The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-26
coroHEr. xosBY,s APpIIcATIoN.....1.--...

COLONEL. NnSBY,S APPLICATION. ------
-W1salI5Ss;aToa, August % ColonsL Nosby
- a,aa onnl itafion ia the President for> the
nosition ~ AasistantAtt arneyrli
s nsrsarnfnd numerous letters Of recommends
stinn from radical Rephb leans, conseryatlye
Penuhlicans. and Democrats: Among
thnse who gave him letters OF strons
recommendation we're Judge HUGH IL, =.
Fond. OF. Maryland; !. Alexander b. Sue
nhens Judge RiYes, OF ~ frgtnla OK
senatar Lewis, hof ii Virginia SENATORS
Jahnston and Withers, of Virginia sllnon
Gamersr,. and several Union officers VINO
mad been his prisoners during the wa. MT.
n. w. Stoughton also gave him e Wa.nl lSt-
far TIE General Stoughfon tnat Mospy
captured in bed at Fairfax COURTHOUSE was
the nephew OF Mr.. d. W. fStougnton' auo
the Stoughton family have always Deensely
friendiy towards Mosby on account OF BIS
courteous treatment of bis prisoner. Inc
President, Z for satisfactory reasons, con.
cluded to make no change in the ASSISTANT
ttorneys-general, of whom there are iour-
two In the Department OF JustIee. one u.s.
signed to service in the Post once DepaIs-
ment, and one to the Department OIL tae In,
terror. It was then, determined 10 oner - " :
Colonel Mosby an appointment unusi wy
Department OF State, as has been done.
AN EXTRA TAX. ON MALT LIQUORS PROPOSED
In the opinion of prominent offciais tne
recent remarkable decreasein the recelpts
from internal-reyenue5 sources VIII propa-
'hly. make.the imposition OF an extra TAX on
mali Iiouors a necessity. 1t IL almost GER
tain. fiat such recommendation Will De
made to, Congress-. The subject 1s being
carefully. considered at the Treasury De-
nartment, and the inclination at presen..
seems to be TO recommend an3extra TAX 9i "
SI67 per barrel for (: ALL kinds OF nalt
liquors. The production last yearsWas IN
round numbers ten millions OF DarIsis, 30
that il Congress agrees to impose tne III,
creased tax the additional revenue tnat WIZ
be obtained thereirom will amount 10 near
w twenty millions dollars. A@Figorous op-
position on tue part OF tue brewers Is eA-
pected, as a matter OF course.
ii. ~ NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. IT..
a lnropositfon has recently. been made
thot the national debt can now be paid o.. on
~ the imposition OF an annual tax OF S2g
or, &C penerals,'' $40 on "colonels," ana 20
on {. majors There is; no doubt OF thls.
The enormous revenue that would accrue
from sucb a source would in very snort
time wine out the entire debt. After this
il could be applied to the settieusnL VI LILY ~.
Labor problem; as the fund would pc sum
cientto make handsome dist It a Pr
|; apita for the whole country. 1t IS awender
Fat SpT General Butler and Mr.. kearney
have not thought of this before. !: 1t
won,dt be no use to impose a tax on any
title below the rank Of "maior," for Cap
tain Vance, the appointment-clerk Of the
Treasury Department, says that, 50 far as IS
he can discover, he is the only ."captain -
left, either Of the Union or Confederate ar.
mics. Thisis sad, but in lieuot :. CAPTAINS. -
O tax might be paid on .s.iudges." Even in
the present dull times there are not less
than 2,000"iudgps " in Washington alone,
and the "generals"' and ".coloneisn arc
simply countless Many OF them would
doubtless tnd it dificult.to pay the tax, but
sooner than part with the title they would
manage to squeeze it out.-Corespondence
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