New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-02-11

-. - y,ouorv thu CaDara still continues Ite sit-
49,. Tts members are, with lamentable proiiKS
- Aatog lepislatng ON a project OIL ulrcct ana "a
,roordinarv taxation, which has been on anu OH 'r9
Ioroossiona tqpis with frequent notifications anu
S1-t o.,,trodictine results since October laSt, al
s.S;oA t;Doo the exigencies Of the country became
80, no a statement made Of the annual ana III
IoasipU deficit in the excheQuer since lS5l' Aiougu
a. "a clearly manifest that some plan mas 10 10 uo
,;sad by which the heavily accumnlatms eHpehui-
fnres Of the country are to DO met yet the TIDE
of opposition to a'direct taxation never seehieo
stronger or moro relentless Despite this the financial
aobensts are working away by day and night to con-
vert the proftess and superintendent uxures of the
oonla into GOLD that the memorable demand OF the
war and National hOoOr may DO satisfied. That there
IA an effort o educe clearer wisdom from past error
IA undeniable since the old Santa Maria bill and
later Income Tax bill, both Of which have made
mention of in previous letters have undergone re-
vision from which has resulted this new bill, now
under discussion aud which is deemed more eompe-
tbe with the interests Of the senatorial part OF the
community and equ91y @ 20 on INTERPRETATION for
The leyying Of contribution or $6OOOOO upon all
income; and, as this from the hGcendG is IeH-
oeedinQly small the hGceHddOs of which the Senate Is
principally made up escape the burden OF this tax
alton which falls most heavily upon the commeicl1i
portions of the community. The system OF det9 1
United States and the appOrtOnment oil the amount
10 be derived from it is intrusted to committee
elected for that purpose. -. -. los,
like the tree In the kings garden the Dlahches vi
which, ~ soon as Topped off sprung forth again lnlo
tenfod more tenacious lie no sooner Is G1 Jd
tOn overcome than another, aud YET anOtnei Is du-
Vanced until anxious 0Okers-On nave come 70 NleM
OespairInRy tho uncertainty and probable tahuIe IN
which the end is involved by the perveTsity OF the
people and inconsistency OF their Legislators: lhSe
l. only one immutable feature of the Quesil0h-tle
necessity of six millions which are TO detTay !le
daily increasing debts contracted tOrthe prosecution
of the war The question is still III allegiance, ana
the wTanglng and pOlemcnl STRIFE most We,'lISoino
TO those to whom the great end IS OF more CohSc-
ouence than the insignificant means. Inc stamp
Act similar in its provisions to that OF the United
States went into force on the ISL OF JahuaIy' W.
document is legal without the stamp, ana twenty
times the amount is eXacted in penalty OF Vioaon
of the law. ., -. 4, II
The two Governments of Peru and Chill. through
their respective plenipOtentAnes. have iihally 'id
asSv and in fnture TO he captured by the Allies
An Oil well has recently been discovered IN Luna
chi, and tho prOprielOrs of the American Express
COMPANY in this city are proceeding, 1t ~ slateu 10
Establish a Company for the working OF the wei
(pOn the same system are worked the petroleum
wells of our own country. Also new coal NINE =
Few leagues to the south OF Valparaiso must DO aU
ded to the above discovery. , -, -.
aud is route, II is rlmored 10 me uhte1 o'a o
it Ia NOT known whether a Communication or ms sen
fence has been effected, but his departure mas Dech
enough TO start the aarmists up III arms VINO assure
us that another revolution IN Peru is linpenulng;
Ths Idaho, As days from Rio JaneirO, arrived here
On the 9th aud is TO proceed shortly on heT way 70
San Francisco She brings the INTELLIGENCE that me
Spanish frgatos Conception Eayas Ie loi9SSO anu
Almanac were living in Rio and that az that Tune no
re;;pforcements had reached them. The remaining
guns Tor the Government have recently arrived Oy
the last steamer from Panama and tho brtsh PARK
alfhause The former brought five l50-pOuudcTs
the latter six l50pOundeTs, i0ur 'vpouhOetS' anu SA
1poundeTS.