smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
made about three hundred special rulings in
reference to taxes. The following additional
ones are furnished by the Brooklyn Eagle:


The Collector Of Revenue is authorized to
receive all he can get, and hand as much as
he can afford over to the Government.


A man that has got no income can swear
that he has, and if he pays the taxes on it,
the law don't insist on his taking the money
back.


Ifa citizen fails to assess himself in any
sum, the Assessor is authorized to double
the amount and add one hundred per cent to
it.


Ifthe Assessor thinks citizen has assess
ed himself too much, the law requires the
Assessor to say nothing about it, for fear of
hurting the citizens feelings.


When a man and wife have each separate
incomes and don't live together and the wife
boards with her aunt, who is a widow and
has property OF her own in government Sc
curities, real estate or oil stocks, and the
husband is not in the habit OF paying his
wife's board or 1illiner's bills, the tax for
which he is liable VIII depend upon the
amount of his revenue, if he has any. His
wife's aunt cannot be held liable for his in
come tax unless the man should die and leave
his property TO her but should he die and
leave no property, then the Assessor may re-
NIT the suut's income tax, except on what
she actually owns.


Widows are not required to pay tax on the
income their husbands might have earned If
they had lived; neither are heir second hus--
bands liable therefor.


A merchant who has made ffty thousand
dollars this year, on indigo, cannot deduct
seventv-fi9e thousand dollars he has lost IN
I849. on gum-cowrie beeswax.


A man may deduct the rent OF the house
he lives in, whether he pays the landlord or
not.


That's the landlords business.
A young man who is entirely dependent
on his aged mother for support is not requir-
ed to pay her income tax.
Year: 1865

The indianapolis Sentinel, in giving a
sketch Of General Sherman's speech at the
military officers banquet in that city, says :


"In reply to interrogations as 70 his views
upon the negro question, General Sherman
responded frankly and fully. He was dis
tinctly opposed to any miscellaneous ming
ling Of the races. In his opinion, it was in the
order Of Providence thai the white race
should rule. He would not withhold from
the negroes any of their natural rights, but
was wiling to extend to them education and
every privilege necessary to their happiness,
but further than this he was not willing to go.
He was opposed to comforting upon them the
elective franchise, but, at the same time' ne
vindicated the right Of the Government to
govern both the white and the black races.


"He remarked that our Government was OF
A peculiar nature, and that powers were left
to the States up to certain point, with which
II +vss not in the Providence Of the General
Government to interfere. Congress has
enough to do, without interfering with the
local Government of the States, and it should
not usurp powers which did not rightfully be-
long to the National Government. The
President was not the Government, Congress


eas not the Government, and the Supreme
Court was not the Government but all were
subsidiary to the Constitution. He said mil
itarv rule. which in time OF war was neces-
sarv was law to itself, but it had been his
study during his military career of the past
four wears, to be prepared, at the end OF the
rebellion. to surrender the military to the
civil power, and it should not be forgotten
that whatever might be done under military
nile all would finally have to pass. the arbi'
trarent Of the Supreme Court from which
there was no appeal Referring to President


Johnson, he said he did not propose to make
on1 suggestions to him in regard to his duty
brt he felt confident be would execute his
oaics to the best of his ability. He thought


it best to let him alone, and if he desired 0u'
advice he would no doubt ask it.


"The speech ofGeneral Sherman last night
more comprehensive and elaborate than any
Iotber which he has yet delivered, must have
convinced every hearer that he was not onI1
soIdjer but statesman, and that he ha'
hIIv mastered the questions involved in tn
recent difficulties Of the country. We onl,


regret that his effort was not heard by a
the people of Indiana, for it presented, II
giving back to the people their own thought
forcibly and happily expressed, one CT tn
evidences Of true genius.
Year: 1865

the Negro is to De DrougnG aIhOh8 yVU'
not to be protected like other people,
but to be taken into the bosom of your
families to associate with you on terms
of perfect equality, and finally to walk
up to the ballot-box and exercise a part
of that great power with which you are
clothed Of conducting and controlling
the Government Of your country. need
hardly assure you, gentlemen, that to
such state as this, and everything
allied to 1t, the Democracy can never
assent. We can never assent for many
reasons, one of which is sufficient, that if
we should, we would betray the sacred
trust reposed in us to be the guardians Of
the poor white man against degradation
and dishonor. With no unkind feeling
toward the negro race-not particle, or
at least with as little perhaps as that
which actuates most of the saints who
now claim so much-I say with no IN
kind feeling toward the negroes, must
say to them distinctly and unequivOcally
that a wise God has made you one race,
inferior in every particular to the race to
which we belong. We can not give up
our pleasant places to you, nor can we
surrender that God-given right entrusted
to our hands, to govern these pleasant
places with wisdom. I do trust in God


that not only the negro race here but
elsewhere may progress and be elevated
as fast as possible-rnay attain, as far as
possible, all the happiness this earth
affords. I wish them well in every par
ticular, God knows, but can not sur
render the trust reposed in me to 7indi-
cate this Territory and these white men
by white mans Government. Gentle
men, let me add one word in this same
connection. For many years past, as


you are we'll aware, we were obliged to
stand upon the proposition that the
South, where negro slavery existed by
State law, that it was their business
that we had no rightthrJugh the Federal
Government or otherwise to interfere


with their affairs that was necessity OF


our position; the absolute and uncon-


trollable construction which we placed


upon the Federal Constitution and upon


the Constitutions of the States, that each


were supreme in their spheres. You are


all perfectly aware at what cost we done


this. You are all perfectly aware that


with this disinterestedly volunteering to


protect the Constitution of the country


from invasion, by insisting that these


men could not make their crusades upon


the slave States, we were driven into mi


uorities over a great portion of the coun-


try that otherwise we would have had


with undisputed sway. L thank my God
that that time Is passed, that we have
come to time when we can 60 back to
the point we occupied twenty-five years
ago, and can stand and devote our entire
attention to the yindication Of the just
rights of the great laboring masses ofOur
country. These men for whom We have
done so much, who ought to be grateful
to us for what we have done, have beer
) far otherwise. They picthed into re.
bellion and staked their negroes upoT
, the issue, as a gambler throws his pawr
r into the game. They have lost. lie
> the negroesgo. Applause.


After some remarks touching Genera
Cox's evasion of the questiOnsput to him
Y Judge Ranney took his seat.
Year: 1865

The HAIR SPLlT.-Some designing poliii-
ticiaus are constantly engaged in attempting
to create division IN the Union party. In
several counties they have succeeded in getting
into The field Boilers Ticket. To secure the
Democratic vote they claim that it is the
Douglas Democracy opposing old line Repub.
lcans, or IN other words the "Shorts" against
the Longs" We do not see it in this light.
1t is simply most disgracefu and degrading
struggle for the spoils of office. Every prom.
iDent candidate for United States Senator is
al old line Republican-the Douglasites have
no candidate for this position The hash" Of
these dsorganizers for Office will be settled by
the honest voters in September next, in the sew
eral counties, aud we trust the honesty and good
Judgment OF our Senators and Representatives
will wipe them out at the Capital the coming
session of the legislature.
Year: 1865

An examination of files will develop the
fact that the journals who plead the strongest
for the hanging Of old John Brown. FIVE years
ago, are now the most anxious that JEFF Davis
and his confreres should escape the same end.
Why is it?
Year: 1865

occur. 1t is to be hoped they may


not. But let the Government and the
loyal masses sleep, as they did prior to
the rebellion with both the state Of
feeling on the part of the late rebels,
and the existence of these advantages,
enumerated on their side, and | sub,
NIT it to the reflection of every candid
and intelligent mind, whether it does
not form grounds at least for a strong
probability?


The object of this writing is to call
up reflection and awaken enquiry on
the subject. To call measures into
action for the avertence of the evil ere
it is too late. And here the enquiry
comes up, what is to be done to avert
it ? "Look well to your ballots" is the
main answer. Keep the Government
entirely out of rebel and copperhead
hands and by an act of Congress, as
speedily as possible. reverse the mill
tary order of things in the rebel States.
Disband the rebel militia and keep
an ample number of the right kind of
soldiers and officers there
to keep the refractory in submission.
All of which is most respectfully sub
mitted by your friend and co-worker in
the cause. PETER PERDY.


Perdyrilie, Nor, Is, 1865.
Year: 1865

EDITOR ISrRLIIGEycER 1T is well
understood that secret order has ex-
isted during the war, and before it,
called the Knights Of the Golden Cir
Gle !" and that it was through the
agency of this order that the rebellion
was conducted The same order, in
some localities, is called the "Sons Of
Liberty" AS is we'll known, the
main plans of this organization have
been defeated. But is there any evi-
dcnce that the order has been dissolv-
ed and its designs abandoned ? We
have learned no such thing nor have
we any reason for believing anything
else, than that the order still has its
identity, and is in full blast, so far as
its adherents deem it prudent and
safe. This order was the back bone
of the rebellion. Its members were
numbered by hundreds of thousands.
Have we seen one whit of backing
down from their assumed high position
any further than what stern, unfinching
necessity has compelled them to do?


Hear the resolutions of the State
Conventions for the modification of
their Constitutions. They show no
change Of principle, but only abolished
slavery and re-adhere to the Federal
Constitution because they cannot help
themselves in any other way. And
see (! They have, every one of them,
petitioned the President to pardon
their darling JEFF. Davis. Read the
account Of travellers and canvassers
among the masses, and you will see
all the spite and deep malignity fos-
tered that they ever had in the most
promising days of the rebellion. Mark
with what cruelty they treat the Freed.
men They murder them whenever
4 udAI dO oo. lOul Tic olIOuHcbt
indications we can gather, were it not
for the military forces, they would, in
some parts, exterminate them altogeth,
er while, in other parts, they secret


ly entertain the sentiment, and design
that, when they get State Governments
into their own hands they will reduce
the colorcd race again to slavery


From all their movements, which are
not coerced by the pressure of the
conquering power, it is evident that
they are not as yet converted to The
measures Of the Government but are


feigning submission, in some respects


in order to gain the advantage for tn.
prosecution of the same work in which
they have been once defeated, when
Year: 1865

1t were idle to deny that certain
amount of anxiety has been aroused
throughout the Province, by the ru.
mors of arrangements made by the
Fenians to attack Great Britain
Canada. The projected ris.
ing in Ireland seems to have received
such check by the alertness of the
authorities as to reduce it to the d.
mensions Of a faseo. 1t is quite posi-.
bic that the restless and unprincipled
men who are now engaged in this
movement in the United States, bafiled
for the moment Of the prey they most
coveted, may, even in wanton spite,
turn their attention to Canada as a
more accessible field of operations. 1t
is quite possible that they may raise
from ten to fifty thousand marauders
for this purpose. Of course we know
that such "a force could do a good deal
Of mischief, but that they would lbe
utterly unable to maintain themselves
in Canada for many weeks.


We should drive them back after
giving them such lesson as would
not speedily be forgotten. But it is
hardly credible that the United States
which is taking such
high ground respecting the duties Of
just now, will 50 stultify
themselves as not to take care TO pre-
vent such a raid, or at least to hinder
it from attaining such proportions as
to make it really dangerous, or likely
to lead to a war between the two coun-
tries. The United States papers pub
lish kilograms from some asses on this
side, who represent Canadians as be-
ing in a state Of panic. That is false
But there is growing feeling that if
we are to be bullicd into fighting by
the United States, or dragged into it
by Fenians, we cannot be too prompt
in preparation. One other resolve is
taken by the great mass Of the people,
however weak.knced few annexa.
tionists may be. that, if lighting comes.
we shall fight to the uttermost.-Mon-
treat Gazette.
Year: 1865

that she has kept her servant here all
the evening to attend her home, should
be sufficient notice that she requires
no other escort


This fixed my status. For ten years
came and went at WILL and think
was never in the way. The men folk
and had tacit understanding that
they should not swear in my presence;
but if they forgot was not deaf, some
little act of kindness was usually the
apology. Otherwise than this, think
1t seldom occurred to any of them that
l was not one Of them. This NAV an
pear unwoman!y, but insist That if
women are to be the companions of
men in public employment, the idea of
sex must not be the prevailing thought
of their lives. They must establish
"bnsiness relations" and keep them
purely and entirely business relations.


Hume, in speaking of Elizabeth, the
greatest of England's sovereigns,
says: Zone must not judge her as a
woman, but as ruler" As wife,
mother, sister, daughter, let woman be
judged as woman as clerk, let her
be judged as clerk. The display of
personal charms, of adornments. of
dress, OF graces, of conversation, should
be reserved for the social circle. What
men of sense and delicacy could value
the secondhand articles Of this descrip-
tion which'have heen hawked around
through public offices as the price of
some trifing privilege, some immunity
or preference /?


When one takes place in depart
ment she contracts to work certain
number of hours daily for a certain sum.
1t is understood that she is to work
faithfully during these hours, and when
she spends portion of them, habitual-
ly, in reading or gcssiping, or in any
other way shirks her dnty, she is a
swindler-o only this, ord nothing more:
and the man she induces to overlook
her delinquency is an accomplice in
the dishonest evasion. He is her best
TREND who holds her most firmly to
the fullilIment of her contract.


NoT should the sickness brought on
by folly, be any excuse for failure to
fill the contract. The headaches and
backaches and dyspepsias and mise
ries brought on by impeded circulation
from pinched feet and crushed waists
the colds and chills and catarrhs caught
from half clad feet and arms and shout
dcrs, should be no apology for undone
or halfdone work.


Women as well as men are under
moral obligation to fuse all lawful en-
deavors to preserve their own lives
and the lives of Others" and their fail
ure to do so is no Justification Of their
failure TO perform any other duty.
That nineteen-twentieths of woman's
sickness is the direct result of improp-
er dress is "a fact patent to all thinking
physicians and until women can
make up their minds to study the laws
of health rather than that of fashion,
their demand for equality in employ.
ment and salary is simply ridiculous.


JANE G.. SwIssHELM.
Year: 1865

The national debt now amounts to
about three thousand millions Of dol


lars. 1t is distributed all over the
country among the loyal people of all
the states. 1t is distributed among all
classes. Every man who has green.
back in his pocket owns portion of it.
Every man who looks to his days
wages for his days support is interest
ed in its soundncss and solvency, for
it is by part Of the national debt that
his earnings will be paid to him. There
is no individual and no kind Of honest
business that is not concerned m most
jealously maintaining the credit of the
country and of its debt forever unim-
paired. -.. ...... ..-.


Now there is on foot a scheme
whose realization will inevitably re-
suit in the depreciation and anniIila.
tion of the national securities in whole
or in part. That scheme proposes the
immediate restoration of the rebels to
political power. A great party, the
copperhcad or democratic party, So
called. is resolved to push it through.
They care nothing for the national
credit. They care nothing for the vel.
fare of the loyal millions. They care
nothing for the toiling masses whose
existence and prosperity depend upon
the goodness of the national currency.
All that they care fnr is Office, patron
age, power. They want to elect a
Presisent Of their own sort-of the
James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce
sort--in 1868. They want to defeat
Andrew Johnson, General Grant, Mr..
Seward, Charlie Sumner, Governor Nor
gan. or whoever may be the candidate
Of the Union party. They cannot hope
to do this without rebel votes. These
they are resolved to have if they can
get rebel states and rebel soldiers en-
dowcd with the power once more to
vote down Uuion states and Union SOL
diers.


Here is the great question which the
people Of this country now have to dc.
eide. Universal suffrage is a great
question also, question both Of prin.
cipIe and ofpolicy; but it is inferior in
immediate Importance to that concern
ing the instant restoration of rebels to
full equality Of prerogative aud power
with loyal states and loyal men.


The coppcrhcads are willing to heap
upou us the inestimable misery and the
bound,,s 81 disgrace which would be
caused by repndiat;ng the national
debt. Anything to elect copperhead
President and put copperheads and
traitors in Office. But the loyal people
will never consent to such calamity.
They will never agree TO reputation.
They will never take the first step to-
ward it. They will never put it in
the power Of unrepentant rebels to
govern the country. They will never
expose the seven-thirtics and green
backs to the fatal effect which rebel rule


would produce upon them. The rebel
states must remain as they are for the
present.
Year: 1865

A CHALLENeE-A little fop, concciv.
ing himself insulted by a gentleman
who ventured to give him some whole
some advice, strutted up to him with
an air Of Importance, aud said. - Sir,
you are no gentleman Here is my
card-consider yourself challenged.
Should l be from home when you hon.
or me with a call, shall leave word
with friend to settle all the prelimi-
naries TO your satisfaction" To which
the other replied, " Sir, You are fool
Here is my card--consider your nose
pulled. Aud should l not be at home
when you call on me. you will find !
have left orders with my servant to
show or kick you into the street for
your impotence"
Year: 1865

TuEArRlcAL.-Th thrilling drama Of the
/" French Spy" was presented with success
At the Metropolitan last night. As the
Arab boy, Miss Hight succeeded admirably,
while her superb dancing won the applause
Of the audience continually. The same play
will be repeated tonight, and none should
fail to see it.
Year: 1865

The following recipe for paint has been
used quite extensively for painting outbuild-
ings, fences, &C., aud pronounced nearly as
good as oil paint. 1t is certainly vastly
cheaper and could be applied where one would
not think of using common paint


Take half a bushel of nice unslacked lime;
slack it with boiling water, cover it during
the process to keep in the steam, and add to
it peck of clean salt, previously we'll dis.
solved in warm water three pounds of ground
rice, boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in
boiling hot half q pound ofclean glue, which
has been previously dissolved by first soaking
Il WE'LL and then hanging il over slow fire,
in u small kettle within large zone filled with
water. Add ive gallons Of hot water to the
whole mixture: stir it well and let it stand a
few days covered from the dirt 1t should be
Year: 1865

Mutual FoRBEARAScE-It is too
much to expect that the people of the
Southern States, who have sustained the
attempt to overthrow the authority Of the
National Government. can divest them
selves in moment of the peculiar ideas
which have been generated under the
influence of secession. 1t is not unrea-
sonable to believe that we shall soon see
them returning to The exercise of their
duties as citizens, nor is it folly to hope
for their return to sincere loyalty to the
Constitution and laws of the United
States. These Southern people are net
deficient in intelligence They viii he
disposed TO make the best of their pos
ton. Having failed in their opposition
to national authority, they viii not ST
down in despairing. sullen idleness. We
bslieve that we shall see, and that before
any very long space Of time has elapsed,
as loyal a population in the South as any
Northern State can show. a little of
mutual forbearance; . little of friendly
allowance on each side; disposition to
make the most Of the future and preset,
and to forget etsomewhat Of past bitterness;
some general adoption Of broad cathnlie
generosity-will cevel lpe a strong tra;-
ternal feeling among men who have
grie vously differed on matters of vital
importance H We ought all to remember
that our real interests are identical; that
it has been decre-d that we are to re-
main fellow-cit.zens of the same greal
nation, and that we can accomplish more
for the general veal by encouraging the
spread Of mutual kindly feeling than By
an opposite course. We must be hon.
orable We must be charitable. We
can become friends again.


The two armies have learned to respect
each others valor. The officers and sol
diers of the Confederate and Federal
services have, since the end Of hostilities,
placed before the civilians on either side
splendid example in the evidences they
have again and again manifested Of
hearty mutual esteem. All sensible
people rejsice at this


Hundreds of returned citizens are
taking the oath Of allegiance and am
nesty. Our streets are crowded Nj b
once familiar faces who have been long
and unhappily absent from n. Let y
welcome back these who were cur old
friends Let US give them cordial
greeting. They will not be the less
ready to work with US for the restoration
of business, prosperity, aye, and loyalty
because WE do not look coldlv on them
Let us together make the future bright


whatever the mast has bsrn.- NP,r o.
leans Times, 23d
Year: 1865

~ We publish to-day the recent act of the
present Legislature regulating elections, to which
we call attention


Also proclamation Of Gov. Murphy for the
election of Judge for this circuit. This is a
very important matter, which we sincerely hope
our citizens will not suffer to go by default
We have heard no suggestions yet for can
didate, but take the liberty of suggesting the
name of the Hon. A. Il. Williams, man
well qualified for the position, and now as 10y
al Citizen as any in the district.