3TOKDAT, APRIL 28.1863.
t»TUK POOR Iff AN’S coxsnru-
TKON.”
As the new Constitution is claimed to
have been made for the poor man, I pro-
pose to examine the SBth section of article
2, which reads as follows—to ascertain how
it will operate for the benefit of the poor:
“The General Assembly shall so pro
<« ride that Fifteen of the most competent
« of the permanent citizens in each county
“shall be summoned as a -Grand Jury ;
« toe&e of whom must concur to find an
“ indictment.”
Let us enquire what was the law on
this subject, and let us ask what oc-
caaion there 5s for this change in the
law? First, then, no previous Con
stitution ever fixed the number of Grand
Jurors, but it was left to the Legislature,
tiiey were wise enough to leave the
number where the common law left it, at
twenty-three, at least sixteen of whom
must be present, fifteen constitute a quo
rum, and twelve of whom must concur to
find an indictment. This has been the law
ever since the Stale was settled, and no
one ever assigned a good reason for cliang
ing the number. There are many reasons
for not diminislung the number. If any
change is required, U would seem that wc |
ought to increase the number rather than i
diminish it. Arguments drawn from actuil 1
experience arc generally of the most satis
factory character, but ought to be carefully
examined and weighed, and perhaps
no better illustration of the great
error in reducing the number of
jurors could be found la the his
tory of Jurisprudence than two notori
ous cases that are within the knowledge of
aD, and which have so recently occurred.
It-is a notorious tact that with a law re
quiring only tuxicc out of twenty-three
grand Jurors to agree to the finding of an
indictment, Joel A. Xattcson could not be
indicted in Sangammon county, notwith
standing the general belief and the over
whelming testimony that he stole several
hundred thousand from the State, and even
one of our ex-Majors had influence suffi
cient to prevent an indictment from being
found against him in Cook county, in
what is represented as a very flagrant
crime. If such men have sufficient influ
ence to prevent an Indictment being found
against them, when the law only requires
twelve out of the twenty-three to agree
to the finding. How can you hope to indict
any man of wealth and influence under the
same law that requires that twelve out of
fifteen agree to the findiug before any
indictment can be found? If, under the
old law, the accused parly must bribe or
influence twelve of the Jurors to prevent
an indictment how much easier will it be
to prevent an indictment under the new j
Constitution, were only lour will hive to
he bought or influenced. This looks as
though it was intended to enable the in
fluential rich man to defraud Justice, and
not like a provision for the poor man.
• The proposed change is a very unwise
one and will lead to the greatest abuses. It
may enable men of influence to escape be
ing put upon trial for their crimes, which
no good citizen, be he rich or poor, desires
or wishes.
Let equal Justice be dealt out to all alike
and if necessary let the number of jurors be
so increased that they cannot be controlled
by any person whatever—but never let the
number be diminished while wc have such
evidence as Is before us of the power of
some men to defeat the ends of justice by
influencing the Jury.
The commendable zeal of the Convention
to save expense had better be exerted in
some other way than by striking down the
protection famished by that time-honored
and justly-cherished tribunal yclept the
Grand Jury. Let us live under the old
Constitution, which docs secure equal
Justice at loss than half the expense, rather
than adopt the iniquitous thing which
seems to have been concocted with a view
to deprive the poor man of all that he asks
from the laws protection to life and
liberty.
TBAITOBS IK OUR 3XIDST.
The fertility of resources, and the activity
in their use, which are shown by all the
friends of secession, would be admirable in
a good cause; but when their end, open or
concealed, is to help disunion, hold up
Slavery, and guard treason from punish
ment, they must rouse the deep indignation
-of every loyal man. And these friends of
secession, thus busy and efficient in work-
ing for the rebel cause, so subtle, and
adroit, or firm and defiant in their schemes
and conduct, are not confined to those who
are actually in the Confederate Army, with
arms in their bauds; who have taken the
oath to the upstart empire, and serve under
the stars and bars. The most active and
efficient allies and defenders of rebellion
now, are many of them to he found in.
Korthem communities, in legislatures that
profess loyalty, and among the managers
and editors of false and treacherous jour
nals and newspapers.
These men tdl profess loudly that this
rebellion must be crushed, and always just
as loudly cry’ out against any measures
which threaten to do it. They promim
most solemnly that secession is ruin, and
disunion the most degrading and over
whelming calamity; and still more solemn
ly declare their condemnation of all acts
that seem to tend to prevent secession, or
maintain the perpetuity of the Union.
They cannot lift their voices high
enough in praise of the wisdom of
the Fathers that framed for their children
such a Constitution ; bat the profound sa
gacity, and devoted patriotism, of thoae
venerable men Is most clearly shown in
the provisions in that sacred instrument,
that defends Slavery against injury and
treason against punishment. With lids
class of loud-mouthed patriots, to lust after
the extinction of the accursed wrong of
Unman Bondage is to have committed
a felony already in the heart ; and
to take any action to overthrowrcbellion
and crush out disunion, that may in its re
motest effects do harm to Slavery, is to be
guilty of the blackest treason,or some other
crime too horrible to be named. In the
wonderful light that these great thinkers
and pure patriots have thrown on the Con
stitution, its great end and paramount de
sign was and is, to make sure that In no
event Slavery, that is, the republic, shall
receive any detriment; and also, that if in
any event, thcupholdcrsofthatsacrcd insti
tution, should resort, under the impulses of
their generous zeal and devotion to Human
Bondage, to same acts, or be berried into
some steps, beyond the strict limits of law,
and might be technically accused of trea
son, yet it would be a very venial offence,
that ought to be pardoned; if treason, yet
that crime of such a mild typo, that the
Constitution has expressly provided the
most impregnable defences against its ever
being punished.
"V?e hear it howled in our cars by these
lovers of Slavery and aiders of rebellion,
that you cannot inflict tins punishment on
traitors, because it is unconstitutional • you
must not aim that blow at rebellion, be
cause it is impolitic; you must not lay this
just burden of taxation on all the States,
because it you do you will set the Border
States against you; and you must not' do '
justice or show mercy to this degraded and
oppressed class, because such an effort will
turn all the remaining Union men South
- —and a large portion of those North, in
to the most unrelenting enemies.
Now any man is most easily
fooled who don’t see through the design,
and inenvitable result of all this loud talk
and these fierce menaces. The hearts of
all men who.praclise these things are with
secession, in love with Slavery. They
mean to defend-and perpetuate both, these
erOs if possible; Land if that cannot be
done, they hope at least to shield the In
etitntion against serious injoiy, and guard
AB traitors against damage either in body
or estate.
Men in our midst are dally uttering those
sentiments; presses are daily advocating 1
and cnccur&ging, by every subtle device,
aid often villi the most brazen effrontery
t'ds rebellion, and this most atrocious
treason; and yet the voice of loyalty,
spoken in tones of the deepest indignation,
passes them by and they hear it as the idle
wind. The hand of Justice is not yet
raised to strike them; and they go on
with a Mnd of insane exulting,
scattering fire-brands, arrows and death,
and glory in the aA and comfort they are
permitted to give to this most wicked re
bellion. One thing the? must sec and feel,
for it must be as palpable to them as to ns,
that the magnanimity of a great and loyal
people, and its long-suffering patience to
wards-perfidious and cowardly men, who
feed and are fed by its bounty, and yet aim
j deadly blows at all it holds dear, are be
yond all that such guilt and crime could
have dared to hope; and that it is most
presumptuous to trust that they will endure
forever- .
Emancipation In Delaware.
Tht Ddaware State Journal (Wilmington,)
tbe leading Whig and conservative organ in
other days, announces broadly the readiness
of the Unionists of Delaware to accept the
broad issue made up by the slaveholders’ re
bellion on the one hand and the President's
Emancipation message on the other. The
following well-considered leader from its
issue of the 22d inst. possesses a National im
portance:
EMANCIPATION.
That the question of Emancipation with
compensation will enter largely into our next
elections, no one can doubt who looks at the
course to which political events arc and
have been tending since the rebellion. In
deed, it will form the main feature, the con
trolling principle, of the party of the Union,
throughout the Stales, and will swallow up
all other party questions and creeds in the
magnitude of its importance and bearing
upon the interests of the country at large.
The question of slavery has, more or less,
entered Into almost every campaign—national
and local—for many years past, but in a some
what limited or partisan sense. Then, those
who dared to advocate emancipation—no mat
ter how honest or consduntous may have been
their convictions—were catted “Abolitionists,”
“Union-Splitters,” “Fanatics,” and other vile
names hunted out from the prolific vocabulary
of Loco-Focoism; and all manner of evil in
tentions against the Constitution and peace of
the Union were charged upon them; but now
a change is visible in this respect. Abolition
has ceased to be the scare-crow of politicians.
The people hare learned Irom the rebellion to
examine a little closer for themselves, and
not to trust so much to demagogues
for their knowledge of political ethics.
They have seen that, while fanaticism
and disunion has been charged upon Northern
statesmen and States, treason has been nur
tured and cultivated in the South by the slave
driving lerds of cottondom, until it has at
length culminated in a sanguinary war, which,
for ferocity and barrenness of substantial pur
pose, is without a parallel in the history of the
world. They have seen, too, that those who
have uniformly been charged with disloyalty,
and a disposition to break up the Government,
are the true friends and supporters of the
Union, while those whose office it has been
these many years post to cry out “the Union
is dissolved by Northern fanatics,” arc the
real and only foes of the peace, happiness and
prosperity of the Republic.
The people have learned to appreciate the
force and meaning of the terras “ Abolition
ist,” “Black Republican,” and other mean
epithets which have been systematically and
persistently heaped upon those who refused
to bow the kueo to slavery and subserve its
ambitious designs upon the liberties of the
country. Such slang nick-names will no
longer serve to cheat honest men out of their
votes, hut are passed by as meaningless and
insulting deceptions, calculated to cover up
the real objects of their inventors, and assist
them the more readily to slip Into power and
partake of the luxury of public plunder, which
they eo well know, from long experience and
practice, how to enjoy. Partisan rancor and
sectional malevolence are gradually but surely
passing away, and a purer current of popular
thought and investigation has engaged the
minds of the people." They begin to realize
Ihe fact that Shivery, and not Abolition, is the
perfidious parent of all our national troubles.
Tluil.il is the forging of chains for human
limbs to wear is perpetual bondage, and not
the pleadings of liberty in behalf of all her
children, which has to-day deluged the land
In blood, and desolated a large portion of the
country. That it is the dark shadow of a bar
barous and cruel age hanging like a sable pall
over the hopes and happineesbfa large portion
ofour people in this 19th century, instead of
the humanity, truth, and light of the princi
ples of the Declaration of American Independ
ence, that now impedes their progress to
prosperity and usefulness. The thinking
masses are alive to these facts ; they recog
nize tbclr importance and influence upon the
social and political interests of the na-ion, and
therefore are prepared to take hold of the 1
slavery question with a determination and zeal
that will forever set at rest the disturbing de
ments of which it Is made up.
Men are, to-day, willing to be cilled Aboli
tionists, who, one year ago, would, have felt
insulted at even a* distant intimation of any
such idea. The word has lost its evil spell;
and thousands of honest, patriotic, loyal
hearts arc ready to inscribe Emancipation on
their banners, and bear it on to triumph
through the storm of bullets or the more
c alm battle of the ballot box. The rime for
this has come. The North is ready. The
South must be, and iu the great moral revolu
tion where will our own Stole be found? In
the ranks of treason? No, no, no I Dela
ware must and will be on the side of liberty.
She cannot step aside from the track of patri
otism; she must not refuse to do her
duty; she will not lag behind her sister
States in the forward march of human great
ness and Christian, charity; she will be free.
Free from all taint of disloyalty. Free from
any suspicion of complicity with treason or
traitors. Free from any further legal sanction
of that gigantic curse which has so' long bound
her to sluggish inactivity and limited her pow
er and influence as a State. And as she
emerges from the blackness of the cloud In
which all her local interests have so long been
buried well nigh unto oblivion, she will be
free to declare, in all the pride and majesty of
her redemption, that henceforth and forever
she will give full and entire recognition and
scope to those inalienable rights of man,
“ Life, Liberty, and the pursuit' of Happi
ness. ” Thus will glorious little Delaware be
found. No othtr position in the momentous
struggle will become her.
TUe Telesraplt Censorship*
[From the N. V. World.]
Is it stupidity that controls the censorship
of the telegraph, or is it spite ? Arc the peo
ple taken lor idiots to be played upon, or are
they nckoned outlaws to be punished? Sure
ly there is some sort of infatuation. Nobody
without it. could play such fantastic tricks be
fore high heaven.
They declare it Is very important that the
enemy should not have notice of onr military
plans and movements. It is notorious that
through the many rebel sympathizers within
our army lints, in and out of office, the rebels
have uniformly Learned, in advance, every \
step our Generals have taken, or proposed to j
take. The tremendous secresy enjoined upon |
the Northern press in regard to the embarxa- ,
lion of the army upon the Potomac fiotdli, i
on tlnir way to the peninsula, where am mg j
the find rUcovertes made in the deserted
camp of ihe enemy was a document specify
ing with the utmost exactness every derail of
the txp< dilion, is now recalled only to
be laughed .it. Bnt the upshot of
cv( ry j-imilnr attempt to keep the enemy iu the
dark has ended in the same ludicrous incon
gruity, Wcbelieveourwarauthorltiea would
t-uve themselves a. vast deal of trouble if they
would assume, once fbr all, that the enemy
1 will know their every movement before it can
j be cankd out, and would recognize that the
triumphs iu this war arc to bo won not by the
stealthiness of the fox but by the daring of
the lion*
This censorship isbeingrunintothegrouad.
To such an absurd extent is this despotic
practice being carried that specUl pains are
taken at Fortress Monroe to keep from the
agent of the Associated Press even the eight
of every Southern newspaper that may find its
way under the flag of truce. There seems to be
a purpose to keep from the northern people all
information respecting the doings and feel
ings of the rebels. The whole policy lu this •
regard is precisely what micht be expected If j
there were a rebel army in 'the North as well |
as in the South, making it important that all
communication between .the two should be
prevented. But It is especially in reference to
the acts and experiences of our own army,
that this telegraphic jealousy most absurdly
display s itselfT The principle seems to be to
suppress everything that is. unfavorable,
though it is certain to come to. light within
the next day or two by the mail letters of
public and private correspondents, with which
this pragmatical censorship dares not in-cr
medcle. This method la at last so perfectly
understood by the public that all telegraphic
announcements, known to have the Govern
ment'sanction, are doubted, until confirmed
by private assurances. Could there be anythisg
more damaging to the character of the Gov
ernment? This telegraphic secrctivcucss is
not confined to military concerns. We saw it
displayed the other d»y in the suppression,
of the circumstance that the President’s
horses took Iright while he was on an excur
sion; a fact which the .grave IntfiHgenccr
thought llworth while to noUco. Whetherthe
sapient ccntora imagined that tho extended
publicity of the danger which for a moment
threatened the President would give aid and
comfort to his enemies, or would unstring the
nerves of his v friends. Is quite beyond conjec
ture.
It Is Mr. Stanton, wc suppose, who is really
responsible for all this absurd business. He
it is who appoints the censors, and therefore
it must be ho who manages the censorship.
There is, too, a certain characteristic style of
.action in it. Its lark of practical discrimina
tion and its arbitrary bent strike every one.
I? - The Springfield (III) Board of Aider
men is politically tied, with a Democratic
Mayor to give the. casting vote. The Repub
licans would be content .to divide tho minor
offices, but the Democrats wanted all; and so,
while the Republicans stayed away, the six
Democrats filled the office by resolution, the
Mayor ordering that the Republican names he
recorded as voting nay, in orderthata quo
rum might appear to bc> present, .and that ho
might exercise tiie casting vote.
|sgr*The Detroit Frte Prm 'claims Edward
Salomon, the New. Governor of Wisconsin,.
as a Democrat. In point of fact/Mr. Salomon
was the straight Republican candidate, and
had a clear majority over his two Democratic
competitors, one of whom was on the Union
ticket with Gov. Harvey.
Our Pittsburg Letter.
[From our Special Correspondent.]
STEAMER TWPKBTAT., SAVANNAH, April 1562.
OUH SICK AND ’WOUNDED HEBE.
"We 6tDl have, from Illinois, about six hun
dred and fifty now at Savannah. The next
boat is to take as many of them as possible to
Mound city, or some other point where they
can be furloughed and sent home.
WHAT OUGHT TO BE.
Ills almost impossible to conceive of the
mud that is found along this river at present,
and of the very hard labor onr sol
diers have to perform in unloading
the boats and transporting provender
for the horses and riders of the army.
There are hundreds of negroes La this
region, belonging to the most bitter of
the enemy. These men, (the blacks) who
are able and ready to perform this
work should be brought here and put to work
upon this kind of business, and the health
and strength of our men be preserv
ed for the operations of the field.
W2IAT OUGHT HOT TO BE.
Some of our regiments, who have been in
the service for seven or eight months, have
not received their pay, nor any portion of It,
while regiments by their side have been paid.
It may be on account of some irregularity as
to pay-rolls, or something of the sort, but still
it ought not to be.
I am just informed by thd agent that vessels
will leave here now regularly, carrying the
malls to Cairo, We hope therefore to get
some more information from ‘ < Aalerici. ,,
You may expect every day to hear from this
point news of an interesting character.
THE CHAVES OF OUB MEN.
As I rode over the ground to-day, I oh
seivcd how carefully onr men had been burled
and their graves marked. At the head of
the grave of the Eleventh regiment, the
boys have set up a nicely hewn shaft of
timber in monument form, with the
names of the men marked thereon.
THE SPIBIT OF OUE MEX.
Amid all the rain and mnd and unpleasant
matters attending the army at present, it is
pleasant to notice how cheerfully our men
bear it all. Said one of the boys, “I have
been accustomed to take my eggs on Easter
very soft, but this time they gave them to us
rabiir hard.' 1
Xl»e Cultivation of Chinese Sugar
Cane.
Traxsplaxtixg. —R. Tuttle, of Mlshowaka,
Ind., writes us that his experience in cultivat
ing Sorghum is that the crop will be forwarded
in the spring at least two weeks by trans
planting. He recommends soaking the seed
in warm water until it begins to sprout, then
prepare a small plat of warm ground, and sow
the seed broadcast or in drills, one inch deep.
If it be likely to freeze cover it with straw.
When up two or three inches, then transplant
it in your well prepared ground, about the
same manner as you do cabbage plants. Set
about five plants in a hilh By transplanting
the cane gets a decided start of the weeds,
which is a great advantage; and it will ripen
two or three weeks sooner. The labor ot
transplanting is very small compared with the
benefits.
Will Chinese Case Hybridize with In
dias Corn ? —Upon this subject, Lyman ilca
cham, Esq., of Lemont, writes us as follows
“ I sec In jour report of what was said and
done at the General Sorghum Convention re
cently held at Adrian, Mich., that a number of
the speakers express the opinion that sorghum
will mix with maize (our common Inian corn)
to the detriment of the former. This may be
so. One well established fact is worth more
than any quantity of theory. But lam of the
opinion that to produce the hybridizing or
mixing of different varieties of plants, the va
rieties subject to change must not only be
cultivated in the same vicinity, bnt they must
also be in blossom at the same time, so that
the pollen—the fecundating dust —produced
by one of the varieties may be conveyed to the
female organ of the other variety while that
organ is in the condition to receive andappro
priate it, otherwise no injurious effect will be
produced by the near proximity of the differ
ent varieties of Diants. Is this not so ?
I have cultivated sugar cane almost from its
introduction into the State, and have noticed
its progress towards maturity. Compared
with that of corn, and according to my obser
vation, the corn crop is in tassell and in blos
som, and is entirely past the season for throw
ing off its pollen long before the sorghum be
gins to show its seed heads. Tnis being the
fact, how can the two hybridize? Who ever
heard of maze and broom corn ruirgmg to the
detriment of either? Nature’s laws arc sel
dom violated.
If it be true that sorghum, and maze will
miv, the fact cannot be too soon known, and
guarded against, for the fact is notorious that
in this corn producing region, sorghum and
com frequently grow side by side, and in most
cases they arc grown in the immediate vicinity
of each cher. If the opinions alluded to are
correct, a different course must be pursued by
tbe Growers of sugar cane seed, or we shall
soon have none worth planting.”
Proposition to Establish a Sorghum Re
finery at La Pokte Ixd. —A meeting was
held at La Porte, Ind., on the 15th inst., to
consider the propriety of erecting a refinery in
that town for the manufacture of sorghum.
William Andrew presided. After discussion
the following preamble and resolution were
passed unanimously:
Wheeeas. Sofficlent experiments have been
made to show that the profitable cultivation of
the Chinese and African sugar canc. in this lati
tude. remains no longer a doubt; therefore
2ie*6lT€d, Th*t the establishment of a sugar re
finery with a manufactory attached of, sufficient
capacity to’manufacta-c and refine forty or fifty
barrels of syrup per day would be of great pecu
niary value to the citizens of La Porte county and
vicinity—benefiting the city hy iatrodacing manu
facturing interests—the farming community by
stimulating and creating a demand for ;he cultiva
tion of a profitable plant, and the people gener
ally, by ridnclng the prfce of syrup.
A committee of 34 was appointed, represent
ing all the towns of La Porte county, to ascer
tain how much cane is to be raised in the
county and vicinity, and to solicit subscrip
tions for a joint stock company.
Gerrltt Smith on Colonization*
[From his recent letter to Montgomery Blair 1
I do not choose words too strong to express
my emotions when I say I am alarmed and dis
tressed at the multiplying indications that a
political Caste Colonization party is in process
of organization, and that gentlemen of the
high standing and anti-slavery antecedents of
yourself and Senator Doolittle are favoring it.
It will, from the fi'St, act in concert with, and
will probably soon become openly one
with, that portion of the Democratic party
which its Pro-Slavery leaders are now at
work to rally, finch a Colonization party is
dtei ingulshable In name only, and not at all in
effect from on. open pro-slavery party. The
unconditional patriots in the Democratic as
well as the Republican party feel that the
present is emphatically no time for such work.
Until the war, which threatens the life of the
country, is ended, they will have no part in
building up the Democ.atic or Republican, or
any other party. Until then, their one work
will be to save the country.
I deprecate the nascent colonization party,
not because I fear its success. When slavery
shall be abolished (and wc are on the eve of its
abolition,) the party will die. Hitredof the
blacks, which is the pabulum and soul of the
party, gets all its life and Tims from si ivery.
Slavery dead, and the desire to colonize the
blacks would also be dead. You and Senator
Doolittle would find no more sympathy with
yenr scheme. Nay, you would yourselves
have no more sympathy with it. dud if slavery
shall live, even the slaveholders will ot con
sent on any terms to the colonization of the
mass of th*e blacks, either those la or those
out of slavery.
They wiU, as were the slaveholders of Mary
land, be found valuing the services of black
men 100 highly to consent to their expulsion
from the country. Nor do I deprecate the
party because the first actual attempt to
drive millions of useful, innocent people out
of the nation would begin a war of races la
which the dozen millions of Macks in this
hemisphere, and the whole civilized wor:d In
addition, would be against us. For there
never will be this first actual attempt. When
the time for it shall have come, the daring
and the disposition will both bo lacking.
It is for other causes that I deprecate this
colonization movement. Its tendency will
be to bold back tbe GoTOmment from etrik.-
Ing at tie cause of the war, and to produce
hesitation, diversion, compromise at a mo
ment when, the salvation of the country calls
for blows, immediate, united, aud where, at
whatever damage to whatever other interest,
they will fall most effectively. Not its least
lamentable tendency is to foster in the Amer
ican people that mean pride of race aud that
murderous spirit of caste by which they have
outraged and crushed so many millions, and
for which they are now in the righteous prov
idence of God called to an account so appall
ing.
Tbe Cabinet Emente at Washlngtoo-
Sccretary Stanton and tbe Generals,
[f'orreepoLdence of N. Y. Times Thursday ] .
There are not many matters of local Interest
how before the "Washington public. The re
ported ernevte in the Cabinet has excited more
attention abroad than it did here. Mr. Stm
lon is said to have peremptorily demanded a
change of military leaders in a certain dep irt
ment, which the President as peremptorily de
clined to make. Political experts said the
Minister-most resign—but he did not.
Tbisdemand for a change of Generals was
not made in the district lying west of the fen
hessae River, where it might with great pro
priety have.taken place. Gen. Grant has been
apotheosized by the Secretary of War, in his
famous leter to the Tribune , as one who con
quers by u the spirit of the Lord,” and by
‘‘moving Immediately upon the enemy’s
massacre at Shiloh,. wherein
B,oooUnioii soldiers were lost through Grout's
drunkenness;' or incompetency, or both,* is a
severe commentary on the thoughtless enthu
siasm which nominates Grant fora Major Gen
eral outhe telegraphic account of Donelepa’s
.fall, (probably written by one of those conve
nient “aide, ) aid holds his example up, to
the dlspaiagcment of every othvr mao In the
service who has less the trick of sounding his
own trumpet.
. Inasmuch as a few correspondents have said
more friendly things of Secretary Stanton
than I, and bo - paper has sustained him with
' more universal loyalty than the Time*, to us
at least should be allowed the privilege of re
minding him that he too is mortal; and that
. Quixotic' tilts against the public Press, and
rash approvals and censures of military men,
whose real merit or demerit he is necessarily
In great part any
solid-part of; a Minister’s reputatiou for the
discreet and successful discharge of his most
i important National trust.
Rebels are thicker in Fort Warren than
ever rabbit* wore ta the warren of in English
manor.
ggf If the rebels can swallow the stories of
their organs, ’tis no wonder they can bolt
such abominable whisky as they get,
A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
TERRITORY.
Climate, Soil, and tokens of Progress.
[The following let ter la from the pen of J. J.
GUvra, Esq., formerly an Attorney of this city
and now holding a Federal appointment in
Washington Territory. It will be read with
interest as a variation on news from camp and
field.]
[Special Correspondence of Chicago Tribune.]
OLxariA, Washington Tbbbitoht, ?
March 15. 1852. f
Your readers may he interested by a few
words on the resources and tokens of progress
of this region. In the first place as to theefi-
mate. The summer is truly delightful; the
days are comfortably warm and the nights com
fortably cool —excellent sleeping weather. The
average winter temperature is notmuch colder
1 understand, but it is then very
rainy. The wet season has already com-
menced and Is, of course, unpleasant- The
country is very healthy at all seasons of the
year, except to those predisposed to pulmona
ry or rheumatic diseases. To such our long,
wet winters are unquestionably baneful. The
last remark applies only to that portion of our
Territoiy between the Cascades and coast
ranges of mountains. East of the Cascades
the climate is drier, and more healthy in the
particular mentioned, and is generally healthy.
The principal available resource of Ibis por-
tion of the Territory at present, is its lumber,
but that is almost inexhaustible in quantity,
and of excellent quality for ship building and
building purposes generally. The best spars
in the world arc obtained here and of any
length required, up to 300 feet. Coil is obtain
ed in considerable quantities at Bellingham
Bay. The fisheries of the Inlet, Sound, and
Straits, •when developed, will undoubtedly
prove an abundant source of wealth. Salmon,
cod-fish, oysters and clams are obtained in
abundance. We arc not only in an excellent
place for fitting out whalers, bnt we are almost
in .sight of the beat whale fisheries.
The amount of land that can be used for the
purposes of agriculture, both west and cast of
the Cascades, is comparatively small, and it
costs a great deal of labor and much time, on
account of the density of the timber, to reduce
what there Is, to a siate of good cultivation—
that is, west of the Cascades. East of the Cas
cades, so Jar as I have traveled, the general
appearance of the country (after you leave the
magnificent and picturesque scenery of the
Cascade Mountains) is a barren waste, with
here and there a clump of sage bush or grouse
wood, and now and then a patch of bunch
grass* Occasionally, however, you find run
ning through this waste a narrow belt of fer
tile soil, bordering a stream, wending Us way
to the Columbia.
I have not been here long enough to speak
more at length about tho climate than I have
done, but 1 think it may be truthfully said
that our climate on the whole is preferable to
that of Illinois. It is ccrtaiuly milder and
more equable. From what I can learn, the
climate east of the Cascades more resembles
the climate of Illinois. Yet it is not there so
cold on the average, and is very much dryer,
there being scarcely any raiu in the summer.
There is one thing more in connection with
the country west of the Cascades, which I had
nearly forgotten, and that is, that it is the best
fruit country in the world. But to] resume.
If this country is wanting in agricultural re
sources, the deficiency is more than made up
by its mineral wealth. The Nez Perces gold
mines, about one hundred miles east of Walla
walla, have proved very productive the past
season. The newly discovered gold mines on
Salmon river, about one hundred miles south
east from the Nez Perces mines, arc without
doubt the richest yet discovered on this coast
—at least so t-Aj old California miners. Emi
gration is pounug into that country now from
all parts of Oregon and California; aud I
think it may reasonably be expected that
there will be from fifty to seventy-fire thou
sand people east of the Cascades, in this
territory, by the middle cf next sum
mer, Then to the north of us, in the British
possessions arc the Frazer River and Cariboo
Mines, which are also very rich; and I think
the natural result of all this emigration will
be to develop all the permanent resources of
the country, and especially the agricultnnil.
I have no doubt but that the great highway
or thoroughfare between the Atlantic "Btites
and the Pacific will be by the Missouri River
to Fort Benton, thence across the mountains
by Mullin’s road to the head waters of the
Snake River, thence down the Snake and Co
lumbia Rivers to Mouticello, at the mouth of
the Cowlitz River, and thence by railroad to
Olympia, the head of tide water navigation on
Admiralty Inlet. This is the most natural and
cosy channel of communication between the
Mississippi River aud the Pacific Ocean that
exists on the continent. Then this route is
capable of a continuous line of settlements for
nearly the whole distance. If this new gold
field proves what it seems to promise, then
the future development of this country will be
by rapid strides, and will afford one of the
best fields for enterprise in the world. But if
the gold mines fail to attract emigration, and
the resources of the country are to be devel
oped by the ordinary means and way, it will
be sometime before Washington Territory
will become a State. Unless the mines create
a home market (as they no doubt will) the ag
riculturalist can undoubtedly find a more
profitable location. The best flour lias been
selling here the past summer for *5 per bar
rel,’aud I dont well see how it can bring more,
when I recollect that we depend upon New
York and Europe for a market, thereby being
brought into direct competition with Illinois
and the other Western and Middle States, with
the odds of transportation by the way of Cape
Horn against ua. It is to be hoped (and I
think it may reasonably be expected) that new
and more convenient markets will be found
for our surplus produce with the increase and
extension of our trade with the Sandwich
Islands, China, Japan and tho East Indies;
but these are all matters of speculation, and
in the future at best. But as I said before, iu
all human probability, the mines, gold and sil
ver (for I forgot to mention that It is suppos
ed uxe newly discovered silver mines on Pow
der river arc equal in richness to the Washa
mines), will create a home market at high
prices.
On the whole and In conclusion, I think I
can safely say that this Territory offers to the
emigrant as many or more inducements, than
any other portion of our country. No one
can fall to find in the variety of soil, climate
and scenery here, a spot to suit Ms fimey. And
if he choose he can include iu the range for
selection, Oregon and California. He who
could not then be suited must have a fastidi
ous taste indeed. So come one and all who
are time inclined, and unless “distance lends
such enchantment te the view” as to raise in
your minds the expectation of finding perfec
tion or paradise here, you will not regret the
change.
One word with regard to the political and
national feeling out here, and I close. lam
sony to say that in some ports of our Territo
ry there is more of a feeling of disloyalty to
our Government, and sympathy with treason
and traitors thou there ought to be. But this
feeling is very rapidly changing, and we trust
and expect to see it soon aud entirely eradica
ted. There arc two facts, which explain to
some extent the reason of this, and in some
slight measure may serve to palliate tho
crime, and tbeso are. first: many of our citi
zens are from the South where their friends
and relations now are; and secondly: the
Territory has always been under Democratic
rule, and more recently under the Breckin
ridge wing at that. But we are rapidly recov
ering, and soon will be politically sound and
Union to the heart's core.
Very truly yours,
John J. McGilvu i.
Surgeon Turner, of the Hospital
Steamer City of Memphis.
Os Board City of Memphis. Hospital Boat. )
Caiho, 111., April Si, 1852. }
Editors Chicago Tribune:
I notice in your paper of the 19th. iust., a
paragraph concerning the treatment ou my
boat of the rebel, C*pt. Polk, of the Coafod
erate army, contrasting his treatment' with
that of our own officers of equal rank.
Capt. Polk was treated, as stated by your
correspondent, “with the greatest delicacies,
and wines when necessary, and made tho re
cipient of attentions from nurses.” Quite
true; but most untrue “ that ono ot our own
officers was compelled to lie on the guards
and subsist ou pilot bread.” Every private,
officer, or other sick gets exactly the same
treatment, viz: wines, delicacies and the at
tention of nurses, as the Chicago Light Artil
lery, and others who have been on my boat,
will testify.
I had no officers on my boat during Captain
P.’s sojourn with me, who did not occupy, or
were invited to occupy state rooms, ou re
porting themselves to me as officers. Capt.
Folk hud no state room, as there was none
vacant. My understanding of the treatment
of a wounded prisoner, in obedience to Gen.
Hallcck’s orders, makes no distinction be
tween them and our own. Dr. Simons Is not
responsible for my treatment of Capt. P. or
any one else on tho City ot Memphis. I am
the only person on whom the opprobrium of
treating a fellow creature, though an enemy,
with kindness should fall.
Dr. Simons was not aware that Capt. P. was
on my boat for two hours after Ins arrival, as
I received the order to proceed'to the hos
pital landing and receive Capt P. and other
wounded prisoners, while coaling on the op
posite side ot the Tennessee river. At this
time Capt. Polk was on my boat, I haying
taken him on previously.
Tinsiing you will correct the misstatement
In your paper,
I am, very respectfully,.
Tour obedient servant,
W. D.‘ Toemer,
Ass’t Surgeon in chsrge of Hospital Steamer
City of Memphis.
The Indiana l( Baena Vista” Begiment
' Tire Indiana regiment that u ran,” at Baona
Vista; was tho 2d, Colonel Lane. The New
Albany Ledger Bays:
Wo doubt if any regiment which served du
ring the Mexican vntr.hfls famished more offi
cers for the present war than the Second led.,
which was in thebattle of Buena Vista, and
was accused of cowardice by JeS. Davis and
his satellites, A friend has furnished ns the
names of such as occurred to his memory, and
thcre'are doubtless others. The present rank
ol the officers is prefixed to their names; that
which they held in the Mexican war is after
their names: .
Gen. Lovell H. Ron ssean—Captain.
Gen. Nathan Kimball—Captain.
- Acting Brig. Gen. Jeff C. Davis—Private.
Col. fiVm. L. Sanderson—Captain,
Col.'B. F.Scritmer^-Sergeant.
Major W. T, Splcely— l aptaln.
Major D. C. Thomas—Private.
- capt. Wm. Abbott—Private.
Capt. j; Burrell—lieutenant.
Lient B. PenningtraH-Llentenant.
Lieut. M. McCoy—Lieutenant. >
- Lieut. 001. Osborao—Captain,
Capt. John Btmgate—Private.
Official reports state the loss of the
21 Illinois regiments at Pittsburg, as fol
lows: Killed,lo4: wounded, 2,G42; missing,
828.
LATE SOCTHEBN NEWS.
A Hebei Account of the Pass
Christian Affair.
Various Items from Rebel
SourceSs
[From the Memphis Appeal of the 17th.]
Pass Christian, Miss., Aprils, 1863.—The
inhabitants of the Pass were aroused from
their slumbers on Friday morning at an early
hour,' by the report of cannon in the direction
of Snip Island. As soon as daylight appeared
it was discovered that the Confederate gun
boats Pamlico, Oregon, and Carondelst were
hotly engaged with four of the Federal fleet,
and were slowly retiring towards the Pass,
nnder a heavy lire of the enemy. On the arri
val here of our gallant little fleet It was ascer
tained that the Oregon had been struck by a
shell in the pilothouse, and that the Caronde
let had been hit in the wheel house.
Neither boat, however, being seriously
damaged, they proceeded at once on their way
to New Orleans, the enemy at the same time
advancing slowly with the- iron gun-boats
New London, Jackson and Hatteras, and the
steamer Lewis, the latter having on board
larvy numbers of Lincolnite troops. When
wi-hin a short distance of the wharf the boats
took their positions, the Lewis in front, fol
lowed by the nattcras, Jackson, and New
London, all being within a. short distance of
each other and directly opposite the town.
The Jackson opened nrc in the direction of
tbe wharf, at which time a considerable vol
ume of smoke was seen to arise from some
bales of hay which were piled up beside the
warehouse, and which. It appears, had been
set on fire by order of some of the officers of
tbe Confederate troops.
After discharging several shots in the direc
tion of the enemy commenced shel
ling tbe town, producing the most intense
excitement amongst tbe defenseless inhabit
ants who, when the shells came whizzing over
and about their dwellings, fled in the greatest
consternation toward* tbe pine forests.
Mothers with infants in their arms, little chil
dren in terrified groups, clinging to each
other, slaves with bundles upon their heads,
hurrying-onward -4n perfect amazement, and
Infirm and aged women leaning upon broken
stalfs, were wandering about, they scarcely
knew whither. Many females were seen upon
their knees, and with uplifted hands were
most earnestly supplicating God to protect
them in their fearful hour of danger and dis
tress. It was a sight to move the stoutest
heart. The enemy disclaimed the intention of
doing harm to any one bnt the Confederate
soldiery, if they could find them, or of desiring
to shell the town \
When remonstrated with not having sent a
flag of truce ashore, said they had done so at
Biloxi, and it was treated with contempt, and
that they were informed it would be disre
garded bv the citizens of the Pass, and that
they would not have fired upon the town if
the attempt to bnm the wharf had not been
made! Bat when I tell you that several
dwellings were struck, that a cottage belong
ing to Mr. Heirn, situated four doors from the
hotel, was completely riddled, and a shell
passing through an oyster shop adjoining the
market house, crossed the street, and enter
ing the upper story of Judge Brill's dwelling,
(formerly Masonic Hall, situated over the
store of Mr. Brocas, at the comer of Market
street,) burst in the entry-way, shattering the
rooms in a fearful manner, and, forcing its
■way through the floor, entered tUe store be
low, yon will believe their declarations.
Most probably Judge Brill’s family had but
just left their dwelling when it was hit, or in
all human probability some of them would
have fallen victims to the inhuman and merci
less fire of the enemy. The firing hiving
ceased, the enemy commenced landing their
troops in small boats, but the steamer Lewis
soon coming alongside the wharf, they were
then put on shore by hundreds, and proceeded
company bv company up the wharf, forming
at once into' lice along the street in the direc
tion of the market house, all the while the
officers disclaiming any intention of harming
the citizens, and commanding their men not
to enter the dwellings or molest any person.
These orders, as faros we can learn, were gen
erally observed.
The post office was entered, but nothing
was found therein that could afford aid or
comfort to the enemy, the worthy deputy post
master, Mr. Sutler, having removed every
thing therefrom as soon os the intentions of
the Lineolnltes were discovered. Search was
made for armv stores, but of them none were
found, all having been previously secured by
the citizens. The warehouse at the foot of
the wharf was robbed by the enemy of a con
siderable quantity of com and other articles
belonging to private individuals. The hay
upon the wharf belonged to the Confederacy,
sud was Sung overboard and now lies floating
about in the water. Pickets were stationed
bv the enemy in all directions, extending up
and down the Pass the distance of three or four
miles, and also on the back streets.
At 3 o’clock the orders were given to march,
and the long line of soldiery, numbering, I
am Informed by a lady who counted them as
they passed by her dwelling, not less than
fourteen hundred-strong—proceeded silently
through the streets, with the stars and stripes
floating high in the air, In the direction of (as
I was told by one of the officers) Tugvillc.
The encrov appeared to be folly informed in
regard to'the number and location of our
troops and the affairs of Pass Christian gen
erally. Prominent individuals were inquired
alter, and in one instancea young lady’s name
wasnmiiliarly mentioned. The little remnant
of “ our boys,” about two hundred and fifty
in all, under the command of Lieutenant-Col
onel Mellon, whQ had just returned to
camp, in an almost exhausted condition,
from Handsboro, where they had been to join
the balance of the 3d regiment, on their way
to meet the Llncoinites at Biloxi, were taken
quite by surprise, but notwithstanding their
jaded condition, they opened fire oatheen
cmv and stood their ground manfully under a
galling fire, until informed of the vastly su
perior force they had to contend with, and of
the enemy’s intention to flank and surround
them, when the order was given to retreat,
which they did in extra doable quick time,
carrying with them such articles as they could
conveniently, the provisions and ammunition
all having been removed early in the day.
TTari the whole regiment been together we
should have had a different story”to relate.
Many a Connecticut Irishman would hive
been made to bite the dust.
The enemy of course burnt all the tents, the
officers’ quarters, and all articles left by our
soldiers in their hasty retreat. Not one of
our men was wounded, and but one tukea
prisoner, and he not until he had fired at and
wounded a Lincolnite severely in the arm;
not a musket or cannon was lost by our men.
The enemy returned to the pass at early can
dle light, immediately embarked on board the
steamer Lewis, and left the pass, to the infin
ite relief of the inhabitants. The force of the
enemy, as admitted by themselves, was four
teen hundred, and was composed in part of
the 9th regiment ot Connecticut volunteers,
belonging to the Irish brigade. The officers,
generally, were spirited and fine looking men,
and the soldiers, well armed and equipped,
appeared in excellent condition.
We were informed by one of the men that
the forces under command of Gen. Butler,
now upon Ship Island, amount to 14,000, and
that 15,000 mere were expected daily to ar
rive; that they occasionally get the New Or
leans papers. and receive a mail twiceamouth
from New' York.
That they arc fully posted as regards the
affairs of the coast, wc believe, and that we
have had aud now nave traitors in our midst,
no one can for a moment doubt. The officers
with whom wc conversed, express the belief,
in all apparent sincerity, that the rebellion
will be put down and the Southern Confede
racy completely wiped out, within the next
two monibsl H«-ar ye, hear ye', all you that
havn’t paid your fare, will, in accordance with
the above prediction, plt-asc step up to the
captain's office aud settle! “The weary sun.
hath made a golden set, and, by the bright
truck of his fiery car. gives token of a goodly
day to-morrow.’’ We still live I
SHARP SHOOTERS WANTED.
From tho Memphis Avalanche April 17.
The fearful mortality of Confederate officers
in tbe battles that have recently occurred in
tbe West is easily explained. The enemy has
organized companies and regiments composed
of the best sharpshooters that tbe country
con afford, whose assigned duty it his been to
pick off all men appearing on the field wearing
plumes and epaulettes. Their experience has
induced them to believe, ever since tbe fall of
Zollicoffer at Slill Springs, and the panic that
afterwards in consquecnce ensued, that the
easiest way to route and demoralize our arm
ies is to kill their leaders in whom they have
such confidence. They havoaccordioglyactcd
upon this principle, and to it is due the sacri
fice of many of the bravest of our officers,
Johnston,McCulloch and Mclntosh among the
rest.
It is ample lime, we think, for our authori
ties to imitate the example set by the enemy
:n this respect Let companies of sharp
shooters—and no country on the f*ce of the
earth can furnishbetter ones than the South
—be immediately organized, the most efficient
arms be placed in their hands, and put them
forward upon every field to spread death and
destruction among the leaders of the hordes
who are invading our country. A word to the
wise is sufficient. We believe that the southern
sharpshooter will do service quite as efficient
as the' northwestern Yankee with his long
range “ telescopic rides.” or so-called “theo
dolites.”
THEY BEGIN TO FEEL IT.
fFrom the Memphis Avalanche. April ITth.j
Recent accounts from Nashville show that
the despotism established there by Lincoln’s
satrap Andrew Johnson, is every day assuming
a more brutal and remorseless character. Bneil
promises.. that the persons and property of
citizens should be protected have been perfid
iously violated, and all tbe horrors and brutal
ities that marked the original occupation of
St. Louis, Baltimore and Alexandria, are being
re-enacted with tenfold wantonnessand cruel
ly. We hear of numerous arrests and impris
onments lately made by authority of Johnston
on mere political charges, and it is thought
that the arrested parties will be indicted and
tried for treason by civil process. If they
should be convicted, we may expect some of
theShilobcaptives to “pull hemp” instead
6T cotton, before many more moons have re
volved. :
RESIGNATION OT OKK. GEORGE B. CETT
. TEN DEN.
[MdAprUnih.]
We learn that Geh. George B. Crittenden
has sent is his resignation to the War Depart*
ment,-his intention being to retire from the
scrviceand remove to-Texas. He is displeased
at tho treatment he has met with at the bands
of the Government authorities.
REBEL NEWS FBOM CORINTH,
flbid, April 17,]
Persons arriving by the Charleston railroad
yesterday say that it was confidently reported
in Corinth, when the train left, that the enemy
had withdrawn down .the Tennessee tiyer,‘and
that only two or three of their boats were' ly
ing near the battle ground. ;
tST TheTourth Minnesota volunteers. Col
John B. Banbom, has passed down from St,
Paul for the seat of war near Corinth.
Progressive Signs la UUssonrl-Ji Tear
of Peace and Emancipation—lt e
turn of Price’s Volunteers—Guerilla
Warfare Dlscouragcd—Tlie Opening
Campaign.
[St. Louis correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.}
There are signs of peace in Missouri more
cheering than any since the inception of the
rehellion. The certain disbandin'? of the
Missouri State Guard by Price, and discharge
of ail the men hailing from the State who de
clined to enterConfecerateservicc,haab2eafo’.-
lowed by the return of these rebel soldiers to
all parts of the interior of the State, The
counties ‘along the Missouri river—Howard,
Pettis, Saline, Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Jack
son and others—are thick with returned rebels
and their accounts of the ruined condition of
Price's army—the lack of supplies—the hard
ships and sufferings have not been sufficiently
rose-colored to induce many new recruit’s
to leave home to join Price in Arkansas. Their
statements as they reach us by letter and ver
bally, through people from the country, near
ly always agree that the Confederates have
given up Missouri.- A gentleman from Rosko
• port informed one of our leading citizens yes
terday that his son-in-law, who had returned
from Price’s army, heard Price himself remark,
two days after the Pea Ridge battle, that Mis
souri was hopelessly tied to the old Union,
and the whole Southern Confederacy could
not move her now.
The only peace-disturbers now in Missouri
are the guerrillas and bushwhackers, who arc
still committing their depredations on Union
men wherever and whenever they have a
chance. There is a large force of National and
State cavalry in the saddle, however, in the
infected counties, who invariably compel the
secession jayhawkers to beat a speedy retreat
whenever they meet. Parker, one of the lead
ers of a gang’which caused much trouble by
stopping Missouri river steamers, has been
caught, and is safe at Alton, Qnantrell is the
only conspicuous bushwhacker remaining.
The best sign is the stand beginning to be
taken by late Southern sympathizers against
guerrilla warihre. There are few secessionists
in Missouri now who are not sincerely anxious
for peace. Believing that the lawful authority
of the Government is substantially restored in
this State, the leaders have intelligence enough,
to see that as soon as the guerrillas
cease their depredations there will be real
peace for Missouri.
Meetings arc being held in North Missouri
to discountenance the bushwhackers, and the
moment they lose the moral and substantial
support of the secessionists who remain at
home, they must quit their business and go
home. Among the most prominent of those
who have raised their voices against bush
whacking Is Gen. A. W, Doniphan of Clay
county. ~Gen. Doniphan was known a year
ago as an armed neutrality anti-coercion Union
man, which meant the same thing as seces
sionist. He staid at home, however, and never
took any part in any secession demonstrations.
A few days a<ro at a public meeting held at
Liberty, Mo.,' Gen. Doniphan cameout a strong
Union’man, and denounced the rebellion in
good round terms. Mr. James H. Moss, au
thor of the amendment pending so long la the
Slate Convention, declaring that Missouri
would cooperate with her Southern brethren,
in demanding her rights, etc., spoke at the
same meeting. Mr. Moss is an eloquent
talker, and has great influence in his own lo
cality. He told the people that the fate of
Missouri was settled, and they ought to en
deavor to restore peace by discouraging guer
rillas. The meeting, which was composed
two-thirds of so-called Southern Rights men,
passed strong anti-guerrilla resolutions. In
Boone county several leading secessionists
have published an appeal to their friends to
disavow and discountenance bushwhackers in
every way, as retarding the restoration of
peace to their afflicted State.
The contest lately carried on at the cannon’s
mouth will be transferred soon to the billot
box, and the question of emancipation will
come before the people in a direct form. The
party favoring emancipation has gained great
strength during the last year in Missouri.
Their arguments are ten-fold stronger to-day
than they ever were. Several old-time Demo
•crats have expressed themselves favorably to
the cause, and the rapid decrease in the
value and number of slaves, and the known
disloyally of a majority of the slaveholders
has given an impetus to the prospect
of emancipation which it never could neve re
ceived without this war. There will be a di
rect issue on Governor and members of the
Legislature. It may be regarded as certain
that St, Louis County will elect five Senators
and twelve Representatives who will favor the
inauguration of measures to rid the State of
slavery on the basin proposed by President
Lincoln in his Emancipation Message. Can
didates will be nominated in halt the counties
of the State pledged to the same object, and
the subject is being agitated in several parts
of the interior. As a beginning this will do,
though it may require years to accomplish the
desired reform
How Kidnapping Works in Kansas—
Gen. Sturms’ Policy of ‘‘ Concilia*
lion ”—A lively String of Items*
Our Leavenworth, correspondent, writing on
Monday the -let inst., says:
We have had quite an exciting time, lately,
in consequence ofanumber of attempts made
to kidnap. Since the inauguration of the
present stratocracy, our butternut brethren
have waxed exceeding bold. They throng our
streets, and are saucier than they have before
dared to be. Some fifteen unfortunate
wretches have been taken by the organized
gang of kidnappers that seem to hive a lease
to rule us. We arc under martial law, and
cannot mA slate of affairs, In
deed, thatHhl are arrested on sus
picion of indiscreetly and
too well, and men cannot safely
employ colored people to work on
their forms without running the
risk of assassination. Still martial law pre
vails. Kansas, being a loyal Stole, needs the
same for the better protection of these fro wsy,
unkempt, fusty, filthy ruffians across the dirty
Missouri. These latter, however, do not al
ways escape unscathed. Sometimes the con
trabands fight, and an occasional scoundrel
gets shot.
We have had two such cases lately. At the
house of an anti-slavery former four miles from
town, three colored men arc employed, one ot
them having a wife and child. They live iu a
cabin near their employer’s house. For some
time past they have anticipated an attempt
at kidnapping and were prepared. Ou
Saturday, at midnight, eight men attempt
ed to force an entrance into the cabin, and
in the attempt one had his wrist nearly sev
ered from his body by a blow from a corn
knife; and another got shot by a musket in
the hands of a negro. The assailants conclu
ded to retire. Yesterday the cabin and in
mates were still further fortified in case of a
renewal of the attack.
On Sunday night, in Salt Creek Valley, sev
en miles from the city, a similar attempt was
made, but fhiled, owing to the determined re
sistance ot the colored man, who, armed with
a revolver, mortally shot one of his assail
ants.
Seven colored men arrived here on Friday
morningfrom "Weston jail, where they had been
Incarcerated since Thursday night. They
were kidnapped at that time in Atchison
county, from farms in the vicinity of the
river and carried over to Weston, The s*ll
is a log building, and they managed to pry
hack the bolt ot the lock, while a couple of
soldiers (all honor to the Ohio boys) broke
open the padlock on the outside. They went
down to the river and found a skiff, in which
they crossed and are now iu freedom.
Another good thkig occurred yesterday
(Sunday) at "St. Joe. Some nine slaves who
had escaped from thence into Kansas, were
pursued, recaptured, and token bock. While
passing through the streets to the jails, the
lugitives were rescued, the officer knocked
down, and a general fracas ensued, lu which
the slaves escaped. It was white men that
did this.
Jeff, Davis’ Conscription Message.
[From the Riclimoud Enquirer.]
The following is President Davis’ message,
recommending the passage of a conscription
Taw;
To the Senate oncf 77bu*' of Ji*pYivS'A{.\ih'!3 of
the Confederate State*:
The operations of the various laws now in
force for raiding armies has exhibited tho ne
cessity for reform. The frequent chaoses and
MnenimctsU which have been made have nin
th red the sjstcm so complicated as to make it
oiten quite difficult to determine wbat the law
really is, and to what extent prior amend
ments are modified by more recent legislation.
There is also embarrassment from conflict
between State and Confederate legislation. I
am happy to assure yon of the entire harmo
ny of purpose and cordiality of feeling which
bos continued to exist between myself and tho
Executives of the several States, and it is to
this cause that our success in keeping ade
quate forces in the field is to be attributed.
These reasons would suffice for inviting your
earnest attention to tho necessity of some sim
ple and general system for exorcising the
power of raising armies, which is vested in
Congress by the Constitution. But there is
another and more important consideration.
The vast preparations made by the enemy for
a combined assault at numerous poluts on oar
frontier and seaboard have producid results
ihitt might have been expected. They have
animated the people with a spirit of resistance
so general, so resolute and so scif-sacrificirg
that it requires rather to be reguUted than
to be stimulated. The right of the
State to demand, and the dnty of each citi
zen to render military service, need only to be
stated to be admitted. It is not, however, wise
or judicious policy to place in active service
that portion of the force of a people which ex
perience has shown to be necessary as a re
serve. Youth&undcrthe ago of eighteen ye us
require further instruction; men of matured
experience arc needed for maintaining order
and good government at home, and in super
vising preparations for rendering efficient tho
armies in the field.
These two classes constitute tho proper re
eerve for borne defense, ready to be called out
in case of any emergency, and to be kep* la
tho field'only while the emergency exists.
But in order to maintain this reserve intact, it
is necessary that in a great war like that in
which we are now engaged, all persons of in
termediate ages not legally exempt for good
cause, should pay their debt of military ser
vice to their country, that the burdens
should not fall exclusively on the most ardent
and patrh tic.
I therefore recommend the passage of a law
declaring that all persons residing within the
Confederate States, between the ages of eight
een and thirty-five years, and rigalfnlly sub
ject to mflitaiy du r y, shall bo held to be in
"the mbitary-BETVice of tho Confederate Spates,
andYthat. some plain and,-simple method bo
adopt* d for tbeir prompt enrollment and br
.fianization, repealing ’ all of the legislation
hereinbefore enacted which would conflict
with the system proposed. ; 1. ■
Jefferson - Davis. ’
' A Wife Mofuefb hkß Hdsbaws is Miohx
gak.^Awful Tbagedv.—Oii Wednesday eve
sing last, at Canton, a Mw.Csvanah deliber
ately sharpened a carving knife; walked to the
"bedside or her Bleeping husband,- thrust down,
-the clothes, sod indict'd three frightful gashes
across ids bowels, and concluded her bloody
work by plunging the knife into his breast,-
near hi* heart. Alarmed otwhat she had done,
she. raked the cry of “murdar!” The woman
was iminediatefy arrested and: taken to • De
troit. to await|trfal in the Circuit Court* . NO
cause is-assigned for the .deed, but the pre
sumption is that the woman, was intoxicated
'at the time;
The husband, it was thought, could not sur
vive. These frets we glean from the Detroit
4dt*rff«r,
HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS*
Canvass of Confiscation and Emancl*
patlon.
WA3UTKGTOX, April 23,1862.
The Honsc Republican caucus to-night,
which did not adjourn till 10)£ o’clock, was
unexpectedly harmonious. Forty or fifty
members were present. Mr. Colfax presided,
and Mr, McPherson was Secretary. The only
legislative question discussed was the policy
of confiscation and emancipation.
The following gentlemen made five-minute
speeches;
Messre. Stevens, OUn, Ashley, Frank Blair,
F. A. and S. Conkllng, Kellogg of Michigan,
White of Indiana, Trimble, Porter, Potter,
Cutler, Davis, Hutchins, Kelly, Covodc aud
"Watts.
The nnanimous ojiiion of the speakers was
in favor of confiscation or emancipation in
some shape, and those few who doubted indi
cated their willingness to abide by the general
opinion. The caucus, without a dissenting
voice, finally resolved in favor of a reference
of all the confiscation bills to a select commit
tee oi seven, a majority of whom should be
friends of adeclded confiscatingand liberating
policy. The debate showed a tendency to
adopt Senator Sherman’s bill, which deprives
of property and slaves the leading classes of
rebels, such as army and navy officers, persons
who have taken the oath to the Confederacy,
those who once having taken the oath to the
Constitution have broken it, which declares
ell who continue in arms for sixty days after
its passage Infamous and ineligible to office,
and authorizes theEresident to emancipate and
: arm the slaves in the rebellious region after
S reclamation and the expiration of sixty days,
everal additional classes of persons to be
furnished were, however, suggested, among
hem Southern editors, who liave poisoned
the Southern mind and fired the Southern
heart.
“ There were Giants In Those Days.”
Mr. Baranm has received tie newest spring
style of giant—a very tasty article, about eight
feet long. It is sure to be fashionable, and" to
be very much worn (down) during the hot sea
son. It is an importation direct from Gath,
in Belgium, a country which, for a
century or two, lias driven quite a smart
trade in giants—controlled the market, in
fact, so that if you wanted a man nine or ten
feet high you had to send to Brussels for him,
and pension all his relatives and friends liber
ally before he wonld come away. Ireland, on
one occasion, threatened to become a formid
able competitor with Belgium in this particu
lar, but after producing something less than
a baker's dozen of mere dwarfs, seven feet
sis in stature, went out of the business.
Scotland, too, made a spirited beginning in
the manufacture of Brobdignagians, taming
out one brawny Cameraman as high as a
steeple, who ate so prodigiously as to impov
erish his native viDage and slightly pinch the
neighboring county. But he died in a sudden
access of whisky, and since then Scotland
hag economized her material, turning out
great quantities of the old six foot two pat
tern, but nothing larger. The production of
giants is consequently left wholly to Belgium.
It is a lucrative industrial pursuit, and Bel
gium is to be congratulated, upon so fruitful
a monopoly.
Mr. Barnum’s giant appears in conjunction
with Commodore Nutt, producing an effect
similar to that which would be created by tho
Colossus of Rhodes walking arm in araTwith
Canova’s Cupid. One is eight feet high; the
other but two. The Commodore has to lift
his voice to get it as high as the giant’s knee
pan. Most people would repel friendly inter
course and turn misanthropes if they had to go
up a ladder to shake hands with their friends,
but such is the rigorous condition imposed
upon the Commodore by bis association with
his big companion. Together they play a piece
which is called the 41 Ogre and the Dwarf.’
It Is really refreshing to see a stage giant which
is not of paste-board. ThegUat of the pauto
minc and the extravaganza is always powe
fully deficient in point of legs. He is suffi
ciently broad of beam and ample of girth,
thanks to the deft adjustment ot pzpicr
mache and toggery, but his u pins " betray
him—they are limp and exigunons, and the
overhanging bulk careens fktuitously. The
Belgic Maximin who “coadjutates ” and seeks
to consume the Commodore, is free from the
deficiencies incident to the artificially con
structed Anakite. He is bulky, vast and real.
He ‘‘ means business.” There is not a particle
ot nonsense about his appetite, as exhibited
in his dramatic manifestations. He is de
termined upon making a lunch of the
Commodore, and uncertainty as to whether he
shall broil or fricascc the morsel gives him a
pensive, meditative air. He is overcome at
test, however; story-book and stage giants al
waysare; in real fife they are apt to knock
the dwarfs out of time and have It all their
own wav—such is muscle. But on the stage
the little fellows have the big fellows quite at
thcr mercy, and force ttKmto throw up the
sponge ; Commodore Nutt collapses the Ogre
in the tilth round, and dances a saraband of
triumph upon his breast bone.
Tlsc Monthlies.
The Atftndic.—The opening paper is a curi
ous and highly original one, by Rev. J. Tread
will WaldenJ’ of Norwich, Conn., entitled
“Man under Sealed Orders.’* Miss XL A.
Dodsc contributes a clever article called “ My
Garden.” The first part of a spirited
Btory by Miss Prescott, called “ The
South Breaker,” is given. Mrs. L. M.
Cbilos contributes an interesting papar to
“Spirits.” Tim articles entitled “Saltpetre
as a Source of Power.” “Weather in War,”
ond “Slavery,” arc all interesting and suitable
to the timesr James Russell Lo well furnishes
another, and one of the best of his new Bige
low Poem?, entitled a “ Speech of the Hon.
Preserved Doe in Secret Caucus.” There are
several other good prose artie'es in
cluding a new one of the scries by Pro
fessor Agassiz, on Natural History. Tnc
poetry ot the number is good. “ The Tit
mouse,” by Emerson, is quite iu the vein of
bis “ Humble-Bee.” “ The Telegrams”—the
first of a scries of “ Lyrics of the Street,” by
Mrs. Howe —is spirited, and somewhat in the
vein of Mrs. Browning. “ Under the Snow”
is a graceful ballad from the pen of the late
Genera! Lander, and said to be his last poeti
cal effort. “ The Volunteer/’ by Ellridge J.
Cutter, is a brief but vigorous poem. Taken
all in all, been few better numbers
of the Atlantic than this one.
The Canilncntal.— -Judge Edmonds is the
author of the opening: article, entitled “ What
shall We do ■with It,” which is an exposition,
illustrated by statistics, of the necessity of
emancipation. “ The Philosophic Bankrupt”
is a paper, half ironical, meant to cheer np
thoEC in adversity. Mr. Charles G. Lcland
gives us the concluding part of his curious
and interesting study, called “ The Antc-
Nerse Discoveries of America.” Another in
stalment Is given of Mr. Henry P. Ice
land's very lively and readable “Macaroni
and Canvas.” The articles on ** States
Rights,” “Roanoke Island,” “The Knights
of the Golden Circle,” and “ Fugitives at the
West,” alirelato, closely or remotely, to the
great struggle going on in this country.
“ Tho Education to Be ” is a solid and excel
lent article. There arc several stories and
poems of average merit; the Editor’s Table
contains some good things, and the number is
altogether an excellent one.
The Confederate scrip is a legal tender
in the Southern Confederacy. A pretty tough
Under, wc should think.
JEtSKllaneous.
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100 Pieces Good all Wool De Laines
Far Two ShilUngs a Varl.
50 Tieccs Fine Silk and Wool cballies
FOR THREE SHILLINGS.
25 Plttes Extra Quality Lapins Setahariaes
FOU SIX SHILLINGS.
50 PIECES WIDE, HIGH IU3THED
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SPRING STYLES PLAID SILKS
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KETRA HEAVY
EonWe Fated Black and Colored Figured Silks
FOB ONE DOLLAR.
Eeal French Ginghams for 1 Shilling.
CHOICE NEW STYLES
Full Madder Calicoes for Ten €ents.
Black and White decked Wool YaltaUss for One
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Fine Pure Linens for Two and Sixpence.
Pillow Case Linens for Three Shillings.
Is ftet our store Is full of bargains In all kinds of
Goods.
T.AWGR DAILY ARBTVALS OF GOODS
FROM AOCTIO* IMPOBTtBS ARB BUHOFAC-
TORiRS DIRECT.
Our entire stock is bought for nett cash at a large
Discount from Eegu ? ar Pncea, making every place of
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NOW Ef STOCK, all the latest novelties la
flranro CLOAKS, BAQTTES ABD MASTL33
Ol Silk and all htifriouable materials. Also,
PATTERN CARDS
Of High Novelties Id Dress Goods,
On board steamer HANBA, which will be hi store Is a
few days.
w. as. ro^&co.,
I6T 4c 169 Lake Street.
mhShitfdSß-
COOLERS.
I HATE FEW
OYAL WATER COOLERS
Cn hand, which will be sold very cheap ta close them,
out. Any one wanting a cheap Cools should call at
235 XiaRe Street.
STOVES ASS TIS WAKE
• A.t SSS LWt STREET.
A great improvement In EeCrtgetatota ts the
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It I* njora convaalent foaaaayolhre Ventilated Se
frtgerator, and better wiA less Icj.
43 CLARK JSTEEET. 43
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vliion-by * ceotlemaa aad hls'wift', a suite of
furnished room* wlta Board. Location ne <r Chicago
Awimeevd of Clark street Address, wllhre/creacas,
H H-," Tribune Gfflce. ap26-p3G-lw
TITAN TED—A Fu/aished Boom,
T » -without hoard, by a gentleman, (take* his
meals down town.) Private family preiflrreo. l^ca»
rion.vlctmtyoi tho Avenues.SautuSidc. ftetcrences
given. Afiarej “ South Elde," at Tribune office.
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If class penman and accountant Has hadflvtj
years experience In the city, and can give uaaxcep
donal references. Address **\V’ Box 1331, GfficJgo
POdtOfflc;. ap3»pT92 3t
T\TANTED. —On or about June
f T let Board, with unfurnished rooms, for a gen
tleman and wl/e, and child four years of age la a pri
vate jamßy, where there ate few ot no other hoarders.
Address Box .363, at once, staling terms and location.
Wf ANTED Educational. A
f f Graduate of an Eastern College, who his had
considerable experience Is teaching, wants a situation
as Principal of an Academy, or as Teacher of Mathe
matics or Latin, In some College or Seminary. Superior
testimonials given. Address "A. fh/’Tribune office,
rb|oa«;o. ap26-pfsr-3t
VvTAXTED—Agents and Canvas
f T se aln every County la the Northwest. Every
man seeking emphrmens can team fall parti lolnrg for
proeecnrins a pleasant and profitable business. by en
clcelaz a three cent stamp to F, A. TfiOMnS. Post
Office Box -£53, Chicago. Ilflaolg. ap‘h>pT9c-im
T\7’A2sT3£D —15,000. A Good
T t business man with this amount of money to
engage in an enterprise that will nay 100 per cent,
profit. The business la well established, Is not a spec
ulation, and only requires the above amount of money
to keep it working. For particulars address “Enter
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P. S.—Give name, and state where an interview may
be had. aps p3ii-3u
TST” ANTED—A good Cook; one
v v that can come will recommended. Apply as
221 West Monrce street. ap2s p73-3t
TO ANTED—To Rent a Small
» f House, part of a house, cr rooms convenient
'Or a family of three persons. Address, through the
Post Office, Cg&S.L.BEED. apas-pfSat
WANTED. —The nndersigned.he
» * Ing a thorough bnatners man, wishes to enrage
in Bomencvve business where t»ls services c in be em
ployed. C m commandeome money. Either would go
in at a salary or as partner. A W ress. stilting where an
interview can be had, **Brsissss,” Post Office Bui
SRH, Chicago. ap3S-pT6T-3t
WANTED —We are having
United States Certificates of Indebteaneaaa,
QTTASTEE SIASTES’S CHECKS
On United fctates Trtasnary, payable in Certificates of
Izdebtedseas and QaarfcermsaUWs Touchers.
C. C.PAHKS& CO., Bankers.
ap23-p703-lm 95 Lake street corner of Dearborn-st.
WANTED. —Twenty competent
Cloak Makers. Apply at fioom No. 5. over
Wm. Boea & Co's. aplt-giMw
\VT ANTED—SecmitT Fire Insur
f I ance Comp&nv’a Sexto at >To. I4KK South Water
[ap-J-n9664E] GEO. BAKES.
street.
TIT'ANTED. — Panics declining
Y T housekeeping andhariug Household Furniture
to dispose ot, can hear of a cash purchaser by iwldre&a-
Sng feat Office Bos lUO. mhfij-aTTS-Un
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i f Steamboat. Forwardlojr. Commission or Trans
portation office. Was employed S3 Steamboat Agent
in Cincinnati for nearly two years. Addre?**‘ H,” P. O.
Bos 412. Chicago. ap3S-p€99lw
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American, English, Irish, Scotch, German and
colored servants, with good city references- at the
Philadelphia Intelligence Office, So. 150 Sooth uisrS
street, between Moaiv-n and Madison street*. Conn
try orders punctually attended to. Post Office Box 1659.
MRS. D. PRATT m attendance. deas-ssa-iy
X\7" ANTED.—Purchasers for hf
T ? teen NO. 4 WHERLKR & WILSON Sewing Mo
chines, the bert for family nse, nearly new, and In per
fect order. A good machine will save Its cost m si.t
menths. GILBERr.HDBD.VRD & CO..
Shin Chandlers and Sail Makers,
mhi!f>nlSS-3m 207 South Water st. cor. Wells.
WAN TE D—B ESSWA X
T ! In large or small quantities.
TO FILL AS ORDER.
KING & OWEN'S,
Commission Merchants.
mhft No. 11 LaSalle street.
\\f ANTED —A young man who is
? T thoronehly acquainted with the Retail Grocery
basil.era. Must ne able to give reference* as to sobriety
and industry To such, a goodaa'ary win he given.
One who ha? learned the business in afiyoftbe ivee
cities of the Old Country, preferred. Address 80x35w,
F.O. St, Louis. MO. aplt-p3 5-2w
X\ T ANTED—At IC9 Dearborn St.,
Y T opposite the new Poit Office,
Situations for fifomeatlc Help*
No plrl scut from the office unless able to famish sat
iafactorv reference from fonucr emplovcr. Pardos can
obtain eatre by applying as above or addressing Mr*.
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United States to bell J. Koalct’d new improved method
lor Cutting Ladies’ Dresses. Boys Clothing. Shifts. <ic.
Secured hv cop\right. Agents making from F- to $•"
per flay. ‘For ’paiticnlaia liiqnire at .1. KOHLER S
Office, No. 6 Metropolitan Block, or odsrcsv p. o. Bus
r502. encl.-vptng three cent postage stamp. Chicago, 11L
afcl7Lis3-sni
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V? MBS.BATEi'AGBSCr OFFICE,
171 'Wasbisgtcii street, near Lasalld,
SitnetlODS for GOOD RELIABLE HELP. Mrs. Bates
E resumes, from past years of arquaiotanse with the
idles 01 Chicago, to be able to provide them with suit
able servants. ‘OnlPrsfromtlic country p«HCtu<iii> At
tended to. P. O Box, Win. JCUTI-17
\\ ANTE D l, -vi 0 Ilorso;.
f T Scaled proposals will be received by *he ~nUer
tiptied null' 12 M.onlbc7Stli day of April, ifttl, for unp
phlnu tfce United States Quatte*mastor*s Depvt-neat
with IS 10 Horses.
TbeHotpee robe good, pound, serviceable ml-.iuus,
not Itfs ihsn flftoen hands high, and to be at leas' four
yinirs of ac«-
foo of the Horses to be delivered to the United States
As&itt»nt Qnartermsstvr at GaUipolis. O. aal the
bamncetnlbr. Unitctl States AMlstimc Qu&rterin:i»h:r
at Wheeling, Vs.
They will be subject *o ipspecllon by the above
named officer®, and a I must be ueliveitd on or before
the 38th <u*T of May. 1564
Bids win be received for fifty noracs or upwards.
Proposals to be endorsed ‘•Proposals tor Horses. 7 ’
K, £ CLARY,
Chief Quartermaster Mountain Department.
Wheeling-, Ya. April 17th, 1362. ap2l-pMo-7t
Agents wanted.—Profitable
Employment, SS2.nct proflt ocr grots made by
Agents on the new ostent lai’norm larrairßLZ
Marking Pencil. Agents have retailed from one t-o
two gross In one day. Over seventy thousand sold.
Samples sent by mail on receipt of 30 cents, or f~r sam
£lesof marked linen, terms, sCnODs slama. Address
» P. ra.AKK, Northampton, Mass. maiO-0391 Sm
Chicago City 7 per cent. Bonds,
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ILLINOIS AND W ISCONSIN STUMP
TAIL MOSEY,
American Gold,
All Wanted at the Best Market Bates at
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and hhi wife, whh boaid, can be obtained as 4W South
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Cim be accu&Oio fated. ap.ll i‘~o~ f -3t
Board t ng. Two suites of
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Deaioorn Ptrk and one or tra fi’nzle Kf r tie
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modated t«e firA o{ wsr ApiWp T eviouaioMaTdrjt
at -o a Michigan avsnne. Uafirences required,
u- VG-pTTj a
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Oven.
THE TRIUMPH
Will hake, boQ, brotL roast Cry. coast sad oerform
ewry other Cooking at foe SAME TidS
and In foe meet perfect manner, and with foe greatest
economy In fuel.
THE TRIUMPH
Eas a fine largo ventflited oven wtlch .always insure*
tweetiitss to foe bread baked In tt.
THE TRIUMPH
Hu.KCDjirtuEßWttETbuYfat fccitln.wxtr. for
SS!SIS?tB plpcttioMtOM toMe. tteaiMßt:
£otT«svuiSgsa»l7Bid eipedMoaU wot»-
el EeDort of the Cbletgo M«a»oIe»
-Ibs«stb-*c. -a?irtlcfca oooer mu tiMd were na
Smn» Md mraitorloni. ■!««*» ,»»* jonr Com-
Sutcoh.yt but mneb dtfflcmtj a deciding amooguie
rivalclaimsArpreCeresce. • „ ■ ■ ± •
- After much dalfoeratkm your Committee award Oft
'Vregr FE3nmrM.aßlX.VEtt &ffiDAU to foe
TRIUMPH COOKEHG STOYE.
J&&V.Z. BLANBY, 1
asaae* r mm T h :..,
Fore,l “ P. DIITOJT.
guccestor to Mn A Dalton,Tt Lake street;
2To 3£cnt.
T) BENT—House and Pnrniinn? (M
i;|g?
Dleafaat ptrtaof tbe CUr. to a small family. Adir?*/ !j§s
giving real nimo and reference, FohS Office Box
Chicago. |gi
nnO BEB T OR FOB S 4.LE.—The M
i »legaiitbrl«fcre£ldeQce.No. 143 lQ‘h sfreer. ■»•;:, 'lgs?
rn, and all modem convenience. Appty ti i, r m
bbaTVard.No. 45 somh plarfc street. vaipT^p.w
T) BENT —Two first class Resi.
dences. NOT. !06 and ralidliM street, w-s 33
modem Improvement?, etc- and Brick 6tabi-s a».
teebed. Inquire of C. C. CLAHRR, between s an-i a
A- M. and 4 and SP.iL, at the office of Waite A.Tova,
100 Washington street. Bent $-W0 per annum.
mb£3-cS7S-5w
TO BENT—With Boarding.—lT
famished parlors and bedrooms to rent in the
Blchmond House. Good genteel board to be hid the.--
■ten laaffire of Mrs FlumborMra.EoL'motthsHou--
No.i f comer of Clark and South
■Waternreet. apß-plsa-i..
TO RENT—From ilay Ist, Rooms
Vo, 3;; d! t fo CaShoun Balldlas.iM Bnar. No.
113 SOTthClsri meet Sow occapiM 6r the Soars of
Education: also, other offices .and dwelling. .Apply
at Ko. US South Clark street. ap3s-p.-i.l3i.
TO RENT—A Fanjisheil House on
Prairie Arcane. between Monterey and Baeaa
Vista Bore's highs rooms, one reserya and boa. ..
for one person wanted with the party ren'im 5 - Ap, -y
to J.D DECREET.B6 Dearborn street. AdJrew ; t’o?.
Office Box SSSS. aptS-p.M-^
Ty BENT—The four story and
fcair men; brick store No. 23 and 2Z Market street.
In the north half of Lind’s Block. Apply to P. G
OfficeNo.sovcr I* Well* street. app 178-1 n
TO BENT —Dwellings, Stores,
Offices, and Basement. AI-o, Lota in all parts of
TX) BENT—Two new Brick Houses
X Nos.» and 71 Green street, a;.;
Prairie, two stories and basement. OGDLh, t LfcL»■
WOOD & CO., Exchange Sufi ling, aauJiwost
Clack and Lake streets. -’•jtw
TJ RENT—A neat Cottage, eon
taislos five rooms. In the southern part of litc
city, on Berlin Place. one block Luiti-re
Grove Hors* Hallway, Kont $S per
ot S. AL. STRAUS HQ.3 Larmon Block »ii---f
'TO RENT.—Honse No. 234 Ontario
1 Street—Rent £tto per annum. Inquire of E.V.
GKIF FIN. nest door, corner Dearborn street, from *.
to 2 p. m, or at No. 5 Pomeroy’s Baildlno.poatu Wnt;*r
street. apnp-33-lm
T) BENT.—Furnished Dwelling
Boom, 373 Wabash avtiue. containins elev-r,
rooms, cioseta, bath, &c A good ftable attaencu. Ap
ply to J.XL VALENTINE, No.4Loomis’ BuUdinz. cor
ntr Clark and South Water sta.
TO BENT—Rouse No. 404 Erie
atreat, (pleasantly situated) at f’.CQ per
reeponslblc and prompt psylas tenant. Inquire oi
KUAISET, BEO. & CO, 115 Sonia Water street.
ap7‘-'p33slm
T 3RENT—For three years from.
May Ist, 1&2. Dwelling Honac oaiiicbisaa Ave
nue, wiffc large grounds, fine shrubbery and fro»t trees,
barr, yard aadtbei. The having double ptr
lora-librarr. and two jstniiy or private 100 ms, mnlag
room, six closets, pantiv and kitchen, wld» cooilor
ranee. bov am coM vratir. bath, rO0;H on first floor fs
rooms with closets and score rooms, and hoc sad cuM
water with bath room on second floor. Good basement
ui.dtT-.dl, "site foravre, laundry, hot and cold -w .‘-t
andstorerooms. Coaigritea ana caslneacbstorv. la
short combining ml the modern convcnitneoa of tb *
age. TTill not be rented forubotrdlnghonsc.anflncn"
bntsmpoMlble. prompt pacing tenant need ape*;?.
AderesH i?ost Office DrawerKi*. ap2s-?7lj-Cw
r PO BENT.—The pleasant ami o wi
lt modJons residence. ITo. 61 Hinsdale street, be
tween rt ella and Franklin. It stands on a 55 feet Jot.
fronting couth, end hasga«,water, sewer cynns
Isrge sodded and curran* esrlec in bo.vinrr.
Hor*c cart* wit’; in two Mocks Rent ;ht inualJi.
apply to S. S. GREELEY. No. 6S Mice*.
Portland Block, or oo the premises. Jw
'T'O BENT.—The line thw M»ry
ii Dwelling 251 Ontario s'rest. annulled with all 'he
modern improremenra. and ~as. This t? a wry
desirableresidence. rod v»iU bervnit; l with cr w ■ f.• it
mra'jore. Apply at >a Erie street or ax the office -
the nnderf-iened, at the C. t B.& Q. K. it. Ih'pot i'. ti
HAMMOND. Bp.'l-pT-jj-lw
r F'ORENT.—Brick Stores No. 48,
I *•>, i| 42 and4o, with cellars on North Clark street.
Also.No. island : Sa K.iaz:e at, all situated r.cier the
Foster comer of North C!=rk and Ivinzieata,
Possession slveu ITTay Ist.
For terms apply tc GEUBGE F. FOSTER. 2i?. South
"Water street.
r PO BENT.—Wo have a Barm vviik
_l one bun-'ied to three hrmdred acres In c n >'d ral
Uvutlon, well improved, cloven miles s >nthw->; of
Kankakee, and six miles from tea lUlnol* Centru pv -
road, for rent upon terms to sultan” reai* ;uat»l?
tenant. The land is in excellent condition and -s pecu
liar It adapted for com growing. I'ossession =r.r<'n tui
momnlfly. Inquire of or addre-i? na at Chicago.
aptK-pisi lw HELM & i i. vHK.
I JO KENT—New and second Euri
PI AN OS.
A large assortment of Pianos anc MSiOdOsaa M
wholesale and retail. Orders from abroad promptly
attended to W. ■•V. KIMI-aiilj
lal6-k3SO-l7 Clark *rrr-Tt
TO LEASE. TO LEASE, To
LE 43E.—The prupert.v. Including bu ! W:n rit-i I
doc* at the southwest rorr er or W:whs..gt >z an-1 Mar
ket streets fertneriy bv the Tr*.nv
prrtallon Compaty. T 113 nno of th<* vi'-.y •icsllrci
tfocs In forbearvxrceiit and tr*n*pvti’:^i
bnsluers. Inquire cf H B. MoNCUS’-KR &■ S') Sr,
No.<oLeslie■*t .Chicago.
ryo BENT AND FOR SALE,
PUKOS AM) HELOBKO.VS.
Allowance m.tileforltin?if purci;;ised. All kinds of
inatmmrnta repaired. Ttinlmr
WiL li. PlioibEß, B'CCl.irk street
r PO RENT.—UoTisc-s to rent and
A Lands to Lease.—A largo boarding inn-* cop.
tainlsg about tbinv rocnia, on Lake shore. 1 ear no Il
linois Central ttunad Houa*; i*bc. several nt..h> r hon*'?
located. Aho. lands t:» lease lir )*itrit»«>f
yiNitS, ettuattfi on Michigan *ad vr-f-. :**,
ptaic aiulriiark streets A poly .vt So. T3 Sn»l>* nn-i,
up .d;rirs. hetwtrf the hours c-Ctc A M. »»!:•* V. d. : ~-
apß-pl'Htlai S. F.BW»:iKFlE‘.f>, 1*
TO KENT—Brick IhctU'.
A 359,393, 2l« MB-higaa street.
A LSO
Brick Dwelling northwest corner of
OUtliigan and Vine streets.
The Hr>ua<a are in good order and coavcni-r.l ba.’i
ne=B. Certains modem improvenae^tv.
IfH, H SAIttPSON,
Hon-e and i ani .\-tenl.
ap23 poll Ib~om No "Metrupouran Ball
TpOR KENT OR SALE—Tho fiv.
a story Marble Front Store, No 20 Lake street,
liO feet ih*pp, between ▼abash and Michigan Avfr.a
Inquire of A. J. KKOffX.No.SI Clark sL' swC-pX 5*
.IFor »air.
FOR S.LLE—A two story Dnl!-
Ing House for c*eb; cost SI.2W. cout*ia«
nine rooms, and in goed repair It la tm Ic*aa-v! cr -r::; l
(No, 215 Monroe Street.) Apply to JAMES li.VK'CKUU
office of Armour, Dole & Co., come- Son:h Water «u i
Lssalle streets. ani"•p.'W.w
pOR SALE,
SOftet on WashlagtoQ street,
Between Morgan and Elizabeth street?*.
J.B. LEE. 32 Clark sT -t
L'OB SATE—SiO.OOi) Farm for
A - eale —A valuable Slock anti Grain Farm, of «»»*»
2M acres, beautifully located «n nock K’v-r. n-*ar a
large city, well gtocaea wita young rattle, ana ntm*
privileges and improvements rarely fonnd Tnib-*r.
Pratiie Land Witter, heaufftil arenere. <t>-, and wi:l
Oe sold cheep. Apply to JAMES :i> ciars
btreet. ApfipjiT l»
FOR SALE—Soap, Candlo and
Potash Manufactory, locaVii at .M-taniev:!;.',
Oalo, and contains all the iaseot improve mi .
ooiog a good DoeiDcst The cause for s-ria; h t«-» ;
proprietorhaYU.-gb\ia'?es3 lathe ArmT- Term* **i.r t
factory. Fnrailpariicularx inquire cf Min’HLL'j A ;
ZAHM, Poet Office Bos 3504, Chicago. ep
I7OR SALK AT A BARGAIN.—
A One feTen-torsc Boiler and Fncn*. - ; ois
IfOnMUL two rca of stone, wirh 9na : t;og. belun*
Also, elevators aca kiln for drying. Hula:! in
rmniDji order wish brick building. a-*w uc -up'': >n
low rent. Address P. O. Box 3?57, or apply *r I*o if*n
r.ie street. «pisi£t* -iut
FOB. SALE.—A good gr«in i-:...-ry.
Ire vfMPI. twelve tlioamad bi;<ii-‘-3.
ForssWby M * GU.L & L 3.1 GAM. Mb& r.; o-l;»
i Sewing Machines far «nle very low.—if... i*rr
cft< cn No four Sewing Machines in perfee* or-i r
These machines have pv.d for tiiHmsrvv.— n ?t
wcctiSin our havics no f'irtb;*r «-• > >1
them we will Ehll them vary CG**ao. Pirti<*»T«n
& SCiGVNTON. 8 Tojula cii.' -:iTsa.» : c__
Michigan aVrnue
derive to nusv. and Farnlturv Tu.
particulars adJreii - A. I). ElPcs: cScj D?x
apH>i.SO«St
MILL FOR S4LB.—a. vrnaMe ;
Stestn Flour Mill. Capable of manerkrtart-i- i>» ;
by Is of Flour ia twenty fjnr hours, located t»a tti-; u*■ ..
Itta Eailroad ta one oftaebess wtieatresi-ii-sio; f 1
State. It will be disposed of at a very ww
asdaccoemouatisz terms, U early »* • tJ
K>»t particulars apply to iSICKAEL g
'Water Birr»L p _ %
UTEAM FLOURING MILL FOii
kr g*le-Dt*harpafa —Tills Mill iseUc'My Iht'awi :i *
Chicago. haa four run of stone. Bad ft* :is'i
fismrea arc nearly uaw. jfor farther oarticalir* *?? 7
B ‘JO.
133 South Water btr*c£-
ap'sp347-!n
fMTY IOTS AND BLOCKS FOU
\J SALE AT REDUCED PRIilpS,
One hundred acre l * Id City Lota ami BJ«>?lrs. situated
In me Western, Southwestern and Southern t>«ns «
this ci*T, are offered at reduced prices by Hu* *nn»n's
- For ppitlcuiara. tenrs.&c. iacidire :fi?
hours olio AM-snoZ P.5L' THOMAS
Dearborn street (upstairs.) mh-g-asg>lta_
Residence for sale
! One of the moat attractive residence* la l-'» :.
vicinity of Chlc*po. sub<**AnU*lly hunt of Huh •,
Park pre«wed brick, and jast completed at a cost ol
gll.otiv la ofitml Ibreaie *ta great oargAU.
Itlsriluated la tbn educational villug? of 1
about twc.ve ml!e» tTom Chicago, on tlir» laK? •‘i-»
when) railroad facilitle* an* eiich as noahh?
mer tf the dry to r»rtdehere and fcei*p their r* r-s’
business bourn and where three of theb-*s f rrulouvi
Instltodcns of the Northwe-t are.located. vft!; , a.* l ' i
good public schools, make the location most
The Bouse is two and a h*if stories inhe'eh' < ,a 1
commanding eminence overlook* toe vidnse »a !’«*■’-
Surroundme it are twenty acres of cutivatul !-tn<
with a rood barn, errellcct wat.-r, ararsno t*w
grafted IrniTa. large plats of atrawbc m?s,
raspberries. currant with a great varier? of tfcf
Stationary pUr te uauallj cultivated lo garupu*.
This property will be sold as a great saoriflre —o**
half C»b. wltn credit forth? balanc* Forfn-tht-r
t! mJSfS, Inquire fef. No 2C Water
113. av 5- DJU fin, * GFOTIGB F. p«»STH(4
I^otels.
A MERICAN HOUSE, BOSTON
Xa. Is the largest and
Beat Arranged Hotel
England Staton; U centrally located, aod
eesr of tn>o ailrotite* of travel. It contain* >X
themodere improvamaata, anderery convenleoc=r*
tbocomJcrt»adaccotLßioaatloaQ| the tfATofo{pa»-
Hr. The aieeplna rooms are largu and w»u veuti av i:
tbe«ul t e*ofro , ‘me are well arranged, aart 'vmpleMr
furniPhedfor fumble* aad lares creveUnz pani*s asi
the Bouse wtU continue wbf keptaya first c«*m h? «
is arery lespect. LEWIa RICK, Proprietor
gpgp-p'lg -»ro
&eal ©state.
BUILDINU,
8* B KEBFObT Sc ۥ.,
Beal Estate ' Brokers and Agents.
;Bave taken foe Agency of the above finely locate
property, and wtbrent uo good tenants, choice
B&Konshts, Stores, Offices an& Booms.
’ AUfoeapartmsita andp»wa«r«inteJa bnlioiag art
Wen lighted and ventilated, and are bti, of ascewi
' B.H.K.* CO.wlU remove fomroffleeto tae
TOlck Bniidht. Monday, April SL. apX9.prs.-w
npHOSE CARD THEKMOJIE
JL TBBSereootcmtTornametitel. bat correct *£?
mMWttnn^.• Agefitscsssot Cad a owr® w*®
•ndtaJeable anlcte. brety family wants one
•aadOMatryttsdesubotiiedottUbvs> terms 8la<"
'cms sent by tad], poet prtL.fcr 3S eaata ta
WOO D 4 CO. A*«Bt* fW Wtfm SUM*. Boo®*1»
Baatb Clark street, Chicago. PwtOSce Svi^
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