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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-05
a DMINIsTRArOR,s sAIR nF RRAI.

A DMINIsTRATOR's SALE OF REAL
- EstAIE En- = In pursuance Of an order ot sale Of
directed will offer for sale, at public auction in
MONDAY. January 20, 1862 at 3 o'clock, P, N the
following real estate belonging to the estate Of W.
Lot marked 20" on plat on fiO in this case, be.
aDS atndnS Iee1 Il T bnS nShes @ & GSt on
$1,000, in Hamilton County, Ohio.
ALs0-All those eleven Lots, numbered 4. s, 10,
Known "a as Smith Morris SR Pat O op spPqy5G fhS &
ton Farm, recorded in Book lO7 page s5, Of Hemil-
dred (S4OO) dollars for each lot
AJso-bots Nos. 1875, 1870, 1873, ls5 and l37. in the
dollars for each lot. i'"' Hu"O'0u '''VO'
ALs0LL1o!s 1 sgmbered ts, q, & and I4I Valued at
h1RdEsa ana ioT!y s5iS each ist
dred and forty $40 doers for each loi. Lots Nos
dollars for each iot Lots Nos iSS and iot VSns3
q one hundred and twenty lsl29l dollars for each
dollars for each lot Lots Nos iiS iS2 and ia ia
Valued at sisty five 1853 dollars for each lot Lots
s collars for aS each iot Lot No. s Valued az
two hundred and twenty-five (s2s5j dollars Lot
dred and Rity $3.50 dollars Lot No Iis Valued
a. Valued at two vol huEdTed and four sa dollSrs
Lot No: ISO, Valued at three hundred and twenty:
@ and HHeES seventy s o Lot No. fs
Valued at IT. two S hundred and MY $50 aSlaEs
money to be paid in cash on the day of sale; one
third in one year from the day of confirmation of
sale and one,third In two years from the day Of
such coDf nation; deferred payments to be secured
by mortgage the premises, aud to draw interest
at the rate Of six cent. per annum from the
firmation Of sale Said property will be sold the
property Of WIN. Il. Morris, deceased, in the OF
Sarah L. Morris and w. Il. Morris, Administrators
of the estate Of VIM. R. Merris, deceased, against
Sarah l.. Morris and others (No 7l5) Hamilton
County Probate Court being petition to sell land,
and will be sold free from dover other interest
on the part of any of the defendants in said case.
W. r. M0RRlS,
de4 dTh Surviving Administrator.
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- COURT OF C0MMON PLEAS.-Sarah A, Jack.
son VS. John N. Jackson No; 2s036 The above:
nan ed defendant, q nonresident of the State of
Ohio will take notice that on the 2lst day Of Janu-
aTy 1862, the above named Sarah A. jackson, bis
wife, filed in the Court of Common Pleas, Of Hamil.
ton County, Ohio her certain petition against him,
the said defendant, wherein she charges him with
deserting her and not providing for his family and
prays that said Court may make an order vesting
her with the rights, privileges and liabilities OF
Jtme sole, to acquiring possessing and disposng
of property, real and PERSONAL making contracts
and being liable thereon, and sueing and being sued
In her own name.
The said defendant will also take notice that said
petition is now pending in said Court. and uoless
the same will be heard in his absence and an order
taken accordingly.
ja23.f'Wy ROBERT MOORE, Attorney.
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LEGAL.

STAsTEE ~ oTEE0 sF ~ TC2fEoGrSSSSESfTTT oGrSSSSESfTTT
The Savings Bank ofwheellng plaintiff ", A. NJ.
Handlfu. defend an. -Attachment.-fNu ~ $50. -
Depositions, to be vsed In the above action, win be
taken by the plaintiff at abe Banking house Of tho
ceunty Of Ohio State oi SVrelnis, on MONDAY, the
10th day OF February, 1863, between the hours Of
o'clock a NJ. and O'Clock p. NJ. OF said day. And
the plaintiff says that tho deposition Of the officers
and age nts Of said plaintiff will then Ard there bs
taken. N n. W, TILDBN,
W.. A. ADAMS,
January i6, 1862. sl.-. ia93 oWy
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WILLIAM .BURNET WILL TAKE
wv notice that, on the Goth day Of AuQust, 1851,
William H. Tay lor filed his petition AGAINST him in
the Court Of Common Pleas Of Hamilton County,
Ohio in caFe numbered % 274 the docket OF said
Count, wherein he represented that he had a legal
estate In and was entitled to the possession Of the
cast part Of lot bertd 10, in Square Of Reed.
ers subdivision, in Cincinnati, said part being 20s<
feet in front and that said William Burnet IN.
lawfully detained possession thereof, and asrad
Judgment for the recovery Of the same Now said
Burnet will take notice that, unless he answer1cr
demurs to said petition or before Saturday, the
10th day If February, 1862, judgment will be taken
against him as upon eetault; - ~
del2-fW Attorney ft r Plai1tihr.-
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STATE OF OHIO, HAMILTON COUNTY

= C6UKT OF COMMON PIEAS.0Daniei Isgriss
James Harrison, Elisha Bloomer ct al -fNO.
l5,0ll l. The above named defendant, Elisha
take notice that the plaintiff has flied in the Court
fton eeIs m OF dam a Pc Pc
said James Harrison, and order for the sale Of a
tract of mortgaeed land in said county, described
as follows viz:
All that tract land in the north west quarter Of
section 81 Gas described in the answer and cross
petition herein filed by Julia H. Johnson), in the
frat entire ge in the Miami Purchase, contain
ing forty-two acres, more less, and bounded on
the north by the MOI tn line of said section the
east by lands of b S. BuInet and Joseph Jackson,
on the south by lands of the heirs of Ephraim
Brown, deceased, and on the west by the lands OF
Jeremiah Salmon
That said suit is now pending, and that unless he,
the said Elisha Boomer, appear on or before the
22d day of March k62, and set up his lien upon or
interest in, said land, order will be taken in hs
absence.
ja23-fWy ROBERT MOORE, Attorney.
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The latest dog story is of two dogs who
fell TO fighting in saw mill. In the course
Of the tussel one of the dogs went plump
against the saw in rapid motion which cut
him in two instanter. The hind legs ran
away, but the forelegs continued the fight
and whipped the other dog.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
ITO expire on the 3lst day Of January, 1881
AUDITOR OF STATES OFFICE, !
lNHURAgCE DHpARTMRaT

AUDITOR OF STATES OFFIOE,0
INsURASCE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBUS, OHIO, January "a 1868 J
WHEREAS, The PHHNIX IESURANCE COM.
PANY, located at Hartford, in the State of Con
Decticut, has fled in this Office swr rn statement
Of It's condition, a. required by the rst section of
the act ITO regulate Insurance Companies not In
corporated by the State Of Ohio" passed April 8,
1855; and whereas said Com pany has furnished the
Undersigned satisfactory evidence that IL Is pos
sessed 9t at least One Hundred Thousand Dollars OF
actual Capital Invested iu stocks or ia bonds or in
moTtgsges Of real estate, worth double the amount
FOR which the same Is mortgaged; and whereas,
said Company has fied in this office written Ia
5tTument under its corporate seal, sigued by the
President and Secretary thereof authorizing any
sgent or agents Ct said Company IN this State, to
acknowledge service of process for and in benaf Of
said Company cOnsenting that such service of pro-
Cess shall be taken and held to be as valid as II
served upon the Company, according t0 the laws Of
this OF any other State, and waiVing all claim or
right of error, by reason Of such acknowledgment
NO,T therefore in pursuance Of the first section Of
the stOresaid act, / Robert W. Tayler, Audit r
Of Slate for the State Of Ohio do hereby eertfg
tsid PHOENIX INSUbANOE COMPANY, OF Harf,
ford, Connecticut, II authorized To ira isact the
business OF Fire Insurance 10 this State until the
thlIty.nTst Gay OF January, In the year one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty three.
In nitI ess whereof, have bereunto subscribed
(~eNl my name ana cansed the seal Of my 0fflce TO
~ r. W. TAYLEB,
Auditor II State
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The soldiers going on expeditions to attack
TIL rebel coast are gen perslly reported as re-
joicing at the chance to meet the enemy. II
is but proper that they shouldigo 'in trans
ports"
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yEyHE STATE OF OHIO, HAMILTON

gEyHE STATE OF OHIO, HAMILTON
n COUNTY, sS.-The Superior Court of Oinein.
HHushS and Wiisen 7. DESke, Partners, q Eyans =
Co., Plaintiffs, versus Washington Butcher and
John Butcher, Partners, as Butcher & Brother, De-
fendants, and Anthony Bullock and Morris Orum,
Garnishees The said defendants, Butcher Broth
ers are hereby notified that on the I'd day Of Aays
D. 1851 the sad plaintiffs filed their petition II
said Court, alleging therein that on the 9th dAY
Of FebrpeIS, 1881, the said Morris Drum made Z
iudOTsed and directed the to the said ButohoF
Brother, BY whom the same was duly accepted
that afterward, at the request and for the beRsht
Of the said Butcher Brother, the same was duly
discounted by these PLAINTIFF, at theiI banking
house In Cincinnati that there is dus these BlAiOs
ti1s from defendants, said dram, the said SaIs
of IS 00a, and interest from May l, 1851 and tha
said defendants are notified that the said Morris
Drum and Anthony Bullock have besD served As
gaTnishees in said action. Defendant are reQu red
TO plead, answer or demur 10 said petition, OF or
before the 2st day Of December, A. D. 1851 other
wise, judgment will be rendered agaiust them apA
the property or credits Of the said Butcher q
Brother In the possession control II the sad
garnishees be subjected TO the payment thereof
Oo24.fTh N H. a W. TILDEN, for PlAintiN
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SaIe says Vermont Is famous for four sta
pies, men, women, maple sugar and horses I"
feet, the second and third are exceedingly
sweet and all are uncOmmOnly hard to beat
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REMOVALS.
r e M OV AL.

hOCTORa HALL & WHITE HAVA
~ removed their Office from l95 West Fourth
St., to 50 East Third-gt. where they can be coz.
suited at all times by the unfortunate Drs. II. 4
W: have had many years experience in hospital and
private practice. Their treatment is thorough and
effective, and their cures prompt and permanent
Persons who have need If the advice of n physician
especially those who have failed to obtain cures oi
others, are solicited to call ON Drs. d. W., for thev
guarantee cures In all Of private disease the
most complicated and Troublesome. Young men
who have been addicted to those habits Of carly
youth so destructive to mind and body, should ap
ply to Drs Ii. W, and be restored to full heaIfl
aud vigor. Ague and Fever cured In twelve houn
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Total Anaeta......

Total Assets. ."......u... AOI,7OI 53
FHTH--T abilities to Banks, or
others, cue or not due.......... None.
SIXTH Losses adjusted and due None.
SEVENTH Losses either Just s,s AZ, m
ed or SSt6S'oooodd " W
EIGMTH-A djusted and not due o'aOO w
NINTH - Losses in suspense,
awaiting further proofs, and
contested 9,209 90
TENTH All other claims against
the Company small, for print.
ing, etc. - S30,I6 90
MISCELLANEOUS
. 1.-THE greatest amount insured In any one risk
Is 50 900, except in spt cal cases.
~ The amount insured in any one city, town or
village depends upon its size, and how built.
l3 The amount insured Ia any one block depends
as above. ... n. -.
y, Certified Copy of the Charter of the Company,
as filed in April, 1886
-, II. KELLOGG, Secretary.
STATE OF C0NNEOTICUT,l 90 (
HARTFORD County. OS'
HARTFORD, January II, 1852
Then personally appeared II. Kellogg, Secretary
and made oath that the above Statement, by him
subscribed s true according to his best knowledge
OaAs. @. saOLTAs. Justice Of the Peace.
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- Small, New Medium AHd Large. -
Hutler's XXI Oil BlaolrinR.
IN EABTHEN POTS.
Factory, 80 Vlne-street.
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MILITARY GOODSI

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SULFHlTk OF LIME, FOH ARHHsF-
DER.-This is cheap, easily managed su6stanoa.
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SEcoND1The amount O. Capital Stock is. 100000 90
m is........ ~. Ann nnn 90
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THR WEEKLY PM Bse NOW READY,
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-03-13

not scruple 10 dictate to Gen. McCIeI-
Ian, teiIing him now, when and where
victories arc to be Son, who strive to
supercede him with an Abolition
chieftain, but where is that character
to be iound I Seldom | assure you
upon the battlefield, but more ire.
dnently whore these editors are found
their cowardly persons hid behind a
writing desk; venting their i'll natu'ed
anathames against all the Conserya.
tive portion Of the community. One
ot these editors Il wish | could call
thon' geutlemen) not satisfied with
ssuing his mandates to the COM
mander.in chief OF the army of the
United States, n Nv tells the conman.
der Of this post that | am a dangerous
enemy.tbat must be strictly watched;
to this am perfectly willing, for do
not lear brt that I will receive jus
tice in its fullest extent from the no
bIe commander of this post, for | do
assure you Mr.. Editor that Col. Bolles
his officers aud indeed | may say ma
nv of his men ave gentlemen, and !
think Col. Bolles has military talents
enough to attend this post without
the cooperation or advice Of this
brave Abolition Editor. Now, sir,
these men arc very anxions to find
ont how lcame to send my commual.
cation to you, TO publish, well for
their benefit | will say some of tho
2nd Va, Cavalry receive your paper
and having at different times loaned it
to Inc to read, found from the tenor
of It that you were honest honorable
gentlemen and DEMOCRATS, which
was sufficient to assure me that you
were net AboIitionists, therefore |
could trust you TO do me justice in
publishing my letter. hope those
editors Of the McArthur Journal and
Athens Messenger are not jealous
about the matter for let me assure
you Mr.. Editor, that never nave
anything to do with these things call
ed Abolitionists, for | deteSt them as
| do the bay of their equal it intel
lect-- the l0ng cared animal.
Ten thousand thanks to you sir, for
your brave and noble defense of truth
and your kinIsympathy for hoelp'
less female.
Al. SCOTT.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-03-13

The disaifected region, and tkat all the slave
States north Of such parts will then say:-
The Union for which we have struggled be-
ing already gone, we now cAIDse to go with
them. To deprive item Of this hope sub
stanlially ends the rebellion, and the init
alton Of emanripstion completely deprlve'
them Of it. As 10 all lhe States initiating II
.the point is not that all the States toleraling
Slavery wouid very soon, If a. all, initiate
emancipation, but that while the oiirr "a
equally made TO oil. the more Northern
shall by such initiation make i certain to
the more Southern that in 10 event shall The
.iormer pin the latter in their proposed
CGnCdebcy. say irsiujon, because, IN
ny judnmeni, gulual, and not sudden,
elnancipation, is better for ALL. In the
mere pecuniary view, any menrbero oi Con-
guess, with the census tables and Treasny
reports before him, can readily see for him
sell how very soon the current experd tuTfs
Of the war would purchase at lair yalna'
ton oil lhe slaves in any nSmed Stts'--
Suth a proposition On lDe part OF the Gem
eral Government sets up no claim or right
by Federal authority to interfere with
Slavery within State limits, referring as 1t
does tie absolute control Of the subject in
eOCh case to the State and its people mme'
diatply Interested. 1t is proposed as a mat
ter OF perlec tly free choice with them. In
the annual message last December, thought
fit to say that the Union must be preserved,
and hence oil indispensable means must be
employed. said this not hastily, but dellb-
PIalelv.
War has been anl continues 10 BE- an in.
dspen,ib,e means TO this end. A practlcOl
acknowledgment Of the national author
Ivy woud render tho war unnecessary, and
1t would at onre CeHSe. II, however, resist.
CnCe continues, The war must also continue;
aud it is impossible 10 foresoe all the Incl.
drnta wi ieh may attend, and all the ruin
whi,h may follow. Such as may feel indis-
pensibe or may obviously premise great
efficiency toward ending the struggle. must
and will come. The pro position now made
though an Uftr only, | hope it may be eS'
teemed no Uffense to ask whether the pecu-
mary consideration tenderod would not be
ol more value to the Siaes aud private
persons concerned than are the institution
and property la it, in the PRESENT aspect Of
sfiuiIs. While il is true that theaduplion OF
the proposed resolution would be merely ins
itistory. and not within itself practical
measure, it is recommended in the hope that
il would sooner lead 10 importrnt results
In full view ol my great responsibility 10
my God and TO my county, earnestly beg
the attention Of Congress ard the people
to he subject (SigneD
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-03-13
Atmg Correspondence.
TFor the Democrat.
A. J. SCOTT.
PADUCAH, KY, Feb. 25.

PADUCAH, KY, Feb. 25.
Mr.. EDITOR: Here we are in the
land of Dixie, bnt not the land of the
free, that we used to sing about. And
as have many acqnalntance6 among
your readers, | viii give you short
account of our trip down South. The
SD lett Camp Diamond on the morn.
ing of February 17th, abmt 2 o'clock
A. NJ aud after cold morning ride
in the cars to Portsmouth. we took
ourselves on board the steamers Ohio
No. 8 and Bostora, and put for Gin.
cnnati, we got there on Wednesday
night about midnight, staid Tito o.
clock A. NJ. nept day, then took the
steamer Prioress an on Friday morn.
ing we were in Louisville. There the
whole Regiment took the steamer
Ben j. Adams and away we went
over the far famed falls Of the Ohio,
and Sunday evening found us at Pa
ducah. Ky, encamped on the land Of
the rebel Gen. Tlghman whose resi-
dence is in sight Of our camp. Dur
ing our trip down we were chcered by
the people on beth sides of the river,
repeatedly. Our band diScoursed fine
music at every town we passed, and
every one seemel anxious to do
something to welcome the Union sol
diers There arc about 5000 troops
here, three regiments from Ohio, the
rest from Indiana, Illinois aud Mis-
souri,. Paducah covers considerable
ground, but don't OF amount to much
il It were not for the soltiors quaater
ed here. 1t has a kui of a dead look
mules and negroes being tho only
things that appear like actnal resi-
dents. The weather has been cold
and raw, and very uncomfortable ]
slept in a brush heap the first night |
was here, and consider 1t tolerably
mean way Of getting accIimatcd. We
have no knowledge Of our fnture
movements and are fixing up as If
this is going to bo cur permanent
abiding place. If we meet with any
thing worth recording you shall have
it. But the bullet stopping propensi.
ties Of the segents as the boys call
them are not very strong. And !
fear we shall not encounter anything
worse or better than short raiions,
musketo bites and brush heap matras
see. Yours trnly,
r. W. STRONG.
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