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AND
CLAIRE 9DN6INIAR~
s1. - Fall Term Oteas Aagust sstA.

IT IS ONE OF TIE MOST SUCCESSFUL
schools In the WsSi, IND fully Sssitlsd 70 the
ise patronage it has received. II has large
sso soe ecrps Of teachers, AMI 1lScatsd II ono q
~. and most pleasant towns in Illinois
.aS ,.aaaasd Il ssholssship ID high, nd the
S..s me nnsae u ths kisd II the ~tass The
ss@.se Dspatt0eaH oGsss special in1Oosneote.
sAPsae,s n'y iron ola0 70 @3v0 pr ysAe, asesfd
DA aieco1lts 10 elerGyDeD. 5et9saz Z
- T"r eafculsre sddto0 Rev. g. ". QoMeen,
u. Aoross. Illinois. 9lt Fjlyl7~om
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Rul3n,s Pa tent VcntiIa tor,
On Cars Of Day Express Trains.
Baggage Checked Thrc4gh.

THROUGH TICKETS for sale in s,facr;,c;nol
Railroad off es in tho est, at the General .fice
corner Of Like Desrbon streets, (under the
fremont House. Chicago. anu at the Depot
4. RICE, Gcnl SUIT.
J. W. SMITH. Western Pass. gent. jul
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Pittsburg, Fl. Ha;se + Chicago
RAILR o A d.

Pittsburg, Fl. wa;se 4 Chiesse
RAILR o AD.
e ~ - 81 +
VARS RUN FROM CHICAGO 70 PlrTSBURo
u vithout change, connecting with the great
sxrxsyzHANxA> CENTRAL RAILROAD
Few York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
:'E Nv jersey. =. IN NJ" 7or S.s.na 10
Merchants BY taking this route, will have the
advantage Of al the eastern markets ct no sddi-
honal cost.
neeeaee checked through.
Trains leave tho Depot, Canal street, west side,
s,hicago, daily on the afrtvsl Of trains from the
Fest and North y est.
connecting At Crestlins with Cleveland 4 Lake
shore r Il. to Dunkirk, Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
New York and Boston, and all tho interior
towns Of New Epglsnd, via Now York Central
and New York J. Erie Railroads. Also South to
Columbus, Janesville, Newark, Mount Vernon,
SAeubenvile and Whssa1nSy sad interior towns
- Ohio and Virginia.
Tho above trains connect 1t Forest with trains
u Mad River Road to springfield, Urbano, Dsy-
tsn and Cincinnati. ALEC with trains ct Lama for
Dayton and Cincinnati direct.
esse - lev - say other Renso.
Passengers bound east will lind this route both
pleasant and agreeable, passing through many of
the largest and finest cities in the United States.
Passengers arriving at Chicago On any Of the
,osds, will find attentive cheek agents ct the de-
pess TO receive checks and convey baggage, free Of
charge . the Pittsburg and Chicago cars. Sleep
ing cars accompany each train:
Tickets for sale at all tho principal ticket ON
.ss in the West, and at tho Compsny's Office, cor
DER Of Randolph and Dearborn streets, or at the
Depot, West side, Chicago.
10 particular to ask for tickets BY Fort Wayne.
DAN. w. BOSS,
Z. II. Moons, Com and Genf A9t, Chicago.
freight Of all kinds will be carried from Chica-
tot al points East at all times, 1t - low rates
~ any other Railroad reute. Dep2y-du
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CLOTHING.
TIE NEW YORK LEDGER,

The NEW YORK LEDGER,
TT IS SAID, HAS 4 CIRCULATION OF
i 90, 900 copies, but it ei1salaaon 10 hmaseo
compared With the sirealasisa Of gaUses ass'
ufaetandb By
0AAE. E1lRHv
At his sstablishnsnt o. BeaAy stssss, eIpss's'
the Post Once.
AN nov receiving the largest AZ mos'
plsts assostmsnto LOT
Cloths, Ca~sineres and tesongs
l,., os.,.d IN this market. Anticipating Large
"a. th;. Fsii. have laid in IN unusually heavy
stock. and the goods MUST BE SOAO.
Nv soodsars Ill
THIS FALLS STYLES,
p,.sb from the manufastursn and importers. !
shall continue to keep on cand large sssortmsn'
Of fresh
READY-MADE CLOTHING
for Men. Youths and Boys, of ny own msnufsst'
NJ which will be ssld 81
1y - - = = = - - -
r.h.ll continue to manufacture my own Cloth
NJ thereby giving
A BETTER oARAEHT
For III. s.ns neasy than any Eastern made goods
Everything in the
Furnishing Department
Can be found.
ohirte OF all descriptions,
Under Clothing IN endless vas1etye
Stocks t
Ties.
HAndkeroh1onD,
Socks,
0uspenders, &e. &c
Also, . large and splendid assortment OF
eErJT0' 0HAwIA0,
Tho largest and best ever offered in this msrke
trust Ii public will call in and examiue ny
stock before they make any inv estments. for I Am
very sure can satisfy them both in price and
quality of goods. SAMUEL Perry,
Brady street, opposite Post Oehss.
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fCRUSTkE'S SALE.-Whersas, on the 18th
1 day OF February.A. D. 1857, b. D Palmer, and
Ann Marts. his vie, executed unto Luther G.
Ward, d Trustee, q certain Deed Of Trust, ooa.
veying to said Trustee tho land in Scott county,
Iowa, described as follows. to-wit: A part Of the
fractiopsi quarter in 20 tion No.tw0 ~ in town
ship No. seventy-nine (79) range No. Eve ~ east
OF the 9th A., bouLded as follows commence
ing on the bank Of tho Mississippi River on the
northeast corner, and running west to the lot
owned by Andrew and James HsaRahs; thence
south ten rods tbence to the east side of the
Camanchs roaas shescs north along said road IT.
ty-fvs4eesiNence 70 the said river thence north
- ths asce Of beginnig,or at the south east cQr-
ner Of iapd owned BY thiips, containing one
! acre and : half OF land, more or less, and Ill
buildinys thereon: Which said conveyance was
msde BY the said Palmer and wife and recorded
in tas Recorders Office Of Scott county, in book
*" OF mortgages, page 1858, tor the purpose Of
securing the payment Of two certain prvmissory
notes ard the interest Thereon, signed by said D.
d. Pplmesy sdd dated the 18th day of February,
A. D. 1857, and payable IS follows One for e37,-
50 100 payable in sig months, the other for $S37-
50-loO, ayable in twelve months, both payable 1t
I. =. Celnpbelrs ofice Davenport, Iowa, and
whereas the said Luther e. Ward having removed
from the state Of lswa md declined to ct Is such
Trust ., and J.hn G. Bills. Of Dav. nport, Iowa,
having been appointed Trustee in his place, &C.
cording to the provisions Of said Deed Of Trust,
BY the County Judge Of scott county on due no.
tice and by consent of said f1lmer and wife
AndnsN said 1897 SO having become due and pay.
able and the said y. y. Palmer end Ann Maria PAL
mer having failed to pay the same, |, John e..
Bills, Trustee as aforesaid, do hereby give this
public notice, that by virtue o. tho power which
is IN me vested by said Deed OF Trust, will, on
Saturds, the 23d day Of August A b l g., at the
hour Of nine O'Clock in the forenoon Of said day u
the Cour, House door, in the city Of Dave1port,
expose and offer for sale at public auction. The
parcel Of land above described, OF 60 much therp-
Of rs shall be necessary to satisfy and pay The
amount Of said note v tn the interest thereon to
the day Of sale, together with all the Gusts and
expenses attending said sale, costs u thls n6ti6
and lrustee's fees.
dated the 2sth day Of July, A D 1862.
JOHN =. BILLS.
iuly2o-dts . Trustea-
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RAILROADS.


mISSlNcspps
.u..~w AwwAN08M8N 2, tess.
,,... nm By Chicago ti~s. shteh q ts'sl'' s''"'
xsss fastss than Dsss~por sis's.
I'm AND AFTER MONDAY: NAY srs,
- 1859, and uutil further notice, pesssnS''
trains viii lseve Dsvssposs - follows'
7oA. r. for victor ana waShinston.
TRAIN, A.srvs At DAVENPORT A FOLLOW"
sa,. y. from Victor and Washington.
aorning ~ victor. lows city and Wsshine'
ce1n .;.s r.. western stage '0'
q points West. .,.cs At Davenport
frain: from tn. c We. and Rock lsaad Rail
S TO- :: . ::ss:s = 81: *: s:s.
t,Assengen s,,.ctions n 70 he estimation Of
she.. ,'.o to ""'"'" ''1'"'
ne" sea-" ii JOHN r. TRACY, 0snr sup't.
KrusALL, Asst SuPs.
Davenport, May Sd. lse2.-dtf
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n Maeko. co.bin, sllinina e ~
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The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-03-19
New Hyndrid Eva cunte<l

CAIRO. March 14.--The rebels evacuated
New Madrid last night, leaving a quantity
Of guns and stores, which they were unable
to carry away.
Some fighting took place yesterday between
their gunboals and our seige batteries, in
which we lost twenty killed and wounded
A shot from one Of their guns dismounted
one Of our "a Founders, killing four or five
Capt Carr, OF the 10th Illinois, was killed
Wednesday night, while placing pickets.
The loss Of the enemy is not known, as
they carried off their dead and wounded -
They were supposed to number six thousand
Island No 10 is reported evacuated.
Col John A. Logan arrived here to. day
from Fort Donelson. He is recovering
The steamer G.. w. Graham returned
this afternoon from Nashville. A large mum
Der Of st. Louis merchants, who went up oI
her with goods for sale, returned, some hav
ing sold their goods at a sacrifice; others re
tanned their goods, in order to effect sale a
better price. i5a+ 1 sJeg
Bank bills of loyal States and specie ar,
scarce. Every shopkeeper are getting Trea
sury Notes daily, which are eagerly sough
for. Southern bank bills, especially those o
Tennessee, ate abundant. The people 0
Nashville, however, are rapidly being con
vinced of their worthlessness
Anxious inquiries are made for cotton, tur
pentine and rosir. Although specie is offer
ed, nothing Of the kind could be had, excep
two hundred bales Of cotton, shipped by res
idents Of Nashville on their own account.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-03-19
THE GOVERNMENT TAX BILL.
a PRETTY THoRouaH LrYY.
WAsnINarnx March a


WAsHINGroS, March 9.
The following is an abstract Of the
tax bill reported to day:
1t provides for the appointment by
the President Of Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, with a salary OF S5,-
900 per annum, bis Office to be in the
Treasury Department, with suitable
number of clerks.
The country is to be divided, as the
President may direct, into convenient
collection districts, with an assessor and
collector appointed by the President
for each district, who shall have power
to appoint such deputies as may be ne
cessary.
The bill provides for a duty on spirit
ituous liquors of Is cents per gallon;
ale and beer, 81 per barrel; stem or
leaf tobacco, 8 cents per pound-to
add, when manufactured, cents, and
on cigars, 10 and 20 cents per pound,
according to value; on lard and linseed
oil, burning fluid and coal oil, s cents
per gallon; refined coal oil, 10 cents
per gallon; gas, per 1000 feet 25 cents;
bank note paper, 5 cents per. pound;
printing paper, 8 mills per pound; soap,
mills per pound; salt, 4 cents per 100
pounds; sole leather, ] cent per pound;
upper leather, ] cent per pound; -four,
10 cents per barrel; all other manufac-
lures, per centum ad valorem; on
railroad passengers, mills per mile OF
travel; Communication tickets, 3 per cent;
steamboat travel, mill per mile; ON
nibuses, ferry-boats and horse railroads,
8 per cent. on gross receipts from pas
sengers; advertisements, per cent. on
amount Of receipts annually; for the
use of carriges, annually, from 81 to
$40, according to value; gold watches,
81; silver watches, so cents; gold plate,
so cents per ounce; silver plate, cents
per ounce; billiard tables, $40; on
slaughtered cattle, SO cents each; hogs,
10 cents each; sheep, 8 cents each. Ii
censes-for bankers, 800, auctioneers,
$40; wholesale dealers, $50; retail deal
ers in liquors, $40; retail dealeas in dry
4 goods, $40; pawnbrokers, $50; rectify.
ers, $l00; brewers, $50; hotels, inns
and taverns, graduated according to
rental, from S. to 5000; eating houses,
SO; commercial brokers, $50; other
brokers, $40; theaters, 500; circuses,
$50; bowling alleys, S. each alley;-
wholesale peddlers, $50; other peddlers,
from IS to $50; coal-oil distilers, $50.
Incomes per cent. on all over $6a0,
] deducting the income derived from
dividends, &C., which are taxed sepa-
rately; railroad bonds and dividends of
banks and saving institutions. per
cent; payments Of all salaries of Off
GERS in the civil, military or naval ser
vice of the United States, including
members of Congress, 3 per cent; leg
acies and distributive shares Of person.
al property Of deceased persons, from
4 to 5 per cent, according to the de-
grees OF relationship, and stamp duties
on all kinds of legal and commercial
papers, all patent medicines telegraph
ic messages, and all goods by express. ad
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-03-19
Immigration Of Negroes.

o Probably not less than fifty thousand
persons have petitioned the present
Ohio Legislature to pass law to pre-
vent the immigration of negroes. The
last two years have witnessed a fearful
increase in the negro population of this
State. The love and devotion of the
Republican party for the colored pop
ulation has taught the free negroes and
the slaves Of other States to believe
that Ohiois paradise for wooly-heads
a land flowing with "Possom fat and
Johnnycake.
The demoralizing effects produced
on society by a negro population are
pretty generally understood, and they
appeal to every man who is opposed to
the encouragement of vice and immor-
ality toraise his voice against the in
PRODUCTION Of any more negroes. But
it is not alone the public morals that
suffer. Blacks are, as a general thing,
devoid Of ambition, and they are con,
tent to live in poverty and wretched-
ness; when compelled to work, they
will work at low wages and thus come
in competition with our laboring mass.
es. 1t follows, as matter Of course,
that by their introduction labor will be
degraded, poor men will be compelled
towork at low wages and encounter
difficulty III securing employment and
the rich viii become aristocratic, while
the poor win be treated with contempt
and dishonor. Sk
If our Legislature can, by accident,
or otherwise, do a single redeeraing
actitshould BE- to drive back the black
cloud, approaching from the South to
overshadow and curse with an eternal
curse the laboring masses Of Ohio
Let not our eighty thousand brave SOL
diers retlrn to their homes, when the
war il ended, to see their former posi-
tions filed BY degenerate negroes
their occupations transferred to the,
lt sasa# 4 y Z /. & y = 2
black outpourinss Of rebeldom, and no
prospect ahead bat poverty and misery.
ATFarner. NJ
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Report OF LieuteDant Fender.

u
WASHINGTON, March 12.-The official re.
port Of Lieut.. Pendergrast, Of the Congress,
addressed to Commander Margton, has been
forwarded to the Navy Department.
Lieut.. Pendergrast strtes that, owing to
the death OF the commanding officer, JAS. B.
Smith, it becomes his painful duty TO make q
report 10 you of the part which the United
States frigate Congress took in the efforts Of
our vessels at Newport News, to resell the
attack of the rebel tiotilla on the 9Th inst
The report says that when the Merrimac,
with three gunbosts, was seen steaming down
from Norfolk. and had approached near
enough to discover her character, the ship
was cleared for action. At ten minutes past
two the Merrinac opened with her bow gun
with grape, passing as on the starboari side
ct distance of about three hundred yards,
receiving our broadside and giving one in re.
turn. s..
After passing the Congres, she rvn into
and sunk the Cumberland The smaller ves-
sci then attacked US, killing and wounding
many OF our crew.
Seeing the the fate OF the Cumberland, we
set the jib and topsail, and with the assls-
tance Of the gunboat zouave ran the vessel
ashore. At half past two the Merrimac took
position astern Of us. al distance of about
one hundred and fifty yards, and raked us
fore and aft with shells, while one OF the
smaller steamers kept up a fire on our star.
board quarter. In The meantime the Patrick
Henry and the Thomas Jefferson (rebsl
steanlers) approached from up the James
River, firing with precision and doing u:
great damage. Our two stern guns were oul
only means Of defense. These were soor
disabled, one being dismounted and he othel
having its muzzle knocked away. The mer
were knocked away from them with grea
rapidity and slaughter by the terrible fire o
the enemy.
Lieut.. Pendergrast first learned Of th'
death OF Lieut.. Smith at half past four th,
death happened ten minutes previous. See
ing that our men were being killed withou
the prospect Of any relief from the Minnesota
which vessel bad ran ashore in attempting Il
get up to US from Hampton Roads, not being
able to get single gun to bew upon the en-
emy. and the ship being on fire in severa
places. upon consultation with Commando
WIN, Smith we deemed il proper TO haul dowl
our colors withou. any further loss of life OF
our part. We were soon boarded by an off
Ger OF the Merrimac, who said he would taxi
charge Of the ship. He left shortly after
ward, and small tug came alongside, who's
Captain demanded that we should surrende
and get out Of the ship, as he intended t
burn her Immediately.
A sharp fire with musketry and artiller,
was maintained from our troops ashore, upol
the tug, having the effect OF driving her off
The Merrimac again opened upon US, although
we had flag spread to show that we were
out of action. After having fired seyera
shells into us, she left us and engaged th'
Minnesota and shore batteries; alter which
Lieut. Pendergrast states the wounded wer
taken ashore in small boats, the ship havinl
been on fire from the beginning of the action
from the hot shot fired B., the Merrimac.