J. II, FEReusoN.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13

to paythem.
We are not Of yesterday, and
therefore, we profess to understand,
what we owe to our readers at.
large, and to the promoters and.
conservators of equal liberty. We
say then, and we say it adyisediyi
that the Constitution of the United
States, leaves each State in the
Union to take care of its own4aea4
institutions, and to judge for itself
as to what these institutions should,
or should not, be. The idea Of one
uniform set ofloeal laws, andinsti-
buttons, for all the States, North
and South, never entered the heads
of the founders of the American
government. Diversity and variety
each State having its own legis-
lature, and constituted o sovereign
within it's own bounds, were the
legitimate and very natural prin.
ciples, on which the great Demo
cratic Union Of States was formed.
How could it be formed otherwise?
seeing that America was to become
the home Of the people of many
nations, each race bringing with it
its own notions of what would suit
it best in the form of local laws
and institutions. The vastness Of
the continent of America, and its
various climates, hills and plains
rivers, forests, and lakes were
wisely regarded by the founders o
the Union, as reasons why eacl
State then entering the Union, o.
which might after their day ente
it, should be left at liberty to mine
its own business.
The American Congress, ant
general Government, have onl.
limited powers, which are specified
and extend only to what is national
and not local-federaE, and no
state. 1t is now more than eve
the imperative duty of the Ameri
can people, to let their representa-
tives understand that it is to thei
constituents that they are respon
sible. Never in the history of tn
Union of the States, have tn
Democratic defenders Of the Con
stitution, of which the Stars an
Stripes are the emblem, been Gale,
upon by the signs of the times, tt
stand forth before tie nations q
the earth, in the greatness Of thei
moral strength, to guard the citad(
of freedom, and to preserveinyioiat
:, privileges which can never be in
> proved, but may easily and quickI
, be so altered, as to swallow up rel
Democratic Republican institution
, in the vortex of Monarchical de.
potism. This was quickly done
few years back, in France, by il
! present incomprehensible rule
. We do not say that,it will be don
: IN America,-wo hope it will no
but men of strong nerve can dan
much in the hour of o nation
, confusion, enveloped in the smoE
: of battle, and deafened by I'll
lannon's roar. ..l .,' e.
Look out-and look ahead.
is orr duty to warn and instruc
1t is your duty to hear, to weig
=, all we say in the balances Of prob
> bility, and to act for yourselves.
As it is now certain that battl
!, must be fought, and much blo'
shed, to bring order out of Il
present confusion, we can only Wi
that the struggle may be of she
. duration, and that the result m.
= be, the harmony, prosperity, al
= growing greatness of America.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13
Democrats Of America-Whither
Nd are we Drifting2

la gy are we DTIItIHyT
. To all sound hearted and faith
full Democrats and Republicans,
Throughout the United States, we
say,-Awake! awake! put on your
sstrepgth-open your eyes-nerve
for the confict,-let your voice be
heard in resolute. and unbending
determination-to save your consti-
Triton, institutions, universal shf-
frage, and the ballot-box, as they
now are, from being turned upside
down, and our country from being
turned into a valley Of dry bones,
In our leader Of last week, we
limited that we had seen breakers
ta-head; andwe warned our Demo-
cratic readers, and other friends, to
keep a sharp lookout.
q There never has been any great
war in modern times, in any part
of Gods earth, that ended in the
accomplishment Of the object or
end for which it.s'yas commenced,
and nothing more-nothing else
nothing less,-neter! Wars create
-. ~
their own concomitants, and the
Executive Power is apt to assume
adegree of authority on extraordi-
nary occasions, which it would not
dare to arrogate to itself in times
of ordinary peace. When the law
is set at defiance, by any Executive
power, and when the Habeas Corpus
writ is set aside for the moment, by
might overcoming right, there is
an end to our safety as free men
and it becomes a possibility, if not
a high probability, that those who
thoughtthemselve entitledt to legal
protection, may lime be taken
on suspicionSimprisoned, and put
to death without a trial by judge
and jury a..s
There never was so critical a
moment in the history of the great
American Democratic Republic, as
the present. Let the Southern
States be fully and for ever con-
quered, but will their complete
subjugation by the armies of tn
North, restore the Union in rea.
harmony, and permanent peace
Ireland was conquered, subdued by
England and Scotland, and she still
forms a branch ofthe United King
dom, but she never was, in thu
eeict sense of the words, a willing
and consenting party to the uniol
which vas forced upon her; and
consequently, she s~ighs-cries-
groans--for liberty, and the Epglisl
government has to keep an army il
relandconstantly, to keep all quiet
yes, and the expense of doing so
is a great burden upon the country
What is true relative to Ireland
may very soon become a real an(
felt5ruth in America. That is t.
say an army may have to be KEEP
up at a large expenSeto the nation
to keep The South quiet. But "a
largo standing but word
which represent a large standing
rational expenditure, which mus
be raised regularly in the form G
atax, to be paid by all And c
oil the hurtfal weeds, which are s
productive in many lands, there
not one weed which grows faster
or rahker, than the weed Gale
taxation The Egyptian Locust
wsroA5t more .~deyouring in the
moving operations, than wartax'
ere bipfa theirv moneyFextractin
s50wets, when once the collector
legally Set to work, We do nj
Intend By these remarks to say tn
characterization to law and orde
and rebellion wheEeit really exist
should not bs- c,uehed in AHerie
ns well az in other countries, al
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13
The Han who shot Col Ellsworth.

The Tribune says of the man who
shot Col. Ellsworth:
Jackson was begged on Thurs
day night to make no resistance,
but he swore he would die -in4 de
fence of his flag. He was a very
impulsive man. It is known that
a few weeks ago he protected the
Union men against n Secession
mob, with the same double barrel
He'd gun with which he shot Col.
Ellsworth, swearing that the free
dom of speech must be maintain
ed" ,.ff...L
The same paper paper also states that
the Coroher's jury which held an
inquest on Jackson's body, render.
ed a verdict that he gcame ito his
death by wounds Inflicted by Uni.
ted States troops, ~ his own house
while in defence Of his privateFrop
efty." -TNgN Day Book. aczs<
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13
LATEST NEWS.

It is a sad and painful fact, that
two of our regiments fred upon
each other by mistake, in the dark,
and as will be seen fromaonr latest
war kilograms, the fire of one of
them was very successful in doing
the work of death. The first real
engagement with the enemy, has,
we regret to say, been disastrous,
and we are compelled to record a
~ las Sa.s 1fP
defeat. aq1a sia - w8il
(. -s1 - BALTIMORE, June II.
General Butler having learned
that the rebels were terrifying a
camp with strong batteries at Great
Bethel, mne miles from Hampton,
on the Yorktown Road, he deemed
lit necessary to dislodge them.
PAhodt midhiglit9 ColphefD Duryea's
Ezotayes, and G6oftel p6wnsend's
ALBANY Regiment CROSSED ticriVel
Eat Hamptun,.sb by means Of six large
Fbsttea62 maifheti by the Naval
Brigade, and took uptHe line oil
march, thetfor1her some two miles
a41E 2 CT
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13
The Army Contract Frauds.

Tie Grand Jury has been daily
engaged since the frstday in exam
ininga witnesses concerning frauds
in contracts, and we learn that a
bill Of indictment has been drawn
against Messrs. Prevented g. Bro,
but not acted upon. The matter
will probably be decided to-day.
One or two Of the Commonwealth
witnesses have left the city, and, it
is said they have been, spirited
away, with what truth we are un.
ableto state Pittsburg2o Post, 9th,
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-13

I. b The army worm IS making
sad havoc With the high hopes Of
tile people: whole meadows have
been left without aSpiFe of grass
even theIoots destroyed. ThSgtdc
not, attack wheat that is large, bit
turf. aside for, more. ,slceuleDt. for
age, There is hope, that the heavy
Edrenchiug rains. of the last five
days has destroyed thS@57aF lsE
NeEen I'D ne tssfdssgd 81 -ToF
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SECOND HAND PIANOS
Aien bargains awa, in store: prices nom ESQ sIO
SIC.
Testimonials Of the Horace Waters
Pianos and Melodeons.

The Piano CSHe tSAas3 and IN sTst rate order. Il
beautifa instriment.-LEE 4 wALEER, PHILADELPHIA
John Hewitt, Of CsrthaEe, New YOIk. who has had
one Of the Horaee Watty Pianos, writes lOloWESA
friend Of mine wishes me to purchase plane br her.
She likes the one you sold tie III Dreemhes Isss. Ny
piano is becoming popular in this placs, and think
lar than any other mAke."
We have two Of water PiauoS IN use IN our seminary
one OF which has been severely tested for three yeaF-
and we can testify To- their gOO1 quality and Durability
WOOD GBIeOkY, Mount Carroll, III.
u. wATERs. Esq-Dear Sir. Having used SdE Or ycuF
panoE Ttes r two years past have fsaad Il very ~
PerioI instnmeht -ALoEzo GRAY, Principal BrO6klyn
Heights Seminary.
Rev. Mr.. Haynes write. as fslIOws,-P~st54 HsllOv,
N. Y. July 2Slh, 1858. Nh. WATKRs- Dear Sir: re-
ceVed the helodeon. safe and In good order; am vel
pleased with the external appearance and the iVnS aso
hope shall have occasion 70 order one OFs45 hoFS
the present season.
TiOga. N. Y. July 18th. 1855 HoaAcl wASrns, Esfg
Sir; The helOdeOD you rent me was duly received Il
good order ] am now fully prepared 10 ~ that tho
instrument highly satisfactory. and beg you IilaseepS
my thanks for the very liberal terms which you ~,
nShed H. and for the very honf rable manner ID which
you have fulfilled, and more than luhlled, ell that yOa
promised. Very respectfully yours, &C., J. SMITH.
The Piano received from you continues 70 give saiiS-
Place.-JAMEs L. CLAEKE, Charleston, Va.
The MelOdeon has Sey arrived. feel obliged toyog
for your liberal discount will do eli can for you N tko1o
parts-ReV. J. N. MCCORNICK, YaIQuesVille, 8. O.
Ino ftAno was ouy received IL came u excelolS
condition. and Ia very much admirtd by my numerous
family Accept my thanks for your pTOmptiea. -Ros-
bat CoOPIR, WGrsnham, Bradford 90, "a.
Your Piano pleases Us well. Il is the best one n our
county-THoNAs A. LATHAM, Compilation, 0a.
We are very much obliged 10 you for having siit suuk
fne instrument for $3.50, and we Ghn lakO paina 70
recommend it-BRANE, HELD 4 Co., Buffalo DemOcIaL
The Horace Waters Pianos are known a smobR he
very best are enabled 70 speak Of these INSTRUMENTS
win confidence from personal Of their exeo
lent tone and durable quality.-NeW YOrk Evangelist.
We can speak Of the merits Of the Hunce WsteFl
Pianos from personal knOWltdee o. being Of The very
test quality-Christian lntelligenesT.
Nothing Of the State Fair displayed greater excetdS
In any department than the Horace Waters flaDogs>
ChuTcbman.
Waters Pianos and MelOde0ns challenge comparison
With the finest made anywhere In the c0HulEy.-HOnS
Journal.
Horace Waters Pianoi ries are Of fil Fch, sd eseB
tone, and pOweriul.-New York Auaical Review.
Our friends will ind At Mr. waien' store the very hsSt
assortment Of Music and Of Piano. 70 b found n ths
United States, and we urge our southern end ve,lem
YOTk.-Grabam's Magazine.
waFsTOoms No. sss Broadwsy. New Yorh.
, 1861-07-11

hardships. See that their stables are thor.
oughly cleaned; exposed to the influence Of
light when the sun shines; are well ventila-
ted at night; that horses and working cat.
tie have plenty Of good clean bedding, and
plenty Of material to absorb the euianations
from their droppings. To Ak the ammonia.
use plaster Of Paris or charcoal. Feed with
regularity. Use horses carefully till they
become accustomed to work, and never fire..
or worry them. See that their harnesses
are strong and do not chafe, and that the
plow they draw has sharp point and easy
draft. In blowing with oxen, see that the
chain does not gall their legs, that the bows
fit properly about the neck, and that the yoke
is not too short, so as to make them haul.
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When sent by mail [post padl 10 California Oregon
and Washington, the price will he 81. To Every other
part nj the Union, and Ia Canada, [pOst paidl R6
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always be addressed, post paid. to the publishers,
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No. 81 Gold street, New York.
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STEILACOOM INV,
NNl LIVERY STABLE. 8

THE ID, HAVING ESTAB-
il hahed himself In the aboVe business In thls plare UI
devote h attention exclusively 70 euDdueng In proper
and saillfAeeaFy manner.
GoOa ssads o.s u bS ssps IN readiness ~ ne aon
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Al.a. s.s gtns HCGeT, @. PArIss sishAs 10 su,py
pleaslnt Flde throurA Ne ooautry.
SfAbliNG fsrBbssd - Doieiase ralss.
iII CnAHLgP STEWART,
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THE FARMERS GUIDE
TO
To Scientific and Prpciiral Agriculture.

By Henry sTEPHESs, y r. r., Of Edinburgh, and the
late j. 7. Norton. Professor Of Scientific Agriculture
In Yale College, New Haven. 2 vols. Royal octave
1900 pages, and numerous EngRVinGs
This s cOniessedly the most complete work on Agri-
culture published, and IN order 10 give IL wider
circulation, the publishers have resolved TO reduce the
mira In
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WHEELER & WILSON'S
FIRST PREMlUli
FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES
REDUCED PRICES!
TTNHE HIGHEST PREMIUMS WERE AWARDED
i these machines in 1858, at the following
Fairs and Tnstitutes:-
Missouri, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Michigan,
Mississippi, Indiana,
New York, Chicago,
New Jersey, st. Louis,
Maryland, Baltimore,
Virginia, Richmond,
Pennsylvania, California,
Kentucky, Mechanics Institute,
San Francisco.
These machines having taken the frSt premiums ut
all the State Fairs held last Fall throughout the Union,
In every instance where they have cOnended, all
other Sc wing Machines. must be received as
Conclusive EVideneeOf their Dln0liiied NnnePOFity
Conclusive Evidenced their Unqualified Superiority

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS theu uJnquuiIlCuCupVIlUIll!'
Among the undoubte1 advantages Of these machines
aTe-lst. Elegance and simplicity of construction and
consequent fnedOm from deFangement and need Of re-
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the width OF hens. The hemmer is an appendage by
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turned down and handsomely stitched. Thousands Of
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makers a0Fs manufacturers Of skirts coaks mantlas
clothing, hats, caps, cOrsets ladies' gate umbrellas
parasols, silk and linen goods, with complete success
sometimes from one to two hundred used in single
manufa tory"
Read what the Scientific American saws -" We are
having great many inquiries for Sewing Machines rOTn
various parts OF the country, and cannot convent
emily reply to them all by mail, we have thought Il
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public manner. We have USED wilson's patent. manI-
facturrd hy the Wheeler Wilson Manufacturing COr1-
pany, No sos Broadway and We can say, 10 regard 10
out Of order, and in point Of effectiveness and finish,
no other machine stands ahead OF Il. We state this
much In regard to the excellent machine upon own
responsibility.
An ample supply Of these first premium machines will
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Hayden, Agent In San Fr ,nciscO.
CHARLES PROSCH,
Puget Sound HerdH O6fce,
Agent in Stcilacoon.
, 1861-07-11
Bad Legs Dad Breasts, ScrufulOus Sores and


In mch cases the Ointment operates surely and with
rapidy that resembles magic. Il should be rubbed into
the parts affected amer they have been formented with
l1kewarm water. The purifying and curative powers Of
OF bad breasts milk levers, s action Is wonderful,
Gandular sweings may soon bo reduced BY following
the printed directions.
, 1861-07-11
Dipthsria. Ulcerated SOre Thruat and QuInsey.

The above complaints have for tWeEty yean been
treated with HOoways Ointment and Pills with perfect
succeE. The cures have been 70 remarkable, speedy,
and numerous, that these Oen fatal diseases are more
easily cured BY these medicines, than the common
sore throat, u taken In time.
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OH CoRx FOR PoRK MAKIxo.-The prac
tice Of late fatting and feeding on soft corn
is . ruinous one. Every farmer should
manage 90 IS to keep years stock of corn
on hand, 90 as TO make al his pork from
old corn. It is worth from fifteen to twen-
ty'ive per cent: more than corn just har
vested. Hogs should not be kept half:
starved through the latter part Of summer
waiting for the new crop, as is frequently
the case.
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The Kidneys. Stone and GraEtl.

In these complaints, the Ointment also acts like Q
cha NJ providing t Is very eectuay rubbed over the
regions Of the kidneys which viii penetrate and give
almost immediate relief while the Pills should be taken
according 10 the printed directions, when the most ex.
tFaordinary cures may be affected BY this means.
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astfaI Qualifications.
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AND
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