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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-31

nSBQARD OF PUBLIC WORKs, :
No.;.. WAsHINGToS, July %, 1871.
date NO PERSON7WILL BE PRRMifTED re
WATER PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
BY order OF the Board Of Public Works
D2-d IChr.&Rep-l J. M.BR0wN, Sec
hFTHE August CLASSES IN PENMAN
Wy SHIP AND BOOKKEEPING will be gin NJ
the W Washington Business College, MONDAY JuIv
~, at a. m. and y. m Equal advantages TO ladies'
and gentlemen These will be the last SD cla
before the regular opening of all the department. Of
the college, september let - jy2i-tjyN
TATTESTioN KNIGHTS TEMPIAR.
the Sir Knights of COLUMBIA COMMANDERY.
10 are hereby notified that there will be Speciai
Is LOT 9Iill in the new tactics EVERY NON
at O'Clock. ' N'
The Sir knixhtswill rendezvous at the ASYLUM
BY ORDER of Bm Commander II
0zfmu d. I. JONES, Captain General.
0@AT MEETING OF THE BOARD az
S, TRUSTEES FOR COLORED SCHOOLS of
ssningfon and Georgetown, held At Stevens School
Dnalhg on the Eth instant, the following resolution
. Resotred, That all persons desiring positions As
hers In the Coored Schools for the next school
year De requested TO make application In writing
addressed HENRY JOHNSON, ESQ. AZ NJ street
noithwest, President Of the Board of Trustees for
Golored Schools for Washington and Georgetown D.
Z, the sJne 70 be on Ill before August Is ISL
By order Of the Board iy Ia aawlw
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~ sPE CIAL NO TICE

nSsECURITY IN LIFE INSURANCE Being
~ o. the nrst Importance, the NORTHWEST
EkN fof the botter protection Of its policy holders
ehsng red its rate Of to par cent thus AFFORD
ipg an LnPnEeSABIE SECURITY for the payment Of
once SO Seventh street .-'' N'-'''
my0-tf l. Y. KNIGHT. General Agent
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jay Cooke 4 Co. furnish the foIlorins to-d
The New York herald., 1871-07-31
PROPOSALS.

DErAErxESI OF PUBLIC WORKS, % BRoApwxY--
Win asfs .s@ Ss
DER endo" d thereon talso the number Of he xor.'
snt Monday August issi al II o'clock NJ for ths iol.
L for paving wnss. direct. ss-ssn R,v.ns.os and
s ,. +. wa sssa and y0s
For paving kineseenth stTss beswesn seoosd avsaua
is ''.
ssGs sas .1na s1a s.S a"
| the ntersectns streets where required. n
@s
Tor psyns s .s ss..sn
and River With Belgian p.'s%.ns saa .,,Sr
For paving street. sswesa scasS and rs
with Belgian pavement and laying erosswaiks Is
FOR R.vin; Tssy fourth street between Third .v.nas
a the Gin interesting rssc str STREETS wher, reau,red
tieth sres.s wi,h Belgian p.v-,n. laying
fo ss ssas 'G % sAss . S e m,r,..
o1s basement and laying aa"'ts rosswAxs at The mlsr
10 For In s.venlesnsh street. bsswssB Ninth ana
H. FOR In Church street. Canal and Lisp~p-
streets, and Three nth street. be.ween and
sse,s "a f'' avenue 0''"'e" ana
y. FOR sewer in Finy sita street. between srsh and
s5 ss ss,ws,1 and
S FOR rssuhsus Sssas curb ;os, and nssns Forty
...; from Ss S ss'''' ana s''n
s16 o% * Ss.fS 'aa aasn
, S1s es ~ su.s ...s .aa gutter avenue
90 For Regulating sne grading sxtyscven,h stres fron
a. For curb. and nagsns Firysrs, street, between
Blank forms of proPo.sl the sgeelseslous and sres
ent the proper envelopes IN which 10 enclose the bids sns
"'' " ''' 0''-~' O'"' WILLIAM N. TWEED
- . Commissioner oi Public Works.
IL Nos s4s ana IA Broadway,
NEw YosK, July ~, lSll.s
Proposals. FOR DOCK piles enclosed sealed envelope ard
bidder will be receIy,d NV tbi, until Juesav,
the hrs day August al u NJ for fui shns wbs pine
fnes lSto 10 inches 10 diameter buu end % u ~ Tees
Plies Il to ID inches snd. S. 70 20 feet
Pies Il 70 IS inches In diameter u to 90 feet
For term the time OF making The
places required 10y The Department They must be OK
the ees' quality aad a sassis we app'''A ' ~e supe'
Tss Department The rsh, re,eci any all
For further nfornsuon Apply Al the once OF hs Dspsft
WILSON q. HUNT,
RICHARD n. nkNaf, {Gommsaerer-.
wILLIAM WOOD,
J. GRxcULLR kArg Secretary.
SEwBRAGR-SEw HAVEN CONN
~ To contractors.
Seated proposals vii be the ofce Board
Of Road Commssivners until 10 o'clock OF
Angus, n. A. ID. lsl FOR building street.,
.sr street LAUREL ssaie rrunSoli and Prospect streets
800 feet oi main quite, sewer on pie foundation.
Ssco Zee. Of ~ zee, sewer.
$500 feet OF ~ feet sewer.
loo feet Of 3 feet sewer.
sca.on. and blank forms O. prepe... Gao :. sh,.sss
90 agics.,oc !. ,h. ocs Zee Of "a. The a G saiysyo HAO
~ cmARLfS 3. FOWLER, CITY Surveyor
The New York herald., 1871-07-31
MARBLE MANTEI.S.

RUILDERs AND THOSE CONTEMPLATfNa BUILD
- Ing Will do well TO examine large stock OF SLATE
Manteis before purchasing elsewhere PEkRHYN SLATE
COMPANY W Wat btshtecpth street, bsween fthh an6
Si1th avenues
STEwARTs SLATE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ASSORTs
~ ment In the city at lowest prlcss elegant new desgna
=. 3. STEWART CO.,
$40 Sixth av, betwesn rArtv-dnh aud rhir,ysixth ss
The New York herald., 1871-07-31
BILLIARDS.


II -STAEDAkD AMERICAN BILLIARD TABLES
"A l.. unoquAiod for accuracy aud durability and 40
proved y .se s.anE amateurs and professions. players
wards also untque styles for dwelling houses.
PAkI.AN COLLkNDER, 7y8 broadway.
EaOs SALE CuEAP-rIvE PHELAH 4 CoLLKFDERY
American standard Billiard TaDcs, bot little used and
will be sold very cheap Apply 70 y. u hANSEk ~ Cham
bars strast where tables Can bc
The New York herald., 1871-07-31
COAsTwIsE STEAMSHIPS.

COASTWI5E STEAMSHIPS.
pAcIrIc MAIL STEAMSHIP coMrASYs LINZ TO
L CALIFORNIA; Japan and China,
Carrying xaii.' L.. ra..enser. n%r and rr.fsh,
Kingston. Jam,,c. .s SAINT. s.,'hs s and Grsy'0wa
Central america. Peru,
Steamers leave 18th and S,S each month ercsp. whom
those ds.e: fall on SUNDAY, then the The ssy prcyons
eray cave Oier No u North RIVER. a, Il O'clock noon
Ss aS1T II fpop aSsn :. susa s @
gueO Msnxsnio and Maia,lan, and also connecng Tor al
named ports received unit, p NJ Of August Il
Steamer JArAN wl leave san Francisco September for
Of CANA street rect ~''' " eD !. R BABY, Agent
TINTED STATES NAIL TO HAVANA
~ ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
sailing regularly every Thursday at O'Clock p NJ precssy
idsn. q 'T'Sa s....a
For freight or passage S0pi'9y n,vocv pr,..,,,
No Bowling Green.
L sEEChANTs' STEAMSHIP LINE.
EMILY B sOUDER,
Freight aay TSSSars Ts,es given to st. 1eu.
Vieksourg Mobile daiveaon ana Indianola.
.pp1so TkESgEIc % E,l,Sr BnSGs
TEXAS LINE OF GALVESTON STEAMERS TOUCH
The %es err,ySs se United s;,es ss mat II ~
Ess, River; win Leave 90 sunday, August, s.
through bills OF lating given Houston and all points
the Galveston, Houston and Henderson, and X anu q.
Railroad. -
For freight e'Ei;'sf + 1RPRSy e Co. rs, Maiden Lane.
or W. r. CLYDE CO., lls wan street.
EToR NORFOLK, CITY POINT AND RICHMOND.
A. Old Dominion Stea nshIp COMPANY
stesmships Of this line leave pier 81 North river foot OF
For Norfolk. City Point and Richmond. Tuesday Aug
at p. ~, steamship ISAAC BELL connecting with the
Virginia Air line the Seabosrd lnand Air
ne PeersbuS and Weldon Rairoa Chesspsake and ohio
Railroad and Richmond and Danvt1e Railroad. Through
passenger through bills OF adng 81 reduced
70 all poiuta south and Southwest -
Apply onlce pier So al once Of We company l8
0rvenwich strss, corner Of Day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25

The Lynchburg Nirginian nys Mr
Fair was known in thi- community whore
she sOjourncd for some months, during
the summer Of 1869. She bore The name
Of one Of the most brilliant young men
that was ever reared in this vicinity %
man who, without fame. fortune, or even
distinguished connections, went forth
from his Virginia home to seek fortune
in that golden land o. which s0 many
young adventures were attracted. OF
what he did there we know hut little.
except that in an evil hour, be met with
and married the woman who hss made
his name Infamous. III reports De true,
she made his life miserable. and drove
him 10 excuses that shortened his daya.
The other victim the noble, SUFFERING
woman, who bore 30 patiently, for
her childrcn's sake the wicked IniutuaiI1u
and unfaithfullness Of "a maynard hua
band, and IL now condemned % endure
the shame and modification consequent
upon the ignominOus manner of hIs lIlc
and IL tragic end-was also native ol
Virginia The daughter of an Episcopal
clergyman, the Rev. Alex. Jones. who
for many years was Rector OF church
in Jefferson county, and afierWaria Of
st. Pauls, in Richmond, she had worry
different training, and developed into 90
widely different woman from I'D wretch.
ell Jezcbel who had the harlho0d t1
charge the lawful wife of Crttendcn with
an adultrous connection while she claim.
ed 10 sustain 20 the unfortunate man the
true relation Of spouse.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
Tax Pay i'm Hinds-COmmentn
ON Radical ISLANDERS.
From the Kinds County Gazett


The tax-paying business has been going
on in Raymond for thirty days; and during
the entire period the collector has been most
actively employed. and not unfrequently
uutil a late hour in the night. Heavy as
the combined tax is. 1.-TWO or three times
higher than ever before in the history of
the country and levied as it was Con the
part of the State) by strangers to our coun-
try and people. and specially in the inter-
est of that class who pay no taXes-the will
ingness with which the people come for
ward and pay-despite the floods and storms
lis truly extraordinary. 1t seems to us
that no better argument could be presented
in proof of the lawabiding and peace-lov-
ing disposition of the people of Kinds coun-
ty, than is presented in the universal will
ingness displayed to pay, and pay promptly,
the most one-ous tax ever levied upon them,
and at a time of the most widespread inn
poverishment, and in the face of the most
stringent money market ever known in
the country. We question il the people of
any other section of the Union would make
the same effort to pay such a tax, tax lev
led upon them under the circumstances,
and for like purposes. The stamp tax, and
the tax levied upon tea by the mother coun-
try. caused the Yankees to take ND arms
against Great Britain. There was not the
tenth part of the hardship and wrong in the
sstea and stamp tax' that there is in part
OF the tax which the people of Kinds county
are now paying without a murmur-and
get q mongrel Legislature and q corrupt
Congress talk about sAdisl0yalty,n and
lRWlessness, and Ku-Kiux. and pass
their force bills and prepare their military
10 eoerce US TO regard for the laws!
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
Photograph Of "a Model Carpet
bag Judge.
From the Nicksburg Herald.

From the Vicksburg Herald.
Il We lay down the undeniable PROPOSE
zion that no man with a particle Of self
respect, or pride of character, would hold
An office in a community where he is
1espised and loathed by the people, as
avery carpet-bag official Is despised and
Ioathed in Mississippi! We lay down
another proposition equally undeniable,
and that is, that the man destitute of
self-respect is BLACKBOARD and villain.
III follows then, as the night, the day,
chat the creatures sent here from abroad
by Grant, to hold offices, are utterly
unworthy of respect, confidence or trust,
and that those who come here, carpet
bag in hand, to be elected to office by
he negroes, or to be appointed by All
corn, are in the same category, and are
scoundrels all Destitute of decency or
ruth, intellect or courage, they can only
De villains Conspicuous in this class,
Ind the meanest, basest, most degraded
bf all the cowardly, lying dogs, stands
Governor Alcorn's Chancellor of this
district, the Hon. Edwin Hill. Sent to
ATTORNEY for the Northern District of
DllSSlSSlppi, lnlS SpIcuuIu specimen ol
nleanness and mendacity, soon found that
the thieves in the Convention and the
Legislature, had prepared for him, and
such as he, something better than the
=beggarly office Grant had given him. He
changed his base from Oxford to Column
|bus: "prospected" there for couple of
sdavs, and rushed off to jackson, as an
applicant for the chancellorship of
Lowndes county, That position having
been disposed of, our Jeems, always de-
|termined to furnish Vicksburg with the
meanest carpet-bag scoundrels to be
found, appointed Hill, Chancellor of the
district composed of Warren and Issa-
quena counties.
Since his advent here he has earned
the contempt of the entire community.
He has been the constant associate, COM
panion, and manipulation of negroes, and
now he has sunk to the degraded position
of editor of the Vicksburg Times and
Republican Through the columns of
this thieves organ, he daily Whites and
ISLANDERS our people. and then takes his
seat ON the bench and adjudicates upon
their dearest rights! Instead of being
in the penitentiary, this cowardly mis-
creant occupies the position of Judge.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
MY CASTLES.

bmes and minarets aud towers
furrets which can kiss the sky,
epttoes cool, and leafy bowers
clad in buds that never die,
.ese. and beauties twice as fair,
Ack my castles in the air.
hcks Of clouds. all bright and golden,
Hover round their shadowy walls;
Pains and voices, sweet and olden-
Fcho through those spectral nails,
10 an angel fingers where
Bat my castles ia the air.
II at sunset as ponder
Der the glOries in the West
III my restless spirits wander
Var and wide in search OF rest
hgels whisper, '-See, It's there
NS0a castles in the air.
IA when I approach them nearer,
Md their beauties fam would clasp
Btber more distinct or clearer,
fven they elude my grasp.
Hd turn ia sad dispair
|bn NV castles IN the air.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25

A Chautauqua county correspondent re-
veals some particulars of the early life OF
Ozro A. Hadley, the new Radical Governor
of Arkansas, vice Clapton: Having COM
mitted a crime which rendered him liable to
sheriff of Chautauqua county, and thus eva
ding justice fed with his family TO Roches-
ter, Mimi. Here he disgraced a girl and
was a second time compelled to beat a hasty
retreat. From Minnesota he went 20 Ar
now see him elected Governor by some leg
erdemain trick In Arkansas pollIics.S-N,
Y. Democrat.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25

Senator Ames, OF Mississippi received a
dispatch that colored school-hOuse had
been burned In that State. and. after con-
sulting over It with his father-in-law, the
dispatch Indicated that forty negro school
houses had been burned within a few weeks.
This shows how energy and talent can inn
prove on the dispatches Of an ordinary
telegraph operator. The two men should
be employed by the Associated Press.-N.
u. Democrat.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
MCKEE, Committee.
BoYCE,
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, !
Oxford. Nav G, 1871.

UNIVERSITY OF MI.SlSSlPPI.
Oxford, May 6, 1871. !
Messrs. Watkins, Mckie, and Boyce-
Gentlemen: Accept my hearts deep graft
tude for the Kind wishes and my warm 1p-
probation of the high compliment, con-
tanned in your note requesting for publ
cation copy Off address on our anniver-
sary day. l herewith place the humble
effort at your disposal. In it are senti-
ments which lire in my heart, and which
shall be embodied in my life's career. Let
me acknowledge my great Indebtedness to
TIE loved Phi Sigma-my mother-for any
noble principles that may be herein mani
tested. Through you. let me thank my fell
lOwmem bers for the honor conferred upon
me. In the battlefield of life where the
fight is thickest my crest shall be ever seen
and il beam of honor gIld it the glow shall
be reflected upon our Society's fair escutch-
con. Your prosperity, gentlemen, is my
heartfelt wish.
May the smile of fortune ever attend our
Society; may the sun of glory shine around
her head; and may the gates of honor and
happiness ever be open to all her members.
am sincerely yours in fraternal bonds.
j. w. Finn.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25

Our members Of Congress were born
as follows;
Ames, in Rockland, Maine General
Barry, in New York Mckee, in Joliet,
Illinois, and Perez, In Buffalo. New
York. They eli live great way FROM
home.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
The Tnx Pnyer- Aroused.
NyEsrIGArNo mn rEcrLAroH9

A large meeting Of the oppressed Hud out-
ragged taxpayers of LOwndcs county wts
held yesterday.
The object Of the meeting was to mako
inquiry into the character OF thc outray c0us
taxation which has been Imposed upon rhe
county and city, and 20 devise some means
Of protection against a. NJ 10 should be
found illegal and fraudulent.
Able-and angry-speeches were made by
a number Of gentlemen. and che best aud
only step practicable was taken by appoint
ing committee Of responsible citlzcna %
investigate the books aud records in the
Sherih7s, the Supervisor and huperntcn-
dents Offices, and 10 report % g called meet
Ing a. soon a. they are propared.-COlum-
bus Index.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
The Aberdeen Examiner accompanies
lc letter Of Higgins in reply to Gov.

Dc letter of Higgins in reply to Gov.
Alcorn, with the following comment:
How does the Governor relish the idea
81 being accused of lying by the subordin-
afe of one of his stati-IIe possesses the
rDwer to remove District Attorney, Sher-
e and Municipal authorities, yet it
Gems that he may he snubbed with inn
unity and inSultcd without fear, by the
0etty and Insignificant minions of the crea-
orc Pease.
e Circuit Clerks, Chancery Clerks, Sherifls,
Ereasurers, Supervisors, District Attorneys,
MAYORS. Aldermen, Marshals, Constabes
nd Coroners, must all treat the Executive
#ith becoming respect, or of comes their
leads; yet any garulous miscreant who
4olds an appointment from his ''migntness'
DC State Superintendent of Education, is
Iedged by "a divinity" that is impenetrable
ID executive bulls of accommodation.
II | were not Alexander | would be Do
Rnes" was the exclamation of the wine
EIbbing Macedonian, rs he looked upon the
zithy habitant of Il tub 4; ''If | was not Al
aDrn the Governor, | would be Huggins the
County School superintendent may well
Do the remark of the humbled Executive of
Dis Commonwealth, as he reads the fol-
Owing epiStle, and gulps down the 'lie"
bat Is not even sugar-coated when pre-
8cribed we'll if AlcOrn can endure il, and
feliShes il, the rest of us should be content.
Monroe county has been forced to endure
Ehe arrogance of this minion of power, un-
si few IudiScreet men were goaded into
hiking the law in their own hands, or rath
er, into in1licting punishment, without trial,
for what was nOt-technically Speaking-a
Crime and. if elated by past success he now
Undertakes to tweak the Governors nose,
and spit i'm his face, AlCOrn can seek COM
fort and consolation in his Bible and hymn
book. which constitute, il seems, the only
elegal refuge for his people in these times.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
VOL, XXXIV--NO. %.
LITERARY ADDRESS.
PHI SIGMA HALL
Nav 6. IS7IA

PHI SIGMA HALL
May 8, 1S7lS
Mr.. j. W. FLISN-Dear Sir: 1t is in ae-
cordance with no universal custom, no for
NAL ceremony, but at the special request of
the members of our Society, which you so
nobly represented on last Anniversary oc-
casion, that we tender our sincere gratitude
for the most excellent Grafton, as eloquent
ly delivered by yOu-one of Phi Sigma's
most able and dutifnl SOS. We are proud
anG happy that you acquitted yourself So
tably-refecting honor upon both the
character and members of our beloved So
ciety-and knowing that an address full of
such beautiful thought and sentiment will
he perused with great interest throughout
our land, and as a poor manifestation of our
appreciation of your effort we hereby re-
quest a copy of the same for publication
With many wishes for the success and per-
petual happiness of him who is one of Phi
Signals champions, and who has ever so
nobly defended her honor, sustained her
cause, and upheld her banner.
We are most lraternally yours,
MckT, Committee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.


Ah, here it j. that dear old place,
Il Unchanged through all these years,
How like some sweet familiar face
Nv childhood's home appears!
AThe grand old trees beside the door
still spread their branches wide,
AThe river wanders as OF yore,
With sweetly murmuring tide;
'The distant hills look green and gray,
RThe flowers are blooming wild,
And everything looks glad to-day.
As when | was child.
|Iegai dless how the years have flown,
Half wondering | stand,
Ii catch no fond, endearing tone,
| clasp no friendly hand;
II think my mothers smile to meet
list my fathers call,
II pause 10 hear my brothers feet
Come bounding through the hall;
HBut silence all around me relgns,
\ chill creeps through my heart
NO trace Of those | love remains,
And tears uubidden start.
What though the sunbeams fall as fair,
What though the budding flowers
Still shed their fragrance on the air,
Within life's golden hours?
|The loving ones that clustered here
These walls may not restore;
n oices that filed my youthful ear
VIII greet my soul no more.
a-And yet / quit the dear old place
with slow and lingering tread,
As when we kiss a clay-cold face,
And leave it with the dead.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25
GRAFTON.

Deferred on The 22d Anniversary Of the Phi
Sigma Society, University OF Mississippi,
May ), 1871, By John William Fttln, Of
Marshall County, Mss.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-11

offer 10 double its capacity provided the
Board OF Supervisors would agree TO
thereafter exempt il from taxation. What
answer, as a matter OF consistency and
Justice, must the Board return to such an
application; Could il say nay? Could
il make fish of one and flesh ul another :
And, il it could not, who would finally
pay the taxes, us one after another OF our
large concerns retired from the lisI Of
tax payers' In time the entire capital
Of the city might seek and obtain cNemp'
ton, and we should at lasi be forced
to collect our revenues from The
labor of the city. Such policy would
afford about as good an excuse for organ
ling a branch 81 the Paris Commune, or
n chanter Of the international Society, in
our midst as any that We can think Of Ii
would be carrying out TO the letter that
passage of Scripture which says in sub.
stance, that TO him that hath, more shall
be given, but from him that hath not,
shall be taken away even that which he
hath :" and it certainly would be wresL'
ing the Interpretation Of the passage To-
our own utter destruction in the end.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-11
The Proposed Exemption from Taxa.
tlaa

The proposed exemption Of the Bali.
more & Ohio railroad from all past, pres.
ent and future taxes by the county Is a
question of such serious import to our
interests that we should turn II over
very searchingly in our minds before de.
Gliding in its favor The company proposes
70 spend a hundred thousand dollars in
the way of extending its present work.
shops in Wheeling, provided the Board of
supervisors will remit all taxes now due
and In litigation, and, in addition, all
attempts At future taxation. The Ques.
tons are, first, Is this expenditure an
equivalent to the county for such mn ex.
emption as the Company asks for; and,
second, supposing, that il is such an
equivalent, has the Board Of Supervisors
any power to enter into such contract?
Our opinion Is decidedly in the negative
In both instances. And were we even OF the
opinion that as a mere business operation
II would pay us TO grant such an exemp.
ton in this single case. Yet we should
ieel that very dangerous precedent had
been established in our midst. For in.
stance, suppose that any large concern in
the city, say one of the Nail Mills, should