Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-21

MIDsHIrMAE APPoINTsD.-Fresident Grant
yesterday appointed the son OF General j. Hunt
to the position of Midshipman in the United
States Navy. Gen. Henry j. Hunt was chief of
artillery Of the Army Of the Potomac during the
rebellion.
APPOINTMENT OF A New NAVAL PAY
MAsrsR.-The President has appointed John q.
Sullivan an assistant paymaster in the Navy.
Mr.. Sullivan is weil-known in this community,
having held q position in the Patent Ofkce for
some years.
NOT A CANDIDATE FOR CoNGREss.-Hinton
r. Helper is not . candidate for Congress in
North Carolina. The notice should have been
in regard to his brother, Hardie Hogan Helper,
who Is Reform Republican candidate in the
Sixth Congressional District of that State.
WOULDN'T HAVE HIM.-The House of Repre-
sentativcs to-day by q very decisive vote of 124
to 20 refused to receive the credentials of Mr.
Whittemore, member elect from the First Dis
trict of South Carolina, or TO admit him to a
seat In that body. 1t will be remembered that
he resigned his seat IN the House because OF
pending resolution for his expulsion reported by
the Military Committee in consequence of his
connection with the cadetship selling business,
and that his constituents reelected him.
Col. JOHN W. ARMTTAGE, formerly Of the
Quartermaster Generals Office in this city, and
recently railway postal agent on the New York
and Washington route, has been appointed an
inspector of customs for the port Of New York
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The TAX BILL.-In the amendments made by
the Finance Committee OF the Senate to the Tax
bill passed by the House of Representatives, the
rate of the income tax is agreed to as fixed by the
| amount Of exempt on. The Senate Committee
l FAVOR leaving the exemption at 81 coo as at
present. The House rates on tea and coffee are
accepted; on sugar there are some slight changes
| The committee rejects the House advance
| on wines, cordials and imported liquors. and
also the increase on most OF the spices and on
| nickel. Jute is reduced from $40 to So per ton
| and pig and scrap iron are accepted at the
| House rates. The free list of the House is ad-
| hered to with but few alterations.
DISTRICT BILLS SIGNBD BY THE PRESIDENT
The President this morning signed the follow
ing District bils:-An act to incorporate a
Geological society in the city Of Washington
ID. C.i an act fixing the compensation of bailiffs
Courts of the District of Columbia at 3. 80 per
day; bill to incorporate the Association for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals in the Dis
Preme Court of the District of Columbia aU-
thorizing the appointment OF an addition Al
aSee ana dIr the oar an act TO-
\ make legal the act Of the CITY Councils TO re-
FUND taxes paid by the Foundry NJ. f. Charch;
an act prohibiting any officer or employe of thu.
corporations OF Washington and Georgetown
or any candidate TOR Office, from serving as COM
missioner or judge OF election; an act to author
| ize the paving and sewerage Of Nj street; an act
TO require the Register OF Wills to give bond.
GENERAL AMNESTY BILL.-General Butlcr.
| from The Reconstruction Committee, this morn
ing reported bill providing for full and gem
eral grace, amnesty and oblivion of certain
wrongful acts, doings or omissions Of all persons
engaged IN the war Of the late rebellion, per-
| petrsted incurred or forfeited between the 18th
day OF April, ls6l, and Goth day OF August 1866,
lost or injured thereby and therein The FOL
lowing classes of persons, and the rights titles
| and causes of action, are exempted from all the
provisions OF this act, and none other:
First. Whoever having been educated at the
Military Academy at West Point or the Naval
ACADEMY at Annapolis, shall have engaged in
States or given aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof. - -e
Second: Whoever having been a member of
stu sitner House hons OF the Congress Of the United
the same or given aid and comfort to enemies
thereof, and whoever was a member of tie so.
L called Confederate Congress. = -
Third. Whoever shall nave held the Office of
mead OF one or the Executive departments of
the government OF the United States, or minis
ief ;dp pie99potennaIy, en- pot Or minister resident, or
shall have engaged In rebellion or insurrection
against the same, or given aid and comfort to
enemies thereof, and whoever shall have held
either OF the like offices under the so-called
Confederate States.
Fourth. Whoever shall have voted for or
slgned any ordinance Of secession of any State,
or held the office OF Governor of such Stats
while the same was in rebellion.
FTM. Whoever while in the service Of the
so-cslisd 20 CO Confedsrate States treated with cruel
" or otnerwise than according to the iusages Of
war, any prisoner Of war held by authority Of,
heeO-called Confederate States. y =" --'''-'
the nasng vi charge snd custody Of
trusted to them between said dates have not
duly accounted for and paid over the same and
ss.s. s1a mnh nave Or secreeed pub
visions Or military and naval property the
Seventh. All deserters from the army and navv
of the United states and ali bounty iImpsrs.
k'ghh: All property and rights Of property
acquired BY any levy, Judgment, OF extort made
and executed upon any lands or tenements,
goods or chattels, or other valuable thing what
ever, and any sale or forfeiture by confscation
or taxation, whereby any rights or titles have
become vested either in the United states or in
Ssrih Every piece and parcel Of land, how.
ever i msy be described or bounded. which now
Is M oa has been used = . national cemetery IN
States einterred, or which vain the occupation
Of the United States for Q proposed cemetery,
which parcels Of land are hereby declared to 6e
ture In war and forever dedicacsd to tfa
uses and purposes OF cemeteries from tho SOL
diers Of the United States heretofore inferred or
hereafter to be inferred therein, and to be un-
der the sole jurisdiction of the United States for
such purposes inalienable forever, provided that
nothing herein contained shall effect or impair
the validity Of any act Of Congress removing the
political disabilities of any person herein ex-
empted from the benefits Of the provisions Of |
this act.
This act Of amnesty and oblivion shall extend |
10 all acts and omissions made or done or omit
ted to be done by any oficer or soldier or other
agent Of the United States in carrying ont or
putting in execution the laws of the United |
States known as the reconstruction acts, and |
the other acts for the government Of the |
rebellious States, however the Same NAV be |
entitled, as fully and with the same benenf and |
TO the same extent as IL the said acts or omis-
sions had been done or omitted by such officers |
and soldiers during the war Of the rebellion
H"yacuum cure" Is the latest hygiepic |
device Of the "modern Athens"
~Cancer, the disease of which Jerome Ma
roleoA Bonaparte, of Baltimore, died few diays