, 1865-01-30
MONDAY, JANUARY so, 1865.
TIT NEWS.

Our adviccs from 1he military situation are
brief and derived from rebel sources, such as
they arc. According TO the Richmond papers,
Sherman is advancing against Augusta, Ga.
Our position at rocotaligo is still held, but
1hc rebel papers do not as yet chronicle an
advance from that point. That important
movements arc On foot, however, and that
Sherman will not lie Idle. is evidenced from
7he fact that large reinforccmcnts have
reached him at Savannah.
The Northern doughtacc and peace apostle
will not be over delighted with tue 1ustiness
OF the belnboring bestowed by the Richmond
press upon the pct peace scheme Of surrcu-
dcring everything to slavery in order to save
The Union. We think VIC may thank the Sc
rior Blair for giving them this football to
lick, and though the result may not be as
III could wish, it will he what will
hest serve our causc. 1t has drawn the enc
my fire and sunk battered aud rotten old
light ship, whose guidance has been but delu-
t;:on. A:ld here is where the secret Of Blair's
second mission comes out. &c went to Rich.
1nond, on permission Of the, President, to.
lest private overturcs for peace. On his
return 10 Washington 1t is found he
11uS tuAut lAtuHc6 kQAt kNG lEaIAEAI
cannot entertain, and hc is sent back post
Iastc to withdraw them. So If the first visit |
was at the instance Of Blair the Last was by
the order Of Mr.. Lincoln corrective and ex-
1urgatmy. The President has now three
Peace Commissioners in Dixie, Grant, Sher- |
man and Thomas. There is white enough in
Tue flag they bear for permanent peace en-
hlv1n, when Slavery and tho Rebellion are
dead.
Tic steamer Eclipse, which Was being used
Us Government transport, exploded her
1,oilcrs at Johnsonsyille, Tenn, on Friday
last, hy which fatality thErty-six were killed
and sixty-nine injured. The GUNS Of the 9th
Indiana battery, which were on board. were
lost.
4 destructive fire occurred ut Cairo on FIJI
day last, by which business property to the
amount OF sc, 900 WAS destroyed.
One Of the most marvellous changes
wrought by this rebellion is the proclamation
Of Gov, Hahn, Of Louisiana. congratuAting
Missouri md Tennessee upon the passage OF
the Emancipation ordinance. -Four year6
ago the man would have been called mad who
should have predicted that in Jauuary, 1865.
Louisiana would have congratulated Missouri
and Tennessee on the downfall Of slavery.
Gold opened In New York on Saturday ut
2a0and closed at 2l57SS.
4 carreuter at work shlngling meeting
house, who should conclude that tue struc-
lure lie was on, was larger than the grand
1nountain that swelled in the horizon, would
not commit more absurd mistake than the
Illinois legislator who should deem his own
little locnl measure paramount In impor~
tance to that on which the humanity Of the
:,ce waits, the repeal Of the infamous Black
Laws. Loyal and liberty loving Americans,
at home and abroad, look upon this as the
chiciest duty laid upon any ofour State Leg
is,atures this winter. md the crucial test of
Northern sentiment. VIII the free States
do justice to the black race: Will this old
tim" obstruction in the channel Of Human
Progress be removed : 1t will he. It is well
begun. Let 1t be pushed to u safe and early
conclusion, and let all smaller measures wait
on it's accomplishment.
The Bloomington dispatch elsewhere brings
the news that Isaac Funk, Of Mclean coun-
~, is dead. He Was representative man Of
The pruiries, with wealth of herds and home
stcads that would have more than
erl up tho patriarch OF Uz in his
best estate; with thirty Thousand
acres Of the finest frmiug land In
Illinois; paying taxes on nearly two
millions a respected citizen, and q member
OF tue State Senate, in which body he, waa q
buff, hale and hearty hater and fighter OF
disloyalty and the rebellion. And by sin
eular fatality the wife who had shared
bis humble beginning and the shining
SUCCESS he Ind made lis, follows
1, lat IN Aha