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, 1863-03-18
4 LOYAL DEMOCRAT.

Wefind letter from Gen. Wallacein the
Cincinnati papers, which closes thus:
This is neither s'Lincoln's war;, nor a ssgar
3or negroes" nor war for conquest, or glory
or party. 1t is the peoples war for free Gov
crnmcnt. The only distinction that can be
made between the hero who fell at Bunker
jul, and the hero who iell at Shiloh, is, one
1aed a,ed to establish free Government, the other
Gied to perpetuate It both are martyrs to lib
ertT- VIII the people abandon their own
cause? God forbid!
To ell Of which our readers will say.
Amen! Gen. Wallace is Democrat bred
and born; but his partisanship is subordi-
natc to his love Of country; and hc sees
clearly enough that tile cry of the oppo-
1cnts Of tie Administration, that this is an
" Abolition war; a Republican war" a
"Nigger war" is only an excuse behind
which those who raise it, hide their opposi-
lion to the war for any purpose. And he
knows that had not the Proclamation been
issued, that had no negro soldier ever been
armed with Government musket, that had
no Republican been entrusted with d com
mand, that were Lincoln to die and Ham
lin 10 take his place, reasons, with the men
who are for the South, for Slavery, for Sc
cession, and for dissolution of the Union,
would still be IS plenty as bIackber-
lies, why the war should cease. The
indignation that is wasted on the promi-
nent facts which now engage the public
attention and give q distinctive char
meter to the Administration, would
have been spent on something
else. The real opposition on the part Of
The Copperleads is not to the accidents
and collaterals Of the struggle; it compre-
hcnde all Of the struggle-the object to be
accomplished and the means 10 he pur-
sued. 1t is rank disloyalty that impels
those who make it-disloyalty which is
rowardly, but nevertheless malignant and
dangerous. Gen. Wallace has lit the nail
On the head.
The Proclamation, much as it is object
cd to, and the employment of negroes as
Soldiers in our army, were logical nccessi-
lies OF the contest, from, the very begin
ming. No policy that had SUCCESS in nut
ting down the rebellion for its purpose,
could have avoided both these measures.
They were in the train of events;
and when the time WAS ripe
They were adopted, as yet with
hesitation and doubt, but still SO cordially
That the country cannot go back. And
were the men who blame them most to
como into power tomorrow, they would
be compelled, assuming always that they
mean victory over the country'a enemies,
TO pursue, in reference to slaves, slavc-hol-
tiers and slavery, the identical path that
Mr: Lincoln is now treading. Events have
ti4eir logic; and when the first gun was
Tired at Fort Sumter, the niger business
in all its Incidents ramifcations and acci-
dents, was doomed. It has not been in tho
power OF men to stay the hand Of fate,
Little politicians have essayed to set up
their notions as the law against the law Of
God; why should wc wonder that they
have been brushed aside.
, 1863-03-18

From the Missouri Fnlton) Telegraph
At no time, since the rebellion commenced.
has our county been go quiet as now; and
We attribute this fact to the judicious man-
agtment Of Col. Smell and the enrolled mill
tia under him. 'S1Ve do hope, for the future
peace Of the county, that they will be per.
general satisfaction to all concerned.
III consequence Of the general peace and
good feeling which peryades our whole coun-
y, our farmers are preparing to plant large
crops the coming season. Vast quantities Of
corn, Wheat, rye, oats, &C., will be raised !,
Of products over those Of the past two wears
be more noteworthy than in the article Of to-
harro
, 1863-03-18

A friend writes us from Fort Atkinson,
Wisconsin, that the appeal from the sick SOL
dlers for vegetables, Sc, was laid before the
:" Koskonins Union Club" on Saturday week.
A Committee was Immediately appointed
from the Club for each school district in the
town, to 60 around from house to house, So
Letting from e'e'y family what they might
feel disposed to give, and haul II Immediately
to the depot, where another Committee would
boz them up ready for transportation. It
Was hoped that a full car load would be con
tributcd. The Club, in addition to the ap-
pointing Of the School District Committee,
resolved itself into Committee of the
whole, to aid the sub Committee.
The Club Is prospering finely, holding rous-
ing meetings weekly, with continued increase
Of interest and numbers.
, 1863-03-18

The Cnfonists Of Ananosa, Iowa, carried
their ticket for school officers on Monday Of
last week, By handsome majority. When
the Republicans came on the ground in the
morning, they found that the secesh had
stolen march upon them. It IS not usual to
have party lines in the question Of school
officers, but here the Knights Of the Golden
Circle had their tickets prepared, printed, cut
and dried and were perfectly confident of VIC
1ory III the absence Of so many who had Joined
the army. The Republicans and a few War
Democrats, not to be baked By this rusc Of
lie enemy, hnstily constructed ticket ofthcir
own, and, thus armed, performed their duty
at the polls, with the success indicated above.
, 1863-03-18
KesoIutlons to wear the usual badge Of
mourning, &c, were adopted.
The Chicago Convcntiou-Bos
ton Corn Exchauuc.

The Chicago C0nvcntion-N0s.
tom Corn Exchange.
at The adjourned annual meeting Of the
Boston Com Exchange, held on Thursday
last at their rooms. the President, Thomas T.
Aver, esq.,, in the chair.
The following resolutions, offered By s. B.
stebbens, were unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, \ call has been issued for n comrcr-
eial Convention, to be holden at Chicago IN June
next tor the purpose Of promoting enlarged faci1-
1flts TOT commerce between the East and the
RtsSlr<d. That the Boston Corn Exchange
heartily responds 70 the csn and the President of
the Association is hereby empowered to appoint
committee Of five. Of which he shall be chsir1uan,
TO attend EAd Convention.
Hfst4rfd, That commercial and military rcaaons
alike impetati,cly demand that the water COM
munication between the Mississippi valley and
tl'c Atlantic shall be SO enlarged aid improved as
country.
, 1863-03-18

4 New Yorker to whose defence Of his
State VIC give place in to-day's paper,
proves what wa have all the while asserted
in relation to the robbery Of the West by
the excessive canal tolls that New York
imposes on our produce seeking the sea-
board and q market; and that is that the
tolls, being so high, give seeming author
ization to excessive charges for railroad
freights over routes leading Eastward; !;
hence that we suffer not only from the le-
gal e1actions Of the State, but from the en-
couragement that she lendsto the exactions
of others. And as lie makes the case very
clear, we are obliged to him for helping Us
out with the figures that cost him much
trouble to collect. But as he seems not to
be aware Of what he has done, We beg him
to study his words anew, and, in the light
Of our interpretation, see if lie is not con
vinced that we a1e right, and that his de-
fence is really justification for our attack.
, 1863-03-18

NOR4STA+ 4lls5., MAFcQ y. 1tH3.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunc.]
You are no doubt aware that the order e1-
cluding that delectab1e Coppcrhcad sheet
the Times Of your city-from this Post and
District, was rescinded by higher authority
than the commander here. From present Ia
dications the dealers in that paper will have a
"harder road to traycl'' than eycn official
orders, if they persist in bringing it to one
camp in the district. Last night, rs usual, a
news render came through the camp Of the
9th Illinois, crying: "Herc's the Chicago
Times, Tribune, Missouri Democrat, and
Metaphis papcrs;' when he was suddenly
stopped by q crowd which seemed intent on
something besides purchasing papers. a tall
sucker acting as spokesman for the crowd,
gave the terrified newsman formal notice thai
If he was ever caught in camp with the Times
again he would never get out with whole
skin, and then warned him that he could only
save himself for this offence BY the talIcst
kind Of running. The dealer in papers took
the hint instanfer, and made time out of that
camp Encll as would have done credit to q
professional pedestrian. The amusement of
the crowd was unbounded, and it will no
doubt be a warning to all who desire to ped
die treason in the camp Of the 9th Illinois
hereafter.
This is the almost unanimous feeling of the
soldiers here, and they intend, without yolat-
ing orders, to show the dealers in treason
that their Infamous trash is ' contraband.''
HIGH PRIVATE
, 1863-03-18

An enthusiastic var meeting was held at
Knoxville Township, Marion county, Iowa,
on the 28th ult. Joseph Clarke, Esq, was
made President, and G. E. Beers, Secretary.
The President spoke briefly and pa1riotcally.
He was followed By Rev. 11r. kember1ain, "a
peace Democrat,) DR.. Pressly, and A. Y.
Wright, late Of Illinois. The latter gentle
man spoke for two hours In mastery man
ner. At the close Of Mr.. Wriglt's speech,
some patriotic resolutions were passed, with
two dissenting voices. The resolutions main
tain the duty Of every loyal citizen TO uphold
the Government; that the Government is JUS
tilted in using every means known to civilized
warfare to put down the rebellion; that the
Presidents Proclamation is justified By the
laws Of war; that they will sustain the Con-
sc'iption act; that the Vallandigham school
Of politicians are traitors, and deserve the
fate Of traitors; are opposed TO peace, except
by unconditional surrender OF the traitors;
recognize but two parties, loyalists and trail
tors; and in tayor Of organizing Union
Leagues.
, 1863-03-18
Company D, 103d Reg. III. Vol.


4SN*f AVAh -AA1A AO4lSs
Editors Chicago Tribune:
hare read with no little interest the arti-
clcs which have occasionally appeared in yonr
paper since the failure Of m appropriation hv
the United States Government for the EN-
iarEement Of the Illinois and Michigan Canal
On what you arc pleased to term the "NeW
York Rohberlcs, and in which yon hare de-
eS Be- the the sa r. n2tc Of tolls
terms often moro forclblc than Ornamental.
You assume that the amount of tolls On these
canals, ezacted By the State oyer and above
giren amount, for the transportation of the
agricultural products Of the West. is no more
nor less than "robbery." Now, I desire a
s sna4 space IN your paper, not to justify the
tolls on Western products, but to show that
there are other parties to this .trobbery''
which you have denounced, and who are
tion. @'1''''
By referring to the Secretarf Of the Bo,rd
Of Trade Of this city, for the last year, it an.
pears that the railway rates Of transportation
of Western products from Chicago to New
York, are subjected to wide variation during
inc year That the cost Of transporting
September, was from &. 10 to sl.30; the price
Of Hour gradually advancing most Of the
time. From September to the close of nayi.
CATION the rate increases moro rapidly, until
at the end Of the rear it reached s:,.l0. Now
take the article. Of Hour made from Spring
Tlea Is n.TRet Haeh tbs Is thG cheapest gaa il
on the 4ih. Of Jniy, 1862, is quoted
at $4.0 per barrel, and on the last day
ef December Of the sauac year, it has reached
ss5.oo per barrel, precisely the same increase
IN value as the advance in the cost Of trans-
one altogether TOO methodical to be
accidental. The articles Of wheat, corn, beef
and pork follow nearly the same parallel as
regards the cost Of transportation, though
some ot them arc subject to greater variation.
edge Of railroad operations and management.
eau you tell Why II should cost s., 10 10 trans
port barrel Of flour to New York in The
month Of December, if it can bo carried the
same distance and by the same means Of con.
yesance IN june for s1.1o? If the rail-
-four, ut the June price, is tho cost
Of transportation SO much increased
in the winter season Us to require an addition
Of dollar per barrel on -four? The pTico Of
flour has advanced just . dollar per barrel,
1a1mer may get another if he can! had the
cost Of transportation remained us in June or
with only the increase addict that might be
Necessary to cover the increased winter e1-
penses, the farmer would hare nearly doubled
his profits on his flour, and the immense
HuttAstk " PUN 010 4a1A unsigned lot
the English market and necessarily
shipped In the winter season,
would hare added to the agricultural profits
Of the Northwest, an amount Of which the
people have but q very faint idea. Il, as you
say, The people Of the Northwest have been
robbs Of their hard earnings to the extent
Of millions by the New York canals, Of how
many more millions have they been deprived
by these other robbcrs2 Let the State Of
New York hnve her full share Of condemna-
t;vn for all she zobs or steals from the West
, 1863-03-18
THE l1ASSASOIT HOUSE AND
l. Lot and
Entire Furniture, Fixtures, &C.,
Will BE scLD At AUCTION.
On Wednesday April 1$t, 1868, at 10
o'clock u. M. on tho Premises.

In Consequence Of the dissolution OF the n.1n ~
Gage ir' Drake. By Limitation. shall +elI With
out reserve. to the highest bidder l'r ra+t iuct
lriek Five sto! nnilns. ami Lot 1cxD 1trt -ltuas
% on IEe coEneE q M S11th Water street anil Central
~, Als At !ls same tInc the entire IuscloA Fnrni-
tnfe r0nAtst3E OF Pas!or, Drawing isnolu Chamber
ntd-kaom. DinlnE-Eoou, anil Kitchen Furniture:
ncds Ma;trastes Re!ldinE CaFptt!nS sntrars Crack
rty ChlEh and Reti aud Table Linen Table
Cnticry Si!scr-rla,rd Ware. Gclhc whole conlpr.s.
1n Al that requisite to carry First Cla4 Hotel;
ptGe 1n.etheF with sic Office and bar room t.7n1urs
Ife location Of the tlonsc Il Of the central
fsEEest whsle+as houses anil dtvecsly opposite tho
covering ting entire ground. confirming upwards o{
iwo hunrcd ronnl~. uni Aua:. lucrative hu.inc.s
Ihs los KID tset. Is very valuable and desirable n
The Aeure and Furniture viii h.. a.,l together or
separately, as the purchasers may DESIRE
For further particulars address Mcs-rs Gage, D.o
T. D-aktnr NM a UC TTEES & IJ}
mhlCatptt Auctouecr4 f1it.a:., III
, 1863-03-18

tB" 4 letter from Nassau, New Providence,
says: "1f the Government could only be
persuaded Of facts which are deseloped here
daily, and see the letters from the Southern
States that even have read, and hear the re-
marks that arc dropped By the rebels fresh
from Dixie, they would appreciate the deploz-
able state tue poor wretchcs are in, and be
couyinced that IN energetic and properly con-
Quoted move In almost any direction would
suppress the rebellion"
, 1863-03-18

Gen. Dix, III Il letter to John Van Burcn,
dated Fortress Monroe, March 10, says:
had man from Richmond with mc yes
tc7day. He gives gloomy account of things
there. Here are some Of. the prices: Beef,
one dollar per pound; pork, one dollar and a
quarter; butter three dollars per pound; ba-
co., one dollar and fifteen CENTS do; tea, none
to lie had except at fabulous prices; coffee.
do: eggs, two dollars per dozen; calico, two
dollars per yard; ready made coat, from
eighty to one hundred dollars; soft wool bat,
from twenty-five to thirty dollars. My In
fcrnant had on ali ordinary pair Of boots, tor
which he paid sixty dollars. These prices are
in Confederate money. One dollar in gold
brings three dollars and fifty cents in Confcd-
crate bills. One dollar in our Treasury notes
brings two dollars in Confederate bills.
have the same accounts from other sources.
Reduce these to the gold standard and they
are famine prices. And in Richmond the rcb-
els are doubtless better supplied with the
articles enumerated than any other part Of
the rcbcl States. Hence We believe with
decided victory to the Union arms that the
confederacy would collapse, and be no more
known forever.
, 1863-03-18
CDNNECTICF1T.

Our advices from Connecticut are Of the
most cheering character. The reaction
against the Copperheads, evidences Of
which are so abundant in New York and
Chicago, has reached that State, and the
prospects are that IN the ensuing contest
the Union will achieve splendid victory.
Speed the great work
, 1863-03-18

The Loyal National Lcague.
The following is the pledge taken By the
vast meeting at Cooper Institute, In New
York. It Is designed to make it national:
Ee, the undersigned, citizens of the United
States, hereby associate ourselves under the
name and title Of the Loyal National League.
We pledge ourselves to an unconditional
loyalty to the Government Of the United
States, to an unwayeriug support Of It's
Efforts to suppress the rebellion, and TO spare
nv tndeayor to maintain unimpaircd the na-
tloral unity, both in principle and territorial
boundary.
The primary object Of this league is and
shall be to bind together MI loyal men, Of Ill
trades ard professions, in i common union to
maintain tie power, glory and integrity Of the
nation.
, 1863-03-18

The prospects Of Il speedy movement in
Gen. Hunters Department are frightened
by letters from that quarter, which say
that the troops are in daily expectation OF
orders to move. 1fthe Commanding Gen
eral is not obliged to endure at the hands
Of his officers That Pope suffered frem
Fitz John Porter and lis accomp1ices, he
will have victory.
, 1863-03-18

have ycntured to make any treaty with
Russia respecting Poland, such treaty be-
ing an unusual interference, and contrary
to the non.interyention policy which
France had always pursued in European
matters.
The Emperors expressed sympathy with
Poland will pass for what it Is worth. It
would not surprise ua, however, If he were
to turn out us its champion afler all. He
has passion for promincncy, and would
like to be dubbed by history as the re-
deemer Of nations, if his ambitious plans
for France did not interfere with his chiv-
alrous intentions
, 1863-03-18
ON THE PREMISES,

In or the dissolution oftle nru Of Ear
hrn q DE3ke By Limitation We will sell to the hch =
bidder, without reserve. for Cash, tie Farm we'll
known a. It. Fremont Garttn, stnae Two nics sonth
Of the city limits on the blue Island Plank f.oafi
Ihe Farm contains 50 acres Of the highest sound aa
mott valuable lana In tho vicinity nj Chicago 40 ey
pen+e having been spared 10 the drainage ast otht Id.
to bfin under the highest cultivation
- lAe Gasden contains large nuI1Ser Of Strawbcr.7
ped:-eovrr:nE abontthrcc acrcs-Ietis Of IsDaraS,:
NhnhaTh, Crcumher%. Rata!%he- Letsnre DC. Eurrsu;
~ Gn,nc:y nn,as* APPLE Peach Pear and Cherry
are now rca, for ne market. AMI other vegetable. in
an advanced state O. for the market under
UPWARDS Ut tt, ,t0a Lights o. SSlaSr.
Tie Gre er-loase coutalrs every variety Of tie exotic
Grape in The highest state Of. .cutfy3rto
The DwclttuE-NouSe and entire Furniture. DaEn,
HoE-IIoH-c and out buildings
Tie Live stuck comprises three Mares with fa
nne team CT Horses. two Colts one span large Mules
seven COWS. four youag Cattle. great yazlclr Of
Poultry with about 100 Hogs OF the Suffolk anl Watte
chester stock.
Farm Nasons dnnh1e and single Harness and all the
Farming CtGEs!s TIN Etlutc presenting Of the he.
chances ever offered in the ylcinF Of Chicago for r.
purchase Farm under ffc best cultivation, aniH
i,at forward state that nsurcs Immediate Income
uEuH the Investment.
further particulars address 3Iessss Gage Ero, L
Drake, W3f H. HETrET,SE = Tn
luhiGA940-fi AHcti0nefrs f'hirnro III
, 1863-03-18


Editors Chicago Tribune:
On reading your excellent paper, see there
detail Of meeting held in Fulton county,
Illinois, the place Of my residence, where tic
Corpcrhcads held o meeting, and passed rcso-
lntions so antagonistic to The interests Of our
Government, that 1 cannot forbear making
some remarks in relation thereto. Lam hero
confined in the hospital, but will contribute
the last dollar, and should get able TO return
to my regiment, and do field duty, I shall
cheerfully sacrifice my last drop Of blood to
crush out this Internal crusade. And should
be so fortunate as to survive this term Of
service, l shall gladly meet those Copperheals
on their own soil. and help deal out their fate
in connection with other friends of the Union.
should they attempt to carry out their perni-
cious and damnable treason to the Govern
ment that has given them protection and CON
fort In by-gone days. Yours truly,
J. D. SPAAGUE,
Cnmnnu1 n INA Ror I'll Tn1
, 1863-03-18
HOnOrS to the Dead.

Amceting Of the commissioned officers Of
the 9Th regiment Of Illinois cavalry, was held
ut the headquarters Of the regiment, Helena,
ArkanEas, Oh the a1st Of February. pre-
amblc and resolutions testifying their sincere
respect for the late Surgeon Charles Brackett,
who died at that place on the 21st, were
unanimously passed as follows:
Reso[red, That in his death, VIC hnvc lost not
only an accomplished and scientific surgeon. who
1abored among us with the most sclf-sac1ifcing
zca1 but friend endcarcd to us all by hts pure and
bla1uc1ess life, and that we will cherish the memory
Of his good Deeds his great heart and his earnest
truthfo1ness.
!, Eest{rtd. That in his dying words, lam glad
that always tried to do right rich legacy to
his children, we recognize tho true character or
the man, who from the most exalted patriotism,
reEed his feeble remnant Of life in the service Of
lls country, and died martyr to his profession
ard his country cause.
Resolutions to wear the usual badge of
mourning &c. were adDntcd
, 1863-03-18
LETTERS EEOM SOLDIERS,
What the Soldiers think of the S.
oesh Times,

JACKSON, Tenn,, March II, 1858.
I know you Mill do tho soldiers Justice and
give u. chance to refute the ba.e and william
GUS SANDERS against the fidelity and integrity
Of tho army, that are constantly emanating
from your truitorous eotemporary the Chicago
Times. You may rest assured that re are In
dlgnant, and justly So too, to think that our
principles should be 20 base]y maligned. We
were In hopes that this pitiable tool Of jeff.
Davis was suppressed from circulating In this
District at least, but the order, 1t eeems, from
some cause. is revoked, aud that it is again
be1cling forth Its venom against US who are
struggling to put down this most infamous re-
bellion, and to save the best Government on
earth. But 1t Is seldom that 4 soldier touches
one Of them, and when he does, he throws 1t
down with disgust, and with curses both loud
and deep against its tory managers, and with
more firm determination to do his duty and
stand by the principles Of the Government he
has sworn to defend. The only copies that
but shade better than their traitorons teach
ers. It's efforts to create decentralization and
discomfort III the army Is 0 failure, hs the SOL
dfcrs are determined to saFe tile Union at
whatever cost. It isa mystery to us why the
Copperheads are allowed to pursue this in
sane and disloyal course. disapprore Of vio-
lcnce, and would not counsel it under any cir
cunstances, but I have heard expressions
from numbers Of regiments, that they would
consider it their solemn duty, if they had m
opportunity, to clean out the entire concern,
Du the business men of Chicago know wlo
arc patronizfng that sheet by advertising, lob
woEk.&c.. that they are siying..aid and comfort
to one Of our worst add most bitter enemies
If not 1t time they did, and let them show
their loyalty BY dlscounteusncing 1t in every
way.
This tory sheet has great deal TO say about
the acts of the Administration creating dis
content among the soldiers, and leading to
deEe1tions, &c. am very sorry to say there
are quite a number Of desertions, but they
are mostly confined to the new regiments.
But very few occur in the old. In fact, know
Of none in my regiment, the 45th Illinois
Wa>hburne Lead Mine regiment. A brayer
or truer body Of men are not to be found in
the service. All the old regiments from I'LL
nois are doing gallant service for the Union,
and do not dream Of halting Until every town
and hamlet iii the South are taught to revere
and respect the old flag.
The TRIBUNE is the soldiers paper every
time, and its telling blows against Copper
hcadism is cheering TO u.s. Ne are glad to see
you hit them hard and often. TGls is your
portion Of the battle to fight, and we ure re-
toiccd to see that you arc succeeding SO nobly.
You may rest assured that your efforts are
applauded By every loyal man in the army and
out Of it. Yours, &c, G. ". E,