The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-08-10
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON CRY, July 9th, 1870.

w AShlNU1oN NiA1S viz ~ W
Acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, Douglass, decides that box
es of tobacco found without the
weight marked thereon may be seiz-
ed, and if still in possession OF the
manufacturer forfeited under section
60 that tobacco outside of the fac
tory marked short weight and insult
fciently stamped is forfeitable under
section 60, 70 and II, in any ones
hands and that manufacturers are re-
sponsible for properly marking, ac-
cording to section 62. He also de-
cides that tobacco cut from sweeten-
ed leaf, though containing all the
stem, is liable to tax of thirty-two
cents per pound, it being regarded as
fine cut chewing tobacco. The laws,
rules, regulations and decisions of
the Revenue Department with regard
to tobacco are so numerous, complex
and in many cases so contradictory
that it behooves tobacco manufactu-
rers to have a lawyer on the premises
to keep them from transgressing
some rule or decision of the astute
Delano or his factotum Douglass,
which violation, though done most
innocently without the slightest in
tent to defraud the Revenue of its
fair dues, puts one in the hands of
the black mailers or the tender mer-
cies of the moilty men who will prove
guilt if ever SO innocent. The Inter
nal Revenue Bureau is simply an en-
CINE of oppression and fraud and the
sooner the Democracy come into
power the better. It will never be
abolished or modified before.
The acceptance of the English mis-
sion by Mr.. Freinghuyson is now a
question of doubt. He had an inter-
view with General Grant on Friday
at Long Branch and yesterday stated
that lie had not decided whether to
accept or not. A first class mission
likely to go a begging! The Radi-
Gals in their despair, well knowing
the great losses which they will sus:
tain in the fall elections, are as a
dernier resort trying to gull our Ger
man citizens with an affected sympa-
thy for Prussia in her war against
France. This whole scheme is po-
litical one looking solely to retain
ing the dissatisfied Radical Germans
and gaining, if possible, Democratic
Germans under the enthusiasm Gre
ated by the pretended sympathy
which is nothing more than dodge
of that party which contains all the
elements of the Old Know-Nothing
party; and who are ready, when ii
: will be polite, to kick the foreigne,
as they once did. In their mean eff
forts to secure the German vote they
find it necessary to create, if posi-
BILE, feeling of bitterness between
the Germans and the Irish. The or
gan of General Grant, The Chroni
Gle says "late events seem to draw
the lines OF q war Of races, both o
Europe and in this country. But tn
, celtic race here is too weak in mum
/ bers and force of character to defea
the establishment of Teutonic idea
, in the Western World"
3 Is it not monstrous that for party
: or any other purpose, there can b
. found men base enough to thus de
:. liberately SOW the seed of discor
! between two different people in tn
1 country to which they have both fe
!. for safety and a home and all for tn
+ sake of gaining the vote of one part
9 by Aittering their love for their faith
|erland. The following extract
!, from letter sent by Simon Wolf e,
" cusing himself from not attending
IS German meeting in Baltimore on az
n count of sickness It is of q peic
It with the Chronicle article. He soy
s. s. "Wish you every success and tru
r. the demonstration will prove to IL
y Germans our love for unity to Il
- Americans our appreciation of libert
to the Irish our contempt for the
adhesion to Napoleon" This mt
10 70 Wolf is a rampant Radical politics
IT and place-hunter and friend of J. '
y Forney's. He would THUS abuse Il
ut confidence of the Germans by abu
IN ing the Irish, who, whether blindly
4 not, only look to the freedom of the
X beloved Island and hope that out
c. the present war may come IRELAND
~ opportunity. It is not dislike
ed Prussia on the Germans, but hatr