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®i)c Cttiunt.
TUESDAY, JUXE 10, ISO 3.
OPPOSITION TO THE SECESSION
CONSTITUTION.
iet tlie P-eople Rally.
There will he meetings of the opponents of
the new,'constitution at the following time
and places, ■which will he addressed by the
speakers named:—
By E. C. Lamed, Republican, and S. A.
Goodwin, Democrat.
Princeton, Wednesday, June 11, 7.30 p.m.
Galesburg, Thursday, jiphe 12, 7.30 p. m.
Monmouth. Friday, June IS, 7,30 p. m.
Macomb, Friday, June 13,7.30 p. el
Mendota, Saturday, June 14. 7.30 p. m.
By E. Van Huron, Democrat.
Ottawa, Wednesday, Jane 11,7.30 p. in.
LaSalle, Thursday, Jnuc 12, 7.30 p. m.
Galena, Friday, Jane 13, 7.30 p. m-
Freeport, Saturday, June 14, 7.30 p. el
Rockford, Monday. Jane 10, 7.30 p* m.
By U. F. Linder, Democrat.
Pontiac, Wednesday, June 11, 7.50 p. m.
Decatur, Thursday, June 12, 7.50 p. m.
Bloomington, Friday, June 13, 7.30 p. ul
Joliet, Saturday, Juuei4, 7.30 p. m.
By VTm. K. MoAUsAr, and Sidney Smith.
Democrats.
SU'ilirg, Wednesday, June 31, 7.30 r>. m.
Dixon, Thursday, June 12, ..30p. el
DcKiuh, Friday, June 13, 7.30 p, m.
Sveamorc, Friday, June 13, ~30 p. m.
G cneva. Saturday, June 14, 7.30 p. ro.
Wheaton, Saturday, June 14, 7.30 p. m.
Other speakers and appointments will he
announced to-morrow. Let there be rousing
meetings all the places above uamed.
By order of the Committee.
THE ISFA3IOCS VALLANDIGSi?!.
We do not wonder Oliio with her great
hearted lovaliy is ashamed of the infamous
tool of the nigger-breeders and sympa
thizer with treason who still flaunts his
ghamc and her reproach in the halls of
Congress, and makes his name a convert
ible term with the twin crimes of this age,
Slavery and Treason—A’ allandigham.
Roll in tivo petitions men of Ohio, and
purge the list of Buckeye representatives of
this most traitorous of knaves.
THE FteITIVE SLAVE 11W
AJIEXDJtEf.X.
The House which yesterday voted down
a repeal of die odious Fugitive Slave Law,
did vote so to modify it as to rob it of one
of its worst features. U fl'LiX action of
iconics law, the blacks will
Vje no longer at tie mercy of every low
lived bound who may be willing to swear
that he owns the nigs er i lurcil ‘‘ ljc
perjury by the value of the slave, and the
ease with which such transactions have
taken place in time past. Let the arrested
Hack be tried, if he desires it, and the
right of property be properly tested.
fbeedos in ai.j. the term-
TOUIES.
is sectional, and Freedom is na
tional, lor now the Senate have passed the
House bill, the Amold'Lovejoy measure!
carrying and perpetuating liberty in all the
Territories ot the United States. They arc
Tiow opened to Free Labor, and their fair
acres ■will never be polluted by the tread
ef the negro driver. Hot only our own
people, but the toiling millions of the old
world are interested in this rich legacy.
Let the friends ot Human Liberty thank
God and take courage.
PrBIK 7IECTINOS TO OPPOSE
Til I. sel ESSION CONSTITUTION.
Wentworth and his secession allies arc
on the stump day and sight haranguing
in behalf of their bogus constitution. The
opponents of the swindle have appointed a
Scries of meetings to be held this week, in
■various parts of the Slate, and several
prominent gentlemen have volunteered to
attend them and address the people, We
Lope the nccorr-.iiy steps will at once be
-taken to pr'^ : 'e places in whic\ tu hold
the meetings', and to secure 3 Adi attend
ance of the people. Home speakers are
invited to assist the gentlemen who will
visit them. Let there be a vigorous and
united rally this week of the opponents of
the secession constitution, and it will re
ceive its quietus next Tuesday. Let every
citizen put Ids shoulder to the wheel and
Jielp save the good old constitution. “ Let
Vrell enough alone.”
THE MEMPHIS AVALANCHE,
We do not refer to Hie Memphis journal
of that name, but to the avalanche of news
from the captured city which fills our col
umns to-day to the exclusion of almost all
other matter. On onr second page will be
found our special dispatches of yesterday
morning direct from Memphis via Cairo,
together with the letters of our corres
pondent at the flotilla, and comprising an
amount of matter which in detail and in
terest will constitute this issue of the Tm
mtN'Easthu memorial number of the fall
ot Memphis. On this page we scarcely
peed to call attention to the letter of our
correspondent minutely describing the fight
before Memphis, which we accompany
■with an accurate cal of the river and city,
Showing the location of the two fleets, and
also an accurate shclch of the federal ram
•• Monarch,” which bore an honorable share
iu the contest.
J.OX PIMSHED KSOi:«H VET«
With all she has suffered in property for
jertwin iniquities of slavery and treason,
Missouri is cot punished enough yet. "With
jer territory devastated by war, the war
u.t own sons conspired to bring upon her;
Mih her villages in rains and trade
iuil and stagnant in her coiumor
:!al marts; with her countless steamers
;• tling at their levees, or turned to other
ises than those of peaceful river traffic;
villi her homes shrouded in the liabili
nt-nls of woe, and the voice oi mourning
and lamentation throughout all her bor
ders; with all this she still clings to the
destroying cause and in her State Convcn
*on, now in session, defeats the project of
gradual Emancipation. She will not touch
davery. "Was ever such madness since
he days of Egypt, and the tardy deliver
mce of her bondmen.' It is the only hope
:br peace in Missouri, and yet she will not
see it. 'Worse evils Ilian those of the past
will come upon her, for while slavery lives
•.reason will not die. Our hope is in the
jieople of Missouri if the Convention do
tins iniquity. Let them rise and slay the
accursed thing and bring peace and free
dun to their commonwealth, denied it by
the purblind crew at Jefferson City, the
very’ twin body tbe miserable faction
whose handiwork at Springfield oux Dli-
XpiMartsmust defeat.
FROM THE SHEMH3OAH VALLEY
Habbtsokbi'iio, Vu., June C.—The advance 3
SUard of Gen. Frcinonl reached Harrison- <
barg at two o'clock this p. m. Toere was no
lighting during the march. Jackson camped
h*re last night and left this aioruluir. A cav
alry force was sent on a recounoissaoce four
miles beyond the town, which came on a
large force of rebel cavalry and in-
SsaxVcj strongly posted In the woods
CoL Wyndham who had pushed the rccoh
noissance three miles fnrtner than ordered,
rashlv led forward the Ist New Jersey cav
nlrv, and was driven back by Infantry in am
bush. CoL Wyndham is a prisoner, and Capts.
S. Fellwync and Haines killed, or severely
wounded, and prisoners. Gapt- Charles is
tossing. All the officers, bravely and vainly
endeavored to rally their men,
CapL Janon-ay gallantly attempted a flank
movement, which covered the retreat of the
Ist battalion- He is unhurt. The regiment
lost thirty-five in killed, wounded and miss
jng.
Gee. Bayard of the Bucktoil or Maine Rifles,
and Ist Pennsylvania cavalry, and Chuzeret’s
brigade of the Cih Ohio, and Sth Virginia,
•were ordered forward to their support, and
drove the enemy from their position, captur
log their camp and some stores, with loss.
The |Kane K:flcs numbered V>s, and found
.themselves opposed and flanked in the woods
.by lour regiments of infantry and cav
alrv, and before tb-y could be withdrawn
-suffered severely. Lieut. CoL Nance is se
verely wounded and a prisoner. CapL Taylor
•was also wounded and captured. CapL W.
.j l , Blanchard was wounded severely. Lieut.
Jf. 3. Swayne probably killed. After a most
srailaut fight, the rifles were driven back with
a loss of 55 killed wounded and missing.
The rebels brought up their artillery, and
used it with effect.
Jackson is thought to have left the main
road, and has either halted the main column
for battle, or greatly strengthened his rear
guard, and posted his trains, which are in coa
fnßirm on the road.
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VOLUME XV.
THE GRIND NAM
ENGAGEMENT.
Destruction of the
Hebei Fleet.
PART TASEN BY TEE RiMS.
Seen© !I
HUMANITY AHS GALLANTRY
0F OUR SOLDIERS.
Full Particulars of tlie Fight.
JTrom our Special Correspondent.!
Mmffrms, Jane 6th, 1562.
I write from one of the chief cities of rebel
dom. Here treason has been rampant. Here
money has been poured out like water for the
Southern Confederacy. Hero the flag of the
United States one year ago was baried. Jtc
suryam. It has risen from the grave I It floats
to-night more proudly than ever in. the set
ting sunshine over this rebellions city. The
place is re-possessed. The authority of the
United States is re-established. The Missis
sippi is v pen! It has been a glorious day.
The naval forces of the United States—the
ram fleet, offspring of the city of Pittsburg,
have done honor to the country. It has been
a day of great events.
ABBITAL OB IDE FEDEKiL FLEET.
Five of the gunboats di seceded the river
last night, to the hend about the mouth of
IVolfEivcr. They arrived about eight o’clock.
There being a haze upon the river, it was not
centrally known in the city, as has since been
ascertained, that the dreaded Lincoln float
was so near. The boats were the Beaten
(dag-ship), Carondelet, Louisville, St. Louis,
and Cairo, Tie Hound City was left behind
at Fort Billow, accompany the transports.
The Pittsburg was fouC- t0 be lsK * to S- “ d
was ordered to Cairo. The CiuciZ2’ vV a&
not at this time of writing arrived, although
she is reported to l*c on her way down. The
Conestoga is at Hickman. The Lexington is
also supposed to be on her way down.
In addition to the gunboats, is CoL Ellet’s
fleet of rams. He holds a position as colonel
of engineers in the army, and his rams are
manned by sharpshooters—fifteen to eich
boat. The ram fleet is independent of the
navy—-also of the army, which has caused
some confusion, as will be hereafter seen.
Four of the rams arrived near the anchor
age of the fleet early this morning—the Queen
of the West, Monarch, Lancaster Iso. 3, and
Switzerland. I doubt if the rebel commander
knew of the arrival of the rams when they
offered battle to Commodore Davis. Two or
three were tied np in the bend along the Ar
kansas shore. They knew that wc had rams,
but their offering battle at so early an hour,
and the boasts made by Jeff. Thompson in
the city just before he stepped on board his
boat, “That the people of Memphis would
see the Lincoln fleet chawed up before eight
o’clock,” or words of like import, leads to
the conclusion that the hoped to crush the
five gunboats. The success which attended
their demonstrations in the ramming line at
Craighead Point, where the Cincinnati was
severely dealt with, may have made them
self-confident. Bat our gunboats were now
prepared for an encounter of that sort, each
boat having been strengthened with Umbers
and railroad iron.
THE REBEL FLEET.
The rebel fleet consisted of eight vessels,
carrying excellent guns.
Little Rebel (flag ship),
Gen. Bouurcganl
Gen. Price
Gen. Sumter
Gen. Lovell
Gen. Thompson
Gen. Lragg
Gen-Van Born.
Total.
The Little Rebel was formerly a large sized
sea-going New Orleans tug, very swift and
powerful The General Bragg was formerly
the Marguis de la Uabanna, a sea going steam
er, plying between New Orleans and Galves
ton—a slaunch, powerful side-wheel boat,
with a walking beam and masts with schooner
rig. All of the boats were powerful as rams,
but their guns were exposed. Nearly all had
casemate protections to the boilers and ma
chinery of railroad iron, which in the encoun
ter at Craighead Point, successfully resisted
our solid shot. The fleet was built by the
“ Bivcr Defense Expedition ” of New Orleans,
Vicksburg, Natchez and Memphis, and was
not a part and parcel of the Confederate navy.
The following notice of an appointment was
taken from the “ Beauregard: ”
Confederate States or America, 1
Hew Orleans, Aprils, ISOS. j
Mr. Hugh Moore: . _ _
. sm; Yuu are hereby appointed second officer m
tho River Release Expedition on steam gunboat
“General £l. Jeff Thompson.”
You will please signiiy your acceptance of the
game in ■writing.
By authority of Major General Lovell.
Joux IL Butkk, Captain.
The document being lound on the Beauro
gard, it is supposed that Mr. Moore "was on
that gunboat instead of Jeff. Thompson.
A RECONNOISSANCE.
Early In the morning a dense cloud of
smoke could be seen from the fleet, rising
above the woods on the Arkansas shore, oppo
site Memphis, but whether caused by tbc
burning ol cotton, or steamboats, or whether
it was the rebel fleet lying ready to pounce
upon ns, was not known. From certain
movements on shore, even at this early hour,
it was supposed that the rebel commanders
were there, waiting an opportunity to show
the thousands gathering upon the levee and
esplanade, and the tops of houses, how easily
wc would be put to the bottom.
The Benton and Louisville having weighed
anchor, slowly dropped down towards the
city, which caused a visible sensation on
shore. Men and horses galloped to and fro,
and the Increasing multitude made it evident
thatthere was to be an engagement. Sudden
ly the Little Rebel poked her nose out from
her place of concealment, steamed across the
river and took a position nearer the city, fol
lowed by the Beauregard, which passed be
yond the Little Rebel. One by one the others
came out, and formed in two lines. Commo
dore Davis, not wishing to pitch in till after
breakfast, slowly steamed back to bis position
at the “ Paddy’s Hen and Chickens. ”
The citizens of Memphis had been informed
through the columns of the Avalanche still
damp from the press, that the Lincoln fleet
would meet with serious obstacles before en
tering the city. The steaming back of the
two gunboats upon the appearance of the
rebel fleet might have indicated that Commo
dore Davis declined a fight. If the rebel com
manders thought so, or if the crowd on shore
had such an opinion, they soon had an oppor
tunity to think differently.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE BATTLE.
It was but a little after sunrise when the
rebel commanders advanced to give us battle.
The sky was without a cloud, and there was
nothing to obscure the gaze of the 15,000
people now congregated upon the roofe of the
city and the levee, except the dense volume of
smoke ascending from the stacks of the gun
boats. The rebel boats remained motionless
awhile, with the exception of the Little
Rebel, which darted about like a corporal pa
rading his squad. At length they began to
move up stream, not rapidly, but leisurely.
They kept their lines, which had been formed
in admirable order. Nearest tbc Memphis, in
its front line view, was the Beauregard,
then the Little Rebel, then the Price, and on
the Arkansas side the Sumter. Behind the
Little Rebel, having the right of the line, was
the Lovell, then the Jefil Thompson, the
Bragg and the Van Dorn.
The Federal gunboats were early in line,
the Benton being nearest theTcnnessec shore,
next the Caronddet, next the St. Louis, and
lastly the Cairo—the Queen of the West and
Monarch having been tied np to the Ar
kansas shore, and the Lancaster No. 8, and
Switzerland about a mile up stream. When
Commodore Davis saw that the rebels in
tended to fight, he displayed the signal to pre
pare for action. The crews leaped to their
quarters with cheers; decks were cleared in a
j r'
TBE NAVAL FiSBT BEFOBE BBIPBIS.
EXPLANATION OF DIAGRAM.
L Federal gunboat Benton
*• “ Cacmdelet.
8. “ “ St. Louis,
I. “ “ Cairo.
5, " “ Lancaster.
6, ram Qneen of the West,
ijr it Monarch.
twinkling; gnus ran out; shot and shell piled
up near the guns; boarding pikes distributed;
marines beat to quarters, and boarding net
ting stretched, ■with an dlacrity "which showed
that the hearts of the men were In the work*
The time they had longed for had come—to
meet the rebels in a fair and square fight.
TTTE little rebel opexs pike.
As soon as it was discovered that the rebel
commander was in earnest —that he really in
tended to make the attack, the signal was giv
en to round to. Up to this moment the fleet
had been head up stream. The rebel comman
der saw the movement, and evidently desirous
of knocking some holes in the stem and sides
of the gunboats where they were unprotected
by iron plating, opened fire. The Little Rebel
threw the first shot with her bow gun—a
thirty-two pound rified gun. It was thrown
to obtain the range. It was aimed at the
Benton, and was in good line, forming almost
directly over the flagship, over the tug Jessie,
Benton’s tender, which was near at hand, and
dropped into the water far up stream towards
the transports. The rest of the rebel fleet
waited to sec the effect of the shot before open
ing fire. The Beauregard saw it strike, de
pressed her left hand bow gun, and sent a
sixty-four pound shot, which plowed into the
water abreast of the Benton, but several feet
to the right. The Sumter followed, aiming
at the Carondelet a sixty-four pound rifle shot
which passed close to the muzzle of the left
bnnd etern gun, and threw up a column of
water between the Benton and the Jessie,
within a lew feet of the latter. The corres
pondent of the Boston Journal , C. C. Collin,
Esq., was seated in an arm chair on the top
of the Jessie’s caboose, making observations.
He “made a note on’t,” and kept his posi
tion.
.2 gone.
.4 “
.4 “
.4 M
.2S guns.
Up lo tliis time the Federal war dogs had
remained silent. The Cairo having a po.-dUon
on the Arkansas shore in consequence
of the b-.-nd of the river, was near
est the rebel fleet. All were within easy
range—not more than three-fourths of a mile
distant from the cnemj’s line of battle, hut
there was a disposition to get within close
range before going into the work, but the
Cairo, from her position, had a lair sight at
the tide of the Little Rebel, she tried one of
her stern guns. The shot spun through the
air and dropped Into the water close under
the hull of the enemy's flag-ship. It was the
signal for a general letting loose of the dogs.
Bang! from the Carondelet—bang! from the
[ St. Louis and Louisville, and lastly, bang!
from the iron-mailed Benton—each giving a
shot and watching to see the effect. Some of
the guns were too much elevated and one or
two too much depressed. The rebels waited
while these civilities were extended, and then
opened Are from all their boats and all their
guns. Replies vc-.' erven as fast and frequent.
For fifteen minutes the cannonade was very
severe, shaking the earth with thunder, and
shutting out the combatants from sight.
It was a sublime spectacle. The air was |
still—so calm that the dark volumes of smoke |
from the chimneys and the sulphurous clouds
from the cannons, mingled In one and hung
thick and heavy, a black pall streaked into
gray, over the combatants, shutting out the
morning sunshine. The gathered thousands
on the shore beheld it, too much amazed at
the scene, too much absorbed, and too much
interested in the result to make any demon
stration. In breathless anxiety they watched
the sudden flashes and the narrowing space
between the two hostile fleets.
The Federal gunboats slowly turned in the
stream, and while turning there was a lull in
the cannonade on onr side, but none from the
enemy. There was a continuous screaming
of shot, and explosion of shell, one of which
buret above the Benton, throwing fragments
upon her deck but doing no injury.
THE QVEEK OV THE WEST BXIiS IK.
Wbcu the Little Rebel opened the hall the
crew of the Queen of the West leaped to their
stations with the same alacrity and enthusi
asm that bad characterized the well-tried tars
of the gunboats.
Col. Filet—'brave, daring, having com
plete confidence in the ability of the Queen
to crush any rebel gunboat into kindling
wood, called all hands to quarters. The
sharpshooters seized their Austrian rifles,
and with an eagerness surpassing that of the
boat’s crew of a New Bedford whaler when
they hear the cry u Thereshe blowssprang
each to his appointed loop-hool.
Immediately, black, pltcby smoke rolled
from the smoke stacks of the Queen. The
firemen had caught the enthusiasm. There
was a surging of steam in the boilers as.if
they aUo were being nerved np, and they
were. Flesh, blood, banes, iron, steel—ani
mate and inanimate, put on energy for the oc
casion.
The Queen, when die had prepared hcrscll,
cut loose from the shore, swinging gracefully
into the stream, crossed to the other side, as
it moving in a cotillon or quadrille, swept
past the Benton, close to the Carondelet, al
most leaping from the water in her eagerness,
carrying a white, silvery trail which sparkled
in the early morning, sunbeams Idling aslant
across the waves. Faster, faster whirled her
wheels I She moved straight on. She had a
purpose—a single thing In view, and that
must he accomplished.
The officers and men of the fleet looked on
in astonishment and admiration. It was a
bravery and daring which elicited the admira
tion of the thousands on shore. Up to the
moment of her appearance the rebel fleet had
been slowly advancing. The Federal fleet
in rounding to had made but little headway.
The glorious advance of the Queen, moving
bo determinedly, brought the rebel fleet to a
stand-still. The guns which hid been aimed
at the gun were brought to bear upon her.
The Beauregard fired with her pivot gun
when the Queen was within close pistol shot,
but strange to say, missed. The shot passed
over and fell near the Benton. Arriving with
in rifle shot, tho sharp shooters began their
A. iit-ia-i maur^rd.
B. Little Hebei.
C. Gen. Price.
D. SuiuUt.
B. Gen. Lovell.
F. Jeff. Thompson.
G. Gen. Prae,".
B. Gen. Van Dorn.
a, b, c, d, c, Ac., positions as Sniffy diS
no-b.*!
work, firing- great rapidity from their
loop-holes between decks. Some of therebel
gunners ran into the casemates, while others
boldly kept their position.
THE QUEEN AND GENERAL PRICE.
T1 o intention of the Queen was to fall npou
the General Beauregard, but the pilot of the
Beauregard with much adroitness put his helm
hard down. The vessel obeyed, and the stroke
was avoided. The Queen passed between the
Beauregard and Little Rebel. Both vessels
poured in round shot to explode theboilers of
the Queen. Giving no heed to these little
tentions, and finding she had missed the Beau-.-
dons effect upon the Beauregard, striking that
vessel in her bow, in the strongest part of
her hull, but with effect, knocking in the tim
ber and completely disabling her. The sharp
shooters joined in the lire, and the engineer, :
adjusting bis hose, gave them a continuous
volley of hot water from his force pumps,
which drove the rebels all under cover and
forced them to hoist the white flag.
The Monarch, seeing that the Queen and
Price both needed help to save themselves
from going to the bottom, took them ashore
near Hopedale, which lies opposite the city,
and then finding that the Beauregard needed
like assistance, hastened back again, but too
late to save her from sinking.
While all this was going on, our gunboats
were getting up speed—head down the river.
The Benton, being on the left of our line of
gunboats, became the antagonist of the Gen.
Lovell, on the right of the second line of rebel
boats. Capt. Phelps, one of the most efficient
artillerists in the service, ran his eye along the {
sights of one of the fifty-pound rifled guns at?
the Benton’s bow, waited until the Lovell
the Queen came round in a graceful
curve, heeling over in her eagerness to gat on
as if she was about to lie. down on her side,
and cool her smoke slacks ia the stream.
She passed round the Little Rebel, turned her
bead up stream, and gave General Price a
tremendous punch iu bis ribs, which knocked
all his upper works away. The Beauregard
discovering the intention of the Queen started
to intercept the stroke. The movement wa?
not soon enough for that, General Price was
already used up, hut before the Queen could
withdraw, she received the stroke of the Beau
regard, which partially disabledher, and which
also further manufactured kindling wood on
board the Price, which ran up the white flag.
It was a helpless wreck.
Following the Queen was the Monarch, com
manded by Col. EUett’e brother—one of the
largest, fleetest, and most powerful of the
Pittsburg steamers. The Queen was foil hall
a mile ahead of the Monarch. Capt. Ellett
catching a glimpse of what was going oa
through the smoke, came down with tremea-
Iwung into the position which would glve him
a raking shot, and pulled the lanyard. The
shot struck just below the water-line and
ripped up the planks. The water poured iu
with a rush, and in three minutes the vessel
was lying in seventy-five feet of water.
A ship going down In an instant with all on
board, is a terrible scene—one calculated to
appall the stoutest heart. The current of the
rivi r at Memphis sets close te the Tennessee
side and rushes by like a strong man in a race.
The plumet gives from seventy-five to one
hundred feet of -water. The Lovell being in
the middle of the current took in the gurgling,
whirling waters through her tom sides.
Down, down, down—she settled like a lump
of lead. Her crew became terror stricken.
They rushed hither and thither, berefc of rea
son. One poor fellow with his loft arm torn
by a cannon shot, with unspeakable horror in
bis countenance was seen beckoning now to
those on chore and to those on the gunboats,
and now looking up to heaven to the Great
Father of us all, for help! Unavailing the
crv. A moment later and the boat with a
CHICAGO, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1862.
THE SINKING OF THE GEN. LOVELL.
TUB MONARCH.
A TERRIBLE SCENE.
lurch gave way beneath bis feet, and drew him
down in the eddying whirlpool.
A wail of agony went up from the water and
from the land. Fifty human being* were buf
fetting the current, grasping at sticks and
straws and pieces of the boat, and such mov-
able things as floated by them.
“Help! help! help!” was the cry which rose
upon tbc air, and reached the ears of thou*
sands, amid the Intervals of the still roaring
thunder of the cornonade! There was no
help for them on shore. No pen can describe
tbc auoiy of that moment to thousands.
their friends, defeated, crushed,
There were
humiliated, drowninff, and they powerless to
help! No wonder that tears were shed on
shore. No wonder that women wept. They
had been invited to a different entertainment
—to the annihilation of the ic hireling Yan
kees.” They had been promised an exhibition
of chivalry and prowess which should redeem
all the ground lost in the war. Aside from
the pain and agony of the hour, prompted by
human sympathy, was the bitterness of hu
miliation—terrible to behold by those who
have ridden rough shod over all who did not
choose to accept secession.
GALLANTRY AND HUMANITY OP OTTB FLEET,
No sooner was the cry for help heard than
by a natural Impulse, there ■was a rush made
by the men of the Benton to render assist
ance. The yawl was launched In a moment,
and so eager was the crew to save the drowning
that it was swamped in the rush, and two of
the noble hearted men were barely saved from
watery graves. Other boats put off from the
and several were saved when nearly ex
hausted. Some by their own efforts reached
the shore an’d crawled up the bank, more dead
then alive, and were kindly cared for by the
crews of the Monarch and Queen of the West.
Brave, noble hearted men are the sailors of
the western fleet! Theirs all power to crush,
thelre all effort to save—to crush an enemy, to
save when crushed! How glorious such con
duct when contrasted with that which the
poor struggling sailors of the Cumberland re-
THE FEDERAL RAM MONARCH
r’^i
ceivtd at Hampton Roads from those on board
the Merrimac. There rifle shots, here help!
Hr'ght, amid all th-distress ail the horrors,
all the infamy of this rebellion will shine Or
cyit, like the stars of heaven, these acu of
humanity!
TJIE I.ITTXE REEEL.
The Little Rebel seeing that three of the
{jest boats were disabled, ran down to the
B< avr* gr.rd, which lay helpless ine stream,
took on board a portion of the officers and
crew, and mode for the Arkansas shore. The
bow of the boat was run high and dry upon
the bank, in the eagerness of the crew to es
cape. They left their flag still flying at the
stern—a large beautiful silk flag, which was
captured by Capt. Maynadler of the mortar
fleet.
The rebels went into tbc woods south of
Hopedale upon the double quick. By this
t'uie the Cairo had passed round the point
She opened her broadside upon them, treating
them to a score of parting farewells.
A EXHIBITION OF CHIVALRY - .
Here I have to record that which will put
every honorable man to shame, and fill every
loyal heart with indignation. Just before the
Beauregard sunk Capt. Pike of the ordnance
department came along side in lus tug and
rescued an officer who had been wounded by
a splinter and who was )jing helpless upon
the deck. He was taken on board the Ben
ton and kladly cared for. He staets that when
his commander fled, one of them, a brother
officer, stooped down and picked his pockets
of avoidable gold watch. This is the calm!-
mal ion of meanness and villiany. The fleeing
pirate undoubtedly thought that the next
moment he would be sinking beneath the
whirling waters and it was a good opportunity
to get a gold watch. But the act is in keeping
with the course pursued by the Confederacy,
by Floyd and Jeff Davis. Their government
is built on plunder, and theft, robbery, piracy
and murder, and all the crimes in the calen
dar. What wonder then that wc have this ex
hibition of chivahy ?
PLIGHT OF THE REBEL FLEET.
One half of the fleet had been disposed of,
'and the remaining vessels now attempted to
'flee. The Federal fleet was sweeping on the
while, its cannon, thundering, and riddling
the enemy’s boats. While those appalling
scenes were going on—while men were leaving
In scores—while a portion of the fleet were se
curing the enemy’s, there was no cessation in
the efforts to crush out completely all armed
resistance.
A short distance below the Little Rebel the
Jeff. Thompson was run ashore and abandoned.
She was repeatedly struck by shot, with what
damage will never be known. Again Vie
broadsides of the boats were turned upon the
panic-stricken crew, fleeing towards the Ar
kansas swamp.
Further along, the Sumter was run ashore,
and still further down, opposite President’s
Ifcland, the General Bragg. Both suffered se
verely in the fight. The General Bragg had
the timbers forward of her wheel house, and
the hull, much splintered by a ten-inch shot.
A shell exploded among the cotton packing of
her sides. The cotton was set on fire, bat by
the timely exertions of Litnt. Bishop and a
boat’s crew from the Benton, it was extin
guished. Both vessels were subsequently
towed back to the city by the rams and trans
ports.
The Van Dom alone escaped. She is
; a swift steamer. Had the Conestoga or
or Lexington been at hand, she too
would have been captured. Shot and shell
were discharged at her till she was beyond
reach, when the licet, rounding to, returned
to the city.
BURNING OF THE JEFF. THOMPSON'.
There was no time to pick up the prizes as
the fleet passed down. Commodore Davis
was intent upon destroying or capturing all.
Ab soon as the fleet rounded to, the Cairo and
Louisville were sent up in advance to pro
tect the captured boats and save them from
destruction. But they were too late to save
the Jeff. Thompson. Flames had already
broken out. Whether she was set on fire by
the rebels; whether from her own furnaces,
after desertion, or whether by our shot, Is not
known. The flames made rapid progress. A
boat from the Cairo went up to save some
thing, if possible, but they could not ap
proach the Thompson. A wide berth was
given to the burning vessel. The flames burst
through the upper works, and curled around
the chimneys. The cotton bulwarks burnt
slowly, sending out immense volumes of white
smoke.
The boilers, heated to redness, hissed and
smoked like a million serpents, and burst at
last, enveloping ship, flames and all in a mo
mentary mist. But though sharp and shrill
the voice of escaping steam, though sublime
the eight, there was a second sight grander
than on others—the explosion of her maga
zine! It came. A mighty pillar of fire
sprang from the burning hulk—lifted itself
four hundred feet—-spread out Into an um
brella like form of rolling, sulphuric clouds,
folding in and in, rolling over and over iu
thick, heavy, creamy masses, filled with tim
bers, plank, bars of iron, fragments, of charred
timbers and coals of fire, cannon, shot and
shell—all commingled—all raining down upon
forest, field and river, as if an avalanche or
meteors of vast proportions had fallen from
heaven through a cloudless sky to earth.
Then came a shock which shook all the win
dows of Memphis and took away the breath
of men not far distant from the place. Fol
lowing the explosion were lesser ones, in the
air above and all around—a grand fusilade of
bursting shells, which went oil like fire-works
of gerpents, mines and swarrasof bees, fill
ing the air with fragments of Iron. The Ben
ton was abreast of the Thompson, the Cairo
above and the St. Louis below, but all at a
respectful distance, and no damage was done
by the explosion.
THE 8A.313.
Some months ago, it -was ascertained that j
the rebels relied mainly upon their boats or i
rams, rather than on being able to cope with
ours in a gun .fight. Col Ellet, known as
being an able civil engineer, and as having
constructed the first suspension bridge across
the Niagara, OTer which unprotected by any '
railing he drove his horse and buggy, con
ceived the idea of constructing several of the
Pittsburg steamboats into rams. The project
was laid before the War Department and a
bargain concluded which induced the patriotic
citizens of Pittsburg to engage in the enter
prise. The steamers thus transformed were
the Queen of the West, Monarch, Switzerland,
Lancaster No. 8, Mingo, Lioness and several
others, the names of which have escaped me.
Their bows were greatly strengthened by bolt-
Irgon solid timbers, and strapping the tim
bers with iron rails. The boilers and engines
—the entire space between decks was built
up with timber three feet in thickness. The
upper works were also protected by timbers
all around, with loopholes for the sharpshoot
ers. The pilot houses were plated with boil=r
iron.
POWER AND WEAKNESS.
Looking at this brilliant engagement, which
fur bravery and daring will rank with the fight
at Forts Philip and Jackson, we see a fair ex
hibition of the relative power of the Union to
that of the Confederacy. For many months
we have beard great stories as to the invinci
ble fleet which was to sweep Commodore
Foote’s boats from the river and lay St. Louis
under contribution, hut in the hour of trial
the rebel fleet was cleaned oat ia an hoar, just
as a New England fanner cleans his born
stalls on a winter’s morning. The fleet under
Commodore Davis had not time to get into
action. That gallant officer did his best to
get at close quarters, but the rebels were licet
footed. It would indeed have been a grand
exhibition of power if the fleet could have got
in where all its guns could have had play.
But how impotent and xjffi attack of
- •*-wuowins braggadocio
the enemy, alter the “ “ 3 , T .
of the Nev. - Orleans and Memphis papers. _
retc2 ficct was a JlMu'.pluM project—origi
nated there—the boats I" 1 ' 11 there—annihi
lated there! It must have be^ n a bamihatuig
sight to behold the much-vaum iaai * c
boats crashed up, as you would C * U ° l P
tissue paper—knocked about, riddled am
to rout.
OCCfTATIOX OF THE TRACE.
At fen o’clock the fleet was at the city. The
Benton took a position fronting Union street,
and let go Ler anchors. A skiff put out from
the shore, in which was a well dressed, sober
looking, middle-aged gentleman holding up
a white handkerchief, lie came on board tho
flag-ship and announced himself as Dr. Dick
erson—sent out by some of the influential
citizens to talk about the occupation of the
place. Alter a brief Interview, he returned
to the city accompanied by Capt. Phelps and
G. W. Reed, master’s mate. Some iu the
i crowd hurrahed for Jefi. Davis, a few uttered
derisive and insulting epithets, calling the gal
lant Captain, who had sunk the Lovell by his
excellent aim, “ablue-bellied Yankee,” and
a “ son-of-a-bitch,” and other equally damna
ble expressions. A large portion of the crowd
followed him to the Mayor’s office, butnovlo
lence was offered. Official correspondence
followed, which has already been transmitted.
And so Memphis was ours, with no last rebel
ditch to die in.
SCENES ON THE SHORE.
While the fight was in progress, the levee,
esplanade and roofs of the houses were cro wd
cd with spectators—men, women and children
—among whom were a great many of the col
ored population. There was no hostile dem
onstration from the shore. Any hostilities
from that quarter and the broadside of the
fleet would have been heard from. There
stood the thousands and saw' their pets go
down. There stood the Union men—those
who had suffered at the hands of tyranny—
who had been persecuted, robbed and threat
ened with death—watching the course of
events. Occasionally a shot from the fleet
strayed townward, producing a general stam
pede for the moment. Fortunately no specta
tor was injured, although there were several
narrow escapes.
tVhcn the transports arrived there were
those on shore who seized the rope and made
the vessels fast. Immediately there was
fraternization. Newsboys drove a thriving
business. At first they were puzzed about
the sblnplasters, but by a happy thought took
them at reduced value, intending to realize
on them at the North selling them as souve-
TRADE.
Trade follows the flair. The steamer Platte
Valley, one of the St. Louis and Memphis
line of steamers,one of the last steamers which
was permitted to leave Memphis for the
North last year, followed the fleet to the city
to let them know that the old line of steam
ers was ready to open trade. Capt. Wilcox
of the Platte Valley informed his old friends
that he would be ready in a day or two to
take freight and passengers North. He could
have had a full cargo had the provost mar
shal been ready to grant permits. In a few
days trade will be in full blast, and the suffer
ings and privations of thousands of people re
lelieved—provided they ffiave anything which
can be recognized and received as currency.
There is a dark future for thousands. You
can fill your pockets with shin-plasters and
not have the value of a dollar. The stuff
which they have colled money is of no more
value than the clam-shell currency which the
Indians used when New York was a little
Dutch village. This will be .the great draw
back to trade.
HONORS DUE.
In closing this hastily written account. I
cannot speak in too high praise of Commo
dore Davis and the officers of his command.
He is a worthy successor to Commodore
Foote—prudent, but brave and daring. To
him, to the officers and men, the country owe
a debt of gratitude. They have done their
part towards crushing out rebellion and “ re
possessing” what had been lost. To-day they
have achieved a glorious victory. Memphis
is ours, and the Mississippi is re-opened to
navigation.
recapitulation'.
The fight was over. It lasted an hour and
three minutes from the discharge of the first
gun by the Little Kebel to the last, that at the
Van Dorm The battle had continued over six
miles of the river. The Federal fleet bad not
for a moment ceased to advance upon the foe.
The work was done —the rebel fleet was anni
hilated—the Mississippi virtually was open,
and Memphis ours! There was time now to
examine the spoils. Let tie recapitulate. The
accompanying map gives the positions of the
two fleets at the commencement of the fight
—and also at the close—the small letters indi
cating the relative situations of the rebel
boats. The Price was ashore, knocked to
pieces, and sunk in shoal water. The Beaure
gard was less injured, but sunk—her upper
works in eight. The Lovell was utterly lost
—lying at the bottom of the river. The Jeft
Thompson was no more in existence. The
Little Bebel, Sumter, General Bragg, were
prizes. The Van Dorn was still in flight. On
the Federal side not a splinter had been riven
Irom a gunboat, not a man injured. The
Queen of the West alone had suffered from
the shot of the rebels and from the butting of
the Beauregard. Col. EUet, alone was wound
ed, though not severely.
The rebel loss can never he known. It is
supposed that about one hundred were
drowned. A number are known to have been
killed and wounded on the Beauregard. At
this time of writing it is not possible to attain
the number of prisoners taken, but the num
ber is not far from one hundred and fifty.
The wounded were taken to the Arkansas
shore into a house at Hopedale. In tabular
form the account stands thus:
pEREL LOSS.
Siuk—Gen. Price -
Gen. Bttnrcgard,
Gen Lovell ;
Brnsra-Jeff •nmmmm *
Cattukei*— Little Eehel • , 4
Gen- Bragg * lt
Snmte-<
Total loss of ships, seven-pins, twenty-fonr.
Killed, wounded and drownea - *!"
Prisoners loJ
FEDERAL LOSS.
Sonic none. Burned.
Captured none. Killed..
Wounded one.
The New Camp of Instruction.
Washington, Juno 9. —General order No.
59, just issued, is as follows;
WAS BULLETIN.
A camp of instruction for 50,000 men, cav
alry artUlery, and infantry, in due propor
tion, will be immediately formed near Annap
o'is, Maryland. Major General Wool, U. 8.
A will command the camp, m addition to
his duties as department commander.
The around will be selected and the troops
which will be assembled as rapidly as possible
under orders from the war department, will
be placed in position as they arrive.
Brig. Gen. I*. P- Graham is assigned to duty
as chief ot cavalry at the camp, and brevet
Gen. Harvey Brown aa chief ot artillery. A
chief of the infantry arm will hereafter hs des
ignated.
H1CM0&11M
Mempliis Under tlie
Occupation.
mi. FiTOH MAKES HIMSELF
AT HOME.
AND ESTITES TBE CITIZENS TO
BO LIKEWISE.
HIS FIRST GENERAL
ORDER.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SE
CESSION OF MEjHPHIS,
TEE ASPECTS OF TaADE.
HOW MUCH A BREAKFAST
COSTS.
FUiST DISPATCH.
Dispatch to the Chicago T rib Tine.]
Canto. June 0, ISU'2.
Heamers arrived from Pittsburg
t*. officer high in rank on
<l* informs me that it is un
*hat Beauregard is at
and, Yan Bom at
■with 25,000.
Tbrcc w
Landing to-du,,
Gen. HaUeck’s sta.
derstood at Corinth w
Okalona with 20,000 men
Baldwin, twenty miles abort.
Pope is within ten miles of the latu. -mbis
The 150 prisoners brought from ‘ !
wilt be ft.nl to St. Louis to-night. Th'-Jrebt,.
gunboat Gen. Bragg airires to-night.
[To the Associated Press ]
Cairo, June 9. —The steamer Golden Era
arrived from Pittsburg Landing. She reports
Van Dorn,with 30,000 rebels,forty miles south
of Corinth, and Gem’Popc within tea miles of
him. Beauregard is *sa;d to be thirty miles
beyond Van Dorn with the remainder o{ the
rebel army. A deserter states that Beaure
card contemplates an attrek on Mitchell at
llnutsville.
Several thousand men deserted from the
rebel army after evacuating Corinth. Col.
Markland of the United States postal depart
ment, arrived here to-night, en route to Mem
phis,and mail arrangements with that cityjwill
be made undoubtedly.
(Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]
Cairo, June 9, 1569.
The steamer DeSoto has just arrived with
the following dispatch from our correspon
dent:
Memphis, Tonn., Jane 8,1562—10 a. m.
The casualties of the late fight are estimated
at from 100 to 150 killed, and thirty or forty
wounded. Gen. Jeff, Thompson was in the
city when the fight commenced, aad witnessed
the affair sitting on horseback in front of the
Gayoso House. His army, or remnant of it,
with stampeding citizens, were in the cars not
far from the city, and might have been shelled
had our commander known theirposilion.
"When one after another of the Confederate
boats had been worsted and the flag-boat took
to flight, Jeff, turned to the bystanders and
said, “Well, the thing is gone up, and the
best thing I can do is to get out of this," and
he did feet out. As he was riding by the
house ot a friend some three miles out, the
General had no time to stop to speak a word
of farewell, when hailed, but galloped on.
Two of our mortar boat men who had man
aged to elude the guard and got on shore on
Friday night and were killed in a row of their
own getting up. They undoubtedly deserved
their fate. Citizens to the number of some
1,000 reported themselves armed aud equip-
ped to the provost marshal on the same
evening, volunteering to prevent the destruc
tion of property by the rebel mob which
it seems they feared more than they did the
Fedtrals. It was expected that the town
would be fired and everything pillaged, bat
the prompt action of the good citizens and
the colonel commanding] the provost guard
only preventing ,this.
As it was, the depot of the Mississippi and
Tennessee railroad company was broken open
by the mob of meu and women. They were
about to appropriate the goods stored there
to their own use, w'hen the superintendent
of the road, F. 5. Richards, Esq.., was awakened
and gave information to the military authori
ties and a detachment of soldiers was imme
diately dispatched to the place.
The robbers were caught in theact of plan- 1
dering and were quickly dispersed. |
The watchman at the depot was severely
beaten before he would allow the mob to
enter the building.
No more such scenes will be enacted, the
commanding officer having determined to
protect the rights of citizens, and preserve
their lives and property at all hazards.
The stores found in the depot were yester
day removed to a place of safety. The mili
tary authorities yesterday took possession of
the Planters’ Bank building, which bad been
dosed for some two weeks, and iu its apart
ments established the office of Capt. Jno. H.
Gould, Provost Marshal. The Overton Hos
ji’al is a very large and commodious build
ing, and was also taken possession of.
Col. Firch, as acting commander of the
post, issued the following general notice last
CVcHing
THE OIU>EU.
HEADqrxftTEus Isntxua. Bum abu,
Msan’ins, June 7,iSSi.
The undersigned, with. the troops under lus
command, has taken military possession of
this city b* t2tC 001110 of Government of
tne United States, for the purpose of asserting
the supremacy of the Constitution and laws
of the Union, and restoring the peace and
protection of public and private property and
the lives of its citizens.
Hundreds who may hare fled from their
homes are expected to return. Merchants
and others who have abandoned their husi
ness, are requested to re-open theii stores and
shops, excepting those dealing in intoxicating
liquors, who are forbidden to resume that
traffic, under penalty of having their stock
immediately destroyed.
The Mayor and Common Council will con
tinue to exercise their municipal functions.
The military authorities simply co-operating
in enforcing all proper ordinances, unless
some exigency should arise rendering it im
perative to place the city under martial law.
It is hoped and believed, however, that no
nothlug will occur to render this step neces
sary. Certainly, no act of this command will
afford any pretext for citizens placing them
selves in that position.
Cap?. Join H. Gould of the 46th Indimi
volunteers, will act as Provost Marshal until
further orders. Maj. JohnC. Magoroffha434
rcuiment Indiana volunteers, will have com
mand of the pickets and patrols.
(Signed,) &• FrTCII .
Cot Commanding Brigade.
Sales of liquor hy the druggists has been
prohibited Sere since December. The drug
gists have to report to the authorities every
case in which they sell it and only on physi
dan’s prescriptions.
Whisky is worth four dollars per gallon.
.4 guns
.4 “
Ten dollars were offered yesterday for a partly
worn pair of shoes in confederate money
which passes for eighty per cent discount for
specie. The butchers yesterday, and some
other provision dealers, refused to take it at
all. Salt is quoted at thirty dollars per sack,
or one dollar per pound, tea ten dollars per
pound. Treating a person to a cup of coffee
!b considered equivalent to giving him a splen
did hotel dinner. The bill of fare at the first
class hotels is very common-place, oranges
and lemons cannot be procured at any price.
The stores are all closed, except drug, tobac
co and jewelry stores.
People say they will open by to-morrow, or
I as soon as they decide what to do with their
officers. The city not being under military
rule, of course they will make their own rules
in this regard. To-day is the anniversary day
of the adoption of the ordinance of secession
In Memphis, It is understood that the mili-
Continvtd on Fourth Page.
.none.
none.
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Addrcs« P.O. Box dUd. jclL- ->^U_
BOARDING —For Summer and
Fall.—A gentleman and v='ife wishing to furnish
a nice suit ol rooms, in ;v jrooJ locality, three Work*
south from the I’or-t«>U:c--. and in a private lamily
having no other hoarders, can address ** X. si. 5.."
UfllcvHox lr!2. JelO-atll-St
K EDUCED PRICES Tho
■ Metropolitan Stoam T)vo Works, No. 135 South
Clark ,-u. < t. have niJii.T.l Hu- for ooioria-a
crape shawl Maaeiita or to..i;ed asrl
c % l-iity-flve cent*. Warranted a bright and t:tst c-);* >r.
Also the price for dying siik or wooivn dress, * n> ..ae
dollar S. KALISII.
i'.s r.cmrnVher the place. No. 155 South CUrk-vt..
between Monroe and Adams. je-10-^l-Ct
TOP BUGGY. —A good second.
hand Tep Bncer. In good repair. for sale b>w.
Wilson <fc Burgess makers. To be seen at H. WILSON’S
livery Stable, Washington street. jehj-stil-iil
03 PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—
The und-THened have this day formed a Madt-d
Copartnership tor The transaction of a general whole
sale cl* thing business in the e;tii-s of Button. Mik-;.. Nad
Chicago. I!i. under the firm num>* <*f Huntington,
Wadsworth & Co. HENRY A. nfNTINGTON.
3TIILU* WADSWoUrU.
ELISHA S. WADSWORTH
Chicago. .Tone 10.1562. JelteVHm _
f'OluD PENS REFOINTKD
U FOR 50 CENTS EiCH,
M TV.ELEaVEN'S Gold Ten Manufactory. EVkd
street. Chicago, over A. G. Downs ii C /a Pry G 'o.ls
stoie Pei.s fi'-iit l*v mv.il iV*r llepouitlng iuu>t luve
the amount Inclosed. W ALTEU TBMI-EAVkN.
JelO-tftA-.tnet X’ost UHice Box iJaS.
§ PECXACIES.
OF ALL KINDSIX (J HEAT VARIETY AT
Nfl'. 123 Lake Street,
mth Side, second door East of Clark street.
TT«' Subscriber’.- lone experience and study of twenty
«ix y»*urs in Cincinnati ought c> ;i'-nri- tin - citi-ten. if
cii:er.*'<> and surrounding country,who will favor them
with UiLir patronage, that their
EYES WILL NOT BE ABUSED,
luit will lind the Post aids of vision selected by an OX
pi: ri*juci:a out! careful , sco .
Instrument Makers and Opticians.
Chicago. March 31st. 1862.
W"o arc d with Mr. A:?. Filter
.Jr. and know Mm to be a good practical Optii’iau. liar
ins rmuviul of him while muling in Cincinnati, the
bi^taidr-to oUr vision. m „
Signed. iJUOXIIEiITOX & XETTLETOX.
jclO-iS-v-U Bankers.
NOVELTIES
The “MAGNETIC TAf'K HAMMER” picks up the
tacks. without the aid ol lingers, and hold.' them, pomt
down, until driven home.
LADIES “HEMIMEB and shield,)’
FOP. HAND SEWING.
Vest Pocket Maicli Safe
For gorth-iurn. and rnonr other Utilities. at RICF. &
C**> a Custom House Place. Agents and dialers Mip
plied jel(kJs6-it net
BEOWNIOW’S BOOK
■Will be rcadv about the lOtli. Agents and dealers will
rleasesend in their order*., R LA2fDON - Aceßt ,
SS Lake str- ct. op;>. Tremont House.
T>E>IOVAL.— Bianclianl & Tlor
CV bind. Coal and Wood dealers, and Agents for tbe
Ballou’s Flour Barrel Staves aud Headiug,
have removed to yard on South Wells street, bctw.-ci
polk and Uarrl't'n street. jc‘>s3i-dtuet
TJALLOU’S FLOUR BARREL
»> staves and Finished Heading. thoroughly s«'* :
Boned; also, a cargo of Cedar Posts on dock, for sale b>
BLANCHIRD& BORLAND,
South Wells street, between Polk and Harrison.
jclhroS-Ctm-t >
/AUR STOCK 01
SKIRTS
COTI,teU A. r e.m r S«SS-CO.
CHER3IAN, HALL & CO, 97
lO South Water street are making CASH Al>
v ANTKSon Grain and Flour consigned to
WM. S, TOOLE & CO., NEW YOKE.
Also on Pork. Lard and Butter for sale In New Tort
on shipment to Europe. ap-iG-pCdo-.m-nct
$Q AAA TO §5,000.— A partner
OlUv' ' with this amount 16 wanted in a safe
and hlehlv profitable manufacturing basing, already
e-taldi-hed. with ready cuatoicers. . Article staple
«nld for cash. References unexceptional given and
required. No ac-nts need apply. Notes w’th names
In full, directed tv Box 1719. Chicago Post Office, stating
time and place for interview, wm receive prompt at
tention. jelfotoStnet
FLUTTER JARS,
JIGS, CnißSS—all sizes,
For sale LOW to the trade only.
SAMCEL GREENE Sc CO.,
JelCkeiS-2w Basement No. 2 Board of Trade Building
gAKIEI,
PRIME BARLEY WANTED.
Highest market price paid for a good article. Send
samples from the country by express immediately,
stating quantity and price asked.
J. J. SANDS,
ColtimT>iarL Brewery, Chicago, HI.
[jclO-sU-Slnet]
Q.BEAT SEDUCTION IN
SHIRTS.
(GOLDEN HILL SHIETS AT
$2.00.
Shirts made to order and ■warranted to fit at
$2.00.
WTANX & POWERS,
jsO.BTREMONTBLOCK DEARBORN STREET.
[aplS-pSSMffi] '
TRAVELOG BAGS,
Dressing Cases,
Pocket Mirrors,
Hat, ClotH and Hair Broriaes, la Sett.
for Travelers,
j, H. B£ED & CO.
JelO-alMt
INSURANCE & TRUST
U Company.
• OmcS, BOOKWO.SbOOSftSBLOCnE, •
Wo- 4 Solatia Clark, trtrcct, Chicago*
Capital. $200,000.
- DIBECTOaS: „ _ „
Lombard. M.D-1 Gilman. geo W. Gaga,
John V. Harwell, MmmU Ayre*
XrtMwßoffS ElvirHarwood, OUver Whitaker.
Sna W Stone, Joeiah Lombard, Daniel Sharp, .
stevena D.L.Phffllna. IsaacG.Lpmbard.
jo Horn Ohas. Chandler. Thoma* Harl**-
J Ww.TAWTK LOMBARD, President. .
BSP JAku* Vice IggJgSj
EAAC 0. LOMBARD, Secretary. jeWlMsx
Ktto aihettisemEnts.
Ifank of Montreal
Uz rc-HT OF THE DIRECTORS TO THE SHAREHOhnSES
AT THE IE FOHTT-FOUBTa^>"XUALi[aaTiXO,IIEU>
2>T> JOKE. 1£«.
Ihc foHo'wiiig Ecport -was read at the Annual Meet-
i£o. held in the Banting House, at Montreal, yester
day:
TLc Directors bare pleasure la preset...
Shareholders their Forty-fourth Annual Report, ac
companied by the usual statement of the assets anti
liabilities of the Bank at the close of its financial year.
The Report submitted to the last General Meeting ex
hibited a balance at the Credit of the Profit and Loss
account of. $ 39,333 61
The net profits of the year, after
deducting all the expense of
management and making pro
vision for bad and doubtful
debts amount to . §333.009 73
Less—Tux paid to Government... -l.'Jiss? 533.P9C 17
Ont of which, two half-yearly
divider d> have been paid to the
Shareholders at the rate of four
per cent, amounting to
Leaving a balance of.
An ample appropriation has been made to cover
the loss arising from bad debts, and to provide
against deficiencies from doubtful assets. The
Profit and Li -ss account has likewise been charge*!
with Jlo.tOC. in reduction of the amount at the
debit of Bank premises.
As stated, above, there remained a balance of
profit, amounting to §'‘3,355.78, from which the
Directors have made an addition of §ik\oo*J to the
rest, thus increasing that fund to SSOo,OO-*, and
leaving a balance of §33.355.78 to be carried for
ward at the credit of the Profit and Loss account-
The Directors feel that they may congratulate
the shareholders upon the favorable result of the
year's business, widch is the more gratifying from
the circumstance that the period embraced by this
report has not been propitious to Canadian inter
est s, and has been marked by public events which,
have not only been the cause of much anxiety, but
have exerted an injurious influence upon the gen
* ral prosperity of the country.
It will be observed from the annual statement,
that the Ran 1 - is a large holder of the debentures
of the the Provincial Government. The directors
having deemed it advisable to invest in this way
a part of the unemployed finds at their di -posal.
The ample resources of the Bank render their
active employment an object of much importance,
more while the value of money con
tinues so low In Englaud.
The Directors have lost no opportunity of ex
tending the business of thcßihk in Canad*. and
they have been prepared to open new agencies,
wherever there appeared a prospect of doing so
advantage.
Much attention has been recently directed tn
the importance of securing to Canada a portion
of the great produce trade of the Western
States. With the view of aiTording increased
facilities for that purpose, the Director
have been induced to open an oQcc iu‘-hicago
■which they anticipated will be of advantage to
the commercial community, and at the same time
he attended with benefit tc the Bank.
irFTTR-RAT. STATEMENT
Capital Stock
Circulation...
Deposit*
Dividend* unclaimed
Half yearly dividend 1 per cent.. 2d June,
Kent.,
Balance of profits carried forward.
nil Pllrrr Coin on hand i
nt sn'curiilos
•te by other Bank?
<iaoa uf other Baited
at Montreal, and at
G.--M ft.
fiovitnu.
Balances a.
Notcj-SiDl’ cht
Bank rrcn.lws
lirancho* am: ace.
Kutcf anil Billsrtlscou
due {<» the Bank net L.
foregoing beads
•nted. and other debti
eluded under the
(Signed.)
D. DAVIDSOK, V
Batctv or Montreal. \
Montreal. :wth April. l»stL >
gARNUM BROTHERS*,
188 IIKE-ST., CHICAGO. ILIh
importers and Wholesale Dealers la
TOYS AND FANCY 80DDS,
WILLOW CABS,
Childrens’ Gig*, Carriage?!, &c M
fccu, Bird. Cages,
FIRE WORKS of a!S kinds.
I.OCO here# TILE CRACKERS,
rhi’.ooo No. I TORPEDOES,
FLAGS OF ALL SIZES.
Toy Cannon, Fire Cracker Pistols,
fir all kinds of
FISHING- TACKLE,
Orders respectfully solicited.
Tiro. 13S LAKE STREET,
Bet. Clf*rk and Laaailp gt».
500 BoX(JS F * KE CRACKERS.
500,000 Torpedoes.
Also. Slanufacturor of
Children’s Carriages,
Willow Cabs,
Gigs, &c., at
Peugeot’s Great Variety Store
NO. 108 LAKE STREET.
CHICAGO. ILL.
HOOP MiIKTS,
HOOP SKIRTS.
HOOP SKIRTS.
A. G-. Downs & Co.
1e9r57-2tret
Q. RE A T SAVING IN
Boot and Shoe Wear.
.tent Metallic Soles and Heals.
Metallic Soles ana Keels,
ThevwUl wear ns I< •«=■:>!» six Ltathor solrs. They
cost no more th.in.i pair.-t L--:«Hier Japs, and are eas
ily anrdi*d t<> nfi}' pair of boot*. ° ;, 1 ,,r new. They are
ll'dit e;«sv r<> tlie f'-'t. ami make no more nonse upon
IhvVavvnu'tit than a leather sol**. They prevent boots
from runnJim "Vi-r nt the suit ?, or down at heels
■md to* s Thev keep the j.-et dry a;.d warm. HnaMy,
theveave at leapt 7T- per c* lit. to every man and boy
who uses them, and are just the thiuir for every one
hard upon hoots and shoes. A lanre discount »r*jitt
retail price t<> those who buy to sell airain. Everyshoe
maker cun make money by sclllne them. For full par
ticulars apply to
HARDESTiERCH & AHLEUHIS,
Pole ageuts for the Northwest, OFFICE-JO LAK3S
Street. j«*2-rs!l-?*w-nct-Htt^
Fitting room:—Ladies in
■want of
SKIRTS OR CORSETS,
Will find It advantageous to call at
78 LAKE STREET.
Where a commodious
KITTING- KOOMI
Has been opened for tbclr special benefit, thus en
suring a
Satisfactorr Fit,
Frctu the. LARGEST and CHEAPEST STOCK of
fr-om' thrc't- to fifty springs. CORSETS, .all
sizes stvh'P and quantities. New style pr»as Prim
ming-, received dully. Fresh arrivals of desirable
CFIPFRE FACES,
Gloves, Hosiery and Handkerchiefs.
GRATES «t IKVaii,
mMHaiW 75 LAKE STBEgT._
QALL AS 1) EXAMINE
BURKE & BARNES’
ceiebbaies fibe pkoof
SiUPHS
RAFF, KIMBHUi & CO.,
Iron Merchants,
193 and 195 South Water street.
oeXlep proposals for
TOKrr s troops and prisoners of war.
,t-thb actisg Assistast CojonasiXTl
r s. A - Chicago, June a.1864. )
sLded will be received at this offiee until
nSiMJaft.rtU®- for ftirmslilng complete rations
to then S. troops and prisoner* oi war, stationed *5-
«amu Douglas, Chicago. Illinois.
COiIPOBITION OF RATION.
Three-fourths of a pound of port or bacon, or one
and a lourta pounds of Iresn or salt beef. t«n»w
ounces 01 bread or flour, or one oonvl of &»rt orwta,
or one and a fourth pound of com maa).s
rate, to everyone hundred rations, of cigat qanra oi
Deans or peas and ten pounds ol ricn or “SStS&JSd
pounds offtreen. coffee, or eight pounds
etound coffee, or one and a nail pounds oftea.ftfi®«*
'pounds of sugar, four quarts oi vinegar, one poundf
»petns candid, or one and a fourth
tine candle*, or one and ahatfponaas oltaiww
four pounds of soap, and twoqaarw of
per week, aotene of potatoes. r f matrices w>
per man. Twice per week one gau«J» w
eve-y one hundred rstloM.
d“**-“•
conti act price of Aionsol the ratva-„«* may here
in order that toeLfr- lQ n»'y be charged aS
quirt d for Drlce _
tn**iriitUcnaicftS^scompanieabT' .he guarantee of
Each biawff'jSwoS tnat the bidder will. if his bid
two compact each bid will also
be
™ cn Sid°rted on the envelop* “proposals Sub
■feSSioMto be ftxmlahed'oaderOta
, the Mdertlgned twmt**
b«-- tlv. «he Vfeht to rrjr c » «li unreasoaaola hws.
to ln bids not starictlyjp.conjplfance
aSStffl be rejec*.*,,Blchler> Metov«e4 to bo
lro jSlii cbSst-JpSeb,
Act’jT APB’t Comjnlssarj Of Subala! ance* w. 9. Army.—
jsBMSUt
CSCStlag to tlie
•159.W0 aj
§ 93,333 73
.f5.c00.000 oa
. SO
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3&9t3 S3
210.000 (W
500.000 00
23,355 73
ai
.SUTfi.:;i6 73
. oo
. sos.-**r. aa
. 310,75319
570.542 51
9.77P.3JT
fI4.6SJ.SM 1
Cashier.