Mountain Democrat., 1857-11-28


one, and il they had they would not have
regarded il, relying solely on the promises
made 10y the license collector when around
before. However, in lieu of an agent be-
ing sent out 10 collect AZ before, the Dis
trict Attorney has employed agents Ia
prosecute all who have failed to take out
licenses. Is this rights it juSty Are
our taxes not sufficiently OncrOuS without
the imposition Of heavy fines unncccSSa.
rily? \ little fOrbcarnncc on the part of
the District Attorney and his agents would
not be out of place, unless he is anxious
to realize u handsome fortune out of his
Office in the quickest possible time, for
fca he may never have another opportu-
nifty. We are we'll aware that sending u
man around was something ncw-pcrhaps
n bad precedent, but it certainly was an
accommodation to the people, and the
people are dissatisfied with the present
arrangement. Paying ono hURdTed dot
lars for license which the Treasurer
furnishes for thirty-scvcn, is paying dear
" for the luxury Of District Attorney
and his pensioners.
Some of the particular friends Of our
late trUSt-WOrthy Treasurer as might have
been expected, arc curSing the MOUNTAIN
DEMOCRAT without stint for exposing his
raScalty and limiting Mt their completely,
but the masses arc with you and wish you
God spccdin the work Of exposure. Don't
he diverted from your course by side is
sues. The fact is indisputablc that the
CX-TrcaSurcr pockctcd thousands of dol
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the taxpayers, want to know what liSpo-
Sition he made Of the money. Ii is but
natural that members Of the "oppOsing
wing of the Democratic party" should
seek to screen him and his friends from
the indignation of the public. lie was
"onc of EN-" Did the former proprietor
of the State JOWrNdt receive any Of the
money! More anon. JUSTICE.
No fear, Justice" of our being "di.
vcrted from our course by side issues. -
That game has been tried time and again
by the same partic and has always failed.
The ours may snar aud bark at us with
impunity. We have nothing to do with
-them,-weh have with their masters |NFis
"thcir vocation;" they are hired for that
express purpose, and are not unwilling to
earn their wages They have the will,
fortunately they lack the ability to "Scrccn"
the dciaulting CN.rrcaSurer. Body and
soul he belonged to them; sold himself
to them for mess of pottagc, and he has
received his reward. They have made
several sympathetic appeals in his behalf,
but their appeals have been received with
indignation and dcrSion. They tried the
bluff game, but that proved incilcctual.-
They may next have the audacity to
swear that he is not dcfaultcr, but it
won't do. Against him the proof is posi-
tive, convincing; the people know it, and
with all their brazcn impudcncc they will
scarcely have the hartlihoodto swear that
he is not driaultrr. We "bidc our
time" for further disclosures
On n Sunday lately SacriligiouS
wretch managed to obtain access To the
gaS-mctrc or the Methodist Church at
l.ynchhurgh, Va, and let of all the wa.
ter. The consequence was that the gas
soon went out leaving the church in to-
tai darkness. The wretch, together with
accomplicrS, then scattered finely powder
cd pepper on the floor, benches, rail
ingS and elsewhere ThchouSc was dense
ly crowded, and after the gas was light
cdsagain, and while the preacher was in
the m'';;': c: stirring appeal To the con-
sciences Of his hearers, the ladies' COM
mcucrd to ply their fans, and the persons
standing in the aisle 10 move about To
gcta little fresh mir. This reused up
the pepper, and started the whole con-
grcgatiOn To coughing and sncrzing at u
rate 50 terrible MS to put speedy stop to
the services Unable to endure their
SuilrringS, many of the congregation
rose up and made for the doors, but they
were fastened, the wrechcS outside hold
ing them with ropes.
Tact and Tdlcnt-llumc makes this
remark; "Thc figure which n man makes
in life, the reception which he meets with
in company, the esteem paid to him by
his acluaintanccS-Hll these advantages
depend as much upon his good sense and
Judgment as upon any other part of his
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