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Diseased Horses and Cattle

require restoration OF lnsensbc persplratlon. -
Sloan's Fever Antldote, Condition Powder, is 4
certain Blood Purifier. II never fails 10 loosen
the skin, cleanse the water, create an appetite
and ~ a positive cure for Coughs, Colds, Sth
Complaint, Founder, Dstemper and carries of
Bolts and Worms, and may be gwen at any time
and under all circumstances with perfect safety.
One package OF the Powders and a bottle of the
Ointment will perfectly cure recent Founder IN
siI or eight days, without leaving the least effect
in the feet In Horse Dlstempcr, they will allay
the fever and promote healthy termination Of the
disease. One Powder and a part Of bottle OF
Ointment, will, in all cases, cure the Horn Dis
temper ina COW twoare sometimes required for
an OF.
Walter B. Sloan, the original dscoserer OF this
truly valuable medicine, stlll has the sole super
vision OF lts manufacture, but orders should he
cent to his son, Orcar h. Sloan, - South Water
Street, Chicago l., who will promptly supply the
demand for thrs" popular and truly great medi-
CInes.
They are sold by all dealers in Medicine. Sold
wholesale and retail at Manufacturers prices, b,
all Druggists. mchl5twawiy
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Great struggle for Free Government.

Great struggle for Free Government.
With complete and accurate copies Of
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Davis and Stephens Speeches and Proclama-
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(kennedy, Holt, Dixon, Crttenden, etc.
English Articles on the War.
"Contraband'' Correspondence.
Radical Northern Speeches.
Motley's Causes of the War.
W. H. Russell's Letters.
! Curosltles OF Southern War Literature.
Reports of Battles and Sklrmishes.
Lists OF Officers of Regiments, etc.
| Picturesque Narratives.
Patriotic Poetry.
Songs of the Rebels.
Munchausenlana.
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LAW PARTNERSHIP.

JFo. r. COOK. j. WILSON DRuRy,
COOK & DRURY,
fSuccessors Of Cook, Dillon & Lindley,)
Davenport. lopa.
WE have formed a partnership for the
w prstice Of Law, to which we shall devote
cur psr,onsl attention. COOK DHuRY.
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TO- See what the People, Press and Dealers say.
HENRY X. COSTAR.-Al the summer |
have been troubled w.th Reaches and Mice
was actually ashamed ofthe house, for the Reaches
were everywhere. purchased a box of your Ex-
termnator, and tried It, and in one week there
was not Roach or Mouse in the house.
JoHs Is. GIyENs, No. 90 Elm Street.
HOUSEkEEPERS--tr with yerm,n.
need be 80 no longer fthey use "CosrAR's" Ex-
termlnators. We have used it to our satifaction,
and II a box cost 50 we would be bound to have
It. We had tried polsons, but they effected no
thing; out CosTARs article knocks the breath out
of Rats, Nice and Bed.bugs quicker than we can
write 1t. II is in great demand all over the coun.
try.-Medind CO., Gasetts.
MORE GRAIN and provisions are DESTROYED
annually in Grant County by yermin, than would
pay for tons Of this Rat and Insect KlIler.-Lan-
caster (Wis.) Heraid.
HENRY X. COSTAR.-YourE xt.rminstor
~ received, used and pronounced decided sue
cess. We used box OF It, and the way the Rats
and Mice around our premises ERASED Ned" that
night was caution to sleepers. Since then not a
Rat or Mouse has been heard IN kitchen or cellar
-Mdgregor (ioWay Times.
HAVE BEEN SELLING-Your Er,er-
mlnator for the last year, and have found it sure
shot every time. | have not known II to fail in a
single instance.
GEO. Rose, Druggist, Cardlngton, 0.
WE ARE SELLJNG-Your preparations
rapidly. Wherever they have been used, Rats
Mice, Reaches and Vermln disappear mmed Iate-
ly. ECKER L. SrouFFER,
Druggists, New Windsor, Md.
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DtSf, names, PUffifN.
NeW YORK.
| Edward II Smith ID
2 Moses = Odell.....D
3 Ben Wood. ID
4 Jas + Kerrigan....D
8 VIM Wall.........R
6 + A Conkllng,....R
I ELIJAH Ward. ID
$ ! S Delsplalne....D
8 Edward Haight. b
10 c II Van Wyck....R
II John ID Steele.....D
10 Stephen Baker....R
Il3 Abraham Is DIN. r.
IA Erastus Corning. ID
IL J Is Mckean......R
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II S n Sherman......R
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a c Il ScdgwIck.....R
20 T NJ Pomeroy....R
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Il9 Albert Riddle. RI
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oregon.
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% Robert Mcknight. X
% John W Wallace. r
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% Elijah Rabbit. ..R
AConlt sted.
Rhode Island.
! VIM P Sheffield. ID
} George II Brown..D
Virginia.
! Joseph Segur,....u
10 VIM & Brown....u
IL J b Blair.,........U
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2 Justin s Morrlll. r.
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Wisconsin,
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? Luther Hanchett. RI
3 A Scott Sloan.....R
DELEG ATES.
4 New Me4ico.
John 5 Watts,
Colorado.
II p Bennett.
NerGGG
John Cradlebaugh.
states are in rebellIon,a
seated, except three OIL
portions of Virginia, and
ennessee. The following
,r of representatives to
d st,tes is entitled :
North Carolina ...... S
South Carolina. ..... =
't'aa IN
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@eaiea.

DR.. HooFIAND'S
BALSAMIC CORDIAL,
FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF
Coughs,
Colds, InHusnsa,
Group, Hoarsfnsss, Bronchitis,
Pneumonia, Diseases of the Bolp,is
arising from Cold, lneiPient Consumption, and
for the reiief and (If possible
cursof patients in adpancsd
stages Of the latter
disease.
The Balsamic Cordial is entirely a ye,e,,b,.
production, combining the healing properties of
the Balsam, with the invigorating Qualities of
CordIal, producing a combination so well adapted
to the purposes intended, that there are few cases
Of disease which viii not, at an early period sue
cumb to It's healing and llie-glyng properties.
For ages, has the treatment Of pulmonary di-
seases occupied the greater portion oi the atten-
ton OF the scientific of the medical world, but
none acquired more eminence IN his treatment OF
those diseases, than the celebrated Prussan, pr.
Hootand, the originator OF the Basamls Cordial
His l. was devoted to the production OF remedi les
that would stand unrivalled. How well he has
succeeded the American people are able to Judge;
and we positively assert, that no preparations
mat nave ever been placed before them, have
conferred the same amount Of benefits on suffer
ing humanity, or have elected so many commend
atoms from all classes of society, as the remedies
OF Dr. Hooiiand, prepared by Dr. G, NJ. Jackson 4
Co., of Philadelphia
The Cordial is designed for class of diseases
more general and more fatal than any other to
which the people OF this country are subject
those springing from "sligh cold" Tha: emin-
ent authority, DIR. Bell, says: civil not say tina,
Colds are to our inhabitants what the Plague and
ieHor Ferer are to those OF other countries; bu,
can aver confidently that they usher in diseases o.
greater completely and mortality than these
latter"
Entirely Vegetable. No Alcoholic Prepar-
atiou.
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kl:IIyl:;!ll!ii!Ila:0
m1aza
MRS. XINSLOW.

An experienced Nurse and Female Physlc an, pre-
sents to the attention Of Mothers, her
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HOUSE.

Speaker. .Galusha A. Grow...... Pcunsyl yania.
Clerk .... Emmerson Etherdge. Tennessee.
DIST Names Politics. DIST Names PoiiiirS
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Connecticut.
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2 Jas A English. D.
3 A + Burnham.....R.t
4 Geo L Woodruff. ID. |
California.
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2 A A Sargent. ..R.
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! Geo = Flsher.....D. .
Illinois.
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which greatly facilitates the process of teethng,
by softening the gums, reducing all mfamations--
will allay ALL PAIN and spasmodc action, and
is suite to
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NEW FIRM.
insurance Agency.

insurance Agency.
NE Insurance Business heretofore con-
i Quoted by Herman Field, IN Rock Island and
by fieid Kaufman, in Davenport, will here
after be conducted by the undersigned, under the
firm name OF Field Blackburn, having formed a
co-parnership for that purpose.
Othccs same as before, VIZ Post Office Block
Rock Island and LeClaire Block, Davenport.
Insurance in the most reliable companies can
be elected on reaonabe terms. A share of pat
ronage is respectfully solicited.
HERMAN FIELD,
II c. BLACKBURN
Rock Island. Jan. |. 1862
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

'NllE partnership heretofore existing be-
/ tween Field l. Kaufman, Insurance Agents,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
HERMAN FIELD,
CHR. KAUFMAN.
Davenport. Jan. |, 1862.
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USE ONLY
"C0star's" Rat, Roach. sc. ExterminatOr.
"COstar's" Bea-Bug Exterminator.
"COstar's" Electric Powder for Insects SC.
In 25c, SOC, and 81 90 Boxes Bottles and Flasks.
IS and s. Sizes for Plantations,
Ships. Boats, Hotels, &c.
HeE- Sold Ereryrhere-bv
All Wholesale Druggists, in large cities.
All Retail Druggists ,Grocers, Store-f Keepers, c.
in all Country Villages and Towns
Wholesale:Agents in New York.City.
Sheielln Brothers 4 Co. HarraI ,Rsley l. Kitchen
b. A. Fahnestock, Hull Bush, Gale l. Robinson.
& Co. M. Ward, Close Co.
A. b. 4 ID. Sands & Co. ! Mcklsson & Robbins.
Wheeler Hart: d. S. Barnes l. Co.
Hegaman 4 Co. +. c. Wells & Co.
htll, Ruckel Co. Lazelle, Marsh 4 Gard
Thomas Fuller. ner.
p, D. Orvis. Hall, Dixon SEQ,
Dude Stafford. Conrad Fox,
AND OTHERS.
Philadelphia, Pa.
+. W. Dyot Sons. Robert ShoeHsker& Co.
B. A. Fahnestock Co. French, Richards s. Co.
Boston, Mass
Geo. e. Goodwin & Co. Weekes & Potter
M. s. Burr Co. Jno. Wilson, Jr.
AND OTHERS.
St. Louis, Mo.
II. Blaksley. and others.
Chicago, Ill
J. H. Reed Co. Lord & Smith.
.. F. Fuller& Co. Smith DIVER.
AND OTHERS.
All the Principal Cities and Towns in the
WESTERN STATES.
Rock Island, Illinois.
SOLD BY
CHARLIE E. CLACIUS,
And by DRuGGIsrs, GRocERs and RETAILERS gen.
orally, in City and Country.
re- COUNTRY Dealers can order as above, or
address orders Director If Prices, Terms, &c,
is desired es-send for Circular to Dealers to
HENRY r. COSTAR.
PRINcIpAI DEPoT--No 5I2 Broadway-opposite |
the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York. !
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The PosrAoE STAMP CuRREsoY.-The new po

The PosrAGE STAMP CURRENoY.-The new pos
tai currency is issued in sheets of twenty for the
fiyes and tens, and sixteen for the twenty -fyes
and ties perforated like postage stamps, SO as to
be easily separated. All are formed Of five and
ten cent stamps, the fyes and tens each consisting
of a simple stamp with large circle on each side
containing the Roman numerals V or x, in gesm-
etrical lathework. The twenty-fyes and ffties are
made by overlapping five or ten-cent stamps.
The ground work of the fves and twenty-Sy is
yellow, to prevent photographing. The green Of
the tens and ffties is not readily susceptible OF
photographing. Of the daily issue, 20 600 bills
win be fves, 20 600 tens, $1,000 twenty aves, and
$1,000 fifties. ..ysses
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SHORT BUT ExpRRss1vE DIALoegE.-GJ John,
where is your master to-day?' ssOh, he's of, sn,
recruiting" Recruiting, is hea That's goeMn
where's he recruiting 7'' cup in the WhHs
Mountains, sir, recruiting his health 9Ahl fe's
sick. is he? What's the matter7'' eHe took COLI
on account of the drift" ssThat,s Bad themhe
wont go to war2" ooh no, sir, he's too @Wls
awake"
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READING THE LIST.

AAA's AASA'
els there any news q the war; she said.
"Only LIST OF tne wounded ana dead
Wasthe mans reply,
Without lifting his eye
70 the face Of the woman standing by.
ss'Tis the very thing that I want" she said:
e Read me List ofthe wounded and dead.'
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and the bakery was not ready for work until jan
uary All remember with satisfaction the pleasant
change from dry sshard tack'' to soft and whole
some bread.
The Post Bakery is an army institution to which
the Commjssariat Department gives only a semi
official &dorserAe6t; bnt certain rules are pre-
$8bedsbr i,s Management. The -four is not is
3y the Gsmmissary directly to the bakers,
bmes dtHem through the various regiments,
a. for every poSpd of aour eturned in'' pound
lead goes OF AS pound offlour is not used
makid ~ 9weight of bread, there is
- hmdlations the flour ssturned in,''
PSI pEE Fed TO the, credit of the Post. From
yerpli GRS and Others ate supplied, at
are - Md tlfpd is Sskted called the
A MD 4I06 this fund hops are purchased
and a1 tbsexpeas S of the bakery met, when the
rem deriarievsted according to the pleasure Of
gaPos ouneik9S Administrations generally
tothaes kshmeht of library, to the education
d 6dren, or to some equally useful
pafl Uge Some idea of the magnitude of the busi-
ness done by this bakery may be gained from the
fact that the fund had increased to the handsome
sum of about $500 upto the end of July when
Capt. VIM. P. Martin resigned the Office of Post
Treasurer to Lieut.. Fred a sarge-, the present
incumbent.
Wehad intended to give description of bread
making, as we witnessed the process, but our ar
ticle already exceeds the limits we had designed.
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Jacks Farewell to his Gill.
Scene W Wardroom of the q. S. S. --. Time
August 81, 1862.
f0Gcer Sings.)
Oh, messmates, pass the bottle round,
Our time Is short, remember
For our grog must stop, and our spirits drop,
On the first day Of September
Farewell, Old Rye! 'tis sad, sad word
But alas! 1t must be spoken ~
The ruby cup must be given up,
And the demJohn be broken!
YetMemory oft win backward turn
And dwell with fondness partial,
a On the days when gin was not g SIM
Nor cocktails brought courts-msrtial.
JzcTsyha days yin soon be past,
To return again, oh never,
For they We raised his pay fve-cents day
But stopped bis grog forever.
The boats,oaias asate pipes :t.al hands splice the
uaain brace.')
All hands to splice the main brace call,
But splice it now In sorrow.
For the spirit-room key viii be laid away
Forever, on tomorrow. =
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ROLpsRoROURH,s RRPnRr.
U. s. FLAG SHIP MINNESOTA,
HAEPTON RoAps. MaY 9th.

U. s. FLAG SHIP MINNESOTA.
HAMPTON ROADS, Nay 9Th.
To he Eacellsney De President ef he United Sates:
SIR greesbly to a Communication Just re.
oetved from Hon. E Stanton, I have the honor
TO report the Instructions gave yesterday to the
officers commanding the Federal vessels detailed
to open tre upon SeWalls point. The object OF
the move was to ascertain the probability land.
ing body Of troops theTeabOuts, and to reduce
the works II Il could be done; that the wooden
vessels should attack the principal works
on ennlade and that the Monitor, TO
be accompanied by the Stevens, should 70 up
as Tar as the works and there operate In front =
On the Appearance Of the MeFrimac outside Of
the works the Monitor was ordered to fall back
into fair channel way and only to engage her
seriously in such position that the ship together
with ther merchant vessels intended for the pur-
pose, could run her down If an opportunity pre-
sented itself The other vessels were not to hes
itate 10 run her down, snd the Baltimore an IN
armed steamer light draught. high speed and q
curved bow, was kept in the direction of the
Monitor expressly to throw herself across the
M9rr1mao, either fore or aft of her plated house
but the Merrimae did not engage the Monitor
nor did she place herself in q position where she
could have bsen assailed by our ram vessels TO
any advantage, or where there was any prospect
whatever Of getting Of her Ny instructions
were necessarily verbal, and in giving them
supposed that was carrying out your wishes In
substance If not 10 the letter.
The demonstration resulted In establishing the
fact that number Of guns at the principal work
on SeWal's Point have been ESSENTIALLY reduced
and is not more thsn about seventeen guns, aDo
that the number of men RoW starioned there Is
comparatively quite limited. The quarters con-
nected with this work were set on fire by our
shells and no doubt seriously injured.
am very respectfully Your 0bedient servant,
L. M. GOLOSB0ROUGH,
Flag omeer, Com. Naval Blockd'g Squad.
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GREAT FIRE.

ALBAHT, Nay "
About I2 O'Clock to-day the railroad bridge ct
Troy caught fire il is supposed by spark from
locomotive. The whole eastern part Of the
bridge and broken portions Of Il now line the
banks OF the river down TO the Iron Works.
When II feilit was abaze, and 70 prevent Il
floating among the lumber it was lowed down TO
the Iron Works dock The flames spread IN
southeasterly direction along the Tailroad rack
to the Union D-pOt, and from thene- passed 10
Ida Hill rhe Union D-pot Union Houss, Sixth
Street Pres6yte. ian Church, DR. Shedons Bap
tist Church, and mauy OiheF buildingsa are total
" destroyed. At hilf-pGst O'Clock 4tn street
10 Fulton, dsWn 9th to State and on 9Th street 10
9th street, nearly TO Congress street On Ida
Hill the flames are making terrible havoc amOng
the wooden buildings, aud the prospects are thai
the whole hill viii De laid in asheg The Mayor
sent over TO the arsenal for powder, which If
properly used, will doubtless have the eject to
stay the prUgress of the fire. The flames are
raging with unabated fiery, and uneas blown
up the whole town viii be burned down. On
River and 1st streets the flames have been nearly
stayed The whole town u packed up ready 70
At 8s45 IL the dra was approaching the old
museum buildings Enginrs ere on tne ground
from COhoes Albany, Lansinsburg and Water
ford. The above Is taken from the Evening
journal:
A later dispatch informs Us that the powder is
being used with good effect.
TRoy May 10.
A large IRE has been raging here since Il
O'Clock this morning, destroying the bridge
across the Hudsou river, the fulton, Union and
American Houses, Washington Hall, four
churches. and numerous other public buildings.
| The Albany Fire Department has been brought
here TO assist In stopping The oOnhagTation. but
/ the lre stiil RACES as tins hour, P. II with q
I high gale blowing The loss viii be immense.