(Chicago tribune.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, ISC2,
THE CREDIT OF CHICAGO.
The sale by the Mayor and Comptroller
of §75,000 of Chicago seven per cent,
bonds having twenty years to run lor
hine percent premium,to C. C. Parks Esq.,
banker, comer of Dearborn and Lake
Streets, is Mghly complimentary to the
credit of the city. As every one of these
bonds will be paid in gold, and as seven
per cent, is a good round interest for real
money, if the premium on gold now ruling
be taken into the account, the bonds are
after all worth much more than the price
realized, and Mr. Parks has made a most
fortunate speculation. If the depreciation
of our currency should continue, they
must inevitably reach a much higher fig
ure. Capitalists will be most anxious to
invest in a security in the soundness of
which there can be no shadow of doubt.
The present indebtedness of the city, in
cluding the loan just made, as furnished
from the books by Comptroller Hayes, is
as follows:
Ten (10) per cents $2,000
SewiKT)" “ 973,500
Six (6) 44 44 800,000
SvTcn (7) “ 44 School B‘ds 35,000
87.500
875,000
Sis (6) per cents...
Seven CO per cents.
WATER.
1.030,000
113,000
Six (6)per cents...
Seven (7) per cents.
Total $2,40X000.00
• assessor's valuation op property, 1562.
Beal Estate $31,557,545.00
Personal Property 5,532,300.00
Total am'i of tax for
general purposes.. 561.033.06
[tax ixrr, 1862.
,3 y- mills.
5 44
City-.
School..
lutlTCs-t .
Sewerage
■War - .
Peform School 1
Police IX “ 14 mills.
Xamp tax in lamp dis
tricts.
-23*' «
•2* “
It may not be generally known that,
owing to ourvicious system of assessments,
tlie real value of the property of the city is
probably four times as great as the totals
upon the Assessors’ books. Suppose it to
be only three times as much, and the total
amount of property that is virtually secu
rity for the indebtedness of the city, is
§111,419,535. But this is not all. Twenty
years hence, when these bonds fall due,
Chicago will contain more than half a mil
lion of people, andthe value of herproperty
■will have increased in a corresponding
ratio. Hence our city bonds are certainly
good, if any indebtedness can possibly be
jnade so.
These bonds have been made nnder the
provisions of the city charter, authorizing
the issue of bonds not exceeding one hun
dred thousand dollars during each munici
pal year. Another provision of the charter
forbids the raising of a tax for general pur
poses exceeding three and a half nulls per
annum. The smallness of this tax furnishes
the excuse—in some cases, perhaps, a good
one—for-almost eveiy administration to
issue bonds to the amount of an
hundred thousand dollars. Jfow, if
any alterations are made in the city charter
during the coming winter, our people en
masse ought to insist that the power to bor
row money, except as a temporary meas
ure, and to be provided and paid for at the
next annual assessment, should betaken
away from the city Government. Let
them have the power not only to tax three-
Sud-a-half mills hut ten mills if that be ne
cessary for the city to act upon the good
old principle *• to pay as she goes.” Chica
go has now reached u period in her history
*vhen she is abundantly able to pay all the
expenses ot the city government, and her
officers ought to be put under the highest
legal obligations to tax the people to do it,
instead of limiting the tax to so small a
figure that it furnishes the excuse if it does
not create the necessity to annually increase
her permanent indebtedness.
It should be noticed that the bonds is
sued to the general fund amount to only
The sewerage indebtedness is
B distinct fund to pay the interest on which
and to provide a sinking fund for its pay
ment a special fax is levied, and the water
rents provide for the water debt. Hence
for a city of & hundred and thirty thousand
Inhabitants our debt must be regarded as a
Very inconsiderable sitm. "We tliink, how
ever, that a very large majority of our citi
zens will agree with us that it is large
enough, and insist upon such legislation as
•will make it certain that it becomes no lar
ger. This, of course, will add to the value
of the bonds already issued, but no one
Will grudge tbat benefit to the fortunate
holders.
THE BEAL ALTHOBSBIF.
The latest invention of the firc-ln-the
j ear and secession organ, for which an ad
dle-paled fellow who calls himself Greene,
5s made responsible, was short-lived. Tel
egraphed to "Washington by the agent of
the Associated Press, it brought back a de
2nal which effectually sets the roorback at
rest; and the public will wonder which is
jnost to blame—the humbug and imposter
Who permitted himself to be made the
Fponsor for the absurd lie, or the secession
and firc-in-thc-rear organ that gave it pub
licity. We can probably settle that ques
tion, when we assure our readers that the
1-ieeious document has all the car marks of
P fire-in-lhc-i ear editorial, that the editor
t f the Ti.nti accompanied the reputed au
thor. in person, to the notary before whom
the lie was made a greater lie by an oath,
r.nd that in all probability the whole affair
was gotten up in the Times office. Viewed
as a production of the editorial rooms of
that establishment, it has a degree of im
j orlance with which ilr. Greene’s—klr.
Verdant Greene’s—name docs not endow
it. Wc look upon it as an expression of
the real opinion of the fire-in-tlie-rear man
find Lis associates, touching the principal
Sictors in the great [conflict now going on.
Bence we copy again into our columns two
precious paragraphs to which we invite
the attention of the people of the North
west. Of Jeff. Davis, the Times man,
through Llr. Verdant Greene, says:
** I look upon him as a man accustomed to deal
ing ■with men, and 1 regarded him as one not only
bowed down under a weight of tremendous re
sponsibilities, hut of constantly accumulating and
almost overpowering sorrows. It may he digress
a vc t hut I unhesitatingly assert that I regard Sir.
Davis as a man who this day needs, and I may say
deserves, the sympathy of humanity in a pre-emi
nent degree. In heart. Ido not believe him a rebel
against the constitution. Whatever the unthink
ing and superficial mind may think of him. I be
lieve that be has ever desired the old order of
things, and will co-operate so far as he dare In
bringing it about. I think he has takcn.andraam
tains at much personal discomfiture, the position
lie now occupies, with the sincere hope of naviga
ting the hostile vessel and directing the coarse'of
the ship of state into a harbor where hostilities
must cease, and from whence, a better understand
ing springing up, they may sally forth with the old
flag unfurled, to wave in every breerc and gladden
cvety sea.
This squares so accurately with the his
tory of the paper, with the antecedents of
its conductor, with the famous threat of a
fire-in-the-rear of our troops going South
to put Mr. Davis down, that we conclude
that the editor did the job con amor& —that
lie loved the subject whom he drew. Bat,
to make the proof stronger still, we print
the paragraph which relates to Mr. Lin
coin; and we appeal to the few habitual
readers of the secesh organ to know if it is
not a copy, almost word for word, of the
semi-treasonable balderdash in which that
paper, when the President is the theme, al
ways indulges?
I thought I could read in his countenance that he
ricemed that proclamation a stroke of statesman
ship that posterity -would regard as the boldest and
grandest conception of military strategy; the mil
itary necessity sunk into utter nothingness that
•which others might esteem its unconslitutlonality.
Jferer did the tones and bearing of a man appear
before me, in all my ideas of the despot whose
only wiH is law, as did those of Mr. Lincoln on
that occasion.
We need say no more, except that if the
jCimes watted to give Jeff. Davis a puff di
rect, the manly course would have been to
thrust My. Greene aside and boldly assume
tlic responsibility of the words that it
pul into Ms mouth—a course that it will
no doubt be ready to adopt whenever the
fear of the mob that made that sudden con
version at Detroit, dies out or is forgotten.
Until then, we seek the opinions of the
Times in articles and narrations for which
somebody else is nominally responsible.
THE PUBLIC BEST.
It is almost impossibly for*thc financial
officers of the government to make any
thing more than an approximate estimate
of the amount of the public debt. The un
finished contracts upon "which large sums
are due, the amount due the army, the ag
gregate of the outstanding quartermasters’
and commissaries’ certificates, etc., cannot
he accurately known. But the approxima
tion is near enough for all legislative pur
poses. Mr. Chase in his masterly report,
for the information of Congress, expresses
the opinion that the debt of the United
States, at the end of the fiscal year, on the
30th of June next.willbe about one thousand
one hundred and twenty-two millions, two
hundred and ninety-seven thousand, four
hundred and three (f1,122,297,403) dollars.
He* says also that the estimates of the dif
ferent departments are equal to two mil
lions of dollars a day, for each day of the
year including Sundays and holidays. On
this basis, the debt, on the 30th of June,
1864 —eighteen months hence—would he
seventeen hundred and forty-five millions
(1,745,000,000) of dollars. This, upon the
supposition that the present force of 800,000
men is kept in the field, and that the in
crease of the navy keeps pace with the
growth of the year past. I
These figures look formidable. Indeed
they are so; hut when ,we remember that
the average rate of interest now paid on the
accumulated debt, is hut a shade over four
and a half per cent., and that the expected
receipts from the internal revenue will not
fall short of two hundred millions per an
num, and that large sums will he derived
from customs and public lands, -wo need
ixarc no apprehensions for the stability of
the public credit—no fear that the debt will
not be finally paid off. Assuming that
the estimates until June 1864,
are correct, the annual interest upon that
sum would be seventy-eight and a half
millions, at the rate we have named. This
is an annual charge that the country can
well endure. Add to it an equal sum for
i current expenses of the Government, and
the internal revenue would discharge both,
and leave, in addition to customs receipts
and revenue from all other sources, a large
surplus to be applied, by way of sinking
fund, to the liquidation of the principal
It is undoubtedly true, that, in spite of the
drain upon wealth and population by the
war, the resources of the country are daily
increasing; and that, if we can keep clear
of foreign complications serious enough to
destroy our foreign commerce, we shall,
next year, be belter able to cany on offen
sive operations, than we were when hostili
ties commenced. "We make no account of the
reactionary movements of the so-called
Democratic party* nor of its threats to
throw embarrassments in the way of the
progress of our anus, because we assume
that there is virtue enough left in the
American people to put down and punish
all such treasonable endeavor.
The stake for which the Government
contends, is worthy of the enormous out
lay of blood and treasure which is the in
evitable necessity of war. This rebellion
surmounted, and the Republic assumes its
well earned place at the head of all the
nations of the earth. An united and free
people, having under their control the
better part of a hemisphere, governed
by just and equal laws, superior in resour
ces for attack and defence, in wealth, in
patriotic zeal, to all nations now in exist
ence or that have gone before, wc shall be
at once the judge and disposer of kings
and kingdoms, and the arbiter of the
world’s late. Who, for the realization of
such a prophecy, will regret the sacrifices
of to-day?
S mills.
SHAT BANKING SCHEME.
We have failed to discover anywhere in
the bill before Congress for establishing a
National Banking System on'the plan pro
posed by hlr. Chase, any limitations of the
amount of government indebtness which
may, at the option of the holder, be con
verted into bank circulation. Were there
no otlicr objection to this scheme, this
omission whereby the whole amount of
the national debt may be made into bank
notes, and whereby also the most deplora
ble consequences to the commerce and in
dustry of the country would inevitably en
sue, ought to decide its fate in the mind of
every man who will be called upon to vote
for or against it It is intolerable, and did
we believe that Mr. Chase’s recommenda
tion had any other meaning than to pacify
the banking interest, of which he is evi
dently too much in awe, we should deal
with it in plainer terms. It is a revival in
a national form and for a national purpose
of the financial plan that was so eminently
disastrous in Illinois. Tt is the resuscita
tion of an exploded experiment; and when
it goes into operation, a blow has been
struck at the prosperity of the country
which nothing can ward off.
WELL DONE SAIffBO.
One of the editors of the New York
Evening Post Ims recently conversed with
an officer of Gen. Saxton’s st iff, just from
the Carolines. The Post makes the follow
ing report of what that officer said:
General Saxton has now about six hundred col
wed soldiers under good military organization.
Huy have been twice under lire, and receive the
dghcet commendations for the vigor of their at
.ack and their obedience to orders, and their *3l
- unhesitatingly repose full trust in them. ‘*ln
ijfttile." said !he officer who communicated these
hits to ns. “theyare trumps;" and headded: “I
i.avc always been a Democrat, and I am not now
in abolitionist, but I cannot help acknowledging
the valor and rapacity of these men. I tell you
they would finish up the war themselves if they
were given the opportunity to do it. and that too,
without outraging women or children—for I have
seenno indications of their wish to do that.”
Well docs the Post say that testimony
like this, coming from an old pro-slavery
Democrat, is a sufficient answer to the
charge that the negroes will not fight and
that they are worthless.
AN ENGLISH SPECIMEN.
Newspaper writers in ibis country are at
a loss to know whether ignorance or mal
evolence is most prominent in Blacl-woai's
Magazine, when it turns its attention to
American affairs. The last number of that
Tory organ discusses the rebellion in a pa
per of considerable length, how intelli
gently our readers will learn by the
following extract from the article in ques
tion. The writer is speaking of the Xcw
Tork election and theDemocraticparty
Tliis party appears resolved to try its strength
in the approaching election for the State of New
York- These elections arc very important; for
whichcvcrparty triumphs will have the appoint
ment of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of
the State, heside seventeen members of the House
of Assembly, and sis members to Congress.**
Upon information ot winch the above is
a sample, intervention is of course warmly
recommended. *We do not wonder at it.
We entreat some "Wcstcm member of
Congress to propound this question in the
House, some day, for the consideration of
the Committee of -Ways and Means, to
which rre hope the inquiry may be' re
ferred:
“"Why should the banks of issue in the
11 United States, which exclusively enjoy
“the privilege of drawing interest on what
“they owe, be singled out for exemption
“from the burden of taxation winch all
“ other interests are made to feel ?”
"We are curious to know whaf import the
Committee would make on the su&ffe6k
"Who will volunteer to do us this service?
Paper IHairafactnrers.
A meeting of the paper manufacturers of
the Northwest, in pursuance of a call pre
viously issued, was held at the Tremont
House, in Chicago, on the 3d instant. The
object of the meeting, as expressed in the call,
was to compare views with each other in'ref
erence to a supply of material from which to
make printing paper; and in case that a sup
ply of cotton rags cannot be had, what mate
rial con be used to the best advantage as a
TAX TEE BANKS.
substitute for the manufacture of white paper.
The meeting organized by calling J. A.Noonan
of Milwaukee, Wis., to the chair, and appoint
ing J, W. Butler of Chicago, Secretary. The
meeting was considered profitable to all pres
ent. After spending several hours together,
it was agreed to adjourn to meet again, at 10
o'clock a. m., on the 23d inst. in the same
place, and invite all paper manufacturers in
the States of Wisconsin. ? Minnesota, lowa,
Illinois, Michigan and Indiana to he present;
and if any have been experimenting on substi
tutes from which to make paper, to bring
with them samples of pulp orpaper made from
such material.
Important to Volunteers.
It lias been decided by the authorities at
Washington that where a soldier is discharged
before he has served two whole years, or to
the end of the war, if sooner ended, he forfeits
his SIOO honnty. The back dues for wages,
and fifty cents for each twenty miles traveled
from the place of discharge to the’place of
enrollment, he is entitled to on the pay cer
tificate from his nearest paymaster. If a sol
dier is killed, or dies of disease before the end
of two years or the close of the war, he has,
under the liberal construction of the law,
served to the end of the war, so far as he is
or can be concerned. Congress intended by
the provisions of the law that no one should
have the bounty until the end of the war. The
SIOO bounty, by this law, will be Immediately
paid, so soon os audited.
Under an order and rule of the War De
partment, there can he procured for the wives
of soldiers imprisoned in the South the
monthly wages of the soldier, to the date of
allowance, except the last month’s wages,
which the government reserves. If no wife,
the minor children, by their guardian, are en
titled. If the soldier is unmarried, his wid
owed mother is entitled.
s£An important decision lias teen made by
the Secretary of War and the Paymaster Gen
eral, in effect that a soldier is entitled to pay
from the day he enlists, and that he is not to
■wait nntil Ms company is full, or the formal
muster of the regiment into government ser
vice.
Brigadier Ocncral Steen.
A dispatch from the battlefield of Fayette
ville, Arkansas, speaks of the death of the
rebel General A. E. Steen, in command of a
portion of the Missouri State Guard. Steen
was a native of Missouri, and entered the ser
vice of the United States as Second Lieuten
ant 10th infantry on the 9th April, 1847. His
regiment -was disbanded 20th July, 1848, and
he wac afterwards appointed Second Lieuten
ant 3d infantry 30th June, 1853. He contin
ued in the service of the United States until
May 10, 1861, when he resigned Ids commis
sion and entered the rebel service. While in
the army he married a daughter of Colonel P.
Morrison, of the regular army, now in com
mand of Camp Butler, in this State, His fath
er, Colonel Enoch Steen, is also in the regular
army of the United States, in command near
St. Louis. General Steen has been in active
service ever since the rebellion commenced,
and was, wc believe, at Boonville, Lexington,
Wilson’s Creek and Pea Ridge.
Rebel Countersigns.
Our correspondent with the advance of Gen.
Grant’s army sends us the following docu
ment captured among other rebel papers at
Oxford, Mississippi;
HEADQUARTERS Ist Corps A. W. T., J
Abbevuxe, Nov. 27th, 1563. }
List of countersigns commencing:
Nov. S9tb, “ Vicksburg.*’
“ 30th, “Virginia.
Dec. Ist, “Carolina.”
“ 2d, “Manassas.”
“ 3d, “Lexington.”
“ 4tli, “Mississippi.”
“ Bth, “ Tallahatchie.”
By order of Gen. Van Dom.
(Signed,) 3LIL Kismel, Maj. &A.A. G.
A true copy.
Edward Joy, Lt. Col. & A. A. G.
To Col. Ward, Comd. Texas Legion.
Repuhiicau Victory in Boston.
Hon. Frederick W. Lincoln, the Straight
Republican candidate, has been elected Mayor
of Boston by 1,200 voles over Joseph M.
Weightman, the present Democratic incum
bent. Weightiuan was supported by both the
Democratic and People’s parties. Only one
mouth since, the same combination had a ma
iority of over 1,000 in Boston. The people
are preparing fora “sober second thought.”
The vote stood: For Lincoln, 0,305; Weight
man, 5,174.
Xlie Advance in Newspapers.
The New Tork Herald in its issue of Friday
announced that hereafter the price of the
Sunday edition would be four cents, and that
of the other six issues three cents each. The
Cleveland papers have raised their price from
12 to 35 cents per week. The Louisville
Journal and Democrat have raised their rates
of subscription to $lO per annum.
The recent sorghum convention at
Rockford passed a resolution requesting that
committees of one or two might be formed in
each county in this State, whose duty it
should be to collect statistics as to the amount
of sugar or syrup manufactured in their sev
eral counties during the past season, from the
Chinese sugar cane, and other canes, and to rc-'
port the facts to the Chicago Thibcne.
These statistics, when collected and published
will prove highly valuable and interesting.
Wc hope to hear a ready and full response
from every county.
pST* An association has been formed by the
leading daily papers of New York for the
purpose of getting a supply of white paper
for their issues, and it has advertised for pro
posals to furnish 300,000 pounds per week.
This has resulted from a combination formed
by the paper makers in New York for the
purpose of carrying up the price of paper. It
is understood that if paper manufacturers do
not respond to the advertisement promptly,
and on reasonable terms, that they will then
form a company, build several mills, and
manufacture their own paper.
SouGnuii.—A State Sorghum Convention is
to be held in Columbus, Ohio, ou the Gth of
January next. It is estimated that itedee mil
lions of gallons of syrup have been
made during the past year. The Toledo Com
mercial says: “We sec it stated that in the
central part of the Shite, parties are ready to
buy up all tne syrup that is offered to supply
the Cincinnati market. The retail price gener
ally ranges from lifly to sixty cents per gallon.
In all parts of the Slate the sorghum crop has
been remarkably good this year. There have
been about 5,000 mills sold in the Saate du
rink the past summer, which, added to those
sold in former years, makes an aggregate of
about 11,000.
pgr There are a lot of traitorous scamps
scattered through the country publishing
sickly and dying journals—such as Dauforth
of the Rock Island Argus, Sammedary of the
Columbus CrisiSy Hardy of the Wheeling
Press—' who arc very anxious to he called mar
tyrs, and they therefore pour the vilest abuse
upon the President, the cabinet, the army and
the country in hopes that they and their bant
lings may be suppressed by the Government,
and thus escape the ignominy of dying for the
want of support irora the community in
which they are published. They will not
probably succeed, but will all die a natural,
but v.nhonored death.
XTXIOS COXGBESSIOXAL NOMIXATIOX IS TEX
xessee.—A Convention, composed of the
Union people of the Kinth Congressional dis
trict of Tennessee, was held at Trenton, Gib
son county, on tbe Ist inst. General JI. L.
Tboipe, of Henry county, was President.
Delegates •were present from Henry, “Weakly,
Obion, Carroll, Gibson, Dyer and Henderson
counties, numbering some 200. On tkc sec
ond ballot Alvin Hawkins of Carroll was
nominated for Congress.
Charleston Illuminating for Demo
cratic Victories.—A correspondent of the
Haverhill Gazette, ■writing from Beau
fort. South "Carolina, November 15, asserts
that 200 guns were fired In Charleston and the
city beautifully illuminated, in honor of the
Democratic victories in New York and Peun
sylvanaL
lap* It is asserted in several papers that
Gen. Sterling Price has resigned his position
in the Confederate army. We don’t believe
it. Price is essential to that army. He can
do more dirty work, and do it better, than any
other General in the Confederate army—al
ways excepting Ployd—and they are not going
to spare him for light and transient causes.
The following army supplies were re
ceived in Louisville on Tuesday:—2o,ooo in
fantry overcoats, 4,000 pairs of stockings,
I>TOO pairs cavalry trowsers, 10,000 frock
coats, 5,640 pairs bootees, 3,000 axes and
hatchets.
Appalling Calamitv. —Mrs. Hart and her
two daughters, residing in the kerosene oil
region, near Pittsburgh, were burned to death
a few days since by pouring some kerosene
into the stove to make the fire burn. ~
IST The Sycamore True SepnUican is in
formed by the Assessor thatahout SIO,OOO will
bo collected on the United Stales tax in De-
Kalb county.
The Louisville Journal says that Key.
Mr. Wells, an Episcopal clergyman of that
city, is lecturing in Toronto, Canada, for the
relief of the families of Confedratc soldiers.
FROM GEN. GRANT S ARMY.
Forsnit of the Enemy South of
Oxford.
The Eehels Burning their Tents and
Baggage Wagons.
[From Oar Own Correspondent.]
At a Plantation Eight Mjles South op )
Oxford. Mies., on the >•
Pissseuug Road, December 3d, 1862. j
My last, wrirten from Oxford, was necessa
rily brief! I was desirous of sending you the
news of the capture by the courrier taking to
General Hamilton intelligence of its occupa
tion, and I had no time to make observations.
OXFORD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
This morning I rode around the city and
was struck with its singular beauty. In the
construction of almost every dwelling, and in
the surroundings of evergreen and flowering
shrubs, I saw the evidences of taste and re
finement. The town is regularly laid out;
built of brick, with a fine court house in the
centre of the public square, a feature not at
all uncommon in the laying out of Southern
towns. Oxford has a population 0f3,000, and
before the breaking out of the rebellion was
extremely flourishing. Here, I am told, is
the residence of Thompson, the Mississippi
member of Buchanan’s Cabinet. There were
here also flourishing male andfemale colleges,
but their doors are closed and their glory de
parted.
HOW XT WAS CAPTURED.
There were several incidents connected
with the capture of Oxford which partook
largely of the ridiculous. "When otfr boys
were charging at the top of their speed
through the streets one woman rushed excit
edly to the door of her dwelling, and, with
arms akimbo and hair streaming in the wind,
screamed out at the top of her voice, 44 Go it
Yanks I Give ’em hell! Shoot the dirty
cowards! Thank God; I’haint got no friends
in the Southern army.”
Just before we entered the town the rear
guard of the enemy set fire to the large
warehouses filled with com cotton, and
soldiers’ clothing. At Oxford, Col. Lee suc
ceeded in capturing a large number of prison
ers—2so of them. Darin" the charge, Major
Duckworth of Jackson’s Tennessee cavalry,
was captured while letting down a force to
deploy his cavalry into the street to repels oar
attack. The Major surrendered very grace
fully, and acknowledged himself fhirly beaten.
He highly complimented Col. Lee for the skill
he had displayed in planning the attack, and
said his cavalry were no match for the Yan
kees. Among the prisoners were Judge
Steam, Confederate States Attorney, and a
surgeon of the Ist Tennessee cavalry.
The troops were quartered upon the town,
and committed hut few outrages. They took
com and chickens and everything that could
be eaten, and in a few instances I was sorry
to learn that some of our men entered houses
and committed depredations, stealing money
and other valuables, As soon as tins was re
ported to Col. Lee, he at once placed the guil
ty parties under arrest and severely punished
them.
THE PUB SUIT SOUTH OF OXFORD.
At 11 o'clock this morning we again com
menced the pursuit. Col. Hatch of the 2d
lowa was very early in the day sent upon the
Coffceville road, whither we had learned a
considerable column bad retreated. Later
Col. Eee started upon the Plttsboro road. As
I accompanied the latter I can only describe
what occurred under my own immediate ob
servation. I infer, however, that Col. Hatch
is doing well ou the Coffceville road, since wc
met. Just at the point where the Pittsboro
road branches off from the Coffervillc road
two miles below Oxford, an entire company
of the enemy’s cavalry were captured while
standing picket. Among these were a captain
and lieutenant.
We found the roads badly cut up by heavy
artillery and ammunition wagons, which, with
the mud from the rains of the preceding day,
had rendered them impassable. The pleasant
weather soon dried it up, and we advanced
without difficulty.
Three miles from Oxford, we came upon a
a group of darkies standing by the roadside,
grinning horribly at a pile of shell and ammu
nition which the rebels, in their haste to es
cape us the night before, had tumbled into the
road. With the consolatory reflection that
these missiles at least would not be hurled at
us, I turned to the niggers, and asked what
they were laughing at. ““Why, Gor a’mity,
massa, the Yankees’ coming,” said an intelli
fent looking son of Ham; aud he embraced
is comrade, and the two joined in a genuine
African guffaw, which lasted till the squadron
passed out of hearing. Just beyond, we cap
tured four prisoners belonging to the lllth
Mississippi regiment, and a litflc further on,
four more of the 50th Tennessee, the latter
badly wounded, the result of our cannonading
at the brick church at Waterford, on Saturday
last. Indeed, prisoners were brought in con
tinually, so that by the time we reached the
Tokenapatopha, wc found, on counting noses,
that wc had fifty of them. Wc made but one
halt before reaching that stream, and that was
when our skirmishers thrown out in advance
reported the enemy in line of battle on onr
left. An examination proved the report’
groundless, and wc marched along leisurely
till wc reached the bottom in the center of
which runs the Tokenapatopha. After the
fall rains, this bottom land becomes almost
impassable, aud is required to be bridged for
a considerable distance. It was therefore an
object to reach this bottom before the enemy
had time to destroy the crossings. We were
a little late, however. The advance fouud
three men at the bridge, in the act of setting
the southern end on fire. The timbers on the
central port ion were thrown into the river,
and of course it was impassable. A few cav
aliy men swam their horses across the stream
helow, but the banks were high and slippery,
aud it was decided to rcbuild'it. Three hun
dred men from the several regiments of the
column were detailed for this duty, and by
dint of great exertion and hard labor the
bridge was reconstructed in three hours, aud
we moved to our present camping ground.
A REBEL CAMP DESTROYED.
At the creek a hundred rods below the house
we discovered the smoking remnants of 500
tents and several baggage wagons, which the
enemy, during their' retreat to-day, have
burned.
From the best information we can get con
cerning the enemy’s movements, we are led to
believe that they are encamped four miles
beyond us on the Grenada road, and we are
hoping to capture them or their train to
morrow.
To-morrow, onr rations run out and we
shall begin to “subsist upon the enemy.’’
Everything eatable will be taken by the army,
and the people be left to look out for them
selves. This is hard but just. The citizens
arc weary of the war and ardently long for its
conclusion. So far as Mississippi is concern
< d she is virtually conquered. Judge Steam
of Oxford admitted as much to me yesterday.
When the enemy surrendered the hue of the
Tallahatchie the State was yielded.
FROM GEN. ROSECRANS* ARMY.
XEE »ISGRA€EFIJIi AFFAIR
AX SEARXSVUiIiBS.
Loss of a wholeßrigade, wllli Trans
portation and Equipage.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Nashville, Dec. 8,1802.
Last night I sent a telegram, embodying in
formation then at hand, touching the infamous
affair at Hartsvillc. The dispatch contained
one error. The disgraced brigade was com
manded by Col. J. R. Scott oi the 104 th Illi
nois—not Col. Moore—who was also captured.
I have not been able to identify the latter.
Readers will please note that the Scott who
surrendered is not Col. Scott of the 19th Illi
nois, or CoL Scott of one of the Kentucky
regiments.
Col. Harlan, commanding brigade, who was
sent in pursuit, thinks Scott was not surprised,
but that his men, who were raw levies, acted
badly, Bui it is obvious that the brigade was
not ably managed. Green troops will fight
well, if properly handled.
Scott ought to have held his position
against a division, (three brigades.) General
Thomas, who is one of the ablest and most
careful offieers of the whole army of the Uni
ted Slates, reported to Generalßosecrans that
the position was very strong, and that a brig
ade was sufficient to hold it against a whole
division. But to make it secure, he posted a
brigade within supporting distance of the
garriSbn. Had Scott’s command fought with
any determination the rebels would have been
caught in a trap, but they broke so soon that
relief was not practicable.
No report of our numbers has'rcachcd head
quarters. Three regiments and detatchments,
however, are equal to 2,000 men. Some es
caped, but the number is not ascertained.
Col. Scott, CoL Moore, and Lieut. Col. Stew
art, of the 2d Indiana cavalry, were captured.
The latter was a valuable officer, who has dis
tinguished himself frequently. A humiliating
fact to Cincinnatians is exhibited in the sur
render of the 100 th Ohio, CoL Tafel, and the
108 th Ohio, Col. Limbeig, both enlisted at
Cincinnati, and both German. Ido not know
who commanded the latter. CoL Limberg
was originally commander.
We lost between fifty and sixty killed—who
were left on the field, and were subsequently ’
cared for by onr own men, who afterward
came up, too late to retrieve our disgrace.
The dispatches are not explicit touching the
result of our disaster, but we understand^that
the bulk of our forces, the transportation
and animals of the brigade, and two pieces of
Nicklln’s Indiana hatteiy, were captured.
Harteville, yon know, is on the north side of
the Cumberland River, some twelve or fifteen
miles due east of Gallatin.
A still more unfavorable feature develops
itself. TVe knew Friday that Morgan had
moved on some expedition, and on Saturday
we ascertained that Roger Hanson's brigade
had marched in support, with four days' ra
tions. Gen. Thomas and Harlan’s and Mil
ler's brigade so posted that the capture of any
moderate force which should attack Harts
ville seemed certain Good fighting only was
necessary, but Scott’s cowardly brigade did
not justly the most moderate hopes.
It is apologetically said by panics who es
caped. that the five regiments under Morgan
were supported by two others on the south
side of the river. Gui bono f They could not
have helped the rebel force materially—sup
posing they had been there. The absurdity of
three regiments of infantry and a battery sur
rendering to three of cavalry and two of in
fantry is palpable. Further news will he re
ceived to-day.
A military commission, composed of Gcn-
ends Mitchell and Campbell, and Col Frank
Sbcnnnn, BSih Illinois, -will examine into the
cases of all prisoners now confined in the va
rious prisons of Nashville, and discharge all
■whose longer detention is not called forbythe
interests of discipline or the demands of jus
tice; proceedings to he summajy.
Brig. Gen. T. T. Crittenden, having request
ed a court of Inquiry to investigate matters
connected with the surrender of the troops
under his command at Murfreesboro, the fol
lowing officers are detailed as a court of in
quiry for that purpose, viz: Maj. Gen. Schuy
ler Hamilton, Brig. Gen. J. M. Palmer. Brig.
Gen. Yan Cleve, Col Scott, 19th Illinois, Re
corder.
Touching discipline, we learn from good
authority that the execution of the nightcap
order has caused the rebels to discontinue the
practice of sending soldiers, captured from
us, back through our lines, after they are pa
roled. To defeat that order they forward
prisoners to Richmond, and send them North
from that point. The Secretary of War has
been notified, and it is likely the order will be
adopted for the whole army. It ought to he.
Its effect here was admirable.
Mrs. George D. Prentice, who went with
the flag of truce last Sunday, (30th nit.) re
turned several days ago, with letters from
rebel soldiers to their friends in Kentucky.
They were left at General Rosecrans’ head
quarters, and examined before they were for
warded. Mrs. Prentice went South to convey
her grandson—a child—to his father, Clarence
Prentice, a rebel officer. The rebel authori
ties hesitated about admitting her through
their lines. It is said that Mrs. Prentice re
marked that 44 it was strange that the enemies
of her son should be kinder to him than his
friends.” Mrs. Pis a sister to Calhoun Ben
ham, a rebel officer—notorious as Terry’s sec
ond in the Broderiek-Terry duel in California.
On Saturday a flag of truce conveyed Mrs.
E. W. Sehon, wife of Rev. Dr. Sehon: Rev.
Elliott and others to the rebel lines. Before
the escort reached our lines, an officer from
the Provost Marshal General’s office overtook
the cortege ond exhibited authority to search
certain vehicles and baggage. Contraband
goods were found in one carriage, and
the lady who was in it was escorted
hack to Nashville. On investigation, contra
band property was found nailed up in the
seat of the coach. The driver, a free negro,
named Dick Harris, who had been permitted
to cany people back and forth through the
lines, confessed that he was guilty of specu
lating with the rebels. Mrs. n——, who was
in the carriage, protested that she was inno
cent, hut circumstances were against her,
and she was brought hack. Investigation of
the case resulted in exculpating her, except
ing in the fact that she was indiscreet in
yielding to her affectionate desire to make
her husband comfortable. The thing made a
great deal of noise, but the facts are substan
tially according to this report. The victim
is indignant, of course, as any beautiful pet
of 44 high-toned” Southern society would be,
but she is inclined to be reasonable. Her
44 wrongs” may 44 fire the Southern heart” a
little, but she has been so kindly treated, that
it is likely she will feel relieved after pouting
prettily a little while. If she should prove as
mischievous as she is beautiful, the d—l will
be to pay. You may see a statement of the
case in the Nashville papers. The foregoing
embodies the facts.
SPBISOFIELD CORRESPONDENCE,
United States Senatorshlp—State Fi
nances—False Statements—Appear
ance of Springtteld—Juries, the
Rlodc of Seating them in United
States Courts—State Statistics—Shin
plasters •
[Special Correspondence Chicago Tribune.]
Speikgfxeld, Dec. 10,18G3.
UNITED STATES SENATOBSHIP.
The Egyptians desire a representative man
for the United States Senatorship, and are
bound to have one. They consequently put
forward Judge O’Mclveney of Marion county,
and ask the Democracy of the State to endorse
him. The Judge, no doubt, is a very excel
lent representative of the anti-war Democracy
of Egypt. He opposed the war from Its com
mencement; got up meetings in opposition to
it, and in fiwor of resisting the government.
He was one of the first to initiate the fire-in
the-rear movement. It is but natural that he
seeks his reward. Josh. Allen had his re
ward, why not O’Mclveney his. O’Melveney,
however, has not had bis brow graced with
the trials of martyrdom, and here is
where he u fiuls to connect ” as the
railroad men would say. I learn
however, from good authority, that he
will gel a fair show of votes from Egypt, and
that Richardson will not have any. Marshall
will divide Egypt with O’Melveney, and Gou
dy of your city will divide the North with
Richardson, and I think the Democratic can
didate may be selected from these four gen
tlemen: Marshall, O’Melvcuey, Richardson,
Goudy. Richardson will get the military
tract vote; Goudy the extreme north and a
portion of the centre of the State.
STATE FINANCES.
The Auditor will present au excellent report
of the condition of our financial affairs, and
so will the Trersurer—l think better than
ever before published. There is a large sum
of money in the treasury, and will be after the
January interest is paid.
FALSE STATEMENTS.
A letter writer in the Times of your city,
makes some very gross misstatements rela
tive to the clerical force employed in the Ex
ecutive and Adjutant General’s departments.
. They are wholly destitute of truth, as are all
the charges that a number of unattached Col
ours, appointed by the Governor, are draw
ing pay from the State or United States.
There arc none such. The clerical force in
the Adjutant General’s office is altogether too
small lor the amount of work done. The
clerks write ou an average from fifteen to six
teen honrs per day, and the Adjutant General
is to be found in his office from 8 a. in. to
midnight. There are now but four clerks in
the office, and but two,besides the Governor’s
Secretary, in the Executive Department.
When it is considered that the Governor re
ceives from fifty to one hundred and fifty let
ters per day, it may be taken for granted
that the clerical force in his office is not by
any means idle. So much for statements
which the writer, had .he taken.the least pains
to inform himself of, must have proven to
have been utterly withoutfoundation iu truth.
APPEARANCE OF SPRINGFIELD.
In summer, when the roads are dry, Spring
field is a pretty enough place. It abounds m
neat and even elegant residences, with charm
ing grounds attached. In winter it is
not so inviting. When it rains, the
streets, being generally unplanked and
unpaved, are shockingly muddy, and the mud
of such consistency that it cannot be shaken
off.
One of the papers has sensibly called upon
the citizens to do all they can to give the
place an attractive appearance preparatory to
theiueetiug oi the Legislature. It pithily re
marks that the strangers and members already
arriving, in' their correspondence with the
press and their friends, will give their im
pressions of the place, and consequently the
streets and sidewalks should be thoroughly
cleaned, fences be replaced, broken window
glass be repaired, the places of business of
public officers, residences and their surround
ings placed in perfect order, <fcc.
Business, within the past few days, appears
to be improving. The country people arc ta
king advantage of the fine weather and good
roads, to bring to market whatever they have
to sell, and the city consequently hasassumed
a more lively appearance.
Crime, however, appears to be on the in
crease, in this, as well as mother cities in the
Union. Indeed, I notice the same is com
plained of in the old country cities. One con
stable in lids city within a fortnight, has ar
rested and committed no less than eight per
sons for the crime of larceny.
THE GRAND AND PETIT JURY SYSTEM.
Much complaint is made regarding the man
ner in which the grand and petit juries of the
United Slates District Court is drawn. They
are selected by a board of lawyers of this city,
who afterwards appear for their clients in the
cases to be tried. On the juries lately selected
here, are seventeen men from this county,
and a number of others from counties
immediately adjoining, when the object
of the law is that the jury should be selected,
as nearly as possible, from all the counties in
the district, some fifty or more. But the idea
of lawyers selecting jurors to try their own
cases, X look upon as one of the most absurd
practices ever heard of in the history of juris
prudence. It is a nuisance that ought to be
abated forthwith. The law says that the man
ner of selecting the juries in the U. S. Courts
should conform as nearly as possible to the
inode in vogue in the Circuit Courts. Now
in the ease of the Circuit Courts the juries
are selected by the Board of Supervisors or
the Board of County Commissioners. Why
not let these boards* in each county select one
or two names for jurors in the TJ. S. Courts
and send them up to the Marshal. From
these proper juries could be selected by him.
STATISTICS OF STATE BEyENCE, VALUE OF
PROPERTY, ETC.
By the kindness of Messrs. O. H. Mincrand
G. SI. Brinkerhoff of the Auditor’s office, I
can append here interesting figures, taken
from the Auditor’s forthcoming report, as fol
lows:
_ Number. Yaloe. Number. Value.
Horses.... 590.963 $22,839,202 625.242 $21,064,133
N’tCattle.l,42s,678 12,466,537 1,428,302 11,491,803
Mules and
Asser... 86.371 1.843.291 89,278 1,708,630
Sleep.... 584,480 695.035 731.379 747.487
Hogs 1,530,256 3,745,915 2.196,581 4,032.874
Carriages
&Wag’ss 211,801 5,066,790 209,247 4.859,507
Clocks &
Watches 167,145 820,735 169,779 715,763
Pianos 3,407 321.717 8,467 248,677
Goods and Her
chandiEe 10,667.620
Bankers', Brokers'
and Stock Job
bers' Property.. 6,798,247
Manufactured Ar
ticles 1,864,651
Honeys & Credits. 16,023,799
Bonds, Stocks,
Joint Stock Co
mpanies. &c 1
I'nennmerated
Property 11,659,713
Aggregate 92,684,879 63,653,425
Deduction 3,600,764 2,932,507
651,727
Total value of tax
able personal
property. 88,884,115 80,720,918
MAX. ESTATE.
Eailroadproperty. 12,055.472 11,243,723
Land 5...;......... 189,980,287 197.404.697
Town Lots 76,971,863 41,454,142
Total Beal Estate 278,343,667 250,102,561
Total valne of Beal
• and Personal
Property 367.327,742 830.828,479
StateTasßevenue 1,175,128.78 165.4U.78
State School Tax. 734.456.48 661,546.93
State Int’et Tax.. 660,841.51 661,646.96
Total tax charg T b1e2,460,455.87 1,483.706.65
Acres in cultivation, 1859—'Wheat, 3,259,648.
Corn, 4,010,399, Olherfield products, 1,034^79.
Acres in cultivation, IB6o—Wheat, 1,963,833.
Corn, 4,119,690. Other field products, 1,035,678.
The following exhibits the value of proper-
ty in the State for a series of years, the rate of
taxation and the gross amount of State tax:
Total value of Bate of
Year. Property. - Tax. State Tar.
1639.. $58,889,525 2 mills $117,770.05
1840.. 58.752,168 2 44 117,821.23
1841.-.- 70,155;053 8 44 210,498-10
1842.. 72.605,421 1# 44 108,903.03
1843.. 72,416,800 2 “ 144,833.60
1844.. 75,767,766 2 “ 151,495.5=1
1840.. 82,327,105 8 “ 246,081.23
1646.. 88,815,403.48 3# 44 3U.115.00
1847.. 92,206,493.96 8.7 “ 839,779.53
3848.. 102,182,193.97 8.7 “ 370,232.01
1849.. 105.132.193.97 5.8 “ 61*42310
1850.. 119,808,836.37 5.8 44 702 076 17
IS*— HffiK 0 - 30 6 “ 834,495.60
1852.. 349,294,805 6 “ 909.472.87
1863.. 225.156,622 4.9K 41 1,116.99337
1854.. 252,756,508 4.9tf 44 1.279,089 87
1855.. . 834,898,425 6.7 44 2,250.904.90
1856.. 349,951.272 6.7 44 2,368,741.31
1657.. 407.477,367 6.7 44 2,750,346.01
1858 408,130,321 6.7 44 2,739,429.90
1859.. 360,702,053 6.7 44 2,528.992.11
15G0.... 807,227,742 6.7 44 2,400.425.55
1601.. 380,823,479 4.5 44 1,438,705.65
From 1825 to 1860, inclusive, the rate of tax
ation remained at 6.7 mills on the dollar. In
ISol the revenue tax was 5 cents on the $100;
the school and interest tax 20 cents each on
the SIOO, being a total of 45 cents on the SIOO.
The valuation of property has been greatly
rednced,year after year, by the assessors, until
at the present time, as will he seen by the ap
pended table, it is most ridiculously low:
Horses
Neat cattle
Males and asses
Sheep
Hogs
Carriages and wagons.
Clocks and watches...
Pianos
In 1859, pianos were valued at $lB3. In
1861, they are onlyworth on an average $71,731
The valuation differs in different counties,
which might be avoided.
The following table exhibits the value of
personal property, town lots, lands and rail
roads for a series of years:
Personal. Town Lots. Lands. Railroads.
1566.. $104,108,235 $44,776,557 $168,974,270 $6,639,220
1857.. U1.813.90S 44.395.6>6 201,693,234 7.529,703
1555.. 97.853,641 46.183,561 249,971.611 9.131.475
1859.. 88,288,094 70;676,364 194.177,19811,758,695
1860.. 88.884,115 76,971.868 159,286.28712,085.472
1861.. 80,790,918 41,454,142 197,401,69711.243.722
TOTALS.
1856 $349,956,272 1859 $365,702,053
1857 403.140,321 1860 367,227,742
1859 407.477,367 180 l 330,823,479
SHINPLASTERS.
It is not the bankers, but the merchants,
who have issued the shinplasters. They are
in reality checks upon the banks, which honor
them as such. The leading hanks here—
Messrs. Bunn and Ridgeley & Co.—are among
the safest and best in the State, and have al
ways redeemed their obligations. In a former
letter I unintentionally did them injustice.
The shinplaslers having their names printed
on them are apt to deceive at first siaht.
Zeta.
SOBGHiII IN THE UNITED
STATES.
The Amount Manufactured, in.
llic Various States in 1860.
In the 'Preliminary report of the Census of
tlie United States, recently issued by Mr.
Kennedy, Superintendent, we find some fig
nres developing tlie amount of sorghum syrup
manufactured in the United States during the
year 1860, which we think will interest the
reader. It will be seen by the table which
we publish below, that the amonut reaches
over 7,000,000 of gallons, nearly half as much
as the entire.crop of Southern sugar cane
made in the same year. It will be observed—
which iact we think will be new to our read
ers—that considerable amonnts of the Chinese
sugar cane syrup were made in the Southern
States—lo3,4so gallons in Georgia, 365,861 in
Kentucky, 263,475 in North Carolina, 51,041
in South Carolina, 483,828 in Tennessee,
115,051 in Texas, &c. Another fact is also
worthy of particular notice, and that is that
the State of lowa in 1860, or rather in 1859,
manufactured as mnch sorghum syrup as the
estimated product of Illinois the past year.
It is said that “ figures cannot lie.” We hope
they can’t, but still wc have our doubts in
these lowa figures. The census report is as
follows, as to the amount of the three products
named, in I860:
Cane Syrup, Sorghum Maple
1860. Syriip. ‘6O. Sugar. ’GO.
Alabama 81,GW 67.172 ....
Arkansas .... .... U5.G73
California .... 100 ....
Connecticut 395 2,~TT
Delaware TUI 853 .. .
Florida 435.890
Georgia 346,770 103,450 20
Illinois 79T.096 21.423
Indiana .... 827,777 203,023
lowa 1,993,474 97,731
Kansas .... 79,482 2
Kentucky. 365,861 139,036
Louisiana 14.535.157 66,470
Maryland 46 863 2,401
Michigan 886,509 384,521
Minnesota 14,974 21.629
Missisippi 3,445 8,207 1...
Missouri 22,303 770,101 18,239
New Jersey..... 36 360 8.083
New York 15 2t>s 13LSU
North Carolina. 12 494 263,475 17.759
Ohio 707,416 892,9-32
Oregon .... 419 ....
Pennsylvania... .... 9.6(6 127,455
■ Rhode Island... 15 15 5
South Carolina.. 15,144 61,041
Tennessee.
Texas
294,322 485,838 6*751
388,937 115,051 3.600
Virginia...
Wisconsin.
Dakota....
Nebraska....
New Mexico,
Utah
Total 16,837.080 7,235.025 1.944,505
What Our Neighbors Say oftlic
Ti’ibimc.
Chicago Tribune.—ln another column we
jmblish the Prospectus of the Chicago Tri
bune for ISGB, -which the friends of that paper
will do well to look over carefully. We have
frequently made the statement that the Tri
bune is the Uvest journal in the Northwest,
and to-day our reasons for saying so are
stronger than ever. Its bitterest'enemies are
forced to admit that, as a «<w,spapcr, it has no
equal in the West, and many, who do not
agree with It in politics, take it for its news
alone. It spares no expense in the way of
obtaining the latest and most reliable tele
graphic news, and, in addition to this, it has
able and energetic correspondents at all im
portant points in the armies and out of them.
We could not think of getting along without
the Tribune, and we believe the larger part
of our people, here, arc in the same llx.
We like It,and would recommend it to those
of our citizens who want a live and reliable
journal.— Gencsco ( lU .) SepniUc.
The Chicago Tribune.—We publish this
week the prospectus for 1803 of this groat
Western newspaper. Its information is fuller
and several days later than is afforded by the
Eastern papers. Many have blamed the
Tribune for its cutting and slashing propen
sities at certain of our army officers and other
officials, but we have generally noticed that
the Tribune comes out pretty near right at
i the end. and events after a while justify its
course. The Tribune is noted for the vigor
and independence of its editorials, and its
great enterprise in collecting the news of the
clay. In commercial matters, espechdly, it is
a neck and shoulders ahead of all cotempo
raries. Now is the time to subscribe.—B-.lvi
dire Standard.
The Chicago Daily Tribune.—Wo pub
lish to-day a prospectus for the Chicago
Tribune, to which we call the attention of
our reoders. The Tribune has the greatest
circulation of any paper published in the
Northwest, in fact it is looked upon by the
p<. oplc as one of the necessaries of life. It is
received in this city nearly as early every
morning as it is by the citizens of Chicago.
—Lopcrk (/«(?.) tfidon.
The Chicago Tribune.—The prospectus
of this sterling newspaper, the leading Re
publican journal of the Northwest, appears
in onr columns thismoming. Its wide circu
lation has already given it a household name
in almost every village in this State. Nothing
that wc can say can add to its character as the
best newspaper west of the lakes.
Read the prospectus, and after subscribing
and paying for you home paper, send for the
Tribune.—: Racine (TTis.) Journal,
In New Apparel.—The Chicago Tribune
appeared yesterday morning in an entire new
suit of type. This improvement in these
times of pressure upon newspapers is the best
evidence of prosperity. There Is no paper in
the West more deserving of success than the
Tkiaune. It gives outTio uncertain sounds,
never wavers in the fight on the side of Free
dom and the Union. Withal it is a live news
paper, edited with both spirit and ability.
Long may it wave. —Toledo Blade .
The Chicago Tribune.—Read the prospec
tus of the Chicago Tribune. No poper In
the country has on the whole hit Hie nail
nearer on the head than the Tribune. It
usually hits in the right place, and its blows
arc always telling.
Decision on Drafting.
Judge Pearson, of Harrisburg, Pa., has ren
dered an important decision in the case of
John Hartley, who was brought up on habeas
corpus. Some points of the decision are of
general interest. Hartley was drafted in the
town of Hempfield, Lancaster county. He
was not one of the forty-nine (the quota of
the town) first drawn, hut was in the over
draft. Of the forty-nine first drawn, six were
excused on account of being conscientiously
scrupulous about bearing arms, one as being
under age, three for physical disability, and
one a justice of the peace. None of these
had appeared before the commissioner until
drafted, with the exception, of the justice,
whose claim was disallowed by the commis
sioner, but was afterwards allowed by an
order from the Department. The
quota of Hempfield under the over
draft was sixty-one. Hartley’s name was -the
sixty-third drawn. The Judge ruled that the
army order, which has all the force and effect
of an act of Congress, directs the Commis
sioner to draw a number of ballots equal to
the number of drafted men fixed by the gov
ernor for the quota. But the Commissioner
continued to draw far beyond the number.
The overdraft was void—that there was no
authority in the Commissioner to make it.
His power ceased the moment he had drawn
forty-nine ballots from the wheel, and all
names tahen out afterward cannot be treated
as drawing under the law, but In express vio
lation of its directions, and Hartley's name
must be considered as one not drawn; but he
stands in the situation of a person forced into
the service without being drafted- The juris
diction of the Commissioner ceased when he
drew the number prescribed, and an act done
without jurisdiction is clearly void, and
must be so declared on habeas corpus.—l
Dal. 135.
9,104,949
2,009.611
1,111,127
15,781,843
443,329
11.549,953
Saved by an American Captain. —lt is said
that the escape of the French Emperor from
the consequence of the recent plot against his
life, was owing to information famished by
an American captain.
Massachusetts. —Gov. Andrew has issued
an order, dated December 4th, suspending the
draft for ten days in that State, “in order to
enable the cities and towns to adopt the
method therein suggested, nnfl to furnish evi-
dence of their having done so. In those cities
and towns in which the proposed course is
-not adopted, the draft’ will be executed,
namely, on Thursday, the 18th day of Decem
ber current, in the manner directed by pre
vious order. Those towns and cities which
adopt the suggestions, and with good faith and
zeal apply themselves to the promotion of en
listments in the three years’ service, will
have a liberal extension of time for that pur
pose.
EST* The Eastern Tory papery —the Roches
ter TTnion among the number—have a story
that the arrest and incarceration in Fort La
fayette of John H. Hamon of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, is great excitement in
Michigan. Now, as John has never been ar
rested nor incarcerated in Fort Lafayette, wc
don’t see where the t4 grcat excitement”
comes from. Will some of the Tory press
the local, for instance—please tell ns what
created the excitement and in what part of
Michigan it has become the most intensified?
1860. IS6I.
Av. value, Av. value.
....$37.84 $33.69
.... 8.74 8.05
.... 50.82 43.50
.... 1.19 1.02
.... 1.79 1.84
.... 23.92 23.22
.... 4.91 4.22
ISP Hon. Wm. Owsley, formerly Governor
of Kentucky, died at his residence in Dan
ville, on Sunday, in the Slst year of his age.
'J'HE BAKGAIXS OF THE
SEASON.
We have just received from the closing sales. 100
pieces Bright. Fluid. Full Boiled SILKS. forslxshllUncs
a yard. 75-riece# lUch Chintz Flfcured Droueet Silts
for one dollar a vard. Extra Qualities Double Faced
Silks, for nine shillings.
500 Pieces RICH BROCHE VELOURS,
New styles, for two shillingsavard. 500 pieces rich new
styles VELOUR VaLeSTIAS for two and
six-pence.
All the above goods we are selling for one-half the
present valne. They are the only
GREAT BARGAINS CF THE SEASON.
We have received within a few days a large assort
ment of Rich Wool Plaids. Balmoral Skirts. Balmoral
Hoce, Magenta ilerinots. Garnet Silks. Lustreless Silks,
BOSNETTS PONSOTS,
And all the choice brands of Real Lyons Black Silks.
Lvons Silk Velvets. Paris Velvet Cloaks. Cloth
Cloaks. Mourning Goods, in great variety.
And manv verv scarce and choice styles of goods.not
to be found elsewhere In this market.
BLANKETS. FLANNELS. SHIRTINGS and FAMILY
GOODS, of every kind, in unlimited variety, cheap.
W. IM. ROSS & CO,
167 & 169 Lake Street.
n029i577-3m
ORPHEUS C. KERR
explains satisfactory the GREAT STRATEGIC
HALT of the MACKEREL BRIGADE, and treats
thoughtfully of high-moral proceedings at Washington.
TEE DISBANDED VOLUNTEER
AlsopliDosophlcallv elucidates the political enigma ot
the day, and puns mercilessly about evcrytluug.lntho
NEW YORK
SUNDAY MEECUIIY,
03? DECEMBER VtU.
ALL THE THEATRICAL
AND
S H O W IN E W S
Of the world is always published In the SUKDAY3IER
CUIiY one week earlier than in any other paper.
THE NEW YORK SUNDAY MERCURY
Will next week contains special report of the GREAT
PRIZE RIGHT for the CHAMPIONSHIP OP ENG
LAND. and all the foreign sporting news.
PRICE ONLY SIX CENTS.
dolO-y6-3t
r jVLE GENUINE HORSFORD
Sulphite of Lime,
Prepared only by the celebrated Chemists.
JAMES R. NICHOLS & CO.,
Forsaie to the trade at manufacturers prices. This
is the sure and only reliable preservative ofCider.
LOBD & SAIITH,
dcS-xOOi-2w Wholesale Druggists. S3 Lake street.
JpOR THE CATARRH!
3>R. WADSWORTH’S
D B Y UP!
A perfect and speedy cure for the CATARRH.
WAEEAKTED TO CURE
For sale to the Trade by
LOBD & SMITH. No. 25 Lake street. Chicago. HI,
ldeS-xI)W-2w]
'THIS DAT RECEIVED, a fresh
JL invoice of
James E, Nickels & Co’s Famous
ELIXIR PERTOAX BARE,
With Solution of Protoxide of Don.
Exclusively recommended by PhvelcLins as the best
Chemical lonic In the world. For sale to the Trade by
LORD A SMITH,
Wholesale Dragster, stw.ua Lake, street, Chicago. Til
LdeS-xWH-2\vJ b ’
50 221,017 100.139
19,252 83,003
20
23,105 2
3.369
58 32,509
QLOTH HOUSE.
FIELD, BENEDICT & CO.,
34 & 3G Lake street.
Have now in store the largest stock of
COTES, CASSI3IESES, TESTKGS,
SATINETS,
Slaecp*s Greys, Beavers,
And Ml other goods for SIEN’S WEAR. ever exhibited
in this market. M erch-OTTS are Invited to ex
amine our stock of goods of all kinds for
OFFICER'S UNIFORMS.
Bine Cloths, Blue Flannels,
Blue Casslmcres.
ap7-plOMy
JLLINOIS STARCH COMPANY
OF OTTAWA
Tlarc recently enlarged and Improved their Factory
and arc now prepared to oifcr to the trade a superior
article of
Laundry Starch,
Pearl Gloss Starch,
Golden Gloss Starch,
CORN OB FIIDDIHS STARCH,
Farina or Confectioners Starch,
Which is the
BEST, PUREST AM) CHEAPEST ARTICLE
to b£ found. For sale by the trade generally, and by
FEED. S. BAX, Agent,
dolO-yIS-St 10 Dearborn street.
gUTLER’S GOODS,
WINTER GOODS.
DDES® GOODS,
CLOTHS,
CASSIMEEES,
HOODS,
NUBIAS,
SONTAGS,
And the most extensive and attractive Stock of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods
AT TTHOLESALE DT CHICAGO.
accompanied with money or references,
secure our test attention
BOWEN BROTHERS,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
sedHSB-Sm 72. 74 and 7B Lake street. Chicago.
jgROOM CORN EXCHANGE.
We invite consignments of' ,
BKOOM CORN,
Have AMPLE STORAGE, make advances, and offer
Special Inducements
By giving pur patrons the benefit of prices paid hr
consumers In the EAST AND CANADA. AUlnauMsa
promptly answered.
_ . - RAPPLKV HA & SHELDON.
Co mission Merchants, 248 South Water street.
fWRASTD TRUNK RAILWAY
U OF CANADA.
Montreal Ocean Steamship Go,
WESTERN AGENCY,
Special despatch given to Eastern. Canadian. New
England and European freights. For fall particulars
apply to
S. X. WEBSTER,
General Western Agent,
56 Dearborn street, Chicago. HI.
C. J. BRIDGES, Managing Director. Montreal.
n030*357-tjaT63
—AND—
.Dearborn Street.
7g LAKE STREET.
XFHOIiESAMB BUYEBS
Will find In our store a large stock of
ZEPHYR WORSTEDS,
Tams, Hoods, SnMss and Skating Caps,
SKIRTS AND CORSETS,
Hosiery and Gloves. Buttons.DrcsaTrimmiDgß.Braids
liufillngß, Velvet lUbbons. &c„ Including a
a complete assortment
NOTIONS.
Onr stock Is Inviting, and havers will find oar figures
VERT CLOSE for SET CASH.
CRATES & IRVINE, ?3 Eake Street.
DRY GOODS, ISG2,
1862.
Staple and. Y^anoy,
FOR THE FALL TRADE.
HARMON, GALE & 00.,
(Successors to Harmon. Aiken & Gale.)
53 take street ----- Cliicago, HI.
osj. t° the Trade a large and well assorted stoclt
or COTTON aadTOOLEN goods.
DEESS GOODS, WOESTED GOODS,
TAHKEE NOTIONS, HOOP SKIETS,
hosiery,
And otherGoodsln onr line. OnT9tnckwasTmrchA>p»i
before the late rise In Goods, and believing we can otTer
superior Inducements, we solicit an examination from
all wishing to purchase.
HABHOX, GALE ft: CO.
sel6-u44S-Sm
Q.EOCEEIES.
16 & IS STATE STREET.
G> C. COOK & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERIES.
Cash buyers are invited to examine
oar Stock. nol-ly
HOGS, HOGS, HOGS.—We are
now prepared to handle
LIVE AM) DRESSED HOGS
to the best advantage. Parties In the country will find
it to their interest to ship their pork to us. We will
guarantee quick sales at the
HIGHEST MARKET PRICES,
and Jmmmcdiate returns. BATES, STONE & CO..
deS-MWWm ‘ilT South Wsiterstreet. Chicago.
yg LAKE STREET.
HOOP SKIRTS
AT COST,
FOE A LIMITED PERIOD,
GRAVES & IRVINE,
__ 75 LAKE STREET.
JgAßhTlj M BROTHERS,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS,
138 LAKE-SI., CHICAGO, ILL.
Slock now in and very complete for the
FALL AMD HOLIDAY TRADE,
All of which are of our own IMPORTATION, and will
he sold low to
Onslx nnd Short Time Buyers.
The attention of
Sutlers and Yankee Notion Dealers
Is respectfully solicited.
Ko. 138 Lake street, between Clark and
LaSalle streets.
JJAWSOR & BARTLETT,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS AKD SHOES,
30 Lake Street, Chicago, HI.
We would respectfully call the attention of City and
Country Merchants to ourextensive stock of Boots and
Shots which we have now in store and are dally re
ceiving from our Factorv in West Bovlston. Mass.,
which cnnslslsts of a full assortment of those Celebra
tcdCustom-3lade Patna Kip and Calf.and Grain Water
.Proof Boots; together with a fall stock of all styles of
FALL AN© "WINTER GOODS,
Of the best quality and manufactures. which we arc
prepared to sell for CASH and prompt paying trade, at
Boston and New York jobbing prices.
Q EOCEEIES.
fmm, brisks & cd.,
75 South Water street, Chicago,
Offer for sale AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES to
CLOSE BUYERS AND PROMPT MEN,
a well selected stock of
GROCERIES
AT WHOLESALE,
EMBRACING
Sugars, Fislx,
Teas, Tobacco,
Coflees, Rice,
SjTnps, Spices,
Molasses, Soaps,
TJi-ietl Fruit,
WOODEN WARE, and all articles usually included In
their line.
We hare bought most of onr goods for cash and be
lieve that wc can make it to the interest of all purchas
ing In this market to call and examine onr stock before
buying. EWING. BBIGGS «fc CO..
No. 73 South Water street, Chicago,
Wra. L. Ewing, St. Louis, Mo.
Clinton Briggs. I™.,™
Thomas Heermans. jChicago.
"'y ASDEEYOORT, DICKER3OX & CO
190 & 201 Randolph St., Chicago,
jDIFOETEES OF
TIN PLATE, SHEET IRON, £C., &C.
DEALERS IX
Tinners’ Stoclr.
AGENTS FOR
Howe’s Improved Scales.
[noß‘6Mis3-!yl
HOSIERY,
Ladies’ and Misses’ Balmoral Hose,
ram BED AND BLACK YABNS.
HAND KNIT WORSTED GOODS,
Hen's Half Hose. Sontscs. Nubias, Mittens, Sleeves,
Leggings. Ac.
WORSTEDS,
ZEPHYR
WOOLEN YARNS.
HAHD-KHIT SCABFS, (our own importation,
MEN'S HALF HOSE.
LADIESEIBBKD HOSIERY.
New Commenced Slippers,
All at the lowest cash prices.
SUTTON &3BtTRKITT,
st£o-uSS3-Sm
1862. CLOTHING - 1862,
MARTIN & BROS.,
WHOLESALE
CE o THIERS,
41 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO.
We have la store a full stock of Fall
and Winter Goods,
AT liOW PRICES.
au2s-tS44-Sm
WYANT & POWERS,
DEAXEES IN
MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
S Tremout Block, Dearborn St.,
Have jest received a Mi stock of every variety of
Fall and. Winter <3-oods.
jot) lot of GLOVES, very cheap,
GOLDEN HILL SHIRTS.
AND SiTTRTa MADE TO CEDES AND ITAE
BANTED TO FIT.
Collars, Ties, Undershirts, Drawers,
stale Hone, Umbrellas, See,
86p9-n2S7-Sm
O ATT! SALT! SALT!—The Sub-
IO aerfbera. Agents for betbxai. ov xhk
CELEBBATED SAGINAW WORKS,
la " r
BO base Saltpetre for &THOENE.
nos-vBSJ-3m 1W South Water street.
1000 BALMORAL SKIRTS
Ofthehest styles In market
JXJSX OI’EXIKG AT
STRYKER & CO.’s,
14:1 Lake
500 CLOAKS
Of our ownmannhctare. mwstjteior
500 VVool Blankets
Of the best manufacture and at low prices.
100 Dozen Wool Hoods, Sontags,
NUBIAS. SCARFS AND COMFORTERS.
All seasonable goods.
SHA W 3L S .
A largo assortment now opening of all kinds and
are r n , ow receiving a very large stock of
CLOTHS, consisting of every description.
OYER-COATKCS, PLUSH, FUR Asl> SPAY
GLED EEiTEU CLOTHS, ’
Cloaking Cloths and material In great variety.
Gloves and Hosiery, of every kinds.
HOOP SKIETS AT ALL PEICE3,
Ladles and Gents Under Garments, a fine assortment.
DRESS GOODS,
Embroideries. Lace Setts. Cambric ■Setts. Point Lace
Collars. Valenciennes. Lace Collars. Alexander ’
Kids.Prints. Sheetings jind Table Linens,
All of which we are nowo'ffering at :u low prices as
can be found elsewhere. Call and examine before mak
ing purchases.
STRYKER Sc CO.,
STREET.
IK
TOTS
AND FANCY
Cliristiiias Goods
TOO [CONSIDER
" A Penny Saredas one Earned,”
WILL FIND. AX
PEUGEOT’S
WHOLESALE TOY HOUSE,
108 LAKE STREET,
New, Desirable and
SALEABLE GOODS,
AT LESS THAN PRESENT
Eastern Prices.
WE BOUGHT BEFORE THE RISE
AND WE ARE GIVING OUT. CGSTO3IEE3
THE BENEFIT OF IT.
108 take St., 108 lake St.
PEUGEOT. PEUGEOT.
0c27-rOVi-2m
NOVEMBER, 1862.
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO BUYERS OF
HATS, CAPS,
BUCKSKIN GOODS,
Li DUS AVD CESTLEMES'S FURS, ROSES,
&C-, &0., &C.
. a™, now receiving our third large stock of FALL
AND WINTER TRADE, ISG2. which makes our stock
the largest and the best assorted In the West all ot
which will be offered at LESS THAN' PRESENT EAS
TERN VALUE.
We Invite particular attention to our stock of EV-
TltA HEAVY lll'l’K GLOVES. MITTS and GAUNT
LET! S, LADIES’ AND GENT'S FUR GOODS-mid
P-HMozen NCTItfA FUN and Other WARM WINTER
LAPS. :or MEN and Boys.
ORDERS
Will always receive prompt and careful attention,
WESER, WILLIAMS & YALE,
no2C-x51.-2m 2a Lake street. Chicago.
Tie oldest sewing wa-
CUDiE IS TIIE WORLD.
THE ORIG-INAL.
HOWE
SEW!H@ MACHINES.
InTCnted In 18i5— Perfetted in 1563.
Signal reward to the great American Inventor—live
Premiums taken by the Howe Sewing Machine at the
International World’s Pair tlda season In London, Eng
land, where the
HOWE MACHINE
Tooktlie Imperial Gold Medal as the first highest Pre
mium for excellency of Machine; also fonr other Gold
Medals as First Premiums for the four different grades
of work; also fonr Honorable Mentions for good work,
comprisirg the only Premiums given, cither for excel
lency or ;or work. Thus the Original Howe Sewing
Machine, from which all others derive their vitality,
has established itself hr taking five Gold Medals out of
six. and four Honorable Mentions one of five, at a
World’s Fair, where all of thelcadingSewinz Machines,
both in this country and Europe, were on trial, as the
best Sewing Machine in the world.
CST’Agents wanted in the Western and Northwest
ern Stall's.
Circulars, containing fail descriptions of Machines,
can be had on. application, or sent by mail.
Address .1. S. CIIYANT,
General Western Agent. 66 Lake street. Chicago.
myi7-i3l-ly.
InylS-i35My
xftiMSSlf
The "FLORENCE” SEWING MACHINES make
toubdipperekt stitches ononeandthcsauie Machine.
Tims the lock,double lock.double kkot and excvt,
all of which make the seam alike oa both sides of the
fabric. Either or all can be produced while the Ma
chine Is In motion.
They have the retebsibls feed mottos’ which en
ables the operator to have the wort carrv either way,
or to change the direction and listen the end of seams,
which, together with making a long and a sbortstiteb.
is done simply done by taming a thumb screw.
Tlicir motions are all positive. There are no springs
to get out of order. Thev are so simple thatthe most
Inexperienced can work jhem perfec'lrand with ease.
They are xoisilzss, and «*.an be worked where quiet is
necassary.
THEY are the FASTEST SEWERS Intho WORLD,
making five stitches In caoh revolution. They oil no
dresses Tlielr STITCH la the wonder ol all. because
of Its combined elabtioitv, steeksth and bractt.
Aceats wanted throughout the Western country.
With a small investment of capital.* profitable busi
ness can be readily established. For circulars and sam
ple of work, address
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE CO..
Post Office Box 2KSL
Salesroom, 12-1 Lake street. set rSOO-ly
Merit alone makes a SEWING SEA CHINE valuable.
The people are perceiving that glowing repreesanta-
Hons are not merit.
There arc 85,000 Machines In use in. this country and
Europe.
This MacMno laPBO.E'iTABTi'R and AVAILABLE A.
t.tfr TIME.
It is eona! TEX Seamstresses.
av ANNUAL Dividend of 10D to 500 per cent. (oa.
Its cost) maybe obtalnedln two—by Its possessor.
Tids Is the only SEWING MACHINE In the world
making the LOCK-STITCH with the ROTATING
HOOK, and using the GLASS FOOT.
GEORGE B, CHITTENDEN *
General Agent for Illinois. Wisconsin. lowa, Northern
Indiana and Southern Minnesota.
106 Lake street, Chicago,
gy Circulars may he had on application or by post
mh2l-n6«S-Iy
Q J. WYETH,
MALT HOUSE,
Comer Canal and West Monroe streets, Chicago, DU
ocSlySl-l-Sm