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Year: 1862

HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-Senator Wilson stated
to the Senate last week the astonishing fact
that one Cyrus Seymore was appointed Brigade
Sutler in Sickle's Brigade and the other sut-
lers were obliged to pay him S22, 900 per year
and another man was appointed sutler to seven
regiments, and he was making $4,000 per
year by undertaking them. We have called
this highway robbery, but it is infinitely worse.
We hope the party concerned in it will meet
with that punishment which crime so heiuous
deserves. 1t is high time that the suffers should
be driven from the army. They are worse
than pestilence, of which they are the cause.
Year: 1862




'Unbroken as the sacred chain of nature


That binds the jarring elements in peace"
The present session will doubtless be one of
great Importance. Whatever public affairs
may demand our attention, cit is needless for
me 10 surmise what they may be) it becomes
us to lift ourselves above all personal and
party interests and to act in that grave, dis
passionate and digniied matter, which should
ever characterize Legislative body. From
my knowledge Of the Senate, confidently an
tleipate that the peculiar position will be rem
dered light and easy, by your cordial cooper
alton In the intainance of strict order and
the careful observance of parliamentary rules.
Again L thank you, Senators, for the honor
you have conferred upon me, and doubt not
that mutual prudence and patience will enable
US to transact the business of the session
pleasantly to ourselves and to the welfare of
our constituents.


You will be good enough to indicate a
Senator to administer the usual oath.
Year: 1862

A BRACE OF SENSIBLE CANADIANs.--The Co.
burg (Canada) Sun copies sswith pleasure
the following from the Kingston Wing: No
matter what the news may be of the action
the British Government may take of the Ma
son and Sidell affair, we entreat our readers
not 10 fret their fat with any dread of war
between Great Britain and the United States.
Sensible men are at the head of both govern
ments, and know the horrors of war too well
to hasten into it without adequate cause.
Whatever might be thought of the war at
home, it would be very unpopular in Canada.
1t is all very we'll for us to poke up the YAM
KEGS with long stick when they brag Of their
victories, and the press feeds its readers with
"Flop Doodle 20 but to fight with them is be-
yond expectation. They are our neighbors
and best customers. Many of us are connect
ed with them in ties of blood and ties of busi-
ness. They are a kind, hospitable, intelIi-
gent race of people-if they would not brag
SO much-are our kindred, and the idea of
cutting each others throats is utterly out of
the question.
Year: 1862

CAUGHT AT IRA chap up in East
Davenport. thinking It geod plas - lay In
. Winter eupply during fair weather. made
forcibls entry into the enclosure Of . WE'LL
known provision dealer In town, and pretty
nearly stripped ten acres Of fruit and garden.
sasa At latest accounts he was very busily
engaged hauling the stuff back. and ahakiDg
round to raise money t. pay for what he had
cold and used up.
Year: 1862

Mr.. EDITOR: Allow me, through the medi-
um of your excellent paper, to give utterance
to few thoughts upon a subject which we
think of sufficient Importance to merit con-
sideration.


There never has been, since tha adoption
of our present shool system, time which
seemed to call for greater effort, or more
united energetic action, upon the part of the
friends of education, than the present.


The distracted state of the country during
the past yea-, has been mainly instrumental
in diverting the attention of the people from
their educational interests,


We hear of public meetings held in some
parts of the country, at which resolutions
have been adopted, recommending a reduction
OF the assessment for school purposes. This
matter has occupied the attention of our Leg
islature, but no final action has been taken.


The expedience of reducing the levy for
school purposes, has been urged, in view of
the increased rate of taxation, caused by the
existing civil war. We see no necessity for
any such reduction. We claim that the Gov
ernment is not only able to establish its
rightful authority over the revolted States,
hut is, at the same time, able to maintain
without suspension or even abridgment, a
school system which is the pride and boast of
every intelligent citizen of the State. What
ever may have been the deleterious effect up
on our educational affairs, of the arrangements
oocasioned by the war in the finances of the
country, in certain localities, in this, no seri
GUS inconvenience has been experienced. In
deed, our schools of this place are now in a
more prosperous condition than they have
been at any time since the adoption of our
present school system. And now that we are
beginning to realize the benefits of good
schools, we feel great anxiety about what may
be the final action of our Legislature respect
ing the proposed reduction.


ss}5t stGs A CITIZEN.


Baresville, Ohio, May Sd, 1862.
Year: 1862

A BRAVE DoG.-A letter from
Fred Church, gunner in Company
A, Chicago Light Artillery, says
that dog joined the battery at
Fort Henry. The dog at once
attached himself to IL particular
gun and has stuck to it ever since.
lie is a good-sized shaggy animal,
and a great favorite. He was at
the battle at Donelson, and stuck
by his gun all the time. lie was
wounded in the battle Of Pittsburg
Landing, on Sunday, by bit of
she'll in the fore leg, but stuck to
his post all that day and the next,
and is now doing well. The brave
fellow is now considered part Of
the complement of that gun
Strangely enough, it is not the
men but the gun he appears to be
so attached to- Grand Rapids E@-
ale.
Year: 1862

A SMALL SPECIMEN OF HUMANITY.
-Cincinnati will have rcpresen-
tative at the Baby Show, being an
infant eight months old, weighing
one pound and seven onnces. This
child is healthy and is perfectly
formed. To give an idea OF the
diminutiveness of this infant, We
would state that a ring from the
forcfnger of an ordinary sized man
will pass easily over the foot and
ankle of the boy up to his knee,
and also over his hand up to his
elbow. At the Baby Show the
prize of $1,000 is to be given TO
the smallest infant, and we have
no doubt the Queen City youth
will bear off that prize.
Year: 1862

DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNvENrioN.- Tho State
Convention of the democratic party Of. this
state assemblies in Albany to-day, fer the
purpose of nominating candidates for Coy
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Canal Gomnis-
sioners, State Prison Inspectors and Clerk Of
the Court of Appeals, as well as to 10y
down their platform of principles for
the canvass. Az usual, the Convention
will, beyond . doubt, be manipulated
by the Albany Regency. Whether they will
sndeayor to carry water on both shoulders and
try to be good Lord and good Devil to all sides
as they did at the Syracuse Convention last year.
in the adoption Of the famous ninth resolution,
remains yet to be seen. 1t is intimated, how
ever, that they intend to take a bold stand on
the war, and may possibly, now that Stone
wall' Jackson has found his way SO far North.
decide to appoint committee to 60 and meet
him and tender him the hospitalities Of the
Convention VA


The public generally have been so much alb
sorbed in the war, and their minds on the bat
tie field instead Of political caucuses, that they
little comprehend the scramble that has been
for some time past going on among the guber-
Material and other aspirants for positions. The
selection of Albany, instead Of Syracuse. for
the place to hold the Convention, was general
ly interpreted to mean determination on the
part Of the Regency to lay Ex-Governor Sey-
modr one side and place General Dix in the
field for Governor, in response to the demand
of the conservatives Of all parties; but we see
that the old style politicians have been at work
packing the delegate conventions and instructing
the delegates to vote for Seymour. This looks as
though the movement of the Regency was mis-
construed, or else they have been trying their
hands at their confidence game. There is an
interesting contest between the several candi-
dates; but we leave it with our correspondents
to inform the public who will win. We do not
expect any important results from this Conven-
ton, nor do we have any idea that either the
administration at Washington or our generals
in the field will be at all embarrassed by its
proceedings, notwithstanding TammaRy and
Mozart have decided to behave themselves, and
not quarrel until after the Convention has
concluded its important labors.
Year: 1862

Tue NORTH is STRONG ENOUGH TO TAXI
CARE OF ITsEI.v.--Judge Advocate Turner,
having already removed the restriction
upon Northern travel, has now arrived in
this city for the purpose Of investigating the
cases of prisoners confined in Fort I.aiay ette.
and discharging all those not clearly guilty OF
reasonable offences. This is a good work. and
is well done, though done tardily. 1t isla very
great farce to be bothering ourselves about a
few small potato chaps who can do no harm. if
let alone, while we allow the big sccundrels,
who are doing us real damage, to go unnoticcd,
Since the authorities seem determined not 10
arrest these great evil doers. it is just as we'll
to let little takers escape Scot free. The
North is certainly strong enough to take care OF
itself and Of all such fellows. and the govern
n,ent can very safely turn its whole attention
to the rebels in arms, and have its dungeons
emptied and newly whitewashed for JEFF. Davis
and Company, when they are captured.
Year: 1862

PROMOTION FROM THE RAYKs.-A brilliant
opportunity is now afforded General Halleck
to fulfil his Womise to promote our officers
from the ranks, by coufaring commissions upon
those privates distinguished by gallant conduct
upon the battle field At Plymouth, North
Carolina, recently, Orderly Sergeant Green, Of
Company F, Hawkins' Zouaves, Ninth regiment
New York Volunteers, with about three hun
dred men, composed Of his own company and
loyal North Carolinhns, boldly advanced to meet
and utterly defeated fourteen hundred rebels
commanded by Colonel Garrett. Such conduct
needs no eulogium, but deserves prompt recog-
milton and reward. Sergeant Green is SO well
able to fill the places Of his superior officers
when they are sick that be should at least equal
them in rank. We do not ask the President to
make Sergeant Green brigadier general,
though he has done more to merit the rank
than many OF those who now hold It; but we do
ask General Halleck to give Sergeant Green
commission, and he will no doubt soon make
himself brigadier general by hard service.
Year: 1862

THE NATIONAL TAx.-The assessors and col
lectors recently appointed under the Tax law
Of last Congress received their blank books on
Monday, but are unable to tell from their in
structions how or in what manner they are to
proceed. In fact they appear to be in a
dilemma, not even knowing whether they arc
to keep an Office or hold forth on the curbstone
The most intelligent Of them are unable to tell
what is to be deducted from the income, II any
thing, or, In fact, what they are TO do. In short,
the whole affair, owing either 70 defects n the
law or from instructions rom headquarters a.
Washington, Is in decided muddle, and the
prospects are that several days will elapsc
before any portion Of the law will be carried
into effect in this city.
Year: 1862

FousD DRowEw.-An unknown man, about forty years
OF ago. found drowned at the foot Of Warren street
yesterday Deceased Ave feet eight inches in height,
stout built had brown hair whskers around his face
and heavy red moustache Coroner Nauman held an In
quest upon the body.


An Inquest held at Pier East river upon the body
OF An unknown woman, about forty years old who was
also found drowned She about Ave feet high, had
dark brown hair, and was well attired.
Year: 1862




This morning then, after breakfast with
hospitable artillerists, and resort to first
principles in the curying of horses-i G..
each man to take care of his ow n steed-
we of tho press had something to stimu-
late us on forced ride to Centreville, 7
or 8 miles yet ahead. / say we, for BY
this time four newspaper men found them
selves together. And what a glorious
morning ride. Skies warm and bright,
air deliciously reminding US Of the last
time we went over this same road; Of last
July, and the march to Centcrvlle, the
old skirmishing, the cleaning foe ahead,
the quick, warning bugle order to halt or
60 forward. Was il a year agol Say
rather yesterday, we thought, and that
Mcdowell, not Mcclellan, was still lead
ing the onset Had the battle OF Bull Run
been fought, or did we dream of such
contest and defeat, and were we now
going to test those Businesses again, and
make the actuulity more noble ending
than the dream! For even now, as such
thoughts would occur at sight of every
familiar creek and grove, we met Nc
Dowell, stern and courtly, Just as he rode
a year ago, riding back toward Fairfax at
the head of his staff. He hae been thus
e arly forward to make assurance of the
evacuation doubly sure, and was rejoining
his diyision--most Of which we had left
behind, now being at last on the front Of
our lines, and eagerly dashing onward to
the first glimpse of those high, sandy,
strong defended Centreyille ridges, which
had kept the grand army so long at
Day.
Year: 1862

marked that he had gained most Of them
by the assistance of some newly created
Generals; az know of no General he has
created lately, but one" said q gentle
man present, land that was General
Conformation" .-t,....s


Much philosophiEing and speculating
has been INDUCED in as to the policy to
be observed. First, we were to starve
the rebels out, then, by the blockade, to
hem them in until they would give up;
next, we were to conhscate the negroes,
and thus end it All these means have
been tried, and the rebel power is still
strong and bold as ever, and all are now
beginning to see that nothing but cool,
deliberate fighting will save the Repub-
lie. We do not wish to march through
the South as band of savsges to pillage
and plunder without law or Judgment,
but we do think that we should con6scate
all the provisions and forage that the
army needs. The contest should be car
ried on as scdr. The army should be
supported by the country, and the Treas
ury would not be depleted SO rapidly,
and we could move the army with more
ease and rapidity There is continual
cry for new Generals, but the only Gene
rails we want are General CONSERVATION,
General Activity, and General Fight EN-.
With these we can soon conquer peace.


NAPOLEON B. RIsINGEB,


18th Indiana.
Year: 1862

Gold has vibrated within the same
bounds the past as it did the previous
week, and with about the same frequency
and velocity, and, as a matter of neces-
sity, the market for public securities,
and the feeling on the part of those who
deal in money responded in harmony.
The new policy of removing incompe-
tent officers, initiated by the President,
is being carried out, in manner sur
prising, and Gen Mcclellan and some
others have been sent into retirement


The removal of Mcclellan produced some
sensation among all classes, but gener-
ally one of pleasure, as all but those
blinded by partisan prejudice, have long
since been satisfied that he had proved
an utter failure in bis attempt to fill the
position of a great military chieftain,
even under circumstances the most ia
yorable, and with inducements of the
strongest character that ever tempted
mortal man to win for himself place
among the great men Of the earth. The
event caused the stock market to vibrate
more strongly, but it was only temporary;
and the change produced in prices was
soon neutralized The demand for money
continues of moderate nature, and the
market is easy at SOLO per cent. for
good business paper. The demand for
exchange has been fair, and the market
has ruled steady, closing shade frmer
than it was in the beginning of the week.
The closing rates of coin, Demand Notes
and Exchange was as follows: az sE
Year: 1862

A SCENE NOT IN THE Bills" When I
was poor girl" said the Duchess of St. AL.
bans, working very hard for my thirty shil.
lings week, I went down to liverpool DUR
ing the holidays, where I was always kindly
received. was to perform in a new piece,
something like those affecting little dramas
they get up at our minor theatres, and in my
character I repr esented poor, friendlcss Or
phan girl, rednced to the most forlorn condi-
ton. A hsartless tradesman prosecutes the
sad heroine for heavy debt, and insists upon
putting her in prison unless some one will bs
bail for her. The girl replies, Then have
no hope; have not friend in the world
What will no one be bail for you to save
you from prisonl' asks the creditor. Il have
told you, I have not friend on EARTH was my
reply. But just as was uttering these words
l saw sailor in the upper tier springing over
the rail, letting himself down from one tier to
another, until he bounded over the orchestra
and footlights, and placed himself beside me
in amoment. Yes, you shall have one friend.
at least, my poor young woman, said he. with
the gravest expression on his honest, sunburnt
countenance. i will 60 bail for you to any
amount And as for you turning to the
frightened actor,) if you don't bear hand
and shift your mornings, you lubber. it will be
worse for you when I come athwart your
bows! Every person in the house arose;
the uproar was indescribable-peals Of laugh
ter, screams of terror, cheers from his tawny
messmates in the gallery, preparatory scrap
ing Of the violins from the orchestra; and,
amidst the universal din, there stood the un-
conscious cause of it, who was only persuaded
to relinquish his care of me by tho interfer-
ence of the manager
Year: 1862

to result in prolonging the contest without in
the least changing the final result. Their
successes inspirited the people in the rebel
States, and emboldensd the rebel Generals to
undertake offensive operations, which have
placed tLem in possession Of ground on the
Potomac which they abandoned last Spring.
They have also become invaders and marched
their armies into Maryland, Western Virginia
and Kentucky. But it is impossible for them
to maintain themselves as invaders. for the
reason that the reverses to the Union army,
which have so stimulated the rebels, have
caused the Federal Government to call into
the field another immense army Of 100000
men. and aroused the people Of the loyal
States to high pitch Of enthusiasm in favor
Of furnishing men and means to any extent
required, and to demand that the war be pros
ecuted with the utmost vigor until rebellion
and rebels are subjugated.


These new lcvies, added to the army before
in the field. will enable the Union Generals
to drive back Or capture the invaders, and
then march South to any point selected as
worthy Of attack and occupation. The work
is glorously begun in Maryland, aud will be
followed up and finished in Kentucky. Then
We anticipate that our army will assume the
offensive from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
The early frosts will dissipate all fears Of
Southern fevers. and the Union armies. we
are confident. will again sweep everything be-
fore them. Our iron-clad navy in the mean
time will not be idle. In conjunction with
sufficient land forces, it will assault and cap
ture every Southern port and every Southern
fort and city not now possessed by the United
States. The capture Of said rebel ports, cii.s
and forts is so essential that whatever may be
the plan Of the main campaign, We presume
the work will be accomplished as soon after
the early frosts as expeditions can b~ prepared
for sailing.


When the Southern forts, ports and cities
are all taken, which we calculate may b. done
before the 3lst Of January, 1863. the days Of
the rebellion may be considered as numbered.
After they fall, aud the new army Of 100000
is in the field, it will be miracle if the rebels
manage TO hold out longer than three or four
months.
Year: 1862

SILK vs.. CoTroN-They have got new
substitute for cotton under treatment up in
sCanada-a silk plant found in tine Rocky
Mountain and capable Of being grown in
cold climate. Its fibre is said to be longer
and finer than that Of the cotton plant, and of
a gloss, no silk or satin can match. II the
monopoly Of clothing the world can be given to
free Instead of slave labor it will be great
thing for hu,nanity.-Povtland Transcript.
Year: 1862

WEATHER THEoRY.-The Napa Reporter,
OF the 18th inst. says:


High as the waters have been with us, there
are indications that they have twice been higher
within the last thirty or forty years If the old
est inhabitants will now send in their chronicles
of the years and months Of the highest floods,
some reasonable approach may be had to cor
rectness in the length of term of our weather
circles. In the absence of such definite infor-
nation on the subject, and taking the great
flood mentioned by NJ. g. Vallejo as having oc-
Cured in 1927 as the standing point, twelve
years would seem to be about the distance be-
tween the extreme hard winters. On the Eu-
ropean coast theory has found some favor,
that the weather eicles run from 20 to % years,
the eliminating points of hard winters having
been marked with poor crops and scarcity of
bread for the last four hundred years. As on
this coast we have no warm gulf stream to ere
ate constant change in our climate, doubtless
the laws which govern it are more simple in
Their action, and that meteorological obserya-
uon will in time give US the results of such in
Vestlgatons as may admit Of theory IN regard
10 them, which win give sufficient warning Of
such freshets and floods as we have to chronicle
tle present winter. If the largest portion OF
our agricultural lands are to be more or less
valuable in proportion to the extent of this
knowledge, the sooner it is acquired the better
!here Is some reason to suppose the Indians
ioresaw this food, and if such was the case, the
simple knowledge they have, the white men can
acquire. With that knowledge and the use of
the same means employed in other countries
subjected to periodical overflow, that portion Of
our State will yet be valuable for agricultural
purposes.
Year: 1862

The Washington correspondent OF the
Bulletin. writing Dec. 30h, says:


There is some cursing here among Western
NJ. C.'s, because of the settlement of the Mason
Slidell question; but an overwhelming majority
of people of all classes rejoice in view of the
peaceful solution of the problem-not only be-
cause it is important that nothing should dis
tract our attention from suppressing domestic
rebellion, but also because Mr.. Stewards admi-
rable letter to Earl Russell has made it per-
fectly clear that we could not reject the latters
cOurteously worded demand for the surrender
of the rebel Commissioners, without repudiating
our own history and the doctrine for which we
fought in 1912. At the same time public sem
timent is quite unanimous as to the mean spirit
manifested by England in making demand
directly in antagonism with her own hitherto
unrecanted and never before disavowed policy.
She should have been satisfied with adsavowal
Of any purpose on our part to outrage her, and
of which Capt. Wilkes gave an earnest in his
generous resolve to let the Trent pass on to her
destination, instead of subjecting her and her
passengers to long detention and the ship and
cargo to confscation. England had the tech
nica right, under our own American doctrine,
to demand the restoration of the rebel Commits
sioners, but it was a right she might well have
forborne. Had she asserted it and then aban-
doned it forthwith upon its concession by our
Government, the country would have hailed
with great Joy that evidence of the sincerity of
Engand's pretence of friendliness and of her
desire to be simply neutral in the struggle be-
tween the Union and the rebellion; but she has
chosen to exact her pound of flesh, and the rec
objection will assuredly, at some future day,
nerve with additional power the arm of every
loyal American when our day OF retrlbutlon
comes, as come it must.