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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-28
STORY OF 4 sEA1asrREss.


Come with me, dear reader, and let u
enter the counting-room of Simon Heart
less, whose Golfers are filed with tn
riches of this world. He has the reputa
| ton of being Christian, for his pew il
the fashionable church is always occupied
and with marked devotion he pores owe
the pages of his guilt bound prayer book
He is said to be charitable, for time aftel
time have his deeds been promulgated tC
the world, through the medium of the
press. 1t is true, that men ne'er looked
beneath the surface to see by what motive
he was prompted; it was enough for them
to know that he gave, and, that, quite
literally,
1t is the day after the Sabbath. Mr..
Hairless is in his office busily engaged
in recding the morning journals, and as
his eye glance over the columns, he is
attracted by glnncing notice, which
teads.
'Ssirts for unprecedented lo,o prices giiuen
a'0gy for qlnost nothing. Opposition de-
The very place for me- he mutters, 'ii
women will work for nothing, and find
themselves, it is no concern of mine !
shall buy for cheapness.'
While Heartless was making this sage
and to him, wise resolve, he was inter
rupted by the entrance of two gentlemen
who had been deputed by THE FoREGIN
CLOTHING SOCIETY to solicit subscrip-
tions in behalf of the vagabonds of Afri-
ca.
A newspaper was produced in viii ch
were all the names of those who had SUBJ
scribed, with the intimation that all fu-
ture names would also be publicly no.
ticed. Heartless has name for bel.evo-
lence-he must not lose it. Listen: I'D
Gentlemen, If is with delight that ]
see a movement has been made by which
the Africans are to be furnished with
flannel clothing. 1t shall receive my aid,
not only in theory, but in practice. Put
me down for fifty dollars
Delighted with their success they de-
part, and by them the charity of Heart
less is more than realized.
Now for those cheap shirts, said he
but as he is preparing to leave, he is a
gain interrupted by man, whose gar
mentS show him to be mechanic tl4Tl
"Well, what do you want?'
Please, sir; there is poor seamstress]
who is very i'll. She is an American wo-
man, sir." ~ .---..f i
We'll, well, that is none of my bust
ness
The doctor says if she does not re-
;eive some nourshing food, she cannot
live. have come to you, sir, for assis-
tance. If it is only a shilling it viii
swell the amount. Do not refuse me,
sir?'
Can't do anything-take her to the
poor house. With disappointment
marked on his face, and with feeling OF
sorrow at his heart, the man takes his de-
partnre, while Heartless, the man who
could give fifty dollars to clothe the
Vagabonds of tropical cline with fan
nel garment, but not the Christian to
give shilling to save his own country
woman from starving takes up his hat
md departs for the depot of Cheap
Shirts +
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-28
Estate Of Eli Whitney.

RTOTICE is hereby given that the iersignrd ha,
IN been duly appointed anI slid I'd Aim stra
tor Of the Estate of Eli WhitIry, eGeas late of lie
aware cnunty, t'hiO Al pslsoAs Interested will gov
ern themselves accordingly. atHrs
August II, 1s6S-sw.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-28
G&ishler's Patent Horse
AaY Fork. -. -

THE best mpis invented for unloading hay
A. with ease and despalch-tOOk the LIST premium a
the State Fair Cleveland last fall over All others
For sale BY ~ -,.4-fl..i l.T' f.IIlTf I7TI-
Nay %, 1858. C. C. CHAMBERLAIN.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-28
Dissolution Of Partnership.

HE Partnership heretofore existing Of c. D. PorrEI
4 4. Y HUaTEp s G. A. MchLEOY under the name of &
A. AcElroy Co., Is this day dissolved Dy limitation
The business will be carried from this date under
the name OF Delaware Hams Works. --4-sF
July 81, 1863 IT, H. HUsTED
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-28

Observation-Disclosures Estate.
RTOHcE fs hereby given that the undersigned has
Az bstn day appointed and qualIhrd As Admlnistra
eor Of the Estate Of CHI isopher Ludenberger ceass
late OtAeaH4ra county Ohio. All psrs0ns Intereste,
viii govern th mselves accordingly. a, .s -eeIr-,
July 81, IS54-3w. JUHS LINpENBERGER
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17

General officers have been paroled. Two or
three days will be occupied before the
prisoners are sent out; their destination
is reported to be Talladega, Alabama.
Many of them are anxious not to be pa
rolled, but wish to take the oath of allegi-
ance, quit the rebel service and proceed
North.
Several women and children have been
killed or injured during the siege. The
hundred houses occupied by sick and
wounded have been constantly exposed to
the shells, and about twenty-five hundred
persons have been killed inside Of the
works since the siege began.
The labor performed on the fortifca-
tons, by both sides, is prodigious. The
weight of artillery has knocked most of
their works into indistinguishable heaps.
There were about 1900 women and chill
dren in the city during the bombardment.
who have, for the greater part of the time,
been obliged to live in caves, of which
there are several hundred. The citizens
have not been allowed to, draw from the
army supplies, except in cases of destitu-
ton. The prices Of food have been enor-
nous five dollars a pound has been
charged for flour, and dollar pound for
mule meat.
The latest advices from the interior rep
resent that johnson is retreating rapidly,
and Sherman is in hot pursuit. Reinforce
ments are moving to Sherman.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17
NEW SERIES-NO. SOP

Ell met these two gentlemen yesterday.
They had just come down from Lake
providence to transact some business with
General Grant. They assured me they
were fully convinced that the new system
OF remunerated labor would, in the end,
benefit the planters; that it had worked
admirably for them so far, and they were
perfectly satisfied with it.
l was not little interested in hearing
one of the Duncans combat the idea SO
prevalent at the North, that this is, so far
as the South is concerned, a shareholders
rebellion. He said it was not slavehold-
ers' war, nor rich mans war; that it was
an effort on the part Of the poor to raise
themselves at the expense Of the rich.
The really wealthy men of the South, he
said, were opposed to secession from the
start, and are opposed to it now. 1t was
such men as Yancey, and lot of bank
rupt merchants, who inauguratedi it. Yam
cey was rich once but was insolvent just
before the war broke out. In proof of what
he said, Mr.. Duncan instanced the people
of Oopiah County, Mississippi. Copiah is
the poorest county in the State-haint
got enough good land in it to make de-
cent farm-nothing but scrub-oak and
horse-sorrel; yet it was the first county
to call Secession Convention; and in
that convention she declared, through AL
bert Gallatin Brown, that if Mississippi
wouldn't secede, The free State Of Copiah
arould! Any one of the Duncans owned
more negroes at the time than were in the
whole county.
Mr.. Duncan is of the opinion that if a
property vote were taken in Mississippi
and Louisiana, both States would return to
the Union by overwhelming maiOrities.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17
A Mississippi UniOnist.

From Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial
One of the wealthiest men in Mississippi
is and has been an incorporating Union
man-Stephen Duncan, ESQ.,, of Natchez
He has two sons, Henry and Stephen, who
live on the Mississippi River opposite Lake
Providence, and own very large planta-
tons there. They are also Union men, and
have refused from the first to aid or abet
the cause of the rebellion. The old gen.
tleman was in the North when the first
symptoms Of war broke out. He wrote
letter to one of his agents in Louisiana,
denouncing secession, portraying its con-
sequences, and warning all his friends
against countenancing it in any way. The
letter was not intended for publication, but
soon after it was written it appeared in
several papers Throughout; the State, ac-
companied by severe structures upon its au
thor. Secession stump orators took up the
refrain, and hundred of them pronounced
Mr.. Duncan an Abolitionist and Lin
colnite. Mr.. Duncan replied to them all
in one letter through the Vicksburg Wing,
reafirming all he had written on the sub
ject, and expressing his establishment that
any sane STAKEHOLDER should be a seces-
sionist
Henry and Stephen Duncan, Jr., were
furnished with safeguards for their prop
erty by General Grant when the army
came down the Mississippi in January last.
In accordance with the Presidents procla-
nation, they told their negroes more than
three hundred in all-that they were no
longer slaves, but free men and women !;
that the lash would be abolished; that if
they wished to remain on the place they
could do go, and would be paid at the rates
prescribed by the Government on farms
leased to Northern men-seven dollars per
month for mel FIVE dollars for women,
and three dollar, for children, with their
food and lodging as heretofore. An the
negroes expires ed their willingness to re-
main, and are NV at work raising crop
of cotton and corn under the new arrange
ment.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17
"reminiscences of the Siege.
Starvation Incidents.

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
CAIRO, July 10, 1861 AIN indebted
to Mr.. Henderson, of the New York Iri-
6eae fer the following lit OF rebel Gen
erals captured at Vicksburg Major Gen.
eral Martin L. Smith, Major General For
ney, Major General Bowen, Brigadier Gen.
erals Buford, Lee, Moore, Herbert, Schoep,
Baldwin; badly wounded, Harris, Vaughn,
Taylor, Barton, Cummings, and Cockerill
seventeen in all.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
VICKsBURG, July 5, oia CAIRO, July 10.
i have sent dispatches announcing the
flag of truce at A. NJ. of Friday the Sd
inst, bearing an offer from Pemberton to
Grant to surrender on terms, without
specifying them Grant and Pemberton
had a personal interview at P. NJ. on
Friday, in accordance with the request of
the latter.
Gen. Grant was attended by Generals
Mcpherson and a. j. Smith: and General
Pembertcn by Gen. Bowen and Colonel
Montgomery, his chief of staff. Gen.
Pemberton opened the conversation, by
asking Gen. Grant if he still adhered to
his views expressed in his note of the
morning, that Vicksburg must surrender
Internationally. Gen. Grant replying
that he did, Pemberton said: "Well, sir,
I must fight you to the bitter end. I"
Grant was about to leave when Pember-
ton recalled him, and had private inter-
view. a conference of about half an
hours duration took place between them,
when Grant probably seeded FROM his po-
sition in q measure, and terms were sub
stantially agreed on.
Three notes passed between Grant and
Pemberton during the night, and at A. NJ.
of the 4th, the garrison and town of Vicks-
burg surrendered on the following terms ::
FIRsT-Officers to retain their side arms.
and mounted officers allowed one horse.
SEcoND-Men to retain private proper
ty, and the entire rebel army, officers and
men, to be paroled here.
THRD-The rebel army to march out
side their Notifications at 10 A. NJ. on the
4th, stack their arms, and then return in
side their lines, to await paroling in prop
er FORM
At1OA. NJ. on the 4th, Gems. McPher-
son and Logan, attended by their full
stats, entered the rebel works, and being
met by Gen. Forney, deputed by Pember-
ton to attend to the ceremony, the rebel
army began filling out and stacking their
arms on the grassy declivity outside their
works; after which they were marched by
their own officers down to their camp out
on the outskirts Of the city. At A. M.
the chief general officers Of both armies
met in stone house on the Jackson road
in the suburbs, but no formalities were
gone through with.
Pemberton wore disconnected look,
and was hardly equal to the occasion. At
11.S0 A. NJ. our flag was raised upon the
Court House by Lieut.. Col. VIM. E..
Strong, of McPherson's staff, and at 10 M.
the Marine brigade and the feet of Admit
raj Porter anchored at the city wharf, the
latter firing national salute as he APP
preached.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17
ORDERS FROM THE WAR DE.
PARTMENT.
A Cali for Brigadier Generals. MI dals
of EAOnOr--Precedenceo of Rank.
A GALL FOR BRIGAD1ER GENERAL

A CALL FOR BRIGADIER GENERALS.
The following are the general orders
heretofore briefly referred to-:
WAR DEPARTMENT
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE
WASHINGTON, June 20, 1861
General Orders No. 1876.
The number of Brigadier Generals being
limited by law, the urgent necessity for Off
GERS of that grade in the field requires that all
except those wounded in battle, whose health
is so infirm as to have kept them from active
duty more than thirty days, should be mus
tered out and their places filled by others ply
sically capable of service 1t is therefore
ordered:
First. That all officers of the rank of Brig
adier-General who have been absent more than
thirty days from duty on account of sickness.
other than those wounded in battle report the
present state of their health and those who
report themselves unfit for duty in the field. be
honorably mustered out of the service within
ten days from this date n
for duty proceed within forty-eight hours after
the receipt of this order to join their commands
informing the Adjutant- General by letter of the
fact.
Third. That those who have been absent
more than thirty days by reason of wounds re-.
celved in battle, report when they expect to be
able to resume duty, sending Surgeons GER
tlf1cate setting forth the nature of their wounds
and their present condition.
By order of the Secretary of War.
E. d. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17
VOL. XV.-NO. 6.
THE DEFENDERS
BY T. BUCHANAN READ.

Our flag on the land, and our iiagon the ocean,
An angel of peace wheresOever it goes,
Nobly sustained by Columbias devotion,
The Angel of Death it shall be tc cur foes.
True to its native sky,
Still shall our eagle fly,
Casting his sentinel glances afar;
Tho bearing the olive branch.
Still in his talons, staunch,
Gasping the bolts of the thunders of war;
Hank to the sound there's foe on our border;
\ foe, striding on to the gulf of his doom;
Freemen are rising, and marching in order,
Leaving the pillow, and the anvil and loom;
Rust dims the harvest sheen
Of sythe and of sickle keen
The axe sleeps in peace by the tree it would
mar;
Veteran and youth are out.
Swelling the battle-sheut,
Grasping the bolts of the thunders of war;
Our brave mountain eagles swoop from their
eyrie,
Our 1.-THE psnthers leap from forest and
Out of the West flash the flames of the prairie,
Out of the East roll the waves of the main.
Down from the Northern shores,
Swift as Niagara pours-
They march, and their tread wakes the earth
with its jar,
Under the Stripes and Stars,
Each with the soul of Mars,
Grasping the bolts Of the thunders of war.
Spite Of the sword or assassin's stilletto,
While throbs a heart in the breast of the
brave,
The oak Of the North or the Southern palmetto
Shall shelter no foe except in his grave.
While the gulf billow breaks,
Echoing our Northern lakes
And ocean replies unto ocean afar,
Yield we no inch Of land,
While there's a patriot hand
Grasping the bolts of the thunders of war.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17

General Mcpherson, having been order
ed to detail a division to take possession,
that OF General John A. Logan, who had
been appointed military commander, was
designated with the Brigade Of Gen. Ran
som, temporarily attached 1t marched
into the city at 1 P. NJ. where General
Logan established his headquarters in the
Court House, and we were in formal and
complete possession of the city.
At P. NJ. the transport fleet from
Chickasaw Bayou and Yazoo River, con-
sisting of Is steamers, landed at the
wharf.
The following has been passed to Gen.
eral Grants credit, and shows healthy
state of Exchange" in Dixie.
Y1Lo LLaitad SYcltoc an 1.ccaaxaai arith
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17

THE PRECEDENCE OF RANK OF MAJOR-GENE-
RAILS.
WAR DEPARTMENT., ADJT. GEMS. OFFICE,(
WASHINGTON, July !, 1868.
General Order No. 2O3.]
The Board of Officers constituted by special
orders No. 263 of the War Department., to in
vestigate the subject of the precedence in
rank claimed by Maj. Gen. B. f. Butler, U. 8.
Vols, over the following officers or any one of
them, viz: Maj. Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan, u.
s. Army; Maj. Gen. ]. c. Fremont, U. s. Ar
Gen. N. P. Banks U. S. Vols, have reported
that in compliance with said orders they have
examined the law and facts involved in the
question referred to them, and the arguments
submitted thereupon, and find as follows:
The board, after careful examination of the
law and facts involved in the question referred
to them, and the arguments submitted there
fr0h unanimously find, the question having
b( separately submitted as to the precedence.
inYoint OF rank OF each of them, that Major
Gems. Geo. !. Mcclellan and j. G. Fremont,
.. s. A., and Maj. Gems. J. A. Dix. and N. P.
Banks, Y. 3 ", have precedence respectively
in point of rank over Mai. Gen. B. f. Butler.
U. 8. V.
JOS. G.. TOTEM.
Brlganer General and Chief of Engineers.
J. III. MARTlNDALE,
brig. Gen. and Military Governor, d. C.
E. D. TOWNSEND, 4
Assistant Adjutant General.
j. HOLT. $500
EDWIN. M. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
By order of the Secretary s|y 95 VA;
Assistant Adjutant General.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17
MEDALS OF HONOR.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, June 20, 1868.
General Orders, No. 1875.
The Adjutant General will provide appro-
pirate medals of honor for the troops who, af-
ter the expiration of their term. have offered
their services to the government in the present
emergency, and also for the volunteer troops
from other States that have volunteered their
temporary services in the States of Pennsylva-
mia and Maryland.
By order of the Secretary OF War.
E. d. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17

The President has made the following
reply to the committee of Ohio, who went
to Washington to present petition in be-
half of Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-17
FROM VHCKSBURC.

Interesting Details Of Our Occu-
patton Of the City,
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-09-11

On Friday evening, 4th as the mail train from
Toledo approached Clay Junction, German
stepped on the track to drive two geese off. and
at the same time the locomotive was not twenty
feet from him. He was struck by the pilot and
instantly killed. He left a wife aud four child
rem A contribution was made by the passen-
gers for the benefit of his family, of $50.
The mail train from the west, passing the Fre-
mont station 1926, on Saturday, 5th, Mt the
crossing by Mrs. Pcase's a few rods east of the
depot, came in collision with two horse team,
driven by Peter Welker, of Washington town
ship the wagon was demolished the horses SC
injured that they have since died, and. saddel
still, Mr.. Welker wasso injured that he survived
but an hour and half becoming wholly uncon-
scious few minutes after being picked up he
did not speak after the injury. His left side was
crushed, ribs all broken; left leg from knee to
ankle crushed and torn of, and his head badly
bruised. This crossing at the point of a short
veis a particularly dangerous one and should
be avoided as far as possible. Approaching it
from the north, an approaching train cannot be
seen until you come within a few feet of the
track. A flag man should always be there
Certainly, trains should approach this crossing
slowly, and the bell ringing. Mr. W. was up
wards of GO years, and one of the oldest resi-.
dents of tire county.
About a o'clock the same afternoon, 5tb an
employee of the road residing at Monroeville
attempted to get on the freight train passing
west at Norwalk while the train was in motion
he fell under the wheels and was terribly man.
gled. He died during the night.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-09-11

The dwelling Of Lieut.. J.w. Donnell Of Scott
township, was entered by burglar about one
o'clock Monday morning, Sept. 7th, and his
wallet taken from his pants, containing $50 in
bank notes, and alittle change. There was one
$40 two $lOs, three $5's green backs, and one
% New York note. The green backs had a
small punch hole in the upper right hand cor.
nen Mr.. Donnell heard the burglar in the
house, got up, and going TO his bed room door
saw the burglar going out at the window thro
which he had entered. Mr. d. seized hand axe
and opening the door threw it at him. The fell
low then ran up the road, north Mr.. D. drew
ON his boots and gave chase for half mile when
he came on him standing in the road; he called
to him to "stand," or he would shoot; the burg
lar took to his heels, Mr.. d. pursuing, though
unarmed The villain then turned, fired two
shots ot Donnel and ran into the woods, and
Mr.. d. returned home. The next morning the
wallet was found in the road, minus the money,
but the notes, papers, DC, still in it. m
The burglar Undoubtedly resident of the
vicinity,)jf he would avoid exposure and arrest,
had better return the money to Lieut.. d.
Burglaries are o. almost daily and nightly oc-
currence, all around us. Every householder
should see that his doors and windows are Sc
curely fastened and always have loaded gun
or pistol where he can lay bis hand on it at an
instant's notice. Then shoot the villain.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-09-11
--latest Opinion of the london
Times.

The London Times is changing its
tone on American affairs. 1t says:
"HiStoTy contains fe,o examples of
a greater change at prospect than
that aohtch has occurred since the
common cement of the saoeeping and
at first irresistible SnvGss0n of the
North By General Lee" Again =
"The sudden retreat of Lee and the
simultaneous fall of Vicksburg and
Port Hudson constitute an accunau-
kation of disasters rarely paral-
leled."
The Times, though "the thunder
err" is a facile sheet. 1t is in the
habit of changing its tone. There
would be no occasion for surprise, if
in the course of a few weeks, it
should ridicule the rebels as con
stantly as it has hitherto praised
them.