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Year: 1862

You have undoubtedly read the Abe
L. paper, my boy, in the reliable morn
ing journals, making due allowance for
the typographical outrages committed by
printers of opposite politics; but there
was one portion of it gotten up for the
honest Abe by the Chaplain of the Mack
erel Brigade, and this portion is so mutt
lated in the publishing that / cannot re-
frain from giving you the true version
Speaking of the cost to- the country of
Emancipation with compensation, the
Chaplain wrote:


t Certainly it is not so easy to pay
something as it is to pay nothing; but it
/ is easier to pay q small sum than it is to
pay large sum; and it is easier to pay
any bill when we have the money than it
is to pay smaller bill when we have no
money Compensated emancipation re-
quires no more money than would be
necessary to the progress of remunerated
enfrancbisement, which would not close
before the end Of FIVE hundred years
At that time, we shall undoubtedly have
FIVE hundred times as many people as we
have now; provided that no one dies in
the mean time; and supposing the pre-
MUM on gold to increase in the same
ratio as it has increased since our last
census was taken, the premium on the
specie belonging to five hundred times
our present population will be amply
sufficient to pay for all persons of Atri-
can descent


~ do not state this inconsiderately
At the same ratio of increase as We now
realize, American gold will soon be
worth more than all Europe. We have
ten millions nine hundred and sixty
three thousand miles, while Europe has
three millions eight hundred thousand,
and yet the average premium on specie,
in some Of the States, is already above
that of Europe. Taking the brokers in
the aggregate, l find that if one gold dol
lar is worth 81 80 in one year,
Year: 1862




Philadelphia Press writes:


1t is intimated by one of our dailies
that the book publishers are about to
come to an agreement among themselves
not to publish any books for six months
if the swindling paper monopoly is not
abandoned. From inquiries among the
publishers to-day, | learn that nothing
of the kind is intended. 1t would not al
feet the monopolists, for the newspapers
must have all the paper they can make,
and the schoolboOk publishers, at any
rate, could not afford to stop their presses
for the required time In fact, there
seems no choice for editors and publish
ers but to submit to the extortion of the
spectators with as much grace as posi-
BILE A fair example of the kind of per-
sons who have managed to usurp the pa
per market, and keep up their big prices
by stories about the great scarcity of
stock in the country" is large paper
maker, who, though his stock is already
large enough tc last him fully two years,
is buying up every bit of paper-making
material at almost any price. His object
in this is to procure from the Govern
ment heavy paper contract which is now
in abeyance. Of course, when he has
drained the country of material, he alone
viii be able to fill the contract, and he
can command his own terms Such is
one mode of making a princely fortune
from the necessities of war, and it is the
operations of few spectators like this
one which are causing the present paper
panic. .t-
Year: 1862

IL is our opinion, in view of these va
rious provisions of law, that the uniform
companies in this State must be first or
dered into the service, under the call of
the President, and that the balance of the
quota required must be drafted from the
balance of the 6 enrolled militia" as pro-
vided in section 4 of the act of 1912.
The Militia law of the State contemplates
that the uniform militia shall be specially
liable TO do military duty in cases of in
surrection or invasion, or in case of {. war
or INVASION" as provided in section 13 of
the act of 1912. This view is justified by
the language of section A, of the act of
1912, which provides for draft from the
enrolled militia" only in cases when g it
shall become necessary to call out a
greater number Of men" after " all the
uniform companies" have been "called
iuto dctudl stTSict. .-..


We call attention to this subject in
view of its immediate importance. If it
be true that the members of uniform COM
panies in this State are liable at all events
to do military duty under the call for
800, 600 nine months men, it is well that
they should be apprized of the fact at
once, that they may "set their houses in
order" before being off to the wars
We do not undertake to decide the ques.
ton. The decision belongs with the
Chief Magistrate. We have only given
expression to our own hastily formed
opinion upon point which, after all, may
not be involved in any doubt.


1t is apparent, however, at glance
that our militia laws are very defective
and we are not sure that it viii not be
deemed. necessary by the Executive OF
this State to caH upon the President to
exercise the power vested in him b. the
act Of Congress above cited, to make the
necessary rules and regulations for car
rying the draft into effect. We think il
may be found that the present enroll
ment is defective, in which case a new
enrolment will undoubtedly be made OF all
citizens between the ages of 1S and 40
irrespective of uniform companies, from
which the quota will be drafted, thu
avoiding the practical difficulties which
might be found to exist were it attempted
to follow the crude and uncertain pro
visions of our statutes. sa gas@a.-a.
Year: 1862

We do not wonder that the writer of
the above, in note which accompanied
it, says, eff the above nonsense finds a
place in your well-filled columns, let there
be nothing attached to it to indicate its
origin" We should suppose any man of
common sense would dislike to father
such &c nonsense" And in these times, it
is worse than nonsense, We print it
only to reprove the author, and all others
like him, If he has nothing to do but to
find fault with the government and our
Generals in the field, and to ask news
papers to give publicity to his childish
clamor, we tell him frankly that he is of
no use to anybody, and the sooner he
leaves the country whose privileges he is
unworthy to enjoy, the better will it be
for all. sl.a


To the first query, we answer that the
croakers constitute the caudal appendage
which the government and the people are
compelled to carry along behind them,
and Slick is component part" of said
appendagel Slick simply mistakes the
head for the tail In answer to the Sec
ond query, we say, if Selex and thousands
of other fault-fnders just like him, will
fill the ranks and join Nc Clellan, we will


vouch for the success of his strategy.


His strategy is altogether ahead of croak-
ing, do-nothing patriotism. We have nc
idea who "Silex" is, but he has our opin.
ion of him and such as he, as frankly
expressed as he will care to hear. And
we do it more in kindness than in anger
since we are not quite sure that he does
not err through chronic thoughtlessness OF
chronic indigestion, and costive "blues"
Year: 1862

The Celebration OF the Festival I'm the


Metropolis.


The celebration Of Thank sgving was very general yes
terday among oil classes Of citizens Nearly oil the
stores were shut, and business was suspended with
unanimty than we remember on any previous
Thanksgiving. In fact, the day was precisely Ike SUM-
day great holiday generally was II observed The
streets crowded with people, tho churches con
tained large and fashionable Congregations to sermons
went OF with the greatest eclt tho theatres nornn.
and evening literally COINED money while last but best
Of all, the Thanksgiving dinner "at hsme' was dis
cussed with delightful gusto characteristic Of tho day
Year: 1862

Coop READING AT Sea- The Tribune lays
stress on the fact that The pirate Semmes was
found by his prisoners to be in possession Of
full files OF the NEw YoRK HERAi.D Of course
he was. There Is not vessel that leaves any
of our Eastern ports that does not take out
file Of our journal, and IL alone. as II contains
all that is worth knowing Whatever else he
may destroy OH board his prizes. Scmmes has
discrimination enough to preserve these files.
What does this prove but that, at sea as on
shore, the HERALD is regarded as the only reli-
able medium of intelligence!
Year: 1862

Tue CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT IN NEw JEr-
sEY.--From the correspondence we published
yesterday from Monmouth county, New Jersey,
il would seem that the conservative counter
revolution in that State will be as marked
as that in Ohio. Jersey has always been
conservative State, and there can be lit
tls doubt that shat State, which was carried
against the republican party in lS60-the only
State In the North Of which so much can be
said--wll be now carried against the rspubli-
can ticket by a greatly increased majority. The
republicans in New Jersey, as well as in New
York, having no plausible issue to go to the
country upon. have resorted to the desperate
sxpedisnt Of calling the majority Of the people
traitors and secessionists, which is repudiated
with indignation and scorn. II appears from
our correspondence that one cause of the strong
conservative action Of the democrats in Mon
mouth county is the meddling Of Horace Gree
ley there, who is regarded as an incapable
fanatic and type Of all his party--men of
lens, from Fourrierism 10 abolitonsm. The
men Of Jersey are for the war for the Union
but they are equally decided for the nviolabili..
ty Of the constitution, as will be shown by the
conservative vote Of this day. The revolution
airy republicans are chopfallsn and forsbode
the defeat that awaits them. Long live tho
conslltution
Year: 1862

LET Us HAvE THE FAcs.-Ons Of our radical
contemporaries announces that the government
is about TO institute an investigation into oil the
questionable occurrences Of the war. This will
DO rather colossal inquiry; but BY oil means
let us have IT, We question, however, whether
It's conclusions will rebound much to the credit
Of our contemporary and bis party. II II doss
not bring imbecility, corruption and misnsnage.
ment homo to them, Il will not bs the fault of
the evidence
Year: 1862

WHAT Is SECRETARY WEI.LEs ABOUT We
have the unwslcome news. Of another large
batch Of our merchant ships destroyed by that
English and Southern rebel piratical craft the
Alabama. What is Mr.. Secretary Welles about!
We hear that he is wide awake, and has made
the necessary arrangements for catching the
pirate; but we see no signs Of anything OF the
sort. This rebel steamer is said to be very
swift; our regular war steamers are, with few
exceptions, rather slow. The Vanderbilt Is
good selection for the business in hand. But
why have not the Baltic and the Atlantic, late
Of the Collins line, been prepared for the same
service: But Secretary Welles should at once
send on the chase Of this rebel incendary seve.
raj of the swittest steamers at his Immediate
command, each under the charge OF tried aud
trusty officer aud crew. We understand that
Com. VIM. d. Porter whose gallant SER
vices in the West, from Fort Henry to
the sinking Of the rebel iron.plated Arkansas,
point him out a. the man for this enterprise,
is anxious to be sent in pursuit Of this rebel
freebooter, the Alabama. We believe he is
now in this city on iurlough, when he should
be where he desires to be, out on the Atlantic,
in search Of this rebek pirate. Cannot our
Chamber Of Commerce do something at Wash
ingtcn to secure the services Of this experienced
aud fearless naval officer In this important
works We cannot afford to be triaing while
the Alabama, under her British flag, is decoy-
ing to their destruction from one to three or
four Of our merchant vessels from day to day.
Year: 1862




ton.


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and IS
cents per day when actually on duty.


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 50.


In addition to the pay above stated, one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. If soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties, the law provides for m
a pension. or he may, if he prefer it, obtain ad
mission into the Military Asylum, which will
afford him a comfortable home so long as he may
wish to receive its benefits


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional So month to he paid du
ring service the 500 bounty at the end of the
war, which has already been provided for. and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session The bounty
and land apply to officers and privates alike.
Year: 1862

habit SELF abuse. To which Is added oscrvaonS on
Female Diseases other interesting matter of the ut
most importance to the married and those contemplating
marriage who enert doubts Of their physical alb ty
enter that state. any address i'm a sealed wrap
per, on receipt Of ten cents or four stamps


We devote our entire time aud attention TO the treat
mont Of the private of in pri
report our DsPenSary i the only Institution OF the
kind in America which has been ablished by special
charter a4 this fact should give il preference the
various auacks of doubtful character to be found in all
Year: 1862

is sufficiently powerful to command the respect
of Europe, by maintaining an effective blockade
of coast measuring three thousand miles, we
have further demonstrated our ability to cope
with one Of the most formidable difficulties pre-
sentsd by the rebellion. 1t only remains for
us to prove the capabilities of the national
purse. We must show the world that we are
able not only to raise armies and to call navy
into existence, but to pay the necessary ex-
penses. The property ofthe nation is estimated
in the census Of 1860 at si1teen thousand mil
lions Of dollars Upon this the tax proposed
is only small per centage, which can be easily
paid without being even felt by the simple
plan of q retrenchment in our household and
personal expenses. There is more money an
nually wasted than the amount of the whole
tax. A little domestic economy would enable
us to pay it twice over without being one
dollar the poorer at the end of the year.
The practice of economy is q national virtue
which we have but little cultivated, and an
electual lesson in it would be cheap even at
two hundred millions of dollars. There is
another important benefit likely to arise from
the tax, and that is spirit of vigilance on the
part of the people, who will henceforth take a
greater interest in the duty of selfgovernment,
be more alert against corruption, and more
careful as to the kind of men they send to Con-
gress to dispose of the public money. Let, then,
heavy and comprehensive tax be laid on at
once. 1t will be the cheapest course in the
end, and nothing short of this will bring the
country through its troubles or save the national
credit, which has hitherto stood so high among
the nations of the world.
Year: 1862

THE PROPOSED DESTRUCTION OF THE COTTON
AND TOBACCO CRoPs.-Many of the Southern
journals are just now calling upon the planters
to burn their cotton and tobacco, as measure of
expediency, in view Of the near approach
of the Northern hosts, and calls have
been circulated among them to the same
effect. We find, however, that most of
the names appended to the latter are those
of flibusters and others who have q des-
peratc stake in the rebellion, and whose only
chance of escape from the penalties which they
have incurred is in the success OF the cause in
which they have identified themselves as ring
leaders. These are the men who have got the
people of the South into their present trouble,
and now, as q dernier resort, thoy advise the
wanton destruction Of two hundred and fifty
millions worth of property But we are greatly
mistaken II the Southern people by this time do
not know better than to trust any longer to the
guidance of the authors of the overwhelming
difficulties which surround them. A few of the
more fanatical of these arch-conspirators may
destroy their cotton and tobacco; but we very
much question If they will find many to follow
their silly example They find their own tails in


the trap and, on the principle that it is cheerful


to have companions in misery, they want to get
as many other tails in the trap with them as
they can. But the bait will not succeed. The
Union sentiment at the South is developing
and asserting itself more and more every day,
and the people generally are beginning to feel
that they made grand mistake in ever listening
to the demagoguos who now wish them to COM
pdete thcir ruin BY an outrageous conaagrau0u'
Year: 1862

ONE MEANS OF RAISING REvENUE.-In the Tax
bill 1t is proposed to tax gas twenty-five cents
per one thousand feet From returns which
have reached us from twenty cities, and which
we give in tabular form, it will be seen that
from the gas consumed by these cities alone
the government will derive a revenue of over
six hundred thousand dollars
Year: 1862

The FEELING TowARDs THE UNITED STATES IN
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.-The European news
which we publish this morning indicates very
satisfactory state of feeling towards this coun-
try in England and France. The speech Of Mr..
Bright in the House of Commons, censuring the
government for it's threatening action in the
affai of the Trent shows the current of public
opinion to be running strongly in our favor.
He told the ministry that the money expended
in naval and military preparations had been
worse than thrown away; that the menaces of
tho government were quite uncalled for, and
that Lord RusSell's despatch read more like
declaration of war than courteous demand
for just object, which America could not fail
to comply with. He at the same time took
the opportunity Of correcting the idea that this
country was ruled by mob, and argued that
the interests of England and the United
States were so bound up that it was
in every respect inadvisable to inaict
sting which it might take centuries to
remove. The reply Of Earl Russell to some
inquiries respecting the Imprisonment of
British subjects shows that there is now
more perfect understanding of our rights
at the other side, and no disposition
whatever to provoke hostilities. The allusion
in the address of the French Senate to the En-
peror is not without importance, as denoting the
feeling towards us in that country-that of the
government and the people being nearly iden-
tical. 1t proves to us &hat France cntertains
no designs to interfere in any way with our
domestic quarrel, and that she wishes speedy
success to the Union arms. We may therefore
congratulate ourselves on the satisfactory state
of our foreign relations, and, with certain vic
tory before us, complete the restoration Of the
Union without any dread of external foes.
Year: 1862

Now when we add to this sum the revenue
from the gas consumption Of other cities, and
of towns and villages, and from Southern cities
which will be required to pay taxes as they are
brought back into the Union it is evident that
from this one source the government will receive
a yearly revenue of over million of dollars;
and this tax is, as it should be, so equally dis
tributed that no one man will feel the additional
burthen imposed upon him for the support OF
the government.
Year: 1862

The trees of the forest held solemn par.
lament, wherein they consulted of the in
Vulnerable wrongs the OK bad done them .
therefore they enacted that no tree Lbould
hereafter lend tho Ak wood for handle on
pain of being cut down The ak travels up
and down tho forest, begs wood of the 90.
dar, oak, ash, elm, even to the poplarb not
one would lend him a chip. At last he de-
sires so much as would serve him to cue
down the briers and bushes, alledging that
these shrubs did suck away the juice of the
ground. hindsred tho growth and Obscured
the glory OF the fair and goodlY irees, -
Hereou they were content TO afford him 80
much. When he had gotten his handle, be
cut down themselves too. These are tbe
subtle reaches of sin give 1t but little ad-
vantage on a fair promise to remove Thy
troubles, and it will cut down thy soul also.
Therefore resist beginnings trust II not
in the least. Consider thy falling into Sin.
burling thysslf down from some high pin
nacle. Wilt thou say may break my neck
a littlel Wilt thou say l may burn my
soul and body litteb Aud suffering, We
may think the leaSt misery too great, 30
SHINING let US think the least iniquisy too
great
Year: 1862

God speed the plowshare tell me not


Disgrace attends the toll
OF tboso who plow the dark, green sod,


Or till tho fruitful soil.
Why should the honest plowman shrink
From ninging in the van
OF learning and Of wisdom, since


lis miDd that makes the man
God speed the poSsharc, and the hands
That till the trulttuI earth;
For there is in this world so wido


No gem lIka honest worth,
And though the hands are dark with toll,
And flushed the manly brow,
1t matters not, for God will bless
The labUrs Of The pillow.
Year: 1862

LIBERTY is to the collective body what
health is to every individual body. With
out health 90 pleasure can be tasted b. man;
without liberty, no happiness eau be en-.
joyed by society.


THERE is no duty, there ia no pleasure,
there ia no sentiment, which does not bor.
row from enthusiasm charm which is still
10 perfect unison with the simple beauty OF
trulb.


lIoNEsT labor, on sDy matter deserving
Of toll, is certain to produce good fruit.


BAD company is like nail driven into q
post, which after the first or second blow
nag be drawn out without little difficulty
but being once driven up to the head, the
pn1ers cannot take hold to draw it Quit
can only be done by the destruction of the
wood - Burton.


"A GREAT lie" says the poet Crabbe, "is
like great fish on dry land; 1t may fret
and fling and make frightful pother, but
1t cannot hurt you. You have only to keep
still, and it will die Of ITSELF"
Year: 1862

The desire of being in tho fashion does
not always arise from the mere monkey in
stinet of imitation, but often from a desire
that there may be no inference as to our
pecuniary inability to be go,
Year: 1862

habit of self abuse To which Is added observations
Female Diseases and other interesting Of the
most importance TO the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts Of their physical ah lity
enter that Sent 70 any address N sealed wrap
Per, on receipt Of ten cents four stamps


We devote entire time and attention the


ent u the various private diseases sfed Of in pr


ae report Our Mspensary Is the Only Institution Of the
kinc N America which has been tahlshed hy special
charter ans ths fct should give preference the
various quseks of doubtful character found in all
ar-e cities
Year: 1862

has won tor itself such renown for the cure of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaints;
that it is entirely unnecessary for US to recount
the evidence of its virtues, wherever it has been
employed. As it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, We need not do more
than assure the people its quality is kept up to
the best it ever has been. and that it may be re
lied on to do for their relief all it has ever been
found to do
Year: 1862

The following statement. taken from official
sources, will show the army payroll In the first
column will be found the nett salary per month
and in the second the total salary per month,
which includes rations, servant hire. forage, &c.
Year: 1862

There cannot be any doubt that the tune
was used by the British before the battle of
Bunker Hill; and this fact has produced
the common error that our words, the Yam
kee words, were known and sung there on
the 18th of June, 1775. On e, animation
of the American song, however, Ii will be
seen that any such conclusion or assumption
is completely and self-evidently incorrect
Captain Washington was not appointed
e General and Commander-in-chicf of all
the troops raised and to be raised for the
defence OF the United Colonies uatil the
latter part of June, l775, and did not reach
the main army at Cambridge until the 81
of July following. Therefore our song
could not have been written until after the
battle Of Bunker Hill. MooRE.