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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-05-01
The Capture of New Orleans.

Ofr Fohl n pr
Deserters from The rebel lines bring the
gratifying intelligence that New Orleans
mand of Commodore Porter. and that
the city Is now in Porler's quiet possess
ION
On Thursday last the Federal fleet
passed Fort Jackson, after a desperate ma
val engagement, in which one vessel was
sunk and several badly damaged
1t is supposed the Federal loss was
very heavy.
The rebel loss was GO killed and "a
wounded.
The engagement lasted part of two
days.
The Federals took possession Of New
Orleans without srugg Ia on Friday.
The rebel force had all evacuated. de-
stroying such steamers as they had 40 use
for. and taking with them the greater
amour, Of military stores on deposit in the
city.
Union citizens Of New Orleans were
very iubilant over the resnlt %. their long
waning
ii. Q DErr RAPPAuANsocK. Apr. q.
To Hon. f NJ Stanton. Sec'y of War:
The Richmond Examiner Of the Goth
has been receiver in fredericksburg. an
nouncing that New Orleans has been ia.
ken.
Great destruction Of property. Including
cotton and steamboats,.
Enough steamboats, were saved to take
away the ammunition
Grea, CONSERVATION among the inhabt-
ants.
Washington. 81.
The news from New Orleans. which
comes through several rebel sources. is
deemed Of the utmost Importance. What
Old England failed 10 do has been accom-
plished BY New England. The manner
in which success at Fort Jackson and ST.
Philip was followed up Is highly praised.
In thirty hours our men consumma
lneir victory and appeared before New Or
leans TO receive its submis
No mention is made by rebels Of iron
clad castles and rams.
The military forces composing the ex
petition agains, New Orleans are under
the command of Major General Butler
and consist mainly of New England troops
with the Fourth Wisconsin and Michi
gan Regiment The naval forces are un-
der Capt. Farragut. and the mortar fleet
under the special charge Of Lieut.. Com.
Porter
We are without any accounts from the
feat since irs departure f.om Ship Island
and Key West. to the rendezvous al the
mouths Of the Mississippi. except such az
have reached us from rebel sources
A Richm md dispatch published in the
Norfolk papers OF April 10th. says that
official information from New Orleans
states that an attack on Forts Jackson and
ST. Philip commenced yesterday. the
I4th.'
We have nothing then for week. The
Richmond Examiner Of the god, says Of.
fetal dispatches received II Richmond on
the 2lst, state that the bombardment of
the forts below New Orleans continued
during the whole of Saturday (rhe I9th).
and that there were no casualties on
the rebel side. 1t is stated ths, the
Federal armament. owing to the shallow
ness of the water. cannot get sufficiently
near The Forts 10 batter their walls to
any extent. and there is no possibility OF
reducing them but by Smelling out the
garrison
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19
A Guerrilla Regiment from Ohio.

Governor Tod has been petitioned by a
number of citizens OF Portage county.
for authority to organize Guerrilla Reg.
iment or Brigade in Ohio, TO operate on
the Morgan plan, under general direction
of the War Department, to be made up
chiefly OF men over fortyJfve years Of age
The petitioners promise, il their PROPOSE
ton meets with the sanction of the War
Department, and they are furnished with
arms, TO cloihe, feed, transport and pay
themselves, and keep every gun hot ill
either the rebellion or themselves be
stone dead. Persons desirous of "falling
in" with such an expedition, can have
their names appended by addressing Box
85, Rootstown, Portage County, Ohio.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19
WHOLE NO., 662,
The First Contraband.

The idea Of treating an escaped or aban-
doned slave as coDtraband Of war, and using
him against tho enemv, did not originate
With Gen. Butler. Tho contraband Ia n
Biblical character, first discovered by David.
having tho same qualities and put to tho
same service then as now. When the ANAL
ekites had smitten Ziklag and burned it,and
carried away captive all the women and
children, David and his band pursued the
enomy into tho wilderness, but could get no
trace Of him. AT length thoy found a man
lying in field, so far gone with hunger
that no could neither walk nor speak. Ho
was a man of dark skin and strsnper bus
instead Of leaving him to perish 90 a WORTH
loss slave, David's men brought him 10 head
quarters, and nursed him gently till be Ye-
vivod. He had eaten no bread, nor drank
anv water, for three days aud throe nights
David SOW at Onco that he was a sIaye.
other fugitive or deserted, aud ins,oad of
ordering him out OF the camp, bo asked his
story-"To whom bsloDgest thou? and
whence art thou The story was Just such
as we are hearing every day from the same
class of persons. II am a young man of
Egypt, servant to an Amalekite and nv
master left mo because three DAYS aeope.
fell sick'-tho same neglect and cruelty
on the dart Of the master then as now
Whom the slave can no longer be serviceablo,
let him perish-especislly let not The retreat
OF guerrilla band be encountered BY q sick
slave. But this slave has information Of
great value for David He can explain
how and whom ZikIsg was spoiled. ave
made an invasion upon the sonth of the
Cheretbites. and upon the coast which be-
longeth to Judah, and upon the south Of
Caleb; and we bnrned Ziklag with fire."
Having got this information, David was
eagerly to know the whereabouts of the
guerril!as. and to use the Egyptian as his
guide. The slave was ready enough to
serve him upon two simple conditions of
lie and liberty. "Swear unto me BY God
that thon wilt neither kill me nor deliver
me into the hands OF my master, and will
bring thee dowu to this COMPANY" How
true to human nature is this testimony Of
the slave, in every age, that life and liberty
are above all price Now David was well
versed in the Levitical code. He knew
better than Rabbi Raphall or Bishop Hop
kins, the teachings of the Mosaic law with
respect to an escaped slave. He had
neither conscientious nor constitutional
scruples about emancipating this son of Ham
upon the spot. The freedman, true to his
word, became the guide to Davids army
and led Them to the encampment of the
AmalekiteS, whom they slew with great
! slaughter. Il Samuel, 1xI.) Let bat our
leader speak into the ear of the slave the
promise of liberty, let him declare that no
boDdman escaping to US shall be delivered
into the hands of bis master, and We shall
find our way into the heart of the enemy's
country, and shall smite them with an utter
smting.-Boston Congregatieaalist.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19

fancy in the restless night brings you back
the voices OF their farewell. Except IN
dreams OF tho night, how many of you will
ever hear them again, those household
voices
Remembering tbese-remembering tho
boarded treasures you have tbro~n into this
gull for your couutry's goodwill you hesi-
tate People Of Massachusetts, will you
hesitate TO strike with vital force the un-
natural enemy who has compelled these
terrible sacrificesl GCres Of mo |" "No ~
Shall this blood be shed in vain: f"No I"
mo !! Baptized in such blood, will YOU not
name tree that soil where 1t vas shed: l"Yesl
Yes Shall ploushshare guided BY the
band of slave throw up, TO whiten in the
sun, the bonee of patriots who fell in this
struggle for their country? [Crics of "Nol"
"Norl
Crowd your patriot soldiers TO the field
happy in their privilege to be there; make
every fight victory, but let the men Who
fall on those red fields die in tho assured
belief that their blood was not merely spilled
upon tho ground-that it went to cement
the corner.stones in this great temple of
universal liberty, great cheering, and
when the roar OF the battle with ali other
mortal sounds 10 fading in their ears, let
them feel that their souls, too, are marching
on to join that noble army [cheors of mar.
tyrs which every good cause demands.
Justify their sacrifices, and at once, by a
great act, place yourselves on ono OF the
grand pinnacIes of history. And if on that
summit the halo which surrounds you is
tinged with redeemed light reflected from
many bloody field, it will not come from
your setting sun, but will be the light Of a
new and glorious morning which will iIlu-
minsto the world. Tremendous applause,
which was KEEP. up for several minutes.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19
GREEN BE THE TURF ABOVE THEE.

The following beautiful lines were writer
by FITz GREENE HALLECK, on the doath o
Rodman Drake, tho author of "The Culpri
Fay and the phrase "a bold bad man.
The last two lines Of the first verse wer,
placed as an cpitAph on brakes monu
nent:
Green be tho turf above thee,
Friend of my better days;
Mono knew tbeo but to love thee,
Mono named thee but to praise.
Tears fell when thou vert dying,
From eyes unused to weep;
And long where thou art lying,
Will tears the cold oarth steep.
When hearts whose worth arc proven,
Like thine are laid in earth
Then should q wreath bo woven,
To tell the world their worth.
And who woke each morrow,
To clasp thy hand in mine;
Who shared each joy and sorrow,
Whose veal and voc we're thinc,
1t shall be mine to braid il
Around thy faded brow;
But I've in vain ossayed it,
And find cannot now.
While Memory bids mo woop thoe,
Nor thought. nor words are FREQ,
The grief is fixed too deeply,
That mourns Man like Thee
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19
Words in Season.

Tho "Lounger," in the last number oil
Harper's Woekly, says:
LET us suppress tho abolitionists," cries
some slack wtted orator. and the rebellion
will end !" OF course it will, you dear soul ;
and il all your follow citizens had boon OF
your calibre and kidney, there would have
beon no rebellion at all. Ii Hampton and
bis friends had said, Let us suppress those
fellows who cry out against ship. money,
England would havo quietly submitted to
the tyranny of the Stuaris Ii Otis and
Patrick Henry had shouted, 'Hurrah for
King George and the Stamp Act, there
would have been no bloody revolution. II
Mirabeau and tho French people had bol-
lowed, 'Hurrsh for starvation aristocrats
forever ! all the trouble in Franco would
have boen speedily ended. To be sure,
every right would have boen annbilatod,
o'ery liberty destroyed, and few rich and
remorseless people would have governed
France. but there would have been no dif-
fculty except moral rot and general nation.
al decay.
Let US suppress the aboitionists." But
suppose you b"gin at the beginning. FIRST
subdue tho common sonsc of the people OF
tho country; theu you may subdue those
who influence it. 1t is not what YOU call,
with an amusing persistence, abolitionism m
which caused the war, but tho opening Of
the eyes of tho people, so that they seo.-
The people of tho country know perfectly
we'll that slavery is at tho bottom of this ro-
beilion. If there had boon no slavory
there would have been no abolriopsm
The temperance movement sprung from
drunkenness and when a drunken man
tries to kill his wiio, don't you think that
tho teetotalers arc responsible for il i?
"Slavery was trying to kill tho country.
Watch watch ! shouted the abolitionists.
Slavery, maddenod that It's crimes was dis
covered, shot and stabbed right and left.
There there! cry the sensible Wickliffe
and compauy-'this comes OF calling the
watch Why the devil cant you hold your
tongues Let US suppress those fellows
who cry watch! watch and all will be
quiet again /
Certainly, a dead dog or dead nation
are both perfectly quiet. Aud nation of
freemen throttled. with its own consent,
by slave system like ours, is the deadest
aud meanest of all dead dogs"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19
slave-Harging in the Southern Con-
federaey.

The rebels are certainly despairing of the
success of their vile, rotten and infamous
cause, when, after destroying their cotton
crop, devastating the earnings of q twelve
months with the ravages of the torch, as
they behold the advancing movements of
the federal army they resort 10 the butch
erng and hanging of their negroes, because
OF their endeavors to escape from the domi-
neerlng authority of rebel masters. Such
savagery and slaughter Of the innocent are
actually carried into practice with the ut
most unblushng and cold.blooded cruelty.
Ttoir slaves-human beings of color, and
possessing the attributes of human nature
worn down and become threadbare under
the lashing tyranny of arbitrary, cut.throat
masters, will, especially when they are told
by their secession masters that the federal
government is wsging q war for their free
dom naturally enough accept the secession
Information as true, and endeayor to fee
from a crushing bondage at the very first
opportunity they have of turning their backs
towards loathsosne and despied despotism.
II there be any who are inclined to dispute
these known facts, we will briefly state O
case for their particular benefit. In Mar.
shall county, Mississippi, near q stream
called Cold Water, and a few miles north of
a village known as ByhaIia, lives q rank old
rebel, whose name is Squire Mcqueen, the
owner of goodly number of slaves, over
whom he exercises bullying, cruel, grinding
mastership. A short time since, one of his
negroes tried to escape from the clutches of
his despotic master, but the fugitive from
the clanking chains of slaveocracy was pur-
sued by that demon master, arrested, taken
back home and hanged. The rebel secession
master, Squire Mcqueen, alone and in cold
blood, banged his innocent slave. because
the slaTe wanted liberty Memphis Un,Ox
Appeal.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19

Our treasure, the baby, now begins tc
mako loud appeal to it's sleeping fountain
Good heavens, calculates ovidontly a
bachelor, there is that child again. Why
don't people keep their childron at home
when they go travelinge
What an odd sight to go out OF your most
and pass along the catacomb of moo flor
sleep is the counterfeit OF death aud to
watch their faces as you pass. Somo look
like dead mon; others struggle with the
heated atmosphere of tho place, and arc
wido.awako. At last We arrive at the Sus.
quehanna river. We quietly pass upon tho
top OF tho great boat that keep up tho limo,
and then some nervous fellow cries out:
Suppose we slide off Conductor, and
get into this Internal water ?
At which, almost tho whole company wako
up. The idea of dropping off into the deep
excites various emotions.
The fat man arouses from his apoplectic
labOrS, and his dandy bedfellow crawIs out,
resolves to stand so greasy contuct no lon.
gor. The ladies gaze upon tho water, and
Others arc surprised that the superiDcum.
bent weight does not sink the boat. We
get over, however, and rush on to Balti-
more, where wo arrive IN season. Hero we
receive tho news of tho last five hours.
s outed from mob of bows.
What nowspaper country says an En-.
g'iShman, who parts his curtain and buys a
Sun, they 60 to sleep on one battle and
wake up on another
Damn it, says soldier, 'thoro has been
a fight, and I've lost my chance
why tho devil don't they movo faster ?
says hungry voice in loser coll.
This rebellion must be crushed at all
hazards, responds uis a pis.
But why tho h-ll don't you give Nc
CleIan chance : shouts doop voice in
cave beyond.
lie has had a hundred chances insists
one of tho freshly aroused slumberers,' and
hope tho next will be a victory
Now we move on to Washington. Tho
fast men emerge violently; the fat man.
steamy and half alive, followed by tho OK.
quisite, scowlng; tho politician looking for
tho hack that con carry him to tho White
House; and the ladies, last not least; baby
conquered and asleep; Augustus indignant
and silent. as if he had not known bis wife.
and the latter, dear Mary. resolved to hang
on to him whether be ruled il or no. 20
homo conteuted and wide-awake.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19
On the Defensive.

Who would have supposed, two months
ago, that our immense Union army would
have been, on the first day OF September,
acting on the defensive in front OF WASH
ingtenl Had such a prediction been ut
tered on the frst OF last July the speaker
would have been scoffed ct. Who does
not remember the announcement OF the
rebel programme for the summer CAM
paign. to march upon Washington, invade
Maryland, and carry the war north of the
Ohio?-and who does not also remember
the hooting and derision with which its
announcement was received by the NorthS
Aud vet what are now the signs of full
fllment =? Are they not sufficiently sig
nifcant to startie and alarm even the
sternest minded loyslst? The stern facts
that we are thrust back in Virginia and
placed upon the defensive in front OF our
own capital and that rebel army is
menacing The commercial emporium Of
our own State, which is placed under mar.
tial law to compel its own citizens TO take
measures for their own defense, are cir
cumstances quite sufficient TO instigate the
inquiry in the public mind as TO the cause
Of this astounding retrogarde movement.
Nobody doubts the valor and soldierly
qualities of our troops. Nobody ques-
tions the willingness and promptitude Of
our government in supplying our troops,
even to a measure of liberality that tho
troops OF no other nation ever dreamed Of,
in fine, all the personslis and nsdtsrieLle of
war have been abundantly provided
Where then has been the default, that has
thus strangely placed us on the defensive
before the insurgents :? Il is IN tie laek
efgsnsraiskip at tie head Of our armies.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19

AN IMPORTANT MovEMENT-A resolu-
ton has been adopted by the War Com
mittee of New York City, asking that so.
600 men be authorized to oe raised for
Generals Fremont and Mitchell, under
Fedeaal authority, ifthe Government will
consent, and if not, then under State au.
tLority. 1t is understood that Governors
OF certain States are parties to this move
ment, and pledge themselves to its sue
cess.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19

A LUNATIo in an asylum was informed
by his brother that considerable property
had fallen to the family, and asked what
disposition should be made of his portion.
"You let me out, and III take care Of it"
was the reply.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19

cURvEYoR'sNoTICE.-Thoseliving
~ at a distance wishing surveying done
by the county Surveyor, will have their
calls punctually attended to, by address
ing him by letter, giving Eve days notice.
Direct all letters to Hambden, Geauga
Co, o. S.EDSoN, Co. Surveyor.
b95tf
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19

"How charmiugly those blinds Of yours
are paintedl" remarked Incubus to his
friend Succubus. who was furnishing a new
and nuptial abode. "They are" replied
Succubus, with his blandest smile, "and you
will be surprised, when tell you they are
the work Of blind painter.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19

GENERoUs.-There is q good .natufed
bachelor In Williamsburg. so generous,
that, poor fellow, he would give even his
heart away, il he could only find an in
teresting object 10 take it.
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CONSERVATIVE SENTIMENT IN VERSE
Abram, spare the South.
Touch not q single slave;
Nor cen by word OF mouth
Disturb the thing we crave;
Twas our forefathers' hand
That Slavery begot;
There Abram, let 1t stand,
Thine Acts shall harm it not.
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A Smart officer.

About six years ago the military spirit
of M. increased something over ninety
nine per cent, if not more whereas, four
new companies were formed. We had
"nary one" previous TO that time. Among
sons of the Emerald Isle. The "b'ys'
chose for their Lieutenant Michael P
Gerald, who was as well posted in mill
tary tactics as some of our officers of to.
day. Now Mike was very proud Of the
position he was thereafter TO occupy, and
had cards struck off with this inscrip-
ton printed thereon: "Mchael p. Gerald,
First Lieut.. of the M. Guards"
IL came 10 pass that q friend not being
aware that be belonged TO The company,
asked him why he did not join the
Guards, whereupon be drew forth card
and said
'Read that"
"Well, what does that read, Mike ?"
"Cnn't We spill? That's Michael p.
Gerald, First Lutte of the NJ. Guards" he
exultingly replied,
One day the Guards were to have a
street parade, and their Captain being
sick, the duty of taking them out devol-
we'd upon Mike. In the course of the
parade he used the following N ilitary
phrase:
"Shtand shirate, b'ys; the Amerakins
is lookin' at yees y
"Bulgo out in the cinierw
"Shtep up till yer comrids, men!"
"Bys, shtaRd back, or I'll shtick YEP
But the following order took them all
down:
"Turn the corner, bys, and be d---n
quick about il, tool
When told that such expressions were
wrong, he would answer:
"Howld yer tongue! What d'you know
about Military ticktackticks"
He has not yet been made a BrigadicI
General, but probably knows as much as
some that we have in active service
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