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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-07
Letter Prom ths Potomas A Fmy.
In FRoNT on. PErERsHURa,
June 20th, 1854, 4

June zVth, 1854
Editors Of GazeHe-Sirs. We arc
now in front of one Of the r,ostrefined
cities Of the would-bo Southern Con-
federacy; and from what l can see and
learn we viii never leave it until it is
either in, our possession or reduced to
ashes. Our corps (the 15th) crossed
the James River at Windmill. Point
on the 18th; marched all day and
night and reached here 4 AN. of the
1Sth-distance 20 miles, When we
reached here Buffers colored troops
had taken the first line of troops, A
cavalry sergeant told me he saw thcm
make the charge. AS this place has
been the winter quarters of the JON
nies, everything is cleared away in
front of the works, and the darkies
crawled up to within about fifty yards
Of their works and then made break
on them to use the sargeant's Ian
guago, he said "Angels in heaven
but the Jonnies did run and dodge
when they saw the darkies coming
down on them" I am ofthe impress
sion that they thought it was sheep
coming down on them in their fold in
place of the wolf a.5'
This is a very beautiful country
around here. There are some splen-
did buildings in this country, and from
all appearances the enemy never in
tended toleaveth this place They must
have built these works for the last
ditch. 1t would be useless for me to
try to give description of them; for
ifyou could see thcm, you would say
it would be next to impossible forany
body of men to take them. The works
ON the Centreville Heights are moth.
ing in comparison to them, particu,
larly those which l have seen along
the Suffolk & Petersburg RR. which
are in our possession. They had
their batteries all numbered, and
have seen from number one up tc
twenty-four We have rooted them
out Of all of their old works, and oul
artillery arc hammering away at theiI
now ones.
Our regiment lost since we came
here fourteen wounded and two killed
Corp. J. V. Mcdonald received a flesh
wound in the right leg. We have
been put back in our old division. The
Regulars are all together now. They
form the first brigade, second division
of the fifth corps, and are ready and
willing at all times to perform their
duty. The restof the Lancaster boys
are well; and | am in hopes what few
of us are left will have the pleas
ure of seeing this damnablc rebellion
crushed ; provided, you loyal men al
homo will take care of Val. and his
clique, for I SEQ in tho chronicler that
like his master Satan, he has again
returned to your midst. If you dc
this, we will whip the Johns, and
then come back and help you to re-
elect honest Abe, and send J. c. Ere
mont back to the Rocky Mountains
on another expedition, for he cant be
President yet awhile.
Yours truly for the Union,
J. B. CROFT,
Co. A, I'd Bat. 18th Regulars, Isl
Brig, I'd Div. 9th Corps, Army Of tht
Potomac.
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B@"Lot not the public be impatient in
regard to the movements of Gen Sher-
man. He never was an hour or q
minute too slow in his life, He could
not be more rapid than be is with
out being rash. and hcGdlong. He
has terrible work before him at
Atlanta. Ifany living General could
accomplish it,. he can and will. For
the present, his power and might are
gathering as silently as thelightnings
in the cloud. By and by we shall
see the halfblinding flash, and hear
the half defeating thunder.-L louis
vile Journal.
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Wherefore, talk of libertyP The
American people do not love freodoml
They do not understand, no more ap.
preciate liberty than tho simple dolts
and fools, that served to the nod Of ty.
rants two thousand years ago.
The above is from tho HillSborough
G0zette of list week 1t is rabid
Copperhead paper, and speaks the SEN
timents Of the party more boldly than
most of It's kind. We know the Cop
perhcads do not like the people, and
that they think them "simplc dolts
and FOOLS" but we did not expect such
u frank utterance from ono Of it's or
gans. This is only the echo Of the
Slave Aristocracy, They have said
tho same thing of the people often, and
the desire to take all power from the
hands of the people and give 1t to the
slave-owner, was one of the incentive:
to the rebellion, 1t is no great Won
der that these mon should hate the
people, They came out from the old
party, and left behind them the rebels
of tho South and the contcmptiblc Ont
obsequious toadics OF the North. Ant
is it not shame that the latter shoulc
to- day be enjoying freedom and pros
pority among the people whom they
insult.
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JUST REcEIvED,-P Rising has just
received q choice stock of Spring and
Summer Clothing at his stand, Tall
madge Block, Main street. He is also
prepared to make to order, on short
notice, all kinds of Clothing. Ifyou
want anything in the Clothing line call
at the Store of P. Rising and you will
there find just the article to suit you,
April 7. 1S64-3m F.s
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A Plooh wl,hout a shsphsra.

Why is the Democratic party in
such utter rout and confusion, and why
Is It unable to unite upon man and
q line Of policyH Simply because 1t is
o flOek Of sheep without shepherd
All its great leaders from JEFF DAVIS
down to FLoYp are ipthe rebellion OF
dead. Grants shifting the shepherds
and the eheep are scattered
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A Question.

II the principles of the Democratic
party are SO fixed and immutablo, and
If it always battles for principles in
stead of men, why does it postpone
its National Convention and wait for
events to giveit policy and candi-
datc2 Oh, pure Democracy
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ed the Mexican war because it was a
war for the extension of slave terrific
ry; the democratic party favored the
shareholders in the Kansas war and a
slave Constitution for that territory;
and the democratic party to day fayors
the rebellion undertaken in tie inter-
est Of slavery and opposes the govern,
ment in the war which itwages against
shareholders in rebellion.
How blind must be the men who to.
day cling to an institution upon which
the curse of God and Of the Christian
world is resting. Providence has
chastised the United States during the
last three years for the sin Of slavery,
and the people have been woll-nigh
ruined for tolerating the iniquity.-
The democratic party today is TORI
and confused and scattered, it is shorr
Of its glory and power and its foolish
heart is darkened, because it upheld
slavery and winked at the evils which
grew out oft.
The people are against slavery ant
rebellion, and they will trample int
the dust the party which defendsthem
The car of freedom and Union is OIL
the track, and woe to the foolish, mel
who will not hear its shout Of warn
ing. ..n-a Aa $50 .E
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ro THE CENTRAL coMMIrTEE.

TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
We hope the Central COMMITTEES
will remember the meeting on next
Saturday at 10 o'clock. A full attend
anee is urged, as the business to be
transacted is Of the first Importance in
its bearing upon the campaign. Let
the members inthe different townships
make their arrangements in time, and
be III early sa "
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Ths congrs..lonnl convention,

Tho Convention to nominate a can.
dijae for Congress- will be held al
Circleville on Thursday next. We arc
unable to tell at this time who will be
tho nominee. We hope tho people Of
this county viii attend and make them,
selv,A heard for Col Conncll.
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whist Is a Oopperhead :
"a the Editor ON. Y Times

A correspondent in your issue Of
Sunday last attempts rather elabo-
rate definition Of Oopperhead. AL
low me 10 define the animal. A Cop
perhead Is one who has all the instincts
ola traitor without the pluck to be q
rebel. The inference which may be
drawn from this definition that the
Copperhead is meaner and more
degraded creature than rebel, is des
ligned.
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About thirty rebel prisoners at
Camp Chase attempted to rush out OF
a temporaaily opened gate on Monday,
two Of thcm were wounded by the
guards and al recaptured
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now Ann You, RoLANpi

Is the pale: faced editor of the Ga.
zette getting betterg-Eagle.
Is the bloated; faced editor of the Ea-
gle getting soberH @
You have several timos insinuated
that We have been for some time, and
that we are now, suffering from a GER
tain disease brought on in certain
way. In doing this you insinuate .
wilful, malignant, and abominable lie
We know what we are saying. W.
repeat, you insinuatc monstrous lie
We are sounder, tenfold, in awind anC
limb" than you are. You know this
but you care little for the truth, ifyol
can put into the mouths Of roughs anc
rowdies, whom you call dthe boys,
and who are your associates, some in
decent charge upon which they cal
black guard us.
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A GENTLEMAN, cured Of Nervons Debility, In
N competency, Premature Decay and Youthful Er-
ror, aotiated by desire to benefit others, will be
happy TO furnish 10 all who need It, free Of CHARGE,
the recipe and directions for making the simple rem
edy used in his case Those wishing TO profit BY his
experience, and possess valuable remedy will re.
ceivo tho same BY return mail Carefully sealed) by
addressing JOHN b. OGDEN,
No. 60 Nassau street. New York.
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LATEsr wAR NEWS.

Ia LA LIS w AN n n M.s9, tftf
The President has called on New
York for 10000 r"one hundred days
men" to repel the invasion Of Penn
fylvsnia and Maryland ~ t',5
The President has issued a Procla-
nation declaring martial lawin Ken
.tuckyiand suspending the writ Of ha
ebeas corpus The secesbionists have
beoomeso bold and determined to car
~ the State out, that this act was nee
gesssrya5l sas ggso.a % lo.slgss14
~ Therelhas been another raid upor
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad a
Hprper's Ferry The latest news II
that the foreeis only 5000 strong anc
is composed principally of Horse
theives and guerrilhs. 7fl EEL. y
From the Potomac Army we hav'
ths fol!owing gT
pe Hk4pagARTERs ARMY OF THEl
ForeMAc5 a July 8. . eHe ! IN
yrfhese days, the monotonous report
qf which falls SO vexngly upon the
public ear, are big with portentoul
preparations for a movement that viii
exceed in brilliancy and importanc
any post ono Ofthe campaign, and will
soon DO executed. II ,ciU be success
jail ht4el1iM ss % l,Hy
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"A SUPERIOR REMEDY,-we can conscientiously
cough DR.. Strickand's Mellifnous Cough Ralsarn.-
It gives almost instant relief and not disagrceable
to the taste. There is no doubt but the Mellihuous
Cough Balsam OF the best preparations in use,
andi all that it's proprietor claims for IT, We have
tried II during the past week, and found roeffrof
most distressing cough ltisprepared by DR.. strick-
and, No. East Fourth ST., Cincinnati, o., and Is for
ale by Druggists at so cents per bottle.
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Estate Of samuel Albright.

NIoTICEis hereby given that the undersigned has
~ been appointed and qualified administrator Of
the Estate Of Samuel Albright, deceased. All per.
sons indebted TO the Estate are requested 70 make
immedia.e payment DANIEL ALBRIGHT.
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.
THE PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
-..our first page, for the most part,
is this week devoted to publishing a
series Of "Workingman's Placards. "
During the terrible riots of July, 1863,
these placards were posted about the
city Of New York, and, it is said, ex-
erted a powerful influence in quelling
the unruly spirit of the mob. They
constitute series of the most vigorous,
ringing, terso and truthful articles up
on the spirit and policy Of the Demo
cratic party and the Rebellion which
have appeared in tine country, No
man should fail TO read them. They
should be committed to memory, and
instilled into the mind Of every labor.
ing man. tt@ tH,.5
Read them over and over, and hand
them to your neighbor. Read espe'
cially theotwo entitled "Daniel o.
Connell on Democracy" and IA Great
Fraud"
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Todu Miller.--EaqIe.

The editor of the Eagle evidently
means toddy. He is SO enamorcd of
the beverage that it breaks out in
spelling tho most common words.
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=
The Eagle further says in the arti-
Gle from which we quoted "But it
says in effect, that the excitement in
this community ought not to be aba.
ted" This is intentionally and abso-
lutely false. The Gazette never said
any such thing, neither plainly nor in
effect Gazette. q.
Tho editor Of the Gazette knew when
writing tn, above sentences that he
was Intentionally and absolutely lying.
Eagle.
The editor of the Eagle know when
he was writing the above that he was
Intentionally and absolutely lying
We said that there was degree of in
dignation in the community which
ought not to be suppressed. The Ea-
gle charges us with saying that the
''erciiement in tho community ought
not to be dbdted." We will not insult
the intelligence Of our readers by ex-
planning the difference. If the editor
of the Eagle will acknowledge that he
does not understand the language, we
will hold him guiltlcss Of intentional
lying. This murder is sore place, q
"raw" rs tho Richmond Examiner
says, with tho Eagle clique. They
know themselves responsible for it
and that the people hrc holding then
responsible, They have had murder in
their hearts ever since tho war began
and there was one man among then
who had courage enough to put The
thought into deed. This man whc
committed it is n hero among then
now, since no was not afraid TO Dc
what they wanted donc, and werO
afraid to do themselves.
The attempts of the Eagle to hole
the Union party responsible for th'
murder are 80 poor as to excite moth
ing but a smile They are not wortl
the space a reply would occupy.
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EstAtA OF Thomas NorrIs.

NIoTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has
NJ been appointed and qualified as Administrator q
the Estate II Thomas Norris, dec. All persons N.
debted to the Estate are requested 2 make imwadi-
ate payment - hENhfV. bbADh'
Jrne 9th, Ioei-3wlf
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From our earliest acquaintance with
him, when he was "printer's devil, =
in this office, he used "medicine enough
to kill q boss. "-Edgle.
We'll, what Of it1 What do you in
tend to do about it1 The aboveis true
if the medicine had all been taken al
once There is nothing in this to be
ashamed Of, nothing for any one except
blaekguard, nothing upon which you
can ruin our reputation. Give us
specific and definite charges Dor't
insinuate in public and lie in private
fyou are charging what we under
stand you are, wo are prepared tc
show that you are monstrous and
abominable liar and slanderer.
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p Is the pale-fdced editor of the Gazette
getting better 2-EdgIe.
Is the blue-noSed editor of the Eagle
getting bluer? ar
The only thing you can find in our
appearance to ridicule is our pale face
We confess to pale face. We arc
proud of it. We prefer a face
.sicklicd DER with tho pale cast ofthouSht,"
to one spotted over with the red cast
Of rnm. You never knew us when we
did not have pale face and we think
you never will. (Unless wo should
take to drinking.) There is a class Of
men with low brows, brutal counte
nances, bull necls and low instincts
who never have pale faces. Thanh
Heaven, we are not of that class.
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81. THURSDAY, July I, 1864.
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J. uNloN sTATE TlcKET.

IEiscton Day. tuesday November :, isstl
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WE know what we have suffered
mentally &c.-Edgle.
II we have ever given any evidence
of any intellectual capacity (and there
are men who think we have-meh
too, who are to the editor ofthe Eagle
as one Of tho gods to q gorilla,) such
evidence has been given while We
suffered mentally" as he charges
Compare what we have produced will
what he has written. Bah! If oul
efforts evince mental weakness, hi
evineo the sheerest and blankes
idiocy,
WE feared at the time that the poo
fellows disease had assumed chronic
torm.-E Eagle.
We fear at this time that your dis
ease will end in delirium tremons
There is to bo an Asylum erected il
this State for patients suffering rs yo
arc, and earnestly, Charley, we "woul
be glad to hear Of your recovery"
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THOSE who live in glass houses must
not throw stones-Eagle.
Well, sir, who threw the first brick,
nay, who threw the first dozen bricks2
The files Of the Eagle will show that
for two years before we ever wrote a
word personally against tho editor Of
that sheet, he had been making tho
meanest and most direct personal at
tacks upon us, mentioning us by name.
To none of these attacks did we ever
reply until he gravely charged us with
destroying our own type. We have
been charged with writing ono or two
severe articles against him, and, after
all his personal attacks upon us, he
has the impudcnce and effrontory to
wonder why we did SO, considering
that he showed us some kindnesses in
our youth. We never knew that q
kindness done, gave man a perpetu-
al license to blackguard the person
and forever sealed his mouth from
making any reply, The editor of the
Eagle throw tho first brick and kept
on throwing until we turned upon
him. At three or four different times
he has laid himself liable to prosocu'
ton for libel,
In this personal controversy, we
acknowledge that in the use of foul
weapons the editor Of the Eagle has
the advantage of us. We have found
that tho more we rub a kettle the
blackcr We get. lie has vanquished us
in tho same way in which the skunk
vanquished the parson. lie has, abso-
lutely stunk us out We have, in self
defense, thrown our Bible at a skunk
and, in return, We find in our clotho:
an odorw which can only be taken out
as the Yankee said to the pcriumed
dandy, by "buryin' en-"
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CITY OF LANCASTER.
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roe prsu,dent Of the United states.

N@ rot fise President. ~
ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee
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l7l0NAL UNION TICKET
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.,.teE tsss.sI8s sAr. os.s.s. III
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Co, A, I'd Bat 18th Regulars, LIST
Brig. I'd Div. 9th Corps, Army Of the
Potomac.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-27

A-o.b,- ns5ls martyr has been added to ins long
IT, A. tbsse who have fallen dsfsHs1 Of soaihsfn
Iibsrv But few hours Agl the subject Of Eaess re-
MIR rss waking among his eoapaaiona in arms
fall Of vitality and Joy aud hope-n0T he Sfisa' e1s
4. slmed the ssrdny arm is nerve el7, ana the pare
-, nat ti led 50 on wiEh patriotism in tha hour Of
b,t,ts hrs been stilsd forever. Death nas lad rs
.ssssu hand upon the brsss. Of here and the sreA'
se.-t uusss has ceased 70 tbrob.
Iis4t. 4 Clay Mckay vsss born in BioOulHeid AAson
eourtv Kv. AID was only uiussssn years Of ags- hs
.n,srsd the service as priTats N he sth ksuueHy
svisut Ia October, I56l-vas selected ~ lil eoooa-
a, bi sa-zsaut major and Whsu Col Lewis tHho ioFsa
Si, a son) was made genera ne gave nm
-bs aB7oiptnent Of aid De camp, which Poaiuoa ae
- Al iuz At the tine Ct he death h was gallant
aBd sasIsnt ofcsr-ons Hhoss loss vii be isis and
,ruued ghout lbs brigade to which hs d oesn
/ =, loze and fsndIy sttsched. TEs day before hi'
death be spoke Of several Of his dearest fsnds M
saa recently bsen stricken down in battle and rs
marked that perhaps he would soon follow them Ba
i f, momsats before ths fatal bali pierced bis hezr'
Ia had been reading tie bible, presented In D.
FOND uothsr Let ths loved a hons, wh7ss gis
viii be hsartrsrdng, eoados taen1slEes VIA ths +
hsefion that he fsH where patriots love 70 ds-ou b
Z GsId Cf batsIs-"rish his fsss 10 the fos." Let
. truss his spirit has vrgsd ia way to hat bsPPi'
cline where al is dcs-h sH-whsrs war and dsspots
srs unknoWn-''Ehsrs ths wicked oss . from tFonbii1
snd the vssry are At rest" sH. b
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-27

A copy of the Washington ChroHicls, of June
l7lh, has been received By the Petersburg Ez-
press Il contains sn account of.a visit paid
By Lincoln to Philadelphia, and bis speech on
the occasion;
PHILADELPHIA, June 16-The reception Of
tbs President ts'day, considering that it was
spontaneous, was the most enthusiastic and
heartfelt ever given any public man. Il was a
perfect ovation
Hero follows an account of shs Apes recep-
ton by The city authorities. A. night he was
iavijel to q supper, and, in responding to q
toast TO his health, said:
The terrible war which is now rseing has Jis-
arranged business in many localities, and par
italy 50 in al. Ithas destroyed hsppy homes,
produced national debt, with taxation uupre-
eedented Ia This county. Il has carried mourn.
ing into mary bones, ard may even be said TO
have hang the heavens il black. Several rs-
lieviHg condolences have sccomp Nnisd Il which
have not been known in the history Of the world
before. There were ssnislYy and Christian
commissions and volunteer reireshmant saloons;
and then these fairs, which have been held all
over the country. The motion and obisct of
these associations and undertakings are most
worthy, for, say whst we viii, he who takes bis
life in his hands, and places himself in posi-
ton TO Tisk that life, IS the most Belf sacrificing
psiriot and deserves honor, and Whatsoever
contributes to his comfort should 30, and is, |
done by the fair hands Of woman. This shows
me soldier be is not torgosten.
ASotheT view Of these various institutions is /
worthy Of consideration. They ere voluntary, /
yivsn freely and zealously, on the sop Of the |
destruction Of business aud heavy taxation, Civ /
ng proof that the national resources are NOT vet
and that the spirit Of patriotism Is
lot dead
Pertinent qusssions sre often asked ne, such
s when the Wal would snd. / surely feel az
reat an interest on shat point As any one; bull
lould act mshe prediction that it would end
4 day, or = Rsek, or even pear, for fear Of
IeaIDg disappointment. We accepted (not be
an) this sAg ios a worthy object; and I trust
God it viii not end until that obisct is accom-.
isAed, [Enthasiastic cAsen,l 4