Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-01-19
TELEGRAPHIC.

WAsmINGToN, Jan, i.-Commis
sioncr Wells revcnuorcport recon
mcnds one dollar q gallon on liquor,
aud opposes the reduction Of the
cotton tax The average advance
in price OF labor is sixty per cent
in commodities ninety pcrccnt The
effect OF an advance of tax il q de-
crease in production and consump.
tion, checking the national develop
I ment.
I The facts abcnt shipping, machin.
cry, and book trade are discourag.
ing, Foreign tonnage one million
and half against two millions and
Il half in 1860. There are now -
against l3l vessels in the Brazilian
trade. Instead Of building ships for
older nations, Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick build for the United
States. Publishers havo hooksrrint-
cd and bound, pay 20 per cent, tariff
and underscll home work, Machin.
cry Of nearly all kinds is proftably
imported. The advance in raw ma.
terial in an abnormal condition at.
tributab'e to the scarcity of skilled
labor and irrcdecmab!e currency
and taxation.
Theremedi are, stimulating en-
igration and n speedy return to spc.
cie payment, and judicious distri.
button of the tax. lie also rvcom-
mends reduction ON sales Of man
ufactured goods TO 3 por cent, and
corresponding reductions on analo.
gous branches of industry. The en-
tire removal ofthe tax on bar, plate,
sheet iron and articles of their pro.
duction, and on sulphuric acid and
salt; reduction to u on refining
sugar, abatement on thcra materi-
al, and admitting free tropical pro.
duets.
The report says, legislation for
special interests has been our bane.
Hear us against high tariff, but we
suggest as matter of temporary cx-
pcdiency, some increase 6it certain
articles, but the Hotse Bill is exces-
sive, and urges duties on teas, coffee
and spices No change in reduc-
tiuR on spilituous liquocs; whiskcy
remains at two dollars. Abandon
ment Of advalorem in wines, ard
substitution of fifty cents per gal.
lon.
The Postofiicc appropriations for
the year ending June Both, 1866,
was 1855, 900.
To-day's Star has the following !;
A communication was received at the
Frcedmen's Bureau from the officer
at Raleigh, N. c., calling the attcn-
tion Of the Bureau to the whipping
of negroes by civil authorities, os.
tcnsibly as punishment for petty
crimes, but in fact for tho purpose
of disqualifying them from using
the elective franchise under the laws
of North Carolina should that right
be granted them by the law Of the
land. 1t is stated that this practice
is caqid on in many counties in This
State, over sixty having been whip
ped in our county during the recent
session Of the court. A conversation
was overheard recently at the State
House between several members Of
the Legislature, when one said "wc
are licking them in our part of the
State and if we keep on we can lick
them all by next year and none Of
them can vote.
Judge Grierson is indisposed, dc.
laying the test oath decisions.
The lobbies are filing up rapidly.
The 18th section repealed to-day
by the Senate is as follows That
the President is hereby authorized
at any time hereafter by proclama-
tion to extend to persons who may
have participated in the present re.
bellion, in any State or part thereof,
pardon and amnesty, with such cx-
ceptions and at such times, and on
such conditions, as he may deem cx-
pedient for the public welfare.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The Presi.
dents veto o. the District Suffrage
Bill be sent to Congress on Monday.
The Secretary Of the Treasury's
annual statement Of sales of L. S.
bonds is about ready for Congress.
He reports that over a million, paid
in December to Southern claimants
for confiscated cotton during the war
are unfunded. The Senate Commit
tee on Territories will probably pro-
vide for the immediate admission of
Nebraska, on the condition Of no
distinction in politi":s:ii rights on ac-
conn. Ca color, Tie same will be
applicable to Colorado.
1t is understood that the Sccrcta-
ry of War assumes the responsible
" Of the transfer of prisoners from
Yortugas to Fort Delaware.
The Commission on revenue frauds
has concluded that the tax on whis-
ky must be reduced to City cents a
gallon, or tho manner Of collecting
il be radically changed.
Senator Sherman expresses nm
opinion that Congress will not inter.
fere with the present currency.
HoUsE-The appropriations for
the Postofficc and Frontier Defence
bills were presented.
Mr.. Hubbard introduced rcsolu-
tion that in the present prosperity
Of the country no additional tax
shall be levied with d view to rcduc-
ing the national debt. Referred TO
the Committee on Ways and Means
The Committee on Ways and
Means were instructed to inquire
into the expediency of modification
Of the tariff, and to discriminate
against slave grownproducts.
Mr.. Clark introduced a bill for the
punishment Of bribery in Congress
sional elections.