The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-09
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Gold closed yesterday at 1925
A convention of railroad ticket agents met
at New York yesterday.
business was entirely suspended in Boston,
yesterday in the observance of the annual fast.
President Grant and General Butler have
had consultation on the condition of the
General w. A. Nichols, Adjutant- General of
the Military Division of the Mississippi, died at
st. Louis yesterday.
The newly elected members of Congress
from Connecticut arrived in Washington yester-
day, and will be qualified to-day.
Mr. w. II. Barnes will probably be renomi-
mated as Collector of Internal Revenue for the
First District of Pennsylvania.
The revenue officials at Montgomery, Ala,
yesterday seized large quantity of whisky and
tobacco for violation of the revenue laws
"A fire broke out in the Yellow Jacket mine
at Gold Hill, Nevada, on Wednesday morning.
The flames spread to adjacent mines. Thrty-siX
miners lost their lives.
Among the nominations confirmed by the
Senate yesterday were Edward L. Plumb as
Consul-General to Havana Z. Pierrepont,
United States District Attorney for the Southern
District of New York; William d. Nolen as
Collector for the District of Delaware.
Foreign Affairs.
VIENNA, April S.-The Austrian Government
has resolved to reduce the army and postpone
the call for recruits, on the ground of economy.
PARIS, April S.-Three public meetings which
were held to-day were dispersed by the police,
and many arrests were made.
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Cuban by birth, but naturalized American cit-
zen, and Augustin Medina are to be garroted
tomorrow. They were arrested in January last
in charge of depot of arms in this city, several
police officers having been killed and wounded
in the fight which occurred at the time.
The Treasurer of the Royal University has fled
to the United States with its funds.
The news from the seat of war is so contra
dictOry and partisan as to be utterly unreliable
HAVANA, April S.-The proposed system of
confscation was before the Administrative Coun-
Gil to-day, and having been declared unprece-
dented and unj lust, was tabled.
Leopold A. Price is American Consular Agent
at Nuevitas, in the absence of Mr.. Gibbs, who
has gone to Washington
The British gunboat Mullet arrived to-day
from Vera Cruz The Spanish man-of-war
steamer Pizarro has sailed for Nassau
LONDON, April SIN the House of Commons,
this evening, the Hon. Robert Lowe, Chancellor
of the EXchequer, submitted the annual budget,
in explaining which he said the ministry pro-
posed to deal separately with the general cXpen-
ditures and those for the Abyssinian war. The
estimates made by the Hon. q. w. Hunt his
predecessor in Office were 973, ,OOO, 600, while the
receipts were 972, 800, 600, leaving deficit of
9500, 600, which has to be met this year.
He (Mr. Lowe) estimated the expenditures of
the present fiscal year at eos, 25O, 600, showing
reduction of f2, ,250, 600 from the estimated eX
penditures of last year, which was gained chiefly
in the Admiralty and War Office. He estimated
the revenue of the present fiscal year at f73 00O
900, or an excess over last year of g250, 600. So
for the surplus would be Ga, 500 000 The whole
expense of the Abyssinian war was e9,000,000, of
which f7, 000 600 were expended in India. The
country had still 100000 of this amount to
pay. The surplus of the present year would just
balance the Abyssinian and general deficit.
Under the circumstances it is desirable to
raise a further sum by taxation He regarded
the present means of collection as expensive and
unsatisfactory, and said its only warrant was in
its antiquity. He proposed to collect the assessed
taxes by means of excise licenses, granted at the
commencement of each year, on returns to be fur
nished by the taxpayers. The income tax is to be
collected in the same manner. BY these measures
ca, $50 600 will be brought into for the finan
cial year. in addition to the amount heretofore
collected. Out of this amount he proposed re-
duction of Id. upon the income tax, to repeal
the import duty on corn and the fire insurance
duty, and to rearrange several smaller items.
This will give decrease OF OOO and
will leave nearly $500 600 clear surplus
Mr. Hunt, late Chancellor of the EXchequCr.
in reply to Mr.. Lowe, said the reduction in the
estimates was due to the efforts of the late Gov
ernment in making the army and navy more eff
cient.
After long and desultory conversation, the
usual resolution of leave TO bring in the bud9cct.
was agreed to: