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An Outrage on tho Jersey City School
Tcnchcra.

To the EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The Jersey
CITY Board Of Education being under Investigation
charges Of corrupty spending the school funds,
two OF It's members, against whom the most direct
ehsrse Of corrup Ion made propose to reimburse the
city treasury for the unlawful drafts made upon It by
Themselves by compelling tne teachers " work one
month without pay.
II the charges against these true THIS rroro-
suon personal Insult 70 every taxpayer In the city,
and an ue0lcnt aud shameless outrage upon the uubc
cuuscieLCc. II tNtraNu gAut dishonest otciAs. to
rcglcni-h treasury ,nutcd ny their gee may
pulley extort money from inn cent ana he pcss cue
PIC ec he Is On end 10 ali dcccucy nj honor. The
people upon whom these prOdgas or (Which
ever hey ~ prove to tcl propose TO ia receive, most
CT them, lees ttu nfy, and many Of them only thirty
do-rs per month IN exc anse for Work which, being
con ci"nuouy done, T. severe ana Of service
the STATE. Tn, question r. not Of economy the inte
rest OF the Ct y. Uut Il eNortion the
or tNO men Who are either tuendthffts or maraudcrs
s'eslng 60 molliY the taAps'ers WHO have suffered
from ther rapaVN by ,Ierg them The slolis Of DOOR
anu les powerful Victims a CHAM.
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To MEssRs. GRIFFIN, MoYNAHAN, WILD,
oNEr, FoRD. MoLoSY, LYNCH. CowAs. AND oruKRs
Gentlemen: am In receipt OF your communication Of
the 10Th inst informing that the Fourth senatorial
District Convention has chosen its candidate for
Senator at the ensuing election.
/ am very greatly Obliged to the representative men
VINO have paid NE this nigh compliment. IL Is due to
yoursef and to them that IN declining to accent tie
honor teuucrrd ne should hrlcry state my reason
stil remain as have ever been, democrat. be-
rNt In the SELF governing intelligence OF masses
the people, aud am Dtnuc AZ because believe the
PRIME pies VI that party, properly administered. are
b, ~ ( n the people.
aifor with the present managers OF Tammany Han
As % thwa the best Interests OF the people work
Injustice. diner Win Tammany Han Ia reg rd to ts
appointments, no. that have Anything sty person
ally against tue g ntlemeu who rcrcived them, out
believe there were others who resided IN the City Of
New YORK whose services for the Democratic party en-
u led them to the honurs and emolumeAs OF It's VIC
tory
diner with Tammany Hall in It. policy Of leaving
the high salaries Of such officials Untouched, while
burcr.
offer with Tammany Hall IN IT. policy OF refusing 20
rtnumlnate honest and deserving public servants
simply because they refuse ~ DO the tools of central
ling part zInship.
These are ~ brief my opinions. and while the pur
poses you seek have my curdlI sympathy yet the
reasons here gwen. / cannot subject my motives TO
lhanh1ng you again most sincerely for the you
have tenn red me, am yours respectfully
NEW YORK. Oct. IL 1873.
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The Color Line.

A favorite topic with the GRANT organs
is the "colOr line" as it is called in the
South, by which is meant organizedacuon
of the whites in the reconstructed States
to relieve themselves from the rule OF ig-
norant negroes, who, under the influence
of white carpet-bag leaders, have been lu-
strumental in burdening the taxpayers
with enormous debts fraudulently con-
tIacted 1t is commonly represented by
these partisan journals that the color line
is rigdly drawn throughout the South,
and that white leagues, organized to per-
secute and outrage the freedmen, abound
in all the Southern States.
Now, the truth il that there have been
hardly any white leagues formed, except
in Louisiana aud Mississippi, ana these
were organized merely us protection
against the aggressions of the secret negro
organizations which have abounded in all
the Southern States ever since the end Of
the war. At the last State Democratic
Convention in Mississippi resolutions were
adopted denouncing the color line, while
In Louisiana the white leagues seem to have
faded out OF existence. But the number
and power Of the oath-boupd black leagues
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-18
Mr.. Van schaick for Surrogate.

No better nomination for Surrogate than
that Of Mr.. VAN SCHAICK could posi-
bly have been made. lie is thoroughly
familiar with the duties OF the ofice is
popular with the legal profession; aud
there is nothing in the way of his election
if those opposed to the dictation OF Tam
many will manifest their strength at the
polls.
We all know how the offico of Surrogate
will be degraded if the Tammany candi-
date is elected. The personal wishes Of
the incumbent will he but little regarded.
The Office will be run strictly as a branch
of Tammany Han.
1t will be a great achievement II this
court can be preserved pure from Tam
many's communicating touch. Property
to the amount of many millions OF dollars
is affected by the decisions of the Surro-
gate; and his decisions should be based
entirely on Judicial grounds and honest
convictions, uninfluenced by political or
personal considerations.
Make up your mind now to 20 to the
polls on the morning of election day and
vote for STEPHEN ID. VAN ScHAICK for Sur
rogatc.
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AMINL.MENIS.
A New French Opera BouGc.

10 CanaId d Trois Bees" or the Three
billed Duck, is the title Of a vivacious French
opera which was produced on Saturday evening
at the Lyceum Theatre. 1t is work that has
had great popularity In Paris, having been per-
formed there on consecutive nights for nearly a
year. The music comes from a hitherto I'M
known hand. that OF NJ. Emile Jonas, and the
liDretto Is written by Jules Moineaux.
Its one Of the most amusing and entertain
ing works OF It's class the story Is slight IN tex
ture, but the plot Is cleverly devised. and serves
to bring Upon the stage several eccentric char
acters, among them a very fierce sea captain
who has never smelled salt water. and Is always
on the point OF setting out for some great naval
encounter, but fails TO get on board a snip.
Also, Noluple ana dldactc old burgOmaster,
an cXcee dinghy c1mical innkceper, three 81 an
ish lovers, and three fair but frail Flemish beau
Ties 70 whom they pay their addresses. VI.
ho-er IS the sea captain, NJ. Dupldn the Inn
Keeper. VI. De Quercy the chief OF the three low
The scene IS laiu at Ostend, IN Flanders, In the
tine Of the famous Duke ~ Alvl. The WONDER
ful duck with its three bills having escaped
ron some museum, Ends It's way to Ostend,
aud is accepted by the Inhabitants a. a mir4c-
ulous bird whose presence brings good fortune
TO tie city which, as long a IL remains, 10 Is
supposed, will be free from Spanish rule. Tho
thrrcluNcis are Na}iug their court to three ladies'
of the household Of The rodoubt ale 4 mi Van
bttLt. aud they take advantage Of the sud
den disappearance OF the duck to spread the
report that the spanish feet j. of the har-
r. their design being to Get the captain
70 sea, aud 50 to obtain free fed
f0r their love making. Tue iin, how ever
crate adieus, suddenly reAppears just In time to
surprise his wife mile. lffroyl, his daughter,
ami tho pretty N Id servant, entertaining the
tnree lovers AZ his house. out OF the comtcal
situations brought AT ont by this complication "a
1re Il part Of the iuu Of this piece results. The
music Is bright and pleasing, scarcely ever elao-
CRATE IN is construction, being Xix" most Of the
music OF opera boune generally IN dance move
ment, aud not aiming OF any pretentiuus effects.
] he horetto has perhaps less than the usual
amount OF devilry WITH which French opera Of
this class Is so fully and freely spiced, and yet
quite sufficient.
The opera was very well sung, and, It Ia almost
needless to add, capitaily acted, since bad acting
Is something To which the Fiencn stage seems
to re nearly stranger. Judging from the first
performance, there u every reason TO believe
TIA the Niece Will prove an attractive one to the
public aud = profitable one to the managers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-18
Tie Pennsylvania Canvass-Piolette
and the Ring Organs.

Tie Ring organs III Pennsylvania are
In agony over the prospect Of Pro-
LErrLs election to bee Stale Treasurer,
and have determined to thy what virtue
there may he in plain lying. In this line.
Of course, MACkEl Own sheet. the Pitts
lureh Commercials is the most cou-picu-
Gus, but the Harrisburg TdcUdph is not
fai behind. Tie Itl,GGh has a double
interest Ia preventing uh honest admins
trniion, ana It's Crctan style OF warfare is
what IN gilt have been esp cted. II is not
only an accI ,ditcd ORGAN If the Ring but
the personal organ of the CAMERoNs. who
have, perhaps, n deeper interest than any
body except MACkEY and KEMBLE them
selves in peIpctuatirg the present corrupt
nud corIupting treasury system.
There was u brief period when sIMoN
nnl his friends were not able 10 cou-
trol the treasury TO their minds; and the
dnculty they had in providing the
t!jo,0OO which IRWIN says it cost to cltct
JuuN SCOTT to the Senate ana MACKEY
Treasurer, was Il sad warulugugllrst allow
ing the same state of Affairs 10 occur again.
But under Mr.. MAcKEY they settle" as
tho word Is, with the public money, and
nobody suffers but the unfortunate tax
payer. The Tol,gr0M hus, besides, its
own peculiar reason for maintain
ing the good old methods OF admnistia-
tion which have always obtained under
IlARTRANFr and MACKEY. They are pro-
ntnble to the Toicgrdih rs will more par
ticuarly appear by reference to sundry
bills for supplies of stationery to the
legislature, which HARTRANFT consid-
erutely allowed while Auditor-General,
md which, probably from motives of
personal dclcucy, he would never permit
ANYBODY else to sec. Tidb!ts like that OF
5000 for 81 200 worth of goods are not TO
be picked up under an honest govern
mcnt, and the TclogrdphS furious opposi-
tion to PERsHING and PIoLErTE is the
natural expression of its dread.
But we fear that the Ring organ, in the
heat Of its zeal has overGone ,he business.
A clumsy and transparent calumny reacts
and injuries the inventor. The story that
IlOLErIE tempered with bride, because
he had man sent to Jail for Offering him
hribe, il very thin and puerile. The
charge that no cheated his mother-in-law
would have done very well, if the mother
in-lAw had been dead; but it was sad
piece Of folly tomake it while the old lady
was alive, and ready to take her corporal
oath that 1t was nothing but a villainous
Ring SANDER. But the accusation, with
out particle OF evidence to sustain 1t. that
IIoLE11E had used the Grange as n politi-
cal machine, was not only absurd, but
suicidal, while there were SIX hum
drod subordinate garages in the State, and
IN amounted membership OF sturdy, in
dependent farmers, TO resent the accusa-
ton ms gratuitous insult to themselves.
The Telegraph il seems. based its charge
respecting PIoLErTE's manipulation OF the
Grange upon single letter from some ir-
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We recently published letter from
noston man, the agent Of New England manu-
featuring establishment, who happened to he in
Yazoo CITY, Miss, at the time of the recent dis
turbance there, in which IL was shown that tho
whole trouble was caused by an ignorant mob
OF negroes who were instgated to violence by a
rascally carpet-bagger by the name of MORGAN,
who Is the sheriff Of the county. Later we pub
lished letter from a prominent gentleman re-
siding in that place, who gave facts to prove
that II Is impossible for white men to obtain the
protection of the law there, az notorious orimi-
nas are selected for grand and petit jurors, and
no indictment can be returned against the will
Of the sheriff, who Is the most dsreputable man
In the whole community. To day we print a
letter from responsible citizen OF Issaquona
county, In the same State, which illustrates the
manner in which the white people, who pay
almost the whole of the taxes, are robbed to nll
the pookets OF carpet-oag and negro officials.
When II Is remembered that the voting strength
OF the negroes In Mississippi greatly exceeds
that OF the whites, and that hitherto the oolored
vote has been generally controlled By politicians
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The Recent FIoods I'm Tcx,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. In your pa
per Of Sept - found in effect the following state
ments taken from the Galveston Nsos. 1.-THE town Of
saura. with ntynye inhabitants, Is entirely washed
away, Capt Brown pilot being the ony one saved by
taking refuge the lighthouse" The facts are salu.
Ia Is ulNld-d into TWO settlements, upper 10 err,
more man one mile anart The upper contained Humph,
tsls hll, Nlcho s, BILLINGS an thct ianilles, and DR..
ana houses except three saved on RATS Lover Sdlu.
ria contained APT. Bruwn plot, Camp myself and
sunlhIaw, H. J. Horton having separate fanny resi-.
d noes, who were all IL home OF tuese not = human
lfe or residence wac lost.
Inc floors OF my house are eighteen inches above
ground Holes were cut In the nonfs Of cacu rlnu
Although the water nyc fcct higher Than IN forty
years before during the whole storm the dld ut
Tlsc more than two inches NY nuN r., nor remain
more thHu hali AN hour. HIuu ", uAWks.
6ALL lila. ltAAa, oct 8. 1875.
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SUPPOSE.

a hard money convention at Detroit last
week appears to have been a failure: but
Is ii certain that every other hard-money
convention that may hereafter be held
will likewise fall
suppose that at the proper time next
winter or next spring convention of
hard-moncy men should be- got MP az some
convenient place for the purpose of nom
iuuttpu I-fys.f. Eu.Nr IA TN. larJ-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-18
How Actresses Get their Most Gorgeous
Dresses.

N0e fe'k Correspondence Of ne baltimore American.
The most beautiful and expensive dresses
seen upon the stage this season have been worn
by Rose Eytinge IN Led Astray," aud are pro-
Nlded, not by the artistic, but by the managers Of
the Union square Theatre. Inc more elaborate
ones CONSIST Of silvercray silk and royal purple
nat To match-the costume trimmed with gold
aud mother-of-Uearl ornaments the hat with
gray feathers and "a brilliant clasp OF gold and
mother-of pearl. dinner dress Of lemon
colored SILK, with blue velvet train, trim med
with white lace and scarlet gerdniums y bali
dress 81 black tulle, with black cuirasse trimmed
with flame color and white lace and ornamented
with crimson aud pale tea roses garland Of
these surrounds the skirt. The penitential cos
tune Is OF black velvet, square cut, and trimmed
with jet. These dr., sses are made OF the ricnes st
materials, and could not have cost less than
from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars.
For IN artist TO supply them herself, unless sho
received lttens's or Missions salary, would be
impossible. Mallack's was the first theatre
IN New YORK city to Introduce the custom Of
supplying actresses, and even actors, of position
witn stage watdrobes. The management there
have long ago discontinued 1t; but other
theatres, notably tne Union Square, have taken
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IRON ne JQck 0HriNe URiOR
On sunday morning last n large snake,
WIN head ana tan erect. Was seen swimming in
from the sea toward Pilot Town. It's size aud
style and graceful eyolutlons, as IL sWept along,
attracted great attention. 4 heavy northeastern
WIS blowing, and II was supposed that this
monster was rlVing To escape from a fariuus
storm. II passed through a large school of por-
poses ana "a block OF uelicaus without paving
any attention TO them, aud directed It's course
10 the shore. II WAS surrounded by number
OF our citizens ana Killed. 1t proved To be a
r.tllesnake, hOAry with Age. and OF lar.e Size.
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The German Opera Company.

Mr.. Neuendorfl's company Of German
artists, OF which Herr Wachtel Is the most
prominent member, begins its representations
At the Academy ~ Music this evening, with
MeNerbeer's Hugue number Of new
artists viii De introd uced on tins occasion to
the public, among them Nile. Pappenhem, Mile
Goldberg, and Messrs. Milder, GunzOerger, and
f"ssoender. These singers bring with them ex-
ceHent European regulations, which, there Is
every reason to believe, they will make good to-
nlght 10 tins country.
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Everybody for uackett.

= fFNTN NC TIT7E NfTs.
PROBABLY the most popular man in New
York city IL the Hon. John h. Hackett. lie is
fupported for reelection by IHE sun, Herald,
Stdds Ztdung, Times, ana Daily Neics, the i've
most Largely circulated daily newspapers pub
nshed IN this city, whose aggregate circulation
Is some twenty times AS much as all the daily
circulation Of all the other papers printed on
Manhattan Island. The Intelligence, the good
citizenship, the political Independence, the
business interests of this great municipality
have unitedly DECLARED, through the columns
Of the newspaper press ~ New York, that John
h. Hackett snail remain al his post as Recorder
and VINO Will DC able 10 say nay
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American institnte Pair q. an u Az.
I,oih's Theatre ifosst'fs
rcwcry Ii,atrc % t-', tae sh1 ~msn.
IfooiNu Theatre ihe tsHg
Fading. cuctn House Ns~ iors Mu,lrf'
inh Avenue Theatre uir B'ya
iror,'s Concert Garden -lh ~. al zen 81
tlowe's Crcua -Ilh li.eip.s Academy of Mae
,t.um Ihsntrc l. c,0.ri q tf.n HAa.
Corr'c Theatre N.rey
Park Ihentrc Mighty u.uW
Tnri-inn Varieties iea It, aai Hr,ai~ty.
Pm Itnncisco M'nstrcis Vu.v
1hifd Avenue Thcatre-i.s affa1 Nevt'--- y.
Theatre Coniiquc Daa. ne s.r.sN f.'.
1ons rastor'- Theatre Dol. Is, 600 81. siui.
nion square 1hcntr Lei A.tny
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A Gond nclent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: In the
Fourth judicial District Kelly threatens TO make Tony
EiokhoG Ciyil Justice. Fcklonis now Coroner. and.
according to his own showing before the Senate
committee, ought 10 be removed At once for violating
the avs ana eHtorlius Illegal fees lie Is no more
lawyer than Tim Campbell and is rot haf much ~
N,slnan among ne snY,ter lawyers OF the district
not respectable man IN the astct VINO would not re.
OCT. II, 1879. A CITIZEN
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Why no Papers were FiIedin the Suit of Roifo
agnlnsI Fowler md OIhers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: In the ar
Gle IN TnE SUN, entitled. W. c. Kngseys Trickery."
reference is made to the records Of this having
been stolen In the suit Of Rofe VS. Fowler eta. The
statement Is Incorrect The nhng Of the undertaking
dtAed IA tAc uouk kept for that purpose The
200 On the equity calendar Of this court for the No
Nmber term, 1870 and tried at that term before
Judge Nelson, aud hs decision and opinion pub
ish,d lu fu ia the brooklyn hiQ Al the time The
son there we're no other papers hed IN the Mr.
Barnard, the plaintiffs attorney. ala not deem that
Necessary The record the trial VI the case fully u-
pears On Judg" Nell .ons minute.
Gko. ". hAAEnlL, CIerA OIty Court Of Brooklyn.
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Married in a Dry Good. Store.

Ff0m ne tlNcnndn Gdseue,
LANCASTER, Ohio, Oct. 1--we had the
sensation Of a wedding in dry goods store to-
day. Mr.. Thomas Fairchids and Miss Louisa
Eversole came In to the fair, aud while buying
goods Ia the store OF X. Rising concluded to get
nrmlN Had - - FN''
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Mrs. BRADSHAW has requested dismiss
sion from Plymouth Church. WY does not
the church, previous to granting her request,
elici; from her the facts she has to give In re-
gard to their pastors relations with Mrs. Ill
ToN2 The investigating committee failed TO
summon her, but they did not wish witnesses
against Mr. DEECnER. Now let the church de-
mand her story. They might at the same time
tring up MIR. Henry C. bower aud require him
To show cause why he should not be excluded.
Perhaps they fear that such Investigations
might result in depriving Plymouth Church Of a
pastor. But, brethren, Is not truth better thu
a pas or after all2
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Putting ON Airs in Kentucky.

Fromn Greensboro Mouifor
II was NJ Week.-Mrs. stroud City Hotel
traveller came down stairs before breakfast
and asked for pitcher Of water, with which to
perform his ablutons. The landlord looked AT
nm and said, see hyar, stranger, We don't
want mono OF your opory airs around hyar.
Pitcher of witer, be id. Ihars branch
down there behind the house, 20 there and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-18
A Frequen, 0ues,Ion An,wercd.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir' reside in
NE Ien,h Ward OUT will remove Nov. to tue SeNenth
ward. Can register aud vote and whereof
Under the amendments to the Constitution adopted
last year no man can vote unless he has been resident
OF the election district in which he oes his vote for
the thirty days preceding the day Of The election.
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Thor Decentralization.

To THE EDITOR or rnE suN-Sr: when
communicated to You respecting TIE blood thirsty crea
lures from the south q Italy vino have stained the
glorious name OF Italy by using the ttletto, meant
who landed three years ago IN this city to
tie numter ~ 1000 all natives " tie provinces VI
lern9 a. caabrc iney are the 9nj oues tnat have
Italians from the South Of ltaiy residing IN New YORK
ere mistaken IN surprising that meant to assail an
liallius ron he south OF Italy, Tor AM mys.f from
The south Of Italy.
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The unprecedented demand for the Bovs of
NE World has compelled the propriotors To defer its
Issue of one million eopies uptl tomorrow (Tuesday)
morning. when all the news agents viii certainly Do
ready 70 give them away, Jfss-Adv.
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Value 5000 Acres, 71s.
In the face OF this heavy taxation, which il an.
nually increasing with frighiful rapidity, the
county Is declared In debt. Teachers are forced
to sell their "teachers scrip" at from forty to
sixty cents on the dollar, and those holding
jury scrip, Witnesses scrip, &c., must submit to
the runous shave Of seventy.0yc per cent. dis
count In order to realize anything. There Is a
Ring at the Court House dealing in this scrip
which, by concerted agreement, buys it up at
the figures named above. After possessing
Themselves OF all that Is out, they work upon
our ignorant Board Of Supervisors and have the
taxes assessed at a percentage high enough to
enable them TO work OF this mountain OF scrip.
The plum Is now ripe and they have nothing to
do but pun IT, Taxes are due on the 1t of Oc-
tobcr in each year. This Ring meets and arrecs
to paw the taxes Of everybody at ninety cents ON
the dollar. They go into the Sheriff's Office,
take tho tax lists Of their customers, and pro-
coed to pay on until they get through the list,
pockcting the cash, Instead Of permitting 1t TO
60 into the county treasury. The County
Treasurer. tho Sheriff the County Clerk, and one
derers.
here are certain taxes which. It seems. We
ehall never get through paying. Our bridge
taxes are heavier and heavier every year. IL
would be no tax list without this Item In It,
Then we have an annual tax, and have had for
six wears 10 pay for building the Court House.
This building which Is not worth more than
5000 has cost the taxpayers not less than $2O0,-
On, and there seems no prospect OF any end to
the collection Of Court House taxes. The tax
styled Judiciary was placed upon the several
ostensibly to reduce the State tax, by making
the counties bear the expenses OF their own ju-
dietary But State taxes are heavily increased
instead OF being diminished.
The negroes so numerous in this county
that they MI every office with blacks and carpet
baggers, and place any burden In the shape Of
taxation upon property that their cupidity can
suggest. In the meantime our hands are tied
and we can do nothing to relieve Ourselves.
Y. b. III