The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-10

tional debt securities are TO be used as
long us we are in debt, TO give strength
instead of weakness to oil Of our opera
tons, nationally and ndi,idually. We
believe this people VIII hold the Govern
ncnt Indebtedness Instead OF indiYidu-
al bonds and mortgages representing
lcbt securities. Government securities
viii fll the place Of that kind OF iudobt-
rdncss, and absorb the entire amount os
fast as the people eau pay and
rhanro the nature of their sccuritics.-
The Loan Of 5000 100000 Of the D POS
" ere absorbed by the people In small
amounts. There Is scarcely man IN
hc whole country having money 10 loan,
who docs not hold Government secure
les Of this kind. T'lis course, them
" M not cause any depreciation Of value,
is We only change places in securities,
md this state of things Sill continue as
long as Goycrnm nj pays the interest
ipon her indcbtcdn' 81, which good econ
,my says, sho will do, by raising suili-
'irnt revenue from taxation, to meet the
ntcrcs, upon her public debt.
The greatest danger Of a financial cri.
SIS IL when people are largely in debt
Lut ucvcrothcrwisc. FIVE
pay ~ We go, in our business relations,
no amount of National Indebtedness will
cause crisis nor will any change
from war 10 peace disturb our relations
80 US to produce financial distress.
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TuE WmsRY BILI"--Tho Whisky bill
has now pusscd both Houses, and awaits
the Presidents signature, It imposes Il
tax Of 10 cents per gallon on all spirits
which may be distilled aud sold, und dis
tilted aud removed for consumption or
sale, previous to July lst next. Any tax
after this time is to be provided for 10y
future legislation, and will doubtless be-
inserted in the Supplemental Tax bill
now under consideration ly the Conn
mittc1 OF Ways aud Means. Tho Wills
Ky bill proposes an additional tax Of 40
cents per gallon on imported spirits on
hand. Tho sliding scale Of duties ou
both domestic and foreign spirits, und u
tax on the stock ON hand Of domestic
spirits, has no place N the bill
Cot. DAuLGEES NOT CArTuRgD.--ThC
report tha, Col Dahlgrcn has been cap
turcd while with Kilpatrick's expedition
is untrue. lie was detached, when som'
miles north of Redmond, ON spociu
service, with u considerable force of cav
airy, and has not yet been heard from
His mission was 10 destroy the nqucduct
on James River canal that StoncmaI
attempted before tho battle Of Chanccl
lors,illc aud hilcd To accomplish. Iii
friends say they have no fears for hi
safety.
Or A Norfolk lett or of tho 81 say
a Lieutenant aud fifteen mrn q
the 9th Pennsylvania cavalry, Will
on M expedition, were captured by tn
rebels in Dismal Swamp. Tho mNnocu
vcrs of tho rebels mean something
though they may be intended as rcints.-
It Is rot likely they will ultcmpta dus
on Norfolk. Gen, Butler is fully prcpaI
ed aud ready for any movement whic
they moy design.
or ruE Paris Press nan article NJ
I an the American war, in which Il arrive
lat the conclusion aut the South il ncal
" ready to abandon the struggle, thu
speaks Of General Grant, Grant
the American Mdsscnn, the beloved ohil
of victory, who lus never met with r,
verse, hut who is as vigilant and indef'
tignblc as il he had no one to fear. Alon
he is vblc to resist the three armies {
the Confederation"
Il OLA private letter from Vicksbur.
; dated the 27,h, contains the following
"rhc l7lh Army Corrs are back .
Jackson Miss, where, am told, the
will probably remain for the pr, scut,-
General Sherman, with his adyanC
, guard, will soon be there. They haN
, utterly destroyed the entire Sou,he'
= Railroad, Not nail or sleeper rcmuiI
h in place.
c ONyllrNRy SHAW, u re.onlistcd Co
e ncctiru, soldier on rurlough, shot his vi
e in tit Of jealousy, at Tlrinyillc, Cont
$ few nights since, aud then blew o
5 his own brains, The deed was wltncs
cd by his little daughter, who says h
o mother knel, down aud received the sh
d as if there was an understanding bctwe,
g herself and husband that they shou
II both die.
o. GrvN charges have been made
s. Generals Doubleday aud Sieklcs bcfC
S the Committee ON the Conduct OF I
!. War, against Gen, Meade OF Get,ysbu
q Thcy assert tha, he gave orders to retr,
seventeen mixes, and but for tho rctu
\ of SieklCs TO obey aud the consequ,
w bringing ON Of a battle, our army wol
!" have fallen back TO Baltimore.
,c TE New BoNps.--lt moy posi,iy,
%. be stated that the new long bonds \
bo draw five per cent. interest, The !
n. issues will be tcn-lo'ties, under
n, years laws. but subsequent issues '
nm probably be five iortics, urdcr the
"A. sigucd.
la. OF KlLrArEtcN's expedition agai
'ss Richmond is practically a failure,
encountered heavy opposition fom