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Year: 1862

YASKEE ExPEspTuREs Erasms Brooks


writing from from Washington, states that the ex-
penscs Of the Northern Government reach three
millions day. This is an augmentation of third
within the last quarter, and the rate Of increase
will gfow with each month. Paper MONEY, With
nothing to rest on, is substituting specie aud Is
daily Increasing aad consequently depreeiating
relative TO ali other property But there is another
and quite influential cause operating to enlarge
the expenses of the Yankee Government. Every
body at the North is looking 10 the Government
for livelihood. All commerce and trade. uncon-
nected with the war, is at an end in that region,
and any serious effort 10 curtail the Government
expenditures would render the war unpopular, and
perhaps inaugurate the reign Of mob law, Moth
ing is left therefore, for the LncolB Government
but TO 60 on pouring out their paper money. An
hands are Interested for the tiu1e being IN giving Il
credit. But the crash must come, ii they do moi
speedily subdue the South. That's their only hope
Of safety. A few more Port Royal aud burnside
Expeditions will settle that point-Rieh. Wky.
Year: 1862

BSS~ A Washington correspondent of q
Northern paper reports Mcclellan ready for for
ward movement, and the proof given is the fact
that be has provided splendid carriages with sleep
ing apartments for himself aud staff Gen. Scot:
was prepared in like manner previous to the first
great "forwardn
Year: 1862

are about to make "shiu-plasters" legal tender,
and to make them more effectually so, the Yankee


commander at Alexandra has ordered the arrest of
every man who refuses TO take them at par An
admirable financial scheme and a beautiful spec-
men of dcspotism.
Year: 1862

nSt- Fourteen days will bring us to the
opening of Spring, and, so Ear, we have not had a
show pr IN ice crop The vindictiveness Of the
North you'd even deny us the cold blasts to CONCEAL
our w4ersi but this We can dispense with as they
can 10 reach MS without blowing over as filthy a
set Of 4osndreis as ever dl'graced humanity. We
will bd content Cor the future, with mild winters
and led from Canada
Year: 1862

FEED Bones TO THE HENs-If you take
fresh bones from the kitchen and with a
sledge or a rock or any natural or artificial
anvil pound them up into small pieces. hens
will eat them ravenously, and not only digest
the bones and make better manure of them
than can be made in any other way, but
they will be themselves greatly benefited
by them; they will lay throughout the sea.
son with much greater regularity than 9th
erwise, and fatten on the marrow within, and
the fat and muscle that will adhere to the
Year: 1862

OH NEWSPAPERS What an interesting
succession Of events can be found in the
volume of n newspaper Of half aIcentnryl
Truly the local history Of town or city
can no where else he obtained than in lo-
cal newspaper. which every subscriber
could save with little care aud attention.
Its hymenial and obituary record, aside
from the faithful details of every day events
not elsewhere to be traced is of sufficient
interest for every family TO preserve file
Of their local newspapers.
Year: 1862

AN ORIGINAL PEopLE.-The people of
California, original in everything they do,
are In no instance more thoroughly so than
in their turn of thought with regard TO the
prospects of their adopted home. In older
countries the talk of tho inhabitants is of
the past; in those oflesser antiquity il dwells
less upon association and clusters more
around the present. the newly settled
regions of the Western ocean 1t is always
of the future. Other nations have their
legends of slaughter and revolution through
which they marched to grandeur. Califor


MIA also has her annals, but they are un-
marred by wars and tumul's. AS her riches
have weled forth from the bosom of the
rocky soil in which for so many centuries
they had been embedded blessing and re-
lieviog the nations, the glowing vision of
another new world unfolded itself TO the
wondering gaze Of the geograpber and ex.
plorer. What wonder then that the pos.
SCISSORS Of so glorious an heritage should de.
light in drawing mental pictures of fu.
tnre so laden with important events, the
partial fruition of which they may behold
as they journey on toward the shady side
of existence. In the present condition Of
the world, happy is that people that has no
past. 1t rs in our power 10 render the an
mails of the coast glorious by great deeds
and immortal achievements. Let the steel
aud tue blazing brand be Then the emblaz-
onment Of other nations; be ours the laurel
and the olive branch Sunday Mercury.
Year: 1862

The official intelligence received Of the cap


ture Of New Orleans, which We publish this
morning. il sufficiently full of interest to en-


hance the eager desire felt by the public for
the detailed reports which may now 10 eI.
pected every hour from Gen. Butler and Flag.
Officer Tarragut- Tho work, for which 30
long and so great reJaration was made, sp.
pears 10 have been effected With consummate
skill by the officers intruted with its
execution, and not the least gratifying fea-
ture Of the intelligence which We pub.
lish to-day is the dignfed and temperate de-
msnd made by the Commander of the National
Fleet for the surrender of the city. The terms,


moreover, In which the Mayor and Common
Council formally agreed to the surrender, dis
loyal ss the sentiments are, rather encourage
than diminish the previously cherished bsllei
that the restoration of the National flag in the
great metropolis Of the South will be welcomed
with ierid gratitude by considerable class OF
the population, TO whose desertiou Of The Rebel
standard the Mayor makes such pointed and
bitter allu.ioD.
Year: 1862

WHAT SHALL BE Done WITH THE REBEL LEAD.
ERs THE question is being discussed as to how
the federal government should treat such pri-
soners as Gen. Buckner-men who to the crime
of treason add others of the blacklist and foul
est character. It is not to be pretended for
moment that such deep-dyed criminals should
be treated as mere prisoners of war or regard
ed as entitled to their exchange. 1t would be
monstrous to place them on level with the
poor wretches whom they have made their
dupes. Their own estimate of the justice that
should be meted out to them is very different
from this II shall see you again, shortly,
General" said one of Buckner's visiters on
quitting him on Saturday last. "Aye, per-
haps on the gallows," grufay replied tina
worthy. It is the same belief that is no doubt
sustaining the superhuman efforts that are being
made by the other Confederate leaders to pre-
vent the immediate collapse Of the rebellion.
They are conscious of the immense crime which
they have committed against humanity, and of
the terrible reparation they will have to make
for it.


No man who has had prominent share in
dragging the people of the South into this
wicked rebellion should be'exchanged or libe-
rated until competent tribunal shall have de-
cided. on the extent Of his criminality. For
such infamous traitors and thieves as Floyd
and Cobb, should they ever fall into our hands,
halter is the only fit punishment.
Year: 1862

TRUE STATE OF THE AMERICAN QUEsTIoN.-The
London Observer publishes under the above
caption letter from Thurlow Weed, to which
we give insertion elsewhere. 1t takes for text
the inquiry with which the writer says he is fre-
quently met-"Why should not the North per-
init the South to secede, instead Of engaging in
civil war?"-and proceeds to trace the history
of the slavery question for the last thirty years,
showing that during the whole of that period
rebellion had been steadily maturing its prepa-
rations for the blow which has since been
struck. The wicked and utterly causeless
character Of the movement, and the moderation
and forbearance of the North up to the last
moment, are also placed in strong contrast.
All this would have done good a couple of
months since. AS it is, it is forestalled by the
diplomatic correspondence of Mr.. Seward,
which has entirely exhausted the subject
Year: 1862

~ DR.. Mather used to say that "there
was a gentleman mentioned in the tenth
chapter of the Acts TO whom he was more
indebted than any ether in the world
This was the town clerk Of Ephesus,
whose counsel was to do nothing rashly.--
Upon any proposal of consequence it was
usual with him to say, Let us first consult
with the town clerk Of Ephesus." What
mischief, trouble, and sorrow would be
avoided in the world were the people more
in the habit Of consulting this gentleman
Year: 1862

s-S~ A newspaper man who is following
up the army took a twenty miles horse
back ride the other day. with no other re.
suit than the discovery that "the difference
between sitting on sofa and in the saddle
is marked in the extreme, and painful in
the same place
Year: 1862

In the Prince Edward Island Leg
islature recently there was very successful
imitation Of the Congressional style of ora.
tory. The Hon. Mr. Pope said: "If Mr.
Coles Ga brother member) will say that he
intended his remark to apply to me, and
that I took glass Of grog with man who
had called me coward, will Immediately
slap his face" Mr. Cowies wisely declined
to make the application.
Year: 1862

ton.


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and s5
cents per day when actually on duty


Chaplain in volunteers STAG 50.


In addition TO the pay as above stated. one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply of good
clothing is allowed 10 every soldier. Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance ALWAYS provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. Ii a soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties the law provides for m
pension, or he may,~if he prefer it, obtain ad
mission into the Military ASYLUM. which will
afford him a comfortable home long a he may
wish TO receive its benefits


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional 50 month TO be paid du
ring service. the 500 bounty at the end Of the
war, which has already been provided for, and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session. The bounty
and land apply to officers and privntes alike.
Year: 1862

habit q sefabuse. To which Is added observaions on
Female Diseases and other interesting matter Of the ut
importance to the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts Of their physical ability
enter that state Sent any address in sealed wrap
per- on receipt Of cents or four stamps.


We devote entire time and attention TO the treat
men Of the various private diseases treated Of In p
report. Our Dspensary is the only Institution Of the
kind In America which has been ablished by special
charter this fact should give IL preference the
quacks Of doubtful character to be found in all
Year: 1862

A whiskey distillery was torn
down in CASTOR county, North Car
clina, last week by the people
The high prices of corn in that
section and the country beyond,
we suppose has made the people
resolve that no more shall be was
ted for whiskey.
Year: 1862

cerned, in this We hare ofended-nothins
more; and if they are very desirous, we
will withdraw the compliments, without
putting them 10 the trouble of framing and
passing string Of resolutions.


So far as impairing public confidence
in the business Of the n est is concerned
il is all bosh. If the commerce Of the
West hangs On the fate Of few guilty
wa1ehousemen, it is not worth preserving.
The TRIBUNE has as much at stake in the
preservation Of this commerce as any firm
in this city; but that we should screen the
guilty because an exposure might Temporal
rily decrease 1t, Is no part Of our morality.


1t is no news to the public probably that
IN consequence Of the bedeFilment of
grain in some Of the warehouses Of our
city, the excellent system Of inspection in
augurated By the Board of Trade, has re-
suited in the impoverishment of the many
for the benefit of few. Every supper Of
grain in the country knows this.
It is well known that last season grain
was taken from the lines Of the Chicago
railroads and carted in wagons twelve and
fifteen miles to strike another market. It
is rather late in the day ne think to
talk Of s. impairing public confidence" The
thing has already been done-and one
railroad lost the carriage last year Of at
least one and half millions Of bushels Of
rrain in the nneratinn


But with this whole subject we for the
present close, We have some faith that
the warehousing Of grain will be more
honestly conducted than for some
time past II, however, the guilty
amorg the warehousemen are de-
si1ous Of prolonging the controversy,
there Is this TO say-sce haze not get made a
beginning IN oar aeork Of exposure We
have abundance OF evidence in black and
white in our possession Of the very best
character, to establish everything that has
been said III the TRIBUNE on the subject,
and if they desire it, they can have it pub
iislcd, with names, dates and cirruu1-
Stances to their hearts content.
Year: 1862

ket and march to the battlefield to
aid in suppressing arebellion that their
own imprudence has occasioned.


Sensible men, in every grade of So
ciety, have become disgusted with the
fanfaronade and bluster, the hypocrisy
and deceit of those pretenders who
claim to be Simon Pure patriots, while
they are careful to keep themselves
and their sons out of the battlefield.
They have become sick of the tergiyer-
sations and equivocations of party
that flies from one position to another
and stultifes itself at every move, and
therefore it is, that they have resolved
to unite with the old, faithful and long
tried Democracy of the country in
their efforts to give peace and quiet to the
land, restore peace and harmony to our peo-
pie, and the Constitution and the country
to their former state Of purity and excellence;
and the Abolition Republican organization
will do we'll to make note it. Old High
land will redeem herself in October, and tie
State will follow. in the good work, soon Of.
teri H,Hsboro' Gag,
Year: 1862

This is a Democratic Government
when it is not it will fail to exist. This
is the very misfortune now--it is the
departure from Democracy-from a
close reliance with and on the people
from strict adherence to law and
written Constitutions through the in
reference of stump preachers seeking
political power. A'speedy, a quick, a
sure return to the people-the only
true ideas of Democracy, will save
much, and finally restore all now lost
and rushing downward to total wreck
and absolute ruin. es


Think of this-there is no time to
lose-because there is much to do
but every act, however small, will be a
part of the great whole in the final
making up.-GCrisis.
Year: 1862

Boys Of energy and enterprise are the
boys that become men of prominence and
wealth in these progressive times. II
American boys would learn the art Of
taking care Of themselves, they must
acquire the 'knack' of earning their own
bread aud butter, ofbeing on the look out
for every "smart chance that may turn
up" if they would be honored men.


When the servant of friend of ours
answered the door bell one day last week
she found a little boy with shovel on
his shoulder, on the steps.


81 want to put in your coal" said the
boy.


"We haven't got any" said the girl.


"But it is coming" returned the boy.


The servant was puzzled, and summon
ed her mistress, who had no sooner ap-
peared than the boy accosted her.


"If you please Madam, there is a load
of coal coming to your house. Your hus-
band ordered il this morning. | got the
number, and came ahead of the cart to
get the job of putting in if you please


OF course, madam could not refuse so
enterprising a youth, and the job was
given to him. In a few minutes, sure
enough, the coal was dumped at the
door, and the little 'heaver' was busily at
work. Before he was through, eight boys
came to apply for the same job.


A fair representative of Young Ameri-
ca, was that boy. He may be million
aire. or he may be Congressman, or a
cabinet officer, or perchance, a candidate
for the Presidency.


Somebody said, in an Eastern Maga-
zine, that the President of the United
States twenty years hence, was running
barefooted in some Western wild.


A slight mistake. He was a little coal
HEAVIER in Cincinnati.
Year: 1862

he has gone at last; yet could net see


When he passed to his final rest,
For e dropped to sleep as quietly


As the moon drops out Of tue West
And only saw though ! kept place,


That his mortal life was Ger,
BY the look Of peace across his face


That never was there before.
Sorrow he surely hal in the PAST,


Yet he uttered never a br,eh h,
His lips were seal in life as fast


As YOU see them sealed in death.
Why he went from the world DO not know.
Hiding grief so deep,
But think, ifhe had ever told his woe.
lie had found a better sl,ep.
For our trouble must sometime see the light,
And our anguish vi have way,
And the infant crying out in the night


Reveals whatit hid by day.
And just like need ful, sweet relief


To that bursting heart it seems.
When the little childs unspoken grief


Runs into its pretty dreams.
And think, though his face looks hushed and


mild,


And lis slumoer seeU so deep,
He will sob in his grave as little child
Keeps sobbing on in its sleep.
Year: 1862




NeSsrs, Editors: 1t is important forthe
new State of West Virginia to make n
right start Hence many good and
wise men have viewed with regret, the
clause in the proposed new constitution,
which refuses an asylum to FREE NE
GROEs. That clause is Objectionable in
several respects. Firstly: 1t is gross
i'll usage of your neighbors in Ohio and
Pennsylvania Probably not one Town
ship, i'll those great and mighty States,
desires an influx of these people. Yet it
is to be hoped that not one Township
would consent to the barbarous inhuman-
ity of driving them out Therefore il
Virginia rejects them, those States must
receive them.


Secondly, III is morally wrong. "We
hold these truths to he self cvident:"
Whatever action is, by the law of nature,
morally right or morally wrOngwhen per-
formed by one individual or community,
is morally right or morally wrong when
performed BY any other individual or
community. For instance, suppose the
practice of fraud, violence, sensuality and
drunkenness to become universal, we
should have hell upon earth. Suppose
the practice of benevOlence, compassion,
Justice and temperance to become uni
versal, we should have heaven begun
below


Try the thing by these principles. If
it is right for Illinois and Virginia to
drives out these helpless and unfortunate
people; it must be equally right for In
diana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
in one word, every Northern and every
Southern State to do the same thing.
Where shall we drive them? Into the
Ocean or into the lakes? Are these help
less creatures to have no dwelling place
on Gods foot-stool! When God ''formeI
them, did he not design them an abodev'
Let us drive them over to Canada
Then by the same rule, the Canadians
might drive them into the ice and snow
OF Labrador and Hudsons Bay. Human
ity shudders at the idea of such atrUcity.
We may not desire, nay it is certain
that we do not desire, the presence of
these people, in our midst. But by be-
coming barbarous and inhospitable, we
commit n crime, against the laws of God
and nature. We had better sacrifice
some of our caprices and some of our
prejudices, rather than consent to cruel
and inhuman enactments. However hard
the task may be we must learn this less
on, that in order to be happy, nations
and communities, must be Just and gem
erous. That nothing morally wrong can
ever be truly expedient.


WILBERFoRcE.
Year: 1862

The only article ever offered to the French people that
would CURL STRAIGHT Hkmi the above Toilet being


manufactured for the sole benefit Of Louis Napoleonl
which article is now indispensable to his toilet room.


The subscribers feeling confident that this Toilet must
necessarily take the place Of all others ever offered 70
the public take pleasure in expressing their confidence


In the article, gaining It from practical use. Ilf 3D.
Year: 1862

The world renowned Toilethe only article Of the Kind
ever offered the people Of the United States Tho above
article Is the only one used BY the FIe3ch; Ia Londo7
and Paris Il is In universal use ~e p
Year: 1862

about, 1 embarrassed the horse myself


was familiar with all the out build
Iings and gateways, SO | determined tc


put the horse out. Now l knew tha


it was always usual to put my horse


in field a short distance Oft, and il


was necessary, to reach it, to pass in


an intervening plot Of ground covered


with long grass. As | passed into


this plot, discovered that the grass


was quite wet with the falling dew


Alas, thought !, for my fine white


pantaloons, their looks will be ruined


But brilliunt thought struck me;
reflected that as it was dark and no
one near, could just as well slip them
off for moment, while | led the an
imal through the bars opposite. i'm.
mediately put this plan into execution,
| put ont my horse and returned for
my pants; but what was my grief on
seeing thattwo calves had approached,
and we're amusing themselves with my
devoted garment. | stood for mo-
ment contemplating my position, and
suddenly making a charge upon the
offending calves at moment when
each was chewing at leg Of the pan.
falcons, the animals becoming fright
ened, instead Of dropping their prey,
tore it in sunder, and each ran of
kicking mp its heels and whisking its
tail. as if greatly enjoying the joke.
Oh. the thoughts Of that moment.
how they crowded upon my brain!
Thought of Isabel, and then Of nv legs
and then bewailed my pantaloons.
dartcd forward in vengcful wrath
after my tormentors, but they were
too swift for me. First | would chase
one and then the other, but it was OF
no avail. The calves seemed to enjoy
my misery; for they would wave the
now ragged fragments Of my unhap-
|py pants in their mouths, and on my
nearer approach, would scampcr of to
another part Of the field, throwing up
their heels as If in derision at my
grief.


Finding that my neither garment
was irrctrievably ruined, ! began to
consider what | should do. ! conclu
ded to 90 back to the barn and remain
there all night; aud in the morning l
could make my case known to some
member Of the family who should
come out there. went to the barn
and prepared to sleep all night in the
straw. Ere / had been there long,
however, some one came in with a
light, and joyfnlly discovered it was
Isabcl's brother. made my presence
known, and narrated the cause Of my
distress, telling how my pantaloons
had been destroyed by the calves. He
went to the house and told Of my situ-
alton in the barn, and it's cause. He
soon returned bringing me a pair Of
pants Of bis own to put on. They were
quite too small for me, being short,
and exceedingly tight. Having ad-
justed them carefully, went with him
to the house, where l was met by the
whole family on the piazza, and con-
|gratulated on my escape from the
calves, with the loss only Of my pan
falcons. was good deal bantered
about it during the evening, but I bore
lii with a good grace. noticed a very
merry twinkle in Isabel's eyes as they
rested from time to time on the scanty
proportions Of the pantaloons l had
on, for they were SO tight, they threat
ened to burst with every movement ]
made.


III my adventures ended here, con-