Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-29
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&uentlons for students Of Political Economy
First. II it was necessary in 1890, to levy a
duty Of u per cent ad valoren on Castings of
iron, and slt'and rolled iron, on cambrics mus
Inns, lawns, chintzes, colored calicoes, nankeens
and other manufactures of cotton" ''for the
discharge of the debts of the. United States, and
support the government under the admins
tration of President Washington, what tariff
would be required in 1858 Tor the same pur.
poses, under the administrationIof President Blu
chanan2
Second. II tariff of u per cent nd vaorem
on castings of iron, slit and rolled iron, on
cambrics, musIius, lawns, chintzes, coIored cali
Goes, nankeens, and other manufactures of cot
ton" wasAevied in 1890 for the encouragement
and protection Of manufactures, what tariff
would be required in 1868, after growth of
sixty eight years2
Ihtrd. If the encouragement and protection
Of manufactures" required m increase of the
tariff from u per cent in 1870 to 81 per cent
in 1858, what further increase will be re-
quired by 1926, when they shall have m nd-
dltional growth ofsixty-eight years more9 O.
Tue Home Journal has picked out of an Eng
lish paper an extraordinary paragraph, which
some enteprising person in these parts may find
suggestive. Mrs. Atleff was prosecuted by Mrs.
LevcrsOn for au assault; and in the course of the
proceedings the plaintiff Leverson gave nm nc.
count of herself She said she was ladies'
decorator, or face painter. For "a fee of five
guineas she attends lady going to party, i'm
proves her complexion, hair and teeth, and sup
plies all deficiencies. This trade, according to
the woman's statement, brings her in not less
than eight hundred pounds sterling year, and
what it enables her to afford may be inferred
from the fact that the cause of action arose out
Of a dispute about lodging she had taken in
Bond street, at the rent ofthree guineas n week.
LeversOn boasts of having all the crowned heads
amongst her customers, not excepting Her Ma
jesty, whose patronage she pretends to enjoy
She says she has preparations for making com,
plexions white or red at pleausure, and carries
about beauty for sale in a small box.
TUE Montgomery CAla,) ltai1 learns that the
negro who murdered his master, Mr.. Wiley
jenkins, in Pike county, Alabama, on Monday,
the 18th inst, was subsequently burnt to death.
1t appears that the negro attempted to burn
mill in the neighborhood, for which his master
whipped him. He then sought the first oppor-
tunity to killh master, which he did, as be.
fore mentioned, with an axe. He ran Off but
was pursued and caught, and dealt with by the
neghborhOOd in the manner above stated.
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TnR Columbus (o.) Statesman says that when
the train Of tho Cleveland 6 Columbus road /
was stopping at cresline on Friday night, man
and woman came on board, and passing through
the car, the man, just as the woman passed
out, turned to lady sitting near saying, Mad
anne, will you please hold our baby for u mo-
ment until we come back" The man and NO.
man did not return, and the baby went on TO
Columbus, properly cared for, and there was 3
taken. charge Of by The railroad officers 81