The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-07

YOU knew its contents, Will no. Ds needed.
It will not save you from the scorn anc
Contempt you SO richly merit. is.
NDR.. aDH dM@ youhave fallen
fallen forever Your punishment Is
severe but Just. Your recent REASONABLE
course against tile Government merits
and receives the Condemnation Of every
honest man. Weokave beard it said thai,
you are religiously inclined, aud are ma
Eiag efforts 10 doff the VOLTS clothing
you have been wearing. We wish you
success, and for your spiritual edfca'ion
recommend that you sing lbe following
touching stanaa every night before reti'
ring TO rest: u ..aa d, -.1.uceD,sf
When troubles h:sail us and dangers alright
Though friends should ali fa us and foes all unite;
Yet ono thing secures us, whatever betide--...Dyt
The promsc ssures US, the Lord will proyldc.
ES In our issue Of last week, we pub
Ilished the Democratic leaders OF the
county as opposed TO the matchmaking
tia, "lo this general Iule there are 10"
liohorsbleI Exceptions. Martin, Wise
I.sohner, Daugherty, McVeigh, Fritte'
aud others have stood firm for tho UHiO"
and tie war now waged for its mii"tai"
aacs. For this act Of loyalty to the Gov
crnmeut and devotion to,itslcause, thel
have ben prescribed by their party, arc
well nigh pushed ovetbosrd bat few o
them would be sustained BY their part,
for any position Of trust or profit" Fo
this publication Judge Leohner felt callo
upon to,resisn bis position on the Mil!
tary Committee and discontinue our pa
per. So far as the Judge is concerned
We re,ract everything contained in th
above duolatlon. By his acts he ha
proven his devotion TO his party. wit
u Which we believe him to stand as we'll q
any other Democrat In the county.
: The, following letter explains sol
8 We publish it:with pleasure. b..
s e a, va CAMP NEAR TUsouMD1A, !, Ala, ~
(. ,o .,., July 4lh, 1862. 81
Maj. Gen, W. I. sherman, Com. Dly,cinti
o % GKNERAL:--l have just read in the Cil
cinnali Commercial of the 25th ut.,
: lIetrer from Lieut.. Governor Stanton mo
> unjust and upjdstihable in manner at
u laet, refeeting upon yon conductatll
q tbaltle Of Shiloh! in which my name
y, mentioned as one Of the many officers wi
- 70 whom tho writer converscd, and who ga
. u opinions tba. the u, s. army A. Shilc
l. was surprised through sour negligence.
l. My opinion. is Of little, importance as
was not present at the battle, but ] a
,s unwilling that you, or any Of the ftien
Flof either of us. Should think that it v
u Or IS uufayOrable Of your conduct Al
Of ability, as shown upon that field Of |
k do&n 10 you. l gathered the facts car
i'd fully, and then and ever since, have 81
I. cerely believed that you had left nothil
= uudoneS before. during add aiIsr the b'
" lie. which wise, able and cautious Gs
IS: eral-could have dong. a, 81, = so,i.
!. Gov. Stanton never ctntersed with !
F1up,n the subject--did not see me at
as when he visited Shilohgsnd. therefore
er perhaps Observation-Disclosures my nal
EY without the shadow of authority in ia
h Had hesconvsrsed with me upon the 81
!. Ijeet, he would have obtained the opini
" I have given above. 4 IA 4 ..-g1
ire >-'' a.'-+ Respectfully yours, !,
ng aseJaM. CONNELL.
Col. 18th Ohio Vols