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Year: 1862

a gentleman who met Senator Bright,
recently in the southern part of Indiana,
reports the Ex Senator in good health, and
by no means shocked at the action of the
secession aboliiionists who voted for his
expulsion from the Senate. No man in
Indiana seemed to care less abou: that new
outrage than Mr.. Bright himself.


We further learn. from our informant
that Mr. Bright is firmly impressed with
the conviction that the Democratic Nation
al party, and the cooperation Of all other
national men without regard 10 past party
distinctions, is essential 10 the Union, the
preservation of the Constitution, and the
liberty and safety of the people in all the
States. He thinks the country ought to
be convicted. by this time, that the Repub.
lican organization, under whatever dis
guise 1t may assume, is powerless to save
the Union in the spiri, in Which our fathers
made it, and the sooner the people take
from that party the power to do further
mischief, the sooner the old and time hon
ored institution Of our beloved country will
assume the spirit and power of their
original vigor for good. He thinks the
leaders of the Republican party will be
content with nothing less than the aboltio n
of slavery in all the States, and the conse-
quent flooding of the free States of the
Northwest with hordes of emancipated
negroes, who will be hinderance 10 the
continued progress of these hitherto pros
porous communities.


Mr.. Bright expressed his conviction tha,
the National men of Indiana vet have it in
their power to rescue from he grasp Of the
Abolition faction the institutions of our
beloved State, and to make themselves
heard, in the councils Of the nation, IN
favor of a conservative, judicious and wise
policy for tie restoration of the Union as
the Constitution designs it to be- For
these purposes, and with these high aims,
he declared himself prepared to co operate
with his political friends in Indiana. and
with all others, in the contest of 1862 bat
with the distinct understanding that lie
wanted no Office in the State or Federal
Government, and that whatever aid he
might be able 10 render, wculd be as a
private cliizen, seeking and desiring
nothing bnt the triumph of the Consiiu
ton and laws over the miserable factions
which lave brought The nation to It's
present imperiled condition. This great
work of regeneration accomplished, he was
content, and desired to remain in private
life. and would accept no Office at the
hands of his party or friends--I'rre
k0ute JourHmL.
Year: 1862

1t is apparent that there is uneasiness
throughout the country lest the rampant
manifestations of abolitionism in Congress
shall obtain the ascendency. Abolition
ism is noisy and anceasng in its assaults
upon the constitution. 1t is to be beaten
back, however. 1t will be beaten back If
all the conservative elements Of the coun.
try shall make their voice heard. Northern
traitors are making their last assault upon
the constitution. They must overthrow il
now. or sink forever in eternal infamv
The time for the election of their snccosO.
ors Is approaching. and the people beoin
TO see that the only organization which
can preserve the government and admins
ter 1t successfully is the democratic party
Chicago Times
Year: 1862

vhy ss:cs z.sE.t ssi-ir Removed.


The New York Tribune, which for
months has been lab,ning to effect the
removal of General Mcclellan from the
chief command of the army, in a late ar
lcle lets out the secret of the hostility. Il
says:


-" What we want To be assured oi is, that
If he could to morrow order an advance
that would crush the rebellion at a blow.
he would not hesitate on the r, Election that
he would be likely 10 Kill several Thousand
good voters whom he might need in "a
when he runs as President as the candidate
for the reunited and re invigorated sham
Democracy


Gen. Nc Clellan Las never been connected
with political matters. but lie is known to
be conservative national man, who earn
estly desires the restoration OF the Union
upon the basis of the Constitution This
is sufficient TO alarm the Tribune with the
idea that he might be nominated as the
Democratic candidate for President in '64.
and on this fear. despite his great merits,
he must be broken down
Year: 1862

A minister appointed Chaplain in an
Ohio regiment, lately wrote the following
note to a brother preacher:


Dear brother il you can get a comsh.
un as chaplain. it will pay you S6ty a
month and ivin besides. The cause Of
krst kneads you in his army"
Year: 1862

cave that he had observed opening shout
forty feet above the bottom Of the pit. 81


Reaching the mouth 81 that cave, he
swung himself with much exertion, into it.
and holding the end Of the rope in his hand
he incautiously let 60, and it swung out ap5
parently above his reach. The situation
was a fearful one, and his friends above
could do nothing for him, Soon, however.
he made hook of, the end Of his lamp, and
by extending himself as far as possible ever
the verge without falling, he succeeded in
securing the ropv. Fastening it to rock,
he followed the avenue an hundred and fifty
or two hundred yards to = point where he
found it blocked by an impossible avalanche
Of rock and earth. Returning to the mouth
Of this cave, he beheld an almost exactly
similar mouth Of anotherson the opposite
side Of the pit, he iasteneu thserope around
his body, suspended himself again over the
abyss, and shouted to his friends 10 raise
him to the top. The pull was an exceed
:nsly severe one, and the rope being i'll. ad
|justed around his body, gave him The most
Iexcrutiating pain. But soon the pain was
forgotten in new and dread Iul peril.


When he was ninety feet from the top Of
the pit, and one hundred from the bottom,
swaying and swinging in mid-a r. he heard
rapid and excited words Of horror and alarm
above and soon learned that the rope by
which he was upheld had taken fire from
the friction Of the timber over which it pass
ed. Several moments of awful suspense to
those above, and still more awful to him be
low ensued. To them and to him fatal
and instant catastrophe seemed inc vitable.
But the fire was extinguished by bottle OF
water belonging TO himself and then the
party above, though almost exhausted by
their labors, succeeded in drawing him to
the top. tie was as calm and seltpossess-
ed as upon his entrance into he pit, but all
OF his compan'cns, overcome with fatigue,
sank down upon the ground and his friend,
Professor Wright, f,om over exertion and
excitement. fainted and remained for some
time insensble.


The young adventurer left his name carv
ed in the depths Of the Malstrom tbs name
OF the first and only person that ever gazed
upon its mysteries.
Year: 1862

whence the voice proceeded, and would


doubtless have inflicted summary and indis-


criminate vengeance for this interruption 10
his sport shout. however, caused him TO


return towards his victim, and there. stand
ing over the bruised and moaning form up
on the ground. Was a mar-sye, every inch
q man He had tossed of his coat and
rolled back the sleeves Of his shirt-his
white skin glistening in the still remaining
sun light-with one foot slightly advanced.
his head thrown Just sufficiently back to
bring the body perfectly erect, one arm
before him. The man was a picture yes !!
and such picture as the artist and sculptor
love to contemplate. He seemed the very
strength and his eye, as he awaited the
torial ligh. which might have we'll become
the victor of the Roman arena. l am not
going to describe the fight; suffice it. the
white skin of my hero was unstained by \
blemish. while his antagonist received the
thrashing he SO richly deserved.


As l walked away. pleased with the ter
mination of the row" l heard the name,
b" Tom Sayers," passed from one 20 another;
but whether my man of might was that
well known parsonage. really cannot say.
This. however, will say. that bought a
pair OF boxing-gloves that nj ght and a couple
OF stout fencing sticks, that have regularly
practiced with my friends, and. with an
occasional lesson from a professor of the
- ant" feel myself better able to defeud
my sisters as walk with them through the
crowded streets of London. elk.
Year: 1862

A majority of two for the Administration
is the net produc, of the contest. notwith-
standing the enormous drain on the Union
strength created by the war. Ii there had
been any sort of equality between the con.
tributions Of the two parties 10 the army the
Breckenridge Democracy would have elect
ed nobody at all. They are not insensible
to this fact though it suits their Dragging
those Of their leaders, who expect to retain
The reality of the popularity of which they
now hold but counterfeit aud know it.
will be cautious how they move lest the
army vote when its gets home will make
con Sni ruous victims of them
Year: 1862

The following is q noteworthy extract
from the speech of Gen. Fremont, at his
sword pre- entation, in st. Louis, on the first
instant


" But, while you give the wealth and
power o! the nation to maintain the integri-
~ of its territory, and while you stand by
your constituted authorities with invincible
fidelity and hold them inflexibly in position,
you must. with equal determination. main-
tain those safeguards which have been
thrown around your personal liberties
The strength Of the nation to rise superior
to every assault lies in the maintenance of
Individual liberty as it stood under the
supremacy OF the laws--in the freedom Of
speech and freedom of the press. Every
invasion OF the laws is a usurpation dan ger
ons in a revolution, and not to be justified
by any plea Of temporary expediency
Obsta principiiz-stop the beginnings. and
stop them decisively, remembering that If
you fail in this duty, you surrender the
sword, and the people fall. God placed in
the hands Of an angel at the gates OF Eden
flaming sword, turning on every side to
guard the way to the tree Of life. So has
he placed in your hands sword which you
must keep always bare and flaming. and
turning every way to guard the approaches
to that liberty which is the tree of your ma
tional life.''


The presumption is that General Fremont
used this language understanding its force.
and that he was not insensible of its appli-
cation to the present state of affairs.
Year: 1862

THEN AND Now.-John Van Rurep, who
labored with all his feeble energy to
elect Seymour Governor OF New York, and
is opposing the Government in all things
and especially 10 its emancipation PROPOSE
ton, once used the following language in .
speech in NY city:


Il am the unmitigated enemy of slavery.
and would have il abolished without dslav.
l say, therefore. for myself-and I wish to
be understood as speaking for myself alone
that let what will come shall, under no
necessity whatever. support man who does
not believe slavery to be an unmixed curse,
and who viii not. by virtue of his office.
use all constitutional power to abolish it."
Year: 1862

We have placed these members as their
record induces us to think they would place
themselves. These States elect Congress-
men next year, and will elect majority Of
tration will. in all probability have q small
majority in the next Congress.


The States which elect Senators this
winter the following:
Year: 1862




E. J. PARK, Esq-Desr Sir: Ihsye been engaged in
tanning and manufacturing leather for fifteen years,
and may be considered to understand it practically as
well theoretically, and feel it but simple justice to
state that your system Of tanning decidedly superior
to anything with which I acquainted It saves at
least fifty per cent Of bark when il used aud equally
that in cost when bark Is employed, and tsns in
vastly shorter period than possibly be done By the
old plan The most important feature Of course is the
great economy in tine and money, and the facility Of
using bark tanning without It, The system must
prove satisfactory TO any purchaser.


Yours, etc J. OLDRTDGE
Year: 1862

COLES CORNERS Tenn, January 14th, 1862


E. J. PARK, Esq: Permit me, sir to tell you about
my experience with your system Of tanning


supposed yours hot process, using hot ooze,
which had fully tested but which found wOlId not
answer the purpose was pleased to find that you de-
nouneed the hot in tanning have used bark er.
cIusivey, and have tanned good sole leather as
ever sold in thirty days, by your process viii
great deal less labor and with nearly onehaf less bark
After get my hides haired and fres Of lime, and put
them in your first MIXTURE aud then put the ooze on
can accomplish more in day in tanning than could
before in month. dou't wsnt any better system
than yours it viii perform s and more than you claim
for it. The kip which tan in ten days used to
work hard to get out in five months. am pleased
with it, and believe it viii bark enough and labor
enough to pay for itself In six months.
Year: 1862

HICKORY GROVE KY, January 7th, 1852.
E. J. PARK, Esq; have given your new discovery
horou ugh, and, am glad to say, very successful trial
on light stock, without and with bark also on heavy
sole leather with bark and it has more than net my e
pectations The sole leather was completely tanned in
thirty FIVE days, and the kip, which heavy in eight
days. and desire 10 say aud embrace the opportunity
to do in justice to you that the system Is clearly
founded scientific principles that the preparation
Of the hide for rapid tanning really strengthens the
fiber and is most decidedly conducive the production
Of excellent leather.


I am familiar with almost every new process. and
have used several but regard yours infinitely superior
in every respect to any with which am acquainted.


Yours, etc, PHILIP BOUGHNER
Year: 1862

AN ORDINANCE LEVYING Ann
"A providing for the collection of the city property
tax.


The Tusecs Of the CITY Of NeradG6o Ordain az folo,,


SECTION There shall be and is hereby levied
upon all assessed and taxable property within The
corporate limits Of the city of Nevada, for the fiscal
year ending May lst 1868, and each subspquen wear
until this ordinance be repealed, tax of fifty cents
for general city purposes and Of twenty cents for R
purposes upon each one hundred doars Of assessed
value.


SEC 2. II shall be and is hereby made the duty #
the City Marshal his deputy to collect said taxes
Said collector shall Immediately after the competio
of the assessment each year give notice by pubca.
tion in some newspaper published IN this city. tina
The city taxes are due and payable. and the time ana
place at which he win receive the same also thai
the law in regard to their collection viii b. stric,
enforced.


SHc g. Upon the second Monday in November
1862 and each year thereafter. nj the close Of the
business hours OF that day the tax collector shall en-
ter upon the tax list assessment roll statement
that he has made levy uPo all the property as
sessed in said roll and upon which the taxes have
not been paid On or before the third Monday in No.
veu,ber each year the tax collector shall complete


list Of all persons and property then owing taxes ant
the tax collector IN addition TO the tax levied shall
collect upon each delinquent the sum Of one collar
as costs incurred in preparing and publishing the de-
linquent list.


SEC. 4. On or before the first day Of Tecember
1852 and each succeeding year the taa collector Shan
cause the delinquent tax ist To De PuDiShed giving
the name of the owner of all real estate and AL i'm.
proven,ents on the same. together with such con
densed description of the property that it may be
easily known, and also similar condensed descrip.
ton of any real estate or Improvements assessed U
unknown owners and also opposite each name hr
description the amount of taxes including costs due
from ga ch delinquent person property. such lit
with the levy thereon, as heretofore provided, shall
be published for three succeeding weeks some
newspaper or supplement to newspaper published
in the city of Nevada. Such publication shall ao
designate the time and place Of the SALE which shal
not be less than twenty days or more than TWEEN
ty-eght days from the first appearance Of the publ
cation All real estate shall be sold in front OF The
court house door and all sales shall be made by The
Marshal or his deputies.


SEC s. The provisions of an Act entitled An
Act to provide Revenue tor the support of he Gov.
ernment of this State. !" approved April 29h 1851
from section l6 to section Is inclusive Of said Act
shall control direct and regulate The sale. issuance
of certificate record and all further proceedings o.
the tax collector under the foregoing ordinance.


Passed July lst 1862. G. W. YOUNG.


JNO. PATTlsON. Clerk. President
Year: 1862

NELSON CREEK Sept. 80, 1861.
DR.. ]. c. YoUNG,-You will remember what a
poor wretched creature | was when last saw you,
and the result has astonished me well as my
friends Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such as,
il seems to me, never afflicted mortal before new
er wrote letter with greater satisfaction than pen
this shall remember you with gratitude as long
as live. That you may live long to alleviate the
suferings of others you have mine, is my earnest
prayer Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless case to so happy
a termination Yours, truly,
Year: 1862

The MAYoRAETT OF New ORLEANS
Gen. SHEPnEY, the military Governor Of
New Orleans, upon assuming the duties
pertaining to the Office OF Mayor, issued
a notification TO the citizens, in which he
said:


"He assures the peaeeable citizens OF
New Orleans that he will afford the most
ample protection to thier persons and
property and their honor.


No officer or soldier of the United
States army will be permitted to insult
or annoyany peaceable citizen, or in any
way to. invade his personal rights or
property.


No citizen viii be permitted to insult
or interfere with any officer or soldier i'm
the discharge of his duty.


No person hereafter will de-
nOunce or threaten with personal vio-
lence, any citizen of the United States
for the expression of Union and loyal
sentiments. The punishment of these
offences will be speedy and eifectual."


In conclusion he assured the entire
population of the city that the restOra-
tion Of the authority of the United
States is the re-establishment of peace,
order and morality; safety to life, liber-
ty and property under the law, and a
guaranty Of the future prosperity and
glory of the Crescent City under tho
protection of the American Government
and Constitution.
Year: 1862

BEAUREoARD wants to run all the bells
Of the South into cannon. If he can run
the Southern Jellss into his cannon as fast
as he can ra The Southern Jsaus q0ay from
o,T cannon, he'll succeed finely.
Year: 1862

DANGEROUS CoUSTERRE1I.-A dangerous
counterfeit has lately made its appearance in
the city, On the Bank Of the Commonwealth,
New York city, Of the denominations OF one
and three dollars. They are limitations Of the
genuine issues, and SO nearly are the two
alike that the spurious are readily taken by
those not well yersel in detecting such frauds
The hest rule would seem to be to refuse all
the ones and threcs Of this bank.
Year: 1862

Au old and experienced citizen has called our
attention the subject of the use of cowhide moe
casins as substitute for shoes In Mississip
pi, fifty years ago, no snoes were to be had
for the negroes, and they made their own out
OF this material, which answered the purpose as
we'll as the more elaborately made article, and
in some respects better. The process is simple:
take green cowhide, or one we'll soaked. with
the hair n-which is to go next to the foot sput
the foot down firmly" upon it, and cut out the
pattern desired, make the necessary holes along
the edges, and lace in with thong of the same
material at the heel and up the instep. Let it
dry upon the foot, and it accommodates itself
perfectly to the shape of the latter, while it is
sufficiently substantial for all kinds of travelling
and its elasticity is preserved bv USE Socks
should be put when it is made, though it can
De worn without, and such allowance be made
for shrinking as to avoid too tight fit The
moccasin, it is scarcely necessary to observe,
aoapts itself to the shape of the foot, and the
ht IS perfect. 1T outwears leather, and is not
hard, as some might suppose, but quite the re-
verse. 1t desired, it cah be half soIed with the
same material. The hair lining gives the ad-
vantage of warmth, 80 that socks, when not to
be had. can be better dispensed with when moe
casins are used than if shoes were worn.


lhe gentleman to whom are indebted for
this suggestion says that he has mentioned the
subject to soldiers, who very much pleased
with 1T and say there is no reason why soldiers
should go barefoot while so many hides are
thrown away in camps.


We think the idea valuable one. and
would be glad that every newspaper in the Con
federacy would lend its aid in giving it circu
laton.-Mobile Register.
Year: 1862

A reference to the above table shows that
the National debt of the British United King
dom, with less population, is more than
seven times greater in amount than ours
will be next July; quite eight timss great
er per head, and the annual charge Eve
times greater and that the debt of France
is more than four times in amount four
times greater per head, and a four times
greate7 burden in annual interest. Our
relative ability to bear the burden is not so
easily ascertained with accuracy. The ma
tional government has hitherto res.ed SO
lightly upon the people that their resources
have never been tried. Let as look mo-
ment at the sources of revenue that support
the expenses of government in the two en-
pires with whose financial condition we
have been comparing our own.


England derives annually twenty-three
millions sterling from duties upon foreign
imports; but something less than one mil
lion Of this sum is levied, after the manner
of our import duties, upon commodities
which compete with her domestic produc-
tions. The other twenty-five millions are,
in effect, taxes upon consumption, or ex-
cesses collected at the custom house. Six
millions upon sugar, five and a half upcu
tobacco, and five and half upon tea, are
all strictly of this character and 80 of all
the remainder of her import duties, except
one million of pounds. From excises, or
inland taxes upon consumption, and from
property taxes, the revenue receives thirty
millions more; from stamps eight millions,
and from other inland taxes nine millions.
here we have about three hundred and
thirty-eight millions of dollars raised by
inland taxes, and only five by customs, du-
ties, in our meaning of the word-.three
hundred and forty-three millions of dollars
raised annually to meet one hundred and
thirty-four millions of interest upon the
public debt and the ordinary expenditures
of the government.


Our debt at the END of the current fiscal
charge it's interest and if peace were restor-
ed about forty or fifty millions more would
cover the expenditures of the government.


France raises every year three hundred
and fifty millions of dollars-of which the
customs proper affords less than thirty mil
lions, and internal taxes all the rest Stamps
yield sixty-eight millions; direct taxes upon
land and other property ninety, and licens
ses, excises and other indirect taxes ninety
three millions more.


We have hitherto avoided direct taxation
We have not had much or frequent occasion
to resort to il, and we have all along had a
decided aversion to excises, stamps and col
lectors, first awakened by the endeavor of
England TO employ them against US before
the Revolution, and the ill-timed introduc-
ton of them under the administration o.
the elder Adams, But England and tn
Year: 1862

NEW YoBK BAsKs.-Includiug the Clearing
House operations Of the week, which show the
tnter-e1changes between the banks, and including
also the Sub-Treasury balance at the close Of the
week, the following Is the general comparison
with the previous exhibit. and also with the
movement this time Last seasQn: