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tor Um Hdnu Wsra** a LETTEX FEOM DO* ALPINE. mu Editor :-~Tb« population of the World i* computed at one billion, and. it ia a wondrous troth that among all thtee living beings there are no two that look, think, or upeak alike. There may he a cloic re&erablnnce, but. from lh« creation of the Universe to the preaent hour, there has not bcru a perfect similarity in any two persons or things. A lew week a ainre, it waa our pleasore to discuss, in three separate issues of your paper, "The President's Mes a a age and Slavery " When penning tboaa articles we knew oar incapability of doing jestiie to soch an important question, and we were also aware that ■o one would coincide with os, to the letter, in every sentiment expressed ; therefore, when perusing the "Wave" of last week, we were not remarkably aarprised to find some remarks in oppoaaitiou to onr views. The correspondent who tenders these remarks, bails from the far, rich and .prolific West — a soerca front which wr might have Expected complete annihilation, from argumentative guns, more powerful than tboaa fired. Uut to the communication iieelf. "Chas.C." says that ho ngrecs with most of our opinions, but some he thinks erroneous, lie informs us thatj lie haa failed to understand from Stephen A. Douglas that he believed slmverj •* waa an avil. If our friend will revert to fba early public life of Mr. Douglas ha will fiud where he reflected upon slavery ns an evil ; and, if wa mistake not, during his debates with Mr. Lincoln, ia Illinois, and in tha last pre^dential campaign, while speaking in the New England itntes, Sfe intimated the same. We do not say be apoke it in plain KnglSab, bat it was expressed ia mnbigooiw language. Ilciraui* Senator I). Raid in . the U. S Senate that ho did not care whether slavery was voted op or voted ; down. "Cbat. C " considers that lie docs not think it an evil, on accbunl* of | hie exhibiting an indifference. Only think ; because he acts indifferent abunl the matter he believes it all right I What an unjust criterion. - Arguing upon thi# principle, every man that does not seek the Miration of bis soul must ' * helleve that liiero it no sin and no future stale of rewards dad punish- ' menta ; awnply because he manifests an indifference. And the inebriate roan, although he may have temperance sermon after sermon pleached to him, yet, because he does uot reform, und acts indifferent, he thinks himself in the tight. How absurd 'the thought 1 Habit, lack of MtiT-wiil, or a proerostinative intention may have kept tha druoksfd from reforming and the unchristian wan from serving God,, and aelf-iutereat may have intitbd Mr. Douglas to express an indifference in the midst of an exciting debate, In the U. 8 Senate. And farther, - Mr. IE was. lbtn. speak icis av u,Jegislk- * tor, and as ha believed the constitution reeocnixed slavery, as a legislator he waa indifferent, except to carry ont the . prorisions of the constitution which be had swonrto support ; and ao that was done be waa satisfied, iu his official capacity. There are no doubt many who would like, in their prirete capacity, tof s« aiavory abolished, who, nevertheleu, : would pot, as legialat rs violate the constitution for that purpose. The writer further triua to ronvince |J us that Mr. I). deemed slavery att right,, by quoting from out of hisstoipp speeches ol 1S5S, es follows : "Their masters 1 "have as much right to take their ne- ! "groat into the territories and hold them "there, Myouhatayour horse* or bogs." The readetr might infer from this that II >ug!ee -was discussing slavery in a mor- j al light, and we dooim to correct such an apprehension. He was speaking upon slavery in the territories, ajid He rniation *> the Constitution; and as aiavwry was recognised as. property by the Constitution, h« contended that tha matter bad l

a toiutitutional right to carry his sieves j into the territories and hold them, toe some as horses, Ac. Nothing was said , of the moral right of such a course. — " ! Mr- Douglas, or any other man, in a 0 legal sense, might make nse of the ' above quotation, end, after a]!, believe n tha institution of slavery to be an evil ie • uf the blackest dye. r" [ In ArtWe II, of April 3d, we wrote ir | the following lailgusgc : "The chief res- | ton why it [slavery] is a corse to Atnor- '* iea is because it is the fundamental • j cause of thle civil broil." Our Western ' | friend does not admiro this expression. K 1 lie thinks it "was as much a curse to T this Nation before actual hostilities com1 menced, as it is at the ureseui time." In 1 1 this opinion, we are nhWrtvarianc* — " We acknowledge it has always been a' i nalionsMvil; and, in ssying that it "was " • the fundamental cause of this civil 1 • broil," — not only gave it as a.chtef rea- '• ! son, but ah a proof that it was a curse. - ; For fear that wo have ever countenanced » | slavery ays wrong, "Chen C 'Vlaajm* to • i enlighten- our tniud by jrivbig\i ihe • j statement 6f a gentleman in hypocritical • .England, Who narrates some of .the bnr- " haritiet 6f American slavery. We arc " thankful for the information, but better ■ | eviJence, on this point, cau be obtained e nearer home, tviibout crossing the sons, tj We now come to notice the latter pari • | of "Clias. CV letter. After declaring T ■ ourselves opposed to slavery, rmd in favor of gradual emancipation, he startles ■ with astonishment bscause we asserted i V that we were uo abolitionist, and says "there seecn To be a partial cbntradic- • ' tion," and he is at a loss to know how • to reconcile the Isst assertion with our • ; former viewB. Sorely he need not hsre'j • j been at any loss, if he had knoVrn whdi ■ constitutes an American ttboJUleuist.—^ • Had he read the article preceding that j ' of April Stl, he might have leatned our' e definition, which reeds : "An abolitionI • in ttow-a-days is one in favorof the com- „ plcte emancipation of the four million f . slaves in tbcSontli; anil (hat too, imtne- ! diatcly, in defiauce of the Constitution, , ' : and whetlier the States are willing for it t . or not." This, sir, is the character of an abolitionist, and we repeal thai we i j are no| of this class*. "Chet. C." must t i hare been wildly dreaming when he j - charged un with a contradiction'* Jf the t'ibjgef tbat slavery {g an evil, mnkes n ■ man an ibo'Ktlonht, then some of the 1 brig test stars that heve ever glistened , in our political firmanent were abolition- ■ | ists. Hear wli*; Washington say x, ou ihe slavery subject, iu a leUer.o Bobt.j - j Morris : "I can only say, that there is not t rian living, Who wishes more ear- ; nestly titan I do, to Ceo a plan adopted \ : for thp abolition of it." Hearken now | to Jefferson : "Tho abolition of domes1 tic slavery is the greatest object.or desire in these colonies." Patrick Henry has .said, "It would rejoice ray very son) that •very one of my fellow beings were emancipated." In Mr will, John IUn- , dalph s*n: "I fflxytbjny glavyt thelf ! freedom to which my conscience tells the they are justly entitled » . The sage of J Ash'snd — Harry Clay— declared that lie j would never "aid Iu admitting one rod of free territory to thfc everlasting ears* of hutnan . bondage." Iu that gigantic >nd memo-able speech, in fsply to Mr. j Hayne or Sooth Carolina, in the Senate, j l'oniel Webster remarked: "I- regard j ; domestic slavery as one of the greatest j '■'jjf evils, both moral and politfta! jXnd, nOw, has "Ckos. C." the audacity j >; to. attempt to link these immortal namw | with those of Gerrilt Smith, Wendell ! i Phillips, and Win;: Lloyd Garrison T— - We hope not! Although they were opposed to slavery, yot they did net believe in freeing the slaves, against the laws of j ! our Government. He asks us if we , think it a disgrace to be an abolitionist? \Ym. most certoiiAr it ie a disgrace, in those times, to be >n apostle of "old i John BrowuM and knch fanatics. As to the imputation that the A'orth ore aboli- : tionista, excepting a few dbsequiotu iodi1 videa's, 'we deny ?t BeeauJe our friend • ;■

M is one of (his rank school, be must not ; ie judge all those who are not servile to the j d will of party leaders, to think as he does. ; - Utr is not the guide- Mar of, oralis axis upon which revolves tha fc*a Jforth; far ie froth it. e DON ALPINE. ' j I tv.bf i suut Anrr&k. Ms f tStk, idBT* « EABLT KXK&;AGES. ® j A writer- In the New Orleans Pica- '• j yune soys : in speaking or this intereit- , r- | ing subject that — The notion that it is j d ! imprudent for young persons to marry i u : is totally fallacious. Experience has ! i. j proved this io innumerable- cases. As ! 0 ak»ou as a young man Is pble to support i i- : himself, he is able to support a wife and < n j the sooner he takes one the better. Let - • him "kelect a sensible young woman;: suited \p himself in ege, disnosition and » i circumntanees, win hsr offecUcn* und , 1 j marry her ; and if they are not happy, >• j nothing on earth could make them so - i One instance ; Edward married at twen* d j ty-one lhe girl of his ^hqice, Marie. > lie was a poor clerk ; she htjj no dowry e but good sense and a living heart. I | They commenced housekeeping, oil the - 1 humblest ecale ; but love and tha many c cheerfullness of youth enriched poverty r ibielf while the grace end neatnere of I J the wife threw a hala of refinement . round their humble home. Industry ' t and frugality which never descend to j. meanness, increased the worldly goods, i - until by degrees they rose to' effluence, s; After fifteen years of wedlock,'- their I affection is as warm ns in the flush of t ; youth : and the husband prises the kiss | • | sweetening hix departure, and the smile i ' which welcomes his return, as highly ns ! r i^hen they were bestowed by- the blush- j !' ing bride. ti- tinch might have heen th« history ol i -ytfcbndreds of surly, selfish old barhelors^j L und sour snappish oid maid*, If they^J r ' had only been more Wise, and U-ss ptu- - ; djfnt, Such might have beru the hint*•!tjt of hundreds of jerring couples, if, 1 insteed of waHing ft-r noontide sky and 1 j golden. freight', they hud, with nuilable l[*p»flners, laiinrhrd theiMrark on the un- [ known sen of Matrimony, in tne morn. ;'j ing of lite, with lovet Cor a carjfo and L ' hope for a helm. TXMRTAffrlEOTBmr \ A circular uddressetl *to Ilia Foreign 1 Miuiiitcrs by Secretary Seward iiiiimaici; ! ! that tfie President of the United Stales , will shortly issue flis proclamation reopeuing to the commerce of the world 1 . the ports of New Orleane, La. ; Fer1 naudinn; Flo. ; Savanoali, G»- ; Bcau1 fort, 8. C., and Ncwbern, N* C Prop- ' ' e r precautions will he taken to prevent ' • t5e rebel cause from deriving any advnn- ' 1 tags from tiiio relaxation of the rales of ; "j war, — A,'.i commerce to be carried on at ' ' the porta Jo question will bn carried on ' under ihe United States flag; ships 1 j yill clesr with a t nit ed States clear* 1 ; ance; and yoofls entered at soch ports • ! will be required io pay duti-s flndbr the ' :JJflllcd_8tfte^taTiff. Tho internal coat* 1 roerce batween the ports so'o pin * r the interior, upecially where bauds of ' rebels slill luik, will b« subjected to , ' proper regnlations by officials acting ! under orders from the President. Tfitb : the foreign world the seaports In .qnes- ' tion- will probably be enabled to trade ' 1 on the same terms as any -of the NortH> 1 ' 1 ern ports- of entry, wilhf the exceptfbn ' , ' j of articlke contraband of war. Thia is 1 " j one of (He mo«t important movaments ! ■ ! yet mkde toward the solution of tha i ' ; problem of the restorktion of the Un-1 ion. The committee appointed to collect ! i , meurfor BeeuTegnrd's army applied to ' - , a planter of Adams county, Mississippi, ' a fc* davs sinco for his bell. Not linviug snch on article, he mentioned it to j his wife, when she very patrroically off- i ered her brass kettle.* The little one* ' rather demurred to the aoerifice, one of 1 , there with a sweet tooth, said ; "La, ' . pa, what will we do for preserves ?!' "My danghter," said the wugr of a (alh- ' ! »r, "our whole dut^-euubiffto prastrrc . : oar country " Tlie kettle we* tent. ' *

1 1 A to the act (T-tltUd "An act e I for Win public*!. ou o L cfaoiirary and law reports," approrad April a* voaleetnh. t ! ona thousand eight hundred and fortyf ata. r ' 1. 3» it enacted by Uie.Sooale *ad Senoral Assembly or ti,e -State ef New Jersey, That horrafi.ir it shall be the duty of the ; I law reporter to jKHSWOabsltaeu" ol the I ; decillcasgivan^ tbakupn-me Court, or io . the coert of errors anil appeal*, upon casea , -removed therein fromuhe eowm of law, ' . j and it shall bf lb*] d«j-bfJ^u»Jff4ncrrj t reporter 10 publisb abstrect* oh tho decir: " lions given in the coon of chancery and ' prerogative coort. or iu the coert of errors ! j and appeals, upon cave* removed therein J I from the said courts, in such newspeper of j I | newspapers pubti»hed in -this state as may ! L i he willing to publish the same, within one j . [ mon'h after said decisions shall have bceu j I ! rendered, and for such *arvice\lb« said' re- . | pr-rtur? shall each he paid annually the sum 1 ' of fifty dollar*. . . >1 Approved March 24. 18S2. . A further supplement to au art entitled ~7 ! "An ac; to autlionie the inbabitaota of , the several townsbipy of (bit statu to '• vnte by ballot at their town meoliugV," ' approved March twenty second, oue ' | thousand eight hundred uud sixty. 1. Uo it enacted by liie Senate and (!eo-i-ral Assembly of theStfflo of New jersey, [ That tbc eighth section of the act entitled ! , j "An act t» natborixethe Inhabi tants of ll!» i ! several towiuhips of tbit state to vote by , | ballot al their town meetings." approved ' -March twecty-aecocd. Anuo Domini one ' thouvand eight hundred add sixty;, and also the supplement to the 'said act. approved March eighth, Auno Domini one i thousand eight hundred and sixtv-one, be and the same hre hefebj repealed; also. ,, ! that all the prorisiou* of said act ahull , | Imve force and'apply to all the townships I I of the several counties id the staid; prtirlj ded nevertheless, that uolbing i,o this act | shall lie taken or construed to .allecl wily provisions of any special act or charter ii Jcorporslinx «ny tu"»n. city or borough in ' -^TfTe slate. And he it chacted. That «d eels or parts of ncl* inconsUtrat with thru act be j and Ihe seme are. to the extent they are so ! | inconsistent. lierVhy repealed. 1 Approved, March W, 18CJ. ' An act relfiiv'c lo taxes due fr>un incur. - porated conk pa kits in thi* htwtr. 1. He it effucted by the Senate and (sen- . erat Assembly of the Statu df^Nww Jersey, That when, in the opining of the governor,, attorney general and treasurer of this ! state, or when iu the opinion of any two of j them, there are taxes or other dues due to ' \ this state, and unpaid, from any incorpora | ted company in this state. . it shall be the duly of the attorney general, with (be written consent of Midi incorporated company / j by means of a rule of tho vupremu court j of th» state, to submit tho saiJ qnestiun ; -when' not settled by a case agreed opon by i j the attorney general aud the seid incorpor- , j ate'd company, shall be ascertained by ! depositions taken on notice and according j U< llm roles dT said coort; and when tho- ! said question Is determined by the sald r court, a role shall be entered accordingly, ! ' which shall in every respect have the eff-.-vt j - ; 'f a finai judgouieht of said conrt. . 2. And he it sheeted, That whan any in- 1 rorporated company of tbisetate, on being ' ^jppliftdXb on behalf of tbu^tatfjo submit any qnestion relative td la*e«'*o>*'df!?«?' ^ ; dn»s, as provided in tho first section of this ; act, shall refdse or neglect to consent S '! writing that such question be so submitted, thhn it shall b» thu dnty of ,thh attorney . general, In tbe name or "The State of New | i Jersey." as plaintiff, to iuititnte a suit ! , against said ineqqvtroted company as dc- ! j : fendant. in the supreme coort of this state; j \ | and. in ar.y snit brought by the Mate : ' against any ipcorporated eompsny for taxes ; ■ j or other dues, a declaration combining I ' wliat are known as the common or money eonnts. with a schednlu 'attached, setting I ! f-'rlh^o a ciear manner the amount of tax«s I or other dues cl»imt-l by tho stale horn ! 1 said incorporated company for anv year or ' « .-eiies of years, shtH 'bo a suflieie'nt »ut.<- i t , ment of. what the state demands ia said i ! suit : and ir the iwid incorporate! Company ; , desire to make any dafnneo to. such chu.n the same shall V>« made by means of tbo ' ' plea wf general issue, with a uoticu or no." lines attached, setting forth in w clear mnn- ! t such defence, and under soch pl-a and 1 notice* all defeuev lawful to b« madn may Iwsetnp; and tk« said suit shall in ! * I all other rcvpecU proceed according to JW establishod lorrni of W-g»l proceedings in ! c ' tbia state. /»C 2. And be u ei.abfkd. Hat (uis act shall ! take effect imtaedistrly, ^ " Approved, Murch t a, |*-C5.

i EULAKaTlONS aad IKCTmBCTXaXB r TO THK ASSESSORS OF THE STATE. I. — The general plan of assessing and ■ collecting taxes in New Jsrasy M as fol- , burs : > i . The asseter of each tewnahip or waiM » j twaUa a list or abstract of taxable pcrrcr.r i i and property ia hi* township. Thi* ia i . made, by tlie general law, between May , • 20th' tod August 2'tth. On the first Monday in £cplrmh*r all the ■ assessors in each county meet al the conrt I honsa of tha Cuuoty to confer and Curved i snrb lists or abstracts, and to determine j the quota ot tha state or cotinty tax for ' each township or ward. Two' general nb- ' j »t t acts, containing the abstracts of tlich i > township an- then mad*, and signed by nil t!„, aum.jsors— one for the c*>uuty collvc. . tor, and ocr for the I^gisUturc. Within • fifteen dry* after thi* meeting, the assessor gives a daplieqte of tho abstract 'for hit' lotjuvhip or ward to it* collector; and the . cyllertor, within siaty dsys after the rw- , ceipt of the transcript or duplicate of assessment, demand* puymeot of Ihe tax of each individual, and (r-.Ve* notice of the meeting of coioiiiis.joner* of appeal. Tho '■ <vi;»uip -.'ullector ia :c> pay over the laves In lb* county c. -ilecl»r by the 22d" of' Decfltnuvr ' On the IV lb of December, tiio-e prrvoiiv • who barn not paid their luxes, mult, with the amount dee moid each, be r-iun cd by the luwdship collector to some justice uf thu pvoci of tha county, wad tit raid jus. lice, on receiving such list of delinquents,-admii-ikiet* an oath that the taxes have , been duly dein.uided and notico given ; an.l 1 five day* nficr tho juHiCo receive* the ii*t of ucimqceuls he l-»i:er a jr> rsxuit for the ' folleclius of the tuxel uupuoi. ao-l the . cnnstabU to whom the war runt is directed proceed* to c»«iect lllc taxes. Tha cnllec I ton Slid attestors are required to attend* the meeting of the eonitntasiooers. The foregoing is a general tiew of.Ui* mode in which taxes are assessed and collected ; for greater particularity,, reforenco -« made to Nixon's Digest subject "Tax. - V There are special ects and charter* applicable i« (uirticuiar loaolities, Vhlcir - vary this proceeding, it would too mm-'i .'i.cmiiher thi* circular to introduce tl.e •pecial act* roierred to, and tin* s aud collectors in the localities where such special acts app!) are referred to them. II.— Thu agtuunt of statu tax to be rata* ed this year in New .farsey is fivo hundresT and fifty thousand dollars. *f which sum ore hundred . thousand dollars it to niret the interest and provide for a sinking fond Tor the loan contracted Iry Tho stale for military purposes, and the balance is (•»' pay the stele's qnota of a tax of twenty million* oNddlarsc, imposed by the general government by on act of Congress, pp ' proved August h, 1861. This tax of firif jmoiireil and fifty thou: sand dollars it apportiooed Among the ear- : eral connlirs ol tin* state as follow* • Atlantic, ggoii 61 MliUleaea, sr- o»i ... Bcrgi-n. SS.IU to Monmocih, 34,030 J& nurllojtoa, J!t 'u » MorrU, •.> - Cunf.cn rs jes JO <U*«n. <jit 04 • Cape lujI n Pwreatc, l* sso 16 j CumherloaS. IJtti 4) vsl»ai. ta.iu 44 j £<nx, SJ.TH 7t Son ere. t. n mt >• I Gloucester, 16,14'. M Ruse**, XI Bit X4 I HuflwjB, M, sol 4S t'nloB. 113.0 h, ! HuoteidcD. 13, cue Ct TV arren, :»,«« jc Ncrrer'. 34,t*l » III. — Tax srx isote ststro. too it tint tT'I" t,ut RKtlt-',*mc ""I CofXTT,' cm. f rdwKsliTf- "I jtii Trrtiiik -rrwfifr -mn-girtw he raised in tlieTollowing manner: I'. On every tingle white male inbnbiI tanl of the state, of the age of tweny-oite' years, a poll-tax* of two dollar*;' end on e*c- ! ery olh'er white rnslb inhabitant, of the ago ' ' of twenty-one. a poll lax" of on* dollar i* imposed, llevulotionarv fhldi'erx, and wit- : ilia of thtf stale in aciohl service at the time of mfcking an asteument, are exempt i this poll-tax. 2. After deducting th* poll-tar, and It* ! tax derived frttiq foreign ine^iaoce coinpaI me*, the sum required Is to bo rnmod by a*, resting tho sum* npon the real and prrartj ual estate in this state. A u. Till: jo:* l kstatt in tliis state is i.» i ho-astessnd anil taxed, rt ery ting Ihe 'uif-iw-' j ihy 11 amtlf : I L "Tbal belonging 10 the United .States, to the tftata of N®w Jersey, nifff to the ebutitire, township*, cities tmtt bnrtinghs of this stale-. t. Tlial 1. dunging tu »och,c0rpOTiiUoii« | of this statu a* are, -by Irreparable eotitrec*-' • io their charter, or Other coo tract with (his*slate, expnsslv exempted from Uxntion.- ^ ■ t Ceuh'uut J -1. \rnma Pitg*.)