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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-19

den and give the counties absolute
protection. Under this system each
county will have the benefit Of its
prudence and economy and entire
exemption from the negligence and
improVidence of other counties.
ASSESSMENTS AND COLLECTION OF
-. ..-s -.a TAXES. fr E/@fHt. .r
Justice and policy concur in re-
quiring that the burden of taxation
shall be borne equally by all. Under
our present system Of assessment
the grossest inequalities exist To
remedy the evil l recommend that
our assessment laws be so revised as
to confer upon some one of the ex-
ecutive officers of the State the NOM
ination of a board of assessors for
each county, subject to the confrma-
ton of the County Court of each
county, or that such board be elect
ed by the people of each county, |
and the compensation of the board |
be fixed with relation to the value |
of the taxable property of each coun-
ty; that the Secretary of State,
Comptroller and Secretary of the
Treasury be created a revisory
board, clothed with the power to re-
wise and equalize the assessments of
the county boards of assessment.
The assessment of real property to
be made for term Of years and of
personal property for shorter |
period. - .@ .".
1t is believed that a system Of as
of this character will APP
proXimately secure the equality sol
much desired A.i'...s'-"
The provisions Of our laws for the
enforcement Of the collection of tax
IS are so involved and cumbersome J
hat the weight of judicial opinion
n the State is that the ingenuity of
nan is incompetent to the task of ]
making a valid sale of real estate {
or taxes, and, until the difficulties
re removed, all payment of taxes
lpon real estate must continue to
,e practically voluntary. In view |
f the fact that but a remote risk is {
AIKEN by refusal to pay, the limit 4.
d delinquencies in the payment of s
axes on real estate affords the high I
st evidence of a patriotic recogni- G
ion of our citizens of their obliga- /
ions to the State and their cheerful t
to discharge them. /
The State pays away a large sum l
ach year upon tax sales, when it is [
robable that in no sale has a valid a
tie been obtained. When the own @
r comes to redeem he pays not only a
is tax, with interest thereon, but
G is forced to pay large sum in '
of the cost incurred in the Il
title but expensive ceremony Of 3
and sale |
The laws ought to be so amended $
3 to make the assessment of real h
state and default in the payment of d
lxes thereon in given time, ipSo q
1ctO a -divestiture of the title of the |
wner and an investiture of it in the e
tate, subject to redemption by the v
wner within a liberal period, the t
rustee clothed with power to sell Il
nd convey, and a speedy action for o
ossession provided. This mode n
i'll secure the prompt payment of T.
.xes, and relieve the State and de- P
nquent owners of vast expense. r
The Comptroller should be cloth c
/ with the power, by himself or Il
gent, to buy real estate in the name Il
the State in all cases where the j
terest of the State sorequires. I'm b
or existing laws it seems no one a
as that power. .-.. ........ o
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-19

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery cures every kind Of humOr,
from the worst scrofula % the com
mon pimple or eruption.
-Four or six bottles cure salt-rheum
or letter.
One 90 Eve bottles cures che worst
kind of pimples on the face.
Two to four bottles clear the Bys-
tenn Of bOils, earbuncles and sores.
-Four to six bottles cure the worst
kind Of erysipelas rF
Three to six bottles cure blotehes
among the hair. f
Six to ten bottles cure running at
ears. 'Ff Ier
Five TO eight bottles cure corrupt
or running ulcers. f
Eight to twelve bottles cure the
worst scrofula.
Sold BY druggists, and In half doz-
en- and dozen lots ht great discount.
Azure for glnttony-the opi-cure,
of course. .Ig
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THE MORRIOTOVN GAZETTE
Subscription Price, 81.

The President nominated and the
Senate confirmed without reference
to committee, Gen. Nathan Goff,
Jr., of West Virginia, Secretary of
War. -.
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Gray hairs are honorable, but few
like them. Clothe them with tho
hues Of youth by using Ayers Hair
Vigor.
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Bernhardt's corsets are inclined
to be temperate. They never get
on a genuine bust-Quiney Modern
Argo And still they are not total
abstainers, for Sara's corsets take a
stick in theirs.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-19

The mind is said to be the seat of
the soul. If this is SO, how many
souls there are to whom the point
of pin would look like sofa.
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APPoRTIONMFNT.

The period fixed by the Constitu-
ton for san enumeration of the
qualified voters, and an apportion-
ment of the Representatives in the
General Assembly" has arrived,
and the performance of that duty
devolves upon the General Assembly
at its present session. The Consti-
tuition provides that the number of
Representatives shall not exceed
seventy-five, until the population Of
the State shall be one million and
half The population of the State
now exceeds one million and a half,
and the number of Representatives
may be enlarged, but not to exceed
the constitutional limit Of ninety
nine. The number ofSenators may
be Increased in corresponding pro-
portion. t..f f...-.-I
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COMMON SCHOOLS.

The report of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction furnishes salts
factory evidence that our school
system is accomplishing the best re-
suits. The Common School system
is permanently established in Ten
nessee, and with the primary branch
es of education for its boundary il
will be a perpetual blessing to the
State, and should be unfalteringly
encouraged. IL
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OUR RIVERS.

l suggest that the General As
sembly instruct our Senators in Con-
gress, and request our Representa-
tives in Congress- to cooperate in
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PATENTS

obtained for new inventions, or for improvements
on old ones, form edical oEOther compounds trade
marks and labels Caveats. Assignments Inter
ferences, Appeals, Suits tor Tnfringements, and
all all cases arising under the PATENT LAWS,
promptly attended dto.-INVENTIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN
REJECTED Sg sf the he rdoat Patent ot.o9 once may
ented by US. Being opposite the U s. Patent De-
partment, and engaged in Patent business exclu-
sively, we can make closer searches, and secure
Patents more promptly, and with broader claims
than those who ore remote from Washington.
INVENTORS Sc send 31dTs us model or sketch
examinations and advise as to patentability, FREE
OF CHARGE. All correspondence strictly confiden-
tial Prices lew, and NO CHARGE UNLESS
PATENT IS SECURED.
We refer in, Washington, to Hon. Postmaster
General D. N. Key, Rev. f. d. Power, The Ger
man American National Bank, to officials in the
U. s. Patent Office, and to Senators and Represen
tatives in Congress; and especially to our clients
in every State in the Union and in Canada.
Address
@. A. SNOW & CO,
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Where did the cube root? and
whY7
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TAXING DISTRICT.

The charter of the city of Mem
phis was revoked by the General
Assembly at its last regular session,
and a government provided for the
inhabitants of Memphis That gov
ernment, admirable in form andwise
in administration, should be pre-
served. without material modifca-
ton. The report required by law
Of its government is submitted to
the General Assembly. As the gov
ernment of the Taxing District is
without the power of taxation, the
whole subject of its taxes is within
the control of the General Assembly.
"NEw ISSUE" OF THE BANK OF TEN
........ NEssEE. ~
In obedience to the direction of
the General Assembly, / employed
counsel to contest in the courts the
liability of the State for issue of the
Bank of Tennessee after the 9th of
May, 1851 The attorneys employ
ed have performed their agency dill
igently and faithfully, and have de
velOped the evidence tending to
show that the bank issued that cur
rency to maintain the late war
against the United States. A copy
of the opinion of the Supreme Court
of Tennessee, when the question was
last before it, is submitted to you,
and from that opinion it will be
seen that the liability of the State
turns upon whether the money was
issued to support the war, ...
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STATE DEBT.

i y
al Assembly, at its last regular ses-
sion, providin,; for a settlement of the
State debt. The bill was the result
of mutual concessions on the part of
the bondholders, railroad companies
and the State. and was adopted by
the General Assembly in spirit of
compromise. / gave that bill my
approval My convictions upon the
subject have undergone no change.
] still believe that a settlement, to be
fair, satisfactory and permanent,
should embody the compromises and
principles of that bill, and any set
dement, more burdensome upon the
people than the one proposed by it
will fail to command popular appro-
val, which is the only sure rock upon
which public credit can be built. A
concession of the extraordinary de-
mands of the selfconstituted bond
holders committee would, in my
opinion, involve the State in ire
trievable embarrassments. The State
has no income except a precarious
and inconsiderable sum derived from
the State prison. Whatever is paid
upon the State debt, aside from the
amount contributed by the railroad
companies, must be raised by taxa
ton. In the adjustment of the debt
practical craftsmanship will recog-
nize the fact that a settlement of the
debt, upon the basis of the bill adop-
ted at the last session, will rsquire
the payment of a larger-annual sum
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IN proportion to the value of the
taxable property of the State than is
paid, by taxation, by any other State
in the Union upon public debt; nor
will the fact be ignored that there is
a possibility, to say the least Of it,
that the outstanding issue Of the
Bank of Tennessee may become an
charge upon the Treas
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Opposite PatentOfice, Washington. D. @.
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Daily globe., 1881-03-07
4Yatuacle Stock .Acquisittoa.

Mr.. G.. A. B. Shave, writes us that he has
Just purchased for St. Paul friend, the very
finely bred mare, and also promising for speed,
Moss Rose. She is q solid bay-brown, foaled
1876, 15a hands, about 1850 pounds, nice
head, good style, rangY and excellent dispo
sition. Mr.. Shave says she has never been
trained or handled for speed, but has been in
telligently cared for and carefully driven, and
that she possesses high turn of speed, Mr.
Shave is confident. She is daughter of
Swiger, the best horse and most reliable sire,
Mr.. Shave declares. in the northwest; record
2:3O and X in 1:13 after doing heavy duty in
the stud, and sire of Calamus 2:24A, Resolute
2:29H, and other promising trotters
The dam of Moss Rose.
is Kitty Bruce, by Richards Bellfounder, out
of Angeline, by Manbrino, sire of Messenger,
"the father OF all trotters." Kitty Bruce was
also the dam of Zephyr, raised by Mr.. Shave,
from whom he secured the very promising
young stallion Memory, by that great trot-
ting Sire, Mambrino Gift. Our space will
not allow of our producing all the details pre-
sented by Mr.. Shave, to show the excellence
of the breeding Moss Rose, but enough has
been presented to show that it is 'tgilt edged"
We are also glad to know that Mr.. Shave has
in Boquette, coming two years, full sister to
Moss Rose, most promising flly, and that
other of his stock of the same breeding is at
tracing the attention of intelligent horsemen, "a
foal of 1880 having already been sold to
Mr., Robert Bonner. May success continue to
crown his efforts.
Daily globe., 1881-03-07
Sixth Ward Land League.

A well-attended meeting of the Sixth
ward land league was held yesterday af
ternoon in St. Michaels temperance hall,
and much enthusiasm prevailed. After the
usual order of business had been trans
acted Capt Starkey was called upon to
fulfill his promise of speech, which he
did in an able and logical manner, at the
conclusion of which he offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
Rcsolued, That the Sixth ward, of the city
of st. Paul Land league has implicit confidence
in the National land league.
That we earnestly hope that the brave,
Spartan band now battling for Irelands rights
will not fall into any trap that may be set by
minions of British tyranny.
That our heartfelt sympathies are ex-
tended to all who are now suffering impris-
onment or otherwise for their loyalty to their
native land
That in the language of Daniel O'Connell,
we care not what caste or color slavery may
assume, whether it be personal or political,
Intellectual or moral, we are for its instant
and total abolition. That we are for freedom
and Justice in the name of humanity, and ac-
cording to the laws of the living God.
Mr.. Merritt moved vote of thanks be
rendered Capt. Starkey for his able and
instructive address and resolutions. The
motion was carried.
Rev P. I. Gallagher delivered an elo-
uuent and interesting address.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
The next meeting will be held Sunday
afternoon, the 18th inst.
Daily globe., 1881-03-07
Stanton'S War Conduct.

II was talking to Gen. McMahon yes
terday, who was for some time the prin-
cipal staff officer Of Gen. Dix, about Sec
retary Stanton treatment of Alexander
Stephens and Postmaster General Rea-
gan, both now in Congress, writes Gath
to the Cincinnati Enquirer: "Stanton
was not very friendly to Gen. Dix, look
ing upon him in the light of possible
Presidential candidate, and he issued
orders directly to him, saying: You will
proceed Immediately to Fort Warren, in
Boston harbor, and receive from the
naval vessels the two traitor rebels,
Stephens and Reagan, and will see that
they are confined separately and not al
lowed to communicate with each other,
nor to have writing materials
"Gen. Dix felt much mortified, but he
had no discretion in the matter He went
to the fort and sent McMahon out on "a
tue to the steam-sloop Tuscarora, COM
manded by Maj. Fraley, of Maryland
That officer had taken care of Stephens
and Reagan in his private cabin. They
had been together throughout the voyage,
and it was therefore absurd to separate
them. Gen. McMahon said: Gentlemen,
| have the misfortune to be your police
man. | am sorry to say that will have
to take you off separately, as my instruc
tions are not to allow you to communicate
with each other WELL said Command
er Fraley, we can take drink anyway.
So they took a final glass of wine, and
Stephens was carried off first.
GAS he entered the casemate where he
was to be ccnfned, there was nothing but
miserable bed and one chair. He
looked upon the hospitality pretty seri-
ously, and said: Major, can not have a
table and pen and ink?' Il am sorry, MIR
Stephens, but they have been forbidden.
Can have nothing to read, not even
newspapersl They also are forbidden
you.' Mr.. Stephens sank into the chail
and gave slight sigh.
Reagan was then brought off in tug
and put in a similar easement, with NJ
more accommodation. but he made ne
complaint. Stephens asked if he coult
not see Gen. Dix. 4 will convey youl
request to him. said Mcmahon, and ht
did; but the general replied: Major,
don't think can go to see MIR. Stephens
NV orders are so disagreeable that | cal
do nothing for him. would only hav
TO say no, and that should hate to do.
Daily globe., 1881-03-07
An Incident of Gartield's Trip.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
quirer telegraphed from Youngstown,
Ohio, while the President was en- route
to Washington, as follows:
At this point Sheriff Stiles, of Ashta-
bula, got off the train. He is man
about forty years old, and when a young
ster of ten was pupil of Garfield at his
first district school. Garfield at that time
boarded with his mather, the Widow
Stiles. He was the owner of but one
pair of pants, made of Kentucky jeans,
the knees-probably the ones over which
he used to lay his refractory pupils-wore
thin, and finally split, exhibiting por-
tion Of his anatomy in very unpleasant
manner. The night this rupture took
place young Garfield felt very blue, as he
had not the money wherewith to pur-
chose new pair. Mrs. Stiles, learning
the cause of his trouble, told him to go to
bed and she would mend his trousers for
him. He did as desired and now the sheriff
brought the pants to his mother, who
mended them so skillfully that except on
close inspection the seam was not ap-
parent. The now President-elect was
very grateful for this service, and was
profuse in his thanks; but the good lady
silenced him with: "Never mind about
that, Mr. Garfield. When you are a
United States Senator no one will stop to
ask you what kind of clothes you wore
when you taught school at Warrentield."
By the way, from early youth Garfield
seems to have impressed people with
whom he came into contact with the be-
lief that he was destined to achieve great
things; and from the outset of his politl-
cal career he has had his eyes fixed on
the Presidency. One of his most trusted
friends told me to-day that when he was
elected to the Senate he telegraphed him:
general, this is a boom for the Presi
dency," and Garfield answered him: ''Do
YOU think so2'' Said this same
friend: "Before the last National
Republican convention number of
Garfield's personal friends wrote to him,
telling him that it would he injudicious
for him to attend the convention as he
might be drawn into some ENHANCEMENT
that would prejudice his Presidential
chances four years from thence. He wrote
to me about it, and I wrote back that he
must not stay away under any circum-
stances. I told him that John Sherman
could not by any possibility get the nom
ination, and that he would He asked
me if l really thought he would be NOM
mated, and told him that was my firm
belief. "Upon this advice said my in
formant, che went to Chicago, and the
result, you see, justified my predictions. y
Daily globe., 1881-03-07
The Ipaua,tral Trousseau.

A reporter of the Cleveland Penny Press
went to Mentor to get description OF Mrs
Garfeld's 'tinaugural trousseau." The lady
greeted him with smile, but refused to dl-
,Tulge. She closed her lips tightly and re-
marked, her eyes sparkling with fun: ut Is
my one subject of pride that have succeeded
in keeping my own preparations out of the
papers; they are simple, trust respectable,
but not worth making a fuss about" but
some one will get it ~ observed her visitor
Chow ?" she inquired laconically, immediate
Iy adding: II don't believe they will. have
eluded all vigilance. My work is being done
away from here, and very quietly. would
tell you, if were disposed to tell anybody,
butt think can keep it.'' Failing in the
Immediate purpose of his interview, the re-
porter sought for such other information as
the lady had to spare. ''If you won't say
what YOU are going to be inaugurated in" he
said suddenly, twill you tell me what you
were married in?" "Certainly," was the reply;
"a simple white muslin" This reminded
the Industrious young man that she was
wearing dress as she was speaking. Happy
wore during the interview" ne says, "a very
stylish dark gray cloth, made with kilt
pleated skirt, apron front, draped oyersklrt,
and q basque, double-breasted, with two rows
of handsome pearl buttons" This dress the
interviewer mentally decided TO be new, and
Just the thing for a travelling dress; and then
his researches on the dress question came to
close for time. Having varied once from
the business in hand, the reporter made
up his mind to accept such in
formation of general nature e.s as as
fell to him, and was soon gratited
with nice ''fnd" my father" Mrs. Gar
field said "is appointed to look after the tools
during our absence, and he declares that he is
the only man sure of his position i'll the next
administration. This led to the disclosure
that Lawntield is not to be closed, but will be
occupied and taken care of by Mrs. Garfeld's
brother and his family, and the old gentle
man aforesaid. And then there followed
bonanza of information from an unexpected
source "Grandma Garfield we are told, 'is
industrious to degree which few of this gen
Grafton attain. While busily plying her needle
she made some reproving remarks TO the other
ladies present on their ldleness. What are
you making, grandma? said one of them I
am hemming some washcloths, she replied,
in her decided, little way. If am going to
Washington l shall need some new ones