The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-01-14
Horrible Atrocity.

is reluted after the engagement in the
Palatimate Of Prasnysz, in which the Polish
leader I.euczica perished, several Polish
prisoners were brought to Miawa, to the
Russian scammnrdent Begdanowica. This
officer having perceived a boy CT II, among
the prisoners had him brought before him,
.Ridpsssei hun in insllting terms, and -four.
ishsd bis sROffd abose 81 ElgEisa
meanwhile stood utmoyed. and looked bold
ly into the eyes OF his rersecutoJ, who ioam-
ed at the mouth with rage "You Polish
vagabondl you Catholic hangdog! so, yon
are frightened, are you2" he exclaimed. To
this the boy quietly answered that he had
not feared him on the field of battle, and
cid not fear him then. "Do you not feSfs
me? We shall sSe" and with flourish Of
his sword the savage cut off the boys head.
which dashed against tho wall. The body
stood for moment with the hand raised,
and then fell on the boodstained floor bS
the side ofthe head, Begdanowicz meanwhile
takinga pull at his his brandy.aask. The
terrible deed was witnessed BY several per.
sons who were in the room at the time.
An Alb ,lition War-The Fact Confessed.
Tn time was when no higher
proof Of "disloyalty," to use the
phrase Of the lickspittles and pavai
sites of qower, could be afforded
than to call thisan abolition war"
"a war waged for the freedom of
the negro. Men were sent to Fort
Lafayette aud otherwise injured
tor giving expression TO that senti-
ment. But now what do we hear
OIL that score? The Rev. DR.. Mas.
SID, an English Abolitionist; has
recently returned homo from a visit
to this country, and ia lecturing
upon our war. In the course OF
his lecture at Glasgow, Scotland,
DR.. MAssIE described the great
change that had passed on public
opinion to slavery, referaing par
ticularly to the city of Washington,
where, after an address, tn, minis
ter Of the place said: "uad you
delivered that address a year ago,
you and all the meeting would
have been mobbed, and the church
gutted." lie believed that every
disaster had been to the advantage
of the anti'savery cause. Mr..
CHARLES SUMNER had said to him,
that he feared more their successes
than their defeats. Their successes
were likely to make the people
ready to say, "Let us patch it up
now." Their defeats we're q pro-
longatiou ofthe war, and gave the
people reason TO put the question
to themselves, why is God fight
ing against us 2 Why is he delay
irg the day of peace ? it is because
of slavery. Therefore let us aboI.
ish slavery"
DR.. NJ. referrs to his interview
with Mr. LINCOLN and Mr.. SUMNER,
in which the Massachusetts, Senal
tor laid down the real doctrine OF
the Abolitioniss, who now govern
the country, viz: that their great
Object is, to preUent the ,Uar from
being ended before negro slavery
shall have been abolished.
Thus the fast for which Demo-
Gratis were punished for stating, i,
confessed by Mr.. Sumner, the Abor
lition Senator from Massachusetts,
The war is AN ABOLITION ONE, which
it is not designed shall end until
negro slavery is abolished. Sum
ner is an exponent of the Admins.
tration. The cat is out of the bag
and there can be no more conceal
ment under the meal.-[Cln. Eng.
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