Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-01-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


TAxArIoS.-The following petition is now
being extensively circulated for signatures
this State We agree with this Pc
tiiiou, when It says that one hundred dollars,
wherever found, aud in whatever shape, should
be taxed as one hundred dollars. IL seems to
he the only equitable and just method Of taxa
tion.
70 The Honorable he Senate and House Of Rep. |
reseniotires Of The State Of DeidWdre, IL General
assembly met;
The undersigned, citizens OF the State OF Della
ware, most respectfully represent, that the sys-
TEN Of Assessment aud Taxation Of Property
now 10 force in this state. is erroneous and
burthensome 10 most meritorious classes OF our
citizens.
According to existing laws, full one.half, If
not larger proportion Of the public taxes are
paid by land owners and tenants Of the soil.
Agriculture is the foundation Of national as well
as of individual prosperity, and instead Of re
ceiVing State patronage II is compelled 10 pay
an undue share & the public lakes. Not only is
the land over-tAxed, hut persons engaged In
agricultural pursuits are called to share the
landlords hurthens.
There are, at present. but comparatively few
articles subject to taKation-land, slaves horses
mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, silver plate, and the
personal or eapitauOn tax, comprise the list
Thus the farmer, who lays out five hundred dol
ars for horses aa1 cattle to stock his little farm,
Is called on to pay heavy taxes on those articles,
whilst his more easy aud Injurious neighhor in
vests his money in ine carriage aud gold
watch, and contributes nothing from such il
yestment towards the public expensts SO, too,
II one man invest five Thousand dol!aia N lands
that, beyond taxes and repairs, may not yield
him more than three per ceut he pays in the
proportion ii at least one-half Of the public
! taxes but his moro fortunate, il not more
shrewd neighbu investing like sum in bank
stock, raih ad g ock, or 10 bonds and Judgment
often at us, Fious rates Of interest, escapes the
payment Of any taxes upon his capital ihn-
invested
With all due respect, we most respectfully
submit that erssy Pse'fs u property, real, per :
| sOnal aud IN xed, ought to bear its equal and
lust proportion of taxation and that wherever
you find hundred dolars-whether in land,
slaves, horses, &e, or in carriages, watches,
railroad stock paying dividends, merchandise
Sc, that hun. r5d dollars should he called to pay
its fair share O. the public bnrthens.
We believe that there is a iarger amount Of
property in this State which, at present, is ex-
empt from taxation, than that which is taxed
and If every species of property cond be made
to bear its lust share Of the public expenses
whilst the aggregate amount of onr taxes would
no: be increased, our individual taxes. by thus
equalizing them, would be mnch less than the,
now are
We, therefore. most respectfully, aud earnest
| ly pray the Honorable the General Assembly, L
revise our present laws of Assessment and Tax
alton, and so amend them as to equllIze ou
taxes.
AFFAIRS IN AoooMAc CouxrY, VA-We cop
the following items from the Regimental Flag
neat little paper published at Camp Wilkes, Ac
comac county, Va, by the Second Regimer
. Delaware Volunteers.
!, James Chambers, Of Capt snows Maryland Ba
try was seriously injured a few days since by Ii
:, hors OF the gun to which he was attached takn
!, fright and running away. He was thrown fro
his seat aud the wheels of the guu carriage passe
l. over his head and body, cutting his scalp al
IS face, aud wuundng him severely about the lei
y and body. The flesh on the right side of his ta'
was torn so tAat it was necessary to sew it up
. near the corner Of his eye. His legs wei
u, bruised almost to an inky blackness. lie WI
is taken to the Hospital and is now 10 fair way
% recovery. He was at the time he enlisted
g resident Of Philadelphia, where We believe b
s friends reside.
as U. S. Coast Survty- Two parties of til
G branch Of the Government service, under il
, structiuns from the superintendent, Professor
y BAche, are now located in DrummondtowD, (
the purpose of atiording such surveys Of th
! vicinity as may prove Of service to the comman
| ing AtutTnl. lutY hlt hlAu iuhluk sOuuuluRh
~ the creeks and inets, and replacing the bu1
le that we're destroyed by the rebels.
~ R0btrt ! Cdmpbeii, a soldier belonging
=, Snow's Battery, Of the Maryland Home Guar
" died OF typhoid fever, after a heightened ilne
of eight weeks. lie had been sent 10 the gener
n, Hospital of the Peninsuar Brigade, under char
of of Surgeon Babh. Of the I'd Delaware Regimen
ir lie was carefully nursed by an excellent femf
d. attendant of the hospital, and was visited dai
r. by the officers and Others Of the Battery.
I'd was a native Of Cecil county Md near lhe Bri
n Meeting House His comrades contributed
Of fund and had his remains sent home to
m nenls.
he MILITARY ScHooL IN CAMP. Leutensr
nd Colonel Bailey Of the Second Delaware Regime
% has established school for the purpose of teaC
ha lag military tactics 10 the officers Of the reg
iy ment They meet nightly at tie quarters
~, different officers, explain in their own angua
,e the various military eyolutiOns Of company Il
w. w. battalion drill nni with the uid of the backboa
~ delineate the manner Of executing the same.
~ BY this mode, added to field practice, the rel
- ment is rapidly acquiring great Proficiency
al all military movements known to military mt
m. uNrERMENTrp BREAD.-Dr. Cullen, who WI,
y, more than seventy years ago, says, '.ln ScotlaI
' ,' nine -teitha of the lower class Of people, r
w. that is the greater part Of the whole, live up
ID unfermented Bread ami Mere are not m
al Aeaily peopis day,ohsTs 10 sJonnd In the coui
a' of fifty years that have practced among the
have had occasion to know this, AMI have har,
re met with disease, Of auy consequence, tina
w, could impuie to the use of unfermented iaril
e. cea.n
ge This bread, made light, white and sponPy
he sold by |. $. Flint, No. 1893 Market Street VIII
e- orders will he received, for lis delivery in a
part of the oiiy or suburbs, by
f. 1t WM. II. BAssETr, Agent
he BR0KEN INTo.-Some williams effected au
he trance into MIR. Thomas G. Alteh's DWELL
he house at the corner Of Seventh and FraI
YER Streets, last Wednesday morning about o'co
ng aud took some plated ware belonging to I
he gentleman aud small amount of money beloI
IT'S, to a servant girl. They entered by bursti
led open door in the basement of the back buildi
,ne II is not known who the guilty parties are
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