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Tho-Tobblng Departmentof tho Ooumnt an Is verv oomplcto, and our .lob l'l-lntlng will compare favor, ably Willi that of the law cities. ftlTorKdonJoE short notice, noatly and at moderate prices. ix MM 4t) Kim 7 00 HM) 1410 SM f.im 501) 7 00 900 10 00 17 00 sooo H P0 800 11(10 IS (10 1SI0 2500 60 00 IT I SOI 100 urn so no 2.1 oo Ml 00 100 0 iKour Inches boo Quarter column.. sen liaiicoiunin...., iooi onccolumn..... sooo Mtw Venrliroilrerllwments nnvntilR rttiftrtcrlr. Trn. slent advertlMrncnU must bo paid for bctorelosctu cd except whero parties have accounts. Legal advertisements two dollars per tneh for three Insertions, and at that rato for additional insertions without rcf crenco to length. Kxeculor's. Administrator's, and Audltorsnotlccs three dollars. Must be paid for when nscrted. Transient or Itfal notices, ten cents a line, rut u- B.MWBW.,. 1, ...... BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1884. lar advertisements halt rates. THE COLUiMMAN, VOL. XVIII.NO 11 COLUMBIA DKMOUltAT, VOL. 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All styles of work dono In a superior manner, work wtirranitiu as represented, i bktu bathaut kd without Pain by the use of (las, and treuot charge when artlttclal teeth aro Inserted, omco over liloomsourir Uanklnir Company, lo be open at all hour) during the oaj JpIRE INSURANCE. OnitlSTIAN Y, KNAPP, BLOOM8BUUO, PA, 1IOME, 01' N. Y. MKUOIIANl'S', Ol' N1SWAUIC, N. J. CMNl'ON, N. V. PUOl'LUd' N. V. HEADING, PA. Those old ooaroHATiONs are wen seasoned by kio and nai tistbd and hare norer yet bad a loss nettled by any court of law. Tnelr assets aro all Invested In solid BictmiTlisand are liable to the hazard of riBS only, Losses raoniTLr and uonistlt adjusted and paid as soon as determined by christian P. H.Hirr. srioiAL Aoint and Adjcstsu blooms- . The people ol Columbia county should patron .11(1 n.ld nv ,,nA rt ,h.l. .....n PltOMPl'NKSS, EQUITY, PAUt DEALINO ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING AT THIS OFFICE. 8R0WER, OAS FITTING & STEAM HEATING. DEALElt STOVES & TINWARG. 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Send now oofd medal awarded the author by tho National Medical Association, to tho oillcciTi ot which he lefcrs. This book should bo read by tho younh' for In struction, and by tlio ailllcled for relief. It will bcncllt all London Lancet, 'l'tiero is no member of society to whom this book will not bo useful, whether youth, parent, t'uar dlan, Instructor or clcruyinan. .iraiuKiui. Address tho lvabudy Medle.il Institute, or Dr W. II. Parker, vo. 4 Iiulllucli Mreet, lloslon, Jlass., who may bo consulted on all diseases leiiulrlnif skill and experience, cinonlo and obstlnato illsoas es and that nave baflled tho i i 1,1 t I skill of all other pliyalclam a sio 1 1 lit t. I J cialty. such treated successful ill I I VJI?I l'y wlthoutuu lusiuucoof XlX 1 QJliLil UM ure. March 7-lw M. C. SLOAN & BRO., 15L00MSUUHG, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS. SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &C First-class work always on hand, JIEPA UUXa NEA TL YDONE. Prices reduced to suit the times, B. F. 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Yet no rcputablo physician now adheres to tho barbarous and stupid processes ot depletion, such as bleeding, by which It was at tempted to cure disease by reducing tho patient's ability to resist It, Now-a-days wo do not toar down the fort to help the garrison we strengthen It. In this Intelligent and beneflclent work, It Is con ceded that PAHKEIfS TONIC leads all other mo dlclnes. As an Invlgornnt It acts Immediately and powerfully upon tho circulation and tho organs of digestion, thus giving Naturo the assistance sho calls ror. It follows that all ailments ot the stom ach, kidneys and liver aro at once relieved or cured. No other preparation embodies the samo qualities or produces similar results, it Is delicious touso, and the best known nntl lntoxlcant. Prlco COc and 11. Hiscox & Co., New York. The only known tpectfic tot Epileptic Flti.-tra Kti-Also for Spa.ms and Falling bickncss.-C) Nervous Weakness quickly relieved and cured. 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E. corner second and Arch strefts. tfOrdors will rocelvo prompt attontln MGHH MM VEGETABLE PILLS ron tub LIVER And all Bilious Complaints. dmio 10 iukc. ueing purely vepeiauioj nogrtplng. Price S3 unit, irugglsts. Feb 89-1 w d BLOOMSBURG PLANING MILL Tho undersigned having put his Planing ml on Railroad street, iu nrst-ctass conaiuon, is pre parea iu uu ait itiuua ui wuik iu ms uuc, FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. furnished at reasonable prlcCB. All lumber used Is well seasoned and none but skilled workmen are empioyea. ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS furnished on application. Plans and specific tions preparea uy an uipuricueuu urauuisuan CIIAIILES lUXVtl, BlooniNburg, P CHlElRlyEiHQllElRlOlR) SELECT STORY. "GOING ALOFT." on, now Tim young bailor was PI10M0TK1). One ovenintr. not lornr sitioo. n num ber of us, old shipmasters, met fit ft social supper, nnd nfter tlio cloth was removed wo commenced spinning yarns. Among our number was Cap- am Kiuhsiru butter and a liner man or a better sailor, never trod a tlcok. it length it camo his turn to tell a story, or, what wo preferred, and what 10 rest ot us nnd done, relato some in cident or event in his own life. "Weil , boys," ho said, ns ho reject- 0(1 tno oottlo ot wino wliiclt was at that moment passed to him for tho first timo, "I will give you a bit, of tlio early part of my ocean life, and it is a very important bit, too, for upon it the wnoio ot my subsequent manhood lias been built." Wo prepared to listen to Captain Sutter with most perfect attention, for no was not only an old seaman, but ono of tho most successful command ers in our mercantile marine. II in story was aa follows : "I was a very younc man when I first entered upon shipboard, and nt 10 age of fourteen I considered my self quite a sailor. When I was eight een 1 was shipped on board an East Indian man for a long voyage. There wcro six ot us on board ot about the same age, and we had about tlio same duties to perform. The ship, tho old Jjady IJutilap, was a largo one, and our crew was largo in proportion, there being fifty-two all told. We 'boys,' as wo wero called, massed together, and n all other respects wero separate from tlio rest of the crew, just as much as tlio officers are. Oiir captain was a noblo hearted, honorable man, kind and generous, but yet very strict. Of courso wo youngsters found plenty of occasion to find fault with him, nnd ery often were his decisions arraigned before our mess aud decidedly con- cmned. In fact, wo should havo rO' versed many of his judgments if we ad had tho power : but as ho was tho commander, and we only foremast hands, and boys at that, lie had his own way, and the luminous decisions we came to were consequently of no avail, aud lost to the world. "Now, wo boys had learned, in tho course of our travels, lo drink our grog as well a any sailors. We could toss ft a glass of rum and water with as mnrli rvrnnn na nnv nnn nmt wn nl;lim. ed tlio right to do sn, and not only as a privilege, but as an honor to which a life upon the ocean entitled us. But even in this respect our captain pre tended to differ from us. When we could get on shore we would invaria bly indulge in our cups, and not itnfro quently would wo como off, or bo brought off, in a state anything but sober. I said 'we,' but there was 0110 f our number who could not bo in duced to touch a drop of anything in toxicating. His namo was John Small, and ho belonged to ono ot the towns of Now .Tersoy. Now, Jack Small not only refrain ed entirely from drinking himself, but ho used sometimes to ask us to lot tho stuff alone. lie gave that job up, however, for wo mado such sport of him that lie was glad to let us alone. But our captain had sharp oyes, and it was not long beforo ho began to show Jack Small favors which ho did not how us. He would often take Jack ashoro with him to spend tho night, and such things as that, whilo wo wero kept on board tho ship. Of courso this created a sort of mi envy on our part, and it ended in a sort of ill-will towards poor Jack. ".Now, in truth, Jack was one of tho best fellows in the world. Ho was kind, obliging, and honest, always ready to lend a helping hand in case of distress, aud as truo a friend as ever lived only ho wouldn't drink with us, that was all. No, that wasn't all. lie learned faster than wo did, ho was a better sailor, and had learned moro of navigation. But this wo tried to lay to the captain's paying him tlio most attention, though wo knew better at the time, for wo had the privilege of learning just as much as wo had a mind to. Tlio truth of tho matter was, wo loved the idea of being 'old salts' bet ter than wo did atiythiug else, and wo spent moro timo 111 watching for op portunities to have a spree, than wo did iu learning to perfect ourselves in tho profession wo had chosen. "It oven got so at length, that Jack Small was called upon to tako tlio deck sometimes, when tho ofiicers wero busy, and 110 used to work out the reckoning at noon as regularly as did tho captain. Yet Jack was in our mess, and ho was a constant oye'Sore. Wo suw that ho was reaching rapidly ahead of us in every usetul particular, and yet wo couldn't open our eyes. Wo wero en- ..: - t 1.1. 1 i . . ,1 . vious in nia guuti ionutic, ns wo cancel it, and used to seizo overy opportunity to teaso nud run him. But ho never got angry in return. Ho sometimes would laugh at us, and at othors ho would bo feelingly chide us that wo would remain silent for awhilo. "At length tho idea entered our heads that Jack should drink with us. Wo talked tho matter over in tho mess when Jack was absent and wo mutual ly pledged each other that wo would mako linn drunk nt tho hrst opportuni ty. ittcr this determination was taken, wo treated Jack moro , kindly, and ho was happier than he had been tor somo timo. unco moro wo laugh ed nnd lokcd with him in tho mess, and ho 111 return helped us iu our navi gation. Wo wero on our homeward bound passage, by tho way of Brazil, and our ship stopped at Uto Janeiro wliero wo wcro to remain n week or so uno pleasant morning wo six young Biers received permission to go on shore and spend tlio wholo day, and ao cordingly wo tigged up iu our best togs and wero carried to the landing, "Now was our chance, and wo put our heads together to seo how it should bo done. Jack's first desire, as soon ns ho got on shore, was to go up and ex amino tho various tilings of interest in tho city. Ho wanted to visit the churches, nnd such liko places, and to pleaso him wo agreed to go with him if lie would go and tako dinner with int. Ho agreed to do that at once, nud w thought wo had him sure. Wo plan lied that alter dinner was eaten w should havo some light, sweet wino brought on, and that wo could contrive to get mm enough into what ho drank to upset him 1 for nothing on earth would pleaso us more than to got Jnck Small drunk, nnd carry him on board in Mint shape. Then wo fancied that tho captain s favoritism would bo at an cud, and ttiat ho would no longer look upon our rival with more preference than ourselves. Wo had tho matter all arranged 1 nnd in tho meaiitimo wo paid Jack all tlio attention in our low er, so much so that ho signified a wil lingness to go nnywhero to please us, provided wo did not go to any bad place. "Dinner timo came, and a most cap ital dinner wo had. Wo had selected ono of tiio best hotels, for tlio prices were no higher there than nt places of lower repute, nnd, iu fact, not so high, for thoso low places ileeco a sailor most ttnmcreif'illy. Tho eatables wero despatched with becoming gusto, and then tlio dishes wero removed, and at a sign from mo tho wino was brought in. " 'Ah 1 what havo you hero 1' a9ked Jack, betraying some uneasiness at tlio appearance of the glasses and the bot tles. " 'Only n littlo new wine,' I ro plied, ns carelessly as 1 could. 'Hero juice of tlio grape.' "Hut it's wine, nevertheless,' pursued lie. " 'It isn't wine,' cried Sam Pratt, who was ono of tho hardest nuts old Neptuno ever cracked. 'No,' claimed in Tim Black, another of about the samo stamp. 'It's only a littlo simplo juice. Come, boys, fill "I ho glasses wero accordingly filled, Sam Pratt performing that duty, and ho took caro that Jack's glass had a good quantity of sweetened rum in " 'No,' said Jack, as tho glass wns moved towards him, 'if you nro to commence thus, I will keep your com pany witli water while you remain or derly, but I will not touch wine.' "This was spoken very mildly, and with a kind smile, but yet it was spok en firmly, and we could see that our plan was about being knocked in tlio iiead. Wo urged him to drink with us, only ono glas", if no more. Wo told him how innocent it was, and how happy his social glass would mako us ; but wo could nut move him. " 'Then let him go 1' cried Tim, who had nlready drank some. In fact, all of us but Jack had drunk more or less during tho forenoon. 'Let him go. Wo don't want tho mean fellow with us!' " 'That's it,' added Sam, "off lie goes. It lie b too good to drink with l1"9 sbipmates, wo don't want him.' " 'You misunderstood me,' added Jack, in a tone of pain. 'I'm not too good to drink with you, in tho sense in which you tako it. But I do not want to drink at all.' " 'Too stingy, that's all,' said I, de termined to make him drink if I could. But Jack looked at mo so roproachful- as 1 said this, that 1 wished 1 had not spoken as I did. " 'If yon wish to enjoy your wine, messmates, said small, at tho samo timo rising from his chair, 'you can do so, but I beg you will excuse me. I will pay my share of tho expenses for the dinner.' " 'And for your share of the wine,' said Tim, 'for wo ordered it for you.' " 'JNo,' returned Jack, 'I cannot pay for wino ' " 'Mean I' cried two or tlireo at a breath. 'No, no, messmates, not mean. I will pay for tho wholo dinner for every articlo you and I have had in the house, savo tho wine.' 'And as ho spoke lie rang tho bell. Ho asked of the waiter who entered what tho bill was for tho company, without the wino ; and after the amount had been slated, ho took out his purse to pay it, when Sam Pratt, who was our acknowledged leader, caught his arm. 'No, not so,' said Sam. 'You shall not pay lor it, for wo will not eat at tho expenso of one who will sneak out of a scrapo in this way. Wo want nothing moro to do with you unless you will take a glass of wino with us.' Very well, said Jack ; and as ho spoko I could see his lip quivered, and that lie dared not speak moro. "Ilo turned towards tho door then, but boforo ho reached it, Tim Black an and caught him, at tlio samo timo exclaiming : " 'JNow, old boy, you don t go ott so. You'vo commenced, and no1 you've got to stick it out.' "this was tho signal ior us to com- meiicu again, nnd once moro wo tried to urge Jack to drink tlio wino ; and wo loiiud that urging would not do wo commenced to abuso and scoil. Wo accused him of trying to step over us on board tho ship, aud of all other bad things ot whioh we could think, for a while the poor fellow seemed inclined to let his anger get tho upper hand ; but nt length ho calmed himself, and stepping back to his chair, lie said ; " 'olupmates, listen to mo for a mo ment. Silence gave consent, nnd in a mo ment moro ho resumed : " 'Since matters havo como to this ass, I have resolved to tell you what I lad meant to keep locked up iu my own bosom "Wo had always thought, from Jack's manner, that there wns somo thing peculiar connected with his early lite, and wo wero nil attention in a mo ment. My story is but a short one, ho continued, 'and I can tell it in a very low words. J rom tho timo ot my earliest childhood, I never knew what it was to havo a happy home. My father was a drunkard 1 Onco ho had been a good man and a good husband, but rum ruined all his manhood nud mado a bruto of htm. I can remember how cold and chetiiess was tho first winter of my lifo to whioh memory leads mv mind. Wo had no fire, no food, no clothes, no joy, no anything nothing but misery and woo I My poor mother used to clasp mo to her bosom to keep mo warm, and onco I rcmcm her when her very tears froze on her cheek, Oh 1 liow mother prayed to God for her husband 1 nnd I, who could but lust prattle, learned to nrnv too. And I used to bco that husband and father return to his home, and I remember how my poor mother cried and trembled. "'When 1 grow older 1 had to go out nud beg tor bread. All cold and shivoiing I waded through tho dcei snow, willi iny clothes in tatters, and freezing feet almost bare. And I saw other children of my own ago dressed warm and comfortable, and I knew they wero happy, for they laughed nnd sang ns iney bounded along towards school. Thoso boys had sober fathers, I know that their fathers wcro no bet- tcr than mine had been onco 1 for my moiuer nau tout 1110 now nouio my father could bo if tho accursed demon rum were not in his way 1 but tho fatal newer was upon mm, ami though no often promised, and though lie ottcn tried, yet ho could not escape. " Tunc passed on and 1 was eight l years old, and thoso eight years had been years of sucli sorrow and suffer- ing as I pray God I may never again experience. At length, ono cold morn- ing, in tho dead of winter, my father was not nt home. Ho had not been homo through tho night. My mother sent mo to tho tavern to see if I could find him. I had gone half tho way when I saw something in tlio snow . 1 ... . . uy tno siuo ot 1110 road. 1 stoppcu, and a shudder ran through me, for it looked like a hitman lorm. 1 went up to it, and turned tho head over and brushed tho snow from tho face. It was my tathtr, and ho was stiff and cold I I laid my baud upon his pale brow, and it was liko solid marble. He was dead I" moment aud of us spoke, "Poor Jack stopped a wined his eves. Not 0110 lor wo had becomo too deeply moved, jsut lie soon went on : " 'I went to tho tavern and told the people Ihcro what I had found, and the landlord sent two of his men to carry the frozen body of my father home. u, shipmates, 1 cannot tell you, how my poor mother wept and groaned, She sank down upon her knees nnd clasped that icy corpso to her beating bosom, as though she would havo given it uto lrom tlio warmth ot her own breast. Sho loved her husband through an 111s errors, and her lovo was au-pow- .... - . . ., w 1 eriui now. Tho two men went away and Ielt the dead body still on the floor. My mother whispered to mo to come and kneel by her side. 1 did so. 'My chilJ, sho said to me. and thu big tears wero yet rolling down her cheeks, "you know what has caused all this. This man was once as noble and happy and truo as man can be but oh, seo how ho has been strickon lown 1 Promise me, my child, oh, pronnso here, betore uod and your dead father and your broken-hearted mother, that vou will never, never. never, touch a single drop of the fatal poison that lias wrought for us all this misery I" " 'U shipmates, 1 did promise, then aud there, alt my mother asked, aud uod knows that to this moment that promise lias never been broken. My father was buried, and somo good kind neighbors helped us through the win- ter. When the next spring came I could work, and learned something tor my mother. At longth 1 lound a chance to ship, and I did so, and every time I go homo I have somo money for my mother. Not for tho wealth of tho whole world would I break tho pledge I gavo to my mother and my God on that dark cold morning. And oven had I not mado such a pledge, I would not touch tho fatal cup, for I know that I havo a fond, doting mother that would bo made miserable by honor, and I would rather die my (lis- than to bring moro sorrow upon her head. Perhaps you havo no mothers ; ami if you have, perhaps they do not look to you for support, but I know you too won iu uetievo imii, uiiner 01 you would ever bring down a loving moth er's gray hairs in sorrow to tho grave, That is all shipmates. Jet mo go, now, and you may enjoy yourselves alone, lor I do not believe that yon will again urgo the wine-cup upon mo.' "As Jack thus spoke, ho turned to- wards tho door, but Tim Black stopped liira. 'Hold on, Jack,' cried Tim, wiping his eves and startinc from his chair. You sha'n't tro alone. I have trot a mother, nnd I lovo her as well as you lovo youis, and your mother shall not bo happier than mine ; for, by tho love I bear her, I hero pledge myself that sho shall never have a drunken sou. I will drink no moro !" '"Give us your hand, fim,' cried Sam Pratt, 'I'll go witli you. "I u'mloil nn iiinrp. hut. miinklv Htnrr inr? from mv chair I ioined tho other two. m.d .no lniK thn wholo fivo of us rv. . v : . - . had ioined with Jnck Sma in his no- l.ln lifn nlnn W n, nnllcl for lipn nttfl ink nnd nnner. and in.itlo Jack ilraw 1111 a nlediTo. Ilo simied it first and wo followed him, and when Iho deed was dono I knew wo wero far happier than wo had been before for years. Tho wine upon tlio table was not touched, and tlio liquor wo had drank during tho forenoon was now all gono 111 its ffects. "Towards evening wo returned to tho ship. There was a frown upon tho captains brow as wo camo over tho side, for ho had never known us to como off from a day's liberty sober But when we all came over tho side and reported ourselves to him, his countenance changed. Ho could hard- givo credit to tho evidence ot his own senses. " 'Look here, boys,' ho said, niter ho had examined us thoroughly, 'what does this mean ?' "Show him tho paper, whispered I "Jack had our pledge, and without speaking ho handed it to tho captain Ilo took it and read it, and his faco changed its expression several times. it length 1 saw a tear start to Ins oye. " 'Boys,' lie said, as ho folded up tho paper, 'let mo keep this, and if you stick to your noble resolution you shall nover want a friend while I live.' ...,..., f..:.....i ...i.:i t i:.. 1 "We lei tlio enptian keep tho paper. and when ho had put it in his pocket ho camo and took us ench in turn by thu hand, Ho was much affected, nud I knew that tho ciicumstaiiccs mado him happy. From that day our pros iwuib uiiiiiriiL-u. uciur oiiiuii iii ion I.n.l , . t 1... I. I .1 kvj umi uhi my 1 iui uu iuui Hum mm taught us 111 navigation, and wo wero proud 01 nun. un tho next voyago wo all six lated as able seamen, nnd re- ceived full wages, wo left not that noblo nenrieu captain until wo 1011 10 becomo ofiicers ou board other ships. "Jack Small is now ono of tlio best masters in tho world, aud I believo that the rest of our party nro still liv- ing, honored aud respected men. Three years ago wo all mot, tlio holo six oi us, and -by the help of Him who save tlio lost by Ins blood and camo to by His Spirit-not ono of us hud bro ken that pledgo which wo mado 111 tho Tho Holland postal savings banks ponses moro alcohol than ho does hotel tu Hio. J. our of us wero then pay interest at tho rato of 2.G1 percent, whisky. Utah Letter to the Cincin commanders of good ships, 0110 was a per annum, nati JCnquircr. merchant in Now York, and tho other wns just going out ns American consul to one ol tho Italian cities on tho Medi tcrrancau "You know now why I do not drink wino with you, nnd of courso you will 1101 urgo it upon me, nor take my re fusnl ns a mark oi coldness or disro- spect The Odious Taxes. urtTumi moiit on tub wokkinos ok the internal iievenuk. ( Tlio Ways and Means Committco win cause to bo printed tho arguments mado beforo it by several Congress- men lrom tho boulhcrn btates in lavor of abolition of tho internal revenue, or 01 its rclorm, it nothing better can bo done. Theso gentlemen tell a story of harassments to industry, violenco to , . .I.,.-' . citizens, nnu outrages upon pnvnto rights that would astonish even tho wouui - uo reiormers ot tho tariff, I hoy recite tho difficulties under which tobacco manufacturers and whiskey distillers labor in the mntter ot heen- "es, stamps, measurements, gatigcrs, storekeepers and collectors. "For in- stance," says Judgo Bennett of North numiiv, miy tjimyu jjuiniuii, ui iurui Carolina, "if a distiller at Washington, N. C. wants to get a barrel of whiskey out, 01 bona no must mail tho money ior stamps to 1110 collector at naieigh, with ins application. Tho collector will forward tho stamps and order a storekeeper to Washington with tho keys. Hut it takes a week to do it, ami 1110 distiller, who is trying to sup- port his family by carrying on tho bus- mess in a small way, must not only lose tho timo in filling his order, but pay 1110 storekeepers railway expenses in nuuiuon to mo tax. mis is but a sample," said Judge Bennet impressive 1 - ,. t .1 . iy, 01 tno annoyances to which our struggling people, up to their chins 111 povoity, are subjected to this system Gentlemen give us somo relief, since abolition is impossible." "But why do you say abolition is im- possible t" asked Mr. Kelley. "Such an infernal system should bo abolished, and I believe when the American peo- pie wake up they will do it." Congressman Caldwell of lennesseo says tho internal revenue collectors in tuany parts of tho South aro brutal and insulting. They go armed and shoot at tho slightest provocation. Thov constitute themselves at onco agents of the revenuo oflice, Judgo and exceu- tioner. Frequently when they suspect a disuiier ot wrong doing, they rush upon him with revolvers and whoop- ings, aestroy 111s property, and inarch him oil to jail, without evidence of his guilt. Professional informers are con- stantly at work seeking the rewards offered by tho Government. In one case a deputy collector and assistants assaulted a man anu ins wile, beating tlio former to death, becauso tho cou- pie refused to get breakfast for the posse. The deputy collector was in- dieted in tho btate courts ; tho case was transferred to the Federal court, and the United States prosecuting at- torney delended tho criminal, who was acquitted. The Government agents havo oven the Federal courts under control, and can commit crimes against person and property with impunity. 1 his is a mere suggestion of the -tiomiciiiary vexation" to wnicn many American peopio are daily subiected 1 - .1 . - in, . " - . I oy tins system. 1110 tax gatherers 111 tho South are generally a low grade of men. ao otuous nas 1110 service become to tho people that first class respectable men win not engage in 1:. iney that aro described by the Internal Revenue commissioner 111 his elaborate annual reports as "bravo ofiicers, 111 many cases turn up to bo mere swaggering desper- adoes, impudent 111 their littlo brief an-1 thority. Near Bakersville, N. C, two weeks ago, two of theso revenuo olli- CL'rs k,llea llncu men 'luring a dispute property. L ' 1 C8 8Pko up a member of the ways aml Means Coinnuttee, "there is wuuua ajHiuin hiiuiuu ho abolished Out in my district alow lellow has opened .1 saloon, 111 which ho has managed to debauch a great many people. Wo have prosecuted him under State laws, but armed witli his Government license to sell whiskey, a deiended by able counsel employ e with me money made 111 his netar- n,i. i.-1 t .ih..j ,u" u'"""i lu Jfiua uuui'ii US, nnd defies US Still." Judgo Kelley is eager in his antipa lly to tho internal revenuo system. It ' fl111 of annoyances to tho people rvery wiusKey or ueer or cigar or o- bacco maker ; every dealer in thoso ar ticles, even tho groceryman or Post Office keeper who wants to sell a few 1 r . 1 pounus 01 touacco ; even every mauu- tacturer of stills or worms, lives 111 dai ly dread of violating sumo internal rev enuo regulation. Jivery 1'cdcral couit is full of cases of prosecutions against citizens on account of this svstem, their . . . - . . . oitences being olten ot tho most trivial character, but nearly always with heavy penalties attached, this is a large business that tho Gov- eminent is carrying on, this tax-gath ering business. Here is iho list of tho olllcials it requires : Tlio Oomlssloner and oaugers M3 storekeepers i,si3 11H assistant!! at Wash lncton "if Collectors si1 iuwi-ciura unit bur- jeyora... 68 Donutr collectors oss clerks, uiessenEer,&c. 1ST; Total. ..4,817 Theso -1,217 tax-gatherers harass dai Iy, monthly, quarterly, or annually uH0,Ju2 special tax-payers, Tho result of tho business for tho last fiscal vear was tho collectign of $114,503,311, and tho oxpenso of collection is a littlo moro tlimi3A per cent, of tint ntnntmt. collected. The oxpenso of colleotintr iiiu customs tax is omy ,0 per cent ot tno amount collected. As a prominent Democratic. Con- gressman recently remarked ; "Tho present duty of tho Deinocratio par 1 v 111 Vjniim-naft n in utnilfl u Snm Ifnn. 1 11 1 " ei . V ' 1 u"." '" ',m,",'u uul "ow" uiunppro - iiiavion uiiis. as soon ns we can pass , III 1 !,, , . . ineso mils lent go Home, ami 111 our National Convention declaro in favor of abolishing the wholo iutornal rovo 11110 svstem. On that sort nf n tnriff reform platform wo can elect a Demo- cratio President with a rush, and whou wo get a Democratic President we'll bo piepuied to give the country an eeo "omionl nnd honest Government that cai uo suppoited on tlio customs rovo- nues alono. Such a courso would indeed bo a ro tn. to true De,nocraoy.-J(l I the Aew J ork Ak Jlareh - Morrison Tariff Bill. Tho following aro tho provisions of tho Morrison tariff bill just reported to tho house : Tho bill provides that on and after tho 1st of July, 1881, tho rates of duty to bo levied, collected and paid on tho importation of goods, wares, and mcrchandijo mentioned in tlio tariff net of March 3, 1883, shall bo as fol lows : On all articles mentioned in schedule I, which includes nil cotton and cotton goods: in schedulo J, which includes all hemp, jute, and flax goodsi in schedule K, which includes all wool nnd woolens: in schedulo C, whion in- eludes all metals; in schedulo M, which includes all books, papers and other ar- tides of this character; in schedulo E, which covers sugar, molasscss nnd ar- tides of like character; iu schedulo F, covering tobacco; in schedulo D, which includes wood and wooden ware iex- ccpt as othcrwiso provided); m sched- ulo U, winch includes provisions; iu schedulo N, which includes sundries other than precious stones, salt, coal, and linseed or flaxseed, and in sched- ulo II, which includes all chemical products, eighty-fivo per centum of tho several duties and rates of duty now Boverai duties anu rates 01 ciuw now imposed on said articles severally. It piovides, however, that nono of tho ar- tides included in schedule 1 shall pay a higher rate ot duty than lorty per centum nd valorem ; in schedulo K higher than sixty per centum, and in schedule C higher than fifty per cen- turn. It provides that tho rate of duty on cast, polished plato glass, unsilver- ed exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square, on green and colored glass bottles, vials, demijohns and car boys, (covered or uncovered), picklo or preserve lars and other plain, molded or pressed green nnd colored bottlo glass, not cut, engraved or painted and nol specially enumerated or provided for in this act and on all tho articles subject to nd valorem duty in schedulo B. which includes carthenwaro and classware. shall be oichtv ner centum of tho several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally, It provides, however, that nothing in this act shall operate to reduce the duty above imposed on anv articlo below the rato at which said article was duti- able, under "an act to provide for tho payment of out standing treasury notes to authorize a loan to recrulate and fix tho duties on imports and for other purposes, approved March 2. 1861. commonly called the Morrill tariff," and that when under the existing law any of said articles aro grouped together and made dutiable at one rale, then nothing in this act shall operato to re- duce the duty below the highest rato at which any articlo in such group was dutiablo under said 'act of March 2, 1801. It provides that after tho 1st of July, 1884, the rate ot duty to bo paid on all unpolished cylinder, crown and common window glass; on iron or steel sheets plates, or taggers' iron coated with tin or with a mixture of which these metals is a component part, by the dripping or any other process, and commonly known as tin plates, terno plates and taggers' tin; and on linseed or flaxseed, shall bo eiihtv ner centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally. It adds tho following list of articles to the present tree list : Salt 111 bags or sacks, barrels or other nackaces or in ... . . bulk; coal, slack or culm; coal, bituini nous or shale; timber, howen and saw ed, and limber used lor spars and in buildinc wharves: timber, sauarcd or sawed, not specially enumerated orpro- vided for in this act: sawed boards. plank, deals, and other lumber of hem lock, whitewood, sycamoro and bass. wood, and all other artioles of sawed lumber; hubs for wheels, posts, last blocks, wagon blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, holding blocks and all blocks or rough hewn or sawed only, staves of wood of all kinds, pickets and pal ings, lalhs, shingles, pine clapboards, spruce clapboards, wood manufactured hoi specially enumerated or provided for in this act. It provides, however, that in the case of bituminous or shalo coal tho exemption from duty shall not apply to coal impoited from tlio Dominion of Canada until that government shall have exempted from thu payment ot duty all coal impoited into that country from tho United States. Jackson's Grief for his Wife. Wo havo before us tho original letter of Andrew Jackson, written on the 30th of November, 1828, to his intimato friend, Colonel liobert I, Chester. Jack- son wns elected president iu 1828, and shortly after his election and beforo in auguration jlrs. Jackson died. This letter was one of many, let us say family letter It now comes before the public tor the hrst time. It is valuable because it unfolds nnd opens to tho public eyo tlio heart of tlio great war rior : "As tho meeting of Congress approaches my labor inci eases, 1 am engaged iu preparing for them, and this, with my other labors, employs mo day and night. I can witli truth say mine 10 a siiuuiiuu 01 uignmeu slavery. But my liopo of happiness tied with tho severe beieavement 1 met with in tho loss of my dear wife. Tlio only conso lation ou this sido of tho grave is when 1 look torward to tho time wheu 1 can again retiro to the Ilermltago (if God permits me,) there to spend my latter days beside tlio tomb of tlio only solaco ol my lite, set my house in order and lay my bones besido her. Awitwe (Tcnn.,) American. Mormon Taste for Alcohol. 1 find, by own observations, that flm Saints have peculiar tnsteB in tho mat ter of stiiuulimts. Their first choice is alcohol pure and simplu and unadulter- iu. it is uu uiieuiiiiiiuii Blglll 10 SCO 1.. 1 .... , 1 ... . lutein oring uicir nouio to the bar or - ti,u drug store to bo replenished with tno niitti noverago. 1 imvo been won dering how they havo managed to work l. Mil VI 1 their stomachs up to tho necessniy pitch to ciavo alcohol as an every day indulgence But there is no account ing for what a Mormon can swallow. Having swallowed their own creed, their stomachs certainly ought to bo alcohol proof, and perhaps this explains it. I notice that now nnd then they mix a little sugar with Iho oloohol, and sometimes dilute it with wnter. They have a way of adding hot watei and (o u,.,o.juieo to it, foxing their great r,.,,u J.i,ii.i,, ..,.1.1.? a i i.. bartender tells tno candhflv that ho ,H.