The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-05

Virginia. The Confederates were in
position on Greenbrier river, across the
mountain. west of Staunton. General
mand of the force in the field, consist
ing of four regiments. General w. W.
Loring was in command of the dis
trict. The battle was brought on by
an attempt of the Federals coming
from the west TO force the mountain
pass and make their way into the
Shenandoah valley One of Johnson's
scouts discovered this movement, and
the Confederates prepared to check it.
They had LOO men in fairly good
position. with some rife pits. At 4
O'Clock in the morning Colonel j. A.
Jones of the Twenty-ffth Ohio sprung
the attack. which was aimed at first on
the Confederate right, where there
were no works. But Colonel Jones
men found the road steep and rocky
and their march toward the Confeder-
ate line blocked by trees, brush and
fallen timber. Confederates every.
where stood ready After a couple Of
hours action an the Confederate right,
Colonel Jones attacked their left.
which was strengthened by trenches
After fighting until the ammunition
had given out, Colonel Jones marched
his troops back down the mountain.
having lost 127 killed and wounded
The Confederates had lost rs, includ-
ing five officers killed and nine wound
ed. They were Outnumbered. but had
fought gallantly and held the position
On the 18th Prince Albert of Eng
land, the consort of Queen Victoria.
died very suddenly. Just at the time.
England and the United States were
believed to be on the point of war over
the famous Trent affair" The prince
was counted among the good friends
Of this country in the capitals Of Eu-
rope.
On the 18th the Mexican congress
voted absolute powers to Benito .Iua-
rez, the president. so that he could
cope with ho.lc opposition while re-
sisting European intervention .Jua-
rez had been declared president by
faction of Mexican people, but his
case was so good that the United
States recognized his government aud
gave him its moral support. without
which he could not have succeeded
,Iuarez was of pure Indian blood and
his life had been full Of adventure, He
was imprisoned in 1896 in consequence
of an abortive rebellion in Oajaca. He
was n delegate TO the congress which
lhe dictator Santa Anna dissolved in
f84G. He fought the United States in
It's war against Mexico and after peace
was declared turned against Santa
Anna. Finally Santa Anna regained
full power in Mexico and put Juarez in
prison and later sent him into exile.
In the revolution against Santa Anna
In 1855 he again took active part and
became minister of justice After
many vicissitudes he issued q manifes-
70 and became president. He defeated
General Miramon's reactionary forces
n 1861 and was chosen constitutional
president by popular vote. In July the
Mexican congress suspended payment
If foreign debts. which led to Euro
)ean intervention and a declaration of
var upon Juarez's government.
To Be Free or Not to Be FREQ
On the 10th Senator Henry Wilson
# Massachusetts introduced q bill for
he emancipation Of negro slavesl in
he District of Columbia. The stsltus
# the negro between the army lines
md in the Federal camps was very un-
crtain and led to much controversy.
At the extra session of congreBs
which closed in August. 1861, conf s.
alton bill had been passed providing
hat negro slaves held by masters whU
n any manner assisted the enemies OF
he United States need not be returned
o such service when they escaped, as
he law OF the land directed Moth ing
vas said IN the act as to the sla YES
Who ran away from masters CLAIM ling
0 be loyal to the United States The
ection relating TO slaves read as fol-
lws:
Whenever any person claiming 20 be
ntltled 10 the service OF labor OF any
ther person under the laws OF any