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
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(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.
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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