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The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-13

A writer in the New York Post suggests
the imposition by Congress of a general poll
tax Of five dollars on each adult male, and
two dollars on each female; and says such
a tax would yield nearly $780, 900, 900 annual
ly. ~. tH
The Post is leading Administration pa
per. 1t seems that the friends of the Ad-
ministration are taxing their ingenuitgto
devise ways and means to rob the people by
taxes, to an extent that will render it difficult
for them to live except in a state of utter
poverty and destitution. The Tax Bill now
embraces complete inventory upon every
thing upon the earth, or under the earth OF
above the earth. 1t is mixture Of all the
taxes imposed by every despotism upon the
globe If Lincoln is reelected and thewal
prosecuted, the taxes will be greatly inereas-
ed although they are now almost unendura-
ble --Hockhg ,Seaiad .a6 n
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Tne Coglgressionas Contest.

The Congressional contest in this district
is becoming quite interesting among the
Abolition rivals for nomination. The yari-
ous counties in the district are trotting out
numerous candidates, and as the Convention
approaches the contest grows tiercer We
understand that all the counties have more
candidates than Harrison, but herlacking in
number is made up by the vim Of her as
pirants. Our Harrison county men are not
satisfied with attending to their own affairs
but must be constantly meddling with the
affairs of their neighbors.
In last week 5 Republican we learn that
our kind neighbor Mr.. Hatton, and his
friend, John Hayerfeld, made pilgrimage
to. the ancient village Of Wrightstown, in
the county of Belmont, for the purpose, as
is plainly evident, Of instructing the igno-
rant Belmonters how to proceed in the eloc-
ton Of delegates to their Congressional Con
ventioa. The ignorant fellows over there
have not yet discovered that Bingham is the
only man in the district Git to run for Con-
gress, and hence the necessity for their en-
lightenment. Our neighbor would not be
content without meddling with the business,
and it would be humiliatng to confess that
he had not swayed the poor fellows, and
brought them right under his thumb.
TO some people the great activity of Mr..
Hattonn Binghams i,ehalf might appear
mysterious, but to us it is perfectly plain
There are two aspirants for Congressional
honors in Harrison county-Hon John A.
Bingham and s. B. Shotwell, Esq. Our
neighbor has no particular affection for
Bingham, but has deadly hatred Of Shot
well, and under coyor Of friendship for
Bingham, endeavors to injure Shotwell.
But, Richard, its no 60 The eloquent
voioe" which was heard i'll over the dis
trict is eilenced in the halls Of Congress. =
No more shall it be heard there, either in
the full tide or in the ebb Of gentle cadences.
The piteous pleading for only once more
falls still-born even on the ears of his own
party friends. 1t is the same old song he
hes sung in dulcet strains s6 often, and il
has lost its power. The people have dis
covered his ungovernable thirst for office,
and have passed solemn judgment Of con
demnation on him, and have said that here
after they viii be represented by none but
White men. The piteous pleading Of his
friends injure his chances and make him
appear ridiculous. The people have got to
understand that no man has any rightful
claim to any Office, but that when they dc.
sire to exercise it, they have claims upon
any citizen. How foolish the promise ap.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-13

One cause Of Chase leaving the Cabinet
it is now said was the immoral and grossly
vulgar jokes regularly retailed by the Pres
ident, at Cabinet meetings, and which so
disgusted the Secretary. Old Abe still i'm
AGNES himself the Illinois rail splitter, F"
and enterains Cabinet officers and distin-
g!nished foreign ministers as he used in ''ye
22lden time, a promscuous crowd in a
Springfield, ILL.,, banoom instead Of the
head ofa great nation, This may be Re
publican simplicity(!l but the people, like
Mr.. Chase, will fail to see its proprety
at this time, and will promptly cut loose
from him, at the proper time, just as Mr.
Chase has done. 1t is too much like Ne
ro fddlng while Rome is burning" a...
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-13

Everything which this fatal. malsdy
touches it destroys Itfrst divided neigh
borhoods and excited mobS-it then dis
turbed the Churches and split them in two
it then divided politicians and arrayed
them into sectional parties = it then diyid
ed the States and plundcred us into civil
art then plundered the public treasu-
ry and destroyed the national credit : it lib
Grated negroes and left them to starve and
die With disease. And these are but ,tc,c
of its crimes. What it viii do next nobo-
dy can tell and unless the people unite and
put it down, half Of its horrors are not yet
accomplished. ''s- '.l"
The hair brainea malmen now tell us
that the great millennium is to follow
They mean perhaps, that the coUap$s is
approaching, If the cholera ever visits us
again, the physicians should say when the
patient is in the collapsed state, that he
had only joined the millennium = Crisis
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OFFICIAL WAR NEyys
WASHINGTON. ,JnIy Q

-, WASHINGTON, July 8,
An official dispatch from Mai-Gen. Wal
lace has just beon received, and states that
hattie tookpaes between forces under his
command and tue rebels at Mon6eacy TO-
day, commencing at Q O'Clock A. NJ, and
continuing until SIP NJ That our forces
were at length overpowered by the superior
numbers of the enemy and were forced 10
retreat in disorder He reports that Col.
Seward ofthe New York heavy artillery was
wounded and taken prisoner, and that Brig
General Tyler was also taken prisoner -
That the enemy's forces numbered at least
20.500 That our troops behaved well but
suffered severe loss. He is retreating to-
wards Baltimore. (Signed)
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War
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From the Nc50 PlrladtlPhia IeniocraL
sEJGdge HIcEIVain on fhe war;,

On the 4th inst, at the bic mic, the
| Judge made most extraordinary speech
All the argument was on the side OF the re-
! bels, while the conclusions were on our side
| lie argued thai, when three wears ago, we
| thought the war would be short we were
mistaken, When We thought the slaves
would rise en- maSse aud destroy their own
ers and thereby close the rebellion we
We're mistaken. When we Thought the
/ South had 10 resources, and could not hold
out, we were mistaken, when we thought
the emancipation proclamation would pro-
| dUoc grand insuTrectiom by the slaves,
/ which would help to crush the rebellion we
were mistaken. When we thought the am
! uesty proclamation would call to il rebels
10y the thousands to receive its benefits, we
| were mistaken. When we thought the
| emancipation proclamation would free thou-
sands of negroes, We were mistaken, eceu. e
| in fact none We're liberated except by theal.
vance aud forces of our army When we
| thought the South could not fight long
without money, and they had none, we were
mistaken because it is now known that they
can carry on the war without money!
| When we thought there were only small
| portion of the South that would fight us.
we We're mistaken, because the fact is they
| are all fighting us but we have more men
! than they and in the end we can wear them
| out. and in TACT we can carry on the war
without money TOO, Chase had done moth
/ ing great any school boy could have done
ali that Chase has done as Serretarv Of the
neasury. Any boy can ask his father for
money to go to a show, and if his father
gives him enough he can so, but if not he
| -, - = IL L.,
the government must have money 70 car
ry on the war, and the loyal people shelled
1t tight over "that's all about that, " -
I h Judge closed his speech with the fol
| loving peIoratlon.
fthis fight is. ike the cat fight, We Shall
still whip them finally. The story of the
cat fight is this; Two cats Of equal size and
! dimensions except that one had tail six
inches long while the Others was twelve
inches long They commenced the fight
and destroyed each other from the head at
an equal rate, until the body and six inches
OF the tails was gone, then OF course the one
was entirely scdup, while the other Lad six
| inches oftail left. and so we having the most
men will in the end have some left after
theirs are all used up. "'..r,
| The peroration is a fair sample Of the en-
| tire speech. Certainly since the war com
menced j have not heard a speech on any
subject, iii any way connected with the war,
! SO dlscoumging and gloomy as this speech.
/ The manner in which those who undertook
to manage the pic mic for selfish purpose
murdered the whole performance, must
have made the Judge lose his balance and
| forget the dignity due the day, the respect
due the few present, the regard due his
position as an officer, to say nothing OF
many other things which should have re-
strained any man from making such a
speech. .....
AN EYE WITNESS
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Secretary Seward confidential friend the
astute andwell known Thurow Woed, in a
letter from Washington, June 30th, to the
Albany Evening Journal, has the following
in reference to Secretary Chase:
THE people will breathe more freely
hope, almost worn out, Will revive with the
intelligence of to-day--Mr. Chase out of,
and Gov, Tod in, the Treasury Department |
Heaven be praised for isgleam Of national
sunshine; ii IS more precious eyen, than a
military victory. It IS a glorious financial
achievement, The long, weary day Of des-
potism is over. One clog is removed. a
man ao1to did not desire reconstruction 81
the Enion is out Of the Cabinet We can
begin now to penetrate the darkness which
has so long shrouded the political horizon.
-. ...s IT, W."
The foregoing is the ayernent of Sc.
ward friends in reference to Chsee.
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Tine Nsail GIinchesE.

Congress ceased its labors at noon on the
4th OF July; but before adjourning, the two
houses clnched the repeal Of the Commuta-
ton clause by concurring in the passage OF
bill amended so as to secure majorities in
both branhes, The bill as passed, authori-
zes the President to call for any additional
number Of volunteers, for one, two.or three
years as he may decide, and if these are
not furnished within ffy days after the call
is made, he shall proceed with draft for
double the number still required to he fur
nished 1t is said that the call will be for
100000 and that it will be issued immedi-
atey IF that number shall be required,
the proportion due from Ohio will be up
ward of50 GOO, and Licking countys share
will be between seven and eight hundred
After deducting those who have no wish to
be killed or wounded, and are likely
to turnup missing, this heavy draft, fol
lowing so quickly on the heels of the call
for 100000, will go far toward cleaning the
State Of the remnant of its able bodied men
liable to military service, - NeWafk Adro-
Pfyfp
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-13

Francis Key, son of the author Of the
Star-Spangled Banner, was arresed on Sat
urday last, charged with disloyalty. He
was locked upin the military prison to await
trial -BoItimore Sim. .99I
The charge Of disloyalty is about as ex-
plicit as to say 'as large asa piece Of chalk. T"
Disloyall where is that crime defined? We
shall have to get new political dictionary
that will tell us what is the nature of the
crime called disloyal Unless we know
what is meant by being disloyal, we may all
be thrown into jail for the offense. VIII
not some loyal Lacquer explain and define
the term p Gin. En0. 7"r
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Government In Kentucky.

The President has formally cancelled
what remained of popular government in
Kentucky, lv declaring martial law
throuch6ut thc State, The Government Of
Kentucky now and hencsforth. is the will
Of officers with military titles, arnoipted bv
the President or some one of his military
Srbordinates. A Sinale flourish Of The pen
has extinguishtd. in IN instant of time the
civil liberties Of Over million of DcopIe -
tranyforming them from cirizens TO subjects
under tbat which is, in form and practice
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-13

As nothing can be Of greater interest to
our readers than to know the amount cf tax
es that the Lincoln Administration propose
to grind out Of them, we publish in full the
Internal Tax Bill, which has just been pass
ed by Congress, ....r ,.., a..-.
1t is a monstrosity-something that we
never heard Of until the advent Of Lincoln
to power, Itexceeds the worst exactions Of
theiWorst Government in Europe, and yet il
is only apart Of the oppressive and vexatious
taxes that, are now being imposed upon us.
IF there are persons who read It and feel a
disposition tovote for Lincoln's continuance
in power, they will be public cliriosities. :
Under Democratic Administrations not one
Of these taxes ever existed.-Cn. Eng.
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Enormous ESp5cess

The people must stand aghast at the pros
pect presented to them in the future, with
prices as they are, and the necessaries of
life still on the rise ! Flour 50 per barrel !;
Coffee 60 cents per pound, or viii be within
a fortnight; sugar 50 cts. per pound; Cali
Goes 35 and 10 cts. per yard; 3Iuslns from
40 to Is cents; Gold huctuating between 2, :
40 and 800: Taxes DOUBLE what they ever
were before, and will be quml5vpled before
this time next year and prosperity call
for Eve hundred thousand more men!
Great Heavens! What is the nation
coming to, and how long are the people to
lie afflicted with the rule of such men as
control public affairs? Our readers "and
the rest Of mankind, who desire contin-
uance of the present condition of affairs,
may as well make up their minds to vote
for Abraham Lincoln, the wise and witty
President, who imagihes that upon bis call,
the last man will rush to battle and to
DEATH The present is no time for idle
talk or foolish speculation, because it is the
hour Of the nation S extremity, when patri-
OTIS blanche, statesmen tromble and fools
Jest! Let the people look to the very near
future, and ask Heaven to remove the dark
veil which hangs over our national affairs
and exhibit to us a bright and glorious tu-
turc - U0ch4nq Sentinel. ...-....-.l
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Keep II Before the People,

That last year the brazened- faced Lincoln.
ties of Ohio all cried out, Elect Brough,
andwe will have no more dfafts--no more
conscription." Brough waS elected, and
the country has heard nothing but calls fo,
more men and more money eyersince, What
a commentary upon the honesty and truthful
ness Of the Lincoln leaders What mons
trous lies they will tell, when they want pow.
er RI
Do these brawling babblers suppose that
the people will not remember these false.
hoods, and hold them to strict accountable.
ity for them in October and November nexti
Verify, the hand writing is on the wall, and
Shoddy will do well to heed its admonidons.
- jSSdr, Pies paper. 7fa.H ae
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-13

The first session of the 38th Congress,
says the Statesman, was brought to close
at half-past twelve O'Clock P. NJ, on Mon
day, the 4th, by the adjournment of both
branches. Little else was done during the
last month Of the session, than to get '''the
last dollar out of an already overtaxed peo.
pie, and to provide the means for putting
''the last man. into the army. Let us be
thankful that Congress has at length .ad-
iourned d. for had the session continued
longer, new measures of tyranny and op.
preston might have been found out and en-
acted into laws! ~.
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Official Dispatch from Conn
r1aneleP VVfMss0vy.

WAsuINGroN, July G.-The Navy De
partment received the following despatch
UNITED STATES STEAMER KEARsAGEs,
June 10 p NJ Sir: J. have the honor to
inform the Department that the day subse
quent to the arrival of the kearsage off this
port on the 18th instant, / received a note
from Capt. Semmes begging that the Kear
sage would not depart as he intended to
!. fight herand wo'd but delay hera day or two.
According to this notice the Alabama left the
port Of Chcrburg this morning at about $50
Q clock. AT 1920 a. NJ. we discovered her
steering towards the Kearsage and fearing
the question of jurisdiction, we steamed to
sea until a distance Of six or seven miles
was obtaiped from the Cherburg breakwa-
ter, when we rounded to and commenced
steeing for the Alabama. AS We approach
ed her within about 1900 yards, she opened
fire, we receiving two or three broadslders
before a shot was. returned. The action
continued, the steamers making a circle
round and round at u distance Of about
900 yards from each other. AT the expira-
tion Of an hour the Alabama struck her flag
and went down in about 20 minutes after
wards and carrying many persons with her
1t aHordseme great qualification to announce
that all did their duty. exhibiting coolness
which grave promise at the outset OF certain
victory. have the honor to be most re-
spectfilly yoar obedient servant.
ti 'iSigned, -.8 f-U1r Ig-
, a,5Yr ,JoHN A. WINsLow, Captain.
TO Hon. G. WELLEs Secy Of the Navy.
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We hope we shall not be accused Of trea-
son for republishing for the benefit Of all
concerned, the following choice relic Of the
past
From the New York Tribune, June |, 1916. ]
CHRISTIANITY AND WAR.
If some pestilence were now raging in our
Southwestern border, moving down hun
dred or two hnman beings per day, and
threatening to overspread the land, what a
profusion Of prayers, and tastngs and de
precautions Of Gods wrathful justice would
be heard from all our ten thousand church
esl If news had butt arrived that the in
habitants of the valley Of the Rio Grande,
no matter on which bank residing, We're pi-
ming and dying for food, what thrilling APP
peals would be made to Christian benevo-
lence through our newspapers What
meetings would be held to raise supplies OF
corn and cattle for our suffering dying fellow
men! Yet now, when we hear Of hundreds
recklessly slaughtered there-dying in ago
oozing gradually away into the burning
sands. and their bodies tumbied hurriedly
into boles like carton, mobs assemble to
shout and dance over the Hglorious tidings, .
and every ear is. strained for more bulletins
of butcheTy. We hear that the Mexican
army is starving, after being subsisted many
dayson barley, corn and salt, in a region
where fresh water is often region where
fresh water is often rarity and we think
not or care not that when an army begins to
starve the people must have starved alrea-
dy, and our patriots hurrah "That's right
Give it to emit Block up the mouth Of
the Rio Gandel Let them have nothing
to eat! Humble them /! Chastise them
Cut them down!"i Suchi war---such is the
devilish spirit wich creates and is cherished
by it. And what is our christianity, what
is the church lin which term we include all
organized societies of christians) doing to
arrest this complications of crimes and hor-
rorS2 U.GN ,4 n,8f7 f7ta.r,.. .sa.
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Yours, truly, LEVI q. BECK.
From Rev, J, Newton Brown, D. D., Edito

OF the Encyclopedia OF Religious Knowl-
edge, and Christian Chronicle, Phila.
Although not disposed to favor or recon-
mend patent medicines in general, through
distrust Of their ingredients and effects, l
yet know Of nosutlicient reasons why man
may. not testify to the benefits he believes
himself to have received from any simple
preparation, i'll the hope that he may thus
contribute to the benefit Of others. t
| do this the more readily in regard to
Hootiand's German Bitters, repaired by Or
G. Nj. jackson, of this city, because I was
prejqdiced against them for many years, un-
der the impression that they were chiefly an
alcoholic mixture. am indebted to my
friend, Robert Shoemaker, Esq, for the re-
movat Of this prejudice Ivy proper tests, and
for encouragement to try them when suffer-
ing from great aud long continued debility
The use OF three bottles Of these bitters at
the beginning Of the present year. was fol-
lowed by evident relief and restoration to
degree of bodily and mental vigor which
had not felt for six months before, and had
almost de2paired of regaining, I therefore
thank God and my friend for directing me
to the use Of them. l l#. e..
]. NEWTON BROWN, PhiPa.
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pears-''if they win but give this time he
viii trouble no more. - There are several
thousand in the district who viii accept it
upon the saGe terms. And theyhaye great
er claims than Mr. Bingham, too, as they
have serted no previous terms Hurrah
for John A.. the great o. S.
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RenubItcnn ConYentIon.

The Republicans of this county held their
nominating eonven;iOhuH Saturday last at
Belmont, and ground out the following tick
For Sheriff Hugh Mcmillan, Of Richland
township. @
AuditOr-David Thobup, of Richland
Cohmissioner-Tsaac Holloway of Flush
ing town. hin -
Director of theInfImmy-Wm. Ramage
Of Wheeling township.
This is the first time since the Organiza-
ton of the Republican party that they have
presented a full-blOoded Abolition ticket
/ The above are all very clever men, but are
ali John Brown AbOlitionl>ts, and TIE peo-
pie have row a fair opportunity to give an
expression in tavmofo against John Brown
ism Mr.. Thobmn was Editor Of the Bel
mont Chronicle, which paper declared that
the motives of John Brown--the murderer,
highway robber, horse-thief and assassin
were as pure as those OF Washington. lie
has also been engaged for the Government,
the last two yoaFS, in hunting up the lame,
halt and blind for Abraham S army.
The Convention did one eommendahle
thing-they gave the go-by to all the War
Democrats whooffered for Office That was
right; they merited and have received their
reward
They have done another thing, however,
that we donot think is quite right They
profess to be the only and true friends of the
soldier, and although number offered for
the different Offices, they all received the cold
shoulder-n0t a man of them was nominated, /,
although all were men fully competent for
the respective positions -sH+
The ticket does not give satisfaction. We
heard one republican say they were all wo0d-
en- men, and for his part he intended to vote
for live men ornone at all. t'' .,'t' ..-- ''b
The opposition are now in the field with a
full ticket Ought not the Democratic Cen
trail Committee to calla Convention to nom
mate ticket?-N CM6@iHe Gazette
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GoING TO FINISH THE TAsK.-Linenln
said in a late haranguesto the Faithful
"We are going through with our task if It
takes three years longer" That task
has been to ruin. the Government, and the
work is so far completed now that it will GER
tainly be finished by the 4th of March next
when Old Abe viii have to yield his place to
some one who will set about repairing the
damages he has done. .. III,
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OFFICIAL sources state that the rebel
force in Maryland is at least $4,000 strong
They have set fire to the bridge at Harper's
Ferry. .. i.|
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- IL NIJAN -NNIi,
Eighth below Coates Street, Philadelphia

From Rev. Warren Randolph, Pastor Of
Baptist Church, Germantown, Penn.
DIR. c. M. Jackson Dear Sr:-Personal
experience enables me to say that regard
the German Bitters prepared by you as
cold and general debility have been great
ly benefited by the use of the Bitters, and
doubt not they viii produce similar effects
on others. Yours, truly,
WARREN RANDOLPH,
artr po
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II is thought our loss under Wilson in
the late cavalry raid viii not exceed one
thuus and men, s.--..---' $500 --..