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IN DISTRICT COURT or HOWARD co.
IOWA.
Daniel Shall,
Christian McEwen, Notice Of Suit.

TO Christian McEwen aad John Plumb, Defendants:
You are hereby nosd that there Is Ale In the
Office ofthe Clerk District Court Of Howard county
Iowa. petition of Daniel Shall, claiming Of you the said
Christian McEwen the sum Of two hundred and ninety six
and So 100 dollars interest thereon from the 18th day
Of April A. D. 1885, as money due on promssory note
and the foreclosure deed in the MIXTURE of mortgage
executed TO secure the and you the said John Plumb
are hereby notified that claim is made against
YOU And unless you appear thereto and defend before
second day Of the next term OF said court to be
holden In said county commencing the fifth monday
after the 81 monday in September 1862 default will
be entered against you and judgment rendered thereon
D. H. HUGHES e. Al. V. BURDiCk.
-3, g.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

pg~ We dislike extremely to pick up horn
and go to blowing it for any body. 1t is 50
much the fashion for country papers to do that
it excites more frequently smile of rldicule
than any admiration of the ilustrious pufed.
Yet modestly, and with Difference, we wish
to say something for worthy and modest off,
Ger, if our readers will pardon US. He is a
man whom we sincerely admire, and one who
is doing the State some service. and will con-
tinue to do so. 1t is Col. E. McNair, of the
South Arkansas Regiment.
A cool, calm, brave man, of military expert
ence, strong native judgement. stern sense of
duty sober habits and humane temperament
he is the stuff that Brigadiers should be made
Of Unfortunately for the country he is mod
est withall, and has no trumpeter.
In the battle of Elkho his conduct of his
regiment excited the admiration of all his SOL
diers. He was cool and firm, and all his evolu-
tions were marked by the soundest discretion
After the fall of McCulloch he was the only
Col. on that part of the field, and he brought
the command off in order. Many Rrigadier
created during the war has not half his merit.
Il would have been better now, if he had COM
nanded at Elk-horn.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

LATER FROM CoRINTH.-We have conversed
with o gentleman who left Little Rock on
Thursday last, one day later than the mail
We lean from him that dispatch came from
Memphis dated the 9th, to tie effect that both
armies at Pea Ridge were, that morning, too
much exhausted to renew the conflict. The
enemy were retreating, and our forces were
falling back to their former lines Their loss,
in killed, wounded and prisoners was estimated
ut &c, 900. Ours was also very heavy. Col.
Fagan's and the 9th Tennessee regiment suf-
fered the most severely. Our army was in
fine spirits and very confident, ON which it
would seem that the battle was to be renewed
Mt an early day
On the evening of the 9th inst. 2, 800 Federal
prisoners were brought to Memphis, including
J. s officers Nothing later had been heard
from Island No. 10.
We regret to learn that Gen. Hind ndman lost
his leg-shot away in the battle. Col. Glad l.
den, of New Orleans, lost an arm. 1t. Col.
Thompson, of Fagan's Regiment, was m99rtally
wounded The friends of Gen. S. H. Hemp
stead of Little Rock, will be panied to learn
chat his son, Beal Hampstead, lost his life in
shs battle. 1t is the most glorious death to
die.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16


THE SURE REsULT.-The destruction OF our
Northern foe begins to loom up, aud take def
mite shape. 1t is not to be accomplished by
power of arms. We must fight certainly, but
we fight not for conquest. We resist to i'm
pose upon our enemy the necessity of exertions
and expenses which make his own destruction
sure.
In another column will be found an extract
on the subject of the Federal debt. There
appears our best salvation. No temporary
success Of their arms can avert from them the
, crushing weight of their fast accumulating
debt, which settles down upon them, unrelen.-
ingly as fate-which broods over their future
like the spectre of the Brocken. Each con
quest reveals to them the hopelessness of re-
uuioE-betrays to them an inevitable insol-
vsncy.
They are gene beyond redemption. All the
boasted wealth of the North cannot save her.
That debt, t,contracted in DESPERATION and based
upon Southern wealth, which they hoped to
subjugatc, will crush them ost. 1t is q pitia-
BILE spectacle. Like spoiled children they have
thrown away the richest inheritance ever
vouch safed IN unworthy people. They ruin
themselves in the effort to regain it, and have
nothing before them but darkness and gloom.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND NoH-

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND NoH-
CLAiMs.-As some diversity If opinion
..xists amongst members of tie bar a. t.
ne cessation of the statute of Limitations
it is we'll that the public sh uld be advis
ed with regard to it The effect of lh,
"rdinaLces and acts on the subject max,
this much certain, that neither tie at
or against any one in the military servlc.
of the Confederate States or the State.
That the statute of nou-claim does run
where neither party is in such servic'.
The doubt is whether tie stature o!
limitation runs between prties neither oi
whom is in the military service.
An ordinance of the convention regula
ting sales under executions, &C., coutains
this clause:
The time during which 'his ordinance
is in force shall not be computed in any
ease where the statute of limitations comes
in question"
That applies to all persons, and ii thar
ordinance remains in force, the statute OF
limitations is stopped.
At a subsequent sessi, of the legisla
ture an act was passed facilitating TIE
circulation of war bonds, which act stop
ped the statute of limitations only in Ger,
tain cases, bat without repeating the or
dinance.
Whether or not the ordinance be re-
pealed by implication, is the question:
We think not, and that at present the
statute of limitations does not run at all
Those interested, however, and who wish
to be perfectly safe, had better bring suit 4,
20 save the possibility of loss.
For the benefit of the unprofessional
reader we explain that, the statute of lin
itaGons prescribcs the time in which suits
1t law must be brought. The statute of
non-claim prescribes the time in which
claims against the estates of deceased per
sons mus, be proven aud presented to the
executor or administrator. The two stat
utes are different in subject matter, aud
in time.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
To g. ID. RoYsroS,
Al. c., Richmond, Va.
II. 5. GEO. OFFUTT.
Chief of Contract Rureau

DEFEScEs OF NEw ORLEANs.-A correspon-
dent of the Richmond (va.) Dispatch, writing
from New Orleans, says what follows:
The Mississippi is fortified so A. TO be i'm
passible to any hostile fleet iotilla. Fort
Jackson and st. Phillip are armed with lIn
he w guns, (6S FOUNDERS. rhed by BarKlry
Britten, and received from England). The
navigation of the river is stopped by dam
about a Quarter of mile from the above
forts No fotilla on earth would force that
dam in less than two hours, during which il
would be IN close and short range nl l70 guns
of the largest calibre, many Of which would be
served with red hot shot, numerous furnanre>
for whi,h have been srccted in every tort aud
every battery.
In day or two We shall have ready two iron
casei floating batteries. The plates arc 4 /,
inches thick, of the best hammered iron re
coived from Englanl and France. Each iron
cased battery will mount 20 6S Founders. so
as to skim the water and strike the en- my :
hull between wind and water. We have ~
abundant supply Of incendiary shells. cnpola
furnaces for molten iron, cDngy6vc rockets
and ireships.
Between New Orleans and the forts Il. .ere
is a succession Of earthworks. Ar the Pain
of Cha'mette. near Janins property. tn re 1r.
rednubts armed with rfr1 cannon. W 'tich ha Q
been found to be effective at five nils rang.
A ditch 80 feet wide ani % feet deep ex
tends from the MisSissippi q La Cyprirrr
IL forts St. Phillip anl Jackson there are
z, 900 men. # whom guollv portion are ex-
periencrd artillery men and gunners who have
served in the navy
At New Orleans itself we have q. 900 in.
flntry, and in the immediate nei.hborhnod
are ouartered as many more. Ia discipline
IL.
koes We have tw very able anil active Cen
erals. who p ssrss our entire conf lsnce-Gen.
Mansfield Loyell and Brig. Gen. Rug-les -
For C .mn o lore We have o.d Iloilins. who is
n Nelson in his way.
We arc realv 10 e.v, the Yrnkees hat
reception when they com. around me MI
n C wild with excitement anil rage. Our only
mr. i that the Northern Invaders may not
rpr>ar We have ~ die such extensive pre-
raIations to receive Them that il were yexl-
tons if their invincihlc armada escape the
f.te VIC have in store for them.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

MORE VoLuNrEERs.--Just about the finest
company yet, passed through here yesterday.
1t is spy company of Texans, under the com
mand of Capt. A Johnson of Collin Co., Texas.
1t was raised by the Capt. under instruc tions
from the lamenteJ McCulloch. befo, his death
1t is composed of 40 men we'll mounted and
armed, and we must say very civil and well
bred. They are unconnected with any regi-
ment, and intend to act as scouts and spies.
This branch of the service begins TO assume
great Importance lately. The example of Nor
gan in Tennessee, points the way to very
efficient means of exhausting the enemy. If
there is anything in looks, this company of
Capt. Johnson's will make report of them
selves, the first thing we know.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

FdoM Mexico. The D lta has receiv
ed Havana papers which contain irt.lli
geuce of a truce having been conclude
between the Mexican Government and
the allied Powers. and that = cnnvnntini
is TO he held At Orizab1 tor the consider,
ZION of the reclamations made by the lat
ter. The allied armies are to occupy the
three towns of Cordoba. Oriz,ba, aud Te
huacan, during the sitting Of the Con.
venrion, but in case it should result in y
rupture, of the Negotiations. the allies are
10 with lraw to the lines in front of Vern
Cruz. In the meantime the Mexican hag
j. to Be raised in that city ard On the
castle Of San Juan de Ulloa.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
MoyrMEyrs AND INTENTIONS or THE

MOVEMENTS AND INTENTIONS or THE
ENEMY An idea Of the enemy's mnve-
ments and iutentions may be formed BY
The following explanations, which may b.
understood by the reader IT be will ioni
On The map vf Tennessee aud N .rtn Ala
Da,na, which have becurDe tue present SEA
OF war. The, ensrDys approaches may he
.nit 20 CONSIST OF kpur colum.s. First. by
gunUo.ts by way Of the Mississippi from
Cairo secyld, By the T-unrs>ee river !;
third, from Nashville on the Gun bcr.and ;
ana fourth, from COIumhu-, Ky, auu
Paris, Tenn where large body Vt Fc'ie
rails are h"ld iu reserve for reiutUrcemcuis.
rhe cvlunn on tie Teuuessce river has
concentrated principally at SavauEah, on
the east 81 lie Of the river, theii number.
being estimated AZ from thirty 10 ht'y
thousand, aud which it will b. seen /
nearly On line with Memphis
Forty FIVE miles from Savannah, in a
sourhwsrdy direction, is rhe mouth "I
yellow creek, Which is ci II teen miles
nearly due west from Corinrh. Miss th'
junction of the Memphis aud Charle-tn
aud the Mobile aud vi 10 RliIr.md-. l.
being all inpprrant 10 tie enemy 20 "b
tain possession Of this latter point an'i Ih,
iwU roads IN his demUnstr tIuIs On Mem
phis, he j. nov cutting a military 40
from the Tennessee. at yellow Greek, q
Curinrh Buells Nashville column Ina
already pushed Hs advance as lar a. Co
iumbis, Tenn and wall no doubt nlarcl
TO Yellow creek TO support the Tennessee
column, ii necessary, la its ff'rt TO gal'
the Charleston road II is also suppose
that the enemy may attempt 70 gain ou
rear, by the WY Of Florence, Ala 20 tn
tennessee, to Tuscu nbia, which is onl,
four miles distant by branch from th,
Charleston road. There is a splrndi,
bridge over the Tennessee .; Flrence
which could be destroyed in case AN fl ,r
was made Buelfs Column Of 10000 o
'rtion Of il, might al,o advance To Flo
renee, from Columbia, which is 6S miles
The distance from Tu>cumbia 10 Nashville
wa Columbia, by The old military rpa'
made by Jackson il tile Creek VIZ, beInj
about lU miles. TIE great battle mu.
therefore he fought between CONT a.
Jackson, Tenn aud between the Tepnes
see aud Mississippi rivers. ...
Our country is thoroughly aroused I
the Importance Of this great battle, an
our 10 ces are being concentrated at Ill
proper places In vu>I numbers, and 10
confidently believed that they will BE- egui
to every emergency - Vrksburg Citizen
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

Gag 4 cores rondent Of the Rrl,ig
Standard, gives the following ac., nut 0
the proceedings Of tie Burn>id. Yankees,
at Wintnn, during their recent vi,it Ia
that place:
"The Yankees come up to Winion
Thursday, with Fix cunb ,afs ard tn
rEn~pnrtS, and after throwing gord
many shells, landed ab"uf 1870 men AVID
proceeded 20 rob aud plundrr the pl ,cr.
rlrrv stole l,die>' aud clilhrens' clui hing,
BID clothes. ard threw b ID. 10 the street
aud burnt them. They brk, up furni.
lure, aud then proceeded To burn ~ >u,l
Of the hui ding- as were in the L,wcr ART
Of the town. The principal sufferers b.
he fire we're Cul. j. J"rdan, Mr<. j A
Anderson, james Nnrthcuit Mrs Haley
and DIR. ID. Ii Shields. Most Of the .. Il
ers we're rifed Of their conteIts.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

ISLAND No. 10-We have no coroboration
of the telegraphic accounts of the fall of Is
land No. 10. The matter yet remains mvs-
terry. 1t may be, and doubtless is the case,
that our forces have been compelled. by pru-
Dental eason, high water, for instance, to
shift position. But we cannot think they
have been forced from position by the mill
ftary power of the enemy. We await the next
news with interest and promise read ers
an extra if it should be highly important
We have mails since last Friday, and expect
something interesting when we get the next
Whether Islard No. 10 be fallen or not, Mem
phis is yet far from their reach.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

Our VoLUNTEERs.-We learn from private
sources that regiment has been organized at
Duvalfs Bluff, in which the four COM
panies from this county, which recently left,
have been in cluded. We mean the compa-
nies of Captains u P. johnson, Dan Jones
Cottingham and 1nabnett, Our information
is imperfect, but gentleman named King has
been elected Colonel, our fellow-citizen, A. H.
Carrigan, 1t Col, and Mr.. Fletcher, Major
The :'Worsham Avengers from Lafayette
have been organized in another reg giment, con-
corning the officers of which We are as yet un-
advised.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

NORTHERN PRosPEcr.-The outlook which
Lincoln and his Black RepublicanCabinet.he have
into the future, must be one of darkness and
blank dismay. What can they see there hope
ful? II they ever entertained the dream Of
Southern subjugation. it must long since have
vanished. Their conquests even intimate to
them their doom. Rightly considered, land
they feel the force of it already the most
woful tidings have been revealed to them by
those very successes which the more
thoughtless of them have been so jubilnnt.-
Heretofore the Wal party at the North have
deluded themselves, and sustained tn hopes
of their people with the iiea that there ex ist I'D
in the Southern States large and powerful
Union element. They huve believed that, if
aided and protected by federal arms, this
Union feeling wss sufi i3iently potent to sustain
the organization of State governments-to
send membnrs to Congress. AMI elect Senators
from Union Legislatures. Their hope of a
forced Union rested only on the belief that
there were people in every State attlched
to the Union. Enough, if encouraged and
Wui ST the vi ucaSOH gHt
be held up to the vision Of the weak secession
lists, to keep up and preserve the semblance of
popular government. to susrain the form
and machinery of the old constitution-to i'm :
pose upon the world the appearance of unity.
They have come. With smiling countenan-
ccs and bland protestations, the armies of he
Union have made their triumphal entry into
the State of Tennessee. Johnson and Ether
edge and many Tennesseeans in their train.
They come with full assurances of that loyal
ty to the old Unien which was to gladden. the
hearts of Lincoln and his black republican
coadjutors. They ''roared as gently as the
sucking dove" They would feign have gath
cred the oppressed people of Tennessee, ''as
hen gatherelh her chickens under her wings!'
They stand aghast! There is no response!
Not a particle of the long hoped for Union sen
timentl All is suen, cold, repulsive! They
feel themselves in the land of their enemies
They wilt under the contempt Of those in y
overshadow. The silent scorn of the citizens
is more terrible to the far-seeiug than the
blade of the adversary in the battle field. 1t
writes the doom of the black republican party
on the wall "Mene. Meme. Tekel uphas n"
There is no more Union forever.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
Correspondence Of the Telegraph.
RIcHMnSD- Va 25fh Mar 1869

Dear C0ioneL--Immedi.t tely alter the pas
sage Of the Act creating a ma route from
~ Washington TO Fort Smith aud other new routes.
III the second Congressional District, | ad-
r.ssed a letter to tie Post Master Genera.
Urging him to put said routes ih operation i'm
.uediateiy. ana lave this moment received the
enclosed reply to nay letter upon the subject,
which you can publish for the information Of
,he people, tor whose convenience the route
vas established ! hope that Congress will
'dj ,urn at an early day, legislation upon
'thcr subjects than those tending to secure
our independence is at present unuccessar,
.nd inexPedient. Congress has passed some
acts which meet with my support aud others
With what opposition could bring against 1t.
Time alone will test who is right.
Your friend,
q. ID. ROYSTON.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

Gen l.tG- lac apPulntlnent d Y
L-c Y mmhr.i-i iu-Lnl-f IL one wht-L
...il wrh great satisfagiT %. In thei
amy IT, w. lnr'y r.-ard 4 as 81
oniy 10 Gen. ScHr, aud we beiiers 1
was tIe upInioI uf he l. rutciatt G-a
hiusself. A su engineer officer, be
Q u -csscdly nu sui eriUr, auu Ia EVIL, /
pet, We are incline.I To think. i the b
selection. iha; c-uiI have becI ul.,ie
same "bj-rriun that was made q 9
Washington has been alleged AZ ,iusi \
Lre-to) much cautirr but IL provo.
advantage ia the frsI R vvlutioa, aid
b. equ .l.y 50 In the second. Tie I
c1utious General iu the Federal rsk
Buell., a I'd he has been the most sun
tul. Gen Lee Is a uiau # great ND
Of CHARACTER, but exIr .oriiuary vus
courage, and s.lf- possession
That tie cosnma"d der in chief of
Who'll. army l. now placed 10 the haul
military leader, i ot itself sable1
profound c.'ugraInlatiun The tes
government from the beginning. hH
but one military head, aud he u 4
at educated .uli;er.
We r'ioice that the South is abb
adopt the same 'cotnmon sense cousl
10 haye &C the head Of AL her milial
eritlons one man, aud he a man n
10 camp aud accustomed from his yydl
To she science aud practice Of var.
TRichmon a Displsl
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
rA- 4 late New York Tribune 15tl

rR- 4 late New York Tribune (l5th
ut y has the following special dispatch
from Washington:
The slavery question has new interest
from the letters received last night from
Europe. II snow understood that Mr>sr,
Mason aud SIi1-ll have made Propositions
il London and Paris calculated 10 enli>I
the sy'npaIh hies of religion, people and "i
liberals They ofer as the ccDditlon f
rrc'e nitlou:
|. The protection Of the marrirs rse re!a
tinn among slaves
?. The remr.val Of al. statutory imped
lments 70 mahnmi>>iyi-
3. Prospective emancipation.
vi course Tree trade is thrown 10 "a
buOf.
The Tribune's Washington correspon-
dent, aud the Tribune itself, must think
:heir readers the arrantest fouls awe
Perhaps good many Of them are.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
esS- 4 d;s,,,.b fr,m w,shiur,on q

rsls~ A iisp'trh from Washington on the
9th ut. says. li-pltchcs receive NJ the Navy
Department. announce that THE htg of the
United States floats PDrt Marion. NJ San
augustine. F.nriii. TIC t'En WAS surTen-
r,erei without ighrin-- Tha Town authorities
received Commodore X rdacrs in the toHn hall.
and. aitri bring assured that he T"uld protect
loyal citizens. they r'isc1 the faE with their
,.wn hands The rebel troops evacuate the
place the night b,fore the appearance Of the
gunhoats. This is the second of the old forts
aiken. Jacksonville was also surrendered in
like manner. The Governor ha- recommended
the entire evacuation Of East Florida
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, \
CoSpRAcr BUREAU,
Richmond. March ZIst. lsdI

iNieuMuuH, March -lsI, LSbZ.
SIR have the honor to acknowledge tile
receipt of your letter OF the 18th Instant, urg-
ing upon the department the instant nece ssity
ii It's ordering service on routes, recently es
ttblished IN ARKANSAS, on the stand point Of
both military aud general necessity
In reply 10 your suggestion, | would inform
you that the law, authorizing tile establish
hent of new routes, among them the routes
from Washington 60 Fort Smith and from Cam
TO Miller's Bluff, has not been transmitted to
this Bureau from the proper sources Of the
Legislative Department. In addition to
this bar, the immediate action, which you are
pleased to urge upon the Postmaster General.
would fiud some delay in the necessary adver-
tisement Of the utes, required by Jaw, which
contemplatcs some degree of publicity befor.
the service can be ordered upon them
So soon as the rolls will have been received
at this Department the matter Of your sug-
gestion will be taken up and inquired into
Respectfully,
II. 5. GEO. OFFUTT.
Chief Of Contract Bureau.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

Ggy. TooaBs-The Atlanta Intelligencer
recommends that Gen. Toombs be placed at
the head Of our armies. 1t says he has alrays
been in favor of an active and aggressive
policy, and if put at the head of 200. 900 men.
il thinks he would soon cross into the enemy :
country and seize Cincinnati. Philadelphia.
Washington, and Baltimore. Gen. I. always
believed We should have war on large scale.
and therefore, while member Of the Cabinet.
and before the blockade was applied. he urged
the President to send TO Europe for 10000
stand Of arms, and full supply Of all kinds
Of ammuni ion.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
aay- North Alabama is a large grain

nay- North Alabama is a large grain
producing country. We are sorry to see
in the "Southeru Advocate" If the 26th
ult the following inIimation of short
crop. More depends upon those sectious
which can raise grain in abundance:
NJ rch, thus far, has been more sa-
agreeable, raw, rainy, aud cid than the
winter months were. For two or three
days the clouds spit snow. Theroad are
almost impassable. The grounds have
beeu kept so wet that farmers have been
.bls to do but little blowing, and are uu
usually backward 10 getting ready to plant
corn. But little cotton will DE planted
this spriug.
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16
Northern papers say that there are NJ,

Northern papers say that there are now
at Leavenworth, Karsas. some Is 900
troops. with a large supply Of cavalry aud
a fair proportion of artillery. They adj
that the entire force that will accompany
Gen. Hunter in his expedition will consist
Of about $4,000 troops, aud think, a.
they will march 20 the west Of Missouri,
through the Cherokee Nation, and enter
Arkansas below Van Buren,, they will
have no difficulty iaobtainin : subsis encs.
They expect to march 10 the Cherokee
Marion in ten days after leaving Lcaveu.
worth. --rr r|r-.rtrr
Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

To BE Suor 1T il announced in the Louis
vile Democrat that Col. Ebenezer Migofiin.
bpother of GovcriAr Magofin. of Kentucky. has
been sentenced at St. Louis to be shot for the
violation of his parole. He is confined At Al
ton. lie WAS tri a another cOunt-the
murler of u s soldier. but was acquitted
Of tha charge. The weakkneed Governor OF
Kentucky will feel consolation in knowing
that his Federal allies are exceedingly g. ac.ou-
toward some Of his family, although they have
tile rcspec. for him.