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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
TOUCH NOT THAT FLAG

Traitor! spare that fagl
Touch not single star !
Its sheltering glory now
Still blazes near and far;
Twas our toreiathers hand
That placed it DER our head,
And,thou shalt let it stand,
Or perish with the dead.
That dear old precious flag,
Whose glory and reDown
Are spread DER land and sea.
And wouldst thou tear it dowD-2
Traitor ! forbear thy touch
Rcnd not its heart.bound ties |
Oh, spare that glorious flag,
Still streaming through the skies
When ! was yet boy
| gloried in the sight,
A I'd raised my voice in Joy
To greet its folds of light
For it my home is dear;
Dear is my native land;
Forgive this foolish tear,
But let that old flag stand !
My heart strings round thee cling
Close as the stripes, old friend
Thy praises men shall sing,
Till time itself shall end.
Old flag, the storm dtill brave.
And, Traitor, leave the spoil
While I've hand to save,
Thy touch shall harm it not
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
Democratic Convention.

The Democracy of Fairfield Conn
ty met in Convention on the Oath ult.
and put in nomination DR.. 4. B.
0LDs for Representative. lie is now
aprisoner at Fort Lafayette.
The following was the result OF the
first ballot:
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
Dr. Olds and his Continued
Imprisonment.
Ee Refuses TO Take the Oath.

The Lancaster Eagle says that DR..
Olds is still held prisoner in that
miserable Bastile of tyrants, Fort La
Faye!te. He writes, that on the Both
of last month, the Judge Advocate
General sent recommendation to the
Secretary of War for his release, and
that he can only account for his pro;
loDged and unusual detention upon
the hypothesis, that "Sonae enemy at
home IS causing me TO be still held IN
confinement to CRAFTY some personal
matice."
Who is he, or who are they who
are they, the cowardly, Shiny, pCrjur-
cd scamps, who, by lying afidavits,
caused his arrest aud Incarceration;
and whose voice yet is, keep him M0e
give him no trial under the Consti
tuition ana laws OF the land, but sim.
ply say to "the powers that be" be.
hind supposed screen of their loatl
some, corrupt and hideous carcasses,
"keCp Dir. Olds in prison." Circum
stancial evidence ,--suspicion even,
goes a good ways, and we warn these
Abolition ecolndrels to heware the
wrath that is to come The people
are determined to maintain their Con
stitutional rights, and their collective
and individual liberties, aud woe be
to him or them that stand in the way.
In the name Of even handed jus,
tice, iu the name Of every thing sacred
to human rights, what say the people
of Fairfield -? Will they not send mp
their voices on next Tuesday at the
ballot. box in his behali--in behalf of
civil rights and Of civil liberty9
Knowing the people OF Fairfield we
think they will. Read and ponder
the following:
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
Clinton House.

CiORNER Of Walnut and Water Street, O. O.
" Chillicotne, Ohio. J. II. Robins fi
rieto 7. I,A'S
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04

w. G. Higginbotham's Estate.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Eliza Higgin.
~ botham has been duly appointed Admins
tratrix Of the estate Of William G. Hgginboth
am deceased.
October 9th, 1862-aw.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
A. THRIE .
. Euthic a. Lacey,

A TTORNEYS TLA,cAr nll. lhip
n Co., Ohio, will practice nthe sc vera courts
tt,t andudjoinihg CCuntics. CHreirlat-
ton ven GonS ancing
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
Ii o 7 L L s .
Biggs House.

MoNTGo oMERY & son Propri o.. -
IL. etors Front St. Portsmouth. hsiii
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
GILL No. 2, Fort LAFAYETTE, !
November 10, 1869. !
M Al. L. @. TURNER {:

MAI. L.. y. TURNER:
Sir am this morning in receipt
of a letter from Mr.. Sargent, inform.
ing me, that if will take the oath
you will see to it that | am released.
must confess that this letter puts
an end to all expectations of being re.
leased, if 1 rightfully understand what
is meant by taking the OATH" If il
is simply an oath to support the Con.
stitution OF the United States, or the
Constitution Of the State OF Ohio, it
would be altogether a work OF super.
ercgaiion, as have already many a
time taken such an oath, and consider
| it as binding upon me to-day as it was
the hour it was administered but if,
as suppose, it is an oath to support
the Constitution and the AdminiStra.
tioa, | cannot conscientiously take
such an oath, as fully believe the
one to be incompatible with the 9TH
er.
All the most sacred safeguards Of
the Constitution has been violated in
my arrest and imprisonment. 1t then
my arrest and imprisonment have
been by order OF the Administration,
how can ! support the one without VI
olating the other :
If the Administration has any
charges to mako against me, let it
make them at once and put me on
trial / am ready to meet and refute
them, Justice and not mercy is all
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04

DIYSICGAN AND SURGEON, Allon'ville,
Il Ohio, rfors his professional services to
.oitiz ms o Allensyil and vicinity.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-12-04
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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09

As we have repeatedly stated, the hope
of the Democrats and pro-slaveryites for the
next Congress is to secure the election of
Republicans so conservative " that they
will readily fuse with the Democrats in
compromise and peace legislation. There
is danger of the accomplishment of this
purpose, if the true friends of the Union
and of the speedy crushingOf the rebellion
do not rally to prevent such cOnsuma-
ton. The Buffalo Courier thus candidly
confesses to what the design of the Demo-
Gratis is at this time:
"There is no reason to suppose that such
a change can be wrought in the character
Of the House as to give the Democrats the
preponderance therein. AT the present
time, the Republican majority is so large
that the ultra abolitionists have the ascen-
dency in the body. The most we can hope
is to secure such an infusion of Democrats
as to be able, when reinforced by the con-
servative Republicans, to control the House
and prevent pernicious legislation"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09
The President and Rebel Prisoners.

A Washington dispatch to the Cincin-
natl Commercial gives the following re-
port of an interview of President Lincoln
with lot of rebel prisoners:
"After leaving General Richardson,
the party passed a house in which was a
large number of Confederate wounded
By request of the President, the party
alighted and entered the building. Mr..
Lincoln, after looking remarked to the
wounded Confederates that if they had no
objection he would be pleased to take them
by the hand. He said the solemn obliga-
tions which we owe to our country and
posterity compel the prosecution of this
war, and it followed that many were our
enemies through uncomfortable circum-
stances, and he bore them no malice, and
could take them by the hand with sympa-
thy and good feeling After a short si-
lence, the Confederates came forward, and
each silently though fervently shook the
hand Of the President. Mr.. Lincoln and
George B. Mcclellan then walked forward
BY The side of those who were wounded too
severely 10 be able to arise, and bid them
be of good cheer; assuring them that
every possible care should be bestowed
upon them to ameliOrate their condition.
1t was a moving scene, and there was not
a dry eye in the building, either among
the Nationals or Confederates. Both the
President and General Mcclellan were
kind in their remarks and treatment of
the rebel sufferers during this remarkable
interview.
S. B. Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, Adam
Jewett, of Dayton, and James Robertson,
of Hamilton, Ohio, have been appointed
Examining Surgeons, by the Commissioner
of Pensions.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09
SPECIAL HnTlcEs.
80 aRAY1rY. nAaNErIsM.

EAA2 GAAEA II 4 4AlNEAAoAs
These are no times for anything but facts And q
length a fact is known IN medicine; it Is this-thA
pain is relieved and disease cured BY
PURGATION WITH BRANDRETH'S PILLS.
This Is as much tact in medicine that the N
net is fact IN navigation thar gravity is = tact
astronomy, or that light Is but heat rarihed, bu
which piece of glass can condenss into heat again
But tn great TACT OF the present day is that
BRAEDRETHS PILLS
invariably open the bowels, and that all the humorI
which cause pain controlled by natural ainitY By
this GREAT MEDICINE.
IMPORTANT TO THOSE LIVING IN FEVER AND
AGUE DISTRICTS.
Mr.. John Pudney, Springfield, Union County, New
Jersy, has used Brandreths Vegetable Universal Pills
for fifteen years in his family, and ior all his hands,
In which time these Pills have cured them Of Bilious
affections, Headache, RheumatIsm, Fever and Ans,
Measles Whooping Cough, and in ac all the diseas-
es to which large amil is occasionally sub Ct BE
says he has never known them to tail and viii be
pleased to give his testimony at all times in favor Of
Brandreth's Pills.
[signedi JOHN PUDNET,
Springfield Union Co., NJ.
All enquiries immediately answered By addressing
DE-. BAndreth. New York
na-New style Of Brandreth Pills at the sole agency
20 Superior-St.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09
The Demecratie County ConventiOn---Or
position 10 the governmental new
Democrutfc Organ

Fhs DemseFztie County COnvcntiOn---OE-
RoslIion 70 (Ise f9s N new
We publish elsewhere a report Of the pro-
eeedings of the Democratic county Con-
yeution which was heldin this city yester-
day We call the special attention of all
our loyal readers I'VE trust we have no
others) to the resolutions which are there
reported as having been adopted and pub
hshed as the voice of the Democracy. It
Is damning record, which we trust the
people of this county will remember
against every man whoparticipated in the
Convention which adopted those fifteen
rssolVes. In the first place, let it be noticed
thatin all that string Of resolutions there
Is not one l0ord Of condemnation Of the rebels
share N arms against the Government. At the
same time ssUea Of the resolutions contain
direct attacks upon the Administration and
others contain implied condemnation. The
President is assailed for putting forth his
power to crush the rebellion, but there is
not one reputation Of the course of the
Southern traitors, except in the one tame
exception in which it is declared 10 be the
duty Of the President to see that the Con-
stitution " receives no detriment' (oh, the
soft-tongued sympathizers with their breth-
rem at The Southl) from disunionists, either
North or South. They declare that the
President has no Poioer except such as is
expressly delegated to him by the Consti-
tuition, so that if an emergency arose
which was not specified in that
instrument they would see the
country 20 to ruin rather than that the
President should exercise the war power.
The ninth resolution refuses to sanction
the establishment of martial law wherever
the Executive DEGREES it necessary. The
tenth asssils emancipation as mot advis-
sble,7 and repeats the stale falsehood that
that measure viii "turn loose four mil
lions Of negroes "to I'LL our poor-houses,
or gorge the avenues Of the white mans
industrial employment" But space fails
Us to point out all the points of attack upon
the Administration which these resolu-
tons contain They would answer far
better to-day for convention at Rich
mond or Charleston, than at Cleveland
JEFF Davis himself, and the whole rebel
Cabinet, will chuckle over them with trail
torous glee, when their faithful friends
here have furnished them copies.
Let it also be noticed that in the resolu-
tons having respect to our soldiers, there
are thanks for their devotion and prayers
for their safe return; but not syish not
prayer for VietOry Oper the rebels. Verify, it
is burning and an accursed disgrace
that such a series Of resolutions should
have ever emanated from Ohio men,
t viii be seen that it is intended to es-
tsblish new paper, TO be the exponent of
these views. Let the people give any such
sheet letting-alone which viii -nA.-7s-fV
Ia af.li-a.i1l-ha.-.-- Ts-uff1-De a disgrace to
the city, the State and the country.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09

All here is life and eager activity.
Springfield never did as much business
before as during the last year. The Gov
ernment works have been pushed to the
utmost, and everybody is busy. Small
houses, suitable for a mechanic, and at
low rent, cannot be found or built fast
enough. The stores are busy, the streets
are full, and money is plenty.
The Proclamation pleases the people
hugely. They believe in it, and will fight
all the better under it. The Springfield
Republican, the best newspaper in New
England, Il do not say the best newspa-
per, but the best systematized journal Of
news) has adhered to the Conservatives
and denounced all radioaHsm, but even
the Republican will come around shortly
and be as clamorous as any for abolition.
Al.--sy- utiUTs it's regular corresponds
ents to proclaim the brnadest emancipa-
ton principles, and its editorials will soon
follow them S.D.P.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09

SPR1soTIEID, Mass, October 4th. 1852
While upon the Potomac the federal and
rebel hosts are marching to and fro under
their crimson banners, there are other hosts
which are spreading abroad banners more
gorgeous still, over all these hills which
now stand up like Illuminated signal tow
ers to tighten and beautify the world.
Never did the sons of freedom march more
gaily 10 their death than do these forest
leaves, which toss their crimson plumes
and aaunt their scarlet robes set off with
eneralds, as if they were just beginning a
Joyous summers life rather than arraying
themselves for the tomb. If you would
see the New England forests in all their
glory, come and look upon them in this In
dian-summer month of October, when you
can lie on the hillside and see all around
and above you panorama which Church
himself cannot rival. Coming down over
the New York s Erie the other day, the
beauty Of the woods was so well described
in the words Of Gail Hamilton new book,
that transcribe quotation here:
awe all do fade as a leaf, the sad voice
whispers through my soul and a shiver
creeps over from the church yard" how
does leaf fade? ?" 1t has deeper, richer,
stronger voice, with a ring and an echo in
it. and the shiver levels into peace. 90
out upon the October hills and question the
Genii of the woods. How does leaf
fade?n Grandly, magni6cently, imperial
ly, so that the glory of its coming is
eclipsed by the glory of its departing;
thus the forests made answer to-day. The
tender bud of April opens its bosom to the
woOing sun. From the soft airs Of May
and the clear sky Of june it gathers green
ness and strength. Through all the Sum-
mer It's manifold lips are opened to every
passing breeze, and great draughts Of
health course through its delicate veins,
and wander down to =he sturdy oak, the
busy sap, the tiny flower, and the matur-
ing fruit, bearing life to the present and
treasuring up promise for the future.
"Then its work is done aud it goes to its
burial-not mournfully, not reluctantly,
but ioyously, as to a festival. Its grave
clothes wear no funeral look. It robes it.
self in splendor Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these. First
there is flush Of crimson in the low lands,
then a glimmer of yellow on the hillside,
then, rushing on, exultant reckless, riot
ing in colors, grove vies with grove, until
the woods are all afame. Here the sun
light streams through the pale gold tresses
Of the maple, serene and spiritual, like
the aureole of a saint; there it fingers
in bold dallisnee with the dusky orange
Of the walnut. The fierce heart Of the
topics beats in the blood-red branches that
surge against the deep, solemn walls of
cypress and juniper. Yonder, a sober,
but not sombre, russet tones down the
Haunting vermillion. The intense glare
Of scarlet struggles with the quiet sedate-
ness Of brown, and the numberless tints
Of year-old green come in every where to
enliven and soothe, and subdue, and har-
monize. So the leaf fades-brilliant, gOr-
geous, gay, joyous, as a bride adorned
for her husband, as king goes to his cor
onation.'
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09

At the battle of Mumfordsville, Ken
lucky, a fighting printer named Peterman,
a perfectly raw recruit, belonging to the
18th Indiana regiment, sat in an embra-
sure and fired over five hundred shots. He
kept up all the time continuous laugh in
the ranks about him, by his witty and hu-
morous remarks. The men below loaded
for him and he fired rapidly and with
spleddid effect. He managed to escape
without being paroled.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09
A Nation Of Hirhwnrmsn.

The resolution recently adopted in the
rebel Congress, by which every person
may put to death with impunity any
one who "aids and abets" in carrying out
the Presidents Proclamation, is the bold
est and the baldest confession of the bar
barism Of the rebels which they have yet
made. It in effect delegates to every man,
woman and child full liberty to commit
murder, and that not only once nor twice,
but every day, if they can find victims for
their blood-thirstiness. The Proclamation
is for the freeing of slaves. The resolu-
ton authorizes the killing of any person
who aids or abets' in carrying it into ef-
feet. In Southern Interpretation this will
include every body who does not actually
resist the carrying Of the Proclamation
into effect, as well as those who actually
aid in the work These may all be mur-
dered and the murderers escape scot free.
This will legalize the killing of all
stauneh Union citizens of the South-they
are scarce, it is true, but still they exist
with no troublous foreboding on the part
Of the assassin of any penalty to be suf-
fered. There is another notable feature of
this christianizing resolution. The Trainer
was careful 10 insert the phrase "with or
1Walsis5dt arms" after the mention Of the
persons who may be killed. There viii,
therefore, be little or no danger to be
feared by the rebel sportsman who takes
his rife and goes out to bag his human
game. Be can pass by the armed man
whom he suspects of Union prOclivities,
and hold his FIRE until he meets an unsus-
peeting Union neighbOr or a defenseless
Union woman, and then, at his leisure,
bring down the victim. To complete the
work thus legalized by the Confederate
Congress, he shOld drink of the hearts
blood Of his gasping prey, and carry the
scalp at his belt as evidence at once Of his
fafthfulness to the principles Of the rebel
COnfederacy, and his fitness for Office and
favor in the traitors halls.
The audacious bravado which in the face
of such legislation will prate of the inhu-
manity Of the Federal Government and the
civilization of the South, is astounding,
whether found in the organs Of this bar
baric legislation or more especially
in sympathizers abroad. The former
hsye been brutslized by slavery until the
moral perceptions are blunted and the con-
science scared. And the very spirit de-
Vsloped by the issue of the emancipation
proclamation proves its necessity. II was
time that the great moral cancer upon the
American body polite, which had been eat
ing It's way to the heart of the Republic,
and which was poisoning the whole sys-
TEN, should be removed. Thank God, the
physician has been found to have nerve
50 steady and hand so firm as to apply
the knife The cure viii be effeetual, health
and vitality will supply the place Of de-
eaying pUtridity, and the Giant Of the
West viii stand forth before the world
with renewed strength and vigor.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09
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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09

A Washington dispatch says that Sec
retary Chase has been confined to his res
idence for several days by the recurrence
of chronic lameness in his foot. He
viii soon be out again.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-09
The Ohio R ReliefAssOciatiOna at Washington.
The Capital City Fact says:

The Capital City Fact says
By a letter from A. N. Gangewer, Esq.
Secretary Of the Soldiers Aid Society al
Washington, published in this morning
Journal, we learn that Mrs. Jewett, lady
of Judge Jewett of Steubenville, on re-
cent visit to that city contributed eighty
dollars towards purchasing a carriage for
the Society, to be used in carrying sup
plies to the hospitals; and that Geo. F.
OHarra, Of this city, gave the very hand
some sum of one hundred dollars for the
purchase of horse. Such acts Of libe-
rality we feel much pleasure in recording.
Mr.. Gangewer closes his letter with the
following paragraph:
"Quartermaster-General Wright has
sent US from the Arsenal $50 woolen
shirts, $40 pairs Of woolen socks, besides
other supplies-all of which we will dis
tribute as they may be needed by our SOL
diers.