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The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13
BslIS EIOStDOued.

Among the most important bills postpon-
ed by Congress, or remaining unacted upon,
are the following:
Providing for the admission of the State
of Western Virginia into the Union.
For the enlargement of the Illinois and
Michigan canal.
Providing for uniform system of bank
ruptcy.
For the appointment of commission to
ascertain losses incurred by loyal citizens
from the appropriation of their property by
United States troops.
The bank bill
The bill appropriating two hundred mil
lions of dollar for the Border State emanci-
patton and for colonization purposes.
The Senate took no definite action upon
the House bills to totally abolish the frank
ing privilege and to repeal all laws allowing
mileage, including the present members Of
Congress.
The House bill providing for the dis
charge or trial of State prisoners failed in
the Senate,
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From ST, LOuis,

ST. Louis, July 25.h.-Considerab' excite
ment existed to-day at the British Consul's of
fee, in consequence of large number ofpersOns
claiming protection under the British flag to
exempt them from enrolement in the militia un-
der the recent order of the Governor. Anexcited
crowd was around the Office, among whom were
many indignant persons present to punish the per-
idy Of the American residents having families and
business permanently located here, who, in the
honur of peril, seek 10 sneak from duty by enroll
ing themselves snbjects-of Britain Several per-
sons in attempting 10 get protection papers, were
severely handled by the crowd. Numerous ar
rests were made. Several sffrays and struggles
occurred between the disturbers and the police~
men who in one or two attempts at resistance
arrested tho parties. A detachment of the
Provost guard were ordered out and ty their
timely exertion all was suppressed.
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From New York

WASHINGTON July 26-The following is u
copy of the letter from the Secretary of War
t. the joint committee OF the New York Com
mon Council on national affairs:
WAR DEPARTMENT, July 26.-GeatS Yonr
views respecting the recruitRg service and the
proper measures to encourage it have been at
tentivey considered by the President, and the
following regulations by the Department are
pected 10 attain the object you desre:-- lst, The
Adj. Gen. will detail an officer at each rendhz-
vous for mastering in recruits who will pay to
each recruit bis proper share of bounty, and also
pay the recruiting fee at the time he is mustered
into the service OF the United States; I'd it bein z
of paramount importance to fill up the old regi-
ments speedily, fee to recruits to the old regi-
ments, double that for the new regiments, will be
psid, to wit 81 to each recruit I'D, the recruits
will be clothed, armed and equipped without
delay and placed in a camp of instruction. Any
other practical suggestion you may be pleased
to offer will always be respectfully considered by
this Department.
Yours, truly,
(Sgued) E. NJ. STANTON,
nf
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13
Secretary of war.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF Va,
w W,suINcroN Tnlu Od

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF VA,
WASHINGTON, July "a.
To Hon. L. Stanton, Secretary of War.
A cavalry expedition sent out by Gen. King,
on the 22d, from fredericksburg, returned last
evening Early yesterday morning they met and
defeated confederate cavalry company, about
100 strong, stationed near Cornell Church on the
telegraph road from Fredericksburg to Richmond
burnt their camp and six cars loaded with corn
and provisions and broke up the telegraph
to Gordonsvile. An hour later body of Stew
arts cavalry came up to attack them, and these
too were defeated, and driven across the North
Anna river, and pursued till within sight of Han
over Junction.
Several prisoners, a large number of horses
and many arms were brought back. A march
of 10 miles, and the encouter and defeat of two
bodies of cavalry we're accomplished in 29 hours,
and without the loss of Ihan.
| have not received the names of tine officers
end troops who be Se thus distinguished them.
selves, hat will transmit them to you as soon as
particulars are rceved'
The damage to the Virginia Central railroad
by the expedition of the 10th inst. has not yet
been repaired.
(Signed,) JOHN POPE
Mai0r-General Commanding.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13
Thai Takes Them Down.

THE Zauesville Citizens Press takes all the
rest of the Vallaudigham papers down in its
report about man in that county who has
turned away two white laborers and employ.
ed two negroes in their stead at six cents a day
and board. This is clearly ahead of all the rest
Of the yarns. and the man of the Press is enti
tied 10 the hstl Unfortunately, there il not a
county In the State where the demand for labor
,s not IN excess Of the supply. The lack Of
hands is the report from every direction.
Such being the case, there can be no other con-
clasion than that all such stories are baseless.
Who'll tell bigger one than the Citizens Press
-Saad,,sky Reg
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of pro-slavery democracy. That is the res.
toration sought for To the "conservativesr
who are praying for the Union as it was.
the thing would be wholly unwelcome unless
it replaced such fellows as Floyd in the
War department. Thompson in the Interior,
Touccy in the Navy-in q word, return of
"the Bourbons,' with their dependents and
satellites. Nothing else would fill the bill
according to their wishes.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13
A d IoMEsTIC FARCE IN ONE SCENE

4 DOMESTIC FARCE IN ONE SCENE.
g" Why is it, my son, that when you drop your
bres aud butter, it is always on the buttered
side
Z" don't know. 1t hadn't orter, mad 1t The
strongest side ought to be up, and this is the
strongest butter have ever SEEN"
" Hush up; lis some of your sunts Churn.
ing"
"Did she churn It, the great lazy thing"
"What your aunt ?"
"No, this butter To make the poor old wo-
man churn ii when it is strong enough to churn
Itself"
"Hush, zeb, I've eat great deal worse in the
most aristosratie houses"
"w"ll, rtOple of rank ought to eat it,"
"Wby people of ranks"
"'Caase it's rank butter.e
"YOu varuint you what makes you talk so
smartY"
Cause the butter has taken the skin of my
tongue"
"Asb, don't lie cant throw away the but.
81 II tell you what would do with it - keep
/ it TO draw blisters. You ought 70 see the Hies
keel over as soon as they touch It,"
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13

(being about l.s0 OF one per cent during the
census year ending June ls6o, out of 3,949, ,557
slaves there escaped only e03, being one to about
1000, or at the rate of ! 80 Of one per cent
Small and nconsiderable as this number appears
it is not pretended that all missing in the border
States, much less any considerable number es-
Gaping from their owners in the more southern
regions, escaped into free States, and wheE we
consider that when in the border Safes not 500
escaped out of more than 100000 slaves in
1880, while near COO escaped in 1850 out Of
glO,OnO, and that at the two periods near son
are reported TO have escal ed from the mare
Southren slaveholding States, the fact becomes
evident that the escape Of this class of persons,
while rapidly decreasing in ratio in the border
slave States, occurs independent of proximity
to a free population, being In the nature Of
things incident TO the relation of master aud
slave.
1t will scarcely be alleged that these returns
are no. reliable. being as they are, made by the
persons directly interested who would be no
more likely to err in the number lost than IN
those retained. Fortunately, however, other
means exist OF proving the correctness of the
results ascertained, by noting the increase Of
the free colored population, which with all its
artificial accretions, is proven by the census TO
be less than IL per cent. in the last ten years in
the free States, whereas the slaves have increased
2'9 per cent, presenting natural augmentation
altogether conclusive against much loss by es-
capes the natural increase being equal to that
of the most favored nations, irrespective of i'm
migration, and greater than that of any country
in Europe for the same period, and this in spite
of the 10000 msnumissions which we believed
TO have occurred in the past ten years An ad-
dtionsl evidence of the slave population having
been attended from year 10 year, up to the pres
ent time, with fewer vicSsitudes, is further fur
tner furnished hy the fact that the free colored
population, which from 1920 to $50 increased
at the rate of 36 Is per cent, in 1880 exhibited
but 2n.i5 per cent. Increase, gradually declin-
ing TO 1850, when the incre.se throughout the
United States was but one per cent. per annum.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13

IT is stated by correspondents at tho
London Exhibition that the United States
will carry off more premiums in proportion
to articles exhibited than any other nation.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13

A yEssEI. chartered by the British Coy.
ernment is dseharging large quantity Of
military stores at Montreal, including 10000
stand Of arms,
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RECRViTISG-.A HINT TO THE LApIEs.- Com
modore SoOTE IN letter to war meeting in
Connections, calls upon the ladies to aid in re.
cuj'ing by "reiectlrg the attentions OF Young
mvu Whn now should he, but decline, fighting
10 per pe,uate such Government as our fathers
established hy their indomitsble courage" where
upon the Buffalo Express thinks the ladies' OF
that city can do as The brave Commodore advises
and speaks as follows OF the young men
Oar city is iull of vigorous young men, who
ought 20 be shamed into doing their duty
il their own conscences will not prompt them
Alright, The class Of whom we speak are independ.
ent, with nobody to support but themselves, have
easy position aud comfortable salaries, are doing
society at home no good other than negatively
teaching it the nobility OF patriotism by the con-
trast OF their own cowsrdly Indifference, loaf
about saloons and hotels at evening, talkipg'ol
pretty girls ani new style OF erayat5 with casual
references 70 come brave returned wounded sol.
dier as r" d-d fool for leaving good berth
to get his leg lamed by southern blackguard," 4"
ride, drink beer, play for the whisky, smoke, firt
dance, talk nonsense at parties with " the
girls" aud dive into some den after the party to
joke about those same 'girls, in mauper chat
should condemn them 10 TO everlasting ban from
literal good soclety. II these felows ::e,sopea
their PlessnFe-ss nA@S Others, who stay at
"S''" :. vn necessity, do-with any effort, by
word or act de to help the cause they refuse to
fight for, we should not sneer at their getting
all the legitimate enjoyment possible out of any
civilized source. But they don't in addition "a
Withholding their arms from the support OF their
country they withhold their infuance (which in
some cases we know would be infinitely smal)and
rather scout the idea of eniistiug as "low," and
"not gentlemanly." Shame on the renegades
These are the men who should be made 10 go !
ever drafting is found necessary.
Are there any young men of this sort in Toledo
/ We have sufficient confidence in the patriotism
| Of our girls to believe that il they know am
"yonng men" answering to the above deserip
/ tion, they will tell them TO "Vaeate, instanter.
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2cwgsbnrg Sourmal.
For ne journal.
EVER ONWARD.

Ever onward, murmuring river,
In your course you 60
Ever onward, will YOU never,
Never cease to flow a.?
Weeping willows on your bank
Bend far out to lave,
Dip Ihcir leaYcs rs though they drank
Near their loved ones grave.
Weep they for forms that's hid
Meath your waters hluo,
Hid where friends can never bid
Love their last adiuc?
VIII you then your treasures keep
Till the last dread day;
Till from out your shadows deep,
Called their moldering clay?
Ever onward, murnuring river
IN your uoUrso you g"I
All the time will come when never
Never more you'll flow
lax Hill July, rs, 1859.
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TIE LORD OF TIE HAREM.

"When he enters there is immediate sleneei
one of his wives draws of bis boots, anotheroi'
fers him dressiDg-gown and still another brings
his pipe, coffee or preserves. He alone enjoys
the right of speech, and when he designs to ad-
dress one Of his consorts she bushes, lowers her
eyelids, smiles and replies in low voide, as u
she were afraid of dissolviug charm, and OF
awakening from dream too sweet to last long
All this is simply ecomedy, of Which no one Is
a dupe, end more than people with us are dipped
hy the innocence and timidity displayed by the
girls of a boarding school, 10 reality, these
wemon have but little symPthy gor their lord
and master These wives so gracefully and so
gently moved, whose voise scarcely rises beyond
feeble murmer, interchange, in sharp, voeif-
erous kew Sith each other the coarsest terms /;
ana there ia scarcely any extreme which they
are not capable of resorting to against that one
amongst them who enjoys their sultans favor.
TIE favored slaves might be regarded as objects
of pity, did they not allow themselves TO make
reprisals, but care is taken not to give them an
opportunity"
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13
The Eighth Census.

THRoUGH the courtesy Of Hon. J. G. @. Ken
nedv, the superintendent Of the eighth census.
the National Republican is permitted to make
the following interesting extracts from the Pre-
liminary Report of the Census of 1860, present.
ing 10 narrative form statement of the progress
Of the country In population, agriculture manu-.
factures, &c, &c, accompanied by tables, form
ing and svo. volumn Of about 800 pages, now
in press. Iu making these extracts the Repub
iicdn remarks
at will be seen that the number of slaves
who escaped from their masters in 1860, is not
only much less in proportion than in 1850, but
greatly reduced numerically so that the great
complaint OF the insecurity Of that species of
property in the now seceeded States is without
foundation"
Thus far in our history no State has declined
in population. Vermont has remained nearly
stationery, aud is saved from positive loss of
inhabitants by only one-ihird of one per cent.
New Hampshire, likewise, has gained, but slowly,
her increment being only s,097, or two and one
half per cent. on that of 1850. Maine has made
the satisfactory increase of 45,ll0, ! IA per ct.
IHe olu agricultural Stetas may De SAID 10 be
filled up 20 faS as regards the resources adapted
10 a rural population in the present condition Of
agricultural science. The conditions of their
increase undergo change upon the general oc-
cupation and allotment of their areas Manu-
features aud commerce then come in to supply
the means Of subsistence to an excess of inhabi-
tauts beyond what the ordinary cultivation of
the soil can sustain.
This point in the progress of population has
been reached, and perhaps passed. in most il
noI Gil the New England States. But, while
statistical science may demonstrate, within mar
row limita, the number of persons who may
extract subsistence from each square mile OF
arabe land, it cannat compute with any reason
able approach to certainty, 1.-THE additional popula-
tion resident on the same so which may obtain
its living by the thousands of branches of arti
fetal industry which the demands of society and
civilization have crested. This is forcibly illus.
trated by the returns relative to the three other
New England States - Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, and Connecticut, which contains 3, 7eO
square miles. The following table shows their
population in 1850 and 1860;
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-13

IT is proposed il, England to have the
government make the telegraph a national
institution, like the Post Office, having a
telegraph station in every post Office.
A WRITER in the Boston Transcript pro,
poses that clerks in dry goods stores should
enlist, and their places be given TO young
women now out Of employment.
, 1862-07-19

EaAUA1 If 8AAAts July 41s Aoo&s
BEEF CATTLE-The receipts during the past
twenty four hours, ending at g. m. this morning,
amounts to s49 head. But during the day there
was much larger number 1eeelred-probably 500
head.
The stock in the yards today consisted princl-
pally OF stock OF Medium grade. There was
one}ot Of II spayed heifers {a7eraging 1,2so ms,
sold by Ward to Curtis & Coy which Was econ-
ceded to be the best in the yards.
The market to-day was rather active, there be-
ing an increased demand for medium stock by
butchers and government contractors. There is
no change In the market to report, prices being
about the same az yesterday. The following sare
the leading ISLES:
Ward cold Curtiss Co II head, averaging $50
ne, at $3 50, at Michigan Southern yards.
Daubc sold Marks IS head, averaging 1,150 lbs,
at $3 06A. at Pittsburgh yards. ~
Scott & Co. sold Mcclure & Co. 159 head, aver
anitg 1,162 1bs, at 81 67H, at Sherman's yards.
Morgan sold Mcclure d Co. IA head, averaging
1850 fbs, at 81 65. at came yards.
Rhodes sold Mcclure j. Co. II head, averaging
| i,40O ibs, at s. IS, at came yards.
| Crayer sold Batchelor 81 head averaging 1861
| IDs. at $2.55, at Michigan Southern yards
! North cold Mcbride II head, averaging ,24 Dss
! at 81. 10, at ea1ne yards.
Leach sold Allen II head, averaging 1,122 Tbs, at
| $2.T5, at Shernan'e yards.
| Crayer cold Jacobs 13 head, averaging LOIS bs,
| Mt ~ 70. at Michigan Southern yards.
, 1862-07-19
THE CALL TO ARMS.
THREE MEETINGS At ONCE.
THE YOUNG MEN TO
ARMS,
THE OLD MEN TO COUNSEL
Come Out at the Sound OF the Rella
and the Cannonx.

This evening, the call Of tho President for
loyal men to come to the rescue, will be re-
spopded to by mass-meeting of the citizens
Of Chicago without distinction Of party, In
cited By one common aentiment-the vigor-
GUS prosecution Of the var and the utter exter-
minstion of every vestige Of rebellion. They
will meet once more, as at the fall of Sumter,
to renew their expressions Of confidence In
the stability Of our common country, the
Justice Of our cause, and the certainty of our
SUGGEST They will meet to counsel together
as brothers and devise measures to meet the
present emergency.
Distinguished speakers will be In attend
ance and address the meetings. We trust
they will be brief and directly to the point.
It Is no time for talking now. We have had
talk enough. We want action-immediate &C.
tion. We want men who will show us the
quickest way Of raising one, two or three
regiments Of earnest, determined soldiers. and
the quickest way Of fitting them out and send
ing them of.
We need not urge upon our citizens to come
up to these meetings, aud with united voices
epeak for the Government IN q manner which
shall not be mistaken Everywhere through
out the East the tocsin Of war has sounded
The appeal for men has been answered. Let
Chicago leap into the gap, and once more send
her sons to the rescue.
In this connection We repnblish the call o1
the young men for the meeting. It has the
| genuine ring:
| THE CALL
The undersigned young men Of Chicago, believ.
| ing that the condition Of our country calls fol
greater sacrifice on the part Of those who truly
value it's institutions or have any hopes fo5 the
future in connection with its prosperity, than any
that have been made, would call upon ttelr fel
low citizens to meet at Bryan Hall on Saturday
evening, July 18th, to take such measures as shal
arouse the young men to higher conception o
their duty to respond to the denandfor volunteers
and to giye expression to the desires Of tn
, 1862-07-19

rT>O RENT-New Store on South
j. water street. The 11sselass fouI st9Ey na1a1uaE
to re5t The building ia neW. and viii nn rented l3H
to good lenant .Appayto JOHN Z oBss9 FaE. Hsscsn
Nm MSx1ua RSuE H1{lssSEE. :. 3Y11Y91S&Y
, 1862-07-19

e% Grain sod "4a stsre" Il subject to % s&or~
age, acdieA is paid By ~ 9nyer: fcc9Hsirs Of TIE
price pdiu for The grain = The seler- lNhen sac
Is naue, In 4rhieh Ae setr pays tie stord9a u Is
quoted IS FREE Of etorags,' Or W. o. d.
, 1862-07-19

VANTED-By 8 young man
w {aarr1e4l} tItuat1on as Book Keeper, Assls
tait o. Clerk or any pace he can maze an ho9orabe
wages in the start until he prove himself
Refer By permission to Cat1et, Whitbeck T. Co. Ad
dseEs for one wetk, u. A. P" care Anderson House
fr1E.641A8t -
, 1862-07-19

ket 4c better. Sales :-8,0c0 bn No. / in store at
4}c; 1,a0 bu do ct As]6c; 500 bu do at 4s,<c.
BARLET-neceiyet. ~ bu. Market arm.
sa1es:-aoo bu fat qoa11ty At s7c On track.
HIGHW1NEs- Received, 1863 btls. Market
INN. Sales :-140 brls at 2s4c; Is brla st SOC.
ALcOHoI--Eomina at e0@6ac.
MESS PoRK-D brls good country Mess at
$e25.
1ARD-ln good demand and scarce at 7497xc.
TA1LoW-In active seq1est at shc-with Light
enpplies--holderb asking B5c
sUGARB-Tbe market for all grades still con
Times dr1n and the prevailing opinion is that Il
VIII be higher. To-day we have no change to no
ffce. We ouota.
, 1862-07-19
The Food Queatton in NeTE Orleans
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin Of the 81

IQt New VI4tSuh tUH&Htf7CAI< D4t*ttGa u LILLE 0u
Inst ssys:
Some OF our friends are quite alarmed at the ap-
parent danger Of ou1 supplies of food being cut of
G2T Meo5es a eamGSao sscf1pts
from the West preventing shipments to this port
By sea- The subject gives rs no nneasiness The
scarcity viii be Temporary Salt provisions Of all
kinds are more plsntifu1 than they we7e Cs ts%
. bril- can now be had at $2h.00. Clear bacon
sides. which readily commanded 30c q b.. now
sell at 16c. Bscon hams hare also greatly de-
clined.
Az larg az We have q supply Of these End the
vegetables and fuits of the season. IT is absurd to
apI,rehend a'famine. Corn has been sold at s. SO
@3.Uo q bushel- 1t declined to 6a-50, nut since
our eupply of wheat -four WAS exhausted has ad-
vaEced to $500. Rice Is quite abundant. and sell
ing at Be q n. Fresh beef il scarce and high. but
Aou1 is the only article OF which entirely
destitute. and Of that We may expect timely sup
plies, either from the North or from Havana. In
the meantime, h0usekeepers should be governed
by circumstances land enjoy those articles Of food
which are within their reach, without deploringg
the want Of Others, which are for the moment un.
at1alnable.