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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
The First Abolitionist.

From the Specimen Pages Of Greeley's Work
on the War.
Benjamin LuDdy deserves the highest
honor of ranking as the pioneer Of direct
and distinctive Anti.slsvery in America.
Many who lived before and contemporary
with him were Abolitionists; bu. be was
the first OF onr coun,rymen who devoted
his life and all his powers exclusively TO
the cause Of the slave. Slight in frame,
and below the common height, unassum.
ing in msnner and gentle in spirit, he gave
the cause OF emancipation neither wealth
nor eloquence, nor lofty abilities, for he
had them not; but his courage, persever.
ance and devotion were unsurpassed, and
these combired TO render him formida.
bic, though disregarded If not despised,
antagonist 10 our national crime.
In the year l8l5,when 90 years Of age,
he organized an antislavery association,
known as the "Union Humane Society"
whereof the first meeting was held at bis
own house, and consisted Of but 5 or six
persons. Within few months its num-
bers were swelled TO four or five hundred,
and included the best and most promi.
nent ciiizens.oi Belmont and The adiacen,
counties. Lundy wrote an appeal TO phi
lanthropisis on the subject OF slavery, that
was first printed on the 4,h of January,
1916, being bis twenty seventh birthday.
Short and simple as it was, il contained
the germ Of the entire antislavery move
ment. A journal entitled the PLilanthro.
2ist, was soon after started AT Mount
Pleasant by Charles Osborne; and Lun.
dy, at the editors invitation, contributed
to its columns, mainly by selection. IN
few months be was urged by Osborne
TO join him in the newspaper enterprise,
and finally consented 10 Go SO, removing
10 Mount Pleasant. He there started, in
January, 1921, monthly entitled "Tbe
Genius Of Universal Emancipation" He
commenced it with six subscribers, him i
self ignoran. of printing and without ma.
tetias, having his work done al Steuben-
vile. 90 miles distant, travelling tbither
frequently on foot, and returning with
bis edition on his back. Four m onlks "a.
Ter he had very considerable subscrp.
tion list.
In 1898 he travelled eastward, lectur.
ing and soliciting subscribers to his Ge.
MUS, calling, in New York, on Arthur
Tappan, VIM. Gcodsell, and other anti.
slavery men. AT Boston he could hear
Of no AboIilionists, but made the acquainl.
ance at his boarding house, Of William
Lloyd Garrison, fellow boarder, whose
attention had not previously been drawn
TO the slavery question, but who readily
embraced his views. He visited success.
fully most OF the clcrgymen in Boston,
and induced eight Of them, belonging to
various sects, to meet him. Ali Of them
on explanation, approved his labors, and
subscribed for his periodical; and. in the
course Of few days, they aided him te
hold an antislavery meeting which wal
largely attended.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
Thad. Morrice, the Speakers Page.

No one who has been accus cd to at
tend tho sessions of Congress during tho
past fifteen years, has failed to notice, at
tho right of the Speaker a tall, slim, pale
faced, bright looking lad, who gradually
grow up into manhood, and still retained
his position and title, which was that of
Speakers page" No matter what party
was in power in Congress, Thad. Morrice
was retained. Every new Speaker 70 nnd
him an almost indispensable assistant. -
Standing just at the Speakers elbow; with
bis arm leaning upon the desk, aud his
chin resting upon his hand, which WAS
between the Speaker and The audience-in
that attitude of whispering TO tho Speaker,
the faithful Thaddous has stood during
many sessions of Congress, tho prOmptor OF
Boyd, Banks, Orr, Pennington, Grow and
Cofax. 1t is said be knew moro Of Par
liamsntary law than any man in America
And he knew every member of tho House
in all these Congresses. 1t was bis especial
business to know thom. No Speaker could
get along without such an assistant, at fi.st.
When Pennington was Speaker, q good
portion of all tho words he uttered were
literally put into his ear by Thad lie did
not know one quarter of the members even
by sight, ond was sadly deficient in Para-
mentary law When any member arose, he
would say. "the gentlemen FROM" generally
without the loast idea what State he was TO
name, but so prompt was Thad. to give it,
and so unobserved in doing so, that not one
in hundred who was not cognizant with
the process would imagine but what PEN
| nington know all the members. And many
and many timo the old man would com.
monce the statement of question, not
knowing how he was to finish his sentence
which was furnished and finished BY the
youthful pariamentarian at bis elbow. No
Speaker that presided over the House was
so we'll able to dispense with the services
tba. Tbad Morrice performed, as Schuyler
Colfax, who is the most successful Speaker
ever elected by an American House of Rep.
resentatives; yet MIR. Colfax cannot fai! to
miss greatly tho "speaker's page" and
many old members, amid the hustle and
hurry of legislative affairs, will find time to
indulge in a retrospective glance at the
services, and pay tribute to the memory
efthe ever-faitbful Thaddeus Mcrrico. whose
prompt and timely needfu words will never
bo whispered into tho ear of another Speak
er.-Wash. Cor. 81. Louis Dem.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
How TO PREVENT THE DEFAcING MAR

How TO PREVENT THE DEFAoINa MARKS
OF SMALL Pox "A celebrated physician of
New Orleans, NJ. ScHUPPERr, M. d. in the
True Delta, gives tho following method ci
preventing disiguration by this dreadful!
disease. He says:
While it is known to medical men that o
total suppression of the eruption of small
pox will endanger the life of the sufferer, it
is proved by experience that such a sup
preston can be undertaken on small por-
.ions of tho body, for instance tho face,
without harm. The pomade of Baudeloque,
made OF six parts of pitch, (pig nigra,) ten
parts of yellow wax, and tweDty-four parts
of mercurial ointment, will answer that
purpose. When used. it should be warmed
and all parts of the skin of the face be GOV.
cred and kept covered continually for the
space of four days; the salve. if It proves
efficacious, must be applied on the first oil
second day the eruption has broken out.
Four days after the application, when re
moved, the eruption will have remained
papulous, aud the spots. will disappear il
time. without leaving any marks behind.
Having experienced the good effect
from the administration of this remedy
we hope the press will promulgate it b.
publication. and eern their thanks from tn,
smiling faces Of those whom il will bav,
spared frigbtful dishguration.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08

SMILEs.-Smiles are like rainbows, giving
new beauty to every feature of tho face
displaying amid the clouds, the sunshine of
happiness that is to light the pilgrim from
gloom to tho broad pathway of mirth and
gaiety. Who has not felt the influence of a
smile? There is none living who has not
at times felt the dark tide of sorrow stifle
In every impulse, and fill bis whole being
with dark and grim forebodings in view OF
his earthly existence, and perhaps dwelling
on that higher view of an endless eternity,
beholding naught but grief and unchanging
woe. But then what change does a smile
produoe--all clouds, storm and sorrows
vanish In moment, and be, the mourner
becomes at once prince Of happiness. Oh
ye who mover weep, smile on those who do
God gave to you the gift; ihcn let thy talent
be rendered tenfold when thy Stewardship
shall DO reviewed..
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
Paster Nv seG church in charge.
A BRIDEGROOM PuzzLEp.-One OF the

A BRIDEGROOM PuzzLED.-One OF the
Brooklyn papers tells laughable story
about puzzled bridegroom. The bride
stole away in the evening, and sent her
twin sister, clad in the wedding fnery,
10 take her place beside her loving hus.
band. The cheat remained undiscovered
until the false bride could personate the
true no longer, when she boldly told the
astonished Benedict that she was not his
wife, and refused 10 retire with him.
In vain he protested, and in vain the as.
sembled company bore witness 10 the
marriage ceremony, and argued to over
come her girlish scruples--she stoutly
maintained before the astonished guests
and as:onished groom that she had never
welded any man. At last her mother
was brought forward 10 talk 20 the re-
fractory young lady. but, after putting on
her spectaces and going through with a
deliberate inspection, she announced the
important fact. "Wby, Mr.. Brown, you
did not mary that girl; voa married Fan
ny. and this is Jane. dressed up in Fanny's
Clothes"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
A Scouts Exploit.

A letter Fl ON Port Hudson says Zone
of our scouts, Philbrick, OF The Third
Massachusetts cavalry, recently rode out
alone within The enemy's lines, and cap.
tured a rebel colonel, with an audacily
that deserves especial notice. COL Brad.
ford was visiting his affianced. at aplan-
tation house four miles from Jackson,
where he supposed he was entirely safe,
for the rebel pickets were within CALL
Philbrick, late at night, stole into the ne.
gro quarters, and learned from the slaves,
who are always our friends, all that he
wished 10 know. Quietly fastening his
horse, be crept 10 the front door, thrust
it open, and, piston in hand, astonished
the assembled party with a sight of a
Union soldier on the rampage. The scout
Numbered out his orders to an imaginary
company, through the back window,
kicked over the whist table, smashing the
goblets and bottle Of Widow Cliquot,
that had probably paid recent duty at
Baton Rouge, disarmed the colonel, and
took both him and his servant prisoners,
mounted them on their own horses, and
brought them off amid the tears and
lamentations OF the afianced and her
friends. Through by.roads the unlucky
colonel was brought safe 10 camp. and is
now on the way TO Virginia with letter
of introduction TO General Butler. The
prisoner nearly ground up natural set OF
teeth when he learned that his capture
had been effected by single soldier,
armed no better than himself"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08

WHEN DOES EDUoATIoN BEGIN ?-When
is character formed? Is it not during
the first third OF human life? How is it
formed? Is it not by education? This ed.
ucation begins with the life OF childhood.
Parents are its first educators. "We
must begin the education OF our child
early" said gentleman TO his wife, when
their first. born was three or four months
old. "Its education is already begun"
replied the mother, "it commenced with
the first day of its being. During the
first three nights o! its life, light was
KEEP! burning in my chamber. On the
fourth it was extinguished, and The child
became restless and clamorous for the
light" The quick eye of the mother
saw that the child noticed. willed, cried
to accomplish its desire. The refusal of
that mother to relight her lamp, began
the training OF that cbild's will, and the
formation of its character. Thus, from
the first, is character formed chiefly by
the parent. In due lime the teacher also
becomes the educator, and plies his form
alive task with good or il! effect, until
the bent Of the now grown-up child.lile
is fixed, and his character determined.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
Speech From Vice.President Hamlin.

AT the organization of political club
in Philadelphia, last Friday, Vice-Presi.
dent Hamlin said
There IS class OF men in every COM
munily who tell us we must have "lhe
Constitution as it is and the Union as il
was" That idea carries with ii the idea
that we must receive back the men whose
bands are reeking with the blood Of our
fathers and sons-that we must restore
The status Of slavery where il has been
broken and upturned. The mai who ar.
CUES thus would roll back the tide of
freedom flowing over ransomed territory,
and bring back 10 power the traitors who
have sought 10 destroy us.
Man is everywhere 10 stand erect in the
dignity of freedom. The emancipation is
uot TO be rolled back, but 10 be rolled on.
We are not to close this war until the
cause oil it is removed. Long applause.
We are 10 stand upon higher civilization
even than that given BY our fathers. We
are going 10 plant this government upon
basis of freedom, that shall render i.
stable for all coming time. The progress
toward that result is fast and raLid. No
man can tell the precise time when this
rebellion is 10 be broken, bat the signs OF
the times already show US the beginning
OF the end. 1t is now narrowing. lis
limits are circumscribed. The hope OF
division in the North has been one of lhs
great and paramount causes that have
buoyed them up. The North is united,
from the pine forests Of Maine 10 the old
Keystone State, for constitutional liberty
over the Union.
The rebels see it and feel its effect An.
other hope that stimulates them was, that
the resources OF the North would not be
contributed to the Government. Thew
were again mistaken. They have failed
in everything. When they see this fully,
the rebellion must and will come to an
end.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08

Is THE Moon INHABITED PROF. VI. d,
Small, of Lincoln College. Oxford, concludes
that the moon may be Inhabited, though
the existence Of any atmosphere on that
planet, an essential condition of life, has
never yet been discovered. Mr.. Hausen,
however, distinguished continental as
tronomer, has proved that 10 the case of
the moon the center of gravity and the
center of hguro are not coincident, one
being distant from the other eigh, miles.
Thus her sphere is composed of "a light and
heavy half. From this, Prof. Small oon-
cludes that as air and water would naturally
gravitate to the heaviest side, the hidden
half of the moon may be a world cores
pondng to our own in its leading conditions
as to animal life.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
w HOLE NO. 743.
An Hour at the Cffice of the Provost
Marshal General,

A correspondent OF the Ohio ,Sto,e
Journal gives an interesting account OF
visit 10 TIE Office Of the Provost Marshal
General OF Ohio. The writer says:
Soon after entered, an Orderly
brought in the mail-about q peck.
First letter reads, "Captain-enlisted
and credited him to-in-Dis.
rict. / wish 10 know il the proper credit
is given" "Cletk, take this up 10 Major
Starr, Chief mastering Officer, and see
1t that man is credited to--.o wnship."
Boy enters with telegraphic dispatch.
"Order the Provost MarshaIs 20 be ready
for the draft" "Major, send circular
TO each Provost Marshal 10 prepare for
the draft" Nineteen circulars are pre-.
pared and sent off. While these ore
prep airing, woman. evidently from tie
Emerald Isle, enters-"Yer riyerance.
my son has listed, and he's but sixteen,
sure"
GLOW old did he tell the officer lie
was?" "Bedad, sure, they told him he
could not lis; cept he was eighteen; and
so he told them be was eighteen" "If
your son told the officer be was eighteen,
and swore TO 1t. l can't help you. The
only relief is by an application to the Sec
retary Of War"
Another letter is opened-"My son isin
Tod Barracks. He is over eighteen, but
was drunk when he enlisted. want
him discharged" "Major, refer that let.
ter TO Col. Bourbank, as he is in com.
mand OF the troops at the Barracks"
Enter an officer with an eagle on his
shoulder-"Colonel, sm ordered TO
report 10 you. My regiment has re-
enlisted as veterans, and will be here this
evening TO be iourloughed."
"You will furlough them. and sign the
furloughs by my order. l have no time
to sign them"
Another letter opened-"Dcscrip,iye
list of dese' Iers from-Regt." "Maior,
send those lists to the proper Provost
Marshals."
Another lady enters-"My husband Is
in the hospital, and his health is so i'm.
paired that he will never be fit for service
again. l want 10 get him discharged"
major, refer this case to Surgeon Stan.
ton for report"
The lady left, and so did I. Four let
ters. out of perhaps City, had been dis.
posed OF. and this gives you the resul, Of
an hour OF the twenty-four.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
The Well of Samaria.

There is hallowed charm, a sacred
spell, magic like influence, that holds
our spirits in awe when we first set our
foot upon the now barren soil of a once
favored land; and as we climb the lofty
mountains, and range the valleys Of an
cient Judea, in imagination we again hear
the mourntul melody Of the harp that has
long since been hung upon ihe willows.
But, dreary and desolate as this land
now is, there are many places Of thrilling
interest to the traveller. Among these is
the Well of Samaria, rendered immortal,
not because of its antiquity, although cen.
turies have rolled round since the good
old patriarch first dug Tor its cooling wa
ters; not for its beauty, although both ma.
ture and art might have combined to rem.
der il doubly enchanting, the pure, !mpid
waters Of the fountain spfnging forth out
OF the bosom OF the earth, rejecting back
the rays Of the morning sun, ,ha, shone
like diamonds upon its surface; nor yet
for its utility, although many gentle
maiden watered her fathers flock from
its exLaustless fountain,- and filled her
pitcher for the more pressing wants Of her
household.
Time. tina. almighty rushing flood, has
long siuce swep! these things into the Oh
livious ocean; but there are other and
better reasons for perpetua,ing its mem.
ory. The eterna, and ever. blessed God,
while clothed in his mortality, deigned 10
sit by it, and teach the ignorant, calling
forth the attention OF his hearers to the
waters OF eternal life. Ask yonder fe-
male, who has left her waterproof, and is
Fastening to tie city OF Samaria, how long
she will remember it; and what will her
answer be? Ask the gathering lhrong
who are following her footsteps to tha,
we'll, when i: will cease 10 be thought Of
and will they not reply: Eternity alone
can answer?-and as they sit down by
the side of Jacobs we'll, and hear the
words of the meek and lowly Savior. tell
ing them that if they drink the waters O
eternal life. they would thirst no more?-
Oh, how do they bless the day when tha
well was dug, to be pulpit from which
the waters Of life have been preached tc
them, and satisfied the thirst of their i'm
mortal souls! o, We'll Of Samaria, how
honored hast thou been and no marvel
among the runs and the wreck of time
thou hast still found place where the
empire Of mighty monarchs cannot bt
pointed out.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08

ARTEsIAN WELLS IN THE DEsERT.-
Modern science is literally making "tbe
desert to blossom as the rose" In the
great desert of Sahara. in 1860, FIVE
artesiau wells had been opened, around
which vegetation thrives luxuriantly;
thirty thousand palm trees and thou.
sand fruit trees were planted, and two
thriving villages established. AT the
depth OF little over FIVE hundred feet, an
underground river or lake was struck ,and
from two wells live fish have been thrown
up, showing that there is large body Of
water underneath.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
Our Fortified Works Ga the -Missis ippi

Few people, remarks the New York Times.
are aware of the large number of mpregua.
bly, fortified works tha. are being con
structed along tho Mississippi river by our
troops-manly by negroes. By impreg.
nablo VIC do not moan that all these works
arc absolutely beyond the possibility of
capture by any conceivable force but sim
ply that they cannot be taken by any enc.
my that could be marched or masseG against
them-not, for instance, by the whole mill
tary power of tho Southern Confederacy,
much less By tho combined armies and ma.
vies Of France and England. The rebels
indicated to us what were the strongest
natural positions on tho river and some of
them they mado hard fort to hold, but
in such and every instance thoy failed for
tho want of proper appliances. These po.
stions, such as Port Hudson, Vicksbure
and othors, have been taken hold of BY our
troops, and around them have been built
new works, compared with which the rebel
works were contemplate, while our applian.
ces of artillery ard our iron. clad naval SUD.
ports add indefinitely to their superiority.
We venture to say that,if JEFF. Davis were
to marshal all the armies of the South
against Vieksburg, be could not capture it
in twenty years.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08

PARESrAL.--Severai years ago husband
apd wife quarroled and separated. In order
that his son, then an infant of three months
old, might be recognized should no grow
up, the father cut both OF his thumbs. The
son grew to manhood, and enlisted 10 the
Sixth Conn. Volunteers. He was on guard
at Hilton Head, 8. O., ono day. when the
father recognized him by the marks be had
so tenderiy (:) placed upon him, and re-
veuled his paternity.
This story is vouohed for by Assistant
Surgeon l.. H. Pease.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08
For the Jef!arsonian Democrat.
Wayside Thoughts.


"Desultory us our way,
Ranged unconiined from grave to gay"
Scott.
IDEAL BEAUTY.
Various forms Of beauty commend them
selves to our sight, and to our admiriug re-
gard. Such arc beautiful landscapes, pri.
meval forests, mountain-lo locked lakes, tho
ocean, ploasan: homes, and happy human
faces. But the mind dissatisfied, eaton with
envy, or filed with inordinate ambition or
greed of gain, may reject all these, 70.
ceiying no pleasure from thoh.
90 the other hand, tho humble, contented
mind brings it's own beauty to tho most
common aud homoy scenes. This makes
the poor home comforts please tho family
where love roigus. This makes ordinary
faces beautiful Affection is great i'm
proven OF looks.
Doubtless. many girl thinks symme,r.
cal ~axen doll beautiful, but Dr. J. G.. Hol.
land likes bottor the ono his little Kitty can
mako.
"Matronly. motherly creature
Oh, what doll she has built
Gultless of figure or feature
Out of her own little quilt !"
MEETING WITH CHANGE.
When Bill Trainor left off drinking,
swearing, aud began to speak 10 social moe,-
iugs. an acquaintance asked him
"Woll, Bill, now you have got to be re-
ligious, it will make you industrious, will it
not -
Bill, who dealt only with the unmitigated
truth, aftor hesitation. and slight shake
Of the head, said
mo, hav'nt mot with go great change
as that"
Alas how many Of Us there arc, whose
professions ore as barren Of fruits as this.
We have not met with so great change as
to sweoten our tompers, restrain our covet-
ousness, or to make us meek, and patient,
and torgiving under provoca,ion, insult and
injury or, in short, to keep us steadily
along tho path of self denial and duty.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-08

CHILD REASONING "A friend of ours
glories in a ray of sunshine-a little girl--a
bright, lively little prattler, scarcely three
years old. She has recently lost a younger
sister by death. and the remark, 80 common
on such occasions. "tbat she was too good
for earth and God took her." was made in
her hearing. A few days after, her mother.
having occasion 10 reprove her for some
misdemeanor. told her she must be good.
she replied. "lf I'm too good. mamma, God
will take mo a~ay. as He did little Katy"
-Northampton Gazette.