The Mariettian. (Marietta [Pa.]) 1861-18??, October 25, 1862, Image 1
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Notices in the reading col umns, fire cents n-lipe. Marriages and Deaths, the simple announcement, FREI* ; but for any additional lines, five cents a line. A liberal deduction made to yearly and half yearly adrertisers. JOB PRINTING of every descriptien neatly and expeditiously executed, and at prices to suit the times. THE SONG OF THE RAILROAD, =l3 Through the mould aid through the clay, Through the corn and througkihe hey, By the margin of the lake, O'er the river, through the brake, O'er the bleak sad dreary moor, Oa we hie with screech and roar! Splashing, flashing, Crashing, dashing! Over ridges, bridge! By the bubbling rill, And Iliglawaya, 11y-ways, Jumping—bumping, Rocking—roaring, Like 40,000 giants snoring! By the lonely hut and mansion, lly the ocean's wide expansion, Where the facto , y chimneys smoke, Where the foundry bellows crank— Don't along— lash along— Crash along— Flask along, On, on, with a jump, And a bump, And a roll— /Iles the fire-fired to its destined goal ! O'er tke aqueduct and bog the We fly with cease ese jog, Evesc instant eomething new, Every instant lost to view, Now a tavern—now a steeple— Now a crowd gaping people— Now a hoilsw—now a ridge— Now II cross-way—now a bridge— Crumble—stumble— Km in!, —in rnble— Frettiag—getting in a stew ! Church and steeple, gaping people— Quick - as thought are lost to view ! liveryth;ng that eye can survey Turns hurly-burly, topsy-turvy I" lolach passenger is thumped, and shaken, As physic is when to be taken. By the foundry, past the forge, Through the plain and mountain gorge, Where cathedi•sl rears its head, Where repose the silent dead; Moskuments amid the grass Flit like spectres as you pass ; • If ta hail a friend inclinad, Whish ! whirl ! ka-swashl—he , s left behind! humble, tumble, all the day— Thus we pass the hours away LOVE'S REQUEST. "teve often said your woman's love Was mine'and mice alone; , While sitting 'neath the oak, whose shad* Was round about us thrown; And hand in hand together clasped, My head upon thy breast, You spoke of ever harboring Love as a welcome guest; But uow I'm going far away To roam the trackless sea, And much I fear, when I . am gone, Yotinl never think of me. The spring again shall soon return, With flowers bright and fair, The happy birds again shall sing, Caroling in the air; The trees once mere shall blossom forth, The bees again shall hum; The butterflies on golden wings, Shall in our gardens come; The ivy, as in days of y ore, Shall hide the blasted tree ; • But 1 shall never smile me.' If you are lost to me. Within my heart sad memory Will mournful music bring ; • And sorrow's trembling fingers shall Strike on its broken string: A nd . l will think of happy hours when you were by my side; When leaning on my shoulder, love, You said you'd be my bride ! Oh, thy, dear one, when far I roam, Upon the trackless sea, Let me return to find you true Unto yourself and me. ear Intelligence has been received in official quarters, that the Sioux Indians in Minnesotiehave ceased their hostilties and were surrendering, and that the mil •itary authorities were severely punishing the most prominent of the guilty parties. The entire number of warriors does not excied.loo9.- art alOgenbtot renitzetnutia coltrrral : pcttottb. foValitics, Tiltratort, a g riculturt, Ram of It gag, Yotal alottiligtuct, "Render therefore to all their dues ; tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom cus tom ; Year to whom fear; honor to whom hon or." The foundation and the perpetuity of an efficient and equitable systein of hu man Government, is based upon a just and humane system of taxation. Governments could not be instituted among men, and if instituted, their con tinuance ceuld not be provided for, with out laying an impost or tax upon the par ties to the government in some form or other—and the peaceful and prosperous condition of such governments greatly depend upon the willingness and the honesty with which the subjects or citi zens under them, submit to taxation. Taxation or tribute is perhaps as old as Government itself, and in the earlier patriarchal days already, we find that Issitchar, although he was "strong as an ass" yet, "seeing that the land was pleas ant, he bowed his shoulders to bear, and became a servant unto tribute." As the human family increased in numbers, and other forms of government than the pa triarchal form becatim necessary, in order to insure the protection of the citizen in all the rights of conscience and of prop- erty, the demand for judicious systems of taxation increased; and with this in creased demistid, also came the difficulty to levy and adjust a system of imposts or taxes that would operate equally and justly upon all the industrial interests that claimed protection from such gov ernments. The difficulties Mainly involved in the subject, no doubt arose, and still arise, from a disposition en the fart crone por tion of the people to avail themselves of all the benefits of legal and social pro tection without yielding an adequate re turn ; and en the part of the other por tions, from a desire to oppress or impose onerous tythes or duties, in order to ad vance the interests of individual aggran dizement. Under all forms of Government, there are and probably always will be—at least until the human family exhibits other evidences of regeneration from evil than are now apparent—extraordin ary occasions, when the protection of the social and political fabric absolutely demands an increase of the taxes, two, or three, or even sevenfold ; and on all such occasions if it is demonstrable that such an increase . is necessary and just, it becomes the duty of every citizen to bear the burdens iinpesed upon him with patience, and to sacrifice present per sonal comfort to the common weal. Cry out and oppose national or state taxa-. tion as much as people will there is not yet,—nor has there ever been a more ar bitrary or extravagant system, than that which they impose daily upon them selves. But even in ordinary peaceful -times, as the populations increase and the ma chinery of governments necessarily ex pand and become complicated, the de mands upon the pauper, the criminal, and the educational exchequiers of the various communities alone, must also bring an increase of the expenses of go vernment, and these increased expenses must be met by'some sort of taxation— either direct and special, or general and by imports or duties—and the citizens to whom are guaranteed "life, liberty and. the pursuit of happiness" under such governments, are bound by every con sideration of honor, of duty, and by pa trioticim, to share the increased burdens, in proportions to the interests fer`which they claim protection. Nor is this all —the citizen who has -the ,pecuniary ability to contribute, through taxation or impost duties, to the support of go vernment, but wile resorts to shifts and subterfuges through which he may enjoy an immunity from such taxes, is either consciously or unconsciously defrauding his government, or is unpatrietieally and unjustly transferring a burden, which he himself ought to bear, and ought to feel a pleasure in bearing, to the shoulders of his neighbor, who is perhaps less in terested in the stability of the govern ment, so far as property and pecuniary wealth are concerned than he himself is. There is certainly something in the composition of the haman mind aad of human morals, in regard to tax or trib.. pte obligations, that is utterly at vari ance with-all acknowledged laws of reli gion, Of honor, of reason, and in number:- less instances—of comm' sense. _Hundreds, yea tiousands of men who are honest in all their business transac tions and who promptly discharge, even to the amount of a single farthing, their various money and other ohligations, .1, 1 1.t1. L I .-titttiot MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1862. TAXATION. BY GRANTELLITS. at the same time do not scruple much to wrong or defraud the' government under which they live—and from which they claim protection of person and property,—in one way or another, either by omission or commission, out of the tythes, taxes, or imposts, that are hon estly due to it. Men who would not misrepresent or any manner traduce the character of their neighbor, do not hesitate to misrepresent their own pec uniary circumstances before an assessor, a collector, or an appeal commissioner, of taxes. There seems to be a feeling on the part of many men, that- all or nearly all, government officials are dis honest- and speculating, and therefore tEat they themselves are in a manner justified in withholding from the govern ment. that, which would,only enable 'its officers to defraud it out of more than they otherwise could do. Possibly some religious professor who finds him self acting thus may appease his con science by setting such conduct down to his credit as an act of charity, in withholding the greater temptation from his fellow sinner. But the commonest penetration cannot fail to •preeeive that this is a charity in one of its most cor rupt and perverted forms, if it is entitled to even' the name of charity at all.— When these practices are continued by a whole people—when the tee just men that would have even saved Sodom and Gomorrow can net be found amontg,them —that people-may be said to be hope lessly dishonest and corrupt;. and a' moral atmosphere will emenate from such a-people, or from such--a portion of them as are so.attained, that cannot but, have a damaging influence upon the whole face ofsociety ; , and eventeally must ripen it for the- execution of any acts of fraud, oppression, rapine or re bellion, that may diserThowel themselves from the lowest imps of the infernal re gions. Bat in addition to the too prevalent disposition to shirk or evade direct tax ation, there are many persons who also evade indirect taxation, when it comes in the form of imposts or tariffs, anerno matter how necessitous the Government may be, that imposes those taxes, the result of their actions is still the same. If a man from an honest plea of poverty avoids the use of articles of daily con sumption, upon which a (to him) pro hibitory tariff has been imposed, of course po hurrinne or 'Christian mind would compel him to their use, _or even recommend them to him for any pur pose. _flat this evasion, as a general thing, comes from parties who can well afford to assist in repleting •the exche quer of the government; .by the con sumption of such,articles ofdoniestic use, upon which a tariff has been imposed out of public necessity. Such conduct may not be dishonest in the sense in which the world, views it, but to say the least of it, it is not honorable, and in its effect is evil. It is not honorable_ klecodse it shifts the burden of govern. ment expenses, from the shoulders of those who are able, and who 'ought therefore to be willing to bear them,- to those who are not able,and who have no property interests at stake in the gov ernment. When, from the evasion of .I tariffs, or from the non-consumption of tariffs, or commerce upon which a tariff has been imposed, the revenue of a gov ernment is insufficient to meet its cur rent expenses, that government, in or der to insure its continuance must re sort to direct taxation ; and if the peo ple under it, in addition to the evasion of its imposts, also, by subterfuges and misrepresentations seek to evade its tax' laws, that government then may justly be regarded approiimating to a condi; tion of inevitable disintergration and decay. It lacks all moral bonds of a peaceful and harmonious union, and in its hour of tribulation the conduct of its people will be characterized by frauds,. self aggrandizements, apathiee, disaffec tions and incipient treasons, ifrthey do. not break out in open and bold revolt against the legally constituted authori- Our country is now in' deed of. men and means. Men eithei by voluntary' offerings or by _legal conscriptions, she can always -obtain in abundance pro vided she is .'furnished with these pecu niary means that can only continue to flow into her treasury through the chan nels of her impost and tax laws ; and it becomes the highest duty of every cit izen to pay promptly and frilly all the tythes, taxes, and tariffs that legally fall to his share without any misrepresenta tion or self-evasion of mind in' regard to his pecuniary posessions, or - to the amount imposed apon him, so that it has been constitutionally and equitably imposed. When the .country is in dan ger, or sawing to and fro in a rebellions or revolutionary tumult, it is no time to cavil in the paying of taxes, arid to question the manner of their. appropria tion. The responsibility of appropria tion rests with the disbursing officers of the government, and if a fraudulent use of the national-means is made by them, the nation will•hold them accountable for it, and at the proper time, visit them with a preper punishnaent. It cannot be regarded as injustice on the part of a government,-,to demand one portion of its citizens or subjects to, pour out their money, asifreely and as copiously, as it requires another portion to pour out their life'S bleed, in defence of the su premacy of its laws, and the upholding of its flag. , No man can say how far his omissions of duty to his countryin this respect have been instrumental in bringing about a state of evasion and encroachment, that may finally culminate in open defence of public law. Neither can any one truly say that his evil deeds, no matter hew secretly they may have been perpetrated, kayo not had a:damaging influence upon political, .social 'and religious 'morals of the country. It dogs not alwals require the overt act to poison the social or pol iticial atmosphere. The coVert as well as the overt, have both their evil effects, for acts done secretly, or those intended to be done, do always, in one way or an *other, disturb the legitiMate order of things, and predate disquietudes., confu SiOrl, and ultimate wrong. Let no "man therefore presume to meas ure the length and breadth of his own patriotism, or'to make the most remote comparison between himself and •the most, apparently, Unworthy other man, so long as he is deliquent in rendering the full amount of his tax an impost obligations to his government, accord ing to the extent of his possessions and abilities. The, government •was formed by the, people and for the people, and to the people it is responsible for the hen est and faithful discharge of its duties ; and so soon as it is unmistakably demon strated that the goyernment is a fact that it is capable of undisturbed perpetu tation, the people will call its public functionaries to in account for all their deeds during the days of civil commo tion ; but if the people themselves' have been delinquent and corrupt how are they to be qualified -to sit in judgment aid award a righteons verdict ? Pay taxes therefore as any other debt is paid, without regard to what may be come of it after it passes into the hands of the collector or the Treasury of the Government. This is rendering "unto Caesar the things that are Cmsar?s," and "unto God the things that are God's" ; for it is a duty we-owe to our God in a higher sense than we owe it to our country, to.abstain, in spirit as well as in letter, from any and every.act pro hibited by the command "Thou shalt not steal." The great events transpiring in, the history and experience of eur, coun try are not only civil and p.olitical events. The Almighty would certainly nqt have permitted such things to transpire in this 19th century; without being over ruled, by Him for some special good to the present or coming generations. If we are tin-worthy, we may be swept away with. the rubbish of passing events and our,places may be filled by others. Can we ever be esteemed worthy, if- we ara knowingly delinquent 'in our public and private duties to our• country and our God ? 11011 E-SICKNESS. -To the question, "Can I do anything for you, my man ?" asked; patients by hospital visitors, the answer, very often is, "Can't you get me a leave of obscene° ? I want to go home." This comes from as brave and true hearts as ever beat steady in' bat tle ; from men who have _undergone hardsaps, and hunger, and fatigue, without a murmur, but who find them selves prostrated by woundi or by sick ness, and whose thoughts now turn to wardloied ones at home. What sick man, on a hard' bed, in a room filled • with other sufferers, &spend to the gaze of the curious, often -experimented on by young "sawbones,", anid with a few 'coveted delicacies, would' not yearn for hoine tbinforts, for the pillow smoothed by a beloved female hand, and for the cheering . society - of watchful - friends Governor Andrew's proposition, that wounded men be sent to their; own States, is hailed with exceeding great joy by the inmates of thehospitals, and their "want to:go home." . -- In - Heaven's 'name let them-be taken there, and that as soon - as possible.—Letter from Wash ington , , . , Aril 11, 1354_ A FEW Hiormit FAcrs.—Martin Van Buren is the only man who has held the office of President, Vice President, Minster to England, Governor of his ewn State, and member ,of both Houses of Congress. `l'homas H. Benton is the only man who has held "a seat in the United States Senate, for thirty consecutive years. The only instance of father and son in the United States Senate at the same time is that of Hon. Henry Dodge, Sen ator from Wisconson, and his son, Au gustus C. Dodge, Senator from lowa. General James Shields is • the only man who ever represented two States in 'the United States Sedate. At one time he was Senator from Illinois, and itlubs'equently Senator from Minnesota. John Quincy ; Adams held position under the Government during every Ad ministration from that of Washington to to that of Polk, daring which he died. He had been Minister to _England, mem ber of both Houses of Congress, Presi dent of the United States.. He died while a member orthe House of Repre , sEintatives. The only instance where three koth ers occupied seats in the lower House at the same time, was when Elihu - 0. Washburn represented the first District of Illinois. Israel Washburn, Jr. the Third District of Maine, and Cadwalader Washhurn, the Third District of Wis consin. - How PONTOON BRIDGES ARE AI ADE— Pontoon boats are flat-bottomed„ thirty feet long, two and - a half feet wide at the bow, and five and a half feet wide at the stern, swelling out at the sides to the width of six feet. Each fits on a running gear of four wheels, and is used as a baggage wagon for the pentboniers, Carrying its proportion of string pieces and plank. On reaching a' river the boats are unloaded, floated across by ca bles made fast up the stream, then the string pieces are laid across from one boat to the next, and on these are placed the planks, each twenty-one feet long, which form thelarigway of the width. It is a fine sight to see a regiment come to a river bank with a pontoon train, un load and launch their boats, moor them into line, and in less than five minutes from the time the word "halt” was given have a bridge, say six hundred feet in length, over which an army can safely pass with artillery and ba,ggago. GARIBALDI :--Linder dates of Septem ber 14, Garibaldi in answer to a letter from the American consul at Vienna asking him as he had failed in his pa triotic efforts in Italy, if he would offer his valiant arm in the American strug gle•for liberty and unity, and promising him an enthusiastic reception, says : "I am a prisoner and dangerously wounded. It is consequently impossible for me to dispose of myself. "However, as soon as I am restored to liberty, and my, wounds are healed, I shall take the first favorable apportuni ty to satisfy my desire to serve the great American Republic, of which I am a citizen, and which is now fighting for universal liberty."• Jon BROWN.-A letter written by John Brown, two years before his fa mous raid upon Harper's Ferry, has been found, in which he speaks of .the plan, and says, "I expect nothing but to en dure hardness ; but I expect to achieve a great victory, even though it be like the last victory of Samson." Few minds are capable of understanding such devo tion .to one great "idea. Such faith as - his is counted madness, and doubtless it had in it the elements of madness,; but who - dare sit in judgment upon such a man in the lurid and terrible light of this days WART IS A DARLING ?—lt is the dear, little beaming girl who meets one on the doorstep ; who flings her fair arm around one's neck, and kisses one with her whole soul of love; who seizes entys hat, who relieves one of one's coat, and hands the tea and toast so prettily ; who places her elfish form at'the piano, and. warbles forth,. unsolicited, such delicious songs; who casts herself at one's footstool, and clasps one's hand, and asks eager, un heard-of questions, with such bright eyes and flashing face ; and on whose, light, glossy curls one places one's hand and breathes "Gad bless, .her," asi the fairy form departd., . ' g, JUST So mathematician being asked by a stout fellow "if two pigs weigh twenty pounds, how much will a large hog w,eigb 7" replied, "jump into the scales, and I. will tell you immedi ately:l The Alert) , stoat buffer was last 'seen turning a.sl3arp corner. NO. JO. Adventure with an Elephant In 1847, I was the superintendent or a cocoa nut estate belonging to a Mr. Armitage, situated about twelve miles from Negomba. A rouge elephant did some injury to the estate at that time ; and one day, hearing that it was then en the plantation, a Mr. Lindsay, who was proprietor of the adjoining property, and myself, accompanied by seven or eight people of the neighboring went out, carrying with us six rifles, loaded and primed. We continued to walk along a path which, near one of turns, had some bushes on one side.— We had calculated to come up with the brute where he had been seen half an hpur before ; but no sooner lead one of our men, who was walking foremost, seen the animal, at a distance of some fifteen or twenty7rods e than he exclaim ed, "There ! there !" and immediately took to his heels, and we all followed his example. The elephant did not see us until we had run some fifteen paces from the spot where we had turned, when he gave us chase, screaming frightfully as he came on. Mr. Lindsay managed to clinile a tree, and the rest of my compan ione did the same. As for myself, I could not, although I made one or two superhuman efforts. But there was no time to be lest. The elephant was run ning at me, with his trunk bent down in a curve toward the ground. At this critical moment, Air. Lindsay held out his foot to me, by which, with the help of the branches of the tree, which were three or four feet above my head, I managed to scramble up to a branch. The elephant came directly ,to the tree, and attempted to force it down. which he could not.. He first coiled his trunk around the stem, and pullet at it with all his might, but with no effect.— He then applied his head to the tree, and pushed with it for several minutes, but with - no better success. He then trampled with his feet all the projecting roots, moving, as he did so, several times round and round the tree. Lastly, fail ing in all this, and seeing a pile _of tim ber, which I had lately cut, at a short distance from us, he remdved it ri.ll (thirty-six pieces), and one at a time, to the root of the tree, and piled them up in a regular business-like manner; then, placing his hind feet on this pile, he raised the fore part of his body, and reached out his trunk, but still ho could not touch us, as we were too far above 'him. Mr. Lindsay then fired,and the ball took effect somewhere on the brute's head, but did not kill him; it made him only the more furious. The next shot. however, levelled him to the ground. 1 afterwards brought the skull of the ani mal to Colombo, and it is still to b: seen at the house of Air. Armitage.— Tennet's Ceylon. qz - A dog at Hertford, England, lately picked a ten pound note from the mud and after drying by the stove, put into his master's hied. This is very well for liertford ; but we know a dog that is ac customed to go every day to get a pen nyworth of meat, which is scored against him, and one day s-eeing, the butcher make, two marks instead of one, he did not seem to notice it, but watching hie opportunity, seized a doable amount, and• ran home with it in a great state el glee.. Passably intelligent ; bat there is a Newfoundland dog in Bloomington that knows a trick worth two of that. Liis master recently gave him a basket, and said, "Carloe, take that basket and ge tc market." The dog trotted off and seiz• ed a paint brush, and commenced illus trating the basket with beautiful stripes. "What are doing, Carloe, to the basket?" yelled the dog owner. "I'm going to mark it," quietly replied Carloe. ear &story is told of Dick a darkey in Kentucky, who was a notorious thief, so vicious in this respect that.all the theft in the neighborhood was charged on him. On one occasion Mr. Jones, a neighbor of Dick's master, called and said Dick must be solll out of that part of the country, for he had stolen all of his (Mr. Jones') turkeys. Dick's master could not think so. Tl•e two, however, went into the field where Dick was at work and accused him of the theft. "Yon stole yr. Jones' - turkeys," said the mas ter. "No, J didu t , slum," responded Dick. The master persisted. "Well, at length said Dick, "I'll tell yonzes4sa: I didn't steal den? turkeys ; but last night when I went across Mr. Jones' pasture I saw one of our rails on de fence, so I brought homer de rail and confound it, wheal came to , look, 'dare was nine, turkeys on de raiy."