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The Irish Brigade.

We yesterday morning visited the bar
racks al the Irish Brigade, and found all
of the byes in good health aud spirits
Below we give the commissioned officer.
Of each company, as well as the number
of men belonging to each 1t will be seen
that all the companies but one or two are
now full. Those would fill up IN an hopr
should the regiment receive marching or
ders. Every one of the men regrets the
necessity of remaining so long inactive, and
it is only from fear that they would have to
remain soma time in barracks which pre-
vents others from rushing to the recruit
ing officer. AS it is, there are . good
many applicants who are not accepted, as
the officers desire that their regiment
shall be composed OF picked men. The
following is the list of officers:
ia Mulligan. Col. Commanding; Jas.
Qui,k, Lieut.. Colonel, and Chas. f. Moore,
Major.
Shields Guards, Company A-Capt Jas.
Fitzgerald, lst Lieutenant I. L. Sbandlcy.
and I'd Lieutenant NJ. z. Ryan-contain-
ing 30 men.
Shields Guards Company B-Captain
Daa Quirk, lst Lieutenant James Lane,
n Lieutenant Owen Cur ninghan. and I'd
! Lieutenant by treyet Thos Moore con
/ tanning - men.
/ jackson Guards, Company A-Captain
Francis McMurray, lst Lieutenant p Hig
gins. 81 Lieutenant Robert Adams, and
4 2d Lieutenant by breyrt John Gilman
containing % men.
! Jackson Guards, Company B-Captair
John McDermott, lss Lieutenant Jane.
/ Cossrove, I'd Lieutenant p J. NcDermots
and I'd lieutenant by brevet, John Daily
Numbering 10 men. This Company j.
from Detroit, Michigan, and is composed
i of as brave locking set of men as we eye
saw The 1st Lieutenant, John Cosgrove
was all through the Crimean war, where
he earned medal by his bravery
Ogden Guards-Captain F. X. Hulburd
LIST I5fentenant George kellogg Cd Lieut.
Henry Pease, and 2d Lieutenant by breve
l.. p. Yates-numbering a mon.
Montgomery Guards-Capt. NJ Gleason
LIST Lieutenant Daniel W Quirk, and .,
Lieutenant Edward Murray-numberin!
81 men.
OMahoney Rifes-Captain John C. Phil
lips, LIST Lieutenant John A. Hines, p
Lieutenant Martin Wallace, and I'd Lieut.
by brevet James w. McGuire-numberin
S4 men,
| City Guards-CaptainC Coffee lst Lieut.
Thomas Hickey, and I'd Lieut.. Thomas }
kay-nunhOeIingo 20 tHen. his COMPANY
is fronH Ottawa, and, it will be seen, tn
ranks are not full The members ar
good men and no extra effort will be re
Quired ty till the ranks.
Earlville Rifies-Cpatain s. A. Simisor
! LIST Lieut.. Thomas d. Mcclure, and ,
! Lieut. JAS Hudson-numbering 90 men.
4 Douglas Guards-Captain David P. Nc
riarty, LIST Lieut.. L. Collins, I'd Lieut..
} u Kane-numbering 20 men. This con
pany has not yet been mustered into II,
services. l.the others have been iuspec
} ed and sworn in by Capt Pitcher, who ye
J terday signed the muster rolls.
We understand that the Chaplaincy {
the Brigade has been rendered to Rev. D
Thaddens j. Butler, and we believe he h.
accepted the position CHI. Times.
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DESPERATION Of the Traitors.

Col. Forney writes to the Philadelphia
Press that a desperate contest must be ex-
pected. The traitors perceive that thus
far they have been ontgeneraled, hence q
bold forward movement if demanded at
the hands of Davis and his set, to save
themselves Davis has at last reached
Richmond He is there in bad health
and worse spirits He is there broken.
hearted, bankrupt man. All his chiefs
are sick or sullen. There is one man in
the whole cabal that is not either ashamed
or digusted with himself They look upon
the movements of the North with terror
and with horror. They behold the awful
power of the government of the United
States, now rapidly developing, with
amazement and wonder. They know that
their only safety is in fight, and fight
they will, even if it is but one battle, and
that their last on cartq.
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Currency Question.

The total break down Of the state stock
banking system has deprived the North
West of a currency At least $40, 100000
of what a year ago passed as good money
in the North West, is wiped out OF exist
ence Not only is the loss on this, by its
rapid depreciation, enormous, but there Is
nothing to take its place. Gold must do
it, is the cry. Very good. But the with
drawal to the west of S50,00o,000 of gold
would depletc the New York Banks, and
embarras the operations Of the govern
ment. Gold inoves slowly and IS high
priced 1t Is apprellendcd by orr currency
philosophers that an exclusively gold and
silver circulation for the North West would
! place us at q disadvantage with the east
where one gold dollar IS made the basis
| for two or three dollars of good convert
able paper
The remedy suggested of supplying the
vacuum with the paper of good eastern
/ BInks is impracticable. No good eastern
banks can, in times like these, expand
/ their circulation to an amount to be al'-
! preciated i'll Tie West. The eastern paper
that comes in upon us, therefore, in any
! thing like food, may at once be set
down as wild-catty-a sort most dangerous
/ TO NEEDLE with.
! What is to be done2 A: the East the
commercial men who feel the pressure in
the West as much as we do, are beginning
to agitate for another National Bank
Such bank, say they, though Of doubtful
expediency in times of peace, has always
been found Of incalculable service in times
of war Their mode of demonstrating
this proposition, however, is not so clear,
and it is doubtful whether any modern
politicians will risk their political heads
by seriously advocating tie creation OF
another Diddle bank.
/ Well, what next? Some currency phi
losophers at the East have suggested, and
the idea is taken up and elaborated with
considerable force and ingenuity by a
writer in the La Sale Press, that the Gov
EMINENT shall give the people currency
somewhat on the Excl.equcr plan which
John Tyler once vetoed. His plan con
templates, in brief. D." the issues Of treasury
notes without interest redeemablc at the
end of two years Tor sooner at the option
ton OF the governmenD in specie, or a si1
per cent government stock, At the option
of the holder, in denominations of from
five dollars to five hundred dollars, receiy-
able for lands and all other government
dues But the question naturally sus
gests Itself, while government six per cent
stocks sell at Is per cent. discount, is il
at all likely that government shinplanters
bearing 10 interest, will go at par?
Bat we have not set out to make an ar
gument or even a suggestion. We are Nc
financier, and only make note Of wha
has been suggested With corn in Ottaw;
at y cts, and our dealers even stoppin:
ROW and then to buy at any figure 70
want of currency, the subject NATURAL,
comes up for very serious consideration.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-06-22

GLUr OF COOLIES IN CuBA-The troubles
in the United States have produced disas-
trous results in Cuba. The price of sugar
has fallen, and the price of provisions and
the rates offreight enormously increasd, SO
that many of the planters and factors are
likely to be ruined. The Havana Ca6o,'
Messenger of June I'd says:
There is At the present moment a very
large number of Chinese coolies in the
several depots or barracoons near this city
and we understand that the importers find
it very difficult to obtain contractors to taxi
them even at much less than it costs tc
bring them from Asia. 1t is reported that
one house alone has row On hand here
and daily expected, over two thousand
The expense of feeding them alone is Z
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Coon Sick IN MIssoURL-The st. Louis
Republican, which hitherto, although bat
Ting n,anfully against secession, had tried
to defend and apologize for the manifestly
reasonable acts of Gov. jackson, has had
its eyes opened by his late insanities, and
handles him without gloves. We copy n
spsciman brick from an editorial of that
paper, June Nth:
=. We had hoped, after the general con-
demnation which followed the burning Of
the bridges on the Pacific Railroad-tiIst,
the Gasconade, then the Usage, and final
ly the bridge west of Jefferson City-that
Gov. jackson would have been satisfied
with this destruction of the property of
the State. But it seems not to have been
the case, and the recklessness of his con-
duet in this respect gives some consistency
to the remark which is attributed to him,
| as having been recently made, that he
would take Missouri ont Of the Union, or
| take her 10 he'll" We do not believe ne
can do either; but the order to burn the
bridges OF the several roads shows the
possession OF satanic spirit which dares
do anything.
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TIE AFFAIR At VIENNA.

On Monday evening l1th) Gen Schenk,
with the First Ohio Regiment, left Alex
andlia, by railroad, on a reconnoi.er-
ing expedition towards Falls Church and
Vienna. In report to Gen. Scott Gen
9. thus relates what occurred
"On turning the curve within quarter
; of mile of Vienna, we were fred upon
by raking batteries OF q think three
guns, with shell, round shot aud grape,
killing and woundins the men on the
platforms and on the cars. When the
train stopped, we could not, on account of
damage 10 some part of the running ma
cliinery, draw the train out of the fire, the
engine being in the rear. We left the
cars and retired to the left and right of
/ the train, through the woods
| Finding that the enemy's batteries
We're sustained by what appeared to be u
/ regiment of infantry and cavalry, which
! force we have since understood to be
/ 1.500 South Carol ina troops, we fell back
on the railroad throwing ont skirmis hers
on both TANKS This was about p. NJ.
Thus we retired slowly, bearing off our
wounded Tor five miles. to this point
/ which we reached at 10 o'clock.
The engineer, when the men left the
cars, instead of retiring slowly, as order
ed, detached the engine with one passen
ger car from the rest of the disabled train
aud abandoned us, running to Alexandria
and we have heard nothing from him
since Thus we were deprived of rally
ing point and of all means of conveying
the wounded, who had to be carried OF
filters and blankets"
The Washing on Ecen;ng Star states thai
the railroad cut in which the lst Ohio
Regiment was caught. commence. a mile
east Of the Vienna station The fire or
the regiment is believed to have been b,
small arms from an ambuscade of the
enemy on both sides of the cut, as well al
from the battery in front. The Star adds
ave learn at noon to day that the tota
number of killed on the spot was six Tn,
men behaved admirably. Two Of thos,
wounded died this morning Tho few
wounded arc but slightly hurt.
1t appears that Gen. Schenck was tolt
that the rebels were at Vienna. Whe
the tram was six miles this side, he wa
hailed and cautioned 10y o man. 1t is cor
sidered unfortunate that the General di,
not throw his force outside of the roa,
before entering the enemys country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-06-22

The appointment Of o. II. Browning as
Senator Douglas successor is denounced
by a large number of the Republican papers
OF this state. Not only had a majority of
the republican papers of the state recon-.
mended the appointment of Douglas
democrat, but, il that could not be done,
why was not less Objectionable republi-
can appointed, ask these papers. There
is evidently strong undercurrent of feel.
ing against the officials at Springfield mani.
Testing itselfinrepublican quarters through.
out the state.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-06-22

AyoruER Fool ArroINTMENT.-It is an
nounced from Washington that S. A.
IIuRIBUr, OF Boone County, In this State,
has been appointed TO a Brigadier General
ship l,y the President. This 1urlbut has
no niiii'a anteccdents OF any sort
whatever, except that he was the Trainer
of militia dill at the last session of the
Illinois legislature that was laughed down
for its abs,irdity. lie is one-horse law
yer and a brawling precinct politician, and
that's all. To imagine that the armies of
the South, commanded by tho best mill
tary talent Of the country, are to be cor
qureti 10y such generals, is farce. There
is not cadet at West Point but is ten
times more competent. Just imagine a
Captain or Colonel of 20 years service in
the regular army commanded by General |!
Hurlbut The appointment is an insult
to such officers and an outrage
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sklEn,sH AT EDWARDS FERRY.

A special to the Times, Washington,
June 10, says: three hundred Feperal
troops, under Capt. Gardner, of the Penn
sylvania First, had skirmish yesterday
evening, at Edwards Ferry, with con-
siderable force of secessionists. The fight
lasted nearly three hours, when the rebels
fled, having had from fifteen to twenty of
their number killed and wounded The
attack was made by the enemy, with the
view of taking possession of the Ferry
The information was brought to Washing
ton by Gardner's First Lieutenant, who
was engaged in the action"
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CAPTURE OF A pnIyArEER

We cory the following account of the
capture of the privateer Savannah from
the n. Y. World of the 18th inst:
One of jeff Davis's priyatecrs, the Sa-
vannah, of Cbarieston-to which the first
letter OF marque was issued-after rum
mng fight, was captured. on the 3D. inst !,
by the United States brig Perry, about
fifty miles from Charleston harbor. The
Savannah, a schooner rugged vessel of fifty
four, tons burden, was formerly engaged
as pilot boat 1t appears that the pratt.
cal craft left Charleston harbor on Sunday,
June I'd, under the command of Captain
Baker. with a crew of about twenty-five
men. On the following day she fell in
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speech of Andrew johnson.

LEXINGTON, KY, June ~.
Senator Andrew johnson, of Tennessee,
arrived here yesterday en- route for WASH
ington.. lie made three hours speech
last night to very large audience, for
positive and unconditional Union, and the
maintenance of the general government.
East Tennessee would meyer leave the
Union If armed to prevent subjugatioD.-
He was warmly applauded, and his re-
marks we'll received -sqA
s.4.s- CINCINNATI, juno 10. :
Hon. Andrew johnson, of Tennessee,
arrived here at noon to day, en- roptc for
Washington.
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IT is said Of Col Ethan Allen that he
once attended church where a minister
made an estimate. the result of which was
that out Of the whole human race, rot
moro than one in two thousand would lie
saved. On the announcement, of this re-
suit, Allen took his hat and walked out,
saying, as he went:
Gentlemen, if any of you want nv
chance you are welcome to it. 1t is not
worth staying for
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Curious RrsrLr OF SwA,1ow,xc . Tooru.

CURIOUS Result OF SWALLOWING A ToorH.
"A little son OF Geo. Pratts, a citizen of
this place, missed one of his teeth a week
or two since, and while at school was take
with terrible fit Of coughing. and went
home, and for a week or more was serious
ly i'll, and ore or two occasions was not
expected to live. At last the mysterious
cause Of his sickness was removed by his
bringing up the missing tooth! Since
then, the boy has been rapidly recover
ing.-Eseepo,t JorrnaG
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Circuit Court.

The Grand jury of the present term
closed their lsbors on Saturday last, and
returned into Court the following addi
tional indictments to those reported last
week
CLasZes RoJiason and james C'ark-For
forgery.
.Saas-For having counterfeit money In
their possession.
JOSIAH Ramson-For forgery
RnJet Waikcr-For administering poison
with intent to kill.
.Same-For adm nistering poison.
Joi,, PkitEmore-For an assault with a
deadly weapon.
Ei,ea1't S~se.,y-For obstructlng Il pub
lie road.
H.n. Uqpcman, H'm. Robinson, Drrid
Tyt-n-For riot
The case of Phillimore, assault with .
deadly weapon, was tried on Monday and
Tuesday, resulting in verdict of guilty.
The assault. was made upon constable
HILL who was attempting TO levy upon the
team of Phillimore, to satisfy an execu
ton placed in his hands as an officer fol
collection against Phillimore While i;
the act of dom. SO. Phi!limore struck hin
u upon the head with heavy club ipjurin:
a him severely. Jones and Avery for fso
ple, Umlauf for prisoner.
The indictment against Robert Walker
for administering poison, with intent t'
kill is now being tried. Jones and Bul
for the People, Cannon and Gray for th'
prisoner.
-, Th;s Indictment charges the prisoner
with administering poison TO the family o
y lfrs H aa,.ah Strout. living two miles
! ffoni La Sale, by placing it in the coffe'
n.ed by the family on the 18th OF May.
A large number of witnesses have beer
examined, and at the hour OF gong .
i.--I-xrArs aie addressing the jury
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TIE WAR;
EVACUATION OF nARrEn's FERRY.

The rebel army evacuated IIarpers Fer
~ OH the 18th. A dispatch from Freder-
ick of the 18th says:
1t appears word came that the United
States troops would be on them and bonn
bard the town Thursday night Prepare
tons were Immediately made for evacua-
ton. All the provision and baggage were
taken to the Manchester Railroad There
were 1900 troops on the Maryland side
They crossed over to Harpers Ferry last
night Six hundred of them were Ken
tuckians. There weLe rumors of their
being disaGected and wishing to join the
Federal army, but they were overpowered
by numbers and compelled to fall in All
the cars were taken up with baggage, and
no soldiers were allowed to ride. Three
car loads Of cotton were thrown into the
river. No provisions were wasted except
fresh meat. Tha soldiers commenced to
march at daylight The railroad bridge
was fired at 1 A. NJ, and all destroyed but
the span on the Virginia side, which was
saved because its loss would have destroy.
ed the hotel adjoining it, which belongs
| to good secessionist. The abutments
and piers remain good. At p. NJ the
/ government buildings were still burning
anu several HOUSES. lucFc were 2DOut
$1,000 rebels there. as near as we can tell
! a large quantity of fresh meat was left OH
the hill, and the buzzards are gathering
! in tIocks All the Union men, within q
I circuit Of many miles, were robbed Of
their horses, wagons, cattle and slaves. A
perfect panic was raging among the troops
who expected every minute to be over
taken by Lincolns hordes.
The rebels were none too soon in cvac
uating. The ssme account says:
At III o'clock =. NJ, when our reporter
! left. Col Peterson Philadelphia Regi
ment, and several thousand New York
and New Hampshire troops, and Captain
Owens cavalry and battery, were advanc
! lug on Leesburs and would occupy it
( without firing a gun, this evening The
g, Union men here are jubiiant and bold
Governor Hicks is here and the genera
impression is that General Scott would
cctch them before they reached Rich
mond 1t is reported that Beauregaic
visited the Ferry last wednesday, ana
told Gen. johnson that it must be evacu
ated, or they would all be trapped, anC
then shelled out.
The Worlds special, Point of Rocks
June -, gives additional particulars. j
appears that fintlock muskets, sugar
coffee, cotton, machinery, &c, which the,
could not take away, were thrown into
the river. Nothing was left of any value
The rebels received information that
the Federal troops were going to Wiuches
ter TO fortiiy and cut off their retreat
which caused their retreat to that place
where they will be reinforced from Rich
Eond.
1t seems there were from 1900 to 20
600 troops at Iarper's Ferry
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GES JIa L,SE-Thc Leavenw orth Her
ai& of the Sth instant, says: For the
benefit of some Of the southern people,
and Ben McCulloch in particular, who
seems 10 be very much troubled about the
appearance of Jim Lane on the Arkansas
border with an armed body of men, NC
viii say that he is now in this city. quietly
enjoying the good vittles' a; the Mansion
House. without any control whatever oil
q formidable body of men
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1t seems there were from 1900 to 20
600 troops at i!arrers Ferry.
CONDITION OF TIE REBELS AT MANASSAS
JUNCTION


Kentucky deserter from the rebel
force at Manassas. who came into Wash
ington this evening, June Isl had passed
some time at Richmond, and knew jeff
Davis well, having fought under him III
Mexico. lie reports 10000 troops st
Richmond, well armed, ard well provided
with artillery, but badly clothed, and
shockiugly disciplined. 4 good drill SER
geaut is considered invaluable there
There was great discomfort at the lack OF
food. jeff DAVIS was arranging all the
details of defence, erecting earth works as
far as eight miles outside OF the city Be-
tween Richmond and Manassas junction
/ there were entertainments at every avail
able point Near the Junction he met
three regiments from lIarpers Ferry,
proceeding TO Richmond.
At Manassas, there were a out 25 600
men, including the endorsements from
llarpers Ferry, all of which, however,
had not arrived up TO the time he left
Here as at Richmond, there were good
arms, but bad uniforms, ard great search.
t. of provisions and water. The soldiers
were dissatisfied at their condition, and
also ut the pros poets of further retreats.
it having apparently been decidedly set.
tied that no decisive fight is 10 be ven;ur.
cd until established ct Richmond. Oh
the entire Virginia army, more than one
third are cavalry and artillery.
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PACKING EcGs.-Last year commenced
in July to pack eggs in bran without
scalding, repacked them in January be-
fore taking to market, and found that
nine out of ten were perfectly good-the
others were probably not perfectly fresh
when put down. think scalidng is the
most sure method, but little more
salt. but it RUNS them for cooking pur-
poses. L. f.
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A Family Drowned.

MENDOZA, III, June 90
Mrs.sConkey and two children, compris.
ing thu entire family of O. D. F. Conkey,
Of. this place, were drowned in small
stpsans. at Troy Grove, about four miles
from town., at o'clock last night. They
were returning from Peru in two-horse
carriage. The stream being very much
swollen, as the carriage entered, it cap
sized, aud all, with the exception of the
gentlemen driving, were drowned. The
bodies we're taken out this morning.
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A correspondence of the Rutland Her
aid thinks the time has come for the full
filment of the following prophecy:
And at the time of the end shall the
King of the South push at him; and the
King Of the North shall come against him
like a whirlwind with chariots and horse
men, and with ships; and shall overflow
and pass oyer.-[Daniel, II chapter, 10th
verse.
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VILLA RIDGE the camp of Col. Wal
lace's regiment at Villa Ridge was broken
up OH Tuesday. and the regiment removed
to Bird s Point, opposite Cairo. This move
ment pleases the boys, as they are now
within sight and smell Of an occasional
flash of the enemy's sunpowder.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-06-22

Mr.. Russell, the correspondent Of the
London Times, arrived at Cairo last even.
ing. &c complains that his correspond.
encs has been tempered with in Southern
post ofices-some letters having been
delayed and altered, and others not for
waried at all
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4 green ono who crossed the Atlantic,
told a story Of the storm. when the rain
pourd down in such torrents that the ocean
rose six inches. There no mistake, said
he, because the captain kept mark on
tho side of the vessel