Year: 1861

wen Done Tor OhiO.
The counties of Butler Preble and Montgomery,
comprising the Third Congressional District of
Ohio, have all held large County Democratic Con-
ventions recently, and unanimously and enthusias-


icaly endorsed the course of their staunch Repre-
sentative in Congress, the Hon. G. l.. Vallandig-
ham.


The Grand Army.
| Reports from the different portions of the North
reach US to the effect that Government finds it
exceedingly difficult to procure recruits In Phil
aueiphla and New York city only the poorest dregs
OF the population can be induced to enlist. In the
interior OF the State of New York, men who had
enlisted, prior to the receipt of the news of the
great defeat, have insisted on striking their names
from the roll. private letter from New Hamo-
shire which we have been shown saws. nMar ors
not so anxious to enlist now they we're prevonq IN
the fight. A friend of ours assured u.s. last FRIDAY
that the recruiting sergeant had been ten days
enlisting ten men in Concord, and a Young man in
Concord told me he had been offered $50 bounty"
The writer adds "rhere is great change here
ir public sentiment within month. There are
10000 men in New Hampshire opposed 10 the war,
as at present carried on to subjugate the South.
Our first regiment will come home next week.
Most If them learn have got enough OF the
war. They complain greatly of the treatment
they have received and say that they have been
used very meanIy"


The Blockade Mt the Northwest.
The blows dealt by the Administration to punish
disoyalJy are most fearful in their recoil The
loyal Northwest is being ruined by the measures
taken to harass and disturb the country of the
Southern Mississippi. Whether the Administration
KNOWS 1t or not is question somebody else must
answer. Wheat in this city, of goud merchant
able quality, will not bring twenty cents per bush
el; corn has been sold and delivered one hundred
miles east OF US Ter sepea cents per buShe and still
down, down is the fearful tendency. 1t always
appeared to US tfat the better policy to drain
| the South of specie and concentrate it here.
UyHl Northwest no al Snuth aaI
alike the efacts of the blow. The last, stimulated
to greater endeavors, sows broader acres and lives
while we languish. We tell the "blood nvok-
ing advocates Of this that the "plain men, of
Me- Linc0ln's proclamation are becoming aroused
lhey see ruin staring them in the face. They see
every avenue which has hitherto brought wealth
choked up-more, they evidences Of the antnus
OF thls war, ard all of them, Republicans as well
as Democrats, are beginning to think. From every
hilltop OF Iowa the cry will soon come "Peace
take off restrictions, unlock the channel of trade
give peace and life We know tive state
nothing from hearsay conjecture; it is the mono
tone of the people which will become stronger with
the need. The Mississippi must be opened and the
Northwest saved.-Ioaca State Journal


Difficulty of Raising Troops


Ii is very doubtful whether another volunteer
regiment can be raised in this State. The people
begin to feel that the is unjust and cruel and
that all who engage in it, will be looked upon as
hghtlng for pay, and not for justce and that how
ever much they may need employment to get a
living, they not going to robbiug and murder
ing their Southern brothers. They feel that if
poverty should drive them to commit such crimes
1t would be far better to commit them among the
Abotionists of the North who have caused their
poverty, and that is, doubtless their firm resolve
Democratic { ~. II. } Standard


THE WAR NoRTH.-Poor men-vou who depend
on your daily labor for your support, GCd help
you! We feel for you because we are one of you.
Where do find our dollar day now, unless
we enlist as officers for this plundering war? Where
shall we find our shilling day if it cuntinu - six
months longe-, when the frosts and SHOWS of
another winter tail around us and our familiesH--
Democratic Standard (N H).


Reduction of Salaries.
The proposition of the committee Of Councils to
reduce the salaries Of all the officers Of the city of
Philadelphia, under the control of Councils has
caused quite futter among those interested, par
ticulary with the police force. They complain
bitterly at the idea of duciug their salaries ten
per cent, while the city neglects to redeem their
warrants, and thereby compels them to submit to
shave OF from three to five per cent. which would
make the total deduction of their salary about ft-
teen per cent. This, they contend, would deprive
them of the means of respectable livelihood, and
would compel most OF the best men in the force to
resign.


Tired of the War.


Mr. Breckenridge yesterday presented to the
Senate twelve memorials from Niagara county, N.
Y, deprecating the war, and praying for cessa-
tun of hnstilities.


Scarcity OF Farm Labor.
farmer writing to the editors of the Journal
Of Commerce, saws: We cannot get to stay in
the country at farm work for such wages as the
| low price of produce will enable us to pay.