The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-12-19

Teiho'co anu ttleir ptdSes uiiou Wy NuinbeF,
Fremont. Butler, &c The President sue
cumbed to this authority. Schofeld's
had dropped at once, and the rest doubt.
less will follow in due time.
INCIDENTS or THE BATHS OF CHATTANOOGA
We give a letter from our valued CORES
pondent M on our outer for II. detailing
a number Of Interesting incidents o! the
late battle before Chattanooga, III winch
the 10Th Ill bore o coaspicuo1. and hon
ora!le part. T.,era is an Incident or two
however, not given ia that letter, which
touch our pride so much that we are un-
able to withhold them. By private let
ter we learn that our brother Moses OF.
VI Osman, commanding Co A } and Capt
Fitzsin, mons were the first Of the brigade
who reached the crest Of Mission Ridge
on tae left, AMI ware publicly compli-
mentei for their gaiantry.
Aijt Stevens, in a letter to the La Sale
Press, describes graphically the taking of
the rebel works by the 10Th regiment u,
the foot Of tho ridge then another line
half way up, AMI then gives the speech Of
Col H,aa.ntn 10 tn. regiment before
making the iinsl large on the works up
en- the crcst of the hill. The speech was
as follows
NV .nnn, ii YOU love YOUR Col and
your country, (and / know you do.) wAat
YOU To do your duty W. must have POS
session of those rebel works, and build our
camp fires on Mission Ridge tonight, /
hal thousand ,ines rather see a man
shot doSu w:.i!a oravely fighting to sus>
tain the glorious Stars and Stripes. than to
see him 20 back nome living co1Aia -
Fix bayone;s, Forward, march
This speech. it mu.t be admitted, was
sufficiently N,poleonic in nervous brevity !;
a longer one in his life He is truly man
OF deeds and not words.
An Their corresp,. dent says Of Colonel
Hapeman
have he,ita ! to speak of Col, lIape.
m m, for my pen is not capable Of doing
h m Justice 1 have heard many words
spoken in praise of him since the battle
Is has the admiration Of his whole re:i-
ment for the coolnes-. courage and COM
potency he displayed in the charge of
Missionary Ridge. Col Hapeman has
proved himself to be a good regimsntal
commander, both in camp and on the bat
tle-feld who - that little officer that
commanded the I04th to-day ?" asked a
soldier. after the fight was over That
was Lieut. Col. Hapeman," | answered -
:" Bully for him l wish he commanded
our regiment WAS the soldierlike rejnin
der
COMING IN Our OF THE DRAFr.-The rush to
Joliet fro all parts OF this Congressional
district to get exemp; ion papers from the
draft commissioners amounts almost to a
stampede. We are told from six to seven
hundred people Lave been present con-
SANITY awaiting their turn for the last
week, and as the Goth draws near the rush
Increases 1t will be impossible to give
half the applicants a hearing within the
time limited.
By the way, what sense or reason is
there in compelling 1000 men from La
Sale county, for instance, to travel to Jol
let to apper before two or three dignita-
ries, when the SAID digni,aries could at so
much less expense, spend a few days at
Ottawa? 1t looks to US like imposition.
FUGIrIvEs TO CANApA.--It is estinvted
that there are over ten thousand deserters
rom our army in Canada, say nothing
of fifteen of twenty thousand more fusl-
ives from the draft. It is said many OF
these are great restitution, and would
gladly return if they could do SO with
safety. The President is about to issue a
proclamation for their relief, offering n
Tree pardon to such as return te their reg
iments, DE-, within a given time.
REBEL FIS,NcEs.-The report of Mr..
Memminger, the rebel secretary of the
Treasury, says the entire debt of the Com
federacy, in refund numbers. is $1,U,O,UUO,
900, OF which SS0O,OUO,OUO are treasury
notes, and 500, OUO,OJ0 of these notes ara
III circulation. The Secretary SAYS that
the AIN punt needed to cary on tee Confed
eracy 10 the Both of June, 1861, is.&415,-
O00,0O0, beside the amount al .uuoi,awu
appropriations OF the last Congress, which
reaches SIT 900, 900; and. if the estimates
are extended SO as to include the entire
year of 1864, the amount will reach 81
427 ,OO5, 900, which, Gays the hopeful xecre>
tary, Congress is formally called upon to
provide; aud 30. il the-.tgs of the Confed
eracy last SD long. twill have at the end
of the year 1864. the debt Of $2,5'U,OOO,.
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