Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1845-11-06
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OFFICIAL PtCKrNGs.


lnleIligeucer, makes theyfollowirg extraordinary
statements
Whenever, ih the opiaion of ihe Appraisers
an invoice is ten per cent leIpw the value of The
goods, the act9 1912 "feves an additional dun
Of FIFrY per ceht over and above the regular al.
~" Now, what do you suppose becomes Of
that fifty per cent. duty when collectefs pre-
sumo you will answer, tfWhy il g4cs into The
Treasury" Noiso. According to the ccpstruc-
lion given 70 HE law, il becomes lhepfoperiy of1
joint stock company, VIII Uncle Sam one bali.
III. Collector, .Narai Officer snd Surveyor the OH.
er one holt. WHICH hall Il divided equally aohg
ahe three. The nex, question is, do these du,iss,
Ihas levied, ami untl 10 much money. According
to re'urns in the lasf quarter, hey ere ahov
$4,000, and may be estimated ii seu,niy dhou.
sand dollars year unless the system be 10 slime
wavs changed.
You will observe thatin assessing his add.
tional duly Of SO per cent, The Calsctor has hui
little 10 say or do excpPi eaec,, and that the
sum tota is fatty and honestly dtstt: bnied among
the parties Interested, nol one Of whom has any
labor to perfotm.
Mineral Riches o rirginias = Biiumin-
Gus coal DEC prs at intervals over the tract
OF thirty FIVE miles from South Anna riv-
.er, near lis mouth. 10 The Apppmaaox -
10 some places the coal seam Is forty zone
feet thick. ltis found in abundance with.
in fifteen miles 81 Richmond. in Henrico,
in Chesterfield in Goochland, lin Powhat-
! an. on james River, and ON The Tnckahoe
At Midlothian pit, in Chesterfield county,
shaft has been sunk seven hundred and
twenty fee. below The surface, aida seam
Of fine coal has been penetrated eleven
feet. Iron IS found ia abundance in va
rious parts Of The State. There are seven
mines oft i'd Spousylpania. ear The juno
lion of the IRappahannock and Rapidan
rivers. Ofgold mines, generally less va.
liable than ii on, there are twelve ID Gooch
land, 'fifteentin Orange eleven in Culpep-
er. twenty Six in S2ol,sylsanis; ten in
Stafford and six ia Fauanief Total gold
mines eighty. There are also Eve copper
mines in Fapquier. The mineral resour.
ces Of Virginia are truly extensive and va
luable. Warn tnfon Times.
49,
Benefits df, .7duertising An Eastern
lcorresponden Of the Richmond Wing. 10
noticing the unparalleled prosperity which
| has attended certain Commercial and
Manufacturing houses which .he visited.
says 10 order 10 secure customers they
/ ADVERTISED freely. which is all essential
III a merchan! or business man wishes 10
be successful. ForIinstance ohe6f these
Clothing Stores pays to the Bosfbn Atlas
alone, upwards Of sic hundred dollars o
gear for adsertisingi He me n,ions seve-
raj men who had begun with a capital OF
| S25, but tho had grown enormously rich
and one OF The greatImeans depended on
was advertising freely. HI acknowledges
that be was drawn 10 their store by see
ing their advertisements, as we'll as bun
dreds Of other strangers. In fact, shan
gers almost invariably go TO houses they
see freely advertised.
i American Lurury3-The Lyons manu-
facturers consider ustbe raostIex,ravagaat
people 10 The world 0ae Of them said
lately: My most costly fabrics are in
variably secured for American market;
and the agents for American houses are
more libe1al in their purchases than any
4 class Of buyers.
| AN English gentlemen once remarked
10 us that nothing as.onisbed him so much
i in this coultry, asihe immense number
Of well dressed people be saw every
where. This 'extravsgsnce IN dress i
carried tosuch an extent. that hundreds
Of elegantly dressed people may be seen
bat our charches every Sabbsih. 50 inpo-
\ yerisbed III Docket that thew caBnos chase
| u2 a ftp oreven ibe FIST red cent To- pui
| into the contribution bcx. This is none
of our business, however, 50 well retire
4 EsGoraisierea Banner.
Il An spple was this morning exhibited
4 Al this Office, which was growo BY 7. w
i Mead, Of W6buro, ot the Sisrl Mund
II species, which me asuTe Gftesn and a hal
inches in cifcHmtefences and peigbs :
!, pouod and halt II Who can sbe" : lar,
Il ger one !-Bosfon J0wnqk
TSk;or Il eooiy-.Tke lellow Hart
mar 3 IA. E,os- Z time sincss carried on HI,
,r;cts ~ = sndling 81 ctiei butcher Of Pla
i ooe~she. kLa. has been sentenced IA
de Penitenitary fof two YEATS. The al
Tor Of the Planters Gazette says Is mn
Hartman going on board Of boat BON,
!. g Baton Rouge. who begged him fof[
l light for bis cigar. fefDnki3g Fla
Just 10 year to-day, and I'll iist pc ri vel
cooms put.