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Is GEN. PRIcE .DEAD1.Scarcely. Yet
a rumor has been current for, q week and
appears to be we'll authenticated, that
MaisGen. 'shAlide Price, Of the rebel
ard WIS killed at or near Pennington,
during he engagement between the rebels
and two divisions of Popes army. Upon
therstesat ofopf forces, y the story runs,
he took the advance in the pursuit, and,
riding about ten rods in advance of his
men, came unawares upon concealed
'eompany-of eoi Roberts I'D Illinois regi.r
ment by whom he was shot down. This
teportsis confirmed by the current testi-
.naoay-of -dasaxtexs, prisoners and contra
bands. Gen. Price was considered among
the rebels as one of their ablest leaders,
and possessed more lnfuence amoHs the
people west of the Mississippi, river than
any other officer in the Confederate ser.
vice. Hswas second in command of the
rebel army at the battle of Wilson's Creek,
captured Col Mulligan's forces a. Licking
ton, succeeded by skillful retreat in es-
Gaping the vengeance of the Pathfinder,
and with his army took a prominent part
in the battle of Pea Ridge. He joined
. Beauregarde shortly after tho battle OF
Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing reg
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FROM rons ROYAL, THE GULF, &c.


Port Royal dates are to May 18th 4
negro pilot brought from Charleston a
rebel tug, with 4 number of persons des-
tined for Fort Ripley He surrendered
her to our squadron, He is great acqui-
sition, knowing all the intricacles of navi-
CATION in that region. Hunters proclaim
alton being published in Charleston,
negro instruction was imminent. Vast
preparations are making to lombard Sa-
! vannah. Our gunboats are up the river,
and our pickets within five miles of the
CITY Massive batteries of PARROT guns
have been erected around the city. A
portion of the Charleston and Savannah
railroad is in our possession.
Pensacola was evacuated by the rebels
May 10th. At II O'Clock that night the
Navy Yard and forts were set on fire, when
a fire was opened upon them from Fort
Pickens. Next morning a federal vessel
with flag Of truce went up to the city
, and was met by the usual solitary indi-
vidual," who Informed the commander
that the place had been evacuated The
federal forces occupied the city the next
day. g.. .-.. .-...
Porter's mortar feet was at last &C
counts in Mobile Bay, getting ready to
open on Fort Morgan.
Hf Commodore Farragut, at last accounts,
had assembled the Mississippi from New
Orleans to so miles above Vicksburg. NEE
ting no serious resistance on the way
: Memphis is daily looking for his arrival at
that point.
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FROM GEN. nALLEcK's ARMY.

No general engagement yet. Gen. Pope
who occupies our extreme left, in encamp-
ed within miles of the enemy's entrench-
ments, while Gen. Sherman, on the eX-
! treme right, is equally near, Skirmishing
between pickets is almost constantly
going on along the whole line. Gen. Hal
leck appears to be principally occupied in
s planting siege guns en- mask, commanding
f. the enemy,s works. Deserters come over
from the enemy daily, and bring about the
same report: That Beauregard is deter
mined to remain at Corinth and have q
fight; that he has about 10000 men
that the Tennessee regiments are all disaf-
fected, and are kept in a position where
they cannot desert, or otherwise make
trouble, to which they are seriously in
clined. The army is kept in ignorance, SO
far as possible, of Federal successes; but
the arrival Of the New Orleans troope
teuded to circulation which has been
highly injurious to the cause, &c, &c.
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CoUSTERFEIrERs BrsT-LooK oUT.-W e
are in receipt of an extra from the Office
of .Nc,Et.lroy d: CO.. Ba"h Note Reporter, Chi
cage containing the'foilowing:
A new aad elegantly executed counter
felt on the Bank of America. New York
City, has just made its appearance, and
were showed quite extensively in the city
last night. 5s, in centre female seated
with spread eagle, shield ON which is
" 2 Pluribus Unum" The bill is printed
in blue, with bright red euds. Large on
on right end, and V on left. Signatures
engraved 1t is fac smile of the genu-
inc, and would deceive good judges. Re
fuse all IS on this bank.
Look out, also, for IS on the Bull
Head Bank, n. y. They are An exact i'm
itation of the genuine Wig, man buying
a paper OF newsboy
The following banks have been thrown
out by some of the bankers here, and are
looked upon with suspicion:
Real Estate Bank, Delaware.
Consolidation Bank, Philadelphia.
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Taxes Must be Paid I'm Coin.

s9n6enpreme Court, still in Session in
this city City on Monday rendered their
decision in the agreed case brought beloSe
them from the Sangamon Circuit Covrt, for
the purpose Of authoritatively settling The
supposed obligatisn of the State Treasurer
ts,receiye the Treasury notes of the Fed
'eral Government for STATE taxes. The
Court. without dissent, held that the torres
must b. paid in gold and silrer:as directed by
stAe Stotu~ Ctxetttwtivx The Court ssySsssv
effect, that although Treasury notes are
legal tender in payment Of debts between
man aud man, as we'll as gold and -silyer.s
yet the state may direct the taxes to be
paid in gold, silver, copper, wheat, corn, or
whatever commodity she pleases This Is,
of course an end of the matter for the
present, and tax pay ers must govern them
selves accordingly a'-,'- .,.i
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Gen. Hunters Splurge.


We rive elsewhere in this paper, the
curious proclamation of Gen. Hunter, de-
claring free all the slaves in South Caro-
lima Florida, and Georgia, as also the pro-
claInation of President Lincoln, declaring
Hunters manifesto a nullity. zs. re- e.
OF course, the Hunter proclamation was
hailed with the utmost delight, by the
rabid abolitionists, who are nroportionally
enraged and chopfallen in view of the ac-
ton of the President BY conservative
and sensible people, however, it was Only
laughed at. The absurdity of declaring
about million of negroes free by military
power, when the General issuing the bonn
bastic decree is unable to enforce his mill
tary authority over 20oth part of the
territory embraced, was .laughaSly palpa-
BILE. Gen. Hunter had forgotten the
famous axiom of Mrs. Glass, as applicable
in military as culinary science. that " The
first thing to be done to cook hare. is to
catch it." When Gen.. Hunter has sue
ceeded in the little job Of extending his
military authority over tie whole of
Georgia, South Carolina, DC, so that the
s colored pussons" in question are under
his control, he can begin to talk about
local regulations sffecting their status, ..s
There may be this excuse, however, for
the precipitate action Of Gen Hunter, that
his folly threatens to be fully equalled by
the action of Congress, who have had for
weeks batch of confscation bills before
them with every prospect of their pas
sage, involving the same unconstitutional
and impracticable scheme of freeing slaves
now quietly hoeing corn, in the interior of
Georgia and the Carollnas. Gen. Hunter
doubtless thought he seen the way things
in Congress were drifting and being very
anxious to do something to make himself
famous, having yet achieved nothing to
it in the fighting way, concluded to take
time by the forelock, and come in a few
miles ahead of Congress on the emancipa-
ton boss r- 80 So. .t f.t.ll e..
His failure, signal as it has turned out,
is no greater than will be that of the con-
gressional wiseacres. Congress, doubtless,
can pass eonfiscation law, but how, un-
der the constitution, such an act can affect
anything like general liberation Of the
| negroes, is puzzle. There is but one way
in which southern man can be constitu-
tionally deprived of his property in ne
groes, except by state legislation, and that
is, by confseation after his conviction, by
regular trial, before court and jury, of
The CRIME of high treason We reckon, by
( the time the rebellion is sufficiently
suppressed to reestablsh the L. S. Courts
! in the states and enable them thus to try
! traitors, the slavery question will have
been settled in some other way
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\ correspondent Of the Louisville Jour
nal writes from Cumberland Ford, on the
S.h, that Gen. Morgan had sent out nine
regiments on q reconnaissance to Cumber-
land Gap. The advance met the enemy s
pickets and had a sharp skirmish with
them, in which two rebels were killed
three captured, and four of our men
wounded All necessary information was
gained, and the expedition returned
Ever since there have been regular daily
details of regiments for pioneer duty, and
it is said that they are engaged in hauling
up cannon so the summit of a mountain
in reoch Of the rebel Notifications.
Gen. Morgan is also waiting the arrival
of more guns before commencing an at
tack. Capt. Myers, of the First Tennessee
Union Regiment, who has long been ter.
ror to the rebels, was recently captured by
them, and they resolved to hang him, in
solently sending word to Gen. Morgan,
stating their intention, and offering their
pledge of honor that if he wanted to, he
might come alone and see the pleasant
exhibition u ndisturbed, and be allowed
safe conduct back to his quarters again
This word was brought under flag of
truce to Morgan. 81
i The Gene raj replied that he believed
their pledge of honor SO, far that he had
no doubt he could go there in safety to
see 1.-THE execution, and could come back
safely, and therefore they must also be-
,lieve his Piled of honor which he sent
them; "andi said he, 81 give you my
word of hon pr that if Capt Myers is hung
! will hang every officer l capture from
this out, and dozen privates on the day
he is, if am cashiered by return express
from Washington" The flag took these
words back and as Morgan is conceded
by the rebels to be q man of his word, and
by every, one else, too, the hanging was in
! initely postponed. r
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War News of the Week.
FROM MCCLELLANs Army.

FROM MCCLELLAN ARMY.
The week has been without any very
striking events in the war, SO far as the
operations of the army are concerned.
Gen. Mcclellan has continued to advance,
until now most of his army is encamped
on the Chickahominy, within miles of
Richmond. -Battour's Bridge, about which
SO much fear was expressed, was passed
without difficulty. The Chiekahominy, in
front of our army is a small stream, easily
p forded On the other side, in front of our
army, and stretching on to Richmond, the
enemy is posted in force. Some of the
deserters say their force is 10000 men,
while equally reliable reports put it at
{ 100000. All accounts agree that they
will fight desperately before evacuating
the place.
Mcdowell after having been joined by
Gen. Shields division of Banks army
has left Fredericksburg going southwark,
doubtless to reinforce Mcclellan. He
was so miles from Richmond on Tuesday.
On Friday Of last week the gunboats
cGaleua, Monitor, Naugatuck, and Port
Royal, which had gone up James River,
silencing the batteries on the way, en-
countered tartar at Fort Darling miles
below Richmond. TIE Fort is very
strong one, situated on bluff 200 feet
above the river. The engagement lasted
about 1 hours, during which IL were
killed on our side and about 40 wounded.
The Naugatuck exploded her 100 ID. gun
at the first fire and became useless. The
water was too shallow TO allow the Moni-
tor to manouvre freely, but she fired
number of shot, was frequently hit, and
came off unframed The Galena seemed
to stand the brunt of the fight, and was
hit % times, nearly every shot penetrating
her armour After four hours she ran
out of ammunition and retired somewhat
crippled. The commander Of the Gaiena
concludes his report with the remarkable
statement "Had we had plenty of shells
we could have silenced the rebelt in two
hours!T' An expedition sent up James
river to shell out batteriec. without shells
Thesunboats, after retiring and getting
new stock of ammunition, on Tuesday
again started up James river, and the
latest report from them is that on We'd
nesday afternoon and Thursday morning
Heavy firing was heard to the left of
Richmond, which was probably caused by
our gunboats endeavoring to force their
,,,, H. Jo,,o. ,;,.orn
Gen. Banks has withdrawn altogether
from the Shenandoah Valley and gone
with what is left of his army to Strasburg,
where he can go by railroad either back to
Washington or TO the relief of Mcclellan,
as occasion may require.
Gen. Fremonts headquarters ere at
Franklin, in Pendleton county, and his
army is kept pretty busy running down
guerilla parties, with which tibet region is
largely infested and with whom daily
-skirmishes occur. .......
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Freeing the Negroes.

"The only loyal men found In South
Carolina are the contrabands, say the
abolitiouists, ergo they ought to be set free.
The truth in reference to these loyal cit-
zens," however, turns out to be about
this The negro is attached to the soil
where he was born and reared. When
the Union army occupied the Sea Island,
the whites fled and the contrabands, such
as were not forced away,-remained, and
others that were dragged away by their
masters also came back as they were able
to escape back. Finding the union army
ready to buy and pay for all the negroes
stole from their masteIs and brought to
the camps to sell, and, where the negroes
were in want, findidg the Union army
ever ready to issue rations to them, no
wonder they took kindly to their new
masters. 1t was, indeed, to them perfect
freedom, with all play and no woIk. But
when the Union generals got tired off feed
ing the contrabands for nothing, and Or
ganized them into gangs to work, they
appear to have been less satisfied. We
are told by Washington despatch that,
in the House on Wednesday of last week
L" Mr. Wicklise, the venerable Union rep
resentative from one of the Kentucky
districts, stated that he had information
that the slaves at Port Royal, who had
been taken from their masters, mostly all
desire to return, but are prohibited from
doing SO by the military authorities. lie
said further that some Of the negroes, who
had left the camp for the purpose of get
| ting back to their masters, were fired upon
by the sentinels, in obedience to orders,
and eight of them killed zr ls.,-
The upshot of it, there, is, that the ne.
groes are content enough to have any
masters provided they are allowed to re-
main on the soil, and provided further
they arc well treated A trial of their
Yankee masters, however, showed that
they were less kindly treated than by
their old masters, and so they very natu
rally try to get back to them. Any such
notion as that under their new masters
they were improvided in conditions by
being freed from tina shackles of slavery
appears never to have gained the slIghtest
entrance into their thick skulls.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-24

.UrAH.-Followiug out the republican
idea of legislating for the territories, the
Senate Judiciary committee has intro
duced bill abolishing all laws Of Utah
territory that recognize and legalize polyg-
amy, &C., whether statutory or under the
pretence of religious tenet, &c. This is
certainly a movement in new direction.
As there are no statutory laws in Utah
which in any way refer to polygamy, the
effect OF the passage of the bill will be to
repeal sundry chapters and clauses of the
Mormon Bible .-.....,. ..s,...1zfs
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New orleans.

Gen Butler seems to be getting along
very amicably with the people OF the
Crescent City. =
The Bee of the Sth does not think the
yellow fever will visit the city this year
1t syas q. The Mayor ard municipal au-
thorities have been allowed to retain their
power and privileges in everything uncon-
nected with military affairs" Nodifficul-
ties have taken place between the soldiers
and citizens. The Bee says:
a. The Federal soldiers do not sAem to
Interfere with the private property of the
citizens, and have done nothing that we
are aware of to provoke difficulty The
usual nightly reports of arrests for yagra.
ncy, assaults, woundind. md killing have
unquestionably} been dimioished The
city is as tranquil and peaceable as in the
most quiet times" 10 --rf.sf+.-. n
The evening Delta ofthe 9th says: 1.-THE
city authorities have pledged themselves
in behalf of our citizens for the safety of
the officers and soldiers Of the Cniteo
States army when moving through the
streets, and that our people would refrain
from molestng or insulting them" The
Della announces that.
Gen. Butler has consented that COM
munication be opened with Mobile for the
purpose of procuring a boat load of -four
in that market for the use of our people ;
also, that the Opelousas railroad may
transport hither provisions of all kinds;
and communication may be had with the
mouth of Red river, by means of steam
boats, SO that the live stock and provisions
there accumulated may be transported to
sNew Orleans" ssl - ,.,a.~ s..4--
The Delta says Z" For the successful re-
suit Of this treaty, our citizens are largely
indebted to.the good offices of Hon. Pierre
/ Souie"
General Butler issued several orders to
carry into effect the provisions of this
| treaty. 1t is announced that there was
"auite an improvement in the markets, +"
| fish and vegetables being uncommonIy
plenty.
Speaking Of the first Sunday under mil.
itary rule of the United States. the Delta
says the people turned out in large mum
! bers to enjoy the delicious atmosphere,
and 10 view the strange soldiers who are
to be seen in every direction, promenad-
/ ing the streets and regarding with char.
acteristic curiosity the many peculiarities
Of our city. There was in the deportment
of our people manifest reaction from the
deep sorrow, gloom. and modification
! which, for several days after the capture
| of the city, darkened the minds and coun-
tenances of all. Indeed, there was a per
ceptible vivacity and buoyancy in the de.
meanor OF all classes
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-24

Coon FOR MAssAeHGsETTs.-Ala large num-
Der of sick and wounded soldiers from
the army Of the Potomac, belonging to
Western states, having recently arrived at
New York, without any state agents being
present to look after them. Col. Frank
E. Howe, of the Massachusetts, agency in
that city, took them in charge, had thir
wounds properly attended to, their wants
supplied, and provided them transporta-
ton to their homes after being kindly
and tenderly cared for at the New Eng
land rooms, the agent of New York State
declining to furnish them with transpor
tation. srr-~ .a-.r
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GEN. HuxrEn.-The glorious uncertain.

GEN HuNrER.-The glorious uncertain
ties OF Washington correspondents are
daily illustrated in cases like the follow
ing: r!.1 s.. as
The HeraHs Washington dispatch says !:
!" The recall of Gen. Hunter is determined
on An effort has been made to have
Gen. Benham placed in command of the
department ct thea South. 1t is stated
that, if he could have had the consent Of
Gen. Hunter, he would long ago have re-
captured Fort Sampler and restored the
Federal authority in Charleston. m
The n. y. Tribune has the following i:
q We can positively assert that whatever
modification may be made in his order,
Gen. Hunter will not be recalled, nor put
in position necessitating his resignation"
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4 - Master 5 Na,e. Z

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue q, :.
decree made and entered of record Sy the Crcuit
Court Of u Sale County, State Of Illinois, at the June
term Of said Court A. D. 1862 in certain cause then
pending IN said Court on the Chancery side thereof
Norman Smith, Elizabeth Ann smith, William Crunp-
ton, frsnklin Baldwin,, William II. Robertson. and
John Luton we're defendants, 4 shall,
Monday the Esd day. OF June. 4. p. 1862. be-
tween the hours o. nine o'clock IL the forenoon
and OF said day offer for sale, at the south door
Of the County Court House in Ottawa in said county,
at public sauesee. and sili SEW % se tess.t bidder
dered by sad deesss TO be sold that Is to say One
eausI undivided Of twenty fo aeres OF lsnd Of Of
ouartsr Of section Cd township thirty 1--WE (S5)
north Of range (s east Of tho third principal
Ccrdian describsd - follows: Bsginnine q stene
M the hnlf section between sections CD sad
three (8) thence easteriy ten (l0) ehaes to
stake theacs nofthsfly eighty (00) rods to stake
thence west vssteTiy tan Q0) chains to . stake.
theuoe south southefly twenty (903 chains 70 the
plsee Of beginning. Terms Of sale cash. i-
May sd, 1850. .-a;.C 40l1
5 -, - y. 4. HoLLIsTER, ksstsr In cAanesry.
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A REBEL GENERAL GIVES Up-General
Alfred Beckley, of Raleigh Court House,
Western Va, who commanded a rebel
brigade under Wise, at the battle of eau.
ley Bridge gave himself up to Gen. Cox
upon the advance of our forces through
his town. recently. and asked to be per.
mitted to give in his allegiance. He had
resigned his commission in IN the rebel
army, disbanded his men, and was living
at home quietly. Gen. Cox sent him to
Gen. Fremont, who had him sent to Co
lumbus, Ohio. ,yBeckley was graduate Of
West Point. and formerly an army officer
He is a man of wealth and of great in
fluence in his county.
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STATE TEACHERS CERrIFIcArEs-We are
advised by note from ~ Bateman, Stlte
Super intendent of Schools, that the third
examination Of teachers for State Certi6-
Gates win be held at Springfield, COM
mencing at . clock, a m. on Wednesday,
August 9th, 1862, and will continne two
days. Any person desiring further infor-
nation on the subject IS invited to address
The State Superintendent.
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From Fort PILLOW

~ The report received on Tuesday that
!. Fort fiilow has been evacuated, although
cot contradicted, remains still without
3 positive confirmation. The latest despatch
from Cairo, I'D, says, 1 The opinion still
prevails that Fort Pillow has been evacu-
ated although nothing definite has been
-tlivuigetlto determine the fact" Whether
the Fort has been evacuated or not, how
ever the enemys fleet is still in the vcini-
ty, and our own force have not dared to
nut force ashore to ascertain the fact and
occupy it.
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FROM ARKANSAS.

There seems to be no regularly organ
-sizetl rebel troops left in Arkansas, and at
--LATEST accounts Gen Curtis was within q
Few miles Of Little Kock, proposing to
make his head quarters in that city Gov.
a proclamation, declaring that, as Arkan-
sas has been deserted by the Southern
Sonfederacy and has declared her seces-
:. sion from the Union, she must set up OH
: her own hook. He says:
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Arkansas lost, abandoned, subjugated,
is not Arkansas as She entered the Confed-
crate government Nor will she remain
Arkansas a Confederate state, desolate as,
a wilderness; her children, fleeing from
the wrath to come, will build them new
ark and launch iton new waters, seeking
a haven somewhere, of equality, safety
and rest Be of good cheer, my country
men, there is still balm in Gilead, the
Good Samaritan will be found. Strike
now and ever for your homes and liberty,
against all men who invade the one or
dispute the other. The eespotic power Of
the North, which seeks now to crush you,
contains in its own creation ripe seeds for
its early destruction"
The Little Rock True Democrat referring
to the Proclamation, says:
"In less perilous times we should COM
ment upon this production more length''
ly, but as it is, we let it pass now by enter
ing our earnest and most solemn protest
against certain features in It,