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Gen. P0pe,s Report.

The New York Times of Wednesday
publishes Gen. Popes report of the recent
battles in Virginia. . 1t is only another
melancholy addition to the proof rapidly
accommodating on every hand, that our late
disasters near Washington are more attri-
butable to bicke rings and jealousy among
the various Generals in command, than a
want of men and means to have insured
a glorious victory. Pope has had his say.
Next Porter and Griffin will have their
say. The burning disgrace about the
thing is, that either should be allowed to
inveigh against the other.
The following is telegraph synopsis of
Gen. Pope's report:
He severely censures the conduct of
Fitz John Porter, but speaks in the high
est terms of the zeal and energy of Gene
| rails MCDOWELL Banks, Reno, Heintzelman,
Hooker, and Kearney. He attributes the
disaster of Saturday Jointly to the bad
! conduct OF Porter and the failure of Nc
Clellan to send him supplies. On these
| points he says: I" do not hesitate to say
that, if the corps of Porter had attacked
the enemy in flank on the afternoon OF
Friday, as he had my written order to do
we should have utterly crushed jackson
before the forces under Lee could have
reached him Why he did not do SO
cannot understand.
! "Our men, much worn down by hard
service and continuous fighting for many
previous days, ard very short ofprovisions
rested on their guns. Our horses had had
no forage for two days. had telegraph.
ed and written urgently for rations and
forage to be sent to US; but on Sunday
| morning before the action was resumed
received letter from General Franklin
written the day before, at Alexandria
stating to me that he had been directed
! by Gen. Mcclellan to inform me tina,
rations and forage for my command would
be loaded into the cars and available
wagons as soon as would send cavalry
escort to Alexandria to bring them up
/ All hope of being able to maintain my
position, whether victorious or not vanish
ed with this letter. My cavalry were ut
terly broken down 10y long and severe
service in the face Of the enemy, and, bae
as they were, they could not be spared
from the front, even if there had beer
time to go back thirty miles to Alexandra
and await the leading Of the trains A
the time the letter was written, Alexander;
was swarming with troops, and my Who'll,
army was interpo.ed !between that plac,
and the enemy. al once understood tina
we must, if possible, finish what we bad Il
do that day, as night must see Us behinC
Bull Run if we wished 10 save our mel
and animals"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-13

4 PARTY WIrHorr \ NAME-The lead.
ers Of the Republican party already repu-
date the name, and are looking around
for another. 1t is noticeable that in Ohio,
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, as indeed
in all other States so far as we have noticed,
in calling their State conventions, leaders
carefully ignore the party name. In In
diana they call upon all true friends OF
tue Union" to meet. &c. in other States
is "all loyal men" and the like. In
Illinois the call is upon all voters who
cordially endorse the present adminIstra-
ton in ALL its efforts to crush the existing
rebellion (this excludes the Chicago Tn
Joe and at least twothirds of the repub-
licans of Northern Illinois) land who are
in favor of confiscating every DESCRIPTION
of property owned by the rebels, (this
excludes President Lincoln from the COM
munion,) land who are in favor Of using
all means known to civilized warfare for
subduing the rebellion and Furnishing
traitors" What the leaders are at, is to
honey fdgel the people, by such cant
phraseology, into electing their blacklist
and most ultra men into Office, when they
propose to carry on the war on the Gree
ley, Wendell Phillips, Ben Wade priciple
OF exterminating the whites of the South
and giving the country to the negroes.
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REBEL IEox CLAps-Fort Monroe has
had another fight by rumor that lifelong
talked of rebel iron clad, the Merrimac
No. 2, had been completed at Richmond,
was moving down James River, and would
forthwith proceed to clean out all onr
shipping in Hampton Roads, including all
our Monitors, Galenas, Naugatucks, and
Ironsides The fight, however, was pre-.
mature, and it is now positively reported
from Richmond that the Merrimac No. 2
is failure.
A more serious cause of alarm to our
shipping in the appearance OF an English
built iron clad rebel war steamer in the
Gulf waters. She was last heard from at
Cardenas, Cuba, and is said to be command.
ed by Lemmes, of the Sumpter. She may
make sad havoc among our merchant
vessels
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the WAR IN KENTUCKY.

The rebels ander Kirby Smith have full
possession Of Central Kentucky, and open
communications with Eastern Tennessee.
Gen. Morgan, however, still holds Cum
berland Gap, and in spite of rebel rumors
j. not believed to be in any danger.
Kirby Smith with $1,000 men, and
Humphrey Marshall, with some 5000
have united their forces, and are eSident
ly moving upon Cincinnati. On Thursday
they appeared to be in pretty large force
within ten miles of that city, and picket
skirmishiag was kept up pretty briskly all
day. Covington, however, is we'll defended
with strong Notifications, and Gen. Wright
IS confident the rebels will be easily re-
pulsed GGDboats, also, are patrolling the
river above aud below Cincinnati, to pre-
vent the enemy tEoDa crossing and making
flank movement.
The Whole eastern half of Kentucky
appears to be overrun with guerillas, with
whom small parties Of our own forces from
Louisville, &c, have daily skirmishes.-
Smith is said to be gatherin many recruits
70 bis army among the seeesh in Ken
lucky, sad If not driven out, will soon
have 10000 men,
Gems. Negiey and Starkweather, with
about 5000 federals, have driven Buckner
and taken possession of Bowling Green.
Gen, Buell. has returned from Northern
Alabama TO Nashville with his whole army
sf 4&QOO men, and report says he is about
tsAater kentucky, whittier also Bragg is
said to be marching with thirty or forty
thousand men. Buell., by rapid move
nent, could fall upon and pulverize Kirby
Smith and Humphrey Marshall before
Bragg could come up, and afterwards turn
upon and whip him. The excitement at
I4ouirville has abated, no immediate at
tack upon that city being apprshended.
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Quarrels of tho Generals.

The most dangerous and melancholy bu-
sine.s connected with all the recent disas-
tiers of our army near Washington, if not
indeed the cause of all, is the jealousy,
pickering, and quarreling among our Gene.
rails Pope takes command of the army
of Virginia by issuing bombastic procla-
nation, telling his soldiers that HE comes
from the West where fighting is done, and
where we are accustomed to see only the
backs Of our enemies, &c, dc, implying,
of course that it had been otherwise on
the Potomac. This offends the Generals
OF the Eastern army, and they appear to
have made up their minds that this western
braggadocio must be let down a peg The
Generals under his command hate and
have no confidence in him. The same
spirit gets among the subordinate officers
and the men. The rebel hosts appear,
Pope is outgeneralled, placed in desperate
straits where nothing but tho most perfect
concert of action and determination on all
sides can save him. But his Generals are
Indifferent and fail to come to time. His
subordinates and men lose heart and labor
without spirit or animation Pope becomes
alarmed, confused, dismayed, and in this
condition undertakes to fight the skilful
generals and brave and desperate soldiers
of the Confederacy. Porter fails to come
to time, Franklin lays behind, Griffin dis
obeys orders, Mcclellan withholGs the
needed supplies, $50 says Pope,) he is de
feated and is saved from utter annihilation
only by taking refuge in the very fortifi-
cations he had affected to despise. A
brave officer dies on the field declaring
himself the victim of the imbecility oil
Pope and the treachery Of Mcdowell
Another quits the field in disgust, declar
ing he will not allow his men to be muir
dered; and so on to the end
And to such leaders are committed the
lives and destinies of the twenty million.
of this nation
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RErEL FORCES nAEcHIxc xoRrnwAGp.

OF artillery, the force is not specially
mentioned, but $50 pieces were sent with
" Stonewall' jackson alone, and the entire
parks are not less In total than 400 The
cavalry is accompanied with rs and 81
Founders, and the most of the entire
amount of artillery consists of field pieces,
very many of them riiied and of the most
modern pattern.
General Ewells corps alone amounts to
2S, 900 men, apart from Jacksons, but it is
thrown in as a part of Jackson's force, al
though Colonel Adler gives it its full value
He states that 81 fine pieces of ordnance
were left behind on the Chiekahominy,
and al of these have been mads available
The Amy, then Immediately in fornt of
and on the TANKS of General Pope, extend
ing from the line Of Gordonsville towards
Leesburg, is fully 100000 men. Colonel
Adler elected expressions of surpris when
he made the same statement to the high
est military authorities at Washington !;
but he insists upon its truth and says that
any less calculation will entail most serious
disaster The rebels are making deter
mined push on Maryland, and their plans
thus far have met with even more success
than they anticipated
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SHARP ASswER-About the beginning Of
the recent hard fighting near Washington
there were at that city three or four New
York..regiments ofthree months volunteers,
whose time had expired and who, in spite
of the dangers that threatened the capital,
insisted on their discharge and being sent
home On their arrival in New York they
were prevailed upon to re-enlist, and a
committee of prominent citizens" tele-
graphed to Gen. Halleck asking him to
arecall' these regiments. Gen. II. sent
the following answer:
WASHINGTON, September 2, 1862
d" To Hon. D. D. Field, and others:
1.-The New York militia regiments were
Requested to remain when the danger was
more imminent than at present, but declin-
ed to do So Under these circumstances
they will not be recalled.
"H. W. HAIAEox, General-ni-Ch
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For CoSGREss.-Hon ALEXANDER CAN'T
BELL, of La Sale, announces himself as a
candidate for Congress in the La Sale
Press Mr. C. has been laboring for a year
or more TO bring into public knowledge
and favor national scheme of currency
and finance, which he at least is thoroughly
convinced will, in spite of the enormous
draft upon the national treasury and the
depreciation Of paper money, keep the
treasury supplied with funds and give the
people safe and reliable currency in any
and every contingency AS the public
mind is too largely absorbed with the
movements of armies to attend to ques-
ton Of this kind, Mr. C. conceives that the
only way he can get fair hearing, and
judgment upon the merits of his scheme
is to carry it in person before Congress
and to do so effectually, he must be a
member. Politically, Mr.. c. is of the re-
publican persuasion; but his mind is go
completely engrossed by has scheme of
Finance, that we have no dovbt he regards
all other political questions of the day as
trivial and insignificant in comparison
with his financial project
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-13

The democrats Of the Springfield dis.
trict in this State, have nominated the
Hon. John Z. Stuart as their candidate
for Congress. Some 20 years ago, Mr. S
beat Stephen 4. Douglas for Congress in
the northern district Of this State, then
embracing over halt the territory of the
State. Mr. s. was w big until that party
was merged in the miserable abolition
faction" when he quilted it in disgust,
aud has ever since been known as a
democrat
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What Illinois Has Done.

The Springfield Journal of Wednesday
gives list of sxTY-Two new regiments
that have been raised and organized in
this State under the late calls for 100000
men, These are, of course, exclusive OF
some five or six thousand more men that,
within the last two months, have been
raised by recruiting officers to fill up old
regiments.
All the calls upon Illinois since June
last were as follows:
First call for volunteees.. .......... 1900 men.
Second call draft, but in lieu of which
years volunteers have been
copied. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS &c 600 men.
To till old regiments. ............. 5000 men.
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Col, Ransom, who occupied Fort Donel-
son with his own and Col loves Illinois
regiment, on the Sth paid visit to Clarks-
vile, driving the rebels out of that place,
taking all their stores, horses, and about
100 men prisoners
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-13

LoyDoy QUARTERLY REvIEw.-The July
volume. Following are the contents:
Memoirs OF Sir Marc Jsambard Brunei
Lives of the Archbishops OF Canterbury
Tie Volunteers and National Defence
English poetry from Dryden to Cowper
The international Exhibition The Ha-
waiian Islands; The Becentenary
Republished by Leonard Scott < Co, -
Fulton st, New York, at 3 per annum,
or dubbed with Blackwood and the three
other Quarterlies, at 500 per annum.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-13

Nor RESIGNED. The despatch from
Washington on Saturday last, that Stan.
ton had resigned and Halleck been put in
his place, had no foundation in truth.
Halleck, Stanton, and Mcclellan, from
all accounts, appear to be on very good
terms with each other.
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$1,000

According to the statement in the Jou,.
nal all these men have been raised; yet,
because the excess CT some 1000 men
were not specially enlisted to fill old regi-
nents, and are therefore accepted as new
regiments, the State still stands charged
with some $1,000 men to fill old regiments,
and to raise these, the Governor is prepar
ing to make draft after the LIST of
October.
Can any sane nam give a reason why
this excess of $1,000 volunteers are not at
once put into the old regiments and the
State relieved from the useless and op-
pressive measure Of q CONSUMPTION
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FATAL ILLNESS OF KossurH-A Scottish
newspaper states that "poor Kossuth, the
Hungarian patriot, is in the final stage OF
consumption, and that probably before
many weeks pass away noble country
will have to weep for the loss of one of her
noblest and most gifted men,"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-13

MAINE ELECTIox.-At the election in
Maine on Monday for Governor, members
gress, &c, Coburn, republican, was elected
off from last years majority of some 5000
The democrats also gain a Congress man
and dozen members of the legislature.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-13

GEN. Pores New CoNMASD-Gen Pope
appears to have come TO the conclusion
that commanding an army of $50, 900 men,
against an enemy welding 225,OOO men,
was above his calibre, and had the good
sense to ask to be relieved from such
heavy responsibilities, and to be assigned
TO a somewhat less important position
The President has been gracious-accepted
his resignation of the army of Virginia,
and assigned him to the Department of
the Northwest" to fight the Indians
General Pope is peculiarly adapted to this
command. He is an energetic and dash
ing officer, who cannot stand still or wait
for ceremony, and this is the kind of an
officer that Is needed to head the military
operations against SO savage an enemy as
the Indians, towards whom the rules of
civilized war cannot be respected.
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Missouri.

The vigorous measures of Gov. Gamble
have about squelched the guerlllas in that
state, ana nearly the last band of them,
under Quantrll, are said to have fled to
southern Kansas.
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Eytraycd-..TWO Colts.

I1STRAYED from the subscriber, residing Back
II Creek, in the town Of Dayton, about the hRst Of
August, TWO COLTS, one stallion, two years old,
bay both hind legs and forward leg white star IL
the forehead, and white spot side OF he
other also bay stallion COLT cid. short asss,
having been cut on in spriug, and legs darker eslsf
than the body.
Any person returning said colts to the undrsigns1.
giving information whore they may b found, wilt
be literally rewarded,
Aug. 10, 1S62.-14w.s j. RIDBB.
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Democratic County Convention.

Democratic County Convention.
Pursuant to call, ayconvention of dele
gates of the democratic party of La Sale
county met in Ottawa on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 9th, 1862
On motion, G. w. ARYsrRoSG was called
to the chair, an T. P. HALLIGAN appointed
Secretary.
On motion, the delegates from the diff
ferent towns presented their credentials,
as follows:
Brookield-G w. Armstrong.
Dayton-L. L. Green, Sylvester Brown,
Jesse Green.
Deer Park-Joe! w. Armstrong, T
Johns
Dimmick-G W. Hennessy, j. F. Fisher.
Eagle-G. II. Bedford, E. NJ Galloway,
VIM. Holcott.
Earl. H. Breese, W. Hill, William r.
Haight
Farm Ridge-M Budd, David Peck
Grand Rapids-B B. Reynolds, r. w.
| La Salle-N. G. Canon, John Collins, P.
Neyin, John Gray, Robert Cogswell.
| ManlIus-Wm. r. Loring Jonas Smith
Nelson Brundage
Meriden-Jas. Wisner, A. J. Wisner
Mission-Joseph Mason. Nels Nelson,
j. S. Armstrong.
Ophir-James H. Bates.
Ottawa-O Leavens, j. B. Ford, Julius
Avery, Jos. Maierhofer, J. Fennell, Levi
Mason, Jas. Graham, John Vette f. \.
Waterman, A. Lockwood, F. Nitschelm.
PERU. L. Mccormick, T. p Halligan,
Dr. 6. Hulett, G. D. Laid, c. A Charley
Rutland-John Hise, Samuel Parr, T.
| Plunket.
Serena-H. Parr, Joseph Pool.
Troy Grove-Hiram Thornton.
1t was moved and carried, that demo
Gratis present from any unrepresented
town, could represent such town in this
convention.
On motion, the chair appointed com,
mittee, consisting of Messrs \. C.. Canon,
John Hise, E. NJ. Galloway, John S Arm.
strong, and ii. Thorn ton, to present names
Of suitable persons to be appointed dele
gates TO the State convention at Spring
field.
The committee, after q brief consulta
ton, presented the following names John
/. Mccormick, Hiram Thornton, Henry
K. Parr, VIM. r. Loring, Thos P Halligan
Jas II. Breese, Jesse Green, q. w. Gallo
way, Jno 5. David p Jones, Guy HuIett
Thomas Clancy, K Palmer
On motion. the convention unanimousl
recommended the nomination Of Col I
LYLE DicKEY as candidate for Congress
tor the State at lar5e.
On motion the chair appointed y.
Canon, VIM. Osman, and Julius Aver
county central committee
On motion, it was adopted that there b
a county convention held at Ottawa oil
Wednesday, the 9th of September inst
for the purpose of transacting the bushes
usually transacted at such conventions
and that the towns hold their meeting
to select delegates TO said convention oil
the Saturday previous.
The county central committee was in
strueted to re-apportion the delegation
OF the towns on the democratic vote O
1860.
, The convention then adjourned.
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THE SMELL. OF BArrLE-Not only was the
sound Of the .eannonading of the great bat
tie near Centerville, to-day, distinctly heard
here, but the smell of gunpowder wa.
quite perceptible at times when the wind
fisshened frsm that quarter Washingto,
Eten;ng Star.
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Hon. ZADoc CASEY, father of Hon. Saml
K. Casey, of Joliet died at his residence in
Caseyville, Ill, on the 9Th inst
Mr.. Casey was a man of more than ordi-
nary ability, and had filled high and hon
orable positions. Frequently elected to
the legislature, he had also been Lieut.
Governor Of this state, and was twice elect.
ed to Congress He was the best parlia-
meatarian We ever saw.
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0ttaha free Graber.
OTTAWA ILL, SEPTEMBER 10, 1862.
DenoeratIe County Convention,

H.fs1ant t. resolution OF the democratic conven-
teo held 1t OTTAWA Saturday the 9th sept 1862 the
ee0osraey OLA Sale county requested meet
tAer respective places Of holding meetings in the
vaSeee towns Of this cennty. Saturday the 10Th Of
espeeoh1 49,. - .p0oint delegates to county con-
vendea - lie bod ON Wednesday the Path September
~ Tie purpess Of transacting such busioess il
Usually transacted II such conventions.
In p1rsaancs OF . reseut of the same convention
ne un4essigned have sppsrtoned the number Of dele
Seees - The various towns follows:
AAs2s4s ABsn Z, Brace 3, rGokfeld s, Dayton T.
Dn1iek Deer Park 8, Eagle Earl T. Eden 5, Free
asoS Ian River 3, Perm Ridge 8, Groveland Crane
kaV1A09, Hope 2, La Sale I, Mission 3, Meriden z
Aso1sea 8, 1Ganiius T. Worthwhile 9 Ophir 2, Ottawa
Ose0e ., Reru 9, Rutland 8, Serena South Ottawa
1fc1 Grove ,, Utica 8, yermilon 2. Waltham Zoo.
n. c. CANON,
WA. OSMAN,
.UIIES AVERY,
Central Committee.
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Take Notice.

YlHE undersigned having determined to quit the bu
i sness in which they nos engaged, desire al
those VITO in their debt forward immediat
ly and discharge such Indebtedness. All notes anC
accounts paid by the first Of October will be given
into the hands Of Squire Leavens fer collection.
Parties owing will themselves expense and
troIble, by coming forward Immediately and pay.
ing BARTON HAYNE.
Ottawa, Sept II, 1869. "a.
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For Sale.

VVHE subscriber offers for sale ,1fs q -. IaSis
I1;i,. 800 the 6rst day OF Octo6er next: AZ.
i.r~e ,ox Of FOOD HARNESS. ss the City Esses Ccsee
for Cash. s., /,
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CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF-Arthur LOCK
WOOD, Esq, Announces his name in our
columns today as candidate for Sheriff.
Arthur is a war democrat of the warmest
stripe, as all big hearted men naturally
are. He is known all over the county as
careful, accurate business man, as possess
ing all the other needed qualifications to
make a good sheriff Let him have fair
chance and open field with the rest, and
bully for Arther if he wins
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D~okDf,ROOk LOST

Pocket.B0Ok Lost.
osr. about noon YESTERDAY {rrid.y Aug; - "a!
L. Armour .ont.fnins also in paper money, asd
.san;. ss1sn ,..,n. .nd u
the anae ahs rndsrsiEnsd leaving It at xrmssF6
. in Ottaw. b. writing to the undersigned Civ.
inn iuformafion where it may be ehtsined vim be Ss.
rsiiy rewarded. ANTON HAAK.
Address Norway P. O., La Sale co.-i-4y.s