Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 34, Number 23, 20 July 1864 — Page 1

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These Boa la an- issued under the Art of Congress of Mari-liSlh, Itf I, Wiim.!i provide that all 15ouda issued under thi Act shall be EXKMIT FliOM TAXATION by or under any slate or municipal authority. Subscriptioti to tltcse U"U i are received iu United tate notin or notes of National Hank. Tlicy are TO UE KEI'EEMHO IS COIN, at the pleasure of the Goternmeut, al any period ' linn Un H .,r nmr thnn forty ytir from their .late, anil until their redemption. 5 FER CENT. I.NERErtT WILL I K PAIl'IX COIN', u Hondsof not over one hundred dollars annually and on all other Iiond m-mi-annually. The inU-rest is payLie on the first days of March ami SepU-uiber in each year. Subscribers will tecive either ll-(ri-fc--rel or Coupon ih.n.l.s, as they ro.iy prefer. LVgistercd Bonds are rcrorJed on the biok of the t'. tf. Treasurer, an I can be transferred only m the owner. order. Cu; on Don-Is are payable t bearer, and are more convenient for commercial uses. r'ubscribcr to this laon will have the option of having heir Kond draw intcreat from March lt, by paying the aeriin.fl interest in coin -(or in I nited Mates note, or the not.- of National Hank, adding fifty l"r cent, for premium, ! or tcceiie tlieni drawing interest from the tlttoof ubcrip.ion and dc-tosit. As these Iiond are I-. i eir.pt from Municipal or State Taxation, their value in increased flow one t three per cent. per annum, according to tho rata of tax levies in various part of tlie country. At the present rate of premium on gol 1 they pay Over Eight Per Cent. Interest in currency, and are of eiual convenience a) a permanent or temporary investment. It is believed that no serurities offer so great inducem.'nt to lenders as the various descriptions of V. S. Ilonds. In all other forms of indeMvdncas, the faith or ability of private parties or stock companies or (uparato communities only is plodded for payment, while for tho debts of the 1'nited States the whole property of the country is hidden to secure the payment of bth principal aud interest in coin. Thec lion Is may bo subscribed for in sums from $ i0 up to nny magnitude, on the same terms, and are thus mde equally available to the smallest lender aud tho largest capit:ili:tt. They can be converted into money at any moment, and t!'e holder will have the bsnefit of the interest. It may be useful to xtate in this connection that the total Funded Ielt of the Vnited States on which interest is payable in (told, on the 3d day of March, 1H61, was f 'J'V-l,'.)ili,0i)0. The interest on this debt for the coming fiscal year ill be S 4 ",1'3",I2', while the customs revenue iugold for the current fiscal year, ending June :iith, ISM, has been so far at the rate of over 100,000,I00 ht milium. Jt w ill be seen th.it even the present pol l revenues of tho (oicriitiiei.t are largely in excess of the wanb of the Trvasnrer for the pavinent of gold interest, while tho recent increase of the" tariff will doubtless raise the annual receipts from customs on the same amount of importations, to $ 1 .,000,0t)i) per annum. Instructions to the National Hanks acting as loan agents were not issued from thel'nited .States Treasury until MarcL 2, but in the (irst three weeks of April the subscription average more than TEN .MILLIONS A WEEK. Subscriptions will lie received by the first N'.itioiml Hank of Luino ille, Iud. I'irt Nnlionul Hank of I'ort iVii)nr, Ind. I'irst Niitioiuil Hank of I.nfayt'ttr, Iud. 1'irst ati'ial II. ink of Madison, Iud. First National Hunk ol Terre Haute, Ind. I"irt Nnlionul Hank of Richmond Ind. AND BY ALL NATIONAL- BANKS which are depositaries of Public money, and all KESPECTAPE HANKS AND HANKEKS throughout tlie country, actios: as agents of the Naticn.,1 IXipositary ltanks. w ill fuaoish fuvtlar information on spplication and AEEOKH EVEKV FACILITY TO Sl'BSCRIHEKS. U-3 m. RICHMOND DYEING AND Cleaning; Establishment ! ! fSMHE mi Icrsigne 1, hari purchased t!io Itiiek K Huildinat t ie wet-eu.lof the Hridgv.be is prepared to d all kin Is of li. oinsj. Werinji aypartl of every description, an I the finest articles of i elvct. Crap", shawls, l.sres, e., can be cleineil an 1 colored iu t e m t desirable m inner, at tiis establishment. S.a tl, tiri'a-e-Sj.ol., an I all kinds soil removed from Velvet. Silk, Ac. All articles cleaned and ded without beins taken to pieces if desired. ALSO - CARPETS, FEATHERS, PLUMES, ri.M ctv i:hs, vr., Ckvn-vi. St'lH IIIXU ii.l P.Ei'AIRINti cent!enieus wearing app ind d-me in short notice, au I iu the best iiinn-r. A! HON NETS dyed any color desire 1. f ir Very p irticuhir att 'ution is called 1 1 his newly iiiiea! "I style of clemin Ki I lilovcs: White as well as colore 1. wit'iont any o.lor an I dye !. Pare ."Is from s dist m-e carefully sent by Express or ot i Tivi. as instruct. -1. K.'inewber, fw Hriek ll-us? at the West end of the Uci !ge. C. WINKLE. Proprietor. June 22, tSl. HiehnK.ii 1. Ind. (I'.My.) I.. J. Flt ANClsco, 51. 1. t)iri.-eaiid Kcsideuce South I'rnukliu Street, East side, between Main and Walnut. ' Julyir, lst-3 30tf RICHMOND, Ismana. ANOTHER ARRIVAI. ut s. (S Arnin JStroet. H.iJdlc Hl idles. Trunks, t'ollars. hip. Chain, 1 lames, Horse Cover, Hrshc, Cards, llutl.tlo Hobr, Currycombs, And a pfncnl sssortntent of Saddlery Hardware. WM. I,. FRAP-V.

OLD VIRGINIA!

The Rebel Legislature of Virginia Las just issued an address to the soldiers of that State in the Iiebel armies, whereiato nearly every male capable of bearing arnis Las been ruthlessly conscripted and compelled to serve indefinitely, under penalty of beiu instantly shot. Many of them, very naturally, demur to this; wherefore the Legislature seek to persuade thern that it is all right. They talk after this fashion : It was at t'tis critical junc ture of our history, iu November, 1.VJ, that Abraham Lincoln was chosen President of the United States. lie was an obscure man, but little known at the South, whose life was a ch'c'iered book from hich texts of various and conflic ting significance could be drawn, to puzzle public expectation. Jlut there was one text graven on the pages of this book that admitted of but one read in:;. Mr. Lincoln was the author of that hidoous sentiment that the States of the Union could not remain part Free and part Slave States thutlhry must be wholly Free or wholly Slave. And a.s tho Southern States had never evinced a desire or design to impose their institution on the Uree States, it followed., as of logical sequence, that Mr. Lincoln thought the Free States were bound, by a manifest destiny, to crush out the Slavery institution in the South. This shucking sent'ment, which could only be made practical through seas of blood, endeared Mr. Lincoln to a people already educated to that cruel issue."' Mr. Lincoln was designated by the People for President in 1G0 not")!) but thin blunder of the Solons is a tri'.lo in view of their deliberate falsehoods. Not only did Mr. Lincoln formally and solemnly disclaim and repel, in the very outset of his Inawgural, any such purpose as is here imputed to him ; but the Re publicans in Congress offered to amend the Constitution so as to render it impossible that the Free States should 'crush out" Slavery; and this amendment actually passed cither House by a two thirds vote. Simultaneously, in the 'Peace Conference" or Congress, presided over by John Tyler, Mr. Amos Tuck of N. II. moved a proposition importing that neither Congress nor any other branch of tlie Federal Gove-nmcnt has any power "to interfere in any manner with Slavery iu any of the States," and that no party contemplates a. violation of the Constitution iu this regard which was voted down by 11 States to 9 every slave state rejyresentcdhcing in the majority, against all the throughly Republican States. The testimony to this etlect is so varied and abundant that those Virginians must know that their charge is false. They proceed to assert that "We hhall not delay to expose the shallow artifice by which be wantonly drew from the South the jirxl jire at S'nitter, and thus covered over his purposes with the deceptive semblance of defensive war. We desire to trace this Hood of wickedness to its truthful source and to present its real authors in unvailed deformity to the execration of mankind. This praclamation of President Lincoln was the declaration of war by the Executive of the Federal Government, without the sanction of Congress." These gentlemen have short memories. A "Southern History of the War,' by their eminent fellow Virginian and fellow traitor, Edward A. Pollard, will su'licc to expose Iheir deception. Mr. Pollard sums up the martial doings of the Conlederates, oejore Mr. Lincoln teas iiauytrated as follows : ' On the Incoming ol" the Administration ot Abraham Lincoln, on the 1 1 it of March, the rival Government of the South had perfected its organization : the separation had been widened and envenomed by the ambidexterity and perfidy of President Huehartnn; the Southern people, however still hoped for a peaceful accomplishment of their independence, and deplored war between the two sections, as a policy detrimental to the civilized world. The revolution, in the mean time, hail rapidly gathered strength, not only in moral power, but in th means of war an I muniments of defense Fort Moultrie and Castle Pk knev had been cai ttred by the South Carolina troops; Fort Pulaski, the defense of Sevannali, had been taktn; the Arsenal at Mount Vernon. Ala., with V, 00. stand of arms, had been se ire by the Alabama troops: Fort Mortran. in Mobile I5av. had been taken; Forts .Faefcs.-.n. St. l'hilip, aud Pike, near New Drleans. had been at; t-tred by the Louisiana troops; the New Orleans Mint and Custom House had been taken: the Little Rock Arsenal had been seized by the Arkansas troopsthough Arkansas had refused to secede and, on the 10th of February Gen. Twigsrs had transferred tlie public property in Texas to the State authorities." Such, as wc prove bv incontestable i Rebel authority, w ere among the events presiding Mr. Lincoln's inauguration. Six weeks thereafter, Fort Sumter, under deliberate and repeated orders from the Confederate War oilice. was bombarded, reduced and captured by Confederate cannon: and Mr. Jen". Davis's Secretary of War thereupon proclaimed, in a public harangue at Montgomery, that they would hae Washington City within a month. AU this preceded President Lincoln's Proclimatioa calling for 75,000 volunteers. Now, then, let us suppose that torn jur beside the Confederate had '

invested, bombarded and reduced Fort Sumter exactly as the ConfeJeate did,

; i i.,:..t ; .1 j LUlltulwu r1"1""'" "J uc termination to do the same with Washington City forthwith, would Virginia j magnates have expected the President to j await the assembling of Congress(not j 3 cnosen 1 ueiore caning ouia torce to resist tnat of the enemy Suppose tue Free State men of Kansas had driven out the Federal forces in 150 S, would they have expected the President to j I await a declaration of war by Congress 1 -' o before striking back ? Is it not plain 1 that these gentlemen proceed upon the . . ...... . 1 assumption mat tue siaveuoiuiug aristocracy of the South are the natural ! superiors of the people of the North, ! and as such entitled to do to us as they would allow neither us nor any other ! people to do to them V And this is just j tlie conceit that will have to be thrashed out of them before there can be any 1 Paper from Corn Husks. For many years the Austrian Government have encouraged a series of exlicri incnf nifiili tr f't.r 1 1 : t vilmt f tn t..t t :, Y-..I11.S -f Indian corn husks for making paper, and from the manufactured samples we have seen it appears that so far the practicaj 1 ilitv is concerned thj scheme has been ' successful. ! It is apparent that some substitute for rags is very much required, for the sup-

i plies are yearly becoming scarcer, more 1 distinctly instructed in this sense. j particularly since the war, when the j The result of the deliberations at ; cotton market has been so scantily filled. ' fi 1 1 v 1 . 11 1 . , , . i r , 1 , ,. , Cleveland did not as is well known meet i Certain kinds of tlie softer woods are , . , , , , , used to a great extent in tlie manufacture j the WIsl,?3 of t,,ld club' an1 the protest j of paper, and the peculiar machines and w hich our delegation, in conjunction with j processes necessary to work this sub-j those of some of the most inllueiitial I stance have been brought to great per- j Unlon CUxhs of othcr cUe9 oulerca ! fection ; and wood paper may, m time,! . . , - ., ... , supply a portion of the demand for the ! a-au,st scveral of the resolutions of the i ordinary purposes of business at a cheap 1 Convention, was fully endorsed by the j rate. j German Union Club of Philadelphia. ! Paper, it is well known, can be made j Nevertheless, our Club formally joined from a variety of substances : but the ... , . , i .w. t r. 1 i the organization, hoping that tuose (. lubs ! cost of lnanmulation is m many cases : 0 'to I too great to make them available. It is i by an accidental majority Lad acone objection urged against the use of j complished their object in the face of the ! co, n husks for paper that the stock com- j protest of the actual majority, would at inands at this time a very high price,!., ,.., r...,:, ,,.,...1.. .t.

seven to eight cents per pound, simply for use in mattresses, and that if brought forward as a substitute for rags, the demand would run the price up immedi-

J ately. lie this as it may the Austrian ; We r t that thU ho has not boon ( 1 overnment now makes paper of a ,. , , , . . ' ! superior quality from corn husks alone rcnllza- The objects ot the organizai and puts it into the market against rag- j 10 have not been regarded. Instead i paper. The Government has an advaii- t of harmonizing the conflicting ideas, j tage w hich paper makes in this country j many of our best and active men have

u ,,l,"ul' "m I ""lo pTiie:i:ise rugs ut lust nanus, so to spcaK; the great ports from which they are sent to this country are chielly in Austria or the immediate vicinity. There are, moreover, other points in tlie manufacture of paper from corn husks which render an investigation into its value im portant. The process of reducing the pulp or liber from which the paper is made, leaves tlte stouter libers or skele4 f .1... l -l i i tun oi me uiisiv uiiiiijureii, aim tnese are easily woven into strong stout cloth, or a fabric resembling crash toweling. Still another resultant, besides the paper stock and liber is obtained. This is the starch contained in the husk, w hich is all saved, pressed into square cakes, and afterward ground into flour from which bread has been made. If not desirable for this use here, it is certainly valuable for leeding animals. It is therefore clear that the corn husk is capable of a variety ; ftf lio "111.1 if I in i i.-i-f o ii f b.,t It '

j receive' serious attention. It is not ! Convention, hut were actually incorporaI reasonable to suppose that the Austrian te'l mto their platform in a much more j Government are spending time and objectionable form.

money in tue pursuit of a chimera, and it it can be made an article of cotntuerce in thnt country wo too should subject. there is no reason why not reflect upon this ; If we sleep upon niattrcsscs made of 1 irusR-i, u is plain tiir.t iy intelligent , ln.inaireir.ent we co;:M turn tue material i to much better advantage and j fibers forbairs; we may extract use tlie the life supporting principle, and set free the ' paper stock to go abroad to our country -; men in the shape of weekly journals, au i ' vet have mattresses from some other and cheaper material. : These t.re not schemes which v. o have ' briefly alluded to, but only an incomplete record of the uses to which th? maize plant is now put in Atisin t. Rolls upon rolls of cloth are manufactured annually, and it is both stout and strong: a sample ' can be seen at this o:lice. The great ' question to l3 looked at 'is simply Will j it pay? The obvious inference is that if ' the Austrian Goveriviiient finds it advantageous to foster establishments for using - corn husks iu this manner, manufacturers in this country may at leasi Ciamine : into it with pro5t. if it shall be found (and we aiv sanguine it will ) that corn husks can be put t better uses than feeding cattle or stutling inntti esse s. a very great field is open for the develop- ! mcnt of a new source of individual and : national wealth. S-ientfrc A'nerican.. 4There was a very heavy fire in Brook- : ; lvn. Y.. a larse amount of wool lvin" near a bonded warehouse, and a free store ! he-use adjoining took fire and was burned. ) j The fire extended to the warehouses, con- f ! sinning them with their contents, cm- : i bracing e ver ?iv0,ooo worth of guano j belonging to the Prussian Government, I i saltpcterT hides, molasses, sugar. Arc. ! The saltjeter exploded, preventing the i firemen from working, and breaking i glass in various parts of lirooklvn. audi even in Aow iorK. ine total loss is i j about -?700,XX. Jt& Peterson's Magazine for August : j has been received. It is a capital num-j j ber. and we commend it especially to j the notice of our readers. Peterson is very popular and j-tcndily gaining in pnblic favor.

The Germans of PhiTadelprlia Repudiate Freemont and Cochrane. TbrC'erman l aion Club of Philadelphia to

i the Eierutive Committee of the German j Oraaietion, of Indianapols, lad. j Jn 8ummer of is.,33 the idea arose I tbc G?rinan3 oi the United creatQ an nizatioa for tbe purpose of promulgating radical principles, of furthering the cause of human liberty in this country, and obtain that noliti.-fll infliirnc due to the German . . ... . . t;r-f , f. Ump-i. winch- owtner to uinerent j Iiq.i brfivfnri linen unattainable ' . . i by them. 1 The members of the German Union j Club, is always ready to act when the j cause of our country is benefited, favor- ; ed the plan, and elected three delegates ; to the Convention called in Cleveland ; on the lth of October, 1SG3, for the j purpose of effecting the organization. At this early period the German Union j Club declared it to be essential for the j success of the organization tuat even i the semblance of an exclusively German i party be avoided, and that in no case the ' r .Yl 11 i ri '. rn ntMioQr ill fftTimw OTilliKlr '"w -ir" i 1 ! tiu" to the native-born clement; that 011 ' the contrary the co-operation of all loy ; al citizens irrespective of birthplace or., language, is necessary for the successful isue of the present crisis. The delegates to the convention were "O-10119 resolutions, in order to establish the unity of action necessary for the usefulness of the organization. been atfronted by the intolei anc, of fa natic members, who pretended to express the sense of the organization. The natural result of this course could easily be foreseen; the organization has been confined to a very small circle, and the second Convention, held at Cleveland, May .7th, 1KU, was butsliuily attended, ; and disclosed the fact that the organiza c tion had not only failed to expand, but was actually much weaker than when the first Convention was held. Moreover, the resolutions against which the majority of the Clubs represented at the first Convention had protested, and which had been severely criticised for their impracticability by the leading organs of the German press of this country, were not only reatlirmed by this second reduced ti : . i. .. . r. ii.. v j x ins Luuit'iuiuu uix liiiait oepuraieu V,. f t. i.,.,i.i:.., ... t i. -i.uui.a. uw wuic.i tie liberal (ienuans ot "this country have been identified during: the last eiirht years; this Convention has uuitd itself with a number of our American fdlowwho i.ae oigaiueo uu-.tcr me name of '-Radical Democratic Party,"' t. i : i i i and has finally adopted the platform of this new party mid their Presidential candi late. Speaking for an overwhelming majori- : ty of the liberal Germans of this City ; and State, we cannot accept the platform ' of this Convention in all its points neither can the separation from the Repub, lican party and the nomination of a ' separate candidate for the Presidency be endorsed. Therefore the German Union ; club of Philadelphia has no choice left but to discontinue its connection with the ; German organization. At a special meeting of the German Union Ciulj of Philadelphia, held last ' week, the following resolutions were j unanimously adopted: 1 RESOLUTIONS. I Resolved. That we accept the tleeiI sion of the Ualtimore Union Convention. composed as it was of the delegates of t'lie Union party of the Unite.! States, elected and accredited in truly democratie form by the people, and that we unanimously ratify the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for President, and of Andrew Johnson for Vice President, and we support, to the full extent of our ability, the platform there adopted the most radical platiorm ever presented by any party in the United States. Resolved, That the Cleveland Convention. inasmuch as it did not m an it, : i fiom a regular election by the people, j j out. ow ei us exisu-uce sotety io tue sellassumed power of a small number of so called Radicals, was not competent to give an expression of the sentiments of the loyal ieople of the Uuited States, ! and that the nomination of John C. Free- ! montfrPr-idet and John Cochran. I

j for Vice President, and the organization i of a new party within the great Union ; party,is unwise.iuipolitc, and unpatriotic, i and unworthy of American citizens, t Such action in opposition to the clcarlv

expressed will of an lmmence majority 1 01 me people, 13 uouuiy repreuensitiie lor j the present time, when the state of the nation, aye, even the liberty of the whole j human race is dependent uiion the united and undivided action of the North. If the the hundred thousand of braves of Union and shall have spilled their blood in vain. in the contest for the preservation of the nation; if the widows and orphans of our defenders shall be denied the poor consolation that by the sacrifice of their husbands, fathers, and brothers, the libj erties or tlie country shall have been ; saved, if all the advantages so dearly : bought in this contest for obliteration of j the dark spot ou the bright escutcheon ; of this great Kcpublic are not to be trj recovcrably lost then we cannot leu 1 our assistance to the new party, j Resolved. That we deem it due to ; ourselves as German adopted citizens to i declare to our American born fellowj citizens that we have no part in the traij torotis attempt to destroy the. unity of the Union party, and that wc. have no inclination to throw overboard tne principles for which we have eonten led for years, and we have no wish to tear down the banner under which so main brave spirits have breathed their last, iu order to form an alliance with our political opponents before they have furnished convincing proof of their conversion tj our liberal i leas. Kksolvko, That the conduct of John C. Freemont, strongly savosing of personal hatred, and his open courting the atrections of the Coptiealwa;. have deeply shaken the Iii-.rU esteem in which we have hitherto held him. and that the acceptance of his nouin:Hion on a platloim Wliic.l, 111 several caiMtnal points, makes important concessions to our political opponents, has revealed him to us in a still more suspicious light. Resolved, That we most sincerely all upon all liberal Germans in the United States to consider well and calmly before they allow the reproach to be cast upon themselves that they helped to destroy the irreat party of liberty; that they a'ul-ed the Copperheads to win a victory which would jeopardize all that a horrible w ar of three years had gained for our cause, and that the streams of blood and the best resources of the country shall have been spent in vain. Resolved, To furnish copies of these resolutions to all the loyal newspapers j for publication, and to send a copy of ! them to the Fxeetitiw committee of the 1 German organization at Indianapolis, Ind. For the German Union Club of Philadelphia The Executive Committee. . Ruined, or Not. 'Gold is H)i, and the property of the country will be destroyed," says Mr. Faintheart. I "Gold is going to -200, and I shall be ' broke,"' says Mr. Weakknees. ! i '-I am ruined! my bank balance is ; ! . . . . - . , .. ,. ; wort it only ldty-live cents on the dollar, ' savs Mr. everthink. 'let usdtimamiviieiit p-entb'tnpti .,,! ' i 1 At us etop a moment, gtnia men, an i , ! look into this matter. rac are better, ; than fears, and principle is better than f i- -- . -,..:.. e ' ; prejudice. 1 ou are sutrenng v es 'suf- ; ferillg,' there is 110 Other Word for It 1 'l tinder the delusion that the amount of ! gold and silver coin in the country is s-.n ' i equivalent ot lis wealth, rsow, ilo you know that the highest financial autliori ' ties have never estimated this amount nt ! over two hundred and fifty millions, and it is probably much less, even in time of peace. But suppose we admit that it is , three hundred millions; and now, do you ' ; know that, according to the United 1 States census of 1 ''. the wealth of the '. country its real and personal property 1 1 was estimated (rather too lew t',an too i : high ) at fifteen thousand millions dollars. ; ( If you will just take your pencil nud cypher out the proportion that three hundred tiiousant miniou in specie, bears to fifteen thousan-1 millions of; property, you will discover that it is W hat? fifty percent? Xo! Twenty ii..- , percent! "So'. but exactly two per cent, that is. the vrliole amount of the specie in the country iw er was two jar cent. or the fiftieth part of the .specie val-.ie of the property; and if. at any one tirno. the - whole property of the country had been : f . ced ti sale for the specie in the country it would not have In ought two cents on a dollar of its actual specie value. Specie or the currency that may stand f jr it. i- only the convenient and recognized medium for making an exchange of products. It represents property in the market, property in transit, but nco; the fixed property of a nation. 3Ioney is the lubricator. It don't make values: : it simply lubricates the machinery r.n 1 ' keeps the wheels of commerce rumiing- , smoothly. When too abundant the ! wheels run too fast; and when scarce, there is too much friction. And n w, Mr. Faintheart, esn yo:i , pick a flaw in our statement? Is it not j absolute truth? But what shall we say j to Mr. Weakkn es, w ho is afraid of ban k- : ruptcy. and to Mr. Neverthink, who is .' only afraid of his bank balance. If Mr. i Weakknees is in debt, it is now easy to j get out. Pay up while money is plenty, j and be happy. t, ( 1 If a mortgage on vor.r land will due next year, or any year, provide for i it now while you are getting high iirieos ' for everything you sell. But Mr. I Neverthink you have say, a bank balance of Sitt.Ot'O. You are afraid that gold is goin up or paper eoin? dow : SlliOIlt Ollt of sicrht anil -nil iriijri tr ifirr.o tvishslineniTi t.imnnrtir,.. Will you buy a house worth only 810,0i0 in specie, ana pay lor it 81?,000 in cur rency? Suppose you wish to sell that utMic aucr tue resumption oi specie; navments. it will brino- vo:i nnlv 1 0 OidO. I 1 1-w . 1 . - . and vou will have lost exactly 8 4.000. J "Will that be a shrewd oi-eration.? We think we can put you up to somcthin-

letter something by which you can make your bank balance or currency, not only worth its face in gold, but a premium ln?sides. Iuvest in Government llonds. liny the 10 10" a. Alter the wrr is over, they will be worth par in gol I

ana sometiimg over ana they pay a liberal gold interest from the beginning. ; If they are not safe, then no property is safe. The same spirit of auarehv that would repudiate your property in the 1 national debt would repudiate it in your : house. If the law will not protect you in one description of your property, it will not in another, and your greatest : safety as well as profit, is in maintaining ' and strengthing tho Government that ; maintains and supports the law. Vn'Ai. any Mr. t'iddinas ou t'luiim oa the t'Dvcrani' iil. T'ie Now Tii'iiciP j. iibUs'h'j the list letter written br Hon. J. K. tii.M;ii.. It is date-.! at M. 'litre d nn I'le 2'. I of Miy. an I sJJrjsd to Hju. J. 15. Wis!:! tirar uf Illinois. lk complains that Congress, is orrtijtiiifr the morals of tlie nation bT legislating i'U l-rivato cU:uis, miic-tentlii of vLich bo thinks re neit!i r leyal ncr jn-t against the pis'jile ; and their payment is sheer nttu tin treasnrr for the benefit of men most of nlioin werj basa fcpertil.itors. A!'t.r desei il.in a claim i:i favor of nayinjr liicli lie once r.'p.ru 1. but ailcnvarj tliscovrre.f was IrauJu- J le".t, I j say : -I have no hope for tl.e peoj!o but to ! r turn 1 1 tLe iloetrics aud practices of the founders of j toe tiovernniL'iit, i-i rer.ird to priatt claims as no! t as t ' jen r.i! prirr iples :" He tsva ctmtinues : Hut mv ii'.t'-nti m iv.is calKsl to this subject pirticularly by the 1 ote ;' Vie House of Representatives iu ; ivor of p;ivi:i; for tvrt.iiu rabins in Virginia iler ti.yel by iur tr. .ps. It' the destriiciion erj im uiH-o.-rary, the mn wlio detrove.l them committel a criii..' ti r tthiih jhey should be punished ; bnt who will -ni p ijc tioit .sue i crime could ie the owners of the eui-iua a el.iiiu upin the pe- pie ? li" to.' lit'.r ji lion w ere necesstry to prevent the re'H'lr. froio usinir the ppvui'rte. t ie owner ouifit to brjve apoiksl the torch hi.nseif an! not to have waitet lor ..ur oilicers M .to , . If be emitt.-l to burn hi on ti buildings i:i sue;, a c i-e. ! e must have pre Te. red t,, i,o... it... ; :.... r.. ,..i.;i. , i.. ..1 I haiiired inf.l of paid. Hut h- wx asks Congress ! u' l".v 1,5111 the talu.i .he bu,i lings, because tin; !!. were not permitted e-. 'ov them. In the ear lier an-! better days of t;ie Kcpuhlie such chiiin onl 1 not h:ice been listene I b p itietuly. Many of our p.vplc li.tve paid out nvrj in niey to carry on this v. m,, i..i--- an I above taxes of every description, loan these cl.iins v.. re north. That ni is lost to tlie iu bvi luil by reasou of the war. Tne p.wuiiia-y I -es of tooe in 'ii are greater than the ht-sv.'s of this claim nit. These tit.'ii have fte -.ds, ta-igh'iOM, nep'iews, n I s-'ns in tie s 'rviee, many i'f whom have already !'.c H. hii-1 t ie loss ot those who live is, p.-rh aps, one iiMii Ii e 1 foil irreiir than t.his claiui ant. Shall these m- u w -it., snlllr ileat'i l" coMp-'tis it-.sl f Sliall too? r. i;o t:ieh tini', their property shall the oro!iai:s i.-n lere I such by this war ba coinpousatsvl oa- their loss? No man ever thought of asking it ! b i-lation of Congress could do it. Nor do wc eoirpl tin. We meet these criis cht.fr aiHr and patriolally. Tnt e slnll not if in a I Uiion to oir trials uo-l 1 ' s .-j1. s . Confess li.ves the children and orphans, the fathers. I rot.iers. and widows of our deceased sollier t " conrx nsat this irgini.ui tor the loss of his cabins : an 1 pot Tity w dl curse t!i? tueia-iry of t'mso who contribute their inlluenre to swell our National debt aril coiiupt th- m Tuls of the people by such I. 'jO-hltioTi. 1 am aware tli.it men will say this is a sectional argil in nt. I rply. it is c.-si.itial ibietrine of State rights w hi. h every Virginian has held to form the commeiiccm 'nt of the liorcrnmenl : but I use it in l .13 instance as illu-trative of the m'.icy 1 -ti i ! i n by II. 'iuiiioii. an 1 n lopte 1 by Congr.s in li'Si. That 'n ) Government is lnmnd by the I in s or usages of nations to c ai; 'ii a its citi vi for losses by the ravatres of w ar : et as :-..r.ie coin;iensalion nivy be dictated by huiii iiiiO' when the i-irr- is t: tKimt iwiijiii, and as siieh losses are liet known to the people of tho State iu which t'.e in Ii iduals lii e. it may isiper to r-'fer the sohjovt to the sim eral Suites to tit k such rntmieni (rum u.m,.r . but W iil"Und theae t. bo ne.uVv the nor Is of ll.-milton. The proposition was adopted.- the sev-rai states took u,u subject int.. their o u hand-, ni.-l in no insiance w as such a claim as that 1 iw- a'.lu le l m ever allowed. You win had tho ,ru'" laid down i:i (! n; " Frothinham, re'"ril in the St. I'ap -rs. Vol. Claiini. I.i th.it case )(Uil ii,1;,s w,.re hr ,. lriMli, bat clllliK.n. ..,ti.n was niused upon the just, the ml? propir ground that, ' ihr ay ,y,rar ar nr,-r t it r'tniKn-atrl tint I am sure the people of the Fro Stat.s w.Uij,ti v t nirr ,ss io rri this case of Virginia to the Legislator; of that Mate, fo wt-e -r"J'' "' -Vri- e-w, as they tuay de?u 1 r tr" t. Farrwrs are likely t . get a good pries for t'teir wool this season. The i- iraor linary price of cotton. i hicli will largely iiicrease the d.'ir,tnl for wool, an 1 the in-cr-'aed Uriii'of toreigu wool will give the wool growers the market to themselves t' supply the wants of the pu' lie. That these wants will be iuiny uiir 1 ir.'eired from tha fact that a niiiiiuu of men nearly will be in tlie army, who will un Inuiiedtlr rem in service during tlis ncit winter. This amir will bare to be clothed D I wool li.U lie the material used fur their cisJaig. In addition to this, there is the increase 1 demand tor the supply of civilian wear, con--S 'oueiit u;on the culling elf of inrK.rt it: x,s ley the i;ie i-.is, j tariff on nm.i. n fhvjs. N laoty cents a jk .n i i. it is sai 1. bavoi e -n i.Ueiel f. r wo4 esptHl t tt!C in liam Oiii i clip. There is every pros;-n-t tiien of tarm-rs l-ing pai l well, to' wud, an I fik.- ise f 1 r therttiv, which tu-.tst is uo.l Ujgdv as a suhstltuw for ts.fo.i!. C'. r.i;s .- lit ri:.i.'::.- A b.-.k r ittiug ?to!..-r goose, o t r;e I a ! r b.m, "itik r. li .hor." "i will, I whl shoKUsl i.e. It-dug j.'t.Tnr Is bne-tht l-i'ore a .liiti-trau, h:.: gi-d v. i'i t f oiieri-e, he defende ! i.iius- If by assio-.ng the C..u.- that i iin-r.-iy taIt it 'I' I" try its i- eigot, w l.- :i t.-e j r ...-! utor -udd.-ulr t ! 1 i.ii.i m "ii-tk. t.-r," which 1. 1 : !.. fin ling hdid re t m f- r it, rat-.-r taan let it ; ;:1, of courao Le ate it t.:ui A lo; ot;i; r d w. in lu in Luu-ioD county, Virginia, the r : a I to par two hundre 1 an 1 ti "tv loi!.-.r tie El 1:1 !e I Lv a p mv of i-i! -rilias ft tr-veat toe burnirH: .- hvr !i-.nse. Site toll taem to go alieiland burr, ail tliat ; ..an: i : '-If s-'i" bad thousand under h i f - : she w-.u!.i u .j g v - tbeta ne e.-nt." T1k-t 1 3rr...-i the bov.s-; 83 a in tur of c-irs.-. .c - ; p rh.a l J r.-ss is jit.it no-y er.ctpfainto? of to ; i titu's oi fie iforeri.m-nT. "ft'hen it ia ri iti r.! r r. 1 that this cxr-enjimr-; of wiiicb Iher coo.p' lilt is t w v o-s, f. ii-.:.. ;,j an I tou!it;ts paid to our s-tidier i r th r tuiii hi-.-s for tb danger cs duties peri im-! o .- .-us .- e: our iorruu..nt, we can have a :;. .ittrjciiiti tn of t; 3 patriol'-ta ef the pr!v that 'p,.i3..s is. The ( h -ag-t Trihune ftays : Tih State in which the i -t a?xd:ti-!iit. Oirrisx.n. was ioi prisoned and in w. i b t'.i'i ttr.st b' .l of I ni.ta a- ldiera waa abd, ia t k- fi.- t to ais-s the total sbolitit.n of iurewn (-iarc-rr. Tiie M iri land Cope-rh-a Is are al! iu L"c't army. A gt it.'-.nun from WUcons.'u ttates that t ie Gerr.nns - f that rute are alnvt unanimoosly f e Linco'i!i an 1 Jotinn. The 1- rt.i2H.-nt ticket ia har ilr ever roT-iitsor..-j. i lie raait:m.re rtoifiiuees will Wiseonsia by a very largir majority. sweep An sxcliang sn-i.-csts that there are manr pointaof resera: dance Itetween tlte catnpaigo of Crant and McCk lian. This is v-.siblc. but tnere ia also one great K-int of d. Sitvuci MoC i .'.Ua waa defeated, and Orant i 1 vic rk-u.s. A scViO.!uiarni in F.njland has a-dpted a nord mode t.f pimishm-nt. If toe f--ys rtwJiy Ih-t nalei lite tjMS triem on taeir na u an t jruri ea;i 1 water into thvir tr-wiH-rs legs. A yoduir ciri a flshing-rtd the er are the honk, the finiie is the bait. t; iwer is the gudgeoo, and marriage te butt -r in which he ia fried. la tie Slat; of Connecticut last rear thrre were 3.S-57 marnsg-' Tii less thaa to 1S63, &,2 deaths ' J k sj t-iaa ia 1 -i 2. Write your odk in kindness, lore aud lo-rcy oa th hearts of the i p.te y-si c-me in conUct with,'year by year, and too wji D-.-vcr be forgotten. .yat ofyo "Sir. Jenkins, will it salt oa to settle that old sir, yon sre rn.su.a-n in ut xnan I am not one of Uw oU s-ntier . . ... w. M. An-icron, an Ohio delegate vs t Cotmer. ChkyP et wrnes a letter a faw of tSST Iocrstv' dcrotwa

Tke Soldier Dcath-Dcd. i BT rsiia HEJta.vs. ' I.iec rW to riit fV n - My boyltood's ilieatu ! Was thi ; and now my spirit, with thr bnoi, Kob fnuu a field ot'-torr 1 yet tlte hour i Ik-ara lh.ts upon tne, ith a torrent' power, i Nature's deep lonrins : th ! for roe kind eye, : Wherein t meet kve's fervent farewell pae; ' Sotno breart b pillow tife'a last apvuy. ! Some voice, to speak of bipe and brighter day a, ' K v. n I tue p.tsa of sbaJon a ! Hut I r. 1. that have been s loved, po hence alone ; : And i, now patliencs nanil my own hearth' glow, j Swet trieihta ! it may be that a .ter too, j Kven in thut mouu-ni. with yuor langhins glee, i Mingle us cadence, while you apeak of um : j Ot uie, ymir sMior. 'inUlst the monntains '.vi ' On the red banner of his battles dyi.ig, Kar, tar away 1 and oh ! Tour parting prayer 1- Will not his name be fun 11 r murraer'd Here ? It will ! A blessing on that holy liearth 1 Though elouda are darkening vv o'ereast its mirth. Motiier ! I may not hear thy voice again ; j Sisters 1 ye watch to greet my step iu vain ; ! Young brother, fare toee well l on each dear head ! . . : .. - ....i i . . . . i r .1 1 i

My soul' last earthly blessing I Mar yvur Lorn Smile for you ever ! May no winter cotne, No rvriJ, between your hearts 1 Mar even roar taars, Kor mv sake, full of long remembcr'd Tears. ; Quicken t'oe true anVctions that rntwiaa ( Your lives in one bright bond 1 I may not sleep Ami-.lst our fathers, witerts thosw tears might shine ! tvvr my slumhera : yet yosir lora will keep i Mv ineuvry liing in the ancestral halls. N'l.erv shame hat.l nerer tm! the dark night falls, i And I depart. Tlie brave are goue t rest, J 1 tie brottM'rs or my eomliaU, on the breast ( Of the rvd field titer reap'd ; their work is dc riuu, too, art set ! farewell, farewell, thou sun 1 I Tlie last lone watcher of the bloody sovl, j OiH-rs a trusting spirit tip to tJtnl. ev .Stories About lr. lleecher. ' An agreablo little soapael to the biography of Rer. ; Lyman lleecher ia contaiued in the Congregational ; Clu irterly for July, in t!ie "Sketches and llecolleclions of tin tld Clergyman," contributed by C. F.. IStowa, of Hartford. Here are some of the ane -dotes: ! reeeher'a aimplicity, tuoyancj aud iuipertubraMe . gKxl humor disarmed opiosition wheu he cams I iu personal cotilac t w ith an opponent. Au old wood1 aycr whom we will call V , a rough, strong, ' shrewd mm. w ho belonged t-t a rival sect, was violently prejudiced against too lKtctor, c.-lociall v on account of his total abstinence principles. He had never seen him. ami would not hear him preach. Thi man had a large lot of wood to saw opposite to tho Doctor's house. The IWtor dejiended upon constant manual labor for keeping up his own health ; aud in 1 to ton, where he could not ciyoy the luxury of a garden to - dig in, lie was often puiiled to find means to keep loias. It in good working order. The eonaospu-uoe was that he sawed all the wood for li s own large family, anl fi l ling that too little, w ou.d beg the privilege of sawing at the woo 1 pile of a neighbor, lie was fastidious in the care of Lis wood-saw, having it always st band in his stu ly, half concealc 1 among minutes of councils, incomplete magazine article and sermons, an I the setting of his saw w as often duly accomplished ; while he settled nice 'mints of theology with his boys, or took conns -1 with brother ministers. " - Looking out of Ins stu ly win low mto day, when his own woolpile was re ltiee.1 to a discouraging state of i order every stick sawed and split he saw, wituenvy, j the pile of ol 1 V. in the street. Forthwith he seized bis saw, and soon the old sawyer of the street beheld a ' man. w ithout cravat and in shirt sleeves, issuing from I'r. lleecher a house, who cama bri.sklv up and asked . if be wanted a haul at his pile ; and forthwith fell tn work w ith a right good will, and soon proved to his r brother sa-ayer that he was no mean hand at tha cratt. Nodding his head iiguillcantly ni the opposite house, V". said : "Vnu live there ?" i 1!. Vcs." AV. -Work for the old man ?' ' It. -Yes." V. -What sort of on ni l fellow its he T'' li. "Oh, pretty much like tlie rest of ua. Good - mm enough to rk for." W. Tough oldVhap, aiut be ?" , It. "(tuess so. ft ttteui that trr to chaw him up." So the conversation went on till the wood went so fast w ith the new eolil-r that W. t-xelaime I, "First rate saw that of yourn !' This touched trie I'octor in a tender point. lie had ; settliat saw a carefully as the articles of his creed every t-f-th was critically adjusted, and so he gave a smile of triumph. I mv," said W. Where can 1 get a saw like that ?"' II. "'I don't know, unless rou buy mine." 'V ill l ull trade ? What do you ask t" II. "l" don't know. HI tlunV ftltout it. Cult at tha house tt-m rntw, anil I'll tell you." The t.ext day the old man knocked, and met ths i'octor at the door, fresh from the hands of his wife, u ith hi coat brushed and cravat tied, goiug out pi p-istoral duty. W. gave a start of surpriro. Oh," said the I H-t tr, "you're the man that wanted to buy my saw. Well, vou shall have it for nothing ; only let tui hare soma o your wood t- saw when yon work on my street." W. K.tid that ha then felt as if he wanted to crawl into an augur-hole. ms uasrscRirT. His habits of composition wsra peculiar. His social nature was so active that as soon as he had w rat -n a sentence which pleased him lit) bad an irro- ; pressihle desire to read it to somebody. Many a tints : tic has rushed into tlie dining room, where Aunt ' Kather was w ashing dishes "Here, F.sther hear this." , Aunt Ksther, w ith martyr-like patience, would atand, towel in one hand and an unnip-1 plate in the ot aer j 1 f'.r h trist hvj her tindiridi! att .-ntion), till hi had ! read his paragraph anl trotw.-l back to his study again. ' It s im itini -a mi-ra d as if he would nerer get a sentence done. He would write and re-write, crass and interline, t-ar up anl begin anew, scratch cut and scri'thle in, almost endlessly. In the latter part of ; bis lite this hahit bs-mc niorhi 1, and artuallr shut j him out from tha possibility of publishing his own , ritings. He was the tonn'-nt of prmter; ltli by tho ' d day of hii maimscript snd by the condition In which ! they fouli 1 it wlirn they got il. Onn td his daughter ; said there were three negalivs rules by which she : eiuid is.'al her father's writing, to wit: 1. If there ia ' a letter crossed, it isn't a t. 2. If there is a letL-r dot- ; t--l. it isn't i. l. If there is a capital letter, it if n't st ; the beginning of a word. At I.arv: seminary ha liTed mors than two miles fp-m the city. One t:m after the printers had ben ! oa tent- r-hooks forty-eight hours for their copy, tie j ha-tily finished his manuscript ia hi study, crashed . it into tiie crow n of the hat that lay Dearest bt him, clapped another hat on his bead, drove down to tit. , city, ruslted np tt t'te printing office, and stjatrfwil off j his hat. "Here's your copy h'm b'ln well, if it isn't here, it." somewhere else. ' The copy was stdl in tha ' hat that he had left at horn:, liut who could b; aa- ; grr with so much good nature, even if it wrj a JCi?" Nebraska liar: voted not to organi ize a State Government as yet. In thi we think he lias decided wisely. She had but I'-ll inhabitants in she t has not more than 60,000 now ; and she i could hardly fail, by making herself a i State, to double her local taxation a , serious consideration i t these days.- ! Whoever expected to be Governor, U. ; S. Senators, fcc, are doubtless annoyej by 1 this vote; but the great mass of the j people can bear the disapointment of this i class with unshaken foritude. Nebraska will be coming iu as a State, with a ' . ....t..: e in a 11,111 : ,. pctuistivtift ui aw.'v-t vti ci, aaa wasiu to vote for l'resideut iu 1W8. Hon. Schuyler Colfax was nominated for re-election to Congress from the 9th District, on the 30th nit , by cclamation. It is said to hare been the most entusastic and harmonious convention ever held in that district. His election, like Abe Lincoln's, is a foregone conclusion. Wendell I'hillips is out in the New York Independent in a lonjf letter, advocating the nominees of the Cleveland Convention, denouncing the administration, and making an affectionate and touching appeal to the "anti-slaTery" democracy for their support at the Chicago Convention anJ everywhere el, Poor Wendell.