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Year: 1862

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in the pape', will be published during
one ronth in both languages, and will be
charged accordingly.


No Job work will be done hereafter, unless
the pay can be had on delivery.
Year: 1862

A DISPATCH Of August SOth, from Phila-
delpbia. says that dispatch had been re-
ceved by the authorities stating that a
hard battle had been fought that day that
the loss was heavy, aud requesting to have
all the surgeons possible sent to Washing
ton Immediately. The battle on the field
of Bull Run was fought on Friday, but we
have no particulars of the contest on Sat
urdey, except that "the engagement was OF
the most sanguinary character" and there
was an abiding confidence in the ultimate
success of the Union forces. The cannon.
aiding was distinctly heard at Washington
where the greatest excitement prevailed
during the day. We shall probably have
some further intelligence this evening.
Year: 1862

WHAT DOUGLAS DID SAY.-The fusion pa
pers of this State have quoted and harped
upon single paragraph in one of Douglas
last speeches, to prove that he was in favor
of the Democracy dropping its party name
and organization aud rushing into the Re
publican fold. But the paragraph will not
bear the construction attempted to be given
it, and he never did in any instance advise
the Democracy to surrender its organiza-
tion. Here is quotation from one of his
last speeches which the fusion journals have
omitted to notice:


Nor have any apprehension that the firm
and unanimous support which the Democratic
leaders and masses are now giving to the Con-
stitution and the Union will be deemed eyiden-
ces of infdelity to Democratic principles, or a
want of loyalty to the organization and creed OF
the Democratic party. II we hope to regain and
perpetuate the ascendanCy Of our party, we
should never forget that man cannot be true
Democrat unless he is a loyal patriot.
Year: 1862

We learn that the Union received a short
dispatch yesterday evening, over the CONT
mental line, but from some cause the wires
ceased working while the news was being
telegraphed over. Dispatches were receiv.
ed at San Francisco on Sunday, confirming
the rout of the enemy at Bull Run, in the
battle of Friday last; and stating that a
large number had been captured, and that
the Federal cavalry was in pursuit of the
flying enemy at last accounts.
Year: 1862

A SMART RAsCAL--A San Joaquin county
official lately arrested two horse thieves in
El Dorado county, and while bringing them
to Stockton, had occasion TO stop at tav-
ern on the road, from whence one OF them
escaped during the night, with the clothes
Of the other thief. the nat of the landlord,
and some small game picked up about the
house. That man will do to travel.
Year: 1862

Central and one or two other roads IN this
immediate vicinity.


If the intention Of the Judiciary Com
1nittee is to cut off the reimbursement Of
tie cash outlay actually expended, We are
very much mistaken, and can hardly be-
ieye that their report will be approved by
Congress OF the position sustained by the
courts
Year: 1862

The most important event of last week
was Gen. Morgan's taking possession of
this natural depression in the mountains
between East Tenn. aud Kentucky. The
Rebels abandoned it jus; before his arrival.
This opens the way to help the Union
party iu East Tennessee, and cut of the
Rebel communication by railway from the
south West to Richmond 1t is thought
our men will soon strike the South end
of that railway line also, if they have not
already done 50.
Year: 1862

characterization Mcclellan having
asked more men TO make sure work before
Richmond, the most of MDowel's force
has been added to his, and all the avail
able Union power will be directed to that
quarter
Year: 1862

The proposition Of Secretary Chase to cs-
tlblish Il uniform currency throughout the
country, is being seriously considered. We
have no doubt that all the banks doing
proper and Legitimate business will be bcne-
fitted, us we'll as the people. by some arrange
ment Of the kind At least they would
make a fair profit. Suppose, for instance,
that bank having capital of 500, 900.
should purchase United States six per cent
stock which, should deposit with the Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury as collateral. and receive
United States notes amounting to that sum.
" Ith these notes it could discount paper.
and if it could use the whole Of them, it
would receive twelve per cent on its capital,
SIX from the government for the bonds de-
posted as collateral, and six on its discounts
The deduction from this would be the
amount required TO transact its current bu,i-
ness In the above we have not taken in o
consideration the bIone IS that might be
done OH deposits. The operation, therefore,
strikes us as being highly advant lgeouS.
The people would be furnished with Il uni
form currency, they would I've relieved Of
the discounts on deprecated notes, and Il
wholesome check would be cxcrtcd over the
banks, while the government would be ben
ciitcd by the creation of such demand for
its bonds rs wonId keep them at par. 0


perhaps above par 1t would thus be COM
PenSatcd for the expense of the manufacture
OF the notes. The banking system OF New
York is based on the princpel proposed,
the only difference being that the State does
not issue the notes-but leaves the Banks
to manage that for themselves. Another
argument in favor of the proposition is that
it will interest the people of the different
sections of the country in the pre- ,ervation
Of the government-that every man who
holds note would be to that extent bound
to it, and such thing as rebellion to sub
vert it, could never again take place
Year: 1862

would arrest the arm that would strike the
death blow to Slavery. Its death would
be the death of the rebellion and the death
of the rebellion, will be the life of the ma
ton. Thousands of our best citizens have
died in the effort to suppress the rebellion.
There must be an end to this slaughter.
We must spare the lives Of our brethren.
We must strike the rebels at their strong
point Slavery is their strength. Then
let slavery fall. In this way, we shall save
the lives of thousands Of our brethren in the
field.


The events of each day Undue us to be-
lievc that slavery must fail with the rebel
lion or, we should rather have said, the
rebellion must fall with slavery. ItbeeOmpS
more and more apparent that slavery must
be destroyed, to save the Union and secure
peace to the nation. In this view. we are
happy to be sustained by so distinguished a
patriot as Ex-Govcrnor Hicks. Only few
days since, he remarked within our hearing
that 8 ,ce can wrer hare NctJIe gore'nnH'n a,m
a peaceful mon as .N'dr@y e17>tS in tie co,nhy."
Such is the intelligent view Of that enlight
ened statesman And itcannot be question
ed that current events sustain his opinion.
The fact is, we have never been perfectly
united people. The North and the South
have always been two distinct nations
This has been necessarilyso. We can never
be one nation un Ter one Government. while
we have two systems Of labor And while
we are fighting for the unity Of the nation,
we had as we'll make the Union perfect and
permanent. Let us have peace on an endar-
ing basis. These must lie the sentiments OF
all true CnionistS, whether we take a g South
side," or North side" view. Let US
have for our sole object the restoration OF
the Union, while We smitc its enemies with
fire and sword in everything that gives them
strength.-Ca0J,Tye Mtethycncer.
Year: 1862

and prompt enforcement Of the Confiscation
and Emancipation acts of Congress.


The bill to admit West Virginia as an in
dependent State passed the House on We'd
nesday by the decisive vote of SO to 30. 1t
had previously passed the Senate, and there
fore now only requires the signature of
President Lincoln to become a law. This
is the bill Of Senator Wiley, and contains
a provision inserted by him requiring the
new state, as condition of its admission,
to enact system Of gradual emancipation!
As the people of West Virginia had pre-
viously signified their approval Of this con-
dition, as of the whole bill, there can be
no doubt Of the consummation OF the meas
ure by the formal acceptance of the bill by
their Legislature, which is now in session


J. Wesley Green who furnished to the
Chicago Times some reported peace PROPOSE
tons from jeff. Davis to President Lincoln,
is an impositor He went to Washington
to see President Lincoln, who soon asccr-
tanned that there was no grounds for his
nosensical statements.
Year: 1862

cine, and, as such, they received it. Ere
qucntIy have we heard the poor, suffering,
soldier pour out his heart in terms Of deep
affection for kindness bestowed mt his hands
The Doctors social qualities made him a
great tlvorite with gentleman and ladies' ;
we say ladies, for his official duties brought
him in association with many, and, we are
sure, could his cara spo~t, Of whom he al
ways delighted to speak, have but a chance
to see how gladly he was always welcomed
by them, she would feel highly gratifcd.


We hope this will not be the last visit of
the Doctor to our town, and the next time
he comes, he will bring his ''bcttcr half
with him. lie has our best wishes for his
continued welfare
Year: 1862

TIE SOUTHERN OuGARCIIY's CREED.-
The Southern Literary Messenger, which is
considered the literary and political organ
of the Southern oligarchy, the same as the
Democratic Rc7cr, i'll old party times was
held up as the mouthpiecc of the Democra-
cy, in recent number presents the follow
ing as the cornerstone of the platform pre-
scnted for the adoption Of the adherents of
the Mississippi repudiator:


"An Abolitionist is any man who does
not love slavery for its own sake, as divine
institution; who does not worship it as a
cornerstone of civil liberty; whe does not
adore it as the only possible social condition
on which permanent republican govern
ment can be created, and who does not, in
his lnmOSt soul, desire to see it extended
and perpctuatcd over the whole earth as a
means of human reformation second in Dig
nifty, importance and sacrcdness to the
Christian religion. He who does not love
African slavery with this love is an Aboli-
toniSts."


We commend this creed to the consider
alton Of those who have been such strenuous
advocates ofPcace and Southern institutions,
that they have been ready to charge all
who 90 for the Union, withot any is and
ands, rs Black Republicans and Abolitionists
Year: 1862

mate the considerations Of the duty which
might be expected to guide his conduct in
certain conjunetures arising from political
complications, as also in respect to certain
measures as to which his interlocutors con-
lessed some solicitude.


Now that this found its way to the public,
(as we must presume with the authority Of
its signers) it may not be improper for US to
say that the memorandum, at the time of its
composition, was confdentially communicat-
ed to the editors of this paper for our perusa',
that we might have the advantage of possess
ing an authoritive and authentic exposition
of the Presidents emancipation message of
March last, and of the motives under which
that message was penned, as also Of the views
of policy by which the President proposed
in the future to guide his steps under the diff
feulties and embarrassments to which he was
subjected in the matter of slavery and its
relations.


We need not say that this exposition of
the Presidents views and Of his contingent
purposes, as announced by him at the date,
confirmed US in the impressions we had deriv-
ed from the special message itself, without
this Presidential commentary, though the
circumstances under which we we're favored
with access. to the paper forbade US at the
time to make any use of its contents. Nor
should wehave thought it proper to make any



reference even to the existence of such
document if its publication in another quar-
ter had not now made it part of the history
Of the anomalous times though which our
country is passing. The reader, after per-
usal Of the paper in question, win readily un-
derstand that our surprise at the "new poll
ey" inaugurated under the Presidents enlau-
-cipation proclamation of last September 22d
was not diminished by our knowledge of the
views and considerations which he had so
frankly announced on the occasion Of the con
vers ton recited in the memorandum now
published.
Year: 1862

READER, you can have an enduring. always
ready and reliable GoLD Pas exactly adapted to your hand
and style Of writing which win do your writing vastly cheap
than Steel Pens you want "Tbs Pen Is sishtier
than the Swordn in another column.
Year: 1862

Tar JAPANESE FUND AND THE PoLcE-At
the last meeting Of the Police Commissioners
decision was arrived at In reference to the fund
donated to the force by the Japanese ENJOYS
which bears out the structures that we recently
had occasion to offer In connection with this
subject. The Commissioners instruct their
treasurer, after paying to such members of the
body as have declined to assign their interest
in the fsnd their equitable share In IL, to hand
over to the Committee Of Police who have
charge Of the families Of the policemen who
have enlisted in the army Of the United States
the sum Of $4,000. II has bcen asserted, and
not as yet contradcied, that Che signatures to
the petition demanding the appropriation Of
this latter sum to the purpose indicated were
obtained under an implied threat OF dismissal
from the force In case Of refusal. Whether this
will be carried out in regard to the men who
have insisted upon having their share Of the
fund remains to be seen. The history Of this
whole affair ID . curious one. The original sum
given by the japanese ambassadors to the
police was, il we mistake not, $4,000. Tho
total amount now acknowledged to be in the
hands Of tho Commissioners, with interest to
November, 1851, hs14,650. What hos become Of
the balance? And what, again, are the motives
for holding over the fund such length Of time
and then seeking to divert IL to IN object en-
tirsly different from that intended by the do
norsi If the families Of the policemen now
serving in the army were left unprovided for
we could understand the desire TO appropriate
1t to their use; but II should be borne in mind
that every member Of tho force has contributed
the sum OF ten dollars and gives in addition
two dollars month from his pay for q fund for
this purpose and that, with the sums subscribed
by tho citizens, IL now amounts to something
like $4,000. TO forcibly compel the men,
bers Of the force to allow their share OF the
Japanese gift to be added to this fund seems to
us not only unnecessary, but unjust. There
must be some strong motive to necsssitste steps
go harsh, and In the absence Of any explanation
the public will be apt to place their own con-
struction upon them. One result Of this will
probably DO to lead them to inquire more
Year: 1862

A TARDY ACT OF JusTIcE.-We see that re.
solution has passed the House OF Representa-
tives declaring it as the opinion Of Congress
that the Secretary Of the Treasury should take
immediate steps for the payment OF the sums
due to soldiers, and that preference be given to
such classes Of creditors over all others. II il
time that a pressure Of some kind should be
brought to bear on the Treasury Department
to compel II to do that which its own sense Of
justice should have prompted it to do long
since. There are now, we believe, over one
hundred millions due the army, and the reasons
assigned by Mr.. Chase for postponing the pay
mcnt of their arrears are the less COM
prehensible, whom we understand that on
the 1st of January next an old debt
Of the United States of about three millions
Of dollars, then due, will be paid la specie
proceeding entirely unnecessary, and which
will give to the Wall street speculators pre-
MUM Of over thirty per cent. The resolution
to which we refer will, we trust, remove any
scruples that Mr.. Chase nay entertain as TO the
course he should pursue in regard to the liqui-
dation Of the claims of the army There are
thousands of Office holders under the govern
ment, beginning with those in Washington, who
can, If necessary, be made to take their turn Of
expectancy. whilst those who are Drawing death
and untold hardships in the field receive at
least an nstalment of the arrears that are due
to them.
Year: 1862

MILITARY C0UETs OF MoURY-THA PORTER
CAsr-Ths inquiry in the case of General Por-
ter still drags its slow length along. tirng those
present with its dull details, and furnishing
scarcely paragraph to the reporters. The
astounding disclosures promised by the
Tribune have, as we predicted, ended in smoke,
and the evidence on the part Of the prosecution
has closed without single fact having been
elicited which oan be said to damage the ac-
cused. No one acquainted with the character
and services Of General Porter supposed that
anything could be made ous Of the charges
preferred against him. IT was not, in
fact, General Porter, but General McClel-
Ian, who was put upon his trial in this
inquiry. After the latter was dismissed from
tho command Of the Army of the Potomac, un-
able to ind anyt hg in his conduct that could
directly justify his removal, his prosecutors
fancied that, by bringing Porter before court
OF inquiry, they might light upon something to
show that Mcclellan had been Intriguing
against Pope, and was not therefore entitled to
the confidence Of the army or the country.
What has been the result! That the evidence
taken In the cases of both Porter and Mcdowell
places the conduct Of Mcclellan in q more
patriotic and disinterested light than ever, and
shows him to be head and shoulders above all
those who were ieagued in this miserable con-
spiracy against him. But 1t proves something
more. Nobody who reads it can fail to be
struck with the recklessness with which the i'm
mense resources placed at the command Of the
government for the prosecution OF the war
were frittered away and wasted by the men
who now seek to visit the consequences Of their
aots upon Our bravest and most capable officers
History will do justice to both through the me.
dium Of these inquiries. In provoking them
the radicals have perpetuated the memory Of
facts which are as damning to themselves as
they are creditable to those whom they seek to
incriminate.
Year: 1862

Tue WAR AND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
We trust that our readers will be prompt to re.
member the demands which the war makes
upon their benevolence during these Christmas
holidays, when every heart should be warm
with charity and every pocket open to relieve
the distressed. There has never before been
winter in which there seemed to be SO little
poverty and destitution in this city, and II Sec
retary Chase would pay the soldiers their
wages the greater part Of our poor population
would be very comfortably provided for. By
means of the admirable allotment system, aud
through various local societies and impromptu
organizations, the families Of our soldiers are
generally we'll taken care Of and, consequently,
We remark this year an unusual absence of
bsggars in our streets and at QUE doors. 1t
should be considered, however, that these
societies have to be kept in funds, and those,
who wish to lend to the Lord by giving to the
poor should do all they can to replenish the
treasures from which many Of the wives and
orphans of the brave men in our armies draw
their chief support. Next to sending donations
directly to the treasurers Of these societies. we
know no better way of accomplishing this end
than by patronizing the many fairs now open
throughout the city for charitable objects. l.
our readers will purchase their Christmas gift
at these fairs they will not only secure the
presents they wish, but will also do something
towards assisting the poor, the widows and the
fatherless. Without charity Christmas loses its
chief charm.
Year: 1862

severe imminent than the loyal States can endure
while bringing this unhappy NEST to its desired eonclu
sion.


Let us suppose that any European
should think right or expeden to intervene by force
obge the United States to accept compromise of that
sovereignty What other effect could it produce than to
render inevitable and hurry that serve war;
completely destructive of ali European interests in this
country, which this Government studousy strives
avoid? know that the danger of any foreign nation
tempting such policy if it has existed has passed.
as am happy in knowing that foreign Government
ever threatened such ntervenon while several magnan
nous Governments have repudiated all unriendy


have put forward that hypothesis only by preface
to question not less sgnfcan-namely what must be the
effect of such policy abroad will encourage the
gents with hopes OF Intervention which never to
cur Is not that effect visible in the obtnacy of the
surgents in their destruction OF the and tobacco al
ready cultivated and liable to be brought into
by the return OF peace and in their studied neglect of the
planting the eds OF their staples and turning much
the African labor they able to into the produc


on OF supplies OF provisions and forage to enable them
to continue the war?


The effect will be further developed time goes on, in
opening way for that serVe war; which, if it shall be per-
mtted to will produce infinite suffering Throughout
the world, and only last result in entirely new
system Of trade and between the United States
and all foreign nations.


need say that these views grounded any
dings sons of the British Government
to be submitted to them only ey will be to other
States from strong desire the part of the President
that the true condt on OF hs present strife be every
where fully understood.


an, &C., WILLIAM Il. SEWARD.