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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
The Occupation OF Baton
Rouge.

A correspondent Of the Boston Journal,
with the Thiriicth Massachusetts Rcgi-
meut, under date of Baton Rouge juno &
says;
On Friday, 9th ult, ow regiment Che
Thirticth Massachusctts) received orders
at . O'Clock to prepare two DAYS ratious,
and report on board steamer Mississippi.
At ~ o'clock ut night the steamer start.
ed for this place, and after run Of twcn-
ty-one hours arrived here. We expected
TO land immediately. A boat was sent
ashore for orders, and returned with them
to remain on bosrd til In the morning.--
Before 8 O'Clock A. NJ, we had landed
and at 10 o'clock took possession OF
these quarters, which are very fine. We
We're accompanied by the Twcnty-first
Indiana We cxpectad to have a fight
on our arrival, as II was reported that
General Williams was threatened by a
large force. Ifthc Thrticth had gone in
TO an engagement, they would haye won
a name worthy Of their gallant Col
oncl, who is beloved by officers aud
men.
puI companies nCCunV tnc cNnhtc
chamber aud the hail OF Representatives
Our officers usc the Secretary vf Stnte
Treasury aud other official rooms. The
Colonel uses the Governors suit ofrooms
for his headquarters Company A, occn-
pies the Secretary of States room, which
is about 20 by 30 feet, airy and furnished
in beautiful style, as are all the rooms in
tl, huitiinu In piir uunrtera WE fnund
s,vvral commissions signed by Governor
Moore, which have taken the liberty OF
filling out aud commissioning several
members of the battalion, knowing that
there were several if not more who would
like commissions.
Minis famous battery is here, aud would
estonish the natives if there were any
here, but they arc few and far between
any quantity of houses vacant, de-
serted, some have moved the furniture
away, but most have left without doing
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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
Emnnc,pa,,on In m..sour..

The Emancipation, Convention Just
held al The capitalof Missouri was attend,
ed by i95 delegates, representing twenty
FIVE counties.
Judge Wells. presided, aud D. Grantz
Brown, Of 81. Louis, was chairman vfihe
committee on rcsolu,ious. The delibera,
tions o! the Conycnlion were hprnouious
and the organization OF an emancipation
party in the State Of Missouri was accom-
plishcd,
The Convention did not recommend
details; il proposed only the immediate
inauguration Of policy Of grajpsl cmans
cipationi rccqgniymg the propriety Of
eompens0ting the owners Of slave prop
erty for any damage they may sustain.
and inviting the co-oporst OF q all in ad-.
iusting 9rudcntly the details of the meas !
ure.
Pho resolutions adopted cudorsc tho
policy Of the administration, and express
thanks 60 the Federal Government aud
its officers and soldiers for their aid and
projection during the war in Missouri.,k
thorough organization Of the State for the
fall elections Is recommended. "
The men engaged In the cause in Mis-
souri, are many ofthcm known and hon
ored citizens; and considerable number
II not majority, of the Convention are
shareholders.
The Missouri Democrat publishes o
full report of the proceedings OF tho Con
vention, and sBys
"The movement has begun auspicious-.
ly, It will terminate in this enfranchisc.
ment of Missouri before 1890"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
dent.

In bis late speech at New York,
Hon. Owen Lovcjoy concluded as fol-
lows:
~ am for pouring on all the steam that
the machinery will bear, but 1t is better
to get into port by few hours later than.
to risk the explosion Of the machinery.
Ii tho President does not believe all ! do,
] believe all he does. Ii he does not
driye as fast as ! would, he is on the
same road, and it is question Of time.--,
Tbs great tide Of events sweep onward
under guiding power Of experimenting
Providen ce, bearing with il President
and Cabinet and Congress. Safe pilots
age is quite as neediul now as proppsNe 9
power, for there is semi-secession foo
crouching in the jungles of a sham De-
mocracy, ready to spring upon the Union
forces as the very fret opportunity that
PROMISES su, cess. There may be an ed-
dy in the How Of this great river.
but the resistless current flows OH
ward" .s.u
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04

looking the little sqnalid scocsh town of
Clarksburw.
What we are here for no one knows.
There is nothing here for us TO do. We
will be ordered away from here very soon
no doubt. 1t is rumorcd that we will
have to march from here TO Cheat Noun
tain--a distance of some 80 miles across
the mountainsz--bw az yet nothing is
known.
The only accident that has as yet hap
pcncd, was the fall from his horse yes
tcrday Of Adiutant Brandt, a noble man
and fine officer, whose leg was broken by
the fall. All dcplore the accijcnt, for he
was beloved by all
Wohaye got settled now in our quar-
tcrs aud feel all right again. Things
are still topsy.turyy, however, and there
being 50 much 10 do, It is almost impcs.
siblc to write.
do not intend to writ" long windy
letters, for that is not what the readers o!
the TRIBUNE want, but intend to give,
once week, mere u tc, sta tirg what
they have been doing and where they
are.
Yours.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
Onr Srmy Correspondence
FROM THE s6TM RECT.

CAMP BURNS, NEAR CLARKsBURG.)
Va, June 2lst, '62.
Down in Dixie at last! We left Camp
Chase ut 4 O'clock on "Wednesday, and
marched through the rain to Columbus,
where we took the cars at half past 8 for
Cumberland. Nothing worthy of note
occurred till we arrived at Concord, where
the fair sex all turned out TO welcome us.
The boys seemed to be we'll pleased and
the young ladies did not seem to be dis
pleased. Several notes passed, and at
last one kiss was exchanged! After bid,
ding adieu, we proceeded to Bellairc, but
owing to the lateness OF the hour, Gt was
after dark) but two companies passed
over the river. The rest of the regiment
were marched 20 a machine shop and
quartered for the night. From all can
learn, company ID slept as soundly as
though they had been laying on their fea-
ther beds at home.
In the morning we crossed the river to
Benwood, and after furnishing each man
with 10 rounds Of cartridges, we were
put aboard platform cars and started off
again in high spirits. 1t was a truly mag
nifcent sight, as we left Benwood, tosee
1000 armed men mounted on those plat
form cGrs-as they have no sides or
top, we had good view of the men-all
marching forward to defend their coun-
try from this accursed rebellion. The
readers Of the TRIBUNE have so often
heard the road from Benwood to Grafton
described, that shall not say anything
about il. Suffice il 10 say thai we arriV-
ed at Grafton about O'CLOCK, and here
heard that our orders to report at Gum
berland had been countermanded, and we
were ordered 10 march at once TO Clarks-
burg. This did not please the boys very
well but they did not complain.
After leaving Grafton every bridge we
passed was guarded by soldiers. We
soon reached Clarksburg and, it then be-
ing after night, we Company ID were
marched to an old Academy building and
quartered for the night. In the morning
we occupied the residence, "a fine new
brick, } belonging to Robert M. Johnson,
prominent lawyer, now in the rebel ar
my. In the afternoon we received cur
tents and enesmPed on the hillside over
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
After the Battle.

WI ~ ilnies'
BATTLE-GROUND oy TIE CRoss KEYsl
Monday June o, '62.

BATTLE-GROUND oy TIE CROss KEYs9
Monday June 8, '62.
The glorious snn is looking over the
billtops, and the smouldering ashes OF
our camp fires grow gray ia the early
light, but the soldiers that slumber around
me with their faces turned skyward,
know not that the night las pass and day
dawned. Nor will they wake to the rev.
eiAei though drum and bugle play it eyer
so loudly.
Poor pale faces, these looking upward,
but seeing no sky, their lips parted as
though 70 reproach the fate that stretch
ed them here, but uttering no complaint.
But yesterday and these men we're busy
with all the little problems that agitate
the camp and the world, whpt should they
eat, where should they sleep, were they
well used, did their comrades encroach
upon their individual rights and priyileg.
es.
What care they now, whether ratlons
are short or long, whether the supply
rain comes up or logs behind, until the
year has run its round! Their bitterest
enemy, from whom vest erday they woul
not have borne look, may now pluck
them by the beard and 70 hand will be
raised to resent the insult. They are
wiser than they were few hours ago;
yaster problems occupy them, for they
are now solving the mighty secrets that
only the dead can know.
The petty marches of day will yex
them no longer, fer they have gone on
that long, eternal march, whose end is
never reached, and where tho soldier car
ries neither canteen nor knopsuck, musk
ct nor blanket--in this case, not even a
windlng-sheet.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
Jiffin M'eeklp Tribune
now THE CUMBERLAND WENT
DOWN.

Gray swept the angry waves
Ger the gallant aud the true,
Rolled high in mouuded graves
Over the state v ltigates crew
Over cannon, over deck,
Over all that rhastly wreck
When the Cumberland went down.
Such a roar the waters rent,
As though giant died,
When the wailing billOws went
Above those heroes tried;
Aud the sheeted oam loap'd high.
Like white ghOsts against the sky
As the Cumberland went down.
OH sbrieking waves that gushcd
Aboye that loyal band
Your cold. cold burial rushed
Der many heart on land
Aud iron all the startled nosth,
A cry Of pain went forth,
As the Cumberland went down.
And ancient woods that gave
A thousand years ofpowcr
10 her lordship Of The wave
Aud her beauty's regal dover,
Bcut, as though before blast,
When plunged her penuoned mast;
~ the Cumberland went down.
And grimy minds that sent
To her their virgin strength,
Aud iron vigor lent
To knit their lcrdly length.
Wildly stirred with throbs Of life,
Echoes of that fatal strife,
As the Cumbcrl0Ed went down.
Beneath the ocean vast
+, u many a captain bold
BY many rolling mast
And admiral of old,
Relied restless IN his grave,
As he felt the sobbing wave,
When the Cumberland went down.
And stern vikings that lay
A thousand years at rest,
In many deep blue bay,
Beneath the Baltic's breast,
Lepp'd on the silver sands
And shooR their rusty brands,
AS the Cumberland went down.
Draining welcome in deep bowls,
To their children they, the brave,
Who hId given royal souls
A starry flag to save,
When decks were blottel red,
With the dying and the dead,
AS the Cumberland vert down.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
Necessity for Reinforcing Nc
Gleli;eu. r

Correspondence OF n, ,TTIIaqs =,
This raid in McCiellpps rear shows
what 100 resoute men can do. Whose
men were these! 'Tis posotively assert.
cd that they rsre SionepsH JacssonI
This active rebel Generals army has ss-
capped Fremont, and is now on our flank,
so the country people north off, say, and
| believe il 70 be true. a''a : = :.
Will not New York and Washington
now see 10 it that Mcclellan is reiniorc=
I'd! ! was meyer an alarmist But 4
tell the people OF the North that they had
better demand in the thunder tones Of
the President, instant reinforcement Of
the Army of the Potomac. ,t1
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04

HAVE Youl-=Iohn w. F9rney, wri-
ting from Washington to the Philadelthis
Press, makes the following pertinent in
quiries:-Have you ever heard Seces-
sionist talk politics who did not claim to
be Democfati Have you ever heard a
sympathizer with Secession talk politics
who did not boast of his DcmocracY'-
Forney declares that the men who al
ways tried to break down the Democrat
c party in its days Of honor and lcyaly
are now taking shelter under the name Of
Democracy, in order the more success
fully to assist the Rebel eut-throsts IN
arms against the Constitution and
Laws. "a ~
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
Arrival Of Cotton and sugar
From New Orleans. L

The first shipment Of mere handize
from New Orleans arrived at New York
on Friday, by the brig Yankee Blade,
which lett New Orleans on the Sd inst
She brings cotton, sugar and molhsses.-
Capt. Fairchild reports an activity IN
trade in the Crescent City that is in great.
contras. to the desolation which prevails.
ed when he arrived on the lst Of May
Special. -,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04

The bill far abe eon6scation OF slaves
haAing passed The House by decisive ms-
jority, po doubt is entertained that either
that or some other equally effective bill
will pass the Senate. A mesure Of that
kind would be worth moro to the Union
cause than an army Of 100000 men.
Toledo Commercial. Ia
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04

0STIt turns out that the statement thai
ten thousand prisoners were captured BY
Gen. Pope is nothing but an elegant DC
ton on the part of Gen. Halleck, or
made under mistaken idea as to facts.--
A few prisoners probably three hundred,
were eaptored, but nothing like the num-
Der stated
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04

0eTOne hundred and fifty rebel prison.
ers, taken at Memphis, have reached
Camp Douglas Chicago. They are u
very hard set, mostly river deck hands
before entering the rebel gunboat serv-
iga. y st ist'Ft - !uit
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
POorlnan h Miller
Extensive Tan Yard,

In this City at which they purp9se carrying the Tan.
ming busn extensively In all its departments, and
10 have all work done In the hest manner, by oompe
tent woJkmen They are now prepared at ali times to
The IA ghest nrice in
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
Saddles and Harness,

all Of which is made Of the best stock, and by expert
enced hands. Our arrangements such that We can
supply the public with almost an endless varety
Of saddlery VI tue most approved patterns, Spd we
keep number Of workmen hand, ready to tuyu out
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
Cash for Hides and Bark,

well as to furnish the community with any and every
thiag in line. They have in connection with their
Sard an extensive Saddle aud Harness Mandatory,
where Il keep hand and make TO order all kinds OF
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-07-04
GRoCIRIE

at Wholesale OF reinilss low any estaI saent At
Snndusky or Cleveland Ills stock con5 Hs
Gle usually kept IN Wholesale aud Retail Provision
store. The following are afew of tho principalartcie
CREE NJ Nh pI1K
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-02
$50 REWARD!

DANAwAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER.
IL near Nashville, Tom, on the 10Th duy oi 70
April 1862 Negro man named TILMON. a
ahnnt 2e years old tcet or inches high IN
quite black whiskcrs on whom ho Left weighs Uh0Ut
$50 pounds The said boy was seen in Nashville IA
few days ago, and said lac was u Murrncs boro al the
time of Che late battle, and got slightly wounded In
the hand Will give the above Reward for tho do
livery Of the said boy in the Jail at Nashville so that
can lUt him.
jnlylO-dlm' ROBERT caro-
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-02

GATED. The Government can do His ,poa
The principle Of The general ,ceBare. Tie
Constitution girs, he poorer. But If there
is any doubt on this head, the paeg.
ought toje as1moi For self preservation is
The first law Of nature; the peace aud
tranquility of society, and the very ex-
istence Of the Government, depends upon
the virtue and Intelligence Of the masses.
The man who will talk about State
rights hereafter, when the Government
means a blessing TO the State, should be
regarded as fit subject for lunatic
asylum, or the penitenGary
The whole property of the country
should be taxed to oducaIe the children
of the country. No one can make me
believe that if the laboring men Of this
State had been educated they would
have gone for Secession. The ignorance
of the masses in this State surpasses
anything | dreamed of; whole families
IN my county can neither read nor write.
Enclosed l send you an article from
the st. Louis Republican The writer ex-
presses my views fully on the great qucs-
ton that now shakes the continent and
agitales the world. Old Stewart county
will be all right ere long.
Col. Andrews commanding at Fort
Donelson, and his officers, have made
most favorable impressions upon the cit
liens, and we have no doubt but that
they will be able 10 preserve the peace
Of the county until the reorganization
Of the State government when the civil
power will be able to do it.
Gov. Johnson's course merits the APP
probation of all loyal men. His unfal-
tering devotion to the Union, and 10 the
true principles Of government, are known
of all men, "Faithrul amongst the faith
less; unseduced, unterriGed he has kept
his zeal and loyalty pure" May the
people reward him with the highest office
in their gift j. NJ. SHAcKLEFoRD.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-02

Az UNcLE on HIS NErUEw.-ln the
last number of the Danyillo Rsu'cin, Rev
DIR, BRECGINRmGE thus expresses his
opinion of his nephew, JONI G. Back
INRIDGE:
The conquest of his own State by arms
was one OF the points ia this atrocious
scheme, 20 the defence Of which the Ken
lucky Senator lent himself at Washing
ton, in his vehement opposition 10 the
Federal Administration; and in the sup
port Of which, on his return TO that State
in August 1861, the conspiator be-
came a refugee, and the refugee a Gem
eral in the army Of traitors, and the Gem
eral an invader of the land 10 whose de-
tense ne owed every drop Of his blood.
His expulsion, as traitor 10 the nation,
from the Senate of the United States,
few months later was the just and ma
turalresult. lie had not even tho poor eN-
cuse that he was loyal 10 Kentucky. He
was a traitor 10 her also, aud that with a
treason aggravated almost beyond historic
example, aud destitute Of every prctcNt
ever plead by traitor before.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-02
How Shall the seeessionists be
Assessed

The justice, and reasonablcncss, and
necessity Of the measure we suggested
yesterday, proposing that the secession
lists Of this place be assessed $4,000 or
$4,000, If need be, for the benefit Of the
soldiers who have enlisted in the Ten
nessee regiments in this place, strikes
every one who is loyal. The Money Dlna
be had, that is certain, and it must be as
scssed on tie men ,clo hare made these h0ops
necessity. They helped 70 revolt against
the Goyernment-iley brought on civil
war and anarchy-Hey stopped trade,
manufactures, and busincss-H,ey threw
thousands Of working men out of employ
ment and drove them into the army
heB and they only, are responsible for
the sad scenes we see around us. To
bring all this about, they contributed
money freely; and as they emptied their
pockets once to destroy the Government,
let them empty them again TO help in its
restoration. But how shall The tax be
levied? There are various modes Of as
sessment, but perhaps something like the
following could be easily adopted; Let
twenty of the richest secessionists
in the city pay 5000 each; this would
yield $1,000; one hundred Of the next
richest pay 500 each; this would yield
| $4,000 more two hundred of the next
richest $50 each; this would yield
! $1,000 more aud two hundred Of the
next richest, S25 each this would yield
$1,000 more. This would give an aggre-
gate of $4,000, and would prove highly
agreeable to all parties. The Secession
ISIS would probably acquiesco in it will
lingly. The County Court or the Gov
ernor might extend this scheme TO
the County and in this way 100000
might be raised for the preservation of
| the Government and the comfort of the
families of our gallant soldiers. We
must wake up or our sister cities will
outstrip us, and this would be disagree
able to the Secessionists themselves
Nashville and Davidson County can and
ought to do nobly in the great battle for
the Union and free government, and it
would be highly reprehensible in our
authorities not TO allow them the oppor-
tunity 10 retrieve their former glorious
reputation in the holy cause of loyalty.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-02
Correspondence Of tho Union.
AFFAlIES AT BATTLE CREEK


F5lr Union soldiers hung by gue,yi'la8-
Young to0maa murdered iR the iceoiS by
ne .re5els - Summary punishment Of a
guerilla.
Mr. EDITOR: Having just left our army
in East Tennessee, your readers would
doubtless be glad to hear Of the doings
in that direction.
Although our troops were, for short
time, on half rations, owing to the de-
struction of the railroad at Murfreesboro,
all is now well and progressing finely.
The barbarity of the Bushwackcrs is
unexampled. About ten days ago our
scouts found the bodies of four Union
soldiers hanging TO one tree. They APP
pearOd to have been hanging for two or
three days.
A few days since, while l was out
with a scouting party, we found the body
of a we'll dressed young lady, shot through
The JrCast! ..
We discovered that she belonged to a
respectable family, two miles distant,
every member Of which had been muir
dered. She had evidently been shot
while trying to escape. ...... ..
l had parthken of the hospitality of
her fathers table but three days before
aud as kneeled by her side, and felt no
pulse, no breath, no sign could but
think of my sister, of my mother, of my
friend.
Oh Col that 0csh and blood should
be cheap. .-..
We buried her there, among the rocks
and pines of the mountain, and seven Of
Ohio's sons vowed by her grave that her
death should be avenged.
In the treatment of these fiends, who
thus show their chivalry-their Southern
blood know Of no means too decisive.
When we deal with savages, with bar
barians, with beings made after Gods
image, yet bereft Of humanity, Of every
characteristic which should distinguish
men from devils, we must use extreme
means. May God nerve my arm to en-
terminate such a race from the earth
The most summary, as well as the
most Just manner of treating Bushwacf-
ers, was shown in the act of one of our
soldiers. As the train was running from
Huntsville'to Stevenson few days since,
an innoccnt-looking man was seen sit
ting by the roadside on the fence. As
the train passed, one Of che guard drew
up his rifle and shot the man through the
body. Great Indignation was expressed
by all the soldier put under arrest; the
train stopped, aud several officers went
over to pick up the "poor innocent man"
The man was just dying, and in his last
strugglys was trying to lille his slot- gun
uHder Hs fence! The soldier was in
stantly released.
1t appeared that The soldier recognized
the man as one who had shot at him
while on picket duty, and thus executed
summary vengeance.