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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-04
Abolitionism in Arkansas,

The late convention in Arkansas, repre-
senting about two-thirds of the State, adopted
State Constitution subject to the ratification
of the people in March. Article V, relating
to the abolishment of slavery, was adopted
with unanimity, there being only one dissen-
ting voice. 1t is as follows
SIC. L Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude shall hereafter exist in this State
otherwise than for the punishment of crime
whereof the party shall have been convicted
by due process of law; nor shall any male
person arrived at the age of twenty-one years,
nor female arrived at the age of eighteen
years, be held to serve any person as 4 ser
want under any indenture or contract hereaf
ter made, unless such person shall enter into
such indenture or contract while in a perfect
state Of freedom, and on condition of bona
fde consideration received, or to be received
for their service.
Nor shall any indenture Of any negro or
mulatto hereafter made and executed oui
of this State, or if made in this State
where the term OF service exceeds one year. be
of the least validity, except those given in case
of apprenticeship, which shall not be for {
longer term than until the apprentice shall ar
rive at the age of twenty-one years ifa male
or the age of eighteen years, if female.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-04

Loyal KentucIzey has raised only seven hun
dred of her quota of troops, under the call for
100000 men, and rssists the enlistment Of ne
groes in her borders. Yankee New Hampshire
has raised six hundred more than her quota;
Vermont and Little Rhody are both out of
the draft; Maine is doing admiraby-in fact
wherever there are school-houses and the coun-
try full of churches, the patriotic people are
responding to the call of the President.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-04

127 Bowsry, New York, Post ONCE Box 4Sss.
March 4, 1se4.-1y
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-04

to the Trustees of the Township of which sach
soldier or marine was resident at the time
of bis entering said service, and such Trus-
tees shall cause, from the funds for the relief
of the families of volunteers in said Township
the amount so paid to be repaid to the township
paying the same, and, upon REFUSAL may be
compelled by civil action, brought before
any Justice of the Peace, or Court of Com
mon Please of the County in which either or
both of the townships may be situated, and
the Trustees of each and every township in
this State are hereby empowered to sustain
said action against the Trustees of any other
township in the State for giving relief to the
family of any soldier or marine removing from
one township to another as aforesaid.
SECTION Z. That such Trustees shall, on
the first Tuesday OF April and October OF each
year render an account to the Commissioners
of their respective counties, Of all funds that
have or may come into their hands under any
law of this State, for the relief of soldiers fam
lilies, and the County Auditor shall make an
abstract thereof, showing the number OF fami-
lies relieved, the aggregate amount paid out
for that purpose, and the amount levied, if
any, by the Board of Commissioners of their
respective counties, and forthwith forward the
same to the Auditor of State.
SECTION 8. That in case of the neglect, re-
fusal, or disability of the Trustees of any town
ship, ward or election district, to discharge
and perform the duties by this act enjoined
upon them, the Commissioners OF the proper
county shall appoint, not more than two, suit
able persons 10 each Township, ward or cleo
tion diatrict, to discharge and perform The
said duties, who shall have full power, and
are hereby authorized to do all aud singular the
acts and duties which said Trustees could, or
might under the provisions of this act.
And in case of such neglect, refuatl, mall
conduct, or disability of the Commissioners of
any County, or majority thereof, in the per-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05

How DIsToYAL WOMEN ARE TREARED AT
VICKsBURG.-The following circular has been
issued at Vicksbnrg by General Mcpherson
Headquarters Seventeenth Army Corps,
Provost Marshall's Office, Vicksbnrg, Miss.
December II, 1868. The following named
persons, Miss Kate Barnett, Miss Ellen Bar
nett, Miss Laura Latham, Miss Ella Martin
and Mrs. Moore, having acted disrespcetfully
towards the President and Government of the
United States, and having insult the officers.
soldiers and loyal citizens of the United
States who had assembled in the Episcopal
Church in Vicksburg on Christmas day for
Divine service, by abruptly leaving said
church at that point in the services where the
officiating minister prays for the welfare OF
the President of the United States and all
others in authority, are hereby banished, and
will leave the Federal lines within forty
| eight hours under penalty Of imprisonment.
| Hereafter, all persons, male or female
who, by word, deed, or implication, do insult
or show disrespect to the President, GoVerne
ment or Flag of the United States, upon mat
tiers Of national character, shall be fined
| banished or imprisoned, according to TIL
| grossness of the offense.
" By order of Maj. Gen. MCPHERSON"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05
What are the Grievances. of the South

Gov. LEWIS, Of Wisconsin,, ia his recent mes
sage asks:
AT this late day, We would again calmly
ask, what are the grievances OF the South, or
upon what do these now in rebellion base
their action? Caa they find an excuse for
their course in the claim they first set up, of
the right Of secession? This poisonous doc
trine needs no rsfutation at this day. It is
working its own cure. Even in the South, in
the boasted Confederacy, among those who
first started and urged the doctrine, it is now
repudiated. States that pretended to unite
their fortunes with the so-called Confederacy
have already denied its authority over them,
and claimed this same right of secession, which
is denied and coercion threatened by the rebel
Congress. Do they base their cause upon the
righteousness OF slavery? It has long since
written its own shame and disgrace. The
world has written Infamous over against it,
and thus pronounced it's doom.
Did they complain Of high tariff? The
tariff was reduced to a revenue basis.
Did they ask representation for their slaves
in Congress 1t was conceded.
Did they require the Missouri COmpr Omise?
1t was granted.
Did they, after enjoying its benefits, ask its
repeal, that they might not be bound BY those
provisions that operated against them The
North yielded to their request
Did they require Southern men as dip plO-
matic agents of the Government abroad, in
order that their peculiar institution and their
particular interests might be guarded They
had them, even at the expense of the commerce
of the Union and the interests of the North.
Did they desire Southern men, men ia their
interest, upon the Supreme bench? They
had them.
Did they require that majority of the Off
sers of the army and navy, and majority of
all the civil officers Of the Government should
be Southern men, and men in their interest1 :
They had them.
Did they demand that their runaway slaves
should be caught and returned 10 them p
United States officers were upon their track
and the poor, sun dyed African too dearly
paid the penalty which Southern chivalry af
fixes to love Of freedom.
Do they rest their cause upon the injustice or
oppression of the North? History, as well as
their own best statesmen, deny the base SLAM
der. The only fault of the North, il it be a
fault, is that they have but too faithfully
'kept the bond, and given the pound OF flesh" I"
Why, then, let me again ask, do We fud
the South in hostility to the best Government
the world ever saw? Let their own men, the
men who are now foremost in the rebellion, an
swer ave desire (say they) to form a new
Government, whose corner stone shall rest on
slavery. For liberty, equality, fraternity, to
establish slavery and subordination." Here,
then, we have an answer in their own words.
They are arrayed against this Government
because it is based upon liberty aud equality,
upon the freedom and intelligence, instead of
the slavery and ignorance Of the people.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05
A Remarkably Social Governor

Governor Powell, of Kentucky, was never
an orator, but his conversational, story-sellin &
and social qualities were remarkable. His
great forte lay in establishing a personal inti-
macy with every one he met, and in this be
was powerful in electioneering. He chewed
immense quantities of tobacco, but never car
rie / the weed himself, and was always beg
ging of every one he met. His residence was
in Henderson, aud in coming up the Ohio
passed that place, and overheard the follow
ing characteristic anecdote of him
A citizen of Henderson coming on boarC
fell into conversation with a passenger, whc
made inquiries about Powell.
He lives in your place, believe, dom
he?"
' Yes, one OF our oldest citizens"
Very Sociable man amt he ?"
Remarkably So"
" Well, thought so, I think he is the mos
sociable man ever met in my ife-wonder
full sociable. I was introduced to him ovel
at Grayson Springs last summer, and he had
not been with me ten minutes when he beg
ged all the tobacco had, get his feet up il
my lap and spit all over me-remarkably so
ciable'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05

That the South is now in the agony of des-
pair must be apparent to every one of refec-
lion. Its exhausted condition is strongly ex-
hbited in a letter from lady, whose name
would be guarantee at once of her patriotism
and truthfulness,' which appeared recently in
the New York World. The lady, it is stated
has spent year in the most wealthiest part of
Alabama, ard her statements are the results
of her own observations, extending not mere
ly over Alabama, but throughout other States
through which she was permitted to travel
Of these States she writes
Their desolation beggars description, desti-
tuition is everywhere men who were worth
hundreds of thousands are reduced to utter
poverty. AS for the luxuries oflae, formerly
so abundant in the South, there are none.-
Persons formerly the wealthisst have nothing
to sustain life but what the country affords,
and not enough of that, for by imrressment
it is taken from them for the army. Their
garments, even their shoes, their families have
to make themselves they spin, weave and
dye their cotton, and homespun Clothes rich
and poor. Tea, coffee, and sugar are not to
be had milk and water are the only bever-
ages Indian corn is their principal food
This, as picture of retribution which has
overtaken rebel passion and slaveholding trea-
son, is in itself sufficiently conclusive and ter
rible, but the writer does not stop here. Not
only is society compelled to fall back upon the
rude appliances and barbaric life of the dark
ages. but even the domestic condition. the
fountain head of life in the State, has ceased
to exist. The families says this writer, are
broken up and ruined You seldom meet with q
male inhabitant, and if you do, be is either
infrm or a cripple. A large part of the male
population are killed in the battles, many
more crippled for lifetime many patriotic
Union men died of broken heart. What re-
main are in the employment of the Govern
ment or in the army. Nevertheless, press
gangs cross the country in every direction in
search of men for the army. All ties of So
cial life are completely dissolved, No courts
of justice and equity are held-justice is met
ed by the military. Universities, colleges and
schools are all suspended. The country in
many places resembles a wilderness. Wher-
ever the armies march, there everything is
ruined-the crops are destroyed fences burn
ed trees cut down; domestic animals killed,
robbed, or taken for the army.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05

MORE TRooPs CALLED FoR.-The Presi-
dent has issued an order for draft for 5O0,-
600 men, to take place on the 10th day of
next March-ths volunteers up to that period
to be credited to the several States, counties
and districts in which they occur It is uu-
derstoOd that the call is for 100000 men in
the aggregate, or 100000 in addition to the
100000 call now being filed. The object is,
doubtless, to bring into the field for spring
operations forceithat will be amply sufficient
to render success certain beyond all question.
1t is well known that the rebels regard the
coming campaign as one in which if they fail
to succeed their cause is irretrievably ruined !;
and they are making almost superhuman ef-
forts to meet the pending shock by forcing
every available man within the limits of the
rebel States into their army. To meet these
hosts in their last desperate struggle and to hold
the territory we already possess, will require
a large increase of our forces, and the call is
designed to meet this demand The struggle
having reached point at which. a successful
campaign on our part will result in termi-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05
bold Robbery.

On last Saturday, the 23d nit, in the after
noon, strange man came into the County
Treasurer's Office, in this place, and tsld Mr..
A. D. Woolley, the Treasurer, that he wish
ed to pay some taxes, bat that he had to go
into the country for the money and could Eot
be back until about 10 o'clock at night, and
if Mr.. WoolIey would remain at the Office
and receive his taxes that night, it would be
a great accommodation to him as he wished
to GO away on the train at midnight. Mr..
WoolIey agreed to remain. The man came
into the Office again between ten and eleven
O'Clock, in company with another man. The
Treasurer was busily engaged during the
evening in asserting money, preparing to go
to Columbus to settle. When he heard the
men coming he showed the money out Of sight,
under his desk and covered it up with news
paper. He then stepped to his book to look
up the taxes which the man wished to pay,
and while so engaged the stranger came
around the end Of the counter and made q
grab for the money, at the same time the 9TH
er man turned off the gas. Mr.. Woolley also
tried TO get the money and clinched the stran-
ger, but the stranger being much larger
and stouter man than Mr.. Woolley, got his
hand into Mr. WooIIey's Gravat and chOAsd
him. While the two men we're thus engaged,
the other stranger stepped up and struck and
kicked Mr.. Woolley until he was rendered in
sensible. The robbers then after securing
about $1,000 left. Mr.. Woollsy had out Of
the safe about $47OO, but in the scufle he
managed to kick package containing 81 900
under the safe, about $40, twisted and torn,
were also found upon the floor. Mr.. Woolley
recovered his senses in a short time and gave
the alarm before the train went west, but up
to the present time no clue has been found to
the robbers,
The man who wished to pay taxes, and who
grabbed the money, is over six feet high and
would weigh about 220 lbs. He had very
long black whiskers, and a mustache, black
hair, and fair complexion. He wore a half
worn coat, welI-worn spotted vest, lightish-
colored pants and cap. Mr.. Woolley during
the scufle, bit one of the fingers on this mans
left hand to the bone.
The other was short man, about five feet
eight inches high. He was dressed in black
clothes and low crowned black hat.
Tbisvirg and robbiDg is becoming alarm
ingly frequent among us. 1t is high time for
the people of Marion to be trying to devise
some means to stop the sink holes of iuiquity
in our midst. Houses Of ill-fame are permit
ted to be kept without an effort to put them
down. Dram drinking and gambling are
every day amusements, and thieving, robbery
and murder follow as necessary consequences
where such things are permitted as We have
mentioned.-Mariou Independent.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05
Rebsl Revolt at Fort Morgan
press

New York, Feb. 2.-Forrest of the Boston
Journal on board the gunboat Jackson al
Ship Island, writes, on the 18th ult., as
follows:
Last night abent 10 o'clock, small boat
came down the sound with some very import
ant intelligence. The rebels in Fort Morgan
revolted, and during the difficulty the rebel
gunboats in Mobile Bay attempted to arrest
the garrison of the fort. The whole fort
being in revolt, and with the American flag
flying, they opened on the rebel gunboats
with every gun in the fort They succeeded in
driving the gunboats of, but were not ontheir
guard,and that night large fsrce was sent from
Mobile in pursuit, and captured all excepting
four men, who escaped in the dark in a small
boat and came TO Ship Island, when we heard
for the first time the astounding intelligence.
Since then he has heard more Of the revolt
from additional deserters. Seventy of the re-
volters are condemned to be shot to-day in
Mobile.
We also learn from these deserters that on
Horn Island, up the Sound, there are Is more
deserters from the rebel army in and around
Mobile, and on Round Island there are about
80 deserters from the same quarter. These
deserters bring very important intelligence
that the rebel army in and around Mobile have
organized secret Societies determined to fight
no longer. 1t is said that the movement,
started among soldiers, is daily growing
stronger, and many officers are compromised
in it. think this is the most important
movement of the war, and it is most significant
in favor of the war. am confident that this
report is true.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05

The Mobile Register, Of late date, in
dulges in this plain talk:
In addition to two hundred thousand strag-
glers, it is demanded that nine-tenths of the
producers be put in the field, and women,
children and dotards, be left alone to clothe
and feed an army. In other words, we want
every body to go inte an army already naked,
hungry and i'll equipped, and nobody to sup
port them.
Again, as to the size Of armies. Is it the
number of men, or the handling Of them, that
wins the battle? Were Pemberton's men
well fought at Bakers Greek The same
number or nearly at the battle Of Chickamauga
that were driven from one Of the strongest
positions on the continent, Of Lookout and
Mission Ridge. Minus Longstrtet's corps
Lee whipped Hooker at Charlottesville
plus that corps, with Jenkins, Jones, and 9th
theirs added, he was rspulsed at Gettysburg
Fifteen thousand fighting men won the FIRST
battle Of Manassas, and less than forty thous
and achieved the victories of Shiloh and Muir
freesboro.
"More than forty thousand men have never
since the war begun, been brought into action
to advantage by either side. And now w
are called upon to believe that big mobs o.
raw recruits half starved and poorly equipped
are to do next spring what veterans have moi
been able to do after three years of hard and
repeated trials. What we want is the genius
to conceive and the courage to dare-not un
wieldy hordes and awkward squads, with no.
body at home to support them"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05

DEATH Oh Hon G. B. GoDDARD.-We re-
gret to learn of the death of Hon. Charles B.
Goddard, of GAINESVILLE. He died yesterday.
at that place, of paralysis Mr.. Goddard, has
filled many honorable positions, his name is
intimately connected with the history of Ohio.
For several sessions he represented the Zanes-
will district in the legislature, and was du-
ring one session President of the Senate
The Bar of Muskingum suffered a heavy loss
in his death, as he has for forty years stood
at its head, and adorned that honorable pro-
fession. Years ago Mr.. Goddard figured
largely in the militia of the State, and held the
rank of Major General. In all the positions
to which he was called by his fellow citizens
be reflected great credit on thier selection
State Journal 3d.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05
Short RatiOns in Lees Army-A General Order
L" HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VA,
"Januarv q 1864
aGENERAL ORDERS NO. 7.

"The commanding General considers it due
to the Army to state that the temporary re-
duction of rations has been caused by circum-
stances beyond the control of those charged
with its support. Its welfare and comfort
are of his constant and earnest solicitude, and
no effort bas been spared to provide for its
wants. 1t is hoped the exertions now being
made will render the necessity Of short dura-
tion but the history of the army has shown
that the country can require no sacrifice too
great for its patriotic devotion.
"Soldiers You tread with no unequal steps
the road by which your fathers marched
through the suffering of privation and blood
to independence. Continue to emulate, in the
future as you have in the past, their valor in
arms, their patient endurance of ar d.
ships, their high resolves to be free, which
no trial could shake, no bribe seduce, no dan
ger appall and be assured that the just God
who crowned their efforts with success, will,
in His own good time, send down His bless
iugs upon you.
"(Signed) "R. E. LEE"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05
Arsemus Wards Toast.

Ladies'" ses I, turnin' to the buteiu femails
whose presents was Perfumin the fare groune.
al hope yure enjoin yourselves on this occas-
ion aud the lemin aid ice water ov which you
are drinkin', may not go agin you. May you
alters be as fare as the sun-Rs brite as the
moon-and as beautiful as an army oV Union
fags-also plenty of good close to ware.
"To your sex-commonly called the phair
sex-we are indebted for boriD' as well as ov
many other blessings in these low crowns OF
sorrow. Sum poor spirited fools blame yure
sex for the difikilty inIthe gardin, but know
men are a detestful set, and when the apple
becum ripe, have no dowt Adam would hev
risged cider mill and like as not bin driven
OFF anyway Yure first muther was lady, an
awl her darters is ditto, an none but loafin'
cuss will say word agin you. HOpin' that
no wave of trouble may ride across yure pece-
full breasts" and 1 konkluded the remarks
with the folIerin' continent:
"Woman-She is good egg"