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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
rHrBLEssEDNEss OF TEARS.

Sickne IS has come, and the time for watch
ing, and weariness, and prayer The child
Who had lived long enough to be the music
and light of your dwelling, twining itself
around your living self, and associated with
every hope and happiness Of your lite, is now
in fearful peril. It's hot and hectic check lies
against your own, as You pace the room in the
dead Of night, bearing it to and fro in its
Suffering and patience. in those hours of sus-
pense and pain, the seed is dropping fast for
. future harvesting-if your child should live
IN love, and tenderness and sympathy should
ii die, bosom full Of memories and great
thoughts, too great for words, clustering
about this one belief, that should you act
Alright, you will meet in heaven bright spirit
who will call you father.
see in your dwelling a little collin. and
within il u form exquisitely moulded, the
ringlets parted on its white and rounded lore
head. An unopened bud lies on Its BOSOM
2 and were it not for that marble coldness, you
might take it for sleeping ange.e And there
you stand, the tears raining down your checks
ns the raindrops drip from the boughs after
q shower Tell us now, does the thought ever
Occur to you, to wish that the child had never
been given to you? Would you purchase eX-
enipiion from all this grief, at the price OF
sIofgetfuIness 4? Would you, if you could
overstep all this anguish, and be again as you
were before that child had existence? Never
That brief scene of expressed sorrow is more
uGailhfui in all things which belong to a soul
harvest, than scores Of years passed in a cold
and polished prosperity and from the small
grave you will reap many sheaf Of blended
memories and hopes, and gentle affections eV-
cry year, till you are yourself laid by its side
@"-t The good are better made by i'll,
As o,.ors crushed swcctcr still
1t is said that one Of the most distinguished
Senators of our country, who was bereaved
of little child, months afterwards when his
ave r, sicd on a small wurstcd shoe-recailing
ms few things can more vividly, the bright
thing which had fed-put it into his bosom,
where, as was known, he carried it along next
to his manly heart. The heart had calmer
pulse, gontle sympathy, richer sensibility,
a trucr greatness, be cause Of contact with that
small memorial of domestic sorrow-Rer.
". Hams.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
Treason in the q. s. Senate.

On the 9th of November, 1907, resolu-
tien was introduced into the Senate raising a
Committee to inquire whether John Smith
then Senator from Ohoio, ought not to be
"expelled because of the part charged that he
had taken in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr
against the peace and prosperity of the Unit
ed States" John Quincy Adams was Chair
man of the Committee, and finally presented
report, concluding with the following reso-
luton
ResoIced, "That John Smith, a Senator
from the State of Ohio, by his participation
in the conspiracy Of Aaron Burr against the
Peace, Union, and Liberties of the people of
the United States has been guilty of condnct
Incompatible with his duty and station as a
Senator of the United States And, that he
therefor, and hereby is expelled from the Sen
ate of the United States"
Mr.. Smith was defended before the Senate
by Francis 5. Key and Goodloe Harper, two
of the a5lcst lawyer. of that time After an
examination of all the circumstances tending
to sustain the charge it was ascertained that
Mr.. Smith had given Mr.. Burr hospitnble
reception undvr his roof for four or five days
and that he alterward saw him agaiu at Gin
cinnati and in kentucky. 1t was not shown
that he ever knew of Burr's designs, Or had
in any way given them countenance; and
yet the above resolution received nineteen
votes of the twenty-nine given in the Senate
As the number of votes required by the Con
stitution were not given, the resolution did
not pass. Mr.. Smith, however, resigned, and
retired from public life, II disgraced man.
That wus the way members Of the Senate
upon whom the suspicion of treason rested
were treated in the pure days of the Repub
lie Now, in this degenerate age, Senators
and meet in midnight cahal to form conspira
cies 'against the Peace, Union, and Libertie'
of the United States" and yet there are nj
resolutions ofexpulsion IN. T. Tribune
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
Fort Sumpters

This fort is built upon an artificial island
mt the gate of the harbor three aud half
mile South of Charleston. 1t has been for
ten years in cOurse of construction; the cost
of the work has been over $5OO,OOO. The
fortress is in form of a demioctagon the
truncated side being at the South, and the
exterior faces presented toward all points Of
the main ship channel, and overlook ing
Charleston and Fort Moultrie. The walls
are of solid brick masonry, then feet in thick
ness, and in height sixty feet from the water
line to the parapet-
They are pierced for three tier of guns, which
number in all a hundred and forty pieces OF
all sizes. The upper tier, which is designed
for mortars and twenty-four Founders, is un-
sheltered, but at such height as to be be-
yond the reach of danger from balls of a ma
val attack. The others are beneath bomb
proof easements, the lowest tier consisting of
heavy Paixhans, carrying forty-two pound
shot, and the intermediate of ten-inch COlum-
biads 1t is stated in the Charleston papers
that of seventy-five guns now in the fort, only
eleven of the PaiXhans are fully mounted,
nine of them being directed towards Fort
Moultrie, and one towards Castle Pickney.-
None of the Columbiads are in position. -Four
Of the twenty-four Founders on the summit
of the wall are mounted upon pivots so as to
sweep the horizon.
In addition to these weightier preparations
for defence, the walls are pierced everywhere
for muskets, of which there are endless num-
bers ready and loaded. The magazine is stock
ed with grape, canister and shell. 1t con-
tains several hundred barrels of gunpowder
In his removal from Moutrie, Major AUdcr-
son carried with him all his stores and small
arms. The place is amply provisioned for a
seige of six months. Water is furnished by
four large cisterns. With regard to the Of
iensive abilities of the fort its guns will sweep
every point of the compass. Their range ay-
erages three miles.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
AEonetarv Pressure in nurone.

The great drain of gold into this country
.-Sl0 100000 within few months-and the
position of the Bank of France, have made
the Bank of England raise its rate of discount
to seven per cent, which is nnu sualIy high
The Bank of France had taken a similar step.
This rest rictive measure, which was unexpcc-
ted imm ediately affected the money markets
in London and Paris, and would inevitably
cause great depression in the prices of public
securi ties. Already it had depressed not
only the prices of Consols in London, but
Amer ican railway stock, together with bread
stufs, produce and cotton. The recent news
from the United States has had depressing
effect, no doubt =; for whatever cotton, bread
stuffs, and tobacco England and France must
get from us, the principal payment will be in
spcci while our troubles last-Pha Press.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
biads,

Inquiries are made rs to the nature of thC
canhoH called CoIumbiatis We find the fol
! lowing description Of these formidable guns il
an exchange
"A Columbiad is heavy gun, capable o
projecting a solid shot OF shell, with large
| charge of powder, and at an angle of projec
tion from five degrees below to thirty above
the horizon it may be said, therefore, to com
bine the essential qualities of the gun, to the
howitzer the mortar, and it may be used in
place of either one or the other of these piece
in sea-cOast defense. 1t does not differ in its
external shape from ordinary sea-coast can
non.
Al present there are two sizes of COlumbi-
ads in use in our service, viz the eight inch
and the ten inch. The former weighs about
5000 lbs, the charge of powder 10 lbs, the
solid shot "a lbs. and the shell As lbs. The
latter weighs about 5000 MS, the charge OF
powder IG fbs., the solid shot l28 fbS and
the shell 100 lbs.
1t is understood that certain number of
ten inch COlumbiads are mounted en- 6aI1Geitc
or upon the most elevated portion of Fort
Sumter; as the range of these pieces is
about three miles, an extent of country about
six miles in diameter will be commanded by
them; this however, does not embrace the
city of Charleston, ,~fUr that is understood to be
about 334 miles from the Fort. Fort Moul-
trie being only about mile distant, and be
ing without easements to protect its garrison
or armament, is subject to the direct fire of
the Columbiads of Fort Sumter"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22

The New York Courier and Enquire, thus
tersely disposcs of the deceptive scheme SC
much talked of in WashngtOn:
The Crufeaden Amendmeht is substantially
the proposition which the Douglas Democracy
preferred the disruption and defeat Of their par
ty, rather than yield to II minority in the Dem
ocratic National Convention, and accept de-
mand not justified by principe, and degrading
in its nature. .
The question now submitted to all patriots
is, shall the result of an election be overthr0wn
by violence or threats Of violence? If we
yield now, how soon may We be called upon TO
yield again, until further yielding becomes i'm
possible
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
A EoTrii Insult,

South Carolina is highly ''insultcd" by the
presence of United States troops in fort Sum
tcr, so Colonel Hayne says, and he cooIly asks
the Preside If he is aware Of the fact That
functionary tells him the insult will remain
whore it is, and if South Carolina chooses to
take it up, she can do So at her earliest con
venience. OF course the chivalry cannot give
an insult as well as tol1e one They have not
insu!tcd The whole uatry by taking the other
forts and arsenals Nor by firing upon the
Star Of the West and driving her back Nor
by driving out government officials! Nor by
seizing revenue cutters, and appropriating
merchant vessels to their own use ''by authori-
ty of the Governor! - Nor by any other Of
the thousand little ways they have Of express
ing their love for the \ orth and for the Union
Of course not. .... ... .-.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22

IS suffering anything. This is mos, conso,-
ing circumstance, and from il we may cor
clude that ali we want is time, p,rticDcc, and d,
reliance on that God who ff.s never forsal,eis
this people
Fellow citizens, what l have said have
Sasd altogether extcmporaneousy, aud will
now come TO close"
TO tho PsopleI
Ladies aud Gentlemen: / appear before you
10 address you very briefly shall DO. little
else than thank you for this very kind recep-
lion, greet you, and bid you farewell /
should not find strength il | were otberwis.
inclined 10 make speeches OF any great length,
| upoe every occasion similar to this, which NAV
occur on my way TO the Federal Capital
| Tic General Assembly Of Ohio has Just done
me the very high honor to receive me, and 10
h'ar few broken remarks from mo. Judg-
ing from what l saw, infer fRzt reception
was without party distinction. and one Of en-
tire kindness. One that had nothing in il be.
yond feeling of the citizenship OF the Uni
ted States Of America. Knowing as l do.
that any crowd drawn together as this haa
been is made Of the citizens here about, and
aud that IN this county Of Franklin, there il
great difference Of political sentiment. and
those agreeing with me having a little the
shorter row. Laughter, i from this and
the circumstances L have mentioned, infer
that you do me the honor to meet me here
without distinction of party. l think this 10
as it should be. Many Of you who were nos
favorable TO my election to the Presi-
disney, were favorable to the election of
the distinguished Senator from the State in
which reside. If Senator DoGglus had been
elected to the Presidency in the late contest,
think my friends would have joined heartily
IN meeting aud greeting him On his passage
through your Capital, US you have greeted
me to-day
II any Of the other candidates had ben
elected, think it would have bcen altogether
becoming and proper for all to have joined in
showing honor quite as well 70 the Office and
the county, US to the man. The people are
lh"msevl es honored by such concentration.
am doubly thankful that you have appeared
here to give me this greeting It is not much
to me, for shall very soon pass away FROM
you, but We have large country, aud IarRS
uiure before US, and such rnaliiiestations Of
good will towards the Government, and aEec-
ION for the Union, viii be Of immense value
o you aud your posterity forever. In fhis
point Of view it is that thank you most
'elrthy ior the exhibition you have given me,
mo III thls allow nle to bid you all aiErelionate
arewel."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
WOMAN.

Great, indeed is the task assigned to wo-
mAnl Who can elevate its dignity? Not
: TO make laws, not to lead armies, not to govern
empires, but to form those by whom laws and
armies are led, and empires governed to
guard against the slightest t;lint of bodily
iuGrmity, the frail yet spotless creature, whose
moral no less than physical being must be de-
rived from her; to inspire those principles, to
fnculcate those doctrines, to animate those
sentiments which generations yet unborn, and
nations yet unciviIized, will learn to bless to
soften firmness into mercy, and chasten honor
into refinement to exalt generosity into vir-
cue by a soothing care to allay the anguish
Of the mind by her tenderness to disarm pas
sica; by her purity to triumph over sense !; to
cheer the scholar sinking under his toll; to
console the statesman for the ingratitude of a
mistaken people to be compensation for
friends that are PerfdiOus, for happiness that
has passed away. Such is her vocation.
The couch Of the tortured sufferer, the pris-
On Of the deserted friend, the cross Of the re-
jeceed SaVior-these are theaters on which
Q her greatest triumphs have been achieved
Such is her destiny ITO visit the forsaken, to
tend TO the neglected when monarchs aban-
don, when counselors betray, when justice
prOsecutes, when brethren and disciples fee
90 remain unshaken and and unchanged, and
% exhibit in this lower world type Of that
love, pure, constant and incifable, which in
another we are taught to believe the test of
ViFtue.-B BLackvOod's Magazine.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
A ding the Traitors.

We regret to see what seems TO be disp0-
sitiOn among few members of the House Of
Representatives, who were sent by Democrat
ic constituencies, to aid the corspirators a
glinst the National Government. Nearly
thirty years ago, Ohio borrowed from the Ma
tional Government over two millions of dol
lars of its surplus revenue, and has retained
this money in its possession ever since. In its
hour of need having been robbed by traitors
and scOundrels, it asks the State to endorse
its bonds to the amount of the sum thus bor-
rowed
The Senate manfully and promptly etcd
upon the ma ter, and unanimously passed the
bill to loan the Government its credit for the
amount of the sum thus borrowed; but in the
House certain members endeayored to throw
impctliments in the way Of its prompt passage,
conspicuous among whom, we regret to say, is
found Mr.. Converse, the member from this
comfy. Mr.. Woods, Of Licking, showed clear
y that the measure would involve the State
in no new responsibility, and asked his d1mO-
cratic friends how they could thus permit the
General Government, appealing as it Dies
through this Democratic Administration for
help, TO suffr for that which Ohio justly owes.
His appeal was in vain.
Certain members were resolved to thwart
prompt action, and they succeeded for the time
being. D., these members want to place Ohio
in the attitude of Il repudiating State. and
thus become a kissing and by-wOrd? they
seem to act as if thty did. We warn them
that their constituents will not and cannot en-
dorse such disreputablc conluet. The patri-
otic heart of the people will sustain the Gov
ernment against all traitors. Lot the synlpa
thizors with treason beware. >
The proceedings of the Legislature will be
found in another part of this paper. They
will be read with deep interest.-Statc Jour
nat.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22

The Disunisnists In all the slaveholding
Suites are bitterly opposed to having the
question of Disunion submitted to the popular
vote. They are afraid Of the people, and we
guess they will see cause ere long to be a
good deal more afraid of them than they now
are-L LouispiNe Journal
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22

The life that now is, with what enters into
or Aews from it, with the premises it implies
and theinterferences it yields,-this, the very
sphere Of mans living interests, certainly
claims his notice more than anything else
can.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
RENARKs Ar c1NcIxNAT1.

Mr.. MAYoR-Ladies and Gentlemen A
few hours ago 1 stepped out of the Capitol of
the State Of Indiana l said to myself. have
never seen so many people together, on any
! occasion whatever. j am no longer able to
say that but ii could he reasonably expected
Of this great city of Cincinnati. ! confess my
self entirely overwhelmed with the maenii,
cence of the reception, | will not say given to
me- but to the President of the United States
of America a. Most cordially do l thank you,
one and all, for it. I have been reminded by
the address of the Mayor, that this reception
is given not by any one political party; and if
had not been so reminded by his Honor, the
Mayor, L could have known the fact by the ex-
tent of the multitude. l could not but have
known that all parties join this reception.
This is as it should be. 1t is Us it should
have been if Mr.. Douglas had been here as it
should have been if Mr.. Bell had been here
as it should have been if Mr.. breckenridge
had been here as it should have been, and
should forever be, when any citizen of the
Uuited States is constitutionally elected Prcsi-
dent
And allow me to say, think what has hap
pened here, could not happen in any country
in the world without the influence of the free
institutions, that we have enjoyed in the
United States, for three quarters of a century
There could have been 10 such turnout, and
enjoy such a scene, except under the favorable
influence Of free institutions; and, hope, that
while we have some threatening national diff
culties, that when these free institutions so con
tinuc to multiply and multiply, a thousand
millions of free people, we may see this re-
peatedly-once in every four years-by the
increased free population of the. country.
! hope that our late difficulties will also
pass away, and that yoa shall see in the spirit
of Cincinnati-good old Cincinnati-for years
and for years to come and that once in every
four years, by your constitutionally elected
President of the United States Of America,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
EnolI THE oO1uBus HAcz.
THK "gTAR sPANGLED BANNER" /"

@ say you see in the morning 5 gray dawn,
M fAg of our Union in triumph sill nOatingf
zhsagh traitors may tell that stars gone,
Gaeh men well instruct in the art Of garrOting-
Dare these misereants 70 that azure one star,
or dim their bright lustre won so Doby in war;
On Z that star spangled banner forever SHALL wave
n triumPh and glory o'er the home Of the brave
y the blood Of fathers spilled freely raint
On many a Geld for their just rights couteDoiug
~ the memry OF thousands who in battle slain,
while their honor gallantIy they were defending,
~ omP patriot sires, who first kindled the fires
o. Liberty that burn bright sun lighted spires,
Ne that our star spaDgled banner SHALL wave,
Forever in triumph Ger the home Of the brave
ASanraid be the hearts Of the traitors who dare,
IN their rashness attempt loved Union 20 sever
Ths gW KET Joys Uf Arnold we send them TO share,
And damn the vile miscreants, ever and ever;
shall q ever be told have vandals 50 bold
VIE would proud flag Of from its fold
Nay the star-lighted banner in glory e'er wave
Der the OF the free and the home Of the brave
Nay the clouds that now hang ocr land like pail
And threaten 70 crush our free, happy nation
Bs dispeled by the eff rts Of each and Of all
True sons Of Columbia whatever their station.
Nay the love for the Right return TO unite
Oar hearts and our hands in friendship and might
men will the star spangled banner Ger wave
Der the land Of the free and the home Of the brave
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22

"My fellow-countrym You call upon
me for speech; L have none to give to you,
and have not sufficient time to devote to it if
had. 1 suppose you are all Union men here.
[cheers and cries of "Right"l and suppose
that you are in favor of doing full justice to
all, whether on that side of the river (ponting
to the Kentucky shore) or on your own
loud cheering and cries of I'VE are"l If
the politicians and leaders Of parties were as
true as the PEOPLE, there would be little fear
that the peace of the country would be dis
turbed. I have been selected to fill an i'm
portant Office for brief period. and am now,
in your eyes invested with an influence which
will soon pass away but should my admins
tration prove to be a very wicked one, or what
is more probable, very foolish one, if you, the
PEOPLE, are but true to yourselves and to the
Constitution, there is but little harm, l can
do, thank God"'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
Mr.. LaincoIn's PROGRESS.

Mr.. LincOln's progress toward the National
Capitol continues to be a perfect ovation.-
The people at all points on the route turn out
en- mass, and his receptions, wherever he haIts,
are of the most fattering AMI enthusiastic
character. We last week published his re-
marks at Springfield, Ill., and at indianapolis
We to-day add his speeches at several other
places