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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24

ILLmoIs has, BY State Convention, called
for that purpose, framed new Constitution, to
be submitted to the people for adoption or re-
lection. Commissioners have been appointed
and are now in the field, taking the votes of the
citizen soldiers in the various Illinois regiments
How nobly this contrasts with the action of the
Republican majority in the Ohio Legislature,
who refused to allow our volunteers in the field
the right TO vote! ht"- t't
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24

Missouri, according to the census OF 1861,
has 24,632 slave owners and ll4,9sl slaves, the
ratio being about Az to each owner. Douglas
county 10 the only one in the State in which
there are no slaves. Lafayette has the largest
number, 6 374. t'tn~ Ae+
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24

nse hundred or more, seemed chl,hy directed
against the United States Captain on account
Of bis intimacy with the secessionist, and be.
cause, as II was said, he attempted 10 justify
his companion for what he had done But the
C'ptaiu soon disappeared and could not be
found, and the crowd gradually dispersed. / p
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24

GEEERAL MCCLELLAN, It was reported, was
struck BY piece Of she'll at Williamsburg,
but escaped uniDiured. PRENrIcE is not sur
prised at ID. He says an officer who can stand
90 many attacks from politicians as McCLELLAH
has done, must be bomb-proof.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24
M. w. STAPLES,
7.H-7ta J. NJ. MCDONALD.
Columbus, May 90, 1862.

The consideration of these reports went over
the hour for the order of the day having come,
which was Dr. Tustin's resolutions from the
committee on Foreign Correspondence, relative
to appointing delegates to the New School Gen
eral Assembly, and the Assembly of the United
Presby, ,erians.
Dr. Davidson proposed that his name be
stricken out OF the first resolution, in which he
is named as the delegate to the N. S. Assem-
bly,. He proposed this in order to be more free
to speak to the question.
Dr.. Breckenridge spoke against this mode OF
bringing about this correspondence. He said
be was tie Oldest member of the Assembly,
save the venerable DR.. Hoge, who took part in
the Church troubles during the period when
separation was imminent, and when it hually
took place He also saw before him DIS. Mus
grave and Jubkin, whom he would speak OF as
younger men than himself, since they were
both peculiarly situated, which made it proper
for him TO do so They were also heroes oil
that ecclesiastical fgh', and their presence
would reinspire him with courage, 10 the stand
he took, respecting this matter Of correspond
enee. i ir.Ifstef aaittD
On reviewing his part Of the work Of twenty.
Eve years ago, be could see nothing that he
would not do again under like circumstances.
lie had done much to bring back into the
Church those who vent our, and he was still
apxions to have others return. he thinks the
Old s hool Church Is more homogeneous thai
il WAS before the division, and the New School
is nearer rs than IL was. But he Was not in
favor of departing from the usages OF the
Church to initiate this correspondence. He
would adopt minute on the subject, and send
il to The other bodies as the initiatOty step This
thing ehould not be done with indecent hase.
He thought the matter had not been brought be-
fore the Assembly in proper manner.
Dr. Musgrave said he sympatbzed fully In
the views that DR. Breckioridge had just ex-
pressed, and thought his suggestion was good
one pe4q i.l
He moved that the resolutions be recommit-
ted to tae committee on Foreign Correspond
ence, with instructions to report in accordance
with that suggestion, which motion was agreed
to. H. LaIfaf ft4.yo
Drs Breckioridge and Musgrave we're added
TO the committee.
A resolution was adopted, that the week from
the b 70 the 10Th OF January next be observed
as season for prayer on behalf Of Christian
Missions. - sol
DIR BREcKrNRIDeE's PAPER TAKEN Up.
DR.. B eckinridge's paper on the s ate Of the
Church and the Country, was then taken ny.
DR. Jubkin, being entitled 10 the floor, pro-
ceeded to address the Assembly. He said he
was glad that all asseDted to the truth Of the
paper upder discussion. That was so much
gained IL was asserted, that its adoption would
be disastrous to the Church. Ii it was Gods
will that she should pass through the fiery fur
mace Tor the truths sake, let it be so. If the
paper be right, let Us 60 ahead, disregardipg
the consequences. Ee would like 90 know who
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24
A SlLDIER's WIr.-Some "gay ard festive
feIlnv haa aent the folio wing home.

fellow has sent the following home:
JusT PLAYED-Grest Union game of Eucbr
stakes YS,ktoWn-betSeeD Mcclellan All,
Lincoln, aud J,f Davis and NJ MIgruder. J,ff
had ibe deal, Abe passed. Masruder turned /
down--it passed to Mcclellan, who made !
Spad's," played it alone and made four, whel
MAgruder got mad and lelt--the stakes beinl
forfeited to MaCle Ian. iibiH e,.
+spAdes used in digging trenches won Yorktown.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24
"CoNrRAB.NDs. The Lancaster (o.) Epgl

VI way ~ HHu IHO 'OI'V"IHb'
Runaway slaves, "contrabauds of war;" or,
becoming quite numerous. Dr.. WIgonbols hat
one, he-tbe runaway or stolen away niger
taking the place OF an eyed German hostler
ParsoD White has another. This is only th,
beginning. White laboripg men will find tina
they cannot compete with thieviug negroes
More will be discharged as the freed slAvel
come along. The underground railroad is doing
a tremendous business 10 these war times
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24

For Rent

TWO OR -FOUR ROOMS, lately occupied ss The Tel
House. 80 7
Inquire Of O. A WAGNER,
81 East Stale street.
All persons having claims or demands a, aIpst O. A.
Waener or O, A. Wagner Co., are requested 10 pre-.
thu before the 18th day Of May and tho,e ndebt.
ed will please make payment my busness all DO
settled up to that day.
aprIl0S-dn A
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24

M. PETrBnGILL * o.,
No. 81 Park Row, New York, aud G State
n reE; Street. Boston,
Ass cur asenis IA thOss e,s and authorized to take
Adverssnsnls and Subscriptions for usasour Lo'css'
Hnftn.
, 1862-03-14

These towns would give one Representative,
and the wards in the city one Representative.
And for tie odd Representative, would give it
enc year to the north and one to the west
side, if any fault should be found. The gen
tleman has exhibited 10 you para1snograul.
He has cut Off from the very ends of the wards
and combined them into 4 knot. and says that
it is 4 "beauti1ul district u for somebody to
run i'll. Yes, this is bcau:iful,-it beats the
l.ictel artist ill TO pieces. Now ask no gen
tlenl.n to make Il district for ME to run il as
ScHator, Or anything else. I Will stand by the
interests of my constituents at any and all
h'zards. want no man to come to a Consti-
tu;ienal Convention and make 4 district of
That kind fer me or my friends, or for anybody
else I care not who the man may be, wheth-
CT Democrat or Republican. The district pro-
posed by my colleague may be beautiful, but
l know this, that L moro unnatural subdi-
vision could never be made, and never has
been made,, than the beautiful paralcllo-
illustrate this thing. You SO to Chicago and
ask me where man lives. look instantly
for his ward, and when ind his ward. can
: tell you instantly where he is. can tell in a
moment where man resides by the ward, and
so can any resident Of our city. But now how
that when this bill passed, he should provide
for city directory to show the people Of
Cook county where and how they could find
their representative districts. He anticipates
nc, 11d says he Will bring in an article iu the
shape OF a city directory, which will show
people where their senatorial and representa-
tive districts arc. tell my colleague that,he
will not only have to provide city directory,
but he will have to provide Typographical
bureau, and send ont corps of explorers,
with chain and compass, because he has ran
these lines, by latitude and longitude. It
will require greater knowledge OF Iaathe-
matics to find out these districts, than it
would to determine the horizontal para!ax.
It reminds me Of q story in Hudibras, Of
man who always told the time of day By q
quadrant. have shown to the Convention
how these wards are cut up, and how we are
all thrown into lotch-potch. My colleague
says he has made this according to population,
What is the requisite Of Z eenatorS The limit
is 81 goo. Now in the Second, Third and
Fourth Wards Of Chicago there are nearly
s., COO Inhabitants, and BY running around eli
over the city the way he has, ard taking in all
the Democratic groceries, beer-Ehops and Kill
gubbins, think that he has got in lis ssbeau-
tifnl district" about sixty thousand souls.
gofor our old established lines-aud not for
yonr "beantiful districts'- Your .ssauares' u
cut of from the ends of the wards in order TO
experiment on Democratic credulity waut
What is right-what you know is right, and
What my people know is right, and nothing
, 1862-03-14
The Monitors Voyage.

L1tu1 LIE IN I. evening foE[. 1lLn.f
By the arrival at this port to-day of the
steamer Seth Low, which toWed the Ericsson
iron battery Monitor to Hampton Roads, we
have the particulars Of the Mentors voyage,
and Of the circumstances under which she
went into action yesterday morning,
:, Although there WAS gale during part Of
the passage down, the voyage was entirely sue
cesstul;, Frequently. in the rough sea, the
waves flowed over the deck Of the battery to
the depth CT st Least four feet, and nothing
but the smoke.pipe and cylindrical tnrreE
could be s:en; but she came up as free
md S: steady IS if she were riding iu 3
pa.fact1y smooth sca. Or one or two OCCASIONS
the spray dashed oyeC her smeke and steam
pipes, but no damage was done. The fires
continued; and there appeared to be not even
4 temporary cessation cf tie working Of the
maehi1sTy, Which was kept going from the
time she started from this port, on Thursday,
TIL saturdaE evening, when she arrived Of
Fortress Monroe. Bhe withetcod the heavY
gale ana rcllisg sea Of Friday night much
better than had been anticipated, ana those on
board the thres steamers which accompanied
ber, art coo1idazzt that she would s.fely out
rice aaJ 6tarm.
The Monitor Ea6 LETT pY the Sett Log II the
, 1862-03-14
THE NIERKTMAC.

The fact that the engagement Of the Hon
7tor and Merrimac in Hampton Roads was
the first encounter Of iron-p]atcd OF shot
proof vessels in the world, will turn the
attention OF all maritime or warlike na-
tons to the result. That result,
though Immediately gratifying 10 US,
is not such as we could wish
tie Monitor had attained She kept up the
contest for four hours and twenty minutes,
and, though she is 1aninjurcd, there is no
certainty that she succeeded in in1uring
her opponent. Indeed, in spite of the re-
port which we first had tl1at the Merriuaae
retreated in a sinking condition, there is
reason to believe that she got out Of coal,
and was compelled to retire simply
from the prospective failure Of her motive
power. And this seems to be the belief at
Fortress Monroe where the most extensive
preparations possible under the circum-
stances, Lave been made for her reception
should she venture out again. All non
combatants have been ordered aBav:
the big gun on the Rip Rap has
been put into working trim, and
all the vessels capable Of doing duty are
preparing for the expected encounter. In
New York no ineonsiderable alarm is felt
lfthe Me7rimcc is i1nnregnablc to shot and
shell, and il, as is alleged, She can outsail
the Monitor full three knots an hour, that
city is not safe. The steamer NAV run
past Fortress Monroe, take, without
1Dj"F' Two or three shot from
ene f1oyo Snew Union) gun On the Rib
nens' steam into New York harbor, and, in
sEa.o OF all Resistance, bombard The Town
au leouce OF burn il at her leisure. This
- . calamity that the New Yorkcrs bava
III mlnd' and Tor which they are rnal[;ne
, 1862-03-14

The Nashville Times of the 6th has mal;g-
nant and trcasonable article, which commences
by saying. "Nashyillc Of to-day presents
mournfnl contrast to the Nashville of = few
weeks ago. It proceeds to picture the late
happy condition Of the town, and says: Now
look at Nashville Of today! What a pail il
oversprcad this once fair city!" Further
along it says the cause OF 's this ruin and desc
lation' is not ;" the mere presence Of hostile
dfmy" The article concludes:
I'm vain proc!amations mar be issued and orders
published: telling uE to 20 on with our business,
as well tell the dead to live. We have no one with
whom to do busincss. The channels Of our t.ade
do not run III the direction from which ouf inyad-
ers caIne. Until the natural source Of our com
1nezcc and wealth il 1eopened to u.s. Nashville is
doomed city. Her marts OF trade and once happy
homes may az well be given over to the occupa-
tion OF soldiers as not.
THE past and prcaent condition of Nashville
both 1ncon:cstably Prove that her destiny is with
the South" '>~
The military authorities at Nashville Will in
our Judgment. show that they have a yery in
adequate idea Of '' the situation" if thoy pcr-
NIT this thing to continue. Such articles as
we notice above are more mischicyous than If
outspoken, abrupt treason They are inaidi-
ous, and should be extinguisled. -Cinclnnat;
Commercial.
, 1862-03-14
such preparations as they can. In the
,naantim II ;s calling to know that moth

such preparations as they can. In the
meantime me, it is CALLING to know that moth
ing can be DONE For months, and until
the ingenuity Of our mechanics and the
resources Of our workshops turn out some
thing that has heavier metal and greater
speed than the rebel steamer, our fleet
and our towns are at her mercy. The re-
gret that this should so, is heightened by
the fact that the officers at Fortress
Monroe have been warned again
and again, during the winter, Of the
certainty that the experiment the
rebels were trying was success. Not
fortnight ago, information came which,
if listened to, would have upset oil the
theories that our naval men had formed; !;
but as it came from contrabanls, it was
not needed, hence the neglected means Of
defense. We lave paid The penalty Of
Indifference, and though the appropriation
Of fifteen millions Of dollars for iron clad
gunboats may cover up deficiencies six
months hence, it will not afford us q safe
guard to-day. There has been gross neg
lcct, but it is too late to complain.
, 1862-03-14
Importance OF Dupont,s Operations.

The larl,or Of Brunswick Is The finest south
cf Port Royal. With Fernandina in our
possession, we hold the three best harbors on
the South Atlantjc coast Aside from the iu1-
rortance Of the harbor, it is the eastern tcrmi-
nus Of tLc Florida and Brunswick Railroad,
not, however, completed, and is connected by
r:ilroad with Macdonald, through which passes
The Savannah and Albany Gulf Railroad
With Cedar Keys in our possession, We hold
both the eastern ard western terminus Of tile
railroad running across Florida, from Fcrna:1-
dina 10 Cedar kcgs-in fact, cutting oil the
entire State from railroad communication
with Georgia, :lna the States north Of it. The
town OF Brunswick is situated at the mouth
Ct Tuttie river, some eighty miles south Wett
Of Savannah. It is !hc county seat Of Glsnn
ceuniy, >,itl: 4 population, according to the
census Of 1850, OF :, !t3;:5, thus curious1y pro
porlionca- whites G35; free co1ored s.;
Ei:ycs 1852. Fcrnandina is city about the
Eisnae size
, 1862-03-14

Judicial elections ta&e place in Wisconsin
:?i:s sl'r'lg, in the Fourth Circuit, composed
of tic counties Of Sl'rbo:gaD, Mai,itowoc.
Fond dn Lac, Calumet and Kewaunee: andin
thu Sixth Circuit, composed Of Lacrosse, Bad
AK and several other counties. In the Fourth
Circuit the present Incumbent Of the bench,
David aElor ef sheboygan. is 4 candidate
:uf re election, ard will succeed with proba-
tiEE little OF no opposition. In tho Sixth Dis.
1:iet, the present incumbent, George Gale is i
candidate for reelection. Ira E. b1cssmor1,
L:cate!ant-C Co1onc! of the Fourteenth rcsi-
ncnt, is also candidate for the place. Sena-
tor Flint, now representing the Lacrosse Dis
t1ict at Madison, has also been put on The
course.
, 1862-03-14

It is said that Lcib, when the news of the
senates refusal to confirm him and the charge
that he was a million short, was read to him,
he was overheard and cars in business. He
slanted up his best car, listened attentiye|y.
wheeled around to his desk, and commenced
in furious 1nanne: to write s book, entitled,
q Nine months il. the Quartcrmaster' Depart.
mint Of Western Virginia." He has already
written ono hundred pages, and gentleman
Who has had the pleasure Of looking at the
ductioa Of the age. The Captain promises to
send US ono Of the first copies, and the fleld
being new ami abundant, re have no donbt It
will be full cf incident, which, being handled
b the facile pea Of our ahsssd Fallstafian @.
H., the book must 60 of like hot cakes. It
vii be book OF about Two hundred pages,
ard will cont ain truthful out humorous bis
tory Of affairs il Western Virginia
, 1862-03-14

EXPLOSION OF A IoCoMoT1vE.-TYo MgS
kILLED.-A terribleaccident occurred on tho
Cleveland q Pittsburgh road yesterday after
noon. resulting in the death OF two men.
About 4 O'Clock tho locomotive ssHanover,"
when short Distance beyond Hanover sta
tion. drawings heavy wood train, and labor
ing hard On On up-grade, exploded, tesrirg
the boiler to atoms and killing the fireman
spd brakeman. Tic brakeman, whose name
was John KaEney, WAS threw to d1tsnce Of
two hundred yards from the engine. The
fireman, Michsei King, was taken from the
platform Of the engine, his skull fea7fu1ly
crushed in. Both men wcro taken up dead.
No csaae is assigned fer the disaster, there
baipg plenty Of water in the boiler, and the
engine being In aperfeet stase.-CNsegard
Ln81, 12th:1
, 1862-03-14
Southern News.
From the Memphis Avalanche, Tth.1

The HERO OF MANAssAs.-Wc arc credibly
informed that General Beauregard has entirely
recovered his health, and has assumed active
command Of the forces stationed at the differ
ent strongholds defending the Mississippi val
Icy; We have all confidence, now, that yan-
dal's foot will never tread the streets Of Mem
phis. We are pleased to say our people are
hopeful and resolute just now.
The Dallas Herald confirms the report that
TIE Federaas were expected to abandon Fort
ions. They had abandoned Al1nora on the
approach Of Baylcr with 500 men, leaving
what they could not take with thcm. Gen.
SibJcy's headquarters were at Fort Sherman,
on the Rio GraEdc. midway between Messiila
and Fori Craig. The Indians were trouble
some, and had stolen q horses from Colonel
Reiley's regiment.
President Davis has established martial law
at Norfolk, Portsmouth and Richmond, Va
The same thing has been done in Memphis
Let al men acquie5ce in whatever is esteemed
q " military necessity" We are all in tho
same boat, and must sink or swim together!
, 1862-03-14

B The family Of VIM. Jordan, residing at
Hyas Park, near Scranton, PannsyIvania, were
poisoned lsat Sunday night by inhaling gas
f:om cos; stovp Two children were found
deads and the parents just Alive, but they caa.
not recover,
, 1862-03-14

CCH WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
] am Ashamed to tell the truth in reference
to our wounded braves now lying in the hos
pital5 Of this city. Abundance Of time has
has hctn afforded for systematic and humane
treatment of them, but they have not
fellows with "Whcrc Is The sturgeon -
"Haye you seen the doctor9'' Do you
know vino has charge Of US 81 "Ny wound
has not beer dressed Eince yesterday NOM
ing" Seversl have absolutely died from
neglect. AEd yet I Can count opauletted M.
DIS by the scores about the hotels; and
several first rate physicians of the place
army surgeons, but there arc also Instances Of
Army surgeons who have no more conscience
than the t.arpiogs they are bespang1yd with,
and no more sen8ibilitY than the horse they
ride.
, 1862-03-14

VIII our Chicago merchants make no
eno1t to secure their share Of the Southern
trade? It is three weeks since Gen. Hal
leck removed the restrictions from the
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. We
have Western Kentucky open to us at Co.
lumbus, and before the close Of the month
we shall have a foothold in Memphis. The
Cincinnati and Louisville merchants
are on the alert, and wc arc informed
that the steamboats, are plying
up the rivers, engaged in a most
profitable traf6 few weeks since
Memphis commanded
there is a 1a1 Egar and cot
ton, the materials - II exchange Of conf
n>otlities. Shall Illinois let this business
90 by default, and can nothing be done
by the merchants Of this State to help the
farmers dispose Of soue of their surplus
rrodssc1s2 Surely, with our large surplus
crop cf corn last season, Illinois can under
scn The States cast Of her, and yet it seems
for Inc want cf business houses, and capi-
tai at Cairo, nothing whatever is doing to
relieve Gttcr stagnation IN the moving Of
produce from this State South.
Twciycmonths ago the whole rolling stock
Q: TIC Illinois Central was taxed day and
night, taking produce out to the Southern
markets. Upon inquiry Of the General
Freight Agent, we arc informed that there
is yet 10 pe,ccptiblc increase Of business.
The freight earnings Of the road since the
1st Of january: as compared with the first
ten weeks Of last year, have fallen of nearly
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
he estimates the value of the products
shipped out Of Cairo in the first quarter Of
1861, TT S5,oo0,000 to G,000,00o- It does
::pi,ca-asif little enterprise On the part Of
llc citizens Of Illinois would infuse new
life and put some money into the pockets
Of our fa1mers.
, 1862-03-14
The Congressional Committee In tho
West.

L. N~AAA eA3- ~3A1-A@AA+ReA sE3kE3uAr !
As We have already stated, portion Of the
Congressional Investigating Committee, with
their clerks and scrgeant-at-arms, are making
another tour through the West, and have
again visited Cincinnati. During the two
days the Committee were in this city, they
examined witnesses as to the manufacture Of
tents, coverlids, clothing, &c. They
large quantity Of clothing, not up
to the regulation standard and much of an in-
tericr quality, had been distributed to the
troops IN this Department, and at present
there are on hand Of this character OF clothing
10000 oyereoats, II, 900 frock coats, and Il, 600
troWsers, manufactured and inspected in Bos-
ton, which the Quartermasters here Captains
DicRerson and Gill, refused to issue to the
troops on account Of their infcriority. There
are also on hand, in addition TO tic above.
clothing not regulation. 17,00O pantaloons.
9,500 ovcrcoats, and Ii. 900 frock coats.
The Committee lad other matters before
them, but they were Of trivial character,
They have gone to Indianapolis, where thew
are promised developments Of rascality Of no
ordinary character. The Committee Will en-
ter into minute examination, aud, if we
mistake not, great will be the fall Of many
leading men. civil and military, iu the Hoosier
State. Similar dic1osures are predicted in
Illinois, to which State the Committee pro-
coed from Indianapolis Stand from under.
, 1862-03-14


Q!yGe Park is included in Lake)
This embraces one grand division Of Cook |
county, and is known as the South Division. |
It is bounded on the south by Will county, |
north By the main branch of the Chicago river,
west BY tic south branch Of TIC Chic:.o river |
and TIC Illinois and Michigan CaHal, east by |
Luke Michigan and tlit. State of I1s.ii...:..
The county towns contain population Of, .,15.Sl4
4AG HG4Ae .vJ.319
Two members cC The House Of iscprcsvat.-
tiycS.