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Anthony Sims, the fugitive slave, whose
capture aud restoration in Boston, some seY.
en- or eight years since, caused SO much ex,
eitcmcnt In thst city, and, in fact, all through
the Union, arrived back in Boston on the 2;d
inst, having escaped from his scryitude in
Ticksburg. Anthony will probably neyer
moro be slave.
The Brooklyn 7imes says Mr.. John ].
Schroeder, formerly Of that place, but resi-.
dent Of Richmond SINCE 1856 where he edited
tic Mrs, q paper Of the l. II. Bolts stan,p
escaped about ten weeks ago, and called at
tl,c Tin"s Office on Saturday. Mr.. Schroeder
saxs Mcclellan might hare taken Richmond
with perfect case, had he chosen to do so prc.
yious to tho Seven Days battles, it being per.
tcctly deft1ccless.
On Wednesday, the entire receipts of the
United States Treasury footed up over s.. 600
Geo, Of which about s2,e2oo5, 2,e2oo5 ,o6o came from
Jay. Cooke 4 Co., for convcrtiblcs, and about
s3,,25, 600 from 1lr. Cisco, Treasurer at New
York.
William r. Blake, the old and well known
comedian, died in New York on Thursday
Last. Ills age WIS about tlfty-cight. he was
born In Halifax, n s., and made his first ap.
l'carancc in New York in 1921 Ills early ro'<
was that Of genteel comedian, but becoming
very corpulent, he changed it for "serious
and comic old men," and in this line he Tss
never surpassed By any man on the stage.
Captain Marble, company E, 18th Illinois
volunteers. writes us from Memphis, that Ru
fus Longsdan, member Of hls company, and
resident Of og1e county, Is a descrter. and
has been since Oct. 10th, 1862. Alter remain
Ing at homo some time, he came to Chicaro
and through some underhand means rot ar
"honorablc discharge" from Captain Pom
eroy.
"A Mr.. Noble, Of Ohio, eays tha. 'sany DOS
sible peace is better than this war;" We dom,
Lnow whnt 1ir. Noble's Christian name is
says Prentice, but it ought to be q.
~ want a safeguard" said violent rebc
to Gen, Ncglcy, the other day. *'Hang OH
the American flag,'' replied the General, t'tla'
Is the beat safeguard know of."
A telcgraphic dispatch to the Cincinnati
papers, eays that jim Clay Is under Humphre.
Marshall. In this case, SAYS the Louisville
Journal, the poor fellow must be crushed a!
aaths pancake,
, 1863-04-28
Georgia Refusing to Prop the
Falling Rebel Cause
EErnTn The n E.-ax{nez poaf

The State OF Georgia, dragged under force
and menace INTO the iniquitI of reyoltagainst
the Federal authority, is ut last ayengipg her.
self upon the conspirators who led her into
crime. uer Legislature has recently refused to
endorse the Confederate currency, and has also
rejected the bill 10 compel the planting Of
provision crops alone. The former Of these
acts Is most significant confession Of want
OF CONFIDENCE in the stability Of the Confede-
racy, and the latter is hardly less Important,
as indicating determination on tho part Of
the people no longer to submit to sacrifice
and priEation for the benefit exclusively Of
the slaaTeholding r. Glass, who precipitated upon
dencc Of the growing indisposition Of that
Empire State Of the South to acqniesce In the
arbitrary demands Of the rebel leaders is fur
nished IN the refusal Of her Legislature to
pass bill taxing those VINO refuse to take the
Confederate oath fifty per cent, Of the amount
required for public purposes, This notion in-
Inmates clearly that in Georgia 1t Is not con-
sidered 5i d an offence deserving punishment, at
least OF any severe character, to decline to
thIo" off allegiance to the Federal authority
and unite In the conspiracy for It's overthrow.
, 1863-04-28

lady, the wife Of rebel officer, will be read
with interest:
HEADQ'Rs D1BTnIor or CoLUMBCs,
0EP'T TIE TENNESSEE, !
COLUMBUS. Ky., April IL, 1e63.
MADAM-9ou have asked nc, the military
representative Of the United Statce in this
district, to permit your husband, Mr.. Lillard,
. Captain in the rebel army, to return home
to the estates OF his molhcr.in.law, Widow
King, in this vicinity, and remain there on
his parole Of honor, for the protection Of his
family, without taking the oath Of allegiance.
Nr. Llllard has, without the least psoyoca-
tion, taken up arms against Il most kind aud
benefceut Government, and must, therefore,
suffer the consequences Of his own criminal
acts. The fact that you arc thereby left ur.
protected, (which I am not prepared to ad-
nil, J should not interfere with the due aJ-
n.inistraiion Of justice in lis ease, any mo-e
tl:an in that Of any other olv ndcr against the
majesty of the Law.
The nature Of your request shows that you
have us yet formed Il very limited idea of tic
enornsity OF the crime Of which your husband
is guilty; aud when contrast the vast sum
Of human misery caused by this rebellion,
with Jour little inconrenieuce6, you will par.
don me- if conclude that yonr suffering: are
light In comparison, and that your applica-
ton, u1tcr tue circumstances, to say the
least, is very jnconside=atc.
have to act III accordance with the general
orders Of nly Government, dictated by wisdom
and Justice, and to their requirements Mr..
Ii11hfd must submit.
If hc prefers withholding his allegiance to
his lawful Government, aud you, madam,
nevertheless, wish to be united to him, tlis
had better be done within the rebel lines.
lF..1f- 80
{Signcl) A. AsnoTu, Brig. Genrra1.
Mis-. Hattie Li11ard, near Columbus, Ky.
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The broadway Railroad.

The Broadway Railroad is assuming pecu.
liarly perple1ing position. The Mayor signed
the Common Council grant on Thursday at.
terEoon, and the Harlem Company put men
ut work forthwith to lay the track. In the
evening tho State Senate concurred in the As
sembly bill, which gives the grant to tue Law
crowd and repea]s the Harlem grant of 1882.
but in consequence Of voting down one
minor amendment the bill must 80 back to
The Assembly. In the city most people arc
glad at even prospect Of staving of the
Albany job, but there is much doubt as to the
final SUCCESS Of the Common Councils plan.
Mayor Opdyke, in signing the Common
Council bill says:
Between these two grants there can be no hesi-
tntion iu milking choice. The hitter Harlem Z,
amounting, In the long series Of years during
which it ln1y be expected to be used, to manY
millions OF dollars, and to that extent diminishing
the taxation Of our citizens and at the came time
relieving the CITY and property owners on the route
from thu expense Of repairing and periodically re.
paving tho streets. gEent. for nny other Of the
railroads authorized to be constructed In oar
Streets has approached TO this one in tho ibcra]ity
with which It provides for the interests Of the
city.
While their workmcn were busy on the
street, all the officers Of the Harlem Railroad
Company left town to avoid injunctions,
fnjunctions, Which we're, nevertheless, served
on tho forcmcn, and thu work stopped. Tie
Company have, however, the advantage o1
having broken ground.
, 1863-04-28

Curious Confession ofa K.G.C.
The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes the fol-
lowing, which it says 1t received from a trust
worthy source:
4 man, Of respectable connections, who re-
sided for some years near Dil1sburg, Pa, died
4 few dayc since at his home. 4 few hours
previous to his death he called few friends
around him, and intima.cd to them that he
could not die peaceably without relieving his
conscience Of weight which burdened it.
He confessed that he was Knight Of the
Golden Circle, which order Wis secretly and
extensively repEepresented In most Northern
cities. lie stated that regular and general
communication was carried on between the
hcadqnarters Of the 81 Krjshtsn and the Cati-
net OF JEFF. Davis. That he WAS cognizsnt
that the rebel War Department had arranged
with the organization Of which hc was a mem
ber to eyacpate Richmond. for the purpose Of
drawing the Federal force that fur South, and
while their attention WAS there engyossed,
the rebel army, by quick flank movement,
would descend in full force upon Washing
ton, end, aided By. general uprising of the
Knights in Pennsylvania and other Northern
States. capture the city aud seize upon the
Government By force, leaving our army South
at liberty to deso1ate ut the expense Of retail.
alton in their own States.
This is no fabrication, but unquestionab1e
authority furnishes this confession Of q dyipn
man, on subject now familiar to the resi-.
dents Of the district wherein be resided.
, 1863-04-28
IQl)icago Qribuue.


PLAYING AGAINST LOADED DICE.
4 fortnight before the election the Cop
perhead leaders completed their CANVASS
ofthis city, and found the Union majority
to exceed fifteen hundred They knew ex-
acaly how many fraudulent votes it was
necessary to manufacture, and how many
to import from abroad The repeal OF the
election LAW requiring voter, If challeng-
ed, to prove hy crcditablc citizen OF the
ward, that he was legal voter, opened
the door for the preparation Of frauds
Indeed, the law was changed by the Cop
perheads for the express purpose Of ena-
bling them to carry the charter elections
bY Illegal votes. All that was necessary
was to find Irish enough who we're not 70
tiers, who would offer the Coppcrhead tick
ct, and if challenged, Listen to some form of
questions, rapidly mumbled over by an In
srcctor, nod assent and shove the ballot
into the box. It WAS not difficult to find
eight or ten hundred unnaturalized Cclts
TO 80 through with that plain and easy
ceremony. They were found. Some Of
them were not si1 months out OF their na-
tire bogs. The remnining eight hundred
deficit was made up By imporations from
surrounding towns. Joliet, Ottawa and
La Sale turned out more Irish volunteers
to vote the Sherman ticket than t1,ey did
to fight for their adopted country By three
to one.
The expenses Of the importation were
advanced By subscription, and refunded to
the subscribers out Of tho moneys won
from foolish Union men who bet On the
election. The latter played against black
legs, who used loaded dice, and Of course
they lost their stakes.
The Unionists believed confidently
they had handsome minority in the city
and the Copperheads knete it; but the for
mcr reckoned only On kgaz ootes They
forgot to count the un-naturaIized Irish,
and the Irish who have settled in the city
within six months, and tho loose Irish of
all the surrounding towns; and this forget
fullncss cost them their stakes 1t did not
occur to them that the very money they
were betting would furnish the fund out Of
which their opponents would import and
manufacture the votes to win it. But such
was the fact. The money lost by Union
lists on the result Of the election, has been
used to pay the expenses Of the votes i'm
ported from Joliet, La Sale, Ottawa, Ra-
cine, Lemont, Palos, Milwaukee and else
where. We call that sharp practice, to
swindle man out Of his money and make
him pay the expense the rascal is at in
perretrating the fraud. If this is not ad-
ding insult to injury will some one cite us
an instance Of it Thus the Copperhead
ticket was elected and The winners sit down
Infamous and contented but thsir reposc
AiW Ie disturbed
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e8 Is it not little curious that those
who clanor loudest for the sanctity Of the
Constitution, and shudder most lest it may
be inffiDged in quc1ling the rebellion, are
invariably those who sympathize with the
Confederatcs and denounce their own Coy
e1nment? No loyal, earnest man is ever
heard charging the Government with
trampling on the Constitution-thcy are
onlyth friends ofthe rebels who make such
rT,rrrnG
, 1863-04-28

Got Into the Wrong FcTT-Dfdlst Como
Here tor shaI Pnrpose-Rebel Recon-
nOfHsaM nee Recruits Coming fn-Na.
ttoMa1 RanAs-Iform for oTAppllcasIou.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune. !
WASHINGTON, April Fl, 1853

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune. !
WASHINGTON, April Fl, 1853
COT INTO THE WRONG PEW,
The Rev. Mr.. Martin, alluded to recently,
us having been arrested for reasonable prac-
tices, is now in this city. together with his
family, in charge Of d guard, on the way to
"DiSiees Land" 4 rebel officer was captured
at Martins house, ut the came time the psr-
son was arrested. He had just arrived on a
visit to his lady-loGe, one Of the Misses Mar
tin, in time to have his dreams of bliss rudcly
dissipated. While he g1accs the Old Capitol
Prison, he will have tho consolation to know
that the object Of his affections is among her
friends, and enjoying the luxuries Of the Sun
nj South.
DIDN'T CONE HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE,
Several Of the co1ored brethren OF this citT,
ac'uatcd, no doubt, By tho desire to impress
the Haytien Minister with the idea that be
was not to be slightcd by that persuasion,
called upon him few days ago. On being
admitted into the presence Of the mu1atto dig
nitary, he wanted to know what they wanted
Of him. On replying that they had merely
called to pay their respects, hc politely in.
formed them that he Ind come here to RCD.
resent his Government, and not to entertain
colo1ed people, He thereupon dismissed
REBEL RECONNAISSANCE.
"A company Of sixty or seventy rebel cay
airy yesterday made their appearance near
thu Great Falls Of the Potomac, about fifteen
miles from Washington. Their object un-
doubtcdly Was to reconnoitre the strength
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DR.. Guthrie OF Edinburrh for
the Union.

Inc following letter has been received from
the eminent Dr.. Thomas Guthrie By Mr.. F. B.
Potter, President Of the {Manchester) Union
and Emancipation Society:
SALISBURY RoAp, EDNBuEGH, March as, 1858,
Nj DEAR SIR: I hare had the honor of re-
eeiEing your letter, with the address of the
Union Emancipation Society Of Manchester;
although could not concur with the trainers
Of that address In every passage, vet I cordial-
y synpashize with its spirit, and fully approve
Of its general tenor. The advanced position
which the Federal Government and the North
nave taken on the subject Of slavery, has
ion; therefore cannot but wish, and heartily
WIEN, them success against power which
rests on principles as insulting to God as they
Holding these viewe, will esteem 1t an
dents, and have the honor 10 be, yours truly,
THOMAS GUTHRIE,
, 1863-04-28

Iowa Soldiers Recently Dcce1s-
. ed.
List Of deceased Iowa soldiers who have
died in the hospitals at St. Louis, Mo-, April
q to %, 1863, Furnished By Thomas ". j.
Long, {of 1owa,) State Sanitary Agent at St.
Louis, No.:
Anr1I ao-u n jackson, CO 4. 9th Ill, d5sen-
tarv: D. Brenenatai. /, 7sd Ill., typhoid fever: JAS
R, Berry, b, 1ul4t Ill, typhoid fever,
Apri1 .3-Gco. Burchau I, 4th Ta.. typhoid fefer;
N, s. Rfssbcy, F. 29th Iowa, chronic diarrhea.
, 1863-04-28

hTcV iCKEk'S THEATRE.
l4 MADISON street. betwe-r Stats anc Dearborn.

Al cV &c z Ek'S THEATKE E
l4 Madison street. betwe-r State anc Dearborn
Nncrn nnan nt ocInrk: pe5tprElurcn. co7ar1encceT
lnst werk Of the popnlar trasedlan F. L. n tvBN.
PG1tT First Ei:i pf thrs entire 11ay wrttrn by
J.: 4 Wllsi3s. e1pIta.y for s:r II 1: Dsssnpo.f aaa
IT, !ard. sccflrra Anie1E3 With the At.
nsd approbn1opi In BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. <TEIor1o
1E5FIEA1soNE, AND *otL fT1EEtSH FtEFC:xs AND KY
FrGTs n ne .srts uth PIT. nEArT1p"L TArLEACx
THIS STEFSDAF EVENING. Anril FIJI, vii h. pr:
4tnted the beautiful psy 10 acts rIttea expressly
foE Sfz E. L Davenport, cniikscd
SF.3ARc: Or. I He SOLDIER OF FORTUNE,
with cast OF characters worthy Of special attention
ST. MAEC.a Soldier Of Fortune. Z. L. DAVENPORT
Taoeaul. Tus Harry HONE AND TIE TsNcr,rro.
Ian : man-ens In one Who like ship At sea,
IiosoE Ii him vhf dsrrs to TEMPT tse sder treg'
be los 1he sting" T.hleau j. Tn. lrzE,Sp.5 5Ao:1-
FAIIuFrL HEARTS rS{TEp - -
The performance will conclude Hnha
n Seats be tact,Tef tor the e::.t!r Ercr =:
tic Boz Office Itom 10 n /. and fro.s 10 OIL cE
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der arms. But aftcr a1l, with repuaiator as
Preside III, and with men at the head Of affairs
whose first act was to refuse to pay their per-
snnal debts to Northern creditors, the matter
is not so alarming to rebel US Ii would bc to
an honest man.
, 1863-04-28

EIAScIPAT1oy EsnoHsEp.- Henry Mar.
tln' the great French historian, has written
letter to the Paris Sieeaeheartlly endorsing the
position OF President Lincoln on the emsuci-
patton question.
, 1863-04-28

The new Battery on the Peninsula opposite
Ficissburg, Is working we'll. The regiment
who have 1t In charge, hare obtained the range
Of the Depot and several Of the prominent
buildings, and daily drop shell all around
them. Day before 5esterd7y one shell cx-
Iloded in the large depot building and leyclcd
other struck q train Of ears and scattered the
freight right and lrft like whrirlwind. Tic
enemy have replied to some extent, but either
because they don't know the range, or BECAUSE
they don't wish to waste tleir powder, they
have for the last three days kept quiet. This
morning there WAS heavy firing on our mart,
but with what success have not learned.
The weather continues warm but healthy,
, 1863-04-28

be, is a nlocke1y upon justice and the cleo
tire franchise, and would inevitably leadto
abuses dangerous to the liberties Of the
people.
Fernando is evidently in delirium tre-
mems Of rage at the prospect of having the
Copperhcad party beaten by the votes of
the army. 4 fine deal he cares for the lib.
critics Of the people and the abuses of the
elective trnnchiscl Hc has already proved
how much he cares for them, and for the
country, by doing his best to ruin both, and
By offering q perpetual 7e Deum for the
success Of rebeldom. If Fernando were
surc, or only half thought, that there was
a chance Of the soldiers voting the Copper
head ticket, upon any issue, he would cat
bis own words with as little remorsc as an
Anthopophagus would cook and eat his
own grandmother. It is the loyalty Of the
soldiers that he breads, and well he may;
for in spite Of the power that feeds. and
clothes, and pays them, or any other man.
they will do their duty and vote down the
Copperheads, and the dunderhcads, and
even Fernando Wood and his wooden
heads.
e Some one recently observed that
the Democratic Administration Of Bu-
chanan furnished the rebellion with can
non, and the Confederate Administration
Of JEFF. Davis repaid the obligation by
furnishing our side with Generals. Ono
thing is certain that, if JEFF. Davis had
openly appointed OUT commanders, he
could not have found batch within our
lines, that would have played into his
hands more eftectually than those who
commanded our armies during the first
eighteen months Of the war. During that
dark, shameful and peri1ous period, the
Copperhcad party furnished the Generals
and the policy on which the war was to
be conducted. Who wonderst that disaster
and disgrace were the only fruits gathered?
B Certain persons Of the CoppeIhcad
persuasion deny that the existing rebellion
is pro-elavcry one. The leaders Of the
rebellion do not thank these funkies for
this denial The Vice President Of the
Confederates solemn1y proclaimed slavery
to be the cornerstone of their new nation,
The assertion was received as true through
out the length and breadth Of rebeldom.
The Southern Church preach the divinity
Of the peculiar institution, and the rebel
Bishops in their recent Pastoral Letter, arc
not ashamed to ayow that the rebel States
"are about to plant their national life" on
slavery. What object have the Copper
heads in contradicting their Southern
fliends7 Don't the rebels themselves best
know what they are fighting for?
, 1863-04-28

BAn article OF pretended letter appeared
in the secesh organ Of this city, come three
or four weeks since, dated at "Tallahatchle
River, Miss, March 23," which represents to
come from "We, the soldiers Of th 10th, 33d
and 36th regiments Of Iowa volunteers" In
the article tive the soldiers" it is Sc. forth
that 1--WE believe, as Douglas ard other men
before us did, that wpr is disunion, and we be-
licye that this war never can be settled by
fighting, short Of . separation Of our Union.
We also condemn the present policy Of carry
ing on the war, IS the slaye-the negro, ne
mean, Of the south-is in q better condition
than if freed, aud we believe, If freed, he
would be curse to our country.'' And
much other Of the same sort. In reply to all
this ne hare word direct from Col. Rice, Of
the 33d Iowa, named above, saying that a
more un1nitigatcd mis- statement Of the facts
we're never made, even By as unscrupulous a
falsifer rs the head Of that Coppcrhcad con-
cern. So far from the statement being true,
he asserts, and We believe him, that set Of
more determined, uncompromlsing unyie1d-
ing, Administration war men cannot be found
in the United States. This sentiment has been
demonstrated at all times and on Ill occa-
sion5.
, 1863-04-28

4 correspondent Of ;he Charleston Cour;e,.
says that Gen. Bragg's Official report Of the
hattie Of Stone River "censurcs Gen. lIardec
for general 1nisnanagcmcn: and reflects ST.
vcrely upon Gen. Breckinridge: indeed, that
such is its remarkable character that it must
necessarily bring about : court of inquiry in
'hc premises a letter from Bragg's army
about this report says:
Gen. Brcclsinridgc is charged with total in-
competency and blamed with the miscarriage
Of Tie battle. Gen. Cheatham witt, beiuy iil-
tbriated OH the field In the presence Of the
enemy. Zen. Hnrlee is cersured with slow
ness and inaction; Gen. McCown aud CON-
nand with the disobcdicnce Of orders. Gen
Polk's name is not mentioned in the report.
Gems. Claibourn and III hers art compliment
Cd. The highest tribute Of praise aud honor
is paid to General Wislers and command,
awarding him the credit Of having saved the
day hy the conraye, discipline and so'dierly
bearing OF the officers and men Of his division.
This correspondent says, "Oh! Bragg, you
will bt damned for telling the truth u
, 1863-04-28
ANOTHER REBEL EMlSSARY.

Escape of a Son OF George N. Sanders
With D}4patchr. for the Confcdcrnte
Goycrnmcnt-1EcC Crosses into Canada
by way OF st. N1nry,s Ikivcr-Great
Excitement in the Upper Country.
, 1863-04-28

An extraordinary emigration has ect In
from Ireland for the United Statcs. All the
Irish papcrs that hare lately come to hand
contain accounts Of the exodus Of that pco-
pic. 1t is no longer confined, as heretofore,
TO the South and Southwest of Ireland, but
the thrifty North and cntcrprising Eastern
counties pour forth their skilled artisans and
Industrious farmers. From Belfast we hear of
the departure Of q hundred male and female
cotton wcaycrs. From Trlee aud Kilkenny
two hundred persons, chiefly Of the farming
Class, left In one week. Six hundred of
both sexes embarked from Dundalk during
the last week In March, and ilye hundred more
.cft the following week. Sligo Is thronged
Will, men, women and children from the intc-
rior, waiting for Conveyance. One hundred
and twenty sailed from Droghcda on the 9th
Of april. At Cork the wharEcs arc filled with
en'grants and their baggage. Similar scenes
occur in all the other seaport towns. At L,y-
erpool the cmi grant ships were never doing "A
better business. In the singlehontl Of March
1864 persons sailed, being IN increase of
1000 over tho corresponding period last year.
Of these, 10,S18 were for the United States.
EE Prentice says there arc so many more
women than men in the South that It Is
though ht that 4 law establishing polygamy will
be enacted there, each man to be allowed five
wives. Is not this strong encouragement to
our rebel women here in Kentucky to perse-
ycrc in their efforts to get the State into tho
Southern Confederacyl How would they like
to sec the awful husband famine extended over