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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-09-03
AFFAIRS IN N. CAROLINA.
An Extraordinary Article.
The History Of the Rebellion by a
Southern Man.

From the Raleigh IN. C) STANDARD, July 3lst.
The Secessionists--Th Promises
and their Performances--Th Con-
dition into which they have Bro't
the Countrywide Remedy, etc.
Mr.. EDIToR:-There is, as l remem-
Der, no war to be met with in history
entirely analogous TO the one now rag
ing between the North and the South.
That produced by an attempt on the
part of three of the Swiss Oantons to
separate themselves from the Confed
GRAFTON few years since, in some re-
spects, resembles it most nearly. That
attempt, it will be remem bered, was ar.
rested, and the rebellious Cantous speed
lily reduced to submission by the arms
of tho Confederacy. 1t is frequently
compared to cur revolutionary struggle
with the mother country, but there is
scarcely any analogy between the two
cases. The thirteen Colonies were not
like the Southern States, equal in polit.
ical rights with the other States Of the
British Empire. They possessed NO
sovereign power whatever, They were
not, as we wore, entitled to-representa a.
ton in the common PARLIAMENT of the
British Union, but were mere Colonies
mere dependencies upon the mother
country. In an evil hour the admins.
tration of George Grenvillo, and after.
wards that of Lord North, attempted tc
impose an unjust tax upon the Colo
nies This oppression was resisted
and the resistance was made the pretex
for other expressions still more unjust
The Colonies continued their re.
sistance in constitutional way for neai
ten years, by representation, remon
stranoes, and petitions, for the redress
Of grievances; but all in vain. They
solemnly diSclaimed all intention o
separation from tho parent State, 70
they were as loyal in their feelings o
attachment to the British Constitution
as were the inhabitants of Surrey o
Cornwall. This resolute step they cop
fdently expected would procure tn
desired redress; but the advice of al
tho ablest statesmen of that age-o
Chatham, of Camden, of Burke, of Fox
Of Rockingham and others, was throw
away on the ow-minded monarc
aud bigOtod ministry which then Swaye
1.-THE destinieS of the British Empire.-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-09-03
THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE.
Details of the, Awful Tragedy.
LEAvENwoRTH, August "a.


s The Conservative publishes the fol
lowing account of the Lawrence massa
ere, from one of its editors, just return.
ed from the ruin s:
rs,"We arrived in Lawrence at seven
o'clock, Flying rurnors had painted a
terrible picture, but the reality exceed
cd the reports.
"We found Massachusetts, street one
mass Of smouldering ruins and crum-
bling walls, the light from which cast a
sickening glare upon the little knots of
excited men and distracted women, gag
ing upon the ruins Of their once happy
homes and prosperous business. Only
two business houses were left upon this
street-one known as the Armory, and
the other as the old Miller Block.
a' About one hundred and twenty five
houses, in all, wsre burned, and only
one or two escaped, being ransacked,
and every thing of value carried away
or destroyed.
'' Six or eight soldiers, who camped up.
o d the other side of the river, and who
fred across at every rebel who appear
ed upon the bank, deferred the towards
from destroying some of the houses near
the ferry, and from cutting down the
flag pole. The force of the rebels il
variously estimated from two hu dred
and fifty to four hundred.
Reliable parties place it at 300.-
Their every act during their stay in tht
city was characterized by the most COW
ardly barbarism. They entered the
town on the gallop, firing into every
house, and when the occupants appear
ed at the door they were shot down like
dogs. Five bodies, burned to crisp
lay near the ruins of the Eldridg
House. They could not be recognized
Eighteen out oftwenty-two unarmed re
cruits, camped south of town, were muir
dered in their tents. Their bodies lay
in the colored church when We arrived
Messrs. TrasE, Or. Griswold, Baker
Of and Thorp, were shot down in the yar,
of DR.. g., before the eyes of their fami
lies. Judge Carpenter was wounded il
his yard, and fell, when his wife an,
sister threw themselves upon his body
begging for mercy, to no avail. Th'
fends dismouuted, stuck their pistol
between the persons of his protectors
and fired, i..
.sFMiss Stone daughter of the proprie
tor of the City Hotel, had damon
ring stolen from her finger. Quantrel
obliged the man to restore it, In re
sayenge for this the ruf6ans afterwar
came back aud shot her father before tn
mothers eyes. They also tried to kl
Miss Stone.
''E Gen, Collamore went into his we'll
hide, and the bad air killed him, Hi
son and Pat. Keefe lost their lives try
ipg TO get the father out.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-09-03
4Otttp.
Hours.

..' .... 1OuTb'
Tripping lightly through the sunshine,
Creeping mid the shadows gray,
Ever swiftly fitting, Hitting,
Speed the golden hours away.
Laden they with Joy or sorrow,
Pain or pleasure, smiles or tears,
All are under sailing orders,
Down the ebbing tide Of years.
Hours arc golden ccnsers, bearing
Inoense-OfKering cveTmore;
Shining coils undOing swiftly,
Till they reach the other shore.
Bome among the links there may be
Rusted DER with bitter tears;
Light an shade are deftly woven
In the canopy Of years.
Sheen and shadow intorminglo,
And the hours so sweet and fair,
Change full Oft to weary ages,
Through the weight Of woe they bear,
Yet the cup OF cruel bitter
May be to us for healing given.
And our funeral lamps be watchfiros
g.. on the outer walls Of Heaven.
Happy hoursi Oh, words can never
U. Half their depth ofmeaning give;
How their benediCton brightens
All the world in which we liyel
Golden hours-liko shining headlands,
Jutting Ger the tide Of Time;
Rising o'er the wrecks Of sorrow,
Crowned with majesty sublime.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-09-03
NOutk's department.


IFor the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma. --.-
I am composed Of u letters.
My G 2 Sis boys nickname.
My y39l3 37l2 IA is good to eat.
MY II is part of hat. -
My @ 10 4 2 Is girls name. -
My II is boys nickname
My whole is the name of handsome gentleman.
Hllsboro, Ohio. FLORA
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-09-03
For the News.

For the News
sr. Charade.
My frstis either bad or good,
May please may offend you;
'I My second, in thirsty mood
May very much befriond you.
MY ohoIe though termed ga cruel word,"
f.. May yet appear kind one;
.a. IL often may with JOY he heard,
'-4 With tears may often blind one. MILO.
Answers to Engmas &C., in News of Aug. 90:
To Enigma by "Lawrence L.: JoHS L. ARTHUR
HENRY G. WRIGuT........To Charade by "Winona:'
HgM-I-sPHRRE.
We would be peasad 10 hear from "Winoua" again
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
WAR NEWS.

What We published about three
weeks back, relative to Fort Sum.
ter, was not true. 1t is still in the
power and grasp of the enemy, and
we have lost about eighty men in
killed and wounded, and three
boats In trying to take it. The
Secession Flag still waves over the
Fort, There really is 40 end to the
lies told by the daily Paperd, and
the weakly papers are compelled Ell
Their to publish these lies, to please
their readers, or to remain silent
on the war question.
It Is reported that thirty slaves
making their way to Washington,
were secured and taken back to
their owners-not, however before
several of them were wounded.
We have always said that the
slave would get hurt between the
two contending parties. The
slaves Of the South viii live to
curse their pretended friends, an q
wish they had never heard of Mr.
Lipeoln'S emancipation proclama,,
ton.
II, Is reported that the,main body
of the Southern army is now al
Richmond, and If 80, General
Meade has no enemy in his front
Atrain ran through from Wash
ington, to Culrepper, with supplies
forour troops. ~.l
Our relations with England ant
France are not very favorable.
We have not taken Charleston
but General Gilmore Is trying har'
10 take it by Greek FIRE. 5Ai o. L''
Bragg has made a present of hi
headquarters at Chattanooga +
RosecrStts. .ea12 S @ l.' .!
President Lincoln has, in tn
greatness ot his strength, suspend
Cd the Writ Of Habeas Corpus ovs
ali the States. Free American
read that, aud still boast, if 20
can, eff your liberty. '7''.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
THE CANDLE BURNING AT
BOTH ENDS AT ONCE. So

We have been in Eaton, conduct
ing the democratic Press two
years and four months. We eml
barked our own gold In the paper,
not doubling at the time, that We
should be cheerfully and liberally
sustained ; and It is q fact that We
have been honestly supported By
d gOodly number of respectable
subscribers, but still we have been
i'll used by = number Of men, who
appear to Us to be no great gain to
the Democratic party. In the short
space Of two years and four months,
we are left to record q Terrible Fact,
namely, that out Of a comparative.
y small subscription list, the sum
Of $27O 10 due to us for the paper
and job work. The priucipal part
Of this sum has been due for 9
long time, andf we add the sun
for which We have laboved, 10 tn,
shape f legal advertisements, v,
find that ovor $3.50 10 due to US
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
ATTENTION!
rance

A number Of "good Democrats"
arc informed that we give them to
the 10th day of this month, to pay
US for the paper, Funeral Cards,
and other job work. We shall be
on hand, and will set apart the
10th, to receive new subscribers
and the money due to us, for o pei
Rod of one year and half, two
years, and several for three years
After the above date, (19th9 WI
shall proceed with a determination
peculiar TO our nature, to enforce
the immediate payment of oil
debts due to US from careless de
no uents.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17

It h with no ordinary aense Of
duty, that we call our readers most
careful attention, this wesk, To-
JonNIoN's Nsw LLUsTRATED Atlas.
To save the readers time, and to
lead him at once into the Great
Hall OF physical, Biographies, and
statistical science, We beg 10 say
that an Atlas 10 Q collection Of
maps in q volume; but this dsiihi.
ton of anrAtlas, IL no definition OF
JOHSsoE's comprehensive and com.
'plete volume. It Is not possible to
speak too highly of the unique
work under review and, If we are
not greatly mistaken, II will very
soon find its way into all our
schools into every Professional
man's o6ics--into every private and
public every drawing
room, news room, mechanic'S instil
tute, and into every family where
there is q taste for reading, and 9
THIRST for knowledge. sa a,r,s,,
The United States Great Seal,
in letters of gold, meets the eye or
the outside ofthe volume, and with
in the binding are to be found hun
dreds of large and beautifully exc
cuted maps, and steel plate engra
wings, with statistics Of population
wealth, minerals, vegetables, ani
mails, fishes, and o full description
of the air land and water ; distance
from nation to nation--from cit.
to city, an account of battles ant
battle fields, the progress of tn
population in the United States
the flags Of all nations, the correc
pronunciation of foreign names o
places, and q hundred other import
ant subjects, are fully expounde'
in this most wonderful and cheaI
A:las. There is nothing OF tn
same kind of literary and artist
production, published either Il
' Europe or America, that can com
! pare with JoHNsoN's Atlas, in poin
of real usefulness, and sterlin
merit. Mr.. Holt ia now canvass
ing this town and county for sui
.scribers. We bespeak for him
cordial reception among our read
. ers, and a most liberal patronag
In Preble county. ..4.guI
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
We KNOW that the leral adgertiae.

We know that the legal advertise
ments viii Be paid, when the ada
verified property is sold, bat that
event may come to paaa on the Day
Of judgment, o. the day before.
When w add the sum Of, at lsast,
Is4O0, which We hare during . pea
nod Of two years and four months
advanced nom our own private
purse, to Keep the paper aAoat,
and to serve the cause Of Democl
raoy, we And that the greater pcr,
ton Of from six to eight hundred
dollars Is lost to Us at present.
perhaps forever. Verify, this ID
burning the candle at both ends.
These facts areznos published
from choice, but from necessity.
We cannot live out Of, Or work for
one dollar q month. It Is q burn,
ing shame to those who have read
our paper for q year and Q half
and some of them even for three
years, to turn q dsaf ear toall thai
we have said to them. We stol
about seventy papers this week
and dslinquents will now know
why. A list of their names vii
be published in a few days, and !
lawyer will be employed to look
after them S. DItnys
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
RALLYING SONG.


Oh where's the man TO lead the van,
And bear the eolers flying,
Whoseheel shall tread the tyrants head,
And shout while heis dying7
CHoaUs-~Yallandigham 10 Just tho man,
Pagh the right hand bower:
To meet the Abolition clan
They're Fsadgau hour. ,
Come, rally round the clarion soand,
The bugle blasts are sounding;
Ths marShling hosts are At their post,
The enemy surrounding.
CONGRATULATIONS, DC. rr
For near's the day when We shall say,
With hearts of joyful burning, 9Pi'
With lofty yoice, Ohio's choice
And exile 10 returning.
cHo-vallsndighsm, 10. r
To all and each the right Of speech,
The press and our electors,
Are sacred rights . tyrsnt fights,
But We are their protectors. md
CHo--Vallandigham. &c m,
/ Whoever may presume to say
That negroes ere an equal, ICYL u
Assert . lie that BY and by
VIII prove . sorry sequel. ava
CHo-Vallandigham, &e. .vtas.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
EatOn's Brightest Day.

Democrats of Preble county,
"quit ye like men," Lay the mat
ter to heart. The work before you
is great; you are called upon to
muster for thepolitical battle which
is to DO fought in Ohio on the 18Th
of October next. As o preparatory
step, you are called upon 20 asseml
bic in Eaton, ON the 19TH OF THIS
MONTH. Come in shoals-in pro-
cessions-in bugggiss-in wagons,
drawn by from four to ten horses
come on foot, and by railway
bring your wives, helps and chill
dren, come with streaming ban
ners, with noble flags and bands Of
music-come early, leave all, rise
ABOVE self and come ; bring you
richly stored baskets, wake up
"rise and shine for your light il
come" Let the day, the vas
crowd, the speeches, the object foI
which you meet, and your deter
mination to have the Hon. G. 1
Vallandigham elected in Octobe
next, be such as your children vii
remember forever. Prepare--mak,
ready-come yourselves, and brinl
your friends, and let your battl
cry Observation-Disclosures and Lib
erty." fAtll ~
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
PROCLAMATION.

WHERRAs, The constitution Of
the United States has ordained that
the privilege of the writ of Hd6eas
Corpus shall not b. suspended un-
less when, In cases Of rebellion OF
invasion, the public safety may REL
quire Il; and 81
WHnREAs, A rebellion was exist.
ing on the I'd day of March, 1858,
which rebellion Is still existing; and
WHEREAS, By q statute which Wal
approved on that day It was enact'
ID by the Senate and House Of Rel
personalities ofthe United States
in Congress assembled, that during
the present inSurrection the Presi.
dent Of the United States, whsn'
ever in his judgment the pubic
safety may require, Is authorised "a
suspend ths privilege Of the writ
of habeas corpus in any State
throughout the United 6sstes OF
any part thereof; and, WHEREAS,
In the Judgment Of the President
the public safety does require thai
the privilege of said writ shall now
be suspended throughout the Uni,
ted States, in cases whereby thu
authority Of the President of ths
United States, military, naval aud
civil officers of the United States OF
any of them, hold persons under
their command or in their custody
either as prisoners of war, spies, OF
aiders and abettors ofthe enemy
or officers, soldiers or seamen en-
rolled, drafted, mustered or enlist
ed in, or belonging tothe land o.
naval forces of the United States
or desertsfs thSfefrom| or other
wise amenable to military law, OF
to the rules and regulations pre-
scribed for the milityry or nava
!; ~servise6, by the authority of thu
Presidsnt ofthe United States, b
for resisting q draft, or for an!
other offense against the military
or naval service. EltAo ,9ooH19f v
u Now, therefore, ], Abraham Lin
coin, President ofthe United States
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Tt ia we'll kno wn to our readers,
that when we came to Eaton, be
tween two and three years back,
we published an editorial, in which
we said that to burn down cities,
tear up railroads, destroy villages
and farms, slaughter tens of thou
sands of brave men, leaving be
hind them Thousands of widows,
and tens of thousands of father.
les children, mourning parents and
weeping sisters, etc., ETC., would be
far too great q price to pay for the
Immediate emancipation OF the
negroes of the South. We did say
And write so we still say and
write so. We're we not right? Did
we not write and speak the truth ?
Has the price not been paid, with
INTEREST," Still the slave is not
free, and never will be by war.
We knew at the beginning Of the
present contest, that it was q war
began, and to be carried on, to
promote the immediate abolition
Of slavery throughout the South,
though the Abolition party denied
1t, and wore ready to hang US fol
saying Whist we did.
;. We DO not admit, that tho mel
land we are one of them) who
|, have remained from the first day
until now, firm in the belief thai
! the war would turn out q ConteSt
about the negro and his freedom
, were in the wrong, or have aban
, doned their original principles
The only men of the Democratic
. party, who have changed theil
views in any sense of the word
Q are those who went first with th'
war party, heart and soul, thinking
] that they were going to restore thu
Union q it was, without disturbing
the institution of slavery, to tn
extent of its destruction. But now
7 seeing that the President and hi
anti slavery friends have throw
off the mask, and declared thei
t. determination to put an end to ella
very in oil the Cotton States, on
10 friends of the Democratic schoC
turn round, and proclaim then
d selves peace men. We have bee
for peace from the first, and n
admirer or approvsr of the wa
d and by consequence, we have NJ
turned, but others have, and "
Is think they have not done SO tc
to soon. We have during a Ion
Z. life been opposed, aS we still ar
ls to immediate emancipation. "
d. care not that the churches al
or preachers say that slavery is
Is, crime-a sin that it is o mo
'u wicked thing to keep the POI
blacks in a stats Of bondags. The
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17

is q wide difference between keep
ing a person in q state of bondage
forever, and preparing him gradu-
ally tor his freedom. The slaves
are not fit, either mentally or ply
sically, for immediate freedom. A
man in q perfectly sane state Of
mind may be kidnapped and con-
fined as a lunatic, for the purpose
of depriving him of the control of
his property, by a set Of villains,
and in the lunatic asylum, he may
become q furious mailman. Would
it be right, wise, or safe to release
him? Why noti he has done no
wrong +; his confinement is the elm,
of Others. Still, it would not de
to set him at large at once-hs
must be taken care Of, and treated
l.
kindly, but to let him loose upon
uocletv would not do. It would be
. his ruin and dangerous to others.
And so of the s~laves-they are not
, In a mental condition to receive
unrestraiaed freedom. The safety
Of society, humanity, and the law
of kindness insist upon 1t that they
should not at once be loosed from
r all restraints.
Christ and HIS Apostles found
slavery in the world in their day,
but they did not attempt by word
, or deed, to inhame the minds Of
! the sons and daughters Of bondage,
! and thus set them against their
owners. Their pure and holy ex-
hortations were, "Servants Slaves
obey your masters" The Great
Teacher, asjwell as bis Apostles, lid
not interfere with the administers
ton of the laws, nor abrogate their
authority, but laid down precepts,
D and proclaimed q religion, which
. AZ it extended and took root in the
= heart, should by its ~benefcent ef.
fectS, and Uanctifying influences,
ultimately, but gradually, quietly
and peaceably prepare the slave
for his freedom, and his owner
heart for the full, free, and cheer
full bestowment of SO good q gift.
:, We have thus very briefly ant
honestly given our views on tn,
!, slave question, ana we fully belisv'
{ that We have the mind of Til
Spirit on the subject. If other
differ from US, let them. We thin
for ourself, and leave all others t
do the same. Every honest reade
of the Press must know, and doe
know, that we are uRbondingly o.
posed to everything in the shape {
interfering with State Rights, q
70 immediate emancipation. Let th
id churches and preachers remembe
that God hates robbery for a burr
offering. There is great dang,
'st that while some men think tRi
they are serving God aud the u,
re gro, they arc sacrificing to Devils
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-09-17

do hereby proclaim and mike.
known 10 eli whom L may concern,
that the privilege Of the writ Of
habeas corpus Il snopendedt through.
out the United Slater In the esser.
Il cases before mentioned, aud Shat
this suspension will continue
thFougho1t tie dnthtien Of the
aid rebellion, n until this prcclal
nation shall BY q subOeQuont one,
to be issued b. the PfeIldent Of
the United etstes, be nodded and
revoked, and I do hereby reoniso
al magistrates, attornoysr Ard
civil oficers Mithtf VI.
nited Stated, and ell officers and
others In the military and naval
services of the United Gkateb, to
take distinct notius ofthiS suspen.
sion, and giveitf full effect, and III
citizens of the United statssy to
concuct and govern themselV aeG
coFdingly, ahdin comfortably with.
the Constitution Of th62U6ittR
Statea and the laws Of Congress In
such cases made and pf0xided.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereanto set my hand and caused
the seal Of the United States lobo
affixed, this 18th deys R-
ben, IN ths year ofV0nts lord one
thousand eight hundred and slxtY1
three, and Of the independents b
the United States Of Anerisa ths
IirNtceofaMSIsass
By the President : W. h 6iM.
ARD. Secretary Of State ggv7@ q