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For 1863


We have much pleasure in informing the public that
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, 1863-03-23

PROVOST MARSHAL GEtE11ALs
Whatever may be the disappointment OF
other applicants for the place, there IS no
question that denomination Of Col. James
B. Fry, Of Illinois, as Provost Marshal
General of the United States, by authority
Of m act to organize the national militia,
will give grcat satisfaction in this State
where the nominee is known. Col. Fry is
the Oldest son Of Col jacob Fry, now ut
the head Of IN Illinois volunteer regiment.
Col. Jacob F1y, SO well known as former
Canal Commissioner, and as one Of the
purest of all our public men. The son
was educated ut West Point, where he
graduated in 1e47. When this war broke
out, he WAS Asst Adj't General Of the Unit
ed States, at Washington; hewas transfer
red thence to the staff Of Gen. Med lowell,
and did gallant service at Bull Run. When
Buell. was sent to Kentucky, FtJ was trans
erred to his Department to act as Asst
Adj't General in the West; and in all the
contention that followed Bue1l's acts, we
have never heard his Adjutant's ability OF
loyalty questioned. Though distinguished
for his skill in artillery, and for personal
bravery, Col. Fry's great merit is in hi:
ability to master details-ability that his
new Office specially needs. Col. Fry is =
Democrat, born and bred, but, following
the example Of his father, he is Jefferson
| ian-not Jetfersonian DaVis-Democrat
| and Ne shall be mistaken If be 1neo no
WELD the powers reposed IN Lis hands. witt
great discretion and with signal advantagt
| to the loyal cause.
, 1863-03-23
FROM MADISON.

Especial Dispatch to tho Chicago T1bnne.1
MADISON. Wis, March II, 1853.
In the Senate, this morning, Bartlett offered
3 resolution instructing the Committee on
state affairs to inquire what legislation If any,
is necessary in relation to the balances which
arc owed to the State BY counties; also in.
structing the same Committee to make the
same inquiry relative to taxation Of lands Sc
lccted in this State under the Homestead act
Of Congress. Both resolutions we're adopted.
Senator Lawrence offered ajoint resolution
for 90 amending the constitution as to autho-
rizc the Legislature to reconstruct the su-
preme Court, making five Judges Instead OF
t1,rec-cach to hold for term Of 1vc yoars,
and one to 70 ont Of Office annually.
Among the bills introduced was one by SEN
ator Bartlett for the organization of military
companies for home defense; ono By Senator
Hamilton, to amsnd the revised statutes OF
claims and delivery Of personal property; one
by Senator Chandler, to amend the charter Of
the EeloIt and Madison Railroad Company.
Among the bills passed WAS ono to provide
for the inspection, repair and control Of plank,
gravel, and other roads; one to amend tho re,
,ised statutcs Of proceedings against debtors
BY attachment, and one to carry into e1eeu,
ton the provislons Of the oct Of Congress
granting lands for agricultural colleges.
A bill was introduced int the Assembly te
provide for bonnties for families Of volunteers
L bill prepared by the State Superintendent
Of Public Instruction, making long needed
Qualifications of the school laws, was passed
n{%n "a $ha
, 1863-03-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
TREASURY AND FINANCE
MATTERS,
The Starvation Era in
Dixie.
Arrival Of Indian Chiefs.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunal
WASHINGTON, March q, 1863
Goy. Tod, s,m. Galloway, Surgeon General
Smith, and other prominent Ohioans, have
been here for some days on business, 1t is
said, connected with the CONSUMPTION Law
and its provisions in Ohio. They return in the
morning.
The receipts under the Internal Revenue
law last week lacks So, 600 only Of reaching
million dollars.
The report Of the Committee on the Con-
duct of the War will bc made up and put in
the hands Of the printers as soon as Mr. Wade
returns. It is said it Will reflect severely on
Gen. franklin for falling to reinforce Gen.
Mead at Fredericksburg, and Will dwell on
points in tho Peninsular Campaign, bringing
ont, nmong other things, the fact that for q
week after Mcclellan arrived at Yorktown
there was not over 5000 or II, 900 rebels there
TO oppose him.
The report that Gen. Cadwalladcr hhs been
assigned to the command Of the I'd Army
Corps proves incorrcct-Gen. Couch remains
At Its head. $50: =. 49, j.
Dennis, the Herald correspondent with the
army Of the Potomac, has been convicted by
the Military commission Of publishing con,
traband neNB, mud sentenced to six months
hard labor. This sentence mas mittgatcd By
Gen. Hooker. On consideration Of this being
the first odense, to transportation beyond tho
lincs.. =.
The President has issued an order author.
fzing Thomas ". Knox, tho Herald CORES.
, 1863-03-23
THE WAR III VIRGINIA.
The Rebels Falling Back


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Especial Dlepatch to tho Chicago Tribuno.1
WASHINGTON, March q, 1853.
Information received here by the Govern
mcnt leads to the belief that the rebels arc
abandoning theRappa aud falling back
toward Richmond. This uewa ID brought by
refugees, who, further say, that Longstreet is
moving towards LynchburEh, and that trains
are coming into Richmond from Fzedcricks-
burg, MI heavily loaded, T.lsh teaus To con
firm the news.
It has been stated for some time that out Of
eix corps, Of which the rebel army through
the fill WIS composed, hut two are at Fred
cricksburg now.
4 cavalry picket guard was captured to-day
at Occoquan by detachment Of Stuart's cav
airy.
Major Gen. Stahl assumes command Of the
cavalry In front Of Washingt on o-day, cstab-
fishing his headquarters at FairGx.
NEW YonK, March 21.-The New Tork
1ribute's special dated Headquarters Of the
Army Of the Potomac, March 20th, SAYS:
After the review Of the 12th corps by Gen.
| Hooker, yesterday, he met his officers at Gen
| slocum's Headquarters. Gen. Hooker express
| and eaid he relied on them for assistance AMI
hearty corporation in the ensuing campaign
| So far rs he WAS concerned, he meant that
| there should be no more mistakes or doubtful
results, If the enemy didn't run.
HEADQUARTERS An,T osh OF TIE = 3psa 3PpsoaTosAc,}
There is nothing Of Importance from an
scene Of active operations in the field.
There was heavy fill Of SNOW here during
tho day and last night.
, 1863-03-23

vindicates Mr. Knox, whether Grant assents
to his remaining with the army OF not.
According to letters from Port Look Ont,
the business Of slaye catching still
exists under the auspices Of General Lock-
wood. Both Virginia and Maryland contra
bands are being returned. The process is to
decoy them outside the lines where their mas
ters lie in wait to seize them.
There is so great a demand for the $50
bonds into which the Treasury notes are con-
vcrtible, thnt Secretary Chase is compelled to
keep his clerical force in the Trcasurcr's Office
day and night and Sundays in getting them
ready.
It has been ascertaincd by the War Depart
ment, from the army rolls, that the desert-
ers amount to 10000 mcn. The recent pro-
clamation applies to this II hole number.
An Injunction has been Issued against the
Old Almaden Quicksilver Company under the
Supreme Court decision.
Return J. Meigs, Of Tenn, his been ap-
pointed clerk OF the District Supreme Court.
Thirteen wild and almost naked Indian
chiefs arrived here on Saturday, from the Ter
rltorics bordering On the Rocky Mountains.
They had heard SO much Of the destruction
Of their great white Fathers Government BY
rebels, that they say they came on to see
whether there was any Government any more.
The last Of the prisoners taken By the rebels
from Gen. Carter during his bridge burning
raid into East Tennessee, hare been released
and arrived here.
Paroled prisoners from Richmond more than
confirm the previous stories respecting the
suffering Of the rebels. Their army ration is
only twelve ounces Of flour and a quarter
pound Of meat.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-The HeraZTs dis.
patch eta-cs that It is confidently stated in mil
ftary circles tonight that Gen. Hcintze1man
will assume the command assigned to Gen.
Sumner and euper6ede Gen. Curtis in Mis-
enuri.
Gen Sigc1, who has withdrawn lis rcsfgna-
tion, is urged by his friends to apply for the
conlmand Of an expedition to Texas.
NEW York, March 21.-A special to the
New York Times, from Washington, yesterday,
SThree hundred and seventy released pris-
oners arrived from Richmoud to-day. One Of
them, AIr. Leeds, Of Cincinnati,a a New Or
leans pilot, mentions the steady and signid-
cant removal of machinery for manufacturing
ordnance and small arms, from Richmond to
Northern Georgia Removals Of ordnance
stores In large Quantities had also been going
on for some time The possibility Of ! trans
fer Of the seat Of war far below Virginia is ra-
cognizcd By the authorities at Richmond.
Upon the interesting point Of the duration
Of tie var, Mr. Leeds said it might Inst six
months after the next crop, but he thought 1t
would be ended with that crop. If Vlck5burg
should be taken, it would end almost imme-
diately, for their armies would be cnt of from
, 1863-03-23
FROM CHINA.

BAN FRANCISCO, March 16,-Hong Kong
dates are to the 10Th Of January. Black and
Oolong teas.have declined. The shipment Of
American cotton goods continued. Raw cot
ton was easier, but in demand for American
sna The Chlnsse fe5es
range1ncnts for securing British neutrality,
they no longer approach within thirty miles
Of Shanghai. The foreign residents of Shnng-
hai believe that France contemplatcs territorf-
al aggrandizemcnt In China, vita Ningpo for q
base Of operntions. The expectations Of the
The suppression Of the rebellion, arc unlikely
to be realized.
, 1863-03-23
Cr!:1|;;cooo Urit)u1te.


L newspaper correspondent with the
army Of the Potomac, for having trans
cen1cd the known rules Of the Depart
mcnt, in the publication Of contraband
news, is sentenced to ignominious punish
mcnt End this is right, and the example
nigh: have come earlier without elciting
murm,r from the loyal press. If any
reporters zeal outruns Ills discretion, and
q damaging publication Of news, injurious
10 tlc loyal cause, is the result, let him be
punished, and let al the people say amen.
Cen Hooker has con1mutcd the punish
ment in this case, but this should not lessen
tLc force Of the warning.
!. Aal per contra an army correspondent
Tho has been made the victim Of the mar
TOW and weak revenge Of commander
defective both in heart and brains, has been
FinGicatcd and acquitted BY the President
who leaves to Gen. Grant in his discretion
10 decide whether the reporter may return
to his fo.mer post, Thstoo is right. The
press has its proper place, and within its
sphere ignorant ans blgoted officers can
only NEEDLE to their own harm
Tho Yazoo Expedition is still, or was at
last accounts, at the confluence Of the Yal-
7abusha and the Tallahatchie Rivers,
awniting the reduction Of Fort Pembcrton
at Greenwood, Carroll county. This is
promised Is speedily to take place, The
interval that has elapsed since the cxped-
lion left Tazoo Pass has doubtless enabled
The enemy to prepare still other points to
be contested when Greenwood Is passed
Our news from Lake Providence is at
last final. The cutoff is open, and the
mighty Father Of Waters is by this time
carrying widespread disaster through
Northeastern Louisiana. It is = fate the
rebellion richly deserves to be drowned
out, and as far as it goes, the work will be
thorough. The rebel planters have pleaded
and threatened and raved by turns, to
save their splendid cotton estates, but in
yain. The Union war power means that
somebody shall be hurt now.
The news that the enemy is falling back
from Fredericksburg will require con6r-
nation. It il pretty certain, at all events,
that Hooker and his army are about ready
to fall .to,7edrd. Active operations in Vir-
Einia are near at hand, subject only to the
TTeathcr.
Instead Of being captured by the enemy,
as las been stated on rebel authority, the
colored troops, under Col. Higginson, have
captured Jacksonville, Fla, and are carry
ing the Federal fag triumphantly into the
heart Of that Etate.
Our special dispatch from Nurfrecsboro
details splendid victory gained over ths
forces of John Morgan and Gen. Wheeler
This :3ohr Morgan-upon whose e1ploit'
the rebels so boast-when he meets oul
boys in fair-and-squarc, s.and-up fight
always comes of second best. 1t is TIM
they sent him into disgrace.
, 1863-03-23

Union Convention in kentucky
u. EJni0uis m Yri-
1tIuPhant--No Sympathy with
Goppcrhezttl~.
LOUISVILLE, March 16, 1S6


NV fnH ,,,rt;n tnat H. Goas,.5.,4
ton was tic largest ever assembled in thIs
State. and composcd Of t1e most influential
men Of Kentucky.
Thj, afternoon, however, Mr.. Wick1ife In
troduced Nj. Cravens. a member Of the next
ConTcntion. who took position on the floor
ana made speech ZEE I'd deaouncing % The M III preseut t
Administration In the most violent manner,
eulogixing Mr: Vallaudigham and the efforts
The &C Goyernment- @ T FN' ~ WA '''"
The greatest confueion ensucd among the
memhers before M. Travens Ind fInished
snentinc md ho;:terons ernressinns ~ sprt
him mi il .tdown with the traitori,, ttrcare
were hearl from cyerv nortinn 81 the honsc
fol1ora5 hv choere for {he 1ininr ~ In' '4o"''
H. ,oons re1a ~ ~ t,,aiir III eo;Aaj
- -. - s..n, "..e ~ fa.i, eLu t.+u:13 ee ~
bu;1d;nr a,n;d the Sroans M, ;cers of M tbe ~ ~
eitnd mn'1titnde s'AA'' ''A1 'eeA0 - <'1' s'N
s41S0 E'.au. nuattsuus .. ~, c+.+ :, ,,nor,+o. =,
,,is cu1 ~ tmS - 'ip.ese,eu ~ ~
~ S.,san a.. e1A'se1 w
LII oouloefn % ola.s !lne' -
ANoihEh ANGouNf-
clnnau 11lnes.]
In the afternoon proceedings Of the first
dav Of the Union Convention, in Louisville,
49,. r.,,a-.:.,- ..'
~ 4'oo "'e oes"i1eo a4e11 enc c~ooAplAs>soo y"
AT this point, Governor Vicklitrc. on his
crutchcs, aud following his RULED shirt,
moved up to the President and said:
"a distinguished gentleman from Indiana
is here, and who is sound and true. ask that
he have the privilege Of standing up with mi
on tlis floor,''
Amotion was Immediately made that the
distinguished. gentleman be invited to ad
dress the meeting, and bein. put, 1t was
adoptcd,
uWho Ia he q, asked half a dozen voices,
"Mr. Crayens," responded the lame Gov.
crnor,
nr. C1ayeps was invited up, but did not re-
epoud. In . few minutes, however, it wa.
announced that he was present, and WAS in
| truduccd to the Convention by q delegate
from an elevated seat.
Mr., Cravens said he knew how anxious th'
delegates were to proceed to business, AMI
came hoping to witness harmony in tn
proceedings, and TINT tho result would be
graf weight in favor OF destroying the re
bellion, and preserving the constitution
! IApplausc. As a citizen of Indiana, cam!
hcTc feeling the deepest solicitudc. &c hopet
they would drop all differences, and take szcl
action as would perpctuate the sacred 1nsti
tutions Of the country. In Indiana they wer
intensely sollcltous as to tho proceedings Q
the Convention. Ihcy hoped Tor such actiol
rs would restore tic Union and tic uemo
cratic party.
Nothing but Democratic principles coul
restore the Union. The Democracy Wcr
, 1863-03-23
THE EUERILLAS IN KEN.
TCCKK
They Capture n Train on the LouEs-
Ef1Ic mud Nashville Raf1rond-Thc
Train AHerWard RecAptuFe6.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 21.-An 1nauthen~
Gcated report is just received here, that por-
ton Of Gen. Stanley's force encountered
John Morgan's cavalry at Nc cMinnville, Tenn,
yesterday, whipping them badley and driving
them away.
4 special dispatch from Paris, Ky., to the
Conimercial, says the rebel Col. Cluke sur
rounded Mt. Sterling, Ky., ut ? o'clock, this
morning Our forces, Numbering 200, fought
from honses for four hours, but we're finally
compelled to surrender. The rebels then
buried the town. It Is believed that Cluke
intends to attack Paris tonight.
LOUISVILLE, March M.-A Nashville tra1n
vas on Thursday thrown of the track bT que
rillas, by obstructions, four miles above Rich
land Station. and not at Woodburn Station, as
previously reported. The 1ocomotive, tender
and two express CARS were smashed The que
rillas fred into the rear car, containing wo-
men and children. They called themselves
returned the fire, killing and rounding three
guetil1as. But one passenger was slightly
wounded. The guerillas commenced paroltng
at the head Of the trnin and took sway the Of
Geers' side a1ms, rihed their csrpet sacks, &c.
The Adams Express safe was robbed, but It's
contents we're IN part subsequently recovered.
The mail On the train WAS seized, but recoYeE-
ed. The conductor ran back mile to the
stockade, and the soldiers came up at double
quick; re-captured the train and drove OF the
gue1illas, Wounding several and taking tour
prisoners. Gen. Brandon and Lieut.. Mckee,
who were on the rear car, were neither cap
tutcd nor paro1ed, but are eafe ut Nashville.
, 1863-03-23

[
VIA CAIRO, March =.
Contrary to the belief expressed this morn
ing, the authorities hare concluded 10 let in
water at this point. The marriage Of the
Mississippi River and Lake Providence was
contaminated this evening at sundown, and as
write an immense 1olai4'e of rater is pour
ing in, threatening triend and foe alike.
The aperture Is twenty feet wide already,
and is 1isibiy widening at the month. By
morning the greater rart Of the town Of Lake
Providence will be under water.
There was bit Of tight yesterday at Shirt
Tail Bend, forty miles aboye here, in which
q rebel WAGNER and some tcamsters were
taken prisoners. Our loss is not reported.
Reinforcements will be sent up the river this
evening.
, 1863-03-23
THE LATE GEN SUMMER.

Recently on his appointment to new
command in the Western Department, we
cavc brici slctch Of the life Of Major
General Edwin Z. Sumner. It is sad so
coon to follow it with the announcement
that hisrecord is ended, and the brave and
houorcd soldier called from earth. He was
one OF the veteran officers Of our army,
and the natural span Of life could have
allotted to him but few more years Of
active service. He died as true soldier
would desire to die, in the midst OF useful
ness, and the proofs that his experience,
Ta}or, and carnestness IN the cause fof
which NC are fighting, was appreciated by
The people and the Government.
Gen. Summers whole heart was in the war:
He had seen its coming afar off, and met
and turned back its first angry wave,
: when, as commander Of the Federal forces
in Kansas, he thwarted the rufflan gangs
Of the minions Of the 6laye Power. At
that time General, then Colonel Sumner,
had TN opportunity Of witnessing the
rancor and ficrceness Of the men, who, in
the behcsts Of Slavery, were ready to ap-
peal to all violence. he saw and treasured
up the experience, and the war for the
Union found him not unprepared in spirit
and sympathy to act against the men and
The schemes. first exposed to hun IN the
Border troubles. Gen. Sumner was an
Abo1ltionlst. he beneEed tnat Slavery
, 1863-03-23
FROM THE SOUTH.
The Negro Brigade Capture
Jacksonville, Fla.
A Sharp Skirmish with the
Rebels;

NEW ToRK, March 21.-The steamer Brit
i.h Queen from Havana 14th, yla Nassau, re-
ports rebel steamer arri7cd at Havana on
the 141h, from the coast Of Florida, with 600
bales Of cotton.
The Port Royal Nta0 South, Of the 14th, says
Jacksonville, Florida, was taken on the 10Th
by the negro brigade. The negroes behaved
with propriety, and no one was harmed. On
the 18th Col. Montgomery with 200 men, had
sharp skirmish three miles from the town
with zoo rebels. Baldwin, st the junction Of
the Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Cedar Keys
Railroad, is supposed to be the point aimed
at By the expedition