The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-03
A BILL INCaEAsING THE PAY OF
ABBY OFFICERS.
Postal Telegrap phs-visitors to the Presi.
dent-Co4 Duncan's Property
Trefsury Decision.
THREE sCRuONsb REPORTED CAPTURED BY A
SPANISH WAR VESSEL.
The MERcHAI,TY NATIONAL BANK AT
I|rrIE ROCK.

WASHINGTON, Fjb. 2.-Eyarts is arguing before
the supreme Coup adversely to reclamation ir
certain excessive tnpost and revenue cases
Ihe House II ctsidering the pension bill
The Senate is considering the claim of the
steamer ocean ne for carrying troops from
Galveston TO New Orleans.
The Senate comtittee on foreign relations heard
an argument agalnlt the proposed able company
touching the American shore without the previous
consent of Congref.
An influential lobby Of Western steamboatmen
and coal dealers ark here looking after the inter.
ests Of unobstructet navigation OF Western waters
Ihey are opposing khort span bridges, and urging
canal enlargement5and improvements at the Ohio
Falls at Louisville.
The proposed Congressional excursion OF last
1all Is renewed, ttoccur In the spring. Cincin.
natl appropriated " 600 for the proposed excur
sion, which is still tpen. There are assurances
of proportionate Ii tsralty from other cities along
the route OF the ef'ursion. The object of the
excursion is maint to show those who for the
time rule the des Anies of the republic the vast
resources Of the tpuntry watered by the Ohio
and MISSISSIPPI rlv3rs, and TO convince them by
ocular demonstrating of the importance of a ma.
uonal system OF ifees to protect the teeming
acres from overfo7.
House.-A resoluk kon was offered directing the
secretary OF the Tedsury to withhold bonds from
beneficiary raIreats sufficient TO secure the con.
struction Of first clsLs roads.
The secretary % war was Intercepted as 10
whether any dstTiet commander had turned over
to civil authoritie. fDr trial or punishment any
person tried and o9S Svicted by military tribunals.
Pensions were y fidered with an amendment
that no widow by, 4arriage shall forfeit her pen.
sion.
bill was refctbd establishing bridge be-
tween New YORK Sv and Brooklyn. A long dis
cusson ensued. Ee4 finally with an amendment
that The bridge dn9d not obstruct navigation
the bill passed. - Il
A message wya ceived from the president,
covering the coy {ondence regarding Fenians
imprisoned by .E5ikd
Robinson said .he, ould kick any man into the
middle OF next S+f Rwho talked TO him about a
treaty with Eng.elsi8ntil the imprisoned Amer-
cans are liberaie% \
The correspondent was referred to the com.
mittee on foreign an yCs.
The Senate sblet ment to the bill declaring
vacant the ofiSes Id by disqualified persons
passed, and nog .gH 10 the president, The bill
provides for tbeJef val within thirty DAYS after
its passage OF a. Lot RS Ineligible under the four.
teenth amendu snt Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas. Adjourned.E
SenGte.-fhe jutj& harry committee were dis.
charged from the fIk der consideration of female
suffrage petitions.
Wilson introduced y constitutional amendment
assuring suffrage and Sfices 10 all except rebels.
Appropriations 6e1 considered at great length.
Adjourned. IL
bill was ntrodue in the Senate advancing
the pay Of army ofiek s under major generals, for
two years from July fs6S, one-third.
Argument before tf committee on postal tele-
graph was concluded an early reportis expected.
The reconstructior7 7ommittee considers finally
on Saturday Missigsitti matters.
Among the visitor ht the presidents to might
are large number o 4bOutherners.
The Chronicle has j. powerful editorial urging |
Congress TO restore Cfl. Balnton Duncan's prop |
erty. The bill was tt1ed In the House, under il |
is stated, misapprsl nsion Of facts. Upon the |
call for the yeas an. tys there was a tie vote. |
IhIee members, ho"tser changed front sld de. |
feated the Dill. IL j qw revived in the Senate, |
and Will prODaDly LlV both Houses without dili. |
Guilty: Importance svttaehed to this case as TO-
dicstive OF the tempelof Congress in tbs matter |
Of restoring confsc.t{t property.
Three schooners-:t4 Gipsy. Frank, aud another
bound fer Hey West, are reported 70 |
have been capturedl 5ently by Spanish man-of- |
war and taken into II Hama.
II is stated here III the Merchants National |
Bank OF Little hocH, iss ample assets 10 pay the |
government and dspltors.
The secretary of III treasury issues the follow
ing decision An i1porter ,s liable for any de- |
hclency m tue psyafnt OF duties on bonded |
gooos, although ssld FOODS may have been trans |
ferred to another paiiy. Goods withdrawn from |
q warehouse the day .Jl0wlng the anniversary OF /
the date oftheir too, are liable TO additional
duty under the act ell March Ia, 1866. Revised 4
regulations!of October 30. 1865, super.
Sede the instructions pf July 2, 1865, concerning
the transportation merchandise to Mexico \
Such merchandise csiot be transported for ex. /
portaton. The reguStons do not require the /
establishment OF boNded warehouses at points
along the Rio Grande s5bnt provide that merchan.
disc may pass through suca ports IN bond for I'M
mediate expectation 20 Mexico. Cigars, cigat- |
cites and cheroots smported into the United |
States, after July "a. 1865, pay daty of two |
dollars and fifty ceptsaper pound. and twenty-five
per cent ad valorem :pbso, the Internal revenue |
tax Of two dollars PEA thousand on all cigars and |
cheroots and all cirsrettes weighing over three
pounds per thousand and all light cigarettes /
one dollar and fifty ceSis per thousand. Satisfac-
tory evidence Of the pByment of the internal rev.
enue tax under the regulations prescribed by the |
commissioners must lie REQUIRED by the collector
before permitting the! removal from their Gus. |
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