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Ttteulayl November 95, 1873.
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letters and packages to eight cents, to go
into effect January 1st.
To Form a correct opinion of the merits
of tho proposed Constitution, as compared
with tho one now in force, both should be
road. We have no doubt, bub what three
fourths of tho voters in tho State, who
adopt this course, will vote for the change.
It is by comparison, that the merits of tho
New Constitution are made conspicuous.
TnK opposition of the Ilarrisburg Tele
graph to the adoption of the New Constitu
tion, will easily be accounted for, when wo
-remember the largo bills, which the pro
prietor has in times past, put in against
the Stato for stationery, etc., all of which
44 plunder" under the New Constitution
will be out off. Such, opposition reminds
us of the fact that
" No rogue e'er felt the Iinltor draw
With good opinion of tho law."
Aldkuman Cicii.ia acted as Mayor of
Memphis duriug the late yellow fever vis
itation to, that place. Whilo filling that
place he was accused of making impropor
use of certain funds. For that offence he
was tried before the Board of Aldermen,
and expelled by a unanimous vote. If all
men in public office wore bold to such a
striot account tlioir would bo a host of va
cancies. V7AS PE0SPEST5. '
Tho prospects of a war with Spain,
rather increase than diminish. It is prob
able that public opinion in Spain, will pre
vent that Government from yielding to tho
just demands which have been made by the
United States. That our Government
think the case rather cirtlcal is shown by
the great activity, in the Navy and War
departments, and the earnest consultations
of the Cabinet. On Friday last, a very
long meeting was held, being the longest
session ever held under President Grant's
administration. Upon the adjournment it
was remarked that the meeting had been
one of the most important ever held, mem
bers stating that the whole time had been
occupied upon the Virginius matter and its
attending complications. The Cabinet
officers are still careful not to permit a
word to escape them a to to the conclu
sions reached, either at this or the two
preceding meetings.
TnKRE are men in this State who declare
that the Constitutional Convention had no
right to proclaim in what manner the peo
ple of Philadelphia, should vote upon the
draft of the new Constitution, because the
Legislature ordained a different view upon
the matter. The New York Tribune cites
the following case upon that point: "In
1804 a question arose in New York as to
the right of the Legislature to make a
certain enactment as to the election of dele
gates to the Cotihtitutional Convention,and
the Legislature asked the opnion of the
full Bench of the Supreme Court. The
Judges said : ' Neither the calling of a Con
vention, nor a Convention Itself, is a pro
ceeding under the Constitution. It is above
and beyond the Constitution. lustead of
acting under the forms and . within the
limits prescribed by that instrument, the
very business of a Convention is to change
those forms and boundaries as the publio
interest may seem to require. A Conven
tion is not a government measure, but a
movement of the people, ' having for its
object a change, in whole or impart, of the
existing form of government.' " Certain
ly if the people exercising their primary
authority through, a Convention can act
"above and beyond the Constitution," they
can diminute the Legislature and proclaim
in what manner they will reject or approve
the work of tholr agents. The case is too
clear to admit of a doubt.
t if Patrick Lai kins, a bar tender in
Jersey City, was attacked in a saloon by an
unknown man, and fatally injured.
In Favor of the Constitution.
The Philadelphia papers generally favor
the adoption of the New Constitution.
The following article taken from the Phil
adelphia North American, the oldest daily
paper in the State and the ablest Repub
lican paper in that city, thus advocates the
acceptance of the proposed change.
"If we may estimate publio sentiment
by the tone of the press throughout the
State, the probability of vigorous organized
opposition to the new constitution recedes
with the lapse of time. The rural prr sa
very generally agree that the instrument
proposed is in most points superior -to that
now in force. That there is a decidedly
hostile feeling towards tho new organic
law in certain quarter may not be denied
with fairness, but several oouside rations
render it next to impossible to make this
opposition formidable by combination. The
Instrument itself lacks the provocation to
Btrenuous and concerted opposition. It has
no political bias as concerns party. Some
of the debates showed party animus, it is
true, but this narrow view of constitution
making afflicted only a few, and these had
very little influence in the convention.
lu nearly all respects the new law is an
advance upon the terms and prescriptions
of the old. Notably the legislative, judio-
ary, and finance articles are very great ad
vances on the path of reform. The first is
confined to a narrow limit, yet sufficiently
broad to cover nny emergency. .Legislation
has of late years become vicious in many
respects. The balls of legislation have
been the theatre of innumerable and dis
graceful potty squabbles between individ
uals, between corporations and individ
uals, aud between individuals, private and
corporate, and the Commonwealth.' There
was never any warrant for expending tho
publio treasure in carrying on such disre
putable quarrels. The new law, if adopted,
will red ii co such legislation to its minimum,
if it does not altogether abolish it. The in
crease of membership is in strict accord
ance with the spirit of resprcsontative gov
ernment. Under the old system such an
increase would have tondud to multiply
neighborhood quarrels. But the prohib
iting of local legislation In the new !aw will
so to speak, render the Legislature a homo
geneous body. It also abates the growing
evil of frequent elections aud annual ses
sions. If adopted, it is reasonable to ex
pect that in due time, our statutes, from a
mass of heterogeneous nnd upparently con
flicting rules of procedure, will take on
such a degree of homogeneity that a lawyer
may move from one county to auother
without fueling compelled to prepare for a
new livid of practice. It will likewiso ligntou
tho burden heretofore laid upon both the
supreme aud local judiciary a burden
that has been andis very much too great
for tho furtherance of the ends of justice.
The judiciary article of the new consti
tution, though not wholly free from objec
tions, works a salutary reform in several
particulars. It will increase the number of
judges learned in the law, whilo it decreas
es tne number ot associate judges not learn
ed in the law two changes long needed.
It also apportions .judiciary officers with
regard to legal business needs, and not
with special regard to territory. At present,
in many districts, the civil lists aro so cum
bersome that a suit involving valuable in
terests may drag its slow length along for
years before it can be disposed ot. in some
districts the judge might labor conscien
tiously through his ten years' term, and
never Bet within sight or the loot ot tne
calendar. Such a condition of affairs is not
in the interests of justice. Suitors have
certain rights even though litigation may
not add to the enviable reputation of men
as a rule. Suits in ejectment have been
known to linger in the local courts a dozen
years, keeping the parties in a condition or
suspense and enmity not conducive to men
tal quiet or neigbbornooa morals, juages
have been broken down in harness by the
core by the niggerly system which has
heaped three men's work upon one man's
hands. The very uncertainty as to tne
time when a case could be reached has in
duced thousands to go to law about nothing
in a lit or spite or chagrin. A prompt
hearing is fatal to a large class of cases
being commenced to annoy and disturb,
and which therefore have no right to come
into court at all. The effect of tho propos
ed constitution upon legal business will be
to keep it within neaitny limits py so dis
tributing it that no judge can be overwork
ed or hurried bv a never-ending calandar.
But if for no other reason, tho people should
ratify the proposed constitution for what it
prohibits aud prescribes in the matters of
taxation and finance. Article IX opens to
just taxation a vast amount or property
owned by quasi religious, beneficial, uud
charitable societies, but which are op
erated for profit to individual stockholders,
It also prohibits any waiver of the power
to tax corporations by the etate. it pro
hibits the loan of State credit to any enter
prise proseouted by individuals or corpo
rations. Similarly it prohibits the loan of
credit by any municipality to any individ
ual, corporation, or institution. It limits
tho indebtedness of municipalties to seven
per centum upon the assessed value of tax
able properly within their several bounds
at nuy one time, uuu pruuiuua tue creation
or any new debt beyond two per centum
upon the taxable value without the con
sent of the electors at a publio election,
And the term for which any indebtedness
may be increased is limited to thirty years,
at or before which time principal and in
terest . must be discharged. liegarding
publio moneys, such as may be necessarily
held in reserve are to be limited by law to
the sum required for current expenses ; the
samo to be deposited as by law directed,
and the places of deposit, as well aa the
amount on deposit, to bo set forth in
monthly statement. Those provisons are
in the interest of the -people at large, and
will be very generally acceptable."
(7 One of the Japanese students at
Yale College, while out for a stroll, was
accosted by a green Sophomore with
What's your name?" The gentleman
from Japan answered politely, giving his
name. " Oh," rejoined the would-be witty
questioner, "you heathen don't have but
one name, I see?" "What was the first
name of Moses t" was the neat reply.
tW Bamuel Adams, the organist of the
South Fifth Street Methodist Church, in
Brooklyn, N. Y., dropped dead while play
ing the organ during the services.
Forty-one; Honrs In a Well. '
The San Francisco Bulletin say : A
man named Hughes, who keeps a hog
ranoh near the Golden Gate Park, met with
an accident the other day, which nearly
resulted in his death. His house is situated
a considerable distance from the road, and
he lives alone, being a gay bachelor. Last
Monday afternoon, about three o'clock,
Mr. Hughes had occasion to go to his well,
which is a few paces from the house.
While fixing the rope he fell into the well,
and brought up at tho bottom, a depth of
about fifty feet, much shaken, but not
materially injured.
His utter helplessness completely over
whelmed him, but at the top of his voice
he began to shout, hoping that some one
in the park would hear his ctics. Monday
evening passed, and his cry for "help"
was unanswered. Tuesday and Tuesday
evening passed, and still no response to his
frantic appeals for aid. His feelings while
down In that well, with tho cold water up
to his waist, can be better imagined than
described.
Ou Tuesday morning G. A. Friemulh
went to Hughes' house forthe purpose of de
livering "The Call." He heard the unfortu
nate man's shouts, but believing they camo
from the park he paid no attention. He
was surprised the next morning on going
to doliver the paper by hearing the shouts
again. The paper which he had left the
day before was still lying on the stoop.
This fact increased his astonishment, and,
after listening attentively, curiosity drew
him to the well, from which the cries arose
distinctly on his ear. Mr. Friermuth was
somewhat startlod on learning what was
the matter.
After a few words had passed, Mr. Frier
muth encouraged Hughes to hold up a few
minutes longer, and, jumped on his horse,
lode at full speed to obtain assistance. In
a short time he returned with two men,
and Hughes was fished up from the well in
a deplorable condition from exhaustion,
with his face as pale as marble. After his
" inner man" had been fed, he explained
the circumstances to his rescuers. Hughes
is a man of strong constitution, but it will
probably take several days to quiet bis
Uovcrnuicut Finance.
In reference to the message of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, it is ' said that he
will admit in that document that he will
probably be a borrower of gold and green
backs within three months to pay the cur
rent expenses of the Government, and the
interest of the publio debt. Interrogated
on this head, he said that there was uo way
for the' Government but to go into the open
market and buy like any other purchaser.
The reasons for this policy are the falling
off of custom duties and internal revenue
receipts. By this policy the bonded ware
houses are filled with goods which importers
cannot pay the duties upon, and the stop
ping of factories has lessened the quantity
of materials on which internal revenue
can be collected. Another suggestion of
the Secretary will attract great attention.
IIo expects to recommend to Congress the
restoration of the duty on tea and coffee.
Ho shows that placing these articles on the
free list has not reduced the price to con
sumers, and that the Congressional cry of
cheapening tho poor man's beverages, and
making a free breakfast table has not
proved a success, whereas these articles
formerly brought $20,000,000 revenue every
year.
Opinions from New York.
The New York Evening Poet says : "On
Tuesday, December 10, Pennsylvania will
vote upon the acceptance of the new .Con
stitution. The question is exciting a
good deal of discussion, and the " Rings'
will oppose its adoption with all the means
in their power. The best and ablest men
in both parties favor the Constitution as a
whole, aud hope that it will reform the
abuses which have controlled politics in
Philadelphia and some other cities." The
importance and true meaning of the com
ing vote upon the draft of a new Constitu
tion in that State are becoming well under
stood in all parts of the country. It is the
people against the corrupt " Ring," which
have so long ruled and robbed both city
and State. If the draft is adopted, the
occupation of the " Ring" is gone, and
hence the mouthpieces of that organization
are fullvoiccd in opposition to the proposed
Constitution.
The-. T. Time says: "TheConstitu
tlon offered for the approval of the voters
of Pennsylvania is one that commends
itself to every man who desires pure leg-
islation, and an economlcul administration
of publio affairs."
tSyAn elopement was frustrated in
Groonsburg on last Monday. At the twain
were passing through the back gate,
the vigilant parent of the blushing fair one
seized the gay Lothario by the cuff of the
neck, administered a few vigorous and'well
directed klcktf, emptied a skuttle of fine
ashes on bis oiled aud lavendered head, and
aald " Git I" Lothario got ; and the young
lady passed the remainder of the night un
der the paternal watch, shedding tears.-
The young man U said to be a Pittsburger,
and measures tape for an existence.
tlTAt Pokeepste, on the 10th Inst.,
three boys wore drowned whilo skating on
a mill pond.
For the Blnomtleld Time.
The Tax Law, as Affected by the New
Constitution.
Mr. Editor It is a great mistake to
suppose that the Convention intended or
wished to restore the three mill state tax
on real estate. The new Constitution de
clares certain property.of a publio character
shall be exempt from taxation ; such as
publio school houses, court houses, jails,
poor houses, property of the State and
nation, churches and grave yards, and char
Itablo institutions belonging to the State or
to a city or county. At present there Is a
vast amount of property exempt from tax
ation owned by private associations. It is
not assessed at the triennial assessment,
and does not pay tax for any purpose.
This kind of property has been exempt
ed from the payment of all taxes, by special
laws enacted for each particular case. It
is tnee lawt, nnd none other, tho constitu
tion declares null and void. Every acre
of land will be assessed this full, on which a
county, school, road, borough and city tax
will be levied. The Legislature a tew
years ajo repealed the law levying a tax of
three mills on land for state purposes, but
the rcpouling act did not exempt real es
tate, it is still liable to pay stato tax
whenever the wants of the commonwealth
require it. It is not exentpl from taxation.
The new constitution declares certain laws,
exempting certain property from taxation,
null and void, but It noes not re-enact any
laws on the subject of taxation, that has
been repealed.
After such a protracted content as the
convention had in curbing the inordinate
powers of corporations, it is absurd to sup
pose it would release thorn from taxation.
and impose it on real estate. That it not
to be found in Vie new conetitulton. The
articles on corporations," railroads, and
canals, are of great value to the people, and
it will be a great calamity to lose them by
voting against the constitution. 1 feel con
ndent the people will not do so.
Joseph Baii.y.
OOMUUNIOATKD,
Dear Sir. The Constitutional Conven
tion called into boiug by a great majority
ot the voters ot mis lOmmonweallh, nave
met, and completed their task and now
submit it for adoption or rejection by the
people. 1 hat it is a vast improvement on
the old, cannot be successfully denied, and
1 am glad to see that nearly all the opposi
tion manifested towards it an yet, come
from the petty " ring ' organs ot the state.
who dare not be independent, and whose
mendacity is so well known that they can
effect but little. And because they oppose
it, affords the strongest nrgumeut why it
should be adopted, whilst almost all the
candid, honest thinking editors, without
regard to patty are found its earnest advo
cates. We were somewhat amuied to see
one of our own county editors attempt an
argument against it in his last issue, but
tne cause ot bis hostility is so palpable, that
our people will give it the consideration it
deserves. Having been repudiated by his
own county as a candidate lor member,
aud in accordance with the usages of the
party desiring to be a candidate for re-
nomination, he knows full well that if the
new Constitution is adopted, Perry county,
will become a separate legislative district,
and he can never hope to be returned to
fill the place. He argues that the proposed
Constitution imposes a tax on real estate
which is as silly, as ,it is false as a reference
to the article upon that subjoct will fully
prove. All the other arguments advanced
are similar in their character, nnd un
worthy of respectable notice. However
the object of this communication, more
specially is to bespeak for the document
a carelul and unbiased perusal, and we
predict its approval by an overwhelming
majority. Yours Truly,
A CITIZEN.
Nov. 24th, 1873.
What the " White House" Costs.
The White House appropriations for the
current year, 187374, are in detail as fol
lows :
Furnace keeper $ 720
Two policemen 2,040
One night watchman 000
Usher 1,200
Two door-keepers 2,400
Steward a.ouo
Messenger 1,200
Becrotary and clerks.: 10,600
Contingent expenses 6,000
Annual repairs. White House., 15,000
Refurnishing White House 10,000
Fuel 6,000
Green bouse 10,000
Grounds 10,000
i
Total $77,660
To this add $30,000 for the President's
alary for the current year, and the ex
pense of the Executive establishment thus
amounts to $127,600 per anuum.
Miscellaneous News Items.
tW Destructive fires prevail in the woods
between the Arkansas and White rivers.
The damage so far has been confined to
fence and bridges.
tW Thomas D. Bedford, freight conduc
tor on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
while uncoupling, cars at Orange Grove was
run over and killed, hit body being horri
bly mutilated.
tW The brick chimneys of the new Ban
Francisco Mint are turning a beautiful
green. This peculiar color is occasioned
by using salt water brick, or brick made
of clay taken from salt marshes, which
the acids used iu the laboratory thus
discolor.
tV William J. Sharkey, who was wait
ing a new trial for killing Dunn, escaped
from the Tombs in N. Y., last week. Mrs,
Wesley Allen, an acquaintance of Bharkoy'a
who was visiting the prison, was found in
hit oell, and it is believed he went out on
her tioket in female attire.'
Ban Francisoo, November 15. Joseph
Farraday and bis friend Charles Dodge
went to the theatre last night. They went
out to take a drink, and Dodge became in
stantly ill and died. Farraday thinking
he would be accused of poisoning his friend
blew out his own brains. '- 1
Baltimore. Mil . Vnuomlu, i 7 Mar.
Lutz, a German servant girl in the family
of Dr. Lewis C. llnm i,
J ,
to kindle a kitchan fire this morning with
Kerosene, a ten i no explosion occurred,
shattering windows and breaking large
quantities of glass. The girl was fatally
Dumea.
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Though without medical knowledge ourselves,
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- The PAIN-KILLER Is sold by all the Drug
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MT Price, 25 and 50 ceuta and $1.
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Maunra & Prop's. 136 High, 81., Prov., R. I.
November 11, 1873. lm
Thirty Years' Experience of nti
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