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BRowKsvnIE, N. 7. July IA large NUM-
be7 Of Indians are now on the Republican
fork, on the Platte River, ostensi5Iy upon
their annual hunt, but really to fight the Paw
nees. A rumor reports the Cheyennes, Arap-
ahces and Kiowas nearly 6.oo6 strong, aid
the Cheyeunes 500 in number, and the latter
seeking the aid Of the PottoWattomies and
Attoes.
Several political contentious have occurred
in Southern Nebraska The eecesslonista have
been In constant communication with the In
dians of that section and the Otoes acknowl-
edged to having been solicited to did the
Southern Confederates. 4 majority Of the
warriors were at one time in favor ct render-
ing the rebels assistance, bnt they had bsen
diEeuaded from doing SO. The settlers on the
Big Blue are in great alarm, aud many Of them
have moved array with their families and
stock.
Scouting parties have been sent out from
konsas and some Of the eastern counties Of
Nebraska, to assist Union men and prevent
outrages by sect ssionists and Indians.
Three wagon leads Of arms and ammunition
are reported to have crossed the Big Biue
some dsys ago for parties in the interest Of the
Southern C0nfeGeracy.
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Kane County.

Gd1lo16 1f1puues
The Board Of Supervisors Of this county
poee Of raising funds to aid cavalry companies
to buy horses.
At The first meeting the Board unanimously
poses, giving &, ,0c0t to any cavalry company,
and 81 GOO to each company OF infantry that
hiss been OF may be mustered into the service
Of this State, OF the United States, from this
county. 4 portion OF this fund is devoted to
the support Of the families Of soldiers.
At the second MEETING, which Was held last
week, the Board voted 10 donate $1,000 Of the
war fund to G. B. Dudson Of Geneva, and to
loan him $7,co0 Qor which he gives real estate
secmit1) TO enable him to buy horses for his
ctmIany Of cavalry.
Capt Dcdson's company is accepted and is
to BE- at Bloomington by the 7th Of August.
Kane county has already mustered into the
service three or four companies Of infantry.
Two mors companies Of cavalry are being Or
ganized, one in P1ato, the other in Aurora.
Attempts have been made in various quar-
te1s to cast reproach upon the Board, because
at its fist meeting it refused to loan 912 500
to Capt. Burchelps cavalry company, and take
lien on their monthly pay aud bounty as
security.
The reasons assigned are, that the majority
ofthe Board Was either opposed to the prose.
cution Of the war, or because Barchell was q
a Democrat Both of these reasons are false,
Aid has been voted to two companies at least,
whose Captains are Democrats, viz, to Cap
tains Dodeon and Joe1yn4 There is not .
member Of the Board who is not In favor o1
Netely esuased oea~
The true reason WAS this. The Board dfd
not consider it just and equal to give Bur.
cheIl's company $l2,500 and not give othel
companies anything. So they raised general
var fund, and made provision that It should
he M fo1 III
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H0ltoIb tutagu 1T1Duue:
S1Rs-I noticed In the Erening Journal OF the
soth inst, an article headed, "Colored Chill
d1eu in the Nouzal Depart The wri-
ter comedies to tho African his ''capacity Il y
that be is mon: that he is endowed alike
with his more favored Caucasian. Bat while
concedfng these oft denied eudoWments, they,
like all other proFidential gifts to the African,
mus co1se in their turn and in the "proper
time and nsaasser." When Is the "proper
bas5a,tsns ahall have ceased to walk boldly
hand inland ever the Iuggedgrayes Of Wash.
ingteH, Right, Truth, Justice and Humanity?
Shall the ''proper manner" be after night In
the Writer'S kitchen, OF at the white Sabbath
Schools, where he is sometimes denied that
blessed privilege? All. yesl these are the
African While he gropes bis gloomy why
through the unpleasant pit Of iss4t, prejudice
and t0kg74dlitH, How long shall doughfacea
With Southern pr8cliVities continue to heap
injury upon the beaigh1ed African, unequaled
only among the Pagans? But the African is
snare that all this d}thy water ena9ates rom
African achi1d y and the young American can
sit in the same pew in the common schosls,
why Is he unfit to cit in higher schools, since
theJ started together Tor the same high Oh.
ject-eGucation : If the poor American citi-
zen's vote Is equal to that Of his rich brother,
10y 10 A0 &Qut 1oI tA0 4ACstA~Acy 49, tAO
long ard gloomy night Of the African! when
sfa1 It be ended? When shall man cease to
pres ch doctrines that modern Christianity and
etvilizstion ought to hare long since dhpe1sed7
Z + he same issue ! noticed another oear1og
the following caption: " ColoFed Teachers" }" IN
which the writer ssya in Chicago the coiored
people aays more prlT9sgeer 1nan s,,t tho Este s:sss
man in Illinois ought to Tote In favor Of re-
pIalng these BlaeA L.Es thai .tlzmasize nat tho
That the co1ored people Of Chicago mhy eyer
be treated With justice snd r5ght1; 4hl teat M
.deecenaans Of Hanisbat and Attuck have too
lorg waited fnr ita reception. slre, academies
nd high schools rkfe Instituted for the rear-
ing up society, for 6ifu.ing the arts and sct-
snees throughout the great family Of MN kind
IN opposed to minid1g the racss. Who a1e
the zbettors ssa 'co@trolers Of a1nalgamzt ztton
i not The etla1eho1deA and the Northern blood
hounes r i i the 4R,csa, Al, no. Those
2s1slt man :who psfch 20 loaday against +
msl t. .dtslguat:d " ~ daQt Joss and tt
~ :::.-:- s1tes *< Asr'ks.,
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Our correspondent, "G. G. C.,' writing
from Camp Rolla, No., on the 29th nit, says
four companies Of Col Wyman's regiment
we're to leave next day as guard for train
Of seventy baggage wagons, the balance of
the regiment being about to follow and estab-
lish itself at Springfield, No, under General
Lyon. Concerning the late fight between the
Home Guard sud Capt. Johnson's rebel horse.
meu, at Lane's Prairie, be says 1t Is now dis
covered that the rebels lost several Of their
number in killed and wounded, whom they
left to take care Of themselves, while the bal
ance Of the party fed to escape capture. A
detachment Of our troops had been all through
that portion of the country, but failed to cap
ture the rebels, who are 80 well mounted and
60 familiar with al the hidden paths that not
only Is Infantry pursuit useless but It is doubt
.fnl If cavalry, even, could follow them With
ont guides thoroughly acquainted with
their haunts. The party made
about twenty prisoners, and bronghtin nearly
as many horses; Only two Of the prisoners be.
ing Of Johnson's troops. Our men, supposed
to have been captured BY johnson, have re
turned to camp, having only lost their wav:
Among the prisoners at Camp Rolla, gre two
deserters from the Home Guards, or perhaps
more " probably the abacksliders," one q
whom, at least, was made SO By the Influence
Of his 1ady1ove and her indignant mother
Another Of the prisoners wounded man
occupies cot In the hospital directly opposite
one Of the wounded Of our party, and the loya
sufferer, minus oue srm, prsys only for :
| pistol with which to shoot his more disconso
late neighbor. ..
| Three mora 'eontraband" negroes had COM
to Col. Waymaa for protection, and he is: I'M
decided what to do with them. The uear,
whom he sent aTsy, fortnight since, is nov
In jail, and WiI be sold to satiafy debt O
1850 due to parties in New ork,-not yer,
| pretty story to be told abroad,
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MEXICO, No., July 3o.-Brigadier General
Pope has Issued special order assigning Brig
adler General Hurlbut to command the U. 8.
forces along the Hannibal d It Joseph rail
road. Col. Grant will command at Mexico, On
the North Missouri road. Col Ross will oc-
cupY Warrenton, and Col Palmer will post
his regiment at Renick and Sturgeon, making
his headquarters st Renick. These several
districts will be divided into sub districts,
not exceeding seven miles in extent, aud the
commanding officers ars instructed to report
to the district headquarters at Mexico, the
nDueB Of persons suitable to be appointed
superintendent and assistant superintendents,
whose duty it shall be to protect the railroad
property in their respective divisions.
Men Of property and responsibility, with
cut regard to political opinion, are to be &C.
lected for these positions. All Illegal asseul-
blsges will be promptly broken up, and all
persons taken In arms againBt the United
States Will be sent to Mexico to be disposed OF
by the Commanding General No arrests will
be made for opinions sake unless the parties
are Engaged in open acts Of hostility, OF are
stimulating Others to such acts BY intlammar
tory words or publications.
The restoration Of peace and safety to re.
gion distracted By civil commotion and the
punishment of the infamous assasains and in
cendiaries injecting the country 1g announced
to be the mission Of the forces in North Mis-.
souri,. The troops are cautioned against ex
cesses Of any kind, especially depredatfons on
the posRess1ons or property OF any citizen oi
Missouri, and any lufraction Of military dis.
cIpEne and good order will be visited with the
greatest severity possible under :he articles ol
Var.
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ts..m Hilary Necessity ,'-A RIb1e Pre-
cedent.
Editors Chicago Tribune:

EAALVlS AulCa&u 4IluHuts
Your recent article upon the 81 Beginning Of
the End" looking toward the probable result
of our civil war, in the removal Of the cause
Of the rebellion, will find a popular response
As an Intelligent farmer said to NE the other
day upon this subject, Il troublesome thistles
upon the farm must not only be cut down,
they must be pulled up BY the root, el:e they
twelve thousand five hundred negroes employ
ed to dig those entertainments at Manassas,
from behind which such disaster was dealt
cut to our meu, were worth to the rebels as
much as that number Of soldiers; and they
wonld be worth as much to us. Those two
army would much rather fight a. did THAT no.
bic Tnman, en- the side Of freedom. But how
Ehan We 0val ourselves Of this assistance?
Not by the Constitution, but by the perfectly
proper method Of proclatming liberty as q
military u, msakp1e We have scriptnral par
was beEiegirg "Je1uea1em and the cities there
ot," {see Jer. 81: 9, 10, 17,) Zed=k1ah the king
mnde covenant with all tbs people to pro-
clGim liberty to their slaves. And this was.
not merely from religious or conscientious
motives, but from political, as thereby he
teers tor the defense Of the city. Pressed By
q mighty army he resorted to this policy as
''mlltary necessity" a precedent unq aestion-
ed in the science OF War. But when Nebuch-
adEezzar raised the siege for time to 60
down and cut oil an army Of Egyptians, VINO
Tere ccmipg to the relief of Jeruss.etn, the
people compelled their servants to return to
bondage. Then Jehovah, by the mouth Of the
prophet, Issued his proclamation: ttTherefore
thus smith the Lord, ye have not heArkened
nnto me in proelaimirg liberty every one to
his brother, and every man to his neighbor; !;
behold, proclaim liberty for you, saith the
Lord, to the sword, to the pestilenes, and to
the famine - ET1 nf yFhinh orrurraA ypffPr Ma
buchadnezzar returned to the siege, which
lasted eighteen months, and then entered Je.
Iusalen, slaughtered old and young, burned
the city, carried off the remnant captive to
Babylon, and thus broke up the Kingdom Of
Judah That same sovereign now calls upoA
Jews to proclaim liberty to the oppressed ;
and if ne do not give heed to the divine pro
claDattou, have we any power to avoid like
fate with that Of Israe19 J.E. RoY..
, 1861-08-01
ATTENTION, COMPANY.


The disaster st Bulls Run, and the diff
ficulty and delay experienced in filing: up
the placea Of the disbanded three 1nonths'
troops, suggest the necessity Of our citi-
gems everywhere organizing themselves
into companies, and if possible into regi-
ments, and for the purpose Of acquiring
the rudiments Of military science. Thus
tar there has been no serious drain On the
loyal States for soldiezs-no call for troops
which has not been responded to, aud more
than responded to, BY eager volunteers.
But these volunteers, taken fresh from the
p1ow, The Workshop and the counting. room,
are unfit to 60 into hefield without spend
ing considerable time IN camp, while
every moment Is precious It is not too
much TO say that quarter of million Of
men could be put in q condition Of
comparative military efficiency in
the States of Indiana Illinois,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, between
now and the first Of November, without
abstracting any person from his. business,
and without necessitating any outlay of
money. Ali that ia needed Is for every
community which can muster fifty or
more abe bodied men to form one OF
noFe:sosnpanies procure if possible the
services Of dri1lmaster, or in default oi
one. lew copies Of Hariee'e Tactics, ep'
point certain evenings {ss many as posi-.
ble) N every weak for drill, and go reso.
lutely. to work to make soldiers Of them.
selves. OF course no obligation need be
taken 10 go to the war, either now or il
the future. If only one in ten of tht
number which might. thus be drillei
should ultimately volunteer, we shoult
have an army Of 5000 men, from: tn
fse States mentioned ready to marel
- soon Is arms should be put i
their hsna4 :, - lind: # the dangers to Il,
Republic ahould ever become overw1t-1u'
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ing, The entire force could be moved for

ing, The entire force could be moved for
wand to cruah the enemy.
To inaugurate this movement and bring
It to successful results, there need be no
expenditure for uniforms or arme. The
marchingz, hctngs and wheelings Of com
pany drill, no inconsiderable part Of camp
instruction, can all be learned without
muskets, and when the company is ready
to take hold Of the manual Of arms, oak
sticks of suitable length and shape will
answer the purpose until something better
can be obtained. The plan here indicated
has already been put in practice to some
extent in our own city, and with the most
satisfactory results Iet it be adopted
throughout the Northwest We cannot
have too many soldiers in times like these,
and our soldiers cannot ba toe. well disci-
plined. Every hour spent in drilling at
home is an hour saved in. camp and may
prove to be year saved in the war:
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secretary Of Wars


Bnt whi1e 10 much ID true Of tbs Cabinet .
, unit, there ID no question but thai . Neu
grounded distru6t, tending strongly to dinln-
iEh the patriotic in1pulae of the people, ex9n
In 1tEafd to one or tWo of fts members. Inc
tw0departments which imme ediate charge
Of fte prosecution offhe war a1e not flied bJ
nken who command enough Of Tho public con.
9dFpee topeiforn their duties viii vigor and
eueeees. Tie secretaxy OF War, through whose
bands the 1A1ger portion Of the thousand nall
lions tbs WET is likely to cost must pass, Y
surrounded by Influences utterly incompati-
bic with the proper discharge of bis functions :
It is his dangerous partiahty which h1s con:
verted one half the population Of Pennsylva.
MIA into contractor has given the Mmy one
Penn s. IVania General whose criminal inactiv- :.
ity has cost us defeat and the waste Of =
t6onzand lives; and Of another, whose only
service was to diahea1tan the Union sentiment
Gf Baltimore. and encourage traitors Hike Kane,
Who, but for the loyalty and energy Of Gan
Banks, would hsge proceeded TO declare In
eunection. To hin re re indebted ox psa, for tae
ra1ia regiments whose clothing was rags, aud
whoee destitutien appealed painfully TO the
charitable, aud who ended By presenting 70
mankind the unprecedented spectacle OF soe,
die1s desertiug en- msSso q o9ela na!o
where their fellows were waging desperato
conflict with the enemy. For other charac
terist1c8 OF Mr, Cameron's course, neither un''
due part}ality or ANY other conceivable Cause
Is sufficient 10 account. Why the numerous
regiments, which be is now eager to scceptou
any,terme, were originally rejected why he
has uniformly declined to encourage the en-
colment Of cavalry, the want OF which has
crippled and a1most destroyed the army why
! it required absolute compulston on the pstt
| ot the President and Gen Scott to overcome
| his opposition to the acceptance Of rest-
ueut OF marksmen, who might haye coan-
| terpoIsed the admirable use OF that arm which
| the enemy made in the late -aetfoni why
he consigned the manufacture Of the
| entire amount Of much needed cannon to one
| Pennsylvania firm, instead Of dividing the con-
t1actif it has to 70 to that S.ate, among score
| Gifts foundrles, which might havefurnished the
| eurs in tenth Of the time; Why, neglecting
| 1he xreat interests Of his Office, he devotes
/ days to q1arrelling, over the appointment oi
| suffers and messengers, and arranging minor
matters of the least poseible consequence 70
the public; Why these, and . long catalogue
! Of similar phenomena, have marked the rule
Of Mr.. Cameron In the War Department We
have no theory to explain, but we are quite
sure they present ample feaso1s for that with
drawal Of public confidence. Charged with
the management of the only vita'ly important
bureau -R the atIninis1at1on,, Mr. Cameron
has fa,led to acquire any hold upon the public
faith By efficiency, energy and honesty. It Il
evidently proper, therefore, that a change
| should at once be made In the Office,
, 1861-08-01

About Cotton and the blockade.
The London -Econoaaist, in discussing the
probabilities Of getting American cotton this
Yer, modiiea the opinion fhat the Federal
Government cannot blockade the Southern
ports. It Bays:
Considering the vast wealth and naval
strength Of ae North, ard the comparative
NeakneEs Q. Gbe South both in money and In
ships, ne may not shut our eyes to the fact
that the blockade Of the Southern ports may
be made complete and effective, and rnay con
tinue long enough to shut up for . year at
least all their eSportable produce. More than
this Is not likely; further than this We need
not speculate. But the ports from which cot
ton can be shipped 10 Europe, are foR in NUM-
Ter ard can be easily guarded; the ships Of
Western nations. We may assume, viii not
break the blockade, and the pr1vateers Of the
Southern Co1tederation cannot. i il, there
fore, unden1ah}y possible aud almost probable
that for the space Of q, tWelveu1onth We msy
be deprived Of the whole, OF nearly. The Whole,
Of our usual eupply ofthe raw material from
America. We have received all our share of
last yearH crop already the next years. crop
will not come forward in any quautity till the
end of 1861 Or the beginning Of 1863. II the
var be ended End The blockade raised by Feb
ruary next, We shall scarcely feel It st ALL II
it be prolonged TIL next summer, we may be
about z 200O, COO bales abort Of our usual sup
ply. This il the not improbable contingency
which We hare now TO look in the face us
calmly snd to meet as eagaclous1y and ener'
pettcaI1y ak We may. ="
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MAHoAET AND HIS SUCCESSORS; by. Wash
-:tngtou irving. New York. G. P. Putnam:
: Gh5esgo. 8. {. Griggs q Co, Nos. 80 and Al
Lake street. =
Whoever would understand that system Of
religion which was the mainspring Of those
mighty convulsions that swept over Eastern
Europe and Western Asia for nearly thous~
and years after the commencement OF the 9Th
century, often threatening 10 -bnE7 Christian:
itY and civilization in an abyss of fAuatical
barbarian, must go back and study the his
tory and the teachings Of the founder Of that
religion among the mountains Of nAraby the
blessed" To know the characteristics Of the
people to whom that religion was frat pro
mn1gated. and by whose insatiable sword it
was at first forced upon the nations, is also
an essential element in forming correct estt:
mate OF the causes which gave such brilliant
succesa to the followers Of Mahomet.
Pessonatipg the Arabs In single individual
Irving says: ~
He emlnent1y possessed the attributes Of
the shemitlc race, penetrating sagacity, subtle
wit, q ready conception and s brilliant imagi:
nation His sensibtIttles were quick: and
acrte, though not lasting; aproud and daring
spirit vas stamped OF his salIow visage,' and
flashed from his dark ard kind1ing eye. He
Tas easily aroused by the appeals Of elo,
quence, and charmed By the graces Of poetry
Speaking language eopious in the extreme
the words Of which have been compared to
gems and flowers be was naturally an orator.
A concentration in himself of all the noble
traits Of his Esce, with a1phllosophic and com
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4 LIGHT FooT BATTERY Commander R.
B. Forbes Of Boston, Of the Massachusetts
Coast Guard, has conceived the project Of d
Light Foot Battery, in connection with the
Guard, and the services Of such an organiza-
Hon hKEe been accepted by Government. The
battery will number 200 men, in si1 squads,
each squad commanded by lieutenant and
having one gun to be drawn by the men. On
the march the divisions will seyeral1y be 80
re-dirided as to relieve each other twice, andin
the field three times. In both instances the
section: or sections ofeaeh company can act
az rifle scouts, If necessary, as they are armed
with United States breeeh- loading carbines.
The Coast Guard at sea, and the Light Foot
Battery On shore, arc the especial pets Of the
Boston Board Of Trade, and their ranks are
already full to orer1owiug.
, 1861-08-01

BoHIUHs Aundays July 34t1.
A letter from Capt White, OF the bark Lou
isa Ki1barn, dated July 18th, says that the
bark Loufsa K1lham Was to sail next day for
Falmouth, under convoy Of the United States
steamer CRUSADER, Who would keep her COM
pany until passing Cape Antonio. All the
other vessels before reported taken by the
Sumter, were liberated by order; of the Cap
tain General, and were ready to 1eave on tie
18th int underline eame convoy,
The Q. e. steam higate NisEa.a touched
suit OF the Sumter, whfch viii. No doubt. tr5
to intercept one Of the California ateaners
Capt. White statne that the commander Of tbs
Sumter took al bis papers, including register,
roll Ind esA articles, ~ be, aas obliged to sail
| With ssaA letter ffom the United ststos coz
! sui
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EDIToRs CHICAGO TTBCEE:
saw By your issue Of the 18th inst that Com
pany Z, Capt. Knapp, Of Chicago, I'm the
Tates Phalanx) has forty men az this place,
Of Marseiues. would like to know who
this Capt. Knapp is? believed can say with
al candor that there ia not one man who has
ever been in q company in Marseil1es that ever
SAW Mr. Knapp: and, further, TINT I do not
Woodruff, and I will also state that there Is
not an Organized company in Mazseil1es This
is also mixed problem to me, that we should
organize q company here and elect Capt
Knapp, Of Chicago, to lead ns-a person who
none Of us ever saw, or heard Of, save through
the Chicago TRIBUNE.
am yours, ANTI-HENBUG.
, 1861-08-01

Glorious New from The Missouri Con.
veha1on--1h he s14te Ofnees Declared
Observation-Disclosures Officers Ap-
pointed.
JEFFERSON CITT, Mo-, July 30-The Con-
veption to-day declared vacant the offices Of
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secreta-
~ Of State, By vote OF IS to 16, and the seats
Of the p1eeenl General Assembly were vacated
BY a vote Of Is to IL. The Convention adopt
ed, with material alterations, the whole bal
ance Of the report Of the committee Of eight,
So heretofore reported.
JEFFERSON C1TT, July S1.-The Convention
this morning elected Hon Hamilton R. Gam
bic, OF st. Louis, Governor Of Missouri, by 68
votes; Willard Phall, Lieutenant Governor, By
81 votes; Mordecai Oliver, Secretary Of State,
BY 81 Eotes. The opposition were excused
from voting, as they protested against the
power Of the Convention No votes were
cast against any Of the candidates
Governor Gamble will be inaugurated in
the Convention at three o'clock this after
noon also the Lieutenant Governor and Sec
1etary Of State.
The Lection Of Governor was received with
1oud applause.
The Convention will doubtless adjourn this
evening or in the morning