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, 1862-02-08

a sensitive New Englandcr, writing from
Massachusetts,, Acknowledges himself caught,
and asks if he was not justified By the circutn-
stances which he relates. Here is a case:
We'll, sir, Mary caught the skating fever, which
is now raging so fearfully.. I heard her ex-
press d wish for i pair Of skates, and the next
day she had The best pair that could be had in
the city, and nobody knew who sent them to
her. Nc went down upon the ice, and there
hary just Eat quietly down, ordered me on
ny knees, and quietly placed that foot, The
foot, in ny lap, aud bid me put on-lle skates.
Sir, bad Venus dropped down from Heaven,
and told me to rub her down with rotten
stone and oil, it could not have astonished INC
ulvre than when that divine foot w.ls placed
in MY unworthy lap. felt very 1aint-bnt
by my side! No; we'll, let me tell You Iou
have seen a kaleidoscope, with Il few old bits
Of glass, &C., in lin tube, aud turning it,
have seen Ill sorts OF beautiful figures.
just imagine kaleidoscope, and in place Of
beads and broken glass, please substitute blue
crino]ine, gaiter boots, zephyr .worsted, GU
rids, hearts, darts, Il clap Of thunder, Il flash
IF lightning and "anld Nick" Imagine your
self the centre ola system With all these things
! revolving around You, and 8 violet bank
breathing s1ehs upon you all the while, and
skating lesson. Mary aud I start-shc On my
left arm all square. First, hary's dear little
gaiter boots presented themselves to my as
| 1onisIed vision, and before have time to
wonder how they came up before INC, felt
them pressing their blessed beauty with eta-
phasis into the pit Of my stomach Next seeac
-wavy hair, with $50 bonnet and divine head
| eauic pitching into nly waistcoat, With such q
force that feel the buttons against my spine.
Nezt-n1arE gazcs at me from between my
iack-hoots, and anon her blessed little nose is
thrust into my shirt bosom. All! my friends,
all research and study on the mysterious sub
+ ject Of woman has been comparatively in yalr
till, i'll this eventfn1 year of 1861, the flshios
: Of skating has opened new and various Sources
Of information. 20 you remember your frs
attempt at driving tandem? Do you remem
ber how that internal peryerse beast that yor
selected for your leader, would insist on turn
ing short round and staring you in the face, q:
if TO ask |what the deuce you'd be at q
Well, Just you 50 and try . woman on skates
that's all-just 1ry it. All! Won't yon GEM
to the conclusion that women have sundT,
and divers ways Of accomplishing their oil
jects Dear Mary! offered myself to he
every time she turned up or came round.
| an hers
, 1862-02-08
The LecompfonyteH In ConcI4ye,.

The LecomptonItes In Conclave..
When the people voted for calling Consti-
tutional Convention, their object Was to Sc
cure certain amendments to the Judicial sys-
TEN, and to the mode Of valuation Of property
for taxation. They also wanted clause in
serted to prevent the flood Of special 1egis1a-
they desired Was q feW amendments to make
the organic law work more smoothly. The
people in the north half Of the State voted
nearly unanimously for calling Convention;
the central counties we're divided in opinion,
while the Egyptian portion roted nearly solid
against q Convention, alleging as reason that
the present Constitution was good enough,
and needed no improvements. But the cali
prevailed, and before the Legislature could
act upon that yote, the rebellion WIS precip1-
tated, and a condition Of things ensued which
did away with the necessity for calling Con-
vcntion- Under the circumstances, the Re-
pul,Iicans in the Legislature would hare will
ingly deferred the call, deeming 1t Of doubtful
propricty to disturb the organic law when the
public mind WIS couvu]scd By the throes Of
revolution. The Democrats in the Legisla-
turc, however, though boosting TINT they had
yoted against Tie call 1t the ballot bog, be-
came furious lest the Legislature should fail
TO giTe legal ctIect 10 an ll-conside1cd popu-
1ar vote, which never would have been given
under the then altered condition Of public af:
fairs.
Why was thiss The Springfield Journal IN.
they Thought the Convention wouId he IN fj,f
hands Of the Republicans. bnt irrinT +he
, 1862-02-08
How Slavery In Western Missouri is
Run Duts

[EToM the IeayehWoTth CohEcrratiSe, 9Th.
L contrabana who came acrosB some two
months since, was reported as returning to
Platte county with most doleful accounts Of
thc way in which he had been treated in Lc:,y-
enwosth. He declared that he was made to
work for nothing, treated cruelty, half fed &c
and that was the general treatment Of the
unfortunate contrabands. OF course this WAS
4 sweet nlorsel for Mr.. Shareholder, and ss Con-
trabard'' became person Of distinguished
consideration Immediately. He was made
much Of, and lis example quoted to repress
sable st b1odern who fanciea he had a right to
dispose Of his own body and labor. The re-
suit Of contraband's course vas to secure him
unlimited confidence among the citizens. Hc
improved the opportunities thus presented to
SO good an advantage, that few nights since
he reappeared in KANSAS with train Of four
teen, whom lie had thus piloted to freedom.
, 1862-02-08
=, E3atS srG Ruthrr TruSS.
cEELEY'S HARD RUBBER
TRUSS.


1IASCFACrIEKD UNDER EIoGs & &GoopTEAn'sPz
This Truss is having success III curing Hernia or
Rupture before Unknown In the history Of Trusse5
Unlike ALL others ever used In the following respects:
IT WILL lsEyER EEsT flse spring being coated with
Hard Rubber renaerlpg i impervous 10 1uolatuIe Or
rcrSrlrHffon frem the butsy1. NOR BEAE CuAFE GALL
OR BLIsIRR. WILL NOT SLIP OF MOVE FEoA PLACE.
docs not PRESS or 1S1UEE the COED never becomes
FILTHY, and is always CLEAN A.D AS COOP As NEW.
they have been used BY orer 5000 persons n this city
nn surrounding country. within the past two years
au have ncrer failed to give satisfaction In sn cases
Of t!le wprst form References can be given og cases
Cured in this city Of hlty years standing Which are
vel Known 70 SOME Of the most eminent Surgeons in
the Weft and It ie universally Acknowledged by all as
the Only reliable Trues Hs for Dr. Sea:eE having
aaa many years experience IT, tne ,a afplon ana m
respect to be As repre5ented as tue same Truss
qulEel nm daily IeeeiginE orders for this nstrn. M
assure the public that it Is rapidly supclccding all
olher Tuses in use Persons Wishing this Instrument
can be fitted by sending size In nches Aro1nd hips in
lieu Of Rupture to Dr.. J. sEELEY. 194 Lake street,
Ctjcagp. Ill Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer to
whom sn orders must be addressed Pamphlet sent
receipt of stamp. P. O. Bsx 1855. auxs61-rrs1y
, 1862-02-08

In letter from Mil Spring, printed in ano-
nam known to us, it is stated that when tue
wounded Missisalpians found themselves kin
dly treated BY our officers and men, they cz-
pressed their surprise, and declared that
lad they known We would treat them
Union. One of the writers from Port Royal
recently related That tue poor rebel Va1andingg-
ham, who died on our hands there, at first r..
fused to drink water handed him, till 1t was
first tasted by Our men, nnder the impression
that the Yankees were bent on poisoning all
there Is every reason to believe that the rebel
leaders have really committed the ntrocity oil
spreading such delusions as this among the
I ignorant people OF the soutb.-N. 7, Eaa'ss,s
lbsf.
, 1862-02-08
POST CARRIERS IN CITIES.
Interesting Letter from Hon. Stephen
Baker, III. C. from N. Il.

To The Editors Of The Chicago Tribune:
HoCsE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, D. C., February 4, 1862.
The system have suggested in relation to
the free reception aud delivery Of all mail mat
ter in cities containing upwards Of ten thous-
and Inhabitants, would, il carried into effect,
introduce much needed improvement, and
am surprised that it has not been long since
established. The present method of compel
ling, on an average, one hundred persons to
perform the task Of carrying letters 10 and
from post Offices, when the same service might
be performed by one postman, causes proyok-
ing delay, an enormous waste Of precious
time, and largely intcrfercs With productive oc-
cupatiops-
The plan desired Is to have mail boxes placed
at convenient and accessible points for the re-
ception Of prepaid mil matter, to he taken
from them By postmen aud carried, in the
smaller cities at least twice, and in the larger
four, five and six times daily, to the office for
general distribution; and to deliver all letters
as frequently by carriers Or postmen.
It is believed that improved facilities Will
| vastly increased the business Of the Post Of
flee Department, and thus augment its regc-
nues, and that the letters received and deliver
ed in the great commercial cities will fully pay
the entire cost Of the new service.
The system proposed is In general use in
| Western Europe, and it. is found to be mol
only an indispensable public convenience, bu1
nlso by those States that make the incest ani
| closest calculations for income, to be ampl,
| rovnroreaf;ne
, 1862-02-08
39roposa1s.

4 RMY SUPPLIES.-Ohce Chief
-A- CommissaIy Subsistence, District Of Cairo
CA1Ko, LII January 30th- 1885,:
Scaled Proposals. En be receiyed Ct the otee ot the
sh, 1 for supplying the Ioops Operating IN The tad
C eeplea' 1 wi! With IF FIeah Beef nnt My 81 ISL
hs Beef to @ bs Of g9od ana Is rh 9Sssy y
Shanks to be e1cluded} aid TO be delivered to 1hc
troops snch Quantities and At such times and places
Separate proposals will be received for supplying
troops operating from each post Of parenl4r dtyisiGn
GOOD and sufficient securities will be required Tor tho
fndument Ct the contract Eaen hld nust be eecona.
that The bdees VIII IL lis bid be accepted sign the
contract r.
Bids viii be received from those only known to be
py III TO the EnIfed States. and those TO whom the coz
tracts are awarded VII be required to sign an 4gree-
ment COPY OF which may be seen At this Office.
The u1de1sgned tesefyea the night to tejecs auy or
Prorosais 70 be endorsed Proposals foz Beef"
B. DuBARRf, Capt. and C. S. U. S. A.
feSk6796t
, 1862-02-08

should House
~ keepexs and tier uExa1ts loss their phHence
n9hme lR trying % l1As AnthfAeite Coal E1ta pins
Hnd1ln4. Wnen 81 uHnE the GRANULAR EuE1+ sold
IN G.. n. GRAY corner o{ AafkAk SD Waehtngtcn
S6eeta they ca0 hAVs efze 2AF tins Niou. GoHha7
kafh1s94R
, 1862-02-08

Some Of the Democratic papers are dis
pleased with the airs Of supreme soyercignty
which the Egyptian members Of tho Conven-
tion are putting on. The Fayette County
Democrat dcnonnces the report Of the Com
mittec that proclaimed that F" the power Of the
Convention is supreme,'' and the resolution
instructing the Judiciary Committee 81 to in-
quire into the power Of the Convention to
elect a United States Senator" It SAYS:
s'Somc Of the honorable members seem to
feel as large under their resolution Of 'su-
prcmc power as a little boy over his first pair
Of boots. It would be well for these gentle
men to recol1ect that Illinois has not seeded;
that We have State government, "a very bud
one, We admit, hut still STATE government
pr sc,) under which we must live until VIC
ora legally provided with another; that the
Convention has no power to throw us into a
territorial condition and 1egislate for uB. We
don't want to take the benefit Of the baby act.
We propose to rcnnain State, and act under
the existing Constitution 1ntila new one shall
be legally In force. To those who can't sec
IT. in this light, VIC commend the careful study
Of the 1rishman's report on the building ot
a new jail:
s.tR Rcso1ved, That new Jail shall be built.
''t Reso',nd, That the new Jail shall be built
out Of the material Of the old Jail.
tts Rcso1tvd, That the old jail shall not be
| torn down till the new jail is 1inisled.'
, 1862-02-08
Df1ttiStB' NarnB.


Il, a. bO0UG, ~. II. D., III. Icy
No, l4l LAKE STREET,
Desires foS the present c0nAna lis &tentioa Iaoct
particularly 70 Diseases Of the Mouth a1d OPe<Adona
his services to ttcse requiring operations in ths.
branch Of his profession referring ny perlaiadoE9
NeInen.
Col. c. G. Hammond, WM. h Bradley, Es3-
Hon. " &. GnIuee, Stephen CLAY. Es4-
Prof 8. C, Bartlett. A. G. BufieI E8{.
l. D. O1naSted, Esq. ...
refertr ipi roll -t1. *xa
WIN. ALBAU GH, DENTIST,
w pAce and EeHdeNce No B West Randolph
street., rsuccessor to Fuller d A1ban9h1 would rs.
at tie old p1ace, prepared u give full sat4eoR n
every department Of DenttnrJ, whether IN E1L11Na
CLEAKIe6, ExfKACTIXa, KK8Ul4ATlNs. or the Msef
ton OF ARIU1uIAL TKxrE. specncn1 o. ~ Ends q
Wezf ca be saea II his sttaoe. Ch1zes notasa1e
, 1862-02-08

And other neeessaries Of life bear about the
same proportion. The secret Of the present
hard times is that we haye increased our
wants, and not TINT the needs of life or its
comforts are even as far from our reach now
as In 1924. For the business prostration we
nov bewail, and which has proceeded from
causes beyond our control, we have sovcr-
cign remedy in fugality and economy, an cx-
ercise Of which will bring us triumphant1y
, 1862-02-08

What fs due TO Public Opinion Abroad.
We arc permitted to lag before our readers
the following extract Of private letter just
received from gentleman in London Of the
highest literary ability ind influence, and to
whom the American cause is indebted for some
of the most timely and able articles that
have been published in EQgland OF the present
Tar.
While the Trent case was pending, this gen
tleman argued most cloquently against the
mad precipitation by which it was sought to
goad England into new war with the United
States. To such true and unpaid friends
and surely they have right to demand Of us
action consistent with our position in the eyes
Of the world We invite the attention Of our
rulers and Statesmen to tho brief but signi6-
cant words Of the following letter. The infer
cnccs will be obvious:
LONDON, January u, 1862.
"Thanks to God that the woe Of an Anglo
American war is arerted! I never felt SO pain
fully under the prospect Of any evil; never
worked go hard to do the little I could to pre-
| vent it, and in some matters special Proyi.
deuce seemed TO open ny way to usefulness
l
| / send you a copy Of the last London Re
! uitapin which handled the question.
| But now that the danger is over for thu
present, would to God that your Government
| could be led to put itself in such q posture
| regarding slavery as our public can under
| stand. People here can only take facts, and
| ten thousand explanations of difficulties
loyal, constitutional and political, 60 no way
against the fact that it docs not commit it5el
against slavery. People say, if the South be
comes Independent, slavery must perish b3
confinement and opposition; If the Union bt
restored, it will flourish again protected b.
the strong flag. It is impossible to get sucl
ideas out but bYa action.
What State rights are retained by Statt
which as Such Las rcbcllcd? Surely if a.udc
the Constitution it could claim protection from
President or Congress in the matter Of slavery
having itself abolished the Constitution it an
nuls all its rights under it, and having rcbelle
against the Executive aud Congress, is fairl
liable to the exercise Of their discretion. VIII
should not Congress declare slavery to b
! abolished in every rebel State? Had it don
| SO at oncc, English sympathy would have bee
all on our side. Never for i moment did on
people wish a war. They Ill believed that til
match was too unequal to gain glory for d:
besides they wanted trade peace and comfor
Surely good men ought to lift their voices O
both sides Of the water. I do my part"
, 1862-02-08

6peaking Of fashionable hats, should one
1.-THE atest style" or "the latest tiles''
, 1862-02-08


*sHard Times'' is the universal cry Of those
wl:o have any thing due them, and those who
owe anythin@-and Others who are IN neither
of those situations, md consequently ina con-
dition 70 snap their fingers, and feel indepen-
drnt. But the grumbEng mania Is abroad,
and every one has caught up the CRY, and keep
ete1Dally echoing it. But are the times after
MI 20 very hard az not to bear comparison with
other years Of commercial depression? Here
if little "per CONTRA" statistics which go =
great way. towards arguing the case The
figures given are entirely reliable, rs any one
having a file Of an old newspaper can verify
1874. 1863.
Corn u-..-.-.-.- 10 cents per bushel- II cents.
" Nheat 875E . t' 70 I"
Potatoes-.-... 12K l" s. Is e
Ealt .$1e3 SO Ct
BesE: Essf: 1sS 1sS per 10? weight saSs aSs
Butter :. .... 64 cts per pound 10 It
Sugar-........ 37E" 's lax"
C0NEe +-..,.~.x Is Is ="
Tea........... 1.50@300 IL 75@1.25
Iron. ..-..-.-- 6GlO cts " 405 cts
Shifting. g..--... 4@57H cts per ynrd. 1000"
, 1862-02-08

to 60 down into the valley Of humiliation, that
some OF his own party friends, yielding to
their impatience, pronounced the first six
weeks Of his administration simply continu-
alton Of the policy Of his predecessor. Every
conceivable expedieut was resorted to, to pre-
serve the pnblic peace, and with such ingenu-
tty and steadtastnes5 did the Executive pursue
his policy in this direction, that the rebels
were at last Obliged to fire upon Fort Sumter
for no better reason than the sending Of pro-
visions to prevent our garrison from starva-
ton, which he kindly assured them vas the
| sole purpose Of the expedition.
Sir, when the history of this rebellion shall
be written, its saddest pages will record the
| careful and studfous Tenderness OF the Admin
lstration towards American slavery say this
| with the sincercst regret. do not doubt the
! good Intentions Of the President, nor would I
| forget the trying circumstances in which he
| and bis advisers have been placed. Upon them,
to very great extent, must the hopes Of ouI
country rest in this crisis. To sustain their
| policy, whereyerI can honestly do 80, as Rep,
resentative Of the people, Is my first duty: and
my second is, frankly to point out its errors,
whilst avoiding, If possible, the attitude Of N
artag onist Instead of making slavery the
special object Of attack, as the weak point o1
the enemy, and the guilty cause Of the war, ths
policy Of the Administration Inns been that o
perpetual Difference to its claims. The Cor
erDnlent speaks of it with bated breath. Il
handles it with lid gloves. Very often has i
! tpltdu lEAGu1a1 WILLY ~ tt IL, III tuE OQJtC
| ii its peculiar care. Ii dealing with the in
tcrcsts Of rebels, it singles out as its pet aut
fayorite, as the spared object Of its love, tn
1idcons monster that is at once the body
soul, and spirit Of the movement we are en-
: dcayor1ng to suuduc. While the rebels hav,
trampltd the Constitution under their feet
and pursued their purposes like Thugs an'
pira1es, the Government has lost no oppor
1unity Of declaring that the constitutions
rights Of slavery shnn be protected By loya
men. The Secretary OF State, In his iustrus
tions TO Mr. Adams, Of the 10th Of april LAST
says:
'.1ou will indulge in no expressions of haral
''ness or disTespcct, Or even impatience, cor
cetnius The seeded States, their agents, or the
/. people"
I'll And be warns Mr. Adams to remember ths
i these States arc and must evcr continue to b.
tcgual and bonored members Of this Foder.
Union," and that their citizens s' still arc. an
; always mustbe, our kindred aud countzymen.
IN lis letter TO Mr. Dayton, Of April %, he tel
} | him that--
The rights Of tac Statea and the condition
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-22
[PUBLIc-No. III

AN All making appropriations for the supno,t Of
Inc Military Academy for the year ENDING fLe thi,
ileth OF june, eighteen hundred and sixtvtb
DC u enacted by the senate and house ot ro,.ro
sentatives of the United States of Amerio =; ~ l
gfess assembled, That the following sums he ,S ~,
sahle are heTehy appropriated out of any mo,,o,, ~
lhe treasury not otherwise appropriated for Tho ~
port OF the Military Academy for the wear n,Ii,in,
three 'ieu anu sixty"
For pay of officers, instructors. cadets and ,..
slelahs, one hundred thousand dollars u
- or communication of subsistence, four thousand
one hundred and siXty-one dollars
For forage for officers horses one thousand t
hundred and forty dollars ''u'
FOR pay IN lieu of clothing to officers servants
For current and ordinary expenses, as follows.
repairs ana improvements, fuel aud apparatus TO.
clerks, miscellaneous and incidental exnenses ,si
lars. "oi-
-, For gradual increase and expense of library nm
thousand dollars. ''' "Ho
For expenses of the board of yisitors ono a.,
sand five hundred dollars. '"
thousand dollars "'i'es' I'VE
For supplying horses for artillery and cavo,.v
practice one thousand dollars "'y
For repairs ofoiicers, quarters. ono tbo,so,1 g..
hundred dollars. ~ '"'"s"hui h'e
For targets and batteries for ortiIIorp o,,or.i..
one hundred and fifty dollars. '0''e'
dollars. W. '''V's' one hundred
For annual repairs of gas pipes and retorts throo
hundred dollars N 'e'"i's' lhIee
for warming apparatus or academic aud o,,o,
buildings three thousand dollars ''''1 O'"e'
dollars. ""'i' one thousand
dollars. lamp s'ounu' one Thousand
Approved, February 10, 1862
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-22


AN ACT amending the provisions of the second
section of the act Of January twenty fourth
eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, enforcing the
attendance of witnesses before committees of eli.
ther house of congress.
Be it enacted by the. senate and house of repre-
sentatiges of the United States of America in con.
gress assembled That the provisions of the second
section of the act entitled IAN act more efiectuallv
TO enforce the attendance of Witnesses on the sum-
mons, of either house OF congress- and to compel
them to discover testimony" approved January
twenty-fourh, eighteen hundred and hfty-seven, be
amended, altered, and repealed, so as to read as
foll0ws That the testimony OF a witness examined
and testfyng before either house of congress or
any committee of either house of congress shall
not be used evidence in any criminal pro-
ceeding against such witness in any court of
justice; Provided however. that no off cial pa
per or record, produced by such witnesses on
such examination, shall lie held or taken to be in
cluded within the privilege of said evidence so to
protect such witness from any criminal proceeding
as aforesaid and witness shall hereafter be a l.
allowed to refuse to testify any fact or to pro.
duce any paper touching which he shall be exa1nin-
ed by either house of congress. or any committee
of either house, for the that his testimony
touching such fact, the production of such
paper may tend to disgrace him otherwise render
him infamous provided, that nothing in this act
shall be construed to exempt any witness from pros
ecution and punishment for perjury committed by
him i'll testitying as aforesaid.
Approved, Jan. "a 1861