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The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-09-06

San Francisco, July 18Th. 1Scs.-8m
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17
!. CADlz OHIO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1867

anti-slavery President, created pre-
found alarm where slavery prevailed.
The danger might even then have been
averted by compromise just and hon
orable in itself, had the leaders of the
anti-slavery movement wished to avert
war. But as one Of them declared,
without ga little blood letting the T.
nion wouldnotin his opinion "be worth
a curse, they preferred war to cons
promise, and accepted the responsibili>
ty which the refusal to compromise in
volved. AS persons who own property
will, when it is threatened, take meas
ures to protect and defend It, so did
those whose slavery interest were
threatened take measures to protect
and defend them. They may not have
chosen the best way; but fear and re-
sentiment always does that. But for
the anti-slavery propagandlsm of the
North, and its Endorsement by whole
section, slavery would have remained,
as it had done for seventy years, in
harmony with the great industrial and
political interests of the people and
Government ENG. ~. ,.a -...
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.

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The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17

.powerp' the "war power" Where is
the war power that gives these astonish-
Ing grants of authority to the President
to take away all our lives, liberty and
property The only "war power in
the Constitution is gwen to Congress.
The President has no war power at all.
He can not declare war-he can not
raise Or maintain armies under that
instrument. lie is only the nominal
Commander-inechief. after the armies
are raised. feua s't35uaEe usss
As Commander-in-chlef he Is subor-
dlhate to all the provisions of the Con-
stitution, and those provisions secure
personal liberty and the right to per-
sohal property, the right to talk and
the right to print, beyond any Execu-
tive interference. rr- II, ..e-.s
51But tits not necessary to argue a
case SO plain. The platform of the
Gazette and the Commercial is an ln>
suit not only to publicintelligence, but
to the patriotism of the country. Is
the latter SO far sunk that It will sub
NIT to the medication of such slavish,
false.and degrded sentiments without
blasting with reprobation those whoare
guilty of it. They who entertain these
ideas are absolute monarchists in the>
ory, and are in favor of making the
people slaves to the Governn ent-
slaves of the basest character. The
Gazette is bold, the Commercial is bold
very, when they dare put out such in
famous doctrines, which no one has
ever had the audacity to preach until
now in this country. Let, the people
mark the men. mark the journals, and
mark them well, who tell them that
they have no rights that the President
can not deprive them of at his will and
pleasure.-[C1Nc1NNATE ENQUIRER.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17

B@ Henry Clay said twenty years
ago of the Abolitionists-sWith them
the rights Of property are nothing; the
deficiency of the powers Of the ac-s
knowledged and incontestible powers
of the States are Nothing; the adissolu-l
tion of the Union, and the overthrow
Of a government in which are concen@5
trated the hopes ola civilized world,
are nothing. a single idea has taken
possession Of their minds, and onward
they pursue it, overlookingall barriers,
reckless and regardless Of all consera
quences,' And Henry Clay told the
TRUTH lsa0i,aiilea02 aat 9a ,rssal \
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17
The McNeil Massacre la HEiss
souri. g+.. ..... ..l

"A st. Louis correspondent of the
Columbus Crisis writes as follows:
"The man for whom General Mcneil shot
ten some time ago, and which was noticed
in the Crisis, has returned home alive and
well, and his wife, betUrs the execution Of
those men, went TO him General Mcneil,
and plead with him to wait and see if he had
been killed before he executed those men
and the brute spurned her. | can write no
more. t-# "ST, LOUIS"
This being the case, the act of Nc
Neil deserves still blacker shade of
atrocity. There is hardly its parallel
to be found in the whole annals of mil
itary history. 1t is foul disgrace
upon the American flag and upon the
American name. No one who loves
his country and desires her to have a
favorable record in history, but will
not cry for justice upon this wretch
who has inflicted such stain upon
her. We fully coincide in the follow
ing, which we clip from one of our u
nion cotemporaries: @ So
"a single individual disappears and sus
pi ion seems to point to some OF the inhabi-
tants Of the village OF Palmyra, State Of Mis-
souri,, as guilty ofputting him out OF the way,
Though there, is no evidence duplicating a
solitary individual in the crime-in fact tfe
is no evidence but that the person who mys
eriously disappeared still lives, and may yet
return to his home--yet ten persons Amer.
ican citizeps-meh OF amiiies and wealth.
selected from all the inhabitants of that vii
lage--to atone with their lives, tho absence Of
a single person. ..,rs., -r.s s...
"The fact that ten murdered men may have
been suspected OF disloyalty to their country
does not lessen the enorm,ty o this great
crime, They were not executed for being
disloyal, but for being citizens OF: a town,
some one resident of which might have se--
creted the individual who was missing. -
"lt should be remembered that this Is a
civilized war, and it has always been claims
ed that we in the North are civilized beings
but the future historian who records the
C ,ol and deliberate murder of those ten men
and as far as the world has any knowledge,
innocent men, will have a big task on his
hands to reconcile the deed with the msn
pers and customs Of civil'zation." !, 7ts.-.,a "a
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17
One of the F;sllacieS of the AbO-
aitiOnists.


The Abolition pulpit slang -whangers,
President Lincoln and the presses of
the irrepressible conflict class declare
that slavery is the cause of the war,
and that, until it shall be abolished.
we can not have peace. We are nos
able to see it in that light, IF slavery
Is the cause of the war, so is property
the cause oftheft. If without slavery
we should not have war, SO we can say,
without property there would DO no
theft. Slavery of itselfwouId no more
have produced war than does property
of itself produce theft. Both con exist
without necessarily producing war or
theft. Evil passions, evil desires, dis
regard of Obligations, make war and
beget theft out of what in themselves
would produce neither.
If negro slavery is the cause of the
war, why did it not produce war for the
past seventy years? 1t had existed in
more or less of the States since the Or
ganlzation of the Government, and
produced no war. There had been
fourteen different Administrations of
the Federal Government, covering a
period ofseventy years, and during the
whole Of which slavery had existed,
and yet no war was produced by sla-
very, simply because not one Of them
was elected or was managed on princi-
pies of ayoweds hostility, to slavery.
The whole thing was changed as soon
as the people of the free States elected
a sectional President on purely anti
slavery grounds-of hostility to a pes
culiar domestic institution of some IF
teen Southern States. That was the
real, true cause Of the war; slavery was
not, any more than is property the
cause of theft. Property excites the
bad to secure its possession by fraud
and violence; it does not excite such
desires in those who are really good.
Slavery, which is a highlander the
constitution, could not be cause of
war any more than any other right, SO
long as the parties to the contract re-
spected its. obligations. That was the
case during the period covered by the
first fourteen Administrations of the
General Government--the people and
the Administrations harmonizing on
the subject.
For forty years since 1920. :
anti-slavery sentiments were taught
and inculcated through the pulpit and
schools, by means of lectures, newspa-
'pers, books and, pamphlets--in every
way i'll which it was possible to inocu-
late the mind. This anti-slavery pros
pagandism eliminated in. 1860, in the
election of a President friendly to it.
Itwas announced that the policy Of the
Government Of the previous seventy
years, in regard to slavery, would be
changed. A section of the Union hos
tile to slavery had elected its President.
The speeches. tfe resolutions, public
meetings the proceedings, the threats
enings of this sectional party, against
slavery and Shareholders, and the in
dorsement of them by the people of5the
! North, in % electibg purely sectional
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17
Enormous Robbery at washing
ton CitY.r-

The Washington correspondent of
the Pittsburgh Gazette telegraphs that
an enormous robbery was perpetrated
in the Treasury Department on Tues
day or Wednesday last. General Spin
ner, United States Treasurer, had left
on his table certificates for two and a
half million dollars He was called
ont Of his room for a moment, and on
his return the certificates were gone.
Bankers n New York and elsewhere
have been notified not to receive these
certificates, and it is hoped that this
nj mischief may be counteracted.n No
clue, has been obtained that can lead
TO the detention of the robber. .'li
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17
Taxes TO be Paid ian Ohio EK KOncy.

90 ASS w DC Ahu Ahh VhhO uOmGF,
The Cellna Mercer county, Ohio,
Standard says that G. Volney Dorsey,
State Treasurer, has ordered their
County Treasurer to receive only Ohio
money in payment of taxes. He dis
cards Lincoln's green backs" altho'
Congress Has declared thed eddal to
gold and silver-legal tender. A few
months ago man was put in prison
for refusing ''green>backs, afdif there
was justice in that, we tIinl the same
punishment should befal our State
Treasurer. But Dorsey is "a full
grown frog -an abolitionist-and
the Administration smiles kindly on all
such, therefore he is likely to escape
that punishment which he would cers
tainly receive if he was Democrat.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17

Il BeA The great fight in England for
the championship has resulted dinfavor
of . new man, King, who beats Mace,
the present champion. tHeenan offers
to fight King for five hundred guin-
cas-. '"V73N@ VI bpw@Hs
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17
New England Rules The Coaniry,

5~ Nothing shows more how completely
the whole country is ruled by three
millions of New England people than
the composition of the Committees in
the United States Senate, We give
the Chairman of them, with their sec-
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17

-laIt will be seen that New England,
through the Abolition party, has taken
possession of nearly all the Commit
tees in the Senate. The same pre-
ponderance is also seen in the House.
The Abolition policy makes the fifteen
millions Of people who live in the Mid
die States and in the West, tail to
the fanatical Abolition New England
kite, ..a-,gr4 a9, . ufs
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17

Parson Brownlow, who is now re-
cognized as high authority BY the ABB.
olitiohists, thus testifes TO the astounl
ding corruption thatttalkgforh from
high places in Washington CITY In
a recent letter te Forney' Press, he'
saws: sag1Dq bae ssRstas lEa cf emf
The amount of corruption in ssssy dsp4rs.s
ment Of the GoyernmentIs psrtsctly asivun-,
ding, and, at the same time, dishearteping fo
a loyal man. III We're editing spublic joar-
nal would expose these frauds, this trsach-
cry, and all connected herewith, II it cost
me- my lifea sR@a sas s@ihl8tlF No. "
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-17

I or The statement that the original manu-.
script 81 Washingtons s viii hsd seen astyIsns
from Fairfax o. !, shd,soldito q Alassutsi. .ina
Great, Britain, is authoritatiyeIy contradicted
ia statement from d cihssn OF Fairtass.s
published IN this Washington papsrsI r'sis
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-20

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERALS
OFFICE, WASHINGTON, Aug. l5.'-First, Off
GERS of the regular army will as a general rule
receive leaves of absence to accept the rank
of colonel in volunteer regiments, but not low
er grades. NOn-commissiOned officers and
privates will be discharged on receiving COM
missions in volunteer regiments. Second,
The oath of allegiance will not be administer
ed to any person against his own will. 1t must
in all cases be voluntary act on his part /;
nor will any compulsory parole of honor be
received but oaths taken and paroles given to
avoid arrest, detention, Imprisonment, or ex-
pulsion, are voluntary or free acts and cannot
be regarded as compulsory. All persons
guilty of violating such oaths or paroles will
be punished according to the laws and usages
of war.
Third, The laws of the United States and
the general laws of war authorize in certain
cases the seizure and conversion of private
property for the subsistence, transportation,
and other uses of the army, but this must be
distinguished from pillage, and taking of pro-
perty for public purposes is very different
from its conversion to private uses. All pro-
perry lawfully taken from the enemy or from
the inhabitants in the enemy's country instantly
becomes public property and must be used
and accounted for as such. The 52d article
OF war authorizes the penalty Of death for
pillage or plundering, and other articles au-
thorize severe punshments for any officers or
soldiers who shall sell, embezzle, misapply or
waste military stores, or who shall permit the
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-20

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19.-The Bulletin
says gentleman who left Fortress Monroe
last evening furnishes the following informa-
ton: The army of the Potomac had all ar
rived at the lower end of the peninsula with
out being molested on the way in the slightest
degree. Gen. Mcclellan, it was understood
was at Williamsburg yesterday morning.
Fitzjohn Porters division which was on the
opposite side of James river, has also come
down the peninsula.
Gen. Burnside arrived at fortress Monroe
Sunday, and wentup the James river as far as
the Chickahominy to see how operations were
going on. He returned yesterday morning to
the fortress, reporting everything satisfactory.
The weather was cool and delightful, and
most favorable for the movement of troops.
Most of the gunboats came down the river,
but some remain to guard the pontoon bridge
across the Chickahominy over which the
army passed on its way down the peninsula.
FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. ia great
number of steamships, steamboats,, and
schooners, are now in this harbor, loaded with
disabled soldiers and commissary stores, also
camp equipage, tents, &C., from Harrisons
Landing, and apparently awaiting orders.
The Harrison Landing mail boats made their
regular trips up to yesterday, when they were
hauled off.
Nothing has been heard from Gen. McClel-
lan's army to-day, but last evening they were
successfully crossing the Chickahominy, en-
route to williamsburg where his advance had
arrived, and last night their baggage train
was passing through Yorktown towards fort
ress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. lS.ETo-day the
old bridge across Hampton Creek was rebuilt,
and pontoon bridge was laid across near to
it. A force of cavalry arrived at Hampton
about noon to-day. A large number of troops
are in camp about two miles this side of New
port News, tonight. A large baggage train
is now at Hampton.
Gen. Burnside is now at fortress Monroe,
and there is some talk of his taking command
of the army now in command Of Gen McClel-
Ian. That portion of this army must re-
main on the peninsula is evident, and between
Hampton and Yorktown, as there are twenty
acres covered by hospitals at Hampton. A
railroad is now being completed between there
and fortress Monroe.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-20
From washington.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The president, in
accordance with the late law, has appointed
the following named midshipmen, he being
authorized to select from the District of Co.
lumbia ten at large and three yearly, to be
selected from boys enlisted in the navy. At
large-Wm. F. Hall of the District of CO.
lumbia, Albert L. Robinson of New York,
Lyman G. Spaulding of New Hampshire,
Thos. G. Wells of Connecticut, Edward NJ.
Smith of Maryland, Downs T. Wilson OF the
District OF Columbia, John Il. Pillsbury of
Massachusetts, Lewis w. Frost of Massachu-
sets, Edward Lingee Amory of Massachu-
sets. Enlisted boys appointed-Thos. S.
Flood, VIM. Coates, Frederick M. Wise.
Capt VIM. Clark, Of the 37th Virginia reg
iment, was captured near Leonardstown, in
company with number of recruits for the
rebel army, few days ago. They were in
wagons and well armed On the appearance
OF our cavalry they took to the woods, but
were pursued and fired upon. Nine of them
were captured, including the captain. The
entire party were brought to this city and
lodged in the old capitol prison.
The following is a list of the appointments
of major and brigadier generals just made by
the president Brig. Gen. II. j. Wright OF
United States engineers to be major general
Col Michael Corcoran of the New York Goth
volunteers to be a brigadier general; Col. Or
lando NJ. Wilcox of the I'd Michigan volun-
teers to be brigadier general; Brig. Gen. G..
w. Culom not confirmed by the senate by
an accidental omission, is reappointed to be
brigadier generals Brig. Gen. j. j. Barnard
has been assigned to the command of the for
titications around Washington and the troops
assigned for their defence.
There has been filed in the pension bureau
under the act of July IA, 1862, about 2200 APP
plications of invalids for pensions growing out
Of service in the present war.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-20

waste or misapplication of any such public
property. The penalty is the same whether
the offence be committed in our own or an
enemy's territory.
Fourth, All property, public orprivate, taken
from alleged enemies must be inventoried and
duly accounted for, and if the property taken
be claimed as private, receipts must be given to
such claimants or their agents. Officers viii
be held strictly accountable for all property
taken by them or by their authority, and 1t
must be returned for the same as any other
public property.
Fifth, When foraging parties are sent OUT
for provisions or other stores, the command
ing officer of such party will be held accounta-
BILE for the conduct of his command, and VIII
make a true report of all property taken.
Sixth, No officer or soldier will, without
authority, leave his colors or ranks to take
private property, or to enter private house
for the purpose All such acts are punishable
with death, and an officer who permits them
is equally as guilty as the actual pillagers.
Seventh, Commanding officers of armies
and corps will be held responsible for the ex-
ecution of these orders in their respective
commands.
By command of Maj. Gen. Halleck Gener-
al in Chief of the Army.
E. ID. TOWNSEND, Assist. Adj. Gen.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-20
miscellaneous NEWS.

BALTIMORE, Aug. ia dispatch from
Gen. Kelly, from Cumberland, Md, says our
pickets were fired on at the bridge on Romney
road, yesterday afternoon, and one man was
mortally wounded. A force was sent in pur-
suit, who overlook party Of bushwhackers
near North River Mills, attacked them, and
killed the notorious guerrilla Bob Edwards.
The rest escaped to the mountains.
New York, Aug. I'D. Plumb, of the
mercantile agency of Plumb & Co., is under
arrest for reasonable sentiments and discour-
aging enlistments. He is noted abolitonist.
John r. Shuttleworthi is also arrested, charged
with expressing sympathy with the south.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-20
LATEST NEWS.
LATEST FROM BATON ROUGE.
MORE ABOUT THE FIGHT.
BY TELEGR APH
10 THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY.

New ORLEANS, Aug. l0.-Admiral Farragut
says We have picked up number of pris-
oners from the ram Arkansas, all of whom |
have catechised very closely They agree
very well respecting her exit from the Yazoo,
and her passing the flats, and they also agree
as to the number killed and wounded on each
of these occasions, making in all eighteen
killed and a large number wounded. At
Vicksburg they plated the deck with iron and
fortified her with cotton inside. She then
came down in command of Lieut.. II. X. Ste
vens, Lieutenant Brown having been taken
sick while at Vicksburg, and with the
intention of making a combined attack
with breckenridge upon Baton Rouge; but
her port engine broke down. They repaired
it in the course Of the day, and went out to
meet the Essex next morning, when they saw
her coming up. The starboard engine gave
way, and they ran her ashore, she being per-
fectly unmanageabe They say that when
our gunboats were seen coming up, and the
Essex commenced firing, the captain set the
ram on fire. and told the crew TO run ashore.
They also state that the rebel gunboatS
Webb and Music were sent to tow her up
stream, but did not come.
Admiral Farragut also reports the destrnc-
ton of Donaldsonville by the Brooklyn on ac-
count of attacks there made on our steamers
by guerrillas. Commander Wainwright died
on the 10th, after an illness of two weeks.
Lieut. Roe says that the enemy are still
lowering in rear of Baton Rouge, and that in
formation is received that to the 5000 already
in the vicinity 1000 more are approaching
from Manchac and others from Vicksburg.
He keeps in constant communication with
the COMMANDMENTS of the troops there,
ready to open fire when and where he may
desire. Com Porter says the Arkansas had
a crew of $50 men and mounted 10 guns, six
S-inch and four so pound rifles. The gun
boat Essex commanded by him mounts seven
guns, and had only 40 men on duty at the
time of going into action.