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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

PERsEvERANcE.-At q public din
ncr, George Stephenson, the cele-
brated railway engineer, said: II
have worked my way(but l have
worked as hard as any man in the
worldly and 1 have overcome obs.
tacles which it tails to the lot of
but few men to encounter, Lhayo
known the day, when my son was
a child, that, after my daily labor
was at amend, | have gone home
to my single room and cleaned
clocks and watches, in order that 1
might be able to put my child to
school. ! had felt TOO acutely my.
sc'f the loss of an education not to
be fully sensible of how much ad.
vantage one would be to him. /
may say, too, perhaps, without be-
ing egotis'ical, that I have mixed
with a greater variety of society
than, perhaps, any man living. /
have dlned in mines, for was once
q miner and l have dined with
kings and queens, and with all
grades of the nobility, and have
seen enough to inspire ME with the
hope that my exertions have not
been without beneficial results
that my labor has not been in vain
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

IRON CLAD LADIBs.-The last new
thing in the way of dress orna.
mentation is leather. The Prin.
cess Metternich made her appear.
ance lately in a dress of Havana
colored silk, ornamented with
leather trimmings, studded with
steel-headed nails. The bonnet
was of the same material, ornal
mented in q like manner, and
strange to say, so was tho parasol.
Similar ornaments are the rage
among ladies in this city. They
make the fair wearers look as If
they were iron clad.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

THE WORLD AND CHANcR.--How
often might a man, after he had
yumbled a set OF letters in O bag,
hing them out upon them cot upon
the ground before they would fall
into an exact poem, yea, or go much
as make a good discourse in prose.
And may not a little book be as
easily made by chance as this great
poem of the world? How ofteh
might man be sprinkling colors
upon canvass with a careless hand
before they could happen to make
the exact picture of a man? And
is man easier made by chance than
his picture? How long might
twenty thousand blind men, which
should be sent out from several re-
mote places in our country, wander
up and down before they would
meet upon the banks of the Rappat
hammock and fall into rank and file
IN the exact order of an army?-,
And yet thisis more easy to be i'm.
agined than how the innumerablss
blind parts of matter should rsAg
1ezvous themselves into a worldyTs
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

ARRIVAL OF COTTON AT New
ORLEANs.-During the week end.
ing May %, there were received
at New Orleans 2,492 bales of
cotton, principally from the coun-
try which has just been opened
by General Banks. In the four
days folIowing-that is to say to
May 26-1,s40 more bales came
to hand. This made altogether a
stock on hand and on ship board
of 7,1SO bales, with a prospect of
mEch more to come at once.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

The DLER.-Everything within
us and about us shows that it was
never intended that man should be
idle. Our own health and comfort
ard the welfare and happipess of
those around us, all require that
man should labor. Mind. bodv.
soul, Q, all alike suffer and rust out by
the idler is IA source Of
mental and moral oFense to evepv.
body around. He is q nuisatioe IN
t,e world and needs abatement for
the public good, like any 9th az
source of restilencc,
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

"WHIsTLING Dick" "A CORES.
pondent, writing from Vicksburgh,
says the rebels have a gun which
domiaeers the river. and is q pes
tilent bother to us. They call him
"Whistling Dick" No gunhoat
has any business where this terri
BILE gun can get a shot at 1t. 1t
shoots a ball 81 feet long, steel
pointed 250 pounds, can 60 through
our best iron clads, and is thought
to be the best gun of thewar The
writer says it willbe some time be.
fore Vicksburgh is taken u a',l
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

The Loyal Leagues boast Of haV!a
ing 10000 members in the State.
all a ready to 60 into active service
TOR the Governmen;. We. would
suggest that they Immediately fur fur
nish Ohio'S quota Of six Months
men. Shoulder arms and march.
Boosting and braggadocia are play,
ed ont; let us have action now
Don't stand upon the street cor. Or
nerS and denounce Democrats for
rot going The Governor fcalls.i,
Tn1noIa S9all ne . have an answer!--[Trus
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09
JOHN BROUGH AND THE
.. UNION

In his late speech at Cleveland
Mr.. Brough said:
"For many years, you are aware,
| have held ideas Of a conservative
character ON this slavery question.
| have changed my views. 1 now
see the impossibility of permanent
success in our Republic as long as
any portion of it Is afflicted with
the leprous disease. Either slavery
must be torn out root ard branch.
or our Government will exist no
longer"
Unless slavery can be destroyed,
Mr.. Brough thinks the Govern.
ment will be destroyed. If the
South should offer to return to the
Union, as it was in 1860, before
Lincoln was elected, Brough could
not accept it, because if we did, the
Government "wlll exist no longer"
Brough is not for the old Union.
lie will not have it. He is for
some other Union some other
form It government, the character
OF which he has not yet divulged.
From the tenor of his Marietta
speech, where he advocated 'latge
discretionary powers" in the Gov
ernment, and sneered at any re-
straints upon it, we should Judge
that he Was for a monarchy Cin.
Enquirer. =
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

HrsToRY is only the Book Of Man,
in several numbers. There is DIV
unity in the treatise. God prints
it with his power press. He is the
editor of time, who 10 the author of
eternity, History is the large fam.
lily bible Of the race, around which
generations gather as in one room
for prayers. ..,.-,-..r ~ tass
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

EcHoING FLooRs.-As houses are
now built, floors are apt to be very
noisy annoyaDces. The timbers
are so strained up that the floors
become resonant like drum. Now
this can be very easily remedied at
o tritling expense. After laying
the under floor, nail down some
sawed laths, directly over and
across the sleepers. These will
show where to lay the upper floor.
Now make q mortar of lime and
sand, in which the latter ingredient
may be in excess. 1t may be made
thin. Pour it on to the floor and
spread it just as thick as the laths,
and let it dry before laying the Sc.
cond floor. Nail down the upper
floor through the laths, and it will
seem to you like walking on q brick
pavement. .-..'".'
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

sa-JoHN BRoUGH runs as a war
candidate for Governor, and, yet,
what, has he done for the war?s He
is a warman at home---one of those
gentry who does nothing against
the rebels, except to expend q lit.
tie breath, which has no effect on
the progress Of the STRUGGLE. 20. w :
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

The Grand Jury huvs found bill of in
dictment against the Washington Star" for
treason, in repu bishing the account of army
movements from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

DEATH We can face, but knowiar..
a.nn'nyy as many u Of US Do, what is humsnr
life, which Of us Is it, chat, without
shuddeting, could, If consciously we
we're summonedI face tho hour Of Z
birth! a 'r" 'rroD ~ bra ,sDooE
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

Among a recent lot Of mail mat
ter for the Army of the Potomac
was q roll of sole leather weighing
probably 40 pounds, for a private
in one Of the batteries, for his own
use, with a one cent stamp only
upon it. ..r; -. .. .,-,..-., -
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

CHARACTERISTIC. - Ben. Bitter went to
Washington in full Major Generals uniform
to take his daughter home from boarding
school, ,... .., -f...
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

IT is stated that tansy stepped in hot wa
ter, and sprinklcd over melons and other
vines, will instantly kill or drive off all bugs
and worms.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

The DIFFERENCE. Senator Hen.
kle, of the late State Senate, in a
rn"opt snAA"k 80 r.r.---L W. -"
.s---. oe~H.. Wv Hviuulpus, speak,
ing Of the Constitution, said: ~, 4, :.
II would blow 1t away as q child
blows a feather into the air." .
Mr.. Vallanligham says:
"I ANA Democrat-for Consti.
tuition, for law, for the Onion, for
liberty"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

It Is said thatiour postal currency
is circulating freely as change In
the rebelcapital,
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

WAssT Lee!driven out Of our territory bv
Mcclellan before be had been upon it half
as long. as he has nov2 And vet thev tsll
us that Mcclellan is slow and Fightiug joe
tast- Louisville Journal. WV
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09

DAVID TOD has been superseded in the
Department of Ohio" by John Brough;
oh Johnny Brough, n
Iii too tough,
Poor David Tod
To treat so rough. ..
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-07-09
DAVE TOD.

Battle bis bones over the stones, ~,
A partisan pauper whom nobody owns
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-08-15

allies Of JsK are q De certainly aud over.
hslminsly aefsassd = psesawaia
IT Il unlecessazg sor 10 to dwsn For
bment apnn the quaiiRcatlons q neis
q any man upon the aickets they ara
known % every citizen Of the County, a
men Of unwssering inyalty, davoted pat
riotism. and nnquestioned ability--the
meanest Tory In the coaAt tcsnnos duss-
ton the entire competency of every man
en- the ticket 70 discharge. IN the most
satisfactory manner, the duties Of the Off
ces to which they are severally noinina.
ted.
The nominations do US prouds Z This
il the first time. in the naenlory OF the
oldest inhabitai.t. that we hose had in
Pottawsttamie, d tieltpt composed through
ont Of Moroughgoing, uncompr promising
Union men, ticket, every name upon
which loyal man can support without
any conscientious scruples. s:
Let US make q strenuous effort to secure
for our nominees, m9orities larger than
were ever giyen to Union candidates in
the County let us satisfy ourselves that
we can be as strong with straight-out, p
with a rnongrel ticket. =
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-08-15
THE NEWS.

The Kentucky election has resulted
in Union victory, by about $4,000 ma
j0rity. Three times three for odd Ken
tucky.'
-Mead's army is being rapidly aug.
mentcd by the new eonscripts.
Win. L. Yancey is dead and buried.
The devil is ahead of the gallows this
time.
The West Virginia Legislature has
elected Waitman 7. Wiley, of Monon,
gahela county, and P. g. Vanwinkle, Of
Parkersburg, U. s. Senators. ~ ~
--Gen. StoneInan Is at the head of the
cavalry bureau in the War Department
President Lincoln's proclamation an.
nounccs that negro soldiers must be treat.
ell at white soldiers, or he will retaliate
upon rebel prisoners.
The siege of Charleston continues un-
abat"l. Fort Wagner has not yet fallen
Herald's Morris Island correspondence
dates 9Th and It'll, reports our position
stronger and safer than ever, moral con
fidence of our troops is uncxampled, al
though the rebels keep pouring in shell
from Wagner and Sumpter and other for
tifcations, the protection of our troops i
so complete that our casualties are hard
ly worth noticing. Capt. Paine of chs
Tooth n. Y. with of his men were cap
tured on the night of 4th, while on seoul
near Light House creek, they made i
spirited but unsuccessful resistance 70 SUI
periOr numbers.
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80 ,...,s, ,,,,.t II Il, IN ff<szz thn
araizs ~ ~ - Is n
great 10y Z. . 81 49, 800 agrs )ils
minor 49, ~. .sssa - = ssssv II mn
tnS u -. & Is ~ q ~ H y ds - ~ itf
wiliin 49, .s 49, 80 ~ pso,Iaise the
.sov. az the
neM 800 s.a s.... sssss rn.std and
ID -. s,ssI;tarv beaEen 20
the Loasso - fTsss. lass.av,.ar aa;d
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-08-15
Fyual the Darlington HawEays. ":s:
THE LADIES' MEETING

At o'clock yesterday, the loyal ladies
of Burlington assembled at the congrega-
tional church Mrs. N. s. P. Darwin was
elected president. Mrs .Wittenmeyer sta
ted the object of the meeting, and spoke
of the condition of the army about Vicks-
burg ofour own soldiers, more are sick
now than at any former time, andsin adj
dition. between 5000, and 200 sick and
wounded rebel soldiers: the supplies have
never been equal to the demand, and now
since the long seige, the men are worn
out with toll and hardships, and every
hospital appliance is needed We. can
form little idea of the suffering they un-
dergo unless we could be at the hospi-
tails and see them.
She gave an interesting descrintion
of the hospitals in the rear of Vicksburg.
Stated that they were much more com
Portable than could be expected. raosffv
shaded by trees. 1t was impossible for
the government to supply those delicacies
most needed Two of the worst months
are before'us, and demand the preatesf
effort. Many. object ts.keeping tha s;o3<
soldiers. in the South: and think 4laey
ought TO be sent hoIne.
In the first place transpoftations were
unwilling to, have their men leave tlaais
commands rs theirs aEe only tlsrs'
hospital boats, they we're general S||
much crowded that surgeons sEroIsitl az
objected toremovals, as very many tliss5
that would otherwise have lived
died during one trip, reeantly.
She visited all the hospitals. and ksI kesl
with the men inquired how fhev & gssss''
treated What they had to n.ss. md n s.ss
they heard from hoInes They tlsuaIfy
were satisfied. In one hospital there VA
much complaint. Il detective was soon
on the track and frauds were iiscoYerd.
Much seandIe lad been circulated On
account of spectators marking their
goods Sanitary Stores. Y and By claiming
to be Sanitary Agents passed fhonselyes
and their boxes through the lines. They
sold these stores to the suffers, and
when. soldiers saw boxes marked .Sani-
tafy Stores" at q sutler's establishn,ept
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that no contingency naay cCeur, which
shail deprive he count of bis sssrTfsss
ii 9he Unite States Seflj Ee.
seltd hat We moSkk
with entif confidence, FecosHmeHd -
the elecgDfs OF this count the eandidaes
this day Nominated for Represent and
the various county officers, a. men !oi
ability aud integrity, and In all respects
we'll qualified for the Offices towhich they
have been placed in nominations. II
Resoired, That the proceedings Of this
convention be published in the Council
Bluffs NOSP1REiL..
Judge jackson appeared. when the con.
yentiou arose and greeted him with three
hearty cheers. The judo responded iii
afew very happy remarks.
Aftsr . fes' remarks from the several
nominees, the convention adjourned.
VIZ. LYMAN, Chairman.
. 8. BrKKE, Secretary. :.
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THE FAD RIOT
IN KEOKUK COUNTY.
From the Heme Journal =.

From the Heme Journal .ssx ss.s a II rTa g. as5 - =
We have an account of this difficulty
from the Rev. Mr.. Littler of this city,
who was there at the time, 4 Copper
head meeting had been announced TO be
held in the grove o short distance from
the village, Saturday Threats had been
made against Union men, and 70 avoid
trouble the Union men agreed TO stay
away from the meeting, and met about
the same time in the village, to hear O
Union speech from Mr.. Littler. The Cop
perhead meeting was addressed by man
named Tally. His speech was treasonas
bic in the extreme. He denounced the
Government and Union men, and was
particularly severe, on War Democrats
Before commencing his speech he -four
ished q revolver and INDUCED in various
threats against the Union men of South
English. After their speaking was over,
the. company, numbering about 300 per-
sons IN all, formed in procession and
marched up to the village and halted In
the street where DIR. Littler was speaking.
The men were nearly all armed and dis
played Copperhead and BattegHut elri-
abiems in profusion. One Of the Mar
5shals of the procession came near where
a returned soldier was standing with hiss
emblem of treason In full view. The sol
dier requested him TO take IT Of, bat he
declined. doing so. The sold iek told him
it must come off, About this tiane Tally
raised ap in his wagon and told the sols
der to keep his hands OF the Marshal
that If he touched him he wa dead
man. The soldier paid no attention to
Tally but tore the badge from the Mar
shall. AZ this moment Tally fired &c the
soldier, but missed him. The soldier and
a number of other Union men returned
the fire, three balls taking effect on Tally.
4 general fight ensueds thres Coppefheads
and one Union man being wounded, one
Of the Copperheads MORALLY Tally died
in few minutes Three horses were
killed. It becoming rather hot the Cop
perheads retired about mile from town
and called a halt. The Union men
watched them, and seeing movements in
dicating that they were about to return,
formed in line of battle and started to
meet them. The Copperheads seeing
this, moved off in another direction. -
Their m essengers we're then sent out in
all directions to rally the faithful. 3 Our
informant started for home Saturday
night, coming by the way of Fairfield
He passed one camp of 400 Copperhead
and met others moving in that direction.
Intense excitement prevails IN that
section, and a messen ger VAS immediately
dispatched to the Governor, asking for
assistance. %@zl
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valIandicharn's Friends Chez
JEFF Davis.
From the Toledo Commercial. ]


friend. upon whose statements
implicit reliance may be placed, was quite
recently at Niagara Falls, and passed
with othes to the Canada shore. On the
same day a party of nine persons, ladies
and gentleman, from Buffalo, passed over
to visit Mr.. Vallandigharn, Mt the
Clifton House. This party had no soon
er landed on the Canady shore; than they
broke out in loud and repeated cheers
for jeff. Davis and Vallandigham giving,
the open traitor, by virtue of gank. the
precedence: They proceeded with all
haste to pay their dcvotions at the shrine
of the great martyr, were graciously re-
cEevcd. and, after pFoiodged and agree
able visit, returned to buffalo, of which
city they are residents. On their way
back they were exceedingly volubie in
praise of Vanandighon and Remuneration
of the Government, speaking with es--
peciaf delight Of the attentions received
from their political idol at the Clifton:
The gentlemen left him with the most
perfect confidence-inspired by the as
surances of the oracle himselE-in the
certainty Of his election, and laEded
beyond measure the prcscience which in
the beginning, had enabled him to see
that the surest and safest way to secure
personal and political success was to take
part with the enemies ofthe Government,
oppose all measures to providesuhsistene
and pay to the soldiers of the Union, and
refuse to aid in any way the prosecution
of the war. The ladies praised his affable
address and engaging manners, not omit,
ting to mention that he had kissed thcir
babies. With such concord of sentiment
between visitors and visited it would
have been strange indeed had the inter.
view been otherwise than agreeable
Nothing seems to have occurred to remind
the party that they had not performed
most commendable act in cheering
for the rebel President. and no intima-
ton seems to have been given that it was
disagreeable to Mr.. V. to hare his name
associated With JEFF. Davis.
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HOW TT looks IN DIXIE.

Says the Hawkeye: We are again under
obligations to Capt. Remick; of this city,
eommissary in Rosecrans' army, for q
rebel paper~-this time q copy Of the Mo-
bile Evening Nems s.of July. Goth. We
find the follWing article therein, which
the Ners copies approvingly. from the
Adeerttser and Register of the day pre-
vieus. Our Copperheads will doubtless
be gratified to learn the delight and
gratitude which the New York riot kim
died in tho hearts of their traitor friends,
and how feclingly they talk in Dixie Of
The YANKEE DRArT.-The following
telegram appears in late number of the
Philadelphia Inquirer: ...-4 ~
Tkgce Uuadred IHeusatd troops called ogt
aader TIE EaroitmeRt Aet h Is
NEw YORK July 9.-Thc special Wash
ington dispatch othe Times states that
three hundred thousand men are to- be
Immediately called out under the enroll
naent act s-t5sS=
The result of this immediate call |" In
New York comes to us by telegraph in
advance of the foregoing announcement
It comes in turbulent, riots, armed bloody
and almost revolutionary resistance.
The quota assigned to New York
was II ,0i0 men, and the subjects Of the
draft fly, 70 open rebellion rather than
submit. On q smallepe scale the same
thing takes place in Connecticut. This
isa frightful symptom 10 Abraham
Lincoln more alarming than Lees In
yasion Of Pennsylvania, for in that he saw
the vision OF another half million OF
armed devils to be let loose upon the
hated South. The draft is the last and
only recourse for men to carry on the war
and TO keep up the force now in the field:
volunteering is long past. Bountics
have ceased to tempt men to Southern
sliamhies,and nought remained but the
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I've, EconvsntiOasf representatives, Of the ioyalP eo
PIE Of the statsoS Iowa. assembled under call oil the
Espasioan organixaton o. The State rs an expression
a. ss saiI govern our political aetlOu d
dSrIare. y. ~.-~ sE5>T~ u z. Z p. .,' = -
a. TAat sbea oar fathers framed our Constellation
aud founded thereof Republican form Of Government
they intended to and did grant to that Government full
powes - sustsin its national existence
o That whsnsTeF the life Of ihs Republic is eudan-
gered, shsr by invasio rebellion ,as Constitution
tnsicx the IRE % all necessary means known to civil.
lied wsrsre in resisting invasion or suppresSsng rebel
len. Z. & 49,. - =. ..s~ / o.
D. THAT we fully ard heartily endorse The policy Of
the ADMINISTRATIVE, sa we viii to the rtOst continue
to sustzEH tas laSssFanent In suppresslng the Re.
hsaen AID to erect that oaJSt pledge our fortunes
4. Tha4 ths gratitude ~ Free People ia due our
sodtsrsta ts HelA bsih native and foreign born 70
that hesOin vaiur b. EhIeh they have onored ps and
Eassasaed fhsaa6 Of country aad we guaranty To
them eontihusd encouragement and support.
=. Thatwe have witnessed sith pride and se.uir.
flea the bravery and hsfotsm a Isxa soisgs and ~
recognise In their brtltank career histay for the
state Of IeTa secSpd TO- that q esher state Ia The
Cnioh4 :.
g. That We appFJve Of the action OF The General A.
senoy Of the State, in snacsidg lar giving 10 eur
brave soldiers In the Geld opportunity 70 vote ii cur
s1estOOs and ws earnestly haze that no techaieaIsy
may deprive Them Of their right.
GhAs this Convention hereby tenders 10 Hon. SAM
ues kirkwood the cordial thanks q tas loyal pcls
o. FOR the sble fearless and patriotic sesree cf
As aases during the TIVE terms be has held Tie once
Of Governor Of the State.
D. FINALLY we declare that he preservsiign 81 the
o"ss hueion and the Uson Is shove ami eysd ali o.h
OF aud that all questions II party ii life ana
Of property, aaHstke Subordinate therato.