The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-05-16
" YIN ESBURG:
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEN. j. w. GEARY
MEMPHIS RIOr.
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

NlIINil lllo NlOl.
On our first page We give the details
ofthe "reign o1 terror as it existed for
two or threc'days in the city Of Memphis
This wholesale, unprovoked, inhuman
barbarity fthe "chivalry" toward the
unofending freedmen Of that place we
consider as unprecedented III modern
history. During the war, it was not
uncommon to hear of the fiendish at
rocities committed by southern men upon
the colored soldiers of the north, but at
time like the present, when every eff
fort is being made to amicaoly adjust all
social and polilicalu-Vssiiilf'efcnce for such
out-bursts OF private enmity, and hatred
to come to our ears, from such source,
absorbs that of fmercy which had already
found its way to our hearts 1t will be
observed by reading the account that
not only negroes, but white men and
women of northern proclivities were
objects of special vengeance. We were
shown the letter of a gentleman to a
friend in this place, whose yeracity there
is no reason to doubt, confirming in
great part everything published in the
article referred to. lie describes the
scene as onehorrib!o beyond description.
Dead bodies lying for thrty-six hours
upon the street exposed to insult
and indecency, There was no resistance
the second night on the part of the
blacks, but wherever one made his ap>
pearance he was shot down by the mob
This is but a single instance, only on
3 large scale. Hundreds of brutal de
monAra,ions often resulting in death,
come under our observation weekly
not always practiced upon freedmen
but upon whites sojourning in the south
DECREASE OF TAXES.
The Committee of Ways and Means
have concluded that even after making
a large allowance for the expected de-
cline in the receipts from customs, and
for the reduced incomes resulting from
the reduction Of war prices and the reor-
ganizaton of business, the Increase of
duty on cotton and few other products
vii enable them to effect a reduction in
taxation amounting to $4,000, 900, and
still give the Secretary of the Treasury
for the year ending June 80, 1867, a
revenue of $350,000,000. The seec,
ton of articles for this exemption has
been made very judiciously. 1t is OF
such a cbaracteras to extend relief where
it is most necessary and advantageous,
The bill proposes to place upon the
free list many articles that enter into
ordinary family expenditures, such as
slaughtered animals, salt, sugar, starch,
coal, soap, vinegar, saleratus, clothing,
boots, and shoes to reduce the expence
OF building by removing the tax from all
building materials, such as brick, free
stone, marble, slate roofing, slate, lime
and cement; to abolish the taxes on
freights and repairs; to abandon the
taxes on boxes and printing Of every
description to promote agriculture by
relieving fertilizers, draining tiles, and
many of the more expensive farming
implements; and assist manufacturers
by exempting coal and iron, and grant,
ing a drawback on all cotton goods ex>
ported, The bill contains many provi-
slons of the general character here indi>
Gated, and we trust that, by the speedy
adoption of its main features, the indus
trial interests of the country will be
greatly promoted.
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