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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

1t is stated on what seems to be reliable
authority that JOIN c. BREcKINKIDaE will not
take his seat in the United States Senate at the
spproachin session of c Ongress. This is very
proper, for he manifestly has no business there,
and would be more at home in the Congress
proposed to be held at Richmond in July
Should he attempt to take his scat in the
Senate he should be required to retake the oath
to support the Constitution of the United
States He is in close league with Magofin
and his secession associates, and is known
TO have been in communication with the
Mont gomery rebels during the winter.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

8 perm q tOrFh@0,
Road Tax FRotice.

NJ 0TICE is hereby given that the CommissiOnsFa
IN at their June Session levied the taxable proper
ty Of Delaware County a OF I've the huff-
dred dollars valuation for road purposes for the yea
1861; which may be discharged by labor the high.
ways, under direction of the Supervisors before u q
hrst day OF September next at the rate Of one doa
per day. D. w RHODES.
June 21-3t Auditor Delaware CO. 20,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21
House for Rent.

heAA A PLEASANT and Convanaanf nwme.
EsiH n ling House, containing seven Rooms, ~
an rent on Low terms, Apply 70
5lay 81, '6l-ftf HIRAM HULL.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

Keep your countcnauce open and your
thoughts shut
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

The affair at Great Bethel, Va, in Shich
IA Federal troops were killed, is magnifed
by the secessionists inte q splendid victory
A dispatch from Richmond to the New Or
leans Delta says the Federal loss was loo Kill
led, including two ColOnels. Ths same dSs-
patch states that but one rebel was killed,
while despatch from the same place and Of
the same date to the Charleston Mercury says
their loss in killed was sixteen.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

In pursuance of their manifest determine
tiOn to call every defeat they sustain a tri.
umPh, the rebels have claimed that the late
stampede at Romney Va. was a victory
They claim that after being surprised and
dispersed they rallied, returned to the town
and drove the invaders off, The commander
Of the Indiana forces engaged in the expedi-
ton, in a despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
thus disposes of the slander:
CUMBERLAND, June l 6.
After the fight at Romuey the rebels did
not rally and return. They ran sixteen miles
towards Winchester before they stopped. So
far from my retreating, brought into camp
at Cumberland, their tents, valuable arms,
uniforms and medical stores, without leaving
anything behind Their rout was total. The
next day there were seven funerals in the
town. We killed Captain, an Ex-Member
of the Legislature, and took one of their Ma
jors prisoner send yeu this to stop the in
famous secession ISLANDERS about my retreat
started by some cowardly scoundrel in Alex
andrin. My boys are entitled to all honor
They won it bravely-let them enjoy it. They
have not forgotten Buena Vista.
LEW. WALLACE,
Colonel 18th regiment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21
EE. c.. Slemmon's Paten4
Iron Double Shovel PlOvv.

nAVING ma de arrangements for the nahHfse
H ture and exclusive OF the above RCEEnIDE
Flows for cutivsng Corn they are new offered 81 the
Patentet's prices by [. {. CnANBE ri AIN
June 14th, 6I
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

Colonel llth regiment
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

Brigadier- -Gensral Slack, while mastering
troops into the service of the State, at Chilli
cothe, was taken prisoner by Col Curtis,
of the q. 8. Volunteers, on their way to St..
Joseph.
It is understood that Slack will be taken to
Fort LSavenwerth.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22

n6E~ The ,scceap Is from the Peace Congress are
vague and unsatisfactory. One dispatch says that
the Committee have agreed upon a report prohibit
ing slavery North of seo 30, and establishing Squat
ter Sovereignty South of that line. This, SO far
from being "A settlement is an insult to the slave
States and we cannot believe that such PROPOSE
ton has.been seriously entertained Any arrange
ment, looking 70 ., final settlement which leaves
the Territories in the power of the Emigrant Aid
Society and alienssrager must prove signal fail
ure and the slave States. had better give in their
unconditional submission to sectional domination
thaa cloak IL with .sueh disgracefiil pretext. We
have been combating sqaatter Sovereignty too long
to endorse it now Prohibition of slavery North
of ae' ao> must be accompanied with uncondition-
al recognition South Of It or the slave States will
have surrendered the very point in controversy.
Since the above was in type, we have received
the resolution which was reported 10 embody Squat
ter Sovereignty, aud we are happy to state that
there is not a.semblance Of truth in the Dispatch
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22
,s- The question as to the right of secession has


Gay The question as to the right of secession has
ceased TO be practical one. Seven-perhaps eight
States have gone out of the Union aud in doing
so claim to have exercised power which properly
belongs TO them, and out of this act springs the
question -whether they not as competent to de-
termine what is proper for them to do The re-
naming States which take different view of their
conduct. The Conetituton is silent upon tie right
of secession, and though we incline to the belief
that State has no such right, yet it is disputed
question, and the popularity of the compact by
which the Confederacy originally formed leaves
the question in too much doubt to justify the States
in one section, in any aetempt at coercing the
States in - another section because of
the exercise of this disputed right. But, whether
the weight of authority be on one side or the other
In the absence of precedent by which to shape our
conclusions the controlling consideration should be,
which will be productive Of the least evil peacea-
bic secession or civil war; The Union can neither
be preserved nor reconstructed by force and it is
equally clear that such attempt win DO followed
by untold horrors without the remotest prospect Of
increasing the happiness and prosperity of the peo-
pie, or of promoting the cause of liberty here or
elsewhere. Peace is the true policy, and none but
demons could counsel recourse TO civil war
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22
CT "A R X s WILLIE,
Friday, February %, 1851.

RfA- Who and what Is Abe Lincoln, that the
Eyes Of ihirty-three millions Of people should be
fixed upon him, and their expectations on tip-toe
for the uttersnces that may fall from his lips9 He
Is a soulless and braniess deinagogue, and every
word he hos spoken since he left home confirms
1.-THE soft impeachment. We have never read
speeches utterly devoid Of patriotism and common
sense-so destitute Of meaning: A pitfh attep. a:
hnmor lie barely perceptible, and considering the
gloomy aspect Of national affairs, he may justly be
kksned to Nero iddling whist Rome was burning
II be be an honea man, actuated by patriotic i'm
pulees be must be consumpste fool; and IL he be
man Of talents, then he is q consumniate knavs
The patriot and statesman combined he cannot be,
or he would erethis have given peace to the coan-
try at the traing sacrifice of fanntical dogma that
finds no sanction IN the Consultation aud has been
sttmly repndiated BY. the Supreme Court -, -
Should future Gibbon undertake. to trace the
decline and fan Of this Republic, he need not draw
npon bis fancy for singA act--the footprints of
lis downward career viii rehove every apology for
conjecture or metaphysical speculation A people
blinded by party zeal and obedent 10 the psrty lash
welded by ambitious and unscrupulous denagogues
tell the whole melancholy tale. In the beginning,
the people were honest patriotic, vigilant of their
rights and liberties, and the Government grew rap
Idly in fame and strength and prosperity; but by
degrees--not slow--coruption snpplanted virtue,
dsmagogues coveted the patronage of the Execu-
live Chair, and the successors Of Washington and
Madison became the mere tools of party leaders,
and that they might be the more plant they were
dragged out flom an obscurity well betting their
humble talents and still more humble services This
progress from bad to worse has gone forward with
constantly accelerating pace, and the history of
tho Republic closes with the fonlly corrupt admins
tration Of James Buchanan. On the 4th OF March
Nero succeeds o Claudius--the curtain rises upon
q sundered Union, and the future OF this once elo-
nous nation hangs upon the dictum Of q man hith-
ertc as unknown to fame as he is unworthy of its
iaurels Thirty-three millions of people gazing, in
stupid wonder, at their lettering Government, and
waiting for one man-Abe Lincoln-to say whether
il shall 90 down in blood in the peaceful death
OF wornout organization is o spectacle at which
the world may well stand aghast If such is tc be
the fate of free government-the madness of peo-
pie Boosting of their freedom, virtue and intelli-
gence, it were better that our experiment had new
er been tried because its failure must tend to extin-
guish the last hope of the political philanthropst
and to tighten the bonds which will fetter every
effort at progress towards the smelioration of the
masses. N
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22

The following letter was received at the recent
Union meeting at Fanehil Hall, Boston: :.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1861
Ny DEAR SiR;-I much regret that II is not in
my power to be present at the meeting to be held
in Faneuif Hall next Tuesday. have yielded. at
the sacrifice of personal convenience, to the advice
and request that l would prolong my stay at Wash
iugton, with aview tosconference with members OF
Congress and other persons from various parts Of the
Union, who uniting their councils and efforts for
its preservation. g5.s
The crisisisone Of greater danger and Importance
than has ever before existed. Six States have de-
cared their separation from the Union and the sew
enth isr a. probable event. The course Of the re-
manning Southern States will be decided in few
days They are under opposing Influences A
strong conservative sentiment binds them TO the
Union a natural sympathy with the seeding States
draws them in an opposite direction.
IL they adhere TO the Union there win be no in
separabe difficulty in winning back the sister States
which have temporarily withdrawn from us, but II
the border States drawn into the Southern Con-
federacv the fate of the country is sealed Instead
of that pamy prosperity which has made us for two
generations the envy Of the civilized world we shall
plunge into the road to ruin. We must look forward
to collision at bome-herce, bloody, deadly collision
NOT alone between the two great sections Of the
country, but between two neighboring States--town
and country. and embittered parties in the same
cty-and abroad we must submit 10. The loss Of the
rank we have hitherto sustained among the family
of nations. Human nature is the same in all ages,
and the future now impending over our once happy
country, may be read in the mouinfu history OF
the Grecan and Italian republics and in the terrific
annals of the French revolution, To expect to hold
fifteen States in the Union by force is preposterous
The idea of civil war, accompanied as it would
be- by surve insurrection, is too monstrous to be
entertained for moment. If our sister States must
leave us, in the of heaven let her go 10 peace
agree in the sentiment that the people alone can
avert these dire calamties. Political leaders, how
ever well disposed are barnpered by previous com
initials and controlled by their associates The ac-
ton of Congress, unless accelerated by an urgent
impulse from the ultimate source Of power, is too
much impeded by the forms Of legislation and tedi-
business of debate. There is no hope from the po-
litcal parties of the country--agencies unhappily
too potent for mischief but in the present extremi
ty, powerless for good except by generous sacri-
fee of all party views, interest and ambition to the
public veal.
No; it is only by the loud, emphatic, unanimous
utterance Of the voice Of the people that the dan
ger can be averted Let the cry go forth from Fan
euil Hail. and ring through the land, that the Union
must and shall be preserved Great cheering)
Your friend and fellow citizen,
EDWARD EVERETT.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22
AN ORDINANCE.

Regulating he paying out Of the cfy .fo,ds Of
Clarkgils es.s
SIC. LIST. Be IL ordained by the .Cyty c6uneil,of
CidrksviLe, Tbatit shall be ,he-auty Of The Record.
CT OF the City to keep list in alphabetical order
in book kept expressly for that purpose Of ali sc
counts audited.b the Counc and all orders drawn
BY him upon the Treasurer in which shall be enseFA
ed rryees name amount Of order and date and on
each order dfawn'on the Treasurer, he shall write
the Number thereof in consecutive order stating
therein briefly what IL is for and Immediately after
each meeting Of the Council he shall furnish; The
Treasurer list Of said audited claims giving names,
amounts and number. And the Treasurer shall pay
said order in theorder in which they aFe numbered
always retaining a Sufficient fund for tbs payment
of all prior unpaid orders before paying any order
subsequent in number; Provided This Ordinance
shall in no wise effect the payment of any debt bond
or order audited, drawn issued prior to the LIST
day Of Febry, 1861, but only regulates as amongst
themselves orders after said date.
SRC. I'd. Any order so drawn in favor Of any
tax payer Of this City, whose taxes to the City re-
main unpaid, may, TO the extent of the unpaid tax
es Of the said payee, be settled otherwise than in
the order Of the enumeration in sec. lst, by the
City Marshall, but further and if said order ex-
coed the amount Of the said unpaid taxes Of the said
payee, in said order, in that case then the City
Marshall shall cause TO be written upon the back Of
said order receipt Of the amount 50 paid to be
signed by the said payec of order and to take from
said payee duplicate stating the amount so paid,
aud the number of the order npon which said re-
ceipt was endorsed, which duplicate he shall mme-
dste pay into the Treasury rs so much money
Provided That the provisions Of this section thall
not apply to orders which may be transferred, but
shall only be applied to said order In the hands of
the person to whom it was originally issued.
SEC Sd. The salaries Of all officers of the City
Excerpt the Aldermen) are due at the end of each
quarter and take prccedents Of other debts. =.
SEQ 4. Any officers violating any Of the proyis-
ions Of this Ordinance shall be subject TO fpe Of
twenty-five dollars for each violation, recoverable
before any Court Of competent jurisdiction, and one
half of said fine to go to the niormer and the ot-
er half to the city, unless the iniormer be city OF,
fcer, in which the whole of the fine shall go to
the city. All fines collected under this section 10
be appropriated rs other money. :.
SEC. 5. This Ordinance to take effect from aud
after its publication.
Passed February 9th, 1861.
- GEO. SMITH, Mayor.
B. A. ROGERS, Recorder.
Feb g. lSCl--3w
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22

neA.. This day 50 long celebrated as the birthday
of the immortal Washington, has dawned upon a
Union discovered and people discordant and on
the eve Of ciyils war; But although the Govern
ment which hisswisdom and virtue and patriotism
afded-to establish may; he oxerthrown by the folly
and crruptfotsof those to whom II was: transmit
ted bis name and fape are inperishable. The 22d
of February viii stand upon the calendar as a day
to be reysred firth great and good of unborn gen.
eratons and as hitley areproach to those who are
Observation-Disclosures hsjea them, and spurning
the wisdom of,ths leRapsshe taught
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22
ST. sCECEIIA'S
EEMAEE AGADEmT,
Mouint. " ernon,
.. . c.frx,rr rNs.<sNsr-e,e,r,r,
NASHVILLE.


The Sisters of. the Order Of ST. DoxINfts well
known In this and adjoining States as experienced
and competent diteciors Of Female Education, re-
spectfully announce TO the citizens Of Nashville and
to the public in general that the above Academy Is
now open for the reception Of pupils.
The Academy Is about a mile from the city, and
is situated in one Of the most beautiful and healthy
locations in its vicinity.
The ladies of this Institution being especially de-
voted to the Education Of the young Of their own
sex, win leave nothing undone to impart to the pu-
pills conided to their care thorough Education in
the highest sense Of the word
The religion professed by the ladies Of the Insti-
tuition Is the Catholic and they will impart special
religious instruction to pupils protesting that faith.
Pupils Of every religious denomination will be
admitted, and undue influence will be used 10 BIZ
the religious principles of the young ladies' nor
will any Of them be permitted to embrace the Cath
Ole faith without the verbal OF written consent Of
parents or guardians. Uniformity and good order,
however require the attendance Of all at morning
and evening prayers and at the religious exercises
on Sunday ,,.c nca 80 ~.
The course Of studies is divided into four depart
ments, each department having its own distinct
course Of studies sssiguedit.
The AeademicsI coz: rTih coasis; Of two Sessions
the first commencing on the first Monday of Sep
TENDER, and the second on the first monday of Feb
ruary. The Academic y ear win close with pub.
lie distribution ofopiemidms and honors about the
10th Of June of -essA year.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22

nA- We have received the January number of
the London Quarterly Review-rePrint of L. Scott
h Co, 70 Fulton street. Y. This number COM
mences volume, and its contents are Of more than
usual interest The article on Canada and the
South West Vpens up brilliant future for that now
sparsely populated region and will be read with in
terest by those who like to speculate Opon the pro-
gress Of wealth and population. The other articles
are treated with equal ability, and their persal will
be attended with profit as well as pleasure. The
price of this Reviews well 81 G. the other three
lis three dollars per annum, singly, and the four,
with Blackwood, can be had for ten dotlarsa mere
triis compared with the English price
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22


day next. The Senate has been at work on THE nil
hay bili which was on It's iliird fssdfng Today
An amendment against coercion occupied the day
inits discussion. The Honse is hard at work OF
Che Convention bill
..--ss s-e-e-.y NEW YoRK, Feb 40.
Private dispatches from Montgomery state that
60 5000 az bis cabinet are announced President Da-
vie will dispatch commissioners 10 the Federal Gov
eminent to treat or the ccssion Of the orts arsenas
&C., and negotiate treaty Of peace. treaty bill
will be passed empowering the Treasurer to accept
cotton instead Of money foe honda -
Il asserted that English agents now at Mont
gomery offering liberal advance.
Advertisements will soon be issued for soldiers and
sailors offering large bounties. II Is rumored that
Robert J. Walker has been offered the Treasury
Department. and that Texas Wigfall will be Maj
General Of the army. Keitt of South Carolina
goes as Minister to Spain.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22
'--' For the Chronicle.
The Recent Railroad Accident.

The Editor of the Russcvllc Herald was on the
cars when the locomotive ran of the track at the
Edgefeld Junction, about three weeks since and had
some ladies under his charge, lie says they, with
other passengers were detained there, in the woods
till 10 o'clock atnght and although several persons
living near came to the place, yet not one of them
had politeness or generosity enough to offer them
food or shelter< Here the Editor is mistaken !; the
ladies were invited to a neighbors to sup. We can
excuse the Editor for this mistake, for is presum
able that he was ealing his biscuit and ham at the
time.
What an ungallant gentleman, not to offer to the
ladies some biscuit and ham. The Editor prays TO
be delivered, hereafter, from accidents there. Be-
ing neghbor, we win guarantee him an invitation
the next time, il be will only attend to the ladies
instead Of the rufiaus.
We are sorry he neglected TO give us the name
Of that on,erprisiug spe7Jntcr in biscuit and ham,
We should ike to proPosc him as member Of ouE
business directory,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22

pdy- The committee Of ave appointed to nvesti-
gate the stealing done In the Interior Department
have made a strong case against Secretary Floyd,
and were there honesty enough in the tribunals Of
the country he wcnid, doubtless be convicted and
punisked Upon tho heels Of this committee, an
other has been appointed to investigate the charge
against members of Congress for stealing books from
the public libtary Perhaps it is time that our gov
eminent should Be oterthrown. The countless viii
LANES perpetrated by is officers have thoroughly
disgrnced It abroad, and'with every honest man at
home. scia"@ Tt
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22

D6S> The Southern Congress seems to DO going
ahead without much regard to its mode Of progress
sion. II has adopted provisional Government
retaing much Of our present Constitution, and cleo
ted President aud Vice President; but where is
Its Senate and House Of Representatives Is the
President an autoerat, clothed with power to make
appointments without Senate, to make war with
out House of Representatives and to appropriate
money at his own will II We do not profess to be
posted, but the government has queer look, and
partakes slightly of the despotic,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22
LAND FOR SALE.

W. B. Stewart, Admir- In pursuance eff a decree
a. of the County Court made
james Morgan ct ais. at the February term, s6i,
dirscng me to sell the tract of Land in this sanse
belonging TO the Estatc Of Montgomery Morgan.
deceased, shall, al Atkins Store, in District No
H. upon the I'd day in March, 1861, sell to the
highest bidder, 81 Acres of Land, the same being
the said Morgans interest in the division Of Willis
Morgans Land, lying in Civil District No. IA
Terms-S25 cash, balance on a credit Of month";
bond with good security required and lien retain
ed upon the Land until the purchase money is paid.
Sold for division among the heirs
W. Il. NEWELL,
Clerk and Commissioner.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-22

BeS- The Secretary of the Treasury gives gloo-
my account of :he financial condition of the Gov
ernment--its pockets empty and its credit greatly
impaired. This is a sad commentary upon the sup
posed capacity of the people for self-governmeut
and illustrates the dangers of party rule under
which corruption thrivss and plundering of the Trea
sury ceases to be considered worse than triaing
misdemesnor. Eight millions of dollars are needed
to meet DEFICIENCIES up to the 4th of March.