Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1869 — Letter from Hon. J. P. Barnett. [ARTICLE]

Letter from Hon. J. P. Barnett.

The subjoined letter from our distinguished Representative in the General Assembly, explains itself: JiorsE or RepkesEjteati yes, ) ixni.vx Arons, Jam 14,1869. j 3L L. Fimti.kk, Ei*q.

DjarSir: I ycstenday succeeded in getting a Standing Committee appointed to whom ail should be referred in relation to the introduction and keeping of Mexican and Texas cattle within the bounds of the State. I am made Chairmen of that committee. You will please let the friends in yonr county know that I shall cn-. deavor to fulfill my promise to look after their interests in this respect. . Have them forward their petitions ex (freeing their wishes, and I will j do all! can to have them carried i out In the framing of a law in relation to- that subject. r V Sincerely yours, • ~ .

J. P. BARNETT.

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WTThe Tinted Staten supreme 1 ! court decided on the 18th iust that 1 certificates of indebtedness, United States notes, or greenbacks, are e,\- | entpt from state taxation. Chief Justice Chase delivered the opinion of the court.