Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 9, Number 42, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 May 1864 — Page 1

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JLJ ÖERB LET TÖE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S EIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA W E D BY INFLU2 UCE AND XT IT BOUGHT BY GAIN." VOLUME 9, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1864. NUMBER 42.

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PUBLISIIED EVERY THURSDAY AT PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, BY OSBORNE & VANVALKENBURGH. J. . OIBORXE. J. F. VANVALKENBURGH. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: If paid in advance, cr within three months, $2,00 If not paid within three months. $2,50 ILT No paper will be discontinued until all arrtarages are unless at the option of the Publishers. BUSINESS CA11DSXVI. A. O. PACKARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR IlymorxtIi, t t Indiana. t9q1S S. A. M'CRACKIN, Connty Recorder, and Attorney At Law, Knox, Starke County, Indiana. Will müV Collections, pay Taxe?, examine Titles to Real Estate, take acknowledgements of Deed, Mortice, &c. All matters oi Laiipauon attended to "in Starke and adjoining Counties. iIT Bounty money and back pay of Soldier?, and Tensions, collected. Remittances promptly made anC charges reasonable. v9n26 tt REVE &, CAPRON, AUorneysand Notarieä.Plymouth, Morshal!Co.f Ind., practicem .M'.rsnan ana aaiouimg couu ;-a Rrrr.stn Rabcock k Co.. Phelps. Douce &Co..eYork,Cool"v,FarwelKV. Co.,G-'d k J2ro..C hiciiro. uouaon i o.f i nua., i B?notte k Ov,Pittsbirh, Hon. A. L. Osboir, Cirsail Jadge, Laport, ind D. T. PSlIIiLSPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law JLntl Win- Claim Aont, Plymouth, Marshall Co., Ind. B3"0r"?ICE IN WOODWARD'S BLOCK..CI Practica in Marshall. Fultoa, Pulaki. Starke Lake. Poster, St. Joseph, Laporte and adjoining tountiea. JOHN a- OS BO I IX E, Attorney and Counselor at Law. JTOrFicc Bans El:ld:nc, PLYMOUTH, IND. joiin r. i)i:von, Attorney and Counselor at Law SOLDiSaS BACK PAT ASD BOCXTY ÄGEXT SOLICITOR CF PENSIONS. OmCC Over Porshins's Drug Store Firm ea'.h, Indiana niT DR. J. M.CONFr.H.-hte Sur-eon of the 2Dt!i I:idi.m:i Infantry, offorrf his professional erTices to t'ne x eople of Marshall Cour.ty. D" O.Hcc and rosidf nzt west side of Michigan Street, t'iree b!ock3 T.'orth of the Edwards Hotue Pivmouth Indiana. v9n32 J.J VINALL, HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Particular attention paid to 0tft-i; piactic, anl diser ses if women, and children . oflice ever C. Palmer's store, Residence oposite the Nerthwestcorner of the Puhl! Square. Nt. 5 v9nl-l-ly DR. JAMES C ILL AM, .ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AMD SUBGE OiST, Temders his profe aional services to the citizens of iWurshall County. CT Offica with Dr. West, on Michigan Street. Tf15-ly. Motets. EDWARDS HOUSE, WCniGAf STREET, rXTMOCTH, INDIANA. O. & W. H. M'CONNELl, Proprietors Omnibus to and from all trains,, .and also to any part of tho town, when orders are left at the llouje. vOnlG-ly RA.L ROAD EXCHANGE. R. M. CRAWFORD, : : : : Proprietor. The proprietor of this well known Hotel is prepared to receive, and provide for. all his old patron, and as many new onca as may f.ivor him with their p itronae. His table will at ill Mtjcs be supplied with as Rood aa the market a.Tvrda. and h: ue?ts shall receive everv attention Iheir omfcrt may require. Bein situated at the Rail Read Depot, this house has many advantages OAcr ny other in to"i. uoard by the day or week.Cilla reaonb1. O tober 23, 1Sö3 tf HASLANGER HOUSE, Ktartht Bridge, nd within a few minutes' walk of the Depot, South Plymouth, Ind. The subscriber hsj ust opened the fitxTe Ifense. ldiidetermined to keep it in manner ercr7 ay worthy of publiepatronage. HIS TABLE vVlllb lupplied with thebestthe market afToid; karg reasonable, and every exertion ued to der th itay of guests agreeable. CONVENIENT STABLES AUarhed to thpremiis, and a faithful ostlor al wajsiaattendance . JOIIN C. HASLANGER. riymoath. Maroh 21 , 1661 8m3

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l, Ft. IV. & C. R. IS. Time Tabic WINTER ARRANGEMENT DXf 18TCRS CT TRAINS FROM PLVMOCTH STATION EASTWARD BOCND TRAINS. Mail and Accommodation, 9-20 A. M, Day Express l":"1 A.M. Misfit Express, 2:39 A. M. Fast Stock P- MLive Stock and Ex. Fright,..- 12:06 A. M. Local Freight 1:00 IM. WESTWARD BOUND TRAINS. Mail and Accommodation 4:50 P.JW Day Express I.m Night Express . . .P:00 A.M. Local Freight 1 :"0 P. M. Throuch Freight 5:f5A. M. Fast Freight, 3:1)5 r, M. S.R.EDWARDS, Agent. C. P. & C. R. R. Time Tabic. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. EASTWARD. Leave La Forte, daily) 7:00 A.M. (Sundays Excepted, Arrive at Plymouth, 9.00 A. M. WESTWARD. LearePlvmouth 1 00 P. M. Arrive at La Porte 3:00 P. M. Trains run by La Porte time, which is kept at K. Vail? Jewelry store, and is 15 minutes slower than P.,Ft. W. k C. R. R. time. II R. DRULlNER.Supt. DR. A. 0. BORTON, Surgeon Dentist, Can be consulted at his effice every day except Monuas and Tuesdays.? O Office over Hill s Eakerv, PLYMOUTH NDIAKA. J. H. BESAZK. JAS. FORCE. BESAZK & FORCE, TWO DOORS NORTH OF VIIEELE R3 BANK. DEALERS I N Clotiis, Casslmeros AND VESTS i G S, Which ther rropo?e to Manu-f-cturc.to order, on as good term3 aä anj establishment in the West. P ymouih, Indiaua, May-5th, vDn-JOtf. BANK OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, BRANCH AT PLYMOUTH. Open from 10A.M. to 12 M.,and 1 to 3 ?. M. THEO. CR ESSNER, Cashr. S- A. FLETCHER, Jr l'rcst. v9n!5--Ir. J. F. LANGEND AUG II, Who understands the German andEngllsh languages thoroughly, has been appointed IVOTARI PUI5IJC and will translate legal documents from one !aniruae totlio other on reasonable terms.. lie -vi'i rIo take acknowledgements of Peed. c, kc. lie may be foun ditfhc "Low Price Store." 9ul7---Jy. J.G. 03 DORNE. J list ice of lie Pcaoo. ill make conveyances, take acknowledgement? Depositions, kr., Sec. ' TT" Office over Whee!ora Eank, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA J. S SCOTT, Conor- ji 1 Collector, Continues to give Frompt Attention to the Collection of Claims. ITT Pe?t of references given when required. Terms moderate. TDnlJ-tf. PETEft DALAKER, HEAT IMA11KET ON LAPORTE STREET, One Door West of Cleavel ccry. Fresh Meats of the best quality constantly on hand. -i-.--J- S. ALLEMAN &, BRO. Aitoosr, On west side Jlfichipan Street, 1st door south of woodward's Urick iJlock, PLYMOUTH INDIANA. Choice Liquors and Cigars. Oysters served ud in tho at all hours. November 5, vDnl 1. D. E. EGGLESTON, JLVCTXQirsSJt. Ofllce at the Auction S:or of EGG LESTON k BRO. Second hand Furniture bought and sold. Furniture Auction every Saturday at 1 o'clock. v9ol5-tf. T-i vol v. ..' 3 KLINGER. Proprietor" Buckeye hiverj," opposite Ed wards iiuuse, riymouiii, ind. n27Iy JOHN NOLL, BUTC 331 33 Meat Market on Michigan Street, opposito Wheeler's Bank. 'Plymouth, Indiana. Nov, 5, v9u!4. A. K. BIUOG3, BLACh'SMITIIING and IIORS E SHOEING done well and promptly. onopin boutn nBiouth,nenr the Iridic T9nl7-ly All kind f Job Work done at this Office, on hört ne, wi nataa and djpatcli

CEMLC MARY.

Summer had come, robed in her beauty, Sunlight decked this world of care; Birds their songs of gladness warbled, Beauty sparkled everywhere, Eut, upon a couch of suffering Gentle Jlary, moaning, lay. Wasting 'neath the breath of sicknes3( Sinking 'neath its dread decay. Two long years had Death's dark shadow, Hovered 'round that once glad home, As if loth to set his signet On that brow where beauty bloomed; Cut in brightness, just as daylight Gilded Crii the orient morn, Came a group of unseen angels, On the gentle breezes borne Floated in with noiseless motion To the couch where Mary lay, Manllcd 'neath their snowy pinionsSee them bear her far away ! Ah ! there's sadness in that household, Lone and bitter tears are shed, Young and aged weep together O'er the loved and silent dead. And the mother kneels in anguish, Clasps her treasure to her heart; Could Ehe thus resign her darling ? Oh ! could she and Mary part 1 Ah 1 I start not at her anguish. Wonder no; that she should weep; Tis a mother's heart that's riven For the child ehe could not keep. Other children gather 'round her, Bnt the Bond h broken now. And the clouds of sorrow gather 'Round each fair and youthful brow; And they listen for her footöieps, As they did in days of yore, But tliey weep as they rem? raber Gentle Mary Il come no more. Long, ah, long those walls will cho To the notes of sorrow's wail, And lull many a heart of pity, Listen to the mournful tale, When the twilight shadows deepen There '11 be sorrow in that home; For a chair will then be vacant To remind them she is gone. Mourning hearts weep no. in sadness, There islig'utaraid thcglooni, She 'II be first to bid you welcome, When your work on earth is "done. General Iosrcras anl t?se Co:sFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer. Cenenrl Ilosccrans has decided that, within tho Departement of Missouri, in order to be permitted t attend a religious assemblage or convocation, a man must take the oath of alleg:-:ueo or give other satisfactory evidence of his loyalty to the Government of the Umited States. These religious conventicles are wc suppose, intended as a means of grace to those t-1 l v-v nUAnd il. ll. - a at,,-uutu,;u me meters imparting; i- ... 1 lo aii'i reeeiviio1' irom ptcii o'hir n iiipvi iau i Jtun in0 noin eaeu o ner, as tnty may oc respectively laciiinr or redundant iu the qualities which enter in to make up! A . O the perfect christian character. If this is the case, wc find it impossible to discover any sound reason for denying, even to the unreclaimed copperhead, the permission to attend them. If tlic:? intent I and eUect is as wc have conjectured, it seems to us that person? of treasonable, proclivities are the very ones wh j ought to be encouraged to give their t.ttcndauce: that the doors should be thrown wide open to such, and the utmost care be taken to give them every opportunity to profit by the exercises. If this is God's war if its beginning was in a rciviyal of the religious Ecathncnt, and K3 Prosecution the best modern exemplification of the spirit of the Gospel, surely, nothing U wanting to a Christian whose mind has not settled down in its favor, but tobring him under the rirht influencces. His joul deflected, perhaps, by accidental. circumstances, may then recover its cquihbnutu, and he who has hitherto been bar ren, warmed by association with his more perfectly rectified brethren, may bud and blossom anew, and bring forth fruit of the most agreeable quality. In looking for the reason which impelled Gen. Ila-iccrans to make the order n question, we have been led to doubt wheth er it is not to be found in the absence cf true faith on his part. The act does not manifest that implicit' reliance on the divine character with which wc have been inclined to credit that officer. lie seems to fear: Kithcr that God will be overcome and made to change Uis mind in respect to the merits of this contest, by a few copperheads that may chance to find their way into his sacred premises; Or, that the loyal Christians may be turned over by Copperhead influence and be set to praying upon the wrong side of the question. Or chsc he is in doubt whether God is really of his own party, and is afraid to have the question where he Ftand-j brought to the crucical experiment. At any rate granting that the political questions of the times nny come up for an interchange of views between the members, be isnfraid to have the principles of his party exposed to the test of free discussion. It is evident by this that there aro two

parties whom General Koecraus is afia d to trust: He is afraid to trust God, cd ho is afraid to trust man. lie caunot cinscicntiously permit the affairs of cither to go on without taking a hand in their direction. He is a truly pious man wc do not doubt that is to pay, he feels as other men of the truly pious stamp are apt to teel: That God is the wisest and justcst being in the whole universe themselves alone excepted; and that, if they were out of the way. Goi would be justilie J in taking his government into Iiis own hands, there being nobody else fit to succeed them in the regency. Now, ever since our Westminster catechism days, wc have holden it as an article of firm belief, that God's business could b? safely trusted in God's hands that he did not need the assistance of man to manage his concerns, and was never impeded by human opposition to his policy. It is in his power so to overrule, that even the malice of the copperheads shall redouud to his own glory, and the good of his cause and his people. Wc have the highest respect for the ability of Gen. Kosccrans in tho lino of his profession but in respect to matters ecclesiastical and thcolocrical, as between him and God, under the influence cf the prejudices of education, we inuststill give our suffrage to the latter.

Objects of t!ic Statical iart.v. A review of the history of the pa?t three years, and a careful examination cf the present condition cf the couutry, leaves no doubt on the mind of an impartial observer that the policy of the party in power has been and is deliberately Of posed to the saving of tho American Union, or to the fulfillment of the solemn pledges given to the country bv the Crittenden resolutions. It is impossible to explain the course pursued on any theory consistent with a patriotic desire to cirry out th.2 expressed wishes of the people. On thy contrary, if wc seek an intelligent explanation cf the entire prdrey of tiio loaders of flint party, wc Civ.'i it only bv arMvi:ir iho idea that their objects were revolutionary from the start, and that thev alvravs were, as they now are, determined to destroy (he voting power of the Southern population in the Ameiio.v.i Union for at lea.-.t the per!".! of! a life-time. There have been several Fi" ? the war began, when a wise ami cene:l;atry poiny, ...V ......1 I ' " ' v carried out Iva :ig Admini -traten, ,..,.,.11 1..-.,., .,-, l !..! ... Ann), nuum iiav; io-.oivvi iii'J V. moil. ill iMtii of these times the on.'ortunitv has been I 4 1 ,-. - if i 1 i rnnui.f tmi.n 1 Of u a...v,.m, .r-ub I . ... 1 ..!!..'.. i 7 1..ueen eio-e.t no. fiiuüu v anu v-v.u: . . . t , . . i some rau;tai procinmiu: ni er aci cai':.aica to drive tl o.:::. is o rci;;r:M:.r ooiiiiieiners into i:. : x vicsperate cnur.'y. j i.vi i. .i uiv.'...uiui , they have been ingenicu . - I slv devised ana! sucec;'-:ful. Instead of takin advantage of tbe opportunities f., r peace and union. each opportunity has been the signal ior more violent attacks on the vv rights which the Crittenden resolutions declared should bo protecicl. Instead of recking to restore the States with their Con stitutions and rights unimpaired, it has been the steadfast object of tho party in power to prevent the restoration of a solitary ,'i.alc ; with any of its independent rights. The passage of the Houc of Representatives of the bill for reconstruction, is but aconfession of all that ..v have said. The llepublican party has certainly been as revolu- j tionary in its character and designs as the rebels themselves. Uoth have gone to work to destroy the American Union the one for separate power over a section, the other for absolute power over all. J "What is left for the people to do? The plan of the Administration is hopeless. There is no possible contingency in the future which can make it successful in restoring the American Union. It docs not design to restore the old Union, and it cannot by any possibility succeed in making a new Union which will stand for a year of peace. Its theories arc all disorganizing and revolutionary, and its plans will necessarily bring us to anarchy and cis;ios. If there is any hope in the future, it is in the calm action of the conservative men of the country in the ensuing elccttous. Let them unite, Republicans and Democrats, men of all names who are true American patriots, and change the whole character of the Administration. Let them restore wisdom to Washington. Let them place in oflicc men of vigor, intellect, men who can be trusted; and let them displace men who violate, with cool deliberation, every pledge that they make to iho people, and disregard all the guaranteed a? well as the implied rights of citizens, merchant!1?, bankers, soldiers nay, even of women and children. The record of these successive violations of rights will be a fearful record in the future. "When men read t lie history of our times they wi'I shrink in terror from the spectacle of Aco institutions delivered over to an unprincipled party, tobe the

plunder of every politician. It is the sadJest page in all the world's history. America, plunged into war by Southern treason and rebellion; then degraded, robbed, debauched by a licentious Northern party, drunk with power, and her very literature at last culminating in a second Joe Miller test book the jests of her Chief Magistrate ! X. V. Jour. Com.

A Cas-Eiival cfUlood. Fighting south of the Kapidan for the last few days has been almost a complete carnival of blood. Enormous masses of men have been hurled against each other and struggled till compelled to cease by sheer exhaustion. Xor did one day suffice for the combat; a night's rest, and the next day at dawn the same columns faced each other on the same ground, and wihtout advancing or retreating au appreciable distance, they stood and pourd volleys into each others' bosoms, until ninht mercifully dropped her shadows over the contestants. Even darkness :it times seemed insufficient to quench the thirst for carnage, lor once, at midnight, heavy columns met in front of the Wilderness and slaughtered each other by thousands, without cither jraiuincr a decisive dozen-feet of territory. Such sanguinary contests remind one of the battles of the earlier ages, when vast bodies of athletic barbarians came ino contact, and, foot to foot, an intermingled writing mas of struggling, bloodthirsty men, butchered and killed, and killed and butchered, until one party or the other became so weak that its small remnant finally lied to avoid complete extermination. In palliation of Grant, po fjr as these enonuuus wholesale butcheries, this stolid giving and receiving of deadly blows, are emcerncd, it may be said that he was forced to it by tho tactics of Lee. Def'ore his lines were formed before his columns lu-.d reached their designated positions tlic ve':el hordes were upon them like ponderous avalanches. CJrant had no chance i' r strategy, no room for lnameuvering, he ecu Id only hurry up his divisions as fast as possible, and to do his best to preserve his army from being split to fragments under the tremendous blows of his concentrated and powerful antagonist. When I the rebel strength had spent itself some- ; lu 0aslil " airalnt the iron front of i the Federals, then came the first moment j n M couU (f i . . vi , i . i i4. stvalcfv without subieetmcr himselt to .inf -i , r. v -,t ' i around the j fcft (0 threaten Lee's rear, he forced that i t i : i comniaiiuei to chailLTO lS POiltlOll, aiKt his position, and t,,... ... . . , , .... thus. Ihr a time, was ablo to intermit the . , . . . . : i c u- ii ! 1 1 1 f VMiitino nl cluin ilr It is only in this country and under . . l i t i. .kill Vi IV. ill 1 UUI.. I .llill II lli.ll U.lUieilSC ill- . ' , , n i uies nicci ana .siru-ie ioruays on a rcsirieted Fpace, a;. 1 then separate with no other results than limitless lists of wounded and dead. ( 7t '.cayo TimA .Startling i:Isibil. A publ ished statement of the imports of dry goods and other articles at the port ol New York fur January, February and Marc.?. " this vo.ir, only three i:; jnlis. ma the experts ol domestic produce jor the .-:..' j period, exhibit the following re su:: lUPORTj. I)rr G00.I3 SSS.SOa.W Other articles 31,':üc,lSf $GO,."i70,71 1 Tos nsecrtun tic value in currency, add about 5i percent in currency, $9G,SS-i,Gi)G IMPORTS. Tot.il amount $ 12,734,973 This value is currency value, and to bring ittogo!d rulue, to coiamro itwit.li imports, about 35 per cent. should bo dcducteJ, being $M,9.")7,210 $7,777,733 Deducted from the imports in go'd vjUe, being baton e of trade to be paid iu gold $00,570,714 $3-,797,9M These figures show a startling result. They should bo well considered. The balance of trade to be paid in gold for the first three months of the present year is within a fraction of thirtv-three millions of dollars. How long could any nation stand such a drain upon its resources without nation bankruptcy? And yet in the face of figures like these, and with, the inevitable result which must follow the present policy of the Government and the individual extravagance of the people, net a thought is given to the. matter by those iu authority, or any effort nude to remedy the evil. On the other ban 1 five wise Western Governors, to advance schemes of personal aggrandizement, have contracted with Mr. Lincoln, on their own account, to withdraw eighty five thousand men from the Northwestern Agricultural St:ie-, just at a time when labor is most needed to pat in the spring cropland tend and h.irvest the irrowing ones, without which the people at home, the soldiers in the field, and of course tho government itself must suffer. And if wc raise no surplus produce fr exportation, we shall of course have nothing but gold to pay the balmc-i of trade against us. What then? (hm it be otherwise than bankruptcy general and individual Stale Sentinel. A Miltarv definition of a kifs would be

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An I ii fain oils Order. From the Special Cor. of the Missouri Rep. In a former communication, Iwrotevou the particulars of the firing into tho steamer Superior, below this place, last week, and also sjx)ke of the order issued by the commander of the troops on board. I have obtained proof of the issuing of the order by Lieut. Col. Parker, of the Third Khodc Island Cavalry. I am permitted to publish the following letter: Alexandria, La., April, 1SGI. J. M. Tomenv, Assi. Special Ayt. Treasury Dcparinuut, Mcmjihls, Tmn.

When cn board tnc steamer Superior, the -2d instant, about twenty-five miles cn below here, the boat was fired into bv guerrillas, and three persons were killed and thirteen wounded. There were three companies of the Third Rhode Island Cavalry, under command of Lieut. Col. Barker, on board. As the boat came on up, I heard Col. Parker give peremptory orders to his men to fire on every white man. woman and child seen on shore. The order was executed, and two unarmed citizens, while standing on the levee about fifteen miles below here, waving their ha's to the boat, were fired upon, and both fell to the ground, supposed to be killed. 1 have since learned that the men were loyal, and had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. JOIIN C. BRAUN, Agency Aid. The truth of this letter can be cstaplhh ed by every one on board the boat. The Superior and the gunboat Convoy fired four or five shells into Mrs. Wilson's plantation houses, six miles 'above the place where the boat was fired into. This was done by way of "retaliation." Mrs. Wilson is a highly respected, well-known Union lad-. When the firing began the negroes, some fortv in number, ran cut cn the bank, almost frightened to death. I was told bv a Federal ofiicer on the Suncrior a that the boat ceased firing for fjar of hurting some of tho "colored people.''7 They did not, he said, wan: to hurt them, and seeing no white people about, the firing was stopped. It was no difference how many innocent white men, women and chi'dren were slaughtered in cold blood, but the "colored people," dear creatures! not a liair of their heads must, for the world, le touched! This Is a specimen of Abolition philanthropy without a parallel. In Ohio the machinery is prepared for outrages at the next Presidential election. The governor under the twentv-theusand volunteer call rendezvoused the Staic National Guard at Columbus, and has since furloughed them until their services arc wauted. -They will be brought out at the next election, and democratic voters will have to march to the polls through files of bristling bayonets iu the b inds of "Loyal Leaguers,'' and will not be remitted then to vote unless they will take one of Lincoln's test oaths. If Morton succeeds in getting Iiis twenty-thousand men. the same thing will be attempted in Indiana. perhaps even if the twenty-thousand do not respond. We tell democrats now that the chances are that they will have to fiirht their way to the polls next October, and they must feci it and know it, and be prepared i'or it. The abolitionists in the North-west are making movements that will force liiat th'ig upon the balance of the people. Wc hope that God in his mercy will intervene iu sonic way and prevent it. But if it must come, if it be forced upon us, let it come and mav God defend the right. Liberty or death a fair election cr a free light . Dmcson ' Tim rs. The 20,000 Col. Cobum. The recen call of the Governor of the several Northwestern States, approved by the President, is before the public. What these men are wanted for may be inferred from a passage in the speech of Colonel Johu Coburu, the distinguished commander of the üod Iudiana, made night before h:?t at .Masonic) Hall. The Colonel said, in substance; "The loyal moil must rally. . The medicine which was good for the rebels in the South was good for the copperheads in the North. There was danger that a disloyal Governor mi cht be elected in Indiana. There was danger that a traitor who would make terms with the rebels might succeed to the Presidential Chair. To prevent such things as these the loyal people were now called upon." We do the Colonel no injustice in giving his words nearly literally. What he ment can be inferred by tlwse who heatd him and those who he ird this truthful statement. State Kentim?. Gen. Grant has presented to his Chuf of Stall', Gen. Rawlins, a haudsomo silk cirf, bearing this inscription: 4:This sash, worn by me through all my battles and campaigns, from and including the surrender of Vicksburg, Jul 1, iSGiJ, is presented to Brigadier General John A. Riglins, my Chief of StafT, in evidence ol my appreciation as an officer and friend. "U. S. Grant, "Lieutenant General, U. S. Army." If you undertake t) oversee too nanv jobs you will be sure to overlook a part.

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Official Uullctini Washington, May 13 2:30 p .m. To r.Loor General Dix: A dispatch from General Grant has just been received, dated near Spotsylvania Court House, Thursday, May 120:30 p. m. It is a3 follows : The eighth day cf battle closes, leaving between three thousand and four thousand prisoners in our hands for the day's work, including two General officers, and over thirty pieces of artillery. The enemy arc obstinate, and seem to have found tho last tiitch. Wc have lost no organization, net even a company, whilst we have destroyed and 1 captured one division, Johnson's j one ongide, Dobbs's ; and ont regiment entire,, of the enemy's. Signed. IT. M. Stanton. TO GOV. YATES OF ILLINOIS. WAsniNGTos, May 13, 1804. To Governor l'itc3: Official dispatches have been received from the Army of the Potomac. A General attack was made by General Grant at four and a half o'clock, on yesterday, followed by the most brilliant results. At eight o'clock Hancock had taken four thousand prisoners, including Major. Gen. Edward Johnson, several Brigadiers and between thirty and forty tan neu. NoW IS TUE TIME TO SEND IN YOUR, ONE IIUNDI!Kf DAY'S MEN. Signed. E. M. Stantcn Se'cy of War LATER. Wasixgtox.- May 130:30 p. m. To General Dix: The following dispatch from 3Ir. Dana has just reached the War Department: Spotsylvania, May 13 8 a. in. To H, M. Stanton: Lee nbaudoncd his position during the night, whether to occupy a ne-.v enc ia the vicinity or make a thorough retreat is not determined. Oner division of Wright's and one of Hancock's are engaged in settling this rjicstion, and at l-a. m. had coice upon his rear guard. Though our arir.y is greatly fatigued frcm the enormous elTorts of yesterday the news of Lev's departure inspires the men with fresh energy. The whole force will soon be in motion, but the heavy raia of the last thirty-six hours renders the roads very difficult for wagons and artillery. The proportion of revcrcly wounded is greater than cither the r rcvious day's fichting. This was owing to tho great use of artillery. Signed K. M. Stanton. LATLST. Washington. May 13. 0:55 p. rn. To yii'j. General Dix, New Yok: The Acting Surgeon General reports that of ;"0U patie nts, from the recent battle field, admitted into the hospital, not one of them will require any surgical operations, and that, in hs opinion, two-thirds of the whole number wounded will be fit for service in thirty u:y3. Reinforcements are going forward to the army of the Potomac. Signed K. M. S TAMOX. c;en. iiancock'5 nsiwrcii. Washington. Mav 13. The fallowing; is a disr-ateh sent to Gen. Grant hr Gea. Hancock this morning: Near Siotsylvania Corr.T House ) May 12 S a. rn. j I bavc captured thirty to forty guns. I have finished tin Johnson, and am now going into Early. Signed " W. J. Hancock. The guns captured have arived at headrpaartcrs. I rig. Gen. Stuart, c.imanding a bngade iu Johnson's division, was also captured. Washington, May 13th. The following has jvst been received by Senator Nesmith from General Ruf us Ingalls, chief Qiart'ermaster of the army of the Potomac. It brings pasitive information from tho front as late as nxm ve-tcrdav. EN. I NV. AI.I.S MSPATCn. Wc have mrde a ten strike o-day. Hancock went in at daylig ht. He has taken over 4.000 paisoners and twenty-fivs gnus, and still fighting. Everybody is fighting, and has been for eight davs. Wo O ar shall have them "this pop.' th- -h it may take a day or two more. Our losses arc heavy can't say ho.y many. If Augur's f rees wcri here now we could finish lucm to-dav. Hancock captured Geu. Xcd Johnson and two other Generals, besides lots of lower grades. The old Republic is firm bet your pile on it. Grant is 1 giant and hero in war, but all our Generals arc gallint, and as to our wen the wtrld never hid better. Yours in haste. 1no.AI,I,S. SPOTSYLVANIA C. II. 12 111. Antrobus, our well Known artist, say the Philadelphia liul'ctin, "has just completed a life-iizcd portrait of United States Marshal Millward. The picture is in the highest style of art, and so excellent m a likeness that it wems to ftand out from the canvas a literal counterpart of tho oriiaal.

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