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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1862.


CORRESPONDENCE
6hinrzaster Lts'tes to b. storpaz-Gen Iecgef-
,sd"d's IEpkdaton- Outrage on a., O6stsr-
TIC Q. s. 8:natorship-GEok County C:s,adi-
datcs for Seautor-Pfon1otion.
Correspondence OF the Chicago T1fbune.l
SPRINGFIELD. Ill. Dec, !, 1861.
smvrLAsTER ISSUES TO De sTorFED.
This city is being flooded with shiaplasters,
Ridgelcy sud Brown, the pri1fipal bankers
here. ere grinding them OF by he cord, while
divers and eurdry storekeepees are Issuing
large amounts. TIC result is that our cur
rercy is getting decidedly mixed, ana if stop
Is lot put to the thing, Government Small
rote will be as grea. rarity as silver qas1~
ter. I l.arn that the Bank Conu1- -sioners in
teId to institute proceedings in the matter,
srd that al persons issuing Illegal bsrk notes
in the Slate Will BIS Indicted. L is NIT ge1er-
IL; known that there is a very heavy punish
Eent in these casss--s5U0 fine and six mouths
imprisonment in the case Of the person WHO
issuts, and $500 fire in the case Of the psrs3n
wto receives these ILLS. It / mistake not,
there will be some squirmiag In regard to
these Illegal Issues IN z few days. Tasre has
been heretofore good excuse for these Issues
the extreme scarcity OF small change-but
LOW That the GoverEmsnt currency begins to
fill up the deserted channels Of trade, there il
noLe. I observe that the tickets Of the Cdi-
csgo horse railroad pass for currency in this
region, along with an amount Of trash Of vari-
Gus kinds too numerous to mention. To-day
eaH merchant change dollar with small
rotes Of SIX or seven different descriptions.
By and By il will take man exceedingly well
posted to be able to keep up with the pro.
gress Of the age as regards this new feature Of
trade. The secretary Of the Treasury cannot,
bee loo fast in bis efforts to provide the coua-
try with small change As it Is, he Is being
daily forestalled By these private arrange
ments, which q man oftentimes cannot pass
in the distance Of two blocks from where they
are originally started.
GEN. N M'CLERS4ND7s EXPEDITION,
Gen. McClernand's expedition has not yet
started. The General is making effort to for
ward 1t. He is an indefatigable vork5r, and
IT is from 20 fault Of his that it is not nov On
it, way down the river. He has had ofI.rs
from Cp1o1e1s Of various Illinois regiments CT
tleir services. Most Ct the }etters importane
that the writer's be allowed to accompany the
only expedition exclusively under the COM
1eand OF volunteer officer. Obstacles ap-
pear to be thrown in the Eay of tie expedi-
tion, however, and those obstacles come from
the West Point officers in tha army, who ap.
pear determined not to allow an inde pendent
expedition, under the command Of Yolun.
tser General, to be organized. 1T il now
1es.ed that the expedition Hill be further de-
layed, and come say that its failure has alrsad;
bsen dett r1nintd upon by those influences
which have hitherto SO disa5trously ruled iu
all the operations Of our army.
OUTRAGE ON An OFFICER,
One Of the most unmitigated outrage5 that
las yet been committed upon our volunteer
officers BY the West Point men, is that upon
Col s2cll, Of the 10TH Iuiuois volunteers.
Col. Smell raised q splendid regiment in Da
Will County in this State, By great personal
exertionE, and the expenditure Of much of his
private means, and he left property Of $780,
0e0 behind him, IN order that be might take
the command Of Colonel, which the Teginenz
almost unanimously rendered him. lie paid
5000 cut Of his pocket to help organizs thu
regiment. and when it waB feared that De-
Witt county would not be able to raise the
s3l eco cf bounty voted to the repi-
nsnt, he went to Chicago and
ridaal note. Col. Smell vas always Dam,-
crxt. HI never voted any other ticket. So
lra1 Lo caurge Of abuiftionisu1 caa he brought
against him, Col. SHELLS regiment wa Or,
ctred To Louisville, 10 defend that city awaiust
fle 1tbel raids. Marching up Chestnut
STREET, tie boys perceived that ali the poorrr
POPULATION Of the CITY had their Uni,n liags
lying, VI whiIe the houses of tbs 1ieh eSlibl:sd
Ec sl:rs Of loyalty: They did not ;iIe this,
and, halticg opposite one Of the most spl.n-
did Of the secesh mansions, the entire reai-
ment Joined III the celebrated John Brown
sCug, ard passed OF. This was probably the
cause Of ali Col snells future Prosecutions.
As Kss ota:ssd to Elzabethto@u, that place
being threatened by the Morgan guer;llas,
Arriving there, he found no quar;e-mas:er
and nothing prepared Tor Ills men to eat. H.,
accordingly Quarsered On tao town, sentin.
niEe CT ten men to the house OF Gov, Helm
To breakfast Ttis pattern OF Union III IN
flew into Jury Of passion, sud said be had
him to go out and buy soma. TITS
Helr1 has 3 son in tae rebel AMY.
and lis son.ln.aaW is confederate B.iyadier
General. Helm and Others maize COMPLAINT
10 Gen. Buell., and tic General ordered Shell
tetore him. ue used yerg violent language :;
told Saell that bis n,en were roabins and
rlunde1ing, and that he should taks measures
to step them. Suei1 deni-d Tie cillrres.
Buell. then asked him If he had not told Hclu1
that the rebels would soon have Niger reei-
ments IN the Geld; that they would raise tue
black flag, aud that fer his part he was IS ready
t f.Lt tntm nuder that Us under any OF acf.
Smell eald he had said SO, and was ready to
Ely SO again. Buell. said he wAs not fit to be a
Colonel Here the Interview eadad. S1bse,
qntntly B;cn agaiu seat for Smell, and after
M:i.1:nirS him that he did not think The
charges, OF rather coalp1aints, Of suca Uriou
men as Helm, amounted to any thing, dis
charged lin fiuM arrest He also sad that
Gel. SHELLS remarks to Helm about n.ggers
fighting fer the rebels, &e,, were not 50 y.rs
5cprehersibIe after all. L ftw days aftcr, Col
Sell was ag7in arrested by fellow ca}iju.
himssu Capt Baldwin, on tie staff of the mau
calling lims.lf GeH. Gilbert. who holds hi:
commission from some other General, M: IRON
the Preeident. Atthls arrest, THE u:e ofy;,ict
Col. Smell has rot yet been able to learn
Baldwin talked in manner which should al
once deprive him u his commission. II.
said he would sooner turn his guns opainsf
the aboIitionist6 OF the North than the TcbeIs
Of the South, meaning of course such abo
litiopi5ts as Col Smell and his regiment, HI
sa1d other ,eqnally reasonable things. Col
Smell Was then token before the famous. o.
rather infamous Gen. Gilbert, who is con
sta1tly .radueing the Illinois troops as d hordt
of pluudcEer6 and robbers, and YThD o!oits nf
opportunity Of detaming the brave volunteer
IRON our State. Gilbert repeated his charzo:
against all Illinois troops, and told Col, SneI
| he Was about to make an example Of him
This be did by throwing him into th'
| military prison at Louisville, charge,
with no otlense that he could ever dis
| cover. His regiment we're SO Indignant tbs
the Colonel could with difficulty prevent then
| breaking out into open mutiny. And such i
i the history OF the treatment Of q gaIlaut IN,
| hfgh-mindcd officer, Wh 0 left his corafortab bI
home and all Its endeafnents to fight for hi
| Country, only to be treated by professed Uniol
officers like dog. Can our boEs much 1ouge
stand such unparalleled indignities as these
| It took two prominent citizens Of Illinois t,
release Col Shell, who has returned to thi
State, still under arrest, however, but upo.
| charges Of which he has no knowledge, eli
clal or Otherwise. Shortly before his arrest
the Colonel Was presented with sword, piG
tolls, &c, by his men. They ara Of the daes
manufacture, and cost 500.
TIE g. S. sESAroRsIu1P.
| The candidates for the United States Sena
tcrebip are working hard. Dick Richardson
secured the State before he went to Washing
ten, and Sam Marshall has hts hcuchmen ou
| upon his track. The Golden Circle are fo
Sam to msn. In the first place he is one @
| them; in the second he was born oa the 81
cred soil of Kentucky, long hallove by tn
presence Of slavery; in the third place, hi
habits are better than Dick's-he ne!the
drinks, nor chews tobacco till the Juice run
| from the corners OF his month down upon hi
| shirt collar and bosom, which doesn't look vel
| In United States Senator; in The fourth place
| ne is man Of more talent and far better edu
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