, 1862-02-21

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tf1ora onr own Correspondent 81
AL DAY yeste, day, and all night, too. the
Var n, ,,ar.n,ent vas t,,ronrod hS vnxr,,'s ~
r:..:N'. 80
4nlrers tor news 3rom the death grapple OF the
rebellion at Fort Donelson. The bravery of |
Ehe Northern tnoons. WIN lad t1,rott1ed the
-. - .,.a:s.c,,, - lSs -,
'l'"o'e IN 1''eil stro"ehoio: was le1eo On Will
tile Utmost confidence, but the disappearance |
OF The main body of the enemy at Bowling |
Green. and t1,e failure of Gen. Bucu IN tell |
wh;c,, war +,,ev Ind gona noaa ranv bsar+z
"nen % way Tue, h4a gene, %aag t many NY neat.s @
r,s reca;vea t1,t For+ nora,son Has o;,ra
with nearly all It's inmates and surely never
a1o Inc 1oya1 polt1on oI "asnASton
give rent to such shouts Of triumph.
Greek, Lexington, and al tue Lesser disasters; 5.
Gen. Grant and his officers and men. Colum-
bus, Nashville and Memphis must now go
down like TOW Of bricks.
r. Nashville falls. Columbus falls with
II and Memphis is the next br5ck il the tun1-
biiun row. The thunders Of Porters mortar
tieet will soon be heard in the Gulf Of Mexico,
aud surely no sueh thunders were ever before
heard in American winters. The rccoil of one
Of these playtnings when loaded with tie
usunl charge, {eleycn pounds Of powder}, is
equal to eeTenty-fyc tons, and tile inspiring
five tons. There is probably no fort on this
continent whose roof can resist dozen such
shells.
Tie financial question continues to absorb
The attention of the most segacious men in
Conrress. I find in a copy Of the Quincy
contaiping the following objurgatious on the
Dronescd Federal tag:
s,1rba 4o~ ~, do,naa+fr ,;i1 ;nc7nae
I sunpose. eTery pound Of butter, every yard Of
homespun. crery barrel Of cider, &c: SC, that
is made IN the country; while the tax on elaaGh-
tered animals win include every pig brought to
market or Killed at home by the farmer L It @ a9es
rot also lnelnde exesy pnnet ana PaltIiage ka.ea ~
ne sce ayG gyStf + T. te 1;c tot ri the
neonte a4s eafied mon to nav In order to grat
Mr. Lncoln's ambition to play President of the
ing The Republican part. to R9,seF II the{ have
a h,r sn hsr tsad m
a., thernsevas and t11e;r nnstcr;tv a fnrilen pf
debt. taxation, adversely and poverty that viii be
not only gricrons 10 be borne, but We'll nigh abso-
lute1y uncl,durable.':
Happily for Mr. Brooks, as well IS for the
peopfe Of Illinois, who arc to be thus unen-
durably taxed, the remedy is in tleir own
lauds All they laye to do is to saddle the
bill on tile rebels, anhe4e it belongs. They
caused the expenditure; they run up the &C.
count. Is it not cnoug gh that patriots have
had 10 shed their blood to put down this in
fernal rebellione Must they also tax them
selves and their children to an unheard OF
amount. so t]at the rebels, whose lives as vel!
/ as their property are justly forfeited, may go
| unpunishcd? Think Of that, master Brooks !
| Wien the tax gatherer comes around to col
1ect his toll on the butter cider, pigs, pullcts
| and partridges SO feeling1y enumerated, the
! owners have only to reflect that they can dc.
| maud and co3nue| the CONQUERED traitors to pa1
it and Lift the burden IRON our shoulders tC
their own, where it properly belongs. II ths
editor Of the Quincy Herald deems the pro
| posed tax burdcnsome and uncomfortable, III
knows how to get rid OF it.
| Supposiue that the rebels destroy all tht
| uersonal property capable Of destruction
which, according to tic census Of 1850, wa!
worth 500, ,29l ,0Sl in tue eleven rebel States
| Rcscrying one-tl1ird of this sum. which i
surely large ovcrestimate for loyal citizens
we have sGE, ,2S0, 737 to be supplied to the ex
tfuruIshment Of our war debt. And tLis hap
pens TO be within a fraction Of the amour
rcuuircd at the end OF the fiscal wear. inasmuc]
as s120. 900 600 had been iucufred l,Y forme
out. Pit tltis real estate up at Dublic sal
| md invite The millions Of Enn6na ia hid
aS nfferine II them free Soyernmcnf = deifyhtfi,
climate and a soil eaDable Of producing IL
mest Talas6ls ztsptss Is, kaoTn p e e;as'54 cor
| in getting aionr with Inc pn61ic debt. Tie
~ s sf1,e neeroes % frea3om I'D f;r Sto5es and
few vears 7c;l1 seo fhc Pannhiic fnT7;shin@ =
# neyrr t1ourjshed heforc. Emf ASKS som
nna Din Las = 1a1;s,, ~ 11sr;no tavos 4rhsr
fn hccnn,c of +ho nnor Eahals9 Wnn1d N
denriye then, Of ererytbinr Let Il he aske
II, renlv What has hecome Of f1,e nnnr joya1
). iste 1,nde,r thc P;c,,nord soanosttgat;n, XIII ~
Whot I,os hncomc ~ AnJr,.W .1nhncon,s hon.
ma its fmnorsrished ;nm,tcs H;s 1c;i
inrned into fhc streets - her@ar. The hn
L
5nneeon.-the ] husband of fhc nther hnnfed
6 he Soo,,,,ta;Us l;kc = w7}d heast Ms lions
nnroe1a5 fa4o rnhe; 1a 1araope W." N t,a 19i ~
eJna Ia.'i;sts o ~ so-;nnaai5 ,f;esa1,r ~ I r.
+ sTa1i he done with reIcf nronerfv5 "-''
wi wheaton, ca on in NJ lis % Elements Of information
,,,,'s} nxet a. S nnneeona1see ~ VA hecs,,s
nearly ri tio m iontf 1itiss IN Enronc and amc,
10 ~ ~ 1,,,n, R,t II 10 1ea51ess ~ ~ ror,
u t1ot n,ast;a- ;rna ts;.,a ~ 1n,.st ~ ao,..
|, nan11a vii never cnnsenf to nv II" tax,s !,
Ii postd pe IL - t1l;s war whisc 81 ~ %1,olr,hIc and
seo saa s eSia+s We "m, anG ~ 90 r r." ha,nn INV
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u -rh;ah sna1,e ~ n,a3: tIaxs, nov + 1r;thoTt
snrt;nr ~ th;s @ rnmedv % nt t}c p ear;est nnss;l
~ 1on.,.s5+f - -'AA0 A~"' '@~ NA@0 oN@ e0S@''
nrasant es+s;on tio L ~ r1n1rdss "a the n,r,d
s. hS hpeforn thn Tn1aic of fhe aisnatc1,e%5 % to n
lg Sron" nur M;n;etnr ~ Paris rc1,ti
- +ha ronpt 1,rceen+at;o,, and +
to;,,,rn ~ f%;rfr ~, p-, pfo-4T ;t3ne-,,rt Amer7cs
G" r. oat ca,ia fnr tte nscas;nn M grtrn
1,at,1, IS thot ha1o1f ,aonasfe5 ~ snmner
l. Ee+sad.ae n r.,saI-t;ot, 4, AZ son.ta nai1;
a.. ~ oo-,os7,n.4dnnaa - ~ ~ +1,n1r1,, - -
M et,,;n@ HG ~ 19igttv conseouence Mr. SIN
nor d;d e anJ + Wgont 4hrnnah 1oi,odv =
Sc inn md nohndv not;cfne w],ot T. was, Sf4e
% co1na IN np5 Tas ~ ordnred @ ~ he nrinte;
9n 1r41tanacns1v ~ co,sea uara sert to III Tho N
# Vn1t ~ = o,,,,ao-s t1,a+ Ill 1nt ona
al two al fhose ionrna{s Ind the he GOOD m sense
w lnie !a. W. t1ns 1,9nt uu 'nI ostSt
Il Rua ~ IN ~ "aste otsheI IL 1,Rpens
cd me ZANE 81, gay On Mnc9 IL, ING e pnoilt pm
rs 4nisaeo tnls nnPotGnt ~ Ii'as p1Yusn1 1 ue
Eonuon 1u"es conLstlil.s Saaln5 taulGt
s;on onss LIE 5ne ~ TE ~ Ts,r1.1;n IT,
n slnee t9e aays o. senSIson, frtnki1a, ~ aa, "a,
~ ~ dispatches and MI: Summers o1at'ons- e1l
liz Mf1ter sno"1ng WIN consloela@ole @ GreAIi I.
re mat me speeeh oI me aster on tne ~ dFent
ir- !l 70 aooae 10 Gpt9gos w WY ssxaae W ~
It ment in q larceny trial would be to un act
mt Of trespass: It is hard to have our idols s.
be os ss ~ ssG 1,or ~, ~.
ee sess' pus ensre is ne!uGl c1e1os ~, ~ ~ -
W teus ~ Ratnns R!sa;: t u ps
~ III NJ e1s5Ia,, a. ;,s,1 nf 1nnsr onrronev mt
Ehe ane enuaen ua ~ Rapei h has bad ~. =,
ee' laughahlc Illustrations. A week or two 81
SUM " w sotulS1s " atesaa ~ asSi.1 ;11
Vnl passed to Iaelr sntlcr lew holes OF WIG
by pank OF Aoo4, "h1cn Here NJ never "oltn =
DR. anyNnels lh ~ MoIlu: 1nc suLler .taa.. ta.s
ioma ano PaSsea tncn .1 ~ glocet @ m1.uoTe ~
~ ~ ansu .no ot go echa iean mos ,,sa1 ~
T & h1nffin9'' 7,nrnoses NJ e,ecf;ons. n at M
In. these twenty years several hundred dolla]
%I Mhlcn nave no" passed INTO business cnanl
any ySe Ssl th.T " anos w 20 "s ,hv - tben s