Weekly Gazette And Free Press (Newspaper) - December 19, 1862, Janesville, Wisconsin ZETTE AND FREE VOLUME 18 SAME JANESVILLE WISCONSIN DECEMBER 19 1862 NUMBER 17 oa Mann and Free Press IK Main Wis MOLT WILCOX f R W S I o llh f 3 P R m Fixtures tain lug SINESS ok store BOOKS retail nd Ml BOOKS cs SO Gilt Frames I O J 1 k SAIN STORE 3 O c Is lade Clothing A n j nroorOltm- t- lr HIP f P U ith of Church II t Wi Court blocs EI.UK.KOS: v T M Til on W M tod ori A it In Ot ACd K call of o ci s 11 0 E 33 TJ J Knd r u- ptl A O T H S FACTION K A r M of tbo J SilW VOKK CASH U lo aod U t fuller Hill m Police IiM of of I'M by BOOTS SHOES A LAKOB OK FRESH GOODS I b 11 of of SS BEAT looS m 11 1 ot n BuT Of Kip lo Bul Glorr i Oo a f x IM 1 ACHINE J X SPIED nj we r X in find nation Cur WERS bo o ONE in 1 aro la a I AD IKS KW UKEL Gt Cf Coth BOOTEES l to uld s t ic it m 40 w Boys low bj for unJ ol W o a o n o y lay other do I not 1 havo now Iu rMd of Wort TO for I Ibf m oor 0 lo S ISO- I i Ilir follow for of the li on unlit m to Jom E cr to In Notice to Stockholders Dunn t Madum J Kil that by n circuit conrl of iho tuJ of Ibit com- tiy of John B and II In cell of riONEER on Ion my I O O NEWSPAPER TX W treaty to piM In who w loth lay of fall aid lino paU 1C Iho now cent la on o u och thov ikUI Ik lime Lt I will It Cultivation ot A convention of tbo growers nnd of was held at Rockford 111 on tbe iust We quote tho ng remarks in relation to of of important Mr of Winnebago inid deep tillage was very essential to n yood crop of cane of the ground in one instance lad been to cover fifteen tons of five of then burn it In way he hud been enabled to a splendid crop of and a Dno quality of syrup Tbe hurtling not only improved the soil but it destroyed all weeds and other acid mailers n soil leaves it clonn and The bent boil that which will lo forty of corn to ibe iacre had cnao where straw had been and ihen aome beside i1 be round had nol burned aud ound that the burnt produced double tho from this fact -I burning The burning should tttke in the fall and then bo plowed iu 1 then harrow pulverize it in the spring Thin as I think ihc weeds nnd I burning of tho straw did more ih in the of manure Lie would plain small nud n half fuet apart one and fifteen or sixteen inches the other Would put plenty of in the hill should want from four to six seed to I am of has done ibc best willi me Would use iho small kind of Chinese for With mo Hie small jields IJO gallons lo Daniel J Teeter of Carroll County be- vcd in lie would very deep in ila in the spring Would three jd n half one way and hull that the ground id plant on the ridge I learned from ex- Ibat thin is the best The high 13 gels more he furrow I do not trouble the cane two feel high Ashes will ibc burning arc ai good as any ii u the ashes alono do the woik aud will greatly reduce the cid in tha Mr Pink of ridged his ground then planted by ou ibe ural Mr Beach of wanted rich ground or well manured the year il lecp in Ibe fell In the spring harrow it until it is thoroughly pulverized off and weit three nud a halt feet murk it with rv light plow north and south Would plant on the upper edge of the furrow and then tho ground up to it when was handsomely up Plain on the north bide o ibe furrow bles it to gel more of thu sun and the ground by il up will always he warm seed on the top of furrow keeps it dry Mr Moss of lown would plow tin fall where corn had been previously ed Mark il east west put al least half a seeds in thu hill If you find suckers llid cane is up hill the cano tho suckers will disappear Don't pull oil tho suckers Mr of lown would rathe a than fnc If you vo plenty of stalks will bo no ers and jou will have iho binall 1 consider thu best A stalk three in circumference will contain no mailer than onu an inch a hull in A small stock ban the and not the bitter and acids my on tlic ground after it has been cut I take it to the mill immediately 1 think juice if cane lies in a dry place or has dry weather Mr of said his experience uith the previous speaker He pui from fifteen to twenty Svo in u hill lie growing il thin made lie had heretofore tbe thu tune as less bul he had thai es and hog loved il and il had and feeding qualities than cny Mr of Will comity said his was lull of grubs lie and they destroyed thn cane then plowed in the full and de- the grubs Did no plow iu spring but harrowed it thoroughly The wai cold did nol well Hit neighbors plowed in spring crops IAO or three weeks ahead of plowing opens up and warms the soil Clay noil is sure to be hard aud cold if it is not plowed in tiw ip nnd wounded be nt For I at nud on tbs Carolina COO at at at in the of the nt liun al iho second battle Dl nt and 1 at 10.000 HI nt unit lor those who have fallen nt in etc Tbtpc fig make the frightful sum of Ol the number It ho safe to say lhal or arc now in their graves having either been killed died of their Julie as died otf from ho added mow for those who biwa boon maimed mid whose Inn been mined for life our in ten of Ibo pres cut year may he at 75.000 men have either or been disabled If truth wai known they would bly reach 100.000 by ihu end of ihc year for death from in in camp and M homo exceeds in battle for every year lhat war continues we must expect our to be quite an heavy HS they have been iho present IOWA Iowa City State speaks of Mr II M linj lalo for con in the 4th district as our man and announces that ho lo seal with Mr on the of the law ing soldiers vote This il decidedly cool lo say ibc least ol il when this same H M Martin a of toro Uw and himself ils passage and voted iu its Cool very considering Mr majority ia only 1371 still that be cannot ousted from his sent wilhout of the brave thousands who have left their Iowa homes to for the of the union What do democrats care for that however they bad no ness to go of course nnd certainly have no right to vote The voting must be done by tho democrats who stay nt home not by Ga Curtis court be had General upon the order of eral in-chief The dispatch dering the read It was in purl es follows I have directed fien Hunter to find Mud him to tbo arsenal at St report to you Allow the least possible communication him and big friends in Be sure aud have reliable troops at tho arsenal asked ihc court lo curnmon Gen bul il adjourned for tbo dav before cooling to any decision We know of a man who fell from a bridge acron a certain rivor and just as be found be must no help for it top of his voice Lord mercy on be quick The good The Among the EFFORTS MADE TO RANSOM THEM The following from tho D T Republican gives the sequel up to No- the dato of tho paper of the narrative furnished by Wm j Stewart of Sioux city in a letter to Himsey which wo published a few days ago con- whereabouts of the Minnesota captives now in the hands of the About the 1st iust Mr Galpen ing to the American Company with eleven others on their way down from the mountains in a Mackinaw boat while some 1 JO miles above Fort Pierre were fired into by -100 nnd were compelled to go ashore with their boat where they were robbed of nil their provisions etc and would havo been murdered had it noi been for told the Indians that if they killed them the her relations would not slop until they massacred the last one of their parly in revenge There were some twelve hundred lodges in the vicinity in addition to the seen by Among the Indians was found a Miss Price a young lady about eighteen old a daughter of James Price of Illinois We regret that we were unable to learn further concerning the residence ot her Mr from her another woman and live dren besides were held as These were nil the captives that she knew of although there be others and tlic acl unknown The Indians said they would exchange captives for ponies but refused to tell them for clec and as Mr party had no ponies they were compelled to leave them The captives were very anxious to bo released and Miss Price prayed hc men lo her away if possible Mr Galpen arrived nt Kort Randall on the itli aud reported the above were commenced to effect the release of thy unfortunate cap- lives On Saturday lust n ment of thirty ol the Sioux City tinder arrived on Kamlall and Thursday morning the of the cavalry under which have for some time been at place left for tho destination lo join an expedition Indians The of Secretary Chase for tho of United States for bank notes or in other words tho alion of a modified of ing does not meet with among men here The system of buntting has been tried in ibc wesi and il hns proved a failure and Illinois it fully and people will never forget the result The laws were finally amended 30 as to secure the public against loss by confining the to bona fido The measure applied to remove the evils killed the system arid it is now dead So long as capital is worth 10 per cent per an- num in tbe west the system of banking cannot he made profitable ex- cept H Jaw loose enough to dishonest speculators and adventurers lo fleece tly public H is a remarkable fad that very nearly all tbe losses sustained by the people in the west by hank failures within the last have been of the Muck Astern which Mr Chaie recommends as a tion from and failures Tho law in order to render banking for iho public inns necessarily bo so framed not it to any extent for the purpose of This casein Il- linois and Indiana We do not believe congress could improve the in ence in are the result of careful deliberation nnd very experience There are er lo system but those we a upon the minds of western Colonel Capl from tho ment Wo have of knowing that the course bv Col Utley and nis regiment in been fairly to thit he ales our and our tion in hie the remedy will b applied Wn are the of our friends at Washington was cf tbe most satisfactory character The is that arc to provide for his in view ty thai by some menus or other he way be bis could nol him he that he prefer lo fall into the bands of open and n vowed enemies of tho ihan lo be by Ihc Un- ion men of Kentucky its friends tiue of be when the id plied and tho aristocracy of Kentucky to lite of an unconditional support of the nt or of the at Richmond May the time on To TH York Tribune says that the following letter from Secretary Seward to Mr Thomas T Davis H a answer lo reports thai been In circulation Ibr some time past as to Mr Seward's return lo ihc ate 20 Deaf thank you for our kind note I could not well lhat the of York tain on my part lo a seat in the of ilia United States It would nevertheless be very unpleasant for mo about my own iu regard lo public life It is my fixed purpose when relieved from my post to and remain so as 1 shall live a private but al same lime n loyal So is thai I should not relinquish il even though places were opened to me not or upon compromise but voluntarily and by acclamation Faithfully your friend II To lie Hon Thomas T Davis contract for the horses for Col ry The ber of horses required eight hundred Uetwccn thirty and forty were made from number U S Quartermaster accepted the U I Sisson U H Allen 83.85 C V 89.00 Journal TIIK drafted men from this county to the number of 113 left Fort Howard in charge of Sheriff Whitney on the cars on Friday afternoon last They all came into town voluntarily and it is the o company charge of lhal behaved with the it may nol be to state lhal es were leaving we evidences of warm personal friendship between some of their number and the soldiers Green Hay from one of the counties of Minnesota states that a cret bns been organized having Us all through the western half of tbe slate whose avowed object is to hang or shoot every Indian suspected of having had any hand iu the recent murders 1 Indians who have been convicted should Ie suffered lo go by iho combination is to out punishment whenever it can bo done despairs without having reason will very soon hare reason for it A French Sketch ot Gen Duller Tho following is translated from the rier du n Paris newspaper aod purports to be a biographical sketch of Gen Benjamin F Butler is the son of an satian emigrant by trade a butcher and was born in Massachusetts bo as an attorney in one of tho turing towns neighborhood of ton He did not follow the law on same principle that McClellan became a railway is to say from liko lo military profession during n pence Mr Builer was so lo speak lo manor and in his profession in which he acquired not iho slightest dis- tinction was known by the of Butler a nickname we would translate by thai Picayune our readers roust know being a small Spanish coin worth about twenty-five contieras of French money follows a bit of political history which is nn odd jumble of and men During the last presidential election ho formed part of tho charged with may bo termed the of the The choice of the was long disputed For a long lime Mr Duller voled against Mr ith the but on the or ballot Mr Buller his coat and went over to tho republicans Thus he was one of those who decided the election Mr Lincoln has shown lhat he could he grateful Putting down Mr Duller as a ber of the Chicago convention is very good but here is another If peace had been maintained between Ibo north and ihu what would have been the fate of Mr What tions honors were in store for him t part would he have Mr Lincoln and himself only knew hut war basing broke oat Mr Butler found himself in an awkward predicament His career as nn attorney was seriously compromised his clients were dispersed As a man Mr raised a military regiment which 1 believo elected him its colonel This excellent sketch concludes sith the flattering portrait cf Mr Mr Butler on his vulgar and re- pulsive features tho expression of cruel ferocity which forms ibc of his He is a mnn without wholly devoid of anj moral capable of all the worst cesses Thus he judged by the ers themselves The 111 The Cabinet It to be a mailer lhat Smith retires from the cabinet to the Indiana The question as to who will be his successor is being vigorously canvassed in chan- nels There been but two one of them is Judge Holl of tucky The seems to be in a Mr 0 II Doubtless name of the last has lo only a limited ex- tent been mentioned in such connection Jf il be Holt is he seits and er wilh him Browning brings nothing but a small labeled Browning He re- presents nobody and cin aid nobody In the late election what litlle force he ded was thrown so as to help on side of the opposition lo administration in stale but while he managed to injure the republican ticket he did not secure a scat on the democratic train Recently tho Indiana delegation in at Washington that their state wonld prefer no cUims lo the cancy There is a section of country ever might admirably well profer strongly to vacant place a hiie from Wheeling to St Louis of line 5011 have the great northwest the cloae and firm centers of thil president send him men and pledge him their lives and for- region baa no representative in the cabinet of Lincoln And has it no claims Why may not ils prevailing sentiments of pluck and zeal for prosecution of be happily ed in close juxtaposition in cabinet ing beside Hie that sustain nothing generals and the sit still and wait We might name half a men of Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota aud Iowa to say nothing of of western lying above tho line above designated would this We know of one we can commend We should like lo sec plucky sound sensible aud earnest John K Potter in the Can the president call to his side a better man Wo urge the locality therein bo represented The free northwest should have a voice in the cabinet As to the individual man we have less care BO ho be a representative man from Tribune A convention or southern manufacturers held on the 19th ult at Augusta gia at which in Mew of the fad connected with cotton manufacture had advanced over one in some to Uio amount of ten per cent it was resolved that the convention consider from actual estimates the present cost of cotton be equal lo fifty cento psr pound and deem it lo bargain with government al any fixed price to extend beyond one month without the establishment of a ing scale by which the maybe varied month to month as the of may Major Starr Lieuts Ferguson nnd ton and a portion of Co G of Wisconsin regiment which itself in the battle of laat day arc frarr this They doubtless proved themselves lo task The regiment is at present commanded by Lieut Col Bertram Starr acting col The former Col is now in command of a brigade Wisconsin The residence of the Itcv Henry Ward Brooklyn some nights since besmeared a black substance and the front of brown stone has been much disfigured in consequence The sub- stance is cleaner than tho heart of tho tiff who applied it TIIK private letter from an officer in the ia dated near Abbeville Dec We quote an extract thai may be interesting lo some of our Our cavalry are now in possession of Oxford eleven miles of us While nt I saw Lients and of the who were all in good sonally I was never better We aro now living exclusively on mush nnd fresh hawked meat Hard bread is played out I have had no pay since a dollar sinco August But wo get along very well as long as we can steal It id a wonderful to be without N Y Dec 0 Dear have just read in the Tribune of the the editorial on The Destitution in I have also read cull for n meeting to which it refers This is all exceedingly gratifying I will thank you lo hand to the treasurer of the fund the draft for Your friend SMITH To KSQ WHAT A The baptist Church on the Wisconsin aud Milwaukee has been sold The purchaser will convert the church in to a large billiard Many boys when they go out in the cold have a roundabout way of keeping warm We love those who as more tban those whom we admire BY TELEGRAPH DAILY DY WISCONSIN LINK 111 Union NEW YOKK Dec 11 Herald's specials from Nashville tho say a was made on the roads to aud Frauklin today Wallace's brigade of Sill's division moved forward several but found no About noon dan's division was by a rebel force of cavalry and artillery and his pickets driven in but no one was killed Tho en- emy is lo bo moving forward iu force is said lo bo in Union army bales of cotton valued at are liere waiting shipment Jov Johuson has a proclamation providing for an election of in 9th and 10th congressional districts of Tennessee Dec 10 Col Stanley commanding a brigade in Vancouver's division had a sharp light yesterday live miles north of Lavergue whilt Ho the Ohio Indiana and tucky with one gun of 7th Indiana battery escorting forage wagons Ten men and sergeant of ihc Kentucky were left for guard at bin's ferry and wagons filled when er's cavalry brigade the Tennessee aud a full in the rear The Glai Ohio and ana were laken buck by Mathews al double quick and in minutes the were repulsed The wagons were rapidly to camp escorted by the olst Ohio Sth Kentucky forming the rearguard an hour Uter ihc enemy us again in our rear and after eharp fighting were repulsed Tho brigade returned lo cimp losing a Licul Col Bailee of ibc Indiana bad n bone of left arm badly shattered Muller of the same regiment was killed Lieut Sth is supposed lo have been killed also two privates sides we had wounded and uiuo missing Five wounded were left behind from inability to carry them off They wero conveyed to Dr Charleston's residence near tho field 1 loss not ascertained and other generals assert that the affair ed great credit on The troops behaved splendidly Mathews was thrown Irom bis horse during action and badly bruised Forest 13 reported with cavalry in the renr of Clarksville Kirby Smith's corps is at Lebanon Tho enemy is in front No disturbance to-day Special to a New York piper from ington is on very direct aod trustworthy authority that President Lincoln bus opened a correspondence on matters of national concern Governor Eliot of N C Laic advices from Kaunas give accounts of the arrest of Col and Lieut Col Hays of 12th Kansas in Western Missouri by General Vaughn of the Missouri State Guards Adams had successful expedition ioto Missouri capturing anoul 100 wag ons and 50 negroes and on being ordered by Vaughn to surrender the negroes nnd property and leave the state expressed his willingness to comply with all the demands except surrender of negroes which fused Vaughn having a force of a sand men with artillery nud Adams only 230 the latter had no but ance and has tent to St for trinl on the Adams is a son in law of Senator Lane of Kansas NEW YORK Dec 11 A vessel has arrived here having cers and crow of the ship captured by ihc burred Nov 2d iu lat 30 long The Alabama and burned the ship T U Wallis of Nov in lal 28 HO long Tho Alabama went to Martinique arriving the 17th of her The San arrived ibe same Finding tin Alabama she to wait for her On the at the Alabama Sun i is still harbor Nov Dec 10 On inquiry it ascertained a man ing himself J Wesley and which commenced in westerly part of ing to reside nt Pittsburgh Pennsylvania I city aud Fredericksburg is called on the President tituc No great free labor demonstration at Beaufort a few days ago creating profound sensa- tion in tbo department and throughout tho stale The organization of this movement is progressing and enlisting large numbers of adherents Information re- nt headquarters discloses tho fact that a powerful reaction tho war is in the interior Letters from all classes of people intercepted by of rebel indicate a universal prayer for peace Dec 11 Tho Washington Star eays that es from Gram's army elate lhat we hud captured prisoners while in pursuit of army and more weie com- ing in hourly I bvc m J Herald's lour and hvo o'clock this morning pontoon trains ia charge ol tbo and litb York under command of Con bury proceeded to the river bunk where with infantry supports an attempt was made to throw three bridges across tbo er The dull haze so obstructed the ments for a timo it wai not discovered by the rebol pickets The bad succeeded in partially constructing bridges when tho rebels suddenly opened a brink and deadly lira of musketry from along the bunk of river nnd windows of bouses compelling the cessation of the work lo iho cover of iho rounding bills tho men again formed and about six o'clock the wan renewed but the rebels had now thoroughly aroused and wilb reinforcements of swarmed to ibe opposite banks and houses Nothing daunted by tho hot firs wh ch they poured in ot tbo ance of our troops the wont gallantly to work but in vain A storm of bullets enveloped them planks and were riddled by every volley Once more wero compelled to and full hack It was rebels determined to use the houses of iho city for a defense to an implied Agreement iu cor- respondence which passed by flag of truce Orders wero given lo our rymen lo open fire upon the cily ingly Benjamin's ICdwards and batteries of tho corps er batteries of tho corps the right and left of the city commenced almost ft bombardment Tho fog was HO that it was impossible lo sea but a short distance beyond the edge of river The homes however in which iho rebel sharpshooters had ensconced were plainly visible and lo them fire was for a lime particularly directed The effect was their partial demolition In a short time after ihc first fire became able by iho rebel riflemen who retreated to the rear of the town where they look ter behind as yet unharmed buildings By seven o'clock the bombardment be- came general and from that time until one o'clock the roar of artillery was of the raked tho streets shell shrapnel nnd grape fog still continued to obscure in n measure the of discharges Tho rebels the greatest stubbornness still kepi Iho cily and al times could he teen going from one point to an- other on double quick Tho carnage can but be fearful among them It was what singular lhat the rebel did nol return the fire of our guns Up to the present time havo nol opened About ten o'clock the engineers formed fora third attempt to construct the bridge After the previous on iho part of the engineers to cross a party of 80 men of tho Sth under Marsh volunteered to in ibis new endeavor lo ibe bridged nnd once more elated with thia reinforcement they started under the direction of bury plonks and carried ost some dozen to the end of the boats placed n part of them and were then com- o retire under a very galling fire rebel sharpshooters who were ed in rifle below thu range of Mid within IA or 20 feet ot the river Tho engineers suffered severely Tho movement having been thus ed whole parly were back lo original At 11 o'clock it was discovered that one of iho houses was on fire The and stated to him lhal he had two interviews with Jeff Davis at on the las of October and related certain which he Davia had made lo him upon the occasion The President however became satisfied that Greene had nol seen at all and lhat entire story was a very shallow attempt at tion Jeff Davis can character if he will by verifying his meat 10 Tho from Havana ith with late advices from Mexico arrived evening The of the Kronch al and is In very critical no for no Iresh food for The force from Jalapa had been cut off from supplies from Vera Cruz by tbo cans retaking National a purl of which had been destroyed Tho Mexicans were actively fortifying nnd ths oily of Mexico and ibe road between announce thcr ation lo flood the valley by opening the cos and taking down the of the lakes rendering the cily of Mexico impossible to ho reached except by turnpike will be defended new Caplain General of Cuba was daily expected al Havana Six of the crew of rebel steamer wrecked near Sisul arrived nt vana The gunboats and Sonoma with Admiral Wilkes were at N C Dec 8 The racssn.'o of Gov Vance of lo iho general assembly dated Nov has been received is very nnd betrays nothing like sentiments hut appeals to that stern and lo our cause which :an sustain n lie severely upon the conscript law and bitter ly denounces the spirit of speculation flour can now bo used only by the rich and everything hns tv ward Tho of money nud the high prices of properly he alleges is a reason why men should be made to pay their debts North Carolina soldiers he says are still suffering greatly for waul of shoes and clothing Present debt of slale lie snys there ia grent danger of ness the land That people aro beginning to forget there is such as civil law at all and to violent law ing tendencies of the time she attributes tho frequency of murder arson disregard of obligations oppressions nnd injustice to in Saulsbury by con- federate authorities of citizens arrested for alleged political offenses ho What their guilt consists iu he does not know but be does know lhat they were nol ed by lawful process He strongly ces suspension of writ of habeas corpus tbe power of which ho pays he learns from congress bus con- ferred upon tbe President and says lhal ho is unwilling lo jee such powers entrusted to any living man lie objects lo ihc dis now enveloped in firo and smoke An en- lire bus been opened on iho rebel up the river It has been so far in driving the sharpshooters from of railroad depoi The engineers are now constructing bridges across the river The rebels still maintain their opposite upper bridges aro now passing Sumner's head en route to make a charge across the river at one of the upper fords WASHINGTON Dec 12 Times positively affirmed lhal Gov Hamillon of Texas sailed Banks The sonale oost has au lo report in favor o a proposition sounding for a line from San Francisco lo the riser Dec 11 It ie reported that Bragg gone to Mississippi nnd that Joe is iu of army of East U in Chattanooga Kas Tennessee has rebelled to avoid ibe con scription There aro numbers iu arras a Charlotte YORK Dec 12 A special from Washington to Ibe Phila Press dated yesterday stales iba private dispatches received to-night from says tho greater part o Franklin's division crossed safely throw ing out to those of Hooker's a picket advancing iho operations city on fire but i wna thought that most of tho would he saved skirmishing al day with our advance but gradually falling back our loss insignificant so far Dec 12 Senate aro unimportant Adjourned till Monday session Adjourned day till Monday ABMY or POTOMAC Dec A M J After occupying Ihu river front of tli cily last wo lost about 100 men i killed and wounded while driving the rebel through city They fired on our mei as they advanced through tho streets secreted in and behind bouses Not mue mercy was shown to those who were caught This morning a dense fog hid from view bul now his has partially The commenced moving a an early hour Mij Gen gran division leading tho uay in from c lo be followed by Muj Hook cr's grand division Gen Franklin's gran division which crossed nearly three mile below the city is nearly over Al a ter nine first gun was fired Th engagement lasted about half an hour th rebels not making a very spirited resis ancc It is thought the troops will all b over at noon Information received during the nigh and this morning from deserters and pris that the rebels have two stron of in ibe rear of cil ibe first ouo being one mile back and th second a mile from ibe first The whole is in rapid motion well The aro in ex spirits and anxious to be led on th filiation of grain and the diversion of the I enemy's works The enemy has school fund to war purposes and concludes by urging upon tho legislature the vital im- portance of bringing forth all the powers and resources of stale for the common defense of our country and our cause The Raleigh Standard says gentleman of this stale who lately escaped from Yankee lines informs us that while north he understood that n collection of forces nt Suffolk nnd by tho enemy was de- signed to advance upon ro and Raleigh He also says the o Wilmington in in the programme Il appears lhat union and freo labor meetings have been held in this city aud elsewhere for many weeks There was a wint river on Monda and his forces it is believed will giv battle Much will depend upon the of lo day All feel of success CAIRO Dec 12 Special to Chicago has bee understood nt Memphis that certain steam boats had permission from the lo trade down mid such trade ba been carried on for several weeks provi ions of all kinds being exchanged for CO ton It now turns out that all such is illicit and contrary to government regu lations An order from Helena for the arrest of all so engaged Several gunboats at Helen d six or eight of them Tho Lake City was taken with three hundred bales of col- on and a large amount of provisions ou oard Tho boat and cargo were valued at Gen R Mann has assumed land at Helena It is that Gen Stoele will ke tho field soon Another is of Generals Morgan and aro both t Memphis There is nothing later from Gen Grant's ruiy WASHINGTON Dec 11 Mr of Mo has -bo will introduce iu the bouse to the proposition of President oln to stale of Missouri That upon be adoption by that sialo of A era for tho abolition of cry therein to take on or before tho rut day of January United tales will provide for to syal owners ot slaves lo the extent of in Slates bonds redeemable i thirty years nnd will remove lo some lace out of be United States and o such of the emancipated slaves as shall cavo the stale WASHINGTON Doc 12 The navy department has received dis- from of tbo San dated St Thomas They contain full account of tho unsuccessful attempt o capture Ibe Alabama at que from which il would appear that e if any blame should to the com- of the San Jacinto It seems that e was notified in advance by governor f Martinique that if he stayed in the harbor the departure ol ibe Alabama he must 24 hours afterwards also that if ho loso lo watch for her outside it rauel be their jurisdiction that is more than marine league from the shore He of ourso preferred the latter course and left ie harbor afier arranging f the American lo signal im by rockets on the departure of the bania On a rainy and extremely dark igbt rockets from the Hampden d ibat iho rebel was under way nd the San Jacinto immediately in in the direction the signals ed but Iho Alabama was not to be found toals were then sent into the harbor to ako sure of her departure The to inquiry was that she was still lerc It Is to be added that shores of descend precipitately so thai a esiel can sail a throw of icm in tbe shadow of here iu reason to believe France will emand an apology from our government n account of the signals made in the or The story that San Jacinto is de- by tho French is of course d The committee of ways and means al agreed upon ion bills for tbe last year which reported on Monday They nro the rroy which be West Point which is essentially as sual and the which makes large especially or Now York harbor points on oast of Maine and and ports It is understood to be mention of to report all tbo hills Maj Gen Sedgwick has been assigned to he command ol army corps late nnd will join army Monday r Tuesday Gen Slocum whose re from Harper's Ferry southward formed of a general movement at a lale IOUT known lo be and Manassas CAIRO Doc 12 Nothing definitely is es to where he rebels in Mississippi fallen back o Report says have found Big Black river at fho rainy feason has commenced already and it is with great difficulty thai cannon and oan bo moved From General Dec 5 There is some to fear ainy season so much talked of bad ael HI One week ngo the roads the whole of thia portion of IUH slule were in excellent condition but the day on the army left Li Grange the overcast with clouds and we scarcely ibe sun on whole march rom Grange here The roads are in a fery bud condition and if this weather should continue five or eix dsys more the roads will bo almost impassable Tbe con of the roads together with the tie of waiting for supplies leaves bin prospect ol battle touke soon The rebellion is undoubtedly crushed state prisoner tba tt brought in says he is tired of the war and lhal is Ibo feeling of every sol dier in ibe army Along iho road to this place we every houso deserted From some the in mates bad taken nothing bul clothing their furniture At almost ever bouse found cribs full of corn and ty of fodder so thus fur tho army ha no lo get forage The character of the country is the sam as in Tennessee hilly and timbered beech and oak Tho lowns are usually like 1.4 Grange Holly Springs and Oxford built upon the of the bills which gives all interior towns an and extent o view from window and every strec corner The same writer in speaking of fortifications on tbe south bank of the Tal teller in which he the subject being dated the 1st on iho Tal Standing where we did the rebel looks as though it would have been perfect ly impregnable bad il been defended Iti no discredit lo bravery of our own sol diers to say ibut the wholo of Gen Grant army might have attempted in vain it by any approach Irom the northward ha these been defended by ovet len thousand determined men The ad vance of the two columns ot tbo army from Mills was not ihc cause of th rebel flight But seven miles to ward down tho river Ford which place iho advance guird of Sber man's column reached last evening Wlm fortifications ibe rebels have nt that place we have nol yel learned but in all proba nothing like the array o forts ditches and which wo fiu here Sherman's advance was lo some ex tent a surprise lo tho enemy They hai not lime to fortify and without tage knew could noi contend wit any of success So like their er works at Columbus nt Fort Pillow and of other places till labo on iho 1C feet high their ditches eight feel deep an as many wide have availed nothing Abbeville is Iwo miles couth of the river nnd wo jet stood on the breastworks n negro camo in who said be had left lown an hour before and that the last o ihc rebel army bad befor noon carrying with all of anil lery and stores From tbe fons on th south side as well as on tho north they have succeeded in carrying off everything aud the sum of our captures at ihi place was one small disabled field gun am a broken to one of tbe largo piece mounted in forta The President's emancipation lion has bad the effect to stulify the slave holders of vicinity They eeo in i evil and only evil The o out in bold relief and are preparing forthe loss of ever pesky nigger Tho wa known among ibc slave population as soo as it was by tho whites aud as sense o comprehension was about equipoise amon bolb classes tho proposed measure is pre ty well-understood They expect to los their niggers and tho niggers expect tbe papers nolens Sorno of the su gar Diggers those related of con taken lira by the forelock and expecting their emigra lion to the packed n leir wardrobes and taken farewell of their bidding goodbye end by roe aro DO doubt enjoying their freedom in de in doing tbe in the hotels dining rooms Ac Others on tho contrary such I meet ay after day bare waited patiently until masters have deserted them and then i tbe bosom of father icy seek their freedom which their to As our army ad- we find hundreds of leso irrepressibles who have been left be- ind by their fugitive masters lo most uses they aro destitute of provisions bul ml is readily afforded them besides tbe ay of ten dollars a month on joining Chap aiu Eaton's cotton picking corps which I need cot say is eagerly raced As for tlie rebels they have again d last ditch They are Bying to the Somehow or another they even if they can There appears o be no fight in them They are in a ure demoralised Their generals know lis perfectly Wo have hitherto discarded 10 idea believing to be as food fight ng stock as our northern troops but now wo must believe that ere naught but n mob nonce it is tbat they avo been so completely whipped by in tost cases half their numbers at almost very point Hence it is tbat after lug pell mcll into and Oxford their thins lo place a river be- ween them and their pursuers a la the rroy of they have o get out again by back door and for tbe mountains There is doubt bnt after series of reverses uring tbe past two months that they are rantic wilb sod routed whipped There can be ig loft of but a rabble a crowd For Ibo The Monitor and Messrs naturally the condemns my answer to his inter- as a stupid and very refuses the proper raeni for tho enlightenment Now I shrewdly that tbo great of tbat article consists in ils illness I hardly think myself lhat it will vor find ils way into a national reader as a model of classic literature yet I do know bat every statement it contains is rue and this of course in of of tho Monitor would 10 sufficient to stamp it wilb the seal of stu Like all of its iribe tbe Monitor ias labored so to fir tho re- ponsibility.of ibis democratic rebellion the canso of both high and notcc upon Abraham Lincoln nnd the republican larty he has become dead lo all tbe instincts of our nature to lim and them has become stale and of no account whatever Astonishment is lost in indignation when wo realize lhal ibis parly lo which those men aro so lost lo shame as lo glory in belonging and are laboring so lo bring again into power is tually in rebellion nnd laboring to destroy the very government they have ruled so Ouo half or more of the democratic is actually in arms seeking by vio euce and bloodshed to overthrow the gov end to destroy the Union and A arge number of the other half are doing all they can by embarrassing the govern ment and thwarting its plans to insure the success of these traitors and yet they b the matchless to charge tbo re publican party with being the cause of nl our troubles and Rtk iho people to again restore the democratic party to power Can human impudence and audacity g rther Why of for office should ask for tbe rocks and mountain to fall on and hide forever In stead of bearing fulse witness against tb republican party they thould cover with sack cloth and ashes and point perpetual mourning bands up on mouth and in the dus they should cry unclean I an God may them fo never If I had any hopes of Ibe Monitor would call its lo the fact tba Thomas Jefferson of 1812 repeatedly urged upon the government th policy of issuing treasury notes to suppl its wants instead of resorting to loans B proved most that it would be cheaper and safer and was both lional and expedient but the teaching of Jefferson arc discarded by he party it would be casting pearls so I It is curious to re mark however that the Tory same finan cial phenomena which cow ao which tbe Monitor ascribes solely lo the in of existed then the exception probably of balance tickets These aro a new devic to fill a vacuum caused by the boarding an sale of silver change the proprietors of th Monitor themselves it ie eaid lo make vacuum nnd then contributing to fill it with their ow If rumor be not a fa more graceless liar than she is represented lo be tbe editors of the Mon tor as ibe of Palmer's Te and Dmg sold a large amount c silver as soon as it became scare enough in ihc market to command n suff premium to satisfy their cupidity an then flooded Ihc cily checks which costs only ib printing and which they ia proprietors a printing office can issue at less Ihan neighbors who pay regular prin ing prices Of c this does not necessarily disprove Ibe anxiety of these conscientious financier for tbe people to handle a little gold nn silver now aud but it proves conclu sively that they are entirely willing that th people pay well for the privilege Andrew Palmer A Co arc The oppressed and overburden ed people can have a will pay Andrew Palmer 10 per for il or a higher rale if the market com it and ihen take one of bis JVc Balance checks in discharge of an indebtedness doe from him to them Ye iiy bis financial operations accord well wit his political schemes nnd principles But to return from this digression Th government al ibal lime aud for years be fore and after was in tho hands of th democrats democrats loo not sham acd traitors like Jeff Davis end hu ern tools yet the banks were all in a slat of suspension gold silver WAS not t be bad of all denomination flooded tho country prices were inflated all the necessaries of life were dearer ihan they now are and prices o labor were no higher Taxes were just burthensome and government contractor just as dishonest These ore all lo a stale of war Very deplorable it u not tie republican party Mr found the rebellion on bis hen he took tbe of elate and there s not n republican in tbe traitor yel bero are scoundrels calling scattered all over tbe north wbo in stultifying themselves by ug it upon the republican Tbo Monitor is overflowing wilb y for tbe This is all proper arc grievous to be borne but t should oot permit its excessive or one class of sufferers to him lo ml of others equally as meritorious and much moro needy Tbe sick nnd wounded in our hospitals and t home are deserving of not only iy but assistance and must have it Why be put in a plea for Ob cot aat will cost let tbe nigger will take care of them If Iho Monitor man to know bow o bring this war to a speedy close shorten be reign of and restore I can tell him Let him end all the ither bowling Dervishes of tbe democratic into Jeff Davis and bit crew as they have into Mr Lincoln and the republican party and it will one If the leaders of tbe democracy hud put forth half tbe effort to subdue his rebellion that they have to defeat iho party it would bare been rushed long ago Bnt tbe men wbo now control tbo democratic Woods the Ryans the Coxes and tbe do cot wish to subdue the els wish to subdue the Union met and then lake tbe rebels to arms and restore them to place and power ia as clearly apparent as if it was written tbe heavens with a sunbeam But bave faith lo believe Ibat they are to disappointed The ides of January are near at hand Rosccrans Grant Butler and I hope Fremont are in earnest and moving There can be no doubt about Ibe result Bul I must close or Ibe Monitor will charge me with being windy to Fon Editors take ure in calling the of to the fact tbat Messrs end f ibc Illinois volunteers bare in con- with their business as mail established a general agency be- tween Cairo and Forta Donelson As my dutien relate wholly to the mails of these I have had occasion to become well acquainted gentlemen and can cheerfully recommend their promptness as general carriers nnd nil express matter entrusted to core will be faithfully attended lo Many of our friends I'D Wisconsin woold gladly aid their friends or relatives in the regiment could be sure of safe trans- heretofore uncertain there were no responsible at Cairo to forward lo the regiment In way whole loads of express matter have been left to waste or destroy Persons availing themselves of op- should be careful to consign express to care Kearney 4 Cairo or also to send receipts by mail to either of those places or ut Fort Henry Tennessee L P P M tt Fort Tbe Gazelle attempts to shield end us corrupt partisan followers by invective tbe editors of the Monitor It makes no explication or denial of tbe charges thai the county board have dered a large amount of the people's money upon its favorites and tbat the editors of the Gazette come in for a very considerable share of ihc plunder If lied for of ils party it might save from by bye frank acknowledgement of the corruptions frauds of which they stand convicted Own up frankly gentlemen No one out of of- fice can sympathise wilb you in tbe feelings which prompt your personalities the Monitor because the Monitor bad ibe independence to espouse tbe cause of ibe nnd expose jour peculation on the treasury You will get no ihy from the people in jour attacks upon Whatever might be onr own to pass without reply the charges of the Monitor aa regards ourselves we do not feel at liberty to iu opon ths county board in silence Each ber of that board is at least the peer of Andrea the in integrity and in good reputation and we cow de- mand of tho Monitor to make good iu charges by specifications and proofs or stand convicted as a deliberate end malignant libeller For ourselves we hero already characterised iu statements in re- lation us as lies with full appreciation of the nature and disgrace of Ibat epithet aod proved them so by record This tiro impeachment of ils out a repetition of iu An arrogant affectation of superior and a self-vaunted espousal of- tbe cause of the will not shield it from consequences of ila malicious and unfounded charges Ibe county boud or officers or overawe the public verdict on its in ob- Ihc county and city printing not license it in end fraud to those who enjoy or it when everbody knows that the of its proprietor end the tenacity with ho claims every due him whether it be Ibe legal for advertising or a fair compensation fer job printing would have made his own bills quite as large as our own for the vices rendered After its unequivocal charges of peculation it cannot save itself com contempt or con- by silence and we defy it to the investigation A Washington dispatch thai he President has written e letter to Hora- tio Seymour urging him to drop attention lo parly interests end lo concern somewhat for Ibo interests of tbe nation dwelling on the sufferings of Ibc closing of the Mississippi river expressing iho hope Ibat New York will he able to alleviate the sufferings somewhat by preventing railroad and re- ducing tho present enormous on freight It appears to be a rious document is responsible for il 1 Wbo inaugurated accused Mot Abraham the the Mr man of Missouri offered a resolution silion lo the President's It was rejected of yi to Solomon unlike cavalry He was not a raid like out ol n
