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THE WILMINGTON POST, W.lP, CANADAY, Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N.. G. - 1 BUJ8DAT MOBHIJfCft Hay 14, 1S82, - Important to Subscribers. We will not carry dead heada on" our - list. feend in your subscriptions your paper will ail to reach you. i 1 . , I ICAIiatUAD FARE. 1 " Delegates to the Republican state conyentionj will be parsed oyer the . Elizabeth City and Norfolk railroad to ' and from Raleigh for one full fare. 1 i The same arrangements has been made over the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad; Six cents per mile one way will be charged ovpr the Western North Caro lina, the Carolina Central, the Wil mington &JWeldon, and the Raleigh & Gaston. :-r..' ,jr - . --j--; Certificates must be obtained from the secretary of the state convention before the delegates leave this city. Arrangemepts with other roads will.be duly announced by Mr. J. G. L. Har ris, Secretary of the Republican State Committee. WADDEIiL AND FUJI J3 TRADE. During the canvass. of 1880, Col. A. 21. Waddell made a free trade canvrss of the western states. He is now the foremost candidate of the Democratic party in this district for congress, and the leader of the free traders of eastern North Carol ilia, while Vance leads the west and centre in the confiscation movement. VJLIKB TBADJd. - v The man who' casts the vote lor this district in congress, voted on Saturday, the 6th instant, with the free trade par ty against the tariff! commission bill. Mr: "Shackelford seems to understand the wishes and insterest of this district toa veryjjmall extent. His own im mediate constituents m Onslow could not make peanuts and rice were it not for protection. The protective tariff makes the lands of the Cape I ear val uable. Free trade would destroy them, and yet Mrj Shackelford, votes to con nacale a million dollars worth ot land right here oih the Cape Fear river, nine tenths ot-wtiich belongs to the men who voted for him bt the last election. - - Mil. c. ii. moore. . It is not iften we find a young color ed man in tjhe south with tho ability of Mr. U. H. Moore, of Greensboro, N. C This young gentleman graduated at the first schools in the north. He, Borne years ago, moved to' Greensboro, where he took a school, but having been of fered' a political position he ' give up the chooltcfen(rliV'tg34fo1y ' traveling over the state making a can vass in the interest of this paper. We ask our friends, wherever he may gd, to . ... l ... v. 1 1 r ' s . . . - ireac mm wun me respect ana &ina- dess that is cue a gentleman,: for we as sure all thai! none hasja higher or bet' ter character in every, respect than C, H, Moere, of Greensboro, N. C. UfiJUUCBATIC OUTLOOK. The.Democratic candidates for con gress In this district up to this time, are Col. A. M. iVaddell, of New Hanover ' county;; Col H. B. Short, of Columbus county; Judge A. A. McKoy, of Simp son county: Hon, G. M. Rose. Cum berland county; Hon. HugbMcLeini of Harnett county; Mr. SauaVorthy, of Moore county, Capt N. A, Stedman, of Bladen county; Judge O. T. Meares, of New Hanover county; Maj. Chas. W. TlcClammyjof Tender county; Captain J. Henry Davis of Carteret county; Hon. Richard Stanford, of Duplin county, apdj Hon. John W. Shackel fori, of Onslow county. ; Major Chas. M.' Stedman, the most popular man of them all, has cmphati cally declined; in fact he has said to the editor of this paper, that .he would not accept the unanimous ejection to congress, it such could be the ease. ' Seven weeks ago Col. Waddell was ahead of alj the other candidates put together,, but; it seems now that there is a crowine prejudice asrainat New Han. over . claiming tho nomination every Ume; they think that Col., Waddell has hftit Tt fiA JiffVront t tm an,l ik. jung men Relieve it about time for soma one else to have a chance at the i honors. Thej say if Waddell is nomi nated this Ume he will want it again In' 1SS1, and' so on as long as he liyee, therefore a revolt is going on, and (he chances are ptry great for a combina Uoa ia favon of aome yoiiag man like : Worthy, MdUan, or Stedman of Bla den; although ; tho friends of McCUm my claim thai he isenlitlcd to the nom- inatioD, as hie is one of the ' old w horsce ot taeTparty, and c rry bis County ia v rention against the luu. The Mjor U a very fine dtbalar and I worker, and may be called tho leadisf farmer of tho Capo Fear dia Ulct, Therein Ilea his wtakatss; whii ho la busy at; his plow" the legal and city politicians are at work fixing up tho slabs against him, Mr. Shackel Ibrda friends claim that he ia entitled k a second Una; thai hewn declared tHcicd befuej and there beiag coasid. erable doubt about hit title, h and At fdcndi wilKtaiaad a eecoad raco for til ' e!U3, (aad Oss!o county will Ctvo a vtaaaimooa to'.o for htu ta tho !i&kt coBTfBtioB, and will bo nuo- rally bitter on Col. Waddell, who is do ing so much to defeat Shackelford. Captain J. Henry Davis, one ofj the most popular young men in the Demo cratic party, ol Carteret county, though a working and self-made man, has con siderable strength outside of Carteret, and if he desires to do so, or will allow his friends, he will carry bis county delegation solid in the convention, and may be the compromise candidate, the darkjhorse of the convention. Dick Stanford, the old rough and ready of Duplin county, a man always ready, willing and anxious to serv a his country and his district, will also have friends in the convention, andhould he conclude to make a fight he will make it lively for the politicians. . Hon. Ai A. McKoy is unquestionably the best politician of them all. He is a natural born - politician, and has stu died it from his youth up, and is the best candidate named; he would run well and give his competitor a hard fight for the victory. . , - Young , Sandy Worthy, of Moore county, is not very well known in the east, but he is not the setting star of the west, by considerable. He is a good worker, a fine speaker, and a gentle man. : Should : he conclude to permit it, his friends will carry Moore for him beyond question. ' That stalwart, worker, Nathan A. Stedman of Bladen, who is by all odds the - most stalwart of the Democratic workers of this district, can, if he wishes, carry Bladen in the convention: The Democrats of Bladen county love the man, and will stand by him to the last. He has manv enemies. . as all good hitters have, but that he has thou sand of faithful and strong friends we all know; that Nathan can carry Bladen against his enemies is certain should he make up his mind to try his. hand in the contest. v : " Hugh McLean, of Harnett, was prom lsed in loot) the nomination tor con gress the next time,(1882) so his friends claim, and they will look to the eastern and middle part of tho district to carry out that promise. They say Harnett always comes to time with a very large Democratic majority, and never has re ceived any cosideration at the hands o that party, and they will make a square fight for tnOshonors for one of Har nett's sons thisHime, and McLean wil be shoved to the lrbnt ashtheir man, Geo. M. Rose, of Cumberland county a young man of very great ability, and a man who has worked hard fof. the party's success in the past, believes it is time for Fayetteville to be considered. His friends will make a fightjon the de maodaof Wilmington for the nomination every time. They nay that the Wil mington Democracy do not think there are any Democrats outside of Wiming mington fit for office, or should be hop 4fVn.O KMeares has not teen very much spoken of; but should he decide to make a fight'he knows where and how to bring down the game. :c I But the wheel horse of them all, and the man who'stands a head and shoul ders above them all in popularity with the people of his county is Col, II. B. Short, of Columbus county, whose chances are steadily on the rise. He is. a man that stands well with all parties. but his Democracy cannot be discount ed. While he is a Democrat, he nev er allows his political feelings to cause him to forget that he is a gentleman. i The fight looks now to be between Waddell and Short. Waddell is ahead bat Short's stock is fast rising, and it would not surprise us much to see him lead before the end of the race. The Election. Smithvillk, May lltb, 1SS2. For the first time since the war, our UtUe "city by the sea" kicked, the beam on Monday, the 1st, inst, and went Replblicaa by eighteen majority ; electing . the Mayor and - Commis sioners. It may be a little -"straw, but it shows the way the wind blows, in quite an important point ot view. I never saw an election pass off more quietly ; one thing was especially no- ticable, and that was the unusual inter est manifested by those who have re cently become members of the Repub lican party. I asked one of them if he thought that this was the last vote he would have the right to cast, and with great promptness he replied that the Carthaginians fell from power to ex- tiactioa oa account of a violation of a treaty, and for fear that the Demo crats may violate the one ten thou sandth .before an other opportunity is given for me to vote agio, t will cut this oat, and transmit the act to my children as a boon worthy of their preserratioa anvi pntrc!i.m. Ttp?e gentlemea are frr -uno- & il uid ut kert ne Democratic party, and iheyH nave joined tho Republicans for the purpose of "helping to sar the few righu aad privileges, which the Dem ocratic party have left us from the flood of T5. More anon. : . ' ' M.W.H.B. N. B. Whites, treaaarer of Nawbnrr county, S CL, appoiated by GoroTtroor Hampton, aad not a Republican, ha ahscoaded with S,000i Aa attempt was made last week to kUl Wo. 11. Vanderbilt and Cy rut W. FSelda, by exploaive. Sorely Ltte Uant art becoaias: awfauy corrapt. Col. HcMihoa's tpoit tad hxadu factorr at Grecashora. taras oat dallv betweai 400 anl dOOO) fpotrt and aaadlr and 1)M sets riat. A WOEKtKGJIAN ON THKTABIFi? The subject of the tariff is the factor that will,, in all probility solve the po itical problems of the future, as each of the two dominant parties hare taen sides, it beuooves lab people to iexam ine the grounds on whih the respective actions stand. To us the question Is, will free trade or protection be to our advantage. ; ,. Thi Democratic party, e8peciallyttho southern representatives of it, haver declared for free trade; the Republicans true to the traditions of their party, have taken the opposite view and ad vocate protection for American indus- ties. To the 'south, at present, tbu question is of the utmost importanee. It is daily becoming more apparent that our future prosperity depends in a great measure on our encouragement of man ufactures. We are now in our infancy in this field, and : like a tottering child, neea an me supports we can ODtain. The north has grown wealthy and pros perous by protecting ; her industries; previous to the war the northern repre sentatives were always willins: . to ex change political power with their south ern brethren for the' more substantial benefits of protective tariffs. The south ern representatives were almost exclu sively sent as ministers to foreign courts, given military and . naval preferments, and allowed to dominate the executive patronage. They represented the class who 'toiled not, neither did they spin." The mass of the people had'pq voice in naming the men who were, called their representatives.' The slave owner and large planter, were the only portion of the population represented in the na tionarlegislature, and they were op posed to manufactures, as necessarily bringing with them a class of indepen dent labor; that might jeopardize their power. In the old . days one or two "colonels a judge and a ' doctor con stituted a county or district nomina ting: convention; of course a few ."poor bookers" as the poor whites were1 termed by their aristocratic neighbors, would bp . allowed to meet with them to give it the appearance of being a public meeting, but the nominee was usually selected before hand, and the entire organization of the meeting cut and dried, as is sometimes now the case. The want of free schools, and opposi tion of the aristocratic clement to the education of the masses combined to facilitate thi3 means of foisting men on the voters of the country, and there fore our cuilC'lcllum member of the na tional legislature, as I have said, rep- . resented only a class, and this class op- Pposed to innovatiou almost as much as iuese. Hence in the rapid pro gress OLthe nation the south, as com- pared to the north and west, stood still. The northern and western state repre- ic, farrrf4aborer, banker-merchant and manufacturer had a voice tn the nomina tion, and i he man was selected not on account of his' great grand fathers hav ing been a militia colonel, or owning one hundred negroes, but on account of his business qualities and his identity with the interests and sentiments of his section and constituency, and he knew that this constituency would not fail to hold him to account for any failure to ' attend to their business. t Consequently instead of being answerable to a select few for his position, whom he could re pay with naval and military cadetshipe, clerkships or foreign appointments. for for sons, brothers, &c.t he had to ob tain substantia benefits, harbor, river public building appropriations, protec tive . tariffs for the manufacturing in dustries &c, &c And this he did by trading off with his southern ' Adlow members. Says the New England con gressman of ante. Ullum days, give me protection for my cotton manufactures and I will . urge your friend for Goyer nor of a territory, minister to Rus sia, secretary of war, anything you want in the empty line, but you vote me my protective tariff, public build mg, haroor and river appropriations. The northern representatives were gen c rally meu selected from the mass.of the people; men who from personal ex perience knows the people's wants; men accustomed to the everyday af- F fairs of , life, and wheu they went to TtT-.V? . .1 1 .... u asoiDgion iney usea meir omce, not for self glorification and paying a few friends for their nomination, but in do ing the work of their constituency faith fully, b'enajtor a ace and many oth ers who" ought to know better, are now advocating free trade. afUr lie north ha grown rich oa protection and the south just atarticg her manufactures, these wise statesmen propose to kill the promising babe by bringing itdn com- I'ttilion with the brawny strength of the fully developed man The statesmen who advocate free trade at this day Is la favor cf teeing your rice fields !; antliled, your cottoa mills shut dowa and every mechanical industry in the toath crashed, and what is it all foiT Thrr teH voa it is ia th interest of tie ajncsliarilut, to an swer this; la Ucl it Is only cecesaarj to trarel thrcagh the soathera atatca and obserTO that la tho eatiro cottoa growing section oar people, saea aad women,, (that, Is the wcilirg ieople) all wear homespun, which lot cost aad da- rahni- wUl eozapaxc with similar Ea- rapeui poxli. Tho d-ty oa Lais asd leather is cot com plained ci, as what great txtclt Utha agrkaltranstto I ohuia to taBparaie hf the rftlrlfca , to a state' of misery of his mechanical brother. Free trade will degrade Amer ican labor to the level of the English operatives, whose mental arid moral status is to-day a disgrace to their coun try, aad a constant subject of parlia mentary inquiry and agitation.', ; I Instead of debasing our labor the wise man will elevate it, for in our country the very being of government rests on the will of' the masses, and the more refined and intelligent ' the foun dation the more strong and enduring will be the supcrstructiure, and the po litical party, be it Democratic, Republi can, or independent, that;incoporates in iu platform a free trade plank may make up their minds to have added to their opponents - a solid phallanx of hard fisted Intelligence that will bring victo ry to tHe' banner of the party they in dorse. '' In the north and west where family pride, ; so-called, does not go to such extremes,many ricb,infiuential men bind their sods as apprentices to trades and the result is that labor is honored and looked upon with respect; but un fortunately in our country a $25 j month grocery salesman is looked up oa as .being' the superior, mentally and; socially,' of a $2 50 a day me chanic. As 1 long as this feeling cotH tonnes young American mechanics, the class ' of men who have built up the laree cities of the west will not come south to locate; they look with con tempt upon the assumed superiority of a class of people who are neither their superiors in intelligence or breeJinc and will not subject f their wives and families to social ostracism. The poor white man of our country have no op portunity of learning his son a trade owing to the scarcity of mechanical es tablishments, hence he grows up a far mer or a tradesman. The young men of the south must get out of the ruta their fathers have so long run in. They must make a departure, strike a line o action for themselves, learn to think and , act independently in ' all. things come to the front and take charge cf things, or they will be compelled to leave their native city, as many.havc done in order to make a living by do ing that which they would be ashamed to do at home, viz: work with their hands. y ' The southern people should look wjcjl J to the selection ot their representa tives in the cominc: campaign. We must nave truly representative mtu; that is, not men who reprepent the views of a class, but men who repre sent the people: the workers. ; Those who produce something; broad, liberal men not: bound down by prejudices and peacock pride.; Thinking white men "must not be led or cajoled into support I ing men who believe in the diviue right of blood, and who think it eon- m nnrl tnthi-m nn t.hn r'.roel ong as tney aro sausnea to piayrT tail to the kite of every candidate they will continue where they deserve to be, in the rear. Nofnatter what the party, if it represents your views and inter ests you should rupport itj H A DOUTHERK MECflAKlC epublican Conveaiion.1 ThereVill be convention of the Republican Party held at the court house, in the townbf of Lumbertoa, on Saturday, June 3rdH882, at 12 o'clock j m., for tbe electin of delegates to the state .convention, to be held in Raleigh on the 14th day of June, 1SS2 ; for the purpose of nominating a canidat'e fr Congressman at large, Judge of Supreme Court and for the ratification of nomi nations made by the several Districts for Judge of Supreme Court. The dif ferent townships in Uie county will meet ia convention at such place the chairman of each shall designate, on the last Saturday ia May, and elect three delegates.and three alternates to the county convention, which will elect deligates to the state convention and perform such .other works an may properly come before it. 1 In townships : were t here is no . c x,-,. ecutive committee, the Republicau j of the township may assemble ia meet ing and there elect an executive com mittee and choose delegates and alter nates as above set forth. r : E. K. Paocron, ChairoiAU' AbottsCu, Blades Co., N? o. i Maylat,lS5i j Eoite Fosx: Please allow us a spate ia jour paper. We, tho member cf the A. M. E. t Zrtn Church, Lav log about completed a church,' Mr. : Jno. Colville, the proprietor of a saw mill and factory has given us to the am?B3t of fifty dollars worth of laaber, and a carpenter for the space of tea days to assist as oa mo church ; and also oa the first of May, tUter Easter Gla.go, and other good siHets of the aVova church, gave a sociable entertain meet ; after the entertainment there was an ad- drees by Eer. Sr. BobinsoB; Ret. .: B. UcKoy, R. U. Eichardfoa. A. J. Walt. J. f. Smith; Err: J Grhte. aad J. A Loftla, also delirrrtd short addmtta. 1 Osmmmitteo of &maresutgs:J ay. BaiV Barswrv J. W.Sa;lh.E. IL Eic!njdfrn. Track Shfpexa. JWt Johasoa, D. Zlodmaa.' A. J; Warn; SecreUry. Thenule towaof Iftsrta: kt LJ eseahSthed la lu Uxdi. a cvxto. ta rr. a cifix isdorr. mmJL m ki fjruj saaca ua Jl U JaExry. Scn' ;a.crpvw waar p IdtUa- jn. Tiltt lXARlNB HOSPITAL SKK- Senator Frye'a Bill to Repeal tho If pip i tal Tax A Measure Founded Un a Complete Misapprehension of tho Subject. ' , , ' To Tke JZdiior of Tins Advxitier 1 ,- ! The HonV William P. Fryev in his ate speech on the excessive : taxation tn posed on American coasting -Teasels goes a long distance out of his way to find something to say about the marine hospital service. This; service is not supported J directly oriv indirectly by any tax that is imposed on vessels en gaged in the coasting business.' There are taxes enough laid on this as well as ou other classes of shipping," which might with ryopriely be abated ; but the f$ i 3 surely, ho reason for complain iog about burdens they do hot haye to bear Mi .Frye illustrates his subject by refer ing to the case of the schooner Loul sa A. iioaruman. .in enumerating & great number ot taxes, imposea on th is Vessel, including the item, 'hospit al laney for five men one month $2,' he exclaims, "A little schooner of 112 toss payiog a hospital tax of f24 a year I ask the Senatel why a coasting vessel shall pay a hospital tax of- forty cents; a month a man." Ibis way ot slatitig the case givvS the impression that the vessel pays this tax without a remedy. On the, contrary the masters and owners of vessels are expressly au thurizL-d by law to deduct this tax from the monthly wages cf seamen. (See sctim'458o7 United States Revised Statutes.) When the vessel enters at the tjjstoia house, the money so collect ed is kiaid over to the collector of the pcrL of th iikhooner Louisa A. Boardman be d tinased.bv such a transaction as this?! - - : t; '.;'.':' If tbey were honest and paid over all they collected, they made , nothing and lost libthing. In the annual report of the surgeon sefleral of the marine hos pital Service for the year ending June oO. 1S31, hesays, "in this country, the taxation being paid by the beneficiaries of tad service, its equitable nature is appartenTTand as payment is made for the time of actual employment, there ia no hardship from its collection Notwithstanding this fact, it has beenf brought to the attention of this office tUut nhe owners and masters or: many vessel were in the habit of defrauding the service of considerapla amounts. This kvas dene bv neslect to furnwh the uimes of the members of thicrew to thd Frd . r- tn what has been said above two are evident. First! that the sail er h: d not the vessel pajs the hospital tax. LSicondj that the service is BOOie- iicitriicaeaiea uy owners ana masters f vt;kels by' collecting more money from iailor3 than they pay over to the government. "JLt is apparent, then that g j far as buch fraudulent transactions have been .carried on succes8fullthe uwneit.- of vessels nave made many oui oa ihia hospital tax, instead of loa- it. It is not t barged . nor sup ' ins iJ hT" Hcuooner Iouisa A. Boardman have ;as th ommitted auy such wrongful act I Agiia, Air. i rye says : i. "1 here is hardiy a sailor to be fyuud on an Ameri can coasiing vessel who' is not an Ameri can s4itor with a home and out of a iheuaaed oi these sailors; you will not find tjen going to the hospital when tney are-sicK." Thi4 is a very exlraorainary asser t:on to make in a prepared speech be- .ore iiic uoiieuciaies cenaie, where acc-uracy or statement is supposed to be tho rule. Its absurdity can bo easi ly shwn . In the report of the sugeon, already troattU ia the year 1S8K If only one oui o Ameri if blr. ten ef theie 32C01 were of can birth, there must have been. Frye is reliable authoritr. one huiidaJ tin.es as many (326.000V who weat i o their homes instead of the ho pit JSS1. '1 iu away ii a v fur medical- treatment in business of seamen takes them it'ui their homes many months ar; and the 'unreasonableness of eaiiii r l-rye fcUUmsct witl.be made th in re apparent if we consider the neondiuon ol one hundred sick Ameri cau stamen distributed alon? th At. lanuc ports irom iasiDort to Ualvm. ton, their homes being in the various sew ij.Dgtand states and only one of tue Bumurca, ii nis estimate Is correct, roles to a hosnita.1 for treatment wh-u niiiFtyjaiue chese to start from the dis tant prices' for their homes, possibly to die by tbe wayside or in some strange auos urusc, ween a nopiLU mtgnt bo close at nana 10 wnicn they could go bu,ci!!b auaiiuance oy reason oi hav u.g cosstnauted to their support. Is It natural for men to act tho? 1 Ia ofiaet, 1 venture to express my belief that nn. der sach ciicunutances there would not be coie out cf the hundred but would ro directly to a hospital, and esteem it the CTfatess boon that could be vouchsafed him. V by should they not go there? 3hey miould have good care, able and exptrkinced surgeooa and competent nursea to treat them, with medlciae. iJr. Frye says there U no reisoa that can be siren why a little coaster of 112 ton pay i:i s yarvfeopal tax. As the JiUie f coaster does mot pay this tax, thre if no ; necessity for "giving rfcs..a'J to boUter op a theory that ex-4-j ia the iiaagiaatioa of geaator Frye. "rTir"T. u By pay as a year. ae , averare Ume of mbbIa. metit ct axOors ia the coasUeg trade of the 2crth Atlantic ii oalyaerta isoatha ri l collects from aad pay fat each maa tcreo-tweinhs of a year's hcwniul racaey oi tig), per year iot4 of the fall f t-Sp a ttai4 by iir. Frya. lie coaiisse, -rhfre It so reason why sa Aorricas talk iahoald mt Lrtf cxu a Dii for aotpital ux. It oaty raea ta baii ep aMgacxt arite U izt tefr y3i gmj d'4 aJ sppcrt fctistd ptnataeeau;aa4 learaod 2rzvt vv-1 jcr coatiaaally tat nixto aU.t. Tiit u whJ4lwoseecth ss f y.1! This asxraciccs assaaUapoa a fcacrt rrk aJ iWrmmt J t!iri-.i vU USX to wmwI iU aa appos isg- reat fraea taoat who haft tattrnl ti rasui as U community at heart. There are Very many of air. Frye s constituents who believe and know that the very best outlay the: seaman makes - in his own behalf next to the scanty wardrobe te allows himself, is this small sum per month, when employed, which the gov ernment collects and lays by for - hi3 benefit when Le is in port sick and dis abled. ' Thenmarnificent erections" of which Mr. Frye derisively speaks, if there any such, were not built with money col lected of seamen; but with money ap propriated by Congress, of which body Mr. b . haA long been a member. He-has, beyond a doubt voted for such appro priations. There is no question but that the surgeons are well up ia their profession else they would not hold the positions they do. line aays oi po litical surgeons in this service are at aa end. They, are selected for ' what' they know' about their business and not because they have been pariisaEs. Their salaries are hardly up to a mode rate standard, a surgeon receiving only half as much as a member of congres, assistant surgeons $1600 to 1800 per annum, and they are liable to be trans ferred from one extremity of toe coiin. try to the other. It is not true that thev are continually lookiDcr for higher salaries if "looking" means asking. ; Mr. Frye quotes from a letter .written I by a collector of customs, whose name j be withheld in the speech, uui who, ; Mr. Frye says, knows entirely what he is talking about." Hesays, "the truo way is to treat seamen as men; collect noth ing from and make no hospital provision . rrz . a. a ! - t. ur tnem. ine great pornua ui iub fund is used up in maintaiairig costly buildings and largo salaries." If this eentleman had lived a century ato, our forefathers of 1793, who established this service, imight have"' learned from him something about this "iruo way." It is no new thing to collect a hospital tax of seamen. Almost all countries do it in some form. It is the outgrowth of the peculiar relationship which sea men bear to one; arm ot the national defence, the nayy. The appropriations which congress makes, for the erection and repair of buildings intended for the comfort of seamen when sick makes the service somewhat benificent in its character. The fund collected of sea men is not used for this purpose, as 1 understand. This collector is a salaried mau himself, aud he do.es not display very good taste in talking about "large salaries" when ne is probably receiving twenty-fife per cent more pay per an num' thau surgeons aud fifty per cent more than assistant surgeons, ia tho hos pital service. ' !' ? When Collector ulorrni wp secreta ry bf the treasury, he had ' almudaut opportunity to observe tho ste:uli!y.iti creasing efficiency and usjfulncas of the hospital service bincc ils reoruuizitiuu pf 1S71 and says,, "as now. managed it is the best c;empliuc:;Uou of ctvil ser' vice reform the goverument has to bemst" of." .'By the operation ot laws govern ing the service, tho saiior ii, tow self supporting when ashoro tick. " - This U the very best Coudilioii of "things fur him and- is ealislactory to tuo ieo ple. The ' burden cf this tax1, if bur den it can he called, lias Wen so light when compared with the gopi accum- plihhed, that it has beeu borne without complaint from any qu-rlrr. Hut one man, the Hon. F. A.-l'iko,.in all.thlj broad land has petitioned fur a change and he docs not complain that he is - a- fcy t hn least. But suppose the hospital iscrvico should . be abolished as recommendtd by the collector whom Mr. iVyc quotef; who is to take car of. that great throng of sick'and disable'dseam'en, namberiug J2.600 last yeai I state no new fact wnea 1 say, they are unfortuaafe'y an' unthrifty and improvident dasa. The mere pittance which is'. now1 deducted from their wagesT-omaintaia these hos pital homes for them whon sck, would, ia many cases be spent for ioloxicatiiiir drinks or in debasing indulcencts. If sick, with n'o means to fall back urxn. they. would inevitably become" Republic cnarge, lining lhe;i abUc alnuhouies along the coat, or Le a direct lax upon the vessel earning them. Thi, in tbe one case, would serve to .d.-g'rado them Still more, wnile ia the other it w&uti place an unnecessary, not to say unrea sonable burden upon the owners of. yen srU. ' . i ' ' - M '- I am informed that vhc:i the IV.l uV- fered by Jlr. rye was referred to Lc present 'secretary of the treasury, jho gave it a? nis opinion that the hospital tax should not be abolished or tiialeri ally reduced, unles i congrtsf was pre pared to support the ter vice- by f p;.rj pristioa.Vriifl(f JmfiVr. We copy the above fo the- purpo.-' of giving I1 the X-ri i oa iu iLal Umalter to our reader. ; Tetersan's MtgirineTfr My i rj ceived ; av br5ght and rrcic 3i-j a? May itself. The priacipil slcA't oguvisg, "Comin' Thra The Rre,Mi cspctbllj;' beautiful, and illui'-ratca a capitil; sto ry by Frank Leo 'BeccdicU Tin it tide oa "ikandiaavi,!' wita iu aum'er oua engraving and iu accjuai of tho Vikioga, is oaeof ths very ''nv.i?eab! papers dt wktck IhU tai5iz:ae i b watag famous. . Vh thirc ii a tiire-lagioTe-itoryiRirbxra,,,fay a new ou tributor, from whoai we hjp ofia to hear. Mrs. Stephca pswerfa! nntkt ofWashingtoa clvty despcru ia io Uml the cb,rf ia this cua htt. 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