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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-24
: AGRILULTURAL PRODUCTs.

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The Agricultural products Of Illinois are great
eT than those Of any other State. The Wheat
crop Of 1861 was estimated a 95 900, 900 bushels
while the Com crop yisldE not less than 40 ,0o0
900 bushels, besides the crop o. Oats, Barley,
Rye, BuckEheat, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes,
Pumpkins, Squashes, Flax, Hemp, Peas, Clover,
Grapes, Peaches, Apples, &C., which go 20 swell
the vast aggregate Of production in this fertile
region. Over Four Millions tons Of produce
were sent opt o. the State Of Illinois during the
past year.
sTOCR RAISING.
In Central and Southern Illinois uncommon s
advantages are presented for the extension Of
Stock raising. Allkinds Of Cattle, Horses, Mules,
Sheep, Hogs, &C., Of the best breeds, yield hand
some profits; large fortunes have already been
made, and the field e open for others to enter
with the fairest prospects Of Ike results. DAIET
FARNNG also presents It's inducements 70 many.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-24
CTTTFs. TOWNS. nIARKETs, DEPOrs.

There are Einsty-Eighs Depots on the Ccmpa-
ny's Railroad, giving about one every ssFe1
miles Cities, Towns and Villages sre situated
at convenient distances throughout the whole
route, where every desirable commodity maT ba
found as readily as in the Oldest cities Of the
Union, and where buyers are 70 be met for AZ
kinds Of farm produce.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-24
EDUCATION.

Hechsnics and working men win hnd The free
school system encouraged By the State, and En-
doEed With . large revenue for the support 0f The
schools. Children can live In sight Of TIE school
the college, the church, and grow up with The
prosperity OF the leading State In the Great Wss-
tern Empire.
No one who has visited this splendid region Of
country can doubt that Il equals the most fzEor-
ed descriptions that have ever been given of it;
but let any careful observer visit It, and he viii
Inform You that the half has not been told Of The
advantages Il Offers for immediate occupeflon
and immediate returns. The farmers Of he East
ern and Middle States, and Canada, are moving
to Illinois IN great numbers; and Il Is believed,
that II these surpassing advantages were made
known 10 the farmers. mechanics, manufacturers
and working population Of oTer-crowded Europe,
they would promptly avail themselyes q ihe
knowledge.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
TOTIOE Ie HEREBY GIVEN THAT

DAUL l9UloS SENDEhFkh' : Is
TATE Notice Is her BY iven that ths snb
&C. ibar has been appointed and qUaiifed as Admiu.
lsrato1 on ths estate Of aul 6uss n9orioT late Of
indtpo 1dente Township, deceased. f.l- la
,,..-,.....,.......- Cd. EDWAkp HlEkT9H,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-24

A W.T. n II " " nCdIE NOI lOD. -
~ The undsfs Rned have formed a partBsFship
De cOhd acted under toe irm name Of r. My6f,
r. p. Myers being gen raj partner aud r. o. R0usF
Z hio n, houss Contributes 20 the common Hlock
the sun Of Six thousand Five Hundrto Dollars.
The general nature Of tue business 10 be transact
Cd 4 that Of tho mRnptAgture sale Of Stoves and
Hollow Ware. Also-'he sale Of Timers Stock
SAFES, 40. -lr
This eo-partnorship 20 date from February lst,
1902, and terminste the rit dag Of February. K6
In witness whereof We herounto set oar hal ds aud
seals this hrat day Of February, 1852
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"a m ths plessingl d Cilil1fioI.

TO- 900 Acres Farms f40 2O 100 Acres and upwards
in ILLINOIS, the Garden State OfAmerica
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-24

oLzvELASD, Feb. II, 1852 $50
The New York herald., 1862-01-06

FINANCIAL. CONDITION OF THE CoUNTRY.-The
resolutions passed at the meeting of the asso-
ciated banks on the 28th ult. show, ON the part
of the managers of those institutions, an utter in
competency to deal with the present crisis. We
had looked to them for some practical recon-
mendations for the relief of the government and
the public; but the result has disappointed our
expectations There is not a man among them
who has mind comprehensive enough to grasp
the difficulties that at present complicate our
financial position. If there had been we should
not now have to record, after q fortnight of
precious time lost, during which upwards Of
twenty millions of specie have been drawn from
the banks, a string of proftlcss generalizations
in the form of resolutions. The finances of the
country are thus, owing to all this shilly-shally
ing, in pretty nearly the same condition in
which the army stood after the battle of Bull
run. 1t Is now for the Secretary Of the Treasury
to exhibit to the country the same energy and
creative ability in connection with our finances
which the young Commander-in-Chie of our ar
mics has manifested in the conduct of our mill
tary affairs. Mr.. Chase must be our Necker or
Colbert.
The New York herald., 1862-01-06

ENGLAND AND FRANcE.-In the views which
we published Saturday from the Paris Opinion
Notionale, the confidential organ Of the Prince
Napoleon, the facts are very strongly illustrated
that while America, the republic Of the United
States, Is the natural ally Of France, England
is her only enemy, and that " If England is now
SO ready for war it is owing to her vindictive
hatred and defiance Of France" We have no
doubt that these Napoleonic ideas arc shared
by the mass Of the French people, and that the
The New York herald., 1862-01-06

settlement Of ihe Trent difficulty will so strength
On the cause OF our government in France and
throughout the co,ntinent of Europe ss to hold
England strictly hereafter to something like an
honest neutrality in the aatter of our Southern
rahellion
The New York herald., 1862-01-06
Rapid Progress OF the Reaction mt the
South.


That a strong reaction has been long going
forward at the South no one can doubt who
reads the extracts from the Southern papers re-
produced from time to time in the columns of
the New YORK HERALD. The leading organs Of
public opinion in New Orleans, Charleston,
Richmond and other important cities, which are
the centres of population, intelligence and po-
litical influence, are continually filed with mu-
tinous and menacing denunciations of the Con-
lederate government Jefferson Davis and his
subordinates are charged with imbecility and
cowardice, corruption, want OF statesmanship,
and utter ignorance of the first principles ofmil-
tary science. The New Orleans Delta, the
Charleston Mercury and the Memphis Appeal
have WED with each otter in assailing their
scribed the Confederate government as "a weak
reed" and declared that its members, "from the
first day Of the revolution to this, have exhibit
cd want of pressience and enterprise, a lack Of
The larger craftsmanship, and an inability to
comprehend the nature of the movement they
were engaged in" "Instead of preparing all
army which would have achieved their inde
pendence in q month, they relied on the for
bearance of the North, and allowed it to collect
its mercenaries. They enlisted volunteers for
a year, instead oflevying conscripts for the war
They decreed tariff of fifteen per cent, without
getting a penny Of revenue from II, whereas,
had they proclaimed free trade, they would
have turned all Europe against the United
States" According to a later article in the
same journal, which will be found copied in
cur columns to-day, together with other i'm
portant extracts from Richmond papers, the
project Of Mr.. Memminger, next in absurdity to
this attempt to obtain revenues from tariff on
turnips and sunbeams from cucumbers," is his
extraordinary scheme Of paying interest on
Confederate bonds with specie bought at fifty
per cent premium. II there bad been any
holders Of the bonds outside of the confederacy
there might be some sense in paying them the
interest in specie; but to squander the precious
metals in paying the interest to rebels, when
the paper money Of the government would do
just as we'll furnishes irresistible evidence Of
| the marvellous sagacity Of the Secretary of the
| Treasury. 1t is no wonder, as our contempo-
rary adds, that this gasconading, silly, shallow
| device should "have been made the subject Of
ridicule by Mr.. Seward, and have extorted q
horse laugh from Lord Lyons" How different
It is to play the charlatan tricks Of politics in
smooth water and TO weather the storm in O
foaming sea with breakers ahead.
| We had supposed that frauds in the army
were peculiar to the abolitionists. But it turns
out that the secessionists are match for them
| The Richmond Ecomin~ exposes similar delin
quencies In the Southern army, and calls publi
attention to "the loose and fraudulent arrapge
ments of accounts In the Commissary Depart
The New York herald., 1862-01-06

The HYGEA OF SKATING.-The Goddess of
Health should be installed as the presiding
deity of the skating pond, and due honors
should be paid to her by old and young. The
benefits which the exercise of skating daily
showers upon ailing humanity are beginning to
be recognized even by the physicians, many of
whom now prescribe pair of skates for their
patients instead of a pill or draught. The
noxious habit Of sitting indoors, inhaling the
vapors Of stoves and hot air furnaces, has given
the doctors more to do than perhaps any other
cause Of i'll health, and those among them who
are conscientious enough to lose patient in
order to make healthy being out of sick
wretch recommend the glorious amusement of
the skating pond. To ladies, especially, this
exercise is a great boon, as any one may see
who. observes the joyous groups returning from
the Central Park or the Skating grounds Of
Brooklyn and Williamsburg-their eyes bright
with animation, and the bouquets on their
checks rivalling June roses.
If our female population comprehcnded the
value of outdoor enjoyment which skating fur
nishes, and the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of confinement
in heated rooms, we should have more carna-
ton cheeks and happy faces to greet us in our
daily walks.
The New York herald., 1862-01-06

ORIGIN AND CHARAcnn TIE wAR.-Ths Hon. Edward
Everett will deliver his address 1.-THE Origin and Cha
rsctsr Of the WAR; before tho Mercantile Library Assc
citation, at the Academy Of Music tomorrow evening.
January T. at eight O'Clock. The Hon. George opdyka
will preside on the occasion.
The New York herald., 1862-01-06

WAR TIMES FLUSH TMEs.--H a foreigner
visiting our city should happen to glance at
the list Of nearly twenty places of public
amusement daily published in our columns, he
would be inclined to wonder at the insouciance
of community that could exhibit so much
levity in the midst Of a costly war. Let him
look into the condition Of things generally, how
over, and his wonder will cease. The burdens
of war have as yet proved bagatelle to us;
business Of every kind is lourishing; the nscessa.
ries of life, with the exception Of tea, coffee
and sugar, are cheaper than they ever were be-
fore, and there never was SO little distress or
suffering amongst the working classes Why,
then, should we not amuse ourselves! "Grief,"
as the proverb says, "never cured pain"
The New York herald., 1862-01-06
SECOND REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE

Captain Clinton Berry will leave this city Tuesday
the 7th iret for Poolcsve, Nd where this Srognen is
at present stationed and will take with hw any respect
abie who desire to enlist Ia tho rcgjynen This on.
porfniy Should be lost by those Do sous of serving
ther country. Headquarters In Ess. Seventh street,
near Third avenue
The New York herald., 1862-01-06
THE TRANSPORT ILLINOIS.

SAILING OF THE TRANSPORT ILLINOIS.
The United States steam transport Illinois sailed yea
terday afternoon for Kcy West She had on board tha
Nne,,eth regiment Colonel Morgan numbering $50 mon
rank and nle.
The New York herald., 1862-01-06
THE SITUATION.

New York, Monday, january 9, 1864,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25
Secretary CI,ase's Report.

Whether the Repor; of Secretary CHASE,
as to the financial condition Of the country,
is sustained by facts, or whether his
prophecies will be verified by results. re-
mains to be seen. The statements of the
Secretary, and his calculations, inspire no
confidence in large class of our people.
He has failed and erred too often not to
inspire distrust now.
What is remarkable in this Report,
however, beyond the unsatsfactoriness OF
its figures, is the insincerity of its recon-
mendations. There is all affectation OF So
licitude about sound currency and a re-
sumption Of specie payments, which is
mere mockery. The Secretary utters unc-
itious sentences of persuasion in favor VI
limitations upon he issues ofpaper money;
and as he unfolds his schemes of a UNI
versal currency, he accompanies il with
many "wise saws" on the necessity Of re-
turning to currency Of gold and silver as
is the only permanent basis standard and
mearsure o. value,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25
Enl, WHAT PURPOSE.

The grand battle on the Rappahannock
has been fought, and we all know the re-
suit. It's summed up briefly as follows;
We crossed the river with about $50, 900
men and attacked the enemys strong
hold. defended b. 10000 men, and were
rcpul ed with loss of 1000, and recroSs-
ed the river in the night, now holding our
old position, minus II 1000 men. with the
depressing and demoralizlng influences OF
defeat resting upon our army
Aud for what purpose were we forced
into this disaster.
We had no chance for success in the
h.,.le, from the first; Gen. Burnside knew
this. as did every division and brigade
commander in his army; yet for some pur-
u Sc our men were forced into the unequal
struggle, by their superior officers, and
NV lie thousands of new made widows
ana orphans throughout the land, the
thousands OF murdered and mangled VIC
TINS who bravely gave their lives in obe-
dlence to orders, ask for what purpose
they we're called upon to make the sacrl-
fee?
The veterans in tie thinned ranks of the
m. of the Potomac. with lowering brOws,
AK tor what purpose is this. The soldier,
he Country ana the World echo the ON
,.ous inquiry, Why are our forces madly
hurled against impregnable works, to GER
tain destructcn--murte cred! The inquiry
Is addressed to Messrs. Lincoln, Stanton
aeI IIallecll, who are solely responsible
Tor this fresh disaster, as they are for all
The disasters that have dis9raced our arms
81 .ce the commencement of their admins
traton. Who. safely guarded at the cap
ita, with imbeci!ity unprecedented, have
commanded an army of 100000 men when
scores of mics in willy enemy's country.
Did they is ne the order for the recent
battle in their imbecility, OF wickedne.s?
Did they know no better. or did they de.
tire complete rout Of our army in order
to accota plish the cherished idea of aboli-
misunderstanding to prepare
the minds Of the people; by grand dis
aster; for a final separation, urging the inn
possibility of ultimate success?
If the above reasons do not account for
the recent movement, Tor what purpose
WAS it made.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25
To What arc We Drifting.

Never since the war commenced have
affairs looked so distressing as at tie pres
ent moment. Our army checked. baffled.
driven back The enemy bold. daring and
defiant. The President writing homilies
upon what shall be done with the comet
after he has discharged his proclamation.
In the administrative part of the Govern
ment all things look wretched. fearful and
distressing, because there seems To be no
mind, no capacity to manage, and very
little anxiety felt as to what may be the re-
suit.
In Congress things look worse even than
they do in the Cabinet. There, there is
Ego ahead" but it is Of the kind that des-
troyed Pope's army, and plunged Burn
sides troops upon death. The Chairman
Of the Committee Of Ways and Means in
the House declared in his place that there
was no pletence of constitutiouality in the
act dividing the State of Virginia. 1t
was revolutionary act. Revolutions de-
pend exclusively upon success. Mr. Ste
vens used this language
81 say, then, that we may admit Yves
tern Virginia as a new State, not by virtue
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25

OF any provision of the Constitution. bu,
under our absolute power which the laws
OF war give us in the circumstances in
which we are placed. l shall vote for this
bill upon that theory. and upon that alone
for will not stultity myself by supposing
that we have any warrant in the Constitu
ton for this proceeding.
"This talk of restoring the Union as it
was under the Constitution as it is, is one
Of the absurdities which l have heard re-
pcated until | have become about sick OF
it. This Union can never be restored as
it was. There are many things which rem.
der such an event impossible. This
Union shall never, with my consent, be
restored under the Constitution as it is,
with slavery TO be protected BY it,"
And again:
Il have consulted the acts of the Exc
cutive, and fad that. while in a great
majority of instances in the rebel States he
has but little regard for the. CONSTITUTION,
he has upheld it in only one, in that he
prohibits the taking of the property of wo-
men and children of rebel men who are in
arms with the enemies of the Union"
We quote this language not for the pur-
pose of condemnng 1t, but for the pun pose
Of showing that in Congress there is a
spirit OF destructiveness evinced that is tru
ly lameniable. fthe party in power is de-
termined 10 rcvolutionize the Government.
let them remember that success 10 the
field, and rapid success in ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Of States, and the oblteration of bounda-
ries, to have any force. must be followed
by success in the field. The idea OF d.
viding Virginia and making two States of
it, when the wholc force of the Govern
ment for eighteen months has not been
able to drive the rebels hundred miles
from Washington. and when, to day, they
stand a. Fredericksburg granting permits
sion to bury the dead. is Il mockery worse
than even the silly pronunciamertoes for
which Mexican Congress and Mexican
Generals have become ridiculous.
The President and his Cabinet are seek
ing to establis boundary which will leave
Eastern Virginia, the Carolnas, Georgia,
FIoriada and perhaps Alabama, ont of the
Union. Upon that bcundry line the
President, perhapse, is willing to end the
war. How long such boundary would
last no one seems 10 know or care. To
obtain foreign mediation to that end is the
The people of the North have not been
wanting in any particular. They have sent
a million of men to the field, most Of them
arm, and equipped by the States. The gen
eral Government has had the appointment
of commanding officers supplying the trans
porlalion and stores and paying the troops.
We do no, know an instance where the pco-
PIE or the States have failed to do their
duty; nor do we know an instance where
the government has not failed. General
Fremont wa, supplied with pontoon bridg-
es, which he carried on the backs of mules
all over the mountainous d, partment Of
Virginia. When Gen. Burnside wanted to
cross the RappahannoC he had no boats,
and had to wait weeks for them Chica
go Post.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25

TIE NIGER CASE: Last week an abo-
liton exhorter BE- the name of Osgood, liv
ing in the outskirts of town, was arrested
upon the charge of harborlng a negro, con-
trarv to law. The facts in the case as
ELECTED at his trial are as follows:
Some six or eight weeks ago, while III
Mishawalka, he procured the valuable
services Of negress as "hired girl, and
has enjoyed the luxury of her society un-
moIesied until las: week, couple OF re
turned soldiers, Messrs David Redding
and -Renkert, learning the fact, and
a>certaihing that the negress was not a
lawful resident Of the State, ordered her TO
leave and upon her failure to do SO, one OF
the boys made affidavit against osgood.
The case came to trial and by jury OF
twelve men-some Of them the best far
mers in the county-Mr. Osgood was fined
so. OF course negro lovers. who would
like to see darkies fill he place of Irishmen
and Germans in our midst, howled long and
loud, over this prosecution of a man for
violating the law, They used all concciv-
able technicaities to screen their afflicted
brother, but all avaied nothing. The ju-
ry expressed the sentiments of the people
Of this county. We have no negroes in
Marshall County, nor do we want any; GER
lainly no. when they come contrary to law,
aud the negroes need not suffer OH this ac-
count, they can locate in Laporte, st. Joe
or kosciusko counties, with impunity, In
those counties they are considered "men
ana brethren" of superior caste; those
are negro-loying counties Marshall is not.
This man Osgood has been dealt leDi-
emily with, in his shameless attempt to in
troduce his iio'ized sister in our midst
Tie next transgfession may be less fortu-
nate; wehope so.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25

All this means nothing. His plan o
Federal Free Banking system will event
uate in nothing. Congress cannot and vii
not adopt this scheme. 1t is almost al
revolutionary in its character as the war il
which We ale engaged; and would result
in disorganizaton of property and val
ues hardly less in extent 1t will not b,
adopted; and the Secretary can hardly
hope that ii will be; and, indeed, urges the
project, not so much to secure its adoption
as to succeed In the only alternative that
the report presents.
What Mr.. CHASE wants is the liberty ia
issue more paper currency. He speaks OF
vacuum in bank circulation, as requiring
ian additional issue of fifty millions Col
Greenbachs) within the following year"
The following yoar commences in June
next. And then as if this hundred mill.
ions were not enough, he says:
And it may we'll be hoped that military
successes, r., establishing the authority OF
the United States in large districts of The
insurgent region, will call for further is
saes TO supply the place of the worthless
currency which the rebellion has forced
upon the people. Should it be deemed
expedient to invest the Secretary with any
discretionary po,cer. in view of these con-
tingencies, it should be so limited as to
allow no increase of aggregate circulation
beyond the clear demands Of real busi-
ness.
This is sufficiently indefinite; and leaves
to the Secretary wide margin of credit
founded upon his legal tender notes.
And it is this that he is driving at; and all
that will result from his elaborate reason
ings and fertile suggestions. Congress
will adjourn without having done anything
except to invest him with the power of is
suing his paper money, and he will use the
power. without regard to any other con-
sideration than his necessities.
We may expect, therefore, a continue.
tion of this system of initiation, which has
commenced, and which all weak fnancicrs
find it easy TO continue and almost impos-
sible to ,esist.-N. y Argus.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25

been at home for over six months, doing
the service no good whatever, yet drawing
their pay with fellows who endure the
hardships of camp lie. They may no. be
to blame, being under orders, but some
body is to blame for issuing such ORDERS
Tax payers have burdens enough and it
does not help them TO bear them cheerfully
to see their money idled away.
We presume there is a regiment of re-
cruiting officers in the State, who have
been of no service to the army for six
months.