The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-02-09
Internal Revenue,


Internal Revenue. i'W
The Report Of the Commissioners iof
Internal Revenue has been pnblishedg
It shows the receipts from Sept. nlst,
1862, to June 80Sh, 1864. b The total
receipts were, $1l6, $50, ,67244. o. Ofthis
amount, banks, railroad companies &cy
paid S7,017,547 Oh, and proceeds from
sale Of stamps were, s5, ,904,945 IL.
The amount received for LICENSES for
business, exhibitions, &c, was s7,l55,-
2O5,26. The gross amount of taxes re-
ceivod from manufacturers was S75, ,0S3,-
386,GO. Of this New York contributed
sl6,S14 455 Pennsylvania 50 $685.
65 /; Ohio S9,453, 1885. ,r,.-T
From fermented liquors such as ale,
cider, &C., the amount realized was SO,
223,719,73. Of this New York cOntri.
buted $3.50, ,255,7s; !; Pennsylvania $780,.
287,9s; Ohio s2O9,6S5,97. The First
Congressional District of Illinois paid
the largest tax on fermented liquors, to,
wit, slOO,379,64, ys.....goa .7.ats SD
Cigars paid $3.50 ,424,79. OF this
New York paid $3.50, ,461 AZ ). Pen usyl-
vania S292,784,O7 +; Ohio sl15, ,650,60.
Rock and coal oils paid s2,255,3 ,328,SO.
Of this Pennsylvania paid 1885, 1867
&C New York s243,43O,39, and Ohio
s241, 1862, b. rsaazi ..ss
Distilled liquors paid s2s, 43l ,791s8.
OF this Illinois paid S7,262, 1876;
Ohio S6,442, 1850 New York s5,-
996, ,255, 80; Pennsylvania 50, 194, ,42a, "a.
Decrease in Imports of Foreign
Goods. .--''
The official returns of the New York
Custom House, from July Est, 1854, to
January 18th, 1865, show decrease Ia
Imports of Foreign Merchandise Of S21,.
l512,820 as compared with the Same
period in 1904, and an increase of
Exports Of Domestic Produce and Mis-
celIaneous Goods of SAC, ,239,2O9. At
the same time there has been decrease
in Exports of Specie of Sl0,179,660.
From July 1st, 1868, to January I 1Rh,
1861, the Imports of Foreign Merchau.
disc were over twenty millions dollars
in excess of the Exports Of Domestic
Produce and Merchandise, the balance
having to be met with gold. During
the corresponding period for 1S64-5,
the Exports Of Produce and Goods
were more than forty y-seven million dol.
lars in excess of the Imports. These
figures speak for themselves. .'."'
, An o fer to Murder President Lincoln.
Secretary Seward and Andrew
E Johnson. ....' l.-I aft2
The following appears in the advertis.
+, ing columns of a rebel p,per-the Sal
: ma, Alabama, Dispatch
o ONE MILLION DOLLARS WANTED, TO
e HAVE PEACE BY THE 1sr OF MARoif.--
= If the citizens of The Southern Go MED.
: eracy will furnish me with the cash; or
J. good securities for the sum of one mill
b lion dollars, l will cause the lives OF
d Abraham Lincoln, William H. Saaard
II and Andrew johnson. to be takeasBy
n the lst Of March noxt, This will give
If US peace, and satisfy the world that
it cruel tyrants cannot live in ''land OF
' liberty" If this is not accomplished,
IO nothing will be claimed beyond the
e sum of fifty thousand dollars, in ad
'r vance, which is supposed to be nSsaGdss.
Of sary to reach aud Slaughter the three
40 Villains. .-.,
6 will give, myself, one Thousand dol
0. lars toward this. patriotic purpose, Zoo,
be I Every one wishing to contribute vii
k. address box X, C4haba, Alabama. y ~
f. Docember1, 1864, X,
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