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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
The "Jackass Baigadc," A LA y
the "MuIish LaMccrs.s

We have already had news of the vail.
ant aud successful movement of General
Dodge, tho commandant ut Coriuth
against the rebels in North Mississippi,
whom after n severe fight, he routed aud
drove from Bear Creek to Crane Creek.
SiLci the fight the rebels have said very
little about il, so lar as we know; but u
telegram sent from Mississippi, and pun
lished in the Richmond papers, in telling
of the advance OF the expedition, de.
scribed It as composed of "heuvy force
Of Yankee cnvalry." 1t was not, how
ever, a cavalry, but an infantry cxpedi-
tion; and the following extract from a
private letter of an officer engaged in il,
written on the Eve OF its starting, will
show the origin Of the rebel mistake, and
will furnish an excellent idea in connec.
ton with such operations:
81 expect within day or two to be
out on an expedition, the character Of
VIII ich | surmise t. be raid. Our Tegi-
ment is all mounted on mules, and a pret-
ty Tapping Of ears assure you there is,
We orc called the" yackass Brigade" by
those who don't admire us, but we claim
to be Mulish Lancers. However, tell
you this is the true mode OF fighting these
fellows down here. CELEBRITY of move.
mcnt is Indispensable and although it ID
no part of our intention to fight on the
backs of these long-eared quadrupeds,
they will carry us as many miles in day
as horses and then zoe are fresh NTH our
infantry drill, wherein we claim 10 beat
'em all"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
How the soldiers got Liquor.

In the Testimony taken by the commit
tcc on tho Conduct of the War, MAJOR
General Benjamin +. Butler was nskcd
whether intoxicating liquors Oro used in
the army.
To this Gen. Butler replied as follws:
"Thcy are, TO most woiul extent"
As an illustration, Gen. Butler said
4" We used to scndn picket guard up
milo aud half from Fortress Monroe.
The men would leave perfectly sober, yet
every night when they came back wa
would have trouble with them on sccount
of their being dunk. Where they got
their liquor from wo could not tell. Night
after night we Instituted vigorous cx-
animation, but il was always the same
The men were examined over and over
ngain the ir contcens were inspected. +.
and yet we could find no liquor about
them.
At last il was observed that they seem,
ed to hold their guns up very struight,and
upon an examination being made, il was
found that every gun-barrel was filled
with whisky, and il is not always tho
soldiers who do this.
ordered a search Of the Adams Ex-
press Company, and examined .he pack
ages sent to the soldiers by their friends,
and, IN one duy, have taken one hun
dred and fifty different packages Of liquor
from the trunks, boxes and packages
sent TO the soldiers by their sympathz-
ing friends at home"
Gen. Butler suys he took measures 10
suppress this abuse.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
A Ficndish Outrage.

The Nashville Union gives the partic-
ulars Of one of those horrible atrocities
which stamp the character nf the South
ern rebellion as villanous in the cx-
treme. On Monday last James Smith,
of Company +, 18th Indiana Volunteers,
was captured by detachment OF the 81
Kentucky rebel cavalry, at Silver Spring,
in Wilson county, and carried Of. Ho
was subsequently paroled by Captain
Howard Anderson, of Company i, tho
same cavalry and set at liberty. But ho
was not to get off thus easily. Three OF
the rebel bandits seized him, took him to
suitable place, aud shot him with as
little compunction as il he had been a
brute. One of their balls entered his
breast and passed out ut the left arm; an.
other entered his back, nnd also passed
out at the left arm; while the third cut
through his cout. He fell upon his face,
and his inhuman foes left him, as they
thought the prey Of the vulturc, having
previously robbed him Of his money,
watch, clothes and boots. The unfortu-
nate man had, however, lite enough to
enable him TO walk, and he succeeded in
making his way to Lavergen, where ho
arrh ed on Tuesday night, q forlorn
aud pitable object. He states that before
he was paroled. and while his captors
we're bearing him sway, women standing
in the doors of number of houses as
they passed cried "KiH ihe Yankee ?"
4" Kin Aim 2" "KiH aim :"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
How Chuckatuck was Taken

A letter to the Tribune from Suffolk
tells us how Chucatuck was captured by
some T" jolly tars" on shore. The letter
is aG follows:
SUFFOLK, April &c, 1868.
We nre all in the best humor concern
ing a regular sailor adventure that
occurred day before yesterday. A detach-
ment of jolly tars from the Commodore
Barney, to the number offs, under Lieut..
Cushing, landed on the left bank OF the
Nanscmond. with little howitzer, and
mule-cart load of ammunition, and pro-
ceeded toward the village Of Chuckatuck,
short distance from the river. As they
approached the place they found il IN
possession Of a squad Of rebel cavalry,
that seemed TO be the rear guard Of a re-
treating force. Firing Immediately COM
menced, whereat the mule attached TO
the ammunition cart became greatly "de-
moralzed," as the rebel call being afraid,
and he broke and ran for the rebels
Seeing that they were in great danger Of
losing all their ammunition. our nautical
allies, regardless OF rebel shots, went on
the double quick after their supplies,
meanwhile peppering away at tho enc
my.
This movement was a new one to the
enemy, aud in short time nothing could
be seen but the tails of their horses
The tar caught the refractory animule ,and
found rebel Captain and three soldiers
killed, and captured three horses--and
last hut not lcast the 60 toWnn of Chuck
atuck. The end of the adventure cor
responded with the beginning. One Of
the sailors attempted to ride one of the
captured horses home, and the animal,
moi used to maritime methods of steering,
ran away with his rider, who shouted
f" Avast !" 4" Belay !" and all the terms
he could think Of In vain. Not liking his
position, he drew his revolver and p unk-
cd ball through the head of his horse,
and literally brought him to. Everybody
is amused at the characteristic adyen-
ture,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
right nt Greenland Gap--A Gal.
Inut Defense.
,om lhe pallimorc Ameriean. lst.

From the Baltimore American. Ist.
The following dispatch was yesterday
received from Gen. Kelley, by Lcutcnact
Colonel Chccseborough, Of General
Sehcyk's stan;
GuErSLASD, Gar HARDING Co, Ys.l
April ~.
"To LieuierdnI- Col. Cheescborough,
A. A. q:
"The affairs at this place on Saturday
was ono or the most gallant since the
opening of the war. Greenland Gap is
pass through the knublcy Mountain on
" wide enough for the road aud small
mountain stream. This gap was guarded
by Capt Wallace (23d lllinui') with de-
tachmrnt oncumpsny & % Illinois Reg
mcut and u small detachment OF COM
pany II, 3d Virginia infantry, Captain
Smith in all between seventy aud eighty
men.
Captain Wallace occupied large
church uf aud near the mouth ol the gap,
aud cuptai in Smith held u log house about
a hundred Yards distsnt, both positions
commanding the gap. Jones' was COM
PEELED to capture or dislOdgc the little
band before he could pass His troops
made three gallant charges, but were
each time repuscd with great loss, es-
pecialIy OF officers. The fight commenced
Il five +. NJ, aud lasted uil after dark.
The rebels, uvailing themselves Of the
darkness, approached aud fred the church
but the gallant Irish 'oys wouiu "yt even
then surrender till the Turning roof tel
in. The killed and wounded of the rcb.
els outnumbcrcd our whole force engaged
Five OF the officers out Of eight conmun.
ding the leading battalion which made the
first charge were either killed or wounded
Among the latter Colonel Dulany, COM
manding. Captain Wallace aud Smith
had only two men killed and four wounded
| couhtcd to-day eighteen dead horses
within muskct range. | most earcnestIy
request the Majo General commanding
to apply to the Secretary ofWur 10 have
every officer non-commissioncd Officer
and private engaged in the fight present.
ed with medal IN recognition of the gal
lantry displayed.
(Signcd) d. F. KELLEY, Brig. Gen
General Schcnck has promptly recon
mcnded the participants in the gollan
defense to the special attention Of th,
Secretary Of War.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
VIA and Wisdom /.

A DRAW BET.-Qeon Elizabeth's pot-
trait.
An unpleasant thing-To kiss rosy
checked girl and get mouthful oil frcuge.
Always have a good stock of patience
Ia id by, and be sure to put II where you
can easiy find il.
A man cannot burrow in his counting
room for ten or twenty Of the best years
Of his life, a come out as much Of a man
and as little OF mole as when he went
In.
II is not to bo supposed that the devil
would give half as much for the service
of a sinner as he would for one Of those
folks that are always doing yirtuons acts
in way to make them unPleas!ng 81
SCENE IN FRosT OF THE BURTET HoUsE.
County lady, approaching fasetious
Csbman:
"Pray, sir, are you engsgedl" I" Oehi
bless your purity soul, ms'mss ] have
been married this seSen years, and have
eight chiidren!"
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The circumstances of the Ar
rest Of q. T.. vnlIuudigfsnnn.

A special train left this city at II
o'clock Monday night, with a company OF
the l3ih United States Infantry, sixty,
seven men. with directions FROM General
BURNSIDE, commanding the department Of
the Ohio. tu arrest c. l.. NALLANpIenAM,
at his residence in Dayton. The train
reached Dayton at q y o'clock, and, pre-
ceeding to VALLASpiGnAM's house, placed
guards on the streets In the vicinity, aud
the Captain commanding. with squad
of men, surrounded the house. The door
bell was rung, and vallandighum pp-
pcurCd at the window, and inquired what
was wantingl The Captain told him, but
he was not disposed TO 20 along peacca-
bly,. He shouted tor the police loudly,
and the female mcmbcrs Of the
family joincd their cries TO his. Tho
Captain told him he might as well stop
the disturbance, as he had the force 10
arrest him, aud would certainly do so.
ValuhdighHm then said he was not
dressed. The Captain told him he would
have time to dress himself, but he re-
doubled his shouts tor the police, when
attempt was made to force the front door
The door resisted the cntrts &C the sol
dicrs' and Vullaudigham iluurished re-
volvcr at the window, and fired two or
three shots without effect. A side door
was then forced, and the squad, finding
all the doors IN the house iastcnd, broke
open four of them before they reached
the rOrtmcnt occupied by the indiyidu-
nj with whom they had business. who
was soon taken aud escorted TO the
train, which was waiting. Some OF Val
landighnm's friends, hearing what was
going on, rung the iirc-bclls, with the in
teution OF gathering a crowd To attempt
rescue. But few persons appeared, ,
aud they gave no trouble. Vallandighum
was brough, to the city, and lodged in
the prison on Columbia street, between
Sycamore and Broadway, where no ono
was permitted to see him without an or
der from General BURNSIDE Gin. Com.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
MILLINERY GOODS,
Con,ishrg Of CREST variety Of
Ladies and Misses Bonnets, Hats,
Caps, Ribbons, Flowers, Laces,
Head Dresses, Nets,

fct the hair, and Trimmings Of various styles too
rumerOus 10 mention.
Having secured the services Of competent TRIM.
msr from ths East, all work win he executed In the
latest and most fashionable style.
In addition to Millinery Department will he
found great VHue Of nRgN TpiNsiNus, Gisrs
Bc-roNs, EsHRoipgRy, BRuns aud BstlS. AiaSu
Fancy articles oi Vauous Minds; sues as uRSA.
ssNrs for the hair, Combs, Buckles, and Reads oi
every variety. Ladies Hoop shirts, CoTsets, &c.
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GOOD N EwS
AND
TREV.NPH! i!

Benham's Magical Pain Extrac.
or, for removing all local pains.
Benham's Garglc.-For Dipthe-
ia, Putrid Sorethroat, Thrush and
liberation of the Throat.
Benham's Renovatiag Pills.
'or Nervous and Sick Headache,
Indigestion, Colds and Sour Stom-
lch. They will cleanse the stom.
lch without any Inconvenience.
Benham's Worm Pastilla Candy.
The surest, safest and most reli
lble. Easiest to take. No physi
ian required.
Benham's Hygiene Cough Drops
For Cough, Group and rattlcs in
hildren-good also in Fevers.
Benham's Liver Pills.-Good to
lcansc the system of all bilious
abits.
Benham's Joshua Drops.-Like
oshua of old, who commanded the
un to etand still and it obeyed
i'm, so with the Drops. All NOR.
id, or loss of, action will be rous-
a; all Fevers will be calmed down
a an incredibly short time. They
re decidedly ahead Of all other
Preparations, for Fevers, Cramp,
;roup, spasn,s Inflammation, Te.
anus or Lock. jaw, Suspended ami.
> patton, Diptheria, Putrid Sore.
hroat, and in fact it is a perfect
oshua, as hundreds will testil,y.
Prepared and sold BY
a. DENHAM,
Melmore, Seneca county, o.
For Sale by d Ibois 4 Co., Tiiiin.
~ 4.62lr
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15
Notice..
AssKssok's 0FFICE of the 9th DistrictJ
OF the State Of Ohio.
TtFEtS Ian. 9Th lP61

TiFTiS, Jan, 9th, 1863.
have subdivided this District into ten
! (lO) Divisions, and appointed Assistant As
sessors therein, as follows, to.wit;
DIVISION No. Is comprised Of the several
Townships of Lyme, Ridgfeld, Norwalk
/ Townsend, Wakeman, Sherman, Peru, Dron.
son. and Hartiand, in Huron County, and
| HIRAM ROSE of Norwalk, Huron County,
| Ohio, is the Assistant Assessor therein.
| Division No 2 is comprised Of the several
Townships Of Clarksfeld. Norwich, Green.
field, Fairfield, Fitchville. New London,
Richmond. New Haven. Ripley, aud Green
wich. in Huron County and JOHN BARNES
Of Greenwich Station, Huron County, Ohio,
is the Assistant Assessor therein.
Division No. 2 Is comprised Of the several
| Townships Of Berlin, Florence, Vermi llon,
| Huron, Milan, OxfUrd. Groton. and Pcrk ins,
| in Erie County, and CH HARLES II. BOTS.
| FORD, Of Florence. Erie County, Ohio, is
/ the Assistant Assessor therein.
Division No. Ia comprised Of the several
Townships Of Portland, Margnretta, and
Kelly's Island, in Erie County, and J. g.
BlGELOW. OF Sandusky. Erie County, o.,
/ is the Assistant Assessor therein.
/ Division No. is comprised Of Ottawa
County, and JAMES klNGHAM, Of Port
Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, is the Assis
tant Assessor therein.
/ Division No. 6 is comprised OF Sandusky y
| County, and JOSEPH l.. RAWSON, OF
Fremont, Sondusky County, Ohio, Is Assist.
ant Assessor therein.
Division No. is comprised Of the several
Townships Of Adams, Pleasant, Liberty,
Jackson, Loudon, Big Spring, Seneca and
/ Hopewell, and all that part Of Clinton Town.
ship which IS situated on the west side OF
the Sandusky River, in Srntc ca County, and
JOHN A. HALL, Of Tifhn, Seneca County
! Ohio, IL the Assistant Assessor therein.
! Division No. : is comprised Of the several
Tow nships Of Eden, Bloom, Venice, Reed
Thompson, aud Scipio, and all that part OF
Clinton Township which is situated east OF
| the Sandusky River, in Seneca County, and
PHILiP SPElLMAN. Of Tiffin. Seneca
County, is the Assistant Assessor therein.
Division No. D is comprised of the several
Townships OF Polk, jackson, Venice, San.
dusky, Liberty, Cbatfeld, Cranberry, and
Auburn, in Crawford County, aud GE0RG
W. TEEL, Of Sulphur Springs, Crawford
County, Ohio, Is the Assistant Assessor
therein.
Division No. 10 10 comprised OF the scv
eral Townships of MILESTONE, Dallas, Bu'
cyrus, Tod, Texas. Holmes. aud Lykens
in Crawford County, and JAMES LEWIS
Of Bucyrus. Crawford County, Ohio, is the
Assistant Assessor therein.
| LUTHER A. HALL,
Assessor for the 9th District Of the State oI
| Ohio
| feb6 II
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I'M P 0 R T A N T
TO THE
a. .FEhI CT Il D!

a. f. FL L CT Il d!
WTTm rheumatism, Local Pains,
General Debility, Neuralgia, Ner
vous and Sick Headache, Scrof-
ula, Stiffness of the Joints Dis
eases of the Lungs and Liver can
be cured in short time by apply
ing to
DIR. A. BEN H A m,
II miles from Tiffin City, from
which place there is a plank road
to Melmore. The Doctor has got
in operation his Electro Magnetic
Medicated Bath on a very cOmfor-
table plan. His long experience
in the treatment of all forms OF
diseases to which our country is
liable, renders without doubt the
safest, surest ard best plan of re-
moving Diseases, Cancers, Rup-
lures, Female weakness, general
debility, and in fact all and every
form tnat can be remedied where
there is vitality enough to warrant
his mode of operation in accord.
ance with the laws of nature. Call
and see, and know for yourselves,
and not be gulled by any. l will
try to undeceive you and make
plain. Here is offered for your
aid medicine and advise. Take
either or neither. just make your
own choice.
Also, a Portable Vapor Bath,
so constructed that he can carry il
with him without any inconveni-
ence. All Eruptive diseases car
be cured in a very short time and
at a moderate price. Those afilict-
ed will do well to call and see toi
themselves as he uses no medica
tion only that enters into the com
ponent parts of the human system
and is not injurious to the most del
icate and feeble persons.
Melmore, April 10. 1863. T-tf
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15

JoB PKrHrrHG
Executed neatly and with dispatch at the
TAIBusE QrTlcE,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-15

THERE'S no use in your taking lazy
man to task He wont perform 1t il
you do.
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Divorce Notice.

Hrskr H. DHows, PHI. The Defen-
vs.. dant In this
SusAssAn E. DRowS, Den. action,
Sussnnah y. Drown, whose residence il
unknown to the said Plaintiff. is hereby no.
titled that the said plaintiff did on the 9th
Of March, 1868, file his petition in the Office
of the Clerk Of Seneca county Court oil room.
ON the ground Of willful desertion for more
than three years last past which petition
stands for hearing at the next term Of said
Court. HENRY III. DhOWN.
BY C. w. PAGE, his Attorney.
March 81, 1863. 95-6t
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DYE STUFFs,
Madras Indigo.
French Madder,
Cochineal,
Ext. Logwood,
Cudbear.

Feustic, &c.
Everything rcquircd-we give
yon receipts for all colors: War
rant all our Dye Stufis. Romem-
Der us when you wish to Dye"
Dubois & Co.
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MI 4 L K, L NJ I R Y
AND
Mnntun Making.
Mrs. l.. &. Alien,

WISHES to inform the ladies of
Tidn ard viciui,y, that she has teme,ed to r. w.
sHAWHANS New Brick block, directly opposite
the pAvis Hease.
She has just returned from N. Y.
with a splendid assortment of
The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-07-22
Rebel Rctaiiatio, for Shooting Sples-'
Bai!Oting to be Shot.

By this mornings dispatches it will be
seen that our Government &C v,sed Mr.. jeff
erson Davis that the execution Of the two
officers selected for that purpose by him will
be followed by the severcst rc,aa,ion.-
What two officers are meant and how they
became the threatened victims OF the dia
bolical maliynity Of the rebel government
will be shown by the following extract from
the Richmond D'*pot'h, o: July 7,h:
In the Libby prison, yesterday, by order
Of Gen. Winder, the Captains among the
Yankee prisoners drew lots for two Of th"ir
number to be shot in re aliation for the
shooting Of Captains VIM. Corbn and j.
McGraw, by Gen. Burnside, at Sanausky.
Ohio, on the l5,h of May last.
The prisoners were assembled in room
at II y clock BY Captain Turner, the CON-
mander OF the prison, and, after being form
ed into hollow square around table were
informed q: the order of Gen. Winder. Pie.
ccs Of paper, each containing the name OF
one Of the officers present, we're deposited
on tho table. Capt. Turner then informed
the men that they might select whom they
pleased to draw the names and the first two
names drawn would indicate those to be
shot. The lots were drawn by the Rev
Mr.. Brown amidst silence almost deathlike
The first ballot drawn contained the name
Of Capt. lJenrv Washington Sawyer, Of the
lst New Jersey Cavalry, and the second
that Of Capt. John Flin':, Of the 51st lndi
ana Volunteers. The dAy Of their execu
ton has not been fixed
The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-07-22

A MESSEsorA HEno.-Corporsl Hayden,
Of the FRS. Minnesota, was cspturcd-es-
capped. seized = musket and ssized rare op
portunity, and actually made ten rebels sur
render. While marching them to Gen
Gibbons quarters, a rebel behind tree on
the way drew bead on him with his rife.
Hayden saw him in time to bring his piece
to level, and cry out, Surrender" The
fellow actually threw down his gun and
joined the cavalcade, and Hayden came in
with eleven caDtives.
The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-07-22
$elefted 2uetry.
From the st. Paul Pres.
Opening of the Mississippi.

IA poet, catching inspiration from the occa-
sion, sends US the following fine improvisation
III honor Of the glorious event that has lifted
the dark shadow Of the rebellion from the
bosom of the g Father ofwaters."1
Hail, Father of Waters again thou art free
And miscreant treason hath vainly enchained
Roll on mighty river, and bear to the sea
The praises OF these who so gallant1y gained
thee
From fountain to ocean, from source to the
The Vest is exulting, our River is free."
Fit mblem Of Freedom! thy home is the North,
And thou vert not forgot by the mother that
bore thee;
From SHOWS everlasting thou chaanless burst
forth,
And e@1t%Isst t%ss :, we s0'emn'y 'wore to restore
Der river and prairie, DER mountain and lea,
The NortA is exulting = our River is free ~
Twas midnight in secret the traitor conclave
Had sworn " we will throw IF the bonds that
unite us,
Our king shall be cotton, our watchword b.
sla>e!'
What ghostly intruder hath come to alright us!
"l'm the god Of the river from source to the
sea,
bear proudly onward the flag Of the free !"
"Accursed is your treason-no power can break
The bond with which God hath united the ma
ton,
And thrice per]ured ingrates, we'll may ye
quake
At the certain approach Of your dark condem
nation
So long as my waters flow south to the sea
Shall the flag ofthe Union float over the iree!"
Glad River, thv Bosom doth gratefully swell
Toward the heroes who bravcly have fought
to regain thee,
And proudly thou Dearest them onward where
dwell
Their comrades, who, crescent crua0ned fight to
retain thee!
But bark what echo comes over the sea
'Tis the Aati"m cxulting, "our River is iree!'