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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21


His conduct in burning bridges and
Selling property, and his failure to makea
stand here disguised the troops raised in
this valley, who have deserted him by COM
panies.
Richmond papers and letters found here
show that up to the 18th of July. it was
confidently expected in Eastern Virginia
that he would hold the Kanawha until re-
Inducements could reach him, and every
mile of cur pursuit has called forth cxcla-
nations Of wonder that a valley 50 strong
in dcfensiblc positions shculd have been SO
easily given up.
/ have given you as nearly as I coGld
tue simple .fcts in regard to the part Of
the movement which your correspondents
have criticised. and believe they are sufd-
cicnt to satisfy your readers of what all
candid persons here believe, viz: that the
iplan of the increment from poea was a
proper one. and that the final failure Of
the attack at Scarra was only to be at
/ tributed to the special circumstances |
have narrated. I.
lhe above is from the correspondence Of
the Cleveland Herald.
Ia addition, it will be remembered that
Gen. Cox left Camp DenUison with exceed
ingly raw troops, with none of which, ex-
cept half a regiment, the Ilth Ohio, had
he had any previous connection The two
Kentucky regiments had almost rebellcd
at being sent into the field with the old
altered musket, originally flint lock, and
were with difficulty persuaded to go at all,
as they insisted good Enfield rifles had
been promised them. From private sour.
oas, entitled to full credit. we are informed
that when the whole force reached tht
mouth of the POGO, both the 2Ist Obi,
and lst kentucky regiments were unwil
lsng to 90 forward in an immediate at
tack, alleging that they must first hav>
time to cock a day r%ations, and for Thu
reasuil the attack was delayed. The mex
day was spent in examining all the road:
in the vicinity, driving in parties Of til,
rebels, in which the 18th Ohio participated
as generally and effectively as the 2lst
and in distributing the baggage wagons t
the regiments and systcmatizing the ar
ranscmcnts for a forward movement il
force, it being believed that the main por
ton of Wisc's army was IN the left banl
of the river.
In driving Wise from the Kanawha
Gen. Cox has done glorious work, and W.
venture to say that he has so far succeede,
in that expedition with rropOrtionally small
er force, more poorly equipped, than an,
portion Of the army which has won a sue
cess, and hat too with less loss Of life, les
injury to private property, and leaving be
hind 4 more cordial feeling toward the Tn
ion. We know that Gen. Cox has re
ccived approving congratulations from bot
Mcclellan and Rosencrans upon the sue
c-ss Of the expedition. That Wise was no
captured is matter of regret, but Gen. Co:
certainly could not help his running ava
/ from Charleston as soon as our forces cam
upon his batteries at Tyler Mount. On
fear now is that the confederate leader:
t making a feint of attacking our army o
, the Potomac, will send an ovcrwhelmin
force into Western Virginia, and by fOrt
, of number drive our gallant but compare
J lively small force from their position in ii
mountains.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21

leave an officer to recruit up to the maxi
mum number, which is ninety-fve. The
mastering officer will undoubtedly he here
some day this week. So that it will be
necessary for the members of the COmpa-
ny to hold themselves in readiness to meet
at an hours notice.
The following we clip from the Cleve-
land Herald of the 10th:
It is important that the Cayalry Regi-
ment should be organized for the field ear
ly as possible, and a rare opportunity is
offered to enter this popelar arm of the
service. The Regiment We understand
will form a part of the Army Of the West
under the command of Gen. Fremont-aI
army that is now rapidly augmeltipg by
regiments 81 8olunteers FROM Iowa. Hi
nois. Indiana and Ohio. and which vii
not be Suffered 10 rust oct for lack Of ac-
tive duty. Two splendid regiments Of in.
fantry left indianapolis for St Louis last
Thursday and Friday, and others are to
follow early this week. An Indiana Cay.
airy regiment at Evansville received its e,
quipments on Friday. and is under march.
ing orders for st. Louis to lie attached Il
Gen. Frcmont's division.
The Ohio forces about Cincinnati 81,
also hurrying off to join Fremont. Ilaf;
mans Battery of German Artillerists wa:
IN leova SunJav o~ftnrnoon The Groes
beck regiment would reach Cincinnati Sun
day forenoon and at once embark fer Law
reneeville, there to take the cars fer st
Louis. Col. Kennett's 9th regiment wa
nearly ready to start on Saturday; ant
Posehner's regiment, better known as tn,
Wilstach regiment, will leave for St. Lou
is on Wednesday. Col. c. J. Wright lief
Cincinnati Friday night fer Missouri, t.
take commend of his regiment, accompa
MED by lis Lieut.. Colonel, also a IVES
Pointer.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
The Manassas correspondent of the sa-

The Manassas correspondent Of the Sa-
vannah Republican says:
L am convinced of one thing, that all
this talk about tue federalists being starv-
ed. unclOtked, and unenthusiastic is all
fudge. We cannot begin to compare With
them in the perfection of equipments and
general preparations. Their knapsacks
were full, their blankets are magnificent;
their canteens and other ~convenienees are
ingenious; their medical accommodations
are superb. Ii is all fudge, too. about
their enlistment from coercion, and not
knowing they are to fight us. They tell
us such tales to mitigate their imprison-
ment. They are cutc-shrewdness IS a
Yankee characteristic.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21

TAKING SHOT COoLLY.-In the late bat
tie at Bull Run, a soldier. around whom
the cannon shot were flying particularly
thick, IN seeing one strike and bury itself
in a bank near him. sprang to the hole it
had scoOpcd out, remarking, ''Shoot away,
you can't hit twice in the same place.
At the instant another shot struck a few
feet distant, almost covering the fellow
with sand and gravel. Emerging from
what had SO nearly become his grave, he
continued the unfinished sentence, ''but
you can come SO pcsky near it that the first
hole is uncomfortable"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
Wheeler's Water Drawer.

We have seen on exhibition many kinds
of well and cistern water drawers with
self filling and self e%mptying buckets but
never saw anything of the kind as simple,
cheap and complete for the end proposed
as Whceler's Water Drawer.-St. L0u'S
Democrat.
WheeIer's Water Drawer sold by
r.. ii. Balnum, Warren, Ohio.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
Times Dispatch ]
len. Anderson to Take the Field.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 14-Gen. Ander-
son, though advised by his physicians to
refrain from active duty, has determined
at once to take the field. When warned
that he might break down. he answered
that the Union men of kentucky were
calling on him to lead them. and that he
must and would make the attempt, and il
he failed LIE would fail in a most glorious
aau-a ". a
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
Kauawha News-Skirmish with Reb.
els-Gen. Cox at Work.

BY a special dispatch from Gen. Cox to.
Gov. Dennison, from Gauley Bridge via
G~allipoIis, dated the 18th, We learn that
our advanced guard, the 18th Regiment,
had a skirmish with the enemy's outposts.
near Big Sewell Mountain, % miles in adj
vance Of Gauley Bridge. the day before,
in which five of the rebels were killed and
severely wounded. Our men had three
slightly wounded.-COiRm6u Journal.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
Edinburg Review.

The contents Of the July number of this
excellent Quarterly arc, Popular Educa-
ton in England; Literary Remains of Al
bert Dursa; Carthage; The Novels of Fer
nan Caballero; Watson's Lis of Person:
The Countess of Albany; Buckles Civil,
cation in Spain and Scotland; Du Chail
Ices Adventures in Equatorial Africa
Church Reformation in Italy; Count Ca
YOU
The. new .rolumes of the four Review:
and Blaekwood, commence July, 1861.
and the present is a favorable time to com.
menoe pew subscriptions. Terms:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
Latest News.

FORTRESS MONROE. Aug. IS.
Gen. Wool assumed command at Old
Point this morning.
Heavy firing was heard this morning at
WillOughby Point.
T. SANDY HOOK, Nd, Aug. 10.
Three hundred rebel cavalry came to the
landing of the Ferry to-day.
They were fred upon by two companies
of the ID Massachusetts regiment; two reb-
els were killed and five wounded. None
of our troops hurt.
Rebels are still on the outskirts of Har-
per's Ferry watching our movements.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10.
There are now 81 skeleton regiments in
this city. Philadelphia will send an ar
my ofnine or ten thousand men.
New York, August 10.
There are now IS regiments forming in
this city. Full, and incomplete regiments
will doubtless now be forwarded as rapidly
as possible.-The city can probably send
5000 men in a few days.
lllDuDe ) correspondence, uaJeu WASH
ington. Aug. IS, says, an attack On Wash
ington is looked for by many experienced
Government officers. The rebels have ad-
vauced their lines and are in force within
a short distance of the river, and are gath
ering means of transportation. They
have large encampments this side of Fair
fax Court House; but possibly the bulk
of the advance corps is on the upper POtO-
mae. 5 t .-- -
The Post says; ~
Seven Thousand men 60 this week and
in case of necessity 1000 or 5000 Of the
militia regiments might be sent.
Serrel. the State prisoner has been sent
to Fort Lafayette.
Over GOO men responded at the roll
call of the Ellsworth Fire Zouaves to-day.
Men are continually reporting for the reOr-
ganization of the regiment, which viii be
effected without difficulty.
LACROSSE, Aug. 10.
Last night, the steamer Key City colli-
ded with Dan Riee's steamer, forty miles
below here. and knocked off the cage which
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
Prisoners Of W~ar-Military Move
ments.
CoLUMBUs, O., Aug. IS.

Capt. Way, of the 18th Ohio regiment,
arrived here this morning. with % Eir-
giuians on parole, who are en- route for
New York, under orders from Gen. Rose
Grams. Among them is a former law part
rer of Letcher, named Curry.
Capt. Fletcher, of the 9TH regiment o.
V. NJ, also arrived with two prisoners of
war, who were sent to Camp Chase.
The moving of the 9th regiment is
postponed until Tuesday morning; the ar
tillery and cavalry leave tomorrow at S
A. NJ, via Cincinnati, for Fremont com
maud.
GALLIPoLIs, o., Aug. II.
Six secession prisoners arrived here this
morning from Gauley, on their way to Co
lumbus. One boasts Of having shot sever
al Of our pickcts.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21

raj mics, feeling fine. Andrews is at
Lieut.. Nerrill's squad of twenty-thrce ;
they took a sesher this week, and sent him
to Columbus. Johnny Given and Harris
were at the Commissarat's, in camp. Jcs-
Sc Thornton hired a lot Of cur men to Put
up wagons at camp, SO they GOT a quarter
to buy stamps. Uncle Sam has not paid
Us any cash. otherwise be treats us first
rate, thosgh Starr signs for a day at Bliss
Andrews-he says chickens would be
scarce after he left, and milk too.
Letters should be directed as follows:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21
LACROSSE. Aug. 10.

Last night, the steamer Key City colli-
ded with Dan Riee's steamer, forty miles
below here, and knocked off the cage which
contained the trained Rhinoceros The
cage sunk Immediately, drowning the Rhi.
noceros, which was valued at $4,000.
Neither beat injured.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21

Money current IN the State where issued
will be received at par.
CLUBBING.
A discount of twenty FIVE per cent. from
the above price will be allowed to clubs,
ordering four or more copies CT any n OF
more of the above works. Thus: -Four
copies of B~lackwood, or of one Review, will
be sent to u address for 50: four copies
of the four Reviews and Blackwood for
$50; and so on.
Remittanccs shoul! always be addressed
to the publishers.
LEONARD SCOTIA CO..
No. 81 Gold Street, New York.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-08-21

HINT TIT VI vi
Nm. H.. SEWARD, See't'y Of State.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

HowEs ScAtEs-We have at last great
improvement in the machinery Of weigh
ing. The principles Of leverage found in
tie oldiasLionad even balance, which was
in use three hundred years ago, was BY a
Yankee invention applied to portable
or platform scale about Gfty years since,
and since that time We have had no i'm
provement in the principles or adaptation
of the principles until The How Scales
was introduced, some five or six years ago,
which is fast taking the lead Of all other
Scales.
lst, because they have done away with
the Old check-rods, which have cost tie
TURNER'S thousands OF bushels Of grain to
overcome the friction occasioned thereby
and Pad, FOR their simplicity and durabil;.
tY, and the small expense Of setting up
the outdoor Scales for weighing hay, cat
10, grain, &c, requiring no pit
These Scales are sold by local agents in
all the principal towns in the Northwest,
and By Vandervoort, Dickinson u Co, Ge-
neral Western Agents, 1879 and POI Ran
dolpL St, Chicago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

Public attention has been largely drawn
to the Virginia Convention, for the last
month Oh two, as its action, it is believed,
Will be decisive as 10 the ultimate course
OF the border States. The Convention
has thus far done nothing bat talk, but
judging from the drift of that talk, and
the indications Of u few test votes that
have been taken, the Richmond Hhy
sketches the follwing IS the probable re-
suit Of its deliberations:
Resolutions Will be adopted indicating
the constitutional amendment which Will
be 5: tisfactory 10 Virginia. These will al
ford the basis for action to be taken 10y q
Border State Convention which will as
semble at Frank fort or Nashville and
when modified or altered i'll accordance
with the conclusions arrived at 10y that
body, they will be Submitted to the people
of the North for action. If these are ac-
cepted, the Union will be saved; if not,
the Border States will Withdraw and unite
with such. other States slayehOlding and
non-slaveholding, as may adopt them.
New England and the Northwest, the
Wig thinks, will be driven OF by this
course, while New York, New Jersey
| PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
will 20 with the Slave Border States
| Ultimately all the other States OF the pre-
sent Union viii come into the new Con
! federacy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30
The News.

The United States Senate adjourned on
Thursday, after having confirmed large
number Of appointments.
E c. Larned has received the appoint
ment and been confirmed, rs [. S. District
Attorney fol the Northern District OF llli-
nois. This is the pest fer which Maj. V.
II. l.. Wallace, OF this city, was an appli-
cant.
John L scripps, OF the Chicago Cittle)
Is.J.us, is appointed postmaster ct Chicago.
Julius White gets the coIlectorship at
Chicago
Carl shurz has finally whipped the al
,ninistratio1 into giving hia first class
foreign appointment lie soss 10 Spain
instead OF Portugal, and CasSlJs 81 Ciay'
who was inst appointed Minister TO spain
is transferred to Russia
Runors say Fort Sampler was eYacu-
ated on Thursday, wEiie reports from
Charleston say there is no change III the
pos;,ion CT Affairs there; bat that Presi-
dent Davis pad made requi.itiOn for
troops for .o,ne unknown purpose.
The tribune has a despatch that troops
nave been landed st Fort Plckens, but
other dispatches contradict it.
The Iribple correspondent also says that
orders we're sent to the dispersed troops IN
Texas to await the orders OF Gov. Houston
to assist in depressing any attempt to over
,bro,, St4,a a-4fh oriEv
Gov. Houston made speech at Austin
on the 23I, denoaacing the Convention.
TIE Convention adopted the permanent
Constitution almost unanimously.
News from Europe is to the 10th inst
Notice Was formally given III the British
House of Commons on the l.tb, that the
attention Of the government would a an
early day be called TO the expadiency d
promptly recognizing the Southern COME
deracy,
The Missouri Legislature on Thursda!
voted down proposition to unite in &c
questing Congress TO call . convention Q
the States.
Tho latest LiverpooI commercial report
show an advance Of IS. on flour; whoa
Il ID, and corn Sd
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30
Charles L. Wilson III Luck.

CmAs l. WILSON, editor of the Chicago
-Io'r7,-.i, has been appointed by the Presi-
dent, Secretary Of Legation to England.
The ,Iose-lql was about the only republi-
can paper in Illinois that had the courage
to sustain Seward and Kellogg after they
had been read oat cf Tie party by the
TI,aaca II, Endorsement in this sub
stantial way by The President IS therefore
not little significant. The Only trouble
now in Chariey's way cones from another
nn,i we should think most unexpected
quarter Its said the Hon. c. T. Adams,
the minister 10 whom Wilson IS 10 act as
Secretary, protests against disappointment,
desiring that his own son shall have the
place Considering that the Journal also
defended Ir, Adams when similarly as
sailed by the GfJs,5sa, this protest is par
ticularly ungrateful on his part.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30


Intelligence has ben received here and
il was laid at once before the administra-
ton, that commissioners are in New Mex
leo, Arizona, Sonora and Chihuahua, dis
patched hence by the independent State
of Texas to confer with the people in those
Territories in relation to TIE present poiit-
ical crisis, and to invite their co operation
in the formation Of the Southern Confed-
crazy, to be composed of such slave States
as may unite themselves for this object
The matter seems to be well received
Commissioners are invited to attend a con-
venticn, convened TO meet on March l6,
at Messlla, for the purpose Of taking into
consideration the present political crisis Of
the country. This convention, 1t was con-
fidently believed, would adopt some plan
for the carrying out of the movement CON
tempiated by the Commissioners.
This intelligence has caused great I'M
easiness on the part Of the administration
This is another embarrassing question /;
but it has to be met, and that promptly,
too; Tor the administration clearly see in
the movement the designs of the South
towards the fertile plains of Mexico.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30
EIs'cr ofNs Free Trader.

LfS'cT q tie FREE Trader:
Those who are opposing my re election,
are among other things appealing to the
religious preiudices of some of my fellow
! citizens on account of the exclusion OF a
witness III q certain case in Bureau County,
because Of his disbelief in the existence of
a Supreme Being.
] SO decided, because, / was sitting as a
Judge, TO give uttersnce to the law as it
had stood for more than hundred wears.
in this country and in England.
To satisfy those who may feel disposed
TO regard this decision as only an indica-
ton OF my own religious views, and not as
an exposition of the law, ! refer them to
the first vol of Greanleaf on Evidence.
sec 36S Nate VS.. Tie i2eopie, % Breese
and vol Il, page al OF Illinois Reports
If those who differ with the above au-
thorities are DESTROYS of placing on the
Bench of this Circuit, Judge who will
override these decisions, they will be at
liberty to make choice of some other man
for the place.
VIII you do me the favor to publish
this communication and oblige,
Yours respectfully,
NJ Z. HoLLIsrER
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

THE NortA British Herislr, for February
contains the following table of contents:
India Conyalescent; Shelley and his Re-
cent Biographers; Large Farms and the
Feasantry OF the Scottish Lowlands; Lord
Dundonald; Modern Necromancy; Ensi-
neering and Engineers; The Political
Prcss-French, British and German;
Home Ballads and Poems; Hessey' 5
hampton Lecture; Dr. Carlylo's Autobiog-
raphy; Lord Pa!merston and our Foreign
Policy. Leonard Scott & Co, New York.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

Ar.az-1-..- Thu Calraniiaa a-lj@"rf.v'
on Saturday last 70 lie tLiFj Monday in
December Tie lollowin. from an cdito-
rial in the P.rsLlc1n Is very fair resume
Of the proceedings Of the Contention:
The voice Of Missouri he's been spoken
through the convention called for that
purpose That voice pronounced that lur-
the. concessions should h. made Wi,h
view 10 restoration Of the Union Of thc
States definitely. These concessions should
have the Cr.,eadea EeslluGOus for their
basis; declares that le ultsu would be i'm
pe..l,ed ty the a-z O. force og the part O.
the Federal Government against the PEG
PIE OF tbs seeded States and especially
advised that federal troops. be withdrawn
from the States where collision threatens
firm and steady IN rs expressions Of de
yotiOn 10 the idea of reunion; declares
for National Convention, in hope that lis
deliberations may rcz ait in measures which
VIII secure that object; the same voice
, consistently pronounced that there is at
present no "lcguete cause for retiring
from the Union, and refuses at this time
to pledge Missouri 10 secession. Even in
the event the rest Of the Border States
seccdo, or 10 plan for adjustment will be
acceGel to u the North. The inference
may ba drawn from the action Of the con
yent;ou, that As Missouri i in favor Of
every possible mode Of adjustment ealcu-
lated to call back the seeded States. and
in default Of obtaining such measure, ia
vors steps for bringing about q peaceful
separation between the Union and South
eln Coniederacy. Also, her mind is in a
state Of suspense rs TO the question Of re-
firing from the Union, when the happen
ing of contingencies which have been
mentioned.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

EERoE-il speaking Of Mr. Uaines'
neN edition Of his township organization
laws, in our last, we stated that they would
be sold 10 clubs at copies for one dollar,
single copies for % cents, &c This was
ali wrong. The volume is one OF several
hundred pages, and of course can be af-
forde, at no such price The book will be
supplied 10 Clubs Of FIVE at one dollar per
si';yIs eoay, not Cor five copies. Single CO.
pies $50. The book will be an indispen-
sable necessity TO every town officer
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

No TAXEs Among the reasons which
WI draw emigration TO Illinois It should
lie mentioned that for the ncxt tgvo years
no taxes axe to lie collected. The last le
gislatUre passed law requiring, that with
the exception Of the school ana one or two
other small matters. no taxes should he
levied, for the reason that they were not
wanted. Under the old system more
than threcfourths or q million Of dollar
had accumulated, and were lying idle H.,
the treasury; and this with The income
from the Central road. ii was found would
pay all the expenses Of the State Govern
ment for the next two years. The fact
shows degree Of prosperity which ought
to have controlling Influence n ds.t-rr-
mining isuI.li=rauts 70 seek = homo IN Hi
nois. When taxalion again commences.
a very small levy VIII provide for all the
expenses OF the State, and pay of our eu-
tie debt. No section OF tie Union offers
SO many inducements Il the hardy. intel
li-eat and the Industrious q The state o.
Illinois.-CL.i TI.ams.