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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-28
The Ne,r- Orleans Ptcayune says:

The exhibit srons enougn for all practical pgrpose, bat Il
hows tho gradual noy toward oudGtion and tho
general stanaon Of trad. and credit The discount line Is
again reduced upward of 100000 and sa tuow Vii
how little the community slong though not
o'inby The Increase IN specie but moderate Oae OF two
parcels "a transit already counted last week Gld since then
log the interruption Of Traffic IRE Mississippi Ccutul
RaioHd the receipts have been light Circulation creeping
up slowly which far indicates partial return Of
In the exchange line there advance but the d'sAnt
basncts have alnost increased IN acorespondns rate go
The money market need hardly be menthned There ute
ornohing doing Only theo nesotiion, o. sLoTceed
aper at r cent y month 70 OR knowiedge At tt'
bene money nlsy be had bat oLy for ef ed usne&
There no sale for secondary signatures Londao Paper can
be passed merely Ia spots rt tho t'snEeos are too rare
warrant quotation Not single operation In stocks or bonds
was reported TO US to-day
TIE following IL an abstract Of the plan by which it
ia hoped to bring the financial ahI's Oh the ler.a
Haute, Alton and NJ. Louis Railroad Company out OF
chaos, and make the read more paving institu'
liop When the read was in Its worst condition, ~ tue
Summer of 1859 the holders Of the second mortgage
bonds went into Court in Now-York, and secured the
appointment of trustees into wi oe hands the old Conf
ps ssgIoDdored the WopeIiy subsequently sComsee Of
rcrd me gage bond odoIs appointed who rcpoed The
dbts the Ccnpy in dets by which appeared that the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-28

TIE annual report OF the LonieVllle ana fFduhIol.
Railroad Company for The year ending July states;
The ro,, receipts Of the year vere.....s ?1aos5 %
The oIlcnoiaIes..... ''''''''''''''''''''' 100 -
Ieay.Dgs net revenue Oi...........Sl2is69e IS
While the grofs earnings vary bat little from those OF
the rr,e ding year. tire expenses have been reduced
81 9lS 0S and the increase in the net eaTnngs there
fore, ia sIO9tO97. OF this amount, sis 5Si % were
expended for materials, and the remainder Appropriated
u the payment Of interest aud the maturing debt Inc
cutir, indebtedness Of the road to July l, loJ' was
sOA.G GIG 81, which was reduced July J, 1900, 10
siaO SIG 30, The amount Of the capital STOCK IL
s74l ,O69 "A.
Al philsdelphia. The North Amerieaa says:
ne mor~y nIss soui dainty 'upghsd urn ,ap,, so
ha, - third rate names meet with $40" sale 81 a'h
hRkss dsnTrH
Tie Reading Road transported 1891 tlhs oi coal
las week. The deere Tins far for the year u QUIZ
tens.
Mr.. Dix, Secretary Of the Treasury in his report
uade few dave since to the House Of Representatives,
aiaiea the total indebtedness Of the General Gov.
eminent on the let of January last to be s6j,7C932O
AT that date there were about s3j0O0O Of Treasury
notes due. which could not be paid account Of the
want Of funds aso regulations from the secrelaFiesoi
War the Navy, and the Interior, amounting to ST.
lteICe bOuntltr 10 tAtths VI i-V-i
MAILING IN aggregate Of s,10Js@. The total receipts
from al sources for the quarter ending Dec.
81, were $l7,lsl,,s3 and the total expen-
diturep for the same period s2,O69, los exclusive
of Treasury Notes redeemed. This left the sun OF
kaI $50 9i he proyid TO meet the esimaed oulays
for the remainder of tho Gscal year heade sll19S OO)
of Treasury Notes falling duo during the same time
Since the II, OF January the sum OF SS 300 Of these
has been redeemed. To meet the amount reQnired
52 there Is balance of sl3 95S 900 Of Treas
ury Notes authorized and not yet negotiated. The
receipts for the remaining three quarters Of this present
wear were estimated by Mr.. Cobb at $iO,GoO0oO. IL
l. not lively, Mr. Secretary Dix consider that these
will exceed sl6 600 900 between the lst of January
md the LIT OF July. The estimates for the lst six
months of tie fiscal year are a. follows:
From Customs,.
Trrn Public Lands. lpOuo
F,om Gus sources 10000
400 900
Add 10 these the balance Of the Treasury notes
t6of,.d by ect Of December $780, 5000
Make The amour. of means for ,he half year q 10000
The estimated demands 90 the Treasury, under exist
iny laws during the half year above stated inclnd
44Os2i
The omount required in addition to the $5,@0000 Of
Treasury notes and the cureptreycppo 70 pay out.
din current. ard accruing dues before the close
present therefore.
Is amount be reduced S695l II the balance OF the
auhoIzed BY the act Of June ~ 1890 ting tl390 COO
b. msde ay ailnbe to the treasnry.
TIE Secretary then calls attention 10 the fact that
over s2s 00,o are deposit with twenty-sx of the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-28

Treasury notes and the cuTept reyopIo 70 pay out
salding current ard accfuing dues before the close
Of the present asoa year ia therefore. ...... N6TTa2i
Iis be reduced 695li II the balance Of the
loan authorized By the OF june q! 1890 ing Q00
b. rnsds siable to the treasury.
TIE Secretary then calls attention 10 the fact that
over s2a 90 "a are deposit with twentysiN of the
States belonging TO the General Government for the
repayment Of which the faith Of those Sates 10 solemn.
ly pledged.
The movement Of the banks in the four principal
cities OF the Union in which weekly reports made
ma shown by their last statements IL IA follows:
The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-12-21
BEL AIR. MD SATURDAY MORNING. DEC. 21 1861

And Johnston seized the colours and waved them DER
his head!
Fen acoward must have followed when such heroes
led The way.
And bastard blood flowing IN Southern veins that
day!
But every Strengthened, and every heart was
stirred,
When shouts of Davis 20 Davis!;' along lines
were heard;
As he rode into the battle, the joyous few fast,
And the diving raised their Voices aud ceeed him as lie
passed.
Oh! with such glorious leaders Cabinet and in field,
The gallant Southern chvalry will die bur yield
But from the wings Of victory, the shafts Of death
sped
And pride is dashed with sorrow when count our
noble dead;
Though our hearts they're living and to our sons wen
tell,
How glorious Fisher and our gallant johnston fell.
And the Of each we'll cherish, honor his
State,
And teach boys envy, and, If need be, meet his
fate.
Then glory the Lord of Hosts oh bless and ase His
name,
For he hath baed in our canse, and put our foes to
shame;
And honor to our Beauregard who conquered in His
might
And fur chdren's children, won Manassas bloody
fight
oh let grateful prayers ascend, our joyous praise
sound,
For God the God Of victory, untried flag hath
crowned!
The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-12-21
4oetita4>
Visit of Old Santa Claus.

'"Twas the night before Christmas, and all
through the house." is so old that everybody
will like to have something newer and better on
that topic. Here it is, published by request Of
some Of our juvenile readers
" Awake, dear mamma! and do come and see
What santa Claus lett In my stocking for me!
I've doll, aud Il sofa, aud many fine thugs;
What beautiful presents old Santa CIaus brings!
There's whip and horse tor dear Johnny, and more,
1t moves like live one all over the -four;
The eyes my dolly, they shut and they open,
Much better you see, Than the old one THAT'S broken
Do, dearest Mamma do wake up and see!
How stra ge that on Christmas you sleepy can be-"
And sissy pulled Out from h. own little stocking
tiny bit chair, all cushioned aud rocking
A' Last night, when old nursey had put us TO bed,
And bid us "good nght when prayers all said
thought would listen. for wanted 10 hear
Old Santa Claus come with his tiny reindeer.
tried very hard my eyes open to keep,
At the funny Old man to steal a sly peep;
% looked at the chimney as hard as could
For nursey had told us, il we would be good,
He'd come down the chimney, sure as no came,
And fill up e .ch stocking Tor he wei knows the name
Ofevery good child and the house where he lives,
And TO all that he loves pretty presents he gives.
SO Fried very hard to keep open eye,
But kept shutting up fat as I'D try;
And the first knew was Johnny's loud call,
emery Christmas! dear sisters, dear nusey and ALL
Then ran to my stocking as fast as could be,
And found it filled of nice filings, as you see,
l am very sorry! indeed am ST.?
For wanted TO them all dash through the SHOWS
Little Dasher and Dancer, and Prahcer and Vixen,
Little Comet and Cupid, and DOnder and Biixen.
Oh nurscy has-tod me such wonderful things
OF the sei aud the deer, and the presents he brings
OF ola Santa Claus, too, and his funny fur clothes
Where he places his finger, will blink of his eyes,
And away up uie chimney in moment he flies.
Oh, dear! don't you think when Pm old, next year,
l can keep WIDE AWAKE to see the reindeer!
The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-12-21

B9HWe have been handed the following
copy of letter written by gentleman of
Hartford county to friend in Delaware
soon after the late election 1t contains
many truths which it would be we'll for
our readers to lay at heart. We commend
it to careful perusal:
HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, }
November IL, 1861.
My Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 9Th has been receiv-
ed. Our election is over, and the result
is known to you ere this. The so-called
" Union " party has carried the county,
and the State. Several causes have con-
tributed to this result. For the last six
mouths the State Rights and Peace party
has been Systematically vilifed by the
" Unionists as traitors and out-laws-
Those of its members who have been per-
mitted, by sufferance, to run at large, have
nevertheless been virtually denied one Of
the chief attributes of freemen, which is
specially guaranteed by the Constitution of
the United States, viz: the free expression
of opinion. Any man is liable to be ar
rested and impris ned for exercising this
right, if he happens to be in the presence
of the Federal Police of Baltimore, or Of
the Northern soldiers now quartered in the
State. ...t
All the leading newspapers of the State
that advocate kpeace, in opposition to the
war policy Of the Administration, were
dictatorially prohibited circulation, with
out any other reason than that they sxer.
cised the Constitutional privilege Of, the
press in criticizing and opposing some Of
the edicts of g the powers that be-"
The opponents of the Constitutional
party have not only shown their disregard
The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-12-21


By Mrs Clark, wife Of Colonel Clark 18th Regiment
North Carolina Volunteers.
Found the body of dead rebel picket, by J. A.
Ryall, LIST Regiment New Jersey Volunteers and sent
home by him.
Now glory to the Lord of Hosts OH bless and praise His
name,
That hath batled in cause and brought foes
shame; IL.
And honor to our Beauregard, who conquered in His
might,
And for chdren's children, Manassas bloody
fight
Oh, let thankful prayers ascend, joyous praise
For God, the God of victory, our untred flag hath
crowned
They brought mighty army crush US with a blow,
And in Their pride they laughed to the they
did not know.
Fair woman came to triumph with the heroes of The
When lie "boasting Southern, rebes' should be scat
And for their conquering Generals lordy feas,s they
spread; ......... -
But The wine in which pledged them, was all of ruby
red.
The feast was like Beshazzars-in terror and dismay-
Before conqnerEg heroes their Generals away;
God had weighed them in the balance, and His hand
upon the wall, .s-.-
At the taking of Fort Sumter, had foreioomed them to
But they needed not the warning, and scoed in unbelef
Till their scorn was turned to waiting, and their laugh
ter into grief. - - ga ..
f day the fgh, raging and amid the cannons peal,
Rang me crack OF our rides, and the clashng Of our
But our spirits faered-Bse and Barlow both were
And Yur galIan. Col. Hampton lay wounded on the
stead,
The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-12-21
VOL. VINO. so.

simply as the legitimate act of an unfet-
tered sovereign.
AS freemen, and as consistent and faith.
full members of free Republic from its
foundation to the present day, we protest,
in the name of Liberty, against being
dragged into any new Government,
whether under the old name, or any
other,) without being allowed the right to
sanction the same in the legal forms.
Many of the Administration papers at
the North, assert that they intend to es-
tablish a consolidated Government, by OBJ
literating all State lines and further, that
they are determined to attach Maryland to
the new Government nolens volens. To
this last proposition we most decidedly
object. All we ask is that free express
sion of opinion on the subject be permit
ted; and in the event of the majority de-
claring for the consolidated Government,
we feel assured that Maryland will prove
as true to the new compact as she always
has to the old
Meanwhile, so long as it is professed to
exercise the authority of the old Federal
Government over the State, Maryland de-
mands of the rulers, as her right, that the
said Government be administered in strict
accordance with its delegated powers. To
expect a free people to be satisfied with
less implies that they NUT first be con-
verified into slavery.
have thus given you, somewhat IN
e.rfenso, what believe to be the leading
views of the Peace and State Rights party
in this State and | wish you, and the
people of the other States, to understand
that the party has not been defeated Cat
the recent election) upon these views, but
upon their gross and wicked misrepresent-
alton.
Every candid man must acknowledge
that these views can not be relinquished
by free people, without at the same time
abandoning all claims to freedom.
The measures adopted by the Federal
Government with reference to this State
its Legislature, its Police, and its laws
are too notorious to require mention; and
when it is considered that the State is in
vested with, and surrounded by thousands
of unfriendiy soldiers, taken in connection
with the vile ISLANDERS (replies to aohach
pere not permitted, that were heaped up
on the friends of peace and of the Consti-
tuition, the result of our election will not
excite surprise. And believing, as we do,
that this result is attributable to other rea-
sons than those most apparent-to reasons
not antagonistic to the great principles re-
cognized by the States Rights party--we
have the most implicit confidence in the
eventual stand which Maryland will occu-
py when the great issues now apprehended
are forced upon her,-provided the neces-
sary freedom of expression be not denied
her. Truly your friend,
.'..asaF .sb-ai 3pJW.S. h.
The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-12-21

of, and contempt for, the plainest provis-
ions of the Constitution, and for the opin-
ions and decisions of the Supreme Court,
but they have actually constituted them
selves as judges and jury, and claim to be
qualified (witbout any form of law to
pronounce upon every mans "loyalty ,
and rights; and unhestatingly pass sem
tence of treason upon one half Of the peo-
pie Of the State. They do this with per-
feet IMMUNITY, having the military power
of other States at their backs to support
them.
With the press muzzlcd, with free
speech barred, and With new law of trea-
son sprung upon us, while our opponents
are allowed to faunt constantly before
the public (without fear of suppression
that, "The Constitution is a covenant with
death and league with hell,' it is not
that the State Rights, or Con-
stitutional party was defeated at the late
election.
Thousands of simple minded people
have been induced, by designing men, to
vote against us, under the impression that
our object was to plunge the State into
the war, by attempting immediate seces.
sion ! And the Administration at Wash
Fington has taken advantage of this wick
ed invention of the enemy to arrest about
one hundred of the best men in the State
and has had them transported for hopeless
incarceration in Northern Bastile, wholly
without due process of law"
1t is base SANDER to charge the Con-
stitutional party with the design of seces-
sion. They regard such step not only
as inprocticable but as eminently inapozi-
tic.
What the Peace, or Constitutional party
here desire, is, firstly, that Maryland, who
is not in any way accountable for the orr
gin of the present unhappy war, be ex-
empted from all participation in it; and
secondly, in the event of the final separa-
ton of the twelve States now claiming to
secede, and the ultimate acknowledgment
of their independence by the remaining
States, then, the Union formed under the
Constitution of 1887 being dissolved, and
Maryland occupying precisely the same
position that she did anterior to the adop-
ton of the Articles of Confederation, we
claim that she will have the same sover-
eign right that she then had, to form such
new compacts with the other States as will
be most conducive to her interests and
happiness.
This constitutes the entire creed of the
State Rights and Peace party in Mary
land a.,
When the compacH which equally
bound the States together, is acknowl-
edged to be broken, then all the contract.
ing parties are legally and morally released
from the bond, and each will undoubtedly
possess its original prerogative for forming
such new relations as may appear to them
the most desirable; and this elective act
Of the State, under such circumstances,
could not be regarded as either, 6 seces
sion," "revolution," or rebellion y but
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MS. +.

D@ A Western paper speaks of man
who "died without the aid of a physician"
Such instances of death are very rare.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-14

nently successful, and can not be too highly
praised.
The Daytonians deserve much credit for
their public spirit and liberality, by which
they contributed so much TO enhance the
success and interest of the exhibition Visit
ors TO the Fair were most Hospitality enter
tanned, and the comfort Of each and every
individual seemed to be a matter Of primary
importance. Messrs. Hubbill h Swaynie, of
the Phillips House, spared no pains to add to
the pleasure and entertainment of their
guests this house was we'll filed, and all
who made it their head. quarters Jared sump-
tuously. No better hotel can be found In
the Mama Valley--and no proprietors more
social and obliging.
The Ninth Annual Fair of the Clark
County Agricultural Society will be held at
Springfield, Ohio, on the lst, I'd, Sd and 4th
Of October next
The Union Agricultural Society, EN-.
bracing the counties of Brown, Clermont,
Clinton and Warren, will hold a Fair at
Blanchester, September "a, 25, 26 and q.
The Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the
Champaign County Agricultural Society
takes place at Urbana, Ohio, October l, 2, 3
and d.
Our thanks ore due to Messrs. Reeder and
Bollmyer, of the Empire; Major Geary, Of
the Columbus Fact; Messrs Keeper, Broad
well, Stage and others, for the many kind
favors extended us during our stay here
May they live to see many State Fairs, and
have the satisfaction to see them all pass off
as pleasantly as this one. OBJ.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-14

The report which reached here last even.
ing by telegraph, that General Fremont had
been superseded, under orders from the
Government, by Quartermaster General
Meigs, was the occasion of some excitement,
and of remarks not, in general, compliment
AIRY to the Administration. Not believed, at
first, it seemed to gain credit as it became
subject of discussion the assumption of its
truth being essential, in order to give a proper
degree of emphasis to the commentary.
As we know nothing of the motives which
induced the Government to act in the
premises-if it has acted-it would be ex.
tremely idle and journalistic to assume to
pronounce upon the merits of the act ITSELF
Justly or not, General Fremont has man.
aged to gain a reputation for exceeding vigor
and promptitude;- and the public hereabout
has consented to accept him as that some-
what extraordinary parsonage, "the right
man in the right place :" but this does not
render it at all incredible that he may pre-
sent himself in a very different aspect to the
powers that, at the last advices, were at
Washington.
1t is always best to attribute to the party
which acts contrary to our wishes, the most
unworthy motives. We are at liberty, there
fore, to suspect that personal spite, private
malice, unbaptized ambition, and feelings Of
envy and rivalry have been.at work to sup
press rising, and keep back coming
man." but these, even then, will be no more
than suspicions. We know little of what
General Fremont has done; we know less as
to what he is. If he is a great General, we
do not know it, and if we should rise up
now in general insurrection, and place him
at the head of the Government, we might in
the event-as we have several times before
find ourselves, in the event, the victims oi
misplaced confidence.
1t would be easy to conjecture reasons
likely to induce the Administration to with.
draw General Fremont from the command
entrusted to him SO lately, without suspect
ing it of improper intentions; but these art
more properly subjects for consideration
when the report of his withdrawal shall b
confirmed.
LATER.-,Since the above was in type tn,
whole story has been contradicted. Genera
Meigs is on visit West on business con
nected with his own department, and Gen
eral Fremont, therefore, is not removed.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-14
MATTERS AT wAsHueroN.-A Washington

MATTERS AT WAsHTNGToN.-A Washington
letter, dated the 10th, says;
The rebels keep pushing their pickets very
closely up to our lines. Halls house, near
Balls Cross Roads, where they have for
several nights kept their pickets, is about
two miles back from our outer line of en-
trenchments, and about three miles from
Fort Corcoran. This continued boldness on
theTpaIt of the rebels indicates one of two
things, that they are backed by q very strong
force, or that they have a very mean opinion
of the courage of the Federal soldiers. 1t is
safe to predict that this insolence will soon
be checked.
The secession sympsthizers here busy
themselves with concocting immense stories
of the defeat of the Federal soldiers in Miss
sCuti, in Western Virginia and across the Pc
tomac. On Saturday they passed around the
story that battle had occurred back of the
Chain Bridge, and that the government lost
eighteen guns. This story was reported by
one of the most prominent bankers in Wash
ington, until he was told by government
officer that the story was falsehood from
beginning to end, manufactured and circu.
lated by Infamous traitors who deserve to
have their necks stretched. The object OF
these tales is to keep the secession element
here and in Maryland at the boiling point,
by the constant expectation that JEFF Davis,
Beauregard and johnson are about to take
possession of Washington and Baltimore.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-14

FROM SOUTHWEST MIsseUR1.-Ben. Nc
Culloch started for Fort Smith on the 30th
ultimo, and on the following day his troops
were TO take up their line of march for Fort
Walker, the point from which they origin
ally started.
On Tuesday, September 9, Rains, Parsons
and Price were at place southwest of Os.
ceola, beyond Stockton. They had matured
plan for an attack on Fort Scott on the sue
ceeding Thursday. Their force numbered six
thousand Missouri rebels.
jackson was expected with his one hun
dred and thirty body-guard. On Saturday,
Scbnables, at Spring Creek, had orders to
march with his command to Springfield. On
the same day, seven hundred and fifty men,
under the notorious Captain Hawthorne,
side of Lebanon. The goods stolen at Linn
Creek were being hauled into camp.-Ais.
souri, Democrat SeptenlbeT |,