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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-05

eJ- A correspondent Of the Indianapolis
Sentinel. who was At the battle OF re"
Ridge, says:
If our loss was great the eneiny's was
tremendous. The bs,rie field was literally
covered with his dead and dying NO &C.
eurate computation can yet De made: to say
that they had fallen By hundreds would not
give You any idea his of loss
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-05

DIED.-oa First-day. the 3oth uls. OF
Dropsy, SUSANNAH WRIGHT. aged
about ~ years.
rSY- She was the daughter of Andrew
Hoover, one Of the first settlers of this ooun-
ty. and the wife of Elijah Wright. dec. She
has resided about two miles northeast OF
this city for near SO years. \ consistent
member OF the Society of Friends. SIZE Was
Indeed a mother in Israel. and crown OF
righteousness is hersi
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-05
COAL OIL.

HAlE selling Non-Ex piosive Coal Oil ~ the
~ BEST brands at So cents gallon and The BEST
PITTSBURGH Carbon OIL mot sstel 80 cents per
gallon. We invite attention to the tes apply to our
Coal Oil PLU MINER * KELLY.
Aprtl5
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-05

Editors Pailadtum:-Please publish the
following extracts from letter written to
the Ladies Relief Circle by Capt. George
Hooyer
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
GEN pIENKER.

Charges against Gen. Blcnker are now current IN
many Of the German journals Of the country, which,
in Justice 10 himself he ought 20 rcfute If possible
There charges are that being .ub-eu,cnant IA The
Greek army. be was di.honorably oasfered that lie
then returned to Germany and leeame = dealer III
wine at Worms, bat that being unfortunate in that
business lie became guilty Of fraudulent bankruptcy
and was tried in ls Absence aud condemned. IN Jane
1890 10 Sc years imprisonmen, for that crmei and
that previous 20 ths condemnation, being engsg d
n the revolution in Soutten Germany, under Gen.
Sige the latter found Il necessary 10 issue the fol-
lowing general Order reslccting him;
"errutfScrN fRadeul. July Q, i'4l.
nCo gknber ofthr lasiiilfe 10 whom tie command IN
m the Pls'rui. wa' trusted he acted most unaeesan-
or hi. own zee vii lr has di'oheyei my poiiive
d.,s g. take 90 once position near Lprrnch.
Nr tls 49, 81 cfo-f', O. Proc fe me
committing the nio. rcsorg e4tos,ion .Dt ppndefaE
"G Do. ias gone af 10 tlAe iorcipe pofcs on OF
ts.n .nnnr wagons on ih~ "ay Litlrr q 70 ~ "a
~ bio shren wagons with arms 'mmuniiion and
,b'-.f-e di.ris. Coz B-nter rom =. II. con.m.rd..
declare him .fdy IIniefer and traitor s.'u't cur
-''' "slCLL."
Various acts Of discrcd.tahle character aie also
charge! TO have Ieen committed by Gen. Bleukc.
si.ce his arrival IN tl.s county, both before and
snce bic entrance into tie army. Among these, il
~ alleged tl.I the stat and field officers Of The d.
s.. on n.der bis COMMAND have made great deal Of
money ont OF their positions. Whether these charges
are true not do not know. We sliude 10 them
with no desire iniure ten. Blenker but simply 70
express our astonishnent that he leaves them IN
answered. II il already several months since thoy
were brought before the public aud il seems 10 rs
quite time that they were satisfactorily reluted
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21

mo-, ,,,,;r,icg nroof, Of Loyalty everywhere across
H. s4.ae and IA the portions 81 Missi5s fpi az"
Alabama we visited Most affecting hohn'II'
rreeted M slrnos, bo1rly. Men, women, ana cnll'
dren several times gathered IN cT9Wus u LUZ f'
.forted their welcome, aud hailed ihef naton. nas
Win an enthusiasm there wa no misaklhgi II wa
Genuine and heart el,. Those people brhVeo e|tI!
ttiug 10 40 10 the rIver-bauk where fiSut oi "'l
AaO mipbt once more be enjoy Cd, and they nave eA
perienced, az they related every po'Pioie io,n
nerseculion. Tears flowed freely down the c''S eAo
oil men az well rs of women, and there were lnOse
yybo had fought under the Stars ana strifes a'
MouI,sie who IN this manner testified TO ther Joy.
This DISPLAY Of feeling and rense OF gladue's ~ our
success and The hopes il created IN me Dfed51s u ~
many people in the heart Of the Cohedtrtcy uo'o
ished us not little, and assure you, or "VniO
not have failed to witness il for any consioeIaioh
trust il has given US ali Getef SeIso Va VIC q,
character of our present duties. ! was assured a
Savannah that OF the several hundred troops '9sie
more han one-half. bad we gone 10 Tue a,'d,h ~
time would have hailed nc deiIvefcTs anu siauty
enlisted with the National force.
In Tennessee, the people generally, IN ,heir en-
lhusiasm, braved Seces'lop'sts ana ,pohe sIe,,
views freely but i'll Mississippi and Alabama, what
was said was guarded. pe ddred 'tpFeSs our
,clr4s ff,'y, gou uouid hear sRch a skopt greeting
,.4,r co,q1Sg as non nerer ke0rd." 1--WE know
there are many Unopiss among us, but reign OF
terror makes us AFRAID o. our SHADOWS. we were
told, too: "DilUS us email, Organize" iV4'cb. W."
arms and ammunition tor us, and we cth maintain
our position, snd put down rebellion In our
midst"
Tbere we're. Il IL true, whole communities, who, on
our apuroach, fed to the woodo, but these were
where there was ess of the loyal element, snd where
the neen, steamers ia advance had spread tales OF
our coming with frr-brands burning, destroying,
ravi-bing, and plunderng.
The crews of these vessels have had very
l.borions lime, but have eynced sliit IN TIE work
bighIy creditable to them. Lieuterante Commanding
Gwin aud Stink bay- been uulirlng, and owe to
them ami to their officers many obligations Tor our
entire success.
Lam, respectfully. your obedier, servant ~,
= l. PHELPS,
Lieutansnt Commanding. u :. ~.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
But wo have no fear of this result.
THE SAME CURRENCY FOR BANKERS AND
SOLDIERS
THE nos. T.. G. srhuLDING'S SPEECH ON THE
LEGAL-TfNDER TREASURY NOTE BILL,
n De ho..s Of Rtprnentetlre,. FEB. ID. 1876.

LEGAL-TfNDER TREASURY NOTE BILL,
IN he Ho.~ Of Rtpraen,ot.res Feb. 10. 1862
The amendments made by the Senate to the Legal
Tender Treasury Note Bill that was passed last week
being under consideration in the House. Mr.. Spauld-
ing rep, n. ~ opened tie debate in opposition to
the amendments with the following remarks;
The Treasury Note bill, a. reported from the
Committee of Ways and Means as heees-
cary war measure, was simple ana PeisF'II
Gus in rs terms and easily undeh'c0u. ~
was plain that everybody could nn una a6a
TINT 1t authorized the issue OF *lov'Vvv'VVo oi
legal.ender Demand Treasury Notes 10 circulate asa
national currency in all parts OF me onied states,
aud that they hight at any tine be iunoed IN per
cent 20-years' bonds. Nearly every amendment TO
it fince ihat time has rendered IL more complex aud
difficult OF execution. 1 regret 10 say that some OF
the amendments ia the Senate render the bill incon-
eruons and tend 20 defeat It's great object namely,
Ia prevent forcing the Government TO sell its bonds
ON the market TO the highest bidder. IL might bs
very pleasant for the holders OF tho 13I Treasury
Notes and per cent Bonds TO re,eive their interest
in coin sem, annually but very disastrous to tine
Goverpment TO sell its bonds mt runous of dis
count every siA months to pay them gold aud silver,
while they pay only Treasury Notes 10 tho soldier,
sailor ana all other creditors Of the Government i
am Opposed TO all these amendments of tho Senate
which make uni usI Determinations between the
creditors of the Government. soldier or sailor
that performs tervice in the army or navy is v
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
~ Thy cAnnvnEIRT.

Eye9-AIbert Richardson, Joseph LyeocS s''e1t Aa'A
han aud ~. Dul srSuen-4 e., 49, IN,
Uoyp(eI -Wm. Hinton Of Cncnnht pi.ot sirce oe@I'
-. rook. Second Ash an Eugreeri Deen CeEtJ. Jas
i,,'t lines Brovn Pari.l Leughin Edward Green oven
49, i.,r, smith patr, Suiif en. icIh owen, Wa .
Roo,.s Thomas Burns James McFedden, John Dhnonl'
a rtas Do,cb Richard Mahouey Rotard OBren WIN John
r psc. O, B,rn VIM Thipln an GeI smin Etscf. Henry
:. i.-on Isnie y charles John Do1rhty Jotn Nurphy,
AID Iohn McConuel stsmon John Dohety Second ha'si
and John Mcbride, shp's co'k-1A
oN THE PITTSBURGH.
Hoys9el-Cbsres Nerwn end GEORGE Smith, sesmen-2
on THE LOUISVILLE.
EHicd-Iames Curtis. T. w A'la, Charles BiiiPs and
Wogrd d~Michsel Kelly, VIM. Higgins, Z. s. Collins, and
Charles Ai.h.---i.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
FEELING IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Coresgcndencs Of The y. i. Tribune

| Correspondence CT The y. i. Tribune
CAnr C.LyoHSiA vs., Feb n, l6tg
The recent victories IN the West, South. West and
on the seaboard have served to intensity the general
desire that, for the past three or four months. bias
se1ed upon great portion Of the Grand Army OF the
Potomac for something 20 do-for al onward move
mentor u ightl Let the rain and snow cease; let
the r,ada settle nnd The mud.holes dry lp; add then
let the Commandcr-in-Cle f ride to the head OF the
army, and, pointing with bis emphatic forednger
south proclaim % the epiops ready at his command
the simple onward" II Is what wes5'ders want
1t If what we aski Almighty host, passing days and
weeks aud months in inactivity aud lct1argc sleep
would .ise electrified from regions lereabOnt, and
rush forth 10 battle and to victory.
To illustrate to your readers the truth Of what THR
TRIBUNE has all along couteuaed for to wit, thst
reftlessness and disaHeetion have taken hold OF the
great portion OF the Army Of the Potomac at the long
stsie OF inactivity in which they have been kept,
will quote an instance or two coming Immediately
under my notice. Six weeks or two months ago
when our Western army began 20 move, and when
our Southern expeditions fry on the tapis lal
Of them now being crowned with the greatest sue
cessD, Col. Pinckney, knowing the spirit which ami
mated bis men, earnestly requested that the Goth be
among the number Of those regiments told of ior
active service. His request was not complied with;
and it is still left among that vastly greater number
of regiments patiently waiting-s spell Of good
weather.
Again, n day or two ago tho various rcgments of
the Potomac were set all agog by an order read on
dress-paradc TO the effect that the Gonersl-nCh
deaired to have al many OF the men in the different
divisions OF the great army here as were sailors,
raftsmen, or acquainted with tho water in almost
any respect to volunteer forseryice the Mississippi
gunboats. Ia many instances whole companies
stepped out TO the call. Several companies of the
Goth stepped forth to q Col Pinekney loosely
remarked at the time that no thought the whole
regiment ought TO go and have it done with" The
conditions as 10 salorship and rsi,sman craft being
more stringent than fsstsupposed but ten or dozen
out OF the command finally went. Il. E.F.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
Lieuionsnt Commanding. U. s. N.

Cow. PoRrrR.-We regret to hear that the irju'
ne. sustained by the above naval officer on board
the gunboat Essex in the battle OF Fort Henry, are
great Zeal more serious dian at first reported. lie
condition, by the lateet intelligence, Is such that be
is not expected to recover. Ia ADDITION TO The soaiIs
he received, il appears bic lurgs were dangerously
affected by the Dhaion Of hot steam at the time OF
tie explosion Of the boiler of the Lseex. Com. Por-
ter is now ola his way 10 this city pes boat.
Isl. Louis Republican, Feb. II.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21

INDUsrnr Oh the REBELs.-The Rebels Oh the
Upper Potomac making good use of the tine
given them TO prepare for the advance Of our army
ON the Potomac, when it takes place. They have
completed their strong fort on the Catoctn Mountain
1t covers one ana half acres of ground and plat.
forms are prepared for twenty guns, but only four
have yet been mounted. The walls are seven feet
high, surrounded by deep, wide moat. Its precise
location and approach are known to our engineers
But when march againstit, march against it we
must at rome time, it will be at an expenditure
of life far exceeding what would have been called
for had it been attacked hundred times during the
period Of it, construction.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
T,,o e the vorndsd having since ii,

Two Of the wounded having since died, changes
the above TO | killed and 10 wounded.
TIE names Of those wounded on boaru OF tne
Carondeet on Thursday the 18th, are -.
John Faherty Dennis Reay. Michael ahey Iohn Nolu'I
Tnomss Foley Arthur Blackburn, Maurice PLhHPH . 30
Xi neg and w. L. Reid.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21

DESPERATE CONFLICT
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21

FELL PARTICULARS CF THE ENGAGEMENT.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
THE BATTLE At FOAT D0AElS1N.

TIE GUNBOAT FIGHT.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24
monitor and ncrrlmac Items.

The Monitor cost less then $3.50 900. and was
contracted to be finished in ninety days.
Twenty thousand dollars in gold and treasury
notes were destroyed by the burning of the Con
gress- 4f.i-....
The report that Capt. Ericsson was ON the Mon
itor during her fight with the Merrimac, is entire
ly untrue
The World learns on undoubted authority that
the Ericsson battery Monitor was sent to sea
wholly uncalked. Not particle of oakum was
used upon her.
During the recent naval engagement near Fort
ress Monroe, the great Union gun was twice fred
at the Merrimsc, doing her no harm, as the balls
fell short.
A correspondent of the Erening Post says
that during the fight the men on board of the
Cumberland made three unsuccessful attempts
to board the Merrmac- He says it can not be
done.
The Albany Argus tells how the Merrimac may
be put to her trumps-" Present the new tax bill
to her. The boiling irony of the schedule would
prove too much for the boiler iron OF the steam
er."
The New York Times says that there need be
no danger apprehended of an attack by the Mer
rimac on Washington, as she draws % feet of
water. while the Potomac channel at Alexandria
affords only 20 feet.
The Washington Star thinks that before the
Merrimac can be repaired and fitted for another
test of strength, we shall have two more IRON
clad ships at Fortress Monroe, ready to assist the
Monitor in case of necessity.
One of our exchanges says. in an article on
the Monitor and Merrmac: The inside life in
these iron clad vessels is sort of Calcutta black
hole existence. at best The ventilation is close,
and the fire and smoke, with the bad confined
air, are intolerable. The Merrimac had to en-
dure this with four hundred men. The Monitors
men suffered even more, the vessel being so
much smaller. The eyes and noes of almost ev-
cry man at the guns literally shed blood"
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, MONDAY,
wendell Phillfps's Lecture i'm wash
Ington--His hits an Gen. ucCIcIian's
Strategy.

HsHINGToN, March 10.
Vice President Hamlin sat on the platform last
night at Phillips lecture. Powell and Wads-
worth, of Kentucky. Speaker Grow and many
other Congress men were present. There was
large and enthusiastic audience. The speaker
WAS hearty in praise of the emancipation message
which he declared was a voice from the holy OF
Holies saying: "Gentlenlen of the border States
now's your time to sel---Dow or never" 1t was
a very little wedge. but Lncoln's face was turned
towards Canaan. He'd emigrated from Ken
lucky There is no constitutional power to touch
slavery The Constitution, in peace, gave none
to suspend the habeas corpus, to make paper
money legal tender, to purchase South Missis-
sip, steal Texas, blockade Charleston with stone
vessels. but out of the rebellion the Government
had got the power to smite slavery.
Lincoln sits surrounded by thunderbolts, and
has but TO put forth his hand and hurl one at the
system. He can't stop or help the issue of this
fight There are encamped in the South a hun
dred thousand soldiers. You may say the Stars
and Stripes don't mean freedom, but the slaves
know they do. Every cannon fired by Halleck
or heard by Mcclellan Che never fred one) is an
antislayery lecture. This, and the alluson to
Quaker guns against Quaker General, were re
ceived with storm of applause, were received
with a storm of applause. l add one of numer-
Gus sentences worth quoting: 1.-The South
marched up to the Potomac with neither men,
munitions, nor money. only an idea. They were
held at bay by the North with plenty of men,
munitions. money and Major Generals, but not
an idea" The lecture was rambling, but full of
wonderfully strong and eloquent passages. Mr.
Phillips dimes with Speaker Grow, and lectures in
the evening on s'Toussant"
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24
The acoId spoon appropr,anon

Members of both Houses are surprised to find
in the Globe that they agreed on Thursday to re
port from committee of conference on the
amendments to the civil appropriation bill, en-
bracing the following:
"And add at the end of said House amendment
the following:
"To enable the Commissioner of Public Build
and reprr of gas fittings for the Presidents
House, So .6l3.
(Signed) JAMES ALFRED PEARcE,
j. X. DooLTrTLE,
DANIEL CLARK,
Managers on the part of the Senate.
THADDErs STEVENS,
f. p WALTON,
CHAs. X. TRAIN,
Managers on the part of the House.
This. commonly called "the gold spoon
amendment" after being rejected by the Finance
Committees of both Houses, was thus added by
committee Of conference to an amendment sub
mitted to them. 1t is additional to $50, 900 ap
propriated last session, and Sll ,O00voted against
opposition previously this session, Tor the furni
ture OF the White House.
1t was for the purpose of inquring into this
little item that Senator Hale sought to have a
final vote on the civil appropriation bill reconsid
cred this morning. But Mr.. Browning cut off
discussion by announcing that the President hav-
ing signed the bill, it was already law. and be-
yond the power of the Senate. Had Mr.. Hale
been able to press his motion, the money so heed
lessly voted might have been saved to the Treas
ury. at least the truth told with respect TO the
application of it, Washington Cor. Nep York
Tribune.
Furnishing "pate" and gold spoons to the
White House in such times these, will strike
the tax payers in worse "spot" than the gold
spoon legends of 'Spoony Ogle" in ls40-Pa-
friaf-
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24
What the Radical Republicans De-
sire.

In a late debate in Congress Mr.. FEssENDEN.
radical Republican from Maine, said:
As the gentleman from Kentucky has referred
to me, merely wish % say, so far as that ques
ton is concerned. that so long as / hold to the
views 70 which he has adverted, and ,ohich ad-
panced as the sentiment of the President, 1 much
more desire the determination of siaoery, If IL can
De consthutionaiiy e6ected-os 4 beiieoe Il can
han do TO see the Union restored wish to see
slavery at end when this war shall be at end,
if it can be consttutionally accomplished.
In the early part of the session Mr.. CONWAY,
the radical Republican member of Congress from
Kansas, said in a speech in the House:
For one, shall not vote another dollar or a
man for the war until it assumes different stand
ing. and tends directly to an anti-slavery result.
Millions for freedom but not one cent for slavery
Such speeches Eeed no comment
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24
The Doc.r,ne of Homosene,sy.

In his New York speech for negro emancipa-
tion, Carl Shurz assumes that il is necessary
slavery should be abrogated, since the interests
of the American people will then become com
mon, all the States will possess similar insttu-
tions, and the country become united.
TO insist that the samness of local institutions
is necessary to national concord and unity, is to
advocate a theory utterly hostile to the funda-
mental principles of our free government. To
practcalize this theory, would destroy that very
liberty which The Constitution protects Cur ia
theirs when they formed the Union, intended to
reserve to the States the unresrained right OF To-
cal legislation. 1t is this which constitutes our
freedom. This is our peculiar blessing as free
and independent people.
Under the American Constitution, all the
States of the world may live and be free. Under
that Constitution every State for itself may
make its own laws, form its own institutions, in
dependent Of all other States. This is practical
liberty. Such is the nature of our Government.
and for this reason alone is il really dear to the
people.
When Kossuth talked in this country eloquent
ly of liberty he never failed to explain that prac
tical liberty in Government meant the indepeDd
ence and sovereignty of the municipalities or of
the local Governments-the whole united in
common bond only for common and general pur
poses. ts.a.sals.e r..-r.ar.
we want no great central Government, with
an iron hand moulding all our local laws into
harmony. We would not submit that the States
of the South should dictate system of labor for
Wisconsin, nor ought we 10 ask that South Car
olina or Georgia should be forced to accept our
local institutions for themselves. The vilest des-
potism on earth would not attempt to enforce this
homogeneity of institutions in spite Of the dversi
ties of climate, habit, education and the popular
will. History does not record such an attempt on
the part of any nation ruling vast and dissimilar
territories In this country, the doctrine is alb
surd and dangerous, as it wars with the whole
theory of the overnment-Miltcaukee Nesos.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24
The emancipation scheme.

the Republican postmaster Of that city, says:
THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.-Our faith would be
stronger had NOT the Republican party so strange
IN turned upon itself The bitterest enemies Of
Mr.. LiDcoln's Administration are those srho de
mand of him that he shDH disregard The Consfifu
ton.
Mr. BRowsISe. the Republican Senator from
Illinois. the personal friend of the President. and
who, at his request, was appointed 70 ill the
place made vacant by the death Of the lamented
DoueLAs. recently made speech against the
emancipation bill. "Here," says the Pittsburgh
Post, "is another traitor to Abolitionism and
CHARLES SuxSER."
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24

The Republican paprrs tell US that the war was
caused by Democracy and slavery" that taxa
ton comes because of Democracy and slavery"
and that all our national troubles originated with
Democracy aud slavery"
Slavery has existed IN the United States ever
since the existence of the Government. 1t was
present in every State at the adoption of the Con-
stitution. Its proportionate political influence
was never less than during the last ten years. IT,
in fact. steadily continued to decline as to the
comparative extent of the territory it covered, and
as to the number directly interestsb in its perpe-
tuity, until the advent of the Abolition, Liberty
and Republican parties. Yet during the whole
of this time--,bout three quarters of century
we had no ci,il war. no heavy taxation, no dis
union and no attempt at dsunion because Of
slavery.
SO with Democracy. Democracy has been the
political power of the country for sixty years Its
reign has invariably brought peace, honor, pros
perty and light taxation-never war, never great
national trouble IL never countenanced Sec
tional interests nor sectional strife Had its
counsels prevailed we never should have had a
civil war.
In view Of such facts as these II is brazen i'm
padence for the parasites who have destroyed
the peace of the land TO raise their voices charg
ing that Democracy and slavery" are the true
causes Of our war and Observation-Disclosures
Nescs.