Year: 1863

FUNDING THE COUNTY DEBr.-Ne nave OF laIo
heard various suggestions in regard to funding the
county debt in order to free the county omits pres
ent peeuniary embarrassment If this could be done
upon anything like reasonable terms, it would per-
haps be well for the county and the people. But


first if action is to be taken in the matter, it would
be well for the citizens of the county to meet dis
cuss the question, and ascertain what the will Of the
majority is in regard to it. Inpursuance of this prn
ciple, some of our citizens have issued call for
meeting on Thursday next. If the debt is to be
funded Or any other mode adopted than the one
in operation it will have to be done by special
act of the Legislature and if done this winter it is
time the question was being considered by the peo
pie of the county so that whatever action is taken
NAV be done fairly and that our representatives may
know whatth sentiments of the people are upon
the subject. If the debt could be funded at fair
rate of interest it would perhaps be well and in sup
port of this many arguments are adduced, among
which we instance that by of the low rate of
county scrip the county is ompelled to pay two
and three prices for everything it obtains; In the
matter of board of prisoners it has been cOmpeledto
pay SlS per week, when with the cash it could have
been obtained at Sc to $40; and everything else in





be decreased in about this proportion if cash sys-
TEN could be adopted. 1t is urged by some, however
thatthe debt may easily and with less expense to
the people, in the end, be liqudated by levying a
heavier special tax than the one now imposed 9th
ers again assume that the county is getting along fine
ly under the management of its present officials
that will not suffer repetition of any of its former
mishaps during their administration that with an
annual income of 1000 to $4,000 cannot be long,
under udicious management in settling up debt of
$4,000. The debt decreased $4,000 at the late
term of the District Court by the payment OF seeu
rity bonds, which by arrangement OF Judge Wyche,
were paid into the county fund in county scripl


Without presuming, for the present. to judge the
merits of any Of the plans suggested, pretending
to knowledge of what is best to be done we would
suggest that nasmuch as some of our citizens have
manifested disposition to move in the matter, it
would be well for all scripholders and persons in


eresed in the affairs of the county to be present at
the meeting and prepared to submit some plan ofac
ton, to endorse any good suggestion that may be
made or to reject any plan that may be submitted
which might work good to the few and evil to the
many; for whatever action may be had the proceed


ngs will most likely be subnittedto our Representa-
tives for legislative action


We have clipped pretty extensively this
week from the columns Of that staunch


Union paper, the Louisville Journal The
Journal has been, and still is, the principal
organ of the Union party in Kentucky, and
has welded powerful influence toward pre-
serving that State from the horrors of seces-
sion; yet it has, like the Union party there,
always been conservative in sentiment-in
wonderful contrast with the Union party of
the North. Politically, it no doubt reflects
the views of large majority of the Union
people of the Southern States. To get a
clear understanding of the political teach
ings of the Journal and political sentiment
of the Unionists of Kentucky, we refer read
ers to an article on the outside of this pa
per, entitled "Ihe Duties of the Hour =
1t is well worthy the attentive perusal of
both radicals and conservatives and should
teach reasonable men who have heretofore
consorted with radicals and extremists, that
the true policy is an unyielding opposition
to both-bullets for those who are in arms
against the government and ballots for those
who by their radicalism and ultrasm would
prolong our national troubles, if not render
restoration of our Union impossible. We
believe the course pointed out by the con-
servatiyes of Kentucky as well as those of
the Northern States, is the correct one to be
pursued, and if adhered to would soonest
put down rebellion and restore the revolted
States to their original places within our
once great and prosperous Republic HAY
ing firm belief that the policy indicated
is the very best advanced for a solution of
our national difficulties, we are perfectly
willing for radicals to call us traitors or
whatever they choose, and willing that Sc
cessionists and their sympathzers may call
us BLACKS or abolitionists We have no in
terest in any party and will follow no party
further than what we believe is for the best
interests of the Union cause, and shall ever
advocate the cause that seems to US, best,
regardless of what this man or that man may
please term us-whether the epithets ex-
tended are opprobrious or the reverse.





"WAR, AND RUMoRs OF WAR"-A re-
port has reached this place, this week, via
Lewiston, to the effect that a band of In
dians, some $50 in number, under "Capt.
John,' had visited the mining camps on
the Salmon river bars, and gave the miners
to understand that they must vacate their
claims or they (the Indians) would compel
them to do SO. The miners thinking "dis-
cretion the better part of valor," immedi-
ately left for Lewiston. The reasons as
signed by the Indians, for their hostile att-
tude toward the whites, was, that the latter
had taken possession of fire wood and tim