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SATURDAY, JUSE 21, 1862.
■miHHY WISTERJOms OS COS-
FISCiTION.
Let all tender-footed Unionists, and all
others, read and ponder the exhaustive
letter of Hon. Henry Winter Davis, on the
third page- The principle of confiscating
the property of rebels is vindicated, and
-we might add, established, as far as facts
and arguments ran establish a principle,
and why Congress still hesitates to pass
bills based on it, is indeed passing strange.
Common sense sojd common and constitu
tional law alike declare that “ For men in
enn*, abullet is (fee process of law; seizure
by military power is due process of law;
they are not conviction, nor tnal, nor pun
ishment of the persona,* they as assuredly
deprive them of life or of liberty as a con
viction and a sheriff, and they are just as
legal as conviction and hanging ” In re
card u> the cause of the war, Mr. Davis
gays: M Slave properly is the pretest of the
rebellion and the chief instrument by
which the revolutionists have coerced sub
mission to their will. Sound policy re
quires that a weapon of such power be
broken or wrested from the hands of the
enemies of the government.” To such
sound, loyal sentiments, every true friend
of his country will give his hearty sup
port Only avowed traitors, or at least
such secessionists as the editor of the
Chicago Times, who wants to get up a
•‘fire in the rear” of our patriotic armies
will oppose them.
i BATTLE OF BICH3ION1).
There were good reasons for Jeff Dayis
to assure the fearful and quaking people of
Virginia, that he had no intention to with
draw his forces beyond her borders; and
that he could hold on in her sheltered val-
leys, and behind the ragged ramparts of
Her mountains, and keep up the war for
twenty years. Because Davis asserted this
to be riie purpose of the Cenfederate Rulers,
it is true, is no proof that they were not, at
the vciy time of his assurance, stealthily
making all things ready to depart as soon
as possible with all their forces, and leave
the proud mother of States to her just doom;
but there are some facts and considerations
■which compel the secession leaders to
Struggle to Hie last for the possession of
their hold on Virginia; and it is most prob
able that they have determined to stake
their all on the result of the conflict at
Richmond. The cause of the Confederacy
has been losing very rapidly during the
last few months the confidence of foreign
nations. The long series of reverses and
defeats which have foHowed their arms
from Fort Henry till now, have taught their
friends abroad that the rebel forces are
either lacking in soldierly qualities, disci-
pllne or arms; or else they are badly offi-
cered and commanded; or perhaps they
are made to fight in a cause for which they
have no heart Whichever explanation
may be taken, it is getting to be admitted
by all foreign judges that the Confederate
forces are no match for the Army of the ,
Union; and unless something extraordinary
should occur, some exhibition of martial
spirit or military genius and sldll far sur
passing anything hitherto displayed by
them, the conviction that their cause is
utterly hopeless will soon be admitted all
over Europe. To abandon their capital
now, and be driven out of Virginia before
the advancing forces of the Union, would
be so plain and startling an announcement
of weakness and defeat, that their best
friends abroad would lose all faith in their
cause.
The Joss of prctifye and the confession of
feebleness -wliicli such a step carries with
it, would be so less pernicious and irrepar
able at home. The rebels cannot quit Vir
ginia now, without quitting it forever; and
the men of Virginia who form much the
largest part of the secession forces, will not
leave their native State, and giving up all
they have, retreat South to fight for the in
indcpendcuce of the Cotton. States. It is
well known, and doubtless admitted by the
lodAtnjr tlifil. o r , o*ifo<3cn»cjr fOruiCU j
of the Colton States alone, or of them with I
other States, without Virginia, would not |
Stand. In all their plans Virginia has been
considered an essential and indispensable
portion of the structure Of the secession
black arch, she is the necessary key-stone,
and they all feel that without her, the
whole fabric would fall into a heap of
ruins. Hence the struggle for the posses
sion ot Virginia is with them a life and
death struggle; and whatever of courage,
or fierceness, or endurance can be found in
their ranks; whatever of ardor or valor
may be inspired by the hope of the near
triumph of their cause, or whatever of
grim defiance or desperate fighting from
the fear of utter ruin, may be looked for in
the stupendous conflict which will soon
take place near Richmond!
As one looks back over the long scroll of
human history and sees the many red spots
marking the great battles of the world,
and scans closely their cause?, or follows
down the long train of their vast results |
for good or for evil to the whole human
race, there can no one be pointed out, of
Which the consequences seem so tremen
dous as those that are suspended on the
battle of Richmond. It is not too much
to say that ail that is highest and best la
civilization; all the richest fruits of re
ligious culture and human progress; all
the fairest growth of the past and all the
highest hopes of the future for mankind,
arc so far as we can see hanging on the
istue of that struggle. If the rebel banner
shall be borne in triumph over the field,
the hope of freedom will droop, and jus
tice, humanity, and religion seem smitten
down, and overwhelmed with disaster. If,
which wc cannot doubt, the blessed,cause
of the Union and Liberty, one and insepar
able, shall be victorious, we shall from that
moment enter upon a higher path of pro
gress and greatness, than our own or any
other country has ever, before known.
Nx THE BANKS.
That the people of the North xre alarm
ed by the excessive increase ol the vol
ume of paper money of the country,
■and that they anticipate a specula
tive expansion and a grand crash at
the end of the war, as the conse
quence of that increase, we can have no
doubt. That, for the preservation of the
business interests of the masses, (not the
speculators,) for the retention of the coin
in the country*, and for the economy with
which the war and all the operations o£ the
Government ought to be carried on, they
desire a partial or complete suppression of
the paper promises lo pay issued by the
local banks, is also clear. Why, then, will
not Congress do its duty, by at onse levy
ing a tax on the small notes of these banks,
and by-and-by upon the notes of larger de
nominations —a tax that shall compel their ;
retirement, and put into the hands of
the people a currency, the good
ness .■ of which is measured only
by the perpetuity of our institutions? The
case is as plain as the nose on Mr. Sew
ard’s face, and that is as plain as a pike
Staff. The Government must give way to
the banks, or the banks to the Government*
but it Unfortunately happens that unless
the question of precedence is soon decided,
the mischief may be done, and Gov-
■eroment, banks and people may
sU be involved in bankruptcy
and ruin. The flood of paper money
is now alarming, and we are just on the
threshold of the paper money era. The
markets all over the country fed the effect
of tie rising tide. In New York, where
every second man is a gambler of one sort
or another, stocks are increased in value.
With a certainty that the rise will extend
\£o merchandise and real property. In
Chicago, where comer-lots are the staple,
corner-lots are rising, not because they are
Intrinsically more valuable, but because
4here is more paper money; and the pros
pect is that the floodmfreatend to tire rural
districts and set every man to dealing
in land. Why not ? The paper drcula-
tion of the loyal States was last year, at :
this lime, not more than $140,000,000, all
Md. Since then, the Government has
added to it at least $100,000,000 in treasury
notes, and the banks have, we do not
doubt, sent their issues up, though in a
state of suspension, to $200,000,000. See
then what is approaching: Secretary Chase
asks for $175,000,000 more notes, and he
win get them. He must get them. When
the paper money experiment was entered
upon, all other ways were closed up; and
now there is no turning back. Paper
money or nothing—gold is impossible. The
end can easily be foretold. Prices will rise
—prices of everything; but perhaps aa
gold will go up With equal pace, though
nobody may make fortunes out of the in
flation, the Government will suffer. The
cost of the war wiU be doubled; and that
cost is by and by to be paid in solid coin.
This is all plain; but no man in Congress
dares attempt to arrest the approaching
calamity by proposing to levy such a tax
on bank notes as will compel their retire
ment, and thus keep the paper circulation
of the country within, bounds. A, law
which will do that thing is that which will
save the country. Is there not one mania
either house of Congress who will propose
it ? What say the representatives of Illi
nois T
U£S BEFITTED.
Says the Chicago Secession Organ
The Governor has made numerous appointments
to military and civil office on the express condi
tion that the recipients should oppose the new
constitution, and judges have soiled the ermine
by dragging Uia thelgutteraof .tho election can
vass.
That’s a He made out of whole cloth, and
we defy the “ fire-in-the-rear man” to the
proof of the truth of his allegations. As the
GoTemorhas appointed as many Demo
crats as Republicans to military office, we
ask the former to resent the insult offered
them m the extract which we copy. What
says CuL Cummings —did he agree, when
commissioned, to oppose the New Consti
tution ? He is in town —let him answer for
himself and, as far as he can, forhifl brother
soldiers in the field.
Again says Secesh:
If ifae constitution is defeated, these interests
have defeated it; and it a direct and palpable
proclamation of their purpose to govern the State
in all things concerning their interests. The
hostility of the hank interest was unconcealed,
asd tberetnms will disclose something of the ex
tent of interference by railroads.
The truth is exactly the reverse. The
completed railroads in the State and the ex
isting banks either took no part la the con
test or favored the abominable swindle.
Why? The railroads were sure that no
competing lines could be built, and the
banks that obey could have the monopoly
of the rag money business, under the new
arrangements proposed; hence they were
Silent or secretly for the iniquity.
Once more says the rebel who would
open a fire on the rear of onr troops:
It is not alleged, or, if it be alleged it cannot be
shown, that the new constitution contains a
single partisan provision, or that its adoption
would give anr partisan advantage, unless, indeed,
it be deemed that a partiean advantage is involved
in the provision fora popular election for State
officers in the till of the present year.
Here are the facts : No fundamental law
so intensely partisan was ever made by any
State in the Union, Under the New Con
stitution, the Republicans, though in a ma
jority of 25,000 in the State, could not con
trol the Lower House of the Legislature,
and with 40,000 majority would fail of
carrying the Senate. These arc the plain
facts, and while they illustrate the wicked
ness of the Apportionment contained in the
swindle, furnish a beautiful comment on
the u popular sovereignty” professions of
the men who have made popular sover
eignty their hobby.
Wc suggest to the secession organ that it
would profit by getting the “ John Brown
Abolitionist” (Long John) to do its lying.
He has more brains than all the Times
corps, and has a life-long experience in the
business. Why not employ liim at once ?
CHICAGO RIVER.
Ko man crosses a bridge in this city with
out having a conviction impressed upon
his mind that something must be done to
improvo the wudl'ion of Chicago River,
and that the penalty for a failure to purify
that stream trill be not only the discomfort
of every citizen during the whole summer,
but a fearful increase of the bills of mortal
ity. We appeal to those whose task it is
to look alter this matter, to see to it at once
that some plan is devised and pul into ope
ration to effect the object desired; and wc
appeal to all influential citizens to make
it their business to urge the public officers
to the quick performance of their duty.
There is no lime for delay. Hot weather
is approaching in which a few days will do
more mischief than can ever be re
paired, The cost is a bagatelle—should
not, where so many precious lives are con
cerned, be taken into the account. Tne
work must be done, or we must be content
to sec sorrow go into every house where
there are children to be swept off, and to
have an injury done to the reputation of
Chicago for healthfulness, which years
cannot repair.
A WAULING TO INjDXARA.
"We have no doubt of the earnestness of
and faithfulness—-nor of the thorough loy
alty of such of the members of the Demo
cratic party in Indiana, as are making
common cause with the Republicans of
that State. Wc bare the utmost confi
dence that tho Union of the two parlies,
for the purpose of upholding the national
power, by the election of suitable men of
tried loyally, to the executive offices of the
State, will be a success, and one that will
do great honor to the patriots who arc en
gaged in the movement. But let ns in be
half of the Republicans of Illinois, who are
reaping the biilcr fruit of an attempt in |
the same direction, give our Indiana friends
of the pure faith, the benefit of the cami >n
that we have learned. Let them make
Unir selections for county officers with ex
ceeding care; and when members of tho
Legislature arc to he chosen, let that care
be redoubled. Let them see to it that the
proposed union is not confined to the Re
publican counties alone, but that it extends,
on the basis accepted, from La Porte to the
Ohio River. Let them know that their
candidates for all places arc not Unioamen
with an if or but y else certain disaster will
be the end of the co-operative endeavor.
Wc have tried it in Illinois and know. Our
recent convention is a warning .not to he
forgotten.
RANK TKEASON.
If anything would justify a march on Wash
ington, the loyal people of the country would
be Justified in going cn masse and driving out
the abolition conspirators, of which Secretary
Stanton is the head, and Wade, Wilson or
Chandler the talk —Chicago Time* {Secession
organ,) ya ter day.
This is one volley of the “fire in the rear”
which the editor of the Times threatened,
when our loyal soldiers started South to
put down treason and save the Republic.
After the war had commenced, by the for
mal secession of half a dozen States, the
attack on the Star of the West going to the
relief of Fort Sumter, and the mustering of
an army in the South, said he:
If the refusal to repeal the personal liberty laws
thallbe persisted in, and if there shall not be a
change in the present seeming purpose to yield to
no accommodation of the national difficulties, and
if troopj shall he raised in the Xorth to march
against the people of the South, A FIRE IN THE
BEAR WILL BE OPENED UPON SUCH TROOPS,
WHICH WILL EITHER STOP THEIR MARCH
ALTOGETHER, OR WONDERFULLY ACCEL
ERATE IT. In other words. If in the present pos
ture of the Republican party towards theNatlonal
difficulties, war should be waged that WAR WILL
BE FOUGHT IN THE NORTH.
Our readers will see how faithfully he is
carrying out his original intentions. The
question now is, How long, in this loyal
community, gb*H such treason be permit
ted? "What say the true men? Shall the
Secretary of 'War be driven out of Wash
ington by a Secession mob? That’s the
question I
ILLINOIS THE THIRD.
If the New Constitution is defeated, as
we have no doubt it is, the future career of
Illinois under her old fundamental law, is
assured. The State goes onward and up
ward toward her legitimate rank as the
third of the States of the Union 1 The
third: Iscw York first; Pennsylvania
second'; Illinois, (in 1870) third I In the
glorious prospect, what material prosperity
do we not see as the reward of her people
for their faithfulness to the approved
truths of civilization! We congratulate
our readers upon the brilliancy of the
future of the Commonwealth that they
have learned to love.
UcCLEIiLAN BEINFOBCED*
There can hardly be a doubt that McClel
lan has been generously reinforced. The
Pennsylvania reserve, 8,000 strong, is with
him; eo are ten regiments which have been
during the past year in the neighborhood of
Hewport Hews, Old Point, &c.; bo is
McDowell’s corps, 80,000 strong; also
several Hew York regiments, including
the 10th and 101 st, with others. Our
Irish Brigade are also probably with Mc-
Clellan's army at this time.
Northwestern University*
The eleventh annual commencement of this I
institution was suitably observed on T&ura- 1
day, the 19th inst. The forenoon was devo
ted to the Baccalaureate address, by Dr. Demp
ster, exhibiting the constituents of true man
liness, in the condensed thought, and scien
tific analysis, of a practised and proround ,
thinker and exact reaconer. The address was
able and Impressive, and well rewarded the
close attention it required.
The exercises of the graduating el«s—six
in number—were attended in the afternoon by
a numerous and gratified assembly. The per
formances of the young men—generally treat
ing of grave subjects—showed good intellect
ual (raining and untr&mmeled freedom; and
were well filled with sound thoughts, well
expressed. The delivery was forcible and
often energetic. On the whole one was struck
with the honest and straight-forward fidelity
with which this young institution is conduct
ed by its learned faculty—a fact of some sig
nificance in these days of magnificent preten
sion.
The University is beautifully located, amidst 1
the forest verdure which calls up the classic
“Academia** of ancient Greece; and in its
prospective successful endowment, with its
able corps of teachere, gives promise of a
bright future. Its university library, although I
in its beginning, numbers about 3,000 volumes j
of well selected works, embracing almost
every department of learning and affording no
inconsiderable help to the young and aspiring
mind. We were struck with its need of many
appliances in common request, such as our
best modem Cyclopedias, complete files of
the best modem reviews, and other conven
ient and ample works of reference in biglio
grapy, biography and universal science. The
bountiful hands that have generously founded
and sustained tins seminary of learning, cm
do no fitter, nor more useful service than by
replenishing its shelves with these handy
helps in making intelligent, ready and schol-
arly men.
The following composed the graduating
class of 1862: Robert Bentley of Lockport,
Illinois ;Bennetß.Botsfordof Chicago; Isaac
W. McCasky ol ‘La Porte, Indiana; Henry
G. Meacbam of Bunt on Illinois; William F
Rose of Hanover Michigan; D.tviJ. Sterrett
of Lewi-down, Pennsylvania. The degrees
were conferred by Prof Noyes, the acting
President of the University.
ST. Jtterclor and Jeff, Davis.
One of the French papers states that at the
time of his visit to Richmond, M. Mercler had
an interview with Jeff Davis, and that, in the
course of conversation, he asked from the
rebel president if there was not in his mind
any ground upon which the South could make
proposals of peace to the North. a No, sir,”
said Jefferson Davis, “the Confederate States
are not bo high nor bo low as to entertain any
thought of that kind. The time for peace will,
donbtless, come; but it lias not yet, and we
must wait awhile before we can avail our
selves of your good offices.”
£gT Gen. Charles Devans, of Massachu
setts, who was wounded ai the battle of Fair
Oaks, visited the State House, at Boston, on
Monday last. He is able to walk by using a
cane, and hopes to be able to return to hia
command in two weeks. The ball which
wounded him still remains in hia leg, but it
gives him no trouble. Gen. D., it will be re
membered, was at the Ball’s Bluff disaster, in
command of the Massachusetts 15th, and es
caped captnre, after nearly all of his regiment
were killed or captured, by swimming the
Potomac. He is a most gallaut soldier and
noble gentleman.
Gov. Tod of Ohio, has issued a procla
mation ordering all absentees from Ohio regi
ments who are fit for duty, to report them
selves to him by letter, without delay, giving
postoffice address, company and regiment,
when they will he furnished with means of
transportation to their regiments. All unabled
and wounded officers who are unable to travel
will report in person to the commanding offi
cer at Camp Chase, where they will remain
until able to join their commands.
ESf* The rowdy mayor of Cincinnati went
into a lager beer garden a few days since,
drank lager until he got cross, then got up a
fight with a smaller man than himself and got
badly pnmeled, including two black eyes and a
damaged nose. The Mayor went to his office
took some policemen and had bis opponent
arrested and locked up in a station house.
The respectable citizens of Cincinnati are
looking with ansiety for the nest munici
pal e-ectiun. They want to change their
drunken Maj or for a better man.
Sgr Brigadier-General George Sheplcy,
military commandant at New Orleans, writes
to the editor of the Eastern {Me.) Axjns that he
declines to be a candidate for the office of
governor of Maine, as requested by bis friends
and closes bis letter by saying that “ if, after
the_dos« of the war, I can be permitted to re
turn as a private citizen of an united and peace
ful country, my highest aspirations and hopes
will be fully realized.”
JST" Gen. Butler has Inaugurated a much
needed work in New Orleans, The first mili
tary executions were to take place on the 4th
lust. The objects of this stern act of justice
are the six prisoners of war who violated their
parole, and commenced the organization of a
company with the purpose of forcing our
pickets and joining Beauregard.
A petition Is in circulation, and has al
ready been signed by a number of the promi
nent citizens of Michigan, for the appoint
ment, by the Board ot Regents, of Col. O. B.
WJllcox, now a prisoner in the hands of the
rebels, to the Professorship of Military Engi
neering in the Michigan University. We
doubt not such an appointment would be
gratifying to the people of the State.
ISy A correspondent writes us from Beloit,
Wls., that the coming Fourth of July will be
celebrated in the good, old-fashioned way in
that town- 3. C. Converse, Esq., is the orator.
A good time generally is anticipated.
lowa Boys in Hospital,
Gexkbal IIOSPITAX, l
Hekuewow, Ky., June 16th, 1861. J
Editors Chicago Tribune:
-Enclosed pleased find a list of names of
lowa 1)058 in the Hospital at this place, which
son will please publish for the information of
their friends in that State;
Ruins A. Wall. Co. G,2d lowa cavalry.
Hugh J. Wingm, co. G, 2d do.
utpry M. Blanchard, co. K, 2d do.
Jama? Hoes. Co. £, 2d lowa infantry*
Benion P. Wood, co. C. 3d do.
B. K. Barnes co. I.Bd do
A. E. Brott, co, I, Sd do.
Philamon Ejihart, co. E, 12th do.
Joseph D. Baker, co. C, 14thdo.
John W. Brown, co. F, 15th do,
m. Dailey, co F. ISth do.
Hezekiah England, co. D, 15th do,
Joseph Arnold, co E, IBth do.
Edward Sicincm&n, co. <3, wtb 40.
John hosier, co. G, IGih do.
Henry M. Williams co. P, 17th do.
Wm. W. Howe, co. D, 17th do.
Hobertßrown, co. D, I7ih do.
■ I remain very respectfully yonra,
H. H. McElrot, Co. G, loth lowa.
lowa papers please copy.
So French Creoles In the Hebei Army*
A correspondent at Winchester, Va., writes
as follows:
“It is a remarkable fact that the 6th. 7th,
Blh and 9th regiments of Louisiana infantry
were present at the battle ol Winchester, to
gether with Wheat’s Louisiana Tigers and two
batteries of Louisiana artillery'; and yet
among all the prisoners taken or wounded in
the hospitals here, not one Trench Creole ap
pears, nor a single Frenchman of foreign
birth.
“ Thus we have four and a half regiments
and two full batteries in the rebel service in
this valley, in which there are probably none,
or scarcely a corporal’s guard,uf that class of
the Louisiana population. It is fair to pre
sume, therefore, that none, or scarcely any of
that class of population, comprising one-third
at least of the entire white population of
Louisiana, are favorable to disunion. They
are proverbially a brave and gallant race.
They fight as quickly and daringly os any race
on the globe.*’
Secessionists in the Pepartments*
A correspondent of the New York Times
writes as follows from Washington:
incredible as it may seem, there are yet cm-
Sloyea of known secession proclivities in the
apartments. Yesterday a complaint was made
against one whose daughters have within afow
days been detected in affording aid and com
fort to the enemies of the country. Steps
have been taken to insure his removal. There
are many others feeding at the public crib
. who should be looked after a little.
OUB WASHTifiTON LETTEB,
J.bou( Platform* —“ Confiscate (fie Property and
free the Slaves of Betels”—Subsisting the Ar
my on the many—The Mexican Precedent —
The Illinois end Michigan Canal Bill—Ad
journment again—The Betel Lee's Whilehouse
on the Favmnky—Washington Sceesh on Gen.
Butler's Order.
[From Onr Own Correspondent.}
WAaatKQTOKt Jane 19,18fi9.
A great many persons are writing letters to
Washington from all parts of the country just
cow, asking Republican Senators and Repre
sent at ires, “ What policy are we to uphold in
the approaching campaign ? What shall we
put into the platform ? What Is the policy of
the Administration 5” and to forth, and so
forth. Candidates axe casting about in ail di
rections for Issues, some based upon principle
and some upon policy and some upon neither.
If this session of Congress, and the war which
has alternately raged and driveled during its
continuance, hare taught anything, it is that
the people want for their platform:
Confiscate the Pjjopeiitt ajtd Fshb the
Slaves op Rebels.”
-and the Lord of Hosts take care of the con
sequences! This is (he platform that willwin.
Let all cowards and trimmers, and rebel sym-
pathisers tak wanting in time. That train is
going through first or last, and passengers
j ad as well be getting their tickets and Ear
ing their baggage cheeked. There is no use
in denying or attempting to conceal the
fact that we are in the gloomiest period ot
the war. The Treasury has been bank
rupt ever since the middle of January,
for the suspension of specie payments
always did mean bankruptcy and always
will. But the country did not feel it—has not
begun to feel it till now. From this time forth
we are sailing straight into a gulf of financial
chaos, not the government merely, but every
man, woman and child in it, unless we take oif
the gloves and strike rebellion in the face with
our best ** bunch of fives.” Depreciated shia
plaeters will eat up the earnings of the poor
man alike with the accumulations of the rich,
for every expedient to get something out of
nothing must jail. If it costs one million or
two millions per day to feed, clothe, arm, pay
and transport our soldiers it must come out of
the people, treasury notes or no treasury
notes.
TVhat is to be done ? Take ihe properly of
the traitors who plnnged ns into the war, and
strike off the shackles of the slaves whose un
requited toil supports it. Prejndi'Band pas
sion, begotten in old party conflicts,* may fight
against it, but they will fight in vain. It will
soon be a question of life and death, and there
will be no choice. The policy of subsisting the
army on the enemy has been discussed of late
m executive circles with extreme soberness,
and orders to that effect, in one or two ex
treme cases, were issued to certain generals
who neglected or refused to obey them. A
fund equal to $3,000,000 was raised in this man
ner dnringthe Mexican war, which was legal-.,
ized by the act of March 3, 1849. Jeffi Davis
himself was one of the officers who confiscated
the enemy’s property, and, as Secretary of
War, in 1853, he attended to the settlement of
the accounts of. quartermasters who had re
ceived and used it for the subsistence of the'
soldiers. But it is better that the law should
precede than follow such a step.
Th§ amended bill reported by the House
Committee on Military Affaire ** to construct
a ship canal for the passage of armed and naval
vessels from the Sllssissippi River to Lake
Micliigan,” provides that as soon as the State
of Illinois shall transfer to the United States
the title to the Illinois and Michigan canal,
Mr. 'William H. Swift (one of the present
trustees), and an engineer of the topographi
cal corps, to be designated by the Secretary
of' War, and ft citizen of Illinois to be designa
ted by the President, shall proceed to enlarge
said canal to the dimensions of IGO feet in
width,•with locks3sofeetlong,aud seventy-five
feet wide, and to improve the navigation of the
Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers so as to insure
safe and uninterrupted navigation therein for
gunboats, steamboats, naval and war vessels
ot the United States, drawing not more than
six feet of water, subject to the approval of
their plan by the President of the United
Stales, end to appropriations made from time
to time by Congress. The revenues of the
canal and improvement are to be applied first
to the payment of the amount expended there
on by the United States, and second to the
present bonded debt of the canal. After the
payment and satisfaction of these claims, the
entire work will revert to the State of Illinois,
with a proviso that it shall forever be open
to the use of the United States Government
free of any cost or charge whatever, and to all
citizens oflhe United States, subject only to
such tolls as may be necessary to keep it in
repair.
Admirable as this plan is in a. commercial
sense, and there is no grander or more benifi
cent enterprise open to the government or
people of the United States, it Is useless to
expect that any action will be taken at this
setfion of Congress. The bill may pass the
House of Representatives, though that part
of its progress is much befogged. It cannot
pass both branches. An eagerness to adjourn,
which is equally irresistible and unreasonable,
has sprung up within two or three days. Hot
weather and renominations have so got the
mastery that if Stonewall Jackson were at our
heels ho could hardly accelerate the departure
of our legislative department.
The action of the president and the demon
stration in the House concerning McClellan’s
guard around the rebel Lee's property on the
Fazuuukj, came soonerthan I expected. The
following letter from a gentleman connected
with one of the benevolent organizations
attached to the army, will show something of
need which existed for the WhJfehouse pre
mises :
“ * * Last evening we had quite a little Har
ry in/mr camp, as* the rebels*made an attack onus
a mile or two from hero. —burned up three
vessels, captured forty wagons aod hordes
btlnsging to the same, and kill-d pct
eral men, at a place called Garack’a Landing.
This morning our pickets were driven in. or pre
tended to be. though I don’t believe that there are
an hundred armed rebels within five miles of ns.
I may he mistaken, however. This morning there
is* agcod deal of musketry firing all around ns. with
what result Fknow not. Last night everybody had
to lie on arms and he ready for aa attack. 1 took
the liberty of looking to see whether the guard
about the Lee egfato was withdrawn, bat it was still
there. Iwon d almost be willing to have this place
opt ored jot the stake of seeing that guard routed
out. It its an infernal shame to have our men guard
ing rebel properly when the very skies are lighted
bj the fin e of icbels consuming the property of
loyal men. And another thing as bad—we hive
about 250 hospital ter ta located In what we should
call asicamp in New England It ia totally unlit
forthe purpose- A large proportion of those seat
there die; but there Is no better place
nulet-B the high land of the Lee estate Is appropri
ated fo: that pmpi.se. Is there not power andha
manity enough in Washington to cause this to be
cone t The old as my officers here ate an inhuman
set. and caic nu more for the officers and soldiers
of the volunteer force than an ass does for his
pcd’.grcc If our army were all regulars, this re
bellion would ntver be put down. The sympathies
rf the officers are generally with the So- th. They
don’t want to hurt the rebels, and they never will.
The rebels know it. if we had not taken a manor
an officer from the regular armv. or if that army had
gone over to the rebel standard and we had relied
upon newmen entirely. I bclivc the rebellion would
have been nsrd up long ago. You may depend
upon it. that the officers of the old army are very
U-Hiiy of them, lazy, arrogant and cowardly, and
totally inhuman I hope God wi ! l remove them
g«.nri> by death at the earliest posMole moment.
An advance movement will then be made. But it
is no use for me to attempt to do justice to the sub
ject, fo I will quit it. There are some honorable
eict piions among them of course. I speak of this
da#*."
Since the Southern newspapers have given
tor gue so loudly on the suojet of Butler’s or
der concerning the “women of the town,”
our ■Washington eecesh have commenced bay
ing on the same key. One would think they
»cre all iu the imminent, deadly breach.
Was there ever a more unblushing example of
impudence ? This outcry proceeds from a
stale of society where the virtue of two mil
liors of females Is for sale under the statute;
where concubinage is more common than in
Turkey and more hdlons than in Utah—a sea
ol lewdnets enacted into law, whose results
are partially exhibited by the presence of
405, <sl mulaltoes in the census of ISSO. And
it is in a scene like tins that wo find the tre
mendous spasm of virtue exhibited by the
Richmond and Charleston papers, and which
shakes the soul of the pare minded Bcauxe
garq! Alack a day!
Kcw Experiments with Gan Cotton.
The Austrian government has recently In
stituted new experiments with gun cotton,
with snch good results that a considerable
part of the Austrian artillery U to be imme
diately supplied with that article, prepared
according to the method of Gen. Baron Lent.
It is claimed that the new method of manu
facture produces gun cotton which remains
perfect far many years, and that its effect is
more than equal to that produced by powder,
while its lightness renders transjmrtatioa
cheap and easy. The Vienna correspondent
of the Loudon Time* eayS;
Boron Yon Leak admits that breech-loading
gnus can be used with greater precision, with
gun cotton, than any others, but, for several
reasons, be prefurs guns which are loaded at
the muzzle for field artillery. In the num
ber of the Lcipsic JUustrirte Zeiinng , of May
3d, there is & description of Leak’d new gnu.
Up to the present moment, only three kinds
or guns have been made. They are rifled four
pouudere, for brigade and cavalry service,
eight-pounders as reserve artillery, and three
pounders, which can be carried by beasts of
burden, for use In mountainous districts. -
The last mentioned guns, which are of
bronze, weigh one hundred and fifty Austrian
pounds; but trials are now being made with
ttircc-ponudera of cast steel which weigh no
more than forty-fonrponnds. The range of the
three-pounders is 3,000 paces, and their ac
curacy it said to be extraordinary. Before the
end of the next month the army will be sup
plied with thirty batteries of four-pounders,
and it is confidently expected that Leak’s gun
cotton willsupersede powder. Tae carriages
of the new guns are of iron, and they are so
constructed that they can be taken to pieces,
and, in case o. need, carried by the artillery
men. Some interesting experiments have re
cently been made with/gun -co tto aat Venice,
but thtir results are not positively known.
It is, however, related that boats have been
blown out of water by gun-cotton, which had
been ignited by means of electricity. Gun
cotton steeped in water for a month, and then
properly dried, has been fonnd to have lost
none of its explosive power.
The Pittsburgh Qaztitu of the 19th, tells
the following incident which occurred to one
of Mulligan’s,“ bould brigadiers:”
One of CoL Mulligan's brave Irish boys vis
ited Wheeling while the regiment was detain
ed near that piece by tbelato railroad accident.
Passing through the streets he was accosted
by an Hi?h woman, leading a little, boy. Ho
recognlztdin beran old lover whom be be hod
“sktdaddkd” from in New York, and who In
troduced to him the little hoy as his own
“darling son.” He started off at the double
quic-k, but she caught him by the coat*tall and
detained him till be pulled out a ten dollar
treasury note, when she suffered him to de
part. She tried to look him tjp afterwards,
but he could not be found, and would doubt
less rather encounter the most savage rebel
than his old flame and her darling son.
83835®:8
raising the union flag.
Trade aud Finances—Resumption of
Specie Payments by the Bank
of America.
The steamer Ocean Queen, from New Or
leans Uth, arrived at New York on Wednes
day. - Among * the passengers in the Ocean
Queen, are Pierre Soule and the sheriff of
New Orleans, A. Marzereau, who are prisoners
for Fort Warren, in charge of Col. Kinsman;
also M, SL Cyr, the French consul, and Mrs.
B. F. Butler, wife of the General. There are
nearly -CO passcogtrs In aIL
EXPORTS—UNION FLAG RAISING LOVELL*B
The following interesting extracts are from
a private letter dated at New Orleans on tlie
llili Lest,;
“ The exports from here are almost entirely
conflted to sugar and molasses, which is given
in exchange tor the absolute necessaries of
life. So stringent has been the blockade at
this port that for several consecntive days the
entire city was without bread-rthe rich and
poor alike. The Blackstone brought the
lirst cargo of flour, and it Is to be sold at auc
tion to-day. The maximum price heretofore
was twenty dollars per barrel, United States
money, flxed by General Butler. The currency
of the city consists in broken bank bills re
printed on the backs, and cut in half, making
two bills of one—omnibus tickets, railroad
checks and little pieces of cards of alt kinds.
“ There was a Union flag raised on the city
hall on Saturday, amidst some enthusiasm, and
much fear by many who wish our cause suc
cess.but dare not encourage us, as the life
of a resident is worth little who dares advocate
Union. As yet the city is held by fear, but it
is thought that a few days will make a great
charge in onr favor.
“ The residents of the city despise Lovell
for running away, and the country people des
pise the city folks for letting him run without
an effort to prevent the landing of our forces.
I have heard many men and even ladies speak
very indignantly against what they call the
‘ runaway clerk of a runaway street commis
sioner. 1 They say his horse made the best
timeof any in the regiment.”
■WnrrEiiotJSK, Ta., Jane 14,1562,
In a Bad Fix.
FROM KEW ORLEANS.
abut.
'-Business seems to be gradually reviving.
The latest papers contain columns of “wants?*
announcements of arrivals of goods from the
North,and advertisers nt sof the resumption of
travel to NewTork, Minatitlanand Bedßlver.
The money article of the True Delta of the
11th says oi
—TRADE AND FINANCE,
“ Nothing lias occurred in financial circles
since our lastt o materially alter the condition
of the market, and business of every kind
still progresses in an exceedingly languid and
unsatisfactory manner. There were no com
'merciai or mortgage securities to he found at
any time in the hands of sellers, and the bank
movement was almost exclusively restricted
to full or partial renewals of maturing obliga
tion, while transactions in specie and uncur
rcnt money were, if anything, still smaller
than heretofore, and operations in exchange
were confined to trifling negotiations in ster
ling bills at 30 per cent premium, and in franc#
a lour francs per dollar for city and bank
notes.
“ Stocks and bonds were almost wholly neg
lected throughout, but holders manifested uo
disposition whatever to press sales, and, in
fact, operators appeared to be as far apart as
ever on the question of prices. No large lots
of any description have changed hands from
the opening of the week, or, at least, no par
ticulars of any actual transfers have been
made known except those of twenty-five shares
Bank of Louisiana stock, which have been
reported at the reduced price of sllO per
share.”
CONTRACTORS HELD TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
Gtn. Sbepley, military commandant of New
Orleans, has taken the city contractors in.
hand, and bolds them to their contracts, thus
providing for the cleanliness, and consequent
ly* the health, of the city.
" From all this it appears that the city is to
he kept as clean as possible, even at the ex
pense of annoying the contractors, who were
as violent rebels as those who went out to
fight.
RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS.
The gratifying intelligence of a resnmption
of specie payments by the banks of New Or
leans is thus conveyed by the True Delta of
the 11th:
“Some of the banks are, we understand,
preparing themselves for the resumption of
specie payments, and, in our columns, the
Bank ol America announces that this impor
tant step has been already taken by that
hitherto very successfully administered corpo
ration. This is as it should be, and is very
commendable.
The money article of the True Delia says:
We have been nnable to ascertain the exact
amount of the present liabilities of this bank,
but according to the official returns to the
Board ol Currency, the aggregate deposits of
the 14th September, IS6I, looted up $384,403,
and the total circulation at the same date
reached $174,000.
CORRECTION OP RUMORS.
The Picayune has the following:
“‘Perley,’ the Washington correspondent
ofthe Boston Journal , in his letter of thelOih
of May, says: ‘Already has the yellow fever
made its apuearauce in New Orleans.’
“ No, Major, not already then, nor already
now,”
The same paper deprecates the “ sensation
al” letters from New Oalesus, and denies a re
port which appeared in the Journal of Com
mcrvt of the hanging of an Englishman named
Moody, adding;
“It is a falsehood, made out of the whole
doth, web and woof, And yet it is going the
rounds ofthe northern press, and Mr. Moody
is constantly receiving letters from agonized
friends and relatives with regard to this cruel
calumny.”
ITEMS.
An increased force of clerks had been en
gaged at the Postoffice to assort the heavy
mails received from the North-
A slave named Amanda was arrested on the
lOih for attempting to set fire to a dwelling
Louse. Sbe was sent to prison for a year.
Tbe City Hotel had been re-opened for the
reception of visitors.
The Butler school of literature was tempo
rarily suspended; but a single proclamation
from the general appearing in our files of pa
pers.
FBOIII MITCHELL’S ARMT.
The Chattanooga Expedition.
[Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.]
32iJNTSvn.LE,lALA-, June 11,1862.
Again have we subsided into military quies
cence. Neglev’s expedition was highly suc
cessful, resulting in the capture of many
hon-es, arms, lorage, prisoners, and finally
drove all the rebels across the Tennessee.
Neglej- attacked Chattanooga from the oppo
site side of the river, having no means of cross
ing the Tennessee. His tire was replied to
from some artillery mounted In some earth
works tUiown up on the opposite side of the
river. On the morning of the 7th inst. Gen.
Kirby Smith reached Chattanooga with nine
Confederate regiments and one battery. He
disposed of Lis forces along the laudinr in front
of Chattanooga, distant irom Gen. Jfegley’s
men GOO yards. Col. S:ribner, of Kegley’s
troops, then advanced and opened upon
Smith's f harpsbooters, compelling them to fall
back. Smith opening his guns, Negly replied,
and in three hours dismounted all bis guns,
tearing up his works, and driving the enemy
from the town. They retreated by way of
Dalton, Ga., burning the railroad bridges alter
them. Deserters are coming in all the time.
They confirm the disgraceful rout of Gen.
Adams, who in bis rapid flight, lost his hat
rnd sword. The expedition waa a complete
success.
During the time of Jfcglcy’a bombardment,
Col. Sttsme, failing in his attempt to rejoin
Kirby Smith, struck out for McMiavlllc. Neg
ley is now after him, and will inall probabil
ity succeed in capturing him and his whole
party.
Gen. Neglcy compliments CoL Turchin, of
the 19th Illinois, and CoL Scribner, of his com
mand.
Gen. Mitchell was ont yesterday inspecting
bis lorccs along the line of the Tennessee and
Alabama railroad.
The Michigan engineers are constructing a
new bridge across Elk River, on the Tennes
see and Alabama railroad.
At Decatur, a large flat is being constructed
to pass some of Mitchell’s locomotives over to
the opposite side of the Tennessee for Gen.
Halleck’s use.
The burning of the Decatur bridge was a sad
mistake, and it will take mouths to recon
struct it; yet its destruction was deemed a
military necessity.
The importance of Mitchell’s movement on
this place is becoming more and more appa
rent every day. By the occupation of Hnnts
yjUle be frustrated one after another scheme
of the rebels, which, could it have been suc
cessful, would havegivcZ m these parts
another Corinthian army.
By bis occupation of the line of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad, he cut off their
east and west communication, leaving them
no opportunity to congregate a large army ia
Korthern Alabama. Here they would have
had plenty of forage, now used for the wants
of Mitch id’s army. The demoralization of
Beauregard’s army, the defeat of Adams, and
subsequent evacuation of Chattanooga, has
had a splendid effect upon the people of North
ern Alabama. Her leading men are giving
daily evidence of what they intend to do ; and
were they satisfied of the fact, that there was no
possibility of a reaction in arms, their voices
would bo heard as in other days, in behalf of
the Union.
Secessionist Women In our Hospitals.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says;
“We were present to-day when three rebel
females from Norfolk were visiting the differ
ent wards of tbe Hygeia in search of wounded
prisoners. We had beard of thcirimpndence,
but we never before witnessed it it, except in
the harmle?s way of drawing in their akirU
when passing our Union soldiers.
“These women*were downright, bitter and
overbearing rebels, and took no pains to keep
the fact concealed. One of them remarked to
one of our nnraes that she wished she hod fifty
brothers to fight and klUTankees, and all this
alter seeing tbe care which we . bestow upon
those who have fallen into our hands. Among
all the wounded men from the South lying in
this hospital, I do not believe a solitary one of
them approved of the vindictive expressions
need by this woman.
“■While conversing with a Virginian, who
infoimed her that his feelings had undergone
p great change retarding the people of the
Noith, she screeched out, ‘O yea, I see they
tate mode proselytes of yon.’ He answered
that if their kindness had the power to ac
complish that end he was a proselyte.
“Such creatures as these rabid secession
v omen are, or should be debarred entrance to
our hospitals. They cannot appreciate tbo
magnanimity of the North, and they prove
themselves utterly devoid of the modesty and
tender emotions ot gratitude which are char
acteristic of the reflh6d~ao<L4ntelUgeot wo
man.”
FROM; EtJKOFK.
ntervmtion in American Affairs —Lord Brough
am on our Civil War—Trade Mwen Liver
pool and ITm (Means—Sunning the Blockade
—•France and Mexico.
A COVZBT THREAT OP TSTERTESTIO2t.
The London Times of the 7th has a ar
ticle on American afiairs, concluding "with this
implied threat of Intervention;
u The fact that the cotton of the South was
very needful to ns made the war more distress
ing-, but furnished, in our view, no valid
ground for Intervention. Past injuries, if we
did not think fit to resent them when the
Union was strong and united, we thought it
below our dignity to resent in the momentof
its 'weakness and adversity. Future security
•we preferred to look for rather in the good
feeling which our conduct seemed to us pecu
liarly calculated to produce than in availing
ourselves of the temporary weakness and
misfortune of a kindred people. In this point
only we confess we see some reason to believe
that we may have been mistaken.
u We do not believe that, had we pushed to
the utmost the advantages circumstances
threw in our way, we could have been the ob
jects of more bitter hostility, not only among
the ignorant and misguided, but among many
of those whose education and information
should have taught them better. We may
possibly live to repent our generosity* we
may possibly live to find that our moderation
has been displayed towards those who cannot
appreciate it. It might have been wiser to
take security for ourselves instead of confiding
in the fairness and good feeling of others. Tf
this fact he established the error is still reparable.
The North cannot see that we have done auy-
thing to entitle us, we do not say to gratitude
or good-will, but to abstinence from hatred
and reviling. A change of policy on the part of
this country would very speedily alter their
opinion and convince them of that which they
seem now unable to conceive—that they have
been treated by England as they never have
treated her, and as, if she had thought more
of her own interest and lees of their misfor
tune, she never would have treated them.”
LORD BROUGHAM OX THE SLAVS TRADE AND
THE WAR IS AMERICA.
The sixth annual meeting of the Social Sci
ence Congress commenced In Loudon on the
6th instant; Lord Brougham (now eighty
three years of age) delivering the inaugural
address as chairman. This speech, remark
able as the production of a vigorous old man,
who still preserves his faculties almost in un
diminished strength, treats, among other
topics, of the African slave trade, and the war
In the United States. Of the slave trade,
Lord Brougham said:
“ The lessons taught by the sad event in the
once United States, and by the faults in their
constitution, have been stated; but there is
happily a spot in the recent aspect of their
a flairs which is most pleasing to contemplate,
and whose brightness we may anxiously hope
that no outbreak of the multitude will be
suffered to obscure. The Northern govern
ment, to its infinite honor, has at length
agreed to the mutal right of search—in other
words, to abolish all that remains of the slave
trade. It has long been known that the greater
part of that infernal traffic is carried on in
American ships sailing under false colors, none
of their own cruisers interfering effectually.
Both the English and French cruisers can now
visit each suspected vessel; and the traffic is
at an end. I regard this as the second real
blow struck at the slave trade. Tne first was
the act which I had the happiness of passing
through Parliament just half a century ago,
for punishing it as a great crime, instead of
treating it as merely contraband—a law soon
after adopted by America, but never till of
late really executed. Let ns hope that oar
government may he encouraged by ibis im
portant success to use with Spain a langmge
no longer capable of being misunderstood,
and peremptorily to demand the exeeoUonoi
the contract for which she received so large a
sum of money, and which she has ever since
most scandalously broken in all manner of
ways, making the slave trade a regular means
of enriching her colonial governors sent to re
cruit their ruined fortunes by bribes from
felons, the result being the Importation into
Cuba of 40,000 negroes yearly.”
Of our civil war he said;
“ The American civil war has severely affec
ted this country, aa well as France, producing
great distress in all those districts where the
cotton manufacture forms the staple trade.
The subject is too paiufui to dwell upon, were
we not relieved by observing the truly admir
able behavior of those who suffer the most.
The distress has brought into view the happy
advance of our artisan population in the
branches of knowledge most essential to their
well-being. The hardships which they arc en
during have not disturbed their minds, or
shaken their faith in principles which they had
upon examination and reflection adopted in
prosperous times. They know that the want
of the raw material which sets their industry
in motion would not justify England in -using
her power to break the laws of nations for the pur
pose of obtaining it; and they assent to the
wise and just forbearance of our government
without a murmur. Theirpatience under suf
ferings beyond all former experience is truly
affecting. They have made a noble sacrifice to
maintain their position as self-supporting
members of the community. How unlike
this to the blind fury of their predecessors,
who in tneir ignorance always rush to the con
clusion that every calamity under which they
suffered was brought on them by the rapacity,
or the cruel, callous indifference of their su
periors in social position,”
TRADE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND NEW OR
TFAX-r.
A letter from Liverpool, dated June 5, to
the London Times, says:
“At last the direct trade between Liverpool
and New Orleans has been reopened, and the
pioneer vessel, the Antoinette, a fine sloop of
bOO tons, sailed from the Mersey yasterday
evening for New Orleans —tte ovXg clear
ance for the past eighteen months.
The Antoinette heui on board a full
cargo of salt. She will be succeeded by the
Pole Star and other first-class vessels, so that
ere long we may have to record a return of
theactivity which previously characterized the
trade between this port and New Orleans.
The steamer Circassian, recently captured by
the federal blockading fleet, cleared from Liv
erpool for Havana —ostensibly—but it was
well known here, and, indeed, those in com
mand of the vessel did not attempt to conceal
the affair, that the vessel was to run the block
ade If she could. The statement, therefore,
that the Circassian was a trader between Bor
deaux and Havana, is incorrect. The vessel
is owned in Liverpool by a firm well known,
in the Mediterranean trade. The cargo on
board the captured vessel was estimated at
sl,ooo,ooo—a very good day’s work fqc the
captor.”
RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.
The rates of insurance at “Lloyd’s” on
steamers chartered to run the blockade,ranged
from thirty to forty guineas per cent., and
some policies contain a clause that six mouths’
detention from capture is to be considered
equivalent to a total loss.
THE DISTRESS IN THE COTTON DISTRICTS,
A general agitation has been commenced iu
East Lancashire to urge upon the government
the necessity of at once repealing the duties
on cotton goods and yams imported into Brit
ish India, with the view to create an improved
trade and thereby alleviate the vast distress
and suffering now endured by thousands of
factory operatives. A Urge district outdoor
meeting had been called to discuss the ques
tion. In a memorial to the government the
following passage occurs:
“ That your petitioners have borne with
patience and resignation the distress which
has resulted from th® American war, believing
that the cause of the distress is beyond the
control of the government: but they protest
against any acts of Her Majesty’s government
which shall odd to their distress by protective
duties upon our exports of manufactured
goods.”
A CONFEDERATE ARRIVAL IN THE CLYDE.
The Glasgow Serald has the following an
nouncement :
“On Wednesday night a little clipper
schooner, called the Sue, Capt. Smith, made
her appearance at the Broomielaw, with the
confederate flag flying, having on boardacargo
of turpentine, rosin, «fcc,. from Georgetown,
South Carolina, after a thirty day’s passage.
Capt. Smith reports the blockade as very
stringent, several war steamers being off the
small port he left. He was detained four weeks
waiting a chance or a dark night. He had run
out andintoCharlegton once before wi' h, profit
able cargoes. There were few or no vessels
in the Southern ports. The stocks of naval
stores were small, aad none making, as the
low prices since the war had stopped the mak
ers. Rosins are consumed now in place of
coal for making gas, and fonnd to suit well,
and cheaper than coal: so that hereafter rosin
will always command higher prices in the
Confederate States. The captain had consid
erable difficulty, from this scarcity, in collect
ing bis cargo. Capt Smith further assures us
that there is neither dread of the Northern in
vaders, nor anything like want of provisions,
clothing, money, or other necessaries to carry
on the war until the Southerners succeed in
gaining a separation and their independence.
FRANCE AND MEXICO—A NEW pCOJECT.
The London Herald's Paris correspondent
gays that a fcvorite idea in Prance just noy is
to establish French influence permanently in
Mexico In toe shape of Z protectorate. There
will be a French High fTomrirfesioner and a
French army, whilst the Mexican parliament
will be allowed to amuse itself by making
speeches and passing bills previously sanc
tioned by the executive.
The Independence Bdge in its correspondence
from Paris gives the following outline of the
conrse the French government intend to pur
sue in order to carry out the above policy;
‘‘The Emperor is more than ever determined
to pursue the execution of his projects in Mex
ico. He is not in reality so much annoyed as
people suppose at the withdrawal of England
and Spain; on the contrary, his isolation leaves
him more free to carry oat his own views.
It is. moreover, a mistake to suppose that he
was ever very anxious abont the candidature
of the Archduke MaximiHian, or that It la any
sacrifice to him to give it up. I believe that
the Emperor never thought it possible to make
the Mexicans acclaim that prince as their sov
ereign.
“The only object in putting him forward
was to make & parade of disinterestedness,
the Emperorbeiog very sure that his name
would neverbe an obstacle to the accomplish
ment of the imperial schemes. What those
schemes are is not yet well known, but they
will gradually come out as circumstances may
favortheir development, and wflUcoaaldera
bly astonish the world.
“Take it for certain that the Emperor U
fully resolved to make the Mexicans piy full
value for the services ho proposes to render
them, and that our intervention will not be
limited to a single campaign. Of course there
can be no doubt that the overthrow of
Juarez’s government Is one of the objects of
our expedition; but when Juarez is got rid
of, another government must be put iu hU
place, and the task of providing that will nat
urally fell upon the French, who, moreover,
will take the opportunity of levyingupon the
country-the costs of the war, which most
needs be considerable.
. v“ 1 have reasons for believing that out of
the Impossibility of establishing a monarchy
in Mexico, plausible reasons will bs found for
pennaneatly eaUHishteg French, Influence la
(V. f orm of a protectorate— something like
Massif pSFSSS’SS^
?St outlet for
made S
on a large scale.
disfranchising souhw
A. Letter to Gov, Tate*.
The following letter has been sent to Goy.
Tates by its author. It shows the despicable
swindles resorted to by the Egyptians to dis
franchise the gallant defenders of onr country.
Their rascality will meet with a sore defeat:
iloxrKD Cixy, Hi., Jane 17,1563.
To his Excellency Richard Tates, Governor of
Illinois.
. Sib :-I would call your attention ' to the
fact that I have been a citizen of lie State of
Illinois for several years, m BteUand
county; that I moved to Monad City, with
my family on the 19th of March, 1863, and en
tered into contract the same day as one of the
citizen physicians to the U. S. General Hospi
tal To-day I offered my vote, “Against the
new constitution,” wWch was two
of the judges (Thos. Kirk and W. O. Watts,)
npon the gloimd of my being in government
employ, and consequently not entitled to the
rights of citizenship. Two weeks ago I voted
here at the municipal election; Judge A.»r«
then decided that I was a citizen (I |
voting for AinO bnt the same .man ■.
(Kirk), now deciding that lam not a citizen. |
Again, an employee in this hospital, who came ,
here since I nave, was allowed to vote—sup
posed to have voted for the constitution.
Again, as I have been informed, fifteen United
States soldiers were told they could vote for
“new constitution;” but after ascertaining
they would all vote against it, the judges sud
denly discovered that soldiers had not tHe right
of suffrage. I wonld also state that W.O. Waits,
one of the acting judges, has his family in
Kentucky, and that they removed there more
six months ago, and by many he has not
been considered a citizen of this State since
last winter; and yet he voted. If it is neces
sary, I can give the names of parties here al
luded, and lean make affidavit to the truth of
fhig assertion. I then ask, Shall citizens of
Illinois be disfranchised by political tricksters,
because they do their country service and
choose to have a thinking mind of their own?
Shall every knave stand at the polls and dic
tate to freemen who shall exercise the rights
of citizenship? Ifow, sir, I desire to have
yon lay this before the proper authorities,
have my vote recorded against an Imamous
measure. In my haa x voted for the
new my vote would have been
received. As the election has been conducted
in Mound City this day. it is a fraud upon the
rights of citizens of Illinois and upon free
born Americans. A copy of this communi
cation has been furnished the judges.
Eespcctfoily youre,
Charles Botp, 31. D.
We, the nnderwgned, contract physicians
of the United States general hospital in Mound
City, have reason to believe the above state
ment to be correct. Our votes were also re
jected by the same judges.
John C. Norton, M. D.
S. M. Pratt, if. D.
After Sir. Boyd’s vote and several others
were rejected by the judges, the soldiers as
sembled, chose judges and a clerk, who were
regularly sworn in, and then opened the polls.
Ninety votes were cast, as follows: For the
constitution, 13; against it, 77. This poll was
regularly certified, sworn to, and sent to
Springfield,
Ihe Bichmenditei Getting Pinched
for Pood.
prom the Kicamond Whig, 14th.l
Tie citizens of Richmond, we are glad to
see, are awakening to a proper estimate of the
shameful extortion practiced upon them in
the various articles of food furnished the mar
ket, while, not thirty miles around the coun
try, the very same articles for which
they pay down a email fortune here
dally, are selling at the most moderate
trices, and in abundance at that. It is plain
: hat unless the authorities move in the matter
of getting these supplies into the city, there
will be want in our midst before midsummer.
"With the cutting off of railroad communica
tion on the east and north by the enemy, and
the monopolizing of the roads south and west
by the confederate government, it must be
evident to every one that the people can do
nothing toward getting provisions to the Rich
mond market in any abundance, especially
when the wagon roads are impassable with
mire. As the enemy draw their lines of com
munications, the need will become greater as
the chances of reaching the country are less
ened.
FROM AUCTION.
RECEIVED THIS DAY
Thursday, May 53,1863,
ANOTHER LOT of 500 PIECES OF THO3B
PINE APPLE MUSLINS
A new and beautiful article for summer dresses. Wa
are soiling them at THREE SHILLINGS a yard—Just
half price.
100 Doz. Beal French Embroidered Revered
and Home Stitched Handkerchiefs,
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 six shillings and one dollar
600 Boz, Extra quality Ladies Hem’d
Linen CambncHaiidkßxclusfa,
For Two Shillings.
I,oooHew Style good work Cambric Collars,
For Two Shillings.
1,000 French Lawn Dresses, fast Color,
Ten Yards for Ouo Dollar.
600Pieces,new style, best Pacific DeXalces,
FOB ONE AND SIXPENCE*
600 Pieces best style and
Finest quality Challies,
FOB FIFTEEN CENTS.
60 Piecesbest all wool Paris Printed BeLaines
FOB THREE SHILLINGS;
Another large lot of plain all wool DeLAINES. SILK
and WOOL CHALLIES, CHAFE MAIiETTS. BOM
BAZINES. and DRESS GOODS of every de
scription, for half price. ju.-*t opened.
Do not hny elsewhere AT ANT THICK until yon see
our bargains, as we have larec dally arrivals of new
and desirable Goods of every description
FROM AFCIIOJT,
ManufactHrers & Importers Direct
Oar entire stock is bought for nett Cash
AT A LAEGE DISCOUNT
From regular prices, making every piece s Bargain.
w. ax. ross & co.,
16T & 169 Lake Street*
mfcStoMCSa
WILLIAM CLARKE,
BUCCESEOS TO CLAEKE * DATEE,
WHOLESALE GBOGEB
AND
General Commission Merchant,
*73 South. Water street.
Chicago,.. Illinois.
[je2o-5231-2w]
5 000 WOOL 3ACKS
D-60,000 BURLAPS SACKS
For Oats. For sale cheap at
Com Exchange Bag Manufactory,
IST Soutli Water Street.
HART. ASTEN Ac CO.
QREAT CLOSING OUT SALS
TT-A:N~GXN~G-g.
AtF. E. RIGBY’S, 89 Bandolpli street*
Uo3-rB6l-lm]
“HOPE BtTIUHNG,’’
No. 181 DUANE ST., NEW STOEK,
Hare now In store
Blue Cloths ftsd Doeskins, for Army and
Navy Orders.
INDIGO CLOTHS FOB CAPS.
FETE 6-4 DOESKINS, REGULATION SHADE.
Tellow, Scarlet Crimson and Lijrht Green Cloths. Al
so—A full line of HEAVY WOOLENS. Eskimo and
Moscow Coatings and Veloors. 3-4 and &4 BIac& Doe
skin® and Bearers. 6-4 Fancy Casalmeres.
Fob s*r/g at tub Lowest Mxbest Pbiobs.
ALCOHOL AND SPIRITS.
MT NEW
Alcohol Apparatus,
Bald to be tbe finest piece of copper work in the coun
try, capacity of ouehondrea barrels per day.
Is now open for Public Inspection.
19* IS* SERJETBIiDTj
je9-s2-im 69 South Water street.
Q.REAT REDUCTION IN
SHIRTS.
GOLDEN HILL SHIETS AT
$2.00.
Shirts made to order and warranted to fit at
£2.00.
WYANT A POWERS,
No. 8 TEEMONT BLOCK DEARBORN STBHBX.
taptapSS-Sral
WOOL!
behave {20,000 placed la oar hands to advance <m
TTooL, for sole in this market or for shipment East,
where the highest prices may be realized. Producers
and dealers in Wool will do well to communicate with
us before selling. Andrew
BAPPLETE ft SHELDON,
Oommission. Merohante,
jetrdlGly 243 Sooth Water st, Chicago,
gUTTER JARS,
JUGS, CQURRS—aII sizes.
For sale LOW to the trade only.
SAMUEL GBEBNB ft 00,
feVW&ftv Baee*aeaSSe.lßoer4etTr»d3Bafl«Bg
asiHjolasate pjtmsea.
RAVES & IRVINE
” ijg f*KE STREET,
APB SOW to tto Trade, SSTT CASH*
skiets
At Maantoctarert Fricea,
COKSBTS
yrrMrih and Notions, al rates ttat
Cannot be Surpassed.
CRATES A prang. T8 Ease Street.
SPRING 1862.
COOLEY, FARWELL & CO.
42,44 *43 WABASH AVESBB
CHICAGO.
.- .
Are bow offering a large and attractive usextaacnt
DOMESTICS.
Pliiti, CfngYintns, le Lalne«,
KOTIONS, FANCY <3-0033 S,
. WOOLENS, and a choice selection <*
PBS S 8 G OOl>S.
MOttoKmrMMJ cotton “7%jiwnrap
Chased early In the fan. we can and will oner superior
inducement* to the trade. i,„ rir ,.^p
We will guarantee our orleee to be the iowuet made
jn this to Mew * wtaddtoa.todcht,
buyer* to a carefld examination cl our
rtocAßeflPrepnrchaalng. .. , _ __
COOLEY. gAHOBH fc CO.
1868. BKHHG TSADE. 18621
WEBER. WILLIAMS & YALE,
WSO£>UX> DZaLZBfI IS
HATS, CAPS,
Stra-w Good*. I>arasol*,
Umbrellas and Palm Leaf foods,
St f.»g« tTBEEIi CHICAGO.
HITS now 10 BTOE» » ZiXBX mi detoMa wool: la
tsaisa which wiU be offered at
Bastern Prices
pwr a Kn err KppfOVCd BtlOTt fTEgDTT. IS3Ht7i*
WHOLESALE
YANKEE NOTIONS.
J. M. STINE,
33 take Street,
Corner of* Wabash ATenuft
Has now in store, and offers to the Trade,
AT STEW YORK PRICES,
The largest and best assorted stock in the city o<
Yankee Solions,
Hosiery, Gloves,
Hoop Skins,
Keck Ties,
Hair Kets,
And an the articles usually kept m a tibst- class
NOTIOH HOU6B.
Orders promptly and faithfully attended to*
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SPRUNG OF 1862.
WHOLESALE
DRY GOODS.
Davis, Sawyer & Co.,
40 & 43 LAKE STREET,
Hare to store and sow receiving
300 Bales Domestics,
350 cases Prints,
300 “ Staple Cotton Goods,
60 “ Assort’d Dress Goods,
Conpdslng the meet popular and desirable goods 0
fee season, and fee
NEWEST AND MOST AT
TRACTIVE STYLES,
PURCHASED FOR CASH under li»e
recent depression ot the Eastern Mare
Kets; all of which, will he sold
AT LOWEB PBIOES
Tban many similar goods, of OLDER
STIfXES, now offered in this and
Eastern Markets.
Buyers, OSB AXD ALL, are earnestly invited
to examine our stock, and compare goods and
prices, without regard to published quotation.
DAVIS, SAWYEE & CO,
Our firm to St. Louis is i
SAiTL C. DA VIS & CO. J
FIELD, BENEDICT&Co.,
84 & 36 Lake Street,
Art no 1 * opening a large and veil assorted noox •
CLOTHS, CASSDIERES
AND TESTINGS,
Together with an the variotn styles of Qoodi Joe
MBSrSWBAS,sucUa#
Cordoroys, Satinets,
SEoleaklns, Gottonades,
Velveteens, F. and 91. Case,
Planters’Drills, Queens Cloth,
Planters’ Ducks, Span’ll Linens,
BTerlno Cass, Drap D’EtaY,
Kentucky Jeans, Ital’n Cloths,
Fancy Linens, Tweeds.
Ton win always Had In onr assortment all the deifr.
able styles In the market, which will be sold at satis
&ctory prices. A frill stock of Tailors’ Trimmings at
ways on hand. apTpll&ly
WHOLESALE
Bit, Cap and Straw Goods House.
E. P. L. BROOM,
BtTCCESSOB TO
E* Jtc. U&. p;T JiOGrGr Ac CO^
50 Lake Street, Chicago,
hm no, on > urge ug
Hats, Caps and Straw Goods,
or an kinds, which bare beea bought for ouh dues
the great
Decline in Prices,
And which will he sold for cash, or to prompt paying
Trade at
NEW YORK PRICES.
Haying engaged with Mr. Bsoox, I hope to see ay
old friends and customers, and s^* ll as before do ay
best in filling their orders.
apU-p32!-2in B. B. KELLOGG.
STYLES FOK
SUMMER TRADE.
WEBEB, WILLIAMS & YALE,
25 Lake Street, Clxicago,
Hare last received from New Tort Cash Auction
Bales and direct from manufacturers, a foil stock o S
HATS, OAFS, STRAW GOODS.
PARASOLS, BUN UMBRELLAS,
AHD PALM LEAF GOODS,
of all the latest styles, specially adapted for Summer
Trade, to which, toe attention of City and Country
trade ifl Inrited. tny3o-r783-lni
QOtJNTRY MERCHANTS
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Hob. 2» and 31 Lake Street,
Comer Vabash Avenue, next door to Cooley.
Faxwell&Co.,
A complete assortment of every style adapted to the
season, We keep good
Custom-Made "Work,
For those who want such, and also a. large supply oc
CHEAPER GRADES
"Which we win sen at
Auction Prices for Cash.
. Please examine our stock before purchasing else
where, or going farther East. •
,, „ DOGQETT, BASSETT & TTTT.TA
myX6*4lsßm
gAWSOJT A BARTLETT
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealer* Is
BOOTS AND SHOES,
80. 30 Lake Street, CUeage, IS,
We would respectfully call the attention of City and
Country Merchants to our extensWestock of Boot* and
Shoes, which we hare now in store, and are daDT re
ceiving from our Factory la West Borlston. Abas.
wWch cqnslsteofaftm assortment of those Celebrated
Custom-Made Patna Kip and Calf, and Grain Water-
Proof Boots; together with a foil stock of all style* of
SPRING AND SCnSISB GOODS,
Of the best quality andmaßulasturea, which we are nre
pared to Mil foe CASH and prompt paying Wade at
Bostoa and hew York Jobbing Prices.
Wears Agents fbr the saleof hDtehelTa Pains v»
aiiio Tip Boots and *
saaijnlcsalc Ojin.. |
STRYKER ST^I
No. 141 Lake Street, I?
Hare just received a large lot (jf k
DRESS GOODS!
raOHBWTOBKATJCIIOS SAI^
they are offering at
EXTREMELY LOW PRICES
To soil the season. Aisosomcnewstyingof
SILK SACQUES MD SIMILES,
Including the now FRENCH SACqrE. and ts.» Jr
PLED MANTLES- TVe Invite a clo=: t \
these goods, la quality and price. t&eVcr
cannot be undersold. l 7*
A BEAUTLFCTL ASSORTMENT 0? ( A
New Styles of Pacific Law® 1
Only One Shining per yard,
JACCONETS, FREHCH DRGAHDIEt^
New goods and new prices. Also, a £ll2 v- ll ;
BlacS S11& Twist Lace Mitts, Ladles* an. 1m : ~. g ||
Icry and Gloves, Summer and g
Alexander’s Kid Gloves, San L'rnbreilas, b
BOKBET AHD XEIMHING EIB3QS3
A large lot of VEILS now opening. corr. r - ; ;, :1)v
Colored Grenadine.Lore und Laces«;.,dja{ t.; :t
figures.
hood Skirts for both Ladles’ and Hlw-s’.
the
Brtdftl Trail and Parts Trail,
Made of the best Watch Spring Steel and at ;.- C3j|
low as can elsewhere he found.
xace ponrrs jlsd mahtik.
A fnll assortment, very cheapjAjw last[;
large lot of the celebrated JK.S7UM) Outfall M
at the same low price aa formerly.
and examine. 11'
Is 0.141 LAKE STREET, |
STBYKEB & CO. |
myl9-rfg-ly ||
TRIMMING RIBBONS!
mxi
A line cf those rerj scarce and desirable sco-H
JUST RECEIVED.
Oor customers, who hare waited »o |
lons and patiently for the above, are %
revested to call soon and make ttieir -
selections, \
GRAVES & IRVI^TE.
mbsi-hon-iy 7S lake stiiebt.
SMITH BROTHERS,
WHOLESALE GROCERS, I
43 South. 'Water'street, Chicago, '\
Keep constantly on hand a’Tsrge and compile assort
SUGARS, COFFEES,
Syrnps, Tobacco, Holaases, Teas,
WOODEN WABE, COED AGE, AC,
All Of which will; he sold Very Low tor Ceai, I
iIARCEIXrS B. SMITH. IsCeof Smltli. P.iHarfl :
TTALDO TV. SMITH, ** S. J. Stir.him A Co, !
A, JUDSOS SMITH. ** Smith, Po.lar>l A Co, r
Oes-rSav2m] \-
GROCERIES. ■
Ewing, Briggs & Co.
75 SOCTH WATER SXEEET, CBKiGO,
Offer for sale AT THE FEET LOWEST FISICBS 69
CLOSE BUTE US AND PUOMPT MBS,
a well selected stock «f
GROCERIES,
At \v iiolesale.
SUGARS, FISH,
TEAS, TOBACC3,
COFFEES, BICE,
SYBTJPS. SPICES,
MOLASSES, SOAPS,
DRIED FEUIT.
WOODEK WADE, and all articles usually Included la
■WeijaTetiOTiphtinortof onrpoo*forown. ami »■
Here that we can ni.tho it to the interne of all pur
chasing In this market to call and examine ,>r:r
buforebuyieg, EVIMf. UliiGO? ro..
Ko. ”15 S>»utti Water street, Chicago,
Wm. L. Ewteg, St. Lonlf, JIo.
Clinton Briggs, ) chlcaeo
Thomas Eeertoiins. j mjlS-ragl-iy
GROCERIES.
16 & 18 STATE STREET,
api-nfla-fca
G.O. COOK & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Cast buyers at o Invited to examine
our stock.
Q.EO. W. KINS & CO., .
Wholesale Grocers, I
No, IS STATE STREET,
Ej
NEAR SOOTH ’WATER. 5
Chicago, - - - - Illinois. |
Geo. "Wilson King, late of La Sails. I
Denj. H. Aldrich, Chicago. lelS-algvlm ‘
pOLLAKD & DOANS,
Successors to Smith, Pollard & Co.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
ISO 1191 SootS Water street, Clileago,
L RL roLLAED. [mj3l-rC?S-3m] G2O. a. DOU
DEUS&
J. H. REEIX & CO.,
144 and 148 Lake street,
DRUGS, PA'I STS,
MARUFACTUEESS’ GOODS.
Hare a large stock of goods, weß
bought, and offer them low to
CASH AND PROMPT BUYERS.
JUST RECEIVED. PER
STEAMER ETNA,
Coventry Frilling' or Baffling,
IMPORTED ONLT BT
BUTTOS .t BtBKITT,
ai t of the above beaa
flful material. In all widths. We would «»y to all la
fe^r^ a - e^ &c ' ei J thiß article, that it is made pr*
Clsely USe ft ribbon. In lengths of in varda, and has •
running cord In one edge, by means of which it can be
drawn up to any desirable lullncsa.'
It washeslandwears well, and Is Incoranarablv fleer,
cheaper and better than any other Bnfflinc In too mar
set. Also,
COSSETS, HOSIER? t ZEPHYR WORSTS®
SUTTON & ODT.KTTT,
11 Lasalle street.
>rN-Gf-
leU-rSTO-Sa
y AKDEBVOOKT, DICKERSOK *CU
in ft Ml Stmi, Steo,
ITS PLATE, SHEET IBOS, 4«.,45,
Tinners' Stock.
A6EITTS WOB,
Howe’s Improved Scale*;
TT'NOCH woods,
Ej ffIBMMMr » CH4», A. SATOHa
So. 180 lAKK STBKKT,
TWtTgg or
Cons, Sporting Apparatus, FiaMas
TacMe, Pistols, Bowie Knives,
AND MILITARY GOODS.
Powder and Slxot,
AT WHOLBSALS ABB BBTAtfc.
ap3-pJC7-ly
Q.REAT CLOSINS OUT SAT.a
PAPER HANGINGS,
AtF. E. CICBY’S, 89 RaadalphUnC
UeWara-iißi
PRIME BARLEY MALT AX,
1
AIM. BKte Tout BUt U> EotUa
I
IK ATX COLORS:
meat of
BKBEACE.Q
their line.
JOBBERS O T
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PSALEBSIB
laoTSHiSlyj
a. «. Man,
• MSMTIWnIB.