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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-08-30

!. -Arreee ass Dlses1s.8mg 1allsensats.s-.
We learn by private letter from Earl.
vile that some ten days ego, ]. w.
BROWNE, Esq, . lawyer of that place, was
arrested aud taken 70 Camp Douglas,
whore he is still confined. for discourax-
ing eulistments.. The particular z,act Of
Mr.: Browne, upon. which the arrest is
based our informant says, MAS that in
conversation at q street corner or some
other public place, he expressed the opin.
ion that in two years, ereenbacks would
be worth but S0-cts on the dollar, As
they are worth but 80 cts on the dollar
now, we think man might hazard sub
prediction without being guilty Of ex-
travagance, much less Of crime. At all
events, how it could be construed into
discouraging enlistments, is difficult to
comprehend. - $3.50
We are intimately acquainted with Mr.
Browne, and have had many CONVERSE
t,ons with him within the last six months
on tho estate of the nation" and We Ger.
tainly never heard him utter disloyal
sentiment. On the contrary, we know
him to have been truly loyal in all his
impulses, and quite active in assisting to
make up the various volunteer companies
that within the time named, have been
raised at Earlville.
Like many other localities in Northern
Illinois, Earlville is afflicted withas squad
Of nosing, housing, pestilent sbolitionists.
in whose estimation any man maintaining
that this war is or ought to be waged for
any other purpose than to break down
the present constitution, free all the ne
groes, and devastate the South. is seces-
sion sympathizer and traitor. Mr.. Brown,
as democrat, would naturally come
under the ban of such men, and regarding
them, as we really cannot help doing our.
selves, as enemies to the constitution and
Union as palpably as jeff Davis himself,
has never been backward in denouncing
them and their reasonable doctrines.
He has thus, probably incurred their bit.
ter hostility, and when the whole matter
is sifted, we have little doubt it will turn
out that his arrest was q matter purely OF
petty personal spite.
We learn further, that Mr.. Browne was
first taken before U. s. Commissioner
Hoyne at Chicago and was promptly dis.
charged, the Commissioner pronouncing
the charges frivolous; but that subsequent.
ly an affidavit having been fled against
him by two citizens (under the recent
regulation of Secretary Stanton) that he
had discouraged enlistments, he was ar
rested by military authority and taken to
Camp Douglas Nobody in Earlville knows
BY whom this affidavit Wa. made OF. il
willing to acknowledge having had hand
in it.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS. |

STATE oY ILLINOIS,
La Sail County.
THE People the SIae Of iilinnis vho. ,hese
presents may come, and especially the Of kin
hers at Law. and ered;tsrs Of James Lawrence.
ceceased. Greeting:
whereas. Sumuel J. Lawrence, adnnirstrater Of the
estate OF said deceased 10 DESTROYS Of re ndering
count o: his proceedings such ad syd
making 6nal settlement. and fer that purpose has
nade applications ia the County Ceart La E.ls
comfy Aforesaid. for citation 10 be directed
she may be interested i the OF said deeea
We therefore require you 10 appear before said
Court. at ths Court House II Ottawa in sail
the third Monday Of September, 1852 loo clock
in the forenoon If you see It, to attend the anal
element OF said account.
In testimony whereof, the suS,eriber Clerk of the
County Csur, Of La Sale county afe esad. has here
his hand and All xed the seal Of said Court At
OTTAWA, ;his 23;h day OF August. a. .. 1869.
s. ". AOND, CI.HK,
lssui ". &. EAerOy. DgPrYY.
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AL accounts from the southern State,
concur in representing . scarcity of manu-
features as having reduced ali classes Of
people to positive suffering. Every device
has been used to clothe their soldiers
carpets and quilts have been used for
blankets. and every yard of cotton in the
country has heen taken by the govern.
ment for tents. In arms they are SADLY
deficient The intercepted dispatches from,
Hindman; begging for old muskets and
condemned artillery, prove to what des
perate straits they are driven. If a new
army, by the operation Of . stringent con.
scription, should be brought into the Geld
by the last::of November, it would be i'm.
possible for them to arm and equip it
Thu consideration, and the suffering of
the inhahi<An4s, are iaAseipg sedAeEion-
We 6nmly believe that large portion.
probably one third. af the inhabitants of
the noet bitter seeaAed States would rs.
jo;ee to-sse the old lag over kheup assin,
Times.
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SoxE southern officer has thought proper
to publish in pamphlet from what ne
terms an Outline narrative of the ceven
days battles in front Of Richmond. The
whole 10 a somewhat highly colored account
of southern skill and bravery shown there,
but is worthy he careful perusal Of
northern readers as it unwillingly estab-
fishes the generalshIp Of Mcclellan. We
direct attention to the following extract:
Tho northern newspapers claim that
the movements of Mcclellan were purely
strategetic. Up to the first decisive stage
in the series Of engagements-Cold HarbOr
there were cert"inly plain strategic de-
signs in his backward movement Had
Mcclellan won the day here, bis right
wing would have been in the advance
upon Richmond. and his strategy would
have been brilliantly successful The
turning point of the battle was vixen
Ewells division appeared among the trees
back of the forks Of the roads and the
house which constitute the locality Of Cold
Harbor. The net of Jackson's army an6 a
part, We belive of General Longstreet 8
division, appeared on the field some time
after and the battle was gained. At this
doubtful predicament in which the for.
| tuuCD VI VIC sOu6 o"A OaosC VOhtSot
around Richmond ever stood"
Hilis division attacked US first at Cold
Harbor. Mcclellan logged him. 'Ewells
division came to the support of Hill. Nc.
Clellan Aogged them both. Then the
entire army of Stonewall jackson and .
part Of Lonstreets division came to the
support Of Sill and EwelI, and our right
wing was forced to fall back before the
overwhelming numbers Of the ConfeAerates.
Here is the confession of rebel histo, ian
giving the most favorable version possible
to his own caase. that had it not been for
StoaewaM Jaeikson's appearance with his
entire army at Cold Aarbar " HcClellan's
strategy would have been brilliantly sue.
cessfnl," and Richmond must haze fallen.
Stonewall Jackson's army ought not to
have been there without it WAS driven
there for shelter by the Superior force of
Mcdowell. Had Mcdowell made his ap-
pearance at the same time. we shonid have
been ia possession Of Richmond that same
night Time at last makes aii things
even; and history cannot be 20 perverted
40 rot to credit Mcclellan with having
done all that skill and courage could do
and dare in the terrible contest around
Richmond.-Chicogo 1fmss.
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War News Of tho Week.
TIE Wan IT vIRGIx:A.


There 10 such strict embargo on teie-
graph Dispatches from Gen. Pepe's army
On the Rapphannock, as well As from
Warrington, that scarcely any really
reliable intelligence gets through. This
much, However, il certain, that Gen. Pope
sseeessfully accomplished his retreat from
the Rapidan to the north bank Of the
RaPphannock on Thursday of last week !
and that, before the enemy in pursuit
came I'D in sufficient force, he succeeded
in placing . sufficient force at all the
bridges and fords on the river, from Fred
sricksburs to the railroad, to prevent the
enemy from crossing. Since then the
enemy have reached the south bank Of
che river in largo force-some accounts
cay they number 10000, and thus the
two armies stand facing each other. on
opposite banks Of the river, for q distance
ct Is miieA Fighting occurs more or less
every day, the enemy making daily and
nightly attempts to throw a force across
the river, but thus far every attempt Of
the kind has been repulsed. In one case,
On the 22d, the reports say, the enemy
undertook to cross . bridge guarded by
Sieel A furious cannonade commenced
On both sides, but soon Sigers fire slack
eneued and finally died away. Then the
enemy rushed three regiments across,
when Siegels guns suddenly opened on
the bridge, dertroyed it, and therefore the
rebel regiments, numbering 1000 men,
after lossof 400, were taken prisoners
In another case, on Saturday, the reports
say Jackson undertook to throw four or
6te regiments across at BENEFITS ford. A
part of McDowelrs force was concealed in
the woods on the south side Of the river,
watching the motions When Jackson's
force was fairly in the river, a sudden
attack was made, when hundreds were
slaughtered and is guns taken by our
forces
The most daring feat of the week, how
ever, was by Stuart't famous rebel cavalry.
He crossed the Rapphannock in the night
and Y mt to Catlct's Station on the rail-
road, l2 miles north of Popes line, and
there fell upon, took, and destroyed Gen.
Pope's baggage train, with all his private
baggage, correspondence, papers, plans,
&c, &c, taking a number of the guard
prisoners.
The great danger to Pope's army it is
said was between Thursday and Saturday.
A sudden and vigorous dash of the enemy
across the river might have resulted in
q oil disaster The crisis, how ever. was
passed IN Sa'ur lay, when Gen. Burnside,
va powerful force, enforced him from,
fredericksburg, and Nc Jlellan's divisions
hogan to arrive <t0m Alexandria. When
the whole army is thoroughly united, and
reinforced by the thousands of tho new
lazy daily reaching Washington, it is be-
lieved nothing can prevent the northern
army from at once sweeping down upor
Richmond. If half the authentic" &C.
counts u to the numbers and condition d
ths rebel army can DO believed, they have
no earthly chance of being able to resist
The mighty army about to b hurled upor
them.
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TIE WAR II KxIucKY TENNESSEE.

While from all tokens, the rebels are
a'>nut to have their hands full to maintain
themselves in Virginia, with as lar-. an
army as they can possible subsist there,
they are making tremendous efforts to
cause a divi- on in tho West tn relieve the
pressure upon Richmond. With this rur.
pose they havo concentrated a monster
army in the vicinity of Cumberland Gap
in Eastern T nnsssee, mum oering d. least
5000 men. under Bragg. Floyd and Kirby
Smith, vh"- now menacin= Gen. Moran,
who, with 10000 men, holds Cumber-
lang Gap. Another rebel force. estimated
1t 4OUU. I'm er Birkner Marshaii aud
Gen. Scott, are concentrated on this side of
Cumberland Gap, threa tening Gen Morgan
in the rear. Morgan's position, however,
il 20 strong that he has no fears from an
attack from either side, or both, the only
anxiety about his communicat ons are cut
CT he may be strained out The latest
seoouuts from his carnp represent him as
having Surprises enough for 60 days, aud
his men in the best spirits
While Morga. is thus threatened, and
"a case of his def 1t or surrender. an inva-
sion Of Ohio and Indiana is even threaten
Cd. it is not to be supposed the federals
are idle. What the federal force now in
Kentucky may be We have no means OF
know ng. but it is certain that with :. ten
days at least 10000 of the new levy have
tbeep pushed into that State from Ohio and
Indiana alone, to say nothing - ten or fif.
teen new regiments raised in Kentucky.
Gen. Nelson is concentrating q mighty
army near Lexington, s.od within two
weeks has the utmost confidence will be
able to open communication with Morgan ;
while Gen. Buell.. with = very large army,
il approaching Bragg. Floyd and Smith
from hattsuooga, and terrible battle in
that quarter il daily expected
Besides these grand movements, we
b ave the usual accounts of frequent skir-
mishes between small detachments Of our
army or homo guard and the ruerillas in
which the advantages on both sides seem
about equal.
Everything seems to be quiet at Nom.
phis. except squads OF guerillas, who ven
tyre occasionally to within few miles of
Members. there appears to be no consiner.
able reoe. foree ~ that vicinity Gen.
P ce is said to be at Toaeio. some 40
miles south Of Corinth, with 25s.G9O men,
and on Thursday Of last week Gen. Rossn-
Grams left corinih with large army, pro
ceeiiug southwark, it was supposed to look
Pee up.
There has been some small "scr,mmag-
Ing" on the CupbeEland. GAINESVILLE, be-
tween Fort Donelsop and Nashville. de-
Tended by Col Mason and some 3OO mon
of the Ohio Iegimest chat ran at Shiloh,
was attacked in q st aae foEt by some
800 rebels and surrendered without losing
q man. The affair was most disgracefpl
few days Afterwards about 700 guerillas
.tsscked Fort Donslson, defended by some
400 men Of tho same regiment undsr Maj
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-08-30

Some years ago, the Duke Of yelling
ton was sitting at his library table, when
the door opened, and without any An
nouncement in stalked figure Of singu
larly illomen.
"Who are you r. asked the Duke in
his short. dry manner, looking up, without
the least change of countenance upon the
intruder.
kill you" =. [-\ So
kill me3 Very odd"
81 am Apollyou, and must put you to
death"
obliged TO do it to dsyI"
I" am not told the day or the hour, but
/ must do my mission
"Very nconvenient-very busy-great
many letters TO write. Call again, and
write me word-ill be ready for YOU"
And the Duke went on with his CORES.
pondence. The maniac, ppalled,probably
out of the room, in half III hour was safe
in Bedlam.
One Sabbath afternoon, a Sunday school
teacher observed TIVE boys playing marbles
by the roadside. He stopped, told them
how wicked it was, and succeeded in per.
suading the worst one to accompany him
to school The lad WAS decidedly fast
youth, Of about eight years In the class,
among other things. the teacher told him
that God made this beautiful world. and
all that is in it; We must thank Him for
the good things We enjoy: He gives US
our food, aud our clothes"
!" Does he gives me my clothes, too p
broke in the lad.
Yes; lie gives US everything,
Now. thar's where you got your eye
shut up; for, maam made these trowsers
out of dad old ones!'
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Tax Sale Notice,

N0flCE l. HEREBY OWEN, fs all whom is nay
~ conc I'm. lat At sale 0f ands and lots
the tsXes and costs due thereon fer the year 1851
held at the door of the Court House in the city ora
va L. Sale county. State Of Illinois, BY the Collector
Of said city the 33d dag 81 De eember 1861
iber purehased the believing described tracts Of
land and y lots stu Ia said city and that the
tine of red.nps on the same will expire On the ga
day Of Deeembef 4. .. 1859. enc year ftsn dais Of
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Last Notice.

ATENBERS Of the jackson Guards, nov absent, are
ANx positive y required report within reassnab
time, to Thomas aney. Esq, Ottawa, no =. furnish
transportation to Chicago, or they ri report them.
Sc YES TO the commander Of the psny Camp
Dunno. Co Jackson, csmaandant At Camp Do ug as,
has Issued Al order coupe ing Captains to report
a"srnfees. In order that they may be b. ought pr
soners to Camp. reasonable time iii given
the ahssa; members Of the Guard. report in Camp
By 7. BARRETT,
Ottawa, Aug. = C0DEdtS Of the Con, DaAt-
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There Is some hope, now, that all disu-
nionists will be treated alike for the ad
ministration has commenced the arrest Of
the abolitionists. A man named Plumb,
q noted abolitionist in New York. has
been sent to prison for discouragins enlist
ment5.
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Army SUPPLIES. We understand that the
AGENT of the II. S. Quartermaster. who
went to Washington on the 7th to procure
supplies for tho immense army raised in
our State, has succeeded in obtained full
supplies of clothing and camp equippage,
except tents. The articles were all shipped
from Philadelphia last week, by rail, and
will begin to arrive here in few days. 1t
is no small undertaking to provide an
entire outfit for twenty regiments inside
of thirty days, with NO supplies this side of
the mountains. A little patient waiting
viii mako all right. The want of tents 1t
Calsp Butler will b. supplied By the
impediste erection of Temporary barracks,
which, for this season will be equally q
cousortahla-SprinQfsld Josu nal.
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We have furnished seven preachers 10
the army from this county-four ~ cap
tains. two as lieutenants, and one private.
Six of the number are Metbedists, and one
. Baptist Gazette
The La Sale County Regiment has Is
preachers.
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The "Infernal' Ab0litionists and the
PreStdents -F- SEQ

President. coz tal
About the most unblushing piece Of
impudence we ever heard Of, on the one
side, and the most unexampled forbear-
ance and condescension on the other, are
the recent letter 70 Horace Greeley to the
President, and old Abe's reply. Massa
Greeley, impudently assuming to speak
for the twenty millions of the north &C
cuses the President of having totally dis
regarded an important law Of congress-
to wit, the confiscation actin his policy"
for the prosecution of the present war,
and demands that he forthwith make
such changes as shall give that law full
force and effect according to the intent
and meaning Of its authors; and as to this
intent and meaning, he says Speaking for
the twenty millions aforesaid,) that It
involves the immediate issue of procla.
mationby the President freeing the negroes
in all the states Massa Greeley also ac-
cuses the President of having been swrev.
ed from this plain path Of duty by listen
| ing to the counseis and yielding to the
nenaees of certain fossils hailing from the
border states, when it would have been so
much better for him to have drawn his
inspirations from that concave mirror and
parabolic reflector Of the universe, the New
York TrJunE
What is amazing is, that the President
should notice such a TRADE at all but
I L., Iol Il - =,
ing to find that massa Greeley and his
whole brood OF Intervals, are handsomely
snubbed. The President bluntly says
that if the confscation law requires him
to issue such proclamation forthwith, he
"don't see il" and As to its potency to
free the negroes before you catch them,
he can't see that either. In word, As to
the whole abolition programme, OF making
the business Of freeing the negroes the
primary and main object Of this war, and
restoring the Union a secondary matter
the President Gays. Il do not agree with
you" and there's an end ont "What
do about slavery and the colo red race,
do because l believe it hells to save this
| S19OhB oIo 0u2b lOIpSST, ! IOFD6df Do
cause do nat believe it would help to
save this Union. shall do Ie:s whenever
shall believe what am dong hurts the
cause, and l shall do moro whenever 1
shall believe doing more will help the
Cause. shall try to correct errors when
shown to be errors; and ] shall adopt
new views so fast as they shall appear &c
be true views"
The Presidents letter. brief rs it il, il
really the first clear and uaequivocal an
nouncenent We have had Of his "policy, "
and that being, as thus defined, in agree.
ment with the aspirations Of tho conserva.
tive masses of the country aud 10 opposi.
ton to the scheme Of tho intervals" the
nation breathes freer and easier, while
the fanatics in the same proportion re.
double their howl
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FREEDOM OF THE PwEsA-President Davis,
in his recent message to the rebel congress,
in enumerating the ":yrannies" Of the
Lincoln" government, names interference
with the freedom Of the press At the
moment this message was being read in the
rebel congress, Gen. Van Dorm was enforc.
ing the following order in Georgia and
Mississippi:
"Order No. Q. SCI. g. Tho publication of
| any article in the newspapers in reference
to the movements of the troops is propibit.
ed and if the editor or proprietor of any
newspaper published in any of the counties
| herein before designated shall publish any
editorial article, or copy into his paper any
article or parawraph calculated to impair
confidence in any of the comnandiaR
officers whom the President may see fit 10
place over the troops, such editor or pro-
prietor shall be subject to fine and impris.
onment, and the publication Of the paper
shall be thereafter suspended"
The Columbia (Ga Sun. commenting on
this order. says:
absolute military despotism tn; has ever
QISSr8CcO any dEC VI uott1u uo tQ68
that the people shall not be allowed to
criticise the conduct of their agents is too
monstrous for contemplation. The priv.
lege of the press TO expose official incom
potency is its highest birthright, and the
unshackled exercise of that power the
strongest safeguard of liberty. Such an
assumption Of authority has not been at
! tempted or conceived even by Lincoln.
1t ''out Herods Herod." p -, . =
Per contra, President Lincoln, .poloeising
for the resent arrest Of persons for dis.
courasing enlistnJents, says: The Gev.
eminent does not intend or desire TO be
underatood as intending to interpose anv
obstacle to the frsest criticism Of puhl;c
men and measures. Its policy in suppress.
ing the rebellion is regarded - . beeiti.
mate subject of population discussion. hut
the rebellion itsslf mus not be defended
nor Government measures opposed to the
prejudice of the recruiting service"
Harsh and difficult to justify a. MANY of
tho arrests recently made by authority of
the govsruiwent will b found to be, they
are lspisy itss|f eappsred with the acts Of
the confederate eoyerDmens, .Ge'
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Drafted men haye-no rights whatever
The government can, ct pleasure, form
them into now regiments or put them
hero aad there abcat in old regiments nov
in the 6sld, and in the last war doctor
Of divinity fssght at New Orleans betveAn
> negro 8nd . 0sslasa strset-suavsnfsr, i
* sid - $50
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Prices At THE Two CAPirAIs-T The fol.
lowing table shows the price Of certain
articles at the national capital and the
beleagured capital Of the bogus Coufcde
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Gem Leo says the rebels have An exoes.

Gen. Lee says the rebels have an excess
Of prisoners. This Mss 1t 6rst supposed
to be . mere brsg, but upon careful com
pnEasion it is found to be true. Largo a
we're the number of rebdl prisoners taken
il tho spuiug, they have sinas been over.
borne BY the ds6saAs. rstrsass aud captures
saahs ChiskAhomisy, u Wisehssesr and
il Tssntstees --
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Gen. PHELPS, of Ship Island notoriety.
has resigned, and his resignation has
been promptly accepted by the President
This is the same Gen. Phelps with whom
Gen. Butter had such pithy correspond
cnce. He made requisition upon Gen
B. for arms and equipments for two or
three regiments OF negroes. Gen. B.
replied that he had no arms that he was
authorised to apply in that way. and Or
dered Gen. p. to put his negroes, if he
had so many, to work on telling trees and
building abattls for the defence Of his pc
sition. Thereupon Gen. T. Jared up and
rendered his resignation. Gen. B. refused
to receive it, and ordered him to 60 about
his business. 1t appears the great procla-
nation General met with better success
in offering his resignation at Washington.
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Hart and in this case the guerillas were
repulsed with heavy loss. This seems to
fasten the charge Of cowardice fully on
Col Mason. =
=, Hindman, in Arkansas, sent message
to Richmond, copy Of which was stolen,
begging pitously for guns and ammunition.
1000 stand of arms and large lot of am
mnnition were sent him, and placed on q
steamer on the Zazoo river to be carried
to him. The steamer was on Monday
overhaulet, by our gunboats at Miliken's
bend and captured. -