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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14

A CHANGE OF BAsE.-Vallantigham has
left the Cliltcu Hoase Ia Buffalo paper says
the proprietor gave him notice 20 quit ana
now dates his episiles to his followers from
Table Rock House." His last bulletin is ad-
dressed to the managers of u Democratic meet:
ing at Toledo. Like everything he has utter
ed or written on public affairs since the com
mencement Of the rebellion, it is Characterized
by bitter malignity against those who are ad
ministering the Government, unIeleuting op-
position to the prosecution of the war for the
mainiainance of the Union, and sympathy for
the rebels who are battling for its overthrow.
Properly regarding his own record and pres
enl position as utterly indefensible. he advises
his fuglemeu in Ohio to cease their Efforts to
vindicate and defend himself personally, and
to conGne themselves to assaults upon the
Administration and vindicati1n of the right
to talk and write treason without let or him
drance, which he esteems the great principle
involved in the contest. His friends were,
even before he so advised them, disposed TO
act as be suggests, and had as little to say a.
bout him as possible. Pugh, in his speech in
this place, took particular pains TO inform the
audience that he had favored vigorous pros
ecution Of the war, and if conducted in a way
he approved, was still in favor of furnishing
the Administration with the men and means
necessary to conquer an honorable peace. He
had nothing to say, however, of Vallaudig-
hams position on the war, for the very good
reason that he could not show that he had
done anything else than oppose it at all times,
and under all circumstances, regardless of the
manner in which it was conducted He was
pathetic over ValIandigham's arrest, but
made no attempt to defend his uupatrio:ic
course in regard to the war
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14
Union County Convention.

The voters of Delaware County,
who are in favor of vigorous pros
ecution of the war and support the
Union State ticket, are requested to
meet at the usual place of conven-
ing for like purposes in their re-
.spective townships, on Saturday the
18th dag Of august '63, at 4 o'clock
.. M, and select delegates to meet
in County Convention in Delaware
on Monday august 17th, at 10 o'clock
a. M, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for Representative in the
State Legislature, and for the sew
eral county offices to be filed at the
next election-to take action, if
deemed advisable, in regard to a
Senatorial candidate-to select a
County Ce4tral Committee to serve
the ensuing year-and to adopt
such other measures as the good OF
the cause may require.
The several townships will be en-
titled to delegates as follows: Berk-
shire 8, Berlin g. Brown 7, Concord
4, Delaware %, Genoa 4, Harlem 5,
Kingston 4, Liberty 6, Marlborough
3, Oxford 6, Orange 4. Porter 6,
Radnor 7, Scioto 5, Thompson 2,
Trenton 4, Trov 4.
A. THOMSON, Chm.
lG Union Cen. Com.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14
NEWS BREVITIES.

A Liverpool paper says that there were, at
the date Of writing, 40 ships enroute from In
dia 10 that town, with no less than l66 ,520
bales Of cotton on board.
The Richmond Examiner is gloomy over
the prospects at Charleston, and says it will
fall. That it would be the most mortifying and
disastrous event of the war, and fatal blow
TO the cause of the Coniederacy.
NEw YORK, Aug. THE Posts Washing
ton special says the Chronicle of this morning
says movements are in progress which are NOR
Stirring news is expected shortly from that
quarter.
A hogshead of tobacco was sold in st. Lou
is the other day at the enormous price of SOL
so per hundred pounds. 1t was raised by j.
Croft, in Franklin county, Mo.
BALTIMORE, Aug. IA flag of truce boat
arrived al Fortress Monroe last evening
Richmond paper rs contain no news of import
ance.
JEFF. Davis has issued an urgent appeal to
the Confederate officers and soldiers to return
Immediately 10 their various camps
He complains that there is not enough alac
rity on the part of some classes in coming for
ward in this most dismal hour of the South.
Suspension bridges have recently been con-
demned entirely Oy the French Commission
on Roads and Bridges, aud orders have been
issued for the removal OF the only one now re-
naming over the Seine, at Paris. 1t is to be
replaced by a solid bridge of masonry, which
is now in cOurie of construction.
The MEDINA MURDERs.-No clue has yet
been obtained tending to reveal the murderers
of the Coy family, at Medina. They did their
bloody work thoroughly, and it would seem
are likely to escape.
At Atlanta, Ga, on the 9th ult., gold was
quoted at twelve dollars.
The Richmond Commercial reporter, OF Ju-
ly 23d. quotes Flour at $35 to $40 per bar
rel; butter So to 81, 80 per pound; coffee ST. to
$3.50 per pound; corn meal $40 per busheI;
hay So to $40 per bundled; molasses 1920 to
50 80 per gallon; potatoes $40 per bushel;
aalL As ceuts per pound; sugar 81 40 to 80
per pound; whiskey $23 TO $25 per gallon, for
corn, $2s to $3s for rye.
The Charleston Mercury says: "Shout
Charleston fall, life will be no longer worth havs
ing" We hope the Charlest onians won't re-
pudate this when Gilmore gets the city,
The Charleston Courier says:
1.-The fall Of Charleston involves consequen-
ces which we shudder to contemplate.
With her capture the whole State would
soon be at the mercy OF the foe, and the great
cause of Southern independence would be put
in fearful jeopardy"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14
A RaInmore Slave Pen.

William Birrey. Colonel of the I'd Reg
United States coIored troops, and inspecting
aud mastering officer at Baltimore, presents
an official report TO the Assistant Adjuiant-
General of his visit TO one Of the institutions
of ihe S ave States; a slave pen in Pratt street.
He found the part of the prison in which
slaves were confined, enclosing q brick paved
yard, twenty-five feet 10 width by forty in
length. The front wall is high brick ore;
the o:her sides are occupied by the cells or
prisons. In this yard no tree or shrub grows
no flower or blade of grass car be SEEN
Here the midday sun pours down its scorch-
ing rays, and no breeze comees to temper the
summer heat. A few benches, a hydrant, nu-
merous washtubs and cloihes-lues, covered
with drying clothes, were all it contained.
In this place he found 20 men, boy, 29
women, and infants. Sixteen of the men
we're sbackled together by couples, at the an
kIes, by heavy irons, and one had his legs
chained together by ingeniOusly c9ntrived locks
connected by chains suspended to his waist
The men AMI boys were all eon6Ded upon the
charge of "disloyalty," which means an affee-
tion for the Union Army. All of them on
being released. expressed desire to enter the
service af the United States, and were couduc-
ted to the recruiting Office. The women were
all charged with the same crime. 1t appears
from the statement of the released persons that
this slave pen has been used chiefly for the
purpose of holding persons, in evasion of the
law of Congress, entitled to their freedom in
the District of Columbia, and persons claimed
as slaves by rebel sympathizers. They were
all liberated and cared for. The greater pnr-
tion of these colored persons were the slaves ol
the rebel GeReral Stuart, sent here for safe
keening.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14

During the Morgan raid in this State a
number OF our citizpDs were bruially murder
ed by the outlaws. AT jasper, in Pike coun-
ty, school master named Joseph McD"ugai
was led 10 the Ohio river by two soldiers
placed in canoe, and then shot dead by The
men whO had put him tbere-lhe whole pro
ceedirg being Ordertd and superintended by
one of Morgan's Captains named Mitchell
II be can be found among the prisoners cap
tured and identified, the authorities would he
snhserving the ends Of Justice by having him
hui ded over TO the officers OF that county IL
answer for his crime before the Courts. Near
Pomery, in Meigs county, an unurmed ciiiz-
over so years of age, was shot down in cold
blood by the ruf1ians, on his own premises.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14
The southern COnfederaey.

When, after the construction of the South
ern Confederacy, its geographical boundaries
were defined by the Chesapeake and the Poto
mac on the East-and the Pacific ocean on the
The West the Ohio, the Mississippi and To-
wa on the North-lhe Atlantic ocean aud
the Gulf of Mexico on the South-it certainly
presented to the world territory vast and
magnificent enough. Compared with it the
Northern States were a long. narrow disjoini-
ed, preposterOusly shaped strip of country, run
ming between he immense British territory on
the North and the immense Confederacy on
the South.
But how shall we define the geography
Of the Southern Confederacy now? We sup
pose its Eastern boundary might be described
by the RsppahauDock- Western boundary
by the Tom igbee-its Northern boundary by
the upper ranges of the Allegheny Mountains,
and by the Tennessee River in Alabama-and
its Southern boundary by line running TWEEN
iy miles inland from the coast. It's territory
is not one seventh the magnitude of that which
it originally claimed and defended; its popula-
ZION is not One-half that which it formerly en-
braced. 1t has no proper shape nor limits, it
| mas ne consistency of character;-look9d upon
AS pretentiOus nation, it is ridiculous in its
every characteristic.
Even if the war were to stop as it now
stands, the COnIederacy might be considered
hopelessy motibund. Even if our armies were
TO stand simply on the defensive, the ultimate
death of the COnlederacy would be inevitable.
On every side we press it so closely as to strife
IT'S life breath Iu every quater we stand so
f. 10 hat OQh h.tfI Tan hoU
expeI Grant from Mississippi, when Grant has
! already beaten and hagged their armies? Can
heydrive Rosecrans back from Southern Ten
nessQe when Rosecrans has alrerdy defeated
and driven them until they had TO fee before
him to the inniermOst businesses of the noun
aims? Can they compel Meade to leave his
lines on the Rappahannock after their expert
ence at Gettysburg, and when they consider
lbeir escape from before him the greatest tr-
umph which they have achieved? Can their
armies which we have over and again routed
when they were full and flashed, now in turn,
when discounted and dispirited, rOut and drive
our vicious Iegiuns? No! In the beari of the
rebel territory our armies now fixed irrevo-
cably, so that. though the whole Confederacy
may rave and rage, it cannot move them.
This view of the case shows the hopeIesness
Of the rebel cause. 1t shows not only what we
have gained and what they have lost, but it
shows the bearings Of the present upon the
cause of the future.
Still by every consideration, both Of our own
national honor an renOwn and of humanity aud
mercy to the people Of, the South, We are urged
not to cease The active prosecution of the war;
sor it will not be until all their armies are de-
muli>hed and dissolved that the fixed star of
peace will shed lis benefcent influence over the
long distracted people Ofthe Southern Con-
federscy Times
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14

The resolutions passed by the late Union
State Convention in Pennsylvania are eminent
Iy patriotic III sentiment and strongly and Wig
arousy expressed. We copy few fthem:
The loyal men of Pennsylvania, in COnven-
ton assembled. disclaimiug all partisanship,
and knowing no cause but that of the country.
declare for them<elves and their constituents.
Their indexible purpose to maintain, by
every necessary effort. service and sacrifice, the
National Union. as The first, the highest, the
most solemn, and the most overshadowiDg OF
all political duties.
That the rebellion which threatens the ex-
isteuce of the Union was without cause, was
conceived in wickedness. Onganized in perjury.
and developed by reckless violence, is stained
With every crime. and detestable in means, and
Internal in purpose, must be suppressed by the
people of the United States. at the desructson
Of whose liberties and overthrow of whose free
institutions it is impiouSly aimed.
. hat in the momentouS contest now wagiDg
there are and can be but two parties: the one
which firmly sustains the constituted auihori-
lies of the nation in enforcing all the laws
thereof, and in protecting the principles upon
which the Government rests, and is there
fore, at once the party of law, of liberty,
and Of patriotism; the other which cripples
the constituted authorities of The nation in en-
forcing the laws, securing the safety and pre-
serving the nation, and is therefore the parent
Of mobs, the enemy of order, and participant
of treason, class whose detestabIe practices
not only give laid and comfort" to the CON-
mon enemy, but, as confessed in Richmond
light up these days of rebel darkness and disas
ter, and actually stimulate them to renewed and
desprate efforts to recruit their armies, and to
whom is this day justly chargeable whatever
Of vitality the rebellion possesses, and wbatev-
er of calamity OF aflciion the further pro-
traction of the contest may involve. But for
the Northern 81 jmparhizers, and the hopes
their reasonable existence inspired, the rebel
lion would have sunk under the staggering
blows dealt it at Gettysburg, Vicksburg and
Port Hudson.
That Abraham Lincoln, the President of the
United States, by his discharge of his most
onerous duties in these dark days of civil war,
has won for himself the affection ard regard of
the American people, ard always bearing him
self clear in his high office has maintained the
integrity of the Union, and kept our honor
untarni-hed III -oughout the world, and to
him and his administration, its principles and
lis policy, we give our hearty approval and
pledge an earnest and enthusiastic support.
That The bold aud determined stand taken
by the Administration, in summarily arresting
persons found 10 be guilty Of Irairorous prac.
tices, merits our hearty commendaton, aud
that in performing this part of its military du-
lies, necessary for the public safety, We
pledge it our hearty cooperation.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14
LEGAL. N0TTcH.

SETH CURTIS ROSE, and Helen Bailey mi
~ nor child and heir at law of Elizabeth Ruth
Bailey deceased, of Delaware county, Ohio:
Seth Curtis Rose and Catharne Rose. minor
children and heirs at law of Joseph Rose de
ceased, of tie State of Indiana; Seymour
Brightman, Rosaline BIightman, Mary CvII-
thia Brightman, Eugene r. Brightman, Jane
Brightman, LOvinia R. Brightman "a minOr)
james Brightman Ia minor, William Bright
man "a minor, and Eli Brightman IA minor,
children and heirs at law of Amy Brightman
deceased, of the State of Illinois; Sarah Eliza
Roberts, Henry G. Roberts, and - Roberts
(whose christian name is unknOwn,) minor
children and heirs at law of Amadela Roberts
deceased, whose place of residence is unknown,
an Hannah Rose, of Delaware county Ohu,
widow Ut William Rose late of said county de-
ceased, will take notice that petition filed
against them on the 18th day or August A. D..
1868, in the Court of Common Pleas of Della
ware county in the State of Ohio by George
Roberts I'd, and is now pending, wherein the
said George Roberts 81 demands partition of
the following Real Estate situate in the coun-
ty of Delaware and State of Onio and being
part of Section four, Range sixteen, and Town
ship four, i n Trenton Township, United States
Military, and bounded and described as fol-
lows: Beginning on the section line % 29 rods
north of the southwest corner of said section,
running east 66 7-l0 rods; thence north 1871
rods; thence east to Thomas CoTbin's land;
thence north to s. G. Roses land; thence west
to the ctiOn line; thence south to the place
of MISUNDERSTANDING 663 acres more or
less. heing land of which William Rose, late
of said county, deceased died seized, and where
he resided at the time OF his death.
Application will be made by said George
Roberts I'd at the next term of the Court of
Common Pleas of said Delaware county, COM
menoIng ON the 5th of October, 1863 tor an or
.er that partition may be made of said premi.
SEES, and for the assignment of the dover of the
said Hannah Rose therein
GEORGE ROBERTS I'd.
By CARPER & VAN DEMAN, his Attorneys
August H. 1868. CIV. pf fSS,75.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14

One OF The most loyal papers 10 the West
the Catholic Telegraph, published in Gin
iunati II has severely rebuked at various
lines the Freeman's Journal, aud the MeIrop
'lilan Record. two Catholic papers published
n New York and largely patronized and read
~ the Irish, for their open dislOyaliy and
easless Efforts to iBeiie resistance TO the Ma
ional authorities which eliminated in the
the late terrible riots in that ciry. Archhish-
,p PURCELL nd Bishop RosEcRANs, the lat
ter brother of the gallant General of the
same name, are also decided Union men, and
do all in their power to further the glorious
cause and discountenance resistance to lawful
authority and it is to be hoped their patriot.
ic teaching will not be without its legitimate
effect upon the hosts of voters in the West d.
recty under their influence. The letter to
the clergy of. bis church issued by the Arch
bishop in relation to the late day of National
Thanksgiving, is highly patriotic in tone and
reflects great credit upon Its distinguished au-
thor He calls upon the clergy to throw
open their churches on that day in order that
the congregations may join in thanking the
Lord of hosts that victory after victory has
been granted to the justice Of our cause and
the valor and patience OF our armies; that the
devastating ravages of war have been repelled
from our beloved State; that the obstructiOns
to the free navigation of the glorious rivers
which fertilize our territory and bear on their
besoms our rich commerce to the ocean, have
been removed; and that the resistance to the
laws and the wicked and disgraceful riots
which have elsewhere occurred, have found
among US but few accompices that rebellion
has been suppressed, treason discounted, an d
suicidal overtures to foreign powers disaP-
pointed and bafflrd."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14
Legal Notice.

TIHOMAs CR0AK, of the town OF Ft. Wayne, in
i the county of Allen, IN the State of Indiana il
hereby notified that the Sth day OF August, 1853
liOraIo P. HaveBs guardian OF Alice CrOak, wife
of Thomas Croak, an insane woman, filed petition in
the Court OF Common Pleas OF Delaware county Ohio,
against the said Thomas Croak, which petition charges
said Thomas Croak, 1st, with abandonment Of the said
Alice Croak without good cause; I'd, with adultery Sd,
with gross neglect of duty.
Said petition prays for Alimony for the said Alice
that an nJuctIon be sranted restraining said Thomas
rodk from disposng of In-LOJs Nos. 1148, II49 and
1850, in the Of Delaware, county OF Delaware in
the State OF Ohio, until the final hearing of said
and that on the said sth day OF August, 1868, in
junction allowed by the Judge Of said Court, E.
straning the said Croak from disposng of said prop
erty till the further order of the Court. Said petition
will be for hearing after the 2i day OF October 1863
CARPER IL VAN DEMAN,
Aug. IA '63-6w p f 81 so. Att'ys for Pepr
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAIL
RoAD.-This great work, the line of which
crosses the track of the Cleveland a1d Colum-
Us read at Gallon and passes near the north
western corner of our county, is being rapid
ly pushed forward TO completion. and will ere
long be finished its entire length. 10 connec
iion with that gr at 'ho;o ighfare between the
East and West, the New York & Erie road.
which it strikes at Salamanca, n. Y, it will
form continuous broad-Zague lire from the
city Of New York to ST. Louis. and viii be-
come q most formidable competitor with roads
already flushed for the immense traffic in pass
engers and freight which is constantly passing
back and forth between the Western and
Atlantic States. In noticing a recent meet
ing of The stockholders for the election of Di-
rectors, the Clsreland Herald says:
We are pleased to learn that the road was
shown to be in the most prosperous condition,
and that it will be pushed forward to compile
tion with all possible dispatch. A force oil
two thousand men is now at work upon the
road west of Akron, and more will be added
as fast as they can be secured. 1t will be in
condition soon to lay track west from Akron
to Bridgeport, Wayne County.
At the meeting spoken of above, the At
lantic and Great Western Railroad ratified,
through its directors and stockholders, the
memorandum of lease of the Cleveland and
Mahoning Railroad by the former company
The latter has made an arrangement with the
jersey City Iron Works for the construction
of one hundred locomotives fly of them to
be built without delay. Thus it will be seen
that we have now new and delightful route
from Cleveland to New York city, viz: via
Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad, Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad, and the Erie
Railroad. On ard after Monday next, July
20, the Atlantic and Great Western Express
train will leave on the Cleveland and MahOn
ing Road at 7:3O a. m, making close conuec
ton al LeavittsbUrg with the Atlantic and
Great Western Express at 9;48 a. NJ, arriving
at Greenville at II m, Meadville at l p. m.
Cory al 3:07 p. NJ, Salamanca at 5:45 p. m.
and New York City at $50 a. m.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-14

The Union men of ofFairfeld, Piakaway, and
several other counties in that e zion of the
State, have raised fund sufficient to send to
each soldier in the field from their respective
counties copy of their local Union paper du-
ring the campaign. The funds are raised by
committees appointed for the purpose in each
township, and the reports of the committees
as published show very liberal and general
response. This is commendable movement
furnishing as it does both home news and po-
Iitica intelligence to our brave defenders
Some soldier might fail or neglect to read a
speech or ordinary political document, but
it would be difficult to ind one who would not
devour with avidity the contents of his home
paper.