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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13

R6r We have battles, advances and re-
treats. Sickness and exposure sweeps away
thousands, corruption is making US poor,
jobbers and political harpies are hurrying
us to bankruptcy, and We are drifting rapid.
ly to national ruin. We spend $4,000, 900
per day, half o fwhich goes to contractors
and land pirates, beside this enormous
drain, a deficit Of nearly Two hundred mill
ions hangs like q ghost upon us. Then.
taxes are coming upon us-tax upon coffee
and tea, land and money, newspapers and
salaries, stamp tax, poll tax, and every con.
ceivable kind Of tax. Corn is 20. cents per
bushel, wheat, pork, and barley in proper.
ton, and not ready sale either. All pro-
ducts of the farm reduced to half their value,
and then a tax of twice the usual amount
demanded. -Er.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13
How Things are Done in St, Louis.

The following from the st. Louis
Republican of the Both ult.. shows
how things are done up in that
place:
"On Tuesday, the residence OF
Trusten Polk, Lucas Place, was
entered by the United States mill,
tary authorities, and the value OF
his assessment for the benefit OF
the Missouri refugees, 1925 and
costs, was seized, as follows One
oak hat-rack, two oak chairs, two
sofas, one comfortable, four sofa
bottomed chairs, two easy chairs,
one carriage, one what-not, one
hair-bottomed sofa, two cane-seat
chairs, two hotel chairs, four hair
bottomed chairs, one imitation
rosewood meddler, one piano, two
parlor carpets, the latter comprising
over one hundred yards.
"Mrs. Rebecca Sire, No. 81, Olive
Street, was assessed for 500, and a
piano, mahogany sofa, and rose.
wood what-not, were taken from
her residence to satisfy an execu'
ton for $125 and COSTS"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13
Thursday, : February 10, 1862.
Constitutional Rights which We Mean
TO Exercise And Maintain.

"Congress shall make no law re-
epecting an establishment of re-
ligion, or prohibiting the free ex-
ercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or ofthe press"
-AmendmentS to the Constitution Of
the United States, Article l.
"Evory citizen may freely speak,
write, and publish his sentiments
on all subjects, being responsible
for the abuse of the right; and no
law shall be passed to restrain or
abridge the liberty OF speech, or Of
the ress."-Constitution Of Ohio,
Article /, Section II.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13
From the Monroe CO., Spirit of the De.
mooraov. ..
The Other Side of the Picture.

"a ~ SAAO Va AS = ASbAA
The following extracts from a
letter of private in the Thirty
sixth Regiment, present a picture
of the war not quite so pleasant to
look upon. The fact that a resort
to such extremities are necessary,
shows what a horrible thing war
is:
"On the evening of the 11th, five
companies of the regiment started
on a scout. set fire myself to sew
eral barns, hay-stacks, straw-ricks,
&c. It was pitiful to hear the
pleadings of the wives of 'secesh'
soldiers not to destroy their proper
ty. We shaot ali the sheep, pigs,
and calves that we could not carry
off. In one or two places we came
across some bee hives, and then the
men would pitch in and surfeit
themselves on the sweet contents.
The Captain, at one place, sent me
down to a house with three men,
orders to search the house, fire the
out-houses, and bring off all the
cattle hat were fat enough to kill.
l got the woman to talking with
one of the men, and selling a brand
from the fireplace, set q barn full
of wheat afre. l took off two
horses, but left her three lean COWS.
There was a hive full of beautiful
white honey, which the men open
ed, though they were already sur
feited. If she had not been a
widow, it would have been my duty
to shoot the COWS, calves and sheep,
and leave them to rot upon the
ground, if I could not drive them
off.
"At the place where we staid
over night there were two barns
fullo hay and grain, two haystacks,
and large shed, burning at once
A grand spectacle! But it made me
feel sort of sneaking to destroy
property in that way, when there
was none to defend it. AT two or
three places, where we burned pro-
perty, the women thought that l
was an officer, and came to me and
plead for their only COW, or an old
family horse, and when | referred
them to the Captain, upon whom
they had already exhausted their
entreatles, they begged me to use
my influence to have them left
One kind-looking woman, whose
barn had been set on fire, came to
me while had stopped a moment
to fix my accouterments, after the
rest Of the company had gone after
her cattle, and offered to co any
thing in the world for me, 1 would
only use my influence to have hel
cattle left. But had to hurry off
thinking, as did so, what l would
do to an enemy that would treat
my mother and sisters in that way
Would that the vengeance could
descend upon the heads of those
men that left their families to the
mercy of an invader.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13
Weekly Summary.

The most wonderful thing we
chronicle this week is the Great
Ball at the White House, Wash
ington.
How vain are all things here below,
How false and yet how fair;
Each pleasure has its poison too,
And every sweet o snare"
Yes, and we remember that,
while Mrs. and Mr.. Lincoln were
feasting their eight hundred guests,
there were thousands of sick,
wounded, and dying soldiers, just
in the neighborhood of the Bel.
shazzar Feast, who would have
been thankful for the dregs of the
wine consumed, and for the rich
crumbs which were left on the
table. 1t really seems that there
is no end to our great wealth, and
consequently, q new device for ex-
hausting our resources has just
been found out in Washington, and
mn experimental trial has been
made by Mrs. Lincoln, in the shape
of a costly ball got up in the form
ofthe most sumptuous and luxuri-
ant supper ever provided in Amer
ica. If the Washington papers are
to be relied upon as giving a true
report Of Mrs. Lincon's supper and
ball, Eastern Courts will have to
send ambassadors to Washington,
to learn q new lesson in the science
of" Let US eat, drink, and be
merry, for tomorrow we die"
The whole thing reminds US of a
~"burning Rome, and a fddling Ne
ro-a ball at midnight, and a
Waterloo in the morning. We do
not hesitate to assert, that at such
q time as this, the ball and all its
concomitants were ouj of place,
andthe government Mansion House
ought to Lave been hung in Grape,
rather than be used as a carnival
Hall of sumptuous feasting and
mirthful glee.
Our war news is very scanty,
and much of the little we have re-
ceived is of q doubtful character.
1t is, however, q fact that Fort
Henry has been taken by our men,
and Romney has been vacated by
the Confederate force stationed
there, and our troops have taken
possession Of it. This is not fight
ing weather, and it appears to us
that neither the South, nor the
North, is very anxious for q great
battle. The whole thing is a great
sham-a huge fudge.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13

Northern States continue to pay
for newspapers which publish lit
tie else than barefaced lies, or to
sanction men whose only qualiflca-
ton is to act as traitors, and live
to ruin America. Down upon
such villains.
| am, men, brethren, and fathers,
Your honest and sincere friend,
MAGIsTER DocET.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13
Financial Resources Of the United
States and Great Britain.

As there is much said upon the subject OF
taxation and many comparisons made be.
tween the United States and Great Britain,
and their respective abilities to bear it, we
propose toa1ord information touching their
financial resources. From the report Of the
London Statistical Society for 1860 it was
estimated that in 1858 the value of the real
and personal property in Great Britain and
Ireland was $40, 900 900, 900. 1t is now
from the percentage of increase heretofore
believed to be $50, OOO, 600, 600. The census
ofls60 shows that the value of the real and
personal property in the United States was
$4,000, 600, 600, Of this more than 81, OOO,-
OO0,0 are in the seeded States. Thus
the wealth Of Great Britain is Just about
four times as great as that of the loyal
States, and a tax of 5000, 900, 900 upon us is
equal in severity to $500, 0O0, O09 in Great
Britain. Anational debt Of 81, 00o, 600, 900
for the United States, is equivalent to the
$4,000, 009, 900 which NOW constitute that
Of Great Britain. The interest of $500, 0OO,-
600 for ms to pay would fall as heavily upon
our resources as the interest of $4,000, 00O,-
900 in Great Britain, when we consider that
their interest is three per cent. and ours
nearly seven and a half, and that their taxa.
BILE property upon which the burden is i'm.
posed is four times as large as ours. But
Great Britain in addition to her immense
home wealth has colonies in every part Of
the globe. That source also adds to the
profits Of her exchequer and enables her to
bear taxation. Our statesmen in arranging
taxation upon the British model would do
well to bear in mind these facts, and also
that in addition to our national taxes we
pay al immenHes amount of State and locsl
taxes which in Great Britain emanate from
and are charged directly in the account OF
the Imperial Government.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13


and Manchester, who possess as
much wealth in solid gold, land,
and other property, as all the mer-
chants in New England put to.
gether. We state these facts adj
visedly, and defy q Legitimate
contradiction. 1t is therefore of
no use to try to blind the Northern
States, by forming any comparison
between the wealth, power, and
financial resources of the Old Coun-
try and America. Those who are
sufficiently ignorant or wicked to
do 30, are the foes of the human
race, and the enemies of truth
and righteousness.
But the Devil has forgeda new lie
to deceive the American people, and
that is, that the whole expense of
the present war will be paid by the
Southern States We have not
conquered the South yet, and when
we shall have done so, we shall
only have conquered ourselves, and
should we be successful enough to
do so, it will only be 'robbing Peter
to pay Paul Those who assert in
public print, that we shall not
have to pay the taxes, are liars of
the deepest dye, and they know it;
and we are in a position to tell
them that the sooner they will
cease to insult their neighbors, the
safer they will find themselves, for
Indignation Meetings may change
hands.
We are not going to be hum
plugged, or insulted with impunity
by any lying scoundrel, be he Ed
itor or proprietor of any vile,
lying, and insulting sheet, pub
lished in this, or in any other
county or State. If Antony or his
illiterate confederates cannot let us
alone, we have to say, come on
with your bad English and absurd
French, and we shall be prepared
to meet you, where and when you
please. Will this hint do for you?
If not, tell u.s..
But as the enemies of Democracy
have abnegated the rights of men
to exercise reason, and have AFRO.
gated to themselves the wisdom of
we must trouble our readers
with the following statistics to
demonstrate that America is not
in a condition to be taxed like
is it true that
the South can ever be made to pay
the wal debts of the North.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13
For the Democratic Press.
WHO ARE THE TRAITORS IN OUR
MIDSTI

WHO ARE THE TRAITORS IN OUR
MLDSTf
Mr.. FERGUSON, - The brilliant
Register has many phases, and
changes oftener than the moon.
Wha5 it called patriotism in last
October, it now %denounces as trea-
son. Then it seemed to be in favor
of restoring the Union by support
ing our Constitution now it goes
for breaking down the Constitution
as a military necessity. Now it
endorses the speeches of Gurley
and Julian, two notorious Abo-
~litionists, and fatty advocates the
emancipation of the fragrant negro
as the only means of putting an end
to this war efectually.
1t is remembered yet that in our
war with Mexico the Register was
against our government, and was
therefore q rebel; and during the
war in "bleeding Kansas" it was
against our government, and was
therefore a rebel. Having been a
traitor in two wars, its conduct
should now be watched with sus-
picion. Judgment hes lately yeep
pronounced BY itself against such
reeais. sGGin rebels have "neither
Glgnt to life, liberty, nor property"
Its present editor may have a
little brains mixed with o large
portion of African wool, yet the
%hypocrite does not know that the
cry about the taxes which this war
is bringing upon the people is ga
glaring lie" On the contrary, he
knows that the July Congress in
ficted a heavy wal tax upon us.
He knows that here a special
county wal tax of $1,000 was in
ficted upon us. And he knows
that the present Congress are in
trouble to find the ways and means
to infict upon us the heaviest pos
sible war taxes. But the sapient
editor says this sis all bosh.". He
says, eve will make the war pay
its own expenses. We will take
the cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, and
lands of the traitors and sell them
to raise money and means to repay
the war taxes" But we have not
got their property yet, and it is
likely to cost US more than it is
worth to get it; but suppose we
succeed in taking and selling it for
the money, and the government
agents have it in their hands, how
is 1t to be distributed so as to repay
the people for the war taxes-the
taxes they have paid on coffee, tea,
and everything else? Will it be
done? No.
Will this sapient editor inform
US how much England's national
debt was increased by her wars
with India and China? How much
did Scotland and Ireland ever pay
England to defray the expenses of
her wars against them? And how
much did the thirteen colonies pay
England to foot the bill for the
revolutionary war? l know he will
not answer these questions. If he
could get the negro within his
grasp, he would not care for the
white man. Then the Union might
go down in blood. He would be a
negro saver. He seeks advance
ment, to be o meddler in other
peoples affairs, about which he is
as ignorant as a malignant ass.
Homo.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13

nA-James Brooks, one Of the
editors of the New York Express,
says in a recent letter from Wash.
inston, that for the four or six
preceding weeks, the expenditures
of the Government have been full
three millions every day, and that
the week ending Saturday for last
week, they averaged nearly four
millions every day. Won't some
people open their eyes when pay
day comes ?-Er.
Do we not go ahead, like a
brave people who have got more
money than enough ?--[ED.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13

Men, brethren and fathers, do us
the justice to read what is said
above, both by. us and by others,
and judge for yourselves. The
time has come when men who pro-
fess to lead the public mind, and
to instruct it, should speak as those
who must give an account to God,
and deal honestly with facts. To
be told that we do not pay any
var taxes, while we are paying
war taxes every day, on our Tea,
Coffee and Sugar, is simply to call
us fools. True, we do not substi-
tutc Rye coffee for real cofee!-
Will the NJ. A., or malignant ass
refund to us all that we are forced
to pay in the shape of war taxes
every week How long will the
Democrats and Republicans Of the
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13

&-T The Editor Of this paper does
not hold himself responsible fo' the
opinions oppressed by his correspond
tnts. The writer, and not the Editor
is responsible.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Volunteers, Rally

TNHE undersigned has just arrived in
Eaton, for the purpose Of recruiting for
the 35th Ohio Regiment, now in active SER
vice in Kentucky. Call at Esquire Dunn's
Office, Eaton, where ! may be seen daily,
from s A. NJ, till s P. NJ.
s. MARTlNDALE,
LIST LIEUTENANT, 35th o&Y. y,
Eaton, Feb. 10, 1862. r-tf mana
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-03
MORNING HEADER.
TURsnlT 575RN7S6, JUNE 3, 1897.



The first details that we receive Of the
evacuation Of COrinth, are enough to make
US blush with modification at this last pro-
digioug escape Ever since the battle of
Pitisburg Landing, Gen. Halleek has been
"getting ready and amoying TO the
front" His men have built miles Of forti-
ieations and scores Of miles Of roads.
They have lain in the swamps and died in
the hospitals by scores, and the army and
the country bore it all quietly, believing in
the plans Of Halleck, who promised them
glorious victory and the capture Of the
. whole rebel force. And so, ever since the
7tk Of April the two armies have stood
facing each other. Il is true that in two
msnihs the federal army advanced twenty
miles, and for that we should be thankful.
Some other general might have KEEP, them
all the time at Pittshurg Landing. Il is
also true that some other general might
have advanced that twenty miles in a week,
and captured Corinth in two, bat as Gen.
Halleek ordered newspaper correspondents
from iseamps as unauthorized hangers
on, Of course newspaper men are not ca
pable Of Judging Of what might or might
not have been true. But the fact stands
cut before us that Corinth is evacuated
that all the stores were taken away or
burned; that all the inhabitants except the
women and children had time to leave;
that not gun was left behind, SO clean
was the sweep Of everything valuable
that the stores had been in progress Of re
mOval for weeks, and the troops Cor days
that the Qualifications which had been con-
sidered so formidable we're mere earth
works, which might have been carried by
storm at any time; that there were not
more than &C, 600 rebel troops behind those
forti6cations and that, finally, the whole
force fed and askedaddled without hand
10 stay them.
And all Of this was unknown to Gen.
Halleck. His scouts failel to report it and
his reconnoisanoes could not discover it,
Each days telegraph reported the great
concentration at Corinth, and ihe pros
poets Of desperate stand All ending
in grand burst Of the bubble,
Thoughtful readers may have noticed
that Of late there have been no reports Of
what 0contrabands have brought to our
lines regarding the rebel army or move
ments. But if those readers were as in
quiring as thoughtful, they have discover
ed the cause Of. this absence in the memo
-rable @0rler- No. ~ Of Gen. Halleek.
That general evidently considered himself
Omniscient and Omnipresent He shut of
all information both ways. He excluded
the newspaper rcorrespondentsb because they
sent away information from him, and e1-
cIuded negroes because they brought it to
him. Thus he was all in all, and "cared
nothin' for nobody No wonder that the
"whole army is filed with modification,
at this result of two months. geueralshiP
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-03
Cnnr. Inhn RrnMn.


Our readers remember the company that
was raised in this vicinity and in West
ern Pennsylvania by Cait John Brown
for the Kansas service. The company is
enrolled as Co. X, JsnnisOn's 9Th Kansas
Regiment, Capt Brown has been for
some time too unwell to have commander
his men, who have been in chsrgo4Of
Lieutenant Hoyt, His continued i'll health
has made it necessary for Capt. Brown to
resign, and Lieut.. Hoyt was chosen as his
successor. A sword, revolver and belt
was presented to Capt. Brown by his COM
pany, the Leavenworth Conservative say
ing, in note of the affair
Capt. Hoyt msde a few appropriate re
marks, to which John Brown tried TO an
swer, but could not speak any, being NOV
cd too much His Silence was the best
speech ever made in any military camp
Their their old Captain sat, not being able
to walk, in his buggy, tears in his eyes,
the whole company In rank aud file, with
out arms, but tears in their eyes, and a
multitude from other companies silently
around the above scene with tears in their
evps
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-03
The AssassInation Of Gen. Butler Advised

The Assassination Of Gen. Butler Advised.
The Southern heart of the editor Of
the Jaeksoa Mississippian has been fred
by the order Of Gen. Butler which is in
circulation in the South, about the treat
ment Of females who insult eur soldiers in
New Orleans. The Mississippian says:
Is Impossible that he can breathe the at
mOsphere of New Orleans an hour after the
issuance of such an order2 Is there no
jackson among her brave and chivalrous
sons, who viii offer himself martyr in
defense of the chastity Of the mothers,
wives sand daughters Of the city and
gladly given his own to take the1ifs Of
the ruffian and the outlaw who dares to
breathe suspicion against their angelic
purity2 Is ali manhood lost, that such
wretch is allowed 10 live, move, and have
his being amongst us n We viii not be-
lieve it. On the contrary, we shall soon
expect to hear that the insult TO the fair
daughters Of New Orleans has Been wiped
out in the blood Of their cowardly SANDER
er. And when il is done, let the occasion
be propitious-not in his prisons, but
"when he is drunk asleep, or in the inces-
tuous pleasures Of his bedZthen trip, that
his heels may kick at Heaven, and that
his soul may be as damned aud black ss
hell Whersto Il goes
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-03

COUNsEL-But few of the reading pub
lie are aware how continually an editor is
called upon to advise his patrons on every
subject, from politics to the breed Of cattle.
Through the whole range of our duties
none has perplexed us more than to tell
our readers what to take for cure when
they are sick Hitherto this has been 4
severe trial to all our skill, but it win not
be hereafter. We have been taking and
have seen the evidence from others that
have taken Doctor Ayers Cherry PectOral
and Cathartie Pills. They need but a
slight trial to convince the most skeptical
how far they are superior to the other
medicines we have had in use. They
have one single property Of great import
ance to the sick and that is they cure
Boston Herald.