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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
a Lesson from ~. Enemy

We have no patience with men who aban-
don themselves to dependency, We would
not deserve success did we lose heart now.--
Shall we confess that we have not one-half the
fortitude CT tie rebels? For five months they
had Eothing but disaster Defeat followed
defeat with unerrDg sequence, from the roqt
and death Of Z3llicoffer to the capture Of
Memphis They were defeated at Mill Spring.
they we're compelled TO eYacuate Rowling
Green, Columbus and Manassas within the
compass of u fortnight they were drigen like
dogs before our victorious armies igQw ganua-
ry until June They were ariveE cgt Of Fort
Henry they were bagged to the number OF
fifteen thousand at Fort Douelson they were
overwhelmed at Island No. 10 they lost New
Orleans ana q orfolk and Memphis. they were
virtually driven out of tte Mississippi
Yet they did not despair. They recovered
from their wounds they set to work to re-
gain their lost ground they have succeeded
in virtually throwing us on the de'enslye'-
What a lesson Of perseverance-of eonstancy
under defeat-they have taught US.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19

StGEI. AND McDowEIL.-Itw you'd seem as
ifthere was some foun1ItiQn for the report of
a difficulty between Sigel end Mcdowell on
the battle field, and that pistol was discharg-
ed by the former at the latter. The Cincin-
natl Eolksblatt CT Sunday contains letter
purporting to give the particulars fsom an
eyewitness. The substance of it is, that Sig
el while engaging the enemy, observed Nc
Dowell waving a handkerchief to the rebels.
He Immediately rode up and deTapaed an ex-
PLANTATION. The reply being very insulting,
Sigel resented it with pistol shot, the ball
striking aud glancng from McDowell's sword
oelt.
The Rochester Democrat has a very simi-
lar account, on authority OF a letter in that
city, purporting to be from an officer who saw
the occurrence. The statement is that Me
Dowell waved a white handkerchief from the
end of his sword as signaling some one. Nc
Dowell replied to Sigel's enquiry that it wa'
none Of his business, at the same time cursine
| him as "a id Dutchman"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
Hom to Taaah oattle paa Hahls.... d

The Cazenovia Republican truly
FGmarks that we arc too apt to under
rate the intelligence of the domestic
animals under our charge, and yet q
moments reflection should teach every
farmer that COWS, horses, sheep and
pigs are very apt pupils, and most
farmers and farmers boys are quite
proficient in teaching them to do mis-
5hief. Thus we find many persons4
when turning stock into or out of
pasture. instead of letting down all
the bars, leave two or three of the
lower rails in their place; and then 10y
shouting or beating perhaps force tbs
animals to leap over. This is capi-
tai training, the results Of which are
seen in the after disposition Of ami
mails to try their powers of jumping,
where top rail happens to be off,
and this accomplished to set all fences
at defiance, and make descent upon
the corn or grain field, as their ineli'
nation ability or hunger may prompt
them. Another good lesson is TO open
a gate but little way, and then, as Ia
the case of the bars. force the cattle
forward, and by threats and blows,
campel them to pass through it. The
result Of thls teaching is shown in the
determined spirit manifested by some
cattle to makea forcibe eutry into the
stable. yards, fields, or ip TACT, almost
every place where gate or door may
by accident, be left slightly open.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
Resisting the DRAFT.

In an excellent article on the draft, Bishop
Purcell addresses himself as follows TO the
Irish Catholics of Cincinnati and the State:
If you arc drafted, go you must We
have heard of some foolish, some very foolish
men, protesting that they would resist the
draft Let them do it, and they will find that
The war is no child's play. Let them try that
game, and they viii soon be brought to their
proper senses. The man who talks of resisting
the draft deserves scant mercy. 1t is the
same as if your house was on fire, and you
would cut the hose. so that tho water could
not reach the burning building. Our whole
country is in danger--our liberties are in dan
ger-and you wiz resist the draft, VIII yog
II you do, you will forever regret it.
g We have it said, also, that some Irish cit
izeGs in the interior of the State, mslrd by
cunning politicians and eiher persons, have
declared that they would resist the draft. We
do not believe IT, There must be some mis-
take in this. We are engaged in a war which
may be said to be an Irish .war- because it is
Il war of slageLolders against white labor. 1t
is an irish war, because it is every day reduc-
ing the power Of England destroying her
trade, filling her cities with paupers, aud
threatening her with irreparable ruin.
We have captured already her best iron
built mercantile navy, and she dare not de-
clare war The capture of Canada will soon
fpllow-it must follow as a necessity, and Eng
land can do nothing. And it is said that
Irishmen will oppose draft to save our coun-
Try from destruction, and put us under the
feet Of the British aud cotton arstocracy
Are you better than other men, that you as
sumo the right to oppose the draft Are you
better than the American fathers and mohers
and the Irish fathers and mothers whose brave
sons have fallen on the battlefield in defense
of your rights ? When you talk Of resisting
the draft, if it should come, you make your
self not only ridiculous but criminal and it
is to save my Catholic brethren from being
placed in such very false position that this
article has been written. 1t refers, fortunate
ly, to very few, but it ought to be applicable
to no one"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
The Sick and Wounded Soldiers. Preserved Veg
etables


The Sick and Wounded Soldiers. Preserved Veg
etables.
This is the season when private families are
in the habit of putting up i'll tin cans or other
wise preserved vegetables, and particularly TOM
atoes, for fall and winter use. Let us remind
such of the claims Of the sick and wounded SOL
ders, aud to suggest the plan that they should
double, treple, or quadruple their usual guam
tity, in order that they may thus contribute TO
the comfort and recovery of the sick and woun-
ded. Perhaps there is no one Thing that is
more medicinally useful and beneAcisl to inval-
ids than ripe torlgtQes, and the demand for them
in tin cans las been so great that the supply
las been exhausted for several months. No
more acceptable or useful service cam be per-
formed than by families adopting the plan at
putting up 2 large supply beyond what they may
require for their oMA use. If This plan is gen
orally followed there will be an ample supply
for our Gallent ard suffering soldiers; and in no
way coul2 so small an outlay be so adYanta-
gedasly applied.
We would further suggest that those who fol-
low the preservation OF vegetables as regular
trade and business should largely increase their
usual quantity, as The Government will un-
doubtedly come iuto the market for a very
large supply; and we would indeed suggest that
the Medical Department should at once be au-
thorized TO issue proposals for the probable re-
quired supply Of such articles. a
Newspapers throughout the country, and
particularly in the Western States, will rem
der valuable service by calling attention to
the subject, and keeping it before the public BY
continued insertions at the present moment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19

A Coon ExAMrLE.-Mrs. Lincoln has been
quietly engaged, for some weeks. in system
attic visitation of the hospitals of this city and
vicinity. A gentleman in a neighboriag city
hearing of her devotion and judicioqs kindness
to our soldiers placed in her hands one thous-
and dollars to be expended in necessaries for
the sick and wounded patriots; which sum she
is expeuding in canning fruits and other needed
comforts, and attending personally 70 their pro
per distribution. It is work worthy Of the
heart aud hand Of the most illustrious Of the
penter sex in this or any other realm, and
should engage the attention of every lady who
can alleviate uFsolder's suffering or cheer bis
dropping spirits Washington Republican
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19

The selfsealing stamped newspaper wrap
pers now on sale at all poat-olIices are becom-
ing very popplap ybh all classes, and espe-
cially as an intrniuctory communication be
tween young gentlemen and ladies. Large
numbers Of Eewspapers, pictorials aud mag
azines are sent to ladies by gentlemen, enclos-
ed in these neat and convenieet wrappers
Also, II is common for a gentleman to send =
pacl-age Of stamped wrappers 70 lady friend,
their receipt being understood as au inverta
ton to enclose newspapers or pictorials TO the
sender in return. The package is enclosed ia
one Of the stamped wrappers, adding stamps
sufficient to pay the postage at the rate Of one
cent an ounce. Likewise men Of families
when travelling frequently carry some Of hose
stamped wrappers about their persaas. IN a
pocket-book or elsewhere, and when news
paper or pamphlet Is bought aud read, IN place
of throwing it aYay 9s gseless, they send il, iR
one Of these wrappers, to wife or children at
home In this way the sales OF newspapers
are urgely Increased the mails, too, ofgu fright
fully consumptve are being filed with an
kinds Of tranciept printed nstter, and the
Post Office Department lafgely benefited there-
! by.-Masfeld Herald
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
Farmine s Busiuess.

Too many forget this. There is poetry in
farming to be sure, if It is rightly managed;
but there is nc poetry in ii ifn does not ray
Iii there are no satisfactory material results.
But farming is business. Ii is dollar-and-eenl
transaction 10 produce and market crop
from the turning Of The FIRST lurrow 10 tho de-
Farming should accordingly be conducted in a
business manner. Each item Of expense, eaci
moment Of tine, all expenditure Of labor should
be charged the crops, and Il the market price
of the produce does not cover the cost ami
leave balance, that kind Of husbandry haS
better be abandoned.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
A Voice from the south-Mark its Uttaranoe.


/ Thus the Cambridge Tntelligenoer-one oi
the largest and best local papers in Maryland
issued in the slaveholding county Of Dor
chester, speaks in its last issue:
We have never doubted that tie war
which the rebels have inaugurated, would
prove to be the destruction Of slavery. We
! so warned the people at the time that it be-
! gun, and events have already proved 4he truth
I of our prediction. 1t is truly on the part Of
( the rebels, war Of freedom to the black men
Of he South. But this is not all. There is
another sense in which this is war Of free
dom. There are other men in the South TO
be freed as well as black men. The asilte men
Of fte South need the strong arm Of the GoU-
ernHent to tif the coke from their neeks--
These have endured slavery far transceuding
that of the blacks. The social system of the
South has never been anything short Of a des
potism--a tyranny equal to any of the age.
The mind has forever been bound here. Free
dom of opinion has never been tolerated below
Mason and Dixons line. Men have not been
permitted to hold much less express, their
own opinions. A man might conscientiously
have believed slavery to have been a burden
upon the State but he dare not let the public
know that such were his convictions. He
would at once be prescribed in his business,
and happy indeed might he be, if he escaped
without a coat of tar and feathers. Freedom
of speech aud the press was thing unknown
in the South.
Moreover, all the legislation has been in
favor Of one class of the community. The
Shareholders, though constituting but cne|
twenty seventh part Of our population, have.
ruled absolutely the Commonwealth. And
even shareholders, themselves ruling have not
permitted themselves TO do as they pleased
with their own property. Al bout two years
since the Legislature passed law forbidding
any one from freeing their own slayes, either
by manumission during lifetime, or by will af
ter their death. Here is blindness as well as
tyranny. Such acts are lasting disgrace to
our manhood. They ensave the master as
well as his negro"
Let the mind oe free Let the faculties
be unettered There can be neither prosper !
ity nor happiness where these are enslayed.
1t is degrading to any people. We shall nev-
er accomplish Qpr magnificent destiny until
these are free. The war is uubinding them.
The true glory of the war is not that it liber
stes the black but the white men Of the South.
They are already beginning to shout for JOY.
And when the war closes, they ill join their
voices in one loud haIlelajah to the God Of
Liberty for their deverance. We look with
pride and joy to the good Lime coming. when
American freemen shall be free in deed, as
well as in name"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
TREATMENT OF GaoUr.-Halrs Journal Of

TREATMENT OF GRoUr.-HaI's Journal Of
Health says:
Group is an inflammation Of the inner surface
of the win1pipe. IndAmmItion implies heat
and that heat must be sdbdaed, or the patient
viii inevitably die. If prompt effJris are
made to cool the parts in case of an attack o.
Group relief will be rs prompt as it is sur
prising and delightful. Ali know that cold
applied to a hot skin, coois it. but all do not
as well know and understand that hot water
applied to an inhlmed skin. will as certainly
cool it off. Hence the application Of ice cold
water with linen cloths. or Of almost boiling
water with wooden funnel, IS very efficient in
the cure OF Group. Take two or three pieces
of woolen funnel Of two fo!d', large enough
to cover the whole throat and upper part Of
the chest; put these in pan of water as hot
as the hand can bear and keep it thus hot by
adding water from boiling teakettlo at hand;
let two or three aannels be in the hot water
all the time, with dry flannel covering the
wet one. so as to keep the steam in, to some
extent; keep the clothing as dry as possible
and continue this process until the doctor
comes, or until the phlegm is loose, and the
child begins to fall asleep; then wrap dry
flannel over the wet one which is on, covering
it up entirely. and the child is saved. When
it wakes up, both hannels will be dry.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
A Washington correspondent of the N. Y
Tribune writes:

A Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Tribune writes:
The rebels have used our telegraph wires in
Virginia recently with even more signal sue
cess than they had in Kentucky, and with quite
as much impudence. The moment Fitz Hugh
Lee captured Manassas, he telegraphed in the
name of General Popes Chief of Staff to the
proper officer in Washington, requesting him
to send to the Junction large supply of shelf
er, tents and harness for artillery horses.
The order was promptly allied, and the reb-
els were gladdenea by the arp PaaInce ofa train
loaded with Yhat they wan ted. Jackson or
bis arrival, sent messe nger to the superinten
dent Of Military Railroads, coolly asking hin
to change the timetable on the road for his ac
comedation. We shall probably soon fnC
thrs and other equally gratifying correspon
dence published in the form of telegraphic
operators diary in the Southern newspapers
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
Tomato gips.

Eds. Rural New Yorker; e
Seeing an inquiry from K. b. K ,oF
Naples. Illinois, for making tomato
figs, Isend mama's, which | deem u
very good one.
After peeling the fruit, make q syr,
up, ALLOWING one half pound sugar 70
one pound fruit When hot. put 10
as much fruit as the syrup win cover,
and latil cool until Transparent
Skim oat and place on pilates TO dry.
The syrup should boil a few minutes
after taking out The fruit, before put
ting in more. Each tomato should
be rolled in powdered sugar every df-y
until dry, after which place IN jars,
in layers, scattering sugar between
them. The small yellow tomatoes
make the incest looking figs although
they are no better for eating than the
red ones.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19

Beat THIS WHO ocAN.-Christopher Beokwith,
of Huron Co., has eleven sons. Abouta year
ago they cast lots 10 see who should stay at
home. The los fell OF Charles, being the yquQg-
est. Thereupon ten enlisted. Whep the last
call was made, Charles the last Of the boys,
with the consent of bis parents, came to this
city and enlisted in Capt. Semple's Company,
and is off for the war.
The entire family, at last advices, were well
and doing good service. Again we say, beat
this who CAM Cleveland Leader.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19

SUBJUGATIoN on ONE SIDE OR THE 0THEn =
a correspondent of the New York Evening
Post, writing from ST. Catharincs @. w, ard
Of the rank secession feeling which prevails
there, says that under the influence Of recent
federal reversas the sccessionists have ventured
to make some very significant remarks. They
openly declare that the Union shall not be bro
ken, but that if the North Is beaten, it shall
be subject to the rule of JEFF Davis, who will
be the next President of the United States;
for the Northern States viii be held as sabia-
gated provinces This lets ont Of the bag the
cat that will surely show Us claws if the rebel
lion should not be put down They profess to
be lighting for their Independence, and to es-
tablish an Independent government, while in
fact they are lighting for the subjugation Of
the North. Does anybody suppose that tie
North ard South can exist side by side. as two
nations? 1t can never be done in the world.
One side or The other must be conquered or
peace will never come. There would be end
less quarrels and war between the two Sec
tions if this war was to end rs Il draw game.
Each would have to keep a standing army and
watch with jealous eye every threatened ag
gression on the part Of the other. he slavery
question would be more agitated than ever be
lore, for we would not be as ready to deliver
up fugitives to a foreign country as we have
been to those of our own alton, and the slaves
of the South would not be slow to discover
that fact
We can never have peace without subjuga-
tion and conquest. The rebels hope to con-
quer the loyal North; we are determined to
conquer them 1t is not war of ideas or of,
words; it is a war for our honor, our prosperi-
ty, our self respect, our very existence. As
such we must fight it to the bitter end with
unwearied vigor and undying determination
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19

Mrs. THADDEUs BRADLEY, Of Johnston,
Trumbull county, Ohio, has given AZ one time
$50 pairs Of woolen socks; at another III pairs,
at another los, and at our last session she
brought in" 40 Fairs; total, 500 pairs. Her
husband is an extensive dealer in wool, and the
old lady "appropreates" accordingly. She has
at present ten Indies engaged in knitting socks.
She has SONS, IA nephews ami II grand SONS
in the 7th Regiment Ohio Vols, aud volunteer
ed to go 10 the hospital as nurse but on account
Of her age (7l) was refused by Gov. Tod
When refused she Immediately sent the Govern
or 81 500 to apply toward relieving the suffer
iugs of our noble youth who have gone forth
so gallanty to "battle for the right" etaA
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19
NO. IS.
AN OLD MAID.

Never be afraid of becoming an 'old maid
fair reader An old maid is far more hon
orable than hrartless wife, aud single bless
edness is greatly superior in point of bappi-
ness, TO welded life without welded love. 'Fall
not in love, dear girls, beware, says the song;
sBetlcr lcad tho life Of a rcoluse,
Than ever to fall in love.'
But we do not agree with tie song on this
question. On the contrary, we hold that it IS
good thing to fall ia love If the loved OBJ
iect be worthy one To aI ig ioYa with an
AonoI able man is proper as for az honarable
Rlan 10 fall in love with virtuous and amiG-
hle woman, and what c0nld be more graf
iiying spectacle, eEea to the angles of heaven,
than sight - pure, SO approaching in lis de-
vntiOn tothe celestial?
No; fall ia love as soon as you please, la
dies, provided it be with suitable party
Fall in love, and then marry, but never mar
ry unless yoH love That's the great point--
Never marry merely for "a home or "a bus
band Never sell yourself. body and soul, on
terms so coutcmptible. Love digniies all
things; it ennobles all conditions. With love,
the marriage rite is truly sacrament. With
out 1t the ceremony is a base fraud, and the
act human desecration. Marry for love or
not at all. BE an old maid,' if fortune throws
not in your way the man Of heart; and though
the wiiless may sneer and the jester may laugh
you will still have your reward in an approv-
ing conscience and u comparatively peaceful
life. ~
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-19

ghost or raven
"Only this, aud nothing more,
but there stood a beautiful child, boy Ot
some six or eight summers, radiant as May
morning, and in his hand small boquet Of
spring roses.
Ny mother sent these 10 you" be said in
a soft toned voice looking up brightly into my
eyes.
-Indeedr' 1 exclaimed, as took them from
his chubby fist ~and where does your dear
mother live?"
"OYer there" was the laconic reply, as he
pointed with his finger 10 a cottage among the
trees.
''0h, thank you my little mar, and tell
your mother l thank her more than l can tell
for love flowers" was my answer to him,
as he turned and bounded away.
held the beautiful things in any hand, and
looked into their eyes, and they seemed to fad
tongues to talk to ne, and comfort me. They
told me of kind and genial heart near by,
that knew of a stranger, and sent this message
of love and good cheer, to lift the veil from
her eyes, and speak hope TO tie sinking spirit
and there came a glow from the centre, and
spread out over all the earth. I looked up and
the sunlight gilded the forests, the house tops,
and the brown and bare fields. The rooms
were changed, the broken plastering and bare
walls we're blooming with freth roses. clasp
ed them in my hands, and pressed them to my
lips, and drops of gratitude fell into their pure
corollas, as l few with them to the children
crying:
"oee-we are not alone
There is one heart in the neighborhood at
least, that knows the feelings of stranger
one that knew there was gloom even at sun
rise on a May morning, in 4 strange land, in
new home, aud she had sent US flowers, the
most cheerful and beautiful of all Gods hand
iwork of the forest or wood, and by the hand
of little Child. type Of the kingdom of heav-
en-, to link tie past with The present, and TO
gild with brightness the portals Of the future
with hope aud light. Heaven bless her for
that thought, she had swept away in moment
the clouds of doubt and sadness.
Who but woman, gentle and loving, could
have thought of such a delicate compliment
In the depths of her own soul she knew my
need, and answered
went back TO my duty. Day follows day
and night ansGeretb to night, and no such
gloomy hour has come to drape the world in
rose buds are opening everywhere,
and my eyes see them. That one kind act will
gid all coming time, and an eternity will not,
c;tnpot destroy its effect.