Daily State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 3574, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1862 — Page 2

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Ttkm Unto mt preerc4. JieJtnn. Democratic Union State Ticket roa ircinAii or rrarr., JAMM 8. ATIION. Of Marion Countt, ro At dito or rrTK, JOSEPH RIST I NE. Of Fountain Oonntj. roa Trrt or rrTt, MATTHEW L BRETT, Of DtvieM Count. tOX ATTOtxr OKJKtAL, OSCAH B. HO KD. Of Decatur CountT. ro i riAiTTziDxvt or rriifc issraccrios, MILTON B. HOPKINS. Of Clinton Countj. UarretDarli on slavery Tbe Republican papers mj that Gaibzt Da tu, tb Unite! Ststes Senator from Kentucky, mv'e almost a disunion j-eech in t!e Senate on Wvluevlij, on aLoliuoa in the District of Co. lurnLia bill, Mjinr, that Kentnckj rhould be Vendee before she'd aubrait to bite slavery touched, even in tbe cotton Sute, by uncoiiititutioual legislation or any other. Will the Abolition Senators tolerate tocIi ientlments? Ttaaflonnl Mnndrrlr. Mr. Baker introduce into the House on Tueday List a bill, which wa referred to the Committee of the Whole, profiling for National founder! at Clttcajro, Pittsburg and I'oughkeepa'e, an 1 an appropri ition ol $500,000 each; an arruory and rwni at Columbus, Ohio, for which the um of $20,000 U appropriate!; and powder factories, majriziiie, and depot for paltpeter at or near IipIUnipolH, Ind., ar1 Trenton, N. J., with an appropriation of 421 JO ,000 for each. The appropriations are to te expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, who U to appoint a ttoard of rix percon, three from theolficers of the Onlntiice Corps and three from civil life, to pnrcln.'e proum!, prepare plain, kc; an appropriation of $15,000 is nude for the iiccchary expense and comj entation of the board, ri'iperintendertts for each fouidery, the nrmory and arsenal, and powder factory, are to be appointed by the President. I'xtru?agnre and Corruption, The Republican party has been in power one

year and during a period in the history of the : Oorernnient and under circumstances which de- j ru mded the no-t riid economy in its ad minis-j

U a tion in every department, mil lue teverre ha been the fact. Extravagance and corruption, to a degree unparalleled, have characterized the Republican Administration, and that, too, with the filent acquiescence of the people, none the lesa remarkable than the enormity of the abuses which should have received an overwhelming rebuke. The corruptions in army and navy contracts, winked at if not participated in by hih governmental officials, and the party and personal favoritism which has been exhibited in the distribution of public patronage, are almost incredible. Instead of being diminished, as sound policy and patriotism demanded, the ordinary expenses of the Government have been largely increased. In the State Department alone, rome three hundred thousand dollars ' additional appropriations are asked for, the necessity for which has been created solely to make paying places for party farorites. In the Dead Letter Department of the Po-toffice some Uentv five Additional clciks bare been employed, for the reason we have stated, when it is known that the business of that branch of the public service has been diminished. There is, also, a scheme on foot to create the office of Assistant Secretary for the Interior Department, and nt a time too when its business m les than at any time since it was organized. Some fifty Assistant Paymasters have been appointed in the voluuter service, a fat pnyinjjoflice, when one-quarter of the number is more than can be employed. And we could fill columns in enumerating similar abuses; if the exposition was necessary, or would tie of any avail in correcting the evil and purifying the administration of the Government. Notwithstanding thee undented and undeniable

extravagancies and corruptions of the Republican !

Administration, which are adding rapidly to the public debt and public burdens of the country, we are told by Republicans and their sympaf4isers.

who claim tobe intense! r loval and patriotic. that

these ahus9 must be suffend until it is deuion-! strated that we have 'a country a Govern- ! ment It makes a great difference whose ! ox is gored. I! fimilir abuses had been ! practised under a Democratic Aliniin.str.i- j tion, even if the circumstances of the country j had been exactly similar to what they nw are, , the Republicans would have denounced the party aud its representatives nioft boiterousW and bitterly, as it would be right they should do. There is no spologv for official corruption at any time, i but Ie.it of all when the Government is ?trug-1 ;;lin;r. a it now L. to preserve its integrity. Thi : apparent indifference to the elameful and wicked I ahue- whicli have been pi;ictievl by .'he party in poer, as though tliev were the legitimate fruits of a political victory, cannot long continue. It will be evidence of public demoralization if any party, if any Administration, can stami up under the load of ciru tii!i and rcckle-s extravagance whicli will inev ltal.lv be fitened upon the Republican party mid the Republican Administration. Our lVathlnglon rrrfpmntrnrf, Wamhngtox, March 11, 1-01 Etitca Se.ntimi.: Yesterday a resolution aas introduced in the House by Ro-coe Conkl'n, (faVp.,) of New Yrk, endorsing Press !e: t Lincoln's emancipation scheme, i. e , that t!;e Federal Government hll jro iuto tlie wiiuleale negro business, iirrtit excitement er.utl, and, while :t was sickening to witness the squirming of some of the Border State nu mber1 a!ut tho question of iainiediatelv euterUlniiig the rfMlution, it was pleasing to ?ee Mr. Voorhees.of the Terte Hiute District, reulv. as he always is. to ; rot upon any and all questions, as will be hon by the following debate: Mr Voorhees I nncar with the ircnt'emwi ; from Ohio as to the propriety of considering this resolution now; and I desire to mv that, if the people that I bate the honor to repre-ent ire to : pay tues, n addition tj the bnrJru tl.ev at present Jailor wnt'er, for the purpose of t.uvi: tho s!aTeof the S. i:th, it is te'. for them to Unov it at once. 1 h ill vote against any postponement! of thi (uet-on. I. ftr one, as metn'-er of tiii ' Houe. am fully prefrel to act upon it now. If , this measure I to l- presse I. and to become a ! part f the pidiey of the Government. I think it; is right and prop-r that the people should know it j oon; that, while rni ni uitvU-r a!:not unic.ld j burien, whi! trembling under the weilit of l Uxation upon their houldera, if this additional burden is to ccme upon tl.em they mar r rep-ore j in season their ad and oppre.-e.l he-irts and al- t mot broken todies to t ear it. I will aay one thin further: that if there is any ' bonier !ve State mm here who is m doul't i whether he wants his State to el! it..!aes tj '

tliis Goven.mnt or uot, 1 represent a people that is in no doubt a to whether they want to become the purchaser?. It ukestao to make abtrgain; and I rethte, cn-e and forever, for the reopie a horn 1 represent on this floor, any prt or parcel in neb a con'rict. SlaervwherctrT it ex

ists under the Constitution, I and my constituent will reroztrie and repect in it legal right; theatre trade, either domestic r foreign, we are opposed to. ar,d it is no fvgrite of the üontitu tion. If eriancif itioH mean taxation on the free State, now lavishing their all for the Union and the Contitulion, and ever reidy to do ao, 1 am opposed to thu eause; and 1 here tike my laud in the name of the people I represent against it. The Speaker The Cbiir thinks that the gen

tleman is discussing the merits of the propsition. Mr. Vonhees For these reasons and for others which I have not time to state here, I concur with the gentleman from Ohio iu favor of the immediate consideration of this question. Mr. Ringham I hope tlie Hope will concur in it. Mr. Voorhees I do not think it is a question about which there should be any delay. Mr. Bingham The words used by the President that it is important, if this measure be acted on at all, that it be acted on at once, were used with great propriety. I desite to state further, that a reason for prompt action on this resolution is suggested to my mind by the remarks of the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. Voorhees. The special order for to-morrow or next day is the general tax bill, to which the gentleman from Indiana referred. If we have to provide a fund for the addition of slavery in any of the States, we had better be notified of it before we pass upon this tax bill, that we may legislate accordingly. Hence it seems that it is fit we should act upon it

now, and before we come to the consideration of the amount of taxes to be levied. To day the resolution again came op and was passed by a vote of two to one all the Democratic member from Indiana votini; against it while their Republican colleagues, with the exception of Dunn, who was absent, voted for it. Mr. Critter.dcn of Kentucky, made a speech de nouncing the resolution and the Prei lent' message as the wildest scheme ever sought to be en acted. The next thing in the programme will he to bring forward a. tax bill to carry out the resolu tion. Four hut.dred million dollars ($ I'HI.00!),. 000,) will ßrst be appropriated to emancipate the negroes in the Border States, of which the taxpayers of Indiana will have to pay twenty mil lion ol dollars (.l.OW.OOO.) " Jin'us.

From tbe Baltimore American of Tur.laj. Tlie lirrat nvnl r,ii;n;rmcnl. 1 (Iraphie DmeriplionTli' Sinking of the Cum tirla ml llurnimj of Vie. Omyresx Three Iluntlrrd IAres Iist Att tck on the Minnesota Appenrance of the Monitor The Fijht lietmen the Monitor awl the Mtrrimue Ritrtat of the Merrimar Safety of the Minit'sotu Flight of the R,lrla. THK HCHT OX KATl'CDAV DE-STKITTIOX OF THK Ci Mlll.KLAM AM lO.NGRIsS. The Merrimac mule her appearance coming out from Elizabeth river nboul noon on Saturdiy. She .food directly across the roads toward Newport News. As soon as she was made out and her direction ascertained, the crews wee beat to quarters on b-ub the Cumberland und Congress, and preparations made lor what was felt to le an almost hojteless tiht, but the determination to make it as desperate as possible. The Merrimac kept straight on, making, according to the best estimates, alout eight miles an hour. As she passed the mouth of Naiisomond riier the Con gres threw the lirst frhot at her, w hich was im mediately answered. The Mcrrim ic passed the Congress, discharging a broadside at her, (one shell from which killed and disabled every in m except one at gun No. 10,) and kept on toward tlie Cumberland, w Licit laid further up in tlie mouth of James river. She approached the Cumber! and at full sj-eed, striking her on the port side near the bow, her Mom knocking port No. 1 and the bridle port into one, whilst her ram cut into the Cumberland under water. Almost al the moment of collision the Merrimac discharged from her forward gun an eleven-inch bell. This sliell raked the whole pun-deck, killing ten men at gun No. 1, among w hom was master mate John Harrington, and rutting otr both arms and both legs of juiterguni.tr Wood. The water rushed in from the bole made below, and in five minutes the ship began to sink by the head. Shell and solid shot from the Cumberland were rained on the Merrimac as he passed ahead, but the most glanced harmlessly from the incline of her iron pi tted bomb proof, though some shots which struck her at a more favorable rane caused splinters of iron to tly. , As the Merrimac rounded to and came up she again raked the Combei land with heavy lire. At this tire sixteen men at gun No. 10 were killed or wounded, and weie all subsequently carried down in the sinking ship. Advancing with increased, speed the Merrrimac struck the Cumberland on the starboard Mile, sma.-hing her upper works and cutting another hole below the water line. Tlie ship now began to rapidly etf!e. and the soene became most horrible. The cockpit was filled with the wounded, whom it was im-osib!e to bring up. The former magazine was under water, but powder w:i still supplied from the af ter magazine, and the firing kept steadily up by men who knew that the idiip was sinking under them. They worked desperately and unremittiuglv.aud amid the din and horror of the courlict gae cheers for their tlag and the Union, which were joined in by the wounded. The decks were slippery with blood. arms nnd legs, am! "chunks" of tle.-di were ttiewed about. The Merrimac laid oil at easy point blank range, discharging her broadsides alternately at the Cumber! and and the Congie-s. Thu water by this time had reached the alter magazine of the Cumberland. The men. however, kept at work, and several cases of powder w ere passed up and the guns kept in play. Several men in the alter shell room lingered theie too long in their eagerness to pass up shell, and 'w e; e di ow ned. The reader mut bear in mind that these incidents of the fight which we brietly detail, occupied sone time in transpiring, it be ing about one ho'.r and a half from the time of the tirt att uk u;oii the Cumberland until she tin.l'.i sai.k. 't he water had, nt this time reached the berth or main gun deck, and it was felt hopeless and t;se!e to continue the tiht longer. The word gie:i for eioli mm to save hitn-elf, but af ter tii - order gun No. 7 was tired when the adjo i;i!g gun No. t, was actually under water. This last shot was tired by an üctive little tVllow named Mat;hcw Teney, whose coinage had been conp!cuou throughout the action. As his port was le;t open by the recoil of the gun, he jumped to ciamhie out, but the water rushed in wkh so much f n e tint he was washed back and drowned When the order w.s ;iveii to cease firing and to luolv out lor the:r saUtv in the bet way ;ks'i. b!e. nur.i'.ei s campetcd through the port holes, whilst othtrs reached ths sp;r-devk bi the coin pan: in ways. Some were i:kipab!e to get out by either ol ' the-e mean, and eie earried down by tlie r pidiy sinking sir p. O;"tho-e who i eached the upper iUk. Soii.e w.un olf to the tugs thit c.ime out Irorn ewrt Xc, s inn' k-;t ntloat by seeing ll ''M;g lr..gments d the wreck, others e-cajel in the rigging and m i-ts, :m I still other sank neiert rise ag..:i. Ti e Curnberlatid s ink m w ater re irly to her cross trees, .did lies wii'a heavy Ht to port. She went down with her flig still tiling, und it still ti es fivra her ma?t, abotethe waters that over iie'me! I. er, a memento of the tnost daring, and yet most hopeless defense that bis ever been made by any tessc! belonging to any navy in the world. TH: ATTACK ON THE COGRFSS. TJ,e Cumberland being thoroughly demolished, the Merrimac left her io, to toe cmbt of the rebel it ought u be state, either tirit:g at the men clinging to the rigging or at the s:all bosts on the projs-.ier Wnildiu, which were busily e.iiplojeii re-euing the survivors of her crew and prince-led to attack the Congress. The otficer of the Congicv seeing the tte of the Cumberluid. and aware that she also would be sunk if he remained within reach of the iron beak of the Merrimac. bid gotiilou the ship with the intention of running her ah. re. The tug boat Z .une also gl!.uit!v ciuie out and made last to the Cumberland, and a-si-tel in towing her adiore. The Me.rim.ic then surged up, give the Congress bioids de. revelling cue in return, and getiing astern raktd the ship fore and alt. This Li e was ten inly desiruclii e, a hell killing eiei v muiKt one ot the guns except one. Coming agin broadside to the Congress, the Merrimsc rir.gel slowlv backwa:i and forward, at less tl.an one hui.dusl vards distance, and :ed broidoe ;:ier bro.id-Mie into the Co:igre. '1 ha laltr vrs-el rephe-J minlullyand obstinatelv, every that could be brought to bear being ui-charg

el Npidly, but with little effect, upon tbe iron monster. Some of the balls, striking at a favorable anjr !e, caueJ splinters- of irou to fly from her mailed roof, and une shot entering a porthole is supposed to luvedimour,tel a gun, there was do further firing from thit port. The fcuns of the Merrimac appeared to le specially trainee! apon the after magazine of the Congress, and shot

alter hol entered that part ot the h,p, fortunately, however, without reaching the magazine. Thus slowly drifting down with the current and again steaming up the Merrimac coutioued for an hour to fire iuto her opponent. Several times the Congress was on fire, but the tlames ware keptduwn. Finally the ship was on tre ia no many places and the flames gathering such force that it was hopeless and suicidal to keep up the defense any longer. The National flag was ior rowfully hauled down and a w hite flag buisted at the pesk. The Yorktown when abreast of the Congress, dispatched a boat for the purpose, aa was supposed, of taking the officers prisoners. The Indiana rifleaien ou the beach opened on the boat, killing and wounding a majority of those on board, and the boat hastily retreated to the Yorktow n. The Merrimac, the Yorktown, Jamestown, and the smll tug then went off in the direction of

the Minnesota. which wa aground off Pig's Point. The officers of the Congres. finding themselves unmolested, at once turned their attention tu get ting the crew nnd the wounded ashore. During f Ii a f fit i rn art.! Afia r af f fi 1 1 t tri a,fv:fa ff irv

In V vriiu tvu niiJ v iiitiuvu v tov " i a . was raiseil, mune forty or fifty of the men had j gone over the bow, and by w iimning or in small ! boat, which the soldiers had brought off trom j the idiore. made their escape. The large m ijor-

ity ol the crew, however, benived aounrably, olving everv command of the otli-.ers, and sticking by the hip until ordered to leave. The wounded, nearly all mortally, were brought up and carefully banded over the ship's hide and lowered by whip into the boats. Twenty two wounded were thus sent asliore, of w hom not more than four or live have any chance of rccoiering. The ll imes were gathering v:h headway that it was imosib!e to remove the dead, whose remain in every form of mutilation strewed the devks. The wounded having been removed, the ctew were termitted to reach the shore by every mean of communication that offered, and the officers followed. Cant. Smith being the lat to comedown the sdiip'.s side. Ry the time all were ashore it was seven o'clock in the evening, and the Congress was in a bright fcheet of flame, fore ami aft. She continued to burn until 12 o'clock at night, her gun, which were loaded and trained, going off as they became heited. A shell from one struck a floop at Newjiort News and blew her up. At 12 o'clock the fire reached her magazines and

with a tremendous concussion her charred remains blew up. There were some live tons of guiqxw dor in her magazines, and about $:2Q,000iu Paymaster Ruchanan's safe. THE KIRST ATTACK ON THE MINNESOTA. After sinking the Cumberland and firing the Congress, the Merrimac, with the Yorktown and the Jamestown, stood off in the direction of the steam frigate Minnesoti, which had beeu for same hour aground about three mile below Newport News. Thi was about five o'clock on Saturday evening. The rebel commander of the Merrimac, either fearing the greater strength of the Minnesota, or wishing, as it afterward appeared, to capture this splendid ship without doing serious dam ige to her, did not attempt to run the Minnesota down a he had run down the Cumberland. He stood nil" about a mile distant, and with the Yorktown and the Ja mellow n threw shell und shot at the frigate. The Minnesota, though from being aground unable to maneuver or bring nil her guns to bear, w as fought splendid ly. She threw a shell at the Yorktown which set her on 'fire, und she was towed off bv her consort, the Jamestown. From the re appearance of the Yorktown next day, the fire in u.-t have been suppressed without serious damage. The alter cabins of the Minnesota were torn away in order to bring two of her large guns to bear f rom her stern ports, the jMisition in which she was lying enabling the rebels to attack her there with impunity. She received two serious shot; one, an eleven inch shell, entered near the waist, passed through the chief engineer's room, and exploded in the carpenter's room, knocking both rooms into ruins and wounding several men. Another shot went clear through the chain plate, and another passed through the m iinmist. Six of the crew were killed outright on board the Minnesota and nineteen wounded. The men. though fighting at great disadvantage, f-tuck manfully to their gwns, and exhibited a soirit that would have enabled them to compete successfully with any ordiuiry vcel. Altout nightfall, the Merrimac satisfied with her afternoon's work of death and destitution, steamed in under Sewall's Point. The day thus closed most dismally for our side, and with Ihe most gloomy apprehensions of what would occur the next day. AITKAKANCK or THE MONITOR. About nine o'clock the Ericsson battery, the Monitor, arrived in the roads, and upon her j crformaiice was felt that the safety of the position in a great measure depended. Never was a gre iter hope d iced upon apparently more insign ri -ant means, but never w a. a greater hope more triumphantly fulfilled. The Monitor is the reverse formidable. lying low on the water, with a plain round structure amidsh'p, a sm ill pilot-hou-e forward, a diminutive smoke pipe aft, at a inilw's distance she might be taken for a raft, with an army ambulance a midship. It is only when on board that her comptct strength and form-

I id d.le means of otlensive warfare are disco verable. i J THK FIGHT BETWFFN THK XOXITOR AND THE MER- ! Bl.MAC. j Before daylight on Sunday morning the Monii tor moved up nnd took a position along side of ! tlie Minne-ota, lying between the latter ship and j the Foi tress, where she tould not be seen by the i lebels, but were ready, with steam up, to dip out. ' l"p to noon on Sunday the rebels give no indication of what were their further design. The Merrimiclaid up toward Crnney Island, in view. : but motionless. At one o'clock he was observed iu motion, and came out, followed by the Yoikt town und Jamestown, luh crowded with troops. , The object of the leniency toward the Minnesota on the previou evening thus became evident. It w as the hone of thu rebels to bring the ships : aboard ti e Minnesota, overcome herciew by the fort e of numbers, and capture both vessels and men The design w .-.s a bold and practicable one, and apparently of easy accomplishment. As the rebel U-itiii i catne out from Sewe'd's Point, the Monitor stood out loidly toward them. It is doubtful if the rebels knew what to m ike of the strange looking battery, or if thv despised it. E en thu Yorktown kept on approaching tiil a . thirteen sheil from tlie Monitor seid her to the right about. The Merrim ic and the Monitor ' kept on approaching etch other, the former waiting until sl.o would tli'K.se her distance, an 1 the ; latter apparently not knowing what to make ol i her funny looking antagonist. The first shot from the Monitor was fired when about one huri dreu yards distant from the Merrim ic, aii.l th's distance was sube;t.rntlv reduced a tiüv van's, and at no time im sin. tlie two hours ol furious cannonading t!i t en-uel were tlie ecl-nure ; t'.i m two bundled y.utls apait. It is impossible to i epioduce the anim ite-i tie scriptin given of t!.i grand content between two vessels id todl foi midable oM'iUsiie and delell die powers. The .-cea.e was in plain view trom Fortress Monrojt, and in the main fact all the s; editor- agree. At first the fight was very furious. And the guns of the Monitor were fired rapidly. As she cirries but two guns whilst the : Merrimac has eight, of course she received two I or three sdiuts for each one she gave. Finding I that her antagonist w as much more formidable thm she looked, the Merrimac attempted to run her ilowu. The sui-enur speed und quicker turning abilities of the Monitor enabled her to moid thee shocks, and to riie the Me ri mac a. she passed n shot. Once the Merrimac struck her ner amid-hips, but only to prove that tlie btttery could not be run down nor shot down. She , spun round like a top. and a she got her bearing ' agiti sent one of her formidable missiles into her huge opponent, j The officers of the Monitor at thi time had ! gained such confidence in the impregnability of ' ther battery, that thvy no longer fired at ran loin nor hastily. The fijit then assumed it most inf tciesting aspect. The Monitor ran around the ' Merrimac repe r.e ily , probing her sides, set king for her weik points aud reserving her fire wi'h a 1 coolnes that mut h;ve been intensely aggrava- , ti;:g to the officers of her e.emyt until she had the right spot aud the exact range, and made her exj-emnet.ts. accordingly. In this way the Merriauc received thtee shots which mut hive ?e- ! riouslv damaged her. The first went in abift of the smoke st.t. k and rangeJ lurw ard. The next 1 shot was put low down t n her side, rear the edge jd the iron roofing, which overhangs her skies

somewhat like a pent bouse. Tbe next dot wag place 1 neuly in the ume position. Neither ol these shots reooui.ded at all, but appeared to cut

their way through iron and wood into the fhip. j Sooa after receiiine the thirl thut. the Mcni- j

mac turned toward Sewall's Point, and madei-3" at full peei. The Monitor follow e l the Merrimac until she pot'weil inside Sewa'Pa Point, and then returned to the Minnesota. It i probable that the pursuit would have been continued still further, but Lieut. Worden, .t commander, had pievioudy Uul bis eyes Lnjuied, and it was also ielt that as o' much depended on . the Monitor it was imprudent to expose her unnecessarily.

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Tlie Tax Hill Sonif I'njuat Irlicu far. The New York Evening Pott, though at times very ultra on tbe negro question, has always maintained one principle of Democratic faith, under all circumstances. That principle U the old Democratic doctrine of taxation. Upon all questious relating to the tariff or finances", the Post is as soundly Democratic as it ever was; and the ability with which it discusses such topics renders it a mot valuable public journal. That paper calls attention to some features of the tax bill which discriminate very unjustly. 1st. Slaves are properly, and yet slaves are not taxed. Loyal men are taxed upon every imaginable object of domestic use; horse, carriages, pi at os, silier spoons, and also every branch of productive industry. They are taxed upon their beef and pork, their Hour, and upon all uiticlesof manufactured food. Thev are taxed upon evengrain of medicine u-ed for their ick, and for every beverage used by the well. Why should not the slaves be taxed? Why should not the million of propertr invested in slave be taxed? The Post eslimate that a tax of five dollars per head u;ou slaves would yield twenty millions of dollars. The only objection that can be urged to such a tax that it recognizes slaves a proj-ertj ! And to do that, some thin skinned politician thi:.k i more objectionable than to let slave owners go exempted from taxation, and to collect from the loyal industry of the Noith that additional sum. We know tli.it tlie people of this State, with very few exceptions, no matter w hat their polities, would ay their taxes with far greater f atisfaclion, if they knew' that at the

same tune the tax-gatherer was taking their hard earnings, like officers were collecting tw enty millions from the slave owners Hut alas! party platforms must let the slave ow ners pass free and extort their shaie of national butdeus from the free white labor of the North Cotton is another article not taxed. Why not? When the army takes possession of a cotton district why not have the tax gatherer visit each planter, and idjuire him to give, under oath, a statement of the bales of cotton raise 1 since the lebeilion upon his plantation? and why not col lect of him a tax of one, two or thiee cent a TMMind upon that cotton? The farmers of Illinois h ive to pay a fax upoi each hog, and each barrel of flour, and w hy not tax cotton? In IhCO the exports of cotton were 1,777, 460,338 pounds. A tax of tw o cents per pound on the crop uf lt-GT, supposing it to be the same, would yield over $3.((MH),O00: Why should this source of revenue be untouched, when the bill enters etery domicile at the North and demands a stipend for the war uM)ii every article of food and of domestic ue? Cotton manufacturers are not taxed sufficiently. Why not send the tax gatherer to every cotton mill in New England? Why not require of these men, hose treasuries have grown plethoric u:i tier the abominable protection of the Moirill tariff, and make them give a list of the number of yards of domestic goods, cotton and woolen, manuf iciuied by them? Why not require of them a tax of ore or two cents per yard iimui their manufactures? Why not have the millions from these men, who, ever since tlie war have enjoyed such a harvest of profits? If twenty millions can he collected from that tource, why not collect it, as well as tosend round the tax gatherer to weigh the silver sjioons, and little cup ot every family in the West, iu order to extort the last possible dollar lor the support of the war. Another inequality in .the operation of the law strikes us forcibly. Spirituous liquors ate taxed sixteen cents a gallon, all alike. The whisky which is worth onlv tiltv cents a gallou is taxed sixteen cents; and the brandy which is worth eight dollars a gallon i.s taxed only sixteen cent.. Themen wh cm alllrd to buy such expensive liipiors are far more able to pay a projMruouate tax, than ate they who consume, the fifty cent whisky. Let the old notion ot specific duty be abandoned, nd let the ad ralnrrm principle be followed. Let the consumers of spintu ou liquors bo taxed according to the value of the article thejr consume. Let the fiftv cent whisky be taxed at the rate provided in the bill according to the proof, but let the consumers who enjoy the luxury of costly wines ami liquors pay a proportionate tax. ll a in in h tve the mo ins to en ible him to buy liquors worth eight dollars per gallon, and therefore sixteen time above the ue of the fifty cent whisky. let him pay a tax sixteen times above that paid by his poorer neighbor. Again, a gallon of hiandy of touith proof, is worth eight dollars; upon that article there is a tax of just sixty-four cents, w hile ujon the coin mon beverage of the poor, ale and beer, a tax of one dollar per barrel is iuqiOscd. and al?o a heavy license fee for its sale is extoittil! Heie is another evidence of the injustice of specific duties. Why tax the barrel of nie, worth six dol lars, ore dollar, and only tax the eight dollars worth of brandy to the extent of sixty four cents. The taxes are in principle, unjustly discriminating against the poor and humble consumer, in favor of those who have the means to purchase the more costly luxuries. Chicago Post.

THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS.

.HISS .T. IIIMKV .11. 1 CM TII V AS VIOLET. FELIX JTTUSTGETT AS GRIMALDI.

To conclude with an entirely new piece called a DEYILlfSII GOODJOKE

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COMMISSION MERCHANTS . C, L, S, Matthews, GBiXFiUAL C03HIISS10N FORVARDÄERCHANT, linrr rire-I'rooT Iluilcliii". NO. IU FlH RTII ST., W EST SIPE, Retwveen .tlnlu street and the IMvcr L0U1SVILLK. KY. Ifaci. ConiRntnenw .re repcirully Mltcit!, arnl Immediate sales with prompt return guarantee. Janl3 PIANO ZP O 3R. T E S

f filins lirst class house the mo?t tpiit t, lu'inrl.ke, aiid .M. pl'aaut hotel in the city to-r- t-ivnor iuiluct?-lii-nts to those viitini; New York for hiiiitrioor j'leitruie. It is mitral In it location, und kt t in tlie I'.L'Ktd'FAX l'LAN. in connection with TVI.'li'S SAI.HX, where refreshment: can be had al all hours, ervei in their on rooms The charges are numerate, tlif rouui-t antl attemianceof the first order 1 aths and all tbe malern ci?nvei iences attached. niitrl2-U3m

POWKItS'S E20TEL, (roKtr.Ki.v karik'h.) (jjOsite tbe Astor House and Park, New York, i'uk 1: or iioaisi 1 .-,0 ii:u day. rilHIS lom; estaMi -hod nnd popular house has recently 3 leen rrt'Uilt and prenrly ciilarKel by ihe addition of over lUW rooms and now lijs ai coiniiiodatioii.s for over .'KK) persons. It has aNo been tlioiouvliTv reiiovatcd and re-

furnished, and in he.Vfd hv steam and liulited v can '

tliroti';hout. This hotel has one of Ihe liest locutions in j the city, is easy uf acres, from all the Meamlumts and j railroads leading to thf titv, and is convenient to all the

rnv ciinvfjtiKf. I has all the r-niHltei of a first class hotel. itiMirii-K the comf rt of its inmaten. The patronage uf tlie traveling juihhc is rc-jiectfudy solicited, 'lerms 1 r.il per day. II. L. I'oWEK.s, feb'.U-ii.ini Proprietor.

w s : st e: it a si ot k , MOS.!), II 13. 15 1? t OritTI,AM ST., "KAU BKOADWAT, SKW YORK CITY.

?f A l VKRTISEIIS. .VI ftretiiteifnt ttlen fyr a ;'' time, itud onlrrert "Ut Itrfnre the. rsjiirtition of the time feifi'et, iriH tie -,irjel the rejulxr rntin f r the a itne u to the time they are trernt out.

MEDICAL.

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.

This old established and favorite resort cf the buines cntnumnity hasheen recently refitted, and is complete in everything that can minister lo tlie comforts of its patron. Ladies and families are s ecially und carefully provided for. It is centrally located in the business pa t of the city, and is contiguous to tbe principal lines cf steatultoats, cars, ninibuses, ferries, Ac. In c"nerpience of the pressure caused by the rebellion prices have been reduced to One Dollar and Fifty Cents IPIECR. DAY. The table is amply supplied with all the luxuries of tbe season, and is ejual to that of any other hotel in the country. Ample accommodations are offered for upward of 400 KUest. B-sJ. Do not believe runners, huckinen, and others, who may say ''the Western Hotel is full." D. D. WINCHESTER, Proprietor. Thos. Ii. ViNCHr.8TK. febl3-J2m

ARTILLERY HORSES.

Artillery Horst Wanted FOR UNITED STATES SERVICE.

riO LADIES OF DELICATE HEALTH OR I M PAIRED ornriiiization, or to those by whom au i'icrease of family is from any n-.tson objectionable, the undersigned Hoiji.j ffer a prescription which is perfectly reliable and rife, and which has been prescribed in various parts of the Oid World for the p.tst century. Although this article I. very cheap and simple, yet it has been put uf in half pint bottle an d sold very extcm-hcly at the exhorbitant price of 5 per hoi!l the undervis-ned propo.-es to fur-ni-h the recipe for 'SI, by the posses..j,n f which every lady can supply herself w ith a perfect safeguard, at any drue store for the tr;;!imr s'ira cf 23 cents per year. Acy physician or dniLcit wiil tell you it i perfectly harmless,, t!iotiai,ds cf testimonials can be procured t its elilcacy. S-M!t to any part of the world on receipt of .? I.hva !'!ressinc. Dr. J. C. lif'VKllA t'.X, P. O. r.ox, X.23."3. New Haven, Connecticut. i;ly?2-1. 'CI

QAKTERMASTEK DEPARTMENT, U. S. A., lüdianapoH. March 1(1, 1S62. CtEALED PROPOSALS KIR THE DELIVERY OF (110) ) One Hundred and Ten Artillery hores, will be receipt d at this ofliee untilMan h is isr2 The h'Tses re-

I quired for the service niust ii"t be less than l.'.'i hand I hili, sound in every respect, not less than four years nor I more than nine years old, dark color, square trotters and j well broke, mt weithin.:; less than 1.ho h&. Approved j security will be renuired for faithful fulfilment of conI Ir.e-t. The contract 0 he completed in twelve biys. The proposals will be opened e.n Tuesday, March ; 1SS2. at 12 o'chark. JAMES A. F.K1X. mchlO-dtd A.Q. M. US. A.

PRINTINC PAPER.

Printing Paper, &c, &c.

WATCHES.

$10 0,000, $10 0,000, $100,000, W4MSTII OK r.OLli AND SlLVKIt WATCHES AT A (iKI.AT AND I'XI'IIEC F.Dr.NTKD At IIIFK'K (IUI AT AMI I" X 1 1 1 E C E I K N T E I SACKIE1CK ;UEAT AND 1" N 1 ' 1 : 1" C r. D K N T E I SACKIKICK MONEY MNEY MONEY MI ST DC KAIsr.n AT ALL IIAZATiDS ! .VI ST HE 1IAISKD AT ALL HAZARDS ! MUST BE RAISED AT ALL HAZARDS ! To show that we are :n earnest we offer HK THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS ONLY, EOli THE NEXT TI1IKTV DAYS ONLY, FOK THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS ONLY, First quality GOLIi and S1LVEK WATCHES at the foll ins rii. imus prne: SPLENDID 1AIENT LEVER SILVER) W.'cäe. full jeweled. roai e buutinw f7 50 cases. Kail road timer J Price before the crisis 125 00. MA GNIFICENT COLD HCXTEKS,"! (Patent Lerer) oA, IS carat cases richly chased, in all respects an A No. 1 (

Watch, hk-h old in ibis city at f 2j 00 ls for ihe present crisis, and Ligher in the ci untry. J Those ia want of a g--l watch shx:!J not neulect to improve this opportunity. IMPROVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, IMPROVE TII IS OPPORTUNITY. IMPROVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, And "eiie time bj the forelock." IIV IfVfrrrtiif trery Irticlcü On receipt of price we ill forward per eip.e or mi:l, lo any part of lie Ur.ited States; if f y rati!, ud eventy-f te cents fo'tic. No ba&k notes but United State and Eastern fan Is rc id at par. Address HoUviek, Tiflany V Co., NEW YORK POSTOrPU'E. mchlS dl 1 ww

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WE KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND LARliE STOCKS OF

Also, the di?f re rt s!zes of P.'-'ok Paper. Printers' Cards, Ac, t'-krei her i;h 10. 15 ai d Ins k-v-s I riuler", , Ink, 1. 2. 3. si:d 4 lls H-.f,lv Ink , Cd T'A Ink, Ac. j jr v, sTi:uiitT v rro. tii-hl.w

LAW SCHOOL. LAW SCHOOL OF Harvard College, 1862.

f JWOTFRMSOF NINETEEN WEEKS EACH, COMJ. MENClNi; Man h 2d :.d September l.-t. ror Ctib.ue and C ircular, dlrrs JOEL PARKER. lo all Professor. CamlridKf.Has. Fb. 1SC2. MSl--is-cn Sat

WANTED.

f TTASTEI) AT THIS OFFICE As an apprentice to j learn the printing; bnsiress, a boy between 14 arid ly.- ar i f He mut bnn?the best recommenda tiorw as recartl lii capability, habit f i;djtrj- nd hf.nesty. None otherT.ted apply. ff ANTED TTY ORDERS At tbe Mebe.t market rate, by W 31. Y. W 1I.LT. octlU-dm Nu. 101 E. Washir.gu n Ktrw-U

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ket rate, ly WM. Y. WILEY. No.101, E. W'a.hit;;ttPtrrt.

PATENTS.

PATENTS OBTAINED FOR NEW INVENTIONS OF EYF.kT decnpLMn. Fee ront;ns:-r.t cn nicc. Xo patent no pav. Send for C1rrul.tr. pwi; Wjij, directions Jtc. Add're.a AilOS BROADNAX. uovlH-dly Patent Attorney, W.hinton, D. C

TAKE NOTICE.

f 11HF. UXDERSir.XFDllAS THIS DAT l i nCHASFD I. the Steck uf Uoi4l4 owned l-j K. A. Hall, ia the M4 Ffiiw.' liu UiKf. N-. 2, and taiil now lep a complete MxirtDM-nl t4 the Utt.ljle wf io, 'd w;.I keep r xperienced wrknien to mit ail the ldcutiua'-r eil

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BUfltt Of Men's and Boys' Clothing ON HAND. Alto a pood Stork of rnrnllilnj. Ivii't t ri. el the r'. Odil I rli(vs' Hall, IYo. 2. WASHINGTON STREET. ni,Ssiisi ii,m:n. JinH-d.lm

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DRUCCISTS.

SCHIEFFELM BROTHERS 8c CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, And Denier In Fancy Goodt, Per funiery, c Also, Apent for the aale of Refined Petroleum, Illutninating Oil, Miperior to any Coal O.l, furui-Led ia ny qnamitie at the lowest market rates. 17' AND 172 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. Jar. J9-ilGin

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OFFICE AND RESIDENCE, IVO. 3i KAST MARKET NTIIi:r.T INDIANAPOLIS 1XD.

TO RENT.

ON THE GALLAUDET FARM.

A FEW FIELDS, TO BE TUT INTO CORN, OATS, Flax, and Potatoes.

ar-xai ft am SC. If tb tenant furnishes team, Ac, he pives ine.-half iu the bu.-hcl or crib; if ftirni -tiril to Li:n, bepreativothirds. Each tenant will have It o m for Iiis Fniuily FREE OF RENT.

Thr Soil i FitkIi nnd Fertile h

And with proper care I,nrf?c Crops atn he .Untie. Apply to the subscriber, J. S. BROWN. Gallaudet, rb.25. 1S62- feb2t-dtf

PIANOS.

Superior I'iaiio Forlen.

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rjJlHE REST, INCLUDING CHICKERIXG A SONS, ROSX TON; STEINWAY .t SONS. New York; William Knabe A- Co., RalMrnore, may be found at The Indiana Music Store, N. R Pianos to Rent. WILLARD & STjWELL. febl4

PHYSICIANS.

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For further u.fru.ii.ical at r-y fcaeoer laitwtt'i Jewelry !tor. IiHiiaiiai-di. lnliana, February 1, WE fei,l-i6aj

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