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GUMPTION.

l was working few days since. The
contrast between two men who were work
ing for the same wages was worth inserting
because it illustrates some truth-the
difference between the common American
and European. We were preparing tc
throw our bridge across the Idlewild brook
A quit, narrow -sholdered American, with
my horses hitched to drag, was drawing
stone for the roadway beyond, and broad
shouldered fellow from the old country was
digging earth to fill in. I stood looking
on moment. saw thrifty little cedar
which was partly uprooted, and requesting
the digger to shovel some dirt around it
l walked on. Returning a few moment:
after, saw my cedar erect enough, but its
roots were still exposed. "Why DOM
you cover it with dirt?'' I asked. 'sSure
Sir" said sturdy Great Britlan, with q
look Of most honest regret that he had
not been able to oblige me, 'syou told me
to shovel it, and I had no shovel" He
was working with spade.
It was not ten minutes after this that ]
saw my little Yankee dollar-a- day unhitch.
ing the horse from the dray 'sWhat are
you going to do?" 1 asked. "Why, there's
no more stone to be got on this side, and
as the carpenter don't seem to be coming
along to fix this bridge, l thought I'd step
over and get what's his names oxen, and
snake them timbers up, and haul 'em across
with a block and tuckle, and timber over
and put on the planks. could draw stone
from the other side then" Here was a
quiet proposal to do what 1 had looked
forward to as quite a problem, even for a
professed mechanic. I had bespoken q
carpenter for the job three weeks before.
There stood the abutments six feet high
and twenty-five apart the stream swollen
by tie freshet, and hardly fordable on
horseback, running between; and how those
two immovable timbers, thiry feet long,
were to be got across without machinery
and scafold to span this chasm of twenty
tive feet, was not engineer enough to see.
1t was among the "chores that man with
common gumption could do easy enough,
however, as my little friend said; and it
was done the next morning with block and
tackle, rollers and levers, he going about
it as naturally and handily as if he had
been bridge builder by profession.
There being no higher price for day labor
with his amount of 'sgumption," and the
labor such as the other mans, who could
not conceive how spade might be used
for shovel, shows how common ingenuity
is in our country, and how characteristic
of Yankee it is to know no obstacle
N. P Wills.
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WASHINGTON, July IA despatch
from Gen. Mcclellan just received at the
War Department, dated from Berkly Har-
rison's Bar, July I'd, $50 p NJ, states
that he has succeeded in getting his army
to that place, on the banks of the James
river, and had lost but one gun which had
to be abandoned last night, TUESDAY, }
because it broke down. An hour and a
half ago, the rear of the wagon train was
within mile of camp and only ono wagon
was abandoned. That we had a severe
battle yesterday, Tuesday, and beat the
enemy badly-the men fighting even
better than before.
The men are in good spirits. The rein.
forcements sent from Washington had ar
rived.
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Army Correspondence.
HEAD QUARTERS, BIRD BRIGADE,
LEwIsBURa, Va, May 25, '62.

1t affords the undersigned great pleas
ure in congratulating the troops of his
command on their brilliant success of the
23rd ult We were attacked by greatly
superior force, who not only had the choice
of position, but had the morale of the at
tack The 36th and 44th Regiments
formed line of battle under fire, a move
ment that veteran troops find very difficult
to make They then advanced in good
order driving the enemy before them
dealing death and destruction as they
went, until the enemy fed in great con-
fusion, leaving over 100 of their killed
and wounded on the field.
We captured pieces of artillery, 300
stand of arms and 100 prisoners. The
44th capturing their battery, and the 36th
advanced under their heaviest infantry
fire. The result fully justi6es the high
standard these regiments were expected to
maintain. To make particular mention
would be individious since they behaved
so nobly.
The artillery by misunderstanding
was not brought into action. The End
Va. Cavalry being held in reserve had the
most difficult part to perform, that Of be-
ing exposed to the enemy's fire without
being able to participate. The medical
and quartermaster's department deserve
great credit for their energy and zeal in
carrying the wounded and dead from the
field. The Sur geons and Assistant Sur
geons deserve particular mention for their
skill and unattiring attention to the
wounded.
[Signed] Col. GEO. CROOK,
Commanding Brigade.
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WOODSFIELD, MONROE COUNTY, OHIO JULY 16 1862

when in actual service, in time of war and
public danger; nor to be deprived of
life, liberty, or property, without due pro-
cess of law; nor shall private property be
taken for public use without just compen-
sation.
''In all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall enjoy the right to speedy and pub
lie trial by an impartial jury of the State
and District wherein the crime shall have
been previously ascertained by law; and
to be informed of the nature and cause of
the accusation; to be confronted with the
witnesses against him; to have compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor,
and to have the assistance of counsel for
his defense"
And we utterly condemn and denounce
the repeated and gross violation by the
Executive of the United States, of the
saidrights thus secured by the Constitution,
and we also utterly repudiate and condemn
the monstrous dogma that in time of war
the Constitution is suspended, or its pow
ers in any respect enlarged beyond the
letter and true meaning of that instru-
ment.
13. That we view with indignation and
alarm the illegal and unconstitutional
seizure and Imprisonment, for alleged
political offense, of our citizens without
judicial process in States where such pro-
cess is unobstructed, but by Executive
order by telegraph or otherwise, and call
upon all who uphold the Union, the Con-
stitution and the laws, to unite with us
in denouncing and repelling such fragrant
violation of the State and Federal Con-
stitutions and tyrannical infraction of the
rights and liberties of American citizens;
and that the people of this State cannot
safely and will not submit to have the
freedom of speech and freedom of the
press, the two great and essential bull
warks of civil liberty, put down by un-
warranted and despotic exertion of power
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s~ Mrs. Partington's Ike goes for a
soldier. Mrs. Partington makes fare
we'll address-"Ike my son, stand up
while l address you-hold my bonnet and
specks-Fellow soldiers: It is the aban-
doned duty of all to be patriarchical in
these times, and to, hand down, umim-
paired, the glorious flag of seceeding gen.
erations. (Here Ike commenced count.
ing off the new fashioned cheer, swinging
the old bonnet up and down as he went
in one, two, three,-tiger) March hesi-
tatingly into the contended field, and if a
rebel demands your quarters, tell him you
had but three, and the last is spent, ther
if he won't quit and leave, quit yoursel1
like a man, and may you have gloriou.
champaign of it."
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Long Sermons.

A sufferer from long sermons sugsssis
to the London Times that after half IN
hours preaching the bottom of the pulpit
should be contrived to come out, audap
ject the clerical transgressor into the sall
below. Another proposes that sounding
board, or cover, in the shape ofsn extin-
guisher, made exactly to fit the pulpit. be
suspended above it, and that at the expi-
ration of twenty five minutes from the de-
livery of the text it should begin to de-
scend, so as, exactly at the half hour, 20
''shut-up'' the lengthy preacher.
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For the esprit"
UNION BASKET PICNIC.
JULY 4TH, 1862.


By previous arrangement the company
assembled at Mr.. Ezra Coen's Sugar Tree
Grove, at half past nine in the morning
GEO. CALDWELL, Esq. was chosen
Chairman, and JAS. Fl. STRAIGHT, ap.
pointed Secretary.
The company then being called to order
the performances commenced by singing
and prayer by Rev. - Phillips Next
reading the Declaration of Independence
by Dr. Samuel Grimshaw, and speech by
the same relative to the Union, and the
present alarming condition Of our once
happy union of States.
Music by the band, after which Rev. =
Phillips addressed the audience very ap
propriately for the occasion. Music agair
by the band-after which the company
were invited forward to the table; Esquire
Laing escorting the Rev. - Phillips)
and after partaking bountifully of ih'
good things provided by the people, thu
company being called to order, were ad
dressed by w. 7. Daily in manne
which did honor to himself and the cause
plead for the Union, in defence of whicl
he spoke. Music and cheers for tn
Union by the voices of upwards of thre
hundred people; cheers for the "Star
Spangled Banner
GEO. CALDWELL, Chairman.
J. H. STRAIGHT, Sec'y.
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The Democratic Platform.

Judge Moore, from the committe on
Resolutions, subm tied the following re-
port, which was read byVJudge Thurman,
of the same committee, and was enthu-
sisstically applaudcd throughout:
TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO:
In the exercise of the right guaranteed
to MS by our Federal and State Constitu-
tions, we have this day assembled togeth
erin peaceable manner, to consult for
the common good, and, rejecting all mere
partisan feeling, to give that uttcrance to
our earnest and sincere convictions, that
the state of the country seems to US to
demand s 4a = ssk
- The history of the Democracy of Ohio
is arecord of unceasing and UNMARRIED de-
votion to the Union of the States; ever
fnlflling the injunction of the Father Of
our country, to g cherish a cordial, habit
ual, and immoyable attachment to it; ac-
customing themselves to think and speak
on it as of the palladium of their politi
calsafety and prosperity, watching for its
preservation with jealous anxiety; dis
countenancing whatever might suggest
even a suspicion that it could, in any
event, be abandoned; and Indignantly
frowning upon the first dawning of every
attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our
country from the rest, or to enfeeblc the
sacred ties which link together the various
parts.' Es7 q Ass6 ys
saiIncited solely by this love for the Union
and for the country it so signally blessed
and believing with Andrew jackson, tha
g the foundations of the Union must b.
laid in the affections Of the people, in til.
security it gives to life, liberty, character
and property, in every quarter of tn,
country, and in the fraternal attachment
which the citizens of the several State
bear TO one another as members of on,
political family, mutually contributing t,
promote the happiness of each other,
the Democracy Of Ohio have never adopt
ed sectional platform nor ever cast
sectional yote.s,sS .sss sfi m
assAetusted by this enlarged and elevate,
spirit of patriotism, and esteeming it n
idishonof toperpetuate by compromise an
concession a Union that was formed am
had hitherto been preserved by thos
means, and trusting that the power Q
patriotism might overcome the madnes
Of party, the Democracy of Ohio, in con
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-07-16

ALoEs FOR SQUASH BUGs.-Probably
the most effectual, while it is the mos
easy remedy for the little pests that ca
up our vines, is water made intensely bitter
with aloes-say two ounces to gallon
This may be put upon the vines with I
fine rose-jet watering pot; or, better still
with rose nozzle syringe. It has beer
applied successfully in France and England
and to some extent in this country. It il
said that it will also repel rose bugs, and
the green slungs that destroy roses and
grapes. IF it will keep the striped bugs
off the squash and melon vines, it will b
an invaluable remedy, and not an expen
sive one.
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One Of The Men Who Denounce Democrats
as Traitors.

George W. Julian, Republican, from
Indiana, in speech the other day in Con-
gress said: "Cases may arise in which
patriotism may demand that We trample
under our feet some of the most vital prin-
ciplcs of the Constitutions" and he Odds
that s'this has been done already by the
present Administration" The Abolition
organs consider snch men as Julian patri-
OTIS and such men as Vallandigham traitors
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ARREST OF A REBEL SPY.
MANASSAS. June +:

MANASSAS, June 80
A Lieutenant Colonel in the rebel ar
my of the name of Nichols, who has not
yet resigned his commission, and declares
he will not, was to-day arrested in the
garb of peddler going from camp to
camp selling his wares An old resident
of Brentsville says, Nichols was lawyer
before the commencement Of TIE rebellion,
but since then has been very active in rails
ing troops to fight for the rebel cause.
Col. Pierce holds him as a spy, and to be
dealt with as such.
A squadron of cavalry went out again
on liquor hunt to-day, and returned
very successful, having destroyed large
quantities found in all sorts of packages
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THE EMPIRE OF HEALTH-WHO
YIELDS IT'S SCEPTRE.

Universal Empire has been the darling
object of scores of despots, dynasties, and
states, from the time of the Pharaohs to
that of Napoleon le Grand. Seas of blood
have been shed to attain it, and the bones
of the myriads who have been slaughtered
in the pursuit Of this chimera, would, if
they could be collected into one mass,
oycrtop the highest peak of the Himalay-
an mountains. Rome came nearest the
consummation, yet even she was never, in
truth, the absolute "Mistress of the
World"
Yet there is species of universal en-
empire not over the souls and bodies of
mankind, but over their diseases. The
oonqueror who has achieved this grand
result, is Doctor HOLLOWAY, of London;
at least we are taught to believe that he
has done so by vouchers from all parts of
the Christian and heather world, which
seem to be irrefutable, and which, in fact,
so far as we know, have never been chal-
lenged. His Pills and Ointment are
"universal remedies in a double sense
They are disseminated throughout the
habitable globe, and they are ESQ "crowds
of witnesses" assure us) uniuersally sue
cessful.
In this country it is quite certain that
the Pills are used with the most beneficial
effect in disorders of the stomach, livel
and bowels, and that scrofula, and all the
family of eruptive diseases and discharg
ing sores, give way to the healing opera
ton of the Ointment
Surely the noblest of all universal EN-
pires is that which stretches its healins
sceptre over the maladies of all nations
-"Day Book"
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NOTICE TO PARoLED UNION
PRISONERS. s ~

COLUMBUS O., June 12--Parolsd
Union prisoners from Ohio are requested
to report to me their postoficc address, s.
1t is not necessary that they repoEt il
person. The Press of the State will lscon-
fer a great favor upon the gallant soldiers,
who have suffered so much, by giving
this few insertions =. ,,.s..
DAVID TOD, Govenor. i
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GooD.-An impromptu toast, recently
given in a saloon in New York City, by a
loyal Canadian-present several Ameri-
cans and Nova Scotians:
May the Rose of England never blow,
The Thistle of Scotland never grow;
May the Harp of Ireland never play,
Till the Stars and Stripes have won the day.
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WHAT is SAID ABOUT THEM ABOVE

We have, in common with other editors
a class of subscribers to whom the follow
ing lines are sent greeting:
"Tell me angelic hosts,
Ye messengeres of love,
Shall suindIed Printers here below
Have no redress above?
The shining angel band replied:
To us is knowledge given;
Delinquents on the PRINTERS BOOK
Can never enter heauen.'
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sD- 1t has been decided by our army
at Memphis, that no runaway negroes shall
be allowed to come within our lines under
any circumstances, and that they have no
control over them outside of the lines.
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nA- An old criminal was once asked
what was the first step that led him to ruin.
He answered: "Cheating printer out of
two years subscription. The devil was
sure of him after that.
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p@ The New Orleans rebels try in vain
to scare our soldiers by stories of the yell
low fever. The N. O. Picayune exclaims
in its despair that "the Yankees don't
scare worth d-n. ''-LouisriWc Jouraal
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p@- JEFF. Davis is out in long letter
to Gov. Brown, of Georgia, defending the
constitutionality and necessity of the rebel
conscript law
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uA- A strong party in the South are
threatening to depose JEFF Davis. Let
them wait a very little while and the U.
s. Government will save them the troa-
! ble
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CoRINTH. July Z.

Guerrillas tore up the track east of
Grand Junction day or two since and
captured seventy to eighty prisoners.
Col. Pride of Gen. Grants staff and Capt.
McMichael of Gen. Smiths staff narrow
ly escaped and have arrived here
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ses- If falsehood paralyzed the tongue,
what a death-like silence. would pervade
society.
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.D0ftr
aTHY FATHERS FLAG"

l.
National Flag once more waving over the
State House, at Nashville, placed there
by the soldiers of the Union.
They're coming child ! I see the flag
In ftfnl radiance gleam:
My boy, it was thy fathers pride
His manhood's latest dream.
I've seen him when the battles light
Drew near, by field and food,
Swear that, full high, our flag should
wave,
% Though drenehed in traitor blood.
And, boy, his stifening hand held fast
faa That glorious pennon bold, -
When every ebbing throb Of life
Released its frmer hold;
They laid him in asoldier's grave, A
And Ger, his. pulseless breast,
Each circlet of that banner true,
81 Enriched his place of rest.
Thy grandsire, at his country's CALL
Wentfo to meet the foe;
but, child, it was no traitor hand
That laid his true heart low 80
ssA haze swept, 'er the dying face,
His comrades shout in pride, 50
They fyl our country's foe, they fly!
He smiled, tbs well-and died.
He we'll could die, for tyrant hordes
We're lain in seas of gore,
And Britons, driven from our shores
Invade our homes no more.
Il He well could die! DER every sea,
81 The pehnant of the brave
For years hath beamed, beacon light,
.'as4The star ofeyery wave.
The crushed oppressed, of Eastern
lands,
Whene'er, in Orient seas,
That flag waved Ger our merchantmen,
Or faunted to the breeze,
Have turned their aching ewes afar,
And blessed, with holy light,
Ono guiding star, Columbia pride,
sea Her spell Of truth and might
aeBut now. by traitor hands assaifed,
II : And drenched in purple gore,
1t ffasheslik meteor light, -.
Far brighter than before;
For see tbs cleaning 0 er the hills
hear the weIkin ring. So.
= All hall fair Freedom. seeptre- e-crowned,
e.rsAnd Truth, our only King
sfots ,ssseN Ytsaf ysstagsSa s.7 ss
Isee itiwaving to the breeze, $50 8
Once more the signal cry,
And crowds in homage gladly bend,
For it to do and die
Methinks thy fathers spirit comes
And whispers once again:
\ = L n L II
not,
] They do not die in vain.
Well kneel and kiss our ransomed flag,
lHss Embrace it as of DID,
It's cause has triumphed; let us bless
Each starry crimsoned fold
See! see! tbs waving to the breeze,
49, The first to greet the day
Twill gleam over a united land
Ass For ever and for aye.
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KEOKUK IOWA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH s, 1859.

as now officially announced, is not to free
the slave, but to keep him in sutjection
to his owner, and to control his labor
through Legislative channels, which the
Lincoln Government designs to force up
on the master. The undersigned, there
fore submit with confidence that as far as
the anti-slAvery sentiment Of England il
concerned, it can have no sympathy with
the North; nay, !. will probably become
disgusted with canting hypocrisy which
would enlist those sympathies on false
pretsnses. The undersigned are, howey-
or, not iDsensible to the surmise that the
Lincoln Government MAJ, snder stress Of
circumstances, change its policy, policy
based at present more upon willy view
Of what is to be its effect in resriag up an
element in the Confederate States favsr-
able to the reeehstruction Of the Union,
than upon any honest desire to uphold a
Constitution. the main provisions Of which
i. has most shameisssly violated.
ILLINOIS TO sECEDE.
The undersigned have also sufkcient
reasons for the belief that even in the
northwestern part Of the State Of Illinois,
/ part Of the people have proclaimed open
position to Mr.. Lincoln's unconstitu-
tional and despotic Government, while II
several others public assemblies and their
Legislatures have condemned the war al
.ubyersive Of the Constitution In addi-
tion TO these striking evidences Of the in.
creased strength Of the Confederate Slater,
aud Of the CREST internal weakness aud
division In Mr. Lincoln's Government,
the undersigned can proudly and conf.
IDENTIFY point to the unity which exists
smong the people Of the eleven Confeder-
ate States. with the solitary and unimpor
tant exception Of the extreme northwes,
corner Of Virginia, lying between Ohio
and Pennsylvania, ana settled almost ex.
ciasively by Northern emigrants.
THE CAUSES OF SECESSION.
Whatever differences Of opinion may
have been entertained among the people
OF the United States as to the policy o.
secession, there was littis difference d
opinion al to the unconstitutional cause.
which led to il, and often, BY fair decis,
ion at the polls, by the majority in favo,
OF secession as the means of expressing
their liberties. the great mass Of the peo
pie 1t once yielded MI objections, and srs
nov engaged with their wealth and theil
persons in the most patriotic exertions Il
uphold their Governmsnt in the course o.
independence which had been decided
upon.
The reply Of Lord Russell, declining Y
grant the beggarly petition Of the rebe
slaveholders, ID brief and decisive.
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4 RR1VALS AND DEPARTURE
RAILROAD TRAIN9.

Northern Train sFsives dailya, t1o O'clock p. m.
and departs daily At g o'clock y m,
wsstsrp Train arrives daily, except Sundays. at
200 M and s4S p. and departs at 70 o'elock
n. and goo p. n.
Al Hsmfiton Dspea, Trains on the Wabaah Valley
Railroad arrive daily, except Sundays, st4orock
m, ana depart dsiiy, Sundays excepted. ~ $50
Buses connect win ihis city
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K. II. q. CLARK,
PHVElCIAN Ann auvR e EON

osers his services the citizens or REQ
knk md ths susrcuS6ing country y the Of Fts-
tsia In Ano, Hemorrhods or Piles, ,PrplspAus III
e$FaissAs ~ TIE ReetHsB, std dfseases Of similar
ehAraetsr Wthoui the OF the kBiie suAesing
the pstient.
Thosetnterested will please call n ny Once ana
read certincaes bearing oants seals certifying ny
seecesstn the cure OF ttose diseases,
will also r9fef you Of pilet oflOne nd
ing, cured by me In Krokuk.
Other diseases successfully treated.
OfflCk-Cerher Of Axin and Fifth streets, MP
stsirs. nov7aam