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Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
THE COPPERHEAD PLATFORM.

By dint of much exertion and great en-
terprise, one of Our Young Men has sue
ceeded in compiling the following true
and reliable statement of the principles
professed by the new party. He has had
his hair cut, and is doing well on low diet,
since. In case our readers should wish
TO know more, it is not impossible that
Mr.. Mahoney, and (hic) Salisbury of
Delaware. may be able to communicate.
Here is the platform, $50 far as heard
from:"
1.-The Constitution as il is, and the
Union as it might, could, would, should
or shouldn't have been.
1I.-An armistice of twelve years, for
deliberation.
II.-The Union, at all hazards.
IVA new Confederation Of States,
comprising all but New England.
Va vigorous persecution Of the
War.
vT.-The peaceful departure of our
wayward sisters.
VIA military dictatorship for some
man who is "coming."
VILLAIN armistice and alliance Of one
year, to enable the belligerents to capture
Canada.
X-Unconditiona restauration of the
Union.
IA request for mediation from
France and England.
XI.-A Commission appointed from
North ond South. without cessation of
hostilities.
XII-Resignation of the present Ad-
ministration, and appointment of pro-
visional Assembly instead.
XIII.-The Union forever.
XIv.-.Abolition of Anti Slavery.
Xv-vigorous procrastination of the
War.
XVI.-Repeal of the Sunday liquor
law.
XvIT.--The integrity Of the Habeas
Corpus
XyIII.--The Union before the Niger.
XlX.--Speedy recognition of the South
ern Confederacy.
XX-The Union.
Tanify Fair.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
YOUTHFUL WORKERS.
[ Vanity Fair.

Az editor in the west gives the
following account of his COM
positors:
There is little WILLlE-onlv
fourteen years of age-and small
at that-at his stand decipherlng
the manuscript and putting into
type. WILLIE is fully equal to
the best hand that has ever been
in the office, being both speedy
and accurate compositor, and is,
beside, posted generally as to the
news and business connected with
the paper.
And there is HATTIE, as neat
as a new pin, busily engaged
over a telegraph dispatch, occu-
pying another stand, on a high
stoo! to make her high enough
she is ten years of age.
Near her is her little sister
ErrrE, who two years Younger
puzzled over some hard word
which WILLIE explains to her
satisfaction, and she goes ahead
with a new alacrity.
In the corner, on a very high
stool, is little FRED, setting up
the latest news from Kansas.
proud OF the dignity of his pro,
fession. He is but about Sis
years of age.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
WINCHESTER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY

pient-the most equal in its rights-the
most Just ia It's decisions-the most Ienient
in ITS meaeures, and the most inspiring IN
its principles to elerats the race Of men.
that the sun Of hfGvsn ever shone upon.
Now, for You TO attempt to overthrow
such government as this, under which
we have lived for moro than three
quarters of century-in which we have
gained our wealth, our standing as ma
tion, our domestic safety while the ele
ments of peril are around US, with peace
and tranquility accompanied with un-
bounded prosperity and rights unassaiied
lis the height of madness, folly and
wickedness, to which I can neither lend
my sanction nor my vote" a5r ~
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
TILE AND BRICK.
TILE TILE TILEm
Drain yOgr Wei lands!

f5NHE Drain Tile manufactured by the
III undersigned have been pronounced
the bestiu use. Try them, and fyou : not
become satisfied that they are Just the
ftingIor draiEiRg ret lands, we will re
fund YOU the money paid for them. We
also Keep on hands BRICK, of our own
manufacture. which We warrant to give
cutire satisfaction
- Give as acAll at our Yard, north
OF the Depot, Winchester. Indiana.
may 23Iyl o. i J. h. MARTIN.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
TESTIMONY ORA. II. STEPHENS

The following is from n speech Of
Alexander II. Stephens, in the Georgia
Secession Convention. lie was strongly
opposed to dissolution, but afterwards
went over. and was made Vice President
of the Confederacy. lie declared,
"That this step once taken, could new
er be recalled and all the baleful and
withering consequences that must follow,
las they would see. will rest on the Con-
vention for all coming time. When we
and our posterity shall see our lovely
South desolated by the demon Of war
which this act of yours will inevitably IN
vite and call forth; when our green fields
Of waving harvests shall be trodden down
by the murderous soldiery and fiery car O..
war sweeping over our land; our temples
Of justice laid in ashes all the horrors
and desOlations Of war upon US; who but
this Convention will be held responsible
for IL ; and who but him who shall have
given his vote for this unwise and
ill-timed measure, (as I honestly think
and believe shall be held 10 strict ac
count for this suicidal net. nv the present
generation, and probably cursed and exc
Grated by posterity for all coming time.
for the wide and desolating ruin that will
inevitably follow this act you now propose
to perpetrate
Pause, entreat YOU. and consider for
a moment what reasons YOU can give that
will even satisfy yourselves in calmer mo-
ments-what reasons you can give to your
fellow-suherers in the calamity that it
will bring upon US What reason can
you give to the nations Of the earth to
Justify it They will be tie calm and de
liberate judges in the case and to what
cause or one overt act can YOU name or
point, on which to rest the plea of iustifi-
cationl What right has the North as
sailedl What interest of the South has
been invaded What Justice has been
denied and what claim founded in jus
tce and right has been withheld ! Can
either of YOU to-day name one govern
mental act of wrong, deliberately and
purposely done by the Government at
Washington, of which the South has a
right TO complain challenge the an
swer. While, on the other hand, let me
show the facts, (and believe me, gentle
men, am not here the advocate Of the
North; but am here the friend, the firm
friend and lover of the South and her in
stitutions, and for this reason | speak
thus plainly and faithfully for yoHrs'
mine, and every other mans interest, the
words of truth and soberness,) Of which
wish you to Judge. and will only state
facts which are clear and undeniable, and
which now stand as records authentic in
the history of our country.
"When we of the South demanded the
slave trade, or the importation of Afri-
cans for the cultivation of our lands, did
they not yield the right for twenty years
When we asked a three-6fths representa
tiOn IN Congress for our slaves. was il no
granted When we asked the return o.
any fugitive from Justice. or the recover,
Of those persons owing labor or alIegi
Ance. was IL not incorporated in the Con
stitution1 snd sgain ratified aud strength
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
NOW

Arise, for the day Is passing,
While vod lie dreaming on
Your brothers are cased in armor,
And forth to the fight are gone;
Your place in the ranks awaits you;
Each man has part TO play;
The past and the future are nothing
In the face Of the stern to-day.
Arise from your dreams of the future
OF gaining n hard fought field,
OF storming the airy fortress.
Of bidding the giant yield!
Your life may have deeds Of glory,
OF honor; God grant it may.
But your arm will never stronger be.
Or needed as now to-day.
Arise, II the past detain you,
Her sunshine and storms forget;
No chains so unworthy to hold you
As those of vain regret;
Sad or bright. she is lifeless ever;
Cast her phantom arms away, tI
Nor look back save to learn the lessor
OF nobler strife to-day.
Arise for The hour is passing; II r
The sound that ycu dimly hear
Is your enemy marching to battle;
Rise! rise for the foe is near.
Stay not 10 brighten your weapons,
Or the hour will strike at last,
And from dreams Of a coming battle
You will wake and find it past.
Household Words.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08

A fellow was one day boast
ing of his pedi gree, when a wag
who was present remarked very
sententiously: "Ahl | have no
doubt. That reminds me of a
remark by Lord Bacon, that they
who derive their worth from their
ancestors resemble potatoes, the
most valuable part of which il
under ground"
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08

England imports from foreign
countries S25, ,O00,O 900 worth OF
butter in year. Ofthis amount
Holland supplies the largest guam
tlty-SlO,0OO, 5000. The Uni
ted States sends the second larg.
est amount-S5,O00,0O0.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08

be consolidated into five conps-
MES, the Colonel and Major mus
tered out of service, and also half
of the line officers rendered su-
pernumerary by such consolida-
ton. Ii does not affect our regi-
ment at this time.
A. j. NErF,
Major saith Indiana.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
I~I For the Journal.
AMARANTH.

By J. D. HARRISON.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08
NEW GRAVE YARD

The nnaersigned has laid of a New
Grave Yard, immediately adjoining the
oid one, on the west. in lots l5is by 1915
iee: square, which ne oilers To sell on rea I.
sonAb!e terms Those desirirc 10 secure
ianily burial place can nov do so hv
calling early on DAVID HEASToN
May 81, ls69.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-05-08

With love for all things pure and right
And scorn for nought but sin,
An eve that never fears the light,
And a brave true soul within.
.sEs9ls1!Egfogg
A viii of steel no fear can move, r s.
No warfare quell nor tire; =
Insatiate thirst for truth and love,
And a heart ofpulsing fire.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-02-19


always on hand and made to order
He is also prepared t. furnish STEAM BOILERS Of
any siz or kind wantcd.
Smal! Castings made in Brass Composition. Cook
ing and Heating Stoves Of different sizes manufactured
and for sale at the above works. Furniture lur Cooking
Stoves and Stove Pipe always on hand
Persons who waut GEARING o, any kind are informed
that the subscriber has Patterns ter Gearing than
auy other concern III this part OF the country. Thcy
would he quite OF finding among his Patterns Gear
ing that would answer their wants and thus Say DELAY
and expense in getting mp work.
He makes also large variety of Puleys. Ralanhe
Wheels and Crank, Water Wheels also saw GumIners
ThimbIe Skcns and Pipe Boxes Iron Fence, Caldrons
PiowS &c.
His equipment Of machinery consists Of as good tools
made. and selected with ;the design o! being
able to do any job which might be offered whether large
small. In short his effort has been get up in all
respects first class establishment
Terms Reasonable. Orders solicited. Cash paid foI
Old Pewter ana Britannia.
Works situated Main Street Barclay r. r
Canal Basin. 0. BARTLETT
TowaEla april II. 1851. P,og,l,io1.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-02-19
7 HAVE inst received from the CITY.
Large Stock of
IMPORTED PURE LIQUORS.

,f every variety. Ny stock of LIQUORS has been pur
ha,cd tor CASH, directly nom the Importers whereof,
am enabled furnish Farmers for the anproacbinI
Harvest Superior and Pure article Of Liquor OF an,
lind whatever at LOWER PRICES than were ever H.,
nfT,l in
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-10

ton that about the middle OF March twenty
women in Atlanta, Ca, maddened with the
sight of their starving children at home, COL
lected in body, and broke into and plum
dered several groceries of meat and -four, in
broad daylight. Deaths by starvation are by
no means uncommon in that region. The
Union thinks that before long the southern
people will rise en- masse against their tyrants
and swing them up to the first tree.
In illustration of the rigor of the confed-
crate conscriptior, Mr. Gere writes from New
Orleans to the Hampshire Gazette that no.
ted lawyer Of that city named Elan, while in
the back country, was furnished with mus
ket and ordered to report at Port Hudson.
in vain he urged his legal exemption by the
ownership of twenty negroes he was allow
ed only five days to arrange his affairs, and
he obeyed the summons and is now in the
rebel ranks. A man and his wife arrived at
New Orleans who had come from 200 miles
up the Red river region in dugout canoe
having been twelve days on tie way. The
nah had been hiding in the woods since last
September to evade the CONSUMPTION. One
OF his neighbors who refused to 80 into the
ranks was promptly shot.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-10
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.

One Solomon Henshaw, wealthy citizen
of Fountain County, Ind, committed suicide
on Friday last, because he had become a
member of the Knights of the Golden Circle,
and their reasonable character SO troubled
him that he could not bear the oIium.
Three important decisions have been made
in the Wisconsin superior court, in which all
the judges concurred. The first is an en-
dorsement of the right invested in the Presi-
dent to draft the militia in the state the sec
ond that all alien citizens are legally liable
to draft and the third in favor OF the valid
ity of the law authorizing soldiers to vote
The Richmond Enquirer says the stars
and bars have gone out of use by general
consent as the confederate flag, because of
its too great resemblance to the Yankee con-
Germ. The crimson battle flag, with a St.
Andrews cross ofblue is in general use in the
confederate armies.
There is beautiful thought in the address
of the ladies of England, in reply to Mrs
Stowe: You have sent US the Griswold for
the Alabama" Let it pass into a saving in
our mother tongue, "a Griswold for an
Alabama" when good is returned for evil.
A late number of the Richmond Enquirer.
has a philosophical Article upon the bad
habit of eating three meals per day. The
editor urges that two meals are amply
sufficient, adding that, under the present con-
dition of affairs, and the shortness of pro-
visions, It is nearly as bad to grow fat as
to get rich On the Confederacy."
A splendid horse, said to have been vainly
sought for by an agent of the French en-
peror, has arrived at Washington, gift to
Gen Hooker, from Californian.
The number of soldiers registered on the
books Of the sanitary commission, as hey
have entered the hospitals since Nov. 1852,
is as follows Central office, Washinton.
$4,000; Louisville 60 600; New York, 1000
Philadelphia, 5000; total, l4l,OOO. ,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-10
The Condition of the South

We have not forgotten the assertion-al-
most boast-ot many at the North or the
breaking out OF the rebellion, that we were
going to starve the South into submission.
Two years of war has demonstrated now
II never before that where there is a ariH
there is or will be found ray. Never,he-
less the reports that come to US from nearly
all parts of the South go to show that there
IS great restitution there, and it does now
appear that if the Federal forces no more
thah held their own" the rebellion must
before many months be crushed. To be sure
we should learn by former experiences not to
anticipate al ear y Or easy victory; but the
evidence is conclusive, as to the cond;,;o, -
the South and ii the North only holds on
their ultimate triumph is ONLY a matter If
time.
Taking the mouth-pieces of the rehsls
for testimony their condition is terrible The
Richmond Dispatch of the 10Th ult saws
provisions are still going up, caused partly
bya lack of transportation facilities, and
partly by the hesitation Of producers to send
supplies to market, through fear of impress
ment." Some of the prices are, bacon Sl.5o
TO sl''' per pound; coffee, S4.3S; brown
sugar sl''2 ; flour, $50 to $50 per barrel,
according to quality; salt, 4Oc per pound.
1he Nashville Union has reliable informa.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-10
Rhode Island Election.

The Providence Journal of yesterday morn
ing gives the full returns of the Rhode
Island election. The entire vote cast for
governor was 1867. Mr. Smith received
lO,S4S, MIR Cozzens 1887, scattering 3O2. Mr.
Smiths majority over Mr. Cozzens is 333ll,
over all 3oo9. In the Eastern Congressional
District, MIR Jenckes Republican) received
1916 majority over his copperheadish COM
petito:. and over all 1916. In the other dis.
trict. MIR Dixons (Republicar,) majority is
1922 over MIR Browne, over all 992. The
Legislature is as reported previously.
This is, truly, glorious result, eq ual to a
victory in the field in many respects, and all
the more so that it was not mere partisan
success, but was won by men hitherto of all
parties joining with the republicans in sup
porting the administration during this crisis
What blow it is to the copperheads, may
be inferred from the following prediction OF
the New York World IN the early part OF
the week, viz: "Ihe election of Hon. VIM.
Z. Cozzens, the conservative candidate, for
governor, is universally conceded; the only
doubt is as to his majority" The World
then proceeds to give an estimate by coun .
ties, in which it is predicted that Mr. Cozzens
would be elected by 1850 majority, and that
both congressional districts would be carried
Oh the same ticket !-JOurnaz.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-10
Report Of the Investigating Committee,

The investigations of the committee on the
conduct of the war have been brought to a
close, and full report made through its chair
man, Senator Wade of Ohio 1t will lie
remembered that this committee consisted of
Senators Wade and Chandler, aud Represen-
tatives Gooch, Covude, Julian and Odell. -
The report is very voluminous and minute,
giving great deal of the correspondence
between Gen Mcclellan and the President
and the War Department. We have no
desire to revive the Mcclellan controversy,
but we are confident no candid mind can
carefully read this report and feel satisfied
with the conduct of the Commanding Cen
eral. The investigating committee make few
comments-they present the facts. preferring
that they should be received unbiased by
any argument for or against this or that
general. They SHOW how in the progress of
the war the resources of the rebels are ex-
hausted and they are brought to the verge OF
ruin, while the free states, notwithstanding
the unsatisfactory result Of their military
operations and failure Of military officers,
are to-day as strong and vigorous as ever
In the course of the testimony much light is
thrown upon the cause of our many disas.
tiers n the field, but mos. of it has been
limited at III the newspapers and guessed at
by individuals long ago. We may refer to
this again.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-10
The Sam Gaty Affair-Inhuman Butch.
cry.

The conduct of the rebel guerrillas who
captured the steamer Sam Gaty at Sibley's
Landing, on the Missouri river, last Friday
night, was one of the most monstrous
atrocities the war has produced. The rebel
boarding party was % in number, commanded
by George Tod. The hour was Just before
daybreak. The rebels were armed with Colts
revolvers and guns, some of them having
three or four revolvers each.
As soon as the party got aboard, the
commander gave the order for the slaughter
and it commenced. George Meyer, one of
the assistant clerks in the legislature at the
recent session, was the first man killed.
William Henry of St. Joseph, a member of
Captain Wakerlin's company, was the next
victim. A young man named Shuttner OF
St. Joseph, was shot and robbed of two hum
dred dollars. His wound was not fatal, and
he will probably recover. Charley, formerly
barkeeper for Christian Wagner, at Jetfrr-
son CITY, was robbed of four hundred and
fifty dollars. George Schreyer of St. Louis,
was led out to be shot, but the mate of the
boat saved his life claiming him as one Of his
deck hands.
George Morenstecher, Captain in the 33d
Missouri Volunteers. was robbed OF SlO6o
and gold watch. But the most revolving
feature of the whole affair was the ordering
of twenty negroes ashore in line, and the
deliberate shooting of them all, one at J
time. one Of the rebels holding a lantern in
the face of each victim, while the others shot
! him.-St Louis Ners. I'd.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-10
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