Tei'niH ot lutlioution.
Tne WAYNEifm'RO Kkhphmpam, 0n In
Huyert buil'linit.enst of the Court Ilmist, in pub
lUhfti every WfliiJny luoniLiiK, ut t'2 pir
annum, is aovanck, or H'i 00 if not puM with
lu theyf-ftr. AIIHlisrIitia itrt'iiiiiitN ml.st
be nettled nunnnlly. No paper will be h-nt
out of the Ht:tt! uiile-. puhl for i advance, and
nil Htieh siibsc-Tiiilinn ijl Inviirlubly Im tllM.-nii.
tinned nt tin- expiration of the time- tor which
they ar paid.
CommnniciitlonMoii mibl -. no. local nrgrnernl
inUrest are nupectnillv soI(rli?.l. To i-n-ur-Attention
favors of Hita kind niu-t InvurUMy b
tMicoinpiiiilt'd hy the imme of tin; author, not for
uutilication, but hs t'liuntntv umniwt imrRJUm.
AU ltttM p'rtiiltilnK to hiinessid tiiu oIIIcq
luiut bo ttddros-itcl to the I'M I tor
i'ortrit.
VXSH l.NI.KH TIIF. KOII.
1 ....,., hri.l.. In l,nrl.n,lHr.n,l nrUo
""""J"""6 '" '
Bedecked In her snowy army.
And the brightttush ot y mantled high on her
cheeK,
And the future looked blooming and gay.
And with wornau'a devotion she liild her fond
heart,
At theshrlue of idolatrous lovo, 1
And she anchored her hopes to this perishing i P wj' n'ore ,e gjtH through with it.
tarl1' The other dav nie and inv son Joe was
By the chains which he. tenderness wove. rimn(, fa )iek nm lp jumpe,l a
But I. aw when those heart-strings were bleed- mu, th jf,2 to,)! u!ter jt( aml
tag and torn we've never heard of the dog oi- fox
And the chain had been severed in .o. sinoe till tIl0 jay 1,,'ore yesterday, nnd
riletftlf W I then the dug was about 350 "yards
AndhVrMoomlbr'theimlenossof woe. ' ' ff. '.d he hadn't .;t
Bntthe Healer was thero-pomingbalmou her ! back vit, and I expect JJan Uke
lieart, killed him. l oil just keep right down
And wiping the tears from her eyes, j the run from there and you'll come in
He strengthened the chain He had broken In! amongst the fattc'it, lustiest set of nig-
twain, ! ijei's rou cvi r seen in all the days of
And fattened it firm to the skies, I voir life. Their names is Dowd, and
There had wlmpered a voice, 'twas the voice ; it's Dowd Iito ami Dowd there, and
olhertio.l, jtheDowd's is in crerybody's mouth,
"Ilovolhee! I love thee-paas under the I lm, rve one of the cussedest law-suits
roJ-" with them you ever heard of in your
. . , , , life, and it's all about slander, and
I saw a young motner in tenderness bend , ' , n, t, n . , , ' .
Oor the couch of her slumbering bo v. ! ,oru 1 "I" 1 U l' tllQ ,: 'iK f 1 ',
And she kissed the mil lips as they murmured , rt 111 Mo'-.ean own, and Ed.Tar C.
hernanic. ! " 1'?on) tne best lawyer in lrgitmr,
While'the dreamer lay smiling in Joy. j h say I'll beat them out as slick as'a
0 sweet as the rovubud encircled with dew, bone, and it s all about slander, though
When Its fragrance is flung on the air, j I never slander anybody myself. If I
So
fresh ami to blight to that mother he
seemed,
Ah ho luy in his innocence 'liero,
But 1 saw, when she gazed on tlie same but ly
form,
Tale as marble, and silent and cold ;
But paler and colder her brnutilul boy,
And the talc other sorrow was toW.
But the Hcukr was there who had stilckca her
heart.
And taken her treasure away,
To allure her to Heaven He placed it, on hir;li,
Ami the mourner will sweetly oljey.
There h id whispered a voice, 'twas the voice
ot her Oo.l,
"I lovo thee ! 1 love thee pass under the
rod,"
I Hwa father and mother who leaned
On Hie arms of their d"ar trifle! sen.
And the Mar in the futuio gicw bright to their
Kiize.
As they saw the pru l pi ice he had w.m,
Anil the fast cumin
f.ir,
And its pnthw .y
enini; of lite proinited
1. 1
. tin
d !:.!
And the stat ii-h'. of
the ci.a.
An 1 the whii-pi i
And I s iw tlit nt a
LT;lVO
..c
.ht u.1
f.H' V flcW Wt t.
I l't;,'ll:. luw tier Hie
vi.,-,. ti.t ir i,..,i.-.i,.:ircM lu.ocs had been
1,(1,
And the star had gone down in the daikncsj
ol'n'oihi,
And the joy from their bosun hud lit-1 ;
But the Healer was there, and His anas were
around,
And He leal them with tendereit c ire,
And he showed tiieni a star in tliebiilit upper
Wl)r1'''
'Twas their star shining bril iiuitly ilvre.
They had each heard a voice-'livas the voice
of their Cod,
"I lovetheo! I lnv tin
r nf under Ihe rod.
TIIK. lttAl TO SJl!(iAMlW V.
The following scene is said to have
Actually occurred, in the early settle
ment of this country, somew here on the
headwaters of Dunkard creek, near the
line between Monongalia anddrceiie
counties. It i utra es some lieeu i-
1
arities in the character of the early set-
tiers, and is not a bad example of the
manner in which roads are described
by many people even at the. present
day
c publish a part ot the storv
l 1 -
by request :
Stranger. "My friend, can vou tell
ine the road to Morgantown
Jlobin Darmh. (Throwing down
an armful of chips which ho was ear-
rying from the yard.) P.y the grace of
God I can, as w ell as any man in the npiee? and are retail: n' it out at a
county, for I've been there myself. ! l,nhel of wheat to the gallon, and
You came past old Joel Tunic's, didn't j they'll git all the wheat that grows in
you? with his lip stickin' out like . this neighborhood, and that wheat will
your foot the anibeer riinnin' olf hisj.ro from hereto Warnesburg and from
lip suflieientto swim ducks He chaws ; there to Pittsburg, 'and I'm a draw'n
tobaeco,sir. la pension at this time, and the .devil
Stranger. I care nothing about him! anr more right hare I to it than rou
I've "come past" there. I wish to get j have, but there was old Andy Coliley
on to Morgantown. and Jack Hrookorer got mo 'afore the
Darrah Well you'l take up the Squire and didn't care what I swore,
hill pasf'ould blink-eyed Haldwin's,"! so they got part of the monev. All
all the blacksmith we have in this j the exploit I ever done in my life was
country the disstalcst iron roaster j to kill 'my mother, and then the gun
you ever saw in the day of your life. : went off by accident ,
He will burn up forty plow-shares a j Stranger Go d-dav, sir.
year if you'll take 'cm to him. A few,' Mn.DarrnhllAnn the gentleman
days ago, Jake dang his name and don't know no more about the road
Bets ding her tail -(1 can't think ! now than if you hadn't said a word,
of either of their names) was runnin' ofl'l Darrah Hold rou tongue, old wo-
to get married over in Pennsylvania,
and they stopt at old "Blind-Eyed
Baldwin's" to git their hosscs shod ;
and he put his iron in the fire, nnd
blow'd. and the dcril a shoe he made,
and whether' they got married or not
I'm not able to tell you. He's got a
little old stf wed up woman fur a wife
about as big as your fist-about so
high und she "keeps all the whole
country in an uproar with her lies,
running from house to house tattling,
and she's got her name up, so that 'its
Mattie Baldwin here, and Mattie
Baldwin's in everybody' mouth, and
there's not a law-suit in the county
bnt what she's summoned ns a witness
fur somebody, and whether eheswears
lies or not I'm not able to tell ye, but
I believe she swears lies.' You'll take
down the hill from there to Dare
Chews, that married old Aaron ios-
.AS'. K. SA VERS,
vol a.
ter's wider. At first sight yon 11 think
lie's a nig "r, but lie's a white man,
sir. i on ii turn roun i ins lunn ii
tlirj ridit : tint road will lead vou to
Hall UlUfi S, UK! U0g SllOUlCr. 11U 1IHS
. ... . ,. ., i ...
KHloU all III" gs in um wimi, o; w
; you re afraid of ilugs you neean t be
alarmed, till- there s not a dug leu to
bark at re, audits Dan Luke here
nnd lan Cake there, and IJan Lake s
in cvervbodv's mouth. Ho ought to
1)0 mode par fur the doss, and I think
know anytliinir against anybody 1
generally keep it to myself. 1 ou II
cross over a p'int there nnd fall over
on another run, by turninir to I lie ri'dit
! you'll comedown to old IVdlMesser's.
Hp married n. Mitz, and her name is
; l'e., and she's the cusedest woman to
j swear you ever hcvd in all your lifi,
I sir. Her hair sticks out like a scrub
! lu'o iiii. fSlie ilon't comb it from one
i . . . , .....
ueoKseii'i to nivitiier, ana its rep
Mo-S'T here and l'er Meser there,
inn I 1V .Mtsor is in everybody's
j month, and she can outswear Mattie
Baldwin. You'll there turn to the
I left and that will take you up a p'int,
an I you will fill over onto Jake's Run
it used to becalled Straddler's Run
named idler old Jack Straddler, in
Indian times, and it's settle 1 with
Teiiiiaiits from head to mouth, and
it's Tennant here, and Tennant there,
and the Tenirints are in everybody's
mo'itii, and they're the the enssndestset
of men to li.'ht you ever sr.v in alii
your born days ; wherever they have
a ox rolling or anr coming toirether
of the poop!, their jackets are oh" an I
the blood and snot a flvin' and all
hollerin' "liiir tdav." The father will
j H r 1 i t with the sou, and the son with
the lather, and brothers will (iht one
i another. Hut there is old Enoch
j Tennant, sieppin around with his
( head a sticking to one side, I believe
j he's, the finest Tell unit anion 'em
j jut tl)tiit.-s lilack Hell, Pete Tennailt's
:;,,.,,.,. J , W',, (o forgot him he's
j t!! onlv white m m an :r;stall of'etn.
lYon'il'tnrn up that Run by turning
; t . . ; ...
till you fill on tli.i hea lot' Little Paw
paw, to my son-in-law's, Hen. !ihu
man's, one of t'l ' ii;:!ist men you ever
i .-aw in all your lifetime, mid it's Ren.
! Sbiini m here, .and Hen. Shaman's in
j everybody's talk keeps the whole
country in an uproar with his lies, I
i must say that Hen. Sluunaii has the
best breed of dogs in the country, and
he's poing to have a lot of young pups
soon. .My Joesjwj'icapiip.and I Jill spoke
a pop, ami Jioi) spoke a pup, ami
it ..,..,.... !..,........ i t...
. 1 , n . u-
to pi over dav alter to-morrow mvsclt
;.,.( mv t. mtK.P in(j wjj ,er.
'to my brother in law, Joe Koon, for a
gallon of whiskey or a bushel of corn :
John Hood's got the best store in
, m. ...I. ...:ti. ti .'. i
,. ,, , T
Ifitinno nn croc ' fur Shrm I .i.tn.
asters and Joe Parks are sellin' their
corn out at twenty-live cents a bushel
an l the'll have to give fifty cents fur
tlie same corn back agin between this
ami harvest, and Hill Eauntz and Hill
Thomas have got a barrel of whisker
man ; by the grace of God he can't
miss the wav, and I know he recol
lects it, for he said good morning
and I said good morning and so we
parted.
Gkn-. Hancock undertook to make
color the test of fitness by ordering
colored men out of the jury box.
Since then Judge Howe, in New Or
leans', has been compelled to dismiss a
white jury because they did not "pos
sess the requisite intelligence." The
test of the jnd(e intelligence is the
only traeonefor both jurymen ahd
voters. Gen. Hancock simply made
hinwclf ridiculous.
Tn unrecognized bodies of the victim of
the railroad disaster at . Angola, seventeen in
all, were buried at Forest I-awn Cemetery,
ti,.(T.I,, In f. i ir-tcnr'nT1 ln
erect a tnoanment.
FIRMNESS IX TIIK RIGHT
Hit M'EAItltU OF .ItOl'R.MSU.
It is not a custom of oar people to
symbolize their feelings by a change
of dress, with this solitary exception.
If a man become bankrupt, or has his
house burned down, or loses heavily
in commercial operations or has a son
in disgrace or a child misled by evil
company, or any other greivous ex
perience, ho does not chango his garb.
Tho one solitary and exceptional case
is bereavement ! Hut there is in do
mestic sorrow a delicacy, or ought to
be, which should shrink from an os
tentatiousness such as mourning ap
parel cannot fail to have. Xo one hits
a right so to express his sorrows as to
introduce them upon every eye wher
ever he goes.
Custom has long justified it, other
wise it would be esteemed an indeli
cacy fin- one to be a walking adver
tisement of one's own private griefs.
Hut, even if one were permitted to an
nounce this one side of domestic all! ic
tion by change of garb, the question
still remains, whether expression
should be given to the weakness of
netural feeling, or tho triumphs of
Christian faith. Whether we should
symbolize the darkness of the grave as
unenlightened nature shows it or the
grave made luminous by tho triumph
of our Saviour and tho glories of
immortality beyond it? Wo may be
sure that there is something wrong in
a Christian community where death is
surrounded by associations of terror,
where the voungare reared to a horror
of the sepulchre, where present grief
rises up like a dark cloml, anil shuts
out the heaven, w hore in sermon,
services, conversation and dress
everything conspires to shroud death
ami tho grave in darkness. Has sor
row a right to be sellish? May it
bear false witness against immortality?
Has a christian under bereavement a
right to declare by his conduct : There
is no light in the grave, none beyond
it, and no comfort for the bereaved
but only black, black, black sorrow?
I never meet one mullled in black
without certain horror. The smell of
crape to me is like the smell of a char
nel house!
Did it ever occur to mourners to
ask, what, if those for whom 1 grieve
were to speak to nife out of their blis
ful rest in heaven, would be their
choice' that I should be shrouded
like one who mourns but with Chris
tian hope? . IC Jienlier.
neuronic a wrnuv.
Among the many utterly worthless
books which are continually swarming
from the press, those which profess to
teach the art of composition the
text-books of Rhetoric are the most
hopelessly useless. Their rules are
for the most part, arbitrary; their so
called principles exist but in the minds
of their authors, and all that is really
useful in them might bestimnied up in
the simple rule, "First have an idea,
and then express it aselearlv as possi
ble." Style can never be taught, it must
be self-acquired. An amusing evi
dence of the futility of the attempt to
reduce correctness of style to an exact
science, is seen in the replies with
which a writer, wl.o attacks the puirty
of another's style, is sure to be met.
Dean A 1 ford writes a volume to show
how inelegant and incorrect various
authors are in their use of language ;
whereuptm Mr. Moon immediately re
torts by pointing out theliterary itvors
of the Dean, while still another critic
charges Mr. Moon with similar offen
ces, and triumphantly proves him
guilty.
It is not too much to say, that there
is no such science as Rhetoric, and
that ho who pins his faith to the text
uooiis was.es tne time spent in li.e,r)t what xviU folOWt h js alIlmu.d
study quite as much as tnose who ,ulJ dcic(1 tIiat Genml Grant wh,
write tneni. in writing one is sup-
posa to no nosscsseti ol some nlca
which he wishes to express in words.
His aim should be to cxnress this idea
in the fewest words which will serve'
the purpose. If the idea is true, or
beautiful, it will appear to best advan
tage when it is easiest seen.
Whenever the reader is forced to ask
what meaning is concealed under a
thick shower of sparkling words, or
is required to follow the scent of an
idea through a long paragraph, among
tingled vines of useless ropes or through
thick growths of impertinent verbiage
before he can reach the author's mean
ing, he needs no rule of Rhetoric to
tell him that the writer's style is whol
ly bad. Clearness is the first, last,
and only clement of a good style.
It includes all other desirable quali
ties. The more appropriately and exactly
the words convey the author's mean
ing, the more nearly is excellence and
beauty oftylc attained. If the idea
is beautiful, the clearest, or what is
the same thing the most appropriate
language will show it in all its beau
ty; while on tho other hand, a poor
or false idea can never be made attrac
tive by any of the rules of which
Rhetoric can boast. No trickery of
trinkets can make an ugly woman
beautiful, and no witchery of words can
transform dullness or insipidity into
grace and brilliancy. Citizen.
Tint Right Rev. John ITenry Hopkins, Pro
tcitant Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, died at
Ihe Episcopal residence nt Hock Poiut on
tbe 10th Inst. Bishop IIopk!n3 was of Eng.
II sh extraction, but was born In Dublin. Jan
uary 30. 1793, eo at Ihe time of hi; dostb be
was 76 yews old. .
AS CiOI) GIVES US TO SEE THE
Xl.lb OMiltHStS.
From the special dispatches of our
city exchanges we extract the follow
ing: Washington, D. CI, January l.5.
Congress had a protracted session
to-day, both houses sitting for some
time after gas light. The Senate went
into Executive session early in the
day, and did nothing of importance
while its doors were opin.
In tho House a large number of
bills were introduced. The following
only were of geueral interest.
to continue tho Freedmen's Bu
reau. To donate a part of the Military
Reservation at Fort lavenworth to
aid in building a bridge across the
Missouri river.
To make appropriation for the im
provement of the Harbor at Port
Lincoln, Ohio.
To authorize the construction of a
railroad bridge across the Ohio River
at Paditcah, Ky.
Bill in relation to the United States
Depository at Chicago.
To confirm the title to Little Rock
Island in the Mississippi river.
Also, i joint resolution authorizing
the Northwestern andlHtsmoiiiesCom
pany to run through lands at Fort
Leavenworth.
Mr. Bingham reported from the
Reconstruction Committee the bill
published to-day supplemental to the
reconstruction acts, and it was recom
mitted and made the special order for
to-morrow. Mr. Bingham said ho
had no disposition to cut oil' debate
upon this bill, and by unanimous con
sent the resolution was so modified as
to permit debate from day to day
until the bill is disposed of. His ob
ject in olfering tho resolutions was to
prevent dilatory motions. This was
acceptable to the Democrats, who
seemed to manifest unusual excitement
over this new bill.
Mr. Wilson, under a suspension of
the rules, yeas 1 13, a hearty vote, re
ported from the Committer! on the
Judiciary, the Senate bill making five
judges a quorum of the Supreme Court,
with an amendment declaring that no
act of Congress shall be declared un
constitutional except by a concurrence
of two-thirds of the members of the
Court. A five hours debate followed
on this bill, in which the Democrats
actively participated. They declared
that it was brought in to prevent the
Supreme Court from deciding the re-con.-triietiou
nets iint'onsi'tutional, it
having been a.-nertaiiie I, ii. was stated,
that a majority of tin Court were
against the. legality of the reconstruc
tion laws. The bill was passed by a
strict party vote, and goes back to the
Senate for concurrence.
The special message of the Presi
dent, assigning reasons for the suspen
sion of S.'cretary Stanton, was resum
ed in executive session of tlie Senate
to-day, when an exciting and most
protracted debate followed, lasting
until tight o'clock this evening. Sen
ators Buekalew, Dixon, Doolittle,
Davis and Hendricks spoke in favor
of sustaining tho President and aga
inst the reinstatement of Mr. Stanton
in tho War Office. Mr. Fcssenden
replied at considerable length in de
fense of Mr. Stanton, and at one time
the debate became very spirited.
Finally the vote was taken on the
question, Jlcgolml, That the Senate do
not consent to sustain the President in
his suspension of Edwin M. Stanton
as Secretary of War, and it resulted
ayes, ,o; nays, G. The small negative
vote is explained in the fact that sev
eral Democrats were paired olH
A certified record of the vote was
made out and delivered to the Presi
dent at nine o'clock to-night.
There is considerable speculation as
vacate the
vacate the war olhce, but the most
trustworthy information leads to the
belief that he will yield the depart
ment when Mr. Stanton presents his
official certificate that tho causes for
bis suspension are not sustained. The
President may request Grant to re
main and the latter will have to de
cide between Congress and tho Exe
cutive. When reinstated it is said Mr. Stan
ton will tender his resignation to take
effect when his successor is appointed
and confirmed. The situation in this
particular is causing a vast deal of
speculation and comment in all quar
ters. Washington, P. C, January Id.
In the Senate to-day no business
was transacted. Two hours and a
half were consumed by Garret Daris
in a speech on his proposition to es
tablish a tribunal for the determina
tion of constitutional questions.
The bill to stay contraction of cur
rency was then taken up, and just when
it was thought a voto was about to be
taken, fr. Sprague took the floor in
a prepared speech, only one half of
which had been gone through when
the Senate adjourned.
In the House to-day, the Ways and
Means Committee rcjiorted back the
Senate amendments to the House bill
repealing the tax on cotton, with a re
commendation that tho House non
concur in the Senate amendment; and
ask a Committee of Conference. The
Senate amendments propose to sus
pend the tax only for the year 18G8,
and they were not concurred in.
Mr. Julian reported a bill making
certain islands in the Great Miami
river, Ohio, subject to entry and sale
RIUHT. Lincoln.
as other public lands, which was pass
ed. Mr. Eggleston, of Ohio, offered a
resolution, which was referred, direct
ing the Committee of Ways and
Means to inquire into tho expediency
of selling to the highest bidder the
exclusive privilege to manufacture
distilled spirits in the United States
and territories lor the term of ten
years for the sum of seventy-five mill
ions of dollars per aunum.
The House then debated for the
rest of the day the supplemental re
construction bill, but came to no vote.
There was some excitement and a
good deal of curiosity this morning to
know what would bj the upshot of the
Stanton imbroglio. There had been
all sorts of rumors as to what Stanton
would do, and what the President
would do, and there were vague inti
mations that one or the other of these
distinguished individuals would do
something desperate, but nothing of
the kind bus yet transpired. The
keys of the Secretary's private room
in the War Department were handed
to Mr. Stanton at ten o'clock, and he
took quiet possession, remaining there
until 4 r. M., his usual hour for clos
ing his day's labor, drawing pay in
the meantime to the amount of nearly
$3,000 for the time during which be
has been suspended. Ho was visited
by General Grant at 11 o'clock, who
remained in conference with him for
nearly an hour, lie had interviews
with other parties during the day, and
in the afternoon issued an order to the
employees of the department inform
ing them that he was again at the
head of all'airs.
General Grant, by request of the
President, attended Cabinet meeting
to-day. Mr. Stanton was not present
and probably will not be present at
any future meeting, as the president
has more than once expressed bis tc
tcrminatioii to this effect. A petition
was circulated iu the House of Repre
sentatives to-day and signed by every
Republican member asking Stanton to
remain in the War Ollice, and not to
resign, as it had been intimated he in
tended to do immediately after his
reinstatement.
The first notice the President had,
however, of such change of purpose,
was upon receipt of the following note
from Grant to day, at about eleven
thirty A. M. :
IIkakquahtkih Aumv U. S.,
January 1 1th, 1 .'??. (
Hi Eri'.'Vi iiv'j, A. Johnami. l'rcl US.:
Sill: 1 have the honor to
enclose herewith a copy of an official
notice received by me last evening of
the action of the Senate of tie; U. S.
in the case of the suspension of the
Hon. E. M. Stanton.Seerctary of War.
According to tlie provisions of section
two of nn act regulating the tenure of
of civil officers, my functions as Secre
tary of War at iVeWn ceased from the
moment of the receipt of the within
notice. I have the honor to be, vcrv
respi
icflllly.
Your obedient servant.
U. S. fin ant, Gen
nil.
nn, vvm.i.s' iti',i't!:r.
The Hon. David A. AVells, Com
missioner of Revenue, iu his rcjiort
just published, states that the sum of
130,000,000 per annum in gold may
bo regarded as the "constant" quanti
ty required to pay the interest on our
National Debt. In this there is no
room for retrenchment, except by pay
ing off the principal, or by reducing
tho rate of interest at w hich it ein be
borrowed. The ordinary expenses of
Government, exclusive of the above,
for the year ending June .10, 18G7,
were $Hll,oG 1,G77, being 5,31 per
capita ; w hile the same expenses for
the last year proceeding the Avar were
$02,037,000, or only $3,32 per capita.
Mr. Wells assumes that wo ought to
pay $00,000,000 per annum on ac
count of the principal of the National
Debt. Tlis custom Revenue for the
past 30 months has averaged a rate of
0,000,000 per annum, and cannot
probably fall below 150,000,000. Al
though Mr Wells regards the tariff as
prohibitory on some articles formerly
of extensive importation (tho internal
revenue taxes are equally prohibitory
of articles formerly extensively man
ufactured), yet he thinks no system of
taxation has been devised which op
erates so equally nnd certainly as the
tariff, No doubt exists, therefore,
that our tariff will always pay our
gold interest, with a considerable sur
plus. Having required 180,000,000 as a
"constant" of revenue, for the pay
ment of the annual interest, and 50,
000,000 of the principal of the Na
tional Debt, retrenchment, if at all,
must be made intheordinary expenses
of the Government, which last rear
exceeded 191,000,000. Mr. Wells
does not claim they can be made as
low as before the war, but denies that
that thr-y heed be 20(J per cent great
er. He urges the reduction of the
Nary to a mere "police of the seas,"
of thArmy to the minimum, with no
new ordinaucc or fortifications, no new
public works, no payment of damages
sustained in consequence of tho reljel
lion, rigid economy, and the fewest
employees in the Departments, no
purchase of foreign' territory, or trea
ties diminishing our revenue. These
means, he thiaUs, would reduce the
$190,000,000 of last year to 110,000,
000. This would unable us to remorc
nearly the whole burden from our
cottou, woolen, carpets, iron, steel,
machinery, hato, leather, and similar
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
i0. 30.
domestio manufacturers. Thus the
amount required for all the purposes
above designated would be reduced
from 371,000,000 to 210,000,000.
The sources w hence the revenue is
to be raised are steadily increasing,
from tho natural increase of popula
tion, from immigration, from the
growth of manufacturers, and the pro
gress of invention. The report takes
a hopeful view of tho condition of our
general industry. The Northern
States have paid oil' within the year
from six per cent to fifty per cent of
their State debt. The town and coun
ty war debts are being wiped out.
Our people are importing and con
suming as largely as ever the luxuries
of life. And we arc to dav the only jsmioiing ino nuance committee to
nation which is either reducing or se- r!Turt V"1' to Fovk1u "'vesting
riously trying to reduce ite debt. The !''c ""''P,1" 1,1 tury "'") S1
fall in piWduring the year has been mK fund to produce revenue lor tho
general and even, applying as well to , ,1t!l'p' J nS!d.
cost of living as of labor and of goods j M r- Shoemaker, a bill for a general
ami has, therefore, rested fairly on the "ft'f'.O' 5 nl;' establishing an
the mas, ami iniuriouslv on very few.
It lias hail the eil'ect, indeed, to make
our currency go lurtiier iu exchange,
and hence has been equivalent, in
soma degree, to an expansion of the
currency. There are some branches
of industry w hose very existence, how
ever, depends on the removal of the
;,,t..,,l l,r,o Com, rl.ni.. n n.mr.vnl r.l'l
all the internal taxes which thus im-l. The Sj.cakcr announced the Stand
pede production would be followed i 1US "'"'""tees as follows :
, ' 1 I ,1 l n.Lir... rrtW.l f..f V.n..n1il.
y
a stirring revival 01 misincss an !
over the country.
Mr. Wells favors the
reduction of
the tax on
cents per
whiikey from f'l' to .10
gallon, mid believes tlie
lower rate would result in abut 25,
000,000 of revenue, while the higher
has never produced more than .30,
000,000, being collected ou only one
gallon in three of the quantity manu
factured. He recommends the increase
of the license tax on retail liquor
dealers from 25 to?100, which would
produce a revenue of 1012,000,
000. The present license tax on
wholesale dealers in liquors is 100
50,000 of sales, and l-10of 1 percent
on ail over, and on rectifiers it is 25
per 500 barrels. Thr.se two taxes
amounted last year to ?1,177,320.
By stibstituti'ig for the above a tax of
2 er cent on sales, collectable
monthly, and 10 cents per gallon on
spirits rectified, payable weekly, they
can be made to yield $20,000,000 per
annum, making the total on distilled
spirits from .?50,00!),00'J (e. CGO;;').'),
000. The tobao-:o tax is still more
iliffiea'it of collection, and ii evaded
by dishonest , of inspectors, by coun
I'a'fcii. brands, by uiing thesa.ite pack
ages ovc" og dn, by iniiri'.ituting higher-pried
fir lo'.ver afttr iiwpoctLn,
by allo ving small tide to be made
without inspection, by irresponsible
bondsmen, tte. As a remedy for this
the Commissioner rc.'ominends trie
stamp system, ami sale in package.
The income ta.f will produce about'
35,000,009. The Commissioner roe-,
omni' iids that the exemption of 1,000:
therefrom shall be changed, so as to
appl only to incomes which are Itssj
than 1,500, or 2,000 and also to'
equalize owners of residences with ten
ants, that no exemption be made of
rent. The stamp tax ought to pro
duce 25,000,000, but through evas
ions fails to prnduee more than 17,
000,000. A recapitulation of the
sources of revenue as estimatco! results
as follows :
From distilled lpirlw 'new synOMii)...
From fumigated ll'ioors
From tobawoan.t its nuiiuraetures...
From ineoni'!
From .statin-1
From legacies nnd .uiece.iotn
From banks, railroad, A '
From Haliinc
From (tropin receipt!
From misci'llHneoiu 'seho'lule ,. Ve',.
From llit.:.i, penaltii', Ai'.'
Total
SvVV),ny)
O.llttl.OtlO
2,l,ofl,JtXi
;r,(ii 111,0 id
. IV.'WI.lO?
. V.'tyM
Vtftfri
, 1,0'Otfl
. 7,110,'.)
. j,iii.(rn
. l.lliO,'!''
2,iKij),!r
Except ihe stamp tux, no taxes" are
'paid so readily, or with so little evas
ion, a3 the license tax. The Commis
sioner denounces the present systam
of distributing the roomie oifices to
reward political services as a most ex
pensive and unprofitable one for the
tax-payers, and recommends instead
that they be appointed only after an
examination by a civil service ))oard
of examiners, to consist of five officers
of the Treasurers Department. To
such a board should not only be refer
red the questions of appointments and
removals, but of rules and modes of
collecting revenue, and changes in the
revenue laws. By this means our rev
enue system, which ought to be flexi
ble, and not rigid, would at the same
time be consistent and systematic.
Tho suggestions made by the report
arc the result of long and familiar ac
quaintance with the derails of our rev
enue, and give evidence of grout clear
ness and impartiality in the investiga
tion of the subject. Tribune.
A KASHiONACLEyounglady in Con
necticut, had heard that the French
ladies deem it better for the complex
ion to wipe the face with a woolen
cloth than to wash it in water. Start
ing late for an evening meeting, in her
hurrr, she briskly rubbed her fair
visage with the flaps of a coat hang
ing in the hall. Its owner, unfortu
nately, had worn it that day while
cleaning out a stove, and F.he swept
bewitehingly into church, her face as
black as ebony.
The Cheyenne Argus of the 30th
ult., has the following, which would
have sour.drd somewhat oddlya dozen
years ago: The regular train wall wait
a half hour this morning for tho China
and Japan mail. If it dors not arrive
then a special train will carry it
through.
Term of Aflrcrtlslnir
AM.
JOB W O ft K
AnvrBTCimrar inn'rie-lat SI 80 pr nur
for tlir InfTtiuns, and ail cent r t)URr
lor each arMltlonnl Insertion ; (tnu line r !
counted n square). All traruluutaUTrllM)iueuU
to be paiil .r lundvnnce. ... .
Hchinkss Norror.sset nndrtrtn tieM of local
news will be .linrged Invariably ! enMk IU
fur each Insertion. ,
A liberal il. 'tii'.ilon mdo to persona advftti
Iuk bv Ihe quarter, hulf-vear or year. Specl
nut ices chared oue-liall uiuro than regular aa-VflrtU.'in.-nts.
,
Jon PRiNitNOof everv kind In Plain autl Fan
cy color.,; ll.inl-bllls, Hlanka, Cards Pamphlet
fte., of everv varictv and ftvlo, iirlnted at iha
slinrtest notice. Tim RcrFDLiCAif Orrici liaa
Jim bcn rn-fmed, and every thing In the Prlni
Inn line run be cxmitcl lu I lie most artlali
luiiiiiieraud nt the low, si rates.
J.-i1 i !!' . 111 " "!',!"r'M!"
llAHHISHIttli.
IIahrisburo, Pa., January 13.
iSejiafc. The Senate met at eight this
evening.
Mr. Lowry asked to be excused
from ferving on the Railroad Com
mittee. Granted.
Mr. Council, of Philadelphia, pret
sented a bill repealing nil tax on mort
gages, except those issued bv corpora
tions. Mr. Sesright, of Fayette, a
bill, restoring the act of 18GG, grant
pensions tosoldiers ol'ISlV! ; also, rela
tive to evidence iu actions of eject
ments ; also, relative to compensation
of commissioners of Fayette.
Mr. McConaughr, a resolution in?
C'Kinionai otate i.unatic l ospimi in
the Northern section of the State ;
also, authorize the Secretary of the
Commonwealth to record ollicial
bonds. '
Mr. Browne, of Lawrence, a bill
giving Courts of Quarter Sessions
jurisdiction over roads partly in and
r . , .... ,
PUl'llV Ollt 01 DOrOllgllS.
'
lirowne of l.wrouoo, Wallsico an! MoUan-
dlcfs. ...
Fiwr C .l'inell, Worthinjton, Lin don,
Errjtt und Jackson.
.W.'n'ury fiifni Shoemaker, McConmichy,
Wallace, White and Burnett.
Judiciary .oral t'owles, Htutzmau, Fisher,
Davis and Sllnson.
.I'vn.m'j Stinson, Coh'inan,Naglo, Slmgert
and Undorman.
I'.naitt tei' AV.Wj McCououghy, White,
Wailace, (.'owles and Seatlght.
Vnn'i.u and Urntuititi Fisher, Iiowty, Ran
dall, Drown,, of Northampton, and Mclatire.
I'jriowio Hilgway, Taylor, Brown 'of
Mercur, Ulatz, and Naglo.
Hanks Brown of Mon.iT, Connell,'JI)wry,
Randall, nnd Brown of Northampton.
C-tnuU ami aland A'cic&afiofi Taylor, Shoe
maker, Searight, I.inderinan and Sllmon.
Uulromts C'oUinaD, Lowry, Itidgcway,
Itandtill and Errett.
Election J.'jfn'cH HtuUman, White, Jackson
Billaigfelt and Milulyrc.
Hetrnnclimcnt and Reform Brown, of
Lawrence j liiliingf, It, Krrett, Dvisand Beck.
rd it a'toii. Worlhiccton, Browne of Iaw.
reuoe, CVwles, Ilrown of S'orecr.and Hearlght.
Agricultural andTl 'inestlc Manufacturef.-
Stu;z;iau. Litndou, Liillmgfcll, CMatz, anil
Stiug-in.
Military Afliirs -Whlto, Taylor, ruber,
McCandless and I'avis.
K ni.lj and I'r'.du-s IJilllngfelt, Landon,
Taylor, Olatz, I'.urlo.
Cuip' rn IWU-Jacks'ia, Slutzman, Dilllog
felt, Mi;Candlcs3 and Nnglc.
Vica and Immorality Crowno, of Law
roucc, Wcrthlngton, Taylor, lluruott and
Llnderman
JMvat j Claims and Dama;;e3 Fisher, Btuta
nnn. tiillinf It, Buck and Mclntyre.
Library VVurlutagbOtCowki and Wallace.
Pubic fruiting Emit, McCouaugby, Con
nn'.l. MoCundleojatid Searijjlit.
1'ublio I'.uiUing CVIeman, Drown of Mercer
and Giatz.
New Counties and County Scats Brown, c(
Mercer, .iioemakitf, Liwry and Searight.
House The House met at eight
this evening. The Senate resolution
adopting tho joint ruler) of 18G7 was
adopted. The Governor's message
was received, reading dispensed with,
and a motion to print postponed.
Mr. Ford, of Allegheny, a petition
from Jacob Grubb, a soldier of 1812,
for a pension. .
Mr. Ford, of Allegheny, presented
a bill "fl ir the repeal of what is known
as the Tioga law.
Mr. Wilson, of Allegheny, a free
railroad bill j also, relative to the
Pittsburgh and Conncllsvillc Rail
road. Mr. D?isc, of Clinton, a bill repeal
ing the act of 1SG7, cotnpellingthe ad
mission of negroes into cars.
IIarriseL'RO, Jan. 11. Senate
Me l.iTrr r.f A Hnirhnni' nrrsapnfcd a
..... ,......
supplement to the charter of thcMon
ongahcla Valley Railroad Company,
increasing its capital stock, and chang
ing the route ; also, reducing tho.jxr
diem of jury commissioners ; also, a,
free railroad law ; also, relative to
Pittsburgh and Conncllsvillc road ;
also, authorizing the administration of
oaths to oflioers of primary meetings.
House. Mr. Ford, of Allegheny,,
presented a bill for the relief of Jacob
Grubb, nn old soldier.
Mr. Jones, of Berks, a bill repeal
ing the liquor law of 18G7. ,
..Ir. Plielati, of Greene, repealing
the act of 18G7 assessing .National
Bank Stock; also, fixing thefces of
Sheriff for transferring prisoners.
The Republican caucus met at ten
o'clock this morning. The .first vote
for State Treasurer stood : Irwin 53 ;
Mason ff. :.,
Mr. Council moved to make tlie
nomination unanimous,' and paid a
a handsome tribute to General Irwia.
The Democrats nominated Wiu. V.
MeGrath, of Philadelphia.
.Stunk to Death. Petroleum V.
Nasby, in a recent letter, gives the life
and "death of the Democracy as fel
lows; '
"Oh, how troo is it. We Berved
sin faithfully, and where are we? n c
went to war for slavny and slavery ia
dead. We fit for a confederacy,
and the confederacy is dead. Went
for State Rites, and State Kites are
dead. And Democracy tied hersslfto.
all those corpses, and they have stunk
her to death."