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Editors Chicago Tribune:
It Is il contemplation to raise splendid
brigade in this State, to be called the {" Rail-
road Brigade" the men OF which will be drawn
in by sympathy Of character from the different
railroads. As an inducemcnt fo7 such valuable
material to enter the service, it is respectfully
suggested that the various railroads in this
State shall make 8 similar agreement with the
employees vino may desire to enlist, to that
entered into by the Adams Express Company,
viz: Continue the mel on half pay during
their absence, look to the interests Of their
families, and rcins1atc them in position at the
close Of the war. It is particularly ap?ropri-
ate that the great leader Of the American ar
my-a railroad man from 1l}iuoIs-shoull have
such men to cooperate with him in the res
to1ation cf the uuthpr:ty Of the government.
The noble governor and efficient a3jusant
general Of the State will doubtless afford
Every facility for carrying out this plan.
Respectfully, Cu.s. RowLAsp,
Com. Sharp Shooters.
No. 24s RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO, July 9, 1869.
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from the Fort Dodge {Iowa) Republican,
Although the Homestead bin has just passed
Congress and been signed, By Republican
President, and not yet ] law, lit takes effect
January 1st. 1865 Ee have seen number
seeking location with the intention of taking
advantage of its Hbcr41 provisions Informs
tiou is sought through the eastern papers res
CectlDE the localities where good lands are
yet vacant and subject to the Homestead law.
It does rot seem to be generally known that
District, Of the very best quality and in the
immediate vicinity Of 81 1t!e1nents. There are
Over !, ,o00, 900 acres oi as good land as was cv-
er subduyd By the labor Of the agricu9turlst,
now V.csnt in the Des M0ines Valley and
x:itl.Ir from II to 60 mites Of Fort Dodge.
The l:rds are situated IN the counties .; Hum
boldf, KosEu1h, Emmett, Paio Alto and Poca-
holas, ii all Of Which there are large settle
ments. Humboldt count; pulleu G3 votes ia
1850; kossnth, s.; Emmett, IL; Pa'o Alto,
IS, md Pocahontas 81. In the lust two aud
humboldt, there are over 10, coo acres Of 800
or railroad land, only 80 acres Of which the
pre,emptor would be entitled to locate under
The provisions Of the Homestead law. Thou
sanGs OF acres OF these vacant lands are stu
ated in the valley OF The Des Mo;les, many 0
WHICH the river passes directly through. "
would say to tie poo5 Of the af e5owded east
Dfes Moines valley" This valley j:
noted the world over for fertility Of soil
purity Of water, abundance Of timber ane
Stone, and for its coal Our winter season:
nc admit, are lengthy, bu* they are drS ant
htalthful. There is 10 healthier climate il
toeworld than 45e have h:re IN the Upper De:
Moiues rall-y- For stock raising Iowa cauno
be excc1lcd- We would like to hear the excla
nation OF the eastern stock Riser who is com
| pea!ea to coDtinc bis sheep, cattle aud horse
I to eight by ten fields for pasturage, when frs
| he should hthald our vast praires one contin
| n,us tlcld Of better grazing than he eve: s.7
| or IMAGINED. The class Of settlers likely t,
| take advantage OF thu homestead laa-, is III
very one needed in the vest Men ~ho vii
| locate permanently, and cu1tiyateand improy
the country, are the very nlen VIC want Ever
| one interested in the settlement and prosper
ity Q! the west, should exert himself TO Undue
emigration hisher. The homestead law wa
not enacted for the beuctit of land sharks an
srecu]ators, but for the poor, lahoring class
| mtn who will come wcst md settle doEn npo
| !: quarrer section and make it their holnt
Such men will derelop the sources Of til
| country. One such will do more
I improve thc country and add to its wcalt
than forty land shafks. To all such. VI So,
come. Come now. a few years Of judiciou
! and prudent industry viii make you iuleptnt
| trt and naDny
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SATURDAY, JULY T., 1862.
TEEN AND NOW.


In the discouragemcnts Of the present,
Our people, some Of whom are ready to
despair Of q successful termination Of the
endeavor to put down the rebellion, seem
10 forget that in revolutionary days the
opposition met by Washington, Congress
and the Army Of Independence, was tar
greater, more vexatious and tcn-fold more
dangerous than that which now retards
md threatens the final triumph Of our
arms. Tories we're more plenty in 1716,
and from that date on to the termination
Of the war, than rebel sympathizers are
Today. The chronic dissatisfaction in the
army that Washington led far exceeded
That which QUE army presents Politicians
in those days we're bo1deEand more persis-
Gent in opposition to the good cause than
they are now. Congress was torn by fac
lions, compared with which even the squads
led respectively By Vallandigham and
Garrett Davis are moderate. Recruit
ing vas dull and often impossible; and,
more than once, Washington Vas tempted
to throw up his commission in
despair: Even the New York Express and
Chicago Times, have their parallel in the
newspapers Of that eyenful period. But in
spite Of enemies without and enemies with
in-the efforts Of Great Britain, the treason
Of Arnold, tile apathy Of the States, the re-
1uctancc Of the people aud the n1achina-
tlons Of the torics-the good cause
won. So it will win now. To-day
it may be under 8 cloud. Bad counscls,
lad generalship, the folly Of Congress, the
scheming Of politicians, and the ambition
Of leaders, have wrought bad work. Bu'
the SUI will shine out. We shall succeed
Some new event, filing the masses with
hope, or nerying them with tie energy Q:
despair, will change the face Of affairs, an6
the bow Of promise will span the heaven:
once more. The obstacles, which hate, am
bition or causcless deyilment have PLACED
in the way, will lie swept aside. We sAal
be compelled 10 care less for the preserya
ton Of slavery and more for tue demand:
Of Liberty. Gloves will be stripped OFF ant
thrown down. The President will CONT
Ut to fuller comprehension Of the i'm
pertauce Of tie struggle and the imminenct
of1he danger. Pro-slavcry generals, wle1
That happens, viii be at discount, AMI
Niger hunting for rebels at N end. Til
tories and cow-hoys-the men who keel
up fire on tie rear of our troops 4
they march upon the foe-will be compel
cd to hide their heads in holes, or scel
safety in the paths which their prcgenitor
OF revolutionary days opened. Congrcs
will be purged, and the ranks Of the arm
will be recruited. Victory will sit upo;
our banners, and the rebellion will be over
come. Our twenty-fouz millions Of peorlt
loving liberty as most Of them do, 1ovin
tAcir country with devotion that was neye
surpassed. intelligent, honest and brav'
Cannot fail. The liscouragementsa are ten
rnrary. Let the tialid take heart, and IL
traitors take waTnina
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From the Washington National I;cpub!ican1
We had the good fortune to ret hold, last
evening, Of q copy Of the Richmond Er Eua;ue,-
Of July j. II h;i5 all account Of the battle OF
Tuesday, mere than confirming the previous
accounts Of the slaughter Of the rebels ou tAst
day.
The Examiner eays that the rebel killed ard
woIndec in all the battles amount to ssat
lt:st'' 1900.
1t says that in the fight Of Tuesday, Major
Walker Of the 18th E;r5inia regiment, vas
killed ard the Coiorel fAugust) wounded.
Gen. Anderson is reported to have becn in
ured By a she'll.
Northern ne#s1 1apers, captured from Cnion
Foldicrs, are advertised for sale.
Confederate stocks Tose from niuct5-thrce
| to ninety as result Of the battles.
These prices are paid in confederate nute cur
rency.
sudcn writes that he expects tue si,nrnc-
| iiatc' recognition Of the coutrde71cy by tha
| French Emperor.
| Tharebels believed that the New York 7th
| regiment was in the late battles.
The EyaM!HfI talks 6bout the probable
| capitn1ation'' Of Gen. McClelIan's army
1t Gays that the rebel captured at the White
| house 1!2, 00D rounds, Of assorted CARTRIDGES
eeytnty-1fye boxes Of shell, dc.
! Of the markets at Richmond, it report:
/ "suap hcaDs' al Two dollars per half neck
| cabbage at one dollar or one dollar and twenty
| five cents per head, and "not large at that >
and peas, "sithout looking" At fifty cent:
per hall peck. The currency in which sucl
| prices are p1id need sink but little lower tt
| become utterly worthless.
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Some friend sends us copy Of the st.
Johns Ncw Brunswick} Neacs, with the re-
quest that ne take notice Of certain arti-
clvs therein for the comfort and encourage
nlent Of the rebels Of the South. The game
is not worth the candle. The Nttcs IS pub
1ikhed no doubt, ana edited we presume,
by descendants Of tic tories Of Revolution
arr days, who fed from New England to
New Brunswick during the "dmc that
tried mems souls,'' and the family traditions
and hereditary dislikcs Of all such, point to
i1nplacable hostility to our Government, the
principles upon which it is founded, the
men who represent and the soldiers who
defend it. To argue with them would be
g waste Of time; to reproye them would be
lahar lost; to get IN i passion over their
Misrepresentation would be folly. Our
country, lis President and army can afford
to endure their nalcv:lcnce and the consc.
qucnces thereof, no matter what phase o1
the art Of lying it takes So let the blue
rnSps }i}ow nUayt
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We understand that Capt Craven, Of the
steam slip Of WAT Brook7ya, has been put
under arrest bY Commodore FaUagut,
commander Of the Mississippi notilla.
Capt. Craven has not been free Of suspicion
Of uisloy atty; and his conduct when Of the
bloekat}ing squadron was especially Eable
to ccnsure. But We viii not judge him,
but rather hoye for the unstaincd honor Of
the navy that these suspicious may be un-
4;.,13
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The City of Etck3burr.
Concerning the town Of Eicksbutg, Miss,
James River Guide speaks IS follows:

Concerning the town Of Vicksburg, Miss,
James River Guide speaks rs follows:
Eic6sburg, the capital OF Warren county,
Miss, is built on bill, the highest point ot
which is nearly 800 feet aboys the river. Il
was settled in 1924 by Neivctt Wick, Esq., aud
became a city in 1856 This city is the depot
fall tie Ysazoo country. Tho soil is exceed
insly fertile, producing abundant crops Of
grain, cotton and tobacco. About 100, 900
bales Of cotton arc annually shipped from
yicksbufg to New Orleans: It contains d
court house, five OF six churches. three aeade-
mics. a theatre, and several public aud private
schools, and three printing offices. Popuia-
tion about 1000. The city presents q fine
view from the river. The location being high.
and the houses built in terraces OF the side Of
the hill, give the whole . beautiful appearance.
4 railroad extends to Jackson, the capital Of
the State, forty-siy miles in the interior The
mississippi riFer is some 800 feet deep at this
point.
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NEroSsET, Bureau Co.. ILL.,. July s, 1862.
Editors Chicago Trlhune:
Permit lie to call your attention to the
noble Observation-Disclosures and sclf.saeridcing
Efforts of the ladies Of Decatur, in promoting
tie comfort Of tlc poor soldiers who pass
through that beautiful toTn, either with
furlough, or on short visit to their homes,
or en- route to rejoin their regiments to take
arms and do battle for tue Union and the con-
stitution. On the arrival Of each train, the
cars are VISITED by committee of ladies 18ith
tea, hot coffee, cakes, pics, meats, fruits, sad,
ii short, with Ill the hone comforts Of which
tie gallant boys have neen so long deprived,
ard earnest are the prayers that arc offered by
t1le poor fellows, as they, with streaming eyes
AID sob-choked uttcrancc, attempt to express
their thanks as they receive these kindnesse5,
verify, the names OF tho ladi:s composing the
soldiers rc1ief committee Of Decatur, are re-
corded high in hensen, "rhey shall in 10 wise
lose their reTHrd.' II.
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The Petersburg way Express states that
the rebel troops under Gen. Stuart "missed q
valuable prize in the recent brilliant recon-
roisssnce made in rear of the enemY's lines.
Gen. Stuart passed In his march an estate in
New Kent county, known as Hampstead,
where Gen Mcclellan has established his
headquarters. At one time on the march the
confederates passed within GOO yards of Hamp
stead, and it is stated that Mcclellan and stat
were In the building at the time at dlnncr''
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F10E1 t1tc haukIkEC l7lzcGrE, lU[E.
lions. A. ". Mack and ]. ". Paddock are
absent at Springfield making arrangements for
tire raising OF a regiment under the new levy,
from the Kankakee Valley. Welcarn that tile
governor has given authority for the raising
oftle regiment to be Differed as follows:
Colonel, ! r. AfacR; Lieutenant Colonel, J.
Il. Paddock; Major, j. ". Flowers. Ii is
probahle the regiment will rendezvous at this
pl'ce.
Let all the patriotic people Of Eankakee,
IoQuois, Will, and other counties round
about, prepare to I'll up this regiment prompt
Is and Of tie right Kind Of men
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Dr.. Hunt Of Buffalo, nov stationed st New
port News, Va, gives the following instance
Of that form Of home sickness which becomes
insanity. In 3 letter he na2rates an affecting
and painfully touching case, thus:
You hare learned, perhaps, OF that form OF
emp home-siekness which developes itself
into Insanity and is written down ia the books
as nostalgia. It is q singular and painfully 10
ttreeting mental phenomenon. One Of them
only has bfcn fully developed under my eye.
The man came here almost entirely recovered
from fever, and claiming himself to be entire
II well. refusing medicines aud talking very
raticnally about everything but home Day
after day, as the boat came to the dock, he
would pack his Inapsack quietly, say good
bye to his ward-nates, aud march down TO the
wharf only to be disappointed and find out, az
he more torclbly than elegantly expressed it,
that sit WAS not the right boat-it was
another id boat" At nights in his sleep he
talked continuously Of wife and child; day
times he said little, but frally made conf
daEt Of me, and said that all night and all day
he dreamed and thought Of home, and some
times, perhaps, 1t made him light-headcd- He
had been q year in the service, aud always
gay and happy up to the period Of this recent
Illness.
His family live in New York, and one morn
ing had the happiness to sec Charley march
down to the boat q ith his neatly slnng KNAPP
sack; and it was the right boat that time. He
has been home fortnight nov, and have no
doubt will return to his regiment good sol
dier. To have kept hin here would have
ended, probably, IN suicide.
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4 Gocp PLAS.--Goy. MornaI Of New York
has appointed committees Of prominent and
Influential citizens, in the various senatorial
districts of New Fork city, to look after the
recruiting interests of the State. It is sup,
posed that the gentlemen named, By their in.
tluence, will cause many to enlist, who
without such inGuerce, would hesitate or neg.
1,,5I {r Ar
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Ado1ph Brsher, belonging to company
3, 18th Illinois cavalry, WAS killed at the
freight depot Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, at Wheeling, on Tuesday list. The
man, in @ supposed intoxicated condition,
Laid Gown On the platform Of the depot with
Lis legs On the track. In this situation he
vas struck By an engine and almost instantly
| Killed.
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L Republican county convention has been
called to meet at Hil]saoTo' Montgomery Co.
on the 10th OF August next "for the purpose
Of nominating county Officers, and appol: II :;
delegates to confer with Christian county del
egatea to nominate candilate for the 1egis1a
ture; also delegates to the congressional con
yeptiou for this district
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Probable Fight in the kanawha
FA1[eV.

fF1uH tue u ueellhs 1ttel11geftef, 9Fn:I
Col: Crook commanding the Seth, 47th, and
44th Ohio regiments volunteers. on Wednc5-
day last, hearing that the rebel Gen. Hcth was
short distance beyond Lewishusg, With
1900 cavalry and infantry, followed In pursuit
ofthe enemy. He vas to have attacked Heth
On Friday morning list The result is net
known. 1t will be remembered that Crook,
some time since, captured four pieces Of artil-
lery and LEO prisoners from Gen. Eeth.
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kntw that he was vain pert, ,iupudcnt, igno-
r;'s4t, oycrhcarirg and treacherous; but ;
wcncyer could hare hoped to establish the ;
fact by single letter of lis own
wiling. We knew that he Ind been
lNs]abbcred with praise hy the Chicago
Times; but we dared not suppose that he
lad earned it by sentiments and acts that
the Times would praise the most. But
Joncs-Brigadier General George Wallace
Jones-has opened up q chapter that all
may read He nnfo]ds all-confesses all
proves all-aud signs his na1ue to the
act The idiot would have set his seal to
the instrument and verified it by his afi-
davit if he had been asked He has been
politician, Delegate in Congress, Senator,
Minister Plcnipotentiary. In this letter he
Is Jones-nothing but Jones. Look at him
It is some consolation to know that JEFF
Davis, guilty traitor as he is, has manhood
cnzugh to dcspise all northern men who
abase themselves as the fellow Jones did.
| The letter did not get South, hence never
reached Davis hands. But We can I'M
agine how angrily he would have spit, how
seornfully his lip would have curled,
and how contemptuouBly he would have
sneered, had he been permitted to peruse
it. "Here," he would have said, is one
"of your Northern men. What have we
"to expect from the rabble, when one OF
"their leaders can deport himself thus
LET him come! Make out his commits.
"sion as Captain, though he has not sense
enough for the place, and lucky bullet
"77"ill end 1imr' Lucky would it have
been for the Brigadier had he been in some
way ended before this letter appeared
Yet the fellow has been Senator OF the
United States! That's the bitter thought
He has been followed about by constitu
cncy that supported, if it did not admire
him. He has in his day been the integral
tixticth part Of one branch Of the Legisla
ture Of this great Republic. Need We Won
f der, when he lays himself open as he does
confusing Lis weakness, bis vanity, his
, want Of sympathy with Democracy, Iii
ignorance, Ills nlalignity and his treachery
that we have civil war in the land ruled
by such as he? Need we not wonde
rather that the life Of our nation was no
, assailed befnrc2
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The rebel smpathjZcrs In Washington have
been especially bold and impudent within 4
few days past, on The strength Of lying re-
ports concerning federal disasters before
Richmond. According to q correspondent OF
the New York Ev7ting Post, Mr.. Nicklif1e,
tiir Kentucky Congressman, does not hesitate
tc make himself tie vehicle for ruulors Of the
NEST startling character, having on Saturday
promulgated q run,or he picked up in Balti-
1uere that General Mcclellan had surrendered
his entire army to General Lee! One young
1nan was committed to prison on Saturday for
assisting in pulling down United States fig.
Al a 1'icpiy excursion three ti1nes three cheers
were given for JEFF. Davis. The daughters OF
Il chief clerk in ore Of the departments were
present. wearing rosettcs Of the rebel style.
TEtre are jet rebel sympathizers in the pub
liz t'tiicr*. In one Of the departments it was
Ircpostd the Other day that each clerk should
10y one dollar 4 NORTH for the benefit Of the
sick ard wounded soldiers in the city. An
ole Democrat, who held Iii Office, replied
that lc had 10 money to spend for such s
purpose" The facts wire duly Gscertainea
%.nd PROVED, aid the next day the head Of tne
department informed Lin that the had nc
| n:oEey to give to such 4 MATT m7n who has
no sympathy for wounded soldiers" Tht
| result was that Eenli-traitor lost 3 gooi
| pluce, and loyal man got it.
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They had grand fourth Of July celebration
at Norfolk ard Portsmouth, At sunrise na-
tional salute was fired by the flagship Minne-
sofa, which was answered BY the Daeotsn and
other :.unSoats, aud also by the batteries on
shore. i large procession, headed By an es~
cort from the 18th Wisconsin regiment, was
fvs:uel al Norfolk, crossed the ferry to Ports
moth, added largely to the procession, re-
turrtd to Norfolk. and repaired to the Oper.s
House, where the Declaration Of 11dep=n-
d. nee vas read by Rev Mr. Pollen; speech
WAS made bs Gen. Vicle, :.:ad an oration dzl;v-
cred bS Col. II T Sanders, Of Wisconsin.
The Grafton is highly spoken Of by the Mr..
folk l.i"n, and was recriTed by al ;lnncast
aEldicucr With the wlrnIest enthusiastic an
rlause. Fireworks in the evening closed II:
festivities
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TIE 6SrH ILLINOIS REG1MENT.-The 6Sth
Illinois iufantry arrived at Camp Carlile on
Monday evening. The regiment, which Is full
and more than full, is commanded BY Colonel
Stewart, and is composed Of first rate, mel Who
are very we'll equipped. The regiment viii
leave to-day or tomorrow.-W Whee@iag lntta|l'
0encsr, Oh,
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The Richmond En4"irsf of the 25th
ult., states that "Gen. 10 Johnston is en-
tirely out of danger from lis blttle wound,
and is rapidly recovering bis full strength and
1igor," thereby admitting that thcy lied when
they asserted that he WAS only slightly
wounded in the haul.''
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Great WrecAtn@ Operations.

tr0in Inc B0Et0n E80lMeFtta1 Bt11etln
TF. Wells, Esq, Of this city, has Just COM
p,eied 4 contract with the government, by
p hieh be agrees to raise the vessels sunk at
the Gosport navy yard and ia Hampton
Roads, The value OF property sunk upon
which LIE proposes to operate, amounts to
over million Of dollars, and consists Of the
following vessels:
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Col. Nm. B. Stokes Of Nashville Il dis
:irguished loyal Tennes=ean, has commenced
organizing q battalion OF c;.yalrE Tor home
protection against guer1illas. He will carry
the var into Africa.
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-" Forcisr-horn residents will be inter-
e=ted in I'll act which has Just been passed
':y Congress bestoHing full citizenship after
one years residence, on condition Of honor,
able service in the army.
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- Attention is called to an order in o1r
columns from Gen. Buell., requiring ,l1 ab :eu~
tees FROM tue army Of ths Ohio to report
themselves to his headquarters at Nashville,
without DELAY.
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The valuation OF proptrty in New
York upon which taxes are to be collected
this year is, III round numbers, :57e, 900 900
last year, $:s1 SOC, 900. Taxes this year.
s9,s1s .JGl; last year, SO, ,62377, ,'52,. 7'::,
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Crops
TCorrespo1teuce Chicago Trihunc1

lC0Ffesp0EGE11ce CH1t196 TF15unc-I
SENECA, AcHenry Co fuly !, 1862.
There is in this county poor prospect for
wheat crop this season. The chinen-bug aud
Eessian fly have nearly destroyed mady fields,
ard what is left will be late and likely to be
aaught by the bug. The season for corn has
been poor, owing to the cold vet spring,
much Of the seed did not conc up. This
warm weather is, however, driyidg it along.
Oats and rye are doing Well.
r. n p.nreH--
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e writer in the New York Times calls
attention to the fact that while himself and a
parry Of ladies and gentlemen were sailing in
the vicinity OF Fort Lafayette On the 4th inst,
rebel prisoner In that Institution waived s
rcbel aag at them for some time, until The at
tention Of the guard vas called to the Outrage.
The writer pertinenty inquiries il the waving
Of rebel flags Oh our national Sabbath Is one
Of the indu1gences granted to seeesh prison
ers.
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The riot Il Toledo has been put down.
and the r1ng1e4Fatefeare Ft inmates Of a prison, to
await the operations Of the Ian in their cases,