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Administrators Sale.

pY virtue of an order and decree of the
IL Probate Court Of Monroe County, Ohio.
the undersigned as Administrator Of tho
Estate of Robert Cooper, deceased, will of-r-
for sale at the front door of the court house
in the town of Woodsfeld. between the hours
of one O'Clock anil two o'clock P. NJ,
On Saturday, the 23rtdayof 4uJust 1862,
the following premises situate in Monros
County, to wit: ~
The north west quarter of tina south west
quarter Of section thirtsen (l3), township
four a., and range five (a), containing thir-
ty-nine and ST 100 acres, moie or less.
TERMS OF SALR-One third cash in hand,
oue-third in one year, and one-t third in two
years, with interest on the deferred payments
to be secured 10 the satisfaction of the un-
dersign-d. GRO. III. DAVENPORT,
July 3d. 1S'2.-4t. 1925 Admir-.
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n@ Quietly. citizens Of Marietta. is,

nW Quietly, citizens of Marietta, isn't
ga pound of prevention worth pound Of
cure?" Well, then wouldn't it be we'll
to attach 100 men to 100 guns, with a
liberal supply of powder and balls-have
them minute men," and the guns dis
ciplined," that they may be "ready for
any emergency" What dye say?-lMa-
riettd Register.
We will answer. No necessity exists
for any such thing. IF the abolitionists
think that the cup of bitterness cannot be
filed, by abuse of Democrats, and COM
mence arming organized "minute men
for the purpose of putting down Demo-
Gratis at the coming election, or during the
present political campaign We think that
they will find use for their men, before
they see every Democrat on his knees
asking quarter. Quietly, then Democrats
act, until you see your malignant neigh
bors arming "minute men," then do like
wise. There is no joke in this matter.
Abolition SITS are Ike sece ssionists, and
when the rebellion commenced in the
South it was by "quietly" arm;ng "min-
ute men," to be ''ready for any emergen-
cy." This is not hint but plain state
ment by one who knows, what he writes.
Marietta Republican.
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FEMALE COLLEGE

We copy the following notice of this
excellent institution from the Pittsburgh
Gazette, Of the Sd inst:
The Seventh Annual Catalogue of the
Pittsburgh Female College has just been
laid upon our table by the President, Rev.
L. q. Pershing. We confess that we have
examined the contents with degree of
satisfaction amounting almost to pride, as
We have marked the fact that we have in
our midst one of the most vigorous, we'll
managed and successful institutions in the
land. We question much whether one in
ten, even of our citizens, has any real con-
ception of the status of the college has
reached, or the grand and glorious work
it is to-day accomplishing. The recent
commencement, at which nineteen young
ladies received their degrees, gave evidence
not only of woman's capabilities but also
of the superior facilities afforded by the
college for their developement. The en-
tire commencement was brilliant success
and reflected the highest honor on all
concerned.
AS an evidence of the prosperity of the
college we need but state the fact that the
attendance the past year reached the large
number of two hundred and torty-eight,
gathered from nine States. In order to
accommodate the constantly increasing
number of pupils, an addition has been
made to the Faculty, which now numbers
fifteen Most of the old teachers remain
Among the new ones are Miss Martha c.
Dole, lady of large experience, and for
some time teacher in the celebrated school
at Mount Holyoke, Mass; and Miss Fannie
A. Fish, who has earned such an enviable
reputation in our community. The ut
most care is taken in the selection of tea
chers, and the present Faculty will COM
pare favorably with any in the country.
We are pleased to learn from President
Pershing that an effort is now making to
put up an addition to the building. The
design is to add forty feet to the Chapel,
divide the second story into Library and
Reading room, and also Hall for the
Browning Association, and devote the en-
tired third story to the purposes of an
Art Gallery and Cabinet The design is
noble one, and we trust it will be carried
out.
The next term will commence on Tues
day, September I'd. We need hardly urge
upon our readers to patronize the College.
If fine buildings, thorough equipment, a
very large and able Faculty, and earnest
devotion to the work ofchristian education,
can give claims to patronage, then has the
college claims which are second to none.
We advise our readers to send for cata-
| logue.
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DRAFTING.

Gov. Tod has issued an order to the
County Auditors directing the enrolment
of the Militia preparatory to drafting
This will be new feature in the War
not anticipated by those persons who
said, 1--WE could whip the rebels before
breakfast" bat We anticipate no danger
Of drafting in Monroe.
Drafted men aae not paid - much, and
generally are looked upon AZ class Of
soldiers who are not equal to Volunteers.
For this reason we think that no drafted
men will 60 from Monroe. A vigorous
effort will soon raise our proportion of
men, and this will be put forth 40 soon
as our citizens see the necessity for it.
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Master Commissioners Sale.
John Coil,

r Morton and otha

b. Morton and others.
DY virtue of mandate to me- directed from
ID the Court Of Common Pleas Of Monroe
County, Ohio, will offer for sale 1T public aSs-
tion at ths front door Of the oourt house, in the
town of Woods6eld. In said county, between
the hours Of ten o'clock, .. M, and fouc
o'clock p. M, on
Saturday, the 18th day Of August, 1852,
the following described real estate, situate in
said county, to wit:
Commencing for the same at point three
hundred and thirty feet south of the u"rtA
west corner Of lot number seven In Stafosd,
and in line with the east side Of the Cross
Street Of said town, extended south. bring at
the south west corner Of . lot Of land fosm--.
" belonging to VIM. Steel and now to J. W.
Barnett, thence east with the south side Of
said Barnett's lot Of land one hundred and
thirty-two feet to q line, with the west side Of
first alley east of the Cross Street In sid
town extended south, thence south with said
alley extended south ninety feet nine inches.
thence west one hundred and thirty-two feet
to the said Cross Street extended south, thenoe
with said Cross Street extended south ninety
feet and nine inches to the place Of bsgin-
ming. '
WIN. OKEY, Mas. Com.
Monroe Common Pleas.
July ls, 1s62-S5,50
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From Warrenton.

WARRENroN, VA, July so.-Col. Lloyd,
of the 9th Ohio cavalry, commanding at
Luray, yesterday, in pursuance of Gen.
Pope's order, arrested all the male inhab-
itants of the town and lodged them in the
Court House, preparatory to administering
the oath of allegiance. -
This course is rendered. imperatively
necessary from the fact that several left
their homes, it is supposed to join the
guerrillas, who infest the west side of the
South Fork, and in one instance captured
the river pickets.
A prominent secession farmer and his
son, residing near Little Washington, left
here yesterday for the mountains, taking
horses, equipments and arms. Last night
our pickets fred on two guerrillas in that
vicinity, supposed to be the farmer and
son.
, All was quiet at Culpepper at last advi
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Wnl y hsld At the following tim4s mad
plesaA Speakers viii be present 10 I'D.
dssas the people:
sARDIA Thursday, 10 7sA q Asgsss;
c1AAKINGToN, Friday, tho 9th
ROUND BOTTOM, Saturday, 9Th
MILTON8BURGH, Monday, llth
JERpSALEM, Tuesday, the 18th
BEALLSVILLE, Wednesday, 18th
CATS TANNEiY, Thursday, 14tha
KANzIG'S, Friday, the 18th
NORRIS School Houss, Wayne Town.
ship, Thursday the l4th Of August.
The Military Committee viii furnish
Spssksfs, who viii be present to addssss
the people. Recruiting of6ces win also
te present 10 enlist recruits for two com
paniss for the 9cnd Regiment, now form.
ing, in this Military District. Thspsople
srsurgsntly requested toattsnd. Msstisgs
In slielscs TO commence az o'clock p. ".
By order Of the Military Committee. :
Ell soJNo. M. KIRKBRIDE,
Secretary.
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s0r Several Ohio regiments are amongst
the reinforcements recently sent to Gen.
Mcclellan.
n@- The 4th, 9Th, 62d and 9th Ohio
are reported at Harrison's Landing and
in good condition.
1T There was no public effort necessary
to recruit an army of tax -gatherers from
Republican ranks under the new law.
They all volunteered without nrging.-
Statesman.
Ba- Wendell Phillips, the great leader
of the present Union-with-.A Abolitionists
Party, has taken the stump against raising
the 800, 900 volunteers called for.
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nA- At meeting of the Military Com
mittee held Tuesday, July 29th, it was
resolved to raise $4,000 by subscription
with which to pay an additional bounty
of $25 to each volunteer enlisting in the
two companies now being raised in this
county. The funds were apportioned
among the townships as follows:
Adams $500, Benton $50, Bethel $50,
Center 700, Franklin 300, Green 200,
jackson $50, Malaga 500, Ohio $50, Perry
200, Salem $50, Seneca 800, Summit 300,
Sunsbury 500, Switzerland ESQ, Wash
ington 300, Wayne 100.
The following Township Committees
were appointed to solicit and collect the
funds: Adams-S. Pancoast, Jere. Wal
ton, J. Alexander, G. Hartline, R. Vanlaw.
Benton Bethel. E. Shank
land, e. E. Hutcheson, G. W. Ridgway.
Center-N. Hollister, Jno. B. Noll, j. r.
Morris, John Kerr, John Hamilton
Franklin-John Barnett, Isaac Smith, DR.,
Mason, Jesse Miracle. Green-Benoni
Congrer, Joseph Myers, Geo. Caldwell,
Harvey Mitchell, John Okey. Jackson
Malaga-. Ohio
Perry-Thos. Penn, Jacob N. Mitchell,
Allen Shotwell, Israel Lentz, BENZ. Slime.
Salem-Dr. j. D. O'Connor and others
Seneca-Dr Ellsworth, DR.. McGilton,
Thos. Smallwood, John Sprague. Sum-
mit-John Weaver, Christian Diehl, Phil.
lip Weaver, Geo. Watson, Frank Allen.
Sunsbury-Thos. Armstrong, Isaac Wise
ner, John Keyser, Jas. w. Armstrong,
B. R. briggs. Switzerland--. Wash
ington-Abraham Mann, John Beard
more, Job Stackhouse, john Gatchel.
Wayne. VIM. Read was appoint
ed General Collector for the County.
By order of Committee.
JNo. NJ. KIRKBRIDE, Sec'y.
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~ Says Prentice: Although the Sec
essionists and Abolitionists seem to pull
in different directions, their tails, like those
Of Simpsons foxes, are Joined with FIRE.
bands to wrap the country in flames.
n@- A Correspondent of the Wheeling
Intelligencer says that sister of "Stone-
WALL jackson, who lives in Beverly, Va,
is staunch Union woman. She devotes
her time to the sick and wounded.
1~ Recruiting is reported as very brisk
in the East, and growing daily more en-
thusiastic. Four new regiments are about
ready to move from Maine.
No. THOSE who expect great things
from the arming of negroes will probably
have chance before long to see how it
will work. The War Department has not
only not discharged HUNTERS black
brigade, but it has authorized JIM LANE
to raise one in Kansas.
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The Policy of the Administra.
tion IN Reference to Slavery.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Ereuing Post of the 23rd
writes as follows in reference to the poll.
cy Of the Administration on slavery:
GA CABINET COUNCIL.
IA very long Cabinet meeting was held
yesterday upon the subject, and there was
an encouraging degree of unanimity
There is some tenderness toward the
border slave States even on the question
Of slavery, but none whatever toward the
Gulf and Atlantic slave States. 1 hazard
the opinion that the policy of the Gov.
ernment will be to totally overthrow sla-
very in the cotton and sugar growing
States by every method in its power Il
will not stick at any obstacles, being con-
vinced that the only hope of making
those States obedient is to entirely de-
stroy slavery in them. Total abolition in
the States of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tex
as is resolved upon, or am grossly mis-
informed. There will be no proclama-
ton upon the subject, but it is none the
less the fxed policy of the Government
Mr. Lincoln has prejudice against anti
slavery proclamations, and will quietly
inform his Generals of his purposes, and
will make no flourish in the matter nor
permit them to make any With slavery
abolished in the Gulf apd Atlantic States,
it will take care of itself elsewhere-wili
gradually expire"
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ma. Fulton applied steam to the grea

n@. Fulton applied steam to the great
practical luses of the age; Morse has brought
Galvanism to be the daily servant of mil
lions Of men. Newton unrayelled the
mazes of the stars and made their mo-
tions the mariners guide on the trackless
ocean. What these men have done in
their departments, DR.. Aver does in medi-
cine. He turns the great discoveries in
Science and Physics to use in the cure OF
disease, and makes the occult discoveries
Of the great chemists available for the
wants of every day life. His medicines
for the low prices at which they are sold,
bring within the reach of every man the
best wisdom and the best skill Of modern
times. Wilmington Del. Statesman.
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THE BATTLE AT MOOR'S MILLS

MEXICO, Mo-, July 3O-From an officer
just in from the field, l get the following
reliable account of the fight at Moore,s
Mills, twelve miles east of Fulton on
Monday afternoon:-Our force under Col
Guitar was about seven hundred. The
rebel force was between eight and nine
hundred. Our loss was ten killed and
thirty wounded. The rebels left fifty two
dead on the field, and had about one hun
dred wounded. The fight lasted about
three hours, when the rebels fed in great
confusion. Porter went east and Cobb
went west.
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n@- The Cincinnati Commercial 21st
inst, contains the following:
"Capt. Lewis e. Sisson, Monroe coun-
ty, O., Capt. Henry Hoblitzell, jr., Wood
county, Va; 1st Lieut.. VIM. w. Scott
and End Lieut.. W. F. Fisher, Washing
ton county, O., have resigned their COM
missions in the 77th regiment, O. v. T.,
and will be transferred into Virginia
battery, Capt. Hoblitzell having permis-
sion to recruit the same. This battery
will be raised in the counties of Wood,
Pleasants and Marshall, Of Va, and
Washington and Monroe, of Ohio"
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The White Mans Platform.
PURPOSES OF THE WAR.

CONGRESS, By VOTE NEARLY uNANI.
NOUS, PASSED THE FOLLOWING REsoLU.
rIoN, WHICH ExpRassEs THE VOICE OF
TIE NATION, AND Is TEE TRUE STAND.
AID OF LOYALTY:
@That the present deplorable civil war has
BERN forced upon the country by the disunion.
ists of the Southern States, now IN arms
against the Constitutional Government, and
IN Arms arourd the Capital; that in this Ma
tioHal eu ergeucy, Congress-, banishing all
fseling of mere passion and resentment, will
r~eeilect only its duty to the whole country
stat fAis scr u not eagsd on Aefr part IL aa,
spifI Of oppressfox, or for any psfpose cf
conquest o. sr9jNsafion oS psrposs Of oser-
AArvriss or tntsrferiag ritk the rights or -
fabLisAtd fsstffstions Of those STATES, 1xf TO de-
fpsd dad nsaintein tie sspremacy Of fhs Cba-
aitxtine, 1ad 70 prsserse tke Uaion, soifk al tAs
<ixaify equality aad rights Of tie ssseres Stsfss
snfmpafvsdi Gad that a. soon as fAess objects
.sTe eoeoupisxAsd As psr oSsa to esss."
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S~ PARTICULAR NoTIcElps

The following gentlemen have been
commissioned to raise company:
Henry Okey, Captain; VIM. Myers, LIST
Lieutenant; John c. Henthorn, End Lieut..
Fall in boys and fill up the Company
before the Assessor gets around. You
can gil mp the Company in ten days if
you will just conclude to go now. The
Company We understand is filling up rap
idly.
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~ The Raw Head and Bloody Bone.of

b0r The Raw Head and Bloody Boneof
the Rebek Army, Stonewall jackson, is
now, according to the correspondent of the
Associated Press, on the south side of the
James River, above Petersburg, with 20,
900 men. Yesterday he was in the
Shenandoah region with 30, 900; to morrow
he will be on the Potomac or the Delaware,
or perhaps the Hudson, with million or
two.
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THE Ashland Onion announces that the
102 Regiment, sis now full--of officers!
1t is expected that they-the oficers-will
soon meet and elect the privates. AS soon
as this is done, the Regiment will be ready
for the field, where they will, no doubt, do
good service in battling for the Constitu-
tion as it is and the Union as it was."
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THE UNION FOREVER.

MARRIED Duly 31st, 1862, by
E. Doolittle, " D. NJ, Mr.. ELIAS P.
MITCHELL and Miss MARY ANN CoEN,
of Monroe County, Ohio.
/" UNITED WE STAND law of the land,
OF bliss is the base, as seen in the case
OF UNION FoR LIFE with MARY ANN, wife
Of MITCHELL E. p, convincing E. ID.
That good sense controls Tie union Of souls,
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THE NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.

WAsHINoToN, July 30.-The Postmas-
ter-General and the Commissioners of In
ternal Revenue to-day approved Of the
specimens for the postage stamp currency,
which will be for five, ten, twenty five and
fifty cents. The designs embrace the
present Eve and ten cent postage stamps
fully arranged in such way that they
cannot be separated and used for postage.
They will bear on their face the follow
ing inscription: postage stamps fur
nished by the Assistant Treasurer and
designated depositaries of the United
States; receivable for postage stamps at
any Post-ofice."
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THE SOLDIER TO HIS MOTHER.
BY THOMAS MAcKELLAR.

g Kiss my little brother and ma sisters, ana
tell them died for my country"
On the field of battle, mother,
All the night alone I lay,
Angels watching oer me, mother,
Till the breaking of the day.
l lay thinking of you, mother,
And the loving ones at home,
Till to our dear cottage, mother,
Boy again seem'd to come.
He to whom you taught me, mother,
On my infant knee to pray,
Kept my heart from fainting, mother,
When the vision pass'd away.
In the gray of morning, mother,
Comrades bore me to the town:
From my bosom tender fingers
Wash d the blood that trickled down
must soon be going, mother,
Going, to the home of rest:
Kiss me as of old, my mother,
Press me nearer to your breast.
Would 1 could repay you, mother,
For your faithful love and care:
God uphold and bless you, mother,
In this bitter woe you bear.
Kiss for me my little brother,
Kiss my sisters, loved SO we'll:
When you sit together, mother,
Tell them how their brother fell.
Tell to them the story, mother,
When I sleep beneath the sod,
That I died to save my country
All from love to her and God.
Leaning on the merit, mother,
Of the One who died for all,
Peace is in my bosom, MOTHER
Harkl I hear the angels call Il
Don't you hear them singing, mother
Listen to the music's swell
Now l leave you, loving mother
God be with you-fare you we'll.
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Sherifs Sale.
Sidney Sturgeon,
against
Elizabeth Sturgeon.


BY virtue OF writ of venditioui expopas.
to me directed from the Court of Common
Pleas of -Honros County, Ohio, l will oEsr
for sale at public auction, at the front door Of
the oourt house, in the town OF Woodsfeld, In
said county, between the hours of ten O'Clock
g.. m. and four O'Clock p. m on
Saturday, The oh day Of August, 1862,
the following described real sstats, situated IN
said county, to wit:
The north west quarter of the north east
quarter. Of section thirty Que, township three.
and range three. containing forty aores, moro
or less. Appraised at one hundred and sew
enty-hv dollars.
Taken in execution and levied upon - the
property of Elizabeth Sturgeon, at the suit Of
Sidney Sturgeon.
GEO. w. CARROTHERS, e
Sheriff, NJ. G. O..
July 2, Is62.-$3.
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b% Mobbing was approved by the Re-
publicans in this quarter, during last year
many of them, even Reverends, advoc-
ted it. Now, when Sambo is mobbed,
how their righteous souls are vexed, and
how indignant they are? Mobbing is all
wrong now, when the color is changed -
Defiance (O.) Democrat.
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THE NATIONAL TAX.

The National Tax takes no effect on the
lst of August, the income tax provided
for in it is to be levied on the first of May
1863, for the year from May 1st 1862, to
May 1st, 1863.
This Tax Law will have one salutary
effect. AS the tax-gatherer knocks at
every mans door, the question will very
naturally arise, Why am l called upon
for this large per cent. for my earnings ?
The taxpayer will be led to the knowl-
edge of the truth, that all this burden
which rests upon him, and is likely to
rest upon his children forever, comes
through the professed philanthrophy of
body of men in our midst who pretend
that they are superior in holiness and
virtue that they are entitled to govern the
rest of the country, and impose laws and
policies upon independent States. Abo-
litionists set themselves up to the rule
the country. Whether they ruined it or
not, with them WAS of no consequence.
Thes knew that they had no more right
to attempt to govern the southern States
than they had to govern Great Britain.
Abolitionism triumphed-it rejected all
overturcs of compromise-the South were
foolish and wicked enough to attempt se-
cession-the war followed-this tax has
become necessity to pay interest on the
debt created, so that the credit Of the
government may be maintained
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THE LAST DOLLAR.

Now is the time and the opportunity for
men who have money, to "dough it up
to assist in raising volunteers. We have
heard men say they would give the last
dollar. Now is the time!
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pA- Gen. Mcclellan, in letter to Gov.
Washburne, of Maine, dated July Is, says:
"New enlistments should be made to fill up
old regiments rather than to raise new
ones. 1 would prefer fifty thousand re-
cruits formy old regimentr to one hundred
thousand men organized in new regi-
ments.
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NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will be received at tho
Auditors Office, Monroe County, ON the
Third day Of September, 1862, ,
for rebuilding the north abuttment of
Clarington Bridge. The work to be done.
Immediately. BY order of the Commits
sioners. NJ. L. BOWSER,
July 80, 1862-5t. Aud. nj. G. o..
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No. A seditious Democrat is man who
is in favor of the Constitution, the Union,
and the enforcement of the laws. A patri-
otic Republican is one who is in favor OF
breaking down the Constitution; and ruin
ing the country to set the niggers free
A nice set of fellows to talk about treason
amt thew?
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A LIBERAL DONATION.

A gentleman in this County who belongs
to the Union party, and who is worth only
about fifteen thousand dollars, subscribed
one thousand mills bounty money for our
volunteers.