Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1862 — Page 2

One thiiig is certain if these Republicans maintain the power 111 Congrese, uur Government, with constitutional libertj, is gone forever. If jou returt to the next Congress conservative saen, who ire anxious unly to preserve the Constitution, e .ire sale, and the old ship of State will Und ii a safe harbor, where w can find protection. The stake we are playing for now is infinitely greater thin we ever played for before. If the Republican party is retained in power in Congress we ire gone. If we send a different class of men to jv can but lose all, and the? in iv save all. This much I will say for Illinois we intend tu maintain t ur ground in that Sute. We shall ad Tauce our line somewhat; and I think that when we shall c tne to present these great issues to our people, dutj to the dead, duly to ourselves, and duty to thoe who are to come after us, will rally around us men enough to drive most of these men from Congress in the Sute of Illinois. One (hi ig I know will be done the issue trill be presented. It will be presented in no cowardly, truckling spirit. It will be presented by men who are tot afraid to speak their true sentiments, with the panoply of American citizens around them. My fel ow citizens, I can hardly express to you my feelings when I have seen these terrible disasters coining upon my country, and when I reflected thai her free institutions were al! the heritage I tave to bestow upon my children I have seea more ot the good results that have flowed fr m our institutions more of prosperity and happiness among my fellow citizens than many mtn of my day. And now, in the decline of life, w ith a sun tending towards the twilight; no longe with a vigorous arm to defend or SSMÜ, I shall ;nde.vor cheerfully to accept whatever the Aim ghty may place upon me. But if it is in the prvidence of God that he is to punish us with afflictions, to destroy oar Government, then I care not how soon the summons m i y come to go hence. I would not desire to live longer. Hence it is that I say that in the discarge of the duty bef reour peoplethere is no power on earth that shU prevent me from telling plainly and candidly what I think ought to be done for the welfare jf our beloved country. But not only does every consideration of patriotism uige us to the vigorous prosecution of this war, if restricted to its legitimate objects, but every consideration of interest also. As for me, I feel that all that I hold dear is at stakt all is inrolved in the safety of my country, and I would be willing even now to close my eyes forever, if I knew that I was bequeathing to my children, unimpaired the civil libertie which I have enjoyed under the Constitution. 1 desire to live long enough to sec peace restored over all the laud, from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. I desire to see all my country meu worship-. ing once more at the same altar, and all united in the effort to transmit to posteri y unimpaired the glorious privileges won for us by the blood of our patriotic ancestors. Loud cheers My 'ellow citizens, you have doubtless heard a great tlral of talk about the President's proposition in regard to the emancipation of all the blacks iu the .--lave States of this Union. The practical effect of the adoption of that measure will be neithet more nor less than to enslave the white roan in order that the negro may go free. Even now, my hard working, honest fneud, must you toll firm early morn till dewy eve. day after day, in onl-?r to pay the taxes which have betn im posed ipon you; but if you had to work side by with the freed slaves of the South, as the Presi dent would have you do if they were permitted to cone into competition with you and thereby reduce your alreidy scanty earnings, you would not be able to pay your taxes at all. A word or two about these treasury notes. I sunpoe you have, most of you, seen them; per haps you have one of them in your pocket now. The Government has kindly given us these notes in order to assist us in paying our taxes. Ltughter Well this is all very well; but we must not forget that sooner or later pay day must come. No uation in the world has ever maintained its independence that repudiated its debts. Although Great Britain is more heavily burdened than our Government, still she pays her three per cent of of interest punctually year after year. We of course must pay the interest on our debts if we can t ot pay the principal; and. in order to do that, taxation must increase the country must groan beneath a mighty load Now, so far as we of the Western States are conc-jrned, these Yankees down East have shrewdly managed to get us pretty well taxed already, in advance, so to speak. They are exceed ngly sharp fellows those Yankees. Why. my Irieud. you never supposed, did you, that all theit professions of solicitude in regard to the welfare of the negro were sincere? Not a bit of it. Tbey are merely "running" the negro because they can make money on him nothing else I assure you. Laughter. And so far tbey bavu succeeded pretty weil. They pot forty six millions of dollars from the Government last yen for making arms, and managed so. as to give as t ie taxes to pay by way of compensation for not being equally favored with them in the mat ter f contracts. Laughter The effect of the war is, that we are selling all our home produc tioi.s much ruorecheiply than usual, while the Yankee gets a little more than usual for all of his. Now, these Yankees are able to support themsel' e-i just about thirty days out of three hun drei and sixty five they are dependent upon the Wst the remainder of the time; and yet they ex reise a very powertul influence at Washington City. Where the Yankees pv three per cent, by war of taxes, we pay tive. They have probably as many men in the field as Indiana or Illinois thy have mil the contracts. They are getting rici; we are not. Fellow citizens, that should be corrected. The Government should be just to all its parts It is a disgrace to the Governmut that while we of the West have more population, as much wealth, and a great deal more geiuine devotion to the ui-e of the Union and th Constitu'ioii, we should lie made "hewers of wcsmI and drawers of water" to the inhabitants of anotlier section of our country. But how do they manage to do all this? The ar wer is plain. Tliese eastern men are all Re pt.blicans A Ke'ii aw is elected to Congress frim the West from Indiana or Illinois, and when he goes and takes his seat in the House or tl e Senate, if he begins to show the least disposition to think for himself, and do what is best ft his constituents at home, those men who are 1 aders ot that party in Congress go to him and trll him. "if yvu do not vote for and with your pirty, you will not be regarded as loyal to the Government." It is thus, my fellow-citizens, that you destroy your own interests when you place a Republican in power. Mr. Richards s speech, like the others, called forth the loudest applause at iu completion, with cheers on cheers for Illinois. The following resolution was passed by accla-

Rssolced That the Democracy of Indiana tender to Hon. C. A. Wickiiffe, Hon. John S. Car Hie and Hon. W A. Richardson, their sincere thanks for tne statesmanlike and patriotic speeches ileh veren to them this day. Mr. Hkxdkices apologised for the absence of Mr. CBiTTKNDkM. That gentlemen tad written jo My that his heart was with the Convention, nd be heartily indorsed the movement, but una roidable circumstances prevented him from being präsent. Mr. Htxnaicas then read a letter from Captain Be.njami Hauisoü , of the 70tb regiment, calling the attention of the Convention to the subject of recruiting in Indiana. Mr. Hindere said the Democracy were ready to respond to the demands of the Government with men and money, aad he earnestly directed the subject matter ot the letter to the members ot the Convention. Loud calls were made for Mr. Voomees. Mr. Vooshku, in response, spoke with his usual ability. He renewed the conduct of the Republican party on toe agitating subjects which had brought the country to the verge of rain, and denounced the selfishness and short sighted im becility that had directed their conduct. There was mismanagement iu every brauch of the pubbe service, and nothing but the triumph of the people, the sovereigns of the land, over these unfaithful and dishonest servants, could save the cooniry from the gulf of desolation surrounding it. He spoke of the couduct of the war and eulogwed Gen. McClellav ss a cool headed and able leader. Be was left to struggle in the face of an overwhelming force of the enemy and his prayers for aid iu bis hour of trit.1 were scoffed at or pssssd coldly by. The; met do response in the heart of pMMi V' SM not go over the ground of Mr. Voobsjees's speech bot it was able, pointed and wu received with vociferous HJ"The Morgan County Agricultural Society will bold ite lltb annual fair at Contertoo.on lhe -M day of September, and continue until the 5tb

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lO.X DAY . AI GIST 4 Eleventh District. The Democracy of the Eleventh District will meet at Kokomo. ol Thursday, August the 21st, to nominate a candidate for Congress. Mr. Cwrlilc'a Speer li The report of the speech of Mr. Caul ilk before the Democratic Mass Meeting of the 30th of July has been sent to him for revision. As soon as it is returned we will publish it. Second District. The Democratic Congressional Convention for nominating a Representative, to be supported at the ensuing electiou, will be held at the city of j New Albany, ou Thursday, the 14th day of August, 1863. Correction. An error was made in the printing of the 12th r, . 1 1 1 r i. i ti riti..M! bv flip f.is I .it v cht urn of flip - . , . , 30th July. Its design was to indorse the resolu- . . . - . , . tions adopted by the conservative members of . , . r . .. , , , . , Congress just before its adjournment, and which , . -. ti i.were prepared bv Mr. Crittk.npex. 1 he resolu . . . . . . . tions referred to were adopted al a meeting held on the of June. 1862, and not on the 22d j day of January, 1861. as printed in the resolu , tj I Danger of Foreign Intervention. The Watkins (N. Y ) Republican ol the 27th , ult. savs "Hon. A. S. Dives told us on Thursday . J l evening that he had the express authority ol Secretary Seward to tell the people that he had ' r r told the representatives of foreign nations Irom r time to time that the rebellion would be crushed , out, and that, in order to prevent intervention in ' 1 lavor oi me reoeinon, ne nau now muieu a nine so short that he dared not make it public, and tha such intercention could not be prevented but by an imtnediute response to the call for 300,000 men." Defcnne of itiehmond. The coi respondent of the New Yoik Herald, writing from Baltimore, gives a detailed description of the defenses of Richmond, including twenty eight forts surrounding it on every bide near our aimy, beginiug on the north side of James river, west of Richmond, and. coming round with the sun. Irom left to right. He says many of these are very strong and beautifully finished, commanding every avenue of approach; a lew are yet incomolete, but extraordinary exertions are making to finish them; and they are all defended by heavy guns, many ot them rifled and of the most approved pattern. The same correspondent says there is no lack of ammunition, shells and ball, large quantities of each having been recently received from England, and more constantly arriving, notwithstanding the vigorous blockade of the coast. The. Best Policy to .Hake the Army Kffectlx e. Gen. RumssiDE, in his recent trip North, re marked "that all is going on well if you will on ! ly fill up theol 1 regiments " And Gen. McClkl ! lax, in a late letter to the Governor of Maine said that fifty thousand recruits to fill up the old regiments would be better than one hundred thousand organized in new. We believe the bet ter policy now would be to first fill up the old regiments. The officers and men who compose the latter have seen service, have had the experience which it will take time for the new to acquire, with the advantage of being in the field ready for duty. One hundred and fifty thousand men atouce added to the old regiments would be equal to double the number in new regiments. Why shall not this policy bo adopted? The only objection we have urged agvinst it is. that those enaged in niising men under the late call of the President must be provided with satisfactory positions in the service to itidu.e them to labor. If this be true it is compensation, not pit riotism, which tempts them to discharge a dutywhich all should gladly render, if possible with out reward. We trust this appeal of the Generals ) in the field will be heeded and if it is responded to, as it can be, the armies iu Virginia can be reinforced, in the most effective way they can be, with one hundred and fifty thousand men in at least thirty days. In a crisis like the present all considerations of interest. ud ambition should be surrendered to the higher obligations of patriotism. We hope Indiana will take the lead in offering the men she is now raising to fill up the old regiments and thus add at once to the effi ciency ot the army in the field. A Double-Headed Argument. In Governor Wright's "great war speech," of the 15th ot July, as the Republican patters term it, we find the following, which is eminently worthy of general consideration: 1 have a letter betöre me, written in the South, ; from a gentleman that I have known tor many I years, and 1 purpose now to read an extract from ; it in relation to Gen Halleck's order No. 3. My j friend writes as follows: It ! Im'Ic s iknUr .i 'A Vi.'is lrilli.il al ln-isf 10 i 000 of your western soldiers. You cat: see theiu j in every car, and on the corners of every street, j At Hamburg, fourjniles above Pittsburg Lind- . ing, there were 2.4UO soldiers sick, and 601) had 1 i JL. . -- ,i j i . ., been taken awav the dav betöre we were there ! I saw detachments of our troops making roads 1 in the hot sun; I saw the boats unloaded bv

them; and, in fact, young men, noble men, who ,, .... . had sprung to arms to save the country, were 1 he,e rtre cer,Hm w,,u,d be rwt Jie" who "re performing labor which was euough to break traversing the country, professing to be influ down the constitution of the strongest; and I euced by the inspiration and council of Doto did not see a sinule black man at work at , any of Wh-t djd hJ h ; the landings on the I eiiuessee or Cumberland ' r rivers; but I did see two stout tellows blacking Chicago: "We must not invade constitutional the boote of rebel prisoners on boaru the steamer ' rights. The innocent must not suffer, nor woUncle Sam, at Pittsburg Landing " I n)en BIld children be the victims. Savages must This is the authority ot a gentleman I can ! . . . . , ... r , e m u uot be let loose. l et some ot thee verv men vouch lor as a man ol respectability. He sent me anotlier fact. He inclosed me a iist 476 men ; are recommending extermination. W hat a libel

who were then on board one steamer must of upon the memory of Douglas! Let us not disI whom were from my own State and Ohio; and gritce lhe American name bv permitting any one out ot the whole list but thre were wounded in j i battle. They were all afflicted with the disease 10 even "re compelled to resort to such an j of that country, as shown from the list opposite infamous measure to conquer a toe vastly inferito each name, and but three were wounded. or H number, in arms i equipments, shut out Thus itpears that the labor iu building forti fm the world by the blockade of their ports, ficatiuns, roads, kc, under a Southern sun, with compelled to rely solely upon their own interm-.l the diseases incident to the Southern States, are j resourcfes, whilst we have the whole world tiibuj doing more to kill and disable our soldiers than tary to us. No, as we have before said, let the ; any other cause. This is a strong argument, if j President proclaim and adhere to the policy set any be needed, for the employment of the negro : 0rth iu the Ceittenoex resolution, adopted bv in all the menial and laborious service of the Congress ou the 22d day of July, lb61 . and camp and fortifications. But is likewise an ar- ! then call upon the people for men enough to ; gumeut equally forcible iu another diiection. crU!h out tK rebel armies. This done, punish 1 The attempt is being made to turn the war into the leaders, invite the people back to their al-

i one of extermination, killing ail the white in-

j habitants of the South, and peopling it with a J lT aod protection of all their rights under the new race. It is demonstrated by actual exper- j Constitution, and there will be some hope of a i iment that the hardy sons of the North can not j reunited eotntry. the return of prosperity and i successfully, by their own labor, cultivate the , cuminued progress in national greatness. A polSouthern soil; hard labor, then, according to lhe ! icT of lni, kitMj the o-.alled "Union" party, at

testimony Governor Wsiout furnishes, will break down the constitution of the strongest. An in telligent officer, connected with Gen. Hali.ece's

staff, loUi us a few weeks ago, that uot a man in pledged themselves to aid with men and mouey that division of the army would agree to lake 300 j iu ln- f0owjllg words: "which (as they say) is acres ol land in the best county in Mississippi, and I nol being waged upon the part of our Governagree to cultivate it wilb his own and white labor j meni for the purpose of conquest, subjugation or Bey ond controversy it is the labor of the black the overthrowing or interfering with the rights man alone which is adapted to the tropical sun. or established institutions of anv of the States, And it is also another tact equally capable of . but to suppress and put down a wicked and causedemonstration, that that labor - a be made less rebellion, .'elend and maintain the supremacy productive only by compulsion; that it can not 0f the Constitution, and to preserve the Union as be made to add to the wealth and comfort of the established by our patriotic fathers, with all the nation and the world except by force. A ne dignity, equality and rights of the several States

gro idea of liberty is freedom Irom labur. That is bis conception of paradise. Free from constraint, necessity alone will induce the black race to raise from the soil barely sufficient for sub sistence. The history ot Africa illustrates m0mt completely this position. It has been only in a state of servitude, and by the surrounding influences of a civilized and superior race, that the

negro has progressed at all in civilization and Christianity. Col. Bicklc in a late speech in this city, the New York Tribune of a recent date, and that class of fanatics generally, demand that the war shall be prosecuted to exterminate the white peo-v pie of the rebel States. We protest against such an infamous proposition as at war with civiliza-

1 tiou, Christianity, manhood and every material, as well as moral, interest of the nation. We are making history for our children. Shall it be one of honor to which they can point with pride as not recording any act of inhumanity, or shall our hitherto proud escutcheon be tarnished with deeds of infamy . such as proposed by the Tribune and which will make the acts of tyrants which we have hitherto, as a people, denounced with vebeinence, respectable in comparison? Kebel atrocities are no justification for even similar retaliatory acts on our part. If they become inhuman it is no reason, that we should become savage. There is no necessity for a savage warfare. Let the President announce that the war is for the single object of putting down the . . rebellion and restoring the Union, leaving all coi " . lateral issues to he detei mined after peace is es r tablished, and then rising te a comprehension of " 1 the magnitude of the rebellion and of the means to to Pr' t riotU,m r his country men lo put a million ot mvn promptly in the field, and we know that the peopie with unanimity and enthusiasm will respond. But w,wl gowJ motie , exU.rmiating llie re of WUh wh:t ew whl(, Mce , . , , - can we people it who can cultivate its soil? ... . f . TT . All of the southern portion of the Lnion that . ... , . .,, , , is adapted to white labor will, ere long, from , . . . . . ... natural causes, be occupied with white men, . . . . .... In our judgment, if we should destrov the ,. . . .. .. w . , , white population of the rebel Mates, and oc cupy it with an equal number of white Abolitionists from the North, it would be but a few years before there would grow up an equal diversity of interest and sentiment as now ex ists, which if not accommodated, would require similar means to those now beintr employed to overcome. The controversy iu which the nation is engaged, the difficulties which environ us. should be considered from a common sense stand point, not with prejudice and passion. Whv do we wish to retain the territorv of the : rebellious States within our domain? We grant that the glory of empire has its influence. This sentiment has controlled in every ae of the world. But this is not the only consideration that does or should govern. Why h is emigration been attracted hither from the oppressed Governments of the old world? Freedom of thought, opinion and speech has been a powerful motive no doubt.but none the less the desire to im prove personal condition. Here the avenues to wealth and honor have been opened to talent, honesty and energy alike Freedom from taxation ami burdens of Government and the enterprise which tlie-e exemptions fostered have given to lalor a reward unequalled in any other nation. These are the causes which have operated to develop our progress, prosperity and greatness, such as no other people have ever achieved The Southern Suites have contributed largely to these re suits. Her productive industry, far more than other interest, has supported the commerce of the nation, which is the main source of every nation's wealth. It has the soil, the climate and the labor to raise one product which has and can control the commerce of the world, if not de stroyed. That product, in its manufacture, furnishes employment to myriads ot our own labor ers and those of other nations. And the articles manufactured from cotton live become not only a comfort, but a necessity to the whole world. Will not any sensible man admit that it will be the height of national folly to destroy, wipe out, this great source of national wealth and happiness? Where then the statesmanship, the political sagacity, the common sense in making, as it is proposed, the country which alone can produce this staple, and that too with its present system I of labor, a howling wilderness? It is not only cotton, but rice, sugar and tobacco, raised by ser j vile labor, that contributes largely to our national wealth und power. The idea of extermination is not only evidence of stupidity, but insanity. It is no greater fully than for a mau toset fire to his own possessions to gratify a revenge against a neighbor What cn e gained by destroying the very sources of j wf:,hh which have made us rank with the first powers of the earth? Would it not be national suicide so to do? If we had the power to exterminate every white inhabitant of the rebel States, 'n what way could it advance the honor or the interests of the nation? We should lose eight millions of while population, set free four millions of savages who would be a burden instead of an advantage, deprive the nation of the im mense yearly taoductive wealth of the devastu ted territory, and iu addition create a public debt j which would be a consuming mortgage upon the I property and the industry of the entire population j of the North. What madness, what stupdity. ; whal fo!l t,,e sv'ge proposition of extermination. And such a crime might be retaliated ; Wltn a retributin equally terrible. It could not . . . . .. i be attempted even withi.ut mutual atrocities Irom r tlie anticipation of which even, every sane iniud will recoil with horror. legiance, assuring them, if need be, of the securitheir Slate Convention on the ltsth of June last, announced war the side object of the war. The j rigorous prosecution of such a war its members unimpaired, and when these objects are fully accomplished, and not before, we believe the war ought to cease." Among the released sick and wounded prisoners sent from Richmond en the 28th of July were Marion Baker and James Dixou, of company O, th Indiana, and H. McNally, company F, same regiment

The Convention. ' The Journal of Friday iu commenting upon the Convention of the 30th of July, says: The whole affair was, therefore, an expression of hostility to the Administration, without any expression ot hostility to the rebels. The best answer to this lying declaration is the actiou of the Convention itself. The third resolution reads thus: That the Constitution, the American Union, and the laws made under and by the authority of the Constitution, mi"t lie preserved and main tained in their proper and rightful supremacy that the rebellion now in arms against them must be suppressed and put down, and that it is the duty of all good citizens to aid the General Government iu all measures necessary and proper to that end. The rebellion against the Constitution, the American Union, and the laws made under and by the authority of the Constitution, must be suppressed and put down, says the Convention. Is

that not expression, a most decided expression, of hostility to the rebels? Did the so called "Union" Convention express itself in terms more dec ideal? The Convention also declared that it is the duty of all good citizens to aid the General Government in all measures necessary and proper to put down the rebellion Yet the Journal charges that the entire proceedings of the Convention were an expression of hostility to the Adminis trat ion. We fail to see any foundation tor its charge. But the Journal is dissatisfied because the De mocracy will not furnish all the men necessary to fill Indiana's quota under the recent call ol the President. Of the sixty or seventy thousand j men Indiana has sent to the field, at least tourfifths are Demociats. It is certaiuly no more . than right that the Kepublicaiis should furnish an equal number, especially as in officering and j contracting, iu the positions of honor and profit they have had the liou's share. The Republican organ, while professing "no parlvism," looks at the war, and the means for I its prosecution, only through partisan spectacles. : It savs: If the army is not recruited, the rebels will be ; strong enough to deleat the Goveri.ment. If i. j is recruited, it will be solely from the ranks of . the Union men, and that increases by thousands ; of votes their chances of acquiriug ower which thev mean to use at once to give the rebellion tree course ami final success. And then it adds: We don't believe, we know, that the mei who are leading this movement would use the first moment of power to gie the rebels ail they de maiided, and that is their purpose as surely as God lives. What is the meaning ot these lying declara lions? Nothing less than to advise the Kepnblicans to cease recruiting and stav at home to retain partisan power. That is the sum and sub- - . . . . stance of its appeal. It would like to see the army filled up entirely with Democrats, to h ive , them make all the efforts and sacrifices necessary to overcome the rebellion, and let such KepubliI cans as the editor of that print stay at home to be benefitted thereby. It is high time that the men ! who talk the loudest upon street corners about the 1 necessity and duty ot suppressing the rebellion, j should illustrate their boasted patriotism by facing the foe and taking part iu the toil and privations necessarv to accomplish that result. The logic of the Journal is as much at fault as ite facts. It charges disloyalty upon the Democracy and sym pathy w ith the rebellion, and then censures them for not recruiting, or rather for not tilling up the . ,. . . ... : r. oi us u mal us p.ui ina iav ai Home n miows J that it utters a most infamous falsehood when it : says the Democracy would use the first moment ! of power to give the rebels ail thev demanded i ,,,, ,. ... . ; W hatever diflerence ol opinion may exist as to the cause and necessity of the war, they recog- ' nize the fact that "war exists" and that it is the I duty of all good citizens to aid the General Gov ! ernment iu all measures neeessary and proper to put down the rebellion. This duty they will, as j they have, cheerfully render. What constitutes the rebellion? Is it not dis- ' obedience to the Constitution and the laws? If j we disregard the Constitution anil the laws do we j not become equally criminal with the rebels? I The Democracy want to uphold the Constitution, uot overthrow it; they desire to preserve the Union, not destroy it, and they wish to secure to the citizen that individual liberty and treedom of opinion that until now has been the distinguish ing and attractive feature of American institutions. To secure these ends they will make every sacrifice, but they can have no sympathy with a policy which looks to the destruction of constitutional liberty. The Journal, as a representative of the public sentiment like it. is unable to comprehend the motives of lhe Democracy. We know thai but one consideration influences them, and that is to presc.-ve both liberty and the Union the incom parable blessings which the American people know from experience flows fnm a free, constitutional Government. The Democracy arepow erless in the prosecution of the war, and all they demand is that it shall not be conducted solely to n , , ... , secure a Government, but the Government under which for thtee quarters of a century we attained power, wealth and happiness unequalled by any other nation -ose CgTThe Pittsburg, Fort Wavne and Chicago Railroad Company have set an example worthy . .... aa an praise ano ot universal iinuauon ' j Board of Directors resolved to contribute $12. ! 000 to lhe several counties in the diffeient States through which their road runs, to be expended in bounties to volunteers under the President's call lor 300,000 additional troops. Sprxcin Coi.-xtv The Democratsof Spencer county held their Convention at Kockport on last Saturday, and nominated the following excellent ticket: Representative, James Llmonds; Treasurer Pol Jons- W ('rooks: Sheriff". John Wol-

. u g. i- .. straw. It comes trom a class so embiilcted m 1. 1 . The nominees are all men ol sterling worth I .... ... . ... their partisan preiudtces that they would revile and unimpeachable integrity and patriotism; and ...CI . ii . . 1 Christ himself if he was titton earth, und did not in their election S pencer county will secure the , n.i . r ii .i - as I hosannahs to the Republican partv. I he services ol men competent for all their offices. I r ,. .... i.i, i . T, . Louisville Denujcrut, iu noticing the misrepreI hev will be elected bv a large majority, i he i r " . . senlations ot the convention, remarks: Convention, are iniormed, was one ol the ..... , , , , , e publish this morning the speech ot the largest and most enthusiastic county meetings Uo c A Wlckliffe HU., in UiUer to ever held at Rockjiort. i correct misappieheusions created by the telegraph - dispatches. There is a party North whose mis from .tletnpliii und the Kouth. ; sion it is now to set down as rebels who don't folThe lollowing are the special dispatches to the ' the dominant paity in their radical measures, Chicago Times, dated Memphis, Julv 2f: who don't keep silent whilst, under loud proLate advices from the South by rebel sources j fessions of Union, they pursue their radical and are somewhat important. unconstitutional party schemes. Ten iron clad gunboats, built in England, and j The real frieuds of the Union are not to be lullv equipped, have arrived off" Mobile harbor, cheated that way, nor lied out of countenance by and'siunaled Fort Moriran. Three move are on ! the telegraph.

i the way. These constitute the fleet ordered )y the Southern Confederacy to be purchased in E i I rope. Thev mount from ten to thirty guns euch, j and are said to be mailed with six inch iron, be'"K regular war steamers in every sense of the word. General Brajzg has been telegraphed to furuiah 35(1 sMinen lo man them with, and orders ine being dispatched over the whole Confederacy r .... . ft supplies and munitions to furnish them equip ment The commanders will be selected from ofli cers of the old United States navy who joined the Coiilederaus service and have been idle tor want of a fleet. Their armament consists of the most approved modem artillery, and each boat is constructed with a view to ram i ei vice The blockade was run openly by dint of supe j rior strength and weight of motal, and Mobile is considered to be open to lhe world with tne sup port of her newly acquired power. The remain ing vessels will be on soon. The above is from an authentic source aud is entitled to belief. ' The cargo ot the ship which lately ran the blockade at Charleston was sold at Augusta, Georgia, last week. It consisted of ammuni tion, arms and assorted goods. The cargo cost $.MMI,04KI, and sold for $1 ,600,000. The rebels aay tbey have mora arms aud ammunition than they in .

The greatest enthusiasm is said to prevail among the reliels, who are now more confident than ever of success at Richmond, and the large increase of their army gives them the belief that they will receive aid from abroad, while they feel an inherent strength at ho mo that thev never felt before. The conscription brings in thousands of recnts daily. About seven hundred reigees from Memphis are at Grenada, c-ganizing themselves into guerrilla parties. They are furnished with their equipments from Mississippians. and are designed principally to operate against Memphis. Intelligence was received last night that Grand Junction is in the hands of Gen. Bragg. 1 cau uot sute the fact with certainty, but 1 know that he is movtrTg with his armv, which numbers probably 60,000 men. it not more. Gen Grant's army i concentrated at Corinth, which, if the above news is true, places the rebels between him and Memphis. There is a large force here. A man named Dr. Seftridge. tormerly a resident of Memphis, but lately from the North, was captured, with six thousand dollars in gold, last

week, with which he was buying cotton. He 19 ! at Grenada, in company with a number of cotton j traders who have been picked up by guerrillas. I he rebels got niteen or twenty thousand dollars out of these adventurers. Nearlv all the ven tured out have been picked up. -M i Mi ii.s. July 28. v'via Cairo. July 30 ) I have the Grenada Appeal of the 24th and 25th. The former contains a detailed account of the last fight at Yicksburg, dated the 22d, which is since the reported capture of the Arkansas Oy Federal rams. There is no truth iu that report. 1 send you the papers. The Arkansas still lies under the batteries, and is uot injured to anv extent. The correspondent of the Mobile jYrtcs says: "The enemy is evidently in constant fear of the close proximity of the Arkansas, and, since the latter arrived at Yicksburg, they have been const mtly employed in shelling the river in front of the town with a view to sinking her; but so far they have not inflicted any damage on her, as the shots either fall short or go over, sometimes doing ; damage to buildings on the levee. In this way j the large wharf-boat was struck on Friday evening by two large shells, which entered through the .roof and went ont at the bottom, sinking the loat. The enemy his his mortar boats anchored above the bend, behind a point of timber, and not being able to see the Arkansas, thev throw shell at random, and have a line ot steamers iu the woods, extending to the river op nosite the city, who. bv means of signals, keen their gunner-' fully posted where each shell talis. By this means, they manage sometimes to come j very near striking the Arkansas." John B. Thompson, of the Southern Literary j Mtssenger, who writes for the Appeal over the signature of "Dixie, savs: "La. d Edward St. Maur left Richmond to proceed to New York by way of Fortress Monroe. That young gentleman went down to Berkeley yesterday and relumed today by flag of truce. He is the son of the Duke of Somerset, and has been in America but a lew week. His purpose was to make a rapid tour of the Yankee Slates, and take steamer at New York for Liverpool. On arriving at the lines he made application to McClellau lor leave to pass, and met with a prompi refusal. The reasons, as ' stated bv Lord St. Maur, were, thai he had vio j ,"ed Q""""! proclamation concerning the neutrality ol her subjects, and Seward's proeta- , müm illtem; irse between the lolaland j rebel States, and that he had thereby forfeited I his right, as an English citizen. Lord St Maur . , ;l1 vu nmon.. uur.ng me nte ngm ,un nm IJCVH (111 c v iviuicsn IIUIll l liusi l.otlliliht jHFiiiv ol observation of all the battles down to the re treat ot McClellau to his gunboats. The incivility did not stop with sending him back to Richmond His baggage remained all night on the steamer, and thus the Duke of SoMMt'l son was packed off without a change of linen, under the assurance (hat his baggage would be I e1 UP by : 02 f tf" Doubtless it will be j w,,e" U h:,s heen 'oroughly searched tor tre .s- ' onable matters to compromise its owner, j Tie s;inie correspondent says that the Federal i prisoners have all been translerred to Belle J WÜd, near the city. The Island rises in the center to a bald hill, innetv feet high, and on its , , . . cool slopes tents are pitched lor the prisoners, who . are f.iU enough of the change. Major General Magruder had left Richmond to tke command of his department beyond the Mississippi, ami was stoppe al Columbia to re- .... . ,,. , , hiivill . pll drunk at the late'baltle, as well as being a cummoil drunkard. I lie Convention of lbs :$Otta. We have not space to copy the notices of the great mass meeting of the 30th of July by the Democratic press, but its proceedings and the spirit which animated it meet with the most cordial approval. The New Albany Ledger iu noticing the dirty charges of disloyalty by the partisan Republican press, well says:' When, however, it is charge) that an assemblage ol twenty five or thirty thousand citizens, most ol them old nud substantial men. like that -which met at Indianapolis ou the 30th ult , was omposed of those who had any s mputlues or affinities with the rebels or their cause, is not only a gross slander on these citizens, but is calculated to probing the war by making the rebels bel;eve that there is a larue parly favorable to them here iu the North Why encourage the rebels to protract the struggle by these representations? Tho-e who make the charge know it to tie false. ! and the publishing of it in newspapers is giving aid and comfort of the most substantial kind to the traitors. The men w ho assembled at Indianapolis on the 30th of July were, ae doubt not, just as patriotic, just as da irou of preserving the Union, had just as muco interest in its preservation, as those who assembled at the same place on the 18th of June. Undoubted! v. in iirnnorlinn to numbers, thev had 1 jut M M) mm brothers fighting under the j banner ot the Union as those who preceded them. j Ve lhis M the case so laras the delegations from the county of Floyd to tne two conventions 1 . . , . . , is concerned, and the same may be said ot the delegations liom other counties ot Sinthern ln- ! diana. To i.ay that these men. because they dis arproveof the aliolition programme of Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, and Win. Lloyd Garri ! son, are traitors or in sympathy with traitors, is a -"' -'tuni..y ujkmi patriotic.' Union loving citi zens, intended to influence the election and calcu1 ted to aid the rebellion. ; What utM c rauIt trom guch )ow j cllirges as "Butiernut Democracy," and a "Cou veutioii ol traitors," upon a body of men who are not surpassed in Indiana or elsewhere tor every juality that makes good and virtuous citizens? ui h ebullition of feeling spring from a mean and malignant party spirit not trom men who love their country and desire to serve it. All such attacks have no more influence than the attempt to beat back (he wind with a wisp of Wickiiffe is an uncompromising Union m,". appears in this speech, and he is an unI compromising opajnent of the radical party schemes ot lhe late Congress. Mr. W '? speech was similar to the rest made on that e eaten iu tone and sentiment. As far as the question of lhe Union goes, ihey were all right. The only "i dlt- were a strong shade of party animosity. It will bt the niiiii point with Republican pa 1 Prs to show that lhe leaders of the Democracy I ..i- T I i . .1 n .. D . i inuinna i.re oppuseu 10 tue war. i any n. publicanism has no merit of its own. The coun I try called for ihesuprem icy of theConstitution and laws, and the party sj-ent its time ou experiments with the uegro; costly and radical experiments. After being thus employed, and losing iistcul of winning credit, they rode luriously the hobby to put down the rebellion. Thev ask to be trusted now for their seal in this matter It in Cougress they had showu this zeal for the country, instead ot a zeal for party alone, we could now give them credit. We lake it that in Indiana all parlies are for the Union and for putting down the rebellion. Certainly it is not tor the interest of the Govern nieut to charge that it is otherwise. This meeting was one of great magnitude and resolution. It is at the head of a powerful party in the Sute, if not a majority. It will not do lo tell the rebels tbat such a party exists in a ftee State in favor ot the rebellion'. The effect would be to inspire the rebels with fresh courage, and, indeed, lead ihem to feel secure in the result; for if there

be such a party in the free States, the success of !

the rebels is only a question ot time We hope to see no such charge made for party purposes. Patriotism torbidr it. We regret that there are any two parties in Indiana. If the late Congress had let its pirtv schemes alone, and honestly provided tor the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws, there would have been but one party. A persevering effort has been made to change the condition of the States to carry out radical, revolutionary doctrines, and this has led necessarily to resistance. We hope both parties iu In diana wil! see the error which the late Congress committed, postpone all party projects, and make the preservation of the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is, the great object. Special Correspondence of the Chicago Times, i nun Uashincton.

Gigantic Proportions oj the War The Folly of lall times frowned indignantly upon any attempt Calling for 300,000 Troops when a Million are j to weaken the bonds that have bound together needed The Indiscretion of the Recent Orders ! l,'is fair sisterhood ut State-; therefore. j r, . Kesolted, I hat we. the Democracy of Elkhart of the President and General Pope. j county, in Convention assembled, inviting the Washington, July 29. j Union loving and conservative men of all parties The conviction has forced itself upon the mind 1 10 unite with us, reiterate our unqualified attach of every public man here, who is not willfully j ment to tne Union of our fathers, and that Con blind to the lessons of passing events, that the stitution which was their glorious handiwork, and call for 300,000 more troops was the most unwise j demand from those in whose hands the ad minisact of Mr. Lincoln's whole administration. He tmllm ot the Government has been placed, imhas alwavs been behindhand. Will he never I mediate and vigorous actiou in crushing the in-

comprehend the magnitude of the proportions to I which this war has gone? He called first for J 75,000 men for three mouths, really believing that the rebels would be sc.: red into submission by that proclamation On the 4th of July, l-'il . he asked for authority to raise 500,000 troops for three years. A year has passed since then. What have the 500,000 troops accomplished towards bringing the war to a termination? Let the Re publican pajiers alone, the organs of his administration, answer. The New York World says: "The question now is, not how shall we save tlie the nation? but whether we can save it. We are not so near I settlement as we were a year ago. The South is more united lias a larger army in the field than she had a year ago. The South is more formidable to day than she was when she beleigured Washington." The New Yoik Inde pendent says: "It is the second year of the wai! How long will it be before every natiou in Eunipe wiil have a right to say that the South has shown itself able to maintain its independence? Tlie President has assumed the responsibility of the campaign. The people will hold him to that responsibility."' And the New York Her aid, better authority than either ot these two, says: "The war has already cost the coun trysix hundred millions of dollars. The bones of our dead sohliers would make a monument higher than that on Bunker Hill And what have we gai'.ed? Are the rebels sulatued? They are stronger than ever. I" the rebellion I at its last grasp? It has lo dav more soldiers in i the field than the Union. The South, so far, has j outstripped the North. Heretofore there has been l no Government ami no policy." Such have been the results of the war as brought j about be the operations of 5IMI (MHI men. And j will 300,000 more men on our side'ehange tho-e ! results? It is idle to suppose so. Even when , rwiead, organized and drilled, eithet bv themselves I or as the filling up material for the old regiments, I they will not raise our armies to the numerical . strength of the at mies of the rebels Mr Lincoln : must know these facts If he does not know ' inVin, it is because he shuts his eyes willfully to ' what is notorious to all the rest o'. the world. J Mjtrk the prediction: Before the first snows of i winter it will become apparent that the Govern incut must have in the field a mil. ion of troops at ! once, and then the war will only have begun. ; The rebels have now in the field an s'Mjf of 700, - (MHI troops The letters of your Memphis cor respondent told you that, and how they were raised. I knew ii weeks a no. And that is not ail. Gen. Lee, the Commander in-Chief of the rebel army, uas devised a plan to keep .the rebel army up to that numerical point as long as the war shall last. The plan is at once simple and efficacious. Two or three recruiting officers tiom each regiment now iu the Kehl are to be kept constantly at home m the parish where the regiment was raise!. They are to receive and drill all the recruits that offer. nd if none offer they are lo obtain recruits from the enrolled list of the conscription There are iu the S inth 1.507,770 men capable of bearing arms, so that there (s plenty of material for them. Every month the Colonel of tiie regiment is to inform them how many men he wants to fill up his regiment to the full com plimeiit. and every uwtuh the senior recruiting officer is to inarch for the seat of war with there juired number of fresh men, his own place being supplied by another officer. How easy it would be for our War Department to adopt this system. Let our army be at once raised to 1 ,000. 1 (Off or 1,500,000 men a thousand ot fifteen hundred regiments, and let the regiments be kept always full iu litis way. The recent order issued by Gen. Pope, forbid ling guards to tie placed around the housei of citizens of Virginia, and the recent order of the President lermitti'ig our troops to seize and convert to their use the private property ol the citi zens of the South, will be the taeiett and the .use of such aattagbs as will make the cheek of every American tingle with shame. nd. it' not repealel. ihey alone will make a reconstruction of the Union hHBosafhls. I h iveseen enough of the movements of troone S the field to know- exactly a hat the effect of tlie-c two orders will be The bulk of our army is composed of men ol honor of honest, houorable men. They would not steal chickens or horses, or offer insults to an

unprotected lady in a lonely house. Hut in every j fhe preservation of constitutional liberty and selfbrigade there arc some thieves and villains men i imvM-timent

who have enlisied from the basest motives, a d are only restrained from the commission of the vilest crimes by the fear of punishment 1 have seen these wretches hanging around houses iu I which were girls and young ladies eutiiely un- ! nrotected. except bv the guard that had been j placed around the house, mi have heard ihetn j express ineir uevinsti wisties in me grossest tan goage, and cursed the guard that baulked ihcir i hellish purpose. In the first house that I entered ! in Brahamsville, on the Peninsula, a gtev haired i lady was ilmost kneeling before two great rough fellows, begging them to go awav, while the tears urd flashing eyes and clenched hands of a beautiful girl of sixteen, told plainly enough of i the indignity that had been offered to her. I did not leave that house nil I had placed in the old ! I -dy's hands a written safeguard with the honored name of George B McClellau signed to it. That j ladv, though a -ebel, was a Christian. Never ' shall I forget the prayer she offered that night. t i m i . i r . i , j - . i I arms mie praveo tor ine success oi ine vonicucTaie She prayed ftr the husband and the son beating those arms But she alo ewAed Mess

ings on the head of that good Union General who j people at Rockville. on last Saturday, that he did had protected and saved the daughter from a fate not want any office; that he had enough money to worse than death. ' buy him a farm, and that was all he desired. Now I aver that, in spite of all the articles of Now we have heaid him sing this same song for war, the operation ot the two orders to which I ' five or six years, yet he has taken every position have alluded will be to cause a universal system that he could get. But a short time before he of rapine and plunder wherever our troops go. i accepted the appointment of United State SenaIt is in vain to say that the offenders will be pun tor he told a gentleman from Sullivan that he ished. I say thev will not be punished because 1 would not lake it uuder any circumstances. Notthey can not be detected There aie thousands j withstanding this he not only took it but asked of expedients that a reckless desperado can resort i for it, and, in consideration of getting it, he ab into, by means of which he can commit the crime doned the Democratic party Terre Haute Jour and e-ra: e detection. I know this tat be so, be- ; nal. cause I have seen il tone on numberless trival ' " occasions Fkom CsrTaiN Frank Posi.y We give below Let ine say to the reader- of the Times that I an extract from a letter writen by Captain Posey unless this war is conducted upon the principles j to his friend Alex. Stevens. We are sorry to that have guided McClellan'srampaigns every- j learn that the Captain returned to duty wku bis where unless private property is resectel ami j regiment before his he.tli.ii was sufficiently reguards place! around private houses where de- : stored for active camp luly and that he is yet (,jred we had better stop the war at once We j feeble. Si k or well, however, Frank Posey is may subdue and conquer the South, eil .rminate l always cheerful. her people and cover her laud with desolation;) Camp near Bolivar, Taw.,) but if we forget Ibra moment that her people are ; juy 26, 1H62. our fellow citizeus-our erring fallow citisena- Bkti5k a(W mnT y, nnd bu we can never, never restore the Union. I ap- , m connections, te.. I arrived peal to Mr. Seward it I am not right. af . week j fou)d mT

Elkhari county Oeinocrotic Conven venlien. The Democracy of this county met in Convention on the 26th of July. Tlie Goshen Democrat says: ft.. M 1 . .L 1 2 Q . J I ne attendance ai tne memum o, oaiun.ay last was large and the Democracy ot all parts of the countv were well represented. The bulk of - . - ' lhe Con' en: ion was compoeed of farmers and ' laboring men the bone and sinew ot the coun tv those who are io'erested in political topics I only trom their desire to secure an efficient. b u- ; est and economical administration of public at : I an., uie v.o.. ention. oy , action irom erst to last, seemed to be influenced solely by a pur ! pose to pursue such a course as would best promote the interests ol tl people .mid the triumph of the conservative principles which every Demo erat present believed esseuiial to lhe salvation of the country. Matthkw Rippev was nominated for He pre sensitive; Gkorge Sherwood for Treasurer; William Vkskt for Sheriff; W. W. McVettv for Commissioner, and C. S. Shkrwood for Coroner. The following resolutions were unanimously adowted: Whereas, Our National Constitution was ordained and established by our fathers in order to form a more perfect Union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide foi the common defense, promote the general welfare, and

secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and

our posterity; A.id Whfekas. Almost a century of uninterrupted peace and prosperity under said Constitution has abundantly proved the wisdom and sagacity of its Iramers; Axo Whiixad, Notwithstanding we have under the Constitution, become the greatest and most powertul people on the face of the earth, a set of wicked and designing men, recreant son of noble fathers, forgett:ng the past with all its proud and glorious recollections, have arrayed themselves, without any just cause, against the Government, and are attempting to destroy the Coustitution, aid with it the faith of Ireemen in the stability of a Republican form of Govern tnent; Ad Whebea, The Democratic party has ever been the firm and devoted trieud of the Union, and in favor ot a strict compliance with the reouirements of tb C. mat i t f wi ,1 I, . r famous traitors who have arrayed themselves in arms to overthrow the best Government ever established by human hands. Resolved, That we should consider no sacrifice too great in our efforts to preserve tlie U n ion; that the attainment of such an end is alone worthy the lives and treasures of a patriotic people. Resolrrd, That those who. from sectional feeling or petty or private motives, would give any other direction to the efforts of our armies th in that of the preservation of tu Constitution, with all its rights and guarantees unimpaired, are unworthy to be entrusted with power, and would cause all our efforts, extraordinary and unparalleled as they are, to prove futile in the end. Rrsolved, That we are uncompromisingly opposed to the bitter partisan spirit which has exhibited itself in the halls of our National Legislature during the past session of Cngress, and de nounce without stint the men who in their crazy and senseless legislation upon the subject of negro emancipation, have relaxed that vigilance which has heretofore been observed by our legislators, and allowed fraud and con option to boldly stalk into almost every department of the Government. Resolved, That every cent ot money with which a patruitic people can supply the Government is indispensably nea-essarv to aid in putting down this wicked retieilion at the earliest momoment; and thai we are therefore opposed to the mad schemes of emancipation which have characterized lhe legislation of a majority iu the last Congress, by which an almost exhausted Treasury has been depleted of millions of the public money, ami this at a time when the united energies of our whole people re neetled to vindicate the integrity of our beloved Union and estiblish the supremacy of our glorious Constitution. That st.cli a policy must not only result in an unnecessary squandering of the hard earnings of the people, but must tend to prolong the bitter strife now existing between the two sec taSM d the country, and flood the Northern States with thousands of ignorant and deprived negroes, whose che ip labor mu.-t come into competition with that of the poor white man. Rexnlred, That the soldiers ot our Slate, and particularly those from our own county, uierit our warmest thanks Their country called, and nobly lid they resnd. On every battle field they have proved themselves the bravest of the brave, reflecte! upon t heir S'ate and county the highest credit, and reated for themselves undying fame Living, ae shall honor them dying, they shall be remembeied with a Nation's gratitude. Liberty and I nlon. The people ol tlie United States cannot be urged too frequently and too earnestly, in this era of strife and tumult, to adhere faithfully to the fundamental conditions of popular liberty. The unity of the nation is worthless, except as it insures a perpetuation of the freedom of the people. A nation's happiness and glory does uot depend upon the perpetuation of its mete and bounds. Men are not neces-arily free because the land they live in is washed on every side by ocean waves. Union Rtkhn tqn a people national strength a free Constitution, religiously revered, confers not only sticngth, but internal prosperity, prograns and peare. In t he struggle pending for the preservation of the Union, lei us not forget tacts so easily lo be comprehended, and so vital to the ultimate issue of the contest in which the nation's heart is enlisted. "The Union it must be preserved," was Uie declaration of Jackson. It is the prevalent sentiment of the American people now. But Jackson never meint the Union must be preserved at lhe expense of all the blessings of the Union. He did not mean that the Union was to be preserved by a sacrifice of nil the conditions upon which that Union was founded. Nor do reflecting patriotic men now hope or desire any Union which shall e.-seniially impaii lhe fabric of constitutional liberty and sal (government which our lathers constructed The Union must be preser.ed. but also most te preserved that Constitution winch makes he Union an uiipaialieled political blessing. No sacrifice can be too great for the AroerI icau people to maintain the one hut the world ! itself and its millions et unborn have a stake in e - Let us, then, remember the w hole ot the cause to the advocacy of which we are by destiny committed in this hour. Never let it be written by the future historian that the American nation perpetuated national unity only, forgetting the principles of self government wnich rendeted that i !llujn j -t8 creation culiar among the Po wers of the earth Mav no fortune which ninv overtike us in our calamity, frighten or seduce us from redeeming the pledge our forefathers gave ! the world, that here on American soil the op- : pressed of all nations should tind one spol upvu ' which they could stand free as God made thein. Let the recruit remember this when he shoulders his gun Let the orator remember this when he apjieals to the masses of the people for money and more men. Lei editors write this, and the Government act this and the reward ot all our united sacrifices and toil will ultimately be the preservation of both "Liberty and Uuion oue , inseparable " MUwuukee News. " S e are informed that Joe v right to. o the ! company- in tine health and spirits. They have ; been on the march almost constantly since 1 left and as they are pretty good at jayhawking, corn i fields, orchards and p tato and melon patches afforded them fine side dishes, and kept them in "sorts," and with au occasional "side note" in the shape of pullets, they have improved wonderfully. T coun lrom here to Columbus is beautiful . . . r lW .,! Rr.lt i 11111 I l an i ill i ir i i i i vt rv sV.i ohm t'var is inhabited by a very aristocratic set of people who have plenty of niggers and cotton, or at least they hail pleutv ol niggers until we came; but Gen. Ross, commander at the post, has taken about 400 of them to work on entrenchments. I wish vou could see these cusses at work. A mora , co,ltellted , I nerr SWW. ; , fc anJ sj from mllhl tll, ni ht I T. . . E trilu, tf drill them to I form jn ,our rHk to Mar but - wou)d just as soon undertake to drill mules. They can uot count over two, and so thev make them join hands by couples aud form iu two ranks, and if thev were to let loose thev wouUI get loai. They are all bitter Secessionists here, aod the fair damsels instead of ornamenting their pretty faces with a sweet smile, put on an awful scrawl as they pass us soldiers. Kiss Hug's barkeeper for me, give my respects to all my friends and write oon to your friend with the chronic diarrhea. Laporte county has voted tU3 per man to volunteers from that county and has ordered the bounty to be paid in cash