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Year: 1863

The finance bill that passed Congress q
lew days ago, provides that banks shall be
taxed on their circulation, to be estimated
IN certain way, two per cent. II the
bank possesses less than $500, 90 Of capital
the tax is to be on eighty per cent. II d
larger capital, the tar is to be laid on sixty,
fifty, and down to thirty per cent there
Of THIS provision is not to take
effect until April. One per cent, is to be
lericd at the end Of six months thereafter,
and one at the end Of twelve months. It
will be perceived that this tax Is not calcu-
lated even to reprcss the expansion Of
bank issues, much loss to drive them out
OF circulation, but it is intended Us bit Of
humbug to throw dust in the eyes Of the
people, while the rug mills ply their trade
and bloat the currency at pleasure. For
eight months longer they may pour out
their i1Tedeemable foods Of ahinplasters
without let or hindrance, and at the cSpi-
ration Of TINT time, they arc expected to
pay a nominal tax OF one per cent. Such
legislation is adding insult to injury, and
shows that the men who enact such con
tcmtiblc laws care more for the interests of
the "debt factories" than for the interests
Of the people


The sanlc bilI which enacts the humbug
bank tax clause, authorizes the issue Of
three hundred millions more legal tender
notes. but provides no vacuum in which
TO put them. They are simply to be poured
out on top Of volume Of currency already
twice as large as the business Of the coun-
try can absorb. Only one result can follow
the sct:-a further depreciation Of the vol
u,ne Of paper money, and further enhance
ment Of the price Of gold and other COM
modities. The emission Of this three
hundred millions Of legal tender will infiict
a dead loss on the holders Of the previous
currency, Of not less than one hundred
mi1lionso of dollara. It is By such financial
sin and folly TINT the Coppcrhcads arc cna-
b1ed 10 call for dishonorable peace and
dis1ncmbered Union, and find men to Sec
oud their motion. Of course, all tic Cop
,,erheads in Congress voted for this tlnan.
cial scheme, because its inevitable effect
will be to elnbarass the Government and
cripple the people, wcakeningt The one, and
breeding discomfort among the other.
Year: 1863

THE CONSTITUTION AS III WAS.


Among the Copperheads in the Indiana
Legislature is a man who goes by the ra-
ther ambiguous name Of Ntblac1;. he has
heretofore been loud brawler for the
"Consti'uion as it is" On q PROPOSE:
ton which came before the House 4 few
days since to punish election frauds, this
Nid1ac1; opposed it on the ground that oar
Ftderul relations might soon be such as to
make an entire change Of tic Constitution
necessary. This comes from one who has
been continually howling *for the Consti-
tuition as it is" This means secession and
nothing else, and as following after the re-
cession ordinance Of Brown, a Coppcrhead
member Of the Legislature, has q striking
Significance.
Year: 1863

them love and defend him; and TINT moth
ing but lack Of opportunity prevents each
Of them from giving one Of our loyal and


gallant armies up to destruction. Is there
uolhiuC in this II create alarm2
Year: 1863

The notice, by the dailies, that Gen.
Hooker desired TO appoint George W.
Smallcy Of the Tribune on his staff, as
an acknowledgment of the great merit
Of his report Of the battle Of Antietam,
reminds us Of personal interview We
had with Gen. Hooker, which, in justice
to Hooker and to Mr. Smalley, we feel il
10 be our dntv TO recite. Tho General
was laid up with his wound, but on the
occasion referred to, he was well enough
10 be bolstered in chair, and was en-
raged in writing letter. Our conver-
sation soon turned 10 the battle Of An
tietam, when he referred, with consid-
erable enthusiasm, TO what he character.
battle, given by the reporter for the
Tribune. at was perfect reproduction
of the scene and oil its Incidents said
he; "and it is marvel 10 me how you
writers can perform such tasks" asked
the General il he knew who the reporter
Of the Tribune was. 81 saw him first
upon the battlefield" was the Generals
reply II first noticed him when we
were in the hottest portion of the battle
early in the morning. My attention was
then attracted to a civilian, who sat upon
his horse, in advance of my whole staff;
and though he was in the hottest Of the
FIRE, and the shot and she'll were striking
and sputtering around us like so much
hail, he sat gazing on the steady fight as
undisturbed as il he were in quiet
theater, gazing at scene upon the stage


In all the experience which / have had
of war, never saw the most expert


enced and veteran soldier exhibit more


tranquil fortitude and unshaken valoI


than was exhibited by the young man
was concerned at the needless risl
, which he invited, and told one OF my aid
> to order him in our rear Presently, al
. my aids had left me, on one service an
another; whereupon, turning to give al


order, found no one but this yonni
= stranger at my side then asked hin
: if he would oblige me by bearing dis


patch to General Mcclellan, and by act
Year: 1863

AT the first unsuccessful attack upor
Port Hudson, after the Federal troop:
had been repulsed, the open field sepa
tating between them and the Rebel bat
teries, covered with the dead and dying
was swept by rebel shot aud shell, cut
ting off the sufferers from the needed
succor. Among The fallen was a Union
efhcer-GeDeral Paine-grievously hurt
His condition was discovered from oul
lines, but who sufficiently daring-reck
less rather-to face the "leaden rain and
hail." and bring off the fallen hero? Il
is fearful errand, and he who undertakes
it must do so with his life in his hand
And yet must he who has so gallantly led
them be left to die? Volunteers are
called for, and appeal is made to those
who dare, to rescue the fallen General
1t was perilous undertaking. How ii
was made and with what result shall be
told by the Chicago Tribune:


sFour black soldiers voluntarily moved
out to his rescue. They reach him, raise
him tenderly in their arms, and the dan
gerous return journey is commenced.
Rifles crack sharply from the Rebel
works one and another of the brave
bearers fall Now all are down and the
wounded officer is still exposed The
peril of aiding him has been fearfully
demonstrated But again and again par.
ties of colored men step forward by fours.
The deadly missiles rain around them
again and again their numbers are thin.
ned. Not until fourteen brave black men
had offered up their lives was General
Paine brought safely within our lines"


And these are our black allies. These
are the men into whose hands We so re,
luctaDtly entrusted the implements of
war to aid as in crushing this Rebellion
The whole records of the worlds heroism
may be searched for an incident to sur
pass this. 1t will shine imperishable
among the episodes of this contest.
Year: 1863

"Men seldom think of the great event
of death till the shadow falls across their
own path, hiding forever from their eyes
the faces of loved ones whose living smile
was the sunlight of their existence
Death is the greatest antagonist of life,
and the cold thought of the tomb is the
skeleton of all feasts. We do not want
to 60 through the dark valley, although
its passage may lead to Paradise, and
with Charles Lamb, we do not want to
lie down in muddy graves, even with
kings and princes for our bed-fellows.
But the fat of nature is inexorable.
There is nc appeal or relief from the
great law which dooms US to dust. We
flourish and fade as the leaves Of the for
est and the flowers tha bloom and Bither
in day Generations of men appear
and vanish as the grass, and countless
multitudes that throng the earth to-day
will tomorrow disappear as the footsteps
on the shore.


"In the beautiful drama OF Ion, the
instinct of immortality, so elequently
uttered by the death, devoted Greek,
finds deep response in every thoughtful
soul. When about to yield his young
existence as sacrifice to fate, his young
Clemanthe asks him if they shall not
meet again, to which he replies, ! have
asked that question of the hills that look
eternal-of the clear streams that flow
forever-of the stars among whose fields
of azure my raised spirits have walked in
glory. Ali were dumb But while l
gaze upon thy living face, feel that
there is something in the love that man.
ties through its beauty that cannot wholly
perish. We shall meet again, Cleman-
the =" ....-...-r
Year: 1863

An EDITOR IN LUCK.-Bishop, ofthe
jamestown Journal, was honored with a
special Invitation the other day to become
one of Father Abraham's select" He
tells bis experience thus:


owe" A CoNscRIPT 1t will be seen
from the list that the Editor of the
JOURNAL Is "gobbled up" by the draft,
he being one of the kind of men that
Uncle Sam regards with especial favor


Perhaps our readers would like to know
how a fellow feels when he is drafted.
The emotions are rather serene than dis
turbed. The suspense being over man
feels rather pleased at the result and
spends his time thinking what a good
joke it is on those "other fel}o,cs," who
are drafted. The relief is such as you
experience when you have listened for a
long time to a solitary Internal singing
mosquito around your bed, and cuffed and
boxed around IN the dark after him, you
find all of sudden that he has 1t and bit
and the fight is done with. He is full
and you can rest quietly-perhaps all
night and perhaps an hour, till be gets
ready for "the nert drqti," anyhow


Your contentment is heightened if you
can hear your neighbor in the next room
sIapping arouLd and swearing at bis iu-
sect foes, We rather enjoy the draft !;
to be sure it is not what we would order
at first class hotel or take with US on &
pic mic excursion, but it is good thing,
nevertheless, and we hope it will "keep
doing So" till the army is big enough to
pitch the whole damnable "confederaey"
into the bottomless pit with four-tined
manure forks. ...
Year: 1863

Life in the country may be one of the
richest on earth, but it may also be one
Of the poorest. If the great book of na-
ture be open to the eye of him who re-
sides there, and illumined with the light
of heaven, from his little knoll, he can
see and enjoy all the glory Of she world !;
but if he sees in nature only the potato
field which gives him food, then is this
golden vein closed for him, and he him.
self stands like the petatO plant, fast rOO:-
ed in the earth.
Year: 1863

What part of soldiers duty would
the ladies take the most delight in We
wrote, present arms" but snarly old
Benedict at our elbow suggests "dress
parade" We wouldn't stand in his shoes
if his wife should find him out.
Year: 1863

An Opaque Indiana paper, calling
itself the Vincennes Sun, but distinguish
ed for the Egyptian darkness of its pages
hopes that Gen. Mcclellan will arrest
and lmprlSon the President and his Cab
met, disperse Congress, and drive the
Eastern States out of the Union! This
SeRffi7@ ser1af7e ohFha a and as t5e5 IS B5 F8f5
severe upon all persons who want to
fight the Southern rebellion vigorously,
branding them all by the dreadful name
of Radical Now the fact Is that the
most radical and incendiary newspapers
are such as the Fircennes Sun. They
have but one passion, and that is for
power, and so their friends get office, and
divide the spoils with them and other
camp followers, they are utterly reckless
of the means by which the offices are got
and held. The difference between lib
eral patriot, and a bigoted partisan, in
the present crisis of the country is very
strongly marked The patriot thinks
not of his former opposition to Mr. lin
coin or Mr.. Seward, but how be may
most efficiently aid them in delivering
the country from its troubles Far from
eXulting at dissension in the Cabinet,
and disasters in the field, he laments
them with all sincerity, and puts forward
all his energies to avert their evil conse-
quences. Not so with such partisans as
the editor of the San, or Vallandigham.
They decry every measure and denounce
every appointment of the Administra-
tion. They assail its policy with as
much ferocity as do the politicians at
Richmond Hardly can they repress
their delight at reverses to the national
arms. They would exult if some Mill
tary chief of their own party were to
drive the President out Of Washington
and establish himself there as a dictator.
Their newspapers never utter one senti-
ment OF hearty, outspOken love of the
Union; on the contrary they sneer at the
Union because Lincoln is its President.
The editor of the Sam is fool, we admit,
but he is a traitor Just as far as his brains
will allow him to be one 1t is melan-
chOly to see men so besotted and blinded
with old partisan malignity, that they
would see their country perish before
they hel p political adversary to save it.
Such wretches cannot long talk and act
treason with impunity. If the nation
orueaf wnIch she IS now travefing, her
vengeance will fall with crushing weight
upon the heads of all who now seek to
turn her misfortunes to partisan profit
and advantage.
Year: 1863

Rg Billy Greathouse, late of Van
derburg county, Indiana, was candi-
date for Congress in the second congress
sional district, Louisiana. His competi-
tor Hahn only beat him four to one The
fault of Billy was that, although one of
the staunchest Union men in the world
from the start, he was a democrat Of
course to vote for him was reasonable.
Cairo Gazette


This same Billy Greathouse was read
out of the democratic party in 1856, for
joining the Know Nothing party; but
the fact of his being beaten for Congress
by good, unconditional Union man, is
sufficient evidence that he is still a good
democrat.- Washington Telegraph.
Year: 1863

An order has been forwarded to lGAbagd
to meet very general demand through
out the Western States, where the growth
of sorghum sugar and syrup is attended
with most gratifying success.
Year: 1863

With reference to the amount of cotton
which thls expedition of Banks's is likely to
succeed in stealing on its route, the cores
pondent wIi:es


1t is estimated by those who have the means
of knowing, that al least two hundred thou
sand bales Of cotton will come to this market
ou. Of the country recently occupied by our
forces This is very large amount; but see
DO reason why it should not be so. General
Binks is determined to make the most of his
conquest in every way, and | can sse clearly
that his campaign will far more than pay ex-
penses. L)ulelana is conquered; it is to all
intants aud purposes cure; and jeff ID wis
may make up his mud fully tha. such is the
case, ne matter how disagreeable the dose
may be.
Year: 1863

la abiding to the Imprisonment of Colonel


Talcott, who Was some time ago arrested aud


thrown into Fort Lafayette, the HoJid says
An old man y no has but few years to live,
and who daring his past life has done nothing
in violation of hia duty and allegiance to his
country, il lying i'll Fort Lafayett arrested
without warrant, Imprisoned without trai,
aud now refused the opportunity to prove his
innocence or even to allage hisloyalty. With
damnai ie ingenuity the War Department
contrives TO outrage law in every conceivable
way, and to tranipie daily upon some new
rights of the ci.iz Ii. The weak headed men
in C3ngreis who sir0ve 70 conceal the shame
of the nation by arguing that the arbitrary ar
rests worked TO great wrong because any
State prisoner might get free by merely taking
an oath of allegiance, now have not even that
poor excuse The War Department refuses
to allow one of its prisoners to swsaf TO his
innocence or make oath of his allegiance
Year: 1863

TuLLARoMA, May 23.-The rumor of tho
capture Of two Of our regiments in front, with
one piece of artillery, is not true. The enemy


did surround aud capture small outpost Of
| some forty men. All qniet in front
Year: 1863

Tho Railroad to Be Commenced Nonday-hs


Great Enterprise Begun.


Mr.. Steele, the railroad contractor, has
arrived here with his family and taken up
his permanent residence in oar city. He
brings with him a number of railroad Ia
borers and operators, and will commence the
great work Of breaking ground on the
Pacific Railroad, hence west, next Monday.
From that time on the work will be pushed
with the utmost vigor.


This is an enterprise of the greatest pos
sible importance to Leasenworth. 1t opens
up for US great future, growth, population,
wealth and prosperity. Eastern roads must
now seek this point as the great termini,
east and west. 49,


Let every influence be brought to bear
in support of this movement, every interest
combine to push on the great work, and but
short time will elapse until we will hear
the whistle of the iron horse and witness
his solid tread advancing towards the shores
of the Paci6c.-Lepv. Times, 5h.
Year: 1863

% Yes, will say shame upon every man in
America who is not an Anti Slavery man
shame and disgrace upon him. l don't care
for the consequences. / will not restrain my
honest indignation of feeling. l pronounce
every man faithless miscreant who does not
take part for The abolition Of Slavery
DANIEL O'CoNSELL.
Year: 1863

The following is the speech made 10y
General Sickles at Saratoga, on Friday
night last, in response to a serenade:


Ladies and GentLemeE: 1t is embarrass-
ing to be the sole recipient of hOnors
which others should share. | am quite
aware that | am mainly indebted for this
grateful compliment TO your just admira-
ton for the brilliant conduct of the Third
Army Corps, at Charlottesville and
Gettysburg. So far, however, as | am
permitted to receive your visit as an ex-
preston of personal regard, | thank you
heartily for it.


A day in Saratoga reminds us of any
thing but war-the sacrifices of the North,
great as they have been, have not aPpa-
rently disturbed our pleasures nor Gimin-
ished our resources. One more campaign
in which the army and navy shall feel
that their valor and devotion are appre-
ciated by the nation-and this sad war
will then end in the re-establishment of
the national government over all the pos
sessions of the United States.


1t is not too much to say that we have
accomplished more than was deemed
possible 10y wariike nations and high mil
itaey authority i'll Europe; and when the
declining energies of the rebellion relin-
auish the sword, now held with feeble
grasp, this country will take its place in
the foremost rank of nations ; we will en-
ter upon a career of grandeur and renown
which no Imagination has foreseen and
no human agency can arrest.


Among those present l am gratified to
recognize the familiar and cherished faces
of old friends-to these 1t will not be with
out interest to know that | shall be IN
command of my corps when the next bat
tie is fought.


1t is reserved to the army of the POto-
mac to make the final and decisive cam
paign against the last and greatest OF the
armies of the rebellion. l have had the
honor to belong to the army of the Poto-
mac during my brief military service (;
with it, and especially with the Third
Army Corps, my destiny Is cast; proud
of my association with so many heroes,
their fortunes will ever be mine-and
nothing can be dearer to me than their
honor and fame and happiness.


When the enemies of the republic lay
down their arms-when Charleston and
Chattanooga and Richmond are garrisOned
by federal troops when the Constitution
and the laws and the flag of the Union
are recognized from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande-as now they are honored
and loved from the Penobscot TO the
Susquehannah, then, and not until then,
will we have an Honorable prace. Mean
while those who are most impatient for
the termination of hostilities should do
all they can in aid for the Government
and for the army-those who are willing
to impair the authority of the govern
ment and seek the southern hand which
spurns them; let them not be unmindful
that they contribute to the worst of ca
lamities-the recognition of hostile and
hateful separation is war
endless war, union is peace.
Year: 1863

THINGS WORTH FORGETTING.-lt Is al
most frightful and altogether humiliating
to think how much there is in the com
mon on-going of domestic and social life,
which deserves nothing but to be instant
" and ever forgotten. 1t is equally anna
zing how large class seem to have no
other business but to repeat and perpe-
trate these very things. This is the vo-
cation of gossips-an order OF society
which perpetrates more mischief than all
the combined plaques of Egypt together.
You may have noticed often how very
many speeches there are which become
mischieyous by being heard a second
time; and what an army of both sexes
are sworn into it, that the fatal repetition
shall be hadl Blessed is the man or wo-
man that can drop all the burrs and this
ties, instead of picking them up and fas-
tening them on the next passenger
Would we only let the malicious saying
die. how fast the lacerated and scandal
ridden world would get healed and tran
ouilized.-Dr. Huntington.
Year: 1863

The meeting Of the Erie Railroad directors 10
decide upon the dividend will be held tomorrow.
The following statement OF the earnings Of tho
road for the past six months will be laid before the
haa rI -
Year: 1863

The Rev. John Newton says: II
look upon prayer meeting as the most
profitable eXercise--except public
preaching--in which Christians can
engage. They have a direct tendency
to kill worldly, trifing spirit; to draw
down a divine blessing upon all our
concerns, and maintain the fame of di.
vine love among brethren. But l need
not tell you the advantages-you know
them. l only would exhort you; and
the rather, that find in my own case.
that the principal cause Of my own
leanness and unfruitfulness is owing to
unaccountable backwardness to pray.
l con write, or read, or converse, or
hear, with a ready will {; but prayer is
more inward and spiritual than any of
these; and the moro spiritual any duty
is, the more my carnal heart is apt to
start from il"
Year: 1863

In a late speech, on Trade and Com
mcrce, S, B. Rugglcs, Of New York,
very pleasantly presented the value OF
an article of Western trade, as follows:


"And now, my friends, let us take a
slight descent: let us talk little about
hogs, and the glorious West as agigan-
tic hog pom. / must really beg you
not to laugh, for am profoundly Sc
rious, and do earnestly assure you the
hog is very praiseworthy, interest
ing and important animal. For how,
lot me ask, could you possibly, without
his benevolent and efficient and coop
Grafton, bring down the whole of these
five hundred million bushels Of grain
to the sea2 How could such noun
tain mass of cereals, and especially of
Indian corn, ever be sold or disposed
OFF But thanks to the ingenuity OF
man and the necessity Of the case, tho
process has been found. The crop is
condensed and reduced in bulk by feed
Year: 1863

By the dispatches to the morning papers,
which will be found in another column, 1t will
be observed, that the news that Gen. Sherman
had taken Vicksburg was premature. That
doomed city still holds out. It is now reduced
to a question of time, and though a bloody
battle will probably take place before that
stronghold of rebeldom is ours, still we are
bound TO have 1t. Our brave Western army
mean to clear the Mississippi, and to open that
Ihoroughfare from its sources to its confluence
with the ocean, and they will do it. The army
of the Southwest, well oficered as 1t Is, and its
rank and file made up of material that will
learn "no such word as fail, p will push on the
column till the last vestige of the rebellion in
that quarter fades and dies. There have been
some noticeable things in the conduct of COM
manding generals in the West which have never
characterized the generals in command in the
East. We allude TO the fact that General Grant
has, on ono occasion at least, put himself at the
head of his men in the field, and led them in
person to the onslaught upon the enemy. Gen.
Rosecrans, also, did this at the late battles be-
fore Murfreesboro, and our great victory,
achieved on this auspicious day, is probably
more attributable to this than to any other
thing. We trust that Vicksburg will soon be
ours.