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Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26
Pleasant Ridge, Ind, Dec. 20, 1864,


On the subject of promotions"
We find, in one of our most high
" valued exchanges, the follow
ing allusion to our bold and in
de!atigable fellow.t o wnsman,
Col. Colgroye:
Colonel Silas Colgrove went
out as Lieutenant Colonel of the
Sih Regiment in the three months
service. He labored in the en-
trenchments at Clarksvilie, and
fought at Rich Mountain. He
was In all the service that the
"three months campaign re-
quiref OF any man. Since then
he has commanded the 9th on
the Potomac all the fime, never
has been away from 1t a day, has
fought with it In a dozen battles,
marched with II ever thousand
miles OF weary and bloody ground
has seen It's ranks thinned bv bull
lets and disease from thousand
men 10 hardly more than a sia-
gle company, and still the iron
hiit sticks to the blade, rapidly
as il is wearing away in the fear
ful strife, that seems To have nei-
ther aim nor end, in Eastern Vir-
ginia. Is there no material for
a BrIgadier in this veteran? lie
has seen as much and a danger
Gus service as any Colonel East
or West, and stands side BY side
with the gallant GAVIN in all but
the accidental honor Of wound.
Daily Journal.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26

turned out, 10 use n term of his
own in a speech here after he
came West, "a perfect OVATION. /"
He again resumed his labors as
Minister among his old ac-
quaintances. suffered an attack of
sickness of some kind at West
field last summer. from which he
was thought TO have recovered !;
removed to Newport in Wayne
county, where he sickened again,
and died after a short illness on.
Dec. l2th inst.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26

son on this subject, go to yonder
school room. There in the same
class. vou see some dozen bows:
scan them closely and YOU will
observe but little difference IN
their manifestation of talent.
But years roll on, and one or two
become eminent, a few remain
mere common place plodder-
and stumblerS on the road lead
ing eternjtv-ward. while others
wreck thpm,elves upon the shoals
| Of di. i.sipation ard sinS dishonored
to the grave. They started even
in the race of life, why this dit
ference at the outcome? Look
and YOU may see. Leaving the
school room the parallel Of their
lives was a, an end, and from
that point the paths they trOd
were divergent. Those who set
their mark high. ran well-those
who labOred without an end in
view. halted and stumbled, and
they who believed that "nature
had bound them fast in fate' soon
mired in the quicksand of vice
and disappeared from human
81 .ht.
YOung man, young woman
your DESTINY lies within yourself
-vou may shape it as vou will.
God has made YOU equ0i to the
task He has given you to do.
He has given you strength 10
meet his every eyac'ion. He has
written plainly the law of indi-
vidUai accouatabifty. and YOU
cannot escape answering to it
L0bor is the price of eminence
There is no more 'rOvaI road"
IN distinction than there is to pro-
fciencv in Mathematics. He
who would conquer must fight
earneStly-he must not sleep bv
the wa side who would win the
race.
The heights by great men resched and
kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight.
But while their companions slept
We're toli;g upward in the night"
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26
HOW II WORKS.

A gentleman Just from the
South informs US that tie rebel
Government has granted permis-
sion to all lis soldiers who own
twenty slaves or more, to return
home to provide fer the next
years planting, and crops, and to
look OF: lo- the operation of the
Emancipation proclamation. The
poorer soldiers, who have wives
and children, and few or no
slaves, az home, don't Ike such
a distinction. and ii has created a
deal of Ill feeling among the
s.white trash, VINO maks up five
.lxths of the rebel army. Blow
and ridicule as Its opponents may,
there is no installing the alarm
with which the rebels regard
Lincoln,s Proclamation. Ii is
their nightmare and terror. II
supported by the unanimous as
sent otrhe loyal States IL would
alone cripple the rebellion more
than any army could,--Qally
Journal.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26
TIE LATE DANIEL WORTH.

On such information as we
possess. and it is not AS full as
we could desire, we can not we'll
refrain from laying before our
readers some account of the life
and labOrs of this oar old and
somewhat distinguished follow
citizen OF whose recent death a
simple announcement was made
in our last issue.
NJ Worth was horn in Gull
ford Tor Randolph County, n.
G about 1894. OF his eariv life
we know nothing. He must have
received the rudiments of his ed
ucation at the place of his nativ-
itv, rs he seems TO have been
reared, ard, was married there.
He came to the West about 1916
or 1920, first settling in Illinois,
but very soon removed to the
Southwest corner Of this county
where ne made a farm and con-
tinuAd 10 reside till within a few
wears since. Having evidently
received n much more thorough
English eduration than usually
falls IN the lnt of thp Southern
enigrant. and moreover being en-
dowed bv nature with very ac
tive temperament and very social
qualities of mind, he vas not Al
lowed tn remain long in private
life He was chosen 10 represent
this County in the Legislature Al
very early dav, and We think he
was, perhaps, her first Represen-
tative as one of his c,temporarles
saws it was at time when the
County had no north-w. stern
boundary that he knows Of this
side the lakes. It's our Impress
ion also that he held other Offices
OF trust in the earlier part Of Our
country's history.
About the year 1882 Ms.
Worth became member OF the
NJ. f. Church. in which ne long
held a good reputation, and be
came local preacher.
When the Antl-Slavery agita-
ton arose, he heartily embraced
the cause of the down-trodden
and threw his influence and per-
sopal exertions into their defense
with q zeal and fervor that was
never relaxed: and when the d.
vision in the Church arose onthat
question. he went with the Anti
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26

dient students, and you viii have
a prosperous and pleasant school.
There are many difficulties with
which teachers have tn contend.
One is that of larger students mis-,
behaving and being disobedient
and rude. and then THEMSELVES
complaining of the order their
teacher keeps, and talk of quit
ting the school in consequence
thereof; such as this is decidedly
a BORE, and is calculated To
pique the most of Us. An
other trouble is that of instruct
ing and advancing dull, heartless
little "urchins which II seems
almost impossible to instruct or
improve. There are many other
difficulties, but ! will not notice
them now.
wish to speak of the exsmi-
nation Of teachers.
| like the present method ex.
celently; but | would recommend
that we be "on hand" at a pretty
early hour If We want an A No.
l certfi-cdf. When | went be-
fore the Examiner me. with
about fifty other teaehers-good
looking. intelligent looking ones,
especially the ladies, qualified by
the former adjective. | thought
II would have been very interest
ing it | had only been a specta-
tor. thought it would certainly
be "real nice" if we could insti-
tute a TEACHERS ASSOCIATION on
some kind Of basis for the rnu.
tual benefit and occasional enter
tainment of all teachers. Who
wants something of the kind?
What do you say, Examiner p
" I'm a hand"
We look for our Examiner
among us some time during the
Winter; at least we think he
OUGHT to visit the schools, advise
the teachers, lecture the students,
and see how education is prosper
ing throughout the county
These are my thoughts.
1t does appear. Mr.. Editor, that
| CAN NOT make my articles brief.
| have either lost, or never had,
the laconic style of composition.
Ii is true that ALI We write is
not PRINTED. That is we'll
enough; for ourprincipal motive
In writing should he to improve
and cultivate the thinking facul-
ties more than anything else; but
this article is written TO BE PRINT
ED, and hope to see it pu5lish-
ed, notwithstanding Its length.
Respectfully,
MITZwA,
Pleasant Ridge, Ind, Dec 20. 1864
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26

Seventeen viollns were recent
ly sold at auction in London al
the average price OF $500 each,
Six members of one family
were drafted ia the township OF
Conewaga, Penn.
Thomas Jefferson Hogg, well
known in literary circles recently
died in London, .ged 70 years
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26

ministry about lS45 and travel
ed, AT first, near home, and after
wards was transferred 10 Miami
Ohio, Conference for time. Af
ter this he was sent by his churc!
as kind of missionary back tc
his old native place in the South
Here he lost his wife, and, during
his stay there, married again
He got on very we'll for a while
with his An;i-Slavery Gospel,
In some letters of his in the
newspapers about that time he
was rather inclined to exult & lit
tie that he could preach his rad
ical doctrines right in the very
home and lair of the mcnster.-
But after a while an old scathed
and battered Kansas soldier,
half maddened by the murder OF
his sons by the minions Of Siav-
cry. pitched his tent near Har
per's Ferry and perpetrated the
f'John Brown Raid" This might
have passed as very small af-
fair under another state of things,
but as it was, the event was like a
spark of fire in n powder maga-
zine. 1t sent an electric shock
throughout the whole slavehold-
ing region. The men Of that sec
tlon felt il rs a new and terrible
admonition that they were sleep
ing over magazine that anv one
with daring sufficient might throw
a brand into. John Browns were
seen in every Northern man. Ii
was even said the cows did not
escape suspicion. Open and a
vowed Abolitionists would come
in for attention. To furnish the
better pretext, the subject of this
sketch had sold few copies of
the celebrated Helpers book. Of
course there would be no Difficult
tv in his conviction. though he
always spoke in the highest terms
of the Judge before whom he had
his trial Sentence, after severa.
months imprisonment waiting
for the aSSizes, was tWo years i'm
prisonment, pillorv and whipping.
His attorney moved for new
trial, which opened a chance for
bail. This ne gave in bonds to
the amount of 1000. Still he
rouid only come out of jail and
leave the State by stealth. With
somebody's help this was effect
ed.
To give some idea OF his Sou
.hern prison house, in the like of
which SO many have perished for
he sin OF being Northern-born,
~e will give the reader a para
graph from a letter OF his own.
III should fail in making the
money, OF course / must return
io my II son, and release my bail I
70 90 back to prison Is
beyond all question to die /
here. Another case remains vet
% try which will add another
year at least to ne imprisonment,
perhaps more. And what is this
PRISON house Words are not
10 describe it. Think
Of pining away in room of un- /
'uferabIe stencil, closed up from /
every human eye, except the Wis
is OF your keeper twice day
when he brings your course food
md water; alItkt sounds which
each you are, ioathsome curses,
paths and blasphemles, from the
mouths OF the most dreadful
the sun ever shone up
IN. imagine your sinking nature
inally confined to your couch, no
riend to stand around sou to ad-
christian consolation, or
wipe tie cold death drops from
'our brow; nG one 10 open The
acred yoIume and read in the
words OF David, Thou nrakest
III my bed in my sickness" and
inally 10 yield up the spirit to
Iod amidst sGch scenes, the last
.artnly sound being oaths and
DIasphemies;--this. this it is. or
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sOHN B. CROWLEY, ". D.. Phv-
- 'lclan, agdSuTgeon. iachester, Iud
Graduate of Philadelphia COLLEGE of med
seine, and Philadelphia Lying in Charity
Hospitai, embracing Practical Obstetrics
and Diseases ct Females.
IItving been Assistant DemonStrator of
Anatomy, and having spent three wears in
che Hospitals aud Dispeusaries of rhila-
lie phla, and being supplied With excellent
Surgical Instruments, he j. prepared 10
perform all operations in the various de-
pAr:ments Of the profession.
Particular attention paid 10 diseas-
.. OF the Eve. E,-Washington
street. near the north-we corner OF the
Public Square. Winch ester, Ind.
Nov ~, s62.
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PIRE HOUSE. Uaior City. lad
IL Is FTley, Proprietor.
B'trd 81 per dry or - ct-. per meal.
~ Ecl,rged aud improved stabling
tor horses ul9 IL
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-04

Mr.. Welles points to the work of his
immense improvised navy, and claims prac-
teal success in it's blOckading service-the
most prodigious ever undertaken by any
Government. The high price Of cotton in
our own and foreign countries, when the
eouth has millions Of bales Of it, and the
exorbitant price in the South of all arti-
cles Of foreign manufacture, is conclusive
proof Of the efficiency of the blockade
Mr.. Welles thinks all the Southern ports
win be in our possession at an early day,
when, he suggests, q part of the blOekading
force may be spared to chase rebel pirates
from the high seas not very cOnsOling
prospect to American commerce, it must be
said.
The Secretary of the Navy speaks with
evident disgust Of the action Of England
in permitting the rebel privateer, the Ala
hama, to leave her ports to harrass Amer
lean commerce, and suggests that the Bri-
tish Government might justly be called
on to make up to American shippers and
ship owners the losses inflicted on them
BY the Alabama. With regard to the fu-
ture Of American (sOuthsrn) commerce,
the Secretary suggests that when all the
Southern coasts and ports are safely in our
possession, the blockade should be dis
solved and the ports opened to general
commerce, under such limitations, condi-
tons and restrictions as it would clearly
Be within the province Of the Government
70 impose, and without Offense to the laws
Of nations.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-04

fever any military crime deserved death
IL would be the criminal delay in the for
warding Of thepontOon bridge from Wash
inglOn to Falmouth, in accordance with
orders, that Summers corps might have
crossed to Fredericksburgh as soon as they
arrived upon the RappabannOck. There
is no doubt but that the failure Of this
train to arrive caused the failure Of Burn
1ids's plan of the campaign, and with it.
the loss Of time, treasure, and position. In
fact it is asserted that the entire war pro-
gramme must be changed in consequence
Of that worse than neglect. It is stated
that several officers who had the charge of
that pontoon train have been arrested for
their unwarrantable delay. If they shall
Be found to have been thus negligent the
country will be satisfied with nothing short
Of their execution. A paltry stopping Of
their pay, or bare dismissal from the ser
vice viii by no means atone for their
crime. They have ruined great military
project which had every promise Of mag
niheent success, and hasve prolonged the
war accordingly with all its attendant
horrors. They have no right to iifeor lib
ertv, and the least atonemeut they car
make for their stupendous crime is to ofel
up the lives which by this act have beer
made worse than useless. In such casel
lenieucy has hsd its day, and clemency il
mistaken kindness. s
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-04

largely increase the use Of stamped envei-
opes in lieu Of stamps, which is an object
Of great importance to the Department.
He also discoursges the use Of the mails
for transmitting money, and speaks ia
vorably of limited money order system,
by which q return receipt shall be sent to
the dispatching party as evidence Of the
fact and date of delivery of the package.
He also proposes to abolish many Of the
discriminating rates of postage now ex-
isting, opproximating as for as possibly to
uniformity, and increasing the efficiency
and extent Of delivery and collection Of
letters by carriers in cities.
The attention Of the public IS called to
the great importance Of good postal OH
GERS for a successful administration Of this
Department. If the POstmasters and
their clerks are selected without chiefrefer-
ence to their efficiency and personal ft-
ness, no amount of good legislation will
secure public satisfaction An energetic,
faithful and efficient Postmaster, devoted
to the interests of the service, should be
retained as long as he illustrates those
qualities in his administration Of the office.
He attributes the success of the English
system largely to the permanent character
of their officers, and their familiarity with
the laws and regulations, and regrets the
extent to which other motives to appoint
ments have prevailed in this country. He
urges a return to the old standard Of hon
esty, capability and fidelity, and antici-
pates more public satisfaction and admin
istratiVe success from the adoption ofsuch
principle than from any single act Of
reform. He uses this language;
ait is my intention to adhere firmly to
my determination TO displace incompetence
and indifference wherever found in official
position under my control, without any
discrimination in favor Of appointments
myself have made under misinformation
Of facts.
The document as a whole will be read
with unusual interest, and contains nu'
merous suggestions of great Importance tC
this branch of the public service.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-04
ColnneI Ford,s Defense.

Colonel Thomas H. Ford, late Of the 32d
Ohio who was censured by the Harpers
Ferry Commission for his surrender Of
Maryland Heights, and subsequently dis
missed from the service, publishes long
defence in the Capital City Fact of the I'd.
He says that st the time of his dismissal
neither the President nor the Secretary of
War had read the evidence upon which he
was condemned, although how Colonel
Ford knows this he does not state. he
charaeterizes the report of the Commission
as ga sad mixture of truth and falsehood"
and says that his words in charging this
''are deliberately weighed and measured"
He makes the further serious charge that
"the words Of the Commission are false
and unfair in statements, differences and
suggestions"
He then says that he was expressly
ordered by Colonel Miles to abandon Ma
ryland Heights and retire to Harper's Fer
ry." He says that when he was nominal
ly in command of those Heights, Colonel
Miles was there daily and almost hourly
authorizing the direction and control of af-
fairs. This much Of Colonel Ford's de-
Tense is direct and apparently candid, but
he then indulges in a self-laudation for
"my GOODNESS, energy, courage and caPaci-
tyr and in vague charges of prejudice
against the honor of the members of the
Commission, in these words:
"The members of the Commission are
human, some ef them exceedingly frail-a
portion Of them had received promotion
others were vzPeeting IL and n majority
are recognized as the pet lambs of a certain
well known and controlling interest at
Washington, and having gone in for Wool
the animal instinct of elf-preservation
prevented them from seeing or reporting
anything that might have resulted in their
coming out shOrn."
Colonel Ford says he endeavOred to OBJ
tain copy of the evidence against him
but the request was declined on the part
of the Secretary of War, the request having
been made through Colonel Joseph Holt
Advocate General Of the army. Upon this
point Colonel Ford says:
"But Colonel Holt says the demand
made for copy of this testimony is simply
demand of the grounds upon which the
President has acted; to which reply that
it is simply no such thing, and if the Judge
Advocate General of the army will delib-
erstely write sn untruth, he shall be quite
as coOlly told and convicted of it. The
President gave the grounds upon which
he acted in the order Of dismissal, and
based his action, expressly, on the report
Of the Military Commission. Colonel
Holt was and is fully aware, that the de-
msnd for a copy of the testimony had
nothing to do with the action Of the Presi-
dent, but that it was made for the purpose
of giving publicity to the facts and show
ing the unfair and unjust character Of the
report Of the Commission"
1t is only just to give Colonel Ford the
benefit of his defense, but his article will
hardly offset the report of the Military
Commission, however what he might show
under other circumstances might do so.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-04
Mr. nIouroc,s successor.

The LOrsin News thus speaks of Judge
HumphreyVille, lately elected State sens-
tor in place of Hon. James Monroe, re-
signed:
"Judgs Il. is gentleman Ofknown tai
ent and energy, who declares himself en-
phatically in favor Of vigorous prosecu-
tion Of the war and-What will please the
voters Of this district-an out-and-out
friend of Benz Wade tor United States
Senator. In former years he acted with
the Democratic party but has been an en-
thusiastic supporter of the Union party in
Ohio and is a warm friend Of the Admin
istratiOn in its war policy"