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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18
The Tax Law.

Just about now is a good time to cast
about and see how much of a call the General
Government is going to make on you for the
war tax. The taxes are classed under the
heads Direct and Excise. The Direct tax
es refer mainly to incomes and salaries, while
the Excise have their eye on manufactures,
and all things that come under the head of
''producing and consuming" The Excise
are made payable in October; the Direct in
May next. Ifyou have one hos Sc carriage,
valued, with the harness, at S75 or upward,
you will pay the collector 81; if your car
riage is drawn by two horses, and is worth
S75, harness included, and not over $500,
you pay So; if worth over $500, and under
$5OO,you pay S.; vehicles exclusively en-
ployed in husbandry or for purposes of trans
portation are not taxed, neither are horses.
Persons having over forty ounces OF q
pounds OF silver plate, kept for use, pay three
cents an ounce for the excess of weight; that
is, if your silver plate weighs Fifty ounces,
you pay three cents per ounce on the excess
of ten ounces; keepers of small or any kind
of groceries pay $40 each for a license; re-
tail sellers of ale, beer. whisky, ETC., pay
$50 for license; where grocery and beer
selling are combined separate licenses of $40
and $50 each must be taken out. This will
operate in shutting up many of the small
doggeries. Incomes and salaries of over
$500 pay three per cent. on the excess; that
is. on a salary OF 81 900 the charge is three
per cent. on $500, or $12. Poor men with
no pleasure carriages, no silver plate of over
forty ounces. no big salaries of over 5000
etc., escape the clutches of the National Tax
Law .H'Ssa
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18
GATHERING STATISTICS.

The Kansas State Agricultural Society
have prepared blanks for gathering the sta
tistics of farm improvements, &c, this
autumn. Their project is, in the absence
of perfect organization under their own
control, to put these blanks into the hands
of County Clerks, for distribution to such
public spirited persons as will volunteer to
gather the necessary facts to properly fill
them up in the townships or small neigh
borhoods. The enterprise is one OF vast i'm
portance to the farming interest, and to
every other dependent interest. Let every
township ell these blanks with such accu~
racy as is possible, and we have not only
reliable record of this years results in the
various branches of farm industry, but the
labor and outlay in such with the particu-
lar as well as aggregate returns will give
to the thoughtful and progressive farmer a
basis for system for future development.
Then, too, it is the only way in which We
can supply ourselves early with reliable
data from which to measure our future
growth. In fact, We see so many vital rea-
sons for pushing this enterprise to sue
cessful contamination, tina: we are at a loss
to select, in the brief article we propose to
write. We are in favor of we'll organized
and well conducted fairs. We know that
there is immense good derived to the indus
trial pursuits, through the fundamentally
of exhibitions. But we shall not be able in
the next ten years to hold State fair from
which will be gained fraction of the ben
eft such as the farmers will confer on them
selves if they win only take hold of and see
that this enterprise of the State Agricultural
Society is carried forward to euccess.-
Laurence Journal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

a TOUCHING Isc1DEET-The venerable
mether-nearly if not quite, foHrscore-of
one who recently fell bravely leading On his
troops in battle. gazed calmly upon the face
of her son, after his body vas brough. home
for burial. AT last movement Was made
by friend TO, cover the face. The noble
woman put him gently aside, and carefully
performing the act herself, said: s.Nfy son,
I have covered You many times befoEes new
do it for the last time, and with the flag
of your country. Boston Transcript.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18
HOW A SMALL ARMY BEAT Il
.e5 LARGE ONE.

IN 1899 Napoleon dined with Moreau at
G0ier {, one fthe directors. Conscious of his
own superiority, and solicitous TO gain tue
powerful cooperation of Moreau, he made
the first advances, and with great courtesy
expressed the great desire he felt TO make
his acquaintance. 9aI & af5 So
astYou have returned victorious from
Egyps,' replied Moreau, and from Italy
after great defeat. It was the month that
Gen. Loubert passed in Paris, after his mar
riage, which caused our disasters. This
gave the allies time to rescue Mantua. and
to bring out the force which besieged it 10
take part In the action. It is always the
gfesier number which defeats the iess.'
True, - fejoined Napoleon, '''it is al
ways the greater number which beats the
less"
"And yet,'' said Goier. :. with small
armies you have frequently defeated large
ones.'' u a7a5 2
Even there" rejoined Napoleon. sit
was always the interior force which was
defeated by the superior. When, with
small body of men, was in presence of
large one, collecting my little band fell
like lightning on the wings of the hostile
army, and defeated it. Pro6ting By the
disorder which such an event never failed
| to occasion In their whole line, repeated
the attack, with similar success, In another
quarter, still with my whole force. ] thus
beat It in detail. The general victory,
winch was the result, was still an example
oI the truth of the principle that the greater
force defeats the lesser"
This lesson was Numbered into the ears
of the astonishsd world for twenty years by
Napoleon, and with practical results, suti-
cient, one would think, for all time. Yet
some of our generals who make books upon
war seem never to have heard it. ',Stone-
wall" jackson understands it, and thus man
ages to delude our slow tacticians with the
notion of his superior force.
After Austerlltz, the Emperor Alexander
said to the French envoy, Savary:
That day will take uothIng from the rep
utaLIon which your master has earned in so
many battles. Il was my first engagement.
| confess that the rapidity of his maneuvers
never gave me time TO succor the menaced
points Every " here you were at least double
the number of our forces.''
''Sire," Savary replied, "our force was
twenty five thousand less than yours. And
even at that, the whole was very warmly
Engaged, but we Unanswered much,
and the same division eombatted at many
different points. Therein lies the art OF
war;
fits surprising. after the lessons of Napo'
locus wars, to hear the debates. or rather
disputes, respecting the operations OF our
army of the Potomac, and the proves OF its
general. The operate Ms of that army are
, a reproduction OF the Austrian tactics in
Italy. when Beauleau, with splendidly ap-
pointed army of eighty thousand men, was
| driven out by Napoleon, with ragged auc
, destitute army OF thirty thousand.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18
WinkS.


Smith, the auctioneer, is popular man,
a wit, and gentleman. No one is offend
ed at what he says, and many a hearty
laugh has he provoked by his humorous
sayings. He was recently engaged in a sale
of venerable household furniture aud "fx
ings." He hal just got to Going, going.
and half. a half, going u when be saw a
smiling countenance, upon agricultural
shoulders, wink at him. A wink is always
as good as nod to blind horse or to a
keen sighted auctioneer; 50 Smith winked.
and the man winked, and they kept wink
ing. and Smith kept Going. going, going!"
with lot of glassware, stovepipes, carpets,
pots. and perfumery. and finally this lot
was knocked down. "a
"To-whe % ga Smith. gazing at the
smiling stranger.
.Who? G5lly!" said the stranger, i
drn', know who. !"
"Why you. sir" said Smith.
"Who me o.
eyes. yes; you bid on the lot.'' said
Smith.
Me ?-hang me if 1 did, insisted the
stranger. sde
why. did you not wink. and keep wink
ing 90
:'Winking Well. did. and so did you
at me. l thought you were wiuking as
much as to say, Keep dark: I'll stick some
body with that lot of stuff and winked as
much as to say, IN be hanged if you don't,
mister ~
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18
WHOLE No. 900.
TO FARMERs-AN URGENT DUTY.
I From the State Record.l

Farmers of Kansas. an important duty is
imposed upon you You claim that Kansas
offers rare Inducements to your friends in
the East, to come and people our unoccu-
pied lands and reap the benefits to be de-
rived from. the cultivation of a fertile soil,
in healthy and salubrious climate. Show
them the facts. Collect the statistics. Read
the article from the Lawrence State Journal,
and then. go and discharge the duty there
urged upon you. Furnish your Township
Trustee with memorandum book: it will
cost you but twenty five, GENTS Place at
the top of the first page. mo. of Acres IN
Township enclosed" Leave a sufficient
number ofspages for that subject, and then
write, mo. Of Acres broken prior TO 1852
&c. Blanks fol. the Township Reports have
been sent, by the Secretary of the State Ag-
ricultul al Society, to the County Clerks of
all the counties, to be distributed to the
Township Trustees. Among the items to
be collected are the following:
average yield per acre of Corn"
Average cost per bush. of Corn, crib
bed"
''No. acres in Winter Wheat.r
average yield per acre." IfE r
''No acres in Sorghum" m asst-....
3D.
"No. lbs. Sugar, and cost" 81 81. .sa.s.
''No. of Sheep; av. clip of Woo" &c
"No. of Cows" &c. 81 ysas..r
In all some sixty subjects are embraced
in the report to be made. 5ass -.s-.rrsa
1t will be an easy task for the person
charged with this work, having such
memorandum book, to fake the names of
his neighbors, as he passes among them,
and opposite them to place the appropriate
statistical numbers; and when all is: col
lected, the aggregate can very easily be
made up. r Eai@5stsa. 90 rs p pig 20
But this will require the attention of
those who feel an interest in the matter
those who are disposed to be useful in their
neighborhoods, who are willing TO sacrifice
little time for the public good, or who
may take some pride in having their own
townships and counties fully presented in
the Report of the State Society.
See that the work is placed in proper
hands. when the Township Trustee is 80
situated that he cannot we'll attend to it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

GEN. TuTrLE ON THE WAR. The fol-
lowing is an extract from a private letter
from Gen. Tuttle. He says:
''I am in favor of calling out million
more men and forming line of battle from
the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Then go
forward; when We find a Union man make
him shoulder his gun and come along.
white or black. Make everybody else keep
ahead of the bayonet or go down, for l tell
you nothing but war of determination (of
traitors) will do any good. and am in ia
Vor of that"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18
THE. GUIDE-PosT.
TRANSLATED sr RArAnD TAYLOR, FROM THE GERMAN
OF JOHN PETER HEsEL.


Dive know the road to tn bar'l o. flour 7 nos &
At break o. day let down the bars, - 49,
And pillow y'r vheat-feld hour by hour,
Till sundown-yes, till shade o. stars,
You peg away the liveleng day. = $50
Nor loaf shout nor cape around; I ass
And that's the. road to the threshin' floor,
And into the kitchen, u be bound Z"
DYE know the road where the dollars lays
Follew thu red cents, here and theFAs Gsta49
For if q man leaves them, ! can guess
Hewon't find dollars anywhere.
Dye know the road to Sundays rest
Jist don't o. week days be afeared; s7I .
In field and workshop do W best g.
On Saturday it's not far of,
And brings a basketfal O. cheer
A roast, and lots o garden staff,
And ike as not 3 Jug o beer
Dye know the road to poverty3
Turn in at any tavern sign;
Turn in its Tempt ng as can be;
There's bran new cards and liquor hne.
In the last tavern there's sack;
And when the cash y'r pocket quits
Jist hang the wallet on your back,
You vegabond, see how it fits az- ~
Dye know what road to honor leadsi "
And good old age lovely sight! -
By way. o. temperance. honest deeds,
And tryin' to do y'r duty right 2'
And when the road forks airy side,
Ard you're in doubt which one it is,
Stand STILL and let your conscience guile;
Thank God, it can't lead you much smiss !
And now the road to churchyard gate
You needn't ask Go anywhere
For, whether round about or straight, ...E.f-
All roads at last II bring you there.
-r
Go, fearin' God but lovin' more =
I've tried to be an honest guide;
You'll find the grave has got door, .aaa
And somethin' for you t'other side.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

a rogue asked charity on pretense of be-
ing dumb. A lady having asked him, With
equal simplicity and humanity, how long he
had been dumb, be was thrown of his
guard. and answered, "From birth. mad
am" "Poor fellow 20 said the lady, and
gave him half crown" u
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

Those who are not in the neighborhood
of bakers, and cannot procure yeast. may
make better substitute as follows: Boil
one pound of -four, a quarter of pound of
brown sugar and . little salt, in two gal
Ions Of water. for an hour. When milk
warm. bottle and cork it close, and it will
be ready for use in twenty-four hours
Scientific Amerieon. I
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

A young gentleman who was at one time
much smitten by pretty little Friend. !"
says that during bis travels through the
West Indies he often felt some very severe
shocks from earthquakes; but they were
not a circumstance when compared With
those which he experienced from this little
Earth Quaker.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

How is it." said gentleman to Sberi-
dan one day. ''that your nane has not an
o attached to it? Your family is Irish,
and no doubt illustrious." "No family has
. better right to o than our family said
Sberi dxD, "foi we owe everybody. De-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

''Tbere now l'' cried little girl. while
rnmaging drawer 10 buEeau-''there -
Grandpa has gone TO Heaven without his
spectacles What scW be do go
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

Jake said an old farmer to one of his
mowers. do you know how many horns
there are in dilemma ?'' "Eo," replied
Jake, ''but ] know how many horns there
are in a quart of whisky"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

HIGH Prices FoR SUBsTITUTEs.-The
Richmond papers contain advertisements
from aristocratic members Of the ''chiVal-
~" offering as high as $500 for substitutes
for the war.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-18

TAX LAw.-The N. 7. Times says great
confusion has arisen in Washington, owing
to the resignation of large number of tax
collectors and asses sors.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

Mt. JAcK,oN, Va, June 10, 1867.
WHY Shield, in iorce was not at Port Repub'
lie is question everybody asks and nobody an
swers. With not Y 600 men under Fremont,
we had chased jackson with at least 2Q,UOO
from $u4aourg 20 die Shenandoah The bridge
o,oq this RIVER upon the pike beyond HARRISON
burg was burned BY SOME good Union man, and
Jackson was forced 10 turn to the n2ht and seek,
over an almost impossible road, tae bridge as
Port Republic.
Fremont. with the indomiyabic energy Of a
devl, assisted by such men as ochenck, Milroy
Bohlen and Cluacret followed close upon the
heels OF the enemy, and the miserable road
brought him up with the rebels.
jackson was IN an unpleasant predicament.
With Fremont close upon his rear he found one
brigade Of Shields division in possession OF the
bridge. The ablost General Of the rebels was
equal to the emergency At Gross Keys he Sc
lected strong position, and on the 0th fought
US with such vigor that, although defeated and
terribly cut up, he was enabled to move on and
drive Carroll light brigade from the bridge,
pass over and burn the structure behind HIM
before we could come up.
Had Gen. Shields been in force Ut Port Re-
public, Jacsson's army would unquestionably
nave been cut to pieces, his immense train cap
tured, stores taken from him and his prisoners
set at large Why was not Shields there?
IL was a subject OF no small modification to
US after our hard march Oh half ratiOnS, and
yet harder fighting 70 rush on the hight above
the bridge and see the long train rafting away
in the distance, and large bodies OF rebels dis
appearing in the woods and mountain gorges.
We fastened their flight by few we'll aimed
shells from DeBecks and Dighys admirable
batteries We would have done much execu'
ton, but for Yankee trick played on us by
the enemy To our lett we saw some TWO thou
sand men They were in The blue Uniform anC
without arms Were they our soldiers, Of
prisoners, or Secesh rascals dressed in our uni
forms These questions kept us from Smelling
them as We might have done.
he doubt was somewhat solved by Lieut.
Chesebrough VI the llth Regiment l. 5. \.
and aid to Gen Schcnck, who rode his hors
over the ford and taking a remarkably close ant
cool view of the forces, came back and reporte
them undoubtedly Secesh. This Is only one &C
out OF many done by this gallant young gentle
man.
Well, jackson is off, and we are taking re;
al this beautiful village, and Gen. Fremont
making every effort to establish some sort {
discipline in this (Blenker's division 1t WI
high compliment paid Gen. Fremont, tn,
such body of men should be sent him as a
army, and it is to his credit that with MI
thousand men, such as these in his army,
marched as he did and won so brilliant Wet
ry as that OF Cross Keys
We have more work before us. The Sece
cannot give up these rich valleys and save thel
selves from starvation. Jackson will bo he
and We will give MIN warm reception.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

TRADE IN MEMPHIS. St. Louis Demo-
Graf of the 18th inst says
" friend Just from Memphis, who was in a
position to ascertain, informs us that great
deal more sugar was comllg to light every day
than anybody here had the least reason to sup
pose had been saved from destruction. Very in
genious methods of conceameut had been re.
sorted to, especially by some holders, loyal men
who very early supposed that the yandal hand
of the conspirators would be laid upon it-and
now 1t is coming 70 the hight nearly every hour
There is also considerable mJllsscS IN the city.
The Government is Il competitor for this, and
loaded no less than two hundred barrels on one
boat. Cotton is showing itself more sparingly,
but every day brings Its entirely reliable report
of lots here and there that will, in u very short
time, be in the market. One very superior lot,
owned by an out-and-out secessionist, is near
the city, aud held at twenty-five cents, gold
and nothing else These big figures were
first attached to sugar in the hands OF secession
lists, who pretended 10 suppose that the NORTH
was destitute of this article, but on receiving
assurances that they were greatly mistaken
they became less Ambitious in their views and
reasonable rates were accepted. >
The Memphis AUdlanche Of the l4th instant
gives the following reasons why business canno
be very brisk al present
" First, there are no stocks on hand second
there is no good currency, and third, there ar,
no purchasers to buy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

Az IIERolc OLD LApY.--ln East Montpelier,
on the 9th inst, Mr. Nathan Parker was AT.
tackled by young bull which he was leading
to the water, knocked over, trompled upon, and
SO badly gored that his life is despared Of Mis-.
Parker. lady of sixy-six years, seeing the
dangerous situation of her husband, rushed 10
the rescue Selling rail from the fence, she
beat off the mturmted beast, and Kept him at
bay until Sir, Parker had erawled from the
yard. Then, calamity covering her own retreat
by u frequent application OF The rail to the
head Of the maddened animal, she backed her
self out of the yard, and was safe. Such pres.
encc of mind and heroic bravery are worthy Of
all commentator.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

ANOTHER MONITOR. line Keel OF another
monster battery ike the Monitor was laid at
Jersey City on Tuesday last, lts extreme length
will be two hundred feet extreme beam lorty
six feet. II will be iron clad, shot proof, built
exclusively Of American iron, aud Will cost some
$500, 900 The turret will be twenty one feet
IN diameter nine feet high, and eleven inches
thick throughout The turret Is INTENDED to
contain two l5.inch Dahlgren guns, making a
heavier and more formidable battery than ever
has been placed on board Il vessel. 1t will e
noticed that the new battery surpasses the Mon
tor il size, thickness Of armor, and weight Of
armament.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

TuE SEASON AND THE CROPs-After long
drought we have recently had two or three iight
rains, which have revived the pas lures and now
ing lands, brought up much seed before laying
unsprouted in the dry earth and, in short, put
ting new face on the earth But these rains
have come, unfortunately, too late to repair all
the mischief of the drought The corn came up
badly and, at the best, looks unpromsing That
and the grain crop must necessarily be very
light this year while Of hay there cannot be
much more than half crop. However it may
be elsew here the farmers look rather blue in
this region.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

CONVERSION. Col. of one of the Vt. Regi-
ments, who like his father has always been he
greatest sticker for the tenels of the democrat.
c party, after having been under fire at the bat
tie of Lees Mills declared that it made him an
aboltionist to the very roots of his hair. Any
intelligent man, who understands that slavery
is at the bottom of this rebellion, cannot but
have similar feelings upon being subjected to the
ike trial. - " Standard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

A French paper reports that the Emperor Of
China recently washed himself, thereby occa-
slonlrg the greatest CONSERVATION among all
classes Of his subjects. At first It was thought
that so daring AT innovation would be visited
with serious consequences but as soon as 1t
was asccrtalned that the experiment was only
performed as an act OF humiliation and perso-
nal modification before the Chinese deity, with
the hope of ayertIng the political calamites OF
| the nation, public tranquility was restored.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24
Allotted Pay.
TREAsuRER's OFnCE !
Rntlnnd. Iune Ii. 1862. (

Rutland, June II, 1867
ANgnees and others holding orders for allot-
ted pay of Vermont Volunteers, are hereby no.
titled that returns for the ID, Sd, 4th, 9th and
9th Regiments, Tor the months of January and
Fe6uary, have been received at this Office, from
the p,ymaster of the United States am ad-
yisei that the Allotted pay for months Of
March and April will be RENTED in two or
three weeks for these Regiments and also for
the Cavalry Regiment. Il is hoped that arrange
ments are now made that will in the future in-
sore more prompt payments
]. B PAGE, State Treasurer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24

The OLp SECOND VrRMosr.-The Free Press
says that one who is fully qualified to Judge by
knowledge Of 1t and other regiments before
Richmond, says that the VI. ID is the largest,
healthiest, aud toughest Volunteer regiment in
McClellans army-and If they exceed it much
in discipline ana spirit, we don know which
they are,