The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

CoLLkcTiNG OFrIcERs OF TnE CoSFEDE.
sarx TAx--As matter of interest to the
people and to the revenue officers of
the different counties. it may be well
for rs 70 state the determination of the
Secretary of the Treasury in regard TO the
agents who will be appointed for making the
assessments and collecting the taxes of the
Confederate Government. Ii is known that
under provision of the Confederate law levy
ing direct tax, any State which shall pay its
quota Of the same into the Confederate
Treasury by the first day of April next, will
he entitled TO discount Of ten per cent on
Tho amount assessed against il. This discount
il probably rather more than the expense
which will attend the collection Of the tax
from the people, and therefore any State pay
ing in its quota by the date specified, may save
small per centagc OF the amount to it's pee
pie.
As this saving, however, cannot be great
enough to afford MUCH temptation to the
States 10 undertake the collection of the Con
fedcratc tax, the Government viii doubtless
have to appoint assessors and collectors Of its
own in many of the States for the purpose -
Looking To this probability. we understand
that the Secretary of the Treasury is maturing
instructions To the Confederate MarshaIs on
this subject We understand that an impor-
tant feature of these instructions will be Il re
Guirement upon the Mar-hals ia oppoia. for
tic assessment and coiicclion IF the COajed-
rr0tc tax the same officers an all the counties
arhjch perform similar dttics fer the STATE
y
rtrnctions Will be mandatory, and that the
Marshals will be left no option in the matter
We throw ont this piece Of information, in
order to relieve the Department here. and the
Marshals in all the Districts Of the South,
from the swarm Of applications for appoint
nents in the Excise with which they would
otherwise be overwhelmed. The measure re-
solved on by Mr., MEAniNGER takes away
from this prolific source of patronage every
feature of Partisanship; and, considering the
immense patronage thus voluntarily reIin.
quished by the Confederate Government, re
fleets great credit uPon the President and See
rotary Of Treasury.
While he policy thus resolved npon avoids
The invocation Of Il counties. swarm of office
seeherS throughout inc Etun, II removes IN
great measure the most odous feature of
direct taxation, in relieving the people from
the annoyance ef two sets Of tax-gstherers
dIuning their demands into each ear at the
same time. In the great majority of cases the
officers who will assess and collect the Con
federate tax, will be men of the peoples own
selection and whenever not Of their own
choosing, they will be the appontees of their
own county courts We look upon this de-
Termination of the President and Secretary of
the Treasury az one of the most important
and happy that has attended the administra-
ton Of our new Government
In regard to Virginia, we suppose that the
late period II which our Legislature meets
Will preclude an eaor; on the part of the
State 10 collect this tax itself aud that in
.tructions viii have gone out from the Con.
federate Government, and the work Of collec-
sion entered upon. before the Legislature will
meet