davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
a. for the Rs1i.f Of soidisr., ran,i1ia..

The Ohio General Assembly has passed an
Act for the Relief of the Families of Soldiers
and Marines in the State aud the United
States service, or of those who have died. or
been disabled in the service. The act levies
a tax for 1864 of two mills on the dollar val
uation Of the grand list of taxable property -ol
the State, and authorize the Board of Com
nissioners in counties where the fund is in
sufficient, to levy additional amount not ex-
-ceeding one mill. The township, ward and
district, assessors Of 1864 are to take an emu
meration, by name, of the Soldiers and Ma
rines who are then in the service of the State
or the United States, or who have died or
been disabled in such service, designating those
having families and those who have not, and
where there are families, the number, sex and
ages, naming such as are pecessitous.
The Auditor Of State to open accounts
with each county, and appOrtion the fund.-
The County Commissioners shall take con-
troll of the fund, and apportion the same to
the several townships or wards, according to
the necessities Of the families as returned by
the trustees. Money to be drawn upon the
order of the trustees Fanatics of eolored
soldiers or marines to enjoy the benefits Of the
fund
To anticipate the receipts from the tax,
County Commissioners are authorized to bor-
row, from time to time, up TO four ffths of
their proportion of the tax levied by the act.
and may, to that extent, transfer money from
any other fund except school fund Interest
on borrowed money limited TO six per cent.
Where trutees refuse to act under the law,
commissioners may appoint persons to dis,
charge their duties under the act. The word
family construed to mean only q. wife, 6epen-
dent minor child or children and dependent
parent or parents, sister or sisterse The act
not to apply to the family of any soldier or.
marine who is dishonorabIy dismissed, or a
deserter from the service Cleveland Her.
aI5
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
roR rHE DELAwARE GAZETTE

Mr. EDITOR Are We TO become a com
munity Of drunkards? The prevalence Of in
temperance among Us is truly alarming. 1
hesitate to say this, especially in the public
press for have strong reasons for wishing
the reputation Of our town TO stand fair
throughout the State Bat the character OF
the place will determine, ia the end, its repu-
tation. Better expose an evil and labor to
remove it, than suffer it to work on until it
has beeome so deep seated as to eaefy all re-
medies.
Not many years age there were but few
places among rs where intoxicating liquors
were sold. Who thinks now of numbering
them! Above ground and below ground, 10
back rooms and in front rooms, with screens
and without screens, approached by open
ways and secret ways. And, alas they are
all patronized-patronized by the old and the
young, by the rich and the poor. By day and
by night the work Of death goes on. Manly
forms are beginning to totter, fair eounten-
ances to be blotched, eyes that we're bright
with intelligence are growing dim and wat
cry, peaceful and happy families are startled
by seeing the grim-visaged monster of intem-
perance looking in upon them through the face
Of beloved father or son. And must this go
on from bad to worse? Can no check be
put to it Is it possible that we have men
among Us who will rent their property, invest
their capital, or give their time 10 help for
ward such work as this? Sell poisoned can
dies to our children if you will, and if they
die, wen bear the sad bereavment as best we
can but OH for PHYS sake, DON'T MAKE
THEM DRUNKARDs. Do you claim to be hu-
man, and viii you do it for a little paltry
pref?
And it might be well for Us to remember
that we have literary institutions located here
which are of no small benefit to the place, and
whose prosperity depends not little upon its
own reputation, especially for sobriety and
freedom from temptation to vice
Indeed every worthy consideration should
arouse the community to suppress as far as
possible this growing evil. No one is bone
fited by it. Even he who grows 'rich BY the
aceursed traffic is himself acsnrsed. Every
green thing in bis soul is eaten out All tha t
is noble aud manly expires more dishonered
than his wretehed victims. He leaves to his
postsrity an inheritance OF shame.
A CITIZEN
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Circulate LOYAL Newspapers.

The New York Tribune, speaking Of the
Importance of increasing the circulation ol
newspapers preparatory 10 a vigorous, cam.
paign for the uext Presidency, says the worE
Of preparation for the. eYentful canvass O
1864, properly commences now. Throughout
the ensuing three months the industrial class
es have more leisure than at other season.
Now is the time to persuade every farmer,
mechanic, teamster or day labor, to take al
least one good newspaper, and make himsel
better acquainted with the daily progress oi
public affairs. Now is the time to SOW broad
cast the seeds which shall ripen the harvest
for next November. Let a concerted effort
be made to place at least enc good newspaper,
for the ensuing year, in every household in the
United States where it will be welcomed and
read. Perhaps half OF those who do without,
through mere heedessness-only need to have
their attention called to the;subject. Many more
will pay the trife that cheap weekly costs
if solicited to 60 SO by friend in whom he has
confidence. And, il there be any more who
can't pay for such paper, they ought to be
supplied by their more fortunate neighbors
and townsmen without charge"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

HocKINa HUNTER, recently elected Supreme
Judge, having been compelled in consequence
Of the severe illness of bis wife to resign -ihe
Office, the duty Of 6lIiDg the vacancy by ap-
pointment devOlves upon GOvernor Brough--
There are quite number of applicants for the
place. bat it is not known who will secure it.
The selection viii probably be made from
among the candidates 10 the 5 outhern portion
Of the State, as it Is generally conceded a pro-
per distribution Of officers assigns one Of the
Judges to that section.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

CoNeREss. The House has not yet dispos-
ed of the Conscription bill, and from present
indications it is not likely it will be finally
disposed of much before the time fixed for the
draft. Progress is much delayed on this and
other important bills by the factious course of
the opposition members, who constantly resort
to what is known as fllibustering in order to
stave off action. "A vote taken few days
ago on a proposition introduced by Fernando
Wood, proposing to enter into negotiations
with the rebels on the subject of peace, re-
ceived twenty votes all told, which number
may be regarded as the full strength of the
peace upon any-terms party in the House.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Trumbull,
from the Judiciary Committee, introduced a
bill proposing sundry very important amend
mentsto the Constitution, which bill it is
thought will receive the requisite majority in
the Senate, though in the House its fate is
somewhat doubtful. It provides first, that
neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude, ex-
eept as punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been fully convicted, shall
exist within the United States or any place
subject to their Jurisdiction. Second Con-
gress shall have the power to enforce this az
ticle by appropriate legislation
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Mss Anne E. Dickinson.

The Washington Chronicle speaks as fol-
lows OF Miss Diekinson's recent lecture in
Washington
That was wonderful sight in the Capitol
young, red Tipped. slim WASTED girl, with
curls cut short as if for school, with eyes black
with the mirthlulness Of child, save when
they blaze with the passion Of a prophecies
holding spell bound in the capital of the Ia
tion for an hour and ten minutes, two thou
sand politicians, statesmen and soldiers, while
she talked TO them Of politics, craftsmanship
and war! It was wonderful sight. and il
was 3 wonderful success C--E
joan of Are never was grander.. and could
not have been better, in her mail of battle
than was this Philadelphia maid in her states
manEke demand that this war do not cease
until Slavery lies dead and buried under the
feet of the North, and its ePitaph if traced
with the point of a bayonet dipped in the
blood Of the nation:
Could not have been better for France than
was this girl for America, in her demand that
the territory wreuched back from the rebel
lion be used to underlay the development o
the blacks in America into full citizenship
Win bAO SWbCISAlp III ICE VI la1Q
Could never have been wiser and better
than was this girl when she showed to Will
her little white hand the doors of the Su
preme Court OF the United Stetes as at pre-
sent constituted. and forbid the adjudication
therein of the Proclamation of Freedom t.
the slaves of rebels
Could Eot have been. .grander than was th
girl in her deifcatiOn of the cour age tba
marches upon death at the double quick, fc
| Freedom, and for Truth
Could not have been grander than was thi
girls moistening with her. tears the lips of tn,
wounded men of the people, and wiping a
with her hair the damps of agony from th
brews of braves lying on battle-felds and lin
gering in hospitals--grander than her wor
shipful love ofmen mada beautiful by wa
wounds in the fape---grander than the sweel
of the arm and the call of the voice wit
which she demanded place and reverence 70
the heroes who already in phalanx marehe
l-one7armed aud on crutches and canes go slow
y past US to the final eneampmeut of tn
grave 1885 4-l
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Premium for Recruits.
HEADQ'Rs Ono Vol. RECRUITING SERVICE, /
COLUMBUS, OH1o, February 6, 1864. }

HEADQ'Rs Ono Vol. RECRUITING SERVICE, |
COLUMBUS, OH1o, February 6, 1864. }
By authority Of the Provost Marshal Gen
eral, It is announced that premium will be
paid to any non-commissioned officer, private,
or citizen, who presents an acsepted recruit,
viz:
For an accepted recruit who may be shown
to have served at least nine months as a SOL
dier, and been discharged, premium ol
S25.
For an accepted recruit without the mill
tary qualifications above specified, premium
Of $I5. l- rTff fT
In case the recruit is presented to a recruit
ing officer, mot Provost Marshal,) the certif-
cate of the United States mastering Officer,
that he has been duly mustered il the United
States service, will berequired before the pre-
MUM is paid.
Captain P. R. Stetson, 18th United States
Infantry, at Cincinnati, O.; Captaian Henry
Douglass, 18Th United States Infantry, at
Cleveland o.; or Lieutenant Egbert Phelps,
18th United States Infantry. at Columbus, o.
will pay the premium as above. on presenta
ton of proper certificates.
ED. A. PARROTT,
Colonel lst Ohio Infantry, Superintendent;
Ohio Volunteer Recruiting Service.
[Ofieial JAMES a. GROVER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

MORE ARoUT DEsERTERs. Eight thousand
degerters have been received within the Iinel
of the Army Of the Cumberland since General
Thomas took command. The writer OF let
ter from Knoxville, says that he has already
administered the oath to twelve hundred and
thirty-nine. Is there any wonder that John
son should have fallen back? At this rate,
inactivity is more disastrous to the rebels
than battle and there is no doubt that
each succeeding month will witness an in
crease in the number of desertions. The law
forcing the troops into the service again after
three years hard labor, will increase disatis-
faction and multiply the number of fugitives
who seek the protection of the old flag.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Legal Notice.

Lewis W. Ashley, p. -.-
VS.. l.. Court Of Common Pleas.
Ellen Benton, Mary Ben Delaware Co. Ohio
ton, ct al.
ENIEN Benton and her minor children. Mitchell and
II Arthur Benton, and Mary Ann Benton and her mi
nor children, Lydia and Eunce Benton and David Ben
ton, Charles Benton and Byron Benton in the State Of
Illinois, will take notice that Lewis W. Ashley Of the
county Of Union and State Ohio did on tho 18TH dnV
of January, 1854 ae his Petition in Court OF Com
mon Pleas within and for the County Of Delaware and
State Of Ohio, against the said Ellen Benton Mitchell
Benton, thur Benton. Mary, Ann Benton vdiN8en
ton, Bunce Benton, David Benton Charles Benton BY.
ron Benton, Julia A. Benton, Mary Benton Laura Ben
ton and Bunice Benton, heirs at law OF William p Ben
ton deceased setting forth that the said William p
Benton deceased in his lifetime gave mortgage the
said Lewis W. Ashley on In-LOts Nos 20, 21 and ~
the town OF Ashley, Delaware county, Ohio; also on
Out-Lot "M' in said village Of Ashley, said out-Log
containing and SO IL perches Of land-to
the payment of $50 81 according certain notes
referred to in said mortgage; and praying that the
Defendants pay to the said Lewis w Ashley the said
sum now claimed to be DUE to wit: $50 81, with ann
aiinterest thereon from April 23d 1860 or that the
said premises may be sold TO pay the same. And tho
said Defendants notified that they are required To
appear and said Petition or before the 18th
day Of March, 1864.
LEWIS W. ASHLEY
By HPPLE nis Attorney.
Jan. o. 1S64.-6t S7,O0
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

AN INrERE STING LErrER-Messrs PostRc
Bruff. Agents New York Sanitary Society, g.
chester.-Gents 1 deem it due to you to
state the magical effect of that one bottle OF
Peoples Cure which obtained from you in
November last. Seeing the advertisements OF
your Society, offering to give your medicine to
clergymen for the poor of their parishes, / OBJ
tanned bottle for poor girl of my oongrega-
tion, who had long been nearly helpless from
Rheumatism, and strange to say that one bot
tie cured her entirely. l write this hoping it
may aid the Society in its efforts to introduce
the medicine, and bless those who may need
such remedy aud l use strong terms, as be-
lieve its merits fully justify the most superla-
tive form of speech.
+ta3 Yours, Respectfully,
30 t#3ta-gg. ID ..a as G. R. WILKINS,
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
Dec. 1I-l5.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
The Dsspairing South.

s4
The signs Of want and misery multiply daily
at the South. The people are no longer able
TO bear the enormous evils which have been
brought upon them by their guilty madness, and
from one end OF the Cenfederacy to the other,
the feeling of dissatisfaction with Davis and
his Congress and their war measures is threat
ening new rebellions and secessiops. It seems
utterly impossible that the chaos and eonfu-
sion can ever be moulded into effective orga.
nization to continue the war. And yet mere
desperation often accompanies, wonders, and
there is reason 10 fear that we shall have an
example of its terrible power before the war
is over. The people of the North should not
feel too confident. Davis and his co conspira-
tors know that their necks are in imminent
peril, and they an-still rally great force by
their remorseIess conscription Of every man in
their territery who is capable Of holding a
musket. They intend to do it,, and the true
course for us. .to, pursue is TO ilI up our ranks
and pour armies into the field that shall over
whelm the most numerous and desperate force
produsive by the foe The only thing need
full above all others in the present state OF
things is fresh and abundant mil Estary strength
on the side of the Union. Let the South
know that we are stronger than eiver ;-that
the power and the will to crush this re. .bellion
are mightier than at any previous time that
where they raise one man by force, we raiss
five or ten cheerful, resolute volunteers, and
the struggle will sOon be over Pitts Gaz.
Eg ~
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
"a friend in Need. Trv 81.

DR.. Sweets Infallible Liniment is prepared from
the recipe OF Dr. stephen Sweet, of Connecticut, th'
great bone setter and has been used in his practice
the last twenty years with the most astonishing
cess As an external remedy, il is without rival
and will alleviate pain more speedily than any other
preparation. For all Rheumatic and Nervous Disor
ders Il Is truly inialibie and curative for Sores
Wounds, Sprns, Bruises, &c. its soothing, healing and
powerful Strengthening properties, excite the
der and ast0nisament of all who have given il
trial. Over thousand certificates Of remarka ole
cures, performed by it within the last tive years. at
est this fact. See advertisement.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

1t having been reported to General Thomas
that wagon, which had become detached
from fOraging train belonging to bis army
at Chattanooga, was attacked oy party of
guerillas, and three. of the guards captured,
murdered and thrown into the river, he has
ordered that all the property of rebel citizens
living within the circuit of ten miles of the
place where the men were captured to be as
sessed, each in his due proportion, according
te his wealth, to make up the sum of thirty
thousand dollars, to be divided among the
families who were dependent upon the muir
dered men for support, as follows
Ten thousand dollars to be paid to the
widow Of John w. Drought, Of Wisconsin, for
the support of herself and two children.
Ten thousand dollars to be paid to the
widow of George n. Jacobs, of Wisconsin,
for the support of herself and child. f7l
Ten thousand dollars to be divided between
the aged-mother and sister of Newell E. Or
cutt, of Ohio. ..ia- a.s.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

H. An OLD LAw.-For the information of all
who may not be posted on The common law
in regard to Leap Year, we here reproduce an
old law, printed in the year 1906 L" Albeit,
it is now become parte of the common Lave,
in regard to tie social relations Of life, that SO
often as everie besextile year doth returne,
the ladyes have the privilege, of max
ing love unto the men, which they may doe,
either by words or looks, as unto them seem
eth proper, and moreover, no man will be en-
titled TO the benefits of clergy who dothe re-
fuse to accept the offers of the ladyes, or who
dothe in any waytreat her proposal with slight
or contumely." -~ssGaisI q
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

The New Orleans correspondent Of the
New Y ork Times, says it is every day becon-
ing more apparent that gradual charge is
taking place in feeling and political views of a
great part of the resident population of the
former city. Active, demonstratiYe hatred Of
the North has in many instances given way,
not to an entire opposite feeling, at least
to a passiveness which promises better things,
and bespeaks an openness to conviction and
discussion. Many accommodate themselves
Of the new order of affairs, as the prospects
of the Confederacy grow daily darker, and
ringe themselves on the winning side. But
whatever be the motive, certain it is that q
regeneration is going on which ere many
tears will elevate Louisiana to the sphere for
which she is by nature so richly endowed.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

HEIR TO THE BRITISH CRowN.-It is more
than hundred years since an heir apparent
to the British threne has had son. The eld-
est son of George H., died few years before
his father, leaving his son, afterwards George
Ill.,. surviving. Since that time there has
been no such state of things as now exists
The children of George III. were all born
while be was on the throne. William ".
had no children. It was reserved for Queen
Victoria, of all the late soverigns of the
House Of Brunswick, to see during her own
lifetime two generations of male heirs destin-
ed In due time, if the order of nature is not
inverted, TO succeed to the British throne
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Important to Ohio Soldiers.
UFFICE ONO MILITARY CLATN
AGENCY, CINcINNAT1. Feb. 9. 1864

., J
EDs. CoM.-zHaving been commissioned by
Governor Brough as Military Claim Agent al
Cincinnati, I have retained the Office occupied
by the former agent, A. B. Lyman, Esq, at
No. II West Third street.
no BY an act Of the Legislature, this agency is
established TO investigate, give advice, and
take such other action as viii enable the Ohio
soldier speedily to obtain, free OF charge, the
money due him from the General Government,
for such services as he may have rendered his
country. Transportation is also furnished dis
charged and furloughed soldiers passing
through this city. en- route FOR home, at State
rates-ha half-fare-and also to friends of sick or
diseased soldiers accompanying them or their
remains home. Soldiers at home on furIough,
by Communicating with me, can obtain trans
Portation to this city, on the way to their
regiments, at the same rates.
In order that the privileges and business of
this Office may be widely known, papers
throughout the State will confer a favor upon
Ohio soldiers by inserting this communication.
d. K CADY Jp
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

Vera Cruz advices to January 2Tst, aud
City of Mexico dates, to the 18th Of the same
msnth, received by way of Havana, contra
dict the comparatively favorable accounts of
the position Of the Mexicans which have al
ready reached US by way of San Francisco.-
The Havana correspondents claims that the
French are virtually masters OF the situation,
and if they choose to extend their lines to the
Rio Graude they can do so without serious
opposition. There may be truth in this, and
We fear that the statement is not altogether
groundless, yet the news from Mexico has
been so grossly partial to one side or the
other that suspension of judgment is for the
present the only safe course. eT5e.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Executor,s Notice.

TIME undersigned has been duly appointed and quail
i fed as Executor the Estate OF Robert Jamson,
late OF Delaware county, Ohio deceased. All persons
indebted to said Estate required to make payment
in compliance with the law in such cases made and
provided: and all persons having claims against said
required present the duly authenti-
Gated within year.
JAMES EATON, Executor of the last
will and testament of Robert JamisOn, dec d.
Feb. II, 1s64.-3t
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Recruits Wanted.

For the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
TIME undersigned wishes to secure immediately a
number Of Recruits for the 4th Regiment Ohio Vol
unteer Infantry Those intending to enter the service
should fail the important fact that the very
liberal bounhes at present paid the 1st Of
"arch the 10th of that month the draft for two
hundred thousand additional commences. NOW,
therefore, is the time volunteer, and he is unwise
who if liable to do military service does not improve
it. This hhe Regiment holds out strong Inducements
to patriotic voung men to enter its ranks The HIGH
EST BOUNTIES paid For further particulars apply to
me at Gaena- Sergt WM. CUTLER,
Feb. u, I964-2t Recruiting Officer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

DR.. McAbee, of Canton, who died from
wounds received at the late shocking accident
near Painesville, was the late Surgeon Of the
4th Ohio Regiment, and will be remembered
by some of the Ohio men who were in the
Convalescent Camp, near Washington, as an
excellent and most faithful Surgeon.