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Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-01
COMMUNICATIONS.

Poor Policy to Buy the Waterworks. To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER:
 If we are going into business as city, let us go slow and not get in too fast or too deep. Besides, we don't all agree upon what it is best to buy. For one, propose to buy a steamboat, so that city officials and their families may go to New York free end buy things cheap no matter whether or not our merchants have the same goods to sell, and must sell to pay their heavy rents. A few, who go in for steamboating, have made me chairman of their committee, and I am in- structed to present the case in an open letter to the New Haven Steamboat company, as follows:
 Gentlemen of the New Haven Steamboat
 company .r
 Although you have served the public faithfully and well for a whole generation, we have no guaranty that you will always do so Therefore, as we have right to pur' chase, we must avail of it, although by doing so we buy an old steamboat at double her worth What we want is to purchase the old Traveller. You need not paint her up, nor sound her pumps, nor test her engine, boilers or machinery, nor her hull, sidings, braces or timbers, for should these prove, after purchase to be unseaworthy, we can repair, rebuild, replenish and make over at the expense of our taxpayers.
 ssThe basis we submit for making up the price you will sell the old Traveller for may be as follows Compute her original cos complete then add to this all new boilers, machines, new timbers, repairs, anchors, chains, implements, etc, then add 10 per cent and add interest at per cent. and then see how much all amounts to. Then if you have paid any dividends deduct them, and we will pay you in city bonds the total cost of the old boat. You need not trouble your self to go into any detail as to the history of the old boat At the same time we want you to ascertain, if you can, how many cities own steamboats and the rate of freight and trans portation they charge and what their steam boats cost, for this is way we have of determining the value and condition of your old boat. As to how much longer the old Traveller will run without new plank ng, piping and rebuilding is of no conse- quence, for our committee will be sent to examine the books and the clerks, and not the boat or her machinery and equipments, for the more we have to lay out on her the better the chances for officials to make money"
 Now, Mir. Editor, what do you think the old Traveller would come to? She would cost more than the new Northam did, and vet this illustrates perfectly what is proposed in buying the old waterworks. Not man in favor of purchasing can point to single case where public work is done as well and as cheaply as private work. And as to New Ha- ven, it is fact patent day by day that the people get but little for their taxes The sum total set for city expenses was $500, ,000. What have we at the end of the year to show for it We have nothing to do about it but to supply the money. We have no town hall and nocity meetings. Indeed, we have no
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-01
5ournal allS Gouier.
THE SITUATION IN VIRGINIA.

The leaders of the reform party in Virgin ia are confident of success. Colonel Gamer on, the Liberal candidate for Governor, who has been actively engaged in the canvass since July 4th, and has addressed meetings in every legislative district, reports thatwher- evef he went he saw unmistakable evidence of the progress of the Liberal cause among the white people. In every county many leading white men who have heretofore act ed with the Bourbons have declared for the Liberal ticket, and some of them are taking an active part in the campaign. Last year, in some counties, the whites were almost all arrayed on the Bourbon side, and the only votes that were cast against the Democratic ticket were cast by colored men. Col. Cam eron, Gen. Malone, Col. Brady and other Liberal leaders who have closely watched the campaign believe that the Liberals will poll at least 6O,O0O white votes, which is nearly half of the aggregate white vote. that will be cast on November s, including the white Republicans. It is estimated that the colored vote will reach about 65, GOO, of which not more than per cent. will be induced to vote the Bourbon ticket. The aggregate vote boiled for Garfield and Hancock electors was 212, ,0oO. It is believed that the vote of next week will be as large as that of last year, and on this basis the Liberal leaders are con- fident that the reform ticket will receive from 115,O0O to 120,O00, which would give that ticket ma- jority ranging from 10000 to 28,ooo votes. Of the success of the Liberal legislative tick ct there is said to be not the slightest doubt.
 The Bourbons are evidently frightened. General Joe Johnston is reported as thinking they will win, although they are not by any means to have a walk-over. They are in 8 decided majority, he says, and have the best speakers, but they may be defeated from over-confidence and the better organization of the Liberals. ''TLey have no such leader as Mahone, who, with favors and promises, has got almost absolute command of the Liberals, and manages the campaign with great skill" He naturally thinks that Liberal victory will have an almost fatal eff feet on the welfare of the State.
 The predictions of the Liberal leaders agree with those of experienced newspaper correspondents who are watching the politi- cal situation in Virginia. The outlook is very cheering, for Liberal victory in Vir ginia would probably be followed by similar victories in other southern States.
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way of being heard, except so far as newspa- pers accommodate us when their space would command money. We trust, Mir. Editor, that every voter will do his duty, and by vot ing ''No" say to the city
 No MORE DEBT.
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that every voter will do his duty, and by vot ing ''No" say to the city
 No MORE DEBT. What ''A Taxpayer Thinks About the
 Water Question.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Will not the purchase by the city of the Water company's rights and franchises inev- itably lead to tax of, to say the least, two mills on dollar, on all taxable property within the city limits, to pay for the bonds as they become due? Is it not well known fact, at least to everyone who has studied the question at all, that the receipts of the company at it's present rates would not, after deductlng the amount the city pays pay the salaries of corporation water board and at taches, and the laying of new street mains as they are actually needed by the growth of the city, and relaying of old ones that are rusted out, as there will unquestionably have to be large outlay in that direction in the near future, thereby indirectly making each taxpayer and consumer pay extra for his water l lind that two mills tax on my property as listed would increase my water rates eight dollars more than pay at present, and all other taxpayers water bill will be in. creased ln a greater or less degree according to the amount of tax paid by them I would ask property holders, especially those who own house and lot and have 10 work at day wages, If they wish their water bills increased in that way and simply for the sole and only reason that the city, as corporation, shall have the privilege of owning it's own water and having the free use of it.
 There IS another question of interest to property holders. Is it not the inevitable re- suit of city owning it's water supply that it taxes water rate, say one-third to one-half, on all unlmproved property, under the spe- clous plea that 1t is a benefit to the property to have the water pass by the same? Would not the city be very apt to follow suit and do as other cities do which own their own water works, in order to increase their receipts, put on water meter and make each consumer pay extra for all over certain prescribed amount, although the rate might remain as at present? There is no law that could hin- der the city from doing so. Only by special enactment could it be restrained from doing that or anything else that a water board might see fit to do in that line.
 would ask if, in view of these facts, it is for the interest of those who own the house and lot they live in to vote to tax themselves twice for the water they use in order that the city can have it's water free and save twenty thousand year to taxpayers? Would It not be well to vote ''No," and thereby keep out of politics this question of water and how much we shall use and pay for it.
 A TAXPAYER.
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We are now supplied with better water in more ample quantity, and at lower rates, than the inhabitants of most of the cities which town and control'' their water sup ply. Why, then, do we need a change?
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wild state at the enormous outlay that would be necessary for the redemption of the Irish bogs or the English commons could not pos sibly compete, in grazing or wheat t-raising, with the western prairie and the vast cattle ranches of the far West. There is no scarci- ty of land. In Kent, the garden of England, 12,O00 acres are lying idle, and in Berkshire. Suffolk and Norfolk, three of the best farm ing counties in the Kingdom, the govern ment commissioners report that several large estates bid fair to revert to their originaa wildness
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A ssoldier-pauper amendment" to the Con- stitution of the State of Massachusetts is to be submitted for adoption or rejection by the popular vote at the coming election. The proposed amendment reads as follows: 'tNo person having served in the army and navy of the United States in time of war, and hav- ing been honorably discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of being pauper; or, if pauper, because of the non payment of a pelltax." At first sight there would not appear to be anything very objectionable in this, but good deal of fault is found with it, so much, in fact that it may not be adopted. It is argued that the worthy and self-respecting soldier does not become a pauper. If such one, through illness and misfortune, needs help, it is supplied by the Grand Army posts and by State aid, for which Massachusetts yearly expends half 8 million dollars, in order that the wants of needy and deserving soldiers may be relieved without their mourning the stigma of pauper- ism. Those who become paupers do so be- cause, in consequence of their vicious habits, neither the Grand Army nor the municipal officers, in their assignments of State aid, are willing longer to supply them with money. Yet upon these discharged soldiers of worth less character the proposed amendment would confer privilege not granted to other soldiers. Because of their pauperism, which is almost invariably the consequence of their fault, they may vote without paying a poll tax, while other soldiers, equally poor per haps, are compelled to pay it or lose their vote. Moreover, it is argued that the amend ment establishes a class distinction which ought not to exist in the bestowal of an im- portant civil privilege Soldiers, it is admit ted, should be rewarded for their services and protected from want, but they ought not to be made a class by themselves by confer ring upon them political privilege denied to all other citizens. If it is right to excuse pauper soldiers from paying a poll tax, it is right to excuse all soldiers, and if soldiers are excused, the poll tax ought not to be exacted of any citizen as a condition of the right to vote. Besides, the amendment goes too far. Though intended doubtless for the soldiers of the late civil war, it applies to the soldiers of all other wars. If Jeff Davis should be- come 8 resident of Massachusetts and a pau per, he could claim it's benefits by reason of his service in the Mexican war, and his hon. orable discharge.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-01

It is probable that if the waterWorks were gige7a to the city in less than twenty years the people would be sorry they were accepted.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Water question yesterday was When will it stop raining
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-01

The tax list sent in by the'W Water Company this year is $3o4, 1000, so over $5,0o0 comes back to the city if we receive taxes from the company. If we buy we pay taxes to other towns Figures won't lie, but those who have figured in favor of buying seem to have omitted many things.
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J. L. Jennings, who recently muir
dered . man on the Animas River,
Colorado, to secure the latter's wife,
was lynched ct Tiierra Armilla, N.
NJ, on Sunday last.
Postmaster General james has is
sued an order providing for strict
inspection Of the accounts Of Post
Office Inspectors and Superintendents
Of the Railway Mail Service.
Trickett, the Australian oarsman,
has offered to row Hosmer for $1,000
. side on Saratoga Lake.
Kwong XII Chin, the Chinese Ed
vocational Commissioner at Hartford,
does not credit the story that the
Chinese students recalled from this
country are to be educated in Europe.
He only knows that he is ordered
home with all students under his
charge.
The inquest in the case Of George
T. Coles, shot in New York by Mrs
Coleman, was continued on Wednes-
day. One of the employees Of
Miners Theatre testified to seeing
Mrs. Coleman at the theatre when
she introduced herself as a single
woman. The jury, after an hours
absence, returned verdict that Coles
came to his death by a pistol-shot
wound at the hands Of Mrs. Coleman
She was committed to await the action
Of the Grand Jury.
Charles Parker, guide in the
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We earnestly believe that if COM
mittee of gentlemen was organized in
Mount Holly for the purpose ofinduc-
ing manufacturers seeking locations to
settle here, that some good to the
community would eventunlly grow out
oft. The place has ample room to
grow and plenty Of land to spare upon
which to erect manufacturing estab.
lishments, besides every facility for
ffeiehting back and forth the manu-
featured goods and raw materials.
The Ranoocas creek can DO utilized
for freightirg BY such as desire to
ship by water, and without change Of
cars goods can be shipped to New
York and Philadelphia. Such com.
mittes or body Of men must be CON-
posed Of wide-awake business men,
alive to the best interests Of the town
and its growth, and not close. fisted
and seIf.interested. Cant the present
generation Of fathers give the town a
boom for the coming generation, OF
must We wait for these things to turn
upf A little interest in this matter
BY our citizens might work wonders.
Start the thing and we'll guarantee
that the rising young business men Of
the town will show what hearty In
tsrest is manifested by them In the
welfare Of the place. But we need
older and wiser heads and capitalists
to give the idea q start. By persever-
snas Bordentown Is gathering in ia
dustry after industry and will, We be-
lieve, eventually become one Of the
busiest and most important manufac-
turing towns In the State. Let Us
follow suit" and see what we can do.
TIE News would deem 1t q real
pleasure to assist in its humble way
In the good work.
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ster Of Atlantic City, aged about 60
years, fell dead from his chair just
after eating his dinner on Wednesday.
He leaves large family.
John Anderson has been Committed
by Justice Baker, of Camden, in de-
fault Of 5000 bail, for malicious mis-
chief in kicking in the door of Louisa
Marshall,so f No s Ferry aveaue
A young man named Reamer. has
been arrested at Asbury PAX, where
twas discoveredsthat horse he had
sold was stolen from William Max6eld,
Of South Amboy. When confronted
by the owner ofthe horse be confessed.
James FanoiD, Of Camden, was
terribly beaten by roughs at Degon' 8
Hotel, Atlantic City, early Thursday
morning. Several arrests were made,
but the parties were discharged by the
Mayor for want Of evidence.
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MONDAY. AUGUST /, 1881.
THE PRESIDENT

The President is sgain on the
mend, and if his present condition
continues be will be able to sit up
before the present month is far adj
vanoed. No attempt will be made to
find the ball until he is much stronger
and only then by an electrical appli-
ance that does not require the wound
to be probed. Everything tends to
his ultimate recovery.
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Mr.. THOMAS G. HAMILTON has
retired from the the editorial manage.
ment of the Gloucester City Reporter.
He was held in much esteem by his
professional brethren throughout the
State.
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Adirondacks, while. taking Mrs. Geo.
Bull, Of PhiIa., from Forked Lake to
Long Lake, on Tuesday to be the
guest Of ex-senator PIatt, made
felonious assault upon the lady and
nearly strangled her. All the other
guides in the Adirondacks are report
ed to be hunting the william, whom
they have sworn to take dead or alive.
A FIRE on Coney Island, about three
o'clock Wednesday morning, destroy
the hotel and depot Of the New York
and Brighton Beach R. r. Co., with
several cars and locomotive, causing
loss estimated at $35, 900.
Montpelier, the home aud burial
place of President Madison, sold at
public auction on Thursday, for $780,
600, to Colonel Darlington, of the
Exchange Hotel, in Richmond, Vir-
ginia.
A Washington dispatch says that
Senator Conkling is absolutely out Of
politics, and does not intend to be
held responsible for the result Of the
next election in the Empire State,
inasmuch as he has been crowded
aside by the party that other men
may be advanced to the front.
Maud s. did not equal at Belmont
Park on Thursday her best time, but
trotted three Of the fastest consecutive
heats on record-212, 2134 and
2.l24. There we're over IL, 900 per-
sons present.
The funeral of Justice Clifford took
place on Thursday afternoon in Port
land, Maine. Among those present
were Chief ustice Waite, Associate
Justice Miller, Judge Blodgett, Of
Chicago, Judge Knowles, Of Pfoyi-
dence and General Banks.
Two cases Of yellow feyer-the first
Of the season there-were reported at
the New York quarantine on Thurs
day. AAa18
Colonel B. Frank Moore, agent of
the Louisiana Lottery, was arrested in
New York on Wednesday, on the
charge Of keeping i lottery Office.
Secretary Window has approved
the bond Of Judge Robertson as COL
lector Of the Port Of New York.
Colonel John G. Burch, Secretary
of the United States Senate, died in
Washington on Thursday of heart
disease.
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The uprising Of the papers Of the
State friendly to Senator SEwEIL has
shown the South Jerseynaan the
"error Of ito ways" and it has ceased
to scold. A wise proceeding.
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BRIGHT AS A NEW DOLLAR.
The Mount Holly NEWS comes to
US as bright as q new dollar. May
it always continue to be so.--Beygen
County Democrat.
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General Dealer in the leading makes Of
Organs among which is.the celebrated Estey
Organ which has no equal for quality oil
tone, durability, power and workmanship.
Also dealer In the standard makes OF
Pianos, composed of the Chickering, EN-
erson, Fisher and others.
Violin strings and trimmings AccOr,
deems. Banjos, Guitars. Flutes, Brass In
struments of all kinds. Sheet Music,
Instruction Books and Musical Merchan.
disc generally Also Sewing Machines al
the lowest figures. Piano and Organ tun-
ing done at the store or residence. Organ
boxes for sale from rs cts. to 81 rs.
Call and examine our stock.
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In speaking Of BARTRAM, the tenn
perance agitator, The Herald gets its
fingers into DR.. GRAw's hair and goes
for him heavily.
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How TO GER WELL. Thousand of
persons are constantly troubled with a
combination of disc asses. Diseased kid
neys and costive bowels are their tormen-
tors. They shonlt. know that Kidney
Wort acts on these organs at the
same time, causing them to throw off the
poisons that haye clogged them. and SO
renewing the whole man. Hundreds tes-
tify to this. - ittsburg Post.
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Frsnk Oonover, aged 10years, .
resident Of Millville, was drowned
while bathing Of Ocean City on Tues
day afternoon.
James Gleason, boss driller In the
yard Of the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Camden, had his arm crushed on
Wednesday afternoon while coupling
cars.
Robert Fl. Health, of Camden, cleo
ted Captain Of Company @, Sixth
Regiment, N. J. N. G., declines the
honor, and another election will be
held.
George e. Green, a 12-year-oId col
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night. The boy made full confes-
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nNWARD, A
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of Philadelphia, win stand at the
stables of the subscriber, Mount -xkgMA~
Holly. at so to insure He was
sired by Patchen Chief Charles Z. Loew)
record 2251z; dam by Hopkins Abdallah. a
son of old Abdallah. Onward is l6 hands
high, weighs 1850 lbs. He is very snowy
and stylish, has an excellent disposition
and his colts are very promising. For fur
ther particulars see hand-bills or call on the
subscriber.
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CCHOOL WILL BREAK UP
y in few days. Get your boys straw
ha at KENER &ARMsTROEG'S,
II Main street.
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George 3. Green, 12-year-old col
ored boy, has been committed at New
Brunswick for destroying the barns,
stock aud horses Of A. D. Dunbar, at
Cranberry Neck, by FIRE on Sunday
night. The boy made full oonfes-
sion.