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Jackson Township Meeting.
Monroe County, Ohio.
SATURDAY, August 29th 1863


In pursuance of an appointment for a
political meeting made by Hon. James r..
Morris, ESQ.,, of Woodsfeld, the Democ-
racy of old Jackson and adjoining town
ships assembled at the district No. f.
school house, on Walnut Camp run, on
the 29th day of August 1863, and not
withstanding the torrents of rain that
poured down in the fore part of the day,
about the hour for speaking, you could
behold crowds of people gathering in
from all quarters and almost awaking the
hills of Old Jackson with cheers for Val
landigham, for alas there are only ten
Brough men in the township The As
sembly amounted to from three to FIVE
hundred Notwithstanding the disappoint-
ment of Mr.. Morris failure to attend in
consequence of sickness, the Democracy
was in good spirits and quite joyful The
meeting then organized by calling G. w
Patton to the Chair and Mr.. ohm p Hos
kinson as secretary, after which the Chair
man introduced DIR. w. I. Sinclair, of
Woods6eld, +, to the audience, who made a
few brief remarks and introduced Mr..
I. Passmore, of the same place, who took
the stand and addressed the meeting with
quite spirited and enthusiastic speech
in favor of Vallandigham and the entire
State and County Democratic Ticket, and
closing with few remarks with regard to
the course pursued by the Brough DEM
ocrats of Woodsfeld
The Doctor then took the stand again
and entertained the audience by few
brief and spirited remarks on the signs
of the times.
The meeting then dispersed with cheers
for Valiandigham and the entire State
and County Democratic ticket; and 10
and behold there was but one Brough
man in that vast assembly.
GEO. w. PATTON, Chairman,
John I. HoSKINsoN, Sec'y.
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TREASON.

On the Gath of April, 1892, Mr. Jeffer-
son, then Secretary of State, forwarded
to the Spanish court proposal for a
Convention for the mutual rendition
of fugitives from justice, between the
the United States and the Spanish Ter
ritories bordering on them, in which oc-
Cured the following passage:
"TnEAsoN-This, when real, merits the
highest punishment. But most codes ex
tend their definitions of treason to acts
not really against ones country. They
do not distinguish between acts against
the Government aud against the oppres-
sions Of the government; the latter are
virtues; yet they have furnished more
victims to the executioners than the for
NOR; because the real treasons are rare;
expressions frequent. The unsuccessful
struggfers against tyranny have been the
chief martyrs of treason laws mall coun-
tries. r Ta
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B@- The Confederate officer who is
writing detailed account of what took
place inside of Port Mudson buring its
Enlargement, says that when, on the
29th of June, the last quarter ration of
beef had been given out to the troops, on
the 1st of July, at the request of many
officers, woanded mule was killed and
out up for experimental eating. All those
who partook of it spoke highly of the
dish. The flesh of mules, the writer de-
scribes as being of darker color than
beef, of finer grain, quite tender and
juicy, and as having favor something
between beef and venison. There was an
Immediate demand for this kind of food,
and the number of mules killed by the
commissariat daily increased. Some horses
were also slaughtered, and their flesh was
found to be very good eating, but not
equal to mule. Rats, of which there
were plenty about the deserted camps,
were also caught by mrny of the officers
and men, and were found to be quite
luxury-superior, in the opinion of those
who ate them, to spring chicken.
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John Brough speaks of Vallandigham
as gentleman resident in Canada. -
chivalris how courteous on the part of
Brough. Yallandigham is an exile be-
cause of the exercise of arbitrary power,
not of his own will. Brough is very
brave in striking man whose hands are
tied. Let Val. come back-give him fair
piay--let him speak his sentiments-let
him and Brough travel the State together,
explain their positions, and leave the re-
suit to the people. The Abolitionists
are afraid to trust the People. They
know that he would correct their false
hoods and misrepresentation, hence they
have persuaded Lincoln to keep Val. out
of the country, while they have fall IL
cense to abuse him. Is net this despica-
bic conduct.
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Prescription.

On last Saturday evening, one of the
proprietors of grain elevator at Toledo
gave notice that he wished to settle up
with thu hands that he had employed
about 30-who supported Mr.. Vallan-
digham. Twenty light Immediately step
ped out and announced their intention to
vote for the exile. The remaining two
hesitated but a moment, then joined their
comrades and in body went up to the
captains Office to settle. Not anticipat-
ing such an overwhelming demonstration,
the proprietor, like Col. Scott's coon,
came down, and informed the hands that
they could continue in his employ. .-Bry-
an Dem
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Democrats Be Firm and
and

Democratsl be hrm and active. Devote
your energies and ability to the success
of your cause, not for the sake Of party
but for the sake of the country. A defeat
of the Abolitionists this fall will be the
forerunner of the election of Democratic
President in 1864, when we will be able
to restore Peace and reunite the Union
under the old flag. Let no cry of "trai-
tor, "Butternutt, ssecesh sympathizer, :"
disturb you. "Hard words break no
bones" Let us be vigilant, working
zealously for the triumph of our party,
now, as it has been in the past, the genu-
inc Union party of the country.
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A Good Story from Judge
Lang.

Judge Lang, of Seneca county, was
among the speakers at the Democratic
meeting in Sidney. The Shelby Demo-
crat says:
Judge Lang, of Tifin, followed Mr..
Pugh. The Judge says the Republican
party has come into power by accident,
and thus illustrates the present condition
of our distracted country: He told of
two Yankee brothers who resided in
Cheesedom, and who lived on whiting
sticks ard wooden nutmegs. One of them
tired of living in this way, and not con-
tented with his lot, concluded to go to
Iowa. So he repaired thither, and in due
time, by industry and economy, succeeded
in purchasing forty acres of land, and re-
ceiving assistance from his wife accumu-
lated more land One day he bethougkt
himself that he would write to his brother,
from whom he had not heard for several
years. So he went on in his letter to tell
him how comfortable and independent he
was; that he had SO much land, fine
house, barn, cattle, horses, &C., everything
desirable in this world, and wound up his
letter by saying, shut tomorrow, dear
brother, zoe are going to take father to the
poor hoa.se n The Government contract
ors and swindlers generally, remarked the
Judge, are growing rich and fat on green
backs, while the country IS going to the
poor housed
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Clear rs Mud.

A gentleman on board steamboat with
his family was asked by his children what
made the boat go2' when he gave them
minute description of the machinery and
its principles in the following manner =
You see, my dears, thingumbeb here
goes down through that hole and fastens
the jigamaree, and that connects with the
crinkumcraakum; and then that man
he's the engineer, you know--kied o'stirs
up the-what-do you-call.it with long
poker, and they all shove along aud the
boat goes ahead
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Hay- The guerrilla ruffian, Quantrell

Bay The guerrilla ruffian, Quantreli,
who recently destroyed Lawrence, com
meuced life in the West as an Abolition
ist, and served an apprenticeship under
John Brown, in Kansas. His real name
is Hart. While residing at Lawrence,
saws the Providence Post, he was noted
for his villaiuies against pro slavery men,
but by and by he became anxious for 9
wider field for his genius, and formed q
secret eonneetion with the border rufhansi
He left the State, having entirely lost the
confidence of the Aholitionists, before the
present war commenced, and soon after
turned up in Missouri as the leader of a
lawless band of guerrillas. He is said to
be fellow OF great smoothness of tongue,
and can make nearly as smooth a speech
as Wendell Phillips. Hartford TINES.
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Raid Of GuerriIlas I'm Kan

The town of Lawrence, Kansas, was
visited on the Goth, by the Guerrilla Chief
Quantrill, with force of about 800 men.
He surrounded the town with part Of his
force, and with the other portion entered
the place, shooting down the citizens who
appeared on the streets. After pillaging
the town it was set on fire and a portion
of it consumed. Up to the Oath, 12S
bodies had been buried, and it is thought
that many more were in the ruins.
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D@- There is bachelor who says that
all he should ask in a wife would be-a
good temper, health, good understanding,
agrte,bl physiognomy, figure, good con-
nection, domestic habits, resources of
amusement, good spirits, conversational
talents, elegant mannsrs-moneyi The
unreasonable rascal Isn't there any
thing more he can think of?
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nr A Cincinnati paper speaking of

bsy A Cincinnati paper speaking OF a
resident of that city, ays"he is Dem
ocrat, but will support John Brough for
Governor" He must be Butler Dick
inson- -Tremaine Democrat This kind OF
Democrats will support Wendell Phillips
for President next year, should he receive
the nomination from the Administration
partv, which is not improbable. There is
no difference between Brough and Phil
lips, save that the later was born and
raised an Abolitionist, while Brough is a
recent convert A Breugh Democrat is a
white blackbiad, ravenous dove, a fiend
angelical, a sanity devil and an infdel
Christian.-C Chicago Times. -,
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s@ A clown employed to draw timber
from wood, met with an oak trunk of SO
large size, that the tackles he made use
of to place it on the carriage broke twice.
Hodge flung his hat on the ground, and
scratching his head with vexation, OK
claimed: ;sDarn the hogs that didn't eat
thee when thee was an acorn, ard then 1
should not have had this trouble With
theel"
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fFrom the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury.]
President Lincoln and His
Salary.


rsIt is stated that President Lincoln, from
patriotic considerations, has declined to re-
ceive his salary in sireenbacks, for ysar
past."-[N. Y. Herald, August s, 1868.
To ABRAHAM THE FIRST, (REpUDrAToR
Ouoth Yankee Doodle. right away,
| hope you will, without delay,
Tell why you don't receive your pay,
Rail-spritting Abe;
For if it's true, what people say,
fr You re acting shabby.
From Dixie's land to Northern lake.
ct is fact, there's no mistake,)
Greenbacks you legal. tender make
es Midst all disasters;
Then why do you refuse to take
Your own shinplastersf
Now, Abe, betwixt you and me,
The reason why cannot see,
Why yeu in common honesty,
F Who help to make them,
The first man in the land should be
That will5not take them.
Ou kuOW tHd0 VIC diC OdthJ wiz
The greenbacks are as good as gold,
But why you should from them witholc
Seems rather funny,
Are you afraid of being sold =
+ With your own money?
Admirer of the niger race, -
Now don't you think it a disgrace
Unto a man in your high place
To turn his coat
Repudiate his pretty face
eg9JtI.itOn his own note? ?IH
In after years, when men relate
| The acts of Abraham the Great
Rail- splitter from Illinois State,
sai IS, Chief of the Nation
They ii say he did initiate
| .b ~ Reputation.
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THE WHAT rs TT!

q l
Brough's name is a "What Is It?" as good
as Barnums show; eas,4
How to pronounce the curious thing, no
body seems to know -
One old gentleman suggests: "C-o-u-g-h h
spells C1f, .e @ @
Therefore / very certain am, his name
is Johnny Broff.'' N qoi
sStop,' says a baker, "you are wrong,
40 Dough spells doe, -s6g
sTherefore I'll bet loaf of bread his
name is Johnny Broe!'
A country pedagegue squeaked out
a B-o-u-g-h spells bow,
And so I'll bet my spelling book his
name is Johnny Brow" a
A fourth then said; He swears and drinks
and Rough spells ruff,
Therefore I'll wager the ale all round, the
er fellows name is Bruff.'
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Once, and At reasonable prices. -
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EEAn legal advertisements will be charged
by the line. q
eSs- Notices Of the appointment Of Ad- 4SN
fSz ministrator's and Executor's; also SD
g. Attachment Notices, must be paid in Sd
e. advance. "a 'ea 3e.a q
a. Twenty-hve per cent. additional will be
CHARGED on the price Of job work II not paid
e,sin advance and on advertising If not paid be-
fore taken out
s7es rHn LAW OF NHWsPAPERs.
1. Subscribers who do not give express no
tics 10 the contrary, are considered as wishing
70 continue their subscription. sa
q. II subscribers order the discontinuance OF
= fhsir newspapers, the publisher may continue
e. ssnd them until all arrearages are Paio.
5. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take
rh.i- papers from the efices to which they are
directed, thay arc held responsible till they
have settled the bill, and. ordered them dlscon
: tinusd. ssssss S.aes - ~. s5s q. *. -s,--.e
L. II subscribers remove to otner piacesl
without inforning the publishers, and the pa
mars are sent to the former direction, they aren
held arssponsi Die, 49,. s..
= IS. The courts have decided that refusing to1
taks periodicals from the office, or removinga
!. and Leaving them uncalled for is prima facieh
avia.nc. OF Intentional fraud.
~ 80 fsizf s4ti o.
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nes. When Abe Lincoln was Membe

8 MA. w hen Ape bIncuIu Was NeH JET
of Congress he voted against giving the
soldiers who served in Mexico one hun
dred and sixty acres Of land. On the 2Sth
of February, 1862, G. j.. Vallandigham
voted to give to each soldier engaged in
putting down this rebellion 160 acres OF
land, in addition to their 500 bounty
He also voted to pay their wages in GOLD
Just about the time Brough was collecting
FULL FARE from the sick and woun-
ded soldiers being transported over the
Railroad
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d . oettg.
lFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
LIBERTY.

" ~ ~ N <A4tA u 4ZxAS1
LIBERTY.
Sons of the Buckeye State, =
Who love your homes and laws,
Come rally ere its too late,
Uphold your sacred cause,
The chains that tyrants forge,
You must with ballots break;
Or soon you II feel the scourge,
For all s now at stake.
Would you be freeS
Your cry must be
Vallandigham, Peace, Liberty.
The martial bands that rush
With bayonets in hand,
The citizen TO crush,
Arise, meet and Withstand.
This is sacred right
For which the fathers bled.
When of il you lose sight,
= Your liberties have fed.
Would you be free?
Your cry must be
Vallandigham, Peace. Liber'y.
Say, shall the patriot true?
Be banished, exiled crushed,
Who boldly stood by You,
His voice by force be hushed?
Shall liberty and right
Be driven from the land,
And despotism, might.
Rule with an iron handY
Would you be free J?
Your cry must be
Vallandigham, Peace, Liberty.
The rights of government,
Both Federal and State,
Are based on the consent
OF rich, aud poor, and great,
But martial law will bring
A monarch and a crown,
Till soon proclaim king
Unless you put it down.
Would you be free
Your cry must be
Vallandigham, Peace, Liberty.
B. B. ARMSTRONG.
Kcnton. Ky.
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par Who can point to anything John
Brough has done for the soldiers? for
the army7 for anybody but himself? or
for anything save his railroad 2
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REPUBLICAN EpIroRs.-The ,Stntesndn
saws, that out of salary of u, ZOO per
annum one of the Journal Editors pGr-s
chased s45, 900 worth of property, the
week before his arrest in Cincinnati.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-16

People who like so much to talk their
mind, should sometimes try to mind their
talk.
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WooDsFIELD MONROE COUNTY. OHIO SEPTEMBER 1e 1868

it which shook the English throne and
brought the head of Charles to the block?
What was it that gave up the head of that
great bad minister, Strahord, to the JUS
tice of violated law, and the vengeance of
insulted privilege 1t was the arrest of
private citizens by secret orders from the
privy council around the throne, pro-
cess unknown to the laws and institutions
of England, and at a time, too, when that
country Was reeling under the fierce sur
ges of civil commotion. And yet we, the
American people, with the best educated
masses the world ever saw-in the nine
teenth century-in the full blaze of mod
ern civilization--and under a Constitu-
ton which clearly, defines the mode by
which citizen shall be deprived of his
personal liberty, without reference to time
or circumstances-are made subject to the
despotie will of one man, and dragged, in
the dead hour of midnight, to the cells
of a distant prison house, for crimes un-
specified, without the privilege Of couE-
sci, and in the very face of open courts
and unobstructed laws.
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SPEECH OF
HON, z, VAN TRUMP

Delivered before the Conuention that Nom
mated him for Common Pleas Judge IN
1862.
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But whether BruH, or Brow, or Bro, o.
4 whether its Johnny Bruff,s
We'll beat him. like the devil, we know
unless you take him off
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Gen. Bragg's whole force is said to num-
ber thirty thousand men.
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IT is bat justice to Judge Van Trump
and to the Democratic party to republish
his speech before the Convention by which
was nominated for the petition he now
holds. he is our candidate for Supreme
Judge, and is denied active participation
in the political canvass. This speech will,
therefore, be read with renewed interest
by the people of Ohio. Its force and ap-
prepriateness will be recognized now as
well as in 1867. 1t is as follows:
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-20

the field, chuck full Of patriotism, in favor
of all Lincoln's war measures, wild with
anxiety to "crush the rebellion, aud paut.
ing fer Confederate blood "as the heart
panteth after the water brock The quo
TIA Of Pennsylvania will not exceed $4,000,
exactly Que third of the l50, COO Shudd,
warriors who voted for Curtin. Now un
less these men are liars, hypocritrs, base
pretenders, or mean, c"wardly wretches,
Uncle Abraham's requisition should be
filled immediately, or at least within one
month from their own ranks, without call
ms upon single "disloyal C"pperhead'
to shoulder musket. They have it in
their power now to serve their country,
and prove the truth of their assertion at
the same time 10y falling into the rank as
privates at S23 or $24 per month, and
marching to the front, "away dawn in
Dixie to shoot, fay, di,perse and sub
Jugale the ha,ed s ruthrous. ......
win they dol, A friend looking over
our shoulder whispers, "of course they
will" W doubt it, but shall wait to sec.
-Patriot & Unton.
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The Circuit Court for Hartford County. IT,

. The Circuit Court for this. county adj
joufped on Tuesday last after session OF
eight days. The following cases were
tridH ~ ~ .E
State VS.. John chatierton, assault and
battery. Record fsom Baltimore county.
Not guilty. Maynadier for the State, H.
/ " .FArchr foFthrfetenee. r liz IA
II Slate VI Thn a. Wilson, assault aud
battery. Guilty, and fired s25 aud cost
Fl. W Archer, and A. H Jarrett for the
State BaseihiB Tor the defence. Z . u,
State VS.. Joseph Founds-Record from
Cecil, charged with rape. Guilty, septen-
ced to the peneteotiary FIR four years.
Joues- and s. Areher,.-far-.State, FL. w
Archer, Maxwell and Batennaho for de-
fencsnrq .r2woq Iar al s5ei'Ja1 ia'i-e4
statc'5 '" Stephen Daushcfty, assault
and f,l battery Guilty, fined land cost.
A. e., Jarrett, for State, Basenan, for
defence. 1.ga siita llntsd 30 Eott'gW
State vs. George rForsythe, assault and
battery Guilty fined $40 and costs, A. II.
Jarrett, for state Bateman for, defence. 49,.
State VS., John FL. Wilson, resisting an
officer. Guilty, fined SIS and cost. II.
W. Archer and A. H. Jarrett, for State,
Bateman, for defence. .a' 81
At tue call of the docket there were
about 20 judgements given, and a large
number of DEGREES and orders in chaucery
were passed during the term. "a o.'|
The Grand jury found about 20 bills If
of Indictment, most of which are for small
offences.
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U. S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION, !
.'.i n West Baltimore street,
as Baltimore, Nor. 7fh. 1853.

The undersigned committee of the U
S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION OF THE DIS
TRICT OF MARYLAND, are now greatly in
. need of funds for the supply of Hospital
Stores, Clpthing, Blankets, &c, to the
sick and wounded soldiers aud sailors of
the, Hospitals. A sum less than twenty
q thousand dollars will not be sufficient to
meet, the demands the approaching winter
must produce. 4. ..si aI.r.. +. Jill. .
BY the contributions of kinds friends,
the Christian Commission has been en-
abled to afford relief to many thousands
Of the disabled soldiers of the battle fields
and marines Of the ships and gunboats Of
F" our naval service. . ,...a, g1, d. gg...,
" The committee respectfully and afec-
tonately suggest to their brethren of the
clergy, who may, by means Of this circu.
= lar, or 10 any way become informed of
our needs, that they make collections in
their ehuches on the day set apart by the
President of the United States as day
of Thanksgiving and prayer TO Almighty
God for he.tpr0tectlon and blessing He
, has ybu1hsafed to us as a nation, especial
Fly for the intervention of HIS Providence
amid the perilsiofa fierce and sangainary
- war, JaSuch contributions aslwe solicit on
behalf oftthe suffering soldiers aud sailors
of our army and navy will doubtless BE-
accspted as a. thankoff ring to our grea,
I Father a.iHeaven. a The service they
may render to those who have risked their
livesvin the defence Of QUE Gnvernmeu
will be but a s,uall return for the grea,
sacrifices iheylhave made ON ouraaccouul.
= We,trust our friends of the clergy Of
all denominations will respond favorubl.
to tbisasppeal Amounts collected will
be thankfully received at the Room of the
ChrlstianC Commissions, ~ West Baltimore
street, Baltimore. siJ b s.ssa8 sll 4ad
. va .5is tasB va G. 9S9GRIFFITH,
yss 1 aadR GEO = HAYS,
z ss2 8lMa4 j N. MJlLTON 6