, 1864-03-23
Chicago Gribnne.


The page is turned which shows the &c.
soouut current between the Federal Govern
znent and the several States, and every loyal
citizen OF Illinois will feel an honest pride In
finding that she stands alone in the List Of
icrcdita over al1 calls. We wish We could de.
ny our resident Copperheads the sneaking
<xu1tation every ono will feel that We havc
escaped the draft at 1east under the present
call for toopa- 1t is noble and fitting tes-
timunial Of confidence In Abraham Lincoln,
ttat hts, own State leads the van in the
support Of his war rneaaures. The Gorern-
zncnt must sow show itself good collector
and Cause the several States to promptly ad-
just their balances. .nlinois will be as ready
as before when fresh demands made upon
lc1.
In another column we give the announce
ment Of arrangements recently completed at
Rochester, n. T., whereby the Western
Union Telegraph Oom1taHy are to enter upon
The construction Of the inter-continental telc-
graph line, connecting this country with all
the Eastern Hemisphere by Russia, America,
and Asia While the great Atlantic scheme
is being pushed cnergetiea1ly, this other land
route will be Laid, end Pnck's "girdle around
the earth'' win be something that sprite him
self could never have dreamed eE Presently
we sha1i have .Asiatic md European news
ticking through Chicago, eerving up for our
morning readers the evening chit~cllat Of the
previous dny at St Petersburg and Pekin,
and the price Of silks and teas at Shanghai at
the close Of the market
We arc willing to endorse the New York
-Hese7d on the 1arc occaBlons when we lind It
right, which 1t certainly is in the following:
OonE1cfs is bothertng Itself considerably with
measures to bring down tbs price o. Eoid, and
People outside nrc somewhat ocwildered with all
xer1 my be Arrived st Tbere rey s , essy wy
of doing Il, however. FIJI Up the ranks Of General
Grants grand armies. Give him plenty Of men,
3nr the coming campaign, and gold will como
down with 1t With rush. Tint Is the way to SIT
Tic the gold question.
a Cincinnati exchange makes an expose Of
the recent near approach Of the rebel sympa-
1h1zers In Kentucky to open rcrolt against
the Federal Government, ind Ill in behalf Of
an institution which las wrought only harm
TO her people Slavery in Kentucky bears
about the same relation to tho interests Of
ner community, that The dra1n-drinking hab-
II does to TIC tncbrfnte- 1t only harms her.
It tnterfcres with her DEVELOPMENT It
entails stain and indignity upon the
lnnorer, on son where The tropical argument
is never attempted. 1tproduces that mean
est OF all human creatures Kentucky home
rebel, and that other species that may con.
fcnd for tie same palm, the Kentucky Cop
perhead resident on Northern soil, gaining
wealth from Northern institutions, md yet
Afsstng only treason and dialoyalty to the
Government whose shelter is sought. 4
better day ss coming for Kentucky when
'sioughing OF slavery, she loses at the sane
Time me disgrace 81 The treachcrous crew
"no Sech 10 perpetua1e II, and Tor Its perpe-
1%'s "oulo oa11ef III eise IN tae state beside
no u.uees past IN Acntuck5, now
%ser lsHsnlnels II mas freshly ioomed..
q elocA aas oeen given 70 o'slosatty from
1om "Meu II "au never recover. Her peo-
pic nave many o1 taem aan 1hear eyes opened
~ lnc 1e1 ha1n1e o hne rebellion, BY the die-
%sosets INT tnear soa was aooat 70 be made