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Howe. spina Daniel Drinenizont, TTORNEY AT LAW---OFFICE IN NORI3A4TH PAM etreet, corner of Gonad alloy. ping 7 David Neff, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, No. 25 Nast son street, Beading, Fa. [March 1.0, LIVINCOOD'S United States Bounty, Back Pay and Pension Office, , COURT STREET, AWAR SIXTH. 1 1 AVING BEEN ENGAGED 1N COLLECT- Jog claims against the Government, I feel oonddent t at all Whe have heretofore employed me will cheerfully 41416141/1 my promptness and fidelity. My eberiee are moderateand no charge made until obtained. WILLIAM H. LIVINGOOD, not IS-11] Attorney at Law, Court SL, Reading, Pa ASA M. HART, Cf. ate Heart .. latayors) pE A till IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, CARPETING% ale., Wholesale and , Be et Philadelphia prises. Signof the Golden Bee Hive, 14 Bast Penn Square. ..(aprill7-tf P. 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A Wier *whine than any other In the marker" at MIS. OaU and rte Oa. W. GOODRICH, lOU] Noe. S and IS Penn Square,. iteadino, Pa. F. P. HELLER. WATCHMAKER, JE WELER, AND DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, LPOONS, SPECTACLES, GOLD PENS, Re., Sign of the 4 . BIG W ANCII,P , No. ssyg Ea Penn above Sixth. north side. Beading. Pa. Sr Every article warranted to be wha with sold for Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, ie., repaired Patiedlar attention, and guaranteed- [feb 1-tf SILVER PLATED WARE TIIST RECEIVED A FINE ASSORTMENT OF oGators, Spoons. Dessert and Dinner Forks, Bolter 3roiroo, ke., Ike. For owe or low Pates, by J. RICHTER. MU sad rinaltroots MOT 41414110/ ALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL re -- ESTABLISHED AS REFUGE FROM QUACKERY The Only Place Where a Cure Can be Obtained. DR. JOHNSTON HAS DISCOVERED THE moat Certain, @needy and only Rifecttud Remedy in Ile World for ell private Dieeiteee, Vireahnoni of the Beek or Limbs, Strictures, affections of the Kidneys and Blad der, Involuntary Discharge', Impotency, General Debili ty. Nervousness, Dyspepels. Languor, Low Spirits, C,onfti- Mon of Ideas, Palpitation ofthe Ileart,eingdity, Trembling, Dimness of Sight or Giddiness, Dineen of the Head, Throat. Nose or Skin, directives or the Liver, Loam Stomach or Bowels...thou Terrible Disorders midair trio Ile Solitary Habits of Youth—those swarm and solitary practices more fatal to their victims than the song of &frees to the Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their moat brilliant hopes or anticipstioes, rendering marriage, dtc., impossible. YOUNG NUM Bnpeelialy_ who hare become the victims of Solitary Vice. that drrodfd and dostrustivo habit srldsb aaanatly.weape to an untimely grave thousands Of Young Mee of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who might other wise have entranced listening Senates, with the thunder+ of eloquence or waked to ecstasy the living lyre, may nail with MI confidence. • DI ARILIAGIL Married Person.. or Young Men contemplating mairiage, being aware 8/physical weaknees, organic debility, defer itten, dtc., epeattly eared. lie who pieces himmlf andorthe ears of Dr I. may m -1100.0 confide in his honor as a gentleman, and confi dently rely open his skill as a Physician. ORGANIC WELAIINEISS - Immediately Cured, and Full Vinor Restored. This Distressing affeetion—w Mein renders Life miserable and marring* impossible—is the penalty paid by,tbe sk arn. of improper Indulgence.. tang persons are too apt so commit excesses from not being aware of the dreadful consequenem that may ensue. Now, who that understands the subject will pretend to deny that the power of procrea tion le lost Sooner by those falling into improper habits than by the prudent ? Desidea being deprived the pleas ure of healthy otropring, the moot NAM, awl destructive symptoms to both body and mind Wee. The syetem be comes Deranged, the Physical and Mental Functions Weakened, Lam of Procreative 'Power, Nervous Irritabill ity, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion, Con stitutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough, Con sumption, Decay and Death. Officer ISo. 7 South rredertok Street, Lett hand side going from Baltimore amt. a few doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name and nimber. Lettelb must be paid and contain a stamp The Doctor's Diplomas hang in his office. 0011111 WALTILANTSID iN TWO SAMS. Rla Nerauryor Dauer:our Drugs. DR. SOZOTSTODif. Member qr Lle_SniaLCollefuseLitarimoe s i a • tia moot eminent College° In ibe Untied States. and the greater part of whose life has bean spent in the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else where, has Wrested some of the, most astonishing cures that were ever known; many troubled with ringing in the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfainese, with frequent blushing, at tended sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured immediately. Wilt7ll .10 1 .11.11.1 1 1C1Milt NOTIOIk Dr. J. addresses all theme who have injured themealves by improper indulgence and solitary habits which rain both body and mind, unfitting them for either business, study, moiety or marriage. • Tunas are some of the sad and melancholy effects prodne ed by early bbbitg 9f y kb, viz: Weakens' of Umtata and Limbo, Pains in the Head, Direness of Sala, Loss Of Ma cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy. Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Digestive Fancttous, Gen eral Debility, Symptoms of Consumption, dm MENTALLT.—The fearful sancta on the mind are much to be dreaded—Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, I MM ,, don of Spirito, Evil Forebodings, Aversion to Society,Self Distress, Love of Solitude, Timidity, be., are some of the evils predated. THouttaXpa of persons of all ages can now judge what is the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor, be coming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a sin gular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consumption. 4017311} DIEN Who have Injured themselves by a certain practice indul ged in when alone. a habit frequently learned front evil companions, or at salient, Meetings of which are nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders marriage impossible. and destroys both mind and body, should ap ply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country:, the darling of his parents, should be snatched from all prospects and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of deviating from the path of nature and indulging in a cer tain Beetni haht4, egch persons noes, before contemplat ing NELIARILIACIA redecttbat a sound mind and body are the most necessary requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed, with out these the journey through lite becomes a weary pil grimage; the_ prospect hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes stedowed with despair and Oiled with the azeleskehely regestion that .the happiness of another be comes blighted with our own. rtr i "r‘=ll.) uli#•' , 6 . 1 , 1. ,)=•:1"")"1 When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure finds that hetes Imbibed the needs of this painful disease, it too often happens that an ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, detershim from applying to those who. from education and respectability, can 61 , 10 befriend him, delaying till theconatitntional symptoms of this horrid dis ease imam their appearance, such as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose. nocturnal pains in thehead and limbs, dim ness of sight, deafness, nodes on inn shin-bones and arms, blotches on the head, face and eXtteulltles, progressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the palate of the month or the bones of the nose fall is, and the victim of this aw ful disease becomes a horrid object or Coluddeeretieer till death puts a period to his dreadful auderinga, by senalsg him to that Undiscovered Country from whence no trav eller returns." It is a melancholy fact that .thousands fall victims to this terrible disease, owing to the unskillfulness of ignor ' ant pretenders, who, by the ma of that Deadly PoUon. Mercury. rain the constitution and make the reddue of life miserable. STRALEIGILIDI • Trost not your lives, or health, to the care of 'many Un learned and worthless Pretenders, destitute of knowledge, name or character, who copy Dr. Johneton's advertise ments, or style themselves, in the newspapers, regularly Educated Physicians, incapable of Coring, they keep you trilling month alter month raking heir filthy and poison ous compounds, or as long as the entailed jpe can be oh- Mined, and In despair, leave you With ruined health to sigh over your own galling dleappointment. Dr. Johnston is the only Physician advertising. Hts credentials or diplomas always hang In his °llse. His remedies or treatment are unknown to all others, prepared from a life spent in the great hospitals of Europe, the fleet in the country and a more extensive Private Pram ttee than any other Physician in the world. 02. 1511:6M OP TWO Palms. The many thousand@ eared at this inetitution year after year, and the numerous important Surgical Operations performed by Dr. Johnston, witnessed by the reporters of the "Sun," "Clipper." and many other papers, notices of which hays appeared again and again berme the pantie, besides bin standing as a gentleman of astute, sad re. sponstbillty, is a eunletent guarantee to thealnieted. Skin Diseases Speedily Cured. • " rio letters received nniele post-paid end containing a stamp to beneed on the ieply. Persons writingehould sate age . and send portion of adVertisement describing symptoms. 170331 Mr M. SOTINSMON, M. Dap Of tile Baltimore Look Hospital, Baltimore, Marital& may 10-Iy] STRICKLAND & BROTHER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLERS & STATIONER a 3 IWO PENN STREET, READING, PA. ALARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK of School, Miscellaneous and Blaxat IKAIP CIO 3IFIL. MS 9 PRAYER BOOKS, ENGLISH .AN D GERMAN BIBLES AND HYMN BOOKS, PERIODICALS, YOSIO BOOKS, GOLD PENS, FANCY ARTICLES, Rork LETTER, CAP and PIRNTING PAPER and PAPER RAGS SLANE BOONS -AND MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS Made to order • Churches and Sabbath Schools supplied with Tract Society and Sunday School Union publications, at catalogue prises. MB" Orders from Country Merchants solicited and filled promptly at the lowest wholesale prices. Sir Teachers supplied with Moeda at the usual discount. N. B —Books and Musk sent by mail postage paid, on receipt of Publishers' Prices. Jan 18-if Groceries, Glass and Queensware. TUST RECEIVED, A LARGE ASSORTMENT of White Mona DINNER and TEA SETTS, Common White and Edged Ware,with a good stock of GLASSWARE and GROCERIES, at No. SO Noah Fifth Weed, • feb B. D, EMITS. S. DE PETTENGIM7.. & CO., No. 37 PARK ROW, NEW-YORK. at 6 STATE ST., BOSTON, Are Agents for the Rending Gagne, in those cities, and are aothortioa to take Adverttoetoeute and Saboortyttoes for ma at oar entabliabed rates. NEW FRUIT—LAYER, BUNCH, AND SAL. TINA Raisin, Currants, and Citron, }net rseetired and fur aria ad. I.SOCOGICS, goo el do Booth Oa elm* _ SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1863. V Naga: A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR'S EVE. Away an thonalda of pall and bier, And cypress bough and funeral tear, And wallinge for the dying year. Our household Ares shall burn to-night With warmer glow, while children bright Dance round us in the rosy light. Lite was not given for tears and groans. The god-like gift of speech for moans, Or faces made for churchyard stones. Hang the green holly on sour malls, And let the children's laughing galls Ee.eoho through the lighted Igle. Thom who have kilted the year my weep And low in . ditst and wiles creep, With wild laments and anguish deep; Bat we who loved him best while here, Oan bid him go with festal cheer, And lights livid garlands round hie bier. He came to ne a helplem child, Meld the snows of Whaler wild— Our hearth. with blazing loge we piled, We gave him @halter from the steno. And closely wrapped hie shivering form In sellout woola and ermine warm. We fed him from oar garden ' , tore— The rleheet fruits our orchard.' bore And nuts from many a foreign shore. Our earn and wins his strength supplied. Till, grown to boyhood by our nude, We gloried in hie youthful pride. We gave him Mocks and fertile lands, We bowed onr bead, to Ms commands, •nd tilled hie Beide with willing hands; When 10,10 crown his manhood'. morn, The ripening wheat, and tasseled corn, Were of our loving labor born. Through all the Summer'', noontide heat, We toiled amid the clover sweet, And plied itedragranee at his feet We reaped hie fled• nc c.• E ell Om vale and plain, And cowed the hopeful need agaln, And when the Autumn's withered leaves Fell rustling round our household eaves, We gathered In hie golden sheaves, We bound his furrowed brow with maize, And honored hie declining days, With jubilees of graceful praise. Ms work is done ; hie Harvest-home Is gathered where no blight can come, And his sealed lips are sweetly dumb Prom - the fall perfeettioos of bile., The ?ohm teanee that over to Jnet where the Heavenly life meets this We want for him no death-bells slow, No sable plumes and hearse of Woe, With mourners wailing as they go. Planting, in plane of tolling The music of year merry belle, And cheerful songs for sad farewells. Hung the green holly on the walls, Let social mirth sad music calls Ring through your festal lighted hat's. Life from the Old Year's death is born, Let bright'ning . hopes with linnet adorn Thebreaklng of the Wow Year's Adorn Gaits anti &Webs. TRIFLES. A WORD TO MARRIED PEOPLE. The ringing of the door bell. has a pleasant sound to me, especially in my idle mooda. Like an unopened letter, there is a mystery about it, and one waits with a pleasurable excitement to see who or what is coming. Returning home, one day, earlier than usual, I fond my wife had gone out ; and, while loving- big idly over the paper, the bell rang. I waited expectant till Bridget appeared with a note, containing a request from my old friend, Dr, Steam, to ride out. to his residence in the country, the next day, to transact some business that had long been pending, and an invitation to bring my wife and spend the day. I was pleased: first, because I — eranted lhe business `completed; and secondly, because I thought I needed a day's recreation. But the next morning everything seemed to go wrong. Alice could not accompany me, and I Could not get off as early as I wished ; and con lequently, I was peevish and fretful ; and Alice reflected my humor, I suppose—as it appeared to me she had never been so nnamiable. At length, however, I drove away, though not in a very pleasant mood. It was a lovely Ooto ber day i and, as I rode along, noting the brilliant tints of the landscape, memory went hack to the golden autumn when I wooed and won my bride. new lovely' Alice was then !" I thought. 44 And how happy we were ! But that was long ago. Yet nature is the same, though we are changed. Let me see: we have been married three years; is it possible it is no longer I" And I felt a pang, as I contrasted the past and the present, to think that we could have settled down into the commonplace life we now led, We had no serious trouble, we didn't quarrel ; though, when I felt cross, or other things didn't go to suit me, I took no pains to conceal it, and often spoke harshly to Alice, who sometimes re plied in the same spirit, sometimes with team. Yet we were generally good friends. But the charm, the tenderness of our early love had im perceptibly vanished. I bad become careless about my appearance at home, and Alice was equally negligent. Her beautiful brown hair, 'high she used to wear in the moat becoming curls was now usually brush ed plainly behind her ears, unless she was going oat or expected company. I dismissed the sub ject with a sigh, at the doctor's gate, with the reflation that it was the same pith all married people—meet be no, in fact—for how could ro mance and sentiment find place among so many prosy realities ? I supposed we were as happy as anybody ; and yet, it was not the kind of life I had looked forward to with eo many bright an ticipations. The doctor came out and greeted me cordially. In the hall we met Mrs. Stearns, looking fresh' and lovely in her pink muslin wrapper, with her jetty hair in tasteful braids. She scolded me playfully for not bringing my wife, chatted a few minutes, and then flitted away, while the doctor, remarking that his motto was, " business first, and pleasure afterward," led the way to the library. As we entered the room I noticed a vase of bright autumn flowers on the table, imparting an air of taste and cheerfulness to the apartment. I made some remark about it, to which the doctor responded: ' ~ Yes, I am very fond of flowers, and love to see them in the house ; and, as I spend much time here, my wife always keeps a vase of them on the table as long as they last." (".• ;1 Our business was nisbed before dinner, and we walked out in the rounds, which were quite extensive, and tastekly arranged. There was a variety of flowers in bloom, and I noticed that the-tio4or selected here &withers the finest, instil he bld &handsome bouquet. When we reache‘ilhe house, Hrs. &yarns *eta standing on the step. The doctor, still contin uing ear conversation, gave her the flowers, with a slight bow and smile ; and, holding up a spray of crimson berries, yhich he had brckei4 (41', she bent her head whilp he fastened it among the dark braids of her lair. IL was trifling incident, yet their manner ar rested my attention. Had I been a stranger, I should have pronounced them lovers instead of sober - Married people. All through the day I noticed the same delicate . atteniion and deference in their deportment to each oth r. There was nothing of which t a most fastidious guest could complain; yet, w le showing me the most cordial attention, they did not seem to ignore each other's existenoe, as married people so often do. I had never visited the doctor before, and was very much pleased with his Wield home. I said so, after dinner, when we strolled outdate the woods. " Yee," he said, I think it pleasant; and," he added, believe I am a contented man; BO far I ant not disappointed in life." How long have you been married, doctor?" I asked. • " Tea years." " Well," I pursued, "can you tell me whence the bright atmosphere that summit& your home. Tell me how you and Mrs. Stearns manage to re tain the depth and freshness of your early love, as you seem to do ? I should think the wear and .. . EL home where my ideal of domestic happiness was realized before. It is what I once dreamed of." The doctor smiled, and, pointing \c a thrifty grape vine climbing over a neat lattice, and load ed with purple fruit, he said: "That vine needs careful slim:din!, and, if pruned and properly oared for, it is ihat you see it ; but if neglected, how soon would it be come a worthless thing. So the love which is to all, at some period, the most precious iihing in life. and which need* so much 6106 toyteep it unimpaired, is generally neglected. t my friend, it is little acts—trifles—that so oft es trange loving hearts. I have always ma eit a point to treat my wife with the same co Atm , that characterized my deportment in the d g of courtship ; and, while lam careful not to fond her tastes and little prejudices, I am sure that mine will be equally respected." \ That night as I rode homeward, ponderin the doctor's words and reviewing the year of our married life, I was sarpilsed at my wn blindness, and I determined to recall the efrly dream, if possible. The next morning, at breakfast, I adonis ed Alice by a careful toilet, chatted over the din , r, and, after tea, invited her to ride. When ~ e came down in my favorite blue organdie, w h her hair in shining curls, I thought she h never looked lovelier. I exerted myeelf, - ae of old, to entertain he and was surprised to find how quickly and plea. flatly the evening passed. I relolied to test the doctor's theory perfectly and the result exceeded my most sanguine ex peotations. For Blithe little nameless attentions so grati fying to a woman's heart, and so universally an-, corded by the lover and neglected by the husband,' I find myself repaid a thousand-fold; and. I would advise all who are sighing over the non fulfilment of early dreams, to go and do likewiee, remembering that, that which is worth winning is worth keeping•_ HAZARDOUS ADVENTURE IN THE TOMB OF DAVID. . The following sketch, , furnished by Mies Bar clay, daughter of James T. Barclay, author of " The City of the Great Ring," gives an inter esting account of her perilous adventure in gain ing access to the Tomb of David : "Early one morning, during the great Mo hammedan feast of Rhamadan, I. was called to the parley' room, to see my friend Moose. This little fellow having bagetne rather a frequent visitor, I was at first inclined to excuse mypelf, but remembering he had lately hinted at the pos sibility of my gaining an entrance into the Tomb of David, and in consideration, too, of the fact of being their fasting season, the everlasting finjan of coffee and doueeur of sweetmeats—those otherwise indispensable marks of Turkish civility —might now be dispensed with, I concluded to make my appearance. On entering the room, my pleasing suspicions were confirmed by see ing him close thie door and mysteriously place hie finger on hie lips, in token of profound secrecy. lie laid his ponderous turban on the divan, beside him, doffed his slippers, crossed his legs, and disclosed the nature of his errand. In short, I was itiformed that his sister was ready for an adienlure ; and as I was too, we were not _ long in reaching Turfendah, (hie sister,) who immediately commenced operations. My hair was taken down, and braided in scores of little plaits. A re# cloth cap, with a blue ellk tassel, was placed on my head, and around it a gauze turban, with . gold tassels and embroidery. My robe and trowsert were of the finest Dames- cus silk, my girdle or cashmere, and tunic of light blue stuff, embroidered in silver flowers. My bands were already dyed with henna,' hav ing undergone this process on the occasion of a former adventure in the Mosque of Omar, and still retained the deep yellow hue; my skin wee pretty deeply tanned, too, from a residence of several years under a burning Syrian sun, which was quite an addition to my Turkish appearance. The sheet, veil, and slippers, came in due or - der ; and having secreted my pencil and sketch book in the folds of my girdle, we sallied forth, accompanied by Turfendsh's favorite slave. " The reputed Tomb of David is just outside of Zion Gate, hard by the Coenaculum and American Cemetery. It is surrounded by an irregular pile of buildings and surmounted by a dome and minaret. In the interior are some of the most grotesque architectural embellishments imaginable, on the capitals of some remains of the Crusaders' architecture. Jest think of the frightful owl occupying the place of the classic lotus 1 We passed the several halls and corridors, evidently of the style of the Quixotic era of the Crusaders' domination, before reaching the con- accented apartment, whose entrance is guarded by double iron doors. Wo found here an old dervish prostrate in prayer, on the cold stone floor. Not being privileged, as we, to enter the sacred precincts, he wse content with gazing at the tomb through the iron bars ; for it is a rare thing for even a Mussulm,u ecclealastic to gain admittance—my companion and her family only enjoying this privilege, because they are very near relatives of the curator.' Our slave was despatched for the key, which She had no dim (laity in obtaining, on the plea that her mistress wished to pray on the holy spot. What was my consternation on seeing another slave r•tornink with her confess that I trembled, and Was thinking I had beet leave my &irk Ward slippers behind, in ease of retreat, as they would greatly impede my progress, and might thereby cause me to lose my head.. She peered under my veil, asked who I was, and seemed satisfied with the careless reply of Turfendah, that I was merely a friend of hers from Stamboul. She invited US up stairs to see the old keeper's harem; and Dahudeah (Moosil.:a little wife), who is always glad to exchange the purgatory . of a residence with her lord and master for a visit,of a few days here ; for I can testify that the young effendi lords it over her in true oriental style. Torten dah regretted she could not accept her kind in vitation, and, as she was so much exhausted from fasting, she would prefer deferring it to another time. The slave then left, to our mutual relief, and, having dismissed the old dervish, the doors were °lend and doubly looked. " The room is insignificant in its dimensions, but Win furnished very gorgeously. The twat is apparently an immense saroophatua of rough stone, and is covered by green satin tapestry, •oidspu•---4r---••- • o ye ack vet is attached, with a few insetip lions from the Koran; embroidered also in gold. A satin canopy of red, Wile, green and yellow etripee, hangs over the tomb ; and another piece of black velvet tapestry, embroidered in silver, covers a door in one end of the room, which they said, leads to a cave underneath. Two tail sil ver candlesticks dud before this door, and a lamp bangs in a window near it, 'which is kept constantly burning, and whose wick, though saturated with oil—and I dare say a most nauee dis dose—my devotional companion eagerly swallowed, muttering to herself a prayer with many a genuflexion. She then, in addition to their usual forms of prayer, prostrated herself before the tomb, raised the covering, pressed her forehead to the stone and kissed it many times. The ceiling of the room is vaulted end the walls Covered with blue porcelain, in floral figures. Having remained here an hour or, more, and completed my sketch, we left; and great was my rejoicing when I found myself once more at home, out of danger, and still better, out of my awk ward costume." SLEDDING. There is nothing in. the tropics that can con- Bale a uiau ti 0911190, to dwell there, for the lose of northern winters. Monkeys and humming birds, gorgeous flowers and gigantic vegetation, in sects, reptiles, and luscious fruits, which you cannot eat without a cholera, sweltering nights and roasting days I Deliver us from the intoler able delights of a tropical luxury ! 2. Bnt a northern winter is full of bracing joys. In•doors all is ruddy and social, and out of doors all is energy and manly joy ! A man who has blood and vital spirits glories in the cold of winter. But of all sports, what one can claim superiority over cowling; or, as in our boyhood days it was called, sliding down hill 7 2. Long before we attained the age of a sled two barrel•etaves, fastened together by the know ing workman, served an excellent purpose, Bud required no mean skill in sitting and steer ing. A slight mistake in balancing, and the boy and staves changed places, the boy under and the sliding-machine a-top—and then gradually rolling into a promiscuous heap, out of which came some ripping remarks, not made by the sled. 4. Next came the glory of fall and real sled s4—a sled with runners, and iron or steel shod; a sled painted and lettered! With that we defied the thermometer, and set our faces before the north wind I And how long the hill, a full half mile, is sought, not all of a gentle slope, nor yet too steep, but. properly made up, as all bills should be, with a fine gradual beginning, then a pitch quite steep, then another long middle -elope, a jounce here, a rullock there, a sweep yonder around a point, and a fetching-up place right along the river! On such a hill-top, with a glorious sled, well muffled and mittened, the boy seats himself on his sled, prouder than ever sat a king upon his throne. fr. Away he goes with nimple feet. reaching out before him (for a sled carries its rudder at the bow),;fiand whose Ads with skillful touch steer the flying machine. See him make a leap over the rullock, lifted clear into the air, and - coming down with &jounce that made everything crack! Boys have springs inside of them, under every muscle, on all aides of each bone, and come down with a springy fund that cars and carri ages may envy, but cannot hope to attain I 6. None of your belly-flounders! This lying down on a sled, like a buckwheat- cake on a grid dle, or that sideway sitting. on the hind•end of it, with one leg cork-soreired out behind, for steering, are not the thing. They are not ortho dox. They savor of a compliance with weakness and timidity_ A. real boy should sit upon his Bled fair and square, with hie face to hie work, and ready to meet all difficulties with his breast to them 1 7. Norylet any one decry the long tramp up bill that follows this fierce flight downward. What if it is long, the sled hanging behind, the way slippery, and withal some perils of those avalanches of other boys that come roaring and whirling down? The going-up is still an indis— pensable part of the epic. It is the dark that gives power to the high light. The up makes, by contrast, the very glory of the down. 8. We never see the snow on the ground, old as we are, that we do not feel the very spirit of the sled again I And now, an old man, we would, if we could, mount and plunge down the bill again. Though a man's hair is as white as the snow under his feet, he need not be ashamed of a voyage on a sled 9. One winter, not long ago, when in New Bedford, we found a long street refused I o horse vehicles, and set apart to sleds. The selectmen, or whatever their names were, at the public ex pense, carted on snow where the track was worn; [TOL. XXIII.-NO. 37.-WHOLE NO. 1979. iced it by water thrown on over night ; stationed a band of music there; had torches lit and placed along the sides ; and the generous people, catch ing the spirit, illumined their houses, and this preparation was thrown open to men, women and children. That city is civilized!' That part of the millenium which consists in sliding down hill, we believe will begin first in New Bedford I STATE TAXATION Repol-t of the 00>akia.40fidA4 Appointed by the Gov ernor to prepare a Revi,ed Revenue Code, under a Joint Resolution of the Legislature, approved April 11, 1802. The Commissioners appointed by the Governor, in pursuance of the authority of the joint repel.- tion of the Legislature, passed the 11th day of April, 1802, ~ relative to revising the revenue laws of the Commonwealth," respectfully sub. mit theh report. It is Xesumed that the Legislature, by the resolution aethorizing the commission, contem plated such action on the part of the comtnis• sionere as woulelead to a new system for levy ing and oollectinttaxes, and at the same time establish a more eteitable distribution of the burthens of taxation The laws now existing relating to the raising' revenue are confused, ambiguous and, in their .ration, unjust. The commissioners, by the accdt.,, peuy i ng bill which they submit as part of their *Vert, have endeav ored to systematize the mode be assessing pro- , perty, and to equalize the burthet,s o f t axa ti on . The commissioners. have labored-under great difficulty in not being able to get the, essential facts necessary in making a just and fall-revenue system. It is not improper to note that amongst all the reports and in all the records of the sev oral offices of the State Government, there is nothing to show the productive resources of the Commonwealth. The archives of the State are deficient in facts relating to the wealth, commerce and' industry of the people. The proposed mode of assessing e,......,./. 5 , i s ....i........,,, *h. ..,-..--1---a it a istrpred in several of the other States, and experience has demonstra ted its utility and its popularity. It is, perhaps, the only mode which will secure a complete as sessment of all property upon which taxes should I be levied. The commissioners have endeavored to reach , every species of property, in order to secure from every man, according to 'his means, equal contribution towards the maintenance of the State Government. They have labored,to lessen the weight of taxation, and in no way to increase it. To this end all the changes that appear in the proposed system are directed. The mode of collecting taxes, as proposed by the commissioners, is now in operation in many of the counties of the State. Its tendency, wherever tried, has been to ensure more prompt payment of taxes, and at the same time a very great saving to the tax payers. But the most important feature of the proposed system is that which leads to the emancipation of real estate from taxation for State purposes. In the performance of their duties, the commis sioners were compelled to review all the purposes for which revenue mist be provided. Revenue is required to maintain the State Government, and, as incident thereto, revenue must be pro vided for counties and townships. Tazatiou-se.-1 -1.....al purposes (counties and towvdityls) falls almost entirety ..rata_real estate - Thia ...broom' ' the making of roads andminiortilding of bridges, the maintenance of schools and the support of the poor. Taxation for these purposes, in many 1 localities, amounts to three per cent. upon the value of all the taxable property within the township. Thus the indisputable fact is presen ed, that investments in real estate have to bear much more than a just proportion of the burthens of taxation. To relieve real estate from this unjust discrimination was one of the objects of the commissioners. A large portion—perhaps the largest portion of the actual wealth of the State, is beyond the reach of local taxation. The capital employed in all the leading branches of trade, involving commerce and manufactures, banks and railroads, is drawn from the mass of the people and put under the control of a few individuals. This property should bear its equal share of the bur thens of taxation, and sines it cannot be reached for local purposes, it should be taxed-in greater proportion for State purposes. In the accompanying bill, the commissioners propose reducing the revenue arising from real and personal property from $1,422,624 to $069,- 049, which would be a reduction of $853,574. To make up the deficiency thus produced, they propose to increase the tax upon corporations. Corporations in this State are very numerous and very powerful. They have not only drawn within their control an immense amount of capi tal, but they have drawn within their power the entire commerce of the State. Almost everything is now made to contribute to the revenues of these corporations. Yet, owing to their intangi ble character, it is very difficult to adopt a gen eral system of taxation applicable thereto. The franchises of corporations are property, and the legitimate subject of taxation; in fixing a tax upon corporations these extraordinary privileges, their franchises, constitute the first grounds of the Commonwealth's claims to contribution, and in that consists her right to discriminate in favor of the public. The property of corporations is within the reach of the authority of the State. Now, in order to do justice to the agricultural interests and the owners of real estate, the Commonwealth should look to this kind of property for a large portion of the revenue requisite for State pur poses. . The commissioners do not propose to increase the tax upon banks, believing that they now pay their proportion of the necessary revenue. But they propose to tax railroad companies equally with banks. Owing to the fact that most of the railroad corporations have no stock basis, some other mode than that applied to banks must be devised. A railroad company may have a capi tal of a million of dollars, and the capital stock all held by shareholders. In such a ease the dividends could be taxed as bank stooks and bank dividends are taxed. But another company, in every respect equal, may go into operation, and instead of issuing stock to shareholders it may issue bonds for a million of dollars, and instead of paying dividends it would pay inter est ; instead of stock it would have nothing but indebtedness.* Yet there is no reason why these institutions should not pay equally the same tax upon the same amount of business, The commissioners, after mature deliberation, have adopted the plan of taxing the gross receipts of all railroad companies, and they have fixed the tax at two cents upon each and. every dollar Of their earnings. From this tax the State would derive a revenue amounting at least 10 $60,000. They also propose a very light tax upon the tonnage carried over the different improvements of the State. This tax, as fixed in the bill, would yield a revenue amounting at least to $350,000. If, after a year's experience, it would be ehown that the revenue from these sources, would be greater than the above estimates, then real estate. should be entirely relieved from taxation for State purposes. It is also proposed, by' the accompanying bill, to abolish the board of revenue commissioners. If real estate should be relieved from taxes for State purposes, the cause which gave rise to the board would no longer exist. Independent, how ever, of the question, whether real estate should be taxed for State purposes or not, the commis • sioners are of the opinion that the board is of no practical utility. Property should be taxed at its true value, and the people themselves are the best judges of the value of their own property. They choose their own assessors, who are first authorized to fix the value upon the property within their jurisdiction. This valuation is sub ject to the revision of the county board. These officers must determine the value of property for county purposes; now why not for Slate pur poses I The Commonwealth confided in the re- turns made by the officers of private corporations, ale° in the reports and return:: of municipal offi cers. A board of revision is equally entitled to credit. Where the State establishes a local tri bunal for the purpose of valuing the property taxable by law, in that tribunal it should confide. No foreign agency can be as safe, certain or reli able. ThW'efore, as a matter of justice to the people, of economy and consistency, the board of revenue commissioners, should be abolished. There are other features in the proposed reve• nue system that might be noticed, but an exami nation of the bill itself will give a better idea of their character than any reference here, The commissioners have endeavored to systematize a mode for the raising of revenue, and in that sys tem they have endwyrored to reach every person and every interest,n order that no ip,iuntace should be done. W5l. M'CLELLAND, AT. RUSSELL THAYER, R. B. M'COMB. December 1, 1862. DEMOCRATIC PROTEST Against the Bill to Indemnify the President and Others for suspending the privilege of the Writ of Ilabeas Corpus. In the House of Representatives, at Washing ton, Monday, December 22, 1862, Mr. PENDLA- TON. of Ohio, offered the following resolution;. Resolved, That the following protest of thirty- Biz members of this House against the passage of House bill No. 691 be entered upon the Jour nal : Oa the 9th day of December, A. D. 1862, and during the peeneht session of Congress, Mr. STETENB, of Pennsylvania., introduced the bill . . No. 591, entitled "An act to indemnify the Pres ident, and other persons, fur suspending tho privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, and acts dune in rursuance thereof," and after its second reading moved tliat its consideration be made the spudal order for the Ph ys ia tk y a typnext en swhmat"blre" tips pra wuqueion i andthsben t.in a underthe operationbereof, the i :;eV a third time, and passed. Tis bill involves questions of the gravest im portance. It provides that all suspensions of the writ of haboas corpus, all arrests ald impria94- month upon whatever pretexts or by whomsoever made, under the authority of We President, however arbitrary or tyrannical or unjust, are confirmed and made valid ; and that all persons who advised or executed or assisted in the exe cution of any such acts ate discharged from all liability, whether , te WState or to individuals respeot thereof r and that all proceedings against them of every nature, whether for the recovery of damages, or for the initiation of pun ishment "commenced or to be commenced," are disoharged and made void, It also provides that the President may, during the existence of this rebellion, at, any time and anywhere throughout any of the United States, and as to any person, suspend the privilege of the writ, of habear cor- pus. The bill is framed upon the idea that the acts recited were illegal, and without just cadge or excuse; that they were violations of the rights of the perilous arrested and imprisoned; and that for them redress might be had in the courts """11-" neacsful. regular, and ordinary administration of the law. It is framed upon the idea that the citizen Was arrested without the existence of crime on his part, or oven probable cause to suspect it, and that in making such arrests, the substance, as well as the form, of those provisions of law in tended to secure personal liberty were entirely disregarded. It makes no exception of those oases in which the arrests have been made with malice, and the imprisonments have been inflict ed with circumstances of brutality and cruelty— in which the "public good" has been made the cloak wherewith to cover the gratification of po litical animosity or private hatred. It distin guishes in nothing between the cases in which an honest mistake has been followed by its imme diate correction, and cases in which malignity has been enabled, by false pretenses, to procure the arrest and to prolong the imprisonment, to the loss of property, the destruction of health, and, in some instances, theoinstmity, suicide, or ling eting death of the unhappy victim. ,It distin guishes in nothing between the active officer, zealous in the full discharge of his official duties, and the base miscreant who volunteers to assume the degrading character of spy and informer, that he may with more effect, and secretly, use the falsehood which the venom of his heart prompted him to invent. It proposes to condone all offenses, to protect all offenders, and to take away all redress for injuries, however great, or with whatever circumstances of aggravation or bad motive inflicted. If these acts had been done in all easels from the purest motives, with an eye single to the public good, with as little aggression as possible on private rights, with ell circumspection - and care that only those who were really guilty should suffer such confinement as would prevent the commission of an unlawful set—if the public good were in fact aubeerved by them—it might be proper to protect the President, and those acting under his authority, from criminal prosecution, and penal sentence; it might be proper to pro tect them from pecuniary loss, by the payment, from the public Treasury, of the damages assess ed against them, Even then, whilst admitting that circumstances like these would in seasons of great public dangers negative all wrongful in tent in the commission of these illegal acts, it would be the duty of the Representatives of the people to affirm that at all times the President of the United States, before all other men, should adhere moat strictly to the forms of legal proce dure-when directing hie powers against the per sonal liberty of the citizen. It could never be proper to indemnify the President, and those acting under his authority, at the expense of the citizen whom they had injured, or to add to their security by the destruction of his remedies. The Constitution of the United States guards most carefully the rights of the citizen ; it was ordained "to establish justice," "insure domes tic tranquillity," and to tteecure - the blessings of liberty;" and so steadily was this object kept In view, that in addition to the reservation of all powers not granted, there are special prohibi tions of seizures without warrant, detentions without indictment, imprisonment without a speedy and public trial, and deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law ; and there are clauses which extend the judicial I power of the United States in all eontrovielliee between citizens of different States, and eteure a trial by jury in all cases in which the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars. Congress has hitherto uniformly maintained, and, as far as was necessary, has perfected by its legislation these guarantees of personal liberty, and the courts have enforced them by assessment of damages for their infraction. This bill proposes to deprive the courts of the power to afford such protection. It will, if carried out into practical and general operation, release the people from the duty of appealing to such peaceful and legal means of redress, and will provoke more summa ry and less constitutional measures. Yet this bill, without precedent in our history, suggesting such grave questions of constitutionality and ex pediency, believed by many members to be ut terly subversive of the rights of the citizen and of the express provisions of the Constitution, by the force of mere numbers and against the re monstrance of the minority. was passed' within one hour of its first introduction, without having been printed, without, having been referred to any committee, select or standing, and without any opportunity for consideration or discussion. The undersigned, members of the House of Representatives, do therefore moqt solemnly re monstrate against this action of the House, and respectfully ask that this their protest may be entered upon the Journal. They protest against. the refusal of the House to permit consideration and discussion of the bill as an arbitrary exercise of power by the majority, unjust to the members, unjust to their
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