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Washington and its Defences.

The Journal Of Commerce declares that
Washington owes its safety last week to
General McCLELLAN, and to the very de
lays and dawdling" for which he hes
ueen so much abused by the ignoran, or
the malicious. We quote:
Some of the people seem astonished to
find that the capital is as strongly defend>
ed en- the north as on the south. The
system of General Mcclellan involved ab-
solutc safety. His fortifcaiions included
&c idea of an enemy entering Maryland,
and the works which he constructed look
ed to attack from any and all quarters -
lie rightly estimated Ii e strength of the
rebellion, and the possibility Of occurren
ces which radicals ridiculet. but which
haye again and again taken place. Thanks
to him, Washington will never fall into
rebel hands unless by the criminal neplec,
Of those charged with lhe defence Of its
lines.
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Dreadful Loss of Lifs,
afro, july 25'

Cairo, July 25.
The steamer James White, from Now
Orleans the lS,h, has arrived. and reror,s
ihat tie steamer +. NJ Runvon, from
Natthez struck snaG Of Griffith Land
ing. fifteen miles below Greeuviile. Miss. ;.
on The 2lst inst, at ten P NJ and sunk
to the hurricane roof in five minutes
She had nearly 600 people aboard, irc|u.
ding 40 Of the 10Th Missouri Cavalry, so
refugees and furlougheG soldiers, and quite
number Of cabin passengers. Abou, 50
lives were lost Half this rutnIe. belong:
en- to the cavalry; the remainder. except.
ing two, we're refugees and negroes. Dut
two cabin passencers-s young man nam!
ec Chaplain, of Alton, and a boy-.re b..
heved 10 have heen lost, Gnnboa. No. II
cams up abou. twenty minutes after tho
disaster, and rescued about forty persons !;
1iliers suam ashore. There we've Also on
board III raules, G. hofses. J5 wagon.
ann the carp e4wirage of the regiment,
All OF which, with The boat, will bs a 10.
Ia! loss. The James White brough, .f-
most Of the rescued, excep, the cavalry.
who we're brought up to Memphis T., ,is
Marine 'r'sa'!e toa, bisus.
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The Mission for Peace.

! An Interesting correspondence between
! Rebel Commissioners on one side and
| HoRACE GREELEY, on The part Of our gov
ernment, will be found on the inside Of
! this paper, which cannot fail 10 attract at
ten,ion, and cause puch indignation
against the President for his unmanly
course. The Milwaukee Ne,cs makes the
following comments on the natter:
The confederate government. sent com
missioners TO our borders to inaugurate
negotiations for the establishment of peace
| president. God forgive him, not content
with making " the integrity of the Union "
the condition of their reception, refused
to grant them safe conduc! 10 the feder-
al capital because they did not come au-
;horizeG to declare freedom for southern
! slaves. .. ..-....
BY the crime of Lincoln, the north is
therefore placed in the shameful attitude
of rejecting an opportunity to conclude a
peace based upon a restoration of the I'm
ion in all itz integrity.
TIE southern commissioners came in
good faith. They came invested with a
due measure of authority from their gov
ernment for preliminary action. They
came professedly and in proper terms de-
| ploring the sad calamities which have
fallen with common weigh. upon the
whole people. Their mission was mis-
sion Of peace. Their errand was an er-
rand Of mercy. The time selected BY
| them was time when the conten6ing
parties could have negotiated without any
sacrifice Of rights, honor or of self-respect.
! Their presence in Washington, at the
worst, could have involved no detriment
to our cause.
Bu. they are turned away with a per-
sonal attront accompanied by an cfficious
dlctaton of terms, inappropriate to the
time and the place and which the presi-
dent possesses no authority to impose.
The commissioners did not come TO con
clude negotiations in Canada, bu. to mi
ta.e negotiations in Washington. They
possessed DO authority 10 conclude the
specific terms of re union. Much less did
they possess any authority to declare the
abandonment of slavery in the southern
states, By virtue of both the federal and
confederate constitutions, that is power
which cannot be conferred upon commits
soners; neither does it belong to either
government, but to the states separately.
1t is not enough tc say that Lincoln is
stupid and heartless. Before God and
| man, he is the willing murderer Of his
count'ys peace. BY rejecting the posi-
tle and probable restoration of the Union.
he is compelling the people of the north
through him, TO put the knife to their
own throats and with their own hands 10
stlke fatal blows at the government.-
Any government of .avages on earth
might teach him mercy and Justice, for
no savage government Of modern times is
so recreant to heaven and dead 10 pity AS
to refuse 10 spare the blood of its own
people oy turning from its doors suppliant
enemies appealing for peace.
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The late Peace Movement.
WASHINGTON. july %.


Horace Greeley, in the Tribune, 10 dat j.;
In aluding to his interview with the rebel
Commissioners at Niagara Falls, says:
" The editor Of this paper has taken par.
in, and thus been privy to, no further OF
other negotiations than were fully author.
lied but those related solely to bringing
ihe antagonists face to face in an atnicabIs
rather than a be!liaerent stl,ale with
view TO the initiation Of an earhes, effort
for peace, TO lie prosecuted at Washing.
ton. The novemen, has had no immedi-
ale success. Ofcourse all reports that ths
writer has been engaged in preparing, OF
receiving, or discussing Hypothetical ,eIms
or basis Of peace, whether with accredited
agents Of the Richmond authorities or
Others, are utterly mistaken. lie has nev-
er had the slightest authorization 10 DO
anything OF the sort, and he is quite aware
of those provisions Of law which relate to
volunteer negotiations with public ene,s-
les. Those provisions he heartily sp-
proves, and is in no wise inclined 10 vio /.
late. More than this lie does no, as vet
feei at liberty to state, though he soon
may be. All tha, he can now add is his
general inference th.t racihca.ion OF oar
country is neither so difficult nor so dis--
tant as seems to be generally supposed.
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Now and Then.

When the Vice-President Of the rebel
confe!eracy asked permission to come to
Washington some months ago, he was
duly accredited as a commissioner from
the Commander in-Chief Of the confed
crate states, and Lincoln refused TO re
ceive him, because his reception nigh, be
construed as 3 recognition of the confed-
crate government. Now Clay and Hal
comb come to Niagara Falls as citizens of
the rebel states in the employment of the
confederate government. and Lincoln re
fuses to receive them because they do moi
come, as Stephens did, duly accredited bv
the commandments Of the rebel armies.
VIII the apologists of Lincoln inform the
public as TO what course Lincoln would
have the confederate government adopt, in
order to initiate negotiations for peace /!
He has refused to send commissioners to
Richmond and he has refused to receive
both authorized and unauthorized commits
sioners at Washington. INilwaukee Neus.
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Later.
Nashville, JULY 2t

Nashville, July 26
Uerolds Spreidi-The sensation dis-
patches, dated Atlanta the 22d, published
in western papers, create totally false
impression.
We have not yet occupied Atlanta. !,
Is believed here that we have done better
than that. and are keeping Hoods army
in that place.
Hood appears TO have been much cha
grlned regarding the fight of the 22d.
There has been no fighting since the
22d- All the railroads leading from At.
lanta except the Macon road, have been
DESTROY Cd
There appears to be no disposition on
our part 70 hasten the occupation Of At.
lan'a. Other things can be done than at
tacking the enemy in their works, and
Sherman is no, likely, to force an engage.
ment in which the enemy will have very
great advantage.
Reliable information i. received that
everything Is s"i"s ou right,
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The Gallant Fifth.

We are not able to say as ye! exactly
when the Manitowoc portion of the 9th
regiment will reach here, but probably no,
for some days yet, as the Madison Journcl
says the regiment cannot be mustered out,
owing TO the lack of some company rolls,
1t is worthy Of The highest honors when it
comes. .sa
JOHN R. LEyKoM and VIM TURp1S, Of
Co A. have arrived here. They have nc.
been with the reg imens in long time,
having been quite seriously wounded while
gallantly charging the heights of Freder-
icksburg,
The correspondent Of the N. Y. Herald,
writing from Washington on The 18th
thus briefly sums up the glorious history
Of the regiment!
"The Fifth Wisconsin regiment, Col
Allen, leaves Washington to morrow for
home, its term of service having expired
This regiment has participated in nearly
every battle in which the Army OF the Po
tomac has been engaged, and at Williams
burg was complimen,ed by Gen. McCIel-
Ian in person for galIantry. The Colonel
has been. wounded four times-twice a,
second Bull Run, at Antietam and Kappa
hammock station. The regimen, has cap
tureo the coors OF the Fifty ninth North
Carolina at Williamsburg, four guns at
Fredericksburg and the whole of the
Twenty fifth Virginia regiment at the vii
derness. In the famous charge at Kappa
hammock Station this regiment, with two
Others, captured sixteen hundred prisoner,
seven pieces of artillery and eigh. stand OF
colors. A number have relative. here.
and notwithstanding that its term ,of SER
vice had expired, volunteered TO 60 into
the trenches"
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Affairs at Petersburg.
ecial Dispatch to the Chicago Timcs

0pSC4al pi.p2tCA 70 inc SnlC3So Alulee
Washington, July -.
Richmond papers o: day before ysstef-
day, the 2ls, inst, were received here to.
day. The Petersburg Erpres, has the FOL.
lowing: The shelIng Of the city for
the pas. two days has been merely nomi
nal, and has amounted TO nothing The
few shells that have been thrown have
produced no damage and inflicted no in
jury. Las. nigh, firing became somewhat
more brisk, bu! only wha, we were led to
expect from the experience Of The pas.
week or ten ds>s.
Reports ,til reach us OF Grants un.
dermining operations but they create DO
uneasiness. His position IA not fsvora-
bic one for operations of this kind. and he
is but wasting time and labor. lie can
not 60 many feet below the surface Of the
ground before e strikes stratum Of mari
and there he finds water to impede Ills
progress. At certain points on his lines
this may not he SO. bu. he has rolling
ground 10 combat.
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Et- SlnREE is an ungra.eful deg, il
constantly attacking US on account of our
drinking procIivites, for it is but few
months since the editor Of the Pilot pick
ed SInREE out Of the gutter where be wal.
lowed in his own filth, and procured him
a private room TO hide him from the gaze
OF the amused crowd. But 70. us he WOO
have swallowed HE own vomit, and be
returns thanks for our kindness by throw
ing dirt. SIBREE, you're dirty dog!
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THE REBEL RAID.
The Federal Forces Defeated

New York, July 26.
Special Washington dispatches say that
the rebel rsiiing forces under Early NOV
ed through the Gaps ON Sunday morning
into the Shenandoah Valley, where they
encountered the force of Gems. Averil and
Crook and also part of the command Of
Hunter A battle took place in which
the Union troops were defeated and com.
PEELED to retreat. Gen. AverlIl lost heat
lily. The rebel force greatly outnumbeted
the Federals Yesterday Gen. Early ot.
Nar,insburg, and advanced towards 1at>
per's Ferry. No intelligence Of their
crossing into Maryland has been received.
New York, July 81.
The Times Baltimore correspondent
SAYS no apprehension seems to be enter>
tanned tha, the rebels will make any de-
monstrations toward w Washing,on or Bal.
t;more this time.
Gen. Crook says the force which attack
ed him near Winchester on Sunday was
greatly superior to his. They showed u
front of four miles, overlapping the hill. Oh
both wings, and comic easily have envel~
oped him ii he had not re:reated.
/, is feared tina, Col MuIligan is killed /;
on, reports of the capture or death Of
Crook and Aye.ill are unfounded.
Baltimore, July 81.
The -tmerican of today says there has
been no confirmation of the report that
the rebels re entered Maryland by way OF
Sharpsburg or Sheppards;own. 1t ia
hardly possible tbs, Early will come III
this direction, as he must be aware that
lie will encounter some very different
troops from the shin and broken down
columns of Gen Hunter.
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ANOTHER AssAULT-The editor Of the
Pilot was assaulted by WYMAN MuRrHY
OF Monday evening last. No damage
#as done except the breaking Of our heavy
clay pire on MrRrnr's ugly physiog>
nomy. MuRPnY is one Of those blatant
patriots WHO went TO the war year OF
two ago; and, fearing 10 fight the rebels
returned home to attack men oue-half bis
size and weight. Brave man, MURPHY
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MILIrAkr.-Dr. II. S Balloon, Of this
place, has been commissioned Asst Sur
geon OF the 3 lst regiment, as we learn by
the Madison payers. An excellent ap-
pointment, and a fortunate one for that
regiment.
Second Lieutenant GIBSON has been
promoted to First Lieutenant, and Sorgt
JuLE ENERr TO Second Lieutenant OF Co
A, 5.h regiment. Although rather late
in the day, it is meriled recognition Of
the bravery and services Of two gallant
BOYS.
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rH E PILOT.
Important Notice to our Subscribers !!

Important Notice to our Subscribers +!
The b,gh and daily increasing price.of
paper and all other kinds of printing ma
tsrials, compels--u to raise the price OF
the PILor after this date to TIVE DoLlARs
PER YEAR, and We shall enter the name Of
40 subscriber on our books unless we ge!
the pay in dd.once. The village sub,cri.
bars, who receive their papers by the car
rier, will be charged s.. Those who have
paid US IN advance:~iIl, of course, be fur
ni.hed until the expiration Of the time a.
the old price. Those Of our subscribers
sho are indebted to US, and who will pay
up arrears and one year in advance by the
18th day Of August, can get the paper at
$l50. Those who are n..'arrears, aud
who do not pay up by the l5thlof August
next, will be charged s2 year for their
arrearages, and have their..names stricken
from our. r..Subscriplion Books on that day.
We uiN nrictly adhere TO the aboce rule,
and no person should expect any deviation
fromlt. Under no circumstances shaH ue
shange the RUE.
As we are. following the course of every
paper IN the country, we presume 1t Is IN
necessary for US to state the cause; every
farmer understands it. Three years ago
il required six bushels Of potatoes, or two
bushels Of wheat to pay or.the Pilot
Now we ask only t,co bushels Of the for
mer, and less than one 6ushel Of the latter
to compensate US. Three years ago we
could print an edition Of the Pilot at an
expense Of tuenty dollars per neek. Now
i.requires nearly three times that amount !
Our old subscribers will observe that we
remember their former manifestations Of
kindness and good will by Offering them
four weeks time to pay 81 so for the com
ing year, and +" balancing the old account" !"
Remember the 18Th OF August. You
must not grumble If you fail to receive
the Pilot after that date Il is your own
faul,-not ours!
AS the editor Of the PHO: will be ,rav-
cling through the county on official bust
ness for several days, visiting the schools,
parties interested can make payments to
rur foreman Mr.. Tuos E. SULLIVAN
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IRIcE or SUBSTITUTES. New
l"ik Journal ot Commerce says that per.
sons very anxious 10 procure substitutes
were last week Wednesday paying flom
500 20 $500 for them to the brokers
Several Of the subscribers to private re-
crni,iog committees, being fearful tha,
substitutes would not be obtained for Them
before the draft, withdrew their s4OO, add
ed s4o0 more, and paid that sum 10 the
brokers'
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A Mission to Richmond.
Special Dispatch to the N. Y. Times.
N'aShiprton Ink, d


Washington, July 20.
An individual, fresh from Richmond,
not as released prisoner, but an hoLored
guest, entertained three days in the cap
i,al of the Southern Confederacy, feasted
by jeff Davis, Benjamin and their com
peers, having around him the romance and
the mystery OF An unknown mission, and
knowing the secrets Of the rebel prison
house, is rara auis enough to make sens
salion ever amid the leaden and Ianguid
heat of a Washington summers day
Such a parsonage, bringing with him all
the experiences enumerated, arrived here
to-day direct from Richmond by way Of
Gen. Grants headquarters. His name is
Col. James F. Jaques, Of the Seventy
third Illinois Volunteers. Colonel but
parson also. being a minister of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Though neither
ENJOY nor ambassador, Col. Jacques had a
mission of his own; clothed with no au-
thori,y to speak for either President or
Government, he appears to have had au-
thority enough of some Kind to command
hearing !lom the pIincipai,ies and pow.
ers that 81, in Richmond in fbe, without
being plenipotentiary, he seems to be
endowed with certain species of power
behind the throne tha. caused him to be
attentiveiy listened TO and kindly treated
by the chiefs of the rebellion.
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@ TnoRSToN, the rebel leader 10
Northwestern Missouri, has captured
Pla!tsburg and Marvin, and, at last ac-
counts, was moving nor,hward, with the
intention, it was supposed, OF striking the
Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad His
force numbered about 1000, and was be-
ing rapidly increased by accessions from
the people on bis route. A body Of rebei.
is threatening Fort Scott. 1t is believed
that there are 5000 Of PR1cE's men in
Missouri.
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Na.L,yii,s .lniy If

p Ndsu'ii!c, "uil IT.
Information received from an ot1ver 1t
the front says that in the two battles in
front Of Atlanta vc have destroyed the
better portion Of lhs enemy. two best
corps.
All the prisoners captured on The 22.i
and 23l unite in saving tha. the rebel
General Hood was killed on the 22d.
Maj Gen. Rousseau ana ?staff arrived
last night f.om Marietta. His raid vas
the most successful Of any during The war.
The total loss vas 5 killed and l3 wound.
ed.
lie captured and paroled 600 rebels.
killing and wounding 200. Also caplur.
ed 500 horses and mules and about the
same number Of cen,rsbands, destroyed
,hr:v-ope miles Of railroad, great quanti
lies Of stores, &c. Thirteen railroad de-
pots a, points on the Atlanta & MontgoH7.
ery railroad were burned.
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The Crops.

Having within the past two weeks trav-
eed throughout the western and southern
towns in Manitowoc county, we can with
confidence say that winter wheat, ~ ye, oats,
and potatoes will yield largely. and far
better than the most sanguine anticipated.
Spring wheat and hay will be q little
short, but The crops will prove nearly, if
not quite, average ones. Take it all in
all, we are very certain that our county is
far ahead Of ether portions of the State,
as will be seen by the following extract
from the commercial article in last Sum
days Milwaukee Sentinel:
al all points that we have heard from
the ravages Of the chinch bug continue
undated. The barley crop is totally de,
stroyed the yie'd o; rye is very shor; {;
the bugs are vigorously at work on the
corn which, VI to last week. promised
well :he sprpg wheat crop will prove q
total failure in many places, and the aver
age yield will be unprecedently light. A
correspondent, writing from East Troy.
estimates the average Weld of rprine
wheat in Walworth county at three bush
els TO the acre Of land sown, only one
bushel more than the seed. WaIwor,h
county comprises one of the finest asrcul
tura sections Of the State"
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A COOP MAN lion. Dan. ". VooR-
HE'S was unanimously nominated for Con-
eress. at :he 7,h Congressional District OF
Indiana, on the 20ih. He was no. press
ent, but there is no doubt Of bis accep,
tance. The Convention was held at Green
castle, Putnam county, where Hon Jo,
sEPn f. MCDoSALD, Democratic cahdi-
date for Governor, addressed over $4,000
ci!izens..7
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H Another insialnent Of rAhel y

@ Another ins,allnent Of rebel wo.
men has arrived At Louisville, and $50
more are reported, all 10 be sent out OF
the country. What these rebel women
are banished for is not stated. l, ought
to be some sufficient cause to warrapt a
war Of this kind on women. So saws the
Milwaukee .Sen'','el, which i.no, supposed
10 bc coppeghcad .lse,
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NAVAL ENGAGEMEsr.-An engagement
had taken place off Ruger Island between
five Prussian gunboars and Danish frig-
ale and steamer. The fight lasted three
quarters Of an hour; bat the gunboats
were unable to continue, owing to four oI
thirteen guns becoming disabled. The
Berlin papers call it slight encounter,
and say the Danes withdrew in damaged
condition.
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there is some business activity.
TIE REBEL PRESIDENT.

Col. Jacques described JEFF. Davis as
hale and hearty ill appearance, his health
being much better la,lerly than it had
been, and, though thin in face and person,
the tough and wiry constitution of the reb-
ell chieftain presents no Likelihood of his
giving out during the natural life OF the
rebellion.
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CHARACTER OF COL, JAoCES.

Extraordinary through Col. J.ques' ..o-
~, his mission and all belonging thereto,
may appear, there can be no donbt what
ever of mis- thorough honesty and with
this quality be appears to be credited both
by our own and the rebel authorities
OF hla wisdom there may possibly be more
question.
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Isr SIBREE is greatly concerned about
an account recently allowed US by the
County Board. II he will count the de-
scrip,ions in the Tax List published in the
Pitt, and multiply the number by thirty
(the amount fixed by the S,atutes), he Will
find that the Supervisors gave US wha, lhe
law said they should give, aud not oae
cen. more. We have made enough on,
Of The job to give SIBRrE one or two spigs
OF Bourbon, but we will no, agree to pick
him out of The mud again.
BY the way, SIBREE tells his readers
how to "cure a kicking cow Being a
" sucking calf" himself, he is good author
i.y on such subjects.
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r. The rebels claim that FoRREsr wa.

not defeated by A. J. SMITH at Tupelo, bu.
that the Federals were driven back With a
loss Of 6 900 men. The Federals assert
that their loss was less than 300, while
SMITH has returned TO Lagrange, Tenn,
the cause alleged for the movement. being
tie .cArc:'v cf supplies.
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The LEcTuRE.-By referring to the ad-
vertisehrent it will be seen tha. Rev. NJ.
McGISSITT's lecture has been postponed
to the sth Of August. His unavoidable
absence at Milwaukee is the cause Of the
delay
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STRANGE ApERs-Our old friends, Jo.
THoMBs and JoHS MURPHY, formerly Of
THIS county, have our lhsnks for Nevada
and California papcra. Sergeant UoRAr1o
NJ. IRICE, Of the 7lh Battery, also sends
US Memphis Journals.