The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-09-07

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ton of maurauding commonly known
as "bushwhacking; or has ever
knowingly and willingly harbored,
aided, OF oountenanced any person SO
cngagcd; OF has ever came into OF
left this State, for the purpose of en-
rollmcut for OF draft into the military
service of the United States or has
ever, with a view to avoid enrolment
in the militia of this State, or to os-
cape the performance of duty therein,
or for any other purpose, enrolled
himself, or authorized himself 20 be
enrolled, by or before any officer, as
idisloyal, or as Southern sympathi-
ser, or in any other terms indicating
his disa1ection to the Government Of
the United States in its contest with
rebellion, or his sympathy with those
Engaged in such rebellion or, having
voted at any election by the people OF
this State, or in any other of the
United States, or in any of their Ter
ritorics, or held office in this State,
or in any other of the United States,
or in any of their Territories, or an
der the United States, shall thereafter
sought and received, under the claim
of alienage, the protection of any for
eign Government, through any consul
or other officer thereof in order to Sc
cure exemption from military duty in
the militia of this State, or in The ar
my of the United States; nor shall
any such person be capable ofholding
in this State any office ofhonor, trust,
or profit under its authority; or Of
being an officer, councilman, director
trustee, or other manager Of any cor
poration public or private, now exist
ing or hereafter established by its au-
thority; or ofacting as Il professor or
teacher in any educational institution,
or in any common or other school or
of holding any real estate or other
property in trust for the use of any
church, religious society or congrega.
ton. But the foregoing provisions
in relation to acts done against the
United States shall not apply to any
person not citizen thereof, who shall
have committed such acts while in the
service of some foreign country at
war with the United States, and who
has, since such acts, been naturaliZed,
or may hereafter be naturaliZcd, un-
der the laws of the United States !.
and the oath of loyalty hereinafter
prescribed, when taken by any such
person, shall be considered as "a Ken in
such sense, and whoever shall~exer-
else any of the functions mentioned
without having taken said oath after
the sixty days shall have expired,
shall be punishcd,by fine, not less than
$500, or by Imprisonment in the coun-
ty Jail not less than six months. "
A few are taking the oath, but the
majority in this county can not take
it. / don't know but we will have to
import a few men here to hold our
Offices and do our school teaching and
preaching. The tables are turned in
Missouri. The time has been when
Union men were driven from their
homes, hcre-but now, if any 20 it is
ON the other side. However, great
many men are coming home here from
the Southern army. They are tired
of war, and feel that they have been
punished--as one Texas Ranger re-
marked to me, he had lost his proper
ty and four years of his life, but he
thought he ought to be punished foi
being d--n rebel. The Bush.
whackcrs, most notorious, however
have lcft-thcy are afraid to stay
The consequence is, society will be
re constructed, and improved farms
in desirable locations, can yet for 4
short time, be had reasonable.
Missouri has unequaled commercial
and manufacturing advantages, and is
now unrivallod ms desirable homo
for the cntcrprising and industrious.
Missouri has central position east
and west, north and south, is Justly
celebrated for mildness and salubrity
of climate, fertility of soil, excellent
water, rolling prarics, and abundant
wood and coal. 1t is unsurpassed for
the variety, value and extent of its
minerals, and river and railroad COM
munications. 1t is true, all places
are not alike desirable for the same
class of persons. The tastes, habits
and circumstances of one may lead
him to stock raising, another to grain
or fruit growing-if the former the
prairie is the most suitable on account
of the fine range, il the latter, the
timbored land is the most desirable.
Some prefer mining some mechanical,
aud some professional pursuits There
| is demand for each, aud room for
Ian. Missouri is one third larger
than Old England. 1t has 100000
acres of bottom land on the margin OF
her rivers, rich as the banks of the
Nile, 0,000, ,000acres ofrollingprairie,
ready for the plow, and plentiful
supply of valuable timber, lime and
stone. The rich rapidly developing
mines of Missouri, Colorado, Dakota,
Idaho and Nevada must furnish the
farmers, stock raiscrs and fruit grow