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THIS YEARS TAX LEVY CONFIRMED.

The Aldermen yesterday confirmed the tax levy
for the present year. The aggregate assessed val
uation OF the real and personal estate in the city
nxeo by the lax Commissioners at 81 37l. 1908.
The amount 10 be raised by taxation Is
So, $50, 52s "a. The rate Of taxation fixed at
So 40 per 500 except in the of those CORPORA
tons JOINT stock companies or associations which
paw their State tax direct TO the State treasurer
IN their case the local tax is fixed ut
O. 2.329-I0,O 900 per 800. The tax for 1884 was
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g % 500 The net RsTsass &c H%oug6
the the present year taxation Is fixed, for the
present - LILO SS III, h Bdsrd of E afp
last year. sse neo 10 less than the amount appro,
mate W. fss ss1 After the GARD Of Estimate had
amount to be raised iGE the e be
year the Legislature directed taao Museum
II art and S44 900 for the expenses OF The
ment Commission and the payment OF us nv 20 ,hs
fax lew. The low rate of taxation last year
due TO the fact that the 900 600 OF R 9;tv
balances of the various departments % sur
(oyernmept was covered into the city treasury
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FOREIGN STEAMERS DUE AT THIS PORT
SHIPPING NEYS.

PORT OF MONDAY. AUG. IL 1855
ARRIVED
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THINGS FORTHCOMING.

GEN. JOHN A. LoGAN's rec0LectiOas of bat
ties, marches and campaigns aoiH be begun
early in December.
REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, the brilliant
author of "a Nan Without Country" and
other fascinating stories, 'ciH contribute a
Christmas Story to THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE Of Dec. II.
JOHN MCELRoY, author of "1ndersonriNe, a
Story Of Southern Prisons" "The Red
Acorn" etc, triH begin The "reminiscences
of an Army Mule" some time in December
Col. ". w. JACKSON, formerly on Gen. S. A.
Harybut'S staff, has contributed an admirably
aOrittea article on the part Mat HurlJms
Division tool in the battle of Shiloh, aCLich
a0iU appear IN an early number.
LIEUT.. III. A. ID. MERRICK, 9Th ~ Y. Cdr.,
e3gtgibutos O soelJ-,crittea account of Dahl
grea's Raid against Richmond, pkich aoal
shortly appear.
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WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY NOVEMBER

who served under him, and to the very last,
in spite ofevery untoward circumstance and
influence large portion of the Army of the
Potomac remained warm friends Of Geo. 3.
Mcclellan.
His great abilities as an organizer are
freely admitted by every student of the war.
In very short time he built up the hete-
rogeneous mass of enthusiastic young men
whom he found encamped around Washing
ton into powerful army, and showed rare
knowledge of character in choosing the men
who were appointed to responsible positions
under him. Nearly all of these were so sue
cessful as to thoroughly justify their selec-
ton.
In private life Gen. Mcclellan was splen-
did type of true American gentleman
always kindly and courteous, clean. in every
act and faithful to his family, his friends,
and manly duty.
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DEATH OF GEN. GEO. ID. MCCLELLAN.

DEATH OF GEN. GEO. ID. MCCLELLAN.
The passing away of the man who created
the mighty Army of the Potomac has followed
with startling suddenness upon that of the
man who led it through a sea of blood to it's
final and complete victory. Every COM
mander of that glorious old host has now
gone to his account.
1t is time when all that was best in a
mans character and life-wOrk should be
brought forth and dwelt upon, and there
was much of the highest human worth in
Geo. B. Mcclellan.
He was an earnest and sincere patriot, a
best for his country in her hour of sorest
need. Internationally vastly more might
have been done by man of higher abilities
who was given his great opportunities, but
he did much more than his immediate sue
cessors were able to accomplish, even with
the lesson of his successes and failures di-
rectly before them.
In one respect, at least, Gen. Mcclellan
equaled any Of the great soldiers whom the
world has ever seen. That was his power of
gaining the love and confidence of the men
whom he commanded. Not Napoleon, Wei
lington, Frederick the Great or Cesar sur
passed him in creating a firm and enduring
attachment to his person On the part of those
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-11-05

MOST people will say that for scholar to
browse heartily On strong onions before
entering the school-room would be an aggra-
waited form of disorderly conduct, but Con-
necticut Trustees recently decided otherwise,
and suspended ateacher for whipping child
for the Offense. But, then, as onions are one
Of the staple products of Connecticut, the
people there are perhaps right in insisting
that no slur be cast upon them.
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INDIANA AT GETTYSBURG.

The tablets to mark the positions Of the
Indiana regiments on the field of Gettys-
burg were all placed in position by the 26th
of October, and formally presented to the
Battlefield Memorial Association. There
were six regiments engaged from the State
the Sd Cav, which was engaged to the right
of the railroad cut, where Davis's two regi-
ments of Mississippi troops were captured;
the 10Th at Willoughby Run, where Gen.
Archer and a majority of his men were cap
tured; the Goth, in Wards Brigade, in front
of Little Round Top; the 9th, near Spang-
ler's Spring; the 18th on the apex of Culp's
Hill; and the 18th On Cemetery Hill, where
the Confederates were repuised in their
night attack TO take that important position.
All of these positions were visited during
the day. The exercises took place in the
Courthouse at night. Gen. ]. j. Reynolds
presided. The tablet of the Sd Cav. was
presented to the Association by Maj. Spohr,
of that regiment; the 10Th, by J. FL. Slime,
historian of the First Corps; the 18th, by
Capt Brown; the 9th, by Prof Bloss; the
18th, by Comrade S. c. Holmes; and the 14th,
by Capt. BEEN. Addresses were then made
by distinguished men of the State, as fol-
lows: Gems. Colgrove, Foster, Dudley, and
Hanson; Maj. Calkins and Congressman
Kleiner The tablets were received by off
GERS of the Association in very impressive
speeches. It was proud day for Indiana
on that memorable field.
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MRS. sHERwooD's POEMS.

This charming volume of stirring war
lyrics is having splendid sale wherever
there are found men and women who loved
the Union and did whatever lay in their
power to preserve it. We send a hand
somely-bound copy anywhere On receipt OF
81, or one richly bound in blue and gold
for S150
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ENDORSING THE VETERANS RIGHTS
UNION,

In General Orders, No. Z, published in the
proper place in this paper, COMMANDMENTS
Chief Burdett promulgates the National En-
campment's and his own hearty Endorsement
of the organization of the Veterans Rights
Union, and closes with this well-put para
graph:
Attention is called to the fact that this action of
the National Encampment intimates no purpose to
relax the settled and determined policy of the
Grand Army of the Republic to hold aIoof from
every form of political action alliance but that
1t invites such proper organization and persuasion
rs may seem necessary to secure the execution
without equvocation or evasion of those laws of
the land, which, alike honorable to those who
enacted them and just to the intended beneficares
remain among the most cherished of our National
testimonials and are the assurance of benefits fully
earned and which ought to be maintained.
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NEW EDITION OF "THE RED ACORN.

The demand for John McElroy's fascinat-
ing war novel," The Red Acorn speedily
exhausted all the edition ON hand last Spring.
Since then there have been SO many in
quiries for the book that we have decided to
bring out new edition, which will shortly
be ready. The critics have unanimously
pronounced it the very best novel of the
war yet published. 1t is gotten up in ex-
eellent style, and will be sent to any address,
postage paid, On receipt of 81. Send in your
orders so as to get an early copy.
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DO YOU WANT A DICrIoNARYe

We have on hand a limited number of
copies of very compact and handsome
edition of Worcester's pocket dictionary. 1t
is just the thing for school children, or for
the business man to have lying on his desk
We will send the book to any address on
receipt of % cents.
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The profoundest curiosity exists in Wash
ington as to what manner of people inhabit
the town of Haldredge, Neb. There has not
been single application from there for the
place of postmaster, nor any suggestion from
anybody as to who would be q good man
for it.
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OBITUARY..
Inrasions of Death in the Ranks Of Our Conrad

Invasions of Death in the Ranks OF Our Comrades.
LENT.-At Carlisle, Loran County, o., Oct. 81
John C.. Lent, aged As. He served successfully in
Co. X, 25d Ohio, Co. L. 8Ith Ohio, and Co. X I35th
Ohio, and was faithful to every duty. He was
moved to Michigan and thence to Kansas but his
poor health, owing to exposure in the army. COM
peeled him at last to abandon work. and he return
ed To his friends to die of consumption. He leaves
q widow and three children.
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 8, 1885.
General Sherman on The Tribune.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE U. S.,
WASHINGTON, ID. c..
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
X
From the nature of the articles published
in the numbers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
sent me, / observe that it is published in the
interest of the soldiers of the civil war In
this you have my hearty sympathy, and l
will endeavor in my own sphere of action TO
cooperate with you in all practicable meas
ures to that end, without money and with
out price. With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
W. T. SHERMAN.
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Total ordinary receipts........... 1888 500 90
OF this immense sum only S!5, ADS, 22S.O6
Or, roughly stated, one-seyenth-was paid
out again in the shape of pensions. Nearly
the whole bulk of the National income is
derived from foreign brandies and wines,
silks, steel rails, and sugars, and native
whisky, beer and tobaccos We can find out
contributed toward the support of defenders
Of the country by ascertaining how much
foreign liquors he drank, how many tons of
steel rails or yards of silk he bought, how
many gallons of American whisky and beer
he swallowed, and how many thousands of
cigars he smoked, adding up the duty on
these, and dividing the whole by seven.
For example:
The duty on French brandy is So a gallon.
Therefore, for every gallon of brandy he
drank he paid about 90 cents to the pension
fund.
The duty on foreign wines is S160 dozen.
Consequently, every man who drank dozen
bottles Of wine contributed about % cents
to aid in supporting the disabled soldiers
The duty on foreign silks is so per cent,
so that the pensioners probably get, pos
sibly, one or two cents on every yard of
silk that is imported. 1t would be well if
they received hundredfold that, for there
are idle hands in this country that should
be employed in making every yard of silk
that our people wear.
The duty on steel rails is $17 ton. The
pensioners get about $3.50 on every ton i'm
ported. They should get 10 times that, so
as to stop the importation entirely and COM
pei all the rails to be made by the working
men Of this country.
The tax On whisky is 80 cents per gallon
Every time one of the Gallon grumblers
drinks a gallon of whisky he contributes
about Is cents to the pensioners.
The tax ON beer is 81 on a barrel of 81
gallons, so that the Ohio kickers have to
swallow full keg of beer before they con-
tribute so much as 81 cents to the pension
fund.
Tobacco pays cents pound, or little
over cent pound into the pension fund.
The tax on cigars is So per 1000. If the
Gallon fault-fnders are industrious smokers
they may each use up 1000 cigars in the
course of year, which would be contri-
button to the pension fund of about 43 cents.
The above will give J. A. L. exact ground
work upon which to compute the cost to
each man of the pensions to the disabled
soldiers of the Nation. Let him find out
how many bottles of champagne, how many
gallons of brandy and whisky, and how many
kegs Of beer he buys and drinks, how many
yards of silk his family uses, and how many
tons of steel rails he disposes of, add up the
duty on each Of the articles, and divide the
whole by seven, and he will know just how
much it costs the man to pay his share of
the debt of gratitude the Nation owes its
saviors.
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THE cause of public morality has been
greatly benefited by New Orleans Judge
sentencing a rascal who betrayed a girl by
means of a forged marriage certificate to IA
years hard labor in the penitentiary.
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THE Democrats of Michigan having got
into an apparently hopeless tangle over the
appointment of the Pension Agent at Detroit,
it is urged that the difficulty can be happily
solved by the appointment to the place of
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, widow of the dead
cavalry leader. The soldiers all over the
country would throw up their hats over
such an appointment, and in no part of the
country is the lady more popular than in
Michigan, where she has lived ever since
her widowhood, and where reside many of
the peerless cavalrymen whom Custer used
to lead to battle. Mrs. Custer, besides being
woman of very attractive personality, is
the possessor of unusual mental gifts and
accomplishments. Her book Boots and
Saddles" was lavishly praised by the critics
and met with large sale.
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PAST COMMANDER-IN-CHE KOUNTZS
OPINION.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the best SOL
dier paper published, and 1 would rejoice to
see Its circulation reach halfmillion.
JOHN S. KOUNTZ
Toledo, O., Oct. 10, 1885.
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The platform of the Nebraska Republicans
has this splendid plank:
g. Gratitude and justice demand that all honora-
bly-discharged Union soldiers disabled while in
the service and in line OF duty receive pensions
from the date of disability; we therefore, ask the
repeal of the Limitation law of 1879
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GRANT AND JOHNSON.

A decided sensation has been caused by
the statement by Hon. Chauncy Depew
that at dinner, where he sat by Gen. Grants
side, the latter informed him that during the
early part of Johnson's Administration that
President contemplated nothing less than an
appeal to arms in support of his policy
that he preached the question to Cen Grant
with the view of enlisting his support, but
was informed that he might count on the
Generals determined opposition, whereupon
he tried to send Gen. Grant out of the coun-
try on a mission to Mexico; that he was
frustrated in this by the General informing
him that he would not accept appointment
and instructions from the State Department
as an ambassador, and that the General of
the Armies of the United States could not
be ordered out of the country, except at the
head of an army; that failing to move Gen.
Grant in any way President Johnson sent
for Gen. Sherman, who, to his disgust, was
found to take precisely the same view of
matters as his military superior, whereupon
johnson was compelled to forego his revo-
lutionary schemes.
At first the story was vigorously pooh
pooled in certain quarters, but as one after
another of the men now living who were
prominent in public affairs were inter
viewed, it began to develop that the account
was substantially correct, and that the coun-
try was only saved from the most serious
disturbances, which would have been meal
culably injurious and humiliating by the
firmness, courage and patriotism of Gems.
Grant and Sherman.
TREAsON's PATHWAY TO THE REBEL
LION.
Gen. John A. Logan is rapidly pushing his
book to completion, and it is expected that
by the middle of January it will be ready
for delivery. Hart & Co., of Brooklyn, N. Y,
the publishers, say that the demand for it is
fully as great as the demand for Gen. Grants
Memoirs. So far the most inquiry for the
book comes from the States of Illinois, Ohio,
Indiana and Missouri, and the demand from
Texas, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama
are surprisingly large. The book will con-
tain 600 pages, and all the manuscript with
the exception of the last 60 pages is in the
hands of the printer. Gen. Logan at first
decided to call it "The Great Conspiracy
but this not proving satisfactory it was
changed to "Treason's Pathway to the Re
beliion" This is the title with which it will
appear, unless second change is deemed adj
yisable.
The sales of this work will, without doubt,
be immense throughout the length and
breadth of the land, as it will be one of the
most valuable and interesting histories of
the rebellion that has yet appeared.
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WHERE THE PENSION MONEY COMES


To THE EDITOR: Will you please state from what
source the Government derives the money that it
pays TO IFS pensioners of the of 1861 TO 1865?
few Of the old soreheads in this vicinity who staid
at home during the war and hid in the woods dur
ing the draft, take a malicious delight in saying
that they are paying taxes to keep the pensioners
out of the poorhouse-i e., help to pay their PEN
sions.-J. A. L., Gallon, o.
If the gentry who annoy our correspond
ent paid any portion of the money dIsbursed
to pensioners it is very easy to find out in
what shape it was taken from their pockets,
and Just how much was their share of the
contribution toward supporting the broken
down men who saved the Nations life.
The income of the United States for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, was as fol-
lows:
From oS, fS9 40
From internal LII ,3s6,o'2 81
From sales Of public lands.....,...-, 9SlO,105 OIL
From tax on national banks..........." 3loS,730 ID
From profits on coinage, bullion de-
posts, and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 42O,609 ~
FROM customs fees, fines penalties,
IO74,665 46
From fees-consuar, letters patent,
and 32iS,oS7 81
From repayment of interest by Pacific
Railway Companies. 1SIl,365 Il
Frem sinking fund for Pacific Rail-
way Companies. 2Oi5,775 O5
From deposits by individuals for sur
veying public iands................... 66i,111 7S
From proceeds of sales ofGOvernment
property. 5l66Si "A
From Indian trust funds................ 76,ll5 63
From donations towards liquidatng
the public debt........................ 63,SI4 81
From Immigrant fund ............. 22l,2S6 80
From Soldiers Home, permanent
fund. S67O92 o.
From sale of condemned naval ves-
100000 90
From revenues of the District of CO.
Iumbia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I,970T26 Is
From miscellaneous sources......... 2,sB,2lO Is
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NOTES.

Capt. j. z. Steere has published descriptive
and historical guide to the Central Branch,
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol
diers, at Dayton, Ohio. 1t contains much inter.
esting and valuable information respecting this
admirable institution.
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RECENT LITERATURE.

LIES VERSES. Published by Mitchell & Miller.
New York.
This charming volume is a collection of verses
and pictures from that humorous periodical,
which Is unquestionably without a peer in this
Countrywide. The cleaner has, indeed per-
formed bis work WELL and has bound together
sheaf OF fun, wit, and delicate humor which
viii provoke much merriment wherever fun is
appreciated. The book is everything that
could be desired-the poems. bright and suarI1-
ling, and the illustrations executed in the very
highest style of art. Guy Carleton, w. J. Hem
derson, John Moran, and host OF other witty
versifers have contributed to the volume:
while among the artists may be found the
names of III. w. McYicar, Jessie McDermott,
and others.
The following "Swsn Song" by T. z. SulIi-
van, appears, among the life verses, and is too
good specimen OF them to omit from this no.
tice:
Boy, dost thou hope to win her?
Cease thy sighingi
Eat good, hearty dinner,
Love defyineS
Let all thy thoughts tonight of her go free;
Tomorrow ali her thoughts shall turn to thee.
Man, dost thou hope to hold her?
No more kneelingI
Shrug thy dersive shoulder;
Prove unfeelingi
So, as she dreams thy passion doth decay
her love Tor thee shall strengthen day by day.
"Clyde," too, has written very bright piece
entitled " How" in which the following verses
appear:
How can man a dollar day
Charter a seat at popular play
And purchase cigars and tobacco, pray?
He can't.
How can he sport an elegant tile
ASK Sc, ms Gear friends to step out for smile"
And stable 2:40 anmle?
He can't.
How can he frolic with better-fed friends
When in cold perspiratiOn he's at his wits ends
III his wfsh-woman after her halfdoIlar sends
He can't.
And the following unique proposal appears
also IN this budget of wit and hunor:
Paddle your own canoen
They told me iOnO 400.