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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
The Tools Great Men Work With.

1t is not tools that make the workman,
bu, the trained skill and perseverance OF
The man himself. Indeed, it is proverbal
that the bad workman never yet had a
good tool. Some one asked Opie by what
wonderful process he mixed his colors.--
IL mix them with my brains, sir" was
his reply. 1t is the same with every
workman who would excel. Ferguson
made marvellous ,hings-such as his
wooden clock, that accurately measured
the hours-by means Of common pen.
knife, tool in everybody's hands. bu:
then everybody is not a Ferguson. A
pan OF water and two thermometers were
the tools by which DR.. Black discovered
latent heat; and prism, a lens, and a
sheet Of pasteboard, enabled Newton to
unfold the composition Of light and the or.
igin Of color. An eminent foreign savant
once called upon DR.. Wollaston, and re-
quested TO be shown over his laboratory,
in which science had been enriched by SO
many important discoveries, when the
doctor took him into a study and pointing
TO an old tea-tray on the table, containing z
few watch glasses, test t-papers, small
balance and a blow-pip said There is
all the laboratory l have !" Stothard
learnt the art of combining colors by
closely studying butterflies wings he
would often say that no one knew what
he owed 10 these tiny insects. A burnt
stick and barn door served Wilkie, in
lieu Of pencil aud canvas. Berwick first
practiced drawing on the cottage. walls Of
his native village, which be covered with
sketches in chalk; and Benjamin West
made his frs! brushes out Of the cats tail.
Ferguson laid himself down in the fields
by night in blanket, and made map of
the heavenly bodies, by means Of a thread
with small beads on it, stretched between
bis eye and the stars. Franklin first
robbed the thunder.cloud of its lightning
| by means Of kite made with two cross
sticks and handkerchief. Watt made
his first model OF the condensing steam
engine out Of an old anatomisl's syringe,
used TO inject the arteries previous 10 dis.
section. Clifford worked his first problem
in mathematics, when cobler's appren.
tice. upon small scraps Of leather, which
he beat smooth for the purpose. while
Ri;tenhouse, the astronomer. first calcu-
lated eclIpses on his plow handle.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27

The RETURNED PRISONERS Instructions
have been sent to Brigadier General Har-
yey Brown, of New York, to muster for pay
ment about fourteen hundred returned pris-
oners now arriving in that city from the
Department of North Carolina. Payment
will be made to these men as soon as the
muster rolls can be completed. Such Of
these mon as may have been exchanged Will
be granted leave of absence for twenty days.
The remainder will be furlougbed till ex-
changed or discharged. Those in the latter
class will report their addresses to the gov.
ernors of their respective States a. 'ne enc
of each month. in order that they may be
promptly notified should exchanges be made
| for them.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
GlorSinr in Their Shame.
Nearly every family in Charleston 10 said
have copy VI the following Song
REBELS.

REBELS.
Rebels Ills holy namel
The name our fathers bore,
WEen battling in the cause OF Right,
Against the tyrant IN his might,
IN The dark days ol yore.
Rebels 'tis our family name!
Our laller, Washington,
Was the arch-.ebel in the fight,
And gave the name to US "a right
VI iOtheT unto son.
Rebels 'tis our given numel
Our mother, Liberty,
Received the title with her fame,
In days OF grief, OF ienr and shame,
When a her breast we've we.
Rebels Ills our sealed name!
A baptism ol blood
Tho war-ay, and the din Of strife
The fearful contest, life for life
The mingled crimson flood.
Rebels! tis a patriol's name!
In struggles 1t was given;
We bore 1t then when tyrants rnved.
And through their curses twas engraved
On the doomsduy book OF Heaven,
Rebels tits our fighting name
For peace rules DER the land
Until they speak o. craven woe
Until our rights receive blow,
From foes or brothers. hand
Rebels. tis our dying name!
For although life is dear,
Yet ireemen born and ircemen ored,
We'd rather live as freemen dead
Than live in slavish fear.
Then cal us rebels il you will
We glory in the name
For, bendingunder unjust laws,
Aud swearing faith to an unjust cause,
We count n greater shame. ..'
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
A Picture Of Mr.. Lincoln by John Bull

IA = ANooA " VA 4AA' AAASOAA W SOhA OuAAs
To say that be is ugly, is nothing to
add that his picture is grotes4ue, is TO
convey no adequate impression. Fancy
man six feet high, and thin out Of pro-
portion with long, bony arms and legs.
which somehow seem TO be always in the
way; with great,rugged, ,furrowed hands,
which grasp you like vice when shaking
yours with long, scraggy neck, and a
chest too narrow for the great aims at its
side. Add 10 this figure head cocoanul
shaped and somewhat loo small for such
stature, covered with rough, uncombed
and uncomb bable hair that stands out in
every direction at once face furrowed
wriukled and indented as though it hsC
been SCARED by vi,riol: high, narrow
forehead, and, sunk deep beneath bushy
eyebrows, two bright, somewhat dreamy
eyes, that seem to gaze through you with
out looking at you: few irregular
blotcbes Of black bristly hair, in the place
where beard and wiskers ought 10 grow
a close set, thin Tipped, stern mouth, will
two rows OF large white teeth, and nos,
and ears which have been taken by mis-
take from a head OF twice the size.-
Clothe this figure. then, in long, tight
badly fitting suit of black, creased, soileC
and puckered up at every salient point o
the figure, (and every point of this fgur,
is salient J put on large, i'll fitting boots
gloves too long for the bony fingers, an,
a fluffy hat, covered 10 the top with dusty
puffy Grape and then add to all this al
air Of strength. physical as well as moral
and a strange look Of dignity coupled will
all this grotesqueuess, and you will hav
the impression left upon mo by Abraham
Lincoln.-Macmil!an's Magazine.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27

CoMMoDoRE FooTE.-This distinguished
officer is now staying at Cleveland, and
we learn from the Plain Dealer that de.
cided change for the better has taken
place in his condition within a few days
He is now able to sit up and take little
exercise, occasionally, besides being in ex'
cellent spiriIs---a good sign, we believe,
The country will most certainly be pie ased
to learn of the noble soldiers steady i'm
provemept from day to day.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
The Showmau's Courtship.
BY ARTEMUS WARD.

Thare was many afTectin ties which
mnde me banker srter Betsey Jane. Her
fathers farm jned our'n their cows and
our'n squencbed their thurst st the same
spring our old mares both had stars in
their forrerds them measles bi oke out in
both famerlies at nearly the same period /;
our parents (Bessey's and mine slep.
reglarly every Sunday in the same
meetin' house, and nabers used to OBJ
sarve, GLOW thick the Wards and Peas.
leys air !" 1t was surblime site, in the
Spring Of the year, TO see our several moth
ers { Betsey's and mine with their gowns
pin'd up so they couldn't siIe 'em, afFec
shunitely Bilin sope together d aboozir
the nabers.
Atho hankered intensly srter the OBJ
jeck of my afecshuns, darsunt tell be-
OF the fires which was rajn in my manly
Buzzom. III try to do it but my tupl
would kerwollup up agin the roof Of my
mowth and stick thar, like deih to
deseas: Afracan or country post master
to his Ofiss. while my bart whanged agir
nv ribs like a old fashioned wheat Flale
sgin barn floor.
Twas a carm still mite in Joon. All
mater was husht and nary zefer disturbed
the screen silens. l sot with Betsy Jane
ON the Tense Of her fathers pastur. We'd
bin rompin threw the woods. kullin hours
Il drivin the woodchuck from his Nativ
Lair $50 to speak) with long sticks
Wall, we sot thar on the fense a swingir
our feet two and fro, blushin as red as the
Baldinsville skool house when i: was fus
painted, and lookin very simple, make
no doubt. My left arm was ockepied il
ballunsin myself on the tense. while my
rite was wounGid luvinly round her waste
cleared my ,hro,e and tremblingly
sed. "Betsey, you're a Gazzelle."
thought that air was putty fne. !
waited 10 see what eifeck it would hav up
on her. 1t evidently didn't fetch her, ior
she up and sed.
you're a sheep %
Sec l, "Betsey, l think very muchly oI
you"
Il don't D'leeve word you say--sc
thare now-cum" with which obser
vashun she hitched away from me.
''1t thar was winders 10 my Sole," SCI
l, $50 that you could see some of m,
ieeins. Thare's FIRE enuf in here" sed
strikin my buzzom with my fist, "to bill
all The corn beef and turnips in the naber
hood. Versoovus and the Crilter ain'i
circumstans -
She bowed her he'd down d commens
chawn the strings TO her sun bonnet.
Gar, could you know the seeplis mite
worry threw with on your accout, how
viules has seized 10 be attractiv TO me 4
how my Inns has sbrunk up,you wouldn'
doubt me Case on this wastin form anc
these 'ere sunken cheeks"
/ should have conlinnered OIL in thi
strane probly for sum time, bu, unfor
tunitly | lost my ballunse and fell over in
to the pastur kersmash, tearin my clos,
and seveerly damaEn myself ginerally.
Betsey Jane sprung TO my assistance
in dubel quick time and dragged me 4'h
Then drawin herself up 10 her full hit
she sed
Il wont listen 10 your noneents rc
longer. Juss say rite s,rate out wha
yon're drivin at. II you mean getlir
hlched, I'm IN %
considered that air eDuff for al; prac
tcal purpusses, and We proceeded imme
jitely to the parsons. and was made
that very mite Vdnity Fair.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
Collecting Taxes in the Rebel States.


The bill Tor the collection OF direct taxes
in the insurrectionary districts has become
a law. 1t provides for the sale of real es-
tate, in certain cases for this purpose
Where owners have abandoned their land
TO engage in the rebellion, and tho same
shall have boen struck off to the United
States Mt venduo. the Commissioners pro-
posed to be appointed may lease the same,
under such regulations as will secure proper
and reasonable employment at wages, or
upon shares of the crop of such persons and
families BS may be residing upon the fand.
The proceeds Of the esses and sales are to
be paid into the Treasury, one-tOurth of
which is to be paid over to tho Governor of
the State wherein such lands are situated,
or his authorized agont, when such insur-
rection shall be put down, and tho people
shall elect a Legislature and State officers,
who shall take an oath to support the Con-
stiturion of the United States, and such fact
shall be proclaimed by the President for the
purpose of reimbursing the loyal citizens OF
said State, or for such other purpose as said
State may direct, and one fourth shall aisC
be paid over to said State as fund to aid
colonization or emigration from said State
of any free person of African descent wbC
may desire TO remove tterefrom to Hayti
Liberia. or any other tropical State or col
ony.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27

GEN. FREMoNr's CIPHER When Gen.
Fremont was at the West. his most secret
dispatches to the President were sent in
Magyar. which was as good as cypher. since
no traitor knows the tongue. What com
pliment to the native tongue Of kossuth--
"No traitor knows the tongue IL 10 said
that there Is no record Of any Hungarian
being IN the rebel service, though there are
many In our army.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
0bs Jsffctsuniun Democrat
" sPUphtsHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, Ar
cHARDoN, Geauga County, Ohio,
T E R M s.,

eH's directly OVer ~ Atw Stor,of IVi,tin. g.
A'"'y, wssi side Of the Pubiie Sgu9re.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27

A MAN is the healthiest and the hsppiest
when he thinks the least either Of health or
happiness. To forget IN Ill is half the bat
tie.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27

"a Advertisements should be marked the num-
her oftmes they are designed to be inserted those
not 50 marked, will be continued until ordered out,
d charged according to the above terms.
The privileges Of yearly advertisers will be con-
6ned to their regular business.
Attorneys will be holden for the price ofinscrting
advertise emcnts brought by them.
VI TAllcommunicntons mus he addressedto the
Proprietor, postage paid, TO receive attention.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27

OUR DANGER AND OUR DUTY.

Il Sermon preochedby ReV. b. d. Taylor,
in Burton. sabbath, Moy 1874, 1862,
ot tie Funeral of Lieut.. G. H. 7dtcon,
Oho fell Apra 7th, in he Battle of Pits
burg Landing.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27

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BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS will DO inserted at
the following rates;
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04
Written foe the " Smyrna Times"
Soldiers Aid.

Mr.. Editor Can you or any Of your numerous
readers inform the public why the bounty promised
by the city Of Wilmington to tho volunteers Of the
4th Delaware Regiment has nst been paid or why
this Ominous silence subject which So yitally
effects large portion of the people.
The inducement was held out to men to enlis.
that they should receive so much bounty, or 70.
money, wherewith to retrieve the necessities i thcr
families, which, in many cases, depended OH the
daily labor of the rccrut. Acting upon the plighed
faith of the city, they have enlisted and after con-
siderable time spent in incampment in the immcdi.
ate vicinity of the city, they have been ordered off
to the scat Of war, ,DitOut their bounty The effect
has been that many dsscrtons have been made. and
the Regiment somewhat demoralized simply from
the failure ofthe city Of Wilmington to fulfill her
honorable part towards the poor soldier, who has
lett wife and family in INDECENT circumstances t.
risk his life in defence of his country, which he is
not half as much bound TO do the city corporation
because not half so much at stake.
There is, to say the least Of it, cupable neglect
of moral duty the part Of the city toward her de-
tenders, and this neglect is c severely by the wives
and children Of the volunteers. l will give YOU an
instance which is but of hundreds in the STATE
A gentleman Of varacity informed the writer that he
called to see a soldiers family few mornings age
whose husband and father is member of the 4lh
Delaware, and found the mother and four little child
rem making breakfast coffee and sweet potatoes
the only articles of food they had in the house
Think Of this, you City Fathers, who seated comor
ably at your morning repast of beef steak or stewco
oysters, with toast and coffee and other sceompani
ments. Think of the poor soldiers wife and child
ren, and if there is particle of honesty in you OF
your corporation redeem your pledge to the soldier
and relieve him from the lorrid thought that hi.
family is actually suffering by your negligence
whilst he is rsking his life amid all the harlships 81
winter campaign. to defend your property, to say
nothing IF that liberty which you so lightly prize
that you do not volunteer in its defence
SOLDiER's FRIEND.
Kent CO., Nov. 22d, Co.
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

that it will make NJ ny ,ws, who will be fierce
to get married. ar who know how to do it. Modest
girls will stand hance at all"
II is e>tiI tied that Illinois will produce 10000
bales Of son this Year, and the crop is now guth.
ering.
y, Chicago Tribune calls attention to the extra.
nary activity in real estate in that city. 1t says:
tapitalists from Cincinnati, ST. Louis Philadelphia.
New York and Boston, have been in the city for sew
era days, looking up desirable property TO purchase
investments, and heavy negotiations are now pend
ing"
The Boston Journal, 7iGrelIer and Transerim
have determined to raise the price of their daly is
sues to three cents per copy utter Dec. l. The Post
Advertiser and Courier will continue to be sold at
three cents heretofore but will reduce the szo of
their Sheets aud the Herald which has been sold al
one cent, will advance to two cents.
papers, no cards sent" thus obvating the misun.
derstandng and offence which would necessuri y
arise among friends and acquantances from Il want
OF knowledge of the fact, and escaping the responti
bility of the omissions and determinations always
incdcat to the custom.
Mustard is becoming article of value and ex.
port from California. 1t grows wild in So ,ern
California and is said to be better than the English
| aotcle shipment of 324 bags was lately made
from San Francisco to New York.
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04
Shall Il Bet
history.

The crisis has now been fully reached at
which the question is to be determined
shall the United States continue to occupy
its elevated place among tho nations Of the
earth 7 or shall its territory be divided be-
tween three or more petty republics, or
subjected to the iron heel of some adventur-
Gus desPOt7 A single battle to day or next
week may decide the momentous question
unalterably.
I'VE are striving to suppress rebellion
n wlch ten OF our States are, more or less.
involved. We have pledged the lives and
fortunes and honor of the men of the twen-
fg-three loyal States to the accomplishment
nf this purpose. If we succeed, we shall
establish the practicability of self-govern.
raent. We shall show to other nations. and
to succeeding generations, the institution,
rs free, as elevating, as just and as enlight-
eaed as ours may be maintained-it will be
anumph of right over wrong--of liberty
over oppression-of order over anarchy
we may be weakened and wearied. anC
covered with the dust and smoke and
wounds OF the fearful conflict, but we shall
stand up disenthralled, regenerated. puri
hed nation, AMI shall breathe purer air
ana look put upon fairer land than eyel
Suppose we fail-what thens All wbo
.henl Who will attempt to measure th,
NV Asns s1 1I the catastrophe when nation lik,
for the hopes Of the struoo,;ns w t;naao, =, ,Smel :
the old world that would bs snaI."d c;s ;s y
the fearful vortex which sbsl, ue s~'a,,a .lise =
upf Who would attempt to estimats on, =,
guilt in suffering such priceless inheritaOc, me-
as we have received from our father to B,
WHIPPED off from the face of the earth
Wcud not the very stones cry out agains
svr bls snd pGfdys
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04
MISCELL ANEOUS.
The Effect er Slave Power.


Mr.. CairneS in his remarkable book on
the "Slave Power" thus gives the true
philosophy Of the moral change in the
South:
" 1t seems impossible that whole people
should live permanently in contemplation of
system which does violence to their moral
instincts. One of two results will happen,
either its moral instincts will lead it to re-
form the institution which offends them. or
those instincts will beperverted and become
authorities for what, in their unsophistica-
ted state, they condemned. The latter al
Tentative is that which has happened in the
nouthern States. Slavery is no longer re-
gsrded there as barbarous institution, to
be palliated with whispering hulnbleness,
as an inheritance from a ruder are: but
rather as a system admirable for its intrin-
SIC exceilen e, worthy to he upheld and
propagated, the last and completest result
OF time. This is now prOpounded, as
grand discovery in eth ic i and political
science, made Tor the first time by the ell
Ilghtened leaders of the Southern Confeder-
acy, and recommended by that philanthropy
lc body to all civilized nations for their
adoption. This Confederation which is the
opprobIum Of the age, puts Itself forward as
the model for It's imitation, and calmnlv
awaits the tardy applause of mankind"
Will any one for moment deny that
slavery waged the infamous border war on
Kansas! And yet nothing but that un-
scrupulous and terrible power could ever
have prosecuted such a murderous and
mercilous onslaught upon free and unof.
tending people. And again, what but such
power could have ever brought Who'll,
administration to connive at such gigantic
injusticel 1t first corrupted the reignins
government, and then drenched that luck
less and unhappy territory in blood, unde
the very eye and with the tacit consent o
the President of the Republic.
This monstrous power of iniquity ha.
corrupted the whole political machinery O
the country, we sometimes fear, past a
remedy, unless it be by this ordeal of fir
and blood through which the nation is pas
sing. Even now while loyal millions ar
struggling to save this noble governmen
from utter destruction, and to throw oft thi
intOlerable incubus from the nations life
there are bold, bad men everywhere throug
these Northern States, who, are in the in
terest of the'slave power, and who by su
cidal concessions and compromise with il
rebellious hordes, would rivit its chains moi
tightly upon US, and step to temporary plaC
and power over the ruins of their country
history.
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04
HUMOROUS.

Domestic DEFINITIONS -IfOme-The place where
children have their own, way and married mon resort
when they have nowhere else to take themselves
HDe-The woman who is expected to purchase
without means, and sew buttons before they
come off.
Bdby-A thiag, on account of which its mother
should never 90 TO the opera, consequently need
never have new dress.
D'nner-The meal which is expected to be in read
ness whenever the master of the house happens to be
at home to eat it, whether at or half past SIX
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

AT meeting of parish, straigh Laced and ex
enPiary deacon submitted report in writing of the
destitute widows and others who stood in need of as
s'S'ance from the parish "Are you sure, deacon"
asked another solemn brother, that you embraced
all the widows" lie said he beIisped he ko6.
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

''Oh' you would be very pretty, indeed" said a
gentleman Patronizingly, to young lady, eff your
eyes ware only little larger"
Ny eyes may be very small, sir. but such people
you can't fill them"
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

Al you don't know what muthical enthuthis.
than ith :" said music-mad miss
"EEruSe me- msdani," replied wit" but ds.
VI lsc-' enthusiasm is like turtle soup: for every
gain Of real there nine,y-nne gallons of mock,
and calves head in proportion.
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

The New STAMP OF RANK.-JIndcr existing cir.
cumStances, not totally unconnected with the change
question, we would suggest the folio wing new read
ing fer Buru's stirring lines:
"Ile rank is but the postage-stamp;
The mau's the gold for a. that"
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

Prentice says: "A chap sometimes comsa into
our office and sits hour after hour withsut telling
one word Of truth during the whole time. He can
ou;st hen and outlie the Devilr'
He must be one of the telegraph reporters for the
Associated Press.
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

ragged little child was heard to call from
window of mean.lOeking hsuse to hsr opposite
neighbor:
Please, Mrs. Jones, mothers best compliments,
and if its fine weather, will you 60 a-begging with
her Tomorrow Z"
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

Az I"clpENT on RAILwAY CAR.-Monster-Tm
afraid Pn sitting on your crineIne, maam.
AFiJie Young Lady-Oh, never mind sir! It's
u" consequence; you can't hurt il.
Monst'r-NO, ma'am, its not that but the con.
founded thing hurts me!
Smyrna times., 1862-12-04

without sun.
1t has been ascertuined that the man who ~held
to the last" was a shoemaker.
Woman's crowning glcry-hOr bOanet ..a
wswAsts giis&--a ssisgy sas>aasz s.ss