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HELENA. ARK.. Jan. 10. 1863.

Mr.. improve the present
opportunity to inform your readers in re-
gard to some facts. The attack on Vicks-
burg by our forces has proved perfect
failure for the present. The attack was
made by Gen. Sherman on the 9th of
December. Frank Blairs Brigade con-
sisting Of the 5Sth Ohio, 10th Ohio, 54th
Indiana, 31st Mo. Regis. and also the
42nd Ohio, 22nd Kentucky; 18th Illinois,
4th Iowa, 29th Mo, those Regis. were
engaged in the attack, and were all badly
cut up. Our loss in killed and wounded
and missing is computed at 1900. Col.
Wyman of the 18th Illinois was killed.
General Morgan l.. Smith was mortally
wounded, and quite number of other
officers wereekilled and wounded
The steamboat City of Memphis arrived
here this morning with 500 wounded on
board. Some had died on the way up the
river. The scene on. board the City of
Memphis presented Horrible sight, crowd
ed full of wounded. Some with arms shot
off, some with leg, &C., &C.; the Surgeons
at work, amputating limbs, cutting and
slashing away with but little apparent
sympathy have seen good deal of such
work since [ have been in the service, at
Donelson and Shilo, the attack on Vicks-
burgh has proved failure for the present,
the place is very strongly fortified, and
where we made the attack was some six
miles from the City, the face of the coun-
try is very hilly, and our men in attempt
ing to make pass-was cut down by the
batteries on the hill, our gun boats did
not effect much from the river. Captain
Qnin of the gun boat Benton, was killed
by shot from the battery Our feet has
returned up the river to the mouth Of
white river, and the object is to clean out
the Arkansas post. All the troops that
are at Helena are now getting boots with
the exception of small garrison to hold
the place. The feet will leave here to-
day to join the feet below. The number
leaving here is 10000 strong, all is hustle
and confusion which is generally the case
in move of this kind The river is in
fine stage and the weather warm and pleas
ant, and the health of the army is good
and the mass of the soldiers are going
from here determined to do something ii
their leaders will manage the card right.
The soldiers connected with the army be-
fore Vicksburg, have become considerably
discouraged; the truth of the matter is
we have not got the right kind of com
manders The army of the south west
have lost quite a number of men since
Gen. Curtis army came to Helena. Some
have been killed and captured by the enc
my, and hundreds have died of disease,
and many more have become disabled by
disease, and are in the various hospitals.
and little or nothing has been effected by
the army towards suppressing the rebel
lion
Our once happy and highly blessed
America, once the great asylum of the
civilized world, is now by an unholy civil
war, torn asunder The south in great
measure is ruined-the north is hacked to
pieces by sectional parties, and heavy
tax is pending, and no prospect of the
war coming to an end-the great revolu-
ltionary struggle is still going on and God
only knows when it will end.
From IN Old Soldier.
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TOgOUR PATRONS.

Some weeks since we asked our subscri-
bers to come up and pay us what was due
on subscription. In response to this re-
quest large number came up and paid
what they owed, and also in advance for
the coming year. 1t is now duty and
pleasure to us to return our sincere thanks
to them for the favor conferred upon us,
which enabled US to meet the large ad-
vance in the price of paper and other
printing material. Weare therefore un-
der great Obligations to our old subscri-
bcrs, and hope "that they may live a
thousands years and their shadows never
grow less" We have also since the first
of January received a goodly number OF
new subscribers, a portion Of whom are
Democrats and the balance Conservative
men who cannot swallow the dose which
Abraham Lincoln administered to them
on the first day of January 1868. They
enlisted under the Union banner which
is now in the possession of the Democracy
and left the party which was swallowed
up in the gulf Of Abolitionism on the
celebrated first day of January last.
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MEDICINES THAT. CURE.-On ne Of the
special peculiarities of DR.. Ayers prepa-
rations is, that they accomplish what is
promised fol. them. Who, in this com
munity, does not know that Of III the
cough remedies the Cherry Pectoral is by
far the best? Who that ever uses pills
but will tell you Ayers Pills are at once
the mildest and most searching, most ef-
fectuafof all? Did anybody ever hear Of
his Ague Cure failing in single case2
Not an instance has been found where
Fever and Ague has resisted the faithful
trial of it, This may seem bold asssr-
ton, but we are assured it is true. And
still more important are the effects of his
Alternative called Extract of Sarsaparilla.
One aften another, patients come forth
from their leprosy, cleaned and purified
into health, by this witchery Of medico-
chemical skill Saturated with the accu-
mulated rottenness of years, and poisoned
by the corruption of their own blood, they
could only live to suffer. This master
combination, purging out the foul impu-
rites, has instilled the yigor sf health,
and restored them to the enjoyment Of life
again, If these are truths and they are,
should not our readers know it? What
facts can we publish of more vital import
ance to them?-[ [Courier, Princeton, Ky.]
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In the Probate Curt Of M,aroe CJHaty,
anii State Of Ohio

In the Probate Curt OF M,aroe CJuaty,
AMI State of Ohm
PETITION TO SELL LAND.
JohnJ. Eggar, Administrator of Gabriel Starkie
against
Mary Starkie, .wi,iov, and Jacob Starkie. Heu-
q ry StarSie, Thomas Starkie aud otllet hairs
ofsGab,iel Starkie, dsosassi. and the un-
known heirs and legal representatives Of
Lewis Starkie, deceased and Of Nancy STAR
Z kie, d-ceasea.
You are hereby notified, sthatjop the 29th
day of January A. d. 1868, said administrator
filed his petition in the Probate Court Of Mon-
roe County, Ohio; the object aud prayer Of
which petition issto obtain an order from said
court to assign the dover of Mary Stsrkis
widow of Gabriel Starlsia. deceased, and an
order for the sale OF the following lands Of
which said Gabriel Starkie died, seized, to
wit:
The north east quarter of the south west
quarter of section l3, of township six, aud
range six, to pay the debts of said deosdsnt
and the cost of administration.
Said petition win be for hearing In said
Court on the 2Sth day of February, 1863.
JOHN J. EGGER, Admir-.
By w. r. HUNTER, Atty.
Feb 1859 Aw -g-4
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p~A Washington dispasSh s0ss Nsw
York paper says that the Government de-
tsctives have asccrtained that parties in
New England have been extensively en-
gagged in manufacturing and selling to the
rebels shoes and other goods, which are
shipped to Canada and thence to Nassau,
whore they are reshipped to run the block
ade.- They are busily engaged in this
kind of business now, having s'comnenced
the year patriotcally." These are Of the
class ofnen who are opposed to the Con-
ititution as it is and the Union as it was,
who are valorous in urging on the war
but cautious of all venture in it save Of
shoes and shoddy.1 @--
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Main Street Of our Wigwam camp was
soon crowded BY Co. Gone word and we
were in line; you would have thought that
We were about to make oharge-of came
the lids of the boxes, and the way the
boys pitched in was caution to Davy
Crockett. Our loss in this charge was not
very heavy, the Sturgeon being called on
in due time not for amputation however,
but from the effects of an over loaded
stomach, and by proper medical treatment
the. patient was soon restored. !
We are of the opinion that if the de-
partment at Washington City was in the
hands..of the fair sex of old Monroe, the
state of affairs in this army would be much
better than it now is. One thing we do
know the commissary department would
have variety, hard crackers and fitch
would be dispensed with.
We had review to-day, Burnside as a
matter of course rode along the lines,
only about one man out of a regiment in
an average attempted to shout. This
made it more thanSridiculous, for among
so many thousands Mcclellan would have
received the shouts of all, yes the boys
would of raised shouts that would have
astonished the Rebels on the other side OF
Jordan r
The camp colors of the 7th Va. Regt
have eighteen buckshot and ball through
them; the stars and stripes and regimental
colors about seventy-ive The same old
flag that carries its marks of the hard
fought battles waved to our Captain on
dress parade, as much as to say, the boys
are well pleased with the cakes from La
dies sent in that way. The health of the
boys are generally good.
4 LEWIS JOHNSTON,
Co. G, 7th Va. Regt.
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NEwBuRs. N. c., Jan. 21.-Newspaper

NEwBURN, N. c., Jan. 21.-Newspapers
received here lthe interior say that al
though the rebels fight desperately they
are nearly disheartened, and frequently
confess their inability to..hold out without
foreign intervention. They are greatly
exercised at the concentration Of military
and naval forces in this department..
The President will be memorialized for
the removal of Gov Stanley and the..aboli-
ton ofthe office, which is. regarded as
worse than useless. Gen. Foster says a
Military Governor is no longer military
necessity.
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GREAT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN
Ia Sd WHEELING. @R
2 w 10 OCOHNOION, q
Co. G., 7th Va. Regt.

We have the gratifying intelligence
from Wheeling, that the Democrats of
that city, at the election on Monday,
achieved splendid victory, by giving DR..
Baird, their candidate for Mayor Eve
hundred majority, notwithstanding the
manifesto of Joseph Darr, Jr., Provost
Marshal General of West Virginia, by
which he intended to- intimidate honest
men and keep them from the polls The
game of intimidation played out! The
little nest of Abolition conspirators in
Wheeling will find, that the days of pow
er3with them are about numbered The
entire Democratic ticket was elected by g
large majority.
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s9-A leading Republican Senator made
this remark the other evening, to which
the political horizon would seem to give
much meaning: "Our party has trid to run
the machine, and we can't; it is about time
for us to give up the Government to the
Democrats. Let Mr. Lincoln follow the
will of the people, and confidence would
at once be restored and all things would
go on swimmingly-Boston Post
The Republicans have so broken the ma
chine that if they do not give it up to the
Democrats soon, we fear it can never be
mended Or repaired, but will be a hopeless
wreck.-Eng.s
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THE KN1cKERBocKER MAGA

THE KNTCKERBOCKER MAGA-
ZINE-The February number of this
old and popular literary magazine is be-
fore us. 1t contains several very inter
esting articles, and among the number,
two articles on the conduct of the war
and the policy of the present administra-
ton, which are worth more than the price
of the book IF any conservative man
desires to take literary journal without
being disgusted with the intense abolition
articles, with which so many are now filled,
we most cheerfully recommend the KNIcK-
ERBoCKER
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CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH,
January 1st. 1863.

Dear Spirit: Yesterday afternoon our
gallant Captain S. Spangler rejoined his
company after a short visit to your place.
The same old Captain that stood at the
head of Co. G., 7th Va. Regt in two of
the hardest battles of the army of the
Potomac, (Antietam and fredericksburg, J
he made a brilliant appearance in our
midst with boxes we'll stored by the hands
of the fair sex of old Monroe. God bless
the fair sex, thank God that they have not
forgotten US, for if we had sent an order
our desires so far as the stomach is con-
cerned could not have met botter supply.
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5 A Cool PRoPosITroN.-Mr Noel, an
Abolition member of Congress, elected BY
the military in Missouri. has introduced
bill into the House Of Representatives
proposing to pay ten millions of dollars on
the part of the United States for emanci-
pating the slaves in Missouri. This is
certuinlya cool proposition: The idea of
taxing the people of the Northwest and
Northeast to pay for Missouri negroes
But we presume this Abolition Congress
will pass the bill.-Cin. Eng.
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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.

We call attention to the prospectus OF
this paper on the fourth page. 1t is the
best paper published in the West. Its
motto is: "The Union as it was, the
Constitution as it is and the niggers where
they are" That's sound:
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Administrators Sale.

QY virtue of an order of the Probate Court
- of Monroe County, Ohio, the undersigned
John ]. Egger, Administrator of Mary Keyser
will offsr for sale, to pay debts, the following
Real Estate, situate in Monroe County, Ohio,
to witt: = sfssS s1sfss
Town lots numbers six and seven in the
town of Mntensburgh. lot number seven be-
ing subject to 2 life estate therein. Said real
estate will he sold to the highest bidder, at
Publie auction, on the premises, ON
Saturday, February %. 1863.
TERMS OF SALR.-Ons.t third cash in hand,
one third in six months, and ons-tiir ird in enc
year with interest On the deferred payments,
to be secured to the satisfacsi ipu Of the un-
dersigned. JOHN ]. EGGER, Adn,s.
Feb. a. 1S63-4w
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THE REBEL PRISONERS.

ST. Louis, January 29.-General
Churchill and staff, with quite number
of other rebel officers, captured at Arkan-
sas Post, have been sent to Camp Chase,
Columbus, Ohio. Four thousand prIvates
were sent last night to Chicago, and two
thousand more are being sent to sprihg-
field, Illinois, ~
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THE ARMY OF THE RAPPAHAN.
Mock ff

The Ne,o York Antislnrery Standard
describes the Army as plunged in stupor,
and, SO far from being eager for battle,
only disheartcned and doubling. It is
dissolring like-snow in April. On asking
a Republican of the West, Can We have
more volunteers the reply vas, Not
a. mani" ''And the draf?'' ssThc West
will not stand it.
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Democratic Platform.

aTHE UNION AS TT WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS IT ISW
"I hold that THIS Government was made
on the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT of WHITE MEN
and their POSTERITY forever" STE
PHEN A. DOUGLAS.
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MOVEMENTS OF TRooPs. steamers
Liberty No. 2, Express B. C,gLsyi, AL
len Collier, Cottage, Victor No. 2, Vic
tress, Leslie Coonlbs, I. j Pattin, Silver
Lake No. 2, and Odd fellow passed down
the river yesterday, from the Kanawha,
loaded with troops. Their destination is
eontraband-C Cm Eng.
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p@- Hon c. L. Vallandigham, Hon.
Jas. r. Morris and Hon. J. D. O'Connor
have our thanks for documents.

B@ Gen. Burnside has been removed
andsGen. Hooker, an Abolitionist suc-
ceeds him In the command of the Potomac.
Gems Franklin and Sumner have also
been removed and Couch and Smith take
their former commands. 1t is remored
that Simon Cameron is to have command
of a niggcr brigade. -
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THE UNION FOREVER.

MARRIED-January 22nd 1865, by
VIM NJ. Woodard, Mr.. JosEPn PRYoR
and Miss LOUISA GIvENs, all of Monroe
County, Ohio.
On the 18th ult., by the same, Mr..
THEODORE MEADE and Miss Nancy
DEARrH, all of Monroe Comfy, Ohio.
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Casper Desmeyer's Estate.

MOFlCK is hereby given that the under.
1N signed was, on tho 18th day Of January,
1883. appointed by the Probate Court Of
Monroe County, Ohio, Administrator Of the
kstats of Casper Desmeyer, late of said Coun.
ty. deceased. JOHN ]. RGGRR.
Feb. 4, lS63.--3w. Adm'r.
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DIED-Dcc 18th 1862, Mrs. LUCIN-
DA sGIYENS, aged Al 1eyears, months
and 6 days.
Dec. 10th 1862, ELIZA JANE,
daughteraof Alexander and Mary Ken
nedy, aged years and months.
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The MARKET HOUSE DISASTER AT
ZANEsvILLE.-The GAINESVILLE Courier of
Monday evening says it was about seven
o'clock on Saturday morning, when the
Market was as full as it generally is this
time of the year, and at the very hour when
most persons were there, the roof of one
halfofthe building-the upper half-gave
way and came down with crash, dashing
the whole wooden structure into fragments
The row Of pillars on the North side
toppled over, throwing the greater part of
the roof timbers with the ceiling over on
the side. Fortunately on the north side
there were only few stalls occupied this
morning. Persons who were on that side
We're generally badly injured and some of
them fatally. Those who were passing
along there at the time were also more or
less injured. The four killed were Mrs.
Smith, Mrs. Gary, Miss. Nelson and
Christian Reidel. Thirty six others were
injured, from degrees endangoring life to
slight bruises and sprains. j s.
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To BE CONTINUED.
PERILOUS EXPERIME ENTS.
!, READ, IF you VALUE LIFE.

Our public hospitals need reform Ne:-
ther the flood nor the treatment of their
inmates is what it ught to be. The grdat
object in most Of these institutions seems
to be, to doctor the sick at the least possi-
bic expense: AS Captain Bunsby might
say, 'sif they live, SO, if they die, so. also ;"
The worst feature of the whole is that the
patients are used as living subjects for
young practitioners to experiment upon
These eleves of the medical schools expect
to obtain the knowledge necessary in pri-
vate practice, by testing the properties
and powers Of medicines upon the helpless
wretches placed under their charge Deny
this who viii, we know it to be true.
For our own part, we are far from placing
implicit faith IN the prescriptions of the
faculty. Au contraire, we have infn itely
more confidence in the world -pervadfng
aemedies of Professor Holloway, than in
all the tinctures, decoctions, anodynes, and
cathartics recommended in the profession
al textbooks. Doubtless, the egotistic
nabobs at the head of some of our medical
institutions would designate his Pills and
Ointment as empirical preparations. But
we say. no. Empires experiment upon
the diseased system; but he does not.
He claims the trust and confidence of in
valids on sure grounds-an unbroke en- series
of cures, embracing all internal and exter-
nal complainta, and running through no
less period than the fourth Of century,
Can Imagination conceive of more conclus-
i've testimony than this? Does not such
a voucher, bearing the Endorsements of the
sick in every cline, and backed by the
favorable opinions and friendly DEGREES of
some of the leading governments of Europe
carry more weight with it than a whole
stack of diplomas?-,Sunday "Tinaes."
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VOLUNTEERS, ATTENTIoN!-For the
arrangements Of the system Incidental to
the change Of diet, Wounds, Eruptions,
and exposures, which every Volunteer is
liable to there are no remedies so safe, con
venient, and reliable as HOLLOWAY IS
PILLS AND OINTMENT, 25 cts. per
box.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-24
Personal,


Gen. MCCLELIAS, il is said, has asked for a
communication uiqurrtcrs in New York.
r. W. SHrFELDT. Consul at Havana, has re-
signed on n"ount OF the inadrquary of his salary.
His sue 'etsor has not ct been appointed.
GOV. MoRToS, Of Indiana, sent a boat from
Evansville, a day ar two ago, with eighty tons ui
vegetables for the Indiana troops At Nickshurg
JUPITER PLUvIUs, who has been nourshng
about here in sprinkling cart ior several days 10
strongly suspected Of scccsh rroclivtties
GovERNoU CURTIN, it is said, will he Minis
ter 10 Spain, and Hon John Cnvodc Is mentioned
as the Union candidate lOr Governor OF PcnnsyI
vAnia.
Cor. kIMBALL, who was shot by Gen. COrcO-
ran was = printer by trade, and for many yeats
publisher Of the Woodstock (Vt.j Aye. He was
also at one time connected with the New York
HCrId.
ANTHONY ADDISON, mentioned hy the PhiIa-
dclphia Inquirer ns hctng chief clerk OF the Pension
uhce,I ,Ihcld minor cicrkDhipi in the census Bureau
when he was arr"sted. Mt Hclmirk Is the rhlr
clerk OF the Pension OfticC
BRIG. GES. CHARLES DEvESs, hero of BALI
Bluit, has been appointed To the command of +,
division Ia General H"ward's corps. On Tuesday
last General DrN Gus took leave ef his old brigade
in an el"qucnt and patriotic speech Ills old COM
mand felt sincere regret at the separations
EN-PkEsIDENT PIEHCE.-At meeting of III
AndO'e er tMass.D Union League, held on MONDAY
evening the executive committee were unani-
muusly instructed Ia invite cN-President Pierce 10
address the nssn, iation. The ex-P-rshlent spends
a part OF his time at Andovcr.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-24
Presentation,

II gives US pleasure to notice the farewell visit
paid by the clerks OF the loan branch nf the Trets-
uFy Department TO w A. Shannon, ESD, chief uI
that branch whose connection with II soon closes
Calling in body, they succeeded in surprising
himself aud lady Out not TO such an extent, that
his wcLl-knOwn hospitality came IA the least man
ncr to gIiciJ hy memorial Oi plate, significant OF
their regard. and regret at his loss. The tine nrw
quickly away and with many good wish, and a
kind Goodbye, anticipating the separation, III,
evening ended. Mr. shannon gucz TO sub Tre.su-
rcr Cisco's oihcc, ~ New York, to take charge OF
the Redemption Bureau. His efficiency Ms an ON
Ger here Is "a sufficient guarantee that his duties
there will be- well performed.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-24
Second Edition
THE rRoNsIDEs IN TnELATE FIGHT.
FOUR O'CLOCK. p. NJ.


We have been permitted to read private
letter from an officer on board the New Iron
sides, In which he gives some interesting facts.
Although subjected to the Ere of one hundred
and fifty guns at once, three quarters of an
hour, not one shot penetrated her and the only
damage she sustaiped was the displacement
Of an iron port and a few indentatlons.
In two places where the plates Joined small
piece Of the plating was broken and sunk
slightly in the wood. In consequence Of bad
manwuvering she did not commence firing un-
I'll four O'Clock, aud then fired only one broad
side. She was cvuusCd to the encmy's fire two
and half hnnrs. She was struck forty times
In and about the plating and eight or ten times
about the rails AMI smoke stack.
The writer Of the letter says ''if we had been
firing all the time, as we might have been, we
should not have been struck so oflen; and our
for keeping his ship in the position he did, and
not allowing them to fire." lie also says il
was the almost universal belief in the fleet that
the lronsidcs and the others might have bat
tered down Fort Sumter in two hours time;
that Admiral Dupont expected that the enemy
would destroy and evacuate Charleston after
hut little resistance, and that he ought to have
gone into the fight with determination to win
even If 1t cost half his fleet. He adds edo not
let any one make you believe that Sumter could
not have been reduced, for it certainly could
have been, If a determined effort had been made
for that purpose"