®5)6 CtUmne.
"WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1882,
PREPARE THE BALLOTS.
We implore tbe opponents of the Egyp
tian swindle to sec to it early, every man
for his own county, that a sufficiency of
ballots, printed in proper form, are pre
pared and taken lo the polls in each pre
cinct, to the end that there may be no ex
cuses hereafter like this—“Oh, if somc
“body had looked after printing and uis
“ tributing the ballots, we should have
« done better 1” Now is the time to see to
this thing. A little industry will make ex
cuses unnecessary. In counties where no
tickets have been prepared, let the work
begin at once. You, sir, call a few of your
friondfi together, make up a pony purse
and have the job done, and well done!
Will you not ?
A MILITARY DESPOTISM.
The great excellence of a popular form
of government is, that it provides a way
in which the people can protect themselves
against injustice or oppression, without tho
violence and bloodshed of revolution. It
enables public opinion to control public
measures, and take the place of armed
power and despotic will In endowing all
thc citizens with the right of suffrage, a
method is found by which the wishes
and needs, and interests of all may be made
to act in harmony with law. Sedition and
revolt can have no just place in popular
governments, because all human rights
can be enforced, and all human wrongs,
perfectly and always redressed, by the nor
mal and legitimate action of the constituted
authorities. For any class, or party, under
the shadow of republican institutions, to
revolt and take up arras against Hie chosen
government, and attempt to resist and
overthrow by force and violence the power
that they cannot control through the
methods and means provided in the const!-
tution expressly for that purpose; is, in
to announce with clearest emphasis,
by actions, speaking louder than words,
that such class or party do not believe in
popular institutions: and arc determined
to replace the polls and the ballot-box with
the military post and the file of bayonets.
Because the majority is against them in
votes, they have resolved to make the mi
nority rule through the army. If the few
cannot make the many submit freely to
their plans, and adopt their policy by
choice, they shall be made to submit by
force, and do their bidding against their
will, Now it is not necessary to say that
thia is the very essence of a militaiy
despotism; neither can any man who is
familiar with the history of Ibis rebellion
fail to know, that this military despotism is
the rciy form of government which in
fact the secession loaders have established
at the South. We all know what broad
claims they assert of the greater freedom
and more ample privileges secured by the
new-fangled provisions of the Confederate
government; yet, no people, or Stale, not
only of our own, but in auy other land,
have had accorded to them in scantier meas
ure the right to regulate their own affairs,
and determine on their own policy, than
the people and States who have been led
astray from the Union by their blind guides.
■With but one or two exceptions, no Stale
has had a chance to make a freo choice
whether she would stay iu the Union or
go out; while the papers have teemed
with frightful accounts of threats, tortures
and atrocities; the outrages, persecutions
and horrors with which every Union man
at the South has been driven or dragged
into revolt and treason, or into exile and
death.
It is plain to any man who considers a
moment, that the leaders of this rebellion
never relied at all on the present constitu
tion of their mushroom government for
safety or power. The keen and prac
ticed plotters and schemers in politics, who
put together the present flimsy aud louse
jointed structure, knew that it was ridicu
lous and preposterous to suppose there
could either strength or solidity be secured
by such a crazy contrivance. But they
knew that it would serve as an excellent
blind to their real plans; they had dressed
it up in such brilliant colors, and it held
out such sweet promises of largest liberty
and domination; and was so hidden and
screened behind the fairest professions of
undying devotion to Southern rights, and
relentless hate of the North, as to furnish a
most admirable and perfect covered way
to the completion of their ambitious aud
treacherous designs.
The traitor chiefs hexing thrown off the
mild raid heniflcent authority of the gen
eral government, because they could no
longer bend or prostitute it to their wicked
purposes; and determined to have in their
hands a power which they could wield for
their own advantage, unfettered by the
miserable hindrances of the ballot box,
and with none of the delays and obstacles
found in the working of free institutions,
have made a bold and desperate effort to
erect a military despotism. But this kind
of power can only exist among a barbarous
or half-civilized people; and can contain
none of the.elements of strength or endu
ranee which fit it to cope with the bound
less resources and amazing aud resistless
power of a free people. If such a despotism
were established in the South, it would go
down with a crash in the first coflict with
the mighty vigor of the free North; hut it
cannot be maintained in the South, far be
hind the age, as the South is iu all develop
ment and civilization, without subject
ing her to the pestilenlhd influences of
slavery for many future generations; and
exhausting through the longer existence of
the peculiar institution, still more of the
physical strength and moral vigor of her
people.
British Troops for Canada.
The Toronto Globe, under the bead of “War
like Rumors, *’ sayethat reports arc current In
many quarters in the Provinces that 15,000
more troops are to be sent from Great Britain
to Canada. The Globe thinks that it this re
port be true, it has some reference to the dif
ficulties growing: out of the steamers Enrilic
St. Pierre and Bermuda, the former having
been recaptured from American officers by the
British crew, and the latter captured by our
blockading squadron -while she was running,
as is claimed, from one British colony to an
other. but having contraband goods on board,
intended for and consigned to the rebels. The
Globe thinks and hopes that these difficulties
can be settled in the same manner as was the
Mason and Slidell difficulty, and deprecates
the sending cf a?jy more troops to Canada.
Gen. Schocpfl*.
The Evansville (led.) Journal had the pleas
ure on Thursday night of meeting this accom
plished officer, and says be L a fine, noble
looking German, and stands second to none
in courage and sagacity. Having received an
Injury from the fall of his horse, which unfits
him for duty, he is cn route for his home in
Maryland.
LIICBARY
Sill-ITAItT JomVAL OP THU AmEKIOAX BRrOT.lT
tiok. From the comtucncciucm, to the di-baml
. inz of foe army, comprising a detailed account
ot the bauht» of the Revolution. By Jamse
Thacher, M. D Snrgeon in the American It ;vo
lutionary Annr. With umnerons engravings
Chicago: E. B.* &N. C. Treat, 101 Washington
street.
A history of the American Revolution ought I
to attract a deep interest at this time. A ret
■erence to that eventful period, and a recur
ring familiarity with that great strife, which
opened up the sublime and eternal era when
the rights of man should be known and re
spected, will prove beneficial to those who are
now engaged in a fierce conflict to maintain
anew those rights which were then recognized,
but arc now again threatened. This work
seems to meet the present exigency, and we
commend it to the public. It bears the en
dorsement of Gen. Scott, Gen. Cass, and a
large number of the leading journals.
f3f~ The stojy which has been circulated
by the Egyptians, that Hon. David Davis and
Hon. Leonard Swett, of Bloomington, are in
favor of and would vote for their swindling
constitution, is authoritatively denied by the
Bloomington Tanlagraph.
’ tST* One hundred and fifty convalescent
fioldlen passed Louisville on the Belie Creole
on ‘Wednesday last, on their way to rojoin their
commands at Corinth.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION'.
An Interesting Letter from John Wil
son* tbe Old Land Commiss oner,
TO THE PUBLIC.
There is nothing of which the people of Il
linois are more justly proud than the glory
and prosperity with which the State has here
tofore been favored.
Though among the youngest of the sister
States, she stands fourth in population and
wealth, and among the very first in devotion
to tbe Union.
Sbe bag arisen to this condition, under the
benlficent provisions of the constitution of
154.7, wisely, justly and patriotically admin
istered by the legislative, executive and Judi
cial branches of the government.
The constitution of 1547 was not perfect;
nor was it entirely sufficient to meet all the
requirements of the extraordinary growth and
development et the State. It was therefore
deemed expedient to have it amended in the
minor paiticulars in which experience had
shown its deficiencies; that every, even the
most minute obstacles should be removed,
to the onward progress of our people, in
wealth, prosperity and greatness.
AH this was done before the political manta
was manifested, which led to the infamous
rebellion, now, thank heaven, nearly sup
pressed by the wisdom of our rulers and the
valor of our officers and soldiers.
Tlie initial steps having thus been taken, it
was deemed necessary that the whole pro
ceedings should be had; though It was gen
erally hoped and expected by the true friends
•f the State, that the convention would meet
and organize ; and, In view of the distracted
condition of the country, adjourn over to a
more propitious season.
But the delegates elected were not disposed
thus to hide their brilliant light under a
bushel. They were determined that the State,
and world at large, should have the benefit of
their wisdom and acumen. Accordingly,
alter three months incubation, they have pre
sented, lor the action of the electors of this
Slate, a document, styled, the “ new constitu
tion of the State of Illinois,” withanaddress
of some twelve pages, urging its adoption.
The first object of inquiry, was, the differ
ence between this new constitution and that
under which the State has enjoyed so much
prosperity. On examination it will he per
ceived that every unobjectionable section of
the new constitution, is a literal transcript
from the old; and that all the new matter of
this new constitution, aside from the appor
tionments of Congressional, Senatorial and
Representative districts, does not cover more
than one half the space of the address which
accompanies their labors. And it will also be
perceived that there is not a single beneficial
feature in the new constitution, which could
not have been adopted by the Legislature,
under the provisions of the existing constitu
tion.
But the convention seem to have congratu
lated themselves on the idea that tney are the
only honest men in the State—their elec
tion to that important trust having pro
duced such regeneration where necessary, as
to make them'so ]>tr sc: and that, a* true pa
triots, it was their duty so to harness up all
future legislatures as to compel them to work
iu the traces of the convention, so that the
dtar people should not be swindled by the
representatives hereafter elected to represent
them.
Thus, at an expense of some SIOO,OOO to
the people and three months arduous labor to
tbc convention, we have some sis pages of
wiedom, virtue and patriotism to be adopted
or rejected on the 17th lust.
To those who have carefully studied the
history of our country for the last few years,
and noted the me:isures that led to the pres
ent infamous rebellion, a striking analogy will
be presented between those measures and the
transactions of this convention.
The policy of the secessionists was to estab
lish the Calhoun doctrine of absolute, inde
pendent Shite rights, by which, there would
he reserved to each State the right of separa
tion, “ptacaxbU separation.'' from the Union,
for any real or imaginary cause.
Our convention, in the 30th section of the
second article, proposes to establish this same
doctrine for the State of Illinois ; though in
tLe succeeding section, they kindly sugge^ r ,
“that the people of this State n-f/anl the
muon of the States as permanent and indis
soluble. from which no State has a constitu
tional right to withdraw or secede, 1 * The
foithcr j.-thc assertion ofuconsticutional right
'of si cession; the the expression of a
conservative opinion.
The peopleot this State are not prepared in
the preseut crisis of our counters history,
thus to indoisc the action of the rebels; and
thus to encourage ucd sustain them in their
iniquitous transactions. A beacon of this
kind, thus lit on the capital of this State,
would give new life to the rebellion, encour
age Their croirc, strengthen their hands, and
require the offering up' of another hecatomb
of our valiant soldiers, to undo the wrong
they committed.
The next innovation is on the rights of citi
zens. By the eleventh section of the bid of j
Rights, those citizens who are charged with
offenses less than Many, and in which the
punishment is by fine, or imprisonment other
wise than in the penitentiary, are deprived of
the safeguard o! the inquest of the Grand
Jury, and arc left at the mercy of unprinci
pled enemies. Unless they can at once fur
nish bail, they jire locked up to await their
trial, at the leisure of the court.
Thc-twcnty-niorii section of the sixth arti
cle, authorizes the legislature, to confer juris
diction upon justices of the peace, to punish
by imprisonment for a lime not exceeding
thirty days. This is a dangerous innovation
of established usages, and on the liberties of
the people; aud it is singular, to say the least
of it, that the convention would be willing to
entrust to the legislature, this control over
the liberties of the citizens, -when they hive
practically denied them subordinate powers.
The 85th section, article 3d of the present
constitution, which declares, that “the gen
eral assembly shall haw no power to author
ize lotteries for any purpose, * * aud
tdi&ll pass laws to prohibit the sale of lottery
tickets in this estate,” has been wholly omit
ted in the new constitution; nor is this omis
sion rectified by the 30th sect ion of me fourth
article of the latter, not being of the class or
kinds therein designated, in which ihe general
assembly is forbidden to pass local or special
laws.
Thu?, thir, State, if the sew charter prevail,
may bt-conic the mart, for all the lot*erica ex
tant ; and the mwme.*«t, most dirhoucsr, and
demoralizing svi-tcm ol gambling be intro
duced among our people. Lotteries have been
suppressed iu nearly all. the States, and the
tude of lottery tickets prohibited under severe
penalties; and it would not by any means be
gratifying to the good people of this State, to
see a new era introduced here, by authorizing
tins meant at and most dishonest system of
gambling.
The economy of the new constitution is
earnestly urged in the address of the conven
tion. This"ccom »y consists in increasing
the number of officers and enlarging their sal
aries. or leaving them to be enlarged by the
Uaislature. This is economy with a'ven
goance; and tbe pica for it is, that the last
gcuc-al assembly expended a considerable
sum for postage, newspapers, pencils, knives,
die., in audition to the members pay.
The article on banks and banking is very se
vere. So far as these institutions are con
cerned, they are entitled to no marcy or con
sideration irom the people of this State, who
have been robbed and plundered by them iu
' the inot-l shameless manner, la fact, many
1 Of those institutions were established lor that
< xpnes purpose, and their projectors have
been eminently successful in accomplishing
it. But this may be attributed rather to r.id£
cal deficts in the sjslem and tftc mode of op
miting it, than to the abstract question of
banking. The people of this State are distin
guished for their energy, enterprise aud prompt
Lubiutss habits. Fofsucha people to cirry
i-‘H their operations in fanning, siock-raiaing,
trade, merchandise and improvements, with
out bankirg facilities, is an Impossibility; and
to hrnish those facilities altogether from the
Sv.te would place u» among the last, instead
of the first, of tbe sisters of the Union. But
while thus (Uicnnined apparently to bauish
all backsand bankinginstitu'lonjand circula
tion from the State, the fifth section of the
ninth article gives life and vitality to all the
dormant charters now extant, of which there
is a legion, and grants them one year in which
to commence operations. Tbe necessities of
the case will compel sum-xilirions banking
and the circulation of bank currency, by vrhicti 1
t:.c people will be as thoroughly aud certainly I
robin d as they have been by the stock banks.
The worst feature, however, in this whole
matter, and which should be signally and
finally rebuked by the people, ia the a>sump
trm of power and authority by this conven
tion, which wa? not delegated to them by the
people, or intended so to be.
They were elected to reform and remodel
rho constitution, and for no other purpose
whatever. Regardless of their implied obli
gations, they have assumed to doall the legis
lation for the State, for the nest quarter of a
century —to expel ail the executiveaud judicial
ufiii*trf,who were elected by the people, and
ill! their places with others; to rearrange tho
congrcss-ional and a--«'-mbly districts, that
iLtirown por-onnland political views might
be carried out, and to regulate the financial
and commercial affairs of the whole people,
rvgardh ss of the. interests of tho people. They
have arruuud dictatorial and arbitrary power,
and bj their acts endeavored to prove to tho
world that the people of Illinois have not
Lonesty, wisdom and patriotism enough to
govern* iheius-elvcs; aud ht-uce, this self-con
s'ituted House of Lords wished to relievo them
from all that trouble and responsibility. The
whole course pursued by this convention has
been closely modeled after that adopted by the
traitors who plunged our happy and prosperous
o«ui»t«j into this infamous civil war; and the
i objects sought were identical. Bath wished
I to prove that tbe people wore incapable of
1 self-government; that they have not sense
enough to select- competent and honest offi
cers and legislators; and that they must hive
an aristocracy, a nobility, to do all their
thinking and governing, retaining only the
privilege of laboring for aud supporting this
aristocracy.
Ist. Let the people rem Tuber next Tuesday
—that this convention prepared sotneeix pages
ct original matter, in the new constitution, at
a cost to the people of over $100,000; and al
so made the people pay for publishing their I
address. I
2d. That they increased the number of offi
cers Largely—enlarged the salaries of some and
arrarged others so they could and would be
enlarged, and have called this economy.
Ed.. That in an important class of cases they
have deprived tbe citizens of the protection of
a primary examination by a grand jury; sub
jected them to imprisonment at the discretion
of a single magistrate; and called that prolcc
tionann liberty 1
4ih. Tr at they have deprived the people and
the legislature of all control over tbe circula
ting medium of tho State; given vitality to a
boat of worthless hank charters —have endeav
ored to put an effectual cheek to every branch
of industry, enterprise, trade and commerce,
in the State, and called It patriotism.
sth. That they have opened the door to in-
famouslottery swindles and gambling in tills
Stale, and called it morality; and
6tb. That they have assumed all power, leg
islative, executive and judicial—slandered the
people, as incompetent to self-government—
our legislators, as unworthy of confidence—
and our able and j atrlotlc executive asinefll
dent.
And when tbe people remember tbfse
points, let them rebuke, as they deserve, tb ’se
self-constituted lords and masters.
The whole country is in an unsettled con
dition ; and it is impossible for the most
astute wisdom to determine what may be its
condition, and the circumstances of our
State, when this infamous rebellion will
be suppressed. IVc have thriven and pros
pered*under our present constitution, more,
probably, than any other State—and it is the
part of wisdom, especially In the present un
certain condition of affairs, to let well enough
alone, till those affairs are settled down and
wc can understandingly act for the present
and the future.
Let every true lover of his State, her pros
perity, and the rights of the citizens, vo‘c
against fastening upon us, this bill of abomi
nations. John Wilson.
FROM THE TENNESSEE AB3TF.
Where has Beauregard Gow? —WiU our Army
go into Summer Quarters? —The Country in
Tennessee —The Crops —T Voter Good—The
Itople — Their Mode of Living — The Negroes
alout <m Smart >u the White*—Amalgamation
— lgnorance—Sine the Ihliticians Rule the
Masses South—Material for Democratic Ma
jorities—Cotton at the Landing.
[Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.}
Pittsboic Lakdihg, June 4,1562.
This will be my last letter from this place,
and trill be devoted to a few reflections upon
the country, its resources, inhabitants, slavery
etc., rather than to news, which latter, how
ever, is about “played out” in this region,
havirg given place to speculations respecting
the whereabouts of Beauregard, his army, its
condition etc. Many think his army is broken
up and dispersed into small bands, and some
place the nmnbcr of deserters from it at labn
lous figures. I still continue to adhere to my
originlal opinion, and that is that the rebel
army has retired in good order, and is now
stationed at various points along the lines of
the railroads leading to the South. Beaure
gard's “last ditch,” is the Vicksburg and Mont
gomery (Ala.) railroad, and he will attempt to
make a stand there with Mobile as the base of
bis line of operations, and he Trill endeavor to
render the railroads leading to this
line useless, so as to impede our progress.
His last hope is that the climate at the South
will decimate our army, and that he may tire
us out by u prolonged contest in the cotton
States. How he will succeed it is for time
alone to tell. As matters now look, however,
affairs are very gloomy indeedfor the cause of
the Southern Confederacy.
Several of outgeneral oUlcers talk of placing
the army iu summer quarters, for a month or
two of’the hot weather, and indicate the
mountains of northern Alabama as being an
excellent situation, which would also com
mand the entire cotton States. Whether this
will be done I cannot say; nevertheless it Is
freely discussed in high quarters. The ques
tion is, would it not be better to followup the
enemy by means of the lines of railroad as
rapidly as possible, and in this way not give
him lime to concentrate at any one point", or
to recover from the demoralization, more or
lees, consequent upon a retreat.
There is a report that a Tennessee regiment
had voluntarily laid down its arms to Gen.
Tope, and had been sent home; but Ido not
beiievc it, as I should have heard of some
preparations at this place or Hamburg, to re
ceive the men; whereas none such have been
made.
This region of country it naturally ycry
fine, abounding in agricultural reeourjes of
ail kinds. Colton, cbm and wheat are the
staple products. The last appears to be ready
sor the sickle, and sifter the crop has been
harvested, there is sufficient time to plow up
the stubble and plant corn, which grows here
v«ry luxuriantly. On the bottom lands I
have seen it already four or live feet
high and in a few days more it
will be in ear. But comparatively Utile agri
cultural labor has been performed in this
region this season, on account of the presence
of the army, and the fact that the males c ipa
ble of bearing arms are nearly all with the ar
my. Gra-s widows and children arc very nu
merous, but men are scarce. I have seen bat
very few boys over twelve or fourteen years
r.f age in my travels. Those facts show to
what an extent the war has cleared the coun
try of its laboring population.
'Water can be* had of a most excellent quali
ty all over this region. Springs are to be met
with in all directions through the little ra
vines. The water is soft, the rocks from
which it springs being generally a red sand
stone. Sometimes it flows in quite a large
stream from out of a gravelly knoll. I have
seen the soMKrs run a couple of lengths of
a camp stove pipe into one of these knolls,
and, using a half barrel as a receptacle, in this
way mruish a perpetually flowing stream of
water, sufficient to supply two of three regi
ments for bathing as well as cooking pur
poses. A short cis’ance from such a spring,
is smother which flows into a natural rock
basin, and which Is used as a bath-tub on a
large scale by tne soldiers, who may here be
found washing ofl" the impurities of the Ten
nessee soil from their persons, anytime dur
ing the day.
Yet, with all these natural advantages, with
a Leaßby climate and a magnificent gull, after
over fifty years of settlement, this region of
country Is as yet almost in a state of nature.
You ride along through the forest, and only
at the distance of two or three miles apart,
come upon clearings, or rather fields in which
the gigantic trc» s are left standing, having
been merely girdled 3*ears before. The house
of the settler is generally a log hut, but iai
perfectly “chinked” up with mud. Some
times even this is not done, but the light of
heaven is allowed to Stream in in all directions.
Of course, in this case im windows are needed.
Indeed 1 saw but few glazed windows. Most
of the houses bad no glass whatever. A
wooden shutter, closed at night and open by
day, serves all the purposes of air and light.
Of course, into such cabins as these, the bugs,
licks and Immense poisonous spiders have tree
access, and doubtless improve the opportu
nity. In many instances I found the occupants
had do beds or bedding, never took off't heir
clothes, or at least only periodically, and when
they retired for the night, slept in a semi
circle around the hearth with their feet to the
fire, like so many savages. It was not un
common for the n« groes to occupy the same
sleeping apartments with the whites. In truth,
as to intelligence, the negro appears to be
every whit as well informed as his or her mis
ter and mistress. They are generally much
more lively in their speech and motions, and
far more healthy looking. Turn your back
to the family and you could-not tell the dit
fen nee in speech between the master
and the man. And in this way
is slavery fast placing the once African savage
upon a dead level with the white man. But
is if. rot only doing so in this manner, bin iu
another and more intimate one. I allude to
the commingling of the blood of the two
races into a common stock, whether a ilcgen
fiatc one or not time alone can det rmxne.
But that amalgamation is going on at *>n
.\tronuTy rap'd'rate no one will have tuc har
dihood to deny. I will give an instance as a
specimen, and which"* I obtained from
a distinguished division surgeon in
the army, a native southerner, born
,u.d raised m Kentucky. He ‘was "riding out
to the front a few days since in company with
Gen. aud staff. They stopped at a log
Imt by the waysdde ami were struck with the
b. «ulv and iuUllipeut looks of a lit,tic g»rl
about’four or live years of age. She had eyes
of the most brilliant black, straight wavy
hair, and white skin. Upon inquiry they
learned that she was the daughter of a mulat
to woman by a colored man. This woman,
they also learned, was the daughter of her
own master, or owner. She had had three
husbands—negro men also owned by her own
fatluror bis neighbors. Two of them had
been sent South dud sold; the third was now
living with her. By her present husband
she ' had several black children and this
white child. Some of the neighbors (per
haps maliciously) it was afterwards found out,
reported that this child was the daughter of
the woman’s own father and owner! The
family, white and black, appeared to live very
amicably together. The white owner had
t-evorai children by a white woman, and he
was reported to be a kind master to his
slaves. Now, hero is a specimen of the pecu
liar institution so revolting as to shock the
sensibilities, to say nothing of the religious
sentiments, of ’ the most brut il of
mankind. Let Northern apologists
for slavery talk no more “of
abolitionists and amnlgamationists at the
North. Il they want toseeamalgamitionand
mcruior.Lro of themes; degrading kind, just
let them visit a slave State ;"and when they do
h t the ui: ike core to go among the middling
ci:‘£.- of svbites. owa-rn of a few slaves, and if
thej do not find a population sunk in Che most
buirish b'.sstkditv and ignorance, it is because
they will uot. Here is a country over wuich
i fit* famous Davy Crockett hunted,and stumped
f.-r Congress, over thirty years ago; yet it is
e‘ill r.s much of a wilderness as ic was when
the “bars” and the catamounts reigned al
most supreme in its solitudes. And what his
btcolhe drawback to its progress aud civili
zation ? Simply the institution of slavery—no
more and no less.
A laughable instance of southern ignorance
was related to me by the commandant at Fort
Ht-ioian. This gentleman, who is a Major In
the Curtis Horse, a few d »ys since went iiro
a store to make some purchases, for which he
paid a five dollar Canada bilL The store
keeper passed it to the wise man of thevil
•ace, who scrutinized it for some time very
closely with the aid of an enormous pur of
bia&s-bowed spectacles. He finally returned
il to the store-keeper, but could make nothing
of it. He thought it might be counterfeit,
but was not sure. The store-keeper took
another squint at it. “ Montreal, Can
ada,” read the merchant in small wares.
“ \Vhat State is that in?” Finding it no go
the Major banded him one of “Lincoln’s
green backs,” as the call
them, with which the intelligent southern
gentleman was perfectly satisfied. Yet these
arc the Stales, and those ihcpeoplo that have
bten furnishing the Democratic party of this
country its staple majorities for years. No
wonder the resu't has been the breaking up
of the Union. No Republic can ever s*au!
such an accumulated amount of darkness aad
lunonmce as are displayed in the Southern
Suites among the back-woodsmen and small
farmers, whose votes in reality are the levers
by which southern politicians have ruled this
country through the Democratic party.
The faces of the people indicate a great
l*ck of intelligence. Men and women are
alow of speech, drawling In their pronuncia
tion, showing that their brains are slow to
conceive, and thclr'tonguus slower still to
coDimumcste their thougnts and ideas. The
women appearto be particularly wanting in in
telligence and general Information. Most of
them look as if an idea would be a God
seed to them, for such a thing had not enter
ed their beads for years. In such a condition
of society of course passion takes the place
of reason; they read but little, and are conse
quently just in the condition to be impressed
by tho oratory of the stump or the pulpit
For the reason, that most of the political
teaching at the South is by “word of mouth,”
the politicians have now, and will always
have, unlimited sway over this masses. Th •sj
were always able to excite them to the highest
pitch of political frenzy, and finally to carry
them away into this most wicked rebellion,
which was undertaken solely in the interest
of slavery, and of the politicians who have
always gotten into power upon that all en
grossing topic.
A few hundred bales of cotton have been
brought in here. Much of it was purchased by
speculators at low prices, contrary to the
orders of Government. It has all, however,
been taken possession of by Major O. Cross,
Chief Quartermaster, who will not let a pound
of it go into private hands. It will be shipped
North on Government account.
By the by, among the many Chicago boys
praised for their conduct iu the battle of
Shiloh, there is none more highly than Lieut.
John C. Long, of the regular army, and son of
ex-Ald. James Long, of your city. He waa
acting as Aid to Gen. Hurlbut, and was as cool
and collected during tbe two days fighting as
if he had been on dress parade. F.
OUR ST, LOUIS LETTER.
Dad j Signs in Missouri—So Dh franchising Reb
els:—The State Convention kill* an Emancipa
tion Scheme —Guerrilla Warfare Flourishing
—An Alarm in the Southieest—Oeri'ym'inder
ing Congressional Districts—Various Items,
[Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.]
St. Louis, June 9,1802.
Two very disheartening events oc
curred within a week. Tbe State Convention,
true to pro-slavery instincts, has refused to
disfranchise traitors, thereby placing them ou
a level with loyal men, and lias refused even
to allow the friends of emancipation the privi-
lege of discussing the subject. The proposi
tion to disfranchise all have bbme
arms against the State pr.thixijiiited States
since the rebel
lion was defeated bn a.moUSA’Wad'e by Judge
Sample Orr of whom we ex
pected somethlng)bcttcr acted here-
tofore as an unco'fiipronilslng I jlre-eating, stiff
backed Union mad ..should act, and declined
all association with traitors.*- Bat the canyon-
lion sustaincd’his motion, after a brief debate,
by a vote of forty-four^ to twenty-four' Tbe
yeas are unanimously pro-slavery^men—every
man among them wended closer'to slavery
than to the Union, and belonging to that stripe
ol Union men who cling to the government
beeause of the fugitive slave law and similar
concessions. They will be found, a few
months hence, urging further concessions to
slavery, as the only means of restoring hat
mony, etc. The nays comprise the straight
out, true-blue, unconditional Union members
of the Convention, including all the St. Louis
delegates save two, and such men as Lieut.
Gov. Hall, Hon. W. A. Hall, M, C., and Sena
tor Henderson.
The summary killing of the emancipation
scheme is still more disheartening because the
subject was brought before the convention in
its mildest form. Indeed it was drawn so mild
as to excite the opposition of many emancipa
tionists in St. Louis, who thought something
stronger was called for. The author of the
proposition is Judge Samu.-IM. Breckinridge,
one of the ablest men in Missouri, the Aiuerl-
can candidate for Congress in 1858, at the time
of the Blairand Barrett con cst. Judge Breck
inridge was made circuit Judge in with
out opposition, and in 1881 was elected to the
State convention by upwards of 5,000 majori
ty over his higbeit conditional Union oppon
ent, and receiving at t.c suae time the highest
vote on his own ticket. He is a Kentuckian
by birthandarelativeof Rev Dr.B c.-idnridge.
His proposition was simply to alio-v the people
of the State to vote in IS i 4 upon the question
of compensated emancipation designed to go
into operation in 1800. This fair and simple
scheme to test the willingness of Missourians
to give up slavery twenty-eight years hence,
was laid on tbe table by a vote of fifty-two to
nineteen. Here again we find the pro-slavery
clement really identical witn that which de
feated the proposed disfranchisement of rebel
voters. .•United States Senator Henderson and
ex-Gov. Stewart are the most prominent of
those who opposed the summary killing of
the emancipation scheme. After these two
acts we may expect anything from, the State
Convention.
The next step in the programme to seal
Missouri to the pro-slavery interest is the
genymondcrirg of the congressional districts
so that there shall be no free soil member from
any district hereafter. The strongfree soil vote
of St. Louis is divided by cutting off the first
snd second wards, Where there is an emannpa-
i ion majority of 3,000 on asqu ire vote,and tack-
ink* thes« ward* to eight other counties, in
three of which there is a shadow of free soil
vote and that is all. The city has always been
cm ried for free principles and for free soil
cani ida’es by naans of these two wards.
The eight remaining wards miy be classed
as three intensely pro-slavery, (the sth, 6th
and 9th,) four doubtful, (tbe’Sd, 4th, 7th and
Sth,) and one free soil, (the lOtb). The result
is that we have the tree soil city of St. Louis
cut in twain, and loaded down with such a
preponderating pro-slavery vote,that the elec
j ion of an emancipation Congressman is
rendered next to impossible, the more especial
ly t'o since the rebels who have returned from
price’s army may vote with impunity.
Turning IrompoliMcs to warmatters we find
that the action of the State Convention has in
nowise diminished rebel audacity. While
icbels arc encouraged by being allowed the
fcame privileges as loyal men, troops from Illi
nois aud lowa and Indiana are hereto protect
loyal citizens. This is the return they get for
hunting rebels to see them caressed by pro
slavery politicians with as much tenderness as
if they were the most loyal souls in existence.
We find that bushwhacking still rears its head
in various sections. On Taursday last a gang
of sixteen guerrillas came within sixteen miles
of Pedalia, and captured a Quartermasters
forage train consisting of sis wagons and
tlutty-six mules. Word was brought to Se
dalia by one of the teamsters and a company
of the Ist Missouri cavalry went in pursuit.
Tin y succeeded in recapturing all the prop
erty and six horses belonging to the enemy
beside. They killed two of the rebels and
•wounded one, the rest taking to the bashes
and escaping. Several murders by guerrillas
in North Missouri are also reported.
Iherc is said to be considerable excitement
in the southwest, caused by reports brought
by refugees and others tint a large body of
Indians, Arkansans, Texans and rebel Mis
sourians have assembled near Fort Smith
•with the Intention of invading Missouri. A
report published in a Leavenworth piper on
the above subject says.the rebels muster 12,000
strong and intend taking Fort SeoLt. Their
number is probably exaggerated but still the
fact exists that there is a respectable force
gathering in Arkansas to menace Missouri. It
is singular how quickly newspapers and indi
viduals who meniion this matter speak of the
safety occasioned by th« presence and valor of
the Kansas troops near Fort Scott and in close
proximity to Missouri. The Republican is one
of these journals, and yet at other times that
paper scarcely a'ludes’ to Kmsaa troops ex
cepting to ' stigmatize them as cowardly
Abolitionists, etc. The force of State militia
In the southwest Is already sufficient to beat
back the invaders and tne garrison atßolia
wiil be strengthened this week by the depart
ure of the wliole of the second Missouri artil
lery, I.UOO strong, drilled as infantry as well
ss artillerists. The Kansas boys will fake care
of Fort. Scott, so that the supposed danger
jrom the 12,000 Fort Smith rebels is very
slight indeed.
There-opening of the Mississippi to Mem
phis has given an impetus to river interests,
and old s*eamboatmen who have consorted
with the rebels and avowed their sympathies
with the Southern Confederacy, arc coming
out from their holes now, and professing the
broadest attachment to the Union. As no
pilot, or captain, or clerk, or mate, can ran on
the river without first subscribing a stringent
oath of allegiance to the United States
Government, the secession steamboatmen
.sre compelled to come down for their
high horse and talk Unionism in order to ply
their avocation on the river. There are sev
eral boats up from Memphis, and ono adver
tised for New Orleans. The Government is
looking out ahead already, and several boat
loads ot provisions arc in store here, ready to
be shipped down the river to supply General
Bntler’s forces and Commodore Farragut’s
fleet, as toon as the river is fairly op.-n, which
we expect to happen belore the end of the
week.
The Union hospitals in St. Louis arc doing
finely under the genial influence of Improved
weather. Dr. might, the former Medical Di
rector, who was so generally disliked by all
civilians who came into con’act with the hos
pitals, has been removed, and Dr. McOougal,
now Chief Snrgcon on Gen. Hdleck’s smff,
has bet n appointed In his stead. Assistant Dr.
Wells'he senior surgeon, lastly ia charge of
the Fourth street Hospital Is now actiuga*
Medical Director.
J odge Birch has been released conditionally,
in oroer to allow him to represent his constit
uents iu the State convention,and true to hisse
cetslon instincts, he voted against disfranchis
ing rebels, and against agitating the emancipa
tion question.
To-d*y the new administration paper, the |
Daily Union, appears fori he first time. Its
position has heretofore been defined- Upon
all political points, excepting the colouizition
ot emancipated negroes, it is
sound. Tbe paper is printed on the type of
the Ecw Era, a paper formerly published in
Cemidelel—onr suburban neighbor. It is
, slated that the priming materials of theCiron
uelet concern were presented to the proprie
tors of the FmVwby Hon. H. T. Blow, ox-min
[ jsttr to Venezuela. By the way, no name
[ appears as publisher, editor, manager oragent
I in Ibe first issue!
On Thursday Gen. Schofield received a dis
pel ch from Brig. Gen. E. A- Brown, at Spring
field Mo., staling that CoL John M. Richard
son had been mortally wounded in a skirmish
with the rebels undtr Gen. Codec, and sixty
of his men taken prisoners. The report cre
ated considerable pain in this city, where Col.
Richardson is well known. He is a strong
republican and was formerly Secretary of
State in Missouri. At a later hour, however.
Gen. Scofield received a second dispatch trim
Gen. Brown contradicting his former dispatch
and stating that Col. Richardson Is safe.
Sixty-eight deaths arc reported at the mili
tarv hospitals in St. Louis for the last week.
Fourteen were from Illinois, nine from Michi
gan, four from lowa, five from Wisconsin,
seven from Indiana, twelve from Missouri and
the rest from Ohio, excepting a few prisoners
of war.
Gen. McKinstry will publish his defense In
a tew days against the charges of corruption
brought against his administration ot th-*
Quart ermaster’s office in this department If
McKlrfitry wonld tell the whole truth It would
be a rich expose. He protests that the politi
cians fastened bad men upon him and that
many of the jobs characterized as tbe worst
w« re ordered by the Secretary of War or Gen-
Frcmont.
The Western Sanitary Commission hare
done a valuable service to the sick and wound
ed soldiers here by issuing a circular inform
ing them exactly how, when, and where to
get their pay, furlough and discharge papers
without employing an agent or go-between-
It. has saved the soldiers hundreds of dollars
already.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
if Pnrtcr's Emancipation SHl—lts Probable
Effect —Slavery Stronger than the JleteUvm—
itow to Cure the Guerrilla Eruption.—Shall
Lynch Lav: he Ee~established in theSmth?—
Cr.i'. Stanly and his Bedlamite Policy— "What
is Thought of it in the Senate—The Stale of
UVs&m Virginia.
IFrom Our Own. Correspondent.] *
WAsmNQTOK, Jane G, ISM;
Mr. Porter’s emancipation bill, which the
House has substantially agreed to pass, is a
yeryfair measure for a conservative one,
and iflt shall become a law it will go a great
way towards finishing the rebellion. It de-
Clares all the slaves of the leading classes
in Jcffdom, who shall hereafter continue in
rebellion against the government of the
United States, immediately and forever
free. The classes arc enumerated as fol-
lows:—1, officers of the rehelarmy and
navy; .2, civil officers of the Confederate
States, President, Tlce-President, Members of
Congress, Judges, Cabinet officers, foreign
ministers, or consuls; 3, officers of the rebel
State governments; 4, persons who, having
held office under the United States, shall here
after hold any offices in the so-called Confed
erate States; 5, all persons holding any office
or agency under the Confederate government,
whether national, State, or municipal, who
have accepted their offices since the date of
the oretended ordinance of secession of their
States respectively, or have taken an oath of
allegiance to the Confederate States.
Up to this print the bill is imperative, and
does not depend on the will or discretion of
the President tor its practical force. But there
Is a sixth class enumerated, which includes
all persons in the slaveholding States who, be
ing actually and wilfully, and without coer
cion or compulsion, engaged in armed rebel
lion against the United States, shall not with
in sixty days alter public warning and procla
mation of thelPresidcnt of the United States
lay down their arms and return to their allegi
ance to the United States. The remaieder of
the bpl prescribes the judicial machinery for
ascertaining and establishing forever the free
dom of the"slaves of such persons and their
posterity, and provides for kidnapping or at
tempting to rc-enslsve such freed persons.
The President is also authorized to negotiate
for the right of settlement of such persons in
some tropical country, and to colonize them
there with their own consent.
Tbe resolutions of the Virginia legislature
establish tbe fact very conclusively that slavery
is not only stronger than tbe Union, bat
that it is stronger than the rebellion. They
declare that no power exists which can divest
a slaveholder of his human chattel, whether
with compensation or without it, whether on
one pretense or another, whether by national
laws, or State laws, or the whole peopleat the
ballot box. Daring my visit at Norfolk, I
learned that the rebellious and obstinate citi-
Zeus had made no appeals, no petitions of any
kind, to Gen. Viele, except for the return of
fugitive slaves. They were too proud to ask
lor the removal of restrictions upon trade; they
refused to have a post office; they repelled
the idea of having the navy yard rebuilt;
they declined in most instances to take Uni
ted States Treasury notes, but they found no
difficulty in humbling themselves when sambo
or dinah took refuge in the Federal camps or
tied xo the northern side of them. They could
be profoundly submissive and truly penitent
on this subject. The lower counties of Mary-
laud are full of secessionists who curse and
defy “ your damned Lincoln government ” all
tie time, butlet anegro escape to the Federal
district, (now comparatively free) and up they
come, with ropes and horsewhips in their
hands,anOldiC lire of hell In their heart-,but with
the most obsequious smib-s and lawoiag ac
cents on their lips. Talk ab ,»ut the “ everlast
ing negro question!*' rtuu a full-blown and
full-blooded secessionist it is not only ever
lasting, but omnipotent and boundless, jost
ling the stars by comparison with any other
subject of mortal concur a. It is the “imme
diate jewell of his soul.” He will freely
give his sons t:> be slain by Northern bullets
fwrihe sole and only purpose of tightening
his grasp upon his negroes. A naval officer
(born in a slave State) who hts just arrived
mre from Port Royal, tells me that Gen.
Hunter’s Order No. H created more conster-
nation in South Carolina and Georgia than all
the Federal victories pat together, out when
the President*!* countermand came along they
put u;-. their crests again, and became more
deliani and spiteful than before.
The emancipation bill, if it becomes a law,
will thus strike at the very coie of the rebel
lion. If tbeannies of Jell*. Davis were ?Il dis
persed to-morrow they might continue the
war lor years as it has been carried on in West
ern Virginia lor a twelvemonth. And apropos
of this—Mr. Whaley, a member of Congress
from Western Virginia, who has recently re
turned from a visit to his home at Ueredo,
reports a dreadful condition of things all over
the State. No man’s life is safe, whether he
be Unionist or secessionist. The adherents
of Jtlf. Duals are shooting and plundering
over the country, fancying that every time a
loyal man is killed or impoverished the cause
of the great slave empire is helped on some.
The Union men of course retaliate as they
have opportunity, and when they have no op
portunity they make one. Missouri is not
yit fice from guerrillas. Spread this kind of
strife over hall a million of square mib's, after
the rebel armies ore all routed and scattered,
and what a serene era of peace we shall have
attained I Bat If slavery is a stronger passion
in the hearts of the Southern people th ;u t ea
ton, -.is it really seems to be, any law which
shall make emancipation the penalty of rebel
lion will be pretty certain to end the war.
Another matter connected •with the “ ever-
Listing negro question ” will soon conic up to
rex us, and It certainly ought to. I refer to
the important question 01 free speech and a
irte press in the Southern States. A citizen
of Ouattannooga, Term., who waa driven out
of the State last year as a traitor, (because he
would not roramit treason,) went from Wash
ington to Nashville a short time since intend
ing to start an emancipation paper at his old
home as soon as the armed rebels should be
driven out. He has written to friends here
that the work of making Union meu ia Tcu-
Bct-ec e is a YL-ry slow and up-hiiljob, but he
intends to persevere, and he expects to claim
the protection of the Government, to which
he hus been faithful through evil as well as
good report, against mob violence. Shall he
SaveU? Every loyal man will answer yes,
and every secession sympathizer will say that
we ought to respect flta’e rights, or state in
stitutions, or state an? thing else, which means
Judge Lynch. "Wo must respect this high old
functionary and his processes of tar and
hemp! Better far that we should withdraw
our armies to the slave liue and fight the
whole war over again with a new set of prin
ciple, than permit the terrorism ot the past
ten, twenty, jus. thirty years, to resume
sway over half the continent.
The performances of the Hon, Hr. Stanly,
tclrarcii of North Carolina, have led many
mcmbcj-s of Congress to inquire what is the
office of “Military Governor.” It has never
been created by any law. No money can be
drawn from the treasury to support it. Its
purpose in this instance lias been to afford a
miserable creature an opportunity to display
the most odious qualities of the human, heart
to the public gaze. The best thing that can
be done for Mr. Stanly is to withdraw the
United States troops long enough to let the
unlives dispa’eh him, as they would be very
glad to do. It was slated here before Mr.
Stanly went to his tetrarchy. that he was one
of Mr. Seward's wise selections. Whether
the honor of giving him to the great- cause of
conciliation is ttill claimed tor the Secretary
ot Stale, but it serves to illustrate further a
remarkable infelicity in the choice of public
servants, which has not, perhaps, elicited
much comment, but has occasioned a vast
deal of thinking all over the country. Toe
indignation over Stanly’s doings has beau so
intense here that the policy was seriously
canvassed In the Senate of suspend
ing the tax bill till the scoundrel
should be removed. Other but not
better counsels prevailed, and I sup
pose he will be allowed to go on banishing
Union men, and taking the biblc and spelling
book away from the blacks, till the people of
the United States can get a chance at him and
those who unlawfully appointed him. There
is no certainly as yet that the President will
permit Secretary Stanton’s countermand
of Stanly’s abominable proceedings to be
scut forward. Let us hope that he, who so
recently exhorted the slave States not to be
blind to the signs of the times, will not be
wholly blind to them himself
The Virginia Senators arc very anxious to
get their so-called State separated from the
’Old Dominion and admitted at once. There
is not the ghost of a chance for them ia this
Congress. Aside from the Constitutional dif
ilcuity, there is no great d-.*sire existing here
t-j have four Masons and Garbles ia the Sen
ate, instead of two. It was not to accomplish
, this cud that so many brave soldiers have laid
down Ihtir lives iu Virginia.
A Question of Veracity.
iIONENCE, 111., June 4,133.
[Correspondence Chicago Tribune.]
A Mr. J. W. Eystra, who adds to his sig
nature Adj. 3d battalion 2d lowa cavalry,
writes a Utter to you dated May 25, lS6i, and
which you published in your paper of the 3d
lost., and then you made the remark in an edi
torial that you presume the facts are as stated in
the Utter,
This letter contains only one correct state
ment, and that is the one concerning the cav
alry charge on the enemy’s battery? . a °d that is
largely exaggerated, unless the writer meant
to include the horses in the number of killed
and wounded.
Now, as to what the facts are. This morn
ing I called to see Capt. Belt T. Clark of co.
D, regiment 111, vol*., who is on the sick
lL?t and home on a furlough. He was in the
Baltic of Farmington on. the 7th of May, and
one of the very last that left the Beld. I read
to him Mr. Adj Eystra’s letter, and the capita
gave me the following facts:
1. The day before the battle of Farmington
his company, with a part of Pope’s division,
went out to within one and a half miles of
Corinth.
2. The enemy did bum, or set on fire, the
bridge across the creek in the swamp the
night after the battle, and Capt. Clark assisted
next day inputting in new timber* in place of
those burnt.
S. There were thirteen companies sent out
the day of the battle as skirmishers, and the
Yates sharpshooters. On the right, the skir
mishers were three companies of the 43d Ilk
and two companies ot the 51st HL, ail com
manded by Major Walworth of the 43d —and
on the left* two companies of the 42d and sir
companies of the oLst, commanded by CoL 1
Roberts of the 43d. On the left, also, were
the Tates sharpshooters, commanded by their
own officers. .. Co. D of the 43d, was with
those to the tight. ’
4. The troooe engaged that day were nearly
all from Jainois* except the Bth "Wisconsin and
the 2d low& cavalry.
5. The skirmishers on the left under Coh
Roberta came in and formed with the balance
of their regiments, whichhadgotintoposition
in from ot the enemy, and there they remained
and were the last ofi the field.
C. Mr. Eyfctra say.sj. “ Not a shot was fired
from a Federal cannon that day.” One section
of H’scock’s battery, under command of Copt.
Talifero, took a position on the hill at the
cotton house, and did good service there, and
after being twice ordered to leare the field
fired =r-vf*rni rounds at tlie advancing foe 'while
the 1 ones were being hitched to the guns, and.
Oie tbject of the charge ofthe2dlowa cavalry
o cover their retreat.
7. Mr. £. also Bays: “ Not a volley was fired
by an iUmois rcslaicnt.” Well, Capt. Clark
siyr, just alter fUe rebel general on the grey
horse was killed, and alter the cavalry hud
le 1 <he field, the- 6th Illinois fired several
Volk j s at the rebel infantry and drove them
back, but being charged upon by the enemy’s
aitill ry, they had to retreat across the swamp.
8. The 42d and 51st remained on the field
in ihe woods in line of battle, and kept the
C limy in check for two hours after the cavalry
and the 26th had left. It had been driven
across the swamp, and all the time they were
under a terrific fire of canister and shell, and
when everything else, save two ammunition
wagons, had got safely away, the 42(1 threw
oat their left company to keep the enemy in
etieck, ar.d then the balance of the42d tiled
along the road and over the bridge , and the
51sl deployed into the same line and left the
field, and then the said left company ofthe42d
In ought up the rear, and thefr commanding
officers said they withdrew from the field in
a? good order as if they had been on dress pa
rade.
0. Capt. Clark said, further, that he saw the
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune when
he was making his report of the battle, and
that hU report « true. Yours, &c.,
iL 0. Clash.
inside of fort pillow.
{.Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.]
Fort Pillow, Term, June 5, ISG2.
“To iriomphe /” Strategical inactivity has
triumphed! The persevering system of an
chorage has conquered! Fort Pillow is ours,
after having ceased to he any one elsc’s.
The gunboats, true to their nautical charac
ter, acted strictly upon, the principal of
salvage, only seizing that which has been
abandoned.
The contest was not very spirited, ’tis true,
hut it has been nobly prolonged. The fort
was carried yesterday with fearful loss of time
and—nothing more.
For six dreary weeks has has our fleet lay
“ wrapt in eternal silence, far from enemies,”
the gallant Commodore reposing like Spen
cer’s nymph,
“ Twist sleep and wake after she wcarv waa
■With bathing in the Acioalian brook.”
The domestic swallow has huilt her nest
and hatched her young spoa the bomh-proof
pilot-house; the indolent crawfish laid his
eggs and hored his holes in onr quiet hull,
while the timid turtle could oft be seen sun
ning himself upon the iron side of onr invin
cible Armada, and thus have we bdUUy held our
position. Dost like the picture? Not very
warlike—but so pleasant.
Never since the brave British marines, un
der Admiral Dundas, whiled away a summer
sucking oranges at Malta, to the great amuse
ment of the Russians and the serious derange
ment ot their own bowels, has the world wit
nessed so fine a spectacle of maritime strategy
and diarrhea.
At length—for there must be an end to'all
things, even to the peace and quietness of our
flotilla —Hie Commodore, having matured his
vdans, received his reinforcements and pro
tected his gunboats lor the dread rams, an
nounced his readiness to co-operate with the
land forces, which he did by joUoicing them
into a deserted fort, having' been previously
signa’el that no enemy was near. Spirit of
Decatur, but it was a rich sight.
The Jew Appela would hardly believe it,
but Fort Pillow—redoubtable Fort Pillow —
the mustcr-piecc of the subtle Episcop il war
rior was taken by Col. Fitch of the 46th Indi
anna volunteers. In a little open Illinois River
steamer, the “ Hattie Gilmore,” supported in
the distance by eight iron-clad gunboats and
sixteen mortar boats. The first flag that
floated over the ramparts of th-s formidable
stronghold was the bar-room banner of the
“Hattie,” on which was emblazoned the
spirited device, “Jo Credit—Don't a<k it."
I am disposed to believe nobody will.
The only exciting contest on this memora
ble occasion was between the “Hattie” and
a valorous dug-out, to see which should first
land under the frowning battlements of dis
mounted Columbiads. It was a beautiful
scene, and was douMless “ taken by our
special artist on the sx t.”
Your correspondent, finding he could not
hethe first man In the ert, concluded to ac
company the flag ship an ! >e the last—
“ Nunc cst bibcnd ei.’’
As Horace says—Let’s drii k.
Seriously, the unneecssar prudence of our
“ Fabian policy,” (I believe .hac is the pretty
paraphrase by which such things are softened
down,) has proved enormously expensive and
infinitely humiliating.
We will be in Memphis to-morrow—wo
ought and might have been there a month ago.
The land force, consisting of a small brigade
of two regiments, mustering scarcely 1,006
effective men, under CoL G. N. Fitch, of the
461h Indiana volunteers, fretting under this
unaccountable delay, was incessantly on the
alert, and so far as in them lay, gave’the ene
my no peace.
The colonel commanding, by personal ob
servation, numerous dashing reconnoisances,
and laborious scouts, had obtained a complete
knowledge of the fort and its surroundings.
Every aliule, creek, island, ravine and marsh,
was accurately mapped out—the position 01
the batteries, and the condition of the garrison
thoroughly known—and the feasibility of cap
turing the entire force by a land attack, pro
vided the gunboats would only engage tne at
tention of the water batteries—all of which
was duly laid before the Lag officer, and day
alter oay was be urged to proceed, but each
conference ended in a eulogy upon Fabias
and the penetrability of iron, and the gunners
sat them down in the tun, and p itirntiy fished
for cat. Now that the iort is ours, the correct
ness of the colonel’s plan is patent to every
one. In addition to which, wc learn irom
prisoners just brought in, that the garrison
has neverbecn reliable, aud always very small.
The fort is undoubtedly a very formidable
work, displaying enormous labor and great
skill, but it presents the very picture of disso
lution now, filled with nothing but burnt
stores, exploded cannon, and fragments ot
.shell. One company of the Indiana brigade
will be left to occupy the fort, while wu pro
ceed directly to Memphis.
I will inlona you of what occurs by next
mail. * H.
Such in Fame.
Gen. Cuas. Devens, of Worcester, Mass , as
true a gentleman and gallant officer as ever
drew a sword, is returned among: the wounded
of the battle of Chickahonnoy as “ Gen. D- bnr
of Massachusetts.” At least all the papers
Lave it so.
FROM AUCTION.
RECEIVED THIS DAY
Thursday, May 31,18G2,
ANOTHER LOT Or 500 PIECES OF THOSE
PINE APPLE MUSLIMS
A new and beautiful article fnr drc.iaf'*. w»
nrcecllii’g them at TlilwKK SHILLINGS a yard—ju<t
bait price.
100 Doz. Beal French. Embroidered Severed
ana Homs Stitched Hsndkorcr-iefs,
For One Dollar. Regular price Three Dollars.
150 Doz, of the finest quality of
LADIES LISLE HOSE.
Plain, open worked and embroidered.
For Two and Three Shillings*
Regular price all {‘billings and one dollar
500 Doz. Extra quality ladies Hom'd
Linen CambricHandkercbiefe,
For Two Shillings.
I,oooHew Style good work Cambric Collars,
For Two SMI lings.
1,000 French Lawn Dresses, fast Color,
Ten Yards for One Dollar.
500 Pieces, new style, best Pacific DsLaiaes,
FOR ONE AND SIXPENCE.
500 Pieces best style and
Finest quality Challies,
FOR FIFTEEN CENTS.
50 Pieeesbest all wool Paris Printed BeLaines
FOR THREE SHILLINGS.
Another large lot of plain all wool DeI.ATNES. SILK
and WOOL CHALLIES. CRAPE MAKKTTS, BOil-
BAZCNKs, ami GOODS of every de
scription, for half price.ja.-t opem-.1.
Do not huv elsewhere AT ANT PRICE until too see
onr bargains, as we have large dally arrivals b£ new
aad desirable Goods of every description
FROM ACCTIOV,
Manufactarers & Importers Direct
Our entire stock is bought for uett Cash
AT A LAEG-E DISCOUNT
From regular prices, making every piece a Bargain.
W. 33. Koig* Sc €0.5
167 Sc 169 Lake Street.
xcMtaWWa
TREADLE’S SERIES
JL> PRICE 10 CENTS.
®P4H
CNIOis
trim
yoff r.EADT,
ISON BBOWN OW,
'IfISTd OF TENNESSEE.
ANECDOTES, Is’CIDSTTS. Ac.
leby all Booksellers and Newsdealers.
_ _
J3^Foraah
WOOL!
"We hare 150.000 placed In ear hand* to advance on
Wool, for sale in mis market or for shipment East,
where the hlshcst prices mav he realized. Producer*
and dealer* in Wool will do well to communicate with
u» before selling. Address
BAPPLETE Sc SHELDON,
Coto m ission IVZ erchants,
joi-rSI6-ly 248 South Water at.. Chicago.
Alexander siller,
Notary Public ami Commissioner sod Agent for
Military Claims. Ko. 2 South Clark atreet. corner of
South Water street. Chicago. 111. Haring been con
nected with the United S;at-:s Pay Department In the
Districts of Wisconsin. Illinois. Michigan. Ohio, Ken
tucky and Tennessee. I am enabled to procure arrears
of Pay. Bounty .Pensions. «tc.. with unusual ctflc.acy
and dispatch. * Special attention paid to making u? ac
counts of resigned officcraand discharged Bo.dieni, who
can obtain tr.eir pay cheaper by applying to me thmby
visiting a Paymaster. I urn aDo prepared to seilEx
changeon Groat Britain, Continental Europe Collect
Inheritances, by power of attorney. References
bv permission—Hon. F. A. Hoffman. Lt. Governor of
Illinois* Hoc. Edward Salomon. Goyernor of Wiscon
sin ; David Tod. Governor of Ohio. je»s3-&a
Q.RBAT CLOSING OUT SALE
paper HANGINGS,
AtF.E.BICBI’B.B9 Baudolptstreet.
[jeS-haa-lm]
TNFORMATION OF GREAT
X VALUE TO EVERYBODY
Bent Free cb Etosipt ot Ona Bed Stan;
A«m u. Q. m»m * CO. Conn. Hub
BffdMa
aaaijolesale Rouses.
RAVES & IRVINE
78 Ii&KE STREET,
Are now offering to me Trade, FOB HSTT CASH,
SKIRTS
At Maauflvctursrt Prices.
CORSETS
At very close figures. Also. BubberComlJS. Hair Nett,
SMrt nralos. Suspenders, SSdrt Bosoms, Hosiery, Hana
and Notions, at rates that
Cannot be Surpassed.
GRATES * IRVINE, 78 I*lto Street.
GORE, WILLSON & CO.,
54 Lake Street, CHcagOi
AUCTIONEERS ANB COMMISSION
merchants,
FOB THE SALS OF
BOOTS m SHOES
.IT IV'IIOTES.IZE.
Liberal Cask Advances made on
Consignments.
TVe are continually receiving from
EASTERN MANUFACTURERS,
Consignments of desirable styles of Boots and Shoes
which will be sold at
Auction to pay Advances,
In lots to suit customers, every Tuesday and Tmras
dayot ia A. M prompt, and at private oaladarlagthe
GROCERIES.
Ewing, Briggs & Go.
75 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO,
Offer for sale AT THE VERT LOWEST PRICES to
CLOSE BUYERS AND PROMPT HEN,
a wcU selected stock «f
G ROGERSES,
At 'Wliolesale,
EiIBIIACIXO
SUGARS, PISH,
TEAS, TOBACCO,
COFFEES, RICE,
SYRUPS, SPICES,
MOLASSES, SOAPS,
DRIED FRUIT,
WOODEN WARE, and all articles usually Included la
thelr line.
■We have bousht most of our poods for cash. and ‘be
lieve that we can mate It to the interest of all pur
chasing In this market to call and examine onr stoct
before'buying. EWING. XUiIGGS & CO..
No. 75 Water street. Chicago.
"Win. L. Ewing. St. Louis., Mo.
Clinton Hrlgpts irhlene-n
Thomas Ileennans, J L
SPRING 1862.
COOLEY, FAR WELL & CO.
42, 44 & 46 WABASH AVENUE
CHICAGO,
Are now offering a Urge and attractive assortment
eo^ESTics,
Prints, Ginghams, Be lalnos,
NOTIONS, FANCY <3-0013 S.
aad a cooica eelcctloa ot
GOODS.
s'on of our heavy Cotton Goods having been par
cba,-ed earl; in the fall, we can and will offer superior
inducements to the trade.
We wJI? guarantee oar prices to he the lowest made
In tbi? mrrket. or in New York, adding freight, and In
vite all clo*e buyers to a curefo! examination of our
stock before purchasing.
COOLEY. FARWELL & CO.
1862. SPEIHB TEAEE. 18621
WESES, WILLIAMS 4 YALE,
wzotxsAX* ntfLSsa ra
HATS, CAPS,
Etra-or &oods, x*ara«ols«
Umbrellas and Palm Leaf Hoods,
15 LIKE BXKEET, CHICAGO,
Have now in stoe* a Eases and de4rabl« aroos (Oi
Bpniaa Txans which will be offered at
Eastern Prices
7or CASH or approved abort czrdiz. leS-nH-
WHOLESALE
Sat, Cap aad Straw Goods noose.
S. f». L. BROORti,
BUCCES3OE TO
E. H. KELLOGG & CO.,
50 lake Street, Chicago,
Hi: now oa hand and is receiving rtaUr, a l&rzs and
EXriKELT UhlY stock of
Eats, Gaps aad Straw Goods,
of an Mafia, which hare been bought for cub etnoe
She great
IPccline in Prices,
Aad which will be sold for cash, or to prompt paying
Trade at
NEW YORE FRIGES.
Having engaged with Mr. Beoon, Ihcpetossc ay
old frifnds and customers, and shall as before do my
best in tl'lng their orders.
Bpll-pB2l-2ai
J?IWCR WOODS.
XL/ (Successor to CUAS. A. EATONJ
Ho, ISO LAKE STREET,
D3EALBR IS
Snsi, Sporting Apparatas, FUliiug
Tackle, FlMtolis Howie Ivulvos,
AND MILITARY GOODS,
Powder and SHot,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
apopan-iy
FAIRBANKS 5 STANDARD
SCALES 9F ALL SISBS,
Fairbanks Ac. Crreenlea£
ITS l.unt STBKBI. CHICASU-
JJOLLARD & DOANE,
Successors to Smith, Pollard Si Co.,
WHOLESALE GHOCEKS,
189 i 191 Sonli Water street, Chicago.
3. k. [roy3l-rT&:>-3m] Dobo. g. doajt
YORK AND ILLINOIS
Hoop Skirt Mannfaciory,
And importer and dealer In all kinds of
French and German Corsets.
AT WIIO^LES^LB
14" (opposite the Court
f— 11 - street. (Marine Bank
P- Chicago. Illinois.
KifcandCottoc^rfa
oT ' eD ’ d * 3 {
i “ 00^ stmt'y on hand, from
S sprlnca. children's, to 61 springs, ladles' size
K u.—YTe repair all fklrts wulch wc sell without ex
tra charge. provided tl»*» arc kept elraa. Oar Skirts
are warranted to he of too best qoulitv. "Watch spring
steel Skirts exchanged if not satisfactory, and bIJ par
cels sent to residence.
SOTICE to buyer*.
As ire nave been In the Skirt business since toe first
beginning of the trade, and hare branches of oar boose
in all the principal cities of the Union. as well as Lon
don, and «s our London Agent furnishes os our steel
at first cost—thus giving oar customers the benefit of
what we should otherwise pay for commissions—we
are able to sell lower thaft any other manufacturer.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
£» TRAfiER, Proprietor for Chicago,
Kew York Factory, S3 Itowrey,
mylS-tißUy Chicago Post Office Box 4535.
ALCOHOL AND SPIRITS.
MY 2T ETV
Alcohol Apparatus,
Said to be the finest piece of copper work in the conn
fay, capacity of OEohandred barrels per day.
Is now open for Public Inspection,
H. H. SHUPELDT,
jeS-t2-lm 09 South Water street.
g ATTEND AHL & CO., Importers,
“HOPE BULDIIC,”
No. 131 DUANE ST., NEW TOSS,
Haro now In store
Blue Cloths and Doeskins, tor Amy and
Havy Orders.
INDIGO CLOTHS FOR CAPS.
FINE 6-4 DOESKINS, REGULATION SHADS.
Yellow. Scarlet, Crimson and Light Green Cloths. Al
so—A full Uno of HEAVY WOOLENS. Eskimo and
Moscow Coatings and Velours. 3-4 and 64 Black Doe*
skins and Bearers. 64 Fancy CBaolmere*.
Fos Sals at the Lowest Mabsst Paioaa,
taySarTlMw-Stewl
gilJjolesare ®ousts,
SMITH BROTHERS,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
43 South Waterlstreet, Chicago,
Keep constantly on hand a'large and complete assort
ment of
SUGARS, COFFEES,
Syrups, Tobacco, Holassss, Teas,
WOODEN WAKE, COKDAGE.SC,,
AH of which will: be sold Very Low for Cash.
MAHCELLUS B. SMITH, late of Smith. Pollard & Co.
WALDO W. SMITH. ** b. f
A JXJDSON SMITH, Smith, Pollard S Co.
□c3-r?SS-2ml
DRUG'S.
J, H. KEED & CO.,
144 and 146 lake street,
JOBBERS OF
DRUGS, PAINTS,
MAITtJPAOTTJEEES' GOODS.
gare 8 large stock of goods, well
bought, and offer tUcmlowto
DASH AND PROMPT BUYERS.
Cmh24-E72S-3tnl
DRUGS.
WILLIAM 1). HARRIS,
87 South Water Street,
Jobber and dealer In
DRUGS, PAINTS,
OILS, VARNISHES,
Which I offer at low figures for or approved
credit. mylT-r HMm
TUST RECEIVED, PER
STEAMEI'.ETNA.
Coventry Frilling or Baffling,
IMPORTED ONLY BY
SUTTOS &
We arc in receipt of a fresh ripply of the aboTf' hcac
tiftil tratenaljn all widths. We would sav to all la
dles who have not seen this article, that ;t is made pre
cisely like a ribbon, in lengths of M yards, and has a
running cord in one « dire. hy'incans of whioli it can be
drawn i:p to anv desirable fullne-s.
It washes aiuf wears well, and is Incomparably finer,
cheaper and Letter than suy other llu'iliug In the mar
ket. Also.
CORSETS, HOSIERY & ZEPHTB WORSTED
SCTTO>* & BUIIKITT.
<X La?a'lc street.
Jo2-rS*i3.T.
‘Y'ANDERYOORT, OICKBBSON & 00,
159 k 301 Randolph SlrMt, CM tags.
UN PLATS, SHEET JEOS, *«..&?
myis-rssi-ly
Tinners’ Stock.
agents fob.
Howe’s Improved Scales.
mos’pi-RK-iTi
WHOLESALE
YANKEE NOTIONS.
J. M. STINE,
S3 take Street,
Corner of Wabash Aveiuie,
Has no** in store, and offer* to Uic Trade,
AT STEW IOBK PBIC
The largest and best assorted stock ai the city of
Yankee Sotlons,
Hosiery, Olotcs,
Hoop Skirts.
Keck Ties,
Hair Sets,
Aad an lie articles X*pt la a Fins? class
KOTtoa iiOVdX.
Orders promptly and falUifuHr attended to.
LmyLSrtsazaj]
MERCHANTS
3?TTRCTi>A.SI2^<3-
BOOTS AND SHOES,
WILL FIND AT
Nos. 20 aud 31 lake Street,
Corner Avenue, next dcor to Cooley,
Farweil & Co.,
A complete sssArtment ofcrcrj gtylc adapted to Hie
season. Wc keep good
Custom-Made 'Work,
For Vnosc who want snch, tmd also a large sappiy C 4
CHEAPER GRADES
Which we will sell at
Auction Prices for Cash.
Please examine onr stock before purchasing ela®-
where, or going furtlii-r Fast.
BOGGETX, BASSETT & HILLS.
jnyl&-r415-2ni
JJAWSOX & BASTLETT
Manufacturer? and ’Wholesale Healers in
BOOTS AND SHOES,
JTo. 30 Late Street, Chicago, m,
YVewould respectfully call the attention of Cltr and
Country Merchant* t'> our extensivestock ofßooia and
Shoes, which we have now In store. anti are daily re
ceiving from our Factory In YWpt Boylston, Mas?,,
which cmsl-ts of a full assortment of those Olebrat a d
Custom-Made Patna Kip and Calf, and Grain Water-
Proof Boots; together with a full stock of all styles ol
SfKIMi AND SinMEB GOODS,
Of the best una’itv and mr.nuf--??nres. which we are pre
parcl to sell for C,ASII ami prompt paying trade at
Boston amt Xtw York Jobbing Prices.
Y\\-are Agent® for the sale of Mitchell's Patent Ms-
Bllic Tip Bouts and Shoes in all the States.
FENCE WIRE.
AMERICAN
3STOS. 8 & 9,
W&Trantei longb, of first quality, Ha
~ood iengthM, and In good order, for
nsJc in large or small lots, by
YAJfDEETOOET, DIC£ESSOIT ft CO.,
Not. 199 & 201 Randolph St*
ap»pߣB3m
|^EX\ T STYLE© FOR
SUMMER TRADE.
WEBEB, WILLIAMS & YALE
2D X<ake Street, Chicago,
Dave iuft received from New York Cash Auction
sale? and direct from manufacturers, a lull stock of
HATS, CAPS, STRAW GOODS,
parasols, sux umbrellas,
AND PALM IEAP GOODS,
of all the latest styles, specially adapted for Summer
Trade, to which the attention of City and Country
trade is invited. mySU-rTSf-lm
GROCERIES.
16 & 18 STATE STBEET,
Ci Ob COOK (kf COay
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Cuh fcnyers arc Invited to examine
oar Stock*
PRINTS.
DAVIS, SAWYER & CO.,
40 & 42 Lake Street.
Prints and Domestics of all
popular brands, together with
a complete, fresh, and well as
sorted stoefe of staple and fan
cy Dry Goods, at Sew t»rk
P rfcCS - mjSrSMa
Q.KEAT CLOSING OUT SALB
paper hangings,
*tp e.BIGBPS,B9 Haadolpb»treetv
a [jo3-rS6I-lni]
pASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN
\J and FLOUR for sale is Baxter* marked.
KBIBALL & WOLCOTT,
Are prepares to make ad ranees on Gram and Floor
coos'gnedto John YvUmot, New York, and ctre the
snipper pnrilege of feUlnr m Oswero or Buffalo on
ai.irai ottho at either ottkose potato.
apil-p&i-Gm
BUKKITT,
IHPOETKEB OF
Ugaijolesalt Rouses,
1862 —Spring Trade.—iggj
CLOTHING.
Martin & Brothers,
Hate Kaao-mi to the L-Laai
MARBLE WAREHOUSE.
NO. 44 LIKE STREET,
Wliere they *te Receiving and Op?*.
Ins a
LAME AND COMPLETE STOCK
Spring and Summer
CLOTHING.
TRADERS
Will do well to call as a eramfa j our Stock before nr
chmHrtg elsewhere, as the PYTLB, QUALITY aHD
pKTCE. we are determine** shall he satisfactory to an
Manufactory. 382 Broadway, S. Y.
MARTIN & BROTHERS,
No. 44 laKe Street.
OHDEHS FEOMTTLT FILLED. jni4-n2Saa
IXEIi»,BE3HE»ICT &€■».,
34 & 36 Lake Street,
Are now opening a large and well assorted stocks
CLOTHS, CASSDIERES
ASO YESTXXGS,
Together with an the Prions styles of Hoods to
MSs-i’3 WEAR, such 13
Cordoroys, Satinets,
noleokins, Cottonades,
Velveteens, V. ami 23, Cass,
Planters* Drills, Queens Cloth, »
Planters’ Docks, Span’ll Linens, *
Merino Cass, Brap D’Etat,
Kentucky Jeans, Ital’n Cloths,
Fancy Linens, Tweeds.
Ton will always find in enr assortment ail the -Jetir-
Ahicatyies in the market, which will bo ao T ;i «.t ■■E-it.
factory ?rlce*. A Tall Block of Tailors’ »j.
ways on hand. apT puily
SPRING OF 1862.
"WHOLESALE
DRY GOODS.
Davis, Sawyer & €o.,
40 & 42 IASE STREET,
Have la store and now recalvias
300 Bales Isomcstics,
250 cases l*rint»,
300 “ Staple Cotton (Juods,
50 “ Assort'd BrcssCJoptis,
Coaiprialngthe most popnlar and desirable goods 3
the season, and the
FEWEST AMD MOST AT
TRACTIVE STYLES,
PTBCBAbEB FOR CASH B&uor ilia
recent depression of UioKaiiera .Tlat
kets; nil of which will be sold
AT LOWER PRICES
Thfin Hinny similar goedn, of ftIDKH
STYLES, now oAcred In this and
Eastern Markets.
Enver.', 03TE A'TD ALL, arc earnestly invited
to cxAmtce oar stock, and compare good* and,
prices, withoct regard to published qaota' iq.-j.
DAVIS, SAWYER & CO.
Otxt Arm lr. 9t I-onisia >
SAjklli C. DAVIS * CO.)
STRYKER & 00.,
Wo. 141 Lake Street,
C’oafes, Sacqnes & MaMilas
AT BOTH
■WHOLESALE ASH KETACLI
YVeare now manufacturing some
SEWSITLBSOF FRENCH Si€Q7fiS,
In both CLOTHS and SILK,
That Tot elegance of finish and comrXetcaes* of dcahPk
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
YT' invite a carrfr.ll examination of both qaalltr aa>l
pnoi-rf rnr i;arnn*i!t.t. an wc pav meat paCietClr ,t-
U-r,tior. t«> this brunch of **nr bu-fne?«: are In e-ei-scit
roc fpt of the most approved stvb**. and wd! i few
hours notice, cut and make to order any style we hare,
i.
A FIXE ASSORTMENT OF
DRESS GOODS,
WHITE AND BLACK CHECKS,
FOP. TRAVELING GOODS,
A. 03-reat "Variety ju«t HeceiTetl
AT STRYKER'S.
Another large supply of the celebrated |
Bridal Trail Hoop Skirts,
The most perfect a:
tieje ever manufactured, w'JI *OS
found here.
A FINE LOT OF EJI BROIDERIES,
Consistin': in part of S<-t*?. Collars and Infant's Wal«w.
Lace Veils; also, the plain Grenadine and Mourning.
Alexander’s Kids. Sibbons, Trimmings, Stapis
and Taney Goods.
OF ETEP.Y DESCRIPTION,
At very low prices, will be found at
feTBXKEB & CD'S.
mylS-rITMy
PORTABLE STEAMIHOIHES.
The above ent represent? a Port ible Engine, built by
A.X. WOOD & Cl)., of Eaton. X. Y. YVijere. a p-.wer
is required from three to fltte-n horse power. Ih-y
challenge their superiority. Apply in this city for Cir
cular, or other Information, at J. C. Richards' Corn
Sheller Manufactory. Washington street, and of A.
X YVOOD. at Sherman House, or of us. at E »ton. Madi
son County. X. Y. A. X. WOOD & CO.
Chicago. May 27th. ISCL—Messrs. A. X. Wood <fc Co.,
Gents.: The Five Horae Power Engine I bought of
vou lately works so far t<> my entire'satisfaction, and
1 have no hesitation in saying that it runs ae handaomo
ly as any Portable Engine I ever saw.
Yours very trnlv,
Joo-gCO-IW s. faryvell.
UeS-rSM-Sm]
WE prefer them for FAMDjT
* * ÜBi£— [New York Trflrane,
C FAVORITES FOB FAKtLiai.—fSeW
IthuNO RlVAL—fSrfenUfic
There are 53,1)00 MACHINES Is use is this eoonta
and Europe.
This Mat Use Is PROFITABLE Md AVAILASUE*
UFB-TIME.
It la equal to TKW Beaaj«reeeeA
As ANNUAL DITLDBNII of I* ft® MpCT OOB&. (06
K> cost) nay be obtained is use—by la yoawor.
This la the only Sewiae Midh’se {a the world mafct&C
Ike LOCE-STITCH wltA Ike ROTa-TINQ-HOOkT a»S
sain* the SLAB?-FOOT
GKO. B. CHlTl’lttlPEs,
General Agent tor ZSlaots. 'Wisconsin. lowa, Not*®*
Indiana and Sontharn Minnesota. __
Circular may he tad on application or W
B2kZL-a6^lT-TCt
ap’-s^afca