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Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29
WINCHESTER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1859.

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public use. The opening of a
street in imnroving a city, the
running OF railroad, are held,
in this and other civilized coun-
tries, to be objects OF sufficient
importance to Justify what the
French law calls appropriation
forcee pour cause d utilize pub-
Hc.'
But Of Importance how utterly
trivial is the opening of a street
or OF a railroad, compared to the
preservatl on, in It's integrity, OF
the greatest republic upon earth!
Ought we to declare general
emancipation, coupled with a
provision for the payment, to all
loyal slave holders, of the fairly
apprai sed value of their slaves?
This question resolves itself into
an other. Have things gone so
far that the Union, in its peace
full integrity, and negro slavery
within its borders, can no longer
co-exist? That rs THE GREAT
QUESTION OF THE DAY. i think
it must be answered, even now,
in the affirmative. Each month
that passes is converting hun
dreds OF thousands of moderate
and conservative and peace-lov-
ing men to the same opinion
They despair of sectional friend
ship or national peace, until the
teemlng cause OF mortal hatred
and civil war is rooted out forev-
err.
Have we the means Of paying
loyal slave owners a fair price
for their slaves? five act now,
for a protracted contest has ex-
hausted our resources, yes. Ii
we wait the termination Of a
three or four years war, very
certainly no.
In that price deportation must
not be estimated. The South
asserts that negro slaves are in
despensable to her. That is on
ly so far true, that she does abso-
lutely need hired negro workmen,
and ought not to be deprived OF
them. Her agriculture would,
for a time, be ruined without
them. But no good man desires
a settlement under which any
section of our country would be
even temporarily ruined.
Nor can il be doubted that the
South, however strong her preju.
dices and traditions in favor oi
owning her laborers, has herself
been brought, by the perils of the
hour, TO think seriously Of a
change of system. as the only
means left her to obtain aid and
comfort from Europe. Nor can
all her leaders be wholly blind 70
the fact, that such a change OF
system would advance, ia the end,
beyond calculation, her natcri a
prosperity. Suppose a declara
ton, to the effect that the govern
ment. urged by the necessity OF
seli-preservatlon, takes, at fair
valuatI on, the slave property oil
the South! Will such decIara-
ton cause negro insurrection
and indiscrI mi nate assas sinatlon
Of whites throughout the slave
States? The result, so far, has
clearly shown that the negro,n'ild
and long-Sufering, and often at
tached &c his owner. rs little DIS
posed TO resist under an organlza
ltiOn Of his own. Once assured
Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29
< CHENEY. ATTORNEYS
II. u. FERGUSON, winchestc
T.. TEAL. VI. D., Physician an

7. VEAE. VI. D., Physician and
~ Surgeon, Winchester, Ind. Office
and residence on Franklin Street, East of
the Franklin House., where he NAV al
ways be found unless p Occasionally en-
gagged.
Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29


lions are spent. At the best, as
much more is likely to co.
Two thousand millions or up
wards is not an improbable total.
That is half the national debt Of
England; and the interest on it
probably at most double the rate
she pays) will make our annual
burden nearly eaqual to hers
If the war lasts three years lon
ger, these figures may be doubl-
ed. 1t must not last three years
longer, unless ws are willing to
risk national bankruptcy.
How is it to be terminated?
BY concession? That is no
longer in our power. We can
buy truce, a pause, by conces.
sion to the South; nothing more.
BY force OF arms, then? But
if by force, it must be quickly
done. Delay is defeat.
And it must be efectually done.
After one such war the nation
may revive, its energies still,
elastic; solvent still, and respec-
ted. A second will ruin it iinan.
cially, to say noshlng of worse
ruin. To save the country, then
the war must nottcrminate with.
out sufficient guaranty against
its resumption.
How can the war be quickly
and effectually terminated?-
What guaranty is sufficient, that
it will not he resumed?
Gradually, very gradually as
this contest proceeded, have |
been approaching the conviction
that there is but one such guaran-
ty: the emancipatien of negro
slaves throughout this continent.
Perhaps-but as to this am less
certain--that measure is the
only sure means of terminating,
quickly and ehectually, this war.
The recent reverse under Gener-
al Mcclellan, the scattered reb.
els fires daily bursting forth in
States which our forces had al
ready overun, the fact that we
are fighting against brave men OF
our own race, all increase the
probability that we must deprive
the South of its legal right to its
four millions of laborers, before
we can succeed against their
masters in a reasonable time and
in an effectual manner.
am not an advocate Of revo-
lutionary short cuts out of diff
Guilty. | am not in favor of vio-
latlng the Constitution by way
Of escaping a danger. There
might he immediate advantage.
but the precedent is replete with
peril.
Could slavery have been abol.
ished, by northern actio !, while
peace yet existed between North
and South, without n violation
of the Constitution? in other
words, without revolutionary
act2 Clearly not. Can slavery
be eradic.ed now, in war. with
out such violation? Ii eman-
cipauon be necessary 10 insure
the permanent peace and safety
OF our Government, and if we
are willing 20 pay TO all loyal
slave owners a reasonable price
for their slaves, clearly yes.
For no principle in law i:
better established than this, that
when important public interest,
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Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29
TERMS OF ADVERTISING
&usinrss lirrttorn.

BIsincssCards 3 OF holmes orlesss 81. peryear.
INVARIABLY ~ ADVANCE.
Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29

IOHN ROSS. Grocer and Baker, and
- dealer in Provisions. &c. Store on
the north east corner of Main and Frank
lin Streets.
Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29

TINUOMA WARD, Hardware Mer-
chant. Washington Street, north of
the Public Square, Winchester, Ind.
Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29

VIZ B. PIERCE. Druggist and dea-
" Ter in Books and Stationary.
Corner of franklin and Meeidian SITS.
Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1862, 1862-08-29

4 ENKERSDORFER & WESP,
IL Manufacturer of Furniture and
Chairs. of the latest and best styles. East
of The Public square, Winchester
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

breath of wind stirring, and nary a SOU
in sight. I'll leave it to your wife
Now [ ask you as a reasoning being
what mortal means could ha broke that
ar glass into powder in the wink Of al
eye?"
Il crept behind the big fireplace
frightened.
Furthermore sir" said Liza, 'that
i ar glass made for the foot. board Of the
old ladys bed as straight as any arrow
that ever you see If there ever was q
warning sir, that 'ar's warning or Tn
no judge.
20 grandpam whispered Kate, cling
ing close to his neck.
''Don't put me out, Kitty When !
saw how solemn they all were had a
great many queer feelings. went and
hid in the meal-room, partly for shame
and partly because [ couldn keep from
laughing. Yet every word they said
cut me like lash with pin in it.
"You see | had been down by the
river skipping stones, and what should
[ do in my idleness but wheel right
about and send little pebble toward
the house. I little thought Of hitting
the window, but when | heard the crash
my first thought was, Now for scold-
ing SO [ ran down the bank in a
very crooked path to 60 after my COWS,
hoping that when | should get home my
mothers anger would be cooled. But
they never dreamed that [ was the rogue
who sent the warning. When enter
ed the house that night expected to
have a grave rebuke from my mother,
and meant to tell her just how the acci-
dent happened, and promise to do better
next time.
But when I found to my surprise,
that such breeze had been raised,
kept still, being very fond of a joke.
Besides. | was a graceless scamp Kitty,
and hadn't moral courage to let my
mother know what dupe she was for
fear Of the consequences 1t really
happened that my grandmother died
that week in peaceful ignorance Of the
panic in the house, and of course our
family and neighbors talked very sadly
and wisely about the omen which had
toretold her death.
II listened and thought to myself,
well my good friends, if that is one OF
your dreadful omens I'm not afraid OF
them"
"Of course I told the whole story af-
ter while, and took a whipping, and ]
deserved it. But | learned good les
son, which | never forgot and between
you and me, Kitty, it's my private opin-
ion that if people looked into things as
they ought to, there wouldn't be quite
so many signs and wonders. ,
'There jump down, my dear, and let
me finish my apple. ."-,Student and
Schoolmdte.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

A MILITARY EXECUTION IN SOUTH
WESTERN MIssoURI-The execution
ground was about half mile from the
town, and when [ reached there found
troops drawn upon three sides Of the
square, while the fourth was occupied
by the condemned and the firing parties.
A long line of mounted sentinels kept
back the too-curious crowd, but word
from polite little major, who had pre-
viously seen me at the headquarters, ad
mitted me, and took my place near the
General and his staff, in one corner OF
the square. After some time occupied
in the preliminary preparations, each
prisoner was blindfolded and knelt in
front of his own execution party A
venerable looking gray-headed chaplain
now stepped out from among the staff,
and in short, fervent prayer, commended
the souls of these poor wrctches to the
mercy of the God before whom they
would shortly appear. Everything was
still as death, The perfect hush, if |
may say so, was painfully distinct, and
[ could see, even under the grave stern
face OF the General, softening look, as
if he was still struggling between duty
and mercy. For moment the silence
was awful then came the clear tone OF
command Of the officer Of the day
Ready" "aim, ''fre z rafting dis
charge puff Of smoke; a groan, and
all was over, The ten had paid the
penalty Of their broken oaths For a
moment all was hushed, as before, and
you could almost hear the long drawn
breath of relief The bright sun shono
as calmly and clearly as before, but
shone on ten corpses stiff and stark
where moment before were ten mer
in the full flush of physical health.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27
From Wilkes Spi
Parting Scene Of
On Friday NIGHT las

On Friday night las,,
ters in Virginia, the rapid :
has been following Lee sim
October, at the tremendous
two miles and a half a day,
interrupted in his arduous
and required to report hin
headquarters Of his family ]
sey. AS the order was imp
the firm hand Of Burnside b
the Baton, Manlius had no
test; so he packed his trunk
king an affectionate leave of
a Ia Buell. turned his back
Blue Ridge, and surrounded
pathizing "staff, moody
chargers head for Trenton.
tableau not exactly like that
we'll of the First Napoleon a
blue, immortalized in the
Versailles, but still it is WORTH
American artist, and should 4
to the cartoons of the capitol.
trast with our heroes ostent;l
trance into Washington a year.
laureled car, with foreign i
his train, and fifty horses in |
stall, is worthy Of the historical
and, though we have not a v
De la Roche to do the story
might at least be consigned to
riotic Akerman who has 6
such subjects, and a capaci
shop in Nassau street near tn
office.
1t may be considered rather
in some points of view, that
not the keen and terrific prece
ulties of a Vernet, or an Ingres
around the retiring chieftain as
picks his way through the kind
storm, which aptly accompanies
of his career, the fleshless f
eyeless sockets of the hundred
dead, whose reproachful moan
with the wind that drifts Ri
from the field. That would
painful recollection to the
and the people, rack many a
bosom, and fill many a wide
with tears while, on the ott
the buoyant brush of Akermal
with its usual cheerful ligh
represent him in the most GLOW
shop fashion, looking three "
equal strength of feature, and.
labelled Caesar, Marlborough
Clellan.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

s9 An exchange says :-"An officer
expressed the wish to Mr.. Stanton to be
appointed to command the body guard
ofsome General The Secretary replied
Sir, General Halleck tells me that the
only body guard he ever had was ter
rier puppy"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27
A BIT OF SECRET HISTORY.

transpired that the rebel Gen. a
Sydney Johnston, killed at Shiloh,
certed nice plan to possess the
sionists of California at the begir
of the rebellion. He was in conn s
at San Francisco. At given time
secessionists were to take the forts
his connivance, and sieze 10000 81
of arms shipped there by Floyd for
very purpose. San Francisco at Il
mercy, must have succumbed, and
rebels would thus have had porlI
which to fit out privateers, and wq
likewise have obtained control of
vast treasures Of the State. The
was either suspected or known at W.
ington. Brig. Cen E. V. Sumner
appointed to the command in CaliforI
and was privily put on board a shil
sea, arriving at San Francisco with
previous intimation of his coming.
walked incognito, to the office of 10
ston, informed him that he was his S
cessor, showed him his papers, and
manded immediate possession The
tonished rebel had no alternative bu
comply. In half an hour after all
guns of the forts were out ON the /;
side and heavily shotted. The 50
evening the $4,000 stand of arms
Benoia were secured. This brilli;
but quiet coup de e'etat saved the
Dorado State. e.-Bufalo Commercial !
Uertiser.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

asa-It is openly charged in Washing
ton, that army surgeons are constantly
bribed to allow men to 90, on the ground
of physical disability, and that the ar
my is rapidly growing less through the
dishonest operation. Powerful friends
of sick soldiers constantly throng the
War Department and the Surgeons Gen
erals Office, in the endeavor to obtain
discharges for their friends.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27
WISCONSIN HOTEL,
JOSEPH HOOKING, PRopRIETC

J 0 s EP II HU G X \ @, PRoPKIETOK
VINHIS HOTEL is a large stone building, .ssc,a
well furnished to accommodate the trlv- ssssEEs.;S
cling public. The table will be supplied with s&,T
all the delicaces the market affords, served E<is
up in good Style BoARDERs ny THE DAY OR seN~~sA'
WEEK, furnished with all necessary convenlences at
reasonable rates The Proprietor returns thanks Il
the public for the patronage heretofore extended to
him. and respectfully requests continuance of the
same Good Stabing attached, and an attentive osteI
always on hand. lnl6-V4-tf
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

MARTIN VAN BUREN's WILL.-The
will of ex-President Van Buren, has
been admitted to probate at Hudson
New York. 1t is dated January 18th
1860, and commences as follows:
II, Martin Van Buren, of the town
of Undertook, county of Columbia
and State of New York, heretofore Gov
ernor of this State, and more recently
President of the United States, but fol
the last and happiest.. years of my life
a farmer in my native town, do make
and declare the following to be my last
will and testament" &c.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

"CRowDED BEFORE He WAS OUT OF
THE WOODS. "A we'll known sccesh
planter, living not far from New Orleans,
wrote last spring that four Of his slaves
who had run away to the Yankees, had
returned. "They have had enough Of
liberty, and were glad to come back. "
But in his next letter to the North he
told different tale; the four had run
away again, and had taken with then
two hundred more.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.-Can any
tell where this redoubtable Falstaff is !?
When last heard from he was stopping in
Broadwa to give lamp-post 500 reas-
ons why it should not ''vote for Sum
ner. .'-Ec.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

WELL DoNE-THE BIND REGIMENT
News received here this morning
state that the sd, Col. J. II. Howe's
Regiment voted at Memphis, and gave
Bragg 159 majority; E. L. Browne, 9TH
District, IA majority; and Luther
Hanchett, 9th District, Sc majority.
As very nearly if not all the soldiers
in that Regiment that voted for Bragg
were residents of Fond du Lac County
the strong probability is, they voted clear
tickets, and hence gave the County
ticket the same vote.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

nea-A female prisoner, Constance
Wilson, has been sentenced to death in
England for mudering by poison. She
administered colchicum, and it is be-
lieved she has, like Dumollard, filed a
cemetry by her crimes.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

Bsg- When the price of thing is re
quired, nowadays, the phrase is whats
the postage on that ?"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

ggg-I 1t is now believed that the Ala
bama and the 290 are two vessels, one a
wooden, the other an iron one.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27
General Items, "or any Other man" "

BGgr Many man derives all his fan
ness and strength from his wife she
is not only his rib, but his backbone.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

pea In the October number of Brown
sons Quarterly there is an article de-
voted to the examination of the policy
of Mr.. Seward, who, according to DR.
Brownson, is to a great extent response
bic for the calamities which have oc-
cured in the conduct of the war.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

Bgr IF you were to lose your nose,
what kind Of one would you get? The
first one that turned up.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27
n.7zpTbo N;lwonLoo 0oot;;,.7 cove.

BD~ The Milwaukee Sentinel says
"Col. Starkweather, of the First Wis
consin, we learn has recently been pro-
noted to a Brigadier Generalship, as a
reward for gallant services at the late
battle of Perryville. The promo
ton was we'll deserved, and will prove
in the future Of both honor and advan-
tage to the cause"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

sea-somebody wrote to the editor q
the Bucorus Journal letter inquirl
as to billiards, to whom the edito
replied as follows eyes, sir, we car
tell you all about billiards. 1t is !;
game consisting of two men in thei
shirt sleeves, punching balls about on :
table, and presenting the keeper of the
table with fifteen cents, or as is common
ly the case in this county, telling him
to mark it down This last mentioned
custom has given the title of billiard
markers. If you have decided genius
for the game you will make superior
player at the expense of about S1O0
Blacksmiths, carpenters, etc, play it fol-
exercise. 1t was invented by shrewc
saloon keeper, who was not satisfied BY
the wrofts of whiskey, and was too
much opposed to temperance to water
it."
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

A HORRIBLE DEATH.-The Chicago
Tribune says: ''The Dubuque Herald
closed its existen 6 last week. It's last
number was chief. devoted to a vindi-
cation of the adm ration of James
Buchanan, written by himself. This is
entitled-'His administration nobly vim
dicated-His policy the true policy !;
and so the Herald died praising James
Buchanan 1t was an awful death. ?
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS. = The
Chicago Tribune figures up SO Repub
licans and Is Democrats elected as the
result of the fall Congressional elections
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, Maryland, Virginia, and Ken
lucky have not yet held their cleo
tions. They choose thirty members
in the aggregate, and the Tribune thinks
the Border State Representatives will
hold the balance of power.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

JEFF. DAVIS AND THE SEMINOLE IN
DIANs-As though the Confedcracy
had not sufficient trouble on its hands,
the Seminole Indians in Florida have
broken loose 1t is fatal case for the
Confederacy, whichis shining it already
for paper on which to print its worthless
promises to pay The Seminole war
cost the United States Government un-
counted millions, Every Indian killed
or otherwise disposed of cost the govern
ment upwards of 100000. What can
JEFF. Davis expect to accomplish with a
Seminole war on his hands?
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

That keeper truly felt the response
bility of his position. His duty was to
keep lights continually burning during
the night for the guidance of vessels.
The reformer is lighthouse keeper.
The world is enveloped in moral dark
ness. This is not merely an incident
or attribute of it's condition, but its es-
scnce and principal element, 1t is a
darkness that prevade and overshadows
all human society.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

Gg There is Gaelic proverb :-''Ii
the best mans faults were written on his
forehead, it would make him pull his
hat over his eyes. -
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

WHAT GEN. CAss THINKS OF Nc
CLELLAN's REMovAL.-We have the
best authority for stating that Gen. Cass,
in a communication to the President,
has expressed the fullest approval of the
removal of Gen. Mcclellan from the
command of the army in Virginia.-N
Y. Post
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27

GOVERNMENT MULE SHoEING.-I In
Washington, from 200 to 500 mules and
horses are constantly waiting for their
turn at the shambles. The modas OPP
eraadi in shoeing government mules is
novel. The most of these mules, being
very careful of their feet, will not allow
them to be handled. Consequently a
machine is built called the "stock. " The
mule is pounded into it, two straps put
under his belly, then hoisted up, so that
his feet will touch the beams below.
In that situation each foot is fastened to
the beam by iron bands-the bands be-
ing tightly fastened between the hoof
and joint above After being made Sc
cure, he commences his frightful strug-
gle, which lasts until he finds himself
powerless, when four workmen approach
him, one at each foot, and in five min
utes he is "done, finished" " There are
two Of these shops in that vicinity, shoe
ing about 1000 daily In these shops
thousands of men arc employed by the
government and it is but a 1.-THE of the
immense amount of government mechan-
ical labor that is employed in and about
the city at the present time.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27
sCHALL'S HOUSE.

MO 207 & 200 Randolph Street Chicago Illinois
~ This house is centrally loc"t@f = =
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-11-27
PR1cE OF Provisions IN R1pHMoNp.

PRICE OF Provisions IN RICHMOND
Coffee was selling in Richmond, Va.
few days since, at $3.50 per pound
tea at SIG; sugar at SO cents to 81, 90
salt go cents per quart; molasses 81 pei
gallon butter sl,0O per pound po-
tatoes S1,00 per peck United States
Treasury Notes 100 per cent premium
calico 81 80 per yard; hoop skirts SIS
pair; paper Of pins 1,50; spool
of cotton 80 cents; no ribbons to be OBJ
tanned; CATERS $12 to SIS per pair,