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, 1862-01-27

81. II HAS aEiteu W nl'CiAlt tn7 t--
miles Of railroad.
If it is shown that the officers Of thiss
company are attempting to evade this : per
cent tax, or if there is possibility Of their
doing 80, :1s.d it is IN the power Of the
Constitutional Convention to establish this
tax more definitely, It should be done by :
all means: but it would he very unNise to
embarrass this company, which has been
conducted in manner so honorable, md
which has added as much to the prosperity
Of the State Of Illinois as the Erie Canal
did to the State Of New York at this par
ticular moment, when it IS crippled by
the blockade at Cairo, cut of from the
Southern market, its principal resource for
profitable business, and it is compelled to
call upon its shareholders to meet its ell
gagements through the winter
1t may he difficult to say, If tbs Har goes
On. which Of these conditions IS most
onerous 10 the company. It is much more
doubtful if in the hands Of the United
States, or Of the Stale Of Illinois, or Of 4
committee Of bondholders, the State at
large and the people who live upon its
line would realize as much substantial
benefit as they do to-day from the opera
neas Of this cqWRa4y: & -
We wish to correct nlisapprchension
which exists at Springfield touching the
great profits Of this immense monopoly. The
capital account of this Company, by the
balance sheet, published On the 31st Of De-
cembcr, 1850, stands charged with $50, ,200,-
600. Of This sum, $4996,21s16 have
been paid out Of pocket for interest on the
money borrowed by the shareholders.
The Company owed at that time $780,
:. 0Q0. Besides this debt, the stockholders
Lave raid in money $15 ,654,9S0.
! Neither the road or the lands have eyc1
given one dollar Of income to these stock
holders, and the operation Of both road and
i lands has left them minus income and mi
nus $4966,213-Gs, paid for interest ove1
and above the earnings Of the road and col
lections on the lands for the last sever
years.
Il is plain that the road cannot be opera
ted during the continuance Of this Wal
without daily adding debit to its prof
and loss account. The shareholders hay
held on to it with great tena25ty, hopeful i
the future Of our broad pEairiss. HoE
much they can stand we dols, I k:.,w, bl
We consciencious1y believe that tAc Slate {
Illinois owes them too much, and will b
too considerate when the question is fairl
weighed By bepeoplc, to add unneeessaril
| to their burthens.
, 1862-01-27

Dear friend with the carpet bag, are you
going to Washington? Business with the
Department? All. yes, we see. You had better
stay st home Arc you capable, are You
honest, {Jcfferson's ralc) then you are good
man for public Office. Pity you could not re-
place better man, but as to your chances for
SO doing, aye, "t1ere's the rub-' There Is
inst where the gaze1le does not come in at al
but waits distressed1y out in the cold,
mark You this. The dispatches say that thous-
ands Of ofindividnals are ut the Capital seeking
appointments as paymastens in the army and
navy, and clerks iu the Departments. There
arc no less than 1,soo applications for pay
masters in the navy. The additional clerk
ships ordered by Congress will bc filed b,
persons already temporarily employed Re
liable adyices from Washington sags:
"Pe.sons coming here for appointments onl
put themselves to useless expense. They ha'
better stay at home
, 1862-01-27
JANUARY2,

put under Information TINT ha1Ea million Of
to11a7s had BEEN shipped from q Eertain point,
and OLE troops would be paid ofn
oners escaped night before last by breaking
through the miserable abortion Situated On
the bank Of the river called the guard house"
EThey are the same teabaaTenfIo Chicago.l
4 letter dated Richmond, jan. 18th, to the
appeal, ststes that iHs1n:k Jkssaon: Colonel
Bdgadier General, and Is in command at Pen
sacola. Il
week before last, and made sHeech, present
ing dag to Capt. De Haven, fsznerly Of the
upper Mississippi
7he same paper quotes in fall the article Of
the Chicago Times upon HaletHattack upon
the Administration for the surrander Of Mason
and slideu- = ~:
The Columbus sezes, speaking Of the gun
boat skirmish, says that ZONE Of the shots
:. from the Federal boats struck within twenty
/ Get Of the GEampus+ Another passed clear
:. vez her; another passed over and very near
tn bow Of the Lady Polk Ffum the report,
the Benton must have heavy gnns.''
E, sdera1 moncy they state to be at a5 per
ahoga> Zollicofar's defeat. -;
, 1862-01-27
DlSa9TROUS FIRE LII NEW YORK,
LOSS S500,0W+
No News from BHruside's Ex-
What oar OFF,
GERS TfaifaM.
From Nassar-A Charleston Vessel Es-
capes with Cotton.

New YORK, jan. 26.-TEe Fulton Bank and
other buildings on the corner Of Fulton and
Pearl streets, burnt this morning, a loss OF
about half nilllon.
Washington specials state that Assistant
Secretary Fox feels confident that Burnside 5
Expedition has, ere this struck blow which,
with General Kuel's advance into Tennessee,
will cut off all rebel communication with Er-
:inia and the Gulf States. General Mcclellan
says if the Expedition had filled, we should
heard Of it through rebels ere this.
goth, arrived this morning. The steamer
Kate arrived ut Nassau the 8th, forty-eight
hours from Charleston, With 800 bales Of cot,
ton aud eight passengers, nsing the rebel fa:!s
The gun boat F1aulbrau left Nassau immedi
ately. .............
The cotton culture has been commenced a
Grand Bahamas.
, 1862-01-27

The Illinois Ship Cann1 LII Congress.
In the House Congressional proceedings of
last Monday, published in the Hobs, We 6nd
the following:
Mr. Blair, Of Missouri submitted the follow
ing resolution, which was read, considered
i: Rtx5j,rd, That Tic Committee on Military
Afisirs bc instructed to inquire INTO the expe
uiency Of constructing a Ship Canal from
Chicago 10 the Illinois River; and report by
bill OF otherwise.
, 1862-01-27
THE mECHAN1C FUSILEERs.

We are glad to state that the vc1cd
question es to what is to be done with the
N1eclanic Fussleer Regiment Of tits city Is
at last disposed Of They are to be Mus-
1crcd ort Of service on Tuesday. The
Gcycra1ucnt does not want unwilling sol
Gicrs. These are not unwilling, save in
respect to having been recruited on false
l,rc,rm es. ly unser1pulous officers more
nxious 10 secure commands than to con-
suit What is due to hcnest dealing and the
lullic good. The Government will not
make good The Unauthorized pledges by
Which these men we're recruited, though it
lis COS, already between nearly two hun
G.cd thousand dollars for the regiment
thus far. The service loses the use Of a
splendid body Of men. We cannot fee!
.'.at ii has lost n1uch in sparing the ul1
worthy officers who arc responsible fol
Ills stale Of facts We hope that the ncr
themselves will at once rc-e,i]ist.
, 1862-01-27
Fatal Railroad Caaua1tFp-- 4 Train
EloWn from h@.Efaek.

Thor, n. T., Jan. 93.-A t3emendons gale
prevailed I'LL through Western Vermont this
morning AS the train Which, left Troy for
Rutlano at 7.15 4. NJ was five Or six miles
above Bennington, in the town Of 5haftsbury,
Vt, it encountered the gale while passing an
cmbaukment about 20 feet high, one ofthe cars
broke from its coupling. and thrown by the
force Of Lie wind down the bank DIR. H
Wight Of Boston, passengee; was instantly
severely injured, and will not survive. One
other man aud two indies. we.e slightly in
tHrad
, 1862-01-27
THE RETURN OF FUGITIVE SLAVES.


lSpecinl Dispatch to the New York Tribune-1
WASHINGTON, Jan. g, 1862
I am authorized by those who were present
Ut tic conversation at the White House be-
tween President Lincoln, Gen Lane, and
t11e idea which the President intended to as
scrt, and did assert, was distinctly this:
s4Tkat the rebel States having, BY their own
insane actiou, abolished slavery in all its rela-
tions with our Government hy repudiatingg
our protection, they can make no claim on US
for tugitiyes, nud that therefore the United
States cannot return them, either with the
military or civil arm, without enslaving free
men"
To this conclusion the President said he had
come after deliberate thought,
". A. CRQrFUT.
, 1862-01-27

~ The Washington correspondent OF the
New FORK Commercial, Adrertiacr says that At
engagements have been made for party Of re-
1orte7s to accompany Gen McCle'laa's staff,
with permission to transmit letters 10 their
respective journals. They wished permission.
to go wherever they pleased during tie en-
gsgemcnt, Int this the General win mol grant
them.
, 1862-01-27
THE NATIONAL cURRENcY BILL.

In our monetary column today we pre-
sent condensed abstract Of the bill re-
ported hy the Committee Of Ways end
ai.;ns on tic 2Sd, for The creation Of
lt..;l tender, in United States Notes Of Cir
culatieu. Il s15o,ooo,o0o, including the
$50,eoo:eoo already in circulation under
;hc act Of July =. The bill also author
crizes the creation Of Funded per
.cnt. Stock, equal tc five hundred nil
lions, fer the service Of the remaining
five months Of the current fiscal year, end
ing June 80, 1862. and for tie ensuing year
ending June so, 1868. This provision cor
responds with the estimates Of the Seerc-
1;rv OF the Treasury III Ills recent report
SCOT, ofop :0Co for the present, and 1913, ,oo0,-
LOO for the nex. fiscal year. It wisely as
s,:mes tl1at the war may be continued
through another fiscal year, thus indicating
1l.nt there is no purpose on the part Of the
Secretary cr Of the Committee to disguise &
y,,s=ilac contingency, OF hold out false hope:
il regard to the continuance Of the war.
, 1862-01-27

The affairs Of this Company seem to be |
t'ery1cdy's Z business just At this moment
,I;.c most formidable adverse calyassing
:.=*ins, it is in lie Constitutional Conyen-
1ivn, which has passed divers and
s1uti,,* rcs.s?v:ions, provocative and
in!uisiti,c, 1t'ilcling the Illinois Central
Con;'a! :. '':c gentleman appeared to con
siticr i: t. ila1ac for the expensive fcct
;l.a: Ii, },.;cs>,.,s Of our fazns2-s have blcd
10 ;l!c tax IF $3.50 freight ~ -four from
l.cre to New York lie hops this olious
1nonoInls- shall be put dnEn, or that it
sl,al se taught new tricks. The State Off
tcrs and the Governor have ! sort Of triau-
s1,lar Gucl with TIC Company, touching the
oil question which has SO often filled the
columns Of this newspaper, namely, the
relative value Of stump-tal and specie.
jhc Company appears to have seated
itself upon the specie end Of the
lsyer, and to have agreed with
the State officers to abide By the de-
cisions Of the Courts swearing that it gave
t1uDkfull Of currency, nomina1ly WORTH
$4,000 for the ninety odd 1ao': aid
which it paid the State last spr:ny- There
are get other even more z"1lous oppo-
ncnts' of The Company. Watchful
and anxious for the interests Of the
United States government. who insist TINT
the Act Of Congress gave 10 the govern
mcnt forever the right that it should fur.
nish 10 the government al the engines and
cars, all the men. pay ali the wages ani
iuel, and exhaust its resources at the be
hest Of the government On this point tht
las, who framed the Bill. and the recogni
lion Of the government in regard to it, tha
1Le right vas reserved to the road IS 4,
o1,en Li.h-wa;,- 1t can be taken posscsslo,
If 1t any neu:ent by the government, bu
willie il remains in the hands Of the Com
Ply, :nc government has agreed 10 allo'
1<. Il tie cash outlay and expenses it ma
i,::.t,r III doing government business.
5;:,c deduction from the thrift establishc
T.: he War Department leaves less tha
l:.;!f the ordinary charges for transports
t!on on its road It is presumed edt1at the
tcll:ge1at gentleman, Col. Scott. one Of Il
most experienced and practical railway c
pe1.s in the country, charged win railw<
sc1yit1. is capable Of deter.ni,,;ag wheth
Tue present arrangement is ,!.s most &C
no1nical for the Treasury. ,Te have ,
hesitation in saying that it would be gre
calamity to this State to have this road
ken possession Of by the War Departing
Eight hundred thousand people liye up
the line Of this road. II has carried me
1,,.s1cls Ct grain to market during the L
twelrc months than was carried in 1854
tEc Illinois and Michigan Canal, and ey<
1,i,yoad il the State included. AHi
should n1t be forgotten By the people Of
lincis ti.at the Illinois Central has entel
into two engagements wiki the State.
Isl. To pay into the Treasury Of
f5tatc forv7cr7 rer cent Of its gross "a
iegs,
, 1862-01-27

hostile hag in The city, will be seized aud con-
fscated. The city police and petrol guards
are directed to arrest persons in vehicfes un-
der such hass; also persons wearing OF display
ipg hostile flag in tbs city,
By command of Maj. Geu- HALLsck..
\. B. MCLEAS, ASST AdTt General.
, 1862-01-27
Chr Tributte*
MONDAY, JANUARY ~, 1882.
GOT. TATES,S REPORT.

In another part Of this issue will be
i>.,lld Tie report Of Governor Yates, rc1a-
Exc tp tue Military Expenditures Of tho
State. Il is triumphant and complete
yiniiication Of The charges the enemies Of
the State Administration, both in and out
of the Convention now in session,
1:.ve s'rivcn 10 fastcn upon OUR State OIL
.crs. ANY nlinoisan who will read this
Report will notice with pride the proofs Of
The care our State has manifested for the
comfort a,;d,welfurc Of her brave SONS now
in the field, placing her next in rank to the
mothcray old Bay State. Those who de-
sire for selfish and partisan ends to bring q
lever to bear upon the present Executive
and his associate officers, must seek new
1uIcr11n tl1an that Of the Military Expendi
lures. Read the Report
, 1862-01-27

NEW York, jan. 25.--A M:&,phis dispatch
OF the 21st reports that 12,0ksG tedcrals arc at
Murray, Ky, threatening Fort Henry and the
to cut off conl1rs1aiZ'tiay. a2a&yeen Columbus
and Bowling Green. Tie report is perhaps
founded on the recent movements from Cairo.
, 1862-01-27
FROm WASHINGTON.

Easu ,SGToS, Jan. Is The following has
re,eu is.u ed BY the War Department:
11is 81. oaztment recognizes ane Ct It's first
.3nti,ss. tft take measures for .A8 Iellef of The
hr1ye. men. Wno, III ing i1nF-se4Ked their lives
r. the ,,;1;ta y service Ct the EsaTernment, are
1,nw rrfsFnr< IS and caFtaves#, It Is therefore
ordertd' tbav NO eqmnissionqs @ BE- BE- appointed
Thereyer eIs,t prisoners belpnging to the
s,r1ny Of Ne Ea tied States nsaY be held, aud
tTere take. suciu. measures as HAY be needfal
+o rro,not a13,e. n ants and contribute to the
comfort Of such prisoners at Lac expense OF
the United States, 10 snch extent as may be
permitted b the: :o1 thorities under whom such
prisoners arc held.
New XoaK- Jan. 4 The: Washington dis
patches to the New T. rk Ts'nssstates that our
Government was not il reeetH Of its foreign
dispatches By thelast; = !eamss at . late hour
today. They rFezo e-ar :cted last night, but
cannot:be OF importance; rs t11ne was not Al
owed after the news,of 4 e E@rendcr OF SG-
dell and Mason reached EA gta5od-
It is reported Of secret:s EStanton t, that he
saye tho army m1ss earn I'd Irving. The sol.
dieEs in the dismal, Inactive camps reply that
all they desire is something t., 90.
HorsE-The Committee Commerce have
hefore them the question Of N+he reciprocity
treaty between the United staea, and Canada,
, 1862-01-27

Prom St. Lou1s---tsriefs Missouri
Rebels--A Candidate foH& soVernor.
ST.. Louis, Jan. 1.-EngleT4 u e banlshed
guarl this afternoon, destination unknown,
and his attorney has been reae:sea' from the
military prison. g.
Attacl,nents have been servssi Oh ae. prop
erty Of scyerl1 other de1inqre,!t seces sionists
to-day. !
tor, left for Washington takaers4fning.
Judge JAS. 4. Bu1ch a6neGaces himself
candidate for Governor at thesApgust election.
, 1862-01-27

rss- Professor 1ra Field, q gymnast Of
fT1oy, is rira1ing Dr.. Winship. He recently
lifted a;xtecn hundred pounds.
, 1862-01-27

The Maryland Senators.
BA1rMoRE, Jan. e6--Resolutions. sEere In
tEodused into o,eRae ehs Senaao aa
Kennedy to resigA+
, 1862-01-27
From Cairo - An Expedition in
quest Of JEFF. Thompson-MiH-
tary MATTERS.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuue.]
CAmo, January 95th, 1862.
An expedition consisting Of {, 600 Union de-
tacbments Of 8th, 1lth and Goth Illinois infln-
try and eth cavalry, under command Of Col.
Kellogg Of the 7th cavalry, left Birds Point
this afternoon for Commerce, on a hunt for |
JEFF Thompson. The presumed occupation |
Of the starting Of the expedition to-day, is in !
consequence Of recent depredations committed |
upon Union men by Thompson's horde. |
While the approach Of Thompson's force was
known in the vicinity Of Commerce for full
twenty four hours in adyance, it Is certa1aly
most strange that the Union men sent no
report Of it either to this plaee or Cape Gil
nlrdfeu OF did not ask for any assistance until
this morning, when it was too Late to appre-
bend the invaders. Seven barges OF the Pa
ducah Pontoon Bridges doated by here Last
night en- route for Dixie and ran ashore at the
head Of Island No. and viii be brought back
tomorrow. The 50th Illinois Regiment, Col
Bane, arrived here this afternoon from st.
Joe, Mo. They have been on the route since
Tuesday. They will probably be sent to
Sn1ithland. From the number OF troops now
being despatched to that quarter, it would
indicate that movement was about to take
place up the Cumberland. a man was found
murdered this morning in cellar fronting
the levee, He had an ugly cash in the fore
head. Nc clue has been found to the mur-
dercr. The order instructing the gunboats
! Essex and st. Louis to proceed to Smithland
has been revoked. a company and battery Of
| artillery arrived here to-day. River still rising
, 1862-01-27

The various I'd seu:4 gecc6 T.ans Of ta7 nEM 1ORh
LIFE Challenges u.es att11tsCn Of HvEtN II
sIRING LIFE POLICY. The pFcuai1tuE W De palas
llf In cash once OF taAZ aSstAIlT CT q oaa@.sL.
BY the NOTE P1.', Q party nay pay FoETT ,T1FT1
IN NoTE, aad II h. desires. H# FALASuH Qt A1ta1.i
s1XIASSCALEY. By th.9 system. NJ a"AFpAa'1
nlaT procure policy fc-
, 1862-01-27

"7ne arincl:.ols rrument OF weight offered sga1ust
Life InsuranEsts, hat party might raT In for MN
OF and then br l3adI ertence. tnsbtltJ.
ETC. not be 1ppp continue paying, and rhen IosK AL
HE HAD PAID. II e NEW Y0Kk L3FE has gone much
to 0nrfata- TIA ptterttcu By tEe17 TEN YEAR PLAN
aoa N0E-FORF EITURE, party, By this table. cao
nos fortst. Eass has been paid 7apt1
, 1862-01-27
y A r E. O II A N c =
TO EXCHANGED

OBIO FARM PR0PERFY: H1GHET IAFI7fHEU,
FoR CHICAGO CITY PROPERTY.
Tvp Farmz one Of LIS acres sad Of 81 sctes, all
under high ata.e cultivation, With goo:s Houses
Barns Wagon Houses GratneEes. &C, e Fruit Of
Al the Farming 1Rplsp,snse md fools HoFsGs c9Ts
bula County, Ohio, one mile from GeneEa. Good
soelety Churches, schools IN fact 70 make
fOr sale Of exchange ea acco1nt Of Ill health {the
owner having one hut himself and We: te Era:l5t
management They, SN be e1chaased, either u
lole OF IL part for 3eifable c!ty proEatty For
ucus1s Gp?r 1t Nc, IS Randolph stfe: oa1ce Of ste
Union Despatch Company. Ia2kE5N2@-
, 1862-01-27

Whan ~ have p3Ie!ee b. the rxI TEAR P1AH
win the EFF TOHK- LIFE, In thefE poeActs UPON
which tisRu 1oTH1S8 FAr. but on the contrary
II thsY tAa to tha aga az 81 FkoDucHs TEX AZ ~.
NIFTY, h y will be Tn1n2 the best Sdvecaee1ta A0d
tnes5aaH :6ess fr1eul afthe Company.
, 1862-01-27

The CH1oAao AaExcE Book7 OF the HET YORK
L1EE sho.o1 applications to the amount or S5&3
taken at thta ofiGE 8tnEa TIE r8t day Ct October I
Gbou1d tha pociea written in this ctT be T. -:
{oSer he million Of dollz1J from :his office foT *
business q The past three months stone TeSre eRE
LIFE thaa, ,Ia UEek=cxpKSrED SUCCESS Ii fsees t19>
, 1862-01-27

xr1 PROFITS r. TIE NEW 3oRk skfE 60 70
AksBCREp. , ..a ,.s ,.A
prvDExrs AgE MADE SsEALhT, and ~ nt a0s ss sEo
Interested ID is profits but holders of osActsa y
OF Hilon members III. Association, T. seHScst
10 voice In the 1usuaSeneu. OF tts anA1s-
, 1862-01-27

a party taE.s:o4ta TE YEAR GoE FOEEEIT-
uRE POLICY In the NE VI YO2K LEE 1aJ, for
S5@u il he die TO morru the 5000 Immediately be-
claim, and he II ees ten yealH and makes
ADnunl pa} ansnts, is po ucy u FAlp UP: NOTHING
MORE To F.E, and STI Ii HIS DITlnENUS CON
TIME. mixing h.Al9e ,'olcy socEos Of xScoHa to
Lin EHILE -1fISa.
, 1862-01-27
eip aDueftlSen1Ruts.

c. Il. SCRIYES, 4dre7f1si7g 4gta1, 81 Dtu
dora7st i Authorised to 7esire Advertisements o7
Ais AID al The LtGdsag P1pe.s Of Gae Nortasc<st.
, 1862-01-27
GBoANS FROM D1x1E,s LAND.

4"7:sI&t1| Z S4sIe71' q 01 1*"1s@
III regard to the continuance of the war.
, 1862-01-27

w ANTED-UntI the LIST Of May,
~ Or longer, TWO story cottsEe nicely furnished
Fnh au The requisites for 1medfate housekeeping,
Location Michigan Arenue With full view OF the Lake
State tuN particulars and address -Tcnant~ P O.
Chicago for tHo Gsre. fa,7-k5SsIf
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-17

B1- A MURDsRous ArrAck.-on Tburs-
day night last, about 10 o'clock, as Capt
NJ. T. Carr was moving along the road
near BuckannOnr in au ambulance, with
several other persons, some sueakiug bush
whacker fired at the ambulance, the ball
from his rife passing through the curtains
of the vehicle. An escort of FIVE of the
Rtuggold Cavalry accompanied the ambu-
lance, aud one of the boys rode back to
where the shot seemed to have been fred
from aud asked the jayhawker to show his
villianous mug, but the iayhawker very
wisely failed to respond. Captain Carr
was going ont into Upshur to muster in
some troops. andas he was supposed to have
some money with him, it is not unlikely
that the original intention of the bush
whackers was to handle some of it, but
finding the escort too strong, abandoned
the notion.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-17

RgAS OuTRAGE.-A man by the name
of Daniel Glover was brought up to the
city from Marion county yesterday under
arrest. He is charged, upon the oath of
Harriet Hess, whose husband, Euoch
Hess. is now prisoner in the Atheneum,
of having gone to the house of the said
Harriet Hess in the night, representing
that he had been authorized by the Deputy
United States Marshal for Marion county
TO outrage her person. He told Mrs. Hess
that he had been SO instructed, and that
he had taken an oath to carry out his in-
struction. He also said it was the design
to drive all the sscessiouists out of Marion
county. that the soldiers might outrage
the women. The simple woman believed
the story, but forced Glover to leave the
house. Glover threatened to kill the wo-
man if she ever told what he had said
Glover, who is now in possession of Pro-
Vost Marshal Darr, will be sent back to
Marion comfy for trial, aud we hope that
If proved guilty the rascal may be punish
ed to the fullest extent of the law.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-17
Bay- Bro DISSEa poR THE wAsHrSoroS

B8- Bro DINNER. YoR THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY CAyALRr-Tbe two cavalry COM
pautes, now at Camp Wiley, under Capts.
Work and Young, had a big feast yesterday.
A couple of hundred of the ladies aud
gentlemen of Washington county, friends
and relatives of the members of the COM
pauies, arrived yesterday morning over
the Hempfeld railroad, bringing with. them
a whole carload of the good things of this
earth, consisting of substantial provisions
and delicacies, which were issued out in
the camp of the Washington boys, and
enjoyed by them In the presence of the fair
and true friends whom they are about to
leave to go into the battle field.
The delegation of ladies was very large.
Some fifty got on tie train at Claysville
and there were passengers at all of the
stations loaded with provision and fruit
baskets.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-17

a. D1Dx'r WANT TO BE DRAFFED.-
Griffith Lewis. who committed suicide at
WarrentOu, near steubenville, on Friday
last, is supposed to have been depressed
from the fact of son of his having gone
into the army, taken in connection with
his own personal approximations of the
draft. Hswas on the point of starting for
steubenvills with a supply of marketing,
when he entered his smOke-house, unSus-
pected by the family and fastened the
door. After waiting for him some time,
search was made, al d he was found hang
ing by the neck, hat life was extinct. Mr..
Lewis was in very comfortable cireum.
stances.