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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-03

GEN SusRMAS, the crazy man, DC,
according to the abolitionists, has on the
recommendation of Gen. Halleck been
promoted to Major Generaiship. des-
patch from Halleck to the war depart
ment says:
lit is the unanimous opinion that Gen.
w. I. Sherman saved the fortunes of the
day on the 9th. and contributed largely to
the tvictory of the 9TH. lie was in the
thickest of the fight. had three horses shot
under him, and was himself wounded
twice. l respectfully ask he be made
MOTOR General of Volunteers" >3.
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MORTGAGE SALE.-Where-


~ as. William II. Lowry and Asenath
Lowry mis- wife, the County Of La Sale and State Of
Illinois, by their mortgage deed dated October 9Th,
1885, did to James whiteh the east half Of the
south east q nzrter Of section tseaty- AVE. (2S) in
Township thirty one, (8l,, North Range a. east
of the Sd p NJ in the couaty 81 La Sale and State OF
Illinois, which mortgage duly acknowledged and
recorded in the Recorders eince Of La eale county
Book g, pages 81 and g. said mertgaee deed Was given
the payment of certain Prsmssery note Of
Herewith for the Of Ave hundred dollars
due in from s date with interest ~ ten per
cent, and executed by the said William n. Lowry -
Of the said James whitehil which mortgage
deed contained . power OF sale authorizing the said
James whitehl or his Assigns in default should
be made in the payment Of said nste Or any part
thereof advertise, sell and convey the real
said mortgage described, to the highest bidder
for cash, after giving four weeks notice Of the
time and place Of such sale, and, that after the
cution OF the said note and mortgage. the said James
Whitehall assigned to me the undersigned, John P.
Anthony, said note and mortgage and whereas, de-
fault has been made in the payment Of said note and
in ierest thereon from October 17th, 1850.
Now, therefore. notice 70 hereby given to the said
William II. Lowry, Asenath LoVyy, and al others m.
serested, Aat BY virtue Of the power Of ss'e IN sed
mortgage contained and In conformity ueresxn, l.
the said assignee shall sell, at the south aSI g
on the "a day of June 1862 at the heaf S;Sss
4. H., Of that day, at public anct'Sn - n,srn es
and best bladder, for cash, the above s-;SsI
brinS me seme A. in said mortgage deee aeseI,Dso
and ali the title interest and right o. %
~ their heirs aad assgps therein for the
,nc.. of vipr their Indebtedness due On said note
P;,h costs And expenses. deed win Be given to the
.nrehsser Immediately aiter the sale.
JOHN p. ANTHONY, Assignee.
Ottawa, Ap I'll Soth lse2. is7Aw.
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The Latest.

The news from Pittsburg yesterday,
though brief, is important. Purdy, sixteen
miles west oil Pittsburg, has been occupied
by Federal troops, after desperate en-
gagement" 1t would seen from this that
Gen Halleck proposes to faux the rebel
position at Corinth. Purdy is about half
way from the Tennessee River to Grand
junction, and twenty miles north OF
Corinth
Another of the old Federal forts has
been occupied and possesses by the
Union troops. Fort Macon, which guards
the harbor of Beaufort, n c., surrendered
on the 18th ult, to the forces under Gen.
Parke. A large amount of war material
fell into our hands by the surrender
Wilmington is now the only seaport IN
North Carolina in undisturbed possession
of the rebels.
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sunk. the Express says, "by our steel
pointed, conical shot The cotton was
destroyed by fire, and the sugar emptied
into the river The specie in the banks
was all removed from the city when Gen.
Lowell returned to the city.
The New York Day Book, of April 2S
says of the capture of New Orleans:
alt is by far the most serious reverse Of
the war. 1t suggests future privation to
all classes of society, but, most to be Ia
mented of all, it threatens our army sup
plies"
The raising of meat, corn, and wheat
instead of cotton and tobacco, is earnest
lv recommended by the disconsolate edi
tor.
These dispatches, of course, leave nc
doub. of the truth that New Orleans is
ours. 1t may be that the force accompan
ing the feet j. not sufficient at once to oc
cupy the city, but Gen. Butler with a large
body of troops cannot be far of, and doubt
less, now that the gay is open, Will soor
be there. No event of the war has caused
created rejoicing throughout the west. a:
indeed none has been more important
With New Orleans in federal possession,
vita all the outlets thence to the Ocean
the blockade can now he raised, and
legal commerce from the south opened
with all Europe.
The land forces composing the expedi
ton against New Orleans are under the
command of Major General Butler, and
consist mainly os New England troops,
with the Wisconsin and Michigan regi.
ment. The naval forces are under Capt.
Farragut, and the mortar feet under the
special charge of Lieut.. Com Porter.
The above are all the accounts we have
of the feet leaving these forces since their
departure from Ship Island, q month ago,
for the mouth Of the Mississippi.
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The Enemy's Operations in the West
A Change of Plan.

The editor Of the Memphis 1ppeoi
thinks the Yankee army in kentucky
has determined TO make their grand de
monstratlon against Bowling Green.-
They now claim TO have one hundred
and ten thousand men between that
point and Louisville, aud every day in
creasing the number, and soon expect to
have ono hundred and fifty to two hun.
dred thousand. 1t then says:
The original determination Of the enc.
my to advance simultaneously upon Co
lumbus and Bowling Green-which was
probably entertained a month ago
seems, from all We can learn, to be now
abandoned. a very startling rumor has
reached them, and been published in
their papers with much nervous appre
hension, that tho rebels have been plant.
ing their torpedos. submarine batteries
and various other Internal machines be
low Cairo in the bed OF the Mississippi
river, and so powerful has been the NOR
al effect Of the intelligence that forth,
with the gun and steamboat pilots deser
ted by scores, and the remaining few re-
fused to serve in the down river expedi
tion. Hence the probable cause Of this
change Of programme from an invasion
down the Mississippi to an expedition ur
the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, iu
conjunction with the land attack on Gen
Johnson. We believe, accordingly, tha,
the ilotila which was being constructed
with the view Of making New Of!ean:
its destination, will now nave an eye on
Clarksville or Nashville. No stone SHOULD
be left unturned to confront its advance
BY Preparations so formidable MS to en-
sure its discontinue.
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From Richmond.

RIcHMoSD, January ls.-Ex President
JonS TYLEa died during last night. The
flags on the Capitol are displayed at half
mast in respect to his memory.
SUNDAY, January l9.--The remains Of
tx President John Tyler are now lying
IN state in the Hall Of Congress.
The funeral will take place to morrow,
when the suIogies will be pronounced
The body will be buried in nolly Wood
Cemetery, by the side Of the grave Of
James Monroe.
The statement published to the effect
that the Gladiator had arrived, and also
another, that Gen. Van Dorm had been
seriously injured by fall from his horse.
are both untrue.
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in amount, and in lieu Of the War Tax
Of the Confederate States levied under
the act Of Congress entitled can act to
authorize the issue Of Treasury Noes
and to provide War Tax for their re,
demption," approved the nineteenth day
Of August, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty one, and the Tax Collectors
shall collect the same in conformity with
the returns and amounts set forth in the
books Of Tax Collectors Of the Coincide
rate States, furnished them by the Treas.
urer OF the Lower Division and the Pres.
ident of the Bank Of the State Of South
Carolina, AS hereiubefore provided.
VIII. That the compensation to be al.
lowed 10 Tax Collectors for the collec.
ton Of the tax aforesaid, and the dis
charge Of all the duties prescribed in this
Act, shall De as follows, 10 wit Two per
centum on the first ten thousand dollars
Of the sums collected, and one half Of
same Prorided, That in no case shall
the compensation bs less than three hum
dred dollars nor more than six hundred
dollars And Proviied, That the com.
pensa,ion Of the Tax Collectors for the
Parishes Of St. Philip and ST. Michael
shall be two thousand dollars.
lX. That returns shall be made as
usual by the Tax Collectors to the Treas
arer OF the Upper Division and the Treas.
urer Of the Lower Division, within thirty
days after the respective duties in this
Act mentioned for the closing Of the
books, and The moneys collected paid in.
to the Treasury within the same time.
Y. That the Treasurer Of the Lower
Division and the President Of the Bank
Of the State Of South Carolina are here
by authorized to draw from the Treasury
Of the State all sums deposited therein
Us the produce Of the War Tax aforesaid,
and apply the same, as it may be paid in,
to the gradual reduction and final exlin.
guishment Of the loan made 10y them,
both Of the principal and interest Of the
debt.
NJ. That ali es',,ing penalties and for-
fixtures imposed 10y law. and all other
provisions made 10y law Tor the enforce
ment of the collection Of State taxes, are
hereby adopted and applied to the colec
tion OF taxes under this Act. and the said
taxes shall os PAYABLE III the medium
provided by law for the psymen, Of
State .RXes.
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The amount Of cotton, taken from
each plantation is carefully ascertalned,
each bag is marked with the former owp-
er's initials, and All account kept both
with the estate and With tie uegros, so
that at any time the Government will be
able TO compensate any Of the owners
who shall prove to have been loyal. The
cotton found on these islands is, AS is well
known, Of superior quality it IS worth
so cents pound on the island and rs
cents in New York 1t i. in ordinary
times sent almost exclusively to France,
where it is mixed with silk and cotton
goods its texture is Of the finest Quail.
ty, and its culture requires the greatest
and most constant care. There are i'm.
mense quantities Of it yet stored in the
cotton houses Of these islands more
even has beeu discovered than was antic-
ipated at least 100000 worth are
believed to have been already secured,
Since the negroes have discovered that
they will be paid for their exertions, they
have brought in so.ns that was buried
in the interior, and manifested great care
to preserve and obtain as much as posi-.
BILE. | have heard some instances Of
their giving warning in advance when
their masters or the rebel soldiers con.
templa!ed any new burnings.
AS for the ginning, most Of it is to he
done in New York it is the opinion Of
those who have Charge Of the work, that
it can be learned with ease in day bv
any workman Of ordinary capacity. and
the labour is by no means arduous. Here
it will require engineers and engines, as
well rs gins, and nscessitats a who'e
corps Of assistant overseers, for the ne'
gros are utterly incompetent to do any
thing without incessant supervision.
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Small Pox.

BY the following extract Of letter re-
ceiveG by the editor last evening, it ap
pears that the Yankees, having pro,
fessed to give protection to the poor ne.
groes at Hilton Head, while tLey can
m IKE them work, are anxious to throw
item off upon US as soon as they have
ihocula,ed them with small pox
"We have a scarcity Of reliable news
from the enemy. To-day we hear flag
Of truce has reached our camp a, Por.
Royal, from the commander 10 Gen. Lee.
asking the removal Of the hundreds of
negroes who are dying with the small
pox, and whom he can Mother shelter.
feed nor nurse. Alas ! what a commen.
tary upon Yankee philanthropy | 1t is
to be hoped our General will not permit
these horGes Of deceased creatures to re
turn to our healthy camp, and thus emf
tail on us the evils and nuisances that
make the Yankees tremble and shrink
from them with horror.
ave also learn that some seventy ne
groes ran away from their protection on
Edisio and threw themselves on the o.
lection of their masters. II is doubtful
whether these runaways ought to Q al.
owed TO return at all. South Cdroiinian.
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.Superseded.-A story is in circulation
that Mcclellan has charged Adjutant
General Thomas with having ,rsitorousIy
made known his signals, which on a re.
cent occasion prevented n grand demon,
stra'ion on our army Of the Potomac.
We observe in the extracts from Nor,
thern papers that General Seth Williams
has been appointed Aljutant General Of
the army Of the United States 10 place
Of General Thomas. This gives some
color to the statement.-.So South. CAROL,
MAN.
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General Beauregard's Report.

The Richmond Examiner Of Friday
says:
We learn tha, there has been sharp
and prolonged controversy In secre, Sc,
sion Of Congress on the topic Of General
Beauregard's report Of the Battle Of Ma.
nassas. 1t will be recollec,ed that por-
ton OF this repor, was displeasing to
President Davis, who We now learn, sent
the docume"t into Congress, accompan.
led by comments OF his own on some Of
its preliminary passages Tho order
eventually taken by Congress was to
have the document published, after ex
purgng the preliminary portion Ct it,
aud also tho comments Of the Presiden;
therein. We learn that number of
members urged the publication Of he
entire report, with the Presidents Mes.
sage, on the ground that injustice WAS
done to General Dsaursgard in publish
ing as his repor, what was no, really ms
report, and for the purpose Of convincing
the public that the controversy, as shown
in the papers, so far from being a serious
one, was Of the most trivial description.
As the report, in its present expurga.
ted form, has been deprived OF its main
Poin;s Of popular interest, and merely
narrates wha. Is more than n thrice told
tale-the order aud incidents Of the bat.
tle-it would be useless to burden our
columns with il.
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A Confcssion.-A Lincoln correspon

a COntession.-A Lincoln correspon'
dent Of the Chicago Tribune, speaking
Of the progress Of the war, SAYS:
"The fact is, the cause Of the Union
has not progressed one inch, anywhere,
but has constantly lost ground every.
where. 1, is not il the power Of Mr..
Seward-in accordance with whose ideas
the war has thus far been conducted
to put his finger on the spot where the
cause Of the Union has progressed one
inch, either in Europe or in America"
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THE Cotton Crop Of ls82.-Tbs cot.
ton planters Of Natchitoches parish. have
in public meeting resolved. that no plan.
ter. no matter what may be his force,
should plant or raiss more than Eve bales
Of cotton, Of 500 pounds each, in so2,
unless the blockade is raised before the
first OF March, nert.
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pied as to OCCASION destruction of crops
or property, the Chief Collector Of the
State shall notify the Secretary Of the
Treasury thereof, and shall certify the
facts proper to form judgment as to tie
ability Of such county, town, district, or
part thereof, to pay the War Tax.
g. G. MEMMINGER,
Secretary OF the Treasury.
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5 U u L IL G A Z 0 l. [ N A .
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
On The Common Pieas)
Dudley NJ. UtserY,el al 1 Drrlarniinn

huo'eJ "' o"Scfy,et ~. 4 Dcc'afalIOn
Samuel Spence. Attachment.
Whereas the Plaintiff did IN the second
day Of December 1861, iiie his Declaration
against the Defendant, who Gas it is said) is
absent from and without the limits Of the
State, and has neither wife nor Attorney
known within the same, upon whom n copy
OF the said Declaration might be served.
II il therefore ordered that the said Ds.
fendant do appear and plead To the said
Declaration, on or before the third day Of
December next, which will bc in the year
OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and siSty.two, otherwise final Judgment will
then be given aud awarded against nin,.
ii. j. HANCOCK, Crk.
Dee. 9Th, lS6l.-I3-ly.
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An Act

STATES. ana Jor me coltec"on Or me
sumo /'o" "'' a." P'ye'S !" "'' '''e'
]. be ~ enacted oy the Senate and
House o' representatives. now met ana
sitting IN General Assembly, and by the
authority OF the same lhat when the
Ch'e' Co'ect"r OF the confederate states
'ot oou'h Carohn" sha'' nave competed
'he assessments ana Tax returns IN this
S'A'e' ana tue sum 'o'a' OF the sa'd war
a" P"yao'e oy 'he people OF the state
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Claims for Payments Due to Deceased
Soldiers.

The following circular will 6e Of inter
est to the families and representatives of
the deceased soldiers Of the Confederate
army.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT., J
Second Auditors Office,
December 80, 1861.
REGULATIONS
For'he Payment Of Claims for -1rrears
Of Pay due to Deceased Soldiers.
lst. When an administrator is legally
appointed, the payment mus, be made to
such administrator. upon his filing in this
office the proper certificates of the Clerk
under seal Of the Court.
I'd. Where the amount due exceeds
ore hundred dollars, administration will
be required, otherwise not.
81. When there 10 no administrator,
payment will be made first, to the wild.
ow ; second, TO the child or children Tor,
If minor, t, the guardian producing the
proper cer tifioa,e under the seal Of the
courO third, TO the father fourth, to
the mother; fifth, to the brothers and
sisters and lastly to the general heirs.
4.h. The claiming heir must produce
his or her affidavit, and that Of two dis
teres,ed persons, stating the relation'
ship, and that there Is no other person
entitled to claim. For instance. if the
claimant be mother, the affidavit must
state that there is living neither wife
child, Tor father Of the deceased. Til,
magistrate administering the oath shoult
certify to the credibilily of the witness
and the clerk Of the court should certify
under sea that he is such magistrate
Claims, prepared in compliance will
the foregoing intruc,ions, and transmit,
ted 10 this Office by mail, or otherwise
will receive as prompt attention as ,L
press Of business will allow.
w. Ii. S. TAYLOR, Auditor.
concur in and approve The above.
LEWIS GRuoER, Comptroller.
December 80, 1861.
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The following Roll compose the lame
Of the Officers and Privates in Capt. Hill
tons Company, lately raised under th,
two.thirds basis
MEL HILTON, Captain.
o. c. HINSON, 1st Lieutenant.
J. NJ. BELK, I'd Z"
JAMES SMALL, Sd /"
b. Il. Hancock, lst Sergeant.
S Funderburk, Cd
w b Hilton, Sd
NJ ID Hilton, 4tb
Is y Williams, 5ih "
G w Funderburk, Is, Corporal.
TC Blackmoa, I'd
III Williams, 81
A w Heath, 4,h "
7 ii ely burn, Commis'ry and Clerk.
PRIVArES.
Jas Adams, b F Halle,
J w Blackmon, q w Joiner,
John A Backmon,S l. Remington,
w l. Faulkner, Jacob Knight,
Jno Barefeld. WIN NJ Knight,
5 } Bowers, + Knight,
Jno Baker, o & Lsney,
J NJ Baker, Edward McManus,
II Bell, o Mchahey,
G III Caldwell, g } Miller,
Francis Connel!, JAS Parker,
w NJ Council, PRESLEY Perry,
J f Conuell, + Puman,
n Carnes, W. Philips,
Jonas Games, } 7 Ross,
w G Csskey, III r Rape,
Jno Campbell, Is + Rodgers,
Chapman Es,ridge, } 7 Rodgers,
J w Es.ridge, } E RowelI,
w NJ Estridge, EIhue Rowell,
Minor Estridge, } } Spray,
l. n Fnnderhurk, Jno J Spray,
A S Funderburk, II Stoguer,
] NJ Funderburk, w NJ Small,
w w Funde'burk, } W Thompson,
5 A Frncher, w Usher,
) K ii Graham, q n Usher,
Gamble, w a Vincent,
+ Gordon, w i Vaughn,
J II Harris, g Watts.
5 IL Harget,, w NJ Watts,
Calvin Hair, Wyhe Watts,
A Holden, Wright,
L Hag!er, 30 Williams,
A L Walters.