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A PATRIOTIC WrrE.-Last week, de-
serter from the Seventy-seventh arrived at
his home in this city, after much doubling
and twisting, and many a weary and drcary
walk to avoid being captured. He was
married only the week previous to his reg
iment leaving Camp Peoria, and of course.
after brushing up alittle, one of his first
calls was upon his bride. The news, how
ever, of his desertion had preceded him,
md his young wife, whoais truly patri-
otic and Union-loving lady, met hims at
the door and refused him admittance,
stating in q very emphatic manner, that
".there was no room in that house for q
deserter." His chop-fallcn appearance
when lie met with some of his old asso-
ciates, can well be imagined, and we are
informed his wife utterly refuses to ac-
knowledge. him as her liege lord, until he
returns to the line Of his duty. He left
the next day for the country, where he is
now rejecting upon the fate of traitors
and towards. Peoria (M) Transcript
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WISCONSIN, AND MINNESOTA. have
read with great pleasure an address deliv-
cred IF Thomas Whitney, Esq, at the
opening of the new Chamber of Com,
merce poms in Milwaukee. The address
abounds in instructive statistics. 1t
mentions the fact, that Wisconsin,has out
stripped every state in the Union, In rapid
increase of population-Minnesota alone
excepted. The ratio Of increase in Hi
nois from 1910 to 1850 was 70 per cent.
In Iowa 346 per cent. Wisconsin SS7 per
cent. The ratio in Minnesota from. 1850
to 1860 Vas 2,761 per cent. The ratio Of
increase IN the United States from 1850 to
1860 was 351s per cent. In the Northwest
6S Or cert. Wisconsin $50 pr cent. Farm
ing lands in Wisconsin 1850 1883, ITO
acres, vahled at S131, 900, 900; gain in
value duhng ten years OF over hundred
millions Of dollars. In 1861, Lip, 600
acres of hnd were cultivated in wheat in
Wisconsin, yielding 27,316, 600 bushels.
Wisconsin, is now the second wheat pro-
ducing slate in the Union. The wheat
crop for 1861 was three million bushels
greater thin that Of Ohio, New York and
all the New England States combined.
The average crop 10 the acre for 1861 was
twenty-fo1t and half bushels. A greater
average yield than England, France, or
Flanders could show. Passing from corn,
oats, rye, and hay to live stock-the value
of live stock in 1860 was 81, ,807, 1866.
That year grew 1,011, ,915 pounds of wool !;
made 13, ,653 pounds of butter. The
value of lumber worked in 1860 was 81,
836, 150.-. The yearly report Of ,furs and
skins from Milwaukee alone is not less than
one million dollars. Nine thousand more
barrels of beef were packed in Milwaukee
in 1862 THAI in the entire State of New
York for 1SD.-Ecchange.
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HOSPITALS IN PHILADELPHIA. - There
are at presek tueaty-siss soldiers hospitals
in Philadelphia, providing accommoda-
tions for eitnl, thousand fo'n' h"ndred ana
.ffl3. fire 81 sInd wounded soldiers. These
are usually aled to their full capacity.
Besides the provision made by government
for their management, many lndies yolun-
tarily devote their time to minister to the
suffering.
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FLORIDA.
LIS Sell. Climate, and ResOurces'

At one y eriod the name Florida, was
applied to much larger tract OF country
than is now embraced within the limits OF
the state. According to Roberts tins
name was given by Ponce de Leon IN con-
sequence of his having discovered the
count,v on Easter day in the year 1917.
Whether De Leon named the country or
not his claim to be the original discov-
crer must yield to Sebastian Cabot who
coasted the whole of its eastern shore IN
1893.
Bv the treaty with Spain, in 1895, the
perdido was constituted the western limit
Of Florida. On the north, the 31st deg.
Of north latitude was extended from the
per1ido to the Chattahooche river, the
boundary. thence descended that river to
the forks of Appalachicola; it thence pro-
ceeded eastward to the head of st. Marys,
tbence,down that river to its mouth. On
the east, it is bounded by the Atlantic
Ocean, and by the Gulf Of Mexico on the
south and west The peninsular OF Fior1-
da. or that portion of Florida lying east
and south of the Suwanee river bears the
general designation of East Florida. In
teresting descriptions are given OF TINS re-
oion in the writings of Garcelasco de la
Vega. Romans, Roberts, Stork, the elder
orl Younger Bartram, Darby, Forbes
visnolles, and Simmons. There Is also q
rare and ancient manuscript in the Span
ish language, lately in possession OF the
keeper of the Archives sat Saint Augustine
~ which the early history OF Florida II
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tOriginal.J
COMING HOME.


By L. A. 6.
I'm coming home to ypu, mother
I'm coming home to-day
Nor 60 to war again;.
I'm coming home to stay.
Coming to lay my head, mother,
Upon your loving breast;
Your boy Ia. weary grown,
And hastens hefne to rest.
Ilonc to be at home, mother,
You know not how 1 pine,
Thy smile to see and feel
The warm, sweet kiss Of thine.
The thought Of home and you, mother.
F. Has almost banished pain -
The Thought tns brought me joy, mother'
y That we may meet again,
When coward been, mother
You read, and tfss..&ii shame,
led our shattered ranks sss,s1sa
In thickest Of the fray,
And now ayucpming home, mother,
shah bdlOlI eto-day.
sena this message home, mother.
ThA God may be your stay;
Your boy ispot the same
As when he went away.
In that last dreadful strife
Hot carnage ruled the day; 2
The shell that spared me life
Tore half my limbs away.
Thus msngled now come, mother.
And shall be home to-day
Nor 60 to war again,
And yet nqt Wit thee stay-E
C4 you tcar it d lie mother:
eu mastSaon ptsnd-bN
S6@et me tell you, Another,
I,x COMING HONE 70 DIE.
know 1t will be hard, mother,
For you to,give me up
To say "God's will be done"
And drink the deathly cup.
But t"I have fought the fight"
Aud whilst suffering lie
Thy smile shall be my light
At home then let me die.
I soon shall be at home, mother,
o! do not mourn and weep
But greet with fearless eye,
And kiss my soul to sleep
Reclining on your breast mother,
Your warm breath on my cheek,
Twill not be hard to die mother,
Can but hear you speak.
o yes! I'm coming home, mother,
I'm coming home to-day
To 60 to war no more,
Nor yet with thee to stay.
The angels hoverround me
To wat my soul on high,
And yet-and yet they wait mother, y
That at home may die.
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A TOUCHING INCIDENT IN POLAND. The
foreign papers have q touching incident
about Polund A little boyswas standing
at the door OF his mother's house, when
he saw the Russians fire volley on the
insurgents. Mother" cried the boy.
"the Holy Virgin protects our friends,
for I saw none of them fall A Russian
officer rode up and said "See if the Holy
Virgin will protect you," at the same time
blowing out the boys brains with pistol.
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MUSTERED 1N."--A joke is told by
the boys of the 117th, in regard to the
mastering in of a darkey attached to
the regiment who was fearful he would be
deprived of his pay unless he was joined
to the service. A huge mustard plaster
was applied to his back about foot be-
low where the buttons on his coat were
placed, and under the belief that all sol
diers were served in the same manner, he
wore it until the pain became unendura-
BILE. when he was declared mustered i'm
according to the law in such cases made
and provided If that darkey don't get
his wages it will not be because he has
not suffered for his country.
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How TO Jo1N THE PARrs.-At dinner
party given in this city in the year ITS,
a gentlemen of considerable notoriety as
Al wit, was asked: 'Pray, what is tory?"
He replied. "a tory is n creature whose
head is in England, while his body is in
America, and think the two parts ought
to be Joined by stretching the neck.
We have still persons among us not un-
like this description OF the tory, whose
heads are in Richmond, while their bod
les are in New York; and though We might
not recommend the old revolutionary wits
plan of bringing the two parts together by
stretching the intervening membranes, we
should certainly not object to seeing the
body sent where the head is.-Ereai"g
Post.
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Notes from a Plantation.
ri sIxoS PURE.

I described to you in my last, Mr. Edl-
tor, the process by which became
"Gideonite, and now it remains to tell
how conduct the affairs and enjoy the
life of such O character Perhaps you
have lived on plantation yourself, sir,
and can bear testimony to the fact that
your imported planter is not quite as
much nabob as cheering friends at the
North had pictured to his eIpectant imag-
ination. Oh, said they, his position will
be very agreeable indeed; he will have a
nice house to live in, plenty OF servants to
whit on him, to fan him and keep off the
flies, and all his labors will be comprised
in, "Do this, and "Do that" But de-
ponent can't see it. As soon as / had
succeeded in clearing my enice house "
Of negroes, I removed my effects there
into. and commenced the life. OF naDoD
in earnest. You must know what my
effects were: one chair, taken from house
in Beaufort, without leave, one cblld's
crib, spliced out to the ordinary length OF
the human stature; all other effects were
in a trunk. 4 table and sideboard,
found on the plantation premises, COM
plcted your mabob's outfit Of furnitdre.
a cook was soon found, ms the only essen
| tial interrogatory was, "Can she make
waffles?" and bringing out several TIN artl-
cles for culinary purposes, the nabob COM
menccd his business. You know how one
always remembers his first impressions OF
things, and you know also how, on better
acquaintance, those first impressions be,
come cas- trees walking" Well, night
was coming on; the sun went down Ill
red-hot glow, and darkness and the mos
ouitoes came on together and all at once
/ stood on the piazza of my mice house
to enjoy what of GOODNESS the evening
could impart, and along the road sav
the night pickets marching to their posts
I then began to realize that l was In
war country, where defense against enc
mics was necessary. Then came sundr,,
!, reflections, induced by my ignoranee Q
u the surrounding country. How TAR wa
from actual rebels I knew not, and hoy
easy it might be to be stolen out OF be-
by some Floyd and tied up to hive oa
limb, 1 knew not: But here l wss, n 10
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eastZr1g prlnclple, oy WHICH, nquios afe
cooled, and even ice formed by solar evap-
radon or exposure to current Of air.
FroR the GOODNESS Of the night, it is the
ordinary custom to have blanket folded
at ths foot of the bed tos draw up when
necessary. The beneficid and abundant
dews, (arising from the numerous rivers
and hkes,) cool and invigerate the atmos-
pherc and give vigorous lu1urience to
the vegetation. To conclude, the beauti-
full rivers OF East Florida, enchanting
slopes forests of palms, and orange
groveS succulent roots, delicious herbs
and fruit, abundant and nourishing food
on thdearth, in the mir, and il the water,
in fns its azure skies, deep blue seas,
fertile glades and elastic atmosphere, have
each aid all combined to make it almost
a realization Of the dreams Of Ponce de
Leon.
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he SAYS, "that 84OO, 600 per annum could
h. retained in the state if their products
were cultivated to the extent OF the home
demand" Now all of these productions
grow in Florida, and there are not less
than ten million acres where the soil ana
.elimate are congeninl to theiEgrowth. In
deed, most kinds of tropica9sor European
fruits ripen in Florida. Vines, oranges,
teitrons, lemons, lines, olives, figs, pome-
GRANTEES, mulberries, tamarinds, mangoes,
cocoanuts, sugar cane, pine apples, and
bananas attain perfection. Two success
live crops of corn and three Of potatoes
are often produced in the year.
Z The question is often asked, will people
Of the northern states enjoy accustomed
health in Florida? The transition from
New England to region bordering on
The tropics is very considerable, but solar
beat il, s,nota cause OF disease, nor is
High degree of temperature merely, unfa-
yorable to human life. The climate OF st.
Helena which corresponds very nearly
With Florida is not i'll adapted to the Eu-
ropearf constitution; indeed it has been
found congenial to the crews OF vessels
that have been kept for long space OF
tie on salt provisions and without vege-
t,biss. The average temperature OF the
thermometer throughout the whole year
is.in this island, from Sc to 7S Fahrenheit.
OFT of population Of 5000 or 6, 600 there
were but eighty deaths, and OF tlFem nine
wefe above seventy years OF age. so IL
Flarida, the healthy condition OF the IN
habitants is visible in their cheerful man
nersand active rural industry, the cultlva
ton of the soil being their principal occu
patton. The proportion of white inhabl
tants who own slaves is less in Florld'
than any other slave state, except, per
hats, Texas. In Che peninsular OF Fiorl
do the trade winds are pretty constant
and the atmosphere is therefore more ire
ouently repayetol. ~. ,',ts tatl
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NJ during the whole year fresh]
y End very elastic air. by reason OF TN
!. i.ks,eous action Of the @'aasnorS eyaporns,on
, 1863-11-05
FROM CINCINNATI.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]
C1Sc1ssAT1, Nov. 4, 1858.
1t IL reported here that the Government has
Issued an order prohibiting the 1a1e Of hogs in
Gerard, Madison, Boyles aad Mercer Coun-
ties, Kentucky. The reason for this In that
tie Government intends taking possession OF
I'LL the hogs and beef cattle in these counties,
and driving them to Knoxville to be elaugh-
tered for the use Of the Army Of the Ohio.
Tie following order has been issued by
Brig. Gen. Boyle:
By direction Of Brig Gen J. T. Boyle, Com
All corn that has been purchased BY disttllers On
he1eby taken possession Of for the 9se Of the
o7sl cspssn W 6ssdy az e
master At this post for immediate shipment to
Camp Mellon. No corn will be CONSUMED By dir
ttle1s, Q! told to them By the farmers, after the
The necessities OF the service require that this
corn be takeu- for which the market price Will be
paid and - faF AZ practicable the contract price
fsignedj % MN. TnuxD. Col. CONG Post.
Another shipment Of cotton from East
Tennessee reached here last night, via Nfcho-
lasville, Ky. Government wagons returning
from Knoxville now bring more or lees co.,
ton to NicholasyI1le.
The Gaze Of the conspirators WAS to day
continued In the United States Court until
Saturday morning. Various rumors are afloat.
Ono is, that the grand jury, which is now In
session, lad foDnd true bills OF indictment
against tie partiss before the arrests were
rade. Another Is, that the case viii ba ia
ken ont Of the civil authorities hands aud
will be tried By the military. The latter IL
, 1863-11-05
FROM WISCONSIN.


Especial Dispatch 10 the Chicago Tribunc.1
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 4, 1863.
Returns continue to come In slowly, but
Ill showing large Union gains. All the re-
turns received thus far do not Va1y the figures
n my dispatch Of last evening.
We shall undoubtedly have majority OF
15,0C0 on the home vote, with a large Union
majority in both branches OF the Legislature.
FROM MADISON.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago TEfbune.1
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 4, 1863.
Returrs continue to show large gains Tor
the Union ticket The copperhead paper here
says the State has gone loyal By 10000 ma-
jo1Ity and upwards. The Journal only claims
10000 On the home vote.
Hood, elected Senator in this district, In the
county gains 800 on last fall.
The Legislature will probably stand a. fol-
lows: Senate, 81 Union, Il copperhead; As
semb]y, about 60 Union to 40 copperheads.
IFRoM JANEsVHLE.
l6pecia1 Dispatch to tho Chicago Tribunal
EVANSVILLE, WIS, Oct. 8, 1863.
Green Like county, Berlin.Lawis 1928 ma.
jori'y.
Fond du Lac county, Towns, Lewis, 500 ma-
jo1aty.
Milwaukee county, Milwaukee city, Pal.
;ner, 100 majority. Loss Of 2,200. Three
Unien Assembly men elected.
Rock county, 2, zoo majority. Lewis Brown
county, 6to coppsraead majority.
Lacrosse county, Lacrosse city, Lewis, 81
1nsjority. Oulagamit county, Palmer, cop.
$50 majority.
.Winnebsgo county, Oshkosh city, Lewis,
ITO majority. Both gain:
Walworth county, six towns give Lewis
1,491 majority.
Returns thus tar received indicate Lewis
election by at least 15,oco majority On homo
vote, and large gam in the Legislature for
the Union party.
, 1863-11-05
Fn0M EAST TENNESSEE.
The Situation in Gen. Burnside'a
Command,

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~ 80 eeepe.~'1 e"n.eos " ."o
1oes Of df,v,tvo wounded md fortv. ..ovar
tt1,as
co1 At,~r W., 1o,, wooaaa,a ,,s7,a.+
u<st+ 1,nn.n,,ai 49, na1,csaat 1920 --s 49,.
s;',o5 nn-1os. !. 49, ,,,,9sa 49,. $780,
~ ~. a.1,est 1900 - .a;s4a-t ~ - - 49, .se..
, 1863-11-05
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
Especial Dispatch 10 the Chicago Tribune.1
SpR1EGrrFrn III Nny d fLfN


SPRINGFIELD, H., Noy.4, 1868.
The Union men are j1bilant over the yicto
rles won by the Union people Of Illinois,
while copperheads are SCARCE aud despond-
ent. We are haginga grand celebration TO-
night. At s o'clock thirty four guns we're
fred, at J. o'clock grand to1ch-ight process
cession formed In front CT Union League
Hall, With banners, tra1eparencfes and mu-
sic, while the streets arc crowded to their
utmost capacity Nth men, wohen and chill
dren. Torches and 1anterns were ranged
bers.
Short speeches we're made and general con
gratulations, interspersed with music by tho
band and glee club. The widest enthusiasm
prevailed. Some Of the most prominent
copperheads in the State, now ad@it that we
have carried the Union ticket in this State By
a large majority.
VIM. Gross, who was recently made super
intendent Of the military telegraph in East
Tennessee, has been appointed Captain and
ABIDE Camp on Gen Bu1nside's staff.
Daniel lcAbey, William O'Hara and
james Lambert mere sentenced to
one years imprisonment in the State
penitentia1y BY the Circuit Court to
day. James N. Barger, who was arrested for
shooting dcserter while In the act, (Assfe-
tant Provost Marshal Of this district,) has
been released on bail Of e 500
The following order, issued from the War
Department will be Of interest to officers con:
nected With the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General, having been au-
thortzed, Sept 9th, 1865, to organize the compa-
nies Of the Invalid Corps into regiments. the ltni
tation, in paragraph Of general order No. 173, In
which no officer Of the Corps can receive a COM
mission higher than the grade Of Major, is re-
moved. The grades Of Colonel and Lieut.. Colonel
are authorized from Sept. 9Th, 1883.
ESigred,] ED. TowSsENp,
Asst. A6jt. Gen.
, 1863-11-05
FROM THE SOUTH.

FoRrnRss MONROE, Nov. 4-The Rich.
mond Inquirer says: sit was understood
yes te1day that 600 Yankoes had landed at
Newport News. This Ia doubtless tho fiat
step Ia the new scheme which ia to astonish
'Yankeedom. confound the rebels, take Rich.
mond and crush tho rebellion.
"Tha gallant Mosby Is again In the saddle.
On Tuesday last he naado foray upoa the
Yankees within q mile Of GEN. Meade 8 head
several and captured 80 whita Yankees, 18 OF
20 black, dnd $50 mules and horses.''
The Lynchburg Republican, learning that
soma 3 600 Yankee prleoEers are to be sent
fiom Richmond to that cl'y, stronglY pro.
tests: 1--WE don't want them here. We have
got as many PEOPLE uoH among Us as can
potslbly be supplied with food, and to have
5000 voracious Yankees added to tbs num-
her would make general starvation.
, 1863-11-05
Goy, Yates is expected home to morrow.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.

NEW YoRK, Nov. 4-The Washington COZ.
respondent ofthe Philadelphia Ledger, writing
yesterday, esys reports Were very prevalent
last night Of fighting between Meade ind Lee,
but they hare received no confirmation up to
the present hour. It isnow positively asserted
BY thoee who have the best means Of know
ing, that Meade had imperative orders to
bring on battle, and IN the event ofa failure
to do 50, he will be certainly superseded.
Hal1eek, and further, they are backed BY the
Pretident up to yesterday. However, 1t is
known there were no preparations for for
yard movement on the part OF Meade, but On
the contrary, he seemed Inclined toward the
maintenance Of a defensive position.
had been considerably reduced. and any
offensive designs on their part we're not
vfhible.
, 1863-11-05
Glltfagu Qribnrte.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER s. 1868.


The news from Chattanooga is encoura-
ging. Though the rebels still hold part of
Lookout Mountain, we hold possession of
the Tennessee River to point within two
miles Of Chattanooga, across bend, and
The supplies are sent up from Bridgeport
By steamers The position Of the army at
Chattanooga Is safe, and plenty again,
rcigns in cur camps. Hooker has cleaned
the rebels from the south, bank, as far up
rs the position taken by the blockade run
ncrs, aud repulaing fierce aaack BY Long
greet, intrenched himself The question
whetherthe Amy Of the Cumberland could
hold Chattanooga was, when Gen. Grant
look command, one dependent upon the
speedy reduction Of the length of the road
over which supplies must be wagoned.
The question is now answered and the ar
my is safe.
Despite Of the frowns md g1llks Of No
MEMBERS rain fall and SNOW storms, and
mud galore, the great Northwestern Fair
continues in its full tide Of success. Crowds
flock to its halls, every place is full at din
ner time, the fair change-takers are over
run with business, and the great fund &C.
cumulatcs. But let no one pause yet, Ger
1ainly not among outsiders. There is
much TINT is to be realized upon and in
behalf Of the nob1est objects. Let every
body lend willing hand and loose purse
strings TO the fair. A few more days and
the grand result will be reached.
Read the presentation OF facts given else
where in this issue touching the forlorn
case Of the freedmen Of the Southwest and
let the appeal in their behalf be literally
net. It is noble and national the enter
1'risc which smooths the way for them
from their house Of bondage to the light
Of Freedom and Free Labor. They are in
the wilderness as yet and help must reach
them in their destitution.
The Union minority in the State OF New
York will, judging from present prospects,
leach the ncighbor1ood Of 10000.
Gen. Gilmore is still battering away at
Fort Sumter, and with such success that
The fall Of q portion Of the honey-combed
brick will killed a sound of rebels. Moth
ing looks like any speedy result at Charles
tcn+
The result in Illinois and Wisconsin is
glorious, and grows better as fuller details
come in. The luckless copperheads will
be claiming, this time, that their boys
have I'LL gone to the army. Wait and see
41,n vntes of fhe so11iers anend tbot 1;hn1
, 1863-11-05
FROM MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS, NOT. 4.-Retu1ns from the inte-
rior f the State come in very slowly. The
pro-ElaVe1T towns along the North Missouri
railroad and Missouri River, between Jefferson
City and Kansas City, as far As heard from,
gives radical n.jority Of two hundped
The soldiers pte will swell it to 500. La-
clede county, asfar as heard from, gives 3
radical ma]o1ity Of about 200. tbs soldiers
ct this county went unanimously radical.
Large radical gaDs over Boyd's vote for Con-
gress Last year are reported throughout tie