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The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-17

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Score sHrs persHus sa4erng Htlf the bead
fele, nl1 tEg them, uii siiez g. rern.
The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-17

ga The London Peace Society has
sent IN address TO the people of this co1n-
Try. from which we cut the following
passage
Eve appeal 70 American patriots 70
save tae land they love lrom The dishon0r
Of appearing before the world in an attn
tude which can only excite the sorrow
and ply Of all good men,"
The members OF this very Peace So
ciety have. at varleus times. sent thou
sands aud thousands Of dollars to tins
country 10 help the Aboliuonists in their
damnable scheme which have produced
these aroubles.-N. J. Day Book.
The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-17

H. niaslsiy, C. ulo~ a c., land others.
The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-17

from 10 EeaFeiner. Nos1fk ~
Ccphaho Pills accom- lsis tie object f st.t tt,-,
"e'e naee sa' Cure u De headeha Is ID .ie fo.ins
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
LEGAL NOTICE..

Deborah Bowsman tyJ. - q
VS.. Preble Common Pleas
David Bowsman Petition for Dover.
and others.
HIHE above named defendants David Bows
man, Jacob Pence and Julia Pence his
wife, Peter Harshman, Diminda Harshman,
Sarah Harshman, Mary Harshman, Wash
ington Harshman, Christina Harshman,
Barbara Harshman, Adam Snyder and Sa-
rah SNYDER his wife, Washington Bowsman,
James Bowsman, David Almenrode and Es-
Their Almenrode his wife, and Noah Bows
man are hereby notified that, on the 18th
day of August, A. D. 1861, the above named
plaintiff filed in the Clerks Office Of the
Court of Common Pleas of PrebIe County,
Ohio, her petition against them, the said de-
PENDANTS setting forth in, substance, that plf
on or about the 18th day Of April, 1913, was
married to Adam Bowsman, late Of Preble
county, Ohio, deed. That said Adam 30 vs.
man departed this life on or ABOUT the 9th
day of June, A. D. 1861. That the said Ad-
am Bowsman, during his coverture with tho
DIFF, seized of an estate of inheritance in the
following Real Estate, situate in the county
of Prebie, and State Of Ohio, and described
as lOllOWS, 10 VII lHc HoItlCNSV luaitSl "a
section number twelve, (l2) in township
number eight, (s) iuFange number one. ~
East, &c, containing one hundred and sixty
acres of land more or less. Also twenty
five acres of land off of the north end of tho
northwest quarter of section No. seven, %
in township number eight, (S) and range
number two, (2) East, &c.
Also fifty acres Of land off Of the north end
of the northeast quarter of section number
seven, CD in township number eight, (S) in
range number wo (2) East, &c. That thu
said persons above named are now claiming
the estate of the said Adam Bowsman in
said Real Estate, and praying that the dow
or of the said plaintiff in said Real Estate
may be assigned, &c. The said defts are
required to answer said petition by the 18th
day of October, 1861. Application will be
made to said Court, by said prf, at the Oc-
tober term thereof, A. D. 1861, for an order
.hot said dover may be assigned accordingly.
Zoos h Campbell, att Us for plF,
Attest. obas. W =. rarsh' CLERK e k "a
August, 22, I96l-fw, J 20 ."
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
Who's to Blame.

I have believed for years back
that Abolitionism would ruin our
country if its aiders and abettors
once got into power; we now see
the first fruits Of their fanaticism,
but the enc is not by and by. The
Devil was the first Abolltionist as
we'll as the first Secessionist. lie
told our mother Eve that God
did not certainly mean what he
said, and our modern Abolitionists
following his example, tell US the
Bible does not mean what it says.
We are now told thatSlavery is the
sum Of all villainies, &C., &c. Well,
even if this was true, it is very re-
markable that it was never discov-
cred to be so until some New Eng
land infdels about fol- ~ years ago,
with the assistance Of some kind
emissaries sent over from Old Eng
land, made the discovery that slav-
cry was not in the Bible. These
men land some women, too,) work
ed themselves into the belief that
if the Bible recognized slavery they
would spit on such a Bible, and if
God made such q Bible they would
spit on such a God, &C., &C., Now
these are the good citizens who
helped to make the CHICAGO Plat
form-and the Chicago Platform
is the cause Of the present war.
No man in his sober senses believes
that if Stephen A. Douglas lad
been elected we would have had
disunion and war. There is no doubt
the South is wrong-far wrong in
this matter they had an idea that
Northern Democrats who never
countenanced Abolitionism would
still stand up by them and see
them through but the way they
.;tod the Democracy at the
Chs lesion Convention and AFTER
wards, forbade it. I%%e DemVe'|.S ~
have from the beginning been lor
the Union-the whole Union and
the Constitution and the mainte-
nance Of the laws. They have
fought the battles of our country 4;
when the men Of New England
hoisted their blue lights, and when
Tom Corwin prayed they might Gin
Mexico) meet bloody hands and
hospitable graves.
l am pleased to see you stand
out for a true Democratic ticket
this fall-no a~malgamation with
Union sliderS. Ihave voted thirty
eight years the Democratic ticket,
and no man or set of men will in-
duce me to desert my principles
if | can't get a Democratic ticket |
don't vote the ticket-the whole
ticket-and nothing but the ticket
lis my motto. Democrats were I'm
ion men from the beginning and
will be for the Union until the end.
We may be called traitors because
we love the Union more than the
Administration, be it 50, such treat
ment will never make a Black Re-
publican out of your humble SER
vant.--[Co espondeH Q thc Crisis.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
kilograms.
Washington, August %.

The State Department has issued
the following explanatory notice:
1.-THE regulations ofthis depart
ment of the 19thsIon the passports,
was principally intended to check
the communication Of disloyal per-
sons with Europe, consequently
passports will not be required by
ordinary travellers on the lines OF
railroads from the United States
which enter the British Posses
sions.
IF however, on any special case
the transit Of a person be objected
to by the agent of this Government
on the border, the agent will cause
such person to be detained until
communication can be had by this
Department in regard to the case.
"[Signed] W. II. SEWARD,
Washington, August, "A,
The line of the Alexandria and
Loudon Road is dotted with rebel
camps At Leesburg there are
5000 infantry and 6 cannon. At q
point FIVE or six miles below are
600 Infantry and 6 cannon. Still
F F,Tf6 on. toprr niles beyond, are
$500 infantry. There Me "
1900 cavalry in Loudon County.
The Potomac, however remains
too high to be forded, even by cav
airy, to whose saddles the water
comes.
1t appears that the Withdrawal
of the rebels from Fairfax Court
house was a regular Stampede
Two scouting parties Of the enc
my mistook each other for Nation
altroops, attacked each othersharp-
ly, fought, and rapidly fled after a
few rounds, carrying the news that
Mcclellan and all his army were in
pursuit. The consequence Of the
Intelligence was a hasty flight by
the rebels, who dropped their sick
along the road.
Times Dispatch.
The Government has reliable in
formation that a quarrel has bro
ken out among the leading traitors
Of the Confederacy which prom.
Uses to be disastrous. The bellig-
erents are Tombs and the Virgin
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
Nomination of Lieutenant Governor
COLUMBUS, August 81.

The Democratic State Committee
nominated John G. Marshall, of
Brown County, for Lieutenant
Governor, and among other pro-
ceaaings adopted the following res
olution -.
"That we have obsei" I'VE" WIN
establishment the efforts of the Ex-
.ecutive of the United States,
through his agents within the free
States, to abridge the Constitution
al right Of free speech and q free
press, so essential in a free govern
ment to the maintenance of liberty,
by attempting the suppression of
Democratic newspapers, either di-
rectly or by illegally prohibiting
their Transmission through the
mails, and that we have read with
Indignation of the assaults by mobs
upon Democratic citizens and Dem
ocratic presses, under the false and
imprudent pretense that they are
SecesSionists and traitors, or sup
port the cause Of Secession and
treason, and that the Democracy
of Ohio, true to the Union and the
principles of the Constitution, will
protect and defend their right to
free speech, a free press, free as
semblages of the people, and a
free ballot, by all the loyal and
constitutional means in their pow
er, against either the illegal and
unconstitutional orders and acts of
the Executive, or violence by
mobs."
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
Latest from California.

AUGUST 70.
Victoria dates to August Z state
that the steamer Caribee blew up,
above the rapids on Frazier River.
The captain and six others were
killed and many passengers mis-
sing.
The 1900 from California, to
serve on the Plains, are rapidly or
ganizing. Nine companies Of in
fantry have already reported to
General Sumner, and the 500 caval-
ny are nearly all accepted. These
troops are evidently being organ
lied on a much better basis than
many other volunteers recruited fol
the war. The entire force will be
provided with the well-made and
substantial clothing that the regu-
lar troops are entitled to.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
s%HERlFF's SALE.
Perrinc Lytle & Shaw, Preble

perrinc Lytle & Shaw, PrebIs
Us, ..u. common fleas.
Allen & Urmston. Case No, l,24l.
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue Of
IN an execution issued by the Court of
Common Pleas Of Preble County, and to the
Sheriff of said County directed; | will offer
for sale at public auction, at the door Of the
Court House in Eaton, in said County, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. IA, 1861,
between the hours Of one and four o'clock,
P. M. of said day, the following described
lands and tenemepts of James Urmstop, sit
uate in the County Of Preble, to wit: Lot
numbered so, as known and designated on
the town plat Of the town of Winchester,
taken on an execution in favor of Pcrrine
Lyle and Shaw, and against Allen and
Urmston. Appraised at $4,000 Terms
cash.
Zoos & CAMPBELL, Attys for Pitts.
JOHN r. MoCLEAF,
Sheriff of Preble County.
Aug. T. l u | ley ;a EPEF' + $t2'' !
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
Eaton, Ohio.
Thursday, August 20, 1861
Constitutional Rights which We Mean
To Exercise And Maintain.

"Eyery citizen may freely speak,
write, and publish his sentiments
on all subjects, being responsible
for the abuse of the right; and no
law shall be passed to restrain or
abridge the liberty OF speech, or Of
the press" -COnStitutiOn Of Ohio,
ArticLe l., Section II.
Congress shall make no law re-
specting an establishment of re-
ligion, or prohibiting the free ex-
ercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press"
Amendments to the Constitution Of
the United States, Article 1.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
TO A DEwDRoP.

rainbow tinted drop of dew,
Whose flashing rays Of every hue
Blaze in the morning sun,
0utshining all the precious gems
OF coronets or diadems
That man e'er gazed upon.
Whonee conastthpa in such array
OF gorgeous splendor to display
Thy beauties by my door,
In azure-blne and golden sheen,
Scarlet-red and emerald green,
And sunbeams streaming o'erH
Hast been among the clouds on high
That bank themselves against the sky,
To melt in dew or rain,
And permeate earth, ocean, air,
And serving nature everywhere,
Distilin dew again?
I've seen thy beauties ere to-day
Twas when a storm had passed away,
And left the SIM set fair;
Far up the Eastern sky there shone
A glorious rainbow's gorgeous zone,
And thou vert in it there.
Hast ever been in realms of day,
Where beauty fadeth not away,
And sparkled 'mong the aowers2
Hast danced along its crystal rills,
And kissed its alabaster hills
And deckcd Elysian bowers2
All thou art gone dissolved in air,
The brilliant lines that shone so fair,
Have vanished from my sight.
Even so with l~ife-its little day
1t gHtters, then it fades away,
Eclipsed in deaths dark night.
But like the d~ewirop, it will rise
Again to shine beyond the skies
In glorious array,
And all its sorrows, pains and tears
Be swallowed up in endless years
Of one eternal day.
J. OBLlNGER,
August Is, 1861. Lewisburg, Ohio
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
A Word to our Readers.

If all our subscribers have not
had their papers weekly and regu-
tarly, it has not been our fault.
We regret to hear, to our indig-
nant vexation, that in some places,
known to us, our paper has been
kept back once and again, by par
ties, who richly deserve to be held
up to the scorn Of every honest and
truth-worthy man. Parties who
dare to tamper with q letter or a
newspaper, are unworthy of being
placed in any situation in which
they can violate the confidence
placed in them, and thus keep
back that which belongs to the
owner thereof. We are on the
lookout, and will certainly discover
and punish, to the utmost rigor Of
the law, any person detected by
ourself or friends, keeping back the
Democratic Press. We mean all
we say and something more. Let
our readers keep a sharp lookout
there are many ways in which
the evil of which we and several of
our friends complain, may be check
ed, and the guilty be brought to
punishment. We know Of one
place at which all, with the excep-
ton of one man, receive their pa
pcrs regularly. Why does not
that man get his paper? All the
papers reach the namelcss place in
one carefully made upparcel We
have now entered into arrange
ments by means Of which, we shall
always have it in our power to ill
sert in our paper pieces, lessons,
and information from the most cru
dite and talented literature Of the
age, whether in Europe or Ameri-
ca. We have determined to do 1t,
and by the help of God, it shall be
done, if it cost us our last cent, and
even life itself. We want and will
welcome to our literary fellowship,
well educated and thinking men
who can write prose or poetry.
Contributions to the Democratic
Press, from such men, are earnest
ly invited. ....a.E. a..
We are much pleased with the
poetry from Lewisburg. Let us
hear from our friend again.
Once more we urge our readers
md friends to use their best en-
deayors to procure more subscribers
and advertisements for the Press,
and to induce all who are in our
debt to pay up old arrears and to
pay for the paper in advance. We
wish our country friends to bcarin
mind, that we print bills, large and
small, and also circulars, at a cheap
rate, and with neatness and dis
patch. Democrats, put on your
strength and quit ye like men"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29


The people of the Northern States Of
America are behaving after their defeat in a
manner which is somewhat u~naccountable,
They do not seem at all inclined to lessen
its,fmpor lance. They do not affect to con.
ceal that they have been totally and dis
gracefully defeated, that their opinions Of
their own merits and of their enemies de-
fciencies we're uufounded, and that instead
of q short and brilliant campaign, they
must either prepare for a desperate war, or
give up their scheme of ~subjugating the
South. Andyet this National calamity and
this grevious shame do not seem to effect
them as they would effect an European com
mnnity. They even take pleasure in the
sensation caused by their unparalleled de-
feat. Excitement is to all classes a neees
sary daily dram, andi if they have it, it mat
ters not whether it is brought by success or
misfortune. Then the people have so little
realized the meaning of war, aud they have
such confidence in their own energy and
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29

D0r The following is among the
general orders recently sent from
the Headquarters of the Army"
conveying special instructions to
the various recruiting and other
stations of the United States Ar
my, in reference to this important
matter.
Searches of houses for arms,
traitors, or spies, and arrests of Of
tenders in such matters, shall only
be made in any Department by the
special authorityof the commander
thereof, except in extreme cases
admitting Of no delay"
This order, it will, Of course, be
understood, refers only to military
posts, and is entirely apart and dis
tinct from the operations of the
civil law.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
Marriage Of DR.. Spring.

IA LH
Rev. Matthew Hale Smith writes
to the Boston Journal, under date
of August II, as follows
The marriage Of Rev. Dir. Spring
came off in the chapel Of the Brick
Church on Thursday last, in the
presence of a small company OF
visitors. The affair has created
much talk. The Doctor is well on
to eighty. He is quite infrm and
his Sights poor. The lady bride
is sixty-tive and is a maiden. Mrs,
Spring has not been dead quite d
year, and in New York it Rregard,
ed as quite an improperly for a
widower not to wait at least one
year. In this marriage quite a lit
tie romance is blended. The lady
has a fortune Of 100000 in her
own right. She has long resided
with her uncle, one of the most be-
nevolent men in the city, and the
lady is reported to say that it has
always been her great desire to be-
come Mrs. Gardner Spring. The
bride and bridegroom left the chap
Ell and at once ~proceeeed to the
cars for a bridal trip to Niagara
Falls, both seeming in need of as.
si Dke land help, although the
bride was sprightly for one of bel
years.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29

fortunes, in their faculty Of what they call
coming fright side up'ard," that as a com
munity they are no more depressed by . To-
tai rout than they would be in their indiyid-
ual capacities by a ~pecuniary loss, A sin
gular traitin hnman character is exhibited
in their open acknowledgment to oil the
world of defeat, coupled with the ienthusi.
astic reception which they are giving to
whole regiments of volunteers Who DIRE
marching homcward on the morrow Of o
great defeat.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29

ians and North Carolinians on the
one side, and Davis, Wigtall and
the extremists of South Carolina
on the other. The complaint
among the disaffected is that Da-
Wis is making rather fast to the le-
climate results Of treason, the abb
negation. of State and individual
rights.
Washington August, rs.
Foreign mails by last steamer
were received, to-day, at the State
Department. Advices from our
ministers are written under the
pressure of the Bulls Run disaster.
European governments appreci-
ate the disaster at its full extent,
but there is a disposition on the
continent to give the Northern
troops more credit for bearing and
endurance than our own papers
have claimed, and their fighting in
front Of heavy works being consid-
cred, by military men as, giving
them so great an advantage as to
makei it q matter of wander that
raw recrits could haye been induc-
ed to assault them under such dis
advantages.
Our Ministers do not disg
the fact thatth Government has
suffered severely in the estimation
Of Europeans, by this disaster; but
they are confident that no move to
recognize the rebels as a nation,
will be made so long as the Gov
eminent maintains its forces on the
soil of the rebel States.
The feeling on the continent was
generally, that the North would be
aroused by the disaster to its ar
my, and that the defeat closed the
door to any arrangement with the
rebels.
British Government officials APP
pear to be impressed with the be-
lief that the battle and defeat would
only prolong the contest without
deciding anything. =
New YORK, August q.
The p~roprietors of the Daily
NeWS. fearing an attack on their
establishment yesterday, applied
to the Police Superintendent for
protection. A force Of 400 police
was held in reserve at the lower
stations, but their services were not
called into requisitlon. 1t is I'M
derstood forty men, armed with re-
volvers, were retained by the News
proprietors, to meet any emergen-
CIV.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
Reception Of the Remains of General
Lyon.

A dispatch from st. Louis, pub
lished in the papers, announces
that the remains of General Lyon
will be sent through Cincinnati on
their way to the East. 1t is pro-
posed, we understand, that a pub
lie demonstration be made on the
occasion of their a%rriva! in the
city. An order will be issued, no.
tifying the public of the time and
manner of the demonstration.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29

temper, and what state of mind,
will survive tho war? What kind
of Union will the sword cement ?
When war is II necessity-it must
be admitted that it is always a
dreadful necessity 1T invari-
ably, when conducted on q large
scale, leaves many dreadful results
behind it. We are anxious tosave
human life, and to see the present
struggle brought to an end as soon
as possible.
We have thus stated our views
in a few words, and they are in
harmony with the dictates of our
Judgment, the best interests Of the
nation, and the woll-belng of all
concerned. If still abused or nick
named, we cannot help it, but we
will remain the stern defenders of
the Stars and Stripes, the American
Union, and the Constitution with
all its old landmarks, and State
lines, and we can we'll afford to be
misrepresented, and reviled, with
out any desire to retaliate, bearing
in mind, that when the "Great
Teacher" was reviled, He reviled
not again" 1t is still whispered
to usthat our oficeis to be mobbed;
should that be the case, the mischief
will not end at the Press office.
Our determination is, to behave
ourself so as to convince even our
opponents, that we understand our
own principles and the Democratic
platform, and are perfectly willing
to receive all honorable men who
may see it to be their duty to adopt
our views, and stand by our Ticket
One word of advice TO our coun-
try readers. Be courteous to your
opponents, do not suffer yourselves
to be drawn into angry quarrels
with them. Let them have the
honor of calling you nicknames, as
often and as much as they please.
You will be acting in strict har-
mony with the calm dictates of
reason, and Divine revelation, by
carefully avoiding to follow their
example. Vituperation and bluster
are always marks of the weakness
of the cause in dispute. Democrats
are old and proved Union men,
and there is in Eaton an organ we
all, and very correctly, call the
Democratic Press. Stand by your
principles, and your own paper, as
faithfully and as conscientiously as
we have stood by you during the
last three months, and as we arc
still, and with all our soul, mind.
and strength, determined to stand
by you, and live and die in your
service. We look to you for ear
nest, and continued cooperation
get us more subscribers, and make
us strong by paying us IN advance,
and you will find us true to our
promises, and we shall present you
from week to week with a paper
equal in talent to any other paper
of its own size published in the
United States. The rights of the
people, the salvation of the Union,
the interests Of the farmer, store
keeper, and merchant, the re-estab-
lishment of peace, and the reunion
of all the States-if that can be
done-will be our aim in all our
editorial labors.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29

The London Times city article expatiates
on the financial difficulties accommodating
against the American Government, and
says that the most earnest wish ofthe friends
of America must be, that the difficulties in
sight may accumulate with sufficient rapid.
ty TO bring the North and South to reason.