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90 In Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Clothing,
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duced prices.
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comes in quickly, and but little of it is lost
on its way to the Treasury. Moreover, it
lightens the burdens of the poor, and sends
the tax-collector to the man who is earning
the most money for the largest contribution
towards the expenses of Government The
working classes in England know this and
hence the income tax is popular with them.
The corresponding class here will soon make
the same discovery, and at the same time,
since the rich are not oppressed by the tax
for they can well afford to pay it, great oppo-
sition is not to be expected from them. The
fanciful objections of theorists can, in truth,
make no way against sound and beneficial
method of obtaining relief for a Government
in seasons of difficulty. 1t would be much
better, no doubt, to do without taxation alto
gether. But an invention for that purpose
has yet to be devised, and in the meantime
it is found that the impost which raises
the maximum of revenue with the minimum
of inconvenience or hardship is the in
come tax. 1t ought not to be given up till
we have something more eficacious to use in
its place.
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We are authorized to sell the
bonds in Phjl0delpbj0, and offer
them as q reliable Investment to
our friends.
TOWNSEND WHELEN & co.,
NO. 500 WALNUT STREET,
1874 smwlmrp PHILADELPHIA
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THE SOBER SECOND-THOUGHT ABOUT
THE INCOME TAX
From the N. Y. Times.


From the N. Y. Times
We have shown, on former occasion, that
the practical experience of other nations has
demonstrated the utility of the income tax
as a cheap, speedy, and equitable means of
raising revenue. In answer to this irresisti-
BILE evidence, the crotchet is put forward
namely that the impost is "supereminently
tax on honesty" that the people who ought to
pay contrive to evade it; and that, ''if only to
limit perjury" we ought to abolish it. 1t
provides q new sensation in these dull hot
days, to find an argument so remarkable ad-
dressed to intelligent readers on question of
financial science.
If it be a fatal objection to tax that
people are tempted to evade it, we can only
come to the conclusion, not that the income
tax is bad, but that no good tax was ever vet
are ''tax on honesty" for they offer strong
inducements for people to mislead the officers
Many very respectable persons think it no sin
to avoid paying the duty chargeable on various
descriptions of goods. They will boldly
assert that they have nothing among their
baggage upon which a duty can be levied.
Wealthy commercial firms will sometimes
largely understate the value of the goods con-
signed to them. They will even swear to
statements which certainly would not stand
the test of rigorous examination. ''If only
to limit perjury, then, we ought to abolish
all customs dues
The excise furnishes another instrument of
torture for persons of weak moral character.
Many people are very anxious to evade the
whisky tax, and succeed by false representa-
tions in accomplishing their wishes. There.
fore, since whisky tax tempts certain
class to tell untruths, which is a very shock,
ing thing to well-regulated minds, it is
clearly s'tax on honesty and ought to be
relinquished. We might take every tax in
turn and abandon it for the same cause
and at last leave the Government without 9
The remedy for the Justification of income
tax returns is. any moment at hand. If the
assessors did their duty, they would soon bt
able to inform themselves whether man wa
making fair retern of his income. They
have the power to fix an arbitrary assessment
in cases where they have reason to believe
that neglect or dishonesty has been exhibited
There are people in the world who will alway
be disposed to save few hundreds of dollar
at the expense of the Government. But evei
after that deduction is made the tax produce
ready assistance for the administration,
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THE NEW COTTON CROP-FINE PROS.
PECT FOR THE SOUTH.


From the NJ y Herald.
few bales, and the first, of the new cotton
crop have come to the New York market.
That from Georgia, classed as low middling,
was sold at auction for thirty-six cents
pound and that from Alabama, classed as
strict middling, brought forty-eight and half
cents. These, it is true, may be termed
rather fancy prices, as the first bale or two of
the new cotton crop always bring more than
those that come after. But it is an indication
of what the price will be hereafter. We may
conclude, therefore, that the crop of 1869
Will realize an immense sum of money. This
crop is variousy estimated between two
millions and a half bales to three millions
probably it may reach two millions seven
hundred or two millions eight hundred thou
sand bales. If the average price throughout
the season of sales should not exceed
twenty-five cents a pound-though from
present appearances will be higher than that
the crop will be worth over two hundred mil
lions of dollars. From all the light before us
there is reason to believe it will bring nearly
that sum in gold. This production, too, is in
addition to the tobacco, sugar, and other valu-
able crops of the South for expectation Be
Sides that section of the country since the
war has paid more attention to the raising of
grain, corn, and other articles of food, and is
now, perhaps. independent or nearly so, of
outside supplies. In short, the South this
year will have a surplus production to be sold
for cash, over and above the production of
necessities, worth at least two hundred mil
lions of dollars. Who will not say the South
is becoming rich again? We must admire the
wonderful recuperative power of the people
there, and congratulate them on the splendid
prospect they have of material prosperity.
With more labor and capital to develop their
resources, the Southern States will become
very soon the richest country on the globe.
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FINANCIAL.
PACIFIC RAILWAY GOLD LOAN.

Messrs. DABNEY, MORGAN & CO.,
No. SO EXCHANGE Place, and M. X.
JESUP & CO., No. 12 PINE Street,
New York, offer for sale the Bonds of
the Kansas Pacific Railway. These
Bonds pay Seven Per Cent. in Gold;
have thirty years to run; are Free from
Government Taxation; are secured by
Land Grant of Three Million Acres of
the Finest Lands in Kansas and Colo
rado. In addition to this special grant,
the Company also owns Three Millions
of Acres in Kansas, which are being
rapidly sold to develop the country and
improve the road. They are first
mortgage upon the extension of the
road from Sheridan, Kansas, to Denver,
Colorado. The road in operation NOW
EARNS MORE THAN ENOUGH NET
INCOME TO PAY THE INTEREST ON
THE NEW LOAN. There is no better
security in the market-this being in
some respects better than Government
Securities. PRINCIPAL AND INTE-
REST PAYABLE IN GOLD. Price 90,
and accrued Interest, in Currency.
Pamphlets, Maps, and Circulars fur.
nished on application.
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INSURANCE.

DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSU
IL RANCE COMPANY Incorporated by the Legs
lature Of Pennsylvania, 1895.
Office, s. r. corner Of THIRD and WALNUT Streets
Philadelphia.
MARINE INSURANOES .
On Vessels Cargo and Freight TO all parts OF the world
INLAND INSURANOES =,
On goods by river, canal lake. and land carriage 10 al
parts of the Union.
FIRE INSURANOES 49,
On Merchandise generally; Stores, Dwellings, Houses
Etc
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Half Of these claims will be allowed and
paid, when suddenly a suspicion creeps
into the Commissioners mind that the
decision is all wrong: it is summa.
rily reversed, and the other half of
the claimants are cut eff from payment
which, in nine cases out of ten, is Justly due.
This is fair illustration of the principle, or
rather lack of principle, which controls this
office. Those who have dealings with it can
never feel certain that it will carry out en-
gsgements even which it has voluntarily
entered into. Casting aside the legal merits
OF the case, Mr.. Rollins does not seem to have
yet risen to perception of that discretionary
policy which should govern him. Repeated
retreat from rulings deliberately and formally
rendered must in the end destroy that public
confidence in those who conduct the revenue
which all taxpayers should feel, and must
tend to bring the Office into dsrepute. This
fact should be appreciated by those concerned.
A ruling should not be publicly rendered
until the point involved has been thoroughly
and carefully considered and a definite, final
judgment formed upon it which is accepted by
reason as sound. IL any doubt exists as to
its soupduess, it should be reconsidered be-
fore PRONUNCIATION, not after it..
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have now TO cay that you were right aud was
wrong" Hence the uuquestiouing confisncs
of Lincoln in all the subsequent operations Of
Grant. Lincoln was practical man, aud
'demonstrate' with him was the greatest
word in the language. Grant had demon
strated bis capacities, and that was enough for
Lincoln.
Grants decision of character, however. va,
the essential element OF his victories. W,su
he had work 20 do, he,promp pity r, solved upon
his plan and went at it hammer and tongs.
Like Peissier at Ssbastopol, if ne could no,
get in AT the 'front.' door he would get in at ths
window, having resolved to get IN. Hs knew
no such word rs fail. lie held his councils Of
war, he heard the opinions of his generals, ans
then quietly gave them their instructions aud
it was always his plan aud always izht.
Hooker was tlsplled in the WILDERNESS aud
backed ont. Grant was hankvd in the WI
derpess; but as two could play at that game
he went on and fought 1t out on that line. 1t
Is impossible that such a man in the w ute
House can be n bluuderer like Johnson or a
galvanized politician like Buchanan. The
two houses of Congress will be more apt to
find in General Grant the shrewdness of the
amiable Lincoln and the resolution of Jackson
with something, too, of the simple aud
economical republican notions of Jefferson
graphing at once with such atrocities as these
whisky ring spoliatiOns of a hund red millions
year, and these lobby railroad Jobs, cover
ing margin of over a thousand millions Of
money.
Now, this Tenure of Office law and the
various other laws tying up the Presidents 3
hands are but relics of the last four years
squabblipgs between Congress and Johnson
That fight is ended, and the party in power,
having accepted and elected General Graut
upon his record as their man for Johusons
place, are in honor bound to relieve him of
these unseemly cords and straps with which
they have tied up Johnson. Or if the Presi
dental Office as it was under Lincoln is not to
be restored, if Congress is henceforth to be
also substantially the President let it so be
understood, and without further beating about
the bush and as simple matter of plain deal
ing with General Grant. Otherwise he will go
into the Presidency like man blipdfolded,
and unable to distinguish the White House
from the War Office. Lastly, if the two houses
desire misunderstanding with the President
elect from the beginning, they have only to
inaugurate him under t. cir tenure of Office
restrictions, which will be equivalent to vote
of want of confidence. 1t will, however, be
a dangerous thing TO play fast and loose or hide
and seek with a straightforward soldier of the
will and tenacity of purpose possessed by Gene.
raj Grant.
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Bond ROhberieS,

From "Briek" P1meroy'S ". Y. Democrat
There are few vivid wickednesses that have
not The power OF Attracting to and around
themselves a variety 6f other pests. 1t is so
with our Government bonds. As is the ligGt
of the candle to the pestiterous fly, so is the
Government bond in the grasp of the avari-
Cious bondholder to the ardent and daring
burglar. A bond with leaning towards
twenty per cent. over all, to the holder, has a
clear interest to robbers of all grades, beyond
that which attaches to honest money honestly
obtained, and the consequence is an increase
in the incentive to raid that species OF gold
bearing value among all the robbers of the land.
Hardly a day passes on which there is not a
demonstration made upon the strong boxes of
one or more of the over-fed waddlers in the
country's misfortune, and generally with sue
cess. This week there has been two effective
movements on Pine and Wall straets, with a
realization of about 100000. We had sup
posed that the old rule of "honor among
thieves was still effective, but we have been
out West, and therefore had not so we'll de-
fined as here the means OF knowing. 1t does
really seem that twenty per cent. Is too strong
for their friendship, and they now rob each
other without conjunction. Won't some pro-
minent Radical recommend paying both prin-
clpal and interest in greenbacksi 1t might
render holding bonds more safe. Butler has
done so already; but then Butler has gOuged
his brethren too often before, and they can't
trust him. Let some other almost equally
true Radical, but not 80 well known TO out
side thieves, try it. The effect might prove
mollliylDg. Do try 1t, some Of you. II you
oont, they Will soon be after yOu-hides,
bonds, and all.
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Peace Societies,

From Me ". Y. Tribune.
The trouble with Peace Societies has been
that they are too good for this world. We
cannot say that the memorial on behalf of the
Indians sent up to Congress by the Universal
Peace Union shows it to be any exception to
the rule. very humane and generous, but
likewise very unworldly, p irit pervaies it.
Nobody can read it without acknowledging
the justice of its structures upon our dealings
with the Indians, or smiling at the innocence
of its practical suggestions. "What diabolical
inhumanty and wanton iudiscretion," it ex-
claims, destroying the winter supplies Of the
Apacbes, at the very time when they are
most needed ~ "Instead of erecting fortfca-
tiOps in their very faces, we should relieve
their pressing necessities, furnish them seeds,
agricultural implements, tools, and teachers ~
Could anything be sentimentally more hu-
name and practically more foolishY Imagine
a member of this most excellent and benevo-
lent Peace Union demonstrating with our
army officers about the cruelty of destroying
the supplies of the enemy Conceive Sheri-
dams rough riders stopped in the midst of
charge on party of painted Apache or Kiowa
braves, while some peaceful sergeant rides
forward to ask the savages if they wouldn't
rather have some seeds, tools, and teachers
instead Of the impending carbine balls and
sabre cuts
The excellent members of the Peace Union
do not need to be assured or our entire sym
pathy with their general views on the Indian
question, as well as with the humane purpose
that prompts their present effort. But we
must assure them that their error is the grave
one of being right at the wrong time. We
cannot stop in the midst of fierce fight with
savages to talk farming at them-much as the
subject of farming concerns them. We are
into war, and must either fight our way
through or submit to humiliation in their
eyes which will render subsequent efforts to
control them by peaceful means futile. Hav-
ing undertaken the tanning of our horse
Cruiser, we must first conquer him, or we will
conquer us. Kindness is excellent, but even
i'll the Rarey plan the object of the kindness
must first be taught that it is backed by ire
sistible power. Suffrage for the Indians, rail
road building, Constitution amending, may
come in time; the work now in hand is to en-
force peace with vigorously used army.