Friday Noraing,......„Jnnary lit. 1566. "KEX'DER I'STO CESAB." AC. The House of Representatives at Harrisburg, one day last week, passed bv a unanimous vote, a resolution in structing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to vote for a bill to equalize the government bounty to volunteers, that is, to give to those persons who entered the ser vice during the first two years of the war, the same bounty received by those who enlisted at a later period. The first movement in this direction, was made by the Democratic State Conven tion, in August last. By reference to the platform of that Convention, it will be seen that it contains a resolu tion suggesting the legislation now ur ged upon Congress by the House of Rep resentatives at Harrisburg. The reso lution was offered in Convention by Mr. PETREKIX, of Lycoming, and the writer of this article did all he could, in his humble way, to secure it- adop tion. We are glad to know that the "Republican" members of the Legisla ture have at last found a plank in the Democratic platform upon which they do not fear to stand; but we are ri*sol ved that thev shall not. with our eori- sent, steal that plank and appropriate it to their own use. We want the peo ple to know whose property it is. so that when it falls into the hands of thieves, it may-.he more easily be re claimed. THE Democrats of Tammany Liall, New York city, celebrated the eighth of January, the anniversary G f Jack son's victory at New Orlean ,, t bv giv ing a public dinner. JOH\,- VAN BU REX presided. At his r> g-ht sat ADMI RAL FARRAGVT and r m hss I EFT he wa * "supported" by May or HOFFMAN. A- mongthq distinguished military gen tlemen in attter .dance, were Generals Heintzelman, Strvker. San ford and Viele. Lett ers were also received from Gen. Hac-oek, Gen. Couch, Gen. SIo- cum ar d other military celebrities, j Gen. Couch spoke of the day as "one of. WHNJH every good Democrat could IK* P r oud." Gen. Hancock complimented Che Democrats of Tammany very high ly upon the aid they gave him when recruiting in New York. When men like Farragut, Heintzelman and Han cock mingle with the despised "cop- j perheads" and praise their patriotism, | who cares for the slander and vitupera tion of Abolition politicians? WHAT hasbeeonieof all the blowing about the "old flag," on the part of the Abolitionists? Not a syllable in its praise do we hear of late. What can be the matter? Oh! yes, the "old flag" has too many stars upon it to -uit the present views of the Abolitionists! It , has a star for every Southern a- well as ; for every Northern State. The "old flag" recognizes the Southern States as in the Union, while the Abolitionists declare that they are out of the Union. That's what's the matter. Hurrah for ; the "old flag!" THERE is some talk of prospective changes in the cabinet. Mr. Stanton, it is said, has placed his resignation in the hands of the President, but that functionary has not yet -een proper to accept it. We have it from reliable "Republican" sources that Stanton does not approve the President's Restora tion policy. If this be true, he has no business in the Cabinet. HON". H. L. DIEFFENBACH has reti red from the editorship of the Clinton Democrat and is succeeded in that ca pacity by John 11. Ortli, Esq. The Democrat is one of the ablest paper- in the State, and we regret exceedingly the loss sustained by Democratic jour nalism in the withdrawal of Mr. Dief fenbach from the editorial profession. Both incoming and outgoing editors have our heartiest wishes for their hap piness and prosperity. THE well-known and oft-quoted apos trophe to Democracy which we give be low and which we hope every school boy in the country will commit to mem ory, was first uttered by Hon. Win. Allen, of Ohio, in 1837 : "DEMOCRACY— A sentiment not to be appalled, corrupted, or compro mised. It knows no baseness; it cow ers to no danger; it oppresses no weak ness. Fearless, generous and humane, it rebukes the arrogant, cherishes hon or, and sympathizes with the humble. It asks nothing but what it concedes ; it concedes nothing but what it de mands. Destructive only of despotism, it is the sole conservator of liberty, la bor and property. It is the sentiment of freedom.of equal rights,of equal ob ligations. It is the law of nature per vading the law of the land." HON. EDGAR COWAN, U. S. Senate, has our thanks for important public documents. Hon. A. H.Coffroth will, also, accept our acknowledgments for a copy of the rnn.-rr-wjqji ll Globe for the 38th Congress. SIMON CAMERON presided over the "Fish Convention," at Harrisburg. A suitable "posish" for a tucker. ' Il ARRIsm Rf. TETTER. ; <s Standing Committee* in the House---The 4 Kiteaker ha* a Mlnguiar oblivions, ten* < of Domoerat*—.Shabby treatment of on old and able legislator—Committee on ! Vice and Immorality—Andrew Johnaon ! —The Freshlent'o friendless condition ! * in t|ie Legislature— tiov. cnrlin...llie . course of the iualii;nitnts towards the Executive....Resignation, or Death. Ae.. j | At. HARRISBURG, Jan. 16, U66. : ' Editor Gazette:— ln my last I inform- ! 1 ed you that the House had elected a-, 1 their speaker, one James It. Kelley, of 1 Washington, a gentleman who, 1 took j j the liberty to intimate, would never "set the river afire." as a presiding ofti-;' ivr. His deportment in the chair is '' awkward, his voice low and his man- , ner of going through the "orders" very . heavy and slow. A list of the Standing j Committees of the House, has just been \ : published, which exhibits the mental \ calibre of the Speaker in its true light. ; Instead of givinghispolitical opponents I a fair proportion of their number or the important committees, which wou'.d j have been about one for every two of j his own party, he has not given t hem j one in four, and has left some *,f the j most prominent Democrats off all the principal committees. For instance, j Hon. C. L. Pershing, of Car.ibria, who i is the acknowledged leader of the Dem ocratic side, and who if, generally re garded as the ablest m?.n in the House, and who having served four successive ; terms as member, was, loth by hisa bility and experience, entitled to a place . on all the leading committees', was not named on the Committee of Ways and Means, and but upon few other com- j mittees of i mportance. The animus of j the Speaker, in this matter, is plain, j He fea ;ed Mr. Pershing's ability and influence. The Democrats are magnate j into usly given a majority of the Com- j m',ttee on Vice and Immorality, and j T . can see how that committee can be , made of great service to the people.— j ! (I presume that Speaker Kelley, not-j withstanding his partizan prejudices, ; j was compelled, in his own mind, toad i init the fact that there were not decent; ; men enough on his own side of the House to take ehargeof the public rnor-1 als, and, therefore, was fpreed to place I them in the bauds of the Democrats. | Let this committee see to it that the ! morals oflegislation are based upon high : religious grounds. Let the infidelity [ which would set at naught the plain : purpose of the Creator, in forming the j several races of mankind separate and j distinct, he taken notice of and proper- j !ly rebuked by tlii- committee. There may be little use Ih striving to reform j an Abolition Legislature, on this or any j other subject; hut, if they will not mend ; i their ways,let their infamy be placed up | on the record, so that their oonstituent ! may know and mark them. We hope the House Committee on Vice and Im- i j morality will prove it-elf. (as it may i ; u most powerful purifier of the political j morals of the Abolition party. I do not think that Andrew Johnson has a single, solitary "Republican" j friend in either house of tin* State Leg ; islatnre. 1 have not met, nor heard of, a "Republican" member, or Senator, | who endorses his restoration policy.— Every man of them is at heart a ditti i nio/iitf, and is, therefore,opposed to the theory of President Johnson, which re gards the Southern States as in the Union. Resolutions will soon lie offer ed which will te-t this matter, and I venture to predict that every line of endorsement of President Johnson's restoration policy, will IK* placed in the waste-paper basket of the Committee on Federal Relations, or if the Demo crats can get the Republicans to face the music and takea vote upon the sub ject, it will IK* contemptuously and in dignantly rejected. There is no deny ing that the "Republicans," in both houses, are extremely radical and will not listen to anything like the doctrines contained in the President'* Message. Of course their temper may IK* modified by "circumstances beyond their con trol," but those circumstances are yet in the future. But if the President has few friends in the Legislature, Governor CI KTJX ; is in an almost equally had plight, in vain does he intimate his wishes, in i vain does the gallant MCCIA KK stalk through the aisles of the House and lounge about the desks of the Senate. • The Governor's desire for the adjourn ment of the Legislature, in order that he may have time for repose and the recuperation of his shattered health, '' will not IK* gratified. The refusal toad- journ amounts to a demand that the Governor return immediately front < ü ba, and he will, of course, so construe it. Cruel and cold-blooded as this ac tion of the Legislature- is toward the Governor, he will doubtless, leave Cuba immediately and return to the discharge of his official duties, at the risk of life itself. Were there any pressing State necessity, there would be some excuse for the conduct of the "Republican" : legislators in refusing to acconunodate the Governor. Rut there is none, as ev erybody knows, and all the legislation necessary for the public welfare could well be put oil' till March, or April.— Hence, the refusal to adjourn is as un reasonable, a- it is cruel. Vet, so far as the "Republican" party, or some of its politicians, are concerned, there is cause for the course of the "Republican" members and Senators, on this subject. They have found Curtin and his cabinet inconveniently in their way on several occasions. Some of them find the Gov ernor in their way now, and, therefore, want him out of the way. It matters little to them whether he dies, or re signs, only so they are rid of him. They sure trying to force him to resign, and hence they have manipulated the leg islature into refusing to adjourn. This will either compel the Governor to re sign, or bring hiin back from Cuba at i the peril of his life. Whether the end sought to be attained by these inalig-1 nants, will be reached by them, remains to be seen. Meanwhile, legislation j proceeds briskly, without an Executive j to perfect a single line of it. I made the acquaintance, a few days since, of one of your representatives, Gen. M. A. Ross, of Somerset. The General is really one of the purest and best men in the Hou se. His politics are all wrong, but Ms heart is in the right place. IT is a ''thousand piths" that so good a man as Gen. Ross should cling to so bad a cause. I have not yet made the acquaintance of your other met niter and 'nave not met anvltody else that has. I hope to lte fortunate e nough to do'.o some of these days. The Capitol extension is still progressing— a nice little job for the taxpayers of tin- State. .Adieu. liKX. Jt-li'rrnA u Ia\ Ist- of the I'rewi l ill Ilic S<nat<-—Ki-|iur(N of tin *■•- r*tnr.-y of War and Attorney tieneral. Tb.e President Ua- transmitted to the Sen ate a message'in reply to a resolu tion calling upon him to inform that body upon what charge- Jefferaon Da vis is confined, and why he is not brought to trial. The President encloses report- lmm the Secretary of War and the Attorney General, and at the same time invites the attention of the Senate to that por tion of his annual message which re fers to Congress the question connected with the holding of Circuit Courts of the United States within the districts where their authority has been inter ! cepted. WAK DEEARTMKXT, Jan. 1, 1566. SIR: In reply to the annexed Senate resolutions, passed December "Ist IS(K>, referred tome by you for report, I have the honor to state. First—That Jefferson Davis was cap tured by United States troops in the State of Georgia, on or about the Ist day of May, 1865, by order iff this De partment, has been and now is confi ned in Fortress Monroe, to abide such action as may !>e taken by tlte proper authorities of the United state- Gov ernment. Second—That he has not IH**II ar raigned upon any indictment or for mal charge of crime, but has been in dicted for the crime of high treason by the grand jury of the District of Co lumbia, which indictment i* now pen ding in the Supreme Court of said Dis trict. lie i> also charged with the crime of inciting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and with the mur der of Union prisoners of war by star vation and barbarous and cruel treat ment towards theui. Third—The President deeming it ex pedient that Jefferson Davis should first be put upon his trial before a com petent court and jury for the crime of treason, he was advised by the law of ficer of the government that the most proper place for such trial was in the State of Virginia. That State is with in the judicial circuit assigned to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ha-held no court there since the apprehension of Davis, and who de clines, for an indefinite period, to hold anv court there. The matters above stated are, >o far as I am informed, the reasons for hol ding .Jefferson Davis in confinement, and why he has not been put upon trial. Fourth —Beside Jefferson Davis, the following persons who acted as officers of the rebel government are imprison ed, to wit.: Clement C. Clay, at Fort ress Monroe, charged among other things with treason, with complicity in the murderof Mr. Lincoln,and with organizing hands of pirates, robbers and murderers in Canada to burn the cities and ravage the commerce and coast- of loyal States on the British frontier. I). L. Yulec. at Fort Pulas ki, charged with treason while holding it nrskt intlit- Senate of the Stutiv and with plotting to capture the forts and arsenals of the United State* and with inciting war and rebellion against the government. S. it. Mai lory, at Fort iaifayette, charged with treason, and with organizing and setting on foot piratical expeditions against the United State* commerce and marine on the high sea*, other officers of the so called Confederate Government, arres ted and imprisoned, have been released on parole, to abide the action of the government in reference to this prose cution and trial for alleged offenses, on their application for amnesty and par dun. Among these are (. A.Trenholni, Secretary of the Treasury: John A. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of War: Janie- A. Seddon, Secretary of War; John 11. Iteagan, Postmaster General; K. M. T. Hunter, Senator; Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President, and sun dry other person* of less note. EDWIN M. STANTON. Secretary of War. A JTOUNKN GKXEKAL'S OFFICE, 1 January L 1 s<>> , To t/w Tre&iOirnt: SIR —I have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt from you of a copy of the resolution of the Senate of the United State- of ilate the L'lstof De cember, 1865. In that resolution the Senate rciJ|>ectfully request to Im* infor med upon what charges and for what reasons Jefferson Davis is stil! held in confinement, and why he has not been put upon his trial. When the war was at its crisis Jefferson Davis, the com mander in chief of the army of the in surgents. was taken prisoner, with oth er prominent rein-is, by the military forces of the United States. It was the duty of the military so to take them. They have been heretofore, and are yet held as prisoners of war. Though ac tive hostilities have ceased, a state of war still exists in the territory in rebel lion. Until peace shall come in fact and in law, they can rightfully beheld as prisoners of war. 1 have ever thought that trials for treason cannot beheld ln-fore a milita ry tribunal. The civil courts have a lone jurisdiction of that crime. The question then ri.-es, when and where must the trials thereof he held? In that clause of the Constitution men tioned in the resolution of the Senate, it is plainly written that they must be held in the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed. 1 know that many jtersons of h-artiing and ability entertain the opinion that the commander in chief of the rebel armies should be regarded as construc tively present with ail the insurgents who prosecuted hostilities, and made raids upon the Northern and Southern borders of the loyal State-. This doc trine of constructive presence, carried out to its logical consequence, would make all who had been connected with the rebel armies liable to trial in any State or district into which any portion of these armies had made the slightest incursion. Not being persuaded of the correctness of that opinion, hut regar dingthedoetrinementinneda-of doubt ful constitutionality, 1 have thought it not proper to advise you to cause crim inal proceedings to be instituted against Jefferson l/avis. or any other insurgent in the States or districts in which they were not actually present during the prosecution of hostilities. Some prominent rebels were person ally present at the invasion of Mary land ami Pennsylvania; but all, or nearly all of them, recti vedjnilitary paroles upon the surrender of the reb el armies. Whilst I think that those paroles are not an ultimate protection for prosecutions for high treason, 1 have thought it would be a violation of the paroles to prosecute these persons for crimes before the political power of the government has proclaimed that the rebellion has been suppressed. It follows from what 1 have said that I am of the opinion that Jefferson l>a vis and others of the insurgents ought to be tried in some one of the States or districts in which they may be charged. Though active hostilities and flagrant war have not for some time existed be tween the United States and the insur gents, peaceful relation- between the j government and tin- people in the , States and districts in rebellion have | not yet been fully restored. None of, the Justices of the Supreme Court have ! held circuit courts in these States and districts since actual hostilities ceased ; when the courts are ojien and all laws I can be peacefully administered and en forced in those State- whose people re belled aguinsl the government; when thus peaceshall have cc>ine in fact and in law. the persons now held in milita ry custody as prisoners of war,and who may not have teen tried and convicted j for offenses against the laws of war, should be transferred into the custody of the civil authorities of the proper districts, to he tried for such high crimes and misdemeanor- as .may be alleged against them. 1 think that it i-theplain duty of the President to caise criminal prosecu tion-to he instituted before the proper tribunals, and at all proper timesngainst -ome of those w ho were mainly instru mental iu inaugemting, and nm-t con spicuous in conducting the late hostili ties. 1 should regard it as a direful ca lamity if many vliom the sword Iras spared the law should-pare also; but 1 would deem it amort- direful calamity, still, if the Executive, in performing hi- eonstitu'ional duty of bringing these persons before the bar of justice to answer for their crime-, should .vio late the plain meaning of the Consti tution, orinfinge in the least particu lar the living spirit of that instrument. i have thelhonor to be. most respeet fully, J A.M ES SPF.KI), Attorney General. KitTt; n\ iw is. Anion.! lii-|Hirl >!' Ili* Slate Trt'tt-tirer lor the Year IWU. To the S iv/te and oj /icp/'c.vc/i/o --ticr* of Ifii (Vjm/UOiotra/t/i of J'riowi/?- vania : GEXTI.KMEX : In presenting his An nual report, the State Treasurer con gratulates th* people of Pennsylvania, through thei:representatives, upon tin prosperous condition of the finances of the commonwealth, ft should be a source of pride to every Pennsylvanian to learn that, notwithstanding the ex traordinary expenditures to which wo have been subjected, during the last tive years, inconsequence of the rebel lion, reaching the large amount of 84,- 028,027.21, i in addition to what has b*cn refunded by the General Government , we are, on tie termination of the cur rent ti-cal year, financially in a better condition, by the sum of 82,060,173.72, than we were on the 30th day of No vember, IsilA. Bv a -tateineiit hereto appended, it wili lie -ecu that during that time wv have reduced our public debt 84b2,93fi.60, while our asset- have increased 82667,235.06. These facts de monstrate the immense resource- of the State, anil cannot fail to give in crea-ed confidence to the holders of her obligations. liuringthe last five years, at least three hundred thousand of her citizens have l>een culled away from the percefil pursuits of life. .Millions of her treasure have been contributed, publicly and privately, to sustain her gallant sous while battling for the great cause of freedom, and yet she stands to-day with an overflowing treas ury. and with every ju-t demand upon lie'i paid. The receipts of the last your exmd those of Ist 14 hv sl,4s<>.(>7ti.ba, the larger portion of which has been derived from taxes on corporation stock, tonnage, real estate, loans income, collateral in heritanee. foreign insurance computing and charters. The only sources show ing a decline are the proeet"ds from pat enting lands and the tax on hanks. The income from the latter source fell oft during the year, in tax on divi dends, 1 .39; in tax on capital stock, #7s,ottT.Ob, making in all scsi.- 4*1.11, and .has now, almost entirely eea-ed. This diminution has been caus ed by the banks having ceased to oper ate as State institutions, and accepting charter* under the national hanking system. As these corpora?■ ions are still located in our midst, and derive all their profits from their'business rela tions with our people, it will he admit ted by all that thev should be required to bear their proportion of the public burdens. There is no valid reason why a business which is always profitable, when projierlv conducted, should he ex empted from the taxation which is im posed upon every other pursuit of life. I recommend, therefore, the passage of an act taxing the capital stock of National banks, to he collected early in the year, as the method by which we can now get, which we failed to de mand a year ago. Of our right to im pose this tax i have not a single doubt; but even if it were an open question, 1 feel confident that there is patriotism enough among the owners of these in stitution- to induce them readih to bear their just proport ion of theexpeiis es of a <videst which, if it had termi nated adversely, would have left iliem with lift/ear no capital to tax. On in quiring of the controller of the curren cy, I learn that the National banks >f Pennsylvania havcacapital of *40,94:!,- IfM. A tax of one per cent, on this a mount would no Jlouht, be cheerfully, paid by them, provided they were ex empt by law from local taxation. There is no foundation for the cry that these institutions are already too heavily taxed by the General Govern ment, for, in fact these State banks, by placing them-f Ives under the National banking laws have wujml the larger portion of the increased taxation that all other trade- and occupations have been subjected to on account of the war. An exhibit of the relative amount of taxes paid under each system, is here with appended, from which it will le seen that the taxes of these institutions are in reality le** now than they were liefore the war. 1 respectfully call your attention to the very small'amount of revenue re alized from tax on railroads and canals, representing in value, in M 54, almost $2.">O,INO,OOO. The whole income from them in was $632,562.10, or alaiut one-fourth of one per cent, on their val ue. In this the tax on tonnage is not! included, for it is difficult to determine I whether this was intended as a tax on j the corporation or cn\ production. If it was designed for the former, it should he forthwith amended or repealed, he- j cause of the inability of the Auditor i (Jeneral to ascertain what amount ofj tax is due the State, and on account of the unequal manner in which it ojier atos upon the diffierent companies, which it was intended to reach. For example: The Pennsylvania railroad company, ; with an income which, in lß64,amouii tcd to nearly $i o,OUO,O<K), pays for 1805 a i tax of $15,365.13; while the Reading) railroad company, with an income of j $9,250,000, during tJie same period, pays . $89,282.77. The Lackawanna anil Bloomsburg railroad company, with ; ah income of $700,000, pay $16,383.03. The Erie and Northeast, with anin-j come of only $o<)lt,000, pay $14,704.43; I and the Atlantic and Great Western, \ with it- immense capital and traffiic, i paid the insignificant sum of 86,031..>7. | It cannot beascertained at present, what tiie"gross jreceipt- of the different j railroad and transportation companies will amount to for the past year ; but I they will most probably reach the sum j of sCiii.'niMi.iMto. A tax of three-fourths j of one per cent, on these gro— receipts would yield as much income,and would | be far more equal in its operation than ; what is now known as tonnage tax. — j This change in the manner ol'assess ment would double the taxes of some! of our large corporations, hut it would j proportionately reduce theamouut now j paid by orheis, who are unfairly dealt' with by the present system. By a law approved Aprir3o, tlici treasurers of corporations are required to deduct the mill tax when paying the j interc-t on their bonds, and pay the same over to the State Treasurer. This law thus far operates very advantage ously, yielding in 186$ an exec— of! floll,oon over the previous year. But it i- -till imperfect, and ought to i>e a mended. A tax of three mills on the j principal of u six per cent, bond i- the I same as a tax of tive percent. <>n the! interest. 1 recommend that the law be -o a-j mended a- to require a. tax of live per cent, to be paid on the interest accruing | on all bonds. This will make alive,! ,-ix or-even percent, bond bear equal burdens. The corporation -hould he! required to make its return to the Au ditor General, instead of the State Treas urer, and have it- accounts settled in the u-ual manner, with a severe penal ty for non-compliance. The tax. if properly regulated, w ill become one of the most reliable soqm*sof income to the State Treasury, and should receive i the early and careful consideration of; the Legislature. Some method should be adopted by! which the officers of the State can learn j the whereabouts of the officer- of for- i eign corporations liable to taxation nil-! der our laws. As the law is now en forced, but a siiifdl proportion of these j institutions pay any tax into theTreas- j ury. If ail corporations, lmth foreign; and domestic, were required to keep a complete record of the names of their odicers, place of business, Ac., with the Auditor General it would greatly facili tate the collection of taxes due from them to the State. < >ur license laws requireamendirient.' Nine-tenths of the theatre- pay no !i-! cen>e at all, and in the city of Philadel- j phia, alone, nearly three thousand per- i -on.-, liable under the laws, annually ; fail to take out licenses as vender- of merchandize. This is from 110 fault of j the County officers, hut arises from the j fact that these jieople are allowed to! appeal from the decision of the mer- J cantile appraiser to an alderman, and from the judgment of the alderman to; the county court. The result is that; the year for which they are required to j pay a license generally expires before tile cu.-ecan he reached. I sugge-T that j license- hecollected in thesame manner ! a- other taxes. The law requiring cor porations to pay a bonus for theirchar-1 ters, should he so amended as to compel j the first payment to he made imined- ; iately upon the organization of the 1 company. Had this been the law dur-1 ing the past year, the State would have j received an income of siqo.ooo more than she derived from this source, most ! of which will now lie lost. Ity the estimate, hereto annexed, of our receipts and expenditures for the coining year, it will he seen that our receipts are expected to reach the sum of and expenditures, during the same period, the sum of Sd.btif.ono. By levying a tax of 1 percent. 011 the capital of banks, and the exercise of proper diligence in collecting our taxes on corporations, licenses, Arc., the re ceipt- can readily be made to reach Si>,- ooO.ono; while the expenditures, with the lea-t po--il>ie effort, can he reduced to sit,-too,ooo. I'nder these circuiiistan ees. it is worthy of serious inquiry whether the finances of the State are not now in a condition To dispense al together with the ta x on real estate, leaving it to he taxed only for county and township purpo-e-. it should be the endeavor of the State, as far as pos sible, to collect her revenue from sour ces that cannot he reached by counties and towns. At the time of creating the last war loan, the first thing seized upon for its repayment was real estate; and now, that the war is over, why should it not be the first to receive the benefits of peace".' From ail part- of the country we hear the cry, high rents ; and much of the necessity for this advance arises from the high load taxation rendered necessary to liquidate debts incurred Oy counties and tow ns to pay hounth - for the war. Presuming that our re ceipts will he, ♦Ti.42rt.oOO 00 Onr t-xpenses .4,400.000 00 There nould he a balance 2.126.000 00 From which we deduct rax on real estate 1,000,000 00 Leaving a balance $.>26,000 00 We will -till have a balance in the Treasury of s.">:!f;,oooover and above all necessary expenditures. If we add to this a tax on banks, of Stnti.noo, it will give us snilG.iMKt —nearly a million of dollars to he appropriated to tile re demption of the public debt. From this statement, it seems clear to mei that we could get along without levy ing one dollar of tax on the real estate of the Commonwealth,' We can, ; t least, suspend its collection for a year or two, until we have tried tin- exper iment. All of which is respectfully submitted. WM. 11. KEMHI K. State Treasurer. The Cincinnati (oiinunx-iai . itep. i state- the position of the Radical- as: follows: The policy of Charles Sumner and Thau, Stevens, which the radicals are all braying it is treason to oppose, come to this-—that in the States lately in re bellion the whites shall he disfranehi— ed and the blacks enfranchised; that these States shall not he admitted to, the priviiieges of the Cnion until their governing class is black. This i.- the actual issue the crazy, hairy, headlong lunatics are trying to force upon the country, and which they are not loud ly but deeply cursing the President for opposing, while they are hypocritical ly fawning upon him, and vociferous-; ly protesting that it must he impossible that he can disagree with them, for they are the only exponents of the im maculate in politic-, and the authorized expounders of law and gospel, vested with the exclusive prerogative of sep arating the sheep from the goats in this world. I n E lJulialo daily (beirier ha- a sim ple question it wishes to put to it.- rad ical cotemporarics. and we hope they wili answer it. Should ('ongress refuse to admit the Representatives of the : Southern States *to their seats, on the ground that they are out of the Cnion,. what will they do with the stars which represent those States upon "the old, tiag?" l)o they themselves propose to j deface the tiag about which they have) made such a noise? let us have an an- | swer. gentlemen, to this simple ques-i tion. Taxett on KiionlMltfr. It was lately shown, in an article in | Harper** Weekly, that jrint*<l tttinks' "pay not less than fifteen separate taxe** to the Government leforc they reach the reader." Thesubject ha- been fol lowed up ly an exposition. Tin-cd ujion i if he fact that booksellers in Philadelphia, New York ami Boston, "have discovered thai tlic\ can import hooks from England. ]>ay tiiufuli duty, and lay tiieni down here a'. le--thim half theeost of similar books printed. Gumd, and published in this country." The Philadelphia /Vo-* -ays that the weil know u hook ILrm of a, 11. Linpb '-oit | A-Co., of that city, have arranged large- j ly to import and sell English publica tions. in this enuntry. Pajier being du ty-free in England, a printed book, weighing one pound, can there he pro duced for twenty -one rents, import du- i ty of live and a pu-.trtei cents, ..gainst! tifty-nine and a quarter cents, the cost 1 of making an American tiook here, j The result, unless a change U- made,! will he most injurious to American lit erature, and all the laiwirers who pro duce it. Iforper say s; *■( otijjrt'--is pre- • pared, it is -aid, to modify the internal j revenue law where it lia.s proved either ineffective or unduly oppressive. 1- it to< touch to expect that among the tax es which arc reduced will he those-which increase tlie cost of hooks, and which threaten to flood the country with for eign publications to the exclusion of American literature?" -11 au Tinx*. iti:ikk x i rr;u>. l)r. Mudd has la-en set to wiieeling sand for attempting to escape from the Dry Tortugas by secreting himself in the coal hunkers of the steamer. Mr. John S. Karey, th<- famous horse tamer, is suffering from a severe attack of paralysis. He resides at <'■ rove-port, ( >hio. Col.C. 11. Flood, long a Democratic editor of Ohio, proposes a monument to the late Samuel Medary, former edi itor of the Crfoix, and a leader of tin* Democracy of that State. President Johnson lias positively de clined to accept a carriage made for him by the workmen of the army repair workshop, after their working hours, and it has been purchased hv Secretary Stanton. < low Buckingham, after several years service as Governor'of Connecticut, de clines to he a candidate for re-election. A manufacturing company in Ver mont have purchased a large peat bed, with a view of using the peat in the manufacture of iron. The Lancaster 'lnquirer reports a chest nut tree in Lebanon county which is-Tl j feet around the base and 27 feet around four feet from the ground. The Sisters of Mercy have establish ed a convent in liangor, Maine, at an expense of near slti.iHio, and it is to he hen -a ft r en la rg< •< I. A plot to release Jefferson Davis be ing suspected at Fortress Monroe, the sentries of the fort have been doubled, and the harbor is patrolled nightly by a steam-tug tilled with armed soldiers. Meantime,"the health of Mr. Davis i< reported to in- good. General Grant has communicated to the Congressional Military Committe a plan for a reorganization of the army, differing materially from Senator Wil son's hill. A new counterfeit fifty-cent note has appeared. General Sherman has written to a! friend in Louisiana, that he wishes well to the South, and says: "If 1 have been j a scourge, think how much better it' was 1 than Butler,orsomeotherofthat SClkkil." Secretary Stanton i- reported to have expressed his readiness to deliver tlie ; St. Louis boat-burner- to the civil an-i thorities, when a furftxiscnrpnx for their delivery shall reach him. James Stephens, the Fenian < hief, \ has written a letter to O'Mahon.v. en-1 dot-sing his conduct and appointing him | American Kepresentati ve and Finatl-I cial Agent of the Irish Republic. The woo! and shoddy imports of the I United States for the four years ending ! June-!u. IS<>). aggregate one hundred j and thirty-three million dollars. Miss Harriet Lane, who presided so [ gracefully at the White House during j Mr. Buchanan's administration, was married at Wheatland, on the 11th. to Edward Johnson, Estp, of Baltimore. Bx-President Buchanan gave away the bride. Tit k. Committee on Elections have! decided to give Gen. t.'offroih the seat in • ongivss for this district, ■ prium /ti de, leaving Gen. Kooutz to contest the j right of the former. MB. I'M AS. Mel). BOWKN has open ed a harbor-shop in the room occupied by Mr. John Miller, shoemaker. All ; persons wishing anything done in the ! tonsorial line, will lie accommodated by giving him a call. To lead people by the nose, place uiis der that sensitive organ a handker chief perfumed with Bhaipn's. "Night Blooming < ereus." They will there by be led to the just conclusion that its fragrrtuiee etumot bo matched among tiiesweets of the earth. Sold Every where. Think oT if. What a precious fami ly keepsake a "Photograph Family Record'" would be of your ancestors who lived one hundred years ago! SPEITA /. XTMCMTI \I M OCK'S Honors PLASTERS. — I hcf** piasters have the eonipactiieas >t ki<l leath er ami the flexibility of a silk jrlove. They have cured varietise veins ami external aneuri-ius. fc\r all affections )f the chest, weight about fhe dia phragm or uppei {Mii'tinu f tlie honels. in colds ami couh. for in juries of the hack, for all strains ••rhnii-e?. for a weak hack, for nervous pains >t the bowels, and other nervous affections and j cramps. fur hear' affections.—in ah these case* thev have to lie used to be. properly appreciated. I>B. I T HENDERSON'S LETTER Farnville. Louisiana. March S, iS.'iO, Dr. T At.l. cock. —Sir - I have been suffering un der a severe attack of neuralgic disease of my bowels for years, with hypertrophy of the heart, and have tried everything known to the practice of medicine from the very best M lis: but truth prompts me to say that your plasters have given hie more permanent relief than anything I have used, and I believe will produce a perfect eure. The counter-irritant effect of your plasters is produced in such a tnild " n i gradual way. they so invig irate the circulation around the parts to which they are applied, and exert upon all nerv ous diseases such a great sedative influence. that I place them confidently at the head of every plas ter now in use. Yours, truly. I. T HENDERSON. M D. ("AT .VRAIT, 40 YEARS. —Mfs. AshcUltl from Bedford. Pu . stopping with her sister. .Mrs. Williams, near the comer of Baldwin and Penn Streets, has had Cataract on both eyes over forty 1 vears causing total blindness for the last 9 years Lately Dr. Sterrett removed the cataract. She 1 now sees to read without the aid of glasses. JaD 12-Am Ikon City Commercial College A!U> NitflOßAfc TELKr, RM(H . IxmCT(. ' F. W. JENKINS. I J. C. SMITH. A M . >Principal, ALEX. COWLEV. ) lot College Untitling, cor. Penti 4- St (.'loir ,s' f 11 " ' Odd Ff.lloip.l Betiding it), ], H " V-o. 26 '>"</ 2s St. Ciatr ~ ARRIVALS FOB THE WKEK ESIiIXO NOV. 1 IFE, C. Palnser, Malta. Morgan no., O. \V H. Blair, Fallow Kit-Id. "rawtool p u K Cunningham. Pittsburgh. Pa A. N Holttias. Rich \ tiilev, Allegheny en p.. .1 II Flack. Pttutfmrgb. I'a (J. Weiss, Pittsburgh. Pa. W \\ Cox. Hope Church, Allognenv 0.. hi, R A. Cox. • " J. T. Woodward, Clialfaut. Champaign n .1 P Butler, Wurtemburg, Law re net . i. E A. Let?. Sandy. Columbia tut <•.<• . it C C. Chudwick. C-ilunibia Centre. Lick en t, P. Shoup. Zanesville. Allen eo.. Did VY E Leonard. Collamer. Cuyahoga co .t) W I). Downing. Franklin, Venango to ,p„ W s Springer, Clinton, Allegheny en . pu .I R. Foster. Ada'nts, Arnistroog eo.. Pa K Collins, Voungstriwn. Ma boning eo . t, J. A. Mutherabougii. Lewistown. Mifflin to , p.. AE At Horton. Weil's Tannery. Fulton eo.. p E. U spencer. Lermx. Ashtabula co , 0. ,i. C. Watson, Huntsville. Logan co t ti. K Morrison. K. Springfield. Jeflers><n .• Harriet Riley, Pittsburg. J'a. •I. Wolf. McClure tp., Allegheny co . Pa A Huftinan. Allegheny. 1. Warren. liusii • stoirg. Bel. co.. ft W Kiler. Clifton, Qreene Co.. 0. .1 - Forsyth. Brownsville. Fayette c,,. p„ .1 At. C. Wi i son, Vel low springs, dr-ene t J> Kirkiand. Pittsburgh. Pa. ; P. Ahlefietd. Ada, Hardin eo . ). | .1. \ tireeue. Freefa>rt. Harrison et- . 0 ; .1. T. Moss. New Salem. Fayette Co.. Pa ! A. H. .Neitlig. Western, Linnet, . lowa. . R. W. Moats. Jamestown. Mercer • ■ . p.. ! W.Porter, i .1. S. Mossinan. ! P S. tiillis. Kitistau. Truinbull ctt, t.i For terms and information concerning the Co, i lege, address .IBKKIXS. mito A Coattr Pitt.hnrgrh p J( • (VlNtft"EK EaUIA ,—Tllf tflltlt iicv tt, gra vitess tiy promptly attacking THE OKKAI KXI:*I to personal beauty, with th.; most popular article of the day. CHRISTADORO S H AIR LVK whi ■, like .Sherman's Legion, "know- no such word s- I'ail.' I ntler its application the blacks eome out briHiantly. and the browns of every shade appear I Manufactured by .1. Cbristadoro, No. t> Attor i House. New Fork. Sold bv Ltruggists Applied I Viy ali Hair Dressers. I .lan 12. fin Dp,, Tobias' Venetian llorsi I ti*i*Esr PtST BOTTLES AT ONE DOLLAR, far the i cute of lameness, scratches, wind galls, sprtit bruises, cuts, colic, dipping stifle, oyer beaiie* ; sore throat, nail in the foot. etc. It is warracted j cheaper and better than any other article ever : ! fered to the public. Thousands of animals bar. • been cured of the colic and over-heating by thi- Liniment; and hundreds that were crippled jd | latne have hoou restored to their former vig, r ; It is u-eii by ail the hrst horsemeti throughout the State- Orders are constantly received from the Racing t -tables of England for fresh supplies • ' 'his article Over 2.600 testimonials have been re : ceivud. Remember, $! laid out in time mar save | the life of your horse. Sold by all druggists. Of. ! ficc .">"> Cortlandt-St. New York j .Tan. 12. '66—trn. To Conscmptives.—Tht* advertiser, having been restored to health in a few weeks hv i u very simple remedy, after having suffered :'c several years with a severe lung affection, and tb tlread disease. Consumption—is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge), with the direc -1 ion - for preparing ami using the -ame, which they will find a sure Ct RE for Coxst vpriov ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS, Cot t;us COLDS, and ail Throat and Lung Affections. The only object of the advertiser in sending the Prescription is t benefit the afflicted, and sproi'l information which fie conceives to be invaluable, and he hone- everv sufferer will try his remedy, as it will enst iheiti nothing, and may prove a blessing Parties wishing the prescription, EREE. by re turn mail, will please address KKV. EDWARD A WiL.-o.Y Williamsburgb, Kings C-k. New York •Jan. o. 66—ly. I'cieA drtotiiTG. VI >M INI ST RAT<> R'S N< )T 1 ( K.- Xotice is hereKy given that letters of admin i-tration on the estate of Paul Khitdes. late of Jlid die Wood berry township. Bedford county, dec nine been granted to the subscribers. Ail persons indebted to said estate will make im mediate payment, and those having claims whi present them properly authenticated for settlement GEORGE SMITH. Dec 22. rth-tit* JACOB LAW Adm'rs. 1,1 XE( 'l"T()R's N< ITICK. Notice is J hereby given that Letters testamentary to the estate of Sarah Pierce, late of Union township, de oeased. have been granted to the undersigned. Ali persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment, ar.d those having claims will present theui properlv au thenticated for settlement MICHAEL HERTZ, Dec 15. 65—tit Executor E< TT< )RS' N< >TIC E. Nittitv is j hereby given that letters testamentary to the estate of Peter Wertj. late of Harrison township, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned. Ali persons knowing themselves indebted tosaid estate will make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them properly authen ticated tor seuioraent JOHN MOWER. VAL. B WERTZ. , Dee 15. '6s—fit Executors 11 ST ATE OF RICHARD W. J JONES DEC'D.—To the heir-and legal re;- resentatives of Richard W Jones, late of Bedford county, dee d.: 'lake notice that by virtue of s writ of partition and valuation issued cut of the Orphan'-Court of Bedford couuty, and to mc di rected. I wilt hold an itajuest to make partition and valuation of the real estate of said deceas d. which is situate in South Wootlberry townshir on the premises, on the 26th day of January, 1866 when apd where vttu can attend if vou see proper JOHN ALDSTADT Bedford. Jan. 5. 'fiti—4t Sheriff INSTATE OF GEORGE MILLER, f j dee d. —To the heirs and legal representative of George Miller, late of Bedford county, dee d. Take notice, that by virtue of a writ of partition and valuation issued out of the Orphans' Court of Bedford county and to mc directed, 1 will hold an inquest to make partition and valuation of the real estate of said deceased, which is situated in Cutn berland on the premises, on the 2d day of February, 1866, when and where you can at*eitd if yon see proper. Jan 12. '66—tt JOHN ALDSTADT. Sherif / U RT PROCLAMATION.— To 'i' r Coroner, the J/'sttr, of the Pe -ce. am! ('onstniilex /,. tne different Tntrnshiy m trie County of Bedford, (riffling : KNOW VK. that in pursuance of a precept to me directed, under the hand mid seal of the Hon ALEXANDER KING. President of the several Courts of Common I'lt-as. ill the 16th District, consisting of thecal"' ties of Franklin. Fulton. Bedford ami Soini-r- '- and by virtue of tii- office of the Court of Over and Terminer and General Jail Delivery for thetrial capital and other offenders therein, and the Oen eral Court ut 'Juartcr Sessions of the Peace; >•"' JAMES lit RN -and WILLIAMG EICHOLTZ. Judg " the sainc Court in the same County of Bedford Toil and eiiob of you, are hereby required t" hf mid appear in your proper persons with your Hc t-ords, Reeognizances. Examinations, and ether Keniembranees. before the Judgea aforesaid, *t Hodforti at a Court of tlver and Ternii'tcr and General Jail lfidiverv and. -lenerai Quarter Ses sions of the peace therein to be hoiden for the coun ty of Bedford, aforesaid, on :h< 1i Mom/ til °.l if'truth a. {firing the 12th day.) )566, tt lVo't '"fh in the foreuicon ot thut day. there ami then t de those thiugs to whirh your several ttffice- appertam Given under my hand, at Bedford, on the 12th. of January, in the year of our Loci. 186' JOHN ALDSTAI'T SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ) Sheriff Bedford. Jan. 12. 1566 j I IST OF CAI-SES, put down for j Special Court to be held at Bedford in and for the county •;{ Bedford, in which Hon. Ant.v. 1 Kino. President Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial 1 1 District, has been heretofore concerned as counsel ? j To be tried by the Hon. Geokoe T.ulou. at be<i , ford, commencing on Monday. February 19. l w,t> Joseph Barley vs Jackson Stuckey 1 J Simon Walter McCortnick J H-lsel ■ ' Tbos 11 Keating " Bedford Railroad Co Sarah Fisher. " David Earns J M Reynolds Adam Cant Hettv Miller Samuel Smith Fluefc A Evans " Dr Asft Duval et al 1 Jacob Oster ' Henderson A Sleek Benj R Hendersou " Jacob Oster SHWue! Clark " Mary Gordon's adm f Hunt. XB. T R. R. Co. " Win T Duugherty Same " Samuel Cam's adm r Same " James A Anderson. Esq Same " John G Clark Same John W Crismsc Same " Win Dunkle Same " Thomas Kuox Same " Hiram Lentt Same ' John Stona Jan 1?. 'SfUfit 0. E SHANNON. Protfa'y
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