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TRAGEDY 1T FEDADv1sl.
TWO Citizens Shot dead by n Horse
1hicf-1ltc Thief Guptured-
1Ae Citizen. 1srap0%c to
Hang tho Thief.

From the indianapolis Journal, a1th.1
Between the hours Of Two and three.
Wednesday afternoon, two men, mounted on
large, powerful, tine looking horsrs, entered
kok.mo from the South, rude to livery sta
bic on the square and accostet! Mr.. Nelson
COOPER, horse dealer, informed him that they
desired to sell the horses and trapt,ings. While
they were talking with Il view 10 IN :ldyauta-
geons sale the Sheriff Of Howard county
walked 10 the spot, from nciyhboriug hotel,
thinking he recognized in the general appear
ance OF the horses resemblance to 4 couple
Of horsts quite recently stolen from L Air.
Pyle, living near indianapolis, Us described in
posters scattered through the country. A
close scrutiny OF the animals convinced him
they were the ones described as stolen; and
he ordered the riders to dismount md surren-
der them This they refused to do, where
upon the Sheriff called upon the By
ISLANDERS to assist him in arrestinc
tht III. Several parties stepped forward to
seize the brides, when one Of the men immc-
diately turned his horses bead and gal1opei
up tie road north. The second party, how
ever, being surrounded aud in some danger Of
capture, deliberately drew revolver and fired
several times ut his wonld.be captors, two Of
the ball: taking effect fatally in i'll. bodies of
Nelson Cooper and the Rev. John Lour, both
Of whom dicl within an hour
The murderer then oytrhauled his horse.
WHICH srrang into the road and started off at !.
gallop. He was not to GIT off go easi]y as his
companion, however, for the saddle..lrth be-
coming uDfas' ened, the fugitive was thrown
to the ground, while the horse galloped away
following the other which had been deserted
BY its rider, who Ind taken to the woods. The
murderer was about to run for the woods,
also, when Il returned soldier, who had wit.
messed the whole affair, ran to within shoot.
Ing distance Of him, and with his revolver,
shot him through the left hip, disabling hi.n
and permitting OF his capture.
There Is great excitement in Kokomo over
this tradgedy, the infnriated friends of the
murdered men, both Of whom have large fam
lilies, being determined to hang the prison :,
Who i, with difficulty, held in tle jail by the
Sheriff. At noon Of yesterday, ;,cnple an-
nounced, in Kokono, their intention Of
taking the prisoner that evening and hang.
Ing him from the bridge. The Sheriff has been
notified by the mob that he must either sur
render the rrison or witness the destruc-
ton Of the Jail. Up to three o'clock yester-
day afternoon, the other party had not been
taken, having fed to the swamps north Of
kokon'o, to which he VAS pursued by large
number Of citizens, some Of whom are still On
bis track. Jones acknowledged having stolen
the horses, and says he anu his "pal'' had
sworn to each other to defend the booty to
tile last. He is ii an agony Of terror as to the
of the neoplc,
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ulgnAtfon prevehtcd-
-, PROPOSED UNION CONVENTION.
" Is proposed ny some Of our friends that 4
Union Mass Convention be held on the same
Cay that Tue CoppeIheads hold theirs. And1
40 not Know put that the idea wonld be 2
gooa one; Lei Tue Union men turn out In.
sucn numbers as 70 oYera"e these traitors IN
to submission to the law. It would be just
Ieuukc to tnen LOT tnefr continued efforts to
ueo''os AA' eoum,,s, .,,.; ma sro,x
n., ~ ~, 1o"
1ng It.D'steT, o. T. thls clty; ana the corre.
seponusnL etpa o1 tne 1n1*' pnol1siled statement
suai eoxt H. iaIes i naa deposited S.5,oo 1n
oanA ~ en1s cl.y ~ nss cream, una was seiting
tho onas ne p'ous 5sno.;.as s'' h tnf 1acs s'
iTn;tnd % States oua1te1maste2 ~ ~ ~. buu1n!op,
Snncu ,a Stse asas %ual ~ % iaaststt ~ me 10Y
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Since the arrest Of the treason-s1,r;s,-or
Vallandighkm, his disciples fill thr sir
with cries about the Constitutional 1ich, Of
!" free speech."' We wish to ask those Con-
perhcad defenders Of free speech how
much Of this Constitutional and sacred
privilege did their pary allow to be ex-
erciscd in the South before the war broke
out? How much Is free speech vas tolc-
rated in 6ecessia during the twenty years
before the warf Did they ever hear Of
any one being arrested, imprisoned, fined,
tar and feathcred, rode on rail, whipped,
ducked, and even hung, for daring to e1-
c1cise his Constitutional right Of free
sreech!" "Al. but" replies a Copper
1Iead, "that abridg1nent Of free speech
7sas made to prevent amy discussion Of the
'':i';,a' i:,slj';:tion;'" Very true; but is
siale'y aloYc tic Constitution: Is it
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(Ul)ltoQo Grit)u1te.
MEN OF 1LL1No1s-LooK,

The people Of the State Of Illinois will
come up to the work. The Sanitary Com
mission cries aloud for aid for our gallant
wounded, who hare done their country
such noble service ut Vicksburg; and the
cry will be heard. Golfers will be un-
locked; little boards, saved up for dark
day, will be drawn upon, and the money
will come. The thousand necessities Of
The hospital, in which the Commission
deals, will soon be flowing in. Wardrobes
will be ovcrhaulcd, that their owners NAV
Ecarch out what they can spare; linen
closets will be rummaged again, and sheets
and table-c1oths, not yctm worn, but not
too good for the brave boys, will be laid
out; and stofe-rooms, the careful house
wives case, will be invaded and robbed By
their owners that the suffering fellows
who long in their languis1lment for an ap-
1etlzing taste Of the-wcll-rcmembered del
lcacies Of home, may have their 1ishttu
share. How freely of their little will many
poor fathers, whose boys are in the army,
give; ard many and many q mother, when
she remembers that the bounty may ease
the pain or save the life Of her manly son,
down there in the ranks, will shed woman
II tears as she denies and robs herself, that
he and those like him may he comfo1ted,
and lire.
Fathers and mothers Of ulinois-you
who hare sons in the army-yon who are
making sacrifices to SUNNY their wants
you who are stintine yourselves far Them
remember this: The State, at the last ses-
sion Of the I,ccislature. nroyided in mart far
their necessities! The Union men in that
BODY were unanimous for an appropriation
of tiftv thousand dollars. to be
cxnenled in lust such m emer-
s,cncv as This. The Goyernor-Dick Yates
The soldiers ffiend-yas named az their
almoner. But after the bill was passed. the
Copperheads of the Legislature held eau
Gus, and therein it was resolved that not
dollar-not cent-of that appropriation
should staunch any poor soldiers bleeding
wounds, or save the life Of man who had
pcril1ed all in the Onion cause Tie Cop
rerhcad Treasurer was Instructed what to
do; hence the Auditors warrants, drawn
in the Governors favor, against that appro
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PERSONAL.

The Lafayette {Ind.) Journal says that M1jor
Darnham. now under arrest for perjury, was
educated for the ministry, and has also 4
splendid military education. Tie had resign
cd his position in the army, aud WAS about
to fulfill an engagement for series Of lec-
lures on Palestine and the Holy Land.
Col. Richard Apperson, Of Mount Ster.
ling, collector Of Internal Revenue for the 18th
District Of Kentucky, died in Coyington, on
Monday last. Col. Appcrson was about sixty
five years Of age. he represented Montgom-
cry county in the Legislature for number Of
years, and was member Of the Convention
which framed the new Constitution Of Ken
tucly, in lsio-50. At the outbreak Of the
war, Col. Aprerson was among the first to
esponse tho cause Of the Government, and al
though living in community where seces-
sion synpathies abounded, he never filtered
in his devotion to the Union.
The story started b; the Syracuse, (N. ~
Courier, that the wife of Val1andisham had
become insane On account CT tue arrest aud
banihhment Of het husband, is pronounced By
the Columbus Statesman false in every respect.
She Is deeply grieyed Ut the separation from
her husband, but has shown no sigma Of aber.
ration.
The Chattanooga Reid Of the al5t con.
tain. letters from Breckenridge in reply 10 the
i1nputation on his character contained Ia the
report Of Bragg. The defence is scashinc
answcr to the reflections Of Bragg against
him. He closes By asking, at the earliest op-
poFtuni1y. Court Of Inquiry. These two
staggering epitomes Of all rebel virtue and
courage should b. restrained by their friends.
lest they should come to blows and inflict IT.
reEarable damages on the j" "Confederacy,''
1t is said that the Texas rebels hare made
the wife Of General A. ]. Hamilton . hostage,
with Vie" Of intimidating him from aiding
the Union cause at the North.
There is woman residing in Concord,
Ne" Hampshire, with a property worth
seventy thousand dollars, who buys milk b5
the gill, and whose fathct has a home In an
a1mehouse.
Major Frank Clea.y, Of the Confederate
army, and said to be attached to the command
OF Gen. Henry A. Wise, WIS arrested on Mon
dty morning at Barnun's City Hotel, in Bal
timorc. He arrived in Baltimore some days |
ago, and went to New York, where he Was
married Immediately after be returned to !
Baltimore with his bride, and stopped at the |
hotel, where he was arrested.
-6enerM sigel has very generously pre-
eented the German Hospital OF Philadelphia !
the sum of SEQ, from moneys collected BY
his friends In behalf OF his family, to which /
it Was originally the intention to present a |
In one Of the States Of the Union. |
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SPRINGFIELD LETTER.
4he Northumberland Mass
ConSent1On-AnothcF Abortiyc At
tack on Cow Yates-RelIcf for The
" OuuGcd. ~
From 0nz Own Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD. Nav % 1EE3


SPRINGFIELD, May %, 1863.
THE LEGISLATURE.
It is supposed that we are to have a meet.
ing Of the Legislature II the Treas
urer had done his duty, like a patri-
OF, and not acted as mere partizan.
there would have been no possible
use Tor session, but refusing, as he has, to
ras over the money rightfully appropriated, he
has prevented the Governor from sending
succor to our wounded troons. thousands Of
whom are now suffering on the banks of the
MISSISSIPPI ut Ficksburg; he has also stop.
ped the ordinary wheels Of business, there be-
ing no money to pay tho salaries Of the State
officers, the clerks in the Executive, and AdIt.
Generals Offices, and other ordinary expenses
II the Government. This state Of things
would seem to neccssitatc session; but the
question is whether it would not be better to
forego these, and raj ise the money by advances
from loyal citizens, rather than risk the un-
told erils which may result from the meeting
ot body, the majority Of the members Of
WHICH hare shown themselves to be opposed
to the war, the Government, and the restora.
11on oi Inc Union. The majority Of this Leeis-
latuFc nave put themselves upon record as in
favor Of stopping the war By an armistice and
peace convention. This ;s f,rtbor tt,r Gov
.-a,. 49,, - "''+ w.
ees "ous EVEN oaleu 10 go, ana Is precisely
tie position Of Fa11audigham, which even
the IYmfs which f.vo1s an armfs1fce. noxv
,,-,f,e-os r. ror,,a;.t.
Pt44eo ~ teraoA''
very H1ucn 1car tlat the secesh wing Of
the Democracy will have supreme contro1 of
,1r 7 ec;s,,turo ,+ +,o oo,a;u-
49, ~ sns sotnios eesslon' All
over Tie STATE they have been increasing the
numbers Of the secret society. which contr,ls
the Marty In t1,;. con,r,, ror;o,, i. :. a.;,..
>sA''a 80 4ess'on ~ Is oals re-
Giving aeeerslons 10 ITS ranks. I hear of
right meetings in various places, What they
a1e plotting. on1y tbr ;n;t;,t.a INV, tan
III, N;~s.,rr; ,,.,5,....s
4'!'ao*""" 10 " suFe nas come
cago Times, aud is now, of course, denounced
l,y them Ms nm aho1;,;,,, s,,oot >t,..,ao,:.,..
-. -'oon suee'' -'1'uhs it@a"l's
democrats OF property, in various parts Of
the State, who had been led 10 ioin the secret
society. and ncr},nc horoa y, 10 .h,a - 49,
mi Il n tlsir h... a. ~ " ;.ts =. noe
If tht extreme n,,as,,ras 49, ,aart7 s.,atiaI
and ra5ical men T., IS .,ro,.e e - "ae,,t ThS
sre now tr, inr tn conntelsct ,he;r ef!'r,s N hG'
hf1rrto 1sr,! nut s+,ns:ada =; 49, ~
any rrc,t exfent sse,ne ~ - 4,sttars stara
~ rSsd:ca1 io"dn ee!ns ~" ...a.,ets ssanu,
If fn,}.1;nr mass ,s n e;.en h,a X lug t, ssIe @
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Eight More Vessels DESTROYED.

tF7Vlu IHe NC" 1VfK Evening P0st, 23th-
=, Our English friends sometimes wonder that
the American people are little bitter towards
them, cSclaiming, with 4 look Of the greatest
apparent honesty: 'Dces not our Govern.
nicnt main: :ain Il strict neutrality?" Let all
such read the record VIC publish to dag of thu
doings Of she Alabama and tile Florida, These
pirates, built and fitted out in English ports,
seem to have Joined forces to render the work
joint operations, rs they arc last reported. is
the loss Of eight more Of our yessels. 1t isa
sacrifice we can endure, among the other and
greater losses of1he war; but if the British
public supposes that we shall not cry ont un-
Ger the iniiction, it has formed an cxagycr-
atcd estimate Of the forbearlnce and patience
Of our natnrr
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Cn'cAGo lnisH LEo1os.-This regiment
Which 1oF long time has been stat,oaea 49,,
Ia Grange Tennessee, has gone to Vicrs-
burg, with other reinforcements for c-na.s,
'iant' 1t"ouid be contraband to say how
n'any troops 2mEc gone and arc going in the
sanc direction, but they a.e \ good mary"
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u" There is great rovulsion of feeling
hcle consequent upon the reception of news
from VicksbUrg, that it was still in the hands
Of tie rcbcls. The Union Leagues feel that
there jubilee came of too soon, and that their
breath and powder were spent in yain.-Dts
-Uofn<s Cor. Chicago Timex.
The Coppctheads were badly scared when the
news came Of the capture Of Vieksburg. But
when they subsequently heard that it had not
fllcn, there was great ''rcyulsion in fee1ing.''
They felt better and more hopeful that the
struggle would eyentuate in Federal defeat
and disaster The Copperhcad reporter ofthe
seccsh organ is 60 full ofthis feeling, that lie
cannot reprcss it, but lets it overflow into the
s,.rns1, recnpfin1a
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On the 2Sth Of April, 1t will be recollccted,
Gen. Dix sent very polite, yet decisive COM
munication, to Gen. II. A. Wise, in regard to The
occupancy Of Williamsburg by 4 guerilla
force, who were in the habit Of firing upon
our rickets stationed there tor the protection
Of the Confederate insane hospital, the in
mates Of which had been cruelty abandoned
by the rebels, and whom We were thereby
compelled to feed, protect, &C., or allow them
to die Of want
On Thursday Of last week, Gen. Dix re-
ceiyed IN answer to his letter, containing
twenty-five pages Of closely written matter,
in which Wise exhausts the Billingsgate vo-
cabnlary. He accuses Gen. Dix of all manner
Of crimes, including robbery, f.lsehood, cow
ardice, &c. In fact, 1t is one of those pccu-
liar documents which Wise alone could write
Gen. Dix read the document, endorsed the
following on the back, and returned 1t to the
blackguard:
HEADQUARTERS DEr'T OF v1ne1S1A,
FORTRESS MONROE, ed May, 1858.
Returned to Brig. Gcn. Wise, as commnnics-
tion fit neither to be written nor received.
1nII. A jArr Mai Can
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more valuable than the Union? If South
ern Democrats may, by mob violence,
backed by Southern courts, stihe free
speech in defiance Of the Constitution, on
the plea that slavery must not be discussed,
with what consistency do Northern Demo-
Gratis complain Of the Generals Of the
army, in time Of war and national peril,
who forbid violent and selitious assaults
upon the Government, the intention and
effect Of which is, 10 strengthen tie enemy
and weaken the Union?
We submit that it docs not lie in the
mouths Of these Copperhcads to ratc
about the abridgcment of the Constitu-
tiona1 right Of free speech, in the face of
ten thousand Of their own precedents Of
cu1tailment Of that privilege. Others may
complain, but they nrc estopped.
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1Vt'7 pae1'e's.. .. - .uo'tsS,E33 13,G99, iS9
According to The above table-the cor
1ectuess Of which no one can gainsay-thc
receipts Of -four and grain at Milwaukee
arc not quite onc-third the receipts at Chi
cago! And Jet the Philadelphia North
-amcricnn and LIniltd States Gazette has the
unbluslling effrontery to say, Milwaukee
received and shipped more grain in 1862
THAN Chicago did; and also, that mil
waukcc is city Of equal importance with
lineage IN the grain and -four trade,
handling more in 1852 than Chicago
a'd: Vie commend our Philadelphia
eo.emporary to the divine Injunction
Thou shalt not bear false witness against
"thy ucighbor.'' e'>~N'1-'
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There is published in the stuid CITY Of
Philadelphia, q staid old newspaper, called
1hc Philadelphia North american and Cni-
ted States Go=ette. 1t is much addicted to
grave essays On tariffs, banks, and other
material ofa similar nature, and has earned
q fair reputation Tor soundness among
Insurers, retired merchants, and life insur-
ance agents. 1t is considered an extremely
respectable sheet-the model journal Of the
model city Of this continent; and it is but
the simple truth to state that it appreciates
its position. With dignity, unknown to
other representatives ofthc fourth estate"
il prcsidcs among the brick walls Of phila-
delpAia, looking down with frown Of
contempt on the corruption that exists
among other Journals, which may be guilty
of exaggerating, lying, and publishing
ncws-conccrning which it has hitherto
been perfectly innocent,
Alas, however, for the age in which We
live! Amidst the general wickedncss, but
few have escaped contamination-note even
the Aorth american and United States
Gasette. In one Of its recent editorials-or
rather essaYE-on the coming Canal Con-
sen1ou' i" N'' of mole l'outely,l II pears
false witness, Wilfulty, and evidently with
<r-o,+ ao,.
Al thc Interests re,,r.lsnted - ~. sto...
Of Wisconsin and Minnesota are strongly on.
posed to It, we find 4rankts ;ers rsrs;vd aad
coo did. ~ liz State is covered @ With % a 4avnys H
to the Mississippi, as is all the northern part
ronsv nirnd ~ hr m crsin9 VI ~ Sou11 " &C.
Eying line built By the general government.
T4me Fncs Q, tne gram growers on tns AtissssspRi
road lines, might be benefited. but the creat
1i9s majority W. wyn1d be P1s5n,d3ised' and twenty
would stand great risk Of arrangement and
l9s1i s,,silnse Inc nv canal would beat them out
would iii to work at ali in Winter. In @ short t.
}he 3nt.lse greate5 share ofthi very Northwestern
bcinS acvated to lh. neI ah; , 10 US as
strongly opposed to The whole plan. a. The ,e
la Sua.oSl " 1oA!aeIot ol iu1Naukee Has Is
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n[tsfella1tfuus.
COMPUTING NEW
[ll11son's

SOMETHING NEW.-Hudson's
~ urrtynlled Tooth Pnste Tho Bxsr pxxrn1y,or
new IN use-CLEASs, whitF M and prcscrYcs teeth
IemoEes tartar heals dscated kums M puEinea tho
but Is e harnl acon pure cold water rry
IT, Sold b. ali Druggists. lei et03-3wis'
, 1863-06-01

Speaking Of the Val1andigham gathering Of
treason. .shrickers at indianapolis, the cores
pondcnt Of the Cincinnati Commercial says:
The concouree Of people is very large, but
n"' .1n"n"g IN mn'"et rs tie Union meeting as
%n'etff hfre in f;ornory /" hear t,o.ernor In
aftE Joh'taon. The east half ct the State house
,na',', yusa was about full and, at the February
sons. 7''4'~ pa
.;t Inc reporters for the Chicago T1mes. New
ALBANY kdgtr, and Se7.ti,ul, Of this titr IN.
day, varied their estimates at frou, $1,000 10
'5,eo. and In order 10 tell 1t alike, os they
latter figure. f'At s"e
The estimate Of the Times reporter pre.
vailed, and the crowd was telegrarhcd to con-
tain 5000. It was just as easy 10 call it 100
600, which is 4 more imposing figure. As the
Coprerhead reporters lied Go,ooo, what was
10 hinder them from going 5000 better, and
thereby making 4 big thing it.
, 1863-06-01

Fourth DAY IN THE REAR Of
vlCkSBuRG.
GENERAL CHARGE ALONG THE
LINE.
Two Forts in the Possession Of our
Soldiers.
PARTIAL LIST OF OFFICERS
KILLED AND WOUNDED,
Gallant Conduct Of the Board of
Trade Regiment.
Lieut. Col. Wright, Lieut., Whittle.
Lieut., Ledyard and Capt. Reid,
Seriously Wounded.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-08-25
NI.rsTlLrZERs.

He also has IN separate building an excellent 4.
horment o ha larioua kinds of teftsrri such as pure
fine a'd conrse Hone Dust Guanos Phosphate VI Lime
FOureie, &e and hopes bY strict attention to merit
share Of the publi' palfounYe.
ioods delivered anywhere withia tho city limits frse u
charge
jyl5ly. SAMUEL KELLEY
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-08-25
BOOTS AND SHOES /!

4Fi. WE would call the attention Of buyers 10 oar
EnE pxcn.iye Stock nj Boots and Shoes spring aud
V K summer wear We think thstwe can say, with
out ar of contradictions that have the largest and
best assorted stock of ready made h OTIS and shoes that
Is to be found In the state. number ot years Of eXpe
rence In the busntss has taught what kinds OF work
ton Market; and while do not pretend to undersell
our noghbors do profess TO be able to compete with
Any In the business, every knows that is at all
with the prices u stock That it is much higher
now than II three months ago, when tho lar
gest portion of bought Aud in regard 10 East
ern work. 1t has to he bought Tor cash in and
the man Of experience is le most likely to get the most
for his money have straie assortment Of it also
which We can iell right We will attempt TO give
list ii the sl lss or KINDS that have hand but will
simply say to those in need of anything line Of
bu-ness come aud see, and depend upon getting thc
worth of your money.
No. lO2 West ID Street between shipley and Orange.
ap2l JAS. W BRINE.