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nut hills via Dromgoolc's OF Haiues' Bluff,
will hare to be also conjunctioaaly made.

nut HlilB VIA Ufomgoolcs OT Hatnes' Bluff,
will hare to be alEo coajunctioaa1ly made.
APLAa OF TRUCE.
After returning to tile aag-ehip, from our
Wnnderings through the camps and our view
Of the canal, the peninsula, and Vicksburg.
we saw q small boat flying eccesh aud
truce flag, creeping along shore opposite to
the canal, Il short distance below it, and max
ing towards the A1afmor., light draft gun
boat, acting as picket. soon after, the occu-
pants we're taken on board the Marmora, and
that vessel moved up about q mile, and hay
iEg anchored opposite the flagship, sent
a rebel Lieut.. Colonel and Captain
and Lieutenant on tug boat to the fag ship.
them in full uniform. They soon obtained
an interview with the Admiral and with Gen.
Grant, for whom message had been sent up
on their arrival. They remained about an
hour, when they were sent on board the Mar-
morn, and then, having taken their small
boat, started down the river. Tho oarsmen
{on1y two in number) had made but q few
strokes when the bout Was evidently turned
In towards the canal. Capt. Breesc i'm
sent: in q tug after them. he took them
upon the tug, and went with them until they
protested against his going any further, after
be had nearly reached the point Of: the pc
ninsula; when they were put into their small
boat and the tug returned. By this opera
tion, thesewi1y Iascals, who, strnnge to say,
had not been blindfoldcd, obtained full view
Of all our army transports, part Of our camps,
the gunboat Cincinnati, the flagship {Black
Hawk and the Marmora. Time does not
admit Of further comment or description at
present. -, 10 OMEGA
, 1863-02-12
Mound CityH0spit1l.

u. Q
MOUND CrrT, H., Feb, 9th, 1854
Editors Chicago Tribune:
The following named soldiers have died at
this hospital, for the week commencing Feb:
LIST, 1865:
Hamilton Miller, co. E 66th Indiana February tst,
erysipelas foil measles
Abraham Coleman; c, 12sth III, Feb. I'd typhoid
fever foil measles
James Fazris, A, .34th Iowa, February 1st, cry
CHARLES Baker, D, s5sh Missouri, February ID,
rbos. wakefield, E, s7th Illinois, February I'd,
delerlum tremens.
Cyrus Vandusen, E. 11tth Illinois, February ID,
phlebitis, foil erysipelas and typhoid fever.
VIM Il. Grinnel, 9, 23d Wisconsin, February sth,
pleuro pneumonia.
A.q. Hatl, q, e6th Illinois, February sth phshie1s-
j. B. Cochrane, citizen, February 5th, small pox.
George ". Culver, &, a4th Iowa, Febsuary 9Th,
E. % &. Thomas, E, ssth Illinois, February sth pneu-
mouia.
4. j. Dungoy, E, 1asth Illinois, February 9Th,
pncumonia.
chronic diarhoea and typhoid fever
N. L. Ross, Chief Clerk.
, 1863-02-12

T The rebel Congress, on the 28th
ult-, repealed the act exempting the owner
oftwenty negroes from conscription- JEFF.
found that he had shown the cloFen foot
too soon, in his Law creating an aristocracy,
and he was compelled BY the force Of cir
cumstances, but much against his will, to
have it repealed.
, 1863-02-12

= D1sGRACEFuL.-Of' the one hundred and
seunty-scren members Of the National
House Of Representatives, there were but
one hundred and thirteen present to vote
upon 20 important measure asthe tabling
Of The Bankrupt bill The vote stood six-
tv yeas, to tifty-three nays, on the motion
to lay on the table; and thus seven votes
defeated ameasure Of vital interest to the
country, when there were sixty -four mem-
bers absent. How will these dodgers and
abeentees excuse themselves before their
constituents?
, 1863-02-12
COPpERIAEADI In PEKIN.
Tho Corpcrhead Mayor Insults I'LL
nofs Soldiers and gets Whipped fortt.

From the Peoria Transcript, 10th.1
The following particulars of an affair which
has occasioned no little excitement in Pekin
have been furnished us: On Saturday last, 4
petition was circulated in. tho Court House,
during court session, praying the Legislature
Of suffrage. The petition was signed by
Judge Harriott, to lead of, Messrs. A. P. Girls
void, Geo. H. Harlow, G. A. Roberts, John
Gridley, +. D. Vincent, ]. s. Maus, and r. J.
Onstott followed. It was then passed to B.
8. Prettyman, who boasts Of being Mayor Of
that city. Instead Of signing it, as the
others did, Prettyman wrote and signed the
following:
"I will see them damned first, and nl1 the
Infamous officers who defend them.
B. 8. PRETTYMAN.n
1t was then passed to ]. B. Cohrs, who
wrote
ct say ditto to the above. j. B. CoHRs."
The next party TO whom it Was passed was
the gallant Frank Rhondst late Colonel of tho
sth Illinois. Rhoads Immediately penned the
following:
1T defend the soldiers Of Illinois, and assert
that any man who will take the right Of
suffrage from the soldiers now in the field,
for the crime Of fighting for their country, Is
In the evening, Rhoads aud Prettyman met
petition came up. During the dispute, Prct-
lyman gave Rhoads the lie, whefcupon the
latter pitched into the tory Mayor, and gave
him n most unmcrcifnl aogging. Our inform
ant says Prettyman's ugly mug was pumme1-
ed to almost q Jelly.
Yesterday, Col Rhoads was brought before
magistrate, and plead guilty to tie assault,
and was fined fifty dollars, which he promptly
paid. Our informant says when he left, last
evening, d subscription was in circulation for
Col Rhoads, or IN case he refused, as it WAS
thought he might, to present him q suitable
testimonial for his yindication OF the gallant
soldiery Of Illinois against one Of their tory
assailants. Certainly he deserves one, while
Prettyman's outrageous insult to the soldiery
shnuid cousigu him to eternal infamy
, 1863-02-12
The Mask OF.

Wc sec that John T. Lindsay, who, during
the Last fills CANVASS claimed to be as good
war man as there was In the State, has been
making speech in the Legislature in which
he comes out u full ledged advocate Of peace,
and anti.war man. The Springfield Journal
says the ayowal Of his position was broad and
unqualified. It was his firm conviction that
"the Union cannot be preserved By carrying
on hostile war.'' His opposition to the war
was not based on the Emancipation Proclama-
ton, but to the war as such--to any var for
the preservation Of the Union.
In this WY these fellows hare swind1ed the
people. Lindsay aud those Of his political
stripe in the Legislature claim to represents a
majority Of the people Of Illinois. That they
do not, may be ascertained from the fact that
on the stump Lindsay dnrcd bs nothing but q
war man. He claimed to be better war man
than his opponent. He had made war
speeches. He had given a son to the war.
Now he is against the war, and clalms to
represent the views Of the minority Of the
electors of his district Bah! If he should
only carry such duplicity as he has practiced
in his politics into his business transactions,
he would soon find himself In the clutches Of
the law for violating the statute in relation to
false prctences.
, 1863-02-12

TT The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Times says Gen. Burnside, with
great magnanimity, offers to resume the COM
mand Of his old corps, aud fight under
Hooker. BE positively asserts TINT he will
not remain in the service without D aeommand,
holding it to bo the duty Of every man
holding commission tog give his time and
energies to the cause Of the Government. He
is greatly surprised and alarmed Mt the threat
ening posture Of the Democratic party III the
North, and, Without vigorous and successful
action by the Government, apprehcnds that
We may have formidable fire in the rear.
, 1863-02-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

The African Army Bin in the House.
Dunn and Tfimble Converted from
Pcgtiti0n-In what way alone the
Negro can Help ua-The Opposition
,StoclksArEuments-H Con. Stuart
on F1tz-John Porter-JapRncse Ship
building.
, 1863-02-12

101,117. Why should Massachusetts be
required to raise as many men IS Indiana
from 60 much smaller population?
Indiana, we believe, furnished $4,000
men, exclusive Of three months volunteers.
In the same ratio on the basis Of the re-
spectire male population ofthe two States,
the quota Of Massachusetts Would be 70, $50
men; excluding three months troops, she
has sent to the field Is ,294 men, being only
short 1855 of the full number required to
come up to the Indiana standard, and that
deficit is in the city Of Boston, where the
Copperhcads Of Massachusetts have their
chief strength But Massachusetts is cnt-
tied to credit for her 12,0o0 able bodied
seamen in the navy, who are fighting gal
lantly for the Union Reckoning these, she
actually exceeds the proportion sent By In
diana by 9,1M fighting men.
In strict justice, al} the old States are en-
titled to the benefit Of the consideration that
they contain larger proportion Of old and
infirm men than the new States Vast
numbers Of the young, active and boldest
men Of the old States migrate to the new
ones. For example, the total enrolled mi
itia Of Massachusetts last autumn was
176;364. including those at home and
in the army and navy but Of these sc, 600
were exempts not being physically capable
of doing military duty-leayine oulv no.
1oe 81 - hoar erne of which number ~ .
, 1863-02-12
Tory Demonstrations in I7mcs
stone.

We hear that tory demonstration came off
in Limestone on Saturday evening, at which
some most reasonable resolutions were pass
ed. They even threatened resistance at the
point OF the bayonet to the draft and war tax.
30 outrageous were they, that Isaac Brown,
our County Treasurer, who is supposed to
carry the Limestone Democracy in his
breeches pocket, protested, and endeayored
to obtain reconsideration, but without
avail The chief fuglers Of the meeting wera
:Henry l. Heaton, Of Logan, Justice Barrett
White and Major Puterbaugh, Of this city.
Puterbaugh, who was supposed to be q good
war Democrat up to the time Of bis with
drawa1 from Ingerso1l's cavalry, is said to
have out Herodcd Herod In his dlatr!bcs
against the Administration. Tho resolutions
wero ordered to be printed in the Peoria Hail
md Chicago Times.
, 1863-02-12

1otal non g. States. 1790. j 852,6o4 1,130
Thus It will be seen that Massachusetts
alone, with only about onc.tourth the popnla-
tion OF The South, furnished II ,982 more nu-
thenticatcd troops than they all; and TINT the
four New England States Of the Old Thirteen,
with tribe less than one-haH Of the popula'
ton Of the SIX States Of The South, contrlbu~
ted of Continental and authenticated Militia
troops little more than t.eice as many as the
contribution Of the South to the National
cause of Independence. In actual numbers,
the New England contingent furnished by
population Of ,4o7, was 1a7,71s soldiers
against the Southern contingent Of Il, ,1So SOL
dIcss furnished By q population Of ], ,65a, ,504.
THUS New Englnnd gave Of her sons in pro-
portion Of more than four to orc, compared
wit. The authenticated Southern roll of Revo-
7s~}{ +rcnrR q
, 1863-02-12

~ The New York papers say th.t assur-
ances have been received In Washington tha.
Gov. Seymour will throw the 3rooksos, the
Woods, and their party overheard. and take
strong ground In fayor Of the Administration
, 1863-02-12

Locsasts Coming This Year.
Joseph Harris writes to the st. Clairsyille
(Ohio) Chronicle, that tho locusts will be on
hand this year, it being the seventeenth since
their last appearance. He says:
The Pharaoh locusts made their first appear
anca on the wing, May 49, 1916; on the 23d,
commenced singing; on the 31st, commenced
boring the trees and laying rgga3 june 9th, :,
commenced dying; the malea first. On the
25th, all dead. {.faken from notes on above
dates.)
This year there will be locusts inabundauce.
Prepare your small trees by tying them up
with straw for twenty-five days, and you are
safe, if you do 1t right.
, 1863-02-12

FAsHF1ILE, Iehn., jan. W, 1861.
It hath pleased Almighty God to take from
us Licnt. wellington Wood, Of company H,
10Th {Chicago Zouaves) Illinois Volunteers
River, while gallantly leading his men in ac-
tion, in defense Of his countrya cause. He
was a youth In years, but host within him
self, and endeared to every member Of our un-
conquered and gallant regiment. In him VIC
have lost an officer Of great merit, q perfect
"gentleman In department, and 4 thorough
soldier. On picket duty and upon the battle
field he was always in the right place. Ho
was not only IN honor to his regiment but to
form was stricken down In battle his COM
radcs In arms bore his, corpse to a
kis friends at home-Moline, Illinois.
Moline, you have lost citizen, a soldier and
gentleman. Young and comely, brave as
the bravcst, he is ono Of the many brave men
of the 10Th, who fell In that battle; bu. there
are enough left, who will agenge the death Of
our brother-soldier, wellington Wood.
with his friends at horne in his death; but
they may rest assured that the army to which
he belonged will long cherish the name Of
Lieut.. wellington Wood.
Corporal Co. G, 10th Illinois Volunteers.
SAMUEL Tousa,
Co. q, 10th Illinois.
These lines were written by Corporal
White in Hospital No. q, Nashville, Tenn,
Lieut.. Wood was brought for safe keeping for
his friends.
The body Of Lieut.. Wood passed through
this city yesterday under charge of r. L.
Swan, on its way to Moline.
, 1863-02-12

recovered IRON his recent attack Of sickness
at Lancaster, Pa, rs to be able to reach
Washington. He is talked Of as the Emanci-
patton candidate for Governor Of Kentucky.
Judge holt, expresses the opinion that the
Emancipationists could yet carry Kentucky
at the next election. he insists that the
rebel raids into the state have given great
impetus to emancipation feeling.
, 1863-02-12

What are You Going to Do9
4 Copperhead Convention was held in Kent
county, Michigan, On the 9Th, and Il series Of
tabid Copperhead resolutions PASSED, among
which vas the following:
Reso{eed, That It is not for us now to discuss
the sou{es of the wa1-suf1lcIent unto the day Ia
he evil thcrcof-hut its results in tho devastation
Of wbple States, the bankruptcy Of the national
treasury, the destruction OF fabulous amount Of
property and precious life, the sowing Of the tarea
Of eumitY In d soil where all should be brothcrly
love, and the mourning throughout the land-thcse
resuita ad1nonieh us, as VIC lore our country and
desire to save 1t from shameful DOWNFALL fAat Il
IL time h <pedt and to do,
Pray, let US know what you intend to "do''
Ind Hhcn you are going TO do" It,
, 1863-02-12
MASSACHUSETTS AND TEE WAR,

MASSACHUSETTS AND TIE WAR.
The Copperhead prints have asserted
several thousand times that Massachusetts
is short Of her quota by 10 900 troops; that.
she is in favor Of prosecuting the mar in
order to sell her manufactures and grow
rich from the money and misery Of other
States, while she refuses to contribute her
proper share Of men for its prosecution
This libel is uttered SO often TINT some Of
the Copperheads pretend to believe it. 4
Special Committee was raised in the popu-
lar branch OF the Indiana Legislature to
inquire and report "why Massachusetts
has not sent to the field during the present
war as many men as have been sent by
Indiana" - Mr.. S. F. Wetmore Of India
napolis addressed Gov. Andrews on the
subject, and We have his reply, dated Feb
Sd. Gov. Andrew states the number o.
troops furnished BY his State as follows:
Whole number OF three yeAts' men reported
, 1863-02-12

KKsTEcKr.-The New York Times says
that within few days Hon. Joseph Holt has
expressed belief TINT the rebel operations in
Kentucky are likely to render the success Of
an Emancipation ticket quito probable at the
next election.
TAX ON PApER.-John D. Defrccs. Supcr-
intendent OF the Government Printing Office
ut Washington, expresses the opinion thai
the abolition Of the duty on paper would
save the Government $1oo, 600 in his Office
during the coming year.
, 1863-02-12

~ The st. Louis Danocrdt records the
death Of the 4,,ge;ger des Hestens, the oldest
German paper In St. Louis. It WAS formerly
a etaunch anti-slavcry paper, and enjoyed T.
large circulation. Since it passed into thu
hands Of its last editor, It has become extreme
" uconseryatfycD
, 1863-02-12

Total pop. n. E., 17eo. 3A, A,4o7
, 1863-02-12

OF even far below them, tie products Of
the sorghum make it by far the most profit
able crop that the farmer can raise
Now tho capacity Of the Northwest to
raise corn, and Of course to produce sor-.
ghum, ispractical1y without limit. Hence
as Chicago is the largest corn market in
The world, there can scarcely be doubt
that it is within the next decade to become
the leading sugar market Of the country.
This may seem u perfectly wild assertion
to those vino have not examined the sub
ject; but wo. who have seen numbe1less
specimens Of sugar, and read the testimony
laid before scores Of conventions held in
different sections Of the Northwest, fully
believe that sugar and molasses are within
the next ten years to become leading
staple in this market. So thoroughly are
we convinced Of this, that We publish, as a
sort Of prediction, the following supposed
extract from our commercial column ten
years hence: y:
SuaAa-The receipts from tho last crop continue
heayJ, footing up 10 date to $4,000 hogaheaas, al
ready surpassing the crop Of Louisiana in 1855 By
nearly 5000 hogsheads- Advices from tho leading
sugas houses West Of us give satisfactory assus.
ances that there viii reach this market from the
last crop at least $4,000 hogshcads. In round
numbers the receipts will foot up about az follows
Itn0l6 ,00Q
Mleconean. 80 00Q
C"t.e- i1;ro.ct soo01
, 1863-02-12

Three yearb' men since then, .-...........- 9,18A
Total three years mcn. ...............:. 6ases
men. ~. 1885
Total three years and drafted 1ncn...... 1921
men..-............ ......-................. s7ao
Total Land forces: :..;;:..:..-...;..:.. ss,oso
.........-....-...,.-.--.. 1sooo
Total men, land and dsea-..-.-..---.... 81 ,03o
The population Of Indiana In 1e60 was $50 123
Ct whom we're males of al ages. 693,3ks
,aal ,o6s
, 1863-02-12

The running Of the water batteries at Vlcks~
burg by somo Of the gunboats seems to US
more and more imminent as the only means
Of ensurfng any attack upon the lower side Of
tho city. And when this is done I've atill ad-
here to the opfniou) the attack upon the Wal
, 1863-02-12

Eng1oBsed Bills, reported the following IS
correctly engrossed:
Bill for an aet 70 incorporate the Chicago and
Lawrenceyille Railroad Company.
BiIlto a1 tie time of the circuit courts in tho
counties Of VIII and Grundy, aud to regulate the
practice in said viii county circuit court, and to
repeal certain acts in relation to practice and chan
Gerry proceedings in said court
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The consideration Of an act enabling the
State Of Illinois to avail herself of any INV of
Congress to be passed for the purpose Of en-
larging the Illinois and Michigan Canal, was
postponed till 2 o'clock on Thursday. Mcssrs.
Lindsay and Ogden spoke in favor Of it.
Messrs. Mason and Underwood against 1t. It
,r is strnpgs pge 5st M Has y hs f1st
say, who is locally interested. I say 1t is
strange, but nothing is strange in these days.
Probably this vote wa5 Influenced by the fact
that Mr. Ogden, with i great want of tact,
stated that the canal t0stld BE- used to con-
rrygunboats aud ammunition to tho Mississippi
Ri,vr.
A law was passed allowing of the circulation
Of bills Of 4 less denomination than FIVE dol
lars in the State.
4 resolution was passed to confine the
speeches to FIVE minutes each in length. Also
that Senate meet at 8 4. m. and have an eve
u!NB eCbsAtHt SOHlu1buIAAE ~ r. ILL.,
Senate refused to take Up the appropriation
bill Or fix time for same. Mr.. Ogden Il am
surprised to note the fact voting with the
Democrats.
The resolution instructing tho Governor
to demand redress Of tho General Govern
mcnt in the case Of the Marine Artillery vas
passed.
Mr.. Vandcvcer introduced bill abolishing
i'll tho military laws passed by the last SOS
sion. This bill is entirely in the interest Of
the Southern Confederacy.
Mr.. Mason introduced m act abolishing the
War Fund Commissioners Office.
Mr.. Ogden introduced q bill to authorize
the building of branch railroads.
4 bill was passed authorizing the city Of
Chicago 10 borrow S12, 900 for the building Of
a bridge on State street.
senate refused to entertain appropriation
bills for Deaf and Dumb and other Asy-
luus, by strict party vote.
Mr.. Green Of Massac rose to q question Of
privilege. He said the correspondent Of the
Missouri Democrat had stated TINT letters had
been received from Jonesboro to the effect
that Union people were fleeing, from Union
comfy. He denounced those letters as false.
He had no doubt such letters had been re-
cciyed, for ho believed the correspondent to
be agentlemau Of high sense Of homer. and
, 1863-02-12

r CORNELL & cos SEWING
- MACHINES Of AL stitches, At 13 Laka stseek.
wilcox & G!bba' Twisted Loop-aatch TagTart
Tha snopiet Stlest Fastest ard most pdffeek so b
nnffex 1c L. CQRNK141 d CO..
dei6- Ji87Gm eo1 Cnleago. H.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-12-11
BY TELEGRAPH
TOTHE
Portland Daily Press.
The Capture Of ,hs Chesrpeeke.

The Capture Of tbs Chesapeake.
ST. JOHN, \. b., Dec. 10.
The evening Globe gives the following con-
pected with the capture OF the chesapeake
The scheme was maturcd here by Conied-
crate agents. Meetings were held and the pas
sage money Of the parties to make the seizure
was paid through 70 New York. They were
promised $500 each on the steamer being safely
taken into Wilmington. II was also arranged
that at a certain store IL New York each men,
Der of the party was TO call at different times
for parcel, containing a revolver, ammunition
aud pair of handouts. 1t is believed that
the cargo was shipped by Confederate agents
10 send South, and arrangements made that 1t
should be seized or this particular trip. The
manager OF the plot represented that the
Chesapeake had been seized while attempting
10 run the blockade, and that twas a harmless
effort TO get back southern property.
We have the names OF five of the parties
engaged ii the seizure belonging to this city,
who LEFT here by the train. They are of the
worst species OF humanity which are denom-
mated "roughs," one Of them being just out
Of the penitentilry. They all went from here
on the Sd inst. by the steamer New England
TO Boston.
The Chesapeake did not coal here, but Law
oil the harbor end took on board Capt. Parker,
fornerly OF the prlvateer Retributiop, who
took command.
Our citizens generally regret that this city
unwi'tingly afforded temporary shelter TO the
eoncerters Of Tie scheme, and that any person
from this place should be concerned in It.
Capt. Willets and the passengers and crew
were provided FOL by Mr.. Howard, the Ameri-
can consul here and forwarded to Portland by
the steamer New England to-day.
Lotest-The Chesapeake is reported To be
now at Pubnieo Harbor, near Cape Sable.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-12-11

sy-The course of lectures talked CT at
Lewiston for the present winter, has been
given up on account of not being able TO oh
tain drawing" lecturers. Mr.. Cough informed
the committee that be Is engaged far into
March.
.y-The Banner corrects the statement that
Rev. DR.. Wheeler of Brunswick, was to sup
ply the pulpit of the Unitarian Society Of
Augusta this winter, and says Rev. Charles
II. Wheeler, late of Danyers, a son of DR..
Wheeler, has been engaged.
II We advise every man who wants the
best paper ia the whole OF Canada East, to
subscribe for the Montreal Witness, the daily,
by mall, being only 90; the semi-weekly, Sc,
and the weekly, $3.50. In Canada West the
Toronto Globe Is head and shoulders above
any other paper,