The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-08-10

d here as to the precise
ch are difficult to answer.
the levy of five per cent.
~ ;;oor,ag fc .pac year has been Illegal How
70 get back such have been thus pau aio
,ethsr a difficult matter{ The-head OF the Internal
Pnvenue Bureau has soemny decided that money once
%. into his possession however illegally OBTAINED,
cannot be refunded without special authority OF
Congress-. know Of means to force the govern
rnpnt to disgorge extoTtions-the pohcy OF Tue iie
rv being to reduce the public debt by whatever COLI
trvance. a. C.,.
have the very best authority for saying zen Uranl
has so far fallen short of the expectations OF his party
that he will be utterly reprdated at the Radlcal
ton of 1872 The debate upon the virtual removal VI
Ashley the present Governor OF Montana was teffnc
.sWpjlnformcd" politicians here, therefore, preoict
that he must per force of circumstances, become tne
Democratic candidate. IT, the contrary, he should
tbrougb the power of the ocehoders, succeed IN Sc
curing denomination, " then Gen. Sherman, or
Gen Logan (the commander OF the IT, A. M OF uen'
Butler himself would be at our disposal
Tur Nrvv ORLEANS DEMoCRAT-We are in receipt
of several numbers of this paper, tri-weekly Sheet
established in the CITY to advocate the of Demo-
,racy as opposed to Radicalsm. The following are
given some of the reasons for starting the paper
reasons whose force every one who has watched the
shifting and questionable course of some OF the nde
nendpnt papers of New Orleans will fully appreciate
We very much hope it will receive liberal patronage
without which no newspaper can long surVlVe-syn-
nsthy without "material aid is not available in
printing Office:
The Democratic party of the parish OF Orleans mas
been without newspaper openly avowlng itself
partzan Journal and to which the Democracy might
look in vain for vigorous defence OF It's organza
lion and principles at all times and under all circum-
stances Some of our independent journals have
indeed rendered US good service for which they have
never failed to receive the prompt and grateful
acknowledgements of the Democratic party but these
journals not aVOwedy Democratic, nor IS 1t their
chief aim to promote the of Democratic ascend
ency. In all the past the want of such paper as we
propose to publish has been keeny felt and generally
acknowledged; and especially, recent events
have demonstrated that party we cannot rely upon
any system of independent journalism in the extra
ordinary circumstances that surround US. The Dem
ocratc party has witnessed the singular conduct of
Journal published in midst, claiming to be indie
pendent, speaking for us and in name in one
issue and in the next exhaustng its columns in laud
alton Of our oppressors and proposing to dsband our
forces in the face Of the enemy
The party therefore, needs paper that politically,
will know nothing but Democracy, and whose devo-
ton to that interest will be beyond the influences that
ordinarily CONTROL in a greater or less degree all
SO cdLeu iuuepeuUeub "uose eoie iuobto
be- not policy, but Democracy-a journal so ndepend-
upon and within the lines of party organization as
be beyond the reach of all mercenary considera-
tons and outside influences
The INCOME TAX LAw-The following is the text
of this law
There shall be levied and collected annually, as
hereafter provided for the years 1870 and 1871, and
no longer, q per centum upon the gains and profits
and income of every person residing in the United
States and Of any citizen of the United States residing
abroad, derived from any source whatever, whether
within CT without the United States, except here
after provided and a like tax annually upon the
gains profits and income derived from any business,
trade profession carried on in the United States by
any person residing without the United States, and
not citizen thereof or from rents of real estate
within the United States, owned by any person resd-
ing without the United States and not citizen thereof
there is exemption of g. 00O and also the
paid for rent of dwelling houses For the purpose of
allowing the deduction allowed by law from the in
all their income and property therefrom Jointly and in
common, each five Of the persons composing such
society, and any remaining fractional number of such
persons less than five such groups of fve shall
be held to constitute family, and a deduction of
900 shall be allowed for each of said families Any
taxes on the incomes, gains and profits of such
3octtles, now due and unpaid shall be assessed and
collected according to this provision; and the tax
upon dividends of insurance companies shall not be
deemed due until such dividends payable in money
Or otherwise, and money returned by mutual insur
ance companies to their policy holders and annual
semlannual interest allowed paid to the depositors
Ar savings banks savings institutions shall not be
considered as dividends.