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EgAtII I SCAST, Propi G- letorJ ;•.•••••;• ,,, i • Ton VIE MOIiTOOSE .46 5.1 E 419. 6 a 1 CO I - sr or the Greet Steiitele between' Liberty abd beViritsitetoVitigliteit: 4"" • • James Itladison;* f.atZlessage•.dated Nov, 4th 161 ci,'Nfl'ilg§ follows; c< the : ,l3encr i cirent polig of, the United States, ir.Variably, t rstmitnen - ded peace, and prume t t,etLcivilization among . , " that wretched position nqltehninatirace; (the Indians) and tv . as ivaktp g exwrons fto dissiiade•th'een ti:Oni'taking either side i n the war, the enemy has not scrupled to cal to his aid(their tatiiless ferocity, arm ed with thbse instintnentaof carnage and . torture, w hiclt arell Twit fto spare neit her atze or sex. In this outrage idgaiiist orable war, and_ against the .feelings sa cred to h urn auity, , the.- . Lirltish commanders cannot resartio a , ..plea'Atif--ret,aliatien,:for it is committed in the fae.C.ofo.urekaniple. They cannot initigate_it'lly calling dt self defence against Men id arinsoforit •ces the most'-shrieking. liutcheries of de ieneeless families. Nor can it he proten tied that theyarennt-tihswerable for the atrocities ...perpetrated,- since: the savages al%• employed with a knowle lge, and even pith tliet.inelface,•-•That theirqury coitlil not,be coatrolltrd.,•Suclpis the...spectacle which the depirteltienthorit ies.ef a tint ion, hoaativ, , ofidts religion and morality have not, been restrittned , from presenting' te an enlightened age." had exterminated, or reduced the last, one To this 'complaint of a "'Democratic presideut . orthe . triiited satiee , :iii - acrent s avery. l'hey were read} now to join • their aristocratic brothers over the sea, in of Great •Brilain replied as fOlfeltars: : conquering Democracy in America, and " The American Government h as the werey ery.i.lisaiing' ttrey - shiMld use the ( .fir o utery . lomlk i a.hotit the Ittdiatt's apsis- Indians to eff,ct, its conquest. wig Tim! t ri!ason : why tloy do not Democracy was the conqueror in the ?,itceeed lietter heir plans of corrtip bloody strife, and the „Biiitish betook Con "that' the Indian 4 live experietietd themselves back agnin_across the ocean. their deeeptionsithd treachery4,,q,orien Their aides retnaitied and practiced Brit to.t rust them c any ,case. bal._ that pl . ne7 4,11 .arts, Ttley instigated the Indians ce.ssity': The !lilt; 0r United Si:ales against the Deint.eravy as long as they re . -preling, the indiatts : is, ~ ! ..hat. ' might were within theii. leach, and when the itiakeS ritzlit." — They considerd.lietn an in- 1 last . lndiatt.had started ler the setting son, ior an.l.,uriproteeted c,lass beins...., and they counpenced. the same arts with the act accordlit l ily. The Judi:lnt, as well 'as pt-gtot.. 4 s a il sent to,Etzgland for an agent lne lo)alists of British America, are oh to help them incite the blacks to instirrec i,,cts' cfrivily.,t7eneoefyitic. kat!, As the tion,ianci Gen. Jackson had to-remonstrate rpeeellesli - Cott,ires - s plltinly „evnisfood .paatfist I hese mmtlerens attempts as itte_farce‘of kite tiorptptlVasitington p.milladison,, had done. he• ,„, „; t h.l ) 11r.,,Jetrer- i fore The British kept up their In .,itt's cant, was, .!Merely to I llepetve, and diiin. crusade against the Americans just gain applause from fo,reign.. nations, who ;s0 years before they-declared war against ,t, re 1 , 114),allt of 4 ‘tit t erican prtc:ice, and that ; nation. The e Puritanskept iii the heir Lodina, land ,su hid tug. t hi-, a Ntgro ct:usade agait t sc the Son th.it ts t, 30 t',e Ninon+ . (. 4 iitY 76(:imIsell, who, unites bt.fere she hunch for separation in t izrealest .nlisdotn, with the most de- self titlence against J,olin Brown raids t., , rtnined yalor,,was,,eso well aware, that I and abolition - incendiai ies, inciting their I ail he'en'ion! , ,etideavoritto. to torn, a slaves to !nuttier and massacre., Then, leagn6 to , re !ht., an r/.7/its, Puritaas let 100. , e the negroes upon .;,.1 repre.s.Amerie,a n injustier, bithrut hie!, tlo.in, as England did the Indians before, to the war, our ill. , Vernineritl , nn a 14,1 u., d the same Lat z nlnenis in itt•titiva _:oul faith and delleaey t o the United 1 lion of their acts. Substitute ,fegro for s . a. es, deelined••givitig emmtenance to. Indian, anti you would think the reply of i; it the Moment that Arnica dccl tred the. •Briiish ag.eot to President Madison War 37 tbist' Great. Brit in., 'he ide had been written by a Republican in the .reins almost nniversaily to have flashed beginning , of this war. • „you the Indian tnind, like iigldnitig; that i c, Tits negroes, as well as the loyn;istv the Inornenit tivntz arrived for rearesv of the I a the s oot)), are oi jeets . of deadly polio. deep injitri?s lefl;cled upon thetn hy ' l '' 1 cratie hate. The Democrats consider U n it e d - sfate.;” add c , ! nscquentiv I iit'Y tin"; them ai an inferiOr and unprotected class !A-ac!A - aced tire flillisb caii , 'e in 'ije l itilll)""" s- 'of bein , •s• ' and net accordingly." [The ed that they had on P„er"`"""t 4 ` l l' but -I Pitritaa'never hated nervous, as we shall ; . rom,l3riti4ll sneer R+ aryl justice. 'nes! ~,.] - o The negro c hi e f; - I),,„ g t as, 1,,,1 every natire ertm Kilted to stimulate -them long been enneavoriag to form a league . .o :lid in' defetidingl heir aiiii io:r ivcs and with John I.ti . :o,Wn .to preserve negro !.r..perties i against Anil - cifit :iinbihm and I r i ght ', , 4 „,i 1.,.pyt.,,s Democratic injustice, cal ac. ty. '• Under sign eirettat'ian'ciT, had' but which, pr6vions to the war, we Re. we, from a ny a I)..iird- or fis. idions scru•• 2 : , 1 patinicanß,lioni gOod faith to the Consti - r.j• clef! ll.eir tis . i .. “ 3l Ver'; it wniii.i i titntioti, deelined too gi've countenance to, a% e been holflhoionil a'premiein foi,thcir i aitl4,ln2..h' the .abolitionivts had no such m tarring - nmAit t .,4 1 5,.:t/ ' 34'crtir et3'. but the moine4;the South se- Oh! go ,Nv iinVe, in ost /.(•tuler hearted, 'ceilett'the idea Seems tO.have_gavlied tin t:, I generous Ot l i c England! Pr, ri:ttnit,O.- - ,.; ii i fi re net i re m i n d .i. t .if t , 4, , ted t i.,,, m the, the treciaratinri." i'd Warin -113 ' 12 ,') - "ti if."' l 'inin‘d;: of the abliii - liatis . t,-) that:Abe mo. cied , i v ilia' eon ni.ena nee _to tile: tOma - : .1.-_ , .. t . ... . 4 . meta had a rriv,io 41,7_ the . r . edres' s of deep tia wkitt,, ,, Upd - 'Scalping -of - the Americans„,: ini.tries, and coM..equently they embraced ..y Your befOv,i4.llridilit: Allieti in `tlie for): thellepublican clause in the lull persons ' mer war; filim sentitri&its Of deneiiey mid ion that, they had no permanent hope but Jo.)d faith to the United _ Status. flow front Republican unceess and justice." , I;4 _, 'ink ' nYttfrifcini'Me--.i6ilir krg:tfi:-"- on And then was heard the war whoop of to it e.;'..` , Yesil /Nevi Elittlettedrsitys 'lire:it the black Tectonseb: lirttain is the-bre+warir of our religion." "Men of c olor to .ArmsP' • 'How wicked: these -demecratir are for . • declaring war 'mainse a nation so pions "The day dawns-L-t he morning star is and holy 1". Yot.Geneval Wmdtingion in i bright upon the horizon. The iron gate 1;95, twelve years after von 'promised io, of our prisOn stands half open. .One gal „keep the peane,towards v.pur white broth- ' 4 hint rush qom, the Korth will fling it wide ers hi Aineriee, gave the following.ac- open. We c.an,get at the throat of t run's count of you'r delicacy itd, good, faith to, on phi] sfaVery through Massachusetts.— the United "Sfatek, ” Hu sais in 'a letter She now welcomes yo r n to arms as her sol to Governor lifeirik., "'Litt Lord Grenilleidiers. _SIM hal but, ~n small population be asked ifivelniVetlint toinplained that 1 firm , 'whicti 10 recruit. Go quickly, and corny of thei'r-dialal officers have 'insetted l i tilliip this cidored'regirnent from thenorth. mid riteti r am.d usin'otir dirtt forts.' • That , The Chance iv now given you to end in a they:have violated 'oin'itationai•rig,hts by day the bondage.of centuries; to rise in ' 6 Earchiiigvegsels; arid impressing, within ot,' bound; from social despotism to the Our acknowledged- jiniSdiittion; and in an i plain of a common equality with all the Orr rageotult ; manner . hove seized thetatter varieties of men. rietnember .Denmark by entire crews_ in - the : Wclii, Indies, and. Vesey of 'Charleston; . Remember Na- Live done thv liii,e, c htit not,so exteusive-• thatitel.'f netier of Southampton, Virginia. iy, mall parts of tlie.we4d : ? • .. : thin, 'the Remember John Rrowti and -ids fellow Bermudan p.rivalegrs, or to sppalt 4 niore martyrs iii the cause of the slave. This is torrertaly, pirateoc and tlfeiidt : iitr r iity'Court I our golden 'Kipportuut , ty. Let Ds accept it o f; that islaild have commuted a le most 11 an d *in for otirselves'the g,rat Pude of our: ttroeinqs •derredatinoS' and ' iitiletnie'' on country!".:-Fred. Douglass, Feb. 2od, fair entrimerce, in eapttiriii L ,riand' in - tNeir 1863. 1 9 .. I '"-- Id i titli&tilliiiit'' all °rArif f i ls; Ktibli'dinieVer. ; Th is app ea l , fndorked by the lOpubli- ScionW;ti tolerated:in-toy-it Ar twi g aniii:d or ef- ca - li re v til a justiOcation,of.,the iintssa- -1 Government. 4t e„. , , . . res.ofsa( Turner, 4)Al:it'll, when. seventy -i • :Thai iht;perioUs to whom theirittaian' L ikomenant* ohilOfti ,an'il :infants, in their ... ~ . . , ttr.iir s . are envrtiiited; have - taken niiiirea: erhdle.swwW slaughtered by liegroes, as riril pains, and or:tell - tied. every deception. Itidians 'ere wont, to slaughter. 'lt is a t ! ) .k r eeii,t,tiS4ndiaqs in's . eipte of rrrittition' justiAdatiOCOf' 'the ' bor rid . iniurreetion:. witTl tui f'ano ' O - Oiriperiliii - expenditure'iiral 'cobteftitdatOd • by 'Delititgik . 'Ail; !Lilo: million fir 'theme 'or dOiliii ra'n ' lif i t • 'II bo'Briiivfo;'atilif'fliitintilliaoli 'ttiO r Sit.q . DOB , r- 0 11 Evst..-4• tl)e purpoie of self defence against Indian tribes, thins ,stimiqated; and for chastising QICIP for the rev.ages.aud cruel murders, wltikh they had : cominitted on our fron tier, jehalkitantu.. Our: minister at the cunr.t UlLunteu,lia4 . been.directed.tu re:. .incnorate.acrainSt ~these things, wit,h • 1. , Li „. Tits ruttier couT.'Cuttnl i ryllo the last tnoyuyit lis . j deavor4, koAtrot.eet bis ren rom . massacre by their red litotiters, when their? white 4rothers. Of Old Eng and were instigating to mur der Them, and juipressing American sea. I Men in the Briti-th service. And yet the 'et erarists of New England .denied ; those outrages ; declared that '• Great 19. d given the Americans no cause 'Of COMO:lint, . and when aDrinocratie Ad. . intnistratton declared war against their 4p.yessors, the 1 eat:rail:4lB became the al ly of Great Britain,, in order tocverthirow I)ein`o r t:racy. " The. Indians are objects of deadly Democratic Late," said the British tyrants . ; and they therefore let the In dians loose against them, with their- in- A'rintints of death and carnage, and the Feder:ilisis said, Amen ! The Federal ists never Bated Indians. Tilt) Puritans were burned, litimireds of them in_ their forts and wigwams, consuming their squaws and papooses together. They never sold them into. slit% et.); never cut off I he bead of King Philip, and sent his w 4 and son to Bermuda, and sold them as slaves. No ! If they ever hated In dians their kite had died out when they MONTROSE, PA: O . TilTgBDAt, JAN. 14, 1868. . . in power, the guilt of all the Indian and Negro.rnassacres since the Revolutionary war; ,and it will be proven that ,it is oot ti)r the love of the. Indian , or )Tegro, but hatred of ,Auterinan .Liberty that he ,has : instigated these two races.te murder the Pe9_l4e Who, founded ,and,,defeuded- civil 90 the American con tine n t r . - • .11 •••. ; fax January. THE BEAGT/E9 QE WINTER, ,Every season has its peculiar pleasures and beauties; and however destitute of charms winter may. appear to some peo pk, it has 'still, a portion to interest the feelings,. For .the benefit of those who, from front prijudice and ; ignorauce•tnurmur and repine against. this season, I will here enumerate some of,the.pleasures which it affords us. • now delightful is the face of, nature when the, morning light first tiawiks upon a country einbosoined in snow ? The thick mist which obscured the earth,.and concealed every object from our view, at once vanished.. How beautiful are the tops of the trees, hoary with frost The hil s and the railways,. reflecting I the sun beamQ, assume various tints.; all nature is animated by the ,general influ ence of the bright luminary, which.novv invites the vvsrliling, .songsters from the graves to make jocund the day with their harmonious notes. If nature, .during•the abs, nee of the sim, droops and is over spread with gloom!), When the. horizon is again illumined with eliecaiug rays. She resuin,:s her wonted. gaiety r iand, robed in White, de9glits the traveller. with her novel and de,lioate 4ppeac;uice. HOW beautiful to see the white hills, j the forests and the groveS all sparkling. What a,delightfii conthirmtion these ob j-!!ts present I Observe the brilliancy of those hedges ! See the lofty trees bend ing beneath their dazzling burden ! The'surface of the earth appears one vast plain, mantled in White and splendid array. little.indeed, are the feelingSpf those to he envied upon Whom these gram) phenotn-. ena m a k e , no pression; beings who.can c.mtemPlUte with inditleience a spectacle whic h. ought to , gladdel? their 4earWtatid till their souls with the majesty of Heav en, and the: boundless wisdom, and im measurable goodness; of an,,,a1l .powurful. God. Such . resections, .arising from the contemplation, of his works, always pro duce satisfaction and delight. The heaxens may lower, the Agitation cf the air portend a storm, and nature Jo sing her sweetest attractions, appear black, wi'd, and desolate; yet the soul re tiring within itsclt, during energy and an exalted pleasurn in tracing by Ins works, the power, the wisdom, and the.beniguity of Gud.—5T1.71231 . 6 REFLECTIONS. IV. G3ugh's Recovery, The f .lioe Mg incident is worthy of be ing often repeated, as an encouragement to labor for moral or religious retinan. A warm heart and wise tongue may over came the most formidable obstacles. Rev. T. L. Cuyler tells the story: "vu a certain Sabbath evening, some twenty years ago, a reckless, well dressed young man was idly lounging under the elm trees in the public square of Worces ter. He had become a wretched waif on the current of sin. His days were spent in the waking remorse of the drunkard ; his nights were passed in the buffooneries of the ale house.' is' As he, sauntered along, out of humor and with all mankind, a kind voice sainted him. A stranger laid his hainl on Ids shoulder, and said, 'in cordial tones : '311.. G—, go down to our meeting at the town hall to ni7.ht.'• A brielconversat ion followed, so winning in its character that, the reckless youth con sented to go. lie went; he heard the ap• pas, there made. With tremid,mus hand he.signed the pledge of total .abstinence. - 13 y God's help, he kept it, amid keeps it yet. Time poor boot crimper who tapped him on the shoulder—good Joel S• ratm on —has lately- gone to heaven. 13ut the youth he saved is to day time foremost, of reformers du the face of the globe. Me thinks, when I listen lo the thunders of applause that greet John 13. Gough on the platform of Exeter Hall or the Academy of Music, I in, hearing, the echoes of that tao on the shoulder, and of th a t kind i n . 1 vitation under the ancient elms of :Wor l'oemiter ! 'lle that winneth goes is wise.' Died In the Wepl. Said ono Radical to' another the other day ; You've heard of the fellow who died at his post, have you not r Yes." answered his friend. " And you've - heard of' the Other ono who died in tl4 harness ?" " 0, yek,"'answered the Radical. '" And we Republicans have 'died in ,the wool." - The friend saw the l i)oitlt and looked sad. ,• REWARD OFFERED.—The United States authorities offerit feiaid ofO r es hundred. dollars to any person '14',1/0 ininyh inforroatiOn ,to tiOkkiti/ro f . of any"Onillery' wjaoso-propriOoi .I)34.dint' oOnOntried to "the piovitao6s pI .the rAiv:, The Reasen•Whlr a Woman Cannot be Made a Diann. At a . recent Masonic celebration at Austin, Nqvada, • the orator of the day gave the following as the reason why fe males are. not allowed to become M.aSOnS. It is novel and not very complimentafy to the f'air sisters—and the felldw' de serves to be brack — lialted : " Woman sometimes coMplains . that sheriai not permitted to enter our 'Lodge and work with the craft in their labors, and learn all there is to be learned in the institution. We. will explain the reason. We learn that, 'before the Almighty had • finishA his Work; lie was in some doubt about creating Eve. The creation of ev ery living and creeping thing had been accomplished, and that Almighty had made Adam, (who - was the first Mason,) and erected fur him. the .finest Lodge In the world, and called it Paradise No. 1. He then caused all the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air to pass before Adam for him to name them, which was a piece of the work he had to do alone, so that no confusion might thereafter arise from Eve; whom He knew would • make trouble if she was allowed to parti cipate in ii,'ilHe created her beforehand. Adam being very mach fatigued with , tho labors of his first task fell asleep, and when he awoke he found Evein the Lodge with him, Adam, being Senior Warden, placed Eve as - the pillar of beauty in the south, and they received their instructions from the Grand Master in the east, when tiniahed, Are immediately called the Craft from labor to refreshment. Instead of atieudieo to the duties of her office, as she ought, she left her station, violated •her obligations, and let in an expelled Mason, who had Ino linsiness there, and went around with him, leaving Adam to •Jo v k after .the -jewels. The fellow had been expelled from the Grand Lodge, with several °them some time before. But hearing the fimtsteps of the Grand Masters, he suddenly took *his leave, tell ing Eve to make aprons, as she and Ad am were. not in proper regalia. She went • and told Main, and when the Grand Master returned to the; Lodge he found his gavel bad..beeo stolen. ,He called for. the Senior and Sunior r . . -Wardens, who ; had neglected to guard the door, tind Sound them absent. After searching some time he came to where they were hid, and demanded of Adam • what he was doing there, instead of oc• copying his- official ' station. Adam re ' plied that, be was waiting for Eve to call the Craft from refreshment to labor again' .and that the Craft, was not properly clothed, which. they were making peovis ion for. Turning to Eve, he asked her what excuse she had to offer for her un official and unmasunic conduct.. She re plied that a fellow passing himself off as a Grand Lecturer had been giving her instructions, and she thought it was no harm to learn them. The Grand Master then asked her what had become of his gavel; she said she didn't know, unless the fellow had taken it away. • Finding that Eve was no longer trust worthy, and that she had caused Adam to neglect his duty, and had let in one whom He had expelled; the Grand Mas ter had the Lodge, closed, and turning them out, set a faithful Tyler to guard' the dmir with a flaming sword. Adam, repenting of his folly, went to work like a man; and a gond Misotr; in order to get reinstated again. Not so with Eve; she got angry about it, and commenced rais ing Cain. Adam, on account of his ref ormation, was permitted to establish Lodges and work on the low'er degrees, and while Eve was allowed to join him in the workS of charity outside, she was never again permitted to assist in the reenlar work of the Craft. Hence the reason why woman cannot be an inside In a Son." - , —Whhen Aaron Burr returned to New York city , to practice law, after his volun tary exilr in Euterpe, he found the late Rev. Jeciediall Burchard, then a celebra ted revivalist, holding a series of protrac ted meetings in: his family ehtireh. Ile attended from habit, always went ]aLe, and disturbed the services by attracting to himself the attention of the audience on account of his infamous notoriety as the man who shot Alexander Hamilton, and who bad been tried for treason. Mr. Burehard resolved to rebuke him openly. llie next Sabbath, when be came in and got abOut half way up the aisle, the cler gyman' paused in his dis Course, arid point ing to Colonel Burr, said in the most scathing manner: "You hoary headed old sinner, 11l appear against you at the day Of judgment r The proud de . fiant Old man, standing as erect as ever, with that perfect composure which never de serted him; and fixing his fine grey eyes on'the occupant of the pulpit, replied ; Mr. 13arehard l I have observed through a long course of professional experience, dint very meanest class of criminals are those who turn.Statii's evidencO !"—Ex. Q ar' The Aftiiitiy . -end Suglehnnna R. is now operilo Harliersvilfe, Broome county, only twenty miles from Bingham .. • ' Drok . t.#60.01. ; ae AniOshuty, • 11 47 1 ipe 6 . !914e1 I 661.), , two Wibp: • Legacy and Succession Taxes. ' The appended abstract of the Internal Revenue laws and tlie latest rulings thereunder, on this subject, with sugges tions added, are published as an impor tant matter of public, information., The "legacy tax" is that upon person al property, whether the same be a lega cy devised by will, or a distributive share arising from a legal division of properly atnoug,heirs at law. The " succession tax," is upon real es tate passing to an heir from an estate, or by gift, during the life of the owner or grantor. LEGACY TAXES 1. The estates of all persons who died : since July .Ist, 1862, are liable to the leg acy tax, provided the whole amount divi ded among all the heirs exceeds 01000. 2. But the share of the husband or wife of the deceased is exempt from this tax; also the share of a minor child of the de ceased is exempt, unless such share ex ceeds $lOOO, in which case the excess is taxable; but this exemption of the child only applies to estates of those who died on or after August Ist, 1866. 3. ila legacy be devised to use of one person for -life, or a term of years,. with remainder to another, the tax isinunedi.. ateiy payable not only upon the present value of the annuity, bat also upon the present value of the remainder.* 4. Legacies which are to remain in the hands of administrators or trustees until a future period, and then to be paid over, are taxable upon their present value. *But in the estates of those dying on or after August. Ist, 1866, the legacy or interest is not taxable until the legatee becomes entitled to the possession or use thereof. 6. Executors, administrators, &e., hav ing charge of personal property-for dis tribution, shall give notice of that fact in writing to the assessor, or an assirlant assessor, within thirty days; and before making payment or distribution of such money or property to heirs, shall make return thereof, under oath, to the asses sor, and pay thetas. 8. Rate of tax, from 1 to 6 per cent.; the tax to be deducted by the adminis trator from the shares, before distribu tie°. In case a.voluntary return and pay-, ment,of tax .be not made, the assessor shall makeian assessment; and in case of wilful neglect, or refusal of those hiving, control of an . estate .to make return and pay the tax, they shill b© liable to a fine of. pot exceeding 81000—together with the tax, costs, &c. 8, Any one assuming control over the property of a deceased person, bears all the responsibility of an administrator. 9. This tax is a lien upon property for 20 years, unless the same be sooner paid. SUCCESSION' TAXES I. The real estate of persons who died after June 30, 1864, is liable to succession tax, without reference to the value of the same. the tax to be paid by the heir, or guardian. Also • 2. Lands belonging to estates of those who died prior to June 30, 1564, but which were left encumbered, (as with life interest of a widow, Zizc.,) are subject to succession tax, when encumbrance termi nates after that date. Also 3. Real estate passing by gift-deed, &c., (as from parent to child,) without valua ble and adequate consideration for the same, is liable at once to succession tax. 4. If real estate he sold, the funds aris ing therefrom for distribution, are liable to succession tax, and the administrator or trustee shall give notice, make return, and pay the tax as in case of legacy tax, under penalty of $5OO, costs, &e. 5. If personal property be left in trust to be invested in real estate, it is liable to succession tax, to he paid by the person having tt in charge. C. Where real estate falls, partial or entire, to the use of one person for life or a term of years, with remainder to :moth er, the life tenant or temporary incum bent is taxable upon the present valne of the life or limited interest; and the re mainder man is taxable on such interest as he now receive 4, if any, and at termina tion of encumbrance will be taxable upon such interest as is then received. 7. If a remainder man or successor in expectancy, purchases the interest of a life tenant or temporary incumbent, he becomes immediately liable to the suc cession tax, as fully as if the life tenant or incumbept had died. 8: The widow of the deceased is ex empt from succession tax upon her share or interest. 9. • In case the husband dies leaving lands; and the widow's thirds or interests are not by will set off by metes and bounds, 06 heirs are liable to tax upon the entire valtie of the estate, less the present value of her use; and at termina tion of her interests will be Thrther liable to the extent of tax upon the increase of bene6cial interest. 10. 'But if a widow's third or share is by will set apart -by-metes and hounds, the heirs are liable to tax upon the two thirds or balance, and at the death of wittoW, or' terujihation of her interest, will be liable to tax upon her portion. BuCcesstert taxes, from 1 to 6,per'een4wyeli-tax is a first ,fien,apon, tote t r oloolve yata, unless sooner . patd. Nrchasers of teal estate ebbald 'Bee I VOLUME :XXV;,,1917)110,,06':: that a succession. tigt. .not ape -up:Mtgitte land, as the J.ttle_vi,o.tild lie defective iD ease ,of non. payment,. " , .-p-- 2: Persons' to strecessiontaf t shall, within dirt ditys'frOm' Alit! tiligOf becOlninz entitled to posseasion of %Wit* al estate or the profits - tbereitif,' , .girrao- Lice of that fact to-the ossesser,vtiod4oZia• turn,,and pay the tax, or he, liahle .to pen alty, experises; 13. Mere neglect on the Notre - air cessors to report-themselves for assess ment within: 03a days{ subjects them to penalty, even-Wsnen neglentAK - cauged ignorance of the law; and the assgspor may make return f,;r them with penalty. But if prions ropiprt iht4nselves • alter that. period, the' assessor' may secept'the return without penalty if. satisfied that there has been no,delay after ascertaiaing their liability., Persons whose attention kitiliedn'eall• ed to their liability . have tie 'defence against penalty' Should they neglect to make return.' • " Many persons in this District who be came liable to fore b .croing, r ta;efi met years have neglected to make rettirno_lnd all who may be liable, ould - do well to report themselves at ad' esirt"diy %Fat sessmeot without waiting for thitir OsISO to ,be investigated and.tbe: return 4e4landed. Those desiring information in.mfermice to this subject can obtain it,.free • Of„ex pense, by calling upon or 'addreisitiglba officers Waving special clifirge •Suablas sessn3en ts. • l'ersuus or property ,located in,LinAgno county, that mayba liab c.to ispy.egtcy or succession tax, will be 'by Geo. B. Ku!p, of Wilkesbaireq . .fti'Stiiiiite• henna county, by J. - G4tvitecidiii of Moutrose• ' —The NorWich Bulletin, which . .ortener tells a good story 'than the trith, is 're. sponsihle for the following 7: • • " Swapping-an , evercoat for a Steam boat." Dvieg \tile trial Tase of the Norwichand ' - X6W --- Viirtz' Transportation Company aga:ipst , the insurpee,,,, oo mps. flies for the ainotint or doMitcCtio the steamer City of 'Nor iftihAir fif e , fendants undertook to prove 'that' the foes was Mt-taloned ity, the steamer ilinkiog s an,d, not by,burniag, making jp: less, againstWhichthf3 , ftre univattee nem paniee did tint inside'. Trcy the" pot of the boat, being on the- - Witness titan d, was interrogated by • Scudder of New York, counsel for defend:utte„aa views. . • , It having appeared that Tracy was hanging on to the rudder just before the steamer went •down, Scudder enquifidt 'Tracy, what do you think -the boat Was worth at the time you wvreiholdleg on to the rudder ?" • . 'l - teally can't tell.' 'But what do you think r • 'I think anything at all abOut : it.' 'Tracy, what would you have been w•il• ling to give for her at that time r 'Well, I don't know, I was not buying . steamboats eery much about that lime:?' 'Tracy, would you have been %Ming' to have.given the old coat that' you say you had on at, the One, for the Itosti ll', 'Well, I don't know but, 4.. should;, On the whole, I guess I should, .tor t,dquit suppose I should have ; needed on overcoat where I u as going. Sehudder gave it up, and caAect. bhp next. PARDON SOLICT „ TRD.—Rev. Robert' Breckinridge, ,itudical President of the Convention which noniinaxed 'People and Johnson, has addressed . a letter .to President Johnson, risking a 'pardon Por Gen. John C. .greckihri d ‘rfc,' life Pine President, who is now in l*aris, in' Very. reduced circntnslances. He urges that Gen. Breckenridge was mistaken in his Po liticat views, lint that his high charecter as a than entities" him to executive:ocm. ency. . . —We copy from the Augusta Chroni cle and Sentinel the folle.wing account:of the affair at Louisville. It appears that a young lady, aged sixteen, was Walking about on the public road,. one mile -from Louisville, on Saturday, • December :21, about midday, when she was accosted and insvlted by a- negro. Terrified at finding herself in so helpless . a>situatinn sheet tempted to run, but kilo brute , quiettly seized her and ,felled the poor girl to:the ground and most shockingly-outraged her person. ,The negro left his victinron:the road side, Where she was , found , by some citizens, tar E verY• soecessivO re . dUCtlotl 61 tolls on the Atlantie c a ble . t the Cable Company:an accession of buei nenB so great ay to inerease its 'rho rate now is, one, fourth'wh'at it .4 oas when the cabre was fir . st opened . publiC, yet at these gy4lfy` reafiq64 the number of . inbAstii : r, l ')ii4 80. ninetr,,in. caeased that the t ertionnk,Ot'Caili;retaiived daily . is annotineed: te • Ile Tar 'greater 'tbau ever before, —The PO6shicitltnwitt t Thirtriin. ocrittic Association Dinner at'iVitiNtilita ton, next Weltiptdiix. • ' " —Private telegram; from Mobile say that Unitud !3icl.ere4,, pbismankAte Tl : tt woati46l; aria , 0e,4 fpr to Soollim`dio: 4 44,1 ..,g 31111=1
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