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Year: 1864

ria The enormorous national banking scheme
Of the Secretary of the Treasury, says the
Louisville Democrat, is going into operation.
Any association, by the purchase of Ger
tain amount of natioual bonds, can Issue
notes to circulate as a currency, redeemable
in lawful money Of the United States-that
is, greenbacks. There is no gold in sight
in these institutions. unless the Supreme
Court of the United States should declare
the legal tender part of the arrangement
Unconstitutional, in which case the grand
national shinpalSter factories will fail; for
they will then have no lawful money Of the
United States to redeem their issues with.


In the meantime, if one holds a note Of
one of these establishments, he has pro-
mise of the corporation to pay him the
amount in greenbacks if he presents it
ALI that is promised him is another promise
to pay, and the latter is at thirty.fve per
cent. discount in real money of the United
States. Of course this second promise will
be per cent. less, compared with gold,
than the greenbacks, and the latter will
disappearlas as acurrency, leaving these Sc
cond rate promises to nay to fill the chan
nels of circulation The trash will not be
even uniform; for these national banks
away off in the woods will be in less credit
than those at more accessible potts. If the
credit of the Government should fall, so
that legal tenders would be at fifty per
cent. discount, these national bank notes
will fall.still lower.


Whilst the national debt is piing up, We
may naturally expect its credit to be more
and more severely tested; and the waole
currency will become cheaper and cheaper
If it perishes at last it will not be the worst
result If the system were firmly estab-
Eshed, it would grow into moneyed pow
er that would control both the Federal
Government and the States, and serve to
consolidate central, overshadowing des-
potism of the meanest sort.


To give all advantages to this banking
system, it is proposed to tax State bank
paper out of existence.


When the State of Maryland undertook
to tax the United States bank at Baltimore,
the court declared the act null and void. 1t
was first settled by the court that nar
tional bank was constitutional but if a
State could tax it, then the State might
tax it out of existence, and thus nullify an
unquestionable power.


Turn this logic round. 1t is settled that
State has right to incorporate banks offs
sue; but if the United States can tax
them the United States can nullify
this unquestioned power of State. Now,
we deny that the'Federal Government can
thus nullify State power. We believe the
court was right, after deciding that ma
tional bank was constitutional, in deciding
that State could not tax the institution,
and the same logic protects State banks now.


We know that logic is useless against
power just now; but when the country gets
sober the old landmarks will have to be OBJ
served, and these national shiupasters will
have to compete with State institutions.
Year: 1864

HENRY CLAY Upon CIVIL WAR.--If there
be any who want civil war-who want to
see blood of any portion of orr country
men spilled am not one of them. ! wish
20 see war of no kind; but above all LIDO
not desire to see civil war. When war
begins, whether civil or foreign, no human
sight is competent TO see when, or how, it
is to terminate. But when civil war
shall be lighted up in the bosom OF our own
happy land, and odr armies are marching,
and commanders are winning their vlcto
ries, and fleets are in motion on our coast,
tell me, if you can, tell me if any human
being can fell its duration. God alone
knows where such war would end In
what state will he left our institutions? In
what state our liberties p In Senate Feb.
II. 1888,
Year: 1864

THE constant charge of conditional
Unionism," which was so often hurled at
their opponente, is now fixed firmly on the
entire radical party. They are conditional
Unionists" according to their own confes-
sions, and real disunionists beyond any
doubt. They are in favor of driving out
of the Union every State which will not
abolish slavery. If, after conquering the
rebellion there should be any prospect of
being able to restore the peaceful and pros
porous relations heretofore existing between
the States, the radical party are pledged to
obstruct and oppose any attempt to do SO,
except on condition of compelling the peo-
pie of the South to adopt a social system
dictated by the people of the North. This
is a plain abatement of the fact.-Jo"'1'al
OF Commerce. -- s'-- g 81.
Year: 1864

reflect that sound mind and body the most neces-
sary requisites to promote connubial happiness. IN
deed without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly 70 .n
view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair ahd


filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
of another becomes blighted with our own,
Year: 1864

The colored people ofthe District Of Coll
umbia have recently been holding meetings
of consultation as to whether they shall,
during the present year, allow clergymen OF
the white race to officate in their churches,
or to restrict all ministerial duties to men OF
their own class; and the conclusion arrived
at was to keep entirely aloof from their
white brethern. They will probably be
willing to employ white physicians, but
their dead will be buried and marriges per.
formed by colored ministers.
Year: 1864

How sacred are its many essociatlons!- =
We wander along its silent shore; we gaze
around on the beautiful scenery that enyi-
rons it beautiful bosom The fig tree, bends
over the projecting rocks the glittering
spray sparkle on the smooth sea; and we
almost hear the soft ripples of-the rolling
waves. We are filled with emotions of Joy
and gratitude, and our thoughts arise to
Him "whose way is in the sea, whose path
is in the great waters, and whose footsteps
are not known"


But alas how changed the scene Dark
thunder clouds are hoverlng overi its waters.
Angry gusts of wind lash into fury its
former peaceful waves By the lightning's
glare, We discern frail bark struggling for
life amid the foaming billows; and, as its
flashes tighten the gloom, the affrighted
disciples watch the Form that is securely
and serenely walking upon the watery waste
toward their sinking bark; but when they
hear the well known accents of the Savior's
voice, ut is l, be not afraid" their fear
gives way to emotions of confidence and
jos.- And thus it is in all our affection
If we keep our mind fixed on Christ, we
will not sink beneath the deep waters.
Year: 1864

perhaps the man really did love her,
and will make her his wife after all, 4" | said,
catching desperately at this straw Of hope


Never" said my friend, vehemently.-
II knew too much Of the man. He is hard,
and utterly selfish at the core; athorough-
ly bad man, who loves to make conquests OF
the hearts Of women whom he regards as
his equals and to begule TO their ruin his
interiors He probably made Agnes cup
pose that he intended to marry her, for be
is master Of every art that can onsnsre a
woman but pure minded, innocent girl ss
she was, she will be lost, soul and body "


And this man will go on his way, and men
will praise, and fair women will smile on
him as before And who will require at
his hand, the soul Of that sweet girl, Gone
to her death"


1t makes oue1slnost mad to think of it
TO think how her loneliness, and erphaDsse,
and helplessDess were her ruin, and hew all
the sin and shame that wers the mans and
his-sister' S, must be heaped on Der young,
helpless head ..-


But God does not forget. His mills grind
slowly, but sooner or later His fearful judg-
mant shall overtake this man aud woman
sooner or later He will avenge this girls
wreng, which does not cease to cry unto him
day and night, from the earth where she
wanders, or the grave where she sleeps
Year: 1864

Don't be afraid of little fun at home
good peope! Don't shut up your houses
lest the sun should fade your carpets, and
your hsart lest hearty laugh shake down
some of the musty old cobwebs there If
you want to ruin your sons, let them think
that all mirth and social enjoyment must be
left on the threshold without when they
come home at night, When once home
is regarded as only place to eat drink and
sleep, the work is begun that ends in gambl-
ing houses and reckless degradation. Young
people must have fun and relaxation some
where. If they do not find it at their
hearthstonss, it will be. sought in other and


perhaps less profitable places. Therefore,


let the FIRE burn brightly at nights and make
the homestead delightful with all those lit
tie arts that parents so perfectly understand,


Don't repress the buoyaHt spirits Of chill
dren. Half an hour of merriment round


the lamp and freight Of home blots out
the remembrance of many care and an
noyance during the day, and the best safe
guard they can take with them into the
world is the unseen influence of a bright
little domestic sanctum. 'z -a s1's 70
Year: 1864

ABOUT So.-Ths man that laughs is a
doctor without diploma, hi, face does
more good in sick room than bushel Of
powders or gallon Of bitter draughts. PEG
pie are always glad to sec him-their hands
instinoiivcly 60 halfway to meet his grasp,
while they turn involuntarily from the
olammy touch Of the dlyspeptlc who speak pea I;
your faults, while you never dream Of being
offended with him, and you know not what
a pleasant world you are living in, until he
point. out sunny stresks on its pathway.
Year: 1864

and Washiaston to be covered at uto same
time. Finally, it was agreed that the move
ment should be made a. Mcclellan desired,
and 81 the same time portion Of the army
should be LETT for the defease Of the cspital
Nothing came Of it however, for the enemy
had staid st Manassas as long as it pleased
them, and our army went thsre after they
had retired IN safety. Mcglellrn then goes
to the Peninsula, and takes up the plan of
campaign via York river, the Peniasuls aud
the Chieksbominy.
Year: 1864

Total number Delegates. ..-............ .l,2s4
The Committee recommend to the counties that have not
already held conventions for the purpose TO assemble in
their proper places early day appoint delegates
in accordance with the foregoing basis and to perfect an
open and thorough organization Of all who are in favor Of
maintaining the Union Of the States and the Government
of fathers and all opposed the corrupt destructive
and revolutionary abolition party OF the National and
State Administrations.


BY order of the Committee


GEO. MoOUAT,
indianapolis, June o. 1864. Chairman.
Year: 1864

One point will here strike every dis
passionate observer. 1t is that Mr..
Lincoln viii not release these men
from tho fact that, such is their bitter
ness against him, they would use their
influence and votes against him mt the
coming election. What other motive
can he have in allowing these men TO
thus suffer and die in southern pris-
ons? 1t cannot be.on account of the
federal negro soldiers held by the
south, for the reason that they do not
hold to-day five hundred; and we can
not suspect even Mr.. Lincoln of the
ineffable infamy of keeping forty thou
sand white men in prison, merely to
guarantee the safety of this small
number of negroes. 1t must then be
that he does it because he fears their
votes. n st ff


Heretofore abolition newspapers
have made ceaseless efforts to fire the
northern heart by assertions with ref
erence to the willful inhumanity Of the
crs. 1t will be seen that, in these
resolutions, the charge that this suf-
fering is intentional, is expressly de-
MED. This denial will, or at least
ought to, silence one of the ten thou
sand howls of the abolition press.


We invite the attention of all men
who have the interest of the country
at heart to these resolutions, and their
obvious inference that Mr.. Lincoln
keeps these men in prison for no 9th
er purpose than to prevent the express
sion of their hostility at the polls in
November.
Year: 1864

ever irrevocable without the consent Of
Congress. When the constitution shall
be ratified by the people. the President is
to declare, by proclamation, the admission
of these States on an equal footing with
the original States, each of which is to be
entitled to one member of the House un-
til the next apportionment, and two Sen
ators in the Congress of the United
States.
Year: 1864

IDAHo.-Scarcely day passes but
what train passes through our streets
bound for Idaho. The emigration to
that territory this spring will be Immense
from all over the State, and in different
parts of the country we hear of persons
who are off for the land of gold. A few
of them may do well, bu. the largest
number will see great deal of privations,
hardships and suffering, and very little
gold.
Year: 1864

ey The Dubuque Times says that the
great arch-illusionist Prof. (?) McAllister
has some friends up in that neighborhood
who will be glad to learn that he was get
ting portion of his deserts here below
Wonder if the Professor didn't come
a slight of hand performance on some
one up that way?
Year: 1864

NATURAL DEFENCE hen Time was
young, and turnpike roads were not known
the horse needed not the aid of the shoeing
smith, whom have termed an artist, for
the Divine Artist had taken care to give his
feet such a natural defence as it pleased
him to bestow, and who among US is weak
enough to suppose, or bold enough to as
seri that this wisdom is not sufficient to the
purpose in such a state. But to prevent
all cavil on this matter, let US only look
around US and appeal to orr senses: do We
not every day see horses and colts running
about on all sorts Of ground, unshod, yet
uninjured in their feet, for they do not take
to the hardest ground when at large. In
many parts cf the world. even OF the most
stony ground, horses are accustomed to
carry their riders unshod, and in Mexico l
have known horses that were rode for a
considerable time unshod on the turnpike
roads without any injury being thereby
done to their feet, though in these latter
times this practice is getting into disuse as
the roads are harder and the horses are
more urgently needed. Moreover believe
many Of our horses might travel their life
times unshod on any road If the crust Of
their feet were constantly rasped around
and shortened at the toe, seeing that hereby
all feet exposed to contact with hard sub
stances, are thus induced to become more
obdurate or infexible, provided at the same
time, that the sole be never pared, whilst
some feet, by their extraordinary fine form
and depth and strength are enabled to re.
sist such roads with impunity, and to sup.
port great weights without breaking. We
shall come presently to show how these
qualities may be impaired or entirely lost
by bad management.


At this place it is worth our while to
stay, and inquire whence the custom Of
shoeing horses arose, and how it snould pre-.
vail in one part Of the world and not in an
other. In Asia, the original country Of the
horse kind, they do not shoe their horses
at all because the hoof acquires a tough
and firm texture from the dryness Of the
soil and really stand in no need Of any ar.
tificial defence. Further, to aid nature in
the reproduction of horn of the most de.
srable texture and hardness, every horse
man carries raSp. to shorten the toe and
take the edges of the quarters Of the foot
which would otherwise grow too luxuriant
ly and the crust would most certainly split.
On the other hand horses raised on wet or
moist lands ond in humid atmosphere
will naturally have wider anil weaker foot,
the consequences Of its being replete with
cartilage, and therefore capable Of contrac.
ton by heat and expansion by being ex.
posed to damp or wet.


j. G. HARRISON.
Year: 1864

DONATION VIsIT-We are advised BY
letter Of February 2Sd that, "On the eve
of January 2sth, Rev. j. R Upton and
family received a visit from large nun.
Der Of the people Of Monona and vicinity,
who after most pleasant entertainment
and interview, departed, leaving in Cash
and other good things the value Of NINETY
Dollars.


Also at similar gathering at Farmers.
burgh on the the evening Of February 18th
Twenty five Dollars were made up for the
same parties. From the extreme GOODNESS
Of the weather few could be present, bu,
there Were equally pleasant faces and kind
hearts, and the amount given is no less
than that received at Monona when the
number of families present is considered u
Year: 1864

IDAno.-The publisher or somebody else
sends US copy of Campbell's Six Months
in the New Gold Region. 1t is very inter.
esting, and to those who contemplate going
west this Spring, we regard this little book
as invaluable. We believe the price is on
ly 25 cents and that it is obtainsble at any
book store
Year: 1864

The FUTURE ExPERoR OF MExIco.-Prince
Macmillan was the recipient Of imperial honors
in Paris, and at the last accounts had gone to
London. The French journals dwell upon the
fact that the Prince is IN ardent admirer and ad-
vocate Of Napoleon, whose advice will rule the
government Of Mexico TO certain extent. II
being clear to all the world that Maximilian Is
mere puppet In the hands Of the Emperor Of
the French, the statement of the semi-oficial
journals at Paris will be readily accepted as
meaning even more than is actually conveyed
As rather serious stumbling block in the way
of Macmillan must be noticed the fact that
his financial prospects are the reverse Of bril-
liant. First, and most annoying, the Prince is
personally indebted TO the amount Of eight
millions of francs, while his prospects for q
loan to his future imperial government are
very discouraging Tho Mexican loan falls
fat upon the money markets or London and
Paris, where the capitalists will take none Of IL
until the whole affair shall have been properly
arranged and the government steadfastly and
safely established. To do this without money
is difficult, not TO say impossible; and here lies
trouble for Prince Max. 1t is asserted, how
ever, that the Emperor Napoleon will induce
the Rothschilds and Barings to advance money
to the future emperor Some such assistance
be must have before he can possibly mount the
throne Of Mexico.
Year: 1864

PERSONAL SoUABBLEs IN CoSoREss.-we
have just had another specimen Of the ad-
vantages the floor Of the House Of Representa-
tives affords for the display OF the bellicose
propensities OF members-and the end is
not yet Messrs Blair and McClurg, Of Mis-
souri,, have just INDUCED in war of
words about the political difficulties in that
State. The country is in no disposition TO
regard with complacency these personal Con-
gressional squabbles. The times demand
earnest, comprehensive and effective leglsla-
ton; that everything should be done to
strengthen the hands of the leading man of the
day, General Grant. All personal considera-
tions, all individual chickering's and ell private
quarrels should be merged in one great effort
to help along the Union cause, to encourage the
soldiery and to sustain the military leaders.
The impending campaign will be decisive Of
the fate of the nation, and the occasion admits
of no temporizing, either in Congress or but
side its halls.
Year: 1864

The Danes and the Germans are still fight
ing with the greatest animosity, the former
meeting on all occasions with serious reverses.
The Allies, Prussian and Austrian, have sd-
vanced against Jutland in great force, and
with every prospect of success This course
has greatly irritated the English government.
Both houses of Parliament have expressed deep
censure against the Germans but. save this,
England has as yet done nothing to aid the
likely the affair may be settled by giving Hol-
stein to Prussia and Schleswig to Denmark;
but this move would surely suit neither of the
parties mentioned, to say nothing OF Austria,
who will have had her pains for her trouble in
case of such q division Of the disputed pro-
vinces These considerations render it very
unlikely that any such settlement may be FEAST
ble 1t must be noted that the debate in the
House of Lords was considered by the English
journals as demonstration quite inimical to
Germany, which might lead to war.


In Paris and London it Is asserted that
"Holy Alliance" between Russia, Prussia and
Austria has been formed. If this be true,
general war in Europe is almost inevitable, as
these Powers will have banded together to
struggle to the last for their existence against
the revolutionary movement which is agitating
all Europe, and which France and Italy will
powerfully aid. An alliance between Russia
and Prussia is a natural one. For Austria to
join with these Powers is an action on her part
unaccountable, save from dread of impending
danger; and that she considers it necessary to
make the alliance at present proves her know
ledge Of the fact that her power is menaced
even now.


Against the three Eastern potentates will be
arrayed vast portion of their own subjects,
France, Italy, and even England-ss this Power
will be forced into the contest, spite of her de-
sire to keep clear of the melec-while doubtless
Spain will send force to operate with France.
OF course all this warlike movement is depend
ent upon the fact that an alliance has really
been entered into between Russia, Prussia and
Austria. The first overt act of such coali
in Europe, which would cease but with the en-
tire overthrow OF the old monarchies and the
success of the great revolutionary party. Such
an event would, of course, change the present
political aspect of the Old World and bring
about complications as yet unthought Of The
monarchs of the three great Powers said to be
allied feel, doubtless, that this speck of war,
this Danish and German imbroglio, has precipi-
tated matters in Europe; that questions which
might have slumbered for half century yet
have been famed into life by this war, and
that as result struggle between monarchy
and democracy must ensue


Should such an event occur, England and
France, who have the one truly, the other ap-
parently) marched onwards with popular senti-
ment and liberty, will not be convulsed. 1t is
only the absolute and tyrannical governments,
which prove their sense of danger by desire
to huddle together for mutual protection, that
will feel the full force and power of popular
resentment.
Year: 1864

- The leaders Of the rebellion have ceased
to zee asy hope for their cause In the arena
Of war. They are now looking to the arena
OF politics. 4 party has been set up whose
creeds and alma have their entire sympathy
and moral support. The platform of that
party has nothing but expressions OF con-
tumely for the sacred var, the recital of
which has Peen made; for JEFF Davis and
his crew 1t has nothing but expressions of
sympathy and respect. The people OF the
North have now before them the momentous
question Of determining, by their action,
whether they will justify all the precious
blood ehed in this WAT bv car1yiag it tri-
umphantly through and crowning it with a
glorious and honorable peace, or whether
By base surrender they will project It into
history es monument OF nation's folly.