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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
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The Xenia Torch Light thus exhumcs
the anteccdents of tie men who CONTROL.
ed and shaped the policy Of the recent
Democratic State Convention, and who
intend to shape the administrative policy
OF the State if entrusted with its power;
We ask the loyal people of Greene
county to contemplate for a moment the
political character OF the leaders in the
affair, Let them remember that Mcdary
the President of the Convention, is The
editor ofa paper at Columbus, called the
Crsis-thnt at the time of its formation,
he published In his paper the rebel Con-
stitution, promulgated gs the supreme
law OF the Confederate States: that he
pronounced it superior to ours, and rec.
ommcndcd IFS adoption TO our people,
Let them remember that Judge Thurman,
the chairman of the Committee on Rcso-
lutions, is the recognized friend ana com.
forier Of the Secessionists at Camp Chase,
that packages for them are sent te his
care, and that he Is known over the
State as the bitter enemy of the Govern
ment.
Let them remember that Vallnndig-
ham, the leader, the master spirit of this
movement, has been notorious for his op.
position to the Government in its efforts
to crush the traitors; and thot on every
occasion he has so acted and voted as to
cripple and obstruct the President and his
friends in their war against treason.
Finally, let them look at this assembly
and It's leading spirits; let them remem-
Der that Medary, Thurman, BARLEY,
Burchurd, Vallandigham, &C., were the
friends aud advocates Of Breckenridge in
1860; that their party leader and his
friends are now generals and officers in
the rebel army, doing their utmost to de-
stroy our government; and yet such men
with such record, have the bruzen i'm
pudence TO come before the people of
Ohio, who know them and their history,
and ask voters to place the destinies OF
the State in their hands at sneh a time as
thisl Did the world ever " itness such ef-
Ifrontery!
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
Interesting Ie ecpcrt oCn convcr.
saIiOn with the President.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette writes the follow
ing:
"On the single matter of the presi-
dents belief us TO the amount of our loss.
os, VIC already have three or four contra
dictory versions; while huppen TO know
that every ono of them conflicts with the
statements the President himself made 10
a certain party Of four, only last Friday
evening.
Said the President with marked en-
phasis;
81 can't tell where tho mon have gone
in that army, | have sent there at one
time and another, one hundred and
| (perhnps prudence requires that should
still leave the other two two places for
figures blank,) "ono hundred and-
thousand men, aud | can only find Just
half that many now. Where can they
have gonel Burnside accounts TO me for
every man he has takcH--so many killed
in battle, so many wounded, 80 many
sick in tho hospitals, o many absent on
furloughs. So does Mitchell. So does
Buell., and so others; but cant tell what
has become OF half the army sent down
20 the Peninsula"
Mr. Lincoln may have made contradic-
tory statemots to others, but | respectful
ly beg to say | don't believe it.
So, too on that evening, the President
had moi "dotermined to remove Secrota
ry Stanton at once" or at any other time;
and he has not "determined to remove
Gen. Mcclellan and put Burnside" or "pu,
MITCHELL or "put Halleck in COM
mand."
He was assured that retaining McClel-
Ian was seriously damaging enlistments
under the new call Of the West, but he
promptly replied. "Perhaps | do lose
some there, but shall lose on the other
hand elsewhere, if were to remove
him"
Aud he was equally free in expressing
his confidence in Secretary Stanton, and
his Indignation at the abuse heaped on
that officer for actions he himself had
ordered.
There was no special privacy in these
remarks and the public is fairly entitled
to a knowledge of them.
The President may have changed his
mind since then-he may be at loss to
know what his own mind is--as the re
tailers Of the news that Mcclellan is TO
be promptly removed, ard that stanton is
to be promptly removed, aud that our
losses belure Richmond have been insig-
nificaut, would lead us to think, but
must again say simply that don't be-
llieve It," t
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
Dcn,ccrn,ic Doc,rinc.

Tho Democratic County Convention
of Ashland County adopted the following
resolution:
RcS0lred, That the Democratic party
of Ashland County will now, ns hereto.
foo, remain faithful to the landmarks Of
tn sagcs who founded this league OF
State sov'roigntirs; and that we rcphdi-
ate, as unworthy of Il civilized and intelli-
gnnt people, the idea that, since tic house
has bccn fired by the Chicago Platform,
eXtinpush the ilames, and that coercioh
and iltcton are irrrconcilablc.
That resolution distinctly asserts that
the North brought on this war, and that
the prosecution Of the wur is unjustifa-
bic. hndos iftllt resolution was not
plain enough the Convention rut the same
treason in little dil'eront shape. ts fol-
lows:
Resolr1d, That the dismcmbcrmcnt and
dccline of our conntry is the rcs0lt of an
anti Constitutional and an,i-Nutionul or
ga"izntion in Tho Northern States, which
at the instant Of its success, consumated
u revolution, aud within the first six
w,cks ofi's in ueuyOtoa, plunged
the county into -tle horrible and
desolotips civil war which we now wit.
ness.
Aud yet these are the meh, who
through V4llanaigham, Medary and Thur
man, are ravingly indignant that the 10y
lal y of the ID Democracy should bo ques-
toned.
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Andy JOhNsOn's AtIa Of
.7uIy Address.
rhc Voice Of II 'rrnc Dcmocra,

rhc Voice Oi "a 'Truc Democrat /.
Governor Andrew Johnson, of Ten.
ncssee, made a speech at Nashville on
the Fourth ofJuly, in which h. told plain
and practical truths against the speeches
and resolutions Of the Ohio Fourth Of it,
ly Convention. We make few *.
tracts:
He hnd always stood before the pcoplo
as the advocate OF popular government.
against the government of property, as Il
democrat in the true and primary sense
of that word. And tonight he appeared
TO defend the great principles orcivil and
rclig lots liberty. In cur old contc sts,
ipoliticpl plrti,s contcndcd whose policy
was best adapted 10 promote the good
and prosperity OF the Government aud of
the Union, but now the great question is
shall this Government and this Union
exist, or shall they perishl There were
only two parties now, one composed OF
the friends, the other Of the foes Of this
| Union, Aud although dcmagorurs at
tempted to raise the cry Of Slavery and
Abolition, the real question to be decided
was: Shall FREQ Government live on the
Western Continent!
De assured that this is the question
which undcrles the rubbish and rat of
! corrupt ard reckless olIice-huntcrs! Ne
grocs Slavery! Southern Rights! Co
crcion! What terrible bug-bcars to
frightcn timld people and blind them to
the real point at issue! He rskrd the
vast multitude before him what Southern
RIGHT any of them had lost in the Union.
Did it ever rob or impovcrish! Did it
ever dcfraud or opprcss you! Then il
you have lost no rights, why all these
vast armies! Why these bnyoncis and
cannon, and fleets, and tented iicldsl--
WHY all these new made graves ant
oceans Of blood! Why are hundreds OF
you going to the Capitol, pro, ing for tho
release your delbdcd boys! lie ccuC
not tell.
1t was because some corrupt and rccl.
less politicians wanted place ard POWER
They ,cere determined 10 ruin Hc coun,
try If they could not gorern he wlole In,
ion Moy toere determined 10 gorern q
part. He knew these Southern poIiti.
clans, Yanccy, Toombs, Davis, Wig(all
Nluson, Benjamin and others, well, far he
had served with them for years in Con.
gress. lie was familiar with their views
and feelings, and, having watched lhcil
course closely, believed that no under
stood their motives Clearly. He sat side
by side with them when they professsd
that they wanted a compromise with the
North. Bet he journals Of Congress,
proved that these traitors had an oppt rilt.
nifty 10 get The compromise hey prG)t sSco
TO desire, and get they aiioioed ii TO Le de.
feGied ioheR their uoie wou'd hare obtain.
cd IL. THEY faiked hypoer iticaHy, A
sehlemeatJ difficulties was The Ucry ldsi
hing that these rebel Senators t0antCd.
They sought continually how they
might defeat a penceable settlement oi
the question in dispute. They took their
seats in the Federal Congress for the
purpose of brcbking up the Union, and
founding ono which they could not con-
troll, They succeeded, unhappily FIR tho
country in plunging us into bloody and
cruel and unholy war.
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rrcnson Nrns, be numh.

One day last week a lame soldier limp
ed Nv q Hotel in Roc krord, and lcuug-
ing FELLOW on the portico inquired the ma
turc Of his injury. ~ was wounded at
Pntsburg Lending" said tho volunteer
proudly. "Scrvcd you right rcioincd
his iutcrrpgatcr, IL wish every G--d
man of you had been shot" The wuund-
ed soldier stung by the insult, fclt more
kCcnly than ever the disability of his
wound, aud so assured the scoundrcl, who
would not have been personally safe
had the volunteer been armed. But IL
was not to end thus. Strong hands were
laid upon the hnavc, stalwnrt forms lifted
him, and stout boots accelerated his prog
ress to grove near the ovtskitts where
a convenient limb aud highly suggcs-
tive cord were the paraphcrualio in watt
ing. The traitor was drawn mp thrice
until he felt his coward soul well nigh
It's departure, lie begged aud prayed,
aud filled the air with his applications,
aud the 1oosc was relaxed. lie was
modc to repeat the oath of allegiance,
aud then stout rail was his conveyance
cut of town, whose precincts hc will not
be likely soon 10 cross Uglin, The
Rocklork patriots were thoroughly rous.
cd, ana the lesson they gave u good one,
aud words of treason in that place must
be- low and of secret ultcrancc hereafter.
And this il the right feeling II "a quite
time f1r loyal mcn 10 declare That trcd.
son must b. dumb, oith,r IN spoken words
or in ncwspt p r cO'umns that rcck with
Idisluyuliy. II is n6t the mob spirit that
we would rouse, but il we arm our broth.
crs ard srud them 20 tho field TO punish
Ircbcls with bnyOnct aud ball, are we tc
permit in cur own communities, home
/ traitors to drcry the holy cause of the
| country, and aim tu weaken patriotism
among usl Tho people of Rockford
were right, and the people of Woodstock
will doubtless take good care n yer again
to allow q secession vllificr Of the GOV
crnmcut to hss his treason in their vii.
| lace. II Is more fortunate fur him than
| he can again expect IL TO be, that hC
came safe homo to Chicago. His rrrart
in MclIcnry county will do good. A
missionary of treason, he plainly laid be-
fore his audience of patriotic hearers Z
| lorciblc illustration of the present dan
! gers Of the country from the dies minatot
of treason in the loyal States. TNcSt
mcR must b. stopped, Treason mus, b,
dumb in the Northwcs', cvon il torribl,
/ examples be- needed o. enforce the les
son. chi Trib.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
No wore Bitches.

| 1t is now very well understood that no
m,ro foriiiicatOns are t. be erected by
our troops, at least until the war is over
II is remarkable fnct that TIE armies
which have depended upon earthworks
and forts have been beaten nearly every
time. The rebels commenced this war
with profound faith in def nsive posi-
tion'. Engineering skin was brought
into play, and but little attention was
paid to preparing their troops for field op-
crations.
What had been done at Sahastopol by
the Russians, they argued, could he done
by them at a hundred places in the South.
But what WAS the result! They were de-
fe1tcd at Fort Henry, at Fort Donelsou,
at Roanoke Island, at Newbern, al Pu-
/ laski, nt Island No. 10, at Yorktown, at
Williamsburg, and indeed in almost ev-
cry place where they relied upon their
carthworks instead of their soldiers. The
bittle of Shiloh marked the change in
their policy, and on that occasion the
sluthern troops displayed all tho valor of
their race.
L. Gen. Mcclellan has made any mis-.
take il Is in relying too much upon the
spade. lie won in Western Virginia at
Yorktown and at Williamsburg against
formidable intrcnchmcnts, and failed be-
io's n Richmond when he depended upon
them himself.
The truth is, offensive and defensive
war have changed v,ry much since tho
siege of Ssbastopol. Rihcd cannon ond
she'll guns hayc since come into play, and
they have given the advantage TO the at
taeking arny. Letus hear Of no moro
bitches or intrenchmcDts. They are a
dolusion and snare. The war hence.
forth must he on tho open field,whcre
the valor of our troops and the ability OF
our generals will be fairly, nnd almost
for the first time, tested.--Nec York
World. raya
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
"so,Ie" Huscct.

Capt, Kingsbrry, Of Company A, l4th
regiment, now at Corinth, thus describes
an insect very annoying to tho troops in
camp at that place.
We presume the "boys" will not be
disposed to complain ofmosquitocs, gnats
&c, which infest this locality, after snf.
fern9 from the assaults OF the propeller
Fly"
"Within the last week have discover.
ed new kind of insect--I call it the
Propeller Fly. II is not as large rs one
Of our Yankee mosquitoes, but you ought
to see and fee them bite. They light on
you, raise their hind end---standing on
their fore legs commence turning
round. Their bill is like cork screw,
and when they get il in the right place
they start the machinery by advancing
the right fore leg. They then work u
propeller wheel, which is OF course at the
stern, and around they go like lightning
aud in goes the cork screw. and you can
not pull them on without upscrewing
them, They are bad egg.'s
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
Thc Ace aud Reaurcgnra Plnn,

Ehc Lee aWd Rcaurcgnrd Plan.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
ln1uircr Processes to havo discovered
from rebel sources the formation Of new
plan Of the summer campaign by Gems,
Ice and Bcaurcgard, of which the fol-
lowing arc the main features: r
L. Thu immediate obstruction OF the
james river 60 NJ to maze il impossible
Tor Mcclellan to use II as means frr
communicating with the Governmci [,
and Cor the transportation of reinforce
mcnts and army supplies.
Q. Th' rroocupotion of williamsburg,
Yorktown and the entire peninsula.
3. Tho recovery Of the whole Of the
territory of Virginia, and the rcpossession
of tho baltimore aud Ohio Railroad.
1. The recovery Of New Orleans.
Memphis and the Mississippi river, and
the expulsion orthc Federal troops from
Tennessee and Kentucky.
When these objects had been nccoms
plishcl, the Lee aud Bcaur gard plan proA
posed;
D. To make the Potomac and the Ohio
rivers at once their base of operations
aud irouticr linc, and tn transfer the scat
ofwar lron Virginia 70 Maryland,
I Il. To huri UPON Washington, frt m
Richmond, column of 100000 troors;
! ~ capture of that city, the "libcration,'
Ipr Baltimore, aud The Invasion of of tho
North at the three points named above.
/ by becoming IN turn ,he Invaders, tn, y
hope to make It necessary for os to keep
at home, for the defense of cur cities,
ully five hundred thousand troops.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
Great WAR 1Icciing I'm New
Eorl;.

NEw YORK, July 10.
Misunderstanding the intense heat of
"a W ntherl there was an immense GATH
cring of loyal citizens this afternoon %
Uaiou Squar --lnr fully and equll 10
that of last year just after the fall ofSum-
TT.
Five stands for speakers wcrc provide
tb aad tho several presiding officers
w'rc Mayor Omykc, PolHia Merritt,
P;cs'd'nt Of the Chamber of Commerce,
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Prof. FranJis Licts
cr, and Gen. F,cmoBt. Among the ma
ny speakers were Rev. Drs. Rufus w.
Clarke, Samuel Osgood, Richard Stcrrs
aud Francis Vin'on, and the Presidents oi
TIE several me tircs,
An the speakers were cchcmcnty in
| r,yJr OF uphodiuC the Government In oil
Eswar measures uutil the last armed rebI
cl surrender d,
The enthusiasm among the mass was
v'ry strong and ,v,ry allusion % the
President or any OF the Generals in the
field, WAS vch mcntly chccrcd, us were
also all dcprccn,ory ullusions to foreign
intcrii rcncC in cur troubles.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
rl,c Ncw Connscntlon n,l,.

Tho bill to confscote tho property Of
rebels having passed both houses of Com
gross, has only to receive the Presidents
signature to become law. We give
below an cpitomo of the provisions OF the
Rc:
The President is required TO issue q
proclamation giving the rebels warning
to return to tIeir allegiance within six.
~ days. Their failure to do 50 involves
the loss or forfeiture Of their property
Tho penalty of treas on is declared to
be death, aud the liberation of the slaves
Cifuny) owned by the traitor, or fine OF
$4,000 shall be laid upon him, aud ho
be Imprisoned five yours, his slaves libcr-
ptcd. and his estate confiscatcd.
Rebel office holders, civil and military,
are subiuct IN u greater measure than
others connected with the rebellion to
the penalties of this bill. All rebels are
declared ineligible to any Office under
the federal Government.
The duty of the President is TO cause
III" property ol rebels, slaves excepted, 20
be seized, and the proceeds arising from
the sale thereof are to 20 into the nation
al Treasury.
Tho slaves belonging 10 the rebels aud
ofthosc voluntarily giving al aud com-
fort to them in ih /, treason, are declared
to he free VIII O Y e such si,yrs shall en-.
ter the lines of uuf umits, ur thnll other.
wise come under ,h' Cuu'fli OF the gov.
crnmcnt.
"FugitVc slav s. In the scnsr cx,
pressed y tn g C,ns,itulou, shall not bt
delivered up 10 the owner until after h,
HIS iok II the oath Of ullcgidncc to thC
uaiuI, aud shall also have sworn that II,
has been loyal to the government.
No person employed in ,he military OF
naval service of the United s atcs shal
pass upon the validity of any claim 10 1
slave, or deliver him to his owner, un.
der penalty ofbaing dismissed from the
service.
Authority is given 10 the President L
employ ~ many persons Of African de
scent for the purpose Of supprcssing th,
rebellion nshe.may deem judicious, an,
to use them as he may consider most con
ductiuo to the public good.
Tho Executive Is also authorized I,
make suitable provisions for the colonl
cation Of such negroes as choD SO t) lcav,
the country.
lie IL also given ample authority 10 us
his own discreet ton 80 far us the pardon
and amnesty To rebel prisoners is con
c rLc,- llorid.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-25
OUR CouNrRY's CALL.
A NEW rotM py wu. CULLEN BRYANT.

Lay down the axe; fling by the spade,
Leave in its trat k the toilng plough;
The rifle and the bayouct blade
For arms like yours are filter new,
And let the hands that ply the Pen
Quit the light task. AMI learn to wicld
The horsemah's crooked brand, aud rain
The charger on the battle field.
I Our country calls. away! AVA!
To where the blood stream blois the green
Strike to defend the eutlrst sway
I hat time in all his course has seen.
Sec, from thousand cuvcrts-Scc
Spring tie armed foes that haunt the track
They rush to smite her down, and We
/ Must beat the banded traitors back.
| IIo. sturdy MS the oaks We ccave.
And moved as soon to fear and flight,
/ Men OF the glade aud fOrcstl leave
! Your woodcraIt for the field Of fghp
| The arms that WELD the axe must pour
! An iron tempest on the foe.
/ His scrried ranks shall reel before
/ The arm that lays the panther low
| Ard yc who breast the mountain storm
! BY grassy steep or highland lake,
| Come, Tor the land yc love, to form
A bGlwaIk that no foe can break.
Stand, like your own gray cliffs that mock
/ The whrwind, stand in her defence,
! The bl st so,n shall move the rock
AS rushing squadrons bear yc thence.
I And We whose homes are by her grand
| swift Ivcrs, rising far away,
/ Come from the depths Of her green land
! As mighty IN your march as they,
/ AS terrible as when the rains
! Have swclled tbrm over baiks and bourne
With sudden floods to drown the plains
Aud sweep along the woods urtorn.
Aud We who tlrong beside the deep,
Her POTTS aud hamlcls Of the strand,
In numh,r like the waves that leap
On his long murmurng margc tfsand,
Come, like that deep, when, o'cr his brim,
He rises, all lis floods TO pour.
And filings the proudost blik that swim
a helpless wreck pom his shore.
Few few were they whose swords Of old
Won the fair land in W!uch we dwell,
But we nre many, we who hold
The grim resolve To guard it we'll
Strike lur that broad aud goudly land,
Blow after blow, I'LL mru shall see
That Might aud Right move haud in hand
Aud glorious must their triumph be.
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bktc New Pension E.uW GCr the
FUTsCNi r--Tnc Pay per
MouiIi ~ UIsuElCd Gicc,s
1Hd tIiVatcs.
Both Houses Of Congress have usl
agreed On the following pensions for q
total disability for officers, ron-ccmmis-
stoned officers, musicians cnd privJt =,
employed in tic milt ry service, whether
regulars, volunteers or militia, and in
the marine corps, since the ith of March,
1851:
Lieutenant Colonel aud all officers of
II higher rank, $40 per month; Maior, S35
per month; Captain, $40 per month; LIST
Lieut., Sl7 per month; and uon-com-
missioncd officers, musicians and priyatcs,
SIS per month.
Tho pension for total disability for Of
ilccrs, Wdrrdat or petty officers, and othe-s
employed in tho naval service of the u.
S., shall be as follows, viz: Captain.
commander, surgeon, pdymdSter and chief
engineer, respectively ranking Nth com
mdnder by ldto, lieutenant commanding
aud mastcr commanding, $50 per month
lieutenant, surgeon, pdymGSter and chief
engineer, respectively ranking piM licu.
tenants by lao, and passed assistant sur
gcon, $50 per month; professor OF mnth-
cmniics, master, assistant surgeon, assis-
tant poymastcr and chaplain, $50 per
moh,h; lst assistant engineers and pilots
$lb per month; passed midshipman, mid
shipman, captains and paymaslcrs' clerk,
ID and 3d assistant engineers, masters
mate and all warrant officers, $40 per
month; all petty officers, and all other
persons before named employed in the
naval scrvecc, $S per month.
Provision Is made in case of death fol
the wi dow or children to receive the pen.
sion.
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WHAT gen. PopcIs Doing.

Washington Core 'pondrnce New York Evening Post
Gen. Pope has made his preparations
so that if the rebel leaders see fit to put
fifty or sixty thousand troops under Jack
son TO threaten Washington again, he will
be ready to meet them. Better than that
ne will improve upon the old tactics; If
Trey do not send Jackson this way, Pope
will compel them to do so or lose their
important railway connections at Cor
louisville and Staunton. This is evident
to all since the advance force under Gen.
eral Hatch entered Culpepper Court
House.
This Is the rurthest advance into the
heart OF Virginia yet made. Here is the
plantation Of Mr.. Wallacb, of the Even
ing Star, and his family reside at this
place. 1t is eighteen months since he
has been able TO visit his home or family
but he can now safely do so, unless our
forces are compelled 10 retreat by the ad-
vance of Jackson in overwhelming num-
bers. Il is proboble that the next fight
ing will be this side Of Richmond, aud
not the other. Ii so, the veteran soldiers
ofthe Peninsula Army will have the qui-
ct and rest they so much need. General
Pope has left town, hear, and is with
his troops.