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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-20
Proper Appreciation.

Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island has a
just appreciation of party platforms in
this day of our country's peril. In ac-
cepting the nomination for Governor ten
dered him by the Union Convention Of bis
State he says:
l have not seen the resolutions which
your convention has passed, and, with my
ideas of duty in this great national emer-
gency, consider it of little Importance that
l should know what they are. I do not
feel bound by party resolutions or party
platforms. My duty in the present condi-
ton of public affairs is to my country, and
to do all in my power to preserve the Fed
eral Constitution, and restore the Federal
Union. This has been my position since
the commencement Of the struggle to main
tain the Federal Government and put down
rebellion, and this will continue to be my
position until this great work is fully ac-
complished.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-20
Mistsllaneous.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH.
RETREAT OF NEY.

BY JOHN s. C. ABBOTT.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-20
Rebel Prize and Desperation.

The gun boat South Carolina, Lieut..
Hopkins, captured the rebel steamer Mag
nolia, bound from New Orleans to Havana,
with large load of cotton, off Mobile bay,
on the 10Th ult. The Magnolia is large
side wheel steamer, built by Vanderbuilt
at New York for the Southern Steamship
Company. The boarding officers found
the ship on fire, and were three hours in
exlinguishipg the flames. The Captain,
VIM. s. Shannon, of New. Orleans, and
crew, in all 2l persons, were made prison
ers. The captain and first engineer, being
perfectly desperate, were double ironed,
and the prize was towed into Ship Island
Roads and delivered to Flag Officer Nc
kean. An account says:
The value of the vessel and cargo-elev-
en- hundred and seventy bales of cotton
is estimated at a quarter of a million dol
lars. The desperation of her officers is a
striking illustration of the terrible earnest
ness of the foe with whom we have to deal.
The owners of the cotton agreed with Capt.
OuduuDu tItI uc uCiSSI CftiS y
to the consignees at Havana, or, in event
of his finding capture inevitable, he should
destroy the ship. The reward of a success
full issue of the enterprise was to be one
thousand dollars more than bis pay. When
Capt. Shannon saw that there was no hope
of escape from the South Carolina, LIE b ad
the connection pipe and the sea cock cut,
hoping by these means to sink the vessel.
He also had the cotton fred in several diff
ferent places, and the engineer tied the
safety valve down, exhausted the water in
the boiler, and tried to blow the ship up.
He succeeded in bursting one of the boilers,
and plate from it went crashing through
the deck, and struck the second engineer
in the side, in1icting wound from which
he died in about five hours. His face was
horribly mangled, the nose being knocked
off and his eyes and teeth being torn from
their sockets by the flying Goals and ashes.
His name was VIM. Wild, from New Or
leans, an Englisnan by birth. He was
about thirty-five years of age, and leaves
a wife and four children TO lament his
tragical death.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-20
ALERsBURG THURSDAY MARCH 90 1862

Division, on the 5th of March, between
the hours of four and FIVE p. m. Prompt
ly after reading this order the prisoner
knelt over his coffin, his chaplain on one
side and his priest on the other, who Of
fered prayer in his behalf. He was then
blindfolded, and left standing alone by his
coffin, facing the corporal's guard, who,
with all their mnskets loaded save one,
stood ready TO execute the terrible penal
ty. The dreaded word of command came.
"Ready!" and how l could have turned
away from the spectacle. But by force of
will, holding my eyes upon the doomed
man quickly followed the words-"aim
fire!" The dreadful volley broke the still
ness, and the poor fellow dropped lifeless
upon his coffin, and in few minutes rolled
at full length upon the ground.
The terribly impressive scene concluded.
the large force retired to its camps.
The forty-first regiment is here. Lieut..
Col. Wiseman has resigned and gone to
Ohio. Col. Barnett and staff have just
arrived. The following batteries belong
ing TO this regiment ..are here; Cotter's,
Standards, Kennedy's, Kcnkle's, Cock
hills and Bartletl's and perhaps others
1 have seen many Of the officers, and learn
they are all we'll.
Many of the fine mansions of the secesh
gentry, in the suburbs, were found vacant,
and furnished excellent quarters for our
general officers. l am now writing in the
stylish abode of the Hon. A. H. Ewing,
who made stand for the Union, but f.
nally "lost his rights" seceshing. and is
now following the vagrant traitor Camp,
hea rtilr Sick n is said Of his folly JIG.
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morning after the river fell our boys found some
splendid rifles. Many of them had only small
rifles. As to dress they have no regular uni
form, mostly james cloth. They are hard look
ing set of men. As to their full number they
were not less than 20 or 10000. Ours about
50,000 but in the first place ours did not exceed
10000.
On Saturday evening we had some two or
three lines on three sides of the enemy. Gen.
Grant was commander, also Wallace and Nc
Clernand. Gems. Floyd and Pillow command
ers of their forces, the other two were only sub
ordinates.
These are only notes taken at this exciting
time. and perhaps many quite incorrect as we
can get no true report of anything only what
We see. l have few trophies, Confederate
Ten Cent Bill, which will send home. This
is secesh paper. taken from the surgeons depart
ment. have some bullets, DC. Will write
soon again.
Iremain your son,
GEORGE n. ELLIOTT.
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lied him with the title of the "bravest OF
the brave" Again Napoleon said in ref
erence to the same achievement, in words
which will never die: "Better is an army
of deer commanded by lion, than an ar
my of lions commanded by adeer."
During this retreat an unnatural mother,
who was one of the camp followers, weary
of nursing her crying child, threw it into
the snow to perish. Ney Glanced to wit
ness the inhunan deed and lifting up the
child soothed it tenderly, and restored it to
its mother in the sledge, commading the
mother to take charge Of It'll But soon
again the woman whose heart was render
ed callous by misery, threw the child into
the snow. The Marshal again rescued the
little one, and took it under his special
protection, carrying it for some time in his
own arms. The indignant soldiers hurled
the mother from the sledge, and left her
TO be picked up by Cossacks or to parish
on the frozen ground. The little orphan
was watched over with the greatest care
BY the soldiers, as they covered it up with
fnrs and blankets in one of the sledges.-
The child was carried, in the arms of
soldier, through all the horrors of the
passage of the Beresina, and surviving
the hardships of the most disastrous retreat
recorded in the history of war, at length
reached Paris in safety.
In the passage of the Beresina, which
soon ensued, Ney again displayed his he
roism through scenes of horror which have
rarely been paralelled, and never surpass-
ed on this globe. The genius of the French
engineers speedily threw two bridges across
the stream. The French army consisted
of but 81 900 fighting men, and disor-
ganized mass of 10000 slragglers. While
the phreDsied mass were struggling over
these bridges, the Russians from the ada
cent heights were hurling upon them
storm of shot and shell. Sixty thousand
Russians manned those batteries. Ney,
taking with him but eight thousand troops,
plunged in the densest'' masses of the foe,
drove them before him, and took 5000
prisoners.
Through the long hours of winters
mage continued. Thousands were crowd.
ed from the bridges into the icy stream,
and sank with shrieks which rose above
the thunders of the battle. A fearful
tempest arose of wild and smothering
snow. The black mass of men aud wag-
ons, enabled the Russians to direct their
guns with more uuerring aim. The howl
ings of the storm, the gloom of night the
flash and roar of artillery, the explosion of
shells and whistling of balls and bullets, the
cries of onset and the shricks of the dying,
presented spectacle which has given the
Passage Of the Beresina perhaps the most
prominent position among all the horrors
which have occurred in this lost world
The numbers lost have never been fully as
certained Thousands were swept to an un-
known burial. But, in the Spring, as the
ice melted, twelve thousand corpses were
dragged from the river.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-20
Injuries to the Monitor.

The Monitor fred between fifty and six
ty shots, and the Merrimac at least five
times that number. The statement that
the Monitor withdrew from the action at
one time 10 allow her guns 10 cool was
incorrect. The temporary withdrawal was
cccasioned by shot getting fast in one of
the guns before it was home, which it re-
quired some time to extricate. There is
scarcely doubt that the Monitor was too
much for the Merrimac. The officers and
crew on the Monitor are confident that had
not the Merrimac withdrawn as she did,
she would have been sunk. So states
writer who has visited the Monitor since
the fight. He also states that the wound
ing of Lieut.. Werden, which occurred
about the time the Merrimac withdrew,
accounts for the failure Of the Monitor to
pursue her. He adds:
visited the Monitor to-day. Two
shots Of the enemy struck her on the edge,
above the surface, and tore up few inches
of the deck plating, and penetrated about
half the diameter of the ball, affording a
complete illustration of her impregnabili-
ty. As the worst the enemy, with the
most powerful guns afloat could do, the
fact, settles all questions on the point
The shots referred TO are as mere scratches
on a pugilist after his antagonist has done
his best for four hours to knock him down.
On her tower, where the Merrimac's shots
struck the square and with full force, there
are three or four intentions not exceeding
three inches in depth. Her deck is blazed
in several placed where shots struck
and glanced off. The wheel-house has
several similar dentations. These are all
the marks the Monitor bears as the result
of the action. The officers and men de-
clare that they are perfectly willing to take
her any where for all the enemy's guns
can do, no matter with what skill they
may be served.
The Merrimac undertook to run the
Monitor down, and ran bows on, her PROV
projecting over her deck. The shock that
cut the Cumberland and Congress down,
made an indentation scarcely perceptible,
and produced no extraordinary effect. In
this attitude the two ships exchanged shots
the mouths of their guns being but few
yards distant, and it was here that the
Merrimac was penetrated, though the Mon
itor was scarcely scratched. 1t was doubt
less the intention Of the enemy to board
her, and some of the Merrirnac's men act
ually jumped aboard of her. But there
was no opening or place of entrance to be
found, nor were there any men to be SEEM,
At this moment the tower began TO re-,
volve and the ports open, and the men
back, and the Merrimsc drew
of, probably confouuded at the result OF
her hasty visit. @
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-20
srTb. pora continues in a ye,v cr

EE The Pope continues in ve'y crit
ical state. Ho has frequent attacks of fs-
yer caused by Indigestion, and his legs arc
SO swollen that he cannot go abroad, and
be has to be rolled in chair to pass from
one room to another. 1t has been remark
ed, not without uneasiness, that for sever
al days he had been affected by dispo-
sition to somnolency, and cannot BY any
means be diverted from yielding to it
This is the most serious symptom Of the
Holy Fathers malady.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-03-20
podrp.
A SONG FOR THE TIMES.

By J. II LEWIS.
Oh, God of Justice, rule the storm
That sweeps DER I'll the land,
And down let sons of freedom strike
Each ruthless traitor band;
And let the Patriotic fame
Burn warm apd deep and high,
While Liberty and Union are
Our glorious rallving cry.
Spirit of God-like Washington,
Come from thy home above;
And fill each patriotic soul
With light and truth and love;
All thou didst rear temple here
Beneath each stripe and star,
Which all the nations of the world
Have bonCred from afar.
Millions of souls both true and good
Have crossed the deep blue sea,
To worship at its holy shrine
Among the brave and free.
And shall that temple, reared in blood.
The shrine of traitors be?
Speak out, ye sons of noble sires,
Speak out, We brave and free.
The time has come when freedom sons
Must rally in their might,
And when seccssion's 8 host must be
Forever put to flight.
Then, God of Justice, rule the storm
That sweeps n'er all our land,
And down let sons of freedom strike
Each ruthless traitor band.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-29
The ssFive.Twenty Bonds"

A correspondent of the JouTna! states that
the new loan designated as Give 'TWenties" if
being taken with unexampled rapidity by the
leading financiers of the eastern cities. he
says: "TEese new bonds termed 'fve-tWent:es'
because they ere twenty year bonds, redeemaole
after :he lapse of Ave yeara, at the pleasure OF
the Governments, besE interest at the rate o.
six per cent. per annum, payable semi'snnually
in gold" Six per cent. interest payable SEMI
annually in gold, Is about equal at this time to
eight or nine per cent. payable annually in
"greep backs" or equivalent paper currency
The write. adds: legal tender notes are
convertible into these bonds, which not only
prevents any depreciation in the value Of these
notes, bus Is equivalent to paying SIX per cent
In gold upon them at the pleasure of the hold
er." The meaning Of this is that any one
having the requisite amount Of "greeu backs"
on which, taking gold for the standard, there
ls discount Of thirty or thirty-tbree per cent?
may turn them at their nominal value into
these twenty year bondsI If he chooses, and
thus realize on the depreclated notes the full
amount for which they call, in bonds, and q
yearly interest Of six per cent payable SEMI
annually In gold.
For example; You are poor man and no
fnancier. You have small sum OF money,
say hundred dollars In "green backs" laid
by against rainy day. I. is worth about two
thirds of that sum, say about seventy dollars,
in gold. You cannot well part with il, because
It ia your sole dependence in case Of any unfore-
seen distress or accident, and are, therefore,
compelled to keep 1t on hand, and run the risk
Of its further depreciation. But your neighbor
Is rich and finsncier. He has his thousands
In "green backs" also. He understands the
gamut. He invests them in the "fve-twenty"
bonds, and gets on the gross amount Of his paper,
an annual interest of six per cent. payable semi
annually in gold.
II Is alleged that the facility for converting
the illegal tender notes" Into these bonds pre-
vents their depreciation. They will have, like
other paper currency, marketable value, segu-
lated, like all merchandise, by the laws Of de-
msnd and supply.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-29

should bs 10 favor Of the Constitution 10 was
to take eifso. ln every county, though the ma
jorlty In any county or In any number OF coun'
ties considered BY themselves, should DC
agains. II. The people Of no county could, by
rejecting the Constitution, dissolve their con-
neotion with the State. or prevent 1t from ex-
ercslng authority and jurisdiction over them.
v. The United States Constitution delegates
certain powers to the United States and pro-
hlbils certain others to the States; but reserves
all other powers or the resldue OF sovereignty TO
the States respectively or to the people. But
by State Constitution, while thereis deltga-
ton Of certain powers to the State, there is no
prohibition of certain others to the counties;
because these are not recognized In that inssru'
mens as civil corporations or bodies polite
having, either slngly or combined, sovereign
ty or Jurisdiction separate from, and independ
ent Of that of the State; and for the same rea-
son, there is no reservation of any powers or
residue OF sovereignty to the countless either
separately or in the aggregate.
vi. The sovereignty or powers granted by
the Constltut to the United States give 1t
authority to regulate foreign Intercourse and
other matters which concern oil the States alike
The reserved sovereignty or powers Of State
give 1t the right to regulate its internal, local
and domestic affairs independently OF, and with
out interference on the part OF the United
States. But o county is in all respects as
body polite inferior and subordinate to the
State, which may regulate and control Its inter-
nal and LEGAL Gff4iFs, even In opposition to the
will OF the people of the county
The foregoing are some OF the plain and
broad distinctions between the relation which
the States bear to the United States and that
OF the counties to State. 1t is important that
these distinctions be clearly understood and
thoroughly comprebended by every American
citizen. The doctrine that the United States
or the General Government may exercise the
same power or control over the internal affairs
and domestic Institutions Of State that State
o.as State Government may over the local
affairs or internal concerns of q county, strikes
at the very foundation of our grand system Of
selfgoverning communities united as one
great people, and leads directly to the estao'
lishment of centralized arbitrary Government
or military despotism.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-29
8. T.-186O-X.

Another Ingredient Of remarkable and won
derfnl virtue used In the preparation of these
Bitters, is q native of Brazil, and as yet un-
known to the commerce of the world. A Span
ish writer Gays:
So 80 administered with st.,
Crcix Rum, never fails to relieve nervous tre-
NOR, waksfulnees, disturbed sleep, etc, and
that Il is used with great effect by the Brazil
ians, Spanish and Peruvian Ladies to heighten
their color and beauty. II imparts cheerful
nees to the disposition; vigor to the appetite,
and brilliancy TO the complexion"
We withhold its name from the public for
To the above are added Glove Buds, Orange,
Carraway, Corlander, Snake Root. ETC., all
preserved In perfectly pure
81 st. 0RolX Rum.
d The tonic properties Of ST. Croix Rum, and
It's powerful invigorating effects have been long
known to the physicians Of the world.
Bilious. Intermittent and Chill Fevers, en-
gendered by the change Of wster and diet Of
travellers, particularly upon western rivers, are
prevented and cured by the Plantation Bit.ers.
They are also reliable to prevent sea sickness.
b WHAT OTHERS SAY.
"PHILADELPHIA, lst month, 10th day, 1862.
"EsTEEMED FREND;-nWilt thou send mo
another dozen Of thy 'Bitters2 ANothing has
proven 90 beneficial TO my invalid wife or my
self, ss the Plantation Bitters.
"Tby friend, ISAAC HowLAND."
N. B.-The secret Of the immense sale Of
the Plantation Bltters, is their guaranteed puri
ty The St. Croix Rum, and every article used,
is warranted perfectly pure, and the money will
be returned If not as represented.
X The Plantation Bitters are put up in unique
quart bottles, and sold by all respectable Drug.
gist0, Grocers, Hotels and Restaurants through
ont the world. Be particular that every bottle
bears the fac. simils Of the Pfoprietor's aigna-
tnre.
p. Il. DRAKE & CO.,
2O2 BRoADwAY, N. Y.
~ nov27-d6 d6rw1meod--- ---------->.-.-
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-29

day Ia s!reng thenIng the Democratic party. and
there 10 nothing TO be lost BY making nonninA-
tions late next summer, say July or August
We shall then be far wiser than We are now.
II our Democratic friends would honor the
Eighth OF January, let there be o grand State
Celebration, In honor Of our late victories, held
at Columbus on that day.
These views strike us as sound, and we be-
lIeve are cherished generally by the Democracy
Of Hamilton county. Unless the committee
have powerful reasons which have not been
given to the public, and Of which we have not
been informed, we trust they will let the nomi-
mating Convention 60 over until next summer.
Cincinnati Enquirer, 27h.
The NEXT DEMooRATIc CONVENTION
1T BE HELD ON THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY2--A
great many Democratic papers of the State
mention the 9Th Of January 90 0 proper time
for holding the next Democratic State Conven-
ton. The suggestion 10 invariably enforced by
eloquent paragraphs recIting the heroic deeds
done upon that immortal day by the stern old
Democrat, Andrew Jackson-all of which is
very we'll as far 90 u goes; but we are free to
acknowledge our inability to see that such para
graphs serve, In any way, to convince the Dem.
ocratic people OF the State that the interests of
the party will be subserved by Convention
held upon day 90 distant from the election.
In these uncertain times, when new issues
are arising every day, upon which Il is oil i'm
portant that parties should declare themselves
so that the people may not be In doubt as to
their several policies, IL 10 not wise in our opin-
ion, that the Democrats should preclude them.
selves from the possibility OF announcing their
position, as party, upon any new question
which may grow out Of the calamitous war In
which We are engaged. This would be almost ef-
fectually done by holding our State Convention
on the 9Th of January. That this is true will
be obvious to every one who will give the ques.
tlon moments thoughtful consideration. The
Convention meeting on that day would adopt
platform and place q candidate upon 10; and in
the event Of the new Issues arising after the
adjournment of the Convention and before the
election 10 contingency which would not be at
all improbabls), the Democracy Of Ohio would
either have to remain silent upon the new ques-
tIons, or else call new Convention, which lat
ter course would involve an unnecessary loss of
time and money on the part Of the people.
In ordinary times, when the nation is moving
psosperously along the beaten path of beace, we
would have GO objections to holding the State
Convention on the early day suggested; but in
these uncertain times Of civil commotion we
believe IL part. of wisdom to not hold the Con-
vention until the 4ih of July or even later
date.-Wayne COUNTY Democrat,
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-29
Democratic state ComvonslOn-When
shall &c DO Heidi

DEMooRArc STATE CONVENTION ON THE ElGaTH
OF JANuARY-SHouLD IT BE HELD!-The Demo.
cratic State Central committee meets at Colum-
bus on Tuesday next, to consider the propriety
Of holding the Democratic State Convention
for the nomination Of Governor and other State
officers on the 9th Of January, 1853. The
Columbus Statssman 10 against the policy Of
nominating, and Medary's Csisis is 10 favor Of
Il. In our judgment, nominations would be ex.
ceedingly unwise and inexpedlent Of so early Q
period as January. No one can tell what
events will take place between now and next
summer, or what will be the state Of the coun-
tsy at that time. Il 10 better shat the Demo.
cratic party should be In position to avail
itself Of any errors or failures the Administra-
tion may commit for the next six months, BY
Its candidates and Ito platform, tssn that should
aomiaate at hsp.hasard and IN the dark. A
course of policy that might be expedlent In
January, might be exceedingly unwiss In July
or August. We can afford 70 wait. Every