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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-21

Average Per year. for three year., si'9i'
The cost Of printing the scerctary'' Re-
rort cannot be precisely a'ecrn'nei Tor the
year. above named. batIi is csiImaici at
S3roo snuaslly.
One other punt remains; what claims
upou tue State patronage do these orsau'ih'
tim. present, in the existing condition o'
the county,
What !. ihi. condition. War \ war
Of unprecedented magnitude IN our country,
aud Of uncertain duration: war 'n'ol'ln:
srsa, expenditure. 10 the dense veal which
surround, the future, QUO thing IS sure, We
rauJi p.s,i hs1ry ;aIanoa. How is this 10 10
doue' We answer. mdiaiy ty Produ'i'oH--
yrod.ei,os from iAs p! Manufactures in.
erca.s wealth by adding labor TO the raw
uatariAi. somasrce, by changing iheI po'
.i,ion from place to place bat before either
can add cent To property, ihs na'cria! H'i.i
\ produced The great work mus, b. dons
by the producer, the ersA, burden falls up
on the farmer. Daring the years OF peace
lately passed, agriculture has paid half OF
the taxes Of the State. As other Sanehes
Of industry become crippled. AZ H'lnf pay
iarg,r proportion sal. Dos Il d''err', at
the hand, Of the State. encouragement or
di,cguaguHcafF Plainly, by ~ much a'
the reliance OF the State upon 1t is inerea'ei,
81 should support and a,d De more literally
given ~ 50 much ~ the bsrdsn' laid up.
On IL are increased. by 81 much the more
should IL be encouraged aud lo,,sEed.
Agricultural labJr !. noue too attractive
or popular. There is need o. encourage.
ment IN urier TO retain our young men with.
in the State. Farmer sons have gone out
by Thousands, they are making their mark
elsewhere they are bulldlns up other por'
,,ons OF our cOmmon country. it's true, but
have LEI, as. "a State, poorer aud ieeoIer
for their departure.
Imagine, Tor moment. what n blow
would be given to this great in'er,s', now
the sheei-anchor Of the State, should tho
legislature cay. by ITS dced'. agriculture
/. no loLee. worthy OF sneouragcmsn'' far
mer, mus, bring larger tale OF brick than
ever before, but We can help them to no
straw" Taseaway mans faith and hope
and you paralyus him. Think, too, oil ITS
effect upon our reputation abroad and es'
pecially ITS eaee, upon the rebels a. the
South. Will they no, have good reason to
believe US TO DO terribly crippled already.
and that few more desperate struggles will
completely .ubjusa,o US.
Bu, can the State afford u nOrs' Yes.
Neither the State nor its inhabitants are 90
near paupersm tha, they eannO, End dol
lar To invest when i, will bring ten. or .
hundred or Eve hundred in return. We
submit. rather. ths Saie cannot afford 10
,ciihAoA hs requisite aii. There i' that
withho'ds,h moro than 10 meet and 1t tend.
eth TO poverty
JaSuARr %. 1862.
The above having been twice read and
adopted, the Secretary was instructed to
furnish copy to each member Of the Leg.
islature.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-21

The following singular serapi 10 nom
Methodist paper; A mao bad miEra'sd iron
church 10 church. breaking By sseh - be
passed. Al length he found himself in the
Presbyterian church. where be was making
great progress. The preacher In great dis'
tres said 70 one Of his elders:
What shall ws do with hinr
"Oh." replied the sldsr. "I have '''s
praying she Lord TO ssud hin to bell"
" Why. brother, uhas do I0a mean
"Msan VIA, sy; bOPs he will 60 70
bell. Hs would do sesd 'hsre' hs would
break up the ssssbli'hs'ns 10 'sss 'aso az
vssks."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-21

Tho other day ~ the Colonel OF New
Hampshire Regiment Was taking short
walk outside Of the camp be met soldier
who was. TO uss his own expression. pref
v tolerably drunk" The soldier had
can.seu OF whisky. which he handed 70 the
Colonel upon being requested to do so. The
Colonel drew the stopper. turned up the
oAo,eso. and poured the ~hi'tsy into the
gutter. The soldier watched the auid CUR.
cling from the neck Of the csntssn. until
the las, drop had fallen. when he reereifai.
IL observed. suppose that thasssll right,
Colonel. bot I never could have had the
heart TO have done it,"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-21

A member oi the Ohio - Cavalry writes
home: "Spssting Of bominy permit me
10 note few Of the rsmsrks that have
heard the boys sc, OF while d''Ourins this
e1cellsu. article Of subsistence. One. .
cockusy. observed TO eomfsds, "Hi ssy
Ary. does ominy grow on ba'hesF and
another. an Ir,shman. ssied the cook what
mad. the p.se isk % vhitsf but the most
smus,us Of them oil, was our Dutch ser.
eesns, Who aid yesterday ~ dinnsr-'I
yus. like 70 knoH vos Dc besplss lihss dem
corn. pssns iur.'"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-21

QulKEK AND CrxsrL a clergyman
OF N. Church Of Ersland. having married
a couple belonging to the people called Qua
ker., the eara,s demanded Eve .hillinss a.
his due.
Can.t thou" said the Quaker. prove
from Scripture ,hss thou oush's.t t' exact
from me such share Of earthly msmmon 7"
WAY" replied the cura'e, took 70
for granted ihA, the person you haze u"
married is woman Of good character and
Solomon, In bic Proverbs, observes. that .
,ir,uou, woman 10 q oorn to her husband"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-21
farmers department,
"srExb rHtPLow."

The arts aal .cisncc. psriaiaing 10 we' az
slS -, hakej togsths', snd a., 'u''ma's, '""'f>''
81 18th AgtiCaitsT, -ASsIGeL.'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20
Tho Cumberland Riyer.

The capture of Fort Donelson will give us
. very strong hold on the Cumberland, and
become q base for operations further on, OK
tending in time, probably, to Nashville, the
capital of Tennessee.
The Cumberland river rises in the Cum
berland mountains near the boundary be-
tween Virginia and Kentucky, and pursuing
. Westerly or South westerly course enters
the State Of Tennessee. After mn extensive
sweep to the South it turns North. west
wardly and Northerly, and enters and crosses
Kentucky, entering the Ohio IL! miles East
Of the mouth OF the Tennessee river, and
80 miles shove the mouth Of the Ohio. The
entire length Of the river is about 600 miles,
and il drains q territory of II, 500 square
miles. II is navigablc for large steamers
and ~vesseles to Nashville, 203 miles to the
mouth, and for boats of Is tons 800 miles
further. At certain seasons of high water,
vessels Of 400 tons can descend tho river
400 miles to the Ohio, and for halfits length
boats may navigate il all seasons. 1t is the
second river In size which enters the Ohio,
being inferior only to the Tennessee. De.
low Nashville, the river is deep and narrow.
There are on the borders Of the Cumber-
land nineteen furnaces, nine FORCES, and two
rolling mills, producing annually "A, 500 tons
OF iron, valued at $l,873, 900.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20


While l look, the gallant Tenth Ohio,
the heroes of Carnifex, come filing by
Except the dead left upon that field and two
sick, they are all here, andall carrying their
muske.s. The sturdy fifteenth Kentucky
next advances, anxious to try their strength
with the traitors who have desolated their
homes. Here comes the Third Ohio, whose
brave and hardy veterans have fought with
the rebels at Rich Mountain and at Elk
water. If the structure thrown across the
river could be shaken, their firm and steady
tread would do it. Just as the bead Of the
regiment reaches the center Of the bridge,
some one exclaims, Look yonder," and
points upward to the moon, around which
a circling halo shows the colors of the
American flag more delicately defined in the
moonlit cloud than ] ever saw them before,
see the red, white and bluel" 'ThaI
plainly indicates that heaven is on our side,
says another the sentiment is not %entirel,
original, but it appeals no less thrillingly Il
the heart for that. As FLY a sudden in
SEPARATION the band strikes up "Yanket
Doodle and as soon as the foremost pla
tcon reaches the opposite side, l hear
private soldier enthusiastically exclaim
1--WE have crossed the Rubicon, and no,
uiictory or death p EYES," replied a com
rade, IL was for N or the other that we en-
listedf' Such a scene is witnessed Blu
seldom in the life of any one man.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20
The War i'm Kentucky.
Letter from 18th Ohio Regiment
CAMP WooD, MUNFoRDvTLLE,

Letter from 18th Ohio Regiment.
CAMP WooD, MUNFoRDvTLLE,
Hart Co., KY, Feb. l3, 1862.
DEAR CHRONICLE: We have just had
the following order in the 18th Ohio:
Examine your companies, and report to
the Surgeon all your men who are not able
to stand a pretty hard march; draw seven
days r%ations; cook four of them, and be pre-
pared to march at seven o clock in the morn
ing"
This order, we understand, has been is.
sued to the whole of McCook's Division,
and that we all start Dixieward tomorrow.
Stirring times in Camp Wood this morning,
The half sick are well, and the whole sick
half well.
We have had an exciting week in camp
On Monday morning the whole of Gen
Mitcheh's Division came here from Bacor
Creek, and encamped on the other side o
the river last night Woods division, fron
Lebanon, arrived here; and we understand
that a part of Thomas's division. will b
here this evening.
We know nothing of our destination. W
know that we 90, and that we are expecte,
to do something in a few days, and this i
enough. "Hurrah for Dixie !" We hav
men enough in this Division to meet an,
single Division of the rebel army in tn
West.
The health of our regiment has improve,
thirty per cent. since We received marchin
orders.
| will write as soon as we make a halt.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20
MORAL "AID AND COMFORT

The following is from a recent number of
the Wheeling Intelligencer. it is true,-
every word of it,-and We commend it to
some abolition" shriekers hcreabouts:
ut ia q very trite remark that there nre
often several was o doing the same thing
Of accomplishing the same end-and the
way chosen is matter altogether of circum-
stances. There are more ways of being
disloyal than Of publishing a paper in Rich
mona or Norfolk, or being a soldier in the
secession army--or being an avowed seces-
zionist in Western Virginia or elsewhere.
As much harm can be done by indirection
IS by open corporation. A newspaper, for
insts ,ea, that sets itself resolutely to work to
misrepresent tho sentiment Of the Loyal
section Of the country--to destroy the con
fdence of people in that sentiment, and
which day by day appeals constantly to al
their lower prejudices, is capable Of much
more mischief than though it openly anC
assuredly declared its secret sympathy with
the enemies Of the government. A paper
that can find no better use for its columns
than dishing up everlasting never ending
old balderdash about "Abolitionists, in,
stead o~flendinga free and generous support
to the struggles of the nation to preserve
its life, is lost indeed to any patriotic con
ception Of the duty Of journalist in time,
like these. The influence of such n papol
is TO array old teuds-factionize the people
divide their sympathies, withhold theil
means, and give moral support to the more
open enemies of the government.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20
HThe Army aud Navy forever, -.
1htes cheers Tor the Red, White and Blue"

The following joint order was issued by
the War and Navy Departments on Satur-
day. 1t is ringing with the fiery zeal and
patriotism of the chiefs Of those Depart
ments. God bless u patriot Army and
Navyi
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 1862.
The President, Commander-in Chief OF
the Army and Navy, returns thanks to Brig.
General Burnside and Flag Officer Colds
borough, and to Brig. Gen. Grant and Flag
Officer Foote, and the land and naval forces
under their respective commands, fol then
gallant achievements in the capture Of Roa.
noke Island and Fort Henry. While it will
DO no ordinary pleasure for him to acknow
ledge and reward in q becoming manner the
yalor ofthe living, he also recognizes as hii
duty to pay a fitting honor to the memory
Of the gallant dead. The charge at Ron
noke Island, like the bayonet charge at Mil
Springs, proves that the graphic and sharI
steel Of loyal and patriotic soldiers must al
ways put rebels and traitors to flight.
The late achievements of the Navy show
that the flag Of the Union once borne il
glory around the world by naval heroes vii
soon again float over every rebel city anC
stronghold, and that it shall forever b.
honored and respected as the emblem o
liberty and union in every land and upoI
every sea.
By order Of the President.
Signed,
EpwIN NJ. STANTON, Sec. Of War.
GIDEON WELLEs, Sec. Of the Navy
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20

from Lebanon on the 18th inst, formed in
three divisions, the right under Col. JEFF G.
Davis, the left under Col, Carr, and the
centre under General Sigel, six miles from
Springfield. On the 18th a skirmish took
place between our advance and a party of
rebels, in which nine of the latter were
killed. One of our men was slightly wound
ed. AT sunset on the same day 200 Of the
enemy attacked our pickets, but were driven
back with a loss Of 30. This was regarded
as the commencement of the battle, and
5000 cavalry aad infantry with a. battery Of
artillery were sent forward. The battery
was placed on an eminence commanding the
supposed approach of the rebels, aud three
shells were thrown, to which no response
was made, and our force retired leaving q
strong picket guard.
During the night continuous firing was
kept up by the pickets.
AT three O'Clock ON the morning of the
18th our army advanced in line Of battle
and at day break the third division, headed
by the 4th Iowa, entered and took peaceful
possession of the town.
Price had left at 2 o'clock on the sam,
morning, leaving over 600 of his sick, larg,
quantities of forage and wagons behind him
lie had $4,000 effective troops and so piece
of artillery.
Yesterday evening a battalion of our cav
airy captured 100 wagons Of his train, AM
last night firing by the pickets was heard il
the direction OF the retreating foe.
This morning at 6 o'clock our whole fore
followed the enemy.
1t is reported that Price is merely fallin
back to meet Mcintosh, who was coming u
with reinforcements: and on his .joinin
him, he would seturn and give us battle. tn
; probabilities are, however, that he is in flu
retreat.
The people in and around Sprinfeld ex
press unbounded satisfaction at the arriv;
\ of our troops, and a general rejoicing
manifest throughout the Southwest at th
retreat of the rebels.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20
The Tennessee Negroes and the Gun
boat Expedition.

A correspondent Of the St. Louis Demo
erat. who was on board one Of the gunboats
whisA assembled the Tennessee river to Ala
bsnas writes:
Bot few negroes are found in the country.
most OF them having been run of upon our
spproach. Those who have remained mani
fest . great interest in regard to everything
connected with the army and the North.
The first person met by the officer Of the
boat landing at the fort after its flag had
been struck, was one Of these contrabnnds
With mingled joy and CONSERVATION i'm
printed upon his sountenance, and with up
lifted arms he exclaimed, "Alore God, sir
Is Masss Lincoln coming on that boat?"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20

AN intelligent refugee, late from New
Orleans, states that the Union men Of the
South land they are still to be found) utter
ly discredit the proclamation issued by Gen.
Phelps. They only received it through the
Southern papers, no copies of the absurd
document having been permitted to reach
the shore direct from the absurd General,
and it was believed to be q Secesh lie. All
sympathixers with the Union cause contend
ed, and no doubt they we're right, that the
Secesh had invented the proclamation. b
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20

The Memphis Argus Of Jan. 2 and s,
handles JEFF. Davis "without. gloves" and
styles him and his mock Cabinet illegal
wielders Of authority" 1t compliments
the United States army, and admits that
the rebels are heIamed In on all sides By
superior forces.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20

The prophetic Russell, in his last letter
to the london Times, thinks the Burnside
expedition too small to effect any great OBJ
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20
Belmont County, Ohio Court
of Common Pleas
NOTICE

Noah Scott, Plaintiff, lTHE defendants,
VS.. II VI Mary Ellen
John II. Davis, ct al, Defendants. yDuvis, john Walter
Davis, Isaac Newton Davis, aud Margaret Jane Davis,
the heirs ut law OF John n. Davis, deceased, who reside
in the State OF Illinois, are hereby notified that al tho
Fall Term, 1891, they were made defsnduli ITS to n petition
filed by the above named plaintiff against ,snid John X.
Davis on the 10Th day OF Apri.. 1851, In the Clerks Odics
of snid Court, the object and prayer Of which petition is
to procure the foreclosure OF a mortgage aud sD order Of
sale OF the following described premises, situate m ssit
county being pnri OF the Northwest quarter Of Section
4, Township 0, Range ., beginning for its boundaries on
the North line OF said Section ut n post. corner between
snid Scott and lis,on, and running thence North sol deg.
West 80 poles to a post; thence South | deg. West rs
poles thence South SOL deg. East 80 poles TO the Iiston
line thence North I deg. East 25 poles TO the beginning.
Containing 5 ucres.-upon a mortgage given by said John
Il. Davis to said Scotr, April 2, 1850, TO secure nururg
other things the payment Of so dollars, April 1 1851, with
interest from April z, 1855.
The defendants are required to answer by March .,
1862. ID. s ADAMS, Clerk.
d y. T. CowES, AIRY for PrtG.
Jan. %, lS12-Gw
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under command Of Gen, Curtis marched
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