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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
SECRETARY CAMBRoN's ORDER TO
49, GEN. FREMONT. n--

The following order, which was
addressed to Gen. Fremont after
the Secretary's return to st. Louis,
by his Adjutant, is probably the
lowest, dirtiest, vulgarest, and
meanest order that ever was traced
by any pulled up second rate Off
cial. 1t is q scandal, an outrage, a
burning disgrace to any reputable
official, let alone the representation
of the U. S. Secretary of war. We
would rather now risk o pair of
Fremont's old boots to carry on a
war, than any man who would Ell
ther write or endorse such an or
der. And if such grumblers are to
conduct the war, better submit at
once. Better capitulate as homo
ably as we may, than have the
terms dictated to US, after our re-
sources have been frittered away
by such internal carping time
servers, and self inflated pimps.-
[Eaton Register. 80 -
&, We call our readers attention
this week to the most remarkable,
as we'll as the most comicaI, ludi-
crous and grotesque phenomenon
of the present age. We hope that
not one of our readers will burst
with laughter, when we inform
them that they may see ON any
day they may chance to be looking
for strange'sights, a little man tod
ding and .hobbling along to and
from the Register Office, in "Fre-
mont's old boots p How he came
t by the boots, is not for US to say,
but he does look so funny. He
may or may not, be compos-mentis
but we have truth for our wit
ness, when we say that he has
turned traitor to members of the
Washington Cabinet and calls
them "inlated pimps." r.
We may now look for a "Great
Indignation Meeting" at the Court
House, in Eaton, to infict some Sc
we're punishment upon the Editor
of the Eaton Register, for his pub
lished traitorous, disloyal and un-
constitutional attack on the Cabi.
net. Such fierce attacks are the
very life and soul of "aid and
comfort to the enemy" The Edi'
tor must have fallen from grace.
and if so. we sincerely hope that he
will be shut out from all Glove
feasts," and left to "puke" in hit
own corruptions.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

VA "The wal will not impover.
ish the country. The means for
carrying it on are furnished at
home. We do the work among
ourselves. We neither hire men
from abroad nor borrow money.
Our men and our money are our
own, and if we pay it out, it is our
own business ; nor does it impov-
erish US as a people because it
amounts to nothing more than a
change of hands. The United
States will be richer at the close of
the warthan at its commencement"
.-[EatOe Register.
The Register again! The Editor
dives deeper into the fountains Of
knowledge, and rises higher and
higher on to the eloudless noun
tains of detachable prospects, and
taking his stand on Mount Sci.
enee, he secs wealth untold in pros
pect for the American people. and
he understands the commercia
science of taking seven dollars from
tea dollars and leaving ffteer
dollars behind; or he is like
the woman who sold bread and
lost three cents upon every LOAF
she.sold, a loss she said, that would
have ruined her, only she sold Q
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

not know that two or three gentle
men from England had to apply.
to- Lord Lyons, a fes weeks bac
to have the internatibnaHlaW used
for their protection, Many 9th
ers have had to doSthe same this
last Summer, and if the disloyal
Editor of the Eaton "puking"
sheet and his mob rousers had not
discovered just in time to save
themselves from something more
than "tit for tat" at the hands of
brave and determined men, we
should have had to take, shelter, if
not mobbed to death, under the
Isafe'-wing of international law.
Does the Editor know that there
are several highly respectable fam
lilies from the United States now in
Canada, who have fed thither to
be protected by International law
But it would be q prostitution Of
reason, and o criminal waste Of
time, to point out the sheer alb.
surdities and malicious ISLANDERS
which go to make up the sum to-
tai of the rubbish published in thu
Register every week, to injure us.
But as the erudite and classical
Registerian scribbler is but thu
small fly on the Elephants trunk,
we will shear him of his wings
and then let him go-toddling in
"Fremont's" big sold boots,"--
proclaiming, as he hobbies along
his own traitorous: d~isloyalty by
calling members of the Admins
: tration "inlated pimps."
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
Constitutions Rights which We Mean
To Exercise And Maintain.

'.Evory citizen may freely speak,
write, and publish his sentiments
on all subjects, being responsible
for the abuse of the right; and no
9nw shall be passed to restrain or
abridgc the liberty OF speech, or OF
the press" - Constitution Of Ohio,
Article l, Section IL.
~COngrcss shall make no law re-
spccting an establishment of re-
ligion, or prohibiting the free ex-
ercise thereof; or a%bridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press"
-Amendments to the Constitution o.
the United States, Article /.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
The Naval Expedition.

I The New York World, which is
more in the confidence of the Sec
rotary of War than anyother New
York paper, says Of the naval ex-
petition: g.. a .i4t.o tr4 .,stl
cit is manifestlyTnot the inten-
ton of Government to attempt the
capture, as yet, of any Of the large
Southern seaports. New Orleans;
Mobile or Savannah could I'M
doubtedly be taken without any
great expenditure ofblood, but the
retention .ofthose cities, or any one
of them, would be q more serious
matter. 4 ~ A Judgment
on an island, or series of islands,
that command important harbors,
with a view to future operations, is
manifestly the object Of the expe-
dition. We should not be surprised
to hear, therefore, that Port Royal
harbor, on the South Carolina
coast, should be one of the points
which it is in contemplation to take,
provided it is found the obstacles
are not too formidable"
Port Royal is about twenty-five
or thirty miles below Charleston
It is about equidistant between
Charleston and Savannah, and is.
we suppose, about as good a place
as could be hit upon for the pur'
pose stated by the World.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
IF n man will listen to n dis

nn. If a man will listen to a dis
cussion Of the question of peace as
it isadyocatea by the meek SeceSh
on our streets advising, as they do,
the mostsabje ct submissio to any
demands that traitors may make,
he will feel if he has any "guts" in
him, as "John Strange felt once in
q Methodist love feast, when q
young man rclated-not his re-
ligious expcrience-but a sad story
Of disappointed love -When this
veraant and sore-headed lover had
finished his tide, the venerable Pre-
siding Elder rosc and said:-'Breth-
rem and Sisters, let as all pake.'"-
Eaton Weekly Register. : .l5tx.g
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
Our Loss at the Battle of Balls Bluff.

The New York World gives a
long account of the recent battle at
Balls Bluff, from which we extract
the following, giving the loss of
our troops. 1t will be seen that
the loss is much greater than at
first expected:
OUR LossEs.-Let us sum up the
statistics of this conflict. The to-
tai number of Federal troops who
crossed the Virginia channel was
about 1858, officers and men. Of
these 653 belonged to the Massa-
chusetts Fifteenth ; $40 to the Mas
sachusetts Twentieth about $50
to the Tammany Regiment, and
$40 to the first battalion of the
First California.
The Massachusetts Fifteenth lost
in killed, wounded and missing,
1922, including a Lieutenant Col
onel (wounded) and IA out % line
officers who crossed.
The Massachusetts, Twentieth
lost in all $50, including q Colonel,
Major, Surgeon and Adjutant
(prisoners,) and s out of II line Of
fcers who crossed.
The Tammany companies lost
1853, including a Colonel, and 7 out
of IL line officers who crossed.
The Californians lost 800, in
cluding their Colonel the General
commanding,) Lieutenant Colonel
(wounded,) Adjutant, and Is line
officers out of II who crossed.
Total engaged in the fight 1858;
total losses 953 field officers cross
ing II returning uninjured 3; line
officers crossing "a; returning un-
injured 80. .s'
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

"And as to silly threats of inter-
ference of the Mother Country in
their behalf, no sensible immigrant
ever thought of such a thing ; and
no man would so think. Anu we
venture to suppose that It was re-
served to the sapient editor Of the
Press to be the first foreigner, who
has in the history of this country,
sought to protect himself by threat
ening foreign interference!-Eaton
Register.
In the second place, we can in
form our neighbor that however
pure his intentions may be, he is
not considered loyal citizen. 1t
is confidently believed that if he
had CHANGED to pitch his tent in
South Carolina instead of Ohio, he
would to.day be much better suited
in fact would be in his element ii
every respect Eaton Register.
The Editor of the Registr"puk
ing sheet lectures us on our being
only an alien, and the first mai
that has ever been childish enough
to talk of the protection Of interna
tional law. He also doubts oul
loyalty, and asserts hat we shonlc
be more in our element in "Soutl
Carolina" than Ohio. His igno
rance keeps pace with his impu
dence, and consequently he doe
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
!. Cincinnati Market.
CINcINSATI, Nov. s

CINCINNATI, Nov. s.
EGGS The demand is active at 9l@
l0c.
FEATHERS-The demand, at 39c per ID.
FRUIT-Recipts Of Apples SIG brls;
exports 1921 do. The demand for prime
to choice is fair and the market firm at 81 so
IS per brl; inferior dull. A very choice
lot could be sold at a shade above. our quo
%tations. Currants at l0@l2c; Lemons ct
FS9@9 50; Figs at lO@l1c
FLoUR-The City Mills manufacture per
week about 1900 brls, which added to the
imports makes about $1,000 brls thrown up
on the market during the week, which in or
binary times would not have been equal to
the demand; but now buyers operate very
cautiously, and as the market is unsettled at
New. York, ours Immediately sympathizes-
Most Of the, week, particularly since the
middle, the market has been duh, and none
other than the very best brapds could have
been sold above 81 10 for superine; the
choicest brands of that grade, ina few eases,
sold at 81 2O@4 '25, and extra at 81 IS,
which is theentirc range today. The high.
err grades r in demard only for family
use, and quotations consequently have a
wide range. Sales Of choice White Wheat,
family, 81 1906. 'DG r' #2%af
GRAIN-The receipts Of, strictly prime
White and Red Wheat have beeu light, and
the demand for which have been goodat IS
+@s6c for White. To-day the market was
quiet at sO9s5c for Red, and $4,000 for
White. ~" Htt@f0 ''f .t'
Corn quiet for mixed at 2sc, and active
for White at 32c for ear, in bulk.
Oats in good demand a 26c.,
Rye is firm at 42@43c.
Barley is in good request ct SOC for prime
Fab, but holders contend for higher prices.
A sale Of choice at 300. Spring sells at AZ
E@4sc, according TO quality. gg sts1,i
W. asoto IL 81, 20 n,;mo =. a,@Io.
W. ,o1o,oao g. NJ 49,
vAV'S TaIoI. ,shsa -
- .'T~T Is
nv or
o. mu-M-S~"s:-~S"m
uonU DsVs NO
ho09-0tP A,'oA nsDu Exports
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
The REASONS.

If we be permitted 70 speak for
the County officers as regards Civ
ing a share of the printing to the
"PreSS," we would say in the first
place, that its circulation does not
warrant it, it being the desire as
well as the duty of all public Off
GERS to give their publications as
wide a circulation as possible
Eaton Register. ....c.n
. So then, the Register admits, or
rather asserts, that the yearly pub
lication of the Receipts and Dis
bursements in the shape of county
Taxes, should have the widest
"poSSible circulation" Thank
thee, jew" for a single sentence Of
honest and sober truth-a rare SER
vice done by our interested Regis
terrain. We promise to abide by
the proposition as stated above,
and therefore assert, that the only
way in which the widest "possible
circulation" can be given to our
county financial proceedings, is to
have them publlshedin both papers.
W. have reason to believe that
the Democratic Press is more ex-
tensively read in the county, out
of Eaton, than the Register. We
are certain it is read by more of the
largest farmers. We were asked
only two weeks back, at Lewis
burg, when the Taxes were to be
paid in. We replied-"We do not
know, but you will learn the fact
from the Register" Our friends
said-"We do not read that paper
why should we not receive the
necessary information through the
medium of our own Democratic
Press :" In other places we were
asked the same questions relative
to the time of paying the taxes
and, therefore, the conclusions thus
forced upon us are, Firstly-that
our "public officers" do not "give
their publications as wide a circu-
lation as possible. Secondly-that
a large number of highly respect
able tax-paying Democrats are
liable to be put to inconvenience.
by the plan of combining county
notices to one paper, and that O
paper they neither approve of, mol
read. Thirdly-that our public of.
%icers, while acting legally, are moi
acting in such a liberal spirit as tc
warrant us, or our Democratic
friends, to speak Of their proceed
ings otherwise than as unfair, po'
litically ~sectaran, and partial.
Our position is invulnerable, and
neither the little man upon Mair
Street, Eaton, dressed in Genera.
Fremont's cold boots" "nor any
other man." can ever make a sue
cessful breach in our argument
Let 1t be tried.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
TELEGRAMS
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.

New YORK, Nov. 3.
The Northern Light arrived to.
day, bringing $4,000 in treas
ure. -
The steamer City of New York
arrived from Liverpool on the 23d,
and Queenstown on the oath.
Cotton excited and advanced I'd,
on all qualities: Middling Or
leans II. Breadstuffs easier
Provisions quiet and steady.
The Times, in an editorial, says
efforts are being made by a class Of
manufacturers, toinduce the Gov
eminent to interfere in American
affairs, and says England will rath-
er undergo much suffering than
break the plain rules of interna-
tional law. England has recog-
nized the blockade and must abide
by it. To break it would disgrace
and stain her reputation. She will
not commit such an act even to
save her greatest manufactures.
The Times, however, says the
blockade is not everywhere cffectu-
al, aud reminds the Washington
Governmentthat only q rea, block
ade calls for recognition.
The article concludes by saying
lit would i'll become England to be-
come the tool Of Southern machi-
nations, which, by Withholding
! cotton, count on compelling for
eign nations to take sides with
them. ,-.; IL s~
The Bombay Gazette says that
by another year England need not
look further than India for sup
plies of cotton. 'i
Russell in his last letter asserts
that England and the United States
were all but at war three months
since.
The Times points to the indie,
pendent character OF the operations
of Missouri aud Kentucky to show
the impracticable nature Of the
war.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.
1t is rumored here that Genera,
Halleck or General Harvey vii
take Fremont's place in the com
mand of the Western Department
Several clerks in the Treasury arc
engaged in a search for historica
precedents on the question of th'
Fight Of the Government to re-op
en- particular ports during the pc
Rod of q blockade of the Southerr
coast. ia,
This circumstance is regarded
, here as an Indication of the proba
:IbFe Intention Of thefG Government il
reference to the South. '''4
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

full IN the face, he will take coun-
sci Of the old mcn,Sthe moderates
of his BdrtSsadd advise peace me-
igbtiatiOn, concession; but If like
The foolish sou of the wise king ne
reject these wholesome COUNSEL,
and hearken ONLY tothe madmeB
who threaten chastisement with
scorpions, let himssee to it, lest it
be recorded at last that none re-
manned to serve him save the house
OF Judah only At least, if he
will forget the secession Of this
Ten Tribes, will he not remember
and learn a lesson of wisdom from
the secession of the Thirteen Colo
niesIn Frly
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
Terrible Scene at Edwards Ferry
%. F0undering of the Launch. tHi

In giving an account OF the late
terrible disaster at Edwards Ferry,
the Columbus Journal thus speaks
of the sinking of the launch!
The only scow that could be
found for transporting either the
advance or the fugitives, sank be-
meath its burden Of the wounded,
and 'foundered with its precious
freight. What pen can depict the
horror of that scene of dismay!-
Fancy its aggregate of woe from
the description given by q witness
of this awful drama: lo.iia
"a most painful scene transpired
at the sinking of the launch, in
which were some sixty wounded
men, and twenty or thirty mem
bers OF the California First. The
launch had been safely taken half
way across the river, when, to their
utter CONSERVATION, it was discov-
cred that it was leaking, and the
water gradually, but surely, gain
ing upon them. The wounded
were lying at the bottom Of the
launch-some shot in the head,
others mangled by the tramp Of
cavalry, and others suffering intol-
erably from their various disloca-
tions, wounds and injuries, and all
soaking in water, which at the very
start was fully four inches deep
AS the water grew deeper and rose
above the PROSTATE forms of the
wounded, their comrades lifted
til lem into sitting pastures that they
might not be strangled by the fast
rising stream. But it is said that
the groans and cries, screams and
meanings Of the poor fellows who
were thus tortured were most dis
tressing and indiscribable. Des-
pite all that could be done the fate
of the launch, and all that were in
Is. with the exception of few expert
swimmers, was sealed; suddenly
and like q flash Of lightning the
rotten craft sank, carrying with it
at least fifty dying, mangled, gfoan-
ing sufferers, and some twenty or
thirty others who had trusted their
lives to its treacherous hold. The
imagination revolts at the dread
full vision which rises before it; 'as
were seen the vain attempts Of the
drowning to keep their aching
heads above the level Of the water;
as the long lines of bleeding, cry
ing men became o confused mass
of CORY bodies, struggling the
stronger with the weaker, for some
place where for u little while YET
they might be secure from the
dreadful but impending fate; as the
well, forgetting their brothers in
their anxiety for self preservation,
rushed frantically from end to emo
Of the launch, fearing to attempt
the swimming Of the river, while
they added pain and misery by
their thoughtless trampings, tc
their less fortunate companions,
who lay beneath their feet, and, Il.
nally, as the launch, unable longer
to maintain its place above the sur
face, sank-while the farewell cry
the feeble groan, terror filed praye
and the grateful expression of re
lief from pain, mingling, rose il
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
APPOINTING "A Day OF THINKS.
GIVING AND PRAYER.

APPOINTING A DAY OF THINKS
GIVING AND PRAYER.
Stat of Ohio, Executive Department, | n
jia C~oLUMBUs, November /, 1861.
Pursuant to the request of the
General Assembly of this State,
and in accordance with my own
sense of gratitude to Almighty
God for the bountiful mercies
which He has bestowed on the
people of Ohio, l do hereby desig-
nate and set apart Thursday, the
E28th day of November, instant, as
q day of thanksgiving and praise
to Him, for the inestimable priv.
ileges OF our civil and religious in.
stitutions, for protecting our homes
from the ravages of war, and fol
the manifold blessings, individual
and social, which surround and
support us; and I respectfully urge
upon all the people that they re
train from their usual employment
on that day, and in their places O
public worship, and in their homes
with grateful Acknowledgements Of
fer fervent prayers to our Heaven
ly Father that He may continue tt
remember US in his mercy /; remov
the calamities of civil strife which
aflict the nation ; restore concord
between the States confirming
and perpetuating our political I'm
Mon, and securing to us and tt
our posterity the privileges ant
advantages which distinguish F.;
Christian people.
In testimony whereof I hav'
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal Of the State of Ohio
to be affixed, this the first day o
November, in the year Of our Lore
1861, of the Independence of thu
United States the Seth, and of the
organization of Ohio the 59th.
BY the Governor: WILLIAM DENNISON.
ADDISON P. RUSSELL, Secretary Of State.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

p0r The Editor Of this paper does
not hold himself responsible for the
opinions oppressed BY his correspond
ents. The ,oriter, and not the Editor
is responsible. u ,it r...., -....
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.

The Great Naval and Military
Expedition was spoke on Wednes-
day pmoraing in latitude IS, 80,
longitude rs, byschooner Houston.
Weather fne.g age tAH oa' ~Ni 9
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

one wild cutlery, which terrified
the hundreds who were swimming
for tleh lives; aHd6lied with kor
roy and alsmay tue hearts OF tiee,
survivors who st0od upon the.
friends and not distant shore.
Kentucky Volunteers in Need
The Louisville Journal, of Satur-
day, says:
Tortha hundreds of
sons who are making such earnest
and praise%orthy efforts to minis
ter to the wants of the soldiers
posted upon the Nashville Rail-
road to guard our city and our
State from conquest and .deVasta-
ton, we would SAY that the great
lest want@o of the soldiers, especial
ly the Kentucky soldiers, at the
camp is blankets, substantial, warm
blankets. They Of course need
other things, but they need blank
cts most Of all. There ase two
thousand Kentucky soldiers, who
have to make their beds upon the
ground, and some Of them sit up
all night to keep themselves from
suffering with cold. 'i'24' I'i8'7z
Better blankets and more OF
them would greatly lessen the num-
Der of the presentsick and prevent
hundreds from getting sick hereaf-
ter. 1t is painful, deeply painful,
to think that so many gallant and
devoted men should have to pass
their nights under the open sky in
this cold weather now rapidly be.
coming colder without blankets OF
with insufficient ones. "7
BATTLE OF EDWARDS FERRY.-Our
readers will see from our paper o.
this week, that something in the
shape Of hard fighting has recent
lily taken place at Balls Bluff, neal
Edwards Ferry. The Eaton Reg
lister, and the rest of the abolition
sheets have no doubt become more
than ever satisfied that war is {
natural, holy and glorious game
Broken arms, limbs, and heads
pools of blood, and the groans o:
!, the wounded, the drowning ant
dying, are pleasant things to b.
seen and heard by the advocates o
unconditional war. We differ from
} these gentlemen. The Editor o.
the Register said at a store in thi'
town not eighteen months back
that he wished that the Soutl
would go out of the Union, ant
that if it would go out he would
as a proof of the joy such o seces
sion would bring into his soul
, throw his hat up in the air. Thii
can be proved. But now he ha
fallen from grace, and reminds u
of that old gentleman of whom i
is said: 5yt
"The Devil was Sick s' ds'
) And the Devil a saint would be;
; But when the Devil got well
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

HrJob printing executed at this
Office With heRtness aHdvdispatch.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-07

And the Devil a saint would be;
But when the Devil got well
The Devil o saint was he"