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Year: 1861

Latest advices from Washington seem
to indicate that the Direct Tax Bill
even as modified in the House, will be
killed off in tie Senate. Il is presumed
that the amount of means required, will


be raised by general income tax. The
farming community will be glad TO hear
of,hls, and we rejoice with them. The
idea Of ra sing million Of dollars out o
the farmers of Iowa. in one year, by q
direct tax, was not pleasant to consider
Year: 1861

ABOUT AoAIN.-The cute old drum
ner. who vas in our city last spring, with the
Dubuque Grsys and Who went with them to
the wars. vas back in our city yesterday, at
tracing crowds Of people With his perform.
ances upon his fAvorits instrument He is on
his way back to Dubuque
Year: 1861

SUNDAY FIGHTING.-We understand
that one Of our worthy ministers in his sermon
last Sabbath, took occasion to denounce the
idea OF lighting battles on Sunday, as was the
case a. Bull. Run. and has been the case in
many instances that we could name we're it
necessary. There may be something obnox.
ious in the idea of fighting on Sunday, but
when opposing armies get ready. they gerer.
ally blaze away. regardless of the position
which the day holds 10 the week. There are
no Sundays 10 Revolutionary timee." we have
been told At all events, what has religion
got to do with fighting. The gospel Of Christ
has no affinity with flying artillery ard minnie
Lullets. and though the former is good at all
times. the latter being distinct matter. born
OF the devil, it makes but little difference when
It is used at all. We are perfectly willing.
however, that our ministers should pitch into
the devil every chance they can, aud if they
can get good lick at him on the head Of Sun
day fighting. We are perfectly satisied to have
them 90 in. We fear the old fellow is holding
too much Of jubilee abaut these times to mind
much about it.
Year: 1861

New WHEAr.-There were 800 bush
els OF new wheat received in market yestsr
day, and sol at fifty cents per bushel. Some
lots were plump and nice. while others were
badly ehrunk up. The late sowed wheat will
be quite light There lie no mistake abou, it.
The kernel is very bright and clean. but it lie
also very small. We cannot count upcn more
than fifteen bushels per acre tor an average
This ia lees than we calculsted upon, but ca!
culations don't always prove true.
Year: 1861

The preparations indicate that next Monday, the
Firemen's Anniversary in this city, will be in many
respects far ahead of any of the displays of for
mer years. We see and hear of these preparations
everywhere.


As to what the 1iremen intend to do, and how
they intend doing it, we need say no more to our
readers than to direct their special attention to
the programme advertised in full and at length in
a conspicuous part of this mornings Crescent
Year: 1861

The sovereignty of cotton certainly appears
TO be disputed by corn at this moment in re-
markably direct competition. England and
France, as we have been told for months moy
be sorely tempted TO intervene in our affairs by
their urgent want o. cotton, it happens, how
ever, that while We have been fighting, and
harvesting the while a magnificent crop OF
breadstufs England and France have sudden
ly found an enormous deficiency of grain star
iLg them in the face. OF the two, cotton can
probably be spared more easily than bread
At all events, it now happens that whenever
either Of these Powers is tempted 10 consider
whether the law of nations and peace might
not be advantageousIy bartered for cotton, it
has also to consider whether it wishes to ex-
change a dearth of cotton alone for learth of
cotton and bread.


We state the alternate in this form advis
edly. America is not the only quarter whence
our European friends can supply themselves
with food, but it is perhaps the most important
source to which they now resort, and has a vast
influence upon prices in their markets. 1t is
so important a source for them that they talk
of drawing from it nearly three million bushels
per week for year Wemay safely say, then,
that an interruption of our exports by hostili-
ties would have the most disastrous effect for
them. Il would Illustrate those nice calcula-
tions, by which III France the GoTerbuent reg
ulates prices so as to steer clear Of revolution
and it would expose England to dangers, not e.
quaIlv great perhaps. but yet sufficiently appalI
ing. And. at the same time the war which shotld
interrupt our exports OF breadstuffs would not
insure England and France their supply of cot
ton. With the ocean swarmibg with our pri-
vate armed ships, whether under the name oil
privateers or Of sea militia, it would be vain
to look for the regular supply OF cotton. In
co way could the shipment of the crop be kept
up in a naval war in which the United States
sought to prevent its reaching market We
say, therefore, that the question for the Europ-
can Powers as TO u Nar with this country is
simply whether they prefer to lack cotton or
to lack both cotton and bread.


For this year then, at any rate, it seems to
US that the question Of peace is settled, even if
no higher considerations are to enter into Eu~
ropean counselS than these which we name
We do not believe the European Powers to be
in Il position to play the desperate game as
cribed to them, even if they arc capable of it,
which we are far from willing to suPpose.-
Providence has not only smiled upon us SO far
as 10 give US the means of domestic prosperity
and comfort while carrying on this Struggle,
but has by the same agency insured US TO
great degree frJ external interference from
the only quarter whence it was to be expected.
1t is for us now to see to it that this opportu-
nifty is vigorously improved, and that as the
pressure which now constrains our powerful
friends abroad is removed, so the temptation
which may urge them to recognize the South
as an Independent Power is removed also
Boston Daily Adrcrfiser.
Year: 1861

ia r.seeing. As heretofore constituted, the


States, though able to repel any Invasion in


thseleng run, were perfectly harmless as 10
foreign war. They might trouble nation like


Mexico; but they had no army, no navy, for
which military power need care in the least.
They could not invade aitything, except where.
as in Mexico, there was nobody worth naming
to defend. But if two rival nations be formed,
both must be military powers, both must be
naval powers. The one would border on our
North American, the other on our West Indi-
an possessions. The one will desire Canada
the other must have the West Indies. In Eu
rope, France and Russia force us to keep up
ruinously costly ornaments; and were two
great military States placed on OAR transatlan-
tic frontiers, we must prepare for new scale
of armament, and for new and frequent uses
for our arms.


1AxshaHs; then, no hesitation iu wishing on
grounds of policy what is right on grounds Of
principle, that our American friends may see
their preset tr0ubles as happily ended, as those
have been which in past times arrayed the diff
ferent parts Of this really tinted Kingdom in
deadly conflict If asked whether we expect
it, cur reply is that We hardly know. The war
is only begun; and we do not pretend so see its
end. Many seem to think lhIta We k or two
is long time in such struggle. We fear
that year or two may Pass before ony one Is
entitled to form decided opinions as TO how il
may turn. But uncertainty as to the issue is
only an additional reason for honest men to
say what they desire; I'd our fervent desire Il
to see the South utterly vanquished.
Year: 1861

All advices from England confirm the in
tcnseness with which the British public is seek
ing, by every means that money can command,
to render that country independent of the
United States for supply of the great staple
which is the ife-blood of her vast industry !;
and the Investigations that have followed have
disclosed facts hot within our knowledge, and
which we presume were known to but few per-
sons in our country.


The leading industrial organ of England in
a recent article on the subject of the cotton
supply, stated the remarkable fact that not
only full supply of cotton could be obtained
from India. if transportation in that country
we're equal to its capacity for the production
Of the article, but that when the system of
railroads reaching to the interior districts of
that extensive empire now in ripiG construc
lion, should be completed, 1Hdia would be able
to supply an amount not only greater than
what she has heretofore produced, but equal to
that and the entire United States product to-
gethcr.


Iint the vast and fertile plains of India will
not alone compete for the supply, the monopo
Iy of which has hitherto enriched the Southern
States Of our once happy Union. Other coun-
tries, with equal fertility to our own, with equal
climate and cheaper labor, will enter the field
Of competition. until the markets of the Enro-
pcan world will be fully stpplied from new
regions, and our own domestic market be the
only one left for our native production.


Cotton. 4 IS trte, may still be king, but the
crown and the scepter will have departed from
our country. Is this loss of II monopoly which
has so greatly enriched our Southern States TO
furnish n great lesson of retribH1ive punish
ment for the blunder, to say nothing Of the
wickedness, Of their insane attempt to destroy
the bonds of union and overthrow their Gov
ernment? The folly of the act and its uniusti'
ableness have no parallel in history. Nations
before us have had civil wars contending dy
nnsties and rivals for thrones have plunged
their countries in the horrors Of fraternal bat
tie; but for civilized people, intelligent and
prosperous, brethren of common ancestry.
and dwelling together in unity, to rise up and
attempt national suicide, is a phenomenon in
the moral world, and without example in the
history Of mankind.-National HiteHigcncer.
Year: 1861




Some indeed many, politicians suppose
that the division of the United States would
be for the general good, and especially for that
of our own empire, by preventing the growth
of dangerous power, and lowering the ever
weening boastF1lness and bullying tone for
which Americans have rendered themselves no.
torious. Anything that w0tild abate these
last would be public good, and to the Amer
cans themselves marvellous improvement;
but, nevertheless, VIC always doubt the wisdom
of those po iticians which desire our neighbOrs
injury for our own good; and the bercvolence
of those who desire it for. his good; we have
more faith in the policy of wishing people well,
without one reason to show for it but that it
is right, than in that Of wishing them i'll, with
all the deep reasons Of the deep men Of The
world for it. In fact, our experience teaches
us to attach exceedingly little value TO the
opinions Of those who calculate how their own
good will comic out Of their own neighbors'
trouble. Their selfish forecast is a great OBJ
structOn to that foresight of which it is the
mean parody. We have far too hiyba view
of the mission and provdential place of the
British empire TO feel anything like compa-
cency when ifs greater glory is sought by the
humiliation of any Christian country.


But we have not worse opinion of the prin
ciPle of wishing for disruption Of the States
than Of the policy of il ; and though in this we
may look for much less concurrence, we are
not less convinced in our own minds. To
think that it would be for the safety Of British
interests on the other side of the Atlantic, that
the United States should be split into two RI
val nations, is, we humbly think, the reverse OF
Year: 1861

From the Phliadelphla North American


How II man feels when in battle is a ques-
ton that our volunteers have doubtless fire.
quently asked themselves. We yesterday
stumbled upon volunteer on turlough, who
first smet powder at Bull Run. During an
hours chat with him he gave us Il very good
general idea OF the way i'll which a man feels
when under an enemy's gun. Our friend
didn't claim to be especially courageous. lie
placed due value upon the integrity Of the
American eagle, but enlisted mainly because
lie had no other employment at the time. lie
did camp duty faithfully, and endured the
hardsAips OF long marches without any special
grumbling That he dreaded to confront the
enemy he freely admits. While willing at
any time to kick bigger man than himself
under Justtiabe provocation, he disliked the
idea OF the sudden sensation impaired by
bayonet thrust in the abdomen, whil9 only
second TO this was his horror of being cut
down with rifle ball like an unsuspecting
squirrel.


Wher. his regiment was drawn up in line he
admits his teeth chattered and his knee pans
ratified like pot closet in hurricane. Many
of his comrades were similarly affected, and
some of them would have lain down had they
dared to do So When the first vo.ley had
b.tn interchanged our friend informs us, every
trace of these feelings passed away from him.
A reaction took place, and he became almost
savage from excitement. Balls whistleG all
about him, and a cannon shot cut in half
companion at his side. Another was struck
by some explosive that scattered the brains
over the clothes OF our informant, but, so Tar
from inlimidating, all these things nerved up
his resolution. The hitherto quaking civilian
in half an hour became veteran. HIS record
shows that he bayonetted two of his rebel
enemies and discharged eight rounds of his
piece with as decisive an aim as though he
had selected turkey for his mark. Could the
entire line of an army come at the same time
into collision, he says there would be no run
ming except after hopeless defeat.


i lie men who played the runaway at Bull
Run were men who had not participated in the
action to any extent, and who became panic
stricken where, it once smelling powder in the
manner above described they would have been
abundantly victorious In the roar OF mus
ketIy and the laundering discharge of artil-
lery there is music that banishes even innate
cowardice. The sight of men struggling to.
gether, the clash OF sabres, the tramp OF cav.
airy, the gore stained grass of the battle field,
and the coming charge of the enemy dimly
visible through the battle smoke-all these,
saws our intelligent informant, dispel every
particle of fear, and the veriest coward in the
ranks perhaps becomes the most tiger.like. At
the battle of Bull Run chaplain of regiment,
a man of small stature and delicate frame, per-
sonally cut down two six feet grenaders in
single combat. If these things are so-and
we incline to think they are-the best cure for
cowardice is to crowd man into fight and
there keep him. The fugitives from Bull Run
were men who imbibed panic before it could
have reached them.
Year: 1861




Ihat times are very hard, and money very tight
hat e people have not work, and in bad plight
Ana that for Carpets and Crockcv they cannot na high
Ot this and either matters the people they complain
Ana 1t makes me feel sad to their faces filled with


pain -
And by selling cheap-if this will make them smile
Even II my money lose, they share it awhile.
therefore, have concluded without regard cost to


sell "
All Of my Kitchen Goods Cuter, and Carpets as we
Also, my Croe6ery aud Glass Ware at discount am


selling
With Brooms and Bru hes, and everything all cannot


be telling
therefore, ladies and gentlemen an GUY upon this


invitation,
For have ll supply of House Furnishing Goods at


my Poetical Station
ltis located in the Bay Block at the Poets cor



Here have good Stock of Goods and as cbeap MS any


upon my honor.
Now come one and all. buy your goods and soon times


for better will change,
And your money little, it will hold out YOU buy at


the PUetical Exchange
And should INV capital at the end Of the war he light
why then here is energy and ambition. wieh is in tor the


fight,
Forlile & battle field and if do right my customers


Will rally.
And we put flight hard times, with one vigorous


sally.
And iq conclusion, customers thank for the tavors


that are past;
Also, for those which receiving In the way of pat


ronage-may it always last.
B The people are respectfully invited to call az
the Poctical Exchange, AMI examine my Goods which
are new and of the latest pattern.
ieIe diff ORSON \ HEATH
Year: 1861

Joseph Winters sent to our Office dozen
of the biggest Turnips we most ever put
our eyes upon. If there is farmer in
Crawford county that can beat them, nd
would like to know it. Is well As ourselves. |
He assures us that the whole patch is
equally As good.
Year: 1861

Made by General Chilly Mcintosh, war captain of the Creek Nation, made to the Comanches, Wichitas and other tribes, at the Wichita Agency near Fort Cobb, on the sth of August 1861, as written out by himself: My brothers and friends of Comqnche and ohers-

 This day stand before vou--the sky is blue and, a fine day that our good father Jehovah have dercd So th2t we met and see each other face to face am glad to see you all in the face and see you all we,l-ny heart is glad. Since the Mu5co gee and Seminole male peace with the Comanches and several of the bands several years ago we hold fast to it and you done the same ever since live in peace with you and with us. have come a long way to see you and to tell you the truth. am your elder brother--what tell you is from m hear. and wouldn't advise you any thing that would iniure you and your people but for your peace, prosperity and happiness for your people and rising generation.

 The Nlscogee, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chckasaw ard Seminole in time been like yourself, war with each others and roam from place to place in pur- suit of S4lAS--iestitute of tpoI and wearing until we m .le ptlce with each osher anl bury

 

 peace with the white mn, and subjected oursef un Ter their protection agent to see justice done 10 us by the whites

 We settlel down to one pIace-commence rais- ing corn, potatoes, chickens, hogs and cattles-by doing thus We find comfort and by degrees We be- come to be 9 people of dependant. Our people do ing well, they live houses large farms, some have negroes anl large sto k ot tclt:les If you will set tie yourself at some place anl make your young men work by degrees in few years you will find it good to be in peace aniliye in home and raise your children withou. fear of enemy.

 Ny witness is by my brothers who sit around me-Caddoes and others-they have been roaming from place to place until they take advice of our white brothers and take their tlk aud settle down themself made corn for their children--they nave agent w.th them, to give them all they need and see justice done them. Without an agent it is impossible for Indian to live in peace with white man or justice done them. The big white man have send one of his son to talk to you and he is send here with power to mike you happy people if you will listen to his tllk anl make peace with him, he will comply with his talk and give you all he promise

 You shall be protected from hostile invasion from white people and the country shall be yours IS long as the grass grows and water runs, am now done talking with you but am in hopes our friendship is now existing will always be binding more and more, and white path kept clean continu- ally between us.

 Wish you my brothers to listen good to yonr wIite brothers talk and received it into your heart and bring your people down and settle yourself on some good soil, when you too so the Commissioner will furnish you with provision and other articles necessary for you.
Year: 1861

The following is a copy of the circular sent by Secretary Seward to the Governors of the federal States, to which allusiop was made by telegraph. It will be seen, by perusal of the document, that the inferences made, based upon the short extract copied from the Chicago Times, are fully warranted. Old Abe and his premier are frightened at the complication they have worked up between the rump government and foreign powers, and hence the note of war hing:
Year: 1861

We propose Issuing an Evening Edition
Of the TRIBUNE, commencing tomorrow
afternoon at 3 O'Clock. It will contain ill
the tclcgraphie and other news received
up to the moment Of going to press. News
men will hand in their orders for city, rail
road and country circulation. as soon as
practicable. The reading public have long
desired US 10 publish an Evening Edition
Of the TRIBUNE, and We have concluded
10 crafty this wish
Year: 1861

LOOK OUT FOR THEM.-The last rumor is that
the Lincolnites will try to sink old hulks opposite
the bars and harbors Of North Carolina, with the
view of running the navigation and thus dispensing
with the necessity of blockade. This is brutality
of the most unmiigated kind. and to those engteed
in it no quarter should be shown, in any case.
Year: 1861

pa~ Gen Beauregard is Catholic 1t is said
that the morning of the battle prayer was
offered to Almighty God, and the holy sacrament
administered to the General and immense numbers
of his men,
Year: 1861

We see intimations in some of our cotempora-
ries of alleged schemes for creating parties The
illusions may be to the proceedings of Congress in
secret session, Of which we know nothing. 1t is
said that gentlemen from some States South of us.
dissatisfied with of the actions of the Govern
ment or Of some of its members, are disposed to
form opposition, with the view of infusing more
vigor into the Administration and to substitute
different at the next election. We are not
advised of the particular Of dissatisfaction
nor Of the extent of it we only infer that it
grows out of our altered condition, and has no re-
lation whatever to the old distinction of Wing and
Democrat.


For our part, we have very great aversion to
anything like party in such crisis as this. We
had hoped and believed that the men in authority
possessed the requisite ability for conducting
wisely and successfully the affairs of the Govern
ment; and, meriting, would receive the hearty
support Of an undivided people


The existence of party may be an inevitable
incident to free government; but in times like
these We have no resources to waste in party squab
bles. The united energies of the country are
needed for it's salvation, and should be devoted to
that end.-Richmond Whig.
Year: 1861

any article in our line of business that have
and. ANY person sending or coming for Goods after
this date, without money will please excuse US IT, in
stead of filing their order we furnish them with
copy of this advertisement determined not to
sell a single article credit. ,


nts And those indebted to are requested to call
and pay, want the money.


OATES l. WILLIAMS.


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