The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-06

pletc stations OF, the coast OF Maryland be
. tween Indian river aud Green Run, and on
between Green Run and Chincoteague. Thu
compensation OF keepers Of stations is fXes
at 800 per annum. There is to be q super
intcndent or life-saripg stations. with !:
salary OF $4,000, and an assistant, with :
s;sary Of $500. The bill gives encourage.
ment and Increased pay to enrolled mcr
and volunteers.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FORTRESS MONROE ANT
CAPE HENRY LIGHTHOUSE.
Mr.. Goode appeared before the commit.
tee and had the following appropriations
|placed in the sundry civil appropriation
|bin: $4,000 for the lighthouse Of Cape
Henry, and $4,000 for repairs OF the
barracks at Fortress Monroe. MIR. Goode
urged the appropriation OF 500, for the
barracks, and expects to obtain more than
the amount agreed upon by the committee.
1t is proposed with the amount to be ap-
propriated for Cape Henry to repair and
remodel the light and construct Few
tower.
MR.. STANLEY MATTHEWS AND HIS EyPLANA-
TON TO-DAY.
Mr.. Stanley Matthews, after anxious
thought, and by the advice OF sympathizing
friends, made personal explanation in the
Senate to-day, in which he denied that when
he was working to put Anderson in Office
he knew that the eX-supervisor had been
guilty Of anything wrong. He asked for q
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the Senate granted his request. This CON-
mittec will do more than try to clear the
skirts OF Stanley for its mission will be to
whitewash Sherman & Co., and divert the
attention OF the people from the exposures
| made by the Potter committee, so damaging
already to the Republican party, and likely
to be more SO as the investigation pro-
crosses.
| THE DEFEAT OF THE TARIFF.
The readers OF these dispatches were fully
prepared to hear OF the final defeat OF the
Wood tariff bill at noon to-day. The ina
ierty against it was Is, ar d Mr.. Fernando
| Wood looked duly SAID,
! THE HOUSE VOTES TO REDUCE THE TAX ON
| TOBACCo-ADOPTION OF fuckers AMEND
| MENT--A GREAT Days WORK FOR VIRGINIA.
| The tobacco question was at last reached
in the House this afternoon, when Mr..
Covert, Of New York, moved to amend the
revenue bill by reducing the tax on tobacco
to 20 cents. and said as one class had petit
toned against reduction and the other for
reduction to &c cents, he thought he had
reached a happy compromise. Mr.. Tucker
moved to amend by reducing the tax to
l6 cents. Mr.. Townsend, of New YORK,
opposed reduction OH the ground that the
| consumer pays the tax. Mr.. Cabell made
concliatory and q capital speech for re-
duction, using. until the hammcrfell, strong
arguments why Virsinia's great staple
should be relieved. lie showed that us the
tax has been reduced the amount or
revenue from tobacco has increased.
Mr.. Stephens, OF Georgia, advocated re-
duction to 16 cents. He said it is not true
that the consumer pays the tax; and il he
does, il falls most heavily on the laboring
classes, and he believed it the duty OF the
Government to put no heavy burdens upon
them, Mr., Davis, OF North Carolina, said
that in 1850 there was grown zoe, 100000
hounds of tobacco and in 1860 434, 600, 600,
and vet the highest amount grown within
the last eight years was $50, 100000. UP
to 1860, for ten years, the average price
OF the leaf was 1G cents per pound, and IN
the last ten years only s. cents per pound.
Mr.. Pridemorc advocated the reduction Oh
the tax and relief for the growers OF tobac-
CO. Air. Burchard opposed Il reduction to
sixteen cents because the revenue cannot
stand it. Dir. Tucker said the ways ana
Means Committee had by large majority
recommended reduction 10 sixteen cents.
He Welded q portion OF his time to Mr..
Cabcll. who showed that whenever there
has been q reduction OF the tax the con-
sumption has increased, and that heavy
tax oppyesses the producers Of tobacco and
their laborers. Mr.. Harrison, OF Illinois,
| said tobacco has become necessity, ana IN
taxing tobacco it taxes American producers
and American consumers. .Mr. Philips, OF
Kansas, opposed reduction, and Mr.. Buck
ncr, Of Missouri, showed that heavy TO-
bacco tax OF necessity reduces production
and consumption. He thought there ought
10 be a reduction to eight cents pound, be-
cause with that tax lie believed in five years
more revenue would be realized than with
the present tax. Now an immense quantity
of manufactured tobacco, or the raw leaf,
is used in Missouri, Kentucky, and other
States; then every body would use manu-
featured tobacco. He paid his respects to
the monopolists. Mr.. Luttrell, OF Callfor-
mia, wished to enter his protest against the
taxation of the products OF the soil. Mr..
Townsend asked how he would raise reVe-
nue.. Mr.. Lultrell: " BY taxing your bank
ING establishments and incomes" Messrs.
Cole OF Missouri and Henry OF Maryland
advocated reduction. At fifteen minutes to
< there were cries Of ''Vote, vote" MIR.
Kelly. of Pennsylvania, said he believed
that equity and justice demanded the re-
duction OF the tax on tobacco. lie al
luded to the outrage OF taxing the product
Of American soil from 1000 to 1900 per
cent. When you tax tobacco you tax the
only luxury, he said, q laboring man can III
dulge in. Admitting it is a luxury, are luxu-
ries designed exclusively by the Almighty
for the rich? 1t is crime in the Govern
ment to tax poor mans tobacco as it does.
At O'Clock Mr.. Tucker called the previous
question. A motion was made to adjourn