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, 1862-06-24

SOLDIERS ROBBED OF THEIR PAT.-When
sailors, after being paid of, are befooled ont of
their wages, the thieves are called land-sharks.
Some equally expressive term ought to be III
vented to designate the harpies who hang
round camps sad military hospitals to cheat
our volunteers out Of their hard earnings.
For example, what common English word is
sufficient to express the rascalIty mentioned
in tho following paragraph, from the superin-
tendent's report Of the Soldiers Home at st.
Louiss
<*One simple-minded soldier gave his mo-
ne5, as he came from the paymasicr, to we'll
dressed stranger, who wished to count it for
him, to see that it was all right. and he never
cav 1t again. Another was induced to drink,
and was then robbed Of all he had, the loss Of
which, upon his becoming sober, Induced him
to throw himself into the river, from which
he was rescued with difficulty. Another, a
lad OF sixteen, Just discharged from the SER
vice, was rescued from the hands Of the plum
dercrs by the police, just in time to save his
hard earnings from being slipped from his
pocket.''
Tie rebel barbarity that insults the body Of
dead soldier On the field, is more shocking
and brutal than this, but not 50 cunningly
ril1alnous and black-hcArted.
, 1862-06-24

The Supreme Court Of Iowa has just deriv-
cred very imoortant detision. It is to the
effect that county aud city subscriptions OF
bonds to railroad companies are Illegal and
void. The case decided Was entitled ssthe
State, On the relation, ETC., OF the Burlington
and Missouri railroad company, vs. the county
OF Wapello.'' The point decided (the opinion
Of the court being unanimous aud delivered
BY Judge Lowe, } is that the Legislative Of Iowa,
has never conferred upon the counties Of that
stote the power to Issue bonds in payment for
stock IN railroad companies, and that such
bonds are therefore Invalid. City bonds, Of
course, fall within the same principle. De.
cisions similar In principle to the above have
already been made By Judge Love, Of the q.
s. District Court, and the question Is now
pending on appeal from Judge LoYe's decision,
TO the United States Supreme Court.
, 1862-06-24
mcClcl1an's Tenderness for Rebels.
Correspondence Of the n. T. Tribnne.]

oEFEN ZINES, June 10. 1861
The rebel government knows not how to
honor merit, nor encourage ENTERPRISE, if it
does not make brigadier general ont Of the
colonel who led tile 100 dragons in the
amazingly impudent and amazingly successful
raid of Friday night. The officer is said to be
Stewart. He had resided at the Tyler man.
zion, near the Baltimore cross roads, and con-
sequently was familiar with the country. But
the enterprise was bold, EhreHd and soidierly,
through and through. The account of it in
the Richmond papers ought to be good read
ing-for Richmond people. There has been
no laughter over it in this army.
Nor has there been much open criticism of
the military condition which permitted a
squadron Of cavalry in moonlight night to
GO through apd through our lines. Within
hearing Of the cavalry carbines thus used by q
crafty enemy to murder the sick soldiers Of
the Union army on their sore way to the rear,
our provost marshal Was guarding the clover
field Of rebel in arms against his country.
SAW the orderly of brigadier turned away
from the field, to which he had gone for an
aTntnl of fresh forage for the Horse Of ono
Of the ablest and most active generals
in the army-onc who had fought gal
ga1lant1y at Williamsburg, most gallant1Y at
the Seve Pine6-and who now lies in his swamp
camp vibrating between health and death by
feVcr-reiused blade Of grass, because it ,oas
re6cE property. And have been told that Col
AyeTi1 Of the Sd Pennsylvania cavalry in vain
solicited fhe privilege Of foraging his hungry
horses upon this same clover, which will sure.
ly rot upon the ground for want of being har-
vested Twas rebel property, and therefore
was sacred.
, 1862-06-24

Our letters and dispatches from below
contain full confirmation OF the earlier &C.
counts Of the karbarity: Of the rebels in
firing upon the wounded and scalded men
Of the unfortunate Hound City, while they
- ..-cre struggling in the water, after that
ho,t =, 1t her fatal shot, in the naval engage
rnent in y 1'site River. They contain more
A discriDt,on O, the affair is sent rs by an
evc v;tness-C L. E1USToox, formerly Of
this city-in which he says that Col FRY,
the commander Of the rebel forces, sent his
sharp-shooters out Of their cover, nearer to
the scene Of disaster, to make their shots
upon the unfortunate men more certain Of
fatal effect; and another correspondent
writes that some Of the men were Killed BY
these sharp-shootezs' yolleys while they
we're being picked mp by the Conestoga's
yauls,- cent out to their reliet No CRY for
quarter suft1ced to evoke mercy, No
CITY Of agony wrung from the lips OF men
vino we're denuded Of their skins by hot
water and steam, and who were instlnct1Vely
battling for life in the middle Of the stream,
excited an emotion of pity In the rebels
breast Crack! craek went their rifles
and Of tho doomed crew full fifty were
butche1ed in cold bloodl Well does our
Cairo correspondent point out the contrast
between the bsrbazity Of the foe, on this
occasion, and the noble and humane
promptingE Of our sailors in the Memphis
fight, when they rushed with plying haste
to the rescue Of the rebels who were lett
in the river BY the sinh sng Of the gun-bost
that bore them! AMI well may the men
On the receiving ship at Cairo vow to be re-
yengcd upon an enemy that can be bloody
Instruments Of such tragedy as that
which We lament.
viii our readers believe that while such
things are being enacted, these coWardly
11urdeTers can boast OF al advocate and
defender right here in Chicago, where the
Tpion sentiment burns go strong and clear;
that the secession Times is daily permitted
to assail the government with epithets and
charges that secession itself cannot rival;
hat its every article is fire in the rear on
The loyal troops who have undertaken the
preservation Of the Union that it opposes
the emancipation Of the slaves Of wretches
like this Colonel Fry; that il holds shield
Over their property for the purpose Of ex-
cmpting them from the consequences Of
The war that they have provoked; that it
teens with whatever can encourge and
stimulate the counuy's foes and dlshearten
It's loyal defenders; and that it is in every
fibre just Us traitorous as the Charleston
Mercury or Memphis Appeaz9 We wish
it joy Of its friends, and We point to the
ruftians on White River, who were quick
to shoot our sca1ded men in tho river, as
average specimens Of the defenders Of that
cause which it has espoused.
, 1862-06-24

HFoWnloxFss Plan of Trying 1t On.
Parson BroWnlow is known to be decided
pro~slayery man, but he is not one OF the sort
who are thrown into spasms OF indignation
every time the word freedom is mentioned
He tells you merely, in reply, Of the practical
difficulties Of emancipation, and it would
stem, from conversation he had lately with
thgeditor Of the n. 7. EnaageZsst, that he is
not unwilling to see the experiment tried.
The -Erangefist says:
As We had the privilege Of meeting him
IN private few evenings since, we took occa-
sion to sound him on this point Wishing to sec
Il lie was as touehy on the subject as some
loya! men at the South, who profess to love
| tie Union much, but seem to love slavery
more: Pareon Brownlor, We are happy to
say, is not one Of that sort. Though, as q
| Southern man, be sets all the practical diff
| cultles in the wsy, and Is disposed to move
| slowly and cautiously, he Is not at al fright
ened By the 1n1ad.dog' cry Of aool.ionist.
| SO much Of shrewduess and common sense
that we cannot keep it back He said: *Aa
emancipation vas an experiment, he thought
| It would be well, before trying it on large
| would suggest, just by way Of experiment,
! to see how it would work, they ahould be gin
with South Carolina There he would like to
/ eeethe government emancipate the Slaves and
| eonfiecate the. other property Of the rebels,
and turn them cut to gIass.'"
| This Is good suggestion. and # there Ia tc
! be any compromise when We shall come to ths
settlement Of the quarrel bet veen the NORTH
and South, We trust that Bsownlow's notion
sill form part Of it. Slavery is nowhert
more ingeterate and powerful than in soutl
Carolina, snd II emancipation should succeet
| there It might be taken 2s uroyed that l
, 1862-06-24
Alden's TyPe-Setttng Machine.


This invention, regarding which paragraphs
have been floating around in the newspapers
for several years, has at last reached compile
tion, and is now in practical operation. Al
den Tas native of Massachusetts, but lived
in this city, engaged a. printer and deyising
labor and $40. GOO in money, while the inTen-
tor died without reaping the benefit Of his In
yentiop.
By means of this mechanical type-setter,
type tboth letters and punctuation m1rks) is
picked up, properly placed in the composing
stick, and distributed after use, the operator
producing these effects By manipulation Of the
keys, enc person thus doing the work Of six
or eight compositors.
The price of this remarkable macbine is
$500, and already number have been ordered
for some Of the leading printing and newsp.-
per establishments in the city. A specimen
will be sent to the London exhibition. One
is ROW on exhibition at Mr.. Yeaton's Office in
William street.
, 1862-06-24

Our Memphis dispatches announce that
Gen 7. G. Hindman, recently with Beauregard
at Corinth, has been captured at Fort St.
Charles. on the White River. which was taken
by storm On the 17th inst, he is the same
Hihdman OF Arkansas who WAS in Congress
when the rebellion broke out. There was no
member from the South more impudent, in
sulting or belligerent. He was continually
snarlinE, broWbeating and fomentiug mis-
Chief. He Was rabid and violent advocate
of secession long before Lincoln's inausura-
ton, and was looked upon as one OF the very
worst and mcanest men in Congress. His
chnus we're Keit, Barksdale and Prior,
whose staggering and insolent manner he
initiated. After his ekedaddlc from Corinth
he returned to Little Rock and wrote the fol-
ing Characteristic eplxtle to the a1niable and
good-natured Gen. Curtis.
GEN. H1NDAAH TO GEN. CURTIS,
HEAnQuARrEns Trans MISSISSIPPI D1srE1cr,,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. June S. 1862.
GENERAL: have received Information that
you have in prison st Batesville certalu citi-
zens Of lard county, Arkansas, captured q
feH days since BY detachment Of your cay
airy, Whc are charged with firing upoa your
mtn Wbile attempting to arrest them, and
whom it Is your intention to hang as outlaws.
Without stof ping to inquire whether they
did actually fire upon your soldiers or not, |
assert it to be the duty, as well as the right OF
every citizen Of this State, to fire upon the
soldiers Of the United States government,
so long as that government per.
slsts In the invasion Of their homes and they
have the arms to defend those homes with
and in the performance Of that duty I shall
snstaln them at all ic,zard.
Ihayc in custody several officers ana soldicrt
Of the army Of your government, and write
into execution against one single citizen o.
| Afkansas, who now or hereafter may fall iut1
| your hands, I shall ayengc his death by hang
| ing every Union officer aud soldier Of wal, and
from that time forward this becomes war O
| determination between us, neither asking mol
| granting quarter. shall put to death with
out mercy every soldier and citizen Of tho Uni
ted States who falls into my hands.
an further informed, that in published
order you have already declared this to be
war OF determination, ind that you expect tx
| wageit as such. lrequest, sir, that you spe
| officially adyfse me as to the truth of such In
formation, and if compatible with your duty
II such proves to have been your declaration
however, you can consider this rs an accept
ance OF the issue rendered, aud We Will ignor
all recognized rules of civilized warfare, AMI
make our campaign one Of savage cruelty ant
unspa1ing butchery.
In this matter, and that the rules Of civilize'
warfare will continue to influence Us both il
conducting the campaign in which ne fin
| ourselves engaged,
have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
T. G. HNDNAN, Maj. Gen. Comd'g.
I To Brig. Gen. Curtis, Commanding U.
In
, 1862-06-24

We will pH handsome reward to
any ono Who will bring us q copy Of the
secession Times that does not argue the rebel
side Of the question; that does not screen
the rebels from punishment; that does not
oppose every vigorous and efficient measure
for the prosecution ofthc war; that does not
throw all impediments in the way Of the
suppression of the rebellion that it can with
safety; that does not carry out its Detroit
threat to open +" frein-the-rear" so far as
it dare. If any such issue has appeared we
desire to see it, 50 that VIC can make an ex-
ccption, when pointing out the disloyal
course of that tory sheet.
, 1862-06-24

| Wentworth and Richardson double
teamed to pull the secession constitution to
the State House. John rode tho "stump-
tail " marc, and Dick the niger hobby"
but the thing stuck in the mud axlc-leep,
and has been abandoned by the drivers.
The hobby horses were so strained and
used up in the efforts to haul the load, that
it is believed they never can be doctored to
be fit for service again.
, 1862-06-24

C5 The secession sheet in this city COL
tends that to confscate the property or
slaves Of rebel leaders would be direct
and palpable violation Of the Constftion
1t has repeated the assertion so often that
it is possible some Of its readers believe the
statement Dare the editor let them see
the letter Of Hon. g. Winter Davis, Mary
land Shareholder, On the subject7
, 1862-06-24
Mileage Reform Defeated.

An insincere pretense Of moving toward a
reform OF the petty mileage abuse has been
kept aliTe during good part Of this season,
and disappeared in the House Oh the 11th In
the following disreputsble manner. A Sec
ton Was added by the Senate to an army pay
bin, reducing Congressional mileage to twenty
cents mile. This was changed on motion Of
Ar. F. A Conkling Of N. T., to actua1 travel
ing expenses; an honest adjustment This,
however, having been done, the House voted
to strike out the whole section as ttnot ger.
main to the army bill" Mileage reform will
apparently not be heard from during this eeEE.
Sim
, 1862-06-24

a correspondent at Dubuque writes to us
saying that the first meeting OF the commits
sioners OF the Pacific Railroad will be held in
this city. He viii be pleased to learn that the
first section Of tho bill fixes Chicago as the
place for the first meeting. The time Is to be
fixed by the Illinois commissioners, notices
ofWhich are to be sent through the post office.
We hope before the week closes to announce
the passage Of the bill, and in few days the
time when the first meeting Is to be held It
will be proud day not only for our city, but
also for the Northwest and the entire Union,
, 1862-06-24

1 The New Orleans Dclta says that Gen.
Cooke, Of that city, may be considered in q ID
ther "tight place.' When the rebellion
broke out he announced that be would "neYer
pay his Northern debt" Among his creditors
is Maj. Anderson, the defender Of Fort Sum.
ter, to the amount Of $4,000 or s3o, 600.
Cooke has large amount Of property In New
Orleans. Already $50,0 900 has been seized By
Gen. Butler. The Della hopes that Mai. An.
dezson will be paid out OF the proceeds,
, 1862-06-24

The Republicans Of Iowa have called State
Convention, to be held at Des Moines, on the
23d day Of July, for the purpose Of putting In
nomination Secretary and Auditor Of State,
State Treasurer, Attorney General, and Regis
ter Of the State Land Office.
"A Republican Convention has also been
called IN the Sd Congressional District, to
nominate 8 candidate for Congress, to meet
On the 9Th OF August.
, 1862-06-24
%Vnnrhees. II

9 VOORHEES,, the dirty dog, who misrepre-
sents one OF the Indiana congressional dis
Hicts, made an Infamous and lying attack
upon Gen. Banks, in the House, o few days
SINCE He stated that Banks had excluded
sick and wounded soldiers from the army
wagons, that he might carry negroes therein.
Of course there is not q word Of truth in it.
voorhees, knew he Was lying when he made
the statement.
, 1862-06-24
THB GUNBoAT MOUND CITY.

The fatal mistake Of trusting to mere
wooden war steamers, is made fearfully
apparent By the explosion Of the gunboat
Mound City 4 single well directed
shot, where the boilers and ma
chincEy are all exposed, may render
them thousand fold more dangerous to
us than to the rebels. Our citizens will
deeply sympathise with OH fellow citizen,
Major John FL kinzie and his essimable
lady, in the loss Of their son, and also with
the friends Of Mr. Scoville, both Of whom
were lost in this terrible disaster.
, 1862-06-24

The most sensible thing VIC have seen
lately from the South is the proposition Of the
Mobile RtgtsteT, which suggests that the con-
fedcrates should kill themselves rather than
fall into the hands Of the Yankees. Do 50,
aeigfbors, by all means.
, 1862-06-24

E-Dr. Lieber, one Of the most distinguish
ed writer's On Law, In q recent letter to Hon.
Edward Bates, Attorney General, Lays 1t down
Us fundamental rule Of international law,
that belligerents are to be governed In their
intercourse with each other, not by the NUM-
cipal laws Of either State, but BY the general
laws OF nature and nations. The condition Of
slavery, therefore. being the pecullhr subject
Of municipal Law, unknown to tbs law Of na-
tions and reFugnans to the laws OF nature.
must be left entirely to the protection Of the
municipal hw.- a general in the field, pro-
vlstond and military governor, IN officer OF
the army, Of whatever rank, has NO right to
adjudicate tho domestic or other relations OF
any person belonging to the enemy who COMES
, 1862-06-24

COMPLICATION C0NsTITUTIONAL.
The opponents Of confscation Of the
property Of rebels entrench themselves be-
hind the Constitution, and give as the rea-
son for their opposition to that measure,
that it would be unconstitutional The
letter Of HEEn4 WINTER DAVIS exposes
the fallacy Of that pretext and completely
explodcs the arguments which they ad-
vance. He shows that confscation tor.
the purpose Of punieament, is entirely in
accordance with the provisions Of the Con-
stitution- Ha shows furthermore that the
Government has recognized and acted upon
the principal Of contiscation as punish
ment for crime and for violation Of law,
from the very commencement Of the Re
public down to the present time After
reading Davis mastery and conclusive re-
view Of the question, we can not conceive
how any lawyer can deny the constitution
alty Of cont1scation.
This powerful argument deserves wide
circulation. No lawyer, editor OF intelE-
gent citizen; no man capable Of compre-
hending disquisiton on the powers and
true intent and meaning Of the constitu-
ton, should fail to read the letter atten-
tiyely, as it completely demolishes the OBJ
jections raised by such men as Vauandig-
ham, Browning, Voorhees,, Cowan and Rich
ardson- It was reserved for the
Maryland STAKEHOLDER to overthrow
the legal sophisms Of Senators
from Illinois and Pennsylvania, (who hold
seats at the hands Of the RepubHcans,) and
to rescue the constitution from the false po-
sition in which they strive to place it. Mr.
Davis is entitled to the sincere thanks Of
every bona fde loyal man for the service he
has performed in placing the question Of
confscation in so clear q Light before the
country.
We respectfully suggest to our Repubi-
can contemporaries that they give this mag
nifcent argument an insertion in their
columns. They can publish no article that
will do more good that will do so much
to stop the mouths Of secession sympathiz-
ers who are continually barking about the
unconstitutionality Of conflscaion. They
will find the review on the third page Of
last Saturdays TRIBUNE. And we would
advise such Of our readers as have not
read it, to get tho paper..and give it care
fQl perusal.
, 1862-06-24

gogue Of Ills stolen robes, turned him out
naked to q pitiless storm Of ridicule and
contempt They have condemned with
trumpet tone the men who sought to throw
them bound hand and foot to be skinned
and heeced by the makers Of greasy shin
plasters and the vlcst rag money. And by
go emphatically repudiating the covered
treason and hidden germs Of secession
bound up in every limb and fibre Of the
new constitution, have declared themselves
again for the Union 80 clearly and un1nis-
takably, that the heart Of every patriot
sTells with pride and ioy.
, 1862-06-24
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I L L [ N O I S
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Particular attention paid to SPECIAL CLAIMS PKx.
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NO ADVANCE FEES demanded and no CHAEGK
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To parties having LARGE CLAIMS we worId say
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, 1862-06-24

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whom blanks ard our work on Pensions &c, viii be
furnished and liberal commission allowed. Qd1ce
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, 1862-06-24
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, 1862-06-24

The object Of the expedition was three fold;
to prevent the destruction OF the cotton and
sugar piled upon the rivers bank, to take the
batteries, which, it Was known, were located
at St. Charles, and to make a thorough and
careful reconnaissance Of the White River
country, with view to military operations in
that region When these lAbors were accom-
plishcd, Colonel Fitch was expected to join
General Curtis at Bntesyille, further up the
Ettearn.
, 1862-06-24

s.refused to sing, end other Mise amuse them
selves while in Selma. On the night before
their departure, they all joined their voices
In stngtng the air Of Red, White and Blue
which We learn Was quite respectable per
formance."
I have heard from several sources OF the i'm
pndence OF Gen. Prentiss, remarkable con-
aidering bis position as prisoner Of war, aud
I can very well appreciate tbs remark Of the
reporter, that he Is the " impersonation Of in-
puQEuc2b" !" n
, 1862-06-24

The locality Of the fight WAS at st. Charles,
small town on the banks Of the White River
about IS miles above its mouth, where the
stream bends to the eastward, describing an
arc OF circle not unlike that caused by the
bend OF the Mississippi above Fort Pillow.
Gn either side Of the river bluffs slope gradu-
ally baek-.forming an inclined plain upon
which the batteries we're plsnted-the lower
near the water and the heavier upon the sum-
nit.