Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 February 1866 — Page 2
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June 24th, JKC5.
It is reported that General Forrest has gone to Mexico.,
Tho population of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is estimated at 22,000.
Secretary Seward has had an interview with Santa Anna, at St. Thomas, on Mexican affairs.
Burton .Harrison, Jeff. Davis" Private Secretary, has been released from Yort. Delaware &a parole. He was captured with Davis.
New Orfeans, after the first of March, is to bo lighted by three thousand petroleum lamps, the charges of the Gas Company being considered too exccssne
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Ex-Governor Robert Stewart, of Missouri, fell on the ice recently, at St. Joseph, and fractured his leg and from his other infirmities, it is doubtful if he will recover.
Confederate General Mercer, tried by Military Commission at Savannah, for the murder of seven Union prisoners, was acquitted and released from prison last Saturdoy.
In Nashville, the other day, a negro was called upon, under the new law, to testify against a white man. This is the first instance of the kind in the history of the State.
.^It is announced that upwords of forty counterfeits of the five cent currency are in circulation. The Secretary of the Treasury.has ordered the five cent notes to be called in and another plate prepared.
.. A duel was recently fought at Osyko, Mississippi, between Mr. Limet, of the New Orleans JJec, and Mr. Lefrnne, of the Iteiiaiianec.
The combat was with small swords, and Mr. Lefrano wag seriously wounded.
General Sherman visited the House of Representatives, Monday, and was cordially received by the members. Three cheers were given him with a will. He made a brief speech sn acknowledgment of tho compliment.
An address from the Council of the Fenian Republic, dated Dublin, has been published in New York, which is indorsed by Colonel O'Mahoney. They ask a loan which will be paid •within six months after tho establishment of the Irish Republic.
Secretary Seward and party have arrived r.t Havana. The Secretary declined the offer oL the Captain General's country house for his use. A banquet was given to him on the night of the 22d, at the Palace, which, with Burrounding buildings, were illuminated.
A movement is on foot at Springfield, Illinois to complete the air line routo from Indianapolis, connecting^ Decatur with the Toledo, Wabash and Western, and the Illinois Central railroads, of which tho greater portion of the grading was done several years ago.
The resolution of Judge N.iWack, introduces in Congress last week, declaring that the action of The President in refusing to accept the present of a carriage and horses was eminently prudent, commcndablc and patriotic, and expressing as the sense of the House that the practice so common of giving presents for appointments or promotions is demoralizing and ought to be prohibited, passed Monday
The cattle plague is still on the increase in England. It has broken out at new points, and generally seems to be most virulent •,s low lands.
t,' Isaac Cook proposes to clear the Mississippi of ice by means of circular saws, upon a shaft in front of a steamboat, to be worked by 4- from the bofil's engine.
The Louisville correspon-dent of the Cincinna*i Gazette has juBt seen, a Kentucky farmer in the cars who had not heard of Mr. Lincoln death or the emancipation of the slaves.
Edward B. Ketchum. who was convicted of forgery and sentenced to serve a term of four years^and six months in Sing Sing, has been placed in the shoe shop of the prison.
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MEETING'.
THE Democrats of Montgomery County, are requested to meet at their several plaoes of voting, on Saturday tho ltth day of February, 18GG, and select Delegates to tho County Convention, to be held at Crnwfonlsville, on the Sd day of March, 1S66. This Convention to olcct Delegates to the State Convention which convenes at Indianapolis otrthe'-15th day Of March,^,800.
By order of the Ccntta! Committee.
A Sharp Dodge by the Bondholders. The Bondholders, and those opposed to President Jonxsox, who control the Republican party in this county, in order to prevent the Hon. JAMES WILSON from addressing the people and telling theiu some plain truths as regards exempting bonds from taxation, and tho opposition to the President's reconstruction policy, have, in a secret caucus, resolved to hold no County Mass Meeting, but ordered the party to meet in their several townships on the 10th of this month. They fear that if thSfr party is got together here in a large mass meeting, Mr. W. will show up some of their iniquities. Sharp fellows, these Bondholders.
Another Crack In the Iceberg. Another plain and distinct' crack occurred in therepublican iceberg on last Wednesday, producing terror and consternation throughout the ranks of the bondholders' party. Old TIMD STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, on that day, made a fierce and vindictive attack upon President Johnson. The telegraph gives the following synopsis of Stevens' speech, that part relating to the President:
Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported bnck the Constitutional amendment with a modification, striking out the words "direct taiec. nnd confirming tho apportionment to Representatives. The resolution, with this exception, js^preouely as oriRin.illy reported from the commit-
Durinjf Mr. Stevens'speech in support of the resolution, he took occasion to ppcnk of President Johncommnmi 'H?
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him his henri, but in this day we arc tolerant of usurpation and the abuse of power.
Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, called for the reading of tho paper to which Mr. Stevens referred. The paper was then read, being the reported conversation ootween the "resident and a distinguished Senator on tho subject of tho amendment of tho Constitution £c..
Mr. Stevens, in conclusion, said that if a threefourths vote o? ench House ol Congress br» given for the pending amendment, it would be a law :rrc*pcctive of tho signature of tho President—to whoiu it had not been presented for approval,
A CARD appears in the last issue of the Montgomery Journal, signed "many citizens," in which the claims of Dr. T. W. Fay, for Congress, arc urged with much zeal. Who these 'many citizens" are is a poser, to both the Republican and Democratic parties in this county, and it is hinted by those in the interest of GOPLOVE S. OUTII, that these
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cit
izens" are like the three tailors of London, who held a meeting, and in their proceedings, Resolved,—" TTe, the citizens of London, &c."
Healing the Sick.
Ho wish to call the attention of our readers to the advertisement, in another column, of Dr. G. W. KEITH, of Philadelphia, Pa. The Dr. comes highly recommended. His mode of treatment is magnetic, and his success is highly spoken of by the press throughout the country. Every person suffering from disease would do well to call at the Pursel House and consult him. The following persons in this county have been cured by this treatment: Wm. Lewis, Ellis Little and Lady.
LAST Thursday was ground hog'day. The sun shone clear and bright, and according to the rule, his hogship saw his shadow, and retired disgusted, back to his hole, where he will remain for the next six weeks. In the meantime, we are to have any amount of tempestuous weather.
PERSONAL.—Mr. FBA.VK ELSTO.V, who, for tie last year, has been pursuing a course of studies at Cambridge University, Massachusetts, returned home on last Tuesday. He is enjoying fine health, stands by President JOHNSON, and the conservative party of the country.
Ball by the Circle of Fenian Sisters. The FENIAN SISTERS give their grand ball at McClellan's Hall on next Thursday night. Excellent music has been engaged, and a ga and festive time is anticipated.
flff The People
Will have their own way, and indeed we do not wonder that every one is bound to use Coe Cough Balsam, and nothing else, for it is certainly the best thing in the world for Coughs, ColdH, Croup, and Influenza. It is right that all should use it.
Coe's Dyspepsia Cure, an article prepared by the same parties, is equally good for Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Constipation, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Rising of Food, Cramps, Pains, and in fact any disorders of the stomach or bowels. JAS ii
THE finest quality of old Bourbon whisky can be found at HATS' Saloon. For medicinal purposes it is a splendid article.
SMOKERS who wish a pure Havana cigar, should go to HAYS' Saloon. They have just received a fresh supply of cigars, among which will be found the celebrated Dayton cigar, a great favorite with smokers.
A REroRT of tho Teachers' Institute, published in the Review, January 20th, contained a number of errors, the proof of which in the hurry of going to press was not read. Wo make this statement in justification of Mr. Wu. P. BRITTON who furnished the copy.
THE UNION SALOON.—This excellent Saloon and Restaurant, owned by JOHN MATERS, is now managed by Mr. WM. HUDSON. Mr. H. intends keeping on hand, at all times, the best qualities of liquors and cigars also all the substantials of the season.
THE excellent sleighing, which we have had for the last two weeks, is gradually disappearing.
For the Review.
WAVBLAKD, January 28th, i860.
Mr. BOWKN-— Dear Sir: Having a few leisure momenta, I take the favorable opportunity to drop you» few lines from this quiet little isolated hamlet, that 1ms never yet heard the shrill whistle of the iron horse-2-whose oitizens listen jritfc wonder when told of the workings of the magnetic telegraph, and the many grand inventions of the day—in fact, they have neytr Tejoiced in any of the morfr'nsodern luxuries of civilization. To-be sure, a few of our rustic villagers sec and enjoy them when they visit your city, and return with fond anticipations that they tow may have them at no distant day. Nature has done much for Waveland, delightfully situated in one of the most healthy portions of the State, she sits like a beautiful jewel, surrounded with primitive forests of gigantic growth, whose emerald green and luxuriant foliage in- summer gives an air of enchantment to the scene. The villagers are mostly of Puritan origin. They love seclusion, pray devoutly and frequently, and step with a reverential air on the Sabbath day. In works meet for repentance, they are diligent, being all co-workers in the vineyard of abolitionism, God and humanity. If ever there were saints on earth we have them here.
Waveland, you are aware, is the home of that rich old Pollydore, JOSEPH MILLIGAX. Old JOE, as he is familiarly called, is well off in the world's goods. The possessor of many broad acres, legal tenders, and government bonds, he smiles benignly upon every one but tho assessor and tax gatherer. These two officials and their vocation, he hates with as much rancor as any of our tax-ridden people. According to the assessors books in this township for the year 1864, his taxable property is given in at $2,120. A very respectable sum to be taxed for you will say, for a man of 30 much reputed wealth.
Old JOE, I believe, was once elected State Senator from this county by the Republicans, (bondholders' party) in the fall of 1864. Of his senatorial career but little is known in 'nnalily only, that he dined at a cheap boarding house in wc ,. i- "f Indianapolis, and voted, as your paper predion,.*. would, for a bill giving a higher rate of interest to usurers.
Some few improvements are being projected for spring. A number, of new dwellings will be erected, and if the Evansville railroad is extended to your city, Waveland will rapidly increase her population. Mr. EDWARD ROESSLER, of your city, will open a fine saloon and restaurant here sometime in March. This will be quite an addition to our business, and will add another mite to paying off the "great national blessing," which the Republican party have bestowed upon the people. But I must close, my bell has just rang for tea, and I have an engagement on hand to attend asocial party this evening. I will write you again should any matters of interest occur.
LAMPO,
The Tariff.
A revenue tariff must take into account all the circumstances of the country—the abnormal state of the currency, working against our producers the internal taxes on stock and manufactures, and the duties on imported stock: a revenue tariff must protect the internal revenue.— Cin. Gazette.
If the leading Republicans who involved this country in civil war for the purpose of bleeding it, do not, by this time, begin to experience the gnawings ot conscience by day to start in their sleep at night, and to think, all the time, about calling upon the rockB to hide them from an enslaved people, then may we conclude that GOD, or some other power, has obliterated from man's moral constitution the susceptibility to remorse.
They tell us the war created the necessity for bonds the necessity for the sale of bonds occasioned the exemption from taxation, ind the exemption from taxation reduces tho laboring man to serfdom. And when we go a step further back, and inquire who created the necessity for the war, the necessity which was the mother of all the other necessities, we find it was the Republican leaders who thought the Union worthless without bloodshed.
Again: they tell us the bonds create the necessity for internal taxation that internal taxation raises the price of each article taxed when offered for sale, because the tax paid for the privilege of, or on the material for, making tho article is a part of its cost that hence, these high prices attract foreign importations and that, to protect ou&nanufacturere rrom tliese, It Is necessary to increase the tariff just as much higher than it used to be as the internal tax i^ds to tho price of manufacturing al home, so as to enable the home manufacturer to raise his price that lWfeh above tho increased prige occasioned by the internal tax that is, we lay on one tax, and that creates the necessity of laying on a second, equally as great, to make the first good for anything in^other words, wo lay on one tax to protect another tax we lay an internal tax, and to protect it, we lay on an equally heavy external tax with an equally effective internal operation I So, there we are, and here we arc taxed, taxed, taxed. We must stand it. It was necessary that an experiment in jjdtlebotomy should be tried on the Union! ChiiSdlor said so, and so agreed th« Republicans. It has been tried it cost something, and we must pay the bill that is, we who are not of the exempted moneyed nobUtte. We may as well reconcilo ourselves to it first as last, We have got to.hew wood and draw water for the rest of our lives give a month's wages for a coat, and a third of a w.eek's wages for a shirt, and put in the balanco of'the time for hat, boots and breeches and then if we havo enough laid by to respond to the tax collectors, all right—Indianapolis Iferald
THE attention of parents who have children they wish to educate, is called to the card of Mrs. COULTBR, in another eolumn of to-day's paper. This iB one of the best schools in the city.
Ffcr'A# GrawfordiviUe Review.
Taxed Voter's
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By a Friend to Au Country, and One who it Too ft Poor to hold Government Bondi.
They khetv that I was poor, trqd they thought that I was base, And would readily endure to bo covered with disgrace They judged one by^their tribe, who on dirty m^janmon dote. So they offered me a bribe for my vote, boys votel
Oh shame upon my betters, who Would my conscience buy, Nor shall I wear their fetters deed, not 11
Not I, in-
My vote!—it is not mine, to do with as I will, To cast like pearls to swine, those wallowers in ill, It is my country's due, and I'll give it while
I can
To the honest and the true, like a man boys man I %shseie upon my betters, &c. .'#?
No, no—I'll hold my vote as a treasure and a trust-, My dishonor none shall quote when I'm mingled with the dust And my children, when I'm gone, shall be strengthened by the thought That their father was not one .to be bought, boys,.bought.
O shame upon my betters, who would my conscience buy. Nor shall I wear their fetters Not I indeed, not I. JanV80, 1866. A. W.
Farmers or Indiana.
When you go up to pay your taxes this year, the last, you admit, that you can pay them, and give bread and clothing to your families, remember that these taxes would never have been levied on you if the Republican leaders wodld have consented to let the South have even a small part of her constitutional rights iu the Union, when she humbly asked for such consent. At the time this request of the South was being considered, Robert Dale Owen, on the 13th of February, 1861, closed au appeal to the Northern men to the South her rights in
agree to give these VYu»jLw.
Thus, then: A failure to c^npromise produces a united South, asserting itself as a foreign nation. We must assent to that assertion, or we must reject it. If we assent and yet attempt to collect du
ties at Southern ports, we give cause of war. If we reject it, aud follow up our rejection, we declare war.
Coercion, then, let it assume what shape it will, is, first, disunion, then war. Coercion, commenced, creates, beyond the Ohio, a foreigu nation coercion, continued, makes the inhabitants beyond that river enemies as well as foreigners
Fellow citizens of Indiana! You were told, two days sincc, by one who will soon be the Chief Magistrate of our country that the preservation of the Union was your .business. You were expressly told, that it was not the business of Presidents', or politicians, or office seekers, but yours. \ou were bid to rise up and preserve that Union.
Never was reminder more in place. Never was injunction more needed. On you, on your children, on your descendants for ages to come, will fall the suffer-
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if, by the action of Presidents anSd politicians and office-seekers, you are hurried so far on the road of violence, that there is no icturn save only over fields of civil warfare, dyed with brothers' blood On you, then, thus threatened with evil devolves the task of laboring to avert it
Up and be doing, ere it be too late Yours is the power. There are constitu tional means enough through which make known your wishes to thoso who, it you but speak in numbers sufficient, must regard them. Speak, then! Memorial ize. If you believe that in the Christia spirit of conciliation is our only safety say so. If you believe that by compromise only can this Confederacy be held together, declare it. You have been called on by one in authority to act for yourselves. Answer the call!
For myself, while the sword remains undrawn, while kindred blood remains unshedjjaiever shall I despair of the Re public. While there is peace thlfe hope, fgr peace is the life of the Union.
At the close of this speech, the Republican leaders, who had the request of the bouth under consideration, seemed ernbarassed, nnd were for a short time silent at length Chase, their chief spokesman again answered with great gravity: Gentlemen—The people need not trouble themselves about memorials it will do no good. "We are determined not to obey that part of^the Canstitution requiring return of fugitives, and we will not allow the people of the South to settle in the common territories with them and just •as the last word was passing from his lips, up sprang Chandler, and squeaked out, at the top of his voice: "Gentlemen—without blood letting the Union won't he tcorlh a cms." The petition of the South was rejected. Farmers pay taxes and are not likely to bq relieved from paying very soon. Not much!—Ind. Herald.
SBNATOR THUMBULL, of Illinois, has a decrec
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which is to repeal all laws making any distinction between white men and negroes but we apprehend the "distinction will continue to exist hereafter, as it nas existed from the days of Noah and the Ark down to the present time. he better, while he is about it try his hand on a bill to compel the MlstsiBBippi river to'rim up steam for at least 8'* months ID thoyear.
IlllBOli rinitni
The farmers of Illinois are sensible of their impending ruin, and are trying to find out the cause and a remedy. They are holding meetings in different sections of the State. They will finally discover that their ruin is wrought by taxation.Taxes are .cbnsuming the vitals of this Nation. It is utterly out of the questionto suppose that we can pay 1. Taxes to the Federal Government. 2. Taxes to the State Ooyernments. 3. Taxes to the County Governments. 4. Taxes to the Town and City Governments. & &. Taxes to the New England manufacturers. '4 6. Taxes fo the railroads. 7. Taxes for the exempted bondholders. And not be eat up by them.
We extract from the debates at these Illinois meetings:
ORGANIZATIONS.
Mr. G. W. Armstrong was called upon to preside, and Rev. C. A. Force and Julius Avery were appointed secretaries.
Mr. Reddick stated the object of the meeting, reverting in decided words to the present extortious and robberies practised upon the farmers of the northwest. He believed that the present exorbitant tariff greatly influenced this, and expressed his great doubts of the practicability of getting any route by way of the St. Lawrcnce, in view of the great tariff the English Government would naturally place upon it.
MR. PERKINS.
Mr. Perkins then addressed the meeting, in substance as follows: As the Convention had been hastily called, he had not expected to see so many on this occasion. The interest here, at Bloomington and at Morris, as at other points, shows the anxiety of the public mind upon the existing state of things. If there were equality in the prices of articles, the oppression from the exceeding low price of grain could be borne. Could we get the calicoes and other artiviw «.j oponcuM« noooonitj Ajr our families, our corn might go for twenty-five and thirty cents, and we" still live. But when calico, which used to be bought for five and ten cents per yard, sold fo° twen-ty-five and thirty cents, and other articles on the same scale, we can not afford to sejl corn for twenty-five and thirty cents. We are taxed at every point, and should any article or amount be left out, the Government agent is upon us, and we are fined for a false report. Our farmers and mechanics in our towns and cities may crowd through the present year and save their land, but uuless there be a decided change for the better, lots and farms must be sold off at our Court House doors one and two years hence at most ruinous rates. What then are we to do? What can we do? Colonel Reddick aud many others see much oppression in the tariff. While free trade the world over would snem to be the only reasonable trade, yet as a matter of self defense we are not yet prepared to repeal the tariff. are aBundantly more able to build canals around a few points for our ships to the seaboard than we have even been Let the passage be made and our vessels loaded^ at Chicago and put through to New \ork or London without breaking bulk, and grain must come up to nearly §1 per bushel. England imports her corn from the Indies and the Black Sea at sometimes as low as thirteen cents per bushel. Her vessels make but one trip per annum, ours from Chicago might make two a year, Why, $en,
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put corn into the London market at from fifteen to thirty cents per bushel? Fellow citizens -We have stood by our Govern ment in her deathly struggles for five tedious years. Our brave men, with Grant at their head, have conquered a peace, and now we deserve to be, and we must be heard. That we may have wherewith to live, give us a fair chance of puttin °UJ ^ra'n market, and our prosperity and devotion to our great nation is abiding and eternal.
COLONEL DICKEY'S ADDRESS.
Colonel J. L. Dickey then addressed the meeting as follows: 7 :1fgg ••The great leading source of the productions of the West is Indian com. Probably two-thirds of the wealth of this portion of the country is in Indian corn, nnr, rn trnIPA
but to make it profitable, we must have a market and a mode of getting it to market. I understand that the public mind, as indicated in the last four or five months is in favor of having an outlet by way of ,bt- Lawrence river to carry off our produce The State of New York, when it finds that this trade is diverted by way ot the St. Lawrence, will take care that another competing line is formed through that btate, and by tho great City of New lork, thus bringing all her enterprise, energy and capital into employ, to give another outlet for the products of the West, fhe benefit of having two competing lines does not need a moment's advocacy. Experience has shown that competitiou is the only safeguard we can have against extortion. We find that wherever we have two railroads from the same region, the prices of transportation arc lower than from parts of the country wher» t» a
there is only one line of communiy cation with a market. Where the Burlington and Quiney Railroad intersects the Rock Island Road you will find that the prices of freight are less than from here. You will find that a load of coal can be carried from La Salle for less money per miles than it can be carried from here to Chicago. The diffeience is simply produced by competing lines. Now if we can get an outlet by the way of the St. Lawrence, tho State and city of New
York will make an opening through their* State for the sake of havingour traftc. One great source of ou^wtrijss the greatly unjust discrimination of Hhe tariff of this country. I was taught to believe' that a tariff was a blessing, but "the* subject bas been discussed, and'vturned'1 over and over by the people of :this: country un,til the majority -have emphatically decided against it. Butl still here to the old faitfi to the degree that a certain system of protection- is necessary, and would be beneficial^ yet I.have beenconvinced that the idea of making'prices cheaper, by a bigh protective tariff is permanent impossibility.
MR. GROVER._
Mr. Grover remarked that the manufac--tdrers of New England, Pennsylvania and the East generally were now enjoying" a greater prosperity than ever they have before done, and their unprecedentedprosperity is solely attributable to thefact that they are shielded by a heavy' protective tariff on importation:.of manufactures from Europe. While thus they are prospering beyond reason, theiarmers of the West are by the- same system4 crushed and robbed.
MR. GLOVER.-
J. O. Glover was then called on, and said that the interest of the Northwest'-^ was centered in the corn cribs of this" country. Any change that effeqjts the, price of corn in this country will necessarily affect the prosperity, of the" entirecountry, dojvhat you willr He believed1 railways could never be made to transport corn from here to New York. Canalswerethe only resources. If you can secure an" outlet by the St. Lawrence, it would create a rattliug among the dry bones of Boston and New York. If it is true: that the people of the provinces of Cana--(k arc anxious to join this Republic if" it is true that they can be properly annexcd to the United States, it would rejoice him to do what he could to annex thatprovince to the United States. He was-j^ opposed to the tariff duties generally., lie believed the Yankee nation were grinding the people of the Northwest-into'1 powder. The high rate of freight has crusliod out the interests of the corn growers.
Colonel T. L.Dickey then moved tliKt-' when the meeting adjourn it shall adjourn.* until February 20, and that the" fararera of the Northern part of the State be invited to a representation, which was carried.
J. B. Lewis said that, as matters now stood it would take a load of corn to-go* to town and got a horse shod. He hoped there would be a meeting—a rush,' so* that the principles of this meeting would' be felt.—Ind. Herald.
ujust Taxation the Fruitful Source or Civil War. In his great speech on "Conciliation with America," Edmund Burke' remarked "It has happened, you know,"sir, that the great contests for freedom in thitt country were, from the earliest time, chiefly upon the question of taxation."
But of the many examples which might be cited. I will only refer to.t\rov I The House of Commons, alarmed at the usurpations of Charles II., limited his supplies. In the exercise of his prerogative, the King dissolved Parliament, and—in violation of the British Constitution—by proclamation, based on tho plea of necessity, levied taxes. And in order to give the color of law to his usurpations, he called upon the judges to say "whether, in a case of necessity, for the defense of the kingdom, he might not impose, taxation—and whether he wa» not the sole judge of the necessity?" "And these guardians of the law," says Hume "with great complaisance," replied that, in case of necessity, he might levy taxes, and that he was the sole judge of the necessity. Anew Parliament was held and dissolved, and new taxes were levied by force of the King's proclamation. John Hampden—a name which must ever be revered while liberty is cherished—refused to pay the illegal tax, and becamc the champion of the British Constitution. His trial aroused England from her lethargy and inaugurated the revolution which broughtt he head of" Charles to the block founded the Commonwealth set aside the -judgment against Hambden, and caused his unworthy judges, in their turn, to be arrested and arroigned for their violation of tho Constitution. |gp ..
Important Decision to Shippers. JD th-£ SuPreme .Court in New York Judge Balcom presiding, a case came up on Thursday, involving the liability of express companies. The plaintiff, who was a captain in the army, dispatched from Baltimore, by the defendants, ccrtain packages and trunks to Rhode Island, of ii °!1C
trunk was
lost-
The
plaintiff
alleged that the trunk contained wearing apparel worth 8-100, and sought to recover the amount. The receipt of the express company was offered in evidence, and objected to for want of a stamp, but under the law of 1864 the court allowed it to be stamped in court. The company'sreceipt contained the usual limitation of liability to fifty dollars, unless the value were declared. Upon this the Judge directed a verdict for fifty dollars and in terest for the plaintiff.
FRED. DOUGLASS went to the intensely? abolition town of Pittsficld, Massachu^ setts, to- deliver a lecture, but the keeper, of the hotel at which he stopped refused' to allow Fred, to sit at the public table with the other guests. So, while Massa.-v chusetts is intent on forcing negro equali-. ty on the South, her people refuse to sit at the same table with the smartest nicger in the Unitsd States! There's oonsifitenoy -for you'