Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-27
Special Dispatches.
REOEIVEDU UP TO O'CLOCK, A. II.
Special Dispatches to the Western Press

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NEW YoRK, April 26.--Quite an interest
ing statement was made to the Board Of
Health yesterday, tending to show that
the cholera is Indigenous and not neces-
sarily contagious. 1t appears from the re-
cords of the State Emigrant Hospital that
between the 22d Of November and the Goth
of December, 1865, there were 81 cases of
cholera on Wards Island, % Of which were
fatal. The patients had no communication
with the passengers by the Atalanta, yet
they contracted the disease, and those who
died had all the most alarming symptoms
of cholera
CORRESPONDENTS. i1sr
The following letter has been addressed
to the Chairman of the Revenue Commis-
sion; -
TREASURY DEPARTNENT, ga
WAsHINeroN, April 10, 1866. ara
Dear SRA bill has been reported for the
actian of Congress in respect to the equalizs-
ton of bounties which will, in my opinion,
require an expenditure Of part of the gov
ernment funds to the amount of from $780,
OOO, 900 to S25O, 200, 900, thus adding an
equivalent sum to the principal of the pub
lie debt, and requiring an additional inter
est of from SI5,000,000 to SIS, 900, 000. As
the relations of the national debt to the IN
dustry and resources Of the country have .
been especially referred to you for eonsid-
Grafton, desire that you will inform me at
your earliest convenience what effect this
proposed increase of national debt and an
nual taxation is likely, in your opinion, 70
have upon the finances and development
of the country, and what changes may be
neeessitated thereby, in our present reTsnue
system especially. t4; s.r -r
I am, most respectfully, yours,
H. McCULLOCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
To Hon. David A. Wells, Chairman o. s.
Revenue Commission.
The following is Mr.. Wells reply:
The Borrowing period Of the nation has
passed and we must now rely on taxation
exclusively. Our debt, interest considered,
ia larger than that Of any other nation. The
greatest revenue from taxes ever derived BY
Great Britain was SS75,O00.000 in one year,
while we have raised in the first three quar-
ters of the current year S4O2, 2,0VV,VVV' Ihis
is no indication for the future. As there
viii be a great falling off in the future, the
deficit will be large, especially as it now
seems probable that the country is to be
visited by pestilence. The present system
of our taxation enhances prices by its dupli-
cations, and keeps down production. An
equalization is needed. The proposition to
eduaIize bounties would add $3.50, 100000 TO
the public debt, or the yearly interest OF
8l9.UUt.UUl.
will not allow such an increase withcut.re-
sorting to taxes upon some of the common
necessaries of life and labor, such as cloth
inq. salt, soap, paints, hardware, earthen
ware. and the like, which, united, have not
Welded sl5,OO0,00O in the fiscal year 1855
SEIZURE OF FESIAS ARMS. -...-.
The Boston Journal gives the following
account of the seizure Of arms and equip
ments at Eastport. Information being
given by Collector Long, Of that district,
that the E. H. Pray had sailed from Port
land with munitions Of war, intended for
the Fenisns, he received instructions from
Washington to detain them and consult
with United States District Attorney Tai
bot, of Portland, as to their disposal. Mr.
Talbot telegraphed TO Collector Long not 70
seize the vessel or cargo unless the arms
were 10 be sent 20 foreign ports. The yes
sci and cargo are now lying under the guns
of the eunboat Winooski, and were held IN
charge by her until the following night,
during which time seven cases were OBJ
tained and carried off in surreptitlous
manner by parties supposed to be Benlans,
who have remained thus far undetected-
Next morning the remaining 12z eases
were removed to Fort sullivan. where theY
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