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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-04-21

on the public works, and continued at
such labor until the other shall be re-
leased, and receive the treatment due
to prisoner of war"
Colored troops and white officers in
command of them must be protected,
and nothing will do this but the most
rigorous execution of the order. If
the rebels will violate the usages of
war, they must suffer for it when they
fall into our hands.
heaassaere will excite the most
intense indignation throughout the
country, and we hope will rouse the
officers in command of the Department
to a sense of the necessity of prompt
and vigorous measures to rcpel the in
vasion of the barbarian Forrest. The
country was no doubt surprised to
hear of his riding up to Fort Pillow
with 5000 guerrillas, and slaughtering
tho garrison, and will be still more
surprised to hear that there is force
of 10000 or 10000 rebels now in the
Western part of Kentucky and Ten
nessec. Another raid through Ohio is
not impossible, nor even improbable,
and if it does come, it will cut wider
swath than did John Morgan.
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REBEL PAPER.
The following, of course, is from q
Richmond paper;

The following, of course, is from q
Richmond paper;
ave recommend to the earnest
consideration of those who still sup
pose the South can be conquered, the
eloquent and thrilling address of the
General Assembly of Virginia, that
grand and gallant old Commonwealth,
the mother of States and of statesmen,
the birth place of Washington, of Lee,
and Jackson. The defiant tone in
which it treats of the efforts to enslavo
the people Of the South, and tho elo-
quent language of denunciation in
which it refers to the barbarous sys-
tenn of warfare pursued by the min
ions Of the Washington dcspot, will
meet an echo in the heart of every
man who loves justice and hates op'
preston.
1--WE trust in God we shall never see
the day on which this glorious old
Commonwealth will be subdWed and
given over to the spoilor and the
plundercr; to tho Buffers and the
Schencks TO the liccnsed burglar and
inccndiary, melted and encouraged
by " the best government on the face
OF the earth" As to the freedom and
independence of the South, We have no
apprehensions. Her people can never
be conquered and, if that were posi-
ble Abraham Lincoln is not the man
to accomplish that subjugation."
Docs any one doubt that the above
was published in a rebel jonrnal
Isn't it plain that it was written and
printed within the limits Of the South
ern Confedcracy? Isn't every line o
it in such hearty sympathy with The
rebellion, and in such bitter hostility
to the cause of the Union, that a chile
might know it was printed within
the rebel lines? Considering the Lin
coin tyaanny and the muzaling OF th'
press, could II have been puDlisheo II
loyal State, and under the protection
Of tn Government?
1t could, and was published in tn
"Motropolitan Record" n pape
printed in New York. And yet tn
same papor howls about liberty c
speech and liberty of the press, an
the loss of both, Tue existence of tn
paper is a standing denial Of the chal
ges its makes, Tho fact that it is il
sued, gives tho lie to the repeate
assertion that it is issued under de-
potism.
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luuabus, and untenable by the rebels,
who have no doubt left that vicinity
ere this, having been disappointed,
with considerable loss, III the object of
their raid, which was the capture of
Columbus, whore they were promptly
and severely repulsed with no loss to
u.s. We are satisfied that due iuvesti-
cation will show that the loss of Fort
Pillow was simply the result OF a mis-
take of the local commander, who oe-
cUpiod it against direct orders; con-
tingency incident to all wars.
The rebels, according to official dis
patches received here last evening,
effected nothing at Paducah, losing a
soldier killed or wounded for every
horse they succeeded in stealing, and
leaving no other damage than a few
threats. 1t is believed Forests raiders
will neXtappear in the vicinity of Mem
phis, where they can effect no more
than at Columbus or Paducah, and
stand very fair chance indeed offnd-
ing themselves surmounted by oTer-
whelming forces.
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for hogs, and then allow him 70 re.
tainthe hams?
Have you bought cattle Of this same
Miller, since your former purchase,
and gave him the highest market price
for cattle, and then ride round through
the country pretending to buy cattle,
and when you were offered better cat
tie at less price than Miller's, say that
you only done it for blind, for they
were always throwing things up to
Miller?
Did you not buy an express load of
bacon of a friend, take it home in the
evening, and the next morning pitch
it over the fence? Most all farmers
would have taken it back, and said it
wasn't. good. 1897 Wa ata&
Are you still getting one dollar and
twenty-five cents for every day you
loaf in town? Since my last commu-
nicafion, I admit there has been a
slight improvement in this respect.
will take this occasion to say, that 1
have few more questions to ask when
the above are satisfactorily answered.
Hoping that the above questions are
in form, SO that you can answer them
to the satisfaction of the tax payers of
the county, L subscribe myself yours
until you are satisfied,
JOHN HUBER, i
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BILLY FINCK THE "DODeER."

On the Sth inst, Hon. Alexander
Long, the Democratic Representative
in Congress from the I'd District OF
Ohio, made a speech in favor of recog-
nizing the Southern Confederacy,
Hon, Benjamin G. Harris, Demo
cratic Representative from Maryland,
endorsed every word of the speech,
declaring that " he would mover vote a
man or dollar for this internal war,
and invoking Almighty God that the
South might never be snbjugated.'
A resolution was introduced to expel
Harris, for uttering reasonable senti-
mcnts, upon which the vote was i'm
mediately taken, and the resolution
was lost. Mr.. Wnck, the Representative
from this District, roted against tie e.r-
pulSion. Gen. Schenck Immediately
introduced a resolution severely cen.
suring Harris. Upon which Mr.
Hnck, the Representative from this Dis
trict, dodged.
Let it be remembered, then, that
Mr.. Fincli, by refusing to condemn
the utterancc Of reasonable senti
ments in Congress, tacitly endorses
them, and thus favors the recognition
of tho Rebel Confederacy, and is op
posed to the "subjugation of the
South" or, in other words, the sup
preston Of the rebellion. Let it bt
remembered, that, whether these ar
his sentiments or not, he betrays I
character which renders him unfit tt
represent loyal and honorable con
stituency, by skulking from the hall
of Congress and lodging an importan
vote.
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A business man ofNew York, ofthe
highest position and charactcr-a life
long dcmocrat-at the close of II bust
ness letter to citizen of Fort Wayne,
condenses the argument on this sub
iect, as follows:
81 rejoice in tho indications of pub
lie sentiment toward movements in IA
vor of the recollection of Mr.. Lincoln
measure of tho highest importance
to the country, and to be urged chiefly
for the three reasons, viz:
1st. His mqucstioned honesty, sin,
gleness of aim and qualification.
I'd Any change attempted now
while the country is engaged in this
terrible struggle for its national exist,
ence, will distract and divert the
minds of the people and give rise to q
scramble for office, domoralizing the
army and the country, and causing
relaxation of effort, and followed by {
change in all officers from the highest
to the lowest. t
3D.. The effect on foreignspublic sen
timent would be damaging to the last
as the cause for it would not be under
stood or explained, and would be con
strued into q condemnation of the pol
icy of the administration, and leading
to serious complications at 9home an'
abroad, . a '.rs ~
l think all good men should unite il
the support of Mr.. Lincoln, if for n
other reason than to demonstrate tn
stability of q popular Government AM
the unity of tho people, and their pur
pose to sustain the government an
nut down the rebellion,
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4 DIARRHGA AND DYsENTERY We have exam:
med great nulber of letters from some OF the most
promneni citizens of Cincinnati and Coyingtoni etc,
Speaking IN the highest terms Of DR. Stricklands An
teholora Mixture forthe cure Of fdarrhma and dgsen
terry. The letters are too longto pubah, Mt Wood,
of toyinvton, says he was pronounced incurable ny
nv the best doctors in Cincinnati and one bottle OF
Dr. Strickands Anti-choera Mixture efiecteda per.
manent cure after suffering for months with the worst
form of diarrhma and dysentery. 80,
Another says he was discharged from the United
Statesseryce after sAieringin the montns
as ineurabe, and last resource, tricd Dr. strsn
lands Anti-cholera Mixture he got well drecuy, ana
has now entered the army again in good health tme
man writes he has cured seven or eight very PAD cases
of diarrhqa and dysentery in the barracks he wns IN
with one bottle oftbis valuable medicine In iAct We
conid fllhalf our paperwth snllaritems nom thf,e
iet,ars WHY does not our government secure this
invaluable preparation. ouraftny ought to be sup
pied wthit, tits but short time since one of our
men laid IN avery low condition at one our Cncn'
nt hosbitals his wife sent for the doctors con
aSared ks an hopeless case She however. gave him
sr,ckiands Antickolera Mixture, and in three weeks
no was able TO return home with his WHO 70 Ney
Richmond, o. All these cascs right at nome SPEAK
for thnnsrlvN~. hope al the soldiers vii put :
bottl,-6itir,tFn '24nsarlts Its for sale py
gists at;Ocent5 per bottle, nS.4 AKA "fl
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Fort Pillow Abandoned by tho Rebels
Guerrilla Outrages in Arkansas.

CAIRO, April 1.-THE main body of
rebels left Fort Pillow Friday morning,
and the rear-guard in the afternoon,
taking all the small arms, destroying
alltho ammunition and everything else
destructiblc, Late advices from Du-
wallis Bluff report the country infested
with guerrillas, who aro constantly
robbing the people, and committing
all manner Interpretations. Mr.. Nix
on, State Representative from Frank
lin county, has been murdered, and the
representative from Arkansas county
kidnapped, and nothing has been heard
from him since On the 1lth, 400 Tex
an Cavalry attempted to surprise a
camp of 24O Federals at Rosevillc, on
the Arkansas river, but were repulsed
with the loss Of twelve killed and a
large number wounded Our loss was
five killed.
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The Capture OF Fort Observation-Disclosures
Threntened--Thc Federal Loss,

WASHINGTON, April l6,-YesterdayI
about 5 o'clock, dispatches were re.
ceived here from General sherman, con
frming the surrender of Fort Pillow,
and the brutal conduct of the rebels
afterwards, which bids fair to be am
ply retaliated in that quarter in duo
time. The Star says according toGcn-
eral Sherman, our loss was 50 white
troops killed, and 100 wounded, and
800 black troops murdered in cold blood
after the surrender, e-,,l y.
Fort Pillow is an isolated place ,ofnc
valucwhatcvor to the defence OF Co
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Ereot Of the Fort pillow Massacre.

MEMPHIS, April 15.-Therc is not
much said, but general gritting of teeth
among officers hero when the massa-
ere of the brave garrison at Fort Pill
low is alluded to. | have heard sever
al officers say that unless the Govern
ment takes rctaliatory steps, they
should consider it their duty to shoot
every man of Forests command they
met, taking no prisoners. The soldiers
have threatened to shoot Forests men
now in Irwin prison, if they could get
II chance This is the general feeling.
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The Capture OF Fort Pillow and Massa-
ere of the Carrison

AhC CNpNhAG u EoAN EAAAONN AAAtA Aoa1ou~
ere OF the Garrison.
CAIRO, April 14.-On Tuesday NOR
ming, Forrest, with some 6,000 men at
tackled Fort Pillow. Soon after the at
tack Forrest sent a flag goftruce demand
ing the surrender of the Fort and garri-
son, meanwhile disposing his forces SO
as to gain decided advantage, Major
Booth, Of the 18th Tennessee Cavalry,
was in command of the Fort, with 400
of that regiment and 200 Of the first
battalion 9th U. S. heavy artillery,
formerly the 1st Alabama cavalry col
ored. L,
The flag of truce was refused, and
fighting resumed. Afterward second
flag came in, which was also refused
Both flags gave the rebels the advan-
tage of gaining new positions. The
battle was kept up till 3 P. M. when
Major Booth was killed, and Major
Bradford took command. The rebels
now came in swarms, overpowering
our troops and compelling their sur
render,
Immediately upon the surrender, en-
sued scene which utterly battles des-
cription. Up to that time compare
lively few Of our men were killed, but
insatiate as fends, blood-thirsty as
devils incarnate, the Confederates COM
menced an indiscriminate butchery of
whites and blacks, including those Of
both colors previously wounded.
The black soldiers becoming demo-
rallied, rushed to the rear and white
officers having thrown down their
arms, both whites and blacks were
bayoneted, shot or sabred Even dead
bodies were horribly mutilated. Child
rem seven or eight years old, and sever
al negro women were killed in cold
blood.
Soldiers unable to speak from wounds
were shot dead and their bodies rolled
down the banks into the river. Dead
and wounded negroes were piled in
huts and burned, and several citizens
who joined our forces for protection
were killed or wounded. Out of gar
rison Of 600 only 200 remained alive.
Among our dead officers, Capt Brad
ford, Lieut.. Baser Ackerstelm, Wilson
r. Revel, and Major Booth, all of the
18th Tennessee Cavalry, Captain Pos
ton, and Lieut. Logan, of the 18th Ten
nessee. Captain Young of the 9th
Missouri, acting Provost Marshal taken
prisoners; Major Bradford, was also
captured, but it is said have escaped
1t is feared, however, has been killed.
The Steamer Platte Valley came up
about half past three; she was hailed
by Rebels under flag Of truce. Men
were sent ashore to bury the dead and
take aboard such wounded as the rebels
had allowed to 1.-Two Fifty-seven were
taken aboard, including seven or eight
coored.
Eight died on the way up. Tht
steamer arrived here this evening ant
Immediately gentlemen Of the Mounc
City Hospital made arrangements t.
discharge her suffering cargo. Among
the wounded office of colored troops
are Captain Porter, Lieut.. Sibbcrt
and Adjutant Lemming.
Six guns captured by the rebels wcr'
carried off, including two ten pounds
PARROTS and two twelve-pounder how
itzers, and large amount Of store
B destroyed or carried away. The in
tention of tho rebels seemed to be &
cvacute the place, and move on to
wards Memphis.
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A GREAT COMET PREDIcTED,--An
English paper publishes an extract
from q Melborne letter, which says
Professor Nowmager, on a three years
scientific visit from Bavaria, tells us
that in 1866 u comet shall come so
close as to cndangcr this our earth /;
and should it not attach itself Gas one
globulo to another) nor annihilatc us,
the sight will be most beautiful to be-
hold. During three nights we shall
have no darkness, but bo bathcd in
tho brilliant light Of the blazing train,
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Negro soldiers Buried alive by tho Rebels

Carlo, April 15,-Two negro soldiers,
wounded at Fort Pillow, who were
buried by the rebels and alorward
worked themselves out OF their graves,
were among those brought upon the
Platte Valley, and are now in the hos
pital at Mound City, The officers of
the Platte Valley receive great credit
from the military, and all others, for
landing at Fort Pillow, at imminent
risk, and taking on our wounded, and
for the kind and humane treatment
manifested them ON the way up, doing
every thing possible to render aid and
relieve their sutferings, t
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Fort Pillow Completely DestrOyed--FOr.
rests Next Movement.

NeAI
CAIRO, April 16.-The steamer Glen
dale, the first boat from below since
the temporary blockade, has just ar
rived from Memphis. Her officers in
formed me that no distractions by the
rebels exist between this place and
Memphis.
The rebels have evacuated Fort Pill
low, after destroying every thing des-
tractiblo which remained to distinguish
il as military post. They burned
every building, and remnant of build
ing. and completely bIowed up all the
walls and Notifications of the defensive
works.
it is not known in what direction
Forrest marched, bit we would not be
surprised to hear Of him in the vicini-
ty of Memphis or Paducah very soon.
General Chalmers told his troops he
was going to Memphis to make call
but it is not probable. 1t is more like
ly he will make his tracks further East
to effect his escape or attack Paducah
in force with the attention of crossing
the river into Illinois or continuing
his raid, stimulated by recent success,
further into Kentucky.
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Mut,ny ln a Rebel brigade

NEw YoRK, April 19.-The Rich
mond papers report a riot in General
Warford's Georgia brigade at Bristol,
Tom, recently. Some 200 members
bcing dissatisfied with their rations,
the store of the commissary was plum
dored, The provost guard fired upon
them, killing one and wounding five
or six. The rest escaped with plumber;
A number had since been arrested,
and would be sharply punished. The
men were armed with stones n
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relsome manner, bat as neighbor
with whc,n yea wish to consult and
reascs Concerning % matter in which
both have a great interest,
Work, and Fairfield county will be
redeemed. The stain shall be wiped
from the name of our county, which,
notwithstanding the party which rules
1t, has sent SO many gallant men into
the army.
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All d4IlSu POittlCdlO organization TO con-
troll the country. Freemen Awalle
Arouse!-The wolf is on the Track
Organize and Arm yourselves Open
ly and Speed.ty-Prepare to Defend
your Homes from the Attacks of
Midnight Assassinsl
The article goes on to state that
there existed in Ohio secret military
league, which was nothing more than
a secret armed Republican organiza-
ton, the objects and aims Of which are
to suppress public opinion and to cs-
tablish despotism over the minds and
hearts Of the people"
1t then gives the following advice TO
its readers:
"We must organize and that spcedi-
ly, in every township and school dis
trict in the county. Let erery Demo-
crat arm himself and be prepared at all
times, in all places and at a momentSAo-
tice to defend himself and friends from
these secret armed conSpiratOrS against
all those rights uhich ne hold most
dedrP
It goes on further: "If we are re.
quired to acquiesce in every act Of the
administration, however unconstitu-
tional, under the pains and penalties
OF having lot loose upon us an army Of
secret conspirators to pillage our prop
erty and destroy our lives, then we say
to the people, RESIST NTH all the means
all the force and all the pOwer which
God and nature has given them. -
rThc small capitals and italics in this
last quotation are the Eagles.
In the same issue it closes an article
on the Conscription Bill as follows;
"Thc people wjA have their rights
their own rights, peaceably if they can,
or foroibh, if they must---tor have them
they ~HIlTThe italics are the Eagles.
In the issue Of July 3Oth, 1863, the
Eagle closes an article with the follow
ing warning
"Republicans, will you ever "dry
up" We rarn you no,c, nc uarn you
in edraeSH BeWareP
We might find through tho files ol
the Eagle numerous other passages
warning Union mon to beware, and
advising Democrats to arm, but these
are sufficient The Copperhcad lead,
ers repeated the same warnings and
Tho Same advice upon the stump du-
ring the last campaign. And the fact
is we'll known that nearly every Dem,
ocrat in the county followed this ad
vice, aud armed himself with a revolv
cr These warnings, this advice tC
arm, this play upon the passions OF th'
people, and this constant effort to en-
bitter Democrats against Union men
have had thoir effect and logical rcsul
in the double murder committed il
our midst.
A near relative to John See has de
clared that if the Eagle had never ad
vised the carrying Of arms, the mur
der would never have been commit
tod.
Thore is upon the souls Of the Cop
perhead leaders OF this county th
blood of two noblo young men, VIII
died in tho cause, not by the bullets G
the manly foe in front, but by the bul
let's of the treacherous enemy VIII
skulks in the rear. There is II stat
upon their hands which all tho waite
Of the occan will not wash out, and
smell in the nostrils OF tho pcopl
which all tho spices Of Araby' vii
not remove.
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No Mercy to be shown to Southern
Yankees,

CAIRO, April 15- Three negroes were
burned alive by rebels at Fort Pillow,
making five in all. AN were wound
ed but one, he. was forced to help dig
tho pits and was then thrown in and
covered up Chalmers said to a Fed
eral officer on tho Platte Valley, it was
their intention to SHOW no mercy to
homemade yankees, meaning south
erns serving in the Union army and
negroes, but genuine yankees would
be treated as prisoners Of war.
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Shocking Details OF the Massacre Mt Fort
PiIlow-ButChery In HOspitnl---White
Officers and Men Shot after Surrender
The Massacre Approved by the Rebel
OfFicers.
ST. LOUIS, April ia corespon-
dent Of the Union who was aboard the
steamer Platte Valley at Fort Pillow,
gives even a moro appalling descrip-
tion Of the fendishncss Of the rebels
than our Cairo dispatches. Many Of
our wounded were shot in the hospi-
tai. The remainder We're driven out
and the hospital burned.
The morning after the battle the
Rebels went over the field and shot
the negroes who were dead from pre-
vious wounds. Many of those who
escaped from the works and hospitals,
who desired TO be treated as prisoners
of war, as the Rebels said, were or
dered to fall into line when they were
inhumanly shot down. OF $50
colored troops, not moro than fifty
six escaped massacre and not one Off
cor that commanded is surviving
Only four officers of the 18th Tennos-
see escaped death, The loss of the
18th Tennessee is eighty-dvo killed
and the remainder wounded and cap
tured. .r. .....
General Chalmers told this Cores,
pondent that although it was against
the policy of his Government to spare
negro soldiers and their officers, he had
done all in his power to stop the earn
age at the same time, he said, he be
lieved it was right Another officer
said our white troops would have beer
protected had they notbeen on duty
with negroes. While the rebels en-
doavored to conceal their loss IL wa'
evident they suffered severely, Col
Reed, commanding Tennessee regi
ment, was mortally wounded, Their
were two or three well filled hospital
a short distance in the country.
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

A SUPERIOR REMEDY.-We can consclentiously
TO those suffering from distressing
cough DR. Stricliland's Meiiuous Cough Balsam,--
II gives almost instant relief and is not dsagreeAbe
to The taste There is no doubt but the Mellihuous
and r All that its proprietor claims for ii, We have
tried II during the past week, and found rsllefiroma
most distressing cough lts prepared by Or. streS.
land No q East Fourth st., Cincinnati, ", andh lot
sale by Druggists at SO cents Iorbottle, salG.d y