gMtfifaa Hrifouu.
IALTOONA, PA.
tTIESDA-Y, APRIL 28,1863
Paaoa! Peace!!
Wo cannot imagine a more acceptable
telqjpiun than that announcing" peace on
a pennaaeat lads.” The anny in the
fiehhand top friends of the soldier at home
would share equally in the general joy,
and we wooU return to our usual avoca
tions with minds relieved—without a
fearful looking-for of dire calamities.
We bave seen and heard enough of the
“ potopaodcircumstance ofgtorious war,”
to satisfy os for a lifetime, and we are
willing, ysfc anxious,, that. we should
never jook upon its like again.
Bat bow shall 'we attain this coveted
boon ’ Seeing that U ie desirable, the
man whodiecovers the shortest and safest
route to it, will have carved his
OMBe 4lich up <m tbe scroll of fame.
There ase ways in which peace might be
•etmradto-morrow, but it would otoly be
lifce the lull in the storm, after the passage
of the first gale of wmd, to be followed by
the tonmdpitaelf Acknowledge the inde
peDdeora lito Soutbern Goufederacy and
the for ths tuDe, but how
long? why, jostdong enough for the Peace
6opw|dslip|»ra ;to get together and dispute
about the boundary line, and the catchup
of slaves which stray over it.
But gentlemen tell ns that peace can be
obtained by, means of a convention of
delegates from all the States. Unreason
able. First, for the reason ;that it would
be impossible to get representations from
all the States; that is, representatives who
would express the views of the people; and
unless such representation is obtained a
convention jwonld fail. Second, for the
reason that the men who control the re
hellion.would not come to a point where
of this character could be
are the only men with
be treated. A treaty
ntijjijfie made with other representatives,
but if the leaders did not agree to it the
representatives could hot force them ; and
third, for the reason that we do not
believe that men who took the oath of al
leghnee to the United States, while acting
in tha-capacity of U. S- Senators and Con
gressmen, and then occupied their time in
plotting the overthrow of the government
they had sworn to support, would be true
to any agreement that could be made.
They have shown that they do not .regard
an oath; and as for honor, they have
none, else, while plotting treason they
would not have remained in their posi
tions under the Government and received
itsmoney. t
Again, a. “Peace Convention” would
tend to lengthen rather than shorten the
stride. Considering it possible to hold
a peace convention, it would take at least
six -months, to make arrangements and
elect delegates; *od what are we to do in
the interim? Would all army operations
be suspended and the army disbanded 1 or
should the army Jje kept idle for six
months at great expense, for the purpose
(in case of a fcilure on the part of the
Convention to bring about peace) of ac
complishing, in the next six months, what
might have been done in the idle months.
And, besides it would afford our enemies
great advantage, because propositions for
such a convention must come from the
loyal States- Suppose the loyal States
should ask for 'the convention, the Gov
ernment could not then reasonably make
any additions to its army*or navy, or
cany on any warlike preparations, while,
on the other band, the rebds might accept
the proposition, not deairing that it should
result in pewse, bnt'lor the sake of gaining
time to .fill op their ranks and get every
thing ready to make a more determined
effort to secure their object
We said that the idea of “a “Peace
Convention” was unreasonable, because
the man who control foe rebellion would
not coni* to a point where such conven
tion would be held- Jeff Davis, Ste
phens, JFloyd, Betyamin, efit., who carried
the Cotton iStates out of foe Union, would
notbe likely to come to Louisville toattend
such a conventufti, and who would act in
their places ? There are many good tnen
in their dominions who could, and wil
lingly would, act for them, but even if
they should agree upon terms of compro
mise spd peace, what assurance could they
give us that their masters, Davis A Co.,'
would sanction their action? If Davis A
Co., did opce over-rule these good men
and plunge the South into rebellion, could
they not much more easily upset the works
of these peace commissioners, if they did
not salt them, now that they have
the army: in .toe field and the (people
under their feet. We say it is un
reasonable, to suppose that a “ Peace Con
vention” would give us peace.
We have spoken of the rebels asof a
people with whom it was possible to treat,
but seriously, we incline to the belief that,
however Anxious we might be to treat
with them, we can never do so. With an
enemy we could treat, but a government
can makAho treaty with traitors without
compromising its standing! among nations.
It would be a virtual admission that the
government was not able to maintain
itself. We have been, told, time and
again, by the rebels, that the only terms
of peace are a recognition; of the Southern
Confederacy. Are we prepared for this ?
Would it secure ions lasting peace and
pi iiiiiiisiiit fii r uritj Alas, no. It would
entail upon the country a continual strife.
The bbundary line would be a fruitful
source of dissension, and toe “peculiar
institution” -of the one -section would be
daily, if not hourly, creating personal
rencontres along the border, which would
eventually lead to public notice. Two
governments, so widely different, can
never live tide by tide.
And what is to become of the Union
men in Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri,
in case the slave States are permitted to
go off. They have suffered more for the
rake of the Union than the people of the
North, and would they agree that all their
sufferings should have been for nought,
and quietly acquiesce to the rule of the
despots they hate. No, sir. As Union
men the Government is bound to protect
them, if able, and it has not yet been
proven that it is not able.
But peace is not the design of this peace
convention movement. The leaders of it
know well BBOOgh that it is impossible.
It is hs a political trick. The
desire for peace being wide-spread and
deservedly popular, a few designing dema
gog us have fallen in with it, and are hold
ing out to honest men,“by specious reason
ing, a delusive phantom. By coming out as
peace men they hope to delude sufficient
to their support to elevate them to .places
of power which, one year hence, will
be far beyond their reach. It is not peace
they want, but place. We have reason to
doubt the loyalty of those 80 fur
a. Peace Convention. If they really de
sire it they must desire concessions to the
Southern Confederacy, as that is the only
v&y in which it can be obtained through
a convention. That there are men among
us who wish the Confederacy success we
can no longer doubt. The leniency of the
Federal government, in dealing with
traitors, hiss much emboldened them. At
first .they were held in check by the ex
citement throughout the country, which
made it unhealthy for traitors to make
themselves known, but little by little they
have unfolded their views, and entered
into denunciations of all engaged in up
holding the government, until they are
only equalled by Southern traitors; By
them, honest loyal men have been deceived,
and may continue to be deceived for a
little while longer, but they will get their
eyes open by and by. While the .Govern
ment has been dealing leniently with
Northern traitors, have all the time
been cryipg out oppression, usurpation,
tyranny; etc., in order to divert suspicion
from themselves.' Bnt these dodges are
about played out Loyal people don’t feel
these oppressions, and will soon begin to
inquire the cause. They will then find
oat that it was only the traitors who
were oppressed, and that these traitors
sought to draw loyal men into taking part
with them, in order that they might
shield themselves and more effectually ac
complish ‘their object.
Much as we desire peace, we prefer not
to accept of it at the sacrifice of all that
would make it sweet. ;We live not for
ourselves alone. We would not agree to
a dishonorable settlement of the present
difficulties in order to obtain a short respite
for ourselves and then leave to posterity a
legacy of war. This rebellion cap be ef
fectually crushed, and will be, in less than
six months, if all loyal people stand by
the Government; but if Northern traitors
are determined to interfere, it may be more
protracted, although the end will be the
same. Treason must gp down—must be
so effectually crushed that the roots will
die, and then we shall have a peace
which will be permanent This ’js the
peace for which we ask, and not pCace on
any terms.
Murvrbmboro, April 21.—Some refugee* who
have been ; relieved from rebel oppressions! Mc-
Mmisville, ; by a highly successful expedition of
General Iteynolds, hive arrived at BeadroDe.—
General Hagen telegraphs (Hat General ttsynolds
took the town, capturing two raOroad trains and
a train ofvimgons. Amoqg the number, of pris
oners taken was Mrs. John Morgan-1 expe
dition basmore important result*, as effecting the
situation, than those named.
FROM NSW ORLEANS
Important from General Banks’ Army
Tvsßapente figkb vitk the: Web. 1
New York, April 26.
The Steamer Fulton, from New Orleans, has
arrived with inportant advices. •
On the night of the 17th inst. General Banks
had reached TemillionvUle. After a hard fight
at Vermillion bayou where the rebels had posted
batteries and infantry, bnt they were driven from
them after a desperate fight with considerable loss
on both sides.
Some 1,000 prisorers had been brought into
Franklin, captures of whole companies of rebels
being made at a time. „
The rebels also destroyed ten steamboats to pre
vent their falling into unr hands, and two large
gunboats, and-the Diana were included in the de
struction.
It is reported that General Batiks would cap
ture Opelousas on the 18th, and occupy it.
Oar fleet had reduced La Bose, an important
point.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
The New Orleans Era of the 19th, the only
late paper received, gives an account of late mili
tary movements.
A letter in the Era, dated in the field above New
Iberia, April 16th, states that Colonel Kimkill,
jvith the 53d Massachusetts regiment, entered the
rebel works at Bethel Place on the morning of the
14th, planting our flag on the parapet. General
Wiuel’s division followed, and succeeded by the
whole line.
The rebels left a number of their dead unhuried,
and evidences were plenty of bloody work in their
ranks. Large stores of ammunition, some Enfield
rifles and other arms were captured.
Our army then marched through Pattersonville,
skirmising continuously, and reached Franklin on
the 15th. Prior to Tuesday night some thousand
prisoners had been brought into Franklin, captures
of whole companies being made at a time.
At Franklin the steambont Corinc was captured
with three officers of the late gunboat Diana on
board, thus restoring them to onr service.
The rebels also destroyed ten steamboats to pre
vent their falling into G«n. Banka’ hands, and also
two large gunboats and the Diana. Inclnded in
the destruction of those boats were immense stores
of bacon and a thousand cases of ammunition.
The expedition of Gen.. Grover had been emi
nently successful, and in a battle with the rebels
at Irish Bend, the 13th Connecticut charged on
the rebel line and batteries, supported by the 26th
Maine, 25 Connecticut, 12th Maine and 91st Sew
Vork, and defeated them, leaving a silk flag and
other trophies in our bands.
The rebel force consisted of two regiments of
Texans and three batteries, including the famous
Pelican and Sims’ batteries. The whole rebel
force at Bethel Place and Irish Bend numbered
some one thousand, posted in a highly advanta
geous position, under command of General Pick
Taylor, a son of the late Secretary Taylor.
Important captures of horses, moles and beef
cattle, to the number of over a thousand were
mode. '
The celebrated salt mine or salt rock was
captured and the rebel works destroyed.
The rebel soldiers were not loth to bo captured,
and over 1,600 are in our bands and more arc be
ing taken.
An abandoned rebel iron foundry was found
dear Ibua containing a quantity of shot and shell.
Our fleet has reduced the rebel fortifications at
Bute La Rose, an inqiortant point. The prospects
are that the rebels will lie driven out of Opelousas
county or all raptured. Our troops are in a
splendid condition.
The wounded of the late battle, have nearly all
reached New Orleans, numbering 1 TO, where they
are quartered at the Mechanics Institute Hospital.
Important from Louisiana.
THE REBELS BADLY DEFEATED
Philadelphia, April 2k.—A special to the
Tribune from Washington, says;—Official des
patches received to-day from the commanders of
the navy before Vicksburg, announce that another
fleet has successfully passed the rebel batteries at
tuat point, and joined that which passed them a
week ago. Five hundred shots were fired at them,
and almost every vessel was hit, bat no gunboat
was injured, and only one transport was sunk.—
All the barges loaded with coal, of which there
were a number, safely reached their destination.
The Tribune's editor says : New Orleans dates to
the 19th are at hand, and bring good news. Gen.
Banks' progress on the Techee, towards lied river,
has been highly successful. On the 17th he
reached Vennillionville, in Lafayette parish,
nearly west from Baton liouge, after a severe fight
at the crossing of Vermillion bayou, where the
rebels made a desperate resistance, but were de
feated with considerable loss on both sides. It
was supposed that Banks would be in Opelousas
with Uis whole force on the night of the 18th.
There is a report by the way of Memphis that
General Banks has reached Point Coupee, on the
Mississippi. The.despatch says Red River, op
posite Bayou Sara. The rebels have been driven
from their fortifications at Bayou La Rose, and
the place is in our possession.
Among the results .of this expedition are the de
struction by rebels themselves of a dozen or more
boats, one a very powerful, gunboat shielded with
> railroad iron; the destruction of the Queen of the
’ West and the l>iana; the defeat of the rebels
wherever they made a stand; the destruction of a
large quantity of ammunitioitVnd provisions, and
the breaking up of a probable plan for the recap
ture of New Orleans. ' < l
The rebels at one place . were nnder command
of General Dick Taylor, son of Zachary Taylor.
It is in this western part of Louisiana, among
lakes, bayous, creeks and swamps almost impene
trable by any bnt a native, that the rebels have
been strongest in that Slate. Their complete
discomfiture, the capture of many of them, the de
struction of their boats, and stores, is a serious
blow, and almost insures their extinction in the
western parasites.
About a hundred and eighty of our own wounded
hod been brought to New Orleans. Our losses are
not stated, but certainly not heavy.
FB.OM KENTUCKY,
Official Report of the Expedition to
Celina.
Washington, April 26.
The following lias been receired at the head
quarter, of the army:
# Cincinnati, April 23.
To Maj. Gtn. //. IK. HnUerk, Gfneral-in-Chief:
The following dispatch has just been received:
Headquarters. Louisville, April 23,1863
The expedition to Celina whs emirclv successful.
Col. Graham reports through Gen. llobson that
(hey destroyed the town, .10,000 pounds of bacon,
1.000 bushels of wheat, 10,000 bushels of corn,
100 barrels of whisky, 100 barrels offlonr, a con
siderable quantity of sugar and codec, and forty
boats which had been used in transporting sup
plies from Burksville and other points on the
Cumberland. The rebels report a loss of 90
killed; but Col. Graham-,the commander of the
expedition is of opinion that the number is greater.
We had one wounded and one missing. This
result is highly creditable to our troops, ipdeed it
was a perfect success.
(Signed) Brig. Gen. WRIGHT.
A, E. Burnside, Maj. Gen. E
Rebel Operations at Washington, N. C.—
The Wilmington,. (N. C.) Journal of the 18th
inst. says;
We regard itas more than probable that a latge
portion of Gen. HiU'stroo[« have already left the
vicinity of. Washington, and. although mortified.
We would-not be at.all surprised to hear that the
so far tut Washington is concerned, liad
turned out to be a failmE, We do most sincordy
trust that it may turn out otherwise, but we are
relnctantlv forced to this belief.
Income Tax Begulations.
The Comissioncr of Internal Revenue has just
issued the following regulations for the assessment
of the Income tax:
The Assessors of each Collecting district will
assess the income tax, as onthe first day of May
next, upon event person rending within the dis
trict Hattie thereto. Each person to retniH his
total income, so far specifying the sources whence
derived as will enable the Assessor to decide 'what
deductions should be made therefrom. Persons
whose income does not exceed two thousand dol
lars, and who reside in the United Staes, will ha.
subject to a ditty of 3 per cent, on such portions
hereof as is liable to tax ; provided, however, that
upon the income derived from the interest upon
notes, bonds, or other securities of the United
States, a duty of IJ per cent, be levied. Persons
Whose income exceeds ten thousand dollars arc
subject to a duty of 5 per cent, on the portion
subject to taxation, provided upon the income , de
rived from the interest .upon notes, bondior other
securities of the United States, a duty of IJ per
cent, will be levied. Citizens ofthe United States
residing abroad, and not in the employment of the
Government of the United States, will be subject
to a duty of 5 jier cent, on the income of any
property, securities or stocks owned in the United
l States and not exempted from the income tux;
: provided, however, that upon the income derived
from the interest upon notes, bonds, or other secu
ritiesof the United States a duty of ],£ percent,
will be levied. Every farmer or planter will he
required to make a return of the value of the
produce of his farm or plantation, without deduc
tion for labor for himself or of his servants, or for
any portion of such produce consumed by himself
and family.
Tne following deductions will be made from the
aggregate income of each person and tax assessed
upon the remainder, viz: State and local taxes
assessed in the calendar year proceeding this
assessment, to wit; from January Ist, 1862 to
December 31st, 1802, inclusive-Salaries of offi
cers or paymasters or persons in the service or em
ployment of the United Stales, from which a de
duction of 3 per cent, has been made by disbursing
officer of the Government; interest or dividends
on stock, capital or deposits in any bank, trust
company, savings institution, insurance, bridges,
express, steamboat, ferryboat or railroad company
or corporation, from which interests or dividends
a duty of 3 per cent, shall have been deducted by
the officers of such companies, corporations or
associations; interest from any bonds or other
evidences of indebtedness of any railroad compan d
or other corporation from which a duty of 3 per
cent, shall have been (ieiucied oy the officers of such
company; and the receipts derived from adver
tisements on which duty shall haev been assessed
and paid ; also, the sum of said $6OO shall have
been deducted from the pay of officers or persons
in the service or employment of the United States;
the amount actually paid for the rent of any dwel
ling house or estate which is the residence of any
assessed, and the amount paid by any farmer or
planter for hired and necessary repair upon his
farm or plantation, including the substance of
laborers whenever the total income of any person
exceeds $lO,OOO, and deductions are made there
from iqion the ground, that the portion of such
income has been subject to a 3 per cent, duty upon
; dividends or interest paid by cum|ianies, corpora
tions or associations, before named.
Guardians ami trustees, whether sueh trustees
are so by virtue of their office as executors, ad
ministrators, or other judiciary capacity, are re
quired to make return of the income belonging to
minors or other jiersons, which may be held in
trust as aforesaid, and the income tax will be
asscessed ujion the amount returned, after deduct
ing such sums ns are exempted as aforesaid ; pro
vided that the exemption of .$7OO under section
90 of the exci-e law. shall not be allowed on ac
count of any minor ot other beneficiary of a trust,
except upon a statement of the guardian or trustee,
made under oath, that the minor or beneficiary
has norther income from which the amount of
$OOO may be exempted and deducted. Wherevei
persons liable to an assessment of the income tax
shall neglect or refuse to make lists, ns required
by law, or whenever the lists made and tendered
by such jicrsons shall not be exempted by the as
sessor or his assistant as just and proper, it shall
be the duty of sueh assessors or assistant assessors
to make lists for such persons, according to the best
information he can obtain. Persons so assessed
may make oath or affirmation ns to the amount
of income and deductions therefrom agreeable to
section 93. Persons receiving rent may deduct
therefrom the amount paid for necessary repairs,
insurance aud interest on incumbrances upon such
rented property. The cost of new structures or
improvements to buildings shijll not be deducted
from the income.
The tax must be levied upon all dividends de
clared prior to September Ist 1802, and. upon
$OOO of all salaries of officers, or payments to per
sons in the civil, military, naval or other service
of the Uuited States, for service rendered prior to
said detes, as such dividends ami proportions of sal
aries were not subject to deduction or assessment.
Interest received ftom or due by trust companies,
savings institutions, insurance, • bridge, express,
steamboat, ferryboat, or railroad companies, cor
porations, or associations, prior to this same date
must also be taxed. Interest paid by him On in
cumbrances upon the dwelling house or estate on
which the assessed person resides, may be deduc
ted from the income; also his payments for neces
sary repairs. Farm produce, which the producer
has on hand on the 31 si day of lBO2,
must be appraised at its market value on that day.
The income tax shall be included in the annual
list, and appeals and other proceedings held as
provided by law.
Rebel Plans at Suffolk Frustrated
Gen. John J. Peck, in command of the Federal
forces at-Suffoik, appears to have complete); de
feated the rebel plans in that locality. The rebels
counted surely on his being overwhelmed. The
Petersburg Express, of the loth, said; “Our
people are buoyant and hopeful, as they ought to
be. We have •in that direction as gallant an
army as was ever mustered under any sun, and
commanded.by an officer who has won laurels in
every engagement, from the first Manassas to that
of Fredericksburg. Such an army, commanded
by such an officer as Longstreet, may be beaten,
but such an event is scarcely within 'the range of
probability, if we have been correctly informed as
to the number of the enemy garrisoning Suffolk
during the past six weeks.” Longstreet crossed
with this great army on five bridges over the
Blackwater on the night of the 10th, and opened
on all the approaches to Suffolk, excepting one.
On the. night of the 11th he drove in our; picket
lines. From that day until now he has labored to
torn our flanks, especially the right flank on the
Nansemond river, which :br some ten miles is not
over a hundred feet wide, and so is favorable for
crossing. Jeff. Davis, Lee, Longstreet, find D.
H. Hill, pre|iared the plan of attack on Peck.
Longstreetvwas to advance with 38,000 men cut
the nver about five or six miles below, cross and
unite with Hill, who was to come from North
Carolina with 22,000 men through the Dismal
Swamp. All communication thus cut oft’, Peck
was to be trapped, and the James river opened to
Norfolk, where their iron-dads and other craft
could have ready access to the ocean; The
James, next to the Mississippi, is the mOet im
portant river in the confederacy. Gen. Peck, by
great vigilance and strategy, frustrated all these
rebel plans.
Protection op Black Soldiers.—General
Hunter, a few weeks ago, made a communication
to Gen. Beauregard, giving him lormal notice
he sltould retaliate promptly every outrage or
wrong done to any of our black South Car
olina or Florida troop*, who might fell into
rebel bands. And he added, what was perhaps
the most 'effective part of his threat, that his
choosing upon rebel prisoners upon whom'to re
taliate, he proposed carefully to select those who
owned the greatest number of slaves. Thus, for
every black soldier Beauregard hangs—according
to his threat—Gen. Hunter will hang two slave
holders.
Who Built, Fitted Out and Manned
the Bebel Pirate Alabama ?
The following article, from the Liverpool Post
copied into the London Times of January 15th, j
gives a conclusive answer to.the above question :. j
■ The Alabama. —A very erroneous impression I
has been created a communication in the I
Scotsman in reference to this celebrated vessel. I
She was built by Messrs. Laird Brothers, of - the ■
Birkenhead Ironworks, by whom also her engines,
of 300 horse power nominal, were designed and i
constructed. She was the 2!)0iI; ship by the j
Messts. Laird, and, fls her proper name had not J
been fixed on up to the time of her leaving the j
Mersy. she was only known as : the “ 290." It is :
stated in the Scotsman that “ the 1 290’neglected
to return to Birkenhead, but steamed directly for
the island in the Atlantic where she was to take
in her guns, ammunition, &e." The facts arc
stated on the authority of one of her late officers,
to lie as follows: Onthe 29th of July last the
“290,” with a party of ladies and gentlemen op
board, left her anchorage, and spent the day, till
3 P, M., in cruising about the bay of Liverpool,
when the passengers were put on boatd the tender,
and the vessel proceeded to Moelfra bay, close to
where the Royal Charter was lost, where she an
chored at BP. M. The next day she'spent Rrsc=*
curing everything for sea. A tug arrived-af SP.
M with a lot of men to complete the crew, and
from that time till 2.30 A. M. of Thursday (July
31) was occupied in shipping the - crew, 4e. As
soon ns this was completed the “ 290" steamed
otf, at the rate of 14 knots an hour, round the
north coast'of Ireland, arriving at her destination,
Porto Prayo bay. Island of Terocta, on Sunday,
August 10th, making a run of ten days, noVeight,
as the Scotsman has it. The commander of the
“290" was Captain Mathew J. Butcher, Royal
Naval Reserve, who was the only person who ap
peared in any ef the ship’s business to others than
the builders. Again, it is said “ the ‘29o’ had a
set of English papers and other presumptive proofs
of her neutrality, it\ the face of which it might
have been difficult for her captor to have acted."
So far is this f rom being a fact that the “ 290” had
no ]ia]«“rs whatever, having left without the for
mality ot clearing at theenstoms. This celebrated
vessel will “give a good account of herself” if she
is overhauled by any of the United States’ ships of
war. Shelias proved herself,, whether under sail
or steam, asm marVel of marine architecture; but
that is only what one would expect to find from
the fame so'justly achieved by her builders. We
ought to state that the officers and crew of this
famous “Secesh” war-ship are not, as has been
represented, “ the scum of the earth.” The offi
cers are accomplished gentlemen, and from
previous experience well up to their work 'as naval
officers while the crew consists for the-most part
of old meu-of-wars' men, and men who' have
served in the Royal Naval Reserve. The Ala
bama is supplied with conj by a regular relay of
ships, which take out, under inspection, the very
best Welsh steam coal.
Affairs at Richmond. — A Richmond cor
respondent of the Mobile Advertiser, gives the fol
lowing account of affaire at Richmond:
Gold is fonr hundred per cent.
My newspaper carrier, a very dark individual,
whose coming every morning >t breakfast time
induces one to think that .the sky has suddenly
clouded up, appeared blackly above the area'rail
ing of my basement yesterday at his accustomed
hour, with the gloomy announcement that here
after he should be under the painful necessity of
charging me $l.lO a month for the Examiner, in
stead of $1.20, its heretofore, because “you see,
sab, dey dou riz onus." .This is rathe.' a sleep
clvation in the price of journalizing, but will illus
trate the Constant increase in the cost of every
thing in Richmond. Think of one hundred dol
lars a ream for foolscap, and seventy-five dollars a
ream for leiter paper! These are the prices at
the booksellers at retail. Who is the cxfoitioncr?
Where is he ? Or, rather, where is he not? The
countryman comes to town to buy a hat, for
which he is charged four prices, and cries out the
batter ought immediately to he placed in Castle
Thunder, but the same countryman has been paid
ten prices for his eggs and butter, and twenty
prices for his potatoes. The editor writes an elo
quent leader u|>on extortion,' which he classes
among the deadly sins, and we must give five
times the ordinary sum to read his fine periods
and generous denunciation. As a matter of par
donable curiosity, I asked a fashionable tailor this
morning for what amount he would make me a
plain suit of black clothes. and he meekly replied,
two hundred and fifty dollars. Funner comment
on the fearful state of things here is entirely un
necessarv.
Losses in the Russian Campaign. —A writer
in the Washington Chronicle contends that the
“ Americans know nothing of military disasters,”
and proceeds to fortify his assertion by a 'state
ment of losses suffered by the French in the
famous Russian campaign of Napoleon. The
grand army of invasion consisted of 301,076 men
and 103,854 horses. During the short campaign
of nineteen weeks and two dap the losses of the
French, purely military, reached the enormous
number of 247,000 men and* 92,900 horses!
These statistics are derived fropi official statements
in the war office of Paris. But other French
armies besides that under the immediate command
of Boneparte entered Russia, and look part in and
prolonged the campaign. The total force num
bered 647,000 men of whom 600,000 were com
batants. The number of„ those who got out of
Russia was 85,000. The loss of the French, then,
during the brief campaigh of twenty-five weeks,
was five hundred and sixty-two thousand men,
and nine hundred cannon! ; ’
Soldiers who Fell at Antietam.—A gen
tleman who has just recovered the body of a rela
tive who fell at Antietam, furnishes information
which may prove of value to those who desire to
recover the remains of friends or relatives buried
there. On his way to the late battlefield he stop
ped at Hagerstown, at the Union Hotel, kept by
a Mr. Anderson, a Union refugee from Virginia,
and who was robbed of all he. possed by the rebels.
He accompanied the gentleman to the battlefidfd,
and spent a day in finding and preparing the body
for removal, without charge.jfcln the village of
Sharpsbnrg resides a man named Aaron Good,
who has a list of the names of nil the Union sol
diers buried there, and: by his help the graves can
easily be found, but he demands a large fee for
his services. To persons who tnav have friends
buried in the vicinity of Shatpsburg, and who
wish to recover the Remains, dhese facts will prove
of mueh assistance. ! -
Irish Volunteers.—European news states
that the representatives of the United Statesgov
ernment in Ireland, are said to bs literally beseiged
by persons anxious to he sent out to join the Union
array. The Cork Examiner of the 7th says: The
number of persons who have left Kerry for the
United Slates during the fortnight, exceeded all
that had emigrated during the two pfexious years.
Almost every morning crowds of pefbns, prin
cipally of the farming class, are seen taking their
departure from the railway station, Killarnev en
route to Queenstown for America. We are 'tola
that the unsettled state of affairs in that country
does not deter them. It appears that large sums
ot money have been sent over from America lately
by the relatives of persons irt that part of country,
and in many cases, tickets have been enclosed in
the letters for the passage across the Atlantic. x
Burnside’s Order.—lt is a matter'of great
rejoicing among the friends of the Administration
and of the Union, hereabouts, says an ludianaptH
lis dispatch, that Gen. Burnside’s late order
against treasonable praciices of ail kinds, is work
ing like a Charm. Bold and impudent butternuts
who, ten days since, were blatanr of seccsb savings
and emblems, ye now mum as oysters, and have
stripped their persons of all traitorous insignia.
Another Risk k; Pap E r._Ti,o paper man
ufacturers held a meeting in New York on
Wednesday, and agreed to’stop half iff their Work
on writing pap«|f 'and quarter of their work on
printing paper. The object of this movement is
to Increase fee price.
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PRINTING OFFICE.
Having, within tbs put two jeers. node coneUeto
..ijitiou to one eatabliahtnent inthe wej of new £u
~o% Sew Prwai, Pnper Cutler, Cud Cotter. Ruling !
Ijine, Oord Power Preen, nud Urge Newspaper Poi
Weem (* cot of which we glee etwee) we ere now prepe
. r .xerete onj thing in the. line of .printing or ruiln,
‘ ~v i c equoi to enj establishment in the ctnle, not
‘i'u>w eqnoliy iow. Wo con execute, on ahort.oiMfce.
.rvles of -
Wedding,, invitation, Visiting, 801 l * Businoxi Cor
Giroulars, Programmer,
mammoth posters, sale bill
yEWSl^ a i>!![lA®@
pamphlet*. Pay and Check 80l
BLANK BOOKS,
MANIFESTS. AND BLANKS OF ALL KINO
All we osh it o irlel, fading conSdenl thet we con j
.aiisfbetloo if we have the op|wnnnitj.
'IIBiM it Lowtber'. bonding.corner of Virginia anti
.tree Is, opposite Superintendence Offl.e.
Five-Twenty l\ S. Loan.
117 M, M. LLOYD & CO., Altooi
ff - .re subscription ogeote to dtappu of thia I’
Taints Tenro C. S- Loon. AnUKiDtscoo be had to
the tnaone ofdtSeronl luillvidasis -the Interest being |
.Me end to bo octjounted fcr holtjeorlj lo flold.
April M. •«S.-»w.
Fav Dat.—Doubtlts* wo are an ungraU
l*ople. Considering our circumstances, it n
he that we are the most ungrateful of all natio
None have been highly favored at we, a
m>i Christianity—we mean genuine, experiment
mJ not theoretic Christianity—has made I
progress than in any' other land. We have
served .chastisement at the hand of the Ruler
Nations, and nowthat it is laid upon us, have
tvaked to a sense of our condition and our di
We are afraid that there is too much trotting
'he wisdom of ;men and an arm of flesh. If
will not be reproved we most agree to be scour*
A nations sins; will be visited upon it as a nati
inn os individual sins find out individuals. ,\Vi
we have a propitious opportunity- of uniting, a
nation, in the j act of before •* H
from whom all onr help .comoth," it is onr doty
improve it, and we are pleased that the el
executive of the United States has made prtx
m.-.iion that Thursday next, April 30th, should
observed as ai day of fasting, humiliation i
t ,rarer to the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe, t
he may turn aside the desolations of war and j
jieace and prosperity. -
Divine sendees wilf be held in the Bap
i hnrch at 5) o clock, and iu the Methodist chu
a: 10J o’clock in the morning. Let all so
!ar employment be Suspended on that day, in or
ihat the spirit of the proclamation may be can
>m, and as we believe in p Supreme dispose
events, we believe it will result in good to ns a
people., !
Aid for Diki.and.— Our readers are aware t
■he inhabitants of Ireland are in a wretc
•Mndirton of starvation, and that they are cry
io us for bread, To meet their demands a num
of ship loads of provision have already been s
ihem from Philadelphia, New York and Boat
\\> note, also,'that in several towns and cities
:his State subscriptions for the purpose of fitrni
mg aid have been taken up. On Sunday In.-
-nbscription foe this purpose was taken up at
John’s Catholic Church, in this place. It
highly creditable to the congregation. A ci
mittcc was also appointed to wait on our oitiz
i" receive contributions, to this fund. Know
:hc sufferings of the people designed to be rebut
•nr people will give the Committee a proper
option and whatever of their means they
.pare.
Jesse Smith, the Hattek.—This genii
'veil known to the people of this place, while o
visit to Philadelphia, a short time since, had
misfortune to fall in with a l, number of gentlen
''l the same .profession, and in theconrso of
peregrinations ; around the city, they succeeded
" diddling” him out of some $l,OOO or mo
in return for which they gave him a gr
variety of bats, caps, misses flats, shaker boom
iiildren’s hats, and various other articles of t
kind, sufficient to supply his store :in the m
profuse manner, and the beauty of it is that w
they gave himJsjiietin the fashion. If you w
* summer hat, go to Jesse Smith, the Hatter,
door above Jaggard’s corner.
TRY IT
Exaooebatiok. —We .hardly deem it neeeas
to refer to the exaggerated stories in circulatioi
reference to tffe small pox in this place, as tl
monstrosities carry their refutation with then
We do cot positively know of more than one <
in' the town, although we hear* there are five
“'*• There may be more, but we think not. '
precaution takpn by the Town Council to prev
■he spread of the disease will have a salutary efl
and our town will soon be free from it. We
iom hear it mjentjoiied by our citizens, all di
of it having been removed by the precaution
1 nation and the .Ordinance of Crmnci).
At Home.— Lieut. Peter Tries arrived athi
i >ew days since, on sick leave. On returninj
■ lle ar my, a couple of months since, be contrac
1 cold which settled in the wound in his arm,
ccived at Aptietam. ,On allying 'remedies
remove the disease ftppi bis arm, it setttled in
back and ahoilder, rendering bis shoulder aln
powerless, in connection with these, he was
lacked with f sver, and all combined reduced I
considerably. He is now able tobe out. but i
locks badly.
Thb Bruise.—' Workmen are now engaged
Putting up th 3 iron bridge over the railroad tra
al 'k® crossing of Annie street. It wilrfie str
enough to esaty a locomotive and train of cars
1 *** W 'N *•« no danger of its breaking down m
o^peop !o upon it. Besides this, i
iliat itwiu be one of the banddosneat
‘fractures in Pennsylvania. Altoona Wboon
come out ahtjad.
Theory Jas. Smith, of Mount Joy,
™ Chimb, oo next i
h “oming. at 10J o’clock.
local items.