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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
The sir Limo Railroad.

Whatever relates to this great thorough.
fare, cnnnot fail to interest our readers =.
From all VIC can learn, the work is being
pushed forward with unusual energy from
both tcrmin|. The Ais' Line Eny1e, of the
goth January, contains the following gry!iIy
ing report Of the work on the Georgia end :
eve are r!cnscd 10 note The rapid progress
being made in the constructions Of this road
The track is now laid and the cars running
to Suwanncc, and rs soon as tho bridge is pit
up, which will be done in itw GAYS,
the work OF laying the track will BE- pushed
forward with tho utmost viror Tho gradin.
is about IiniShc,! 10 liig Greek ten niles from
here, and is three. tnut,hs done from tlat
point to this place. The iron to l.y track to
Gainesville has all been rN: chased, 80 It will
be seen that the titlc is close MT land when
the snri!l whistle Of the iron horse will bu
rcverbcratins in uur valley"
The Grecaville Enterprise, writing on The
samc subject, says ave heard gentleman
of high character officially connected with
the AIRLINE Railroad, say on Monday, that
the road would he flushed from Charlotte,
Il. G., to Grccnvi!lc in IS months from this
time The contracts for grading the road
arc already taken. In the course Of ~ fcy
weeks tho work will begin between Grecnvilio
and Spnrtnnburg The prospects Of Green.
villo onnouroging. Ti,cr- -yi!. Us; r.;.i;siiy
increasing population and trade, and rising in
the value Of lots aud lands in the entire vi
cinity and county"
In tic gNp from Crccnvilc, S. G., to
G; svlllc, Ga, The route has not been lcca
ted. Anderson, Tcnd'cton, pcrrgvilu and
Wall,nlla cach anxiously expect the crossing
We have been promised survey by Wollalla
and re hops, when il is begun, all our eli
zcns will be ready to aid the engineers i,
fading the best route from this point to Green
vile. The Road would DC Of great value t,
us, and we should leave no stone unturnej t,
secure it by Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
Taxes.

The collection Of taxes in this County is
progressing slowly, a sure indication of the
scarcity Of money and the suffering Which
must ensue from the enforcement of the
present rate. Tho little aocumulation or sur
plus stock and produce gathered since the
war was sacrificed by many to meet tho bur
densomc taxation of 1869 aud 1870 With
a heavier rate than ever for the present year,
our people must suffer, The tax levied on
the renl anu personal property of this County
foots up the enormous SUN Of twenty five
thousand seven hundred aud cighty-ninc dol
lars and ffty-cight cents, (S25,7S9 S.)-
This is exclusive Of the poll tax and the tax
on railroad property in tho county. Where
is this money to conc from? 1t can comc
only from tho sacrifice Of tho property Of
many Of our citizens. AS proof of this we
cite the collections of the County Treasurer
to the present timo. The books we're opened
on the 18th Of January, and up to the night
os,t..,5 18th ;netant, on!y fcHr thousand two
hundred, and sixty.nine dollars and ninety
cents (Sf,260.90) property .az had been col
lected, and ono hundred and ninety four dol
lars poll tax. The books will be closed on
the 1st Of March next, unless the time be cx
tended. This should be done, and VIC hope
will be done. There is no opposition to pay
ing on the part Of our people, but they srt
really unable. Give thom time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
The Town Council,

Of Walhalla, has published an Ordinance
to raise supplies for the year 1871, and for
other purposes. 1t begins by lcvying a tax
ofIhItcon cents on.evcry ono hundred dollars
worth of property, and goes on with taxes,
fines, penalties, Suggestions and reminders to
the ond of the chapter, Tho tax is small,
but is it necessary? Towhat purpose will il
be applied? We own but litlo town prop.
erty and possess no complaining spirit, but
wo ask tho Council to pauso aud reflect ba
toro adding anything to anaircaay tax ridden
people. DO you want to dig sowc more NOR
tar psnds, or have wo not mud in abundance Z
Tho shade trees along many o! The sidewalks
have their roots exposed By digging. Tho
sidewalks arc several feet above tho road, and
in few years, if continued, We will look ~
from the soad ut houses Inaccessible excart
by prccarous foo,way. Apart from tha,
What need is there for taxing the citizens p
The town can muster over one hundred hands
liable for duty. These, working ten days
oach, would give US 1000 to 1900 days
work, or enable us to hire four hands for one
year. Would not this be enough of labor?
Last year, tho Council expended nearly $500.
For funds for the prcaout ycar, thcy huye,
first, three iconses, $3.50 each, making $3.50,
cash on band, S163.5S, and counting The
same awount from shows and fines as vas re-
allied last ycar,-s575 50,-and they have,
without further taxation, sG71O3. Why
sax the citizens this hard year? We cay, if
strictly enforced, the present Ordinance will
rcalizo from $1,000 to $500 There was
enough of folly md pine logo last year, and
what is now i'll store to swallow up the labor
and money thus levied, wc cauuot conceive.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
The War in Europa.

France has held her elections for an AS.
sembly TO- discuss terms Of peace with Germa.
ny. It is hoped this will be Elected
4 GAMBETTA has been rcn,oycd-ARAdo ap-
pointed Minister of the Interior in his stead.
I This is regarded as movement favorable to
& peace, and as an expression of tho desire
q of the French for peace on any honorable
4 terms. The correspondent of the New York
S S. Herald states that the terms demanded by
u the German Empire, as the conditions Of
1, peace, are thought to DO substantially, as
follows '2''f 95} III '.,1. +
,tS THE TER Ms s--.ALsAcE AND FART OF LonRAINE
~ Il Tho following arc the conditions which,
ls sitter mature consideration, meet with the
approval of the German authorities -
b2rst--lThe cessionSof tho whole Of Alsace
u and sixty German square miles of Lorraine,
(which consists of437 square miles, including
Il the fortress Of Metz. Il.
n esss3 3lSecop d. The payment of the sum of one
.t5and half milliard francs for The expenses
;" the war, thirty mil lions for captured Cor.
ONmah ,ahips, and forty millions as; indemnity
FaHt tho losses sustained by German work men,
Clerks and small industrials who havo been
lecssAsn altad from Franco.
onas "A certain rente Of d few millions
:, paid for limited time to the Germans
NJ ~ 1 have boon Crippled or MANNED or made
'ave'3' r: e' slapi hans q by " tho varap i
. In aTsranoethe cattle plague has bro.
,p aSaS II oasahaa are dying asily. Tie
o olsSrSis Assembly ySreoehty elected has Assem-.
i lEd ae gf136fieaux !. The French are. Il l.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
Taxes.

IL, We arc requested to call attention to the
fact, that tho time for the payment Of taxes
will expire on tue first Of March, After that
time, the penalty of 20 per ceut will be add
Cd. Pay promptly and save the 20 per cent
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
The Report of the Committee on Education,
to tho 0coIee Agricultural Sookty.

e''>o 30 Ao"''''"i ''0P'y'
A' '''"S''t u "'.'''' ''.'s earth' any tho Vas1
"''''o'S' 20 io'"e"' ""a 'ne laws fnhereht
ehahate o'fect'y from the Creator
All th"t Is true ana ueoiui, IN thf clvl'isa-
ton Which VIC possess IS derived fbm what
we know OF theao facts, and laws, n! else is
I false ana ophemeral'
nc o'asslnc"t'on, systcnlatia'ng, atd ofdaln'
ing o. our kno"iedso o., theso facts, and laws,
's s'lcnco' whioh a'ds rs to use thpm to our
'"v"n'ase' and technical science IS making
PS"ct'oa' 'hNt "hich is possible tothc mind.
Inc world 'a tending in this dineticn, and
'''oSe VINO are relatively advanoed,o' possessed
OF move OF TINS knowledge are etro1g, prosper
o"S' ana hapPy.S'mpy because n'pIe Is reveal
CD 10 'hnm' or IN tho language OF lho world,
'hey nave toa large amount the endorsement
OF the Creator.
AH cofol''fy &c these pnstu"es, VIC can
instance no'h'nH STRONGER than the result
mus tar' OF pend'''H var bct"ceha'rancc and
russia Inc Capitalization OF france makes
everything suoosainato TO fafis, leaving the
'eSt OF the nation, especially the lower GLASS,
'S' IN comparative ignorance, "hAst Germany
SHOWS tho advantage OF universal d'h"A'"" OF
'''''''''' ""o"'cos''' 'SS"'''s'1 20 s'sehS'''
"o"Po,'y '"o P'"o'
s',em'' - .ao "'e''s"fo y +" u'.'''''
'''''"s '''"' w" S''' "''''''o''
- ''c"''e,' "''"'o"S'o P''F'e vans '.o
S'PV,''.' '".'' 'S'''.'0S uo'e'olM,'' w" '"'''
P'P''"''o' i'ci''sc"' hlt"c' a'' h's'o'y Is
na fault or 1t Is proved that no nation grows
rich which is solely dependent ,pon staple.
We need not 90 far for tho ycriGtatiou Of thi,.
nron,.;.;oo
'o''''' ''Ps' '"o means " "Vo'"F''S"'
lnS' at once what 1t requires centuries to ar
rive at, when We arc left to grore through the
"'sn' '' experiment. without her u"cFf'''s
g",aa''oo' =
With these promises, the condition Of our
State can not TO misunderstood, and without
a chonro. its f,turc NAV bc ,to,,c,cd win,
e,I ~. r,:. t..,,,
r" '"I' "'''' "s'pp"'''"' ''"''
'''''S' "c'' ""'o""'eo'F serve ''Sss1i purposes,
Dat 'hcy arc lar from beng sutllt'ent. Moth
ing short Of sric,ce, and SCIENCE nprl;cd to
ihc arts, will avail 70 ropsc ne rn,n, ,,a
=, ;., ,,,. w ,.,l
~. P''f''a' PO''''''
o'"e' '"' c''"'!Fel c'hc'''op o' our conh'
NY we hceo, nj" n''ss nave, olhcr sancA'nS%
such teachings as arc ct utiliiarian nature
aud suited TO tic wants Of tho prop!n and The
,o,cs Tcschirys th,, w;l, ;h,cr ,,,n o,l
49, -
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17

Hea- We regret TO learn that Mr.. HENRY
CAMpsE of Charleston, died iH.that city on
the 18th instant
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
Pickons Advertisements.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
4 keRas Coa,Easy,. Il
81 INPROBATEsCOUR
Z. B. Alexander. ct a..

+. B. A'oSnndor, et"'., !. Petition
Minerva Bllipgaly, ct al. }r Sale, SO.
TIT appearing to my satisfaction that Miner.
IL yn BillinGsly Eli$hboth Isillingsly and Car-
olnc Alexander, Defendants in this case; rc.'1
sido from aud hcyoud tho limits of this State
On motion of Eaalcy, Mcl3eo & llolconbe, pro
pet,
ltis ordered. That tho absent defendants do
appear, anil ploaa, answer or dcmur to Com
plninan,'s said Petition within forty DAYS aftor
publication hcre6f Or the same will be takon
pro coltsSSo ns to them.
|. II. Pl1lLPoT, J.p.ro.
.. Probate Office, Fob. H. 1871 l7-6.-
Printc"s rse, Hl0o0]
THE SNATE OF SOUEH CA8O!IMA,
plcKESs couHrY-cIrArIoN
WW IIEnEAS, w. y. Lesley. has made suit
tome, to grant hiw Letters Of Atl,u;nis.
tra'ion on the Estate and ELECTS of Bnylis
Frccmdn late decea&ca- A.
On III, ion Of .Goodlett, pro pet these are
therefore to'citc and ]admonisu all and sipgu-
lar tho kindred and creditors Of the said Haylis
freeman. deceased that they be aud appear
before me on the 25th day Of February, in.
ssnht, az 10 O'clock in the forenoua, to shew
cause, 1t ANY they have Why tho said Admn-
istra'iou ahnnii not,be granted
Given s,r,ler NY hand this the 4ih ,loy of
February, X. D.. 1871.
Feb, TO- 1871 l6 3
Printers fec IS
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17

Wy" 'o'''''0"' '"".''"''o"s' @
'Ace us nope tIat some day, not lar distant,
sno ABi'c"'t"'ai Departmeht or inc United
states, may Dccomo vast polytechnic col.
le@o' %hlch IKE inc sun may dispense light
thsongnnut Tue iahd. we nave military and
naval schools, to teach tho arts OF defence
ana destruction, whist tho arts OF production,
ana 'Ho caro- Tor and deVrlopemont OF our
uhequAs'ea natural quits, have been lett TO
chance aud ignorance
Before the r'IGn OF, Peter the Groat, Rus,
sla was barD"rous nal,on. lie, rs is vol
hnown, worked ncoSnio III the ship yards Of
S"rda, IN Holland, whose navy was the most
powerful at ',nt time The Knowledge thus
acquired, ena"'Hd Inn to found 'hn Russian
navy now, th'NSn rcfhHn' not 'hn lHr@cSt
one - tho most ril'at'v" IL INC world,
IL 's wei known that h"sSin has founded,
l'u o"friNU 20 hlS"cr degree "I Rfrfe"Npn,
,hS5''n',oha Tor 'he diffusion OF technical
N.ho%i"aT"' among lcf pcop'', aud III N'"por,
'''h 10 'lnt "''l".!oh is "he bcenml'& pros
H'I"us """ p""cs"'.
'", ''"'"''oas , "''''''S' ""'ch even III '''
;n,. n,", 'nr 1o"'ma'., ,'o o'.'al'1 e""
pn , n, y" XII. :.' ~, AZ" '"''"o'''
a., $50 .. tn''" "'''' t'''.'
oomnn,. y.u %.,.n; e"I,'',1.'; n' .I; ""' ','n"
ol,;li s,,,,a; o.,an1 ".ha.L no w. ~" I,,s
70 r,,"n, .,., nr,,'. h,, .o;'' w" W On
t;Gna liz, hn bos ,nn,,,.o1 ,,,a r,,l
of rluc,,:nn cn,,S;S"nn5 :, -.
BON rl1,,,,".,,t>si;,, IN l., ~ 49,, -.
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s.h,un,s nr,yi,l.1 ,hnv oht,;, ~, r.1,,;ro}
nu,uDt IF c}u,,,i,, NJ ;. .n,,il ..,,,,J ,,r
ihcir omn,n,.c... ,,1 ,,.,<.r,,,.a .,,;,l !
= I
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17

nsa- Judge BOND, of tho U. s. Circuit
Court, in Charleston, holds that credits made
on :ante-war bonds in Confederate currency
should be sealed to their rcal value
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17

Ng- VIM. G. LEE, Esq, has been appointed
Trial Justice for Oconeo County, thus COM
plotting the number for this county.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17

p@- We arc indebted to our representa-.
tive, ]. J.. SHANKL1N, for legislative favors.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17

| ntntn 1,, r,, AL
III 'a"a -: ,, P"'po'o''
.,oah., '".om, w. .ss, ,,.: ny" enouu o,ou..co
snrrvos;n, eIn,al;,' ..a.;,,a.,,.' iNa:.' l".
rs IN, X iI',a;n. y T,??n.ai .,'a A.:5
,.o,i',,.,, n,,I, ,,a.o,. ~ '''''c'o'
cSs ss' oy,,,mic 'hn,n;yirv 49,; s;",,I.
rol yn,J,.,v ,ool,.ioo;a,l 49, .!o'i ~
'''c'"'e' la'n, . "'co"n'lnS' f"!ai economy ana
..ins,r,,a,;,,, ,.,,.,,,lj ha ';,,a;,
and pI,ys;n)orv. tho nature. instincts and hnb.
its of animals, insects, trees and plants; their
laws OF propagation, disease and health, or
a"' n"t"''' t"'nioS'''o', "oaP,auoh an" re-
1,n,lility nr,snyyn,ion n.,t,cf;,m ann,,'rs
lion cost ,tc and manufactures of Il, ,,,,or
al, &c .., 49,, ... :, 49,. =. II.
manual economy (or the saving Of labor Of
lrnc thorv ,na ,.t - ,,nrn,!,;,,, ,,,l ,,'tr'
I',;', ~ -, :, :'''u ~, e'n'.'" c' ~.
VI ~ '''"', :, ny" III '"c S'"'''
,"' '.'"''Y' ,"e "''op a"a 'ae '"ru' on hook
Mcc!''E ana "ccounts, a"u' IN snort III uli
'h"Se Sth"i,s aha sciences ot Whatever sort
whirh tends to tilfow itght upon any art or
employment Which any Giuhnnt nay desire to
| master; or npnn any duty he may he called
upon to perform; or which mag tend to Sc.
euro his mo,nI aiyil. social norsection .a
man"
,,,,,,n,ts 'e'" - "'' ''''' ~
..; J., ,
',,','.' '",',"N:''' ~ .'c''f'S' ana oeheF|'S'
m'"a'@ oSS'h mostly !" the coi'er mouths OF
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-17
Gtls;,sS :5o;tIoJnout.

6hN WEDNESDAY, the l2'h i.y of April,
~ l37l application wi Lc .s.at4 b. .i.c an
'lHc4i.;neA !"5 z. Den1; hsp., Judge Of Pro.
ha,n, - Tnha'la. 81 l,,,, 10 make :. final
sctt'Sneu' OF !hs tIu.e Of ZArU.tKIAH
ilAhL. Senior; nnd 70 l." Discharged! there
'irH'n ~ is'i,nin',iE"tor H> bu..ca wili te
rcu1irel TO c..,ne forward ou tina, Ia, ana ac
co0nt fer nd, uncprn.ng i:.a,ip n tSac,.l
j.. !! NORTON, .<dm'r.
Feb. 10. 1871 iaa III
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-07
Support Your Home Newspaper.


This is the season of the year. when
the large city newspaper and magazine
publishers are sending out their pros
pectuses into the country, and every
postofice is flooded with ssgreat in
ducements" to subscribers for this ard
that periodical. This is all right,
provided you do not lose sight of the
fnct that you have a newspaper near
cr your own door that is a hundred
times more closely identified with
your prosperity, and more sincerely
interested in the welfare of your own
neighborbOod and county, than all
the ely publications combined A
cotemporary- says on the subject =
Do the city papers say anything in
regard to your own county? Moth
ing. Do they contain notices of your
schools, churches, meetings, improve
mepts, and hundreds Of other local
matters of interest, which the county
papers publish without pay? Not an
item Do they ever say word cal
culated to draw attention to our com
ty and its numerous thriving towns,
and aid in their progress and enter
prise? Not a line. And yet there
are men who take such contracted
views of the matter that, unless they
are getting as many square inches oi
reading matter in their county paper
as they do in a city paper, they think
they are not getting the worth of theil
money. 1t reminds us of the person
who took the largest pair of boots il
the box because they cost the same a:
the pair much smaller which fit.-Con
neautUtUe Courier and Record.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-07
Faith-uIustrated.

John Henry Douglas, a member of
the FRIENDS Sunday School Confer
ence, recently held at Wilmington, in
this State, in some remarks in relation
to the mode of giving instructions,
gives the following as an illustration
of the manner in which singular i'm
pressions are frequently made on the
minds of children in Sabbath Schools.
We clip it from the Wilmington Jour
nal of last week:
"One of the great needs was simple
ity, being natural and real. We do
not want foolishness and fiippancy.-
Some teachers have a fiippant way o1
illustrating a great truth. A Superin-
tendent once illustrated to his class
what simple thing was faith. Said he,
'As l came along the street l saw q
monkey climbing a liberty pole. Dc
YOU believe itT Yes, yes just
because say so p Yes We'll, thai
is faith On the next Sabbath he said
What did we talk about last Sabbath
Faith, was it? Yes We'll, my son
can you tell me what faith is?' Yes
it's monkey climbing liberty pole. -
We wonder whether any of our
Washington Sunday School Scholar:
have been led into the error of believ
ing that faith is u monkey climbing :
liberty-pole?
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-07

The Pacific Railroad is completely
blocked by snow.
There are three towns in Massachu
setts over sixty years old which never
have had a building burned down.
Chicago employed six hundred prin-
ters before the fire, but will get along
with two hundred this winter.
The coal-felds of West Virginia
embrace an area of fifteen thousand
square miles, or about three times the
coal area of Great Britain.
There is now living in Williamson,
VT, a lady, aged eighty-four year ,
who has had thirty three children OF
her own. She has been three times
married.
The Southern Claims Commission
will report on next Monday. The
cases thus far presented amount tO
81,6OO,00O, which were reduced tc
less than half a million.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-07
The CHICAGO fire is not the most

- The Chicago fire is not the most
fearful disaster of the present year
The Chinese foods, of which we have
had brief accounts, submerged 10000
sluaIe miles of territory, an area ex-
ceeding that of one-third of England
and Wales. When the fact of the ex-
tremely dense population of China is
taken into consideration, the appalling
nature of the catastrophe will better
be appreciated The flood occurred
in the northern part of the empire, and
was occasioned by the breaking Of the
banks of river. When the first break
occurred, the people might perhaps
have stopped it. but instead of setting
the people at work, the officials went
to sacrefice to Yuen Shen, a fabulous
tortoise or fish, who is supposed to
control the waters. When their devo-
tions were trough, the damage was
past remedy.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-07
The Presidents Message.

The third annual message of Presi-
dent Grant, delivered to Congress on
Monday, came to us in Tuesday morn
ing's Cincinnati Gazette. We can
give the readers of the Herald a good
understanding of the Presidents rec
omendations TO Congress by extract
ing a few paragraphs from the Gazette
of Tuesday morning, as follows:
Its chief points of policy are, reduc-
ton OF taxation, mitigation of the tar
iff, civil service reform, and universal
amnesty All these will be popular,
and will also be approved by reason.
It was we'll to show that we would
carry the debt, and could enter upon
the course of reducing it. 1t is well,
now, and furthermore, it is imperative
ly necessary to give our industries re
lief from excessive taxation, and to
make the burden oil the debt lighter by
enlarging the basis of productive in
dustry which has to support it. Ev-
cry tax, place it how we may, diffuses
itself over the cost of living, which is
the cost of production, and this Grip,
pies industry, and makes it unable to
compete with that of other countries.
Although the volume of trade for sew
eral years past has been large, yet the
productive industries generally find a
lack ofjust profits.
1t is recommended, first, to strike
from the internal excise all but the
taxes on spirits, beer, and tobacco
This will strike out the following tax
es; banks and bankers, gross receipts,
income, legacies, SUGGESTIONS, pass
ports, gas, some special taxes, and
some other taxes not easily classified
The taxes on banks and bankers ant
on incomes are the largest items. The
revenue can spare these.
It is recommended to modify thu
tariff by adding to the. free list sucI
articles as are not produced at home
and that produce very little revenue
In the way of drugs, medicines, dy'
stuffs, essential oils, and other arti
cles that will come under the descrip
tion, there is q large list of article
that cumber the tariff, increase tn
customs establishment, and opprcs
the consumers without producin!
"a
hundreds of articles of this sort tha
should be put in the free list.
1t is recommended that the furthe
reduction which shall be consisten
with revenue shall be made on thos
articles on which taxes can be reducet
without disturbing home production
or reducing the wages of American
labor.
Every American laborer is q con
sumer. Nearly all his wages go t
pay his consumption, Every additio
to the prices of the articles he cor
cumes, by taxation, abstracts fror
his wages. Every reduction of til
cost of his consumption makes h
wages go further. And, besides, tht
rule strikes at the root of that perm
cious adjustment of our tariff by whic
the greater industries are crippled fc
the benefit OF the lesser and ruder-
The President has clearly recognize
the popular demand for a reform
our tariff.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-07
A SwindIer.

The Columbus correspondent of the
Cincinnati Chronicle writing on Sat
-uFday says:
During the past week spruce
looking fellow has been visiting among
the farmers in this county represent
ing himself as an agent for the grand
lottery scheme to be drawn at Zanes-
vile on Dec. 1st. He did good bust
ness in several townships. The fellow
gave his name as j. D. Miller; said he
was employed at the express office in
this city, and was agent of this grand
lottery. He gave no ticke is, but sim
ply receipt as follows: "Received
payment of ten dollars to the firm Of
Stella and Bulls, of Zaneseille, due
December 1, 1871; received November
% of ----, paid cash, ten dollars !;
redeemable ten dollars and fifty cents.
j. d. Miller, Agent" Notwithstand-
ing the thinness of the game, the ras-
cal defrauded a number of honest
farmers. He has flown to pastures
anew.