The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-07

York State, where he graduated in 1850
At school and college he was noted fol
close application to his books, but was moi
SO much of a bookworm as to think lightly
of manly sports. After graduating a
Schenectady he returned to Ohio, and com.
menced the study of law with a view to en-
tering upon that profession. But the first
gun Of the wal of the rebellion was the sig.
nal for him to drop books and postpone
plans for the future. Ho enlisted as a phi
fate soldier, but was soon promised to 9
~Eeutenancy, and soon after to a eaptamcJ
in the Twenty-frst Ohio regiment. HI
served with signal credit under Gen. Cox
in West Virginia, until the expiration o.
his term of enlistment, IN August, 1851
On returning to his home he Immediately
began recruiting for the three years ser
vice, and succeeded m raising one com,
pany and parts of several others for The
Forty-seventh Ohio volunteers, In which hi
was successfully captain, lieutenant-colone
and colonel, prior to his appointment Al
brigadier-general. He was wounded a
Shiloh, wounded again and again at Vicks
burg, and during the Atlanta campaign, IL
the summer of 1854, he lost his leg at Ken
csaw mountain. A musket ball struck til,
NIB below the knee and close to an un
nealed wound received at Vlcksburg. HI
was taken 10 a hospital tent at midnight
and by the Pickering light of a tallow dip
amid the shrieks and groans of hundredl
Of his brave wounded companions stretched
on rude couches about him, he bore The
amputation apparently unfnoped.
Gen. Rice lid not leave the service unit
the last gun had been fired, and the peace
for which he had fought so long and Sc
well had fallen upon the long distracted
country. He came back to his home or
clutches, wearing a star. on his shoulder
that had been earned by as faithful service
as any man ever rendered to his country
He had entered the war as a Democrat
He found nc reasonto WAIVER in his political
faith while the strife was raging, and or
his return to private life he engaged in the
Democratic duty of restoring fraternal rela,
tons between, the discordant sections, Of
bringing back the Government to its nor.
NAL condition, O placing the civil power
again in the acendency. 5oH eirecognizedi1
the restoration of the lately rebellious
States to their allegiance to the old flag tht
%fruition of the hopes that inspired him ant
his comrades In their long and arduous
campaigns, He could not be made to be.
lieve that the war had not ended, anG
ended finally and forever.
Gen. Rice was elected to the Forty-fourtl
and the Forty-ffth Congresses, in beth O
which he labored necessarily 70 promott
kindly feelings between the North ant
South. He was the firm, unfailing frient
of the soldiers, and spared no effort to pro
mote their interest. AS a member of til,
Committee on Pensions in the Forty-fourtl
and chairman Of that committee in th,
Forty-ffth Congress, he gave. his time ant
his thoughts to the duties of his position
with a.spirit of devotion too seldom seen
He was the originator of the Arrears o
Pensions bill, and it is to his efforts mainly
that the soldiers are indebted for the bene
fit of that act. Under all circumstances
and at all times, Gen. Rice was true to Thu
interests Of every soldier who had an!
claim upon the justice or generosity of tn,
( Government. In accepting the secont
place upon the Ohio Democratic ticket
Gen. Rice demonstrates his devotion to tn
principles of his party. He would homo
any office in the State.
Ea. CHARLES REEMELIN.
The father of the candidate for Auditor o
State, vas a wholesale grocery merchant
The name is witten in German Ruemelin
The family came originally from the pro
vince in European Turkey-Rumelia-
some seven senturies ago. They were al
ways well-to-do people.
Charles Reemelin was born in Hebron
Kingdom Of Wurtemberg, May 18th, 1874
He attended the excellent schools of hi
native city and received a thorough classica
education. His fathers house was formerl
d Catholic convent, His schooling wa
had IN the Franciscan convent, and thes
surroundings made a deep impression o
his mind, for he never could be made
believe in the perpetuity Of human institr
tons, for the impressions as to constan
changes in governments were constant
; before him.
His mothers death, in 1894, brougf
him into a boarding school in the town j
which Schiller was born, where his class
studies were perfected. Destined by h
grandmother's wish for the ministry, b
had to abandon this plan on account of i
health, and was in 1928 placed as al
prentice in his fathers business.
He received his late education at mterya
in a University, and coming to-this countr
was n of the very few emigrants VII
could speak, or had any know
ledge of the English language. B
had read Walter jScett's novels, rtAdai
Smiths Wealth Of Nations" and IN,
cullough's Polictieal Economy and wa
a confirmed free trader when he left Gle.
many.
In the fall Of 1881, he took a Situate
offered him by a commercial house
Wlmpfen, situated on the river Necka,
whose trade consisted largely Of smugglir
across the frontier. As a free trader l
looked upon this business as a legitima
reaction against protective tariffs and u
Just taxation and excuses.
The wish for America revived in 1888
with new force through the reading
Dunden's work on the United States, ar
his father now yielded his consent. E
left Germany in April, 1882, al
arrived In Philadelphia August 24t
the same year. The voyage aero
the ocean took IS days. He was a
pointed supercargo. when the ~regularzaf
Ger of that title was washed overboar
And he might have retained the situatio
if his passion for living in America had n
been too strong to allow him to become
mariner.
In Philadelphia, after trying several 9
! equations in vain, he was finally engag,
in a grocery store at So per week al
board. His employer was an Irishm;
from Cork, and Nj. R. has retained +
him and the Irish generally a warm fe'
ing; for aside from their kindnesses to hi
he looked upon the Irish and their count
as despoiled similar to his native city, al
thought they should have been left free.
After remaining one year in Phi
adelphia, the old desire for t
, West Of America seized him, a
5 he left with the intention of going to S
Louis. On arriving in Cincinnati, the riv
; was so extremely low, that navigation W
suspended. The cholera was also ragi
/; terribly, for of one hundred and twent
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