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THE OREGON STATESMAN
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H" Particular atttention called to this department.
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utation it haa made for the past three years in surpass
ing nny other Mower in the following respects i
Being better made i much stronger, and more dura
ble t will run lighten cms mneh oloser with greater
ease to the team, and no side draught.
We can briug twenty farmers to say that the Back
eye is superior to any other mower .to one who can be
fonnd prejudiced agaiust it.
. The BdVkcye mowers are of two sues, cutting four
feet, and four feet eight inches.
The Buckeye as a Reaper.
The important advantages which belong to the
Buckeve us a Mower are retained in the Reaper, snd
it ran a used sillier as a Mower or a Reaper by at
taching the platform and rvei.
Though importing largely of them, we bars been
Hn.KU fnr twn .Him. tn siinnlv the demand.
Tbey are better ailnpted to the wants of California
aud Oregon farmers that any other comoioea macnine
r.,r aula. It will aitaiit itself to everv surface of ground,
will run lighter, uno will deliver its grain easier and
better than anv other reaper. The reaper'a seat is di
rectly over the' axle of the maobiue instead of being on
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VOL. 14---NO. 11.
EAMTEltIV NMWH.
front the Statetmon Hxtra of Wedneeday. ,
THREE DAYS' FICHTINC.
. fireat Battle nciir i'hancellorvllle.
FEDERAL ARMY VICTORIOUS,
Ice K(!treat, leaving 8.000 Killed and
10,000 Wounded In our Hands.
(ien. Grant In Hot Pnrault-Burnsldo'i Re
serve or v,ouo musing rorwara.
Gen. Butler Moving on Richmond front Pe
terburg, ald to be In his Posaeaitlon.
New York. May 5. A special dispatch to
the World duted Headquarter!, Army of Po
tomac 4th inet,, guys : Orders to march wero
issued from General Grant't headquarters yes
terday too; Ling. It wai dluemlnated through
out the srtuy at 2 o'clock, p. m. Gen. Gregg'i
oavalry diviaion, accompanied by a portiou of
the canvas pontoon train, moved yesterday al
tornoon towards Riohardsouvlllo ford. Soon
after midnight that division established a ormi
ing, . The 3d oavalry division with another
portion of the oanvat pontoons left for Germa
nia ford, and also to establish a crossing 5 or 0
miles above there. It ia reported at this hour
that boik effort! were eaeceasful. The ad
vance of the 2d corps' bad broke camp at mid
night and moved down to the Stevensbarg and
Riohardsonville road, and Flljs' ford. The
entire oorpa was on the march before 3 o'clock,
a. nt., id the same direction, and ozpeoted tn
effect a crossing soon after daylight. The 5th
corps, under Ma. Gen. Warren oommonoed
moving at midnight. The advance, consisting
of two divisions of infantry and a portion of
artillery, passed through Slevenshurg at mid.
night, closely followed oy the remainder of the
corps, all marching towards Gcrmania ford.
The 5th corps wns closely followed by the 7th,
under Gen. Sedgwick, whieh quitted oamp at
4 o'clock, a. m. Tho 5th and 6th oorps are
understood to he orossing the Rapidnn at Gor
tnauia ford. The eulire movement resolves
ittolf into crossing the Rapidau at fords to
wards tho right flank of the euctny. After
crossing tho Hue will De nearly parallel with
the river between Urane Court House and
Chanoellorevillo. A movement is nnder wnv
at present, (and thore is a probability it will
he successfully nooomplislied, without severe,
opposition by Lee, to whom this bold push
must bo more less a surprise) A cavalry
skirmish and artillery duel are likely to make
up this fighting, unless the euemy contests the
advance iu foroo. , ,
Nfw York. May 6. A special dispatch to
the World dated Washington, May 5th, rays :
1 here is no doubt now, liom intelligence re
ceived from Bolton Station, that Leu has en
tirely abaudoned his line on I he Rapidnn, and
with his army is retreating from the south
bank of that stream to Orange Springs, and is
destined either for the entrenchments at Rich
mond or for a position at Hanover Court
House. There was nn indication of a rebel
advance in the valley of Virginia and in fact
Leo general retreat back to the position he
former!! nnuuuied at Milu Run. Booms clearlv
established.
Tho World farther snve nasieneer who ar
rived in this city from Baltimore last evening,
state that information has beeu reoeived there
from rebel sources, that General F. W. Smith
with a large army disembarked on the south
side of James river, not far from' Fort Darling.
His object was of coarse a matter of mere spec
ulation, It may be a feint to prevent the reb
els from sending reinforcements to Lee. but it
was earnestly meant that Fort Darling and Pe
tersburg were to be captured and that Rich
uiuuu snoutu iw vui m ituui iwmmi oonimonl.
cation with North Carolina and the ouu.i.. ir
the news is correct (and it is generally believed
in Baltimore,) the occupation of West Point
laet Monday, was merely to deceive the enemy
still, all is unauthentic rumor, and Smith'!
army bo destined for West Point, to oo-operate
with the extreme lelt oi Aleaae's army.
The Timet' special eavs Culpepper ia lieini
strongly fortified, and will be used as a depot
for stores.
It is reported here to-day, that a strong col
umn under Couch and Sigcl is marching from
Winchester un Shenandoah valley and is a co
operating column destiued eventually to out the
V irginia and Tennessee raiiroau.wniia uuticr s
force, or part of it, will cut the Southern rail
mod at nr near Petersburg, thus severing: nil
connection with Richmond. At the South,
Gen. Butler took the held in person, at the
head of the army of the peniuiula yesterday,
and his host is marshalled by such officer! as
Generals W. F. Smith, Giluore. Teny and
Weitzel. The transports are eouvoyed by a
strong squadron of monitors and gunboats up
the river to the very gates ami. nana aoors oi
Richmond. Perhaps the irou clads may once
mors assail the rebel batteries that linn the
James aud Rappahannock. There is a feeling
that there is desperate worn Deloro mis army,
but there is nerve and strength for it. The
ironclads lie iu still water off Newport Newt.
Gunboats are in communication.
A disnutch from Grant to an offioer here
says that 48 hours would determine whether
he was to have a hattlo un the Rapidan or un
der the works of Richmond.
Grant's dispatch was written on the 4th.
A snecial to the Pott says the rebels are
concentrating an immense number of troops.
but our leaders proles to ne euttreiy satisuen
with the situation. All they want is a collision
of the army of the Potomac with Gen. Lee'i
troops.
The World'! Washington disunion says mat
BorntiuVs command is acting at a reserve to
Grant't army.
A letter received from Burnsido'i headquar
ters at Warrenton Junction, nyi the 4th corps
was there, but expected to move soon.
A letter of the 4th reports that the rebel cav
alrv attacked our nickots at Suffolk, on Satur
day. and were badly thrashed by the 5th Penn
sylvania, suffering: heavy loss in killed and
wounded.
There is no mail from Washington at pres
ent. The latest information received from
there is that our army bos passed safety through
the Wilderness; but nothing further is known
of an onward movement. Rumors of fighting
prevail, but nothing can be relied upon as they
are merely conjectures. Up to 7 o'olock on
Wednesday eveninsr. no Bulitine had taken
place. Thore are troops remaining on this side
of the Rapidan, but it would be improper to
stale their exact location, iney inciuao some
if not all the colored soldiers.
Much of the rolling stock of the railroad h
been sent back to Washington, as there it now
nn farther use for it.
Philauklphia. May 6. A Baltimore ipe
cial from Washington tays the army of tho Po
tnman has passed the w ilderness which includes
(be old Chancellorville battle ground, east of
Lev's nrtnr and Wat nretsing on until It reach
(m1 the onen plain east of the wilderness. Our
informant slates that an opinion wat entertain
ed by officer! that Lee was Mill iu bis works
about Orange Court House. Many believe
that it aill bo found that Grant has flanked
him and is between bis army aud the works of
Richmond.
Washington, May 6. Official dispatches
received at the War Department announce the
advance of Gen. Butler with hit command, and
hit successful landiur at City Point, Va.
1 he Government bos Inlonnation via rorv
ress Monroe, that Beauregard is at Petersburg
Va.. with 30,000 men.
Waahinoton. May 7. The Republican hat
the following t
The Government has information to this
mornicr that on Wednesday nicht Grant's
whole ar'iiy was entirely across the Rapidan. It
had reached the plain a little beyond the old
Chaocellorvult battleground, when Lee march
SALm
ed out of his works and offered battle which
was at nuoe accepted ; the fight beoatno lleroo
and lusted until dark, the enemy being furond
back some distance with great loss, leaving
most of their killed and wounded In our hands.
The two armies lay on thoir arms all night nn
Wednesday. At daylight on Thursday the,
battle opened ogaln and raged with great fury
on both tides until dark, when it was found the
enemy had been forced back In the two days'
light about two miles and a half, leaving benpt
of killod and wounded on the field.
Variout estimates have been made of the
number slaughtered, but at this moment it It
useless to speak on the subject. On Friday
morning, at 6 o'clook, the foroes marshaled for
another oonHiot. Grant was moving on Lee'i
workt np to this time. Burnside's corpt, nam-,
bering 20,000 men, have not taken part in the
battle, but, at half past 5, were marching into
position, tb engage in the bloody ooutest of the
three days' battle. Of the result of this day's
fight, we have no report to the moment of go
ing to press, The battle eommenocd at G in
the morning, and unless Lee received rein
forcements equal to Burnside's corps, the battle
of Friday must have proved terribly disastrous
to him.
Washington, May 7. Butler it rcporteJ
to be marching oa Richmond. ,
The Republican eayi that thla faot leads td
the belief that no troops can bo spared from
there to reinforce Lee. .... ,
New York. May 8. Fortress Monroe dis
patches to the Herald ttato that Butler it in
possession of Petersburg. ,.. .
The Tribunt't special myt that Grant bat
hurled his entire force against the rebel army,
aud on Friday Lee wat driveii three miles,
leaving 3,000 killed and 10,000 wounded in our
hands, and Grant matter of the field. Lee it
iu full retreat, and Grant it in hot pursuit. ...
The Tribune'! special alto tayt that gov
ernment hat received newt that Sherman it
6ghting hit way through Tunnel Hill success
fully, and is pressing upon Dalton. The ene
my are falling back, leaving their dead, and
wounded in our hands. . .
Special Ditpatch to the Stateman. '
MORE yiGIITIIVQ.
Further Particulars of the Battle.
THE MONITORS MOVING UP JAMES
RIVER.
GOLD, 171!
Washington. Mnv 7. Un to midnitrht
Government had received no official informa
tion in regard to the battle between onr army
aud Lee. General Grant has out off all com
munication between bis lines and Washington
and no ono can paaa pickets, exoept hit own
special couriers. Our loss in killed and woun
ded is said to have been 4,000, including many
officers of distinction.
Senate confirmed Medoratn Crawford oolleo-
tor of Internal Revenue for Distriet of Oregon.
vv AsniNQTON, aiay o. i ne lollowing is of
ficial: .
Citv Point. Va.. Mav 5. To Gen. Grant :
We have readied Wilsou't Wharf Landing.
A brigade of colored troont it there. Two
regiments samo brigade landed at Citv Point,
aud at Wilson's Landing. Rest of both 4th
and 18th corpt landed at Bermuda Hundred, 2
miles above Appomatoi. Thit movement it
apparently a complete surprise. Both armv
corps left Yorktown. Monitors are all over
the bar at Harrison t Landing-, above Citv
Point. Gcneralt Smith and Gilmore are nush-
iug lorwnrd the landing of men. General Gra
ham, with the army gunboats, led the advanoo.
uunug cue oignt we captured a rebel signal
station. Siened. BUTLER.
Washinoton, May 5. The Star contains
army ul the Potomac. Information received
states that the wounded, numbering about
8,000, were sent from the battle field to the
Rappahannock station, from where they will
be forwarded to Washington.
Among the casualties reported are General
Hancock and Gregg killed, and Generals Get
ty and Owen wounded. Two of Bumside'i
stnff wero killed while carrying orders.
Iobk, May v. l ne papers comment
at length upon the sitnation, but owing to the
meagre accounts received thus far, they are
only their opinion.
Ihe iVt6une nays we oannot nnderstnnd
from any information yet received whether
Grant has won a decided victory over the reb
els, nevertheless believes it it regarded as a
part of the campaign. Tho momeutoue bat
tles of last week are assurances of final suo-
oett. The Herald tayt that all, tnot tar,
known of the- operations of our armies it full
of encouragement and it teeint safe to believe
we are ntooesstul.
Butler't operutioni south of Richmond goon
admirably.
Tho newt from Sherman 't Department it
good.
I be Timet says that tram all we can learn,
we think that a highly favorable view of the
battle aud its results can be taken. .
Washington, May 91 UK) p. m. To
Gen. Dix : News just reoeived from General
Butler of hit operations till Friday. Ho sayt
the Inst in killed was not large, but many
wounded ; also, that our foroes attacked the
enemy and raised sum confusion in their midst
Lee is grieved to announce that Longtreet was
severely wounded and General Jenkins killed,
and thanks God that every advance of the en
emy was repulsed. The belief here is that
Grant is winning a complete victory.
(Signed) STANTON.
Old Wilderness Tavern, Va., May 9.
D p.m. The most terrifio battle yot fought,
closed to day. Lee'i army mode repeated and
lunoua asiault opon our right and lelt wings,
commanded by Hancock and Sedgwick, with
temporary success in each ease, but bad been
driven back with great slaughter. A signal at
tack wo mode about 4 p. m. which was gtl
lantlr repulsed towards dark. They concen
trated upon our extreme right, and fell noon
General Hedgwiok. crashing in his II net. nedg.
wick, however, euoceeded in re-forming his
Una and securing it against farther disaster,
when the enemy withdrew from the front under
cover of darkness. Our lost has been heavy.
Onr army to-day hat baffled all offensive efforts
of the enemy.
The almost Impregnable worka wttn wutcu
the battle ground was covered saved the enemy
from a crushing defeat, as it enubled them to
ooooeal their movements until the very mo
ment of their execution.
Gen. Ingalli, who arrived at 7:30 sayt the
enemy was retreating.
General Butler telegraphs that a demonstra
tion wat made against the railroad between
Petersburg and Richmond, which wat ineoese
ful, after a severe fight, in dettroying the com
munication!.
Nkw York. May 9. The following wat re
ceived in Washington Ihe 9U at SfcWIs To
Gen. Dix : Intelligence bat been received by
newt direct this morning from the army up to
Saturday but no official report. Tbe general
remits may be stated at a success to our arms.
The fighting on Friday was most desperate.
Uen. J. . adiwonn wat auieu, ana uen.
Webb Wounded.
Tbe condition of our army was admirable at
last accounts.
Naw York, May O.-Gold, 171.
t3T A furinna rate, almost ennatins tha tee.
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rible prairie tnmadoet that occur almost evert '
year in the West, twept over a portion of Bu
reau county, Illinois lately, fences over a
Urge aria nf territory were leveb-d with tho
ground. In Kuoxviile, several baildiugt wera
blown down, and the tell steeple nf one of the
eherche was dashed tn the gmnnd. The gi
wat alto lelt in all Iti lores anoutbaleiburg,
and njucn damage wu tone tea.
OREGONs MONDAY, MAY
StAvaa as Soldiers. The New York 7W
bunt ihnwt by a long list nf citation! that
ilaves are not now being sted for tho first time
as soldier. Slave fought at Platiea, Mara
thon, at Chcronea, and by their gullatitry pur
chased their freedom slave defended Sparta
against Kpamiuondas ilavei ooutended aide
by tide with proud and warlike Laoedoimoniani
the slave legiont were contpiouout in the
long wart between Sparta and Atheni, and
bondmen composed the orowt nf tho hostile
tleoti. : In; the buttle of Platata thirty-fire
thousand tlavet were engaged i iu "the Pelo
ponueiian war, twelve thousand Thestaliau
slavet were plaood at the disposal of Athens ;
tix tboosond tlave were emancipated at the
liege of Sparta I and a large body of the same
auxiliaric. were tent to the tucoor of Syracuse,
Roman history furnishei a still greater array of
pertiuent faott. Blavea assisted in repelling
the Invasion of tlannilml, and during the civil
wart which followed they were invited to the
standard of either parly they bore their part
in all the revolutions of the republic and by
their valor changed tbe fortune! of many a
hard fought field. Marlus, Sylla. Potnpey, Ti
berius, Graoohni, all appealed to and enfran
chised ilaves, and in the later dayt of the Em
pire armed tlavet were employed by Ootaviui,
Maroui Anrelim, Otho and Viteliut, and were
always emnuoipaied at the reward of their
valor, Oppressed tlavet rushed tn tbe stand
ard f-Ahirie and t their voluntary aid Cato
of Utioa did not disdain to. intrust hit falling
fortune! So slaves wore einp.nyed in the
sieges ajitl battlet of the middle ages. In the
early history of Enfland, the etein auoet
tors oP many prond nodern Inmiliot were oou
noript defender of their lords. We need hard
ly tuy that during ihe war of our own Revolu
tion, slaves were eirolled both by tho British
and American commanders. In the West In
dies, from tbe wat of the Maroont, in 1773,
down to the preteni century, hundredi of bat
tle! have atteited tho bravery and military
kill of the black rase. In tbe last war between
Great Britaiu and Ihe United States a British
Admiral enlisted 1,700 negroes in waters of the
Chesapeake, and tiny rendered distinguished
ervioe both a combatants and pioneers, To
day more than bar tbe British army In the
West Indies ii composed of soldiers nf pare
African blood; at the Cape of Good Hope
English regiments are fivo- sixths native Hot
tentots ; at the gold ooott of Western Africa
the Britisli artillery force it reeruited wholly
from negroB. In Brazil tho army is made
up almost entirely nf negro reoruils;
and the police foroe in Rio Jaueiro. which it
military in its organization, consists inoatlv nf
colored men. Iu Ctba the black and mulatto
corpt constitute a permanent division of the
Spanish army.. There are those who will not
regard precedent! of this kind at of muoh val
ue, and who will claim that every age, iu com
puting itt own diitrnotioni and working out iu
own problems, ii quite at liberty to follow novel
patns and to ocoome ltselt the legislator ol the
future and the creator of a history. We do
not object to a consistent indiffereuoe to prece
dents ; but we do object, with all our foroe, lo
that shuffling subterfuge which nsei history
when it it convenient and ignore it when it is
otherwise. We should be ashamod to defend
ilavery because slavery existed in Rome ; but
it gentlemen will tall back lorcver on tho an
cients, it bcoomci them to acquire a respecta
ble knowledge of the history of those times
which they affect to recreate.
lOlIfG D1HICHKX.
Forney's Presi contains a brief tribute to the
momcry of this noblo young hero, whoso mar.
tyrdotn by the rebels under the moat revolting
stid fiendish of ciroumitancct, it horrible to
contemplate
rl tTl.i V.l.l-V. " "
lufly oiaurlaincd, was a little over twenty-two
years of age, a hero ii history, and that part
of history w hich will read like romanoe. Hit
oaroer iu the army wat filled with exploit!, hit
last orowmng ail. . In the lull ol IW4 no lea a
daring expedition into Fredericksburg, routing
threo uundred rebel earalry with but one-fourth
tbeir number, and thit act Gen. Sigel prononu
oed one of the most brilliant of the war. Un
der Hooker hit raids, snd dangcrooi but alwayt
successful niissioni. were many. Ou Lee'i
second invasion of Maryland he took but ten
men, and destroyed tlie enemy s pontoons at
Williamsport, and at a later day, with hut ono
hundred, he went round the rebel liuet, oap
tured the famous order from Davit to Lee, de
troyed 179 wagons, and when turrounded by
overwhelming numbers, dispersed hit men,
nearly all ol whom regained toe union noes.
In a callant charee at Hagerttown, on the Gth
of July, he received the wound which cost him
lilt leg, and gained aim tne colonelcy, wotcu
he richly deserved. Like Decatur, Dalilgren
wat a Pennsylvanian, and young Penusylvauia
owes him a monument. 'I ho lust Information
reoeived by the Government thnwt that the
body of Dahlgren wot must brutally treated by
the devilt who shot him. Hit ring finger wot
cut off, hit body entirely stripped, aud thrown
into a swamp outrage and ignominy the mnro
keenly lelt wlien we remember tne military
genius, nnturpatsed bravery, cuivairnus spirit,
generosity, modesty, aod kindness of this young
and unquestionable nero.
t7 The Vallaudieham family cntertaiu feel
ings of admiration, uot to tay Inve. for the ne
gro race in general, tbe female tex In particu-
tar, wai is mcrcuiuio. j ue raue naa mruisiicu
the stock in trade and the speech -inspiring
theme of tho ON" martyr fur a number of
years. But tbe younger members of the fam
ily outstrip him in their affections fnr the "poor
down-trodden African." t'erley vauanuig
ham. "a youth tu fortune and to fame un
known," but nevertheless a nephew of tho
great Ohio martyr, is married to and lives with
a negro woman in thit city. Hit brother, liv
ing on the opposite tide of tbe river is alio
married to a negro. Muiraltne Iowa) Jour
na(.
CT'Nnt since tbe war broke oat have shrewd
men been to much at tbeir wit's end as now.
Speculation it rampant, and men are fairly mad
with the gambling mania. But these are un
fledged speculator who have yet to learn how
treacheruot and uncertain the sea is on whioh
they have launched their all. Men of capital
are tutnding aloof from the madness of this
hour. Thov confidently predict a crash that
will be more tweeping lhau anytbiug New
York ha kuown thit century. The tueeula-
tiont in real estate the past year have been aa-
touishiug. Price! bar reached a figure that
it it impossible lor uietn to uiauiiaiu.
Dreadful! A copperhead exchange, re
ferring to Ihe general detestation iu which cop
nerheadi are held by loyal men, tayt i
"Law is not enforced. Democrat are mob
bed and murdered, and the Court and Gov
ernor nf State refute them protection and
redress."
Thii it all wrong. We think that "t'onttl
tutional Democrats," like highwaymen aud
horse-thievet, tlioold be nunitbed according to
law. . We object to mob violence even against
the blackest oriminali. Iet them have their
"legal rights," as traitor tbe dungeon and
tho gibbet flag.
Dr. Bfii.t.own and T. Starr Kino's 8t;t:
russoR. We have already stated that the
Rev. Dr. Bellow ii to go fnr tlx montha to nf.
ficiate In the vacant pulpit of tbe late llev.'T
Starr - Kins. tin San Francisco. On,8unday
last lr. IV'IIowb annnunoeu is nn people uiai
bis place wnnld be filled, during his abteuoe,
by Kee. Mr. .Hu bbins, of the first Parish
Church, Portland, Maine who it alio to Ue
the permanent successor of Mr. King. This
gentleman made a similar announcement, on
the tame day. lo kit cobgregiliou, at Portland.
-.V. Y. Erprui.
Allies
1G, 1864.
HAMUNG OF UNION SOLDIERS.
: A letter from Beaufort, N. C , furnishei the
following additional particulars of an affair of
whioh the main foots were reoeived iu New
York from other sources t
When the sttaok was made nu Newhern on
the 2d of February lust, Company P of the
Second Regimont North Carolina Union Vol
unteers was stationed at Bevoh Grove, the ex
treme outpost from Newborn. When it be
onme evident that the position oould ii.it be
held against the overwhelming force of rebels
whioh wat rapidly approaching, the men of this
company, having the certainty of an Ignomin
ious death before thorn if they should he cap
tured, proposed to tho offioer in ooratnand to
pilot the foroo Kt the outpost in safety to New
born, by patht through tbe woods known only
to tkeiuielvei. But unfortunately they were
temporarily in oharge of ollioera not belonging
to their own regiment, who .were either igno
rant of the bloodthirsty diameter of the ene
my, or loo timid to fight to the death, If flight
were deemed impracticable. Had those meu
been commanded by officers of thoir own regi
ment, they would have escaped, or, at prefera
ble tn their inevitable doom if taken prisoner,
would have found a more honorable death on
the field. At -it was, they were tternly forbid
den to leave the ranks, and without a thot bo
ing fired, or the ttipulation scoured that. they
should b treated as prisoner of war, tlioy
wore surrendered ; nli.oteen out of seventy -one
escaping. Of tbe flRy-une prisoner,
twenty-four were immediately hnng by ordor
of the rebel General Pickett. On the scaffold,
at Kingston, these twenty-fonr heroet met
their fate with true oourage : In the pretenoe
of the rebel foroes. and turrouuded by the peo
ple of their own State, they avowed their en
tiro devotion to the Union. After receiving
the onntelations of religion, one of their num
ber iteppsd forward, and in a firm and clear
voioo, declared that he and bit companion!
died, at they had lived, "Union men." One
of the victims was a little drummer boy, namod
Joey Neal, only fourteon years of ago, a fair
eomplexioiied, blue-eyod child, an orphan, en
listed in Beaufort, by the writer of these lines
out of pure compassion for hi destitute ttato ;
aupther, a robust man, Amoi Amyott, wat tor
tured fnr fifteen minutet before the ill-adjusted
rope oould strangle him to death.
I By request.
LINKS.
"Except ye lis converted and become at Mills chil
dren, ye aliall not euter the Kingdom of Hoaveu."
Mat. xviil. 3.
How man years have Down
. Since I, a little ohilii, . .,
. Ilailod the tweet, lovely Spring
With joy and transport wild i
Now faucy bring lo view
My dear old home iu Maine,
And O, I long to be
A little child again.
I loved the lilacs then
And little violets blue, 1
nd ee'ry blade of grata
And ttowera of every hue i . v
Their mem'ry flows o'er me
As ths wave o'er the main,
And now I seem to be
A little child again.
The music of the rills
That brixhllv WBadsred down
Tlinao dear familiar hills,
n With Autnmn leaves so brown,
And other mem'risa dear
Come in a lovely train,
i And O, I siuh to be
, A little child again.
And now so faraway,
I love each flower here,
And everv little hint .
That speaks of home dear,
Where my young life was free
Froia sv'ry care and pain, ,.-.(.
Jtut now I long to be
Of all on earth most deary
The precious words of Him
I do so muoh revers, - -And
I'm so glad they ear
In heaven I cannot reign
Vuleea I do become ;.
j A little child again. ,
Now fancy paint the vision
Of that fair bonis so bright.
Where there are joya elysian,
And rav Father Is the light ;
Dy fnilh I do behold it
As dimly thro' a pane,
And there behold myself
A little child again. :
Silix, April 14. lHUt. MART.
luwtei-ii News,
Ciiicaoo, Muy 4. The Richmond Ezami-
ner of the 30th sayt that the great fire in the
oity of Wilmington hoi fallen heavily on the
blockade operation!. Indeed, it may be boa-
tidured to have nut an effectual ttop to run
ning the blockade for tome time. Tho de
struction of property it estimated at from 93,
OOO.000 to 1)4.000,000 in gold.
tiANGou, .Me., Mar B.Tlio Union men nl
the 4th Congressional district, nominated dele
gntvi to the Baltimore Convention to day.
Among the n-solutioni adopted, wai one de
claring that under tbe circumstances the coun
try demanded the runoinination ol Abraham
Lineolu. .
The New Ynrk naners contain a call for a
Convention tn he held nt Cleveland, Ohio. Mnv
31st, for comultatinn in respeot to the Presi
dontial election. The call tayt thai the one
term principle ought tu be invariably main
tained, aud lhat the tubtcriben do not recog
nize in the Haltimoro Convention a precedent
oondition of a truly National Convention.
rw Iokk. May 0. A fiewbern letter
says that tlie reuelt had approadied Utile
WaihiiiKlon nn Ihe 2Gth. Beauregard is now
in command of the rebel foroet in North Car
olina. '
A rebel ram from Kinsston came down tbe
Neute river to within four mile of Newbern
and Ihen Hack fast. She draws niu feet ol
water and evidently will never be rtoovered
again. The river hoi fallen and In some
placet It not navigable.
A large rotiei lores is between newuern ana
Kineiton.
Mnior Gen. Peck lias been relieved of his
command in North Carolina aud it tueoeeded
by Brig. Gen. J. N. Palmer. An attack on
Newbern It expected at aa early day.
Mfhphih. May 0. The steamer White
Cloud, from Alexandria, May lit, hat arrived
General Bauks and army are still there. The
rebels were reported lo be three niilel distant
and ikirmiabing occurred dairy.
The Hastings was sunk above Alexandria,
and Champion No, 'A and 4, with iiibmariua
pumps on board, bad been attacked by a rebel
battery 40 miles below Graud Eoure, and
burned.
General Bankt continues to bs very unpop
olar with tbe army, and matter! look bad.
Gen. Hunter bad returned to New Or leant.
General A. J. Cook'i division eroased Red
river at Alexandria, on tb 30th, to look after
Harrison's rebels who were hovering en lhat
bank. -
Tbe Metropolis arrived at Memphis tn the
4th, from New Orleans, with the Intelligence
that Ihe rebels were concentrating at Suveral
points oo both nde of the river.
17 Information wanted, of M. 8. Sullivau
formerly nf Omville, Bntte county, and left
Han Francfseo fur Oregon, in June, 1861
Any information enueerniiig biro will be thank
fully reoeived by the Hiberma Saving and Loan
Society, au r ranciaco, or ny nn brother r. n,
Sullivan, .nruth Creek P..O-, Butte county,
California. . -
, Tns ( Elkctioh . is, Arkansas. Eloven
eoontiei in Arkausai have cast more than th
oue-lenlb Vole reunited hy tbe President's proc
lamation, and Ihe remaining counties to be
beard from will giv B.UUU more, lbs new
free Slat constitution li ratified, thus far only
i:f) vote naving neen east against It. uov
Murphy and the wbola fres Slate ticket
elected. .
...WHOLE NO.' 68T.
LETTER FliOX DOUGLAS. ; .
Ronnnima, May 5, 1804.
En. Statesman : We proudly acknowledge,
at citizens of our towu, two literary and politi
cal itars,whose light occasionally shines through
the oolumnt of the Eugene Review, over the
cognomen of "Fif-ntercy," . . ' 1
For the sake of diatinoliou, and a parallel,
we shall oull them "Monterey" No. 1, and No.
2. Our only reason for breaking the "silence
oi osntempt" wun wnion we navo boon wont
to regnrd suoh productions, it tho fear that it
may do injustice tn their authors. :, i
Th first takes for hit theme the Uuion Coun
ty Convention, and by a labored effort, and in
dulgence in manifold pertoualitiet, manage to
how that he would ho very witty and taroattio
if he pnly knew how. I
From the general tone of his letter, I should
tnlte him to be some political "little Joker,"
who, having hung on to our party until be
fnuud out that he oould get nothing from us,
deserted, and duly failed nf betraying nt be.
cause we never trusted hitn. . The whole thing
breathes the spirit of the disappointed place
hunter and faithless renegade.
Ndw for Monterey No. 3 : alius,' "the brin
dled monkoy." Hit letter by a pieoe of ill-bred
and ill-natured slang at those wliom he believet
to be members of the Unlou League of this
plsoe. He writes, "a dozen sneaking ours
neaked away to ting 'The Union Wigan.'and
renew an enth to talk no more politic un tbe
itreet." Oh. wonderfully lagatuous Monterey!
How keen must be your detective powers, to
find out that a dozen men "sneaked away" to
attend an open meeting, whioh everybody was
privileged to Attend ! But, maybe that Is the
way you mod to tneak away to the knownoth
ing wigwam before you beoame a democrat.
You ought to be chief of the polioe at Rich
mond, or captain of a rebel spy company, at
the least. . ' I ,-s.r!. .1
Then hot consummately yon made a don
key of yourielf, when you pitched into a re
mark of Mr. Henderson' that you oould not
understand, and ended by showing that you
had never teen the olauie of the Constitution
you were trying to quote., 'then you oonclude
by remarking that Gen. Anplt 'ate must have
meaut himself, when he alluded to Die "mon
key." Why, Monterey, be might have meant
tome of hit audience. Orators, tometime nse
.preseut objeott fur illustration!. Are yon sure
there wo no "brindled monkoy" titling np near
him licking his ohopt and watching fur cher
rieif . Whore were yon all thit time, Monterey t
You say that some republican! lay they are
not satisfied with Henderson, aud that be won't
do. Now, Monterey, do yon really pretend to
tay any of my party made the lait part of that
statement t .
But now for the pirallcl. Both Mootereyt
must bo candidates, elto they would uot mar
tyr themselves by showing their ear 10 com
pletely at they havo done in that correspon
dence. One It particularly down on preacher,
and the other Is very sensitive oo the bead of
monkey. At literary characters both are
"tinners" both probably learned their gram
mar from the same master, and what eaoh labk
in wit he mukci up In personulltiet. S. C.
. ; A Good Movs. Tbe generate reoently
relieved . from command, Pleaiauton. French,
Newton and Sykei, constitute what wai known
as tbe MoClollan clique among the leading offi
cer!. It hae long been known that the ill
nooett of Pope, Burmide and Hooker, wu
owing tothe determination, pf these men to
have MoClcllan book, evon 'ot tho.eoit nf dis
aster to the nation. ' It i assorted that Mr.
Geo. Wilke. of the Spirit of the Timet, bat
been aotivv In inducing the removal of these
incubi, and that be i pressing upon "Old
al tlieheaif of the Army nf ft?.0, Haoke'
OuethiniistwrlaiuViL'J'A ,
been McClellan's popularity among the rank
and file of tho army, it wai thoroughly destroy
ed when hit letter wai published, indorsing
Judge Woodward, the copperhead candidate
for governor at tne rentisylvnuia election.
WaiH, Cor. nag. ; ' -
VF A rohol woman writes to her husband In
Price's Arkansas army (the letter having been
intercepted) that "Parson Nolan is our aereut
rider uuw. . He says that God has . planely
promised to he on our tide an drive the accurs
ed Yankeei from off our soil. Parson Nolan is
splendid preacher, but It don't look to me as
if God was driven the Yank any too muoh
oaten Arkansas just now.", . . ,.,
tf The reliel Methodist have been holding
a protracted meeting or eight dayi In Newark
Missouri. When they bad been in session five
or lix dayt. the unconditional Uuion men hoist.
ed the iton and itripci over tho house whore
the traitor bad been prnyiug lor Jett Davis x
Company. In a fuw hours, the fins; wo found
defaced and insulted, . The Unionist met aud
tent a oommittoc with resolutions tu the rebels,
emending lhat the flag should be repaired and
returned to ill owneri, and that another federal
ag of respectable dinieutlnni should bo raised.
Neither wit done, but the ruiaiiier olosed
their caucus and scattered tome escorted by a
guard of ten or twelve she-traitors. Tho Un
ion meu of Newark and vicinity have given due
o tire that these treasonable proceedings will
not be overlooked, and luat ueiioviorlu Ibere
shall be uo preaching there exoept nnder the
old ling.
Tiia Batti.r-Ground up Gsttybuh(i.
A letter from Gettysburg, In the Baltimore
Sun, sayt : "All Ihe bodies of the Union sol
diers have beon disinterred from Ihe pita and
trenches where they were hastily thrown after
th bettle, and oarclully buried la tneir appro
priate place in the cemetery. Tho total num
ber of bodies thai removed and entombed it
three thousand five hundred and twelve. About
one thooiand of them are nnknewn, aod depos
ited in that part of the iuclusur set apart ler
those unrecognized. Nearly or quite a lourin
of the whole number tlain belong to tbe State
of New York. Miny of Ihe nnRiiowd bodies
have lino been recognised, their name bay
ing been discovered from letters, photographs,
medals, diaries, clothing, and other things
found npon the eorpsei. Quite an amount of
money, in imall sums, ranging from the frso
tional part of a dollar np lo fifty dollars, was
also found upon these bodie by those who dis
interred Iheiu. Thirly-tix dollars in gold were
found In the pocket of one. and thirty tu forty
dollan paper and gold Iu the garment! of
ethers, beside many relies, mementoes), etc.
All thus money, and these relics av been
taken care of by lha Commilte, properly la
beled, and held in safe keeping for the relative
ahoohl they ever be discovered. An elegant
bunting -case gi,ld watch and Ave or six silver
watches were also found upon different bodwi."
Hr.BHAN Usko Up. The New York cor-
respondent of the Call tayt that Ihe last steam
er brought private new from London, from
wblon It appear likely tbat John v. lieenaa,
tbe "llenecia Boy," will never be apt to recov
er from Ihe alleged "dragging" he luffored at
Ul nanus oi rung menus, hi ruauiv siug w
win tb elotory. lie I now Millet to convul
sions, and suddenly falls down in the street In
flu, while nut walking. His raee I run, they
aay. Hi day Is over. He talks nr returning
home here, to die.
Gki. Santa Ak.naOkkkkedOut or Mex
ico. General Santa Anno, who only last
month returned to Mexico and gave in his ad
hesion lo the French intervention, has been al
ready expelled by General Basaiue, and ia now
at Havana. The cause of this action on Ihe
part of tho French aulhoritit-t wai a manifesto
that Gen. Santa Anna had Issued 10 hit oonn-
try men. explaining why he bail accepted, with
out restrictions, tho new order of affairs. The
oorresrxindvno between Hint Anna and ila-
nine. shows tbat the order nf etile w.u entire
ly aolooked for by the Mexican Gtaaral. -
BOOK AN! JOB PKLVriTvU "
Of svssy rttiTlptlon wraTi.r snS PROMPTI.y emalsS
RATK8 Of AbVKIlTliiNO! s
i lasal a.lv.rllMineus til 00 p., ,,, a,; itinttoB I
1 ,0(1 oach subsequ.nl Insertion . . ..
Ial tint nil trtn.l.ut sdvartliswsnts mutt be ernisll ts
lpr. Imsrtlon. urn
Ailmlitlatratori'nollCM, and 111 t4vrtlim.nt ri-lsllnf Is
tn tstsle of dWRNH peMnns, muit bt jrt,!.l, utliM .
ir iiulillah.il by ths countrJuUK,suif (usrauUcd M bs
V psld by lilm. ., '
AJrsriuinr Mm) not i' ild within n'n' ynt tt-m ths tins
wa Mntrtoted. will bs inernurif lwnlt-nre our cut, sack
yssrpsjmsnl it ilold thereafter. ' ' . ,.
ThB PllB8IDBNT-8..EsTIaTJl OJ OUR Wo
mbn. In a little iptwoh ooaxed out of Preii
dent Llnooln.at the Washington Sanitary yir,
he praised the women of America ia bis swn
peouhar way, bet about ai strongly as word
oould do It. He said ,- , .
In this extraordinary war. eitraordioary de
cloproente have manifested themselves, such
ts have not been seen In forinir wars, snd
among these manifestations notblrtw ha been
more remarkablo than thestj fairs ter suffering
soldiers and their families. And tlie okief agents
in these fairs are the women or America.
(Cheers.) I am not aoeusteraei u the nse of
language of eulogy t I bare never studied the
art of .paying compliments lo women bat I
mutt say that if all that has been said by era
tort and poeti linoe the creation pf the world
Iti praise of women, were appled to the women
of America, it wenld not do them jettice, for
their conduot during this war. I will clow by
saying God bless the women of Amerie.
.(Great applaute.) . ,, ., v-. i 1,
i m ' - ' i 14 ..V
TitB Presidint and Ginkeal Obant.
WaihingtoTr, March 9th.-r.Th? Jf resident of
the United State thia. afternoon presented to
General Grant hi commission as Lieutenant
General. The ceremony, took place In the Can
inet Chamber, in the presence of the entire
Cabinet, Gen, HnJIeok, Representative Love
joy, Gen. Rawitng and Col. Coarwtock, of
Gen. Grant's staff, tbe son of Gen. Grant, and
Nioholi.: ....,-, -.f i. -, "j -h
The President addressed kini tllns t "Gen
eral Grant : In consequence of tbe nation's ap
preciation of what you have done, and its re
lianoe upon you for what remains to be done,
in tbe existing great straggle, yon are nW pre
sented with tint commission, constituting yon
Lieutenant General in the army ef th Usited
States. With this high honor devolves npon
you alio a corresponding responsibility. As
the country trutts you. under God, It will sus
tain you. I scarcely, need to add that with
what I here speak for the nation goes my own
hearty concurrence," T, ; '
To whioh General Grant replied as follow! !
"Mr. President, I aocept this commission with
gratitude for tlie high honor oenfered. With
the aid of the noble armies who have fought
on so many fields for onr country, it will be my
earnest endeavor sot to disappoint yoo expec
tations. I feel .tbe fall weight of the retpeutU
bilities devolving Upon me, and I know that if
they are met it will be due to thoso armU.s,and
above all, to the favor of that Providence which
leads both uatjout and men.') !....! '
'' t7 A copperhead, had troubled, with! hi
treasonable talk, a family in Keokuk, the young
est member of which wai a little girl of three
years. She said to him at one of lit visits
"Do home, tnppy-head do boms, twiok.'V Ha
lelt. . . . , ,
, Cs Guerrilla r Muting the southern
oouutiei of Kentucky, shooting the most active
Union men, stealing lionet and. committing
other depredations. Most bf them are prob.
. bly lawless villain, who think to tsoap the
peualtie of the lav? bf asMmliig tk char
acter of guerrillas. Grant aud Owen, ooao
tiei are etpeolally subject to these rosoalitie.
it CF" It may be Intrtettinf t the lady read,
ers to know that the 'Empress of Austria kss
the smallest, waist In ChrUtsndom, It me
ure fifteeu and a quarter iflcho about th i
olroomferenoe of her huiband'i neck. And
yet would yen befieve is, girt f-the eireom
ferenoe of hoc body at the thoaiders is thirty -three
and a half inohes. ,,
1 C'bKmoAf ion. The ' Hob.' Greene felajr
Smith, of Kentoclt, the lame who ia ths sum.
mer of 1662, being then m command of a brig
ade of oavalry, routed Morgan and bji guerril-
IM. fW - V,iv Whn eg . Tmj m Mnallf Am.
house, from whieh tke following ts an extrodt t
., "I lay dowa the brood pnpositiasi.na)r. 1 as
sert it at a truth, that when a man beoomes a
traitor to bis country, and retort to armt to
overthrow it, h forfeit everything he posies,
see, even unto his life.' I caa tee no reasons
for making olsifioations or distinctions of
property. Laud is luberitable.it 1 true ; so are
money, horiet and negroes, according to the
Iswt or the Southern States i but no on will
doubt, 1 pretume, the right of the government
to teise and appropriate to Its awn use, tay
properly of the latter kind. , Will gentlemen
tay that when the army fights a battle and oon
quers the enemy, the cattle, negroet, arms,
dec. the property of the leaders In this wicked
rebellion, are not subject to Immediate sollUre
and confiscation t Has net tb gwernoMsit
the power lo tay that the horses shall be lake
and the oavalry mounted on them the mole
hilehed to onr 'wagons instead of those of th
enemy, and the negroes set to work apoa ear
rifle pits and fortifiiiationt,: instead of toes of
the rebolt f Then why exempt the bind which
the traitor hat voluntarily giveu np to theme
of the enemy ? Why thit sympathy fnr tha
landed matter of tho Southern reliellioo, the
arittoointio traitor of the 8oath ?". .
And thii, be it remembered, it the language
of a Kentuckian and a tlaveholder a man of
Southern birth, and eonneoted by tiet of blood
and affinity with some of the most lllsttrlou
families of the Sonta. 8uoh views, from such .
a quarter may be regarded as one of tbs most
siguiliOAiil tignt ol the timet. American ttag,
i aTT. J. Demont, a colored man of Louisi
ana, who has paid taxes for forty-nine years,
and is now assessed on $15,000,000 property
in that State, ha cent a petition to Contra
asking for the passage of a law to extend tha
right of suffrage to Ire persona of eolor. - i
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Gas. Gbaht at WiOAKu'g. A corres
pondent of tlie New York Exvrtu relates th
following, over dute of March 24th :
Last evening, at Wlllard't there was l little
seen In one of tho parlors, about 8 o'clock.
Several or the ladie sent to beg Geo. Great
to allow them to pay their respect t bias. Uo
wat in tbe room with Mrt. Grant, who, won
out from four night' travel, had retired to ileep
off her fatigue. Gen. Grant descended, how
ever, to see the importonat feminine, and
they rushed forward, and wera preeented in
turns by various members of bis staff.,. Ho
conversed a short time with some of them, but
when the gentlemen began alto to poor la tha
room, be vauished so suddenly one eouM searoo
see how he got oat (without running) so ioklr.
While shaking bands with the idol or too
hour, one lady seised llie opportunity lo say,
General, please take tne with yon to morrow,
to wilnes Ihe grand review." -
"Madam," replied the General, politely bow
Inr. "I won't allow a review, I scot word yes
terday that I would not have it as soon as I
beaid it was intended."
, "Then, General, will yoa see m l tbe Mil
next week!" .....; .!. w ten
"Madam, there will be do ball.:, I don't ap
prove ot those tbey had. There would not
have been any belli if I had been here.".
Not yet daunted, th lady said t t l
"Won't I eeo th Army ef too Potsntae at
all I Can't I Tiait it now l" . ,. ,., ....
"When Mrs. Grant visits mo there, ! shall
be happy to see yon, Madam, aod all ether la
die." ' i 1 ' ' "' ' r-i '!,:'
. Thus eudod tha pithy dialogue, whiel wa
listened to by some twenty pertont with pro
found lulereit, and teemed to give entire satw
faotlon to all, save tbe ladie.
ry The Bopprhadi are aoler wsrrled
about the superiority of the negro, whieh ia
probably natural I but shite folks of Umoa
proclivities have no fears of R. It a oolored
luaa ia liable to beeoms aro intelligent a a
more loyal then a oopperheod, it is veocssarU
a qoettion of great moment, whioh is ihe most
neovficial in th world. For our part we hava
no particular preference or prejudice toward
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