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ayepcriS from Charleston.

The reports in regard Ia the en-
counter off Charleston being from
rebel sources are doubtless greatly
exaggerated
There has been no intcrrnprlnn O!
the blockade and snch assumption
will not be admitted by the Govern
ment.
A telegram was received to-day
from Fortress Monroe, saying Gen.
Dix is in receipt of rebel news from
Charleston to the 81 inst, at which
time that port was thoroughly block
AIDED, the Federal iron claiS laying
inside the wonlcn ships. The for
mpr were not with the fleet at the
time Of the attack on the lSt inst. -
An attack on the city was moIuruta-
rily expected.
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New York, Feb. by an arrival
at Suffolk FROM Richmond, We learn
rhat the new Merrimac is now lying
between seven and ci "ht miles below
Richmond. Its pierced for tw" guns
IN each side and will carry one for
ward and aft. The vessel is pronnun-
cel hy many, failure, while others
are confident Of it's success. Tw"
other iron cla'ls are in course Of con-
strnctinn. The rebels are throwing
up earthworkS in every direction for
the defence Of the rebel capital.
The British war ship Nesuvina,
which arrived at Bermuda on the
9th Of January. reported that the
French army had bean defeated in an
attack on Pnchla, Mexico, and had
lost ), 900 men.
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thorough investigation to qna)lfy
each one for safe aud intelligent
vote upon them. In order to this,
they need more perfect and correct
medium of information than mere
;'hcarsay. They need more than
a national paper; they need a State
paper--yea, a County paper, devoted
to local as we'll as to national ques-
tons. 1t is here they may find dis
cnssion and information upon the
very subjects that most interest them.
In a short time-if the people con
clude to have new state-alI our
State Offices will have 10 be filled by
vote OF the people. Hundreds Of
candidates will swarm the field: and
as in every flock there are some
black sheen, we must expect them in
this. And il so, who'is to pick them
ont9 Who is to disclose the ''wolf $
clnthiug.' if it be not a newspaper
We want these offices filled with
men of some stamina: men who are
aconainted with the beat; rnen who
cannot he honcit; men of some char.
acter and intellect; and if we fail in
this. our doom as a new State, is tx
ed. 1t is for these reasons, if tol
none other, that we consider a news
pappr for our county as indisprnsa
BILE. But this is not all. Our mcr'
chants. and business men generally
need paper. Our soldiers, away
from home, need paper. And ev
cry one is inwavdly conscious Of &
great, deep void in the absence OF 4
connty newspaper.
1t would, indeed, be we'll, in Sncf
times as the present, for every coun
tv Of the State to have its newspa
per; and we hope we will not be dis
appointed in our anticipations of see
ing the people manifest that interest
! in the matter which the necessity o
the case demands. Let no citizen q
Monongaia ever be heard to say, 81
d. not take a paper.
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NEW York. Ec,i. GIVE have rplI-
able intelligence of the movements "i
the pirate Ir.t'ihutirn from the Capt
of the schooner Springh"k which has
arrived in Boston from Port PaX
Capt. Grindie states the R"'rihntI"n
was of that port about Jan. 18th.
and sent boat ashore, pretending
10 he merchant vessel TIE stale
mpnt was confirmed nv Capt J"r-
dan. of the >ch""n"r II s. Bnvntnn.
who left Port Paix Jan. 10Th, al
which time also she was understood
10 be in that vicinity. She al>n re-
nnrtcl the destruction Of fnnr or FIVE
vessels off St. Thomas, hr that priva-
teer. probably false, rs St. Thomas
is far to windwarl, and the Retribn-
ton cnnld not have heen up 10 season
to make the report true.
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The Raising Of the RsiOCka.
ding Fleet Il Hoax.

There were two circles of bl0cka-
ding ships off Charleston harbor.
The outer one in deep water was I
miles from Fort Sumter. The inner
one was upon the bar. Sailors in tn"
navy department are certain that the
rebel IRON clnIS went down t. the lat
ter. They were not calculated for a
leen and rnngh sea. 1t is declared
that they did not go near to or mon
ace the second, or outer line of large
blockaders.
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NEw YonK, Feb. 9.-Rehcl prison
crs captured from ll"ieras, report
that when they left Charleston tho
rrhrl gun boats were preparing to
make dash nj our vessels onl V wait
ing for our irrnclahs 10 go I" Port
Royal to give the O.rcchc fight.
They state that the rebel ironclnd.
Chicora, is fin" vessel one thousand
tons burden, 6 feet abnv" water. and
armed with rifles Of the best English
manufacture
TIE British steamers Herald, Hero
and ARIEL were at Charl"si"n on the
l7th. The Hero had 1900 bales
of cottnn pr"hAh'v escaped the night
"f the attack The Ariel had 200
bales whiting n cianc. /" run.
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Saturday..

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoToNAC.
Feb. 5-[nlicatious are that the IN
envy is very much weakened. Hi
force opposite here is relying on All
impossibiity of any movements un-
der existing circumstances. But few
pickets or fires are seen to-day.
A heavy snow storm commenced
and changing to rain with prospects
of inausura'ing muddy time.
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NEW York. Feb. 9TH. dispatches
from Charleston state that the reports
brought there by the British iriya,e
Carlmus had alarmed the citizens,
who were lravin" rapidly.
4 Jackson. Miss. dispatch Of the
4th states that the Federal ram which
passed Vicksbnrg on the 81 was "f
Natchcz on the same evening, where
she Dispersed a party Of rebels. The
rebels state that she then steamed
down the river, destroying every
thing in hcr way Their batteries
bad no effect upon her.
Rebel correspondence from Fred
rrirkshurs state that the Yankee mr.
my is likely to he annihilAtcd any
time by a sudden dash of the rebels.
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PHILADELPHIA. Jan. S.-The Sun.
lav Transcript has dispatch from
Washington, which SAYS there is NJ
-nemy in force at Fre'lerick-b burg
Most Of them hav4 been sent to the
Black water or to Virkshnrg. the only
force left behind being about Il 600,
An ample nnmIer to prevent the pas.
sage Of the Rappahaunock at the pre-,
sent season.
From deserters and othor source.
it has been ascertaiDed that the rebel
railroad communications are perfect.
In u hours the entire army Of the
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CHICAGO, Feb. IA special from
Cairo 20 the Tribune says Memphis
dispatch announces the arrival "f the
STEAMER ALrIaide from Eick- bnry.
The ram, Qnren of the W""t ran
the hlnckale on Mon'lay morning a.
hnnt day light. A hundred heavy
gurs opened on her as she st"arl,
FL past. A rebel steamer also apen,
Ell on the Qneen of the West, which
>he replied to, and the rebel steamer
Was criprlr'l. The Que~n WAS uuier
fire three quarters o! an hour.
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summoned him there. wl! so to Chi
caro. thence to Providence, and re-
main there till the expiration of his
leave of absence, when lie will again
take the field.
The same paper hes a rnmor that
Stuart cavalry had made raid in
the vicinity of Acotink Bridge. COB
bling up q Federal regiment there.
The Star regards it as untrue.
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LOUISVILLE. Feb. 6. -Rumors, not
traceahle to any authority, prevail
that Mnrgan force in Kentucky,
contemplate" II raid on Lexington. and
the banks and business men thcr"
have gathered ur their money aud
valuahIr- preparatory t" IN escape.
Il is also rrrortrd that ShrIhyvIlI".
Tenn, has been captured by the fed
rTal troops
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enemy can be supported from any
noint in the South to Fredericksburg,
80 they can we'll afford to spare the
great body of their army from our
front.
During the past week the President
has determined upon calling zen
Mcclellan to the command OF the Ar
ny again. Upon the announcements
being made 10 the Cabinet Council
there was a great fnrry. Secretary
Chase threatened to resign, as dld AL
so the rest Of the radical members.
For this and other reasons, the fres-
idens has determined to make no
change for the present. Within two
weeks, however. there is scarcely q
Doubt that the command of the army
will be rendered to Gen. Mcclellan.
Nothing Of importance is expected
from Vicksburg Tor at least 50 days.
1t will take that time to complete the
canal and to bring orr forces effrctn-
ally to hear against the rebel strong
hold. II may BE- circumstances may
precinitatr battle. but the general
immersion is that it will require o
month at least to capture the place.
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shall oppose both extremes in all OF
their attempts to nullify the Constl-
tuition or to destroy the Union, tor
which our forefathers so nobIy fought,
through the long and gloomy win
tiers Of the Revolution.
We now take our position: fairly
and squarely Oh the platform Of the
Constitution ard the enforcement of
the laws. While we do not pretend
to equal the Great Expounder' in
ability to understand the Constitu-
ton, and to explain it 20 others: yet
we shall fearlessly exercise our right
OF testing all measures and means
that may be presented to us, as one
of the people. by the tombstone OF
of the Constitution. We shall not
pin our faith to any man sklrts,
but shall exercise our Judgment and
our privilege Of thinking for our
selves.
We shall. as ever. acknowledge
our allegiance TO the Government,
and pay it the respect and devotion
which is its just due, but shall not
fail to make a distinction between
the Government to which we owe our
allegiance, and the President to
whom we do not owe allegiance.
Abraham Lincoln is not the Govern
meut, but only the servant, who ad-
ministers it, hence we speak OF LIN
coin s administration, and Washing
tons administration, &c. And It
the President fails to administer the
Government properly, or acts IN an
unconstitutional manner, departing
from the path laid down and prescrl-
bed for him by the Constitution, or
attempts to monopolize the Judicial
powers, we shall fearlessly denouuce
him in all such usurpations.
While we ere attempting to bring
back the rebels to their allegiance,
and to compel obedience from them
to the Constitution, shall we de-
feat the very end for which we have
spent so much precious blood, by our
selves breaking and multiplying that
same instrument? Cut off the head
to cure the disease? We all know
if we will bnt pause TO CONSIDER Tor a
moment, that there is no Union with
ont some bond 10 unite us, and that
bond is the Constitution and its guar
antees. aud as soon as that is sever
ed, there is an end to the Union;
that onion which WaShinsto bid
us cherish as the palladium of orr
political safely and prosperity. We
shall denounce the sli gntest breach OF
that instrument, well knowing that
unless stopped by the voice OF the peo-
pie. it will be followed by another
and greater one, till at last all the
barriers to dcspotism are swept away,
and we DRIFT ont u!'on the seas
OF anarchy. We often hear it said
nowadays, that 'stickler Tor the
Constitution is not 10 De trusted, that
he is q 'seceSh Srmpathser, Nc, but
we think that it ever we should Site
kle' for the Constitution now is the
time. We appeal to the common
sense of the people, if this is not so.
In times of revolution, public opinion
advances at rapid rate. and often
outstrips these great fundamental
truths, but it shall be Our aim to
keep them constantly before the pco-
pie.
In conclusion, We will endeav-
or to make eur paper the organ
of the conservative party of this sec
ton of the State, who have been 50
long unheard in the great events
Of the present. To them we shall
look for countenance and aid.
The Final Conclusion.
r1, - Is, 1oc,
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Rurnside-Stuart's Cavalry.

New York, Feb. 6th.-The Wash
ington Star, Of last evening, says
that Gen. Burnside, after giving ev-
idence before the court martial which
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LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE NO HOAX.
The Rebels Fortifying Richmond.
loo REBELS buried at DONELSON
Gen. Mcclellan 10 be recalled.
GEORGE FRANKS TRAIN ARRESTED.
FRIDAY.

Richmond, Jan. 3lSt.-The Secre-
tarv Of State has notified the British
and French ConsulS in this city, that
he has received otficial information
of the opening of the blockade oil
Charleston.
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New YORK. Feb. ".-G"ld nnsrt-
tied IN! lower; opening at Sc and
declining 80 and closing weak at
55i,. Sterling rxchang" dull aud
lower, nominal qu"tat'"ns 7Oal II
tor merchants and l,7l1,l,72 for
bankers bills.
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BALTIMORE and OHIO RAILROAD
&C. - -
KEsrNPrIuN OF BUSINESS

RESl hP iIbN Of GLSlSESSi
The company having thoroughly reconstructed
the breaks IN ;he track and bridges Of their road,
under Government protection and having re.
snrDed their tonnage transportation, viii. on ana
after Tuesday. the lat April, run three passenger
trains AS f,lows-ihc road being thoroughly and
completely guarded
Mail Train will leave Wheeling a, $50 p. No..
Ben wood at 1920 p. m; arrive at Baltimore at
p. m
Returning leave Baltimore at $40 >. NJ, ar
rive at Ben God a: 4:50 a. Gl.. Wheeling at $40
a. m.
Wheeling and Cumberland Accommodation
Train aiIl c7,ye Wheeling at =. M, Benwood ~
1880 a. IN: arrivent Cumberland At 9:3S P. N.
Returning. leave Cumberland 1t G:3o .. N; ar
rive at Wheeling at $40 p. m.
W. P. SIXTH Master Of Transportation.
l.. ". COTE Cen Ticket Agent.
A. Dizzy, 3. S. JACOBS, J. P. WILLARD, liam
Superintendent.
J. b. FORD. Gen'l Agent, Wbee'iog.
@-P. S.-E1press, Est bound, reaches taif'
mont IL minutes past II o'tlock. .. m. DAILY
Westward bound at 20 minutes P.st oaost, p
m. daily. tieo:'>
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Cavalry Once More.

From the Army of the Potomac.
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w AR II r w s

THE FIGHT at CHARLESTON,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-05

The recent visit of the able and accom-
plished Secretary of the Treasury to this
city seems TO have disturbed the feelings of
some Of u morning contemporaries, and
they attribute to Mr.. Chase a political visit
instead of doing him the justice to say that
he came for the purpose of seeking repose
and quiet and recruiting from the effects
Of the severe labor he has performed for the
past two years. The wonder is that he
has been able TO endure it so long. Mr..
Chase is moreover satisfied, we doubt not,
TO do his duty in his important depart
ment and 10 leave the Presidency as well
as the politics of the future to the future.
1t is fortuD ate for the country that we
have a man as Secretary Of the Treasury
whose personal character for integrity,
united to his great and acknowledged abil-
ity and lofty patriotism, has gained the
confidence Of the capitalists of the land, and
made our national financies a complete
success. II our milisary success in the
field had been equal to the financial success
ofMr. Chase, the rebellion would have been
crushed out long before this time.-NY 7.
EDsBiHg Post.
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-.-v oe peAt. tsTATE BY ORDER

rATT OF REAL ESTATE BY ORDER
or pRoBATE COtBT.-By Vittue OF an
2,rn Inc Probate Court Of Cd3ahUsa Coun.
~ ohio. in suit OF Morris Z. Gallup, executor 81
X eststa ofSvlima Miles vs.. Emeilne WeDo ct
Al I shall self to the highest bidder the lol!9W-
inc real estate as the property OF sylI4lA alH9S
55Sessed. 10 wit On Wednesday May zttAI
gSss ~ IN O'clock A. NJ, on the premises situate
- Str,n VsyiIIe township, County Of Cnyahoga'
state q Ohio, parts Of lots NOS. ~, 40 anao4'
Lorndsd vest by the turnpike, north by A. rom
go md Nathan Foster, East by Caleb Carpen-
tsT and south by land belonging 70 fIeoeIlck
.FRsrtiett. containing one hundred acres' more OF
10. ond al the door Of the Court House IN sad
Crvahoga County, on Thursday, May Zeth, ioo5'
~ ~ o'clock N, part of lot 464, in the village
~ Neygburg, Cuyahoga County, Ohlo, beginning
al 4 stake set in the ground which Is twenty teet
| south and Ave rods and three ana ohe-nsI Lee'
| ssst or the southeast corner of Methodist Epls-
SonaI Church, thence due north thirteen rods
| thence east four rods, thence south tnlrteen
rods. thence west four rods to place or begin
| ming. containing Fifty rods of land, Also, IN the
| city Of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohlo, part
Al Original lot No. 81, commencing az a point N
| tbs so1th line Of Superior street and the west
| line n land formerly owned by E: Dwight, and
running southeFly therefrom at right angles elsh
/ gnneriSr street, one hundred and twenty ieet
| thence westerly, parallel with superior street.
fTeIye and one-third feet, thence northerly,
parallel with said east line 70 the SCUM Hne "
EDDeror street, thence easterly along the
/ south line Of Superior street twelve and one
| third feet to the place Of. beginning Inc last
/ described lot subject to q lease made by sald
| SvIima Miles to AhaE Merchant ana ); y.
Vaughan. Lot in StrongsVille appraised 81
s 1850, lot in EeWburg appraised az SIOO' lot N
| Cleveland appraised al SosoVO' AelInS HH
known on day OF sale.
MORRIS &. GALLUP, Executor;
April 9th, 1868. aPr2S;Al
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MORNING.
TUESDAY MOURNING. MAY S, 1853.


Soldiers Wives
Fanny Fern never wrote two paragraphs
which contained more touching truth than
those which follow;
What an immense amount Of herOism
among this class passes unnohced, or is
taken as a matter Of course; not only IN
this most righteous war which we are wag-
ing, but in those Of all past time. For the
soldier, he has his comrades about him,
shoulder TO shoulder; he has praise if he do
we'll; he has honorable mention and pity
ing tears if he fall nobly striving. But
alasi for the soldiers wifeI Even an Off
GERS wife, who has sympathizing friends,
who has comforts and many luxures ofHte:
whose ehiidren's future is provided for if
their father fall; what hours Of dreadful
suspense and anxiety must she pass, even
in these favorable circumstances? How
hardfor heri But for the wife Of the poor
soldier, who in giving her husband TO her
country has given everything; who knows
not whether the meal she and her little
ines are eating may not be the last for
many a hungry-desolate-day; who has
no friend 10 say "well done" as the lag
ging weeks Of suspense creep on, and she
stands bravely at her post keeping want
q Starvation ht bay; imagination busy
among the heaps Of dead and wounded
or traversing the wretchedp prison densan
shuddering at the thought Of the demoniao
keeper; keepingdown her sobs, as her little
daughter trustfully offers up her nightly
prayers "for dear papa to come home" or
when her little son, just old enough to read,
traces slowly with his fingers the long list
of killed and wounded, 80 to see if fathers
name is there; "%shrouding her eyes from the
possible future Of her children should her
strength give out under the pressure of
want and anxiety no friend to turn to
when her hand is palsied with labor; nor
waving banners, nor martial music, nor
one procession to chronicle her v~alorous
deeds; lone but God and her own brave
heart to witness her noble, uuaided strug-
gle; when I think of these solitary women
scattered throughout the length and breadth
Of the land, my heart warns toward them;
and l would fain hold them up in their ST.
lent struggle, for all the world to admire.
When the history Of this war shall be
written, land that cannot be now let the
historian, what else soever he may forget,
forget not to chronicle this sublime valor
Of the hearthstone, all over our struggling
land.
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DROBATE COURT OF CUYA-

Morris z. Gallup, executor of syllvina Miles, de-
CEASED, vs.. Emeline Webb, Hopkins 5. Miles, Susan
II. Schley Myrs Z, Clark, Annette LOOMS, Henry
P. Miles, Burtis L. Miles, Jane $. Miles, Mary Z.
Miles, Harriet P Miles, George II. Miles ana Norris
H. Miles. To Annette LOOmis and Henry z. Miles,
and Eliza Jane Miles, wi G of s9id Henry 2. Miles,
heirs aud legal representatives OF Syllvina Miles, de-
ceased, you are hereby notified that on the SEVENTH
day Of April, 1868, said executor filed his petition in
the Probate Court OfCuyahOga county, Ohio, the OBJ
iect and prayer of which petitionis TO obtain an order,
&C., for the sale Of the following Real Estate, parts Of
hoga county, Ohio, obtaining about one hundred
acres AlO part of lot "A in the village Of Eewburg,
in said county, containing 6fty reds OF land, decided
to said deceased by Richard P. Wright and wife, aud
also, part Of original Tot No. q in the CITY Of Cleve-
land, being " 4-l2 feet on Superior-St in tho City Of
cleveland, Ohio, and ieased BY said deceased TO Ahaz
Merchant and !. U. Vaughan.
NORRIS Z. GALLUP
Executor Of syIlvina Miles, deceased.
strongsvills, April I, 1879. sprQ E37
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1 ssIGNEEs sALE.-Pursuant to an


IA order made by the Probate Court in the
matter Of the assignment Of c. H. Robson, in
favor Of the creditors, / shall expose for sale at
public auction at the door of the Court House,
in said county, on the 10th day Of May, 1863, at 2
o'clock, P. n, the following described lands and
lenements, to wit;
LIST. The east y Of southwest 4 Of section
No. 81, Township 70, north Of Range % west, in
Warren county, IN the State Of Iowa, being 50
acres. Appraised at $50.
ID. The southeast 4 Of the southeast Il of
section Is, in Township 70, north or range 26
west, being in the county of Dallas, State of
Iowa, being 40 acres. Appraised at $50.
Sd. The southeast 4 Of section p and the
northeast x of the northeast = Of section q, in
Township 81, north of Range 80 west, beng in
the county OF Calhoun, in the State Of Iowa, and
being 800 acres, Appraised at $500,
18th. The southeast 4 and south = Of north
east 4 dissection 10, and the west = Ofthe south
west z. and the southeast n Of southwest j Of
section 20, in Township ~, north of range 80
west, and the eastL OF northeast Z Of section
Ii in Township 80, north Of Range 80 west, be-
ing in Guthrie county, in the State of Iowa, an d
being 40 acres. Appraised at $3.50.
Terms cash. J. S. GRANNIS.
Assignee Of G. II. Robson.
CLFVELAyD. ADril Is. 1863. aUrl5.A3Q