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ByJ. G. MCGUIRE L CO.. Auetionssrs.

ByJ. 9. MCGUIRE CO.. Auetionsers.
TRCSTxEs SALE OF A VALUABLE LOT ON
ShipAH S 1rT.ksoos. s ose!:assa
deed Of trust. dated June iita. 1851 ana duly r re-
corded in Libsr g., No l42 folios 100, 60 and
vinon Of Square No. 2s, fronting 100 feet inches
north II street, and running to . point on the
Circle In Fourteenth street.
Terms Cash II the terms OF sale are not com.
piled With in i've days after the day Of sale, the
Trustee reserves the right to re sell ut the risk aud
cost Of the oefAultnS purchaser on one week D
notice in the 1venins Star.
Cost ofsonvs'sneiaE e bs Paid * shs ISreas:sr
oeas eod&ds 20. NoaUIR1 06.. Auets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-31
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hat The nsme implies. and combinins In neat
snd sm pls form the quality Of both ltiaf fssardsd
by physcians and others. 20 Iuose Of its
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" WN b. RILEY 4 BRO.,
Sole Agents for this Distsict ana fne
~ No. 90 "osntral Stores" opposite Center
Market. 1e 0-l0
, 1863-04-09

NEW XOlEk a1{OxJSFn.

We cali lie special attention of our COM
mcrclal readers to the report Of the Com
mittcc Of the New York Commercial As.
sociation and others, detailing their action
before the Committee Of the New York
Legislature, urging the enlargement Of the
New York canals. Tic report will con-
vince the West that the 1ea1ing business
men Of New York are satisfied that unless
the capacity of the New York Canals is
largely increased, and the enormous tolls
heretofore charged, arc greatly reduced.
New York must i'll few years loose her
control Of the vast and rapidly increasing
commerce IF the West. Whether they
can induce the Legislature to act as the
Importance Of the subject demands, re-
mains to be seen.
Whatever New York may do should
furnish no reason for our Canadian neigh
bors to relax their efforts to enlarge their
canals and secure their share of the trade
ofthc West. Before their Ottawa or their
Georgian Bay Canal can be built, or the
Welland enlarged, the West will furnish
them, the enlarged Erie Canal and all our
railways, with all tic freight they can pos
s1bly transmit to the seaboard. The f,ct
paIpablc TO all men who will examine the
subject, and often demonstrated in these
columns, that the production Of the Vest
IS only limited by its means of finding
cheap transit to the ocean still remains,
and the only question 10 be determined in
Tue future is whether the St. Lawrence or
the New York routes shall best acconno-
and therefore in the end secure the larcest
share Of this immcnsc trafIc.
, 1863-04-09
Trade of the H9cst-Y.he New
ship Canal schemes.
From the New York ucra111

The deaf car turned by our late radical Con.
Ere6s to the recommendations pressed rpon
i by our New York merchants aud leading
Nestcrn men Tor the enlargement Of the State
canals, 50 rs TO reduce the costs Of the freshts
ana ut the same time open an in crior conlmu-
nleallon 1or the passage Of our gunboats be-
tween New York and the interior seas. il. ns
Me predicted, already producing its fruits.
me western and Canadian papers hare lately
oecn TILED with discussions on tho merits Of
through Canada-thc Georgian BsF md thc
Ottawa ship canals. Besides these there il n
third scheme in agitation by British capital.
lste-naNely, the construction of n railroad
through the Saskatchewan and Red River f.is.
t!1cts-tornIlng = direct line Of commun'c1.
lion between the British Provinces and the
Pacific. That these enterprises hare sornr.
thing more than the character Of ncr,: nra;acts
may be judged Of from the fact that costly
surEeys have been entered upon and a GOOD
deal q money spent on other preli1ninaries.
me Western people despairing Of Congress
DONG anything TO redress their cotuplHint,
atc nsltg strenuous exertions to stimulate:
prevails on the part Of the Canadian press and
People to cooperate in any plan By which thu
interests Of the Western States and Of ths
provinces can be Jointly benefited.
IL vi! be subject OF everlasting regret
should Congress, By It's continued indifference
~ iAS JusA uG1HtIiuS u lQc western DG0Dln
insure the consulnation Of either Of the twn
d,st mentioned schemes. If ever there r,so
period when q disposition should bo mani
tested to conciliatc the interests Of all the diff
1ercnf sections of the country and to promote
tEsir common welfare it Is just now, when our
only chance Of restoring tic Union is hy pro-
noting good " i'll deradicatinE ul1 wellfonnd-
cd causes of jealousy between them. Besides.
it should HOT be forgotton that the prosperity
of New York depends to 4 considerable extent
Gil the Western trade. It Is consequently our
Interest 10 foster, instead Of driving it into
canals on the plan recommended to Conrr,ss
VIC can, with the aid Of King Frost. NIT an
estinEussher on all those projects which con.
template making the CANADIAN ports entrnno;s
Tor the grain shipments ofthc West. iii did
not have the Effect OF reducing the present rate
OF folls-which it eventually must-it would in
another way, diminish The cost Of transnnrta,
tion by at:idEing Tie time at present OCCUPIED
IN the conveyance OF fsc:ehts. Now th.t Tho
dt tt.nsiyc requirements Of the country pofnt
10 tie enlargement Of the canals as 4 matter
o. military necessity, We have no arprehcn-
slon t1:t the execution Of the protest can be
long delayed. The people Of New York
should, ECwercr, lake steps to manifest their
nf It, in ordernot Iuerrlyto quiet tile
snsceptlbilitics Of tEc Western peoplc. but to
the hands Of the advocates Of the
measure when it comes up for discussion in
tue ncAt Congress. -
, 1863-04-09

List Of all Postmasters appointed, Post.
Offices established or discontinued, and sites
and names Of Offices changed in Illinois, for
the week ending Saturday, March olst, 1858:
Names CAangft1-south Wheatland, Macon
County, to Elwin, David B. Foster, Post
master.
Ia1'aasfers +tnpointtd- Blue Point, Wayne
Co., L. scbroycr vice F. Mills, removed; Dun.
d"s, Richland Co., II. Rominger vice J. Kin.
caid; Rose Hill, Jasper Co., E. T. Moore vice
6. Wells, resigned; Vienna, johnson Co.,
John S. c. Crn,n vice A. Harrick, resigned !;
st. Joseph, Champaign, s. D. 3landayille
viccJ. II. shrecve, in the army; Camargo,
Coles Co., Hamlin e. Russell vice ". Il.
Lamb, resigned; East Bend, Ford Co., John
F. stansbuEy vice Z. NJ. Blackford, removed
for Cause; Iawndalc, Logan Co., Corydon F.
Stewart vice A. Esten, removed for cause,
, 1863-04-09

While our readers will be glad that they
are not to have the testimony in the case
of Hagcr inflicted upon thesn-Haser, we
mean, WHO'S now before that Ecclesiastical
Star Chamber Court, or that branch of the
Holy 1nGuisltion 1T Joliet-they will won
der why this attempt at sccresy was not
inaugurated d before Bishop WAitchousc hid
pressed the damaging and snutty present
ncnt oftte ccscnpon the public through the
Journals that are now forbidden to print
line ofthe defence. We can assure the prosc-
cutors, that, though VIC do not know Haeer.
and do not caTe.a button for him, in ca
noniea1s or out, had VIC been aware that
The TRIBUNE was to be made the agency
oy Which serious accusations were brought
against Lin, and that hc would have M
opportunity to reply, ,se should never have
suffered the prescntmcnt to appear in our
columns. The Bishop could have said or
sung it in Lis pulpit, if lie pleased; but
not q line Of it should have been printcd
here. We are afraid that ,1cw-f.llen snow
IS purcr, by ut least ono shade, than H,cer
will show on inspection, that secret tribu-
nal, AS His Lordship the Bishop las
constituted it, being the judge Of
Quality; but VIC love fair dealing, and had
The Star Chamber culrrit been accused of
all the CRIMES in the catalogue, even that
carltal crime CT hating others of the Lords
lis surcriors in station. lie
sEcula be permitted 10 defend when he il
ass"iled. The sharp practice that PUTS off
the public with the accusation only, that
turns Tie lcCortc1s oct Of court, and puts
witnesses ard I'LL others concerned uron
their horor to diyulge nothing that is done
behind those holy doors, thus shutting
liager's mouth, and suprrcssing his de-
fcnse, might do very well down in Shyster
Lane; but can hardly be called an exam
pie ct The ethics that the Church teaches
But tie case is too plain to need a word.
, 1863-04-09

E,n1o1l Ekuid into LaicIlnsoud.
The Unionists Of Middlrboro, Wayne coan-
ty, Indiana, made raid into Richmond on
on Saturday, and deposited to the credit OF
soldiers wives and widows, wood, provisions,
&c, to the value Of $oG..55 This is prob
ably the best contribution Of the kind eyer
made in tic North, and furnishes IN excellent
example for the patriotic Of other towns.
FROM TN Interesting account Of the afE4ir in
the Richmond 1tly'am, ne clip the follow.
inr:
as the immense procession filed into Main
street, the wagons three abreast, the baud
p1a. ing lively iir, and Hays flying, it vas, to
nse the expression Of i friend, .'the grandest
sight that ever human eyes behcld,' The
sidewalks were crowded with citizens md
strangers FROM the country, who had been at.
tractetl by the report that Middleboro was r,-
hGG ~ htat III CREATION u and rs the process
s1on passed along they gave expression 10 their
admiration in loud and prolonged cheering
AT the corner Of Main and Pcafl streets the
procession halted, and a fine beef, which was
urS np in Il wagon prepared for the occa.
t!sn, was cut W in'o roasts and steaks, and
sold to our citizens, who seemed to care very
litilc about The price, knowing that the pro-
ces ds would be }ndicious'y applied. We doubt
II e:cr beef ful:id Us ready i sale in our city.
ard wc are sure that none ever did at as re-,
n.nn' T:.tiye Prices: a large coop Of chickens
was tnlticd on the doublc.quick style ut 81
1cr pair, and the supply was not half equal to
the demand.
Tie ntncy received for tle beef and chick
ems was PLACED in the hands Of VIM. Parry,
for distribution in eucA manner rs he thought
advisable; and inasnuch as thu soldiers fstn-
~ were vel supplied, the provisions we're
sloI. q IN y. ". barnes grocery, and the wood
YTnni ri nd !,
on order from Mr.. Parry.
Sret cl.cs we're made BIZ Ncssrs. n. R. p,rnc
Col. ". I, Dennis, Capt. ]. ]. Finney, EIihu
noa, atd ar. u uudruH. The total coutribG-
, 1863-04-09

j Entertainment, if the life Of the Rcpublic
were not concerned, to witness an effort to
I! show how loyalty and disloyalty are one
/ and the same thing, or to prove that a man
! who is against the Union md the Constitu.
i t1on Is Just as true to both rs he who is
boldly out and out for them; that the rebel
VINO Is IN arms, and the members of the
cluD who stands by Inn, are, one and ull,
actually sustaining the Government;
mat clearly the only way to put
down the rebellion is to hold it IN:
and positively the only real traitors
are not the rebels in arms, but the men who
arc struggling 10 subjugatc them. The
remarkable agility, posturings, twistings,
and turnings which have been seen in the
efforts Of some Of the speakers at these
clubs, would afford rare sport, did not the
low eflrontcry and brazen-faced indecency
with which they expose their yilcncss and
uncover their nakedness, make every yir-
tuous mind rccoil and turn away with the
strongest feeling Of disgust and indigna-
tion. .
Its worthy Of mention also, that these
men, bad as they mean and try to be, can
not always succeed. The patriotic teach
iDgs Of their youth, the sentiments wrought
into their nature by better associations. the
influence Of the wise and good, whom they
may perhaps some time have known lit
tie, or at least heard about; or their own
perception Of the truth, too clear and strong
to be resisted or suppressed, work upon,
and compel them now and then to the ut
terancc Of sound political principles aud
noble patriotic sentiments. George Tick
nor Curtis, in lis effort before tile loyal dis
loyal club in New York, carried by some |
divine sttlatus out oflimself, and far above !
tho atmosphere Of the Club, let drop from
the sky 4 great, truth, which must have |
come down On their Coppcrhcadsa though
tie roof was all tumb1ing in. He says, in
so many most extraordinary words,
that "he who undertakes to suppress
" a revolt, and at tho same time furnishes |
" moral motives for resistance, is the same
"as he WHO fights his enemy with one
hand, and supplies him through the other
with the munitions Ct war" This is so
true that it cannot be denied no more can |
it be denied that these clubs, and all their
speakers and addresses do just this one
thing, and very little else, they furnish
moral motives to the rebels for resistance |
The only circumstance that would fail to
apply, is that the Coppcrhcad cannot be
said to fight the enemy with one hand, but
he uses both hands in supplying the rebels
with munitions Of war-hc is busy at ali
times with hand and brain in furnishing
traitors moral motives for resistance. Ac-
cording to Curtis the 1nrinciblc Club, and !
every club like it, is depot or magazine
for supplying rebels with munitions Of I
war; and no Gman whose head is sound,
and heart lora1 will Ifc,u,fa:+ r.
, 1863-04-09

Judged by the market, our relations
with Great Etitain were never more ami.
cable than To-day; judged by the fear OF
journalists, oliticians and statesmen, these
relations were never moro dangerously
complicated. In such cases it is generally
Capital that has the insight; hence, say
what the a1armists may, people who have
money to lose, make the stock exchange
th.ir barometer; and VIC are not sure that
thtY 1re not rirht
, 1863-04-09

The latest riiyatc adviccs from our army
before Vicksburg, arc Ill of the same tenor
and all amount to this: Have Patience
This is big job. We shall do it; but
have paticuce| The writer's only expires;
what the people herc-away feel, hence the
exhorta'ion is unnecessary. All that is
demanded, is the promise and guaranty O,
success; with that the North will be con.
tent to Hnit
, 1863-04-09

"ButIcr il vant.a1 hrro
again. Secession parties are very common,
and arc conducted in open defiance Of mill.
ta1y law. 4 few evenings since party was
given , to tue officers Of az English sloop of
tag vas spread under the snpper-t.blc, n, a
c,nnb cloth, yet no notice is taken Of it.
Ghjo1s nlcn, or more properly United States
Government employees, arc beginning to 70
armed; Those who arc willing 10 fiSht f5r
TIC Old flag are brrginning to despair, while
fdent and deflant,''
, 1863-04-09

The following letter, purportinc to hare
been written yesterday nt Sterling, Illinois,
appears in the Times Of this morning:
~, charter election, yesterday, we surprised
MMyor. i; sackctt: Esq. By 90 majority over E.
iM.sktne the candidate Of the s. b. ". L.. Abo-
lt1onis. We also elected our candidates for Alder
Casey, and also one In the 1st Ward, ". L. Yoe
mana. than whom better Democrat does not lire
We also elected oMr Marshal by = majority. The
Abo1itlonitta elected their Treasurer, Sidney A.
kim, and Road Commissioners, and two Aldermen,
J. LullIncr and E. Bush. in the I'd Ward, and s.
Burs1sy: mnllatto1ooking nfgger-wossh!pc:, in
tie Let Warl.'
A gentleman of reliability from Sterling as-
surcs US that there are no less than ten lie, in
the above. No. 1.-The ncgro-worshIppcrs
we're not surprised. No. 2-Sackctt ia a
staunch Republican. No. S-Neithcr Walpolc
OF Casey received yote. No. 4Yeomans
is radical Abolitionist, and the zm,es says
"a better Democrat does not uye.'' No. s.
Adam Smith, Republican, Was elected City
Marshal by at least 800 majority. No. g.
Atkins is Coppcrhead and was not elected
Treasurer; ". II. Thatcher, Republican, tcas,
with majority Of 400. No. mo Road
Commissioners were elected or voted for.
No. s-Luh1iner does not live in the I'd Ward,
and ncitherle nor Bush received vote; they
were not candidates. Chas. Worthington
and S. Z. Warren, Republicans, were elected
In the I'd Ward. No. 9-S. s. Buckley does
not live in the 1st Ward. No. l0-Ho Was
not elected or voted for.
The election news of the Times is very re-
liable.
, 1863-04-09
CLUHS AND MUNITIONS OF wau

~4o ~AN0 ALI 1710 AONc OF WAR
There is club in New York CITY like
tie one the spurious Democrats keen 70
ing in Chicago. There, as here, it is made
up Of men who profess patriotism, but act
as though they were enemies Of the couu-
Try; OF those who say they arc for the Con-
sututlon, but cannot condemn the men
who have rebellcd against it; Of those who
Claim TO be for the Union, but think the
Traitors had good reasons for taking up
arms against It; and generally Of that class
OF 1fail, sllaky, and diseased men, who can't
bcsr the. thought that any party
should succeed but their own party,
many Of whom would rather dis
union should triumph than be put down
by such means as they don't approve; and
when the choice is between cmancipation
or the disruption Of the Republic, thcy
raticr think negro freedom the worst of tile
two. These clubs gather into their meet
lngs all the secret secesh, the snealinc
traitors, disappointed politicians and sore
heads, men whose love Of place and spoils
is large and fierce and more than a match
for love Of country, the toadies and lick
spitt1es Of Southern aristocrats, those who
regard the blacks as their rivals and aro
jcalous and savage lest the negro, being
the ADLER and better man, push them out Of
place and employment; the men who in.
Yite civil discord, and long for disturbance
and confusion in our midst, as they hope
great gain for themselves from any
trouble or disorder-in word. all
that are least patriotic and least
loyal, all who sympathize with treason
and lore traitors, all who are backward
and cold in the cause of freedom, and for
ward and determined in the defense OF
slavery. It would move our curious in
terest, did it not rouse so deeply our dis
like and indignation, to note what kind Of
political principles, views and measures,
were announced and defended at the meet
ings Of those clubs 1t wouldbe q rare
, 1863-04-09

ISSUE and after brief struggle 1t went under
the sod. In its carly days 1t was livcly, pIqu-
ant and funny, with deal more than tho aver.
'ge amount Of "good things" but in its
mature hours 1t sank Into something Of imbo-
cllity, which ended in tleath.
, 1863-04-09

EB Family Fair has shared the fate which
sefme To oEertake all the imitators Of caa,;
pori and Punch, that spring up at interval. in
this country. Commenced as weekly, ths
high price Of paper reduced It to = monthly
, 1863-04-09
a Copperhead Forgery Nailed.

a Copperhead Forgery Nailed.
The Anderson CIndiana) STANDARD pub
lishcd, some time since, what purportcd to
be letter from John Thompson, Of company
F, Miston Rifles (34th Inaiana,) in which it
vas affirmed that in their camp the "pio-
neers " took precedence OF the white soldiers
in drawing rations, drove Of the sick soldiers
from the fire into the cold, and had good
bread and meat, when the white soldiers hal
fat pork and hard tack.'' This letter vent
the rounds Of Tho Copperhead press, gar.
nishcd with startling head lines, and fndig-
nant comments. Mr.. Thompson has Just
sent another letter to the same Coppcrhcad
organ, in which he accuses the writer with SO
garb1ing his first letter as to entirely change
the meaning, He eays that what the letter
says he never wrote; but that on the con-
trary, all euch stories are false. This ct doc
toring" or forging letters from the army has
got to be an established business among the
secesh organs Of the North, in which the one
in this city "leads the column"
, 1863-04-09
INDIANA.
MisHAWAkA,
MlSuANAKA. 1nfl. itnr;

------ M1sHA"AkA, lnu., Apfi1S, 1868.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
In THE mornings iSsue you invite returns from
township elections, therefore send you tho fol
lowing result OF our election yesterday.
Fer township Trustee, unconditional Union, 4so
Democrat 1913, Union majority aes; Justice Of the
Peace, Union, 423, Democrat, 200, Union majority
ess3; Constable, Union, 4at Democrat 1o9, Union
majority ea2. coltax's majority 1ast fall 100.
Ono lending, influential Democratic farmer came
in to vote, got out Of his buggy, examined the
Ticket and would not vote it-too much CORNER
head in Its composition for him. n.
, 1863-04-09
FROM R0SECRaNS' ARMY.
THE DISGRACE AT BRENTWOOD,


Correspondence Of tho Chicago Tribune1
FRANKLIN, Tenn, March 20, 1861.
Since my last, matters hare been propress.
ing rather industriously on this wing Of the
army, and scarcely day passes without Il col
'ision between the forces In this vicinity. On
Yesterday morning, before dny-break, three
of'gades OF rebel cavalry, under Forest, ,Stearnes
and Wharton, penetrated our lines On both
Inc east and west sides Of town, conrerEine
ut Brentwood,a 4 small railway station equi-
distant between this place and Nashville. ani
occupied By $50 men, composed of remnants
OF the ed Wisconsin, SD Indianaand Mich
igan, under command oi Lieut.. Col Blood
good. The object Of the post was to guard
the railroad bridge On the Little Harpeth.
The rebels completely surrounded our force,
and placcd their artillery in 4 position to do.
stroy the stockade. Thus circumstanced, the
Colonel doubtless deemed it better to susren-
der than resist, md yielded TO his fate. The
bridge, and all the Government property that
could not be removed, was Immediately de-
etroycd, aud the rebels, with their prisoners,
took the road leading west from Brentwood.
In the meantime, Gen. Granger, having been
appriscd Of the move, dispatched Gen. Green
Clay Smith, With al the available cavalry
force, to the scene Of danger, with orders to
save the bridge, if possible, and if not, to pur-
sue and punish the rebels. When Lie reached
there the rebels had gone, and he imnediately
pressed forward In pursuit, oyertaking them
ZONE four miles from Brentwood, and 1t once
attacked them with vjgor. He retooI The
wagons, anlbu'ances and mules, and captured
several hundred stand Of arms, together with
over fifty rebel prisoners, and would unoues-
t1onaDly have retAken the prisoners and thor.
ouglly routed the rebel force, but for the gnd-
den appearance Oh his flank, Of the brigade
which had passed to the east Of this place.
reaching Brentwood forty minutes after
Smiths forces had left.
This complication forced our men to fill
back, but they did so in the best order, bring.
ing OFF their captures successfully, and lc..Y.
lng on the field not less than 100 killed and
wounded rebels. Some Of tile Inter were
brought Ae1e in the ambulances. Among tho
kllltd Is nephew Of the late General Zo}li-
Golfer.
Our cavalry fought with the most deter
mined bravery, making some most brilliant
eabre charges. Two Lieutenants of the 9Th
Kentucky, with twelve men, were entirely
surrounded, when they made desperate dash
and cut their way through, killing several and
taking seven prisoners, with whom they made
their way to Nashville, reaching this place
next day, to the great delight of their friends,
who lad given them over for dead Simuta-
ntously with tho raid on Brentwood, our nick
cts here, on every road leading South, were
driven in, and in attack in force threatened,
II reports may be credited, the rebels have a
heavy force between here and Columbia, and
each succeeding morning is expected to be
ushered III With the music Of artillery. P.
, 1863-04-09

DENIES H-Gen. Dir writes tn tho Ncw
York 9;naes from Fortress Monroe. denyinr an
assertion Of one OF it, correspondents that he
Lad said that the rebels were cyacuatinr Rich.
nond. he adds that he has no Information
to warrant any such conclusion,
, 1863-04-09
Burning OF Voolfolk. pamo1t,
let.
From the Mfssnrr, State r+;,... ..,,,,,

lR7o1H eE' -H1Esonfs s1atc Iloacs, April 4thI
on Sunday morning last Gen. Ben. Loan
nag burned the large number Of Col. Wool.
taken into the custody Of Provost Marshal
publication. 49,
The General received orders from the pro-
yscest Marshal General at St. Louis, to thus
dispose OF them. lie also subsequently nc.
1amphlets n5ght be destroyed; so the whole
edition, will the exception of q fsw straw
copies, were committed TO the flames.