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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-06-20

BUILDING SOCIETIES. On Friday even.
ing Of last week preliminary organization
| for u new Building Society Tor Elktou, WAS
effected aud some stock subscribed There
will be another meeting i'll the Court House
this evening. a general invitation Is eA-
tended TO all to attend We would suggest
that the new society limit the premium TO be
paid by borrowers to 20 or - per cent.
From what we have seen Of the workings of
the society which was established here in
February last, we have become satisfied that
| there should be limit to the premium not
exceeding 20 per cent. Tor all loans by
building societies. The money loaned by
the society already in existence on Saturday
evening last brought premium Of $50 So!
per cent
PRoCEEDlNGs oFTHE COUNTY COMMISSION.
ERs.-At their session, last week. the Board
transacted the following business, in add
| ton to passing accounts and ordering pay
ments to be made to supervisors, etc
Bond of Robert Mackey, supervisor 4th
district, was approved. Bond of W. H.
'earce, collector lst dist, also approved. -
John Wroth, f. King aud James Megill
securities. Bond Of James kinkaid, con
stable i'll second district, approved
An order was passed to request T.. Noyes
to remove obstruction from water course of
a certain road near his premises The Clerk
Of the Commissioners, Mr.. W. r. Miller,
was ordered BY the Board to examine the
foot bridges across Big Elk Creek, at the
east end of Elkton, and at Rick etts' Mills,
and have them properly repaired.
The Commissioners adjourned to meet on
the 23d inst, Tuesday next.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-06-20

NEPTUNE'S SEA CHARiOr.
CHINESE tIlAEIur of Ganfuciua
Massive Cage Of li"i,s, and other
'hiriots: Cars and Huriins of exquisite
wn' kmanahip, drawn by a magnificent
stud ii Foreign Horses, und succeeded
10y the whole troupe Of Artists, IDciud
my The mnat beautiful Lady rider. in
the Wurld.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09

to make my voice heard at that distance
above the roar of the engine. Even "l.eh
standing on the ''foot board it was with
difficulty that we could hear each otner'
My only hope was that my stiffening nih-
gers would hold on for the remaining ten
miles An occasional glimpse OF the oounc
try showed that we had gone two -thiros Oh
our distance, and had also most fortunate
ly passed the toughest points. IWen J
minutes more and I should be safe.
"We had now passed the mountains
and the road became straighter and smooth
er. As we emerged from the tunnei on
the spur of the mountains, [ caught slghs
far down the lire of the G, express Inc
road there is perfectly straight for three
miles, and I had an unobstructed view.
Brighter and brighter grew the headiigh'
till it seemed to glare with demoniac nerce-
ness Although knew there was no dan
ger, yet the sight of that ponderous crea-
ture laundering toward me, sent through
me momentary thrill of horror, and l IN
voluntarily clung closer and closed my
eyes as the train rushed past. AS the
train stopped, I uuclasped my benum6eo
fingers and stepped to the ground, put
could not walk three steps, my legs were
30 stiff from being so long IN crampeo
up position At last I reached the sue
Of the road and sat down. The moon hao
ong been obscured, and few neaVy
irons betokened the coming storm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09
THE COPPERHEAD.

The best and bitterest political poem of tht
day is the following by John HopeIy. 1t frs
appeared in the Bucyrus, {O.) JOURNAL:
Ofall the factious men we've seen,
Existing now or long since dead,
No one was ever known so mean
As him we call Copperhead
A draft-evading Copperhead
A rebel-aiding Copperhead;
A growing slandering,
Scowling, pandering,
Vicious, state rights Copperhead.
From him the decencies of life
And all its courtesles have fled
He lives in fretfu, factious strife,
A testy, touchy Copperhead
A negro fearing Copperhead;
rebel-cheerirg Copperhead;
An unlearned unlocked,
Oft-spurned, oft-whipped,
Doughfaced cring ng Copp"rhead.
When "Save the Union" was the cry,
And thousands for the Union bled,
Tie Nations right he did deny
To save itself this Cepperhea1
A son of Liberty Copper cad;
A Golden Circle Copperheadi
scheming, lying,
Screaming, flying,
Mean Canadian Copperhcad.
When Southern miscreants designed
Their helpless prisoners blood to shed,
and Libby Prison undermined,
Who then approved TIE Copperhead
The soldier-shooting Copperhead;
The patriot -hooting Copperhead
The war abusing,
Aid-refusing,
Crime-excusing Copperhead.
Who scoffed at Shloh's bloody fray,
And Andersonville's murdered dead 2
Who vctory's hour did long delay?
The traitorous, treachercus Copperhead
The crime creating Copperhead
Assassinating Copperhead
The strife-exciting,
Wrath inviting,
Death -delighting Copperhead.
When widows mourned their lonely lot,
And orphaned children wept their dead,
Who said their just deserts they got?
The Northern rebel Copperhead
The widow-libeling Copperhead;
The grief-deriding Copperhead
The false, conspiring,
City-fring,
Booth -admiring Copperhead.
Nor woman's grief nor orphans tears,
Nor even nations honored dead,
Are sacred from the jibes and sneers
Of every brutal Copperhead;
Each church aspersing Copperhead
Each preacher -cursing Copperhead;
Each Union hating,
War-creating, 1856
Repudiating Copperhead.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09
a CROSS OSS-BILL-INDICTMENT OF
THE EARNEST MAN

Ex-senator Doolittle when speaking
his piece, recently in Milwaukee, struck
a new lead and arraigned and impeached
the Republican party to which Hon. G.
E. Dyer at the meeting on Thursday
evening, put in the following reply:
I rraign and impeach him
First, For having during the war, in the
presence of assemblages of his fellow
citizens, denounced northern Democrats
who now support Seymour and Blair as
rebels and traitors to their country.
| Secondly, For having once advocated
in his place in the Senate most sweeping
measures of confscation whereby his
southern brethren were to be deprived of
their property and stripped of their
homes, and for now denounclng any in
reference with their rights of property
or franchise, as crime against nature
and civilization.
Thirdly, For having said at the close
of the war that when Grant captured Lee
and his army, he captured the Democrat
ic party.
Fomthzy, For having introduced bill
in the Senate, after the capture of Jeffer-
son Davis, abrogating the common law
rule as to the qualification of jurors in
trials for treason, in order thereby the
more easily to secure the conviction of
the traitors whom he would now have go
acquitted without trial or punishment, pro-
Vided always that they vote the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Filthy, For having said in his place
in the Senate that had he been present
at the passage of the Civil Rights bill, he
would have voted for the bill and then
voting against it upon the occasion of its
passage over the Presidents veto.
Sirth, For now opposing negro suf-
frage in the South, and denouncing as a
crime and a wrong to the Caucasian
race of the temperate zone, and in 1862
proclaiming that he would make1a "negro
territory within the United States, begin
ing with South Carolina where this hell
born conspiracy hatched its brood of trail
tors" in which territory the negro should
be supreme, and should enjoy forever his
rights as a man.
Seuenth, For having in olden times
untruly represented to his fellow citizens
in public speeches, that he was the owner
and holder of mortgage on the Demo-
cratic party which he was then foreclos-
ing before the people; whereas, the fact
was, that the Democratic party was the
owner and holder of mortgage upon him,
which it has since foreclosed, taking title
to the Senator with covenants that he
never belonged to more than two political
parties at any one time.
Finally, | arraign and impeach him as
originally Hunker Democrat T; as, second
ly, Barnburner and Freesoiler; as again
Democrat relapsed into his original
faith, endeavoring to demonstrate the
rights of slavery from the pages of the
Holy Bible and as, lastly, a renegade,
worthy Of the scorn of all men who hate
poll tical traitor.-Racine Aduocate. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09
GENERAL BRAGG'S SPEECH AT
OSHKOSH.

The friends of Seymour and Blair had
a meeting at Oshkosh on the evening OF
the 2Sth ult General Bragg, of Fond
du Lac, did the heavy speaking. The
Northeastern brings us, the following
faithful report of his speechs:
Mr.. President: Corruption, peace, in
come tax, reconstruction, bloated bond
holders, disgorgo, laboring classes. poor
man, capitalists, Sawyer, bonds, tax, cur
rency, bank stock, assessment, Jay Cooke,
Radical rule, corruptionists, bankruptcy,
four hundred millions, profigacy, nation
al debt, Democratic party, finances, four
billions, constantly increasing, Freed
mems Bureau, five millions, rascally abol-
itionists, poorer classes, excise, tax on
matches, green bax, bankers. tax on tea,
revenue, sixteen hundred thousand mil
lion, the devil, poor man, taxes, raseally
radicals, plundering tax or stock, ten
millions, depressing the poor man, FIVE
hundred billions, poor man, tax gather
ers, the devil, finances, salvation of the
country, true Democratic principles, boys
in blue, brother soldiers, copperheads,
abolitionists, 335 per cent, bonds, rich
man, lawyer, poor man, exorbltant taxa
ton, grinding the poor, heavy taxes,
damn it, down trodden laboring man, tax
on kerosene, internal revenue, bond hold
ers; radical rule, three hundred thousand
millions, stealing, army contracts, sixteen
millions, in June, white mans govern
mert, greenbax, radical mis- rule, bonds,
tax on greenbax, G. damn it, gold In
terest bearing, poor man, heavy tax,
Sawyer, bonds, Bouck, bloated bondhold-
ers, corruption, immoral, Capt Young,
soldiers, taxation, license, income tax, ex-
else, Fond du Lac bondbolders, Pendle-
ton, laboring classes, white man.. over
burdened taxes, bonds, tax on stock. He
also talked about corruption and bond
holders, and greenbacks, and income tax,
and internal revenue, and bondholders
and corruption, after which he devoted
his attention for a few minutes to the
finances, greenbacks, national banks, in
come tax and corruption. We forget to
state that few minutes previously he al
luded to the bondholders, the income tax,
greenbacks, bonds, poor men and corrup-
ton. Bragg then had few words to say
about the lab ring class, greenbacks,
bondholders, corruption and the income
tax, after which he closed by making
brief mention of the bondholders, internal
revenue and greenbacks.
We wish to say that we were compelled
to omit much that he said concerning
greenbacks, bondholders, income tax and
corruption. ~ ss
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09
WELsHMEN FOR GRANT.

The following address has been issued
to the Welsh citizens of Oneida county,
New York Governor Seymour's resi-
dence):
To the Welsh Residents IN Oneida Coum-
ty:
FELLoW-CIr1zENs AT the request
of the committee of the Welsh Grant and
Colfax Club, formed in the city of Utica,
we desire humby and earnestly to call
your attention to the Importance that
every one of you should vote in an hon
est, enlightened and conscientious man
ner in the coming election. We do not
wish to say anything concerning the per
sonal character of either of the candidates
for the high power of President and Vice
President of the United States; but we
are fully convinced that the principles
professed by Grant and Colfax are most
in accordance with the politics of the
United States for the last eight years,
and agree better with the principles of
liberty truth and justice, and are more
likely to lead the whole country to peace,
comfort, prosperity and honor. 1t ap-
pears to us that the principles and speech
es of the Democratic party naturally lead
to the re-establlshment of slavery IN the
South, thus rendering useless the great
sacrifice of property and lives made by
the friends of liberty in the last war, if
not leading us into another war, more des-
tructive and terrible, in the future.
On their side also are those who rebell-
ed against the Government and caused
the greatwa which proved the death OF
hundreds of Welshmen and thousands
from other nations. The trade prospect
is also worthy of attention. We are pro-
missed if the Democrats are placed In
power that the taxes will be less, and
that the public money will be managed
more economically. But their former
history when in power gives us but very
little room to expect economy from them
| and their financial schemes do not seen
likely to lead to any improvement II The
circumstances Of the country. They pro
pose to pay the national debt in green
backs instead of gold. This will cause
every one who is possessed OF gold to keel
it or send it to other countries, wher
there is better security. Thus trade vii
be stopped, the greenbacks Will be depre
ciated in value, the country will sink int
poverty and disgrace, and its progress ant
development will be hindered for man
years to come. This is our opinion, con
scientiously formed, and while we alloy
to others the same liberty to judge as W
claim to ourselves, we urge you, one an
all, to vote for Grant and Colfax; and ou
earnest desire is that every Welshma
throughout the United States should d
the same.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09

A schoolmaster. after giving one of his
pupils sound drubbing for speaking bad
grammer, sent him to the other end of
the room to inform another boy that he
wished to speak to him, and at the same
time promised to repeat the dose if he
spoke to him ungrammatlcally. The
youngster being quite satisfied with what
he got, determined to be exact, and thus
addressed his fellow-pupil: "a singular
number, nominative case, and in an an
cry mood. that sits perched upon an
eminence at the other end of the room
wishes to articulate few sentences to you
in the present tense" -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09

The foundation for a romance may be
briefly told in an incident just related to
our reporter, and Which actually took
place. Gentleman from the country lost
his pocket book-small but honest boy
found and returned it-gentleman thanked
boy and offered him reward-boy proudly
but brayely refused-said he wanted moth
ing for being honest--mother taught him
to be so and never take reward--gentleman
interested in boy and wanted to see moth
er-went home with boy-found mother a
widow-poor- neat-respectable offer
ed to adopt boy-bring him up at school
send to college business--make rich
man of him-mother thankful--wept-
said no--couldn't part with boy--break
her rheart--thanks-could not do it-gen-
tleman more than ever interested-asked
him to call again-called again-more in
terested--called again--kept getting in-
terested-k kept calling-kissed the boy for
his mother-fell in love-kissed the moth
er for her boy-proposed- accepts d
tears-quiet marriage-all went away to
Madison to ive-gentleman happy-boy
happy as he could be-found good wife
found a good husband-found a dear
good father. Moral to boys-When you
find pocket book belonging to stranger
give it back-especially if father dead and
mother widow-may find you rich fa-
ther-rich fathers mighty convenient fol
poor boys to fnd-especially in kite sea
son. ..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09

WANTED.-TEACHER STUDENTS and o her
w intelligent Men and Women, in business
paying 100 to 5000 per month, according to
aDllty For particulars, address ZEIGLERl
hcoURDY CO., Lombard Block, Chicago, III
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09
OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER

OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER, I
MADISON, April 9Th, 1868. {
TN accordance with the provisions of Chapter
i. 144 Laws of 1868, hereby give notice that
the notes OF the Bank of Jeffers on must be pre-
santed at the Office the Bank Comptroller at
Madison, Wisconsin, for payment within three
years from the date of this notice, or the funds
deposited for the redemption of the same will
be surrendered as provided in section two o
said act. WILLIAM E. SMITH,
24y2 - State Treasurer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09

An absent wife is thus advertised for ;
"Jane, your absence will ruin me. Think
of the children, you parents, your hus-
band Return, return all may yet be
well. At any rate enclose the key of the
cupboard where the gin is"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09

A Hungarian desiring to remark on
the domestic habits OF a young lady, said;
"Oh, Miss, how homely you are"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09
GritZner BrO.

Fashionable BARRIERS,
One door north Of the Bank of Watertown n,
Watertown, Wis. t,5l -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09
NOTICE.
MI, A. HIRSH

Tatertown, August II, 1868.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09

driven through his clothing and into the
boards under him, so that he could not
possibly escape, and then the tent set on
fire; another was nailed to the side OF a
building outside the fort, and then the
building set on fire and burned. The
charred remains of FIVE or six bodies were
afterwards found, all but one SO much dis
figured and consumed by the flames that
they could not be identified, and the iden-
tifcation of that one is not absolutely GER
tain, although there can hardly be doubt
that it Was the body of Lieut.. Akerstrom
of the 18th Tennessee cavalry, and ma
tive Tennesseean. Several witnesses who
saw the remains, and who were personally
acquainted with him while living, have
testified that it is their firm belief that it
was his body that was thus treated.
''These deeds of murder and cruelty
ceased when night came, only to be re-
newed the next morning, when the de-
mons carefully sought among the dead
lying about in all directions for any of the
wounded yet alive, and those they found
were deliberately shot. Scores of the
dead and wounded were found there the
day after the massacre, by the men from
some of our gunboats, who were permit
ted to go on shore and collect the wound
ed and bury the dead. The rebels them
selves had made a pretence of burying
great many of their victims, but they had
merely thrown them, without the least
regard to care or decency, into the
trenches and ditches about the fort, or the
little hollow and mvines on the hill side,
covering them ony partially with earth
Portions of heads and faces, hands and
feet, were found protruding through the
earth in every direction, The testimony
also establishes the fact that the rebels
buried some of tle living with the dead,
a few succeeded afterwards in digging
themselves out, o. were dug out by others,
one of whom your committee found In
Mound City hospital, and there examined.
"Many other Instances of equally afro
cious cruelty might be enumerated, but
your committee feel compelled to refrain
from giving here more of the heart-sick-
ening details, and refer to the statements
contained in the voluminous testimony
herewith submitted. Those statements
were obtained by them from eye-witnesses
and sufferers, many of them. as they were
examined by your committee, were lying
upon beds of pain and suffering, some SO
feeble that their lips could with difficulty
frame the words by which they endeav
L. IL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-09-09


ties which had been inflicted on them,
and which they had seen inflicted on
others. Eas-,r.. -.# -.
"How many of our troops thus fell vic
tins to the malignity and barbarity of
Forrest and his followers, cannot yet be
definitely ascertained. Two officers be-
longing to the garrison were absent at the
time of the capture and massacre. Of
the remaining officers, but two are known
to be living, and they are wounded and
now in the hospital at Mound City. One
of them, Captain Potter, may even now
be dead, as the surgeons, when your CON-
mittee were there, expressed no hope of
his recovery. Of the men, from 800 to
400 are known to have been killed at
Fort Pillow, of whom at least three haea-
dred were murdered in cold blood after
the post was in possession of the rebels,
and our men had thrown down their arms
and ceased to offer resistance"
It is idle to add one word to this SIM
pie rec tai of facts given in an undisputed
official record. And this monster, this
murderer, this bloody, atrocious criminal,
this fend in human shape, this worse than
Indian savage, this General N. B. For
rest, was a prominent and conspicuous
member of the National Democratic Con-
vention-and be was cheered and received
with every demonstration Of applause
when he rose 10 give the vote of Tennes-
see for Frank Blair State Journal
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-05-23
Weak and Delicate Children

are made strong ny using the l3itters
or Tonic. In Iuct, they are Family
NsdIcines. They can be administered
with perfect safety 10 II child three
III onIi4 old, the most delicate female,
or man Of ninety.
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CONSUMPTION.

ThoHsnnds OF cases, when the pa
ttent supposed he was afflicted With
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Gaoflnn1's Ucrmuu Dittcrs

is entirely vegetable, ana contains no
Hpuor. 1t Is compound of Fluid Ex-
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country 10 he used expressly for the
gnannfnct cture of these Biiters, There
e 3 nn alcoholic substance of any kind
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urDCr q Is the only Bltters that can
so 'u.ed in cases where alcoholic stim-
ATLANTIS are not uu y isuble,
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TINE or uOLDiNG COURT.
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Last Monday in april.
First Monday in August.
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