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, 1863-05-27

The Rebel Loss at ChanccllorsyiIlc
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The Washington Republican Of Monday ha.
the following interesting news from Lee.
army:
We hare information from highly intelli-
gent gentleman who was captured at Chancel-
loreFille, and who is directly from the south
side of the Rappahannock, in rebcldom, to
the following effect:
The enemy claims that he has, altogether,
eight thousand three hundred Of our men cap.
tu!ed, EhicA includes the wounded left on the
Held. This number embraces one thousand
ard SIX wounded men belonging to the 18th
army corps, all Of whom were doing well day
eeiole Yesterday; At least one hundred and
field, or hare since died Of their wounds
According to the rolls two thousand aad
siT hundred men are missing from the l1th
army corps since the battle. After deluct;ne
the Lumber nsmed above, as killed and woun-
ded, from the total missing, it will appear
oIc thousand four hundred and forty flour
were captured hy the surprise resulting from
tic rear movement Of jackson.
The rebel officials acknowledge that they
lost altogether In killed. wounded and miss
irg, about ten thousand men. They do not
hesitate to say that the battles at Ch;sacellors-
vile ard in fredericksburg, under Hooker
and scdgwick, were the sc7erest and most cx-
pensiye that the Confedcracy has yet expert
cnced in The war.
Gen. Lee expressed himself to his officer,
very freely that Hooker Was much abier
man than he (Lee) supposed. Hcsaid he did
not think Hooker could handle 60 many men
- well as he did. Lee don't hesitate to tell
his cff1cers that Hooker Is man TO be f.ar,d
and watched closely.
Ten. Ice also expressed his wonder that
Hooker was shrIwt enough to return with
his army to the north side Of the Rappahan-
neck.
Our informant eays that the leading rebels
ackrp~lctged to him that Lee WAS expecting
Endorsements to enable him to Get between
Hooker and the river, with the intention of
cutting of his supplies by destroying all the
letr,ts and ponsoon bridges, with the hope of
starving Linn out.
:, Iaekson's death was most terrible blow to
the rebels.
Our soldiers, who are prisoners of the cue-
my, are suffering greatly for the want Of food.
although they do not hesitate to say that they
as they ct,uld Judge.
Our informant eays he was frequently asked
when hc thought the war would end. He re-.
Piled That some Of our people thought it might
erd in twenty years, some thought ten. but
for himself, he vas OF opinion that five years
might sec its termination. This kind Of logic
was anything but pleasant
The following are among the casualties ~
officers Of the Eleventh Corps in the late bit
tic at Charlottesville:
Col. peieencr, 10th New Totk, killed,
Col. Riley, Ohio, regiment. killed.
Lieut.. Col. Moore. i3d Penn, shot through the
ch. Et.
col. Jones, 18th New York, wounded
Col Hecker, Slst ILL.,, wounded.
Col. G,antz, prisoner.
Surgeon Hartman. died or Wounds.
Col. Deesauer, aidto Gen Howard, killed.
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EXPLANATION OF DELAY.


The brilliancy, rapidity and effectiveness
Of Gen. Grants movements, whereby he
has planted himself in the rear Of Vicks-
burg with certainty that the place must
fall, will compel the admiration of the
whole country. But even in this hour Of
triumph, the voice Of the grumblers is
heard discordantly amid the shouts Of e1-
altation and praise "Why did not Gen.
Grant do this long, long ago? Why this
prot1acted waiting, when the result shows
that success was so certain and So easy! !!
Why the delay that cost so many lives
and such mint OF money!" These are
the questions that in almost every crowd
are piled thick and fast. We tell the
grumblers who were content to stand by
Mcclellan through months of inaction
when he might have moved, that their
Ignorance il the parent Of their inquiries;
that the movement was attempted at
the earliest practicable moment; and that,
after it became possible, not day or an
hour was lost. Do they not know
the whole army had to make long march
through that Mississippi bottom, on the
west side Of the stream, cut up by ponds and
bayous and thickly set with an almost tro-
pical fo1est-a bottom converted into
sea Of mud by half days rain, through
which IN artillery OF baggage train
could no more make its way than
through the center Of Lake Michigan? Do
they not know that this march from Mill
ken's Bend to the place OF embarkation in
transports below Vicksburg, was the only
alternative Of running the batteries; aud
that had that Inst danger been successfully
overcome while the roads were soft, our in
tentions would have been betrayed to the
enemy; and, held fast by the mud embargo
on the East side OF the river, our boys
could not have got FIVE miles from the
shore? They would have lain there, help
less, while the rebels prepared for their de-
feat when an advance was possible. As
it was, three hours rain, willie the
preliminary movement was going on, put
an end to all operations. The troops and
trains on the way were arrested lust as
efectual1y as if they had stood On the shores
ofthe Gulf The wagons went down to
their aAe-trees in the soft alluyium; horses
tired down in an hours ride, and even the
infantry were, from the sheer impossibility
Of going on, compelled to halt and wait for
that black sea TO dry up.
1t is not wonderful, that, after the bate
1ies were run, and long weeks of inaction
followed, there should have been impa-
tience and complaint We shared the first
and expressed the last. The occasion for
either Is gone By, and now that the reasons
Tor the delay are so apparent and so CON
elusive, let us hope that the joy over the
brilliant victories which hayc been already
achieved and which promise such glorious
fruits, will not be marred by querulous IN
quirics why all this good work was not
wrought before.
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NOT T8uE.-The indianapolis Journal, says

NOT TauE.-The Indianapolis Journal, says
It is authorized to say that the report in cir
culation through the press that an application
had been made by Governor Morton to the
General Government for means to carry on tho
State Government, in tho absence Of tho ap-
proprfations which the Copperhead msjoritJ
ofour Legislature refused to nakc, Is untrue,
No such application has been made.
, 1863-05-27
Chicago 0ribn1rc.


EMANCIPATION In MARTLAND.
:Afan cridencc Of the way in which the
Presidents scheme for Compensated Eman.
cipation is making its way with the people
Of the Border Sla1eholding States, ne
copy, to-day, an article from the Baltimore
Ame4icar-thc old and honored organ Of
the Whig party in Maryland-in which it
commits itself fully and unrcseryedly to-
the benefcent plan, and in which, also, it
defends disposition with remarkable clear
ness and power. With little immediate
interest in the local policy Of that State,
ne may, as its action bears upon and eluci-:
dates the great national question that the
people are discussing, congratulate our
readers that Maryland, 80 far as she can
be Influenced by tho powerful party for
which the american speaks, has fallen into
the channel that safety, patriotism and hui
nanity have marked out The article Of.
which We speak and to which wo beg the
reader to turn, is noticeable for its dispas.
Eionate tone, its lpcidity Of statement, and
its itrefragibility Of logic. It Is worthy Of
study.
, 1863-05-27

II The insurrection in Poland, 20 far from
being put down, increases. The small bands
OF Poles are beaten and scattered sometimes,
but only to gather aud fight again. OF 81
prisoners taken in one action, II were French
and Italians. French officers, there is no
doubt, are drilling the Poles, and French,
Hungari.ns, Itall.ns and Euglishmen, arc
swelling The ranks Of the revolutionary
fotcea.
, 1863-05-27

"The Captain Cults who acted as Judge
Advocate in the drum-hcad court. martial Of
Mr.: Yallandigham is brother Of the widow
Of the Late Stephen A. Douglas. teprsrheal
Times.
And if Douglas were alive and had been
on that court-martial, he would have in
sisted on hanging the traitorous wretch,
, 1863-05-27

At general Court Martial convened at Gin
ennati, in March last, Joseph F. Cole, li1th
Ohio volunteers, Charles brundridge, 1l7th
Ohio volunteers, and jackson McFann, 1l7th
were tound guilty and Sentenced to be Il ahois
to death" The proceedings we're approved
by the General commanding & the department,
but inasmuch as they were tried before the
expiration Of The Presidents proclamation to
dtserters, their sentence has been rcmittcd.
Private John Sullivan, eth Michigan, for
shooting Lieutenant Slawson, has beau tried
and sentenced to be "shot dcad,''
, 1863-05-27

OF the Ohfo-t1lf Quiet on the Rap
pahannock-Colored Cotton-Descrt.
crs Found Guilty and to be Shot.
Especial Correspondence Chicago Tsibunc.I

Especial Correspondence Clicago Tsibunc.1
WASHINGTON May %, 1861.
RuAoRED CHANGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
TIE ONO.
For Two days past, rumors have been in ac-
tirc circulation that Maj. Gen. Bu'lcr was
about to be speedily assigned to the command
Of the Department Of the Ohio. The story
went, that Gen. Burnside had asked to be re.
lieyed; that he really desired to retire from
tie service, or to enter on more active duties
in the field than his present command prom
iEed to afford him.
The Northwest is regarded as just now q
field of peculiar interest, ip consequence Of
the near approach Of the time for putting in
force The Conscription law. While the threats
OF resistance to the draft were regarded rs
generally unworthy Of notice, it was never.
tle1ess believed that the emergency called for
just such qualities as Gen. Butler displayed in
New Orleans.
According to the current r11mor, it was
therefore decided to relieve Gen. Burnside: to
assign Gen. Butler to tile vacant Department.,
ard to enlarge its limits 50 as TO include ali
the States north Of the Ohio and east Of the
the Mississippi Rivers. It vas known that
Gen. Butler Lad been ordered to report at
headquarters at Washington. Beyonil this
the story had no other authority than thar Of
apparently credible report.
As such We attempted to telegraph it last
night, but 1t appears that Mr.. Stanton's cen
sership has been extended to embrace even
matters like these, aud under his orders this
dispatch was suppressed.
ALL QU1RT ON THE nApPAuAxSocH,
There is no news whatever from the Army
Of the Potomac indicating any probability Of
an ADVANCE tor fortnight or more.
coLoNED coITos-sEw VARIETIES.
We have to thank tho Department of Arri
culture for cory Of the following letter,
recently received 1t from one Of his South
American Consula. The facts it gives are
beloved to be new, aud with the present
interest in the cultivation Of cotton, oil much
importance.
CONSULATE U11TEn STATES OF AMERICA,
PANAMA. New Grenada.
Mr. DEAR Sir: I fcnd ron some cotton grown in
small specimen some time since funk this il
from Sierra Piro.
The white cotton was taken from a tree ecyen
inthes in diameter. the top branches Of which arc
about fifteen feet from the ground, and spread
about twenty feet each way.
Ihc colored cotton was taken from a similar
different colors The trees arc 20 full Of cotton
bowls that you. can scarcely see the leaf. They
seldom hare rain here for the last sixteen years
soil ls sandy. but very productive. Where there is
wafer tie sol! Is best The trees from which this
cotton was taken were planted, but never culti.
vated. Some English hare, gone to work thirty
tie coat, and We may reasonably expect to hear
OF their complete SUCCESS in the culture Of this
important staple.
lam, very truly, your friend,
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HOW TO RULE CONQUERED sE-
CESSI4.

1aVH ~ 2&tLE EVSQUERED Sc
Coppcrhcad thinks he has the Union
man on the hip, when he cramps him with
this question: Suppose you conquer the
South, how are you going to govern it
how reduce to obedience tho rebels who
have fought against your armies, and abhor
Jour principles and the very name Of you?
But this il question-poser as it is meant
to be-which is Of no very difficult solu-
ton, and has been answered hundred
times in the history Of conquered nations,
and in the sequel to civil cou1motions
where the ruling power has been yictori-
GUS over the rebels against its authority.
Norman Copperheads, if any had exist
ed in Normandy prior to the time Of the
conquest Of England, might have asked
the fierce Conquiscator, William, precisely
the same question: How will you hold the
Saxon spirit in allegiance, when you have
beaten the armies Of Harold on the field Of
Hastings? And the reply to the Copper.
head would have been: The Saxons will
find that out presently and for you, sneak
ing doubter and traitor as you are, there is
the headsman waiting for you! It is noto-
rious that William the Bastard, did con-
quer England, and that he managed to
enbdue the Saxons, although it took him
long time to do it, and be and his subse-
quents were compelled to the most arbi-
trary acts, in order to keep them in sub
lection. OF course the spirit of the CON
que1ed people could not be utterly ouelled
IN one or two rcigns, for the pride Of race
helped to foster the tyranny of the rulers.
and the resistance Of the ruled; but the
strong, red hand Of the former was too
much for the latter, and held 50 tight q
grip orcr them, that they finally thought
it best TO succumb quietly and grow in
peace.
Wales didn't like being subjected by Eng
land, neither did ireland, or Scotland, and
they uttered their dislike on many bloody
battle feld-but they are all quiet
enough now, and find that it was to their
interests, and TO those Of civilization that
they were illus annexed to the British
Crown against their will
The same thing holds good with re-
spect to all the British possessions in Jn,7;,
and Canada, which were gained by CON
quest. The impossibility Of governing the
people was never the question asscd hr
these victorious conquerors. They con-
1uc1cd them first, and left the rest to fate:
and somehow or other, fate has always
been On their side; and native rcvolts have
always issued in the natives being con
Quered over again.
4 completer answer, however. to Con-
pcrhcads than anything to he found out
side our own history, is furnished us by
the State Of Louisiana, which was Ger
tainly the most rabid of all the secession
States during the first year Of the war, and
which is now not only returning to its allc-
glance, but calling upon its rcyolted sisters
everywhere to come back to the shc1tering
, 1863-05-27

-Sarah Mcneil has been on trial in Logan
county, for the murder Of ler husband in No.
vember last. Tie trial lasted nearly j week,
and RESULTED in The acquittal Of Mrs. Mcneil.
, 1863-05-27

CorpKRnKAD's.-Iti il said that the frat OF
these animals ever known on earth Was found
coiled about fruit tree in tho Garden Of
Eden. telling lies and preaching rebellion.
, 1863-05-27
CUR ST. LOUIS LETTER,

Arrival of Gen. Scllotlc1d-MfssourE
Peace Depending on VIcksburg-
e:uCrliIa* In the lntcrfor-Thc Mar
xfn1 Law observation-disclosures In En-.
rolled dN1llllia-Important local Eslcc-
ItcN-GucrillaN Getting Powder from
llltnofs-&scn. Steele on Gen. Curtis
Gen. HERON ASKS to be Relieved.
, 1863-05-27

NVl1lE 10 oHIFPEKS.-AII
Freight going South Of Cairo. must be accompanied
with duplicate nTofcts WITH rR10Es ito obt9Ia per-
n'ta oIe to be n!ed with the Surveyor Of the Port
ard the other to be attached to the bl Of 1a!ng and
accompanying the goods. No goods will bs received
for shipment unless The aboFe IL complied With,
ABLE d CO.,
Trsnefet Agens I1tnolz Central r. r.. Cairo.
foHT. FoEsT7H. Gen. West'n AEt. myalei05lra
, 1863-05-27

ssTT SHOULD BE PUT UP IN
l. THE HANDS or EVERY YOUNG MAN IN
TnE UNITED Stairs. AS AN EXAMPLE AND
AN ENCOURAGEMENT"
, 1863-05-27
miscellaneous.

4 n ACCOUNTANT AND COR
- EsspOspTAT can dev9te portion OF his
tire to posting baa-c cling, rendering copyiag &c.
ccurtt titrutcd Or co1nTl.r.ted accoutt. ratisniy
O. anime ard compared. Pust af1ice boz 63,s.
nit2Gt Est Its
, 1863-05-27

N OTICE.-All persons having
l. y Claim. against tbs County OF Cook arc rrouesf
ID to present teua before the lsy Of June
Chicago. aay2s. 1St.. mys8-e3;a-5t
, 1863-05-27

dents humane and considerate offer made in
the interest of an We have seen that re-
has slain hundreds Of thousands OF whites,
aud sacriiccd hundreds of millions of money,
no small share of these terrible sacrifices
falling upon MARYLAND. By the extract from
the able production Of Or. stcuatt nc are re-
minded that qua1ter Of q century ayo it was
considered to have "e1iled her children from
their homes driving them ont as aliens from
their own FOIL to find refuge among strangers
Is this no evil?
We bare quoted largely from the pamphlet
Of Dr.. steusrt, but We must be indulged once
more, although briefly. lie says:
TO my mind the reasons ad1uced br you to
prove the necessity Of retarding emancipation
are the very strongest to show the proprIety
If encouraging it. because they point out
clesrly the ntate Of things in the vista which
alone will compel the coloIed man to look to
Africa as his only hope of preservation aud
laIpiness- To one who takes bnt partial
view Of the relations Of the two colors, and
whose feelings Of beEeyolence are bounded by
pers onal motives and considerations, this
course Of action may seem too stern and uu-
ce emprnmlslng; but to one who takes more
general surrey Of all the premises, and truly
desires the greatest amount of good to the
greatest number, 1t will, am sure. appear to
be TIE best for all parties concerned.
We'll, with Mr. Stcuart, ne claim now to
consult the greatest amount Of good to the
greatest number ard SO, we arc sure, does
the PRECEDENT, in the generous endeavor he
has made to relieve the State and the country
Of that Influence proved to be hostile to the
safesy Of the General Government and to the
safety and prosperity Of the State.
Let all take heed to the fact now, that 4 new
epoch Is upon us; that . question which is
forcing its way, despite the efforts of
any, will have to be met. Loyal
shareholders are awake to the needs Of
the occasion, and they will be heard
# not in our colun,e, in some other. In tile
Presence Of the extreme rerils with which
the State and nation are threatened by the
great slave, interest the old battle-cries which
served as stigmas and scares to pTeycn. dis
eussion are feeble whispers in > tempest.
"Emaucipation With compensation "-the
Presidents policy-vin be one ofthe great
issues of the coming canyass, and the man
Who has not the nerve TO meet it will be
thrust inside by the people of Maryland as un-
equal to the crisis. Let the timid give place.
II without Maryland the Contederacy "could
not exist" let Maryland at least do It's share
in kaoeking ont the props from under the ac-
cursed editce.
, 1863-05-27

4 DVANCES ON PRODUCE.
4 Thu undersigned srr coatcd IS tcret,torc to
nsEe advances or authorize drafts aEaiuas Psoduce
strEea 70 tier correert ndents in the principal
kefs in Great Britain. SIDEi Il IRA ~ FORD,
st. Peer etseek, Montreal,
RrFEEEScE-Baok of Toronto. Montreal.
, 1863-05-27

A Capital Letter from a Private
Soldier.
Vivid Description Of a Six Days
Campaign.

The following letter from Sergeant I. F.
Branch, the Goth Illinois volunteers, to Ills
wife, will be read with oeep interest. It gives
q vivid, and no doubt, d truthful description
OF the first six days Of Grants campaign, after
he landed Mt Bruinsburgh. This account has
freshness about it which can hardly be found
In the details OF nrmy correspondents, or in
the official reports Of officers.
- Az VIC T1ckssuno, M Hiss. ,sMay oth, is63.
from % MiIIiken's Bend on the morning e1 Of the the
s5th Of April at I o'clock and marched for
Carthage, below Vickseurg; We marched
nine miles and e1camped. The roads were in
not hare been travelled At all. It was through
q swampy country, md It Was plain to be
seen TINT il it raiDed We should have fun.
And sure enough on the night of the 2Gth it
began to rain III earnest, continuing all night.
We we're nearchins without tents, and we're
wet through by morning; but no matter,
We started in terrible thunder storm: Com.
panies F and E. were the rear guard. It raincd
all day, and Of all the roads I ever saw.
ours were the worst. That day nc passed
over 100 wagons stuck in the mud. We were
drcEched with water all day. We made six
miles and cncamped on an old deserted plan.
t"'4SiIf AIA 1EgI Ill u DEA VI IhH CuttOu Hltu-
cut blankets, in our vet clothes. slept first
rate, got up in tle morning all right, and
started again.. Made ten mites that day, and
encamped at Perkins plantation, on the Mis-
sissippi River below Vlcksburg. Perkins was
? United States Senator six years ago. When
ne saw the Yankees coming, he set fire to all
bis buildings, cotton, &c, and took his family
and left for Grand Gull, twelve miles down the
river.
We lay there until midnight, then started
down the river bank by land, and arrived op-
positc Grand Gulfat q clock p. H.; the same
evening We crossed the river on the gun boats
and transports which had run the blockade
lefo1e We left Milliken's Bend, and landed six
miles below Grand Gulf and encamped. Gen.
McC!e,nand had crossed before us, and march.
cd cut the same night.
On the morning Of the 1st Of May, We start
cd at O'Clock out into Mississippi. We had
gone about six miles when boom boom!
from the front told US Of work ahead. The
men quickencd their pace without orders,
and for fur miles VIC MARCHED 60 fast that the
men began to dlop from heat. Some six or
seven were sun struck. About that time Gen.
Smith, commanding our Drigadc), came back
and as kcd us if we could stand it to 20 three
miles further: that TIC were wanted hadly In
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-03-19

A SrRAw-PAPER MnLr-Witbin half
an hours ride Poughkeepsie, there for
merly stood an old tumble-down rookery
which had been used for a cotton mill.
Recently it has been braced up and patch
ell and filled with machinery for the man
ufaciuring of straw paper. Notwithstan-
ding the forbidding exterior of this struc-
turs, the interior is well worth visit.
Rye straw is passed in shesves through
on loor and taken out in the form of pa
pr st the other. Great machines are
Employed to cut and crush and gr ind the
ulr. Immense kettles are used to boil
he material. after which it is bleached
nl put through various processes. until
tbecomes good. white, flexible printing
paper. The paper on which the Tribune
Almanac is printed was made here. The
profit on straw paper must be enormous.
In different parts of the country there are
many similar mills in operation and be-
fore long there can be no doubt that they
will drive the dear rag paper out of the
maIket.-H Y. Tribune.