The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-24
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
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WASHINGTON, August %.

new Heveuue SCkome.
The movement alluded TO some time
ago, favoring the modification Of the
laws affecting incomes, assumes a more
formidable and general character. The
plan proposed is to increase the tax on
whisky to one dollar per gallon, which
it is claimed will realizs S3,000,000. If
the means now within reach of the
Revenue Bureau for the prevention of
fraud shall be adopted, at least $780,
O0O, 900 can be realized from stamps
With the modification of the present
law, say Sl0,0OO,000 from fermented
liquors, Sl0,Q00,000 from licenses, and
then from the modified income tax bus
Sl5,Oe0,00O would be required to make
total of Sl55, 900, 000-an amount
equal in Secretary Boutwell's estimate
OF the expenditures for the present
fiscal year. The plan is to confine the
income tax to the tax CD the interest
paid on the national debt, the five per
cent. to be deducted when the interest
is paid. This will realize ST, 255, 600,
the collection. The balance 1t Is pro-
posed to raise by taxing the incomes de-
rived from the surplus property EN-
DTtCeu III tue otOChs Vi uauhoJ Ion Wy
and other corporations, and from the
interest paid on the bonds of such cor
porations.
The Cnbinet TO be Called Together Tor
Political Consuiiation.
1t is understood to be the intention ct
the President to have full meeting OF
the Cabinet here on Friday next, at
which time attention will be called to
NfP Ill
ticians regarding the situation in Penn
sylvania, so that the Admins ration
NAV decide as to what aid it will render
in the few weeks intervening before the
election.
Disqualification Of Penusylvauia Pol
itieiaus.
The Republican State Committee are
not pleased with the course of the Rev
eRue Bureau, and will call for the direct |
interference of the President.
The Treasurer 10 Continue the Par |
chase OF Bonds.
With the present balance in the Treas
ury, and the small requirements during |
the coming month, large proportion
due on account of pensions having al
ready been paid, there is no reason why
the Secretary will not continue his pur
chase Of bonds to as large an extent or
even greater than during the present
month The estimated receipts from
now until the close OF September are
about Sl7 ,0OO,0
Naval Court Martial NJ an End.
The Naval Court Martial, of which
Commander Green was President, in
session at Pensacola, Florida, for some
weeks past, for the trial of Captain
Frank Munroe, of the Marine Corps, on
a charge of cruelty to the men, having
completed the trial, has adjourned and
forwarded the record and finding to the
Navy Department.
Affairs in Cuba.
Advices from Cuba to the 18th, re-
ceived by Cuban sympathizers here,
give accounts of fight between a por-
ton of General Jordan's command and
the troops of ValmaSeda, near Puerto
Padres. The Cubans, numbering less
than 600, were encamped near Puerto
Padres, where they were attacked by q
force of Spanish regulars and volunteers
1000 strong. lu the first attack the
Cubans were compelled 10 fall back.
They rallied, however, aud securing
a more detensible position repalsed the
Spaniards. In their second attack the
loss of the Cubans in the contest was
l5U in killed, wounded and missing.
That of the SpanIards is represented as
more than double that number. Colonel
Figuerro commanded the Cubans. The
fight is reported to have been ONO of
a most desperate character, the Cubans
fighting with an earnestuess that was
irTesstable.
miscellaneous.
1t is estimated at the Treasury De-
partment that the saving TO the Gov
ernment resulting II n the reduction
OF tho force i'll that department alone,
exclusive of those dismissed from tho
Printing Bureau, IS S5O,OUO per month.
Several more removals are to be made
upon the return of tho Secretary to
Washington. ...
1t is not believed that any matters of
national Importance will be- considered
at the Cabinet meeting on Friday.