20 TOBACCO. 



thousands. For the support of all these we are 

 taxed, and that doubly, since we are also assessed 

 to supply many of them with the very poison that 

 brought them there. 



In the old snuff-taking days a senatorial snuff- 

 box was kept on the stand of the Vice-President 

 for the use of our legislators ! The annual report 

 of the expense of our National Senate still con- 

 tains the item of snuff, which has always been 

 furnished at the expense of government, and which 

 may, not improperly, be reckoned among tobacco- 

 costs. 



YORKTOWN BILL. 



But although in respect to this form of tobacco, 

 there may be some diminution, we have small 

 cause for self-gratulation. Examine the bill for 

 "rum and cigars" which were furnished to the 

 Centennial Commission on their trip to Yorktown, 

 by order of the congressional committee. In the 

 list of items we find set down, among the large 

 variety of liquors : — 



3200 Reina Cigars $400.00 



3600 Concha Cigars 594.00 



2000 Londres Cigars 340.00 



1500 Domestic Cigars 120.00 



17 pounds Gravely Tobacco 11.20 



1 gross Fine Cut 9.00 



1000 Lone Fisherman Cigarettes 6.00 



1000 Richmond Gem Cigarettes 6.50 



The cost of this convivial provision was nearly 

 seven thousand dollars, and all at the expense of 

 the people. 



