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PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Journal of the iii. state Agrl Society,".

To the Friends Of Agricultuye and Mechanic Arts
The Executive Committee of the illinois State
Agricultural Society believe the time has arrived
when the publication ol journal OF the society
is lmperatlvey Demanded
Pursuant the crcorc. to the duty with which they
are CHARGED by the second section of the Constr
tutlon OF sad society, revised and adopted by the
meeting Of delegates from County Agricultural So
cIetics held on the Far Grounds, at jacksonville,
Sept. 500, they have made the necessary arrange
mcnts for the issue OF such Journal, monthly ,com-
mencine with January, 1862.
Each number will contain at least 81 pages
loctayo) OF reading matter, composed principally
OF such portions of the transactions OF the State
and County Societies, and cOmmun ications on the
subjects of Agriculture in all its branches, Me-
chanics and Natural History, as may require early
publication.
&s., All Premiums offered and Awarded by the
State Society will appear in its columns.
All persons and especially Secretaries and other
officers of County Societies, are respectfully te-
guested to communicate to the editor any matters
of general interest TO the industrial classes, as
they may from time to time arise in their respec-
tive localities. =,
To place the Journal within the reach OF all,
the subscription price has been hxea at FIFTY
CENTS YEAR, barely sufficient to corsr fost @
publication, payable invariably IN advance.
Back numbers for the current year VIII De tufh-
lshed until the edition is exhausted
All subscriptions and communications may be
forwarded to the undersigned, Springfield, iili-
uois, JOHN p. REYNOLDS,
Cor Sec. and Editor Journal
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Chicago \ Rock Island Rail Road.
lS ~ M. $sis,ss ~ ~
CHANGE or TIME.

SUM MER ARR a \ q f VEN y.
On aud after sunday, May 9th, 1862, until
further noice, trans wlitleayc Rock island Depot
as follows
GOING EAST.
bay Express aud Mail tram at 1890 I'm, arriving
IN Chicago at ESQ N.
Through freight team at 9.lJ M, arriving III
Chicago at 500 N.
Night Express at $50 m. arnvng IN Chcap"
at t.JU a m.
TRAINS ARRIVE FRoM rnE East:
Night Express at 100 a m, leaving Chicago at
900 p IN.
Through Freight at I.lo NJ, leaving cmcag" at
100 p IN.
bay Express and Mail at 5.l5 p M, leaving CHI
cago at 900 N.
All trans eSer tins road are IN direct connection
at Chicago with trans over the Michigan South
crn, the Michigan Central, and the Pittsburgh and
Fort WaNuc Railroad, to and from Detroit, 10
lrdn. Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh,
Dunhlrk, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Albany, New
lurk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, aud Washington.
Also at LdSa,ir with trains of the Illinois Cen
trl Road. North to Galcna and South to 81. Lou
Is, and Caro-
Passengers are reminded OF the necessity OF sw-
ing distinct directions as to the destination OF their
baggage. also to procure tickets before taking their
seats III the cars, as the cuuductors collect fares
only to stations ON the iuc Of the Chcagoand Rock
Island Railroad lOiiN +. TRACY, SuPt.
". ii. WmrmAN, Asst Sup't.
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TWO DAILY CONNECTIONS
From Harrisburg to Baltimore and Washington.
Baggage checked through--aIl transfers free.
Fare Always as Low as dny other Route.
BUY TICKETS VIA plTTSBu RG
Tlckctstor sale at
1LL MAIN OFFICES.


FRFiGHTs.
BY tins route frcghts Of all descriptions can be
forwarded from Philadelphia, New York, Boston
or Baltimore to and from any point on the rail-
roads OF Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wis
cousln, Iowa and Missouri by railroad direct.
The Pennsylvania raIlroad also connects at
pi,tsburg with steamers, by which goods can be
forwarded to any port on the Ohio, Muskngum,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Cumberland, Illinois, MIS-
sisslppl, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas
and Red rivers (; and at Cleveland, Sanduasky and
Chicago, with steamers to all ports on the North
western lakes.
Merchants and shippers cnruStlng the trans
portation o., their freight with tins company can
RELY with confidence ON It's speedy transit.
The rates of irclgnts to and from any point IA
the west by the Pennsylvania railroad are at all
times as favorable asare charged by other railroad
companies.
Be particular to mark packages wa Pcnna.
X. r."
f.. j. SNEEDER. Philadelphia.
MARGRAW x KOONS. 50 North street, Balt-
more.
LEECH \ Co, No. : Astor House, or No.
South William street, New Work..
LEECH X CO.. No. y state street, Boston.
H. H. HOUSTON, G"n'l Freight Agent, PmIa.
l.. l.. HOrPT, Gent Ticket Agent, Pha.
ENOCH LEWIS,
Gen'I Sup't, Altoona, Pa.
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LIABILITIES.

Having re-lnsured and cancelled nearly all the
extra and special risks previously held by the Com
pany, and contnlng our business strictly to first
class risks, we think we offer as safe insurance as
any company represented in the West. During
the past four years we have paid the very large sum
$3l5 900 in losses, and hope to avoid heavy losses
in future by declining all specially hazardous
risks.
ISAAC UNDERIIILL, President
c, HOLLAND, Secretary.
JAMES SHAW, Agent, Rock Island, Ills OF
ice Corner of Eagle and Illinois Streets.
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D IL
~ - S@~- -|a-sx~- -Al&-e~
Trains leave the West Side Union Depot. cor,
Madison and Canal streets, Chicago, as follows
I 90 a.m.--Day Express, except Sundays.
: 80 p. m.--Nght Mail Express, except Saturdays.
:. 40 .. .m.-Accommodaton Tor Valparaiso.
Far Bos'oa, Acr YDrk, PhHIdeiptta, baltimore,
WastingtJa, Harrisburg, PH',bug . WheeifHg
Also
toy Al5uy, B4fal0 Duakirt, CiereIaHd, Colum-
bus, CiacjaHGtt, Dayton,
And all intermediate stations between Chicago
and the cities above named.
Sleeping cars on night tralnS, and baggage by
th.s route checked through to all eastern cities.
Bat one change Of cars between Chicago and
New YORK. sIa NilcG'owu, on tram leaving Ch,ca-
20 al I.3U +. n.
Tickets fr stIr 81 the principal ticket offices in
the west at the company Office, corner Of Ram
dolph and Dearborn strtIls, and at the Union De-
not West SIDE, Chicago, WM 7. SHiNN,
4. HOLIDAY, GEM Pasger Ag't.
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Mississippi 4 Missouri Railroad.
gr..s..,yt r,y,Jr.c, !, -5az-t sa@tSga ylI.l
I%IS6 LlaI-fGylTG Ta.ry. NJ. ..sStsHs8
..G2 G2-~,MMlR ARRANGEMENT-I -IsG2

i-G2 st MINER ARRANGEMENT -IsG2
Trans run by Chicago time, which is twelve min
utcs faster than Davenport time.
DN AND AFTER MONDAY, MAY jrm
u 1862 and until further notcc, passenger
trans will leave Davenport as follows;
For Marengo and Wasb,ngton........ $40 A. NJ.
Trans arrive at Da'cnport as follows:
From Marcngo and Washington. $3.50 ?. NJ.
Morning trains ont of Davenport make direct
connections at Marcngo, Iowa CIW and Wash
lngtou, with the Western Stage Company's
Stages for all points west
Trans from The west connect at Davenport with
trans of the Cmrago & Rock Island Railroad for
all points North and south
Passengers are reminded of the necessity of
giving distinct directions as to the destination OF
their baggage, Also 10 oCurc tickets before taxi
lns their seats in the cars
JOHN +. TRACY, Gcnl. Supt,
A. KIMBALL5 Asst. Supt.
I uICAGO a MILWAUKEE RAILROAD.
For MiwauLce, La Crosse, 81. Ruul, OSHKOSH,
HeriiH,
And Intermediate points.
On and alter Monday, May 9TH, 1862, Pas
srugrr trains lclYe the depot, corner Of West N
zle and Canal streets, Chicago, Sundays excepted
as follows:
90 N and 900 m, and arrive in Nil.
waukcc at l2 ~ pm and l2.33 am.
Passenger trains arrive at Chicago at 80 u m
and O,l3 ? IN.
Wankeyan accommodations T'u'H
Leaves Chicago at go P. N.
Arrives S.3J A. VI.
5. {. BALDWIN, Supt.
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ERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPNY,
vi Of Hartford, Conn. Cash capital, $20O,O
MARK HOWARD, Pres't.
T. 'YtInA IUEtEIi. S,r'N

HONE INSURANCE COMPANY, New
| | Haven, Conn. Cash capita, $500 900. Pohc!
holders receive - per cont OF the nett profits Of
the business, without IncufIug any liability.
Insures Buildings, Merchandise, Household
Furniture, Rents, Leases, and other lnsnrablc
Property. agalus, loss or damage by FIRE.
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Is FIRST Class Road IN all respects,
WITH 2S5 MILES OF DOUBLE TRACK,
1hrce Dlis Trains
W tn connections from all points wc,t,) tto9
ppt,shurg and Philadelphia, all connecting
direct Ia New Work.
Mor"iag Ma, Atieaoon FaH.Lic, NJH
Express,
ONE TRAIN DAILY
From pittshurg To New York (i3O niles without
change OF cars.
VA ALLENTOFN \ EiSYON,
With direct connections from Western Cites,
Arriving hours in advance oi other routes, in time
for Boston by rail or boat lines.
Express trains run daiyi others, Sundays cA.
ccptcd.
NINE DAILY TRAINS
From Philadelphia To New YORK. Tickets good
on any line or tram.
New York or Boston Tickets via pitrsbprg, good
via Philadelphia or Allentown.
Boat Tickets to Boston good via any of the boat
lines.
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The Genuine Electric Oil

The Genuine Electric Oil
Is \ RICH AMBER COLOR
Ask tn look at II. and YOU will be fully satisfied
# ltbe the Original Electric Oh, prepared by DR..
smith. Noperson would use counte'.",' II ne
Knew it, and isiny imperative duty to adih"nl'h
ali to be careful, and always ask Tor 'Dr. SMITHS
Electric Ol.'' All the best dealers sell 1t, most
II the doctors use IT,, at least those VINO nave ne.
,omc acqua lnted with It's virtues.
MyORD 4 VAN PArTEN are regular agent
orthc genuine OH. IN Davenport, Iowa, and CLA
ClvSM SPEIDEL, N Rock Island.
&. B. SMITH, NJ. b.
r.s. DR.. Smith ma be consulted free.
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I RCTlC FIRE INSURANCE COMPNY,
y Nc~ York. Authorized capital, 500, 900
with large and accnmuaung surplus,
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NOTICE..

rI'TIE undersigned would give notice that he
is prepared to procure speedy settlement OF
Invalid Pension Claims, Bounty Money, Arrears
of Paw, &c. due soldiers or thet heirs, having IN
bis possession all necessary instructions, forms,
hl.pks Nc L, ID, SWEENEY.
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II II o x L a
tsarinc ~ Fire
INSURANCE COMPANY !
Peoria, Illinois.
Capital Stock $500. 900.
Capital STOCK, paid, $500, 200.

The investments and Assets of this company
are as follows:
Cash band and in Bank ,l6l,4s
Cash due from Il I'd in the hands of
Agents and other persons. ............. 2s,O0O,0O
Bonds and Mortgages on Real Estate. .l0S, ,646,6O
Coupon Bonds, interest payable Semi
Annually 2S7OO,Oo
Discounted Notes, Drafts and Bills
ccyablc with accrued Interest .......ll7, 60
Real Estate IN the City of Peoria ...,... 20, 90
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IN the Isl Day Of January, 1862.
c 4 p | + 4 |.

CAPITAL.
Amount Of Capital Stock paid up.... 5000 900 90
Amount OF surplus on hand......... q Oi9 43
Total Capital and Surpius.......$ .$s24 O49 i3
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EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society, Of
/ the United States. Office, 92 Broadway,
New York. Purely Muual.-The only Stock
Company IN America whosa charter requires that
all the profits shall be duded pro rata among the
policy holders.
j. II. KINNEY, Agt, Rock Island
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The amount due and not due to bankers
and other creditors OF the tompany.... None.
Losses adjusted and dduy............... None.
Losses reported, unad justed, IN suspense
and wailing further prupty..........,.&2 500 HGI
Losses ,out.5tcd. .,.,...,........... $500
Total of all Liabilities. ...........& $50, tGI.
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INTERNATlDNAL Life Assurance SOcie-
| ty. OF London. thct Office for the United
States, II Wall St, y !. capital, -, 800, 900.
Qua, lntcc Fund, 500 900. Deposited with the
Of the state Of New York.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIktCIORS
b. X. Hart, Samuel Watc, II. ". Billings, Is.
Gllman, Timothy Turner, Lyman TrumbuI
Robert Smith, Henry Lea, John Atwood, j.
". SchwePpc, benjamin +, Long, Elias II IbbarG,
Francis A Hoffman,, Lewis KcIIcnhcrgcr, NJ. 6.
Atwood.
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Pitsburg, 1T. Wayne & Chicago Il. X

ITTTIN y, Z VN-NT bTI-T'
GEO. NJ. GRAY, Gen'l Sup't, Toledo, q.
Gen'I Western Ag't.
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tatiycs Of the Border States as TO the
method Of prosecuting the war and deal.
ing with the rebels. While the MAORI
ty, represented by Criltcndcn. Wickigs
Garrett Davis and Mallory, have GONE
backward instead Of forward, i'm their
judgment Of the guilt Of rebellion. and
have been Of late ready 10 find excuses
and palliations which shall at least pro.
tect the rebels in the enjoyment OF their
slave property, the minority Of Border
State Representatives have progressed So
far as TO hold that nothing short Of con-
fiscation and subiugation will put down
the traitors now in arms against the Gov
eminent One Of the sturdicst of the
representatives Of this sentiment is Sam
uel l.. Casey, Of the First Kentucky Dis
triet, lately represented by that bull
faced traitor Burnett now of the Rich
mond conspiracy. Mr.. Casey is neither
lawyer nor politician, but the representa-
tive OF large property interests in his resi-
dence of Caseyville, on the Ohio river.
and a man Of practical energy. sagaci-
ty and common sense. With these char
aoterisiics, he early saw that Secession
pGrtended nothing but ruin 10
Kentucky, and he joined The Union
| side with n hrmness Of purpose
which has known no qualification, hest
tation or reserve. Elected 10 this Con-
gress by the Union men Of his district,
he has steadily voted in way which
was very distasteful to those who look
for nothing but a reconstruction, with
the power of slavery intact and undi-
minished. They have lately given him
notice that If he continued to vote against
Southern interests" in the manner he
had been doing, they would disowu him,
| and withdraw the favor of their valuable
| cOuntenance from such renegade. No
thing daunted by this menace, Mr. Ca
sew voted aye on the ConGscation Bill
! with the emphasis OF man In earnest,
and knowing what he was about. lie
| did this, In company with MAYNARD, of
Tennessee (from ParsOn Brownlow's dis
trict), who has seen enough of rebel op-
preston TO believe in crushing the hydra:
Blair and Whaley, of Virginia, who re-
| present the noble free State sentiment of
| that recreant Commonwealth; and Fish
er, Of Delaware, who is o true son of la
bor and elected In great part, by Repub-
lican votes, in the memorable campaign
of 1860. These five men together with
Blair of Missouri, who were absent, re-
present the absolutely unterrifod, I'M
shaken, unseduced Union men of the
Border States in Congress.
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a Great Change Going on in the
Minds Of the CONSERVATIVES ia Rc-
gard TO the OndUct OF the War.
SIGMA, the Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial, writes that
the officers of HALLAoK's army who have
just came from the Southwest declare
that their views in reference to the mode
of warfare have changed greatly, since
the opening of the campaign in that re-
gion. He says:
From all the recently arrived officers in
HalleCk's army of the Southwest, it APP
pears TO be borne out that a striking and
rapid change Of sentiment has taken
place in the rank and file Of that army of
late, in regard to the sacredness of slave
property. We all know the history of
Gen. Hallcck's policy in Missouri, Ten
nessee, and Mississippi, on this vexed
question. We know the composition Of
his army-nearly two-thirds DemOcra,s
and conservative border State men, We
know how uniformly they have held 10
the policy Of keeping the negro every
where just where he is-as satisfied that
! this was the best disposition TO be made
of him. And yet we are now told by the
representative men of this very school OF
thinking, that il will never do-that we
must not befool ourselves any longer, nor
| hug the delusion that the Union and
slavery can be preserved togcther-that
| il is impossible to reject tho accumulat-
/ ing evidence of their own eyes that the
| negroes have got TO be treated either as
/ friends or as enemies-and that TO treat
! them as neutrAls in the contest is simply
/ to throw away the chance Of COnquering
and give the rebellion with its black con.
| scripts a carte bidnlle for success. Why
are we told these things by nearly every
man who has been beyond the cotton
I line-let his previous preiudces have
been what they may Is It not signif-
cant Of distant, and yet dim, hand
writing on the wall, which is shortly to
be made visible amid the flames Of this
unprecedented war2 All you who have
been engaged in deprecatiug any mixing
up OF the "nigger question with this war
! all you who have cOntcnted yourselves
with the vague vaticination, slavery will
come TO an end fast enough il il is only
let alone, have you beard the verdict Of
our soldiers of the Breckenridge and
Douglas persuasion, who have penetrated
the Gulf Stalcs2 II you wait little,
and you will hear thunder, compared to
which the most radical Rcpublioanism is
but a baby's whisper
Our officers begin to see the necessity
Of making the same use Of negroes in
this war that the rebels do lie speaks
thus Of the Border State Union men:
"Tho conference Of the Border State
Congressman with the President yester-
day, Of which you have heard by tele-
graph, suggests a fact as 70 their position,
which the recent discussion of the Con-
tiscauOn Bill brought prominently 20
light The fact alluded 10 il, that q d.
vision has sprung up among the represen-
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The Free Press, the Secession organ in
Detroit, and c'aquey to the Chicago lines,
they being really owned by the same
individual, says that's
ain some places, where fugitive ne
grOes have collected in large numbers,
they have reduced the price Of day labor
to ten cents day"
Now, more unmitigated and con-
temptible lie was never uttered. We
defy the Free Press, or any other traitor
GUS sheet, TO name a place in the Free
States where labor has been reduced ia
ten cents a day on account of the adj
vent Of fugitive negroes, or any other
cause, or even that the price of labor has
been reduced at all from the cause stated
Chicago Tribune.
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TENNESSEE BRANCH
Hy rn
NATIONAL Claim agency
CONDUCTED ny
HARVEY, COLLINS Il BRACE,
WASHINGTON, j. G..
CHARLES H. GREEN, Agent,
No. 30, Cherry Street, Nashville, Tenn.

WIS AGENtf Possesses peculiar nclitip, for tho
successful prosecution and settlement of IN.
mouds against the General Government Of EVERY
DESCRIPTION, its conductors having had several
years experience IN the management Of claims be-
fore Congress, the Court Of Claims, and tb, E,eru
tiy" Departments at Washington and being thor
oushly acquainted and familiar with the laws apI
regulations governing their adjustment
Particular attention will Doe given 10 cases arising
out Of the present war; including the accounts of
States, Contractors, aud n.sbursing Officers of the
War and Navy Departments, aud for 'SCOIIeCt-
ing, Drilling, and Organizing VoI-
unteers,n the reimbursement Of which Is author.
lied by an act at Congress; CLAIMS FOR INnEM.
NIFTY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY TAKEN FOR
PUBLIC USES, OR FOR DAMAGES To sUCH
PROPERTY, tor Horses lost ip the service and flr
military Pay, Pensions, aud Bounty
Land.
We give special attention 10 procuring PEN
si"ns, ROuDtiCE, oty., accruing TO Soldiers
whe have been wounded, contracted III ease. or tho
families or such have lied, or been Killed whln iu
the discharge Of their limo Of dutv as such DURING hp
present wal.
Special caro- will also be gisau 60 claims which
have been heretofore Rejected or SUSPENDED
by the departments on EuenCientiy Managed
Prompt attention also given 10 The collection Of
Quarcrmaster'5 Receipts given for Property taken
for the use Of the Army, TO arranging Account. with
amt collecting Claims against the Quartcrma,tcr's De
partmcut.
an Claims placed ia our hands receive our PgsmrI
rersOnHI Attention, thereby securing man,
wach, iu the hands OF AN Attorney At any distant
point, frequently provo uusaasa- rul
Aside from this hpr.I.H 1lv1ut... .r HI. 49,.
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The Secessionists tell US that this
rebellion is to protect slave property.
Well the Rebellion in = little over a
year has cost us more than the worth
of every slave in the United States, in
money alone, to say nothing of the thou
sands of valuable lives it has destroyed,
the misery it has caused in thousands
of families, and the decentralization it
has spread over the land. And the end
is not yet; the cost will be doubled.
What is slavery worth if it cost so
much to maintain it?
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rule. Small farms would be swallowed
up in immense domains, and one plan
tation would spread by degrees over the
fifth, the fourth, the half or the whole Of
county. The voting population Of Ten
nesseo would soon be nothing but a hand
full Of oyergrown landlords, the most
selfish, clanish, bigotted and domineering
race on the globe, as all history testiics.
These are matters which come home to
every man who wishes to leave his Off
spring home, and the precious legacy Of
| freedom. Unless the friends of free gov
eminent act promptly, we will be hope
! lessly enslayed. We have a cause worth
fighting for. Let no poor man, whatever
may be his calling, 1atter himself that he
would be tolerated one year after the
Confederacy was established. Itsleaders
| know by experience how dangerous al
element to aristocracy is poor but intel
Iigent and Independent people. They
will not endure your presence as contin
ual menace to their power. You would
be lighted torch in their magazine
They want no white population but lane
and slave owners, and a standing army
| to shoot down insurgents. This war ha
increased a hundred fold the jealousy
and bitterness they always entertained
to all who did not belong to their socia
order, and it becomes all lovers Of free
dom to prepare themselves to destroy th
political power Of that order. DO This o
perish yourselves.