The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-25


!, -. no.r Of closing IL given in our reports.
r.. -.~.,ar Oonventton dominated Sr8rHEN
4 IanuaLAa, OF ILL.,, for President, and Ssna-
,or rIrzrArRIcK, Of Ala, for Vice. President.
rhe Seceders' Convention nominated Mr..
BRpcKIxRIpoE, Of Ky, for President, and
Gen. JosxrM LANE. of Oregon, for Vice-Presi-
dent. The proceedings, in another part OF TO-
dav,s columns. will be found TO b. interesting,
a. they bring the action Of the two Conven-
lions mp 70 the adjournment.
The Duty On Paper In England.
The recent debate in the House OF Lords
ON the Paper D~fy Repea! Bill ELECTED
some interesting facts. 1t was imposed in the
reign of Queen ANNE. nearly $50 years ago, ~
q revenue measure, which was to cease on the
termination of the great war In which France
and England were then engaged. No success
full attempt, however, was made to change the
law until 1895, when Royal Commission. Of
which Sir HENRY PARNELL was chairman.
was appointed to examine into this tax. The
result was the reduction Of the duty by one
half At which point the duty ON paper has re-
manned until now. This il one reason why
the cheap newspaper system does not flourish
in England, there being but three daily penny
papers in London Of any account, the Star, the
TsIeRsaph and the Standard. The presence OF
the tax has been most severely felt In the case
of cheap books. Mr.. KNIGHT. well.known
publisher Of cheap popular works, states that
he has spent fsOOOO on authors and f5O,O0O on
excise Never theless, the repeal of the duty
was successfully opposed, the vote on the Sc
cond reading being lUi for the repeal. and 1913
against it. The main ground of opposition
was Of q financial nature, the paper duty
yielding revenue Of q million and a half Of
pounds sterling, (e7 50O.OO0,) which, especial
ly in view Of the threatening aspect of Euro
pean affairs. it was thought England could
not afford to lose.
And thus it is that War cripples the ener-
gies Of the mightiest nations and retards the
progress Of civilization. This tax ON know
ledge was brought ito existence by war, and,
after being kept up for $50 years, ia about to
give way, whom 1t 10 bolstered up by tho ne.
ceseity Of providing revenue for another war,
not yet come, but only apprehended. Our
own countrymen may learn a lesson from the
heavy taxation Of England-al the cost of
military glory.
We can inform Brother JONATHAN" SAYS SID
Of beinf. too fond OF Glory Tarss upon every ar
tlcle which enters INTO tho mouth. or covers the
Warmth anS %s on evsy
thing on earth and the waters under the carth-On
everything that comes from abroad or 10 grown a.
FRESH value that is added to It BY the lndustr, Of
man-.taxes on the sauce which pampers man .
appetite. ana the drug that restores him to health
ION the ermine which dscorates the Judge, and
Il e rope which bangs the criminal on the brass
nails Of the cOffn. and the ribbons OF tho BRIDE.
youth manages MS taxed horse, with 2 taxed bri-
pouring hts medicine. VII CHI has paid seven per
cent. into spoon lat has raid fifteen per cent,
pail twenty two per cent AND expires In the arms
81 an apothecary VINO has paid license Of = nun
death His whole property is then lm@edlaiels
taxed from two to ten per cent his virtues are
!: then gathered 70 hs e s:s Sar NC nc
more"
The humorous essayist might have added
the paper tax, limiting the number of readers
and cramping the genius Of writers but let
us rejoice that we know nothing Of it in
America. If we would avoid the heavy bur-
thens enumerated in his catalogue. we must
avoid war-foreign and civil war-and every.
thing which may lead to it.
The Royal Lion and the Canadians.
The Canadians, who have q vast amount of
loyalty and but little money, are greatly en-
barrassed in their preparations for the recep.
tion Of the Prince of Wales. The anticipated
honor Of the Princes visit has excited them
to the highest pitch Of delight, but they have
discovered that money must be obtained for
the occasion. and an issue has been raised be-
tween their hearts and their pockets which
they are sorely perplexed in deciding. The
faithful city Of Toronto has been lately dis
cussinE the ways and means in q manner
which evinces great pecuniary tribulation.-
When this chariness of the Canadians in
spending their money on the true prince" is
contrasted with the boundless extravasance
Of New York in entertaining strangers, the
heir apparent Of England will be apt to sus-
pect that his part of America is not of much
account
The Great Public Libraries Of Europe.
The British Museum Library is said to be
In flourshing condition the annual appro-
priation of $50, 600 for purchases of books il
continued, and it is difficult to find room for
the students who daily assemble in the Libra
| ~. A distinct reading room has been appro.
priated for usual visitors and general readers
| apart from the one devoted to students and
men Of science. In the fine art department.
there are said to be $4,000 separate engray.
ings. The French Imperial Library is in
| gradual process Of reorganization. The
Russian Imperial Library consists of 9OO, ON
| volumes Of printed books and manuscripts. q
| larger number than the British Museum and
I second only to the Paris Library. The Libra.
| ~ Is open until O'Clock at night Last year
| the readers amounted to 10000.
Ssuth Carolina Enterprise.
At q collation. given ia Boston ON the occa.
| sion Of the trial trip Of the pioneer Of line
Of steamships between Charleston and the for.
mer city. 1t was stated that the first 100 mile.
Of railroad built in the world, was built In
South Carolina that the South Carolina Rail.
| road Company was the first in the United
States to run successfully locomotive engine
ON railroad, and the first to carry the u. s
Mail; and that Charleston was the first porl
In the Union to build an ocean steamer, to e..
tablish Port Society, to establish Sailors