The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-05-06

to, Professor +. w. Newman, uses tho fol-
lowing language:
lie was told that the North was childish-was
expecting great deal too much of us-was weak.
II II was childish, he must say "But that child is
giant" People might say what what they pleased,
bnt the free North was not only liked fact, but
great fact, and, moreover. II was going to DO
Still greater fact. That country had purged her
self Of completely with slavery: Il upheld in tho
strongest way the rights Of the millions Of man
kind il had now given, not twenty millions Of
money, AS we gave 10 free negroes In our colonies,
but 1t had given lOO 600 precious lives OF her own
citizens. And wby2 Because she would not al
low that slave power to dictate 10 her and convert
her into slave system also. North America had
raised herself mmcasurably in tho estimate Of all
right judging men.
Verify tho "signs Of the times" are en-
couraging The day is not far distant when
tho hours of the rebellion will be numbered
Then will America stand before tho millions
of earth disenthrallod and rcdeemed-a
hcrculean Ajax among the powers of the
eartl,--strongor frccr, better, and, we trust
a happier people
GA DAMNABLE OUTRAGE"
Under this head the Napoleon NORTH Wea "ssys"
that the Bellcfontaino GdHhc "says" that gentle
man who passed through the latter place said
that lie was compelled to pay Government official
in St. Louis the sum of fifteen dollars to learn from
the hospital record the number of a soldiers grave.
This same "lsya" North Wen edited by the
"honorablo ;" q Probate Judge Of Henry county
further says of soldiers in st. Louis
| "When soldier dies, his grave is numbered, and
his name is entered on the record with tho number
attached. and II is only by this record that his grave
be designated access 10 which is only obtained
! by the payment Of fifteen dollars " The poor
widow, whose husband has died in a government
hospital and left her his last months pay, will be
consoed to learn that with the addition of only tive
rnore dollars, the number Of his grave will be
shown her II"
1t is barely possible that some rascally subord-
nate officer or clerk may In the instance referred
to- have been guilty of this c1toron, but the
tion that the commanding Government officials
there require such payment sanction it, or permit
IT, is one Of the most vllainous lies that Copper
head traitor ever wrote about the Government
which he is sworn to protect and that is exhaust.
ing the subject, no far as the comparison of mali
cious lies il concerned.
Tho writer of this was n resident of St. Louis
for two years previous to October last, and dis
tinctly rccolccts when General Fremont (then in
command therc) issued his order relative to the
burial OF deceased sodors--which service was
placed in charge Of John A. Smlthers undertaken,
No. ll3 Chestnut street--not II " Government oni-
cial." Mr.. Smithcrs buries the soldiers who die
in the st. Louis military hospitals, and keeps the
record Of their graves; and since this arrangement
was made, the ST. Louis papers have published
weekly reports Of the deaths ST soldiers there,
with the announcement that all communications
in reference to deceased soldiers are promptly am
swcrcd by Mr. Smithcrs" Nothing il said about
even stamp being sent to pay return postage
How could all inquiries be "prompHy answered."
if II sum tof money oT which tho person nquring
had no knowledge was necessary to obtain the
dOslrcd information?
The fact is, the Southern traitors are in n most
hopeless situation, and as they are driven nearer to
the inevitable "wall' their Northern allies be-
come more and more desperate, and the foregoing
is only ono Of tho sorios of unblushing lies which
they aro telling, in tho hope of turning the tide of
public opinion against the Govcumcnt anl in
favor Of the traitors.
All persons who have had friends die In the
military hospitals Of st. Louis, may rely on
promptly receiving all information concerning
their burial. by addressing John A. Smithcrs,
No. us Chestnut street, st. Louis, Mo- the as
scrtion of Copporhead traitors to tho contrary
Notwithstanding.