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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-06

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RICHMOND December 3D. 1862 (
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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-06

WHISTLE sas 9ndST General oEdSr'
SIMS BRO,
Jal-dlw Cary street.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-06

PE1EssBuke, Jan. S.-The New York Herald of satur-
day last has been received There is no doubt about
the result in Tennessee Haeok received the following
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-06
AUCTION SALES.
THIS DAY.

~ ANDSOME CDlIAOE ON .GADBLES
IL HILL FOR SALE AT AUCTIoN.-Will Be sold the
premises ou TUESDAY January 6h $685. o'clock NJ the
handsome Cottage contalng located above
North side Of Arch between Sd and 4 occupied by o.
Chalkey Esq The lot has front Of q eet and depth OF
TO feet with the use Of alley in rear and another IN front to III"
Possession about the ls Ai.ri
TERNs-Onetrd css balance aud ~ months, uegots-
BILE notes Interest added, scared by deed all
the option of the purchaser.
den GODnIN A APPERsOS Alcts
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-06
Prrsidsnt Davis In Petersburg.

WN AIFN lIINNI N'I3 wv q = IT. ~ "
,ount of the battle Of MurfreesbOro'
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
A State Convention.

Indiana has spoken, and other States are
preparing to respond to the noble senti-
ments enunciateG by the Democracy of the
HOOsier State, and We trus that the De-
mocracy of Illinois will not be backward
about expressing their views in crisis like
the present.
We respectfully call the attention of our
Democratic contemporaries to the propriety
of holding State Convention, say some
time about the 4th of July,to deliberate up
On The condition of affairs.
Our good and loyal citizens are being
seized without lawful authority and drag
ged off to lOathsume Bastiles, and we would
be unworthy the name Ofmen and freemen,
to tame)y submit without entering our
protests against such outrages.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
From the South.

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times.
Philadelphia, May %.
The following is from Richmond papers
OF the l9ih and Goth:
Mobile, May Is.
Two hundred and fifty New Orleans
exiies are at PascagOula, aud FIVE hundred
more are to arrive tonight. Conveyan ces
are to be sent there in the morning.
A dispatch from Pascsgoula, giving
dates from New Orleans to the 18th inst. :.
mentions rumor that the Hartford was
burned by Fsrragut, after having been
stripped.
The southern editorials are devoted to
news from Mississippi, and are very des,
ponding in their tone"
The Richmond Sentinel of the 10Th inst.
says:
There were in the Libby Prison yester
day Yankee prisoners as follows:
Prisoners of war, els citizen prisoners.
southern, &C., IA deserters from the Yam
KEGS, lO9; negroes 26 f; total 764. Sixty
one were received yesterday morning from
Atlanta, Ga. where they had been collect
ed from different places. There are still
number OF officers on hand, with the rank
of Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major.
Captain, and Lieutenant"
The Sentinel of the 10Th says:
alt is reported that the Confederate au-
thoritirs have determined 70 detail one
Federal Captain and one Lieutenant. with
the view Of retaliating 10 kind for the
hanging of two Confederate officers in the
West by order Of Gen. Burnside"
Washington, May %.
The Petersburg Press says:
"The gratifying intelligence of the cam
ture OF two small Yankee steamers in the
Blackwater by Confederate troops reached
this city yesterday The capture was made
by company Of North Carolina eayaIrv.
who had been on the watch for such priz.
es for some time past. and who succeeded
in taking these by blockading them in both
above and below"
The Richmond Examiner reports a sale
Of brown sugar recently, which brought
81 40 TO 81 so per pound. The su9ar
was brought through the blockade. The
same paper complains greatly of the scare.
ity of sugar, and advises farmers to raise
sorghum.
The Richmond Sentinel has the follow.
ing items:
"Capt. Stearns, Of Nashville, has been
authorized to organize into regiments all
Indians east of the Mississippi River
They are to receive $50 bounty.
Sixty 5ridge-burns:s aud bushwhackers,
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
The Democracy and the Union.

The position of Gov. Seymour on the
Union question is safe one for Democrats
If Lincoln and the men il power were of
the same mind the war would have been
closed long before now. and the Southern
States would have returned to their allie
glance and our nation been prosperous and
happy as in the days of old Democratic or
Wing rule.
The position ofGov Seymour and Demo
Gratis generally is that a division Of the
Union will be conceded under no circum-
stances. Democrats to a man will put forth
every exertiOn oepower; will use every
means of Cancellation; will hold out every
Inducement to the people of the South to
return to their allegiance, consistent with
honor. They will guarantee them every
right, every consideration demanded by
the constitution, and by the fraternal re
gard which must prevail in q common
country, but they neve: will consent to the
| breaking up Of the Union Of these States.
or the destruction Of the constitution, to
crafty the wishes Of VIM. II. Seward,
Abraham Lincoln, or any Of the men who
are responsible for our present appalling
calamities.
Yet notwithstanding this state of facts,
the AbOltiOnists insist that Democrats are
disuuiOnists. If there were no worse enc
mics to the Union than Democrats, our
country would never have been devastated
| ty war.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
From Kentucky

Louisville, May %
This morning q party of guerrillas made
dash on Memphis branch of the Nash
vile Railroad. They succeeded in burning
the extensive tres,le work at Hamilton,
twelve miles this side of GAINESVILLE, when
they left.
A grand banquet will be given to Gen.
Which tonight by his friends
learn from parties from below that
the rebels are certainly preparing for an
invasion of this State, which will be made
about the LIST Of June. As yet the ONLY
rebel force in Kentucky is a few rovino
bands of guerrilss, who are committing
depredations in the southern counties.
Young Riddle, of the rebel army, was
captured in this city last night.
Somerset, KY. May %.
The number of rebels beyond the Cum.
berland has no doubt been exaggersted.-
Morgan is said to have left Monticello for
Sparta, Tenn, leaving bis command be-
hind; Pegram's forces are this side of
Monticello; the remainder are distributed
through Wayne and Clinton Counties
Last evening the number of rebels was
considerably increased at SligalPs Ferry
Our pickets were fred upon last niSbt
on the Mount Vernon road, supposed to
have been done by bushwhackers.
Two Of Morgan's men were captured
thirty miles down the river by the came
number of the 32d Kentucky and brought
into camp yesterday.
Some of Chenault's commend have re-.
Gently crossed the Cumberland somewbere
in the vicinity of Long Bottom at which
place they we're last heard from. Tbev
were stealing horses, corn, and even cut.
ting cloth from private looms.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
Gov. Seymour ON the VaIIan.
dlgham Arrest.

The following is the letter of Gov. Sey>
mOur,of New York, to the meeting recently
held in Albany to condemn the action of
the administration towards Mr.. VallanGig-
ham. The letter of Gov. Seymour is a
bold, outspoken, patriotic expression, which
will meet the cordial Endorsement of every
man in the nation who properly appreci>
ates his constitutional rights and would
maintain and preserve the popular liber
ties:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, May l6, 1863
cannot attend the meeting at the capi.
tol this evening, but / wish to state nv
opinion in regard to the arrest of Mr.. Val.
landigham. 1t is an act which has brought
dlshOnor upon our country. 1t is full of
danger 10 our persons aud our homes. 1t
bears upon its front conscious violatin of
law and justice.
Acting upon the evidence Of detailed in
formers, shrinking from the light of day,
in the darkness OF night, armed men viO>
lated the home OF an American citizen and
furitively bore him away to military trial,
conducted without those safeguards known
in the proceedings of our judicial tribunals.
The transaction involved a series of offens-
es against our most sacred rights.
1t interfered with the freedom of speech.
it violated our rights to be secure in our
homes against unreasonable searchs and
seizures; it pronounced sentence without
trial. save one which was q mocary, which
iDsulted as well as wronged. The perpe-
traitors now seek to impose punishment,
not for an Offense against law but fer the
disregard of an invalid order, put forth in
the utter disregard of the principles of
civil liberty.
II this proceedings is approved by the
government, and sanctioned by the people,
it is not merely step toward revolution {;
it is revolution ; il will not only lead to
military despotism-it establishes military
despOtism. In this aspect it must be ac-
cepted, or in this aspect rejected If it is
upheld our liberties are overthrown; the
safety of our persons security of property
will hereafter depend upon the arbitrary
will of such military rulers as may be
placed over us, while our constitutional
guarantees will be broken down.
Even now the governors and courts of
some of the great western states have sunk
into insigni6cance before the despotic pow
ers Claimed and exercised by military men
who have been sent into their borders. 1t
is fearful thing to increase the danger
which now overhangs us by threading the
law, the judiciary, and the state aulhOri-
ties with contempt.
The people of this country now wait
with the deepest anxiety the decisions of
the administration upon these acte. Hav-
ing given it a generous support in the con-
duct Of the war, we pause to see what kind
of government it is for which we are asked
to pour out our blood and our treasurers.
The action Of the administration will
determine in the minds of more than one
half of the people of the loyal states wheth-
er the war is waged to put down rebellion
at the south, or destroy free institutions
at the north. We look for it's decisions
with most solemn solicitude.
HoRATIo SEYMOUR.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
Mrs. Douglas and her Family.

A Washington correspondent of the
Springfield Republican, abiding to the
death of James Madison Cuts, the father
of Mrs. Douglas says:
Mrs. Douglas is again in MOURNING
she was always favorise with her faith
er, and the attachment between them was
unusually strong, She is now left alone
with her children, to battle with life ns
best she can. The children relinuuished
their Memphis estate long ago by choos-
ing to remain here and espouse the cause
of their country. One of the boys is upon
Gen. Burnside's staff IfIthe Government
succeeds in restoring the Union, or in put
ting down the rebellion. the children will
recover their Southern estate, Il ouch
doubtless in ruined condition. Every
few months the gossip-mongers have
coined new story respecting Mrs. Doug
las, They haye. married her to several
men, but most frequently to Mr.. Chase
What makes the matter worse, is, that
there never was the slightest foundation
for it. 1t must have been started pur-
rosely for a mischievous purpose. Mrs.
Douglas has busted herself for the last
40 years at the h ,spitals, There is not
woman in the country who has been more
active IN doing good than she. and huns
dreds of wounded and sick sdiers will
remember her name with gratitude,
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
Only 800 Miles to a Seaport.

The following article from the State Jour
unpublished at Lawrence, Kansas, shows
how the grea. national enterprise fenlarg
ing the lines of water communication
from the Mississippi through the lakes
to the Atlantic Is regarded in the Far
West" The editor takes enlarged and
statesmanlike views, and in fact it is diff
fcult to see how the people of any section
of the country not STEPPED in ignorance
Or.gangrened by envy, can oppose q work
so essential to the agricultural and COM
mercial prosperity of the nation, aud to
the military protection of the great central
basin Of the continent:
Chicago is the Invest city in the Union.
Her business men are sagqcious, enter
passing, and indomitable workers.
The magnitude of their enterprises and
the almost Uniform success with which
they pursue them, make them a people
Ct extraordinary qualifications for COM
merical enterprise.
Through their energy and perseverance,
the Government came very near beino
pledged, the last session of Congress. TO the
construction of ship canal connectinc
Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.
That project set side for the present.
they have engaged themselves in opening
n egotiations with the Canadians for the
enlargement of Welland Canal, So as to
float the largest size ship Of commerce.
If they succeed in making interest in
behalf of this project with the Canadians.
and wide and deep way is opened for
the great ships of the Atlantic and Lake
Michigan, Chicago then becomes seaport
as is Portland or Boston.
1t is not difficult for us to see what orr
interests are in the premises, Kansas and
all the country contiguous, and east of us
which is settling up, will be brought go
much nearer Il maritime market All the
country drained by the Missouri and the
Mississippi can float its surplus product
ions to a seaport market LOCO miles nearer
than New York, where everything must
60 now.
We say f)at, We mean float, because,
when Chicago ACCOMMODATES the feat O
bringing the huge boats from the Atlantic
which In m 'dern days carry the Commerce
of the nations over the seas. to her
wharves, the other feat 70 connecting the
Lake with the Mississippi. water channal
Of a capacity to bear the largest boats en-.
glged in the river commerce. Will soon
thereafter be als) accomplished.
What we want in Kansas, in order to
make in the garden of the country--in order
to make it the Mecca for the pilgrimage
of the great merchants Of the East, the
West, the North. and the SUuth-is facile
and cheap communication with a near
ocean mart. That is all.
If Chicago is wise-and her history is
repleat with the most striking evidence
OF farsightedness in her business men-she
will not abate her interest in their latter
great work. If she wold gather the trade
Of this itch and rapi ly Developing region
she must have that link in the water nav
igation supplied.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
The Killing or.Van Dorm by DR.. Pc
tiers.
Correspondence of the Richmond Examiner
CHATTANOOGA, Tuesday Nav -.

Correspondence of the Richmond Examiner
CHATTANOOGA, Tuesday May -.
A gentleman just from Spring Hill, il
y awry County. gives NE some part cular.
in regard to the death of Var Dorm -
The facts are singularly tragic, and in
time of peace would create a national ru,
rore. The crowded condition of the great
war canvass, however. will distract the
public eye from quiet domestic melo dra
ma.
Since taking up his quarters at Spring
Hill, Van Dorm has been on terms O
criminal intimacy with Mrs. Dr. Peters
She was a Miss Mckissick-voung, hand.
some and intelligent. Her family is one
of the highest responsibility and consider
able wealth. Her husband has been one
Of the most esteemed citizens-an amiablt
man, a member of the State Senate, and a
heavy planter. A brother. Major Peters
is Chief Quartermaster to Gen. Polk
The pGir have been married (second mar,
riage on the part Of the gentleman) foI
about FIVE years.
On the day ofthe occurrence, DR.. Peter.
called upon Van Dorm and Obtained pass
to go to Nashville, Van Dorm gave it read
lily, doubtless feeling CAD to get rid of q
disagreeable and dangerous cucumber.
ance. They were alone together, in an
upper room, Gnd it is supposed that Peter.
shot from back Of T62 Dorus' head which
was split in twain by the bullet. The re
port was not heard, however, and Peter,
mounted his horse, rode array, crossed
the lines with the pass previously obtain.
ed, and entered Nashville. lie has been,
learn, received with marks of distinguish.
ed welcome.
The body of Van Dorm was confined and
sent off for interment. Mrs. Peters ha:
returned to her own family.
These are facts hard and dry. Rumors
of the conduct of Van Dorm. not only in
this one instance, but in others near Col.
umba. have been prevalent for some time
Without doubt he has acted very badly
My informant tells me that he has de-ra.
ded the cause aud disguised every one by
his inattention to his duties and his con.
slant devotion to the ladies, and that to
the exclusion of all else. Wine and wo-
men have ruined him, as they have ruined
many a brilliant but reckless young man.
That Won Dorm was a mao of daring GEN
Jus there can be no doubt. Being hand
some, with dark flashing eyes, q msgnif
cent moustache, a superb rider, snowy ad-
dress, quick witted and graceful, be was
also man of ssgacious foresight. keen in-
telligeDt, but was wholly and thoroughly
unyeliable, He always sacrificed his bus
mess to his pleasure. He was never at
his post when he ought to be, lie was Ell.
Their tied TO q wOman's apron strings or
heated with wine.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
What the Soldiers Think.

Andrew Mason, formerly of this county
but now a soldier 10 the 100th N. Y. regs-
iment, writes from South Carolina. under
date of April Goth, to Michael Shields Of
this city, as follows:
"On the Sd Of February, 1862, enlisted
in the l00th New YOrk; rsgiment. We are.
now oaly miles from the rebel strong
hold, Charlestcn-the 100 in the advances.
The island we occupy is 9 miles ling and
2 wide. We have not many troops here
The 39th illinois is the only regiment with
US from your State. There are teyeraR
boys from Joliet and Chanuahon in that.
regiment.
30, I'VE had the pleasure Of seeing the
Monitors trying their strength on lorL
Sumter on the 9Th. At 2 o'clock in the
afternoon the Old Union Ram or Ironsides
moved up the hsrbor towards Charleston
with Monitors in line of battle, Pretty
soon the thunder commenced. II was
dreadful. 1t made the earth shake. The
forts around the harbOr replied to our FIRE
in good earnest. The contest lasted until
sundown and resulted in the sinking of
one of the MonitOrs-the Keokak. She
sauk on the morning Of the 9th Of April.
/ saw her when she went down.
This is very hct and unhealthy place.
The yellow fever is very prevalent
81 wish this cruel and bloody-thirstv
war was ended. How are the feelings Of
the people West. Almost every soldier is
tired of the war and would hang the rail-
splitter and bis cabinet. We lost our best
General when they removed George B.
Mcclellan. He was the man for the times.
but is Democrat and hence must stand
aside. But wnit until 1864, when We viii
show them what be can do.
ANDREA MASON.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
Is 10 TreRROn.

The Chicago Tribnue not long since,
made use of the following language: 1.-The
Union as it was will never bless the vision
of any pro-Slavery fanatic or secession
sympathizer, and it never ought to. 1t is
thing of the past, hated of every patriot,
and destined never to curse an honest peo-
pie. or blot the pages Of history again"
Thad. Stevens, the bosom friend of the
President, and the Republican leader in
Congress said:-"The Union shall never,
with my consent, be restored under the
Constitution as it is, with slavery to be
protected"
Cassius NJ. Clay, while the President
was pursuing conservative policy, in a
public speech. said BETTER recognize
the Southern COnfederacy at once, and
stop this efuslon of blood, than to continue
In this runious policy, or have even res
toratiOn Of the Union as it was"
Mr.. Conway, . Republican member of
Congress from Kansas, said this also -
'For one. shall not vote another dollar
or man for the war until it assumes a DIFF
ferent standing, and tends directly to an
autislaVery result. Millions for freedom.
but not one cent for slavery"
Let the line Of distinction be drawn be-
tween the above extracts, and the testimo-
ny upon which Mr.. VaIlandigham was
found guilty before military court mar
tial. and he must be poor delineator in
deed, who cannot see more treason in the
sentiments of these friends of the Admin.
than in the testimony which re.
suited 10 Mr.. V.'s conviction.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
GOV. seymour,s Letter.

We would invite the attention of our
readers to the patriotic letter Of the Gov
ernor of New York, which we give in to-
days paper. 1t is brief, but embraces
sound sentiments and timely warnings.
The Democracy of the loyal States and
all true friends of personal liberty, law and
order, rejoice at the manly position of this
distinguished patriot and statesman. His
letter is indeed most appropriate and like
the mariners compass in storm. points
the way to safety. It's sentiments will be
responded to ty hundreds Of thousands,
and the views therein expressed may be
safely estimated as those which the whole
Democratic party will stand by. Let the
minioDs Of arbitrary rule and despotism,
remember this.
Gov. Seymour has deliberately assumed
the position he has in regard to the illegal
| proceedings Of the Administration and as
the Executive of the greatest State in the
! Union is Untitled to a respectful hearing by
those in authority. His protest against the
unlawful, tyrannical arrest aud proceed
ings against Hon. c. L Vallandigham, is
most proper and should awaken the men
who have assumed the task of erecting g
military despot!sm in place of a govern
ment of the people. to a sense Of the indig
nation which must inevitably attend thoSt
who are thus trampling under foot ali sem
blance of constitutional government.
The Democracy of the great Northwes
most heartily thank Gov. Seymour for hi
noble stand on the question which is a
present agitatinG the whole people of tn
country. While Democrats counsel no re
sistance to any lawful authority now exer
cised in any of the States under the const
tuition. ut the same time they do not fee
bound to yield obedience to acts and com
mands contrary, not only to our laws an
constitutions. State and National but t
reaeon and humanity Such outrage
must cease, or the people will teach tn
usurpers lesson they will not coon forge
However, we trust that the occasion ma
demand no other means of redress than ca
be accomplished through the balIot-box
the only arbiter that should be employed
correct abuses of power.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-26
The War in virginia.
New York. MAY o.

New York, May 25>
A letter from the Army Of the Potomac,
May 2lst to the Tribune, says:
The rebels are in excellent eonditien.
They have a movement en- foot eithe. to
cross the liver ard give Us battle near tbsS
point, or el.e cross at Kelly's Ford and the
RsppahsnDOck Station, drive in our forces
in that direction and thus compel cur army
to change its base. They state that Lee
feels able - crush cur army in its present
condition, and toccsily drive rs into our
defeuces around Washington, or capture
and destroy it. He will prObsbiJ ind him.
self mistaken.
The railroad to Richmond Is in complies
running order.
Large numbers Of officers are leaving on
furlOughs."
New York. May q.
The WOrld's Washington dispatch re-
peats the assertion that ''Gen. Hooker 10
falling back on Washington. Nothing 10
known as to the cause or desigo Of this IN ,
expected movement"