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WEEKLY EXPRESS

TBB. RB-H A XJTB:

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, ib63

OCTOBEIt ELKC1ION.

UNCONDITIONAL UNION TICKET

FOB COUNTY AUDITOR,

EDWARD B. ALLEN".

FOR COUNTY RECORDER, RICHARD J. SPARKS.

FOR APPRAISER OF REAL EBTATK, ALFRED PEGG.

FOB STATE LEGISLATOR,

RUFUS H. SIMPSON.

THE State Union Democratic MASB convention is postponed until the 20th of this month.

General# MCCLERNAND and HOVEY have acceptcd the invitations to address the convention. Also JOHN VAN BURHN, DICKINSON, Governor TODD, and other distinguished orators and statesmen will be present.

THE result of the election in Kentucky administers another blow to the rebels. The Union majority is larger than was anticipated Most desperately have the secessionists endeavored to tako Kentucky into the Southern Confederacy, but have each time most signally failed.

THE Union meeting at Charleston, Ills., on Friday, was the largest ever held in that portion of the State. The crowd was estimated at twelve thousand. Speeches were made by Hon. R. W. THOMPSON, Judge GOOKINS, and Gen. Dick OGLESBY. The Union cause is in the ascendant and gaining rapidly. The tory loaders are dying hard, but die they must. Their names will go down to the deepest infamy along with those of JEFFERSON DAVIS and his associates.

WE publish in another place a letter written by a nullifier in 1833, and addrosaed to Dr. MURFREE, of Murfreesboro, Tennesse. It is worth reading for its style. It is evident the writer thought then that South Carolina constituted the ruling part of the United States. The letter contains the usual amount of Billingsgate and bragadocio, which the South Carolina secessionists have been in the habit of using from that time to the present.

The State was then foiled in its efforts to secede and involve the country in war, and the next pretext was waited for by her nullifiers with much interest. She doubtless believes now that South Carolinians cannot master the balance of the continent with as much ease as was then supposed.

Reenforce ?he Amy in Virginia. Every regiment of the Potomac army should be filled to its maximum with drafted men. The quota of the New England States, of New York, Pensylvania, Delaware and Maryland, will be about 180,000 and every one of this number should be thrown among the skeletons of veteran regi ments now on the Potomac. Mingled thus with old soldiers, they would be effectually drilled in two months, and be nearly as valuable as the veterans themselves. There is no occasion to throw any more forces to the South or West there are ulready more men there than can Ins used to advantage and if the Government will not transfer the surplus to Virginia, at least it can send the freah rucruits there, and make another detente offort to capture Richmond, and deeper:^ tinonly army of any coiisequeuee tho Rebels have in the field.

Gen. Strong.

Brigadier General GEORGE C. STRONG who was dangeroully wounded during the assault on Fort Wagner, and who has since died, was born in Stockbridge Vermont. His father died when he was but eight years of age, rid he was adopted in the family of his uncle, A. 8. STRONG, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, under whose care he received his first lessons for military life. He entered West Point Academy in tho class of 1857, and held the post of first captain of cadets for three years. After he was graduated he had charge of the Budesbury Arsenal, he was thence transfer red to Fortress Monroe, and thence to Mount Vernon, Alabama. After the dejection of Major MORDKCAI he had charge of the Wiitcrvlii Arsenal a short time but on tho broaking out of the war, he applied for active servico, and was placed on tho staff of Gen. MCDOWELL at the battle of Bull Run, and was highly complimented for his efficiency in that b.ittlo He was next appointed on the statf of GOD MCCLKLLAN, but shortly alter was detailed as ordnance officer by Gen. BUTLER for tho Department of the East, and afterward accompanied Gen. BUTLER to tho Department of the Gulf. He distinguished him eelf at Biloxi atjd in the perilous adveuturo up the Tarigipalio River. Gen. STBONU was «. young man, but 31 years »f age, nt tho time of his death. He was bravo and skillful iu his profession. At tho assault on l«ort W»gner hejeommanded the assaulting column and led it with distinguished bravery and skill. He was a favorite in the army, and honored and trusted by the men under his command. They were ready to follow his load to "glory and tho grave By his death the country feas lost a brave and skilllul general.

Atrocious "Arbitary Arrests."

We are deopiv pained to announce that another "American citizen" has been '-incarcerated in a BeatiU" by th* "mercenary agents "and myrmidon" of that "usurping tyrant" President LINCOLN, who will be known in histery a* "the American King

Bomba." Read

am1 shudder:

Th0

.du,,r

madehirosel! conspicuosM hia officiousness

SS-SS

concenled

Georgia. Louisiana.

ou,«

reljt

,]a

aud the editor ot the Co»n firr,withoue Yj ,inid v,r,it aven the benefit of the

town, aua^uiw.

ceremony

c0cpaa~-was

If there anythiog we take a pleaa-

it ie—eating there is anything o* tailing f«r

ujn& of then belffimy. by

!S&

/, *jfko ouHjoly^ be nw-

ous to know what addition may be made to our armies by thejate call, of the President, summoning to the Sefii all persons between the ages of 40 and 45 years. The censu3 of 1850 iurnished data upon which an approximate estimate may bo based. We have accordingly looked into that report and make the following rough calculation: I Alabama will fcrnlfb........

-South Carolina will ...

ArkAD&aB......... E^POO Florida.... I.'MO

Teuaessee,,, 6.0C0 Texas. 5,o00 Virginia. ,. 18,000

.12,331 8,000

Hifldsstpi*........ 9y000 North Carolina.. ..11,000

Maklog ef

total

This number^gJPjQjtipgjLhat it can be raised, will not'm&k»4ho-army numerically as strong as On the lit Of May last. Their losses in that time have Been in Mississippi, 65,O0U Gettysburg -35,000 Helena, 2,000 MORGAN'S men, 3,200 Charleston, 1,000 Tullahoma, 2,000. Total, 109,200.

But when we reflect upon former'sweeping conscription in the South, it will not bb difficult to conclude that muny of these will be rejected on account of physical disability. In addition to this,*''tho 18,000 from the States of Arkansas, Louisiana iind Texas will be useless to the Rebels, Which wohld, to allow their own figure?, reduce the number to 78,000. Our opinion is, that if the conscription is enforced in all its rigor, it will not add f0,000 to the Rebel forces

What they Ihinlf iH the army. A Staff officer in Geo. Meade'H army thus writes to his brother In NewJYor.k city, from near Snickers Gap, Va. under date of July

The army is in the very best spirits- The battle of Gettysburg was t.io best fought battle of the war, eo far as we know anything about war. Everything seemed to move along as if by magic. Whenever our lines waved, there the rectiforceiuenta were sent to strengthen and make them impregnable We punished Lee as ho never was pun iphed be fate. We will give him a worse punishment wlien.wemeet him again.

But what are you doing o allowing to be done in New York? Notwithstanding our victories, it is enough to discourage the stoutest heart to hear such news from home as has come to us during the past week. It makes my blood boil when I think, that while we out here are sacrificing everything for the defense of our homes and our Government those homes are being desecrated by mobs which are fouler in their character and more fiendish and brutal in their operations than any Paris ever saw in the darkes days of the French Revolution. Will the people of the North ever awake to a prrper sense of their duty? Or are they to slumber on in fancied security until ruin knocks at their doors and claims tbem for his own? I love my country and my Government, but, if that Government cannot protect my home from thieves and murderers while I am far away from it, then I want it to release me from the bonds that keep mo here and let me go home to protect those I hold so dear This is the universal voice of the army.— Having fought very mean traitors with no inconsiderable degree of success, for the past two years, the soldiers of this army would like nothing better than to shoot down in their tracks the miserable poltroons who dare no greater achievements than the burning of buildings, the sacking of dwellings, and the murder of inoffensive and defenseless negroes.

North Carolina.

The evidence accumulates with every arrival of news !rom the South, that there is a strong feeling iu North Carolina favorable to a return of that State to the Union. The Union feeling thero is u'ly gaining strength, and tho Union men are becoming bolder, as they become better organized and prepared to de.ly the power of JJCKK. DAVIS. Thero is but little doubt that there is a formidable organization of Union men all over the State, and tho State authorities aro becoming alarmed at the condition of things around them. tho rob«l President, tho trouble increase everv hour, and the fire in the rear, threatens to as-nine a serious character.— The ileigh Standard, denounces DAVIS in the most malignant, manner, and defies him to niako the c(l'"i K.t its supression. The rebel Government.' not iu a condition at this time to invite a disturbance with tho Union men'-'of that State, and this fact tho Stdndnrd is well aware of. Further, it suggests that a delegation should bo sent to Washington'to obtain terms with the Federal Government for a return to the Union.

We suppose .1 iceKKII-UX DAVIS will hkely deny the right oTarty One Of the Confederate States to secede from the others. The doctrine which southern Statesmen have con tended for so long by debate, and are now contending tor with the -SA-ord. in about to work the rUin of their government. Northern Copperheads will .-doubtless take the side ot .IRKIT. DAVIS in tho contest, should it come to olif, u'lid ar- ue that Noith Carolina has no right to seoe«ie Irotu the Confederate Government nudjoib the Union again. As thev are determined to stand br DAVIS,come what, may, Ihov would not pause a momeTit on a mnHer ui vonsistency. But while it is impossible to foretell what wilt be the result of matters in that State, it has the appenrauce now of proving a serious nflVir to the robels.

THE 0'J.WKDMIIVCV,0UR IVo —1 h«5 pot itosaiun of Vickfburg cuts the Confederacy squarely in two, the following 'figures

show:

bels intoriuatton, and was

jnauo information, and was ., it r°itT'"iJi"§ El's 5«"s»

Area of Arkansas Area of Louisiana. Area of Texa*. •.

HSRR,

PP'--

re driven out vt

wero turnea ...

turned.

l"ur,-

»a—peaohos espe

'A?** -nich ^me from the Terre.Hsute ciallay yesterday Mr. Alfred

Fruit

Farm Nursery

t0Mr

iUdUStrJ

Square Miles. .... ."V2.19S 41,225 .... 237,504

Stnth-GaiUina. North Onrotihii (t^ur-Rlths)...

Nortll Unroima wir-i»

en the benefit of the

carried oft' to

?"rtMcHenr7 where he is now imprisoned.

"Ha should

be nominated immediatlely foi bv the Pennsylvania Copper

Tennessee (on^-hatO Florida (two-thirds.

330,957

The follow-

That is the territory cut ofl ii,g is what remains:

50,722 58,00*1 47.156 29,385 40,600 41,0»K) i»,S0 40,000

329,663

On Saturday last the "Sugar Creek

lUngcrs"

awon. »iitf' the State Legion, by

Sergt. Isaac Eroww of the 7lat regiment, and the following t«k ere duly elected acQoiding to law:

John H. Baily, Capt. John N. Hearn, 1st Lieut. Denuis Hexrn, 2nd Lieut. John P. Kelly, Ord. Sergt. William H. Smith, 1st Sergt. Robert B. Baily, 2nd Sergt Igoaiius Doyle, 3d Sergt. Thomas Nesjels. 4h Sergt Andrew Kelly»1st Porp. Stephen Ruse, 2d Corp. Martin G. Rhoads, 3d Corp John Cyphers, 4th Corp. Adam i- Smith. Co. Clerk.

-b«yt up a orchard and nureery, and we girt to learn his l.b.n are bemg so w»U 5„,i If vou

a rere arl,cle 0

peaches, or other fruits in their season, .give Messrs. Pegs & Co., an order.

pation.

course or tin able article on Gradual

mancipation.»the Cainbtfdg^ Maryland^ Intdl*pnctr,Qt July IS, says: "W^Tre"^n"Tavor^fTsy3tem*"67 gradual emancipation for Maryland. If we lived in Missouri, we should be like eur friends there, in favor of immediate emancipation. But the condition of Maryland is materially different from that of Missouri. Theta Slavery has carried civil war to the very Jiearth$ Btones"of the loyal people, and crimsoned their homes with blood. Radical measures ue essential to tb® e8tebl«hment of peace ami quiet there. Here, we eiyoy security and tranquility, the public exigeiic'y is not.so great, and we may abolish our system of labor with lek? violence to other public In!crests. The disease in the "body politic"! pi both States is the same, but they require' aiBereot remedies. "But while we are in favor of gradual emancipating we do not mean that it Bhall be so very gradual as to be just no emancipation at all. We are willing that it shall be gradual, but it must be speedv Though gradual, it must be short. We are opposed to any system which contemplates lengthening the life of Slavery a single day beyond wh&t.is absolut ly necessary for the preservation of other public interests from too |greata shock by the change of labor. Ten years is long enough. We want Slavery throttled and des troyed, and that, too, in time for us and bur children to enjoy the benefits of Freedom Our fathers and ourselves have suffered much from the curse of Slavery, and we claim that ourselves and our children shall enjoy the blessings of Freedom."

So far the Intelligencer, a paper whose editor deserves high'credit for his manly opposition to Shivery in the midst of a Slave State, for his consistent and unconditional maintenance of fhe|Union cause in Maryland, and. for hi^ bold and unwavering support of the Administration. But the article from from which we'have quoted, although containing much to which every lover of the Union and of liberty will cordially assent, gives expression to a view ol emancipation which though common, is one that we regret to find shared by a writer of the power and influence of the editor of the Intelligencer.— When the Intelligencer says: "We are opposed toany system which contemplates length euiug tho life of Slavery a single day beyond what is absolutely neoessary for the preservation of other public interests from too great a shock by the chuuge of labor. Ten years is long enough:" when the Intelligencer says this, it exhibits the force of a prevailing error The most dangerous fallacy concerning emancipation is that it'must be gradual to be safe.

And yet this fallacy has so possessed (he pubic mind, and is so industriously nurtured Jby those who are selfishly interested in the continuance of Slavery, that it not only obstructs tho progress of the truth, hut stands in the way of the establishment, of a real peace in the Border States. It has become a superstition whieh influences the conduct, aud the policy r.f honest lovers of tho country, of liberty and of peace, as well as the actions of those who are seeking to destroy the country and have destroyed peaco for the §ake a Slavery.

Let us look at the question fairly, in an honest spirit, so far ascpossible without prejudice. Assuming, as we may, without fear of contradiction, that Emancipation is not only desirable but necessary to secure a quiet and progressive condition of society in the Border States, it follows that the more speedily it can be brought about without confusion the better. Aud what reason is there for supposing that, immediate Emancipation, that is, Emancipation after a term of not less than six mouths and not more than a year would be attended by greater disturbance of public or private interests than Emancipation after a term of five, ten, or twenty years?— We believe that, far from there being any reason to anticipate greater disturbance as the result of

immediate Emancipation, there

would lie far less than would attend a system of gradual Emancipation. In the latter case, the period of transition from one system of labor to another being lengthened, all the inconveniences, all the unsettlement, all the bitter discussions that are the inevitable accompaniments of such a period would be prolonged, and the prosperity of the State consequently diminished. The prosperity of a people depends, in degree, on the fixity of the social order. It is diminished and put at risk by uncertainty and irregularity. Therefore, supposing the people of a State to have determined an Emancipation the sooner it can be secured, other things being equal, the less risk attends.the change.

Three main arguments aro used against immediate Emancipation, ueither one of which seems to us to have any real lorce.— It is a-serted that there is injustice in de priving the slaveowner of his property Th this speedy manner, or iu forcing him to aocopt a compensation which he may not deem sufficient, and to change suddenly the character of his investment. Now, waiving all discus sion as to the right of the slaveholder to hold this epocies

property, it is to be considered

that the interests

the community, when

clearly ascertained, are always to be held superior to those of. a class that there is no questron that »n overwhelming majority of the citizens of any State where Slavery ex ists would be .immensely benefitted, by Emancipation and that ihere.ite no comparison between tit# Hmountof injury likely to be wrought by it and the amount of good certain to result from it. BuL outside of al' considerations, it may fairly be questioned whether the slaveowner would really, in the mnjority of cases, suffer auy harm from Emaucipatiwn, supposing him to accept it honest ly. There is abundant evidence of the most convincing sort, to show ilmi slaves made freewill

Work

for fair wages with greater

Mil vantage to their employer, then if held hv him as slaves. The capital invested iu human beings, on which every year ther« was a heavy charge in the sha -,e of death, injury, clothiugt food, (ic is now freed from these charges aud invested in tho accumulating results of labor. Take five owners of 100 slaves, and Eve employers of 100 IVeo negroes, at fair wages, and at the end of ten years the latter, on equal terms in other respects. will have "'increased their capital to much the larger amount." 'If f'^r v'ares are, however, not kept lor labor primarily but fer

this being an immoral usage, the

breeding,

slaveowner hiw no claim for compensation, aud no to compassion fop loss he may incur

But the second argument egaiust immediate Emancipation is, that tho negroes, if freed, would

not

work, and that consequently alt

the results of labor dependent on their work would ceas*. or at leasWie greatly diminish ed. This argument is & mere assertion, which no one who knows the history of Emancipation would venture to nrake, aud which is abundantly refuted by the evidence afforded by the recent experiment, at Port Royal. Nowhere could Emancipation be more sudden, or good results be more difficult to eej cure from it than on the islands near Port Royal. But black human nature is governed by similar laws to those by wh:ch white houature ij controlled. It needs only to be trusted, and to be dealt fairly with to show it* qualities

If it be true, as ve fully beiieve, that slave

owners wopld net as tt ckss^nffer by-Eman-cipation, and that- the blaokfe if emaXKaprted, would be to wgfjjsWT|fair wages, the last argument oftheif$radui3 Emancipationists, hatr58T"fesrofdistawhanfcroftbe "public interests, from the too great shock by the change of labor," falls at once to the ground as destitute of foundation. Demagogues, lovjert fit ^J^viry. iupi timid people gfcnehUly, ma^ use it?t4Ahe^liiiflJeri^ictiif freedom and the postponement of the blessings that will foliow freedome but the honeskJover of his. country will hesitate .to use an argument that has its only support in the prejudices which have grown up in a slaveholding community, and in the lies by which the crime and curse of slavery have been maintained.

Immediate Emancipation is the forerunner of Peace. The unconditional Union man is the unconditional Anti-slavery men Freedom, Peace, and Union go '!*•»mid one cannot be had without the other.

.s i.} ii?ti For the Exprwa. llOW Is II?

MB. EDITOR: —About one year ago, when the 7lfet Kegt. Iud. Vol., waa beiug raiaed in this district, the Commissioners of Vigo county, appropriated $5,000 00 for the use Bud benefit of the families of those who volunteered iu said regiment, to be distributed from $1 to $2 per week per family, according to the number of children. I understand that a great-port ion ol that fund is still on hand unappropriated

The above beisig true in every particular, lavish to ask -a few questions in regard to that fund, which, perhaps, will interest more than myself. During the time I have been in Terre Haute recruiting for said regiment, I have had several applications to make to Joshua 15. Otey (who has charge of this fund), for a small dividend of said fund. Those for whom tho application were made, were honestly and truly entitled to it, yet Otey has not paid oue ceut ou either application to this day.

The certificates presented to him were correctly made out (in tomo cases aecoiding to his own instiuctions), and signed by two responsible tax payeis, in each case, who wero conversant with the facts in relation thereto.

Now, want to know why and how J. B. Otey cau refuse to pay out this money for the legitimate purpose lor which it was intended? Why does he request this or that to be done and after everything haa been perfected, re fuse to pay over to the honest war widow what tho country Says she should have? Does the fuuds belong to Otey Is ho tho embodiment of Vigo couuty Or it».?a he intend it lor the solo benefit of tho Butternut -party, when they commence a crusade ugaiiift the freemen of this glorious country

This matter must and shall be satisfactorily explained soon, or I shall collect all tho certificates with which 1 havo had anything to do, and publish them for the especial perusal ofthe County Commissioners, together with their order setting ftpait this fund for the purpose named. I want all to be treated alike—no more—no less., •,

ISAAC BROWW, Rec. Sergt. 71st Regt.

Gen. Jackson on Secession As the authority or Andrew Jackson is sometimes most absurdly invoked by the Secessionists on the one hand, and by those who profess not to comprehend that I here shouli a revolutionary right ol separation on the other, we make the following extract from a letter written by him thirty years ago, to an intimate (liend in Memphis, Tenn which Gen. Hurlbut, in command there,'has forwarded to the Chicago Historical Society. We have rarely seen the true distinction more clearly drawn than by Old Hickory in the following:

WASHINGTON, March 25, 1833. Nullification is expiring. Its

last dying groan is just sealed by the repeal of the ordinance and laws passed by the South Carolina Convention, who passed it and heroalter Nullification and Secession will never be heard of, except in holding up to scorn and detestation their adtvocates, and particularly their prime movers. The bloody bill (as the Nullies call the late judiciary biil or enforcing bill) has put this to rest.— It spoke the united sentiments of the people from Maine to Louisiana, that Nullification and Scession are revolutionary measuree, and not political rights. growing nut of our Constitution or Confederacy.— The natural right of man is to resist oppresssion when it comes. It equally belongs to communities. Where they have the physical power, they succeed otherwise, they will he coerced into obedience. Our Governments, both State and General, are Governments founded by the people for their own prosperity and happiness, The people are the sovereigns and, having formed a Federal and National Government for the transaction of all their national concerns, and the State Governments to regulate all their local and domestic concerns, and hav ing pointed out by the Constitution how it is to be altered and amended, it can only constitutionally and peacefully be so altered any other is revolution. The people being the sovereign head, the only have the right to change their Government. This is the beauty and safety of our form of Government. It is unique in itself, and surpasses all other systems ever contemplated and as long as it is truly administered, by the General Government keeping within the pale of its granted powers,, and leaving the people and the States their reserved rights, it will work well and endure forever. It is the strongest Government in the world, because it is made by the people for their own happiness, security and prosperity, and rests upon the support of the people and their agents must bend to public opinion, and the power of the sovereign people is seen and felt at the ballot-boxes and I have no fear but at the next election the Nullies everywhere will feel this power.

Believe me. your friend. 'ANDREW JACKSON M. BUWTO.V. Esq.

TtRiinHuiTK, Aug., 4th, 1863

Arraugenieuts have made for drilling com missioned officers and sergeants o( the Indiana Le»i"n. who f.elong to companies in Vipo County, commencing on Monday the 10th iivst., The school will continue one week, subject to future arrangmehts. It is desired that all the officers should attend, if possible. R.W.THOMPSON.

jgjip1"* Tho conscripts of Hartford have adopted the fashion ol wenriug a red ribboa in a button hole of the coal. Men desiring to act ss substitutes wear a blue tibbou.

LffWe learn business will be suspended tomorrow, in obedience fo the request ofthe President ts»f the United States, and the day obseived ns one of National Thanksgiving, praise and prayer, for the many victories that hate attended our arms

iST" The leading journals iu Louisville have all commenced the issue of papers every day, iocluding Sundays, on the plea that the demand of the war makes it necessary. So true is it, that the tendencies of war are emoralizing.

Dr. Hitchcock of this city having re

ceived from Surgeon General Hammond U. S. Army, Washington Oity, an order to proreed to Pennsylvania, to take charge of tbe sick and wouuded soldiers in the Hospitals of that State since the late battles, leaves at oace for tbe east to report for duty.

r,-«fWe learn the "ihpoii Rifles contemplate being sworn into the State Legion.

atermelona are being Ehippad from

EvanaTille to Indianapolis. ES^^efugeei in Targe numbers are arriving at Cairo, from Alabama.

MAKKIED.— On the 25th ult by Zenas Smith, E^QF-j Mr. CHAEIES F. FKTTBKS to Mist IfeiKCES A& A^pKHCBigRjl jpj tl)&pfa£e>

Rev. E. T. Cook, Chaplain of the

43d regiment, died at his re&idence in Honey Creek township, this county, Sabbath last. EB"*'T hree hundred prisoners from Port Hudson arrived at Indianapolis Sabbath afternoon. .. tw The balance iu favor of the Government against the rebels iu the number of prisoners is about seventy thousand. This makes the exchange" market eas/.'•.^ "USfAu Eastern paper .speaking of the Raising of 60,000 men in Indiimft In three days, to repel Morgan, says tfid case has no paralle in history. *i a i¥ t%i4. *1

DIED—At the family residence, in Lost Creek township, at 7 o'clock Saturday morn ing, Mrs. ISABELLA. S|aKvt wjfe of Joseph S. Jenckes.

EST" Mr. Jos. Wallace gathered on Saturday last, fifty bushels blackberries from his garden on the Bloom ingtou road. They were sold at the rate of $3,50 per bushel.— Rather profitable. 85P* A grand pow-wow of Butternuts takes place at Sullivau, on Thursday the 6th of August, the day set opart by the President for National Thanksgiving.

US'" The First National Bank of Terre Haute." is now fully organized and prepared to do a general banking business. The business of tho Southern Bank is to be wound up immediately. ,.i•

EST" The new Concert Hall on Fifth street, will be oomploled in about oue month. It is being finished with an elegant stage and all the appliauce.« of comfortable theatre. Tho lovvor floor and gallery will aconimodate f^m six to seven hundred people.

§3F"°Tho Indianapolis" Journal states: About one child per week is reported to our Township Trustee as having been found at some body's door, or some piace else, too young to give any accouut of itself. These infanta are all "Topsies"—saving their color —they have no parents like Topsey aud Jo» unh's gourd, they "growed",—in the night."

proposed to pass in Massachusetts

11 statute of limitation against the early marriage of army widows. Several who fiave gone off In rfeW bouds of wedlock are perplexed by hearing that their patriot husbands "still live!"

{Egr Indiauapulis, just uow, is infested with a gang of burglars, garroters, robbers aud thioves, who seem to be doing as they please. When they are "smoked out" of that city, we may, in all probability, look for a portion of the gang in this place. Be prepared.

iSTThe Lafayette Journal learns from a trustworthy source that tbe reason the draft in this State has not been ordered yet is in consequence of some of the District Provost Marshals not having handed in their returns so that the quota from each District can be determined. Captain Thompson the Provosl Marshall for this District, has fully completed his labors on tho onrollmeni, and is ready for the grand lottery.

5£gp One of the qweerest freaks ofthe draft we have yet heard of was played upon a student of Yale College, who was enrolled in New Haven in two wards, one where he slept, aud another whero the College was located, aud was also enrolled at home, and was actually drawn in all three. He might as well consider his case settled. The Pates are determined to send hitn to glory in blue breeches and a woolen shirt.

GENKRAL GILMORR.—General Gilmore is supposed to be one of the most accomplished artillerists in the army. After he had graduated at West Point he was employed for several years in experiments upon the power of projectiles upon earth, wood and earthworks and, it is said, took photographs every time a shot was fired. At Fort Pulaski he brought his skill to actual experience. Bringing his guns within six hundred yards, he knocked the fort to pieces like a house of cards.

j®" "Substitutes are obtained at sums ranging from $80 to $150. Secesh feeling in this city is far below par. The Union cause goes bravely on.—Phila. Telegram.

Thtre appearsto be no difficulty Eastward in getting all the substitutes that are required, and at very low prices. The reasou is obvious. The drafted troops will not be in tho field much before the first of October, and there is but littie probability that any severe battles will bo fought after that period. The drafted troops will without doubt relieve the veterans uow doing garrison duty, the latter being anxious for active service in tJie fibld. There are old troops enough in the West doln^ garrison duty at Louisville, Nashville, Murlreesboro, Memphis, Corinth, Helena, and various other places, to swell the armies of Rosecrans, Grant, Banks, and Blunt, to the maximum required.

SST.T

he American Phrenological Journal

fcir August iu giving an analysis Of tbe phrenological character of General Meade, reported beloie the battle of Gettysburg, says:

At the head of an army his conduct will be dignified, manly and independent. There will be no blunter, no pompous display, no acting lor mere effect. He will fight coolly, unflinchingly, persistently. He will not pormit himself to be tampered with nor controlled within the sphere of his own proper office, aud w.ll do what he tee

Is to be his duly

regardless of cousequeuces. "His organization doea not permit him to become mixed up with patty politics. Ho is disposed to miud his own business, aud expects others to do the sauie. "To sum up, be is clear headed, prudent, brave, persevering and conscientious. His organization as we read it, declares him to be every inch a rau.''

jgfMr. John Scott has associated wKb bimsolf in the Stove and Agricultural Implement trade, Mr. Edward H. V.il entine, for merly of Cambridge City. Mr. Y. comes to our city with the reputation of a gentlemanly dealer, and one intimately acquainted with the farming implement trade, and with the assistance of Mr. Wolf, than whom there is no more pleasant person to deal witb, we are assured this bouse will continue to command tbe leading business in this branch of tbe trade. See their announcement in another

place.

THRENODY.

lotJie memory of Copt. Jokn /^P. Jttti

tx feioxAs ft. uvn.

Alas! that he is Miss, gallant youtht Be'ore the fullness oI bis bright career. Before the glory and the undying truth. For which hU vengeful sword was drawn,appear, Before the land our dearest thoughts revere. Is cleansed and purified bj blood and fire, And peace cas bring the jubilating To mark when freoaied treason skull expire, And Union, hope and lave their kindred thoughts insjure. -.fx

Karly in freedom's caase his form wasse«n, In camp and an the battle's dreadfal plain. And where the marching column's brilliant sheen. From burnished arms, reflected back again The sun's resplendant beames through storm aiid rain, And winter's snows all unsubdued he stood, Ignoring still privation, danger, pain, The shrieking death of battle's rolling flood— Thinking betimes alone of country aad of God.1 i) •».! 15: ,n. ...

And through theearnage of each well-fought field His dauntless bearing hurried him away, Until to death, the victor, he must yield, Upon that last triumphant battle-day. Through thirteen conflicts thus, without dismay. He fought—one for each gallant State so tried, And in the fourteenth, stein and fatal fray, The youthful patriot for the Union died— His friends' unending loss, hia country5* endless pride.

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Rest lightly, earth 1 above his proud remains Sweet flowers of Spring 1 bloom forth your fairest here And gently fall, oh, summer's silent rains! To bathe his turf with many a cooling tear. Scarcely the stars that in the heavens appear,

(Or

Three men, for druukeuess,. and

three boys, for being on the street after nine o'clock, were placed iu the calaboose Saturday night There being no Mayor's court on the Sabbath, they were released yesterday morning.

the day-beams that linger o'er his sod, Can show a path more height than the career His faultless,yet impulsive spirit trod, Through lift's most varied scenes unto the throne of God.

Terre-Haute, July, 1863.

HEADQUA*TKB3 71STREGIMENT, INDIANAPOLIS July 1863.

ED. EXPRESS:—Permit mo to say to our friends, that we are in excellent health, and have a fair prospect of soon being in the field again the boys are eager for it. The present indications are most cheering. The recent victories gained by our arms, have given a death blow to the Southern Confederacy.

Yicksburg,tbe mighty city of fortifications, the Gibaraltar of the South, has fallen! Port Hudson too is ours. Gen. Meade has rooted and discomfitted Lee's grand army, and drove it In disgrace toward Richmond Bragg's army, also, is in full retreat, pur sued by the invincible Rosecrans. Every day we are growing stronger, and the enemy is becoming weaker. The rebels thought their raids would be successful they expected to obthin great booty and many recruits, but they were mistaken their northern sympathizers won't fight on either side, they are faint hearted they affect a holy horror of the pike and gun the sight of an enrolling officer, is an abomination in their eyes they should be consigned to oblivion and everiasting contempt but the true men, who have sacrificed all for their country in this her day of trial, future 'generations will rise up and call them blessed.

The rebels boasted that Lee's mighty army would sweep like a whirlwind over the North Harrisbnrg, Baltimore and Philadel phia, all were to succumb, and Jeff. Davis, the King, was to dictate terms of peace from the Capita), at Washington John Morgan too, was to play no inconsiderable part in the great work of destroying the country his army was to be tbe rallying point for the Knights of tbe Golden Circle in the north west his five thousand w«s to swell to fifty thousand, as he marched through Indiana and Ohio the Free States of the northwest were to be devastated at the same time with those of the middle and northern sections, aud the New York mob had apart to play in the grand programme.

In the olden time, when the armies of Sennacherrib came toward Jerusalem on a similar mission, the Almighty breathed upon them, and they became dead men. In like manner these hosts of secession, threatening slaughter and swift destruction to all that good men bold dear, have met the fiery breath of the Lord of Hosts, and have vanished like mists before the morning sun.

God's purposes are ripening fast. He can and will make the wrath of God to praise him, through him shall every bond be broken, every yoke thrown off, and every oppressed human being set free. This will be the work of the Lord, and it wrl) be marvelous in our eyes.

This is not a Lincoln war not an abolition war it is the mighty arm of Jehovah going tortb in justice, taking vengeauce on tboBe who have forgotten God, and glory in their shame. If we trace the history of God's dealings with the children ot Israel, we can then plainly see his hand in all this mighty eontest. Well may terror seize the hearts of rebels in arms well may Copperheads flee to their holes their day is coming—a day of fearful retribution.

When this nation has been sufficiently chastised when it has learned righteousness, and been made to feel its dependence in God, then will his arm be stretched forth to save our country and perpetuato her glorious institutions. Then will peace stretch her wings over the land, and the Isyal soldier, scarred aBd weary, embrace his loved ones once more, and enjoy the remainder of his days under his own vine and fig tree, with no one to molest him or make him afraid.

But oh I how many brave soldiers of freedom wiil return to their homes no more on earth forever. They sleep the sleep that knows no waking, until the resurection trump shall sound, and they shall be taken to their reward.

I remain, yours truly, Wit. A

SMITH,

Sergt. Oo. B. 71st Ind. Vols.

The Valparaiso Republican says that Draft Insurance Company has been formed In that place each member of which pay $30 towards a fund to exempt any one drafted. If only one in ten should be elected,' the fund would bo enough to exempt the lucky man entirely. If there should be more than that proportion, the "drafted" would divide the fund equally.

fyseiyt. Landon Burgan, of the 11th Indiana, returned home yesterday. He brought with him a rebel flag, taken at Jaekson, Miss. It is a fine specimen of the "Stare and Bars," but like att articles of the "confeds," where good workmanship is exhibited, shows the marka of Yankee ingenuity—a Wheeler ft Wilson Sewing Machine! It can be seen at tbe lobby of the Poatoffice.

137" Albert King, waa arreeted yesterday for rest driving, and a fine of one dollar and costs assessed. Couldn't pay and was sent to jail.

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DICHAWTESX., July29tb 1863.

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Editor:—After

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tpe »gain beck at

The 92nd IUinoia Regiment has been placed in this Brigade, and Col. Wilder, now has

K^wwnnnii of five Regiments,

Yes, he was in favor of "the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is," nay, he was ready "to line and die for it," just like Vallandigham, Voorhecs and their followers and worshippers. Yours, a.: KABBT.

COLOMBIA, S. C., January 31st 1833. MY DEAR SIB:—I received some days ago, the Nashville Republican extra, containing President Jackson's proclamation, which you sent me, and note what you write on tbe margin. No, we will never repeal the or dinance of nullification. It is our charter of rights, and will never be repealed whilst the odious and misnamed American system is in operation. Wo will defend it as becomes freemen. South Oarolinia's tons are freemen, and will live and die so,at all hazards. Slaves may "cower, and submissively yield to threats, but freemen scorn and dispiso them." We are not yet chained to tho car of a would be despot, and will die and be damned, before we will submit our necks to his yoke. We are no man's men, but free and independent, South Carolinian's, neither a friend to assert our rights, nor to defend them with our lives and fortunes. We scorn your old master's rage, and defy bis wrath. Let him come on, we will meet him, and damnd be he, that first cries hold, enough!" You say "come to Tennessee, and we will cure you of nullification" now this is absolutely backing out, for we nullifiers never hare

said, that we would go any where, to do this, that, or the other. We said always, and we say now, "we stand upon our owu soil, our own South Carolina, the nome of the brave, and the land where all white men are free, 1 and say to all the world, this is our home, here we have certain inalienable rights, which we will defend at all and every hazard, abd woe to him just on hostile foot upon it."— Itjid for you then, your good and loyal subjects, you vassals and slaves of Jackson, who are to come (at hi9 command) to beat us in to submission to his will. To you then, 1 repeat, come over, and you will find to your sorrow and cost, that a company of freemen led on by such men as little Jemmy Hamilton and Robert Y. Hayne, is equal, (nay superior) to a whole Regiment of Jackson's, slaves. You'll find it much easier, to drive a drove of cattle to Virginia, for your master, than drive a South Carolina nullifier one single inch. You may point to New Orleans and say, "behold our Seeds." True you did beat the British slaves there, but that only proves, that you were better slaves than they, that your master's, had you under better command than theirs, and you fought from fear of being banged up by the necks, I blush at the reflection that you, that any of my blood relations are slaves. What think you, yonr gallant old father would say to you, could his spirit appear? I can tell you, although I only know him from the information of my father and Uncle William, no slavish blood ran in his veins, and in his wrath he would say, "Mat you are a slave you dishonor my name, and I discard you." "I have received a copy of David Dickinson's speech in the Legislature of Tennes see upon the subject of nullification, which I suppose he sent me in return for tbe papers! have heretofore sent him from this

State. He too, is one of Jackson's slaves and I blush for bis degeneracy. It is evident that he has taken bis politics as men generally do their religion upon the mere "ipse dixit," of some popular damned hypocritical rascal of preacher, who tells them thoy must take things upon faith 'Twas his will, and he is good," without taking the trouble to read and interpret for themselves. So with Dickinson, he bad adopted a version of the Constitution of the United States upon the opinion of Jackson, or some one of his slave drivers, without reading for himself. He thought when he made his apeech, that South Carolina would only nul lify if she could obatain the co-opera-tion of Tennessee aul Georgia, and other Southern States. I hope he is undeceived by this time South Carolina ever did rely upon her own sons to protect and defend her constitutional rights, and liberties. "Expect support from Tennessee and Georgia No! We knew too well that the majority of the Tennesseeans betong, as much Jackson, as our negro slaves do to us and we had nothing to expect (rom Georgia in her sovereign capacity, whilst the milk-sap Lumpkin, (a very young Lumpkin) wields tbe helm. No, Sir! We "expect support" from no sister State. We depend upon the justice of our couse, aud upon our own arms to defend it. We ask assistance frem uo man nor community yet if a uoblo spirited fel low comes from abroad (and there are thousands amongst you, I know) and volun teers to breast the storm witb us in defence of liberty and tbe constitution, we 6ay "bail brother.2' Dickenson is on tbe political oceau, and it is evident he trims his vessel to the popular breeze, but when tbe spirit of liberty, which is unconquerable, shall have surmounted all obstacles, and your leadiug men dare break the chains by which they are now fettered to Jacksoo's car when tbe nul location party which he describes in such moving tropes, to be growing up in Tennessee, shall gain the ascendency (as it surely will) I shall see him luff: on the ground that be always advocated the right of revolution, or secession, though he deprecated nullification. But here even he is at fault for hia master denies the doctrine of secession in toto. I sec too, that he uses the thread-bare argument of the Union, "the Union it must be preserved." I would blow it, if I could, to hell and Jackson, Van Buren and the whole blackguard set with it. Restore it to its original purity, and I am ready to live and die for it—I must con teas that. I feel sorry for you and Dickinson, and indeed for all yon Jackson slaves, when Ire collect that you are from poor old North Carolina, tbe land of pitch, tar and turpentine, where the poor devil* are so hum ble and submissive aB to excite one's compassion. True, you have planted yourself in a more genial climate, intermixed with other tribes, live in clovor, and are damned clever fellows at your own bouses, but tbe servility which you carried from the land of your birth has not yet worn off, and you are slaves unconsciously. Poor North Carolina! amid the political strifes of the day, she sleeps a Rip Van Winkle sleep—she has never yet heard of the tariff, the American system, nullification, secession, proclamation, coercion. State Rights, &c., Ac. Well, sleep on, and may hell be ready yawning to receive you, wheo you do awake. I waa really amused at reading tbe editorial remarks of tbe fellow of the Nashville Republiean, containing the imperial proclamation which you sent me. What a poor, sycophantic, crouching, lawnitig parasite, is this wretch in human form 1 What a miscreant slave is this poor devil 1 Cowardly miscreant, he measuree the feelings and honor of South Carolina sons by the standard of hia own dastardly heart. Gods I is it possible that a white man can become such a degraded slave! But hold I bold 11 am wasting my ink about thia cowardly reptile, and words are inade-

quate to express

absence, we

out old encampment. Since

my fagt lettwr we fWildeg's Brigade) have done considerable In the scouting way, and the fruits of our labor foots upaa follows: Two thousand horses and mules, fivehucdred contrabands and a large number of prisoners, but the precise number, I am unable to say.

all

mounted,

and armed withtbercelebrated "Spencer Rifle." Poor Jeho Morgan, the climate of the North proved fatal to him. Will the authorities suffer him to retaia the immense sums of money which he extracted from the pockets of private individuals, or will they compel him to disgorge "that's the question."

Enclosed, I send you an interesting letter, of the days of Jackson, which waa captured, at the residence of old Dr. Murfree, at Murfreesboro, after the battle of.Stone River last winter. It is a true copy, verbatim et literatim. You will at once perceive, that the writer of that letter uses the same arguments and makes the same assertions that the Copperheads of the present day do, viz: oppression, preservation of the Constitution, and tyranny of the Administration, windiog up with tbe boast that one South Carolina traitorous fire-eater is equal to Jitt Union, or lor al men. -i

my sovereign contempt for

him. You invite us over tbe mountains to be cured of nullification now I'll tell you what we will do. We will go over and stir the ears of every damned Jackson man in Tennessee, that the world may know yoti are hia slaves. Well now, enough of politics, and although I have drubbed you well, I'll pait in friendship.

What are yon all doing in the family way? Have the girls got married? Has the pretty rich widow married yet? I hope not, for as soon as we have settled the fight, with old Jackson, will go over for one of them. They will make staunch nullifiers, mixed with the South Carolina blood. Henry says the girls of Tennessee, are all sorts of nullifiers, for be got most damnably hammered when there last.

This is Fast and Thanksgiving day, and

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see how well I keep it. I shall eat all get and fast after supper. Please to present me to your family, Mrs. Hiiliard and family, Mary Maney, and in short, to all relations, slaves and freemen? for I have no doubt they will come right in the long run. When you see Mary and Eliza B—, tell Mary to let me know when she is to be married, for I am determiucd to be at the wedding, and tell Elizi not to forget me. As soon as the war is over (for I am determined to take a band at it) I will call for her.

I am a member of a troop of cavalry and in daily practice with my gallant little bay (which you saw) for a lick at the damned tories and Jackson's dogs.

Henry is here and unites with me in request to be presented to all the family. I am your friend and obedient servant

WM. A. BRICKELL.

TheLate Senator Douglas on the Dnty of Democrats—His Latest Legacy to His Party.

CHICAGO, May 10, 1861.

Mr DXAB SIR.—Being deprived the use of my arms at present, by a severe attack of tho rheumatism, I am compelled to avail myself of the services of an emanuensis in reply lo your two letters.

It seems that some of my friends are unable to comprehend the difference between arguments used in favor of an equitabe compromise with the hope of averting the hor rors of war, and those urged in support of the Government and flag of our country, when war is being waged against the United States with the avowed purpose of producing a permanent disruption of the Union, and a total destruction of the Government.

All hope of compromise with the cotton States was abandoned when they assumed the position that the seperation of the Union was complete and final, and that they never would consent to a reconstruction in any contingency—not even if we would furnish them with a blank sheet of paper and permit them to inscribe their own terms.

Still the hope was cherished that resonable and satisfactory terms of adjustment could be agreed upon with Tennessee, North Carolina, and the border 3tates, and that whatever terms would prove satisfactory to these loyal States would create a Union party in the cotton States, which would be powerful enough at the ballot box to destroy the revolutionary government, and bring those States bat int# the Union by the voice of their own people. This hope was cherished by Union men North and South, and was never abandoned until actual war was levied at Charleston, and the authoritative announcement made by the revolutionary government at Montgomery, that the Secession flag would bo planted upon the walls of the Capitol at Washington, and a proclamation issued inviting tbe pirates of tbe world to prey upon the commerce of the United States.

These startling facts, taken in connection with the boastful announcement that the ravages of war and carnage should be quick ly trausferred from tbe cotton fields of the tbe South to the wheatfields and corn fields of the North, furnish conclusive evidence that it was the fixed purpose of the Secessionists utterly to destroy the,Government of our fathers, and obliterate the United_Slat6s from the map of the world.

In view of this state of facts, there was but one path of duty left to patriotic men.—. It was not a party question, nor a question involving partisan policy it was a question of government, country or no country and hence it became the imperative uty of every Union man, every friend of constitutional liberty, to r.illy to the support of our common country, its government and'flag, as the only means of checking tho progress of of the revolution and of preserving the union of the States.

I am unable to answer your question as to the policy of Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet. 11 am not in their confidence, as you and the whole country ought to be aware. I am neither the supporter of the partisan policy, nor apologist for the errors of the Adminis tration. My previous relations to them rer main unchanged but I trust the time will never come when I shall not be willing to make any sacrifico of personal feeling and party feeling and party policy for the honor and integrity of my country.

I know of no mode by which a loyal citizen may so well demonstrate his loyalty to his country as by sustaining tbe flag, the Constitution and the Union, and under every Administration, (regardless of party politics,) against all assailants, at home and abroad.— The course of Clay and Webster toward the Administration of Gen. Jackson, duriog the days of nullification, presents a noble and worthy example for all true patriots.

At the very moment when that fearful crisis was precipitated upon the country, partisan strife between Whigs and Democrats was quite as bitter and relentless as now between Democrats and Republicans, The gulf that seperated party leaders in those days, was quite aa broad and deep aa that which now seperates the Demacracy from the Republicans. But the moment an enemy arose in our midst, plotting the dismemberment of the Union and the destruction of the Gov-rnment, tbe voice of partisan strife was hushed in patriotic silence. One of the brightest chapters in the history of our country will record the fact that during this eventful period the great leaders of the Opposition, sinking the partisan in the patriot, rushed to the support of the government, and became its ablest and bravest defenders against all assailants until the conspiracy was crushed and abandoned, when they returned to their positions as party leaders upon polit cal issues.

These acts of patriotic devotion havy sever beeu deemed evidences of infidelity or political treachery, on the part of Cla and Webster, to tbe priuciplcs and organize" tion ot the old Whig party. Nor have I any apprehension that tbe firm and unanimous support which the Democratic leaders and masses are now giving to tbe Constitution and tbe Union will ever be deemed evidence of infidelity to Democratic principlee, or a want of loyalty to the organization and creed of the Democratic party. If we hope to rega'n and perpetuate the ascendency of otir party, we should never forget that a man cannot be a true Democrat unless he is a loyal patriot. ft ith the sincere hope that these, my eou victions, may coincide with those of my friends, I am, very truly, yours,

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

^To VIRGIL HICKOX, Esq., Chairman State Democratic Committee.

TUK navy department baa purchased tho iron prize steamer Neptune, which was cap tured by one of our wooden vessel? while attempting to run tbe blockade. She has been turned over to Admiral Paulding.— This is one of the most extraordinary-looking vessels ever brought to the port of New York. While she measures no less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, she iaonly seventeen feet wide, or one-fifteenth of her length—the average proportion of fast steamers being about one-eighth. Her shape is, of course, very novel, resembling that of an overgrown canoe. She will be converted into a man-of-war at once.

HOOKER.—A personal friend and fellowsoldier of Gen. Hooker, writes home: "I give you my word that the stories about his drunkenness aro utterly false. So far from being drunk at Chancellorsville, the fact is that when he was made insensible by tbe coocussion of a cannon shot against a column upon which he waa leaning, and spirits were wanted for his use by the surgeou, not a drop could be found at his quarters, and it was long before it could be obtained."

The Philadelphia*Ledger says in relation to the prize steamer Lizzie, which arrived there on Friday, that she is built similarly i* tbe tugs on the Delaware.