smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

According TO statistical calculations furnished
by the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the aggre-
gate value of the productions of the country
amounts to the sum of two thousand millions Of
dollars. At the close of the war the interest on
our debt may be estimated as being likely to
amount to one hundred millions. Then it may
be calculated that another hundred millions will
be necessary to meet the annual expenditures of
the Government. Consequently, two hundred
millions will have to be raised by taxation to meet
the interest of the debt, and for the support of
Government. This will amount to ten per cent.
on the above aggregate value of the national
wealth. This amount of taxation will be de-
rived from labor and land-the two elements
which are the sources Of all national wealth, and
by which the chief weight of taxation will have
to be borne.


We arrive by the above data at the following
general conclusons:-First, that the value of
fancy city property in all the great cities will be
reduced about fifty per cent; all other property,
ten or twenty per cent Labor will have to pay
of the tax an amount equal to ten cents the
dollar, ten per cent. In the mean time, Gov
ernment securities will rise in few years from
ninety-one to a hundred and twenty five, accord
ing to circumstances. There will be trying and
almost revolutionary times in all financial mat
tiers; and no wonder-N. Y Herald
Year: 1862




So long as the loyal people Of the North
know only by hearsay of the liberation of slaves
at the South as a consequence of the advance of
our armies, they care little about il. Most prob
ably a large majority would say that men who
take up arms against their country deserve 20
lose their negroes. So should we say If the rebel
masters we're likely to be the only sufferers But
the question is of vastly more Importance.
1t is not the rebel masters who are only, or even
mainly, interested in this question. Undoubtedly
these persons could manage to live without their
negroes, but could zoe live tcith them? That, we
take it, is the question which most pertinently
interests the people of the North, and especially
the border States of the North, like Indiana aud
Illinois.


A few scores of liberated negroes from Vir-
ginia recently arrived in Philadelphia, ard al
though the number was entirely Insignificant, vet
it has alarmed the people OF two States, Pennsyl-
vania and New jersey. Petitions have been pre-
sented and resolutions introduced into the Legis-
latures of these States having for their object the
prohibition of the further immigration of this
class of persons. What action will be taken
the subject we do not know. Probably nothing
definite will be done at present. The danger is
not sufficiently imminent, and the public mind is
too much engrossed about the suppression of the
rebellion, to cause Legislators to look at remote
consequences of present action. But that alarm
is felt is sufficiently evident.


If Pennsylvania and New Jersey begin to feel
uneasy on this subject, have not the Western
border States still more cause for uneasness? A
mighty Union army is about to penetrate the
most densely negro populated States of the
Union, and if the policy of liberating the slaves
is to be adopted, it is easy to perceive that the
effects will soon be seen and felt here The ne
groeS, they freed, will naturally make for
the North, the land whence their liberators come,
and where slavery is unknown. 1t is true we
have laws against the immigration of colOred
persons, but of what avail will laws be in such a
case as this! None at all. They could not be
enforced, and perhaps under such circumstances
it would be inhuman to attempt it.-N.A-LcdgeT
Year: 1862

1t is a gratifying feature to observe that the
Democracy throughout the country are already
organizing themselves preparatory for the fall
campaign 1t is quite eviden. that the time is
approaching when every conservative man in the
country must take stand against the tide of ia
naticism that now threatens TO sweep over the
land, obliterating constitutions and laws, and
breaking down all legal and social barriers that
have been erected as a dividing line between a
superior and an inferior race. Those who are for
the old Union as it was, and desire the Constitu-
ton preserved and its most sacred provisions
obeyed, must array themselves under the banner
of Democracy, now-as in times past the only
aw-abiding and constitutional party-the only
organization that offers barrier TO the wild tide
of fanaticsm that now threatens to engulf us in
common ruin and degrade the white man to the
level of the negro. Those who let the preiu-
dices of party names deter them from putting
their shoulder to the wheel in this their countrys
hour of peril, can only blame themselves in fu-
ture time for the ruin and calamity that will en-
compass them.-SheLbyuiHe Volunteer.
Year: 1862

We know Of no example for the sublime i'm
pudenee of the Republican leaders in denying
their responsibility for the war. They shall not
escape the responsibility, nevertheless.


The war nor secession was necessary conse-
quence of the election of Mr.. Lincoln. He could
himself have averted secession, and of course
war, by few simple. assuring words, spoken in
good time after his election. The Republican
leaders in COngrass could have averted secession,
and Of course war; by little assuring legislation
during the first few weeks of the session which
commenced in December, 1860: and after the Sc
cession of the cotton States, they could have con
fined secession to those States, which would
speedily have collapsed, after little assuring
legislation All this every intelligent reader un-
derstands as well as we do, and We have only to
recall bis recollection Of events from the election
% the Inauguration of Mr.. Liccoln, to fix, in
every intelligent readers mind the responsibility
for the war


But let US bring little testimony to bear upon
the question. Republicans are of late fond OF
quoting Douglas. IL making him witness they
admit Us to the right OF crOss-question, and they
cannot impeach the credibslity of their own wit
ness m any respect. We seek to know from
Douglas, therefore, whether the Republican lead
ers might not have averted secession and war by
little assuring IegisatiOu; and We end his an
sger IN a speech delivered by him in the Senate





Of cancellation which himself had introduced.
Said he:


Il believe this to be a fair basis Of amicable
adjustment. II you Of the Republican side are
not willing 70 accept this, nor the propositions OF
the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Crittenden)
PrGy tell as what you are willing to dor


81 address the inquiry TO Republicans alone
Tor the reason that IN the Committee OF Thirteen
a few days ago, every member from the South,
inclu'ling those from the cotton States (Messrs.
ToOmJs and Dayis) expressed their readiness TO
accept the proposition Of my venerable friend
from Kentucky Mr.. Crittenden) as final set
hement of the controversy, If intended and sus-
taineifby the Republican members.


'Hence, the sole responsibility Of our Disagree
ment, and the only difficulty in the way OF an
anicable adjustment, is with the Republican
party"


Mark the language: "The sole responsibility
of our Engagement. and the only difficulty in
the way of amIcible adjustment, is the RepubIi-
can psrty." We sound this language in he ears
Of every man and woman in the land upon whom
the consequences OF this war fall with crushing
weight


There is anothef witness whom we wish TO ex-
anime in this connection II is Wendell pnilns
who was recently feasted by the Vice President
Of the United States. the Speaker of the Houst.
Of Representatives, and other Republican leaders
In Washington and who certainly has lately been
fully accepted a go<peler by the leading Re
publican press of the country. We want TO show
BY him why the Republican or anti-slavery lead
Year: 1862

The exploits of the Parrott gun. at the siege Of
Fort Pulaski, are but the prelude of what can and
will be done with that tremendous weapon. The
guns, which from their position on Big Tybee
Island, over a mile from the Fort were able to
drive cast iron bolts through the stone wall as if
it had been a cheese, were nothing but thirty
Founders, having only the sane calibre the old
nne-inch smOoth-bOre. The one hundred pOun-
ders, to the production of which the resources of
the West Point Foundry have lately been directed,
is piece of vastly greater destructive powers, as
the rebels will find out when they hear from it,
When the'first specimen of this weapon was turn
ed out, a short time ago, there was a great deal
of theoretical doubt about its successful opera
ton. but experiments which were carefully made
at the foundry, and at Sandy Hook, soon estab-
lished its amazing capabilities The Government
promptly took the hint, and has enough Parott
one hundred Founders in the right places to pro
duce the right effect at the right time. Mr. Par
rott has made important improvements in the gun
and the missile since his first invention the ma
ture of which it would not be proper to speak of
in this connection. 1t would be equally i'll timed
to give the wonderful results of certain expert
ments recently made 10y the inventor. The sci
entihc world must wait-not long. perhaps-for
the repetition of these experiments on a grander
scale in actual conflict. The prediction is not
rash one, that these great Parrott guns will upset
good many notions OF invulnerability that are
now regarded scientific truths. And the end
is not yet Guns of still larger calibre are in pro-
cess of construction which will in their turn shoot
new ideas into the rebels, and, perhaps, furnish
new topic to the British Parliament.-N. Y. Jour
nal Of Commerce
Year: 1862

The bill in the House of Representatives to
appropriate thirty millions of dollars to make up
the deficiencies Of former estimates led 70 a sharp
discussion, in which it was charged that there
were "atroeious frauds and speculations by the
War Department." that is as formerly conduc-
ted. One member stated, moreover, that it was
rumored that the S30,000,0O0 was to pay for
defalcation in the War Department when it was
under the directionof Mr.. Cameron Mr. Dawes
oi Massachusetts, said il was notorious that off
GERS of mere skeletons of regiments were re-
ceiving full pay for doing nothing, and was doubt
fu if such regiments existed at all except on pa
per- Ii is strange that. if our army numbers
nearly 700 600 men, and that so many men are
under pay, there should be only al ,419 ON the
rolls. The estimate was for half "a million of
men. the number Congress intended to raise; but
by some hocus pocus we are informed at one
time that the number raised is 5S2 900. and then
again that it is nearly 100000. There ought OF
20 be this uncertainty, and publiciustice demands
that rigid inquiry ought to be made into the al
legation that army pay is drawn on fictitious rolls
Of regiments which have scarcely an existence
This would be better work for a committee of
Congress than the foolish inquiry as the alleged
inhumanity with which the enemy conducts the
war; and a bootleSs investigation about dead
men's bones at Manassas. The legitimate bur
thens Of the war viii be heavy enough without
adding thereto fraudulent millions Let search
ing inquiry be made IN. Y. Herald.
Year: 1862

got Democratic Endorsement at Cincinnati,
which opened his way to the heart of the West
SO rapidly that he afraid people would think
it was a collusion.


The Courier and Post say, why don't you
bring the 4O0,000 slaves in South Carolina to
Massachusetts? Why don't the editor of the
Courier go to South Carolina? Because there is
no pro-slavery paper for him to edit there. He
stays here because he finds something to do-sO
much the worse for us. Why don't the negro
come to Massachusetts,? Because he can't raise
wheat, or edit the COurieT-thank God for that
last The Courier and Post talk of compensa-
ton for slaves set free. Compensation for whOmI
Thieves and beggarsi We give shareholders
money because they can't take care of them
selves, and we set the slaves free because they
can. That was the way he looked at it. He
came here TO hear the Democrats talk of the ne
gro not being able take care of himself, when he
saw on the Washington Register that Stephen A.
Douglas once mortgaged his house to a negro for
Sl2,OO0. 1t shows that negro not only had
money but that he knew enough not to lend il
to Democratic candidate for President without
having it secured by mortgage


Mcclellan, Halleck, Buell. and Grant, who put
negroes outside of their lines when their masters
are likely to be in the vicinity, to 90 by the
board, and the Fremonts and Hunters and Siegels
are TO be put in their places, before this war is
brought TO a successful termination. Applause
and misses. / expect to be hssed for that for
some time to come, but it is true. The dead
timber in the Cabinet, and the Major Generals
taken from the regular army, who like the South
better than the North, are all to be sloughed off,
The sky is bright for the negro, but dark for the
white man. You haven't paper, said Mr. Phil
lips in Boston, which dares to print Mr. Sum
ner's speech delivered on this platform. Not till
the New York Herald had printed the speech did
the Boston Journal skulk up to Mr.. Summers
study and ask for copy of it. The only papers
that have the courage are the sycophants of South
Carolina. He had yet to hear the first word of
justice from Boston paper since the Cincinnati
mob. So long as the class of men who occupy
the seats Of their grandfathers live, the Boston
Courier will live. They can find fault with the
Welleses, but why does no voice go up from the
Exchange indOrSing the Presidents policy? If
the North american Recielc denounces Charles
Sumner as a traitor, let Faneui Hall indorse him
as a statesman. If Massachusetts saves herselfit
will be in spite of her editors.


Mr. Phillips closed his address by urging his
hearers to encourage the President to enlarge his
border State message, and encourage the Secre-
tary of War to say, death every institution that
interfered with the progress of the war.
Year: 1862

The French Minister i'm Richmond.


The visit of NJ. Mercier to Richmond via Nor
folk is creating an unusual amount of gossip in
this city respecting the probable objects of this
singular mission. 1t is argued that the visit can
not be to inspect the Merrimac, as that has al
ready been done by the officers of the French YES
sells at Hampton Roads, whose reports also
would be of more value than that of the Minis
ter. Nor can it be, as is given out, that it had
reference to the tobacco owned by the French
Government in Richmond, that is matter
which could be better attended to by the French
Consul at that place. The visit of an ambassa-
dor accredited 10 friendly power to the rebellious
subjects of that power, necessarily has peculiar
significance. 1t. of course. cannot be on any
mission unlriendly or antagOnistic to the country
to which he is accredited The object, then must
be friendly one France is in no condition to
take upon herself the burden of a war in behalf
of the South. At the same time her want of to-
bacco and cotton is very great, and the theory
which finds the most believers here is that, owing
to instructions received by the last steamer, M.
Mercier has been deputized to proceed to Rich
mOnd to see upon what terms an accommodation
can be had between the two contendng powers.


1t is reasonable to suppose that previous to this
visit, NJ. Nercier has had conferences with Secre-
tary Seward, and that the latter approves of the
mission, whatever it may be. There are parties
here who affirm thatit is the intention of the Min
lister to advise the Confederate Government to
give up the contest, provided the Southern States
can be restored to their old status in the Union,
and that should the South fail to do so it must ex
pect decided opposition of France to the further
prosecution of the war. If this should be so, it is
believed here that the South could not do better
than TO close with the French Emperor's offer
whatever it may be. as they would certainly Sc
cure better terms than if the war continued to the
bitter end. and the in.erpostion OF friendly
power would reconcile the North to less humlia-
ting conditions than it would otherwise exact.
Whether the country would submit to any inter
ference from foreign power in this war is of
course another question. Mr.. Stewards decara
ton to Lord Lyons is however, on record, that
in the final accommodation with the Confede-
rates the United States will display magnanimi-
ty such the world has not yet SEEN lt may
never be known what the precise object OF M.
Merciers visit may have been. At present the
opinion ncliDes the belief that it is effort on
the part of the French Emperor TO bring about
reunion Of the States
Year: 1862

in Congress would not agree to any of the
measures OF Cancellation which were urged by
Douglas, Crittenden and other patriots during the
session of 1862, and which would have been
accepted by the South and averted secession and
war. In a speech in fremont Temple, Boston,
after the close of the above named session of
Congress, Phillips testified:


"The anti-slayery party had hoped for and
planned disunion, because it would lead to the
development of mankind and the elevation of the
black man.


And he added:


"In six months l expect a separation. The
game is up, the Union is at an end We have
purchased nothing but disgrace. The North is
bankrupt in character as in money. Before the
summer ends we shall see two contederacies."


We have said enough, and shown enough, to
set the reader to thinking. We leave him to his
Thoughts Chicago Times.
Year: 1862

There has been a clearing out Of
shoulder-straps and army buttons within q
week or two past, in our streets, with
which recent s.1ny orders have something
to do. The abssntees should all return to
their regiments OF have good reason why
they do not,
Year: 1862

Is Gen. Pope is represented to have
said, on taking the command in the She
nandoan that his headquarters would be
on horseback His previous reputation is
a guaranty that he will make the Army Of
Virginia felt. He Is not one Of the setter
breed Of generals.
Year: 1862

A large and responsible Eastern HouEe are present
n#neFe who viii furnish equal amount Of capital but
have no time to attend to the business Individually
L quIre for particulars Of n. a HAVEN. No. 2la
South Water street. fv2s5315tuet
Year: 1862

Four NEW "MoSIroRs TO BE BUILr.-
The New York Journal Of Commerce says


Mr.. Fox, Assistant Secretary Of the Navy,
IS now IN this city, to look after important
interests connected with his department. We
are informed that, among the objects of his
visit, is the immediate construction of four
noatlng batteries exactly, OF nearly, like the
Monitor, and that the preliminary arrange
ments to that end have been made with Capt.
Ericsson. The batteries are all to be built
with all possible dispatch. No better illustra-
tiOn can be given Of the remarkable inventive
genius Of Captain Ericsson than the fact that,
after the severe and complete test to which his
battery has been subjected, only one improve
ment, and that trihing one, can be pointed
out Ii Is the substitution of a cylindrical,
instead Of a square, fern in the little pilot
house. In the engagement at Hampton
Roads, the only injury sustained by the
Monitor was the slight springing Of one of the
logs In this square Pilot-hOuse. Had the
shape OF the house been round, like that of the
turret, II is supposed that the balls would
have glanced from the fermer-harmlessly as
from the latter. This change will, therefore,
be made in the Monitor, If it has not been
already made, and will be introduced in the
models Of the four new batteries. Another
alteration OF doubtful expediency has been
suggested, viz: the transfer Of the pilot house
from its place about rod from the turret, tc
the top OF the turret, giving to that "Ysnkee
eAeese-box" the appearance of a telescope
with one joint drawn out. The only Obviou!
advantage in this change is the elevation oil
the lookout TO higher point of vision.
Year: 1862

woe for the murderer's htadH


When the brief announcement reaches us, as it
does by almost every mail steamer nowadays, OF
the fall of some well-known officer or well-loved
friend thrill of horror moves us, and quiver Of
unwonted feeling stirs the blood. We impulsive-
ly ask, who is to blame for all this3 Where is
there any cause, for such dread desolation Has
the race of man become infatuated, that each
others blood must be so shed Or hath demon
been sent up especially to urge us on to war, be-
cause we had become too. prosperous and happy?


The answer is too sad. A devil has sprung up,
to which it is wholly owing. The spirit of Seces-
sion this it is which has perfectly possessed and
fully filled the hearts of the South. That is to
say the late rulers of that once fair and happy land
now temporarily wrenched from under the pro-
tecting power of the Federal Government, and
given over to despotism blacker and more fierce
and unrelenting than any this age of the world
exercised in Austrian or in Turkish lands. The
RULERS OF THE South sswaxed fat" in their self
sufficient greatness, and kicked against all laws and
all restraints alike, whether human or Divine.


They grew wise in their own conceit-wiSer
thln their 1alncrS, WIZ psiSSCu
fiery ordeal of surging and bloody war-and
they ignored all true and healthful legislation.
The experience of our 80ye national existence,
so brilliant as to be wondrous and dazzingelight
in the eyes of the whole human race, was nothing
to them Truly, a demon only could have inspir-
ed the thought to rcnd asunder the bonds of fel-
lowship.which so lately bound us


Oh, woe unto you, olgarchists and aristocrats,
overgrown with fatness even unto bursting; woe
to the cankered hearts and ferered brains that
could conceive so black and foul plot treason
TO so fair a State To you, late RULERS OF THE
SoUru, is due the throwing wide Erebus' gates,
and diffusing abroad over the land the subtitle
yapors of death, like hot and penetrating poison,
through the very air. Oh, woe unto you, insanity
stricken followers of your prime Luclfer, Jeff.
Davis Woe unto you, late lord-like rulers in
too fair guise You have partaken of the bctel,
the baschish, the insane root, and ''not all the
poppv nor the mandragora" can set you right
again. You have chosen the shade OF the upas
YOU are dancing, might and main, the tarentula
You would not have wealth and independence;
that horrid word INDEPENDENCE! No! Slavery
and War; rather. Not Peace, with wealth and
independence. You'd have no more OF it nor
ANYTHING so tame. So mote it be