1863-06-10 Weekly Gazette

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Volume 9.,

Elgin* Ili, ."^Veduesclayj Jiane lO, 1863.

Number S.

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,CHURCH DIRECTORY. I

Congregational Church.., |

EKV. FKEl). OXNAUD, PAST(j>!l. JlEStDENCE
at 0. flavldjonV. SprvlcM onj the Sabbath, \V}(
h'cXtxk k. M.y^'.'elock P. M. Babbath Schoel 12 o'clock
It. Frajer Meeting otf Wednesday l£v«nlnB, 7 o'clock.
Monthly Concert ofTrayeV: on tlie.fi<]ai.t S&bbath In each
tnoril'h/fl oVIock 1*. M.

....... JJaptisI Clmrcli.

\'. A. J.je8I.VN,'SUPPI.Y. ll . . , „ ,,
Service! at W)f o'clock A. »1 „ and 7 u a lock P.jM.

Prayer IMeetlng Wed-

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J Bun.lay tfchoM *t IB o'clock M.
-^taeiday Evening. ■ r5 * .

( Methodist Episcopal Clinrch.

TVKV WM . GREY, PAS10R. RK3IT1KNCK AT
T\i the raraopaRC, corner nf-Plvlsian and College St, *
flouriofSirvloe.—10>tf A. Mr »u'i. P. M. Sunday
]l2M. Weekly Trnycr, Mealing, Wednesday

. etiool at
•Venlng...

Catholic C lisirch.

T»TV A J'VSTICB,• RECT.OR..• FhRVICER-ALTER-
XV rntciy at tliv Cturchcs lu Klgn and Jlut'and, at

• half-part ten o'clock. ,	;	■.

' ■ 'i ■ Reformed Presbyterian Clim cli.

tVkV J011N McCOItKELL, VASTOjR. CTIURCII |0N
VTJ Centre Street. Resident,eat J.Kirkpatr.icW s. Ser-
vices at 10X A. Mi and IX P.'M. PrayerMeeting, W,ed-
'' x>. Qesday Evening. Concert of Prayer, 1st Sabbatli of eUch
. . • . month, at T P. M. ,	• ' • i

V' IjUTIIERAN CIIUKCIT.

i-'•TTOCSE OP JFORSIJIP ,0S SPRING STUEirr.—
J[J[ • ^aching by Bcv. Mr. lUlnckeievcry fcubbath at

OcrmaH Evangelical Church.

HOUSU OPPOSITE THE BRICK [CUtHtClf. SEI?-
vlce every Babbath at ,10 A. M. I Rev. E, Mussel-
matiapreacher In charKr,. Sal>batH8cl)0ol at 9 A M.

BUSINESS DIRECTOKY.'

AT!TPENEYS1,&C.
!-| ' I.aw^'O^^CE..............

J A UK COLEMAtf; NOTARY |PORIiIC<'CLAIM AND
, laiurance Agent, ii prcpnreil to attend to Convey-
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Omce over Sherman's: Drifg Store, Main Street,- Elgin
IllinV.Hr .i/V ;:j.'yv

} EDWARD P. .TOSLYX, .|

I A TTORNET AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN CIIANr
lA eery W.U attena to the collection of all Soldiers
ims against tlitj Government, omce1 over fcherman^s.
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Sherman's Dru24tor"?> MiIn st-1 l:iKin't'111

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BENJAi^IX BUUUITT, |

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t• JPEACB, Partlcnlir Attention given to the collec-
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THE AVEEKLY

POSTlJRSi ! TOCEinP UtLllS.
HANDBILLS, , TIKOtJLARS,
VISITING CARDS. JUS1NE3S CAJttfV
WEDDING CARDS, fJALL TICKET?,
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Printed on short notico |tnd' rensonahlfej Urn:

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A. J. JOSLYN, Editor.

Wednesday, : June 10, X863.

Jv E. BrnKIIiABl'SERj M. I>.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OF?lCE OYER iJ.

C: Town's Sto?e.[ResWncd at tlie house of h. Gir-
ord, 'on Divisifirt Streejt, Elgin.

After tlirelyears practicie in one of this largest Ilospj-
tals in<Jologne,Germa'nyi and>1jc years practice in tfiis
country, I feel a conBclence.ln assuring the people of 1J1-
gin and vicinity, of ability to ?ive full satisfaction in
er«ry branch of MeAlcine and Surgery

Elgin, Feb., 1S>3.:	8 33

J. JV. IHUESDEIiL, • ' I

DENTIST. WORK IN EVERY BRANCH
or'Deiitlstry, carefully: and thoroughly.
I perforiaertj'aecorxlinR to, the latest anp
mo^titfaproved prlnciplesiof the art, anjl
KttrrhnUd' to give tatiqfnciidn1. Corner, ofMill A Maip
Streets,No. 1 A3 Bank Block,

June 18th 1SR0.

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WIIITFCIKD A: CL VHK,

PHTSIWANS ANDflUTtGEONS. ESPEC.IAL ATTEN
lion paid to d!se^ses;Of the Ear and Eye, .Epilepsy,
Canter Scrofula, disease? of Women; also to Sargery
an Surgical Diseases. Residence—Ttic -Kimball House,
em,, e at L. H.'Tarwood's' Drug ^tpre.| Office hours S,<

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G. B. ADpIS,	['

-nwBA('ER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS; JEWELRY, SILr
XJ ver and Platcd \Vare, Musical Instruments, Fancy

G)idi, Ac.	• | ' 1 •

1 Watch Repairing anfl Engraving done on short notice,

at No. 14, Chicago Stre

1 { WM.

WATCH-MAKER A
at his old Stand
el, with new facilities,
Elgin. III., May 17th,

G. W.

t, Eicln.

barker,

ND JEWELLER, MAY 3E FOUND
on Mill Sti;ect, where he is prepay
o di| work [in the best manner.

1839. . :7-. , ' 4's

RIMBAI.Ti,

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_______________ DEALER IN CABINET

Ware. Bureaus,{Secrataries, Wash Stands, Tables;

Chain, Bedsteads, and all articles
Trade, Mill Street, E!g|nvljlinoi^. C
and constantly on

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usually kept 1)y the
offins madcto order;

« HEMMENS .jroaiESj;

MERCHANT TAILORS, AND IDE AIDERS IN READY
Hade Clothing ana Farnlshlng Goods. No. 18
Main Street, Elgin, IlUtools^	|

H. b._Cutting dnne'on short not\?e and warranted.

H. SHERMAN & CO., |

WINERAL DEALERS IN I*RtJGS^NDHIEDICINES,
fjr pfclnUsOll*, Varnishes, Wall Paper, Stationery, Groj-
eerlet.Ac. Ac., Elgin, Kane Countyjlllinois.' ° . : j

foe

Claim Agency.

."r'; L' CLAIMS -

against the y. s. government
' :w BAOK PAY, '» i
s BOUNTY OR PENSION,

j - j' .	Canjbc'cOlfectcdHby ' '

; O. DAVIDSON, Claim Agent. -

Call at tho Home Bank and Imako your.applir
..cation., •*'.	i ■ , . -t

Elgin, March 24th, 186S. | J - j, 8-44

GENEVA

HOUSE,

H&Vtita TAKEN CHARGE OF: THE GENEVA
Houtt, I »hall bf happy to have; you call and see
me wlieta yon are in To^d. 'TO make it an inducement
to tkoM'^ttetidinK Coort, I hare put priceB down to
these of pilVAIlj HOUSES, hoping thus to secure the

tr*venrtyT>i,Hic; -i i ■■■;

' Having *11 tlie convenieftcss of a Good Hotel, Itls our
Intention to please aid inak* a home for air who may
firnr ua.	' J'>•	n. II. »> ATSON.

• C&MTA, niM «cpU 1863.	8-19

Save your ^ilks, Ri)l)bon8,&c.

HEGEMAN A' C0'8 CONCENTRATED BENZINE re-
Tnoves Paint, Grease lEpofs, Ac., instantly, and cleans
Ufo'ves,8l(ks, Ac., equal to now. without Injury to the
most dellcati color or fabric. Only 85 cents per bottle,
gold byDruggists.

SJMMAN (fc CO

,, Cb^njif'ta and Dr

gglsts,-N Y.
8®.3| 1

Read the letter from our correspondent of
the 36th. , .



| CAXAIj CONVENTION. |

The week for this grcar National Conven-|
tion has come and gone. The tent waa spread!
oo the shores of Lake Michigan, and seat8;
prepared for the expected thousands. It is|
not too much to say that the convention was;
a splendid failure". Extravagant expectations!
were rdiscJ, abd icl iulStlesa many looked for
impossibilities The attendance was large,j
although the tent was at no time really full.:
Still, enough men were there, and men of
character sufficient to have achieved great re |
faults, had other things favored. The. solidj
men, the money kfngs, the rail road princes,!
and some of the great^statesmen of the coun-l
try were there; but jTet there Jeas no real:
masterly exposition of the olyect and designi
cf the meeting. There seemed an utter lack,
of system and plan among the leaders. None'
of the truly gre.1t men present were put for
ward to arouse the masses to a conception of
the mighty enterprise. The speeches and,
debates were desultory. There was some
fine speaking, but little that was germain to
the dl jeJts of the convention. Those thous-
ands! wre there, ostensibly, to. consider the
question of canal enlargement, but their hearts
were in oth'r questions.	: t, ■ : ■ ,

Two; things contributed largely tb; divert
attention, and thus produce a failure.

Filial, local interests and jealousdes. Half
the n.re there, were cither hostile to the ob*
j'jet of tlie meeting,'or, lelieving that ithe
canals would be enlarged, were bound, each
to hitch a pet gnncKstone to tho great shaft
that was to drive the main, wheel. Wiscon-
sin must have the-, waters of the upper Fox.
and the Wisconsin Rivers-unHed.;: | Iowa

W*0UKI' iliavc llic DwMotnw Ilopido impro¥«J,

A .par.t |of-New lrork -must have a ship canal ■
aro undpXiagara, . and one grey-haired man
act.u-i'ly proposed a ship canal- among Hhe
little f$h .ponds of Central New York, so
"that our g inboats could run and hide in case
of a \r:ir with Greftt Britain. Of course such
propositions would kill any enterprise, how-
ever meritof!oU3. " ■ , . • •	_

The second thing we refer to was the wild
excitement on war policies. At the very
first conimepcement Mr. Drake, of St. Louis,
fired th^popular; heart by a powerful speech
on. the1 war and its'canses, taking extreme
radical | ground. -The keynote thus given
cOnlitiUrd through-the whole. Thesagacious
bu.sine^s men gaw .the effect of such ia course,
ind t: ie 1 hard to -control matters, .but found
it i.rp^ssible. -In the debates such men as
Jcnnison cif Kansas would speak, and the
people [would cheer, and so the'canal ques-
tion had to get'oiit of tho way. Possibly
this might hay3 been • controlled had not
Bumside's order for the ' suppression of the
Times been carrieJ out at this very time —
The excitement -was too great for such a
meeting, arid so, on the second day, before a
tenth .jJart of the people of Chicago, who ex-
pected to attend the meetingk, had even looked
into the great tent, the convention adjourned
tiiie"chs: Of course w6 must all make the
bestofiit,'andhope Congrei'ss will be more
favorably situated when the.subject comes- up
there again. In order to cirry the measure
through;at the present tirii.e, it is necessary
to make the people .believe a war with En-
gland raminent, and certain'at no future day.
Thus we are balled upon to do evil that good
mry come. Of course there is danger" in
pl iying war with. Great .Britain, lest,' like
tnary a scrape commenced in.fun, it should
ripen into a real fight. From all w? saw and
heard, w e incline to think the rebellion, will
be put down, and a, great many other good
thihgs done before this gigantic system of
ihternai improvemen'cs is realized. We hope,
ho.weve^, to live to see it accomplished,'and
boats running free pf toll from theiMississip .
pi to the tide.waters of the Atlantic. > .,•

-I	11 * .	. I

The Contrast.	i

: ' •	__ ■ '	I.M-

On Wednesday of last week, thousands of
thb'"solid" and strong men of the nation,
were assembled in the great tent in Chicago,
listening to - addresses from the first men of
the country. There every patriotic allusion
was applauded to the echo, and'the grave
assembly went w.ild over the lefty sentiments
of Walbridge and Hamlin, or the keen thrusts
of Drake and Jennison.	r

In the evening other thousands gathered
in the Court House square. There no patri-.
otic utterances were heard, but the most vio-
lent denunciation^ of (the Government- were
received with shouts and huzzas. A thous-
and men githered close around tho speakers
stand, not half of whom could read, and°there
swore to fight,.not Jeff. Davis, but Abraham
Lincoln, on the qnesiion of a free press.
There were no chcers for the Union, for the
starry old flag, but plenty for resistance to
the orders of the-men who are periling alj
"for our defense. t

POLICY.

• The friends of the Administration do not
complain of the policy Of the Government so
much* as the. icant of a policy. The Presi-
dent seems to follow, not to lead, the , senti-
ment of the people. A few men and journals
have at limes assumed a dictatorial air, but
in the main, the loyal millions have said4 to _

the President, and his Cabinet, "take your, the Wheeler and Wi]son

"Wheeler and WilsOii's."

These'words need no explanation. They
are -household words the world around, In
more than a hundre I thousand |amilies the
music of their machines is heard |his morn .
ing; for their machines are usejl.Cheap
substitutes lie in garrets and lum
useless, but we have never heard
macl:

own course. Le ius know what-you want;
of us, and we will! do it. You are in a posi-,
tion to form a correcter judgement than we,
therefora lead qnd we will fojlow." Oo -the,
other hand the President, in the goodness of
his heart, desirous of being in close sympathy
with the masses, appears to watch the fluctu-f
ations of publicrsentiment, and adapt himself
to their pronouncings. The-result is| what
might haye been expected. Persons of dif-
fering views raise as great a clamor as possi-
bla, in order to make thp good man think the
peoplo are all with them. • So ithappens that
to-day one party seems to have tho.royal fa-
vor,?and io marrow another. Of course all
parties are in i turn disappointed and chaf.
gr.incd. This is doubtless the evil of free
government, and the people should possess
themselves of as much philosophy as possible)
and make the best of it.	i i

We think, and of course this is a'l-impon
tant, that the true way to pilence popular
clamor is to pay no attention to it. Let a
fickle and exciteablc populace -understand
that Abraham Lincoln is "master of the situ-
ation," that he has a policy which he will
pursue with an|iron will and execute with an
iron hand, and jit matters little what specific
policy is adopted, the masses will soon c^m
ply with it anfl be satisfied. Still, if the
President is not that kind of a man, there is
no use scolding about it. There is one safety
in it, he will" never become a despot. What-
ever men may, say, our liberties can never be
imperiled by him, unless it should be by the
success of the rebellion through tho vascilla-
tions of the national policy. Ctertainly Mr:1
L!ncoln can never be a tyrant.

ber rooms
of one of
ines being

worn out; or laid ss^dc. - There are many
good, machines,I but this one leads them all.
The Eale-v we learn, were never pelter than
at. present^ Certainlyj i« thi.^fiepUoA. with
Mrs. C >eas agent, it is nlmost'uselei-s to at-
temp*. to sell other. Shclius the nionopoly
of the bu>ine8-s for fifty miles around us, Wp
were surprised-to h-arn the extenfof her -dis-
trict , exrcndir.g as it d >cs fron Cnicago west
to Dixon, and Njrih to the State||line,

In this place slifehas taken new and corns
modious rooms,/luting them up||in a most
elegant manner, . There will ho found at all
times a good assortment of machines, and an

accDinplished operator, who will
give all the information desired to
, We have jne of the Wheeler <i W
.speak by the racdi-when we say tb
alL creation." "S /me think it

e happy to
burchasers.
ilson's, anJ
at it'"beats
ill only do

fof fine work, but we have seen cloth almost
as thick as a board sewed through and
through as if it!were mere, canjlbric. One
house in Chicago runs sixty of these machines
by steam, in manufacturing tentsjout of saij
cloth. All that.is necessary to convince the
most credulous is to call at the r|oms in tho
Bank Block, and see with your own eyes, i

COMEDY.

The President is the most facetious, and
yet the kindest of men. In ]the. midst of the
terrible tragedy of war he mus ; have a little
comedy, and occasionally, treats the couutry
to a broad farcp.

Tlie last ,]oKc of llic aeiisuu rra.i	off

last week on flip Chicago TLmcs and its sup>
porters. Vickshurg wasnot taken, and the
paople were almost dead for want of excite-
ment, and so cftme an order to stop t,he Times-
In.a moment. l!he country was in an uproar:
Hooker, RosecUns, Grant, and Banks were:
eclipsed, and Burnsido was the man. After
the daily 'papers hiad worked, the thing up
pretty well, and just before anything serious
grew out of it, the order was recalled, and
the Times and tho World jogged on as if
nothing had happened.	'

THE WAR. ' I

Sinc^the brilliant actions of Grant and his
failure to carry Vicksburg by storm, there is
nothing startling m the news from any quar-
ter. New combinations are being made on
both sides to suit the new phase. The ene"
my seem determined to make a grand effort'
to save Vicksbufg and hold ihe: Mississippi.
How fast th?y can mabs troops on Grant's
rear, we do not know. Ijf our Government
is awake to tlie situation, as we may suppose
it is, Grant will be reinforced as fast as John-
ston can be. One Southern paper says, that
the- great,- perhaps decisive battje of the war.
will be fought in the rear of Vicksburg. Very)
well, only givi our boys an even chance, and
we do not fear the result.

Meantime, Vicksburg is being torn to
pieces and burped up by the terrific fire of
our batteries.] We believe it will fall and the
Confederacy with it. ' God speed the day.

T'" lirutal Soldiery, i ,

At the great mob in Chicago on Wednesday
evening of last week, we heard ot|r brave
brothers who are enduring untold horrors
for thf salvation of their country, and who,
with their dying breath exhort.their comrades
to "stand byjthe old flag," characterized as. a
"brutal soldiery J' The insult stung us like
the bite of an adder, and burns .on our heart
yet. We felt as a man expressed himself the
next night, in the car. "I was mad, and I
am mad yet,i and the.time is! coming w erf
such, talk will not be allowed." Our soldiers,
are our brokers, bone of our. bone and.flesh
of our flesh, land the men Who, for partisan
effect, call memi briitesj are pickling a rod
for their own backs. Such speeches, as we

At



field.

Our Legislature is again in tjpssioil, but
the June weather has toned dowrjj the majow
ity so that their proceedings are dull and,
spiritless, m The rabid leaders seem anxious
to adjourn.' If they Succeed in coing so be-
fore Fernando gets there,: on tli] 1 Tth, no
great.harm will come to the cotlntry from

their meeting. It is- thought tM
jou'rn ur.til January"next, and so
in hopes something will "turn uf|

to thei;- peace proclivities. Fernando has
been tqithe white hotise, and can! inform the
Ijaithful of Illinois what old Abe thinks of an
armistice.-	r ■ - i ) i| ■ ■ ■ i"

y will ad^
kite along,
favorable

.... ■ The Acw Party.

"	JIU"ttiOl'-

Presidency, and the Chicago Times lays
down the following platfortri. Isliot success
certain'? ' ■	H . '

- "So long as the PRESENT POLITICAL
policies of .th? war ARE PERSI3TED in—
so long as the witr is CONTINUED as the
war of a POLITICAL PARTY-every dol •
lar expended in it is wasted, and worse than
wasted, AND EVERY LIFE ! LOST IN IT
IS AN ABOMINABLE SACRIFICE AND
A MURDER, indeed, by those upon whom
the responsibility rests of the prevailing pol-
icies. The man w.ho docs not wash his hands
of all participation in such a warj SHARES
THE GUILT OF THOSE BY. WHOM IX IS
PROSECUTED. Support of this war dnd
hostility to it show the dividlrlg line between
the. enemies and friends! of tho Onion. H^
WHO SUPPOR LS TIIE W-AU tsko AINST
THE UNION, because.the war i| the most
terrible engine for the dcstruct|on of the
Union which Beelzebub .himself iflo'uld have
invesnted.	- ]■' : .

"The professed Democrat- therefore, who
has his senses about him, and is qsliberately

for the war, js not a Democrat,
ah Abolitionist of the most radic:
,and destruciivevkind."

If any are disposed to make po
tal out of ithe Chicago Tiities jjffair, they
should remember that the oriier for its sup-
pression wais issued by a Democra
and revoked"by a Republican Pre

fact, but
Violent,'

itical capi-'

pi*

ic Genera^
ident.

Glad to Ilcar l.t,

We insert the following Wrdtliful no
from friend Ivothe. As we said, we could
not believe the stojry. But, Frtjd,; our'friend
did not ask the insertion in the pap.r a"d
knew nothing about it until it fra^j published.

; . . El(?in, June 5 th, 1863]
Mr. Editor : ;	i. -j.	..

In^our paper of Juno '3d, I read your
"Can't believe it," and I hope you will pub»
lish the following reply in your next edition.
In 'regard to my turning out a mbi abcr of the
Band for belonging to the Un:on league, all
I want to say is that the gentleman who told
y ou that story told you a lie.: We, as a Band,
never turned out a member on ar y politica
groundrbecause we don't meet to tiilk politics,
but to practice music. Besides thi.t, you saw

FROJI 1TIIE »Gth.

Camp 36Tn III;, 1st Bbioade, 3rd Div'i-1
sion, 20th ArSit Conrs, Murfreesboro.J-
'	' • ! May 28th, 1863. )

Editor Gazette i	1 p "	,

Again {after fa long silence, "your corres-
pondent," as you have been pleased to honor
me, attempts to address' you, but it is not
"sickness" that has caused] the silence, as
many of your readers might suppose from a
paragraph which appeared in tho Gazette of
the 20th instant, foti I assure you I a^n eh-
joying jrery good health, but the want of
any stirring news tolqomtr uniiiato, for as yea
donbtless are aware] the "Army of the Cum>
berland" has been acting to a certain degree,
"a <la" Potomac, ana with the cxcept'on of a
successful cavalry rhid now and then, and
skirmishing on pi kjjt, "all is quiet," that is
to the outward worlid, but could you sudden-
ly be dropped dowh in Murfreesborc^, you
would think by th<j bustle and cxcitement
that met you on ev^ry side; that llosecrans
and his army were fetill al.vo, and I think,
should the reba undertake the job of retaking
this place, thty too \jro,uld think we had not
been idle all this tithe, for certainly this is]
one of the strongest fortified places held by!
the Union arm)', anjd it is thought by good
judges, that ten thojusand men can hold it
against one hundred thousand, so it is evi-
dent "Rosey" calculates to hold all he has
got, > and gejt all he can. I! should not be
surprised il he was soon contending with
Bragg for some of his territory, and when he
starts,, he will accomplish his object, lor no
one who observed liis tenacity in the! late
battje, tan for a inonjient think he will fail, or
knows'the meaning of the word. ■ ' 1

Col. Miller arrived in camp hst Saturday,
and met with ar heaijty and enthusiastic re-
ception, participatedj in by every one in the
Regiment. It makeA no difference with himi
if-th# eagle does perbh upon his shoulder, the
private meets with jdst as hearty a shake of
the hand as the officer. • Captain Ilobhs ac-
companied hiin, andla few days previous to
their, "rnval, Captainjs Waterman and Campv
bell arrived, and Capt. Olson received his
commission as Licuti Col. Now for the first
time for a long while, 'we have all of our
"Field and Staff'1 offijeers present, and Capt's
for every Co. but o4e, |and , once more the
"old 3Gth" is ^ble tojpresent to spectators a
Dress Parade not to be surpassed by any
Pn£j!mcnt nf fhp c«mi» 0(50 in Ithe Rei'vice. ■

Col. Miller had command of the Regiment
on "DressParade" for the first time since his
arrival, night before last, and the splendid'
Brass Band of the 24th Wisconsin, kindly,
volunteered to play upon the occasion. The
parade was witnessed by nearly throe hun-
dred persons from ot ber Regiments, and they
stared with Wonder aid surprise at: the way
the boys handled their guns,i every motion
was performed as though there was only one
gun,: and I heard many of them say, "That
can'i-be beat," and s<^ we think.	/

M>jor.Sherman, wJio by the way, is one of
the bestjdriljed and appearing office:s in the
Division, has organised a class in "French
Bayonet Drill," com posed of the r.on^coms
[1 such of the ofQcers as
under his skillful man^

Does not this speak well for the "rough, un-»
cultivated old Scjth ?"

i l But I am already taking up too much of
your space, anfl will hasten to a close.
Go. "B" cavalry^ were this morning transs
fcrred from acting escort to Gen. Jeff. C-
Davis to Maj.^G^n, Crittenden, but they still
claim to belong £o the 3(3th. I believe they
are all enjoyingf good health. I hope yon
will meet withj unbounded success in the
printing and circulating of the next volume
of your valu&tjlfe paper, and add largely to
your 'list of subscribers. Hoping you will
not forget to forward us copies once in a
while,	•.] remain,	|

Yours in haste, J. C. D»

JLstter From Dr. Clarke.

In Re; r of Vicksburg, iMiss ,

Iiss, )
, '(53. f

May 2-lto

A, J. Joslvji,

Dear Si4 : —

Ere this reaches you, you will.have (heard
perhaps, of the idoings of the 127th in part,
but thinking it night be of interest to your
riders, I send 3 ou a list of the casualties oc
purring in' Co'^ I and C. We reached this
position by a cjreuitous march by way of
Grand Gulf, on Lhe l8th inst. On the 19th,
other regiments of the 2nd

and present his certificate of the fact. I Th •:
evidence must all be obtained bf the spplf t
cant, an^ must be transmitted irith hii *p»
plication ibr opointmeni t | . |

Enlisted roan, honorably discharged on ac*
count of disability, de: irfng to le^enlmt ii*
this Corps, will present themselves to tha
B<3ard of Enrollment for tho District in wbieti
they reside,' for cxaminai ion by tbe "Surgeon
thereof, who shall examine them andmpore

)f Enrollment.-, The
' er each case, apd if
fulfill the conditions,
3rd shall give lUtn

3(d. That he is; meri- ••
^th. That he was ;
)(nyjthe scrvic«i. Th#
Distffct shall thert
the certificate of J

the 127th, with
brigade, wfere ordered to advance on the ene
my's works. 1
perfect tempest

missioned officers, an
wish to learn it, and
agement, we expect t ) make a crack appear.1

heard will b^remembered^^^ against their auth-, the wyole band together at the la^t pic nic I

ors for many a ay. _^ ( j believe. So much about the Band ; the

IVIIilj THEY ?	• , | whole sensation article was put iii your pa-

per by the statements, as r learned, of=apar-

The President, to conciliate- and unite the
North for the purpose of saving the nation,
restrains his 'subordinates and rescinds their
orders. Will, now, the candid men of the
opposition give him credit for these acts, or
will they taunt him with weakness, and claim
to? have extorted this concession from his
fears ? Are they capable of rising above the
low level of partisan effect, and render to the
Chief Magistrate the honor due to exalted
patriotism?	1

It is said,' Vallandigtam, is sure of
being nominated for Governor of Ohio. „That
will make -at straight issue, and we can see
who is fqr tho Union and the War, and who
against them. Let the true colors be dis-
played, Wood and Vallandigham are the
mon, ....

ticular friend to-my business, anji with na
other purpose, as you know, than to
make capital of it. My friend is ^elcome to
kll damage he can do me personally or in re-
gard to the store. He only ought to come
out in his own name so that everybody can
understand it, and -not. let you, jtfr. Editor,
do it for him. After this I think||l shall pay
no: attention to his slandering reports about
me. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, I wish you
to find out, if you can, tbe true side of a story
before you publish it in your paper next time
Yours truly,
1 ,	r 1 Fred. C. KotnE.

The list of lands on which the taxes re-
main due for the year; 1862v.will be found on
thQ second page, J

• i-Vh,':

do so, for we got badl
fall of the rebel Ca
bounded success, but
hope, G.-ant's drmy is

dom they fail,^ indeed,

Everything is.serene in the Regiment now,
and the best of feeling prevails, indeed, since
Col. Gr6usel went away, all has been harmo
nious, and wo hope it will continue, thus, for
certainly there has bejen enough wire pulling
heretofore, to cause good feeling amongst us
now.

orderB about 2 o'clock this
to move at a moment's
cooked rations ia our
i

We receired
morning to be ready
notice,; with five days
haversacks, so this portends something,
understand 'that Thomas' corps: went out last

that you will hear it'ir-
larter before long.
m Grant causes us to

night, and it may be
ring'nevrs from this q
The good news fro
rejoice,,and yet it is almost with fear that- we

y sold on' news of the
tal, aijtd HookeVs un!-
this one fact gives us
composed of Western

boys and veteran soldiers, and' it is very sel-

some (af the prisoners

we took in the late battle, say that "they

of the Eastern troops;
e Western boys nearly
rant meet with success^

can whip two to one
but consider ono of tl
a match." Should G
the back bone of the S onthei|n Confederacy is
broken; and the "Great Fat|ier of Waters"
commerce. Things
3vo the day is not far

wi.il. be open to ouf-
.brighten, and we beli
distant; wh:n the glo

rious inorning of peace
shall daw!), and the, jbble '[flag of . the free'!

float ovei-every city
Great Lakes to the
day. !

The health of our
good, and we have be
the services of good a
fill the places of Drs

best illustration i can

evening at the reque

and town, from the
Gulf. God hasten the

Regiment still remains
n blessed in securing
ad efficient surgeons to
STo u n g and Peirce. We

have not a man in hospital, and only eight
reported at sick call this morning: But the

give you of the "stock'!

Composing this Regiment, is to state the par-
ticulars of a meeting called together the other

st of jthe Chaplain, to

form some plan of raising a library,, He ad-
dressed us a few moments, and then gave to
each^o. [commander tl subscription paper, to
circulate through thi ir companies, to - see
what could be raised, tnd between the hours
of 7 and 9, nearly thrse hundred dollars was
subscribed, which has been somewhat increas-
ed since, and the clw ? of ibooks to he pur-
chased are of the h;st tone and qual:ty.

W-

hey charged gallantly, in!a
of shejl, canister and musket
shot, and it seetas a miracle that no greater
fatality resulted j

Capt. J. S. IUddlej Co. C, had his1 left arm
shattered, and it has {since been amputated.
| Ruel Welch, vo. 0, tyuck shot just below
right eye, endanjgering the sight of the eye.;
! Henry Whelpjlcy-,,Co. C, slight flesh Wound
i^i left hand. ! j, |	;

' | J. L. Sheahan^ Co. C, middle finger of left
hand amputatedj.; ■

j John Swift, Co.], C, flssh wound in right
leg, from shell. j'Vl ' " 1	^ I,.

1 Ora -B. Doiig^asl' Qrd. Sergt. Co. I, flesh
wound in left thigli. 1	1

1 Chas. Schroet er, Co. I, gun shot wound in
right foot.	\

i Phillip Koual:e, Co. Ij severe flesh wound
in right arm|	*	i| ?

I ;Lieut. Keyes received three pretty close
^alls—musket b^lls scraping each cheek, and
lone across the I hroat—inflicting no particu-
lar injury, however.	j
| jOn the 22tf inst. we were again^iinder fire,

Jj 61^111 sukUugci, oo. o, leceivlug Kuu eW

wOujnd in, right foot.

ij Alfrtd Roberts, Co. I, gun shot wound in
left knee, riot considered serious. t
I This comprises the casualties to present
date, and as1 this regiment is now on guaijd.
duty at the^ landing on the Yazoo, we majy
have no more similar accidents. ^	.

A. \j. Cl.ABtf, !
As ' Surg. 127th Reg. 111. Vol.j

Old Dr; Bocr.lier's Idea of lleav-
t'n.	(

I ''Expecting exemption from sin, intense,
Rigorous, untiling action is. the greatest
pleasure of mind. I could hardly wish to
ehtier Heavqn'did, I believe its inhabitants
werib idly to Set by purling streams, fanned
by balmy airs. Heaven, to be a place of hap-
piness, must be a. place of activity, ilia's Da-
vid hung up hiii harp as useless as the dusty
arms in Westminster Abbey? Has Paul,
glowing with Godlike enthusiasm, ceased
itinerating thek iniverse of God?" A,re Peter,
and Cyprian, wid Edwards,.Sind Pardon, and
Eyerts idling a way eternity in mere psalm
singing? Heaven is a place of restlegs activ-
ity, the abo|de of never tiring thought. Dayid
{jnd.Isaiah will 1 weep nobler and loftier strains
<jf eternity, and the minds of saints, unc'ogged
by ciumbersomp clay, * wiir forever feasj; on
rich and gloriotis thought. My young friends
go on, then, yo
eternity of unt
the universe ol

Card from

a will never get,througb. An
ring action is before you, and
thought is your field."

the Provust Marshal.

. ' Marengo, 111., May 25, 18G3.
Editor Woodstock Sentinel:, J	r'

| Sir By1 publishing the following (extracts
from Order Noj. 105, current series fromythe
Adjutant General's Office, in your paper, yciu
will doubtless-j confer a ,favor upon many
worthy invnii^;soi,diers, who have exposed
or ruined their, health in defence of their
country: 'Jj tj •	|

j Tnrap.—-By ^accepting, those officers and
enlisted men who have been honorably dis-
charged oh account of wounds or disease con-
tracted in': the hne of duty, and who desire
tjo re-enter thej service. In the5 case of an
officer, application for appointment most be
made to the Provost Marshal General of the
United States, jlhrough the officer detailed as
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General
<ff the state. No application of-this kind
will be considered, unless the following con-
ditions are completely fulfilled. 1st. That
the applicant^jiroduce the certificate of the
feoard OfEnroTtmentfor the District in which
he resides, thai he is unfit for active field du-
<!y, on acccounfc of wounds ftr disease, and is
not liable to draft, but is fit fi>r garrison duty.
£d. That ho furnish evidence of honorable
discharge on the account of wounds or disa-
bility. contracted in the line of duty. 3d.
| hat he produto recommendations from the
Regimental, !Bitigade and Division comman-
ders under whom he formerly served, that
he is worthy of. being thus provided for, and
Capable of retaining adequate service to the
Government, jln case it sh&ll be impractica-
ble to get the list evidence, he may, haViijigF
Established the first two points above, satisfy
the Board of E arolhaent that he is deserving,

the result to the Board of
Board shall tben„consi-E
the applicant is found to
specified below,Hie Boai
certificate to that effect, via: l»t. Tbat be fit
unfit for service in the fijeld. 2d; That he id i
fit for garrison s^uty.

toriou3 and deserving.

honorably discharged fro r
:Provost Marshal for the
send the application, wit
the Board, to the Actingl Aesistant tjrovoec
Marshal Genexal'of the State, wbp shall pro-
nounce such evidence of service, and charac-
ter as* the rccoraa of . the company to] which:
he belonged, on file at Ileadquarlers , of the
State may,choose, and if satisfied thatii.t i»af?
joeritorious case, atd tbafl the man-is chserr-
ing, he will enlist him in accordance wiib
such special rules- as the Provost Marshall ;
General irfy establish.

Officers and enlisted msn nowin tiie
vice, but absent: and beyond tbe reach of

medical officer in charge

Convalescent Camp, desiring to enter the"! 4

Invalid Corps, can do so

tsame course aa above set forth.

By instructions from

the Provost

?shal General's office, Provost Alarshals are
desired to see that the abeve regulations aie
carried out immediately, s
ling Boards are concerned
. Respectfully, your ob

thervft,;.: ^
Ju. COON
Provost Marshal 2d Dist.,

of a Hospital ori

by_pursuing th»i | $;

Mar«.

0 :far as the Enroiv

111.

Soldiers Aid- Society.

Elgi:;L June 1st,

Mb. Editor:—

- The Soldiers' Aid Society, having enpyed!^
a rich treat in the visit 0 ' Mrs., Liverinore, T
of the Chicago Sanitary C ommifsion, vould
gladly, by a,relation of facts th'rougb yoor
paper, iroparfc; to tofflaiy- w^o< weritjnotA
present the interest yhich such visit ought i
to awaken in 111 who .are tihus favored. We
?tre.awaro, howevef, t^ at in an article o| , this
kihd, justice can in nowise ba ,done,to MT».
Livermore or the subjett 'she^so faithfully
presents.	j •

While sitting in our faiidst, and1
recounting thrilling incident', giving Vivid-
ness to scenes of suffering she had witnessed,
and the outbtirsting of gratitude as the] hear-
ty "God bless you" wells up from the rawest
depths of the soldier's hisart, when his duffer
inga are ,alleviated by timely supplies! from
t [.distant I^Yed^jies, ,-thrbugh' the Sanitary
tjommiss^on, we felt strengthened in otir fee»
ble effort's as a society, fand our-hearta wer®
ipadei^ftjoice in thfe ftct that the ^Brit Df>
'76:iS still manifest'in American wbnnn. %
Mr?: Livermore's knowledge of the cjondt^5
tiOn of'our hospitals/and the working of the1
Commission is by no jheans limiteJ. ..

Since thei beginning-of the war; she has
been four timeV, with (hospital store?, to tho;
army, arid has..visited fifty thousand sick and r
wounded soldiers. She entreats us not to
slacken our labors, as their necessities are ;
often greater than the Commission arc able
to supply. The magnitude Of the work, end
the system and efficiency attained lj>y the;
Commission, were qlearly shown In Her re-
marks, for instance, fthe care that is taken to
have
plied
with

stores, when forwarded',: properly ap-
suitable agents; the promptness
which thp Commission has agents on
tihe Geld administering to the suffering!* after
a battle, often long in advance of all* other
aid ; the stations wlhere soldjersjaro furnUherl
with free meab and free lodgings; also the
general di rectgrieel whereby-information con-
cerning any sick! or wounded'soldier can,
withjlittle delay, be obtained. To illustrator
this We repeat an /example givem . Not long
since' Mrs. L was requested, c by^ ar xiou'i
friends lo learri, if possible, the where*botlH
of a certainNsold|ur. She telegrapted to tho
directory nearest! his array corps, the name;
-with the comparjy and regiment to which ho
belonged, with the inquiry, "Can you give
any information respecting him ?" * Pijesent-j
ly the reply catne—"Such a soldier," giving
name &c., "Win such a hospitsl, slightly
wounded." While -waiting for the^jabove
answpr, Mrs. IJ. received a letter from a friend,
saying she bad come from her home iii Mas-
sachusetts, anp had spentitcn days in Wnsh-
ington; in a pain searcli for her husband,
whom she. had heard was wounded in a late
battle, but oflwhom she coiild learn nothing
farther. Another dispatch was immediately
sent;:"Can you give-any I,information! con* ,

corning Lieut.--, of'Co. ts-, 5th| Re£l

ifass.i Vol., who wa« in such k battle ?"—

r : •i. .	• i .»• .	i

Answer soon came: "Lieut—— Vpc, is
Tin a field hospital, 40 miiesifrom Washington,
liadly| wounded," which answer was forward-
ed wiih lightning speed to; the anxious! wife.'
Thus^ in tho space of three hours or |e?s
these 'communications passed back and (forth.
Comtaent upon such an arrangement is on*
necessary: May we be stimulated to-gjr&ter
effort; and even sacrifi'cj, if ne3d be, wnilo we
rejoice in being counted wort'iy 4) be>r|somo
humble part in alleviating the sufffrings ©f
^«r !>,rivc 4^°^-

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