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occasion, when money is plenty the poor
find ready employment, the wealthy nn-
merous choices Of investment, industry
thrives, old projects are completed ana
new ones planned, railroads are opened
houses built, improvements arise on
every hand, the good qualities OF
mind and body possess market
value; honesty, virtue, perseverance, en-,
terprise, foresight, strength, activity, all
are in demand. Wealth is diffused, and
the social and political condition of
classes and individuals is improved by
a mysterious but potent influence. In
A period of depression, like the present,
produced by contraction of the cur
rency, profits are rare, earnings melt
away, the poor are deprived of employ,
ment business is depressed, new pro-
jects frowned upon, house building is
abandoned, enterprise and activity are
paralyzed, restitution prevailsand crime
abounds. The question is serious
one: Can this enormous taxation con-
tinue without the destruction Of all those
elements upon which the progress, inn
provement and development OF the
country depends? We say not
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unru THE MONEY GOES.

The most sensitive place on which %
touch humanity is the pocket. You
NAV break mans head or bruise his
heel and he may forgive you. But il
Won rife his pocket he never will. Tax
ation is one of the means the Govern
meut has of reminding the people that
tits their master; that it will collect at
discretion, and appropriate at pleasure.
1t is important, therefore, that they be
informed of the disposition that il made
Of the money they pay. AS a branch
of the subject Of the general expendi-
tures our attention has been directed
narticularly to tae item Of contingent
EXPENSES. 1t appears, according to a
statement sent from Washington, that
the average cost to the Government OF
burviup a member of Congress is about
6fteen hundred dollars, which does not
include the expense of erecting to his
memory one of those ugly Egyptian
looking monuments, which stand in long
erotesuue lines in the Congressional Gem
aterv in Washington. The arrest OF
Patrick Woods for kicking down Vir-
ginis Congressman took $50 from the
contingent fund, of which four dollars a
day went to keep the prisoner in pro-
vision during his incarceration. The
cost of bringing the recalcitrant witness,
Florence Scanned, from New York, was
1891 Would-be members who failed to
establish any right to seats in the House
took s5l, 500 from the fund. The carting
of documents to and from the House
cost 1880, at one dollar per load. The
charge for board at New Orleans
hotel is set down at eight dollars per
dav which is the amount charged
nv the subcommittee of elections and
their messengers for the three months
spent in that city Investigating the Lou
;siaua election frauds. One thousand
dollars was paid to Caleb Cushing for
defending Gen. Butler in the suit brought
against him in Baltimore by Mr.. Wooley,
and one thousand dollars more to VIM.
Siblev for his services in the same case.
From the report of the House Committee
on contingent expenses may be learned,
with little ciphering just how many
brushes, combs, towels and cakes of soap
are used in the House, and the average
cost Of keeping member properly
combed, brushed and washed. The mum
Der of boxes Of matches used TO light
Congressional cigars, the number OF
pounds of snuff that go up Congressional
noses, the quantity Of lemons and sugar
consumed during the heated term, and a
great number of like interesting bits OF
information are given with great ex-
plicitness and exactness.
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CONGRESS.

In Congress yesterday, the bill abolish
ing the test oath for persons in the South,
not disqualified by the Fourteenth
Amendment, was passed without amend
ment, by yeas lls, nays SO. Itnow goes
to the President for approval. The bill
provides that such persons shall take an
oath prescribed by the act Of July Is,
1863, that an oath shall be taken by per
sons from whom legal disabilities shall
have been removed. Horace Maynard,
that embodiment Of hate and baffied
spite, bitterly opposed its passage. He
thought it would do great harm. He
said the Union people of Tennessee were
in deplorable and hopeless condition.
And so they are, in the sense that May
nard really meant They are out Of
Office and can't get back. That is all.
In the Senate, Hon. Joshua Hill, Of Geor
gia, was admitted to his seat.
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A HUGE sum.

The country is taxed to an enormous
extent, but the people have little idea OF
the aggregate when it is counted into the
Golfers of the Government. From one
source alone, internal taxation, the Gov
eminent has collected from the people
one thousand four hundred and eighty
two millions. That much was accounted
for, but there is good reason for belley-
ing that as much more was collected but
stolen before it got to the Treasury. The
gatherings Of this mountain Of money
were distributed among the States as fol
lows: New York contributed 1891, OOO,-
900; Pennsylvania paid $l67 O,OOOi
Massachusetts, sl43, OOO, 900; Ohio, $685.
100000; Illinois, 10000; New
Jersey, S44,OOO,OOO; Kentucky, sl2,
900, OOO; Missouri, $4000O,OO0; Con
necticut, s3s, 100000; Maryland $s7,
100000; California, 1000, 600; In
diana, S3O,O0O,OOO; Louisiana, s25
100000; Rhode Island, S23,000,0OO
Michigan, s2OOOO,OOO; Alabama, Sls,'
100000; Georgia, sl7,OOO,OOO; Tennes
see, SIG 600, OOO Wisconsin and Virginia
each, SIS, 1000, OOO New Hampshire, Sl4,
100000; Maine, Sl3,OOO,OO Iowa, Sl2.
OOOOOO Mississippi, So 1000 600; Texas
100000; Vermont, North Carolina ant
South Carolina, each, Sc ,OOe 600; Della
ware and West Virginia, each, 5000,
600; aad the remainder Of the States an,
the Territories, SIS, 100000 OF th
amounts collected from the principa
cities, New York paid, 1882 600, 900
Philadelphia, ssO,OOO,O 600; Cincinnati
$5O,OO0,O O0; Boston, $4,000, GOO Oh
cseo. S4O.OO0,OO0; Baltimore, $Sl 900
600; St. Louis, $4,000, Oe0; San Fra
cisco and New Orleans, each, $24 iOOO,O 90
OF the various objects Of taxation the
were collected from manufactures, Si4'
100000; from incomes, sos, 10000
from spirits, $24l, 600, 600, and from I
baeco, Sl33,OOOO0O. Upon these fac
the Cincinnati Enquirer remarks: Not
ing enabled the people to pay such enc
nous taxes but the activity impaired
business BY the ease with which mon
could be obtained. It has only be-
since the policy Of Grant and Boutwl
to contract the currency that the gre
pressure Of the taxation has been Sc
ously felt As we remarked on form
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FRANCE.

The Age thinks that the surrender Of
Paris means the cessation Of hostilities
in France: Prussia is victorious. Ma
poleon is prisoner. Paris isin posses
sion of William, Emperor Of Germany.
jena is reversed. And now what2 What
is the next act of the Imperial dramaf
What fruits will be gathered from
this brief bat momentous WARP A Ma
tional Assembly is to be summoned.
Representatives Of France are to be
gathered in Paris, for the purpose OF
giving Prussia a government with which
to treat. But how are these represen-
tatives to be chosen2 Are Frenchmen
to have free ballot in all parts of the
nation? Are Alsace and Lorraine to be
represented in the National Assembly,
Or will Bismarck decide what portions
of France shall vote who shall have a
right to the ballot and how it shall be
cast? These are questions which lie at
the bottom of the whole Prussian pro-
gramme. With vast Prussian army in
Paris and France, an election will be but
an echo of Bismarck's will if he deter
mines upon that policy.v Such elections
have been held in the Southern States OF
this Republic, and their farcical charac-
ter is we'll understood by the people. An
election, under the shadow Of the Prus-
sion Eagles, will not be the voice of
France, unless Bismarck and his Royal
Master will it. II it is not then the
meeting of the National Assembly will
have but one effect to endorse the Prus-
sian policy, whatever that may be.
Still, in any event, a peace will be eff
fected, and the late contest and its re-
suits will pass into history.
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How is this2 1t is said that the ne
groes of Washington city are making
the Seat of the Government" upon
which they have squatted, so offensive
to Republican nostrils at the Capital
that Congress threatens to disfranchise
them SO long as they remain in the Dis
triet; and the House has already passed
a bill to that effect. When the bill
reaches the Senate Sumner will have
something to say in behalf of the wards
of the nation"
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THE morality Of Lowell is somewhat
peculiar, and not a little Inconsistent
with itself. 1t tolerates, and probably is
proud Of Ben. Butler, the worst man in
the United States, but it is unwilling to
tolerate Ethiopian minstrel entertain
.ments on Saturday nights, because they
are specially detrimental to the moral
welfare of the young who frequent
them, and who are thus untitled for any
proper observance of the Sabbath, and
so inclined to desecrate the day, and
imperil their moral welfare" Protective
i've outworks to religion, morals, chastity
and temperance seem to be a necessary
element in New England legislation.
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AcaurrrAL OF BUTLER.

A Washington dispatch, in allusion to
the acquittal of R. r. Butler. says: " II
is claimed that the case was pressed to
trial before the prosecution was ready,
and that the Government officers are
still at work in the mountains of East
Tennessee in search of witnesses. Com
missioner Van Aernam himself asserts
that the case was never properly pre-
sented, and that evidence does some
where exist which would convict Butler.
Upon the same topic, the Washington
Patriot remarks:
Mr.. Butler, Of Tennessee, has been ac-
quilted of the charge of forgery, as we
anticipated be would be, in view Of his
political relations and the partisan char
acter of the court and its surroundings.
That verdict has therefore excited no
surprise, but it does not change the opin-
ion of single man, who has examined
the case, or who has heard the story OF
the poor, defrauded soldier wife. After
this, we are quite prepared for Mr..
Bowens acquittal on the indictment OF
bigamy. And it may be expected, in
the natural order of things, that both
these Radicals will attain to higher
honors than they have heretofore en-
joyed, for with such qualifications there
is no distinction which they may moi
aspire to claim in that party.
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The Pittsburg Post, one of the strong
est Democratic papers in the country,
uses this emphatic language; Hence
forth the Democracy-and that means
the people-are not to compromise with
the Radical leaders, in their graspings
after power, under any color or pretext
whatever. They will remember the les
son taught them by the founders of the
Government in their struggle against the
domineering tyranny of British mon
archy, and save the heritage of their
fathers from overthrow.
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A PREACHER who was celebrated for
the high-sounding words in which he
conveyed, or rather concealed, his ideas,
asked an old sister how she liked the
way he fed the lambs on certain ocea-
sion. She replied that she did not like
it. He put the fodder too high. Governor
Alcorn has placed himself beyond the
reach of the public by sending to the
Legislature of Mississippi a message that
measures in type-ordinary column
width--sirty feet. No paper in the State
has as yet published it. The Legislature
has, however, ordered three or four
thousand dollars worth of copies to be
printed in pamphlet form.
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Final Warning to all Dellnquents.

State Of Tennessee, Shelby County.
OFFIcE Tax COLLECTOR on PRIyILEeEs,
MEnPHIs, January 81, lS7i.
Notice is hereby given to all persons ex,
ercising privileges liable TO q State ana
county tar, without proper license, that
further time CANNOT BE GlvKN. The rap
Idly increasing list Of delinguents, we
laws Of the State and the admonitions OF the
Attorney General require positive measures.
Therefore all who have not settled and taken
out license az required BY Law, on OF before
Monday. the 9th Of February. will be proceed
ed against with
Distress Warrants.
And thereafter, all who are or may fall i've
days in arrears will have 70 settle with the
Sheriff. II i hoped that All will pay Up
promptly, and avoid costs and trouble, Inc
following are the principal classes liable 70
taxation: Merchants. peddlers, real estate
brokers. theaters, shows. concerts, etc. NO
tells, livery stables, lawyers. photographers'
physicians. architects. civil engineer; w
plinF houses. ten.pin alleys. Jenny Lind, Dill
lard and bagatelle tables. etc.. butchers'
horse, mule aud cattle dealers, omnibutes'
hacks. carriages, express wagons, Carts etc.
J. HARVEY MATHEs.
isl-I8 Tax Collector On PRIVILEGE:
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The Savannah News says that thu
leading commission merchants in Co
lumbia have resolved that after the LIST o
March next they will not credit out sup
plies to planters who may be indebted
to other business houses for accommo
dations extended during the past or pre-
vious years. 1t is probable that a similai
movement will be inaugurated in all thu
principal cities.
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DISSOLUTION.
Notice of Dissolution.

U,HR PARTNERSHIP HERET0FQRR, B4-
iftinF between VIM. Buuu aEe fnii,.
Mallon, under the firm name Of Lunn = - ~, y.
lon. plumbers and gas ttters, has peel ~ ~
solved hy mutual consent, and sala difioitt n
10 data hom anuary IS. ISL. Either memoel
OF aid frm Il Authorised 10 sign the arm nan
WM. LUNN.
ies-lR PHIL. J. MALLON.
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THE TRIBUNE.

The New York Tribune establishment
is little community Of itself, and is the
hot-bed Of all the modern isms, political,
social and theological. What its pOliti-
cal anteeedents are, we all know; but
not a great deal is known concerning its
religion. To enlighten the globe upon
that point, the following is published;
Horace Greeley is a thorough Univer-
salist, Whitelaw Reid is Scotch Pres
byterian, John X. G. Hazard is a devout
Roman Catholic, John Hay, the new and
brilliant member Of the staff, sEthor Of
Little Brooches" and " lin Bluds0,
is an Episeopalian, George Ripley is 4
Unitarian, William f. G. Shanks Is E
Hobbist, Charles T. Cungdon Is Deist
Of the Spinoza pattern, George W. Small
ley is lstitndinarian positiyist, Oliver
johnson Is n Quaker, with others Of equal
variety too numerous to mention.
We should call that a mixture, as far
as such ineompatibiliiies can mix; har-
mony, so far as discords can produce Il.
When brought together and rolled into a
mass, the product is the Tribune.
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AN INJUNCTION.

Deputy Sheriff Pyne appeared and
presented fiat from Judge Halsey re
straining the Council from inducing
into Office the Councilman-elect from the
Tenth Ward-Martin Bolan. at
Messrs. Amis, Zent, Williams, Harvey
and Chase were appointed to consider
the question of reducing wharfage. After
which the Common Council adjourned.
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scheme for through broad-gauge route
between New York aud St. Louis. The
Atlantic and Great Western Company
cannot Incur the expense Of laying
another rail upon the Ohio and Missis-
sippi track. Is our civilization played
out, or is the broad-gauge experiment a
failure2"
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TAXES.
Notice to Tax Payers.

fter the 18th OF February, 1871,
"A / will issue DISTRESS WARRANTS against
personal property, to satisfy taxes now due on
real estate. / wish every DELINQUENT tax
payer to see this notice before the time comes
to place the wARRANTs IN the hands OF an
FELIX w. ROBERTSON.
ls2-l4s City Tax Collector.
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MUNICIPAL.
BOARD of Aldermen.


This body met last evening and trans
acted the following business:
The proposition of A. ]. Kellar to sell
the city certain property ON Union street
extended for $6OOO was referred to a
committee.
The monthly reports of officers were
received.
The petition from merchants to have
the bluffs graded was referred.
Messrs. Cicalla, Cartwright and Nal
lon we're appointed as a committee to
consider the question of reducing wharf
age.
The Finance Committee were in
structed to consider the propriety OF per
hitting J. & NJ Loudon to receive one
half Of the wharfage receipts for work
done on the levee.
LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD.
Aldermen Mallon and Cartwright were
appointed to cast the vote of the city at
meeting Of the stockholders of the
Little Rock railroad to be held on the
18th inst, for the election of Directors.
The water works question came up on
proposition for compromise, but the
whole matter was tabled.
The Board adjourned.
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matter speedily settled; therefore be it
resolved,
/. That the Chair appoint ten mem
beers from the Council, aud the Chairman
of the Board Of Aldermen appoint one
from each ward, to act in conjunction
with the Mayor and City Attorney, TO
select from the bar Of this city three
disinterested attorneys, with the concur
renee of the President and Directors of
the water company, to hear the subject
matter in controversy by counsel for the
city and water company, and each party
be governed by the decision Of the court
selected or that the city and said water
company agree to advance the case on
the docket Of said Supreme Court at
jackson. -,
2 That the city, with the assent Of the
Board of President and Directors Of the
water company, would suggest the fol-
lowing named gentlemen to act in the
premises: Judge A. Wright Howell
jackson, Esq, and Judge James A. An,
derson, or any other gentlemen OF equal
legal ability.
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usual hOur.
The monthly reports Of officers we're
received and fled.
A CONTEST.
The special Committee on Credentials
reported that John Norton, elected as
Councilman from the Tenth Ward, was
also Justice Of the Peace, and therefore
not eligible TO q seat in the Council. The
report was adopted by vote Of TO D.
Mr.. Martin Bolan was elected TO hil
the vacancy in the Tenth Ward.
The ordinance providing that the
Street Railway Company shall run their
cars at regular intervals, from 6 am. tall
10 p. M, on Main street, and the speed tc
be at the rate Of Eve miles an hour, wal
referred to a committee.
REcoRDER's FEES.
Councilman Grehan moved the fol
lowing:
Resolved, That a committee OF nv,
be appointed by this Board, to report q
the next regular meeting, 70 examine
fully and report 10 the Board the man
{ ner in which, and b. what authority, th'
I Recorder Of the city Of Memphis AFRO
sstes 70 himself the power TO charge
and collect fees in State eases, and re
turn said fees as paid, while said oficel
I IL under salary from the city govern
meut, and il said fees are not due th'
city.
The resolution was adopted and tn
Chair appointed as such committee
Messrs. Grehsn, Gent, Smith, Baehma'
and Lightburne.
H. w1TER WORKS.
The following resolution was adopted
and Messrs Ruin, Pettigev and Scha
bel appointed as a committee:
Whereas. Believing that the city cha
ter gives 10 the city the right - bull
water works; and e. the Mayor an
General Council are anxious 70 have N
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DEMOCRACY means a government for
the people by the people. Radicalism
means government for the oaice-holders
by the office-holders.
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wednesday, February list, 1871.
MAGISTRATE.
Magistrate's Omce,

ia MES ROSE,
ONE OF THE MAGISTRATES FOR TIE
" Fifth Civil District, can Be found a the
once Of Lanier, McCollum 4 King, Second -,
during all-buEinesG hours. l9-lA
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The Philadelphia Bulletin declares
that Jenny Lind, Malibran, Sontag, Ada
lima Patti and Colson were superior to
Nilsson.
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Plumbing, Gas and steam Fitting

Having purchased the interest of Mr..
Lunn in our old stand. we will continue
the business of Plumbing, Gas and Steam
Fitting, and would be pleased to see our
old friends and as many new ones as
will favor us with their patronage.
Phil. j. MALLoN & Co.,
l33 204 Main street.
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UNION DEPOT.

A committee of FIVE was appointed to
act in conjunction with similar com
mittee from the Board Of Aldermen to
consider the question of Union Depot,
Messrs. Gent, Smith and Pettigrew
were appointed to cast the vote of the
city for Directors Of the Little Rock
rnilrnad
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DISSOLUTION.
Notice Of Dissolution.

THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE tx
Il istinF between the undergignod. under the
name. style and hrm Of j. McCloary Bros.i
boardiugand sale stable keepers, ~ ai5 Second
corsent- Il. McCleary retiring from the firm.
The buainess will be canducted az heretofore
b. the remaining member, under the rtyie OF
ii Ncriee~r A Co. I. McCLBARl.
d. McCLEARl.
W. McCLEAkl.
Fsbruarr ]. lsI1. lsl-lsI
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Tbs Cincinnati Enquirer Of Tuesday
says: The Ohio and Mississippi Rail
road Company yesterday began the work
Of reducing their road TO a narrow
gauge This put an end, Tor years 70
come, 10 the realization Of the grand
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The town of Harwich, on Cape Cod,
raised 1884 barrels of cranberries last
year, and sold them for $4,000.
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STATE OF CONEKcTIcU=. "a.
Countv ~ Hartford. 90

STATE or CONNECTICUT, "a
County Of Hartford,
HARrFoRD. January II, 1871.
Personally appeared George L. Chase. Pres
ident. and j. b. Browne Secretary of the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and made
oath that the foregoing statement, by them
subscribed, Is a true. full and correct state
ment Of the affairs Of said Company, and ex-
hibits. so far as can be ascertained at this date
its actual condition on the 3lst day Of Deeem-
'''' i'''' dEo. SUMNER. Notary Public.
sTArE oF TEYNKssKE.
CONPTROLLER's OFFIcE,
NASHVILLE. January l. ls7l.)
1. Ed. r. Pennebaker. Comptroller of the
Treasury, do hereby certify that the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company. located at Hartford,
in The State Of Connecticut, has produced TO
me eatisfactory evidence that said Company
has complied with all the requirements Of the
laws OF the State Of Tennessee. imposed on in
suraace Companies; and l further certify that
Henry A. Littleton, agent Of said Company,
has also complied with the requirements OF the
laws Of the State. made and provided In such
cases. Wherefore, said Insurance Company
has authority 10 take risks and transact the
business Of Insurance in this State. at Mem
'''''' ED. r. PRNNEBAKER.
lS3-l5Ol Comptroller Of Tennessee.
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CAPITAL,

LIST, The name of the company is the HART
FORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, and II
lncnted at Hartford. Connecticut.
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Common CeuuciI.

This body also met last evening at the
usual hour.
The monthly reports Of officers we're
received and fled.
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INSURANCE.
Statement OF the Condition
or THE
Hartford Fire Insurance 20.
n .ho Olaf dav of neoember. 1870.

Made to the Comptroller of the State Of Ten;
nessee, in conformity with the laws OF said
State. A
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ssTATEM1sNr THE CONDITION
.-~~rt,.r~,r..
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,

=
Made to the State of Tennessee.
TINE NAME
At haIt9rai paid NJ