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VOL. XIV, TH£ MINERAL POINT TRIBIME IS PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, 2n the old Eagle Saloon, opposite the lowa County Bank Mineral Point, Wisconsin, hy BLISS Sz SON. Subscription Rates. To City Subscribers, one year, $2 00 do do six months, 1 50 do do three months, 75 To Office and Mail Subscribers, one .year, 1 5 do do do six months, 75 do do eo three 1 months,... 50 For any time lees than 3 months, 5 cents per umber. TANARUS mis of Advertising. | lv. 1 4 w. i3 n H in. jly. ar 1 sqmrV ~ rsi 00 i#l 7-~ j>2 <>T| fa oo |S7SO | sl2 1 ‘ . . j i :.•> | ;j oo | • oo j lo no j 15 oo 200 ■■ 8001 12 00 1B 00 ~ ,;i :..n,300 ] 6 09] 600 |l2 00 I 1500 I 20 00 J, column, i 500j~s 00 | 10 00 j 15 00 1 20 uO J 35 00 ( , . Inmn, j 1000 | 1500 j 18 00 1 25 00 j 35 oo | 60 00 Twelve lines Nonptriel type, compact matter, or their equivalent in space, will be counted as a square. Professional and Business Cards, jl a line, per year, tor the first live lines, and fifty cents for each additional line. Kstray Notices, published four weeks, T 2 for a single animal, ami* fifty cents for each additional animal in same net ice. Legal Notice' at statute rates. Special .Notices, leaded and kept inside, having jtrc 'silence of • niiuarv idvertisenients, 50 per cent, advance on ordinary rales • Notices ot meetings,charitable societies, A:c., half price. ..... Advertisements not accompanied with directions will he inserted till foi ml, and charged for accord ing! y. All Transient Adrrrt tsc;ne:ils must br paid for in advance This tule . : ll isolbe varied fn >u 5 i-arlv A ivertisi - alio ved :he privilege of chang ing quartet lv. No Auvertiseim i t considered less than asqpare. HI 1,1.3 CIM.I SCTAtLK Itf.UTKHtY. KAIL ROAD TIMU TABLE. / dIA.MiK of Time. To take effect Monday, Julv V J 5. I*o MINERAL POINT.RAIL ROAD. Col.Sd SOUTH. Leave Mineral Point at 0:20 a. in. Leave Calamine at 6:55 a. in. Leave Darlington at 7:20 a. m. Leave Riverside at 7:45 a. m. Arrive in Warren at ti:2o a. in. going north. Leave Warren at 9:30 a. in. 1 .eave Rivet side at 9:55 n. in. Leave Darlington at 10:30 a. in. Leave Calamine it 11:00 a.m. Ai rive at Mineral Poin I at........ 11 ;30 a. m. <*.\ mniNUAYS A THAI \ WtLL Leave M i net a I Point it.. 3:00 p. in. Arrive at Waiieu at., . s:ou p in. Leave Warren at 5:45 p. in. An ive in Mineral Piiut at 7:30 p. in. (L W. COBB, Supt. l.lloA A VM> ( lilt' AGO UNION It. K MMEK An aog< uient. On ami 'tiler May 2 Hi, Js.,l, trains will leave Freeport (Sundays ex ■••jdeiid at l0:3o i v.nm. 10:15 f m. Lt Chicago and nter medial* pla> *s. amv mg in Chicago a I s.t*> 1* aj, hml 5:4 i a vi I ranis leave Chi "ig-> at 9:15 A a, and 9:15 I* M, and arrivi at Freeport at 3:15 rn.aud 4:15.a u. connecting it Belvidere with trains loi Janesville, Madison, I’rair edu I liien. ilw ankee, ,Vc. AtJunctioi wit i; < hi m.-o. Bu rl ingloti aul ljuincy e:.d< h ica go and E ■ iI on R K- At Chicago wit i; !1 t rains Has*. A t Freepol I withal 1 i lliin-i -Central RH t rains . Noth—Vl* I-vi tr.i. n leave-Freeport Sunday night 4>ut not Saturday . P jf“ Sleeping Car- on all Nit:lit Trains, E. B. TAL dll. G. M. WHKKLKK Gett't tuft. (icm't I iuvncrr A g > u I nos: s ’ii. stfom;, TAWVKK. Mineral iV nt, Wisconsin. Office one j door west o; the Pro-liv |ei ian Meeting House, to the building f<> merly occupied by the United P! lies I .and t Olice. Mr. Strong w tlt 1 1 in-act anv profession 1 business i-1 which lie tint * iph .*■. in the counties of i La I of!l , tli ant, or Richland. v!3n3 JOHN M 01.1,1 ViMIE AD. 1 vEAI.ER in Boohs, St atioto ry , an Wall Paper, J f Newspapers m l IV:; lami Agent of the 11 oine Insurance (hr.ipanv. New Yelk. Office in the Post office. High Street. Mim ;a' Point, Wi . .j. ii. v l \i: v, A TTORXKV at La-, and Solicitor in Chancery, \ ' i uer.il r’oiiit. tit! ei i l lie court house. ILEX \ M)Ei: WIIAON. v AWVKR, Mim-; i't i’it, Wiscoi su. Office in j[ , j . t con lily ten and; ag Mi. U ilsoit wiii a.tend ■ a 1 business of a legal ; , ere inirnste . to ills . , w . h pi<>niptness and i ...ly. —Ot f A 51 I S A coll 11. JAS. F. SIIIDCTH. ( ItKB A. "I HIM TJI, T A W VKKs. Mit >■ 1 1 Pan:. I v i ounfy .V\ iscnsin. I j ) Mess t :c .v S a ii. W‘ a :.•••. ■ > protess-oiia 1 bu-i --lo -s and corn spao. ccc a- i:,ae ; o:oi e. I Ulice oppu* a.'.e court house, up si.ti -. Ihtl JOHN ti. W 1 •'TON, \'OT.IKV Put' - ; i 'mi' •• \a • "i .at ■ Ii ell cm". A gen t, \ Li :i' u, low a cou ::,>i ; - n>; i lot! I f.N.I. (L >4 (ITT. g a ENTIt AI. D> ■ rrt n Dry G ro.-erie s . Pro * ; ■, ► w Slone, Wis November 12.1 s sf>. J. It. MOFFETT, ’ll. I)., OFFICE in M B. k, stairs, Mineral Point, Wiscoiis.il. , 34y OR. %. >!. 111 LOLItRAN O. 1 111YS1C! AN , far.' a, and A v-iu chcur. Mineral J Point. Wi- ii- ce ae <l. >r above Sprague’s ti . a Shop, High S' reel. 2U FASHION VIILU HA Rlt UR. ('• KOHL K APPKI. h aving fitle up his Shop in the J most approved style, is prepaied to Shave, I ess Hair, r-hampco, , . wno may favoi him with a call. He will also a'ten.l to HI. eding. Cup ping, atifl 1 cech ing. • u - io 11 no I ice ami in lii e best i lanner of the science The most perfect satisfaction warranted in all case*. 34 CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, AUGUST 16, 1861. V. 1.. li. BLESSINR, VTTORNEA’ and Counselor, Land and Collecting Agent, Shullsburg, LuFavelte county, Wis. (iAR DINER C. MEIGS, "VrOTAKY Public, Land Agent, &c., ate., Arena, lowa county, Wis.. will attend to the payment of taxes, <kc., with accuracy and dispatch . 51 NAM. EL AV. REUSE, ATTORNEY at Law and Notary Public,Dodgeviße, lowa county, Wis. Particular alien ion paid to Collecting Reler to Hon. C. C. Washburn and Cobb Mess more. 34 GEORGE U. COHH, IJRODUCE and general Commission Merchant, dealei in Ssi*l, W’atei Lime, &c., -tone ware house, near K. K. Depot, Mineral Point. 10-42 Prof. Moffett’s Temple of Art. I S Nt) W fitted up in a style supei iorto any gallery i u the VV’est; having a mammoth sky-light which en- H files him to do better woik lhaucan ue done in lb-; old style. “Secure the shadow ere the substance lade.” of those whom w e so dearly love. Thou kuowestnot what a day may bring forth. So here 1 am. who play s with the sun earn, painting with the pencil ot lire, bright faces on the burnished plate—throwing a light here and casting a shadow there,reprodocing crealures of life, health and joy . lam prepai ed now, to lake all kinds ol piclui es; lim beau ii < ii I Photographs w hicb are so admired by the lov - ers of at: alsolbe new style ot Sterreotype which are not su: passed b> anv picture—indeed all kinds of pic tu . es that can he taken in a mannerfar superiorto any evenaken in ihiscilv. AII are in v I led to cai 1 and see lev new rooms and see specimens ; all work warranted lo -uileor no charge. 1 have a splendid lot ot tine gold lockets, fancy c.i-es and frames, which 1 w ill sell low. One and all give me a call. Rooms in Mollett’s Block, up stairs. C. K MOFFETT, Artist. Mineral Point, Nov. 27th laeo. n4B-tf. 2M>a A Card. U isconsin Merchants : WEBBER, WILLIAMS A YALE, Johheis of Hals. Caps, Stiaw Goods, Parasols and Umbrellas. 25 L: ke .street, Chicago, in\ ile the especial attention ot \\ iseon-jn merchaiiifl to i heii veiy laige, well a-sorted, and unusually attract Lvr spring slock for Ist!], w hich w :'l be ottered at low p. ices and on fa voi able terms tor cash or approved credi*. Prompt ami carefu 1 at tent ion given to orders. 3t,-i-y WEBBER, WILLIAMS A: YALE. ;;bk3 s2soc*s fo cash. The undersigned would . “*oct ) Inllv inform the citizens ol Mineral Point and vicinity, that he is supplied with the best of stock, and is prvoared to nvake to order nouns it shoes, coarse or fine for Ladies, Gents or Children, on short notice and the most reasonable teim-. Those desiring work in his line are invited to call al his Shop, next door belo \ Guiwiry V Store, <ia High Stieel. Repairing dune on slim 1 notice Leather and rl hoe Findings always on hand and for sale. Cash paid for Hides. CHRISTOPHER DAY. Mineral Point, Sep tender 1, I s,sy. Lcalhct’ iVZsiaiiittit'lory. f j’HK subscribers tan and finish Harness, Bridle, Belt, Collar and String Leather; Kij>, Calf and Sheep Skins, Which ihe\ will sell at the lowest rates for cash, at their shop. North e.r<t corner of High ami Commerce . * et -, Mi nera Point. J Vs” They will pay the highest price for good Beef Hi. ,Hoi S" H hies, Kip. < aII and Sheep tins. For .IOR I HUMS see a-Card. SMITH \ SANFORD. N. B. Plastering Hair always oil ham!. lot t Miners’. Point, March Ist iPil. i FAIRBANKS' / ST ANE AR D SC A LES OF ALL KINDS. ■ & F AIK HAN KS A(.R EE Nl. EA F, 172 Lake Street, Chicago. Iyl6 So.il iti 'lincral I’uint by W. ('(Mill. Itl*Y i iii\ the genuine. £■ 1 HOWE'S STANDARD SCALES. FOR SALK BY Vandervoort. Dickerson J & Cos. Igggaagl 77. V hi. ATE H'AREI/C'irsn, '•* Randolph Street, tVeiith "Ut "I Level. No Check Rods. All Tril lion received oil Bails. aSti'lj. fPHK. subscriber weald respectfully inf >nnthecifi | y.eiis of Mir.rai Point. Mid nil these who may want Hint ill his line, t hat he lias ope n,u anew BLACKSMITH SHOP in the rear of the Batik, near the court house s.juare where he Will ready at a I times to do, oil short noti e and in a workmanlike manner, any kind of work ta Ins line. Havin'; In lon-; tvp rience in the business, lie limes, by strict attention and fl.wc application to business, to merit and secure tliberal share ot the ■at roua;e of the coiumuuilv. S. V,-. CARTER. July 30,15C0. 31 I ' Tl KM\G SHOP. HAVING now complete! all the necessary M.t . chiin i for the purpose, the subscribe ii s pre pared to do a j kinds ol Turning on the shortest notice, am) on the most reasonable terms, at his shop on Chestnut street, a tew doors north from M id's. JOHN CL WN V. RICHARD CLARK, mi tv 1. 33.f DRIED FRUITS.—Dried Fruit and caufruitat WHEELER’S. SEMI-WEEKLY. From the American Agriculturist. A New Strawberry Patch. Asa mailer of course, everybody who can, means to have a strawberry i ed of his own. F.veu if he can buy his berries in market cheaper than lie could raise them, who would not [>:efer nice, fresh fruit just plucked bum his own vines, to the crushed, hall-fermented masses brought a long distance in baskets or boxes, or spooned out from tubs of question able neatness, which are go often ottered for sale at the corner grocery. They who eat only the latter article, know little of the licit flavor and delicious aroma of straw berries , fresh from the vines. This is a healthy fruit, the doctors tell us, j when eaten in reasonable quantities —remem- bering the old role; “gold j„ the morning,] silver at noon, and lead at night.” The doc tors, when honest, tell us likewise, that straw berries ** smothered in cn;im ” are more >ksh louabie anti palatable than healthy, and they advise us to eat them fresh, and mixed with nothing but morning dew. Hear old Doctor , Abercrombie ; “This truil is very nourishing, ! ami may be eaten safely by gouty and rheu matic persons, lis sub-acid juice has a cool- j ing quality, particidaily acceptable in sum mer. J’hy-iciaus concur in placing itiu their small catalogue of pleasant remedies. It dis solves the lartarous n crustaliuuson the teeth . and promotes perspira.ion. It gives relief in cases of stone, and Hoffman slates that lie has known consumptive people cured by them ” 1 hns lonitied, let us go tun and make our Strawberry bed. .Spring is, on some accounts, the best season for starting new beds. The plants aie then springing into vigorous growth, the ground and the atmosphere are : moist, am' the heat of the sun is less intense than in n id-summer, Bin, on the other hand. | it a bed can be established in August, it is I qi lie sure to luiuish a lair crop the hirst sea son aJ.erwa and. I’iiKPAU ATIOjf OF THE Soli.. Opinions differ as to the kind of soil best suited to the strawberry. Some insist that theie is no need of enriching or deepening it at all. I'robably those who succed under such management have ground that is natur ally deep ami lerllle. U here the soil is light ami thin, heavy mulch ing or frequent water ing shotdu be resorted to here it is natur ally s.tong and then is heavily manured with rank stable manure, the plants make a luxu riant giowth of leaves, to ihe io-s of truil Alter considerable observation ami experience, we are satisfied that those gardencis who suc ceed best in the long run trench and clinch their stuls. A favoiile method is in s; Sup pose a bed is lt> be made, sixteen icel long and lour and a bait or live feet wide. Begin at one end, ami uncover a piece ol gr. und live let t square, removing the lop soil in a w beet ban o w to ihe side ot th. Iml her end 01 the .<ed. Now, wheel in a barrow load of oid manure gr compost, spread it over the lowei s))• t and spatie it in, mixing the same thoroughly. 1 lieu uncover another portion ot I the beti, five feet square, throw ing the top soil back nj on 1 1>- grounti alieady mauuretl. Lunch tilt.-second lower spit like tne Inst, ;tud then cover it as before, so proceeding until the other end ot the bed is reached and : ihe subsoil ol tne whole is manured. Cover ihe fast tne feet square with lue soil taken from .he bed at iho beginning. Inc lop ia\er will probably need a Jn.He enriching. Treat it With a compost ot well rolled manure, largely mixed with leal-mold ami ashes. It I the soil ns naiurailv stiff with ci.tt, san.. >1 ion Id be added. This having been well incuiporaied, rake lli £iotm I saumth.d aw your garden hue ami shape the sines of the bed handsomely. Such a beti will last Tot several years. I'LANTI KG. Those who cultivate on a large scale will set tbeir vines about twoand a halt led apart in rows, and cultivate the ground wiih horse | and hoe. But tor garden culture, sixteen | inches apart is enough, and three rows in a bed. w nil a ley seinhiecn inches wnli bet ween the beds, fur convenience in hoeing, weeding and picking. Those who want to raise their bull wilh the least possible p.tins, and who care le>- li>f the quality than lue quam iiv. will a low their vines lo mu and cover ihe beds. 1 hoy who care something 1. r ihenea anil o: del ly look ot their garitcns, and who want large and handsome fruit, wall keen heir plums in hills, or at least in leu tar lows. IHe Minuets must. I heiefore. be clip ped several times during the summer. Of course, when plants are wauled lor siarimg new beds, ihe runners must be allowed lo inert Use. In mailing new plantations at this season of I lie v ear, considerable care in is* be used. It possible, secure a cloudy or .showery dav ior iiausplantiug. If such weather does nol turn up at the desired time, then follow ihe ii le we have often given tor setting out cab bage and tomato plants. Tiovuic a bucket or two of tepid water, dig the holes wuh a trowel <>r spade, pouring into eacii half a pint of water. When it lias partly soaked a>'.iv pi . in the roots and Cover them vv n h fine sot i, i s ll g the lingers iu do it won. B-. ioie - ting out. in 1 off a part ol the lager leaves of each plant. Asa general ride, the pii.us snmdd be shaded lor a day or two, and ihe g.oLud i mined on eiy mulched with leaves. BEST VARIETIES. We shall not | resume lo speak author na tively on this jroml. The number >( excel lent sorts is now great, and those which suc ceed in one soil and climate and treatment, du but indifferently well under other ci'cu in stances. A lew hints, however, mav lie given to aid in making selections W i!>un s Albanv Seedling ranks very high, if not the highest, as a prolific bearer. iet, it is rather uc.d, and w hea ripe turns dingy soon after picking. W uh us, 100, it frequently burns out m mid summer. Ihe lloukcr is a beautilni, delicious berry, and prolific enough ; but u is rather lender is winter. The Boston Pine, Cushing, and Burr's Ketc Pine, are very sweet and pal atable, requiring little or no sugar. Hovey's Seedling holds its ground well among the older varieties, and deservedly ; it is large, hardy, a good bearer, and ol pleasant flavor. Tn oinphe de Gaud promises finely, at least tor amateur cultivation. So do Austin's Seedling, and others winch we can not specify. Fur market gardeners, public sentiment here set tles upon the following as the most profitable; Wilson’s Albany, lowa or Washington, Karlv Scarlet, Crimson Cone, Hovey, and others For amateurs tiie list would include. Hooker, Triomphe do Hand, Marylaudica. Burr’s N'ew Pine, Vicmuptesse Hericart de Thury. Cush ing, W ilson, and others. .N early every sort of strawberry is benefited by a liute protection iu winter. Leaves make a good covering. Keep them from blowing off by laying over them a little fine bni-h. if leaves are not at hand, use tan bark, or straw, or any coarse litter, t tie bulk ol which should be t moved in ihe spring. From the New Voik World. Financial. Capitalists are waiting to invest iu Govern ment securities, anti the impression exists among w ell informed parties that Mr. Chase, 0 lus visit to i his city, which is expected in a lew days, will have no difficulty iu making satisfactory arrangements for immediate loans to the toil exieui ol the government wants. *fii the presen I specie ba-is of the New Fork banks, this city could lake at once from §lO,- UuU.UOU to £ >0,000.000 ol government securi ties, wiih great benefit lo the money market and trade of New Turk. The prompt, distri bution ot this amount ol niouev’ into the chaunelsof trade will speedily impair heah hv activity to the movements ot commerce.— Since November, ItHiO, to ihe present date, we iia.e been suffering from a severe com mercial crisis— produced by the nou-pav uient of about §130,000,000 of Southern indebted ness,and Western bank 1 roubles and defaults, and aggravated since April by the evils of civil war—but we have not yet experienced any ot toe benefits winch a large war expend iture must necessarily bring with it. Hith erto, the money which Goveinment lias ex pended comes lioni peace appropriations tor tlie last fiscal year, ending June 30, JSbl ; the extraordinary expendiiure for the war is just beginning. The commerce of the coun try is stagnant liom a variety of causes.— Domt-lic produce and foreign" exjKiris, both ilori li auv4 ‘'Sonin, for l lie lasi two v ears have exceeded a lair avciage; our importa,ions liom abroad lor last year arc much decreased, and Hie influx of specie, and gam in active floating capital by Hie country, are bevond a 1 ! past iccords. i lie country is really pos sessed of more means and capital io <io a large and -ale business than at an v past pel led. aie. can I lie credit is, however, cm - .ailed, and i lus curtailment of credit has taken from the basis of operations in regulai Hade at least §1)00 000,000—equivalent io the w ulidravvai ol cajii.ul lo an equal a nount. — specie and < tpiial are in excess ; hut confi dence and credit are want ing in timer to u-e 1 hem. I lie business of i lie nation is at a stand still because nobody feels disposed to move, and just so it must remain until some body cues move. Government propo-.es to move by borrowing ;he surplus capital which is at present useless to couinieice, thereiiv oeueti.mg every interest, and employing tne money wmch nobody seems io want. Gov ernment proposes and jKi-scs-es the power io change the j.iesenL dullness and lelhargv ol i our business men into activbv and enterprise by bee .tiling a cash purchaser for §J.'.OOI),OOD per moiub ol American labor, agricultural products and mauulaci ores. Tnree hundred millions of dollars per monih spent among ourselves must produce prospem s aciivitv, and can in no way weaken tier financial or banking system by unheal nv ex nan.sum or exports ot specie to foreign countries. Tiiere i>, therefore, eviden.lv no event or policy in our history wmch can rival in imoortance this w ar, in t lie pow ci iu 1 impetus winch is expen diture, directed by the policy ot i tie govern ment, most necessai ily g ve to the dome-i ic. i 11.1 \1 U i.lCi U*t , i lli lr IV 4|,l i‘lllt'l >1 '*•< (t| i i)p nation. liiiestu: fabrics are used wnollv by Lite troop.-; cloths, boois and .-hues, nosierv and u;n ie cio. it ing are all made lie re. Wo met. are n-;ng more ol domestic coHog and nm-liii pi In’s, del vines and ca-omcre-; also ladles’ shaw men s plaids and bhmke.s, and flan nel.- of domes, ic man n fact me are more • n de mand ; and it is in accordance won the prin ciples which regime e tbe consumption of every i i . . ese do me.-.ics are .-cperceding foreign dir mg the war, they will ever atier peimanen.iy iet .ui the marke. agam-t tmeigu goods, from nto livesof ccmiway, and convenieuce, anil habit among our p -ople. After the e-.pecied v -it of Mr. t na-e to ini- ci.y, the Government will .lonb less anange io !;-’• . -e r.uildlv large sums ot money, and beneficial resuhs will speedily ni:unie>t them-elves in financial and conimeicial iionv iiv, w inch w ill impait confidence i. bn-me-s men and capitalists, ami lead l<> gradual me ease in mercantile credit. Dui mg ihe la-t eight months we ha e discounted ail the financial and com mercial c. iis 01-me war, : n• I also of our over tradmg and paper eXj.a isimi in to l-ti' l . A e shall hene. forth begin lo reap the good. ♦ ——— Gen. King. t U i-< on-m, and entire staff have taken a pledge to abstain Iron, the u-t* til intoxicating liquors -> Jong as engag 'd in the present war. Let others follow ihe noble example. Bv ad ■snatch from Louisville it seems th a. Gen. Zoliicotter at Hie head of Tennessee troops has -n ppre-.-ed I’aism Browijljw s Knoxville Whig. That sterling patriot will receive the sympathy ol the entire .North. From the Missouri Democrat. The Rebel Invasion, Our verba advices from the south-west re veal a fearful 'lie of things in that region With the desti ucurt ' march of the rels 1 in vaders, a system Jl rse stealing, robbing, and general outla V * T } prevails: Numberless atrocities and exces ** * daily commuted by the rebel forces ai.'d lh"-se in league and in sympathy with then \ l is estimated that four-fifths of the horses , n | M *sessU)H of the rebel troops, who are g enerally mounted were stolen from the couu ll^' 3 Lawrence, Jasper, Barton and Newton, i ~e sects) over run by the invaders. Maraud ' n > parties are furnished with a commission “ buat," a mild lerm used to cover up these predatory attacks. Horses, mules, and wagons,, ore cap tured wherever found. One of these c> •minia-' sious, or ** furloughs to hunt,” was foun and on the person of a Lieutenant, from lliek,' ,r J county. The document was signed bj- DeWitt C. Hunter, Colonel. A man named Smith, lately moved in from Kansas, was known to have captured twenty horses and marched with them to his home in Jasper county fur his private use. The community is demoralized by this system of “ horse pri vateering,” the lowest wretches in the com munity taking advantage of the anarchy which prevails to prey on the property of their neighbors. A man named Linn, of Sarcuxie, has made a successful “ hunt.” hav ing captured, it is said, nearly a hundred horses. Fora mg patties levy their depreda tions on friend and foe 'dike. Frequent rob beries of stores have been committed. Large quantities of grain nave been taken, and all the flouring mills have been pressed to per form a share in the grinding exactions. This sys’em of plunder is bu a small part of the aggravations which afflict the inhabitants of the regions indicated. Their fears are much excited bv roving bands of Indians, who, it is confidently believed, accompany the rebel horde. The Indians belong to the Cherokee and Creek tribes, and are mostly half-breeds, with faces of hideous aspect. It is averred, on good aulhoiiiy, that a Cherokee named Fry has a commission in his deer skin pouch insuring him a reward of jjtoO lor the scalp usually worn by Dr. Siemmer, of Jasper county. The names of other loyal citizens are mentioned, whose scalps are in good de mand, at a paving figure The morals of the women seem also to suffer from the inhumanity of .he times, A benevolent lady, whose name for the imnor of her sex we suppress, offers a premium Jor a sufficient number of scalps to make a Led guilt, tier devotion to the relief cause exececis in a degree the mere mercenary motive of the Cherokee, Fry. We might add numberless instances to the above, bet we forbear lur the present. The people are fleeing from these terrible e.ils that afflict them at home, and are seeking an asylum among utter strangers. 'Die road h. - tv. een Springfield and Mount Vernon has been filled wi.ii fugitives for seve al week*. We can but hope that foe time lor their de liverenee is near at hand. -♦ ♦ Brutality of tire Rebels. Government has informal ion through an lutccepted letter f>ou an honorable rebel at one •! i .it rebel forts opposite Dickens to a tnend in one of the Cull Slates, of the fol lowing facts ; We hail some Jitile excitement at il.e Foil last night and this morning, caused i,y Hie arrival among us of a man from I’ickens. it seems that he was bathing mj his side < f the channel, a mile and it ee-eighlns distant fi tun here, and i e swam beyond his depth. Until wind and tide being against him, he came over to us, and threw tnms.-lt upon fhe mercy of the Commande , Majm Gregoiy, who, we, think, l.eated Jum very badly. “lie appeared to be a no!>,c fellow. W hen a-ked w nether he yva.s a deseilo' - , he replied, *• iS •>, Sir, lam a gent letna'i." .VJaj ( egorv tried in get some imorma ion from iiim a* re - gards ltie slate oi defense in whico Dickens was, but tie letused to eiie any, upon wiucu C;<'go;y ordered him to be g gged— am due —and sent to Harracauas t'nson. Tins may be l lie rule of war, but may lleaien deliver u-> 1 o n . ver lualiieaniig a lielpless foe *• 1 he Madison Rifles consulted about the propriety of suffering the o d.-r lo lie carried out, but they yvere advised I), tlie• r own nffi ee s not to interfere; in at if they did they snould be punished for mutiny ; besides thev did not know the leal true ca-.se of the i real me nt. ** if o’clock.—Jlist, returned from a small group of trie (is. who we e a.iima • fly di*- c i*s,og die qu> >; ion whether m' not the pri*- o iei was treated j istiy. They ca ne to he Conolnstou Ilia! he was not nniy' l'<‘a!ed uii jusily. hut cruelly,and they havede ermined to report the commander oi .he Fort ohead p ane s. What good if will and.. we c n not lei 1. Lie such iicis of uukiindnes* s.-ouhl not l>e ieft umiot'ceil. I think ' l.ai (Jen. Hragg w. i express Ins indignai ion at tiie bail man ner in winch li e ptiso er was Ireated, and will, il possible, redress the inj o v. “ I ad • ire the prisoner, lie seemed to feel no fears of toe or death. W lien clothe* were given him, he *..;d that if he ever Ji\cd to gel back ! e would return their equivalet, in y. When fold that he i it he 'lid ti t answer the questions put to him, he told Gregory to shoot hi u it hecho-e, li.al one dealli was all a soldier could dm. At one lime he was highly insulted at the treatment., and even prepared to spit upon the insolent man who if.red t > try to force him lo betray bis friends. S ich men are rarely found, and when they are should com mand respect, even from their enr lines.” wrmng, anil intends to publish, a history < • the events which in his knowledge have pro duced the present slate of things ,y.th the oligarchy. NO. 36.