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For the Inquirer.
TO OLLIE.
No other cheek my own Las pressed,
No other lips my own have blessed,
Since last thy cbeek was pressed to mine,
Since last my lips were blessed by thine-
No other heart more fond and true
Has ever throbbed so close to you;
No other form than thine so fair,
Has e'er been pressed so fondly there.
No more congenial heart than thine
Has ever throbbed so close to mine;
A constant one moiefond and true
I ne'er have found dear friend than you.
Cumberland City, Md., Dec. 6th, 1861.
P. P.P.
For the Inquirer.
TO M .
Some friends may wish you free from care,
Others joy and wealth;
Some may wish ycu blessings rare,
Long days and constant health.
My wish for you is better far,
Than all other friends have given;
That when you from this world depart,
* Y our soui may rest in Heaven.
Woodberry, Dec. 24, 1861. SPKRO.
ONE SHORT YEAR.
BY D. IIABDY, JR.
In one short year, O who can tell
What changes time wiil Lrinz i
The sun may shine as brightly then,
The birds as sweetly sing;
Tho flowers unfold their petals fair,
And all without be gay.
But those we love so dearly now,
May then have passed away.
Misfortune's tide may roll along.
And cloud the n oble'lrow;
And hearts that are from sorrow free,
May theu in sadness bow.
The future may all bright appear,
As one unclouded day;
Bat elands may gather di m and dark,
And beauty fade away.
The young may now dream golden dreams,
The future has in store;
But ere one year hath pissed away,
Their blisslul dreams are o'er;
They find that earth hath many wrongs
To steel the youthful heart,
And make the spirit bow beneath
Their earth-depressing art.
The changes vast of one short year,
So strangely they do seem;
That we can scarcely deem them aaghi
slut one short, mournful dream
In one short year, and all we love,
May then have passed away;
And we have gone the way of earth,
To realms of brighter day.
Col. Kiddie.
A private in the "Bucktail Regiment"
writes : —We feel deeply grieved that he should
leave us and go home to charge us wuh com
plicity in causing this rebellion. Many of us
voted for Old Abe; and, as General Scott has
added bis testimony to our President's valua
ble gifts of mind and heart, why should we
Republicans bo classed with our country's
foes ? God forbid that we should give fitting
words to the deep indignation of our outraged
honors and hearts ! Biddle, you had a mighty
hold upon our pride, our respect, and our love.
Why b&vo you thus cast us off* You had no
right to stab us in the back ; we would rather
any other man had struck us. Wo know no
party bat one, and that embraces all loyal
hearts. BUCKTAIL.
"AH ! lam very sorry for this rebellion; it
prevents my going South," said an Englishman
the other day, dining at a club in Pbiladeipbia
by invitation. "They tell me," he continued,
•"that the American go ntleman is only to be
foand at tho South. Ilovf is pray? (Jan
you explain it?" "I cauuot," replied his host;
."it is no more to be 'explained than the state
ment so often made that there are gentlemen
in England, but that none of them ever oome
to this country."
KISSING BY PROXY.— One of the deacons
of a certain church asked the bishop if he
usually kissed tbe bride tt weddings.
"Always, waa tbe reply.
"And how do you manage when tfie Jbajpy
pair are negroes 1" was the next question.
"In all each eases," replied (be bishop, |
tbe doty of >wig the lady ia appointed to
the deacons.
Mr. Jeukins, will it suit you to settle that
old account of yours to-day V*
"No, sir, you are mistaken in tbe mim: I am
not one of the old settlers."
A Weekly Paper Devoted to Litera are, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One, Dollar md Fifty Cents in Advance.
Letters from onr Soldiers.
HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA, )
l)eo. 12, 1861. ]
DEAR SIR :—After a three days voyage we
are here in a large cotton field—the cotton hag
not been gathered yet. We were busy on
Sunday morning preparing for inspection wt*n
to our Burpriaa wo received orders to march.
All was coufusion and caDjeoture as to where
wo were to go. After all things were puked
and loaded on the wagons, we were called into
ranks, and after going through a few tnanoevors
the (Jolonel told us that we were ordered to
South Carolina. All was quiet as death as
he spoke, lie called on the Regiment to give
three cheers for the Union, which were follow,
ed by three more for General Wool! The
silonoo ouoe broken all seemed resigned to
their fate. Smoo we are hero and have found
out all that we have we ar6all very well pleas
ed wilb our situation. A happier set of men
you never saw than our boys are this morning.
They are engaged in gathering oysters, sweet
potatoes, turnips, fish and in fact almost any
thing they wish to eat, and are cooking them.
There is tho greatest outlet for a set of uian
I here that you could possibly find. The trees
are as green as in tnid-summcr. The Orange,
the Leiuon and the Palmetto aro the most beau
tiful I ever saw. It does appear as though wc
had got to a young Paradise. Wo are on au
Is and that is 16 miles long and 8 miles wide.
It is our business to guard our Island and an
other that lies on the other side of the Savannah
River. It has two valuable farms on it and a
great deal of cotton that now belongs to our
government that they are trying to burn to
keep it out of our hands. We are but five
miles from the Port where our fleet whipped
the Rebels five weeks ago. The dead aud
wounded lay scattered all through the woods,
so the darkies tell U3. It is right akovo where
wc are laying that the rebels retreated after
their defeat at the Fort. Some of them had
their hands and some of them part of their
feet shot away and still had to mike tbeir
way on foot, and a great mauy had to swim
the River and were drowned.
wete two brothers engaged in the
fight, one on tho side of our government and
| one on the rebel side. Both fought as though
I they were no kiu. It is thought that there
i will be some bard fighting iu this State and if
the rebels show fight there will be SOUJO blood
spilled. There are a great many of the Old
Keystoue boys in this State now and more
coming on every day. And all say that if wo
• get into a fight we will give a good account of
■ Pennsylvania. There are the finest Regiments
here from our State that have ever been sent
into a field of battle. We bq,ve a right to be
proud of our old Commonwealth. If Ihid no
family 1 would not take five hundred dollars
and be at home. It will bo a great advantage
to the young men of our country, (ill that live
to get home) as they will sec more than they
! could have seen. And as to their moral cbar
i aeter it eamot help but bo improved, as there
is nr. immoral conduot allowed in camp, no
i drinking, no swearing, no stealing, nothing
that is iow and degrading. Our boys are all
down OD sailing on the ocean, as they wore all
I sea-sick, and I can a.-sure you it is nest to
death to be right eea-sick. Capt. Mullin says
if the rebels had attacked us at the time be
was at the worst, he never would have gob up
to look at them, as death itself would have
been a relief to him. But sick as be was be
! uever lost sight of the condition of his men.—
He kept telling our Lieutenant to do all for
theai ho could, which he did, for he is a kind
hearted man. We stopped at Cape Hatter as
or as some would call it Hatteras iulot. It is
a hard looking placa to be so much talked
j about.
We saw the place where that Li.it ma reg
! iment was broken up by the tide breaking in
and destrcjiug all that they had and sent
I them naked away. We also saw several ves
j seia that were wrecked in thit big fleet.
Ttll David Over that our 0 iptain sod Lieu
tenant have been looking for papers ever since
we have been ia the service. Give my love
to all. Write soon to your friend,
HENRY BRIDENTHAL.
PORT ROYAL, S. C. )
Dec. 15, 1861. J
DEAR Slß. —After closing my last letter
to you 1 recollected that 1 had not given you
any insttuctioas bow to address your leticr to
me in caße you thought worth while writing
to mo. I will do so in this. Since i last
wrote to you thero have becu some new
things trauspuiug. Our regiment has beeu
divided into some five different parts, all quar
tered in tho finest largo bouses on" the island,
on this side of Broad River. Since 1 last
wrote to you 1 have been out on picket duty
I one day, and 1 must confess that 1 was so eur
prised at the country that 1 could not express
my feelings when 1 beheld the natural scenery.
It does seem to one that ibis country was de
signed by the Almighty to be a second para, j
f disc. It is more like a heaven than a place to i
fight npon, but those wlio left it brought about
tbeir own ruin, yet it is a great pity to see
! auch a country run over by an army of soldiers.
Wo aro the best situated of any regiment in
tbe army. I can't see how it is that wo are
so highly favored. It is not that we are tho
best drilled, as there is, perhaps, uot a regi
ment in the field so green as ours. But our i
Colonel stands very high ia the affections of
Geo. Wool. The general said when he in
spected us the last time that our regiment was
the best set of men he had under him.
We have a great deal of duty to perform,
bat you never saw a better pleased set of men. j
We have plenty of cattle to kill, and all we j
have to do is to send a squad of our sporting j
boys oat SjQd they soon come in with out tie— '
BEDFORD. PA. FRIDAY. JAN. 3. 1862.
As 8000 a# they get a shot at thera they bring
them do wo. Our boys have shot three since
we have been here. Oapt. Madara's boys shot
four sheep yesterday. One of them was the
fattest thing I ever saw. There are wild
horses on this island, but there have not been
any caughl yet. Horses are running about
wild but are bard to get. {Sweat potatoes are
abundant, all that you have to do is to go out
and dig them. Ground nuts are also ia abun
dance, and all kiuds of vegetables are plarity.
The weather is like our Miy weather at home,
quite warm during the day, aud cool at n'ght
so that you can sleep first rate. Wo are in
sotne danger but as long as we live well we
don't oare about that. One ol Capt. Filler's
boys came near being shot last nigh*. His
name is Hawser, lie ventured too fir out
from his quarters on the island that Oapt.
Filler is stationed on, and some rebels fired
upon him and came very near shooting him.—
| Our men are very venturous. You may expect
to hear of some of them being cut off iu that
| way. Our Captain is very careful of hm
men in that repet. Our boys think s > much
of Oapt. Muliiu that they are carofut to obey
' all bis commends. 1 believe that kind treat
! treatment is the best way to govern any set of
men. You will always sec a tyrant have more
trouble than any other man. 1 thank God
that it is my lot to have a kind set of officers
over me. 1 03n never express myself in such
away that you could know my grateful feel
ings for the kind treatment 1 have received at
the hands of my officers.
Our boys have been busy ia taking all with
in their reach from the rebels —they got sev*
; eral boats, several thousand bushels of corn
and a large cumber of cattle. The feed for
our horses costs nothing bore. W® have
abundance of corn fodder aud corn for the
teams. O&r Colonel has been wanting to
make an attack on a place called Hiuff:on,
1 five miles from us, you can see the tops of the
, bouse 6 from where we are quartered. There
; are about seven hundred rebels there that ran
' from the Fort wheu it was taken by our meQ,
and they have 1500 behind them. Got). Sher
man would not suffer Colonel White to make
an attack upon them. There was some little
: firing between Gapt. Filler's men this morning
! but nobody killed. The rebels got bebiud
. logs aud other things go that our man couid
not got at them. They were I tying to get ou
1 the island that Fdie'a man were gwrding,
but as our boys say, "they couldn't unko the
riffle." Our men are nearly li well except
j those we left behind us and they are coming
j on. Cape. Filter has been very unfortunate
, with his men but there has been a cause for
i it, but through no upgleot of him. I believe
1 shall close as 1 intend to write to you soon
again. Tell all that asks about me that lam
I Well and waß never happier in my life. I aui
: getting fat aud the climate first rate.
1 atn sorry that i get so few letters from Hod
ford, as 1 write a gretit many aud receive but
few. Give my love to all and acoept the
same for yourself from,
HEM 11Y BRIDENTIIAL.
To G. H. Spang, E?q.
i P. S. I forgot to say (bat I received the
| appointment of wcgon master. It, was unso
licited by me, aud received without my slying
a wori to the quartermaster ou the subj-ct.
Tell Mrs. traupp her boys are well uud doing
i well.
Address H. Briienthal, Wagon Master,
: 55th Reg. Pa. Vol. Port Royal, 8. G. This
loaf i< oracge leaf, the fruit is frosted. [We
uvkuowledgo the receipt of an oratigo leaf.]
11. B.
PIKKNEY ISLAND, ST. LDICE'S PARISH, )
S. CAROLINA, HOC. Id, 18tiJ. [
FRIEND SANSOM :—Fcr the first time siuce
leaving Gump Guriin 1 sit me down to write
you. We arrived sate in Baltimore and had
a jieasaut trip with a good captain to Fortress
Monroe where we arrived safe Dxt ever ing,
and were camped at Garnp Hamilton, and re
mained there until last Sunday. The scenery
around Fortress Monroe is full of interest, built
on Old Point it is of tbo Lrgest proportions
and celebrated for strength, and mounts 350
guns of the largest calibre. The Uuioo and
Floyd guns are mounted ou the beaeli, ranged
for the enemy at Jewell's point. One mile and
a half to leawurd aro what is colled tbo Rips
Raps, where the U. S., is erecting a Fort io
( be the lurgost and strongest and best ou the
Western Continent. Toe wholo coast w-s
lined with men of war, and gun boats, leaking
|up the blockade of James River. Two miles i
j in the rear of einjp is rho ruins of Hamntou,
i once a place of great beauty—boasting the
| oitlest Protestant colcsiasticsl edifice in the
United States—the seat of a military acade- •
my—and oelebratcd in history as being taken
by the British iu the war of 'l2, but uow its ■
j glory has departed and nothing remains but'
the blackened ruins of its former self, i
had good times whiio there—quarters com- j
fortabie, lived like a lord—and got fat as a
Mcßwino. Our rogiment got marching orders
last Sunday for Port Royal—iJ hours notice.
So with crackers iu haversacks, we matched
to the bay, embarked on steamship, S. R.
Paulding, where wa arrived all right side up
with caie, on last Weduosday eveuiog. Our >
trip was a very fiue one, the weather being all
that ooold be desired, sea sickness plenty, a iz
zy head, 6 ladies on board, Dolphins and Por- '
poises numerous around ship, the air filled with
seabirds following in our wake. We got to
Port Royal, Weduesday, about noon—sotne
evening sailed farther onto Hilton lleud,
where we landed—same night—the whole!
company ordered across the river to an island, j
on picket duty—back next day and without!
time to pitoh our tents cook or eat, ordered |
back again wbera we now are for tbo present.!
Tbe island, is a large one but cannot, as yet,
tell its real extent. 1 occupy good quarters
in the owners house, not a white op the island
but the soldiers, about 400 negro "contra
bands"— 30 bales cotton—4o ho.id cattle—
-3000 bushels corn—turnips—sweet potatoes,
and the lord knows what. So for fho first
time in life—a Governor of an island, aud
can say in the language of Selkirk, "monarch
of ail I survey." So you see I have my hands
full for the present. lam w -11 and perchance
before long, may have a brush with the enemy,
who aro very tnncly around, and if eo, ex
pect if spared, to come off victor.
Yours, truly,
JOSEPH FILLER.
[Any one writing to Capt. Filler, will ad
dress his letter, Capt. Joseph Filler, Gomp.
K., 55th Reg. Pa. Vol., Pott Royal, (Hilton
Head,) South Carolina.]
CAMP CURTIN, )
Dec.. 23, 1861. \
MR. DAVID OVER— Dtar Sir —-Thinking
thit, perhaps, somo of your uuueorous readers
wouid bo pleased to Lear frotu the Woodbury
aud Yellow Crtk Company, I take tho libcrty
of dropping you a few lines to stale that al
though our friends have not beard much from
us lately, we are yet iu existeuue aud in a
flourishing condition, notwithstanding tbe re
ports to tbe ooutrary throughout various por
tions of Bedford Couuty. Uar Regiment left
Cauip Grossman, on the 30th of Nov., wo arriv
ed at iiarrisburg at about 8 o'clock in the
evoning, and wore quartered in ilie Railroad
Depot for tbe night. Tho next day we were
marched jnto a O*mp Curtin. We had a rough
time iu consequence of the heavy rain, the mud
was over the tops of oar shoes iu most places,
and as our ter.ts were not shipped in time, we
were quartered iu an old board bdilding, which
was a very indifferent protection from the in
clement weather, tbe next day our Sibley teu'a
and stoves were brought in, and since then we
have been getting along as comfortable as sol
diers could expeot.
I had almost forgotten to etato that the
good citizens of Huntingdon when we marched
iu from Camp Grossman bad prepared foi us a
plentiful supply of hot coffee and cakes, a
kindness that ws shall ever remember. Our
regiment has been filled since we came htre,
and 1 ttiiak without boasting wo can say that
with a littb mora drilling R will be as effec
tive aa any iu the service.
Our officers. Loth regimental and eompany,
are well quilified for tbe positions they occupy.
Col. WDJ. D. Lewis has the united qualifica
tions of a gentleman end a soldier, and with
him to lead us I think the lluth will never
put Pennsylvania to tho blush. We were
agreeably surprised and wo cannot cxprcst
bow much wo were picked, with a Christmas
present which we received cn Saturday last
trom tbe cil.zons of Woodbury aud vicinitv,
winch consisted of just such luxuries as a sol
dier knows how to appreciate after being diet
ed on salt til. at and crackers, for three or four
moothe, and it was no small quantity either,
the various packages weighing some twelve or
fourteen hundred pounds, not forgetting a
good supply of Tobacco which was quite a god
tend to our Tobacco devotees. Also some
woolen sacks and glovrs, which did not come
amiss to some of our boys. Thanks to our
kind frien.'s, although we will not bo around
our fire-sides at home as of yore, yet our tat-ln
will be graced with the presence of a fine fat
old gobbler, prepared by fair hands for our Ex
press benefit, and although we are not at home,
wo yet have the prospect of a merry Christmas, j
and we sincerely hopo our friuuds may enjoy j
it as we wiil.
Our regiment is now under marching orders.
\\ e txpect to leave in a short titue, our desti
nation I have heard, ia Rooioey, Va. I will
send you the roll lot of our company in a
short time for publication. Also a list of our
regimental officers. The weather is so disagree-
I a bio that we h:.ve had to stay in our tents to
day, it ba3 been sleeting and snowing constant
ly since morning, llavc not time to write
more now.
SHYSTER.
CAMP CURTIN, )
HARRTBBURG, Deo. 23. j
MR. EDITOR— Dear Sir: —As times are
dull, aud nothing to do to-day, 1 thought that
1 would pen you a few lines, something con
coming our company, which is uow stationed
at Camp Curtin. which camp is named in hon
or of the Commander-in-chief of the State,
Audrow G. Curtin, who is highly esteemed
here by all soldiers. Last Saturday a week,
Cel. Maxwell's regiment made its appearauce
ou the parade ground to wr.it to have tbe Colors
presented to them by Governor Curtin, w'uo
made a powerful aud oloqueut speech in de
fence of tho country and told the Colonel to
briug back that beautiful flag without a stain
on it, aud in triumphant victcry, aud then tho
brag Regiment left for tho seat of war. To*
day it ia very disagreeablo ont, sleet aud rain
constantly coming <iown.
Tno boys arc all well, with the exception
of a few that have a very bad cold. They all
appear to like soldier's life. The only com
plaint I hear among the boys is tbnt thoy all
want to go farther into "Dixie's Land," which
1 hops will Dot be long, and such
the rebels will get from the "Juuiata Regi
ment" was nevor before heard of. Our Regi
ment is full, with good officers, such as Col. j
W. D. Lewis, Lieut.-.Col. Jauies Crowtber,
Major Johnson. With them wo are not afraid. |
We must toll you something about our Christ- I
mas dinner. Last SuDday, the kind and pas j
triotio ladies of Woodbury made, up a splendid
present for the "Woodbury Riflemen," auch as
chickens, sausages, cakes, apples, turkeys,
butter, apple-butter, tomatoes, preserves, also
a couple of cans of fine "extra Jelly," which
did not go bard such weather, and a great
msny other things too nntnerons to inenficu.—
Tnree obecrs were given for the Union, and
♦he kind Indies of Woodbury, They have our
beat wishes for tb6ir kindness, ami we bvpe
they may prosper in > life and health. Too
much kindness cuntioi; be bestowed upon our
' officers. (J*pt. E. D. Brisbin is the man for
| the tim s, ud the men all like him, aid with
; him they are not afraid to enter into a hot con
test, any time they urny be called on. The
roll of the members of tho company will be
sent to you ns soon as all the uuu oouumissiou*
ed officers arc appointed. As it is getting 1? to
and soon time for dress parade, I must close.
Yours, &c.,
WILLIA M 11. GATES.
CAMP CURTIS, )
Deo. 25, 1861. \
Ma EDITOR :—1 bope you will excuse uiy
boldness lor asking room iu jour paper for th-t
publication of a few lines as I am a st,-anger
to jou, but not altogether a stranger to jour
paper.
- I am informed we are to leave iu a few days
for Rouiuoy, Virginia. We Lave been under
marching orders for about two weeks, and so
1 think there is no doubt but we will get off
io a few days at farthest.
On Saturday last, Prof. McCoy delivered
bis fatuous lecture on the London T>mes, iu
this C-iiup. There was a large stage erected
on the parade ground, witb arms stacked on it,
and several fltgs floating over it, and at each
end-were two field-pieces of U Iman # Battery.
ID front was a Regimental BMD aud on the
stage were assembled nearly all the ifficers in
Camp, and around were hundreds of soldiers
congregated to bear the adit ess of the famous
Lecturer which had been prepared to deliver
before President Lincoln and his Cabinet. He
gave J->hny Bull particular fits and LJaele
Satubo bis portion in due season. You may
suppose it was an interesting lecture v.h n the
whole orowd stood patiently in the cold for
over two hours to hear it- He said Eogland
wanted to hold a post-mortem examination
over our American Government, and objected
to our rejecting the operation, and a great
many other points were explained which i am
not able to think of at present.
We are very much indebted to our kind
friends of Woodbury for stndios us a large lot
of delicacies which were received" a couple of
days ago, aud tho writer is under many obli
gations to the good lady who sent a box ex
pressly for hiritself.
We bope the citizens of that little town wiil
receive our m st hearty ♦hanks for their Doble
generosity. May God bless tbetn.
S. 11. W.
Sir. Chase's Financial Plan.
It apposrs that .Mr. Chase's plan for a na
tional currency is not to be allowed to slumber.
It is stated that a Sub-Committee of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means in tho House of
Representatives are considering a bill which
embraces substantially the second of the two
plans uieutirned iu Mr. Chase's Report. We
wuie reminded at tho time of reading the j
Secretary's Report of the New York Bankiog
Law, aud it is said that there is a general re
semblance between that plau and tho bill in
question. ?
Meanwhile a phamphlet has appeared from |
the Government Printing Olßee which discu-s
--es the plan very fully. It is understood to be j
ritteD by Mr. Silas M. S ill well, of N-w
York, and it is, of course issued under the di
rectum of Jlr. Chase. evident, therefore,
that the matter is to he pressed under a power
ful govsrtiment ii fluf.aor;,
V need hardly say that th subject is one
of immense importance. If a uniform curren
cy Ci>u be secured, so that a fiv6 dollar note I
can be remitted from Minnesota or California
that will bo equal ou the seaboard to gold, tho
advantage is too obvious for aignment. There
h.s always be.;n a struggle, as baa boen well
r marked, towards a national curreuoy. It is
folt that this wan one of the objects intended
to be secured by the establishment of t'ue Un>
ion. The two National Banks were efforts to
obtain this natiunal system of finance. A pow
erful party, however, were arrayed against this
method of securing tho result, Dd tho last
National Bank went down under tho stalwart
blows of a man who kuew more about fightiug
than ourreney.
Nothing was then left to us of national fi
nance except the Sub Treasury, which did not
even propose to meet tho national want in the
way ot currency, but only to receive, hold 3Dd
disburse the pubiio monies. Everything has
siuee bccu at loose ends. Each State %ook
care of its own currency, and a thousand banks
sprang up all over the laud. It is doubtinl
whether these banks are constitutional. Wo
State is allowed to emit bills ot credit. Yet
the States are constantly doing indtrectiv what
directly they cannot do. It would seem from
this clause in the Constitution, that it was
contemplated from its origin to confide (his
whole subject to the General Government.
Mr. Chase's plan avoids the complications
about the National Bank. These are mainly
two. Tho first was the creation of a vast cor
poration outside of tho Government, and which
might act antagonistically to it. Mr. Chase's
plan is, in fact, the Government itself, acting
through its owu orgao. This is certainly a
vast advantage, aud one that goes very fur to
wards reconciling all of the community
totbephn. The second difficulty about the Na
tional Bunk was, that ilexereised a prodigious
power over the oommuuity, by its functions of
discounting paper, its deposits and it* bills oft*,
change.
The Bank of the United States; in fact, had
ramified itself into every oily of the laud, and its
poyrer, so long as it was unchecked by fhe
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j Uoverwueu, was practically unlimited. Mr.
Chase's plau avoids this. The Government is
to uiseouut DO paper, reeefve no deposits, and
j draw no bins of exchange, it is uot to inter
' fere with tbe banks iu tuose respects io any de
gree whatever.
| Every txistiug bank is the country may
, couic into this plau and ooostituto a part of
j it. i'ue batiks must deposit Governmtut bunas
*in the Treasury, and receive for theui Treahury
notes, wuieh tney will issue as currency, if
the bitik fail?, the Government pays their eir
cuiution, eutitiseatiog ihe bonds watch it hold
as security. Thus tue Treasury will have a
complete check upon the circulation of tbo
banks.' The latter tury al-o become fiscal
! ageDts of the Government in collecting taxes,
: &c. The notes i sued, couateisigntd by the
j treasury, will be received for ail public debts
; except cuitoia dues on foreign importations,
i We do not wonder that tins scheme is popu
lar. It seems to combine more advantages
i and fewer evils ibau any othf-r plan wLich has
| been u-.viand, if we suppose, lor example,
j that &2uu,utK).UUo no taaeu up by ILo backe,
it is plain ted ibis, in all ordinary times, will
give the Government as much money as it
needs-; and shut it will tfLrda reliable basis
tor paying oil our war debt. It seems to be a
; double actiug balance wheel, ofloruiug money
■ tor tue GoVerurueut and a suuud currency lor
! the people.
A tboiough disscussion may develop diffir
cullies which wo d > not now see, but at pres
ent we ccaless that Mr. Chase's scheme strikes
us favorably.
TUE ROMANCE OF WAR.
. Captain Wilkes, the bold and responsibility*
assuming Commander of the San Jacinto, who
caused a guu to be fired across the bows of
j the Britisii steamer Trent, brought her to and
; relioved hr of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and
j their Secretaries, is now about fifty-six years
of age. Consequently, as "Jack Buusby"
would say. lie was once younger than be is
now. Though every inch a sailor, and not of
: teu given to the melting uioodj the blind god
once succeeded in sending one of bis shaft*
clear through bis rough sou. wester, which
found a lodging in bis honest heart. The
bow from which 'he shaft KEIS speed hung in
the eyes of a fair girl, aod straightway the
jolly tar fell bead ov r heels in love. He
preseou'ed bis euit with vigor. The girl was
"a lctss who loved a sailor,' —and so smiled
upon Liiu, and consented to beeciue his wife,
i But the young sailor had a rival in the son of
a respectable tdiow-chandler, well to do, call
! Ed Slidell, end young Slidcll feeling consider
ably cut up by being cut out, refused to ac
cept "the ,mitten," bat not haviog spunk
enough to threw dewn the glove to his sailor
rival, contented himself with "poisoning" tho
mind of the "steru p'trieni" of the fair one,
until he refused his consent to bis diugbter's
marrisge with tbo bold Charlie Wilkes, and
insisted upon her giving her hand to young
Slidul!, which afier many protestations and the
customary amount of terns and hysterics, she
did, and became "Mrs. John Slidell."
Tho bold Charlie Wilkes did not peak BDTJ
pine, or let bis melancholy feed on bis weathr
er beaten cheeks, but went to sea and smoth
ered his grief in attending to duty and sus
taining the honor of bis nation's flag, never
seeing "lady lass" again, nor meeting bis suc
cessful rival for her hand and hcait, until he
saw him standing a prisoner ou board his ship,
a triiror to his couutry and a rebel against
the F>.-ig the honest tar bad spent bis life in
defendiug. Such is the romance of war. We
congratulate the bold Charles upon having at
last "got more thus even."
The following verse is worthy of the En
glish Augustan age. It was composed by a •
student of Union College:
"Here lies a Dodge, who dodged all good,
And dodged a deal of evil:
But after dodging all he could,
He couldn't dodge the devil."
A poor Frenchman, when lLs wife aroused
him from his sleep with the cry: "Get up,
B->ptiste, there is a robber in the house," anv
swered sensibly: "Don't let us molest him.—
Det Liin explore the house, and if be should
tiud anything of any value we will take it
away from him."
Slid a Sunday school teacher to a playful
child, "What would you havo been without
y-ur pious father and mother?" The litilo
rogue replioi. "I suppose, ma'am, I would
have been au oiphan."
TIIEV are burning oorn for fuel down in
Logau county, and corn for 7e. per bushel is
cheaper ihan coal at 20c. It is in great favor
with the boys, as it does not require te bo
sawed or split.
Teaoher— Tommy, what did the Israelites
do when they crossed tho lied Sea?"
Tommy—"l don't kuew, ma'am; but I guess
they dried themselves."
Why is Russel, the American correspon
dent of the Uoodou Times like the Missis
sippi liver?
Because he runs down a great country.
"You may depend upon ine, wife; I giv*
you my word."
"I had rather you would sometimes keep
it sir!"
Oh!— Why is a sailor's sword like a girl
discarded by a beau? Because it is a out*
lass. .
"Very good, but rather too pointed," as
fish said when he swallowed the bait,