American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-01-17
For the American Republican,

For the American Republican,
.NeSas EditcrS,-Many persons are having
their say through your columns on the subject
of Taxation. If you have no objection will
make few suggestions on that score. You
may, perhaps, give contemptuous curl OF the
| lip when | name the articles to be taxed, be-
cause they seem beneath the notice of Legis-
latve body but, Messrs Editors, the ocean is
made of drops; whole cities may be destroyed
from one spark and though moments are very
! little affairs, yet Queen Elizabeth on her death
bed offered "mlllons of money for one moment
of time" And now, to descend from the sub
lime to the ridiculous, beg leave to ask the
question, whether a tax of so C. to 100 cts. per
annum on every dog and cat in the State Of
4,4arylanu woulu not ylu.u a very handsome
sum? Now, don't laugh, Messrs Editors;
don't mean to be dogmatical, categorical or an
feline in thus naming this large, respectable and
hitherto untaxed portion of our community as
a subject for revenue. | have a great respect
for them; keep dog myself-indeed, had
half dozen pups not long ago; but, of course,
| could not think of naming this sub ect then
They are all dead now, however, and therefore
this proposition cannot in anywise affect Hem
Yea, and had ten cats when was a boy
which all shews my high regard for the two
subjects thus named as material for future re-
venue.
Well then, Messrs. Editors, most other sys-
TENS of taxation have the objection of partiali-
ty brought against them. Not so with this
| Where a citizen keeps one dog, countryman
keeps two or three; and SO the thing would
work very equitably on both town and country.
But as wish only TO bring the subject before
you for your consideration, will leave it now
and pass on to another. Old Bachelors!-yes,
sirs, old Bachelors. Any man who can support
a wife and will not take one at 80 years Of age,
sirs, let him be taxed taxed on his head, his
hat, his coat, his entire outward man: his horse,
carriage, stocks, gun, dog, mustachios (sav one
cent per hair,) his every thing!
might say something about unmarried la
dies of a certain era,-or, as Judy Jones said,
"ageable ,romen." But then it is not their
fault-its the old bachelors-they don't, they
,conr PROPOSE But here comes my old
mean my single aunt; so good bye.
N. B. | have swarms Of reaches in my
house-how would it do to tax them cent a
piece? Ton.
ITEMS OF News. 1t is said that Bishop On
derdonh has in press a statement of facts and
circumstances in relation to his late trial and
deposition. splendid ship called "Henry
Clay" is now on the stocks at New York;
The steamer Acadia, from Boston for Liver
pool, arrived at Halifax on the Sd inst, and
sailed same day for Liverpool. General AL
monte, the Mexican Minister, has returned TO
Washington.--Ano old burglar named Caleb
Nicholas, has been arrested in N York.-Go-
vernon Wright, of N. York; has pardoned a
man named Vincent, recently convicted of hav-
ing passed counterfeit money! man nam
ed Matthias Garrabrant committed suicide at
Newark, N. j., on Wednesday. South
Carolina Conference of the Methodist Epsco-
pal Church, embraces 80, 900 white and $4,000
colored members, being an increase since last
year of 9, 00O-they raised 500 for necessa-
ry purposes last year.-The Legislature of
Rhode Island have refused to grant the petition
of John Gordon, convicted of the murder of
Amasa Sprague, for reprieve till after the final
trial of hi; brother Nicholas.-Rufus Welsh
has engaged the Park Theatre, N. Y, and will
open it with his unsurpassed equestrian troupe,
on the LIST Feb.-In the little city of ST. LOU
is, % foreigners ENJOY Offices under the NUM-
cipal patronage.-A lady in Michigan has
bet herself that Lewis Cass will be the next
President. Yingling, of Hanover,
Pa, slaughtered on Monday, pig Is months
old-which weighed 432 pounds.-Accord-
ing to a recent account there are upwards of
1000 Americans in the Oregon settlement.