Btvoki to polities, iCitcrature, Agriculture, Srimcc, illoraiitu, auit cucral Intelligence. VOL 20. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA? APRIL 18, IS61. NOtl3. t Published by Theodore Schocfc. TERMS. Two dollars per annumin advance Two doil irs an.l a quarter, half yearly and If not paid be fore the cud of the year, Two dollars and a iMlf. No oipersdisp.odtiniied until nllarrearagcsatcpajd, except it tlie option of the Editor. Cr li'crtisemcnts of onesqiiarc (ten lines) or less, one or three insertions, $100 Each additional inscr ton35.cenls. Longer ones in proportion. JOB PRINriKG. liavingi general assortment of large, plain and or-na-riehtal Tyjte, c arc prepared to execute every de scription of Cards. Circulars, Hill Heads, Notes. Blank Receipts, Justices. Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlet?- Sec, prin ted with neatness and despatch, on reaaonahlctenns nt this office. i BE CAREFUL OF YOUR, MONEY. When life is full of health and glee, Work, work as busy as a bee ! 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To Hie Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives: Gentlemen: T deem it a duty I owe 1o my constituents: to explain the reasons "which have influenced me in casting my vote in favor of the bill for the commuta tion of the tonnage tax upon tbe Penn sylvania railroad company; and in doing wo. although I am aware that my action will be mi-contraed, and those whom I ?iave always labored to -erve induced to become my eueroibs, I shall speak in can dor and honesty, leaving time to correct any wrong ixpressions which may now exist. It is well known that daring the whole course of y life I havi been a Grm and fast friend of public improvements, and as a Senator have 6teadily voted for all measures tending to develope the resour ces of this State. What signifies the great mineral wealth of Pennsylvania ber iron, coal, oil, rtc, if tbey are to lie undeveloped and hidden in the bowels of ihe carthl We may talk of the great ness of our State her immense resour cesher high station among tho rent of Ihe States of the Union, but if the energy tf our people is to be traajmelcd by tuis-: taken legislation, crvated by a fear that , corporations will trample upon public liberty, we are as a State without re-our-ce, and the weakest among them all. While I admit that corporations should be properly checked, I am just as loath to impose upon them unnecessary bur thens as I would be upon the people in , their individual capacity. J When in I84fj it was found necoesary in order to secure tbe trade of tho great West to our people, and especially to Philadelphia, to incorporate the Penosyl sylvania Railroad company, Senators and Members of the House of Represen tatives, together with Governor Sbunk, deemed it all important to tax the trade passing over the Pennsylvania Railroad five mills per ton per mile, in order to protect tbe trade of tlie Pennsylvania Ca nal. There was no other onject in plac ing b tax ou this trade, and there could tare been no other, for the trade passing over other roads iu tbe State was exempt from such a tax. Afterwards it was found necessary to reduce this tax to three mills per ton per mile, because it , was ascertained that as neighboring States granted to railroads within their j borders the greatest possible facilities, in , order to reach the west and its trade, the wretched policy of our State waa fast losing it to our citizens. The canal was well enough in its day, and when trans porterj bad no other means of transpor tation, but it was obvious to every right thinking man that it mmt eventually give way to the facilities which railroads afford to those engaged in trade. So far as the principle of taxiug trade intransitu m concerned, it was an illconccived pol icy, because it sought to make the trade of other States, and which preferred tbe Pennsylvania Railroad to all others pay tribute to tbe State to make up for a pos eible deficiency in the receipts of the ca nal. I do not for a moment doubt but those who inaugurated the policy were governed by patriotic motive, but the re ilt his shown tbo fallibility of human judgement, as well as the folly of taxing trade passing through tbe State, while other States invite its transit without tax ation. Tbe Legislature passed an act rclcss iag eoal and lumber passing over tbo Peansylvania railroad froa taxation, and the reasoe arged for this exemption was, that these articles were used alike by the poor as 'well as rich, and therefore should be obtained is atarket as ebeap as possi ble. Wkea this .Aet was passed there iu De eutburt of popular iidigaation against thoso legislators who voted for tho bill. It was believed to be right and no effort was ever made to restore it. Now if the tax upon coil or lumber waa wroug, what peculiar characteristics do they possess over wheat, rye, corn, flour. or uicrouuuuitt! oi any sort! l Know mat mauj people suppose that tbo Pennsyl vania Railroad company pay the tax, or in other words that it is a upon the road. This is a mistake. It is a tax upon the trade, and that trade belongs to those who tronport and they pay the tax. Can any reasonable man therefore allege that transporters in one part of the Com L.i: f .1 T 1- I . monwealth shall pay a tax to the State for the privilege of transporting goods, J I J! - I 1 wares ana mercuauui&u over a rauroaa, while transporters in other portion go fccot free! I have naid that the imposition of this tax oh the Pennsylvania railroad was for the purpose of protecting the interest of the Slate in the canal, and to guard a- ' gainnt auy possitdo dimunation of the ro- ceipts from that sourco created by the construction of the railroad. This being tbe cause, the Legislature in passed an Act authorizing the sale of the Main Liue of publio works, which iucluded the Columbia railroad and the same was pur- chafed by the Pennsylvania railroad com- pany for the sum of seven millions five hundred thousand dollars, and tbe law also contained a provision that if the Pennsylvania railroad company beoame the purchaser and paid an additional sum of one million five hundred thousand dol- lar.s, making in all nine millions, they should be forever released from tbe ton nage lax. This provision, however, was decided to be unconstitutional, on the ground that as taxation was an incid-nt of government, the Legislature bad no authority to ranjon tho riht. The Pennsylvania Railroad company then be- there are men who upon their own merits came the purchaser, and complied with would never be able to reaeh a public po the provi-iom of the Act authorizing the sition, wbo would delight to get a hobby sale. It is immaterial now to argue by which they could ride into power; but whether the sale was a judicious one or such men are but tbe scum of political not. but it is certain that since then the factions, and the aunoyance of tbe honest public debt has been gradually decreas portion of community. In this matter I ing. The main line of the publo works have done that which I believed right, aud having thus pacd out of the hands of which in candor I tbink will eventually the State, and her iutf rests in this re- rodound to tbe interests of the great State spect no longer requiring protection, it is wo all love so Wtll. Besides all this when certainly but an act of simple justice, that I reflect tbe millions upon millions of tbe the tax imposed for such protectionshould public funds expended on the Delaware be removed. I am well aware, that the division, to tbe advantage of my people, I cry has gone forth, that it has taken a would have been a base aud miserable large amount of-revenuc out of tbe trees- creature if I had not assisted in my vote ury and the people are heseeched to tako other sections desirou of developing their up the cry and calumniate eery man en- ro-ourccs. We know full well that many tertaiuin a different opinion however portions of the tate paid their taxes un honest he may be in that opinion. If complaininly, while we were acking annu the imposition of tbis tax is a nece-sity ally thousands upon thousands to keep up arising out of a deficiency in tho public the'Delaware division of the Pennsylva revcouo, why in the name of common nia canal, and now when those portions seoic, should not tbe trade on the other who have thus borne with us patiently, raiiroa.ds.tn the Commonwealth pay a tax come to the Legislature and ask us to help alsol Is there any reason why a trans them, tbey are u-et with the cry of tax ! porter living in the we-tern part of the tax ! tax ! Why our peopie, in their op State should pay a tax for the privilege po-ition shouid hide their heads in shame, of transporting on tbe Pennsylvania or at least their voice should never be Railroad, while a -transporter on the Le- heard in the legislative halls against the bih Yalley Railroad, pays not a farth- injustice of any measure, when they have inr to tbe State! Who will nay that this been the recipients of public bounty for is equal taxatioul Who will ay that the last fifteen years. I truly feel my such a policy has c?en tbe shadow of jus- self humiliated that my people have so ticel We are all more or less selfieh in far forgotten what is Juc by them to a our feelings, and I venture to predict that patient and long uffring public, as to had I voted to put a tux on the Lehigh raie up. a cry against what is regarded Valley Rail Road for. every pound of a patriotio and public measure. Politi freigbt carried over it, I should never cian may foam nod sweat. I care noth bave heard the last of it. And yet, why ing for them. They are ever on tbe alert rhould it be exempt and the Penn-ylva- to take advantage of their neighbors, and nia Railroad taxed! Are the cases not in this advantage foist themselves into of parallel exactly similarl ' But it is said, floe. If tbej thus gel in I am content, the imposition of this tax was a contract but it may be a longtime before the peo- a bargain between the State and tbe pie will be, after they are in. Railroad! What folly! What an ab- Aain, objections are made bocause I surdity! The Lehigh Valley Railroad voted for tbe bill entitled an Act for the Compny had many things in the origin- relief of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, al charter which have long sinoe been re- Independent of the fact that this bill re pealed, and we might ask with equal pro- oeived over two-thirds of tbe votes in the priety, what right tho legislature bad to Senate and Douse of Representatives, I repeal them, becau-ic perchance some maHt be permitted to remark that it was wiseacre, might afterwards say, it was a tne ODy Bafe aorj 8uro method for the bargain The allegation that it was a State to secure her interests. It is well contract carries with it, its own refuta known that with the original bill -elling tion. the Delaware Division, the North and The bill for tbe repeal of tbe tonnage West Branch Divisions, &o. to the Sun tax contains a provision by which certain bury and Erie Railroad, and taking as loans are to be made to other companies, the purchase money tbe bonds of that organized for tbe purpose of constructing company to the amount of three millions railroads in certain sections of tbe State five hundred thousand dollars, I had whioh have never been reached by any nothing to do. Noither did tbe bill of publio improvements. The development last session, by which a priority of lien of the resources of these sections of the to tbe amount of six hundred thousand State by this means, will in the judge- dollars was gi yen to contraoto-s and la ment of tho best informed men, add o borers over the Commowealtn receive my much to tbe aggregate value of real es- ( sanction. But these Acts were passed by tate as to make up to the State Treasury ; the Legislature, and it became my duty to trible tho amount of the tonnage tax; for ascertain what was to bo dono for the in it mut be remembered that some of the terests of the State. Without embracing Bra.lthip.; rmrfinn nf th State in nearl? in this defeooo any statistical information all kinds of mineral remain undeveloped, Wbo would have supposed a few years ago that Venango county contained the wealth in oil wbion recent developments Droved beyond question nhe has! Wbo would have thought that land Driogiog in that region ten and twenty dollars per acre, would bring iu tbo i-pace of two years two hundred dollars per acre! Yet sach ia tho faet, and we are notwith standing all these evidences of Pennsyl vania's great wealth, still importuned to the eiekly cry of ''mammoth corpora 4 mri C " I The bill also provides that by tbe year 1 1890 tbe amount due the Commonwealth, which is SI 3.500.000 shall be paid; wkereas, by existing laws and contracts she is not required by that timo to pay oro than four millions three hundred , tkossand dollars. This is sb iaportant matter, aH it affords the means beyond all question of an entiro and complete extin- nuishment of the public debt, long before the whole amount due by the Pennsvlva- nia Railroad company is to be paid the Commonwealth The. sooner the amount I J . I Tl l T, , ' due by the Pennsylvania Railroad is paid to the State, the soouer will the publio dopt them as the reasons which influ debt bo ssti-fied, and, therefore, all good enoed me in the vote which .1 gave on and troo men should feel themselves this bill. bound to accomplish such a desirable end. The reduction of freights upon the Pennsylvania Railroads is in fact of great advantage to those who use this road as the meant of transportation. That our own citizens should be enabled to . I 1 . I ., pore as cneapiy as tue citizen oi other States is certainly a question which can-! not possibly admit of a doubt. The ton-' an A(" change the name of the Sun nage tax baa mainly been collected from bury and Erie Railroad, and to facilitate them, because when the Pennsylvania tD0 construction of a railroad from Sun- Railroad company desired to obtain theDUrJ to Erie." Wo now avail ourselves trade of the great West, they were oom-f tbis permission, and give for our votes pelled to .lower their Freight" equal to tj10 following reasons: that of other roads, and in "order to make I The State oanals were sold by Aet of up the loss place additional tolls upon our tae 2lt of April, 1H58. The Common- own tram-porters. They had either to do wealth, to secure the payment of three and this or be at a oontautloss. By this bill naV millions of dollars took a mortgago being relieved from tbe tonnage tax, a 00 the property and franchise of the corresponding reduction in tbo amount of Sunbury and Erie Railroad. At the tolls upon freight is effooted, and our citi Zens derive the benefit, These are some of the which have influenced me in mv vote for the repeal of the tonnage tax upon tbe ! 0De million of dollars. Tbe mortgage Pennsylvania Railroad, and I care veryU''n 'be State teas second to this, though little what politicians may say or do in!'fc waa a first mortgage on the unfinished regard to my action. No man who knows me will feel himself justified in saying that I have been bribed, or that my vote has been gicon for a pecuniary consider ation. I have lived too long among the people of my district for any man to charge me with meanness. It is true j 89 t0 the pecuniary benefit whteb the State t will undoubtedly derive from tho con - Htru-tion of this road in the increase of t,e value of real estate, and tbe develop- tcent of resources, allow mo to say that v sw - w - m Qaa- DOt tbis bill been passed, tho controo- 1 tora aori laborers could have at any mo- 8Qe(j out their claia and sold the road for the amount of their lien, and tbe in saving irom entire loss so large uuj State would have lost tbo whole amount as 83,500,000. We do not wish to cast of ber claia. By this bill she will even- reflections on former Legislatures, though tually realize tbe investment she made, wo cannot overlook tbe fact that a pru beside adding vastly to ber resources 1 dent care on their part would have obvta With this view of tho ease, what was I ted the necessity of legislation at our to do I Was I to stand idly by and ee hands to correct their errors and thereby a policy adopted to prevent tho State render hccure the money of tho people froia ever obtaining one cent for her pub- After mature deliberation wo wore oon lic improvements! This is another ques- strained to consider the passagef tho tion which politicians will no doubt jer bill unrtr consideration in a different ljght yert to my injury; but I care but little for from that which wo would have consider time will show that tbo, course .which I ed it in bad it been an original proposi. have pursud w 111 redound to the advan-, tage of the tax-payers of the State, aud the increase of the public revenues, The following reason, which were giv. en by the Representatives froa Berks countv, and sanctioned bv the members from York county. I fully endorse, and a- e x-r . JER. SCHINDEL. ' To tlie Hon. Speaker of the House of Rep resenlatives . Sir : The House of Reprentatatives, DJ 8 unanimous vote, permitted the un- trans-jdersiunpd to plaee upon the Journals the n n . n n 1-! I . l . J 1 a lcaru" wuiuu iuuueucuu mem iu voting fr tne passage of bill No. 239, entitled date of this mortgage there were but a bout fourty-four mile of road completed, viz: from Sunbury to Williatsport, aud ' . t 00 there was already a mortgage for pari oj me roaa. There was due contrnotors for work done and material furnished under con tracts made prior to the execution of the mortgage by tbe Railroad company, to the State, of about three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 'Under, the Act of 143 this sum was a Jirst or prior lien consequently took precedence of tlie Stale mortgage. By Aet of 13th April. 1R60. the Legis lature verij unwisely, in our opinion, gave a preference to contractors tor work and labor dono and material furnished on said road, between tbe first of August, 1859, and the first of April. 1S60, to the amount of six hundred thousand dollars, and in case of a judicial sale, ordered to be first .paid. This being a great wrong to the State, we stoutly opposed the passage of the bill, but a majority thought different ly, and it became a law, by tbe approval of Governor Packir. There was, and is now, imminent dan ger of judicial proceedings against the Railroad Company, which, if pushed to a judicial sale, will result, as all admit, in a loss to tbe State of tb'- three and a balf millions of dollars and the accrued inter est thereon. The want of care manifested by the Legislature of 1858, and tbe improvident action of the General Assembly, at tbe session of 1860, bad so endangered the mortgage tho State held on the property of the company, that it was found neces sary to legislate this session for its secu rity. Tbe Suubury and Erie railroad is un finished in consequence, the lien of the State must be regarded as of little, or no value. A bill was presented to enable the company to finish andequip their road. An examination of its provisions gave ev idence that it took not a dollar from the State Treasury. On the Contrary aimed to make -ecu re the mortgage held by the Commonwealth The question pre-ented to our minds was Shall we save the three and lialf mil lions for the State by passing thi- bill 7 or shall we throio it aivay beyond the hope of recovery, by refusing to vote for it? In this alternative we resolved to do what others had neglected, viz: protect the property and interests of tho State and people. Accordingly we voted for the till. Had wo been members of tho Legisla ture in 1856, we certainly would have opposed this iniquitous act authorizing tbo sale of the State oanals as earnestly as we did the act passed last session whiob gave a preference to contractors to the injury of the Commonwealth, to tho a mount of six hundred thousand dollars. An enumeration of tbe claims auinst tbo Sunbury and Erie road, which have preference of the mortgage held by the State, exhibits the sum of two millions and twenty-six thousand dollars, as follows, viz : First morgage on Eastern Division. 81,000,000 00 Duo contractors for work doneundercontractt made prior to tho mortgage given the btatn, and by Act of 1843 a firt lien 350,000 00 600.000 00 70.000 00 Ccr,ifioBt?t' i"'"ued Jj Act ' of April 13, 1800. Interest estimated. i finn mi i inxi aiier our couviououb ui uUj w the State. iti to the undersigoed a source oi pride that wo nave ocen insirumeniai tion. Suppose, for example, the Legisla-f ture would refue to grant them the relief Within a few weeks there has trans asked for. tho line of railroad would, re- pired in Eahton a case, where a young main unfinished; and the Statu would man, who had gained the confidence of have a mortgage which at best would he bi employer aud the respect and favor wortbleas, because it operated upon an of the publio, was found guilty of such an unproductive and uufi-hed road. If the unpardonable misdemeanor, as to serve contractors then by a refusal on the part for a warning to all young men. A oum of the Legislature to grant the relief, ber of years bad bo been a principal clerk were compelled to obtain judgment for in one of our largest and most business the amount of six hundred thousand dol- like establishments. He lived with bis lars, and on tbis judgment had issued an emplojer like one of his own family. execution, sold tbe road, and bought it lie bad become connected with the church themselves, the lien of the Commonwealth and was punctual in the performance of would have been extinguished, aud the all bis duties. But in an unguarded hour, whole amount due tho State lost. But in an evil moment tbo tempter seduced by tho passage of this bill, the Statu be-, him, and pert-uaded him that a dimowas comes the second mortgagee tbo Coin- a very small amount, where tbe sum total pany .is enabled to finish their road, and of the day's business was calculated at tbe State some time will realize the a- many dollars. A dimo was taken." It mount wbiob in an unguarded moment escaped detection. Desires increased, she invested therein. Such being the case, fashion urged on tho delinquent. A gold and to secure tbe tax payers of the State watch was desirable. It was obtained. from the possibility of loss, we deemed it Tbe payments were made in small sums, our duty to vote for tbo bill. The origi- The employer's drawers suffered in small nal proposition by which the interest of amounts. Clothing of first quality must be the Commonwealth in tbe canals were worn, and of course goods were cut off but transferred or old, if you please, to the they brought do cash in turn. In.sbort, Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, the young man began by taking small a for the bon-is of said company, we bad mounts of money, yet bis conduct was so nothiou to do with, not being members of well guarded that it took several years to tbe Legislature at tbe time, and the Act detect him, and that only took place, by which a priority of lieu of six hundred when tbe grabbing became too largo and thousand dollars was iven to contractors bulky. The clerk was ruined His place on said road, over tho Commonwealth, was declared vacant and his face cannot we violently opposed; still both these Acts be 'seen in our community. Let young became laws, and we bad no other alter- men take warning. Poverty may be an native left us but to vote for the present inconvenience and hardship, but it is no bill, in order, if possible, to save to tbe'disgrace. Honesty and truth will guide Commonwealth at some future day, the you at all times into honor and favor; amount of threo millions five hundred Avoid tbe enticing associations of the day thousand dollars, agreed in the first in-: stanoo to be paid by tbe Suubury and E ne railroad to the Commonwealth. This explanation of our course we deem necessary to those whom we represent, and as it is made in good faith, we hope and trust it may be received in the same spirit in which it is made, and prove sat isfactory. E PENN SMITH, H. B RHOADS, MICHAEL L BOYER. We assume the above reaons for our vote, JOHN MANIFOLD, HIRAM R KLINE. I deem it unnecessary to state the re a sons which governed me in voting for tbe two bills, tbe relief of the Sunbury and 1 O Erie Railroad and the commutation of' the tonnage tax on tbe Pennsylvania rail road. I fully agree with Mr. Schindel, who has civen tbe above statement and desire that it may be regarded as my owu P. F. EILENBERGER. Where Shall we Be? Wrhere shall we be when our names' have been forgotten and passed into ob- livion, our bodies moulded into earth, and moss and ivy growing upon our tomb stones! Where shall we be when the Empires, Kiugdoms, and States that are now rear ed like proud fabrics over the earth have passed avay their emperors, kings prin ce's and statesmen laid low in the dust their throneB subverted, and their scep tres broken! Wbere shall wo be when the litte birds,' which sung so sweetly, have bushed their! merry songs forever, the brooks forget their oomplaming, and zepbyer! Where ahull we be when the fountains oceans, lakes and rivers will be dried up! When lightning will no longer flash a thwart the heavens, or play among tbejmentthe offending brother appealed to clouds, and tbe thunders cease to roll in tho vaunted deptbs of air! When hills and mountains, dales and valleys, trees and flowers have passed away? When a pall, black as the clouds that hover o'er Stygian lake, shall veil tbe aun, obscuro the moon, and wrap tbo world in Tartarian gloom! When the great arch, angle, with trumpet and sou orous voice shall summon from their oor- ai beds, beneath the slumbering waves of the mighty main, tho marble aepulehro and the mossy tomb, the dead, both small and great. When tbo whito eloud, tho angels, and: the tflory of His Father shall descend, pin as the squall came. Io an instaDt the throne be set; tho Judge bo seated, the raft was pitching aud writhing as if the books openod; and the myriads that suddenly dropped into Charybdis, while have lived on earth ainco tbo beginning, the wave- broke over it with tremendous all called to judgement? And when tho force. Two Irishmen were on the for scythe and glass ol Time will be laid by, ward part, one of whom rightvned by tho tho just taken boaao to God, nature's treaendous uproars, and expecting in grand laws destroyed, and amid confusion ktant destruction, dropped on Lis knees and consternation of clement, tbe wicked aod noraacnecd praying with a vim e driven to dreary domain of the eternal qua! to tbe eaiergenoy. Happening to night reader, whero, thon, shall you open his eyas as instant, be observed bin be! companion not engaged in prayer, but i 'pushing a pole into the water at the kido A Curious Item. if the raft. In tho list o' Contingent Expends of. ..v8,tw that ycr doio MikeZMsaid bo the Treasury Department t Washington, .get dowo on jer fcUCea now, fpr.thero for tbe last year, thofolloing entry oe- jsu.t ; jj between us and P, urgato eun: ;rjr Varnishing Mr. Buchanan S3 50. Be aisy. Pat," said tho otherv as ho Tbe Tribune, of course, has its fuu out cooly eoniiaued to punch the water with of tho "Old Functionary" eomisg in for his polo "Bo aisy now! whatV th'o u-o his "coat,1' wbieb, it takes for granted, of prayin when a felly can tetch bottom was laid on "thick" by tbo Secretary. with a pole!" - , j Mike h a pretty fine specimen; of a jfirOrdera have benn piven to the arge ola-a of Chri-tians who prefect o o Conimissioners of the Land Office and to prajer as long as they can '-tetch bot? the Pension officer's to hold no more offi- torn." ' ' cial correpondcoce with pernona residing; - in seceded States. . In the town of tA unnua v manufactured 100.UUU .pails, and lljm tale, worth 304.0U0 ; 2,000 gross of pencils, worth S4,l00 ;,2,000 packs of gold leaf, worth l 4-000. Resist Temptation. and temptation will not press you severe- ly in tbe way that leads to ruin and de struction. Easton Free Press, Effects of Secession. Those who imagine that since their se cession from the Union the cotton Statea have gone on prosperously, and that all the suffering from tbe crisis is confined to the trading and manufacturing North, should observe such paragraphs as tho following from the Aberdeen Conscrva- tive, a paper, published in the northern i part of Mississippi: ! "We attended the Sheriff's sale of Monday last, and were perfectly aston ished to sec such a sacrifice of property. i .t ... . - - - i une gentleman actually purchased one hundred and siaty odd acres of land for jS10? another bought a half interest in a i brick law offic8 r S50; a $125 buggy I waa 8old for S30 and otDcr property sold , eqoal,J low- let ou property so much reduced in value heavily increased -taxes have been asse-sed, and will bo exacted, to pay for the oligarchical government at Montom- ery, nd maintain an expensive army and navy. Of course properjy all over tho . cottoo kingdom mut be very greatly de predated in value, tor there ia an embar go on trade, emigration is discouraged, and even tbe produce of the country lev ied upon to yield tribute. A Good One. The Rev. A. -Cameron, of Shelby, ! County. Kentucky a noted Presbyterian J divine in his day was an adroit dispu- taot, and generally managed to pnrry a borne thrust, no matter bow well directed it was Un one ocoasion tbe bynod was trying the Rev. Mr. Huler tor having married tbe sister of his deceased t?ifc, and Father C. was making an able speech against him. In the midst of bis argu- him to anuwor if he had not himself,-in Shelby county, united in marriage a cou ple witbio tbe prohibited decrees which be was now condemning. "Yes" said he, "I did, aud I will tell you why: she was an old gal, and I thought it was her last chanceV jpS5We hpard a night or two since, a tolerable good story of a couple of- rafts. men. The event occurred during the late j big blo.w on the Mississippi, at which time ao many rafts were twamoed and so many steamboats lo-t their sky-riggings. A raft was just emerging from Lake Po- I afiyA boy entered' stationary store fc kind J 0fioItK : n . - ,. , All ncds, was the "Well, then." said the boylpSt IFtako ,three' cents worth of; pigpen tlin AthdP Ant &nfl o t; 1 n 4 ()in'i4M.An.iAtnM - .
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