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Chicago tribune.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1863.
OONSCBIPXIONJFOja THE WHOLE
WAB.
If there be one thing more certain and
absolute than another in history, it is the
iact that human events are controlled by
an irresistible divine Power, which under
lies all obstructions and hindrances to the
liberty and progress of mankind, and
shapes them to its high purposes. There
can be no denying either the wisdom or
the authority of this invisible Divine Gov-
eminent, which, although it has no written
constitution, is the supreme law of drill*
e zadon, and is everywhere manifesting itself
in the intellectual and moral activities of
the race, and the general advancement of
social happiness and refinement Itisuse
less, and worse than useless to fight against
~ it, as the rebels will find in the long ran,
Itis destiny, -and those who fight with it,
and for it, no matter how formidable the
opposition arrayed against them, are sure
to be "in at the death,” and "come off
more than conquerors.”
Bat in the meanwhile, we as the Execa
tiveUmistera of the idea of Liberty, ha ve
to whip the rebel armies, and compel them
to an unconditional submission to the laws.
- How is this to be dope? How is it best,
and quickest to be done? For this is the
great practical question before us. We
haye hitherto, found it well nigh impracti”
cable—not for want of courage, or the im
plcments’of war—nor altogether from want
of military skill in our commanders. Yet
there is the ugly tact staring us in the face,
after two years hard fighting, and a lavish
expenditure of men and money, we have
not yet whipped them from the field. We
have not done nearly so much indeed, com'
parativdy speaking, with our resources as
they haye with tfieire. The world is in a
wonderment about us—and cannot under
stand why the rebels hold their own in
.spite of the immeasureuhle superiority of
the forces and appliances which we have
brought, and can yet bring for years against
them, if need be.
*We think the solution of the mystciy
- lies inconsiderable part, in the utter rotten
ness of our enlistment system. What is the
.good of enlisting men for thrce,six,and Tima
months, or even for two years of service?
In the case of the first class of recruits, it
is literally throwing away labor, and time
and money upon them. They are no soon
er fitted to deal with arms, and to go
through the militaiy evolutions ntui move
ments, than their time is up, and away
they go home to their old occupations.
Others have to take their places, and go
through precisely the same drill and exer
cise, with precisely the same results. The
two years* men—although their
time of leaving is more remote, are mus
tered out of the army just at the veiy mo
ment when their services are invaluable;
when their places—thanks to the half-eyed
policy of the War Department, which will
have no reserves ready trained at hand to
supply such deficiencies—cannot be filled
up. So long as these time enlistments are
the order of the service, there will never
be an efficient army. If soldiers on the
ore of great and important battles, can
in conformity with the terms of their en
listment—quit the service by thousands,
ns they did lately before the battle of Chan
cellorsville, how can it be expected that
*we can crush an united, resolute enemy,
«my man of whom is conscripted for the
whole war, and is an efficient and accom
plished soldier? What we shall yet have
to do is this: put aside all other business
but war, every one of us, and devote our
selves to it until we put an end to it.
For although, as we earnestly believe,
we arc fighting in the line of duty, and
according to the programme of God, we are
not, on that account, exempt from the laws
which regulate all success in this world.
We must put our own shoulders to the
wheel, or Jupiter will be a long while be
fore he comes out ol his cloud to help us.
The rebels have a conscripted army. Any
man leaving the field on the eve of battle
would be shot as a coward and a traitor.
And it seems monstrous that such a thins;
ehould be tolerated in our practise; that
■any articles of agreement should be drawn
Up, which could possibly sanction such a
practise; although wc do not blame
the soldier for taking advantage of
the terms of his enlistment.
He is entitled to do so—and there are
many cogent and personal reasons to in
fluence his action in this respect But re-*
membeiing that he is not a hireling, but a
citizen, and a part of the Government,
and that the country he is fighting for, is
hit own country, it docs look hard to see
him leave her in her extremity.
Let the law be equal, and the Federal
army a conscripted army. Wc have, as
'we lately pointed out, three millions of
men yet to draw upon to do pur fighting.
Let them he conscripted; every man
needed. Let those who are not Immediately
wanted, be kept as a reserve; so that the
army In the field may always have a full
complement of efficient troops—and with
these advantages in our hands, and the
mighty in viable forces of destiny working
with us, there - will soon be an end to the
war.
Charleston {Coles County Ledger)
heretofore one of the most ultra Copperhead
peace journals, in this State, has come oat
for the Union cause, with a round turn
It seems that the responsible editor and
proprietor of the Ledger , is J. ILEastin,
sow a. Captain in an Illinois regiment.
During his absence in the field it has been
edited by a coterie of petty pot-house poli
ticians, who made it as openly treasonable
as the State JtegUter , Chicago 2ime$ t or
Eichmond Enquirer. Capt, E. lorebore to
interfere for a long time, but at last becom
ing convinced that longer forbearance
would be a . crime, he has placed at the
head, as editor, Mr. Me. H. Brooks, who,
judgingfrom his salutatory, is of the right
stuff. After arguing at length against the
right of States to secede, the new editor
says: . ' .
Then,ire «sy as Democrats, “that the Union
must be preserved, the Constitution obeyed, the
laws enforced everywhere in tbs whole United
SUlcsjantf ntceuarily IkUreUUioM mutt U sup
prMwd, corf ithat if may." *
> Kclthercanthe rebellion be excused or Jostlflod
asa revolution, for bythelawof nations a people
can only be Justified iu resorting to revolution.
*iwbei£the evUs they suffer arc greater than those
consequent upon civil war.” And the truth was,
that the people of the Southern States, were Just
as free and hawy and jtroejxrou* as we of the
Northern.
Therefore, the ledger will hereafter be for a
TigotoufproHcvUon of the war, urtiirebdlionujv
tonditionaUg evrreiidert.
The Courier , published at the same place,
’Which was fonnerly regarded as a loyal
sheet, went over to the Copperheads some
time since, so the two concerns have
changed places. '
•' I¥cvr York.
TVc learn from the Albany Journal ofSatar
<lay, Hint up to that period, under the recent
call f0r20,000 troops from that State, thirteen
regiments have already responded, and are
nowinthe field.
Adjutant General Sprague has tened an
■order for the immediate organization of the
Ranoxii, Guano, which was authorized by
A law passed in 18C2, and amended by .the Leg
islature of 1663. The law, as amended, Is be
lieved by military men, to bo a very effectual
one, and that, under It, a militia farce may be
tpeedily combined adequate to any ordinary
emergency.' This National Guard is to con
sist of an available force of
divisions’.
Thirty-two brigades.
tweuty-eight regiments or hat-
InwffiASi inTautiy, and such batteries, troops and
tSorixcd?* M k* Te l,tcaor maybe speciallyau
ihSpi* d * rifilon flietrlct *. as at present ostab-
tSSS to
Thlsforcc, when folly organized, will em
brace'at least ox* mncnitSD axo pipit xuou
«ASX>iOEtf,'well armed and equipped, and, in
due time, well drilled. The military author!-
tles of Kew Tork are fully arronsed as to the
necessity of this organization, and will pash
3he work'nirtilnll tout th’e law contemplates
tfXUty tfIUUtL Ai4 tilth He* Xork will
have tliq most perfect organization of any
State in the Union. The Journal Bays:
This Tar is probably to be closed by a com
bination of Volunteers and Militia;—the Vol
unteers for permanent work in the field, and
the Militia to co-operate with them in some
combined movement which, sooner or later,
will be deemed necessary, and which will
give the death blow to the rebellion- The
time lor such a combination may not be yet;
but it will come. And the loyal States should
beprepared for it. New York will be prepar
ed when her National Guard is organized as
this Order contemplates.
Confiscation in Detroit.
A decree oi confiscation was pronounced iu
the United States District Court, in session at
Detroit, against Sackfield Maclin and Asabella,
his wife. According to the evidence it ap
peared that Macho had been acting as Pay
master in the United States Army In thin city
prior to the commencement of the rebellion,
and alter an interview with Jefferson Davis at
Washington, was transferred at his own re
quest to San Antonio, Texas—that ho there
handed over to the rebels $30,000 in gold, the
property of the United States, and co-opera
ted with the rebels, yet was atierwards per
mitted to resign his commission in the United
StatcsArmy; that he then tooka commission
in the so-called Confederate Army, and Im
prisoned and insulted his late companions
who remained loyal; that one of his sons par
ticipated In the attack oh the Star of the
West—and that his wife encouraged and ap
proved the course of her husband. Proceed
ings with a view to confiscation have also
been taken by the United States District At
torney against the property of John B. Pal
mer, of Mrs. Mary E. Dandridge, (formerly
Mrs. W. W. 8. Bliss, daughter of General
Taylor), the Brevoort property, the valuable
Bowland estate, and other property in the in
terior of Michigan. '
The Fruit of the Upas.
Copperhead teachings are producing their
legitimate fruit in the West. The enrolling
officer of Snllivon county, Indiana, was shot
dead on the 18th, while riding along the road.
An officer in Boone county was captured and
held by men, while women pelted him with
eggs. In Holmes county, Ohio, a large num
ber of men banded and armed themselves,
and troops had to be sent to disperse them;
the troops were fired upon, and the fire
promptly returned, followed by a charge,
which scattered the Copperheads. Holmes
county,.Ohio, last year voted on Congress,
Welker, Union, 791; Bliss, Copperhead, 2,559
—Copperhead majority,!,7oS, Sullivan coun
ty, Indiana voted, Scott, Union, 703; Voor
bees, Copperhead, I,93o—Copperhead major
ity, 1,278.
The resistance to the enrollment is not met
with in Republican counties. Republicans
are loyal. We never heard of a Republican
who was not an unconditional Unionist.
XliclVcw Government of Colom-
bia.
The British Government formally recog
nized the United States of Colombia (late
New Grenada) on the 39th of May lost. Scnor
Pradilla presented his credentials as Minister
Plenipotentiary from that country on that
day, and was* received by the Queen. The
trade of England with Colombia the last year
was, in the aggregate, about four millions of
dollars. Oar own trade is about five millions
per annum. The President Is taking steps for
on early rcc 'guidon of Colombia, and be now
bas ah opportunity of following the English
example without danger.
■ Present Status of the IVegro.
The negroes are now fighting the Union bat
tles in the South; they are fighting the rebel
battles in the same portion of our common
country; they arc fighting the battles of
France in Mexico; and even the Imperial'
Capital of France is now in part garrisoned
by negroes. The negro race we think is in a
fifir way to be recognized as of that portion of
God’s work which he characterized as a “little
lower than angels.” The world does move.
Yal Out of Dixie.— The Augusta (Gx)
Chro/iidc chronicles some of the peregrina
tions of Vallundighniu in the Confederacy. On
Monday, the 7th, he had got as far North as
Petersburg, Va., and after spending a day
there, he proceeded to Wilmington, in charge
of Judge Onld, who would see him safely on
board a steamer for Nassau. From thence it
was conjectured he would go to Canada, to
engineer the political campaign in Ohio, or,
perhaps, to New York City. The Chronide
says; “Weareglad Vullandighamhasgone;”
and adds: “Wc aik for him the prayers of Iho
congregation.” The statement that he has
run the blockade we regard as very
unreliable. But one thing may be set
down as certain, that if he should re
turn to Ohio in contravention of the verdict
and order made in his case, with the expecta
tion of exciting particular commotion for hii
benefit and behoof, he will find himself the
most mistaken Copperhead that ever herded
with ripliles. We know that the advice was
given by tome of the leaders at Colnmbms to
thdrfollowcn after their convention to w go
home and arm yourselves; bat thcschcmc will
not work. The leaders may be wicked
enough to prompt theirfollowcrs to suchacts
of folly, but tbey will also be carefol not to
stickthclrownnecks into any such dangling
noose as that. '
ESP Col J. M. Fuller, formerly Colonel of
the lCsth New York Volunteers, has been ar
rested by the United States Marshal, under
the charge of issuing Improper orders while
in command of Camp Upham, Le Kay, by
which it is alleged a contractor defrauded the
Government of large sums of money. Strong
the contractor, has also been arrested.
Slatcen hundred rebel prisoners, cap
tured by Gen, Grant, arrived at Baltimore on
Fiitay, on their way to Fortress Monroe to
oe exchanged. They were escorted through
the city by the New York Tthrcgimcnt. Their
motley dress and unintelligent countenances
were in stiiking contrast with the appearance
of the boys ol the 7th.
Longfellow, the poet, Is in Washing
ton watering over the sick bed of his brave
sen, who several months ago left home to en-
Hit In a Western cavalry regiment, and who
Is now Enffcilrg from chills and fever con
tracted on the Rappahannock.
Ibc Ohio Vailandlgliam Plat*
dorm.
Since Yallandigham’a nomination by a body
of men which called themselves Democrats,
some of the enemies of the present Admlnls
tialion assert that he is for conquering the
rebellion. Let him state his own policy. In
his speech at Dayton on the 2d of Angnstj
18C2, lie need the following language;
u War is npon ns;: and from, the beginning
believing, as 1 did, and yet powerless forgood
1 laid down the rale for-myself, and have
fiitbfullyadheredtoit, and will to the end,
neither to vote for nor against any purely war
measure of the Administration. Wherever I
have voted on any question my course has
been governed by other considerations than
thoic having reference to my opinions on the
war. Accordingly I have not voted for any
aimy hill, or navy hill, or army or navy ap
propriation bill, since the meeting of Con
gress on the 4th of July, 16GL”
Now what are we to think of a party which
would select such a man, as the ntterer of the
abovewords for Governor? The Frankfort
(Ky.,) CommptweaUh says:
Wc cannot look npon the position of the
fO called Democracy In the North, as any
better than treason. It is treason, in its effects
andcomequence.
The principles announced by the Peace De
mocracy of New York and the late conven
tion which nominated Yallandigham and Pugh
in Ohio, arc, considering the status of the
country, practically an abandonment of the
Union; and will, whether intended or not.
give strength to the rebellion.
And so say all loyal Southern men. Away
with this bastard Yallandigham Democracy.
It is a cheat, an imposition, a Ho. There is
no democracy In it.
FROM LAGKAIVGE, XEJTN.
A Largo Cavalry and Light Artillery
Force Leave for Bear,
to cut OH' Uls Supplies and Worry
Him.
The following is an extract from a letter
received by a gentleman in this city, from a
friend at Lagrange, Term.:
Lxgbangz, Tens., June 16,1863.
Leah 8m: * * A heavy cavalry force start
ed from here early this morning, with a battery
of light artilleiy, to form a j auction, no
doubt, with Gen. Grant, and to worry the en
emy and cut off any detachment of rebels
who may be hastening to Johnston's aid. The
column of the cavalry, as it moved ont of La
grange, was more than two miles in length,
and is the largest force that ever left this
point. The boys were all fall of life, bat
none more so than those- of the gallant 2d
lowa, who have distinguished themselves in
several similar expeditions during the past
six months.
Xlie Slave Trade and tile Rebel
States.
In the House of Commons on the 6th of
June Mr. Conlngham (as reported in brief by
the Bohemian) gave notice that on Thursday
next he will ask the noble Lord at the head of
the government whether the efforts hitherto
made by the British nation for the suppress
ion of the slave trade might not with advan
tage bo extended to the continent of America,
and whether the time had not arrived when It
Is the duty ol the government to enter into
negotiations with the federal States for the
purpose of suppressing the slave trade, which
is still openly carried on and sanctioned by
the rebellions States of America. He also
f are notice' that when the honorable and
earned member for Sheffield brought forward
hU motion for the recognition of the Confed
erate States he would more the previous
FROM GRAST’S ARMY.
How Our Men Life—Gen. Hansom-
St. lionis Exiles.
[Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.]
Walnut Hills, xzah Vicksbcbo,
Jane 16,1863.
The names of places have become strongly
mixed. The great depot of supplies on the
Yazoo is called Johnson’s Landing, Sherman’s
Landing, and Chickasaw Crossing—the latter
being the true name. From there to the up
per part of the city, the country is level, and
abounds in bayous that run from river to
river, parallel to each other. The
Chickasaw Hills cross the Yazoo, a little to
the east, and continue on to the city; and
along the base of these hills the road leads to
Haines’ Bluff, with a branch at this crossing.
At point General Sherman landed his
troops, crossed Chickasaw Bayou, and at
tempted to reach the city along the base of
the hills—a narrow flat, from a fourth to half
a mile wide. South of the bayon is a heavy
Southern forest, impenetrable to artillery.
Ten thousand men can hold .this approach to
the city against almost any number of troops.
The right wing, which rests near the river, at
the upper end oi the city, has been left weak,
looking to a casual observer as though the
enemy might march out of his work, pass
along this level plain, a distance of somo fen
miles, and destroy our stores at the Crossing;
but they know too well the nature ot this
cul de sac , in which they slaughtered so many
of our bravo troops, to be caught in it them
selves.- The key to this valley is now in the
hands of Gen. Steele, by the enemy leaving
the large earthwork near his left.
HOW OUB MBJi LIVE.
The army is without touts, .yet are very
comfortable. They ore encamped along the
steep hillsides, mostly sheltered from the en
emy’s shot. A place is dug against the hill
—and, in many coses, into it—forming a sort
of cave. Poles are put up, and covered with
oilcloths, blankets or cane rods, of which on
abundant supply is near at hand. This cane
is used for the sides of the touts, and also tor
cots, making a good elastic bed. Two sol
diers occupy each cot, who are made comfort
able in this climate with their heavy blankets.
For fuel the firm fences ore laid under con
tribution. In some cases, these are hanled
two or three miles. In the early stages of the
war, this was not permitted, as it was sup
posed to encroach on the constitutional rights
of the enemy,- but hero the farms are de
spoiled of fences, stocks and buildings, with
out any complaint on the part of officers.
Corn-fields arc laid open, and desolation rules
the hour. In the whole distance from the
Crossing to the city—some ten miles—bat
two houses remain. One of these is used for
a hospital, and the 'other for soldiers; and
this along one of the richest avenues leading
from the city.
OEX. BAS son.
Almost the first man wounded in the war,
near Bird’s Point, and who appears to wear a
charmed life, is in command of one of the
largest brigades in the field. It consists of
the 72d, Fred. Starring, (Board of Trade .Reg
iment,) 95th, CoL Humphrey, 11th Illinois,
14th and 17th Wisconsin, Powell’s Illinois,
and Ist Minnesota batteries. All of these did
noble work in the five battles, beginning with
Grand Gulf. Capt. Powell fought the whole
round without losing a man, using fourteen
hundred rounds of cartridge, up to the close
of the assault, on the rebel works in front.
His guns are now close up to the rebel rille
pits, and Jnst now belching forth shell atu
rebel working party. The Captain la a con
chologist, and before the war, had gathered
nearly all of the Shell tribe in the streams of
our State. Shells are .of courss his
study, and those he now handles will
have a place in history, as great facts
that go with a will to level down
error—a gatherer of shells in peace, but agreat
distributor of shells in war, title the Natural
History Society Colicctiob at Bloomington,
and the battle fields of the South, The Cap
tain lost his good right arm at Shiloh, but the
rebels have paid dearly lor it.
The 30th Illinois is sadly reduced, and to
day they number only ISO guns for duty, Xu
the lute battles they lost forty-three per cent,
killed atd wounded, including CoL Klchafds.
M»j. Bradley is ndw in command. We could
not remain unmoved to lock upon their deci
mated ranks as contrasted with their condi
tion when they marched into Bird’s Point, a
thousand stalwart yeoman from Central Illi
nois.
The 113 th, CoL Hoge, has but five compa
nies here, the remainder at Camp Butler.
Their loss on the 19th and 33d of May, was
nine killed and thirty-four wounded, Colonel
Hoge among the latter. A piece of shell
struck him on the head, a part of which pass
ed through into his mouth, and the other
lodging against the skull above the temple.
It is a serious wound, butthe Colonel attends
to Lis duly as Provost Marshal, though to day
he has kept his tent and Is much worse.
The Sth Missouri, CoL G. A. Smith, is com
posed oi nearly ail Illinois men. The regiment
started with 1,052, came here with (kU rank
and file; lost sixteen killed audsix-ytwo
wounded, many of them since dead. This
and the tith Missouri, CoL Blood, should be
credited to Illinois, os there is not a hundred
Missourians in both of them.
No inconsidciable complaint is made in re
gard to the quality of part of the powder
used. That from the St. Louis Arsenal is
very good, and is now being used; the other
is put inside for a more pressing time.
BT. LOUIS EXTI.ES.
The ecccsh ladies who came on the City of
Alton with us to Memphis, came here to-day
with a number of others, in lot No. 2. Those
of our party who saw of them, said the lop-
XojUcal swagger had pretty much left them,
and they did not look upon the the journey
up the Yazoo with any apparent pleasure.
The two daughters of Mrs. Trusteu Polk are
with their mother, as voluntary exiles; they
are modest, amiable young ladles. Mrs. P.
has also shown herself a lady; but several of
the other members of the parly are perfect
vixens. The Yazoo is well adapted to moll
fy their disposition, and we trust more of the
same sort will traverse its placid waters.
The industry and general correctness of
your regular correspondent, “Bon,” has left
little for me to narrate, in the present condi
tion of thing?. To-morrow we shall look
through the hospitals and see to the sanitary
conoition of the army. Aside from the
wounded, we hear of little sickness. The last
of the wounded at Champion Hill have been
sent for, and are to come In within a day or
two. Bubal.
Health of the Army—The Hospital*—
Army va. Civil Practice—Sanitary
AgcntK-Supplles, how Distributed—
The AVoundcd—Thc Sick ou Hoard.
[Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.]
Chickasaw Crossing, I
Nzab Yjcksburu, June U, 1563. f
The Sanitary Commission, so far as the army
in the field is concerned, has completed Us
mission. The City of Alton has been at this
landing nearly seven days, giving ample time
to do many good deeds and to thoroughly ex
amine the sanitary condition of the array. To
write all that we have seen and heard, to say
nothing of the conclusions at which wo have
arrived, would occnpy too much of your
space/ and we will only put down the main
features.
HEAX.TH OP THE ABlfT.
There is but a small percentage of the array
sick. This is due to several causes; Ist, good
water; *2d, a more careful attention to culi
nary matters, one of which is good dry fence
rails for fuel; 3d, labor and excitement, two
Important elements in the army; 4th, the
: growing unpopularity of doctors* drugs on all
! slight occasions, and the more cleanly con
dition of the men; sth, the weeding out of
the weakly and aged, who should not have
been mustered into the service; Oth, the
greater care of the men by the officers from
over-marching, exposure and over-working.
To sum up, our officers and men are begin
ning to understand camp life—how to take
care of themselves, and how to husband their
strength, instead of throwing It away on some
foolish march of a day that should have occu
' pied two. We note less of the overbearing
swagger of the officers than a year ago. In
fact, officers and men arc on better terms,
have become familiar with each other, and the
result Is, better'discipline. The Captain who
“runs the machine*’ Is-held in contempt
by his 'men. and officers, while he
who looks after the interest of the
men, and treats them os . such, has
not only their respect but ready'obedience.
It Is wonderful what a change a year has made
in our army. A disposition for hard work
and hard fighting has taken the place of show
and ;do-nothiogncss. Wherever you find a
company or regiment with a large number on
the sick list, you will be pretty sure to find
some of the officers with the shoulder-strap
disease. Another year’s campaign and we
will have the best army in the world, for
another year will pretty thoroughly weed out
the trash. .
TUB HOSPITALS.
; All the hospitals that we visited were in
igood condition and very well supplied with
the necessaries. That is much better than
•we anticipated. They need a better supply of
potatoes, onions, pickles, tomatoes and ale.
Of canned fruits, wines and whisky the hos
pital fand can supply in abundance. Less of
: those are needed than onr people at home
• suppose. "With vegetables, we see no use for
those more expensive luxuries, better befit
ting the table of the rich than the 'sick or
wounded. They are seldom, free to the sick
, at home, then why serve them to the soldier ?
The truth is they arc oftener found on the
liable of the hospital than on the tin plate of
, the invalid. Perhaps it is just os well, for a
baked potato, onion or pickle would please
him better, it should be recollected, that a
large part of those In the hospital are wound
ed and convalescent, whose appetites are good
and who need vegetables and a generous,
strong diet. Hot the diet of the pampered
citizen. Hence, we say, serve the substantial
vegetables and let the surgeons purchase their
own wine and jellies with their own and the
hospital funds.
We know of some surgeons who do not use
the sanitary wines and goodies, but this class
we think, can be easily numbered.
There Is no department of the anny^that
has more the need of thorough weeding than
.the medical, and though the change for the
better has been wonderful, jet there is a wide
margin left for improvement.
ASHY TB. CIVIL PRACTICE.
This is a new distinction that yon hear on
every hand. One would draw the conclusion
that a snigeonmnst be wholly educated in the
army, and that his civil practice all goes for
nothing. Here is a case In point: A Lieuten
ant is brought on board with a slight gun shot
wound, into which the erysipelas has been
inoculated by a sponge that bos been the
rounds of the hospital. Without dlsaffectlug
it, hej has been treated with iron Internally,
lodine and acids! He cannot live. Civil
practice would have kept the erysipelas ont
of the wound, if they bad not applied reme
dies which are not found in ths array medical
chest.
We have no doubt that many of the fatal
cases of erysipelas In gun-shot wounds, come
of this careless use of the sponge. The cost
of sponge Is not great, nor is its transporta
tion expensive; it would therefore he well to
increase tho supply, so as to guard against
this careless use of it, or rather its indiscrim
inate use. A box of sponge Is worth a dozen
boxes of wine.
SANITARY AGENTS.
Hi some cases, these are good businessmen,
but others are the reverse: good, well mean
ing men, who think themselves the hub of the
sanitary world, and that all things move with
their slow orbits. One of these fossils is lo
cated between here and Chicago, holding sev
eral car-loads of potatoes ana other supplies,
that should have been here five or six days
since, so as to have been distributed, instead
of being spoiled by the delay. These agents
arc paid for their services, and should be held
responsible. The eleven hundred bushels of
potatoes, distributed to our working parties,
would do much to ward off tho scurvy, that
we may well expect in tho course of tho next
month. When tho army resume their march
eastward, they will obtain more or less of
fresh vegetables; but the army has been here
since the 18th of May, living on salt meat,
bread and coffee, and no delay should be had
in sending them such valuable supplies as
these.
SUPPLIES —HOW DISTRIBUTED.
0. T, Chase, the assistant of Col. Williams,
of the State TianiUiy Commission, was In
charge of the goods sent down, subject, of
course, to any order of tho Medical Director
of the expedition, Dr. A. L. McArthur,
After visiting several of. the hospitals,
camps, and the men in the trenches, he sent
ont bupnlies to tho regiments, batteries and
hospitafswhichmostneededthcm. Tho two
hundred bushels of potatoes, and forty half
barrels of beer, was soon disposed of Dried
fruits, hospital shirts and drawers, tinware,
and the numerous .Indispensibles that tho
Commission had gathered, were most gladly
received.
The members of theCommisslon visited al
most all of our regiments, and reported them
to the agent, vrhen their wants were supplied,
as lar as possible.
No red-tape stood in the way. Missouri,
Virginia and Kentucky troops shared with ns
of the bounty; and well they might for largo
numbers ol the men were from oar State.
TEE WOUNDED.
The wounded are sent to Memphis as fast
as they are fit to bo removed, and to this end
the Government appears to be amply supplied
with transportation, and we are pleased to
state that there will probably be no further
call for sanitary State expeditions of surgeons
and nurses, like this and former ones; but it
will not end the call upon the people for aid
in ether deportments. Experience has proved
that the care of the sick and wounded is best
left with the General Government, and with
which the several Slate authorities should
have nothing to do. But they can look after
discharged and furloughed soldiers with great
advantage.
TOE SICE ON BOARD.
The rules and regulation* now in force will
not permit of States taking their sick and
wounded, and we hare only of the furloughed
sick and wounded, some thirty persons, many
of them officer*, but will complete the load at
Memphis of all troops Indiscriminately. Why
should the rich State of Illinois be allowed to
take her sick and wounded, and leave the Bor
der State troops, who have ho one to care for
them? The Government says no; we will
take care of all alike. If you have supplies
to give, be your own almoner, or pass it over
to the proper officers, and it shall bo equally
distributed. In tbis we see uo objection. It
is better than the old expensive way.
At this point we complete ourload, making
two hundred and seventy, two having died on
the passage. They will be taken to St. Louis.
THE HOSPITALS.
Their are eight hospitals at this point, con
taining about 4,000 sick and wounded, with
room for nearly as many more. They are well
kept and well supplied with comforts, and
the men express themselves well pleased with
their treatment. Cleanliness, good food and
careful nurtirg Is the order of the day, using
the smallest possible amount of medicine.
TLe washing in these and most of the army
hospitals is done by female contrabands, most
of whom have children with them. The old
women take care of the children and the oth
ers do the washing, and in some cases assist
in cooking. Mrs. Beckwith, the matron, has
charge of the washing for all of the hospitals
here, which averages about 5,000 pieces a day.
To do the wrinciug she has three of the patent
wiingcrs, but would be thankful for five more.
As this would be a most excellent plan to
make a thorough trial of these valuable im
plements as to durability and good work,
those having good machines would do well to
send on samples for trial.
Our Sanitary Commission should also add
one to each division and other hospitals, not
only for the saving of labor, bnt the saving of
the goods washed. Thousands of bondages
could be washed and saved by their use.
Cajko, Jane IS, IS6-1
“We leave the expedition at this point, which
proceeds on its way to St. Louis. On the
whole it has been productive of good results.
Every member has been gratified in finding
things In a better condition than anticipated,
and the men in the field have been cheered
with the presence of so many true men among
them.
From Geo. Grant, and all oilier officers of
llic army, the Committee received every cour
tesy and attention that could be expected or
desired, and they will long remember their
visit with pleasure. The members return to
their several homes better Informed os to
wbat is needed from the people, and how It
should be dispensed, and we irast.no means
will be relaxed to moke the soldier la the field
comfortable and efficient
Dr. McArthur, the medical director of the
expedition, has shown himself well worthy of
the trust that Gov. Tates reposed in him. Wo
would like to speuk of the surgeons and
nurses individually who so fii’hfully per
formed their duty, but it might bo deemed in
vidious.
The City of Alton Is a fine boat, and worthy
of a good set of officers. She Is capable of
doing the Government good service, but we
always felt saler among tho guerillas with - a
cunvoy than without one. Rural.
COI/. A. L. CHETLAIN.
Interesting Correspondence.
The citizens, merchants* and businessmen,
residents in Corinth, Mississippi, having
learned that Col. ‘A. L. Chetlaln, of the 12th
Illinois Infantry, In command of that post,
was about to remove to a more important
field of action, addressed him the following
petition, -to which he made the reply that fol
lows. The Col. has at all times, in field and
In camp, discharged his duties in a manner
acceptable to his Government, and to the
community in which he may be thrown, and
it Is with deep regret that his friends in Cor
inth are called upon to part with him:
Cokinth, Miss., June 18, 1863.
Col. A. L Chetlaln, Commanding Post of Corinth;
DbabSib:—We.yonr undersigned petitioners,
merchants and buisnega men or Corinth, having
heard, with regret, that you contemplated retiring
from the position of Commander of this Post, and
having at all times held in high appreciation your
talents and abilities- as a thorough soldier and
business man, do most earnestly request, (If not
positively inconsistent with your feelings,) that
yon still continue to remain our most highly
esteemed Commander of this post.
Murray Henry Florshaio.
Brown & Webster, J. A. Williamson, Jr.,
James H. Bartlett, Cris. Bugnon,
E.D. Wiseman, B. B. Blnman & Co.,
A. 11. Spencer, Wm. E. Cannot,
John Shcrcr, n. K. Parish,
C. H. Binman & Co., Philip D. Code,
D. W. Wells, Stephen Bin?,
Geo. H. Sawyer, G. If. PolUman,
Champion * Cobb, HenryGoidwater,
Hemy Comstock, A. H. Taylor,
Ashcraft & Co., E. K- lleeder,
O. W. Armstead, E. Watson,
T.B. Davis* Co., W. L. Benjamin,
L. N. Howard, Stcinbnrg & Wanner*
Geo. P. Hall, shelm.
L. S. Florahain,
CoßCtxn, Jane 16,1863.
Gentlemen*: Tour communication of the 15th
Inst, requesting me, If not positively Inconsistent
with my feelings, to continue in command of the
post of Corinth, is received and has been carefully
considered.
I appreciate the confidence you have In me, as
expressed in yonr communication, and were it not
that I have been absent from my regiment for over
seven months, and that in Its present position it
needs my personal attention,! wouldgladly accede
to your request A sense of an imperative duty I
owe the noble regiment I have so long commanded,
alone indnees me to take thta step.
Accept, gentlemen, my sincere acknowledge
ments for the complimentary way you allude to
me as a soldier and business man. Believe me,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. L. CIXETtATK,
Colonel ISth Illinois Infantry.
To Messrs. Murray & Thompson, Brown * web*
ster, James H. Bartlett, and others.
Slavery In Tennessee.
[From the Nashville Union.]
A large slaveholder of Middle Tennessee,
a man ox fine intelligence, informed ns, not
long ago, that he knew more than fifty large
planters and slave owners In his county, who
were earnest emancipationists and free labor
men. He assured ns that the cause of anti
slavery, and free labor, was gaining ground
rapidly In this region. Intelligent and hon
est men, who were never infected in the
slightest degree with Abolitionism, are fast
becoming convinced that the system of Af
rican slavery bos lived its day. in Tennessee,
and that its presence henceforward can only
be an intolerable and unendurable curse. We
firmly believe that in a very short time the
cause of free labor will advance as fast here as
it is now doing in Missouri.
The great body of the pro-slavery men arc
disposed to acquiesce in the course of events;
so that when the struggle comes on, If there
be a struggle, there will be really less opposi
tion to awlse system of emancipation than
there is in Missouri. Tennessee will certain
ly put aside slavery,' and noble old Kentucky
wiU then be belted with the golden girdle of
freedom.'"Her soil wiU not touch afoot of
stove territory.
ANOTHER GREAT CAVALRY
BATTLE.
A Brilliant Victory Won by Gan,
Pleasanton Oyer Gen. Stuart.
Hie Enemy Driven EI-M Miles, from Middle*
burgh to Ashby’s Gap.
Deadquartebs op the Army or the Potomac. )
Monday, June 22—9 a. m. v
via Washington, D. 0., 4:50 p. m. J
This has been truly a glorious day lor that
portion of the army commanded by Gen.
Pleasanton.
On Saturday but little advance was made,
onr forces in front bivonacing at night in a
piece of woods but a short distance west of
Middlebnrgh, At 8 o’clock this ac
tive hostilities were resumed, and there has
been a running fight up to several miles west
of this town. The contest, as well as the re
sult, must be particularly gratifying to the
Commanding for he has met the
famous Gen. Stuart in pitched combat, half a
dozen times, and in all cases defeated him,
and caused, his forces to fall back precipi
tately. *
Stuart, all along the road betweenParls and
Hiddleburg."tola"thc 'inhabitants that ho
would certainly drive our forces back to Ma
nassas, and there whip them. Jfer contra, he
has himself been driven back to the Blue
Ridge, and from the stone where I am seated
penning these fines, I can see the smoke of
his guns fired in the defense of Ashby’s Gap
So hard pressed was he, and so fearful
defeat might result in an entire route, that at
common or Hatch’s Run, three miles west of
Middlebnrgh, he sent on express messenger,
ordering up a brigade of Infantry to meet him
at Rector’s Cross Roads. The wished for as
sistance came, bat it availed him little. Our
men nerved themselves to thCtaak, and drove
everything before them—the enemy. In their
haste, throwing away their accoutramcats,
provisions, clothing, wagons, cannon and
camp equipage. Three cannon have been
captured, a number of horses, and more than
one hundred prisoners, representing nearly
every State in the Confederacy.
Moving out of Middlebnrgh this morning,
the troops under Gen. Buford took a road to
the right, leading to Unlonville, while Gen.
Gregg moved up the main road, direct toward
Ashby Gap, parsing through Rector’s Cross
roads. Col. Vincent, with the 83d Pennsylva
nla. 16th Michigan, 441h New York, and 330 th
Maine infantry, also moved up thin' road in
advance, two companies in advance of each
regiment, deployed ns skirmishers, while oth
er companies acted as supports. Puller’s reg
ular battery was placed in the first favorable
position west of the town, and fired several
shots before recelviugany response. The en
emy finally opened fire with two guns, and
a brisk cannonading was kept up for half an
hour, when the caisson of one of the enemy’s
gunswas exploded by a shell thrown from a
section of Fuller’s battery, commanded by
Lieut. Kelly, and another shell broke the lim
ber of another piece. Both guns wero cap
tured by the cavalry. Tho rebels at another
point abandoned a brass howitzer and caisson.
They fell back from one position to anoth
er, until they reached their present one, on
the mountain. The strongest resistance was
made at Cornell’s River, Goose Greek, and
just above the Uppcrvillo bridge, over Goose
Creek. The enemy had made ereiy arrange
ment to destroy the bridge, but Gen. Kilpat
rick, whose brigade was m the advance—in
fact, it was during the whole day, pursuing
the retreating forces—ordering a charge to bo
made • as he reached the bridge, completely
frustrated the design. Capt. Coons, of the
Hairis fight cavalry, led this charge, while the
4lhNew York advanced as dismounted carbi
neers, enfilading the bridge.
Arriving at Uppervillc, two squadrons of
tho let Maine were ordered to charge through
the town, which they did in the moat gallant
manner. The rest of the Ist Maine and the
4th New York acted as supports. Just be
yond the town considerable force of the ene
my was massed. Tho let Maine, 6th Ohio,
Blb Illinois, and 12th Illinois, and 4th Penn
sylvania charged upon them furiously. The
resistance was greater hero than at any other
point. Two ot onr regiments were in tbe
road, and one on each side. They charged and
were repulsed; the enemy charged and were
likewise repulsed. Several charges were made
with like results, until the two forces became
jammed in together, and a regular hand-to
hand conflict took place, lasting more than
twenty minutes. In tho first charge the ene
my placed sharpshooters along the atone walls
at the side of the road, and onr troops suffered
from their fire. Gen. Kilpatrick also arranged
a similar reception tor tho enemy, and thus the
two/orcts swayed to and fro under a galling
cross-lire. Tbe oificers and men on bom sides
fought like fiends, and in the excitement many
of the enemy were killed who might
have been taken prisoners. General
Kilpatrick nearly lost bis own Ufo in
attempting to save the life of the Colonel
of a North Carolina regiment. Finally the
enemy yielded, and tell back, hotly pursued
by Gen, Kilpatrick’s bloody brigade, until tho
concentrated fire from a battery warned Gen.
Gregg that it was time to withdraw his men.
The brigade of regulars which had been sent
up ns a support, much to the amusement of
all about, wheeled and hurried out of range.
The Harris Light and Ist Maine marched out
of range as slowly and deliberately as it going
upon parade. No troops iu the world ever
stood each a terrible fire more unflinchingly.
' The rebels oloug the fine of march are com
pletely chopfalleu at the ill success of their
favorite General Stuart, and they predict that
he will yet pay us off.
Strange as it may appear, while onr loss is
comparatively trifling, that of the enemy is
very heavy. Wc have already as many dead
rebels in our -possession ns our entire loss.
Besides, it is known that they carried
< ff several ambulances loaded with their own
dead. Our loss is about 20 killed and one
hundred wounded. Among tho enemy’s
killed is Col. Wilcox of the fith Virginia cav
alry. The Colonel ol a South Carolina regi
ment is a prisoner, and tho Colonel of the
59th North Carolina is seriously wounded
and a prisoner.
Memphis, June 10,1863.
The Taking of Puebla a Barren Victory—One
Half of the French Army Destroyed— The
City of Mexico to be Defended.
[From the Foxtland (Mo.) Argus, Juno 20.]
Judge Lane, who resigned the Judgeship of
the Municipal Court of this city to take the
consulship to Ver Croz, Mexico, returned to
the city yesterday, after an absence of several
months. Ills health Is excellent.
From him we learn,thatabhough the French
have taken Puebla, it was bat a barren vic
tory. They cot the city but the people were
gone. The Mexicans resisted nobly, holding
out with great obstinacy, expecting to bo re
lieved by the forces under Gomunfort, but:
either through negligence or bribery (the lat
ter suspected) he allowcdhls army to bo sur
prised or cut to pieces. Not long after this
disaster Ortega surrendered the city, bat In
stead of the 17,000 men and 000 officers re
ported to have laid down their arms, there:
were only three or four hundred. The rest
had escaped to the capital, carrying whatthey'
could, spiking the cannon, destroying the.
small arms, &c. Their ammunition haa been
nearly all expended in the siege. This intelli
gence reached Vera Cruz the day before Judge
Lane left, contradicting the previous reports
circulated by the French, andfwas believed to
be authentic. The French had reports'* that
the large number of prisoners alleged to have
been captured, were on their way to Vera
Croz. the men to be sent to Martinique and
the officers to France, but their non-arrival
after a month's delay, was finally explained by
the statement that they had violated their pa
role and escaped.
JndgcLanclcels confident that If the suc
cess had been what it was at first represented,
the French would have treated with the Mexi
can Government and closed the war, but that
this virtual defeat will, to save honor, compel
them to continue the struggle. He does not
believe, however, that they will be able to ad
vance on the capital without large reinforce
ments. They have sent about 40,000 troops
In all, to Mexico; the vomito and Mexican
bullets lave reduced this number to about
20,000—not enough to take Mexico and hold
the line of communication.
BEmrOBCBMEMS FOB AND COMMUNICATION
Fresh reinforcements to the number of
10,000 men wore to be sent out from France
forthwith to Mexico, together with largo sup
plies of material of war.
An official announcement had bJen pub
lished upon the steps taken to secure tho sup
ply of provisions and munitions to thetroons
in Mexico. On the 19th of April the army
was furnished with supplies for tllty days, the
renewal of which was easily effected, Inde
pendently of the monthly transports from St.
Nazaire, the Minister of Marine had organ
ized a ship service, leaving Cherbourg or Tou
lon on the 23d of every month, carrying out
supplies and bringing back the sick,
[From tho Paris Monltour, Juno 9.]
The prolongation of the military operations
before Puebla, and the resistance which tho
French troops encounter, distnrb tho public
mind. The greater the conlldenco in tho rapid
success of the expedition tho greater was the
impatience to see the troops triumph over
tbe unforeseen obstacles against which the
courage of the soldiers and the akin nnd jg
votednesa of the officers so energetically
struggle. °
To those preoccupations is naturally added
the question of supplies, both of food and am
munition, which have, however, never ceased
to he amply provided. Thus, at tho date of
the lost official news, April 19, the troops be
fore , jrere provided with rations for
fifty days. In addition a reserve of three
muiions of complete rations, sufficient for the
whole expeditionary corps for three months, -
was concentrated at Yera Cruz.
As to tho ammunition for infantry nmi ar
tillery aucccsßively shipped, added to what
the different fractions or tha expeditionary
corps had token with them, it consists, to
only the principal articles, of
12,000,000 cartridges for infantry, being on
average of COO for each man; 42,3fe cartridges
for rifled cannon, being 675 rounds for each
mounted gun; 1.120 for each field piece, 1,038
for each gun of the reserve, and 1,000 for each
siege gun. , . .
To those stores and tho supply of cannon,
powder and ammunition found at Yera Cruz,
or supplied by the navy, will shortly be added
a million of cartridges, 19,800 rounds for
rifled cannon, 9,C00 bombs and 55,000 kilo
grammes of gunpowder now leaylng St. Na
zaire and Toulon.
[Paris (June 9) Correspondence London Herald.]
The paragraph about Mexico in the J fonitcur
has created a very painful impression. Largo
reinforcements are said to be under orders,
and the loanee learns that four line of battle
steamers, three transports.and twq frigates,
are ordered to prepare for sea. without delay,
to convey to Yera Cruz troops, stores and
ammunition.
The MoniUur also contains decrees confer
ring the Legion ot Honor and the Military
Medal to not less than one hundred and thir
teen officers, non-commissioned officers and
privates, most ot them wounded, who have
distinguished themselves at the siege of
Puebla.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY.
BOOK NOTICES.
EVIDENCE AS TO HAN'S PLACE IN NATURE.
New York; D. Appleton & Company. Chicago:
8. C. Griggs & Co.
Du Cballon has set the world agape with
h!s book about Gorillas. Even naturalists,
and the most liberal of these* met the traveler
and his astonislng tale with suspicion and
doubt, thinking that he himself had a very
long tail. And jet subsequent explorations
have confirmed all that Da Chollon reported.
We do hot know why there should have been
such a fuss made about it. It was not so very
strange a thing after all, that the original scroll
of man, the first jude draft of him, should he
discovered in the heart of the mysterious con
tinent of Africa. One need be surprised at
nothing in the shape of monstrosity, which
may be beard of as native to and we
have no doubt that many other queer things,
besides gorillas will turn up in the due coarse
oftravel and adventure in that countrywhich
will he equally as astonishing to the savans as
the existence ol these bigman-monkles.
It is no doubt very humiliating for the or
thodox ethnologists'to believe that their
remote ancestors wore tails, and suspended
themselves thereby to trees. In lien of a ham
mock, when they wanted to go to sleep; and
even a Yahoo wouldn’t like to own the go
rilla for his grandfather. And yet that there
is a link running through all creation, con
necting the first form of animal life with the
grand creation of man, nobody will deny, if
be bas ever looked at creation with the eye of
a philosopher. The back-bone of the reptile
is the first idea out of which sprang the erect
back-bone of the man—hinting at it very
dimly, no doubt, and afar oIL The idea had
to undergo many developments before it got
up to the mammalia—and still more before it
reached its full capability of perfection in the
grand orchestral harmony ol the banian or*
ganization. The monkey is very clearly this
Idea, more than half grown, and the gorilla
amounts to about six eighths of its growth.
Nature meant man all the time, and tried her
hand on a good many Journeyman attempts
before she turned him off the stocks. We
don’t know why even a savan should be
ashamed of turning over the leaves of tho
book of life, and perusing his antecedents.
It is a curious piece of natural history—not
very flattering to human vanity perhaps, but
none the less remarkable and noteworthy.
Nature is very indifferent to man’s vanity,
and Is by no means ashamed of her hand!-.
work, and when she had made a gorilla, she
thought the monster good enough, so fkr as
he went, but not handsome enough, and not
yet up to her idea of what a two-legged form
might be made. Hence she fashioned a man,
did her best at him, and pronoanced him
tip top I In the absence of anything better,
as a thcory of the progress of creation, the
development theory of Darwin may he reck
oned the best. At all events, whether folks
agree with this philosopher or not, they can
not fail to see that there is something “ very
like a whale” in it. The gorilla seen by Da
Cbnllon, however, is. not a new discovery.
Ho was made known to Europe two centuries
ago, by an Englishman named Battel, who
was long a resident of various parts of Africa,
was in office under Spain, in the-Angola
country, and lived many years la the Kingdom
of Congo. Tho hook before ns contains a
long and very interesting account of the
travels of this veracious Englishman, and
quotes his description of the “Pongo,” os tho
gorilla was called by tbe natives in his time.
The natural history of tbe Apo is written out
in the. subsequent pages with a very graphic
and clever pen, and is one of tho most enter
taining, instructive and suggestive books
which we have met with since Darwin’s chal
lenge to the ethnology and natural history of
man, as they are propounded by fossil
writers. Tbe chapter “On tho Fossil Re
mains of Man,” is more wonderful and start
ling by far than the doctrine of man’s gorilla
ancestry, or any other doctrine announced In
modern times. It reads like a new revela
tion, and proves, from incontcstiblc evidence,
that of nature herself, which she has written
in tho geological pages of her remarkable
book called the Earth, that man is at least as
old as the mammoth.
LUJAN. Boston: Tlcknor & Fields. Chicago:
S. C. Grto & Co.
Lilian is tho name of a story which comes
to ns without being credited to anybody.’
That “somebody” wrote it, however, is evi-'
dent from tho real 'talent which shows Itself
all through the book. Wo should .have liked
it better If it had been an American book, de
scribing American scenery, and portraying
the great struggle and battle of American!
life. When will our young authors Team to
love their country -freU enough to make
the vast themes which crowd its civilization,
the subject of their storied and poetical treat- 1
ment? This continent is quite as handsome!
a possession in all its physical portraitures,
and In everything el=e that appertains to it/
as that of Europe, Asia, or the country of the
contrabands. Human life here is as sacred'
also, as real and terrible a thing, as full of the r
highest romance and interest as it is anywhere
else upon the habitable globe. We are pres
ent, indeed, at* the laying in of the founda
tions of a civilization which will, when fully
developed, eclipse every civilization that has
preceded it—and one would think that there'
could not he a more attractive theme for the
novelist and the poet than this. And yet our.
writers must go to Europe for inspiration,
and even for something to talk about, as if
we were a nation of beggars* We hold it to*
be unpatriotic tor Americans thus to ignore
their country and Its enterprises. If old Ho- •
mcr were alive now, and an American, he
would write a new Illiad which would as far
transcend the old Greek epic, in the grandeur
ol Its drama and characters, and in tho events
celebrated; as Paradise Lost transcends a'
Mother Goose story. This reflection might
shame some of onr writers, and teach them a
lesson of patriotism, if they would only take
It to heart. For what wo want is a distinc
tive American literature; not a catch-peony
literature from Europe—made up of lords and
ladies, and German sentimatality, but a liter
ature full of American.brawn—noble, mascu
line, racy of the people, the institutions, and
the soil. At present we have no American
literature, nothing that reflects the national :
life and character, but a, bastard literature,
stolen in its forms and ideas. We have not
so much as a poet who has ever tried to sing
about America, and certainly no writer of any
sort through whom the great genlns'ot Amer- ■
ica has ever sung. And what is worse, is,
that we are getting worse in this respect.
Onr books, whether of prose or verso, might
just as well have been written in London as :
in New York or Boston, for any distinctive
national signs, to the contrary-contained in
their pages. ' -
“Lilian” is no exception-to this base
ness, and we can only say that it is clever, but
not American.
THE FAIRY BOOK. New Yorkr Harper Bros.
Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
This is a beautiful book of Fairy loro, writ
ten by the author of “John TT.ilifiiv Gentle
man, n and intended lor children. It has
been compiled • from a great, number of
sources, including Perrault, Madam d’Auluols,
and Grimm When the stories selected
were familiar, they were traced with great
carelto their original form, which,; If foreign,
has been re-translated,: condensed, and
n any other needful way, made suitable
*or modern children. All modern stories
have been excluded; and thus we have a gen
uine fairy hook, made, up of the very oldest
stories —those which have received the sanc
tion of centuries, “looking them”
—and presented in a delightful dress to de
light hundreds and thousands for “centuries,”
perhaps, yet to come. •
THE RESULTS OF SLAVERY by Augustus
Cochin. Translated by Hartßootu. Boston:
Walker, Wise & Co. Chicago:' S.C. Griggs &
Co.
Miss Booth is well known os one of tbe best
translators of the French language In Ameri
ca; and the book under notice will add a new
wreathe to her laurels. The Frenchman has
given ns in his text a complete history of
ancient and modem slavery, and has shown
the intense mischief whlchhas always resulted
from slavery wherever it has been established.
The work Is very welcome to us just now,
and will help to strengthen- some of our re
cent converts to the President’s Proclama
tion. The influence of Christianity and. its
historical value os an agent in the destruction
of.elaveiy in the modem world, are clearly
set forth, and itjwill do a Christians’s heart
good 'to read .the detail. - Moos. Cochin is
styled, ex-Moire, and Municipal Councillor of
Paris, in (the title page, and his book was so
esteemed by the Institute of France, that they
crowned it I This.is, perhaps, tho best recom
mendation which can be urged os to its
merits. 1 *• .
Thß TunP. —The Detroit fancy had an ex
citing trotting match, oh Saturday tost. The.
largest number of people ever gathered under
similar circumstances gave their attendance.
The contestants were the edebrated. brown
stallion Primns, of Michigan, and the brown
more Dolly. Dntton, of Utica, New York.
Thepurse at stakqwaa^s3,ooo. - The [Michi
gan . stallion won the three heats. \ * Time:
2:45j£, 2:45, 2:44. The time made'was'not
considered very active by the friends of either
nag, both of which had dons much better on
previous occasions, •_
JHisttllcmtom.
VOICE FROM RICHMOND,
Important Statements and
a Thrilling Narrative
of the Campaign.
5000 Copies Sold the First Week
SOUTHERN
HISTORY OF THE WAR.
FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR
ByE. A. POLLARD
EDITOR RICHMOND EXAMINER,
—AND—
B. U. DEWITT,
BDITOE RIOEOIOSD EHQDISKB
1 voL Bvo., Cloth, $2; Paper, $1.50.
PORTRAITS ON Sim OF
Baris, Lee, Beauregard & Jackson,
ThialsaniXAcr BBPBurrof the only History of the
■War published In the South. The value and import
ance of this connected statement of all civil, military
and naval openttodf, os pictured to Sonthem readers
cannot be underrated. It is well written. ftiU of de
tails, with many narratives and incidents of personal
adventure of the greatest interest.
The New YorkTlmea says:
** This Is an exceedingly curious and Interesting b eok,
being nothing else than a South-side view of the events
and general management of the war, taken, too. as
dispassionately as thorough going devotion to the
rebel came will permit. The anthorwlelds a dextrous
pen. and yet indulges but very little In the peculiar
southern flourishes. He writes without any straining
for effect, in good, plain, straightforward English.
TThatisstUlbotter.irETßiES to be correct In his state-
ments asdlndependcnt In his Judgments, though both
statements andjndgments often ore wide of Iho mark.*
The anthorsaysr
M The honest record which he has attempted of the
truth of history has been encountered by many unjust,
ignorant and contemptible criticisms, emanating main*
lyfromCtToriteiofthe government, and literary slat
terera in the Departments. The author has made no
attempt to conciliate either these creatures or thsir
masters; ha is not in the _hablt of toadying to great
men, and courting such public bawds as * official’ news
papers; he la under no obligations to any man living
to flatter him. to tell lies, or toabato anything from
the honest convictions of hU mind. He proposed to
write an Independent history ol some of the events of
the existing war. He is willing for his work to bo
Judged by the strictest rale of troth; ho asks no Ctvors
forlt in point of accuracy; ho only protests against a
rule of criticism which exalts paid panegyric above
honest troth, and redaces tho level of the historian to
that of the sonbbs and scribblers who write poetry
and puffs In newspaper comers.
/‘The flatterer's Idea of the history of tho present'
war would no doubt be to plaster tho government with.
praises; to bide all the fimltsof thoSouth while gliding
SSivlrtaftfi; to make, for a coeslderattoiC*especial
mention’ of all the small trash in thearmy; to coat bis
puffs thickly ■with Haft writing and tremendous adjec
tives; and to place over the whole painted and glided
mass of falsehood the figure ofUr.JeffcrsouDavls, as
the second Daniel come to Judgment. The author has
has no ambition to gratify In these literary elegances.
" President Davis was not a man to console even in
the smallest matter of detail, the wisdom of others,or
to relax his purposes or personal preferences at the in- :
stance of any consideration that might compromise
blmlnrespect of conceit or punctilio. About nothing,
connected with the new government bad the p spular
will been so clearly and emphatically expressed as the
necessity ol a reorganization of the cabinet. Kbbody
expected those omecs to be permanently died hy the
provisional appointees. They were put there under on
emergency; In some Instances simply as compliments
to certain States, and without tbe slightest expecta
tion that they would be imposed on the country for
seven long years. Had the Union continued, and
.Sir. Davis been elected to tho Presidency, the se.
lection of such a cabinet of Inteilectnal pigmies
from the nation at largo would have astounded
tho public. The two great branches of the ad
ministration—the War and tho Navy Departments
—were In the bands of men who had neither the re.
spectnortheconlldeneeol the public. - Mr.BoaJamln,
the Secretary of War.had heonaeriouslyiujured by a '
number of doobtfhlofficlal acts, in the public estima
tion, which never held him higher than a smart, expe.-
dttlous. and affable otflclal. ’ Mr. Mallory, the Secre
tary of tho Navy, bad. In the old government, in which
he was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs, been the but! of every nayal officer la |hq
country for hie Ignorance, bis sang frold.bls slow and
blundering manner, and tbe engrossment of Ms
by provisions to provide gratifications for his social
habits.”
A rebel book, indulging la this sort of free comment,
la truly a curiosity, and will probably have quits as
many Northern readers os Southern, la spits of Its In
tense rebel spirit. -
The New York Evening Post says:
’•Mr.CJß.Rlchardsonhas Just published a literary
curiosity, a History of the War of the Bcbelllon. writ
ten by a Virginian rebel, and printed and published
some months ago in Richmond, It Is curious to read
In Mr. Pollard’s history just such praises of the supe
rior activity of ’Lincoln’ Government andaboseofthe
neglect, sloth, and Indecision of the rebel leaders, as
will remind every reader of similar praises of rebel ac
tivity and daring, and abuse of enr Government's
slowness and indecision, with which the press of tbe
Tree States has teemed, Mr. Pollard’s account of the
battle of Bull Eun Is tbe b*st tribute yet paid to the
bravery of our troops. He admits that If It had not
been for the arrival of these reinforcements which
Patterson ought to have engaged, the rebel army
would have been beaten.”
.; The New York Express says;
- “Tbelilitoryol the first year of the war shows ns
the way the events which transpired .from the first gun
at Surater to the fall of New Orleans, appear from a
rebel stand-point. Tbe author has wielded a very free
pen. coaridejlngbla pesPlonla the Confederacy. The
pages devoted to tbe severe strictures allnded to upon
the administration of the government by Davis are
among the moat readable, because the freshest, in the
book. The book before os Is likely to bare quite a
large sale and an extensive perusal, even with many
who do not sympathize with tbe animus with which
It Is written or tho cause It glorifies.”
The Providence Journal says:
• ** Mr. Charles B. Richardson, of New York, has re
published an exceedingly Inter eating volume, publish
ed at Richmond, and written by Edward A. Pollard,
well-known as an editor of a Richmond Journal, and
also widely known as author of abook entitled* Black
Diamonds,’ This work Is called * The First Year of
the War.’ It has passed to a second edition In the
South, and is wen worthy ot perusal, os It affords a*
vlewof thowar from the .South side, and abounds In
rsey criticisms of Jeff. Davis and Ms policy. We
should like. If we had room, to make coplsus extracts
from the wotk,Ms language Is so' spicy. The work
coonot fall to be widely read.”
AGENTS WANTED
In Every Town and Oily.
C. B. RICDAIUiSON,
Nos. 594 and 698 Broadway,
NEW YORK,
Historical Bookseller and Publisher.
i Copies sent bjrmau. postpaid, upon receipt of
-price, ..a I
THEATRE,
Italian opera— trciA.
DIRECTOR j. GR\u,
OF Adhisston Parqaette and Parqaetto
Circle, il; reserved Seats jOc extra; second clrcieSOc
Scats can bow secured for any day three dan in ad
vance. at Higgins* Music Store, 117 Randolph street. the
only anthemed Ticket Office. .
%3T Ko Opera can possibly be repeated.
THIS (THURSDAY) EVENTKO, JURE 25tb.
ITIU be presented Donizetti's highly popular Opera.
LUCIA DI LAMMEBMOOR.
Lccla .Mile Cordlsr I Ashton Slg Amodlo
Eosardo. (In his great »ole> I Baymondo Sic BarlU
■ slgErlguoUl Artur SlsLoKl
Conductor and Mu*lcal Director.. .Slg. Uuzzo.
To-Mobbow (Fbidat) —LA TBAVXATA.
Sattodat— Grand Gala Night—Verdi's new and
most celebrated Opera. THE SICILIAN VESPERS (I
VKSPEISICUJAN I), with Us core eons mlsa ea scene
and great cast.
Extecsive preparation are In progress (ortheorodac
tlon of UN HALLO IN MASTHKIiAaad IL POUUTO.
JgENEFIT OF THE
SOLDIER’S HOME.
AT
BBYAN K.A. XjXj,
ON SATCBDAI, JUNE 27111,
By Horn & Newcomb's Minstrels.
Tee management having been applied to toyacite
thaHall on tl.—ynljht. In iavor of parties who pro
pose to give a benefit for the above object.
that their sympathies In that way are equal to those of
any other portion of the community, and they will
Site two thirds of the gross receipts on that night lor
»•» above onrpcie. P. A. CLARK. Agent.
Je24 ggo-St
gECOND TO NONE!
SUPERIOR TO ALL! 1
Horn & Newcomb’s Minstrels,
WILL OPEN AT
BRYAN HALL.
TAOIST ID .A. "2", June 220,
ONE WEEK ONLY.
Minstrelsy, as represented by this Troupe, has at
tained to prominence and distinction—resorting to no
extraneous puffing or deception, merle alone having
•'wontheplnmeandnottheborTOwedmAak.’’ In the
front rank of SUnstrelsy stands the great wit and jsster,
EPH HORN,
The Father oi Comedy and the originator of Tunny
Men. Many vainly strive to copy ana Imitate this great
Touchstone of the stage, bat ail sink Into oblivion when
the shadow of HORJT appears.
Doers open at 7. to commence at 8K o'clock.
. • Admission US Cents.
JelSgS67-9t P. A. CLARK. Agent.
• A RLINGTON, LEOhT AND
-LJL DONNIEEB'S MINSTRELS.
Open House, Randolph street, botwson the Mattesen
and She: man Houses.
MONDAY EVfcNING. Jose 2%}, nodCTtrr eTenloe
dmlng the week. LAST WEEK BUT ONSOF TSK
SEA SON. The Siamese Twins; the Corklau Brothers ;
selection* from the Ballets of La Bvadora; Dear
Mother, I’ve Come Some to Die, encored nightly; Hign
Dsddy; Ben Convention. &c Tuesday, Jane leld,
Benent of Wu. Ablikotok. Friday. Jane Kth. Bene
fit of J.B.Donxissb Doors open at7‘i: commencing
atß}f o'clock P. M MATINESon Saturday.JaueKth.
comic cnclng at 3 o'clock P. M. Admission 35 cams,
children under 13 years of ace to Matinee only is cents.
Je3l-gs'Slw.l B. S.DIXGESB. Ag’t.
■y AEIETIES.
l\o». 115 Ac 117 Dearborn St.
VAN FLEET A CHAD WIG K...Les6eea and Managers.
GEO. F. MCDONALD Stage Manager.
Best and Coolest Place of Amusement
la ClUcago.
. The great Spanish Dansetue,
MME. ZOE,
The celebrated Paatoalmlst,
MOISTS.
YATES,
In conjonctlon with the best stock Company in the
United States.
EVERT ONE A STAR.
Dress Circle (for ladles and gentlemen accom
panies them...., jm cents,
Parqueite 35 cents. | Pit 15 cents.
N. B.—Wanted Immediately twenty five young ladles
for the Corps de Ballet. JelD-gißfrlw
•J 1 HE GREAT SHOW
IS COMING!!
The Metropolitan and Quadruple Coabina
ticn, consisting of
6eo.T. Bailey A Co’s Grand Circus and world re
nowned- Equestrian Troupe; comprising the Star
Riders ol both Hemispheres.
Herr Driesbsch*s Extensive Menagerie, comprising
magnificent collection of Bare Bea-«ts and Reptiles,
among wnich will be jouod Lions. Tigers, Leonards,
livens*. Cougars. Lynx.Pumas.Lamas. Panthers- Ac.,
buds of gorgeous Plumage, and a colony of Monkeys.
111.
Sand's, Nathan A Co'S Performing Elephants, whose
wonderful Rats surpass anything every before wit
nessed. and whose extreme docility and Intelligence
i avc attracted the attention of toe moat noted eavans
and students ol natural history. And
The Gigantic Hippopotamus or Behemoth of Holy
Writ, ol whom It is declared. (Job XL. Coapterj
* Upon the caith there Is not ms like.” This rare
specimen uf the brute creation, tnc last vestlne of Pre
A dmlte existence, was captured bv his present keeper.
All the Egyptian, hy order of the Viceroy of Egypt,
two thousand miles above Cairo, on the white Nile. In
Africa, and was Imported into this country at an ex
pense of more than Forty Taou«and Dollars by tt. C.
Quick. Esq., with whom snch arrangements ha»e been
made as enables the management to present him to
tte public In conjunction with tbe other Unique At*
tractions which make up tbe Cataclysm of Wonders,
comprising this Gigantic combination.
The Cbcns Troupe Is composed of the elite of the
Equestrian profession and includes the veil known
and popular artists—Sam Bait, the great Hurdle and
Bareback Elder: Philo Nathans, tna principal Act
performer and Classic Equestrian. Cbas. Rivera, the
great two az d four horse rider; the Donzer Brothers,
the most startling and original Acrobats and Perche
nerfbKOnneis: .lames Ward, the great American
Humorist and Extempore Clown; vend!*, Lo Slear
Tremaine. Monsieur Frank. Auguste Stmonl. James
Benton.Henri Clarence Clermont. Gosttve Dncrow,
and a large and eaiclent troupe of Vaulters, Acrobats
Tumblers and Dancers.
The Bind of Horses Is composed of the finest Eng.
ttsh. American and Arabian thorougbbreeds. highly
trained and magnificently caparisoned, and tne pro
gramme of the Arena will comprise all the elegant,
sensational, thrilling, comic and entertaining uoycldes
of tbc day.
The wh'do of these magnificent attractions wDI be
exhibited In
CHICAGO
ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,
July 13th, 11th and 15th.
POSITIVELY THREE DATS ONLY!
Perfonaancei commence atSK and'Ko’clockP.il.
lW~Tbe Grand Profession win enter town at U :
o cloclc, preceded hr the Gigantic Hippopotamus,
drawn by a team of Elephants. lollowed by A.D a*
wood's Opera Band, the performing ■■zzZ
... «• fiublituiltui,
C. H. FABsK M i{M l “ ffitt,anM^CT -
The above Great Combination. Exhibition will wlall
nU the
Principal Towns and Cities of Wis
consin and Illinois.
Dae notice of which win be given. Tor fall partlca*
lais see future advertisements and bills of the day
Je22g179 Bt ATWAFiS
gETAN HALL.
FOE ONE WEEK OXIT,
Commencing on Monday Evening.
June 29. 6
Sam Sharplej’s Minstrels,
DEASS DAKD AND BURLESQUE OPERA TROUPE.
The Mammoth Troupe of the World! Twenty Star
Performers. The Monitors of Minstrclcy. whose tour
throughout the Untied States and Canadas baa been a
succession of the most brilliant tilumabo. will Intro*
ante their great challenge programmes* above. Et
errthloc entirely new and original, produced la that
toltnltabie style peculiar to these Ethiopian Iron dads.
Doors open at IM, to commence at 8 o'clock. Tickets
25cinti J.D.2JXWCO«n. Agent.
SAM SIIAEFLET. Manager. J eil-gst/i-lw
FISHING— At Clarke Station,
on the Calnmet Hirer, one hour's ride from Chi
cago by P. F. W. & C. K, R., Is fairly inaugurated.
Pickerel and baas are caught Ingreat quantities ilallr.
and the AUDUBON HOUSE Is now In lino order for
the accommodation of all who may wish to try their
hand at trolling. Come oat andjadze forronrself
Jett-gW-im D.B HODGES, Proprietor.
ftgttl -Dfottaf.
TESTATE OF ALONZO BRUCE,
J—f DECEASED.
Administrator’s Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that I. Hiram Bailey, admlnl*.
wptor of the estate of Alonzo Bruce. lato of the City
of Chicago, In the County of Cook and State 3f Illinois,
deceasea. have toed on the term of the County Court
of Cook Connty.ln the State of ILlnoU, to beholden
at the Court noose. In the City of Chicago. In the
County of Cook and State of Illinois, on the TdISD
MONDAY OF JULY. In the jesr of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, for the settling
and adjusting of all claims against said decedent: and
»11 persons haying claims against the estate of the sold
Alonzo Bruce deceased, are hereby notified and ro-
J [nested to attend at the said term of the Coart
or the purpose o! haying the same adjusted.
A f?!«ws*TTi r °5 th ° h*!era 1 Alonzo
Chicago, Hi., June slh. Ifc63. Je6-e216-td
TESTATE OP JOSEPH GRAF,
Q oUce Is hereby given to
rl cladms and demands against the
Graf, deceased, to present the same
for adjudication and settlement at a regular tom of
the County Court of Cook County, to bo holdana: the
Couitßotne.ln the City of Chicago, on the third Mon
day of July, A. D. 18G3. hebtz thefiothday thereof.
* THERE3JI GRAF. Administratrix.
Cblcago.May26ih.lßß myflootd
A NOTHER GREAT UNION
_L"\. VICTORY—roar of the most useful machines
combined—Just patented. The greatest Invention of
the ace. Fanners and mechanic* should call and see
It. County ard State right* for sale by F. WARNER.
In Gee ft Co.’s Commission Honso, 251 Lake street.
Chicago Je£>g>s!>-3tls
TTLAX MACHINE.—Sanford &
JL 1 Mallory’s Celebrated Machines arc on Exhibition
and tn operation, adjolnioc the Chicago Bngar Re
finery. They wUlßieakandDressSACOlbsof Straight
or Taneled Flax per day. For Circulars address
NELSON STILLMAN. General Agent, P- O. Box aaa,
Chicago. Illinois. Ja3S-g66l>-2tls
NOTICE . —Madame Andrews,'
Clairvoyant, Rom Boston. Msaa.. can bo con
sulted at
44 SOUTH MONROE STREET.
Clairvoyant examinations, one dollar. She also tcß3
the Past, Present and Future. XernuSteenta. Soon
from OA.M. to QP. M. JO.-3-gMllw
IVTOTICE TO SHIPPERS OP
-LN TALLOW. LARD. ORSASB. ftc.—The under
signed p«y their particular attention to the site ofTal
low, sad nil Soap stocks. • Any consignment* seat to
them will be prompt y disposed of. and quick returns
made, oo very advantageous terms, we mall our
weekly price cumnt gratis to all sendee their ad
dresses to KNIGHT ft SONS.
Jel&gtftfta ' s Water street. New Tock
(Exturaiona.
'J'HE ANNUAL EXCURSION
OF THE
Chicago Musical Union.
TO
FOREST BAY,
(Just tbU side of Waukegan,)
Tlrarsday, June 35th
♦ >.lfl c E?. r V Tn 0 ( C J S r3 • Santera. Lawyers, and
and other
eotir trains
■jnneotofucl return IMmth«Gpoanil.Un«iirt!,«<l.r
Traloi .Ulleare tue Milwaukee depot tor Foret a*y
At 9,10,11:45 A M., and 1:30 P. Jt
Return it 3, 4,5 and 6 o'clock, P. M.
NO CEOWDEI) CARS t
The accommodations are arranged to bo ample for
all. This may be made a gala day for tho people of
Chicago to vUlt the country. Shade Trees, Grass
LawnsJhe Binds on the Lake Shore.d U feet high), and
three Living Spring* of Water, reader the piaca at
“active and Picturesque. The (fallowing Bauds have
been engaged;
GREAT WESTERN,
VMS & HEM'S LIGHT GUARD
Oil) LIGHT GI AKD.
There will be
music, singing, dascuio,
SWINGING, ROWING,
SAILING, PISHING, So., So.
Those who desire may provide refreshments (far
themselves, and others may procure them on the
ground*—/strawberries. Ice cream, 4c* Ac. j famished
Tickets to the Ground and Return,
(ball fare,) sl.oo*.
Sale of Tickets commences on Friday, the Wft.
at 9 o’clock A. M.. at the principal Hotels, Music ata
Book Stolen Jal9gW9 7t
QALVARY CHURCH
b i a-isr i C;
On SATURDAY MORNUtO NEXT, at 9 o’clock, ftu
cars leave the Milwaukee Depot, comer Kituie street
bridge, for Forest Bay. Persons carry their own ro
rcshiLentß.bntsomeprovision*, tea,coffee tee cream
trawberries. lemonade. fruit, Ac* will be (or salo sa
the gtonmla.
P» 1 COME ONE, COME AJX, and help to replenish
the Library of a working Subbath School.
Tickets SO Cents—Children Half-Price.
Jeg-gSiOfit-U
XT OTICE—EXCURSIONISTS I
Xi Chicago and Slßwaukeeßailroad
HALF FARE RAXES.
Excursion Trains will leave depot, corner of Cacal
and Klrzle streets. West side, on VTcowmdats sad
Battbsats. until further notice.as follows;
bates or babx out asp bacz.
Going North, Going South
Leave Chicago at 15JS P. M. Arrive Wmp m
RoethQl, 12:40 ** Leave 4:37 - 25ct».
Evanston, 1450 ** 4.37 •• 35-j
--z Stoaeilal WO - • 4$ ••
Glencoe W8 •• “ 4.10 - sica
*• Highland Park 1;1B - - 4*o •• 70S
z Lake Forrest, 1.-28 ** “ B;t7 “ Tjcts
M Rockland, 1;?3 “ •* 3*3 - socu!
Arrivewankrgaxt. 1:45 # " W# " n»
Tickets to above points and return, good fepthsdav
and Exeorslon Tram only, will he som at the doom.
my23-e487-lw S. C, BALDWIN. Qapt.
©ift (loncert.
'J'HERD GRAND
GIFT CONCERT
OP THE
Great Westei-n .Band
AT BRTAK HALL,
ON MONDAY, JULY 6th, 1863.
4,000 MAGNIFICENT GIFTS!
CASH VALUE, $3,000!!
NXCTBEB OF TICKETS, 4,000*
One Dollar a Ticket!
At the request of many of oar friends, who were
unable to procure tlneisfor our la»tGifl Concert wo
have trade arrangements for another, to be glron as
above atatrd. By reference tu the list of prlrat. It will
bo seen that we have Increased the number of capital
prizes to two hundred, ail of whtcQ have been selected
with great care. Thsjewelrybaa been bought directly
of tLe mannfactartr und la warranted as genuine, lit
addition to our own grand orchestra, we have en
gaged the ai-O-tanci: of tha test vocal t-vlent lit tho
cl;y. so as to make the Cor cert alone a fall equivalent
for the price of tie tickets.
Tickets for sale at the office of the Great Western
Band. Kingsbury Block, room U; at Julius 3auor*9
music store, iw South Clark street: Singer A Co's
store. SS Clark street J. II Bruce's wholesale Jewelry
store, IC6 Lake street, up-stairs: Theo. MentUesoa’s
12b Lake street, and nearly all public places.
Persons from tne country wishing tickets, will plcaso
enclose tho money to •• William Bcskhaut. Leader
Great Wenern Band. Box 4313. Chicago " who will
fbrwartt tickets without delay.
The two elegant seven octave Pianos, one with pearl
name board, may bo seen at the store of Julius Bauer.
D 9 Clark street; other gifts at the stores of Singer £
Co.. 5b Clark street: J. H. Brace. 165 Lake street (no
Etnirs.) and Theo. Mecdelson, 130 Lake street.
The drawers of glftsln the country will have them
forwarded by express unless otherwise ordered.
The numbers drawing the following Gifts win bo
SnbUahed In the dally papers Immediately after tho
oncert.
IiIST OF PRIZES :
1— 7-Octave Rosewood Piano Fortejargo round
corners. three rows of moulding on the
case, serpentine bottom, inlaid naatfr
board tiSO6S
2 7-Octave Rosewood Plano. Large-round cor-
nere. 80000
a—l Singer £ Co’s Sewing Machine, In fall cabi
net ease and folding top 100.09
4 SUger £ Co. *s Sewing Machine, half case. 70.00
5 Singer £ Co.’s letter A Machine 53.00
6 Eighteen karat Gold Doable Timer float
ing Case Watch go.oo
7 Eighteen karat Ladles’Gold Watch....... 50.00
8— flno Silver Plated Tea Set, 3 pieces 50.00
o—l Gem’s Gold Watch. so.oo
10— 1 Ladies Gold Watch 80.00
11— I Coffee Dm..... „ 30.* o
12— 1 SlhrerHuntlDgCaae Watch 21 CO
13— Silver Plated Cake Basket. 13.00
14— Sllrer Plateo Castor. 13.00
15— Silver Plated Ice Pitcher. 13.00
18- Gold Lockets, each sl3 ?6jjo
19- - •* ” U) 80,00
22-27-6 " “ 8 43.00
28-S3-6 Clusterings, ** -12 72.00
Bings. .** 20 60.00
4^-15—spine Onyx .Bracelets, each |io so. 63 oo
46-51-8 ~ ** ** 830 81,00
53-57—6 Carbuncle and Pearl Pins and Props,
each Sis 90.00
SS-C3—sPino Gold Cluster Gents' Pins, each
81030 63.00
64-60-6 fine Gold Cluster tRno 1 Pins, each 83. 9J.00
70-t5-BFlneQoldPensand Pencils,eachllD... 60.00
76-81—6 “ " “ “ 8... 46.00
82-S3-l2Flne Gold Pens andPencfls. eachW... eo.co
IU-P6-3 Fine Gold Cameo Pina, each 810 30 00
97-&D-3 Fine Gold Coral Pina, each 1730 2130
100-5—6 Fine Konnd Onyx Bracelets, each 87... 43.00
lcc-6—3 Fine BnckJc Bracelets, each 13.50 13.50
109-10—3 Silver Plated Spoon Holders, eoce 86.. 13.00
Xll-13—S Gold Lined Goblets, each *5.50 1630
114-18—3 Silver “**♦•* 13.50
117-18—S Breakihat Castors, •* 7.00. 14 30
119-31—6 Silver Lined Cops, •* lts 1030
Setts TaKoForK ~ SC.OO
131-.*=-S oetta Desert Forks. ** 5.00 so 00
IS7-4S—B Setts Table Spoons, ** 5.00 30 CO
43-48—6 BettsTeaS_poons. ** 3.00 xsqq
149-50—3 Photograph Albtuas, Ivory ornament*
ed,each|io.og 2000
151-56—6 Pnotogrsph Albania, ornamented. * •
eacb|s.Co Bo.co
157- 62—6 Photograph Albums, orxamentec.
each 81.00 woo
253 —l Splendid Ladles' Work-box. 1n1v1d.... ia*«ai
161- 5—2 Splendid Ladles' Work boxes. Inlaid.
each |I2J» JtOfl
168- T—3 Splendid Ladles' Work-boxes. Inlaid.
each 85.00 io rg
lw—l Elegant Fan.newstylo 83u
163—1 Elegant Fan, newstyle s 00
170—1 Elegant Fan. new style 630
I*l—l Amber Gilt sett Back and Side Combs... 10.00
ITC-4-3 Coral setts Back and Side Combs, each
$7,50 ; 2330
175—1 GUtDropßack Comb... 750
* v "ncy.Gut % Coinb
116—1 Fancy oßt Comb 7.30
177-62—8 Amber Back Combs. each *360.* 13.00
IKJ-SB-6 Black ■’ all Combs, each 13.00 13.C0
189-01—3 Eatscd Cnahlons. rich with Beads, each
♦S.co 31.00
L c 2-4 -3 Bead Cushions, each *B.OO w.oo
105-2CO—6 Embroidered Cushions, each 14.00.... 31.00
The balance of tho glftswlllbea ‘Colon EaTelope."
containing 12 sheets of good Note Paper. 13 Envel
opes. Pen and Bolder. Ac.. Ac.
we hertby certify that the prices annexed to tho
above articles, bought at our establishments, are oar
regular Chicago retail prices. ■
JAMES bolto.v.
Agent for I. M. Singer 4 Co.
J.U. SHUCK A CO.
TUEO. MBJfDKLSOJf.
At the close of the Concert, the Gifts will be drawn
m the presence of the audience, by a committee ap
pointed by the audience to superintend the drawing.
Doors open at 7. Concert to commence at 7%
o'clock. Ticket* fl. jeleSSOlw
2Uutton Salts
JJOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Carpets, Mirrors, dec-, &c~.
AT AUCTION
On FRIDAY, Jane 86th, at o’clock, we shall sen at
our salesrooms, Nop. 4T» and Dearborn street, a zen
f ral *VSJ^t Dt of PARLOR. CHAMBER and DINING
LOOM FURNITURE. Carpets, large oral Gilt Frame
iihror*. Crockery, Glass ware, idlver Plated Ware,
Ac. Also, a lot of secondhand goods
GILBERT ftRAMPSON. AoCfTS.
RUCTION SALE OF
BOOTS AND SHOES
•A.T -VVHOIiSSALK,
By Gore, Willson & Co.
5i LAKE STREET.
W« shall offer to the highest bidder every Tcssdat
and TnussnAT. at 19 A. M.. prompt, and at private
sale throe ebons the week, a LARGER AND BEITSIi
ShLECntD stock of
Boots and Shoes,
Consigned to us by maanfiicturers, than any other
house tn the West.
JeJ e7P3-4wla GOR*. WILSON A CO.
PROYOST MARSHAL GENER
AL*S OF? ICE. Wasbct otox, D. C,. May 23.15C3.
ATI men who desire to Join any particular Regiment
of Cavnlry now in the field, are hereby authorized u>
present tnemselves at any time duringthenext thirty
days to the Beard of Enrolment In'thetr nspectlre
Db tile’s. The Board shall examine them, and detar
mine upon their fitness for the service, and If found to
be fit the Provost Marshal of the District shall give
them transportation tickets to the general rendezvous,
at the headquarters of the A. A. Provost Marshs* Gen
eral of the State. Assoonas they present Aemfwraf*
this general ren clezvous they shaube duly
a muftetl-gand disbursing otficor, and naidhy hmih*
■VrEW RESTAURANT.—H.
-IN H ATIUWAT Mtltic
17 Ecirt.-m men. nmlM JjfSS to °£to'efi
hub a van. ■■
HR. BOYNTON’S PETRO]
I J Mctallc and Roofing
TiBiVISII,
j ftr leoir Woes, Eoonxo Ptmpoeus and
F Bf SSSI Farina! LORD ft SMITH.
Western Ageutfc