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r CJje CtUwme. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1883. XBB COUNTEBFBIT BEVOIiITXTOIf. The Southern rebels hubs no opportuni ty to put forward imaginary points of re semblance between their disgraceful trea son and the Revolution bo gloriously con summated by our fathers. South Carolina end Fort Moultrie took a conspicuous part in Hie commencement of both; and both must, therefore have sprung from the same causes. In both, the Southern clergy in voked the Divine aid; and the end of both must, therefore be exactly alike. Numer ous other signs and indications are sup* posed to augur success; but these two seem to be the most generally accepted, be cause, they are the only two that •Will bear respectable comparison. Coinci dences no longer serve any purpose tlym to'amuse the curious and astonish the credulous; but ths rebels might, without in the least Changing, the estimation in Which they aw held by the world, add cer - tain other colncidtnooa to their list. For instance, Bouth Carolina, In the Revolu tionary days, was the principal nest of tones; and la now the principal nest of traitors. The tones were distinguished for barbarity and lor stealing; and so are their descendants. The tones fought for a gov ernment ruled by the few and for a form ot society divided by caste; and so do the Southern rebels. The men of the North taught the tones to respect the lavra of hu manity; and their children will teach the traitors the same lesson, and by the same process of instruction. The memory of the tones is universally execrated; and the traitors of our day will furnish fixture orators, poets, historians and sadrists, with < superlative comparisons for whatever is meanest and Tilcet in human nature. Of all the delusions current to the cred ulous,miserable South, none is more utterly absurd than thic setting up of the wicked Slave State rebellion as a true copy of the old Revolution. Every point of resem blance is negative. Our grandsires struck out boldly for' liberty, and proclaimed the eternal troth that all men are bom free. They refused to be taxed without a voice in their government They deprecated slavery as an evil that would be intoler able if it were not to be considered as tem porary. They based their system of gov ernment on the principle, that the fairly expressed will of the majority must be law *f< r all. They committed no acts of theft. Their moral heroism commanded the ad miration of the world, and extorted praise from their enemies. They robbed no mints—poisoned no enemies—affiliated with no traitors; they proclaimed their open purpose before the world—called upon mankind to judge them by their acts —end appealed to the public opinion of civilized nations. It was the moral force of the. Revolu tion, the sympathy and good will of man kind, that triumphantly carried it through all the perils from Lexington to Torktown, and literally vended the saying, that the battle is not to the strong nor the race to the swift All the resources of Britain were as chaff against a cause which had an advocate in the conscience of eveiy enlightened man. The decree had gone forth that America should be free, and it was madness to resist Our fathers had plcnted them selves on an impregnable position, and mere physical force was powerless to dislodge them. But the rebels, weak in everything, more infatuated than weak, more wicked than infatuated, have entrenched themselves behind physical force; outraged humanity; bid defiance to reason; set up slavery over demo cracy; proscribed patriotism; obliterated the veiy idea of moral obligation; shaken confidence in man’s capacity for self-govern ment; tried to arrest the progress ofj civflizatioii, offered a premium to peijury, and mocked the religious, sentiments of our race by* calling upon the Deity to wit ness the justice of their cause. There is absolutely nothing in this scandalous re bellion to command respect, or to shield its authors from universal detestation. There is no possibility of its success, and for eveiy life sacrificed in putting it down, the traitors will be chargeable with the crime of murder. As Wigfdll is to Jefferson, as Toombs is to Franklin, as Davis is to ‘Washington—such is this shameful to the glorious Struggle which made our country free. GENEKAL BLESKEB. “We find the following paragraphia tho "Washington correspondence of the Cincin- nati Gazette : “JJlenber'e quartermaster said to-day, that there was a probability that Bleaker would be sent out to taka command of Gen. Bob McCook’s brigade. The statement is not folly credited here.” Blenher’a division, having become totally demoralized by reason of bis own rascality, has been broken up, and the separate regi ments incorporated with other divisions in <3cn. SigcTs corps. The last news given, to the public concerning Blenker was that lie had absented himself from the army to •avoid a court martiaL This, whether true or not, was certainly within the range of probabilities. But there are other facts concerning Blenker which may serve to point a moral and adorn a tale. On the fifty-third page of the second re port of the Committee on Government Contracts we find a chapter on “ Sutlers in the Army” and on the BOBd page of the same report we find the sworn testimony of Louis Blenker concerning the subject matter under investigation. The testimo of several sutlers in Bienker’s division is also printed in the volume. The facts are established, not only by the sutlers them selves, hut by Blanket's own admission, that he (Blenker) levied a tax of SIOO per month on each of the sutlers in his divis- ion, in direct -violation of law, and in d< fiance of tie Amy Regulations, and rppro pxiated the money to ins own use. Thus SI,OOO per month was stolen hy an officer wearing the uniform of a Brigadier Gen era], from the soldiers placed under his command, for of course the sutlers, in order to make themselves whole, were obliged to swindle their customers to an equal amount. Blanker tried to make it appear that he had to support a lot of seedy barons from Germany “in the style to which they were accustomed,” and that he expended the proceeds of the fraudulent antler tax in champagne, cigars, canvas back ducks and other gentlemanly com forts for these broken down adventurers. This was a pretense ot course—a lie to | cover a fraud—but whether true or false, it was equally a theft, equally in violation of law,'and equally deserving of punishment The facta above narrated were long ago known, and honest men wondered how an officer could be guilty of such flagrant and high-handed misdemeanor and still be re tained in command of ten thousand sol <fiers. But Blenker was not yet confirmed, snd it was deemed impossible that the Senate would award its approval of his sets by advising and consenting to his ap pointment The Committee on Military Affairs investigated his case diligently and thoroughly, and finally reported against btm Accordingly, on the last day of the session, the Benoit confirmed Blenker! Bat the chapter does not end here. Con gress had limited the number of Brigadiers to two hundred, snd the two hundred had already been confirmed. Blenkeris name was the two hundred and first on the list But ashis commission dates back to August, 1861, (his appointment haring been rnnA* during the recess of Congress), he must inevitably crowd out somebody else, and it is probable that he will deprive some honorable and meritorious officer of his Weil earned stars. Such acts as these, on the part of the Sec ale of the United States, will lead the people to demand ere long that the secret session of that body be abolished. They will demand to know the names of those who vote to confirm scoundrels to high end responsible positions, and they will not hold him guiltless who dares say by his TOie that he does not esteem the robbery of soldiers, to tlie fame of SI,OOO per month, a crime. We cannot believe that it is the intention of the War Department to impose Bleaker upon a Western brig ade, unless accompanied with an order to pnt bim at once on trial for theft, and com pel him to disgorge the enormous sums he extorted from the German troops in the army of the Potomac. VHOIEBILB LYING* Can there be s doubt of the intentional perrenionß of the truth when the London Time* gravel j informs its readers that the confiscation bill passed by Congress con demns to death the whole white popula tion of the South. * It does not even except the women and children, but says deliber ately that the North proposes to execute eight million* of peoplo, This stupendous lie is of course followed by an insulting tirade against the American people. How can we wonder that public opinion in England is against us when such outra geous falsehoods are propagated by so called respectable Journals? The WanderUf Uniform*, Tie troubles of the men in uniform who are stragglers from their dirties, hare *om* menced in earnest in the eastern cities, the aider of the war department covering the ease having gone Into operation two days ago. Every person found in uniform in the public streets will be required to show his papers, prove himself a military man, and to hare just cause for being absent from his command. Every rnan found in military clothes, and mot able to give a satisfactory account of himself, will be obliged to go to the nearest military depot, where five dollars will be paid to the I officer arresting him, and he will there be subjected to a rigid examination, which will end in his being divested of his uniform or In his being sent forthwith to his command. The enforcement of this order in all our titles will rid them of a great nuisance in the shape of individuals who perambulate the streets in uniform for purposes of a private and often of an evil character. In New York, where tbk last form of nuisance baa abounded, quite a panic occurred on 'Wednesday among those wearing the uniforms of the United Statea military service. Provost marshal Kennedy issued stringent orders to the members of the police force to arrest all uniformed persons and compel them to show passes, give a satis factory reason for donning the army blue, or go to G overnor 1 s Island, to be thence remand ed to their respective posts of duty. About 200 were arrested. Xh» Arrest of George Francis Train. Let no one on this side of the world get excited over the arrest of George Francis Train in England, for the good reason that it is better to wait and know the grounds of his detention t.bnn to accept the foolish and im probable rumor which accompanies the intel ligence of the circumstance, that it has any thing to do with Ms intended project to em bark in the enterprise of racing volunteers in this country. The suggestion is absurd. We predict that the next steamer’s news will give the real root of the matter in Mr Train’s busi ness operations, as it is well known and not discreditably to Ww, that he has encountered bister opposition in carrying forward his horse railroad scheme, and has more than once been before the English courts In ono capacity or other. We prefer to see la Ms trouble now a matter purely personal and pri vate-until we are obliged, to concede the as tounding outrage just announced. Government Contracts* The recent act of Congress for the regula tion of government contracts is carefully observed by the navy department, wMch pub lishes weekly statements of all applications for contracts for naval work. The latest pub lication of this kind appears in the National Intelligencer of yesterday, and gives the fol lowing list for the week ending August 9th: •'Merrick & Sons, Philadelphia, propose to con* struct ft Tessel for $950,001). “Pettibone & Ho'iban, Washington, propose to ralte the steam tag Tigress for llftj per cent of the assessed value of the same. ♦•A. C. Hall, Baltimore, proposes to raise the steam tug Tigress for one-half of the proceeds of the sale of the same at public auction. “ William Hunter, ship carpenter, Washington, proposes to raise schooner Isabel, ennk in the Potomac, with coal, and to deliTcr the coal to the government at the Navy Yard, if he is allowed the vessel for bis services: also to raise die tog Tigress for one-half the value of whatever he may raise and deliver at the Navy Yard. -• To Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. —Wm. Underwood & Co., Boston, offer to famish 300,001) pounds of tomatoes, in cans of five pounds each, at 6K cents per pound. “ btunner flagg, Boston, asks an extension of two weeks to complete Ids delivery of mattresses. ♦* To Bureau of Ordnance. —Messrs. Smith «fe Band, of New York, offer to dispose of five hun dred barrels of powder to the Bureau at the ruling prices* * 4 Mr. Avery, cf New York, proposes to famish the 'Coffee Mill Gun* at $T5u each to the navy. “fiaverv & Co., of Philadelphia, offer to supply ehot of all sizes at 3 *4 cents per pound, and shells of tail] sizes at 8# cents per pound “James 3L Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, proposes to supply Iron from the Coaoweugo Furnace.” These publications will prodace a salutary effect They will go far to prevent the evils of the contract system, by showing the nature ot the proposed contract and the persons who are interested in it Moreover, under section sixteen of the act of July 17th, con* tractors are made amenable to trial by court martial. Frauds upon the government will, therefore, become more difficult and necessa. rily lees frequent NoWj Hone Old Kane* We notice that an effort is being made to organize another regiment in the Poz River Valley. Three have already gone from en campments in that county. They are ambi tious of adding a fourth. In addition to the rash of recent recruits to new regiments we learn that Lieut. Wilcox haa already secured about fifty recruits for the famous 53d. |3grSome months ago the British iron steamship Km-pak was wrecked on a cord reef near the Bahamas, and became a total loss. An eastern paper says that after lying at the bottom of the sea for some weeks, in habited by fish and turtles, two enterprising young men from Bath, Maine*—Messrs. Kim ball and Arnold-bought the wreck for $335, thinking they could “fishup” that amount of old iron from her. John Bull pocketed the $825, and thought Jonathan greener than the sea weed for making such a purchase. The purchasers explored her with submarine ar mor, plugged up her holes, pumped her out, raised her to the surface, took her into Nas sau, New Providence, the nearest port, had her rigged with sails as a hark, at an expense of SI,OOO more, and soon she will be in New Tork, when afterputting in a new boiler, (the zest other machinery being good) she will be worth $75,000 to SIOO,OOO at least. pgr Tie last Memphis letter of the Phila delphia UVc«* is devoted principally to the difficulty which has sprang op between the treasury department and military authorities, relative to the cotton trade. General Sher man Is in favor of destroying the article; whereas the financial men, perceiving that the government will receive fourteen and a half dollars on every bale so procured, are desi rous to avail themselves of this agency to swell the revenue. The gold and treasury Kites expended in the purchase, however, add to the sinews of war in the South; and the military men accordingly propose the bridg ing ot this difficulty by giving vouchers in stead of money or currency, thus assuring the cotton-holders of payment at the close ol the war, without giving material aid to the re bellion. pT Gen. Wadsworth is earning the thanks of all honest and loyal men throughout the country, hy the vigor with which he is follow ing up Ms duties andalways on the sldeot hu manity.* On Monday night, at Washington, detective officers A. B. Allen and John H. Wise were arrested hy government authority and confined in the old capitoL The charge against them Is that they, upon the warrant of Samuel S. Phillips, one of the commissioners appointed by the circuit court, arrested seven slaves claimed by Mr. T. E. Berry, of Maryland, who, after an examination by Mr. Phillips, were restored to Mr. Berry. They were taken before Gen. Wadsworth, military governor, who, after hearing the case, sent them both back to prison. Gen. Wadsworth said “that* the circuit court bad no right to appoint com missioners under the fugitive Slave law, and therefore they were kidnappers.” A whole some hint to nigger catching officers. tST* New Orleans dates to the 2nd Inst, say the city remains quiet, healthy, and well pro vided with the kindly bestowments of a boun tiful Providence, in the way of fruits and oth er seasonable products of tbe earth. It has been a month, however, since there had been a rnwil from the North. Parties having friends and correspondents in that, region *will take note. IST During the war as many as thirteen sea-going English steamers hare been cap tured at various points on the Southern coast by onr blockading fleets. It would be idle to expect that|aoy risks are too great to prevent shippers from engaging in the con traband trade with the South, but on the whole we are inclined to think that it has net proved a very profitable speculation, and the Liverpool shipowners would be glad, doubt less, to have Eari Bussell do something to promote, or at least facilitate in some degree, their commercial ventures. This he has very emphatically refused to do, and at the same time reminds them of their obliga tions under the proclamation of tho material for the Draft. The following statistics from the last cen eos returns, shows the number of white males La the United States between the ages of eighteen and fifty, who may be subject to a draft: Loyal States. Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island.... Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland District of Colombia .. Northwestern Virginia. Ohio'..: Indiana . Illinois i Wisconsin . Michigan 10wa.....' Minnesota Delaware . Total. The North and West have drawn on this force thus for for army and navy Deft Border States, Kentucky Missouri Total 488,276 The population of the South between the ages ot eighteen and fifty Is .1,963,839 Drawn from this force CWO.OCK) The above gives the Northern and Border States an excess over the South, allowing for enlistments in Kentucky and Missouri, which may properly be incoporated among the 900,000 drawn from the loyal States, of nearly three millions. gayit is rumored in Italy that Garibaldi, in stead of furthering the deliverance of Italy, will soon unshe&th his sword for the deliver ance of, Greece. BuUier'* Cbrreapondencs says quite seriously that there is a scheme on foot for making Victor Emanuel’s son Amadeus vfnff of Greece, and that France and Bussla would not oppose the arrangement. It seems that when young Amadeus was recently at Palermo with Garibaldi, the Greek emigrants there hailed him as king of Greece. It is thought that Garibaldi, with only 1,000 men, if let alone, could upset King Otho, who has no hold either on Ms army or his subjects. [ST Rev. George W. Dumnore, the late la mented chaplain of the Ist Wisconsin cavalry regiment, who “ fell bravely fighting in the recent assault made on a corps of that regi ment by 600 Texans, near Helena, Ark., at the time of the breaking out of the rebellion bo was a missionary in Turkey,ln Asia, under the patronage of the A. B. C. F. M., in whose sendee he had been ten years. On learning of his. country’s troubles and dangers, he hastened home and entered its service. He certainly fell in a good cause. |3gr According to a statistical article in the Scientific American, the number of sewing mv chines annually manufactured in tMs country Is seventy thousand. Twelve or fourteen es tablishments are engaged in the business.— The number of machines made In 1853 was only twenty-live hundred. Up to the present time, (from 1852 to 1863,) the aggregate is two hundred thousand; and three hundred and fifty eight American patents for improvements upon the original design have been taken out within thirteen years. At Brighton. lowa, on the 11th, a man named A. Landebaugh was taken in hand by the citizens for disturbing a meeting to raise volunteers, and for cheering for Jeff. Davis and the Southern confederacy, and a great deal of other disloyal language. The rebel sympathizers pitched in and rescued the man, when the Home Guards turned out and ar rested five of the rescuers and sent them un der the charge of the sheriff to Davenport. It Is getting to be dangerous to be a traitor and live North. The Evansville (Ind.) Journal states that in view of the disordered state on the river, Capt Dexter, of the steamer Courier, determined not to be caught napping, has placed two fine guns, 12-pounders, on the forecastle of Ms boat, and has also sufficient small arms ou board to arm his crew. If the guerillas consult their own Interests and wel fare, they will take to the brush when they see the Courier heave In sight, as Capt. Dex ter is determined to protect his boat and Ms paEEcngers. There is a curious passage in No. 43 of the FcdcraTut, from the pen of James Mad ison; W I take no notice,” he says, u ot an un happy species of population, (the slaves,) abounding in some of the States, who, during the calm of the regular government, are sunk below tbe level of men, but who, in the tem pestuous scenes of civil violence, may emerge into the human character and give a superior ity of strength to any party with which they may associate themselves.” The health of oar army on the James Elver continues fair. An objection to the lo cality is, that if a soldier fall* ill, as, naturally some will, everywhere, the heat is ao great that that his system cannot readily recuperate, especially in cases of fever. The worst cases are sent to hospitals in the neighborhood of Portress Monroe, or at the north, leaving in* tense heat, buzzing flies, and a breathless air, to their lees afflicted brethren. special orders have been issued to General McClellan within a few days, in structing him to appoint a military board, to fix a table of prices which the inhabitants may charge for articles tarnished to the army. Union men are to be allowed these prices if they bring in the articles. If they refuse, whatever is wanted, is to he seized without payment. The property of secessionists is to be seized In all cases without payment. f3s~Away down East a wealthy old gentle man, who was especially fond of glass of bran dy, had established a bank, and liking Ms own face better than any one’s else, had the frank ness to confess it by placing it on both ends of the hank hills. One evening a bill of this description was offered at the village hotel, and was thought to be a counterfeit. “Fata glass of brandy to the plcter,” interposed a wag, “ and ii its mouth opens you may be sure It is one of old Vinter’s.” General Daniel K. Boswell of Corinth, Miss., has been authorized by the war depart ment to raise and organize, in that State, a brigade of volunteer infantry, to serve for three years or during the war. The brigade will be commanded by Gen. Boswell, a loyal Mhsissippian, who was expatriated by the des potic government of Jeft Davis, because of bis loyalty to his country. py Among the arrivals at Fortress Monroe ontbeXOtb, were abont thirty regimental bands, just mustered oat in compliance with the recent order of the war department to dis pense with music in the army. In addition to these, musicians have been arriving at that point in greater or less number, and departing northward, for the past three weeks. |g* The President of the United States has presented to CapL Abraham Grant, of the brig Colin Campbell, of Liverpool, N. S., through Major Norton, U. S. Consul at Fictou, N S., & splendid gold medal, for gallant service ren dered in rescuing the crew of the American schooner Treasurer. pT One of the editors of the Detroit Tri bune has been spending a few days in Canada West, and gives tbe result of his observations in that region. On the war question, he says, that four-fifths ot the population sympathize with the rebels of tbe South. PS?" It is suggested that after those unable to do military duty have got done making affidavits, tbe life insurance companies will be looking them over to see whether they harmonize with the testimony given when the policies were obtained. Not a bad idea. pg- Queen Victoria has contributed, under the title of the Dnchess ot Lancaster, $3,000 to tbe fond lor the distressed cotton opera tives of Lancashire. She assumes her ducal title u to associate herself with this, suffering district.” pgr The Norman, a new steamship of 1,500 tons burden, and 600 horse power, the largest steamship ever built at Philadelphia for tbe mercantile trade, has commenced her regular trips on the Boston line. |g* A few nights since, at Washington, a ladies fair in aid of the fund of the Union literary Association for the relief of the sick and i ßounded was opened by an ani mated address from the Hon. Cassius M. Clay. The Nicaragua route to Califcrcl i is to be reopened and a line of steamers established. Travelers will sow have tbe choice of two routes, and the benefit of a healthy competi tion, which has long been needed. pg* A painter without arms, a Mr. Pels, in Belgium, Is exciting general admiration by the excellence offals works now at the exhibition of the Brussels Academy, He was bom with out arms and paints with his feet. OUB HOIFHIS -LEXTER. The Intrenchments—Show!* to the tear and Muskets to the Front — T>ie Contrabands, [From Our Own Correspondent.] Gatobo Housn, Mkkphm, Tenn ,) August 13, 1863. f Tie work upon the fortifications la the southern part of the city, near the old loca tion of Fort Pickering, continues to progress satisfactorily and steadily. The negroes take hold with a will, and appear to labor more steadily and with better effect than ere;. They “pitch In” most industriously, accom panying the stroke of the mattock or spade with snatches of songs and ths gushes of laughter and jollity common to the race when off duty on their native plantations, and the maimer in which the ditches ara dug, the breastworks piled up and the hardest of labor pcfonned, throws ancient eanallers and rail road men of a lighter color into perfect con niptions. They all declare they never saw anything like it. The negroes know they are working out the dreams of their youth, the thoughts of their every flay, tha wishes of tbslr hearts. EMANCIPATION from the slave dealer's mart, the overseers' whip, U the end in view. The know that each spadefoll of mold they throw up In the fort Is just so much toward the consummation of their free dom from bondage; Just one more weight upon the slave owners prostrate form. 'What wonder then, that day by day, the fortifica tions grow apace ? The hearts of the laborers are In their work. Great satisfaction is evinced by the soldiers in this vicinity upon the receipt of the news that spades were to be ordered to the rear and muskets to the front. They are equally well pleased with the thought that the spades are to be given to the colored men and the mus kets retained in their proper hands. Instead of guarding the property of rebels, cooking, washing, digging trenches and piling up dirt with a shovel, as they have done in the past, the soldiers say they can now reserve their strength for fighting the enemy, and employ their leisure by learning their duty by drill and study of the profession of arms. Your correspondent, in company with some military gentlemen from Illinois, paid a brle£ flying visit to the fortifications the other day, and took a general survey of the work already performed. What the general object was that CoL Webster had in view when the fortifica tions were planned by him, I cannot say, as the vrorkis but partially completed. But the pl*n nf th**, a-rifeting embank meats andtrencbes seems only to have In contemplation the pro tection or a small ares from the advance of a force by land or water on either Bide, the pro tection and defense of Memphis appearing to be a matter of merely secondary considera tion. The works now consist of very strong, high embankments of earth thrown up in the usual style, and protected on the outer side by a deep trench. The line of the breastworks is irregular in form, seeming to follow the equalities and inequalities of the ground in the manner best calculated to insure defense. The lance commences ot a point on the river usually called Fort Pickering, and cuts across a broad cape or elbow of land until it reaches Jackson's Mound at the bank. Along the river Bide the shore is nearly perpendicular, and ele vated siateen or eighteen feet above the water's edge. Here are to be planted batteries, com manding the stream for some distance ab >ve aad below. Tbe fort, as it is now called, is within the city limits and a number of dwel lings occupied by families have been vacated by the military and the structures will either he tom down or removed to clear the area for the use of the soldiery, convenience of range, &c Many houses which chanced to be loca ted in too near proximity to the outer ditch will also meet the same fate. 1 believe it was at first tbe intention to con struct a chwjn of these forts entirely around tbe city; hut as this one is not entirely com pleted as yet, it is possible that the original plan has not been abandoned, and work m»y soon commence upon them. The fort, It is said, it properly manned and armed with siege guns, is perfectly impregnable to tbe assaults of the enemy on every side, and from Us ap pearance, wnen compared with other works of the Mud, I am inclined to believe that Gen. Bragg, should he make an attack upon it, will find it to he one of the Gibraltar spe cies and not easily reduced by ordinary means. 1800. ...... 102.280 14,319 ...... 191,053 ...... 133.699 ..... 41.690 11,718 , v .4,909,709 ... 000,000 ~4,060,709 .. U5,435 .. 372,811 .. 768.869 Letter From an Army Chaplain- [Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune 1 Camp hear Corinth, Miss , 1 August 11,1863 J When the present rebellion commenced, and the loyal masses of our fellow citizens first rallied to the defense of our Institutions against the assaults of redhauded treason, hut few of them had the sagacity to discern the point into which the war current would drift them. Thousands of oar best men both la the army, and throughout the country, candidly supposed, that the settlement of the difficulty would leave the organization and aspect of American society unchanged. There was, however, an inconsiderable number who had a correct view of the nature of the straggle; who perceived that it was a life aud death trial of strength between two antagonistic forces, and that the straggle would not cease, hut with the destruction of one or the other of these two forces. Could the loyal people of the country have perceived and appreciated this truth twelve months ago, thousands of ! precious Uvea and millions of treasure would have been saved, while untold wretchedness and agony would have been avoided. Most unhappily, our people were entangled in the meshes of a stupid conservatism, actually seeming to court delusion in a matter of the utmost importance. And they succeeded moat admirably iu the work of eelf-stultification, having but recently awoke to the contemplation of the truth of the homely old adage, that “ experience keeps a dear school.” Their tuition bill in that school has been one of appalling magnitude. Bat thank God, they are awake. The Indications of this fact, apparent throughout the loyal parts of the country, and particularly in the army, are most cheer- 1 lug. An unscrupulous and powerful enemy has throttled onr government, with a deter mination never to relax the murderous grasp but with the extinction of vitality. The peo ple and the army now contemplate this mat ter in its true light; and all their power will be concentrated in telling blows against the life of that enemy. Having been in the ser vice as chaplain of the 7th regimentOlinois in ■ fantry eversince its organization in April, 1861, and having a somewhat extended acquaintance with both officers and men of other regiments, my opportunities of witnessing the salutary changes of sentiment upon the part of army men, in regard to the war policy now imperi ously demanded by the necessities or the country, have not been inconsiderable. Sach expressions as ovr deluded brethren of the South, and such declarations as the war was produced by the fanaticism of the North, are rapidly be coming obsolete. ‘ The real enemy of onr peace stands unmasked before them, and they are actuated by an unwavering determination to crush his subtle and maiignaut power. Confiscation has become a sweet sounding word, even to some who, twelve months ago, would have shuddered at its bare utterance. Indeed, it is almost infinitely refreshing to contemplate the placidity with which the nervous systems of some will endure touches and impressions, which, but recently, would have caused those seXi'-same systems to thdll w itb pain throughout all parts of their compli cated machinery. The world moves I American conservatism is agitated to Its profoundest depths; and God only knows what results may be looked for. He is now working; and with deferen tial awe, let us ponder the impress of his power, wisdom and justice upon events now rapidly transpiring. Should the tendency of these results be towards the reformatory chastisement of our proud and refractory people, let us not fail to discern and appreci ate the moral of the terrible drama now being enacted in our presence. And should the drift of these matters even be towards the re dressing of the grievances of a feeble aud des pised race, whose very humanity we have ig nored, let us not permit our sensitive spirits to chafe and £ret at the contemplation. 'Whatever animus may have actuated our government and people to a change of policy towards the slaves of the country, need not here be made a matter of strict inquiry. One thing is certain. These slaves have been proved to be an element of vast power in the straggle; which element of power, most, with tremendous, if not fatal effect, be em ployed by one party or the other. Impelled by the instincts of self-preservation, onr gov ernment has determined to appropriate this j power to its own use. 1 Thus has an overruling Providence com pelled all classes of the American people to acknowledge the importance of the African, and the necessity of employing his rude ca pacities in order to insure the success of their cause. God, in the workings of his provi dence, is a mighty' reasoner. While the earthquake shocks of this rebel lion were following each other in rapid suc cession, and, with fearful violence, almost stuplfying our people with terror, the sudden upheaval of the inferior strata of American society, has sho m us the work ings of Divine justice iu elevating to prom inence the weak and the despised, and very plainly suggested the importance of working with the God of providence, if we should com pass the accomplishment of our object. If the rebels have unrestrained use of their slaves, we shall hardly subdue them. If we use those slaves as best we may, our success will be almost infallably certain. Our gov ernment, our people and our army now rally understand this matter; and they will act in the affair according to the dictates of both duty end interest. Bat who can doubt, that the future statue of the slaves will be that of freemen. After having accomplished the Im portant part in the settlement of the rebellion which they are destined to do, it would be the sheerest folly to suppose that they can ever again become the passive and despised chattels that they have been. He who fancies, thatsuehan inundation as this rebellion has proven to be, can pass away without {[leav ing traces of its terrific power in the washing away of various old landmarks, and in the generally changed appearance of the surfac, so long and so deeply submerged, merely gives evidence of his own stultifica tion. He internally denies efficacy to moral causes; thus perpetuating as great a blunder, as could be done by despising the forces of the material universe. The country is in a transitive state. Let us hope and pray that the change may be for the better. It is leaving burdens and incurring sacrifices of wonderons weight and extent. May that beloved country successfully bear the exhausting tests, now being applied to Its power of endurance; and may Its wonder rally recuperative energies speedily enable to stand up In the possession aud benlucent em ployment of all its former Tigqp An Explanation and Correction. [Special Correspondence Chicago Trioune.l Chicago, Aueust 15, 1883. In this morning’s Tbibuicb I notice a letter from a special correspondent at Hirrison’s Landing, signed “ Mac,” in'which the follow ing passage occurs: Contrabands ahoond here and are doing all they axe permuted to do. As jet they have dog no en trenchment, nor help buildup a fortification. The etoij of McClellan’s tending for colored laborers to North Carolina Is all bosh. He-don't employ the help he has. except In unnecessary labor. Oar war worn soldiers are compelled to do their own thuggery. I think. It right that our generals be treated with honest justice by correspondents of the press, and lam sure that if- Mac is on officer or soldier hi the 39th regiment of Illinois vol nnteers, he could find many ways of honoring that regiment better than by falsely traducing the general under which, it has so recently been placed. I beg the privilege of stating the facts as to contraband work at James River, as I know them U have existed a short time ago. There were several hundred blacks within our lines receiving sustenance from the government. They toers eonatontfyemptoy «f, a portion of them in digging, grading roads ter new landings, carrying and laying planks as bridges from'scows, and canal boats that were need as docks, to the shore, and in dis charging the cargoes of boats as they arrived. Daring the working hours no able bodied .contraband was permitted to be idle. All worked every day when the weather would permit. This work of preparing new land-; mgs, and carrying ashore the stores and sup plies of the army looked to me as much like drudgery as any work there was to do, and I know that it was done by negroes. I left Harrison’s Landing July 31st, and as this was the uniform policy observed from the 21, the day our regiment (the 39th Illinois) lauded there, tilllleft 1 have no Idea that it has been changed. Contrabands with the army of the Potomac have all the work they can do. W. B. Slaughthb. Vhat lima Galesburg done In this Wart (Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.] Galzsbdbo, Knox Co., August 13,1833. The Chicago Times, with its pack of ears, hare opened their batteries upon Galesburg. They charge ns with the want of patriotism. The Times, Monmouth Review, Macomb Sagle, &c., and their readers, herald It far and near that Galesburg has famished neither men or money in the present war. Hu any city, town or county in the Slate of Illinois done any better than the city of Galesburg and Knox county, according to their population and means f How for the facts. In April, 1861, two full companies were offered to Gov ernor Yatea from Galesburg, under the call for three months men. One was accepted (Co. E, 17th regiment), the other was dis banded. Oar men were bound to find some place where their services would be accepted, consequently we dnd them scattered through many regiments in the loyal States. Every Important battle or skirmish, commencing with Cheat Momrain, has furnished men from Galesburg. The number of men enrolled in the militia from Galesburg is 750; we have famished over 400. We do not claim as Chi cago and many other towns do; if we did we could boast as they do. The “Official Army List,’* published in Chicago by Geo. B. Smith, which has just come from. the press, claims, first, “ 17ch Reg iment Illinois volunteers, raised at Peoria, Col. F. M. Smith, Canton,” when in fact co. E. I7ih Shegiment was raised in Galesburg, and Col. Smith has been a resident here for many years. “ The 43d. regiment, raised at Springfield, Illinois,” when co. C of the 434 regiment was raised in Galesburg. The 33d regiment raised at Springfield, when half of Co.’s E and H were raised at Galesburg. “ The Ist Illinois cavalry raised at Alton,” when co. D was raised at Knoxville and Galesburg. “The Ist Illinois cavalry raised at Peoria,” when Co. C was raised at Gales burg. The 45th or Lead Mine regiment raised at Galena and Chicago,” when co. K was raised at Wataga and Galesburg. The 9th Missouri, now 59th Illinois, has a com pany raised at Knoxville and Galesburg. The 2nd lowa, Ist Kentucky, 25th Missouri, 2nd I Colcr»do, Barker’s dragoons, 7th Illinois cav alry, Bilfartparre’s battery, Bteubeck’sbalteiy, Board of Trade and many other regiments have been famished with men from Gales burg. We have furnished men whose blood has stained the battle fields of Cheat Moun tain, Bull Bun, Belmont, Pea Bidge, Fred ericktown, Fort Donelsoa, Shiloh, &c. We think it an outrage that we should be charged with, not famishing men in this war. We do not boast of what we have done: we do nvt herald it through the press; we have not pub lished daily or weekly the hundreds of dollars worth of sanitary stores sent by the ladies to the sick and wounded soldiers. They answer with gratitude, but not through the press. Let other cities, towns and counties do as well as Galesburg and old Knox county, and there will be no occasion to draft. From onh who knows. Bepnbllcan Congressional Conven* tlon at Be Witt, lowa. [Correepocdeiice Chicago Tribune.] Datbnpokt, lowa, Aug. 14,1888. The result of the Republican convention for the second congressional district of lowa, held at DeWitt yesterday, is, doubtless, already in type in your columns, bnt some additional particulars may be of interest to your readers. J. H. Bothrock of Cedar county, was cho sen permanent chairman, and J. N. Davis of Muscatine, and O. C. Bates of Clinton county, secretaries. Jacob Butler ofMuscatiue, Hiram Price of Scott, and Judge Smjtn of Linn, were ? laced in nomination. On the informal ballot ’rice received thirty-four and a halt votes, Butler thirty-five, and Smyth thirty-two and a halt. On the filth regular ballot the vote was. Price siity-one, Smyth twenty-two aadfoui> fifths, and Butler eighteen and one-fifth. Hiram Price was at once unanimously declared the nominee of the convention, and in response to continued calls, accepted the honor and de fined his position in a twenty minutes* speech, which was received with tumultuous applause, and left none ol his auditory in doubt as to the principles and measures he would defend on the stump, and, if elected, advocate in the of Congress. Nothing having yet been done hy the convention to give expres sion to its views, the committee on resolu tions not having presented its report, Mr. Price availed himself of the opportunity to erect his own platform and show precisely where he, at least, would stand during the contest, and after. He was in favor of battling as if really in war—of fighting to hurt, and hurting to kill—until rebels laid down their arms and loyalty again pervaded the land. In favor, too, of using all the means God has placed within reach of the government with which it may crush rebellion: and to this end nrged that loyal negroes should be allowed to help with pick and spade, and sword and gnu. To restore rightful authority, to strengthen freedom, to crush slaveholdmg resistance to freedom and law, and thus to save the Union, he would devote all the power of the nation; and to advocate these he wonld canvass each county in the district and ask the sup port of a free and intelligent people. If dread of lowering the dignity of “ a whlteman*s war,” by using and arming loyal men of color, had ever possessed the breast of any one then in that crowded courtroom certainly it had been exorcised from thence by the telling logic of the speech and the hour, or else the tongues above such breast was for the nonce dumb. Certain it is, that no dissent was heard amid the shouts of con tinued applause, Messrs. Bntier and Smyth followed in brief speeches, gracefully yielding to the decision rendered, and pledging support and effort to achieve a glorious victory for the nominee, for liberty, and for the Union. The resolutions, aa reported by Dr. T. J. Saunders, chairman of the committee, were then unanimously adopted; the usn.il busi ness was transacted and the committee ad journed. It ought to he added that the speech of Mr, Price was but the index and reflection of h!s principles and character as evidenced by along and successful business career. Earnest, active, honest; such is the record of his life, and such the endorsement of friend and foe. Always on the side of justice, vir tue, and truth, he lias ever been ready to define and defend his opinions at whatever cost of care or popular favor. Bold without rashness, determined, yet sagacious tOssce the right and avoid tbe wrong; and zealous in every good word and work Mr. Price must follow the instincts of his nature, the feelings of his heart, and the teachings of his God, in an earnest opposition to the demon of human oppression, come in what form it frill. This it was that impelled him to leave the political household of Ms early life, and to battle against those who, in 1554 plotted and labored to createslaveStates on the plains of Kansas and Nebraska. This It is that makes Mm a safe leader of the people to-day, and entitles him to the overwhelming vote which on the second Tuesday of November next will assuredly entitle him to an honored seat in the council chambers of tbe yet to bo freed and United States of America. In tbe evening of the same day, at the same place, the Judicial Convention of the Seventh District nominated Joo. F. Dillon, the pres ent able occupant of the bench, and a resident of Scott county; and nominated Lyman Ellis, of Clinton county, for prosecuting at torney* Edward Russell, The Fire on the Prairies. [Special correspondence of the Chicago Tribune ] ArorawaH, Henry Co., HI., August 14, 1863. Last Friday there was a move to raise a com pany here, and Tuesday there had enough signed to elect officers. T. T. Dow was elect ed Captain, A. A- Lee, Ist Lieutenant, J. L. Dow 2d Lieutenant. Yesterday there were 101 sworn in, and we talk of raising another com pany if we can bare until the Ist of Septem ber. This company will go into the Henry county regiment. Yonrs, &c. Isaac F. Peabsow, P. M. The Tallandlgham Platform. If onr VaUandigham conservatives, says an exchange, bad lived at the time of the first murder they would have put Into a platform abont as follows: « JBctdlved, That we are equally opposed to the pretended piety and evident fanaticism ot AheJ and the authorized violence of the high toned and chivalrous Cain. "Scsohied, That the‘Ultras’who are clam oring for the hanging of Cain, which would only exasperate him, desire to destroy the do mestic happiness and peace of the family, and have no other purpose in view. '\Suriwd, That we are in favor ot punishing both parties, and invite all conservative men to unite with us in frowning down this whole business. _ _ • .... “Saolcedy That nobody has a right to pro voke murder, and if Abel had exhibited less fanaticism, tms one never would have occur red.” J3f The profits of wool growing are de monstrated by such facts as this which we clip from the Dubuque Tima : O. Chamberlain, esq-, of this city, purchas ed yesterday 706 fleeces of fine wool of Mr. Charles Gflkey, of Monti cello, Jones county. This lot was the product of one flock of half bloods, and weighed In the aggregate 3,430 pounds. It brought the largest price That has been paid lu the city, and'perhaps' la the State; via: forty-seven cents per pound, amounting to some 11,150. THE STRATEGY THROUGH FRENCH RTSS. The Orlcim Princes at the Battle Betore Richmond* The following extracts from letters ad dressed by the Prince DeJolnville to his brother, the Due d’Aumale, have been pub lished in England. They will be read with interest here: Lstcoiat, June 27. * * ♦ The day before yesterday it was suddenly an nounced that Jackson was marching upon the Potomac at the head of a considerable force, in order to act upon onr rear, to break up the railway and destroy our magazines. We heard, besides, of the arrival at Richmond of Beauregard with a part of Ms forces. All that greatly complicates our situation. Not being able to detatch. troops to meet Jackson and defend WMtehonse as well as our line of communication, the general has decided upon abandoning it. completely; he has therefore ordered all his troops to ero&s to the right bank of the Chickahomlny, and- to take up a new basis of operations upon the James River under the protection of the gunboats. The enemy commenced his movement last .evening. He crossed, to the left bank of the above mentioned river at Middleburg, in or der to attack McCall’s division at Mennltfille. The attack was' made' by Gen. Lee, at the head of 'Wlttls division. Some Louisiana regiments attempted to pass by main force, but were repulsed. A fight toek place there, which, however, was not followed by any important result. The same night we con veyed our baggage over to the right bank of the Chickahomlny. At this moment the ene my is attacking the troops which have re mained on the left bank in order to cover the bridges. EataoxStatics, June SS ; Few* Moxnoi,July!. . Yesterday will ever remain deeply engraven on my memory—in the first place onaecouut of the soul-stirring scenes I witnessed, and in thenext, by reason of the danger which our two nephews eteaped as by a miracle. For four hours Paris (the Count of Faria), aud for two hours Robert (the Duke of Chartres), were incessantly udder a most violent fire of musketry and artillery. Their conduct war, as might have been expected, excellent. They have been exceedingly active and useful, aud at the critical moment evinced a firmness which has excited universal admiration aud gained them pnblla thanks. But to return to my narrative. We know that the forces under the com mand of Gen. Porter, situated ou the left bank of the Chickahomlny, were being attacked from an early hour in the morning. The action commenced about 1 o’clock. Paris was 1m- mediately dispatched, and remained under the orders ot Porter. The affair becoming more and more warm, the haDoon announcing that strong reinforcements had been sent from Richmond, and everything being compara tively tranquil upon the tight bank, the “gen eral gave orders for five brigades to join Porter Robert was sent at that moment to onr front, and onr two nephews, thus finding themselves both in the “trough,” (/fcfrwi)! also went to the front, in order to see what would become of them. I galloped over the bridge on the Chlcka hominy, and, mounting the opposite hills, found our troops in an undulating country, composed of vast hills and woods, npona line of battle measuring about a mile and a half. I then passed a battery veiy warmly employed, and rejoined our nephews, who were in the fir&t line with Gen. Porter. Neither they nor he appeared to perceive that balls rained thick and fa-t aronna them. After & moment’s con- veraation, orders to be transmitted sent oar nephews in all directions. We separated, and I took ap & position on a hill in the rear, whence I had a prelty general view of the field of battle, and Irom which I could distinguish onr nephews, especially Paris, who wore a pe culiar kind of hat. I was admiring the grandeur of the scene spread out before me—we had about 35,000 men engaged; a numerous artillery, the re serve of cavalry, the lancers with their float ing pennons—all in the midst of a most pic turesque conntrr, and the whole illuminated by the blood-red rays of the setting sun— when all of a sudden, at the place where Por ter was, the fusillade became hot. The re serves are excited by hurrahs, and sent by de grees into the woods. The fusillade becomes more and more fierce, and extends to our left. There is no longer any doubt that the enemy is making a last effort on that side. Our re serve is engaged, and we have no longer any body under our hand. The sun is rapidly sinking. If we are able to hold out another hour we shall have gained the day, for every where else we have repulsed the enemy, and the efforts of Jackson, Lee, Witt and Long street, whose troops are before us, are vain. But our men are harassed with fatigue; they have been fighting since the moming,andhave scarcely any ammunition left. The enemy brings forward reserves which he has been collecting since twelve o’clock. These fresh troops rush In good order upon our left, which falters, files, and, passing through the artillery, draws on in disorder the troops of our center. The enemy advances rapidly. The staff, our nephews at its head, draw the swords and throw themselves into the mdee to arrest the fugitives. The standards are planted in the ground, and around them the bravest make a stand by rallying themselves in little groups. The fusillade and cannonades are so violent that the prr jectiles striking the ground raise a permanent cloud of dust. At that moment General Cook charged at , the head of his cavalry, but the move does not succeed, and bis horsemen, on their return, | only increasing the disorder. He makes every effort, aided by all who felt a little courage, to stop the panic, but in rain. I joined a few officers who attempted to check the artillery, and we succeeded by absolutely barring the way and seizing the horses by the bridles. By that means we were enabled to put two or three pieces in position on the slope of a hill, and with them we harrassed the enemy by the last ra> s of day. At Ib&t conjuncture, Meagher’s Irish brig ade arrived, which, uttering a few savage cries, ranged itself in order of battle, and the enemy was checked. At that moment also, 1 was joined by our nephews who, each on his side, and acting on his sole inspiration, like men of courage and intelligence, had done all ! they could do to stay the confusion, and, God ■ he praised, without accident. We warmly : shook hands. Each had had his adventures. Robert, sent to carry an order, and returning at dusk, was fortunate enough to escape being taken by a regiment of the enemy, which he mistook for one of ours; he was only unde ceived by that regiment firing on him. Paris directed up to the last moment, the fire of a German battery. Our loss is consid erable. Sykes* brigade has lost one-half of its men. But the enemy must he sadly cut up. From twelve to six all their efforts have mis carried, and the only advantage they have gained arose from a deplorable panic which made us lose half a mile ot ground with, the cannon and wounded we letc upon it. If a single fresh brigade had arrived in time all would have been changed into a brilliant suc cess ; but such is the fortune of war. I only rejoice at one thing, which is that we have de layed a forced departure, in order not to abandon the army in its critical situation, and also that our nephews should have borne themselves in the brilliant manner they have done. After the battle of the 27th the concentra tion of the •onfederste forces had become in evitable ; it was necessary to retreat. It was decided to cress Whit-check Swamps, behind which a holt was to he made in order ro give time for the baggage to post onto James River, where a new basis of operations was to be established under the protection of the gunboats. Between 5,000 and 6,000 wagons were employed on one single road between York River and James River. On the morning of the 30th all had crossed Whitbeck Swamp. We left Savage Station on the morning of the 29th, in the midst of a dense fog, and fol lowed on that road, encumbered with wound ed, and crossed Whitebeck 8 *amps, which is a kind of woody marsh. Bat when wear rived the head of the column had alone piss ed. We heard musketry on before, and gal loping forward,! met Kearney, who informed me that we had repnlsed the enemy’s cavalry which had attempted to molest our march. We coon hear a heavy cannonade on our left rear. It la the enemy attacking Saunter, who had not left his position. At nightfall we en camped, and at dawn of day I leamedthat all our wagons and all our troops had passed Whitebeck Swamps. On the morrow we advanced, scorched by a burning sun, towards James River. The-gen eral conferred with the commanders of the gunboats, and then gallopped off with our nephews. We soon hear the report of can non, and the enemy attacks Smith (who holds Whitebeck Swamps.) Another attack is made on the centre of onrline. These attacks hav ing thrown the enemy into a kind of disor der, the general returns with ns to the gun boats, in order to confer with Captain Rodgers. We embark upon the Galena; while there, a report is sent from the rear, an nouncing that a powerful body of the enemy is advancing towards the position occupied by Porter. Immediately we ascend the nver, in order to throw the weight of our cannon balls into the scale, and open a fierce fire. The lieutenant is at the masthead with the signal officer, who telegraphs with the men who work Porter’s signals, which we placed on the roof of a house in order to direct our fire. I also cliqab up to the masthead? m spite of my jackboots and spurs. In the heat of the action the helmsman frrgeu to steer straight, and the Galena nun ashore—a disagreeable thing, as immediately the enemy covers the neigbboihood with sharpshooters. We at last got off, Mid Porter’s fire slackens. We thence conclude that the enemy is re pulsed, and a “fraternization” wbh the « blue jackets” takes place, in which I parti cipate. The general returns to his head quarters, and we separate from hum We then went to Fort Monroe on board a gun boat, the Jacob Bell, which was sent here with dispatches. Tbeßecord ofMlclilga.il. [From the Marshall Statesman ] Quite a large chum are gnashing their teeth, because tbe rich men and their sons don’t go. This last class of grumblers, is either unjust, ungenerous, or grossly ignorant of existing facts. Lookat our own State. Chief Justice Martin 6 eut hia oldest son in the ranks of the 2d cavalry, Gen. Gorham, of this city, and Col. Dickey, ditto. Ex-Governor Wisner has a son in the sth Michigan infantry, who was in ell the bloody fights on the peninsula. Judge Christiancy baa two sons in the volun teer service; Judge Turner, and Judge San ford M. Peen, one each. Hon. John Owen, State Treasurer, has one or.two sons in the service, and Gen. Berry has a son in the Such regiment. Colonel. Fenton and E- H. Thomp son, each has a son in the volunteer service. Bev. Geo. Duffleldhaaa son, colonel m the Michigan 9th, and another haa just lets his pulpit in Adrian, to offer his services, and others among onr noted citizens, whose name dose not recur to ns, have now sent their sons to the field. The fathers of these sons are strending their time end money in pro moting enlistments and taking care of the families of those who have enlisted. yy CbL Donnelly, ol ihe New York 28th, reported fatally wounded at the battle on Saturday, belonged to Lockport, He-was a lawyer by profession and lefthia famUy and a large circle of friends at the caH of his coun try. He was one of the most active supporters of Bril and Everett. LETTEB FROM PARSON BROWN* LOW. Hia Eetlmate of tlie North In title 'War* [From his letter to the Nashville Union.] Utica, N. T., Angus: 7,186 L I have canvassed the entire North, and I have spoken to more than 100,000 persons, taking great pains to learn the actual condi tion of the Northern mind. There is a set tled purpose on the part of the Northern peo ple, and the loyal men of the Northwest, to crush out the rebellion, at any and every cost of men, money and blood. The great body ci the people of the loyal States hare to wed, and their decree has been ratified in Heaven— th&t none but the banner of glory and beauty, known&s the “Stars and Stripes,” shall ever float over any State lu the old United States. They have sworn that this gavemment shall never be divided, and that this country shall never know but one government, mud that : shall be the government of the United States. The recent order of a draft by the president, for 300,000 more,- meets with the enthusiastic approval of old and young, in all directions, and the only regrets I have heard expressed are, that he had not ordered a draft oi half a million. The men taken from these Northern and Middle States, are not even missed by these States. Everything is prosperous—crops are abundant, money is plenty; and the only evi dence one sees of war, is in the newspapers, and the rattle of the dram and fife, at recruit ing stations. True, iron dad ‘monsters are building, and transports, for war purposes, at various points—all going to show that the government is in earnest, terribly in earnest. I have nothing to disguise, Mr. Editor, In regard to this infernal rebellion, lam for crashing it out—no matter at what cost. I am for subjugation, coercion, saiiatermfna fion, if these measures are necessary to put down the rebellion and sustain the govern ment of the United States. I know the origin of the rebellion, and I know the originator* ; and nothing short of an old-fashioned ortho dox hell, that bums with fire and brimstone, will reward them adequately for their ser vice I Ism's College Commeneemest.)| (Prom the New York Evening Post.] On Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock the Alum ni meeting was held in their Urge hall, over the chapeL The chairman of last year (Hon. H. L. Sabin, of Williams town,) re tained the chair until the new elections ware declared, when Hon. Joseph White, also ot WilUamstown, assumed charge of the meeting; Reverend N. H. Grlifin, of Williamsiown, a former professor was re elected to the secretaryship, a&ustwL After prayer by J. H. Noble, of Schaghtlcoke, N. xand tbe reading of the journal of the last meeting, the obituary record was read and re marks concerning the deceased made by vari ous gentlemen. The names and ages of those deceased within the past collegiate year are as follows; Rot. Jared Curtiss, class 1800, aged 85; Rct. Ljman Strong, class 1802, aged 85; Ber. Bar nabas King, D. D., class 1504, aged 52; Absa lom Townsend, class ISOS. aged 76; Rev. Aaron King, class 1806, aged 80; Jaa. P. Cogs well, class 1808, aged 83; Bey. Jno. Woods, class 1812, aged 76; Hon. Samuel F. Vinton, class 1814, aged CO; Key. J. K. Danforth, D. D., class ISIB, aged 79; Chas. D. Hill, class 1837, aged 39; Chas. L. Williams, class 1839, aged 40; Capt- Jno. Foote, class 1835, aged 26: Geo. A. Wiswali, class 1859, aged 23. The lollowing gentlemen were elected hon orary members of the Society of the Alumni, and made remarks in answer to the calls made: Rev. Joseph E. Tattle, President Wabash College; Rev. Dr. Gilbert, Malden, N 8.; Rev. J. W. French, Chaplain at West Point; Professor Packard, of Dartmouth College; Professor Putnam, of Dartmoath College; Mr. Phillips, Editor N. Adiras Transcript ; Rev. Geo. IL Peeke, Rev. Calvin Batler. The meeting then adjourned to the church to hear the oration by Hon. A. C. Paige, of Schenectady, a graduate of the class of 1813, •nhich, from all I can learn (fori was so un fortnnate as not to Var it), waa a very pleas ant recounting of college days and college history, interesting to the immediately inter ested, but hardly so to a stranger. COMMENCEMENT DAT. The exercises of the commencement itself— usually the least interesting, though the most famous event of the week—were held ou Wednesday, at the Congreg:tional Church. Previous to it was held another short alumni meeting, at which James D. Col r , of Pittsfield, was elected orator, with Rev. N. H. Griffin, substitute. The class number now fifty-four; an old custom ot printing on the programme the names of all who have ever been members of the class swells the list to ninety-one. Besides the regular degrees there were con ferred the honorary degrees of A. M. on Jno. B. Holmes, of Sand Duke, N. Y.; ofD. D. upon Eev. Henrv M. Field, New York Evan g*lut t and Rev. Albert Thayer, Poughkeepsie. aOSSOOBI ITEMS, The Peryville, Perry county. Union, of Saturday, says several families passed through that town during the week as as refugees from Jackson county, Arkansas, bound lor Illinois. They were driven out by rebel bands. The B&ine paper says the people of Perry county axe responding nobly to the enrolling order. Gen. Loan has taken the field in person, as we learn from, the St. Joseph. Journal. He left that city Monday evening with 500 effect ive cavalry, and would he joined in the inte rior by aforce sufficient to make his force 3.000 strong. His intention, says Che Journal, i$ to make the campaign, fhort and decisive. The ‘•devil will bo fought with fire.” Woe be to the guerillas that fall into Gen. Loan’s hands. —Honesty toward the federal government in money matters is a virtue to be prized and stimulated. A promising cue of conscience in St. Louis in tne following: St. Louis, August 13,1883. Captain Geo. D. Wise: DeabSeb: Theencloeed amount (sl2) is due the government, it matters not from whom, and, ass matter of conscience, it is inclosed herewith. The St, Louis JXewt of Thursday, says: Gen. Davidson yesterday pud a visit of laspec tion to the troops stationed lu and near the line of the Iron Mountain railroad, proceed ing as lur as Irondale, and expresses himself as pleased frith the appearance and discipline of the commands, and the regulations in force. He reports the country in thas direction quiet, and the enrollment In gratifying process. The gunboat Warner left Jefferson City Sunday atiemoon. She is acting as escort of the Bussell and Sioux City and may go np as high as Leavenworth. * ThelSth lowa regiment, which has just gone down to Hannibal, will operate in north eastern Missouri, and will afford protection to the eastern end of the lowa border. North Missouri is in but Htle better con dition one year ago to day. Bands of guerilla thieves, robbers and murderers, led by active and determined commanders, are ravaging andplnudcrlng the country, robbing and murdering loyal citizens. —Four Missourians are under arrest at Ed dysille. lowa. The atory is that a Union man, ■whose property, horses, Ac., were stolen, moved to EddyriUe for safety, and subse quently returned and made some reprisals on the enemy, carrying his booty up to Eddyviile. The other day lour Missourians, two of wnom have served in Price’s army, made their way up to Eddyviile and decoyed this Union man to the south side of the river. The Missouri' ace then seized Mm, tied him. ou a horse, and were about to start south with him, when the home guard having got wind of what was go ing on, surrounded the party and took them prisoners. Lieut. Goodresk, with a detachment of militia, routed a guerillas band in Davies coun ty, Mo. t on Tuesday week. The Union cas ualties were one severely and three slightly wounded- Tne loss of the enemy is not as certained further th&u one killed and several wonnded. In their flight they left on the field quite a number of guus, saddles, blankets and horses, which fell into our hands. WISCONSIN ITEMS. The sew of cstsltj being raised in Arkansas itgfeg officered from the 2d Wisconsin, Col> Hfcrrisen, Lient. Col. Bishop, and Adjutant are reputed excellent officers, and Hie regiment will be one of the finest in the serrice. Tbej remain for & few weeks at Springfield and then go to FajetteviUe, Aik., aa their field of operations is in that State. —Tbe Janesville Gazette says that six of Copt. Ely’s company from tliat city, were taken prisoners near Fredericksburg on the 6tb inst. Their names are Andrew Douglass, Herman J. Langboff, Hngb Murray, George Batcheldor, Chas. W. Atherton and John J. Little. A letter comes from Capt. Ely, giving an account of the affair. From Kansas and the Border. [From the Leavenworth Conservative, 13th 1 The latest news fcom F.*rt Scott is to fie effect that all is quiet there; its cit t ;na have drawn a long breath and resumed the even tenor of their ways. Tales to the effect tint this point is gobbled up are humbug. —Two companies left Lawrence yesterday for Kansas City. Our neighbor opened the war some eight years ago and does not shirt any of Its responsibilities. Lawrence is in fa* Tor of having rebels killed; she don’ t care who does it. Therefore she yesterday sent 100 ne groes to the scene of action. —Skirmishing is constantly going on among the line of Western Missouri and Arkansas. Lawther, Coffey, Hughes, and Tracy lead the rebel forces thereabouts. —At 4 o’clock Tuesday morning, CoL Bur ris started for Independence, bis men foll of spirit and, anxious foe a fight. He has with btpi no tents, no blankets, no train—nothing to prevent a rapid march. Our boys want a figLtand will get it if the guerillas are four times as numerous. . —ln the capture of Independence by the enemy, the rebels took all of Buell’s guns, ammunition, horses, tents and stores. Seve ral thousand rounds of ammunition fell into the hands of the enemy, Buell’s quarters were enteredanddemolished. Capt, Tnomas, who formerly belonged to Nugent’s regiment, was killed in his room, his body horribly man gled and kicked down stairs. He was a Ger man and about fifty years old- It is impossi ble now to tell how many of our men were killed. The officers were taken prisoners, the men parolled. The rebels are exultant and it is certain that the rebel force is constantly re ceiving accessions. Their commander is said to he Quantrell and. their number 500, but these things are unknown. —Gen. Lane has appointed the following re cruiting commissioners: Thomas Ewing, Jr., for the counties of Leaven worth, Jefferson, Jackson, Potowatomie, BUey, Dima, Dickinson, Morris, Lyon, b pawnee, Wa baunsee and Clay. _ • _ Fielding Johnson. and.Josiab.E Hayes, for the counties ofWyandott, Johnson, Miami, Bourbon “crinMma. for the cotmtlee of Brown, Harsheß. Hon»h» end Wuhlngton, JI in tie State of KwrtM. . .. m-J.™ William Larimar. jr., for the Territory w I TJpdegraff, for the Territory of Nebraska, ©tneral Notf«B. -• QBE GREAT SEffl-AMSm CLOSING OUT SALE Will Commence Monday, Aug. 4th. took oo» t* fce GBBATHST BkEGAETS ever known in SUMMER GOODS WH WHJ# BITiIi EHOUSH BABEGB, for Six Cento « yard. 910ZA9BIQIJX8, for Six Gents syarA. -wool. TUB «XIAS, for One swain*. FACIFXO DE LATSSTES. For One Shilling. Embroidered Lisle Grenadine, for onessß4Sxp«ace. Paris Prated Bareges, worth six shflllngntor one and dx and two BMllinga. ' Beal.French Org&ndlea for ene Shilling. Lawns and MnSUns of every kind, for on&half ngnor and Grenadines, for two shillings. Beet Crepe U&retz. imported, lor two BhUUnga. WOVE DRESS GOODS, Of BTO7 description, for talfprtoe. fiabroldered Grenadines, worth etc «M]Tinga te on* dollar, for two and three shillings. Summer snk Poplins. for one and sixpence Bummer Stlka,greatly reduced. Bilk Mantles. Barege Mantles, and SUMMER SHAWLS, at bu> rmcEj Having determined to CLOSE OUT AT OKCS, our entire stock of Summer goods of every description, they will positively be sold FROM THIS DATE At Unprecedented tow Prices, And without regard to cost or value. To secure a good ae lection, call early. w. el ross & col, 167 Sc ICO Labe Street. ■tff-ttPMm TO THE LADIES. TTe are receiving large stocks of SKIRTS, CORSETS, Hosiery, &c., Which win be sold st less than the present rates of Im portation. As all classes of goods are dally advancing, custo mers will find It advantageous to ony soon. GRATES & IBTIHE, TO LAKE STREET. BOTTLE. So Octal In Its Construction. Imitating exactly the natural supply. Adopted by the physicians ol the East, and are for sale by VAB SGHAAGK, 47 STATE BTEEET. Nearly every article required for houskeeplng at Van Shaack's, SIGN OF THE GOLDEN - TEA KBTTLB. OOLEN TARNS, ZEPHYR WORSTEDS, Heavy Knit Wool Hf. Hose, Suitable for Army Wear. Coventry Frilling, or Buffing, OP OTJE OWN IMPORTATION. Corsets, Hosiery, &c. Wc are receiving a full assortment of Woolen Tarns for Fall Trade. SUTTON* & BUBKITT. AlLasalle street. |e£-iS39-Sm J)RUGS QUININE* American and French... ... ..<3.00 pereoace ornnS’,"' .fT.TS per pound. CAMPHOR, ft 50 per pound. Frtme quality. Refined.. CREAM TARTAR. Pore powdered In barrels 43 eta per pound. GUM ARABIC. Berts, handsome .16 cts per pound. all sett cash. And all other Drugs, at lowest market rates. Good* to be approved and paid for In New York current fund# at delivery, orders must be addressed directly to J LAKMAN & KEMP, Wholesale Druggists and Importers. 09, 71 & 73 Water stwNew York. August 1,1863. angfti36sdwtdpg ■DLACKBURN BROTHERS, VKOIiESALf LEATHER AND HIDE STORE, 46 Lake.Strcet, Chliago, We beg to Inform our customers that we have com pleted our new partnership arrangements, and are now receiving a new and complete etocKof all kinds of LEATHER AND SHOE KNDIHG3, Of prime tmalltv, to which we Invite the attention Ot Shoe and Harness Makers. Our entire stock wa offer at the lowest market pi ices. BL&CKBCBN BROS** o. BLACKBuinr, Qyij-cSIS-lm] x. r. SLACKnmaB. IMPROVED THII&BLE SKEINS, For Wagons and Carriages. The best and strongest made In the United States. EVERT SKKLVWABBMTED. Haftac capacity for HP nets per dar, onr facilities are unrivalled, and we CANNOT 11 IS UNDBK3OL® hy any flrstclaas manufacturer. GAIL, EDIBARE * CO., Iren Merchants and Manufacturers^ 193 and X9C South. "Water street, tapll-p236-ly] K. IT. 18. SEELEY’S TRUSS ESTAB. • LISEMENT, 126 Clark street. Chlcaso, 111* Breach Office—So. SB Sorth Fifth street. StLoola, Ho. a*le Proprietor and Manufacturer oftheHar4Rubber Ttubs. under Bigg’s A Good year’s Patents. The Hard Rubber Truss Is unlike and superior to all other* II the fallowing respects; Will never break, rurt. chafe, gall or blister; can be made stiff or limber; will cure Hernia of years’ standing; does not press or injure the cord, and Is always clean and good as new. Patients can be accurately fitted by sending site In inches around body in line of rupture. .... BnprsKFcns as the superiority over others, the fol lowing only are offered Professors Mott, Camochan. and Parker, Kew fork; Proto. Godard aad A gnaw. Philadelphia; Dr. K. Johnson, Surgeon General Bu reau. Washington; Profe. Bralnard. Freer, Ilta, An drews and Davis, Chicago; Dr. Wolcott. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ~ „ , v . Manufacturer and dealer in Shoulder Braces, Abdom inal Supporters, Silk and Cotton Elastic Stockings for varicose veins, Suspensory Bandages, Ac* Ac. |W Post Office Box 4555. C. STAFFORD. Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of Dr. Wilcox’s Patent Artificial Leg. Tbla Leg baa many advantages over all others, arm as an evidence o such It has received the first Premium at the United States Fairs, under the examination of the best bar* peons In onr country. Its motion is reeelved frosa a Rubber Spring (which will never break) giving It a great preference over tire Spiral Springs csed In other Imbs. Bend for Pamphlet. auSBTEI-T^*iy r AKE SUPERIOR PIG IRON. a a Thelsorthern Iron Company of Lake Superior keep on hand at Its Dock. In Chicago, a supply of Char coal Iron, direct from its Blast Furnace, and of al: grades, to which the attention of those wanting the best Scanty of the Lake Snperlor Metal Is Invited. Office ro. IS Wells street. J£SU7, KEHEDT & CO., Agmtl. myg4-r6tg-6maTAT ■VTATHANIEt a. haven, Ko. 243 Son th Water street, Chicago, Is wmiring literal advances on GRAIfT, POBS, FLOTJH BUTTER, And. other Produce consigned to , M. W. STARIN' & CO-, No. 209 Daane-Bt, New Tort. Also—Haa a large, wen ventilated and perfectly dry CELLAR. suitable tor rtoilncand repacking Sutter. Counfry Dealers who may wish to sell Butter In this Market, ship East, or bold through the season, will bars every toclllty afr forded them, and at moderate rates. vy9-aTIO-Xni COMITHISS NSW tob Pedlars and Travelling Agents, Pedlars and Travelling Agents. Call and be convinced that from 410 to as high as SSO per day Is being made by those who are now selling this new article. Remember, the sole Agency for the Western States Is at Pengoet's Great Variety Store, 108 Lake Street. TRENCH COPYING INK. A new supply of this much caE ed for and beautiful article, which will make THREE IMPRESSIONS, 1* now for sale at 9 X(\ HHDS.PORTO RICO AND CUBA SUGARS.—Common to choice « *HkNB£T. 71 South Water street. Kf\f\ BAGS COFFEE.—Bio,Mar. yUU Kribo and Cost. Kira. (Ur to prtm«. arrtr leg md for “d"Bi'fKCT i H4JTKKY. xaaov 7i south Water street kaa HALF CHTS. TEAS—A 111 M / fan assortment of new cron Green, and Blaaß annradDg all grades of Yoons Hrspn, Hjsoo BHHGnipo.de?, Imperial Twantar, Oolong. *a, arriving aadfo^sateW 71 South Water streek VTOB CHOLIC. CBAMP, PATH r In the Stomach, Diarrhea, Dysentery, asd Cholera, &c, ail. • r BSE 08. BOTT’S EZCELSIOB LTHIHEEt. &>utb Clark street, Chicago,m. 8.0.80x4fi5. anmsSMt CAND, GRAVEL AND STONE forbnDdlngand fllUng-kept constantly on band torsaieby JOHN iIaTIOCKS, JK.. ou the Dock near Kmzie street Bridge, adjoining U. Newberry A Co’s New Elevator. lnq.ulre at office on tte pramiaea. aull-UShIW iElilitarg. RANTED. iK* Bodied Sailors and Inisaea 808 T*l2 Western Ctnnboat flotilla. One hundred ortuore of the shore elaa> of men wf" ‘ )e shipped for active service during the war. snl*s, ' o the laws, rtfea and regulations of the United Stab* Navy. _ Apply atthe United States Shipping Offlc©. corner o| Uasaue and South Water streets, T. B. GBBGOtSX, Acting Lieutenant United States Navy. aul2-tst2-lw \fILITART SUBSTITUTE AGEJTCT.—'The undersigned, in view of tha approaching military draft ana the impossibility of complying on the part of many citizens, hereby offer their services to all ’whom It may concern In providing snbstltntes. Designing to keep on hand a list of name* for sub stitution, (and'which i» now being completed,) they invite the attention of the public to the same at their Agency Boom, 80. 8 KlcgEonrr Block. ror the general purpose of the agency the Qfflca wm be epened doruig the eotolng week. Ail persons desiring employment as substitutes mv der the fortbcomli-K military draft, are invited to register their names with ns, giving age. occupation, residence and amount of bounty desired, and term* of payment. Able bodied men over 45 years Of age, or otheiwi* exempt from draft preferred. The office ia open from thisa*te to receive names eg substitutes, HITCHCOCK * CO„ auS-uas-10t p.u. BoxSITZ. N INETEENTH ILLINOIS. BxAXxjtTAßTraa uis Imwomj HCST6TXLU. Ala„ , IS&i, % ' GETTERAIi ORDER NO. 59. AS commissioned and non-coma lasloned offlcara, s and prlratea belonging to the 13th regimens mmols rolnnteen who are now away from their r» tpectire companies, except those who hares Sur geon's certificate or disability, (which must he bolk seqnent to the date of this order) or are on regularly detailed or detached serrice, wlu report to then Headquarters within ten : day* of the date of tne pub lishment of this order. Those failing to comply with this order will be treated as deserters, and their names published &a such. This orcer will he carried out to the letter. Br order of F. HARDING, Major Commanding if, D. TstfPLX. A. Adjntsnt. Angqst 4.1552.— ang*-tS«MOt JJEBDAN’S UNITED STATES SHARP SHOOTERS. A. chance now In this brilliant corps. Capt W. K. Eorton baring been detailed by order of Geo. McClel lan to rwmlt fnr jhla Regiment, has opened an OffllL. In this city. The only 11 ecratting Office for tbla branch In the West* Cerdan’smen are too well known of fame to need much detail. They have been m all the battles on the resslnsnia, and by th-dr skill and discipline have been i oted amongst “ reba ” and at home. Paycommercea at time of-enlistment ADVANCE MONEY, as authorized by Government, paid to ro emits when mustered In. $23.00 of the bounty and one month’s pay paid la advance. SHARPE'S (Breach Loadlne) RIFLES, equipments and clothing famished immediately oa Joining regiment IBIS OOBPS IB BXBM7T TBOW All TATTOUE DTT* ** None enlisted to go into camps of Instruction.* fee now opt nat SS Randolph street Post Office 5638. CAPT. W. H. HORTON, Jy3lt2324Fw Ist Regiment Beriaa'a U. S. S. S» CUTLERS AND AGENTS—You will find the Stationery and Gifts In m 7 Union Variety Envelopes worth more by fltty per cent, tbwt those put np by aty -other dealer. Lanra and frean supplies ol Union Stationery alwavsonhand. Also— maps, charts and Union goons of all descriptions A 4 ' dress F. A. THOM aS. F. O. Box 4253, corner State and Kandolpb-sts., Chicago, Send for & circular, enclosing red stamp. Ips tis-ltn TI/TIUTABT NOTICE. Officer! XvX of the T2d. and all other new Regiments, will find it to thclrlnterest in purchasing ontats to call on E. R BOWEN .20 Clark street, (up nurs), over THE UNTIED STATES EXPRESS Or FICE. Sword Bella, Sashes, Shoulder Straps. Caps. Bogle*. Cart ridges, sad everything else needed of thebert quality and cheapest In market E. B. BOWEN. 20 C.ark upetalrs JyS. ffiayet ffiangtugs. |Q BA K B A BBC,, wmr.w«a Q| FAFEB HANQ-INGS, Window Shade*, Estates, &c. aoims aid sics paijttki BAPEK HANSEBB, ETC. SIC, So. 184 Clark Street*'CbScac** roclS-ly] jprhnng jftariiuug. E E ORIGINAL HOWE Sewing Machines inrvEjrna? nr ists, impkoyhd nfisaaj Manufactured by A. B. HOWS, Brother of RLTAB HOWE, JTS* the original tiTUdi and patentee of the HOWE SEWING MACHINE, And from which all other Sewing Ma:blnesdertyetk(& vitality, and to whom all others pov a License. This Is the oldest Machine in the world (Invented Q| 1845), Improved frora time to time, and fnlly perfechr " La January, 1562. Particularly adapted to family"' , tailoring and marmfartvrlac purpose*. 800 l work, carriage trimming, Ac., 4c. Having tlie range of adaptability to tewing; of an? es" ime re duced. Boy the Improved Howe Sewing HacMn^ And have no more dropping of stttche*. breaking o( needles, no more trouble in sewing the finest ihbrlc or the coarsest satinet, no difflcultv in sewing over seam* and a machine that is warranted not to get out o£ ct* derwfth proper use. \3f~ Agents wanted In Ohio and other Weetarn asd Northwestern States, where not already appointed. Circulars, containing fall description ot eaa be had on application, or sent by mail. ADDRESS J» 8. BHYAJfT, General Western Agent, 66 Lake street, mylT-rtSl-ly iliisiE 1 The “FLORENCE" SEWING ] _ make fou» difpsbkkt stitches on one and the same Machine. Thus the look, do tram lock, s3»ot and dottbl* ksot. all of which case the seam alike on both sides of the fa* brie. Either or all can be produced whUotlta Machine lain motion. . TheyhaTe the xsrzßsrsLS nn MUtiCa, Which enables the operator to have the wnfl cany either way. or to change the direction and festen the end of a earns, which, togatrtj with making a long and a short stitch. tadofic simply hy turning a thumb screw. Tlelr motions are all posititb. There art no springs to get ont of order. They are M simple that the most Inexperienced an wort them perfectly and wlli' a*e. Theytrs soisblssb. andean ed where Quiet la a* ecHary. • They ar' \M FASTEST SBWEKI In flic WORLD, to Mdng are stitches to each lion, Thor oU no dresses. Thair aTCTCHfI the wonder of ail. because of Its combtatc habtici , stbctoth and b*autt. Agents wanted throughout the Western country. With a small inyestment of capitals profitable oa&> neae cam be readily established. For elrculara cad ■ample of work, address Vi C. mseir, Western Acts w Late street, Chicago lei-nmr VV K prefer them for FAM3TO » » tJI it—TFffir York TrUnnxe. TheysratheFaVOEHS* FOB York Times. It baa BO ElVAlfc—[Brfantaflc America*. There are 65,900 JCACHISB3 la ue in tbU CUUttS asdSnrope. _. This Machine la TBOfTTABLB and ATAQ«&S2iS k UFB-TGtS. It is equal to TZy aeaaatre—. An AKmjAli DIVIDBND of lr« to peroantCK It* cost) may ho obtained in n*e—hr it* possessor. ___ This I* the only Sewlmc Hscb'ae fa the, worldjnaiag tbs the botaxibg-hckw, eh toinx tts SL4SB-YOOT CEO. B. CHITTEiroBS* Sozunl Agent for Illinois. Wisconsin, iowa t ßorttWK Indiana and Southern Minnesota. 16S and 165 Lake street, Chicago ZU. • ay?l!cat!on or W JW mhgT-nS7B.TT.Trt - TjTNKLE & LTON SEWING £ MACHINES—Office on first floor 1W Lake rtr««k The Wends and patrons of the Flnkle&Lypn Sewn# Company In Chicago and vicinity. wm* happy to learn that we have In this city an office wneru a toll assortment of Machines are exhibited, in***®*- Uona given and Improvements applied to old Each Machine la warranted to give Bsrrss than any Machine la market or money reduced Agents wanted. je2i sSi-*”__ L. CORNELL & Co?.’ impeovsd SEWING MAOHINEa - $35 TO JIIO. Tiuuvr & Pass's PATZST, DOUBLE lock Pa“ s™ VaSsTSS ssssSis fortbem by testing each. Either takea^ makes.FHUrKxirmmiJwan?- jt« wbm and xKTHtraiAStio advocate*. Om wliisor get out of order, they are and a/ e run by steam In heavy work, with the none, at 3,000 stitches per minute (three times »■ speed of any other machines) they are adapted to classes of work— wet win attic* asaddlewuhcorua»w or with No. 150 cotton, A Blind pebson « taught In pit* xcmrxs to set the needle. Hemmer and hem ruffling perfectly, and. wltn-p-eg Nun’S AUTOMATIC “SELF SSWBHT attachedjga bub® can sew seama. tucks, bosoms, <scl, permew true. They are adapted to all machines, andsentby matt with fall dtreaslcna for bosom*, tucks, correcting bad W orklngmachines. &<x. Afc,oa receipt of machine and ft. We sell mtolm for all Biifc- Cotton, OH, Bemmers. Goldet Ac. We n* CHAJ»G* tor and bxpxtb a \ Mads of Sewtos Machine* and BENT Machmes by file ween or mmtth. in attendance to give tnstwctiou and to do all kin££3 FAWttT ASD NußakAT SrrrcmsQ and Sawing chme Embroidery. j fW“Read our CtrcmazsßtiaS mmhastre flsad red stamp for Samplfli and OrcsW, rr «n ana im *tten at . : 133 Lake STREET. Address L. Box 1L Chicago.? hotels. A MERICAN HOUSE, BOSTON, l\. Mthelaaisstsad Best Anufei Held ntMWm statsa; tsessttsOy loestei, «£ aUtomeaoCeaveL Keonsalaaali nEraiAedtor fsnJUeaaadlarge Sa Bouse win eontiaua to Wrapt aa a am cla« hot* MWaBICR rnMfWtrW* MACHnra*