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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
sALUTATORY.

The Publisher of the URBANA UNION
issues this first number, without previous an
nouncement, as a Newspaper for the people Of
Champaign county. The present number is
distributed without charge to those who may
receive it: the future numbers will be sent only
to those who shall have ordered it as subscrib-
ers. For some weeks the back numbers can
be had by new subscribers,
The price is placed at ONE DOLLAR year,
payable in advance. As this rate the prOprie-
tor cannot afford to employ collecting agents,
ard at this rate-less than two cents a week
1t Is cheaper to buy than to borrow.
The paper is not in the interest of any
party, nor is it meant to be identified with
any party, because It viii not be Eettered. It
win have very distinct opinions on all public
questions connected with government, wheth
ee Union, State or County; and in the ex-
preston OF opinions It VIII nave OUT one Sulue
"a strict adherence to law. It will support
The Constitution and The Laws without re-
gard to platforms or to party dogmas FideG-
ty in Office will, always, be commended and
supported; peculation and abuse viii be steadi-
ly opposed and economy in public affairs in
sisted on. The paper does not rely upon pro
fsssiOns but upon practice, and its course will
be best known by a reference to its future
columns Such reference will show that it
will not be the mere repeater of kilograms
from Washington, tinged by a special agent
to suit purpose; nor viii it be found seek
ing to maintain itself by perquisites drawn
from the County Treasury.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
aan- Bu-nsida and een. macIaran.

Gen. Burnside, far away from the seething
factions Of Washington, and intent only upon
the destruction o. the enemy, sits down after
a bloody, glO7ious and decisive victory aid
giving a few outlines Of his operations, resery-
ing the details for another report, remarks
"I beg to say to the General Commanding
that have endeayoged to carry out the yefy
minute instructions given me by him before
leaving Annapolis, and thus faE events lave
been signally coincident with his autieipatOns.
I only hope that we may IN future be able to
carry out in detail the remaining plans Of the
campaign. The only thing I have to regret
is the delay. caused by the clements
This reached the members of Congress the
day after the Senate had confirmed Burnsits's
nomination as Major General, and while tie
clique of vociferous grumblers were making
ready a resolution demanding that the Presi
dent should remove General Mcclellan from
his command in the field.
This testimony from Burnside Hgoes to the
right spot, and viii produce feeling Of sat
isfactiou throughout the country. There is
every reason to believe that Gen. Mcclellan
has not confined his ' minute Instructions to
Gen. Burnside, but that other Generals, whose
victories have cheered the country, have bad
the benefit Of them.-Cfn. Commercial
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The Constructor Of the Monitor.

As many Of our readers wish to know VIII,
Mr.. Ericsson Qhe inventor Of the iron-el.5
battery, MoniteT, which did such efficient ser
vice at the recent navalsngagement in HamD
ton Roads is we have compiled the follow
ing short biegyapbieal sketch Of that distin-
guished person. John Ericsson was born in
1908, in the province Of Vermeland. amopo
the iron mountains of Sweden. His fatber
being engaged in mechanical pursuits, the son
early evinced a remarkable taste feg the same
occupation, and before he was ten, wears Of
age he constructed several mechanical con-
trivanees which would have been creditable
to older heads In 1914 he was appointed to
a cadetshfp in the corps of engineers IN the
Swedish army, and while in that position was
several times made supervisor Of important
trusts, although several officers outranked him
both m age and position. In 1896 he visited
England and proceeded to construct a num-
Der of new engines Of his own invention
which met with wonderful success. In the
fall Of 1929, the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway having offered prize for the best
locomotive engine to be tested on their road.
Mr.. Ericsson constructed the Novelty steam
carriage, which dartss along at the rate of
fifty miles an bouEr to thembounded admira-
ton and applause Of the spectators. He after
wards constructed several steam ire-enginesr
which proved to be successful inventions. He
was the first to apply to marine engines CEN
tritugal blowers, using anthracite coal. Mr..
Ericsson eTnigrated to this e0untEx M 1892
and his first great achievement was the build
ing Of the United States steam frigate Prince
ton, the first vessel that steam was ever in
trOduced INTO with the works below the wa
ter line His success was 50 remarkable that
the French Government engaged him to plan
the French frigate Pome2e, of so guns. which
also proved success. lis next undertook
the planning and invention Of the steamer
Ericsson, and although It did not meet the ex-
pectations of the builder, it was success
He nexs determined to construct battery
which would be useful in naval warfars. On
the 5th Of October he signed the contract for
the construction of the Monitor, and on the
2lst of December, being period of two
months and eight days, the steam machinery
and propeller were put into operation, and
on the one hundred and frst working day she.
was launched. The rest Of the history Of the
Monitor is SO well known to our readers that
its reeaPitulation here would be unnecessary
! N y Post.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
The Battle of winchester.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-General Shields
has received dispatch from Major General
Banks, dated five miles beyond Strasburg;
The enemy are still in retreat, and our
forces in hot pursuit. The loss of the rebels
must have been enormous. They have aban-
doned wagons along the road, 6lIed with dead
and dying. The houses on the route are
found crowded with the woun3ed and dead.
The dwellings in the towns adjacent to the
battlefield Of Sunday, lare also found sled
with the wounded. The inhabitants aided
the rebels in carrying off their wounded, du-
ring the day, and burning them as quick as
dead. Our artillery makes terrible havoc
among the enemy, in their fight and the
rout bids fair to be one Of the most dreadful
Of the war.
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Street-Corner Generals.

THE National Intelligencer, in an ar
ticle on military criticisms, says: "Who-
ever listens attentively to the criticisms
pronounced on the corners of our streets,
or published in the columns of the politi-
cal press, in view Of recent military
movements and events, can hardly fail
to come to the conclusion that the coun-
try at present has, in the "coOl sequest-
cred vales'' of private life, very many
able Generals without commands, and
in actual service on " the tented field "
many commands without able Generals. y
Our Street Corner Generals have lately
examined the case of Gen. Mcclellan, and
have decided to remove him for permit
ting the grand " skedaddle" from Manas-
sas. They are also considering the cases
of Generals Halleck and Buell., for al
lowing the same disorderly practice at
Bowling Green and Columbus. Which
of our distinguished fellow townsmen will
be assigned to there several commands.
had not been decided at the hour of 60
ing to press.
Charges are also before them, against
the President and Secretary Stanton fol-
appointing Gen. Fremont to a response
Bile command after he had proved his
gross incompetence by moving an army
that. officially " could not be moved, and
causing another great sLedaddle among
the Rebels in Missouri. 1t is thought as
Lincoln in honest, but only innocently
mistaken, he will be let off with a reprl-
mand, but Stanton, who ought to know
better, will be more severely dealt with
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

TIE minions of rebellion who are ever
lastingIy talking of dying in the last ditch.
and who are running the earth over to find
tie last ditch, not willing to lie and die in
tie first one, can find Considerable food for
reflection in tie conduct Of our men; say for
instance, John Davis, Of Burnside's expedi-
ton, who, in the taking of Elizabeth City,
periIed his life by covering an open powder
barrel with his person, as hot shell exploded
over him; of Matthew Teney. and his COM
panions, OF the frigate Cumberland, who kept
working at the guns after the vessel had began
to sink; in the conduct Of Capt. M'Crse, of
the Fort Craig, New Mexico, battle who sat
down c.rInnIy and quietly on one Of his gun,
a7d, with revolver IN his hand, refusing to
fly or desert his pest, fought to The last
and glorio0,ly died the t4~stl, Of a llero--ttIs
last man by his guns; IN the eu1duct Of Sigel
and his men, vEo- surrounded on all sides
cut their way through overpoweriBg numbers
and conquered; and m muItIBles Of other
clses, too numerous to mention Our
men say little Of bitches FIRST or last, but they
are ready for death for the sake Of the Old
Flag, God and Liberty. As Lieut., Worden
said to his friend Wyse, when he called to
see him after the conflict Of the Monitor with
the MeETInae, the blood gushing from his
call over his face, faint szl a ,sted, "IfWe are
conquered am willing to die, " so our men
say, Let me fall, hut let the cause prevail
IT, c. AdrOoats-
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

THE Person who attracted much atten-
ton at the opening Of Parliament was the
Southern Commissioner Mr.. Mason, who
had seat in one of the side galleries.
Singularly enough, his next neighbor was
a negro of5he deepest dye, one Of the
Haytian Embassy, 1 believe at all events
he must have been of note to get place
in that exclusive locality; necessity brings
people into strong cOmpaniOnship-C0r-
respondence of the Manchester (E'Rgla"d)
Weekly Express and ReUie10.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

A LARGE number of excellent young
men are now just starting in business in
Urbana, and we will give them word
of advice
We once knew young man, who bor-
rowed money of friend to purchase
small stock Of goods. He attended to
his business himself and sold only for
cash or to those he knew would pay
when the bill was presented. This gave
him cash to replenish his stock. The
best houses sought his custom and he
bought the best articles for the lowest
price. Every dollar he could spare from
this went to pay his debt. His stock
was soon clear and as he bought cheap
he could sell cheap, and those who ex-
pected to pay would buy Of him, and
soon every one favored him, and every
one praised him. He was Independent
and respected.
We knew another young man Of equal
industry and honesty of purpose, who
purchased a similar stock of goods on
credit and was compelled to pay third
more on that account. He sold on cred
it and got much custom especially from
those who never pay. This compelled
him to replenish his stock on credit, and,
of course he must buy of such as would
sell to him and pay their prices. The
bills payable we're promptly presented,
but the bills for goods sold we're by no
means as promptly paid. Then came
the money lenders and this fatal ten or
twelve per cent. and his friends must sign
his notes. This interest eats up his prof
it's; his credit begins to totter; and he
must resort to hungrier set of usurers
and involve more friends. Then come
the lodges and shifts, the unkept promises
for next week the sleepless nights and
anxious days; the hopeless struggle with
bankruptcy-the more fatal the longer
| it is protracted-and at last the crash
everything gone, friends ruined, and
every one ready to denOunce him as a
knave.
We say, we knew young man of each
of these classes we might say we have
known a hundred indeed, one or the
other has been substantially the history
of the business men of Urbana, and
all other towns, heretofore; and on
one or the other coures the young men
now standing in their vacant places are
entering.
The one course leads to certain respec-
liability and competence; the other to GER
tain ruin and disgrace.
Our young friends now stand at the
fork of the roads: The one is rather up
hill and little slow at first. The other
is all theway down hill, and of course goes
easy until you try to stop. Facilis de-
census AUerni Choose ye this day.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
MAGELLAN,

There has been a senseless, if not
dishonest, clamor raised against this Of
fcer, for outcamping the enemy on
the Potomac, and for letting the rebel
army escape from Manassas, without the
glory of a bloody battle. A certain kind
of orators and editors, who stay at home
and clamor at ease, and kind of camp
followers called letter writer's, are vehe-
ment and sorrowful about quaker guns
and " deceptive earth-works." ="
The Battle of Bull Run was fought
on the 21st, July-and fought with great
abilil- on the part of Mcdowell, but lost
frorl the utter incapacity of Quarter Mas
ts-s Commissaries and pleasure seeking
COlonels-who prevented the battle be-
ing fought on the goth, July, as was in
tended.
In this conjuncture, Mcclellan was or
dered to Washington. He had been sud
denly raised from private statiOn-as
Superintendent of a Railway to be Ma
ior General of Ohio Volunteers, and
next to be Major General of the United
States Army He was summoned to de-
fend the Capitol against hostile invasion
to raise new army-tO dispel the
gloom Of discontinue, and to organize
success,-tor the Nation demanded success.
This was on the first of August, and
the law for raising an army Of 100000
men had not been in force ten days, and
yet there seems to have been men who
expected that army to take the field in
full panoply, and skillfully perfect for
advance into the Southern States, before
summer was over
The new General was unremittingly
active but he was prcvokingly silent,
He ewould neither consult Unauthorized ad-
visores, were appoase curiosity, nor repel
detraction. But his army grew in numbers
and learned 20 be handledin masses, while
great results were otherwise achieved.
It was a mastery triumph to hold the
enemy in check and prevent an advance
on Washington, until an advance became
impossible. 1t was a mastery e umph to
hold the enemy in force, awaiting attack,
and undergoing exhaustion, while arrang-
ments we're made for the investment Of
the whole Southern frontier-for the seiz-
M. of New Orleans-the defence of Ken
tuck-y and Missouri, and for the final de-
scent of the Mississippi; and it was mas
terly power Of arrangement to advance
these lines Of attack in such combined
order, as to compel a division Of the
euomiy's forces, and thus weakening his
power. This grand combination requir-
ed months of time for its completion and
simultaneous action, winter must be pass
ed to permit this action. But now it Is
every where at work. The Potomac
Army will traverse Virginia, and rescue
Is. tho Burnside Army, from the east,
will cut the line of retreat; the Tennes-
see army, under Buell., will do the like
from the West; Butler will assail New
Orleans from the Gulf; and the forces of
Hallsck will descend the river from Ten
nessee.
But there are men Who will not be
content with regaining the marts Of com
uerce and restoring the supremacy OF
our Laws-they must have bloody venge-
ance and abundant hanging. Uuder a
pretended zeal for an earnest prosecution
Of this war, they cIa1nor for driving our
armies forward into the insurgent ooun-
try. but with real purpose Of putting
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

an end to slavery. And these are the
persons who have clamored for the re-
moval Of NJ Clellan. And the time they
choose for the cOnsummation of their
meditated outrage is the moment of the
onward march, when they know that all
is ready for success and when they think
that they can reap the fruits of his pa
tient toll, his skill and forecast
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
A Good Law.

We notice a bill has been introduced
into the Legislature making it penal Of
fence to advertise certain medicines which
it has alawys been felony to use. We
have before now seen just such advertise
ments in conspicuous proximity to a col
umn of ",Smdqy Readings"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
Jnhn Bull-isTns,

"IT is impossible for US not to remem-
Der the example set US in the recognition
of the independence Of Hungary oy the
United States IN 1849."-Speech Of Earl
of ShelJurn an House Of Lords.
Burnside's force have landed in YES
tern Virginia. London Saturday Re
ricp.
" Alexander Hamilton was distingu-
ished delegate from Virginia in the con-
vention that framed the Constitution Of
the United States. London Quarterly
ReUiel0.
"The Morril Tariff, so called, wa;
enacted in 1842."-Ibid.
~
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
A Good Movement.

n NOO0 4AOHO4AASA4Dt
IT is proposed to raise the salary of
our Prosecuting Attorney from $500 to
$1,000, for the following among other
reasons
1st. The Prosecutor for Clark County,
who has three or four times as much to
do, receives $500. per annum, and it is
a well settled rule of the Caucus that the
emolument of all officers in its gift, is
to be in the inverse ratio of the duties !;
as the less one is occupied with his duties
the more time he can devote to the Party
and to Government generally. This rule
applied to the present case will give from
$1,000 to $500.
I'd. From the ready manner in which
our Prosecutor in conjunction with Judge
Corwin disposed of the criminal busi-
ness of the last term, it is thought long
and expensive trials will hereafter be
avoided and the witness and jury fees be
saved to the county.
Sd. As the taxes are already so heavy
to defray the expenses of the war it is
thought the small addition of say 80 cts.
to each voter will be hardly felt.
We give below, from the Records, the
business of the Prosecuting Attorney for
the last term of Court, for which, under
the present niggardy allowance he re-
oeieves only 5000. from the tax payers,
though there are incidentals connected
with this large criminal business which
perhaps cost 5000 more:
State Of Ohio Indictment for Sell
VS.. ling Liquor, three
Dennis Cummings, eases.
This day the defendant being arraigned
before the Court, and the Indictment be-
ing read to him, for plea says he is guilty
in manner and form as he stands charged
in said Indictment. It is therefore the
sentence and judgment of the Court that
the said defendant, for such his offence,
do pay a fine of Five Dollars, and also
the cost of this prosecution.
1T is ordered that Levi Geiger, Prose
cutting Attorney of Champaign County,
Ohio be allowed the sum of Six Hundred
Dollars for the criminal business in this
Court during this year, and that the same
be paid to him as provided by Law and
that the Clerk certify copy of this Or
der to the Auditor of this county, who
is hereby ordered to issue his order upon
the Treasurer OF this county for payment
of said sum according to Law.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02
rmnnrtant from Washington.

TIE Cincinnati Gazette has a special dis
patch from Washington that General f. A.
Hitchcock has accepted the appointment Of
Major General and that he is an Gnti-sI1reTg
mani Markets quiet! Conway excited!
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

MASSACHUSETTS, furnishes as many Generals
for the rebel army as either Alabama or
Mississippi, one more than Texas: as many as
Florida. Arkansas and Missouri, all together,
and lacking one half as many as South Caro-
lima. Of course these men were citizens OF
the South at the breaking out Of the rebell-
lion.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

SPEAKING of the articles abandoned by the
rebels at Manassas, a correspondent says:
One thing seems significant: Tracts and
religious books are plenty, and soied and
mutilated testaments a9e scattered thiekly
everywhere; but not plug OF tobacco or q
drop OF whisky was left behind.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

TnE attention of the reader is directed to
the letter Of our regular correspondent, MOB:
from Washington.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

IT is proposed to raise the salary of
our Prosecuting Attorney from 5000 to
$1,000, for the following among other
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-02

osLr One Dollar year for the 'UNIOS :
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-05
ExCIS z TAX.

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a that the following nam "a pers0ns have been
appointed Assistant Assessor fsf ihe sttfaf D.
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Assessment District a. the state 81 iniiena.
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