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T H E : PUULIgHEI) ETERI WEBIE'jDAY. a . o . w i T i a : B 2 « . s x i i ^ 3 3 , ! EBIIOR AX» PROPillETOK. j , T Xv • 1 DEMOCBAT ESTABLISHED 1842,1 ffiA2ETTE ESTABLISBED 1863 ^*EATE3 0* VBlIIlTBISa! Sst7^:x,iszzz= :z 'j f 8sissg?:’?5rosar iss § S 3 S S : ! K e ^ % \ S f e = : = iS S ; r s s S f .? s “ ' • , liS C ti TBEVE IISES Sr.VKE A SQrAKE.) taaaascir—' a . O . W I X S E K S T U I B , P r o p r i e l o r . T h e v n ie n anti t h e OonstitHtloOi T E l M S i - S S . O O A Y E I R . Y 0 L U 5 I E X X Y l I I H E R K I M E R , W E D N E 8 D A I , D E C E M B E R 3 3 . 1 8 0 9 , i U I B E E 1 8 . went m th o u t a clear idea of wBat expefeted, o r how H was to do it.” iiisen, b u t i t ’s a clear historical fe e t M itraille wrote a letter which got to W ashington about as soon as I did, DO YOnr lOYE KE? go halves with m e on the profits. 1 raw by t h a t h ow terribly nervous he vras getting, and concluded th a t afiaii’S m u st b e even worse with him than I knew of. ITcverthelesSjX began tp b e a trifle excited myself, and though I b a d a sort o f horror o f specu latio n , oasis or eiiuauzanon ot tne reat ami pur- er^pecially, gold g ambling, I conunenc- sonal property in the several towns; beg e«1 to looE around m e pretty sharply leavd to submit tho following report fo r items. Among other adv(‘ ffeli in. with old Sas Do ou lOYO me ? Is the pressure ^ Oi the hand, that sends the thrill Xo^my heart, when’er I clasp it, Oiren irithout thought or yv HI ? Is Its meaniBg^ naught but friendship ? taught hut kindness on your part ? llell me tins, or tell me, darling, ^ay I claim your hai^d and heart? X33BS WQms or S T m m m BY SCmiBER. Tliero are three lessons I would Trrlfee— Three words, as irifch a bnrning^ pesn. In tracing of eternal light. Upon; the hearts of men. Have Hope I Thpngh clouds environ round And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadotr ft ------- ^— \Eo night hut hath its strength when life’s surgea rudest roll. Light, when thon else wert blind. iventures, • Gorham, of Ciuciunati, one of our correspoiidents, and a nephew of his, a queer, awk ward spoon of a fellow, and we went ^■inde lual succession leave them inerjsome- I didn’t find out anything in par ticular all that night or the next fore noon, b e t T saw tbe sights p r e t ^ efiee- tually, and about noon I w & t into m y friends’ room to stir them up. found S t o , f t « l D i p l t e . A CLEAR CASE OF LOCK. B lighted somehow I consider m y owi th e fiinniest thing of all.” “ A h !” said I , “ hpw is that*?” “ D id i t never occur to you t h a t i t was a little odd, th a t in so short a time I should have got to be a partner in the firm, a n d a m arried m an, and all th a t sort of th in g ? ” ‘•'Oh! you speculated.” N o t a bit o f i t ; or, ra the nephew lollin- itely on a chair, and tbei with a h igh fever, the natural result o f his foolishness tho day before. The hopeful youth began the story o f ’his tribulations by stating th a t ho had been delayed and could not come a t I asked him what the doctor said about his uncled “ Ob, the old m an’s right sick, and I reckon I ’d b etter telegraph to A u n t Sally to come rig h t ofit” O n r the p l e a o f a s p l i t t i n g h e a d a c h e , he hogged me to -send his message, and I thought I Yvould send one a t the same time to M itraille & Co. W e ll, ■•-is telegram, saving the direction, ;ad: “ Don’t wait for anything. Un- e S am very \WTiile mini “N o thing stirring, h a v i n g a good -------------------------------------------- Now', how on earth those two little ■ irchanged is a mystery afiairs gOt intei ■ / one, 1 plain English.” Before I went to the war, John D e v ereux and I had been fellow-clerks prevented *dohn ftom going arm y ; and an utter absence of capi- ' t a l prevented Mm from proposing for th e hand o f the p retty Dncille, tho’ I always believed th ha at\ t 'h e had moirel fear from th e g the young lady Poor as h e v salary, when I returneei a t the <nd )d d eal lam er thain tniiig ■ day, you know—^was to igg’s, a n d ask the latest alway s believed t he had m o fe a r from th e g ruff old p apa than froi th e young la d y herself. Po o r as h e w as,-and on a moderate lary , when I returned a t th e e of the war—a good d ea l lam er th a ever Jo h n h a d been before it— found my chum in the fu ll enjoyment of all his heart h a d longedfdr, a n d with a brown Stone front to enjoy i t in. So when [spmethii ------ ------------ - osity was on lire i n a moment. d< was a right good fellow, and I did n o t envy him a p a r ticle; but I must say th a t I was ciiriotCs a b o u t it. , “ W e ll,” said J o h n , “ the way of I t was t h i s ; H a v e another cigar ? you know a good deal what I was after when I went away; and my chance of getting i t then seemed about as far off as the presidency. I t was a clear case o f luck, 1 tell you, and veiy little more. O ld M itraille always liked me pretty well, though I was hardly the m an h e would h ave chosen f e r a son-in- la w ; and I kept^ Ms private books, you know. You know all about the unbounded gold speculation in 1862 and 1863; well, he had somehow got into it, steady, old, hard-headed bank er as h e Is. Alm o st everybody went in more or less. ' The old m an h a d rather missed it once o r twice, a n d g o t b i t pretty hard, though no one b u t m y self knew any th in g about i t —^so h a rd, in fact, t h a t y was m ore than a little alarm ed for |;he result. I got it into m y head about th a t tim e t h a t I would like'to run down to W a s h ington and tak e a -lo o k a t the forts and camps. Somehow i t alwa\\ galled me a good deal t h a t I coi not take xny p a r t with th e rest, and I wanted' to have a look at the thing any how. So I ealled a t the house to see Lucille, and gbt a s h o rt furlough, an d I succeeded surprisingly well.— T h a t is, I didn’t see as much of L u cille as I wanted, but th e old gentle m a n gave me leave o f absence readily, and added t mistake. was the nex t di •ush into E igg ’ gold p r ’\' faii for all sorts of and I knew tEkl 'fast as i t could rise, on me until, p retty near half-dement ed, I went into the telegraph office a t WilLard’s and dashed off— ■ “ I t ’s a ll a sell a n d a big one. ’ ■Well, the old gentleman took that just as he had tbe other one, and not only sold out, b u t went short to the full extent of his line. I t was the luckiest thing in th e world, for, sure enough, withiu forty-eight hours things down with a crash. I began to fe send me a telesram , qui “ Yes,” I rep lied ,“ h u t y o u k the W a r D e p artm ent don’t allow a fellow to send oyer the wire-s ju s t what h e wants to.” “ Oh, n ever m ind a ll dat,” said M i traille, “ j u s t y o u send som ething good oI. f b atltUy d , no m atter, jUQV u s t ■0 V U J U WOrOB*. understand mighty quick, ha I h a ! the door, heard th( Never ydd mind de W ar Depart- back into,fhe hoi **■** TVTAtlio'r ’mnfTiHv— _ id is a mystery me to this day. iPerhaps I did i t ; m ay be h e did i t j perhaps i t Avas done jfone of a t the egraph office; I don’t know ; rsonal pro but twisted they certainly were, a n d ; . . somehow both of them passed the exammal ) smash in W ashingto I had taken a neat way of a hint, and he rushed out iva passed th e cea- ille opened his, h e it something and th a t “ giving hh and bought all th e .g o ld his credit would cover. H e wrote me by th a t m ail a n ac count of transactions whose magni- and whi he be|ged me to be sure t h a t m y in- as- correct. I thought a t :d then I lose magni 1 almost turned my h a ir g r a y ; while he thanked me for m y hint formation was first th a t he w pretty near crazy what m ight be the consequences izy, a n d then 1 got myself, thinking o f the R E P O R T 0 / tJte Special 0'»nmUt€S appoinU^ l>p In 1868, to Schuyler —Wednesday, June SOth, at 10 o’clock, A. M., at West Schuyler. Frmikfort —Wednesday, June 30tb,at 2 o’clock, p. K., at Frankfort village. ____ As the appointments of the Committee To the Board o f Supmkdrs o f IlerMmsr Gountyi promptness will be necessary the Board o f Superiiaors > •eiait the sczeral towns. by the Board of Sopervisors a t tile annual (Session, N oa '. 1SG8, to visit the several' tevnis in this county, and inyestigate the cause of the fgreat defiiciency in tho per sonal assessmonls, and to take such meas ures ns might seem necessary to bring about-the assessment of the personal pro perty of the several towns, and to report a basis of equalization of the real fend per- _In March 1869, your Committee examin- :d the records in the offices of the Clerks of Herkimer, Otsego, Oneida and Mont gomery counties, for the purpose of ascer taining the amount of mortgages recorded in tho several offices and owned by resi dents of Herkimer Gounty. Your OominU- tee found upon. such examination that a lar^e amount of money had been inve.^te(I by residents of Herkimer Co., in mortgages on lands in Oneida,Otsego and Montgomery counties, Your Committee then made inquiry and ich other invesijgatioas 'as tin meotinga, we hope you i designated place in your to May 26, 1S69. N, B,—The Supervisor will please de liver one. copy of this | Circular to each Assessor of hks 'Jown at once, and give such Other notice as he may think best. And your Committee made tho visits as noticed. >nal vis !e to make, without a persom each town, and upon such investigation ing diseonso- your Commlttee,al a meeting ae-the Obunly le uncle in befl I Clerk’s office in Herkimer, on the 16th day of April, 1869, fixed the amount of personal property which your Committee were of the opinion could reasonably be asked o f each town in the county, to wit • Columbia, ................ $63,600 Danube, ............................ 66,000 ?aii-field, ........... . ......................... 80,000 Frankfort,. . .............. 83,000 German F latts,, . ............................225,000 H e r k i m e r , , ................ ,152,000 XStchSeld, ........ .......... . . . . . . . . . . . -48,000 Little F alk,..............T. . . . , ..,..880,000 Manheim, . . ............ 06,000 Hewiiort,., ........................ 1*30,000 Horway, ........... . ............................ 40,000 Ohio,..................... 6,000 Russia, ......... .. .......................... 50,000- Salisbury.................................... „ 66,000 Schuyler,. . ............................ ; 36,000 «Utrk-,v. .T..-.-. .-DtijOee— ■Warren,? .................. 120,000 WinfielcV. . ........... 110,000 \Wilmurt . . ............................... . ... 2,500. None of these amounts equalled the iroperty assessed in. years past, lation of the assessment boobs of the several towns for the past ten years MTCnriELP. On the 15th day of June, your Gommit- teo visited the towns of -Litehfield and Winfield. The town of Litchfield is a dairying town, having in th&main, good soil somewhat uneven, with considerable waste land. Yet the farm bmlfiihga and fences ihdic.vte thrift and prosperity among the farmers; the fences are mostly ledge-sfone walls and cedar, and aa a town the farms are the best fenced in the county; there are several cheese jfhetories in the toe 'and about 2000 dairy cows are roillted the town. No Incorporated companies in the town. The village of Oedarville is a settlement of gpbout 200-inhabitants, lying ou the linehetwe.en tbe towns ofBifcchQeld, Colum bia and Winfield. About oqo half of the village is in Litchfield, Tour Committee were met at tho Hotel of Mr, C asweli by A. L. A vert , Supervisor, A. L. F ish , A, J. P arker and W akemah R ider , Assessors-, and several other citizens, also Mr. L. Hos- Supervisor of Columbia; upon an amlnation at the Herkimer Co., Clerk’s office your Oommittea wore satisfied that the assessment of tbe real estate o f Litch field was'from 1500 to 1800 acres short of the actual number of acres in said town. This deficiency was talked over With tbe Supervisor and Asseaors and the cause fully^ explained; and the Assessors assured your Committee that the deficiency should bo -addoa-to,th*Ass.es.§mcnt rollat once. This gives the assessments of -personal property as follows;— . . STlATEMlBiT of the assessed personal prop erty of the several towns in Heikimer Coim- ’ from 1S60 to 1868 : ' l i i i i i i l i i perstitious; there was somo- Dot atfeiiipt any expla* nations, but steadily'resisted alltlio old gentleman’s en treaties to go on witk it any further, I even mauaged to persuade him to close up his gold ac count and quit it. I had Lucille to help me in that. The net figure was a handsome one, I tell you, and there was very little trouble about m aking th e othei eille all about 's more, I don’t and won’t spec ulate, a n d won’t do business for any 5rm th a t docs. I t ’s a ll a clear ease o f Jo h n threw the stump of his cigar into th e ashes, and I pulled away a t mine, wondering if there were any l u ^ in getting t h a t M t of shell in m y E®* A Female Ajtriean was recently hrouglit before a lifew Orleans Police Court, charged with disorderly con duct. “ W h a t’s your nam e V’ inquir ed the elerk. She gave th a t of a dis tinguished member o f the Legislature, stating, “ H e ’s my husband.” “.O h , I reckon u( tionary, “ sir? \Well I shall h a v e you ed. You white empolyces don’t tres us colored\ladies with proper respect. ISOO. by Gam. 3869. Total Increase by the 'Committee, 1SS3, $394,013. And while your Committee were wel aware'that largo investments had been made in Government Bonds, yet the dcfici- in the assessments seemed loo great investments made. On the 25th day of May, 1869, your Committee' met and made appointments for meetings in each of the towns in the county as follows s 10 -Tuesday, June 15th, at ; o’clock A. 21 ., at Oasweirs Hotel, Ged: ville. , f\* fi^r agmen t rollat promise has been kept, as wiirWs6Bin53r ~mryeal-3.' •an examination. The number of acres as sessed in 1865,was 15,075,in 1868,15,771, id in 1869 the number is 17,564 acres, giving an increase of 2489 acres from 1865 id 1,793 acres from 1868. - ' . Your Oommittce, ascertaining that the Assessors had never assessed farm stock, recommended tho assessment of dairy stock. The suggestion was well received by the Assessors who at once commenced a reassessment and included fanu stock.— Your Committee were satisfied that the As sessors were ready and willing to do their The nearness of this town to the markets of Utica, Ilion and Frankfort, together with its productive soil, renders the town of Litchfield a very deshable location for the farmer. The amount of personal pro perty! assessed' in 1868 was |36,146, and the amount in 1800 is $46,309 being an in crease of .3110,453; an excess of the amount fixed by your Committee of $3,599. WIXFIELD. The afternoon of the 15 tb, your Com mittee visited the town of 'Winfield. This town, like Litchfield, is a dairyinsLtown with a good soil, well adapted to 5 good soil, well aaapteu to grsIBS 4 tin, and although it has Us hills and ■okon lands, yet it is not as uneven as Litchfield, nor is there as much waste land. Tho farms, buildings and fences all indicate prosperity ou the part of the farmers. •.The village of West Winfield is situated in the valley of the east branch of the Una- dilla River, and in the south w'e.st corner population of about five hundred and fifty inhahifents; with mills, stores and shops sufficient for the size of the place. ,A fine Academy is located in tbe vUk The small village of Columbia Centre with about 200 inbaVitants, as its name indicatesi, is situate^ in the'center of the town. There is one tannery in town, but no Other manufacturing establishments of any great extent, except cheese factories ; ihers are several of these and all in a pros perous condition. About 2000 dairy eows are milked in town. The Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna I’^alley Sa!l'*Road Ira- vei’sosadistanceof a b o u t.6 miles in the town, a portion of i t being through the swAmp spoken of. Your Committee were met at the hotel o f Mr. P xax , Columbia Center, by L. Hosroim, Supervisor, D elos i T.. G etuasuas andnd 1 H atch , C obhelics T G et a M artis G etuan , Assessors, F. S. S tevess , Town Clerk, and several other citizens of the town-. Supervisor A vert , of Litchfield, also was with us. The Assessors injhis town-have hereto fore assessed short two to three acres on a hundred for roads, but said'they Would assess the full number oi seres this year, and assess real estate at about one-fourth its value,-and personal at one-half its vsl- ue. Like Litchfield and Winfield, farm stock has^ not been assessed, b ut the As sessors willingly accepted the proposition to assess farm stock, and'have done so. The am o u n t o f p ersonal p roperty return ed in 1868 was §53,384,' and in 1869, §69.- 102, being an increase o f $15,168, and an excess over the am o u n t fixed b y your Com mittee of §0,102. The real estate assessed in 1868 was 21,875 acres and1n 1869, 22,080 acres. Farm buildings and fences were iii good condition, the total number of acres returned nearly equal to the suivey of the town. Real Estate is -assessed at 25 per cent, and Per sonal Property at ,50 per cent. Cows are asses.sed at from twelve to eighteen dol lars each. Farm buildings and fences are in good-condition. Tbs number of seres returned for tiiia town in 1S6S was 17,- 8S7: in 1869, IT,452 acres. The amount of Personal Property returned in 1868 was 151,607; for 1869,174,175, being an in crease of $22,568 and an excess of the amount fl.xe(i by your Committee of $9,- 000. Several fine cheese factories are in town and about two thoimnd cows are milked in Tow-fj. The afternoon of the listbj your Commit tee visited the town of Warren. This town is a dairying and hop-Taisin^town, the soil being good and well adapted to grass and -•’ain, except corn, which does not prove to 5 a profitable crop. The land Is uneven. With several small swamps. Farm build ings and fences not4is good a s those of the towns previously visited. Several.cheese factories are located in this town. About 2,200 cows are milked in this town. Three or four small villages with about one h un dred inhabitants each ; no incorporated companioSi Assessed fall number of-acres; farm stock has been *..ssessed in this town Your Committee were met a t the Town Hall in Jordenville by G. M. C lelasd , Su pervisor, and two of the Assessors, to w it: A dam C eih and J osiah H odse ; also sev- Altber citizens t>f4hc town. Superriaors H osvord and A very accompanied your Committee to Wt The number of acres returned from War ren in 1868 was 23,405, in 1869, 22,964, being a decrease of 441 acres, tho same be ing fully accounted for by the Supervisor. Tho amount of personal property assessed in 1868 was $131,855, and in 1869, §123,- 011, being an increase of §176, and an ex cess over tho call of your Committee of of §3,011. The Supervisors .and Assessors satisfied your Committee that'at least $60,- 000 in personal properly had been taken from this town within the past year. Per sonal property is assessed at fifty per cent., and real estate at thirsty per cent. On, the 17lh, a . m , -visited Stark. This town is a dairy and hop growing town.— Is very hilly with deep gulfs ; The land in the val- Tuesday, Juno loih, a t 2 ', p. SI., at C-hvk’s Hotel West \Win- Colmribia —^Wednesday, June- ICtb, at 10 o’clock, A. M., at Columbia Centre. rren—Wednesday, Jane 16tb, at 2 o’clock, P.M., a t \ ’ ■”e. “ A n d so ” continued Jo h n , “ off I[herecounterffictin’ agin,” The mother o f a little five- year old girl, in Hew HaVen, one eve- niilg made her understand what the katy-dids were saying— K a ty did, HZaty didn’t,” &c. A few -evening after, the little g irl happening near door, heard them again, and ran —^claiming— hugs are ont IFhj-ren—Wednesday, Jt jlock, p, M., a t JordanviU >S?®‘i&~Thnrsday, June I7tb, at 10 o’clock A. n., at Starkvillc. Danube —Thursday, June 17tb, at 2 o’clock, p. M., at Newvillo, Xfflaliem—Friday, June 18tb, at 10 oclock, A. 'M., at Manheim Centre. Salisbury —Friday, June ISth, at 2 o’clock, p. M., a t Salisbury Centre. LitUe jFt???s--Saturday, June 19tb,'at 10 o’clock, A. M., at the Hinchman House Little Palls. ’ German |Ffa^jS~-Saturday, J-uno 19 th, ^ 2 o’clock, *M., at Osgoodl’s Hotel, HcrTcimer— o’clock, A. H., Mother, mother- SerJeimer —^Thursday, Juno 24th, at 10 , at the Court House. Fairfield—WiAny, Jnno 25tb, at 10 o’clock, A. H., at Fairfield village. M w p o r o'clock, -3P. 21 ., at Newport village, A'orway—Saturday, Juno 36tll, at 10 k. M., at Norway o’clocl^.. rf—Friday, June 25th, at. 2 it Newport village. lay, Juno orway Cor Ai., at xxorway vomers. - Ohio and TFzTinuri—Saturday,' June th,th, a t 2 o’clock,’clock, p, m ., a t Ohio City. 26 a t 2 o Tnesday, Juno o’clock, A, M., a t Gravesvilh M., a t Ohio City. Juno 28th, at 10 ated ia the villase, and is m a proper- i eondiiion. The First National Bank of \West 'Winfield, with a capital of $100,- 000, la localeJ !n the village and la a pros perous institiUion. Tho Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Talley R. R ,now in pro cess of construction, passes through the town. There arc five cheere factories in town ; the number of dairy cows milked in town is about 1800. Your Committee were met a t the Hotel of B. C lark by S. S mith , L. F. B race and E. SnoLES, Asscsso^j?, together with a num ber of otha*citizens from different pnvta of the town. Your Committee ascertained that the full number of acres in this town had been assessed, to w it: In 1864, 14,087 acres; In 1868,14,735; in 1869,14,744 acres. Like LitciiiitlJ, tho Assessors bad never assessed farm Mock. ThOiSsessors ex-- pressed a willingness to assess farm stock provided the other towns in the county did so, and upon your Committee recommend ing tbe assessment of farm stock, tho As- scssors have done 80. Tho personal piopcrty in this town is assessed at 40 per cent., including the bank stock, and tbe amount of persona! property asaeas.-d in 1868 was $85,356; in 1809 is §110,383, being an increase of §27126,^ an excess of $382 above the amount fixed b y your Oommittce. Tho marketing of this town heretofore has been done at Utica and Hion, but with the completioD of tho Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley R. E., the village of West Winfield must become a good mar ket and shipping point. COWntBIA. O a tlio 16th, your Committee v isited the town of Columbia, a dairying town, tho land being well adapted to dairy pur poses. The surface is uneven, and a lai^e swamp traverses the southwest part of tho The town Is very very little level Ian d. The lam 11), ieAj84Sobd,^ wbilo4ke J ijlls ia id of second quality. There is a large amount ’d of waste'land in the town. Two thriving villages in the town—^Van Horne5ville,with about 175, and Btarbville with about 200 inhabitants. There are several c’neese factones ; and about 2,100 dairy cows aie kept in town. Ko incorporated companio?. Your Com mittee were met at tho house of A lex .' tiTH, by A lex . S hith , Supervisor, D akiel E ewood , D aniel B ackes and H enry G. •S mith , Assessors, together with a number of other citizens, Small deductions have been made in the assessment of some farms for roads and deep gulfs, but as a town' the assessment has been for the full quan tity of land. R e a l e state is a s s e s s e d a t t h irty p e r c e n t., and personal properly at forty per cent. Farm stock has been assessed for years, Cow-5 at from §20 to $33 each. On the hills farm buildings and fences are poor, with a few exceptions, while in the valley the buildings and fences are good. The number of acres returned for this town in 1868 was 18,014, in 1869, 19,495, being an increase of 1,381 acres, ar- I partj of the town rising from the fact that a p of Little Falls was attached to Stark in November, 1868, - The amount of personal property retnrn- ed for 1868 was $48,575, and in 1869, is $66,118, being an increase of $17,548, and an excess of §6,118 over tho call of your Committee. danvbe . On tho afternoon ot tho 17tb, your Com m ittee visited tlie_ tow n o f Xlanubc. S u - pei'visop S mith and tho Assegfiors of Stark accompanied us to this town. The land in this town is less broken and is better adapted to grain and dairying than that of Stark. In this town your Committee found better corn than in any other ’ town in the coimty. The town extends to. the Mohawk river and has some v4ry fine valley lands. Tho town also extends westerly toward the village of Little Falls and embraces within its limits a large numl mber of acres of ! rocky hill, as seen from the river. There is one village, Newvillo, of about one hun dred inhabiUnta. It has aq incorporated com p a n ies. W e w o r e m e t a t the h o t e l b y C alvin H abdeb , BupervisoJV J acob P, S hadl , J ohn W aleath , and, J acob D il - LgSBACK, Assessors, and several other cit izens. Tn making the assessment, the As- sessofs have been in the habit of makini . small dodnetioDE for m d s ;, yet we find ’ UAXHEIM. On the-19th of June, A.-Y., your'Com mittee visited the town of Manheim. This town IS a dairying town, mostly elevated high above the Mohawk Yalley, a small part of the. town, ninning to the north bank of the Mohawk river. It has a good productive soil, the face of the land being uneven, and some waste'land, with its full share of ledge «nd rock. The Tillage of Little Falla lies partly in this town. . Ing ham’s Mills, a small village of about one hwidred inhnbUants, fis in -the eastern part o f the. town. The village of Brock- ett’s Bridge, with about 200 inbsbitanis, is in th e n o r t h - e a s t part o f th e tow n . There are several cheese factories m town, marlufactarinf into cheese the milk of g,- 300 cows. The New Xorli Central Eail* road hns about six and a half miles of track in this town and which was assessed in 1B68 a t $155,000. There is no depot Within the town, and no other incorporated companies, The Little Falls lAcademy is located in this town although within the ■village of Little Falls. This is an old and Well,established school. Your Com mittee were met at Manheim Centre by O. E, B adder , 'W.'P. L odcks , and P htek M . BiDLEXAif, A s s e s s o r s , M obqak ' B ideb - MAN, Ex-Supervisor, and several other cit izens, Tho A ssessors assess the full nura- her of acres in each farm, no deduction being made for roads orwaste land. Beal Estate is assessed at SO per cent. Peisonal Property a t 60 per cent Cows at $30each. The Assessors of this town have, made a thorough effort to bring all assessable property on the roll. The Railroad^ is assessed this year at §225,000. Tho Beal Estate was assessed in 1868 at 18 034 acres, in 1869, a t 17,- 979 acres. The amount of Personal Pro perty assessed in 1868 was §49,295 ^ in -I860, §64,480. aiijn(jieaaB-o£l§lS485,i less the amount fixed by your Commil by $520. The East Canada Greek bounds this town on tbs entire east line. 8ALISBPBY. On the afternoon of the I8th of June, your Committee visited the town of Salis bury, This town stands second to th# town of lYilraurt as to the'num b er of acres. In the southern part of the town, the soil is fair and yields a good crop. The central and northern part is hilly, with a light, unproductive soil interspersed with rock and ledge. Ah iron ore bed was opened in the central part of the town, but faileci to pay cost of working and liana- portation, and nothing is being done in it at present. There are thousands of acres of wild, waste and unproductive land In the'town. Your Committee were met at the Town tral Bail Road .assessm^t from the town assessment, and the amount to be levied to the farm lands, and as eoualized in' 1868 would only leave the farm lands valuc-d at about $17,00 per acre. ’ This your Com mittee cnn.sider very low, vihen we con sider the location, having the b e s t m a rket in the county, with raii road and canal fa cilities in the center of the town, with cost* ly farm building-9 -and fen c e s and all the modern im p r o v e m f intsyb ich indicate pros perity and W6.a1tb. Cows are assessed at $25 each. Store aild farming stoc’s are assesstd The number of acve.s assessed m 1868 was 17,898 ; in 1869, 15,87-3 acres -, the lalling olTlrom 1868 to 1869 is accounted for from the fact th at about 1,600 acres of; Little Falls were set off and attached to the town of Stark by tbe Board of Superyisors their annual session in 1868, The amount of personal property .issessed in 1808 was $283,465, and in 1839, $370,009, being a decrease of §15,456 from 1868, and §109,991 less than the amount set'to the j UfiLMEB, N o EX. an a . .Sanra, and Tno.?. F. » I^STSTB, Assessor?:. I The Vjliase uf lierLtmer has about ISOO inhabitants, with a large and niccessfnl ' Paper Miil, which ia th.e only manafaetur- j fefi 6.stabli«!hnuDt in town o f o r ./ (-xtent. < T h e New York Central Rallrofui has a b out j seven and a^half mik-s oi' tnu-k in this ! town, w ith 'tw o extensive depeto (Uion ' and ICTkillKd'), cti'l Uf-I hu-ge soJ costly bridge.H, The as.sessment in ilerkim c r a n on the Saiiroa a has -within a fp-Fr been greatly reduced, for what reason your Committee have been wholly unable to ascertain, as it is-flell known that He Now Y o rk Central Raihoad has grown in wealth, and extensh-c’.md costly addition.s have been made wiihia the town c f 'I i e r - kimer within a few years, fn 1801 Uie Railroa-1 a,ssessment was $2.‘57,523, in 160-i 16,-670, a faliing'qff of $121,1-16; and in 1869. $210,000. Your Committc-c urged the Assessors to raise the Assessment of the Railroad to .$-250,000, believing that amount not an uriveaeonable o n e; .and in this w c had tha hearty concorrence o f WiTHERSTiffi!, the Supervisor; and your O-jmmittee supposed ^that the assessment would be raised tbe proposed amount. The village asscssnieni .if Ilcrkim.jr for 1S68 was upon Beal Estate $94,840. Th;.^ and the Railroad assessment deducted from the Town assessment, leaves the farm lands equalized at about $20 per acre. The num b er o f a c r e s , a s s e s s e d in IS-oS. was 18,978; forl8G'3,18,578,’ tho Joss in acreshaving gone into adjoining town.^. The amount of personal property asses sed in 1808 was §U‘3,342; in 1S09, it is .$108,355. There is an individual Bank located in Herkimer, with an advertised' capital of town byyour committee,although tho As.tes- $50,000. The Assessors claim to Hall by Q, L. Byisoxoii, Supervisor, V ol - Xjur-IIOMOX, S. J>. SILLIWAN, and E nos E. OoviLL, Assessor.?, and a number of other dtixens. The Assessors have made no de- dnetiona for roads or waste land. The number of acres returned in 3868 was 68,640 ; number of acres this year is 69,063, being an increase of 1,023 acrcA The amount of personal properly assessed in 1868 W83 §80,850. in 1869, §42,400, be ing an increase of §5,550. Cows are as sessed at $20 each. Real estate is assess ed at fifty per cent, and personal property at seventy per cent. There are three cheese factories in town, and about 2,500 cows. No incoiporated companies j two small v-il- lagciSj (not incorporated,) Salisbury Center, about 250 inhabitants, and Salisbury Cor ners about 100 inhabitants; an extensive tannery has formerly been m operation at Salisbury Center ; it is not now in opar- LITILE FALL*. On the 19th of June, your Committee visited the town of Little Falls. ' There is in this town,as all who have passed through it know, a large am o u n t of waste, rocky and unproductive land. Yet on tho riser and bank upon the uplands good soil is found. Dairying is extensively carried on and a number oi cheese' factories are loest ed in this town, and about 3,100 cows are milked in town. A large number of manufacturing estah- snts are located here. .The village sors a ssured yo u r Gommittei $ 3 8 0 ,000 could bo procurc3,and y o u r Com mittee as yet having been wliolly unable to ascertain any reason for the deficiency. The Assessors claim to assess real estate at 25 pCT cent., and personal property at 25 per cant., yet your CommUteo believe thftt & greater proportloil of the personal property in this towij \escapes taxation than any other town in this county. The finest and by far the most valuable hor.ses and carriages are owned in this town than in any other town in the county, qbruan ylatts . On the afternoon of the 19tb, your Com mittee visited the town of German Flatts. In this towq, like Little Palls,we find rug ged hills and deep gulfs. The east line of th e tow n is about three and a. h a lf m iles west of the Tillage of Littlo Falls, and com ing from L ittle F a lls w e st, a s t h e T a l ley of the Mohawk -wideng, some of the finest valley lan d in the' State is found. Back from the river, varying from half a mile to a mile, tho hills and rough lands conlmenoe, and extend to tho .south bounds of t’ac town; and the waste and to a great extent unproductive land is contained a*es;s yet from the ncar- ia hundreds of acre ness to the markets of Litfio Falls, Her kimer, Mohawk, and Ilion, whatever tho farmer has to sell finds a ready sale at a moderate expense* of marketing. theso advan|age3, the farmers have pros-J. graces, pereraaa wealth Is feund on tho well as in the valle3's. Farm buildings and fencas are good. 'We were met at Osgood’s Hotel, Ilion, by B. A. B rook !?, Supervisor, S. G eiman , N icholas V bgohan , and J . C bik , Assess ors, H od , J osiah S hull L. L. M erry , and a large’number of other citiEens. No deduction is made in the assessment for roads or waste land. Real Estate is assessed at tlurty-th'rec per cent; Pereonal Property at the same rate. Bank stock is assessed at 88 1 S per cent Cows are assessed at $30. There ere several cheese factories, and about 2,100 cowg ero milked in this town. Stock in stores and tanneries is assessed. Your Committee recommended to the Assessors that they as sess* bank stock at forty per cent, in order that the rate per cent, on bank stock might be uniform in the cuunty. Tho Assessors at their meeting decided to assess hank stock, at forty per cent, -f but your Com mittee, haying examined tlie assessment roll, flnd|that the assosement is only thiity three and ono-third per cent. There are large Tillages—Ilion, with about 2,800 ibitants Mohawk, with 2,300 inhabit ants. The assessment of the Real Estate in the village of Ilion is §212,969, and the Beal Estate of the village of Mohawk is $109,44-5. , Deducting village assessments, the farni lands as equalized in .The vil of lisfaments are h Littlo Falls, (Incorporated,) contains a pop- ulation of about 6,000 intobitants. Your Committee were met at tho Hinchman House by G eo , KEttEB, Supervisor, G eo . W abcciv P eteb Si E ellikgeb and J ohn GotDEN, Assessors, and a few other ., citi zens. The Assessors report that they as sess farms to tho full number of acres, mak ing no deduction. They have in this town about three and a half miles of New York Genb-al Rail Road track) with largo and costly depot and freight buildings. The total radroad a»- sossment in 1868 was- $180,000, and in 1869, is $185,QDO. Tbis.amount yourCom- ttes believe to be at least $15,000 less than i t should be.' In this to-wn there is one incorppmted Bank, via; Herkimer County National Bank, with a capital of $200,000 ; also the Merchants’ and Fanners’ B»nk,Cu)dividusl) with^a capital of $SO,00O, noij assessed .for any a m o u n tb e s id e s th« manufacturing companies. The village assessment for 1869 is $863,- 742, deductinji; Vfilag® aud Now York Gen- 1868 would stand at about $14 per acre. The village of Ilion, aa is v eil known, is-en extqnsive m anufacturing village, and an im m ense am o u n t o f capital i s invested. Tliere are in town two banks, v!z.,Nah Mo hawk Talley Bank, capital §150,000, and Ilion National Bank, capital $100,000; Remington Agricultural \Works capital $350,to o ; Mohawk G«3 Light Gompany, 0apital $S,333. Your Committee cannot account for the fact th a t so little Personal P roperty a ppears upon the assessment roll. A very large num ber of canal boats are owned in Ger.- aan FlaUs, none of which have over been taxed, although ' Uic-ir value varies from $400 to 4,000 each; Your Committee re commend that can.!! boats^ be assessed. Tho number of acres assessed in 1868 was 20,307, and in 18-69 20,394. The amount of Personal Property assessed in 1668 was $166, S83 and in 1869 $196,718, an increase of $30,13<>and less the amount asked by your Committeo by $28,287, which deficiency urould more-than have been roalized had the Assessoi-s assessed the stock of the incorporated companies at 40 per cent. - HERKiaER. This town was visited Juno 24th, There arc two valleys in this town—the Mohawk vali&y and tho valley of the Wesi Canada Creek. The .valley land, is rich and lasting in its productiveness ; farm buildings and fences good. _ A short distance back from the Mohawkwiver, a^^.^;cst-«Ganada creek, is a range of hills cut through by deep;. gulfs and of very uneven surface. Much of tho soil is poor and yields a very -small compensation for tho labor expend ed; yet, like German Flatts and Lit tle FaUs, nearness to tho Now York CeptralBailrpad and $ good luackct renders the land far more valuable than farm lands of -equal quality hi towns more fiistani from market and railroad communication. iTo were mefe_at the Court House by G. 0. 'W ithbbbhs E j Supervisor, W ithux personal property at 40 per cent.,yet upon an exam ination o f tho assessm e n t o f 1809 your Oommitte^ ore unable to find where the capital of this Bank is assessed at to exceed 18 per cent. T h ^ e are several la r g e - c h e e s e factories in the town, anU dairying is extensively carried on, Tho num b e r o f eow s m ilked in t o w n n o t -pary- ingfar from 2S00. The county buildings,viz. lerk’s Office, located at H e rkim er village, are o f ancient build, displaying little taste, style or convenience, and must soon give way to the improvement'.: which the wealth of Herkimer County warrants, and which necessity demands. The County Poor House buildings are located in the town about 6 1-2 miles north, on the Newport road, and ai-A in good condition. (Conoladed Best: GOOD ADVICB. Keep warm. I f there is pain or ir- ritstion, p u t a piece of extra flannel on the bowels. They understood t h a t iers, and those flannel m any a life. aprons sav< “ K & soldiers, A n d people often have an idea th a t they will toughen and harden them selves, which is'all very well, i f they will n o t h arden themselves into their [any a one tries to sleep vriffi th e feet cold.' I t ’s little good. K e ep war hot b rick, a bottle o f h o t stone- “ N< use; such sleep does farm. H a v e a ;w ater,asoap- N o, there is little danger of form- the habit of depending on it. In time, the .circulation m ay be better, and the extra heat only resorted to When i t is needed. B u t h a l f the peo ple live w ith cold feet, and then they have headaches and all sorts o f d istur bances, and then they jvant medicine forsooth—as i f any magic as medicine would creep up into their brains and draw away the pain. How to I'ostoiifi the fiireulation ? \ 'W ell, the best remedy I know for cold feet is, plenty of exercise and good digestion. B u t i f you can’t live . on exercise a n d have to write fo r in stance, this will h elp. I t is the best thing I know ; H a v e a pail of hot water and one of cold, side b y side. Plunge the feet into hot water, as hot as you can b e a r it, for five minutes. Then straight in to the cold for one m inute or less.— glow as i f they h sion bath, aa, indeed they have. “ B u t, doctor, is not one liable to take, cold ?” “ Take cold? No. N o danger o f ing, unless there is in some way I or interrupt\^ — i---- --. Keep warm, takin g , unles chill or interrupte d circulation a n d usually a cold, ted. Now restore the action as sj possible. In many eases, i shill com e s iro m bm n g w e t remaining |h iy -th a t is, r< s'lriu, and relieve t d youi* cold disap- las n o t had tim e to fasten chill comes irom being wet and remainin g so. I f it be ^OcSI get thorou g h ly warm, into a perspira tion—th a t is, restore the action of the p iu, an d ternal m pears. ;ans, an d usgs or< oui* cob itaelf on nny tissues, and so merely proves a slight disturbance. “ Keep warm. In our climate, with its sudden changes; very few can do .without the protection of flannel next th e ''sk in . O f th a t each one must judge for himself, -if-he only will g ive up the absurd idea of hardening him self, in spite of being sensitive. ’ \ i t i s h naval \Who was the Brii der -who kept Ms fleet uqder sail] ;s—for -what? waiting, for the ■\V< orders f Flannel shirts, comman- absurd, bu i he saved his mei no sickness oa bis ships.” — Exchange, W h ile D r. Lord still presided over D a rtm o u th College, a rep o rt reached him t h a t one o f the ireshraen, sood student, but rath e r a fast fel- iv, was contracting thevice»of g am b - ig. The delinquent was im inediate- sammoned into th e presence, and. ho- demurely respom been Tnisinformed, sir, I have never ;playcd for tsteahs, though I must con fess t h a t I haye, once o r twice foy oys ters.” The doctsrappreeiated the in genious witticism, a n d was easily s a t isfied that the delinquency had been, grossly magnifled»
