The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-09-03

euished himself in the desperate battle OF
Shiloh, and soon afterwards was taken from
the immediate command of his regiment to
be made chief Of cavalry on the staff of Maj.
Gen. Grant, . position which he filled with
distinguished homer and success.
Judge Dickey is well known as one OF the
ablest lawyers and most competent Jurlsts In
Illinois. To say that as member OF con-
grsss he would do high honor to the state
would be to repeat what every man who
nows him-politieal friend or foe-is com.
kelled to admit.
General Jesse j. Phillips, of Montgomery
county, is one of the fighting soldiers" of
Illinois. Of him it may be emphatlcally
said, he wac First in and last out" He
went in as major of the 9th Illinois infantry,
in April, 1861. He participated In the first
battle in the west and the last IN the east
He was at Fort Donaldson, 1T Pittsburg Land
sng, Shiloh, and Pennington. He was at
Vieksburg, Mission Ridge, Knoxville-up and
down the mountains of Tennessee, wherever
there was rebel to strike. When the Allan
ia campign was organized, his regiment was
attached to the 10th corps, and fought on al
most every mile of ground from Chattanooga
to Atlanta. In the great flank movement by
which Buzzard Roost Gap and Dalton were
| taken and the way opened to Atlanta, Col
Il
mounted on horses and mules, was the first tc
| enter and drive the enemy's advance from
Snake Gap. the gateway to the position at
| Reseca In that affair, Colonel Phillips wa,
| wounded and compelled to return home. He
| was able, however, to rejoin his command II
time to be in at the fall of Atlanta. In tn,
operations agalnat Atlanta, he commanded 6
brigade in the 18th army corps.
Colonel Phillips was one OF those officers t
| whom it happened never to be absent from
the vicinity of fight. He was wounded I
number of times, but always got well In tim
to be in position of danger at the next en-
gagement AT one time, We believe In 1864
the republicans (then claiming to be aniol
men) proposed to make him district atsorne
in his district; but Col. Phillips declined t
leave the service OF his country upon any pc
I.ical or party Involvement Now that til
war is over. the people of Illinois propose
reward him with the Office of state treasurer
"a reward he has nobly earned.
Col John M. Crebs, our candidate for su
perindent of public instruction, is,ws believe
a native of Illinois He is a resident c
White county He entered the war lieu
tenant colonel of the 87th Illinois infantry
ia 1862, and upon the resignation OF COlon'
Whiting was advanced 10 the full commaot
The regiment made a gallant record, an
its sklllful commander has proved the Jus'
; ness of his claim to public confidence NJ les
by his ability as a soldier than by bis snp'
rior talents and judgement in civil pursuits
, He is lawyer by profession. sDd has rept
! tation as one of the most accom- pIished seho
/ airs in the state. His popularity among tn
people in the Wabash valley is not equalle'
f perhaps, by that of any other citizen IL
nomination adds strength to the ticket. an
/ insurss the carrying of two or three legisl'
tive districts which before were somewh'
doubtful.
Such are the men pI eseuted by the demo
racy and national uuion republicans OF ii!
nois to the people for their snttrsges. IL
every voter in the state compare them, an
the record they have made, with the nam'
presented on the ticket put forth by the ia
ton of radicals Chicago Times.