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4634
TN THE COURT OF THE
L UNITEDSTATES for the Eastern District of

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 UNITED STATES for the Eastern Districto Of
Virginia.
In the matter of William B. Wilson, Jr., bank
rupi--in bankruptcy. .
To Whom 1t May Concern THE undersigned,
J. +. Fitzgerald of Prince Edward county Va,
hereby gives notice of his appointment as
assignee of the estate of William b. Wilson ,Jr,pf
Dinwiddte county, in said district, who was.
on the 18th day of Sept, A. ID. 1872, a~djudged
a bankrupt on his own petition by the District
Court of said district.
Dated Richmond. Oct. 10, 1872.
oc so-W3w Up FITZGERALD. Assignee.
IN THE DISTRICT COUHI OF THE UNI.
l TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia.
In the matter of Benz. I'd. Francisco, bank.
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va this Sth day Of October,
70 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please take notice, that o petition has been pre-
sented to the Hon. John G.. Underwood, judge Of
the said District Court, In Bankruptcy, by
William II. Aliderdice, assignee of the estate of
said bankrupt, to sell the real estate belonging
TO said bankrupt, free from all liens and encum
branc-s thereon.
This Is to give notice to all persons interested,
that In terms Of said petition an order has been
issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all persons
before Register W. W. Forbes, at his office in
the city of Richmond, ON the .26th day of Octo-
Der, 1872, ut 10 o'clock A. r., and show cause,
T any they have why such order should not
VIM. II. ALLDERDICE,
oc q -Tu2w Assignee.
IN III DISTRICT CUURT UF THE UNI.
J. TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia.
In the matter OF Thomas L. Morton, bank.
rupt--in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this sth day of Oct'r, 1872.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please take notice, that q petition has been pre-
sented to the Hon. John @. Underwood, judge OF
said District Court, in Bankruptcy, by VIM. H.
Allderdice, assignee of the estate Of said bank
rupt, TO sell the real estate belonging to said bnnk.
rupt, free from all liens and encumbrances there
on.
This Is to give notice TO al persons interested,
that in the terms of said petition an order has
been Issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all per-
sons who may be interested in said estate, to ap-
pear before W. W. Forbes, Register, at his office.
In the said city Of Richmond, on the 29th day Of
october, 1872, at 10 o'clock "A. M, and show
cause, If any they have, why such order should
not be granted.
WIN. II. ALLDRRDICE,
oc T-Th2w Asslgnas.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
lTED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-

TN DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
lTED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
gInia.
lin bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this sth day of October,
1872.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Ilease take notice, that L petition has been
presented to the Hon John O.. Underwood, Judge
of said District Court in Bankruptcy, by Vim.
H. Allderdice, assignee of the estate of said
said bankrupt, free from all liens and encum-
ORANGES thereon,
This is to give notice to all persons interested,
that In the terms of said petition, an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all per-
sons who may be interested in said estate. TO ap-
pear before Register w. w Forbes, at his office
in the said city of Richmond, on the Goth day of
October, 1872, at ~ o'clock A. NJ, and show
cause If any You have, why such order should
not be granted.
VIM H. ALLDERDICE,
nc Assipnae
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NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
OF

FOR PRESIDENT;
.. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
HENRY
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
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1oo hcSieHtt.
Tn ii DisTICT COURT OF THE UNI.
lied STATES for the Eastern Distri t of yir-
In the matter of John Goode, ba~nkrupt-1n
bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this sth day of October,
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please take notice, that q petition has been
presented to the Hon. John @. Underwood,
Judge of said District Court in Bankruptcy, by
Vim H. Allderdice, assignee of the estate of said
bankrupt, to sell the real estate belonging to said
bankrupt, free from all liens and eacumbrances
thereon.
1hls Is to give notice to all persons interested,
that in the terms of said petition, an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all per.
sons who may be interested in sa d estate, 10 ap.
pear before Register w. w. Forbes, at his office
in SAID city Of Richmond, on the 26th day OF Octo-
Der, 1872. ut 10 o'clock A. NJ, and show cause, If
any you have, why such order should not be
VIM. II. ALLDERDICE,
oc 22-Tu2w Assignee.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF II UNI
LIED STATES for the Eastern District of Viz.
ginia.
In the matter of John Polk, bankrupt
lin bankruptcy.
TAT Richmond, Va, this sth day of October,
TU WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please take notice, that q petition has been
presented to the Hon. John @. Underwood, Judge
of said District Court, In Bankruptcy. by VIM.
IA AAiueioice, dsnikneeo IN esCdtt VI sdiu DaHh'
rupt, to sell the real estate belonging to said
bankrupt, free from all liens and encumbrances
hereon.
This is to give notice to all persons interested,
that In the terms of said petition, an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all per-
sons who may be interested In said estate, to APP
pear before Register w. W. Forbes, at his office
in the laid city of Richmond, on the 2Sth day of
October, 1872, at 10 O'Clock A. M, and show
cause, If any you have why such order should
not be granted.
WIN. H. ALLDERDICE,
&c l6-W2w Assignee.
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] 18th day of October, A. d. 1872, a warrant In
bankruptcy was issued against the estate Of
Jesse 3. Dudley, of Princess Anne county,
and State Of Virginia, who has been adjudsed 4
bankrupt on his own petition That the pay.
ment Of any debts, and the delivery of any pro
perty belonging to said bankrupt, to him or for
his use, and the transfer of any property by him
creditors Of said bankrupt, to prove their debts,
and choose one or more assignees of his estate,
will be held at a court of bankruptcy, to be
holden at No. 20 Bank street, Norfolk, Virginia,
before Benz. b. Foster, Esq Register, on the
I'd day Of November, A. d. 1872, at II o'clock A.
NJ.
JOHN W. FARRELL,
Deputy Marshal as Messenger.
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TINS rs IN c,vr4 s Nadr,cp thin, =, :,

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That on the
L LIST day of Nov 1872. a warrant In bank
ruptcy was issued out of the District Court of the
United STATES for the Eastern District OF Virginia,
against the estate of Willoughby Newton, of
Westmoreland co. and State of Virginia, who
has been adjudRed a bankrupt on his own petit
ton that the payment of any debts, and the de-
livery of ANY property belonging to said bankrupt
to him for his use, and the transfer of any pro-
perty by him, are forbidden by law that a meet.
ing of the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove
their debts and choose one or more Assignees of
his es tate, will be held at a court Of bankruptcy,
to be holden at the Registers office, Richmond,
Virginia, before w. w. Forbes, ESQ,
Register. on the 10th day of November, A. b.
1872, at 10 o'clock A. M
DAVID B.. PARKER,
no A-M2w W g Marshal.
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446S ~
TN H DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI

446S
rs THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
1TED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
giniR.
In the matter of Edwin HUT, bank
rupt--in bankruptcy.
AT : edmond, Va, this 10th day Of October
1872.
10 WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Please take notire, that a petition has been pre-.
sented to the Hon. John O.. Underwood, Judge
of said District Court in Bankruptcy, ny VIM.
M. Walker and Ro. M. Mayo, assignee. of the
belonging 10 saidbankrupt, tree from all liens
and encumbrances thereon.
This Is to give notice to all persons interested
that In the terms of said petition, an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, n all per.
sons who may be interested in said estate, to APP
peor before Register Lysander Hill, at his office
in the city Of Alexau dria. on the 18th day OF
November, 1872, at 10 O'Clock AM, and show
cause, If any you have, why such order should
not be granted. WIN. M. WALKER,
RO. M. MAYO,
n tQ-EDXu Acct0y1aoc
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RICHMOND, September 70, 1879.

RS +. N~BTHERLAND,
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New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
TIE NEW- YORK COURTS.

A bill to enlarge the jurisdiction OF the
Superior Court and Court Of Common Pleas
in New-YOrk City, the City Court OF Brook
lyn. and the Superior Court of Buffalo was
recently called up in the Legislature. 1t met
with some opposition from lay members OF
the Assembly, and has excited very little at
tention outside the chamber, yet it seems TO
us an important and useful measure which
ought to pass. The courts in question were
created to relieve the overcrowded calendar OF
the Supreme Court, and their powers have
been increased from time to time by various
statutes. as need has arisen, until now
the greatest diversity and confusion prevails
in their constitution, and lawyers who have
not made close study of them are constantly
at loss how to proceed. The Buffalo and
Brooklyn courts have received much more ex-
tensive jurisdiction than those of New-York,
though their need of it is much less The
Superior Court and Court of Common Pleas OF
this city have in some cases concurrent local
jurisdiction with the Supreme Court, but in other
cases their authority is much more closely cir
cumscribed, and the uncertainty and disputes
as to their powers are perpetual.
The bill now before the Assembly under
takes to remedy this confusion by comforting
upon the four tribunals we have named CO.
extensive jurisdiction in civil actions and pro-
ceedings with the Supreme Court Of the State.
Very little change would thereby be made in
the Brooklyn and Buffalo courts, which
already enjoy nearly everything contemplated
by the bill but in this city the relief would
be considerable. Not only would these two
important benches be raised to their proper
Of IDCpSsapt
plexity removed from the code procedure,
but equity business in particular would
at once be enormously facilitated. At present
all suits in equity must be brc--sgnn IN the
Supreme Court, and it is from this source that
Barnard and Cardozo have derived a large
proportion of their ill-used power. The pro-
posed bill would distribute 1t, and thus de-
stroy one of the most powerful temptations to
do wrong to which the judiciary of New-York
is now exposed
New-York tribune., 1872-04-12

"are not required to make any income re-
{" turns. nor need they make any affidavit
" showing that their gross income did not e1-
"ceed the sum above mentioned" And this
is only common sense, for persons having less
than $4,000 a year are not referred to ny the
law in any way, and are no more affected by
Ire nrovisions than the inhabitants of Timbuc-
too.
There arc three classes of persons therefore
whose relations to the income tax We have TO
consider. /. Those who enjoy an income not
exceeding $1,000 year are exempt from
making any return or affidavit whatever. 2.
Those who having gross income of more
than $1,000 have yet no income liable TO
assessment after making the legal deductions
may take an affidavit to that effect, and so DO
rid of all further trouble. 3. Those who are
liable to the tax must make return Oh 'helr
gross income, but are not required to give the
sources Of their revenue in detail.
New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
INCOME TAX RETURNS,

The blanks for income tax returns issued
this year contain. as they did last year, much
more inquisitorial schedule of questions than
the law justifes. By the Act of 1868 the asses
sors of internal revenue were authorized to in
auire into the amount and the sources Of every
mans income, and all persons were obliged
under heavy penalties to answer under oath
the questions propOunded to them. But the
law of 1870 under which the tax is now col
lected is very different. 1t is made the duty
of "every person of lawful age whose gross
"incOme during the preceding year exceeded
$4,000, to make and render return
g.. :. of the gross amount of his income,
"gains, and profits as aforesaid" The Com
missioner of Internal Revenue stretches the
requirements far beyond this. On page of
the blanks is form for detailed state
"ment" under sixteen different heads, which
the taxpayers are expected to fill up. We
think they may safely refuse to do anything
of the kind, for the law only commands them
to state the "grOss amount" of their income.
On page 8 are fifteen questions in the nature
of q cross examination, to which assessors are
instructed to demand written answers. These
are also entirely unauthorized, and it seems to
us that they may be disrogarded, and the notice
printed on the back of the blanks, " that in
pursuance of the acts of Congress you are
required to make out a return according TO
I" the forms within," conveys misstatement.
The most glaring usurpatiOn of authority,
however, is the demand of the Commissioner
that every person having a gross income Of
less than $4,000 shall make an affidavit to the
effect that during the past year he "was not
possessed of an income valued in the United
Estates legal-tender currency liable to be as.
"sessed according to the provisions of the Act
"Of July IA, 1870, and that during said year
"hs entire gross income from every source,
ESTIMATED in currency, without any deduction
cor diminutiOn whatever, did not exceed
$4,000" The Commissioner purports to draw
his authority for this demand from Sec. 18 of
the law. But that section conveys no such au-
thOrity. 1t enacts that any person shall be
"permitted to declare under oath that he :.
"was not possessed of an income of $1,000
" liable to be assessed" or that his tax has
been assessed elsewhere; and he shall there
upon, if the assistant assessor be satisfied of
the truth of his statement, be exempt from
income tax in that district. In other words
this applies not to gross incomes but to tax
able incomes. We called attention to this
matter year ago, and Commissioner Pleas
onton' sustained our position In an official
letter to Supervisor butcher March 80 1871,
in which he said: persons whose gross
income during the year 1870, estimated in
"Umccced States currency, did not exceed $4,000
New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
ONCE MNRE.

The Times, with inconceiyable III endacity
says:
"Mr Greeley seeks to convey the impression that he
did not meet Je Davis all during their common tour
through the South in the Spring OF 1911"
There is not shadow of excuse for this
audacious, measureless lying. No syllable that
we ever uttered gives the least countenancc to
it. Mr.. Davis was one of many gentlemen who
called on Mr.. Greeley and his travelling COM
panons during their brief stay in Memphis,
and was received by them precisely as others
had been. The call was one of courtesy to
strangers, and was cOurteOusly recognized. But
Mr.. Greeley did not go "tO Arkansas" nor
any where else, to seek out" Jefferson
Davis, as The Times has charged. Need we fol-
low this wretched gossip another inch7
The Times sees fit to add that
"Mr Grceleys memory often misead3 him, ms when
he thought lie opposed Teeed'S Charter at Albany"
-Messrs. Joseph b. Varnum and William
Laimbeer (ex-Senators) were among Mr..
Greeley's associates in that visit to Albany.
He was scarcely out of their sight, and they
heard every word uttered by him touching
the Tweed Charter. They sat beside him when
he made his argument for the changes de-
manded by the Union League Club, which
they all went up to enforce; they were
with him in the private meeting of the
Republican Senators, when Mr.. Greeley did his
utmost to induce those Senators to reject or
radically transform the Tweed Charter, and
stood by him from first to last They are
both, we believe, of The Tmes's school of poll
ties; but they were educated to repudiate
falsehood and calumny as weapons of political
warfare. Each Of them has voluntarily and
repeatedly testified in writing and print
that Mr.. Greeley did his best to defeat
the Tweed Charter, not that he supposed our
simple assertion needed any Endorsement, but
because he could not be silent when such
monstrous lying was persisted in. Can any
New-Yorker want indorsers of the integrity
and veracity of Messrs. Varnum and Lain
beer
New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
MR.. BOUTWELL,S LOOKUP.

The business of our City suffers from
structure in the Money Market at once wantOn
and shameful. That those who for private
gain cOnspire to create or to aggravate this
money famine are public enemies, who de-
serve condign punishment, is % general and
earnest conviction.
At the hight of this pressure, bids for q. 5.
bonds are received and opened. The Treas
ury advertises for $1,0O0OO0, but the offers
amount to Three Millions and Half, very
nearly. And such is the demand for money,
that all these are offered for less than gold
par.
Mr.. Boutwell, has the GOld-mOre than One
Hundred Millions of it. Had he chosen to ac-
cept all the bonds offered, be would thereby
have bought the bonds cheaper than he can
ever redeem them, and would have stopped
interest on them from the hour of his accept
ance. He would, moreover, have impaired
instant and sensible relief to the Money Mar
k ct. But he chose at the last moment to take
the One Million only which he could not well
refuse, and leave the market to relapse into
stringency and gloom.
If Mr.. Boutwell, chose at this moment to
call One Hundred Millions of Skies, Offering
to pay them off on or before the 1st of May
at the option of the holder, he would do the
country more good than he can reasonably
hope otherwise to accomplish in the course of
his life. He would give an impetus to enter
prise and to business; for the capital thus lib
Grated from Government use would speedily
find employment in railrOad-building and
other legitimate, benefcent undertakings.
The Banks would be strengthened and their
Golfers replenished by large deposits of specie;
while the People would save Half Million
Dollars per month in interest on bonds, now
wickedly wasted. For what
If every one who owes debts and has means
would use those means to pay his debts wholly
OF in part, as they sufficed, we should all be
richer and in better humOr than we are. A
owes B; B owes G.; c owes D; d owes E
and z owes A in turn. Each holds on to his
funds in vague apprehension; whereas each
should pay all he can, and thus afford all pos
sible relief But how can we urge individuals
to do the right thing, when the Government
holds One Hundred Millions of Dollars idle
and useless, while paying interest Oh nearly
Two Thousand MilliOnsf
We have exhausted argument, remOnstrance,
entreaty, on MIR. Boutwell, He will heed
nothing short of an imperative order from
Congress. May we not hope that Congress
will direct him to reduce his balance in hand
so that, when he shall have paid his May in
terest, it will not exceed Ten Millions of
Dollars If the holders of Gold Certificates
shall send the mass of them in for redemp-
ton, let him arrange with the Banks to loan
him whatever sum may be temporarily
needed. DO let us save this Six Millions of
interest per annum.
New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
TIE LANn nE WONDERS.

To the Spanish adventurers who three
hundred years ago explored the western
coasts of America, pillaging Indian cities, and
leading armed expeditions into tho wilderness
for the double purpose Of building Christian
churches and bringing away the pagan god
the countries Of the Pacific slope seemed among
the richest and most beautiful in all the
world In their glowing narratives the COM
mOnest implements were made of precious
metals, the poorest Indian carried fortune
upon his person, the fruits of the earth were
abundant beyond all former experience, and
the heavens were always kind. Hero were the
lands of happiness and plenty OF which the
poets had dreamed, where Spring-time and
harvest time reignod perpetually together, and
the richest products of teeming soil rpencd
increasingly beneath balmy skies
We have ridiculed the credulity or denied
the good faith of these early vOyagers; but
every day we gather fresh proof that there
was more truth in their poetical descriptions
of the new-found paradise than in the pro-
sale and imperfect pictures OF the present
generation. When the passenger trains
escaped from their thirty days snow block
ade Oh the Pacific Railway, and the engines,
still glistening with ice, ran into the delicious
atmosphere of the western slope OF the
mountains, the people of some of the Cali
fornia settlements testified their hospitality
by bearing to the unfortunate passengers fresh
fruits and flowers grown in tho open air only
few miles from tho scene Of that terrible
icy storm. The gift was symbOlical OF the ex'
traOrdinary country in which tho fruits OF
August are laid in the lap of Winter, the
blossoms of Spring perfume the whole year,
and tho sower and reaper walk tho fields to-
gether A judIcious observer and accomplished
writer, Mr.. Charles Nordhoff, describes the
wonders Of the farm regions of Southern Cal
irornia in q series of letters, Of which we pub
lish the first this morning. Much has been
told about the characteristics of California
of late years, and several correspondents
have from time to time contributed graphic
accounts of various sections of the State to
our columns; but Mr.. Nordhoff gives us
something new. He has gone off the great
routes of transcontinental travel, and pene-
trated into those happy valleys of the remoter
agricultural districts, where the gardens in
January are fragrant with ripe strawberries,
and mangel-wurzels grow as big round as a
nail-keg and two and half feet long. What
these lands are worth to the settler from the
East, what they need, and what they are
capable of producing, our readers may learn
from these valuable and entertaining letters
They revive the wonders of the infancy OF
American discovery, and repeat the old lesson
that truth is stranger than the most lively
fiction.