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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
Neatness Carried to Excess.

In Holland to keep cows stables
clean, the ANNALS tails are tied in
brown paper, and placed on a shelf
behind them. To keep tobacco
chewers from soiling the carpets,
they spit in each others pockets.
A case of neatness carried to still
further excess is shown in the low
er part of the city, in the person of
a maiden lady, who whitewashes
all her stone. coal before using it.
We get this from "professer" in
the whitewashing and carpet-sha-
king business. .. ..,..
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
The Suffering Of Soldiers, and their Fam
lilies .lt sf4 x 81

Those citizens who have fri0nds
in. the army, and receive lsste
need not be told how much the sol
diers are suffering from the neglect
of Government. Many of the regi-
ments are behind six months in pay,
and destitute of those comforts
which money can alone procure
We have hesitated to refer to this
subject as often as it ought per-
haps to be spoken of, because we
did not desire to increase discomfort
or prevent further enIistments; but
as the matter is daily growing
worse and no effort is apparent for
relief, the people should be aroused
to action. What are the facts?-
Letters from our soldiers on the
banks of the Rappahannock say
the weather is very cold and they
are destitute ofmittens, poorly clad,
and many have not received cent
of money in months. AyounT mal,
in the Eighth Cavalry writes from
camp near Fre.@..rlcksburg under
date OF Z:Ho.n, to his mother, com.
Ching of his want of pay from
government to provide the things
necessary to his personal comfort.
Over six months pay is due his reg.
iment, and there are many others
10 better off.
1t is not the soldiers alone who
suffer in consequence of neglect of
government. The soldiers wives
and children at home are suffering
for the little aid the husbands and
fathers would gladly afford them
if it were in their power. We are
told by those who have the means
of knowing, that soldiers wives
who never asked aims before, are
now soliciting aid in this city
Rochester Union.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
THE GREAT END OF SOCIETY,"

THE GREAT END OF SOCIETY
Property continually tends to bel
come a more vivid idea than right.
In the struggle for private accu-
mutation the worth of every human
being is overlooked, the Importance
of every mans progress is forgotten.
We must contend for this great
idea. They who hold it must spread
it around them. The truth must
be sounded in the ears Of men, that
the grand end of society is to place
within the reach of all its members
the means of improvement, of ell
ovation, Of the true happiness of
man. There is higher duty than
to build almshouses for the poor,
and that is, to save men from being
degraded to the blighting influence
Of all almshouse. Man has o right
to something more than bread to
keep him from starving. lie has
right to the aids, the encourage
ments, and culture, by which he
may fulfill the destiny of q man;
and until society is brought to
recognize and reverence this, it will
continue to groan under its present
miseries.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
Turkish Feeling.

One evening | Glanced to wit
ness q scene as amusing as 1T was
characteristic of the people ame~
whom ! lived A POSTPAID ~
and eOsman Pacha's z ! s'llsss'. wv
tary was occupied 5!lVate Secre-
Iottors Thc ~ in dispensing the
~ to'i,'. I;s officers were admitted
W. w, ''' ,ent, and the childish glee
"nich they displayed was divert
ing in the extreme. Not only did
they mark their gratitude by kiss
ing every portion Of the sccretary's
garments on which they could lay
hand, but danced about, showing
the cpistles to all who approached.
Fortunately, perhaps, few of these
could read, so the breach of conhr
dence was not very great. | have
often noticed that an Oriental,
when he does shake off the apaI
thetic reserve habitual to him, ber
comes more excited and enthusias-
tic than warmer.bloodcd nations.-
At any rate, they seem to possess u
full measure ofthat natural instinct
of joy at receiving tidingS of loved
ones in far distant lands. One of
these letters was from the wife of
an officer, who had not heard from
her for many months. and whose
last reports had informed him of
the destruction cf his house by fire.
The apparent Indifference with
which he mad received the first an.
nouncement completely gave way
to flood Of happiness on hearing
of the safety Of those he loved
Verify, they are not so devoid of
feeling as is generally supposed
thcso fotoliat Tnrrs Horeognri,,n,
! By LieWGnaM &. 1rJMhH0t.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29


Sss@The Boston Massachusetts,
Post says:
"Many of our readers have supo.
sed that our statement that Cover
nor Andrew and the Secretary OF
State "dined with colored friend
in Southac street, on Thanksgiv
ing day" was a joke. Not so. The
host was Lewis Hayden, contra.
band, employed as messenger at the
State house. The dinner was a
success. About twenty-five guests
were present. The company was
very select, the Governor and the
Secretary b ing the only white per-
sons present"
When we have declared that to
put negroes on o political and So
cial equality with the whites was
the object, and would be the result
Of the Abolition agitation, if sucl
cessful, it has been Indignantly de-
MED by some Republicans, who did
not see the drift of the policy they
were sustaining. TO such we conf
mend the above action of Gov. An
drew. What do they say tothat?-
Gin. Enquirer.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29


GoLD!-"We are coming Father
Abraham or there is nothing in
the signs of the times. When gold
went up to 1875, in New Orleans
and Richmond, some time ago, all
the Republicans told us that the
back of the rebellion was broken!
jeff, Davis would soon have to
knock underI Some weeks AGO
gold, in the north, went up to 1875.
Last week it went up to 1856. Yes
terday twas 142!
Oh we are coming certainly el
nough. But vhat are zoe coming to?
Where will this Administration
land us, say three or six months
hence? Ought not the President
to issue proclamation declaring
a paper doIlar-worth as much as a
gold one? lsn.t it queer that the
last proclamation didn't fulfill the
promises that were made for it, and
restore confidencc?-Prouidente Or.
~ Post.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
Total Production of Wool.

The total amount of wool pro-
duced in the United States during
the year 1860 was 6O,512,343,
being an increase of eight million
pounds during the ten years, while
the returns prove that woolen
manufactures have increased fifty
one per cent, showing that the
increase in our production falls far
below the increased demand for
manufacturing purpose. The total
amount of wool manufactured into
clothes in the United States in 1860
was 8O,3S6,272 pounds, showing
that our wants exceeded our supply
by over thirty per cent, q balance
which had to be made up by i'm
portation. . o.. .' .s..
In this respect it will be seen
what au immense advan age the
Southern States have over the
Northern in the production of their
raw fabrics, for while the North
produces only three'fourths of the
wool tnat is used the South pro-
duces ever five times the amount
Of cotton that is consumed in the
United States. Nearly all our wool
en- manufactures are at the East.
New England has over half of the
capital thus employed in the whole
country, and Massachusetts alone
has nearly one-third. The West
has yet done but little in manufac-
turing, not tithe of what should,
and, as we believe what will even
tually be done. Michigan has bnt
twenty woolen manufactures with
in her borders, and thoSeion small
scale, with Il total capital of but
S139, 500, and consuming but 223,
100 pounds annually.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

nea-Now let US inquire how long
this useless, ruinous, debt.piling
warts to continue?-'"Tillthe South
is conquered" says a Lincoln abo4
litionist. This is a FOOLS answer,
after the experience of the recent
past. We regret to say that, from
all we can learn, this corrupt, Ad-
ministration, and its miserable
corrupt abolition Congress, intend
to persist in their ruinous war pol.
icy that has been so emphatically
condemned by the people at the
polls. The history of the world
shcws that tyrants take no need of
warnings; and fools and knaves are
not apt to proft,by experience.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

WAE..-lf war has its chivalry
and It's pageantry, it has also its
hideonsness and its demoniac woe.
Bullets respect not beauty. They
tear out the eye, and shattcr the
jaw, and rend the check. Mercy
abandons the arena of battle. The
frantic war-horse with iron hoot
tramples upon the mangled face,
the throbbing and intfamed wounds,
the splintered bones, and heeds not
the shrek of torture. Crushed into
the mire by the wheels of heavy
artillery, the victim of war thinks
of mother, father, sister, home, and
means and dies; his mangled corpse
is covered with a few shovelsfuI of
earth, and left as food for vultures
and dogs, and he is forgotten. lie
who loathes war and will do every
thing in his power to avert it, but
he who will, in the last extremity,
encounter its perils, from love of
country and of home-who is will
ing to sacrifice himself and all that
is dear to him in life, to promote
the we'll being of his fellow men,
will ever receive q worthy homage.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
A Hero.
i old pilot, named Trem

old pilot, named Trementin,
he senior on the list OF En-
sesgjfe eseaE,, hasniust died
at the Isle de Bas (Finisterre1 at
the age of eighty-fve. A singular
and heroic act is connected with
the career Of this veteran. In 1927,
Lieutenant Bison, who commanl
ded a small brig, the Panayot,,s,
while cruising close to the Island
of Stampalia, in the Grecian Arch
ipelago, was attacked by a number
Of pirates. Bison defended him
self to the utmost extremity, and
when no longer able to resist
against superior force, almost all
bis men being killed and himsel'
mortally wounded, he becko" ~ -.
1remetin, and, pressi"r, b;s "I" L",J "
ordered him set il" 90 H. ms i li"nu
lnasa1'''e' lhe other, without {
'''on .ont's hesitation, decended with
It match, and the instant after a ter
ribIe explosion took place, and the
shore was covered with human bod
les, The life Of Tremcntin was sa
we'd by Il sort of miracle; and whcr
the act was made known to the
Government, the rank Of Enseignt
de NaisScau and the Cross Of the
Legion Of Honor were conferred or
him. A pension was also granted
to the sister Of Lieu tenant Bison
and statue erected to him at POri
Dnt
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
me- Niger worship has gone I

pa- Niger worship has gone to
such an extent with the Admins
tration that a negro, who was con,
victed with the Minnesota, Indians
of the massacre which lately horril
fed the country, was repreived by
the President, while his Indian
companions in crime were all ham
ged.. Who would not be negro,
If he wanted the favor of fanatics.
HeraId.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

RgWe have about ten thousand
colored gentlemen and ladies in
Massachusetts, from whom might
be sifted two thousand men car
pable ofbeariug arms. Why don't
a couple of our esteemed fellow cit,
izens of the Abolition persuasion
enlist two regiments of the thun,
der cloud pattern, ask Governor
Andrew for commissioners as Colo.
nels instead of contractors, and
march into the throat of Mars?-
Boston Post.
a-They wont do it, or, if they do
the negroes will not respond. A
negro regiment was called for in
Rhode Island, along while ago, but
nobody has vet seen it. They leave
the fighting to the "white trash"
-PrOuidence Journal.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

what Douglas Would Have Done.

Senator Douglas, in his speech at
Springfield, in 1861, thus gave his
opinion of such an emancipation
proclamation as has just been issyl.
ed by Lincoln. TIC SAID: 3l
81 will never sanction nor acquiI
esce in any warfare whatever upon
the Constitutional rights of domes-
tic institutions of the people of the
Southern States. [AppIausc. r.,
the contrary if there was VI
tempt to invade tho0r -; ;,.a an II a.. u.
stir up scrviIe ip0' ,rro"tionS 1J r,Sm1s' 1c
rnH,r unSa',d l'.oP'' would rush to thcil
or0C@0' or and interfere, with whatev.
v Of strength | might possess, tc
defend them from such calami
tY."
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

One ray of moral and religious
truth is worth all the wisdom of
the schools. One lesson from Christ
will carry you higher than years of
study under those who are too en-
lightened to follow this celestial
guide [Channing. 49,
Pretty, which is true devotion to
God, consists in doing all his will,
precisely at the time, in the situa-
ton, and under the circumstances
in which he has placed u.s. Fen
elon.
D5~ Why is a dead duck like a
dead doctor? Because they have
both stopped quacking.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29
CHARAcrER.-The differences of

CHARAcrER.-The differences Of
character are never more distinctly
seen than in times when men arc
surrounded by difficulties and mis-
fortunes. There are some who,
when disappointed by the failure
of an undertaking. from which they
had expected great things, make
up their minds at once, to exert
themselves no longer against what
they call fate, as if theueby they
could avenge themselves upon fate;
others grow more desponding and
hopeless; but athird class of men
will rouse themselves just at such
moments, and say to themselves,
" the more honorable it will be-"
and this is q maxim which every
one should impress upon himself as
a law. Some of those who are
guided by it, prosecute their plans
with obstinacy, and so perish: 9TH
els, who are more practical men,
if they have failed in ono way,
will try another.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

ra-An Abolition stumpcr, while
making speech recently, paused
in the midst Of it and suddenly ex,
claimed:
"Now, fellow citizens, what do
you think"
Instantly an Irishman rose up,
and replied:
"Why, yer honor, | think ef You
and | were to stump the country
together, we could tell more lies
than any other two men in the
country, sir; and I'd not say word
the whole time"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

II the world wore intended for q
house of mourning, every flower
would be painted black; every
bird would be 4 crow or blackbird;
the ocean would be one vast ink
pot-a black veil would be drawn
over the face of heaven, and an
everlasting string Of Grape hung
around the borders of creation.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-29

na. A few bushels Of Corn want
ed at this office, on subscription.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-11

receipts were increased. Moreover ham and
eggs, butter and cheese, meat and bread, pail
more duties than cotton. and thus custom house
receipts were also enlarged. Thus, uoiwtl!
standing the shutting up Of the Mississippi,
which the Northwestern farmer did not use
for sending his grain to SEQ, yonr short crops
opened u market for him in which he did grr
something for his grain, and by reason rt
which the North had whcrewithal t. paw ior
importaticns. Hence tho Yankees, prutting
Ivy scarcity here, have not felt the war a.
gricvously rs they are about to do.
The full'harscst here, in Ireland snd in
France, and the like Of which has not been
known for mauy years, will nightly reduce
this corn trade OK the North. Ii is already q
losing business, aud the grain which is to
come will fags3 the category Of Goals to New
castfe.
Hence Infer that, notwithstanding the open
fngof the Mississippi, Northwestern people will
find a poorer market than ever for their corn
With the falling off of this trade tho New
York merchants will be no longer able to pay
off their British creditors in grain they will,
therefore, have to part with their gold it will
20 up, and greenbacks will come down. and
80 raise voice from the lower levels Of s0eie-
ty that will be trumpct-tongued for peace. To
smother that voice, even now, Mr.. Lincoln has
to keep an armed force, no: only in New
York and kentucky, but i'll Ohio. l,.tana,
and uther States. lie is even how marching
one up into Iowa, to PITT down there Il cry
for peace. lie IS likely TO have occupntion
for al the recruits his conscription will give
in keeping down his own people.
Never were the prospects Of tie South
brighter. a tha. wc have to do is 70 main
tain the defensive, watch our ci!arce,, aud
strike whenever there is an opportunity for a
good stroke, either w:ih the sword or r;,h TIC
pen. F. II. MAuRv.
RpwnES, Cheshire. Aug. j..
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ENGINEER TROOPS.

"hsneer troops, or corps of pioneers, sap
HFF' MINERS, and pontoniers. have always
Osen considered necessary adiuncts Of al,
1'iHE' Upon them, as pioneers, devolvss the
1u'!o' "lenins and repairing roads, by which
,'s army can advance with facility while as
S'l'o0ers they are required to be ready with
"'e'f E'itopn bridges, when streams are en-.
'"'a'eFed that are tco deep to ford. In be:
SS"s fortified positions, the labor Of making
.Fi''aciies to the enemy's works, by sys-
~ ,"' % zig'zag trenches, termed "boyaux'
.|aaI'e!>.' or lines Of entrenchments
'''l "h!ch as 4 base, the attacks are made
'Ae "orHs; and the establishment of bat
N''">' aud sinking Of mines, to destroy the
t"'4!'st aud effect breaches through which
>,'"u''s can be made, dcvolves upon the snp-
iefsani miners.
y, ~ enable the engineer troops to perform
a. .ss 'u'ies with accuracy aud expedition
- are carefully instructed and exercised in
'| 'y their officers, who should be exper,
Srs,efs Ssasefs. 1t is customary, also, to ann and
t,,,, '1ein as inian'ry, that they may be able
usa W themselves when necessary, and t.
ex I'm ."~n Us G reserved lighting corps when
,ss"e'es require it.
+. ."e thoroughly instructed in his duties,
y,Ns as'nser soldier car@ us.d not only for
mS,Ds as'Dsl Execution ofsBrk, bu, by u!sc,nu
aT,'',. ", -edsr him his .kSSSledse can lie made
y,... ~. I'd * 10 direct theSaabors, and works Of
saJ md e,,':;N :eat may thua constructed rapidly
APpFssisaar tn. fsy fs.. .,u.h troops,
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YAZOO CITY STRIPPED.

I"zoo City has been stripped. The hostile
attitude Of the people, the planting Of torpe-
does III tho river, the destruction of the De-
Nab, ani The firing upon their gunboats, the
H"'ii'r0 papers state, justified tine rctalia-
nor. The telegraph brings US intelligence
thai tie place has !'een garriconed by negro
regiments; and that the Massachusetts flag
ftoa:s from the public buildings. Some two
thousand bales oi cotton. Il large quantity o:
merchandise, and Steamboat furniture stored
IN the town. with Two steamboat loads of con-
t:a0ap!s were taken away.
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p tic Editors Of lie Enquirer:
AT THE WATCH TOWER,
G.. 81 INf..

AT THE WATCH TOWER,
! Sept. 5th, 1863.
Gentlemen Il thank YOU for giving mine
"f tlI' 1i inst. nu insertion.
lou haec replied to my inquiry. hut NJ.
Rtees has not; aud permit me to say that. if
II he does not reply more categorically than
J you have done, his response will be not only
Unsatisfactory but will excite more dstrllst of
! hi. views as to what the Confederacy should
demand IN negotiation than already exists
You say ''the true and only Confederate terms
| are absolute independence of the Confederate
States; fnil liberty for Maryland, Delaware,
| Kentucky and Missouri to elect, free from the
presence OF Federal bayoncts. to which sec
ton they will adhere: together with such
! conditions about territories debts. indemni-
ties. &c, rs may be settled by negotiation"
Before negotiation is entered upon ut ALL
the question i asked=-"Up Upon what basis
uhat terms" The reply" Upon such con-
d;ti"ns as may be settled ny negotiation
,ainly don't meet the question. A negotiatur
is proposed u, supposed to be proposed to treat
for The Confcdcracv: and he is asked for his
views Us to terms and conditions, and he re-
plies-"I ain for such conditions rs
may be settled by negotiation. -
/: is plain that after negotiation has
settled peace and c"nsummated treaty,
will he loo tee In HR0c rhefhcr he rs a yU0T
acqotinior IN Lehay'otMe- ConjSderGcy or not.
We Dlay know the terms then with ven geancc.
Lib&o|ufc Independence, in one sense. may be
ic.i"cd IL be ''Scpa'ate SoreTciqaty." The Con-
iederacy may DC established separate and SOY
creign hy treaty; ard yet, in respect to namy
conditions urpbsed by treaty, may be made
rs,y iependem upol hsr ce,y eneHieS-as to
slaves, as to b. rider, IT'S to public debt, public
lands, navigation, commerce, &c, &c. The
question stil' remains, therefore: what "con-
-:di;ions. wnut terms would Mr.. RiTes propose
Ito settle n,lr relative independence 2"
J. aSS'.R,e nothing rs to Mr.. Rives' views Of
] palsy am inquiring now whether they are
what they once and lalely were, and that, too,
5 nee this war began? 1t is not reasonable to
| assume that he belongs to that miserable
| crew who are shricSing for peace on some or
am terms" No: he is not ''shrieking" at all:
| nut from his d;gnited retirement he wisely
| and oppDrtunely encourages the struggle by
arms. and bids Us hope with moral. certainty
| for final victory lie is too sagacious to
shrek tni> peace, hut uryes 'ear. He is right,
for arms are our best neSotiators, and those
| srko adrocate them are 0pteSt, tho, to be most
! populor and to be kcctled rhen the time comes
10 propose terms Of psacc and settlement. No
| one doubts Mr.. RiveS' ability 10 be n negotia-
tor at the proper time. What 'cW be his
terms for 1eacc and settlement? repeat.
One OF THE Army.
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CHANGE !OP BASE.

The Petersburg Express" OF Monday
states that the point for the future exchange Of
prisoners in Virginia is shortly to bc trans
ie:red from City Point to Port WaltAall, on
the AppVmattvx, "r scme other place equally
as ronvcnert. The reasons which We hear
gwen ior this Change il is not necessary 70
stale. From PORT Walth;.ll il that should he
the !u;Crc scene t.? operations, there is con.
iauouS i,ite o! rail 80 Richmond. the point
w'.cse stc prisoners are all consregatcd; and,
independent Of other reasons, the delay and
expense attcrdan. n?on two roads will he OBJ
vI...l