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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
Government Frauds in Penn
SYlVanfa,

The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes
says the Statesman, dispatch from
Harrisburg, dated July 30, stating that
considerable excitement had been crea.
ted in the latter city by the discovery of
enormous frauds upon the Government
during the recent army movements in
that region consequent apon the rebel
raid. The amounts were stated at mil.
lions of dollars. The most corrupt prac.
tices had prevailed in horse contracts,
aUd in clothing and subsistence supplies.
They throw the shoddy operators OF
Harrisburg in 1851 entirely in the shade.
Many of the same parties are implicated,
and the gangs who have infested the
State capital during the winter havc
reapod rich summer harvest. The In.
quirer says:
ut is a sad commentary, that while
thousands of brave men rushed to arms
to defend the State from invasion, and
while the Governor was tickling them
with honied words, his minions and fol.
lowers were permitted, like harpies, to
deprive them of food, and to compel
them to make long and weary marches
without even the poor luxury of pork
and beans. 1t is a matter of record
that, while these contractors were re.
ceiVng enormous sums, the gallant Phil.
adelphia soldiers were placed on an al
lowance of cracker day for several
days together. Thanks to the neglect
and corruption of the Executive depart.
ment of the State of Pennsylvania.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
From the Philadelphia Press
Horrors OF WaF-..Letter from
Captain Sawyer.
PRovosT GENERALS OFFICE. !
Richmond, Va. July G. 1862.

Cuptaln sawyer.
PROVOST GENERALS OFFICE.
Richmond, Va, July 6, 1862.
MY DEAR WIFE:-I am under the ne.
cessity of informing you that my pros
poets look very dark.
This morning all the captains now
prisoners at the Libby military prison
drew lots for to be executed. 1t fell to
my lot. Myself and Captain Finn, of
the 5ls: Indiana Infantry, will be execu-
ted by General Burnside.
The Provost General, j. Il. Winder.
assures me that theSecretary of War of
the Southern Coufederacy will permit
yourself and my dear children to visit
me before am executed. You VIII be
permitted to bring an attendance. Cap.
tain Whlldin, or uncle W. W. Ware, or
Dan, had better come with you. NY
situation is hard to be borne, and I can
not think of dying without seeing you
and the children. You will be allowed
to return without molestation to your
home. am resigned to whatever is in
store for me, with the consolation that
die without having committed any crime.
l hayeno trial, nojury, nor am charged
with any crime, but fell to my lot. You
will proceed to Washington. My Gov.
ernment will give you transportation to
Fortress Monroe. and you will get here
by flag of truce, and return the same
day. Bring with you shirt for me.
1t will be necessary for you TO pre-.
serve this letter, to bring evidence at
Washington of my condition. My pay
is due me from the first of March, which
youar entitled to Captain B-owes
me fifty dolars-money lent him when
he went on furlough. You will write to
him at once, and he will send it to you
Dear wife, the fortune of war has put
me in this position. III must be sac
rlhce to my country, with Gods will l
must submit; only let me see you once
more, and l will die becoming n man
and an officer; but for Gods sake do
not dlsappoint me. Write to me as soon
as you get this, and go to Captain Will.
din; he will advise you what to do. l
have done nothing to deserve this penal.
ty But you must submit to your fate.
1t will be no DISGRACE to myself, you, or
the children; but you may point with
pride and say, II give my husband;"
children will have the consolation to say,
II was made an orphan for my country" "
God will provide for you, never fear. -
On! it it hard to leave yon thus. wish
the ball that passed through my head in
the last battle would have done its work:
but twas not to be so. My mind is
somewhat influenced, for it has come so
sudden on me. Write to me as soon as
you get this; leave your letter open and
| will get it. Direct my name and rank
by way of Fortress Monroe. Farewell!
FAREWELL and hope it is all for the best.
remain yours until death,
H. w. SAWYER,
Captain First New Jersey Cavalry.
Mrs Sawyer has since been to Rich.
mond, to visit her husband probably for
the last time, and returned to her home,
in New Jersey.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
The Abolition Cnteohisn,.

We find the following in the Fred.
erick md. Republican Citizen:
QUESTION. What is the Constitution
ANSWER. A compact with hell-now
obsolete.
Q. What is the Government
A. Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sum.
ner, Owen Lovejoy, and Ben. Wade.
@. What is the PresidentP
A. A general agent for negroes.
Q. What is Congress2 ~. ...
A. A body organized for the purpose
of appropriating funds to buy Africans
and to make laws to protect the Presi
dent from being punished for any viola,
tionS of law he may be guilty Of.
Q. What is an army?
A. A provost guard to arrest whites
and set negroes free. 'y-~..r~ -
O.. Whom are the members of Con.
gress supposed to represent2
A. The President and his Cabinet.
Q. What is understood by "eoining
moneyw
A. Printing green paper.
@ What does the Constitution mean
by freedom of the pressH"
A. The suppression of Democratic
newspapers.
Q. What is the meaning Of the word
"libertyW
A. Incarceration in bastie.
Q. What is the Secretary Of War?
A. A man who arrests people by tel
egrpah.
Q. What are the duties OF the Secre.
tary of the Navy?
A. To build and sink gunboatS.
@, What is the business of Secre.
tary of the Treasury
A. To destroy the State Banks, and
Gil the pockets Of the people with ire.
deemable U. S. shinplasterS.
Q. What is the meaning Of the word
"patriot2"
A. A man who loves his country less
and negro more.
@. What is the meaning of the word
traitor?"
A. One who is o stickler for the Con.
stitution and the laws.
Q. What are the particular duties of
q Commander-in Chief?
A. To disgrace any General who does
not believe that the negro is better that
white man.
@. What is the meaning of the word
"laww
A. The will of the President
@, How were the States formed?
A. By the United States.
@. Is the United States Government
older than the States that made it2
A. 1t is.
Q. Have the States any rights?
A. None whatever; except what the
General Government bestows.
Q. Have the people any rights9
A. None, except what the President
gives.
@. What is the habeas corpus2
A. 1t is the power of the President
to imprison whom he pleases.
@. Who is the greatest martyr of his.
tory?
A. John Brown.
@. Who is the wisest MANI
A. Abraham Lincoln.
@. Who is Jeff. Davis?
A, The Devil.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14

out so long. She had fine harbor at
Newport and put into her Treasury the
duties on goods that went into other
States that had no harbor Or seaport
town. Hence she was net in favor of q
common revenue system, and clung to
the old Articles of Confederation after
they had been abandoned by the other
States. In order to render the Union
perpetual and preserve the public liber.
ties, it is necessary the Federal Govern.
ment should exercise no powers that the
States have not delegated to it. When.
ever it does so, and is not Immediately
brought back, we lose the Union, and
have despotism in its place. -Gincin.
natl Enquirer. ..
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
A Rebel Threat.

The New York Tribune publishes o
letter dated at Richmond, Virginia, pur.
porting to give the real object of the
mission of Alex. H. Stephens. We
quote from the letter:
"The primary object of the Vice~Pres
idents mission was to protest, in the
name of his Government and people,
against the mastering and arming OF
the blacks.
"He came to talk to you of self. preser-
yation, of retaliation, and all that was
shocking in the meaning of that word.
He came to tell you of the native devil
that has slept SO long, to BIZ awakened
at last in the bosoms of simple, de-
pendent, affectionate race. He came to
implore you, in the name of God, not to
do this abominable thing.
elise he would have to fall back upon
statistics, and the grim phraseologieS of
war, and remind you that the 100000
of negroes who appear in the tablets OF
our census for $780, are the working
hands OF both sexes only. That number
does not include the superannuated, or
the Infants: Out of these 100000 at
least 100000 able bodied fellows, loving
and trusting their masters, aud ready to
follow them up to the mouths of your
cannon, (ah ! do not continue to befool
yourself on that question of ties, can be
enrolled, armed, drilled, in three months.
They can be officered in every grade by
their own masters, those who have seen
most service and won most honor.
"This is what l tell you can be done.
This is what the Vice. President of the
Confederate States came to tell you will
certainly be done forthwith. Will you
tell the people this2
ut is not for me to speculate upon the
consequences of these new and dreadful
elements, whirled into new forms of con-.
iict and complication, to prolong and
intensity the war. My mind, in striving
to grasp the subject, lets go its hold, and
shri1ks as from something at once terri.
BILE and loathsome. cannot speak of
things which seem to cry aloud out of
the future with the tongues of women
aud of babes, with the contention of
angels and of friends, mixed of pity and
fury.
But do see in all this hidden mine
of power in the South which your policy
may in one moment sprirg upon the
country, to bury all we once loved and
were proud of in an undStinguishable
monstrosity of disgust and death.
RANDOLPH"
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
What Democrats will do when
they get into Power,

l. They will restore the liberty of the
press
2. They will restore the freedom Of
Speech.
2. They will restore personal liberty,
by restoring the privilege of the writ Of
habeas corpus.
4. They will re-establish the suprem.
acy of the laws, by subjecting the mill.
tary to the civil authority of the country.
5. They will dismiss the army of Pro
vost Marshals in the loyal States.
6. They will not allow the mill tary to
be drawn up in line at the poels, during
a popular election.
7. They will not allow the voters to
to be bribed or intimidated by Govern
ment officials.
8. They will call Shoddy contractors,
rsscally Government agents, and middle
men to strict account.
9. They will stop all arbitrary arrests
and hold the party who caused them to
be made, answerabie for their crimes,
Notwithstanding the unconstitutional bill
Of indemnity,
10. They will endeavor by these and
all other means, to restore the Constitu.
tion. And, finally.
IL. They will use all their power, and
all the craftsmanship which they can
muster to their aid, to restore the Union
ss it was before an insane and fanatical
party endeavored to carry out the uncon.
stitutional Chicago Platform.
Now, we earnestly call on the aboli.
tioniSts to give us their platform Let
us see whether they have anything else
in view than to prolong the war beyond
the next Presidential election, and use
the military to defeat the Democrats at
the ballot box.-Erchange.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
George Il. .Pugh's Position.


We extract from the St. Louis Re.
publican the following, which deserves
consideration: ="
"Mr. Pugh, who is on the Ohio Dem.
ocratic State ticket, for Lieutenant Gov.
ernor, the other day in o speech at Ian.
caster, advocated vigorous prosecution
of the war and against withdrawing our
armies. On another occasion he said:
"If it shall require the last man and the
last dollar to secure an honorable peace
for my country, shall not withhold my
person nor my dollar" Of course Mr.
Pugh, would not regard that as an hon~
orable peace for his country which would
break it up, destroy its Government, and
disgrace its people. Recent meetings
in Southern Illinois and elsewhere show
that this sentiment is growing, particu.
larly in the West. The fact is the war
is still necessity, and must 20 on until
the Nations enemies exhibit spirit very
different from that now manifested by
them"
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
A SiCkIyCOuNtrV,

We should judge by the following ex.
tract that the health of some of the East.
ern States was very poor just at this time
and that species of anti draft epidemic
prevailed which is likely to render the
conscription a useless expense:
The Hartford (Conn.) Times informs
US that the exemption of drafted men,
o. surgeons certificates. in various parts
of New England, since the commence.
ment of the Federal copscrption. a.
mount to the enormous proportion oil
about seveDty.three per cent. 1t is. in.
deed, estimated by many that the ex.
emption will reach eighty per cent
But we will coll it seventy three. Oh
the balance it would seem that, as gen.
eral thing, about twenty-five out of the
twenty-seven have fed to parts unknown
and the strongprobabiity is, that in most
OF these cases the fugatives from their
own homes will make good their escape,
in spite of the activity of the Provost
MarshalS, leaving net result Of, at the
most ten men ont of every hundred
drafted, who will be mustered into the
service. ......
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
New instrument Of Destruction

In SkirmiShing which proceeded the
evacuation of jackson by Johnston, the
rebels used on explosive musket ball Of
the most destructive and barbarous char.
acter. These balls are of the Mimic pat.
tern, sizty,nine calibre, hollow, and fill.
ed with Eliminating powder, covered at
the base with cap. On striking any
object they explode with terrible effect.
One of these terrible missiles struct one
Of our men in the leg, shattering the
bone into nineteen pieces The effect
of the wound of simple MIME ball is
always considered of q dangerous char.
acter, but the new ball above described
is positively barbaIous. The new balls
are of English fabrication, and have
been recently furnished to Johnston's ar.
army.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
The Green-eyea Monster,

A laughable incident is related Of a
jealous woman, in Lewiston, Maine, who
went into an auction room the other day
and saw, (as she supposedly her husband
very familiarly sitting beside a young
lady. Stepping up softly, she seized a
head in each hand and pounded them
together q number Of times in great
rage. Her surprise may be imagined
when she found that the Innocent stran.
ger was not her "worser half" She
apologiSed and passed out amid the
laughter of the crowd.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
"TkeeD Oft the ,Ernck. ~

The Hon. EraStus Corning, President
Of ths New York Central Railroad, not.
withstanding his remarkable activity, is
lame. He was one day hobbling ovel
the railroad at Albany. when an Irish.
man, who was placed to guard the track
sang out, with marked Celtic accent
"Will ye leave the track" Mr.. Corn,
ing smiled inwardly and stumbled on
when the Irishman again cried, BE.
gone, ye stumbling high. binder, or the
ll:3O Express will be torment ye, and
Mister Corning will have to pay for ye
the full price of a we'll man with two
legs"
This was too much for "Old Central;''
he yielded the track in good time for the
ii 80 Express, and sent a reward and
commendation to the faithful watchman
who had never once suspected the posi-.
tion of the stumbling high. binder"
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
Horrible Discovery at vicks-
bUrEh,

A VickSburg correspondent writes:
A horrible discovery has just been
made on the rebel line of Notifications.
Qnite a number Of men have been enga,
ged in repairing the rebel fort that was
blown up on the night of the Sd inst
In the course of their operations they
have ezhumed sixty or eighty dead bod.
les found buried in the ruins of the fort.
1t seems that while our miners were.at
work making an entry into the side OF
the hill that was crowded by the rebel
fort, a strong working party of rebels
were set to work sinking a counter mine
within the fort. This party, consisting,
it is said, of more than hundred men,
were in the mine when ours exploded,
and those Of them who were not killed
outright were buried alive. Some of
the exhumed bodies are terribly lacera.
ted and mangled, while others have
not a mark or bruise upon them,-
Two heads, one that Of a negro, have
been dug up. They were completely
severed from the bodies, the latter not
having yet been found. The bodies are
found in almost every conceivable posi-.
tion--some standing erect, others sitting
or lying, and in one instance the body
was head downward as if it had been
caught in that position by the crumbling
earth while falling headIong into the pit
below.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
Freak OF Lightning.

We are informed by gentleman liv.
ing in Rome, that school house in
that town was struck by lightning yester.
day, while the school was in session. -
The current came into the school room.
tore the clothes Of several children, play.
ed the dickens with the girls hoops, and
passed off without doing serious damage
to any perscn.-Adrain Watchto,usr,
AuQ. |.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14

THE PIPE new method of taking
a social smoke" has been adopted at
one OF our large eastern colleges, and
will no doubt become popular at the
"halls of learning" exclusively devoted
to the masculines. The pipe consists Of
an enormous bowl-of sufficient capacity
to hold half pound or so of "the weed"
from which radiates numerous stems.
The bowl is filed, placed on the floor,
and the contents lighted, when the smok.
ing fraternity gather round in q circle,
apply their mouths to the stems, puff,
and have a jolly time. 1t is considered
decided improvement on the old style.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14

COLONEL Forney announced that
himself aud paper were pledged to the
support of Government, and the over.
throw of slavery."-M Y Springfield
This announcement was made at the
memorable Re. union held the other day
in Washington, which the President
and Cabinet attended. This is the an.
nouncement Of the Administration Or
gan. Now we ask, ,Ohat is the war
acaged for? It it to overthrow slavery,
or is it to suBdue on insurrection against
the Union and the laws2 Who will give
us an answer2
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
ALI prejudlces against mule meat were

ALI prejudlces against mule meat were
thoroughly conquered during the seige
of Vicksburg, and the rebel army was
using it freely, esteeming it better food
than the blue beef and rancid pork upon
which they formerly subsisted. The
little remnant of bread stuffs which they
had on hand Ottests the extremity to
which they were reduced, and their
soldiers are praiSing the "hard tack" or
pilot bread given them by our men, as
if it were the most delicious bread ever
baked.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14

To cure dyspepsia, take q new axe, put
a white hickory handle in it, bore hole
in the top of the handle. GIL the hole
with gum camphor, aud seal it up. Then
take the axe and cut cord wood at ffty
cents a cord, until the heat of the handle
dissolves the camphor. Dose to be to.
ken daily 80
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14

THE Shakers at Lebanon Springs,
New York, among the rules relative to
visitors, have the following:
Married persons tarrying with Us
over night, are respectfully notified that
each sex will occupy seperate sleeping
apartments while they remain. This
rule will not be departed from under
any circumstances l-.fgs7 7t-a
A friend says he was reading this to q
married lady, when she innoceDtly re
marked, "How foolish that is, aia'ti it?"
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
w hats i'm a Namel

The two largest vessels Of war built
by the Government. have just beeu nam.
ed dictator" and "Puritan," the two
most obnoxious names in the whole
vocabulary. They well signify the po.
liUical leanings of the administration.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
InternnIReXenme.

The total receipts at the Office Of the
Internal Revenue for July, exclusive oil
the tax on incomes, are nearly $5, $780,
600, considerably larger than for any
month previous.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
a Duei on HorsehacIx.

The Authoriof Notes from the South,
Col Estvau, Confederate officer, gives
the following graphic account Of an ep.
lsode in one Of the fights that took place
during McClellan's operations on the,
Peninsula.
Meantime an episode 10 the fight oc.
cured, in the shape of a duel between
one of the enemy's dragons aud one of
our Texans, on small field close by
The dragoon evidently scorned to join
in the fight with bis comrades, and dis.
played such skill In the management of
his horse aud in the use of bis sword
that it was quits-a- pleasure to watch
him. e-Ly1a ~
In vain did.ths Texan make luuge af.
ter lnnge, aud try altsorts of expedients
to overcome his antagonist. The dra.
goon sat as firm as rock in his saddle,
welding bis sword like brand of light.
ming. BY the manner in which he hand.
led his horse and weapons l judged at
glance that he was German trooper,
and could not help watching the excl.
ting contest with great interest. The
Texan still continued to wheel around
his opponent on bis fleet baro, eagerly
seeking to deal home thrust, while the
dragoon, with cool, steady eye, follow
cd all the movements of his impetaous
antagonist. At last they close in ear.
nest. A blow, a parry and thrust fol.
low close upon each other. ,
The Texan had slashed the dragoopis
shoulder, so that the blood began to flow
which aroused cheer from the Texans
looking on, but at the same moment the
former got back stroke, WHICH cut thro'
the sleeve and flesh of his arm. The
Texan now backed his horse like light.
ming, and his fellow troopers rushed for.
ward to look at his wound; but without
paying any heed to his hurt he again
dashed at his opponent and made q lunge
at his breast. The dragoon parried it
with great dexterity, and at the same
time let fly quarte, which caused q
slashing wound in the Texans back
The latter Spurred on his harse to a lit.
tie distance, and, before I could take
meaus to prevent the cowardly act, he
took out pistol and deliberately shot
the brave dragoon, who fell dead from
his saddle The bullet had entered lust
below the region of the heart.
Much grieved at bis fate, I ordered a
grave to be dug to receive the remains
of the brave German trooper. We bu.
ried him in his regimentals, with his
trusty sword upon his breast aud his
pistol by his side. This sad act having
been performed, sent for the Texan,
and after reprimandiug him severely for
bis cowardly conduct, I ordered him to
seek service in some other corps, telling
him that l could not think of allowing a
fellow Of his stamp to remain in nv regi.
ment. The Texan scowled at me with
bis wild, cat.like eyes, and muttering a
curse mounted his horse and rode away.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14

A BEAUTIFUL women is like great
truth or o great happiness. and has no
more right to cover herself with green
veil, or any similar abomination, than
tho sun has. to wear green spectacles.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-08-14
A "Goak" on "A Loyal Lacquer

WHEN the Loyal ~ League skedad,
died from Harrisburg at the approach
OF poor Milroy's wagon trains, they
were hissed at by Democratic crowd
assembled at the depot, when one of the
brave and valiant Leaguers exclaimed
"lt's all very we'll for you copperheads to
remain behind to receive your friends, .
(meaning Lees army "but il you fel.
lows were loyal citizens, you would
skelqddLe. LOO.n