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IT Is NOT An INSTITUTION.

saaVeholdiDg is not form Of govern
ment The slave, when first captured in
Africa, IS taken solely to be sold for money.
The owner Of the slaye-ship buys his lu-
man cargo r0nd submits it to the horrors Of
the middle passage; aud on his arrival at
the port Of destination, sells it at the high
est market price, from n,erccnary motives
only. The dealer who buys his slaves in
the Border States, and takes them to the
Cotton Suites for sale, is governed solely by
the considerations Of traffic. The man
about to go into the sugar-plantiHg busi-
ness, estimates the cost Of the land and the
human stock, and the profits to be made,
and buys the one for the same motive that
he does the other. In all Of these steps. no
one would think Of calling slavery do
ncstic institution OF q patriarchia1 institu-
tu1on- The welfare Of the slayc is never
once thought Of, except SO far as It will
contribute to the pecuniary profit Of the
master. The shareholders unite together
IN the flayc States, aud make laws for the
purpose :of securing this pecunia1y profit to
themselves.
!: eosernnents, on the contrary, arc al-
ways established upon the the theory Of
promoting the welfare Of the governed. A
Government is necessary to every nation !;
slavery is not necessary anywhere. When
~espeak ofthe liberty which any nation is
fitted to. enjoy, we mean political liberty.
We do not say that any nation is fitted for
s'aFery. The most cruel tyrant has never
Subjected his subjects. or any portion Of
them, 10 personal slavery. They have jus
unea an Of their acts Of cruelty by the
preffnee That: they were necessary for the
public welfare
I We are imposed upon by words. Slavery
is not an. institution at all-it is q mer.
traffic, q private speculation only. It was
not originated out of any idea of govern
ment, or good to the slave; and it is main-
tanned ao!iy from considerations Of profit
or Comfort to the masters, and the we'll
being Of an other classes is utterly ignored
The slave-catcher, the slave-ship owner,
Inc slaSeEaucl9neer, the slave-tradcr, will
~ .sefy acknowledge this, and why
s1oan not other shareholders? Why seek
TO impose 7rpon;us, by the words domestic
1rss stuttonSe The plantation Slaves never
:; enter the hnuse Of the master, sny more
;: than his' horses do. The house slaves
: Hh12e they Remain together In fam,1;es
{ 6ave their domestic relations al susDend'
:; ed End Violated, the husband having No
:: contFel oveE the treatment Of his wife mr.
Tie parent:o :oFer that Of the child, aud all
!: subject to: violent separations, Of which
they must be continually in fear-aot a
~ fery domestic Arrangement for them
:.iAs to kindness to slaves Deduct all
ta,et 1h;h Is shown for profit. and it is Of
~ aaaa Hind which teamster feels for
hishorses, ard how many alsves would be
lett utterly destitute7 Of the remaiuing
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The Dead OF Faruswotsh's Mon.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune ]
ALEXANDRIA, Fn., April Il, 1889.
send you carefully prepared record Of
our patriot dead, who were worn by exposure.
and wasted by disease, before they saw the
foe. It includes the names Of men who died
after they we're discharged, forty-one in all,
and Is complete, covering the time from Sept,
IS, 1861, to this date, April II, 1851. Local
papers will give authentic information to
many anxious inquirers by copying this article
in full:
"a Rice, oet 81, Ct Charles, II, Mareneo II.
Deo4 pee ges s. g ~ c. e. 4 2sRas R'nsoo
Y D Robt Jan Is, '62, CCH. Co I. Hantly Grove.
II 4 Smith. Jag a. q. Cc +, G HJWoedstoek.
4 Van Wort, jan m %, c &, c Co Il, Add Alden -l''47
AEmsit, jan i, M 4 i. Co G, st caTron, ii.
sasasa jan l. C C (, +, se%easuk E1nSa
SEafsSg 5a9 9aa e. + g. FEte Sste m r.
ii Howard. Jan T. MHH, c. /, y v townsend, 1 t Vt.
6 Howe; Jan q, n MHH, CO I, onion Q, III.
ReoR4il1ei 2s@oia rs Ess = 8 G 4 s. Shal5es
& sholeE, Feb3 I Il, 60 c, Morrison. %
E Baskins, Feb Is. 4 q, CO B, Sycamore.
sRs sRap sfe = Il N = G G. : 3 er9s Boomnsdalc
Blanchard, Feb IL, F i, 20 /. Kingston, n z.
Gig, Feb 13 4, GO D; Batavfa. n
Fas Rss ffs Tss Il Il + e e beRaS RfaaS Grove
GSe MjRs, Feb e. e :, H 4 g 6; I F n Mi5ten
EFi FEB * Is 81 i, C C. Z {. + Wooaatock Seahse
y blanchard, Feb Is, Il, CO l. St Charles.
F M1zzy: Mar 5. 4. Do D, Hloomingdale.
PscdgWick, Mar IS. Il, CO D. Bloominydale.
4as elsmons; e.. aa5 a = q, GO H McHsn1y
Jos Rothermel Mar 21, 94th \ 7, CO H, McHcnry
] 3 Ellie. april s, R q. CO 3. Bloomingdale
R9bt Gillette, April 9ath 7, co B, \ Lebanon
Banntster, april II, e4th NY, CO 3, Cortland
Note First, and 2, are sergeants; 8, and
/ Nose Second.-C. Il. ", Columbus Hospital
Washington c. c. g., Camp California Hos
pital c. C., Camp California; n. e E Man
sion SO 1s1 HOUSE Hospital Alexandria; ?: ! r., Fair
ington street Hospital, Alexandra L H., Ill
inois Hospital, near Camp California; 4. q.
Hospital, Alexandra; 9th N. T., R. E., trans
fer1ed to the New York Regiment.
The companies lose, eaeh, as follows: a, S
:; I, 5 /. 2 :; ' Il, itota, & L. H'''
Our loss, by disorderly straylng from the
column On our return from the Rappahanuock
March 70, was as follows: Adjutant Fl. g
Lumbard; Sergeant E. II. Roworth; and pri
Yates. Tobias Le Clare, ". ". Wilson, Her
man Kroeber, Of Co. q, with G, ". Holmes
Of Co. Z: An Orderly Of Gen. Howard's, 0
Co. G., {Geo. ". Holmes with Surgeon O
one Of the Batteries, and two of Bicnker'!
men we're taken within mile and half OF oul
camp, one hour after Major Clendener had lef
tEe spot with 4 squadron OF men.
This ends ouE chapter Of casualties.
LEC1Cs C. MATLoCk.
Chaplain Of Sth Ill. Cavalry.
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slaves, what proportion Of the kindness
shown would be missing9 And what
compensation would even unselAsh kind
ness be to them for the curse Of s1avery7
= How the shareholders have imposed upon
our common sense and consciences! The
Northern mind is wholly darkened and
confused upon this subject. We punish
with death the man who attempts to bring
an ignorant African to this country for the
purpose Of selling him into slavery; but it
is a]l right to take an educated mulatto
from Baltimore to the sickly plantations of
Louisiana, though he may be husband
and father. We maintain and support by
our laws that condition, the imitation Of
which We punish With death
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hAsA4SGTON. April L.. 4G5x-
Mr. Senator Doolittle having made para
graph in your editorial columns, called forth
By an error Of tie telegraph or the types, the
occasion for what caunot but consider un-
dignifed, uDjusidable and utterly Irrelevant
remarks touching the TRIBUNE, one of its
editors and its town correspondent beg
space for one word. never telegraphed you
that Mr. Doolittlc voted against the bill, be-
cause knew he voted for IT, And when I
saw rom your editorial rema rks that the wires
i bad made me- say 60, Immediately tclegtaphed
that s'rsy Repu6ltcsn senator-ncani ng Of
purge the National Capital Ibid believe, and
may have 80 telegra phed, that Mr.. Doolittlc's
colonization speech was not considered ger
name to the bill and did somewhat emb arFass
tts friends I shall tell the truth, as see it, Of
Mr. Senator Doolittle, as Of every other mem
Der OF Congress, whatever its effect upon his
prospects d Senator Or as Judge Of the Su-
PEeme Court, # this be levying black-mail,
I Ehall continue to levy it, un1esss otherwise
instructed By ron.
, 1862-04-19
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, 1862-04-19

Great Struggle from Abroad.
1t is known to our readers that when the re-
bcllion broke ont, Brigadier General Strong,
now commanding at Cairo, was travelling with
his family in Europe, Leaving his wife aud
two daughters there, he at once hastened home
and offered his services to the Government in
any capacity where they could be made most
effective. The country has not moro yalu-
able OF indefatigable worker in its ranks The
following extract from letter from his wife,
dated Rome, March 18th will show how our
great struggle is regarded by an intelligent
and patriotic Americau lady from aufd the
ruins and the refinement OF the old world.
There is so much art and antiquity in Roma
tnat II Is impossible to see it hastily and salts
iactortly- l am truly thankful to have had
l93s M opportunity to sec these remains Of the
pleasure Of all my future life aud reading-bnt
my heart Is not here. MY Own dear country
and home and friends claim all Of it. I would
not give our beautiful, broad, brave and ire
land, for all that Europe holds, with ita super
stitions, Its tyranny md its suffering, dcprcss
ed and crushed humanity. I never so fully
learned to love our own dear country and its
glorious Institutions as now do. glory In
its freedom-in its love Of humanity aud prog
ress. and when God shall hare removed our
g7rdt curse and shame slavery, We may indeed
be called the favored Of God aud the most
blessed Of all lands. This sad, dreadfn1 war
will purge us Of our crying sins and evils, and
trust will soon come to IN end The news is
sge!y encouraging. Il would seen that the re.
oeA1on so wlckedly md care1css1y begun, is
soon to be brought to an lgnominio1s end.
God ts With our brave rny-inspi1ing them
with wonderful power and courage. MAY he
receive the souls Of all who thus uobly offer
themselves and fall in this suslime effort of
cur people to maintain their national liz.
, 1862-04-19

Fl The city Of Hartford, Conn, which
never elected Republican officers but once,
has gone Democratic BY majority too small
to boast over. Wm- J. Hammezsley, the late
postmaster, Is Mayor elect By. 10 plurality,
but the auti-Democrats hare tie Connci1
Hartford has usually been good for 40 Demo-
cratic majority.
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The Utlca Herald, ono Of the most abiect
aPologist$ of arbitrary arrests, states the case
Of T: d. Ellis, Of that city, who held 3 confi-
dental post 1nder Government, the duties Of
dust1y and tact. A subordinate offciai' to
whom certain parties from prejudiciaI mo-
tivea bad made sundry charges, caused his A.
rest, basing their accusations upon certain
documents found in his possessions When
satisfactorily shown that the documents we're
not leg1timatelg held By Nj, Ellis, but they
were actually requisite for the successful
prosecution Of his operations. YH he lay in
pf7so" TIRES months, Hnder fhis fdIB charge.
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destructive raid Of the Merrirnac, and the ad-
able to turn out one hundred and one days
after dated contract vessel Of the Monitors 8
power are equal, balance each other, and
leave the gross maR8 OF European spectators
and investigators Of our instituHons'' In q
high state Of 1labbergastment.
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# The secesh prisoners in Camp Morton,
indianapolis, got drunk last Tuesday night,
on account Of the "good news" received from
Pittsburg Landing, and made an attack upon
the guard, using beef bones for clubs. The
guard fired, Wounding four, and the artillery
was loaded with grape ready for use if reouir-
ed. The question is, where did the secesh
cCt their 1ionar9
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@ Private letters from Thurlop Weed say
he would re~embark for home about the 10th
Of April He describes the secession feeling
go rampant In London while ago. as rapidly
dying out, and in no immediate danger Of re-
viyal. Nobody now drea1ns Of breaking the
blockade; snd even Mr.. Lindsay and Mr..
Gregory in Parliament, do not hesitate, stout
Of DOORS" to acknowledge that the blockade
is effective, and one, therefore, which must be
respected. Mr. Weed says several eminent
English divines intend to run over to see US,
during anniversary week in New York p
but among them will not be Mr. spurgeon,
who finds it impossible to get the opportu-
nity.
, 1862-04-19

n GenerA I. Z. 4uimbY, OF Rochester,
been assigned the local command at Columbus,
~, tne Notifications At which place are to be
e1tended and strens sthened. So saws he
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- The patriotic ladies Of Ccntralia, ILL.,,
furnished train load of wounded soldiers
from Pittsbnrg, with cot1ee and refreshments,
last ThuredaY morning, for which kind atten-
ton they have the reward Of well doing, and
the thanks Of the rncininnfa
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The great battle up the Tennessee river is
called by General Grant the sbatt1c Of Shiloh,' u
ard by General Buell. the tbattle OF Shiloh
Field.'' Either Of them is better than Pitts
burg Landing. We believe the rebels call it
''Pea Ridge"
@ The maraudiug bandits of Western Vir.
ginia, who gave our army SO much trouble
last year, a1o getting thawed ont for new
campaign From very many counties reports
conc that the bushwackers have begun their
work. Those who have been let off on parole
hy the United States district judges ct Wheel
ing arc the worst cases to deal with. Gov.
Pierpolnt has been in consultation with Gen.
Fremont upon the policy to be pursued, and
it is eaid that extreme measures will be taken
to tnforce the public quiet Bushwackers
taken hereafter Will be shot. The United
States Judg-himself being in sympathy
with the rebellion-will be relieved from
"swcaring in" the rebels, if he be not re-
1ievcd from the Office altogether. His court
has been farce ever since the war broke ont,
, 1862-04-19
HEROES OF PITTsBuRe.
Partial List Of Commissioned Officers
Killed and Wounded.


BRIGADE OR DIVISION OFFICERS.
Brig. Gen VIM b. L. Wallace Illinois.
Colonel VIM. Pegram. Missouri.
Colonel Everett Fenbody. y..........M Missouri.
Colonel julius Raith. Illinois
Colonel Lion s. Bass. Indiana.
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g R E AT BARe AIMS.
w. FORSYTH & CO..
Is JOHN STREET, NEW YORK,
VALUABLE JEWELRY.

Possessing unrira11ed facilities for this method Of
sailing. ef confident give ent1re BaE1kac-
uon to al who pAtrHntZe ask Gne tsal 70 sats5
= the mot Inc etu1ous that what we eay ts true
$4,000 WORTH OF WATCHES, CHAINS, &C.,
To re sold Dollar each Etthoutreeard to 7alue
and Lot to be paid for TIL 5ou know what ou
Look at the following List Of Articles to be
Sold for 81 Esch
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This list bears no due proportion to the general
loss owing to the hasty and aB yet incomplete re.
ports Of names It will doubtless appear that in
stead Of twenty Gas above), at least fifty Lieu
tenants were killed On the held1
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Affairs In Memphis.

MEMPHIS, June Is The Board OF Aide mea
have adopted = resolution asking Col Slack to
postpone the s1pprenion Of Confederate scrip for
sixty days. Col. Slack hss not vet made q deci
son but is understood that there Is little prospect
Of favorable response.
The irG!aaeas says that Beauresard's army
II In excellent order as regards health, morals
and 60 nj pments, and that all report. Of disorgs.
n.zat;on are false.
MEMPHIS, June l9-About $50 Rebel Offices
and soldiers, and about the same number Of c!u.
zens, took the cath Of allegiance yesterday.
In Col Slack's reply to the Mayor and Board
OF alderman, regarding the currency question ia
sued to-day, he saws ths who have been the
most active In getting up this Rebellion are the
very individuals who8e poe kets are loaded with
Confederate notes, and II sixty days time should
be given them, 10 would oaly BE- giving tha.
much time for those who ere Responsible for its
issue 10 get rid Of Il without loss, and the
worthless trash Will be found In the hands Of the
unsophistica.ed and credulous
Besides, should these notes be p mitted to 81
used al clrc 'lstirg medium wht'e the flag 8
the United St sfoa;s, as far as srch permission
could give character TO such reasonable currency
IL would do so, and the very basis Of the Rebel
lion be made respected by contract with the g oy-
eminent 1t seeks 70 destroy. The m.rke, would
become glutted with merchendi re vs. hich csn only
be sold now for Teunsssee money, rather than do
which the owners are disposed to sh their goods
back
TIE greater part OF the stores are still closed
and the Secession owners many OF them lef1se 10
rent them to Abolitionists at am price.
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spi.i, Of In. sisrnins Press.

The Is'si gsSr'r revtrts to the early Legislation
tad In reference to slavery in the Territories and
after reviewir he various and several eouventienl
had and Gets passed IN reference to the subject,
concludes SHAT tie hight Of Congress to prohibits
slavery IN tie Territories % the nation ws-
coupled with q cor s,itItioaai sffrmsnce of the
right 70 recover fugitive slaves "
The Repst1;can calls the present Congress 2
great and memorable one and says:
at y ret merely Tie present times, but the
laes, posterity, which will onor the true men in
this Conc ress, who. res sting both seduction and
me mace, hasS proceeded straightforward In the
path Of DUTY, and have nj last carried Ihrough tie
great histories! measure which now crown their
efforts -
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Rebel Accounts. Of the R .seiraid on sIcci.i.
LAMA Rear

Rebel Accounts Of the II ebefraid en- McCiei.
lan's Rear.
The Richmond Dispatch Of the l4ih Inst CON.
tsins lengthy and most exaggerated secount Of
tie recent bold raid Of Stewards cavalry on Tun-
stalls Station and The rear Of Gen. McCIellsn'a
army. We have not room for this specimen Of
rebel ersggention, but the following concluding
paragraphs sums up the rerults claimed:
Once more within our lines all went merry az
a marriage bell. Quickly che dirty, weary ba I'D
sped slong the Charles City road; dawn revealed
them 20 our pickets, and they entered our camps
faint and famished. bot the nobiest band OF he
roes hat ever beStrodea charger or drew battle
blade for their birthright "a freemea
"W hat, then, was the general result" asked
we Of wesried, dusty, trooper, watering his
faded and faithful animal by roadside spring.
"The result" answered he, proudly, but much
exhausted, ''the result We have been In the
saddle from Thursday morning until Saturday
noon, never breaking rein or breaking fast; we
have whipped the enemy wherever he dared 10
appear, never opposing more than equal forces;
we have burned 200 wagons laden with valuabls
stores, sunk or fred three large trans ports cap.
tured 500 ho,ses and mules, lots OF side arms,
&c, brou2 ht In 10 prisoners, four officers, and
many nes roes; killed ard wounded scores OF tie
enemy-pleased Stewart, and had one man
killed-poof Capt. Lstane This 10 the result
md 81 100000 cannot cover the Federal loss In
oods alone As 10 myself, I" said he, mounting
I'd trotting away, "f wouldn't have missed the
trip for 81 ,0o0-history cannot show such smother
exploit as this OF Stewarts" He spoke the
truth, honestly and roughly, a. a true soldier
serving under an Incompatible leader. More
words are not now needed-the whole country is
astonished and applauds-McCleiisn Is dis
graeed-Stewart and his troopers are now forever
In history.
The Invaluable transports" burned were two
schoeners loaded with hay, and the wagons
burnt did not exceed Fifty Esch wagon having
six horses or mules, had they burnt 200 as
hsve raA 4 M
and mules instead Of 900 which IL all they pro.
fess 20 have taken back with them. They In
reality captured 90 prisoners, mostly wseoners
and negroes, and less than 30 horses. Fbe whole
OF the property destroyed was worth about $780,
o. inste d Of % coo 600 the Dispatch reports.
Il e scores OF the enemy billed and wounded, ;"
did not exceed dozen and most OF these were
unarmed teamEters and the sick soldiers In a rail
road train The cavalry with which they had a
skirmsh near Hanover Court House consisted Of
three companies only.
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LATE TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
Affairs In Kansas

LE.vxswoRIE, June ls.-ln the Court Of I'm
peaehmcnt, @ 9. Hillyer, Auditor, wss found
guilty Of high misdemesnor, and dePosed from
once by 4 vote Of Is to 9.
The case Of Gov. Robinson was then taken up
He was declared not guilty, by vote Of 10 TO 2,
on the first article ofinpeachmeat,a and by unsn-
imous vote on all the other articlea The Court
then adjourned, s'ss dis.
The editors and publishers OF the Daily Inquirer
Of this city, have been arrested and Imprisoned by
an order Of Brigadier-6ene Blunt, on general
charge OF disloyalty. The paper will be suspend
ed for the present.