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Year: 1874

pay tax OF per centum on the amount OF notes
1nwn CITY or municipal corporation paid out by them
THIS does not reach the root OF the evil The
law should be amended and changed to compel the
payment OF the tax by the municipalities companies or
indv1uais who make the original issue OF such unau-
thorzed circulating notes. Bankers and business at
the south assured me that even such tax would not
prevent the issue OF this kind OF and that the
9uly enectua way to abolish the nuis would be to
view 60 its circulation a. money mssdemeanor pan.
isnDe Dy nue. or imprisonment or both, by any Court
haVing coBnlzance thereof.


DEIINQUEsCIEs.


The Treasurer says speaking of delinquences in
the payment of duty by National banks:


IL VIII be seen by an inspection Of the above quoted
extracts from the National Currency act that while
proper returns within days after each first day OF
January ana July there is no penalty whatever for
within the months named it is made the duty by law
lot DaS ~ TO dS Quite number OF the banks take
returns regularly within days prescribed by
law, ana thls avoid the penalty OF 800 Having thus
the law Tor the Noncompliance with which
entirely e%tr neples penalty a!aehsd they then
refusing to pay the duty within the month, and for
when neglect there 1, no penalty As most OF the
National banks Is payable semaDDually IN January and
july tuere Is no way provided by which the duty In
months when the next interest their stocks is
@ Se: %, iaS ne use OF lrge sums OF money Tor long time
cases OF single banks the loss interest for single
tsrn oil SIX months amountS hundreds OF dollars The
very large This not only works a great in
jury TO the public revenuc, but does injustice
10 the majority OF the National banks that this duty
regularly with comInendible promptitude. To Obvate
TINS evil an to furce ready compliance with the terms
Of the law, the act should De amended TO attach
penalty for the within the time prescribed
by the law OF tue duty from any National bank. Of
an additional penal sum at the OF one per centum
per month upon the amount dne aud unpaid due from
aud by such defaultng bank, until the whole amount Of
sch duty vita the accrued penalty shall have been paid
by such deiaulting bank and II paid before. the
whole amount incluong the penalty may be retained
from the next interest due its stock, held for Ii IN
trust for the rcdemp ptOn OF its circulating notes by the
Treasurer Of the UniLcd States.
Year: 1874

There are no diseases deblitating in their ef
iects upon the constitution as the above, and none
more difficult to by the usual modes of practice
The FEVER AND AGUE POWDERS will effect a
cure in cases of the longest standing well as
prove preventive in the forming stages of the dis
case. Being purely Vegetable, they act with cer-
tainty on the disease, totally eradcatng 1t from the
system, and prevent return at any future period


Why waste yourmon and health in trying every
medicine you hear OF, when TIIOMPSON's FEVER
AND AGUE POWDERS have never failed to cure
he CHIT = In onv c.pas
Year: 1874

point made by the Judgment creditors. In other word


that the file the bond did not invadate the
assignment aud permits examination 10 proceed In
order determine II there other reasons why
the Judgment creditors should have the relief they seek
Year: 1874

FAILURE TO REMOVE THE DISABILITIES OF FEDERAL


OFFICERS WHO ENTERED THE CONFEDERATE


sERvICE-FAvoRING POLITICIANS INSTEAD OF


SOLDIERS.


To the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: VIII you kindly permit me through the
columns of your paper to lay before the public few
facts concerning the officers of the army and navy who
resigned and entered the service OF the South the
outbreak Of the Rebeliont These victims OF unjust
discrimination have thus far failed to have their dis
abilities removed, while the leaders aud active poit
clans who not only nsg aed thom to resign, but advo
Gated secession from the very start have been admitted
seats In the Senate and House OF Representatives and
are received In full favor by the Government they tried
to break up. Most of these officers oth to give up
the "od fag." and it only by O strong pressure
brought to bear them by these very leaders with tho
seductive argument advanced that their first allegiance
their native State, through whose agency they
had received their appointments, that they at
length induced to resign. This was cOnscien-
siPu'iy believed eSclr, to BE be right ey 1 may say
for that OF the South. They are now debarred from
holding oihce or even voting on questions which affect
their interest and being all poor they actual
need OF every right which belongs TO American
citizen The only instance In which exception has
been made that of Gen. j. b. LOngsreot whose father
Judge Longstreet OF Georgia, was SecessOnist, aud
helped by all the influence he could command to carry
the state OF Georgia out OF the Union.


Gen. LOngstreeJ himself OF the most violent
Secesslons In the army. but by special favor he
has not only been enranchsed but has secured one OF
the most lucrative positions In the gift OF the Govern
ment, while many better men, who In time OF need
would willingly risk their lives for theirlcountry honor
still remain under the ban OF political odium.


Nep-l York, April 2l, 1874 JUSTICE,
Year: 1874

The grounds about the State Capitol
are gradually and slowly assuming n
more crcditab!c appearance than they
heretofore assumed. Iti Is something of O
misfortune, however, that those grounds
should be so convenient to the peniten-
tiary. 1t is also q matter Of wonder to
the citizens, visitors and spectators
whether The child is yet born that will
live TO see the work on these grounds
completed, at the rate Of progress which
has recently been made, and how much
more will be the cost Of these improve.
mcnts than was that of the Capitol it.
self.
Year: 1874

She was at length compelled to leave
the watering place, and he followed hsr.
1t became a general rumor that he was
partially in q manner lunatic, and she had
not allowed him to know where she had
gone to. She sailed for Europe, he had
committed some crime and had been i'm
prisoned for it, and she had not seen hin
from that time until the present occasion,
when he had SO assailed her by his inco-
herent accusations and words. How he had
found she did not know.


So ended her story and her husband
fondly believed her.


The following day at her solicitation, she
had her husband return to Myrtle Villa,
and she with him. Mr. Darlington,to her
evident dislike, had been invited TO the
Villa for short time, and accompanied
them thither.


She was in as deep plot as ever. but
she was free from Eugene Allerton, and
that was enough to her. Free from any
interruption from him, she fondly hoped to
have an easy task in the securing of her
husbands ample fortune.
Year: 1874

quietly on and see the manhood of those
men sink for


WANT on BRRADl


No, 1 have too much faith i'm theIwork-
lngmen Of this land TO believe that they
Will allow theae men to submit for want
OF the necessaries Of life. A stand must
De taken somewhere, more proper to take
q stand then, right in Tloga county. For
nowhere has the same oppression been i'm
posed since the day that the whip was
~renched from the hand of the slave driver
OF the South We have at least one of
that class Of men in TiogA county, who
has not yet forgotten the power he exer-
clsed when in the South. have pledged
myself TO these men that no stone shall
be left unturned that can be turned by me
IN order that they shall be successful
They may import their


swEDEs, ARABs,


or who they please, but practical miners
keep GScdy from Tiogd till the conflict is set
tied. Let every one Of us who is at work,
or have the means, whether we are mem
bers OF the organization or not, put our
hands IN our pockets and assist these men,
for their cause is q holy and noble one. 1t
Is an issue whether the companies in TioQa
shall be the law and the prophets or not
IL IL an issue whether the white working
men Of America shsll be placed in a worse
condition, and treated with less respect,
than ever the IA, groes Of the South were
trested BY their masters. II there is


ANY MANHOOD LEFT
In the workIngmen Of this land, let them
spring to the rescue, and strike off the
shackles from the limbs Of the worKingmen
OF Tloga county. BY 10 doing you will
loosen the rivets in your own / ask for
them also the support Of every business
man that feels friendly to the cause Of
labor, and hostile to the encroachments OF
these corporations Fearful OF wearying
you, l must close by hoping that this ap-
peal will not be made i'm vain ia behalf Of |
the most oppressed men in our land.


The above is only brief synopsis of the |
grievances and oppression Of the men of
TIogs. | could 60 on, if space did not for |
bid me, and NIL your paper in their defense,
but it has already been 50 ably discussed,
that am satisfied that this appeal will not !
be made III vain


Yours, respectfully,


JOHN SINEY.
Year: 1874

be it said, they immediately sprang to the
rescue Of these prosecuted men, aud from
the funds Of their organization took
enough money to build row Of shanties
in which to give shelter to their own mem
bers, and to supply the immediate wants
of their wives aud little ones.


1t is true the agents Of the companies
who are members Of the organization, un-
dertook to fight the movement, but the
benevolent spirit predominating, the
charitable prevailed, and as yet no member
Of that fraternity has known the want Of
bread, and hope that God will enable
them to persevere in their noble work.


With these facts before Us shall We, a.
workingmsn, throughout the length and
breadth of this land, and in particular the
men Of their own craft, the miners, look
Year: 1874

Some one has said that "no nan
can c.tlcr live piously or die right
eously without a wife"


Think of it, We wicked shirt-button.
less, rumplcd, sour-featurcd old bach
elors! Write the axiom upon Your
ilinty and unappreciating heart with
diamond pointed pencil; Gf you
have one y cut it out and paste it up
in some conspicuous place in your
solitary, chees.cSs, cOmfortiess, rag
Uttered desert Of q room, where even
the boldest ray Of the summer sun
trcmblcs to linger a moment: where
never a flower dares to show its blush
ing face without dying an untimely
death, and where the healthiest breeze
that ever came singing from tie caves
of the mighty hills will sickcn, and
become imprcgnatcd with the foul
odor of dccaying cigar stumps, orange
pcelings, and the smell Of unwashed
gin tumblers.


How can you feel pious, and 60 to
church every Sunday, with a phan-
tom Of your impiouS single wretched-
ness before your minds eye, and ac-
cusing your selfish heart, like Bar
quo's ghost, every time some sweet
unconscious, rosy Tipped, dimplc-
checked, laughing eyed and elabo-
rately chignonod fairy takes a seat
beside YOU, or brushes by you at the
door, like butterfly, while you stand
gazing on vacancy, and irresolutely
twisting the "few and far between"
hairs that discolor yonr upper lip p
You can't feel pious with such dis
tracing thoughts rushing like lava
through your brain aud turning every
unwisc bachelor resolve to dust and
ashes. How can You expect to die
rigbteously without a wife to assist
you! This is the most serious aspect
of the whole question. You may
manage to fight your way through a
useless bachelor life, in a cat and dog
sort Of a way, flying at your mast
head such a piratical motto as this
for instance
Year: 1874

AN artist is said to once have paint
cd dog so natural that lie had the
hydrophobia during the hot weather.
He's the same that painted copy Of
q beer bottle with such a skill! that
the cork few out just as be was fin
ishing it. And after he was married
he painted picture Of his first baby
so life like that it cried, and his wife
whipped il before she discoyered her
mistlkc.
Year: 1874

HERE is the pithiest sermon ever
preached: "Our ingress in life is max
cd and bare; our progress through
life is trouble and care; our egress
out of it, we do not know where but
doing well here, we shall do well
there.n
Year: 1874

DIp the Atlantic ocean dry with
teaspoon; twist your heel into the
toe Of your boot; make postmaster-
perform their promises and subscrib-
ers pay the printer; go up fishing in
balloons AMI fish for stars when the
rain comes down like cataract re-
member where YOU left your umbrella;
choke Il mosquito With brickbat; in
short, prove all things hitherto con
sidcrcd Impossible, but never attempt
to coax q woman to say Sic "wilI'
when she ha, made up her mind to
say she won't" =
Year: 1874




Because nobody cares for me


but, you hcariless sii ner, will this
suffice you when old Death raps at
your latchless chamber door, with a
polite request to take seat in his
ferry-boat, immediately to be rowcd
to the other side Of the Styx; will
you be prepared TO meet the occasion !?
Can you point to the diary Of your
mate-less life and prove that yOur
suiierings and trials on earth have
been sufficient and severe enough to
purify and chasten your heart, or will
YOU then, exclaim, with queen Eliza
beth: "Mv kingdom for rloment OF
time" to get married in and claim
/ beatitudo Hard hearted mortal Is
/ it no; .cr to listen to the voice OF
comncA sense and throw yourself
at once upon your left knee, extending
your hand in supplicatins manner
to the charming idol of your secret
worship until, overcome by the fervor
and originality of your vows, and the
necessity for prompt action to pre-
vent you from repeating the terrible
scene at the feet of her hanGsomer





cousin, the young lady lisPs in her
usual bewitching way: "ask papa.'
! to be succeeded, few weeks after by
delightful trip through the seven
Mahomedan Heavens, consequent up
III the delivery to YOU of a regular
passport, signed, and sealed in due
/ form by the officiating clergyman
/ We do not pause for reply; our ar
/ gument Is unanswerable we defy the
whole world of wrctched bachelors tC
deny, with any show of consistency
( the truth, or the wisdom Of our dogma
and we are willing, at any time, tC
appeal to the highest tribunal known
to US for the trial Of such cascs-tC
the ladies-wiling to stand or fall by
the unbiased verdict of such supreme
Judges. whatever it NAV he.
Year: 1874

WARDS OPERA HoUsE.-Another good
house at Wards last evening. The whole
company are as good as the average, but the
Jackley troupe just take the lead of anything
which Portland people have seen for long
time They appeared twice during the evening
and each time were greet ed with loud applause.
Many of their feats are new and the way in
which they do them are worthy of notice. This
hall should be filled every evening while this
troupe remains.
Year: 1874

TEMPERANCE NoTEs.-Another very full
and interesting meeting was held at Chestnut
street vestry last evening Hard drinking
men signed the pledge and several went to the
altar for prayer. In consequence OF preaching
at Allen Mission tonight, the union prayer
meeting will be omitted this week. Thursday
night temperance meeting will be held in
Chestnut street vestry, commencing at S.45 and
continuing until 1915 after which the usual
swatch" meeting will follow
Year: 1874

No one who has the color of money is his
pocket need go without good suit of winter
clothing, while c. D.. B. Fisk & Co. offer such
surprising bargains. They are determined to
close out their stock at once, no matter how
great the sacrifice, and prices have been mark
ed down to an astonishingly low figure. Give
them call, look over their stock and select
clothing enough for the next ten years, for
such an opportunity may never occur again.
Year: 1874

Postmasters, Clerks, DC, cannot Oe ContTuctofS.
SEC 49, That no postmaster, assistant postmas-
ter or clerk employed in any post office. shall be
contractor or concerned in contract for carrying the
mail. sEr fEEfe t.rFt fEtt.
Persons in the employ of the Post Office Department


(ncluding postmaster cannot become interested IN


mail contract nor act as agent OF contractors or
bidders.


SEC. 12 That no person employed in the Post Of
flee Department shall become interested in any con-
tract for carrying the mall or act as agent, with or
without compensation, for any contractor or per-
son offering to become contractor in any business
before the Department; and any person so offending
shall be Immediately dismissed from office, and shall
be liable to pay so much money as would have been
realized from said contract to bel recovered in an ae-
ton of debt for the use of the Post Office Depart
ment.


By regulation of the Department, no carrier should
be employed who is under sixteen years OF age and
years of age, or who is a married woman.
Year: 1874

No pay to be made until contracts are executed.


SEC 259. That no person whose bid for carrying
the mail is accepted shall receive any pay until he
has executed his contract according to law and the
raonlatiops Of the Department,
Year: 1874

The CURSE OF SCOTLAND. A
few evenings before the battle of
Culloden, there were gathered in
the apartments of the Pretender, at
Inverness, a few of his friends, for
the purpose of playing at cards. In
the course of the evening, the nine
of diamonds belonging to the pack
with which they were playing was
lost. On the night after the battle,
which resulted so disastrously for
the rebel army, the Duke of Cum
berland entered Inverness, and, as
was his invariable custom, took up
his quarters in the apartments which
had so recently been occupied by
Prince Charles Edward. On the
fnllowing morning, a scout brought
in word that small portion of the
rebel army had taken shelter in a
deep gorge among the mountains.
The Duke at once directed an Off
Ger to take a number of men, sur
round the party, and put every man
to death who was found in arms.
The officer, reluctant to execute this
inhuman order, and perhaps fearful
of after consequences, declined to
take the command without writ.
ten order. The Duke looked around
the room for piece of paper on
which to write the order, when some
one picked up the lost card, and
presented it to the Duke, who wrote
his order on the back of it, and
handed it to the officer. The sol
diers departed on their errand of
butchery, and SO we'll did they ex-
ecute the Dukes commands, that
not one of the devoted band of
Highlanders escaped death. Hence
it is that the nine of diamonds is
called the curse of Scotland.
Year: 1874

The Schenectady Star is respon-
sible for the statement that a June
bug, buzzing around in a dark Wat
ertown parlor, flew against a young
lady's face with such force as to be-
come hopelessly entangled in her
beau's mOustache.
Year: 1874

ALL bachelors are not entirely
lost to the refinement of sentiment,
for the following toast was lately
given by one of them at public
dinner: The ladies, sweet -briers in
the garden of life.
Year: 1874

In the Northern countries of England.
and~especally in Lancashire, kicking is q
favorite mode Of fighting, and as the poorer
classes in that region wear wooden clogs,
these contests sometimes result fatally. The
custom i, one against which strenuous mea-
sures have been adopted by the authorities,
but with little result. The matter is to be
brought before Parliament by petition.
Flogging is regarded rs the only possible
effective punishment, and Parliament will
be requested to confer upon magistrates the
power Of condcmning to the lash for the
offence. \ police magistrate at Oldham,
Lancashire, says on the subject:


The practice Of violently assaulting par
ties in the streets at night by severe kicking
has been SO common Of late in this locality
that | venture to renurk that in all cases
of extremely violent assault the law would
have to be rigilly enforced, and if it were
found to be insufficient, additional power
would have to be sought from Parliament
to order heavier punishment. My cxperi-





the perpetrators Of these crimes are so
thoroughly barbarous and oblivious to
everything that is kind mora, and Just,
their habit, of life so thoroughly degraded,
their home, sach sinks Of iniquity, that
simple imprisonment is no punishment to
them. They do not feel it to be a degrada-
ton, and the only way to reach their feel
ingS is to mcte ont to these rufhans as much
corporcal punishment as they metc to their
victims You are aware that the lash had
n salutary effect upon garroters. The con-
duet of these kickcrs i, equally vicious and
dangerous, and public opinion is strongly
in favor Of its being applied as means of
punishment for crimes Of this description.
Year: 1874

The best gift of God to nations il the gift
of upright men--e>pecially upright men for
magistrates. statesmen and rulers. How
bonntilul socver the heavens may be +; how
rich the earth may be in harvcsts though
every wind of heaven wait prosperity to its
ports till the land is crowded with ware
houses stuffed to repletion with treasure,
that country is poor whose citizens are not
noble, and that republic is poor which is
not governed by noble men selected BY its
citizens.


The signs of decay in the life of q nation
show themselves as soon ~ anywhere clio
in the character of the men who are called 10
govern it. When they seek their own ends,
and not the public veal when they aban-
don principles, and administer according to
the personal interest of cliqueS. when they
forsake righteousness and call upon insatia-
bic SclfshncSs for counsel: and when the laws
and the framework Of the government are
hut SO many instruments Of oppression and
of wrong, then the nation cannot BIC far from
decadcncc. When God means to do well by
II nation that has backslidlcn, among the
earliest tokens of his bcncficcnt intent is the
restoration Of men of intcgrity-mcn who
live for their fellows, and not for themselves.
Year: 1874

Too often are these qualities confounded
with each other, and of an insincerc person
owninga plausible manner and ready tongue
it Is frequently said, $50 and so possesses
tact" Now the two qualities are perfectly
dissimilar. The one affects sympathy to
compass some end or aim of its own; the
other, by reason Of its many-sidcdneSs, can
enter into feelings outside the range Of its
own experience. a heartless woman is de-
void of tact, simply because her extreme
egotism limits her sympathie+ to what con-
Germs herself. 1t is said that Lord Palmer
ston's success in life was mainly due to his
great tact. In the House of Commons it
was neither his talent nor his influence
which gave him such immense eloquence.
Other men might gain the car of the men,
bers, but he had their votes, and few minis
tcrs have ever attained to popularity equal
to his. 1t has been said that his refusals to
grant f;ivors were so deicately worded as to
cause no resentment toward himself, even
among the most importunate of his numer-
Gus suitors, and this art of graceful negation
saved him from making enemies. How
often do we sec good and conscientious folk
add tcnfold to the bitterness of disappointed
hopes by their obtuseness. Tact, without
bestowing substantial favors, may yet soften
the ruggedne>s of the harsh monosyllahle,
"No," into kindly expression of regret or
of goodwill. Tact understands the right
thing to do and when to do it; it transforms
antagonists into allies; wins hearts rather
than battles and is so invaluable gift to
its posscssor that it can scarcely be over-yal-
ued "Cultivate tact"
Year: 1874

-.
saw fri many curious sight;
saw tho elephant very drunk
because the iandiord kept his trunk.

10 beat the clam In race for pclf;
And the giraffe stood upon his head
And laughed till he was nearly dead.

But the spots ON him had dead set"
Which the elephant did smile to sec,
And thereby showed his ivory.

And he oombcd his manc with currycomb,
And yet he had much respect for his NAV,
And thought very highly OF his paw.