Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-06-22

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Friday June 22, 1859.
1s@- The people Of this State, when called
on to give in the amount Of their cash to the
Assessors, for taxation, should refer to the
act of Congress, passed June 30, 1864, last
clause of section ], which says, All bonds,
treasury notes, and other obligations of the
United States, shall be exempted from taxation
by or under State or municipal authority"
The 18th section y ghe sameact says "Tbe'
words obligat ~ other security used in
this act, shall Ls held to include and mean all
bonds, coupons, national currency, United
States notes, Treasury notes, fractional notes,
checks for money Of authorized officers of the
United States, certificates Of Indebtedness,
certificates Of deposit, stamps, and other rep
resentatives Of value, Of whatever denomina-
tion, which have been or may be issued under
any act Of Congress-
This leaves nothing in the shape Of money
to be taxed but the few State bank notes that
are in circulation, and the minute and almost
invisible quantity Of gold and silver which
the best government under the sun has left us.
Now, if our hungry assessors have put down
any money as taxable, they may as well scratch
1t out, and throw the burden on the poor far
mer and mechanic, where our taskmasters in
tended it should rest.
MEXICO If MAxIMLIAE should be forced to
leave Mexico, on the withdrawal of the French
troops, in October next, there are four rival
chiefs ready and waiting to take his place,
all calling themselves Liberals, and all, very
likely, little better than robbers. There are
JUAREz and 0RTEcA, each claiming to be Pre-
sident Of the Republic; then there "a mill
tary chief, named MEsDEz, and JuERTA the
Governor OF Queretaro, each with an army,
so-called, ut his back, ready to enter the city
of Mexico as soon as Macmillan leaves it. 1t
is plain that Macmillan has no right there,
but his departure will place the people in the
same situation of chronic disorder and misery
that they have sufferedunder for the last forty
years.
FoREIGN- latest news from Europe is,
that the peace Congress, which was to meet
in Paris, has been abandoned, and that war
is imminent The avowed cause Of the diff
Guilty is quarrel between Austria and
Prussia about the possession of two small
territories, Schleswig and Holstein, containing
amillion and half of inhabitants. But if
they should go to war about this territory,
which they robbed Denmark Of three years
ago, there is no telling when the calamity
will stoh, Thegeneral opinion seems to be
that w1tfcannot be avoided.
TaDIcrMENT in THE UNITED STATES CouRr
UNDER THE CIvm RIoHTs BILL.-The grand
jury Of the United States District Court (saysl
the Baltimore Sgn) have found presentments
against JoHN Cook and VIM. TIcE, justices Of
the peace in Washington county, for viola
ton Of the act of congress known as the ci-
vii rights BILL" in refusing to receive the evil
dence Of colored persons in cases before them,
in which white persons were interested. These
are the first cases presented in this State un-
der the act of congress referred to. 1t is stat
ed that other cases Of a similar character will
be brought to the attention of the grand jury.
A CONVENTION Of Freedmen will meet at
Augusta, Ca, in July. Two delegates have
been elected in Griffin as anti-Bureau men,
by large majority, who denounced the Bu-
reau as miscnieVous' ana creative OF olsiuro-
ances between the races. Tney are wiling
TO trust The laws OF the state ana their OLD
masters. The Bureau agent arrested the dele
gates, who were afterwards released by the
cixa authority
tn. rrx,.vs r,r.oroa 81 A,bors
lnat demand mas oeen maze on inc oni'eu
States Government, py tne Uanadian autnori-
ties, for the delivery OF SWEENEY o'NEIL' ana
other Fenian chiefs, who invaded Canada.
We wonder If Mr.. SEWARD will now consider
tine movement farce, to enable few cunning
cheats to get money from the Irish laboring
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