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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-10

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LEGAL NOTICES.

TOHN w. MCDONALD IS HERE
% BY notified that on the 18th day of November.
A. D 1862 Cecilia S. Mcdonald fled in the Office Of
the Clerk OF the Court Of Common Pleas Of Cuyaho-
ga County Ohio her petition against him for Divorce
alleging causes therefor, 'GrOss Neglect of Duty
and Wilful Absence for Three Years " Said cause
will be for hearing at the February term, a. D. 1863
Of said Court. PALMER a DENNIS,
dec2:4Z2 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-10

Major General Schenck has so far re-
covered from his wounds as to proceed to
his new command at Baltimore.
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BT Persons calling for the above will plesss say
'' Advertised" :" = OOWLLs, Z, p. !.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-10

PAAA--N-~--NN
HLet us not be unmindful at this mo-
ment of the responsibilities imposed upon
us by the munifcence of the Ruler of na-
tiOns, nor permit our sorrows and burdens
to lead us to forget or to undervalue, the
peculiar duties that belong to our position.
Our agricultural efforts, extended over a
wide and fertile territory, as yet thinly
populated, have made our land one Of the
granaries to which the nations Of Europe
that subsist chiefly by manufactures now
look for food; and the operatives of Ian
eashire temporarily deprived Of American
cotton, have more than ever occasion for
American corn.
Let that corn be forwarded with the
generosity that becomes people who have
undergone the greatest trial that can be.
fall nation; and who know the value of
sympathy promptly rendered in the mo-
ment of misfortune. Let us show our
gratitude to Providence for all its mercies,
by recognizing thS claims of Christian
| brotherhood, and hasten to relieve the
want whose sharp cry comes to us across
the ocean.
"The Homestead act of Congress, which
gives to each settler in our Western Ter
ritories, without regard to his nationality,
one hundred and sixty acres Of the public
land, offers to every foreigner a welcome
and home; but threatening Winter of
suffering demands instant relief, and re-
minds US Of the ancient proverb-iHe gives
twice who gives quickly!
There is reason to believe, from sig
nifcant indications, not alone in New
York, but throughout the country, that the
people need no urging to activity in this
cause, but rather wait with impstience the
necessary organization for the convenient
transmission Of their gifts.
j Il To this end the undersigned, who have
been appointed by the citizens Of New
York TO act in concert with similar bodies,
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25

The Richmond Wig, of thu All instant.
in the course of an article on the Davis Adj
ministration, says:
If they have nos suhjusatcd lis, they have
impingod upon our SOIL and they hold mill
tary possession ola par: of Virginia and of
the throo slaveholding Safes. This, we cor
fess, has always bean TO us an unmixod BIT
ter. And what renders it sill more Disagree
able, we canno5 divcSS ourselves Of the con-
viction, that il has been owing to the fault Of
or own Administration. Oar army, COM
posed of the best materials tha. ever should
cred a muskes, went to tho field to fght, and
nothing else, and has been painting for an adj
vance from the moment Of enlistment to the
present hour. Doomed to inaction and ROT
ting on straw, We have los: more by discas.
than dozen victories have cost, and we have
lost the national reputation we enjoyed for
dash and e,an. Unless there is q promise,
and one to b. relied on, ofa total change in this
policy Of the great Cunctator, we shall have
ne more volunteers after the expiration of the
present term. This is Il vital matter, to which
all our authorities should at once direct their
attention. Congress, as well as the EEecu-
tive, is entrusted with the publi: veal. All
should exert themselves to the utmost for the
common safety and the common glory, for
the fortunes of lis all are at stake.
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Tno Position of ZolIlcoGGer.

The New York Times says: The position
Of ZollcoG'er or the Cumberland was one Of
the three great rebel strongholds in Kentucky
--Sho first b2in5 at Columbus, in the extreme
west, soon to be as5alel by the great ho:illa
the second At Bowling Green, in central Ken
tucky, now immnentIy m9naccl by General
Buell.; and the third, and most important of
all, in the cas-, being the one which has just
succombei before our gallant troops. Natur-
lily, the latter position was the strongest of
the three; and indeed, it wRs for defence one
Of the very strongest points possible S,lcc :
ing the mountainous region on 10th sides OF
the Cumberland river at point where its
course runs from due south to due west, and
where the hills, although Immediately upon
the banks, rs, to an altitude of go, $50, ard
400 feet above the level of the river, Zollicoff.
er occupied and for;ifed these hills, comman.
dirg all approaches by the river from boil
directors, as we'll as through the valleys o
tlS ~ CGNc VA Lslc liOllil ANU Oh lIic EOuGu.-
Behind these immense natural and arss.fi ,ia
def3nces the rebels were rosted, capable, ap
rarcntlv, Of bidding defiance to the assaults o
any force. His forces on the north side @
the river, prior to his reinforcement by Crit
tenders troops, consisted of six regiments
Stationed on a height :our hundred feet aboy
the river, commanding the approach from
bo:h directions, and on the south side of fou
regiment, commanding the valley of Meadol
creek, and depression through the hills from
the south, about mile to the west Tht
geographical position of this entrenchment il
as follows: From Somerset, about fif5eer
miles southwest; from Columbia, forty mile.
southeas!, and about six miles below the
head of steamboat navigation. The position
commands all the coal mines, and many O
the salt wells south of the Cumberland Ur.
luckily for the rebels, their main body moved
out of this strong post to assal our forces, and
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The EIsree Can2p D:aca-ae.

Soldiers in camp suffer from thrc, diseases;
,diarrheo, rheumatism and fever. The COM
monest canso Of d;arrhca is bal watas; its cure,
complete rest, and abstinence from every kind
of food except plain boiled rice All ordina-
ry diseases will yield to this treatment in two
and half hours Or less. Rheumatism is usu-
ally brought OF, rot by getting wc', but by
remaining in wet clothes. Hard drinkers are
particularly subjct to bad attacks. To avci
rheumatism wear flannel ana keep the digo3-
tion sound F:vcrs are generally caught after
dark in the open air. A man going ouS on
night duty should never 90 hungry and dncver
stand still longer than nccesslsy. Cool food
and activa excrcis, will generally keep man
well unless the ais is uncommonly delcterous
To cure no. very soy3re fever, nothing
seems SO efficient as change of air. Il is
said that the removal ola patient only few
miles often works an immediate improve
iment in his condition. In scouting along the
edge Of a swamp at night, there is no danger
SO long as tho party keeps Oh the wndward
side of it. These doctrines are laid down in
the writings of army surgeons and physicians
who have given much attention to the sub
jects discussed, and ought, therefore, to be
trustworthy.
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as Gen. Thomas came up opportunely as they
began to fall back, he pursued them, and the
glorious victory above chronicle is the result
The column Of Gen. Thomas, when he
left Columbia to move forward, consisted of
$1,000 well-appointed men. They were
nearly all Western troops-mostiy from Ohio,
indiana. and Kentucky. In Gsn. Sohoepf's
brigade were the two famous regiments of
East Tennessee, who have been burning for
fight with their enemies and prosecutors for
nearly half year.
This victory opens the way for our gal
liant army of the West to penetrate into East
Tennessee through Cumberland Gap; and if
promptly followed up to the capture Of the
Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad, will
xmpel the rebels to evIcuate Bowling Greer,
nd aoiN compel BeauIegarl to retire from Nan
rssas. The position of the different points
mentioned, and their relation to Cumberland
Gap, and the Virginia and Tennessee Rail
road to Knoxville, Nashville, Bowling Green,
md Columbus, and to our main body at Mum
fordsvillc, will be found on our map. The
rebels propose to make the Ohio river the
boundary line of their bloody despotism, but
they are rapidly retreating from that line
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SOutllcrH ArwUnlc cnt:

We commend the following extract of
letter from one Of the bitcrest of the women
rebels in the country, as containing the argu-
mcnts which it would be well for the peace
men and -eniancipatonist to dcvour and
digest. We are constantly told in the north,
bv class Of men who conceal their treason
benesth the thin veil of conservatism, that
slavery has nothing to do with the rebellion
and that while the federal government is
struggling to defeat the rebels, it would be
recreant to the Constitution and laws of the
land, if it in any manner lnterfered with the
ins.ttit on of fslavery. While such Arguments
are being advanced 20 embarIass the federal
authorities, the southern people are making
slavery not only the cause of rebellion, but
the source of all the strength Of troaSoM Il
supplies the ignorant population Of tho sorth
with anniosity against the national govern
mcnt and tn, people Of the free s,aets, while
the slaves themselves contribute TO the sup
port of those il arms battling that the i'sti-
ution Of slavery nay assume al, ,au gust coatro.
in tn. leg slatve and execn i've departments
of this government.
The pa-agra n alluded to is in h. follow
ing terso aad emphatic language:
1--WE think we have Ills Advantage Of The
North: m'i'e al or mcq me talea jor the rar,
the Woch:s are LETT at home to Gerry on the 05r7-
caAmul pursuits, nnt raise all tt2t ~e at
hom N oar mel, IN the d.nty reel 10 hue
do ,ot see but we raise us much with our
men away, as we did with them at home,
and our women g so fred with patriotism
that some Of lis go right into tho field and
take management of the slaves; We
are thus able to spare all the men able to
bear arms. There is but one young man
left in our town, all the rest are in The army
and he will he there soon. The old men
are formed into minute ncn and home guards
and will go If necessary. The northerncrs
have no one to support them when they are
away. They must stay at home and take
care of their families, or they will starve.-
Though our white population is much small
er than yours, yet with the blacks to work
for us, We can keep as many men in the wal
as you can
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They have at Raleigh an establishment for
the manufacture Of wooden shoes, Of which
the Saplarl thus speaks:
The enterprising manufacturers have in
their employment some thirty hands, and ere
turning out about one hundred pairs Of. shoes
per day. The shape and size Of the shoe ME
first marked and sawed out, then scooped out
and fashioned at the bottom, and sand-p.por-
ed, and hned and painted, and topped with
leather, and thus finished in various rooms in
the same building. Most Of this work is
done by machinery driven hy steam. The
wood is gum and poplar, which Is we'll steam
ed before the shoe is made. We understand
that these shoes are actually lighter than the
leather brogan of the same number, and, as
for durability the bottoms will last till the
next war We learn that Messrs. Thu;m {;
Traps, who are finishing 100 pairs per day,
have more orders than they can Gil. Wood
en- shoes are worn in the northern part Of Eu-
rope, and il some localities in this country :;
but we suppose that this is the first nanufac-
tory of the sort by machinery and steam which
has been established.
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RIA " Z n N "A, o FL I O.
Saturday. Janu Try IS, 1862.
what "a soutnc4n Unlon.st sAys.

A letter to the Cincinnati Gazette, written
from Nelson's division in Kentucky, contains
This passage:
II recently had the pleasure of meeting a
Union man, or refugee, from Nashville. He
is thorough southerner in all thugs, but I'M
swerving in his devotion to the Union. You
northern mor,' said he. have fallen into IA
tai error You hope to conquer the insur-
gents by a concilatory course You are sim
ply sacrificing the lives and property Of your
southern friends. The south will scruplc at
no means to accomplish their end. Meet
them with their own weapons-fre and sword
and awe them into obedience to the laws.
Not one Of them disavows the fact that this
is rebellion instituted for the purpose Of
overShrowing our government. For the &C
compIishment of tha, end they will pour out
their blood like water. Let them but succeed,
and their arrogance will know TO bounds
The ver,ess serf in Earope might then pity
you northern man. Your moderation bu
prolorgI the struggle and lessons your chances
for success.
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HoM Napoleon Punishcd Swindling
in Ais Army.

Just before the great battle of Wagram,
while the army was cncamped on the Island
of Lobau, near Vienna, Napoleon walking one
day with one Of his Marshals on the shore,
passed a company of gronadierS seated at their
dinner @Well, my friends" said he, Il
hope you find the vino good ?" "Itwill not
make us drunk" replied one, "there is our
cellar" pointing to the river Danube. Tho
Emperor, who had ordered q bottle of wine to
each man, was surprised, and made an imme-
diate inquiry. He found that forty thousand
bottl:s sent by him few days before for the
army, had been purloined and were unaccount-
ed for by the Commissaries. They were i'm
mediately brought 10 trial and condemned to
be shot, which sentence was speedily carried
into execution. Here was a venal offence,
insignificant, indeed, when compared with the
frauds upon the urgent wants and necessities
of our soldiers, recently brought to light, but
it received severe and merited punishment
A few such examples in our army would do
world of good 45igaa a.
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Fact 20 be Remembored.

If Messrs. Mason and Slidell have not gone
on submarine exploring expedition, they
have, by this time, nearly, if not quite, reach
ed England. 1t is not perhaps, unreasonable
to expect that distinguished ovation awaits
them. We must be prepared to hear that
their arrival is hailed with joyous acclaim
that the " freedom of cities" has been award
ed them; that Clubs have welcomed them
and that all the horrors of lionhood have been
shower,d down upon them.
Against all this We have, of course, no COM
plant to prefer. II John Bull chooses to
stulify himself by taking shareholders to his
bosom, upon him let the disgrace fall. We
have no drafts to make either upon his friend
ship or his forbearance. We ask nothing of
him except that he shall mind his own buvi-
ness in this controversy between US and the
rebels. We ask of himp that he shall " let
lis alone" to exercise the rod of discipline in
our own household, in our own way and in
our own time.
But it might be pertinent to suggest to the
English public that these men whom they
propose to honor, are telons not only in our
own eyes, but in the eyes of the world. I,
might be worth while to remind them that
they have added to the political offence Of
treason the social crime of perjury; that both
of them were plotting against the government
while under oath to support the Constitutions
that Mr.. Mason held his seat as Senator
months after he had virtually consummated
sreason-held it in order that he might tbs
better play the spy and informer
Rebellion, open, undis5uised, is not neces
ssrily a crime per Sc. But secret treachery
under the guisc of Observation-Disclosures
to obligations solemniEed by placing the hanc
and lips Upon the word of Cons crime
not against tho State merely, but against scci
,ty ITSELF. Let England beware how she de
.iles herself by taking to her embrace mel
whose souls are blackcned by the stain o
Perjury.
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LetcRcr on TincoI,S;

The annual message of John Letcher, Gov.
ernor of Virginia, delivered to the Lcgisla-
ture of that State ON the 9Th instant, after
abusing Secretary Catieron for his proposition
to use the contrabands in army service, recites
the rebel indictment against the Presi dent IN
this amusing style:
The history of Abraham Lincoln is his.
tory Of repeated injuries and unsurra.ons, all
having for their object the establishment OF
an absolute tyranny over these Confederate
S a.es.
To this end he has affected to render tn.
military independent of and superior to tho
civil power.
He has combined with ficrpoint and othet
traitors in Virginia to subject us to iurisdic-
ton foreign to our constitution and unac-
knowledsed by onr laws, giving assent to
their acts Of pretended legislation.
He is cndcavorng to quarter large bodies
of armed troops amongst us.
He is endeavoring to cut off our trade with
all parts Of the world.
lie is enteavoring to impose taxes upon
us without consent.
lie is endeayoring to deprive ny iH many
cases, of the benefit of trial by jury.
lie has abaicated government here by de-
claring us out Of his projection and wag' q
war against lis.
He has plrndercd our seas, ravagcd our
coasts, burned our towns and destroyed thd
lives of our people.
lie is at this time Transporting large bod
les of mcrcenaries to complete the work Of
daath, deSolation and tyranny al:eady be-:
gun with circumstances of cruelty and pcrfi:
fdy scarcely par~lleled in the most barbaroui
ages; aud totally unworthy the head Of q
civilized nation.
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Gen. reIIx ZoIIIc.ess.:

= The rebel General Zollicoffer, who was re-
Gently killed near Somerset, KY, was we'll
known to the public as politician and editor.
tie was born in Mowry county, Tennessee, on
the 10Th of May, 1912. He was a printer by
trade, and when quite a young man he pub.
lished paper at Paris, Tennessee, and subse.
quently was proprietor of the Columbian on.
serve'. Being elected State printer, he held
that Office till 1s42, when he removed ID
Nashville, where for a time he was editor Of
All old-line Wing newspaper of that city, call.
ed TIE Banner using his position as step
ping stone to membership in the Federal
Congress. That position he finally attained
in 1853, and continued for three successive
terms to hold it. But his ambition was not
limited to that goal. He wanted to be Gov.
ernor Of Tennessee, and even aimed at tn.
highest Fsdersl honors. But the Democratic
PARTY of that day had gotten complet. control
of Tenneasee, and he could not, therefore.
hope to obtain the bounds of his desires, save
through some new medium II tried the
know-No.hiug organization That failed
him. HE star passed into ob5culation, and
when Secession turned up he embraced it, az
the means of converting himself from an
Opaque political body into living light in the
popular atmosphere. He became General
in name, and name only. He was naturally
aslow, heavy man, lymphatic in his temper
ament, and inert in action, but a fine debater,
when reused, as his discussion with A. H.
Stephens proved, in 1854, in Congress-
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The Boston Journals New York cores
pontlent wrires
The times in New York are very hard. It
was thought we had touched bottom, and that
the force of the crisis had spent itself; but it
now seems that we have lower depth to
TOUCH and new gale is to blow over u.s.
New embarrassments and financial troubles
are to test the strength of our men and firms
who have not gone under. The contest be-
tween the Banks and the Government prom
ses the worst results, and like the caterpillar,
worm and locust of which the prophet speaks,
the one following tho other till the earth be-
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came scared as blasted hcath-so the rebel.

came scared a. blasted heath-so the rebel
lion, the commercial distress, the general ruin,
the war fsver, have been followed by fnan-
cial quarrel quite unexpected and nearly ruin
Gus. A large committee Of the banks has
been chosen TO 60 to Washington and see if
some arrangement can be made with Mr..
Chase. As 1t now is no man can tell where
he stands. Put $1,000 on dsposit in the bank
in gold, and then draw your check for any
amount and the check will not be paid in coin,
nor in bank bills of the city banks, but in the
Government notes. In some cases Govern
nent notes have been refused at the counter
and practical bankruptcy felt The banks
want direct taxation. All their capital, they
say is locked up in Government funds, and OF
this direct taxation politicians are as afraid as
monkey is of the stove that burnt him.
That it is to come oil allow. But woe to the
man by whom it comes. A tax on liquor on
cigars, and all things eise that touch the COM
fort of the governing classes, will be political
death to all who advocate or aid the stein ne
cessity. So Congress is careful in this matter
and leading men among us are not ready foi
the new financial measure.
Failures and changes of business are con-
.tapt Man who hold real estate must hold
on, pay taxes, lose interest or lose ALL A
large house went down last week. A friend
of the firm was in the store after the failure
but did know of the diaster. "What does
your store rent for p was the question put tt
one of the firm. 1t can be had for $4,000
We have paid $4,000" "BuS are you tc
leave the store with such areduction Of rent p
"Any sum would be large one for us to pa.
now,' was the sad reply Could the revsrse
that have attended this wicked rebellion b.
mapped out, the change of condition, tn
breaking up of families, the commercial rulr
the whirlwind of desoation that has born
away tho hopes, the fortunes and comforts G
thousands, the gloom, the woo and the broke
hearts that have hidden from the gaze of tn
world in an untimely grave, we would stai
/ back appalled,.