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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-16

OPINIONS ON lMPEACHNENT-The boys in
blue- al large meeting in PhiladpIphi1 last
ght-at which Gen. Joshua T. Owen presided
adopted preamble and resolutions setting forth
hat :, ua tors Grimes. FesSendeu. and Trum-
OOH. prompted by malice, jealousy. disap-
pOIniment, and perhaps. baser motives which
We Diush To name, have eOnspired together -
HlSce IN Government which we have saved
from her armed foes, absolutely in the control
q Ter p bel enemies. and resolving. thai - the
tl;iLen CtfeT DER OF this redeemed land Sucn
crime i more helnous than The surrender OF an
outpost &c an eEe my and no pUnI> Emant 10
them would express their utter dstes tation OF
iir thr'e recresnts who are to-day branded
Ni.h - infamous nOterIety, &c
~ meeting OF the Republican PniIade Iphia
ely EN' Cutive Committee W. sterday, "A Tes Iu-
uCn was passed: That the convict On OF An
crew johnson by the High Court of Impaach-
M Is IN peIaiively required by the eyiience
sUbUIttsd 10 the Court and 10 the world All
10y al men VIII regard with detestafion any
FL aior who, from selfish considerations re-
fuses 20 vote iOr the conviction of the great
criminal. SC"
The snhlF CT was under consideration in the
Massachusetts, Legislature Yesterday. In the
- nate n resolution protesting ..ayainst the
means by irresponsible parties to affect nv
Far'y machinery. the result of the trial. and to
i1IueL c. the votes OF Senators whose sworn
Guty y Is 70 render their Judgment according 10
tlr Jaw and evidence a. 10 should appear TO
mem. was referred 10 the Committee on Fed
tTaI Relations In Inc House resolution was
Chtred ceDrecating % all attempts 10 bring To
heHr upon Senator's in the discharge of their
judicial duties the force of asserted local opm.
IONS art still more the force of the organiza-
HOn- descriptive opinions or wishes of political
pSTuss. We believe that such action, by " hat.
tNez party attempted. IL an impeachment OF the
Character OF the Senate, and IL will destroy the
moral effect Of the Judgment, whatever NAV De
ithce.eo, ano Is suoversIye of our entire polit-
lcal system" long debate took place. when
the House yoted-by 100 yeas TO - nays-to in
Hehniteiy postpone the resolution.
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p NJ 's s: 49,: : =
PARLOR, BED ROOM AND KITCHEN
FURNITURE,
SIS. SEVENTH .3ss.
Four doors above h.
WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS. from $50 70 $500
ENAMELLED CHAMBER SUITS, full French
Sg5 to 500.
PABLOK SUITS. from SIS to $3.50.
A full assortment of PAkLOR and BED ROOM
CARPETS, MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS MATS,
WIN DOW SHADES, &c at prices which defy
Goods dei,vered in all parts of the District.
, NO trouble to show goods Give ms call at
my SLIM M FOLEY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-16

hRUG STORE FOR SALE.-A fine first class
~ Drug and Prescription Store, with all modern
improvements; doing q good business; situated in
the me ST desirable part OF the city of Baltimore
commanding first class trade altogether This
store can e bought cheap, as the parties wish to
leave the city. Any wishing to 60 in the drug
business in the city of Baltimore can buy greatly
10 a cir advantage by addressing Drug storen
Baltimore Post ONCE. Baltimore, Md my Ia Iw
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~ The Kansas papers say that the emigration
70 the Sta'e ms year Is unPrecedentedly large.
81 A Paris rumor says the Sultan is coming
To this country.
~ Fifteen thousand men are employed in
The construction of the railroads 10 the Pacific
s|Spring fashions are COREY and blood
color Is a favonte
- Joseph Brown, the Canaan child mur-
drrer. who i 10 b. hanged on the 2qth inst re-
ma'ns stolidly Indifferent to bis fate
@Ihe Russian Government il reducing the
force Of its standing army by over fifteen thous-
ard men.
- Ne remains of :. A. Douglas are to be ex-
huned, on the I'd Of June. and 10 be deposited
IN me sarcopbagus under the monument
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rNoTICE TO COUNTY TAX PAYERS.

IL
The Taxpayers Of the County of Washington are
hereby notified that on TUESDAY. the 10Th inst,
the Collector will be ready TO receive the tax of
1853. on which a discount Of five 80 per cent will
be allowed If paid before the lst of June next.
Office days, TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS, and
SATURDAYS during the time the discount is al
lowed after which the regular off &c DAYS will be
TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS during the year.
Office room No. 3, over National Metropolitan
Bank 18th street, opposite Treasury Department
my lG-d2w JAMES PILLlNG. Collector
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~C. II. CUMMINS.
N 345 SEVENTH STREET,
AN EXTENSIVE BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE,
Where the pubiic may find, always, what they
want, and that of the best quality.
SEVENTH STREET,
Two doors south Of K and Northern Market
fe 5tf
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N%ANNUAL TAX NOTICE.
COLLECTORS OFFICE,

COLLECTORS OFFICE,
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE.
DISTRICT COLUMBIA,(
WAsHIN6ToN, May is. 1865
Notice 10 hereby given that the ANNUAL LIST
OF TAAEs assessed in this Collection District for
the year 1858 has been received from the Assessor,
and that the duties and taxes therein specified
nave BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE.
The taxes inclnded in the afor esaid list are
INCOMES FOR 1861, SPECIAL TAXES,
LICENSES BILLIARD TABLES, CARRf
AGES, WATCHES, and SILVER PLATE for
will attend at my Office, No As Seventh street.
opposite the General Post Office. daily. (Ssnd avs
excepted) from thi. date to May 3lst, 1883 fr ON
same.
All persons who shall Deglect to pay the sums due
by them respectively. according to the list afore-
said, within the time specified, May 3lst, 1868 }
Will 81 the expiration thereof. become liable 70
pay FIVE PEI CENT. ADDITIONAL upon the
amount thereof, together with other costs.
LEWIS CLEPHANE,
Collector Of Internal Revenue for the District of
Columbia my lSdtd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-06

and SO
: .eF A IA.8l''- --' f-uifrklr
General Rulss and foundations.
n. All p,sm,nws iii hs paiS IN cssh. '1l
al 'n MI III % ssp,, ssSa ~, x;th,n tan
asvs s1t.s Az vsjs III, ~ sorsidsrsd donatsd
IA "a Scc,ssv ~'' va" w W
Il M nrsSiuu, I'll, n. avn rasd vhen there
a No comnss;sIc. M e.,s;ecsts 81 merit NAV
~ sivcn N me sS;rrsl ~ sys;cls Il deemed
gorihv~ = - ~~' " "t - ~
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of A ibifion ~ Inc 49,, .a"u' P''o' " N"~-
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A. srtr.rcs a. ~ esn ,s ~ nert an all
ursmiums ~ a. doiIs ~ s sa p"rvsrd Iii be
n srssd- ana All otSsr. srss sp"s'1 "'-' ~
desi snatins nnmbsr an \ s,ass VAN '-'s'
"a No person win be- allowed in the ring who
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-06
LARGEST OITY CIRCULATION.


How the Poor Man don't Pay Them.
Generals Palmer aud Logan are In the
habit Of imposing upon the ignorance OF
the Radical electors OF the State BY
making them believe that the people pay
no taxes. They assert, with great en-
phasis, that the lsborer and the masses
generally never see the national tax
gatherer. True, they never see him, but
he nevertheless takes from the people
their money. Here is an exhibit OF .un-
seen taxation which fully illustrates how
the people are made to unconscisusly
Weld their substance. Thus, upon the
goods imported and consumed by the
people in 1867, they were forced oy the
Badicai tax system to pay, in addition TO
the original cost, as follows:
Duties collected in 1s6z..........-..$l.64i7. sh
Gold premium paid at ~ per cent? IV,ooi.ilo
Cost Of duties In currency. ~ ~
Importers profits 10 percent'"....'.'., A.oe.4oS
sH1. 6s3 az
Jobbers' profits. TX per cent......"... 2O.S76,2s7
soc, 0te.6 s4
Retailers profits. 1215 per cent-....- @.so7,40o
Total paid by consumers...........ssz PIX w
Duties colected.....-... ..-.-...."'" l1o'si',olV
49, 10 %.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-06

Total.. .'-.@ioz'iso.S'
equal to something more than forty-slx
per cent. of the whole amount paid by
The consumers, or eighty-six per cent.
upon the amount received by the Govern
ment.
First the people have to pay the duties
of $l76,000,000. But as the law OF Con-
gress requires these duties to be paid IN
gold, they bave to pay over $4,000 to
make up for the depreciation OF the pa,
per currency which Radicalism has forced
upon the country. The importer charges
ten per cent. profit, or over $24OoO.
Then the jobber his seven and half per
cent. or over $4,000. Then the re-
taller his twelve and hall, or over $685.
600. The people not only have to pay
the enormous tariff tax to the Govern
ment, but they are obliged to pay the
importer ten per cent. profit upon that
tax as we'll as upon the goods; to pay the
iobber 4 profit upon the tariff tax and
The importers profit, as we'll as upon the
cost Of the goods; and to pay the retailer
a profit upon the tariff tax, upon the job
ber's profit, upon the importers profit, as
well as upon the cost of the goods. 80.
although the masses may never see"
the national taxgatherer, they can readily
understand from the above table of the
Financial Chronicle how he draws from
them by his hidden hand hundreds of
millions of dollars o year, not only IN
taxation upon what they eat, and drink,
and wear, and use, in various ways, but
>. .-.1:-- .noo - xaf;on ranaafod nvar
and over again.
It is the same with the internal tax as
with the tariff tax, and the financial
Chronicle thus sets forth the facts and
figures:
"The same calculations also apply to
the internal revenue, except that no i'm
porters profits are to be charged. As
American goods are generally of q more
staple character than foreign, they natu-
rally pay smaller profit; besides, they
pass through fewer hands, and many Of
them for commission of q per cent
Whole internal revenue--..-......-.$265.s go AZ
OF this, cotton tax, in
come tax. licenses, -
etc., pay-...-.......... ..$l43. 465.679
Manufacturers. iron,ma-
chinery, etc.. pay-..-- l22.4d.ss5 80 ~.
<os,elVs7I1
Upon these last articles, amounting
l<<,o9ssoSo
TX DER s.lss.os4
$132. 63s, $50
Retailers profit 12< per cert......... l6,454, 636
Total. $I4s, 900. 1876
Deduct the original cost.-.--........ l22,5o4.5ss
Paid in profits on taxes...---........ $25.63s.s3O
Equal to an additional cost upon the
taxed commodities of Fl per cent, or
equivalent to about 81 per cent upon the
whole internal revenue. Thus, with
system of taxation which enormously
increases the cost of commodities to con-
sumers, it is evident that the effect Of
taxation must be to severely depress the
trade and industry of the country
Cairo Democrat
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the situation and to gain a decisive victory
over the radicals, who have been a thorn in
his side and the unrelenting enemies of his
administration. Let him at once unite Gene
raj Grant with him in the publication of the
government. Whatever may be the result in
the courts, the present federal Of6ceholders
stand convicted at the bar of public opinion OF
the most stupendous crimes ever committed
against government Let Andrew Johnson
sweep them all away by the power of suspen-
sion still invested In him and consult General
Grant as to their successors. Congress would
not dare to restore the plunderers to Office or
to remove the nominees of General Grant.
President Johnson can have no sympathy or
consOrt with the democracy, and he possesses
the power to shape the conservative character
of the next administration AS soon as Grant
Is elected public sentiment will demand the
repeal of the Tenure of Office law; but Andrew
Johnson has the power to take the lead in the
great work of reform. The magnificent coup
G6tat we have suggested would at once purify
the government, relieve the Treasury, crush
out radicalism and probably compel Seymour
to withdraw from the canvass. 1t would en-
able Andrew Johnson to close his present term
of Office in brilliant and popular manner,
and would open to him hopeful future. Let
us see whether he will neglect the splendid
opportunity
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-28
A Treasury Ab..e-Gold saie..

The bears held high carnival in the Gold
Room last week, and just in the nick of time
for them the Treasury sold about quarter Of
million of its coin reserve. Why the Trea-
sury selected a time when bear speculation
was in active progress for this purpose, when
it had not sold any gold before for months,
passes ordinary understanding, unless we ques-
ton the motives which Influenced it, The
bears, as a matter of course exaggerated the
amount the government had sold and was to
sell, and in the midst of the consequent ex-
element gold declined to l4ls and values of all
kinds in the various markets were unsettled,
while the fall trade, which had been going for
ward prosperously, received q check and i'm
porters and the mercantile community were
involved in considerable losses.
This sale ON Wednesday last was made Sc
cretly through broker, although an act of Con-
gress, passed just before its adjournment last
summer, prohibited the payment of commissions
upon the sale Of gold or bonds thereby max
ing it incumbent upon the Secretary of the
Treasury to make all such sales direct-that
is to say, without the Intervention of broker.
This act failed to receive the Presidents sig
nature, and has, therefore, not become law
but it none the less expresses the sentiment of
Congress and the people on this subject, and
Mr.. McCulloch should have voluntarily acted
upon it, instead of which he adheres to
course which has brought much scandal upon
his department, both on the score of its ex-
travagance and its favoritism. The sooner
Congress puts a stop TO this clandesiinc method
of transacting this branch Of the business of
the Treasury the better; and the people have
right to demand that such sales be made
both publicly and economically. And in con
nection with these gold sales we may inciden-
tally remark, that the more the Treasury sue
ceeds in increasing its coin reserve the nearer
we shall be to the resumption Of specie pay
ments, and the more ii is reduced the more
remote will be the prospect OF resumption.
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The Insurrection in Spain.

| The cause of Queen Isabella seems to be
becoming daily more hopeless. The rising
becomes more and more general When we
consider that the telegraph wires have been
cut and all railway Communication seriously
disturbed, the news must be admitted to reveal
state of feeling all over the country which
is fatal to the prospects of Queen Isabella.
Hatred of the present government rather than
any desire for constitutional reform seems to
be the dominant characteristic of the revolu-
ton 80 far as it has gone. No cry has been
raised in favor of a republic, nor has the
popular voice yet pronounced with distinctness
the name of a substitute for Queen Isabella.
Thus far the revolution, though it has been
general and somewhat determined, has been
wanting in point and purpose. 1t is not
enough to be decided on the removal of the
Queen and her hated ministers there ought to
have been some agreement among the rebel
leaders as to the kind of government which
should succeed. It will not surprise us if this
want of definite aim and purpose proves fatal
to the hopes of the revOlutionists That some
change will be effected there can be no doubt
but the danger is that the change will not be
sufficiently radical to allay discomfort and to
render future risings unnecessary and unwise.
So far as we know the facts but one
definite proposal has been made, and
that has been made by the friends
Of the Queen. We refer to the proposal that
the Queen should abdicate in favor of the
young Prince Of the Asturias, the Queens
only son and of course the heir to the mon
archy. We have no notion that such an ar
rangement would satisfy the revolutionists.
We are less satisfied that it would give lasting
peace and cOntentment to the nation. The
Prince is only in his eleventh year. His ap-
pointment, therefore, could have no other effect
than to revive all the horrors of the regency of
which Spain in the early years of Isabella had
such bitter experience. There are two other
candidates for the throne--the Prince de Cir
GENT, who is married to the Queens eldest
daughter, and the Due de Montpensier, who is
the husband of the Queens sister but as the
one is o Neapolitan Bourbon and the other
member of the House of Orleans, Napoleon is
little likely to sanction the appointment of
either. The only other possible claimant is
the heir of Don Carlos but his chances are
small A few more hours will i'm all likeli-
hood set the entire situation in clearer light.
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Effect or the state of Things on Southern
Credit.

Credit.
II appears from letter published in yestcr-
days HERALD, in connection with our Georgia
afraid to credit the South under the present
disturbed state of affairs The cashier of the
National Park Bank of this city. in reply 10 m
application from Atlanta for negotiating u loan
Of money, says :-'ln happier aud calmcr
times we should have been glad to entertain
the negotiation: but in the present state Of
things political and commercial our board Is
adverse To taking risks out Of the pale of or,l-
nary mercantile transactions' This is the re-
suli Of radical reconstruction and misrle in
common sense by putting the ignorant negroes
as a governing power over the intelligent
whites. However. there j. reason to hope that
this state Of things will not continue long.
The negroes are discovering the mistake they
have been led into. and looking to CO.
operation. hath politically and materially. with
their old masters aud the white people OF their
common section Of country Then the enor-
nous and valuable crops of the south. particu-
larry the cotton crop. worth about two hundred
and fifty millions of dollars. will soon give the
Souihcrners the ncans they want. " they
continue 10 work a. induslriotsly ~ they have
worked the last year they viii soon hc indie
pendent 1T the North Tor cash aud The south
will become the richest country in the world.
NEEy NEARLY Rom. The Governor Of
Alabama j. certainly not Tar wrong in his no
ton that more national troops are unnecessary
in that State. The presence of hny thousand
soldiers in Alahama would not be- 80 elective
In keeping the peace ~ the Camilla fight will
prove Now that the whole history II that
event j. seen Il j. undeniablv clear that the
niggcrs provoked the disturbance They
marched with their radical leaders. With music
and arms. into quiet town. comparing them
selves in an offensive manner. making hui
lying expedition; and the menace 81 their con
duct was met II IL were real Niggcrs will
see by this example that II b. not YET safe To-
bully white men. and that will prevent col
lisions.
No CONNECTION WIN ruE Friiow Oyui
THE wAY.-Thc general public should not FOR
get that there ore two Pcmeroys. one l. a
radical Senator. very fierce in his way: the
other the red hot democrat, very fierce In
his words. The caution is the more necessary
because extremes are sp, 70 meet.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-28
General Prius.

The revolution now in progress in Spain
ought to develop, if well contested, some mill
tary features which for dash and strategy will
be new to the Iberian peninsula. General
Prim, the leader of the Spanish revolutionists,
it will be recollected, after his return from
Mexico in 1862, whittier he was sent with
portion of her Catholic Majesty's army, paid
visit to the United States, the motive of which
becomes now pretty clearly apparent. He sought
out Mcclellan, at the head of the Army OF the
Potomac, learned a great deal from that Off
Ger in reference to American warfare, studied
the character of American strategy, became
acquainted with all his leading generals, at
tended carefully to the details of army
organization, and entered with the en-
thusiasm of student into the &C
quirement of all the military know
ledge which the bloody campaigns against
Richmond were capable of affording.
He passed afterwards over to the Confederate
courtesy and consideration which one OF his
distinguished rank might anticipate. On the
other side there was no less material ready at
hand to furnish him with new ideas of army
organization and of army movements. Stone
wall Jackson's series of brilliant achievements
were exactly in the line of his studies. The
havoc that officer made of an army much
larger than his own and far more effectively
equipped formed ample food for reflection, and
must have suggested to the mind of the pros
pective leader of the Spanish revoutionists
the feasibility of one day being able to accom-
plish something similar by using the same means,
the same dash and daring in u quarter where
he could only expect to meet the old, cautious,
regular tactics which Jackson neutralzed and
defeated by the simple use Of energetic in
| trepd and unexpected advances. The part of
the country in which the Spanish revolution
| lists are now operating should be favorable to
| that particular kind of warfare which Stone
| wall Jackson used with such tremendous
| effect Ii is woody and mountainous, and
| if Prim can only succeed in getting together
| material but half as brave and enduring as
| Jackson had there will be little doubt, il he
uses his experience to advantage, that the royal
troops of Spain will fare badly at his hands
Just small share of Phil Sheridan's pluck
and unhesitating spirit used in the right
measure by Prim will make the royal standard
futter TREMENDOUSLY in fight and the royal
Dons show their coat tails to the revoluionists.
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THE OTHER END OF THE EAgTHQUAKE.-M
things settle into new places in the Southern
Hemisphere, and arrange balance for future
stability, II is found that the level of an extern
sive district in one Of the larger Of the Sand
wich Islands il from four to six feet lower
than formerly-a sufficient indication Of the
wide extent Of the disturbance the surface
" severely felt In Psrs
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THE PENALTIES OF DISTRIBUTING THE
SPoIIs.-It is a very comfortable thing. I'M
doubleday, to be the happy recipient of official
spoils. but Judging from the troubles of the
President and Collector Smythe it is not so in
distributing them. The Collector just now is
being rakcd fore and aft by hot shot from both
the democrats and radicals for using or not
using the Offices of the Custom House as they
want. The order from the Department at
Washington to cut down the force raised a ter
rible howl among the decapitatcd. and though
the Collector was compelled to obey the order
OF his superior he is denounced for the act.
In dismissng the most useless and retaining
the most useful in Office. irrespective of poll
ties ne may promote the public service; hut
that II not what the politicians of both parties
want A. consequence the decapitated radi-
Gals abuse him for his democratic affiliations,
and the cashicrcd democrats denounce him as
a radical and as helping the radical cause.
The old saying that between two stools a man
falls To the ground is verified in this case. In
trying 10 hc impartial and to please all none
are rAliNhfh SUN arc p'H'itNS W us
irihuting The -pos In these days.
SrgRlrr AND THE SrAruTE oF LuIrA-
Hons. Surratt was discharged from custody
because when the charge Of murder was
giycn up his ease was held to bc under the
statute of limitations. which provides that for
crimes not capital no person can he tried
unlrss the indictment is found within two
wears Of the time when the act charged was
done. That Is clear enough but the same sec
ton 81 the same law in which this limitation
i made has these words Provided that
nothing herein contained shall extend to any
person or persons fleeing from justice" Had
the Court forgotten surrait's long run and his
"Trip home In the Swatarai
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BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building 18th
s,reet-ETmoPfAN MiNsTRELsY, &C., LUCRKTIA BoRGIA.