Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-10-29
THE 10 YER LAMENT,

This company has paid into the Treasl-
ry OF Delaware the sum OF three hundred and
thlrty-hvc Thousand eight hundred and TWEEN.
ty-one dollars and thirty cents, (S335, S2I 800
which sum was collected in com oiarce with
the law, after the first day of September.
1864, and before tie first day of August.
1865. M. Uiacktey's L etter.
"ResotU-d d, That the President he aud he
hereby is instructed to cease collecting The
Delaware State Tax of ten cents nor passen-
ger, on and after the first day of November
is0e, excepting, from those passengers trans
ported from one station to another in the
state OF Delaware only."-P. w d. n. Re-.
70. Resolution.
NOW mark the consequence. The Dover
organ Of the salisbury family, the DeiaOa
reon, naturally breaks out into the most pa-
thellc verse. On Saturday, it gives vent to
Its feelings, and explains the horrors of its
situation, thus:-
we commend the following parody ON
0ampoeils Hohenlnden to all who are in
arrears to this office at this juncturc:
in seasons when our funds are low,
supscrlbers are provoking slow,
few SUPPLE Keep up the fo,y
VI dimes departing rapidly"
The flew supplies were the ten cents
each from the railroad passengers. These
came in former seasons But alas lis
tent
but we shall sec u saddee sight
When duns pour in from morn tn nybt.
Commanding every si1peucc bright
To be forked over speedily"
lOf course it will ''see a saddcr sirlt, af.
ter 1.-THE first day of November, 1868 when
the ten cents cease coming.
.our bonds and dne-bls are array.a
Each seal and signature d,spuyedy
The holders vow they must be Maid
With threats OF law ana chan,.4re"
Too true too true, The .bonlhol,ler.,
will be furious. II they are 40; able to get
their interest when the tax ceases, i; is very
likely they will threaten ''aw and chance
ry."l
but larger yet those dies shall rrow
When interests added on below
Len9thning our rhln foot or 80
Wheh gazing at them hopele-sy.',
The ''dues" WiH grow larger, ilnnnaid
interest is added, and the lengtheninr chin,
Of the Dover financcrs will not helm the
matter a particle II their faces grow ne
long as Sam Townsends moral law, or BEN
ny Biggs' speeches, that won't pay the State
creditors. Better stop gazing and dis.
gorge some of your plumber taken from the
people.
.'Tis so. that scarce have we begun
To plead for time upon n dun,
u fore there comes another Que
Demanding pay feroci0usly.r
Pleading 'for time" will not avail Ii is
money, not renewal, the creditors will ask.
Then to despair we're almost driven.
There's precious little use of liyin'
When our last coppers ruiely riven
From hands that held it lovingly.
1.-THE prospect dsrkens--on, We brave
Who would our very bacon save;
Waive patrons. all your pretex waive
And pay the Printers cheeruy."
[Such is the final lament and appeal IN
save the livery bacon of the unfortunates
whose supplies" from the pockets of the
public have been so suddenly cut off. Drivens
Utmost ''to despair they think there
precious little use of lvin.' We think so
90. Let them give up their puny little |
ghosts, if not their enormous plumber, and |
ease to vex the peace of decent people.