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EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION.

Speaking broadly, it may be said that all
exemptions from taxation are against pub
lie policy. As matter of fact such exemp-
tions are, however, numerous, owing either
to express provisions of law, or to provis-
ions which afford the means of evasion to
the dishonest. 1t is a constant source of
complaint that rich men escape taxation,
or pay but fraction of what they ought
to. 1t is equally true, if less frequently
remarked, that poor men who are neverthe-
less not in actual straits, are quite as apt
at Sinking their duty as citizens. 1t Is
notorious that when the modes of taxation
require an inquisition into the amount
and nature of every mans possessions,
the results of such inquest are blackened
with the most wholesale and shameless
perjury. Yet at every legislative ses-
sion there are fresh projects for exempt
ing this or that property from taxation,
in the alleged interest of "the poor man, "
and when upon debate the most contra
dictory statements are made, such as that
the exemption will prevent the collection
of any taxes, and that it will help the rich
instead of the poor, it is nevertheless not
perceived that there must be something
radically wrong about system capable Of
such paradoxical construction. The kind
of taxation which is for the best interests
of the poor man is perfectly equitable
and perfectly rigorous taxation. No man
who can pay his quota of taxes should be
for more than the value of his quota.
Here is where the abuse of tax-sales
comes in. They involve confscation of
all for debt requiring only a fraction,
and the plea that the State cannot
substract what is due to it under such cir.
cumstances, is puerile in the extreme.
Make taxes just and even in their applica-
ton and they would cease to afford so
much ground of complaint. The present
personal property tax is farce as now ap-
piled. 1t is very doubtful if such form
of tax is economically advisable, but when,
as at present, the propertyowner is allowed
60 assess his own possessions, the State can
only secure her just dues by series Of
miracles and miracles are events which
never happen. If the personal property
inquest is necessary, let the Assessor make
it. He will be sure to blunder continu-
ally, but he viii blunder on the side of the
people, and whoever is over assessed has
recourse to the Board of Equalization.
1t is mere child's play to imagine
that people will assess themselves eaui-
tally when they know that there is no
check upon them. The way to compel
honest payment OF taxes is to throw upon
the taxpayer the onus OF proving that he
is not worth what the Assessor says he is.
If that plan is adopted it may be neces-
sarv to change the mode of obtaining As
SCISSORS, for the best officials would be sure
to be prescribed for their honesty and in
fiexibility. In fact, they ought to be ap-
pointed, and eventually we have no doubt
that method will have to be adopted.
Exemption, however, should be discour-
aged instead of being enlarged, for it is
clearly impossible to exempt any man
save at the expense of some other man
or men,
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT IN THE COUNTY
4 of Sacramento. State of Cslfornia-In the
matter of the application Of the Trustees of II
street ~ L. Church to Mortgage Real Estate.
Notice is hereby given that application viii be made
by the Trustees Of the street Methodist Episcopal
Church OF Sacramento, religious corporation,
to the said Superior Court, the 18th day OF
FEBRUAkY, $780, at the opening of said Court.
for order allowing said corporation to execute
promissoTy note fcr not exceeding s., 600. aud
also to execute mortgage or trust deed upon the
real estate Of said corporation to the pay
ment thereof.
Dated February Z, 1850.
T. II. BERkEY, Clerk.
L. S. TAYLOR. Attorney for Petitioners. f93t
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reached his house at o'clock P. NJ, and
stayed there with him until the following
noon. The murder and robbery took place
shortly after l o'clock P. NJ, and it takes
from three to four hours to travel from the
scene of it to his ranch..[Ne Tran
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SANITARY ERRORS. 1t is popular error
to think that the more man eats the
fatter and stronger he will become. To
believe that the more hours children study
the faster they learn. To conclude that if
exercise is good, the more violent the more
good is done. To imagine that whatever
remedy causes one to feel Immediately
better is good for the system, without re.
gard to the Interior effects.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

PROPOSALS. WILL De RECEIVED BY THE
I Board of Supervisors for the Grading and
Crawling OF the road leading from Guthries Station
to the County Hospital. Bios opened FEBRUARY
18th, at IL A. N. Bidders must state the kind OF
Gravel they propose TO use. BIDS Tor Grading or
Crawling separate.
Plans and specifications on file in Clerks Office.
The Board reserve the right to reject any or al
bids [f9tdI T. II. BERhEY Clerk
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A Card.-Ta all who are suffering from
the errors and indscreti0ns OF youth, nervous "eh
ness carly decav loss OF manhood etc. will send
recipe that viii cure you, FREE OF CHAlteh
This great remedy vas discovered by missionary ~
South America Send scf-addressed enSeiope 20
the REV. JOSEPH 7. INdAN, stau2 a ,, ~ 1,e"
York CITY. A-M"SAJ
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Canary Birds Given Away.-l hayca6 r.
I2J good singers Tor sale at * each also, 3o=sj,
pairs mated. The female birds will be given 80
free to whoever buys the entire lot they be
disposed Of Immediately. MRS. ANDREWS,
f3.IW+ No 2l5 [, street.
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reward.

Whereas the substitution of cheap, in
ferior Leads, where ATLANTIC" has been
specified, is not only fraud upon the
property-owner, but damage to the
reputation CT the ATLANTIC brand, we
hereby offer reward of $50 for sufficient
evidence of such substitution being made.
c. T. RAYNoLDs & CO.,
Sole Agents, 70. 9 Front street, San Fran
cisco. fg-2p6tMWF
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GENERAL NOTICES.

There viii DC an Entertainment ia
the PaTlors II the Congregational church, next
WEDNESDAY EVENING, February 18th, for a
charitable object. Nv
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eau I ION.

The price of ATLANTIC PURE WEITE
LEAD having been advanced, property
owners are cautioned against the substi-
tuition by painters of cheap, low-grade
Leads, which, owing to inferiority in
quality, can be bought for considerably
less than the present cost Of raw material.
C. T. RAYEoLDs & CO.,
Sole Agents, No. Front street san Fran
cisco.
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1t is worth noting that this test inquiry
was made after the meeting of the Penn
sylvania Convention, and that it may
therefore be regarded as throwing light
on the popular belief as to the significance
of the proceedings of that body. Evil
IDENTIFY the general idea is not to the effect
that Cameron's factional triumph indicated
genuine desire for the nomination OF
| Grant. Men are of course apt, consciously
or unconsciously, to be influenced by what
they think is going to happen, and in this
case the common Interpretation put upon
recent political incidents is that Blaine
has been helped instead of hurt by the
Harrisburg episode. It is interesting to
remark that similar efforts to ascertain the
tendency of public opinion have been made
in most parts of the North and West, and
that the outcome thus far has been generally
akin to that here. In the West Blaine ap-
pears to possess a great deal of strength,
though Garfield is more spoken of there than
in California. In the New England States
opinion is more divided between these two
and Sherman than between either of them and
Grant, to whom we should be inclined to
give the third rather than the second place
in current estimation, judging from these
expressions. The movement among the
leading journals of the great centers of
population to find out and record the bent
of public opinion has indeed already COW
cred so large an area that the effect must
be to force these indications upon the at
tention of party leaders, and to cause them
to reflect seriously upon the situation.
The Grant "boom has been from the
first based upon the assumption that
he was the most acceptable candi-
didate. But if, as now seems apparent,
this is an erroneous assumption, the
expediency of urging his candidature is
likely to take on an entirely new aspect.
It is not to be supposed that party leaders
have any personal feeling in the matter.
Their position as leaders depends upon
their ability to strike popular keynotes.
If it appeared that Grant was less likely
to poll the full strength of the Republican
party than some other man, the main
reason for supporting him would disappear.
Some such demonstration is being gradually
developed by the efforts of the press to
discover what the people want. A great
many of them say they want Grant, but a
far larger number say they want Blaine or
Sherman or Garfield, and OF those who do
not make Grant their first choice, the ma
jority are for Blaine. AS indications of
the drift of preference these tests are both
interesting and valuable, and politicians
cannot afford to disregard them.
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Nd ] ICE.

Owing to the greatly increased cost of
material the price of ATLANTIC PURE
WHITE LEAD has been advanced.
C. T. RAYNoLDs 81 CO.,
Sole Agents, No. Front street, San Fran
cisco.
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DIED.

OtEO,
Sacramento, February Mary, daughter of Eliza
beth and Carter jackson, a native of California,
years, 3 months and 25 days.
Friends and acquaintance respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, which will take place from
the residence of her parents, street, between
Twentyfourth and Twenty-ffth, this afternoon
at o'clock
Sacramento, February Mrs. Mary A. McGowu, a
native OF Edinburgh, Scotland, so years
Friends and acquaintance respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, which will take place from
residence of her daughter, Mrs. E. Perrin, Tenth
and streets, this afternoon at o'clockl
Sacramento, February 7-Pearlie Eta Emma, daugh-
ter OF II. ?. and L. V. Decker, 5 months and IA
days.
Friends andaequaintances respectfully invited to
attend the funeral, which will take place from
residence, No. 625 n steeet, between Sixth and
Seventh this afternoon at o'clock.
Sacramento, February S-Antoine Aguilar, a native
of California, 81 years.
Funeral notice hereafter.l
Near Paskenta, Tehama county, January 81
Jemison Frame, IS years.
Gibsonvile, January 26-Elizabeth Mogan, 10
years, months and 20 days.
Santa Barbara, February John F. Mcguire, rs
years and months
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Capital ColonDace, No. IaIs Tent, street.
Private rooms for families The best Of wines,
liquors, cigars, etc JOHN HECTOR, Proprietor.
ulS-Im
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Mortality Report.

For the week ending February 7, 1880, made by
w. c. FARNswoRTH. Superintendent of the City
Cemetery. Office No. s04 street:
January S1-Charles James, so years.
February Jacob Keber a years. months and
81 days Germany.
February 2-Jula Moran, 81 years and months /;
Massachusetts,.
February 3-Delia Schadt, months and DAYS /:
California Margaret C. Nixon, 5i,years, Il months
and 3 days; Ohio. Adoph J. f. Gruhler, u
months and l3 days. California.
February 4-Albert Iser, 10 years, 10 months and
II days; California Selo Lone, 80 years; China.
February 5-John D. Clarity, % years Massa-
chusetts.
February Mary McGowr, 50 years Scotland.
Besides the above there were brought here for in
ter1nent the following:
February 2-Martha S. Hubbard, 20 years and 7
months; Massachusetts,.
February edward wanch, So years England.
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srEIn,lusY q soWs, rlAMcs

A HEYuAN, SOLE AGENT, $50. .-7sss
"A street, bet sixth and Seventh, iS5
opposite Courthouse. PLAhoS Toa Z "a ,
LET. Pianos sold on instruments.
d1-2aiT
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UNION NURSERY,
TENTH ST., BET. ANDY, SACRAMENTO.

YNyHE ABOVE NURSERY OFFERS FOR ~.
4 sale the present season unriyaled f<lIjs
Stock of Ornamental Trees and Shrubbery, 1870
Bulbs and Florist Flowers Since last
season many novelties have been added to my col
lection. Many varieties OF Camella Japonicl,
Fragrant Daphnes, Jasmines, New Daily and Per-
petual Roses; Peargoniums, Geraniums, Fuchsas.
Helotropes, Monthly Pnks and Carnations, and
such other things as seem to create public demand
also Offer in the best varieties, Lime, Orange and
Lemon Trees, and the most desirable OF the
Japanese Persimmous. Having large stock on
hand this season, | am enabled to sell a. VERY
REDUCED FRICES.
f9-tf FRANK KUN2, Proprietor
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A TEsr or cAL1FonNIA op1aEoN.


On Saturday We printed dispatches from
ceer fifty places in this State, giving the
general tendency of public opinion in re-
gard to Presidential candidates. This was
probably as trustworthy a test as could
have been made, and it represented the
direction of Republican and Democratic
preferences with sufficient accuracy to base
an estimate upon. The Republican choice
in California. judging from this expression
of opinion, is Blaine first, and Grant Sec
ond, but the preference for Blaine is most
emphaticalIy indicated. Among the Demo
Gratis Thurman and Bayard are most fire.
quently spoken of, but the presumption is
that of the two Bayard would command
the most votes. Blaine has been a favor
lite in this State for several years,
and his position ON the Chinese question,
and his action in the recent Maine
conspiracy, have tended to strengthen
him greatly. His energy and fire, his
outspoken and unfaltering championship
OF Republican principles, hisoratorical gifts,
and the frankness and manliness of
hischaracter, have always commended him
peculiarly to Californians, who are special
ly prone to admire public men of that
robust and vehement type. 1t is also by
no means improbable that therehas occurred
certain reaction from the enthusiasm OF
the Grant reception. 1t is not sufficiently
realized by those who are urging Grants
candidature that the citizens of democ
racy do not take so kindly to hero-worship
as people who have been accustomed to
look up TO certain classes Or members of
the community. No matter what
inst title any man may have to
the admiration OF republic, the
latter viii grow weary of rec
ognizing it if it is insisted upon too
strenuously. 1t is also very much easier
to procure popular acouiescence in the
dedication of departed hero or leader than
in that of a contemporary. Washington
was not regarded by his generation with
anything like the veneration that is ac-
corded to his memory. During his public
career he was probably the worst abused
man of his day, and his opponents never
hesitated to bring the gravest charges
against him. 1t is also probable that in
regard to Grant feeling may exist of re-
sentiment at the manner in which a spon-
taneous tribute to his deserts has been
utilized to subserve political purpose.
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RORRi.

Moss Landing, January l7-Wife of Geo. Harvey,
daughter
daughter.
whsatland, January sO-wife Of C. D. wadden, a
son.
San Rafael, February l-wife OF Michael Murray, a
daughter
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n uhn are surering from

Consorme, at the Forrcstw every
:, euing from to 12 DlIlm
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LEGENDARY ,FIRE.-A correspondent of
the RECORD UNION, writing from Browns
vile under date of February 9th, says ::
On the morning of the 4th instant, at
about o'clock, large barn belonging to
Mr. Knox was discovered to be ON lire,
and was almost instantly enveloped In
flames One horse was cut loose and came
out with two colts, but three other horses
were burned up. About forty tons OF
baled hay, a four-horse wagon, two-horse
wagon, one buggy, four sets of harness, SIX
saddles, eighteen head of sheep, and a num-
Der of hogs and chickens were destroyed.
A granary was also burned, containing
about Is, 600 pounds of barley and 5000 or
1000 feet of sugar-pine lumber. The fire
was unquestionably the work of an incen-
diary. Loss, between $4,000 and $1,000.
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CT. slWMoNs, M. D. (HARvJ,

CsURGEoN, Nc. 40 J STREET, SACRAMENTO.
al sr.1 ia29-2ptf
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MARRIED,

The study of club wounds is becoming a
feature of New York hospital practice
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ONIONS AS A MEDICINE.-A correspond
ent OF an English agricultural journal says
that onions are poison for worms, and
that dish of boiled onions given to child
suffering from worms will kill them. An.
other correspondent maintains that they
are the best remedy for the rheumatism,
either cooked or raw, while certain medi-
cal man says that boiled onions are good
for cold in the chest. We are glad to
hear all this, and hope it may be true and
verified by further experiments, so that
onions will at least be good as medicine,
if not for food.
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MARRIED.
Near Healdsburg, February IA. c. Dodge to Mrs
Sophronia Barker.
, 1880-01-10
THE UNREcoNctLED SOUTH,


JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 5.-Thts Is my
fourth winter in the South within hye
years,-mostly spent in Florltta. But in
coming and returning have improved excel
lent opportunities In studying Southern
character and institutions In every Southern
State east Of the Mississippi. Having marched
during the War over tho country from Louis
willie TO tho sen, have heen deeply Interest
cd In tho development Of events Of Il political
nature In these States since the Wnr. do
not sec, after most careful observation, any
thing of a promising character so far as nd
yancc,nont In love of the Union Is concerned
among the people Of the South, white or
black. The lattor race Is tho victim OF cir
cumstances. The former, or tho whites, arc
to-day no more believers In the Nation than
they were twenty years ago. Thsy arc
rs truly scccssfonlsts as then. Wcro
the opportunity offered, believe
synlity sy S1 Is in lsS But T ese s Il. ops sos
less ut present. ucnce the struggle for
power. With the aitl Of NortheriI Demo
cEats, The politicians Of the South proposo to
ssggraildissnont se M al aid tisanion. NJ ca,, % OK.
peet but llttlu from tho bIaoll people. They
ire under good subjectlon: They are with
ont Leaders hese %thogt, s !, eoaFFgsh Only
any political or social movement. III most
OF tho late Slave States-partlcularly tho sct.
bonrd States-thoro ARC no wl'te leaders Of
and EIYti brains To- eentrol tho biask voters Lcft
u themselves they fall Into tliBsensi0ns, uild,
from being long accustomed TO IlasterB, they
easily submit 70 intinil however slight:
here mi h thsfe III to low tha wItito aid Saek
| vote 8toud.. County att1r county WIS passed
over, md the answer Invariably was: From
80 t4 90 por cent more black tliAn willie votes.
, 1880-01-10

It Is always tiifiicnit to say where the irrec.
oncilable difference between English and
American taHtes begtns aid ends. That We
Americans aro Inferior to our English cous-
lns In del[cacy Of moral perception and III
nritons Of pure descent would dispute. Bit
should we, for example, supply NIL audience
q G0o pcople to hear q lecture on tho Times
!not the newspnpernf thnt nn!nel by the. pub
lie exccutioncr? Would PlttSburg do III
much o. that? The thing did hap
pen In 6helielh yesterday when Mar
wood spoke. lie was more modest
than his hearers. They, sntd tie Chair
man., had come expecting to hear an nc
rope, which ,Alarwool hlnlself declared It
default of these too o. exciting details, he dis.
courIed on foreign politics, 0l England'8
mission rs 0 Cliiistlanizing power, on the
Irish question, on .the Bible, on tie Queen,
md Oil the pending. electoral contest In
blMtI!ell: Even with this .Wltle clinlco OF
t9plcs his audience were III content, and
enccs OF this c9nnon hanglnan: 1t Is q lost
opportunity. We might inye learned how
he tied the knot for his patients, what his
Views arc III to the comparative 1nerits OF the
long and short drop, and whether bis prue-
tlcal connection with the gallows has modl-
fed any previous views he may hive held
respecting the efficacy Of capital punlBisnlont
Is q deterrent. FROM crime. But Marwood
sit down.. Ills discourse lasted but seven.
teen minutes in all, and the Sheffield people
who are sa!tl to be keen In financial tru,,s,u'.
tons, clatnotel to have their money back. 1t
docs n0t appear that they got 1t.
, 1880-01-10

PARIS, Dec. ea.-At Kbnigsberg, according
70 German paper, thore are 800 nlail-selT-
ants out Of situation, having besn dismissed
BY their masters for the saka Of economy.
An Italian papcr thus tabnlahss the at-
tempted Tegfctdes of 1873 and lB70: There
hafe been two attAcks on the Emperor VIII
lam, one against King 1fumbert, ono against
sk1nx .A'aiions9gi and iwo against tho CEat:
their years Of rule by these outrages,
Czas h9Xing experienced four and lhe Eul-
peIor William five. Napoleon III. had seven.
At Colarno, near Parma, 800 men assembled
and demanded employment, whereupon the
municipality hastily resolved on commencing
sonc sn puol!y works, and erguged u portion OF
INC demonstrators.
Some peasants, oyertaken by U heavy snow
otetin In the Italian Alps, md Obliged to t1ke
seiuge in two huts, have been gallaMtly, res
eued BY fifty ct their fellows, who nlade two
ascents for that purpose. Tbs SECOND, in
which only il!Re took part, hud to be effected
~ hl9ht under great pertlB. Tho two goat
aerds imprisoned in tha hut had malle fruit
less attempts TO forge their way through tho
sllow, and an houE later they would probably
nave been dead They had to be carried
HHeeWn, and, on reaching home, llberatoEs and
noentcd could not be distinguished, 10 pale
ana exhausted we're all Of them. :.
, 1880-01-10

tte whites, but thay nre about
"a scarce IA ljen's teeth. And 70 II Is all 0ver
;he SU,,th. Tlio true course for the Rcpuo.
iicaIl narty and The North Ia to present a sgItd
fr0nt tV tic Snlid Sont1l. VIZ must whip
them ii tho ballot-imx ", bully tllat tl'eTg +,
W. ~ b ,,n ~ k oh tr =" robIe a p taks care
of tile De,ntnrats at l1omn FIRST. The South
nrc not particularly spelling for light I'm
iess the st,fw 10 win Is gs,od, anil will prefer
to llavn their Northern nlil.s take tug in!tia.
how much lackbne tie Northern Democracy
stnnt-up luattle rnthcr tham the eternal threat
e"'"e W. VIC,