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, 1862-02-13
AID AND COMFORT TO THE
ENEWf II.

At time when the prisoners held by the
rebels are kept in close confinement, and
denied, not merely ordinary air and exer-
when for looking out Of their prison win
dows they are liable to be shot dead by the
sentr1es, who are on The watch for them is
fol game, We cannot but look on the lenity
shown to the prisoners in our hands as an
insult TO the feelings Of the community It
is perhaps not generally known that the
parties confined in Fort Lafayette and Fort
Wa1rcn::are prisoners Of State, and, as such,
arc not IN the custody Of the Secretary If
War, but Of Mr. Seward, and thatis ::
from him that they must receive leave !,
release. We mention this That the b1amt
Of the procedure may fall where it is due,
and not On the military authorities.
It is but short time since that the east
crn papers noticed an Indulgence shown
TO Col Peg1am, who received permission
10 go South and procure his exchange for
an officer Of equal rank, Col Wilcox, with
the promise to return if it were not effected
within certain number Of days Instead
Of being conveyed under guard to For
trcss Monroe, and thence by a flag
Of truce to the rebel lines, Pegram
Was permitted to spend couple of weeks
folicking in Baltimore and elsewhere, and
collecting in the meantime all the informa-
ton which the scccssionists Of that city
could furnish, hin, with, in the intervals Of
dinner parties and morning calls, until pub
lie attention was aroused, and he hurried
of. We have since heard that he has writ
ten TO Washington that he cannot effect the
proposed exchange, as the rebel Govern
ment viii not give up Wilcox, whom they
Keep to hang, but that they will allow some
other officer to be swapped of for him.
But more outrageous case has recently
tansplrcd, which we have from reliable
source A Georgian named Julian Myers
late lieutenant in the navy, and who now
holds commission Of captain from the
rebels, Tas released from confinement at
Fort Warren by Alr. Stewards order,
with sixty days leave, to procure an
exchange with an officer Of the same
rank: Of, this period about thirty
days have expired, during all which time
he too has been amusing himself He Wis,
tied Washington, and even entered the
nails OF Congress in his rebel uniform He
made long stay in Baltimore, where his
wife joined him, and he was feted and
Toasted by the secessionists, where his but
tons were cut of BY the ladies and his eroe
bills paid BY the men, and where he fina,l1
Laid In stock Of little conseniences for hi.
southern friends, enough to set up 4 vari
city store. But not satisfied with this. hi.
wife was few days since in Wash
ington to procure an extension o
his leaec, to make up NC presume fo
time lost in the hlandishments Of society
while The man for whom he Eas to be eS
changed Was lying in the Southern dur
geon, unable to look through the bars will
out being made target Of What succes
Mrs. Myers met with in this last modest II
quest, we have not heard, except that sh
was promised the influence Of high put
lie officer with Air Seward in her husband
behalf
lis said that the President in couyerss
, 1862-02-13

H The cotton planters OF Nachitochcs
Parish, Ia, have resolved that no planters in
the Parish shall raise more than five bales Of
500 lbs. each in 1852, unless tho blockade is
raised before March next.
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w Lieut.. Col. Cameron of the 10th 1ndi-
sna, On the Potomac, wss by the Governor
Transferred to the &th, in Kentucky. which
Gen. Mcclellan refuses to allow.
, 1862-02-13
FAkNM THE FREMONT RIFLE
HEG1mENT. 37TH ILLINOIS.

Crossing The OSg9e-1he Homc If a Missouri
G't'oh'st Tic "&o,r''-Whas R4triotiu,.
.oy eo&t-1Ae More,neat from Otks3yiL-
Ao11'os8 Of Hinder Mareh-Inci1enks Of the
Eome-1he steamer "!Silzer Lake"-Our
.JNTthes more, de-
, 1862-02-13

B John Mcdonald, convicted Of the nur.
der Of one Hare, was hung ut Middleport, I'LL,
on the 9Th inst, making, it is said, a private
confession to his attorneys.
, 1862-02-13

@ Dr. Guy Hopkins, an e1nissa1y of jeff
Davis, who has been resident at North Branch,
Iapeer county, Mich, for some time, and for
warding his correspondence from thence, was
arrested at Detroit, the other dny, cn route
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~ The Legislature Of Maryland has de-
cidcd 10 so into an election Of q. s. Senator,
to succeed Kennedy, to-day, Thursday the
18th: Reyerdy johnson will probably be
elected, although Henry Winter Davis was the
fayoritc Of quite an influential party.
, 1862-02-13

B The Peoria Transcript says that on Sat
urday Of last week, little daughter Of Sam
uel Gulick, in that city, was burned to death
by her clothes catching fire.
, 1862-02-13

SiAue VI 1aIceut, auoeu the SIN OF perjury,
that they might rob from the Treasury S, ,OOO
In the case Of the Stars and Stripes, the Pres
ident Of the New Haven Propeller Company,
afaer taking from the Government $19, 600 moro
than she cost, took Of that amount nearly
5000 to line his own pockets, and in excuse
to bis company pretended that he had to bribe
IN ex member Of Congress to gain an audience
to the head Of the Bureau; and from that in
sinuation an honorable, high-toued ex-mem-
ber Of Congress, in Connecticut, had been
subjected to ca1Rmny- That President, before
the Committee, testified that after taking $l9,-
uo N profits from his country, he was 50
anxious to serve her In this, the hour Of her
extremity, that he appropriated nearly Sc, 900
Of his colleagues money to his private use,
SO he could deElse some machine to take ali
the southern cities and no one get hurt. The
Department which hns allowed conspiracies
after the bidding had been closed, to defraud
the Government Of the lowest bid, and by
allowing the guilty to reap the fruits of their
crime, has itself become p1Jfioeps cr5nai,is,
Who pretends any public e1igency for giving
ont By private contract, withont bids, over
Loco, 600 muskets, at fabulous prices? Who
pretends q public ezigency to make private
$se0,o0o.
HORSE CONTRACTS.
Ny colleague on the Committee (hlr.
Dawes few days since spoke OF the peace
offerings Of Pennsylvania politicians, and re-
AS44C0 ~ kAt AQ1GCS VI SQl+ ~ il11l1S = IEEl-
ment. There is yet another case-l contract,
not made upon the responsibility Of the>Bu-
reau, as the Secretary said, but by his express
order, and refused to be made until so ordered.
refer to the contract to purchase ] 600 horses
to be delivered at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Such horse market the world never saw.
Horses With running SORES, which we're seen
by the Inspectors, and branded; aud If one
outraged common decency he would be reject
ed. and an opportunity sought the same day
| to pass and brand him. Immediately the hors-
es were subsisted by private .contract to favor
ties, at SO cents per day, and they sub-let to
| farmers, from - to % cents. Over 400 Of these
horses were sent with Col. Wynkoop's regi-
| ment, and the papers at Pittsburgh report
| some actually so worthless they were left
| on the docks. The remaining 500 were left at
Huntingdon for the benefit Of contractors. In
| that single transaction over $5o, 900 was stolen
| from the Government.
CONTRACT BROKERAGE.
The testimony Of HI. John Smith Of Kings.
tor, N. T., powder manufacturer, shows that
il the month Of Nay he proposed to give Mr.,
| Weed percentage for powder contract
that he went to the Astor Honse, met Mr.. Da
wilson, whom he had never seen before; IN
quired Of him for Mr.. Thuraow Weed Dur
ing the conversation he asked Whist Nr. Smith
| Na1ted Of Nj. Weed; On belrg told. be ID
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DIR. DODS'
Celebrated Wine Bitters
AEA UNSUQPASSEDr

For sore Throat, 50 common among the Cler.
cy, th"y are truly valuable.
Fur the aged and inarm, and Tor persons of a
weak c"uS,ituti"r--turM Ministers "ithe GospeI
Lawyers. and all public speakers-fnr Book !.
hNcpCT-, iiil"rS, SrHniStrcsScs, students Art.
lStS, hnt 'li lcr'uuS leading Il sedcntary lie
ihc! VIII prove truly beneficial.
rs beverage, they are wholesome, limo.
cent, and dcli"l"uS tn the taste. They produces
MI lhc cShilaru,ins elects Of brandy or wine.
without Intoxicating: hnI are valuable rem.
edy l"r persons addicted Ia the use Of excess
i've ,lroHg drink. ard who wish to refrain iron,
IL. They arc pure and entirely free from the
pois"nS r'ntanod IN the adultcrdt ed wines and
Eln"rs VITA which the c"uatry IL Hooded
These Blt!crs not only CURE, but PREVENT
disease, and should hc used hy all who live in
u cnniirS where the water il bad, or where
th'iIs aud Fcvers are prevalent. Being en-.
''rely innocent ard harmless, they may be
given irce. I" chi;dr"n and infants with inn.
puuity. ' '''
PhySiclNns, Clerrymen, and temperance nd.
vochles. AS nu act uf humanity should assist
IN spreading these truly valuable BITTEIiS
over INC land. and thereby essentially aid in
hanlShihG drunkenness and disease.
In Affections Of the Head, Sick Hend.
ache, or Nervous I! Cadachc, DIR, Dodss
Imperial Wine Bitirrs will be found IN
be Most Snlutary and Eflicacious.
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FuH IN RIcuMoNp. -There arc
amusing IA we'll as serious doing,
IN Richmond. A letter from there
to tho Nashville Union says
I'VE hove had recently numbel
OF ofrcmarkablc matrimonial alliances
Last week the most beautiful girl IN
town married Il widGwer with eigh,
children, some o. them grown. On
the day this wedding took place a
man OF eighty took to the altar q
girl OF seveEt !en summers. Mr.
black Diamonds Pollard, ono Of the
Editors Of the Epaminer, is among
the list of hymenial victims. Some
OF these marriages took place in a
and were attended with very
noisy and very ludicrous demon.
5trstions. 1t Is said when the old
man mentioned above saluted his
bride tho whole congregation shout,
ed, and the boys poured a perfect
hail storm ofpeanut huls at tho bald
sconce OF the aged groom. Rich
nond is evidently rottening rapid.
w."
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Shooting Slaves.

An overwhelming mass of testi
mony establs shes the fact ,b.t ~.
slaves IN thdneigbborhood of Pot
Royal, who svc refused n acoo,o ~
pany thoir n sters in their flight to
.,.. the in'erl"r, have baep isp,s fS,;;mbers.
No slaves hat beeo voluntarily left
behind by thu masters except ,ne
old and infirn To snow that tnls
hos bcon n nttcr Of system, die
Itated from Il, rebel headquarters,
we onoto III, following from the
Charleston 1trc,oy
.lf IL can IL shcen that any good
under the sns /fg come OF the IN
Itercourse Of oiMYankees with the
slaves, we vould agree that they
should bo le with the Yankees
ISnnnosino o nat they are neither car
ried off r. used in any way agains
ns will 10Y not be demoraNzed b,
V,nkea keantercoursep We published
: a few ays ago the letter of the Sec
Z lro,ar. of War of the United States
MIR cameron, to General Sherman
as o the course he should pursue il
ths expedition With our slaves
T,e order spoke 70 follows:
}, "You will, in general, avail your
tseltoi the services Of any persons
!, whether iugitives from labor or moi
{ who may offer themselves to the ma
.,;onal governmut; you will einplo
2 snch pcrsons iu uch servi',e as the
80 " e,teo foi either as ordinar
employees, OF tspecial circn,nota,i
q ces require Ii, i1any other capacit
a with such orgazation OF squads
! companies, or herwise, as yo,
1 deem most beneial to the service
ihis, however, es not mean a gen
+, eraS arming of hem for militar,
, service. You wi assure all loya
masters that Corress will provii
Just compensatio to them for tn
1883 OF the personso employed"
Now. we do nc wish to analyz
the above words. Let our readers
each for himself, righ their signifi
cahcy. IL they d not lead him,
ne can, to take is slaves beyon,
inc control Of tho ankees, no argu
ment can inf1uenc him. Burn on
co'ton and provi'ons, rather tha
let our enemies hse them. Carr
away our slaves, aIl treat those VIII
voluntarily remnh against our at
Ipolicy. " N"l W.
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To the Sick.

Consumptivcs sh,uld try DR.. Jackson.
Throat Diseases successfully treated by DR..
jackson.
rheumatism Is cured by DR.. Jackson.
Scrofua is cured by DR.. Jackson.
Salt Rhe. is cured by Dr. Sackson.
skin Diseases Is cursdby Or. Jackson.
Palpitation of the Heart is cured by Dr. jack
SuIl.
Dyspepsia is cured hy Or. Jackson.
Liver Diseases cured by DR.. Jackson.
Neuralgia can be permanently cured by DR..
Jack ksun.
All diseases Of Kidney, arc cured by Dr. Jack
son.
Prolapsus Utcri is cured by Dr Jackson.
Physical Weakness Is cured by DR.. Jackson.
Nervous Debility is cured by Or. Jackson.
eS- Or Jackson can DO consulted ut Crook 3
Hotel, in Fiudlay, Ohio, January 4 and 5.
Dccnmher u. 1861.
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RFINF RCEMENT5 FOR RoMNEY.
General Rosccran's force at Romney y
is being strongly reinforced by troops
now on their way from Pennsylvania
II is understood that General Rey
no 'ds is at once 10 make o forward
movement from Romney in concert
with the force under General Banks.
while General Kelley il 10 take the
command Of the railroads in West.
orn Virginia. Tho Baltimore and
Ohio railroad has been rcopened to
Hancock. from which point a regu.
lar stage lite has been cst.bl;shed
10 Frcdcrick'own - Void
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Hanging OF the bridge burners Ia East
Tennessee. Ff.

Tennessoe-i Ff..
\ A correspondent Of the Richmond
Enquirer, writes from Greenville,
Tennessee, the following cold blood.
ed particulars OF the hanging OF two
OF the patrivtic bridge barners OF
East Tennessee by the Confederates:
"The two doomed culprits were
not aware Of their doom until a few
moments before the hour 4 o'clock
p. IN; and, short as the time was,
they brsied themselves In speaking,
on oath. their full confession of gull,
before the court-martial. Fry con-
feesed that he poured the turpentine
on the bridge and afterwards set fire
to this combustible material-c carried
tho sentinel off some half mile ant
made him swear never to reveal th'
names OF the offenders.
"Providence has saved the senti
, mel the trouble, for they have inc
, the fate 30 Justly meted out to them
They came in sight of the gallows-
temporary affair erected on th
q hillside, in full view OF the town.
, and large oak limb was substi
tntcd ne the crossbeam for this move
engine of death, and shuddcr pas
ed over them which was perceptbl'
/, hy all.
q "They then knew that in a fev
, moments they must die the death o
a felon.
1,Thn uhole battalion under arm
una !he ropes were adjusted by Uol
II loral McVay, of our company. =
The caps drawn over their bal
faces, the ladder was taken from IN
tree; tho stiIlness of death pervade
u The whole throng; the minute han,
was in few seconds of four o'clock
the watch still went tick, tick; thei
knees shook visibly; the whole fr I'M
was ready to give way to nature
, spirit. Hark ! it is four o'clock i
J, The trigger is touched, and 10 4! dan
CLING at the ropes end, between
heaven and earth, are seen tw,
|strangling human beings! Tb,
struggles of one were short; the 9th
er seemed little 10th to give up tL,
spirit from his tenement OF clay. bul
in few short moments they wcr,
both bead.
't las had wonderful effac,
upon Unionists here, and scores are
coming in night and day, taking the
oath OF allegiance 10 our government
and by this serious eervice proclaim
to the world that they will defend it
against all Of its enemies"
Very different treatment from that
OF our government to the baltimore
bridge burners. Tender hearted
Gr at Britain. however, cant see
IT," and gives all her sympathy to
the fiends who thus hang their neigh
bors in cold blood, says the Wash.
ington Star.
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SAINT LouIs, n issouri, Dec. 27.--
The following is a review OF recent
military operations In Missouri, OBJ
tanned from reliable sources: With,
in the past two weeks the Union
srsev. bssscrnfc-rhag' or',ue seve6sy
commissioned officers, 1900 horses
and mules, 100 stand OF arms. two
tons powder. 100 wagons, an i'm
menee amount Of comriissary stores
and camp equippage. A large toun'
dry at Lexington used by the rebels
for casting cannon, shot and shells,
and most Of the rebel craft in Mis-
souri,. including ferry boats, have
been captured or destroyed. A pret,
ty clean sweep has been made OF the
whole country between the Missouri
and Usage rivers, and Gen. Price
cut off from all supplies and recruits
from North Missouri. He is in full
retreat for Arkansas with his whole
army, having passed through S. ring
field on Monday last.
Our loss in accomplishing thest
important results has not exceeded
100 in killed and wounded.
These arc the fruits Of brilli m
and stratigical combinations of Gen
Ualleck, which has been so abl,
executed by Generals Pope. Prem
tiss, and Mexican, and Colonel
JEFF. 9. Davis, Of Fort Sumter fame
Steele, OF tho eleventh regular in
fan,ry, and brave officers and Sol
diers of our army, regulars and vol
unteers.
Pricc's omissaries gave up rebel
lion in North Missouri and stimuli
taneously burned oil railroad bridges
stations, rolling stock &c., on th,
goth Of this month, in accordance
with plan promulgated from reDe
csmps. but those plans have beel
foiled to great extent by the encrg
of General Hsleck and the activit
o. our forces, which are kept in con
stant motion, Notwithstanding til
severity Of the weather.
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REBELS GONG TO EuRopE.-Tht
State Department has been informed
that roate exists through Canada
by which emissaries from the Con,
federates escape to Europe. Meas.
ures have been taken to cut off this
means OF communication. Parties
from secessla, il only able to reach
Chicago or Detroit, and thus GET in.
to Canada, proceed by tho Grand
Trunk railway to point where they
take a colonial mail route, not much
used, by which they reach New
Brunswick, whence they 20 direct
to Halifax. II is comparatively easy
to get into Canada through Illinois, :,
Ohio or Michigan, and once within
The British province the rebel travels
10 Europe unmolested.
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The Consraband Question.

A late dispatch to the New York
Times, says:
Prominent members Of Congress
are considering new proposition for
the solution Of the. !...caDirabansl,,,
pense Of supporting crowds Of slaves
in idleness, and furnish the Ameri-
can mills with cotton. They take
the ground that tho Indian territory
West Of Louisiana and Arkansas
was ceded to the United States by
treaty, and on certain conditions
Without provocation they have vic,
lated the treaties and "levied war
on the United States, thus rendering
the treaties null and void. The
countries thus revertipg to the gov
ernment embraces the valleys of the
Red, Arkansas aud other rivers, and
contains about 10000 900 of acres
of cotton land, OF unsurpassed fer,il
Iity. capable Of producing about 49,.
1000 900 OF bales OF cotton per annum
1t is proposed to apply the princi
pie of Bentons "Florida Armed DC
cupation act" and send all contra
= bands" to this territory and appren
tice them to the settlers upon thes,
: cotton lands, leaving the question
h, Of their final disposition to be settled
, 10y Congress at the close Of the war
All contrabands, as fast as they com
into camp, to be promptly Forwarded
ihither.
4 The country is approan anhed q Oh
saint Louis, through Springfield,
distance OF three hundred miles,
The remainder Of tho railroad from
Rolla through Springfield to For
Smith, can be completed in twclv
months. 1t is said that the p,auta
tions Of the Choctaws and Chicka
saws alone could fully supply tn
American mills, even the fret yea
of the experiment.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-01-03


THE BANK Suspension. The sus
pension of the banks seems TO bt
generally accepted as a matter o
necessity. There are very few croak
ers who prognosticate evil rom it,
1t 10 not accompanied Us set by any
feelings Of alarm, but tho rather &C
ceptcd as measure of relief There
are some birds Of evi! omen who
will in due timo attempt their ap
propriate work of complaint in con.
nsction with it, but as yet they have
made no headway.
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DR.. j. BOVEE DODS"
Imperial Wine BittcrS,

Are prepared by an eminent and skillful Ply
slclan who has used them successfully I'm his
practice for tho last twenty live years. The
proprietor, before purchasing the exclusive
rlght 10 manufacture and sell DR.. j. Bovee
Dods' Celebrated Imperial Wine Bitters, had
Them tested by two distinguished medical
practitioners, who pronounced them a valu.
able remedy for disease.
Although tho medical men of the country.
rs general thing, dlsapprove OF Patent Med.
icines, yet we do not believe that a respoot.
able Physician can be found in the United
States acquainted with their mo odical proper.
ties, who viii not highly approve DIR. ]. no.
WEE DODS' IMPERIAL WINE BITTERS.
In all newly settled places, where there is
always large quantity Of decaying timber
from which poisonous miasma is created.
these liitters should be used every morning
before breakfast
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-01-03

OUR PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE
TROUBLES WITH AND.-Among
those who believe in a peaceful so,
luton Of the present difficulty with
Great Britain, there is apprehension
touching the future. A private let.
ter received here indicates that the
English people are almost insane in
their wrath against the United States,
passion has overcome reason, and
the excitement is unequalled since
1881, when the Reform bill agitated
the nation. The tone OF the work.
ingmen's organs is very bitter, and
the lowest classes Of society hound
on the government to fight the Unit.
ed States.
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An Advance Wanted.

There Is at the present time az
urgent necessity that "something'
be done. We have in the field no
less than six hundred and forty thou
sand men. the most OF them armed
and equipped. Two hundred anc
fiity thousand of them are neal
Washington and within fighting dis
tanca OF the bulk of the r, bel forces
There may be good and sufficient
reasons for allowing that immense
army to lay idle through the Win.
ter and rust and rot in camp, but
the people don't see them. We arc
ia iminent danger Of war with
England, and, before her fleets as.
sail Out. coasts, the back bone oil the
rebellion should be broken. We
have men enough to do it, arms
enough, munitions enough, and we
have enough Of everything. Why,
then, is l, not donei Have the con
trsctors really got possession Of the
Government, and are they prolong
ing the war for their own profit
Arc our Generals incompetent and
afraid of risking On important move
menti There is something wrong.