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, 1863-04-16
THE SIEGE Of CHARLESTON.

NEW York, April l5.-Ericsson publishes
letter, sa, ing the inl7ciftctinns Of the Mon.
itcrs are net Of ! serious character, and will
he rt;diIy ol'yiated. Everything, worked pre-
c;sr'y as expected, no change Of plans being
necessary. The turTcts and pilot-lonses can
5e heavier llatrd where necessary. Scars on
shc armoy were expected, but the shots have
been Kept out. There Is no class Of vessels
than the Monitors. III strong currents and
shallow wnter, like Charleston harbor, no ycs-
sci can be readily m:toeuyiea
i letter in the Baltimore .imsricdn, dated
Off Charleston, April 10Th, says: 1T is un~
dtrstood that the cntlrr iron clad dcct wilt be
sent 10 the Mississippi
The letter asserts that the use Of one Of
Ericsson's torpedo RATS and shells would
have SWEPT away 100 feet of the rebel OBJ
structions, and the city thereby been ut our
mercy.
Some Of the commanders Of tho irou-cleds
express the opinion that in three hours mere
Fort Sumter would have been compelled to
surrender.
WAsn1SG7oS.. April l4.-Gcn. Seymour,
formerly Captain Seymour, Of Sumter fame.
arrived tonight from the Charleston fleet.
The attack had not been renewed.
THE REBEL DEFENcEs AND DISTRACTIONS
Correspondence n. 7. Herald.]
Numerous batteries, armed with hundreds
Of guns, were not all the dcfenccs which were
to bc overcome before the proud city Of Char
lesion should lny ut the mercy Of our death
dealing guns. The ingenuity Of brave, intel
ligent and scientific rebel officers had devised
other plans for defeating or- object. Within
thu channel, huge torpetloes, made Of boilers
Of steamers seized for the purpose. were a1,-
| chered, filled with twenty fyr hundred pounds
| OF lowdeg-a sleeping volcano, ready at Il
touch to eject its in trnal fire, and let loose
the confined Herculean forces which
should blow to fragments the
tact with It. Between these huge iu-
| ftiEal machines were hundreds OF lesser tor
| reaoes, strung like beads upon the string ofa
| necklace, across the channel, pregnant with
| instant 1estruction, and before
| them, rs skirmishers before the
| main force, arc line after line Of nshermcn's s
| nets, gathered by force from North Carolina,
Souih Carolina aud Georgia, to disable the
] pTopcllerE Of the iron-cfads, aud render them
| helpless and a prey 10 the rebels. Not salts
| fled with these precautions, lines Of spiles
| have been driven into the bottom across the
channels above Fort Sumter, nnd between It
and the city, and these protected By torpedoes,
making access to them difficult ns well as
highly dangerous. These arc few Of the Oh.
Stlcles to be overcome before our iron-clal:
can get within shelling distance Of the city.
Indeed, every device which science and Intel
iigrrce can suggest, and the RESOURCES Of the
rebel S atcs OF foreign nations can carry out
hare been adopted to make the Sebastopol o1
America impregnablc. If It is possible tht
city will hc taken; but :.1n In duty bound te
say that the success of the expedition Is moi
| laced heyDnt q doubt
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In another part of this issue, we give
The New York Times account Of the IRON
clad attack on the dctenscs at Charleston.
It is graphic, and the best yet published.
After reading it, as indeed after the re-
1narkable scene it describes, the question
cones, What ncxt7 We scarcely believe
it will be an immediate resumption Of the
attempt. Pride, indeed, might dictate q
rlunging again and again into the hot en-
counter, until the last of our gallant Moni-
tors went down fighting. We think it
likely that the dictates Of such pride will
fall lightly on the cars Of our commanders
They can afford to forcgo every view, Of the
question but the cxpedient and the
broadly beneficial to the interests Of
the country. Dupont's laure1s are imper-
ishable. The names OF his brave COM
mandcrs who held their yalorous little
iron-clads under the fercest rain that ever
pounded mortal armor, will stand shin
ing list with lis in our naval annals. True
they have not solved the problem how to
take Charleston, but they have evolved in
the test, qualities Of men and naa!erid that
are without parallel in the tales Of sea en-
counters, and are the sure earnest Of sue
cess in other quarters. We do not believe
from the evidence of the late attempt thai
Tie naval force now before Charleston
will succeed in penetrating its thick and
multiforn harbor defences, and We doubI
If tie quest ion will call forth fresh test II
the same direction We are prepared soor
10 hear that Charleston Is left quietly
blockadcd, its grim batteries confronting
each other, but losing fierceness and efec
as day by day the progress Of the Ea< il
other quarters lops away the shows ane
taps the arteries that feed the foul life Q
the rebellion. The blow against Charles
ton and Savannah which will be most effect
nal will be the movement and succcsse
OF our armies inland. The thick helme
On the giants head, and the heavy grcaye
Of brass that protect his limbs will be. s.
much dead weight Of metal, when tn
knife finds the way to his heart. We doub
whether Dupont again tries to crack IL
helmet. The runor that the iron-clad
have new mission assigned them in Fa'
racut's department, sustains our view.
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4 Privatccrs Fleet in England.
Il 4 .j

4 Trivntccrs Fleet in England.
In the House of Commons, on the 24th Of
March, Mr. Bright presented a petition from
the Union and Emancipation Society Of
Manchester, stating that it VAS reported
on reliable authority, that some forty
war ships were now being built In ths
United Kingdom which were really intended
for the Confederate government, although
ostcnsibly they were being built for the Em-
peror Of China; and expressed strong oPin-
ion that var with The United States, arising
cut Of these ships, ,wou1d be aconhict IN de-
fence of our own tlshonor and In support OF
breach Of our own laws, and as such should
be viewed with disgust by the vast population
Of The North Of England. The petitioners
said they were in possession Of yoluminous
evidence tending to establish the fac:s COM
planned OF, but were not in position to pro-
ducc such evidence on oath as would erimi-
nate the guilty parties. They urged the House
. to take such steps as should induce her AfaJes-
ty's government to make immediate inquiry
into The alleged facts, and by prompt action
to sop the sailing Of any more war ships for
the Confederate government.
, 1863-04-16
ILLINOIS COPPERHEADS
BREAKING COVER.
Disturbance in Union Co.---A
Case for Gen Ammen.

SPR1SGFIEIn. H., april l8. 1863.
To-day. at about ! o'clock, mob-of forty
m:n, armed With reyolycrs aud rope, res
cutd tTo dcserters from the custody Of IN
officer, at Anna, Union county, {ncar Jones'
horo), On the Illinois Central Railroad. They
Threatened to hang the officer if he didn't
comply with their request, and he was COM
re1led to surrender. They then took his re-
volvcrs away from him, and allowc hitn to
de: art. Where is Gen. Burnside:
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FROM INDIANAPOLIS.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago T1ihurc.1
INDIANAPOLIS, April Is, 1861.
Gen, Burnside has ordered all the Indiana
r.1oled soldiers now. at Camp Chase, to be
rent to this city for reorganization.
The Governor sends another boat with
eighty tons Of vegetables, and supplies to the
1ndianA regiments near Vicksburg. lie will
leave Evansville on Friday.
, 1863-04-16

.os tic bend. How this is attained, our dia-
gram cannot show, but the reader must I'M
derstand that the highest points in the city
arc indicated by the position of these guns.
The ca1a7ass screens are designed to hide the
guns in the streets from the inspection Of
Federal eyes and ndlorgnettes from the gunboats
up the river, which they do completely.
The first two streets along the levec are oc-
cupied By lines Of rifle pits, to make 4 land
ing dangerous. A heavy Water Battery
fio~hs at tB,'' for a rsking fire, and on the
Walnut Grove bluff above, lurk in tile thick
ct, marked "A,' seventeen siege guns in
position to command, with d plunging fire,
the approach from above and below. Near
hy, is the signal tower, &C." where flag by
day and Il lantern by night may send word Of
batt1c imminent, to the forces in the interior
Or Up the Yazoo. Another signal tower is the
church at E." Below the city are 4 line Of
batteries and rifle pits at "H." Tho sum
total Of tho defences Of Vicksburg, then, are !:
Siege guns in position In the streets.
Bs,tttirs al :D'' Is
Walnut Grove Batteries. I" ............... II
Two batteries on the bluff below '' ''A"......- 8
Total sfegc guns....... -...........-.--..'8 80
For the rest, there are qnartcrcd in the city
:ibout COO infantry, and other camps in the
surrounding country are within call. Vicks-
burg has s. dingy, dilapidatcd look. Once i
place Of four thousand population, with n
co1ton trade Of 10o, Goo bales annually, it has
becn totally ruined by the. rebellion. Up to
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4 CASE FOR GEN. AYTMEN.

As commander Of the new military dis
f,ict of Illinois, in the Department Of the
Ohio, Gen. Ammen, recently arrived in
Springfield from his late duties at Camp
Douglas, in this city, is well placed to
meet and crush the rebel demonstrations at
Anna, referred to in our dispatch. Ills IN
structions are summed up in the freshly
issued order Of Gen. Burnside. The ma
chinery is all ready to sieze and grind
small these home traitors, and that, too, in
The best and most enduring method.
There is no moral effect in q
mob. Loyal men have sat still
in our Illinois communities, with Indignant
bleod tingling to their finger tips, at the
blatant treason printed and dspouted by our
Copperheade. Their indignation, unre-
strained by u confidence in the ultimate
and signal triumph Of the powers that be,
would have burst forth in violence, before
which the rebel presses and rebel partisans
would have melted and bleacled away.
But THIS has been ruled by wiser counsels.
1he people have waited to sec the Govern
mcnt plant the machinery, and bring out
The appliances for the cxdrpation of these
evils. The hour has come. The remedy
has come II Illinois or 1ndiana rc,,c,
sympathizers desire to test the machinery
the opportunity is now afforded.
Mitch as VIC desire peace within our ow1
borders wc cannot regret that copperhcad
ism in Southern Illinois has from q lon
and well saturated solution Of pure treaso'
thrown out one crystal at Anna It
crushing and pulycrization will do good
The men who have talked against til
Government are many. The dangers {
their course will best be shown by I'll
positive perils Of the act they har
instigated. Gen. Ammen is precisel
the man TO meet and punish these naiscrt
ants. Anna is the small station on the I
1inois Central railroad, the depot point fo
The more important town Of Jonesbort
The whole section was long ago Of unfrs
grant loyalty, and the outbreak and th
remedy 0st will follow are well located fc
the finest moral effect upon our home ira
tors. The. Government has begun to de:
Eith its enemies.
, 1863-04-16
FROM KENTUCKY.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.l
CINCINNATI, april Is, 1868.
Local guerillas are getting 10 be quite bold
again..i in the EagleIHills, a wih country, lying
beyond Williamstown, Ky. It was reported
today that train Of fifteen wagons, loaded
with forage, which left this city few days
ago, had been captured By the gueril1ns near
Willia1nstown. a company Of the 115th
Ohio, stationed here, were mounted. tonight
and supplied With three days rations, and
sent out to that part Of the country for the
purpose Of looking afterthe rebels.
, 1863-04-16

NEW YoRK, april 15.-The Tribune says
Gen. Seymour, Chief uf Hunters stat, has
resigned.
The following item is from rebel sources:
John MiEor Bolts has been released from
prison through the interposition of L friend.
lie has permission to remain on his estate. .
No election for 4 rebel Governor Of Tennes-
see will be held this year. Harris continues
to perform the duties until ! successor is
elrrfed
, 1863-04-16

NEW YORK, April ia letter from Halifax
Of the 10th states that $4,000 Confederate
loan was put up at auction THAI day at si1ty
cents on the dollar, but found no bidders aud
was withdrawn. .
, 1863-04-16
The Nccropl,ohfa A~nfu

H< 1*CF1 =" "Pa1""K%& 4Af3 31N.
. New YoEK, April l5,-There has been more
difficulty among the 'longshoremen to-day.
The Irish seem to have determined that tie
negroes shall have no more employment. The
police have so far prevented serious trouble,
Some minor collisions occurred,
, 1863-04-16

E1c1k, H.. April 15-The drY goods store
Of John Shanke was broken into last night,
and goods to tho a1noppt Of four hundred
dol@a{x taken. j.. =.
, 1863-04-16

New YonK, April ia steamer from Ha-
vana, April !th, has arrived. It Was currently
reported that Admiral Wilkes Mss paroled as
prisoner, and won1d CONTINUE SO until the
atiair OF tho Vanderbilt firing iuto q Spanish
constiuty steamer WAS EXPLAINED,
, 1863-04-16
q tm ahperrlstr1eura.
BLISS g. SHARP.

k:Eus 144 LAKE STREET, havs 1sssiv-
ed la-ge as5eStnen. Of Rieh
EQDn& Goods, embracing Pa-1a-, Mattel
and Etager Ornaments, in Bronze,
Pasiaa, Ftne Gill, Decorated China
AND Et1usean 7saes, Gard Rsesiv-
E6NGY e1s, Toilet sets, soatch wood Ba1es,
Leather 1swslry Boxss, together
.Sf,nhe with macy nsv varit1:s of Fine
Fancy Goods.
Among or Toilet Gootx aaybs
f3ani many New Artchs never
rou - bezsfs lruugh to thsmarket. We
s~@A would invite an exaAfnatiou Of
nnnoo or rssockof Eatr, Nail, Teeth and
e~o1o' Cloth B7u7he5- Cur Etocx Is Snez
than ever before. 1ap'6-cns1t
, 1863-04-16

Government Purchases a For
ciEu Gnnboat.
New YaRK, April 15.-It ,is said that the
Government have purchased one of the three
steam gunboats bni't by j. c. Jewell s. Co.,
for Admiral Ward, Of the Chinese navy. Al
ter his death, the money was not forthcoming
to pay for them, aud they were Offered for
sale.
, 1863-04-16

EEclInnG Canal Tolls Reduced.
OswEGo, Apri! 15.--There has been . re-
dutiiou in Welland Canal tolls on wheat
et,ual to 20 per cent.
, 1863-04-16

Major Coolbaugh. Of Gen; :McPhereon.s
staff. has made application 10 the Secretary Of
War, for permission to raise regiment Of
1!a9cers, for service on the Mississippi The
Major "ds connected with Col. Rankin In a
similar enterprise at Detroit, 4nd beara the
department, Bon,
, 1863-04-16

HAEnlsBTRG, April 1f.-Gov. Curtin, it Is
stated On high authority, will decline a re-
nomination. He has accepted ! high foreign
position from the National Government.
, 1863-04-16

A rel giment, under Col Ferguson Of the
Confederate army, Is stationed here, On the
tectcd from overflow; and from this rich
country he derives lis supplies. To this Off
, 1863-04-16
Nem ADVERTISEMENTS.

81 For Wants, For Sale, Boarding,
FOR Rent, Found, Lost &C., see
Forarfh Pare.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28
EATON, PREBLE co. OHIO. THURSDAY MAY 28 1863
LAUGHTER.

After all, what capital, kindly,
honest, glorious, Jolly good thing a
laugh is What a tonic! What
a digester! What an eXorciser of
evil spirits Better than q walk
before breakfast, or q nap after
dinner How it shuts the mouth
of malice, and opens the brow Of
kindness! Under every circumI
stance, and everywhere, a laugh is
a glorious thing. Like "a thing Of
beauty" it"is joy forever" There
is no remorse in it 1t leaves no
sting except in the sides, and that
goes off. Even single unpartici.
pated laugh is great affair to
witness. But it is seldom single !;
it is more infectious than scarlet
fever. You can not gravely con-
template a laugh. If there is one
laughter and one, witness, there
forthwith are two daughters. And
so on. The convulsion is propagaI
ted like sound. What a thing it is
when it becomes epidemic.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28
GEN. BURNSIDES VIEWS OF
SECRET SOCIETIES.
rFrom the Ch,llieothc Advertiser. !

FROM the lnllHcOlnc AuNeItLscl'l
General Burnside, in his letter
to the Circuit Court of the United
States, with reference to allandig-
hams arrest, thus defines the duty
of the press and public men, and
all patriots:
"Thc press and public men, in
a great emergency like the present,
should avoid the use OF party epi.
thets and bitter invcctives, and
discourage the organization of Sc
cret political societies, which are
always undignitied and disgraceful
to free people, but now they are
absolutely wrong and injurious;
they create discussions and discord,
which, just now, amount to treason.
The simple names Patriot and
traitor are comprehensive enough"
General Burnside not only con-
ceives it the duty Of the ."press
and public men" to "avoid the use
Of party epithets and bitter inyec-
tives," but enjoins it as duty up
on all to discourage the organiza-
tion of secret political societies"
He pronounces them as "always
undignifed and disgraceful to q
free people," and in the present
emergency he wishes it understood
they are absolutely wrong and
injurious''-so wrong and injuri'
GUS that they "now amount to
treason," because "they create dis
sensions and discord." .-..n
This letter makes no discrimina-
tion between the press and public
men of the respective parties. 1t
does not call upon the Democratic
press and Democratic public men
to abjure "party epithets and bitl
ter invectives," and extend .immu-
nifty to the Republican or self.arro-
gated Union press and:public men
to indulge in them. Neither docs
it discriminate between what are
called "Knights of the Golden
Circle" and so'called "Union Leal
guess" but holds them up equally
and alike to the execration of the
public as reasonable. All patriots,
therefore, who may thoughtlessly
have united with either of these
associations will do well to act
upon General Burnside's sugges-
ton and at once withdraw from
them, and those who have, mot
Joined them would do we'll to shun
them as they would shun q pesti-
lence. ,., -,
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28
ADDRESS OF HON. G. j.. VAL
LANDIGHAM TO TIE DE-
MOCRACY OF OHIO.
MILITARY PRISON, CINCINNATI, o.. |
May 5, 1868. I
RI ~ T,.r IN.

MILITARY PRISON, CINCINNATI, o.. |
May 5, 1868. I
To the Democracy Of Ohio:
d. | am here in u military bastile
for no other otfense than my politi-
cal opinions, and the defense Of
them, and of the rights Of the peo'
pie, and of your constitutional lib
critics. Speeches made in the hear
ing of thousands Of you in denun-
citation of the usurpations of pow
er, infractions of the Constitution
and laws, and ofmilitary despotism
were the sole cause of my arrest
and Imprisonment. l am Demo
crat-for the Constitution, for
law, for the Union, for liberty
this is my only crime For
no disobedience to the Constitution
for no violation of law; for no word
sign, or gesture of sympathy with
the men of the South, who are for
disunion and southern indepen-
dence, buS in obedience to their de-
mand, as we'll as the demand OF
northern abolition disunionists and
traitors, l am here in bonds to-
day; j. but
"Time,, at last, sets all things event -"
Meanwhile, Democrats of Ohio, of
the Northwest, of the United
States, be firm, be true to your
principles, to the Constitution, to
the Union, and all will yet be well.
AS for myself, Iadhere to every
principle, and will make good,
through Imprisonment and life it,
selr, every pledge and declaration
which 1 have ever made, uttered,
or maintained from the beginning,
To you, to the whole of the people
to Time, again appeal. Stant
frml Falter not an instant!
"- G. L. VALLANDIGHAM.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28

last October election, and for every
fraction of two hundred and htty
votes and over, one additional del
egate.
The number of delegates to
which each county IN this district
is entitled is as follows:
Preble, 4: Montgomery, il: War
ren, 4: Butler, 9.
1t is hoped that the masses to
whom this call is addressed, will
see to it that they be fully and
faithfully represented in the Com
tentiou. ,t....
By order of the Committee.
j. D. COMMINS. Chairman.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28

MODE OF DRAFTING.-The fol-
lowing suggestions of the Boston
Daily Advertiser are timely and
important:
1t will be agreed on all hands
that the conscription should be
conducted with absolute fairness,
and it is important that the fact
that it is thus conducted should be
made palpable to everybody. We
desire to suggest, therefore, to
those who may have it in charge,
the adoption of what we believe is
the French mode, namely, to make
public the whole list of persons
liable to conscription in each dis
trict, and ON a given day to draw
o number for eadh person. The
conscription will then include as
many as may be necessary of those
who happen to draw the smallest
numbers. In this way everybody
is sure that the chances are equal.
When the plan is to put names
(not numberS) in the wheel, as was
done in the case of the draft last
fall, there is room for the public
to doubt whether all the names
were really placed in the box to
begin with. No analogous doubt
can possibly arise under the other
plan.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28
DEMOeRAT2G STATE CON.
THtRSDAY, JUNE II, 1863,

1HuKSDAl, JUNE IL, 1000.
TO the Democracy of Ohio, and all
others in fdror cf the Union as it
WaS, and tie Constitution as it is.
). You are hereby notified that the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee have designated THURSDAY, the
18th day of JUNE, 1868, as the time
for holding the next Democratic
State Convention in the city of Co,
lumbus, for the purpose of nomin'
ating candidate for each of the
following offices, viz;
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Auditor of State.
Treasurer Of State.
One Judge of Supreme Court.
One member! of the Board of
Public Works.
TheDemOcratic voters, and all Oh
theirs in favor of the Union as it
was, and the Constitution as it is,
of the several couties within this
State, are respectfully requested to
proceed to appoint delegates to re.
present them in said Convention,
on the following basis: One Delel
gate for each county, and an addir
tional delegate for every five hun.
dred votes cast for Hon, Rufus P
Ranney, for Supreme Judge at the
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28

"No CARDS" The new custom
of appending the words No Cards
to marriage announcements is now
and then well taken off by some
Independent Benedict whom fash
ionable edict does not awe into
a submissive obedience. A newsr
paper editor in the interior of Wis.
consin, who recently perpetrated
matrimony, appended to the an.
nouncement the following: "Cards
issued on short notice at So a
thousand"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-28

ua-The vulgar ostentation : of
many of the shoddy gentry MAY
be pardoned when we think of
their ignorance. 1t happened a
good many years ago that an ILL
bred fellow, who had suddenly
risen to wealth by some profitable
Government contracts, stood up at
the opera with his hat on" We
must forgive the man." whispered
the Duchess of Gordon, che has so
short a time been used to the lux.
ury of a hat, that he doesn't know
when to pull il off. "