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CHICAQOTRIBinnE, •WIT, TKI-VEEKLT AID WEEKLY. Office* Ko.€l Clark Street, iiuu or ns cncifio thud** Hilly, deUmered in city, per y«*r SB.OO Hilly, delivered in city, per \reek «1S Hilly, t© n>n intßcrfbei*, per year 7.00 Htflyjto anil subscribes, per six months. 4.00 si-weeldj,t*ryc».w.. 4.60 Weekly. single eubealbets,<6 mo'a $1.00). . 1.50 *• 8 copies...., 4.00 * .Coo?. 168 6.00 ** 10 copies 10.00 ** *) copies, sail to getter up of c1ub.20.00 Mi i>Milium to-ckabsmsj be made Ussy tlie at the nae rate. V Money la Bagistercd Letters may bo scat it oar risk. uiim ««■!€«♦ mint,” ok** m. ®Cj)e Ctiittrie* FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1893. W The Tennessee and Camber-land rivers arc open to commercial trade and the -maDs, as far as the Federal lines. President Lincoln sent a special Message to Congress, yesterday, making ie suggestion of compensated emancipa tion as a means of restoring liannony in the Union. lie gives his reasons in few words, but plainly, and furnished Congress and the country something to tnlb about in the item of lax and appropriation hillg and great Federal victories. THE U’PKH POTOMAC. Our dispatches last evening confirm pre vious reports that Gen. Banks's column is in the vicinity of a large force of the enemy at ■Winchester, and there is a probability of some Stirling events in that jKation of the seat of war at no distant clay. On the second page of this issue we .resent an interesting sketch of the cross ing of the Potomac hy. .General Banks, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, in which She perils and difficulties of the movement bre well indicated, and on the same page our Washington correspondent refers to the ridiculous mfiitaiyilnnderatWashing ton hy which this passage of the river was heightened, the pontoons prepared for the ■■urpose being found too large to'pass the looks, leaving Gen. Banks to cross he river by means of a few scows and ranal boats. By this means the whole col umn was endangered. Who is responsible and who is to he blamed for this miserable piece of business? GEN. POPE’S ADVANCE. The reports from Cairo concerning Gen. i’opc'6 advance on New Madrid are very much after the manner of the showman— "'•you pay your money and take your choice.” There is no doubt but Gen. Pope has advanced on New Madrid, taking the dry road south from Commerce, along the ridge that runs parallel with the river and some miles west of it. One rumor is that he had rfot got nearer tlian eighteen miles, at lust accounts, but there are others that he- rebels hare evacuated as they did at Columbus, and still others that they have .>eatcn hack the Federal forces. Some days since, after Gen. Pope's column had >een rendezvoused at Commerce, the remaining troops at Cairo were •cut directly west from Bird's Point to intercept and join him, including the 51st Illinois, the Bth Missouri, etc. The rebels were said to number 40,000 at New Madrid, but it is significantly added that they have a good supply of steamers on Land, and we shall only have to wait a day or two to be informed that the Feder al flag floats over New Madrid. Wc think there need lie no apprehension for the safe ty of Gtn. Pope. THE TAX GATHERER. Elsewhere in this paper we print a brief abstract of the Tax BEI reported to the ■ House of Representatives by the Commit- | >-£ of "Ways and Means. It is, we pre-! £rune. substantially the bEI that will be en- ‘ ucled. Minor amendments may be made, i "•lies may be altered, taxable articles may I added to, and others withdrawn from, ! ‘he list; bat as a whole the draft of the ! law wrlll probably : remain -unchanged. 1 /*s the bill seems to read, and with, the i present business of the Tribune office, we 1 shall he caEed upon to pay to the Govern.- \ menl, aside from all State, comity, town and city taxes, full Ten Thousand Don- ! lars per annum, as our contribution for i the maintenance of the Union. We have ; been, and still are, in favor of taxation; uucu though the burdens fall upon • newspapers with peculiar force, ! owing to the fact that they are published j at prices which are not easily increased, I like the price of a pound of leather or a ! bushel of salt, wc shall not shrink £n>m an ; attempt to shoulder our just share of the \ ourden that may be imposed upon the i country. The Union is worth more to ns ! and to our children than all the profits of • El the printing and publishing ever done t in Chicago. We can forego the hope of gain while the war lasts, accounting our- * selves rich at the end, if the Union is saved, ’ hough wc lose aE we have. In this spirit-- wc trust the tax gatherer will be received \ ■‘jy every loyal man. ! labile we submit without repining to ! what is equivalent to the imposition, of a i tenjttr ctni. mortgage of one hundred thou-1 sand dollars upon our properly, wc feel ; that we now have n new and, if posable, ■ more perfect right to insist with increased • .chcmcncc upon the passage of a Confisca-. lion Ad, of such comprehensiveness and , *tringoucy that no man of property, in re- - >cllion against the Government, rar> J 1 wherever Federal conquestgoes, escape its application to his possessions. This act, the - >cople of the West will demand and they will not be lenient to the public • of any parly, who, by word or ; rote, denies them. The men of the North 4 jpon whom these enormous burdens arc j addled for the first rime in the history of be country, are innocent parties. 1 They have not sought war, nor ; wished it. They have mot willingly j neurred this debt, the weight of which • ill men are about to feel They.l worked for and hoped for peace, j They receded, for the sake of com- j iromisc, a step beyond the point Indicated ! 3j honor and patriotism entreated | —indeed, abjectly begged—that the hand j violence might be withheld. They were | :onlcnt to sow and reap," to buy and well, | md to enjoy the beneficence of law and 1 Ac security of order. But the conspiracy, \ tong maturing, was ripened, and the storm | jursl upon them. j Wc propose, in splteof the clamor which \ men of doubtful loyalty will raise, to do what we can to make the conspirators pay the cost of this fire that they have kindled, to create such a public opinion that, for *vcry tax-gather sent out in the North ; > take the first fruits of loyal industry and ; tithe of the savings of patriotic economy, there shall he two commissioners, under a confiscation act, sent South to wring from no instigators of this wicked rebellion the fioegy penally that they have justly in sterol;' Wc hold that they should be taken word—they are alien ene aic&—toat all uey have is at the mercy of ; he Government, and that, without misgiv ing, pitilessly and surely, it should he con verted to the payment of this national bar-. Jen that their arrogance and treason have I; taped upon the Republic. How often and how* early have the friends of free Government foretold the ap* rroach of this day. ‘With what prophetic wisdom have they pointed out the sure effect oi dareiy aggression, as It tvaa yielded to year after year, -with the vain and ainsire tope that aggression -would cease. The Nation pays ilie penally of outraged UEticc, in solid coin and blood. Here is tc goal to which the universal treason to lie fundamental principles of law and lib- erty lias brought us, -Here is the outcome >f the quackery in which oar statesmen h&vc indulged, and of the unmanly cow ardice that the people have encouraged. Here is the vindication, full, patent, con vincing, miy, overwhelming, of the profun dity and everlasting truti nf the views VOLUME XV. which Jefferson and Washington held! The Republic refused to listen when con science said that Slavery was a destroyer; now the Republic pays. The tax-gatherer, sent by Slavery, want* a Thousand Millions of hard coin. Let each man give his share, and be a dounhlacc if he can. THE ILLINOIS SHIP CANAL. Wc publish in another column a com munication from one of our citizens, op poang the enlargement of the Illinois and Michigan Canal on the ground that it would build up St Louis at the expense of Chicago. That it would greatly benefit the trade of St Louis, no well informed merchant can doubt, as whatever cheapens freights must benefit that city, and the vast country that is tributary to it Taking a broad, statesmanlike view of this great national enterprise, the represen tative from that city, Hon. FJMJlair, Jr. has made a most able report in favor of it, and whoever will examine the subject carefully, will award him the full meed of honor which the nation will bestow on him St Louis will reap advantages from it equal to all our correspondent or her own citi zens can claim for her; but it by no means follows that Chicago would suffer on that account Everybody at all acquainted with marine affairs, knows that steamers and vessels drawing only six feet of water, the capacity of the proposed canal, cannot navigate the lakes successfully, and hence Chicago must ever remain the place of transhipment for all steamers'] arriving here from the and its trib utaries The fears of our correspondent that the proposed, improvement would in jure Chicago are therefore utterly ground less. But aside from the commercial question involved in the improvement, the safety and the protection of our lake, and, indeed, of our ocean commerce, imperatively re* Quire its early completion. If for any rea son we should become involved, in a war with Great Britain, she has the means, through her St Lawrence and the Welland canal, in a few : weeks to place gunhos-ts enough upon the lakes to sweep our commerce from them, and so destroy onr principal dries. With a ship canal between the Mississippi and the Lakes, & fleet could he sent up fromjthe Gulf (for the Mississippi is soon again to he open) sufficient to cope with any lorcc she might send against us. If a rupture of friendly ‘relations should occur in early winter, the entire mechanical force of the cities upon the Ohio and Mississippi, and those between St Louis and Chicago, could be placed in requisition, and before the St. Lawrence canals would be opened, a large fleet of war steamers could be placed upon the lakes, and our dries and our commerce would alike be safe. In case of a war with any other maritime power, the entire fleet of the lakes could he sent to the Gulf, and the mechanical force of the dtles upon them could, in perfect safety, build gun boats and war vessels, and scad them down, the Mississippi to the ocean, to protect our .foreign commerce, and defend our cities upon the sea-board. The commercial advantages of the work are important as showing that the Govern ment will, in a few years, be reimbursed for aE its outlay in building it, but it is tbc absolute necessity of this thoroughfare as a war measure which should secure the pas sage of the bEI for its construction at the earliest day on which it can be reached. Let the whole country urge its importance vigorously upon Cougressby letter, petition, and otherwise, and this work will ever be regarded as the noblest enterprise of the age- Letters for Tennessee and Western Kentucky. Since the fall of Henry, Donelson, Bowling Green and Columbus, and the occupation of NashviEe by the Federal troops, many per sons seem to believe that the postal service has been resumed in Tennessee and that por tion of Kentucky in which it bad been discon tinued. This is a mistake. The Postmaster- General Is undoubtedly making the necessary arrangements for such resumption of service; but this wiE necessarily be a w£rk of consid erable time. When the arrangements are per fected, the public wffl be informed of the fact Meanwhile aE letters addressed to the sections indicated, deposited in the Chicago Post Office, or reaching it from other offices, wEI be for warded as heretofore to the Dead Letter Office at Washington, Open letters addressed to prisoners of war and open letters written by prisoners of war be 6CDt to the General Commanding at Cairo, who, we suppose, wEI forward the same to their destination, under military super vision. An “ Egyptian” Sheriff Poisoned by the Secesb. The Jonesboro Gazette stales that L. D. Craig, Sheriff of Johnson county, was pois oned by a scccsh at Fort Donelson. lake ma ny others, Sheriff Craig went up to Ihe fort af ter the battle to assist in relieving the wound ed. Arriving there he fell into conversation with some of the secession prisoners, in the* course of which one complimented on his devotion to the Union, and invited him to take a drink, at the same time drawing a flagtr from his pocket. Mr. Craig, not suspecting, took a swallow, but immediately remarked that the liquor was poisoned, and he was a dead man. The effects pf poison were soon manifest, and Mr. C. died in about two hours. His body was taken back to Johnson county for burial. The Gazette docs not learn the fate of the poisoner. In addition to this wc may add that our forces found a lot of poisoned bullets, left behind by the rebels at Nashville. tar Messrs. John Lates and James Conway, ofßochester, have taken the contract to build the hew bridge of the New Xork Central rail road, to span the Genesee river at Rochester. It will be constructed of stone, at a cost of $60,000, and work will commence early in the spring. pgr* A prize fight that was to have come oft near Madison, Wis.*, last. Monday, between Mat Hogan and Jack Howe, was broken up by the police after a crowd of one hundred and fifty persons had assembled to see It, and Howe was arrested. - - £5?" Cob Thomas H. Cavanaugh, of the 6lh Illinois cavalry, is again in trouble, and, unless •he resigns, is threatened with another court martini. The regiment has been of late at Shawneetown, HL ESB"The Ninth Missouri regiment, which, is composed entirely of volunteers from Illi nois, will hereafter be known as the 591h regi ment Illinois Volunteers, Cob J. C. Kelton commanding. Kurland and her Tradicen. In the Maryland House of Delegates a few days since, Mr. Johnson of Baltimore county, submitted the following: inaugural, delivered by Mm in Richmond. Va . on the SSd inst., has repeated an assertion often reck lessly nttared In public bodies of the so-called Con federate Stale, that “.Maryland, already united to' us by hallowed memories and material interests will, when able to speak with nastifled vole© nuke her destiny to the South;’' and where «, It is doc to the intelligence, patriotism, and good name of our people that such assertion be at once repudia ted ortnelr representatives hercassemhled; there fore.'be it Sesdted In/ the General Assembly of Maryland, That such assertion is an unfounded and gross cal umny upon the people in the State, who, sincerely lamenting the madness and self-inflicting misfor tunes of our brethren of the South, acting under a delusion caused by the arts of the aspiring and criminal embliion of a few designing men, are but snmocit-hfcd by the sad condition of each brethren of the fetal results sure to follow from the coarse which they have pursued, and are more and more convincedof the obligation, alike of interest and o. duty, to abide with undying attachment to the I’iuou devised for us by our fathers, as absolutely necessary to cursorial and political happiness, and the preservation of tbe very liberty which they foucbl and bled to achieve for ns. which were read the first, and by special or der, two-thirds concurring, a second time, and parsed by yeas 58, nay* 5. J*u,E*£te“ 4 raoluUoa3 ,rere ““ AM IMTEBNAI. BBVEMTE. Distribution of the Matiennl Tax anions: the Trades and incomes of the Country. The following is an abstract of the Tax Bill reported lo Congress, by the Committee of Ways and Means, on Monday, the 3d Inst ine bill covers two reams of paper. It con tains one hnndred and five sections, and is one of the largest of any kind ever before prepared, and on which months of time have been bestowed. It provides for the appoint ment by the President of a Commissioner oi Internal Revenue, with a salary of five thou sand dollars per annum, his office to be In the Department, with a suitable number of clerks. The country is to be divided, as the President may direct, into convenient col lection districts, with an Assessor and Collec tor appointed by the President for eaA dis trict, who shall have power to appoint such deputies as may be needed. ~. . „ , Amount of Tax Articles Taxed. * (it* Mix Spirituous liquor?, per gal.. 1 x* _ Ale and beer, per ~~ i _ _ Stem or leaf tobacco, per tb 3 When manufactured, additional per lb 5 Scgars, per lb., according to value ... t 10 I Lard, linseed oil, burning fluid, i>er £al. 5 Coal oil, per gal 5, Refined coal oil, per gal ' 10 Ga?. perl,COO feet, —35 _ Bank note paper, per lb g __ Printing paper, per lb 8 Soap per lb 5 Salt, per 100 lbs Sole leather, per 1b............. Upper leather, per lb " 3a Hour, perbrl... xo - i All other manufactures, per cent, ad I valorem.... 3 Railroad passengers, per mile of travel* 2 Railroad commutation tickets, per cent. 3 Steamboat passengers, per mile -j Omnibuses, ferry boats, and horse rail roads, per cent on gross receipts from passengers 3 Advertisements, per coat on annual re ceipts 5 _ Carriages, per annum ItolO Gold watches 1 _ _ Silver watches 60 Gold plate, per ounce 50 Silver plate, per ounce 3 Billiard tables 20 Slaughtered cattle, per head 50 —. Bogs, per head 10 Sheep, per head 5 _ Licenses— Bankers XOq 1 Auctioneers 20 1 Wholesale dealers.... 1 Eetail liquor dealers 20 Eetail dealers in goods 10 Pawnbrokers 50 Rectifiers .100 Brewers _ - Hotels, inns and taverns, according to rental 5 to 200 Eating houses Commercial brokers 50 Other brokers 20 Theatres 100 _ Circuses 50 ~ Bowling alleys, each c Wholesale pedlers 60 Other pedlers 5 to SO Coal oil distilleries 20 _l Income — On all over S6OO. excepting income from dividends,which are taxed separately, per centum 3 Railroad bonds, dividends of banks and savings institutions, per centum 3 Ail salaries of officers in the civil, mili tary and naval service, also Senators and Members of Congress, per cen tum.. 3 Legacies, and distributive shares of per sonal property of deceased persons, according to degree of relationship, percentum —ltos And stamp duties on all kinds oflcgal * and commercial papers, all patent medicines, telegraphic messages, and all goods by express Letter From Nashville. A private letter received in this city from A. E. Kent, Esq., a wcU known Commission Merchant of Chicago, gives an interesting detail of experiences in NashviEe. It will be found full of suggestive and exceUeut points. Nashville, Feb. 27,1562. I take the first opportunity offered since ar riving here to communicate to you my other friends matters of interest from the seat of war. I find myself in a room but a few days before occupied by the aids of Gen eral Pillow. It is at the St. Cloud, the best boose in the fine city of Nash ville. Still we have to use our hats and shawls to exclude the cool night air, as there ia Ixo glass to restore the panes that have been broken out. I came up the Cum berland from Fort Donelson, and arrived here the first day of the occupation, and the very day of the departure of the rebel hoard. It was a strange and magnificent sight as we steamed that beautiful day up the swohen river to the tunes of Columbia, Dixie, &c. Far off on the hills floated the Stars and Stripes from the Capitol—a noble structure. The shores were blocked with people, and strange to say, scarcely a cheer answered to ours. The men stoodlistlessly uponthc shore, with their hands in their pockets; an occa sional woman waived a white handkerchief, and a few darkeys jumped’up andjdown. Aside from this the mass of humanity was like statu ary—as sUent and as sad. Above the landing rose the piers of the two fine bridges burned by the enemy, against the protest of the citizens. Thousands of people were on the opposite shore of the river without the means of crossing. I passed from the boat with ten companions from the North, probably the first three civilians from the North that had trod that soE for months. Although the sidewalks were lined with people, and the streets with soldiers, yet the scene was like that of a funeral—a miUtary funeral. The soldiers with fixed bayonets leaned upon their arms uttering not a word. The citizens looked curiously upon them, more in sadness than in anger. The officers quietly rode along the extended lines. Such a scene—so strange—l cannot describe and never forget. It is really sad to a Northerner to look upon this humiliation of Southern pride. * ’ • n=^l^ C l S6i - 0n Clc^eat kas 80 long had th« U.CU.O;acre, that everything has been ground into It. A’ casual observer might in fer from this cold reception of our army that the people arc irreconcilable,but I think there is a back ground of sentiment that will come out before many days. No Southern man that consults Zrtjf interests can doubt that it is better to support an array and a Government which brings security and restores in preference to one that destroys. Interest wEI soon think, be gin to speak louder than prejudice. Pride sus tains wrong; forit is hard for a proud mm (and such they are here) to cat Iris own words so soon. There is another class that rejoice at the approach of onr army, bat arc waiting to sec if it is a permanent thing. Occasionally I meet an outspoken Unionist. I have just left off conversation with two or three soutt emgentiemen. The last sentence one of these uttered was this: “Our negroes arc slaves but we arc now worse slaves -than they,” There is no mistake, there has got to be a . big revolution in pubUc opinion in the south before wc can have peace; but such I believe will come in due time. Finances are in a ter rible fix, and it wEI be long before commercial relations between the two sections wEI be opened to any extent. The State Bank of Tennessee is the status. Gold can be had with it at fifty per cent. Confederate money is not taken at aIL Of gold there is scarcely any. There is no ‘valuation to property of any kind. Multiply the last spring's stump tail embarrassment of Illinois by ten, and you can imagine the state of things here. General Halleclt’s Order Permitting Trade with Tennessee. St. Louis, March 6.—The following im portant order was issued this evening: UEAnquAUTERs. Pbpaktxest op Missouiti, I Sx. Loch, Mo., March 6, ISO. f Surveyors and other Custom House officers and agents in this Department, as well as those on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, or elsewhere, arc expected to respect permits issued by the Surveyor of either of the ports on the Ohio river, and hearing his official signature and seal. Military officers com* man ding posts or encampments where there are no- such Custom House officers or agents, or acting temporarily In concert with snch officers or agents, will, in like manner, respect those permits. Scaled baggage, while the seals remain unbroken, will also be respected by both classes of officers. Goods, wares or merchandise fn transitu, thus covered by permits, and baggage thus sealed, will be allowed to go for ward to their respective places of destination without farther examination, unless there is good and satisfactory reason for their deten tion, founded on local information obtained from reliable sources; and when fo* such reason any detention takes place, the fret should be immediately communicated to the surveyor, whose permit covers tfie mer chandise, or whose seal is affixed to the baggage so arrested, and also to the special agents of the Treasury Depart ment in this city. Until further orders the transportation of this Department is "not open to munitions of war, except under special regulations with the military authori ties; and whisky, for the time being, is. pro hibited in the resumed commerce of the Cum berland and Tennessee. By command of Maj. Gen. Hallege. Nothing has, as yetj been received from the southwest and Nashville. Business is quite brisk, with two or three boats loading for that port. Railroad Collision In IQluoari, St. Lons, March 6.—An extra train, with soldiers* horses, &c., going west on the Pa cific Railroad, came in collision with the down freight train yesterday evening, about a mile this side of Mcrrimac Station. No lives were lost.' Seven horses were killed, and both en gines and several cars badly smashed. One of the engineers has two ribs fractured, and the other is severely bruised. . Important news is hourly expected from Gen. Curtis's command in Arkansas. . J3?* B. A. Gohright, the Washington agent of the Associated Press, was presented with a sword Monday night. Major Backer, of the McClcllanßody Guard, made the presentation speech. Gobright is the individual who jut the lying speech into the mouth of Secre tary Stanton puffing Gen.-McClellan. His services appear to be appreciated. ; . ■ , THE LATEST NEWS BIT TELEGRAPH. PROGRESS OF OUR ARMS. Gen. Pope’s Advance on New Madrid CONFLICTING REPORTS AS TO THE RESULT, Rebels Stated as 40,000 Strong. GEN. BANKS STILL GOING AHEAD A Bunker Hill in Virginia. SEmmSH OR THE OCCOQUAN. Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers open to Trade. COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION. 25 Special Message to Congress. X BOTES IB FUSS ran COJTSIDEBiTIOS. TA< XJtvifed States to have a Band in Mexico. FBOM WASHINGTON. [Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.] Newspapers are especially excluded from the list of manufacturers taxed. The tax bEI repeals so much oflust session’s bill as relates to incomes, but leaves the land taxunchangcd. A number of vouchers have been presented by Western railroad companies to the War Department, for the transportation of himself and friends, signed, “ Ward H. Lamon, Brig. Comdg.” Quartermaster General Meigs threw them all out, and the holders intend to present their claims to Congress. Mr. Blair, from the Military Committee, has reported a bEI authorizing the Secretary of War.toaEow loyal citizens their p-ln-ima for damages to property heretofore and hereafter destroyed, by order of army or navy officers of the United States to prevent it GEling into the hands of the enemy. The President has just sent in a message ad vising Congress to pass a joint resolution to co-operate with any State for the gradual emancipation of slavery, with compensation to loyal owners. Arecoonoitcring party of C3d Pennsylvania, Gen Heintzelman’s division, was ambushed yesterday morning beyond the Occoquan, two or three mEes in advance of our pickets, and received the fire, as was reckoned, of forty concealed rebels. They instantly fled through the woods. Cupt. Chapman and Lieut. Lyle were killed, and two privates wounded, one of them mortally. Commander J. F. Armstrong, of the steam er State of Georgia, reports how the Nash vElc ran into Beaufort, North Carohoa. He saw her at daylight and gave chase, but she ran under the guns of Fort-Macon and escaped. The Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 40th Pennsylvania regiment, who were am bushed yesterday, wEI probably he cashiered* The enemy arc supposed to be Texan Rangers, Gen. Lander’s funeral was very imposing. It was attended by Infantry, cavalry, artillery, lancers, and civilians, and the procession was two mEes long. Lieut Conray, of the bark Peerless, block ading. at Bull’s Bay, near Charleston, ;S. C., sunk three vessels loaded with rice, and burned one inside the shoals: the last under the nose of a rebel battery of three guns. They were all bound to Charleston, and manned by foreigners and negroes, who were pat ashore, the boats being unable to take them off One hundred and fifty rebel soldiers recent ly deserted from Savannah to Gen. Sherman; their reason, they said, being that they were tired of fighting in a “ rich man’s” war. John Clark, of the Boston Cfjuricr, nomi nated as Commissary of Subsistence, was re jected by the Senate to-day. A large number of minor civE and military nominations were confirmed. It is estimated by the Committee of Ways and Means that internal taxes, with taxes on imports, will produce a revenue of one hun dred and fifty millions; and these taxes may be increased, if necessary. The propriety of levying a tax on cotton is under discussion. The Kentucky and pro-slavery Congressmen regard the President’ smessage with suspicion. The question of branch mints in Denver City and New York has been referred by the Ways and Means Committee to the Secretary of the Treasury, for hi» opinion. Proof sheets of the tax bill arc ready and wEI be in circulation to-morrow. ' A sub Committee of the Ways and .Means vrill immediately take up the tariff bill. The State Department is preparing an elabo rate and comprehensive paper on Mexican af faire. It is believed it Trill urge resistance to the movements of European powers. It is thought that Gen. Fremont has damaged rather than helped his case, by the publication of his defense. The Committee on the Con duct of the ‘War don’t disapprove. Gen. Fre mont was at the capitol yesterday, receiving the congratulations of his friends. Mont gomery Blair was there to-day, nervous about his private letter among the Fremont docu ments criticising Chase and Lincoln. Senator Coll&mer, from the Committee on post offices and post roads, has reported ad versely te the House bill establishing a postal money order system, and authorizing the car riage of additional mail matter. Alexander Cummings is out with a defense, in a letter to Congressman "William D. Kelly. Ha denies that he had anything to do with chartering the Catoline; avers that her freight, including all linen trowscre and straw hats", was bonqfide for. soldiers’ benefit; claims that the hundred and forty thousand dollars spoken of inWashbume'sreportwcre retained under orders from the Treasmy Department to meet requisitions of the War Department; and pleads illness as his excuse for delay in making this reply. O. B. Matteson is said to be a silent partner in the Pennsylvania avenue scheme, driven through the House, but encountering a seri ous obstacle in the Senate in the person of Mr. Grimes, Chairman of the District Com mittee, whom the speculators call “ imprac ticable.” Ten thousand dollars worth of shares arc said to have been promised one val uable lobby assistant in case of success. [To the Associated press.] Washington, March 6.*—Postal communi cation is entirely re-opened to Accomac and Northampton counties, Virginia. The Post Office Department is ready to establish, as soon as Congress shall give the authority, free delivery in cities, with uniform rates of post*- age for local and general letters. Washington, March 6.—The tax upon cot ton will be agreed to in the Honse as anamend ment to the Tax bill, when that bill comes, up for consideration. The bill is notjyet printed, but is passing through the press as rapidly as posEible. Thc Senate Finance Committee struck out of the House appropriation bill fifteen millions of dollars for tbe construction of gunboats, but the Naval Committee is urging its restora tion. Senator Johnson] has not accepted the ap pointment of Brigadier Generab • . Information has reached the Naw Depart ment of the capture of the rebel schooner liz zie Weston, with a cargo of 290 bales of cot ton, by the gunboat Itaaco. The captured ves sel sailed from Apalachicola for Havana and a market. The Washington special of the Evening ibsf says a tax npon cotton will be agreed to m the House ns an amendment to the tax bUI, when that measure comes up for consideration. The bill is not yet printed. Thc Finance Committee of tbe Senate has struck out the House appropriation of fifteen millions of dollars for the construction of gun boats, but the Naval Committee Is urging its restoration. Senator Johnson leaves .Washington to-day for Tennessee. He has not yet accepted his appointment as Brigadier General ‘information has reached the Navy Depart ment of the capture of the schooner Lizzie . Weston, with a cargo of 290 bales of cotton, by*ibe gunboat Itasca. The captured vessel ; Sailed from Apalachicola, Florida,'for Havana and a market. Tbe bill reported from, tbe Committee' of Ways and Means authorizing the purchase of coin, and for other jrarpoecsi provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may dispose any bomisbcariuglulcrest dathonzud by iiw, for coin, at such rates and upon such tor»A9 as be nay deem most advantageous for pub- CHICAGO, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1862. ■Washington, March 6.1562. lie interest, and may issue. under rules and regulations as be may preEcribecertificatea of indebtedness such ns were authorized by the “ act to authorize the Secretary of the Treas ury to to issue certificates of Indebtedness to public creditors,” approved March Ist, 1863, to such creditors as may desire to receive the same in discharge of checks drawn by disburs ing officers upon sums placed to their credit on the hooks of the Treasurer, upon requisi tions of the proper department, as well as in the discharging of audited-and settled ac counts, as provided by said act It is farther provided tbattbcDemandnotes authorized by the act of July 18th, 1861, acid by the act of February 12th, 1863, ahnll be re ceivable, and shall he lawful money and legal tender in like manner, and to the same pur poses and the same extent as notes.authorized by the “Act to authorize the issue of United States notes, and fbr the redemption or fund ing thereof, and for funding the floating debt ofthe United States,” approved on the 38th of last month. Chas. Hemy Foster has returned to Wash ington, and again presented his petition for a seat as member from the 2d Congressional District of North Carolina. The case is before the committee on elections. The President’s Message excited deep inter est in the House to-day. It was evident that it was not generally anticipated. 1A message of a similar character transmitted to tha Sen ate was not read. The President has nominated Brigadier Gen. Thomas, (hero of Somerset), to be a Major General. [TU NEW YORK.] The Postmaster General on Wednesday complained by letter to the Post Office Com mittee of both Houses, of the refusal of Com modore Vanderbilt to cany the Sonth Ameri can mails, and of- some Northern railroads to contract to carry malls. He recommended that legislation be adopted to relieve Govern ment from the dictation of railroad and steam boat proprietors. FROM CAIRO. [Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.] Cairo, March 6,1862. At 12 o’clock Wednesday last our pickets ■were driven in at Columbus by rebel cavalry numbering 80. Capt Paulding, of tbc gun boat St Loins, lying at the landing, sent a messenger to CoL Buford asking if he should shell the'woods in the rear of the town, and having returned with an affirmative answer, the St. Louis steamed across the river, the mortar boats took position and shelled the woods vigorously for an hour. The Second Illinois cavalry was at lust ac counts in hot pursuit of the rebels. At 12 o’clock last night, and again at 4 o’clock this morning, heavy cannonading was distinctly heard at Columbus apparently In the direction of New Madrid. Many of the inhabitants of Columbus are returning,who report they leftthe town weeks ago in the fear of depredations of the rebel army. The Rev. Gen. Polk’s headquarters upon the BluiT present an interesting specta cle, being filled with. champagne bottles, cigar boxes, perfumery, cases, toilet articles, and otht r unmilitary utensils. CoL Buford still remains in command of the town. Adjutant Hahn of the 53rd Illinois passed through here last evening cn routefor Chicago. The mortars of the fleet arc all mounted. The Cumberland and Tennessee rivers are now, in pursuance of Gen. Halleck’s ordcre, open for commercial navigation. The Express! is the first boat to avail itself of the new order, and left last night for Fort Henry with passen gers and freight. A gentleman just arrived from Florence, Alabama, says the rebels of that section stand in mortal terror of the gunboats. He asserts there were but two regiments at Pittsburg when the late skirmish took place. *Many of the people thereabouts arc strong Union men. The reports in regard to Gen. Pope and his force arc very conflicting. The first is a rumor of the evacuation of New Madrid; sec ond, that our forces had been shelled out by rebel gunboats; and third, that Gen. Pope had not been within eighteen miles of the place. The rebel army there numbers 40,000 men, having been swelled by large reinforce ments from Columbus and Memphis.. They have also eight wooden gunboats lying at the landing. Steamers are rapidly arriving and departing. The weather is very cold here, and there was quite a heavy fall of snow last night. From late rebel papers. I glean the follow ing tacts: Gen. Polk, previous to the evacu ation of Columbus, ordered every bridge oa Mayfield Creek, and other creeks, to be de stroyed. The Memphis Appeal says: Columbus, we can positively state, is not to be evacuated, and will not 'be unless at .the point of the bayonet 5 ’ The steamer Cambridge sunk on the 23d near Grand Gioizc, Ark., and forly-two lives were lost. Heavy rains have fallen in South Alabama. The machinery from the various workshops in Nashville was removed prior to the evacu ation, to Chattanooga. The wheats and all growing crops in the South, proaiiscs well. Gen. Bragg ig iii command at Mobile. The people of the South are warmly urging and demanding Jeff Davis to take the field. A bitter contest is going on at Memphis as to whether the town shall be burned at the approach of our gunboats. A letter written to Memphis from Virginia states that Jeff Davis complains of a lack of weapons, and that Southern manufacturer’s cannot even supply the waste. FHOM SrniXCFIECD. IUKOIS tONSTIirriOSAL COSTESTIOS. [Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.] Speikofteld, March 8,1882. Mr. Wall presented a municipal article pro viding that municipal corporations shall be formed under general laws, except in cases of cities having la population of over . The article on amendment to the Constitu tion was taken up„ The question on submis sion provides that all alterations and amend ments to the Constitution shall be submitted to the people in such manner os the Conven tion may prescribe. . Section two provides that the General Assembly shall have power to propose but two amendments to the Constitution at the same session. The bill of rights in the present Constitu tion was taken up. Sections six, ten, sis-* teen and five were stricken out. An attempt ■was made to strike out the dueling clause, bat it failed by ayes 15, noes' 39. The dueling oath now administered to all officers in the State was stricken oat by ayes 48, noes 15. An attempt was made to amend section six* teen, which provides that there shall be nei ther slavery nor involuntary servitude in the State, by adding: (( 1. That no slaveholder shall bring Ms slave into the State to use him at labor. 2. That no indentured slave shall be held in the State. S. That all slaves so employed or held shall be free. 1 ’ It was laid on the table by ayes 40, nocs 14. Mr. Richmond endeavored to amend the Declaration cf Independence by a section to the effect that all men were once created free and equal, but were not now free and equal. He denounced tbc immortal Declaration of In dependence as a delusion and a cheat. He got five votes for his amendment. Among them O. B. Ficklin, who it is reported aspires to the United States Semite from this State. God save the mark! In the afternoon the habeas corpus section was debated at length with much acrimony. Hr. Hacker proposed an amendment that it cannot be suspended except by the Legisla ture. The. Convention refused to strike out by yeas 20, nays SO. The Democrats then earned an adjourn ment in order to caucus, probably. -The leading Democrats fear that the Constitution is doomed, and caucuses are being nightly held to see what can possibly be done to save it. The Kansas Legislature. Lxavhn worth, March 6.—The Kansas Leg islature have adopted a resolution nearly unanimously ,instructing the Kansas' Senators and requesting the Representative, in Con cress to aid the passage 'of the Rollins Pacific Railroad bill, and a ratification of treaty .with the FqrJaw atomic Indiana. ' - Heavy Fire at Beverly, fffauk. . - Boston, March 6.—The extensive rubber ra&nufactury. at Beverly, was nearly destroyed by fire last night. Loss, onc-hun-' dred thousand ‘ dollars. The company has manufactured largely for the Government, and had a contract on hand for . ■eventy.thon saad rubber blankets. - ■ ... . COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION. SPECIAL WfMifiK OP THE PRES IDENT TO CONGRESS. Washington,- March 6.—The President to day transmitted to Congress the following message: Fdloa Cilitent of the Senate and Home of Repre sentatives: -• I recommend the adoption of a joint resolu tion by your honorable bodies which shal] be substantially as follows: itootaut. That the United States ought to co operate with any.State which may adopt a sradnal abolishment oj slavery, giring to each State ueco niary aid to be used by snchState in its discretion to compensate lor the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such Change of system. If the proposition contamedin the resolution docs not meet the aoproval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but If it does command such approval, I deem it of import ance that the Slates and people immediately interested should be at once distinctly notified of the fact, so that they may begin to consider whether to accept or reject it. The Federal Government wquld find its highest interest in such a measure as one of the most efficient measures of self-preservation. The leaders of existing insurrection entertain the hope that the Government will ultimately be forced to acknowledge the independence of some pan of the disaffected region, undthatallthe slave States north of such points will then say the Union for which we have struggled being already gone, we now choose to go with them! To deprive them of this hope, substantially ends the rebellion, and the initiation of eman cipation completely, deprives them of it as to all the States initiating. The point is notthat all the States tolerating slavery would very soon, if at all, initiate emancipation, but that while the offer is equally made to all, the more northern shall by such initiation, make it certain to the more Southern that in no event shall the former join the Utter in their proposed Confederacy. I gay “initiation,” because in my judgment gradual, and not sudden, emanclpationis bet ter for aIL Hi the mere financial or pecuni ary view, any member of Congress, with the census tables and the Treasury reports before him, can readily sec for himself how verv soon the current expenditures of the war would purchase, at a fair valuation, all the slaves in any named State. Such a proposition on the part of the orcn cral Government gets up no claim or ri <r ht by Federal authority to interfere with slavery within State limits, referring, as it doea,the ab solute control of the subjectin cachcassto the State and its people immediately interested. It is proposed as a matter of perfectly free choice with them. In the annual message last December, I thought fit to say the Union roust be' preserved, and hence all indispen sible* means must be employed. I said thi« not hastily, but deliberately. War has been, and continues to be, an Indispensible means to this end. A practical rc-acfcnowl edgement of the national authority would render the war unnecessary, and it would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues, the war must also continue; and it is impossible to foresee all the incidents which may attend, and all the ruin which may follow. Such as may seem indispensible, or may obvioudy premise greater efficiency to wards ending the struggle, must and will come. The proposition now made is an offer only, I hope it maybe esteemed no offense to ask whether the pecuniary consideration ten -dercd would not be of more value to the States und private persons concerned than arc the institution and property in it; in the present aspect of affairs ? While it is true that the adoption of the proposed resolution would be merely initiatory, and not within itself a practical measure, it is recommended in the hope that it would sooner lead to important results. r * In full view of my great responsibility to my God and to my country I earnestly be"- the attention of Congress and tbc people to the subject. [Signed] Abraham Lincoln. THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Washington, March, 6,1302. SENATE. Sir. FESSENDEN, from the Committee on Finance, reported back the Post Office appro priation bm without amendment. Mr. COLLAMER, from the Post Office Com mittee, reported back the postal monev order bill. ' . " Mr. HALE, from the Naval Committee, re ported a jorbt resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Commodore Goldsborongh, his officers and seamen, for their gallant conduct at Roanoke Island Adopted. , On motion of Mr. SHERMAN, the bill In re lation to the pay of Members of Congress was taken up. An amendment was adopted • making the mileage ol Members twenty cents per nme. The bill as reported, allowed teu cents per mile. After some discussion, at one o’clock the Senate went into Executive ses sion. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. BUFFINTON of Mass, introduced a bill authorizing the appointment of two In spector Generals. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr, ALDRICH of Minn, reported a bill to increase the medical efficiency of the army. The House concurred in the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreeing amendments to the joint resolution providing for the payment of the awards of the commis sion to investigate the claims growing out of the military operations in the Western De partment. The House then took up the Senate bill pro viding for the organization of the staffs attach ed to the divisions of the United States Regu lar and Volunteer service. Mr. BLAIR of Mo., explained that the bill proposed no increase of the armv, but allow ed certain officers detailed for staff duty. The passage of the measure was deemed es sential by military officers. ,Mr. McPHERSON of Penn., opposing the bilL said it would increase the staff of every division, aqd proportionately the expense. Under present circumstances, the President •can increase the staff of any division when an emergency requires it. After further debate the bill as amended was passed. The Speaker laid before the House a message from President Lincoln, suggesting the passage of a joint resolution providing for co-operation with any State for the abolition of slavery with pecuniary compensation. The President proposes this as an initiative step, predicting Important practical results there-, from. On motion of Mr. STEVENS, the bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole. The House went into Committee ©f the Whole on the bill to regulate the franking privilege. Mr. PERRY of N. J. spoke in opposition to extreme anti-slavery measures. This was a time for the exhibition of patriotism and defense of the Union. He was at a loss to see how it was necessary to set the slaves free as an ally in the suppression of the rebellion. This was not a war for the destruction of the South, but for the restoration of respect everywhere to the authority of the Government. 'Every where behind the dark dond of the rebel lion the aky of the Union was clear and bright, and the stare were sparkling in all their beauty. Soon it would be that the dark cloud would pass away, and one by one the stars would re appear In all their glory, and the people would thank God they were all there. Mr. DAVIS of Pa. reviewed the various shades of politics and the purposes of political or ganization. He discussed the peculiarities and dignity of labor, and in the course of his remarks said never again would slavery be come the controlling power of the Govern ment. Let it be known that while we have heretofore been true to the compromises of the Constitution, we now feel opiselvcs ab solved therefrom'by the acts of armed slave holders. Hldilsan • Democracy—Nominations Bedded to he Inexpedient. Detroit, March 6.—The Democratic State Convention met in this city yesterday and or ganized by electing H. H. Riley, of St. Joseph county, permanent President. Attendance was large—fully five hundred were present, and the proceedings harmonious throughout It was deemed in expedient to nominate candi dates for State officers at this time. A resolution was passed expressive of tbc position of the Democracy of Mii*hitran in the present crisis: promising to support the Gov ernment in all constitutional means to sup press the rebellion, and opposing the termi nation of the war, until all resistance to the -Government under the Constitution every where ceases. Abolitionism is atrongly de nounced as equally guilty with Southern sc cessionism, and the speedy extinction of both hoped for; approving the modification of Fremont's proclamation and Cameron’s re port, and the appointment of the present Sec retary of War, as indications of the President’s intention to adhere to the Constitution; de nouncing corruption and extravagance, and demanding honesty and oconomy’in the ad ministration of the Government. From Panama and the Soith Pacific. New York, March 6. —Panama papers of - tbe 25t ult., contain the following: Washington’s birthday was duly celebrated at Panama. Tbc steamer Wyoming arrived on tbe 18th. Business in the city is reviving, and the qarvest abundant. Peace has been re established in Bolivia. Revolutionary attempts agitate Pern. It is stated that Bishops and other clergy are endeavoring to create public opinion in favor of annexation to Spain. Prom Ship Inland 1 ■ Arrival of War Vcnels~MOl VcatheiHSood Health, Boston, March” 6.—The gunboat Saxon, from Ship Island February 23d, arrived here this morning. The health ,of the regiments at Ship Island was good. Weather very hot, the thermometer standing at 95 degrees in the shade. . The snpplv of oysters for New Orleans has been cut off' by the capture of a dozen oyster boats, with S6 prisoners. • The sloop-cf-wor Hartford’has arrived! • Rebel PrlMoers Arrived at Bouton. ; Boston, March 6.—Forty-nine rebel officers. •from FortDbneipoh reached this city tiJj morning, in charge of a detachment of Ohio SGth. They are principally from Ken tucky, .Tennessee; Alabama., and- Hiatusoippi, •'and comprise all the Coiooels, Liout. tJolonels and Majors caplurcd, They were **at to Fort FROM THE UPPER POTOMAC. He Fosttlet and OfknUMs ef the Rebels. lie-opening of the Baltimore ft Ohio Railroad near at hand. Charlestown. Va., March 6.—Reliable in telligence states that the rebels are in full force &t Winchester. They have completed formidable earthworks on this side, mounted with sixty guns, including field batteries. Nothing of special importance transpired yesterday. The work on. the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad progresses rapidly and every point is strongly protected from the Cumber land to Harpers Ferry, and every facility is being offered to the co'mpany. A large force is employed oh the bridge and iron treasel work at the Ferry. The work has been found in better condition than was at first supposed by the engineer, and ten. days is fixed as the time at which through connection can be made. All the commands of this division are in the best condition and anxioas for au attack by the enemy. Bunker Hill was occupied by our forces yes terday as the extreme outpost on the west. There is some movement -of troops to-day. A scouting party of cavalry reports that Ack ley’s rebel cavalry last night attempted to cut them off when near Buiyvflle but were foiled in the attempt Four regiments with a four gun battery at tempted on the Sd inst to flank CoL Geary near Lovettsville, but were driven off without a battle. Yesterday several deserters were brought into town by the cavalry, amongthem was lieutenant Markell of the sth Virginia Volunteers. Charlestown, March 6.—A squad of the Van Allen (N. Y.) cavalry to-day captured a rebel picket guard, 5 in number, near Booker Hill. They belonged to the 2d Virginia in fantry. LATER—THE COLUMN PUSHER ON. Charlestown, Vo., March 6—S p. m.—The town of Smithficld, seven miles northwest of this place, was occupied to-day by a strong force. Gen. Banks has issued a general order forbidding depredations upon property, and that no officer or soldier shall disturb in any manner the ordinary business of the countrv. aubemsements. C. JL. SCJUVES\ Advertising Agent, 63 Dtar is authorized to receive Advertisemouts for this and all the Leading Papers of the Nbrthioest. WANTED —A situation bv an csr ▼ T perUnced Miller. AddreM MILLER,” at this office- mhT-ntMi-st WANTED—An ingenious and in ▼ ▼ dustrioosßoy, to learn a Trade. One that Is accustomed to work preferred. Apply before 9AM. at 537 West Adams street. mh7 0353-lt \\7 ANTED.—Board wanted fop a .T ▼ gentleman, wife and child. A suit of rooms inrniahed complete. Location, north of Vaa Boren streetand east of *tate. Address for one day “Board.” Bos SSI. Chicago Post Office, with fall particulars. mhi-nSlSlt * TVTANTED—Board for a gentlc * f man and his wife In a private funny where there Is no other hoarders. North Side preferred, east of Clarjc street. References siren and required. Ad dress. with real name. Post Office Bos ID7. Chicago mh.-nSSO-St . \\T ANTED—To buy for Cash*, a V * Wooden Dwelling to more la vlclnltv of West van Bnrvn and Sangamon streets. Addtvss “M. D ” Post Office Box 1051. mhT-nSRWc \\F ANTED—A Partner in a f T Hotel in this city, with a cash capital of not icfstban SSOO. The house is large and well finished, centrally located, containing eighty rooms, and has now fifty first-class paying boarders. Age- ta need not apply, as none but principals will be treated with. For part'culars address “HOTEL,” Post Office Box 33 B. mli7-iic3T St ANTED.—Parties wishing to , * I buy EAR CORN on Commission, in the coun try, will p'eaee address the subscriber. Matlac present puce of Corn, corrmlFsion, cost of cribbing, freight to Chicago. 6c. Would also buy Com already cribbed at a fair price. AG. CONOVER, Sterling, Illinois. mL7-n354 2tnet W ANTED—To exchange for half T ▼ catli.ba’ancc la cityproperty, $10,030 worth of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Crockery and Hardware. The goods are very desirable, only bought about a year ago, and purchased for cash when goods were cheap, expressly fora first class country at.'-rc. For partlcuiire. Inquire* of GILBERT, SAMPSON & WARNER. fea-n!22-3w-net Auctioneers. 83 Late st. T OSP—This moning, either in one XJ of the Randolph Street Oira, or at tbe Ticket Office, a Snuff Simfc Far. The tinker will be sn’t\Mv rewarded by leaving It at the Qtv Railway Office, comer of l.sndolph »r-d State streets. Chicago, Match Ctli. ISC2. mhT-a353-U LOST —Somewhere between Madi son street and the river east of Lnsdle.a Port monnaie. containing a twenty dollar bill and an omni one ticket, by a poor man. The finder will be liberallv rewarded by»caving the same at this Office. iuh7n3S9-St Ss-J-OA —'Wanted to Lease, in the W • Division, cast of State and north of Twelfth streets, a residence, from April Ist. Price stated aa a guide to quality. Prompt paying tenant, with beet citv references. Address “ON r care Tribune office. m&7-3: T>OARDINGr.—A pleasant suit and Xf single room, with board, can be obtained at 2-53 ” abash avenue. A few duv boarders also desired. inhT-nSCO it T^ISSOLUTION. —The co pailner ahlo heretofore existing between the under signed, doing business under the style, firm and name 02 Geo. R Roberts & Co., is this day dissolved by mu tual consent. Geo. E. Roberta la authorized to receive all dues and cancel all claims against the late firm. „ , GEO. R. ROBERTS. Chicago, March Ist, SL T. SYLVESTER PARKER. Geo. R. Roberts will continue la the Lumber basi nets. Office on Clark street, near the Railroad cress lag- mh7-n355-lw XTOBSES FOR SALE CHEaF. —Two or three hones c&n be bought cheap. In quire at 143 South Water street. mhT-ns 10-St FSR SALE.—One House and Lot at SSW, one 0, one SLOM. one »L'oo. one fttJtt). onesided, one SLSGQ, one $1,600, one SI,BOO, one *2.500. one $3,000, one $3.5W). two S4.W)O. one $5.50\ one Kooo, one $7,000, one SB,OOO, Ala**, four Cottase Honsnon leased lota—prices $274, s3o\ s3s>) and $5,0-). Also, some beantlml resident lots at Union Park for sale at bargains. Real Estate Office, No. 132 South Clark st. mh7-?»3t Notice to vocalists.— Wanted four first class Singers—Tenor, Alto, Baritone and Bass. Those who real music well pre ferred. Apply thlc day at Ko. 77 Michigan Avenue, be tween the hours of 2 and 5 r. si. W. ANGELO. mU7-n£s6-lt Tj'LOUR BARREL STAVES AXD JL Finished Heading from Ballon & Co.*« Manufac tory. The best article in this market, as we can prove by Mill ere to whom we have sold one and a h*if million the present reason. BLANCHARD & BORLAND, corner of Market and Washington streets. mhsn2So Stout FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE. —Frame House, with brick bssement (1* rooms.) House contains all the modem improvements, situated in a good neighborhood, convenient to Horse tlailroaiL Lot 23 by U6. Price $3,C00—52,000 can remain on the prepeity fur three veara. SI,OOO cash required Crick House on Wabash avenue, contains all the late improvements. Lot 25 by 130. Price si,soo—the greater part or it can retrain cn ten years time. A comfortable Cottage, on Hnbbanl street. Lot 23 byj 25. Price f£K) —f-150 can remain on long time. House and Lot on Indiana avenne. Price SUS&. House and Lot on Edina Place. sl,soo—only S3OO eon* required down. Vacant Lots on Madison street. SBO. Lou on Warren street—s273. Apply to PETER SUIUP 167 Stare si rect. mhS-ntCO-Ztaet A emy of the xl Chief Commissary of Subsistence, District of Cairo, etc. Cairo. lia^March3d, 1862. Sealed proposals wiU be received (from loyal citizens only) at this office until 13 it, March 15th, 18SL for sup plying Fresh Bread for thetroonsat Cairo. Bird's Point, Fort Bolt and Hound City, until June 30th, 1368, com mencing on April Ist. 1965. The Bread to be of the best quality and made of the beet wheat flour, to be delivered at such times and in such quantities as may be required. Bids must state the price per pound delivered, and be accompanied by a guarantee by two responsible persons that the bidder will, if bis bid be accepted, sign the contract. Separate bids will be received for Mound City. The right to reject any or all bids Is reserved. Prrpetals to be aodorsed -Proposals tor Fresh Breed; * B. DrBABBT, Captain and C. S. D. S. A. mhSnSSS-td /COMMERCIAL MUTUAL IN \J BUKAKCE COMPACT. OF CLEVELAND, OEO. The Trustees of the shore Company hare declared an Interest Dividend ofalx per cent oa aQ outstanding Scrip of the Company, payable os or after the 4th day of March next. They hare also declared** Scrip Dirf dead of (SO) fifty per cent out of the profits of the past Tear to parties entitled to the same by their arrange ment with tueCompacy. deliverable on or after the 4th of March; ISG2. The Trustees hare farther declared that the Certifi cates issued hr tbc Compasy in 1853 be redeemed tn carh on and after the 4th day of March, 1962. on presen tatlon to the oflcc of tbe Company, and that all fur ther interest on the same shall cease at that date. The Trustees bare also declared a Scrip Dividend of (it) seventeen per cent out of the profits of tbe j ear end ing January 28th, 18GQ, to parties entitled to the same by their arrangement with the Company, deliverable on or after the 4th day of March. tSGz. GEO. a. TISDALE, Secretary. M. B. SCOTT, President. Parties Interested will please can at the Company’s Office, TSo. 9 Dole’s Building. mh7 oSSSw GEO. H. GIBSQS, Agent. QTATS OF ILLINOIS, COOK O COUKTY. BS.—Superior Court of Chicago, March Term. A. D. 1962.—Ctehoro B. Keith. Albert E. Faxon andEteon Kelxh vs. George Crist—Attachment.* Public notice is hereby jßrea to the said George Crist, that a. writ of attachment issued out of tbe office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chicago, dated the 7th day of February. A.D. 1352. at the suit of the said Osborn B. Keith. Albert K. Faxon and Edson Keith, and against the estate of the said Georro Okt, for the gam of One Hundred and Three 69-100 Dollars, directed to the Sheriff of Cook County, which said writ has been returned executed- , „ Kow, therefore, unless 70s. the said George Crist; nemeialiy be and appear before tbe said Superior Court of Chicago, on or boore me first day ofthe Term thereof to be ablden at tbe Court Hoeae lathe City of Chicago, on the first Monday of April, A. D. 19k. give special ban. sue plead t» the saldputnUff’s actios, judgment will be entered against yen and in favor of the said plaintiff?, and ta much ef the-property at tached as may be sufficient t» satisfy the said jmdppmt acdccatewm be sold to satisfy the same. Thomas b. n*grgß, ciert - GuiOT * Hzrcacocx, Comprta’ BoPra mkrtS334w ASTER’S SAUL-State of Mi- XvJ Cook County, *s.—Circuit Court of Cook County,—lnCfcaacery. John Lcwl&ru. James Hantnf. Ceca, Edward B. Talcott. Patrick Mullins aadPrtrick Walah.—Decree of Foreclosure. Public notice is hereby given that L L. C. -Paine - Free*. Master In Chancery of Cook County, State of iLUfjoia, will, in pan.u&Bce of a Mandate in a Decree entered in the snore entitled cause, at the date hereof, WJI at public auction for cwh to the highest Judder, at vherortkdrer ofthe Court House on Block thirty nine [SSL Old Town, In the City of Chicago, on tea BKh day of March. A, D. 1382, at tan o'clock in the fat* noon <€ said day, ah Of the zr erigrged premises described inasld Decree, to wn and Swirfa habdirision of Blocks numbered serenty-Mx ITS] sad sarencyeavoß ntl in the School' Section Addition to Chicago. County of Cook,-sad State of DUnola, or so much and suck focUcQ thereof H may-hh oeccawry to reaketue money das upon said Decace^withcoaa, in-. 1 terest;corns lask-i,Ac. " C. BAINS FRSEB-. ,-t« . • Uaaer InOkUMOy ofOoofcCeeatjr.• Chicago.MarehW^iac.r mkT-aXTU, NUMBER 205 KTeto abbfrtisemmts. r JX> IMPROVE THE BLOOD, TO GIVE TONE TO THE STOMACH, FOE GENERAL DEBILITY, Use the Great Tonic and lavigo ator. BITTER WINE OF IRON. Prepared only and sold by - SMITH & DWYER, DBCGGIBTS AMD CHEMISTS, OPPOSITE THE TBB3IOBT HOFSK DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MOKE.T ?—lf ce, It Ilea la your power. Any nun or ordinary boalneaa talent wno ia willing to exert bla* self can, in a thort time, make money enough to gtre GOOD BTAET IH LIFE. As this should be every \OUiG man'e first great ob i%^' ea *!? c “ 1, y lfhetoaboaC assume the responsi bilities ofmarned lifej itla of the 1 ittmost Importance. AMcntbasbeea discovered by the subscriber, where by the desired object may be resized, which Is of loes tmaable advantageto him, and be desires that others may profit by It also. Fnuoartlcnlars wa\be given to any one on re-e’nt ofT CENTS la sUmpa. Add?ei PoS Office Box 121, CUcago. mhi-nasi-St gARNUM BROTHERS, IBS LAKE-ST., CHICAGO, 111,., Importers and Wholesale Dealers la TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, WILLOW CABS, Childrens’ Gigs, Carriages, ftc., Bas kets, Bird Cages, PEG TOPS, MABBLES AND ALLIES, And a large and varied stock of YANKEE NOTIONS, To which the attention of SCTI&RS is respectfully solicited. Onr SPRING STOCK is now open and very complete. Rbxbxbzk we ah* at 138 LAKE STREET, Bet. Clark and LaaaJle sta. TV T ERCHANTS’ SAVIN GS LOAN JLTI. & TRUST COMPANY, CAPITA!* $300,000. HENRY F ABN AM, rrea’t. S. A. SMITH, Vice Pres'L D. 11. HOLT, Cashier. L. J. GAOS, Assistant Cashier. Tbia Institution will Discount Paper, boy and sell Exchange and Coin, and receive money on deposit, pay Interest thereon w hen left a *iteemed period; will receive money for .\ccr3irunoy, when left for a terms of years; and receive and execute Tacsra from Coarts, Corporations, Individuals and Estates. Office, corner of Late and Dearborn streets. J. H. Dunham, James Goodwin, Henry Paramo Job* H.Foster, D.RHolt, H H, Mssie. V. E. Toe, W E. Doggett A. U. Barley, P. B. Cooley. C.H.McCormick, T. T>. Gilbert, 8. A. Smith. iuh7u3i7-iy Afflicted, headi—Eight 'yean ago 1 became afflicted with a ° KIDNEY COjVEPXiAJ**T # And made every effort to be cured. I employed all the Doctors in Grand Rapids, and many others, but no nelp. About three months ago I heard of DR. WHITTIER. 164 Sooth Clark it., Chicago, HI., And at once placed myself under his care. Thanks be to him, he restored me to health In a few weeks, and I feel it my duty to let tne people know where to find a man that can restore them to health. I am now ami have been a resident of Ada, MlcK, for twenty.«lx years The Doctor devotes h:s whole time and atten tion to the treatment cf all old standing caws, each as were formerly considered incurable. Any person send ing one stamp to Dr. W. can have his opinion free of charge. laCHAItD McOACUIV. mli, n.d2lwd4w LEASE—The well known, ALCOHOL DISTILLERY, OX THE NORTH PIER. Formerly occupied by L. Fletcher aud recently by M, c, Bole. Address P. 0. Snsfost, or apply at SI Clark street. Basement. . . Bjftg nSIS-2t (^AWYER, ‘WALLACE & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 47 Braad street. New York. Advances made on Consignments to the above firm by TO. AITCHISOX, .Jr? Auent, 152 South Water street, Chicago. mU7 nSG-ly I?LOUR BARREL HOOPS ASTD JL STAVES. 500 9 000 Sorclf’B Best Flat Hoops, 500)000 Mcrell’s Best Barrel Staves. For sale by toh7-nS44-lw 3IAGILL & LATHAM. "VTOTlCE!—Members of the Mer- csn'iile Association, who hare not mid their Membership Dues for the yeai ISG2, are requested to call at my office, and pay the same. inorderthat their names may be duly registered. All merchants who desire to become members, will please hand in their names to me. H. W. HINSDALE, Treasurer. Cmcago. March 6th, 18G3. mh7-ti3lS It gANK OF MONTREAL. CnicAOO, February 27th, IS3L I am advancing on Produce in store. ON SHORT OR LONG TIME, Payable la Chicago or Eastern Cities, as preferred. Sight and time bills on points in Canada, cashed on favorable terms. R W. WILLARD, Agent, 1V2.-nls22wlstp jyjTTTJAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPAKT OF NEW YORK. FREDERICK S. WINSTON, President CASH ASSETS OVER $8,000,000! Which U the property of Policy Holders. This has been the most successful Life Company erai chartered in any country. As its rates of premiums are no HIGHER while assets are GREATER and its Dividends are LARGER than any other Company, it la therefore not only the SAFEST bnt the CHEAPEST Company to Insure in. Persons insuring should tat* a Policy which will be good when called for ten, twenty or fifty years heaca, Reports, Circulars and Information gratuitously furnished or sent by man to any address, applies, tion loi insurance received by B. W. PHILLIPS, Agest for Chicago, H. B. XEBBKLL, AgeatfbrWisconsin Post Office address Milwaukee. JaS-kSBI-Calstp JTNION AT HOME!—The ques tion with every housekeeper should not be Can I Afford to have a PEACE-MAKER COOKING STOVE? But can I afford to do without one? thk PEiCfrUAKBR Occupies bo more room than the common kind of cooking atovc, with only four boiler holes, while ITS CAPACITY IS ONE-HALF GREATER, and contains in,the highest degree all the faculties for performing the culinary work of a household with .XCOHOKT, COSVZHIEBCE AKD DISPATCH. - THE PEAUE-HASEB TTA a A Roasting and Broiling Chamber, In which Boasting can be done on a turn spit, dikkct x.tbzfoektbkpxbz; andßroDlagbe done over un coats, without any fames or smoke escaping Into tba room. VAN BHAACK, 4.7 State Street 4=7 XUS Tam FOPinUB MITE. Cocii-csg-iitrt , Chicago and north- VESIEBN BEAL ESTATE And Insurance Office, Noal BBTAK HAIiL. Property purchased, sold and generally managed, laveatxneats effected tor non-residents, and coousel Ecal Life and Fire Insurance Office. Chicago.!!]. coh&a&lSSt FOX’S CRACKERS CON staatly on hand and dcliver*«Lto-any part of the City __ FREE OF CHAROE by KIRCHHOFF sad 56 West Bandolph. Foat Office Bor 1657. KhS-nSC-lm /"CARBON OIL.—I am prepared to take orders for the above In lots of • . Ten to Fifty Barrel*, delivered in Pittsburgh, for the Woodvllle Seflnary, gam pic* at my office. CHAR BIGGS, 113 Lake street. Tnbs-cSO:-JJt 44 WE’RE MARCHING DOWN ▼ T TO DIXIE'S LAND "—A new National Song and Chorea, as suae by the Union Volunteer* on their way to Dixie. Copies scat by mail on receipt of Scent*. B.P. OOKIJvB, 166 Broadway, New York, T 05?P—A Ladles Diamond Ring, I A on hfadl*-*n street, between State and Wpns.Tae finder will be Lbe rally rewarded by leaving it at the Tribune Office. mS-a3lS2t iX'HE UNDERSIGNED, AS - A -SIGNEE of T. B. Carter, ha* removed hi* office ' to 97 Washington street, where the bo oka and as count* of the said 1;B. Carter mar be found until the 36th day of March, after which they wm be Me with an At force? for coflcctiocJ • ASahRCARTSS. . fe26ciSl 2w ! l • -Aalgaeg of T. B. Carter. - “VAULTS AND OUT-HOUSES :iT JOHN KAS3K: siNeet CiukcUtet, hsd in ynisTf stalest." u:j£hS3Ha RATES OF- ADVERTBUra CHICAGO DAILY TBIBtfKB - - <taßqo»ie,(Blisesig»trtoßstaflatloß...* Oae 6qure, each «ab«e<fdcnt*4sy,(Bt .ifi‘ <tae Square, twoweeto r <6w-17.06}t.v;'.; >*;<>• One Square, oae»oiU*i f -(te aaa .One Square, three tnoatllßr(£d $i5.0G)....1g,G0" One Square, six month*, (HmSSLOO)—.. One Square, oceycar , - Schednle of Frias for more space one. Bqaw cte l>e eera st the Comlting Boo^a. ■A 1 AH traneieat AdTaTHaßaiowta apha paffl for - INADTAKCB. .* W All changes charged thirty eentaperSfOiakr RATES OP ADVEBmms VS' WZEKLt r^iw^ng #l.oo per Square, eachweeh;for flisf month. 2.60 per Square fiir each subsequent month. 20«<0 per Square for oaayear. / auction Salrs. ■ROOTS AND SHOES AT ADC* 8-Nicnisos.Sa Xa L»ts«tr«t, cat- S“i"k r 2S^,5 D JJ^ DAr - Mrat t»» as s^sVoSs^ 11 Etoe *- _ph. MM-U s. SLCKEE3QS. AocUoiiwr. comer of Franklin-on mondtrir£?W««Jw bat, March 12S^eibat7m^^4^ 1^^*®!2S: a-asJMsi-sas^SS sssssfflSraaßßfsatS®® mh7n3g-lw B. EICKEfiIoS. Amulc^- BY GILBERT SAMPSON & WARNER General Aectioseebs, 83 T.»gR gr. 150 Boxes of Glassware AT AUCIIOH. March 12th, at 10 o'cloct at oar- WWffl KUWIft. 150 Boxes first quality Glassware, a°S^nei Q Covered SwSf’aad SbeST &T&t Jn t a * MoSieea^S 5_ J^ Y GILBERT,SAMPSON &WARNEB New and Second Hand PHEINITUEE AT AUCTION. On FBIDAV. March 7th. at 10 o’clock, wo will tell at wrtm«Qtof° ina ‘ BiLake ®^ €t ’ a krse and superior aa- Mahogany, Walnut, Oak and Base wood Finish Fvnltßre, with a variety of HOUSEKEEPING GOODS. “ tlO o'dMfc at 150 Cases of Glassware, consisting ofn central assortment. GILBERT. SAMPSON A WARNER, mlu-nafljjt AncOoneqa. # & W. STORGAJT. governhent sale At St. Louis, Missouri. of condemned and captured Horses, Mules, Wagons, &c., By order of CaptWM. MYERS. Asst Onartermairt*>r , ingp. MarchiCUi,Tjth and 72th, wo wfll sell bv order Of Captain V M, MYEB3, Assistant Quartermaster, About 450 Horses and Holes, About 150 I|rood Dlares, Together With a Large Humber of Wagons. The Sale on Monday Morning. March 20th. will commence at to o'clock, at Gorei mm-m Stables, on St. Ange Avenue and Hickory The Sale on Tuesday Wommr, March luh. at U’clock. at Goremmoat Stables, on Franklin Avenue near Grand Avenue. _* The Sale on Wednesday March 12th, at 10 ©’clock, at Benton Bar- „ TERMS _OF SALE U uno States Theaspet Notes or Gcver>->c»;t VorcnEKS. parable in the De partment 02 the Missouri. Purchasers ‘paying in Gov ernment vouchers, will be required to make their own charge. AU purchasers will be required to pay for property a, told, and takelmmediate possession of same. lubS-nS2<-tt E.&.W. MORGAN, Auctioneers. JJT S. NICKERSON, Hos. 222 ft 224 lake street, cor. Frank!!* SECULAR SALKS Oil * WEDNESDAY AYS FRIDAY Of EACH H'Mgq THEOTOHOcT TEA SSASOS, Of Cloths, Caastmere*. Satiaetta. Clothing. Hosiery and furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes,' Straw Good*. Yankee Notions and Jewelry. In loci adapted to country and city retail trade. Liberal cash advances made when required. Con signments respectfully solicited. S. XICKEBSOiL Chicsgo, Aug. aid. is-il auzrei-if TVRY GOODS AND CLOTHING J-/AT AUCTION, by S. Xickeesox, 224 Lake street corner of Franklin, on Monday. March 3d. VTxsxes dat, March sib, Friday, March 7rh. black union clotha. btack dec skis, fancy satinets and casslmerea,bleached sheeting, dress pcotla. under shirt*,- jackets, half hose and hosiery; also, furnishing goods, Yankee notions, jewelry and clothing. Teres Cash. rc&t-DiTOiw a. NICKERSON. Auctioneer. M. A. BUTTERS & CO., GEHEBIIi ArCTIOJOBEHS, Office 44—Salesrooms 46,49 ft 50 Dearborn-St, (OPPOSITE THE TKKHOXT HOITSEj REGTJLAK SALE DAYS XT 7SSZS BXLZBOOZS: BBT GOODS, CIOTHISC, EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BOOTS AND SHOES, EVERT THURSDAY. HOUSEHOLD FiBAUItUB, EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. All Goods Sold for Par Fonda. Deposits received from all pnrebasera unknown t« vs. V.’iL A. BUTIEItS A CO, ocil-ly Auctioneers. "VTEW AUCTION AND COIL X * MISSION HOUSE, 3fo. 107 Dearborn. Street, HUGH ALEXAHBKL sales of a-1 kinds of Goods twice a week— Tuesdays and Fridays. Consignments solicited. JHiscdlancous. CIIAS. L. NOBLE, WHOLESALE DEALER IK LAMPS AND DM. CARBON OIL For sale at Manufacturer’s Prices. 175 LAKE STREET. te29*6l-lßtp 1862. SPRING TEARS. 1962. TINKERS’ STOCK. PRICES REDUCED. 10-10x14 Tin 310.50 Per Box. IX—loxl4 Tin 812.50 “ “ IC—l4x2o C&arccal Xeme, 810.25 “ ,£ Allcthcr extra sizes In proportion to TV E W YORK COST. The above prices are for first quality Charcoal Brands. Apply to VANDEBVOORT, DICKERSON A CO* Metal Warehouse,. IS9 & 201 Baadolph Street, Chicago, IHiaois* mfaScSOS'lylßtp 'J'HROUGH TICKETS TO ALL PARIS OF EORDFB, BY GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY AND Eegnlar Weekly line of Knt-Cla« Ocean Steamers, SAILING EVERY SATURDAY MORNIM From the Eallway Company** Dock at Quebec, Freight shipped on through b*2a or Bead for farther iaformaSoa to JAMES WABBACKt General Western Agent, 12 Latest, WALTER BHANlfc\ Gsienl Himnf. Monti€*l Jalffgl-iyutp gTEAM WEEKLY BETWEEN HEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL, landtag end eznbarkiig passenger* at Qn efoMctr, Clrtisndj The LHiEPOOL, HEW YOU u4 PHIUPMEIA STEAMSHIP COMPAQ WHI dispatch ererr Saturday their fan power Clydfr built Iron SseanahliM. Cirr OF NEW TORE, EDINBURGH, CITE OF KANOA^T CITT OF WASHINGTON, GLASGOW, CITY OF MANCHESTER jf.TKA. % __ BOSFHOBin. Bates ofpaeage aglow a* by any other Uaa. Pm ieagera forwarded to an the pmdM cities of Bttropn Persona wiping to bring out their firleada ea bn. ticket* In Chicago to great advantage. TTinie Ft** TT, * ,T * have superior acooaaodatfohAaHL cany experienced Surgeon*. They are bail! in wazmb tight stcnoKa, and carry sdot fire aaaihflatofa. For further information apply to , _ CLSGHOSN, LHCKE* *GO General Westers Agent*. ISuualle street. Chicago* wards. rnhSTCUyUtp r TO SHIPPERS OF PRODUCE X i«m Importers* from Europe. The GsandTrunk Hallway Company of Canada last Through BC-a of Ladlnglfccßx the West to Liverpool, for alloearrlptfooaof product, atrery l o,r rates, which •Include an expense*, except Ocean Insurance. The* alsagnuit Through BP* of Lading from Havre, litre* . No IS Late street OmesgOk . M.PxxErscTOS, Gcn-FrcfehS Agat, Mon«re*L 3e58-ly-3gtp • . • • - ILTAEUS SUGAR.—I am prepara*. ■ IVJI Ca fhrei^h