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to be affected by it may agree upon. But when it comes to this, that American 

 agriculture, especially that of the west and northwest, is to be sold for eastern 

 fisheries and transportation, then so great a crime against it will be punished. 

 Once more we thank God that this agriculture is now a power in the United 

 States, and as ready as it is able to vindicate its own rights, and redress the 

 wrongs committed against it. 



miERNAL REVENUE. 



The following compilation of the internal revenue collected in 1863, 1864, 

 and 1865, we take from the United States Economist: 



As the statistical division of this department is never furnished the reports 

 from other departments, we must rely upon the newspapers taken by it for its 

 statistical information. 



Articles and occupation. 



Received from — 

 Manufactures and productions . 



Slaughtered animals ^ 



Gross receipts 



Sales 



Licenses 



Income 



Legacies and successions 



Articles in schedule A 



Passports, &c 



Special income tax 



Penalties, &c 



Banks, railroad companies, &c 



Salaries 



Stamps 



United States marshals 



Solicitor of the Treasury 



Total. 



1863. 



403, 



710, 

 340, 



64, 

 824, 

 455, 



56, 

 365, 



091 34 



812 57 

 271 82 

 003 87 

 178 42 

 741 26 

 592 61 

 630 93 

 406 00 



27, 

 910, 

 696, 

 140, 



170 14 

 936 97 

 181 71 

 175 29 



41,003,192 93 



1864. 



$75,461,278 00 



698, 549 73 



2,902,863 90 



141,231 58 



7, 178, 205 26 



14, 933, 362 32 



311,161 02 



696, 878 43 



11,001 00 



185,224 94 



7,017,547 03 



1,705,124 63 



5,894,945 14 



408 32 



7,967 22 



117,145,748 52 



1865. 



$104,379, 

 1,261, 



8,891, 



4, 062, 



12,613, 



20,740, 



546, 



780, 



29, 



28, 929, 



517, 



14, 385, 



2, 826, 



11,162, 



609 56 

 357 09 

 874 13 

 243 54 

 478 67 

 451 33 

 703 17 

 266 53 

 538 29 

 312 02 

 627 41 

 606 63 

 333 37 

 392 14 

 735 29 



211,129,529 17 



The following table shows in detail 



manufactures : 



Boots and shoes $3, 280, 627 



Carriages and other ve- 

 hicles 880, 021 



Cigars 3,072, 476 



Clothing 6,820,936 



Coal 835, 993 



Confectionery 569,473 



Cotton manufactures . . 6, 747, 923 



Cotton, raw 1, 772, 983 



Distilled spirits 15, 995, 701 



Fermented liquors 3, 657, 181 



Furs 2,733,247 



Gas 1,348,324 



Glass 585,429 



the amounts paid by particular kinds of 



India-rubber $635. 975 



Iron manufactures 8, 494, 990 



Leather and manufac- 

 tures of it 4,337,265 



Petroleum 3,180,758 



Paper.... 1,082,475 



Soap 791,415 



Steam-engines 772, 360 



Steel and its manufac- 

 tures 723,817 



Sugar 2,044,401 



Thread, yarn, &c 583, 225 



Tobacco 8,017,018 



Woollen manufactures. 7, 947, 094 



