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Lamden and trenton Daily MaiI ktaee I.ine.

$780, Eabove routeis ow comr,letely stocked
~ Commodious Mail Stages viii leave ca NJ
DEN, Ark, and TRENTON, La, every LAY, Sundays
excepted, at 4 o'clock A. NJ and arrive at TRENTON
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This line connects at CAMDEN with the Stage Lines
to the H0TSPRINGS, GAINES LANDINtf and WASH
1NGTON, Ark and at TRENTON with the Stage Lines
to SHREVEPORT, La, and by way OF HARRISON
BURG and TRINITY to NATCHEZ, Miss.
Every attention is paid TO the comfort and convenience
of the travelling community. twill connect with steam
ers atIRENf0N, thus aordng uninterrupted transpor
tation to travellers going south VI. G. CARR
Cherry RIDGE Il Nnr 195Q
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LEEDS, FOUNnRy

IEILJo| IUt n Dr.
CORNER OF DELoRD AND FoURCHE STREETS
NEW ORLEANS.
81 Is prepared to furnish vertical and hori
4. ]: u. ". ~. !. i
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L%M Columns and Fronts for buildings Fur
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They respectfully call the particular attention of the
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Draining Wheels, which for strength durability and con
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New Orleans February :, 1886.
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READY PROOF PRESS.
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Evidence Still Accommodating.

FBTHE ALUM SAFE has repeated encountered fire in
each case pres ntng its contents unniured; again
invite any competition who procure reliable evidence
to the contrary publish it, promising not to IMPOSE
PUBLIC by subsequently recommending the arti-
Gle uuqualihedlv should prove unreliable The
test here BY the memorable and deporabe Tchoupou-
las street.-the unusually severe, but that referred to
in the following much so, the building burned
having been very spacious and seven stories high
FIRE III FRANKFORT STREET.
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Mackerel, etc.

81 bbs. large No. mackerel
80 packages No. 1, bbls, hall, quarter and Kits
50 kits and half kits salmon
lo cases spced salmon
80 boxes Magdaleu herring
80 do Goldfish
WoOden-warc, etc.
50 cases wood matches
20 do Clark's do
To do German do in tin packages
$50 dozen clothes lines
451 do painted pals
zoe nests painted tubs, ia each
so do cedar tubs, ~ in each
an dozen well buckets
20 do j and gallon Canteeus
500 do brooms assorted qualities
a00 bales cotton Irvine
Wire and brass selves. scrub and backing brushes;
3, and 10 gallon kegs, cedar churDs
Wooden bowls, etc, etc
$50 bags pepper, 30 bales and half bales cloves
100 do aspicr, 800 mats cassia
100 JJls race ginger 1000 10 nutmegs, $50 tb mace
Paper.
10000 reams straw and MANILA and hardware paper
500 do cap, letter and bill paper
Playing Cards.
American and Spanish Of every quality
Oils.
Lard, sperm, whale and cotton seed
Linsecd-raw, and boiled English, northern and
Soap.
Magnolia, Colgate, Winchester, western, etc
Flour and salt
Together with full assortment of all artiClee the gro
Gerry and chemical line.
Coffee.
Rio, Java white and brown Mocha
English, dairy and western
Candles.
300 boxes star candles
loo do coored wax candles
80 do New Bedford sperm candles
100 do choice sperm perm
Goshen fresh from the best dairie5
Wcstern-from the best diaries
Sugar.
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Mcssrs Valentine & Butler-P crmit to inform YOU,
that the fire which occurred in the story build
ing Nos 26 and Frankfort street on the 18th inst one
Of your Alum Patent Safes severely exposed to the
heat for many hours On opening at your manufacto-
rv, which had to be done by drilling, etc, was
exceedingly grataed find my books and papers in
state REPRESENTATION. am fully convinced that The Alum
Patent Safe is ali that YOU claim it be, pro-
tector and fire deyng repository for books and papers.
Yours. etc. EDWARD 0. JENKINS.
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Before taLinr now method Of distIng Hut LdhIU.,
producing delicious exhilerang spirit and the H.5
nalble remedy for renovatgg the diseased ~
restoring the sick, suffering and deoHltateo A'"-0
health and strength. ,,,,r
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ali the DruGEists feb22-ly
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DRUGS. WFDTCTNFS O.

Z n CASKS superior Hams Shoulders and clear Sides
~ Justreceived and for sale BY
sepso Ed. EBERSTADT
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FROM WASHINGTON.


The following is an abstact of the tax bill
reported ON Monday. 1t provides for the
appointment by the president of commits
sion Of internal revenue, with salary of FIVE
thousand dollars per annum, his office to be
in the treasury department, with suitable
number of clerks. The country is to be d.
vided as the president may direct, into con-
venient collection districts. with an assessor
and collector appointed by the president for
each district, who shall have power to APP
point such deputies as necessary. The bill
provides for duty On spirtuous liquors of
II cents per gallon: ale and beer 81 per
barrel: stem or leaf tobacco, } cents per
pound. to add when manufactured ) cents,
and on cigars, ), 10 and 20 cents per pound.
according to value. On lard and linseed oil,
burning fluid and coal oil, j cents per gallon !;
refined ccal oil, 10 cents per gallon gas, per
thousand feet. - cents: bank note paper. ,
cents per pound: printing paper, 3 mills per
pound soap, ) mills per pound salt, 1 cts.
per one hundred pounds; sole leather, cent
per pound: upper leather. one half cent per
pound Hour. 10 cents per barrel all other
manufactures 3 per cent advalorenl. On
railroad passengers. > mills per mile of trav
el; communication tickets. ) per cent steam
boat travel, l mill per mile; omnibusses, fer
~ boats and horse railroads, ) per cent Of
the gross receipts from passengers; adver
tisementS per cent On the amount of re-
ceipts annually. For the use Of carriages an
nually from II to SO, according to the val
ne ; gold watches, 81; silver watches, 30
cents; gold plate, % cents per ounce :;
silver plate. } cents per ounce: billiard Ia
bles, so. On Strengthening cattle, - cents
each hogs, 10 cents each sheep, ) cents
each licenses f1r bankers, 500: auction
GERS, $50: wholesale dealers, $50 retail
dealers in liquors, 800; retail dealers in
goods, SO: pawnbtoker>. 81; rectifyers,
800: brewers SO; hotels, inns and tav
ems. graduated according TO rental. from -
to 500: eating houscs, so: commercial
brokers. so: other brokers. go: theaterS
800; circuse>. 80; bowling alleys, - each
alley wholesale ps'.lers, 500; other pedlers.
from - to $50; coal oil distilleries, so !;
income, ; per cent on all over $500. cxciu-
>ive Of the income derived from dividends
Nc. which are taxed separately; railroad
tbllitS anu vi bilihN III
>ttu,lOnS, > per cent; payments OF all sa!a-
ries of officers IN the civil. military OF naval
service in the United States. Including stna-
tors and members Of Congress. : per cent {:
legacies. and di>tributve shares OF personal
property OF deceased persons. from To >
per cent, according 10 the degree of relation
ship, and stamp duties on all kinds of legal
and commercial papers, all patent medicines.
telegraph messages. and all goods by ex-
press.
The lax bill contains one hundred and five
sections. and is one of the largest Of any Kin!
ever before prepared. and Oh which months
OF time have been bestowed.
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attacked by 4 large force OF rebels, and COM
pellee, TO retreat TO our boats. Our loss was
killed and > missing.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT of TIE AFFAIR.
The following official account of the fight
has been received At Washington:
CAIRO. March ;, 1852.
To Hon Gideon Welies. Secretary of the
Navy: Lieut. Commanding Shirk has this
moment arrived from the Tennessee rlver,
and brings full dispatches from Lieut. Com
manding Gwinn, Of the Tyler, synopsis OF
which is. that two gunboats proceeded up TO
Pittsburgh, near the Mississippi line, where
4 battery was opened upon them. consisting
of SIX guns. one Of them being rifed. which
were soon sllenced hy the gunboats. Ninety
mounted men landed. under cover of the
gunbOatS. and charged upon the ensniy, dri-
wing them at some distance, until they were
strongly reinforced, when our party with
drew TO the boats, when three regiments
opened upon the gunboats. but were repulsed
with great slaughter-the casualties on our
side amounting TO FIVE killed ard missing
and five wounded. Lieuts Commanding
Gw!r.n and Shirk. with their commands. have
behaved with grta. galantfy and Judgment.
An election for town officers mas just taken
place in Harden county. Tenn, which result
ed in two hundred votes for the L mon, and
thirteen for secession.
\. II. F0oTE. Flag Officer.
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DEATHS,

In this town. Feb ei. only son of Charl,s
and Melvina X. Packard, aged months an
Is DAYS.
In Wheelock, Feb n, of diptheria. Clare.
Henry, only child of Chester \. and S4.;-4
{ Larned, aged ) years 6 months.
In Bloomington. Feb IA. Of canAer-ra,n
Gertrude, aged 6 Years, and Cara. aged
Years reb- ~, Herbert, aged 5 wears. =,
children Of Wm. {. and Caroline Wilson.
In West Randolph, Feb q. Ellen Dab i,
aged p Years.
In Sutton, March 1. Patience, wife Of Jo.-.
L. Dolioff. aged 80 wears.
In Lunenburs. Feb. n, Of scrotalous 3.s-
ease in the hip joint. Flora Annette. aged
Years. daughter of Geo F. and Helen u.
French. Corrected from last week.
In Camp Griffin. Feb 9, of dipthrria, SIC
phen NJ Parker. of Concord, VI. aged -
years / months. He was member O. {.
{. 81 regiment V. '. NJ. He leaves d large
circle Of mourning friends not only al home,
bu, in the .es't of which he was member.
In West Danrille, Feb 20, Of consIm;-
ton. Enoch Badger. aged ~ wears.
IL nanville. Feb - al infant daughter Q:
Putnam ID. anu Helen ID. Mcmillan.
In Camp Griffin. Va. Feb :, Of consump-
ton. Benjamin Mcpaniels, only remaining
son Of Sa:irei and rerthena McDaniels, q
GRANNY.
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Pay OF Deceased Soldiers.

There is no necessity for the relatives Of
deceased soldiers employing agents to pro-
cure their arrearages Of pay and submit'ino
to charge of twenty per cent, or any other
per cent. If the person entitled to receive
s"cn pay will write to Ezra B. French, Sec
wa w. , hud,''r in the Treasury Department.
', .>A.i's'on' ID. G., stating that he is enti,-
eI 10 , t.e arrearages of pay due TO deceas-
r.t Sou'el 'nere will be sent to him printed
Or fbe sms Tor making the necessary papers,
writing to the Adjutant GeneroI i"' "t ~ =!
State. With these instructions, Ar, ,ou us
can draw the necessary papers, without d;e;
Guilty. We publish this, as matter Of AM, na
cessary caution to those, who cannot reai,
a'iofo to surrender to specializing agents any,
par, OF the amount legally due them and
we nope that all the papers in the State will
repeat the cautlon.-lI'oodstock Standard
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THE W AR.
FROM MISSOURI,
The Poisoning of Union Troops.
AN ORDER FROM GEN HALLECk.

Gen Haleck, in a general order on FRIDAY.
states tina, sufficient information has been re-
ceived at headquarters. that the rebels in
evacuating Midtown, Arkansas. poisoned
the provisions they were Obliged TO abandon.
and that II officers and men were poisoned
by eating the same. He says We cannot re-
taliate by adopting the same barbarous mode
Of warfare. nor can We retaliate by Furnishing
the innocent for the guilty. The laws OF
war forbid this : but the same code author
ICES Us to retalia;e upon the guilty parties
Persons guilty of such acts. when captured
will not be treated as ordinary prisoners OF
war, nor will they be shot, but suffer the ig-
nominious punishment OF being hung as fel-
onS. Officers of troops guilty of such acts
although not themselves tie advisers or abet-
tors of the crime, will. when captured, be pat
in irons and conveyed as criminals to head
quarters. The laws of war make il their du-
~ to prevent such barbarities if they neg
lect their duty they must suffer the conse-
quenceS.
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~-as-sSs1ra srzS~s.<.~4;s~,y..

The military censorship Of the telegraph
keeps back the projected movements of our
armies, though what huS transpired comes
over the wires as freely as ever. Gen Banks
division has firm possession Of Harper> Fer
~. The official report Of Commodore Foote
SHOWS US what has been rumored for several
Jays, that Columbus is in our possesson.-
ne federal troops now occupy the town.
HE rebel army fled, taking what they could
with them. and burning the rest The flight
Z, the rebels from this stronghold only shows
ne panic that has seized them since the fall
%. Forts Henry and Done!son, and indicates
wat our army can do il they press on. 1t
5 not known whether The rebel army from
his place will make stand at Memphis or
tertity an island in the Mississippi river
Whichever course they may take we feel
sure they will either be Obliged to abandon
their position or be taken prisoners. The
federal army in the Mississippi valley will
not stop long short of New Orleans. Just
where the army on the Cumberland river is
now we cannot tell. y report came a few
days ago Il at Nashville had been evacuated
by the enemy and that our troops had
marched through this city and surrounded
them IN Murtrtesboro, a place where rumor
had them make stand. We reckon most
OF this intelligence was premature. though
such result IN that quarter is no. very i'm
probable. In Missouri. or rather in Arkan-
sas, Gen Curtis is following a,cr Price. An
other characteristic Of the rebel barbarians
was displayed at Midtown, where forty-two
federal soldiers were poisoned by eating food
which the rebels had purposey poisoned and
left behind them. Nothing of Importance
has transpired from the Burnside expedition
the present week. though We need no, infer
from this that this division of our army is
doing nothing On the whole the successes
u the past week are boodIess, but not nee
essarAy unimportant; on the contrary thev
are cheering and substantial.
We give .he most of Jeff Dayiss inaugural
upon the first page. He puts on bold face
and rather p.ous air, but every one knows
that he Is only whi>tiing 10 keen his courage
up. He = aware of the tot,erino cond;,;,.,
OF the confederate government. and f NO hos
q chance he will leave those he has on,,o1
INTO open treason 10 their own destruc.io,
as the sneak-th.et FLOYD did the army a, For,
Dorelson.
There are continued rumors of move in
ne army of the Potomac. All eyes this way
are turned in that direction. The cuttino Of
by military authority of the thousand and
one Geographic rumors only adds to the ex-
pectancy and suspel Sc of the public.
\ tax bill has been reported in Congress,
and We publish an abstract Of It's provisions
elsewhere. 1t will not be likely to pass with
out various notifications, but the tax must
come and We mus: pay i, and the best way
VII. be TO pay it cheerfully. II this rebellion
IS put down eiFec,uaIly, We shall all willingly
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The March Magazines.
The ECLECTIC MAGAZINE of Foreign Litera-
ture. New York: W. II. Bidwell, editor
and nrnnrie.or Price &: ner Year

The ECLECTIC MAGAZINE of Foreign Litera-
ture. New York: W. II. Bidwell, editor
and proprietor. Price s. per year.
Contents for March: The Italian clergy
and the pope. from the National Review
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. from Foreign
Quarterly: The poetry Of age, by Douglas
Jerro!G; Concerning the worlds opinion.
from Fraser'> Magazine; Are the planets in
nabi,ed, from Foreign Quarterly; Comets
and their phenomena, from Fraser's Maya
zine: The constable Of the tower from Bent
ley's Miscellany: Life and times Of Edmund
Burke. from North British Review: Ancient
forests and modern flel from Temple Bar
Magazines Sto-y of the winter light. from
the same; Discoveries. new and old, from
British Quarterly; The struggle in America.
from the London Review; Coronation at
konigsberg, from London Times: Martyrs
70 adventure, from Daily News; Possible fu-
ture Of Russia and Poland, from Times 3:
King Frederick William Louis, from Lon
ion paper; Passages in the last war, from
Bentley's Miscellany; The last of the Condos.
from Chambers Edinburg Journal: Editor-
ais.
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\ Sharp Little Fight.

A special despatch to the Chicago Tribune
from Cairo, Sd, says the steamer lsetta, from
the Tennessee river, reports that as the gun
boats Tyler and Lexington, accompanied BY
the transport Isetta, were approaching Pitts
burg 5 miles above Savannah, on the Ten
nessee river, on Sunday. they were fired up
on by battery located on bluff overlook
ing the river. The gunboats replied for half
an hour with shot and shell. At the expira-
ton of that time the battery was silenced.
and a force of so marines ard infantry landed
and burned one house, when We were again
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\ GOOD Months Work.

The progress Of the armies OF the Cu;o1
in the month iust Closed is most cheering
Counting in tie victories Of Mil Spring
kentucky, with which the bal. opened -
which occurred in TIE last Of january. hu,
was Tot half told or half appreciated till the
first OF FebruarN-and W. have the following
glorious record Of the months work.
|. Defeat of Xollcotitr and Crit;enden at
Nill Spring, Ky
,. Capture Of Roanoke Island, Eden,on
and Elizabeth City, y. C., and occupation of
the railroad to Norfolk.
3. Pursuit of Price from Springfield, Mo-,
to Fayetteville, Ark, with half a dozen vic
tories on the rout".
+. Capture OF Fort Henry. Tenn.
}. Capture of Fort Donelson. Tenn.
Is. Retreat of the rebels from Bowling
Green. Ky. and GAINESVILLE and Nashville.
Tenn. and the occupation Of these places by
the national forces.
:. Evacuation of Columbus, Ky, by the
rebels
s. Occupation of Cumberland Gap by TIE
| mon forces.
In the battles of the month We killed one
'eovi .''s' al anu capture" l'uf' WIN great
.'",',, % t'.'''.o' o,''ce'S some -'''"' men
"oou' '''o s,''I'., ''..''"ei q guns some ~"
'',o''' ,'''G 40 . ;t ana army suppiiTS TO
.''G ,ue Vi ''''i'I'hS Oh o"I'afs, "hiie all the
7",t"''''' VA ''.e ->p''" ,"ioiIht waters
and the Tennessee river have been taken or
destroyed.
,r iis ros -;I' "."'ie a' 'he West can be
sS'IN."s's i'Ius'";su ny drawing on the map
'Ne me occupied! ny inc enemy month ago.
anu MS pFe>rN, me- For the hrat ilHe start
i'on' .>i''I,is'p'o' NO. ana So'east to iolum-
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TIE TOWN DESTROYEu.

y special despatch to the st Louis Repub-
lican from Cairo the Sd, SAYS Columbus is
evacuated and burned by the rebels. The
gunboat Benton, with Gen Collum and Gem
Foote, went down The river on Monday on a
reconnaissance, and found the rebels had fed
having removed their guns and laid The town
is ashes. Everything IS destroyed that could
not be carried away. The rebels retrea,ed TO
Fort Randolph. The whole town OF Column
bus Is nothing but ruins. The guns are also
removed from the island below.
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TIE CATTLE DISEASE NETrRNFD-Th
people Of Massachusetts, fear return of the
pleuro-pneumonil, so fatal in its rayages A
mong the cattle in that state two wears ago.
The board Of agriculture says it has good
reason to believe that this disease has al
ready made It's appearance in the county Of
Norfolk, and It urges TIE necessity Of the
greatest care being taken by all persons in
purchasing or permitting strange cattle to
cone IN contact with their herds. rs the
disease is contagious il naturally avahens
apprchens:on> in the minds of the people Of
that state tina, i nay become genera! unless
great care is taken to prevent it.
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Sr@RING.-lt IS al Old and popular belief
that those Years are the most favorable for
susar-makinS that have the largest amount
o! snow upon the ground at the opening Of
the s"sarins season. That being the fact
what sugar season the coming one mus,
be. Whether there be truth in the above
belief or not it matters little: the tine for
making sugar is close upon US, and We hope
our farmers are all prepared to tap every
maple tree they own, and in season to secure
the first run"
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DEATH OF BRIG GEN LASDER.-The co,-
try has met with an ir,eparable less in :.
death of Brig Gen Lander, which is am
Gel by telegraph to-day Impatient of j-.r.
lien he took the field ere he had fully Ter.
erei from severe wound received a, ~
wards Ferry, and has prosecuted Z w;r,s-
campaign in Western Virginia With w.
and success which won the admiratioa Of :.
country and The official encomiumS q. =
secretary of war. But few conjec;ured e..-
that he Was taxing his physical powe.e b..
yo:.d their strength, and sapping the .our,,. .
lions Of life itself. His death resulted from
his Old wound. which was in tie leg. A
drawer man and more energetic officer Ia.
no, drawn a sword IN the service of =.
country in this crisis. General Lander VS.
a native of Massachusetts, where his par,--.
Still reside He married Miss Darrn,or-.
well known and amiable actress, who Is IN
residing in Washington.-BcSt'a -Ica,rlal
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-03-07

DEATH OF \ MISSIONARY OF THE AMERICAN
boARp,-lhe Sandwich Island papers an
nouncr the death at Kan. Dec. DIST. of Rev
". {. >hiHman. aged ;. Years. pastor Of the
native church and Missionary of the Amer-
can Board. He leaves widow and three
children. The Honolulu F,ieuJ SAYS that
during his six years of missionary lite he es-
tablished 4 reputation Tor great efficiency.
eminent practical common sense. and sincere
devotion to the temporal and spiritual WEI
fare of his people.
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REEEL bARhARlN.-Jef Davis. in his last
message, talks Of "malisnity and barbarity OF
the Northern States in the prosecution of the
war. \ singular commentary on this bra
zen declaration IS supplied by the dispatch
of Gen Halleck, announcing that for,v-two
of our officers and men have been poisoned
by eating food which had been drugged and
left IN their way by the rebels of Arkansas
The Thugs Of India could not conduct war
IN more brutal and cowardly way than this.
There is nothing like it on record in the
modern warfare Of civilized nations. II is
most honorable to our soldiers, who had
thus lost their gallant comrades. that, in
spite of the natural abhorance awakened hy
such deed, they retrained from any retaia-
tory measures. We trust that the same re-
strain; may always prevail. The defenders
OF law and order and right can never lower
themselves to the level of assassins, even
when most bitterly provoked by the latter
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