The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-26
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COLONEL MosBY's APPLICATION. {ss,3
tss.sPAsHTHaroN, August, % Colonel Mosby
made application TO The President for the
position OF Assistant AttoPney-G General He
presented numerous letters of recommends,
ton from RADICAL Rspub licans, conservative
Republicans, and Y Democrats. among
those who gave him letters tat strong
COMMUNICATION II were: Judge Hugh l..
Bond. of Maryland; Alexander. 81. Ste
phens,; Judge RiYes, OF Virginia; ex-'
Senator Lewis, Of; Virginia, Senators
Johnston and Witbers, OF Virginia Simon
Cameron, and several Union officers who
had been his prisoners during the war. Mr..
E. w. Stoughton also gave him warm let
ter. The General Stoughton that Mosby
captured in bed at Fairfax Courthouse was
the nephew9of Mr. e. w. .Stoughton, and
the stoughton family have always been very
friendly towards Mosby on account OF his
courteous treatment: of his prisoner. Il The
President, for satisfactory reasons, con-
Guided to make no change in the; assistant
encouragement, OF whom there are four
two in the Department OF Justice. one as
signed to service in the Post Office Depart
ment, and one to the. Department OF the In
terror. It was then determined to offer to
Colonel Mosby an appointment under the
Department of State, as has been done.
AN EXTRA TAX ON MALT LIQUORS PROPOSED.
]. In the opinion Of prominent officials the
recent remarkable decrease in: the receipts
from acknowledgements sources will proba-
bly, make the imposition OF an extra tax on
malt liquors a necessity. It Is almost GER
tain that such recommendation Will be
made TO- Congress. THE subject is being
carefully considered at the Treasury De-
partment, and the inclination at present
seems to be to recommend an extra tax of
S1.67 per barrel for all kinds OF malt
liquors. The production. last year was In
round numbers ten millions OF barrels,a so
that IL Congress agrees to impose the in
creased tax the additional revenuethat will
be obtained thereirom will amount to near
ly twenty millions dollars. A vigorous OPP
position on the part Of the. brewers is ex-
pected, as matter Of course.
A, NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.
A proposition has recently been made
that the national debt can now be paid off
bv the imposition of an annual tax OF $50
on "ge erals" S10.on colOnels," aud S5
on s.maiors.' There is, NO doubt OF this.
The enormous revenue that would accrue
from such source would in a very short
time wipe out the entire debt. After this
it could be applied TO the settlement OF the
labor problem, as the fund would be sufi-
cient to make handsome distribution per
ca pita for the whole country. It's wonder
that General Butler and Mr.. kearney
have not thought OF this before. 1t
would be no use to impose tax on any
title below the rank Of "maior," for Cap
tain Vance, the appointment-clerk of the
Treasury Department, says that, so far as
he can discover, he is the only "captain !"
left, either OF the Union or Confederate ar
mics. This is sad, but in lieu OF captains"
a tax might be paid on "iudges." Even in
the present dull times there are not less
than 1000 Judges" in Washington alone,
and the generals and =" colonies" are
simply countless. Many OF them would
doubtless find it difficult to pay the tax, but
sooner than part with the title they would
manage to squeeze il out.-Co,respondence
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