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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13


Twas on the sixth of April, eighteen sxty-two
As hard battle as e er was fought, of which
I'll sing to you,
Upon the field of Shiloh, where many heI c
fell,
The truth of which is horrible for human tongue
to tell. (Repeat.)
General Grant, with forty thousand men, had
landed safe on shore,
And without the least suspicion, he formed
his camp once more;
All in that peaceful valley the General felt nc
fear,
Not thinking that old Beauregard with his for
ces was so near. (Repeat.)
But on the time aforesaid, just at the break o.
day,
While some were eating breakfast, and some
asleeping lay,
Old Beaura. came rushing on, all eager fcl
the fight,
Thinking to win the victory, and put our men
to flight (Repeat.)
Our men Were taken by surprise, the firing now
Some being so excited, they were induced to
run;
But others who more Drawer were, stood firm
before the fray,
And many dead and wounded within their tents
did lay.
All forces being now engaged, bloody fight
began,
General Grant now took the field himself, he
being in C mmand;
He babe his men stand firm and true, and de
fend their eountry's cause,
To sustain the Constitution, the Union and the
Laws. (Repeat)
They fought that day till night came on, and
then the firing ceased,
But in the night reinforcemcnts came, and
Grants army was increased:
So early the next morning our men were on their
feet,
But the Rebels still outnumbered them, and
forced them to retreat. (Repeat.)
But shortly General Buell. came with some for.
ty thousand more,
ne Doats were drawn mp to the land, and the
mon were marched on shore,
Brave Buell. hastened to the field, and soon en-.
gagged was he,
He drove the Rebels from the field and gained
the victory. (Repeat.)
So now my songs completed, and I'll lay
down my pen,
But if these verses please you, perhaps Ill
write again;
1 pray you don't make light of them, for I'll do
the best can.
That is all that any one can do, or ANY OTHER
MAN. (Repeat.)
PITrsBURe LANDING, Tenn, 1862.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
A QUEER DUEL.

Old Colonel S., of south west
Wisconsin, was an odd genius, queer
compound of comic seriousness. Re
plete with Jokes, both original and selec-
ted, he was not slow in hashing them up
and dealing them out in small doses on
different occasions.
One evening, at party, young
gentleman, upon whom the colonel had
told some cutting jokes, feeling himself
insulted, challenged the colonel to NOR
tai combat.
The challenge was accepted.
Having the choice of weapons and the
appointing Of the place of meeting, the
colonel told the young man to repair, the
following morning, at 6 O'Clock, to Ger,
tain spot, and added "that he would SEE
that the weapons were there''
The following morning, at the indica.
ted time, the young man repaired to the
indicated spot (said spot being among
the lead mines, was naturally furrowed
with mineral holes.)
"Well, youngster," said the colonel
sticking his hands in his pockets and
eJecting superfuous quantity of tobac
co juice from his capacious mouth, " are
you ready ?'' Receiving an affirmative
answer. he continued
"Here's where we are to fight" indi
eating a mineral shaft near BY, which
was at least sixty feet deep-and here is
our weapons,--ponting to a pile of rocks
"You're to go down that ar hole and
throw rocks up, and I'm to stay up and
throw rocks DOWN."
Is is needless to add that the challenge
was withdrawn.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
Se1erted gturu,
From the London Post.
CONFESSION OF A C0QEUTTE.
BY MYRA VANE.

Why is it, that like only dark, fierce
beauty, and hate azure eyes, and rose -bud
lips, and sunny hair ? Years ago learned
this for two blue eyes stole the light Of
my life away, and mass of golden curls
iuttered between me and happiness. Il
is an old grave, shut up and sodded over,
but I will go back and open it tonight
for am lonely. My head is giddy with
with the sound of music and the glare ot
gass, and my heart is sick with gay words
spoken by those whose eyes were wild
with sorrow, and gayer laughs, through
which, like the fall of clods on coffin
struggles up, the ring of death. How
many broken hearts are there here to.
night, wrapped up. and hidden beneath
satin robes. and blazing jewels, and be.
wildering smiles ? There is one, I know
I feel it beating. Shall tell you its sto.
ry? I will leave the giddy dance, and
the unholy mirth, and shut myself up in
this tiny room, at the door of which
lay off my jewels and smiles.
Struggling up from the days of my in
fancy, comes memory of walking about
in a great mansion, nestled down among
the hills, like a song bird in the forest,
for every beauty of its surroundings. AL
the day long used to chase the butter
flies down the dancing stream, or gather
great clusters of snow-whte lilies tc
wreath over the high, stiff parlor mantle
or sit in the little clematis arbor, ,and dream
of a sky that was bluer than that unroll-
ed above me, and love that was bright
er than any that was ever found within
those cold stone walls.
bad no father or mother. Far back
as | could remember, there came no Wis
ion of meek gentle face, or moist, loving
eyes, or warm caresses of love and when
| asked my Aunt how long it was since
they died, she would only say in an alb.
sent kind of a way, "Oh, long time
ago.
And with a little smothered sigh,
would go back to the dream, or chase the
butterflies over the sweetest flowers.
'sAnd the days went out. and the days came in a
ever they come and go,
Wearing a robe of summer green, OF mantle o
winter SNOW
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
THE NEW TAX BILL,
SCHEDULE NO. =

VERY M1scEL1ANEoUs.-Fork kissing q
pretty girl, 81. For kissing a homely
one, $2-the extra amount being added,
probably, as punishment for the mans
folly. For ladies kissing one another,
80: the tax is placed at this rate in or
der to break up the custom altogether, ii
being regarded by our NJ. C.'s as an in
e2cusable piece of absurdity.
For every filtration, 10 cents. Every
young man who has more than one ssgirl''
is taxed SIS. For courting in the kitch.
en-, 20 cents.-Courting in the sitting
room, SO cents. Courting in the parlor.
81. Courting in romantic place, S.
and 80 cents for each offence thereafter.
Seeing a lady home from church, 25
cents for each offence. Seeing her home
from the dime society, 5 cents-the pro-
ceeds to be appropriated to the relief Of
disabled army chaplains.
From lady who paints SO cents
For wearing lownecked dresses, 81
For each curl in lady's head above ten.
s cents. For every unfair device for en-
trapping young men into the sin of mat
rimony, S5. For wearing hoops larger
than ten feet in circumference, 8 cents
for each hoop.
Old bach's over thirty are taxed $40.
Over forty, 800. Over fifty, $50, and
sentenced to banishment in Utah.
Each pretty woman is to be taxed, ac-
cording to good looks, from 25 cents to
S25, she to fix the estimate of her own
beauty it is thought that a very large
amount will be realized from this proyi-
sion.
Each boy baby, SO cents Each cir
baby. 10 cents. Families having more
than eight babies are not to be taxed.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
then, and l started up quickly, as l heard
his voice saying
GLOW beautiful %

his voice saying
GLOW beautiful %
A lady, child it might have been,
clad in dark-blue riding habit, was
coming toward us, borne on white horse.
The sunshine played with her curls as
with a something kindred, and her eyes
would set one dreaming of the skies of
Italy. A look that [ shall never forget
passed over his face, as she reined in her
horse and spoke his name.
ernest p
edith p
His hand trembled as it clasped hers,
and she smiled on him such smile 1t
froze my heart in its beauty for l knew
when his cheek paled and his eye fell,
that he had felt its power before.
"And so you have not quite forgotten
Ee, Ernest %
"That were impossible"
'And yet you have been silent so long,
l thought my place occupied by anoth-
er -
And so he had loved before, and the
siren that enchanted him, had not vet
lost her power! I waited to hear nc
more. 1t was enough. He would not
not see me now. Hurriedly I retraced
my steps to my aunt's abode.
Three months after word came to me
that they were married, Ernest Temple
and the beautiful Edith Wells. 1t was
in crowded room, but didn't faint
Edith Wells mi ght have done that; I
was not SO weak. But my heart was
turned to stone, and the timid, clnging
child was belle that night, and went
forth strong self possessed woman, fol-
lowing in the way of the world. My
aunt raised her hands in astonishment
that the lesson she had been vainly str-
wing to teach me for years had all come
to me in single evening. But discern
ment was not one of her virtues, and I
kept my own secret.
have changed, they say : the crimson
life tide has learnt the way to my rosy
cheeks, and do not need now to be told
that am beautiful. Hearts have been
laid at my feet, true hearts and false ones,
and the world has learned to call me CO.
quette. lie was here night, he whom I
love, whom | hate! his eyes wearing the
wild look of sorrow mine have learned to
hide, and his laugh bearing in it the ring
of death.
I stood by his side and listened to the
mock echo and he saw my curling lip,
and that I had read his soul, and knew
that had read his soul, and knew all its
bitterness. And when [ had left the
crowded room, and stood in the soft
moonlight, among the shadowy trees, he
came and knelt at my feet like coward
who dare not suffer in silence, and told
me how he had loved me all through the
years that the butterfly of the sun had
been his bride, how he loved me still, and
ever must. And [ went away with Il
low laugh and left him moaning sHave
you, too, grown soulless ? you, the snow
white lilly, that came like a hidden foun-
tain between me and the dearest of earth
ly unbelief ?''
"Well the world says so; and am ly-
ing on the messy carpet like a broken
reed by the brook Of its love, wondering
if all it says is true
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

"A traveller in Western steam
boats, recently, was landed near his home
and as the. boat was about to leave, he
bawled out
"Hallo Captain, there's something mis-
sing here!''
"Hang me if I can recollect now, y
said the traveller; s'let me see: here is my
trunks, boxes, two dogs, gun and-oh,
thunder it's my wife and little gall, that
are asleep in the cabin l knew there
was something missing "
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
SECRETARY STANTON.

An Incident has recently transpired
which brings out in hold relief a most
touching incident of delicacy in one
whom the public looks upon as the grim,
stern and even Draconic Secretary of
War, Mr.. Stanton. 1t shows that deep
down In his heart there wells up foun-
tain of almost feminine tenderness
About two weeks since a private in one
of the New York regiments was killed
while on picket duty at our out post on
the Potomac. He was young man, be-
loved by his companions, and the sole
hope of a widowed mother When she
heard of his death she hurried on here
from Rochesser, hoping, through the aid
of the Government, to have her sons re-
mains sent to his native place. She found
that it would cost her more than her slen-
der purse would permit. Disappointed,
and with her cup Of sorrow now filled to
repletion, she was about to return un-
successful, when an old army officer,
Captain Mcguire, volunteered to aid her
through letter to the Secretary of War.
Mr.. 5 anton was so impressed with her
story that he Immediately sent an order
to the proper officer, with instructions to
have he dead soldier disinterred, proper
ly c"ffined and forwarded, with every
memento of respect, to his home free of
charge, to the devoted mother who had
offered her all on the altar of her country.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

"A notion seller was offering Yankee
clocks, gayly vanished and colored, and
with looking glass in front, to certain
lady, but not remarkable for her personal
beauty. "Why, it is very beautiful, said
the vender
Beautiful, indeed Ia look of it al
most frightens me p said the lady.
''Well ma'am'' said Jonathan, g que IS
you had better buy one that has no look
ing glass;
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
THE OLD RELIABLE DRUG STORE

IT ]. Shisler, takes this method of returning
Il e. his thanks to his friends and customers
for the patronage heretofore extended to him,
and would inform them that he still co ntinues
to carry on the Drug Business, at his old stand
opposite the Person House, where he has con
stantly on hand DRUGS OF ALL DES SCRIP
TIONS, and every article usually found in a
well selected Drug House. He asks contin-
uance OF the public patronage, he will, by
care and attention to business, endeavor to please
all who call upon him.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
Best erasive Soap

toy letters toy watches, rubber combs, fine End
coarse, gun caps, sewing machine oil, coral
neads and rings, geld rings best gold pens and
holders steel pens and holders. pecils and shar
pers, pencil points, shawl pins of various sorts
and one thousand and one other articles to n u
nerous TO mention.
Watches. clicks and ,iewelry repaired and
warranted to give entire satisfaction.
LEO LESQU EREUX
In jerry Groff's old Stand, one door south O
the bank
U. sandusky. Apri 1l62
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
TO TIE AC Err S f..

fHHE Board of School Examiners of Wyan,
l. dot County, Ohio, will hold meetings reg
ularlY at the COURTHOUSE, in Upper San
dusky, as follows:
Every SATURDAY in the months of PRIL,
MAY OCTOBER and NOVEMBER and on the
FIRST and THIRD SATURDAYS in EACH
OF THE OTHER MONTHS, for the examina
tion of Teachers, unt er the act
"To provide for the reorganization, supervi-
sion and maintenance of Common Schools
passed March 18th, 1853.
Teachers are requested to meet the Board as
early as ten o'cloch. A. M, promptly.
All applicants will be required to furnish ev
dence of good moral character by certificate of
otherwise, as no certificate will he granted with
cut such evidence, and special meetings or
the Board will be held under any circumst an
ces. By order of the Board.
HENRY MADDUX,
feb20'62 tt. Clerk.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

"A facetious old lady describing the
rambling sermons of her minister said
"If his sermons had the small pox, his
sermons would never catch it,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

TAxATIoN.-The tax bill passed the
Senate, Powell only voting in the mega
tive. The amendment taxing slaves was
reconsidered and bolted out. Fessenden
closed the debate, speaking of the great
merits of the bill and setting forth the Fl
nancial condition of the country, and
said its debts next year would be S ,20O,-
600 900.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
Business Notice,

Notice is hereby given that my business will
be carried forwardas ever by William McFee and
INV Father until my return oome. The notes
and book accounts are left with them for col
lection. Parties owing me are requested to cal
and pay Immediately. Also parties holdinl
CLAIMS against me will be paid in the earliest pos
June Hh.-tf. W. II. ASHBROOI
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
KEROSENE LAMPS

A LARGE assortment Tor sale also. n f;ne
"A assortment of Paper shades. .chimneis, wicks
&C., for sale by T.J. SHISLER.
feb7'62
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

-'J ohm, how wish it was as much the
fashion to trade wives as to trade horses!"
''Why so, Dick 90
|I'd cheat somebody before night most
shoclSingly.''
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

-Scolding is the pepper of matrimo-
NAL life. The ladies are the pepper boxes.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
TO THE AFFLICTED.

'RUSSEs, Supporters and all medical appli
i snces in large assortment, on hand. and for
sale at I. j. SHISLER'S
ieo' oS Drug Store
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
I. D. BERRY &BROTHERI

IRON, STEEL, NAILS, GLASS, AG-
RICULTURA l. IMLEA, ENTS,
SADDLERY, HOUSE
TRIMMINGS, CAR ENTER TOOLS,
CUTLERY & SHELF HAIR
WARE IN GENERAL.
Call and see us. we will sell low for cash
June I,'6l L. E. BERRY & BROTHER,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
To the People :!
N E W A R RA N G. MENTSI
G% Prices reduced to Suit the Times
L f O L E S @ u EUX,
Dealer in
w A T. G. IL z s. .
q p

AMERICAN s. SWISS MANDATORY
Having purchased the Watch, Clock, and
Jewelry store of H H. Welsh, and having add
ed new stock and made other improvements, to
the establishment, am prepared to furnish the
people OF Wyandot county, with all articles in
my line, at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
large variety of Clocks, Watches Jewelrv
Notions of every description. continually on
hand, which are all new, and of the lateat STYLES
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
IL A L S E Y s.
a VI "A "A IA AZ wv * 40 "a 3
AND DGUM-COATED
NNNSSN RAAASe

The most Extraordinary Discovery in
the World.
I 900, 900
BOTTLES AND BOXES SOLD ANNUALLY
And Thousands of Lives Saved from Prema-
ture Grave by this lato Discovery.
Testimonials of the most unexceptionable
character are continually pouring in from eve
ry part of the country bearing witness to the
unparalleled efficacy of these remedies.
The following show the number of cases
cured, as certified to by letters and other GER
ti6cates, received from all parts of the Union
and ritish colonies, from the lst of January
1855 TO Janutry Ist 1864, inclusive.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

YNHE reputation acquired by this company
i during the last fifty years, by an hon
orable course in the transaction of its business
and the prompt and liberal settlement of loss
es, together with the character of the securi-
ties composing its assets, enttle the Company
to the utmost confidence of the public, as af-
ording reliable Insurance against loss or dam
age by fire.
June I'6IIv n SEARS Aoent
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13
Original 2petry.
IFor the Pioneer.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.

BY L. D. PEW
AIR-"The Lilley oe the West"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-13

Each boy baby, SO cents Each Cir
baby. 10 cents. Families having more
than eight babies are not to be taxed.
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! Kew he Pfasoners are % Ges shslr Pay
WAA Dsrr., ADJ'r GsxEAAL's Ofsrcs,
id wAsH1z0rox, October 20, 1861.
0Msral 0rdv No. 90. asse
The following plan for paying to the familis,
OF officers and soldiers in the service Of the
United States, who are or. may become prison
ere OF war, the sums due them by the Govern
ment. having been approved BY the President,
II 10 published for the information Of all con-
esrnsd. eg l bagb 4.
Payments will be made to persons prssent-
Ing written authority from prisoner to draw
his pay-or without sueh authority, to his wife,
hs guardicn Of his minor children, Or his widowed
mother, IN tks order NAMED. ~ 81
Applications for such pay must be made to
the senior paymaster Of the district in which
the regiment Of the prisoner Is serving, and
must be accompanied BY the certificate or q
Judge Of court of the United States, Of Dis.
trict Attorney Of the United States, or of some
other party under the seal Of Court Of Record
Of the State In which the applicant u Q resi-
dent, setting forth that the said applicant is
the wife Of the prisoner, the guardian Of his
minor children, or his widowed mother, and il
occupying either Of the last two relationships
towards him, there 10 no one who Is more near.
ly related aoeordingto the above classification
Payments will be made to parties thus au-
thorized and identified, on their receipts made
out in the manner that would be required Of
the prisoner himself. at least one months pay
being in all cases retained by the United States.
The officer making the pay yment will see that 1t
to entered on the last previous muster roll for
the payment Of the prisoner's or will report it,
il those rolls are not in his possession, to the
senior psymsster Of the district, who will eth
er attend to the entry or give notice Of the pay
ment to the Paymaster General, If the rolls
have been forwarded to his Office. BY order,
lSigned1 L. THOMAS.
Adjutant General.
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Il lxPOsITIoN UPON SoLDIERs.-TheO Davenport
Gazette Of the 26th, calls attention TO certain
gross outragss inAietsd upon soldiers by some
Of the steamboAts on the river, and particular
ly by the S. Louis and Ksokuk line. The Ca
setts relates ths following facts: sAprivats Of
the llth regiment named William Harvey, from
Jones county arrived in town on the xate Cas-
sell. Sunday, from Keokuk. Mr. Harvsy when
at st. Louis, was directed to the Die Vernon
o. through boat 70 Dubuque, and did not
discover hls mistake till too late Tor the Can.
sda. which was Just leaving He accordingly
cams up to Ksokuk on the Vernon, and 10 pay.
msnt for bic passags handed his through pass
20 the Clsrk, who returned him ticket emit
Ting hin to . sspasAgs on the Kate Cassell.--
This ticket brought him only TO Davenport.
leaving him 70 make his way 70 Dubuoue the
bsss way hs could. The c@csre Of ~ Nil, 1S
Hssdsrson Kindly took him TO Dubuous yss,er.
day, running the risk Of getting their pay.
The Die Vernon win charge Government for
passage 70 Dubuque, Of course, and thus make
The price Of the trip ftom Davenport TO Dubu.
que clear. This wonld b. . ness triae II /,
we're the tfat occasion Of the kind; bot the
Gazette 10 assured that the 81. Louis and Keo.
kpk boats frequently serve soldiers in that way
and II aone cases give them no paso beyond
ksokuk. Whether this b true Or not soldier,
soaplaani vsey mach q Tie trsaansus thsy
rassivs from. thas line Of hoats whom comm
home wounded, II the owners Of these q,
| other beats oaanot afford 70 treat soldier, AZ
esntly, dlsehled In The caupe q thSRf con ntrv
theZ 1AoulA b 1aAe 70 Do u.
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a Fixht 81 Hun,sxille.

Private letters from Huntsville mention fight
at that place between an officer of one of the
Ohio regiments and Col Davis, of Huntsville, .
law partner of Jere Clemens. Davis was mem.
Der Of the Alabama Secession Convention, and
Union man. In the Convention he told Yam.
cey, who threatened to coerce North Alabama,
which was disposed to remain in the Union, that
IL be wanted fight he should not have it in
North Alabama, but on the dividing line. After
the Act of Secession, however, Davis took up
arms for the Southern Confederacy The meet
ing between Col. Davis and the Ohio officer, who
was Of equal rank, took place at the quarters Of
Major NcCook. Some Champagne was opened
and the discussion Of the state Of the country
presently grew warm. The Alabama Colonel
Ohio told him that il he were not the guest of
Major HcCook, he would knock him down.
Alabama begged Ohio not to have any scruples
Of that sort, and repeated the epithet. So at It
they went. Fair play was shown. and Ohio coon
made his word good, knocking Alabama down
and giving him severe pelting when he was
down. Ohios damage consisted chiefly In a
badly torn shirt. Alabama received q pair Of
black eyes and enlarged nose and mouth. Jere
Clemens met the Ohio ofacer . few days after
ward and told him be had inquired into the par.
ticuiaIs Of the sray, and that his parner Davis
had been served exactly right. Davis afterward
acknowledged that be had got no more than be
deserved. This little circumstance has contrib
uted largely to the popularity Of the Ohioan ID
Huntsville. Ral9
P.S.-The three frst letters Of the Ohio Col
onsls name are Len. A. Harris.-( Cincinnati
Commercial qGt4 q 81 f0a