Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-25
RICHMOND WHIG.
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The return OF the quarter. rev~nu. again shox. ,h
sssc charaeter Of the national resources and the ;.io
OF our recent financial legislation. W. nos hav. "a,
taxation at once highly productive and vet pressing
hsh'y upon those common branches Of industry thai
ate DOR material ~ealth and political power The net IN
e'eAss IN the quarter, compared viii, that ending pt.n
'e"ber ~. 1885, il is3ssi "a result obtained nv
"'" p-reepuo'e increase Of taxation upon taxes al
read, rs-d To scale The Cu.s.ms d. no, .c,..I
IL Contribute to this increase the receipts in the .
Poi"'"g quarter last year. with xhrh the eoo,n., .
MADE having Iceu swollen by accidental
mere we're Then extraordinary receipts tea and SUI
gar III he expectation u higher rat-s -hen the supple
"en's sar estimates announc a Hence n Il th,
mas yielded iis"'"f, less than in thi. quarter la,
year ana sugar i77,ooR, making together $40 ooh
This, ho-rver. almost made up b, i.er~.. ;o,. ~
eAsh' s's- sooaeco md sne 20 that the net d+c,..s
n 'he quarter l., after all, ouy 81 l4sL The quarter,
hiie exhibits an Increase OF -,uI principally IL il
'eo' IN the spirit duties IL would have been H. Ooo
were not IN This quarter has been payable fourth
'nstamet of the drawback on the stocks of NAL, II, han,
at the repeal Of the duty on malt This c.u.e will
continue 70 tel in abatement OF the r.criots from ,h r.
se, Two more instalneuts OF the drs wlack hiy
e before December 81. aud the remaining ooe belo
March 81 In the Stamps there is an increase of I,5
$40. arising from the legacy succession dutie.
gradually advancing in productivcn.ss The vboi. In
crease would have bee, greater bat for IN. So, %
" e auy Oh newspapers Itis how.ver TO the prop.t
and incomeax that the country owes the largest ,,
,neh Is no less than 1S2, 1854, arising fron,
Tue additional I'd in the pound In the other items
iced only br stated that there decrease o aa eI
"a the miscellaneous receipts
Aeeorung To our custom have put foremost what is
e "s novelty IN tins table-tte receipts th. ouart
- compared ~th those Of the same quarter las, wear
& eohPaison however OF the twrlveinonth lust ended
'ne previous one calls for some remark The net ir-
tease oil the year ending September So 1856 comuad
WITH thar ending September 3d. 1856 i no less ,ba
- iI'ooi and IL certainly is matter for Concentrated,
a' OH e spur OF the occasion Minister has been able
10 obtain that large additional sum from nonuIs,;o 81
ready paying 6s 30 1891 year. yet without percentbI
sneen"e the industry and prosperity Of the people-
% large annual Increase is made OF the following items
rue increase IN the Customs Of the year has been o5o
s5s4, arising from tea, tobacco vine and corn and Il
would have been much but for iecrras. on sr,.
'nd spirits The several varieties however have been 80
ucn the result OF accidental circumstances thai n l.
-carcely worth while give the figures which h. x -
ed Us The years increase in the Excise has been AIS
ooet arising, We told chiefly from the duties ON .n
@ hops, and paper The Stamps are the onlv head ,b.
N decrease on the yeai t il 7s 524l and is ascrib
"a To the partial repeal OF the Newspaper duty Hmus
however De mentioned here that increase Of so oooI
'"s year receipts from the Post Office is partly as
ou :" the use OF po-sge-stamps for newspapers The
on the years assessed i 80 52iL on the
wars fropery-tsx 2275 26L; and ON the sal. nj old
an" such mscrsneous items there is an increase of
'N7i4d, which can hardly be regarded a. question of
revenue. f"es""" VI
Ih's must be considered very satisfactory statement
'ess so s the accompanying account of revenue
u expenditure, from which appears thar the Chance
ior OF the E1chequer will only want about halt million
~ o-helency bills to get the quarter IL must
DC reihemoered that t~-semonth ago uu, Just
got into the outhern side Of Sebasiopo were maxim
preparations as We imagined for starting on new hs.
Naru"us and costly stage OF the Nine months ago
were indeed beginning to hope for peace we're
not reducing our fleets and armies the contrary We
we're building an immense and costly armament OF gun
noats, batteries and every engine OF maritime war
ns eonuihon OF our finances practically Inexhaustibl
~ unt-n -nfw1rr- "a L.
rely too much on that material wealth which We may pr-
perry regard as being, ess than british sne1 ana
zone our great means OF The bulk Of us wage war
aSy enough comPouuding with money for SER
ces and paying few pence in the pound instead
suffering in our own persons wounds famine disease
"d all other Crmean horrors Let hope that the Bri
s nation will not forget the lessons of the past
presume upon the abundance Of their material resources
10 reopen without just the hoodgaies Of war