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Hsss - Keep YeuaE.

man who lives wrapned in this Mt.
moenhcrc Of loye-Ioye Of children hye
or bosom companions. love Of men lov,
of God-imports to his decayinv body
somethin. ef the youth OF the spirit v;th.
in. As the BODY may and does .fIect tn
sp;r;t vhAn M connte,act;no aoanc;as 10.
vent. 40 docs the spirit nc, upop the bod,
Is 4 prcrervatiye pover. when i /, in its
normal condition and exercise Man,
an old mans and voman's face have |
seen luminous with the fires Of youth
outshinipe from the soal TIE clogs arc
lifted from the mortal when the sonl
comes into this element of immortality
The love tha, gushes for All Is the elix;r
Of iiiife-thhe fountain ,f bod;lv longevity
II il the lack Of this .h.t alrars nrosuce.
ihc feeling &C aoe ITnon , sonl no, an
cd and exercised by love the decaviny
BODY encroaches with its weakness and
noison. ill the helief of manv IN the i'm.
mortality of The soul--a soul indenend-
ent Of matter-b.romes uprooted
Whenever men or women find them
selves losing sympathy with youthful
hearts and nnrxu,ts ,hey may be snre ,h.t
something IS wrong with them. for i, !.
not in the nature of the soul to grow old
II m.y grow IN HEIGHT and dcpth and
breadth and mower. but the na.sare &c
wears can bf,np it no decay. Conseouent-
". all those Who feel themselves diseon-
snces in the song which the Young life
around them il singing. are allowing their
bodies 10 do their souls damage. be-
lieye that every healthy old saint in Chris.
tendofa finds heart eoinp out more and
more toward the yoana. AS the evening
sun descends and heaven grows glorious
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LIVE STOCK.

Droyers aud Farmers viii Hnd this the most adv an
fageons route for 1--we Stock. GsIacious Yards we'll
wxsered and supplied with every convenience, have
bee opened this tine nd its eyery
attention II paid 10 their wants. Prom fsrrisbargh,
whsrs villa be found every conseifsDce for nk
aud resting, . choice Is eiiered Of The PHiLADEL-
PuIA NEW YORK aud HALTIM ORE MARKETS.
This viii nlAo be found the shortest uiek sst and
mcst direct Ionte for stock to- New YORK Allen
toEnl--snd with fswer nEss than ans oiher.
ENOcH LEWIS. General Supt.. AiteanA. Pa.
u. L. HUU ri, Gen. Ticket Agt ,Phiisdelphia.
H. H. HOUSTON. Genn Freg Cha ASt., Philadelphia.
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A TTENTION.
Tax Paveray

BY virtue of Chapter 40 OF the Laws Of Iowa, passed
by the legislature at its present session and Ia
fun force aud feet. am called upon coiieci Fed
edi Th1 of two mills the dollar, on the valuation
Heal and Personsi Property for A. D. 1851, and 1t
is intended 10 be part Of the Taxes or said year.
said Tax is Iasied, AM the books placed in my
shds Tor cbTleet n. Those holding Tax Receipts for
D. 81, requested 40 come forward aud pay tins
addtiona Tax; and those wh0 hold ipts for
the OF said ear yiied 10 call AMI get them
The Federal Tax be paid BY the first day OF Juhe
A. D. 1852 r. VI ALLYN,
mar27 d4w Collector.
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r1OET- OFFICE DIRECTORY.


~ Arrival oG she MailM.
1astsra Mall arrives daily tSandayg cxcspted)via
Plymouth at s o'clock IN. m.
81. Losis and Southern Mail arrlvssdAily tMendays
xsspssd1 atB,p.n.
Wsstern Mail arrives daily texeept Sunday 1900
o'clock, N.
Dsslington Mall arrives daily tes .:rt Sundays at
% pm.
oarthase and Plymouth Nail arrive l.iiy EA aIAfs
)xespt<df st SPIN.
Charicston Mail Ia tri-weekiy) arrives fassiAys,
Ihnrsdaya and Saturdays, al pm.
Closing u the Mails.
kaatern Mails closes daily teacert sA,urdaysj ep.
". LouisAnd Sousbern Maiieleses daily Saturdays
esrrrted)ns1. n.
Burlington Aaiieleses daily texeertsaturdays ys) n
tT.m.
Nsss<ra Mail closes daily texevpt Saturday. at q
|e'sIock p. n.
Carthage and PIym uih Aficioses ssturdsys
|ezespsedl atsp.m.
8h1rieston Asii ttri seekiy1 closes Eondays We'd
|oeelsys And fst1sys at6a T. m @aS
ID V.F The Pest Once iii he open on RunAsy from
~ts si0p,ciocktA.m. J. B. HOWELL, r. n.
, 1862-06-25

This Joliet Signal OF the 18th, contained 8
most malicious and scurr1tous attack upon
CENT. F. Linder Of this city, assigning as rea~
eon Why that gentleman failed to keep an ap-
pointment in that city to address an audience
IN oppoeition to the constitution sWind1e, that
he WAs too grossly intoxicated to appear.
Gen Linder's personal friends will need 40
refutation OF the calumny, but in Justice to
him abroad, We give plnce to portion Of the
note ne have received from him, written, ~
he Rays, not for the unimportant result Of
amending the opinions Of the paltry Signal
1nnn, but to protect his own reputation With
ttose outside his OWL circle ot aequsintances.
He writes:
Editors Chicago Tribune:
send you the following miserable fase
and slanderous editorial which I clip from
the Joliet Signal Of the 18th inst. It is In per-
tect keeping with the vile and miserable men
who banded themselves together for the pur-
pose OF carrying through the most Infamous
swindle that was erer attempted to be palmed
upon confding and patriotic people.
The election is now over, and the lnstru-
ment has been consigned to that inflmy which
has long been the lot Of the editor OF the
| iSjStal-et id onss1es GENTS.
| 1haye no desire to stand well with such
| men, as the man, who without knowing OF
| carisg whether he was writing the truth or q
! lie, could sit down and deliberately pen euch
| falsehood- But there are men whose good
| opinions I trust, and know I have, and
that I most ardently desire to retain.
| It Is well known In this community to
friends IS well as foes Ut have any Of She
| latter) that do not taste or handle any thing
| that can intozicate, nor do l go where it ii
| used.
! It is well known that / left here On Thurs
| day to fill my appointments ut Decatur, Bloom.
| ipgton and Joliet. IarTiyed at Decatur with
burning fever, rs NY friends there sill know
for they immediately called upon me, and
/, through their kind attentions, and the physi
clan (Dr. Benen) who attended upon me,
| was able to address some six or seven hun:
dred people there On Saturday. now cal
| upon them, especially the physicia who wait
ed upon NE, together with the Mayor Of sht
city, to come out through the columns o
yonr paper, and say whether there j
one word Of truth in the fubjoined editorial
aiy good name is as dear to me as life, and i
there were any truth in the Signal article
would be 4 miserable hypocrite and deserve t
| ba Stunned By every good aud upright mau.
To the people OF Decatur, those who wera
with me nearly all the time I was there, I re
fer for the truth OF fa1sehood of my assertions
trusting you gentlemen Will do me 3 simpb
act Of justice BY publishing whatever they ms.
sepd you on the subject.
Yours truly, q. z. Under.
, 1862-06-25

Eg- Oliver Wcndel Holmes, one OF the
ncsr spirited poets Of the land, thus besuti
fully eiDgs Of the destined pe1petuity of
THE Union.
Has our love all died out Have its sltars grown
coldt
Hae the enrre at last which the fathers fore
Then nature muet teach us the strength Of the
chain,
That her petplent children would sever in vain.
They may fight TIL the bnzzards are gotsed With
thair spoil,
TIL the harvest growR black it rots In the SOD,
Till the wolves and the cotamounts troop from
caveB,
And the shark tracks the pirate, The lord Of the
waves;
Invain is the st1ife When Its furJ ts past,
Their fortunes mret flow In one channel at last,
AZ the torrents that ruth from the mountains o'
tnow
Roll mingled in peace through the valleys below
Our Union is river, lake, ocean xnd aky;
Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts tht
diei
Though darkened With sulphur; though cloEe1
with steel,
The blue arch viii brighten. the waters VIII heal
, 1862-06-25

the Dame, and the paymaster who sits By q lit
tie loupbo1e calls out to the company that has
been marched up on the outside. The man
steps up to the hole, and receiving his money
about 1000 men, counting the 2nd Wisconsin
cavalry, that arrived yesterday, and you can
imxgine the Excitement attending the paying
out of so large an amount Of money. Allowing
to each company fifty p1ivates, with the falL
take SO, ,3l2 80 per month to ray the regiment,
As they pay now for two months 1t will re-
quire $20,625 to pay them to-dsy, and this
aside from extra pay for qusrtsrmaster and
commissary men at forty cents per diem, aud
wagorers nt twenty-five cents per diem. CAY
airy pay is larger than infaotry, and s50, 900 is
viii not cover the amount that will be paid to
ene command by this visit Of the paymastes.
From these statistics partial view can be had
Of the expense of this war, when ne ramem'
Der that this Is not tha largest bill Of expense.
F. 4
, 1862-06-25

c3- The rule for inflicting punishment
on t1anseressozs is to deal severely with
the leaders, and lenien,y with their dupes.
And the confseation bills which hare
passed the House Of Representatives, con-
fscate the property only Of leaders and
fomentors Of the rebellion, and let
the rank and file escape unless they
persist after due notice, in their unlawful
and reasonable course. But the secession
Times rushes in between the guilty leaders
Of the rebellion and the Government, aud
raises Its voice against Furnishing them.
They are in open rebellion; they are mur-
det7ng loyal men, destroying and confs-
eating property Of Unionists; they repu-
diate the constitution, reject It's protection
and guarantees, and are engaged in des-
perate effort to destroy the constitution and
the Union. And while thus wickedly and
unlawfn1ly employed, the Chicago Times
opposes and resists all measures of Con
gross for their suppression and punishment
By taking their part and making common
cause with them, it becomes partaker o.
their guilt. and should suffer similar pun
fshmept,
, 1862-06-25
4 ROCK, AHEAD.

The bill authorizing an additional issue
of one hundred and fifty-hve millions
OF treasury notes passed one House Of
Congress yesterday, without 9 hint, On the,
part Of any man who voted for it,
that there was tax to be laid on bank
notes Paper money, on the same day,
fell IN New York to eight and three-quar-
ters PET cent. below par. On Saturday
last, ,tAe European steamer took from New
Yor6 two millions four hundred thousand
dollars Ia coin and bullion!
The three statements are, te~the mind Of
one who has school boys knowledge Of
the laws which govern finance, Of char
acter to excite the most profound appre-
hension- The country is entering upon
paper money era the end Of which will be
national and individual bankruptcy, unlesssi
that foolish chat.ering Congress, before it
adjourns, can be persuaded to adopt the
necessary measures for pushing of, il
not wholly arresting, the evil With which
the people are threatened There IS but
one thing for 1t 10 do; and that Is to clap
tax on bank-notes which shall drive them
out Of circulation Government paper
n,ust be tolerated. The national necessity
for it is so o7erpowering that it cannot be
opuosed. 1t will be excessive in amount
To-day it is fully up TO the requirements
of the commerce Of the country; and more
is coming. Add the additional millions
Of it which Congress must authorize or
give up tie contest in which
the country is engaged, to the
issue Of these spawning State banks,
and the cost Of the N.r-cost by and By to
be paid in coi-.ill be SO excessive by
reason Of the certain increase in prices
that long before the enemy is conquered
and peace made, continuance Of the
struggle, except By forced loans, military
seizures Of supplies, and sharp and well
enforced CONSUMPTION act, will be impossi-
bic. We entrent the members OF Congress
especial1y those from Illinois which has nc
banking interest to oTeraWe them, to hold
that body together until the majority can bt
made to see and set upon these plain facts
Ne have said there is but one thing fo
Congress to do-that is to rid the countr!
Of the excess Of paper by making.the re
tirement Of hll bank notes compulsory, un
der pains .nd penalties that will be no
only feared but enforced It Is the safest
perhaps it Is the only, precautionary meas
ure tha: promises relief; and it must b
adopted or the responsibility for the conse
queuces Of neglect, will rest with fearfr
weight upon the rccreant or ignorant repre-
sentatives who will not or cannot see th
rock upon which the country is in dange
of being wrecked. There is no time
lose Again we appeal to the Represents
tiycs of the II estl
, 1862-06-25
Tteachery.

Washington Cor n. 7. Evening Post.]
The government is seriously embarrassed
by tbs knowledge which the rebel leaders pos
sess Of its most eecEet plans. No u1atter what
Lew plan be adopted, the rebels are sure to
know OF it before the nrst step" have been ta-
ken to carry it into execution. Gen. joe.
Johnston knew Of the proposed advance Of
Mcdowell from Fredericksburg several days
before the time appointed for The army to set
out upon its march. The Republican this
morning a1ludes to the embarrassments Of the
government In this respect, and suggests thst
the treason Ia somewhere In the families OF
high officials. It is notorious fhct that the
rebellion has soms OF its most devoted s1p-
porters among the aristocratic women Of Wash
iugton, and some of them are the wives aud
daughters Of loyal men who sustain confiden-
tial relations with the administration. It is
thought that this is the avenue by which se-
cret information goes to Richmond. 0rdi-
nary spies hare no chance OF asccrtainlng the
military plans OF the government, which are
carefully concealed from even the Warmest DO
litical supporters Of the Administration Nor
are the subo1dinates Of the War Department
permitted to know anything that would be
Important Information to the rebels. ThiE
subject has occupied the attention OF the Wa
Department Of late, and all leaks are to bt
stopped if possible
, 1862-06-25

The bill confscatlng the slaves Of rebels il
an Incident Of war.-a consequence Of rebel
Lion; Nor, In justice to our cause, in Justice
to loyal men, in justice; above ali, TO the gal
1ant. devoted spirits Who are giving their lives
to their country, could the measure haVe
longer deferred
The. Slaves are an element of strength
great strength, in the rebellion Indeed,
without the labor of slaves, other than those
employed In their Notifications, the rebel army
could not be subsIsted- Why, then. should
there be tenderness or forbeatance in depriv-
ing an enemy Of power, IN this respect, any
more than in depTivIng him Of arms or muai-
tious of WAR; :
This rebellion, which is costing millions of
treasure and nvers Of blood, was waged ia
extend slavery. II one Of It's consequence
be tho restriction, or even tho destruction o1
slavery, the institution has itsef 10 blame,
Our government has borne and foEboIne, Il
! long "a forbearance can be tolerated. By aim
| ngat the heart Of rebellion, long ago, instea{
| of its limbs, the wnr would have been ne&7e'
| its close.-Albaay Eae. Jesrna&.
, 1862-06-25

sessed its proportion in the forced loan for the
support of the confederate swindle. Actoated
both by the name It bore, aud the principles
of it's oWners, when Gen. Hiudman came for the
Aforesaid little balance he was b1untly refused,
snd the teller Of the bank asked how he WAS
going to get til How forced loan operated,
anyhow, etc
:" It operates By the force ofcold steel, gen
t1emen," Was the response. And by TINT
force, after capturing al the smpzoyes OF the
own hands, Gen. Hindman obtained the share
of the Union bank In the confederate concern.
Taking everything into account, his cotton
proclivilies, his forced loan experiences and his
consumption performances III lukewarm Ar
kansas, was pot surprised At the intent and and
State, when ] Informed him OF his capture by .
our forcea. There are many more, in more
States than4oue, Who will not be Displaced by
the game Information
ST. CHARLES, ARKANSAS.
st. Charles, the town where the battle Of
the 18th took place. is represented as small
hamlet on White River, e1ghtY-f17e miles from
inhabitants, more or less. The only Idea ths
rebels probably had In forafying It Wss to pre-
vent, If possible, the transportation Of large
bodies Of Union t1oops into the interior. Tne
object docs not seem to haYs been to make
any extended stand there, or hold out for .
grand fight. Il 1t was SO intended. fate, or
our tars and soldiers, have decided otherwise,
ard when tho enemy sunk their List gun
boats and some OF their transports IN the
channels of the stream they thought
| they had performed an act that would save
| them some trouble. But here they reckoned
without their hest also. Means we're found
to evade these well laid schemes. st. Charles
il built upon high bluff, at an abrupt angle
| of the river, somewhat resembling that In the
Mississippi at Island Number 10. It was
| fortified by hasty eInban6msnts OF batteries
| behind which wers located nine or ten heavy
! guns, some Of them taken from the ganboat8
| they had sunk, and others probably removed
| from Fort Pillow, or some other point they
may bave evacusted- It Was not generally
| known bY cur well posted scouts that there
were any Notifications At ST. Charles, and our
| forces came full upon them before they were
aware Of their existence,
RUMoRs, ETC.
It is reported this evening that large rebel
| force is in the vicinity Of St. Charles, which
will undoubtedly attack our little band 8 In.
dianiane, and endeavor to drive tAem from
| their well earned position. hA$it will take 4
large force and some hard fighting to do It.
Gen. Curtis cannot be far away with his diVi
sion, and were this not SO, should the gun
boats and infantry be not surprised, they could
destroy the place, spike the guns, and folio "
| Beauregard's mastery nlaHeuyer Of eEacua
ton, make their escape unharmed, and declare
for *'Victory." ".
, 1862-06-25

The chicago Times OF yesterday says:
We understand that Gov Yates Is Indifferent as
to The result Of the neE cnustitu ufIon. Tie beiyc.
that Us the tenure Of his office has been changed to
two yea1s, it is but just that he Ehould take hie
chances again before the people. and he feels CON
1aen Of reelec1on ~ Ihs so'sl oppoheGt ol e.
vino ia also Judge Of tue Clrcnit Court, Bank Com
missioner, acting Governor and a banker, and who
fcare that its adoption viii lead 70 the loss Of one
Or two, II not more. OF these od1ces.
THIS lie Is manufactured for the use Of
the commissioners who are appointed to
take *hc soldiers vote. With it they hope
to persuade the gallant boys to cast Gov
Yates overheard, and give Up the control
Of Illinois to the men who arc wait
ing to execute their threats to
open their "firc in the rear Of our
troops in the field. The truth is that tho
new constitution has no frmcr, more
earnest and consistent opponent than in
Richard Yates, the soldiers friend and Gov
ernor Of Illinois He justly regards it as
a scheme to shake the loyalty Of the State
to the great national cause, By clevating
men to Its chief Offices whose fidelity
TO The Government is stained by many
3 hope that the rebels will win-a schems
to turn the soldiers Of Illinois over to thu
tender mcrcies Of the Men who hesitateG
and faltered before they would. in Conven
ton, vote for resolution OF congratulatio1
npon The Fort Henry victory scheme tt
arrange the distribution Of the principa
Offices before the soldiers return, and II
their exclusion scheme to govern iii
nois by . partisan fundamental law NOR
shameless than any eyer made before /
any other state-iu word semi-seccssio
scheme favorable to the rebellion just /
proportion to its inluring loyal men Th
is Governor Yates position, and in it he
backed up by near 10000 minority Of IL
people Of the St.te; and We have ever
reason to believe that he will be triumph
ant1y sustained by nearly every soldier
the field.
, 1862-06-25
4. RuI11Qr.

(From The Cleveland Herald, z1ss.l
It ID rumored that Col Hot1man the Com
mandant at johnson Island has become alarm
ed on account Of the 1nsge number OF prison.
ers and small guard At johnson Island, and
has telegraphed for the u. 9. steamer Mtchi-
gan 10 come to his assistance. It Is said that
three Canadian vessels haye been anchored off
the Island for some time, and /. is 1esred 4
plot ia on hand to run some of the rebels over
to Canada The guard is certainly very e1trl
at the Island considering that there arc !. 800
rebels there. and 1t~would be very easy mat
ter to disarm the guard and seize any boats Ia
the vicinity, and be of for Canada,
, 1862-06-25

4 FEARFUL TRCTu.-Col. Forncy, IN d let
ter to his Pres, says:
ssResults have sadly proved that If Breck-
inr1dge had been elected, four years would
have found the free states without = country
save that which was controlled by the institu-
ton Of slavery. Tie rebellion OF 1S5l-62 is
the voice Of the devil proclaimsng that, in the
event OF the election Of Breckenridge in 1860,
four years more would have, found Us o slave
monarchy n
, 1862-06-25
FROM SOUTHWESTERN MISS0UR

Especial Correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune.1
CANT DEFIANCE, Cassyile, No., June 13, 1862.
Though far from the great battIe-felds Of
the day, and at SO remote an outpost that We
cannot get the papers till they are very old,
the command here is busy and in active ser
vice. There are hundreds Of scenes through
which the soldiez passes that are never brought
to 1ight-deeds Of gallantry that are never
known, that occur in these skirnishings with
the guerrilla and jayhawking bands. It is
often forgotten that dangerous as is the mee5-
ing of large armies, the meeting Of squads Of
proportional sizes is quite as dangerous. Ten
men against twenty is as bad for the ten as
10000 against 10000, save where the larger
number invoke the aid Of artillery, But In
the sklrnishes here, the odds are all On the
other side, for the enemy are assassins, not
soldiers. To illustrate:
Two teams from the 37th regiment Illinois
volunteers, were sent out some eight miles
for lumber, with guard Of some six or seven
men. When they had got about mile on
their way back. they we're fred on from the
brush Tho team took fight and ran away,
bringing In two men, one shot through one
leg with two balls, and the thigh OF the other
sary, and the other peppercd with shot A
mass of flesh and bone Eas brought In soon
afterWard, that proved to be another Of tue
| men, pierced with twentY-Eevcn balls! The
rest, after resisting SIS we'll "a they could, were
captured, and have probably been killed BY
| the enemy. One Of the iayhawkers who was
wounded was captured By our scouts after
wards, and Maj. Hubbard shot down one OF
Two. These are terrible times.
The S7th has purchased d set OF silver In
l ~ o1t1 u%11F nd h@A rrS.
| posed Of men who occupy in some cases
positions Of responsibility in the command
| viz:
Geo. Smith. {ehtef bugler) let fat cornet.
y; 4: Nhttconh, teuGier) "a nat Sornet-
':-Lieat. G. II. Day, provost marshal+} 1at fiat
p: Jno. Murphy. thospita1 stewazp ID hh'
Fersy Eoleon, <dran ma{o1) Is 1t 3 ast tenor.
4 crsn7eF, lcommissary sergeantj is. B aa'
I'm. Patrick. {ater) let E fist bass
Little Charlie Eaton, drummer boy) snars
drum.
Towns Dickinson, base drum.
| IeTi ]. Caetle, (prtTate} cymbals. "
Ihad the honor Of q serenade from them few
evenings since, when *'Dixe," ttStar Spang1et
Banner" &C., swelled on the evening air. sns
made e9en Casssille desirable. Every evening
rare luxury. 4 good band is one Of th'
most ingpiritipg aids to An army: III were il
command on the eve of battle, would rsthe
trnst to good band for the results vi the mex
! day than to any inflammAtory speech thu
could be made; aud, strange IS It may seem
to fnfase into the men the spirit requisite 70
T. The paynastor has come. That Is the great
| eft event In camp. The scene , II. ouriou
one, booth or tent Is placed In a eonvaniau
spot, and the psy-rolls lid out before th