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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-20

THE GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF SOUTH
C.EoL1SA.-The annual convocation OF this
branch Of the order will be held in this city on
Tuesday, the 18th Of February. The different
railroads have agreed to pass the delegates for
half fare. Besides the election OF officers. the
Chapter will consider some important business
that will be brought before it.
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A SAVANNAH NEGRO MURDERED AT GAM-
ING TABLE.-Our Savannah exchanges report the
murder Of George Knight by Edward Burke, both
negroes, at low gambling den in that city. The
former had lost heavily and tauntsd Burke with
cheating, when the latter retaliated by shooting
his victim.
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By ]. FRASER MATHEWES.

TOR SALE OR TO RENT, THE YEL.
IL Low HOUSE PLANTATION, on Wadmalaw
Island, containing some GOO acres OF high Land,
500 acres of which are cleared and about 1ooJ
acres are arstTate cotton lands, On the planta.
tion are Small Dwelling Of fouf rooms, cotton
house, twelve cabins, and other necessary build
ings.
This place Is situated on bold river, navigable
by steamboats, and schooners, and within four
miles OF the regular steamboat landing.
For further particulars, apply as above.
ian12 fhSfnR
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SuREDs OF STATE NEws.-Mr. J. 7. Dubois
has been reelected town clerk of Marion, and
General Henry Shaw has been reelected marshal.
john r. Hucks has been appointed q magistrate
for Marion County. The Marion Star has never
heard of such man.
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s-THE REVEREND CLERGY, THE
Congregation of St. Paul's Church, Radcifeboro',
and the Relatives Friends and Acquaintance of
Rev. CHRISTIAN HANCKEL, D. D., are Invited
to attend his Funeral Services, To-MoRRow Fri
day.) the a1st inst, at St. Paul's Church, at II
O'Clock A. NJ. jan2O
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BUSINESS ENyELoPEs.-TME NEWS Job Office
is now prepared to furnish good envelopes, WIFI
business cards printed thereon, at 81 per thous-
and. Send your orders. Every merchant and
business man should have his card printed on his
envelopes.
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Such Is dyspepsia The stomach and tile brain
are too Intimately allied for the one to suffer with
out the other, so that dyspepsia and dependency
are inseparable. 1t may be added, too, that irri-
tation Of the stomach is almost invariably accom-
panied by Irritation OF the temper.
The invigoratIng and tranquilIzing operation OF
HoSTETTERS BlTTERS Is most powerfully de-
yeloped In cases OF indigestion. The first effect Of
this agreeable tonic Is comforting and encourag'
ing. A mild glow peryades the system, the
chronic uneasiness In the region OF the stomach
Is lessened, and the nervous restlessness which
characterizes the disease Is abaed. This Improve
ment Is not transient. 1t Is rot succeeded by the
return OF the old symptoms with superadded
force, as is always the case when unmedlcated
stimulants are given for the complaint. Each
dose seems to impart permanent accession oi
healthful invigoration. But this Is not all. The
aperent and anti-bllious properties OF the prepar
alton are scarcely secondary in Importance to lis
tonic virtues If there Is an overflow OF bile. the
secretion is soon brought within proper limits,
and il the hillary organ is inert and torpid IL Is
toned and regulated. The effect upon the dis
charging organs s'equally sautary. anu IN cases
OF constipation the cathartlc action Is Just suI
cient TO produce the desired result gradually and
without pain. The BlrTERS also promote healthy
evaporation from the surface, which is partlcu-
arly desirable at this scasolfwhcn sudden spells
OF raw, unpleasant weather are apt to check the
natural perspiratlun and produce congestion or
the liver, coughs and colds. The best safeguard
against all diseases is bodily vigor, AMI this the
great Vegetable Restorative essentially promotes.
ion15 6DEC
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ian16
nLANTS AND FLOWERS, SHRUBS
AND FRUIT TREES,
Just imported from Paris, France, direct.
A r O N N A

A. RONN
French Horticulturst and Florist, respectfully
informs the citizens OF Charleston that he has
lust arrived in this city with splendid collection
Of TREES, PLANTS FLOWERS and SHRUBS, the
whole offered for sale low at No. l65 King street.
janl7 l2<
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ms- THE BANK OF HAAIBURG.-BE-
ING appointed as the Receiver q the Hamburg
Bank, by his Honor Judge PLATT, Judge Of the
Second Circuit Court, notice is hereby given, to
all whom it may concern, that shall attend, for
the discharge OF my duty, on and after the 18TH
OF JANUARY, 1870, at my ofAce in Hamburg, to
receive all claims, assets, or information con-
noctad with said Bank. FRANK AREIM,
;onoo o. Receiver
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5perial Notlres.

aa-NOTICE.-ALL DEMANDS
against the Norwegian Barque H0MBERSUND
must be rendered to us before 12 O'Clock THIS
DAY, or they will be debarred payment.
jan20 RANENEL d Gu.
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m- MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY
on the Cause and Cure of Decline in Prewpture
Man, the treatment Of Nervous and Physical De-
bllity, &c.
"There is no member Of society by whom this
book VIII not be found useful whether such per.
son holds the relation Of Parent Preceptar or
Clergyman. Medical Times and Gazette.
Sent by mall on receipt Of tfty cents. Address
the Author, DR.. E. DEF. CURTIS, Washington,
d. C.. sept1 Tyr
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On sale at the Hasel Street Bazaar, Februa-
ry Magazines: Frank Leslie's, 35 cents; Madame
Demorest's, 80 cents; Putnam's 35 cents; Catho.
lie World. As cents: Godey's, 25 cents.
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auction Sales This Day.

F. P. Salas will sell at II o'clock. on Central
wharf, sugar and molasses.
William Mckay will sell at 10 O'Clock, at his
store. army clothing notions, &c.
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Aurtiun Sales Gbis Dan.
BY F. P. SALAS,
Auctioneer.

SUGAR AND SES.
- THIS DAY, Thursday the 2Oth instant, at II
O'Clock A. NJ, will be sold on Central Wharf,
alongside the brig Croton, just arrived from Car
denas,
81 hhds Good GROCERY SUGARS
100 hhds. Superior New Crop Clayed Molasses
100 bbls. Superlor New Crop CIdyed Molasses
25 hhds Prime Muscovado Moasses
80 hhas Superior Muscovado Molasses
40 hhds Mixed Muscovado Molasses
so hhds Cuba MolasSeS
100 bbls. Cuba MolaSses.
Conditions of sale-All sums under $1,000, cash;
above that amount 80 days, with approved city
endorsed note, or one per cent. allowed Tor casi.
n,5- The Augusta ConstItutionallst and C0lum-
bia Phoenix will copy twice and send bill to +.
p. s. jan20
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Gpeeial Notircs.

ns-OFFICE CHARLESTON CITY RAIL
WAY COMPANY, CHARLESTON, JANUARY 20,
1S7O.-on and after TONIGHT the car on the Rut-
ledge street line will wait on the corner of Went
worth and King streets until the performances at
the Academy of Music are over. The car on the
King street line will wait as before at the corner
oil Meeting and Market streets
S. W. RAMSAY,
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ms- IF YOU WANT Law BOOKS,
LAW BLANKS and Legal Printing, go to EDWARD
PERRY, No. 1855 Meeting street, opposite Charles
ron yote, Charleston. S. C. dcc14 6mos
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THE CHEAPEST YET.-The NEWS Job Office is
now printing bill.heads in the best style and on
tae paper, at 81 50 per thousand. Merchants. think
~
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MrPERRY'S COMEDONE AND PIN
PIE REMEDY positively cures Comedones, bald
Heads or Grubs1 also Red White and Malterated
Pimples on the face Depot No. 40 Bond street,
New York. Sold By Druggists everywhere.
decB 3mOS
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ns-A GRAND EPOCH IN SCIENCE
From the time when, in 1884, DR.. RUGGE discov-
cred "CarboHc Acid" and it's extraordinary medi-
cal Effects nothing in the history OF Medicine has
equalled 1t. Largely used by the French physi-
clans in treatment of consumptiyc and scrofu-
lous diseases, it was introduced by the Court PLY.
scian of Berlin, MAN ERNST HENRY, into Prus-
sa, and from thence to tho United States. No
thing else cr the present day can equal HEN
RY,s SOIL: ION OR CARBOLlC CONSTITUTION
RENOyATOR. Patients get better after only one
dose has been taken, and we cordially recommend
it to the public-[Editor "Argus."
lanl1 lyrDGC
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ne GO TO GEORGE LITTLE & co.
for WATERPROOF TWEED OVER SACKS, for
Is. decls stuth
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ms- NOTICE.-OFFICE COUNTY CON-
MIssIoNERs, PIREpRoOF BUILDING, CHARLES
TON, s. c. December co. 1S6o.-All persons Re-
failing LIQUORS in the County are hereby called
upon to take out Licenses for one year, from lst
January, 1870.
Every violation of the law relative to these Ii.
censcs will be prosecuted and Che penalty strictly
enforced. F. LANCE,
dec23 Clerk Board c. c.
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a- IF You WANT STRAW. MANIL-
IA and all kinds of WRAPPING PAPERS, 60 to
EDWARD PERRY, No. l55 Meeting street, oppo
site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. c.
dnn1 6rnDc
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0-TO CONSUMPTIvES.-THE

MS- TO CONSUMPTIVES.-THE AD
vERTlsER, having been restored to health In
few weeks, by very simple remedy, after having
suffered several years with severe lung anec-
tion, and that dreadful disease, consumption, Is
anxious to make known to his fellow.sunereTs the
means OF cure.
To all who desire It, he will send copy Of the
prescription used free Of charge,) with the drec-
tions for preparing and using the same, which
they will find SURE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c. The object OF the ad-
yertIser in sending the Prescription Ia to benefit
the afflicted, and spread information which he
conceiyes to be invaluable; and he hopes every
sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them
nothing. and may prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, win please ad
dress REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg,
Kings County. New York. move 3mos
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By 7. FRASER MATHEWES.

At PRIV TIE SALE
n STEAM ENGINE and GRIST MILL and FIX
TURES, all In complete running order, Pitt street.
two doors south Of Calhoun. The premises Will be
rented to the purchaser II desired. Apply to
ian6 thm ]. FRASER MATHEWES.
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CITY AFT A R S
Meetings This Day.

Union Kilwinning Lodge, at P. NJ.
Vigilant Fire Company, at p. NJ.
Workingmen, at hall.past : P. NJ.
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@rTO REMOVE MOTH PATCHES,
FRECKLES and TAN from the face, use PERRY'S
Moth and Freckle Lotion. Prepared only BY DR..
B. C. PERRY, No. 40 Bond-street, New York. Sold
By all Druggists. dec6 8mos
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@ ROPOSALS FOR RENTING
SOUTH ISLAND PLANTATION, lately belonging
to the Estate OF the late STEPHEN FORD, contain
ing about 44OO acres, viz: About 700 acres Rice
Land and 800 acres Highland, with buildings on
ii, and near to the summer seashore residence.
Parties applying will state terms and number
of years they would desire to lease, with special
regard to cleaning the large and other canals,
and repairing and Keeping in repair the banks,
trunks, &c. Apply to
ian13 thstu6 LOWNDES & GRIMBALL.
@- NOTICE. PERSONS HAVING
claims against the Estate Of the late A. ]. AN
DERsoN, of Coeton County, deceased, will rem
der attested statements thereof to Messrs. WILL
LIAMS l. FOX, at WATERFORD, and those indebt-
ed TO said Estate are requested to make payment
as above or to the undersigned, at Ashepoo Ferry.
A. c. ANDERSON,
iau1e tuthse Administrator.
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BUsI Ess NorIC Es.

PLA,rERs OR FACTORS wishing cotton seed
rom tile best selected brands, are referred to the
OF Mr.. Robert Chisolm.
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Funeral Notices.

ALLSTON.-Died on the morning Of the 10th
and Regina NJ. Allston, aged Il years and 8
months.
~ THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
of the deceased, and of her family, are invited to
attend her funeral services at St. Michael's
Church, THIS AFTERNOON, at lalf.past O'Clock.
ian0O II
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By R. NJ. MARSHALL & BRO.

ESIRABLE RESIDENCE.
~ On THURSDAY, 9th Instant, at II O'Clock,
will be sold at the Old Postonice, Broad street,
That delightful two and half story Dwell
LING, No. 81 America street. containing four
square rooms, attics, dressing-room, pantry,
double.p .piazzas, and commodious outbulldings;
cstern with fltering wall and fine well OF water,
A grapery, hover, fruit and vegetable garden on
the premises. The Lot, which is very high, meas
ures - feet by - feet, more or less.
Terms-One-half cash; balance In one year.'
Purchasers to pay for papers and stamps.
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Anetio1 5ales--91ture Daps.
By W. 7. LEITCH & r. S. BRUINS,
Auctioneers.

GOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECU-
- TRlX OF the Estate OF Walter Knox.
Will be sold on THURSDAY, 9th instant, at II
O'Clock, at the Old Postofffce
That desirable two and half story Wooden
DWELLING with piazza and outbulldings, on the
nortn side OF Green street, one door east Of Com
ing, and known as No. IA. Said Dwelling con-
tains four square rooms, besides dressing room
and attics.
Lot measures &c feet front by 176 feet In depth,
more or less.
Terms-0ne-third cash; balance in one and TWO
years, with Interest secured by bond and mort
gage. Property to be Insured and policy assigned.
Purchaser to pay US for papers and stamps.
i0n0O tllmth3
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Hotel Arrivais-January 10.
IARLEsToS HOTEL.

IARLESTOS HOTEL.
E. A. Marshall, Philadelphia; Fl. Leland,
South Carolina; J. Adams, Caslleton; /. Sulzoack'
or. R. n. Miller, Columbia; A. D. Cazaux, VIII
mincton; Mrs. T. A. Holmes, Miss l.. Holmes,
Miss II. Holmes, Maryland; J. A. johnson, Balti'
more; T. c. Baer, Mrs. G. Gilbert and maid, New
York; W. Macrae, r. B. Bridgers Wilmington; o.
N. Poe, United States Army; o. Allen, Mrs. o.
Allen, Buffalo; F. W. Leonard, A. Keep, LocSport;
3. B. Canty, Mrs. E. B. Canty, James Canty, John
Canty, Miss NJ. Canty, T. J. Ancrun, A. Deas, j.
u. Dunlap, Mrs. J.D. Dunlap, X. G. Ellesbee, w.
R. Withers, W. A. Ancrum, Camden; B. wilson,
l.. L. Noble, VIM. H. Asgall aud lady, New York;
Samuel R. Smith, Baltimore; H. D. van Nostrand'
Greenville, n. j.; George Richards, Dover, \. j.;
Thomas Bidde, Alfred E. Lewis, lady, two children
and servant, Philadelphia; ]. Fl. Chappell, Colum-
bus; James McTheare, Mount Holly, n. y; John
Werner, Richmond.
PAVILION HOTEL.
J.W. Waters, Graham's Turnout; j. K. China,
Northeastern Railroad; Jose Guerrero, Spain; X.
Martino, New York; George Wetzel, Rochester; H.
c. Haslett, Columbia; ]. B. Allen, Maryland; I. j.
Hutson, wife, servant and four children, Kings.
tree: Mrs. A. Morgan, Master Morgan, George
town: r. S. Barker, ]. D. Mcmillan, Barnwell; L.
NJ. Keenc, U. S. Navy.
MILLS HOUSE.
John S. Green, Columbia; R. L. Gilbert, VII
ming,on; NJ Jillson, Captain H. S. Shields, Troy;
W. Spear, New York; George Stapleton, Boston;
S. V. vanderhoof, Chattanooga Peter Young,
Richmond.
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Ms- TO PRINTERS.-IF YOU WANT
NEWS. BOOK, CAP, DEMI and MEDIUM PAPERS,
Bill Heads, Statements, eords, Card Board Print
ing Material, binding, RAling and Cutting, so to
EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting street, oppo.
site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C.
dec14 GmOs
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By VIM. MCKAY.

ARMY CLOTHING, &C.
II Will be sold THIS DAY, at No. 136 Meeting
street, at 10 O'Clock.
400 ARMY COATS, lot Hardware, Notions and
Sundries. Articles to pay expenses. jan2o
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mr THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. c.,
JANUARY 1, 1870. SAVINGS SDEPARTMENT.-Al
uuSosIts made on or before the 2otf instant will
bear interest as Of the 1st instant.
10. THos R. WARING,
;o,f1 81 mwfs th1-- - Cashier.
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UNITED STATES couET.HoS. GEORGE S.
BRYAN, PREslDING.-Ex pafte A. C. shaffer, Of
Colleton. Petition for final discharge. Granted
Ex partc John D. Grady, of Greenville. Peti-
tton for final discharge. Referred to W. J. Claw
son, and hearing crdered on February 18th. -
Ex parte Hugh L. Farley. Petition for fnal
discharge Referred to Registrar Carpenter, and
final hearing ordered on February 18th.
Ex parte Bollmann Bros, in re Thomas Ii.
Brown. Petition to establish liens. Referred to
Registrar Carpenter.
The jurors for the grand and petit juries for the
term OF 1870 were drawn as usual.
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A COOP MovEMENT.-It Is understood that
a motion will be made at the next meeting OF
Council authorizing that body to ofler liberal
reward for the arrest Of incendIaries. With few
exceptions the fires that have recently devasta.
ted our city are clearly traced to incendiarism,
and though this fact has been established, yet in
no instance have the criminals been brought to
Justice. During Mayor Gaillard's administration
fires were so frequent that, as measure OF safe
ty, the Counsil offered n reward Of $1,000,
which, though unclaimed by any one, hal
certainly the effect of reducing the number
Of fires. Every fire that has occurred
since the war leaves a gap that Is seldom re-
built, and the expense accruing to the city, and
the loss entailed upon individuals and insurance
companies, would in all probability be avoided ny
the timely offer of a reward. 1t is to the inter
est OF both the taxpayers and the municipal
authorities to have the real estate OF the city
made as remunarative as possible, and we trust
that the motion to offer reward for the arrest
Of incendiaries will meet with the full support OF
the Council,
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ASS SIG EE'S SALE.
~ In Bankruptcy-In the matter Of Willlar

SIG N EE'S SAL E.
N In Bankruptcy-In the matter Of William
Knots, Bankrupt, eX parte c. B. Glover, As-
signee.
By virtue OF an order from the Honorable Dis
trc Court OF the United States for the District Of
South Carolina, will sell at public auction, at
Orangeburg Courthouse on MONDAY, the 7th day
Of February next, at the usual hours OF sele,
The REAL ESTATE OF the said bankrupt, stu
ated In Orangeburg and Lexington Counties, con-
sistlng OF about seven thousand t7oo0) acres OF
Land.
The said Lands will be sold In various parcels,
plats OF which will be exhibited on day Of sale.
Terms OF sale-One-third cash; balance on q
creSlt OF one and twoyears, purchasers giving
bond and mortgage, with covenant OF resale on
failure OF the conditions Of the bond, and to pay
for papers and stamps. G. B. GLOVER,
Assignee in Bankruptcy Of William Knots.
Ian1O
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horticulture, asrieultnre, e.
SEED FOR SALE.

A NEW AND SUPERIOR VARIETY OF
n COTTON,
WITH FROM 200 TO 800 BoLbs on THE STALK.
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We are Offering, regardless to cost prices, many
articles In the
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Drn GOODS, &r

CREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. =.
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jan20 l
ms- THE BANK OF HAAIBURG.-BE

,. W. h-tN5hl,
ionoo1 Secretary.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

Financial,

Hon. L. w. Palmer, member Of
Congress from the 9Th District in
this State, and formerly Editor of
the State Register, has introduced a
bill for Free Banking, that is intend
ed TO give relief to the present strin-
gency, in the money market. 1t
provides for the establishment of
Free Banks, in all sections of the
country, besides other, claimed ben
efits, not necessary, here, to emu
merate. We acknowledge that we
are not Statesman enough to under
stand this financial question in all its
qualifications, but we have faith that
a .feso, at least, of our great men do,
and among the fea0, we will trust
Frank Palmer's judgment, and,
hope he will put that bill through
Congress, and further hope, it will
give the relief aimed at. There is
no good reason why the West should
be so terribly straitened for money
The Wall Street robbers, and Gov
eminent plunderers, have carried
this matter quite too far, al
ready. The man who provides a
way of escape for us, is our candidate
for President. in 1872, and we had
just as soon support Frank Palmer,
as any ether man.
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-
Railroad Tax.

Mr.. Nathan of Muscatine has intro
tuced = resolution i'm the House, de-
claring that Railroad Compa-. lies
should be taxed on all property, and
not merely on their gross carr .ings. II
is well, but i'm adding this tax IL is
hoped that It will come out of the
II. r. Companies as tine resolution
evidently designs, an d not out of the
pockets Of the people, as in the case
of the fifty cents capitation tax of
Maryland, charged the Baltimore
and Ohio on every passenger carried
over the Washington branch. This
tax ii is we'll known is charged i'm
the passenger rates Of the company.
Appropos to this, we give the fol-
lowing problem which we clip from
the Dubuque Times, written un-
doabtedly by railroad man:
Given a Railroad Company with
discretionary power to fix its tariff
at its pleasure, add which, under o
tax of one per cent. on its gross
earnings, nxes IL so as to secure tffy
per cent. or more upon its actual cap
itai invested, under cover of nomi-
nal capital for which it issues water
ed stock. Now suppose the tax on
such company to be raised to five
per cent, more or less, by taxing its
property as other property is taxed.
How long will it take this Company
to so alter its tariff as to impose this
additional tax on those doing bust
ness over its line without impairing
its per cent? And If this is done
who pays the increased tax the Com.
pany or its customers? The way to
put salt on birds tail is to first
catch your bird, and be sure you
have him. or you may loose your
salt.
How far this may be practical we
leave our law makers at Des Moines
TO determine.
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A Boston paper lately printed a
letter from a democratic lawyer, form
erly of that city, but who has lately
removed South, and who has had
some of his old opinions thoroughly
knocked out of him by the change.
He declares that Line tenths of the
white people at the South do not
know enough to appreciate kind
treatment; and nothing but the pow
er of the General Government, sup
plemented with the ballot in the
hands of the freedmen, led by North
ern men of intelligence, can keep the
South i'm tolerable public order for a
generation to come. 1T is pity that
more Northern democrats do not go
South and get converted from the
error of their ways. .-. .......
A little Southern experience would
be n good antidote for their hypocrit.
ieai sympathy. so