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Year: 1862

Some of the most prominent writers in
France still denounee the fierce and menacing
attitude which England lately assumed to-
ward our Government on this matter,
and the journals index that the heart of
France is not with her in her policy toward
America. -..
Year: 1862

John ". Foruey in the Phladelph phia
Press complains that those who grumbe
'oudest at the imposition of national taxes
are those who have the least pecuniary in
terest in the preservation of the governs
usnt.


Ifths be true, the fact is not without
a good reason. Under the present system
Of national taxation, the poor are first and
most heavily oppressed BY the burden. The
tax is not distributed in proportion to the
amount of property possessed, but in pro
portion to the demands of the stomach for
food, and the back for rament The
poor man pays as much upon his pound of
cheap tea, as the rich man pays upon his
pound Of costly tea. Very naturally the
former feels the oppression, while the lat
ter does not.


One Of the most fruitful sources Of 70
gro, connected with the existing civil war,
is the fact that he immense debt i. will
leave behind. must in probability prove in
a great part the especial Inheritance of the
laboring and mechanical classes of our
population, The Influences connected with
the question are such, that so far as pos
sible, we ara TO have specific instead Of ad
valorem dutieSTand taxes upon consump~
lion rather than upon propsrty-a princi
pie which abstracts from the working >lnans
till the same sum that it takes from the
bankers vault.
Year: 1862

EF Since Ne are 80 Stern and unyIsId
ing toward the south, is it not rather
strange that We should be 80 humble to
wards the government of Englaudi We
will not even exchange prisoners fer fear
some wonld thersupon imagine the rebels
to be beligerent. We present a granite
front to the South, but are as gentle as a
lamb when we look with benignan. face
acrof1 the waters. We are then as long
suffering as Patience on a monument
We laugh at the pslicans that flourish
IN pixie, but seem to agree with all nalur>
slists that 'ths lion is very powerful and
ferocious animal"
Year: 1862

attorney and Coursettor at Lop.
Has resumed the practice Of his profession il
Aanltowoc, and car promise TO give
prompt attention to all professional business
entrusted to him.
sB Collections made in any part Of the State
For few weeks bis Office viii be found at
his dwelling house
Year: 1862

THOMAS DERMoDY Is the man for
City Clerk. Every vote cast for him will be .
good act. His capacity for that position 10 Of
the highsst order. Let 10 have competent
Clerk for Q while.
Year: 1862

THE CoURr lIoUsE.-We are pleased to
see the improvements that are being made on
the Washington County Court House. The
Judge of probate's office, always too small,
has been enlarged and new and convenient
fire proof safe added to it, rendering it equal
in convenience and safety to the County
Clerks office The new coat Of paint which
has been given to the wood work--not OK
ceptiug the buildings-has so improved the
appearance of the building, in spots, that the
dngy surface Of the brick walls now presents
a worse appearance than before A coat OF
oil applied to the brick work, with new PEN
ciling, would be the finishing touch Of the
whole Messrs. Judges, may it please your
Honors," you are doing woll,-periectly right
but we move that, now you have your hand
in, finishing touch shall be given to the
brick-work Leave not TO your successors
the completion Of the work which we believe
the people of the County would demand at
your hands.
Year: 1862

This incompatible excellent preparation for the Res
toraon Of Gray Hair to its original color, preserve
Hair from falling out, and 20 badness is sale
at Humphrey & Browns in this city. The evidence thai
this Restorative is no huInbug is conclusive Testnonia:
to that effect be found in almost every paper in the
country"
Year: 1862

" When people protect their Hair from the
ell-ale marks Of age when they luXuriats in
glossy black locks at advanced period OF their lives
when white and gray hair be made to grow upon
bald herds when all this be done, it cannot do
harm to telt what will do 1t. HEIMSTREET'~ HAIR
RESTORATIVE will do it. This Hair Restorative is be
yond peradyenture the best thing of the kind nt
ed The fact in possession, in egard to this wonder
Ing"
Year: 1862

BY the kindness of Hon. HORACE May
EARD, from whom we have received a
copy of the Message in advance of the
mails, we are enabled to furnish the pub
lie with this important State paper, in
advance of.all competitors. As every one
is intensely anxious to read this Message,
which is one Of the most interesting
documents that ever emanated from the
Executive Department, we have printed
il in an Extra.
Year: 1862

HALLECK IN WAHHINGToN.-A Washing
ton letter in The Boston Traveller states
that Gen. Halleck has begun leady to
strike blow at the SecessiOnists Of that
city. He called upon the Police Board,
which Is friendly to the Government to give
him list of families in the town suspected
of secession sentiments. He means to keep
q close watch on the traitors, and If he can
catch them at anything wrong, compel them
TO travel south.
Year: 1862




What has become Of the nNpaber Of arps Stored
In Southern orscnais at the beginning Of Us warS Into
what proportions have the cagoes, said TO have been
brought in from time to time by rumor, dwinded
through Official countS Tasy certainly not IN The
hands of soldiers IN The fed ore they stu IN the
arseRdls, hape heybcen ooptared by The semy Admit
that in tho hands OF prisoners taken by the enemy there
were twenty thousand stand that half as many more
have been broken lost in marches and hospitals the
total that should be sbsacted from the original sum is
st small account for the present scarcity of mus.
kets and Of bayonets.


But vast quantity have undoubtedly, gone with the
sixty days men, the four months men, the six months
mon still greater loss is attributable TO the many
less and Improbable assemblages Of the militia.


His cerioin only that Me Ordnance DEPARTMENT has not
e arms for The leUes There many more soldiers
at tho governments command than muskes. II could nud
full employment for tive hundred thousand stand of arms
that has not in possession in prospect Under these
circumstances wiser could have been adopted
by the government than the Call for the guns in the
hands OF the citizens private property. Tsre
million Of guns posessed BY the cIsens Of The South i is
manner, and the country has right 10 erery one Of them
Most shot guns will carry ball, and all OF them
good for buckshot. They are ~ effective as any
smeoth bore, and much better made than the
snuset Troops armed with double barrsled shot guns
need for any line that attempted to charge
them would be annihiated by the second load which
will always be retained and can be delivered at twenty
PAGES II hoped that the government will insxorably
enforce Its regulation; and sincere patriot wl be
willing to assist s execution to the utmost Of his power
Year: 1862

ITrOm the KlChmunu DfspatCn, MhTCH D.


Is useless for the South 10 look 70 any nation but
itself for its redemption from the Lincoln despotsm
Heretofore there has been good reason 70 believe that for
eign Intervention in behalf would take place, but
strongly the sympathiss Of the English and French
Die are with u.s. ther short sighted governments give
now no grounds for believing that shall have their
operation We must depend upon ourselves and upon the
Aid OF that Providence which has already been sgnay
manifested IN our behalf and defender need
not have Our people must now with the aid OF God,
work out their salvation. H1 better for no,o Il
viii be better for us IN the snd that under obligations
% no one but ourselves for delirerdncs II believe
tho spirit Of who deserve to be Free no power on
earth can subugate the South We think do not
rate the character Of the Southern people whom feel
sure that they are equal the duty OF achieving their
own independence, and Independence thus achieved 10
The only Independence worthy Of the name.
Year: 1862

READER, you can have an enduring, always
ready and reliable GoLD PEN exactly adapted to your band
and style Of writing which win do your writing vastly cheap
than stse Penl Yyou want IT, rec "The Pen Mishtier
than the Sword" In another column.
Year: 1862

ReA. In the discussion of the reference OF
the Presidents message to appropriate Com
'mittees in the House of Representatives Mr..
Richardson of Illinois, took occasion to re-
view that document, in which he says, "it is
remarkable for what It says and still more
remarkable for what il omits. The one half
of the twenty-onc pages was devoted to the
. negro There was no page, sentence or line
as to the bravery OF condtct ,cf those in the
field endeavoring to maintain the Union and
constitution. No sorrow was expressed for
the latnented dead, the MANNED and wounded;
no sympathy was expressed for the widow or
the orphan made by the progress of this war,
which could have been avoided by honorable
compromise, if the President and his friends
had desired peace. The President proposed
TO tax the white man forever for the benefit Of
the negro. This was the substance Of the
message Tears of blood are to be shed and
countless millions Of dollars spent for the
black man, and when the public ask the Pres
ident to know what hope there WIS Of the res
toration Of Tho UntoSa, BY inference they are
told, if yot, carry ont my plans ana schemes
you may hope to have the Union restorcd.-
Every argument for change of the constitu-
ton is for the negro. No benefit for the white
man. But the people in due time will COM
promise for the benefit of white men, not for
negroes" In the course of his remarks con-
demnatory Of the administration, he spoke in
opposition to the bill passed to day indcmni-
flying the rresiden. and others from the con-
sequences of suspcnding The habeas corpus,
saying the courts will not sanction tho rcck-
less and tyrannical exercise. of power, The
party in power, he argued, had violated the
constitution and the laws


The committee rose and at hclf past four
o'clock the House adjourned,
Year: 1862

pa In another column will be found let
ter from Judge Gould of New York to Presi-
DENT Lincoln,in relation 10 an Arrest made by
order of the War Department, to which vein :
Vite the particular attention of tho reader
Besides having the ring of the true metal, it is
an indication of the feeling which is begin
Ing to be manifested on the subject throughout
the country: Tho wailing in this occasion


comes as will be noticed, from the camp of the
Presidents supporter Il .-'Ht7
Year: 1862

-


In the year l7l2, Mr. Winston, having cal
culated the return of comet, which was te
make its appearance on "Wednesday, the l4th
of October, at five minutes after FIVE in the
morning, gave notice to the public according
ly, with this terrifying addition, that tqta!
dissolution of tho world by fire was to take
place on the Friday following. The rcputa-
ton which MIR. Winston had long maintained
both as divine and a philosopher left little
or no doubt with the populace of the truth of
his prediction. Several ludicrous events now
took place. A number of persons in and
about London, seized all the barges and boats
they could lay hands on in the Thames, very
nationally concluding that when the condagra-
ton took place there would be. the most safety
on the water. A gentleman, who had neglec-
ted family prayer for better than five years,
informed his wife that it was his determina-
ton to resume the laudable practice the same
evening but his wife, having engaged ball
at her house, persuaded her husband to put it
off till they saw whether the comet appeared
or not. The South Sea stock Immediately fell
to per cent, and the India to II and the
captain of Dutch ship threw all his powder
into the river, that the ship might not be en-:
dangered. The next morning, however, the
comet appeared according to prediction. and
before noon the belief was universal that the
day of Judgment was at hand, About this
time 1875 clergyman. were ferried over to Lam
beth, it was said, to petition that q ashort pray
or might be planned and ordered, there being
none in the Church service on that occasion
Three maids of honor burnt their collections
of novels and plays, and sent to the booksel-
ler's to buy each of them Bible and "Tay-
lors Holy Living and Dying" The run upon
the bank was so prodigious, that all hands
were employed from morning till night in dis
counting notes and handing out specie. On
Thursday, considerably more than 1000 kept
mistresscs were legally married in the face Of
several congregations and to. crown all, Sir
Gilbert Heathcote, at thatltime head director
of the bank issued orders to all the fire-oficcs
in London, requiring them to keep a good
lookout, and have particular eye upon the
Bank of England. r -s.
Year: 1862

1oaAlthough Congress has declared the
Greenbacks issued under their authority to be
a legal tender, there is an opposition variety
in circulation, issued by some ambitious char
acter which need not be so considered. belong-
ing. as they do, to the bogus order They are
of the denomination Of Eve dollars, photo
graphic and according to the Chambersburg
Vatley Spirit, arc well calculated to deceive,
and would not be detected at casual glance
by one man out of five hundred. Compared
closely with the genuine bills. they are found
to be about sixteenth of on inch longer, and
the paper harsher and stiher. The signatures
show more plainly on the back of the bills
than in good money, and the shading of the
engraving is heavier and darker. Other de-
fects would probably be disclosed on a very
critical examination. 1t is likely these coun-
terfeits have obtained a wide circulation here
and elsewhere and it will become necessary
for the people to be little more careful in
handling "greenbaeks" than they have hereto
fore been. f,. e .-....


1t also appears that there are counterfeit
fifty cent notes of the new postage currency
in circulation They are said to be well exc
cutcd, and should be guarded against. Tho
following easily-noted marks will enable hol-
ders to detect them ''... -. 49,


T. The paper is thinner than the genuine.
8. The five faces OF Washington vary consid-
crably from each other in the counterfgit-so
much so that two or three if them, if standing
alone, would hardly he taken to be portraits
of Washington-whie on the genuine they
all closely resemble each other. g. The link
cd letters "U. S." under the middle face of
Washington, in the counterfeit do not show
the lower end of the rs, inside the leg of the
"U," while in the genuine they do. This
mark is easily seen. 4. The border round the
lettering and $50 on the back of the counter
felt is dark, and the lines are crowded, while
in the genuine the border is open, with line
of light dots running through the middle all
the way round. In the counterfeit this mid
die line is almost invisible, while in the genu-
incit is so distinct as to catch the eye at once
Year: 1862

AN INDIAN SroRY.-There ia an eastern
story, which HIS its version in many langua.
ges, of beautiful damsel, to whom gsnious
ofsurpassing power desired to give STATESMAN.


He enjoined her to take herself across field
OF standing corn; she was to pluck the tallest
and largest ear of corn she could find
but she was to gather it as she went forward,
and never pause in her path, or step back.
ward in quest of her object. 10 propotion to
the size and ripeness oil the ear she gathered
so would be its power as talisman. She
went out upon her quest, says the legend, and
entered up che field. Many a stalk of sur
passing excellence ment her glance but she
still walked onward, expecting to find some
one mora excellent still. At last she reached
a portion OF the field where Ithe crops were
thinner and the ears more stunted. She 70.
gretcd the tall ard graceful stalks she had
left behind, but disdained to pick those which
fell 90 far below what her ideas were of per.
feet esr. But alas the stems grew more rag
ged and more scanty as she trod onward; on
the margin Of the field they were mildswed,
and when she had accomplished her walk
through the waving grain she emerged on the
other side without having gathered a single
ear. The genius rebuked her for her folly,
but We are not told that gave an opportunity
Of retrieving her error. 6s'i.-a ~.


We may apply this mystic little Indian ia.
Bile to the realities Of life.
Year: 1862

Do THE DEMOCRATIC ,paper which declare
so fervidly that the President has no power
to issue an Emancipation Proclamation, he.
lieve that be has constitutional power 10 put
down the rebellione They didn't use to
think 80. They were sure coercion" was un.
constitutional.
Year: 1862

A little financial operation is reported
in Louisville dispatch to the CONNER
eial. While the rebel army occupied Ken
tucky, a wealthy and prominent rebel cit
izen gave information which led to the
seizure Of several hundred dollars worth
Of bacon belonging to 8 Union man, the
rebel army taking the meat and paying
for it in Confederate scrip. The rebel cit
izen, day or two ago, learning he was
likely to be called to account for his con-
duct and not liking to answer in his own
neighbOrhOod, came to Louisville and re-
ported to the Provost Marshal General.
Being asked what he had been doing, he
replied, nothing. ThereupOn the charge
was read to him, and as he could make no
satisfactory denial, the Marshal gave him
awriting, substantially as follows:


"YOu viii return to Washington coun-
ty, 60 TO Mr.. --, and pay to him, in
current funds, the value Of his bacon at
the time it was taken from him, and this
viii entitle you to any Confederate notes
he msy have received for the same. When
you have thus settled with him, you will
report yourself at this Office, to take the
eath, give bond, and be discharged"


This policy wiz be pursued in similar
cases hereafter in Kentucky.
Year: 1862

The following General Order has been
issued respecting the observance of the
Sabbath day In the army and navy:


EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAszISsToS, Nov ls.


The President, Commander-in-Chief of
the army and navy, desires and enjoins the
orderly observance of the Sabbath BY the
officers and men of the military and naval
service. The Importance of man and beast
for the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred
rights of Christian soldiers and sailors,
becoming Difference to the best sentiments
Of Christian people, and a due regard
for the Divine Will demand that Sun
day labor in the army and navy
be reduced to the measure Of strict
necessity. The discipline and character
Of the national forces should not suffer, nor
the cause they defend be imperiled, by the
proclamation Of the day or name of the Most
High. At this time Of public distress adopt
the words Of Washington in l776: "Men
may find enough TO do in the service of
God and their country, without abandon
ing themselves to vice and immortality"


The first general order issued by the
Father of his country after the Declaration
Of Independence, indicates the spirit in
which our institutions were founded snd
should ever be defended.


The General hopes and trust that every
officer and man will endeavor to live and
act as becomes a Christian soldier defend
ing the dearest rights and privileges of his
country. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Year: 1862

A correspondent of the Commercial,
writing from General Grants army, says /;


1.-THE war in the Southwest is war Of
railroads. and think General Grant will
advance no faster than he can repair and
defend what is abandoned by the enemy.
Taking everything into consideration, the
prospect for battle before the holidays,
is very dim just now; albeit, it may be
frightened before sunset to-day; ofcourse
we can not calculate with any degree Of
certainty in such mstters.p ID +
Year: 1862

Second Lieutenant Truman c. Cutler, of
the 4lst regiment, has been dismissed from
the service for repeated absence without
leave, drunkenness, and general worthless
ness. A sad record in place Of one that
might have been SO bright, had he only
chosen to live an honorable life.
Year: 1862




EDITOR IRoNToN REGIsTER-SIR;-Iha have
been acquainted with Major Phelps, Of the
9th Virginia Regiment, since the 10th of
last january. At that time he took board
ing at my fathers house, near New Greek,
in Maryland While at my fathers house,
he never said he was preacher, or made
any preiensions Of the kind. BE never
deceived me with relation to his being mar
ried, for within week from the time he
came there to board, he informed me him
self that he had a wife and two children
at Burlington, Ohio. He never induced
me to leave my fathers house, but left
because my father was attempting to force
me to marry 8 man whom did not love.
1 left home of my own free will and accord
without any compulsion or inducements
whatever, except as above stated. expect
to earn my living by the labor Of my own
hands, as 1 always have done. am able
to take care of myself, being twenty-three
years Of age, and thank no one to write
or shoot for me. I learn that Major Phelps
is lying very low from wounds received
from my brother, Major Dayton. The as
sault Of my brother upon Major Phelps
was positively unjust and uncalled for up
on any principle whatever. 1 wish you to
give this place in your paper, in justice
to Major Phelps.


MT9S r n DAyTON
Year: 1862

It NAV here be remarked that the reason
assigned for the Rebel Generals refusing hasss
OF truce to approach tho field early after al
engagement is that the soldiers may have an
opportunity OF stripping and Tiaing the dead
which is done. ain credbly informed. SO that
they nre left in state Of nudity. The wound
ed are also deprived Of everything valuable,
either in the shape Of money or clothes, and
a wounded officers uniform is Godsend, In
deed,
Year: 1862

e writer in the New York Times calls
attention to the fact that while himself and a
parry Of ladies and gentlemen were sailing in
the vicinity OF Fort Lafayette On the 4th inst,
rebel prisoner In that Institution waived s
rcbel aag at them for some time, until The at
tention Of the guard vas called to the Outrage.
The writer pertinenty inquiries il the waving
Of rebel flags Oh our national Sabbath Is one


Of the indu1gences granted to seeesh prison
ers.
Year: 1862

~ The New York Tribune states that
large numbers Of men are daily reporting
themselves at the Park Hospital as ready for
service, having recovered from the disasters
Of the camp and the field
Year: 1862

The rebel emissaries, Mason and Slidell,
left the country under very unlavorable
auspices. They were placed on board "A tug
boat at Fort Warren, and by her taken to
the British ship of war Rinaldo, in which
they finally embarked for England Scarce
ly had the ship got fairly out to sea, before
she encountered hurricane which tossed
her to and fro, and filled the public mind
with apprehensions Of her destruction by the
storm.


And thus went away the traitors They
met a storm of indignation and reproacl
while upon the lard and encountered th'
wrath and displeasure of God upon the sea
If they should be spared, to reach Engant
alive, they will there, too, meet with til,
scorn and contempt Of every honorable man
May they live to enjoy it all.