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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

Gen. Mcclellan reports to the Govern.
ment the following as some of the results
of the recent great battles of South Moua-
tain and Antietam. The figures are pro-
badly as near accuracy as will ever DO
attained
AT South Mountain our loss was 443
dead, 1850 wounded and Is meeting;
total 2,315. At Antietam our loss was
2OlO killed, 9, 4l6 wounded and ,044 miss
ing; total l2,469. Total loss in the two
battles, 1874
"The loss of the rebels in the two bat
ties, as near rs can be ascertained, from
other data, will net fall short of the fol-
lowing estimate:
Major Davis, Assistant Inspector Gene
raj, who superintended the burial of the
dead, report, about 1900 rebels buried
upon the field of Antistam by our troops
Previous to this, however, the rebels had
buried many of their own dead UPON the
distant portion of the battlefield, which
they occupied after the battle, probably ct
least 500
1.-THE loss Of tho rebels 1t South Noun
tain cannot be ascertained with accuracy,
commencement Of tho action, aud a. q
much greater number of their dead was
seen ON the field than of our own men, il
is not unreasonable to suppose that their
loss was greater than ours. Estimating
their killed 1T 500, the totsl rebels killed
In the two battles would be 1000. Ac.
cording to the rattle of our avn killed and
wounded, this would make their loss in
wounded 1912.
"As nearly as can be determined at this
time, the number of prisoners taken BY
our troops in the two battles will at the
lowest estimate amount to 5000. The
full returns will no doubt show larger
number. OF these about ], 200 are wound.
ed
"This gives q rebel loss in killed, wound.
ed and prisoners Of 5,542
at will be observed that this does not
include their stragglers, the number OF
whom is said to be, by citizens, very large,
1t may be safely concluded that the rebel
army lost At least $4,000 of their bsst
troops
From the time our troops first encoun.
tered the enemy in Maryland until he
was driven back into Virginia, we captured
| Thirteen guns, seven caissons, and nine
lim5ers, two field FORCES, two caisson bodies,
thirty-nine colors and one signal flag
I'VE have not lost a single gun or color.
On .Ae oA11ae-neiu OF Antletam l4,OOU
saaA arms were collected, besides the
large nnmber carried off BY the citizens
and those distributed ON the ground IA
recruits aad other unarmed men arriyine
Immediately after tho battle.
"At South Mountain no collection al
small arms Vas made, owing to the haste
Of the pursuit from that point. Fouy
hundred were taken from the opposite
aida IF thu PotoSnAc
(SienAdA Gao. D. NcCLDGLAx,
nNaj0g General CsmnanAinA~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

The ISriASs-Col Sibley, Sept. %, re
ports to Gov. Ramsey, the particulars of
battle near Wood Lake in which, with
some 600 infantry, he met and routed
some 500 Indians, losing men killed and
SO wounded, while the Indians had some
40 killed ard $50 wounded Col. S. says,
force, he could dispense the Indians and
end the war in a month. Meantime small
parties of Indians are committing outrages
all along the Minnesota frontier
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
FROM KESrCCKY..

On Wednesday, Gen. Buelrs whole army
left the vicinity of Louisville, in light
marching order, pushing into the interior
of Kentucky. On Thursday they were
heard from 16 miles out, our advance hav.
ing continual sklrmishing with the enemy 9
scouts. Smith and his whole army are
supposed to be moving off as rapidly as
possible towards the Southern border. He
can have a fight any day with Buell. if he
will stand his ground, but no fight is anti
cipated this side of the Cumberland.
Gen. Morgan, a week ago left Cumber-
land Gap and moved toward the Ohio, ar
irving opposite Portsmouth on Thursday
evening. 1t is said he had . fight with
Humphrey Marshall,s force at Richmond
on the way, but there are no particulars
A most distressing affair occurred at the
Gait House in Louisville on Monday. 1t
appears there had been difficulty between
Gen. jeff C. Davis and Gen Nielsen. On
Monday morning Gen. Davis entered the
Office of the Gait House and meeting Mel
son spoke to HIM demanding, it is said, an
apology. Nelson replied to him in his
coarse, insulting way, andslapped Davis in
the face, upon which Davis drew pistol
and shot him. Nelson died in ID minutes.
Davis is under arrest aud will probably be
dismissed from the service and punished
by the .ivil authorities. Yet Nelson,
although a good officer, was hated As a
rough, brutal man, and the sympathy is
universally with Davis.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
The "Rressure."

At his interview with the representa-
tives in Congress from the Border States
last summer, President Lincoln held the
following language:
II am pressed with . difficulty not yet
unsntioned-one which threatens division
among those who, united, arc none too
strong. Gen. Hunter proclaimed all men
free within certain States, and I repudiated
the proclamation Yet, in repudiating it,
gave Identification II not offence, to many whose
sypport the country cannot afford to lose. And
this is not the end of it. The pressure in
this direction Is still wpon me and Is inereas-
ing BY concediDg what now ask you
can re!ive me, and much more, can relieve
tie country in this important point"
The President begs the Border States to
"relieve" him, and also THE COUNTRY, from
. dilemma Either he must d, that
which his conscience does not approve,
and by which the country" will come TO
harm" or he must submit to see divi.
sion among those who, uaited, ar none
too strong" In plain English, the aboli-
tionists have told him, that he must either
issue An emancipation Proclamation, or
they will no longer support the war;
These are the hounds whs meet in
churches and denouncs the democrats as
disleyal, for exclaimiag against their rabid
fanaticism
But tho Border States were unable to
relieve the President, and the pressure
kept on "i.creasing" until the President
Was obliged to "yisld." Howf Gov.
Blair, Of Michigan, explains how. The
abolition Govsr~ers rsfxsed to tenoard more
troops unlsss tie Proclamation Uas i.smed !
These are the houads who meet in churches
and denounce the democrats a. "condi-
tional war msni"
But will the pressure end here7 Let not
the President lay the "Aattsring JUNCTION
to his SOUL" He yielded once where his
conscience did not approve, and he can
now count on realizing rapidly the "Rakes
Progress" Already your 7Iibunss and
Independents are swelling with now de-
mauds. Tho President having taken the
irst step in the new direction, nothing
must remain in tho way to rstard his
progress. We must also have an emanci-
patton cabinet and emancipation generals
Ssys the Independent:
"Let thinking men solemnly impress
it on the nation that, no matter how high
in Office, or how wide the rule reaches, no
emancipation policy is of any value unless
| it, earnest and downright friends are put
II the head Of aAaira President Lincoln
having, according to promise to Mr. Gree
Icy, adopted new method, We DEMAND,
according to good sense and all national
usage, that he pats into the Cabinet mem
who have advocated that policy since the
beginning Of the var, aad give the control
| Of the army 70 soldiers whose hearts are
in that plaa-to Sxm~ev. Of MassseAxsstts.
Slsys.s, Of Psxasydssnia, and Wade, Of Ohio.
ssd 1Aer fissds, Il Gks Cabinst, and Hunter.
Nak, AID Fremont n tie field"
Il thseesntzy becoming enlightened a
70 the sPirit e "inssrnar' aboltionism 1
akaula The President refuss to yield to
this new pressure. what thsn7 VIII the
abelition Govsrnsss again threaten 10
withheld troops, or weald tie Internal
sesw" b any tso good = essay hurlinx
Tie Prssidsat himself fesm big sest1
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

Mr.. Editor-It seems while the late
democratic county convention was IN ses-
sion at Ottawa, a distinguished abolition
lawyer Of that city was watching the pro
ceedings and telegraphed to Judge Cation
that the convention had almost unani-
mously (it was entirely SOY condemned the
Presidents Proclamation of Emancipation.
What was his object? Did he think our
well tried chief Justich would, by hi. ans
wer, reduce himself to the pitiable level of
Judge Scates? He ought to have known
better He ought Ia have known, at the
very time, that the abolitioRisis had APP
preached Judge Cation with an otler Of the
candidacy for Congress for the state at
large, and had met with q rebuff But
enough Of this. l. it true. as | am credl
bly, informed, that the distinguished aboli
ton lawyer alluded TO was watching the
proceedings of the democratic convention
with the malignant eye oil hawk watch
ing an innocent chicken; and that had
Judge Cations answer been such as he de-
sired, his next move would have been to
arrest all the leaders and officers of the
convention and send them 10 Fort Lafa
yette or some other foreign prison? n.
Peru, Sep. 80, 1862.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

THE CHICAGO Journal on "Wednesday ap>
peared in new dress from top to toe, and
looks as fresh and shiney as a new pin. The
Journal is a cool headed, -ensible, conser-
vative paper of the republican persuasion,
and IN comparison with the Tribune ct id
genus omne, of healthful influence. We are
pleased to note its prosperity
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

PAaoGro SoLplERG-S,000 soldiers taken
by the rebels at Harpers Ferry and re-
leased on parol have arrived at Chicago
and are quartered At Camp Douglas They
arc to b sent to Minnesota to 6sht tie
Indians.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
TO CONSERVATIVES.

VyHE Advertiser, having been restored health in
Il few weeks, by q very simple remedy, after hav-
ing suffered several years with lung affection,
and that dread disease, Consumpfion-is anxious to
known to h is fellow sufferers the of
To all who desire it, he will send copy of the pre-
pre- par ing and Using the same, which they will ind
srRE CuRE CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c.
The only object of the advert User in sending the pre-
scrpton Is ben eft the afflicted and spread infor
tion which he conceives to be Invaluable, and he
hopes every sufferer will try his remedy it viii
them nothing. and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rsv. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg.
sep2S SIN Kings County, New York.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
Candidate for Congress.

To-day we raise the name of Col. 7. L.
Diekey, as our candidate for Congress, sub
ject, however, to the decision of conven-
lion if one be held.
1t is not necessary for us to inform our
readers who Col Dickey is. There is
scarcely a man in the district who is not
acquainted with his history. For the last
twenty years he has been intimately con-
nectei with the fate of Northern illinois,
and no man is better qualified to represent
our interests ia oar national legislature
AS Z lawyer he has no superior i'll the State,
and as q public speaker few men can inte-
rest an audience more. While the old
Wing party lived he was a firm advocate
Of ss principles and measures. But after
that party was dish2nded, took little or no
part in politics until the lAst Presidential
election, when he took thestunlp for Judge
Douglas and by the powers Of his talents
and eloauence did all he could to secure
hiss election. He is strictly national man,
and can be depended On as such IN any
emergency.
When the present unfortunate war broke
out, he was among the first to draw his
sword in defence of the Union He is Col.
Of 4th Illinois Cavalry, q regiment which
has seen more active service than any other
cavalry regiment of this State. At Fort
Donelson and Pittsburg Landing it was in
the thiekest Of the 6sht, and its gallant
Colonel led his brave men With dauntless
courage.
And now it is proposed to send the
brave leader of the noble 4th to another
field Of action; and we call upon all Union
men to assist US in the effort. His cleo
ton to Congress would not call him from
his military duties until one year from
next December, by which time the rebel
lion will have been suppressed, or if it
should not have been, a man who is on.
gagged in the conflict will be better calcu.
lated to suggest measures for Legislation
than a civilian.
Therefore it is hoped that political par
ties will be lost sight of in the approach.
ing contest for Congress We want q man
who is not pledged to the dominant party
who is true and loyal to the constitution
and the Union-and Col. T. Lyle Dickey
Is that man.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
HNN 900 MALE FEMALE AGENTS
~

100000 %, NAL. sssa.. AGENTS
MAP OF THE UNITED STATES,
CANADAS, AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
From recent surveys completed Aug. 10, 1862; cost
$4,000 to engrave It and one years time.
Superior to any $40 map made by Gotten or
Mitchell, and sells at the low price of fifty cents &c.,
600 names are engraved on this map.
It 10 not only County Map, but it 10 also
COUNTY AND RAILROAD NAP
Ofthe United States and Canadas combined in one,
giving EVERY RAILROAD STATION and distances
between.
Guarantee any woman or man three to Eve dollars
per day, and will take back all maps that be
sold and refund the oney. eend for 81 worth try
Printed Instructions how to well, furnished
all our agents.
wanted-whol.sale Agents for our Maps in every
State California. Caada England, France, and Cuba
fortune may be made with few hundred dollars
capital. Ne comPettfton.
J.. T. LLOYD, No. 1874 Broadway, New York.
The War Department uses our Map Of Virginia Ma
ryland, and Pennsylvania cost 800 O00 on which il
marked Middletown, Maryland Heights Williamsnort
Ferry, Mllbrook Mill, Neands Ford, and ali others
the otomsc, ank every other place in Narylsnd.
Virginia, and Pennsylvania, money refunded
Price Is Cents.
From the Tribune, Augusta.
"LLOYD'S MAP OF VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, AND
PENN6RLvANIA.-This map 10 very large; its cost is
but IS cents, and 4 70 ths best soASc1 yraAased
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
The GULF.

Late advices from Pensacola state
that the harbor is being rapidly filed
with war vessels. An early movement on
Mobile is doubtless the object of the
gathering.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
Missouri.

There is no doubt but a very large
rebel force report says as many as 40, 600,
are collecting in Southern Missouri, under
Holmes, Hindman, &c Gen. Sco6eld has
left Springfield with some 10000, princi-
pally State Militia, to meet them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
Take Notice.

THE undersigned having determined to quit the bu
i Eness in which they are now engaged, desire All
these who are in their DEBT to come forv:ra mmede
" and discharge such Indebtedness. Al no 10 ,x.
accounts not paid By the first Of October viii oe gwen
into the hands of SQUIRE Leavens for coleetion.
Pardes owing will save themselve: eApense ..e
ing ~. =, ,.s. r..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

morning. Some of these deserters have
offered to enlist in the Union army.
At Bloomfield, in this county, 1000
rebels are lying in the woods. Similar
bodies are scattered along the lines of this
and Bullet, Spencer, and Shelby counties.
The entire rebel army in Kentucky is
variously estimated. The secesh set it
down at $4,000 But the Union men, who
seem TO be badly scared, figure it up to
10000. They are generally represented
as a band of marauders, with no more
order than that of a mob.
There is much dissatisfaction among the
people here about the emancipation proc
lamation of the President. That docu-
ment will injure US more in this State
than 100000 reinforcements to Bragg could.
I have conversed with quite a number of
Union men-men who have given their
all to aid the Union cause in this State,
and they all declare that this is the severest
blow the Union cause could have received
in Kentucky. The great argumento Of the Sc
cessionists in this State is, that it is an aboli-
ton war; The Union men have commended
that, though it be SO by the leading nor
thern politicians, yet the President was
for the constitutional rights of all. But
now they say the President has knocked
the last pin from under them, and they
set down with their mouths closed, just
where their enemies said they would land
months ago. NJ.
CAN'T ExPLAN.-A staunch democrat
from Peru, member of our late County
convention, writes US as follows
81 have watched the Chicago Times for
the last few months, and believe it to be a
reliable democratic paper have not yet
given up that belief But yon know a
democratic convention was held in Ottawa
last week, at which nominations were
made, DC. They despatched their bust
ness harmoniously and satisfactorily to
themselves. A melton was carried,to pub
lish their proceedings in the Chicago
Times and Ottawa Free Trader / have
not yet seen a word in the Times in rela-
ton TO that convention. Can you explain
how this is +? 1 hope it is owing to some
mistake"
The proceedings were forwarded to the
Times by one of the Secretaries. That is
all we know about it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04
MONEY TO LOAN,

AZ 10 PER CENT. FlsK ANNUM,
~ OR Eastsrn parties In sums Of SO to 1900 dollars
= On three years time, at ]. ". rAYT
Aug. ls.-esin. Lean omes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

M Eiitor-The telegraph informs US
that there are thousands Of slaves arriving
at Cairo, who are thence being distributed
over Illinois, Indiana, &c. How is this done
consistently with the laws of this state and
indiana forbidding negro immigration?
A. s.
1t is done just as shinplasters are circu
lated in this state. Nobody enforces the
law against Thorn. Were an attempt made,
however, to enforce the law against these
negroes, who knows but the war power
of thd President would forthwith abrogate
the law He can Just as easily abrogate a
law of IllinoI. as he can the constitutions
and laws of the southern states
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

I TAKE pleasure in announcing TO The citizens q
Ottaw. and vicinity that am nov receiving dnees
from the Eastern markets, ny stock Of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-10-04

Having the very best facilities for buying, ~ essls
will be sold At the lowest possible prices.
E. G. HALBERT
Northwest Of Court House, corner L. Sale
and Madison Streets
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-17

shipments therefrom, made for military pur-
poses by the commandant of the department.
from which such shipment is to be made.
u. Collectors or surveyors OF customs before
granting clearances or permits, may require
bond, with reasonable surety, in such cases as
they shall think necessary, to protect the pub
lie interests, conditioned that there shall be no
violation of the terms or spirit of the clearance
or permit, or OF no ayerments of the affidavit
upon which the same is granted.
8. No person shall be granted to ship intoxi-
eating drink, or other thing prohibited by the
military authorities, into territory occupied by
the military forces of the United States ex-
cept upon the w,itten request of the command
ant of the department in which such territory
is embraced, or some person duly authorized
by him to make such request.
8. In order to defray the expenses under
these regulations, a fee of twenty cents will
be charged for each permit granted; and ship
ments permitted to and from states heretofore
declared to be in instruction, shall, in addi-
ton thereto, be charged with the following
fees, viz: five cents on each one hundred dol
lars over three hundred dollars on all ship
ments to such states or sections, fifty cents on
each one thousand pounds of cotton, and
twenty-five cents on each one thousand pounds
of sugar permitted from such state.
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Magnificent Landscape View.

People go to Italy TO witness an Italian sun
set and to gaze upon the Italian skies. Those
who do so, do not, perhaps, understand that
the skies of our New England excel those of
Italy in Respondent beauty and clearness, or
that those poets and Others who have written
and sung of Italian sunsets, were residents of
the British Isle, where the frogs,an mists and
humidity and murkiness of the atmosphere
give to the skies a leaden appearance, destroy
all twilight beauties, and render the sun at
midday as destitute of brilliancy as boiled
turnip. When John Bull leaves his befogged
island-home, particularly if that home be in the
region of London, for trip to Southern Eu-
rope, he is naturally enraptured with the beau
ties of sky, sun, atmosphere and clouds which
everywhere meet his eye, and he falls into the
mistake that all these glories result from local
causes, when the fact is, the local pccularities
are found in the region he has left behind,
which obscure the loneliness of the landscape,
and all that contributes to add beauty to a
landscape view.
1t is not so with the traveller from New Eng
land. He finds no such ravishing fields for his
Eyes W ioNt IHe shy II CitsE. UuL NOT So
beautifully blue as that which pervades his own
New England home.
The purity OF our atmosphere, its freedom
from smoke and humidity, give to the sky and
to our sunsets, a splendor sought for in vain
in most foreign climes, and the American
especially the New Englander-who talks of
Italian sunsets and Italian skies, as though
they greatly exceed his own in beauty, only
betrays his ignorance, and proves that he has
neither visited the land of the Caesars, nor
properly informed himself by reading the OBJ
servations of others.
The scenery about our own own city is
scarcely to be excelled by that of any portion
of the country. Ifany one doubts-any one
who has an eye to the beautiful-let him take
a stroll at sunrise over the Eastern Promenade,
and drink in the beauties combined of sea and
island, land and water, green and russell which
he will find spread out before him; or let him
go at sunset or at the witching hour of twi-
light, to the Western Promenade, and allow
his eye TO wander over the expanse of beauty
which stretches away in the dim distance,
where tree and cloud, green and gold mingle
into one. We doubt If more ravishing sight
can be found in months journey. Let those
who would appreciate home beauty go there,
as the sun dips behind the distant horizon,and
gilds the submits of the distant ridges with
the rays of its fading glory. Standing on the
overlooking brow of the HILL and allowing the
eye TO traverse the distance from the water in
the foreground, over clearing, meadow and
grove as far the vision can extend, with the
fieecy clouds SO delicately tinted, piled up
against the deep blue sky, scene is witnessed
excelling in beauty the most matchless efforts
of pen or pencil.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-17
Member OF Congress, LIST District.


1t is the duty of town clerks in Maine to
make duplicate returns of the votes of their
town, one TO the Governor and Council, sealed
up, and second to the Secretary of State
The latter is always opened at once, while the
former lies unopened until the meeting of the
Governor and Council, which this month takes
place on the 23d inst, Tuesday next. The
return Of the votes of Newfield at The office
of the Secretary of State, as we learn from
Augusta, gives 155 votes for Leonard ID. NJ
Sweat, in place of Lorenzo ID. NJ. Sweat.
If the votes in the town of Newlield were
written or printed Leonard, then Lorenzo ID.
M. Sweat would fail of an election: because,
including these l55 votes, he has but I0s in
the District. We have been informed that the
records of the town clerk are for Lorenzo. and
not Leonard; if so, the return TO the Secretary
of States Office was probably clerical error,
and how that made to the Governor and Coun-
Gil reads, cannot be determined until the
Council meet next week, for it is by that re-
turn, and not that made to the Secretary S
Office, that the official vote is made up.