Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-05-19

bpptaio ~ b'n iutOupd IO1e " l'H tue puu-
ic inlrests. Instead of increasing, CJ!o'a
do bas diminished in population.
MAKE Your RETURNS. The time has
arrived for making he returus of annual
income to the Revenue Assessors, aud all
persons liable to tax should remember and
act upon the fact.
II is mistaken belief that Assessors
are required 10 give p,rsonal notification
to tax payers This con,se has been geu.
orally adopted as q matter Of convenience
and accommodation. Bat Commissioner
Rawlins decides that it is not demanded by
law, aud that when a penalty has been iu.
curred for failure to make the re; nrD, it is
no bar to the proceedings that .he party
was not notified by The Assessor. This is
simply an application of general p;iuc
pie, that u person affected by law is
presumed to be familiar with its pI pIoyi>ions.
The Commissioner has lately decided
that the rental value Of homestead occu
pied by any person, which is the property
Of himself or his wife, cannot be deducted
from the income This is in conflict With
previous interpretations, aud with what
seems 10 be the plain reading of the law.
But the decision must stand, uOtil iuval.-
dated by scme Ligher authority We
perceive that the blanks printed for the
present year do not contain this exemption
A mistaken impression has gore abroad,
that in consequence Of legislation by Goa
gress, incomes under one thousand dollars
are not to be taxed. This is d mistake -
No action has been comsumma,ed which
will affect the assessment of this year, and
it is TO be, as here' ofore, upon incoms of
six b, ndred dollars and upwards
Admit the swIndIe.
Irishmcn generally admit the flgrant
and atrocious character Of the swindle that
has been perpetrated upon them by OMa.
hony and his cUmrogneS. They see tina. The
SO called plan Of warfare with England for
the independence of their native land, was
u mere dodge to obtain money, 3 bich its
have succeeded iu extorting by
millions from the deceived aud uuihinkns
Cells, to pamper their own desires.
All the show of military parade and ag.
gresson was bud and has proved
cheat. The ''inVade!s' who went up to the
Maine border, were not in numbers or in
armament eqnal 10 the. task of capturing
farm house with dozen resolute defenders
The bald and ridiculous character of the
performance makes it unworthy Of any-
thing but contempt.
We see the Fenian Congress is trying
the swddlers. OF course, itcan do noting
more than deprive them Of their illegal
Offices. The malVeTsaioa of fluids is not
punishable in such way--aud it cam t be
reached by ordinary processes of law
O'Mabony and bis fellows have feathered
their nests most richly, and will laugh at
the impotent rage ofther dupes
Stephens has come, and one wing or the
other hopes to make new excitement by
capturing him, and reViving the patriotic
feryor. But he is Only = rogue of apother
order-and i! is ssd to be in proof that be
has participated in and Indeed advised
most of the swindling enterprise of OM,.
bony. The idea that be can accomplish
anything for the object he preteuds to haye
in view, can be entertained only by luna
tics.
Let as hope the thing is at an end
Irishmen who would not listen 10 the voice
OF reason, or heed he warnings of friends,
mnst suffer the consequences of their own
folly. The money they have invested in
this moonshine enterprise is sunk, as effect.
ually as If cast into the ocean. IL cannot
be recovered. But the victims out to have
gained wisdom by experience. And IL is
possible that they will decline longer to
empty their pocket-books into the some
hole that has received SO many useless con,
tributions from tben.