1863-06-24 Weekly Gazette

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ctturch BJRECTORY. THE WEEKLY GAZETTE.

Congregational Clinrinli.

(*V. FRU). OXSAItlV I'ASTQK. KKSJOCTCE
atO. OavldskuiV. Evrvlcea on the Sejbhatiii 10X
. Vclock A. ftt;; T .'clock P. M. Sabbath SichopM2 O'clock
Iflt. Prayer Iletttng pa Wednesday KreBirip, t o'clock.
;; Monthly.Concert oVPrayer on.the dritSabliathlneafch
: s' montbi Co'clock P.M.	..

B"

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-.Baptist Church.

' T)*Y. i. 3. J8SI.YN. FUPPIjY.	I ^ „

"y-JK< tService* at 1 OX o'clock ftnd 1 ojclnck P. M.
; BanJiy School at 12 o'clock M. Prayer Me'kingWed-

9r«tli6di$i fepi«(!«!>a1 ClMivcli.

R»V. WM. . OUKY, PASIOR. UESIffKNCK AT
Uie Par»on»Bet corncr of Dlv.lsion and'tfollcge Si *.
( 1U*t*ttierrlcei=rlOK	a"'1 CK r- M* Sunday

ehMl *f' 12 M. AVctkl/ Prayer ?Icct)nK, Wednesday

•Tenln^. j^..> '	'.' ■"	^ I!

JOSLYN, Editor.

June

1863.

iMmrcli.

• - i	II CTOIt. FEHV1CK.SAI.TE1-

,Tl £Y. A. I.l^'TJrb. . j?, t!g n and Uut'uud, at

fx ratc'y it tin. Cl,urc).<-	^

>alf-pulten o'clock.	1____u-

CllUltCIl opj

v; nefortoied l*ro«l>y»«»•••«"

"l. R* Oenfre S.r"f °KncrMrUpM's.

Jta*,at10«-A.M.amll,HP. M. Poycr Meeting, NVed-
J^ay Kvenjne. CP^« t u'r	Ist 5l,'-'balh °f

•,BA<xlli| at I P. M>' ••	..

H

.. HITIIUKAX CIH1U(!U.

nnsB or worship' d\4 ♦•sf'rlno .sthket-i"

0OT81 oWDgbyKer.'Mr."n«n»«it? every SaU^alh

L Preku

•-■"mi

/: German' Kvanseiica! C'IimvcIi.!

Housei opposite the b.h'ck ciiuisph skr-

Ylce'cvery Siibbuth (if 1<> A M. R*?y. E. i Miisstil-
;i't- ■MUi»Pre^cher Ir diarilt*- Sabbaih Sciiool at A. | ^

BUSINESS BIUEGTOUY.

ORNEYS, &c.

If j A W OI FICp.	j

JAliri COTJGM NOTAUY VUIU.IC Cr.ATM AND
' Imhrinci Ap«i«, 1} p't-p.wcd t-» attcii l ;Jo Coiiviy-
awing.Collecting.Itis'inlnc mhI General taw Husineis
Al| matteri en|ro*tcd to Win will be prnroplly uttwlfd to.
J 'Qftfe orcr 'Sherman^ Jrug Stui c, M-11
far llUaois. h

Street. Klein
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,^DWAK».S. .JpsfiV-V, ...

/I'TTORNiEV] AT LAW AND P.O!.JOITO!| IS CUA>*-
CX eery. WU1 al eu^ '0 tbo c in-ttion t>r alt buhllcis
lma agalns'■■the.Government.!- Offioe over Shernian'j
rug StoreJ Kkfin, Iillnoli. '	' ! >

NoT-isuilis^.' u 1	. S"2G

I(. JOSLYN,

rUBTICE OK TUB PfiACK. OKVIC-E
I ShermanY Drus ritore, JUun St., Ktgin,

OVER
111. .

BGx\JAlI L\ BlUJUTTj : |

. «>OUOBjMiaiSTR'AIB , AND juSTICE 'Oj JlfE
, JL PE*08i. PiirtTcalar...attention. glvet> to tne co.iac-

;fU»a ot Debts, Conveyancing, AcM ic. . Office, over Wm,

«•. Hnbbard'j New Store, iliU Street, Elgin, Illinois^—
:5: Itarrtaae Licenses granted.;	I ... ;|

~J. E. BJISK.ISARL'S»l::it, x>l. 1).

PIlVSICtLw! AND S.CUOBON. ■ OFPICS'/OVER^M.

C. Town's Store. UcMilence at the hoafe <?' it OfJ-
"word, on Dlvui^n Strect.iKlsm. •	■ i r; !

A/ler thre}:years practice In one.of the largest.'Ilofpt-
' tal^ In QoldKne^crinany, ami six years nra^ti-ce In tliU
'^ileitiy.lteel a tfonfidencein assuring the pe»|»1e of >jl'
' gin and vicluityv*>f n'J aUill^y to eive full satisfaction in
— »rery branch of -SleJicine and Surgery.	j

W.. Klein, Feb., 1863.. *' • • : 1 .	' s'33 '



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J. 'i«. T it IT K.S\> K fi li % .

{PSNTIST.- WOUKIN CTERV BUAN'CII

-J<sr Dentlsti-.y, carefully ^n/1 -tticiro'.ijihly
. performed * accordine to the jlatefitlam!
most improved principles of t«<S art,! and
jfPtihm&& : to |jriie *atisJuction. Corner of Mill. A Main

atrecti.No.jl Ai? Baiik Block. ■ -<	,	I

■j; jTane 18th; 1S60, | • , ■1

M. X. WHltrOllD, il. D. .	| A. L. Cl.ll>*, m. p.

WIIITFOItI> & CL AKIl, !

HT8ICIANS AND'SC-ROEON?;•; KSPECIAJ. ATTKN-
tion pa d tlo clUeasOa of the Kar- *nd.Kye, Kpllerfjr,
DMr Bcrdruli, diseases of Women,; also io Surgery
aa Surgical Diseases. Residence—The1 Kimb'all..House.
OS. eat L. II. Yarwood's Drug Store. Offl<^ hours $}f

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"W'ednesdiay,

CELEBRATION

^ lj> -"=': &!-f :|;i, -li ; -' I

I- " •' '-OF THE...	■■:.

GfioRIOTJ S FOURTH

X1ST !E33L«C^XISr. [

Our propojjition to go to Geneva for
a County Celebration, stirred u£ tire
people in this placb' and adjoining
towns to lrave one here.

'Qn ^roiidiiy night, a largo number
gathered to the 'to,urtMouse, and re-
solvfcd jto have a '

h O F J TJ I'J "Y*

- Ilff , 3E3XiO-IIfl". Mi

M AY Oil TEF FT was. nppoi n ted
rnESil^KXT of.tire day, aucT an invita-
tion extentlcd to all people to meet in

COLBY'S «KOV:iB, l
FOR A NATIONAL PIC NIC.

Borne distinguished Orator is to be
invited to address the assembled thou-
sands. ^

A committee on

was appointed, consisting of! Col. E.
S. Joslyn,Mujo r A.: 11. Barry, a Ca pt.
E; Myers^ Lieuts. Durand, Clarke
and Piidt'lford. ■' < ' . • 1 -

A splendid

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6. «. ADAMS,-:	V,'-

Dkacer IN WATCIIKS, CLOCKS. JKWEI;RY;^L-

ver and Plated Ware, Musicill Inatru nent^, Fancy
Ao. '.I

' (Wateli Repairing and"Engraving done on shojt notice,
-.irHo.'li,Chicago Street, Elgin.

' /	Will. BAUKfiU, !

WATCfl-MAKKR AND JEWELLER, MAY BE FOUND
at his oldlSt&nd Mill .--lreet, where he i^ prepar-
ed, with new facilities to do work in the best manner.
. ICIgHum.', .Mai lTth, 1859,1	. I 4-50

-G.l W

ItlM B'AIjIij1

and dealer"in cabinet

Manufacturer	--

Wore, i Bureaus, l^ecrataries, Wash Standq, Tables

i, Bedsteajls, anil' all articles usually kei}t jby thl
, Mill Street, Elgin, Illinois.. I Ccifflns madeto order,

■ Chairs,

"^hlde,

And constantly <in hand.

.e< • ■ IIEJIJIEXS Ac JOXKSs

TERCHANT TAILORS, AND pEALERS IN
..J. Made Clothing and Furnishing' Goods,

lain Street, Elgiln, Illinois, -j	' .

'Hi B.—Outtlngld vne on snort notice [and warranted

IREADY-
No. 18,

'A' H. SHEltMAiViai CO.,

^*f«NKRAL OBALERS IN nilUOS AND MEDICINES,

PaYnts.OiU, Varnishes, Wall Paper, 8tation|ry, Qro-
««riei:kd; *6.. Elgin, KuTie County, Illidola.

Will be organized., i .■ fj
The BoArd of Edugat.ion or this
City, wns appointed a committ^c to
invite all the common schools in the
vicinity to join in the procession. A
spcal^er will be engaged, to address
them.'j, \	'

The Elgin Band

Is retained to discourse music .for all.

THE NATIONAL ANTIIEM,
:< "My country 'tis of theeS' ]
will be sung by 2000 voices and full
orchestra.	-tr *'

The popular sonir, "TFe are march-
ing along,"' will be sung by 1000
phildren.	i - '

•Remember yojur basket, as .it is a
real PIC NIC.	' l: '

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Claim A

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1 "AGAINST THE U

FOR

CLAIMS

'GOVERNMENT
3EP^."5T,; '
OR PENSION,

. «_ • Can be collected by ',i" ''

O. DAVHISO^j Claim Age lit.^

Call at tho Home Bank antjl m|ako jo.ulr appli-

•!	844

Igation.

'^fclgin,.March 24th. 18«3

iHottse.

TIIE GENEVA
Itlai

" HouMifi si^ll be.h^ppy tp have	r

«e when «ou kre In Town. To make It an indki emei.t
to tfcttsa att^ndlhg Ccurt, I1 havjs put prices ;down to

PRIVATE ilOOSES, hop
tra*iUafF>ubl<c. "

Maying all the febnyeni^ncis
lateatKa to. please' And make a b
flaror at. .....j
•/>6eA«Ta, HI., Sept., 1862.

savejoursilk*, R

you calll ao^t see
an indu emei.t
prices .down to
ng thus toieMore the

t. Good Hotel, ht Is our
nme for all iflm may
W. It. WATSiON.

■... n 8-1#

ibbons;&c.

beobmakt a co's conokntrated benzine re

, . BOTM Paint, Grfeaso Spots, Ac., Instantly, ai.d .'leans
OIotm, Bilks, Aci, equal to ne»; Without n.jury to the
most delicate colar or fabric* Only SIS cent# per bottle,.
„ 8«|*kr 0rufgisU. ,	...| ■,

' G. -	and Dr £glsls,J^ Y.

"it' *	' r » 1,1 ^ i" H ,9&dl

F.lr'uij- bi*t 1'empiTale.'

? " The times that try' men'/i souls'' had be-
come a figure of speech with this generation,
and referred to the reniote - stst. All heroic
ideas were buried with the inen of "76. , To
shift, to y ield, to com promise for the present
gain., was the ruling i'Jea of the nation until

■8G<}. ;	I;

The warbroke upon the nation so sudden-
ly, and found the people so unused to trial
that an almost childish impatience has mark-*
ed tha popuUr feeling up to this day. When
the' rebellion- actually roso up between men
and their purpose of gain, the word ran
through ♦Ije nation, " Lets up and dash the
icbejs in a trice, so that we may go oq with bu-
8ine.«s again." It.dfd not go down so easy,
and the million began to fret. . A General
rho could not with §.0,000, conquer twice
that number, ar.d wrest, a province as large
as ha'.f of Europe, out of the hands of a
bravo and desperate foe, must be'dismisssed.
The popular voice demanded it. A defeat
made us feel-as though the world was com-
ing to an end. - Now, after two years hard
Bghting, after, a hundred dreadful battles, we
ate coming to a sober estimate of the mag-,
nitude of thieTebellionj the number and res
sources of .the enemy.	f

A new danger is how upion us! IA new
and powerful party is organising all over the
land 'on the basis of the permanent dis3*blu
tion of the Union. .-The ono great, noble
object, for which all this blood and treasure
has beeh expended, id about to'^f fiven up
The Peacei-party of the Korth, ^iow momens
tarily silenced by Lee's invasion of Mary-
land .find Pennsylvania, is large-, thoroughly
organised and determined to force thei nation
into a treaty with the rebels, on the iproppv
si tion of aeknowledging their independence.'

Their programme as laid down in New
York, Ohio and. Illinois, is u first—putting
our armies on the defeBsive strictly ; second
—ask an armisticc; and third—call a' Nav
tional Gonvention to legaliso tho wpsraHoii

The Bhrewd. managers' of this er»tej*taih>.
ooent scfrn fo-doscend to: particulars. Tbey
will not say, though often asked, what terms
they would be "willing to accrpt. The boon*
dariesj of the , new felavo empire, they have
, not drawn. Maryland, "Western Virginia,
Kentucky, heroic Tennessee and ruined
-Mi^<oiiri are claimed by the South. . Would
tli.e pjjacespajty give up these States now
firmly held by us. What rivers shall be
declared navigable and free to commerce?—
What guaranties are we to have for the fu-
ture ? These tihd fifty other questions arise,
upon, which, we would like answers; But
t»ck of all these is the question of questiens,
^ Wilf the American people consent to disso
iyrtion ?** We think not. The men who
have just won the con trol of the old demo-
cratic Organization cirry along with .them
thousands by the mere force of party organi-
zttion, and they thus seem stronger than
they really are. They are al?o able to carrv
other thousands *ith them .account of the,
tlencjj indiscreet friend? of ths Adrnini-
Tjstratio'n ai)vV tiio War. A certain class of
daily papers denounce Democrats so fiercely.
arid inaiscrimifliately, and we. may atdd, abu>
sively, that niany follow Vallandigham out of
mere twite. Wje are glad to notiViris that the
lociil {Jnpers v^ith'whjc^ \^'e exc^arice, are far
more temperate than foe city dailies. The
Journal o'f Freeport, /iV^!a^r of Rocltford,-
Standard of Belviderc, Republican Of Syca^
more, Biacon of Aurora, Ilsralil of Morris, far
excel the Quincy tKA/^tbe 'Peoria Transcript;
the '-Chicago' .and Ntw Yoifc Metropolitan
sheets, in dignTty'-and charity. We think it
eminently proper at such a time sis this, for.
all men, who think more of tneir country
than of party. to stand firmly by the Union
rebuking all fiery fanaticism, according to
all.menj the full meed" pf...praise for loyally.

The people must save themselves from
tbese leaders. Politicians have acquired such
a jhabit.f of riding li.ob.btes, of dectiving - the
masses'by false issues that they cannot now
be trusted. - In revolutions, violent men arc
always sure to be courted, and unless men
of thought,- of substance, of cotiscitnee stand
together in defence of the rights of all, anar-
chy \yill drive like a demon through the
land. . Jy.olent lariguage^shpulU be laid aside,
A softjanswer should turn1 away wrath. The
indignant blood that mounts to the^eheek
t-hould be called back to the heart, arid kindly

relations oboulrl hp. p^iaVilishpf] .fimnnc r.o'igh-

Ibors. Observing meii must perceive that the
lirritetibn in many parts of the North is so
great that a spark may kindle the angry ele-
ments into the consuming flames of war.—
In mora than one half of the West, a little
indiscrediOn would precipitate a conflict that
would iturn Illinois into a second Missouri,
and inlite the horifs lof, the rebellion North
of the!Ohio.; It » easy to say, " if the
copperjheads' wish to jv>ln tho rebels let them
try it,| they. Wiii find^we are enough /or
taeia-'V AVe heard just such vaporing;.before
tVe rebelljon-broke out.^ "We hear such non:
sense about Great Britain, and our ability to
whip all creation. But all men of I sense
know that an insurrection in Indiana, Illi .
nois and Ohio, woold b«! the death knel. of
the Republic. Wq counsel: no compromise
on the one question of preserving the intes
grity of the nation. But on all else, we are
willing to allow the widest latitude of opin-
ion.

Especially would ire 'urge all loyal men to:
be temperate, in their language. StanTl firm,
but do: not irritate needlessly those upon
whom we must'depend for the salvation1 of
•the country. , .	. : .t.

rublishing company
the close of the
lcnced the publici-
for

1 con

^inued

folomjic C'urreH^Qiide^ce. •

.	... ALEXASD8PfywrAJa)Bje"8,,'fl3.

Dear Gazette|| - : : ' ••
- Enclosing some articles which my wife
sent roc to this place, I greet the Elgin Gu>
ette of May 20th, the fiipst familiar paper I
have seen; for , sprno weeks, frotn which I se^
that you hive j is't closed the eighth; volume.
Acknowledging with duo modesty a' compli
mlffit which you'/ray me in connjotion with
the journalism of your city, I will correct a
little historical mistakOpand tben give a brief
accotuit Of myself as connected with tni§
place;	_ -. . ij •

I shall: probably always remember without
the aid of records, that I was financially con-
connected wiih the first
in (Elgin, and directly up
Western Christian, .Com
tiojn, of. the -Gazette, wK|

on? y:ar, succeeding 1 which tho. changes of
which you speak took place, and "the office
was flna'ljy femOved to .Elkhom, Wisconsin,
['afterwards becapio connecte 1, first as Edi-
tor, and then as proprietor of the P.'tWidTinny
and subsequently resumefl the Gazette, which
I -was publfAi' g at ffij.tinie T left for the
east. . ■' ■ . ■

I need spend no tim
with regard^ to. my \ pres|nt whereabouts, as
you are already informed by the date of my
letter. You may think strange of tny hail-
i'ng| from this pi see , anastjjl, youniay not,
when you consi.ddr. that my sympathies have
alwuys been with the oppressed. I have for
many years, thought th.itlif'the way was. open
for personal;	tne victims of Ameri-

can Slivery^t should feel called Upon to en-
ter the fidd so long clofely barricaded ar d
barred against the missionary and ihc'.Bille.
In the last great t Sort of the rlaveocfacy to
•'drive the bolt home," and seal up the avo
nues forever against intrusioni' they, shot it
beyond its fastenings, an| the great iroh ^.te

tho teachers and ministers who are to enlight-
en" and rsjgeperate their race,. My associate
in theschspl is a colored preacher, recently
from sftvf ry. I foiel tha naed of a teacher in

my place,

to miss.ipriiry labor among the adults; I in
have had my duugbter accompany
acher, but the school pays rVpthing

tended to
ire as a tc
ind I was
I can mab

so that I could devote more." time

not able to sustain her

If

nere.

e'the necessary arrangements, shall

in correcting you

went creaking back up.o
poor she |> rushed out a
a shepherjj. This pi act
dezvoosjter large numbe
slaves pronounced'

They were first quartere; ijri the Washington

]Vot S<» Da<l.

The famous peace resolution of'the Spring-
field convention has two faces, of which the
first is the worst. It starts out with the In-
famous declaration that the further ofjfensive
prosecution of the war is destructive of the
Constitution and the Union. That face :s
all copper. - When telegraphed to us alone,
we felt, that the State was disgraced by the
wretches who could ser.d such a message to
the hundred, thousand Illinois solders who
are in daily,and deadly peril of lifo to uphold
the Constitution arid the Union.

But^sxond, the resolution proceeds to say
thnt they are in favor of pdace on the biSis
:of the restoration of the Unioin. Yery well,
every Lincoln man ardently desires peace on
just thOse terms. There never was a day
since the war cbrcroenced that seceded States
could not have returned ia peace if they
would. All this war is waged for is ''the
Union, the whole Union, and nothing but
the Union." Let the Confederate authori-
ties say "we aro willing to retoyi to the
Union on terms, and the war ceases instantly
until these terms are considered. But hith~
erto ^he rebels have floiitecTthe idea of re-
enteirng the Union upon any terms, and, so
long as they persist5 in, this, the war must go
on. offensively too, these milk and water res-
olutions to - the contrary notwithstanding-
The idea of bringing about peace and the
tTnion by a defensive war is supremely ridic-
ulous. Hence, the men who pass such reso-
lutions mean more, less, than th^y say. In
this latitude they claim to mean less, and so
we head this article "Not so bad." | We- aro
anxious to give every man and| every party
credit for all the patriotism thej' claim; al-
though sometimes they take a very curious
way of showing it.	- 1 .

Rev. Mr. Ward, of Waukegan, will preach'
in the Brick Church next sabbath morning.

In the evening he will give an address on
the U^ord	^ y

school hOtrse, built as I u
ey bfq<uea tiled by Wash
lishmen.t of a school for
while here that Rev. A.
Ia3t October, suffering se
—small pox, pneawronia
fevers, rfrom which they
rate of fOar per day, and
immediately engaged in t
sos, ha i far as theyVcou
medicinejl and dealt -the
hands, until a physician
arid additional,; quarters
connection wit» others
ment to Build barracks
about i500 personsi while
in the aggregate to' 1500
intj old*bkiildit1g3 1'tt l
and taken 1 possession of
thorities. Ero, G. soon
,aiiiong tbem in the Wash
at the old tlave pcn, ant

for schools^^ijdii meeting5 iq oni end of'the

barracks. I Secairie e
with the labors of Bro. G
of help, and in coir .-spot
to cone itntnediately to
Commenced his labors a
(put has since* received sc
different sources for the
recently, -wjhile lying sick
bors, received a. commisiiion^as Superintend
dent of thei frcedmen.' 'lfhe mission is under
the patronage of no socit|irj!', and | may there-
fore be considered an independent one. ,1
camo liere without any sanction or pled
from a"y.society, with tpe expectation that

its hinges, and the'
id go blvating after
has been the ren-
s of freer)men ;since
contraband of war."

tderstarid with moli-
ng ton for the estab-
!>qer .whites. It was
jfadwin found them
rerely from sickness
typhoid and scarlet
were dying at the
no physician. /He
ieir behalf kind nur-
d be obtained,- got
ju c u j with his own
:ould ba appointed,
obtained. He, .''jri
nduced the gOvirp;
irhich nccommodat
others, amounting
or 2000, were put
y di.nloya! jicrso..ns,
by the military- aus
established1 schools
n-gton school h^Duse,
in a robin prepared

try to bring it about after the sumrrieij/vaca*
tion. Th 5 school was organized the ^3d of
February ! ast, and has a considerable number
who read verjr wellj in the Testament. r|,jL

On the Sabbath: we have a large Sunday
school"at i|) o'clock, and three religious! semis
ces during the day and evening. We hawe
also meetings on each eveningin the week.
But there is no systema ic religious j labor
outride of the meetings; and the largest share
of refugees in the"city probably; hava-rio re-
ligious instruction at alf, not ;l>feingt--ii>-| many
instances |n.a condition toj^tteud meetijng,
and probably, in most of these having no de-
sirq, to: I shall hardly feel ttiat the object of
u>y comin» here is acomplished, until I can
get .time t> know personally the spiritual
condition of these; poor creatures. ' p •'
The men who arc in health are golting
good wage;:, and many of them getting dressed
up so as to'look- respectably. There pis no.
chance for black loafers. The business is
ironopolized by half submissive secesh and
convalescent soldiers, and besides, every col-'
ore'i man. is (snatched up ly the patrcil and
pressed into gove)*nment service.

W"e havi had several ^ war meetings liere
for the'criiiitment of colored soldier
there see.ms to bo but little headway
yet, o wilng probably to a| strife betweeh 1500
white men, who want commissions to ,lead
these people.- In the numerous spjee?hes-
made, those by the colored men liavcj; been
largely superior, both iu native elcfjjufflice,
and in grasp of the whole suhject involved.
I should not wbnder'.if in fighting.the^r abil-
ity would be maniftsted in the same,ratio,
and that many o£ them would prove tO be
better leaoers'than those who desire to lead
them.' Colv Birney^ son of the late civil he^
ro James G , has charge of the colored troops
in the Disti ict, and it is to be hoped that
>notie but!meri of the purest anti-sfwverjy sen-
timent may have a finger in tfio blajckbird
pie. White soldieis may say that th^y did
not enlist' td "free the niggersbut i ^b!a<^
men enlist it is for that very thing, above all
ptheTs. Remember* me and my miss ipa'to
your-friends„arid at-the throne of grace, ' .|,;'

Yours for the poor, . /'"''-f
:	E. OVVEN; : -

; tut
made

)mes?hat acquainted
here; arid his need
dence was solicited
his assistance. He
his own expensei
me donations frOi^
.mission. He ha8
with exc«sSive kv

He who rfflquires his pe
the world,! will provide
j.juiney, an
"Lo,: I am
riot, send

li

get very no

am to'go t(» them.' I shall occasionally re-

port, bu
myself, if I
The thre
from small
gate of ab
freedmen b
ton school
the suppor
Parker, wh

51 should awfully hate to' beg for
do.for the'mi Uion.	.' .

j schools I have ^mentioned have
beginnings, increased to an aggre-
j'ut- 400. scholars. The resident
ive their.school in the Washing
h^use, and pay a tuition fee- for

of their' teac!
D aro promi.sin!

when the' wiar broko out were under appoint-
ment to go to Africa as j missionaries. But
Africa has pow coino to tjiein. Their school
has been
they have

bet in writ
and the pen
The school
gaged, is m
ance is nece

by those w

progresses
ed» We ha

prise and1
made-in so

pie to go into all
frr them on thdr
d in their fitildL where he has said,,
with you always." if he does
is ravens to me, I t-hail, when I
dy take it aa,|tn indication that I

ers,-- Robinson and
youn-; men,.and

LEffTElB FROM E. CIFFORB.

,, ■ | /.'.■.__■"■ ■ j

/ X On BoU.ud ' J. D.-Ta.ti.oii," Yazoo ) r

RlVlfR, 10 M1I.ES fltom ITS JlOUTIIj > ..
• i ,	June 1:1,18(53.

Fiiieno Gazette	■■ ■ !,-~!

I have formed tr.any good resolutipjris to
write you a jjescs lption of Memphis. L?Bjrang",
Jackson, 'Corinth, &c , thfe field here 1 have
been at work for the jast two month but
really I havbniot had time. -;. -■ yj.;

While; bui^y making up our accounts at
Memphis, we were ordered by telegraph tp He
ready to embark on the next boat for Yicks-
burg, or (s riear therfe as we could get Ac.
c irdingly, about six o'clock Mor'day morning,

N"umber 4.

evidence Of "too 'niuch wood," and made one
siph fojr thi pi'airies of iilinois.'	|

Wc jarrivcd at Young's Point about (en
o'cloel? thii, Thurs l »y, forenoon. We were
then ordered up the Yazoo River.-'We went
up a- ojut ten mile's and lay thare, and"then,
by order of Gen. Grant, went 'back to
Young|s Point, and we are no tr landing the
troops! here. Wo are lyirig ia full view of
Vicksbjurg. \We see plainly our gunboats,
lying dear the bank of the river, can seethe
flash'aad hear the report of'the mprtars, ignd'
see the shell burst ia and over the city; but
I doh'p think they do much damage. We
can see none of their efcfepts on the city.

Notqing of importanca has transpired ^the
last wejsk Having just aiYived, we haven't
learntedj much, .of course. I think now I'll
write yjou again.	' ;

If.Gtfi. i^rant: permits it, which we "some
ttie shall coaituence paying'off to-mor-
ne^t day. 1 _ , ,|" . ■'. . W .
Yo urs resp'ec tfully,
' !	sE. GirrjBo.

POSTERS;
HAXDBILL|Sy
.VISITING
WEDDI-X<5

i iiCOSOfiTRT HILL3T '
;" CIRCULARS,

4fA'M)fc ?' BtJSI.VESS CARD^-*
CA-RD^y BALt] TIO i££TS, , *

doubt,
row or

we found ourselves on board the J. D.

ry, "booked" for Vicksburg. . Seventeen
Paymasters] with about two and a hall mjk
lions of.moiiey, to pay off the troops round
about Yicksburp. But we soon found we
wese not going alone, by any means.! The
whole .levee,i or landing, in front of Metnphis
was crowded with' troops, cannon, wagons,
ambulances, cag>p equipage, and all tbe|para-
phefnalia.bf vtar. It was a busy,: "bustling
time,-.embarking troops and landing stores.

Per*

The music of the bands as the Yegi nents

■ | '

inarching in, the heio.of the sailors, an

came
1 the

and a ; night|there seemed just as much
as when they begin in the morning.

)ing about sis teen. months, and
classes in geography, arithmetic,
and grammar, They hayJi-also a large niims
oks aro very neat, j

ing. Their bi
manship sc
xt the bariiic
ide up of refu
ssarily ver'y ii

me very beautiful
£3, where I am en-
ees. Tha attend^
reguiar,ia3 the men
)v.ernmeUt, and the
children have tojgo for rations, and on other
errands, wli
appear in ^

eral donati

ar<? employed under the

ile many: are,-not suitably clad to

ihOod, though
ons for theirl

there have been lib-
beaefit. There is,

ajso a constant draft upoh the best scholars

! io are finding

homes for them in
this vicinit^, and at the| North, Yet their
at could be expect-
visits from teach-
ers, ministers of the gos|e^ and other men
of note-,, wio uniformly express their sur-

far beyond wt
re almost dail|

shearing of^he teamft-srs filled up th^ day,

to do
But!

being tired of seeing and hoarinjg all day, and
my iron safe|being safely on board, I resigned
myselijto a very cotaforteble stateroom, and
soon forgqt the noise and tumult of the [outer
jworld.. When I. awoke in the morning, we.
were gliding tfown thegreat Father of VYiaters,
a noble fleet—fifteen of the largest class.stea-
mers, arid: six of3 Elliot's fleet, tho purine
btigade, accompanied at first by one gunboat,
When about half way down we had fo^r.—
The steamers were tho J. D. Perry, Memphis,
Empress, Crescent City, Choctaw, Eannibal,
Omaha, Laminoy^ D.'G. Taylor, Adamsj, Ew-
ing, Bohphuei, Emerald; New-Kentucky, j The
Elliot fleet were the Adams, Raine, Autocrat,
Era, Diana and. Ada. 1 •	I ' £

AH were leaded to the water's edge, every"
(boat carrying troops to the extent of its c\-
pacity: the 21 boats carrying, n^ar As we
can estimate, about ten thousand. .3ome
were from S(. Lpuis an.d Cairo^ but the most
of them were taken from the difierenJk points
on tho railroad from Memphis to Corinth, by
way aof Jackson, a large portion of which
road is now abandoned—all :that part; from;
'Grand Junstiop; by the way of Jackson^ to.
Corinth, theroad being completed frOm Grand
Junction to Corinth (Krect, saving some 60
miles: - ::®'"V'-f'S .;-vV.v;.

1 on qf one mQe of the 450, would

Memphis, to yicksburg. One cbntinuoi mo«
notony of woods o:

admiration at Ihe advanoemcn't

short a time.

I feel interested in this

8e*Wi. these

twinkling ey«

■•Eis

. I	-	J

work, as f seem to
And merry faces

on either side, with, now
and then,.but very rarely, an opening, indU
eating that at sometime somebody had tried
to make afark. Tall trfeei had been girdled,
and their dcajd trunks stood up as positive

Council Proceedings. :' ?

! Mondat Kve.vino, June 8,1863.
Pres^nt-^Ilis Horior thp Mayor. Aid*
Joslyn,! To'wn, -Kyser, "Bkrclay, Lloyd, Yar-
wood. j • a !	',?«• ■

■' Minuites of tie last meeting were read and
approved,

The ifayor called Alderman i Town to the
chair, j „	.. j, ■

Arid jas chairman-of the Speciial Committed
;on specj^pationtyf plan for pierfl for tyidge,
made a^epOrt, which, Oil mo'.ion^of Alder--
man Jojslyn was accepted,' and -the specifica-
tion and iplan adopted, and that the commit-
tee hav^ipower to make such minor altera-
tions, jis they may deem advisable,-with
power tjo'receive proposals and make contract
for thewotk.	i.	'ii 1 i ''

On inotion. of Aldierman Town, it was
ypted {hat the committee on contract for
stone for bridge piers be, and .the same here-
by are discharged. •	' ' ■ 1 '

On inotion of Aldernian Town, it was
voted tpat the Mayor and Aid. Kyser be, and
hereby kre appointed a committee with power
to enforce jiho present?-contract for stone fofc
bridge |>ier|s, and if not practicable to con -
tract-with other parties for stone m they
may ;defcm advisable, j , J '| |
Ah account was read in favor of M. C.

Totto, JJfor curtnip*:, hrnnmn &C-i frvr schonlR

$5'SD. S Aad,	'. . 'I. ; ■

Crr motion of^Alderman 'Barclay,iit was
voted that the account be allowed.; and an
order drawn on the Treasurer for thef same.

The ike, on motion.of Aid. Lloyd, in favor
T.'W. I'effc for repair'.r g lock-up and keys
for samb $3 251

The tke in favor of J. Hunter' for services
as StVtjet jCothmissioner from ! September
1.802, to March" 1st, !Sfi3, $85. ]

■fTh'e' Ike j oh motion of Alderman I Kyser,
in favcir of E. Reeves for renti of Council
Room !from May 22, 1S63, to August 22»
18G3; $j»0, " ^ } ' 1, f ' 1
. The ike, on motion of Alderman i Town,
in favo^ of Eaton, Graff and Wait, for wood
for schdols, $15 50. :	' , j

The like, .On motion of Alderman iKyser,
in favor! of J. Hunter, Stroe^ Commissioner,
.for renajirs on bridge, $21,9.Q. to be pkid out
of bridge fundi	: !

Tho.jStreet Commissioner reported the
Treasurer's receipt for toll tax as follovys:—
First ^jard, fl3 ; Second Ward, $10 Third
Ward, StO; Fourth Ward, $S., .' . ' j
, And on motion cf Alderman' Jbslyn, it
was voted that,an order be drawn'in fayor of
the Street Commissioner for the several
amounts tO be laid out on the streets, j alleys
and bridges of the respective wards. •

f)n motion of Aid. Joslyn, it wa^ voted
that an J?rder be drawn in favor bf B. W.
Stainfotlth, Sealer, for $50, to purchase op>
aratus to bb used as inspeptor of weights
and measures, Provided, that said inspector
shall pdyt an equal amount ($50), for the
purchasp ofsaid apparatus or standardi;, with
the understanding that the $50 (advanced'by
the saitl' Inspector) shall- be paid t^ said
Stanifo?[h by his successor in Office, j Pto
tided fi
to the

bond, setting forth t.iat he shall prpsert
deliver ^o Lis sutcessor in office, all 'JalE ap>
p^ratus Or standards purchased with tlje said
$100—upon said' successor paying baqk the
said $5.0l advanced,by said Stanifojth. |

On nJotib-o of Aid. Town, it was [voted
that S.'iasher be, and hereby is appointed a
weigher jof'ihay for the City of Elgin.. j j •
On mo tip a of Alderman Yarwpod, ordered
that a siile-walk bo constructed on tho west
side of (poUege Street from North Street tp
Park.Street,"in Ward No. 4, aafollows: to
lay daw^t two, two inch plank lengthwise,
(at least.one foot wide), spiked to.suitabllB
bearers' ia accordance wjtl} the Ordinance in

ii

av. , iki„ ?,

IV6 jVewt.i

term

!ustJone endless mass of contradictory ru-
mors from d ty tb diy, through the . enti.a
week. We know nothing (if the state olf
things on the Potomac. One day Lee's army
is in Pennsyl rania,'tho next in Maryland, the
next in Yirgmi^—to day tdi/ancing^to-mor-
rowretreatinj;.	j

Those wiio> wish to vex themselves with',
thesfe things srp referred to the-daily paperal

•IWe perceiv

price should

.In many p:
er is injuring

WOOL,

s by our. exchahges that small

lots of wool are s lling at 55=t0 05 cl«. The*
fanners in the West haye generally fixed upon.
75 cts., and ire determined to hold for that
price. As we expect io; need a n«w coat next
winter, we w >uld prefer to have wool ke6g,
down to CO els. But if a set of sharp middle*,
men are to buy it at 50, and.tlj£p ,^ut it up.,
tb 75, we pre: er to have • tho! producers take-
the pro Sift The wool growers' conventions
in Michigan offer.very good leaions why the^

rule high;

^lio Mfoogbt.

rts of tho Stato' the dry weath-:'
the crops mateijially. In this

section no s:iious damage has yet been done,,
except to stra vberries and garden sauco, The
"wheat looks f he, and the cool,, damp weather
of the past wt ek is maturing it. favorably.t-
Com is doin'^ wejl; and wo think tho promise'
of a good crop ^ fair. Grass is-iinusually
gobd. Our 'armors are largely into stoclr,; i
and do not dep/aaft$l so much iupon grain ma ■
formerly, .so tjhr^op of grass ia nutotial to?
as. ii, -	v. t	iiwrt'Si ;

Fro'mCorlntlli.

itebs, Distrct coailirrf/j 1
rinth, June,14tf, T8*J3:' j > -,k

, Headqoa

? fcc

Mr. A. J. Joslyn
Enclos'cdl send yon a piece cut /com the."
Memphis Bulletin which may ^ivc yoiL ^ .little -
insight of wiiat is going;o^inl^bip^h ;Or aW
least not far	here, [idhe sutetance off

this wo haye pulilishad.J .1 ij^p, send you!,
Edict, No. ;2 .of'Col. Cornyn'S^ wliicH lie iai
sued on ont last mdrch towards Chattanooga^
l^i "7 ,... . .' Edict no.

^Tha Citizens of Iuka, loyal
will forthwi h provide Corn

patriot heross of thi3 comTind. The said

relation

On motibh of Alderman, Town, the Couns

cil adjou
1863, at

o side-walks.

%

rped until Turaday evening;
7 1-2 o'clock.	; « >

|J r, R. VY. PADELFORD,

-i Cl^rk.v -

"jn r Pt-rsohal. ^ • j L

. There have been some changes in the old
52d, at Corinth, that we have nc t noted.—
Jas. Davidson, acting Adjutant, hasj been
placed on,Gen, Sweeney's Jataff as Aid, and;
Santie is Afyutint. Fulton Gilford, who has
been so. long connected w ith the Commissary
Department, is now Quartermaster. All these
Elgin boys have deserved well of their; coun-,
try, aend ;we vo glad to«e them climbing up-

mi:

Corn Bread Will be furbished
the patriot jieroes are hungry!

f(Signe<3;)	' F. L.| OORNYN.

The Edic.t brought thebread1. . '

cr disloyal,.
Bread for the

immediately as

"-'■m '

'• A Road ^icaoss the Continent-,—The Bri.- , .
tish Govehiment is taking aicti/o measures,
for the co nstruction of a road across its
northwestern possessions on this continent.
A subsidy if twelve thousand five huifidred
pounds a y< ar wiUfe granted-toward a Poad, ;
$nd a large tract of land will ibe donated /for *
the purpose of thus opcning*up tho. territo-.
ries belonging to the.British gouerndient,atd< :
at the sam s time forming an oppoeittdto to
our great Ptcificroad; which i:i alreisdybkgua ......

in Califorr ia. It_fs to be hoped that our
government will nppreciat6'.the| knpotftanoW'
of immediafe action in this matter, and-ihat
the'construction of'the Pacific railroad-'-wtti
be carried On with due activity. We. (htl
always hava an immense advaintagO'Over'anj
road that nay be conftructedjacrossi	, i

tish posses lions, inasmuch as we shall b*"fr<«-£
from the in tense cold weather which willTen- " '
der the op< rations of sudh a fpad extremely*-
difficult at scrtain seasons bf tfae year; '	'

lNd&EA5jj^jiE Rata.—The Farmers ffaketts '■
(English) asserts and proves by figures that'-
one pair rats will have a prpgbny and dof
scendants ^inounting to.no lesi^ten 651.,030,'.
in three yetrs. No-.v, unless jihis i umense'
family can be kept down, they would £heo.'
consume wpr'e food ttair^vMild sustain: 65
000 humjn ^eings. It.will bef far wUor in
the farmer ^p turn liiij'^attentibn to ■ tho de-, • •
biilds.

struction ol rats' than small birds.

(Certainly it will. Whoejcr engages In
shooting small birds is a crusl man; whoever .
aids in 6xt( rminaUag rtas is a benefactor.

Wo shot Id like some of our correspoind»,
ents tpjkr^us the benefit of their tx_"eriei)ea*
in successHilly driving out these pests. We
need sbmethirig besides dog3, Cats, and traps.

trap!

rftjis this bu iine'ss.—Eds. Scientifi:	^

We can bve our experience in a very-few'
wbhJs. "(Jostab's lial Exterminator irf the ;,
simplest^ at fest, cheapest and surest'remedy ; -
the most {erfict RAT-ification meeting we
have ever attended.. Every Rijt that can get
it, properly.prepared according to dlrectibna,-
will eat it, and ^erjr o.na <fia.fi* eats it ''trill:
die, geiiera !y at some place as distant as/-
possible fr>m where tho mejdicine wan tjj.
kea.—Lakt Shore [Ific/t ] Miijor.. . t, •
See advertisement in this paper	j

feold'iftJ igini.byL.' H. Yarftobd.

Iw'Liaj
of th«.pri
looking fell

fob "Taking ■sba^tnrao."—oner
new, a Union.sotdier, -and droll
)W),i8'also.'on board tb&bajcgw. I"

accostod biho with—

-'Wel},-
herfeforV
*lFortak
"Whafe'd

ijjy fino feilcWj. xjhof ate you in*
lied, .co

ng Sbtoethiag;',; he^

> you/meaB.W
Wfey," jaid h»',c"otfo. moroiiig ljdid#ilo*J
feel -^ry w ill, arid vsenrt to seeft^e Surgeon;-
Ho. was bus y wtriting-at the tiate,j and;Wben (
went, in tte i itppgted- and looked at*<a» flaying^
'Well, you do look-bad, you had better tako.
something.' He then went et» with his Gris-
ting, and l:ft mc standing behind himJ Jj
lpoked aaoand, and saw nothing that I couidf* ,
take except bi^watdij and itohk that. ihtV

what I am-.in here fot;.''

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