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Making q total Of.
.&33,536,Q6a

Making h tOtA OF. .$55s05os9d1
exclusive Of the accrued interest from the date
before mentioned.
II. To provide for funding such debt, the Gov
ernor Ia hereby authorized to create and issue
like amount OF gold four per cent. registered or
coupon bonds. at the option OF the flinders, to
run for forty years from the LIST day OF july 1872
interest to be paid at the rate OF four per cent.
par annum in gold-half yeariy-on the LIST day OF
January and the LIST day OF July in each year. in
the cities OF Richmond, New York and London.
The State shall have the eption of fedeeming any
or all OF the said bonds by the payment OF tho
principal and accrued interest to the date of no.
tice to the holders OF such redemption, at par in
gold, at any time after the expiration OF ten
the State shall redeem all such bonds In this man
ner, or by the operation OF the sinking fund here
matter mentioned, by the expiration OF forty
years from said 1st day OF July. 1879. NJ
maturity for all taxes, debts, dues and demands
due the State. which shall be expressed on their
face; and the bonds shall boar on their face dec
aration to the effect that tho redemption thereof
IL secured by q sinking fund, provided by the law
under which they arc issued.
Tho bonds and coupons sh all be forever exempt
from taxation by the State. or by any county or
or corpation therein, which shall also be express.
. III. In the year 1855, and annually thereafter
until all the bonds issued under and by authority
Of this act are paid there shall be levied and COL
lected the same as together with other taxes. o
tax OF TWO cents on the one hundred dollars Of the
assessed valuation OF all the property, personal,
real, and mixed in the State, which shall be paid
into the treasury of the State to the credit OF tho
Sinking Fund. The Treasurer. the Auditor of
Public Accounts, and Second Auditor are hereby
appointed Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund.
aud shall lhave majority acting) the control and
management thereof, and shall annually, or Of.
credit OF the Sinking Fund to the purchase and
redemption OF bonds issued under this act.
Allthe certificates Of debt which shall be fund,
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CTAUNTON NURsERIEs.

For the information Of the public generally.
and for those who are laboring under misap-
prehension, we beg leave to state that we are
tho sole owners and proprietors Of the STAuN-
TON NURSERIES, and none but our regular
ly constituted agents are authorized to repre-.
sent our business or act for u. Messrs. JNO. T.
EDWARDS and JAS. II. SKULL are our author
Iced agents and We Will be responsible for their
contracts. s&.sie 80
Parties wishing Fruit Trees, Shrubbery, DC.
or anything In our line OF business, will be
promptly and faithfully supplied BY sending
their orders direct to us at StauntOp, We,
4., BUTLER 4 WHEAT,
octl-sm Proprtetofs Staunton Nurseries.
@R0a week In your own town. % Outnt
business ct which persons OF either sex can
make great pay all the time they work, write
for particulars to 81. HALLErr Co.. Portlande
HUDeoH PATRICK.
6eue4 - Attorneys.
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Appendix A.
An Act etc.

Whereas it is believed by the General Assem-
bly, that the rate of interest heretofore agreed to
be paid by the State the public debt is greater
than can be borne without destroying the INDUS
pointed representatives Of the creditors have. IN
view of this belief, expressed their willingness 10
endeavor to obtain the consent of the creditors to
an abatement in the rate of interest; and whereas
It is highly expedient in the best OF interest 81
the State. to secure an amioahse settlement with
the creditors, by which the credit Of the State
may be restored aud enhanced. and that the AZ
gregate amcult Of interest payable by the State
reduced within limits which will not be too on
ero4s to her populations; therefore
!. Be it enacted by the General Assembly OF
Virginia that the Governor is hereby authorized
to cause to be funded all the debt Of the State, as
hereinafter mentioned. with the accrued interest
added from September 20. l677-viZ.:
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with them in hand let lis advance and meet
the issue presented with the resolve that It
shall be settled. 70 say that question be-
tween debtor and CREDITOR pure question
OF business, whether between State and in
dividual or individual and indlvidual-can-
not be settled. is simply to deny what is oc-
curing every day. To say that Legislature
composed OF what is, or ought to be, the
best material in the State, is not equal to
such question when acting within their
constitutional limits, is an unworthy refiec-
rion upon them and upon the whole system
of constitutional and representative gov
eminent. lam not of those who think so.
have always said that it was purely q bust
ness transaction, with which parties and
politics had nothing to do, and that this Gen.
men, was fully able to deal with and close
it.
The First Auditor has furnished me the
following statement, which shows
FRoMwHAr SOURCES REVENUE is DERIVED.
Value of real estate as assessed with
taxes. S24s. 1871, Is3 SO; tax on same at
so cents on the 500 value is tl,s3l,-
95596; and back taxes assessed OF
vslae q psrsonsf PROPERTY assessed 40
with taxes, e76,l7S,4 S8; tax on same
at fifty cents on the 800 value....... 3soe9s 10
Value OF incomes as assessed with
one Per cent Observation-Disclosures. s4.ss7 Is
Capitation tax-White. l74,Sel; color -
3D. l10,954; total tax at per capita. 265.6l5 90
Licenses. tax Observation-Disclosures. 100000 90
Taxes derived from banks. railroads, y
RES, &c. Observation-Disclosures. 10000 90
Revenue derived from other sources,
not and other than extraordinary. 1900 90
Total revenue ~, 739, 48O 50
Deduct commissions for collecting, &c. 189 $40 Oh
.,ec. ., 2,549,6l0 so
Deduct insolvent capitation and prop
erty and delinquent land tax........ 135,769 80
2,4l4,O20 A
ment .......... 100000 90
..l-..-. E. .ta 1,414,020 Al
schools. .............. &c.,. 4l,757 ss
Net revenue applicable to payment OF
$S1Zssz ~
Amount OF interest on - ..,-
debt OF $40 ,626.S8 at B, AZ Il
six per cent. III, 742,665 ~ ,.-
Deduct net revenue appli- 9
cable to payment OF in s.'f'
terest.. ...................' e7s2sS ~ if.
ooco
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adopted Of announcing their confidence IN
themselves, thereby strengthening their cred
it abroad. WHO ever hears OF any objection
urged against ttlel. being issued by the
United States and the English Governments
AMI their operations being haupered there's
by: Be sure to make the revenues large
enough, anG favor will soon attach to the
coupons. and instead Of their being odiots,
they will heeoMe the pledge that the Com
monwealth respects her faith as she values
her life,.
Some may seek objection to the funding OF
the interest. No one denies that we owe
the Interest and am quite sure that no rea-
sonable man ought to object to that, when
those who receive the benefit OF It, in the
same act give up one third OF their whole
accruing interest upon this entire debt.
Another, and the most important Inquiry
is, will this settlement demand an increase
of taxation? 1answer. IL will. answer
thus decidedly because want now no half
way or unfinished settlement. Whatever
conclusion is reached. let it be final; SO that
any future issue ON this dread question will
never more lift its head to disturb the peace
and Impede the growth and prosperity Of
the Common wealth.
The deficit under these recommendation
would be about as follows:
The amount OF interest to be raised on
whole debt funded, principal and III.
terest, at per cent. .$I,SAl,95o
The amount from revenues as they
now stand to be applied to payment
OF interest," as per report Of Auditor. 97s.ses
sso, a95 5
To which add interest on Literary fund, S4,3as 6
To be provided ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $asS,e45
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the revenues, their existence is now threat
ened. Yet know of none such. How could
there be, when daily they tcacl, the pupils
who throng them. how they ought to emulate
the works OF those OF whom they read, and
who were ever in life's highest aims guided
by truth and patriotism? The Superintend-
ent of the public free schools. who, am sure
will not be offended, il say has belief in
their efficacy for good which amounts to en-
:husiasm, and, who, whilst laboring for their
support and improvement with the energy Of
a devotee, sees them now crippled, il not en-
dangered for the want Of funds, can yet not
be diverted by these pressing considerations
from what he believes the profoundest inter.
est of both State and schools, and says with
the same energy and force with which he
protects and argues for their benefits in his
report, which herewith transmit to the Gen.
eral Assembly that-'sRepudiation is moral
death-it is worse, it is eternal damnation. !"
This is stronger language than have used.
and more incisive. probably, than was able
to use, but none too strong to show that the
ardent mind of the Superintendent can see
how the most far-reaching benefits Of the
public school system 60 hand in hand with
the preservation of the honor and renown OF
the Commonwealth.
We thus see that every interest, even the
largest, demands m honorable settlement
with the public creditors. This large deficit
is due and justly due. 1t will rot do to let it
stand longer; it has been standing thus for
several years, and accumulating with alarm
ing rapidly. 1t ought to have been settled
long ago. There is responsibility upon us
TO settle it finally, that no after generation
may say that we assumed trust to which We
were not equal, or were meanly faithless. We
have no right to transmit it, with accumulate
ing woes, to those who may occupy tine places
we now fill. The duty is on us; believe we
can discharge it-discharse it without in.
ringing upon any constitutional provision.
and without fighting over legal technlcali-
ties, and without assuming or imposing bur-
ders too grievous to be borne. Its not right
to postpone it, waiting for better day that
day may never come. Indeed. the poat-
ponement is almost sure promise tn It the day
will not come. The burden Is constantly in
creasing, and that very increase is warning
away Of aid which would otherwise come and
help US lift its weight. All this time the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

Liberty Hall, in the last number of
the Glencoe Register, utters the fol-
lowing plant
If what we have had during the past week
or ten DAYS in the shape OF calls upon private
families Tor food and lodgings, by class of
men protesting to be looking for work, with
empty pockets, may be taken AS fair indica-
ton OF " hat we are to have during the sea-
| son. our village authorities cannot move too
soon i'll making arrangements Tor all efficient
aight policemen. This calling people from
heir beds at eleven or twelve o'clock at night
should be stopped.
Well, that's easily accounted for,
Liberty. These men with "empty
pockets have heard that you gave d
srasshopper sufferer $50 out OF pure
goodness of heart, and they are after
some of the same sort. And they call
at twelve o'clock at night because
they know that Il truly good man
would rather perform his charities in
secret. They know how it hurt your
feelings to have Brandt proclaim
your benevolence before an astonished
world. That explains it.
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All honor to the house OF representatives
for at least partially strangling the school
book swindle -Lanesboro Journal.
All honor to the house OF representatives
for everastingly fabbergasting the school.
book ring and all its hirelings and insurine
to the people of Minnesota school books at ;
fair price Saltwater Gazette.
The editor of that LanesborO Jour
nal is either "a conceited ass or a con
summate knave. Hepreferred utterly
unfOunded charges against Judge
Cox and even invented conversation
between the Judge and the clerk OF
the court, which the clerk swore
never occurred; and then when the
committee of the House completely
exonerated Judge Cox he said tina
the committee had failed to notify
him, or he would have proved terrible
things.
Would he have proved that the
clerk of the court swOre to lie!
He is bad egg, in an advanced
stage Of decomposition.
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The Anti-AGonop0list.
RESUMPTION.


Correspondence Cincinnati Trade List.
To foster home notwithstanding
a great producing instead OF an i'm
porting nation SO that the people are
well clothed, fed and housed. by
being we'll employed. is the only and
straight road to resumption. In proof
OF this it is urged
l. That Washington stated in Con-
gress in 1890, that the interest and
safety Of the people require that they
promote such manufactures as shall
render them independent of others
(foreigners) for essential supplies.
After above, how strange that the
people are wrecked on the very rock
thus warned against. Failing fully
to foster home industries, they became
dependent on foreigners for essential
supplies; hence all their ills.
2. President Lincoln once said that
plenty of money from well paid labor
elevates, while the reverse degrades.
8. President Grant stated on De-
cember l, 1873: MY efforts in the
future will be to encourage such
industries as can be economically
pursued here, so that the exports may
pay for the imports-the only sure
method of securing and permanently
maintaining a specie basis.
Should we not first raise those raw
prOducts-flaX. hemp. jute and ramie,
of which in twenty years we imported
$6O5, 900, OO0-the manufacture of
which can be economically pursued
here, supplying not only our own, but
the worlds wants in them!
4. Peter Cooper says: ''National
prosperity cannot be restored by
forcing idleness on the masses, since
we cannot as nation import any
thing cheap, that leaves our own good
raw materials unused and our own
people unemployed
1t is urged that Mr.. Cooper sub
timely covers above Presidents views
history giving no such eloquence;that
not till their full adoption can we a.
be free from foreigners for essential
supplies; (2) elevate the people by well
paid labor; 81 make the exports pay
for the imports; that only thus car
resumption and its offspring, pros
perity. be ours.
1t is further urged that said words
should be written in golden letters OF
our cOngressive, executive and leg
islative halls, blessing the people an,
immortalizing the honored name 0
Peter Cooper.
WILSON WATSON.
New YORK, MARCH IL, 1878.
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cREENBAcK VICTORIES in MlcHl-
GAN.
Three Rivers Renorter

Three Rivers Reporter
We have glorious news from Paw
Paw. Mr.. Allan G. Nixon sends us a
report of the corporation election
held on Monday of this week as fol-
lows:
Democrats cast "a votes.
Republicans cast As votes.
Geenbackers cast 226 votes!!!
Glory enough for Paw Paw. One
hundred and forty-seven votes over
the combined vote of the two old par.
ties
On Monday, Elgin. ILL.,, elected a
Groenback Mayor and majority of
other municipal officers.
The grand National victory at St.
Louis, Gratiot county, is the most re.
markable Of them all. The organiza.
ton OF the Greenback party is but
i've weeks old and yet they swept the
boards with forty-eight majority.
READING, MICH.
The village election passed off very
quietly; still it was the most spirited
election since the village has been in.
corporated. The National, or Green.
back. party elected their entire ticket
except the president. The average
majority was sc votes out of 22O votes
cast.
JONESvILLE.
The National Greenback party carry
the municipal elections Monday by a
majority of about 100 over the citi-
zens' ticket, nearly two to one. 1t
was a very exciting election, and a
larger vote was polled than ever be.
fore. The Nationals are in high
glee. The ticket was unexceptional.
Tecumseh electected the Greenback
ticket by majority of so.
GREENBACK VICTORY IN ILLINOIS.
CENTRALIA. ILL. March u.-Hon
Morris II. Sadler, the Greenback and
Workingmen's candidate for Mayor
was elected by a large majority. a
Greenback Marshal, and nearly the
entire Greenback ticket was elected
AT WORK IN CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, o., March 12.-As tn,
time for the city electiomapproaches
candidates and wire-pnllers begin t,
bestir themselves. The Democrat
are organizing, and feel quite certain
of partial success, at least. The Re
publicans feel equally sanguine. 1t i
said that the Nationals are organizin;
secretly, and one of their leaders ha
boosted that they will elect portion
of their ticket. especially in Council
The GreenbackerS are very quiet jus
now. but they expect to make show
ing in the course of a week.
Vineland, New Jersey, has com
plete National ticket in the field a
follows: Town Cleak. VIM. Bryant
Assessor, Frank Van Valin. Collector
p. 7. baker, and candidates for ever,
office to be filed in the town an,
township.
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FARMERS, GARDENERS,
Tree Planters and Florists.

sSSV ntd
Your particular attention is called to my
collection Of Nursery and Green House Stock,
Also large stock of Farm, q ,rden and
Flower Seeds, W hich wish to dispose Of a,
reduced prices.
Ny spring stock consisting Of shade, orna-
mental, and Evergreen trees. well grown;
manv twice or thr times trans planted will
be dug and packed with care, and if we'll
planted and cared Tor will give our patrons
satisfaction
$1,000 Soft and Hard Naples, 6 to Is feet:
q, 600 Box Elder New Sugar Maple,i Alto
feet. 10 OU0 Lombardy Poplar, Cottonw God
White Elm, Butter Nut. and Black Walnut
1000 Hardy ornamental shrubbery in
variety; Co., on Currauts, Goo>eberries, Rasp-
berries, Straw berries, and choice Native
Plums; 80, 0Ov Evergreen Arbor WHALE, to &
feet, adapted 10 hedging and ornamenting;
Balsam Fir, White and Norway Spruce,
White and Norway Pine and Hemiock
Nv GreeE House anu bedding stock is very
fine, composed Of leading varieties well
adapted to the climate Aud having secured
the services OF Mr.. Tyler, an experienced
Florist and Landscape Gardener, " lio served
, his time in England and has had 10 years o.
| experience there and s years in Canada
| planting and ornamen'ing public and private
| places | have the utmost confidence in re-
| commencing him to those " no need ad ice In
arranging, planting, and ornamenting their
grounds
Nv Farm. Garden, and Flower Seeds are
selected from the Test grown stocks III tLi>
country and Europe are all tested and none
sent out hut r hat are Of the lest quality and
pure~t strains
| Nv Early amber Sugar Cane seed i from
headquarters and OF the improved variety
/ that makes Sugar.
| Attention il called 10 my stock Of Michigan
| Row Dent Seed Corn butts and tips taken Of
| before Smelling, the finest sample ever pu!
upon the market IN this State
| have the best strains OF Yellow Danver
Onion Seed grown especially for my trade
rom selected uulbs Of the finest guilty
/ Vegetable Plants. have Urge stock Of
Early Tomatoes, Late and Early Cabbage
CaRlifower Pepper and Egg Plant in theil
! season.
| Seed Potatoes. Nv stock il pure and tru.
to name among the best early v. i.ti =. hav.
| Alpha. Extra Early Vernon, Early Ohio
Late Victor (Burtanks Seesiling,l Brox nelli
Beauty, Snow Flake, Eureaka, &c
AN prepared TO send by mali or express
| to any Iart Of the Noffhv est
Order early Price list on application.
/ VIVIAN ELLIOT.
/ Cty Market. Minneapolis, Mimi.
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Lawyers sometimes indulge in pleasantries
that border very closely upon the humorous
A client called upon his legal adviser recently
mad told him this sad tale: ''You see, col
lected all the money l could, and turned
Everything had into cash, with view OF
giving my creditors as large dividend as
possible. had a big roll of bills. which
put in my hip pocket, and lost 'em. - "You
lost the moaey-the whole of it?' Every
cent" "Well, believe you, but l don't
if Judge Lowell should decide that your loss
was reality, every bankrupt in Bos to
would want to borrow your trousers"
That yarn quite equals Liberty
Halls story that he gave Brandt the
$4,000 because he was grasshopper
sufferer
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The Legislature has restored many
of the worst features of the Iron
clad tax
Well. Well, 1t will grind the peo-
pie this year and next winter the Leg
islature will again modify it
Here are some of the amendments.
\ penalty of 10 per cent, will be
be added to all unpaid taxes on real
estate. June lst. The tax sales will
be made on the third Monday in Sep
TENDER. and no interest will be charg-
ed between those dates. Interest
during the two years of redemption
will be at the rate of Is per cent. as
formerly. Ii the property is not sold
at the regular sale. nor during the
two years following. 1t will become
the absolute property of the state, but
the parties holding an interest in the
land may redeem it ut any time. while
in possession of the state. by paving
the interest and expenses. After the
redemption shall have expired. the
state may dispose of the property at
public or private sale. and the pur-
chaser shall acquire an absolute title.
All property is to be assessed on the
first of May.
A penalty OF ) per cent. is added to
all unpaid taxes on personal property
on March 1st. of each year. and the
county treasurers are required to take
the promptest possible acton for their
collection by sale If necessary.
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Here is Il specimen of moderate
and conservative way of stating
things:
The granger in the Kentucky assembly
means ~ Tolerate the lawyer therein. This
we gather from a mastery speech OF rural
member II follow agricultural pursuits,
said he, adding rather reluctantly, u am a
farmer, and | am proud OF it. But have
nothing ag tnst lawyers, the class that my
honorable friend represents. am like an
old Methodist preacher who, when he went
around to the members OF his congregation
came across IN old lady in spectacles. DC
you love the LordP We'll, she says, 'parson
ain t got nothin' agin him :"
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The New Haven Union saws :

The New York Tribune is astonished at the
strength displayed by the National party in
municipal elections in Maine, yesterday. 1t
says: "a curious feature OF the municipal
elections in Maine is the fact that in three
towns there was no choice for Mayor, the OBJ
stacle in each case, being apparently the
Greenback candidate. The Greenback men
seem to have shown considerable strength in
many of the towns" sure enough. In the
last State campaign the party polled over
5 1000 votes In the next contest the figures
will 90 beyond twenty thousand. The cause
of honesty is making rapid progress in New
England.
The New York Tribune has giyer
up talking about Rag Babies. The
matter is growing serious.
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craftsmanship is to debase the coinage, to
swindle all creditors, and to initiate the cur
rency. 1t is the manifest duty OF the west to
add to it's platform declaration that
every citizen has a right to be counterfeiter.
New York Times.
That is the way the great, patient,
ox-like, food-producing west, which
creates annually three-fourths of all
the substantial wealth of the north,
is slandered and abused by the money
lending thieves of the east. And
why? Simply because the people OF
the west cannot be dragooned into
silence and imbecility as the people
Of the east have been by their hired
newspapers.