1863-03-18 Weekly Gazette

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THE/WEEKLY GAZETTE

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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

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Elgin, Til* Wednesday, Max-cli..l8, 1863.

CONCBRTMIXa.

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BAZt TICKETS,

p iw>(i|i!fegPtlDnftl .CUt>rc!i.

E"gV. PR ED. OXNARD, PA8T0R. KESIDENOB
at 0. DsvldsonV. Serrlew on. the 8»bbath, lOfr
•'clock A. M., 7 ."'clock P. M. Sabbath School W o'clock
ftf I- PfTjr,	«n Wednefday Evening,-J o'clock,

; feel(W^tWtteert of grayer on ilie 3r«t Sabbath In each

taej^l,« o'clock T. 11.

Bnp list Chnrcli.

J6SLYN, EUPPLT

1J o'clock M. Prayer Meeting Wed-

Jt 10# O'clock A. 11., and 7 o'clock P. Mv

list EpKcops1 cimrcli.

VH ..: ORST, PASTOR. -BB8IDKKCE AT
ih.rn»ik-«eww of-Dl*fii'9K and (jcllege St j.

x, M», *** W P: M. Sunday

at iJ^Veekly' Tnfrfer Mrtttaft; tT«do<fday

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1-rv Cail»oli« Church. i

? '	SEJtVlCES ALTER-

an^RutTanl, at

»■« l. JUSTICE, RRCT0R. SF.lt
r »*1ely*t th« Clurchcs In Xlg-iy a

half-pail ten o'clock.] .

,JBeformcd Presbyterian Clnirfli.

JOHN McCOlRKELL,1 PASTOR. CIlUltCijrON

^T?, i<JMttre Street. 1Re*ldenceat ^Kirkp.itrlck s.. Scr-

- rleei at 10<tf A. M. anjrt ltf j*. M. Prayer Meetmg, Wo.l-

*esday Evening. Concert .of Tr^er, 1st S.ibbathol each

m«nth, lit 7 P* M#

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,;,n .UDTIIEIRAX CHURCH

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OUSE 'O? WORSHIP ON SPRING STRE
preaching by Itev. Mr. Relncke every Sabbath at

^ Qcrman Evanifellcal Cimrcli

'•:®1irOUS» OPPOSITE THE BRICK CIIDRCII. pER-
^Tj Tic« eyery Sabbath at 10 A. M. Rev. E. M' isnel-
' mao.preacher lB charge. Sabbath School at 9 A W
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY!

ax J attorneys, &c.

1AW OFFICE.

JAM^8 C0LEMAN, NOTAUY FUnLIC. or.AIM AND
Inrorance Agnntt li prepared to attend to Corney-
* anclng, ColWctln"{;,Io»nrinffianil General Law Business.
AU tnklien entruited Jo him will be promptly-attended to.
OI*e« orer Sherman'* .Drug-Store, Main. Street, Elgin
UUnota. ,

"f 1 KDWAKD p. JOSLV.Vj |

i" a THORNEY AT LAW ANt) SOLICITOR -IN CHAN-
A ♦c«ty. Will altered to the collection of allj Soldiers
' lm* ag'alnstthe Government.. Offica over Slierman's

rug Stc

re, ElRin, Illinois.

ttoV. 1 !th, 1St32.

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Ij . JOS LY.\, ■

OP TUE PEACE. OFFICE OVER H.

JUSTVOR -- u . „ , .
>lirrm^n's Drug Store, Main «t.

Klgln.Ill.

bexjamin bijkkitt,

iSoLICE MAGISTRATE AND JUSTICE OF T1IE
VSpKAflE. Particular;attention giT^n tw tlw cellec-
■<io% of Debts,Conveyancing, Ac., 4c. Officc, over Win,
A^nabKfd'ft	Store, SIill Stf«et, felgln, Iinno:.iv-

SXrrtOSl^tWs granfetl. ; , :

-K. W. VIIVIXO,;

» TPTOHNEY AT I AW, COUNTY JUSTICE OF. THE
'J^'-'fetee, and flehersl Collecting Agon!. Offica oyer
M. d,	Store. Ma)n Street, Elgin. , r |

- ■ Particular attention paid fo,ConTey.ancing.

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A BSTHACTS OF TI TI*E. • j

T. C.jHM>ORE« Circuit Clerk and Recorder of
■Kane iovfrty, Illinois, will furnish Abstl-act^ of Title to
Real Estajj^ in K,an? .county, at reasonable terms under
_.h»8nii«^THECoostt.	!

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""Jl_E. BIRRHABtiSER, JI.

^'-nalaCfM "At*D SURGEON. OFftCE .OVER._M:
'■ | > Xown'iStore. Residence at the house ef E. Gir-

* otd, •n, J>ltl*lonStrectvE'Eli>'

After ttureeyeafa practice in on« or the largest Hospi-
taU In ^logne,Germany, and ilx years practice in this
«ooatryi I feel a confidence in assuring; the people of. El-
glM|niL»l«lnltj,ofmy|ability to eive full satisfaction In
' ^rSyibAnCh of Medlcjne and Surgery. | -0- ;
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J. TP^EUESOEIi liy',

—- DENTIST. WORK IN EVERY BRANCH
or Dentistry, carefully arvJ thoroughly
performed, according tri the latest land
moat Improved principles of the art, land
warranted to give taUtfactlon. Corner of Mill A Main
Streets,No. 1 A2 Bank Block.	j ■

Juno 18th J860.	j-";" ''"''■'

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^ .. WHITFORD Ac Cli ARK,

PHTSIWANS AND SURGEONS. ESPECIAL AT.

tlon paid to diseases pf the Ear and .Eye, Kpll<
Cancer Scrofula, diseases or Women; f^lso to Surgery
aad Surgical Dlsea&es.^. Residence—The Kimball Honsi.

H. Yarwoid's Drug Store. Office houra 8^
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CHAS. B. ITOHi	S.' S., CAMPBELL.

1 . " Lyon & CAMPBEIiIi, J,

M'k ANUFACTURKRS AND DEALERS IN BOOTS AND
Shoes, First dodr West of the Bank, Chicago St.,
;Bgin,Illinois. ./fT Guitom Work and Repairing
' wltk nvatness aiid disiiatcli- •	'i ®_1

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G. B. ADAMS,

DEALER IN WATOHES.'OLOOKS, JliWELRt, SIL-
rer and Plated.Ware, Musical Instruments,: Fancy
: G?tdt, Ac.

Watch Kepalrlbg and Engraving done on Bhort natlcer
:a»Mo. llfchleago Street,pgib'.

-	WM. BARKER, -.

•VTTATtn.MAKKR AND JEWELLER, MAY BE POJIND
Vwi «|tl| old Stand on Mill Street, where he Is prepar-
edv WfthleV facilities, to do *6rk In the best manher.
Elgin, 111.; lTth,;1SS9. V	4*50

G. W. KIMBAIili, '

_ ^ AND DEALER! IN CABINET
_ are. Bureaus, Secrataries,Wash Stands,Tables,
Chairs, Bedsteads, and all articles usually kept by'the
jl Trade, Mill Strepl, Elgin, Illinois. Coffins madeto order,
ft .'BeinajMHy. GTL hand. .1-	_»i j

MB WEEKLY GAZETTE.

A. J. JOSLYN, Editor.

Wednesday,

March 18,1863.

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Ono day; last week fr young man came to
this officc and issued ai hand bill, as follows:

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"Oar Country in dartger. All the friends
of theUnibn are requested to meet at David-
spn's Hall j Elgin, on Saturday evening, March
14th, to consider the state of the country
and the drhfe. Col. El S. Joslyn and Long
John will laddrcss thp meeting. Let* every
one be present.'J | r >	i

This was scattered about the country,:but
not posted! in thecity. I The, faithful, however,
were privhtely posted and ordered to be
present. ' , .j"~' j , 1 \ j f)

•■Long John^'' name was~i.ut.on to catdi
gudgeons jrom abroadi Early Saturday eve"
ning the Ilall was croWded, and the ptDgtammcji
carritd out bj' appointing W..L. Pease Ch^n;!
and Jas. lia'.lantine Secretary.' A Committee
orv Resolutions was appointed, consisting of
Ballantine,! J'un. Coleman and L S. £attoni.—
They Yetir<d behind the curtain.^ to incubate^
Asa blind'CoJ. Joslyrt-calied on Sylvanus
Wilcox to adtVess the meeting. Mr. \Vilcoi
knew nothing of the object of the meetingl
but if he s^oku he should, say just what he
thought. He proceeded to m ike a straight
forwanl Union speech, calling upon Ills old;
Dernomtiii-ipends te siand by the Govern-
ment, arid ay that, sa,id he, I in can th'e Ad»
ministration.' > lie adniinistered a scathing
r«buke to the Ghiwgo j7tm«Jand the clique
of iruitdrs ,who gathtsreJ around it. Tliis
brought, thundering applause from. Union
and'spitefivl liisseii from the admirers of

THE

that delectable sheet.

through, I
ocr'asiori, c

of.-Jiil. wiio, was fugleman for the
illed Ijis conlmittee from beind tho

Whfn- Wilcox was

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EMMEIVS Sc. JONES,

tAILORS, AND DEAtlSRS IN
Made Clothing! an* Furnlahlng [Goods,
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; Main Street, Elgin, IUljiols. j	|| r.-;-

H. B,^-CtftlU>g d^nel<>n snortnotlc« and Warranted.

G^shebmast & co., ;

"fflrgKAlTDKXitltS lNi ORTJGS AND JI^DICINES,
■ i Q'i«- VaryIshes.1 Wall Paper, Stationery, Qro>
«-o^leg.Ac. Ac.,Elgin; Kane County, Illinois.	.

yJltod -!■ lo

GENEVA M HOUSE.

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YWASINfl- TAKEN OUA|lGjB OF THE GENEVA
H™Howe, I shall Jia happy,<o.hare yon call and see
jn^when you arein Town. To make It an Inducement
to 'OTm^ attending Odnrt, 1 have put prices down to
thdMfof- PBIYATIO &OU8E8, hoping thus to secure the

^BaTing alUhe conTeniencM of a Good Hotel, Jt II our
Intension to please and make ahome fot^ajrwhjmay
Aivtfrttv*.	- W. H,

Otvtvp, III., Sept.

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WATSON.

curtaint where they ha i been wisely looking
at,a set of resoltitiorfs that had been cut and
dried befoi;ehaudv Bali an tine came forward,
and innbcjritty, remand ' .that tji'e': coin>
mittee haji Jbeen somei7ha|; ^embarrassed Sy
not knomnj the ol$ect cf lfameeting ' [Bah!]
lie then te^d the^follo^'ing string of resolu-
tfons:

YViieui£aIv It nas come to our knowledge
that desighftig-men throughout the country,
and in our -city particu larly,. are. organizing
secret polit cal:societies, for political povrer,
and ks all human history has demonstrated
that secret political sccieties arfe the most
powerful et gines of op jression that over was
wicMwl by reckless or ambitious men, it
therefore becomes ;our. duty as -loyal men to
denounce thein in 'the., moat emphatic terms i;
Therefore, . ■ V:: U:

'jicsolved\ That it is the duty of ev-efy- loys-
&\ citizen td 6ppb.se all secret political socier
ties, whethtr uadcV the control of secession-
ists, and'krown as "Knights of the Golden
Circle/' or under the control of Abolitions
istsi and known as "Union Leagues." That
the secrecy-'in which th ^'are shrouded' indii-
cate designs and objects that are so infamous
and unna ural that they are too appalling to
be exhibited to the gaze! of the world.

Resolved,: Thut it is ttie duty of every, citii-.
zen to unite in Vi proper efforts to preserve
and perpeuiate the Union fn accordance with
the ConHtitlition. I ' '	|

■■ Resulted,\ That the jjyal people of Elgin
hereby pledge their fortunes, their influence^
and their honor, to the support of the Nation*
al authority, to secure a complete and final
suppression of the wicked, causeless and at-
trocious insurrection which now desolates
our country.	, ^

Resolved, That every citizen owes allegi-
ance to the Government, and he who denies,
its .authority,.or fails"lb his duty to upholdi
the honor df its flag, islan abettor of treason,
and should suffer the penalty due to his
crime.' , j. . :;r V

Resulved,\ That the Aijiy of the Union owe
their allegisincp to the Constitution they have
sworn to support and defend, and that rio
soldier can jrightfully hesitate in his obedience
to the. commands of superiors in rank, whqse
authority isi derived from the Government: of
the United States. j

Resolved,\ That we tender our thanks to
the:brave men who hav^ gone toido battle for
their country • that we are proud of their
fortitude anil gallantry,, and shall. uSe every
influence within our poWer to render their
condition cojmfortable, aiid assist in a vigor-
ous prosecujtion of the war until an hbnora-
ble p6ace can be procured.	j

Reioltied,; That this meeting, under solemn
conviction Of duty, and in a firm reliance on
the justice of that Providence which guides
,and guards the destiny pf Governments and
people, doe§ hereby pledge itself to antfn-<-
conditfonal j support of,ithe Government in
all its Codsututional efforts to sup°press the
rebellion, and an undyiijg and an uncompro-
mising opposition to treasdn in whatever
quarter found, and. in whatever form it may
>ppear. .'-j -	* ■'

The ball;Was now fully open, and the ehifef
manager took the floor.	•

Ed. knew the object of the meeting. It
was to puige .the Democratic party of the
taint of treason, and denounce the Union
League On these two points he .fanted,
roared, and] bellowed for something over an
bo.ur. Such a mixture of sense and nonsense*
piety and piofamty, patriotic sentiment and
coarse ' personality was never heard in one
hour. Sucbl ofty tumbling from the sublime
to the ridiculous would be attempted by no
one else, lie catn6 to lastly, and finally ks
many tithes las an empty-headed preachcr, tut
actually stopped &t last, and called fdr a vote
on the rraoljations. Thq_claq«ers said aye,
the people aiid nothing. Calls were mad® f»r

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Other Bpeakerrs, but the manager callefi for
nn Adjotirmnent, ^tnd advised the people to
get out of tbe hull. Thtts ended the broadest
hx<x end-the meanest fraud efer enactec in

Elgin.	.. -r

'-Ai'rtJnlon Iicagiics.-

The talk of introducing this orftmizationhg^^ the,r confidence insures,
into this section has caused a great deal portance;(>f their varied intents,
fluttering. Old party hacks havei grown very me.^t tbo best roturn I can
wise^ and have proceeded to: point out the
evils of such an organization. We have?ta-
ken spme pains to inquire into the matter,

and we ascertain tfaat it is-simply a patriotic
andtiot a political organization at all; ^ It
interferes with no man's political preferences.

It simply pledges him to unconditional loy-
alty—to * resist the dismemberment of the
Union, and to stand by the Constitution as
it is. It has no more secrecy than is neces,

sary to protect itlfrOm the spies, who in the
Border States where it originated are ever on
the alert and r eady to bring destruction on
eery Union man.

MoYeover, there is not a Word abolit any
past po'itipal issue, and no allusion to the
"colored gem'men" in any way whatever;—

Every man Who pliccs,the Union above party,

who is.for doing all—suffering all, that may
be necessary, to save the country from the
horrors of dissolution, can enter this patriot-
ic organization. The article' clipped from the
Peoria Transcript shows how things fctattd
further S'outh.,

P. 5. The above we had written before the
meeting on Saturday evening. . We let it
stand as our deliberate testimony • notwith-
standing tho Tulgstr assault of men Vbo know
nothing about the matter.	i , i

Tliu -Cohti-abaiids.

Some months since the Chaplain of the
52d, actiOg under orders, brought to this
place two car loads of colpr^d; refugees from
Alabama. They cohS'isted ilniost entirely of
women and children, tbd men being ntaified
to^work for .the aripy. They camV just as
winter set in, debilitated by exposure in the
birracks at Cairo arid other. plstceS'. Many Of
them were sick with lung fever, of which a
number sbon dii d.!	, _ - i~

They came in the midst of a great political
excitement, when / the milk of human kind-
ness was dried up by partisan heat.

They had not lien here long when the
Small pox broke out among them, and was
communicatcd tdi jseveral families,' whfre they
had been distributed. This of course in-
'tressed the prejudice against tbem.

They have been here about six months.—
Perhaps twenty of them have died. The
rest arc now comfortably situated;, contented
and h pny. 7\ il'	i

They have been, treated with uniform kind-
ness byVii, and- hav.o - conducted themselves
with su^h'propriety as to greatly disarm
prejudice. They are quiet, peaceable and in-
dustrious. All pf them are* how supporting
themselves, and so great is' the demand for
labor that twice the number: could easily find
employment. Scarcely a day passes, but we
receive a call fr6m. some farmer desirous of
taking one o"r more oF lhem. Five hundred
of them would bp_ welcomed by the farmers
of Kane county, if-the laws would permit
them to be brought here. ' The idea they will
not work for wages is exploded in this com-
munity;. Many have found Out they will not
work-without wages, and some of them are
about as cute at ?. bargain as a white Yankee
If there were more of them here, so as to
make society amohg themselves; they would
cheerfully take their places as servants in
every dspartment of industry, and the preju-
dice against their.colo^ would entirely disap-
pear.

TO correspondents;

We are constantly receiving communica-
tions without any name accompanying them.
They usually go*! into the basket without
reading. V;.:1 "?■ ■

It is'a great thing to be -a poet Few^are
blest with tbe gift divine. Every clever young
person can make rhymes, and hundreds mis
take this for poetfy.^We sometimes insert
very inferior jhyminJ out of respect to the
feelings of those ki^juarted sentipientalists
who write, under t^^impprehension that
they are inspired.1 A young man who has
sent r.s some excellent prose articles tried his
hand at rhyming the other day, and utterly
failed. ;A sweet girl sends us some lines On
"My Sister," thfit won't do. at all. We are
sorry to say it, butichild neyer mind, it is
the same with three out of four pieces received,
i Some of our correspondents who are afflic-
ted'with the poetic 'frenzyt send us lines so

SrATOtt^S LVMGtBAl..

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JgtilioW d"ntzEH8-f

About to enter upon this duties which
I have now ibeen-called upon to perform, by
a vote of the people of the citj^of Elgin, cast
at their -regular municipal election, I avail
myself pf this opportunity of expressing the

The im
convinces
ake is a zeal-
ous dedication of my humble aSbilities to their
service.' ■-} :.■].:	. il'

As the executive officer cr^ed by the Citj
Charter, it dievolves upon n*et^o Bfee that the.
ordinances and act« of thajj^r Council are
faithfully carried into effed£|^KjghiQfc. J
shall ever exert my best ability J tlere
let me say to the City Council;, that if there
are any ordinances on the statute, book of
the city that they do not wi?h enforced, I
would recommend their repeallat tile earliest
practical opportunity. In myjhunlble opin-
ion top much legfslation is an fevil; a statute
with a Code of laws that wlll>til£8. li lifetime
to understand, is oI but little use to the gov-

erned. Therefore t would ejuggest to the
City Council that they ordain as few- ordi-
nances as is consistent With the public good.

The financial 'affairs of the City are of ab
sorbing interest, coming homejas they do to
every tax payer of the City, and-in times like
the present, when our, nationj is struggling
for her vei y existence, and forced to call upon
the tax payers of our devoted City to throw
in their mite, it would seem jth it the City
Council should be extremely cautious in its
expenditures, and raise as little by direct
taxation as is consistent with the welUbeing
of the City.i I am informed tjfiat the -co n-
man f^r^d of the city has been! merged into
the school and street fund, or partially bo at
least. This appears to mi not as. it should
be f if I mistake not the charter provides j a
way to raise funda for schoor?, also for streets
alleys and bridges,1 and in, my ippinioif^ they
should each stan-il^upon its[ own footing.—
The tax payers of the City have a rignt .to
know where and h->w th-jir money is dis-
bursed, andUo what ac'cdunt'it is ibargeable
There is nothing connected vjrith the city
in magnitude
Voo'lx. Th«y
institutions,
ii an eye ever
to the rising
is education
lis sp3 i.-g is
l'ss cf every
i' is hkened
a.a'.iu ; when
and edu^ted
ike tbe plant

Council Ffooeedings;

Tuesday Evening, MarcK 10th 1MI.
PsMEJir— His Honor the ffayor, Aid. Wal-
ter, Joslyn, Tyler, Town,i Kiae<v B»rcl*y«
Lloyd and Yarwood. !	; i: '

The Mayor and Aldermen, having filed
their Oaths of Office, took Cheif seatsln the
Council, andf, after listening) to the Mayor's
Inaugural, the Council proceeded to business.
Minntes?of tho last Council were read and ap-
proved! >	:

The Mayor announced the follotfitig Stand-
ing committees:

Finance—Aid. Town and Walter, j ; .
Claims— " Kizer and'a od Joslyn.,
= w4ta^ets, Alleys and Bridget Aid. Yarwood,
Walter, Town, and Kizer.	I "

Fire—Aid. Walter, and Lbyd. - ! %
S8hools—Tyler, flarchy, Joslyn and
Lloyd. i.	j

Judiciary^- " Joslyn and Barclay.
' Printing— " Barclay and Tyler, j
Licenseses—41 Lloyd and Kizer.
The Street Commissioner, James Hunjter,
presented his Bond whicl, w. k rtad and
approved by the Mayor. ) ■ ' f d': '

On motion of Aid. Kizer, El. W. Padelford
was appointed Clerk for the coming year.

On motion of Aid. Walter, John Scheopf
was appointed Pound Masterjin ward number
.one. '	I	:-

On motioH of Aid. tfyler voted that a spe-
cial committee be appointed to perfeot tbe
contract with Alonzoi L. Hmtly for atone
for Bridge Piers. Whereupo n the Mayor ap:
pointed as ^aid coinmittee' Aid. Tyler and
Joslyn. On motion tff Aid. To^n, Aid. Ki-
zer wis added to said committee. |- . i

On motion of Aid Tyler, voked unanimous-
ly that tho Mayor be requested to | furnish
the' press with a copy of his inaugural. |
On motion of Aid. Joslyn jthe Cot ncil ad-
journed until Tuesday. Evenang, Ajril Ytb,
1853, at 7 1»2 o'clock. •

It. Wj - Padelford,
dity jGilerlc.

matters.that etjnals or compares
of importuncbjwilb our public sc
ai^e the ground work of all free
land should be watched over wit
mindful of their vast importanc
genejratioh,' The,poet |s;iys, '.!!

forms the oo.mmon mind. T
fully verified in the common -\V
day 'lifj. Man wi.thotit e.ducitio
tinto a plaot that, gr^-s ia the;

exposed to tile liijht Of civilizid
society .I.e. ^ijth ers and shrinks
exposed to tho suit's 'rays! In n g n d tj our
- coihijKon >c^cibl.s,'. t'sm-'.happy to .-say L thjnk
them founded on a good basij;a«d apparent-
ly .well mananged. While*ori this subject
allow me to say that I see - in the streets of
Elgin, children whom I have reason to believe
never or at least very seldom, show their
faces inside of a school house, Children that
have parer ts who do not feel th!e importar.ee
Of ah1 early education, or that have not silN
ficient controlling influence over their sons
and daughters to keep tWm at school. It
would appear to me that there should be
some course devised jff^possible, whereby
those children iJiay reapjthe benefits of our.
free scbonls, - j- ;.	^ i

In regard td fljtreets allow ma to say that
the streets -i i jthe main part of the c'ty appear
to have been put in good passable condit'on,
^but the main ithorougofarcs leading to and
from the city,| reqnire^the attention of the
Street Com i;issioncr7 By a careful and ju-
dicious expenditure of a 1 moderate sum of
monc|y, the roads leading tjii and from the
city might be put in a condition that would
make thti city jmuch more accessible to people,
from jthe surrounding country. Whatever
tends to increase the accessibility to the city,
has a direct tendency to increase its wealth
and prosperity It is from the surrounding
country that she derives most ofher subsist-
ence and wealth, therefore I wbuld recom--
mend for yourj coniideration ihb laying1 out
of a portion: o( the poll tax the present sea-
son to improvfe said roaflsV I am informed
that there has] been a fund raised to imp Ove
jthe.bridge across Fox xivef within the^city,
or to build st0ne piers and abutments for a
new superetfrujoture, and I have also been in-
formed that the previous Council'1 have made
a contract with a Mr. Hvtritly of Batavia for
stone for that purpose. If so it will devolve
upon flie present Coiincil to devise and ma-
ture some plan for the construction of said
piers and superstructure, which I trust • the
Council will do at its earliesf convenience.

In carrying:jout t^e varlcuj duties devolv-

ELOCtUENT EXTRACT.

If my words be too bold pr earnest, let
them be attributed to my pre found j convic-
tion that the American Union} is in Extreme
peril, and that its downfall injvolves the final
catastrophe of our Country aid of our race.
Let no man talk of. a separation of the Union
in any contingency. Let non} speak now of
peace or compromise with ar ned .treason.—
Let none think of constructin g separate nas
tionalities out of the broken and bleeding
fragmentjS of a dismembered Union. No ;
far better <that our wrecked an 3 blasted earth
should psving from its.orbit, disintegrate into
its original atom?, and its place remain forever
vacant in thje "universe, than that we should
survive^ .with, memoriei Of departed
glory, and such a burning sense.of unuttera-
ble infamy and degradation. Fallen—fallen
—fallen 1 from the highest pinnacle to 'the
lowest'depth, t-o rise no more forever 1 What
American would wish toL,live, and encounter
such a destiny? And Why fallen ? From a
cause more damning/than oui fate. Fallen,
let tlys truth be told, as history would riecord,
because faction was stronger til an patriotism,
and the'je^fcferate sons of noile sires extin-
guished £he^P|l^l .St hope, by basely sur«,
rendering th^ ' Amefican Union to the foul
coalition of	This rebel-

lion is tj^e most stupOT^ras *trte% in the an-
nals of our race, and its'projectorS and coad-
jutors, at home or abroad," iritBvidual,or dy>»
nastic, aH^Tioombd, to immorjtal -infamy.—
With4t«|®rtft^paS-it).rw, itk satanic am-
bition, desecratiff^ the 'remainp of the slain,
making gfebltts of their sknlllsJ and trjnkets
of their bbnes, this revolt iff a heliograph
of Dahomey, and Devilgbm daguerreotyped
moifl^ividly thati by Dante or Jfilton —Hobt
J. Walker in Contintntal-Monthlyt» -

trjestimopial to Col. Orenidj

! At a meeting df tbaotioefs of tbe lsfeBtrlg.
8d Di r.. 20th Army Corps, held at Camp Greu-
sel, ntur Salem* 5fenn., February 12th, 1^(J3,
on motion of Chpt. Olson, 86th 111] Inf.,
Lieuti .Ool A. D. jChadbonrne, 88th IllJp com*
mandlhig Brigades was chosen Chairman, and
J. 8 sytnour BalSard, A. A. G. 1st BiHe.,
SecretaryJi;!	■

•! A committee w|as appointed to draft resolu-
tions expressive lof the sense of the officers
6f th< Brigade onkthe resignation pf Ool'.: N.
Greu: el, composed of the following officers ■
HfLieat Col. Altjert Jenks, 86th 111., Capt.
R. H. Austin, 24th Wis., Capt. John A.|Bn>ss
88th [11. and Lieujt. B. D Fox, Act. Insp.Gpn.
8ist:«ch. 11

: THii follo^in^ preamble and teiftjlutions
were iresehted aiid unanimously 4c£epted:
: Wi kbeAs—Co |. N. GrehstSl of thbr 36th III.
Regiment, and aciing Brigadief Gent fralof the
1st I rig. 8d Bli'|. 80th Army Corps, JOep't
of the Cumberland, has tendered his resignav
tion of the position he has held with honjor
to hioiself and the serviee, and the sami hav-
ing b^en acceptedj, tor reasons satisfactory to
theG|)Vernment,]and	|	j.

i W^sbeas—In I1 parting with our honorea
commander,, thel^officers of the 1st Brigade
feel it a duty, as well as a p'easure, to express
their fentimints cif regard for Colonel Greusel
as wejl as their Convictions upon this event,
and therefofo

THfl WEEKLY GA^EfPli

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Printed on abort notice and reasonpt)le tevni,

Gold in &4thnfiod^

If gold operators, who have bttti bitten by
the recent decline in gold coin, wonder at the -
sudden changes in tbe mark«t, by which the^'
have been impoverished t what - will ihey aay
to tbe ups an<T dowtis wi\ich-*re the rule fur- ;
ther south f See what thi Richmond papers ' .
g^y. :d'. ; Ii'.ii • • ' 'T,. ,	-

J '• I---	»■ •>. ■. t - .? •. ,- . -•- ^>TT- i.' , \i , ^ ■.

There | has been an eiiraordfniry Idtaioki.
in the premium on gold since our laat repOrtX
On Saturday,1 Feb. 28, it was aold at t&,&0 ;
and $2,60, advancing during the ind. fl4
yesterday it went up ..like a rocket until? it * *■
reached $J,00, being an advance'of forty pit'-'-.
cent. -Silver was affe&£din a like' mann4t,
to-day. The marketWttS tliore qbiet^ hot tb*»-
advai^' w-as fnl^f ih<(dtained.> Tnriwtf
causes for this stMden advance-in. S]T(dBte tret ■
assigned, but it is doubtless chiefly; owing to - .j
the demand from blockade runners, (and fo»* |
eigpers leatng the! confedoradyj Bank note** ? |
hav6 also advanced, the brokers selling at .,
fifty per cent premium. Sterlingexcoan^e U
hfeld at.$2,CO. , -jr [	■ ,iff





/' AVar in Polarild.

The poor >oles are again struggling (or
freedom from Russian despotism. 'The out-
ragious 'mariner in which them citizens have
been'recently kidnapped •and>

fill up the armies of the Czir,

they, conqnered>and ground
pre/sion as they are, can stand
'ing Ohb more desperate tffi
Many of our readers will reco
ble Struggle and the

marvellously like what we have read else | j Up0n me as Mayor, I trust and hope that
where tot weircder Ih.tgmtm.nd.shoi.ia ., JJJ ^^ indi,iduaUnd

ran in the same channel..	|. . .	, w»..

V. , . ^ ...	«- port of every member of the City Council,

We are glad to get nhort communications l* , ,, J . , . .. ■ , ' . . '
& , rr ' "L	. , and the cheerful support and assistance of

from our readers. If any bpy or girl will

tell us what has happened in their school,
church, or town, we iwill fii their communi-
cations, in the very blest style, and send an
extr^i paper for their pains. We like the
practical rather than ithe poetic.'- -

CONFIRMED. ' -?|

"j ' ' ' - ' > ' '' /

We see that C. B/Wells is appointed Com-
.missary of Subsistence,,,-with the rank ^f
Captain, we believe in the regular army. . -
J. n. May bo urn is confirmed as Paymaster.
Wte suppose his case was not reached in the
regnhtrsessiojn. . ;J	f-[j;-

They were both announced as' appointed
before the adjournment, but that report may
hare .been founded on the action of the Sen-
ate Committee, and1 tot tbe Senate itself.—,
We shall see.

upport

every isubordmate"officer of the city, andialso
of every goodicitizep of the city of Elgin.
With the. Divinfe assistance of an overruling
Providence I shall everhopeto do my duty
without favor; or affection.

A COMMEBfT.

We read in I a Hew York newspaper that at
a Democratic' meeting, held in that city on
Tuesday evenings *'hisses were given for
Apraham Lincoln and cheers for South Car-
olina." Abraham Lincoln is the President of
the United- States, the choice, of the Ameri-
can people, the chief man in the nation.
South Carolina was the first state to make
war upon' the Union. It has always been
the home of treason and sedition, Ii is how
arrayed against the Union1. :n unrelenting
war. The patriot is hissed ; tta traitor state
? is cheered. And this is done at/a Democratic
'jmeeting.-sFtf/:nry'« /*/«».' 'J, ,

carried off' to
'isi morC than
down by op-
without mak-
rt for liberty,
lect the terri-
scenes, that
were enacted taore than thirty yeats ago,
wheti the Poles made such |a. noble stand
against the overw btiming farces c f Russia.
ThCy fought: brately, but -were finally over*
powered ' by the fearfhl odds against them;
and they- bav-c been subject so this Czar, ever
since. Over; their sad fate many a syiripa-
thiting tear has been Shed.

; We could wish them abundant and glo*
riotrtk success, but there is no hope. The
power of Ruisla is too great for gallant little
Poland to throw off Their c niy chance "was
during the Crimean war. H id they struck
then for liberty, they would have had pow
erful allies; and the Northern ]3ear had aSmucb
as he could attend to withhtt crushing a re
hellion in Poland. A Fren ;h army would
have found its way to their assistance, for
Napoleon 19 not a man to stick at trifles,
j Bdt the oppcrfunity is lout, and Can nev
er probkbly be regained. Tbe doom of the
gallant PolSs is isealed. Theif'pre«Jent strug
g(e Will soon reiap'se fnto hopeless bondage.
Poor Poland I She has at le »st' the sympa-
thies of the civilized world

KP "iVAR NEWS.



*jThe papers are full of rui
day and contradicted the next.
absoluflly no news Horn tbe
but go'?sip. 1	_ j...

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A

mors made one
There is
. Nothing

Ratolved—Xha|, In th6 r'fefiigtiatfc d of CJol.
Greusjelkhe Government has lost the Sehvi-
ces of] a skillful, brave and competent offi&t.
No words of oura[can add td. d reputation: wjon
at Pel kidge, Peija-yvllle arid Stone River, j
■ Reiolved—That the Officers of this Brigade
regret) exceedingly the necessity which led
Col. Greusel to resign his position, and JWe
hereby tender tojlbim the-strongest evidence
of our iregard an^ esteem. ' j* Jl L
! Resolved—That, having held the position
of acting Brigadier GerieJal for mo^e than a
ydar pakt,' having jwoved his i capacity jfor
comnnnd, and-having earned by his skill ind
devotion to the interest of the country, jthe
actual[&8 well as'lhe nnmir.al'position—rais-
ing a compauy of Volunteers for tha govern-
ment upon the b|oming' of the first gun from
Sumpier, we, hi J officers, feel that the Gov.
ernihejnt should ponor itself ahd do justice
io Ctil- Grensellby giving him a Brigadier
General's Coihiiiipsion. 1 W4 j 1 ^ !

Resolqed—Tht t a copj^ of these resolutions
be signed ^y thii officers and presented to

1 Healthful 5itfn.

- I Every Democratic paper-jit the State •f>v
New York repudiates tbe doctrines.of Ben. ,
Wood, Vallandingham, and the CbicagO i
'Times, and endorses Seymourj Van Buren,
and Brady. They rcpudiateeverj tbing look-
ing, however remotely, to a separatidh of th*
States, and all insist that the Democratic par*
ty shall be irde ip Its great destiny—the
maintenance arid preservation of the Ameri- f
can Union. Shall <the Democracy of Illinois^"
Emirate from their brethren of tha East,-
and become tbe advocates of -disunion, na-
tional ruin and individual beggary T—Pet'. ■ ;

Colonel.Greusel.

" ' -T."

A. J. CHADBOURN.t
•: v—,. Chairman,
j J. Setmoub B;|llabd,*Soc. J ,

SOFTIItERN CONFEDEB*
;- ACYjSTARVING. . |

Thje i«ke^ of this.city hate raised ithe
pricejof bread tib twenty five cent* for, half
a loaf,': Flour ist selling at sixty five dollars
per barrel. An enormous sin in the eyes of
Ood.-jChMrlettok (S. C.) Courier, Fefyi25.

Starvatfon is staring the rebels in the fjice.
The above item js but an index of the geiier-
al higli prices of everything in tha "Southern
Confederacy" that is fit to eat or wear, h li;
I Those who are not in the rebel army, snd
can manage to reach'oiir lines, are escapipg.
northward. The number' of refugees fpom
starvation arid tpe conscription is daily jin*
creas'.ng. . We pear of, them coming .into
Hooker's, Roseeraris-'i Grant's and Banks'
lines— men, women andVcliildren, who are
fleeing from rtbejldom as f?om '.'the wrath to
cbihe." Destitution and misery are every-
where prevalent! Rich" men are becoming
poor, and the ncor are on the- verge ofjex-
tr^me wretchedness. •	1 ■ |

I Witi all their ports blockaded, their fajrm
ing interests virtually at a stand still, <ar.d
tbe "Confederacy" shtil in from tho rest of
world, almost I as if by a w^ll of 1 'fire,
it will soon becolne a serious question with
the iniihrgents whether they can withstand
the. terrors of famrie and destitution in their
desperate rebell(|n. Their condition is now
extrefiiely critical,; and it is only a question
of time as to hpw long the people of the
South can ,pr will endure the deprivations
and. o ppressionsl wtiich their reckless lead,
ers ars forcing upon them. It will ere ldng
beorrio tho all-|mportant pfoblom at ; tbe
South; bow to gjptiii subsistence and .clothing
f<j>r their- armiei, and to maintain them in
the $ild. .' I •	' J ff' , [

| Witlh pur great armies and fleets con tin
ually mihacing i|l»n the one side* and star-
vation on the otlher, how long, at the m'ps
reasonable calculation, can the; "Southern
Confederacy" expect to hold out"? Let ithe
coppei heads and|croakers get their slates sjnd

figure

Con
mong
It is a
ecutioiji
raised,
the eri
erit ar
that a
ranks
number

on i t.—(Micago Journal

■ f
•aft* , j

army.

i THe Coating Draft

siderable excitement is already feltja-
:ertain classes oh the subject of a drajft
forgone cjbnCHisioH that, for the pri --
of the war, another army must be
In Mtaynnd June next the ; timejof
istmcnC o|a large number of the pres*
my will ej^>ite,-and it it not Opposed
very largeljnambef ot those now in the
will re enlist Therefore, a pretty good
will tb I! doubt he raised under the
new con^enptiof bill, to ta\e {he plsces^ of
those legally eniltled to be discharged Un
law, each State is to rectiva
(or the whole number of men she $as
besides th. |se.. subsequently raised ;by
; According ioXthte, Penrisylvahia'jt
portion will no^be ha{^: heavy as New
York, where the Ifull 'quaiti has never been
furnist ed nor thl draft enforced. ;. '

jlil. a so fai.allead that 6ot fe* men wfil
be required, ,

Iiife's Afatiimil;	" f

Like the leaf, life has its fading.. We Sp4ak
and think of it with sadness, just at iwa1
think of the autumn season. But theroshbald
be no sadness at the fadibg of a life that harf,
done well-its work. If ^e rejoice at th# ld-
vent of a new life, if we welcome the cotfctag
-of a new pilgrim to the uncertrintiea of this
world's way, Why should there be so mQch-
gloom when all these uncertainties are pafta*
ed, and life at its waning- wears the glory of
a completed task ? -.Bfeafltifbl ds is cbfldbcJOd
in(; its freshness and innocefiiftce, Its beantjr ii
that of untried life. It is the beauty of profn* „
ise, of spring, of ithe bud. A holier and rarer _
beauty is the. beaiity which the waning life of
faith and duty wears.	....

It is the beauty of a thing'completed; ahd
as men.como together to congratulate each
.other, when some great work has been acbiev"
ed, and see in its concluding, nothing but
gladness, so we ougbt_to ifeel when ,the setting
sun flings back ltd beams upon a life tbathls
answered well life's purpose. When thebttd
drops blighted, and the mild few' blasts the. .
«irrly grain, and thfere goes all hope of the,
harvest, one may well be sad; but wifen the
■ipened rear sinks amid garnature of Ao-
,umn flowers and leaves; why should we re*
gret or murmur ? Ahd so a life that is ready
and ^raiting for' th'b "well^dori^" of Go8,-
whose latest. virtues ahd- charities a^o ite ^
noblest, should be given back to God In'tfri>»
complaining reverence, w® i+joieinfcthaA earth
is Wpable of so much goodrieis, and i* per

mitted such virtue.—/. F. Ware.	I t

|, • . - -■'* - :

] Hints nboht Pianol. * ^ ^

: If the piano^foUe be the instrument of use, .:
bring^i but from the wall, sd that» free
space be before you fthen you sing and play., -
Never sing up against k walij if{yqu«an help
it^ or subject j-our friends to thiav- sore trial.. -
Moreover,)never lumber a piario with music
arid books]; it is unartistic. Aljovtr all keep.
your piano in tunc. If an insttumont is
worth having, it is worth being kept in good
order. Ypu cannot have a piapo long opt
of tune, Without getting your eat- out of tllQftf
and if a sin^eV your vOie% The Erard grind
pianos of New York a?e atl kipt in er by
one accompliahfe'd tuner, itar twclve dollars ■
a year he titr.es orCJ a monl^ and oftener if
necessary.; Such an arrangement' should baf
made for pianos of every make. It improves
them and they last the longer for it; A v*ry
awkward accompaniment of the piano-forte i|
the piano^stool It is clumsy arid he^v^-t^
mqyC / hajs k special facility for upaettipg,;
the screw is often in a crippled state, and jA
be' t, it is but an ii eefartf; ttncomfortabl#, and
shaky co'ntrivancel^VA seat of far gmlv

convenience and elegiirice at the piano, par-r .
ticularly with the. present flowing style of
ladies' dri'sse8, Is an ottoman shaped seat,
somewhat lohg, like an: organ bench, bul
tastefuli}' fitipdeied. ■ It might be upholsteredf
though it Were better not. It sbould> of
(iout-se, be! made' ior the purpose, and of tha
right; height. The most comfortable off-baptf „
or improvised seat is a caine chafr; and bfy
the way let us suggest tb gentlemen never tef •
sit cjn a^ piano-stool. The dignity (ft bttifni-
is equil ta the situation of a pe/ch. o& attch O
tripod, with the ccat tails hanging down pew
hind ; a chair, ly all means i—; Once 4 Month*

'0:

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dir this new
credit
sent,

draft.

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K

Inlormatidu \Vante<l'

Of J.hn W. Van AlstineVjwhler#ay-j ttemV
ber of Co. G. 44th Illinois Re$afn% (Capt
Sabid,) ar>d was in th* battle of Murf^eM^.
boroj in which be wa? wotnided.- SO' far as'
known he Was last seen on fh6* Aight of ffii
8-1 si Of E>e lembfed A't t&e roll (sill Waff 4»Wr'
ning h^xteeri Were .1 riiissin^, tii" AlstifNr
th^eta,' but all were subsequently ac-*
coin ted for Except him- Possibly be wut *
taken pri^>ner< Any intelligence conttrninf ;
him will ba thankfully received by hit falhef '
J* G. Van Alstine, who; may be- ad^rsee4
Ubrougb the Rockford Fort	'



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