, 1864-07-01

a Washington dispatch OF wednesday says
Secretary Chase fnsieted on another hundred
millions Of internal revenue aud Was prepar.
ing a bill to submit to tue Wave and Means
Committee. The politicians, fearful of the
unpopularity Of the act in repeating the COM
mutation e1nusc, declared TINT this Congress
caunot afford to do any more unpopular
thfngs@ 1t is doubtful whether they could
pcrceptibly add to their unpopularity, on the
same principle that itwould be hard to mako
Chicago river water amy worse. Any change
would be improvement, ind this Congress
can afford to make one closing attempt to
show the country that 1t has only the good
Of the nstion at heart, and Is not mainly CIV
en- over to partisan CAB and personal grab.
W7bat ia wanted is to sure the country, and
not merely to save few districts for few
itching congressman.
Market advices yesterday were more en-.
courugine, taking MI thinge into considera-
ton. Gold, Indeed, was doing high bal
looming at the middle -;turn. Of
ESQ, ION some copperhead bet, doubt
less.) Transactions, however, were very
light, and probably not broker who gaye
. the quotation would buy at that figure. The
r,New York Es7r<ss, Booty Brooks organ,
Azbt ordinarily prone to e5aggcsations on the
of loyalty, gives, Us will be seen else
e, hiel1y encouraging resume OF mar-
fairs, and The promise that the present
f'slts III prices current, beginning with
gold, nrc only temporary, Other New York
advices say thst the influence Of the new loan
bill, and the promised action Of Congress to
secure adequate taSutton, waa beginning al-
reuty to be felt on government issnes, and
that Legal tender notes nre already advanc~
ing, and instsad of being regarded b. banks
as worthless, are paid out reAactantls. How
Star this prospective turn Of atiairs will be
uarrcd bJ tue crisis In the Treasury Depart
tnent rc1nains to be seen. Let the President
ard Congress stand firm and second MI.
Cfrsc's measures. and Ill will be we'll.
| Else"lcse We publish d circular from Pro
Teet MaEshnl General Fry, Just issued in re
spo159 to letter from several patriotic aud
u1erM gentlemen in New York, not liable to
military duty On the dratt1 who wished to
procure substitutes to represent them in the
field. AL honor to these men, aad let their
example be followed everywhere 1t Is one
Of tho best Illustrations Of the determine
tion Of the North when men who are not
1iablc to be called upon thus voluntarily
come forward and ask to- send recruit to
strike Tor them.
Bow many Of our solid and. d.wea1thy ex-
cmpts in Chicago are ready to 80 and do
HkcHise? How many men who can never
be called upon to 60 to the field are willing
to he represented In the Union nr1ny. and to
place thcir names upon the rolls of their
countz3's history as practical supporters Of
the Union in its hours Of darkness. There
ere hundreds, II not thousands, Of men IN
this city who are able to offer literally for q
representative recruit, and there are thou-
sands Of young, ahle-bodied men who are
willing and waiting TO step into their places
Let tue move be inaugurated at once. Who Is
tic first man to come forward with bis re-
<suii? Time is precious Oar armies arc
being wasted By battle and disease Men are
aerded before Atlanta and Richmond. Con-
<rcss has wisely provided for the revenue.
Row Let the exempts take hold aud help fur
aish the men, aud do It at once. Our col
u1ns are open tomorrow morning for the
fr4t gun from the excmpts.
give elsewhere the text Of the letters
{nterchanged between tue Committee of the
National Union Convention ut Baltimore.
and Mr. Lincoln, convey Ing their announce
mcpt Of Ills re-nomtustion, and bis accent
xpce Of the same.
A bunch Of onions costs not 30 much az a
bunch Of India crackers. With every rocket
that goes up iato the air is burned ont the
Price Of a dosen a'ckled csbnages. picked
cucumbcr OF two mny be bought with the
equivalent Of h. pis-wheel or CHASER. A
broad table, Of vegetabscs mar be spread m
cheaply as the'pyrotechntc piece touched of
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