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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
Give Him a Trade.

II education is the great buckler and
shield Of liberty, we'll developed industry
is equally the buckler and shield of indi
vidual independence. AS an unfailing
source through life, give your son, equal
with q good education, a good, homes,
trade. Better any trade than none,
though there is ample field for adoption
Of every inclination in this respect
Learned professions are speculative en-
ployments; may fail man; but an hon.
est handicrat trade seldom or never-il
its possesor choose TO use it. Let him
feel, too. that homes! laborcraf:s are hon.
olable and noble. The men Of trades,
the real creators Of whatever is most es
sential 10 the necessities and welfare oil
mankind cannot be dispensed with. They,
above all others, in whatever repute they
have been held by their mos. fastidious
fellows, must work at the ore Of human
progress, or all is lost. But few brown
handed tradesmen think OF this, or arpre.
ciate the real power and position they
compass. Give your son a trade, nc
m after what fortune be may have or be
likely to inherit. With this he can al
ways battle with temporal want, and car
always be independent.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
Select Sentences.

"The most unhappy effect Of fashiona.
BILE politeness is, that i! teaches US the art
OF dispensing with those virtues which it
initiates. Let us be educated to cherish
the principles Of benevolence and human.
ity, and we shall have politeness enough,
or stand in no need Of it,"
"It you do not wish your secrets to be
known to an enemy, tell them not to q
friend" Benjamin Franklin.
1.-The merciful man is merciful to hi.
beast; and he who takes pleasure in tor
meEting any of Gods creatures. although
ever SO inferior. ought 10 be banished
from human society, and ranked among
the brutes.'
"An immoderate desire for riches is a
poison lodged 10 the soul. 1t contami.
mates and destroys every :hing which
is good in it. 1t is no sooner rooted
there. than all virtue. all honesty, all nat
ural affection. fly before the face of it."
drunkenness is but voluntary mad.
ness; it emboldens men TO do all sorts OF
mischief; il both irritales wickcdness and
discovers it; it does not make men vicious
merely, but il shows them to be so."
"Riches without bene6cence are worth
nothing. They are blessing to him on.
ly who makes Them blessing TO the poor
and needy"
"He who governs his passions does
more than he who commands armies.
Socrates. being one day offended with his
servant, said, Il would beat you il l were
not angry We too often judge of men
by the splendor of their actions, and not
by the merit Of them. Alexander said to
a pirate whom he had taken, by what
right do you infest the so He replied
boldly, by the same right that you en-
slave the world. l am called robber
because have only one small vessel;
but you are STYLED conquerer. because
you command great fleets and armies"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18


THE following touching and beautiful
lines we're written BY Mary s. Porter, dsugh.
ter Of Elijah Portor, Esq, of Lake City,
Minp., on the death Of her brother, Willie
H. We copy them from the Lake City
Iimes:--
Over the river tho boatman pale
Carried another-the household pet;
His brown hair waved in the goutle gale
Darling Willie see him yet.
He crossed on bis bosom his dimplod hands,
Aud fearlcssIy entered tho phantom bark
We watched ii glide from tho silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know ho is safe on the other side
Where all the ransomod and angels be /;
Over the river, tho mystic river,
My cbildhood's idol is waiting for me.
And cit and think, when the sunset g gold
Is flushing river and hill and shore,
! shall one day stand by the water cold,
And list for the sound of the boatman' q
oar
Ishall watch for glcam Of the Tapping sail
1shall hear the boat as II gains the strand ;
shall pass from sight with the boatman pale
To the botter shore Of the spirit land.
l shall know the loved who have gone before'
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be,
When over the river, the peaceful river,
The Angel of Death shall carry me.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
w HOLE NO.74O.
Death Of Mrs. Gen. Harrison.

A mother iD Israel has departed--onother
o! those pioneers who are passing Away
nearly oil gone, and of whom IL may soon
be said. "They are all gathered to their
fathers' Coming generations will reap the
fruit Of their labors but their faces will be
seen no more.
Mrs. Harrison was the daughter Of John
Gloves Symmes, the original purchaser Of
the Miami country. She was married 10
the Hon. Captain Harrison, who comm anded
Fort Washington, soon after the departure
Of General Wayne for the Atlantic States,
probably In 1895. She had, therefore, been
forty-fve years married when her husband.
tho President of tho Uuited States. died.
and more than twenty years since a widow.
What a varied life of trial and experience
was that, which, beginning as q pioneer
child in the Miami country in 1889, has
lived soventy.four years since, and sixty.
hve wife and widow. But Mrs. Harrison's
life comprehended vastly more than this.
She was with her husband as he passed tbro'
all the stations of bis civil and military
career. She married him as Captain Harri.
son. She saw him as General and Com.
mander-in' Chief, Member of Congress, Sem
ator and President. She was with him In
prosperity and adversely, for they we're com.
PEELED to soc, 10 various ways, not q little
OF adversity. In this long career, Mrs. Har-
risou never failed in any Christian duty
Perhaps her most distinct trait of character.
in relation to that public life 10 which her
husband and family were 30 much called 10
act, was hor want of any love for show, or
inordinate ambition. To all the alluremen,s
Of public life, she was Indifferent but
quietly pursued the humble, discreet. self.
denying offices Of Christian woman. In
fact, Mrs. Harrison was o pious, devoted,
benevolent Christian; pursuing tho duties
of the Christian life. with exemplary fdeli.
ty. Her character 10 summed up in para.
graph from Howe's "Ohio." "She is dis.
tinguished for her beuevoence and her
pioty all who know her view her with es.
TEEN and affection aud her whole course
through life, in all its relations, has been
characterized BY those qualifications that
complete tho character OF an accomplished
matrOD.- Csncinaai Gazette
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
True and False Happiness.

True happiness is of a retired nature
and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises
in the first place, from the enjoyment Of
ones self. and. in the next, from the friend.
ship and conversation of few select com.
panions; 1t loves shade and solitude, and
naturally baunts groves and fountains, fields
and meadows; in short, it feels rything
il wants within itself, and receives no ad-
dition from muliitudes of Witnesses and
spectators. On the contrary. false happi-
ness loves to be in a crowd, and to draw tho
eyes Of the world upon her She does not
receive any satisfaction from the applauses
which she gives herself, but from the admi-
ration which she raises in others. Shc
flourisbes in courts and palaces. theatres
and assemblies, and has no existence but
when shu 10 looked upon.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

SINGULAR DREAM.-A lady came from
New York yesterday to attond the christen.
ing of her little grandson. During the
evening she lost the setting of a valuable
diamond ring. The house was thoroughly
searched, and still no trace of the lost val
uable could be found. Early this morning
lady friend who was present at the party
came to the house, saying she had most
singular and vivid dream in which she plain.
Iy saw the diamond lying bid behind the
leg of stove that stood 10 the room. She
could not help calling to see whether il was
or not. Upon looking in the place desig-
mated. they found the missing treasure !!
This, like the dream of another person in
this city, not many months ago, which re.
vealed the lost body Of a drowned boy, with
the hands still tightly clinging to some tim.
bers. deep down beneath the waters 1T Dan.
iers dam, shows that dreams are not to be
disregarded. In the last case mentioned, q
most vigorous and prolonged previous
search of the river throughout ss considers.
bic length. had failed to 6nd the boys body.
Hartford Times.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

LOCK OF GENERAL GRANTS HAn.-
There was "bazaar" 10 Rochester, Now
York, recently. held by the ladies Of that
city, one of whom wrote to General Grant
for lock OF his hair, to be sent aud sold in
the fair. The General, of course, acceded
to the request. aud expressed bis salts
faction, in view of the demand, that bis stock
Of hair isso abundant as it is, though admit.
ting that "time or some other cause is begin.
ming to intersperse here and there remind.
or that winters have passed" He replied
that be could not fnd ii in bis heart to re-
fuse such request. even though by grant.
ing 1t he exposes the fact to the ladies Of
Rochester that he 10 mo longer Q boy"
We hope the ladies won't follow the hint of
bis Rochester correspondent, and cut oil the
hair off tie bero's head,
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

Pennsylvania SOLDIERS TO VoTE.-The
deadlock which has prevailed in the organ
ization of the Pennsy ylvania Senate for two
mouths, by reason of the absence of Sena.
tor White as prisoner in the hands of the
rebels. thereby creating tie between the
Union men and Democrats, was broken
re Gently by the newly elected Senator
St. Clair, appearing and taking his seat
As soon as the Senate was organized, Q
Union member moved to take up the bill
allowing soldiers to vote at the next Octo.
ber election. The vote resulted In II ayei
and l6 nays. amid thunders of applause
from the galleries. Tho bill bad previously
passed the House.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
ALArE London letter to the New Yo,,

LATE London letter to the New York
Epening Times cotains the following:
You have heard much, and will hear mots
of the dopopulation Of Ireland, but curious
changes are also taking place in English
populations. The entire population of the
country is increasing in spite of heavy
emigration but il appears to be gathering
into the towns. London increases at the
rate of CO., 900 year. Many Of the large
towns are growing rapidly; but the agricui-
tural population is falling of. In ten years
the number of farmers and graziers has d.
minisbed twenty per cent. The farms are
larger in size. There are 900 fewer pro-
prietors than there were ten years ago. Ali
the land ip England is now held by about
10000 persons, and the number of laborers
has diminished in fclIy as great proportion,
partly by the increase of grazing farms.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
General Fremont at the George Thomp
son Reception.

Genera! Fremont prosided nj tbe Nev
York reception to Georpe Tbompsop. and
made an Introductory speech IN bis usua,
good taste, 10 which. after a proper recoe.
milton of the friends of America 10 England
be paid the following tribute to the pioneers
Of free sentiment in America
And, while We are making this recooni.
tion Cor the earnest and copsistent sunnort
we have received from the Eberal psriv
abroad, whose iabors in our bobaif arc only
a part of the great general interest of bu.
manity. we cannot silently pass over IN.
! services of those fellow. borers. Indifferent.
ly and indirectly recognized. and that in
scanty measure. What to. .day in the posi
| ton of the men who, for the last thirty yoars
have worked TO bring all parties into con
formity with the principles of our Govern
ment, and who, in their struggle against ar
established and powerful interest. have in
cured and accepted political and social dis
abilities, and bumiliated lives Have apy
of these beer put in tho governing places
wbere their proved fidelity vonld be a omar.
antee of tho direct execution of wba, IL to.
day nearly the unanimous will Of the whole
people Certainly not vet So far our re.
formers find their yirtue its own reward.
awhile they are still living, their maptlos
have fallen on the shoulders of others who
are still laboring In narrow paths, broadeped
and heightened, to be sure. because the
rough and rugged ground il passed over.
aud their sun OF victory is alroady risinp.
| [Applause.l We eivo deep sympathy and
honor to the men who have separated them.
selves from mankind to penetrate the chilly
solitudes Of the Arctic shores +; their names
remain an added constellation to the polar
skies. But we know bitter skies and sintry
winds are not SO uuknd as mans inprati.
tude. Why do we withhold from these men
who have unflncbingly trod the isolated
paths of duty, self accepted-acceptinp DO
litical degradation and Recommendations
these boroes of the moral solitudes ! But
even as it is, our reformers have O bette,
lot than history usually accords to such
and they have not only tho satisfaction OF
seeing but entering with the people whom
they led to tho promised land, and perhaps
they are we'll satisfied to repose and rest
from their finished work, feeling certain
that they have been faithful servants, and
that their country will yet say to tnem-
Well DONE" TApplause.l
Mr. Thompson thankfully alluded TO tbis
wonderful contrast between his receptions
in 1884 and 1850, whom hotel keepers did
not feel safe 10 giving bin q lodging, and
bis present greeting. He said revolution
higher and boiler than that of l776 had 90.
cured. That was for independence this
lifted the negro to man. He assnrod the
Chairman that his name Was a household
word among all the frieuds of liberty and
humanity in England. and there we're mil.
lions there who would like to see him Presi.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

The IRON. CLAD DIcrAroA. The Die.
tator is rapidly preparing for sea at the
foot Of 18th 81. N. Y. Yesterday the great
er part Of her boilers had been safely put
in, and it is expected that the machinery
will be entirely complete in few weeks.
Captain Ericsson himself superintends the
progress Of The work. Immense crowds
of visitors throng the wharf daily. but
admission on board is prohibited. Cap.
tain John Rogers. the commander Of the
vessel, is in the city, and gives his per-
sonal attention to the progress Of affairs.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
TuR Nau Xnrk Dailu Mann uhinh nau,

The New York Daily NeDs, which never
even pretended to support or approve the
War for the Union, but always condemned
and opposed it, announces that it will print
Gen. McClellan's Report in full in successive
issues of'its sheet. If there be one sin.
osreiy loyal man who still ollngs to Gen.
Mcclellan, we ask him to answer one ques-
tion-If Gen. Nc Cielisn is a true man, ,Dhy
is euery traitor his noisy ehampion ?-Ohie
Stale Journal
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

SLAvBRY DADA Washington dispatch
of the Goth ult., says: Rsverdv johnson re-
marked in conversation to day. that the ab-
ol,ion of slavery was foreordained. Some
men supposed they we're doing all the work
to get rid Of il. while really ID was the work
of God. He WAS rejoiced to see this day.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
Real Estate for Sale.

A LII that Farm situate in Munson, known as
IA the farm lately owned by A. Phelps =
containing 1861 acres of land, capable of being
made the best grazing, cattle raising and dairy
farm in the County--at present has about eighty
acres under improv vement--will be sold for $1,000
down, and the residue in five annual payments
with interest Also
vTHE House and Grounds composing the resi-
l. dence and homestead Of Alfred Phelps, in
the village of Chardon being the dwelling house,
barn and out.houses, and about 8 y acres of land
made to Alfred Phelps. on the last named prem
isss. 734w4 8. l.. FdELPS.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

The Committee on the Conduct of the
War havo thoroughly satisfied themselves
by the testimony of competent witnesses
that the United States is using the best
ordnance in the world and manufactured al
the least cost.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

IT is stated, on high authority, that the
Presidents reply to Secretary Chase, on
the subject of the Pomeroy circular. con.
cludes by saying he (Lincoln) is not aware
of any facts which render Chass's candidacy
incompatible with bis relations as mem
ber of the Cabinet.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

The Government has contracted with
John Minor Bolts to furnish two corps OF
the Army of the Potomac with wood, the
soldiers cutting and hauling it themselves.
He furnishes two thousand cords q month
at four dollars q cord.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

A HINT.--"I expe ct," said a young
physician ,on his way to Jamaica. on hear.
ing exaggerated rumors Of The cholera,
"to witness great many death. bed
scenes this summer" Doubtless" re-
piled friend, "if you get much prao.
tice." .-.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

HFGep. BrsItop Bragg has been .sP-
pointed Rebel General.in- Chief, and
"cbargsd with the conduct Of the military
operations Of the armies Of tho Coufsd'
eracy-"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

10 CosE modestly suggests that With
olairvoysn,s lock Of hair is the key to ones
character.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

OPINIONS founded on prejudice are al
ways snstsiued with the greatest violence.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

The evils from which morbid man suf
fers most are those that don't happen.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18

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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-21

"When a msa or q party determines to do any
thing, however vile, and no matter how unjusti-
fable, p.etexts are never wanting. Is it not time
the loyal men were preparing to defend them
selves from the outbreak which the X. G. C's are
trying to inaugurate u
So speaks the NJ. c. Republican, and
for once has fairly stated fact in its eager
haste to justify the arming of abolitionists
for the purpose of over-awing and NAL
treating democrats 1t is true that ",ohcl,
man or party determines to do any
thing, ho,ocvsr vi7e, and no matter ho,o "n
just fable. prettrts are never ranting. =
This the Republican demonstrates fully in
the above extract from its leader last week
The Editor and his party have determined
TO arm themselves, to mob democrats and
destroy their property, purpose as oat
as ever Jacobin conceived, as uyustifabie
a. the rebellion of Lucifer, and as pre-
text for SO doing, by int;matiOn asserts at
least three palpable falsehoods. LIST; That
he, and such as he. are alone the simon
pure loyal men of the country. I'd; That
there is an organization Of the K. G. C's
in existence hero who "are trying to inau-
curate an outbreak" and Sd; That he
an1 hisabclition miscagen, ccnfrsres desired
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-21
From the Chicago Times,

FROM the Chicago Times, 2uth.
The democracy Of Chicago achieved a
substantial victoryin the result of the cleo
ton yesterday. They hold the Common
Council, the possession of which was the
grand point in the contest, and for which
the republicans contender with desperate
energy. According to the count last
night the Aldermen will be tied between
the two parties, and the Mayor thus hav-
ing the casting vote, the democratic ascen-
dency is fixed fact Had the republicans
carried the Council, which they confident
ly expected to do. they had scheme to
declare the Office of Mayor vacant, and
seize the whole machinery of the city gov
eminent. An audacious and revolutiona-
ry scheme it was, but it had nevertheless
been concocted, and, had the expected con-
tingency come to pass, the attempt would
have ben made to execute it. 1t is frus-
trated. The city government remains in
the hands of the democracy.
Mr.. Sendelbaeh made strong run for
Police Commissioner, the republican can
didate succeeding only by the diminutive
majority of some 500. At the judicial
election in June last, the republican ma
jority in the city was 951. The democrat
ic gain, therefore, is large and most graf
living.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-21
On With the Dance.

The New Nation" the Fremont organ
published in New York, hits off parties at
the White House as follows:
Con with che dance, the people will pay
the piper. We recollect that there was
music and festivity also when Lee march
ed up the Shenandoah, leaving fire and de-
vastation to the homes of the poor soldiers,
while their officers were joyously celebra-
ting the nuptials of a young comrade, the
son OF some political magnate. Last week
the White House was the scene of gaiety;
this week it was the Rappahannock.-
Where will the next tete be held? God
grant that it may not be on the north of
the Potomac By the light of the incendiary
brands of Stuart's cavalry
We do not hear of the rebels giving balls
in their camps. Ye men who have forgot
ten your country and your duty for pleas
ure and ambition, do We not fear to dance
upon the graves where these dead patri-
OTIS, your old comrads, lie buried? Do We
not fear that the sound of your dancing
feet aud the joyous strains ofyour festive
music may disturb their last slumber, and
their outraged shades may rise up in the
midst of your impious revelry to reproach
you with your unseemly gaiety before a
country clothed in mourning"
Where's Burnside? Why don't Secre-
tary Stewards Telegraph click, and why
is not the editor of the New Nation arrested
his paper suppressed, and he sent to Fort
Warren? Is the New Nation friend to
the soldiers, and if so, is the foregoing ex-
tract from TINT paper evidence of that
fact? And finally why don't the abolition
lists mob the New Nation, as they have a
hundred democratic papers for saying
much less than it now says? Glorious
times these are we live in--over the left
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-21

to make preparation Chat is to arm them
selves) ''to defend themselves from the
outbreak of the aforesaid mythical X. G.
Cs. We know of no other secret political
organization here than that to which the edi-
tor of the Republican belongs, the U. l..
A, the principal officer of which, said last
summer, when organizing branch of that
reasonable concern at Bourbon, that it's
members should keep their guns loaded to
the muzzle, and always within reach, ard
advised them ouse them upon democrats
Ifthese delectable loyalists, these misera-
bic apologies for patriots, desire to open
the ball, we advise them to have care
how and when and where they begin, be-
cause it is just possible that democrats
may be unwilling to submit quietly to such
outrages upon them and their property as
have been perpetrated by the I. L. AS in
some other places. If an outbreak should
hereafter be inauguratcd, it will be by the
L. L. As under just such infamous pre-
texts as that set up by the Republican
democrats propose to obey the laws, sup
port the Constitution of the United States
and of the State OF Indiana, and to resist
by all lawful means the aggressions of
Loyal Leaguers upon their rights SO long
as there is left the Constitution and the
laws, to appeal to, and when the Miscegens
abolish these, then democrats will know
how, and will find means with which to
defend their personal rights by whomso-
ever assailed.