Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 6, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 January 1865 — Page 1

THE JASPER WEEKLY COURIER.

VOL. 6. JASPER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, m. NO. 49.

Faauentp hut satubd?, at i-dr DUBOIS COUTT,lDlA-,BT OIIIIIT D01I1. OFFICE Coasia or Macdobali aid Wist Stsebts. s TERMS STRIHTIiY IN ADVANCE : fling I Subscription, fr IIFty No., 1 ftO Iffer aii months, 1 00

a ateb or ADvrtirtw no . For square of 10 lineeor lese, I week, SI 00 K.c h eubeequent insertion , 70 eta. Longer advertisements, at aame rate. A fraction over even aqnare or squares, counted aa a equare. These are the term or transient sdveriiement; a reaaonable deduction will be trade to regular advertisetaentf. Notices of eppoiutm-nt of administrator, an ! legal notice ot like character to be paid in advance. AinojaciRo caioiraTEa: Fo' Township officers, each .For C-tv " " far District, Circuit, or Stat. For the J neper (J ener.J Ma Do. as Che fettowiag eirert I rum

in...d .i..at..l ill matter I rni.fn'ilThn : . .. I

I alio' tt. lor the p.ptr wa. tor., ' Ye.

i.rdsy I eaw a i.ely wn.u co,le ot... . . - -r --. ... colored persons standing on tlu t,pa lju", uu h" st the 'able wail. Willard Hotel T brWegrooiu wae hmd-lTüouffh he people starve, let bim dins in

omely dressed snd had hi a crimson ailki atnte, ash. The bride wore white ai k dre, And landen! unto the very akie and a profusion l"U?--mlLlUitX. ,n bone ang gUny im , -Chronicle. Th.a arttde aug-ted the fol lKELABri ,w lor.i g y ' n

l..wtng -.tuff:" I Who is il that save that this war ia uujoat? "Who aaye that our ruler hava broken ili'ir inet! Wbe eaye that our theaaand ot aoldier a'aln, Have fallen in a war that t wnged In vain! ä'ho ia it that want the wm to cease, Who talk of the eiive breech rf peace! That are aai have war if we Hou't have law, I'll prove by the picture I nw "ill draw. B'hold! on the atep of a grand hotel, The Igure of him we lote ao well. Hie skin is dark, his hp are thick. In hi hand he carries n walking stick, fltahstr curls ovr 'he thtcke.l skull, Uta teeth are sharp, bo' hie wit are dull, V. und bim ia belied a eyimaoa bbIi, And hi nose ia turned up at ihe por white treejbi "II jnlaomely dressed,' a cig,rin hi in u'h, Hail famh.! friend from lb auavf uo h. Another figure tnds by In side, Tis Dinah! hi pure and i- y bride! She rejoice in a new white silk dreaa. That aeia ofl tu advantage hr lovehaeee; As she there in the pride of her beovjty, etanda, With jewelry on her neck and hands, A glorioue sight for white lo aee, IrYboae money and ülood have made them Ires, Hoar shall I decribe you. releahal pair, Hambo ao strong, and Dinah ao fair, Whose flashing black' eye and blacker ebin , Are only r. fl-ctton of da kneae within; Whose dark hair ia matted with many a 'kink, Whoee ekin emit tu h a graelul stink, Whose gleaming teeth aod mouths o wide, Are emblems now of our nation pride; The dalcet eound of your ilverv voice, Hid all good Union man njoice. And With praise unto the very skies. Bid Dinah aud 8mbo in glory ariae. Theee are they for whom we have shed our blood. For these ie the battle line wa've atjod, Vur tbeae have tbouaau Is o! while bean alsia, Per thee a we've beea ebeddiag our blood lias rain, For theae ws hsvs psid the burdensome tex, That opprssass the merchant and alaya the ais, For theee far over our hill and dale, Wa beer tba borne leee orphan' wail. Aad ia our one lair land 'nea.b the wintry by. We boar lb widow 'e despairing eryt And plenty for theae, front our lend hss led

r -- www, a.wMS ww. IW..JM II SB WO ( " ww . i w.. wiwwww www.w Aad tba widow and orphan crisw for bre.d; procaed wilh its duty. Tbsrs wss quetnss A A . L m a A . . . .it - a. i J -.a a .

Aad lb maiden eigha in the moon's pals light. Far Mm wbe has fallen I aseleae fight. Aad southerners under lb tyran t's rod. Cry out ia took deep dspair to God, "Despoiled of ear homes by foulest wrong, How leaf moat wa .offer, Obi Lord how ' long" Who tbsa dare to aay th.t wa ara not right,

I oar own snd in lb Almighty's sight,

who dar la aaf tbat our cause i loot, And tbat (he reault will not pay et. Though ouraaldiara widow du be (or bread Though they have nut where to lay their, beads, Though mardene alfb, and p rente atoa. 1 hough thousand alter the dying groan: Tbourb wo are oppraaaod by tba public debt. Though we eaa bo end to the tatee yet ThoBgh ,he M J Lord, Though the land i ravaged with lire end sword. Though our soldiers era marching with weary feet, Though our ciiixene may have nothing to at, Hiera' one connotation, paoee a moment and think

J2on,,r S,mbo h" o eat and drink,

6,0Ur,,r A er mai kind and protecting care.

m , et'.at he at ki.t haa plenty to wear A . . .1 . i. i l. .... And though hunger follow the "poor white, tr ieti " v d . . Private Letter of General Lee. The original of the following lerer waa found at Arlington Hoeae by a ederal sol dir An anything relating to the person! hiaory of the great moraine of the War . K AauaoToa H use Aprils. 1852 Mr l)r.4B 8(i: I am ftt4 in the act of leeviug home for New M-xieo Mr fine old regiment haa been ordere-' to that dis tant region, and I must haetea to see the' they are properly cared for I have but little to add in replv lo your letter- of March SO, S7 and 2 Your leitera breathe true- spirit of tranbneae; ihey hee g sen rayeflf and vonr mother grat plea.ure. Vuu inu-' stu lv I be frank ilh the world, fr.nkne. ia u,e child of honesty ti.dcour .e. S.y just what you me... to do .. e.ry occseiono ,. f, (or g anted yoa me... .o ao r.gm. a Ir end aaks . favor you ahould grtn' il, if it is a reason able, if not, tell bim plainly why you cannot, you id wrong him and Wrong ycuraelt by eq.ivocation ol any k ud Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or kaep our. the man who requires you ledo so is clesrly purchased at s ssenfie. Heal kindly, hut firsnly, with all your classmates; y0 will find it the policy which weer best. Abovalt, do not appear to other what you are not. If you have any fault to find wilh any one. tell him. not others, of what you complain; there ia no more dangerous exp nment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face, another behind hia back. Wr buu'd live, act and aey nothing lo tbe iniurv of any one. It i not only beat aa a matter of principle, bat it ia the path lo peace and honor. la regard to duty, let me in conclusion of hia hasty letter, inform you tbat nearly a hundred yeara ago there was a day of remarkable gloom and horror stil known ss the dirk day a dee when the light of the aun was alowly extinguished, as if by sn eclipss. The Connecticut Legislature was in session, and ae its members saw tbe un expected and unaccountable darkuee com ing oi., they abared in the general aw and 'error. It was eup posed by many that the i it day the day of judgment bad come. Bote one, ia the consternation ol the hour, moved an adjournment Then there sreee an old I .Titan legislator, Davenport, of Stamford, aud eaid that, if the laat day bad come, he deaired to be found at hia place do ing his duty, snd, thsrefere, moved that candles ba brought ia ao tbat the houae could in that man's miad thelqmetoess of hesv nlv wisdom and inflexible willinenom to obey present duty. Duty, then ia the sob limssl word in our language. Do your duty in all thing, nee tae ota ruruaa. You . . . a. u . a. . cannot do more, you anouio eever oien to do la-a V .ar 1ml mm mti nitr snrtl bar maasl Uaa oil gry h-wir for muf lack ol dutj on joui pan I uur inri.iuuaic ti'iirr. R B. LEB To Q. W. Ciaria i ex

Taxing- Labor. Tiio lav of the United States imposingjs

tax upon incomes, may be a necessity so far as the revenue is concerned. but it is framed upon a wrong principle. A law imposing a tax upon incomes may be a very just and necessary form of taxation ; but the present law is not of that kind. It goes out of its way searching after a few cents revenue front torn poor and aoody nan, and leave the iacoeje of the rieb untouched. One thu sand dollar ia but a email um out of which poor man baa to cloth and feed bimaelf and family, and yet that aunt ia tba max mum income of three-fourth, of the head of fsmiliea in the country. Out of that (una behaa to pay city, county, and State twee, all of which have been largely increased, and inj - jj..: .: l . . I addition thia year haa to pay eight per cent on the exceee over eiz hundred dollar. Ilia income lax is thirty-two duller. II s neighbor who has half a millioo inveeteJ ii, Federal bond bearing aix per cent interest ww r - - payable in gold; an income equal in treasury ' notee to seventy five thousand dullera, pays no income lax el all. Ha "toils not, neither - - - - ww ww wr W w 9 wW B V B wVM I I Hf. I Prüduive wealtb of the country : but poa ,aeeiag a fortune of a ball a million inversed in Federal bond, which re exempt from taxuion. he drawn hi eeventy five thousand dollar iniereet per annum, aud pya not one cent of income lax thereon. This ia wholly unjuet. The exemption from taxation of capital, and the collection of rerenue from labor, ie wholly unjuet and ft 1 1 with op pressive asvsrity upou a claae leset a'ile to bear it. A half dosen men may club their capital together and engage in selling dry good; - .-V.. M WWJWW-TWIHTwT III )S i d to pay he 0 .verumeaji a tax of ,ix l "eir income reached seven'v five th"ue thoueaod dollars, while if they had invested 'hat eame Bum in Government bonds, they would have realited lbs aame profit, and have been exempt from the payment of any income tax. A mechanic, artiran, profes sional man, publisher, merchant, or any ther man whoee earning are the product of iheir own energy, industry, labor, skill, and brains, ie made t.i hand over eiirht ner nt. of his iuc me ..f SAl. t it. '.h... i m - at a- - ji Jovernmen' , Wane the individual wh .se P oflte ere not the reeull of labor or br.ins or .kill, or eny other known productive I character, who receives !,,. ,i,re.i bec.uee .. ,. .,d ,,,,r ,0 him. .h ,...- r.n htm as the rain falle, without any effort on s wa p.vat'w nil V hts part, is everopt from tsxaiioo. aod con'ribu'ee nothing to toe support of ton am ral Government. It ia true bis money ie loaned to the government, lie has loan ea to tne government a half million of dullare in green backs, aud he drawa his in nres! in golf, equsl in green-bscks to fif teen per rent. The mm who loans money at fifteen per cent, haa never in too history of the wolrd been regarded aa any very special bene'ector to the unfortunates wbe are compelled to borrow of him; and on tbe core of "iriendly accommodation the re eipient of fifteen per ceat. interest in "law

hi m..ne." e.sis.ni. i .. rar inc. more than aix (al money certainly lias very pa. 'icular' . .. ...... ...... J. claim, to the forbear.ne f ,h k JbM bB ,,0",n ' thi' et-

claim to the forbears nee of the party who thua fill hia coffer. The man whose funde era ioveeted in business, and who pays, in the shape of licensee and income tax a sum exceeding eight per cent, of his whole in come, is in fact a greater benefactor to hi cou.tr, than lbs man .ho pay. uo t.xea hut drawa from the federal treaaur. giu per cent per annum for lire treasury aolee he baa loaned1 to the government. Thia exemption is unjust for another rea ' son. Iiis tsxing the producing class t aay bouatiee to the non-producer. Tba man with lb hnmble total ineome of ooe thousand Ollars haa to pay thirty two dollars tax to the Federal government, to enable it to pay tun other man fifteen per cent, iniereet on a loan to the United Stale

If the thirty two dollar, wa. ,h o.ly uxif" ,"Ve,M ,froM th b be) to o.e. whil. th.inm.ti-w ull"ro Mad of tbe l.ag wharf .-

be had to pay, while the injustice would aet be Ism, tbs oppression would not be so ssver. Tbo freaieet direet injury, however, ie to lbs f easral businea interest of the government. C a put I, so long, ae applied to tbe productive industry ie taxed enormously It ta taxeo at svay atep and turn; it ia taxed I . - m. - in the band, of Iba manufacturer, the mr .... chant, and the consumer, end then taxed upon ita profile. But capital withdrawn from the common ir. masnfacturine. o id so-.

ncu.tural purawu, aoJinvcstcJ ia tederaliphia I'rcas.

aecuriuea, i exempt fron taxation and vMdo

an unprecedented urafit. The result of thie poMsy ia. tbat the capital ol the eouotrv ii changing ita inve.tn.ent rapidly. It ia rushing to that haven where taxation ta unknown. It le being withdraw from the a a. a m -.sea orancnee of inou.try trom wn.cn trie gov ernment drawa largely ita revenue, and ia eeeiing mat other .nape mat muat ultimateIg break down -iy financial system The income tax law should be revised. I There should be ao exemptiona; each man should pay in proportion lo hie humid; if any discrimination be exade, it Should be. he greater the income the greater (he rate of taxation ahould be. The animal income' of a hundred thousand dollar can bear with ea suffering and leaa inconvenience lax . of twenty par eent. than can the income of one thousand dollars bear a tax of eight per cent. But the la v aa it Stands hunts with pertinaciou particularity the person whoae a come in a majority of case are only euffi cisnt for the actual aupport of their families becatiee of a denial of ii.anf comforts hitherto deemed accessaries ; it demsnda of them a liberal ehare ot Ihe "egcefe," when in fart there ia and can be no exeeaa. Thf man with Ihe hundred thousand dnlla'a income pays no tax. In the one case the families of those tsxed dewr-nd for support on the continued health and capacity of the head of the family to labor from day to day, and nothing eaa be apsred to met the hour of deatiiot n which muat come when he telle iek, die, or loses work. In the other cam tbe tax would be paid without imposing any serious inconvenience because hie fsmily does not depend on hie daily labor for the, necessaries of life, end his death woald not leave them unprovided That member of Congress who will insist upon, and succeed in bringing this income tax law lo torn just and equitable basis, will merit tbe thanka of hia countrymen, and do e great benefit to hia country. Chicago Poet. A Striekel Mchef. I think your readers will find, in the fol l.iwinir. eomeihine touching, exhibiting, aa it does, all tbe deep intensity of an'olrVeV love. There ia a vrandeti' in the conduct aw of thia near lone mother, whom lore fas re de her mad. who yearna for one her poor J . . t . . faded ayes will never ees sgain. More than a year ego her son a member of a Connee ticat regiment, waa taken prisoner and coo lined in Andereonville. A ahort time afterward several were exchanged- Hi. mother in Connseticat, bearing of it, and believing that he wse among the number, left her desolate home and came to Camp Paru'e, which ia situated two milee frem Annapolis, to seek her treaeure among the bost.lo.ds Isnded on Ihe Bevern. She waited, wearily waited, day after day, for the coming of her boy; but, though many came, be wa not among them. "Hops de fsrred maketh lbs beert sick," aad ao it waa with hea. Broken hearted by eonstsatly recurring disappointments, her mind, elready sbsksa by grief, at last gave way. Ever since, mors than six months, abs Daring all this time she comes to the of Acs of Dr. Vaaderkieff, tbe surgeon in charge, to aeeertaia whether aay boat loada of releeeed prima ert have arrived. When tbe laet detachment eame ia ahe aesmed c"rW' tn- ,rom "',0 fo i'10-- "B,"f "f". "anely. Tl., Has ... a. . . - J .a. J. -1. - .pw. mwrm w ... nwjt ? t, anu cn II VSf Btlr went wearily back to bsr home. The goodhsarted es'geo., although ba kaowe aad he has told her many times thst her an. has beea officially reported aa dead, still answers her svery day ihe the eame monotonoua, hat aver-kindly epoken, "No!" She comes al ways provided with a ahirt, a pair of drawers psntalooae, boots, aad esp, sad when informed thst bar son hss not yst arrived. goes down the graveled path serosa the there ehe atands looking over the bresd waters of the Chesapeake foe fully an hour Clad ever in the ..me neat dreaa and close ly-fitting bonnet aha g .tes wishfully, long ngiy, uui over ine pine waste, s. it ner veryle.gernem would haetaa on the berk she ..naeine bears bark tn har her c.hiM Km her tear swollen eve at I. at sin dim har Mireaaib fails, and with ihe emme void aching in her breast, oh! bow sgonixirtgly , ahe slowly turna to depart. That so. ahe ahtll meet, poor, erased, broken hearts mother, never, never thi. aide the hithe' shors Atnspoüe Cerrespoodenca Philsdel

One Stem Bf.

Hd I better get ftj and row aero. I wonder! Nobody would ever know anything about it: and there tit... k.. i -. I'M, TUCK ling on the river, ind there are two oar in the bottom. It' oi lv e mile down to the 1 . . . .A bridge, end! could row down it,.,. back In a Utile while; it would besuche eplendid aal ! Of eobrse, nothintr could happen to sae, for grandpa eaid to mamma the other even.' r " -f" omrr lag, hen we whit down lo the mill. Why. Helen, Harry 'a . naturel-bora eai!or. He can manage the boat a well J." Oh, dear! I wish be'd never .... .k.. boat!' eaid mamma 1 expect it will be ihe death of him yet.' Well, he didn't inherit hi natural i.... frort ju. that's celaln.' leughed grandpa; 'bui women are alweya nervous about the water ' And ihato ill, Ii' ju mamma's nervousuem; snd I kuuw uoibiug would happen to me, getting in Uere, aud having a little sail; and it wuul' be ae nice tin. altcrnoou. and tbe river looka, away up by the bridge, like a ribhoa among tbe oaka aud poplars. Nobody would know anjtb.ng aboul it, either; for, et courae, I ahould gel hack aafe, and 1 dou'l believe ihere'. tlt, h,rrj, j, t But, then, there' my promise to mother; there's no getting .round thai, aa il waa the last thing she said to me before she left I tome on Tuvsdsy. She called me to tbe carriage, and bent over one aide, sad smoothed my hair as she aiwaya doe when ahe taika to me. Now. Harry, ny bey,' ehe eaid waat you to promise thst you won't get inside tbat oosi until your fnher and I get borne sgeJe.' Ne. mamma. I won't eertainl.' I ... sweresj, ihough I baled to. bad enough oiii s a lacr. And I think it's too bad that auch a hie boy aa 1 am can't have hia own was in .uch thmga. 0 dear ! dear ! the longer ! look tae mere I want to go. It aeatn a it 1 muat One more atep and I shall be in tbe boat; Sat there my promise to mam in .! And how hall I leel when she comes and I www wiw Willi. 1 OX I ltd 'ook in my face, and call m i,.., ,i..i,..- . 11- I . . V . b y, sad puts her arm. around my neck aud ktmea ma over aod over again! She woa't ask whether I've been in the beet, because I prom sod ber I would'! ; end I aevar told my mother a lie ia my tile. Aud I woa't now. Mamma eame borne laat night Such a bugging aa I bad! Haa Harry been a food boy!' ab seid and not done a aingl thing; bis mother would dUapproVe ol!' No, I gueaa not, mamma F aatd; bot I waa thinking about th boat, aad didn't peak very positively. Mamma held nu away, aad iooksd ia my syee. You goes not! Are you quite certain, Harry!' ah asked. Well, mamma, I haven't dons anything, but I've tboaght about it.' 8he threw her arme around me and bold me rloee to her. Tell me ail about It, Harry,' ah mid. And then 1 did. I told her about eoinir to tbe river Saturday afternoon, and how eeer I came to getting into t.he bj.t and rowing down to tbe bridge, and wh.i . tmr. rible temptation it waa, and how it wa., aad how (n one step r should have been in: hut the memory of my promise to her, and ihe thought that God aaw me, held me b.k when there waa eoly una atep betwixt me and tbe boat. And when I bad done, I found mamma's teara falling like rain-drop, on my hajr. Oh, my child! I thank God, I th k God!' he aa d. Aad I, too. thank Him froiM mv heart tbat I did. take tbat ona atep. Cb urch Nc-athly. KTOne pie factory in the city o New Vork, turna eat forty thoossnd ales nj eek. The ovens bold one handred n.i fifty at a charge, and forty-eight brat, he are sometimes turned out daily. Of flour, eighty-nine barrela per week, two thousand pounds of beef In mlnce-pie seaioa. three thoueond five hundred pound of Isrd, three thoossnd pounds of sugar, two thou sand four hundred quarle of milk, with sup plies of fruit to matcii. Foarteon different kinde are mtde.

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