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Out Of the long List Of generals whose
nominations were not acted upon BY the
Senate, exceptions were made Of two
names, which were pushed through. The
first of these, ]. B. TuRcH1N, 19th Illinois,
belongs to as skillful and brave soldier IS
our army contains. He WIS believed to be
willing to make war as war should be
made, and to hit head wherever he saw
it. To these pecu1iarities and to the perse-
cution that he Is enduring from others who
lack his faith, his promotion Is due,
G. c. Washburne Of WISCONSIN, also
obtained his BHgadiership, and, VIC are
so11y to say, against the efforts Of one Of
the Senators Of his own State. His intimate
knowledge Of men and affairs, and his
brief experience as colonel Of cavalry,
were sufficient guaranty that his new du-
ties would be honorably discharged His
confirmation is q compliment Of which his
friends may be proud.
, 1862-07-26
, Grateful and Gracious.

l.
Yesterday the sick of the 18th Wisconsin
regiment were gladdened By visitation OF
ministeriDg angels.
a party Of Norfolk ladies (whose names pru-
DENTAL considerations admonish Us to with
hold(, called at the hospital. rendering " aid
tial benefactions; and above all, their price
less sympathy, we're gratefully accepted.
The husbands Of most If these ladies' are
now serving, by compuIsion, in the rebel
army at Richmond. One of them relases tha+,
listol in hand, she resisted Tic forcib1e abduc-
tion Of her husband By. III armed press gang,
whose urgent Invitation to Join their party,
proved literally irresistible. But force pre-.
vailed, and her husband WAS actually torn from
embrace, and dragged into 8 serVice-servi,
tude ..s the appropriate word-which is ab'
hCrred.
Such is the sallantry Of the sol distaat "cava-
iers' towards the amia51e sex; and thus it Is
that the ranks Of their poIunteess are recruited.
, 1862-07-26
Cowardtce Among Officers.


Ger. Reyes, in his report Of the battle
Fair Oaks, makes some remarks upon the dis
tasteful subject Of co oEardice, from which We
make an extract below. It is to be wished
that such an energetic policy as that expressed
By Gen. Reyes had been generally followed,
and that confessed towards, bearing commis-
sions had been Strictly dealt with, as required
By the discipline Of every good army, The
general says:
II should be glad if the name Of every in.
diTidnsl who kept his place in the long strug-
gle could be known. All those deserve pr aise
and reward. On the other hand, The men whn
left the ranks and field, and especially the Off
GETS who went away without orders, anould be
known and held up with scorn. In some ol
the retreatiDg groups discovered officers
and sometimes the officers were furJhest in the
rear. What: hope can We have Of the safety
of the country when even q few military otH
GERS turn their backs upon the enemy without
orders? Such officers should be dis
charged and disgraced, and brave men
advanced to. their places. The task
OF reformation Is not easy, because mnct
true manliness has been sut1ocated in deludiag
theories, and the Improvement will not bt
complete until valor is more esteemed, mol
until ne adopt as maxim, that to decorate :
coward with shoulder~straps is to pave TIT
road to a natiou'B rnln.h
, 1862-07-26

From the n. T. Tribune, 23d inst ..
from headquartera, @ e % ~hersbs tie . { Union u com,
manders in the unequivocally rebel States
@not including Tennessee, nor, Of course,
Kentucky, Missouri, etc;,) are directed to
make free. with property needed By their
armies. and to employ .spersons Of African
descent' when required as labo.ers, etc.
is said a. to their being freed On the con-
tra1y. the natural inference from the terms
Of this order would be that they are to be
finally returned to their former owners, no
matter though these be the most malignant
txaitors. ~.
II this is all that Is to be done by the GOV.
eminent in obedience to the condscatfon-
emancipation act, then the Union cause will
have been fatally wounded in the house Of its
friends. No equiv oca1ing. higgGng, hair split.
ting, harg-back policy will now save it. I'm
less the slaves are given to understand
vices enough to give them liberty therefor,
then the rebellion can never be put down.
This country is very strong; but it is not
strong enough to subdue eight millions o1
Hhlte rebels in perfect subsection to q relent
lets military despotism, while We unite With
it IN Keeping four millions of black slaves Al
work in the fields, the arsenals, the trenches
Of those rebels.
Nc speak plainly, for in this crisis 1t were
TREASON to be silent or ambiguous. Unlesf
the slaves are afforded ample and palpabie in
dueemen's for quitting the service Of the reb
els and embarkiDg in that of the Union, the
great mass Of them will continne to serVt
their masters while the latter destroy the
nation. And this order does not supply ths
slaves Of rebels with IN adequate reason fol
braGing peril, privation, and death, by speedy
fight from the house Of bondage to the shel
teripg tolds Of the flag Of the free.
J OF course, We do nut know that the Pfesi
| dent will not stop here. We trust thot he vii
not. Yet the appearance Of this Order woule
| seem to Indicate that nothing further is con
templated. # that be the fact, ne sadly fee
| that the nation is undone.
| But hottie government cannot stop here
Even i its present purpose were.to go no fur
| ther, the rrsistless march OF events will COIL
| pei it to revise that purpose, Let there be III
| mnrmuriDg, then, no de5pondency, no falter
ing, but let every effort be made, every energ,
| e1ert<d, to push On the work Of recruiting
! and thus insure the triumph Of the armies
The Unnion. Each Of US has his own duty tt
to pertorm-let him thoroughly do, SO tnat
whoever may falter, or whatever may be th'
| result he may rest iu the proud CONSCIOUSNESS
that he has done his best to serve and save hi
] impeIiled country,
, 1862-07-26

The Chicago TINES indites coarse
phtlfipic agatnet Francis Train, the eloquent
champion Of American interests in England,
stigmatiziug him as II uotorious,,' as q ''ditty
bird" that "f0uls It's own nest,' &c. HIS
nal co consists It's i hav1eE drawn somewhat
highly co1osed picture Of rebel atrocities, and
explained. not justified, the late order Of
Gen. Butler touching the secession women OF
New Orleans. The TINES is q semi-seeessiou
concern, and its attack upon Mr. Train IL
doubtless inspired bY the fact thaE he ia too
ontspeken In his deuunciation of the rebels
and their BYmpathizers to suit its rose-Watel
loyaity.-dzbaNy Eteniaq Journal.
, 1862-07-26
Congregational Nomlnation.

The congressional convention Of the Vth
District OF Iowa, met at Winterset on the o1st
inst. On the third ballot, Hon. JouN 4. KAs-
SON. present first assistant P. II. general, was
noniratcd. His opponents in the convention
wcre Hon. Thomas q. Benton, E. H. Sears,
IL L. Mcpherson and 2. Lawrence. The H4fe
R,gsae7 says that Mr. Kasson will resign his
position in the post Office department, and
make thorough canvass of his district upon
speaker, IN unconIpromising Republican, aud
when the people Of the several counties shall
see and hear him, they will be proud to accept
bin as their representative in tho lower house
of r,IUprfkR
, 1862-07-26

Gen. Nelson, win heary reinforcements,
arrived at Nashville On thursday. He assumed
cu1rn,and OF all the troops there. So states
the Unto5t-
The rebt1s who made the successful attack
on Murfretsboro, have lied towards East Ten
1tessee, and we 1rus. the fighting Nelson will
soou be in their midst. Gen Morgan was still
ut Cumberland GAP at last acouuts.
, 1862-07-26

Grand Scouting eExpedi.foDs-No Army
In Force-Alertness Of Our TroepB.

{cozrespondenee of the n. T. Trfbune.1
= HARpxR's FERRY, Monday, July 21, 1862.
The recent scare In regard to the threatened
advance ut the rebels On Winchester Is en-
tlreEY abated. -Four scouting expeditions Of
Cen Niles, Gen Piatts and Gen. Kelly's
commands have returned to their respective
headquarters, and report no enemy ii force
within fifty miles Of the Baltimore aud Ohio
railroad and Potomac River. The force thst
threatened Winchester last week was discov-
cred to be only few hundred local cavalry or
guenlllas, Who, after making dash forward
and drying in some Of. our pickets, retired as
suddenly toward staunton.
The vigorous movements OF our troops, IN
der the Immediate command Of Gen. Banks,
On both sides of Stauntop, will force the enc
my to eVacuate al the Immediate country,
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, aud on the
Maryland border. The people hare felt secure
enough under the protection of the guns In
the fortihcations raised on Camp Hill aud
other points, By command of Major General
Wool; but much uneasinesB exists among
some Of the loyal people throughout the val
ley concerning the movements of jackson,
whom they have come to coucede as almost
an omnipotent being. I really believe they
place as much reliance upon the promise be
made the people Of Winchester, that "he
you'd soon return, IS the secessinhts do
Rumors Of the most conflicting nature reach
Us daily in regard to the movements Of the
rebels. but as they are undoubtedly set aaoat
by Southern sympathizers do not care to re-
peat them. The only danger to be appre-
hended is from the guerrilla bands makfng a
dash upon small bodies OF onr men who may
be left to guard certain towns on the Winehes.
ter side Of the valley, but that Jackson will
come forward with force and contest the
ground with Pope inch by inch, no fears need
be entertained. jackson don't do business il
that way, and he knows Gen. Pope too well
to trif1e with him, or to rush into any place
that be cannot as easily get ont Of
The iron railroad bridge for this point OF.
dered by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company ia rapidly approaching completion
in Baltimore City, but some months will
| e1apse before It is erected. The woode1
| britge, which WAS swept away by the freshets
| several weeks ago, has been fully replaced
and the travel over the road is excellent
lie confidence in its security having been re
| stored. A general United States Hospital has
! been established here by medical directo
| Simpson. It is under the charge Of surgeon
| E. Dawson, and contains about 800 Gonzales
cent patients. Hospital tents are being pre-
| pared for the accommodation Of over one hun
| dred men.
, 1862-07-26
Resignatfon OF Judge Ruller.

Hon, 4: G. Fuller, at present Adjutant Gen
e1a1 Of Illinois; has addressed letter to the
officers and members Of the bar Of McRenry
county, resigning bis Office as Judge Of the
18th Judicial Circuit of this State. He says:
"As' it has been charged in the public press
that baye held and received pay for two or
three Offices, permit me to say to you what I
have never published in the newspapers, aud
that ie, that for services rendered the State
tor the last year1 have declined to receive q
dollar Last :tal I resigned the Office Of Bank
ea1s1y IS Judge for my past years services to
the conntryf
, 1862-07-26
SAM. IS. RAYMOND,
Msjor 5lsl regiment IL Vol

tB:A- T. Stewart & CO., the great New
York dry goods firm, are charging eight per
cent On all specie they give in change, and
pay eight Per cent. en all they take which .is
Certainly the most equitable. way Of treating
the currency question.
, 1862-07-26
The Gallant F1ftY-FIfHtx
CoR1nzH. July q, 1s6a

DEAR srR:-I arrived here this morning
and wss forlunats in meeting Dr.. Bryant,
hospital stewart, here with teams, and deliver
I'd the packages By me into the wagons,
SO that they will be rccelved at the hospital
this afternoon. J find my regiment removed
to Eastport on yesterday morning, some forty
nilea from this place. snau probably reach
there Bone time tomorrow. You may post
the TRIBUNE On this change. 80 that nignds
may know where to direct their letters. ALI
well;and doing nicely. Kind regards to Lieut.,
Lester. In haste. Yours, &C.,
SAX. B. RAYMOND,
Ma3nf II sf ra1fmanf Iii Vol
, 1862-07-26
THE WAR POLICY AND THE
PRICE OF GOLD.

When the premium On gold in New
York went up last Monday to twenty per
cent, loyal men were justlys.anxious, and
many OF them alarmed, at the financial
condition Of the country. If this thing
was to go On, it was plain that our con-
dition must soon become desperate But
during the week the enthusiasm Of the
country to fill up the reQuisition for
three hundred thousand troops, the strin-
gent and patriotic war orders Of Gen Pope
plainly with the sanction Of the Govern
ment; the order from Secretary Stanton to
military ofticers,to tfseize and use any prop
erty, real or personal, within the States Of
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
and Arkansas, for supplies and military
PURPOSES" and to employ the slaves in mill
tary service, have inspired confidence among
the money kings Of Wall street, that
something effective is to be done. Hence
the premium on gold has been steadily de-
clining. To-day it sunk below fifteen, aud
some dispatches made it touch thirteen !;
but Later reports gave the closing figure at
sixteen and q half Private dispatches
have been conflicting. We refer to our re-
port Of the New York stock board for par
ticu1ars as to the prices ruling there. The
decline is about one per cent per day for
the last four days.
These facts are significant and instruc-
tive. They ought to convince any man
that a vigorous policy, one that is aggres-
sive and annihilahng to treason, is the only
way to save the country and bring this
wicked war to close. No thermometer
is more sensitive and certain than the
Wall street stock board. When victory
crowns the armies Of the Union, or a
policy is pursued that the Judgment Of the
country knows will secure it, the conf
denc of the people is buoyant and stocks are
tuoyant also. The price Of gold falls, and
| the hope that the war is soon to end shows
itself most cheeringly in the commercial
come, and especially when shilly -shally
dallying policy prevails aud shrewd self
interest can see no end to the waste thai
the war is to inIict upon the country, dow1
goes the price Of securities, and gold goe*
I up to frighttul figures. VIII not the
"powers That be-; at Washington be in
structed By the significant events Of tht
wetk to carry out what has been so vel
and so nobly begun? Let the President
issue his proclamation to the rebels to lay
down their arms within sixty days, or al
the pains and penalties Of the contisca.io1
bill will be visited upon them, and we pre-
dict the price Of gold would go down II
five, perhaps to two per cent. within (
week. The power Of the government tt
whip the rebels within the next few months
thoroughly and soundlY, if it will only us'
without reserve all the means st command
no sane man doubts for moment. 4 fea
that these means will not be so used, is al
that Keeps g''ld up to its present enormou
premium, VIII the government, again VI
ask, be instructed by the events Of tn
week and give us the measures that sha]
make Treasury Notes equivalent to gold
The thing can and it should be done.
, 1862-07-26

Hon. l.: n. Norris sn ValIandiGhann.
/ Hon. L N. Morris, late Democratic Kepre-
sentative In Congress from the Quincy Dis
t1ict, in letter Of advice to the editor Of the
Quincy Herald, spesks OF the infamous VAL
lAndiebam ~ follows:
"The Democratic party Is tue and loyal;
aud unwilling to follov ouch man Rs Vsliaa-
|, diRham, os Ohio, In whom Judge Douglas nsd
NO confidence, ssI know from frequent con-
yerras on with him, either - u Individual or
Professional patriot,
, 1862-07-26

M. ]. B. Clark has been appointed super,
intendent Of the Illinois River Railroad. under
its new management. The Pekin Reg1ste7
states that the trustees Of the rosd are now
contracting for the immediate completion o1
the bridge at Pekin, and the laying OF ths
track between Pekin and Peoria, and says:
stFrom our information, Ee have no doubt
that the connection between the two places
will be completed before the close Of 11avigs'
tIon this fall.
, 1862-07-26

Aotutant General Baker Of lows has
given notice that The five new regiments tor
that State will rendezvous respectively at Du-
onque, Clinton. Keokuk, Iowa Ctr, and Des-
molnes~
, 1862-07-26

SOME ENEmT HATH DONE THIS.
The Tuoescent yissgc Of Bridget, daugh-
ter Of the morning, as maid Of all work at
No. street, was douded and her
brow sullen as she entered upon her natin
occupations not many mornings since.
Nothing went right with Bridget, under
whose hands the steak charred, the coffee
1ike shy debtor Graded settlement, and
the toast burned. There vas no end Of
trouble in the domestic world that morn
ing, and finally the whole suppressed dis
turbance came out, when Bridget wiped
her red arms and told her mistress to 81 get
s. naygur" right away. An explanation
followed, and the indignant domestic
poured her plant full and strong that the
Lincolnites we're for freeing the naygurt
and bringing them all north to drive GU,
honest white folks, and that Is all there il
to this war; and Bridget stormig disap,
peared into regions consecrated to he,
dormant occupation.
Well and what is there national or I'm,
portant in the Ii chen emeute not unknow1
TO the domestic skles Of the best regulated
families. Simply this, which is to be taken
into account with very numerous straws
, 1862-07-26


Our Canadian. .neishhors a,3 extremely sn1-
ious that the British Government should send
oyet large force for their protection, but the
itea Of the provincial treasury footing the
bill is particularly disagreaole.
The Toronto Leader quotes the London
Daily Ntcs d saying:
Whether 1t be that the Canadians apprehend no
danger, OF thA1 they sse satisfied that the Imperial
government will defend Them at all hazards II at
tar ked most e1tain it Is that these coon.ta are
not prepared to incur any expenae for military
pn1peees Let them be treated al the peup1e Of
New Ze1and have bren treated. Let them be told
that II they deaire the military aid OF the Imperial
government theJ must pay for It. But II they re-
fuse TO pay for it. let them be fatry told that the
Imperial troops wall be withdrawn. Tue conne1-
ion with ENGLAND is either valuable OF 1t Is not.
Il ii be valuable let some!hing be p3td by those
who desire TO continue 1t; II tt be OF no Value,
then let the colouiBts FAY 40, 1t Will be dissolved
To this the Leader answers, that the demand
thaAC Canada should..pay for the Imperial troops
granted them. In addition to keeping up .its
own nilitis, is to the ]ast degree uazeason-
able. because utterly impossible Of execution.
That journal therefore thinks it impossible to
reist tbe conviction thst there is po~erfal
party IN Esgland who are anxious to get rid
r.1z
, 1862-07-26

1"vEa State Democratic Convention.
TIE "Democrats'' Of iowa met in coaveu-
tion at Des Moines on Thursday last. Forty
out Of hipety couhtiss were represented ~
hy delegates. Among the prominent indiyid.
nais present as participants were Augustus
Cassr Dodge, Mahony, Of the Dubuque Her
aid, and Clagett, Of Keokus- An extract
from the speech Of the latter parsonage will
show the character Of the whole concern:
II tell you. gentlemen, there is no use to blink
the tac1e OF h1stuy. Massachusetts, alone Is re-
.pouelble for plunEiug th1a Country INTO the hur-
,ors Of civil Warl Il vas the factfous Abolition
i'm Of that State y hi h compelled the South to
se-uue an attitude Of armed rebellion. 4a,s7-
chuee'ts did IT II! This waE is nothing hut raid
On the Mates Of the South. The adniuistra.iou
at Nasb1Dgton IL corrupt from the ''sole uf irs
head to The crown OF fuut - but the Democracy
u this country will yet teach Abe Lincoln aud his
CO usnipers that the WAY Of this ttansgreseor Il
casy
The resolutions passed BY this precious con.
clave Of the treason.sympathizers are Of the
same style. Just one paragraph is devoted to
those who are In arms against the Union, aud
nearly every line of the remaining portion o1
the series makes var upon those who are en-
deayottng to uphold the government aud put
down rebellion.
, 1862-07-26
THE WORK OF. THE DAY.

We do not say that Illinois stands fore
most among the loyal States that hare 50
Jayisbly contributed their men aud money
for the war. We do say that in the number
and gallant1y of her troops, the Importance
Of her services IN Congress and in the
field, she has done well. Let others than
those Of her Own household say that she
Las done best Of all.
Her energies are again taxed, aud the
depth and endurance OF her patriotism are
a.ain Put to the test and it is vital to her
Iuucr and the good name Of her people
1tat she should show no tagging nor wea-
1ipcss now. Her quota is large, and the
demand for the men who compose it is
made at q moment when the rural popu1a-
zion are b.lsily engaged securing an abun-
daht harvest, and when manual labor was
never more profitable than it is in our larger
towns. But in spite OF these drawbacks,
We know that Illinois will nohly respond,
and that her exalted reputation will be
still further heightened By the result that
The recruiting will show But it is neces.
sary that the State should not only main.
tain her superiority as to comparative mum
bers, but that in the time consumed in get
ting her new regiments into the field, she
should manifest more than her former alac
1ity and zeal. The demand is for men-men
now, not next November or January, lei
us hope, then, that the noble example tha
Chicago is inauguraing may be initiated
from Cairo to Galena, and that our Stat
may never, in this great contest betweel
patriotic communities, be left in the real
To call meetings, to lay before the masse
the nature and importance O.
the crisis, to rean1mate Low,
Of country, to exalt courage, to stimulate
hope, to give money, to organize sociede
for relief, and, above al, to encourage ant
reward enlistments, must now be the dut,
OF the people. Our country and its insti
tuuons are in danger" Men Of Illinois
there is 8 great work to be done!
, 1862-07-26

MILwACKEE.--We learn trom the Daily
H,seoasia that q ronsfng meeting Of the NH
waukee Chsmbsr OF Commerce was held On
Wednesday evening to take measures to hurry
up enlistnents. Over FL, 900 was raised dur
ing the evening. The Chamber Of Commerce,
the Young MEMS Association aud the Mer-
chants Association have "jolned hands" to
push the war movement right forward. 4
State War Meeting has been called at Milwau-
kee on Saturday evening.
, 1862-07-26

II The Nashville U'ston, rema,king upon
the recent surprise at Murfresboro, truthful
ly remarks that teome of the officers take 3
pride In being Careless Of danger. They think
it shows q generous confidence With tho rebels
-and It does-to put themselves At their mer-
q, and generally ends IN the utter route or
demolition Of the conad,ug officers and their
commands?" When will their foolish conf
depce reach an end:
, 1862-07-26

MOVEMENT Or TR0oPs~-The secretary Of
war has removed the prohibition against pub
,sh1ng the movements Of regiments to the
seat OF var. This is well. Let the people
know how the country responds to the presl-
dents call for more troops.
JUST L1KE H1M.-Hon. Schuyler Colfa1
offers to the first fifty volunteers, who are en-
rolled In bis (st Joseph) county $1,000 each,
to be paid when mustered into service,