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Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-29

Thus passed. and amended by this Republican Con-
gress viii venture is the most ouirageously burden
some law grinding, pressing upon the agrcuturst,
that passed by any Congress We might into
extended particulars and produce comparative tables OF
figures show that fact but why the necessity, when
every man the effect FOR himself who may go
buy yard Of domestic, yard Of calico, yard of that
which tcds, but is not now-cheap faiiael Everything
a man eats, or drinks, wear, that he does not make
himself taxed by this BILL the price put up because
competition abroad shut out and foreigners
permitted TO send them into this country for sale
the salt put bread feels this law. II has opera
ted iniur0usly upon Western interests time when
prepared meet e.. To great degree, .rade
in produce had beer with the South, exchanging
grains and meats horses and mules for the products Of
their SOIL either directly indirectly, after Il
facturedcoton tobacco sugar and rice. The shut
out Of this trade. The tariff shut Of foreign
rade for II they sell here they cannot buy 10 the
same extent they otherwise would. Consequently,
produce remains unsod put out Of hands ruin
Every farmer has felt this in the last year.
shortly, the effect Of the law that 0t less Tor tch0f
haze 10 sell and pay more foF sch1 zee hare 10
buy than we did before it passed. If the difference
went into the pubc treasury would not much
but II does not for the law has greatly cut down the
amount Of imporatons into this country and Of course,
the amount Of tax received ON such importatious
"From the LIST of July, 1859, to last Of June,
1880, there imported Of dry goods
into the port OF New York. ...-sl06,S43,00 90
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-29
JEFF. DAvIss CAUSE BETTER THAN THAT OF WASH
INGTON.

Truly Jefferson Davis Is great man. His
quarrel IS a better one and farer one than that
of Washington He represents the cause of eight
millions in the Confederate States as Washington
did that of three millions Of the colonists and
we cannot doubt his success. The terms of his
address to the Confederate Congress- when il re
assembled OF the 18th ult at Richmond, are not
bombaSting and exuting, such as we might have
thought excusable after 50 many unlocked for
triumphs. but digniied and worthy of the occl
sion.
Energetic means are to be taken TO follow up
the advantage that has been gained. The regi-
ments in the field to be filled up to their quo
Ia. Officers are to be removed from their COM
mands when found unequal to them for want of
military education or other reason. 1t is thought
that no fresh subscriptions will be necessary, but
it is proposed in case of great emergency, TO ex
tend the age of liability to men between 80 and
As This resolve to rest satisfied with the pre-
sent number OF army that is sufficient for its
work, is in striking contrast with the eager des-
peratOn of the North. aid It's hurried impress
ment of 600 900 unwilling victims more.
THE ORGAN OF THE BRITISH BANKERS AND STOCK
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-29
DUTY OF EVERY PATRIOT.

Yes, patriot; who loves his country-no section
another-nOt his party--but his whole country,
and all good citizens in every part of it. To such we
have word.
As already shown, the country had acquired unexam-
pied prosperity under the creed Jefferson administered
by members of the party he fouEded-tne DEMOCRATIC
party To that all eyes turned and it deter
mined 10
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-29
European News.
We copy the following comments upon the
American difficulties from the English press:
From the London Herald, Sept. 5.

We copy the following comments upon the
American difficulties from the English press:
From the LONDON Herald, Sept. 5.
THE FEDERALs WANT a MAN.
Is there a man in the whole country who can
fight battle, plan campaign, or who owns a
commanding talent of any kind description
The only answer is in very expressive silence.
Lincoln and Seward, Cameron and Stanton, Ben
nett and Phillips, these are your statesmen, your
public men, your leaders OF opinion. Mcclellan
and Pope, heroes of hundred retreats, Halleck,
who came back from Tennessee because he could
not find Beauregard, who there all the time
Hunter, terrible over negroes, and Butler, ire
mendous against women, these and such like are
the Generals of the North. 1t is very umfortu-
nate for them-it is positively disgraceful for us,
when we reflect that these people are of our own
bloOd-this extraordinary dearth of men of
mark among the Northern Americans. They
will do well to give up the quarrel for the present
to wait until Providence shall send them great
man-one endued with the elementary qualities
that are essential for success. The fact must
somehow be explained that the Generals and
statesmen of the South are so pre- eminent in
soidierly and stateSmanlike qualities. Lee and
Beauregard, jackson and Johnston, are men
whose very names are Il terror TO the Northern
ers whose ability is acknowledged by the more
diSpasslonate judgment of men in distant lands.
A few days since quarter OF a million OF per
sons turned out IN the streets OF New York to
welcome with rapturOus acclaim an insignificant
lriShman, who is only known to fame ~ having
been taken prisoner at Bull Run because he
could not run away fast enough. This very ab
surd person is pulled up by his reception that
he makes speech TO the mob, promising that as
soon as the present little business is settled his
high mightineSs will turn his attention to the
"deliyerance of Ireland" OF course, in such a
case, we should hardly think it necessary to turn
out file OF policemen for the reception of him
and his army. and the functionaries of the law.
when mustered. would have to confine their in
vestigauons to the neighborng cabbage gardens.
This is beside the mark We only wish to OBJ
serve what deirth of leading men. what a per
feet ia mine OF heroes must there be in New Y orh
when $50 600 men can wave their hats, and shout
Themselves hOarse all day-for what?-for an in
dividual of the name of Corcoran.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-29

ECONOMY.
II Is TRUTH shameful fruth-that there i
not a single officer OF the Administration who
can, or ii he can who will, IN his official state
ments. even Approximate 10 an estimate Of the
amount Of our Indebtedness.
The truth IS, there Is q who know anything
about H. We come within hundred million Of II,
probably, and nearer GriDses' 1boihi0n Speech,
C0u0ressto1loS Giobe y. z474, Afg 81 90.
Again:
predict that our niebtedness will amount at the en-
Of the year % 81 .5O0.0 100000
When the leaders have desired large appropFia-
tons by Congress. they have repeatedly stated,
upon the floor. that our expenses were as much
as three millions Of dollars per day lCongres-
sionaI Globe. Jan. 18th, 1892; April Sth, 1862;
Feb. 9Th, 1862; Feb Goth. 1862 This would
make the aggregate OF over one thousand mil
lions per annum.
It Is now fifteen months since these immense
expenditures began, and would therefore give at
that rate about fourteen hundred millions Of DOL
lars. If the to end today this would
not be all, for there would rest upon US an obi
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

Cooper's novel of the /" Prairie" will recol-
lect how accurately this designation is given
to the rowing Sioux ofthe plalns), but |
omit their designations. They number IA,
720, or about aO00 warriors. 4, ~
About 500 miles west of Saint Paul-120
miles west Of Fort Pierre on the Missouri
river-one degree south Of the latitude OF
Saint Paul and Fort Pierre, j. Q, in latitude
A deg-isa mountainous district, as large
as the State of Connecticut, which is now
familiar to American geographers as the
Black Hills" They are SO called. because
their sides, uplifted 5000 to 5000 feet above
the surrounding plains, are covered with
the dark foliage Of pine forests In the gull
ches and ravines Of this district, gold and
other valua BILE minerals have been discover.
ed-ertile valleys are frequent springs and
rivllets abound, while game is abundant
1t is an Indian pa adise, and within its fast.
nesses the Teton rests in winter, and
thence sallies In summer for the chase OF
the Buffalo, deer and antelope. This local.
ity already attracted much attention as the
most eastern outlier of the great auriterous
chain of the Rocky Mountains-a half way
house from the settlements of Southern Min
nesota and Northern Iowa TO the gold fields
of Salmon river on the same latitude in
Washington Territory,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20
Voted ID Upside Down.

We have heard good story, told of son
of Erin's Isle, which is worth repeating:
Some two years ago there was quite a
struggle between two certain prominent
Democrats Of Weaverville, as to which
should go delegate to the State Convention.
The evening prior to holding the County
Convention, Judge M--and Squire j
each had ballots printed with the names Of
their friends upon them. The Judges dele
gates were beaten. and before retiring con.
soled himself by loading his hat with bricks
Next morning, in good season, acting upon
the principle that chair of the dog is good
for the bite" he went in pursuit ofa "hair."
Just as lie was calling for the decoction, Bill.
ly McBlarney stepped into the saloon and
saluted the Judge, when the following dis
logue ensued:a fa raE ... w
"The top o'mornin' to ye, Judge. And
the murtherin thaves bate us last night in.
tirely-the curse of the world light on 'cm." /"
GOOD morning, Billy. Yes, the Squire
was rather heavy. But say, Billy. un-
derstand you voted against me. How is
that ?" rE~Hr -,- r~ f,----.4-ET
"Bill McBlarney voted against yo! The
lynn spalpeensl BY me sowl, Judge, I'd
rather have me whisky stopped for ayear
than to do that same thing"
"What ticket did you vote, Billy ?''
"And sure, voted the ticket wild yer
honor's name on the top av it."
"But, Billy, my name was the last on the
lst-at the bottom'' tt 81 s,#an
This was rather puzzler to Billy he
scratched hts head for an instant, then sud-
denly exclaimed:
"Bad luck, and what a fool am? I
roted the ticket upside dopnp'
The Judge Immediately ordered an eve
opener for Billy he fairly beat him on the
examination. Trinity (Cal.) Journal.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

The Louisville Journal talks bravefy and
truly OF the threatening aspect affairs have
recently assumed. These are a few of its
inspiring words: gs
The rebellion will b. put down. The re-.
suit is in the nature Of things. 1t is fixed
iaot, IL is a moral social, political and phys.
zeal necessity. They who fight against it
light against destiny. Nothing can be surer.
The army Of the nation in Virginia m.y be
vanqnishcd, Washington may fall, Kentucky
may DE overrun and subjugated. the North
may De invaded, and the Independence Of
the rebel power may be recognized by the
jealous governments Of the Old World ALI
OF these events are possible, though we re-
joice in the belief that most Of them arc
barely possible, and that not one of them is
probable, yet, if all Of them should really
happen, together with events even mora
calamitous and improbable than these, the
nation would still live, and the rebellion
woyld still be put down. Such might is
there in the breasts of twenty millions Of
freemon. fired by tho sacred necessity of lib,
srty and Independence.
Twenty millions Of freemen battling for
the preservation of their national existence
are invincible. No measure of desperation
or of for tune to the leaders Of the enemy.
no de gree of imbecility or Of mischanee in
their own leaders, can overwhelm such a
people. Reverses, sad reverses, may befall
them, but their inexhaustible and glorious
devotion, sustained by every principle that
can awaken heroism in the heart of man.
VIII sweep away the saddest reverses, as the
sunbeams scatter the mists and shadows Of
the morning. They must succeed. They
eannot fail. The permanent sqoce IS of the
the rebellion is impossible. The ultimate
triumph Of the nation is inevitable.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20
That's the Cheese

"Thats the cheese |" Almost everybody
has heard this London cockey expression,
which simply implies" That is the very
thing, the ne plus ultra Of what we want"
The original Of the saying is said to be as
follows, and as in these war times our forces
may sometimes get out Of ammunition, 1t
may be well to apprise commanding officers
how they may obtain potent substitutes
from the commissary's stores. The incl
dent narrated occurred In an engagement
with Admiral Browne, of the Buenos Ayres
service
"What shall zoe do, SIR" asked the first
Lieutenant; we've not simple shot about
--round, grape, canister, double-headod---
all are gone"
"Powder gone p asked Coe.
"No, sir; got lots of that left"
1--WE had d--d hard cheese, a round
Dutchone, for dessert at dinner to-day /,
do you remember it?" asked Coe.
~ ought to !; I broke the carving knife in
trying to cut it, sir"
"Are there any more aboard 2"
"About six dozen; we took'em from q
drogher." s
"Win they go into the eighteen pound.
ers!"
"By thunder, commodore but that's the
idea. I'll try 'em," cried the first luff.
And in . few minutes after, the fire Of
old Santa Maris, (Coe's shipD which had
ceased entirely" was re-opened. and Ad.
miral Brown found more shot flying over
his head Directly one Of them struck his
mainmast; and as it did so shattered and
few in every direction.
"What the hi is that they are firing W
asked BIowne. But nobody could tell.
Directly another one came through port
and killed two men who stood near him
then striking the opposite bulwarit, burst in.
to finders.
by Jover' this Is too, much--this i.
some new tangled Paixham or other dom,
like 'em at al! (" cried Browne and then, as
four or five more Of them came slap through
his sails, he gave the order to fill away y
and actually backed out Of the fight. receiv
ing parting hroadside of iron-hard Dutct
cheese as she retired.
That icas the cheese, and no mistake! 7"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

A minister in Beverly, Mass, who hap
pened to have few sleepy hearers of the mas
culine gender, in reproving their somnolen-
cy, stated that, throughout the twenty seven
years Of his ministry, he never yet had seer
a woman asleep in meeting.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20
From the New York Evening Post.1
THREE HUkDRSB THOUSAND MORN.

weare coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thous
From Mi.sssipp,'. ~,ndlas stream and from New Eng
We leave our pisnshs and ~orAsAops, our wives and
With hearts too full for u..er.nee, with but .ilen.
We dare not hook betind u.s. but steadfasty before
We coming, Father Abraham-three hundred
thousand more
Nyou look across the hllitops that meet the north
Long moving lines Of rising dust your vision may de.
And the wind. an Instant tears the cloudy veil
And ao.s: .,o,t our sp.nsled Gag in glory and in
Ands.yene,. m shss-Dl,shs CLEAN. and band. brave
We are coming, Father Abraham three hundr ed
thousand more!
ryou look all up our valleys where the growing har
Yoa may sturdy farmer boys fast forming into
line:
And learning hoy to reap and SOW, against their
country's needs;
And farewell group stands weeping .. every cottage
We are coming, Father Abrsham-- three hundred
thousand more!
You have called us, and we're coming, Richmonds
To-Day y: down for freedoms sake brothers bones
Or from foul treason's savage grasp 70 wrench the
murderous blade,
And In the face foreign foes Its fragments to parade
Biz hundred thousand 10, al men and true have gone
We are coming, Father Abraham--three hundred
thousand mere!
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

Illinois and Iowa troops are concentrating
at Rolla, Mo-, under Gen. Herren, in antici-
patton Of an attempted invasioa OF Missouri
from Arkansas.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

Never was chief magistrate more IN.
noyed and perplexed than is Mr.. Lincoln,
and never has there been one more misrap.
resented for his goodness Of heart prompts
him to assume the responsibilities Of others
to indirectly sanction by his silence opinions
ascribed to him without any foundation in
truth. A few evenings since, he remarked
to visitor that a lot of tarrapin had been
sent to him as present from Norfolk. I" but
said he, 4they looked so uncomfortable that
| had them taken down to the river, and
turned loose"
"You don't relish good eating, then, Mr.,
President .''
Yes do" replied honest Abe, "wher
I have time to enjoy it and nothing t
bother me but nowadays just have \
1rosse round wAers + can get cAanco."-
Journal of Commerce,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

TAKE CARs.-Young ladies should be
careful in buying music. A Virginia dam
sci entered store in Norfolk to buy the
piece ofmusic entitled, "When l sleep
dream of thee" but by ons Of those ludicrons
mistakes which wih sometimes happen to
the best of folks, she astonished the clerk oy
inauiring IL he had the music entitled.
s. When dream sleep with thee" The
mistake brought modest blush 10 the cheek
of the fair inquirer ditto 70 the young ssn'
tleWaq.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

MRs. PARTINGToN ON GoUT.-" Al
TO being inflicted with gout, said Mrs
Partington, looking very wisely as she
stirred her tea, "high living dosen't
always bring it on, depend upon it.
though It generally does sometimes. -
"It is incoherent in some families, and
is handed down from father to son.
Mr.. Hammer, poor soul, who has beer
so long with it, inherits 1t from hii
wife's grandfather.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

A very laushablc mistake is showa in the
following mixing Of two articles-one con,
corning q preacher, the other about the freaks
Of q mad dog-which occurred in a hurried
makeup" in printing office:
Rev. James Thompson, rector Of st. An
drew's church, preached to large concoarse
Of people on Sunday last. This was his last
sermon. In few weeks he will bid fare.
well to his congregation, as his physician
advises him to GROSS the Atlantic. He ex,
horted his brethren and sisters, and after
the conclusion of short prayer, he took
whim to cut up some frantic freaks. He
ran up Timothy street to the college. At this
stage of the proceedings couple of boys
seized him and tied tin kettle to his tail,
and he again started. A great crowd col.
lected, and for time there was grand
scene of running and confusion. After q
long race he was finally shot by policeman.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-20

Daniel s. Dickinson, Democrat Of the
old school, who supported Breckinridge in
1860, defines the difference between the true
men and the false in this dark hour, in
letter under date of the 1st of August, thus.
"My views are, to-day, what they were
when this hell.born rebellion assaulted the
glorious flag of our country's pride and hope
at Sumter-that i. must be put down by the
strong arm Of Government, sustained by the
material power and cheered by the moral
energy of a great, free people put down up
on the theatre it selected for the inaugura-
ton Of its diabolical treason-the field of
blood; and put down, too, by severing the
head of the loathsome serpent from its body.
1t is not a mere rebellion or outbreak. II
is the result Of . dark and malign conspiracy.
conceived and prosecuted by worse COM
bination Of evil spirits than assembled at
Milton's internal conference II viii never
relax or yield until it has overthrowu the
Government or been crushed into the earth
beyond hope or prospect of resurrection
ana not only TO It's overthrow, but ITS amir
hilation, should we IS people, address ours
selves.
"There can be, there should be, but two
parties to this contest in the loyal States
the first embracing those who, regardless Of
all other considerations or consequences, will
prosecute the war and sustain the Admins.
tration, for the purpose Of Furnishing treason
and vindicating the supremacy Of the Con-
stitution and the other, those who sympa.
thize with rebellion, and either justify it BY
open advocacy or lend it aid, comfort and
encouragement. by mods and winks and
stolen glances ofapprobation, by ill-conceived
apologies for its course, and by assaults up.
on the Government for prosecuting war
against it."
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-29
[Erom the indianapolis Journal
Military Items.

The 18Th Indiana was at Yorktown, Va,
on the 23i, where it had but lately arrived
after being on the move for ten or twelve
days between Harrison's Landing and the
York river. 1t had previously been EN-
ployed for ten days doing picket duty near
Malvern Hill. Col. Foster will send home
in few days two commissioned officers and
ten non commissioned officers to recruit,
and an opportunity will soon be given TO
all who may wsh to enlist in the " Old
Guards"
Twelve hundred more of the Camp Nor
ton prisoners left yesterday afternoon for
Cairo and Vieksburg via the Terre Hsute
railroad. This last lot almost cleans out
Camp Norton of rebels. =.
Appointments have been made as fol-
lows;
99th-Jaues L. Cathcart, of Laporte,
| Quartermaster.
a. 10th Major Frederick Knefler, of Gen.
eral Wallace's staff, Colonel.
/ l0lst-Wm. H. Conner, of Noblesville,
! QuarteTmaster.
s2d-Morton G. Hunter, of Bloomington,
Colonel Henry Davis, OF Lawrence coun-
| ty, Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Pear.
son, Surgeon.
The War Department informs Governor
Morton that Indiana's quota of the 300 900
drafted men is 2l,250, and that the excess
upon the first cali for volunteers will be
credited and deducted from the number of
drafted men inquired.
The draft will be commenced. withop,
fail, tue 10Th OF orPremoer.
Six companies, all of which are about
full, are now in the camp of the 59th regi-
meut in camp 10. Reynolds, this city.
Capt. Goodwin's men, Of the Gath Iudi-
ana, captured and paroled by Morgan, have
gone to Camp Chase. The company was
recruited 10 Terre Haute. @
The announcement of the appointment of
Captain Hough as Colonel OF the 10th,
made by Us yesterday, VAS incorrect.
The right wing of the 10th left last
evening for Kentucky under command OF
Lieut.. Col. Oyler. The LETT wing will
probably 90 to-day.
The goth Battery went into camp to-day.
few more recruits will be accepted for
this battery.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-29
River News.

The decline in the river is gradual and
steady, narrowing the channel daily, and
exposing more prominently the bars.
The only arrivals on Wednesday were
toe Poland aud Hazel Dell from above, the
former for Memphis and the latter for Cairo.
The Judge Mcclure, with three barges
of salt grounded at Flint Island, and the
Atalauta went up and lighted her of. They
arrived here yesterday morning and left for
ports below
The Cott.ge, from ST. Louis for Cincin-
cinuati, passed up yesterday morning.
The Duke, neat, little, rev stern W heel
boat, arrived here yesterday en-route for
Memphis
We regret to learn that the Courier, on
her last trip down, struck a rock while
landing and knocked a aole IN her bow
She was repaired and started on, but the
last we heard of her she had been grounded
or had run on a bar. This is the report.
The D. B. Campbell and the Lue Eaves
came in from Green river yesterday, but
bring no latter news from oi.Foster COM
mand.
The Campbell proceeded to Henderson
last night.
The favorite ]. T. McCombs came down
from Louisville last evening and returned
in the night to Louisville--not going to
! Henderson.