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The national Republican., 1862-09-08
CHARLES
LONDON
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tics, to nsst tho require Deps o.
Druggpts and thosc to whom Pure and UnsdulHi.
and liquor Ia Eesessity or Luxury.
u is the oldest established Of oil th. GIvs -
shIeh have started into existence upon the bssis Of
IA we'll deserved and hard earned celebrity.
L. has 90 connection with, snd 10 10 no Hay ltc
shc trsaby mixtures sold I EsaLIm Grn," or
4 OLD fos !" or Lerpos DooE !" or Iospos drs,'
tc., 40, no mattor how much " antiquity" ORE
,peasability !" u -ssumed By their begetter'
Dr.. Valentine Mott, Of New Tori, esys: II Is
hr preiersbIs TO even fvnu Holland Gin, and Is u:
rs article Of u svsi AIu su~ Hen" 30 say thou
,ands OF physicians,
The Nov York Herald says: We sre surm .s..
u It's banchoisl effects; II certain safe sr'rf ="
tGsith.'
: The PHILADELPHIA Lsdger says: " II hss no sups
tior, II an eIusf in medicinal virtues"
The Nov Orleans ,Picayuns says; d" There u 10
remedy on earth Tor dy'pepsia equal 70 IT,
rhe Boston Journal says; Gas = beverage, ~ 3
preventive or ss remedial agent, we want no other
II Is our rdI.r m-cprt.r
Women Of America, for you It Is particularly
aiar'-d In soVness or health, 1t Is your Sreetest
friend
y. BALDWIN h Co,
SoLs lSronTEIs
pILibefty street, New YORK
Sold IL TSsRfF'sn IS%EfFs, SsfbLLss x a CO.,
sic Il styeet near Pa. syenus,
dcol2-Iy And dealers EnnefsnI'
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T,O EA GOOD LOOK.
i tng.-Oid faces made
TO look young and beau.
,iful You NAY obtain Q
handsome complexion, ex'
smpt from riGapiee, Bio; chez, /,
10 by u.irg Dr Tumolesys
rimpIe Bai,isher. Price, u
Yer bettle.
Sent BY mail or exprcS to
auy sddroes,
Omoe-Eo. II Washington
Building, Pennsylvanis ave.
use, osrner OF Seventh street,
Washington, D. G
IL At
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Got His Eyes Opened

young Vermont sollisr, who has Just
come home wounded, tells us that he went
down among the trst, honestly to fight to
right the wrongs Of the negro Oh these he
had heard a great deal fiem his.earliest days,
and his object was to free this poor, elslaved,
oppressed creature, painting and struggling ts
burst his bonds, aiId with his eye anNiousiy. y.
fixed on the North 10 cvrne forward aud just
lend him helping hsn,l, aud all The rest he
would do himself. .Aovurdinfiy, our yetug
Verlnouter ansi soldier et,tere intp the at air
with the honest 2 al, and forrneI on+, of the
expedition sent oat TO Big H-ti,-i, where our
troops were ej into an a,nbuscade by neg o
pretending to te IL fugitive. though OF that
the VeImonter knew nothing. When the
action took place, to his asoaishment th.
first thi,g he Specially noticed was a barry
negro on the other side, touching off eau
non against thu very b. casts OF his li0,rators
ana upon ge. ting f,rwiri on an elevation, he.
saw at a little DISTANCE cunSid-rlhi. boty
OF the same ceier, biaz nS away With inusket
ala, not OF Ihs of ..fre.do u' Tn Il
young Veimtater, tiiereupon ID opped, tn,
negro" aud " II be he ea:tefa wiser ahi "a
more useful n.o!abrr ot soetsty, --Busr CoUR,
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COL UMBUS CORRESPONDENCE

1.5gI COLUMBUS, Wednesday, April 80.
To the Editor of the Enquirer:
Messts Gunckel, McBurney, Lang and
Ready, of the Committee on Federal Re-
lations, reported back Mr. Johnston's bill
to prevent the emigration Of colored per.
sons iato the s ave, recommending that
IT be pt tstponed till next January, Mr.
Johnston opjac ei to postponemeB at. ani
made ar earnest argun 5nt in behalf of The
wishes # the tens of Thousand of CHI
zens of the State, who have petitioned the
Legislature on this subject Never be
fore have there been so many petitions
from all parts Of the State. uniting in
asking the same thing; and these petition .
have been before the committee from the
fi-st day of the session. yet the comm ttee
have taken no notice of them Aud if it
had been left to that committee. there
would, il seemed. have been no action
proposed By the committee; and rather
than see the Legisla, ure close without an
response 10 the demands of the people,
ne bad proposed this bill. It was due
the constituents of this Legislature that
( he almost unanimous prayers OF the ate
should be needed He was not an enemy
of the negro; AT the sarIe time he would
hat there were not a negro in the State !;
1T was doug ah"m an injust;cs TO invi e
Them here, hev eouih never be our ! ohal.;
their settiemeHL in our mi.ist was a great
wrong upon the white people Of he SAT-;
aud If proper defense. not obtained ny Law
here was ona other mode 10 winch the
peot.e eon.d resor,; If they fail at III.
ualiut bx, lherc is II more trrr. bic relief
tI5 wa, not al advocate of MODS. bn'
i'll nppnrtfbie grievances. wheu not re.
% ,-ed by saw, would lie throwa eff b.
Asd o,t~rs b d seen IL done eIsev here;
was muca to pe det 10 ed, so tbs bil
i,rovided reieT fron su.h a desperate re-
scr ; tN, therefore. plead with Senators
TO give due consideration to The PROPOSE
zion before them.
Mf Masoa said be had given the sub
ject careful and prayerfa consideration
US be had no doubt Others had, aud h.
vas ready to give it dscide'! vote |,
postpons IL ill the day of Judgment.
Mr. tiancke! Informed the S .na.e tha
the COMMITTEES had prepared another re
oort, DuSA 10 av,id discussion on fruit
l.ss topic at time. they bad wi hhe,d il;
.nd he nov ~ ,vet To lag ths bill gu tn
t ,ble. Tue vote resnted-
YEAS - Msssrs Glrduer. Groesheck.
GLacSei. H.rsh, III chcock. H1od. Kelly
II es. Monroe, Nc Baruey. McC ung.
~ Vsighs z llnby, Ready. Robs, Il hi
So, Sa ard, Sinrst s ragae, We
and Whetstoue-2I
NAYS -Messrs. Bierce. Coates, Esse
stnu Fiack Johnston, K'uueY. L,"g
N .sou. O'Coaaor aud Persi.l--l".
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CINCINNATI. April % The Express
Companies have Determined. in case the
bill proposing to, tax the gross receipts al
all stations of Express and Telegraph
Companies. which has already gone
though the House of Re representatives,
shall pass the Senate aud become law,
to discontinue their agencies at all points
where the receipts DO not exceed the ex-
pendisu-es. It is stated that the Tele-
graph Companies concur in this determin
ati IN. As in most small towns the Elk
press and Telegraph off .es are not sources
of revenue TO lhe:r cimpanies and ar
kept up chi, Hy for The accommodation OF
the citiz ms, II being sought at such poins
Oily to avoid actual loss. Tne passage
O. this bill will ut ouce cnt If The tx
p es, apd Telegraph facilities OF . great
number OF places that pow epjoy hem
ard make Them entirely dependent .f1l
telegraph news repests GU thss papers q
tne clLlSs .ft5,
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Running on With a Rsoei Tram.

The Atlanta (Ga) Contederacy, Of d
late date, says: Oh Thursday last, whiie
the 'regaiar mail aud passenger train ol,
the S ate Road was stopped at Camp
Mcdonald, OF Big Saanty, and the en-
glneer, couducsor AID passengers were al
breakfast, some four men, as yet unknown,
after having cut loose al but the foremost
three cars. got upon the engine, pnt on
steam, and shot away like sn arrow, leav-
lug the baggage aud passenger cars, pass.
engers, conductor, engineer aud train
hands lost in amazement at this nupAral-
ieled and daring outrage Sons distance
above, they tore up the track, cut the tel.
egraph wires, aud went Oh, ssaung they
had some ear loads of produce and had
been pressed by the Government that
morniug 10 great haste to carry IL 10 the
torces near Huntsville.
At Kingston where they met the down
freight train. they went upon the turn
out, showing that they understood the
schedule and the minute workings of The
road AS the train passed them, the
conductor made the same inquiry aud re-
ceived the same answer-takng powder
to Gen Beaurega.ds army As soon as
the train passed and the switch could be
changed, they shot away with all their
speed and mystery. We learn that a
train has been sent in pursuit of them.
aud hopes to overtake them before they
reach the bridges over the Chickamaoga
aud other streams II Is supposed that
they are L;ncolni,es sent down among us
TO destroy those bridges to retard the
movements of our troops. and the thought
is y very serious one.
P.S Tue conductor, ss soon ss he
found his eugiae gone, brought into reqli
siliou o haud car aud followed with all
speed. AT Etowah he obtained az en-
gIne and pressed on wi h it. Arriving az
Kingston. he got the Rome road engine,
with its engineer aud forty men. and
pressed on twenty five minutes behird the
fugitive train When be left Kingston.
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G0luMbuS Correspondence.
COLUMBUS O, April 2I, 1864

DEAR ".SpiRIT:" Enclosed is an astiele
ny correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Times, published in, that paper yesterday
Deeming,it but an act of justice to the
brave boys Of the eastern part of our
State. who compose large portion of
the 71lh Regiment, that this article
should be published in the county papers
of that part Of the State, send it to you
for publication, and hope that other pa
pers will copy it.
1t not only fully snstains. the good re,
port that received of the T7th, When
on tho battle field On he-k2sh aud 18th
but the article. so, far as it refers to tht
nth, is fully endorsed by the HoA. Drs
R.oby, Holden, aud others who have jus
returned from the battle field, as being
| perfectly in accordance with what the!
learned some ten days after I left.
| Let justice be done the noble ant
brave boys of the 77th Ohio.
O'CONNOR.
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HEA ioUARTERs ARMY OF Potomac.
BEFORE YORKTOWN, TUESDAY,,
Aorll 90. 1852.

The rebels are apparently just realizing
the fact that Gen. Mcclellan is making
extensive preparations to open the second
siege of Yorktown Up to yesterday,
the works of our troops have steadily
progressed, directly under the eyes of
the enemy. withoat any response from
their guns, excepting an occasional shot
sent to iusorm Us they were still there
Our earthworks are now beginning to
present very formidable appearance to
the enemy, aud all day yesterday and last
night they kept up a brisk FIRE on them
without driving the men out. Occasion
ally shell would come 80 close as to
make it unpleasant. when they would lay
close to the ground until it had passed
over No one was injured, and the work
progresses as il no enemy we're in range.
This morning the rebels opened with
increased vigor for about three hours from
| treir batteries near the river, but receiving
no response. they ceased.
Yesterday Gen. Hancock went out
with portion of his brigade for the pur.
pose of driving the enemy from piece Of
timber which they occupied, in close prox.
unity to our works
| Our troops advanced through AN open
| field on their hands aud knees until the :
came within close musket range. The
rebels, who were secreted behind stumps
aud trees. were anxious to get our men
I on their feet. To eudeavor to accomplish
his, the captain in command of the enemy
shouted at the top of his voice to charge
bayonets, supposng that our frightened
troops would Instantly jump to their feet
and ruu, but thsy were mistaken in the
men.
The command being given the second
time, the rebels arose, when our troops
poured into them we'll directed FIRE
causing them to retreat, leaving their
dead and wounded to be cared for after
wards. During the skrmish, a new bat
terry, which the rebels had erected during
Sunday night. aud which interfered with
a working party Of our men, was most ef.
fectually siIenced and the guns dismount
ed. 7'a tsN
The weather is warm and favorable fol
military operations. The time is drawing
close when the Commanding General will
commence the task Of reducing the enc
my's works, erected to impede the ad
vance Of Union troops. All are sauguin'
as to the result, and the troops are eage'
to be led forward.
1 The following was recently received
in this city.
HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF MISSISSIPPI, !
Pittsburg. Tenn. April Is, 1862.
i To the Hon. E II Stanton. Sec'y Rar:
SIR: 1t is the unanimous opinion her,
that Brigadier General w. 7. Sherman
saved the fortune of the day on the 9Th
aud contributed largely to the gloriou
victory of the 7th He was in the thick
) est of the fight on both days. having hat
three horses shot under him, and bei0,
wounded twice. l respectfully sugges
that he be made Major General of Vol
untees to date from the 6th inst. Yer,
respectfully, your obs dient servant.
i w. H. HALLECK,
i Major Gsn'l Commenting.
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~ The test of devotion to the
Union, according to the Cincin9ati Times,
is to admire the Rsy. Granville Moody
for forsaking the pulpit flr the battle
field. We are wiling to accommodate
it so far as to say that the Church los
nothing hv bis resignation of the minis
try, but It don't follow that the army
gained any thing. or the war either, by
the accession of the parson.
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rHD NEWS.

So A fugitive negro Who arrived at For
tress Monroe yesterday from Ports
mouth, brought to General Wool thu
: Petersburg Express of Saturday, which
contains the following dispatch:
80 .MonILE, Apr7 15.-The enems
s possessed Fort Jackon at four O'Clock
yesterday morning. When the news
reached New Orleans theexcitementw was
houndless. Martial law was put in full
force, aad business was completely sus
pendea. Al the cotton and steamboats,
excepting such as were necessary L,
hansport coin and ammunition, DE-
were destroyed. At one O'clock to-day
i the operators bade US good bye, saying
that .ha enemy had appeared before the
city. This is the last We know regard
ing the falls Will send particulars a
.ahey eanibe had" Bsss sss 30
The negro who brought the above
reports that tho rebels hays Two iron
dad steamboats, nearly completed u
Norfolk, and that it is believed that the
!. Merrimac will be out to day
General Mcdowell writes to the War
Department that he was told yesterday.
Ia the camp opposite Fredericksburg.
that the Richmond Examiner OF Satur-
! day. the 26th, contains the following:
ssNew Orleans is taken, Great de-
struction OF property and cotton aud
steamboats. Steamboats, enough were
saved to take away the ammunition.
There is great consternation among the
inhabitants. .
Early on Saturday morning, company
Il, of the 6rst Massachusetts regiment
carried by assault an advanced laneas,
Ga small work with two faces. Terminating
in . sslien. angIe,) on the side of the
Warwick river next General McClellan's
army. 1T had q ditch six feet deep. with
strong parapet, and was manned by two
sornpanies of infantry-Bo artillery.
Our men moved over open soft ground
come six hundred yards, received the fire
.-of the rebels at 6fy yards, but did no,
return it, hut rushed over the ditch aud
sparapet in the most gallant manner. The
rebels broke aud ran as soon as they saw
that our men intended to cross the para
pet. -
Our loss was three killed, ore mortally. !
sand twelve otht rwise wounded. We took
fourteen prisoners, destroyed the work
sufficiently to render it useless, and re
tired. The operation was conducted by
General G. Grover, who managed the af
fair most handsomely.
General Mcclellan reports that in spite
or the rain, the work before yorktown
progresses well.
The. rebels opened their battery at
Yorktown on Saturday morning on three
canal. boats while passing into Wornely's
creek Their nineteenth shot exploded
in one of the boats, without irjariug aay
ooe, when, apparently satisfied, the enemy
peased: @
4 correspondent Of the Chicago jour
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Democratic Central Committee.

- There will be Meeting Of the Demo
cratic Central Committee, of this County,
{. at the Probate Ofice, in Woodsfeld,
On Tuesday Gs 70entish day Of Nay.
Eat . O'Clock p. NJ. All the members OF
the Committee are requested 30 be pres
ent. JOHN s. WAY Chm.
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I sa- The Cleveland CO., Plain Dealer,
which supported the Union ticket at the
last election, says: .'ts ssss
ave consider the K G. c. humbug,
and have remarked that whenever it has
been brought up to startle the people, it
has been on the eve of some election
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FORTRESS M,NRoE. April 2S.-A flag
of truce took dispatches and some pack.
ages of letters for the Union prisoners.
No news or papers were received. or at
least none came into the hands of the
press correspondents.
Tue city Of New Orleans has been ia.
ken by the Union forces, the telegraph
operators having left there as previously
reported. No particulars had been re.
ceived.
II is stated, however, that the opera
tors subsequently attempted to retorn,
but found the city in the possession of the
U S. troops. 1t is probable that the
city surrendered without resistance OH
the appearance. of The Uniou feet
| There is . report that the rebels much
boasted iron gnubost built there as d
second MerrimacIin its way. was destroyed
by the U S Steamer Pensacola
! The weather aud the tide 10 day we're
very favorable for the re-appearauce OF
the Merrimac ia Hampton Roads, but she
still delays her coming ~
| 10 I0HOVbcQ tudt 6Otnc VI tuc TCUc
gunboats in the james river, attempted
this forenoon. to she'll some of our camp.
this side of Warwick river. -
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoroMAo. !
| April 28;h, IL A M.
To the Hon. E. A. stonton, .Sec'y War.
Nothing Of interest has traDspired
during the night There was no firing
on our right, where the work proceeded
undisturbed, On the left the enemy fred
good deal, but hurt 10 one. nor was the
work interrupted. have just sent q
heavy field battery to silence gun OF
two of the enemy, that have been at work
this morning, but have hurt DO one The
weather has improved aud we are making
good progress s
(Slgned) e. B MCCLELLAN,
| .a-a Major General Commanding
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COTTON SEED.

In another column we publish the
method of cnltiva,ing cotton. Doct.
O'Connor informs Us that he has halt
husheI Of the seed for disiributien sAuy
person desiring to try their hand at rails
ing cotton can have chance.
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CAMP. NEAR PITTsBURo. TENN

- 49, HlU7s5l = TT" ~. y J
To Hon E M Stanton: 49,
Gen, Pope sent a force to Monterey
this morning, The enemy fed; our forces
took 10 Prisoners, some baggage and sup
plies. We destroyed their encampmsnts
aud returned to campin good order.
There is q Reconnaissance ont to ex-
plore the country to Pennington NJ
news from it yet.
Our army is greatly rejoiced to hear Of
the capture of New Orleans.
s lTHos A. SooTT.
Assistant Secretary OF War.
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Secretary welles and Cameron.

a resolution yesterday passed the
House of Representatives. censuring 9
Elk Secretary CAMERON for his participa-
ton In fraudulent contracts. An at.
tempt to csnsare Secretary WELLEs
for the sane cause, failed.
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-TE7MS-

EI The above rates adhered to IN all cases
posftirsiy.
y, We expect by publishing the paper at the
foregotng liberal rates to obtain large pum-
- Der OF new subscribers, who will pay for their
= paper in advance. five are not disappointed
IN this, the change in the terms will be ad-
sa~antageous both the publishers and the
subscribers. The subscribers who intend
paying for their paper will get it cheaper and
zths publishers will get their pay for the paper
although the price is extremely low.
1abscribe and PAY ApvAEcE. "a penny
savsd is as good as penny earned"
8 The SpIRIr is the official organ of the Coun-
~, and no business man can afford to DO with
cut It. eess af
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Desertons from Beauregard's Army
Withdrawal of his Troops to Memphis.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Times.)
CAIao, April 81 Passengers from
Pitsburg report that on Thursday over
thirty deserters from the rebel army en-
tered our camps, and begged to be en-
rolled among our troops. They all cor.
roborated the statement received the day
previous, relative to the evacuation by
the rebels of their present position. and
asserted that Bsauregard had withdrawn
a considerable portion of his force for the
defense of Memphis.
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REMOVAL.

The t.SrIRIT" Office is now located one
door north of Geo. FL. Davepport's store
!. aud next door to the Probate Office.
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rg The Democrats have carrie
Quincy, H., by a majorfty of three or
fsnr hundred. This Is by far the large st
ntajerity ever obtained by that party IN
that city.
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The Governor of N. Carolina
Reported arrested in Richmond Re-
treat Of Jackson


3 HARRIsoNBuRG. VA, April o. =
Through Secession channels it is learned
that the Governor Of North Csrolina was
arrested aud Imprisoned in Richmond two
weeks ago, on account oil his Union sen
timents.
II was observed to day that Jackson
had removed his wagon trains back some
six miles since yesterday, indicating his
iutention to retire still further rearward
or else entertaining dread of an attack
On him by our forces.
A squadron of cavalry was the only
rebel force discovered TO day on the right
side of the Snenandeah. These, with
one wagon, entered the village OF Nc
G lughsystow& where they remained till
about dark, They came by the Port
Roub road
We have nothing copirmatory of the
occupation of Stanton by Gen ,Mi!roy
Th RIVER is still TOO high to attempt q
pa sage with sfsty. A dease smoke was
se>n in that direction to day, but the
cause ia unknowa.
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6, will commence on Wednesday, March II, 1862,
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WRECKS OF HUMANITY SHOULD
They SINK. The excitement of "ths
chase" has always been supposed to have
a healthful tendency; but there Is q kind
of chase which breaks down the constituv
ton, debiitates the frame, and shorfans
life. We mean the headlong, unintermit-
ting hunt after 1.-The almighty dollar"
which is the great business characteristic
of the present day II begets other evils
unnecessary to name) which precipisste
.he fate cf thousands There is, however,
a possibility of recovery from the prostra.
tion produced By these causes, long after
their victim has ceased to hope for. it.
If we are rightly Informed, the most as
touishing cures of what is called general
weakness aud debility, which have, ever
been known in this country, have been
effected through the agency Of Doctor
HoLLowAY's iuessimabIe remedies. Mere
|skeIetoss of men, out Of whom the very
principle of vitality seemed to have been
drained. have been restored to health and
lvigor by the operation cf the Pills; aud
of The Ointment, in cases of paralys ysis,
rheumatism, DC, we hear an equally ia
vorabIe account If men ,0iH break down
their energies by over exertioh-if in
their anxiety to "go ahead" they Uill
override the most precious of Gods
blessings. health-it is we'll they should
know how to repair the mischief, when
hey come at last to realize the fact of
their premature decay. The, wrecks. Of
humanity. who without any particular dis
ease, appear to be sinking from mere ex-
lhaustiou, would 6nd without doubt, i'm.
mediate relief from Doctor Hollowsy's
remedies - philadelphia TriJnne.