The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-07
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state financially. In fact, for years oacA
more money has been collected from The
: people, by WY o. taxation, than there was
any necessity for. And during the las
two wears uany old aelinquents nave
/ foandi i convenient, or 10 their interest, 'e
pay 10, and the County Treasurer now ha'
large balance n HE hands. This bal:
anee ;sr be considerably increased by ma
King thorough work and promptly collect
ms every year, II City and County, al
, outstanding dues to the County ana state.
t may be hard in g few cases, be: Il is the
only rs. way Of doing the business up
Burdens n Us. De laid equally and collect
&c Of a. alike, every year. those VINO
neglec. q refuse &c pay the. taxes shoo.a
be compelled. p DC 50.
# The BOARD 0: Supervisors VIII take
this course, at me present rate OF ia1aiioh'
and we are opposed to increasing the fate'
from ten 20 fifteen thousand dollars can De
saved with an economical administration
of on county affairs. We have no DOUBT
fifteen thousand dollars can be spared
w;.hou. The least EN- barrassnient. Let THIS
auuoun. be invested in Government bonds
/ and laid aside as a sinking fund and in
few years our County may be out OF debt
or st auy rate OCT of the woods. We make
his suggestion. hoping the Board will, as
have many prudent men who take deep
;r.e-es. IL our domest;: affairs, consider i
wise and proper. individuals and CON-
,n,pi.ies can i.Ed no better time to pay
debts thar wher they have the ability to
Go SO.
Y reply 20 the demand 0: Brazil for
repa.ation n the mater OF the seizure Of
the pirate Florida, Secretary Seward states
that the P-esiden: has suspended the Cap
tain Of the Wachusett, and directed him q.
appear before a court martial has dis
missed the Consul at Bahia, and will liber-
crate the rev Of the captured vessel. The
Administration, however, repadiates the
idea that the rebels are lawful naval bellig-
eren.s, and considers such an assumption
on the par. Of Brazil as &c insult 20 the
United States.
~ The Richmond papers are loud in
their denunciations Of Gen. Kirby Smith.
They accuse him ofthe most rascally prac-
tices-robbing tie rebel Government. to the
tune Of millions, playing the part Of Com
missary to the French in Mexico, and en-
acting the rogue and swindler generally.
What a Sc. Of imnacula.ee these rebel ,ead-
e-s are
@- Eighteen hundred cattle and one
thousand sheep, captured by Federal raid
into Loudon Valley, Va, have been sold q;
auction in York, Pa, and realized about
$40, 900 for the Government.
va Hard case: wife in New York,
who had deserted her husband and was
living with another man, bought fars at
Broadway store for 1885,, and had the bill
sen: to her husband, and the cou-. made
him pay it.
a~One OF the petroleum millionanes
wisely determined that his daughter shord
should have good education, and sent her
to the most expensive school 10 New York.
The girl had nointel,ec:ual ability, and the
teacher honestly wrote to the father that
his daughter had no capacity for learning.
Capacity" said the father; "buy her one
-she shall have all that money can get"
EG~ 40 army correspondent, among
other incidents at City Point, tells the sto-
~ Of . person wearing the uniform and
eagles Of a Colonel, who attempted so or
board the boa: f5r Washington, aud was
very indignant at being asked for psss.
Something in the naughty airs Of the pr;s-
oner caused suspicion, and she was arrest
ed-for the Colonel proved to DE woman,
andis now imprisoned as rebel spy.
Jn~ President Linco!n's reply to the Pc
tision of two hundred and fifty young peo-
pie Of Concord, Mass, under le years OF
age, foz the freedom Of all slave children.
is as follows:
TELL those little people am very glad
their young hearts are so full of lust and
generous sympathy, and that while have
not the power to grant all they ask, trust
ina. they Will remember that God has, and
that, as j: seems, He wills 10 do it,
70 Washington letters represent. that
tho prospect of the passage by Congress of
the constitutional amendment abolishinc
slavery continues &c improve, and tina.
several Democrats will vote for the meas
IRE who voted against it a. the last session
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~ That cheerful sheet, the Richmond
Se'.'ines, now says it has information that
the dwelling houses in Atlanta are in a
much better condition than was anticipated
tina: the city park was not converted into
cemetery, as has been reported, nor were
the vaults in the cemetery desecrated.,
Va At Woodford Hollow, VT, . man
sued cobbler to recover o pair Of boots
let TO DO repaired, which were withheld
till an old debt Of seventy-five cents was
paid, and the jury returned this verdict
"We, the honorable jury, do decide that
the plaintiff and defendant nav each one
half the cost, and the defendant return the
boots, after taking of one of the taps.,