Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-01
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tWAsHtaaroN FeL. 81

,HRAHIBR MISUNDERSTANDING tEro.
sf There is reason to believe that the Com
mittee of Ways aud Means will take up
tbs. subject Of taxation, anew with the idea
of Increasing the laxes upon every article
thatlw bear iii sInt his speech yesterday,
upon the whisky bill Mr.! Washburns not
only spoke his own sentiments, bpt. tt.'i ialsso Ia
the sentiments of the government, tpire.
ferelcsfto taxatlon.a tits nov pretty Ger
Tain thaGa moderate tax will be- Imposed
upon ell whisky in store. The House !
seems determined upon it, though crowd,
ot'w whisky owners are here to day, herd at
work rying tospreyent such resultEg !. 4
There IS not a doubtsthat refined .petro-;
leum viii bear heavy tax. a. statement
made by ,Alcompetent person upon athis
subject COZ tsjnsE the folleWing facts:g Ada
mhhtine candles are 373 cents per ,popuda
and one of them, costing ,463u cents, will!
burn three ,erpif four houEss Gamphene has
gone out ot use. Common whale oil costs
Sii2b -peEagal loPi pstFolsQ mgcosIs lbuts6OI
per gal lonp Il A. .comm9u, butner will con-,
sams q pint in 1tRelVea hoprs6 The com
PHtattgel cost ofeieandlesI aud petroleum j
IS 'as to IL and the oil llghtiRlfar the best,
IT is estimaIed, tbat ifpetroleu cost 81, ,40i
per gallon ft would still be- inIriusfeaIlTo
The cheapest agticlelfoE giving light; in the
t.matket.s ttsO average price dnring itl1e
iast thfgtyastxi RmoRths has obsen ) about
Ehtty- four cents per gallon; ii and without
ANY taxo Guild probably ibe lover still.+G
tCaudlesd during that time have advanced
letght and iitsp centsl per pOuha :, a, year
the price of petroleum from, forty cents 10
ibhe dollar aud ten, cents per gallon, In
sixty days il zen lto forty VI eent5, Vet Vet
heavy dealers state6ti6t there was q pekF, 4, :. q
l eeptible diminution ia the Con sntdbtion AZ
the article Wien the prtc6 u as IL the bjgF6Hs
est point. Several years 20 I'd 4; y ice ESs
one dollar PET galioni and Il was asl Fsadtii
Ieonsumed then as 1t is now Gt sixty cents Eel
ipee sllod! ira very he9yy t6x .E9ts IN. iih1..
posedlit would still bs Bought az ther
eheapkst article, for the pfodnetion 81
llighti in the maf 4 1t. I it4+5i - s2fe
So ohmk6S othsf arficles thar might Be
/ lpe1tioned. . A heavy tax would MAKE 6ut
/ little differences in the sconSutnp ptfoni but
1 the goYetnment would be benefited lbY The
\ impgs itfoG Of high tRxes. The disposition.
is now vsty decided TO 'itax the vices u, ~ -
i tWhtskyl and tobacco (tnkhu fGetaee tiS VilI.
ppdopp pptedIy '6e'Saddted With \ heavy lsx,;
hasAlb ofcer belonging 70 our cavalry was
taken prisoner and sentto Richmond He
'Ihad q son in the Confederate sSraranfye army, and
4itis ,presbned that The. son mad interest
with the Confederate government for the
.EFslsase ofhis father. aThe following q 4
,Eeopy Of tie order issued for bis discharge bsI
I.byltbsl Secretary of State: ban .eH Z
Let thevirtuestof tho son, 4 if1oss . iksafs
liant deedSin our defence have entitled
ihim,to the laurel wreath, atone for the
d misdoings of the fathefs who being de
4 tool of oppression and tyranny, has has dis. s
EgrAsed himself and family by doing aiIin
his power 70 oppress q down. trodde m peqS
iple struggling foF Independence. : -. 5sI.g,
Send the Old man home. 49, -. n
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