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HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM
NORTH CAROLINA
The Enemy Threaten Newbern
And then Fall Back.
interesting Southern Intel
ligerce.
Destruction Of Coils Pistol Fat
tory at Martferd--LesS
Two Millions,


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune1
ErR1SaF1ELD, Feb. 5, 1864.
The following proclamation has just been
issued by Gov. Yates:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT., I
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, February, 5th, 1854.
10 The Rkeple O Illinois:
1t is with feelings Of the profoundest satisfac-
tion that announce to you the number Of men
which Illinois has contributed to the armies of tho
Onion from the commencement Of the rebellion to
the present time.
Onr contingent Of volunteers unde= the calls OF
the President Was az follows:
In ls6l. Al, 95S
In IL Ge.--....................... 6S3
In 1868. -, go
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the WAR IN ARKANSAS.
FROM VAN BUMEN.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tfibuue.1

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d,ff,cn1tv ~ Leen,np their fences m
md rreit,pr n,V fe- articles nsed hv the
armv Dptoched nar4tes md eeror+a nF thu
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borone nrocf,ce of hnrn;nr rails ronsact1no
honsea md foI;nc fo-oco w7thont nroner11
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CAF4LHT.

I'd, 4th, sth, 9th, 10th, 18th, ....
The old regiments Of Infantry not havfn,- ret IA.
ported as re-enlisted are the following:
18th, 10th, 21st I'D, sd. 9th. 9th.
5rh, 35th 8Ith, .ssth, 4sd, 47th. 6ist,
5ath. 18th, b9th, 10Th, 61st, 63d, G5th.
The Sd, 6th 9Th. 1th and 18th regiments of cav
airy, and the LIST and I'd regiments Of artillery.
The following Is the total number Of old reo1,
nents organized for three yesrs' service:
CID REGIMENTS.
, 1864-02-06

Union Playing Cards

Arr tcnSt!anteas and aEe mt pr. .sach pack, In =
when not 10 use; these are PACKED In elegant dozen
boxes for the trade.
TWO packs, samples. s,nt tsra bv mil on RECENT
Of $1GQ~ Liberal discount to th. trade. Address
JOHN e. WALSH
Soils Agent, Chlengo, m,
fotf Ufn.e BOX 4is9. fe1W311it
, 1864-02-06
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH

news BY TELEGRAPH
ILLINOIS RECORD IN
THE WAR.
Proclamation Of Gov. Yates
| to the People.
OUR QUOTAS and CREDITS
UNDER &LL CALLS.
4 NOBLE AND PATRI-
OTIC PAGE.
The Rolls of Homer Of Illinois.
Our Troops and Their
Battle Fields.
MATTERs At WASHINGTON
YESTERDAY.
DEBATE ON GGAFiscATs0N
In THE HOUSE.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM
NORTH CAROLINA
The Enemy Threaten NewbeEn
And then Fall Back.
Interesting Southern Intel
ligerce.
Destruction Of COLTS Pistol Fac-
tory at Hartford--LesS
Two Millions.
aGV. YATES PROCLAMATION.
, 1864-02-06

nEVON CATTLE.-Public atten-
~ tion is called to the Herd OF peYons at Summit.
Cook county, NIL of wh ,m have their pedRrees regis
tered IN both the American and English Herd Books
herds Of England. Address the sabscrtber, ca1s at
Hon John Wentworth, Chicago. HENRY HAY.
, 1864-02-06

CAVALRY HORSESl CAV
~ AIRY HORSES!I-The unders,gued will raY
One Huud! ed aud seyenteen Dollars t3110 for
CAVALRY HORSES.
Delivered at the United States CorEcll in Chicago,
subject to inspection. F,H, BROWN
feE.E.365tntt ContraEtor
, 1864-02-06

THE NEW GYMNASTICS.
il MRS. BLACKALL's CLASSES In the VH11ca
BLOCK, North Clark street, rapidly nlung up. Pt.
Pills cuf Join at time. The public are Invite to
be present this afternoon at O'clock wr the
drill u the class feG-wJ5Lft
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NOTICE. There will be a Special
i Communication OF Aaklar Lodge No. sAs 4. F.
ard 4 4 NJ neid e Blaney Hall. Metropolitan Block.
fef-1k JOHN G. SHnHT4TT,. " N
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THE WAR IN WEST YEB
GINA

| The mcEsage closes with an eminently
| ratriQt{c a11usiQa to Eede1al affaita
, 1864-02-06

4 TIENTION SIR KNIGHTS,
4 , Special ConcIave of Apollo Commau5eyy
70 knights TeMpar. vii be held ut their ABy1 T.
1tHsonlc +e1uple. this (sATUEnAY} evening, r.
6sh. At ~ O'Clock. for work and dr1ll-
feewe571t J. 4. MONTGOMERY, Recorder.
, 1864-06-24
Angel Visitors.
Angel faces watch my pillow,

Angel faces watch my pillow,
Angel voices haunt my sleep,
And upon the winds of midnight,
Shining pinions rouud me sweep; -
Floating downward on the starlight,
Two bright infant forms I see,
They are mine, my own bright darlings,
Come from heaven to visit me.
Earthly children smile upon me,
But those little ones above,
Were the first to stir the fountains,
OF a mothers deathless love;
And as now they watch my sluInber,
While their soft eyes on me shine,
God forgive a mortal's yearning,
Still to call his angels mine.
Earthly children fondly call me,
But no mortal voice can seem,
Sweet as those that whisper, Mother"
Mid the glories of my dream;
Years will pass and earthly prettlers,
Cease perchance to lisp my name,
But my angel babies accents,
Shall be ever more the same.
And the bright band now around me,
From their home, perchance will rove,
In their strength no more depending
On my constant care and love;
But my first-born still shall wander,
From the sky, in dreams to rest
Their soft cheeks and shining tTesses
On an earthly mothers breast.
Time may steal away the freshness,
Or some whelming grief destroy,
All the hopes that erst had blossomed,
In my summer time of Joy;
Earthly children may forsake me,
Earthly friends perhaps betray,
Every tie that now unites me,
To this life may pass away.
But unchanged, those Angel Watchers,
From their blest immortal home,
Pure and fair, to cheer the sadness,
Of my darkened dreams shall come
And l cannot feel forsaken,
For though reft of earthly love,
Angel children call me 'mother,"
And my soul will look above.
, 1864-06-24

THE BEAUTY OF THE FAMILY.-Reader,
we leave it to you if the @beauty of the
family" don't invariably "turn out" the
worst of the lot If she don't cultivate the
outside of her head, to total forgetfulness of
the inside If she is not petted, and fon-
died, and fattered, and shown off, till sell
fshness is written all over her? If she is
not sure to marry some lazy fellow, or some
drunken brute, who will bruise her body
or heart-to Jelly, and be glad TO come
with her forlorn children, for morsel of
bread to the comfortable home of that
snubbed member of the family who was only
"our John" or "Martha," and who never,
by any possibility, was supposed by them,
capable of doing or being anything? We
leave it to you if the "beauty of the family"
be he boy, don't grow up an ass? If he is
not sure to disgust everybody with his con-
ceit and affectation, while he fancies he is
the admired of all eyes-eyen if he don't
squander away all the money he can lay his
hands on, and die in the gutter? We never
saw very handsome child Of either sex, set
up on the family pedestal to be admired by
that family and its friends, to the exclusion
of the other children, that we don't feel like
patting these children on the head, and say
ing-thank Providence, my dears, that you
were not born "beauties."
, 1864-06-24
Gen. Jackson's Duel with Col. Dickinson.


From Parton's life of Andrew Jackson, we
extract the following account of his duel
with Dickinson. Dickson was quite young
man, of acknowledged courage, in good pc
cuniary circumstances, and left lovely high
ly educated wife and several small children.
Jackson's second in the duel was General
Overton, strong personal and political
friend Mr.. Parton says:
Dickinson's second won the choice of po-
sition, and Jackson's the office Of giving the
word The astute Overton considered this
giving the word matter of great importance
He had already determined how he would
give it if the lot fell to him. The eight pa
ces were measured off and the men placed -
All the politeness of such an occasion was
very strictly and elegantly performed. Jack
son was dressed in loose frock coat, but
tened carelessly over his chest, and conceal
ing in some degree, the extreme slenderness
of his figure. Dickinson was the younger
and handsomer of the two But jackson S
tall erect figure and the still intensity of his
demeanor, it is said, gave him most supe-
rior and commanding air, as he stood under
the poplar on this bright May morning, 81
lently waiting the moment of doom.
Are you ready 2" asked Overton.
"I am ready" replied Dickinson.
"I am ready" said Jockson.
These words were no sooner pronounced
than Overton, with sudden shout, cried,
using his old country pronunciation.
"Fere !"
Dickinson raised his pistol quickly and
fired Overton was looking with anxiety
and dread at Jackson, saw puff of dust fly
from the breast Of his coat, and saw him
raise his left arm and place it tight
ly across his chest. He is surely hit thought
Oyerton and in bad place too but no he
does not fall. Erect and grim as fate he
stood, his teeth clenched, raising his pistol
Amazed at the unwonted failure of his aim,
apparently appalled, at the awful figure and
face before him, Dickinson had unconscious
ly recoiled a pace or two.
i" Great God !'' he faltered, "have 1
missed him 2"
Back to the mark, sir p shrieked Over
ton, with his hand upon his pistol.
Dickinson recovered his composure, step
ped forward to the peg, and stood with his
eyes aVerted from his antagonist All this
was the work of moment though it requires
many words to tell it.
Gen. Jackson took deliberate aim and
pulled the trigger. The pistol neither snap
ped nor went off. He looked at the trigger
and discovered that it had stopped at half
cock. He drew back to its place, aud again
took aim a second time He fired. Dickin-
sons face blanched he reeled; his friends
rushed toward him, and gently seated him
on the ground, leaning against bush. His
trowsers soon Redeemed. They stripped off
his clothes. The blood was gushing from
his side in torrent. And alas here is the
ball, not near the wound, but above the op.
posite hip, just under the skin. The ball
had passed through the body, below the ribs.
Such wound could not be but fatal.
Overton went forward and learnd the cen
dition of the wounded man. Rejoining his
principal he said
He won't want anything more of you,
General" and conducted him from the
ground. They had gone hundred yards,
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SIGNS AND ToKENs-If you see a man
and woman, with little or no occasion, often
finding fault and correcting each other in
company, you may be sure they are husband
and wife.
If you see a lady and gentleman in the
same car, in profound silence; the one look
ing out Of one window, and the other at tho
opposite side, be assured they mean no harm
to each other, but, are merely husband
and wife.
If you see lady accidentally let fall a
handkerchief or glove, and a gentleman
that is next to her tell her of it, that she
herself may pick it up, set them down for
husband and wife.
If you see lady whose beauty attracts
the attention of every one present, except
one man, and he speaks to her in rough
manner, and does not appear at all affected
by her charms, depend upon it they are
man and wife
If you see male and female constantly
tbwarting each other, under the appellation
of "my DEAR" "my love-" &C., rest assured
they are husband and WIFE,
, 1864-06-24
Paying with Kisses.

"Tell me, dear husband Kitty said,
Before you go, pray,
How shall get the meat and bread
For our noon meal to-day s'
Buy them with smiles, " the husband cried
But that won't pay" said she;
" Then take this kiss, her lord replied,
And to his shop went he.
The noon-tide came, and he came too,
And dinner was prepared
A tender steak was full in view,
"Quite splendid ' he declared.
He said he wished to have such meat
Three times day. in future;
" But tell me, love, for this great treat
What did you pay the butcher g'
What did Ipay III paid the kiss;
Twas all you left you know"
" ALL right" said he but after this
Take money a0laeal you CO."
, 1864-06-24

PRIESTS IN CHILI.-M Gustave Aimard
has written book, in which he describes
the priests of Chill. The recent catastrophe
at Santiago gives interest to his description.
He says:
"With the exception Of the minor grades,
the monks are jolly fellows-smoking, drink
ing swearing and making love as we'll as a
man of the world 1t is not uncommon to
see in wine shop fat monk, with red
face and cigarette in his mouth, merrily
playing the vihuela as dance accompaniment
to loving couple, whom he will confess the
next morning. Most of the monks carry
their knife in the sleeve, and in a quarrel,
which is a frequent thing in Chill, use it as
well and with as little remorse as the first
conner"
Such are the people and such are the
priests, who form fourth ofthe population,
in the country where the great human burn
ing took place.
, 1864-06-24
NUMBER eS.

JOSH BILLINGS ON CATs.-I hev stud
| dyed cats clusly for years, and hev found
them addikted tew wild stait. They haint
got affekshun, nor vartue of enBy kind;
they will scratch their best friends, and
won't catch mice unless they are hungry
1t hez been said that they are good to make
up into sassiges but this is CRATE mistake.
l hev ben told by sassige maker, that thay
don't kompare with dorgs.
There is one thing sartin, tina air very
ankshus to live; yu ma turn l inside out
and hang him up by the tale, and az soon az
you are out of site he will manage to turn
summerset and kun round alrite in few
daze. 1t is very hard work to lose kat.
If one gifts carried off in bag by mistake,
a CRATE distance intew the country, tha wont
sta ioSt only short time, but soon appear to
make the family happy with their prezence.
Old maids are very fond ov cats, for the
recon, [ suppoas, that cats mover marry if
tha hev ever so good a chanse. Thar is one
thing about cats that [ don't llke-if yu step
onto thare tales by acksident, tina git mad
rite of, and make CRATE fuss about it
Thare IL another thing about them which
makes them a good investment for poor
foxes. A pare ov cats will yield each year,
without emmy outlay, sumthing over eight
hundred per cat. 1t IL very singular
fakt that cats don't like millpond. 1 never
knu to git dround by emmy acksident.
Tha luv kreem, but it seems to be agin
thare religion tu tuch sope. Cats and dorgs
hev never ben able to agree on the mete
question, tha both seem to want the afirma-
tive side to onst. l think eff l kud hev my
way, thare wuddent be emmy more cats born,
unless tha cud sho a certificate of good moril
character. There IL l more thing about
cats which seems to me tu be awl affectation,
and that is making sich devilish noise un-
der feller's winder, nights, and then kali
it musk. If l was to hev my chois be-
tween cat and a striped snaik, wood talk
the snaik, bekos [ kud git rid of the snaik
by letting him 60 Thare amt no stated
way to kill cat; if you git one worked
up into sassige, and think yu are all rite,
jest az likely az not they will cum tu and
take off hull lot ov good sassige with
them. Theze ar mi views about cats, rather
hastily hove together, and eff haint sed
enough agin them, it IL only becos 1 lack
the informashion.
, 1864-06-24

NATION AGAINST NATIONALIST of the
wars which are being carried on at the pres
ent moment:
L. War in Poland between the Poles and
the Russians.
2. War in Italy between the usurping
Piedmontese and Neapolitan patriots.
8. War in Japan between the japanese
and the English.
4. War in China between the Imperial
lists and the Insurgents
5. War in China between the Chinese,
and the French and the English.
6. War in Su nmatIa and Java between
the Malays and the Dutch.
T. war Ia Hindestan between the In
dians and the English
s. War in Persia between the Persians
and the Afghans.
g. War in Cochin-C China, between the
Annamites and the, French.
10. War in Algeria between the Arabs
and the French.
IL. War in Morocco between the Moors
and the Spaniards.
II. War in Madagascar between the In
digenes and the French.
13. War in Cafraria between the Kaf-
frs and the English.
IA. War in the United States between
the North and South.
Is. War in Mexico between the Mexi-
cans and the French.
16 War in St. Domingo between the
Negroes and the Spanish.
IT, Civil war in the Republic of South
America.
18. War in Australia and New Zealand
between the English and the Maori.
, 1864-06-24

BREYITIEs OF NAPoLEoN-O Opinion
makes men brave-nature forms them in
trepid.
What is called the law of nature is madc
up simply of two things-self-interest and
reason.
To be great man requires only courage
enough to support adversely.
Everything is easy, if you follow the cur
rent of opinion; shallow bark neither
wants canvas or oars to glide down the
stream.
Nothing is more imperious than weakness
when it fancies itself unhelped by strength
some weak people, on the contrary, are SEN
sible of their weakness, and are able to
make good use of it.
On reverse of fortune we always re-
spect those who have respected themselves
in prosperity.
That would be most singular book in
which no falsehood could be detected.
, 1864-06-24

You rarely, if ever, says an exchange see a
politician with smooth hair, fop with coarse
hair a minister with curly hair, or an editor
whose hair is carefully adjusted.
Or a married man with long hair.
, 1864-06-24

Human nature is a mystery; it possesses
as many different phases as the chameleon
We study it, we think we understand it, and
then we meet with nature that battles our
comprehension
, 1864-06-24

WOMAN S LOVE.-A man who had strug-
gled with malignant disease approached that
crisis in its stage on which his life seemed
to depend. His anxious wife, scarcely dar.
ing to breathe, was sitting by his bed her
servants, exhausted by constant watching,
had all left her. 1t was past midnight
door was open for air-she heard in the
Stiffness of the night, window open below
stairs, and soon after approaching footsteps
A moment more man with his face dis
guised entered the room. She instantly saw
her husbands danger and anticipating the
the design Of the unwelcome intruder, she
pointed to her husband, and pressing her
finger upon her lips to insure silence, held
out to the robber her purse and keys. To
her great surprise, he took neither Wheth-
er he was terrified or charmed by the cour-
age of her Affection cannot be known. He
left the room, and without robbing a house
sancti6ed by such strength of affection, he
departed.
BOUND TO WIN-The Buffalo EXPIRES is
responsible for the following story :" A
chap who somtime since caught the oil infec-
ton, put for Tdioute, and commenced to
bore well. After he had reached the depth
of three hundred feet, without even getting a
Show some of his more fortunate neighbors
took it upon themselves to ridicule him on
account of his poor suecess-an operation
which he bore very patiently. The next day
some of the same party had an occasion to
visit his engine house, were rather startled
from their propriety at seeing a shingle nailed
up in conspicuous place, upon which was
inscribed the motto, 'Oil, He'll, or China ?
1t is needless to say his neighbors discon-
tinued their ridicule from that moment
and we add it was not long before hepersist-
ent felloY struck ile'
, 1864-06-24

Learning teaches youth temperance, af-
fords comfort to old age, gives riches and
contentment to the poor, and is an orna-
ment to the rich.
, 1864-06-24

THE LOVE OF HoME.-The following no
Bile sentiments were uttered by Daniel Web
ster. They are, indeed, pearls of the rarest
value We place them here, in order that
mothers may see them and read them to
their children "It is only shallow minded
pretenders who make either distinguished
origin a matter Of personal merit, or obscure
origin matter Of personal reproach. A man
who is not ashamed Of himself need not be
ashamed Of his early condition. 1t did hap
pen to me to be born in log cabin, raised
among the snowdrifts of New Hampshire,
at period so early that when the smoke
first rose from its rude chimney and curled
over the frozen hills, there was no similar
evidence of white mans habitation be-
tween it and the river of Canada Its re-
mains still exist | make it an annual visit.
carry my children to it, to teach them the
hardships endured by the generation before
me. | love to dwell on the tender recollec.
ton, the kindred ties, the early affections,
and the narration of incidents which min
gle with all l know of this primitive family
abode | weep to think that none of those
who inhabited it are now living; and if eyer
| fail in affectionate veneration for him who
raised it, aud defended it against savage vio-
lence and destruction, cherished all domes-
tic comforts beneath its roof, and through
the fire and blood of seven years revolu-
tionary war, shrunk from no toll, no sacri-
fee to serve his country, and to raise his
children to a condition better than his own,
may my name and the name of my posterity
be blotted from the memory of mankind.
, 1864-06-24

The world is full of fools; to avoid seeing
them one must shut himself up alone and
break his looking glass.
, 1864-06-24

Somebody says there is decided differ
ence between perseverance and obstinacy.-
One is strong will, the other strong
won't
, 1864-06-24

A fool may ask more questions in an hour
than wise man may answer in seven years
, 1864-06-24

IF young woman bids you. take heart
you can probably take her.
, 1864-06-24

A mans company is the index of his char
acter.
, 1864-06-24

A letter timely writ, is riyet to the chain
of affection
, 1864-06-24

A man of pleasure lives in enjoyment, but
dies in poverty.
, 1864-06-24

The IRISH EX XoDUs.-Save, perhaps, the
Jewish, no nation in the world has so large
number of its children in exile as Ireland.
The exiles of Erin-they are counted by the
million in America, and by thousands in
Australia There is scarcely country be-
meath the sun upon whose soil their footprints
may not be traced They have left their
native land, not because they did not love it
but because they could have no happy
homes, nor affairs free," because of its boun-
ty it was forbidden to furnish them with
bread. Had the Irish labor, which, during
the last twenty years, has been ex-
pended upon the canals, the railroads, the
wharves, the prairies of the United States,
in leveling the Canadian forests, and clear
ing, the Australian bush, been devoted, under
proper directions and on fair conditions, to
the development Of the material resources of
Ireland, this Island to-day, from the centre
to the sea, would bloom like a garden
Throughout its whole extent, from the Gil
ants Causeway to Cape Clear, and from Con-
nemara to the Hill Of Howth, not one acre
of uncultivated ground would be seen every
marsh would be drained, every improbable
bog reclaimed, every mine explored
would be fairer, a brighter and more pros
porous Belgiuml Whilst in distant lands,
beneath strange stars, Irish arms reclaim
the wilderness, and by the banks of noble
rivers lay deep and strong the foundations
of great cities, here at home the fruitful soil
is without cultivators, and over field and
town desolation and ruin hover awfully-
lIrishman