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ington, fighting began about O'Clock
A. NJ and our men fell back to anl
through town closely followed by the enc
my By this time we got battery il
position and opened FIRE, The swamp
previously referred to, lay between oul
camp and Town, and through this severa
regiments of Infantry, and some Cavalry
hurried and soon the fight became warm
the cannon and muskets keeping up 8
constant roar, The rebels were in strong
force, commanded by Gen. Bragg, and
about three O'Clock our men were ordered
to fall back into the main line, which was
formed just in the rear, of the swamp
They were pressed so close that our dead
was left on the field, but with small loss
the movement was executed, and we were
ready for general action. Obi if they
had only come, we have heard thousand
since exclaim, but come they did not and
for this time the fighting was closed. All
night we rested on our arms ready at any
time for action, but the enemy had tasted
enough of our ardent friendship for once
and next morning we found that they had
ali withdrawn. Our loss was considera.
BILE amounting to seven killed and twenty
or thirty wounded. Our regiment lost
none as We were posted in the main line
which was not engaged.
Since then no fighting has been done
by our wing, although we have advanced
our lines every day. What the other
wing and center is doing is among the
things hidden, if we except the camp
rumors which are countless and truthless.
The troops here as far as I know are
very healthy, although the weather is very
warm. Our regiment is an old one, and
don't suffer with sickness like new one
would.
You may look out for news from this
place soon. Here is great army; here
are our great and successful Generals,
and the two combined must perform great
things ''
How we got here from New. Madrid,
is known to most of your readers. and the
subject would be stale even if 1 had time
to say anything on it. Suffice it to say,
we came all the way to Hamburg, Tenn !,
by steam boat, which was surprising
when we might have marched by land
Certainly something must be wrong
among. the powers that be-" to change
our usual mede4of conveyance The
matter ought to be looked into.
Pardon this disconnected, rambling
narration, as here, under the great excite
ment of an impending battle, writing in
telIigible is hardly possible. But q truce
to apologies, and I will close, promising
better next time. and begging your read
srs to remember in their prayers, their
friend, BRIGHAM.
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of argument, and engaging 10 furious dec.
clamation, Iogomachy, and fierce iuvective

of>irgument, and engaging 10 furious dec
clamation, logomachy, and fierce iuvectivt
for or against men or measures involved
! in the present unhappy contest.
The various subjects under considera
tion, pertaining to the moral, political ol
social aspect of the war, generally culmi
nate in glowing peroration on the 'nig
ger question:" and such desperate ano
dreadful views are sometimes extorted ir
the warmth of discussion, that our chill.
dren have conceived him to be soma ter.
rife monster, scarcely equaled by the fab
ulous Gorgon, so faithfully depicted by
Virgil in his Eneid. Apropos: A regular
bred "cuIled gentleman" is seldom seen in
our place. 7f
I recollect but few days since spe.
cimen of the Ethiopian ''gepus homo
passed through our village, and it is said
that the children and timid women left the
streets in moment, and retired to a
place of safety, and that the flies and
chickens went to roost all along Main
street, thinking that sable night had
spread its mantle of darkness o'er sleep.
ing world, as this parsonage, with "dis-
tingue" air, passed up the thoroughfare.
The truth of these reports, however, /
am not willing to vouch for.
For the last week we have been in re-
ceipt of news of an exciting and cheer.
ing character The rapid progress Of
McClellan and his forces; the capture OF
Norfolk under Gen, Wool; the destruc.
tion of the boasted Merrimac, the pride
of the Confederate navy; the naval ac-
tion on the Mississippi, under Commo-
dore Foote; the splendid achievement of
Commodore Farragut, in the reduction of
New Orleans; the gradual strengthening
and concentrating of Gen. Halleck's lines
at Corinth, with the prospect of deei-
sive victory over the armed myrmidons Of
jeff Davis; the general activity of all
our forces, all indicate that victory may
soon perch upon our banners and that
the white-winged messengers of Peace
will soon come to cheer and gladden. the
hearts of distracted and disconsolate
people. I Z M e
Hoping that theanext week may bring
more and better news, / subscribe myself
-sa ses sd t'a 10 s4a EGO,
BEALLsvILLE O., May Is, 1852. .
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From Beallsville,

Mr. EDITOR: Our rural village, just
emerging, in common with others, from
the icy fetters of grim winter, which have
SO long locked in their embrace the "still
aud pulseless wor.d,'' is now dohning the
habiliments of joyous summer, and ere
long the face of Nature will present the
most picturesque and lovely hues
Laughing May comes to cheer and to
greet Us with her feathered songsters, as
they warble their melody in the forest
forest groves, just now putting off the
sombre garb of winter and assuming
their robes Of verdure. Our people, too,
partake of the character of the season,
and life and activity have taken the place
of that apatbetic dullness and lethargy
that have hitherto characterized them.
True, the depression attendant on the
[condition Of our country, affects our citi-
zehs as we'll as others; yet in view of all
this, as well as correlate causes, we are in
more favorable circumstances than we
might expect.
Business is brisk, and our affable clerks
are kept busy praising the superior mer-
its of their merchandise, as it is tempt
iugly arrayed before the eyes of their ca.
ger customers; and the long double col
umns of figures in their cash books, and
numerous day books and ledgers, that
have accrued during the day, Indicate
that their labors have not all been in
vain.a Money seems plenty. and as it is
the ultima thule" of business. everybody
appears to have plenty of il, and every
thing apparently indicates more or less Of
it for some time TO come, although some
of our frieLds fear q liquidation Of our
national debts by general act Of bank
ruptcy.8 ia ys il a,4s....s
! Bankruptcy is not an enyiable position
for either men or governments to assume,
yet it sometimes results; and as there can
be D o results without an exciting or pre-
disposiug cause, we are led to inquire,
whether such will be the case of our gov
lernment. k.
| We must admit that the expenses at
tendanti on the, prosecution, Of this, war
are sufficient to involve US in bankruptcy
if they overran our ability to pay; but We
must confess that we do not at present see
that our means to- meet the demands are
or soon will be exhausted, 10 at
But we are wandering from our design
in discussing q subject properly belonging
to better political economists than our
selves. ii
Politics and war news are the engross
ling topics Of the day, All day lopg, un
It'll the "curfews tells the sknell of parting
day. anxious and excited politicians MAY
] be seen here and there welding the sword
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VIII not Let the Soldiers Vote.

A bill was before the Legislature at its re-
cent session, to enable volunteers in the ser
vice of the United States, to exercise the righ,
of suffrage as fully as if.they were at theil
own homes. The bill did not become law
1t was strongly opposed by the majority of the
diers. They know that the gallant men wht
have shouldered their muskets to put dowr
Secession and Rebellion would use their bal
lots to put down the Abolition Rebels and
Higher Law etheorists in the North. The
Democratic members voted for the bill.- Sene
ca Advertiser,
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Republican Retrepchment.

The Republican Legislature which has
just adjourned TO meet again next Janua
ry, has been spending some four months
mainly in tinkering at the reduction of
the pay of county officers, of township
trustees, assessors, public schools, and
newspapers, but when it came to reducing
their own pay, they held on to 81 per day,
and reduced the pay of future legislatures
to So per diem, which when they meet
can readily be recalled, and the former
law, allowing 81, be re,instated. But
when the county officers, assessors, trust
ees, and 80 on have been made the objects
of their retrenchment, this pretended
economisiEg Legislature which length.
eued its session to the 1st of May, and
then provided for another three or four
months sitting next winter, in violation
of the Constitution, every week or two
adjourned over from Friday till Tuesday
to visit their homes, and attend to other
business, and in all these cases of absence
pocketed the 81 per day! The retreneh
ment made comes off the industrial class
who give full equivalent in labor fol
their salaries ard per diem, and is pock
eted by these Legislative Solons, who
smoke their cigars in easy chairs will
tAeir feet mounted upon velvet covered
tables, sky -larking around the eountr!
three or four days week, attending tt
their own private business or pleasure
The minority were of course powerless il
remedying this monstrous Indifference t.
the public interest, and the responsibilit.
does not, therefore, rest upon their shoul
ders. rs.-Mansfeld Shield and Banner.
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p
TnE republican majority of the Ohio
House of Representatives, the other
day, displayed their real attitude toward
the soldiers in the most unmistakable
terms. A bill was pending providind
the way whereby the oldiers Of that
State should be enabled to vote. Du-
ring the last days of the session the
democrats made strnuous efforts to have
the bill considered and passed, but the
republicans opposed it by speeches and
motions, until they succeeded, by a
strict party vote, refused to take it up.
So the soldiers of Ohio are positively
disfranchised Such would not have been
the case if mojority of these soldiers
had been republicans, or ifjtstice dicta-
ted theepolicy of that legislative MAORI
ty.- Chicago Times. lf. -.
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JONATHAN ON, MEAN MEN.


W., ~ =, my .n sS soy, - ora,
80 a eaa .a..S A o'.,>''~- '''Y'---
,ar..,. sol,rs .h.t ararvbodu e,nosad won
1si1tS1eS SsiPf i5FFfd 80 - = - Z 81 .
sf,tss ~" 3. .7..-e,, ~ xsIsF74 l. s,,i
1An, gaodnscs Knows. they're mostly wus',
T.. .,a. meann AND, .nxs,... almost anvwers
Youth Bring up forty o. the sneakin' ours.
There's the Contyactors chuoklin' to theirselvs
With not a rotton remnant on their shelves:
THEY'VE sold aout clean, an sold the Govern
nHse ment; 50 - sii8a ~ 80
An naouw they'll swear they hain't laid up
cent. T.
-saa X 9g s sass
=, But watts lie to them?-'F you want to make
. little clean cash, 'thot nary risk, jest take
An, help 'em to another losin' thing: 9
- Your iittls per cent. I'll keep you like a king
h-sets. ts rts ast$asS=.i
f3y unirhtyi wien a man III take m skin
His blssdin' psrtector, where's your other sin
That holds . candle to II 'Taint Judas's,-
- ssiat e isei5 a.i aft s
ssf know one so't o,cuss that OF to choke,
Wen the contractin' so't git their neoks broke
Him that's so tickled wen We git blow,
Becux he'd prophesied twould turn sout so!
:.
NJ m.tter wat,s the loss-loss 90 to grass!
al tpov,a it,,,s "a "a tl,e ;stenv- hearted ass
-oARief He's ever said, s'The Urion's gonel"
-lsThth he'sfor giving 'tother dog the bone-s
egs,saissst 49, a, st.ss,issl 80.
Wen these tive kinds git well starved aout, /
hone
4 a
- For them air speckilatin' fry a'a4H ssI
siThst runs the price o. .needful things 50 high
b~s61xq t,ea a..s s~os ss-..l,s..s.i4s3sss 8
Atvo-eept, raise. ON. truck from furrin shores,
GIFTS to be twenty. in their one -hoss stores; !
- a, 70 -. Az =, ia,nt +bot ld;ff.rapea
eIThsy ssuther guess you dunno much baout
-qe ~ trade. ssgss sss sss4 % sB4ass3 sssi
a.. az -. a.s.g..s1 81, ,..,-s..s
The cuss that specs in mans necessities, :
Ans ,nak 81 tiu nrofts. in sich times as these,
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Just What We Think.
p -E q 3
rhc Galeaa Qeurier, says:-

The Gslesa Courier, says
~ When every farmer of the North is to
be taxed 10 cents for each fatted hog he
: kills, 10 cents for every sheep he butchers,
and SO cents for every bullock he fats for
the market, 10 order to buy niggsrs at the
q South, and to set them free. it is time the
a people we're awake o4hs condition oil
things.
20 If we must be taxed in order to offer
eight hundred thousand dollars here and
: there for the liberation Of aafew negro
slaves, We hold that it is better to pay the
- war ltsx irst and if we have enough left
: = We can then talk of buying niggers, end
for the Government to go into the slave
Q trade. II money 10 so plenty at Wash.
81 i6gton, thssftis is offered by the million to
"a buy slaves with, then let the people be
exempted from taxation for war purposs. !"
rsrss- - a
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sniyss E5g Eleven Illinois regiments have voted
-ss sonfhe adoption Of the new Constitution of
80 that State and of the whole number of votes
cast there were only sixty against il. This
Constitution denies the. negro the right OF
emigrating to, or ci. ~ in, the State.
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The senior editor, of the Doylestown
(Pa) Democrat, is now in command of a
regiment, in Gen McClellan's army, and
writes home to his paper, as follows:
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a. L. 4tL1hy
Probate Office, Warren o.
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The Hog Ordinance.

This important Corporation enactment
is violated with impunity this season.
Amy number Of slab-sided porkers are dai-
Iy running the streets seeking opportu-
mites to steel into peoples yards and gar
dens, in search of something to devour.
It is a great nuisance than such things are
tolerated. Some citizens whose gates have
accidentally been left open, have sustained
serious damage by somebody's hogs, who
are expected 10 earn their living at the
expense and annoyance of people who dc
not violate the ordinance. VIII the Mar.
shall take cognizance Of the matter, and
oonfscate according to law?
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Recruiting

Recruiting
Has been brisk in this County. the past
week, and Trumbull's quota Of men icr
the l05th Regiment, has been furnished.
Some townships came up to the work most
g~loriously, and offered double the number
of volunteers asked for. Indeed, although
Trumbuil County has sent mora men in
to the service than any other county Of
equal population IL Ohio, she has by no
means exhausted her supply Of men, CT
lost an iota Of her patriotism. Our coun-
ty has sent a number about equal to tco
regiments, TO the war, and can furnish an
other, should the time come that would
demand them.
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Captain Opdycke.

This gallant officer Of the list Ohio, a.
rived home st this place last evening, &C
oompanied by two ~Sergeants, 70 recruit
for that Regiment. There are many adj.
vantages in enIisting in an old Regiment
on account of experienced oEice-s, knowl
edge Of camp life, and 4 general famil-
iarity with all the vicissisudes of active
service.
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Our Fire Denartmant.

0SEoN -A@A
The number of members in our Fire
Companies have very much diminished
by enlistment in the army. We have had
proof that the Warren Firemen are patri-
otic ; every military company recruited in
Warren, for the war, has carried of some
Of u fremen; and it IS probable that
more will go under the recent call for
men.
Our citizens must see 10 it, that the fire
companies are kept full. Unless our en-
gines are properly manned with men OF
muscle, Warren will he liable To suffer
another terrible fire. While So many of
our fremen are absent, and more gong,
let our citizens make il s part Of their
duty to be- promptly on hand Whenever n
fire occurs.
We must rely on ourselves t. prevent
fires now, and not 30 much on the fire
companies to ~extinguish them. We must
not depend too much on Insurance Com
panies in these times. In this sad and
eventful year of the great Rebellion, it
could not be expected, when SO many in
dustrial and commercial interests have
been injured or destroyed, mat our In
surance Companies, which feel 81 aensibly
the ebb and flow of national adversely and
prosperity, should entirely escape the
central calamity and prostration; it will
be 4 matter of surprise if j insurance
companies pass this trying ordeal without
failures.
Recent fires in large cities and towns Of
our land, admonish US 10 be wlt>hful in
preventing fires and vigilent in keeping
our fire companies well organized and full.
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Fun Ahead.

Bailey i Co.'S big show, Circus and Ne
nsgerie combined, viii exhibit in this
place, on Tuesday Of next week-The
Cleveland Leader speaks OF this institu-
ton as one Of the most successful and best
conducted, which has visited that place
for q long time.
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FARMERS,

provide yourselves with Perry Davis Pain Killer It
this season Of the year when Cholie, Cholera Nor
bus, Dysentary, Diarrhea &c. nay disable your
hands-use it in every case of THE kind, and my ears
for il, if 1t does not effect a speedy curs-but be sure
you trust to no other remedy but the old long tried
kuowlpdxa failed
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Arrival and Departure q Nails.
PosT-oFELCE, Warren, O.,

LA-LA = 49,
YOUNGSTOWN. DAILY-Arrives 90 , L leaves
CLEVELAND, D~4TrT-A.ives rlio \ .: leaves
25QPN.
sALEM. DAILY-Arrives Z p i: IeayestA1
OIL DIGGlNGS, OAILT-Arr.ves ! = u; leaves =
SEAR0N-ArTiEes Tues, Thurs and Sax 1000 A
Y; leaves :ame days aclSg P y
WEST GREENNILLE-Arrives Non, Wed aud
Fridays at P y; leaves Tues. Thurs and sat
urdays II y Il.
GREENsBURGH-ATrives Men, Wed and Fridays
at1lAR n; leaves SAM days at / p Il.
NORTH BLOOMFIELD-ArrIves Non, We'd suC
Fridays at / P Y; leaves Tues, I2urs anG sat
urdays al S a N.
FARMINGT0N-Arrives We'd and Fridays ats p
u: leaves Tues and THURSDAYS Al ! a y.
CANTON. DUCK CREEK, HANNA'StuLLS&c-
Arrives Friday ) y; leaves Tussd2y 6;30 A Y.
RAVENNA-Arrives Mon, We'd. and FRIDAYS, at
4P n; leaves On Tues, Thurs. and Saturdays.
~ n.
az Mil. which leave at or before S = = are closed
the preceding Eve, st s P 4. Al others IRE closed
half 81 hour previous 10 their departure.
[. VI. PATCH, =. Z.
No drop letters delivered unless prepaid.
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a Card.

a Card.
To the patrons of Greene Select S:hook:
In the present critical situation Of our
national affairs, l have thought it my du-
ty to dissolve my connection with Greene
Select School and aid by example rather
than by precept, in the work Of crushing
out this gigantic rebellion.
Ny associate, L. Coleman, Esq, ali ex-
perienced and successful teacher. Will
conduct the school, aided by such conpe-
tent assistants as circumstance may de-
mand.
Trusting you will continue that patron
age heretofore SO literally bestowed, l re-
main Yours for the Union,
EPHRAIM KEE.
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faithful and earnest endeaTors to make
it awelcome and truthful visitor at the
homes and hearths ofreaderS. shall not he
wanting.
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EducatlonaI.

Educational.
The Fall Term Of the Lordstown Semi
nary will commence August 18th, and
continue twelve weeks. Rooms for sell
boarding in readiness &: reasonable rates.
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FRIENDS OF THE SOLDIER.

1t1LN Do UT IuL
let me cay TO you in brotherly kindness, put q Bible
in one end Of the Soldiers Kit and a bottle Of Kenz.
inc Perry Davis Pain Killer in the other, and It may
be the means Of insuring his safe return-trust to
m o+har urararorin,
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Western Reserve Chronicle
TERMS OF s-rBscRiFrroN.

~ D5Ha-aGz4 fJty Csls. a. ct>1rce, T-s EeE-
~Hrs,, y 7sRasst js agt E=rGe 3: oarfacs. No pa
FER discontinued dutil AID GrTesv5EeS are paid eX-
rept al the oltina D. the publishers.
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ILLUSTRATORS NOTICE.
Strawberry Plants,

These plants are one year old. large and vigorous
If set out before the middle Of September, they will
produce a good crop the next season, if they have
ordinary care. l shall have, by the 10Th Of August,
a few dozen of the following new varieties: AUS
TN SHAKER SEEDING, VERY largel Fill
TESSE HERICART de THURY. These last will
be sold by the dozen, and the first by the hundred or
thousand. BENJAMIN STEVENS.
Marian Au~ I 1872 -
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CHERIFF'S SALE.

Hannah :. Thorpe
vs. In ITTlm. Com. pleas.
John Hutchins Ct al.
In pursuance Of ana order Of sale issued out Of the
Court of Common Pleas Of Trunbull COUNTY. Ohio,
in the above case, and 10 me directed and deliver
cd, l shall expose 10 public sale. on
Saturday the 2Oth day of August, 1859,
at the door Of the Court House in the town Of War
rem, IN SAID county, and between tie hours of ten
o'clock \ 4 and four o'clock P n ofsaid day. the fol-
lowing real estate, 10 wit: beginning At the north
east corner of Lucien Rice's land in lot No. IS in
Greene township, in said county, thence west On the
Moth line Of said kices land TO the southeast cor
ncT Of the plaintiff : II acre lot. thence north on the
east BOUNDARY Of the Il acre lot 70 chains Snd u
links 10 the northeast corner OF the said Il acre lot,
being 8 point in the south boundary line Of J. C..
Cases lot lying within said original lot No IS. thence
east on the said south line Of J. c. Cases laad, to the
southeast corner of the same, and thence south on
the east line of said lot IS 20 the first bound, con-
tanning ffty-siK acres and 30-lO Of an acre of land,
according 70 the survey Of the 20 acre tract made by
J. h. Durham, May IS, ISIS. Appraised At $50
per acre. Terms cash.
Sherifis Office. J. G. BUTLER, Sheriff
Warren, July so, 1862.
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Warren Marble Works.

FHE undersigned would respectful
L " announce to the citizens OF Trumbull and
surrounding counties, that we stand ready 10 fur
nish them with the latest ard most approved East
crn styles of
Monuments, H~esdstOBcs.
and anything that comes in the line OF manufactur-
Ell Marble, and can satisfy all in reference to our
ability and skill in execution of work. The finest
quality Of Italian and American Marble constantly
kept on hand. Also, plans and designs Of all kinds,
for the benefit Of customers.
All persons wishing to obtain any thing in our line
would do well TO call and examine our stock, be-
fore buying elsewhere.
HOWARD & KGHLER,
Liberty Street. opposite tho Bank.
Mnrram. .IulN -. lai2-ff
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Stray Cow.

Stray Cow.
Strayed from the village of Warren a
light red 6rindls Con- 9 oil gears Cd, long,
broad horns, short legs, medium size,
was giving milk when lost. ANY one re-
turning or giving information Of said
CIV to the undersigned will be literally
paid for trouble.
a. E. Tyler,
n-Al hG Uh