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Year: 1872

Section A. That all suits and pro-
ceedings for the recovery Of any internal
tax alleged 70 have been erroneOusly as
sessed or collected, or any penalty
claimed to have been collected without
authority, or for any sum which il is al
| legged was excessive, or in any manner
wrOngfully collected, shall be brought
within two years next after the cause OF
/ action accrued and not after; and all
claims for the refunding Of any internal
tax or penalty shall be presented to the
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue
within two years next after the cause of
action occurred and not after. Provided,
that actions for claims which have ac-
erued prior TO the passage of this act
shall be commenced in the courts or pre-
scented TO the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue within one year from date OF
said passage. And provided further,
that where a claim shah be pending be-
fore said CommissiOneTNthe claimant
may bring his action within one wear
after such decision, and not after. And
provided further, that no right of action
barred by any statute now in force shall
be revived by anything herein con-
tanned.


Section forty-five authorizes the Sec
retary of the Treasury 10 publish ten
thousand copies Of codification Of the
Internal Revenue laws now in force.


Section forty-six provides for the re-
peal Of acts inconsistent with this act.
Year: 1872

Near by the lisht-hou.e, whose lamp 10 lit
By q brand from the sun which 10 firing IL
Doubling the Cleans from the west tha


culver,


A ervstal ship lies out on the river.
Frost woven sheets TO the wind are furled;
PrOst-bound the streamer on topmsst curl


ed;


Reef-bsnl and mainsail are frozen stxrk-
A shiminering sceptre, the frosen bark
Smooth cordage Of ice was spun last uiah
By the breath Of the storm in ito mystic
might;


Chill was its touch, that chilled the men,
Who strove to lower the ais again
But it conquered them all in its silvery


snare, t
And fashioned shroud for the bravest


there


only day from the harbor bar
Had the canvas flied for its port afar;
Only aday Of breezes brave
Had challenged the bark to mount the


wave


Only q day Of qnickened life,
As the air with its pulse Of health was rife.
Had this ship, wish its store Of golden corn.
Over the glallenei sea been borne,
When feathery fakes began to fall,
And the king Of the storm outspoks, to call
To his aid the help Of wind and sleet-
Furies that came on hurryine feet,
And blinded the men, and cloudsd the air
With wonder that is ever wondrous fair:
A spell that siren might weave in hate,
To lure her victim to helpless fate,
Yet never SO mockiugly cruel as when
One, the most fearless among the men,
Sprang to the top with heart to dare,
And was frozen stiff to the cross.tree there!
Long the battle with wind and hail;
One by one the stout hearts quail;
One by one they are frost-numbed all
The gallant crew in their icy thrall!
Breaks the morning in smiles once more
Turned is the weird ship back to shore
S!osly it plows the sea-slush through.
The ghostly ship, with its silent crew
Till out from the lighthouse succor comes.
And the men a.s borne to sorrowing


homes:
Some yield TO an endless night,
Blind to the Blessing OF cheerful light
Some 10 suffer torturing pain,
As the sealed life current is loossd again,
Or to cry in the fever Of struggling breath
To the uan aloft who is dumb with death
While the mute shi ip lies, q spectral sight,
Clah in its vestments of shining white,
Unwarmed by the flames from the west


Wnlch up
To kindle tie hold of the crystal ship,
And halo the head Of the sleeping man
Who froze ut his post when the storm be-


gan.


MARY D. DoD0E.
Year: 1872

It is worth while to know how


to stop bleeding from the nose


when il becomes excessive. If
the finger is pressed frmly upon
the little artery which supplies


blood to the side Of the face af,


fected, the result is accomplished.
Two small arteries, branching up


from the main arteries on each
side Of the neck, and passing over
the outside Of the jaw-bone, sup


ply the face with 55iiqoi. If the
nose bleeds from the right postfil,
for example, pass the fngeraloag
the edge of the light jaw till the
beating of the artery is felt. Press
hard upon it, and the bleeding
will cease Continue the pressure
five minutes, un'il the ruptured
vessel in the nose has time to CON
tract. .y.aa45 zpu. 80 Esss'D
Year: 1872

SINGULAR EFFECT OF A
DREAM.-A remarkable in
stance of the effect of a dream
occurred in an interior town of
Wisconsin recently. A young
man a school-teaeher just mar
ried, spent an evening in read
ing, to his wife incidents of In
dian life and warfare in the
Western country. Going to
bed with his mind filled with
the subject, he dreamed of the
scenes he had been reading of
during which he had lost his
scalp at the hands OF a redskin,
receiving thereby a terrible
fright. On being awakened by
the stir in the house in the morn
ing, he found himself unable to
speak, and could only communi-
cate with others by writing
thus relating his dream. At last
accounts he had not recovered
hiss peech. aHaae hsaA
Year: 1872

In the winter, when there has
been a light snow, the following
makes a delightful dish for des-
sert or refreshment during the
long winter evening when the
stove is hot:) Take of the thick
est sweet cream you can get, one
pint; to it add one teacup of


white or light sugar; beat well to.
gether, then add enough clean, dry
snow, stirring well at the time, to
make it the consistency of ice
cream; +; add flavoring Of lemon,


vanilla, strawberry or raspberry
syrup made for the purpose. Isl Il
Year: 1872

Ethan Allen once passed up
through the Hoosac Valley, and
spent the Sabbath with q friend in
Williamstown, attending church


with him and his family. The first
and second Presidents of Williams
College were square-toed in their
orthodoxy, having far more faith in
Divine wrath and justice than in his
love and mercy, and their sermons
gave evidence of their obedience to
! belief. On this Sabbath the text of
the worthy President Fitch was,
Sand if the righteous scarcely be
saved, where shall the ungodly and
the sinner appear?'


| Firstly-He laid it down as a fact
beyond question that not more than
Ione out of one Thousand would be
saved.


Secondly, thirdly to tWelfthly-
He said that one in fifty thousand
could be saved.


| Ethan Allen took his hat and cane
and prepared to leave. His friend
/ said ''Don't leave now.


/ Seyenteenthly, dropped from the
Presidents lips, who said he had
come to the conclusion that out Of
THE countless millions Of men, not


more than one in a hundred thousand
could be saved.


The old soldier had been growing


uneasy under this rapidly sliding
scale, in which the blanks so multi
piled and the prizes faded from view


He grasped his hat and cane, when
his friend said to him, Don't 60
Iout. He will be through shortly.
He's now up to seventeenthly."
I"Oh no matter" said Allen, @any of
you are welcome to my chance, if tits


as slim as he tells Off and left the
church Cor. PittsfeId San.
Year: 1872

Prosperity.


The Tribune has q long article
headed sour Lost Population" in
which some alarming facts concern
ling the decline of prosperity in
France are stated. The main points
are as follows: eFrom 1840to 1850
the ratio of increase in the value OF
real estate was two hundred and
thirty per cent. and OF increase OF
population for the same period one
hundred and sixty per cent. From
1850 to 1850 the commerce nearly
doubled, the population increased
oyer fifty-seven per cent. and real
rose in value over one hundred per
lcent. From 1860 to 1870 commerce
declined, and the loss was at once
shown by the decrease in the ratio oil
the growth in population from 81
81 in the decade ending in 1850 to
13 3 per cent, in the decade ending
in 1870, while the ratio of advance
I in the price ofreal estate depreciat-
ed from 101 to 28 5 per cent. The
writer then observes that the actual
value of real estate may be
measured by the increase of popula-
ton, and attributes the recent COM
Iparatiye stagnatlon in the real estate
market to the decrease in the ratio
of growth in population To illus
trate his meaning he Institutes a
comparison between Boston and New
York, by which it appears that al
though the real estate OF Boston is
less than half of that of New York
the increase pays all the city taxes,
with a surplus of $4,000, while the
increase of New York leaves a sur
plus of only $3,000,500. The TY5-
bltne then demonstrates that if the
ratio of growth had continued, as it
Ought to have done, until the present
the city would have contained in
1870 a population Of l,334,O73-
or 32O,4O5 more than it is to day.
On the contrary, the number of the
population added during the last de
cade was only 1O8,862. The value
of real estate would also have doub-
led.


The "lost population" says the
Tribune, 'would have required
places of business and locations for
their homes within the city limits.
These could only have been found
on the vacant lots on the upper part
of the island. In 1865 there were
45, $50 vacant lots below One Hun
dred and Fifty-ffth street, and at the
same time 1854 dwelling houses in
the city, with a fraction over, four
teen and a halfpersons to each house.
Estimating fifteen persons to each
house, 27,436 lots would be required
for dwellings, and 1878 for bust
ness-a total of 44,154, This would
leave but 4,5O1 vacant lots below
One Hundred Fifty-ffth street for
the population which the city has
actually gained in the last decade
while in fact 1905 are required fol-
dwelling houses alone. Thus the
fact is established that if there ha6
been no decline in the city's growth
there would not have remained 8
single vacant lot on the island o
i. Manhattan. This fact admitted
will not require fprther evidence tt
prove that the value of real proper
| ty would have been doubled" AT
ter this unfavorable exhibit the Irj
5une calls upon the citizens to unite
in an effort to regain, by all requisite
means, its lost commerce and pOpu-
lation.
Year: 1872

To that class of people who estimate the value of newspaper wholly upon the amount of original matter winch it contains, We com mend the following from the Literary Jouraal:

 It is comparatively an easy task for frothy writer to pour out daily columns of words-words upon any and all subjects. His ideas may flow in one week, washy, everlast- ing food, and his command of language may enable him to string them together like punches of onions, and yot his paper may be q meagrc anal poor concern. Indeed, the mere writing part of editing a paper is but a small portion of the work. The care, the time employed in selecting, is far more i'm portant, and the tact of good editor is bet ter shown by his selections than anything else; and that we all know is half the bat tie, but as we have said, an editor ought to be estimated and his labors understood and appreciated by the general conduct of his paper-its tone, it's temper, its uniform, con sistent course, its aims, its manliness, its pro- priety, its dignity. To preserve these as they should be preserved is enough to occupy fully the time and attention of any man. II to this bc added the general supervision of a newspaper establishment, which most editors have to encounter, the wonder Is how they can find time to write at all.
Year: 1872

1t is sad thing to pass through life
only half alive. Yet there are thousands
whose habtual condition is one of lam
guor and debility. They complain of no
specific disease they suffer no positive
pain but they have no relish for any
thing which affords mental or sensuous
pleasure. In nine cases out of ten this
state of lasstude and torpor arises from a
morbid stomach. Indigestion destroys
the energy of both mind and body. When
the waste of nature is not supplied by a
due and regular assimilation of the food -,
every organ is starved, every function in
terrupted.


Now, what does common sense suggest
under these circumstances of depression
The system needs rousing and strength
ening not merely for an hour or two, to
sink afterward in a more pitiable condi-
ton than ever (as it assuredly would do
if an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were
resorted to- but radically and perma-
nently.


How is this desirable object to be ac-
cOmplished The answer to this ques-
ton, founded on the unvarying expert
ence OF quarter of century, is easily
given. Iniuse a new vigor into the di-
gestive organs by course of Hostetter's





ad ministering temporary remedies, but
wake the system by recuperating the
fountain head of physical strength and
energy, the great organ upon which all
the other organs depend for their nurture
and support.


BY the time that a dozen doses of
the great vegetable tonic and invigorant
have been taken, the feeble frame of the
dyspeptic will begin to feel its benign in
fluence. Appetite will be created, and
with appetite the capacity to digest what
it Graves. Persevere until the cure is
complete-until heathful blood, fit to be
the material of flesh and muscle, bone
and nerve and brain, flows through the
channels of circulation, instead of the
watery pabulum with which they have
heretofore been imperiectly nourished.


6June
Year: 1872

FOURTH OF July. - Our National
birthday will be celebrated in Weaver
vile IN an appropriate manner. The
programme. as at present arranged, will
be found elsewhere in these columns.
More attractions are to be added, and full
particulars will be given hereafter. The
Fourth of July comes but once a year
and our people intend to have a good
time,
Year: 1872

IHE snow is fast disappearing from


old Bally" mountain, owing to the
warm weather. Miners in Weaver Basin
nave full supply of water yet, and con
hdehtly expect that it will hold out during
this month.
Year: 1872

1t is barely possible that anybody will
see the printed report of the New Orleans
investigating committee until after the
election. The testimony is too damaging
to Messrs. Casey, Packard & Co. for the
President to even let it see the light. The
rumor that he had removed his brother
in-Iaw in consequence of these discredit-
able exposures is about as destitute of
foundation as that Grant cares for any
body but himself and relations. The
committee was sent to New Orleans in
the belief that something could be picked
up against Governor Warmoth which
would afford a pretext for the President
to interfere, and put his minions into abb
solute control of the State government.
But this not being the case, the commit
tees report was very much like the ele-
phant the man drew in the lottery. Now
they have it, they don't know what to do
with it. The proposal to relieve Casey
from the conectorship would be seized
upon eagerly, if there was any other place
for him. It would never do to send him
abroad alone, or he would get lost. Here,
Carter, Packard and Herwig take care Of
him. To turn him loose on the world
would never do. So they think it better
for him to keep the colectorship. Under
these circumstances it is a very sad thing
to have a President with foolish relations.
Year: 1872

servation of the necessities Of the present
campaign. A4


Genera, Hebert deliberately assumes,
what must always be borne in mind, that
the movement which was perfected at
Cincinnati had its origin in the Repub-
ican party, and properly belongs to the
better portion Of that organization. The
Liberal Republicans have not surren-
dered, nor do they propose to allow that
the nomination of General Grant will
separate them from their principles. They
merely believe in good government and
honest men, as they always did, and being
debarred the right to secure these bless
ings at Philadelphia, they determined to
secure them at Cincinnati This is all
Mr.. Greeley is the candidate of the Re-
pubicans who put their country before
themselves General Grant will be the
candidate of the self-asserted Republicans
who put themselves before their country
This is what General Hebert admits, and
in admitting it he insists that the De
mocracy shall support Mr.. Greeley as
against General Grant, first, because
it is too weak to elect its own
candidates, and second, because it is
bound, as the next alternative, to
accept the best candidate that is
presented for their sufrages. And what
is more, General Hebert says that the
Democrats are pledged to do this, because,
when they felt that they were incompetent
to save the State, they had the manliness
to invite others to undertake the work,
and now they are engaged to support
those parties who accepted of their sug-
gestion in good faith. The main task to
be accomplished at present is to break
down the powerful array Of forces that
support the administration at Washington,
which, being done, we can then devote
our attention to the Smaller difficulties
that beset localities. With Horace Gree
ley in the executive Office, through the
influence Of the Southern vote, the South
Cdu CI6l44u do dGSCAl4OL CbV AA4o A4osAAetS
as any other section. With General
Grant reelected to his present position,
we know what he viii do from seeing what
he has done. And since Mr.. Greeley sep
arated his fortunes from those of the
President, because the latter would not be
liberal toward the South, we have a guar
antee that he will deal more generously by
US than his opponent has done, or will do.
And since Mr.. Greeley was always the
friend Of the colored people, even while
General Grant was their enemy, so they
may rest satisfied that he will continue to
exert his influence for their benefit when
General Grant viii have forgotten them
as he forgot them before the war


We take broad view Of Mr.. Hebert's
letter, because it proposes to accomplish
greater results for good than he thought
Of, probably, when he wrote it.
Year: 1872

All the South wants is offered in the
platform adopted at Cincinnati. The men
that were nominated by the convention
that made this acceptable platform have
accepted Of it, and bound themselves to
abide by its declarations. This being the
case, as it confessedly is, the Southern
people can present no reasonable objection
to supporting the nominees, because this
is the way to obtain the platform, which is
their main want. This is the language


or at least it is the argument Of General P.
o. Hebert, as set forth in his letter which
we publish in another column. There is
nothing uncertain or equivocal about the
suggestions of our distinguished and pop
ular fellow-citizen, but rather plain and
courageous assumption Of position, and
a manly exposition Of the reasons that i'm
PEELED him thereto. We have no doubt
the adherence Of this veteran Democrat to
the ranks of Mr.. Greeley's friends will
have wide influence for good; and there
is great hope that this example will be
initiated far and wide by other gentlemen
who have canyassed the political horizon
with the same glass that has enabled Gen
eral Hebert to take such an accurate OBJ
Year: 1872




With the same solemn dullness that per-
vaded its instruction in the past the
Bourbon organ proposes to instruct the
people of Louisiana to-day. 1t says if the
eighty-one thousand voters who rallied for
Seymour and Blair in 1868 Will only rally
again in 1872 the Democrats can carry the
State as they carried it then. Here is one
'sif'' that is momentous and confessed, while
there is another that is not taken account of
at all. In the first place the voters who
supported Seymour win not unite to sup
port another Democrat; and in the second
place there were no eighty-one thousand
of them to do the rallying. The ballot
boxes returned more votes than there were
voters in that memorable year, as we
know and as the Bee knows. Then the
Democrats doubled and quadrupled their
strength by voting oftener than they
should have done, as the Bee knows and as
we know. These two ifs, then, being dis
posed of, what becomes of the fraction
that is left? Deduct the men who will
not vote a straight Democratic ticket
again, and throw out the illegal votes, and
what becomes Of the suggestion that vic
tory is attainable in favor of straight
Democratic ticket? Thestrength of the Bee
dwindles down to a comparison with
Fallstaffs army in buckram, and that is
just such a force as the Bourbon oracle is
fit to lead.
Year: 1872

The action of the Baton Rouge Democ-
racy in instructing their delegates to the
June convention to oppose the nomination
of State ticket until the party policy has
been clearly laid down by the national
convention at Baltimore is dictated by
sound judgment. 1t is impossible to now
exactly foretell what combinations of polit-
ical strength will be necessary to secure
the triumph of the great reforms, in both
national and State governments, upon
which the prosperity and happiness of our
people hinge, and premature action in the
way of ticket making might prove as ca
la1nitous as it certainly. is unnecessary.


Although not expressed in so public and
emphatic a manner, the sentiments en-
bodied in the Baton Rouge resolutions are
cordially indorsed throughout the par
ishes; and even in the city, if we except a
score or two of ambitious ofice-seekers
and their expectant followers, the wisdom
of the suggestion to delay decisive action
until later in the summer meets with ap-
provaL 1t will be great saving to the
agricultural interests and of the incidental
losses inevitably attendant upon lengthy
political campaign if all parties could be
induced to postpone the opening of active
canvassing until a month or two before
election day.
Year: 1872

The motion of General Butler, in the
House of Representatives, the other day,
that Congress should continue in session
until after the November election, is the
first step toward depriving the South of
its legitimate franchise. 1t is now almost
certainly ascertained that General Grant
can not carry q single Southern State,
with perhaps the exception of South Caro-
lima. It may become, therefore, neces-
sary to declare martial law, and suspend
the writ Of habeas corpus just on the eve
of the election. The latter can not be
done except by vote of Congress, and it
is believed that the administration ma
jority is yet 50 strong that no actual i'm
pediment will be thrown in the way of
this expedient, if it be found necessary.
To no one could such management be
more safely intrusted than to the hero Of
the Dutch Gap canal.
Year: 1872

The theatrical season finally closed last
night, with light attendance at the 81
Charles Theatre and good house to listen
to the Italian opera at the Varieties Thea
tire. The Academy of Music closed last
Saturday night, and the Opera House on
the twelfth instant. The next season will
open early, providing we escape an cpl
demic this year, which is almost cer-
tainty. We believe the theatrical managers
will vie with each other in their efforts to
please the public. and that we shall be
favored with the highest talent in the drai
matte profession.
Year: 1872

Governor Warmoth's action in trying to
prevent the consummation of the Wick
life warrant swindle, by which the State
treasury would be mulcted to the tune of
a hundred and fifty thousand dollars, has
not as yet been turned to his injury by
any Of our contemporaries. No matter
how proper his acts and commendable his
motives, we are SO accustomed to see his
official deeds distorted into frauds and
rascality that we naturally looked for it in
this case. Tt is true no praise has been
accorded for his earnest desire to protect
the public interests, but the failure to
misconstue his purposes must be taken as
a most encouraging sign Of reformation in
certain quarters.
Year: 1872

1t is a puzzling fact that while English
women have positively bad taste in
combining colOrs for dress, they seldom
make mistakes in furnishing their houses.
American women are far before them in
matters Of dress, but just as far behind
them in everything that pertains to grace
and color IN house equipments.
Year: 1872

Horace White, who is a shrewd and can
did observer, says ''All over Illinois there
is a more united Democratic support of
Horace Greeley, even at this time, than can
be centered upon any other man who can
be selected by any convention, Democratic
or Republican"