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War Items.
Whitinsyille, Aug. 6, 1868.

BURNING CoTToN.-A letter to the ST. Louis
Republican from Northern Mississippi, under
date of July 81, says
'The rebels are burning cotton far and
wide. The whole country south of the Tala.
| hatchie river, and between there and jackson,
| Miss, is one vast cotton conhagration. The
| torch is placed to every bale which can be
| found, and the smoke from the burning staple
hangs like dense fog over the land. And
while this is done south of the Tallahatchie.
| Chalmers is beginning the work of destruction
| north of the river, and between it and Cold
water creek
"Orders have been issued to burn all. and
his forces are out in every direction carrying
them into execution. They swear not a bale
shall be left for federal confscation, and we
believe that in less than thirty days Missis-
sippi-proud and once prosperous Mississippi
pimwll be de:soqe waste, Il vast plain of
StCKNEss AT VICKsRr-pc 4 nr-, -,
| palcn says :-"Sickness in Vicksburgis great
| ly on the increase. The disease is the ma
lignant congestive fever, of the typhoid type.
| The surgeons in the federal army find it very
difficult fever to manage. Cases of the chron-
ic diarrhGa are not so frequent"
The VALUE OF SLAVES IN SOUTHERN KEN
TUCKY.-The Nashville Union says I'VE
have cOnversed recently with several large
Shareholders from southern Kentucky. They
say the decline in the price of slaves is from
30 to 80 per cent, the average decline being
nearer the last figure. The price of a slave
depends almost wholly uponh his personal stu
alton and feelings A steady slave who has a
wife on or near his owners farm, is consid-
cred valuable in his neighborhood. But slaves
brought from distance, or young men and
women who have no domestic ties to hind
them, or slaves who have ever manifested
disposition to run off, will not bring any price
at all. They are considered as intangible as
the wind. A man would as soon think of in
vesting his money in contingent interest in
IA flock of wild pigeons, or school of herring
swimming in mid ocean, as to investit in such
fugacious children of Ham,
VALLANDIGHAM.-NOt only has Valandig-
ham been kicked out of the confederacy, but
his own party is most anxious to be rid of
him. We read that the great federal sue
cesses in July have etfectually destroyed all
chances Of a "democratic" triumph, and the
very men who were most active in putting
Vallandigham forward, are most vocifcrous in
prOcIalmlng his certain success, are now anX-
ious to throw him overheard, hoping in that
way to save their crazy craft from utter wreck.
Their candidate, however, stoutly refuses, it
1t is said, to yield, declaring that he will not
withdraw his name unless new convention
shall be called and new nominations be regu-
larly made.
PUGH.-The Unionists of Ohio say that
George E. Pugh, the copperhead candidate
for the lieutenant gOvernOrship on the Vaan-
dgham ticket, is opposed to the prosecution
of the war not from principle but from Pugh-
sillanimty.
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LATEST NEWS.
The President to GOV. Seymour.
BY TELEGR APH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY.


EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, Aug.
IL, lS63.-To his Ercelleacy Horatio Scy-
nlour, Governor of New l0rk Yours OF
the Sth inst, with judge advocate general
Waterways report, was received to-day.
Asking you to remember that | consider the
time as being very important both to the gen
eral cause of the country and to the soldiers
in the field. beg to remind you that | waited
from the LIST until the 9th inst, to receive
your communication dated the Sd. In view
OF its great length, and the known time and
apparent care taken i'll its preparation, did
not doubt that it contained your full
case, as you desired to present it, 1t
contained the figures for twelve districts,
emitting the other 10, as | supposed, because
you find nothing TO complain OF as to them. L
answered it accordingly. In doing so l laid
down the principle to which | propose adher-
ing, which is to proceed with the draft, at the
same time employing intalible means to avoid
any great wrong. With the communication re-
ceiyed you send figures for 20 districts, IN
GLIDING the II sent before, and still emitting
three for which | suppose the enrollmentS are
not yet received. In looking over the fuller
list Of % districts, | find that the quotas
for l6 of them are above 200O, and
below POO, while Of the rest six are above
POO and six are below 2000 Applying this
principle to these new facts, the 9TH and It'll
districts must be added to the four in which
the quotas have already been reduced to 2200
for the first draft, and with these four others
must he added to those to be re-enrolled. The
correct case will then stand thus The quo
tas Of the I'd, 4th, 9TH, 9th It'll, and Sth dis
tricts, fixed at 220O for the first draft. The
provost marshal general informs me that the
drawing is already completed in the 10th, 18th,
18th, 22nd oath, 26th, 9th, 2Sth, 29th Both
| districts. In the others, except the three out
standing, the drawing will be made upon the
quotas as now fixed Ai;er the first draft the
"a, 4th, 9TH, 9th, 9TH, Sth, 10th, 18th, Dist,
25th, 18th, 18th, and 3lst will be re-enroled
for the purpose and in the manner stated in
my letter OF the 18th inst. The same principle
will be applied to the now outstanding dis
trictS when they shall come in. No part of
my letter is repudated, by reason of not being
re-stated in this, or for any other cause.
Your obedient servant.
A. LINCOLN
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New YORK, Aug. ll.-There were some
twenty-five cases of sun stroke in this city
yesterday, many of them mortal.
Col. DeForrest of the Harris cavalry is I'M
der arrest, charged with having defrauded the
government to the amount of $50,000
The draft is nearly completed in the west
ern part of this state. A revision of the en-
rollment lists has been ordered in the first
nine districts of the state, embracing New
York county, Long Island, Westchester coun-
ty, and Staten Islaud. The draft therein will
take placein about two weeks.
JEFF. Davis is ill at Richmond, and doubts
OF his recovery are entertained. Gen. Lee it
is said has addressed letter to jeff. Davis
calling upon HIM not to hang the two federal
officers now confined in Richmond, as his son,
Gen w. f. Lee, would in consequences be
hung. If this resulted he declared his inten-
uon to throw up his commission. 1t is not
believed the rebels will hang our officers.
The heat continues intense. Several cases
OF coup de soleil were reported to-day. The
thermometer ranged all the morning at nearly
one hundred in the shade. Seven deaths from
heat occurred in Brooklyn yesterday. The
large barrack building at Staten Island was
burned last night
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WEBsrRR.-T thunderstorm of Tuesday
morning was terrific in Webster and vicinity.
The liberty pole in front of Webster Hallw
struck by lightning and torn to sphnters, and
the building was considerable damaged Mr..
Samuel Healey, who was in the basement,
was Frustrated by the shock, and a bass viol,
standing near by, in one corper of the hah,
was torn to pieces. The house of Mrs. E.
B. Slater was struck and slightly damaged.
In Dudley the house and barn of Stephen
Kingsbury were set on fire and entirely con-
sumed, scarce anything being saved. The
barn of Christopher Haskell was struck and
slightly damaged
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French correspondent of the London Specta-
tor her husband, the emperor, has begun to
perform the same Office for his sex. That
writer assures us that Napoleon has Of late
introduced the fashion of removing his hat
with his left hand when saluting. The Gle.
giants of Vichy quickly initiated him. the gan.
dins (kidgloyeites) of Paris already adopting
the CUSTOM"
mand in the fashionable world and ladies will
smile on those who can pay them the best
leit.handed compliments. We sincerely hope
that left. handed marriages will not come in
vogue, though kings and emperors have and
do set the fashion.
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I'm EVERYTHING GIVE rHANKs."-l TheS. D ;lS'
We lltup our eyes to Thee,
And through clouds of sorrow Ne see
The light of Thy love, our God
And though passing under Thy rod
For love that has chastened us sore,
And taught US to love Thee the more:
For strength that has equaled our day,
For light that has shone ON our way,
we give ice 'h1iiNS'
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A Desperate Battle Imminent.
FORT BLUNT, INDIAN TERRITORY,
uuuSt y 1890

August 2, 1868.
A battle is imminent at this point. Since
our victory at Honey Springs, Cherokee Ma
non, on the 18th ult., the rebels have been
reinforced by returning to the old battle field
Coopers force of four thousand, augmented
by Cabells Arkansas brigade twenty five hun
dred strong, and Bailey's Texas brigade,
about five hundred-in all about twelve hun
dred and fifty and ten pieces of artillery. The
Union force here is about twenty-five hundred
efficient men. The thirteenth Kansas infan-
try and battalion of the sixth Kansas caval-
ry, In all eight hundred men, are making
forced marches from Fort Scott, and are ex-
pected here on Thursday. About Sunday
next Cen Blunt will cross and attack The
general says he will make it fight or a foot
race. In attack lies our only safety. We
cannot stay without being surrounded, and we
cannot retreat without disaster. We believe
in Blunt and victory.
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FORT MONROE, Aug. 10.-The steamer
City Of Albany, CFpt. Hitler, arrived yester-
day from Beaufort, and reports that the gun
boat Iroquois left Beaufort on Friday last to
resume her station on the blockade off Will
mington. The City of Albany on her outward
passage encountered a heavy sea, off Cane
Lookout caused by thunder squalls She re-
ceived some damage which will obige her to
be hauled off for repairs. All of the rebel
officers and surgeons confined as prisoners of
war in fort Norfolk, upwards Of l25, are
being transferred to fort McIIenry, by the
steamer George Washington. The army gun
boat Smith Briggs has been discharged from
service. The steamer Nelly Pentz arrived
this morning from Stone Inlet Capt. Phil.
lips reports that he left there last Friday, at
which time the siege was favorably progress
ing, and the officers and men were in fine
spirits. There was no news OF imp ortance to
report.
Steamer Peconic arrived from Beaufort N.
c., to day with a heavy mail. The following
letter has been received from our Newbern
correspondent =
NEwBERN, Aug. 9.-The Unionists in east
ern North Carolina are to hold in Il few DAVIS
a great mass convention for the purpose of in
voking our government to send sufficient
force into this department to occupy Raleigh
Wilmington, and Weldon, in order to force
the rebel army to abandon Virginia, and thus
restore these two great states to the Union at
once.
The appointment of Col. Lee of the 9th
Massachusetts, regiment as provost marshal OF
this department, and Of Capt. Charles ID. San
ford of the same regiment as provost marshal
Of Newbern, gives universal satisfaction, and
secures justice and tranquility to all. Col.
Briggs, the chief quartermaster of this depart
ment, leaves in day or two for fortress Mon
roe, where he will establish his headquarters.
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a Card.-G ADAMs. having returned from tn

n Card.-G ADAMS. having returned from the
indies, viii resume the charge Of his Gallery at 239
Nam street Especial care viii be given in making
small pictures such Cartes de Ysite Ambrotypcs,
&C In the higher branches OF the art Mr. a. arrange
ments are Su h tina. he have competition this
side of New York. Having engaged for this summer
new artists of emmett ability he confidently expects
the public wilt su stain him in his enterprise establish
gallery IN Worcester where first class work Oil
tee, Ink, Water Color, &c be made equal to any
:e by Quincy, Frcdercks, Brady. The public are
invited to call ami examine work by his artists,
and jud for themselves 10 those wanting pictures of
children lie Will by kindness attention, and patience
deavor to suit them. Gallery 239 Main St. up one
Hight Of stars dIt ms
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SARATOGA, Aug. 1.-THE national Sab
bath convention met here to-day. Most of
the loyal states were represented. Rev. Dr.
Charles Hodges of New Jersey was madet tenn
porary chairman; Hon. w. w. Ellsworth of
Connecticut was made permanent president;
Prof. North of Hamilton College, secretary /;
and VIM. E. Dodd of New York, chairman.
The president delivered an eloquent inaugural
address, and Prof. Phillip SchatT of Pennsyl-
vana read an essay on the American Sabbath.
The convention Will adjourn Thursday.
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New YORK, Aug. 1.-THE steamer China,
from Liverpool Aug. LIST, and Queenstown the
I'd, arrived this afternoon. News mainly an
ticipated via Capt. Race. Marshal Forey, it
is stated by La France, will leave Mexico
Sept. 10th, giving up the command to Gen.
BaZlne.
The same paper says the negotiations be-
tween the three powers for common reply to
Russia are on the point of a successful term-
nation. La France does not despair of Rus
STA being conciliatory. Should she, however,
be otherwise disposed, the consequence would
be general war, placing in question all the
interests of Europe.
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MUsCArINE, Aug. 1.-THE latest advces
report that the excitement in Keokuk county
subsidized upon the arrival of the military from
Davenport. The insurgents dispersed. The
Unionists prominent in the shooting of Folly,
were e1ted and bound over. Some arrests
of the insurgents have been made and others
will be. Most of the military has returned,
one company from this place remaining as the
sherifl's posse
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trated by the intense heat, and died the same
evening. He had slight attack about
week previous, from which he had not recov-
cred. On the same day, a child living in
California" was taken ill from the same
cause and died
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 1.-THE Commercial
has the following from Columbus: Gov. Tod
leaves for Washington to-day. An important
meeting of distinguished personages will come
of in that city within the next ten days. at
which grave questions, bearing on the present
aspect of the rebellion, will be discussed. The
draft is postponed until the Governor returns.
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NEW YORK. August ll.-Stocks are lower; Chicago
and R'cE Island Railroad 1853; Cleveland and Pitts
burg Railroad 9s New York Central Railroad 2S IIar
littsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad ISL
Cleveland and Toledo Railroad ll43 Michigan Central
Railroad ll54; Illinois Central scrip lug; Michigan
southern Railroad 9l3; American Gold 1857 Michigan
southern guaranteed ll3; Alton and Terra Haute pre-
Je red 81 TO- Chicago 81 Northwestern Railroad 30
Alton ~ ferra Haute Railroad s., 10: Hudson 1904
Bucks Lead %, quicksilver Co 443; Central Transit
Co 322; North Carolina skies 81.
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TROUBLE IN RICHMOND Catharine Burk,
formerly slave of Gusts Lee, but now free
woman through clause in the will of Lees
granddaughter, arrived in Washington from
Richmond to-day. She has been in the fam
lily of Gusts Lee, the eldest son of Gen. Lee,
and now on the military staff of jeff. Davis
This woman represents that there is great ex-
element just now in the Lee family at Rich
mond over the expected hanging of Sawyer
and Flynn by the rebel government. The
people all demand that the sentence shall be
executed next Friday, while Gen. Lee, whose
son, Fitz Hugh, is held by our government as
a hostage for Sawyer and Flynn, demands
that Davis shall prevent their execution, and
threatens, if his son is hung by us in retalia-
ton, that he will resign his position in the
rebel army and leave the confederacy in dis
gust. The same story was told by this col
ored woman, who is exceedingly intelligent,
to secretary Usher Washington Dispatch.
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Nor long since an appeal was made by
Mrs. Swisshelm, Campbell hospital, WASH
ington, from which we make the following
extract -
II want green tea, sugar, small pillows
four by six inches stuffed lightly NTH feath-
ers or hops, little cotton mats thick as bed
comtorter-eI by twelve inches, in covers,
they are very comfortable under the small of
mans back, who is worn by wearisome days
and nights of lying. OF handkerchiefs and
towels we can never have enough let them
be clean and soft"
The Worcester soldiers committee have
received some articles designated for her, and
solicit more that good box may be forwarded
without delay.
The committee would say to the public,
they receive at No. Foster street, and for
ward articles to the sanitary and Christian
commissions, to Mrs. Bigelow, Miss Barton,
and Mrs. Post, for which we need constant
aid. Contributors would confer a favor on
the committee, by distinctly designating their
wishes as to the channel through which they
would have their donations reach the soldiers,
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To COnsusnptive>.-The advertiser having been
restored to health in few weeks by very simple rem.
edy, after having suffered years with severe
lung affection, and that dread disease Consumption-is
anxious TO make known to his fellow Sufferers the means
OF cure.
To all who desire it, he will send copy of the pre-
scrpton used Gree of charge with the directions for
preparing and using the same, which they will md a
SURE CURE for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS
DC. The only object of the advertiser in sending the
Prescription is to benefit the afflicted and spread nor
nation which he eonceves to be invaluable and he
hopes sufferer will try his remedy as it will cost
them nothing, and may prove a blessing
Rev. EDWARD A, WILSON, William burgh.
mil d3m Kin County New York
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MASSACHUSETTS FIFTY THIRD REGIMENT.
The various towns in north Worcester coun-
ty, from which men have enlisted in the sd
regiment, having elected delegates for that
I'''' P0se, meeting WOO hold in Fjtnhhurp lac +
Saturday to make the necessary arrangements.
IL was voted TO give the regiment public 4.
ception at Fitchburg on the occasion of their
return home, in which reception the several
towns interested are expected to unite The
subject was referred to a sub committee of one
from each town. Messrs. Franklin Forbes OF
Clinton, Dr. j. L. s. Thompson of Lancaster,
and j. S. Buttrick of Sterling, represent their
respective towns on this committee.
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Draper az Clark, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. and
Dealers in Flour GRAIN Meal, Grass Seed Salt, Lime
Cement Caened Plaster Plaster Paris, Ground Oyster
Shells and farmers Produce generally Also Agents
for the sale Of Goes Super Phosphate of Lime Peruvian
Guano, American Guano, and Ground Bone.
DRAPER d. CLARK,
ap3 diff Nos 95 Il 81 Front St. Worcester Mass
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OFFICE OF Provost MARSHAL,

worcester, jay u 1853. )
Drafted men notified that hereafter all examina
tons will be ade in the following order. If notices
Of any town shall expire before following they
GalloYed an ext ensian 9f tiwe Accordingly.
, " Ed EsDAY, August I2.-Mendon, Walpole Wren
than.
=. THURSDAY August l3.-Foxboro Beningham Frank
lin, Midway
Bv order of the Board of Enrolment
ty21 diff SAM'L V. STONE. Provost Marshal.
EDWARD MELLEN, Jr,. continues to pay the highest
pIlce To. cid papers, etc. diff
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1l.-Mr. Fulton, cor
respondent of the Baltimore American, under
date of Port Royal Aug, I'd, says: Il learn
by boat from the South Carolina coast that
quite stirring little affair has occurred at st.
Helena Inlet, between here and Charleston,
which has lasted for three days, and resulted
in the entire routing of the enemy, the cap
ture Of two prizes, a number of prisoners, and
the burning of every house from which they
were fired upon. The vessels engaged were
the steamer Peru, captain Farbur, the gun
boat Sycamore and the Beauregard. The
vessels were attacked from the different plan.
tationS by rebel troops, and the work of pun
ishment was carried on with great vigor. The
enemy was routed and whippedat every point.
An immense amount OF property was destroy
ed, about 20 prisoners captured, and two
schoOnerS one of them loaded with cotton
and one commencing to load, captured
and brought out Of Mosquito Inlet. A num-
Der OF negroes, men, women and children, as
usual, Hooked to the gunboats and begged to
be taken on board. Quite boat load was
sent here to-day, and forwarded to Beaufort
to sW ell the number already in the department.
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The FIFTIETH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT
passed here on its way to Boston, yesterday
afternoon at two O'Clock. In Difference to the
request of the mayor, Col Messer consider
ately consented that company 1.-THE old En-
met Guards of this city should leave the
train here. Refreshments were provided for
them at the western station to which justice
was fully done, when the men passed several
ly to their homes accompanied by many friends
who were at the station to welcome them
home.
We were told that this company brought all
of its members home but six. When it is re-
membered they were at the siege of Port
Hudson from the beginning, such result is
a notable one They showed in their Drowned
faces the effects of exposure; but they were
yet strong and high spirited. The fact that
they had done their part to open the Missis-
sippi, and that they are living witnesses that
the work was done efectually, gave them
great satisfaction, and it will through all their
future.
We bid them the same hearty welcome
home we have given to their brethren of the
5lst and 42d regiments.
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IMPORTANT TO TIFF FAsHIoNABLEs.-The
empress Eugene has for several years had
the reputation of setting the fashion in Idress
for all the women of the civilized world. If
we may believe the usually well-informed
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Mrs Leo Miller. CLAIRvoYANT PHYSICIAN,
has taken pleasant suit of room, in the Lincoln
House (enrance ON Maple street,) where she NAV
De visited daily, from to Il NJ, and from to 5
p NJ; Mrs MILLER's rare powers Of Clairvoyance,
together with an extensive experience. enable her to
treat disease with the most perfect success.
Patients living in the CITY who unable call on
Mrs NJ Will be visited at their residences il desired
and pes ms from distance can be examined a. treat
ment eriGed with equal reliability from locks of hair
taken from the patients head No charges made unless
tue clArvyant examination and satisfactory
Let the afflicted accept this iair oder which may prove
to be an invaluable blessing.
j3I DIFF ~
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Gents Fine SHIRTS made to order in the most an
roved STYLE and in the hest manner at short notice
~ \ WALHRIDGE, No. ? American House Block
dhirf Patterns cut dtf OBJ
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Mrs. Nj. w. E3er;IIds, PHYSICIAN AND sue
CEssFuL MIDWIFE, No. 43 Exchange street. special
attention given to Uterine Complaints and Of
children. Office hours from to A. and from TO
3 dtt ana