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From Halleck,s Army.

The latest authentic news we have from
Halleck's army direct is up to Monday
evening (a the Chicago journal of yes.
terday.) The Journals informant says
Gen. Haileck's advance force was within
eight miles Of Corinth. He thinks Gen.
Halleck has considerably over 100 600 men
now concentrated there The coming
battle may not take place for several days,
but may be brought on at any moment.
Gen. Grant and Gen. Buell. are in COM
mand of their respective divisions, and
they have completely recovered from the
effects Of the late battle. All are anxious
to have another chance at Beauregard's
rebels. and will give them . desperate
handling
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NOW Is THE TIME TO BUI
Fruit Trees, Shrubbery, etc
VIM. CHALMERS 4 CO..

EHsHG JistG Ggrle'S, ut rssioEeEc- az COL. " H. "
f'n.hsGa, Ottd..g.
Now oGcrs the public the Urges; OF
hoa.e and nursery trees and plants exhibited in
this region. His stock embrace. in pant
Dsca,J Pc1rs, Drcnr Cherries, D,carf PIuras,
Dscarf a,ad Standard Appies,
20 coo CuTrant bushes. large English md Houghtons
- :dg Goos-berry ian excellent bearer that never
mdrws.I Brinkie Grange Raspberry, L2vton Black
berry all the fine varieties OF S'rzwoerry isnts finest
foreign and hardy GRAPE Vines 81 cites of English
Khuearb aud Pie Plant Asparagus roots. soft naples
silver leaf poiiars, Bakzfn and Lombarky Poplar Nor
way Spruce. Scotch and Austrian FRS, Arborv.,as
Mountsin ..-h 3l0J Baske: Willows. Calyanthus and
ssee;scented Shrub, sweet scented monthly Honey.
.G.kIe- Snow balls. b-daing plants Verbenxs svi-
Was, Heiiotrof~s. Lantanas, Plusbayos &c 4c With
general collection of all kinds Of Hardy Strubbery.
gen-ral coiiecticn of II al and Greenhouse Wants
Ali very cheap, for cash only. Ar<il L. lss!
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The Governor Of Wlsconsin Drowned.
Gov. HAzvrY, Of Wisconsin, who with .
party Of some fifteen other prominant
citizens of Wisconsin, had gone to Pitts
burg Landing, Tenn, TO look after the
killed and wounded of that State IN the
late battle, was drowned of Saturday eve
ming last na.r the wharf ut Savannah,
while attempting to pass from one Steam
boat to another. The circumstances are
thus related by an informant of the Chicago
Journal
1t appears that the Governor was on
board of the steamboat Dunleith, q Gem
missary boat, which was laying at the
Savannah landing on Saturday evening
The steamer Minnehsba, with which he had
made arrangements to take his party to
Cairo. came alongside of the Dunleith, and
while she was being made fast to the Dun.
leith the Governor passed to the stern OF
the latter, and there being no guard, and
the light from the Minnehaha Prooaoiy
dazzling his eyes, he accidentally stepped
| off the lower deck into the river. he was
at once discovered by DR.. Wilson, OF Sharon
Wis. who reached him his cane. The
Governor erasped the cane, but drew II
out of the Dr. Wilson's hands. DR.. Clark
of Racine, seeing the peril, then jumped
into the river to rescue the Governor, but
without avail, he having hoated dowr
under some barges that were lying near by
| DR.. Clark did his utmost to rescue the
Governor, and came near loosing his OWL
| life in the effort.
| The sad event cast the deepes gloon
over the Governors party, numbering
from fifteen to twenty persons. Measures
were Immediately taken to recover the
body, but when the Musselman left a
midnight of Saturday, the body had no
been found. DR.. Treat, our informant
arrived at Cairo on the Musselman, ane
the report published in one of this morn
ing's papers that the body had bee1
recovered and arrived at Cairo on tina
boat, be says, is an error.
The current Of the river at Savannah j
very strong, and unless the body was re
covered on Sunday, there is but little hop'
that it will be found, having doubles
been carried down stream.
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change In the Cabinet.

1t is at length announced upon some.
thing like reliable aatAerisy that the Pres.
ident has brought himself UP to the stick
ing point of 50 far complying with the gen.
eral desire Of the country as to remove
Secretary Welis from. the Navy depart
ment The blow, rs in the case of Came
ron, to whom only Wells appears to have
been second in peculatiea. is to be soft
sned by the tender of The missiea to
Spain. If he could have heea sent to- the
South Sea Islands the country would have
liked it more-the further of the better.
His successor Is not yet named.
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From the Army at Yorktown.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY PoToNAc,
p sfott -. II NEAR YoRKTowS, April %.
Tho weather is again pleasant and the
roads are beginning 70 improve. The
preparations for carrying out the plans Of
the Commander.in-Chiefa being rapidly
pushed forward to completion.
Two deserters from the Sixth Alabama
Regiment came in our lines yesterday
They were from Pennsylvania They
represent the rebel forces at 100000, and
that they are busily constructing works in
the rear of their present lines They had
no knoledge Of the arrival of jeff Davis.
On Tuesday the rebels came out from
their rifle pits in front Of Lees Mills
killing one of our pickets. After he was
dead, about thirty of them fred their
pieces into his head, completely Kidding
1t with bullets. <HY ta
The officers then commanding the re-
serves ordered his men to charge on the
rebels, which was willingly responded to,
resulting in several Of them being killed
and one taken prisoner Two men were
killed on QUO side, and one MORALLY
wounded. @3t
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HrA. ANDY JoHssos.-In a late speecl

HEAs ANDY JoHssos.-Ing q late speech
of Andy johnson, in Nashville, he made
use Of the following language:
".There are two parties in existance that
want dissolution. Slavery and South
ern confederacy Sumner wants to, break
up the government, and SO do the aboli-
tionists generally. They hold that if
slavery survives, the Union capnot en-
dnre. Secessionists argue that if the
Union continues slavery is lost. Aboli-
tionists want no compromise; but they
regard peaceasle secession as a. humbu2
The two occupy the same ground. 5Whyf
Abolition il dissolution; dissolution is se-
cession; one is the other. Both are
straining to accomplish the same object
One thinks it will destroy, the other save
slhxery., So ss'ss''sss''9 &c -
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The mortality list, remarks the Times
including the regiments to be reported
and the deaths from wounds, will be
swollen to at least 800 The regiments en-
gagged did no, average to exceed 500 men.
For instance, the Eleventh had but 272
men engaged, the Twentieth 397, the 45th
AS, and tie 4Sth 37O-a total in the four
regiments Of ,5l4 men, yet they lost in
killed, wounded and missing $50, or more
than one-third of the number they took
into the field. This shows more forcibly
than any amount of descriptive writing
tho terrible nature of the two days con-
test at Pittsburg.
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GEN. CURTIss withdrawal from
Western Arkansas of the rebel army nee
essarily required change in Ge Curtiss'
programme. He has therefore transferred
his army to Forsyth, No, at the head of
navigation on " bite river, where he can
either operate against the rebels in Eastern
Arkansas, or should Memphis fall, transfer
his forces to Tennessee, and unite his army
with Gen. Halieck's
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Commencement Of the fight at New Or.
leans.


The attack On New Orleans, or rathe on
the two forts that guard the approach to
it On the Lower Mississippi, Was commsnc-
ed on the 14th inst, if the Richmond
papers are to be believed The news is
confirmed by the last advicos from Key
West, which stated that several OF the
gun and mortar boats had run past Forts
Jackson and St. Philip. so as TO enflade
those works when the COMMANDMENT com
menced Wehave on doubt but. that Com.
Farragut and Captain Porter will make
short work Of it, now that they have COM
menced operations. The rebels can have
no works on the Lower Mississippi that
can stand the terrible mortars and Parrott
guns which from the armrment OF this
imposing fleet. The capture OF New Or
leans, therefore, is as certain Is nearly any
future military event can be The only
possibility of disaster comes from the rebel
rams or iron clad gunboats, but the fact
that the feet intend to force the Nississi-
ppi entrance, instead Of that by way of
Lake Pom ;chartain, shows that the COM
mandants must have some information
which leads them TO think there Will be
no danger.
The possession Of New Orleans, the
capture Of Fort Pillow, and. as conse-
quence, of Memphis, and the defeat of
Beauregards army, will end the war in the
West, SO far as the movements of great
armies are concerned. There will besome
forts to take and small bodies of rebel
soldiery to pursue, but 100000 troops will
be sufficient for the work, from the Ale
ghanies TO the Rio Grande. Yet these
three events are almost certain to take
place within the coming weeks. Fort PHI
low and New Orleans are doubtless ours
ere this, aud if Beauregard Issks battle
there can scarcely be a doubt as to the
result A retreat wonld be for him as bad
as a defeat. -...
The conquest of the Mississippi valley
practically ends and rebellion, and unless
the signs Of the times are very deceptive
that contamination il not far o9.-Ne,c
York World, srr
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ne Bonb.rdnent ofPlllow.

IT. ".
80 1....t .a,;oa. 60. S.aronon5ora
~. aa.t arc to Thursdav evening
~.,.,,sn who isr, ,.,a-e a. .hot t;n,l in.
k.. ,s that a slow honohsrJu,entsw was
..:II ,roore.s;c. m. Eo-t s,cS .rg;no
.a.!nrel .hots .;th ~ r,nr..,. = IA Snn,
49,. D..or+.rs 80, ~. - N 81
III h.va o;v., 49, ,shoi. cn,.;5.-ohIa
..roo "a ,or,..n.,, ~ -. - -s.,.o,,o
sha;r camn. hscL o,,t nf 80 Thev CIV
sI.o that a norton If Con Pr;ce,s army On
the;r rout tbro' Memnb;. IN Cor,nth we're
detailed to come mn 10 Fort pillow Gen
Pone has gone To Gen Halleck with about
% nm men leay;no With r-ommodore
800 tho 4ad Tna;sna al MnIaar and
the 46th Indiana CoI Fitch He left also
ot T;ntonv;IIe tha A7,b Ind;ano and ono of
the M;ch;p.n rec;ment. The s4th Indi-
ana Ia detailed at New Macrid. Our in.
form.rt th;nk. the on.rat;ons at Fort
P;jiaw will no Glow for some time though
+ tho .namv III rot no ,ran,;tte1 70 on Ia
sjsen
Correspondence OF the '.nme' da'ec i0'n.
We were obliged to close our last iettei
while spirited interchange OF shell was
taking place between our mortar ooats
and the rebel gunboats They have toe
many transports and guhooats, Tying ~
. dock just below their lana oatteries
and II was II the vicinity OF these that 0ul
25uPoono iron pills were thrown. Inc
guns tney served In return must nave nae
. calibre only little less than our mortars
for their rePorts.were very httie less iik'
thunder. we tnihk the iac,s go W snoN
mat the reoeis nave NOT ohiy more gun
tnan we nave, OUT aoch as arc e4uAny a
effective. these they MADE use Oh 'hi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-04-26

CAurlox.-In calling for that excellent
Salerstus Cd. B. De Land d Co.'S Chemical
Suleratus) be sure that you get what you
call for, as there are, owing to its great
success. numerous limitations in the
market, pat UP Ia tho ssnaeooiorea papers
Be sure and get that vita the name of D
B. De LAMB Co. upon it, aud then you will
be sucsyoNars right For Sale by Whole.
sale Grecers in Chicago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-04-26
Three Great Parties..A Popular StruS-
Gle Impending.

gle Impending.
The New York Obssrser-a religious
paper of the Presbyterian school classes
the people OF the loyal States in three
parties as follows:
First, the overwhelming majority Of
the people, who sustain the government
in prosecuting the war for the restoration
of the Union under the constitution as Il
is, securing to all the States and all the
loyal citizens Of the States their rights, as
they existed before the war
Secondly, the little body ofsecessionist t,
or sympathiZers with the southerner dee
trine OF State rights, who believe that the
government ought to let the States secede
at pleasure.
Thirdly, between these two parties is a
third, far more numerous than the second,
who are opposed to the restoration OF the
Union on the old basis, IN favor of reducing
the reyolted States to the condition of
Serritories, and governing them by Con.
cress for the destruction Of slavery and
the perpetnation of abolition supremacy
in the coouncils of the national govern
ment. This party has its leaders in the
Senate of the United States and the House;
it has eloquent advocates stumping the
country 1t has powerful supporters among
the eminent lawyers and divines in this
city and all over the North. The latter
party prefers to divide country and let
the South 60, rather than restore the
Union with peace and slavery"
This is fair classification, though "the
little body of secessionists" alluded to are
not numerous enough to be dignifled as a
party The practical question to be an.
swered by the overwhelming majority of
the people" is, whether they will disregard
the special pleadings of denagoges and
mere party politicians, and combine for
"the restoration Of the Union under the
constitution as it is Upon the answer
to be given in due time depends the flu
ture existence of the Republic. The OF.
server says:
"Whether we are to survive, not war,
but peace, is problem for statesmen to
solve. So far, We are glad to say, the
| President has shown his determination to
20 for the Union as it was in the begin.
| ming. He has sought to conciliate and
hold the radical men who are anxious to
throw off the restraints of the constitution
| and inaugurate q revolution in the form
of government for the States. But we
trust he will have firmnass to stand fastin
his integrity. If he does, God helping US,
we shall survive. If God lets him 60 with
the revolutionary party, we shall perish
as nation, and Earl Russell will be graf.
flied in seeing US divided into two, per.
haps three or four Insignificant powers
The day of trial is come. We are on the
eve of a popular struggle, as violent and
fearful as the field Of battle and blood
But we trust there is enough stern patriot
ism and loyalty to the constitution in the
first of the three parties we have named
to save us from secession and disunion."
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A Rebel Victory Spoiled.

The rebel reports from Norfolk few
days ago brought accounts of great vic
tory" over Burnsides forces near Eliza
beth City, N. C. One thousand rebels had
met 5000 yankees and rerulsed them
with great slaughter, &c. We have now
yankee" report of the same affair,
which certainly differs widely from that
given by the rebels. 1t comes in dis
patch from Washington, as follows:
WASHINGTON, April "a
Capt Cutting; of Burnside's staff, ar
rived here yesterday with dispatches to
the Government He states that General
Reno commanded the national forces at
the late reconnaissance to Elizabeth City
Capt Cutting gives the following particu-
lars of the affair:
On the 18th inst, Gen Reno left New
bern and proceeded to Roanoke Island,
from which place he took about 1000
men and proceeded to Elizabeth City,
where strong rebel force was reported to
be entrenchipg themselves. On Saturday
an advance was made upon the rebels -
The enemy opened fire with artillery as
soon AZ our troops made their appearance
and from all appearances thought they
had US i'll atrap OF our own making. Our
troops Immediately formed and charged
on the enemy, who ran at the first fire
We then Immediately took possession OF
the town, and after remaining few
| hours, retired to the main army.
Our forces was about 900 under Gen.
Reno, and three boat howitzers under Col.
Howard. The force Of the rebels consist
ed of a Georgia regiment of !, 100 men, a
portion of Wise's Legion, and batteries OF
artillery.
The enemy was totally routed, with a
loss of about GO men. Our loss is about
IL killed and 4S wounded. Col. Hawkins,
of The New York Zouaves, received a
slight flesh wounded in the arm. His
Adjutant was reported killed.
Information received from Union sour
ces. is that the guns of the national forces
under Burnside were probably opened on
Fort Macon on Tuesday or yesterday
Gen. Park commands our forces.
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HolfAs' much talked: about Ram viii,
be likely to wear . rather sAeepish look.
when it fnds itssif wedged in between
Foote's boats, and Pope's batteries below.
The critter will have to give in, without
another {" II or bnk" =
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Loss Of Illinois Regiments.

The Chicago Times of Thursday publish
es -afuu list of all the killed, wounded aud
Missing in all the Illinois Infantry regi-
ments in the battle at Pittsburg except
the 55th, 57th, and 5Sth, footing up a.
frllows:
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CArRo. Anril "a

CAIRO. April "A.
Advices from the feet present on
change in our operations off Fort Follow.
On Wednesday our mortars opened FIRE
on the enemy, who replied brisklx. The
bombardment was conAipue& through the
day, with no material result The Ere Of.
tho rebel batteries did no harm, most of
their shots falling Wide Of the mark - :
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Fifty Soldiers Drowned.

WINCHESTER, va, April II.
Yesterday a large boat, containing q
number of men and officers Of the Seventy
eth Pennsylvania Regiment, swamped at
Castleman's Ferry, on the Shenandoah,
drowning between forty and fifty men and
several officers. Among the latter are
Adjutant Tealman, Captain WiIoen ofthird
brigade, Commissary, and Captain Ward.
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Gen. Banks, Column IN.
WAsHNcroS, April %. 1862.
The following has been received at the
War Department
NEWMARKET, Va, April %

NEWMARKET, Va, April 90.
Hon T. II. Stanton
Our advance is near Harrisonburg We
have troops across the mountains, protect
ing the bridges on the Shenandoah at AL
my, and on the Luray road. To day we
pushed force forward to Luray The
people were greatly alarmed at first, on
account of the reports circulated by the
rebels as to the treatment they would re-
ceive from US, but in the course of Few
hours they became quite reconciled 10 our
presence. 4 s.-f-..
There is a good road to Warrenton, %
miles, and aturnpike to Culpepper Court
House, the same distance.
In several recent sharp skirmishes with
the enemy, we lost three men. jackson
has abandoned the valley of Virginia per-
manently and in en- route for Gordons-
vile, by the way of the mountains Eve
ry day brings its prisoners and numerous
desersers from the rebels. ~
[Signed,l N. P. BANGS.
. -sF.f = MajorGcneral Commanding
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Important to Builders +!
JAS. COLVELL & BROTHER,

ArchitectS, Builders, and General House
Carpenters,
DEG TO call the attention Of the Public to thei:
ID advan sges and facilities for cheapIy and promptly
executing all contracts in their line Hay ing lately
added TO their Establishment Jefferson Street in
Ottawa large amospt Of Machinery for Planning,
ing. Grown sticking MpudinSs. &c they conf
dent they execute contracts defy COM
petition. They buy all their lumber direct from
Mills in Wisconsin and Michigan, and Hardware from
the Manufacturers AZ Wholesale that builders will
Ice saved heavy percentage in th-.e articles deal
in- directly with them.
They respectfully refer the following gentle
we'll all fer whom they have executed
iioS. 8. ". CHEEyER, Mayor Of Orta.ra,
Hos. DAv WALKER, Err Mayor
JOHN =. NASH Esq.
JOHN A. HE'S, ESQ,
GILBERT GOFF. ESQ,
Drafts Estimates, and Specifications gratis to per-
sons with whom in contract, and rates to
others.
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The Louisville Journal says that Wendell
Phillips came out to learn some thing
about Western manners and Ciscinnati
gave him n eGgsamPle, *
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P 81 saw Capt Vim. Gibson and
Lieut. Hapeman to-day-both are looking
we'll. Our cavalry and artillery compa.
MES have recently arrived and are in gen.
eral good health and spirits. r.
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LATEST From ErRoPE.-The steamship
Persia, from Liverpool 18th, via Queens
town 18th. has arrived.
The schooner w C. Alexander, of Saw
annah, at Palermo, was, boarded. by an
armed boats crew from the United States
corvette lno, and her master and crew were
taken prisoners on board the lno, but sub
sequently were released under represent
atoms from the officer of the port
The subject OF fertilization and recent
importent experiments with 800 FOUNDER
Armstrong guns had been further debated
in Parliament Ministers, in the House of
Lords, deprecated hasty acton. and argued
that experiments showed that they ought
not hastily to depart from the system of
Notifications supplemented by floating
battery. 1t was predicted that Armstrong
would soon produce 900 Founders to do
the same damage at 200 yard. which his
SO0pounders have done at 200 yards The
Duke of Somerset admitted that the Ad
miral'y was now prepared TO proceed at
once with Captain Coles cupola and other
plans.
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DIR. &. VI, VAN DoREN,

VIZ OULD respectfully tenders his profe al ser
w vices 10 the afflicted OF Ottawa and vicinity.
Special attention given Of all Chro-
ME and Constitutional diseases.
O.ce Main Street. over Blacks store. Residen
Fox River, corner Congress ana Division S.
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Moral. Of Wash,nRton.

The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune Intensely abolition) gives
US the following pleasant picture of the
state at the national capital. We hope
our republican friends, will not charge Us
with immoderate vituperation in transfer
ing to our columns this bitter comment
from so eminant an neutrality-suspicious.
authority:
"The tone of morality here is consider,
| ably lower than it ever has been before
This is admitted on all hands, and can
be proved, or rather needs no proof for
| the air Is heavy with public and private
guilt. A few years ago high Austrian
official, whose regulations were discovered,
applied the lancet TO his own veins and
another similarly situated hanged himself.
] There is no such sense of shame here.
Auy coroner jury in Washington would
| find q verdict Of insanity for such conduct,
end the verdict would be accepted in good
faith. The sOutherners, as class, had q
very nice sense of honor SO far as the pub
lie treasury was concerned. Floyd was an
exception-almost solitary exception
to the rule. When they held the power
here there was comparatively little thiev-
ing, and when any was discovered it was
promptly exposed and denounced. There
has been a Change dreadful change for
the worse. The frauds and attempted
frauds in tho treasury, in one channel and
another, come SO fast, and from sucn un
expected quarters, that one is bewildered
in contemplating them. Yet nobody has
been brought to justice, and NOBODY seems
to think it possible that anybody should
beibrought to justice. oh. those rascally
contractorsr says some honest man in the
rural districts. For every dollar wrong
fully taken by a contractor, fre hare been
taken by public Servants" .