The Van Buren press., 1861-09-04

FacTs.-Sinee the recent terrible dcfe.
Of our Northern army, the truth begins +
he acknowledged by some of our neigkbor
that we never can conquer the South. On
Abolition papers at the North have con
s,sntly impelled US on to destruction. Tn
South have an enrolled militia of over 900
600 men. They have more than ]. 600 OOt
muskess, besides powerful artillery, equal +,
ours and now they have captured five q
our best batteries. In the face of tbes,
stubborn facts, are our war breeslinp Aho
htionists to push us on in this ruinou civ;
war?
Within few months. or perhaps weeks
we must, without doubt, be subject to tn,
war draft upon the enrollments which ava
now being made throughout this State .c.
cerding to the recent act of our Lepislatnre
Men must be taken from their families ,nd
their peaceful occupations to fichtNfo,
what? Can President Lincoln tell ,rh.
wealthy can pay the S75 demanded. and
stay al nome but where "a the poor man
to obtain the cash to pay his penalty in
TINS present time OF business ruin He
must go to war, and there is no DISCHARGE
except BY death. In a few days comes un-
on us the Assessor appointed BY Abraham
Lincoln, from whose assessment there is no
appeal soon upon his heels comes the
United States Collector. also appointed bv
Mr. Lincoln, and the war tax must be maid
forthwith; S463, 900 Is the sum taxed mn
on Connecticut for the war.
About 81 ,OO0, 900 have already been bor.
rowed by this State to pay and souip our
hye regiments Our snug State fund of
near SSOO. 600 well invested in bank stocks
has been spent, and more than double that
amount Is already incurred and demanded.
For the first time in the history of our lit
tie State, have Connecticut bonds been
hswked about the country, and yet the war
has Just commenced
The great West feels the crushing weight
OF war. She has no money to pay her
troops; her bonds are unsaleable. and her
credit declining. Their corn which once
found an outlet down the Mississippi. now
brings ten cents bushel. Instead of
blockading the South, they confess that
they are themselves blockaked Here is
positive proof that the distress and neces-
sity of some of the great Western Statss,
will induce them to quit the Union. Who
will then assume our enormous debt of
perhaps one or two thousand millions of
dollars ? Nothing going wrong" sir
BLANKETS FOR THE SoLDIERs-Iet all
our good housewives begin in time TO make
an inspection of their chamber furniture in
order to ascertain what they can spare for
the soldiers. In camp life, protection from
the chilly atmosphere will be needed much
sooner than in the dry, warm rooms of our
buildings in fact, it is needed, even now.
in some localities. AS our ports are closed
against all importations, the necessity for
supplying blankets will fall, in a great
measure upon private fsmilies and there
IS. we venture to say, not a single family
nor even bachelor-that is not able to
furnish one or more. AT any rates COM
forts can be made to supply deficiency at
home but these will not answer for the
camp. In moving from place to place,
soldiers have to carry all these things on
their backs, and comforts would be too
cumbrous and unwieldy. Besides, after
once getting thoroughly wet, it would take
nearlya months time to dry them out.
Blankets are therefore the things. and we
trust they will be as freely offered as were
the golden trinkets of the Jewesses of old
for the uses Of the Ark.
N So many stories are told of the
HarC- Shell Baptists, that we publish none
but those which are vouched for by respon-
sible names-like the following:
One of the preachers was holding forth
on the end of time, and as there had been
a great number of shooting stars not long