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Year: 1864

By a recent Internal Revenue Decision,
farmers incomes sro to be thus estimated:
The value of tho live stock on hand at the


ocginnig of the year is to be added to the
amount paid for animals which are held
alive at the end Of the year. The sum thus
obtained will be deducted from the amount
obtained by adding the estimated value OF
the live stock held at the close of tho year
to the amount received for animals sold
during the year, tho amount received tor
meats and vegetables, the productions OF
tho farm sold during tho year, or consumed
by the farmer or his family. or consumed
by animals kept for the purpose of pleasure.
The difference thus obtained will be charged
as income. and will be subject to proper de.
ductioDs for the cost OF carrying on the
farm. No deduction. can however, be oil.
lowed for the cost OF hay or grain produced


upon the farm and consumed by catt!e en-
ployed upon the farm.
Year: 1864

THE FINGER OF GALLEo After all,
know not whether the most interesting
sight in Florence is not a little mysterious
bit of something like parchment which is
shown you under glass case In the princi-
pal public library. 1t stands pointing to-
wards Heaven, and is one of the fingers of
Calico. The hand to which il belonged is
supposed is supposed to have been put to
the torture by the IDqusitiou for ascribing
motion to tho earth; and the finger is now
worsbipod for having proved the notion
After this let no suffering reformer's pen
misgive him. If bis cause be good. justice
will be done to IL at last.--Leigh Hunt.
Year: 1864

FIND that the great thing in this world
10 not so much whore we stand, as 10 what
direction We are moving. To reach the
port Of Heaven, We must sail sometimes
with the wind and sometimes against it
but We must sail, not drift, nor lie at
anchor.-O. ". Holmes. ........
Year: 1864

We publish this morning the appeal Of
Gov. Morton in behalf of those who have
been drafted in Indiana under the recent
call of Abraham Lincoln for five hundred
thousand more men, and who will be una
BILE to purchase their exemption srom the
service demanded of them We trust the
most liberal contributions will be made fol
the benefit Of the families of tho men who
have been forced, or will be forced, into
the military service of the country by con.
scription. Thousands of families will thu,
he deprived of the aid of those upon whom
they have been dependent 1or support and
protection, and the consequent results
no humane person can contemplate with
out feelings of deep emotion and sym
pathy.


The inquiry naturally arises: Why the
necessity of this sacrifice, and who are
responsible for it! Where are the men
who clamor the loudest for a vigorous pros
ecution of tho war-who claim it to be a
patriotic duty to sacrifice the last man and
the last dollar for the overthrow of the
rebellion7 How many of these men
shoulder the musket when the draft
reaches them, ifthey have, or can procure
the means to purchase exemption But
very few-none, We may say. They pro-
tess to be anxious for tbs war to go on,
but they are exceedingly 10th to become
the target for rebel bullets. The man
who processes to believe that the war is
being prosecuted for just ends should be
willing to illustrate his sincerity, his con-
victions, by shouldering his musket.--
When they refuse to do this, should not
this refusal excite doubt as to tho intcg-
rity Of their professions What other
conclusions can be reached!-[State Sen
final
Year: 1864

Abraham Lincoln inculcatsd the doc
trine that the Union was house, divi
ded against itself; that it could not els
part free and part slave, and his party
were going to make it all free. The secces-
sionists resolved to anticipate old Abe
for fear he would do as he said he would
do if ever he attained power, and endeav
or to make their part free The rebels
did not propose to meddle with the affairs
of the north as Abraham declared his in.
tention of interfering with the south


They did not threaten to make OuI
part slave, but only resolved to prevent
Lincoln from executing his declared in
tention of making their part free. And
now Lincoln, to convince the people that
he was . true prophet, is using the army
and navy of tho country for no purpose
under the heaven than to make the rebels
abandon slavery" The rebels are try
ing to divide the house rather than submit
to this. Both parties are revolutionary
the only real constitutional aud Union
party is that led by Mcclellan and Pen
dleton.-[Ft. Wayne Times.
Year: 1864

All white men and women, who cross
the Ohio river from Cincinnati into Ken
lucky, are searched by negro soldiers.


Gen. Miller, who commands at Nash
vile, recently ordered all the metropolitan
Records and Fresmen's Journals he could
find, to be burnt before his army. Watch,
and see if this bigot and fool is not promo
ted.


On recent occasion, Beecher took for
his text this passage The spirit of the
Lord is upon me-" &c. After he bad
been raving for war and carnage about
half an hour, dry customer, who sat in
the middle of the house, got up and walk
ed out, saying, 81 am glad you told me
that this is the spirit of the Lord, for
should have taken it for the spirit Of the
devil" 1t is said that for once Beechsl
actually blushed. 1t seems incredible, but
it is possible.


Mr.. Seward says that very grave couse
quences may follow the election of Dem
ocratic President this fall" That is true
the consequences to him and Lincoln may
be grace, too, literally.


The National Inteiligeucer interprets
Stewards last speech to mean that should
General Mcclellan be elected, Lincoln will
refuse to vacate the White House. We
have n doubt that Seward will advise such
a course We have little anxiety about
the matter. There is a wide and spread
ing impression that both Seward and Lin
coin have lived about long enough for
their country's good, and if they attempt
to hold over In the face of the election Of
Mcclellan, they will GO clear over to the
other side of Jordan.
Year: 1864

Four years ago, the people were told il
they elected Mr.. Lincoln there would be
no Secession and no war.


They are now told if they re-sleet him,
he will speedily end the war and restore
the Union. There is no more truth in the
last that there WAS in tho arst promise
Year: 1864

To whom it may concern:


Any proposition which embraces the
restoration Of peace, the integrity Of the
whole Union, and the ABANDONMENT
or SLAVERY, and which comes by and
with IN authority that can control the ar
mics now at war with the United States,
will be received and considered by the ex-
ecutive government of the United States.
and will be met on liberal terms on other
collateral points, and the bearer or bearers
thereof shall have safe conduct both
ways. A. LINCOLN.
Year: 1864

We saw this week gentleman who passed
part of last week in Charleston, and who had
gone through the portion of the city exposed
to the shells of the enemy


1t Is folly to deny that these shells have do ne
a large amount OF damage. They have done a
great deal OF injpry; but with every item of
damage has arisen the uneenauefabie deterra-
nation OF the people never to submit to Yam
kee domination. If there ever was a general.
nay, universal hatred among one people a.
gaInst another, it is that entertained by the
rising generation of the South against the peo>
pie Of Lihcolndom, whom they class generally
as Yankees. The Lord forgive US ii we are
wrong, but we begin to find the same feeling
growing on u.s. VII. Journal.
Year: 1864

'Pelletier, heard an alligator catch one of my
hogs; caught my gun and ran to the scene of


action, and found the alligator with large hog


of mine in the creek. shot and killed him. -


On getting Kim out. / found him to be one of
the largest had ever seen he was also un
commonly full. We cut him up and found in
his stomach the foot and leg and the lower part
OF the trunk of Q man. These parts doubtless
belonged o the same body of which the upper
parts have already been found. Where the
man came from, or who he was, have no
means Of ascertaining. It is believed that he
was deserter from our side or from the enc
my's, and was caught by the alligator while
trying to swim the creek
Year: 1864

SNAIL Pox-The Small Pox in and about
Ysucey vile, we learn continues to spread
Its ravageS are chiefly confined to the negro
population 1t is of a peculiar type, attacking
it does those " ho have been vaccinated with
all the fury it attacks those who have not, and
in many cases marking them worse than those
who were never vaccinated .-1Mikton Chron
Year: 1864

In the February number Of the Kansas Far.
'sfr we have the report of speech of the Pres.
ident of the College before the State Agricul.
tural Society. The following is an cxtact:


'.Thc State Az. Society has shown its appre.
citation Of the Importance Of growing trees in
Kansas Would it not be we'll worthy the at
tenton of the Society to make the grounds Of
tho College u field for experiments in tree
growing? If the action of the Society shall
hasten the time when the face Of the State
shall be one-third covered with trees, it will
have conferred a boon of untold value"


1t is rather curious that our Agricultural
College, which has been richly endowed by the
State, should ask voluntary agricultural as.
sociation 10 plant trees on its grounds. Dc
not the Professors in our agricultural College
know how to plant trees? or is spade too
Unclassical for their classic hands to handle
in this vicinity looked into this matter. Is it
fact that Agriculture is not taught at all in
this Agricultural College? From the very
name Of the College, and from what we know
Of the designs Of the State in the liberal grant
Of lands, we had supposed that the College was





and science were not to be excluded but they
were to be regarded rather as landmarks to
agriculture, than substitutes for it, As a mere
literary institution, it seems to us, it is not at
present needed. Private schools are now ..few
and far between Literary colleges farther
east, in the midst of denser population, are
already numerous enough for all practical pur-
poses. and they furnish better advantages to
the student than Manhattan can hope to do for
many years to come


But the Agricultural College. if true to her
main object, has noble and exceedingly use
full field Of enterprise. Let her confine herself
almost exclusively to agriculture, and those
sciences intimately connected with it. No in
terest is more important to the community at
large than agriculture. 1t should be under
stDod both scientifically and practically Kan
sas has climate and soil somewhat peculiar.
Many things are yet to be learned by the most
intelligent farmers We need some centre of
operations. Why should not this centre be the
Agricultural College? zsa 81 q
Intelligent men know that the great object
of al study is the discipline Of the mind; and
this discipline can be as well secured by the
scientific study Of agriculture as by any other
means. For illustration, let the Professor Of
1rseescsy 60 out, spadein hand, with squad
ef farmer boys around him, and dig q hole
Year: 1864

From all quarters we hear dissatisfaction ex-
pressed at the recent unwarranted action Of the
Legislature in electing United States Senator
But one man from the country has been found to
openly endorse it, and his general physiognomy
indicated that he was ignorant of his rights as
freeman, and unable to appreciate them. The
privately expressed opinions that we have heard,
and they are many and take in large scope Of
country, lead US to believe that Western Kansas
is unit against the conspiracy. Wea told by
n gentleman from Saline that that county was
almost unanimously for Carney. but that Jones
faithfully represented his constituents. and that
on this pretended election they would endorse
his action almost to unit. A gentleman from
Riley, of extensive acquaintance and information
informs us that he had met but one person out
side of Mead's Manhattan bummers. who ap-
proves of the fiaud. In Davis county we don't
suppose there are ten men who speaks in favor of
it. In community SO intelligent as Kansas
the same sentiment pervades throughout, al
though in localities it is more apparent than
in others because of the absence of strikers. The
only opinion expressed West of Manhattan is
opposed to the iniquity. Indeed, from Topeka
West. this sentiment is unbroken, with the ex-
ception of the ripple caused at Manhattan by
Mead and the twenty or twenty five things that
he controls.


And it becomes the people Of Kansas to adhere
to their present determination to rebuke this
moDstrous usurpation of their powers. If this
abrogaton of their right of free choice of rulers
10 submitted to by them, the unparalleled pre-
sumption which prompted and carried it through
will not be long in placing the iron heel Of
despotism irrevOcably upon you. Think Of it
hiep elected three years before vacancy exists
choosing Senator for you, when that Senator is
not wanted until year after they officially cease
to exist. They have just the same moral right
to act in the premises as has band Of Arkansas
bushwhackers. If the election had been conduct
ed fairly and honorably, the principle remains
the same; and if Jim. Lane be the Devil, it is
equally dangerous to sacrifice that principle in
order to get rid of him.


The presumption and bribery which prompts
men to exercise power which the people even
have no moral right to delegate for year hence,
If not rebuked, will be as q license to the un
scrupulous demagogue, and the result will be far
more disastrous TO constitutional liberty, and
cover the land with far more terrors, than has
yet characterized the Shareholders plot against
the Federal Government. In fact, the people by
their own constitutional enactments have estab-
lished the time when vacancies take place, and
for them, much less their representatives, to at
tempt to fill that vacancy prior to that time is so
incongruous, we think. rs to require no written
law. clique. by chance. may get in power,
and If this precedent is allowed to stand, they
may retain power for an indefinite time
Year: 1864

large enough for an apple tree. Then let him
give the reason why he made it 80 large, and
why he did not crowd it down into little
hole like post. Let him also: show (if he
can9 why one side of the tree rather than the
other should be placed to the south. Let him
also explain the use Of the leaves in connection
with the atmosphere, and show how the sap
circulates, and thus, if the boys are not sap
heads, they will obtain more useful informa-
tion than they probably would by any other
means in the same length of time.


Again, let the Professor Of Stoneology 60 the
most convenient quarry and with his crowbar
pry out large stones, at the same time deliver
ing a lecture on the Laws Of Mechanics es-
pecially of the lever. By some such course
the most important truths for farmer to know
may be taught.


Will the professors and guardians of Man
haitian Agricultural College allow few prac-
teal suggestions. If stone can be had at q
reasonable distance, let the professors and
students build stone wall around their prem
ises. Let them cultivate the Usage orange
both for the purpose Of ascertaining its nature
for fence and for profit. For the same reason
let them try the white willow, or anything else
that bids fair to be useful for fences Let
them also have a large nursery both for exper-
iment and profit. Let the boys learn how to
cultivate fruit Let an invitation be extended
to farmers, to meet once in three months, to
give in their experience about the best methods
of farming.


But enough for the present; word to the
wise is sufficient
Year: 1864

The bill introduced in the House of Representatives
Thursday last, By Mr.. ASHLEY from the Committee on
Rebeous States proposes to provide for the appointment
by the President of Provisional Governors Of Rebel States
who tha that Tho laws of tie United States and of the
State before the rebellion are enforced But no law
usage recognising slavery to be recognised by any officer
ocourt in such State The bill proposes to cmGncpate
all slaves in such States and provides for the discharge
habeas corpua Of persons held to service petense OF
ownership also provides for the punishment Of attempts
to enalsve enancipated persons 1t declares that off
Of the rank OF colonel gher the rebel service
are not citizens Of The United States The seventh
ton is in these words


" The United States in Congress here assembled do
hereby recognise the Goverement of the State Lous
nsugured under and by the Convention Of the peo-
pie of Louisiana which assembled on the 9th day of


1864 at the city of New Orleans aud declare the same
be entitled to the guarantee aud all other rights OF State
Government under tho Constitution of the United States


This section IS said TO have been agreed to by the
reconstruction committees OF both Houses and the
conclusion to report this section TO have been reached
through interview with the President, in which it
ntimated that bis approval of the bill depended on
its insertion.


The bill further provides for the calling of Conventions
in States wbcse Governments have been usurped and
thrown, soon the military resistance to tho United
States sba have been suppressed and the people shall
have sufficiently returned to their allegiance. The Con-
yentons required TO provide that persons in rebel civil
military Of and above the grade Of colonel shall
not vote for or be member Of the Legislature Governor
Involuntary seryude h prohibited, and the freedom of all
persons to be guaranteed in the said States No debt
State Confederate created by the usurpng power is to
be recognised the Convention shall refuse TO reestsb-
sh the State Government upon the above conditions the
Provisional Government is to declare it dissolved aud
other election OF delegates is to be ordered.


The bill was ordered to be printed and then re
committed 10 the committee from which il was reported
Year: 1864

The following is the joint note addressed to the French
Minister Of Foreign Affairs by the agents ofthe rebels
abroad transmitting official copy of the manifesto of
the rebel Congress:


PARIS, NOVEMBER III, 1864.


Sin The undersigned Commissioners of the Confede
rate States of America of the instructions of
their Government have the honor to present to your Ex
celency copy OF manifesto issued by the Congress Of
said States with the approval OF the President and of
which the President requested to cause copies to be
transmitted to their Commissioners abroad to the end
that the might be by them laid before foreign Gov
ernments They at the time communicate copy of
the preamble and resolutions Ct Congress accompanying
such manifesto.


The dispositions principles and purposes by which the
Confederate States have been and still animated are
set forth in this paper with all the authority due to the
solemn declarations Of the legislative and executive
branches OF their Government and with which
leaves no room for comment explanation In few SEN
ences it is pointed out that all they ask is immunity
from interference with their internal peace and prosperity
and TO be left 10 the undisturbed enjoyment of their ina
enabe rights Of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
which their ancestry declared TO be the equal he
rtage of all parties TO social compact Let them forbear
aggressoDs upon and the at end If there be
questions which require adjustment by negotiations they
have been willing, and still willing to enter into
communication with their adversares n spirit of equity
and manly frankness, and commit their to the Gu
ghtened judgment Of the world to the sober reflection of
their adversares themseves and to the solemn and gh
teous arbitrament Of Heaven"


The undersigned beg leave most respectfully to invite
the attention Of the Government Of his Imperial Majesty
to this frank and full explanation OF the attitude and pur
poses Of the Confederate States and will merely remark
addition that since the issuing Of that manifesto the war
has continued TO be waged by enemies with il
creased ferocy signal disregard Of all the rules of
civilized warfare, and wanton violation Of the obiga
| tious Of international law.


The undersigned having thus complied with the nsruc-
tons OF their Government beg to your Excelency
of the distinguished consideration with which they have
the honor to be- your Exceencys obeden servants
JOHN SLIDELL,
j. M. MASON,
A. DUDLEY MANN
Year: 1864

two beligerent nations, the Peace Society wages a


constant opposition, but to fratricide on a large
scale, occurring between two sections Of the same
nation, "divided, dscordsnt and belligerent," the
same society gives its full countenance and un.
hesitating support Gould any thing place in q
clearer light the untenable nature Of the "doc-
trine" on which it places itself than this logical
consequence of the society's present faith and
practice


We need hardly say that in exposing the fallacy
of the position assumed by this association, it is no
part Of our purpose to make plea for the war
system, in any of its forms. We are quite sure
that we do not yield to any body of men in our
adherence of war, whether as waged against for
eign nations or in the heart of q people. But
as greater evils may befa nation than even civil
war, 80 We are sure that there are greater evils
than foreign war, and that in just cause the
latter may be as righteously accepted as the for
mer, whatever the Peace Society may hold to the
",:
Year: 1864

We to-day continue and conclude the publics.


tion Of the report Of the Secretary of the Navy In


this able and interesting paper, being the fourth
annual exposition of the operations of the Navy
since the Department has been under the direction
of its present head, Mr. WELLEs has thought pro-
per to present somewhat in detail the condition of
the Department and of the naval service, in his
preceding communications he had been called to
exhibit the methods and measures Of administra-
tion by which, from comparatively small begin
ming, our vast naval power has been brought into
existence; to state the contributions which have
been made to it from our commercial marine to
indicate the application of all the of
public naval establishments to its construction and
preparation for service; to show how individual
energy and skill and capital have come successfully
in aid of insufficient governmental provision for
the due prosecution of the work, and to trace in
general outline the processes and results of nven
tive genius and scientific experiment which have
changed, to great extent, the materials and forms
of naval structure and armor and armament, and
have enabled our country, while in SO brief pc
riod assuming foremost place among maritime
nations, to create also new era in the develop
ment and application of naval force.


And we are sure that every reader, as he re-
views the history recited with so much clearness
and ability by the Secretary, will concur with him
in the opinion that he may point with legitimate
pride to official record Of series Of naval enter
prises and achievements wholly without precedent
or parallel As Mr.. Welles truly says " no previous
conception of efficient blockade; no former endur-
ance under the fire of fortified batteries; no auda-
city and success heretofore known of naval attack
upon such fortresses, through formidable subma-
rine distractions spread for their defence no SINH
lar penetration by war vessels of internal waters
througha reach of navigation almost continental
no other gigantic scale Of cooperation of naval
with army forces in expeditions and combats hun
dreds of miles from the seaboard, and along the
course of rivers precarious and dangerous of navi
cation, can any where be found of character to
compare with the triumphs in all these forms of
naval effort which it has been the duty of this
Department during the past three years to organize
and to report"


If, in the prosecution Of duties "so arduous,
complicated, and exacting," the trust confded to
this Department shall appear to have been faith
fully and fty discharged, the Secretary, it will be
seen, with the generosity of enlightened chief,
shares the honor with the gentlemen associated
with him in its management, and specially in
stances the invaluable services of the Assistant
Secretary and the Chief Clerk Of the Department