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Gin 6ilferuf fiolither 1~tuipniften on
oa8 0SpIr 0eS NIpr0en8. So Hl

! 81 INTERIM A.. 0ttpber baben BON 8ome in
Georgia aus S. N. Stuart DON BORT, 8m. 6,
9jd5 bon @apu9a in Miliilippi, Mm. Smith
bon &auoolpb1 Gourtp in Mabama uno bic in
Die aIabamii6e @eebsebuns aemdblten 6erre,
8Obert 6. 6ifflin unb q. 81 @eit, lauter bers
ecrragenbe ilolide llnipniten al Gpup. Oate&
uno ourb ibn III ole n6rbliden GOuperneure
ell pffenes S6reiben geri6tet. a 81
0alelbe idiloert I'M Ginganse Die fur6tba=
rem 6plgen, mel6e Die Rebellion fir ben Saoen
bate: oas sdnslide Stpden oeS 9enoels, Die
9dnSli6e 9dbmung oes ~ipsialen ulo blr9erli9eu
Qebens, ben sSuisen umitur5 Der biirserli9en
Sreibeit. Dorauf lpiro Die perSweifelte Gud,z
lpli9teit Der 8ebelenflbrer 9eldilpert, uno auf
8rrno Oerlelben wirO oarsetban, bab MIR Der
itarte Ir1t Der Wilitdrgemalt oeS giproen$ Der
6errl6aft oieisr Siibrer etlt9 @noe MAIDEN funn.
9as Bolt oeS Sioen6 i6ma9te unter einenl
0esppti8mlsi oeiIen Graulamfeit ni6t Ieine5
@lei6en in Der @eidi6te babe, uno 10 LANCE
Der iibermiltbige 8eiIt Der 3ebellion ni9t our6
Die Sriess9etpalt unter6ridt lei, tonne ni6t BON
Sriepen uno llnipn Die 9eoe iein. 9as 8olt
-oeS SioenS iet bereit surt Wieoeronldlu1ie an
Die HniDo, iObalo eS BON Der Sprannei ieiner
6errider. befreit iperbe. h.g
9aS S6retben warrt Die lopalen 8tdnrler
oeS Noroens Dor Den Oia6inatipnen Der Copper
9eaps, Oieier nDroliben 8erbiinpeten Der ilbli<
den &ebellenfibrer uno lest es allen 8atriuten
i'm 9ioroen aan'S @erS, am s. Nppember fir
2ilcpln unb Spbnipn 81 itimmen. Mtit atbem=
lpier Spannung iebe Der Sipen Dem 8eiultate
Der 8rdfOentenpabl entseger. Bfltdt eiueS
ieoen Burgers iei es, ben Brdloenten 2ii1cpln
Su unteritGbcn, uao stpar fc9ar in Der Nltsiib>
ing Der auBerpreentli6en sur Hnterpridun9 Der
&ebel[ipn n~Dtbi9eN gepalten!s sasrsa
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Ste t9erren GreSpeu, @ebfer uno SbpmaS
o%ertraten ibre 9iitritte i6pn i'm leBten GUn9reiie
tpabreno 9r. 6ODanb fir ben 9iitrift beS Sop.
perbeao 5arris n~pntirirt tpuroe. POLAND pal
betanntIia i6on Dor 2 Sabren ncminirt, purbt
aber Don Dem GeIi6ter ietnes Ge9ners 5arriS
gebOten.
Die NnIi6ten oieier 9erren, iCppbl in Be-
5ug auf Die energii6e Rrie9fIbruug ulo Inter
britdung Der Nebellion, wie audi Der glbibaf-
flung Der Stlaperei lino entl6ieoen urlo unipi.
oerIegli6.
Der an bic STEELE oes 6rn. 8inter 0apia
nDminirte Ganbibat lift Sol, Gbos.. 6. @beIps,
oer tpadere 0berft oe84. Wtarplano &egtments
pelGer in elmer Der lesten S6la6ten perpullz
oct u1io oienituntan9Iib tpuroe. St lpippbl,
rpie ST.. &oIano iinp entidtebene llnipnsrldn=
iler uno enbpiiiren bic Baltimore 8lattfprm in
allen 8unften. s"@ .*5t tt3 3I@
Sine @ieoersN domination bon $. 50. Sapis
mar bur6 feline Stelung uno lgitattpn seger=
itber Der unbebinster Union StabtzG Convention
uno mebr nod bur1 leit1 Nuftreter gegen Die
standardization I'M perflplienen SSult gang i1nz
mbgIi6 9eporoen. ~ 1-2 ~
@enn iebud 6rt. 9beIps audi Die gldnsen=
be 8ereptiamteit ieiues 8pr9dngers abeeber
fcllte, 10 1T er benroh Elm ebeniu ipdrl1er ltno
eifriger @ertbetpiger Der emancipation unb linz
teroriifung Der &ebellton, Der feline Gpnitttrlenz
ten in mirbiser @eiie p~ertreten iptrb. s
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Saum 1T es n6tbig gu benerten, bab penn
eIHe @abl fir prdiioeut un6 @iceprdioeut Der
8er. Staten pOr9enpmmen peroen iOa, es
iueeer ben militdrii6en ggenten mob aud bis
1est Dem Grecutip<9 epartement, iOuOern aus=
l6lteBli6 einem gang anberen Ge9ierun9Sz0e
partement 5%ufOn1nt, gu enti6eiOen, pb iie be-
redti9t TT, alS in uebereinfimmung nit Den
@eleBen urp Der Contribution Der Ser. Staten
betra6tet uno 9e5dBIt gu perben.
So peripelserte ieoe Ginmii6una IN ole 9rd=
lloentenrabl, ausgenommen, wp es iid oarum
banoelt, S6uB ge9en @eiUuItbanolunsen ST. per>
leiben.
Mbr. QtncpIn.
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eensIstOn.s s-pseiseutiae etsuuna.

Ser oeulptratii6e G~qnoioat fiji. bic 8ice~ @rd-
lipeul6aft, George S. RetOletOu, BAT einen
8rief an bass fatiOnM Grecutipes gpmtte in Stem,
Yorf sei6rieben, Der. er ebenlo gut bate lnse=
i6reben la1en t%Dnnen, gr last ndmli6 BARN
ui6ts, ipeter, alS oaB er fir Die Union iei ul=
ter jeber 8eOin9ups, gber ME CT fe lpieoe,
.bsrseiteut baben pia, bariber erfabrelt mil
ni6tS. gen6leton bat ieOenfaIls pom Saneps
bsribmtsm Iusipra8 seb6rt, voaB biz
Sprdde basu pa iei, I'M. bic @eoanfen 5l perz
bergen. 9snn Elm ni6tsiasenoerer 5~fpeiber.
tigerer Brief 1T tppH nod ni4t selarieben tppr.
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@a48rtH5m am xennefee. sIft1ssiru
Greeutipe Wanfpn,
aaa2 8aibinstOn, %. Ottpber.
Sin Die .9erren 0nt. 9. Campbell, @
4 Sbomos 81. st. 9lellon &c.
.sia d1i9teine ,6errn..a y. Qua g
2Im 10. 3. SO. .wuroe cine aeorudte Sdrift,
Manuicript, nebit eineut 9rptelt, lppie elmer
9eorudten Brptlamation oeS Wtilitdrs @puperz
neurs &nOrep SobnlDn, ippie grtraete aus benz
Gpoe pom Senneiiee, nut Sbrer llnteridrift mir
pergele9t. al aaaa .,s 1.s7s. 5ssa so.
gis sur 53eit, als biele 9apiere mir p~praeIe9t
purben, bate i6 neber cine &enntriB non De-
rem GrilteuS nod pm beren Snbalt. ,
llno bis SIT bielent @lusenblid lit ipeber BON
Gplperneur SSpbnlpu nod ireeno. sSerlanb gn>
berem in 8eSus auf bieie 9rocIamation cine
Wtlttbellung en- mid. ergan9e1. e,air etc~
Set i6 SSbre 8apiere in Sdnoen babe, nib
mete i6 oenielben meme NuImerfiamteit, lpz
weit oie8 meme orinsenoeu @ei6dIte 3uIieben,
uno fam Su Dem S6lub, oab i'd pamit 0i6t8
gu tbun babe; DUP i6 ite tpeoer gu unter1tiber,
babe, neil @Oup. SpbniOn iie idS @ert iebte,
nod le 81 mpcifSiren babe, wie Sic e5 pilrlz
16en.
n @eoer bic Contribution nod Die &eleBe per-
pfli6tenI ben BrdIioenten in Der 8rdfioentenz
wabl ir9eno zines Staates ein5uSreiien, nod
iebe i6 bic mtlitdrilde NDtbpsnoigfeit, |ipef1e
@puperneur SObniOn peranlobte, ein5ui9reiten
9ieier Sdritt, wel6sn Ypnp. Sobnlpn nit Der
Convention i'm ginflang unternabm, puroe
ni6t, lpie Sic pOrausSuiesen ideinen, pon Ser
Gtecutipe peranlaBt uno Is tann ni9t anSers
betraatet tperoen alS Elm, minoeitens BON eirlen
Sbeile Der lopalen 8ep6lterung Senneiee'S, elm
g~eleiteter S&ritt.
SD iebe in benz @ansen meoer cine Orpbune
nod @epdlt, mob 3pan9 9e9en irsenp Sc.
raano. 5a1a al as4i4,7s HsrastuaaJ 4aE fe
Soup. Sobnipn, pie ieoer anbere IopaIe YIr:
ger pom Senneiiee, bat oas Ne6t, irgenb elmer
politii6en Nlan gu beainitisen, uno als 0fili:
tdrgprperneur bat er bic 9fli6t, ben Srieoer
uuter unb fdr Gle lopalen 8drger gu erbalten
uno ii9h lam nidt ieben, baB er nit pieier
9lane ir9eno ettpaS Mnbere8 besmeden nil :
bod Sic finb benz Ylane ni6t giinitig. 8
Ss ftab sesen benielben seliGert, iperirl 81
fd nidt Sarauf einlaIen, ba es gar nl6t i
Der Gbiidt liest, Sic 81 beHen Innabnle s
Spingen. isu 7aeaun 80
Sbun Sic, mie es Sbnen gefdlt, frieclti
uib lppal, uno @pup. SpbnIon miro Sic gepdb
rem lallen alro Sic ge9en @etpalt idiben, I
nett eS in ieinen 2rdften ftebt.
SD permutbe, baB e8 jett ni6t I'M Bereic
Der wlD9lidfeit sslie9t, cine 8rdlbententpaf
itreng nab benz alien Gpoer bon Sennefee Dol
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einfeben, Oos cine Bulge eapauerie eineu etaa

einieben, ouB cine biGige gapalerie einen Staa
%ruinirt.
Nein Serr, Sic lputen nur einige unierer
GapaleriebrigaOen ieben, e5 lit Elm wabrer
Spot, ielbit Die Yurfees mIlien oarIber LADEN.
SmbOOens ~ipsenannte GapaIIerie tpiiroe better
bran fem, tpenn iie fir INNER beurlaubt mare,
penn pbne bDstpilli9e @bIi6t leiitet Ie trpboent
ben ganteeS mebr 6Ilfe ais allie 8errdtber uno
untcn8leute S%uiammen at tbun i'm Stanoe liub,
Ste 9auptl6ulo an Nqen 1T, mir fonnten
nit ben ganteeS riht S6ritt baIten in Mrmee=
Organization unb Ginabuns. Sp baben Die
yanfees iberalt Grurto 9e9en un5 gefaBt llno
mir buben cine S6ule au ibrem 8eiten %er6fnet;
ie baben BON u1ts 9elernt, tpie man fi9 I6IG9t,
bdtten mir nur oafiir IpDn tbnen gelernt, wie
man 6eere 'Drsaniirt un6 in Oronung bGlt, 70
pirpe I'M nd6iten Sabr Der 8ries ~penieltenS
ant unlerm eisenen @rurb nno 8poen beenoiot
iein. Wenn. stpei 9ritte[ un1erer 2eute peiers
tirt iino, 10 1T bas Elm 3ei9en, Dab fit urB
Die 9auptfrase iitI nidt rur bic geute in ben
9lenit Su rifen, iOn6ern fie audi barin Sl err
balten. Ste nteiiten iino serdbeo niat- aus
6ei9Reit belertirt ipn6ern lber Wtangel an Ser
trdueny Fe betra6ten ben Rrieg Iir eiaett 5unt>
bu9s Ntbfimnutng ulto llnsufre6enbeit uro
nt4t Seigbeit iinb bic !6auptgrinbe cur @eIerz
tion.' Sin Wirtlider 6eielins wa9t 9ar niGt
su belertiren &C."
9ieier 8ref zines &ebelenrffsiers an oeu
Examiner beoarf ippb[ teineS Gommentars. 81
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Sabli6e 8eridte.
lIcber Die MebeuensG apaIlerie.

Der &i4ntpno Grominer pom IL. publtSirt
einen Ian9en 9lrtifel, in wel9em Der I6le6te
3uitano Der 9tebeIlen = @apauerie beIproben
miro. Sn oemielbe1 wiro Elm febr tranrigeS
9ilo entporfen une unIere Sruppen, wel6e
mad BENT @eitdnbniB 6es S6reibers an bielem
Wiierere S6ulo trasen, ueroen ibn nit Gr96ben
.lelen: lai- e4t M q
- Bas uniere Gapallerie tpitet, lit fur9tbar:
Der @ertb Der perbrannten S1eunen, Der
aserlt6rten @rnoten, Der geldladteten Giebbeers
ben, Der geraubten 9feroe, oeS geltobIenen
@Olpes unb SilberS ielbt Don unlerm drnlten
6armer unter 9rpbung, bic 0duler iiber ibren
SDpfen sl perbreune1l, oaS perlcrene Wiaterial
unb Der neit sr6Bere uno bittere @erluit Der
DtOral, an benz bieie unOr9aniiirte, oen1prali=
Trte GapaIlerie S6ulo trd9t, ipirpe Sae8 er=
lieBen .;nb 5000 tl6ti9e Gapaleriiten erbalten.
IS tbut ni6t gut, penl mir Die Sadie i'm
I2idte iene5 Spbn Yaplecpre betrahten, pel6er
Elm Sbal fab, in Dem Mpfelz8 ranntwein lob.
SD iase Sbnen, pertber !6err, int Sbale
IlduIt iebt fem 8ranntpeinfluB, mir lebet bort
ni6tS TAU en- ais unlere @apallerle. @S
aab nlebr 8ranop, ntebr su Srinten uno elm
befIeres 2eben i'm Sbale in ben glorreiden 3etz
ten SadlDn's, ais e8 ieBt 9tbt. SadIp On lrabrl
benz seinoe, penn i9 re9t unterridtet bin, 100
uno mebr &anpnen ab. sSn bteier gampaane
aber bat Der Seino 81 8anpnen 9erpmtnen uno
mir MIR 10, no mir alio beoeuteno i'm &lldz
itanbe 1inp. uno SUI Sadlon'S 3eiten batter
mir uur cine SanbpOu @apallerie inter MIbbp
unp Die gantees batten ii5 NOD ni9t erbpbeu
uno nod nidt ibre gut equipirte, Orsanifirte
uno sutbewafinete GauaQerie sesen urs 9e>
Ii6idt, welde bamuls nod gar ni6t sebiloet
podr. aAaea .
Set unlere jebtse Gapalerie i'm Seloe 1T,
peib Sebermaun mas seldeben 1T. Sic babeu
bic 9Gble eeS 26tpen urn9ansef, aber in Der
umgegenb pm &inmonb piel Wtutb eeseiqt;
bic beraubten Sarnlen urO Die buftenben SelOs
tuden t6nnen 8euse siein, 9ripatz uno 8esis,
runsSei9entbum iino perbrannt pproen uno ie'
BET, ielbit Der a~lleroImmlte, GOnsrsbmann Tam
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Ser Itifeio in SciueHee.
prafi0ent sineOIns stntDOrt an i ssItsatiG" TO.

~ 4$ntH@ cFu &ehhenee. .Hs1EtE4seieU
Greeutipe Manipn1
aa @aibinstOn, %. Oftpber.
Sin Die !Serren @m. 9. Campbell, s sa9
4 SbomoS 81. 9t. 9lelion &c.
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1Infere GanOtOaten fir ben GonsreR
ftnO iest in ben finf Diftriften Marplanbs auf.
geiteat unb stpar pie fpl9t:
I. 0inrift =. 8. 81. 9. GreSmeIL J.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-19

IRKJTsH, Siberia, May 8~10 A. 1
70 Cyrus ", F;ciJ. OH board R4yal 1IoI
Steamship Persia
:.I>he working OF the Si5eriau Telegraph
line is now cozli ,at8iy organized The exran.
sion from here 10 the Chinese frontier. for
hundred and seventy miles: IL spite q ail
difficulties is proceeding quickly. and iha lir15
i expecie1 10 be open by the end q this y:5.:
SCHUTZE WILSON,
This MESSAGE was received at the Electric
Telegraph Company's Office. Queenstown, a5
IL 4. nI., May 8th The distance 1cc2
Irbutsk to Queenstown il over S, 500 uiies.
The mortal wouncing Of General jerElo9
Al nEewberD, Pulaski, county, by the federal
forces under Zen Crook; appears 10 receive
confirmation from ti,e fact stated in tha klcn
mond papers that Col McCause!and bad sl4
ceede<2 10 thr command Of TIE troops, and had
fallen back TO Chlistianbli1Es some s!gh:F nile
west by rail from I4ynchbnrg. There WAS &
report current il Richmond hat Aver.l, "ho
had gone With q portion Of his command 70
SALTY la had been net by ton191-
crate force aEld defeated.
Gold, IL New York, yesterday: advanced %
1S45
The steamer Scotia sailed from New YORK
Yesterday, taking out 10000 IN specie.
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10 OEIer is YET issued.
EDWIN II. STANTON,

Secretary 0f }tac.
'VAa I)Ei.. s;T,7EST, WAsmxoToN. May
=, 10: 4o ?. M.--M5sior General (1adW2'ader.
Philadelphia We have no dispatches to-day
from Generals Grant Butler or Sherman.
The reports from lie Aanawlla oonfirtn the
destruction OF the bridge over the New R:rer-
Several miles .: rai}roaC: track vrre :o5tioye@i
by General Crook command, and he reports
that he has fought tl1roe battles with (7eneTa:,
Sam Jones ans 4. Jenkins, and has defeated,
them the Ke>ei less being over SIX hundred
killed and three hundred prisoners.
J,en:9Ta ,janisins fell ilto oar hands n0rtasIr
wounded. AlI Of oar wounded that aan DC Te,
u3ogad from Fredericksburg have Eeac(sa4
7, ashington.
'I'ho heoeI prisoners have b291a removed t@vn
Belle Plain.
Visitors from the Army Of the POTOMAC rep
resent the troops 10 be 10 excellent condition,
and Te:1orccnenSs II: rapidly arriving.
EDWGN " STANTON.
Secretary cf 3Tar
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-19

In the i. S. House OF Representatives yes
terday, the Speaker laid before the House z
reply from the Secretary Of the Treasury to
the resolution of inquiry as to the employment
of Z. ". P. Garnett II that Department. {:
says that There was employed IL tho Hreasul-
ry Department q first class clerk, named GaE-
nett; that he was nor assistant treasurer nor
thought Of in that connection; that he vas re-
commended by Judge ). G. Underwood and
Hon H. r. Chandler, of the Norfolk Com
gressional district; that the aa1aTt4es5 was
not aware that he ever held 8 commission ii
the rebel army Or vas prisoner n the Old
Capitol; and that Oh the reception Of charges
and the report Of the register thereon he vas
discharged +"
IN the 3. S Senate, yesterday. Mr. Wilson
introduced joint resolution freeing tue wives
and children Of negroes formerly IN slavery, b1at
DOW il the military aud naval service Of the
United States, which was referred to the AE III
tary Committee. The bib TO aid in the con-
struction Of railroad and telegraph line from
Missolri to the Pacific Ocean Was debated. -
Inthe House Of Representatives, the bill pro
viding for giving notice Of the termination Of
the reciprocity treaty with Canada Was deha-
ted The Indian appropriation bill Was dis
cussed IN Committee, and reported tG the
House.
The Washington Chronicle Of this morning
saws: Yesterday afternoon, COL Ingratanl
detectives arrested eleven telegraph operators
at the principal and branch Offices OF the lode,
pendent Company, and eoran1itted them to the
Old Capitol prison. The Offices are guarded
by the Veteran Reserve Corps, and the papers
taken possession Of By the military authorizes.
The cause Of these arrests is the furnishing nt
oontraband news from time 20 time, and espe-
cially The transmission TO New York OF tbe
bogus proclamation, purp0rting TO have been
issued by the President, calling for four hun
ired thousand more men, which was published
By the New York " orId yesterday morning.
The steamer Persia. from Queenstown, IN
the 9th has arrived at New York 4 British
Cah;net Council had been held at Cambridge
on the 7th The hnal judgment WAS given at
Edinburgh on the 5tii, IN the case Of the faTn,
nero. Oh the terEns Of compromise already
agreed pom, and the published conviction is
nominal and without penalty. Berlin papers
say the Government will agree on an arnalstlce
on the condition that Denmark raises the block,
and gives up Alsen They have evacuated
JutIand, the war contribution having been
paid. --.z.----------
According to the Washington Star a train Of
wagons with Federal wounded, Oh 1T way TO
RaJle Plain. from FREQ erioksburg, was captured
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EDGAR SNOW DEN .fR.
na~ OFFICE-No 104 King street, owe
s,tona'a. formerly Frenchs) Book Store
SOUTHERN NEWS.

SOUTHERN NEWS.
The Richmond Ecquirer Of The l4th says
that on Thursday General Psmberton resigned
lis commission as Lieutenant General ?. A.
e, S, and sought active service as Lieutenant
Colonial Of artillery. General Pemherton was
assigned to the command Of the artillery de-
Tending the approaches north Of the city.
The Iynchburg Republican of the 9th says:
The gallant Lieutenant General Longstreet
vas expected to arrive in this city on Sunday
evening. We are rejoiced TO learn that his
wound is not at all dangerous and that IL 3
few days he will again be IN the field
4 dispatch FROM Chester, Va, to the Rich
mond papers states that Butler had very mar
row escape from capture, on last Friday week,
By five Confederate pickets, near City Point.
Gen Stuart was wounded while leading a
charge at Yellow Tavern In the same battle
COL H. Clay Pate. ana Lieut.. Col, Robt Ran
dolph we're killed,
The Confederate Congress is IN session In
Richmond. Hon. 7, s. Bocock has been
elected speaker Of the House. Joint resolu-
tions Of the General Assembly Of Louisiana,
rendering her sympathy sand corporation to
tQa Confederate Government, we're ordered to
be spread upon the minutes. Mr. Leach OF
North Carolina had made an explanatory
speech, repelling the idea sought to be convey
ed ~ newspaper statements, that his State was
asloyal to the cause Of the Confederacy.
The Richmond Whig says: Judge John
N. Gregory, Of the Circuit Court Of The Hen
rico district, was captured on Wednesday IN
Charles City county, aud hns, II al! probaDlltT,
been sent to Fortress Monroe. John Henry
Freeman, OF Richmond and Lamb Wilcox, q
sou Of Colonel Wilcox, prominent citizen OF
Charles City, we're likewise captured and muF~
derea in cold blood by the Yankees.
The Washington Chrcnicle says ys:-"An OIL
cial report of the Federal killed and wounded
in the late battles presents the fact that 1900
we're killed, and about $4,000 wounded, and
5000 missing the latter including straggiers
sud prisoners Lt is also stated Oh the same
authority that not more than ten per cent.
have been dangerously wounded, and chat a
large numbe, will be ready tor tho field within
The next TWO weeks.
The St. hIary's MAJ Gazette says :-"Lhe
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The St. hIary's md. Gazette says The
estate Of Joseph Forrest, Esq, formerly OF
siis county, but now il the Confederate States,
gas aken possession Of last week by che mill
1ary authorities at Point Lookout We un-
deTstand it is TO be worked By contra|]ands and
refugees, Of which shere are quite large num-
her at Point Lookout
, 1864-05-03
CourtcsIes to Rebel Butchers.
ST. LOUIS, April 9th, 1864.

Editors Chicago TTibnne;
I was q passenger on board the steamer
Platte Valley ut the time she took the wound
ed from Fort PILLOW, on the 18th inst.
to Captain Woodruff, Of the 113th Illinois
Infantry. Captain w. has been accused Of
being most prominent in his attention to
General Chalmers and other rebel officers
who were present at the time the Platte Val
ley was receiving the wounded on board. I
most OF the time that the Platte Valley was
at Fort Pillow. / know that Captain ".
did no. invite General Chalmers to drink with
him, nor did he show him any particular at
tention whatever. should have made this
statement public at m earlier day, but 1
wanted to get the name of 4 certain Lieuten-
mt. Of the United States Army, who did
done to-day by reference to the list of pas
sepgers on the book Of the Plntte Valley on
that trip. It was Lieutenant Murdoch. Il
cannot tell bis regiment or State). He went
On shore and invited General Chalmers on
beard Of the Platte Valley, and took him Into
to bis wife. General c. said: "Madan, 1t
docs my soul good to take genuine rebel
lady by the hapd!" This same Lieutenant
Murdock invited one Of the rebel officers to
tnke dinner with him, and when dinner was
called MIR. ". Il. Block, the clerk of the boat,
~ GuL ~ 6EE LlAk Ill LIE lAuIGo Nc1t eCatEA
and found thht one Of them was left out OF
her seat, Mr. Bloch said to the rebel officer
that be was In the seat occupied by lady
and wished him to take seat at another
table. Lieutenant Murdock answered that
he (the rebel) was there BY his {Lfeutenant
Ms.) invitation. Mr. Block said that he
could not help that; that the Indy must have
her seat. Lieutenant II. got up and gave his
own seat to the rebel, but before he had
commenced to cat the Platte Valley Was
ready to leaye, and the rebel went ashore and
Lieutenant II. resumed his seat at the table:
For proof of the introduction In the ladies'
cabin will refer you to Mrs. ". H. Plouck,
Of Springfield, Ill, and for the ceremonies at
dinner table hare permission to refer to the
gentleman1y clerk Of the steamer Plate Val
iey, ". 3. Block, Esq, IRON whom had the
facts to-day. Yours, &c.,
, 1864-05-03
POLITICAL.

Delegates to the state Convention.
LEE CoCSrr.-E. Haskell, ". r. Long,
Jos. utley, C, F. Lynn, r. P. Treadwcll, H.
G. Pratt, Abijah Powers. For the Judicial
Convention, J. A. Hawley, L. Wood, A. Kin.
yon, and Joseph Williams. Gen. A. c. Ful.
Ter was declared the choice Of the Conyen.
ton for Governor; and Abraham Lincoln 70.
President
KAHKAKEE CorSTY.-C. r. Starr, s. A
Robinson, ]. P. Humphrey, B. n. McKinstry,
J. E. Labrie and D. S. Parker. James NJ
Perry was declared to be the choice Of the
Convention tor State Auditor.
MERcER CoCsTT.-John W. Mills, s. Y.
Prenties, H. S, senter, Wm. L Eevius, Wash.
inton Vol, and G. D. Miller.
WA1SE CoUsTT.-Ed. Bonham, ". a
Robinson, ". ". George, John Keen, jr., J.
J. Scott. To attend the Congressional Con
vention ut Salem on the 18th Of May: E. A
johnson, Ed. Black, David Campbell, E. Il
Beecher, J. D. Cope
BooxE CousTE.--L. ". Lawrence, N. N
Boyce, ]. s. Hildsup, Mark Ramsay. A reso
luton IN favor Of Gen. Fuller for Governor
Was unanimously passed, and also, for Abra
ham Lincoln for next President .
HENRY CouSTT.-A- Crawford, s. NJ
Smith, W L. Wiley, c. c. Wilson, J. B
F1agg, H. NJ. Comstock, Amos Gould, J..
Bennett, Il. Pettys.