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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-01-05
rrospondenoo Of the Missouri Democrat
THE sPEAKER,s PAGE,

No ono who has been accustomed to
attend the sessions of Congress during
the past f!teep years, has failed to no
tice, at'the right Of the Speaker, tall
slim, paic-faeed; bright looking lad, who
gradually grew to manhood, and still
fetained-hig position and tide, which
was that of Speakers Page" No
matter|what party was in power in
Congress, Thad. Morrice wasretaincd.
Every new Speaker focnd him an al
most indispensable assistant. Stand
ing just at tho Speakers elbow. with
his arm leaning upon tho desk, his
chin resting upon his hand, which
was between the Speaker and the au-
dience, in the attitude of whispering
to the Speaker, faithful Thaddcus has
stood during many sessions of Con-
lgress, the prompter ofRoyd, Orr, Pen
nington, Grow and Coffax. 1t is said
he knew more of Parliamentary law
than any man in America. And he
knew every member of the House in
IalI these Congresses; it was his spc-
cial business to know them. No speak
er could get along without such nm
assistant, at first When Pennington
was speaker good portion of all the
words he uttered were literally put
into his ear by Thad. He did rot
know ono;quarter of the members
even By sight, snd was sadly deficient
in parliamentary law. Whenary mem-
Der arose, he would say, "the gentle,
man from" generally without the least
idea what State ho was to name, but
so prompt wac Thad to give it, and so
unobserved in doing so, that not one
in hundred who was unacqHainted
with the process, would imagine but
what Pennington knew all the mem.
bers. And many time the old man
would commence the statement OF q
question, not knowing how he was to
finish his sentence, which was furnish
cd ard finished by the youthful parli-
mentarian at his elbow. No Speaker
that ever presided over the House was
so we'll able to dispense with the serv-
iccs that Thad. Morrco performed as
Schuyler CollaX, who is the most sue
cessiul Speaker ever elected by an
American House Of Representatives;
yet Mr.. ColfaX cannot fail to miss
greatly the Speakers page" and ma,
ny old members amid the bustlo and
hurry Of legislative affairs, will find
time to indulge in retrospective
glance at the services, and pay a trib-
ute to tho ::!emory of the ever faithful
Thaddeus Morricc, (rccenty deceased)
whose prompt and timely nccdful
words will never bO whispered into
tho car of another Speaker.
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REBEL INFArUATIoN.

1t is noticeable that the Rebels, lead
ers and followers, civil and military
oil who have become thoroughly i'm,
oued with treason, abate none of their
venom, none Of thcir determination to
resist to the last, notwithstanding the
magnitude Of their recent reverscs, the
difficulties with which they are envi.
roned, and tho utter hopclcssness Of
final success in their miserable aims.
This infatuation seems to us unaccouut.
able on any other theory than the one
that 1t is in accordance with n provi.
dental arrangement, that tho more OF
them may be killed Of, and removed
out OF the way, in order that supe
rior order Of mon may enter upon and
occupy the land Of Rebellion in all fu.
turo tlmO 1t appears to be but an OK,
emplifcati,n Of tho truth Of tho pro.
verb Of ancient hcathondom, They
whom the Gods intend to destroy, thcy
first make mad" The Southern Rob.
OILS are very mad indeed.
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The whole number Of years of ser,
vice furnished by each District, and
which is 10 be considered in apportiou,
ing the quotas Of the sub district, is:
First District, 3,077, being an excess
Of ,504 years OF service over the nun.
Der ofmcn furnished.
Second District, 1850, being an OK,
cess Of l,249 years Of service over the
number Of men furnished.
Third District, 5,S32, being an ex.
cess Of 2,789 years Of service over the
number of men furnished.
Fourth District, 5,340, being an ex.
cess OF 2,539 years of service over the
number Of men furnished.
| Fifth District 4, 1867, being an excess
OF Ills years of service over the num-
Der of men furnished.
Sixth District 5,743, being an excess
OF 3,0ll years Of service over tho mum.
her OF mcn furnished
Seventh District G.093, being an OK.
cess OF 1923 years of service over the
number Of mon furnished.
Eighth District 1924 being an ox
cess OF 2,6l4 years Of service over the
number of men furnished.
Ninth District G,577, being an excess
OF 3,543 years ofservice over the mum.
Der of men furnished
Tenth District 5,63G, being an ex.
cess of 2,6l6 years of service over tho
number Of men furnished.
Eleventh District, 5493, being an
excess of 3,l3l years of service over
the number Of men furnished.
Twelfth District, 6,4l6, being an OK.
cess of 1892 years ofservice over the
number Of men furnished.
Thirteenth District, 5,O8l, being an
excess OF 2,276 years of service over
the number furnished.
Fourteenth District, 5,57O, being an
excess of 3,l90 years Of service over
tho of men furnished
Fifteenth District, $3.50, bcing an
oXccss of 3,5l3 years of service over
the number of men furnished.
Sixteenth District, $3.50, being an
excess OF 2;9O2 years Of service, over
tho number OF men furnished.
Seventeenth District, 5000 being m
excess Of 2,SO7 years OF service, over
tho number of men furnished.
Eighteenth District, 5000 boing an
excess of 2,07G years of service, over
the number Of men furnished,
Nineteenth District, 5,209, being an
excess of 2,7A3 years of service, over
the number OF men furnished.
In order to cqualize this credit it
will be added to tha quota of the dis.
trlcts in gross, and distributed among
the sub.districts according to the mum.
Der enrolled in each. This will give
the quota of the sub districts, increased
by the cXccssin proportion to thenu
Der enrolled but as tho number Of
one, two and thrco years men, re.
SPoctively, have been furnished with.
out regard to the number enrolled, the
Provost Marshal will subtract from
this gross qvota, the actual amount of
excess of years of service, which the
sub district has furnished.
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THE new YEAR.

Although the year 1865 is already
FIVE days old, II is not too late for us 10
wish all our readers "a happy New
Year" which we do most heartily
May it's close be even better than its
beginning, leaving to all increased in.
dividual prosperity-to tho Nation A
restored Union, with Peace, Freedom
aud real Democratic Government es.
tahlished on an immovabls and forever
enduring basis. We shall indulge in
no extended honiily on this occasion.
lie that runs may read the grand les.
son OF theAimes. Our American 1865
IL big With events that will tell with
controllingipower on the worlds histo.
ry for agee TO como. We believe in
tho future grandeur glory, and bone.
ticisnt dominion Of tho American Re.
public--and that they will reach OIL
extent never paralleled on the Earth
so mote it. bo
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Population ofst. Louis.

A census of tho city and county of
st. Louis, Mo-, has recently been taken
by order of the county court. The
population of tho city is: Whites; $780,
2O2; blacks, G,S54. Total, 157,O56
That of the county outside the city
limits is Whites, 2S, ,2O5 blacks, 1853.
Grand total, 1880. The aggregate
of tho whites is divided as to sex into
S8, ,l67 males, and 90,240 females. Of
tho blacks 1923 are free, and 1,78j
slaves. The Republican says the re.
suits have disappointed cxpection, and
il thinks the males absent in the army
and elsewhere have not been onumor-
ated. 1t adds:
A comparison of the present census
with those of former years may not
be unintercsting. Our city increased
from 4,123 in 1920 to 6,69l in 1880,
to 1868 in 1910, and to 67,G8G in
1880.
The U S. Census of 1850 reported
the population of the county at 1860,
of which 1893 were free blacks and =,
6j6 slaves, aud 42,367 were white males
and 81, ,430 white females.
The census of lS60reported tho pop.
ulation at l90,52l, Of which 9S, ,lG9
were whtc males and 81, 1853 white fo.
males, aud j ,965 were free blacks and
5,346 slaves.
These figures show falling Off Isincs
1860 of 2,7OI, taking tho whole aggrS-
gAto of black and white, and a falling
off in tho number of whites of about
5000 At the same time thoy show a
striking change in the proportion OF
white females In 1850 the white fe-
males were only ~ per cent, of the
whole white population in 1860 they
were but little over 46 per cent. Of it;
whilo in 1864 they are nearly 81 per
cent. of it. The figures show that the
proportion of females was advancing
in ordinary times, but without war
rauting tho anticipation that. the ad-
vanco would have been so rapid as it
has been since the war began, That
advance is no doubt chiefly explained
by the events of the war, which have
taken off large numbers of the white
males, who are not, bat no doubt many
of whom ought to have been, credited
to the present census.
The change in the number of blacks
in this city will excite somO attention,
though not any surprise, Tho slaves
have been reduced in the space of four
years from 1916 to 1,7S5, which might
have been expected. So also might
the increase of free blacks, which have
run up from 1865 to 7,62S in 1864
In 1860 We had here 6,2ll blacks, and
in 1864 bavo 9,4l3, gain of over fifty
per cent, in four years. Had it not
been for this large increase in the
number Of our black populution, thc
falling off in the aggregate would have
shown even greater than it does now
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lHeAdYanIn do Clothing.

JAKE BLOCK has just returned from
the East with the largest and best as
sortment of Rcady-Mado Clothing
&c, &c, ever brought to this market
He thinks that he can sell goods at &
gold standard. Call and examine hit
extensive stock. His stock Of picc
goods, and his facilities for roakine
them up to order cannot be surpassed
in the city of Lancaster. 32-3n
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III. c.r, of John O. prs.lln.

We cut tho following from an cx-
change:
In the Court of Common Pleas, OF
Franklin County, Hooking Hunter,
counsel for Ex State Treasurer, John
&. Brcslin moved after an argument
that aRoIIe be entered in the matter OF
n criminal indictment against said
Breslin, to which Attorney General
Critchfcld for tho State assonted, and
it was granted by tho Court. This is
in accordance with tho decision OF the
Supreme Court OF Ohio, that all laws
under which Brcsln could bo crimin-
ally indicted had been repealed, Had
Allen G. Thurman, Esq, counsel for
Colonel Gibson, been present, the same
action would have been taken in his
behalf.
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Aubrey, in his manuscript collec.
tons, relates that in several parts Of
England, when two persons are driving
q bargain, ono holds ont his right hand
and says, "S.rike mel' and itthe other
strikes the bargain holds whence tho
phrase striking bargain The
practice is retained in tho custom OF
saying "Done,' to wager offer, at the
saine time time striking the hand OF
the wagerer.
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THE RECIPROCITY TREATY.

Tho vote in the House authorizing
the President to give Great Britain thV
notice required for termination the Re-
ciprocity Treaty, stood yeas 81, nays
81. Of tho yeas rs are Unionists, and
10 Democrats; Of tho nays, IL are
Unionists and 40 Democrats.
The Ohio Union members who vot,
cd yea arc Mossrs. Ashley, Eckley,
Schenck, and Spalding, Mr. Garfield
voted nay, The Ohio Democrats who
voted nay are Mcssrs Cox, Long, Nc
Kinney, Norris, O'Neil, Pendleton
Noble and FiRck-all who voted on
the question.
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letter From the scth Ohio nesiment.
NEAR PULAsKI Tenn, I
Dec. Goth, 1864.

I'D GAZETTE-iST: send you a
list ofkillod and wounded in Compa-
nies4 GndD, of tho goth Ohio, on the
18th and 10th OF this month at the
battle of Nashville, Tenn. presume
our friends at homo arc anxious to
hcarhow the Fairfield boys got along
in the battle, The morning Of the 18th
all the army began to move to the
right, and after we had shifted 10 the
right about one mile we were placed
in position, Our Brigade, 'wlrich con-
sists Of tho 96th Ohio, lO1st Ohio. 31st
and Sist Indiana, and the 2ist and
3Sth Illinois wore formed in two lines.
The Goth and 101st Ohio and S1st
Indiana regiments were placed on tho
front line, and the other three formed
line in the rear of'us as support
The 10th and 23d army corps were on
our right, and tho battle opened with
them about II o'clock, and at 4 in the
afternoon We were ordered to charge
the rebel fort in front of lis. The
charge was most ga]lantly made; the
fort was taken with three pieces of
artillery and quite number of pris-
oncrs, Tho Doth was the first regi-
mcnt in the Brigade to plant the old
flag on the rebel Notifications Tho
entire loss of the Regt in that charge
wat killed and 29 wounded. After
the men had been gathered up (for
they got scattered in making the
charge wo moved forward some dis
tanoe, our lines running at right AN
giles with tho rebel works. We con-
tinued our advance until dark, and
then halted until the morning of the
18th. On tho 10Th We did not do
much fighting, as our brigade was in
the reserve. There was only ono man
wounded on the 18th which makes the
entire loss of the regiment 33. Twill
give you the names OF those killed and
wounded in Companies | and d, as
both companies arc from Fairfield.
CASUALTIES OF co. 81"
John i. Keller, wounded.
Chas L. Wright do
COMPANY D.
JohnH Emck, killed.
Serg't S. IL. Parsons, wounded slight.
NJ. X. Thomen '' severe.
Corp.H. G. Williamson
Private Jacob Mcdaniel
Ira Lines slight
" Wesley Pugh
Abraham Thomcn "
Your OBJ DIT servant,
.Lieut..JNO. L. ELDER,
'.. Doth Ohio Reg't
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MyA letter written on rolled iron
so thin that it is only twice tho weight
Of an ordinary sheet of paper, was rc-
Gently transmitted TO Sheffield, Eng
land, from the Sligo Iron-works, Pitts.
burg. 1t is only one-thousandth part
of an inch thick, and is tho thinncst
ever made. Tho thickest plate ever
rolled was made at Sheffield, and has a
diameter of thirteen and half inches
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Ohio and its Call far Troops.
THE QvorA ny D1srn,Crs.

We frd in the Columbus CORES,
pondence of the Commercial, the fol,
lowing important order from Provost
Marshal Gen. Fry;
WAR DEPARTMENT. J
PRovosr MARSHAL Guns OFFICE, !
Washington, DC, Dec. %. J
Col. jas. 4, H'acor, Asst Prorost lIar.
shal General Of OHIO, Columbus, D..
The quota of The State of Ohio, un-
der tho call of the President for three
hundred thousand mon, dated Dec. 10
1864, is twenty-six thousand one hun.
drod and ti!ty.five. This is the mum
Der required under the call, after
taking into tho credit 10 which the
State is entitled, by estimating the
number of years Of service furnished
by one, two and three years men.
The quota OF the
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Sale Of Real Estate.

TANHE undersigned will sell at private sale Letueen
THIS date and the list OF March, 1865, tho
following Real Estate, situate in the County OF Fair
nell ana state of fOho, to-wit lao Acres in tho
Hangc ", and being the premises Immediately south
oil the late residence ofGcorge Ring, on the Ridge
road south OF Lancaster Said tract Of land is dyis
ihe into 40 acre let's each of which lots will have
southern exposure, ard we'll adapted to the growth
OF grapes. Two of the lots have springs, and run.
nlng water through all three. These premises will
be sold as an entirety or in parcels OF 40 acres.
For terms and any further particulars call on tho
Undersigned, at the residence Of George Ring, two
miles south orLancaster. on the Ridge road
SUSANNAH RING.
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SELLING OUT AT COST.

AS | have opened a new Store in
Columbus, and will move there before
April, ! will sell from this day, my
whole stock Of goods for COST Most Of
these goods were bought when gold
was low, llavo on hand fino assort-
mcnt of Christmas and New Year s
presents. Cali before it is too lato,
A. AARON.
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---E------'- ~s-------l---------
PETROLEUM IN CALIFORNIA.

Professor Silliman, in q report re.
Gently published: has somo important
observations upon the occurrence OF
Petroleum in California. lie says that
the occurrence of an infammable fluid
was known on the coast of Santa Bar.
bara as early as 1892. but that no i'm.
portance was attached to it until late.
ly. The first attempt made to apply
tito a useful purpose was by Mr.
Gilbert, VINO drew about four hundred
barrels from one wep, and refined il
by means Of q rchnery;pu up by him
self, on small saale. Prof. Silliman
writing July End, at Buenavcntura,
Santa Barbara county, says there is a
farm in that locality Of $4,000 acres
where there were twenty natural oil
wells, somo of them Of the largest size
The oil is struggling up to the surface
at all available points, and running
away down the rivers for miles.
The property has already boon pur,
chased by company of New York
capitalists.
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Sale Of Lands.

HOY authority of the last viii and testament Of
I'D Isaac Wilson, late ofFairtieM county, Ohio dec,
Will proceed and offer for sale, at public yondue and
outcry before the Court House door in Lancaster,
bsween the h urs of 10 o'clock A. NJ, and o'clock
p. NJ, on
FRIDAY The Sd day of February neat,
the following parcel oiand, to-wt: part of section
30, in township 20. IL FRANCE No II, beginning at
theS. e. corner of said scctiol-thsnee N. the
ton line, A CHAINS and 10 links to post-thence W.
Il chains to stone-thencs South so degrees west,
IL chains 7S% links to q stone-thence west chains
md ~ links to stone-thence south IL chains to 4
White Oak 30 inches, corner tree--thence south l6
degrees east 90 chains and &c links to stone the
south boundary of said sectiunthence east on said
llnc 80 chains and 95 links to beginning, containing
H39o-lOO acres, more or less. Said lands to bo sold
free of dower.-Terms oi Sale, one half in hand and
the balance in and two years, with interest from
the day ofSae, and to bo secured by mortgage.
Title ndisputable. JOHN w WILSON,
Executor of Isaac Wilson.
Jan. 5, 1866, 4l-5w pfSG rs.
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EeV"Thc New York Herald announ-
ces that George b. Mcclellan has been
elected President of the Morris and
Essex Railroad in New Jersey, at tho
some salary that he would have re.
ceived had he been elected President
ofthe United States, viz; s25, 900 per
annum.
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Hon. Gro NJ. DALLAS, Vice Prssi.
dent OF the U. $. from 1915 to 1s40
(the Polk Administration, died at his
residence in Philadelphia on the 3lst
ult.
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OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Special Dispatch to tho ciucinnad Gs.et..

q ~ 49, f'N'' " w" N'"~'h'ANN NhrNslN
COLUMBUS, Dun. 3.
In the Senate this afternoon, Mr.
Gunckel introduced n bill to re-enact
the soldiers relief bill of last winter,
with an increase in theleyy. 1t fixes
the State levy at two mills, county at
two mills, and city at one mill-total,
five mills against three last year. The
county aHd'eity'levies are discretion
ary,
s. Bailey Walker of Shclby county,
was elected to succeed Col Maxwell as
Assistant Clerk, and was delegated to
act as Chief Clerk pro tenn. The SEN
alto then adjourned until Thursday
morning.
Tho House did nothfRg more >this
afternoon than to listen to the message
and to order tho printing Of extra
copies in English and German. Tho
general expression hero is that the
message is one of the ablest documents Is
of the kind ever issued from the Ex-
ccutivo Department of Ohio. 1T is
conceded TO be equal to any OF the ad :
mirable State papers of ex Gov Chase.
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Legal Notice.

kinns Frtter, Administrator of
the estate of A. McVcigh dec. Civil action in
and Emanuel Gcisy, Plaintiff, ( Attachment
against
George W. Morgan, Defendant .I
F1Nhs SAID George w. Morgan, defendant , non.
resident of the State Of Ohio will tata not,ca iba,
ne said plaintiffs Of the comfy OF Fairfield in hestats
olOho, dld on the eth day OF December 1894 iile
,helr petition m the Court of Common Pleas Of Fair
held county, ono, against the said George W Nor.
san, an dGien9anti praying for judgment against said
uteh'aht ior the sum OF $500 with interest from Jan
sad defendant ON the lst day of January s6l md
payable ono day after date to the order of A. Nc
Weigh and Emanuel Gelsy for $500; also praying for
an order Of attachment against the personal property
OF sad defendant And the said George w Morgan
defendant is notified that he is required to appear and
answer sad petition before the 28h day of jan
uary, 1855, KINNlS FRITTER -
Admir- OF the estate ofA. Mcveigh, dec.
EMANUEL GEISY, Plaintiff.
CoHsELL FRIrTrR, Attorneys.
Lancaster, JANUARY 5, lS65-Cwi1-pfSS
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mo- Christma, and New Years pre,

NO. Christmas and New Years pres.
cnts for tho old and young Fine Pho.
graph Albums and Bibles; Portfolios
Gold Pens, Satehels, Travelling Bags
Toy and Juvenile Books at ]. L. TUT.
KILLS. Book Store-Green's Block.
2w.
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rsrOur devil who paws specisl n

E@~ Our devil who pays special at
tention to lady up town, without
making any decided advaecos, was re-
turning with her from meeting the 9TH
or night when che feelingly said:
III fearthatI shall never 80 to heav-
en-
"why" said Billy.
because" she replied, l love tile
devil 80 well. Billy tainted, hc did,
but revived again and is now couva.
lcsccnL
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DRAFI1! DRAFT!
>sBdDdD.aHaRGB
C. CALLED II o r.

DR.. Lewis of Lancaster, will furnish
Substitutes and Recruits for lndividu.
al persons, or for townships. "Men
always on hand"
Call early ard secure yourself
against the draft.
DR.. J. W. LEWIS.
Dec 22,1m.
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a CHECK nEVOKE wtLMINorpN

H%The Secretary of tho Treasury
has given notice that no subscriptions
will be received 70 the lO;4s loan after
ihe III inst.
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THE CouYTRY PREss- -Notwithstand

The CoUYTRY PREss- -Notwithstand-
ing the high price Of materials, and
the moderate pricc charged for nows-
papere, it 5 surprising that so fcw
succumb, and that so many arc so well
sustained. Tho only way We can ac-
count for This rs, that 'Ohr country peo-
plc havo an honorable pride in. keep
ing up their local Journals. This they
do maiuIy by II liberal advertising pat
ronagc, and partly by subscriptions
Nor would it be desirable to permit
the metropolitan newspapers to dis
place tho local journals, Every we'll.
conducted local paper serves TO call
tho worlds attention to the interests
and productions of the section which il
represents, bo those interests agricul-
tural, mechanical, or commercial
Thus tho coal and oil regions need
their journals; so of the gold, iron, cop
per, and lead interests, SO of other
productions; and it is through tho local
prcssNhat tho world comes to know of
these things. Therefore wc rejoice to
open every wclI-flled and we'll patron
izod country newspaper. 1t is an evil
dence of the enterprise and intelligence
of'tho poope,--Phreaologicdl Journal.