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Year: 1862




our Washington correspondent, who is
unusually well informed, does not draw
the hsppiest omens from the situation Of
Of our army on the Rappahannock. But
As his letter is days older than our latest
advices by telegraph, we may reasonably
hope that something has occurred since he
wrote to make our affairs in that quarter
look little less gloomy.


In one thing the country has probably
been in error-in the expectation that no
tight would be offered by the enemy until
our advance guard should assail the in
trcnchments at Richmond. The rebel
leaders seem about to defeat that
hope, and, By for;ifJipg the right bank Of
the Rappabannocls, hnrrass and delay the
march Of CUR army until the falling rain
and deepening mud make further ad.
vance impossible. We trust in the
rcawakened energy and quickencd hope Of
our officers and men to battle that design
But we cannot conceal from our readers the
TACT that the season of active operations Is
fcarlully short, and that a victory with its
glorious consequences, or winter quarters
and the incident disease, death and de-
moralization, cannot be many days re-
moved
Year: 1862

THE EINDEPENDE RLOCKHElD.


The absurd recommendation OF the New
York Independent, that a new crop Of the
legal tender notes Of the Government
should be issued to supply want Of cur
rency, c1inchcs the charge Of unreliability
which has been many times urged against
the financial and commercial articles of
that able and impartial Journal Aud the
reason which it sets forth for the advocacy
Of a policy so false and ruinous, betrays
Its blank ignorance Of the principles upon
which al successful experiments in finance
must rest. That reason is a want
Of money for the demands of bust
ness Did the financial editor of
the Independent never hear that this
"scarclty Of money" is the invariable and
necessary accompaniment, paradoxial as
it may seem, Of the unnatural excitement
which a plethora Of currency creates; and
that, to satisfy the public appetite for
money when the rage for speculation is
high, and prices Of all commodities are
rising, is just as much an impossihiity as
to lull storm by casting, Chinese fashion,
bits Of paper to the wind. We tell the
Independent, gratuitously, ~hat it will by
and by learn at grsat cost, that the "busi
| ncss' Which it would supply with neH
| promises-to-pay, whether made by tht


Government or by the banks, il
| speculation, the era Of which i


so marked that nobody can mistake it; ant


that the remedy is not in stimulanis Wnic'


created the disease, but in depletion Whi:l


Will withdraw from the circulation the ez


cess Of paper That the necessities Of th


government have injected into it. And n


tell it, further, that the danger alacadis nc
| that there VIII not be currency enough


but that, asozens Gozens, the government wi


be obliged to so initiate the volume Of pape
money afoat, that the returns Of CONNIE


cial and financial affairs to their norm.


condition can be accomplished, on]
through bankruptcy and ruin.
Year: 1862

had no existence when the ceremony was
performed? And as a matter ofconscieuce
and good morals, ought not an English
married pair to insist upon the celebration
of a silver wedding at the end of twenty
Eve years, in order to legalize and mutu-
ally appropriate that corporeaI growth of
which both parties have individually come
into possession sinre they were pronounced
one flesh ?-HGwth0rne, in the atlantic.
Year: 1862

This thought tormeuted me so much all
night, that the next day 1 returned to Vim
cennes to announce to the lieutenant that
I had just enlisted, and was going off to
the frontiers The brave man pressed me
upon his cross of St. Louis, and l went a.
way as proud as an ambassador"
Year: 1862

Abolitionists, in Congress and out of it, talk
very hippantly of emancipating all the Southern
slaves, and paying the shareholders for them.
Let US look at the figures of such proposition.
There are four million slaves. The bill now in
Congress, which proposes to abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia, fixes the price to be paid
by the General Government at three hundred dol
lars per head. At that rate the emancipation of
all the Southern slaves would cost twelve hundl ed
million dollars, without including the cost of car
rying out the plan, of disposing of the
free negroes after emancipation. This sum.
according to the Constitution, would have
to be apportioned among the States according
to population As the white population of
the United Stats, according to the census of
1860, was about twenty seven millions. and the
population of Michigan three fourths of million,
the share for the citizens of Michigan to pay on
this speculation would be about S33 1885, 1893.
The Indebtedness of the General Government, on
closing the war account, will not be less than
twelve hundred millions more, which would make
the share of Michigan S33 1893 1893 more. Add to
this our present Safe debt of three and half
millions. and we have the siug sum of seventy
million dOllors for the people of Michigan to pay,
the annual interest of which at six per cent.
would be four million t,oo hundred thousand dol
lars. beside paying all other State, county, town
and school taxes.


AS this is a small matter. why not go in for so
reasonable ropostion.-Detrot Free Press?


According to this calculation the cost to the
taxpayers of Indiana for emancipating and
"ransoming" the Sodthern slaves would be about
sixty million dollars. To this add sixty million
more for her portion of the public debt on ac-
count of the war expenditures, and it would
make total Indebtedness of over one hundred
and twenty million dollars. The annual interest
upon this sum would be seren million t,oo hundred
thousand dollars, besides the State, county, town
ship city and school taxes
Year: 1862




The Richmond correspondent of the New Or
leans Crescent thus describes this iroe clad rebel
steamer before her recent exploits which have
revolutionized naval warfare:


In the first place her engines are FIVE hundred
and ten horse power, and in spite of her great
weight il is thought she will make from twelve
to fifteen miles an hour. She does not draw by a
foot and half as much water as was expected.
When ahoat she presents to the enemy only a
roof above the water.


All her machinery is below the water line. Her
sides and roof are composed of oak twenty eight
inches thick, covered with six inches of plate and
railroad iron. She has an apparatus for throwing
hot water on boarders. Her armament consists
of ten guns only, all rihed.


The guns in her sides-four in number-are
eighty Founders. Those at the bow and stern
throw a one hundred pound solid shot, or one
hundred and twenty pound shell, and these guns
have three ports, which enables her to give a
broadside of six guns. She has furnaces for
heating shot Her crew consists of ten lieuten-
ants aud three hundred and fifty picked men, and
among them are the best gunners in the old navy
She has under water a wedge-shaped prov
of oak and iron thirty three feet long. Commo-
dore Buchanan commands her. and the second in
command is Catesby Jones-both men of the
highest order of courage. Buchanan has conf
dence in her, and says he is going to glory or
grave in her; Jones is less confident, but says
she is as good place to die in as a man could
have. The objection to her, and it is a serious
one. is the fact that she is entirely dependent on
her machinery; if that gets out of order she be-
comes mere log in the water. But if that
holds out, it is fair to expect that she will do
some damage to the two Yankee frgates now ly
ing off Newport News before this week ends
Let us not be too sanguine. but hope for the
best She may help to help us out of our great
dificultv
Year: 1862

The Milwaukee Neos, in discussing this topic,
remarks:


But sectionalism now exists not as a necessary
result of any conditions upon which the Union
was formed. but as the fruit of vicious popular
sentiment and we are asked, what is the remedy?
The remedy in this case is the same in all other
cases under our Government, when the people have
been alienated from the right by false teachers.
The people voluntarily, though perhaps uncon-
sciousy, brought upon themselves the evil of
sectionalism Voluntarily and consciously
they may Danish that evil. Let them turn
sectionalists out of Congress and out of
the Legislature, and sectionalism is gone.
Let them defeat the Republican party at
the North and the fre-eaters at the South, and
sectionalism dies. Let them refuse to support
sectional newspapers, and sectionalism will have
noadvocates. Let them restore to power the
men who stand, as Washington did, upon the
platform rms of the Constitution, and sectionasm is
banished.' Many of the very men live who have
administered the Government without sectional
ism-follow their example. and we shall have
peace now as we had peace then. This would be
remedy sufficient. and it is the only remedy. If
the people will not do this, there is no remedy
anywhere, and the Government is dissolved.
Year: 1862

We expected to have been able to publish our
usual annual report of pork packing before this,
but packing is still going on at Cleveland, Toledo
and Chicago, and we will not, therefore publish
it until we can do so fully and finally. We know
enoughfnow, however, to say positively that the
increase in number in the West will fall little
short of 100000 hogs, exclusive of the increase
in weight, which viii be four to six per cent. net
greater than the latter figure There is also a
great increase in the number shipped to the east
ern markets during the season. and if we add this
and he increase in weight to the half million in
crease in number, it will show total increase of
close on to 100000 head. We expect to have
the comparative shipments by all the routes to
the east, to publish with our annual report.-Cin-
cinnafi Price Current
Year: 1862

That the reader may see how grouudless are
the objections raised to the result OF the labors
of the Illinois State Constitutional Convention
which closed its session at Springfield this pres
ent week, we propose to set forth as briefly as
possible few of the prominent improvements
made upon the present Constitution of that State.
Having been an officer of that Convention the
writer hereof knows that the following provisions
are embodied in the new instrument which will
be submitted to the people of Illinois for their
adoption or rejection on the 18th of June next.


Members of the General Assembly have been
IN the habit of voting themselves perquisites in
the shape of postage stamps, knives, pencils,
newspapers, &C., to three times the amount of
their salary; but this great abuse is entirely cut
off by the new Constitution.


Special legislation by the General Assembly in
future is positively prohibited; and this Que
clause alone, il is estimated, will more
money to the State than all the necessary cur
rent expenses ofthe State Government from year
to year.


The judiciary system has been remodeled in
such a way that, while it will be more efficient
than the present one. there will be an actual
saving of about one half the expenses to the peo-
pie of the State.


The property of corporations is made to come
under the same rules of law private property;
thus preventing these soulless bodies from de-
frauding the poor laborer out of his honest dues.


Municipal corporations are prohibited from sub
scribing stock or loaning their credit to chartered
companies


The new Constitution does away with the two
mill tax, which that people have had to pay for
the past fourteen years.


Provisions are made for securing to each family
homestead free from sale on process of law ex
cept for taxes or debts due for Improvements
thereon, and to secure more fully the rights of
married women.


Commissioners are already appointed to can
vass the votes of the $4,000 Illinois soldiers in
the field for OF against the adoption of the new
Constitution.


1t ltsubmits to separate vote the provisions that
the negro shall not come into or SETTLE vote or
hold Office in the State; that bank bills shall not
be circulated in the State after the year 1866 and
the distrcting of the State into fourteen Con-
gressional districts. giving to each party seven
members of Congress.-South Bend Forum.
Year: 1862

The New York World (Republican) quotes
the following from President JEyFERsoS's first
Inaugural as suitable text for the times:


The diffusion Of information and the srraign-
ment of all abuses at the bar of public opinion;
freedom of religion; freedom of the press; free
dom Of person under the protection of hobeas
corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected
these principles form the bright constellation
which has gone before Us, and guided our steps
through an age Of revolution and reformation.
The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our
heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
They should be the creed Of our political faith;
the text Of civil instruction; the touchstone by
which TO try the services Of those we trust; and
should we wander from them in moments oil er-
ror or alarm, let Us hasten 20 rctrace our steps
and regain the road which alone leads TO peace,
liberty and safety.
Year: 1862

To fke Editors Of The LOUISVILLE Journal:


GENTLEMEN: In your paper of this morning l
observe an article calling attention to the report
Of thirteen rebel gunboats being nearly or per-
haps quite finished at New Orleans, designed to
act against the Federal forces on the Mississippi
river and the blockading squadron at the mouth
Of that stream. have reason to believe the re-
ling news from there ere long Ny reason is this:
In January last in conversation with gentleman
lately from New Orleans, but who re- ided here,
he told me that he saw there fifteen gunboats
nearly completed. He described them as being
iron clad, and especially calculated TO resist NOR
tar shells, the roof being sloped to a point like
the roof of house, and the sides sloped to re-
ceve shot in glanc.ng direction. II this was
true (and have no reason to doubtit,) the rebels
may soon re enact the tragedy of Old Point. at
the mouth of the Mississippi.
Year: 1862

The collectors and surveyors of the customs OF
the leading cities have been authorized by the
Secretary of the Treasury. in pursuance Of the
late act Of Congress to take money on deposits,
in sums not less than fifty dollars. and pay there
for FIVE per cent per dnnum, and this is now be-
ing done The total amount TO be thus taken on
deposit is not TO exceed fifty million dollars, and
the depositors must give fifteen days notice be-
fore drawing out any money thus deposited. This
constitutes an extensive Savings Bank, which no
doubt will be largely patronized.
Year: 1862

The Palmyra IN. " Courier, Republican
paper, in contemplating the defeat of its party
at home in the recent election, makes the follow
ing confession:


Disguise the fact as we may. il is becoming
clear to every unpr ejudiced eye, that the Demo
cratic party is rapidly gaining the vantage ground
in this town. 1t is true that the large Irish vote
helps TO swell their ranks; but in all candor we
urge that broader and wiser counsels must pre-
vail, or the Republican party, not only in this
town, but all over the district, will have to stand
aside for the slow but surely increasing tread Of
our opponents. This is sad and humliating
confession. but il is nevertheless true.
Year: 1862

FIGHTING IT OUT.-One OF the crew on
board British vessel, recently arrived at this
port, set himself up for bully, and frequently,
during the voyage, boasted he could whip any
man on board, carrying matters with high
hand and the air of a Mogul. Yesterday one
of his messmates, who had experienced some of
the bully's brutality, accepted an invitation to
go down on the "dump" and. fight it out.
They went down and had what is called a
"fair fight" and bully got the worst of it. He
complained to the police about the matter, aud
his antagonist was sent for. He made his ap-
pearance at the office, told his story, and was
informed that he could go, until he was want
ed. Bully will not prosecute his complaint,
and will be little more careful in future how
he dares man to fight.
Year: 1862

MORE STOLEN GooDs REcovERED.-Deputy
Marshal Head yesterday prosecuted bis search
at the residences lately occupied by the female
thieves whom he had arrested. He discover
ed large lot of clothing of all kinds which
had undoubtedly been stolen. 1t was taken to
the Police Office, where it remains for identif-
cation. People who have lost any clothing
are requested to call at the Marshal's Office in
the new city building.
Year: 1862

MERCANTILE LIBRARY LECTUREs.-Our
readers are reminded that the Introductory
lecture of the course will be delivered to-mor-
row evening. The tickets are going off rap
idly, and if they wish to secure a ticket for the
course they had better apply to-day. The
small sum of one dollar and a quarter will Sc
cure tickets for all the lectures.
Year: 1862

CARELEssNEss.-A small boy was seriously
injured in the face, yesterday afternoon, in
Danforth street, by stone thrown by another
lad The latter said he was shying the stone
at dog, and had no intention of hitting any
thing else.
Year: 1862

FORWARDING CoSvALEsCEYTs TO THEIR
REolMESIs.-By order Of Gen. Mcclellan, no
more men will be sent for the present from
the convalescent camp at Alexandra, TO their
regiments in the army Of Potomac. Hereto
fore they have been sent there in small squads,
according to regiments hereafter they will
be sent according to the division Or corps to
which they belong.
Year: 1862

A private letter received in New York,
by the steamer Eagle gives the following
information relative to the operations OF the
French in Mexico:


Half of the troops which were to compose
the expedition (about 1900 men) had
arrived and were ordered Immediately to
Orizaba. The presence Of General Forey
had impaired new activity to military
operations, and the forti6cations erected
around Vera Cruz had been completed.
They consist of small brick fort built on
the top of Mount Borrigc, mounted With
four rifed guns, and of another earthwork
situated on the northwest side of Orizaba,
and commanding both the city and the road
leading to Jesu- Maria and Ell Ingenio. 1t
was generally believed that General Forey
had made choice of Orizaba as the basis of
his operations, which he intended to extend
as far as Jalapa but in consequence OF the
delays produced by the slowness OF the
arrivals of French troops, it Was thought
that the expedition would not be ready to
march upon Mexico before the fore part OF
December next. The news Of tho loss sus-
tanned by the French force, both on ship
board and on shore, in consequence Of the
vomito, is said to be greatly exaggerated.
Year: 1862

EE "The Chinese wall around the trade
of the country" which We are told was
erected by Congress in the passage Of the
present tariff, would seem to be pretty easily
scaled. The "utter prohibitory duties' do
not seem to keep out the prohibited articles.
The receipts into the New York custom
House are enormous. The consumption Of
the articles formerly free, but now burdeued
with high duties, does not seem to. have
perceptibly fallen of. In fact the predic-
tions of the free traders have been signally
disappointed, and the expectations Of those
who framed the new revenue bill have been
as signally Observation-Disclosures Jour.
Year: 1862

1t is but seldom that We engage in Biblical
lore. Oft are We tempted to explore the fields
of theology, and ruminate upon the meaning Of
sacred things. 1t was while thus engaged, the
other day. that we were deeply impressed with
the unmistakable plainness Of the extracts,
which We have placed at the head of our paper.
They require no garbling, but at first reading
Will strike every one for their plainness, and
the object aimed at


One Of the principal features Of the Democracy
has been Its Wholesale, shameless mutilaticns of
tle word OF God. Inasmuch as they are heavy"
on seriptural recognizance of human bondage
We would call their particular attention to the
divine authority for the recent proclamation of
freedom by the President. But they will not
allow their rule to be used both ways. With
persistency characteristic of the devil do they
construe the sacred writings into defence of
that which outrages every instinct of the nature
which the Almighty has given us, and affect to
be shocked at the bold in6delity" Of he who
believes the Book of Books to be defence Of
Right and Liberty. If there be any meaning to
words at all, Abraham Lincoln is expressly COM
mauded in these words to make his own terms
to the rebels: "Whosoever will not do the law
of thy God, and the law of the king let judgment
be executed speedily upon him, whether it be
unto death, or to banishment. or to confscation
Of goods, or 10 imprisonment"


There's the papers for il, Abraham. By the
First OF January let anoter edict follow, setting
the Judgment" grade or two higher than con-
fiscation, and the thing will soon collapse.
Year: 1862

The second year Of our existence as State is
drawing to close. The balance sheet for 1862
will soon be struck From the earliest settlement
Of our country the Autumn months have been
deemed most appropriate for recounting the
blessings of Providence, and making public
acknowledgements therefor in Thanksgiving and
Praise.


As State we have been highly favored dur
ing the year now closing The earth has yielded
abundantly, and health and general prosperity
have been allotted to us. While deadly civil
war has been waged on our border, and in many
Of the States, comparative peace and quiet have
been our lot. While we mourn that civil war
still spreads its desolatiOn in country, there
is cause for thankfulness that the immutable
laws of God apply as well to nations as individ-
uals. to war as well as peace, and that there Is
some reason to hope that our nation is beginning
to understand the application Of these laws to
our present condition as people.


In view Of the numberless blessings siowered
upon our State and Nation, l appoint THU RS
DAY the 9th day of November next, as day OF
Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God, and
earnestly invite all good citizens to observe the
same as become Christian people: By abstain
ing from labor and business occupations; by
attending upon public worship; 10y deeds OF
charity to the poor and needy; and by cult
walton Of the domestic and social virtues.


Given under my hand and seal of the State at
Topeka, this 29,h day Of October, 1862.


By the Governor: C. ROBINSON.


s. r. SHEPHERD, Secretary of State.
Year: 1862

However highly loyal men may have regard
cd the military genius Of this man, his wanton
stupidity for the past few months, cannot but
leave the impression that his loyalty is not
sufficiently intense 10 lead our armies againt
the rebels. This is ell we can make out of it.
We have always accorded to him The highest
military genius, and have, in hope, refrained
from arrnying ourselves against him. But
upon the heels Of his recent inaction comes the
intelligence of his removal, and his repeated
positive disobedence of the orders of the Pres
ident. We cannot but regard his removal at
this time rs fortunate, for it has of late been
apparent that he was gradually settling into
winter quarters, regardless of the immense
burden upon the people as such q large inactive
army would be.


We want q radical man to lead-one who
believes saving the Union to be one thing, and
saving Slavery to be another-who believes
these two objects 10 be so antagonistic that
their existence together is an impossibility,
With such leader the Union will be speedily
restored, while those holding the opposite view
will not have their mird fully upon the work
and but ill success, if any, will attend them


The army Of the Potomac now numbers foul
hundred thousand veteran soldiers, and with
Hooker, Sigel, or Heintzleman TO lead them
will make quick work of the rebellion.
Year: 1862

Should the rebellion continue in its
present shape until the first Of January
next, the number Of slaves who will on
that day be virtually emancipated, under the
PROCLAMATION of the President, will be as