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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-17
What They are Driving at.

The Boston Commonwealth, the or
gan Of Charles Sumner and the New
England Abolitionists, thus defines its
position and that OF its party on the war
question. 1t is explicit:
Weneither expect, nor desire to see peace
until the last link of the slaves chain is bro
ken, the whole slaveholding class stripped Of
their privileges and their land divided among
their former slaves, and the free emigrants
from the North and from Europe.
As to the first part of the above prop
osition, that peace is not to be thought
of till all the slaves are free, and all
shareholders stripped Of their slave prop
erty, it is precisely the position of John
Brough and his supporters in Ohio. He
says that the war must go on till slavery
is destroyed, "root and branch"
The other proposition about dividing
the lapds in the South among the me-
groes and Others, will follow in due sea.
son. Is it for such ends as these the
Brough party claim the votes of the peo.
people at home and the votes Of the-s
diers in the feld?- Statesman. d. az
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-17

PROFESSION. The members Of the
Union League profess to believe that
war is the only means whereby the uni
ty of the Republic can be preserved.
PRACTICE. They are very careful so
as not help prosecute the war they think
so necessary. A less number of Union
Leaguers than ofany other class of men,
have volunteered to repel the present re.
bel invasion.
PROFESSION. The Union Leaguers
sing about rallying around the flag. o..
PRACTICE. They only sing about it.
PROFESSION The Union Leaguers
declare the rebels should be "put down.
PRACTICE. They do not help to dc
what they declare should be done.
PROFESSION. "In this exigency We
have forgotten party"
PRACTICE. "We will discontinue all
patronage of Democrats; and call al
men traitors who do not agree with u'
upon questions Of public policyl"-
Wayne County Democrat.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-17

ful cries as Cooper told of, and writh-
ing themselves about in hopeless agony.
The boards offences shattered by explo-
sion threw splinterS through the air
The earth torn up in clouds binding
the eyes of hurrying men; & through the
branches of the trees and among the
gravestones of the Cemetery, a shower
of destruction crashed ceaselesSly. As,
with hundreds of others, l CROPPED thro'
this tempast of death, for the shelter of
the bluff, an old man, a private in
company belonging to the Twenty.fourth
Michigan, was struck scarcely ten feet
away by cannon ball, which tore thro'
him, eStorting such low, intense cry of
mortal pain, as 1 pray God I may new
er again hear. The hill, which seemed
alone devoted to this rain of death, was
clear in nearly all its uusheltered places
within five minutes after the Ere began.
Our batteries responded Immediately.
Three hours of cannonadihg ensued, ex-
ceeding in ierceneSs any ever known -
Probably three hundred cannon were
fred simultaneously until O'Clock,
when therebel infantry we're again seen
massing in the woods fronting our Gen.
ter, formed by the First and Second
corps Gen. Double days troops met this
charge with the same heroic courage
that had so often repelled the enemy in
his desperate attempts. The charge
was made spiriridly but less venomous
than before. General Webb, command.
ing the Second corps, met the main fu-
ry of the attack with steady fire that
served to retard the enemys advance for
o moment That moment was occupi.
ed by the rebel General Armistage in
steadying his troops behind the fence
General Webb Immediately ordered a
charge, which was made with such ea-
gerness and swiftnesS, and supported by
such numbers of our troops, as enabled
us to partially surround the enemy, and
capture General Armistage and 5000
of his men. The carnage which accom-.
panied this charge and the terror inSpir-
ed by it were so great as to reduce num-
berS of the foe to actual cowardice. -
They fell upon their knees and faces,
holding forward their guns and begging
for mercy, while their escaped comrades
panic.stricken and utterly routed rush.
ed down across the bitches and fences
through the fields and through Gettys-
burg. Not column remained to make
another start. The trinmph fought for
during these three terrible days belong
ed at last to the noble Army of the Po-
tomac.
With a pen that falters, with hand
and heart heavy, even in the presence Of
this great conquest, suddened by The
death ofnot o few friends, and sick oi
the sights and sounds that have so long
shocked my eyes and numbed my
thoughts, with vision deceived per
haps in many instances, by the mere tu
multi of the conflict, and with ears fill
ed with divers reports and estimates ol
officers and surgeons, l cannot, l dare
not attempt to give you an account Oh
opinion of our losses. They arc great
but compared with those Of the enemy
they are like as pebbles to grains ol
sand olonor tho chorn
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-17
ADDITIONAL HORRORS.

Ine DOuy OF auOIueT repel dIIrhcIS
my attention by singular Circumstance
The face is discolored in the extreme,
black as that of the purest Congo ne-
gro. The hands are as delicate as those
Of lady and of snowy whiteness. With
the exception of the face the body is
but little swollen, and there are no signs
of the commencement Of decomposition,
Several bodies that 1 find show black.
ened faces, but no others than this dis
play sech contrast between the color
Of the face and hands. Near q small
white house on the rebel line lies the
body Of an officer, evidently o lieutenant
or captain. His right arm is extended
as if to grasp the hand of a friend. All
possible positions in which dying man
can fall can be noticed on this field.
A WOMAN AND THREE CHILDREN.
l met near here woman and three
children on their return to their home on
the left of the line OF battle. Five days
ago they were forced to flee to town to
escape from their locality between the
two eontending lines. This morning,
for the first time, they return back. l
fear the battle has made sad havoc with
their property. If their house is stands
ing, they will find it shattered by shot
aud all its furniture torn up and de-
stroyed. The wartells heavily upon the
inhabitants of the region where it is
waged. Its brief transfer to this local
ity will long show its effects upon GettyS-
burg and its vicinity.
A CONFEDERATE TESTAMENT.
Within twenty yards of one portion Of
the works are the remains of a rebels
coat and bloody blanket. Near it l
found copy of the New Testament, Of
the ordinary 82mo. size, we'll printed and
not badly bound. On the title page is
the imprint of the Confederate States
Bible Society, and it claims to have been
thrown from the press of en- establish
ment in Atlanta, Ga. 1t contains the
name of John H. Congreve, of an Ala.
bama regiment, the number being so
blurred that it can not be made out with
certainty. On the fly leaf in the END
of the book the owner attempted to
draw representation of the rebel flag
above that of the Uuion.
HERALD REPORTERS INCIDENT AT GET
TYsBURG.
Whilst one Of your reporters was on
tour of inspection to the wounded, at
the late battle at Gettysburg, he had
his attention drawn to singularly beau
tiful young man, upon whom death had
already settled his mark. While admir-
ing his tender age and fragile build, the
young sufferer opened his soft hazeleyes
and looking up, said;
'Won't you please raise my head aut
rub my hands Fit cramps so."
Our reporter complied, and asked o
him his name. He stated that it wal
James Warner, of London county, Vir.
ginia.
1t was then that he knew this young
sufferer to be in the rebel service. Up,
on questioning him he stated that he
never entered the rebel service willing;
that both of his parents were Union peo'
pie.
"Wont you tell my mother, when you
get an opportunity, that I am happy
and expect to meet her in heaven? vii
you give me a drink, and then 1 shal
die easy?"
Our reporter of course acquieSced
and gave the little rebel sufferer all thu
attention and consolation he could be
stow.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-17
SCENES AFTER THE FIGHT.
TRACES OF THE STRUGGLE AT THE GEM
ETERY.

TRACES OF THE STRUGGLE AT THE GEM
ETERY.
Monuments and headstones lie here
and there overturned. Graves, once
carefully tended by some loving hand,
have been trampled by horses feet until
the vestiges of verdure have disappeared.
The neat and well trained shrubbery has
vanished, or is but broken and with
cred mass of tangled brushwood. On
one grave lies dead artillery horse,
fast decomposing under the July sum-
On another lie the torn garments of
some wounded soldier, stained and sat.
urated with his blood. Across q small
headstoue, bearing the words "To the
memory of our beloved child, Mary" lie
the fragments of o musket, shattered by
cannon shot.
Cannon thundered and foot and horse
soldiers tramped over the sleeping place
of the dead. Other dead were added
to those who were resting here, and many
wounded solder still lives to remember
the contest above those silent graves.
CITIZENS SEARCHING THE FIELD.
In the orchard in rear of this house
was the position of the rebel batteries
during o portion of the attack upon our
left. Fifteen of their horses lie dead on
the ground, swollen to an enormous size
As yet the citizens have made no at
tempt to bury the putrefying Masses -
All over the field are numerous men
from the country, engaged in gathering
whatever is of value. A few are merely
in search of relics, but the most of them
are bearing away any and everything
that they consider of pecuniary value.
Here in this orchard, I found country
man engaged in cutting the harness
from one Of the dead battery horses, and
preparing to carry it from the field
Another has collected dozen blankets,
dropped by soldiers in the heat of the
engagement.
THE REBEL DEAD.
Most of the dead have been buried
where they fell, or gathered in little
clusters beneath some spreading tree or
beside clumps of bushes. Some of the
rebel dead are still uncovered. The
FIRST that meets my gaze I come upon
suddenly, as decend bank some three
or four feet in height, to the side Of a
small spring. He is lying near the
spring, as he had crawled there to obs
tain draught of water. His hands
are outSpread upon the earth, and clutch
ing at the little turfs Of grass beneath
them. His haversack and canteen are
still hanging to his side, and his hat is
lying near him. His muSket is gone
either carried off by his comrades, taken
by some relic seeker, or placed in the
accumulated heap by our own soldiers.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-17
The Great Battle of Gettysburg.

SO terrible was our musketry and ar
tillery fire, that when Armstead's brig
ade was checked in its charge, and stood
reeling, all its men dropped their mus
kets aud crawled on their hands and
knees underneath the stream of shot till
close 10 our troops, where they made
signs of surrendering. They passed
through our ranks scarcely noticed, and
slowly went down the slope to the road
in the rear.
In one part of tho field, in q space not
more than twenty feet in circumference,
in front of General Gibbons division, l
counted seven dead rebels, three of whom
were piled on top Of each other. And
close by, in spot not more than fifteen
feet square, lay Is "graybacks" stretch
ed in death. These were the adventur.
ous spirits, who, in the face of the hor.
rible stream Of canister, shell and mus
kerry, scaled the fence-wall in their at
tempt upon our batteries. Very large
numbers of wounded we're also strewn
around, not to mention more who had
crawled away or been taken away.
The field in front of the stone wall was
literally covered with dead and wound
ed, a large portion of whom were rebels.
Where our musketry and artillery took
effect they lay in swaths, as if mown down
by scythe. This field presented hor-
rible sight-such as had never yet been
witnessed during this war; Not less
than 1000 dead and wounded laid in a
space of less than four acres in extent,
and that, too, after numbers had crawl
ed away to places of shelter. .
THE DEATH OF GEN. REYNOLDS.
Major General Reynolds was placing
his men when he was fatally wounded,
and urging them on to the support OF
Gen. Buford. He cried out in his en-
thusiasm, I" For Gods sake forward
forward my brave boys-forWard y
And forward they did go-that iron
brigade of old Col. Meredith's, which
has never failed since the war began. -
Just then Gen. Reynolds received bis
fatal wound, and falling over upon Cap.
tain Wilcox, his aid, who was riding be-
side him, exclaimed, "Good God, Will.
cox, am killed y Capt. Wilcox had
his horse shot from under him at about
the same time, and was severely wound.
ed by the fall. ......
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-17
PROSPECTUS
or THE
NASHVILLE Union.

Tho EAsHuIAhE UNION was commenced last spring,
for the purpose OF opposing the Rebel southern Con-
edoraoy and Of advocating the restoration of Federal
authority without any abatement all the States
which have attempted 70 gecsde, Its object was TO
proclaim tho doosines Of Liberty and Union, thoy
we're once expounded by the fathers Of tho Republic
but which for more than one yoar--the long and
dreary carnival Of treason--had been unspoken aud
unwTitten In the. catital OF tho State Of ANnRzN
JACKSON, and treasured up only in the hearts Of
the faithful. We belfeved that thereht way 70 con
duct loyal iouruai In city Ihs NASHVILLE a such
time as this, was TO raise che waverlng ard tmid
up to the true standard Of patriotism and not to
lower the standard Of patriotism, aer the manner Of
come other Journals to suit the dopraved Of the
semi-loyal and sympathlzers with the Richmond dy-
nasty.
The UNoS, therefore, has held as friends All who
support, ard foes all who oppose the Union ~ the
states Its watehword is FREEpoM AND NAuoSA nrrY.
with rebels and traitors IL has no compromise to
mako. It contends for the Federal Constitution and
the Laws made in pursuance thereof as the sUrREME
LAW OF rHE LAND, anything in the Constitution and
Laws Of any Of the states to the contrary notwithl
standing. aH v ft N.t fr-t-.-t s, ., -
II contends for the Union Of the States because
without 1t the preservation Of our liberties ana nsii
wholly Impossible. Therefore, whatever stands In
tho way Of crushing out the rebellion and restoring
The Union must perish no matter BY what name It
be called. ia M
When thousands Of our Citizen soldiers lay down
their lives upon the altar oftheir county, as sacfi
fee above all earthly price, and precious in the sight
Of Heaven, God forbid that any ignoble motive OF
solflnterest should make any man wavor in his 10y
atty. If there be any such, let them look at the
blood Of Shiloh, Fort Donelsou, Murfreesboro and
fredericksburg, and blush at their wiekedness and
folly Love for our country should now overshadow
every other feeling and he Is no patriot who loves
his houses lands negroes with 1.-THE of the devo
tion which he feels for his eourtry. Eyen prudent
selshness should compel 10 DO patriots, for who
AN hope to bis treasures from tho wreck Of
arulned and dismemberod Unioni
We want 10 zee the land once more blessed with the
enduring sunshine Of honorable peace, based upon
the complete and unconditional submission Of the
rebels In arms, and not JIG up with the deccitfh
glow of peace based upon emasculato loyalty, and
con -easlons 20 tTators-sle glow OF meteor which
would shine only 70 betray, and going out would
leave us in darkness tcDfold gloomy than that
which prevailed before.
These arc ne sentiments and views which the
UNION viii continue 70 advocate through whatever
Of storm OF sunshine may await it in the future and
We ask tho support Of all who bosve It to be import
ntihat thoroughly and vigorcaBiy loyal newspaper
should be published 10 Nashville.
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pefencrs or rulInhomn.

The principal and most formidable
Notifications is just outside the limits OF
the village, In a northeasLerig direetlea.
The forest has been fellrd in front and
on the fianks for a distance Of half or
three quarters Of mile. The works are
more roughly Constructed than those az
Murfreesboro, but competent judges pro-
nouhce them fully as strong aud s1scept-
ible Of as firm a defence. The position,
in view of the readiness with which the
line of retreat could be interrupted, the
difficulties attending the transportation
of stores 70 the rear, and the ease with
which IL could be flanked, was iBjudi-
ciously chosen, BFagg's alternative,
when our army oe upied MaRehester,
was a hasty withdrawal or thorough
defeat, resulting perhaps in the capture
of his entire army. The shre wdness with
which he effected his departure and saved
bis entire stock OF stores is manifested
in some degree by the seryioable use 10
which no put the Chattanooga Rebel.
After our occupation Of Manchester, con-
trary 10 expectation, the latest issues Of
that rebellious little sheet cane regularly
into camp. II stated, falsely without
doubt, that troops wero rapidly being
pushed forward TO Tullahoma, and that
Bragg would give the Yankee army a
bloody welcome. AZ the Same time,
rebel troops were passing down 10 Chat
tanooga, and the rebel trains had been
for days moving southward. When our
troops entered Tullahoma they found
three siege guns, one thirty-two poan-
der The lrunnions Of the guns were
burned, aud one was abandoned bet geen
the works and the railroad.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-17
Hoa IN Of nlaek troops.

The value Of negro troops ia the ma
larious districts Of the extreme South, is
set forth Ia letter OF the Surgeon Cen
eral, based on statistics in the Depart
m nt Of tle GolE In that Department,
10 appears that mallriOus diseases (tn-
termiitent, remiltent ald typhoid feYers,
dirarhea, dysentry, eic. ) afeot the white
troops 10 The extent oflO and 10 per
cent wbist the negro soldiers are af-
fected bnt 10 t4e extent of $40 Of one
per cent The difference is, therefore,
greatly IN favor Of the oolored troops
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-17
TERMS. OF SUBSCRIPTION,

In PAR HCGps.)
Daily Union, lsngle oopy) per annum...,...,Sio 90
a. a. q per week............ Is
Aa-All communications on business with the once,
will be addressed to the PUBLISHERS ofthe UNION,
and all communications the Editor will be address
ed to S O MERCER.
Editors of loyal newspapers will do us great kind
ness by republishing the foregoing Its substance.
The current transactions In Tennessee for months TO
come will be highly interesting 10 all lovers Of their
sountry and her free institutions and the columns Of
the UMos win furniah the earliest and most reliable
history Of these events,
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sEoRErARY sEwARpIs arEEcn.

Secretary Seward spoke imprompiu at
length TO crowd who preferred to hear
him rather than TO follow the music. He
said:
Fellow citizens, thank you for your
visit of cOngratulalion. Il is ali the
more welcome because what you come TO
ielioitate me upon has only the same
significance for me personally that il has
for each one OF yourselves, and for the
children and posterity Of US all through
out as many generations as we can now
foresee.
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Furnished House Wanted.

A coon cOyFoRTlBLE HOUSE with SIX to
n Eight RoO ms convenient to busiaess(a furnished
residence pf pfeierred) Is wanted, by good, careful
tenant, without ch ldren. Inquire as 40& Cherry
street-Up-Stairs, Office Of
JNO. II. GREFE n CO.,
United States Claim Agents. Real Estate and Com
mercial Brokers
une30 - H.
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S1OOREWARD.

,NTOP THIEF--Stolen, near General Crittenden's
- Headquarters, on uesday night, 2Sd instant,
LaRaN kRIGHT Ray HnRSE anaat u henda one
inch high, heavy name aud tail and black legs, and
o0nsid rally crease fallen, / will pay One hundred
iollars eward for h0Iss aud Thief Fifty Dollars
for other. WI. WELtH,
juue21-l3ts sutisr II, q 81 A. G.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-26

family only served to render it runaway
match. The happy couple spent their hon
eymoon upon the continent, visited Italy,
Switzerland, and the Egyptian pyramids,
and two years ago they came to Illinois and
purchased farm near Clifton, in Iroquois
county.
Brodhead was as ignorant of agricultural
science as he was Proficient in that If gunnery
and projectles. And when to this serious
impeachment is added a deep seated habit of
dissipation-an inordinate fondness for the
wine cup-which his free and easy life had
engendered, and which most unfortunately
was shared by his wife, we have the sum total
of causes sufficient to blast any mans pros
poets in life His failure in an agricultural
line only confirmed him as a drunkard and
fastened the denouement. An ardent lover of
field sports, his dog and gun were in
constant requisiton, and his heavy IL
bations on such occasions more than once
laid him out for a nights lodging ON the prai
ries. His wife, once pet of British aristo-
cratic circles, and at one time maid of honor
to the queen, though highly accomplished
lady, an excellent musician, and speaking
with seven different languages, soon became
even more besotted than himself. She
died drunk year ago, and Brodhead was in
such Il state of beastly intoxication as to be
unable to comprehend that fact. Since that
time he has been raidly ''going under" His
property, dwindling away for years, soon van
ished, and at the time of his death we find
that he had been driven to the extremity of
pawning his golden medals. Truly ''truth is
stranger than fiction"
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1PuBLIc-No. 36.l

AN ACT extending the time for carrying into
effect the provisions of the third section of
the act entitled can act relating to high
ways in the county of Washington and
District of Columbia" approved May three,
eighteen hundred and siXty-two.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States ofAmeri-
ca in congress assembled, that the period
named in the third section of the act entitled
can act relating to highways in the county of
Washington and District of Columbia" APP
proved May three, eighteen hundred and six
ty-two, requiring that the roads designated in
said section shall be surveyed, plated, and re-
corded within one year from the passage of
said act, be extended to three years; and the
levy court of said county of Washington is
hereby authorized to cause the survey, plat
ting, and recording of such roads, in each
year, as it may deem proper and necessary
provided, that all of said roads be so sur
veyed, plated, and recorded within the period
of three years.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, that the
president of the United States be, and he is
hereby empowered, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, to fill any vacancy
that may hereafter occur in said levy court !;
and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with