M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-01-22

lhruTlFs Sfo.0UO. lneec claims. Oi
/. 1898, 900. have been attended 10 at a
cost to the State Of 81, $50, without
any east TO the soldier.
The great success attending the
lahCrs Of Mr.. Lewis induced Inc qnite
recently TO establish similar agencies
Iat Louisville and Cincinnati. The
agency at Cincinnati have placed in
Icharge Of A. B. LYNN, Esq. OF
: rInhbu,l county; that at Louisville
in charge of Royal Taylor, Esq, o!
IOayahoga county. Bot of these gen
,lrmcn are we'll known men of high
character lor integrity and superior
qualifications Tor the duties OF these
p siliuns. The expenses OF these
Igerc cies will he delrayrd from the
military contingent fund for the time
being, and | doubt not will meet your
approval
| The several measures fIr Tho relief
ard protection Of our soldiers, herein
referred To, embrace all in our power.
1s"farar they are personally concerned;
but ae have yet the further dnty to
IperI rm Of caring for their families in
their absence. We are proud to know
that every neighhorhood OF our State
Is bl ssed with generous and henevo
lent souls who are happy in extending
the hand Of Kindness and charity tO
ibeir distressed ueighbors, and whn
will seek ont those who have been
le|t by thg gallant volunteers in oar
army, AM cheerlully minister to their
wants; hut the lew unwilling t. do
tIair lulI duty in this matter should he
conpellrd bv law to perform it.
Therefore recommend the levy OF n
Especial lax for this purpose. The act
nt February II, 1862, should be con
tinnrd. Az. however, the numb r OF
soldiers IN the field has increased Snce
the passage OF this act, it ia necessary
that the levy be increased. A rate Of
one mill on the dollar. which wonld
raise the sum Of $500. 900. added to
The volunteer ,fforts OF the generous,
,bris believed would be ample to make
the mnth,rs, wives and little on
,(wh, Sc natural protectors are absent
patlllng i"r the support and mnln'en'
ancu Of the Government which pro.
tcctS all tia; 10 dear tp us), com Orta
.Ihlr, anl II knowledge Of tnis fact will
che r and stiuu' ate tho soi,icr 10 fur
Ithrr duty II nerd not he feared that
snch ,giela,i"n will cause the benrvo
lent and generous to relax their lndi
Ividual etf rts in this direction. Thu
Iluiy generous are very weary Of well
dong and enough will still be found
for them tn dn.
/ B FIRE dismissing the suljccfs re.
aling to The military SEPARATIONS OF the
Epast year, t may he proper that re
mimi you, that Ire Executives If the
Iloyal States are cuwOrkrrs With. aud
Iin great measure agent of, tho AL
jlhnritics OF the Federal (i,vcrnm ut,
.in the raising aud organic ny Of the
| Federal torce In virw ot this, !
dpuht not you will be glAl to know.
that in the discharge Of the variou,
exciting ard drlicate duties thruwn
-apon lna by these authorities. | have
i6t,n able to maintain entire harmony
and friendly relations with them, sin
cercy believing that tho Presd nl
and thpsc who surround him have
acted solely with view of restoring
peace and harmony to our distracted
Government, aud to all its citizens,
whether Nor h or South, | have prom.
pity rendered them all the all in my
power, cherriully snl diligently
Without feeling and mani!esting such
spirit, the power Of the Great State.
IIn rIuShin! the rebellion. would have
wasted and irittertd away. This
iSpi.it anu Il, termination led me. most
cIlecrtulIv to acqniesce i'll the scvera
prd' rs oi the President denying Ger.
tain privileges heretofore enj yrd by
the people, and still highly przed by
all. lal,nIe particularly to the tcm
ourary modified suspension of the
writ Of Ilabeas Corpus, and the orler
irr the arrest Of citizens gnilty Of
interfering with enliStmenis and with
ihe order TOR the execution Of the
dra't; and their temporary confihe.
ment before huaiing or trial.
NECESSITY, stern necessity, will alone
tolerate suci orl,rs. For tho honor
of our Stats, it should be made known
1tlat but eleven OF such arrests have
been made within onr borders, 30 tar
as known to me. OF these, three per
Isons were removed from the State,
lour we're confined for short time at
lCamp Mansfield, and the rcmaing
four nj Camp Chase. All those con.
fined within the State have been set
ut liberty. All the arrests, 30 far as |
am advised. were made by virtue OF
ur,iers from tile War Department, and