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F o e t E d w a e d L e d g e r I’OKT.'EirWAED. -N.Y.: Prid&f/Morning, MayjLS, 1864. Our Onion—May ifc be restored to peace »nd happiness, and. so remain throush time. D istrict C o n v e n tion. All XJTiion Electors of the first Assembly District, Washington County, who desire the ■unconditional maintenance of the Union, the supremacy of the Constitution and tne com plete suppression of the existing rebellion, with the cause thereof, by a vigorous war and all apt and efiicient means, are invited to send three delegates from each town in Bald District, to a Convention to be held at Blakeley’s Hotel, Union Village, on Satur day the 2lst inst., at 12 o'clock M.. for the purpose of choosing delegates to the L nion State Convention to be held at Syracuse, on the 25th day o f May, 1861. Dated May 2d, 1864. E. ANDREW S , W . M. ROBERTSON, A . WINGr, District Com. A . BARKLEY, - MAYNARD. Town Caucus. The Union Electors of the town of Eort Edward who are in favor of a vigorous pros ecution of the war, and the complete sup pression of the Rebellion, are requested to meet at the house of D Roberts on Saturday , the 14th inst., at two o’clock p. m., to choose j delegates to attend a District Convention to be held at Blakeley’s Hotel, Union Tillage, ; on Saturday the 21st inst., at 12 o’clock AI. By order of Town Committee. YICTOKY AGAIH. The army of the Potomac,” says the New York Tribune, “=has fought another great battle, and again is victorious. The time was Tuesday afternoon, and the place was the banks of the River Po, in the vicinity of Spottsylvania Court House. This battle began at half-past one on Tuesday, and, like the g reat con flicts of Thursday and Friday of last week, continued far into the night, and ended with the complete repulse of the enemy. Burnside’s corps— two divisions of it— was on the right of oup line, the 5th and 6th Corps in the--center, the 2d on the left. It was‘Supposed th a t Ewell’s corps had gone to the relief of Richmond, as the prisoners captured during the early part of the battle were all from jOongstreet’s and A. P. Hill’s corps, hut if Ewell ever started, he was re called, and bis corps was found nec essary to the preservation of the Re bel army in this Tuesday’s battle. It seems clear that Grant attacked — his artillery opening along the line of six miles in length, and being h u t feebly replied to for the want of am munition among the Rebels. There was very heavy infantry fighting also at all parts of the field. The ene my’s tactics were the same as ever, and their efforts to break through at different points were unremitting, hut ev’’er unsuccessful. The contest is described as very close hand-to-hand fighting, and from beginning to end a desperate struggle. Lee feels, apparently, that for him there is no salvation hut in such a victory as shall destroy for the present the power of the Army of the Potomac, arrest its relentless pursuit, and relieve the intolerable pressure which the steadiness of G rant’s pur- ppse and the unwearied valor of his soldiers compel him to endure. He adheres, therefore, iu every conflict to aggressive tactics, attacking again said again, hut attacking everywhere at enormous sacrifice and to no effec tual purpose. I t is asserted again that the sup plies of Lee are deficient, and that lie has sought to capture the im mense stores which he knew were massed in the rear of our army. To th a t end he arranged his most earn est effort just after dark on Tuesday, but abandoned it before he began its execution, finding that G rant had anticipated his purpose. All hope eff its success seems to have been de stroyed in advance by the tremen dous onset of the 6th Corps— the corps which was John Sedgwich’s ajad which fights now to avenge him - ^ n the right center of the enemy’s libe. The glorious result of their charge- was the driving of the Rebels hackdrito shelter of their earthworks with great slaughter, the capture of % e cannon, and;ofj two or; three thousand prisoners. All night long Burnside lay on his arms expecting the attem p t on the trains, but the baffled, defeated, disheartened ene my, though narrowly straitened for food, dared not to try it. The night, passed and morning came, and up to 8 o’clock the battle was not renewed. W e may expect to hear at any moment that Lee has again fallen back, and that Grant is pressing on his rear. The contest has passed in to one of endurance, and in that the superiority of Northern steadiness and valor will sooner or later show itself decisively. B u t such a struggle is awful to contemplate— more than a week of incessant marching and fight ing, 1lii-co great battles, a catalogue of killed and wounded estimated at the glnustly number of 40,000 on our side al- no. Yet the matchless sol dier who leads our armies falters not fur a raoment, and never finds his trou[/S reluctant to advance. If Waleiioo wa.s a battle uf giants, as Wellington said, w h it is this? There is no decisive news fr- m Gen. Butler or Sherman, tliongh it seems the later has forced his way steadily through the advanced po.s.i- tlons of Juhnston. The m o v em ent by McPherson in rear of Dalton is arrested by the iiiicxpeeted .slrciiglh of Resaca. But here, as in Yirgiiiia, delay’s are to bo ex[)ected from the extraordinary diiiieulty of the ground on which the enem y i.s c.stablisliod and entrenched. W e h.-ive every reason to rej ace that steady pi-figi’ess has been made iu bolh c.im})uigus.” ------------------ - o — TSacFaittiiro ol' ojiv '■fiitiossai Debt. There is a large eiass of people who arc inclined to regard the in crease of our national debt with fore boding; and in thi.s class are iiiclu- deded many careful ;iml prudent men, who are not apt to reach coriclu.-'ioiis hastily. But let us hce if in this case, their misgivings arc well founded.— Let us examine the suhj ct tliorongh- ly and camUdly, and see if we are not only able to pay ouv }ircseiit, hut any reasouable further debt tha* the exigencies of war may compel us to in cur, and th a t the payment will be neither dillicult nor excessiyelj bur densome, Let us .see wliat n;e the facts. Unlike an individual who is unable to count with eertantr upon incre-ised ald ity to pay iu the future the debt he contrets iu the present— this country is siiri- to in.'iv.iso iu wealth au-d p-qadatiou. It appears from the census rotiirns, that the in crease in the value i.f real and per sonal property in the United States from 1840 to 185’•, was from three thoLi.sariil seven hundred and sixt}'- four millions (sC,764,(>00,000) in 1S40. to six thousand one hundred and seventy-four millions (§6,174,- 000,000) in 1S50, or 64 per cent.— The next decade shows a still greater advance in general ju-osperity and riches. For iu t i n t iieriod, the yield of our gold iiiiues, the e.xtension o f ' our railroad .system, and conscrpieut opening of new fiehks for agriculture, ' our largo immigvatiun, and the stim ulus given to every branch of mianu- , factiircs and the mechanic art.s, raised the nitional wealth from .six thuus- and one hundred and seventy-four millions (.§6,174,000,000) in 1.850 ' to the enornnms aggregte of fourteen ! thousand one hundred and eighty- > three millions ($14,183,000,000) in j I860, or 127 per cent, of which ten j thousand seven hundred and sixteen j millions ($10,716,000,000) was own- | ed in the loyal States. Is there any good reason to believe that wo shall not continue to prosper as we have done— (except from the chances of i war, which can only modify and not change the character of the answer to the question,)— that the nation will not continue to nearly, if not quite, double its wealth every ten years for several decades to come?— We have but just begun to work our gold mines, and the vast body of our other mifleral wealth is still undevel oped. W e have fertile lands enough for an empire, that the plough has never touched, and it is only in this generation that science and art have takly begun to open^the doors, an.I show the way towards our future ma terial greatness. B u t experience of what others have done will best tell us what we may rightfully expect to do. Let us com pare our position with that of Great Britain during one of the gloomiest periods of her financial history. A t the end of her great wars in 1816, her wealth was estimated a t tenthou- sand four hundred millions ($10,400, 000,000) and her national debt of that time was four thousand three hundred millions ($4,300,000,000 or more than 41 per cent, of her en tire property. In 1861 her property was stated at thirty-one thousand five hundred millions ($31,500,000, 000) while her debt was three thou sand eight hundred and ninety mil lions (§3,890,000,000} orwasacharge on the property of the country of only about 12 1-3 per cent. I t needs no argument to show that the weight of the burden of this debt is now, but one third what i t was when contract ed. W e do not wish to deceive ourselves (>n either side of this question. Debt is Always bad enough, but we should look the facts squarely in the face, and accept w h a tever deductions we have a right to di’aw from them as truth. In spite of the war, wo be- lieve the Northern States are as rich to-day as they were three years ago. Snell a demand for labor was never before known, and never before was it s ) ivell paid. W a r destroys, hut our hand of industry has never for a moment ceased to create, and the creation will more than balance the destruction. Large as our losses of brave and gallant men have been, the population of the country has steadily increaseii; and unless some scourge such as never visited a nation should come upon us,— unless we should be utterly destroyed, or dis membered and broken to pieces by yiel.ling tu this demon of scce.ssion,— there is no human power that can arrest the continued progrc.ss and de velopment. All wars have ended as will nurs. L e t us hope that it may be soon; but when it is ended, and tiium p h antly as it must he, this country is hound to take a position in population, wealth and. vigor, that will make its debt so ^mall in pro portion to its wealth, that the most timid man will laugh at the fear that may have once over-clouded hD vision. C r e sierals K i l l e d . Gur loss thus far in general offi cers is very severe. The following are among the dead:—Gens. Sedge- wick, W adsworth, Hays, Rice and Stevenson. W ounded, B a rtlett, Getty, Robinson, Baxter, Owens and Morris. Prisoners, Seymour, Sha- ler, Neil and Torberfc. Gen. Rice, who was killed in Tues day’s b attle, died in a short time af ter he was taken to the hospital. A few moments before he died he re quested to be turned, and upon be ing asked which way, he replied, “ turn my face toward the enemy.” --------------------------------- — ■ » ■ --------------------------------- To THE M em ber s oi ' R e l i e f F ir e Go.— A Resolution has been passed recommending to the T rustees for ex pulsion every member who may he in arrears by reason of the non-payment of fines a t the next meeting to be held the 1st Tuesday of June, 1864. So all who do not attend and P ay UP at that time will he E xpelled , j and their names published. A hill is at present pending before Congress exempting fifty-five mem- I hers of every fire company from all ; conscription, or draft into the milita- ' ry service of the United States. ! This exemption will be determined , b y lo t a t th e n e x t m o n t h ly m e e t in g , j I t is for t h e in t e r e s t o f every fire- ' m a n to atten d . D. S. 1 0 ;^ BONDS! These- Bonds are issued under the A ct of Congress of March 8th, 1864, -which provides that all Bonds issued under this A ct shall be EXEM PT FROM TAXATION by or un der any State or municipal authorities. Sub scriptions to these Bonds are received in United States notes or notes of National Banks. They are TO BE REDEEMED IN COIN, at the pleasure of the Govern ment, at any period n o t l e s s t h a n t e n n o r MORE THAN FORTY YEARS from their date, and until their redemption FIV E PE R CENT. INTEREST W ILL BE PA ID IN COIN, on Bonds of not over one hundred dollars annually and on all other Bonds semi-annu ally. The interest is payable on the first days of March and September in each year. Subscribers will receive either Registered or Coupon Bonds, as they may prefer.— Registered Bonds are recorded on the books of the U. S. Treasurer, and can be transfer red only on the owner’s order. Coupon Bonds are payable to bearer, and are more convenient for commercial uses. Subscribers to this loau will have the op tion of having their Bonds draw interest from March 1st, by paying the accrued inter est in coin— (or in United Stales notes, or the notes of National Banks, adding fifty per cent, for premium,) or receive them drawing interest from the date of subscription and deposit. As these Bonds are Exempt from M unicipal or State Taxation, their value is is increased from one to three per cent, per annum, according to the rate of tax levies in various parts of the country. A t the present rate of premium on gold they pay. Over Eight Per Cent Interest in currency, and are of equal convenience as a permanent or temporary investment. It is believed that no securities offer so great inducements to lenders as the various con trib u tion s from j descriptions ot U. S. Bonds. In all other forms of indebtedness, the faith ar ability of T . J . S troia? R e - i n s t a ' C d . W e are indebted to Col. S. itter - LEE for the following piece of infor mation, gathered from a late num ber of T he C a v a l ie r , a paper pub lished at Yorktown, Ya.: Maj. Tnoii.vs J . S trong , of the 16th N. Y . Artillery, who was re commended to he mustered out of service, by the Board of E.xamina- tion at Fortress Monroe, a few weeks since, having been afforded a re-ex am ination by Gen. Butler, -was pro nounced by the Board to he qualified for the position of a Major in liis regiment. He has, by an order from the Major General commanding the Department, been re-instated in his formir rank and position. I t ap- pean that on his first appearance before the Board the Major was ex- amiiK d almost exclusively upon points foreign to the arm of the serv ice to which he is attached, and in which he hears the reputation of an officer of ex{'erience and merit. The tact coming to the knowledge of General Butler, led to a second ex amination, in which he acquitted himself with credit, and to the en tire satisfiiction of the Board. Major Stiong has a host of friends in this command, who rejoice that through the justice-loving commander of the Department, the wrong has thus been righted. will he employed by the publishers to make the A tlantic the best mag azine published in the United States, - . a O -* ♦ O i M — ' - ............... . ^i^S^Gou: Tom Thumb and lady, Commodore N u t and Miss Elfin Min nie W arren, the four smallest hu man beings in the world, will exhibit at M ott’s Hall, the 6th of June n e x \ For particulars of the exhi bition s-.’O advertisement in another column. Godey’s for May lays on our table. This number contains con tributions in prose and poetry of de cided m erit. I t also contains a num ber of splendid embellishments, among which are “ May Flowers/’ fiaely executed on'steel, and Godey’s Double Ext'^nslon Colored Fashion Plate,”— six figures. T h e A tlan tic M o n thly for i May contains Robert Browning, Barnard O’ ■' *' ’ ! private parties or stock compamps or seprrate D o n a ld G. Mitchell, T . B. Read, J. 1 communities only is pledged for payment, G. Palfrey, C. J. Sprague, T. W . j while for the debts of the United States the Parsons, A rthur Gilman, Mrs. H. B. I property of the country is holden to Stowe, Harriet B, Prescott, d . A. | Wasson and John eiss, | These Benfls may be subscribed for in Miss Prescott’s new stori”, ‘‘ The , sums from 850 up to any magnitude, on the Rim”— commenced in this number {same term?, and are thus made equally avail- — will he continued through several , * I capitalist. They can be converted into months. Every honoraolo means have the benefit of the interest. It may be useful to state in this connection that the to(al Funded Debt of the United States on which interest is payable in gold, on the 3d day of March, 1864, was §768 965, 000. The interest on this debt for the com ing fiscal year will be §15 937.126, while the customs revenue in gold for the current fi cal year, ending June 30th, 1864, has been so far at the rate of over 8100,000,000 per annum. It will®be seen that even the present gold revenues of the Government are largely in excess of the wants of the Treasury for the payment of gold interest, while the recent in crease of the tariff will doubtless raise the annual receipts from customs on the fame amount of importations, to 8150,000.000 per annual. Instructions to the National Banks acting as loan agents were not issued from the United States Treasury until March 26, but in tne first three weeks of April thesubfcrp- tions averaged more than TEN MILLIONS A W E E K. Subscriptions will be received by the F irst N ational B ank op A lbany , F irst N ational B ank of T roy , A N D B Y A L L N A T IO N A L B A N K S which are depositaries of Public money, and all RESPECTABLE BANKS AND b a n k e r s through out the country, (acting as agents of the National Depositary Banks.) will famish farther information on ap'plication and A F F O R D EV E R T F A C IL IT i' TO SUBSCRIBERS. no3:3m Putorsoii’s fur May contains attractions in literature and embellishments. great See new advertisements. - — -- --------------------------------- Saleratus, bko port wine, can bo made for almost any price, which is done by using cheap and deleterious substances. Herrick Allen's Gold Medal Saleratus is perfectly pure and undulterated, and one paper will convince any iutelligent lady that there is nothing equal to it.. It will produce one- eighth more bread than any other; is much i better than soda to use with cream tartar.— Grocers and Druggists sell it. - --------------------------------------- - Having frequently expressed our opinion in these coluuis of the superior qualities of the J . i\[onroe Taylor Gold Medal Soap over any and all others in the market, it appears unnecessary to occupy space to reaffirm that opinion. N o eulogy can now add to its reputation, and no disparagement can detract from its merits. The secrets of the universal favor which this Soap receives, lies in its invariable purity and excellence. It is one of those articles that returns to the consumer many times the cost. L IST OF L E T T E R S T ) EM A IN IN G in the Post Office, at Fort jLLpdward, May 13, 1864. Brygnt. IMrs. Lyda N. Covey, E. T. Oaball. 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