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Year: 1862

TIE FEDERAL POLL TAx.-It is a noticeable
fact that the payments of this Federal Poll Tax
indicate precisely the degree of loyal sentiment
that obtains in the several counties. Those
counties that are blessed with loyal officers and
have poled the biggest vote for Union tickets,
pay up handsomely whole those which have
officials whose patriotism is lukewarm or non est,
or which have cast anti-government majorities,
have paid little or nothing -.MdrysriUe dppeai.


In this county we have not heard Of a single
instance where white person has refused to p pay
the tax Sheriff Jones has instructed his deputy
collectors in the various townships to carefully
report the names of any persons SO refusing, and
for the credit of our county, which we know con
tains large loyal majority, we trust that not a
single name will appear on the black list" II
we are properly informed, all deinquents will
be waited on by the Deputy Marshal when he
collects the War Tax in May next. so we advise
all persons to buy one Of the red, white and blue
receipts
Year: 1862

PRETTY WAM.-As Illustrative of the intense
summer heat of the Colorado country, military
men at Fort Yuma used to have tale that
soldier died there and was buried, and went to
the hot place but that one night he reappearcd
among his comrades, and said that it was SO much
colder down below than he had been accustomed
to- that he could not stand it and had to come
back after his blankets.
Year: 1862

A HIGH OLD RES0LUTION.-The rebel-sympa
thizers of Nevada county met the other day, and
amongst other things


Resolged That believing the time for prating
about the Glorious Union is past, we can
only hope for a solution of our difficulties by a
cessation Of hoslities and prompt offers Of com
promise on honorable terms, and if need be, the
recognition of the independence Of the Confed-
crate States.


The Transcript, from which we get the above
Intelligence, says the resolution was defeated by
vote of 81 to II. Such bare faced treason as
those seventeen men are guilty of in the above
vote would not be tolerated elsewhere, and
should not be in California? Hanging is too
tender punishment for men who avow such sent
ments.


GENEROUS TELEGRAPH.--On OF the San Fran
cisco papers tells incident which reflects very
little credit on the State Telegraph line. A lit
tie four year old boy named Jonas Hulse was
saved at the time the Goidea Gate went down,
but his father, mother and brother were drowned.
A couple of San Francisco gentlemen having the
little fellow in charge ascerained that be had an
uncle living at the Forks of Salmon, to whom
they wished to telegraph, but on applying at the
Office were refused the small favor of gratis
dispatch, Informing his uncle that he was alone
iQ the city. Very generous, certainly on the
part OF rich monopoly.
Year: 1862

An while examining INTO the conduct and
events Of the war, | think it right to call the
attention of our Committee to the fact that n
Committee charged to investigate frauds
came into Department which was under
martial law, in tho midst OF civil disscnsions
encouraging iusubordiuation, discrediting aud
weakening the authority Of the Commanding
General then absent in the field, and | offer
testimony to show that their conduct while at
st. Louis created public opinion that their
special object was to make out case against
myself which should justify my removal from
that Department. See page 10 of that re.
port. And | offer testimony to show that
they avoided and declined to receive, and have
suppressed, testimony which initiated against
this object and further to show that there are
in their report many inaccuracies and prever
sions and some positive falsehoods.


The labores Of the Investigating Committee
appear to have resulted in a single resolution
in which the purchase Of certain arms by my
self is made a prominent subject. With res
pect to the sale cf these arms by tho Govern.
meut, have nothing to say. They were
new, aud | am told wcrc sold without being
condemned. The contract price at which
they were bought by the Government was, |
believe, $l7 80. Tho price at which they
are set down in the Ordnance Manuel is S2l
After they had been rned and otherwise im-
proved, ] purchased them at S22. Taking
into consideration the advance in price Of
arms, caused by the war, | submit that the
purchase is not deserving Of special ccnsure.
have digrossed from the rulo laid down at
Year: 1862

The Raleigh Church Iatelisencv publishes the
following private letter from a lady living on
Mississippi river plantation in the Southwest. The
editor vouches for the tIustworthiness of his cor
respondent:
Year: 1862

After the battle
And loud the gun
Belches the tale
Of battle won.
A battle won,
And the victory ours
Strew the laurel
And twine the Aowerss
After the battle
,Tis twice we've won
These bays and laurels
We now put on
Twice we have filed
These new made graves,
Rather than live
Like cringing slaves.
After the battle
Go ring the bell,
Till the land and sea
With our anthems swell;
Up with the flag,
Till IT proudly waves
It's starry folds
DER a thousand graves.
After the battle
With wild, wild cheers
The people are hearing,
But why those tearsf
Why not rejoicing.
When all are gayS
iTis after the battle,
And ours the day.
After the battle
But who shall know
The tears of sorrow,
The depths Of woe
How many, how sad
The hearts that wall
The deadly path
OF the iron hail?
After the battle
And this Is all,
Save the somber bier
And the darken'd pail
That passes away
TO the silent shore
Silent and lone,
Ali evermOTe.


-[st. Louis Republican.
Year: 1862

have been guilty Of the same offence with
which it charges the seeding states; it
would have proven itself rcbcllous to the
Constitution so far as it had deliberately
violated its provisions.


Should the institution Of slavery as one
of the consequences Of the war be wiped
out, we would say amen to it; but this
must not be done by waging war upon it
in violation Of the national compact, and
thus while seeking to quell the rebellion,
become disioyal ourselves.


w AVN
Year: 1862

When after days Of dreary rain, a space
OF clear, soft blue, between the parting clouds.
Opens on the drencbed fields and dripping woods,
The tillers Of the soil are glad and say
The storm is overpast for well they know
That in the clear, blue spot begins the reign
Or sunshine. Broader shall the opening grow
As through the throng of clouds the western wind
Goes forth, a conquerOr, and scatters them,
And sweeps them from the glorious cope of Heaven
Thus, in the tasks of mercy that engage
The minds and hands of thousands, we behold
Signs of a glorious future. They who watch
Beside the sick-beds OF the poor who seek
And lead the erring back to the right way,
And heal the wounded spirit with tho balm
OF lity, and hold back the cruel hand
That smites the helpless they whose labors win
Fhe out cast hater of his kind to feel
The power of goodness and shed penitent teas,
Are Cots elected agents to bringin


The better age. With glalness and with thanks
We number mercy's trumphs, and our hopes
Go forward n the glorious train of years,
When all the clouds OF strife that darsen earth
And hide the face OF Heaven, shall roll away;
And like a calm, sweet sunshine. peace and owe
Shall light the dreariest walks of human life.
Year: 1862

Hold seal thy lips, and still the waves
or Angry thoughts that roll
Their crimson tides up to thy cheek.


Humble thy naughty soul
Ere yet il framed single word
And deeper still thy anger stirred.
Stay! keep thy peace, tits better far


To brook Insulting scorn
With silence than with naughty words
Children Of Sorrow born
Let calmness reign within thy breast
still, still thy passions wild unrest.
single word tie may break


That time cannot rep pair
May tear asunder happy hearts


To grovei in despair
Then cautiously seal up thy lips
Let Love thy flashing eyes eclipse
Await not Time thy "pet" to heal,


But bear Ch,ist ian's part,
And with thine adversary deal


Ere from thy troubled heart
The gentle Dove of Peace IL driven
Forgive and ask to be forgiven.
CAMP WALKER, Tenn, March IS, 1862.
Year: 1862

CoLUNBUs AND TIE UNION FEELING II
TEsSEssgE.-A correspondent of the Cincin-
nati TINES writes as follows from Paducah
KY, January 18th


I There can be little doub. that the rebels
have lately been weakening their forces great
II at Columbus. Indeed. such an army as can
be quickly concentrated against that post
could now successfully invest it on the land,
side and cut of the garrison from all supplies
or reinforcements, except by the river.


Il would not take many days TO erect such
a battery below Columbus, on the river, as
would blockade it there, too. Then comes the
work Of reducing the place by regular siege
approaches, erecting batteries on the opposite
shores to prevent ingress or egress by that
direction. Here we have the very best chances
to gain material victory over the rebels
which viii be worth something. l take 1t
that II the garrison OF Columbus shall wait to
be attacked. they will find no opportunity OF
running away Oh the Hilton Head plan.


The force there must leave in time, or be
surrounded by forces occupying lntrenehed
positions against them and then, after every
thing shall be ready 10 keep the ins in, and
outside rebels ont, our gunboats and bomb
barges win be ready TO hail down upon them
storm of iron hail, and the batteries from the
outside will contribute to the entertainment
In fact, | regard Columbus as q rebel weak
ness. instead Of the great Manassas of the
West" which they imagine it is to turn cut.


The news from Tennessee indicates great
increase of the Union feeling there. 1t should
be borne in mind that the people of Tennessee
have been for the Union all the time; but
many gave way under the impression that the
Government would not be able to restore its
protecting power, and that therefore It was the
part of wisdom to make the best terms possible
with their usurping oppressors. There Las
been some ground for such an apprehension /;
but now that the power of the Government is
beginning to be felt in Tennessee, is manifest
ed by the terrible fear and quaking of the
rebel leaders, the people are looking up in
bright anticipation that the day OF their re-
demption draws nigh.


The refugees frequently arriving from that
State represent the expectations Of the people
there as extremely eager. In many sections
the Uuion men have been recently almost COM
pletey triumphant in their resistance TO tyr
amy In the town of Humboldt, West Ten
nessee, gentleman recently made Union
speech and had not been arrested at last ac-
counts This town and county have been
strongly secession. In Weakly county, one
Secessionist was killed and another wounded in
their attempts to outrage Union men, which
has had very quieting effect on the intollerant
ruling faction.
Year: 1862

THE Army TELEGRArH--The army tele-
graph row consists Of over one thousand miles
Of wire stretched through the different camps,
from the headquarters Of Gen. Hooker on the
left. running towards the right wing till it
reaches Hancock, Maryland. One hundred
and ten operators are in the employ of the
Government There is q separate line to the
headquarters of each General commanding a
division.


General Mcclellan can sit at his table in his
private house, and talk to the different Generals
all at one and the same time, aud independent
of one another When any division moves,
the line can also be extended as each division
has a corps Of builders, and supply of wire
poles and insulators always ready. In several
divisions, each Brigadier General has an instru-
ment upon the line and is in direct conference
with his immediate Commanding General the
whole time.


Large wagons have been provided for the
operators and their batteries TO travel IN, with
sleeping apartments tents equipage and every
thing necessary. thus making the telegraphic
department the most efficient and thorough
branch in the whole army and in connection
with the balloon corps OF Professor Lowe, will,
should the army move. prove invaluable to de-
tect the operations Of the enemy.
Year: 1862

Among the curiosities exhibited at the last
Paris Exposition, was huge concave mirror,
the instrument Of a startling species of optical
magic: Ga standing close to the mirror, and
looking into It, it presents nothing but 2 mag
nlhcenLy mOnstrOus dissection Of your own
physiognomy. On retiring q little, say 4 couple
OF tee5, 1t gives your OWE facs and figure in true
proportion but reversed, The head downwards.
Most OF the spectators, ignorant Of anything
else observe these two effects, and pass on. But
retire still further; standing at the distance Of
five or Six feet from the mirror, aad behold you
see yourself, not 9 Tshaction-i5 does not strike
you So reAec;icn-5ut your yeritable self,
standing in the middle part between you and
the mirror. The effect is almost, from the idea
It suggests Of something supernatural, so start
ling, IN fact that men Of the strongest nerves
will shrink involUntarily at the FIRST view. If
you raise your cane to thrust at your other self,
you viii see j. pass clean through your body
and appear on the other side, the figure thrust
ing at you the same instant The artist who
first succeeded ia fashioniDg a mirror Of this
description, brought it to ons Of the French
kings-if we Tecolecs it Alright it was Louis
AF-Placsd his majesty on the right spot, and
bad5 him draw his sword and thrust at the
figure he saw. The king did so but seeing
the point Of a sword directed to his own breast,
threw down his weapon and ran away The
practical Joke cost the inventor the kings pa
tTOnage and favor his majesty being afterwards
so ashamed of his own cowaTdce, that be could
never again look at the mirror or its owner.
Year: 1862

rom Ale New 1oEk herald


Poor Greeley is down on his knees tearing his
hair and calling on the negroes to come Nsrth
and help US If they don't come" says
Greeley in the Tribune yesterday, May God in
His infinite mercy save the republic; for there
is no other hope remaining" Look at this silly
sniveler-hslf coward, half traitor Here at
the North we have twsHty-thTee millions Of
white men, and in the border States we have a
million Of slaves. In the South they have three
millions Of negroes, who are escaping to our
lines as fast IS possible Yet poor frightened
Greeley and bis gang Of fanatics have the impu-
dencs to declare that if these three millions Of
darkeys do not come over to our side we twenty
three millions of OfAnglo-Saxons are lost forever.
Can anything be more silly than this What
would we do with the three millions Of slaves if
we had them! Half of them are old men, old
women, and picaninnies who would have to be
put out to nurse. The other half might wash
for us, scrub for US and cook for us-they cook
very bsdly-but as to fighting, We believe that
one stout white man would be enough for
dozen Of them. What extreme folly it is, then,
to be Tanting and raviDg about a few darkeys,
who would not earn their victUalS and clothes
if we had them, and whom we can get along
very well without May God in His infinite
mercy" help poor Greeley Out Of his scare.
Year: 1862

EWe understand that some excitement has
been created in GoldSboro' by report that the
Yankees were advancing in that direction from
Newbern. The report placed the strength Of the
enemy st nine thousand, being Fosters division
of Burnside army. We have been unable to OBJ
tain any definite information on the subject.
farther than that cavalry force of the enemy
pretty certainly made dash upon Trenton, the
county seat of Jones county, probably on 9 for
aging expedition. This force may be supported
by infantry or it may not; but that the Ysnkees
have nine thousand men disposable at Newbern
or elsewhere in this State, we very much ques-
ton. We don't think they have Wilmington
IN c. Journal.
Year: 1862

ARREST OF CoUNTERFETFERs.-Our police
made most important capture yesterday. They
arrested two men, strangers, who bad been in
town several days, who were charged with pass
ing counterfeit money. Their names are VIM.
@. Adams aud J. Buchanan, and they state that
they are from Mississippi, and have been in the
Confederate army. When arrested their clothes
were carefully searched and large rolls Of Con-
federate bank notes found on them. A quantity
of them were Confederate notes raised from fves
to fifties, by pasting q cypher against the figure
fyo. Others were one dollar bills of an old
issue of the Real Estate Banking Company,
South Alabama, with the names Of president and
cashier evidently forged.


There were also bills Of the Bank of South
Carolina" Of the denomination of ten dollars.
and the one we saw was numbered at 1885, There
is no such bank in South Carolina, How large
an amount of this spurious money was in the
possession of these men we do not exactly know,
but it would seem that they came here with the
intention of setting it ehoat, to the great injury
of the government and community. We learn
that they tried to pass the raised bills after they
had been told they were not genuine
Chronicle.
Year: 1862

q At an informal meeting of the directors
Of the board Of trade held last evening, we un-
deTstand that one J. J. Richards made q haT-
angUe in which he denounced this paper as
secession sheet" and proposed that it should
be suppressed by mob violence.


If this wretch will only himself lead such
mob, we viii undertake not only to defend our
property but that this shall be the last mob with
which he will ever have anything to do.-Chi-
eag0 Tribune.
Year: 1862

The Washington correspondent Of the st.
Louis Republican pretends to be fully posted as
to the efforts the Confederate government is ma
king to get up a navy. He says:


Merrimac No is now lying at the Tredegar
iron works, Richmond, receiving her armament.
She is pierced for six guns, some of them to be
one hundred pouaders, which are already cast at
the iron works bat she viii not at present re-
ceive her full complement of guns, because the
water at Richmond viii not float them. She is
expected to be equal TO, if not more effective,
than her old and larger nsmesake Another small
iron plated gunbOat is also building. They can
not, and it is not contemplated they should, pass
the obstruction at present; but they are expected
to contribute largely to the defense of the capi-
ial, should our feet succeed in getting within
shelling distance. The two are the nucleus Of
formidable fleet, which the government de-
signs building at Richmond, and which are in
tended st some future time, to pass the obStruc-
tions during high water, and contend for the
supremacy on James river. This plan supposes
the ability of the Confederetes to hold Rich
mond for some time to come; and should they
succeed in defending it against our fall cam
paign, they will certainly execute it, and meet
US in the spring with formidable feet on James
river.


There is also some talk Of the government
Being about to commence building mortar YES
sci clad with railroad iron, on an entirely new
plan, at Charleston. They regard Charleston as
safe from attack for another year at least, and
intend to make the most of her secure harbor.
Year: 1862

Y Gov. Robinson, of Kansas says that the
reason be did not sign the call for troops, is,
that he never saw the letter to the President IN
til he saw it in print in connection with the
Presidents answer, ana the last orders be has
received from the War Department relative to
raising troops were to stop all recruiting in
Kansas
Year: 1862

~ Queen Isabella has just sent to the Pope
a blank draft on her treasury, as a token Of
gratitude for her recent safe aec0ueksment. She
begs the holy father to fill it up with any sum
he sees ft not exceeding 100000,
Year: 1862

Tribune's Dispatch:


We are informed by two persons, one
recently from Charleston, The other from
city in the interior of, a Southwestern
State, that the rebels aRe=still= entirely
cheerful, and confident Of ultimate victory.
The loss of New Orleans they regard as
but temporary. They expect to lose
Charleston, Mobile, and perhaps all the
seaboard, but they declare that they will
Year: 1862

they will be willing enough TO let Lee and bis army
alone, on this side OF the Potomac.


We Can DOW put matters to ri hts in Virginia and
turn oar attention TO Pierpont and the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad The fJrner will be disposed Of and
We trust that portion of army will be immediate
y set to work to destroy the latter in way to render
it's reconstruction mpracticable Every bridge, tunnel
and culvert should be forthwith demolished-evesy
bankment leyeed every cut filled up aud every cross
tie and rail removed from Harpers Ferry to Wheeling
and Parkersbarg The road has been of moth
ing bat evil to the State since The commencement OF
tbs Along its whole line the taint OF disoyalty
and treason is to be seen 1t has less Yankee
lied the entire region between its track and the Penn
sylvan'a torder, from the Ohio to the Potomac,


The re-lrossng OF the Potomac by oLr forces does
not at all disturb u.s. Under the circumstances it was
most judicous movement and in no manner degree
prelddical to our interests in military point Of view
save and except the | sses we sustained in the san.
culinary battles in Maryland, which to be deeply
deploed. But the enemy suffered in this respect far
more than We did, an1 although this is 10 adequate
consolation compensation to in the premises, yet
it that the blows which struck lost
Of their vigor and efficacy by the brief change which
made of the seat of war.
Year: 1862

We presume that Congress will be undr the necessity
of extending its session beyond Tuesday next the time
agreed upon for adournmet But five days remain and
the really important work of the session as yet unfn
i8hed. The Senate passed bill to increase the army
and sent it to the House. The House passed another
and sent it to the Senate The Senate has amended the
House bill by substituting its and thus amended
it has gene back to the House. Up to this time il has
not again been taken up in the House. ehope there
is to be wrangle between the Houses over this bill


The enemy swarming the fields with their new re-
cruts. They already swelling the ranks that con-
front Gen. Lees thinning regiments. While they thus
a it will not do for to waste the time in prolonged
deliberaton. We must emulate in the public councils


the energy army is displaying in the field. This is
time for pride OF opinion, for gadiaoral display


in legislative halls 1t will insprit our people, and ami
mate cur cause if Congress shall show that emery and
Vgor the display Of which it has often and prop
erly c0mplimented in generals 4con is what the
public exigences and the public feeling alike require.


The Senate bill has the merit Of being short and
comprehensive and mere extension Of the existing


law 1t will thus avoid the confusion and irritation of
diverse regulations and admit of more simple and
ready application. Why not settle the difficulty by
uniting upon the Senaes proposition 1t seems under
all the circumstances, that it would be udci0us TO do
so. But if the House decide otherwise, and if the


legislative dilemma is to be solved by conference com
mitees the country hopes to it done without delay
Richmond Enquirer.
Year: 1862

name, report of the astounding facts which contrbu
ted late disasters in Virginia, warranted
in printing the following letter from Washington
correspondent received more than week since, which
felt constrained to suppress in view of the then in
credible statement which it contained


Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.