THE AGITAIjOfI.
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i!!_ 2t coßßj EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WEttSBORODGH, PEMNM:
WEDNESDAY,
PEOSI WASHINGTONS.
Editorial Correspondence of The AgliatoiJ
; Washington, Fe'o. 6> J. 865.
Peace By negooiation, tbs. latest weitsation,
harbten sought, and not found.- few;
days the rumored possible passing^: way of
•‘the, pomp and circumstance of v ir,” and
the return of,the white-winged dovo'of Peace,
elbowed and shouldered every othjtfjsensation
out of eight and mind. Now, however, the
reign of quid-nuncs is cut short by tie return
of the President and Secretary Selfard from
Fort Monroe, bringing with them-.the mbst un
expected news that Jeff. at-dhis co-con
spirators will listen to no terms wbjoh
involves a return of allegiance.
It is a curious fact that uearly every leading
j onrnal in the country took the peace fever in
in - violent form, and jfvid;-sbpt tho
mark. There was never the slight Jst #ound
for hope of peace through oomprprr' hhf except
the compromise involved in the (nfependenoe
of the Seceded States., I say thk there was
never, the least ground for hope Of .such a re
sult through negooiation, at this stage of the
game. ■ This may look like an impeachment of
the. judgment and foresight of, the’ leading
journalists.- It I* not so’intended. jßut as ar
m)es ate sometimes struck with panic £ nd stam
pede, so the newspaper'world- beckin' the vic
tims of the Peace furore, and some
most speculations thereuCto relating.
I yield to iio man in >Vr peace,:—
But that desire shall never induct* or seduce
me loolbse my eyes to the great (fact of-the
situation. The intention of the Sf Ithern lead
ers, in the very beginning, was no'.Unasked, —
They aimtd at nothing hut independence. They
did not abolish the (Constitution declare
their allegiance.dissolved fora pas fojei- They
fteant what they said." Their deeds 'were not
capable of two interpretations. Ejiry public
utterance of their leaders has pointed directly
at -the achievement of independence for the
seceded States. The experience-;of' the last
four years ought to have been so-hiany ■ safe
guards against the laughable pampdotO wbic,h
“ The, .Tribunes,” ' “ The Times,” ” The Her
alds,” and “ The Chronicles,” we,re precipitate.d
by a sensitive telegram. Whe’fi peace..comes
through 'negooiation, the negotiators will not.
be the leaders of the rebellion, but the people
of the Sonth, who have - been dragooned into
rebellion. ■ i
let me not apeak too harshly of these
deeded Editors. They acted up they,
at the moment, believed to he the poli
cy. Probably they will-now disc the fact
that their action was purely po, icy, ond not
with hope of peace result. ,1 'ell, let that
go. The panic did good. It w* b overruled
for. good, ai man’s Wisdom or fool yhneaa ever
is. Jtiscortain that the undign->ved visit of
the President and his Secretary 'of State to
Fort Monroe has taken , the win out of the
sails of such"men aa Wood, Cox f,Pendleton,
and Yoorhees. Fernando has alrf tdy declared
the rebels will not consent, to return to
the Union on any terms they mt>t be forced
to return by the strong arm. Co'Jt has offered
a resolution of thanks to the President for
trying to negociate a peace. Both indicate
that they will henceforth sustain flje President
in his effort to pot down the rebels.
That is something. I am. not airc that the
panic will not result in the consolidation of
the North—in the wiping out d? parties ns
they existed last fall. I. hope U .may; for
with an united north, the end of, rebellion
would be seen and secured by the first of
May. But I did not look for this result. The
journalists of the great cities Ad no't foresee
it. If it comes, it will come as hll other prov
idences come— , ■ >,.
Let all parties set themselejpabont filling
the quotas of the various and the
first step to a speedy peace will OS'taken. Let
thy then who have stood apart from the work—
let young menjwho voted for McClellan last
fall, volnneer, and the days," of the rebellion
are numbered less than one bunted. *
Washington, fob. 8, 1865.
On reviewing the entire grou.id of past and
present action, it most be conceded that he
who first jiropoaed to' support the common ex
penditure by taxation must ha>'e been a bold
man.- Taking into account sensi
tiveness of the region known “ the pocket,”
the proposition to levy upon it
for tbs common good, or
must have made a sensation'.. \
But taxation lias come to be acknowledged
the moat Just and equal mode , if maintaining
national, State, and municipal 1 spenaea. The
system is intended ta be based upon the dis
tribntion of real and personal feetlth ; so that
he who has accnmulated much 'contributes in
that proportion hr the replenishment of the.
pablio parse, while be who li a
little, or nothing, pays 'little i r nothing into
the common-treasury. -Often th ire is a present
hardship in tbe working pf '• be justest and
most benifieeni syetem ever adtptqfl. For ex
ample: One man may have a amount of
non-productive property, reprinting a great
er or less value of real proper^. l prospectively.
The penalty lot owning such f is that
he moat pay taxes upon it out -f his product
ive property, and wait, perhap- years for the
return ; and possibly it navej s r returns. These
hardships cannot bo avoided. ‘ Che only rem
edy- ie to permit tbe property o .go under the
hammer in payment of taxes. ■ I
But my purpose in this not to writ*
a dissertation upon the system of taxation. It
is rather to show, how,”: under the system of In-,
come Tax, the .financiers of-the country -have
reflly passed upon the necessary expenditures
of many hundred thousand households without
reference to .the size of families. Not in a
spirit of fault-finding, bnt moved by an ear
nest'riesiro to enforce the lesson of economy
tangbt by implication by the Income Tax law.
FEB. .>.5, -1865
It will be remembered that income to the
amount of $6OO is, entirely exempt from tax
ation under the law; This is intended to he
an average necessary income for each family
taking the entire country together. It is as
much as to say, that the sum of §6OO per an
num is necessary for the present expenses of
a family and a reasonable provision for That
“ rainy day" so mnch talked of and so little
provided for. The finances of the country,
then, have as good as declared that every fam
ily needs an income of $6OO net, —or apart
from levy and rate for public use. .
How many families have §6OO per annum ?
About one in fifty, prohablyl, So, of one
hundred families, ninety-eight ate just living
by the “ rub-and-go," or, being, maintained;
In whole or in part, by public and private
charities. These ninety-eight families, then,
cannot lay by much for the “ rainy day.’ Their
years of life are but aufccesaive struggles for a
comfortable living. This is on the supposi
tion that onr finance managers have placed the
income at the right notch.
Two families in every hundred have §6OO per
annum. How much of this is profit, and how
much expense? A family of four persons'
cannot live comfortably, jjin a village, where,
■they are consumers merely, on less than,about
§lOO each, at present prices* for food and rai
ment. Suppose that the expense of maintain
ing a family of consumers is §lOO per head ;
a family of four, with an income of §6OO, will
have §2OO to lay by at the end of the year.—
That is an investment of §5O each for the
“ rainy day."
what ia to become of the families whose
incomes are not more than §3OO, and whose
numbers vary from two to ten?
Itia plain that such families have to “ pinch”
their larden-and scant their clothes. Now tbs
number^of families" with not more than' §3OO
per annum is largely in excess of those having
more. Does it not follow, then, that either
the bulk' of mankind are sorely tried by hun
ger and cold, or that the majority are onlpa
blyrwiokedly, and recklessly extravagant ?
I But what are the facts ? The majority of
families in America are neither starved nor
frozen. Look aronnd yon and observe that
fact for yourselves. On the contrary —not
more than one-twentieth, at the most, can be
said to depend upon charity for subsistence;
and the remainder are living in a greater cr
less degree of comfort.
But a great many of these families with less
than $6OO per annum—probably a majority of
them—are farmers. The man who tills a few
acres of land, seldom suffers for any of the
necessaries of life. He who- raises his corn,
potatoes, beef, and. pork, who manages to sell
a nice surplus of butter, cheese and other farm
products, cannot, ordinarily, suffer for want
of anything necessary to sustain life and en
sure reasonable comfort. And now we ap
proach tfae lesson taught, perhaps immediately,
by the national financiers. The lesson is—
strive to become lt is written “ he is
a benefactor wbo makes two blades of grass
grow where but one grew before.” Nothing
can be truer., Poverty is no guest of the pro
ducing class. It abides chiefly With the con
sumers. '
. Bat the lesson does not end here. It is a
public rebuke of the extravagance which
threatens more, and worse, for the nation than
the armies of Jeff. Davis. Say what you will,
cover it up as you will, the peopleof this coun
try are given- to a most hideons habit of extrav
agance. It.is not that every can, under
the circumstances,'live on $6OO per-year for
nobody maintains such a doctrine. But it .is
because, owing to an unnatural expansion of
the currency, money is plenty, wages high,
and credit gone dead. Men buy, and pay down
'now; and the luxury of doing so, f / have
thought, causes them to purchase much jthat is
utterly useless and unnecessary. Is there a
carpet less bought now than five years ago ?
or silks, or satins, or anything that goes to
make up Uis wardrobe of men and women ?
I would like to know if one man or woman
has yet put on “ home-made,” who did not
Wear home-made five years ago. Yet the
strain upon the finances is getting greater and
greater .every day'; and fhe wonder'oftenest'
heard expressed is, that | some of the main
'ropes have not parted ere this, involving the
breakage of the. rest, and the consequent,
wreck of thf good old ship. It is this fearful,
reckless--extravagance that forces upon my
mind the probability that peace is farther
away than many eminent publicists have
seemed to imagine daring the past two -weeks.
"This straggle must work great reform all over
the. country. It cannot be otherwise. Why
not, all of ns, meet it half-way, and show that
"wo are capable of the exercise of self-denial
in a time of public trouble and -financial em
barossment ? . Is .it not wiser to--accept. the
truth in advance-of the penalty for rejecting
it ? I think so.
•M. H. G
Few need to he told that preachers of econ
omy cannot expect popular applause. The
world dislikes to aoknoweldge the sin of ex
travagance. But the crime against society
now.degenerates into a crime against the gov
ernment itself. It must be abanodned, either
now, by option, pr hereafter when no man or
woman’s choice will be consulted M. H. C.
The Richmond press proposes that tbe rebel
soldiers be offered one month’s pay in gold
at a cancel for their last year’s services.
THE TiOG A 0.0 UNTY AGITATOR.
WAR NEWS.
Reports from Rebel nod other sources say
that Gen., Sberman has occupied Brnnchville.
Possibly they are all a little premature, but
thAy all serve to indicate that the Rebels have
abandoned their intention to defend the place,
ortho railways of which, it is the .iuncHup.
Sherman’s cgvalry has cot the railroad frnm
Branchville to Augusta, and does not seem to
meet with any opposition. In Branchville it
self there is apparently no garrison—nothing
morelthon. a eurps of observation, retiring-as
fast as Snerman advances. The condition of
affairs at Richmond, the activity of Gen. Grant,
the close approach to the Southsido Railroad,
the extension of our lines westward, all oppose
the conclusion that Leo is in a condition to
spare any considerable portion of his army Hr re
sist Gen. Sherman. South Carolina—Charles
ton itself—promise to become the easy spoil ;>i
the invader, and the process of “ subjugation ”
goes on apace.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE FOR 1865,
The military and naval successes of 1861, with
the auspicious-result of oor Presidential .con
test, have lifted a heavy weight from the breasts
of the loyal millions of our countryo'en. It is
now felt evjen by those who have been distrust
ful and faint-hearted, that the Union is to emerge
triumphant from the deadly strife wfiereinto she
was so wickedly precipitated by her assailants,
and that Slavery, her relentless foe,, is to en
counter the fate of Haman. The perils of for
eign intervention and of Western insurrection
are Safely passed; Abraham Lincoln, nolonger
assailable as the choice of a minority; holds the
helm of State for four yearaiongejr; thejlebel
lion, palpably weakened by i% defeats and
losses during the year now closed—with its r
credit so reduced that its purso-liearer officialt?
declares that its Treasury Notes can only Ce~
exchanged for coin at the rate of twenty-five for
one, while its bonds command but six cents on
the dollar—but awaits the blow which shall
soon strike the sword from its parricidal hand
and remit its master-spirits to the justice, or it
may be to the clemency, of a sorely wronged
and justly incensed, but forbearing and mag
nanimous people. Such are the auspices which
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see the Stars and Stripes float unchallenged
from avery battlement in the'republic,- and the
perfect law of Liberty for All immovably im
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SWORD PRESENTATION,
Oaup Cadwalamr. Phila., I
January 18th<1865. ’ j
Friend Agilaf&r .-—The non-comraissioned
officers and privates of Co. I, 187th P, V. to
day had the honor to present Lieut. Langford
B. Webb, commanding Co. I, with a beautiful
sword, etiah and belt, as a token of their regard
for him as a soldier and a gentleman.
• JTbe presentation was made in behalf nf the
I company, by Orderly Sergeant M. R Crosly,
I irflla neat little speech, in which be alluded to
Lhut. Webb’s services since he has been with
Cd. I—of his enduring the hardships of long
..and toilsome marches, by day and night- and
at all times cheerful and obliging to the’men
I under his command. 1
! Sergeant Crosly also spoke of his almost
reckless bravery during the bloody day of the
18th of June, 1864, before Petersburg, where
many of our brave comrades to rise no
more ; anywhere it seemed impossible for-any
one to live through the storm of iron and lead
that was hurled with devastating Jury against
our advancing cotnmn ; and when struck and
severely bruised by a musket ball, and being
repeatedly urged and advised to leave the field,
persistently refused to go. He asked the Lieut!
to take the weapon, as they knew of no better
way to express' their regard, or of' no better
gift to bestow on an officer whom they respect
ed; and that they had every confidence that
they had placed a bright blade in hands that
would neither allow it to rust or be dishonored.
Lieut. Webb responded - briefly ; as he was
taken quite aback when called, and finding bis
company.drawn up in front of-his quaiters
lie accepted the sword, thanked the dutiors,
and said it should never bo drawn only in a
jusy cause and in defence of his country.
The o unp'tny ihen gave three heart- cheers
tnr-T.u-.iit. Wehb,~»sd dispersed to- t-beir
A Member of Co. I.
The Scene is the House on the Passage
or the Constitutional Amendment. —a spec
ial to the Cincinnati G izette thus describes it-:
"The largest audinence of the session packed
the galleries and-lobbies, crowded the reporter's
gallery, with ladi.es, and overflowed into all the
vacant spaces. On the floor appeals were made,
as usual, from the Democratic side. In have the
wile postponed, and there were 'implied threats
of fillibustetiug unless it was; but Mir. Ashley
refused to make- any further delay, and the
Democrats wisely resolvetj to submit. The
final announcement of the vote' was the sig.al
for a whirlwind of applause, wholly unpreced
in Congress, and the galleries led off, giving
jiiheer after cheer. The members on the floor
then joined, shooting, throwing np their hats
and clapping their hands, whil 1 the ladies ih
the galleries waved their handkerchiefs, and
tbo very pages on the floor joined in the dem
onstration of ddight. The Democrats had been
very fierce in their demands for order when
thou- bad been some applause over the affirm
ative votes of some of tbeir own number, and
had very imperiously demanded the enforce
ment of the rules, hut the storm of applause
that now swept through the chamber was tno
much to resist. They sat silent and solemn
in their seats amid all the rejoicing.
A Queer Incident. —An amusing instance of.
the value of a ready 'wit and presence of mind
occurred during the' advfrice of the 2d Corps,
on Sunday. Near Hatcher's Run a young lad
irujhe 14th Connecticut, going with a coffee
pat to"-getwater from the stream, suddenly
found hiutsiTfTßiwaamndod by three rebels.—J
With till the fiercenKss'brf-VQice he could mukij
ter, lie-eOTiiinamled' lliem to throw down IheitJ
arms and surrender. Supposing that the belli
youth-had companions near to enforce his com
mand, they complied, when he seized one of
their ipuskets, and marched them into camp in
great triumph. This story is related in camp
as.tbe capture of throe rebels with a coffee pot.
The Sox.dif.rs os Peace. —The general im
pression in military circles seems to be convey
ed iUjlhe homely expression of a private soldier
standing in the long line from the steamboat to
tbe-Quaytermaster’s office.thia morning, “await
ing his turn" for transportation. Discussing the
probable results of the conference in the line,
ns was everybody else, this blue-coated Solon
remarked : “ You’ll never git a peace out of then
devils that's worth having till you liek it out of
them.”
JEROME: B. BLES, ,
ATTORNEY <f- COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Niles Valley, Tioga County, Pa-,
Having been specially licensed by tbo United States
for the. Prosecution of Claims for Pensions, Back
Pay and Bounties.
Particular attention frill bo given to that dags of
business. ; J. B. NILES.
Niles Valley, Feb. 15, 1866-1 y"
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Letters of ad
ministration having been granted to the under
signed on the estate of Hiram Avery, iate of Charles
ton. deceased, notice is hereby given to those in
debted to make immediate payment, and those having
claims to present them properly authenticated for
settlement to G-, ,\V. AVERT, Adm’r.
Charleston, Feb. 16, 1866-6 t.
TO "WHOM IT MAT CONCERN.—-Whereas, I
•intend to pay all my lawful debi? and taxes, and
fur the welfare of my family and some regard for my
personal rights, I now give this public notice, tb’at I
will pay no debts that may bo contracted by my wife
or children alter this date. C. F. BUTLER.
Delmar. Feb. 15, 1865-3 t»
X . ~'
/IAUTION —Lost by the subscriber on or about
the 10th of Jan. 18fi5. in the township of Jack,
poo, a Town Bounty Script fortwo hundred dollars,
No. 7, payable to the order of Morris Seely, one year
from date and doe in 18f>7. All persona are cautioned
acainst purchasing or receiving said order as payment
will bo stopped. MORRIS SEELY.
Baggetts Mills. Feb. 15, 1865-3U 5
ADMINISTRATOR*? NOTlCE.*—Letters Of mlmmlstra*
tion having been granted to the undersigned upon the
H B tnte of Harrison Mack, late of Westfield, deceased, notice
is hereby given to those indebted to make immediate pay*
ment. and those having claims to present them jircpeilvau
theiiticated to DANIEL S. sri‘*VE'
Chatham. Feb. 18d5-6t, -tflm'r.
NAST AUERBACH, one door below ll.i'-LnYr
will sell their
CLOTHING, GENTLEMEN’S FURNTSH
, ING GOODS, LADIES’ CLOAKS,
BALMORAL, SKIRTS,
SHAWLS, &c„
nt reduced prices on account of reducing their Win-
ter Slock, _ NAST 4 AUERRACH.
Of Syracuse, N. T., and Biossburg, Pa.
Wcllsboro, Feb. 15, 1865, .
OT,l) EYES MADE NEW.—A pamphlet direct
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E. Bj FOOTE, M. D„
Feb. S, 'CS-6m. Broadway, New York.
NOTIOR.— ~ '
letters of mlminhtratiun ihnving been granted to the nn.
dei signed on the estate of .Tnlnea H. Job noon.-late of Delmar,
deceased, notice is hereby given to those indebted to make
Immediate payment, and those haying claim, to present
them properly authenticated for settlement to
Delmar, i'eh-1, ‘O5-Ct J 11U8SRLL LAWTON, Adtu'r.
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STRAYED OR STOLEN. —From the enclosure of David
Short In Cbatham. on or about the 21st of Jan. 1865,
thirteen Sheep, described as follows: two large Wethers,
one with long tail, the other with horns, both with stfalloW
tail in right ear, the rest mostly were—two with swallow
tail In left ear, ono with square crop on the right ear, all
considerably full of burdocks. Any one giving information
where they may he found will be liberally rewarded. * ,
Chatham, Feb. 8,1865-St* i
STATEMENT
Of tic Receipt! and'Expenditurea at the Treat Li ry of
- Tioga County, far the Year 1364.
RECEIPTS.
Received from Collectors of Sealed Tax, 1861 and
previous years, $3OO 00
Received from Seated tax for 1362, 228 11
s‘ from Relief tax for 1862, 38 07
11 ■ from Militia Fines 1862, 33 50
d from Seated tax, 1863, 2310 95
—rl fronTßUieF tax.TSBS, 274 55
“ from Militia fines, 1563, 78 47
Payments Unseated taxes, 1862, 2912 57
** from payments 11 11 1363, 2938 20
-■-« from " Relief taxes 1862, 363 99
“ from “ “ “ 1863, 742 23
-* from by sales Unsealed taxes, '62-3, 707 13
“ —from “ Uns’d ,ReTf taxes'62-3 132 97
1 “ ' from Seated Land redeemed, 409 43
I “ from Seated Land returned, 5556
1 “ from Collectors Seated tax, 1864, 12474 3-1
! l - from Relief tax, ** 2363 92
j ““ * from ,1“ Additional tox “ 26 26
1 Received from Costs of Judgment, Commonwealth
l vs. Prutsman, j 11 33
Received for use.of Court House, 3 00
Total;
EXPENDITURES.
COMMISSIONERS’' WAGES.
Amount paid Job Rezford,
“ paid C F Miller,
“ paid M Rockwell,
“ paid E S Seeley,
Commissioners’ ‘ Counsel. •
Amount paid HIT Williams,
Commissioners’ Clerk,
Amount paid A L Enswortb,
“ paid Thomas Allen,
Auditors.
Amount paid J Emery auditing public offices, 24 00
Travers Jurors.
Amount paid J M Rose and others,
Grand Jurors.
Amount paid Charles Sherman and others, 552 79
Crier.
Amount paid T P Wingate,
Constables and Tipstaves.
Amount paid’ Wm Roundsbille and others, 274 62
Justices.
Amount paid J R Coffin and others;
'Assessors.
Amount paid H C Vermilyea and others, 1047 S 3
-Printing.
Amonnbpaid M H Cobb on Contract, 75 00
paid R Jenkins on Contract, 20 60
“ paid M H Cobb, Blanks, &e., 119 50
Elections.
Amount paid H B Gilley and others, 2531 41
H Commonwealth Costs.
Amount paid Arad Smith and others, 920 15
'; • - District Attorney.
Amount paid J £ Niles and others, 198 00
Bounty on Wild Cats.
Amount paid Hiram Bart and others,
Bridge Views.
Amount paid C F Miller and others, ’ 23 16
Bridge Repairs. 1
Amount paid T B Tompkins, j 84 00
“ paid D Coolton, . i 25 00
“ paid C E Miller and others, I ,93 74
“ . paid Chas Howland, 5174
“ paid Silas Ellis, , 30 00
“ paid C W Bailey, 21 85
1 “ paid JA A J Robinson, 30 00
1 “ paid A M Spencer and others, 31 87
i $373 20
Acid Bridges.
Amonnt paid Joo Howland, Bridge Deerfield, 400 60
“ paid Jno M Phelps, “ Mansfield, 1085 00
“ paid James King 2d, “ Middleb'y, 672 00
“ paid J M Phelps et al Piankidg, 108 23
“ paid Jas King 2d, Bridge Covington, 200 00
Damage to Improvements.
Amount paid H Valsing and others, 20 00
“ paid John D Barnes, 12 00
" paid David Smith, 16 00
“ paid Russell Smith, 60 00
" paid David B Symouds, 54 50
“ paid J E Cleveland, 72 50
“ paid Augustus Castle, 20 00
“ paid George English, 16 00
“ paid A M Prntsman, 40 80
•* paid James Friend, 46 00
“ _ paid Giles Marvin, 10 00
“ paid J C Ireton, 50 00
Road Views,
Amount paid R T Wood and others, ' 219 09
Stationery.
Amonnt paid Hugh Young and others, 165 73
Clerk of Sessions.
Amount paid J F Donaldson,
Proihonotary’s Pees,
Amount paid J F Donaldson,
Inquest on Bodies.
Amount paid E J Boswortb and others.
Dish Uniting Assessment, dec
Amount paid M R Rockwell and others,
Repairs on Jail, Court House, (hounds.
Amount paid H Stowell and others, 17 S 6
“ paid T P Wingate and others, 24 88
■j $42 73
Amonht paid II Stowell, Jr., for Board Ac, 182 17
paid J'Eirkpatriok taking care sick, 85 00
“ paid J H Shearer Doctor’s Bill, .21 75
$2BB 92
41 paid Eastern State Penitentiary, 156 60
Penn’a Lunatic Hospital.
Am’t p’d J A Wier Ac keep’g Margaret Bnrk, 274 5T
Sheriff’s Fees.
Am’t paid H Stowell Jr summoning Jury 4c, 278 TT
Money Refunded.
Amount paid W A Rockwell and others, 81 99
Incidentals.
Amount paid Levi Furman and others, 37 96
; Postage.
Amount paid A L Bnsworth and others, 12 27
County Treasurer.
Amount paid A M Spencer Commission on
25157 57 at 3 per cent., 754 71
Am’t paid costs for Deed Land sold Cum’rs, 403 70
Judgment.
Ain’t p’d H 5 Card on jadgm't vs Tioga Co. 2753 12
County Offices,
Amount paid 6 T Vanhorn and others, 16 04
Bonds.
Amount paid Hob’t Orr in fall on Bond, $2142 SO
Relief Fund.
Amount of Orders issued.
Bounty Loan Certificates.
Am’t of Bonds of Aug. '62 red'd and canc’d, 832 44
*' lustallm'ts and int'st p'd on saidßonda 2419 37
— .. .$3251 81
Volunteer Bounty Incidental Expenses,
Amount paid C F Miller and others, 437 45
Total Expenditures -$25935 39
Job Rexford, Commissioner, in account with Tioga
county....! DR.
To County Orders, 180 00
Order to balance, •. 23 08
By 89 days service at $2,
By 385 miles travel at Bc.,
$293 08
C F Miller, Commissioner, in account with. Tioga
county DB. — '
To County Orders, 268 78
By 119 days service* at $2,
By 5X3 miles travel at 6c^
Myron Rockwell, Commissioner, in account with T )a
ga county DR g *
To County Orders,
By 114 days service at $2,
By 723 mtlea travel at 6c.,
S S Seeley, Commissioner, in account with *Ti *
county ~ DR. **
To County Orders, •
1 CR
By 23 days service at $2,
By 12$ miles travel at 9c.,
Tioga County, #•
We, the Commissioners of said county, dy her e i
certify that the foregoing is a correct statement /f
the matter therein set forth.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set oo
hands and seals this 21th day of January, A 4) ii,-'
C. F. MILLER, ) ’ '
M. ROCKWELL, V Com’n
K. S. SEELEY. ]
Attest: THO 3. ALLEN, Clerk.
A M Spencer, Treasurer of Tioga county b account
with said county from Jan. 16, 1864, to Jan iq
1866 DR. * '
To ain’t rec'd by TreasV on Judgments obtained for
outstanding taxes of ’6l^and former years, 300 qq
To am’t outstanding Co. Taxes year 1862, 6U oo
“• Relief *• ** s^«?
“ '■ Militia «g M
“ “ County, “ “ 1863, 3039 10
Error abatement in Bio, 3, 41 jj
“ “ Relief Taxes year 1863, 196 13
" '• Militia “ “ 210 27
“ Bounty •* 1864. 59046 89
“ County '« “ •• 17244 79
“ Relief •• “ “ 4302 09
“ Co. taxea on nos’d I’ds '62, 2912 57
“ “ “■ “ 1863, 2938 ’0
Relief “ “ 1362, 368 99
“ “ “ * 1863, 742 23
" Treaa’rs Sales “Co '62-3, 707 13
“ “ Kel’f “ 132 97
" Seated lands, 53 56
“ on returned land redeemed, 409 43
rec’d of'Col's additional tax, 26 28
“ reo’d pr I,’pa B’ty Instalm’t, 29787 75
“ rec’d of H B Card, late Xreas’r, ain't
of judgment in favor of Co. vs. per Audi
tor's settlement 1864
To am’t rec’d costs on judgment .■Com’tb vs.
Prutsman ..; 1133
Amount rec’d for use of Court House..... 3 00
Amount of outstanding State tax year 1862, 19 01
Amount “ Spec’l “ “ 3146
“ of • “ State tax “ 1363 483 00
“ of “ Assessed “ 1864 5258 50
“ rec’d State tax on Dns’d Land 1862 877 75
“ ’’ 1 “ 1863 835 40
212 76
.€26112 58
203 OS
268 78
271 68
53 56
$797 10
40 00
125 00
375 00
$5OO 00
it it
1300 84
74 00
1125
Total.
$215 00
By ain’t outstanding Co. tax 1862 386 83
By ain’t outstand’g Kel'f tax 44 21 20
By ain’t outstand’g Militia jinea US2 35 00
By am't abatement county taxes 1863.164 76
*♦ commission allowed Col's *‘ 250 37
44 outstanding county taxes 44 254 71
41 ' abatement relief taxes - “ 45 23
“ commission allowed Col’s •• 74 BV,
“ outstanding relief taxes t( 101 66
:f .. abatements militia, fines .50 80
“ commission allowed Col’s “ 433
*• outstanding militia fines “ 67 63
'• abatem’ts on bounty tax 1864 2080 96
“ commission allowed Col’s “ 344 66
•* outstanding bounty tax “ 8260 33
“ abatements county tax *• 214 80
f • commission allowed Col’s “ 289 75
“ outstanding county taxes “ 4255 92
“ abatement on rel’f tax “ 65 91
44 commission allowed Col’s “ 65 03
“ outstanding relief taxes “ 1802 33
“ of Co. orders redeemed and canceled 14741 27
•* of rol'f rrders 44 44 2208 79
ki paid H B Card in full of judgment
va. county
2 25
By ain’t paid B B Card balance dna him per
amount overpaid to State treasurer.-
By am't paid Bob't Orr in fall of bond and
interest
By am’t paid installments on bounty certifl-
$2466 23
cates March Ist 1864
By ain't paid bonds of Ang. \S62 redeemed
and canceled
By am't paid installments and interest on
said bonds 2419 37
By ain't coats of deed land sold Commis’rs. 403 70
By ain’t outstan’g State taxes year 1862.... 19 01
By am’t ontstan’g Spel taxes year “ ... 12 57
By ain't abaters on State tax year 1363.... 49 00
By am’t commia’n allo’d Col’s year *• ... 72 45
By am’t outstanding State tax year “ ... 118 37
By ain't abatement " year 1864... 69 69
By ain’t commission allowed Col’s “ ... 82 2U
By am’t ontslaod’g State tax " ... 1896 57
By am’t State treasure rec'pt Jane 4, “ ... 1573 53
By am’t “ “ - “ July 15. " ... 3322 96
By am’t “ “ I July 23, “ ... 100 00
By am’t commission county Treasurer'on
$25157 05 at 3 per cental
By am’t commission county Treasurer on
$73100 00 at 1 per cent
By am’t commission county Treasurer on
$5OOl 49 State at 1 per cent
Balance in Treasurers bands.
$404 00
420 83
45 30
TOTAL
The amount of outstanding taxes will be greatly
reduced by abatements, as they are mostly collected
except the amounts to be abated.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of Tioga county,
having audited and adjusted the above general ac
counts of A. M. Spencer, Treasurer of Tioga county,
with said county, from January 15th, 1864, to Janu
ary 19th, 1865, do certify that we find, as above sta
ted, a balance in the Treasurer’s hands of four thou
sand nine hundred and eleven dollars and forty.tbree
cents. As witness our bands, this 19th day of Janu
ary, A. D, 1865.
45 4$
T 1 83
CHARLES F. VEIL, ) County
AUGUSTUS ALBA, t
J, G. ARGETSINGEBj Auditor*.
Tioga County- in Account ttiih Bounty Fund ,
from August* 1862* to Jan. 20fA* 1865 :
$445 52
To amount of bounty loan certificates, issued ac
cording to resolution passed in August, 1862, to pay
bounties of $5O each to volunteers to fill quota ou
President’s call, (exclusive of gift of $5OO by T. R.
C.,) $17,165.
To amount of bounty certificates issued by Board
of Commissioners, March Ist, 1864. at $3OO for each
voluptcer, to fill quota on call of November, 1464.
and'payable in three annual instalments on the first
of September in each year, without interest, (763
certificates, at $300.} $228,900.
To amount of bounty certificates issued by Com
missioners, of $3OO for each volunteer, to fill quota
of Tioga county on cal! of July, '64, payable In threa
Instalments (tbe first to be due on the first day of Oc
tober, 1867,) with Interest at six per cent, from fine
of October, '64, $128,100.
To amount of loan certificates Issued for tbe pur
pose of meeting deUcieocy in proceeds, from bounty
taxes assessed in year '64, to pay the first instalment*
of bounty certificates of March Ist, '54, due Sept
-Ist, '64 ; «acd interest and instalments, of certificate
issued Auguat,'i’62, $29,787 75.
Amount paid by H. B. Card on bounty certificate
ef August, 'B2,.(instalmeDt3 and interest,) as par au
ditor settlement of January 22d, '63, $1,226.
Amount paid by H. P. Card, late Treasurer, oa
bounty certificates of August,'62, (instalments,) as
per Auditors'settlement of January, '64, $1,604 50.
Amount of interest paid by H. B. Card on same,
$912 74. J
$ll6B 41
2218 79
Amount of loan certificates of August, '62, paid by
H. B. Card,'redeemed and cancelled, $633 97.
Amount on snstalmonts paid on bounty certificate*
of March Ist, '64, by A, M. Spencer, Treasurer of
Tioga county, as per Auditors'settlement of January
19th, '66, $73,100.
Bounty certificates of August *62, paid by A. M.
Spencer, county Treasurer, redeemed and cancelled,
$332 44.
Amount of instalments and interest paid on said
bonds by A. M. Spencer, Treasurer, according to Au
ditors'isettlement of January 19th, *65, $2,419 37-
We,! the undersigned, Auditors of Tioga county,
baring examined the financial accounts of Tiogs
county relative to bounties, do certify that, from tbs
books, we find the above amount of liabilities of tbs
county, with amounts paid on the same by H. B. Card,
late Treasurer, and A. M. Spencer, Treasurer of Tioga
county, and sufficient bounty funds in hands of Trea*
-ser, arising from loaa certificates and collected boon
ty taxes, to pay the balance of instalments on oertlfi
cates of March Ist, 1564, payable September Ist, '64.
As witness our hands this 19th day of Janrary A. B*
1863. CHARLES P. VEIL 1
J. G. ABGET9IKGBR yAudiicr*.
AUGUSTUS ALBA J
178 00
26 08
288 00
80 78
$268 78
CR. 271 63
223 III)
6S
53 a
46 tli|
7 56
$53 58
1623 42
“ aale of
.$132907 lil
2758 12
1«77 69
2U2 39
73100 00
532 44
764 71
73100
50 00
491142
5132907 42