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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-23
M e K / q O.
The Republican and Imperial Schemes
In the United States.
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MaXimilian'y Railroad, Express and Steam
ship Grants Denounced.
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Proposed Mexican Loan for Thirty
millions.
M E K 10 O..
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
New YORK, Oct 20, 1855.
For tho information OF the public and In order to pro-
tect capitalists Of this country against the misepresen
taons Of persons interested in sustaining tho usurped
authority of Maximan have tho favor that you
will publish your columns the enclosed ofncia COM
munication from the Mexican Minister and annexed dts
positions OF the Mexican government which declare null
and void all acts emanating from the
called imperial authorities attempting TO exercise
in Mexico under tho support lent to them by the
protection OF foreign bayonets and which subject all
persons lending aid and to such usuping
authorities to all the perils and penalties usual under
such crcumstances upon the restoration Of the lcgt
mate authority OF the country
am, SIR, very respectfully, your obedicnt servant
IN. NAVARRO, Mexican Consul General.
LETTER FROM THE MEXICAN MINISTER.
[Translation.]
MEXICAN LEGATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, WASHINGTON, Oct. Is, 1885. !
II having come to my knowledge that certain specu-
ators OF this country have obtanpd conces
sons from the French agents in Mexcothat to say,
from the socalled imperial government OF Maxmilian-
for the establishment of express company, proposed
TO be styled the Imperial Mexican Express; Of
suburban railroad the city of Mexico; Of line OF
steamers In the Gulf OF Mexico and another on the
Pacific Of various lines Of telegraph to carry a, RI
Sonora and another with reference 70 lands and mines
in chihuahua together with various projects OF colo
having also learned that the spectators TO whom
REFER In order TO induce persons Of good faith TO take
part with them in such enterprises have asserted that
their ocaled concessions will be ratified hereafter
respected by the national government OF the republic
and there being not the slightest foundation for such
assertions have to request you In order that no one
may be deceived 10 to be published the annexed
dispositions Of the Congress and Of the supreme
men of Mexico which declare null and void and OF no
effect all acts Of the usurping authorities.
have also add that the sole fact Of having far
recognized the said usurpng authorities 70 accept or
solicit privileges CONCESSIONS from them, will be
dice and disability Of all parties accepting soliciting
such concessions, any transaction which they may
hereafter desire TO have with the legitimate authorities OF
the republic but will also subject them TO all the respon
siblitics and penalties prescribed by law.
renew 70 you the assurances Of my consideration.
n. ROMERO.
To the CONSUL GENERAL Of tho Mexican Republic, New
Xnrk
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-28
Commissioners Sale

Of Lands 4. Joseph CdLdtvelps addition
TO the Cityof Wheeling, near the Repair
Shops of the B. e o. n. r. o..
TN PURSUANCE OF A DECREE OF THE
i Circuit Court, for Ohio county, in the case
of Mary 4, Caldwell against the heirs at law
OF James Y. Caldwell, deceased, and Others,
shall sell at public auction, at the front door
OF the Court House for Ohio county, in the
city OF Wheeling, ON Monday, the 18th of
January, 1866, commencing said sale at 10
o'clock n. nl.,l the following lots OF ground
situated in Joseph Caldwell's addition to tlle
city OF Wheeling, numbered on the plan OF
said addition, thirteen Q3l, fiIteen (I5l.
eighteen (lSl, twenty-five on, fifty-eight ISL
nfty-nIne l59l, and sixty CO., These lots are
near the Repair Shops of the B. & o. r. r.
Company. ~. =
Terms of sale-Twenty per centum of the
purchase money in cash, and remainder in
equal instruments at 8 and u months, with
interest from the day Of sale, the purchaser to
give bonds, with good security, for the defer
red iinstalments. and the title to be retained
until the purchase money shall have been
fully paid. AT his option the purchaser may
pay the full amount Of the purchase money
In cash. JAMES y WHEAT
dec2S-3td&wtd Special Commissioners
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SnntI,crn nrntnrr

In the debate upon tho constitutional
amendment in the Mississippi Lcgisla-
ture, u Mr.. Dotson delivered flaming
address in opposition to the measure.
We present single paragraph as a
specimen of the effort:
am told, Mr.. Speaker, that South
Carolina has ratified the amendment,
and asked why Mississippi should re-
fuse to do 50. Sir, this is not the first
time that gallant State has made a
blunder. / followed her on n former
occasion-l do not choose to do SO now,
Vets confess wns surprised when /
heard that South Carolina had ratified
the amendment; That she had commit
ted such ;lntnct OF treAchary to her his
tory and the principles OF her illustri-
GUS dead. Had she ceased to remember
that Calhoun still slept in the bosom of
her soil, and in her pride the bright
waters that sparkle along her eastern
shore once murmured with the thunders
OF her Sumter2 Did Sherman in his
march of incendinrism and plumber
tranple out the spirit of the once In
treptd Harry Percy of tho South? Had
She forgotten all those forms OF govern
ment she once so well understood
Truly, sir, there is but little Ieft to hope
for when such State MS South Carolina
thus surrenders all.
but, Do thts as u may, South Carolina
had the unquestioned right to reject IL.
We, sir, have the unquestioned right TO
reject 1t. Let us do so, then, and with
no nervous hesitation. - 4#TLfs -
do not believe Mississippi will adopt
this bantling of Now England. THRUST
she is not yet driven TO that extremity,
God grant that she may not manRclo
her limbs with her own hands. II her
once proud and queenly form is to
ndorn the triumph, may she, like the
Palmyrian princess, even in her hour of
humiliation, array herself in all the
habiliments of sovereignty.
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During the coming year, 1866, 1t will
be 4 pence in the pound. This only
applies to incomes above 200 (SI 900. }
For smaller amounts it is less, and Ire
land has lower scale than England.
Itnppcurs then that the highest in
come tax ever known in England was
10 pence in the pound, or in Federal
currency twenty cents on eneh five dol
lars Of income, equivalent 10 n tax of
four per cent, and this tax was for only
one year, and only affected Incomes
above one thousand dollars. The tax
for the present year Is only two and
two-iiflhs per cent, and for the coming
year will be only one and three-iifths
per cent III NIL sums over six hundred
dollars, and ten per cent ON all sums
exceeding live thousand dollars. The
latter tax would be equivalent, under
the English system, TO Twenty-Five
pence i'll tho pound, or two and one
half times greater than was ever borne
by the people whom we hcvc been nc
Customcd to consider the best taxed ma
tiou under the sun. Moreover, the tax
is laid in England ON the average in
come of the three preceding years, by
which method the Inequality is avoided
of taking from the citizen who has no
income at all in a particular year, but
has perhaps incurred Il loss, "a duty
upon the income which he had received
during the next preceding wear, and II
he is unable to pay it, holding it as a
perpetual lien on any property he may
thereafter acquire.
Our income tax has been borne like
all the other burdens and tribulntions
of the war, patiently and even cheer
fully. The people know that they have
incurred the debt which makes heavy
taxes necessary, of their own volition,
that they have levied the tax uDon
themselves, that there is no chicanery
about it, and SO they pay 1t without
questioningsthe authority which exacts
II. II Is nevertheless true that this five
and ten per cent tax il little short OF
COniischtion-that 1t is enormous be-
yond all precedent--and that the imme-
diate occasion TOR it has passed away.
When Congress, In 1861, imposed the
special tax of five per cent. upon the
incomes of 1868, lone income tax hay
ing already been collected for that year, \
il was regarded an excessive tax, but
being levied to meet tho unusual eN-
penditures for bounties for rS-enlistinE
veteran soldiers, it WINS paid without a
murmnr in any quarter. But the ex-
listing five and ten per cent. tax is
heavier, by reason of the classification
of incomes, than the tax lowed upon
Incomes uf 1868, including the special
tax. There are no moro bounties to be
paid. Tho war is ended. The tax
should be reduced. We believe that a
tax of three per cent upon incomes
under 5000, and five per cent upon
larger sums, is NIL that is now neces-
sary, and that such a reduction will
produce nearly II not quite RS much
revenue ms is now obtained.
Returning to our examination of the
figures in Great Britain, we find that
the sums realized from this tax during
the past fifteen years have been MS fol-
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The Tncome Tnx.

The Income TAX
We are gratifed 10 see it stated that
there is noticeable disposition on the
part Of several influential members of
the Committee of Ways and Means in
Congress to repeal, at all events TO ma
teriaIly modify, the existing income
tax, which is probably the most odious
feature of our tax law. People do not
object to paying taxes-that is not the
matter-but they do object to having
their business pryed into and disclosed
TO the world like so many household
matters. THERE'S a sacredness and pri-
vacy about the business matters Of men,
lust as there is about their family mat
tiers, that outrages every feeling Of their
natures when overhauled by stranger
aud through him made a subject for
gossip and tattle and misrepresentation
on the streets. We do not knnw-we
are hardly prepared to say-that the in
come tax should be repealed clear and
clean. The privacy of returns should
beguarded at all events, and the amount
assessed should be reduced from one
third to one half 1t is being found by
experience that privacy of returns G. II
duces as much and more to correctness
than publicity. Five per cent? and still
more ten per cent. is an enormous tax
little short of confscation-all well
enough in war, but not well enough
now when taxes can be distributed to
better advantage. 1t is estimated that
Il proper tax properly enforced on
whisky, tobacco, cigars, cotton, sugar,
coffee and tea, would produce two hun
dred millions of income, which, with our
receipts from customs and our minor
impos,s, would pay the interest on the
public debt, and defray our civil expend-
lures without depressing any one or
otherwise annoying the business public.
Our present income tax, says the
Chicago Tribune, is the most eNOrbitant
impost the world has ever seen, except
in the Netherlands, under the Duke Of
AlYn, where the tenth peuny'-the
same in amount as our existing income
tax, though levied more impartially-
produced one of the bloodiest revolts in
history. The income tax was first i'm
posed in Great Britain i'll 1872, rs a teuI-
pOruTy measure, intended to last only
three years at most. Once adopted,
however, it was found to be so certain
n source of revenue and so compare
lively easy of collection, that it took
root and became one of the permanent
institutions of the country. The rate of
the tax in England, from the date of its
inception to the present time, has been
AS follows.
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The Pirate semmes.

In regard to the arrest OF the COM
mander of the pirate alabama, the
Mobile Tunes says -
It is with profound feeling of shame,
ascitiEens of this great Republic, that
the Times has to lay before its readers
the sad intelligence of the unexpected
arrest and immediate transfer to a
Northern Jail of the brave, good and
chivulric Raphael SemmeS, formerly
the commander OF the Confederate
man-of-war Alabama, on the ground of
having, during his most unequal fight
with the ReGTsGge, raised the white
flag and then escaped under cover OF
the cessation OF hostilitlesi
The following are the charges and
specifications which, after seven months
uninterrupted peace, are brought
against Admiral Semmes:
Charge and specification of a charge
preferred by the Secretary OF the
Navy against Raphael Semmes, late
commander of the rebel steamer Atd-
6dMd.
CHARoE-vioIating the usages of
war.
SPEcIFICAT1oN-In this that on or
about the 18th day of June, 1864, of the
entrance of the port of Cherbourg, in
France, the said Raphael Semmes, be-
ing then in command of the rebel
an engagement having taken place be-
tween the said steamer and the United
States steamer Hedrsdge, ordered, or
permitted white flag to be hoisted on
board the said rebel steamer, and took
the opportunity of the cessation there
by caused in the engagement, and of
the trust reposed in him, to make his
escape from the said rebel steamer, for
the purpose of avoiding the actual sur
render of his person as n prisoner of
war and the responsibilities thereby in
CURED, and did subsequently, without
having been exchanged as a prisoner,
engage in hostiIities against the Uni
ted States.
TSipned.l GTDHoS wEIIEs
sacrat,,rv Of the NoTv
NAVY DenartTnent Nov - 1S,i5 '.f
-, ,,.I,faL -, .j,,5i-aI 60,
Against which "Iiest @AIliiiil"l F9elil-
mes entered the following protest;
SIR: on the 18th day of April. 1865. /
was Mt Greensboro, n. c., in command
of naval brigade, forming part of the
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Anecdote OF Tom CorwIn.

This interesting anecdOte of the late
Tom Corwin is told by New York cor
respondent of the Providence Journal,
who was "A reporter in Washington, and
knew the great ohioan well:
one evening in the month of June,
lSj6, he called mt my desk, for / was
then engaged in that most delightful of
ull occupations-deli where Won
have To follow eloquent and gentleman
ly spcakers-and said to me, 81 am 60
ing 20 speak tonight, and I shall be
much obliged TO you If You will look
out for me" As had been ut my post
some ten or twelve hours without re-
lief replied that 1 could not think of
IL. Not think OF il, /" he rejOined, s'why
have you not leased me to death to
speak? and now, when l want you to
report me, You will not doit. I shall
not occupy the floor over thirty minutes;
now You must Oblige me. I'm some
what prepared; but ms / don't know
but l shall get Off the track, want you
to report me" rt., g. -.g..tz...'
finally agreed to take him, provided
he spoke thirty minutes only. He OBJ
tanned the floor. The House was very
full-galleries crowded. He had not
spoken ten minutes before members
OF all sides began TO crowd around him.
In twenty minutes he was literally sur
rounded by mob OF members, who
had left their seats to listen. soon
saw that his notes were discarded, and
did my best to "get him" correctly.
Such an out6urst of Legitimate elo-
quence had never before listened to.
He was frequently interrupted BY
bursts of the most rnpturous applause
from House and galleries.
Having mt last concluded, he ran
around to me with the inquiry, slave
you got me?" "YcS; but YOU promised
TO speak thirty minutes only.'F 'NYeIi,
"Yes, indeed, You have. y ;sHow long
have been speaking?" "Two hours
and tifty minutes exactly"
If he had spoken a week he would
have found willing and admirinE
audience to listen to him.
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DIED.

AZ hhlf-plst one o'clock p. M, ON the aSth
inst, Of Inflammation Of the llIlQ1s (iEoIeC,Js
son son oi sEdward and Jane Candy, In the sixth
As funeral VIII take plnee nom the rest
denee Of his parents, second house below the
wheeling lron Works. North Wheeling. this
CLhnEsHlnyl afternoon ut 3 O'Clock. Friends
Of the family are respectfully invited 10 NJ
tend. -. az
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Sealed Proposals


WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE COMMIT
wv TEE on Water Works until one o'clock
saturday, January o, 1865, for mRkinE about
200 feet OF 9O-inch water pipe. They are to
be one inch thick, with nll the necessary
branches 70 join with pipe running at an
giles to all fire plugs that may be ordered nv
lntendence.
The pipe to be east In dry sand and in a per.
pendlcular position, and of good material:
each pipe to be Il feet long, md To weigh not
lesss than 200 pounds nor more than 2GOO
pounds, the castings to be delivered in the
street where needed.
p1 AiIso; Proposals for digging trench from the
TO Division street, In the Sixth Ward and m.
ling the same amer the pipes are laid. Trench
to be i've feet deep and three feet wide. The
bids to be by the cubic foot.
The pipes, with the necessary Elbows rs
and Brunches to be delivered as follows viz:
One hundred QOQD plain pine TO be ready
not later than the lSt of May and not les
than four per day thereafter.
Payment Tor all the above work to be cash.
the contractor to give security for the fulfill
ment OF the contract. Bids will be endorsed
Proposals for Water Pipes" or 4For Dig.
Eing," and to be len with the City Clerk.
GieC4I-tu fv1NRfVJV,uyr
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SheriR's Sale.

3
lCTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. OHIO
- County Circuit COurt, In Chancery, Deems
George Mendel, Complainant.
Walter G. Scott, and Hannah. his yvis. M
Hid Salisbury, Jane Cunningha and Sam
uel cunningham, defendAnGS
by virtue OF decree rendered in the above
entitled cause, by the Circuit Court Of Ohio
county on the Chancery. side, Decenber %
A, ID. 1865, shall proceed to sell al puf1lis
sale, at the 'front.' door OF the Court HoIise Of
ONO county, on the 9th day of Januarv
1855, AZ 10 o'clock n M, to the highest and
best bidder, the following described properfY
VIZ: Lot number one hundred md efpbty1
one SlSD, situated on the south Side or fo6n
street, In that part Of the city Of TTheeiins
called East Wheeling, and particularly mem
cree. - ''-AA N1-
Terms OF Sale ne-fourth Of the pnrSbasa
money cash in hand, and the remaffder in
three equal tnstnlments, payable In SiT tyIeIyye
ana eighteen months, with interest NOM The
Gay OF sale, reServtng to the purchaser tl1e
Llgnt OF paying any greater part or the whole
OF sald purchase money, In cash but n cneSIIt
payment Is chosen, then the purchaser 4 To
give bond, with approved personal SerDTitS
ior the deferred, or credit instalmenfs
JOSEPH SEYBOI,D
And Special Commissioner IN tISis ~
Mhee1ing, Dec. Is, 1855. deC2Sstd
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IL thus appears that the amounts re-
ceived in 1875, s, 80 and IS, when the
tax ranged trOm one TO seven pence in
the pound, were creator than in 1850,
81, 90, and '63, when it was nine and
ten pence, showing that the people
make their returns moro truly and
liberally under low rate of tax than
under high one.
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Only Prize Medal, Awarded to-
PATFNT RADICAL CURE TRUSS
Public Sale Of a Tannery.

Under A DEED OF TRUST DATED
u Feb. 18th, 1881, and duly recorded, 1 win
sell at public sale on Tuesday the 9th day OF
January. next, at 2 o'clock p. NJ, at ROwles-
burg "a station on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road), Preston county, West Virginia, the ex-
tensive steam tnnneTy, located at that place;
also about six thousand acres of oak bark
rights. The tannery is intended for tanning
nfteen thousand sides per aunum, has about
twenty acres Of land connected with 1t, on
which are dwelling and tenant houses
u Is one Of the finest Onk bark regions in the
United States, and on direct line of trans
portation between the West and East
Boring for Petroleum is in progress near by,
in the cOurSe Of which hne vein OF Emory
Is said to have been discovered. Terms will
be reasonable.
JOHN W, HICKMAN, Trustee.
RoEleS6urE, W. Va, Nov. 81, 1896.
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81 James n. stouts, Executor,
AGAINST
THOMAS II. Reed, and the widow and heirs Of
John HaZlett, deceased. =
BY virtue OF a decree rendered in the aboye
entitled cause, by the Circuit Court OF Ohio
county, on the Chnncery side, on the 2lst Gny
OF December, A. D. 1875, and by virtue Of n
former decree OF the County Court Of Ohio
county, on the 9th day OF Februnry. ISig
shall proceed to sell at public sale at the mint
door OF the Court House Of Ohio county. an
the 29th day Of January, 1865, at 10 O'Clock al
M, to the highest and best bidder, the follow
ing described property, VIZ: Lots number on a
hundred and rwenty-eight Q2S), and one hum
ared and tYenty.n nine tl2g), with the build.
ings thereon, on the plat Of the addition to
Ine town of Wheeling laid OF by William
Chapltne md John Eon in that mari ar the
city OF Wheeling known as the Fifth Wand of
said city. - III 10 - y" ' az va
Terms of sale-One- fourth of the purchase
money TO pc paid upon the confirmation OF
Sald sale, in cash, and the remaining three-
iourths In equal instalments, payable in six
twelve and eighteen months nftar the fiaS- al
sale, the whole to bear interest from the dav
OF sale, and the purchaser TO give bonds for
said purchase money, with approved Dergonnl
security, the title to be retained until Tie fIlr-
Their order OF Court -'-- ~ -''A-
JOSEPH SEYBoID. 1f
,,,,,,.l special Commissioners
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MARRTEO

At Hillside, WeStmoreland county, Pa. ON
Thursday, the 3iSf inst. BY the Rev T. P. INT
ton, assisted rs the Rev. las Davis. Mr. J. n
MooRis Of Wheeling. W. Va, 10 Mis- Lon s..
CRAIG, daughter OF Alex. Graig. Eq., OF Hill
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For Rent

TUE BRICK HOUSE NOW Occupied
Il by myself. on Market street Caf1tTS N1I,ssi
ing. Inc house contains rooms kitchen
Msesn room and good stable, with q tine Iar1-ss
SnIu containing lot and a half OF 1ronnti 4
0eC@t-otN CHAS h. tyEfYTT,r
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5000 Reward
Escaped Convicts!
By the Governor of West Virginia,
a PROCLAMATION.


WHEREAS, 1T IS MADE KNOWN TO
w me Tint on the evening OF December %,
inst, the following named cOnvicts escaped
from the Penitentlary of this State in the
city OF Wheeling, namely: 80. SO
ABSER MARRS-Native of Richmond, Va;
hight . feet lO1s; compleXio durf; age % to
%; hair dark, cropped close; NEhISkers rather
light; Inns wife ut IIlTkeISbuTR.
PT:SY CLINE, alias William WaShiugton;
hair dark, cropped close; complexion fair;
shaved clean; hight feet 9; age about ..
JAMES GRAHAM-Hair dark, shaved very
Il; fine looking man; has served years In
Pcnitentiary OF Allegheny City, Pa; age
about u r. ----sg "a.
SAMUEL TIMoTHY-Gives his name Ms
Thompson; low set; head shaved; clean shaved
face; rough countennnce; hight about o feet !;
age about d. -s
JANET PAI.MER-Of Mason county; sandy
complexion; hight feet O. age Is or %; has
been in the rebel army, and served n time in
the Richmond, Va, Penitentiary; q black
smith by tTJlde.
JOHN LEWIS GARNER-Low SET; dark CONF
plexlon; close shaved; hair dark, cropped
Close; age about . yeaTs; hight about feet
All dressed ir5 the PenitentIary stripe, ex-
cept Cline.
Now, Therefore, 1, ARTHUR l. BoRENAS;,
Goyernoro of the state Of West Virginia, here:
by make known that n reward Of $780, and
mileage, Will he paid for each of the before
named convlcts delivered in the Jail of Ohio
county, Mt Wheeling.
. - In testimony Whereof have set
I 1.s lmy hand and caused the seal OF the
I said State to, be affixed hereuntO at
- the city OF Wheeling, this 26th day OF
'' ARTHUR 1. BoRESrAN.
GRANVILLE d. HAIL, Sect,y of the State.
i deCG-hd