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ADMIRAL fARItAt.IT.
4 speech Ut Norfolk

On tho occasion ~ ui. .tc Vi-t to Norfolk which
place b. wee In command of he Navy Yard when Fort
sumter was dr,l uiou Admiral fa1ugut rcciyed
a .1.cud.d ovation from u.e r.uf,a'. An address Il
welcome va. pre-tLtrd 10 hiaI by the tuion League
Committee, 10 which tie Admiral =, .pJnded-eyety
sentence bcng q trolisde. The follow portion
refers 10 II. experiences Ia the e,y days oi
Ia Virginia;
"Thls meeting recalls 20 me The mott momentous
event. Of m, NE utrn i'ieucd In this place l the
sual hcurs u moruilr, aai Ieiliuei rome vim irs
irelin. that Nirsiuia Wa spie hn trr1 hor place "A
mo Mon Our mon r.eui ers 20 NE Convent zion
Ne, ee' cod hy ~ oy"rei 3, mHi neon ana -'nt
rirh' judge thou NJ friends, Of our artoulsh-
q cnl in GudnF few days is'er hist the stn'e
had Teen voted ont ny miserable minority for
inc want oi rrnn Gnd resolution on tho-o
vh0m No tru-ftt 20 repfe.rn US there aud
thIt Nirrlnia hpM ecu cgEsoonol out Of the
| mon X hst VA. the ree.on Tor this uci The
/ pTr-ideuts call iOr r'NtasF.IFe thNu'hul meu
M or ai.t nHis ny & ,a ,e noa'y 9a n, ~ tne hsmt I
| hh,ded. Wait thea IcmafEal.s thal the Ho'ein-
mont Of II, ni.4 s'a,t' should eali ior toop' 70
tni.s 80; tor reyOi.u mat mys"li had the honor
20 he sent 70 Soul CSC ma 10 support his mandate
that tbe mon uu-t sud should bc pscsrIvei ltiroat
cuoersI WIS tod bi bother officer that tn. state
had secsded, and that mus euntr teslgn and turn
traitor 10 the Government which hhd ruppOrted ue
nom nv ch.lGhood OF must eave tins than
tod wa not Ouf VI ma"ihg uy decision. loud
countra,. and tnos tho horrors OF ciyil war aud /
told the people what hai seen, and What they would
experience, lhtF lAhtltu NJ ni'f hhu thlou ma
'gftnny' and croatsr,' lsusherl and said cannot
live here and viii rrek sOme other place where can
live aud ina two hours notice, aud as | suppose the
con,pirstor, ,aId, leit tor my oountrys good aud
| thank GOD did immense choering.l
tn Tsl'0ruph!
baltimore, AIri ll.-Niee Admiral David d, Far.
raguL Z s. ~ arrived here At slT o'clock thi. morn
Ing from Fortrcs. MonToc in 1he steamer Louir ana
Captain Porter, aud received at the wharf BY
large detachment OF military, ordered out by Geaers
". W, Morrll ths Mayor and COMMITTEES, and many
citizens lie VA afcou panied ~ lie witt and Mrs
Captain Priuoch Nils Curtis, Miss Buitrict aud Mr.
Co.. Lamb. soon aA tie steamer was announced I,
be at the ShAIt, Mayor Chapman proceeded to vel
come tie Admiral ~ tue city, accompanied BY th'
committees Of the two branches The procession thu
teTaS4, md lAs AdGLIAI -. yseeTtvS " ~ Evss
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The Fort Sumter rury.

F''i hon-nc, tpri ~ Tho steamship Arscc ar.
rived her" A. GO o'c.Ncs vc'.erdav evening, with
Hcny Ward Hecclot and party from New YORK,
bound TO ort sumier. Ovinc to the south h-cs rsry
wind the Araco somewhat later IN reaching here
than va, oipc.tod
Judge iiclt, Provost .Ma.,hal General iry, and
others vcre here cate dny awaiting the arrival Of
tho Araro. Tho entire party suu-cglouty Put 10
'c1. A. tho tur 'hc weather indicated the arpros,
OF storm. rc-dav the storm, 'ot IN It has rrin"d
heavily .ll dsy, and dense ior rrcvAll,.
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From Havana,
Severe PunI.hment Of AraueIIes. III

The steamer Liberty bring. Havana news ~ pfl
o. TIE United States steamer santiago de Cuba ar.
rived al Havana on the ith. from Charleston, with
Assistant secrytary FoI, sosp Wells NicoLsy,
Fulton, Green, Forle, and party. They propose
making a short .,. ia Cuba and then returning to
Charleston 70 be prosrnt :, the ceremonies of the
GAG raising Oh Fort sumter on the lAth. The Iuka
and the Cherokee also arrived on the 4ih The latter
len the same day, and the Iuks sailed on the bth.
Sentence hS been pronounced in the case OF hrFu-
ellie. lie /. condemned 10 perpetual blnishment from
tue island and nineteen yeas In the chAn.gans al
CentA Africa, and Emo OF dry thousand dollars.
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TSD.-.d. % -rs,i.t,.F .J-c-rtlr cirl
W-i,l.nc,sn I5ptill. .s.,r.,ay tue cts w.. in
perfect furorr Of exc trt., over Tho sIr-aurtro ct
Lee amy. ana eve-yboi '-orn the p esidru' % 3D.
p.,ot.blarE, was fuli - r,J.cing. The utpartmrut
OF ,,s we're all ce,cL ~ ~eIe g., nearly o.. .lr
Sr,,, of bu.!s.r .. TO c.ty. sr'u,c. ursc f.o'.
J.u. were ulrc, .I,, retc disD,,sed fiom 4,ar.,
.geiy huidlrs COL y,asii1 ton ce-'ai-'- never
~ appsfIy~ud .h'.,lfrr,. OF c,lr..r.c.g gf,i.,
ancud.ur q horir &. cg,H seeker. ". ru-iouiy
,tr,,.k Will. '...i. llea oil .5r,-.,t ntirt .Le
lre,ilcnt On e.. cNeerirg news. and a-,.rd u-,y IA
hIlucasc crowd q r,. e of al cges sh.i auf rl'-
ariot, he,.e.od Il. White House. ~. T.s.tu..
sas. naturally. IN hi. l,I i.st mood and v -. cpr,
ia th. 1,rhant, Al oacr'.4u o. l.At..Nslir' u'' a
ui.locs,!ou of hs a-u was -eriously threatened
lLe President .oot. he worse o- u.s s.l,c ~. 70
tur1 from the 'front.' Il her h.id-,. ard g'.l duu't
..r.. with Lin. or the excitement OF tIe cy,n. i.l
Aeue. through which he haf 'rrt p.,., H.. ,v,r.A-
VI HE physical o,vc-- Ne vn' o-'ai,d tom.le a
huie .,ecch ss, nirht sau prola.el -Vmctrtns .urr
Lou.sht.
,ep,rl u,vccl In. e1n.es,ed tho ~ in!on that
there win la no .ncro baths. ma th,t thcr bs!an
hyir.lally o.,. 0re.t Voirh, T. attached to tb,
d.cIsra,ion. since I..cel is re,ortcd t. know al
about IN. po-hgi Ing hr.,.ue...
..oer.l Bt,,,- L-. al-o made himself heard llc
has ,u.t concluded an eiaborate demon t-rou of hoe
II uss impossible 4, c.,tire Fort Fisher aad W.
u,nxtou ue has prudurei 1 what he c.nims 10 49, the
driu, declnrntiop of tho rebel Coueral Whirr. VIC
eonmsnded at Fort Fisher 70 substsntiate hi. 4 cory
lis quite natural that a dcfunct General thOIj r
h. yindicstion from the grave But Balcr Aa. ma
speech. He wGnti to grant an amne,ty {,
,A. .r.,t mas Of rebels but 70 'hanr ief Davis ~
as sour apple tree" and treat all his principal luu.
uafie. IA the same way The hero Of Bic lo bel doe
mot state iust yher, ho would draw Toe line " Dis
,uc,ion between the rnaUe. tnd the hichtr diri
th,i 4. ae,sirulped 20 draw n lID.-s leup
-, L - a., -. .rit. , ,
,.o a, r,,.-,i,1 ,s,, a. che l.,.,o,, ,, ,l,, r,l,
-, - =, 49,, - ,,.
sI iAinou' " men Du''e' - ''o '''''''"'' "'''
lie speech was loudly appIalded bv u" 'h'remH"
and spt In 'he Republican party "a 'nid 70 De bf'"
ing. General Grant has come In for very ii'e.a
share OF censure tor according suel maruHnnnon
terms ~ Genera Lee. BGto! and me el4n' rec
towards Grant ilr dispensinf .th me eer'.re
u the ertingU'shod gentleman ilum !o"cI. Hlt d
Gnnt dont finch a. fire, II ~ hardy probable N
smoke viii alarm him much.
There is some tax here Of advertising for one
Davis who leit Richmond on the ID instant ani a'
not sluce been heard from. lie Is waniet II /
-iil send bic sddTe. to A. Lincoln Nahlagton' 4
.win bear Of something to his advAnrse'
over one hunired pouches, iillcd with rebel ms.
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"u Any Man Uauis Down that Flag,
shoot Him on the spot!"

Portland, NJ, 4 p-ii Superintendent Latham,
Of the Grand rrunt Railroad Who tore Gag from
= train yesterday, vas waited urru hy . quie, mob
to-day and conducted throush the city, dressed In
soldier unifurm and carrying a fac, which no was
obliged to salute lie also Obliged 70 ninkc patr
otc speoohes. tinaIy ihu ns nailed " hs house.
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New York state Legislature.


Apanv. Ap,,1 1.-THE rrport Of the Conist.ncs
Committee on The hill suthorrirg plank rsds and
tu mike ror,inanies 10 cl srge additlunal tav,
eouctr,,I IN AMI the hill pnssssi
ut,is II - is,,,ii{ng for ,hc navment of ,.r.
tain c.,r.orltp, c,,.tsss of Nropklyn Incorp,-
raliug the ~ Iaines bcruvoent society Of Drookyu
yofk l.,,ys tn ,b, Maine Cnurt of New York
ln,ot troiGtIrr M. tli't.Viiir aud HUNTINGTON Raj
snd s Sorh and last HtvcT Esurnad COMPANY. M
zion. 10 str,, c,, y W w y INN, % .unn" Wv H. enmnanv -
lay tracks tn Ihir,, .third Ft,e.. The motion sas
Amending the Eo,sttv lav mi. bill wa pae.es
by vote OF ~ T. H. NutlaILiur tounty Trss.ufelS
" receive tAar,
Hutp Kuut m -Velsti,, to the povpr. and dn.
ties VI the Captain o. the Port of Nc4 York Rfle
tive 10 Savinrs Rrnts ~ Nev Notk % tisrnd 10
third rr,ding. AT ,pti.,n, thu MaIiryea COMPANY
to oruc preferred ~. H.
Tiu Cr>t"N R'i'"'n Rr' 1nc Central RHi-
road hill wa' ten ish'n M Tor consideration.
Mr Nnfe' moved 10 anen' b. rlioe mo me 'nn.
VI Sci'nI tr'y, 4 T., am Nd bS f,rSvinr ,,oa, "A
other rair.l. ir tho state all reslri'tcn- ~ tova
A,s 't.,p .hM iH'".va ", ~, .v.iD & ~ a., NV No,
proper time. an ninendnient hnh, the uine duu,,
Nhth the roaout ns'-ietiln th"li '''nhih IA o'S =
procrc,, ,tco ,cro,,rd. and The hin vMu..,
the spcria. osaer 10, to-uorror
rvt.fNU srsIN,.
NJ. ioJaus introduced re'luon inf an Nprorra'
th "l 'hod'ahu "htMr !" 'ho N"ein ''s''"
.,,..,.,.,. t,,,,,, pr,r,zo R...,r,ropri.
". ~ m - -. M 10 .lIn.' =, y. -, 49, W. ~ s, ~,
sung oei,s ,nuhc- W ,, t RiI -o ,r
~ ~" wv ny i, y, np..so ror itnoo,
~ .ullllg oi ven y" ~ pIs,tV, ps 80, a. -.
,nt Me hsVlNNt ,n o. t"e nuu 50 NN't u. ,' " 81
iyTnu " loi. 'lN az. ~ "N,n"s,r ,r 80 sn,.nu
80 40 a. ~, "" rV nina, th'..nd aollaf. mi N
!hc appropriation ui my thnu'ihu uol.Isi iou
VIZ P1 Ss,'.l M Au,lott. h ~ a., ~ nI,na,ns
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HtAD9t AhTIH, SECONp ISPASrRy DNHioS,,
DtrAHrHrNt WL-1 VIRGINIA,
OWN ,.LAhn, Md. Aphl ., 1t0s. !


DtrAUrGENt NL-l IReI,IA,
CuNu 'lIANu, Nd, ApHl q, 1903 }
GENTRAI ORDEUs, No. lS.-i.-lhe frequent raids
upon the line Ot The Baltimore aud on EAl aAd. ard
Httarkr upon trains Of the rame y gaugs Of ftlel
guorillss, having demonstrated the TACT that the
movements ui thUre ptftlts are known TO u tnry
themselves are uOy guided aud encouraged BY! tho
dlsoyai citi.cnu residing Ia the vicinity oi lhesa
raid and attacks and il h,ing held that timely in
form alton could l." given bv those citiyrns 10
iuIcrs, b. which SUI maids and ATTACKS could be plc-
vent a. itls Or''fl tf', hereafter, whenever sucu
raids Ls shalt ttks place within the limits Oi
Va And, tie pirpsgty o. all dsOyGl CitlIens
:esifiug thin un area OF five milra or such ohr
distances hU de ignated south Of tho plnce
such raids aud attacks ahuI De imueApttiy burned.
II In ca-e the pIop"rtv ~ any niun citizen
sdlng VithiA the lpAtp OF tAis command dnstroy-
ell or appropriated by gurIiuas, a levy Tor twice tho
amount IN value will At be made the p o.
perty " KNOW ditoysl citizens Ia the vicinity Of
such outrage, for the purpose of restitution ~ the
1 nInn sufferers.
III. WheusyorA niOn citizen OF colder shalt 10
murdered within the mia Of tbs command. n rel 81
sympAthlzer, neaIrst readent " tho oi murder
will H. Immediately hung, Ia retaliation ior toe uI
der Of such Union citizen or soldier
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House. receiving on his -v thi,her euthu,iAsue
greetings from the cit,ens Tho City Councils save
him public dinner this afternoon. II, leave, to.
morrow for New York
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GRIND FEDERAL REVIEW.
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hle'sine' how must NOT 'e -,
for a national thantssi-lrz IL ueiLR P'ps'u
.,, =, .,.,,,,t.o.,t No- rnust those Nhote
ana val o. uul' p'onu 49, . -. ,.,r.-
harier part eives us The c44'' o. r'o"HN " WV
-, ,,.oi, ho,o,, ,,,., NOT be- p,lccIIcd out VI
80 ,,.. ,-o.,, ,,A t,4 tie
o'her my'ef v" near we
trh ,ic.,, of ,rqnsrnittinr nrel of fNe foct Ue"s
cro, mn no pH-t Of tho honor for plan or c'.'t-
,i,n /. mine. ro General Grnnt. h ..il't oiI,'r
80 I'm on IA ait h.,ouIt Ihc r an navy
s,nld re.d, nm gfs utt ga irn . to H. yn 'it
IA ft .,io,, 49,. tta fcla1u- $50. cftt a.
'iourI All i~-tr ..cous'r'-iY ieh N'. h'f in'"
.I..,, nf Il, out ht i.nu fAc t.ss H.t.,. tuCn uou
r... iv It.r or s'tcu''c. T. 'Hu D.. tI rr'N
,,..,,.t'' nike A "A 10 ~ va i...,. 10 tI.Ug'v-
d,r nation, tncfc i. ru Artaot..'I .r- fu. l7 tu
tr,et Nth 40 one tlta' hq- o. lH'l'r 1 itt up Size
'.F. .H f..s 81
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rttm Iashington.

6cioicIrr Cvtrtsc ..iorics- Thr Preside %;
end the People if.i'Ck on the Prospect
Butler On III HE.rruEr-1 The kndira'-
Want 10 l'Dr~ -amcboGy =. nnNi-
Wanted -rTepr -.l'iors tor the tcicbra-
tiOn Tonight, l.tc.
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FROM EAVANA AND L1EXIC0.
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Heavy Losses by the Fire,
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SLAVERY DEAD IN VIRGINIA.
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SEVERE SENTENCE OF ARGUELLES,
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Punish m.ut for Garru,s Outraxe..

Gen Emery, sho has tsut1ed command Of the De-
partnent OF we'; NiTgshlA Lss is'ueJ the iouowin
order
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MAJ. Commences a Foreign War.
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The Latest News
by Telegraph TO the y. v. Sun.
lAPOR2AH7 FROM WASHINGTON.
Celebration Of Our Victories.
SPEECH OF TIE PRESIDENT.
ReconstructiOu Considered.
Permanent Peace at Hand !
ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.
WARNING 70 FOREIGN NATIONS.
United States War Vessels 10
Enjoy Equal Port Rights.
Retaliation the Penalty Of
Refusal.


NEWS FROM RICHMOND
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From Baltimore to 7anesviIIe-..The
Crops Central Ohio Railroad. Etc.
n EVANSVILLE, OHIO, July, 1865.


A-NSS' Ss 4SAAtStS S4SNttsbtOEF &1UtEIICuUs
GENTLBNEN: A journey from Balti-
more to this place via Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad and Central Ohio hence
to Cincinnati, via Columbus and back
via Lancaster and Wilmington, reveals
an almost unprecedented prospect for
corn, q great deal of which in this State
may be considered safe without another
drop of rain, whilst re-planted corn, es-
pecially. on somewhat elevated ground,
should the favorable season continue.
will also do well. The crop of grass
hereabouts and generally is very large.
thought am told by an old farmer here
that, notwithstanding the prOfusion of
pasture on his place, his stock does not
look as we'll as in a drier season. Oat
and potato crops are also very good but
the latter are. said to be rotting to some
extent. The wheat crop in this neigh
borhood is, perhaps, below an average
the grain being light. The frequent
rains have, to some considerable extent,
lnterfered with hay-maliing, though I
do not hear of wheat or oats in the
shock damaging as yet to any extent,
Taken altogether, the labors of the hus-
bandman are likely to be so literally
rewarded as to give abundant cause for
dence. tI.g
The reconstruction of the country on
President Johnson's plan seems gener-
ally to be approved Of. The matter of
negro suffrage docs not appear especi-
ally to exercise the public mind and
feeling out this way, but itswould be
lost by a large mGjOTity; nor-were it
possible under the constitution-would
the people be willing to impose 1t on the
South; though, from mistrust of
southern loyAlty, or yet some lingering
ill-teeling arising from the rebellion of
the South, this latter might not be re-
eeived with SO general orYiolent dislike
as negro suffrage an all the States. At
present the idea of negro suffrage and
other equality is decidedly unpnltable
and unpopular. "No mixing in. "If
they must have political rights also let
them be by themselves, on some select
ed portion of tho country.n General
Cox, Union candidate for Governor of
the State, has published his private
opinion as against this extension of the
elective franchise.
The Central Ohio Railroad runs
through very productive country, and
is virtually an extension of the Balti-
more and Ohio Road to Columbus, and
under good management ought to be
q paying stock. Where the fault lies I
am not posted enough precisely to say.
Rains very ly-occasionaliy
quite hot. "a
In the neighborhood of SenecaviIle.
Guernsey county, fonr miles south of
Central Ohio Railroad, some oil has
been obtained, and boring is progress
ing in various places from the Central
Railroad to the Muskingum river, with
a moderate prospect of success,
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Col. MCCLURE, editor of the Cham
bersburg Repository, in explaining, ac-
cording to his knowledge. how the
Philadelphia appointments were made.
pays the following compliment to Com
gressmen: ttAny cord OF average block
heads could not have raised so fatal an
Issue as did the Philadelphia Congress-
men. They are enjoying the highest
honors of their respective districts, and
tho people are ever Jealous of the inor-
dinate assumption of power on the part
rity. The offices of Philadelphia be-
long to the State, or to the city, or to
the people, and are not mere elements
of power to be welded by Representa-
tives. So they We're regarded, and so
the President has decided assuming
even to offend, or what is worse for
them, to dwarf four Congressman of his
own faith rather than offend the peo-
pie. .N-t.-.- -
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Iosh hniInss Diseouraea conceFnfns
Men OF big !Genius.

A big. genius is generally phool; he
knows how to do one or two things SO
much, that he amt fit for, ennyfhinp
else he IL like a grn-hound good fol
running fast, that's all. Yu kantlaru
him emmy more than you can an eagle,
he knows how to fill up and look at the
sun without winking, because he was
born so, and when he gets up on the
peak ov the mountain and gets well lit,
you kant git tew him, nor he WON'T cum
teW you, but thare he sits till the dinner
bell rings. After dinner he fliZe onh
agtn, and you won't see him till sumner
time. They are like mumyE, vary curis
critters, and keep long time without
splicing. If tina only had common
sense, SO that you kould make taylers
or shumakers oV them, thare would be
some sense of having the breed more
plenty, but one or two liz aul that IL
profitable tew have on hand tew onst,
and tha are enough to keep enny BODY
uneaZy about what they are going
tew do next. Tha live about 40 wears
ahead of the times, and when the world
ketches up With the last one, another IL
born who spends most of his time in
digging up the old bones that. the last
one buried. About the.only thing they
sho emmy common sense in IL, that tina
moste alwns die in det tow everybody,
The moste unfortunate thing about
having big genius on hand, IL that so
many try tew initiate them, but they
don't generally get any farther up than
their VICES, and thus one big genius
suckles athousand phools. They don't
generally liv happy, bekause they amt
Dilt right to fit things as they find them.
They ought tew hhVe CRATE place tew
stop in, WHARF thgre amt nothing hut
big generalitys TO dew, and where thev
kan play tOSt and ketch with the 81 arS;
and krack butternuts and mountains,
They arc curious critters. They amt
afraid few straddle hurry kane with
ont emmy bride on, and stick in the
spurs, but mice nibbling in the wnnes-
cut will drive him harlieaded into the
street. They kan plant, but they.won,t
kultiVate nor reap.
If L waZ II woman, / would as soon
marry porcupine' as n big genius
they are either NJ hot NJ the stove in a
districk skOolhouse, or as kold ana un-
feeling az the shoes on n Cled omnibus
hoss. a geniuz il like big comet, they
appear onse about so often, and makes
every body nervous, and then disap-
pear, and tho we mny not Mt the time be
able to put our fingers on the individual
good they have, done us, still their visits
IS n big one, and tho grate reservoys are
pumped up fuller, and we poor mon,
the rest ov us, when We stick our little
fountains, find that the waters have
been sweetened and freshened by sum
BODY. .rsg
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The National Debt.
[Ftom 20 Me,o York Post.l

The yearly, interest on the public
debt, astt stood on the 31st of July, is,
in round figures, one hundred and forty
millions.of dollars. This is the exact
measure of the burden which it lays on
the industry and labor of the country.
1t would perhaps be more satisfactorily
understood if the principal of the debt
were kept out Of sight entirely, since
the interest is the only shape in which
for the present, it has practical bear
ing. F>Jfi-...T e
!. The payment OF the debt is the trou-
lesome idea to most people. They sec
clearly enough how to pay the interest,
but an indehnable mass of something
poised over their heads and threatening
to fall every moment is the terror asso-
ciated with the principal As to any
positive and sensible effect on the econ
,omy of the country, our national debt
In its total mass is ofno account what
ever. We do not, deal with it in the
total, but only With that annual portion
of it which we are able to pay without
a weight of taxes needlessly
prejudicial to the general industry.
When we get over the requirement of
additional expenses for military pur-
poses, we shall add ten millions of dol
lars to the yearly tax for liquidation,
and that will be sufficient to extin-
guish the debt. For example, If we
could stop where we are, with nm an
nual interest Zone hundred and forty
millions, we should raise one hundred
and fifty millions a year, and that
would be the height, breadth, depth
and circumference of our burdens-not
a cent moro, now or at future time
unless we had a new war.
Then, where are we 2 The estimate of
all other expenses of the government
for the year ending June so, 1865, is un-
der fifty millions OF dollars. We thus
arrive at the comfortable conclusion
that total revenue of two hundred
millions n year would be our entire
burden if we should keep the debt
where it is. With. the present rates of
taxes the estimate of receipts for. the
year ending June 80, 1866, is three hun.
dred and ninety-six millions of dollars.
We might therefore this day cut down
our taxes just one-half, and go on our
way rejoicing, as r.
There Is q supplementary clause to
this show, which makes 1t more than
pHopable that the rate of taxation may
be reduced one-half within the space of
two or three years at farthest. The
above estimate of receipts Is founded
on the Northern States alone, When
the Southern States are established in
successful labor, the rate can be reduc-
ed in proportion of the increased ma
ional income. t-.f- f5a
On the whole, we feel safe in assum-
ing that we shall settle at q yearly tax
alton not one dollar above two hundred
millions. That is the measure of the
entire burden.