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Another straw.

SPENCER. I'm, April Q. 1862
EDIToR SENTINEL: At the election in Washing
ton township. this county. on Monday last here
tofore Republican by fifty to seventy FIVE m or
ity. we elected Democratic Justice of the Peace
over a straightout Republican. an anti Republi-
Trustee. defeating the Republican candidate.
and eecting one Democratic Constable and one
conservative
The people of this section OF the country are
tired of the fraud, corruption and misrule of the
Republican party. and are DESTROYS To- a more
conservative one come into power who have the
honesty and ability 10 administer il properly.
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our Army Correspondencc--Fr the
Mississippi.
CANr MAR RUDpLEs's PolNr, Mo. J
Anril l. lc62

j. J BINeHAM. ESQ -Dcar Sir: The terrific
storm that passed over Caro- and this region on
the night OF the 81 added somewhat 10 the dliil
culties OF reaching this advanced post of the
Army OF the Mississippi The route i from
Birl's Point % Skesville. - miles. by the Cairo
and Fulton Railroad, completed 10 that point.
and from thence by tolerable dirt road. through
New Madrid anl Point Pleasant. distance OF SO
miles The country j. maize up OF cypress
swamps and rich prairie farms. alternating 80 as
10 give some variety 10 the scenery along the
line. i must not omit 10 mention that old
friend C0yuer i the Military Superintendent OF
the Sike>ville Railroad. and active and eI4er
getie manager he makes Tie way ne hurried
up the repairs % the road after tue Storm - that
the regular daily train only DELAYED i've or
SIX hours, made some Of the slow coaches II
this region open their ewes. Ne passed him mid
way between the Point and Skesyilie. nearly up
to his m'dde IA a swamp. encouraging his men
D. example IA pTopping up the sinking ties and
adding strength 10 the weak places ~ the road.
throughout THIS var ! have found that The men
will follow Il tile officers will 20 in: and this
rule apEsies - all departments alike
The portion OF the country here susceptible OF
cultivation l. rich beyond description such corn
stalks a. are seen Like ceadene1 trees on every
side and they seem % raise but hule else than
corn would make the Wea prairie Jealous ct IL
laurels But the sSamps that skirt these rich
spots ON every side. speak 50 Enthusiastically Of
malaria that a healthy Hoosier could hardly be
induced 20 exchange his nest. even II located on
a clay soil. tor the sandy loan OF tins part OF
Dixie.
From Birds Point TO this Point is camp com
manded by Gen Pope. and that i all ] intend 10
sAy about The lorce in this region. IL i sufficient
% say that the river from New Madrid - well
protected by batteries manuel 10y competent gun
nefs and all the stories you read of the rebel gun
boats and transports running the blockade To
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RUsHvILLE. April :, 1862.
Ed SENTINEL: Our election came off here YES.
terdav. and notwithstanding the uuiavorabe state
OF the weather large vote was p0lied IT this
precinct The Republicans ran mulGitO ticket
made up OF a bogus Democrat with an Abolition
tail. Tie Democracy ran pure, unadultered
ticket. and have carried the day. from Township
Trustee 20 Supervisor. with ~ incre lsed major
". We beat them just 30 votes in this town
ship. In every township in the county We ran
our ticket, AMI the result. far "a heard from,
shows that Rush county i strongly Democratic
Out OF the twelve townships in the county we
have carried nine and the Republicans only 'hree.
Set old Rush down tor a clean 900 majority tor
the Democratic ticket next fail. QUiNTIUs.
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CATION.

The market Is full Of limitations, represented 10 be the
sane as BROWNS BRONCHIAL TR0CHES," which are
in productive of positive injury. Many dealers
will recommend inferior preparations aud lower priced
articles aordng more prolific themselves Ask for and
OBTAIN only BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRocHEs.''
which by long experience haveproved the value having
received the sanction Of physicians generally and tes
monials from eminent men throughout the country.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL. TROCHEs. when allowed to
dissolve slowly the mouth. have direct influence
the affected parts the sedatve and soothing effect to the
lining of the windpipe into the Bronoh alays Pull
monay irritation and gives relief in Coughs, Colds and
the various Throat aecOnst which public speakers and
singers are liable. febll-dIy'62
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A Good Suggestion.

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Commercial says:
Ii has been seriously proposed to place a stamp
tax of five dollars on every letter of recommend
alton for office, and an additional entry-tax of
ten dollars on every candidate who may file his
papers at department. This, according to the
estimate of the House Committee on Ways and
Means. will produce annual revenue of over
one million dollars. which will be doubled on the
year that new President is inaugurated.
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A correspondent writes Us from Brownsburg.
Hendricks county. as follows:
I'VE succeeded in electing our entire Demo
cratic ticket by small majority after one Of the
most warmly contested elections ever held in the
township. The Abolitionists have flooded our
township with Abolition documents for the last
year without having anything TO counterfeit them,
but they could not succeed. Old Brown will be
all right next fall -
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Democratic Union State Ticket.


The Washington correspondent of the Cincin-
matt Commercial predicts that before the first
day of January, 1863. the President will declare
general emancipation Of the slaves of rebels
military necessity" He says that there Is not
thoroughly loyal man in Washington who be
leves il possible to subdue the rebels without the
adoption OF that measure. By such means the
attempt is being made to abotionize the North
IL We remain one Government the prosperity of
the South Is necessary to he progress and pros
perity of the North Could the sudden enamel
pltion Of three or four millions of slaves have
any other effect than to impoversh the South by
changing that number of producers into de
pendent and worthless popuIation2 Can such a
measure be Of any benefit to the North
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-11

A correspondent writing from Plymouth. Iadi-
ana. under date OF tae 9Th inst. says:
Yesterday was glorious day Coz tie Democ-
racy. Party lines were closely drawn. and the
result Was that tie entire Democratic ticket was
elected in the township bv an average majority
OF over 100 and this too. in a township tina; NJ
the last two spring elections gave Republican
maiorities. Thus the good work" goes on Re
publican Abolitionism IS At a marvellous discount
among Us.
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Hon. John j. CritIendcn and Secreta-
nv Seward.


The New FORK correspondent of the Syracuse
On Y Union says:
Speaking OF Secessionists leads me to remem-
Der Ex-Governor MOrehead, OF Kentucky, who
has recently been liberated from Fort Warren, on
condition of his not returning home, Tut remain
in in the Free States" during the war. An an
ecdote is current as TO how the Governor got h s
release, which | am assured it well founded Ii
seems that ex Ex-senator Crttenden demanded IT,
and was assured by President Lincoln that More
head should be let out. week went by, and
nothing more was done. A second visit to the
White House gave the information To Mr.. Crit
tenden that Seward had been promptly ordered
by the President to release the prisoner, but. for
some reason of his own. had declined to obey !;
and a second written request was then and there
made out signed by the Presidential hand. and
dispatched to the State Department. Mr.. Seward
quietly consigned it 10 the flames, however and
Mr.. Morehead remained in the casemates "a fort
night or three weeks longer Again the indefit-
gable Kentucky oyalist called on the President,
and ii third and equally Intellectual message was
the result; the prisoner still fingered in Boston
Harbor At last Crittenden called on Seward
bimselt-six weeks had elapsed since hi, first in
reference. He demanded TO know why his old
friend was not discharged Seward ftltered and
cquivOcated; Crittenden lost his tcmper-the old
lion was aroused, and in the plainest possible
Anglo Saxon, he vented his opinion OF the first
officer under the Government" Il ALWAYS
knew" he rOared, "that YOU were a liar and dirty
dog, and you have proved 1t now more clearly
than ever" Mr.. Seward, in the most Christian
manner, meekly declined a retort, but handed Mr.
Crittenden the order for the release of Mr.. More
head, and SO the Ex-Governor got his liberty
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How 1T LooKs.--It is very annoying to the
Republicans that, notwithstanding their hue and
CRY against the Democrats as secesSiOnists the
people elected three of the six Democratic candi
dates. There must be a large number OF seces-
sonists in Cincinnati. ii the assertions of the Alb
clifton presses here to be believed. Fortu-
nately they are without credit at home or abroad.
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on, Of their batteries, and the place was soon
afterwards occupied by portion OF Gen. Grants
army.
From Ptiaburg to Corinth. the headquarters
Of the reuel army. the distance i twenty miles
the road running in a southwest direction over
heavily tmberesl aud rolling country. The road
from Purdy 20 Pitisburg runs almost due west, a
distance OF tselve miles. A detachment was
sent out TO the latter place soon after our army
was concentrated on the Upper Tennessee. 10 de.
strOy the railroad connection between Purdy and
Cornth. The expedition successful. but the
rebels repaired the injuries to the road. aud re-
opened communication.
coRISrH.
Corinth, the headquarters of the late rebel
army intended to operate against Gen Grant. Is
a village Of about | 900 inhabitants situated
near the Tennessee line. in Tishomingo county,
Mississippi, the northeastern county of that State
This county has an area OF about fourteen hun
dred square miles. The ToHbigbee river rises
in the county; the Tennessee flows aleng the
northeast boundary, and ii drained by Tuscum
bia river.
The surface is diversified by small hills: the
soil is fertile, especially in the valleys, and gen
orally has substratum Of sand. A large part
OF the country is covered with forests OF hck
Dry. oak, walnut, and pine. The head streams
OF the TOmbigbee furnish valuable motive pow
er. The county was organized in 1886 The
population in $50 amounted to - 400, of which
1923 were free and 96l slaves. In 1860 its
population bad run up TO "a l49
Corinth is well known as the junction Of the
Memphis and Charleston and the Mobile and
Ohio Railroads. From this point road stretches
northward through the whole Of Western Ten
nessee 20 Cumberland, Kentucky; southwark the
road runs through Eastern Mississippi and cor
ner of Alabama, TO Mobile on the Gulf west
ward a road runs direct to Memphis, and east
ward through Florence. Ala Chattanooga, Tenn.
and Atlanta, Ga, 20 Charleston, 5. c. COrinth,
therefore, commands the communication to Mem
phis. the Gulf, and the seabOard seeded States.
Not only So but this Memphis and Charleston
road Is the only railroad connection left the rebels
between Louisiana, Mississippi and all Alabama
west of Pensacola and the southern seabOard
States. Troops can only be sent east from Few
Orleans. Natchez. Vcksburg, jackson, Memphis,
Btton Rouge, or Mobile. or to those points from
Virginia. North or South Carolina or Georgia.
over the Memphis and Charleston road, the only
railroad line now connecting the east and west of
the rebellion. Let that road be once broken and
the Southern Confederacy is cut in two as eilec-
tualy rs il IA Chinese wall were built between
the Gulf and the seabOard States.
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~ Parson Brownlow says, and no doubt
truly that no class of persons have done more
to bring about the rebellion than the clergy
With equal truth it may be said that no ella ; at
the North were more active in nstiling into the
public mind those ianatical ideas which gave to
the rebels a plausible excuse for their treason
N 4. Led0er.
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GOLDEN KNIGHTS Cincinnati Times saws
that it has the documents to prove the existence
of associations reasonable TO the United States
If that paper has such proofs, the editor will, we
suppose. wait upon the United States District
Attorney, in Cincinnati. If he does not, we pre-
sumo the United States District Attorney will
wait OH hm-.St. Louis Republican.
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Special Notice.

10 I'D YER TISERS.-dH advertisements taken for
specified time and 0rferei Ou ber0re the ecDiratioh
ofte time specified so be charged The reguar rdtRs
for the sumo ne 10 TIE time they are ordered out
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coNTRABASDs.

The rebels have from $500 to 5000 negroes
constantly employed in repairing old and erecting
new defenses at the Island and the shores op-
posite New works rapidly appear to spring up like
Jonah's gourd in the night to be demolished in
day or two. The slaves are very unwilling ope
rators, we are told. and frequently contrve to
elude the vigilance of the rebel sentries and pay
US "A visit. They Gun escape where white men
could not. for nothing but niger or a crocodile
could live over twenty four hours in one of these
swamps.
day or two ago a sharp fellow dropped in at
our lower pickeis, having ferried the rapid and
swollen river in rude box which he had made
out of few rough boards by the aid of few
nails and Arkansas knife stolen from his mas
ter Important information was gained from him
and is daily received from others.
Important events will soon transpire here, | am
sure. and have concluded to spend a few days
with the Hoosier brigade anyhow. B.
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SECRETARY SEWARD on THE UNION FEELING IN
WINCHESTER. After Gov Stewards return from
Winchester, he rallyinsy asked bv Sena-
tor how much Union sentiment be found in
that city.
The men," he replied, "were all off in the
rebel army The women were she devils IN
y Tribune
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AMUsENENTs.

The commanders here act upon the principle
that "all work and no play makes Jack dull
boy" and innOce,t camp amusements by no
means frowned upon. This kindness tells upon
the men. and have no where seen more cheer
ful obedience given to commands or met a larger
proportion of happy looking faces than in this
camp. The merry groups from which the CHEEKY
laugh mnges with the distant roar OF the big
guns-tor the firing is ncessant from some Of
the numerous batteries nmp instantly to their
posts at the tap of the drum. the voice of the
bugle. How much better such government is
than that grim visaged discipline which confines
each man To pine in his tent soon as he is dis
missed from the dill ground or the trenches?
Fishing is of the amusements, for which
however, a pass is required. and the camp is
abundantfy supplied with fish OF enormous size
Ii is common TO draw out forty and fifty pound
ers and last evening one OF the boys hitched on
to a fellow five or six feet long, and well made
up from the till To the snOut. To haul i'm such
monster from his native element was an impossi-
bility, and the soldier knew it, so rs soon rs the
fnny monster showed his head above water the
soldier sprang from his log, seized his prey or
prisoner by the gills. and after desperate strug
gle, sometimes the man uppermoSt, aud some
times the fish, fairly steered him ashore amid the
cheers of his comrades. This is only a specimen
of the fish and fishing here. and similar scenes.
on a smaller scale, are of almost hourly occur
renee.
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THE HoosrrR's MIST.

Some place near Riddles Point-exactly
where. need not say; but in level corn field.
concealed from the river by wide belt of swamp
and timber, and in easy supporting distance of
the batteries, lays General Palmer's division.
-Four Indiana regiments, Stacks Fitchs, Ryan's
and Dc Lene's are there. nestled together close
]. watching the turn of events, and ready to
spring upon the foe whenever the command is
given. One of these marches each morning to
the pits at the river. aud rain or shine. remains
there twenty four hours--making this duty come
every fourth day, to each regiment. The camo
Is perfect HOLSTERS nest and one who has lived
long in Indianapolis sees familiar faces peeping
from every street Of tents. | can almost fancy
myself on Washington street on the day prece-
ding some State Convention. whenever walk
along the parade. And the boys look healthy
and happy, some OF them, however, little rag
ged and the officers eager and hopeful of "A
speedy and effective victory The visitor who
cannot enjoy few days in this nest when the
talel and manhood of our noble State is 80 large
~ represented, must be dull and stupid indeed.
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Island No. 10 il bosh They don't do Il although
they have repeatedly tried a. On one or two &C.
casions boats Of dark nights have slipped up the
Tennessee shore 10 Tiptonville nearly opposite
aere. and dropped few supplies, bat even that
game j nov etfectually blocked Yesterday our
gunuers at the point got good range On the rebel
fleet and raked them 10 such good purpose that
they ran clear out Of sight and only gunboat
Is visible and she Is evidently standing picket
away out Of range OF our guns
THE CAPTURE or INV MADRID.
The Indiana troops have been unjustly dealt
with or at least overlooked. in all the published
accounts that have seen of this important event.
Five regiments from our State were with General
Pope in his advance. and were certainly not in
the rear during the operations In fact, they
were in front. They supported the batteries.
were in every Reconnaissance and scout (portions
Of them during the siege, and Colonel Slack
brigade. the 18th and 3ith Indiana, were the first
troops TO enter Fort Thompson, and il was
Hoosier hands that tore down the rebel rag and
flung out the stars and stripes in it, stead and
that rebel rag is now at Indianapolis sent home
as a trophy by Captain John a Mclaughlin. OF
the 47th. And again. while still weary with
watching and toil-whie the breakfast. UNLISTED,
OF the running rebels was still smoking in the
tents and quarters Of the retreating rebels il was
the Hoosier boys who hauled the big guns
through the mud, removed the spikes and placed
them in position rs to repe with their own shot
and shell any attempt of the enemy's gunboats
To retake the place. liz was the Indiana brigade
under General Palmer that erected the batteries
lower down the river and it is that brigade that
now holds the enemy 5 feet at bay, inspiring them
with wholesome tear OF Riddles Point. The
regiments from our State were the 41th, Couuel
Slack 34th, Colonel Ryan; 10th, Colonel Fitch;
43d Colonel McLene; aud 5yth, Colonel Alex
ander
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-09-03

man, and, in fact, all classes of the COM
munity, turned out, not only TO show their
devotion to their party friends, but to
show TO the world their utter condemna-
ton of a power which assumes the right
of dragging men from their homes on the
mere information or instigatiOn of ire
sponsible parties, and denying them the
right of a trial by jury, or the inestimable
benefits of the writ OF habeaS corpus, which
has never been suspended for four centu-
ries in monarchial England. One thing
has been made manifest by this reception,
and that is that YOU may cast men into
prisons, but you cannot stifle Democratic
principles-you may fill your forts with
editors guilty of no other offence than ad-
vOcating Democratic measures-but while
immured there, they can say of Demo-
cracy as Calico said of the world, :. it
moves, nevertheless"