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Year: 1862

The grand jury Of Fayette county, Ca, at
their recent session, offered the following sug-
gestiOns IN their presentneuts


"In regard to planting cotton in our county,
for the next year, if planted to any great extent
We cannot but regard it as q fatal step toward
the destruction Of eur COHfedeTacy, and would
respectfully recommend our representative from
this county to use ms influence in The passage
OF such law viii prevent it from being
planted, only in such quantities as are necessary
tor domestic purposes We would also ask him
to use his influence in the passage of such law
IS viii prevent the distillstiOn Of grain


Whether the Legislature enscts such law or
not, patriotism should dictate to our planters
repetition of the plan which they SO generally
adopted IL the past planting season. II the war
does not close by the time Tor putting in the new
crop 1t viii be as great folly b. plaut full
crop Of cotton asst was the past season. Enough
for domestic uses and for seed should be planted,
bat fall crops would be the ruin of the country
But at the present time, the planting Of large
crops Of wheat is The policy which should Be
adopted throughout the ConledeTacy. Flour is
much more useful to the army than corn meal.
because it can be much better saved and more
readily used and, in order to supply the army
with -four, large crops Of wheat must be planted.
Il viii be profitable to the planters, as the prices
during the war, though It is to be hoped thst
they Wlu come down Considerably hOm thelr
present altitude And even ifit were not psoft
able, its patriotic duty that the planters owe
TO the country and to he cause Of Southern in
dependence, TO SOW an abundance of grain. As
to its disdllation, we Go not know whether com
pete legislation against il would be altogether
advisable or beneficial. There is a government
demand for liquor, ct least for medicinal pur-
poses, which must be supplied; and if the distil-
lation OF grain is effectively and totally Br0hib


lied, ln any OF Of the S stes, it VIII greatly d-
minish the supply, and embarrass the govern
ment Ia this respect. It viii be the duty of the


legislature therefore, at its next session, to leg
islate cautiously on affairs of such general in
terest. While attending to the rights and inter
ests Of the people, it must also have an eye first
to the wants and interests of our armies; aud any
| legislation which regards the one and not the
/ other would be unwise and unjust


But whatever may be the course of the legis-
lsture, tho duty Of the planters is plain and un-
/ mistakable-that is to plant, and plant largely
/ Of grain. Il will be pleasure to the press to
record q repetition Of the patriotism which
marked their policy 10 the past season; aud thai
/ it will be done, no one cai reasonably doubt
| dugHSta COnstitatiOHGitSt
Year: 1862

Colonel Morgan, Of the Goth regiment New
York volunteers, now commanding tire military
post ct Key West, Florids, has, by our last
news from that point, seen 1T to issue procla-
nation declaring al the slaves on that island to
be free.


l. is difficult to imagine more unwarTantable
assumption of authority than that of Colonel
Morgan in the issue Of such = document. 1t
beats Fremont and Hunter ali hollow, and al
though causing Inconvenience for the time, must
and will be set aside, and the calouei-desiroUs,
no doubt, of a little abolition notoriety-be re-
called and laid On the shelf, as one partly if not
entirely, bereft of his senses.


The public must know that Key West, al
though part Of the State of Florida, has never
yet been out Of the Union. That many Of its
population desired to be under the Confederate
governments is true; bat they did not succeed,
and all now remaining on the island have taken
the cath Of allegianee, which entities them to be
considered as in ell respects loyal people.


There were some slaves on the island whose
masters or owners had left when the military
authority compelled the oath to be taken. These
slaves could have been declared free by Colonel
Morgan with perfect propriety for they were
the property OF men in arms against the govern
ment; but that all-among them the property
of some ss loyal people as ever lived-shOuld
be declared free by merely afiXing his signature
to a document of his own framing, IS simply
absard.-Neso York Herald
Year: 1862

Every other device as Il measure of val
ue, has always given opportunity to the
artful and designing to take advantage OF
the weak and unsuspecting, and has ten
ded TO fertilize the rich mans field by the
sweat Of the poor mans brow


''Hour petitioner will most humblv sub
nit that it is only possible to maintain the
credit of the government aud secure a pro-
per stimulant to the enterprise and indus
try of the country by a well-devised system
OF taxation, equal to the regular expense
OF the government, with the interest on all
moneys borrowed, and q sinking fund suf-
hclent to redeem the national debt within
reasonable period of time. The nearer
the the credit of the government can be
Inalhtalned to the specie standard the more
easy Will 1t be for the people to bear the
amount OF taxation required to meet the
wants of the nation.


Nothing should ever tempt the govern
ment to lose its hold on the Sub-Treasury.
and the power it has cxerted, and will CON
tlnue to exert, to save our country flom
the huctuntion in prices growing out of
an unchecked and unrestrained use of pa
per money.


San expanded currency will tempt the
world to come here and sell US everything.
and at the same time make everything too
dear with us to sell in return.


can of which is most respectfully sub
mitted. PETER CooPER."
Year: 1862

AFL1C4e Ebrtn1IUl Oh GOOO sense


(From: the Philadelphia Amcrican.)


The immense size of the national army
the vast reserves upon which it draws, the
bouudless resources of the country, aud
the enterprise and ingenuity of our people,
are leading to expeditions, in great force
against the enemy at all points, so that the
fate of the war may not depend upon a
great battle at n single point. The thor
oughness of the preparations for all these
expeditions, their rapidly multiplying
number, and the number ofguus, vessels and
men they demand are far better calculated
to give European idea of our capacity for
war than o march of an army to attack the
enemy upon u battle field of their selec-
tion.


Thus far, wherever these expeditions
have aimed blow, they have achieved q
signal success, and the facts sustain the
theory of the system. The grand lesson
deduced by General AEcC cClelIan from all his
observations of the Crimian war-that it
is a folly to undertake a great military en-
terprise without arst accurately measuring
the means required, and patiently making
all the preparations-he is no doubt now
applying to the work of conQuering rebel
lion. The lesson taught by Bull Run was
that success, no matter at what cost, is of
the greatest possible importance, aud that
it may be rendered unEailingly certain if
the preparations be adequate and the means
ample.


Hence. while the enemy has been await
ing an attack from us at Manassas. and
has disposed, we were trainingSour men to
march forward again to the same point, in
the same manner as before. we have been
quietly completing gigantic expeditions to
mo We by sea and land, to carry the war ia
to regions where Bull Run is an impossi-
bility 1t is the impression of the enemy
that the only object of these enterprises is
to draw off men from Manassas and weak
On the rebel lines in Virginia. But before
J the lapse of many months they will begin
Year: 1862




Representatives.


"Your petitioner, believing that letter
written by George Washington, in reply TO
member of the Maryland Legislature, in
reference to an issue paper money by
the State, is peculiarly applicable to the
present condition of our country.


His reply was in the following ever to
be remembered words. He said: Had a
voice in your legislature would give it de-
cldedly against the emission, for the rea-
son, that people always mistake as to the
amount OF money necessary for circulat-
ing medium. He said, that sit is not the
amount of money in Il country that makes
it plenty, but it is the raPidity and the GER
tainty with which it passes the round of
circulation, and that in exact proportion as
you alloy the precious metals of yourpaper
money in the volume of circulating medi-
um, just in that proportion will everything
in country RISE and that labor would be
the last that would feel it.


ale then declares that such IL policy
would not benefit the farmer or the me-
chanfc. 1t will only benefit the debtor, ms
it will enable him to pay debt with shu-
dow instead of substance


"The opinion otSwedcnborg, rs commu-
nicated to the diet of Sweden, contains al
so lesson of wisdom worthy of profound
consideration in the present financial con-
dition of our country. He said that "a ma
tion that could legislate permanent value
into paper currency would be nation
without parallel in the world


'He advised his government Ito return
to specie currency, as the only remedy
that could save their nation from ruin


"Your petitioner, compelled by desire
to serve the substantial interest of the
that the history OF the world has demon
strHtcd the fact that measure of value
calculated to secure the rewards of labor
to the hand that earns it, must have in il
an inherent value, the evidence of Labor
lactually done.
Year: 1862

AT this time, when the general public
are oblidgcd to turn their attention to the
great problem of ways and means for the
maintenance of the public credit, and for
the support of the vast military establish
mcnt engaged in the War for the Union.
there may be special interest in.the follow
ing brief exhibit of the comparative re-
ceipts and expenditures of Great Britain
and the United States. with the sources of
the revenue and the objects of expense in
the two countries.


Receipts and expenditures of Great Brit
ain for Eve years, ending March 3Ist:-
Year: 1862

The following beautiful poem, by Professor
Longfellow, is published in the Atlantic Moah1
for December
At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay,
On board Of the Cumberland sloOp Of war
And at times from the fortress across the bay,


The alarum of drum swept past


Or bugle blast


From the eamp on shore.
Then far away to the South uprose
A little feather of snow white smoke,
And we knew that the iron ship of our foe 5
Was steadily steering its course


To try the force


OF our ribs of oak.
Down upon us heavily runs,
Silent and sullen, the floating fort;
Then comes puff of smoke from her guns,


And leaps the terrible death,


With fiery breath,


From each open port.
We are not idle, but send her straight
Defiance back in a full broadsidei
As hail rebounds from a roof of slate,


Rebounds our heavier hail


From each iron scale
Of the monsters side
"Strike your flag y the rebel cries,
In his arrogant old plantation strain.
"Never !" our gallant Morris replies;


tlts better to sink then to yield p


And the whole air pealed
With the cheers of our men.
Then. like kraken huge and black,
She crushed our ribs in her iron graspl
Down went the Cumberland all n whack,


With sudden shudder Of death,


And the cannon's breath
For her dying gasp.
Next morn, MS the sun run over the bay,
Still foated our flag at the mainmast-hea1.
Lord, how beautiful was Thy day


Every watt of the air


Was n whisper of prayer,
Or dirge for the dead.
llo brave hearts that went down in the seas
Ye aIe Mt peace in the troubled stream.
llo! brave land with hearts like these,
Thy flag, that is rent in twain,


Shall be one again,
And without n seam
Year: 1862

~ The Sanitary Commission las had
several conferences recently, both with the
War Department and tie Military Committee
Of Congress, relative to the reorganization Of
tie Hospital Department. 1t appears that
they desire the selection of officers Of tho
regular medical staff shall be made more
with regard 10 efficiency than to the prevalent
usage Of seniority. The Commission say they
arc acting on the principle that it is better to
take precautionary measures against sickness
in camps than to fill the hospitals.
Year: 1862

as-INCoMING ARMs.-We have ''jo IL
places in Georgia that the troops engaged III public
duty are armed with the formidable pike manufactured
in that State thus berating the firearms for arning
the forces who are actually confronting the invaders
This is good idea and its adoption by all the troops
so engaged 10 the South would throw thousands of
muskes and rifles into actual service against the enemy
which are now withheld from hands ready and willing
to use them efecualy. To most all the uses of mill
tary police outside of the battle field the pike is
sufficient arm in hands instructed in their use.
Year: 1862

THE ORLEANS DYNASTY IN THE FIELD.-We
publish in another column letter from the
Count de Paris, in reference to the campaign on
the Potomac, in which he took an active part
with General Mcclellan. 1t is evident that the
young Count is now in another feld-a candi'
date for the throne of Frsnce-and that he is
likely to give Louis Napoleon more trouble
than even Garibaldi. The Italian complca-
tions are not yet disposed Of, and the grandson
of Louis Philippe is watching and waiting for
his opportunity. He has had year Of expert
ence in tremendous war, and that will fit him
to take part in whatever struggle the revolu-
tionary elements now existing in France and
throughout Europe may present to his hopes.
That he has identified himself with our republi-
can institutions is feather in his cap. So let
the Napoleon dynasty look out
Year: 1862

The Two CANDIDATES FOR STATE GovERNoR-
Both these gentlemen go earnestly for the war,
and in that respect they stand upon the same
footing. Personally we prefer Wadsworth to
Seymour We think he is more outspoken and
more direct in his views than his opponent, who
seeks to attain his object by indirection. Bat
wadsworth's ideas about slavery are fanatical
and absurd He thinks the abolition Of slavery
would put down the rebellion. Nothing can be
farther from common sense. II would, as Mr.


Lincoln declared, have no more effect upon the
rebellion than the Pope's bull against the comet


Mr.. Wadsworth says that the proclamation will
not produce servile insurrection. Consequently
it cannot give any aid in putting down the rebel
lion. The rebellion must be first put down
before the government has any power to dispose
of slavery in the rebellious States; and after the
insurrection is put down the government will
have nothing further to do with the business.
We will then have constitution, and that will
settle it. Till the rebellion is crushed by the
sword IL is idle to talk of what is to be done
with slavery. Let us do one thing at q
time. Mr.. wadsworth has discovered that by
preventing the slaves from working for the
rebels we will use them up. Very true, pro
yided we can prevent them. But to do so W,
must arst conquer the rebels. Mr.. WalsworAh
Year: 1862

GIVING AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY
The organs Of Wadsworth and the radicals in
this city are at length compelled to admit
that Seymour is not traitor; but they say that
they "have a right to hold his supporters re-
sponsible for the tendency and effect of their
political action" and that they intend to exer-
else it; for that "in heart" the Seymour men
are "both rebels and traitors" The democrats
and other conservatives who are supporters of
Seymour probably number 100000. AS they
are rebels and traitors, they ought to be every
man arrested and thrown into the various pri-
sons, and the worst of them hanged, before they
do any more mischief. If they are left at large
they may elect Seymour, and that, it is con-
tended, will ''give aid and comfort to the re-
belIon." By all means let them be disposed
of before they make the rebellion successful.
We had supposed that the democrats of this
city gave two-thirds of the money that afforded
aid and comfort to the government in the be-
ginning of this struggle, and that two-thirds Of
the troops from this State fighting in the army
are democrats. Are they too traitorss We pause
for o reply.
Year: 1862

This Convention, which seems to have met with un
bounded favor from the conservative elements of all
parties Massachusetts, will be held to-day in Faneui
Hall, Boston. 1t will be decidedly peoples gathering,
composed Of delegates who disposed to throw or the
trammels Of party and place the old political leaders
who heretofore controlled the Office ana
power, the ranks OF the blind followers
of Governor Andrew and sumner have opposed
the in every possible way because they saw


in the destruction Of their future hopes but the
people have moved steadily on in the undertaking and
to day we hope TO the Of their designs
Year: 1862

HAVE THE ARMY RIGHT TO voTE IN THE
COMING ELECTION There is q strong feeling in
the army that the soldiers have right to vote
in the ensuing election. They naturally ask,
why should they be deprived of their votes for
their patriotic devotion in fighting the battles
Of the Union, while men at home, who would
not risk their lives in the cause, may, by their
votes, overthrow the very principles for which
the patriot soldiers are shedding their blood?
The State Legislatures ought to have given the
necessary authority. In the Southern States the
soldiers have been permitted to vote at the
elections. Why not in the Northt II the con-
stitution ought to be suspended for anything, it
Is in this case, and some provision ought to be
made whereby our troops may vote upon the
vital questions now pending, which affect the
aeatinias of the country.
Year: 1862

Men sometimes commit great errors by course
of conduct founded on the best intentions in the
world, and while doing all they can to benefit the
public, iDfiict injuries which have the effect of
making people think that they are their enemies


We are reminded of this fact strongly by the re-
suit of the efforts of those who, with the hope of
beneiitting the poor, have sought to govern TIE
prices of articles of prime necessity by fixing the
prices at which they were to be sold. The result
has invariably been to increase the prices largely,
and in many cases, to shut off the supply entirely


The cause Of this is well known to every man
who has studied this subject at all :; and it seems
very singular to that, although the folly of such
course has been demonstrated SO often, it should
still have its friends and supporters in high places.
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, fixed the price at which
salt should be sold in his State, and tie conse.
quence was that the article soon sold higher than
in any Southern State. Gen. Lowell, by proclama.
ton, fixed the price of several articles of food in
this city, and we believe that the present dearth is
the result. If producers and spectators had not
been frightened from the Market the high prices
which were ruling would have ensured large
supply but they were driven off by having their
articles valued for them, and the consequence was
that we were left short in the lurch.


we were leu 10 lhese remarks Dy seeing the
resolutions of the City Council, making provision
for obtaining at an early day supply of food,
which steps we here say are to our mind both
wise and humane. But we hope that in their
efforts to do all that is possible to alleviate the
public wants, they will not fall into the error we
speak of above. Ii they bring food here let them
sell or give it to the people whatever terms i,
may seem to them best, but we sincerely hope
that they will not interfere with any body else
who may wish or can do the same thing. If they
do, we predict that they will soon flEd themselves
in sea of difficulties, and, instead of securing the
blessings of their feowcitizens for their labors il
their behalf, will only get curses. Let trade
govern herself, and let supply and demand govern
Year: 1862

MrN1srER1NG ANGELs.-The beautiful have gone
with their bloom from the gaze OF human eyes.
Soft eyes that made it spring. time in our hearts
are seen no more. We have loved the light of
many a smile that has faded from us now; and in
our hearts have fingered sweet voices that now
hushed in the silence of death. Seats are left va


cant in our earthly homes which none again can
away one by one our hearts are left desolate !;
we are lonely without them. They have passed
with their love to "that land, from whose bourne
no traveller returns" Shall we never see them
again? Memory turns with lingering regret to re-


call those smiles and the loved tones of those
our side, but their home is on q brighter shore.


They visit US in our dreams, floating over our men,
ory like shadows over moonlit waters. When the


heart is weary with anguish, and the soul'is bowed
with grief, do they not come and whisper thoughts
of comfort and hope? Yes, sweet memory brings
them to us, and the love we bore them lifts the


heart from earthly aspirations and we long to join
the ethereal, dear, departed ones-the loving and
the loved, they watch with eyes that slumber not.
When gentle dreams are wandering to the angel
land, in whispers wake the hymning stratus of
that bright and happy choir, revealing many a
tale of hole, and bliss, and tenderness, and love.
They tell of sunny reals, ne'er viewed by mortal
eye-of forms arrayed in fadeless beauty-and
sounded forth in sweet, seraphic numbers. And


this bright vision Of the best dissoves the tumult
OF fes jarring scenes they fade ia air, and then
we glory in the thought that We are heirs OF lm


mortality. And why is it tbat we regard with such
deep reverence and love, those bright, celestial


take an interest jp our welfare, and joy over our
success in the great battle of life. They are not
40 Ifsh in their Happiness, but fain would have US
share it win them. [Kngwood Chronicle.
Year: 1862




HoS. PIERRE SoULE.-By some oversight we
have neglected until this time to accord to our
distinguished fellow citizen, Pierre Soule, the just
need of praise which has been 30 eminently his
due for services ably and efficiently rendered in
our present troubles. As the adviser of the Mayor
and Council as the medium with his mighty force
Of letters between thsm and the Federal naval
commander as the orator Of the people, urging
them to midness and forbearance, yet transcend
ent dignity and honor--in all these capacities he
has been the "head and front " Of q people
bowed in a1iiction, but not of despair, and whose
wise and fearless action will be admired to the
--latest syllable of recorded time" No pen can
over estimate his worth, no words sufficiently re.
count his lofty patriotism.
Year: 1862

O,-R MARINE HOsPITAL.-This excellent institu-
ton OH Common street, where number of our
sick and wounded arc pinistcred to, is in need of
many comforts and dchcacies beyond the facili-
ties or power of the institution to furnish. The
hospital is attended to by some Of our most chari


table and patriotic ladies, who are devoting their
time and labors successfully, in modest and self
sacrificing spirit. Our citizens, we are sure, need
only to learn of the wants of the institution to in
sure most bountiful supply of everything needed.
Year: 1862

A beautiful thought is thus suggested in the
Koran" Angels, in the grave will not question
thee as to the amount of wealth thou hast left be-
hind thee, but as to what deeds thou hast done in
the world to entitle thee to seat among the
hIaef ~
Year: 1862

TIE MAYOR AND COMMON CouSCII.-We would
remind orderlsving citizens that it is their i'm


peratiye duty at this time to lend all their efforts
in sustenance OF the course OF our Municipal Au-
thores, and thus insure the peace and tr tranquility
OF our city, and the general welfare of the people.