, 1870-01-08
WASHINGTON.
Prospect Of a Material Redue-
tion Of thc Income Tax.
New Apportionment Bill for
Presentation in the
House.
The Iron Men of Pennsylvania
vs.. Commissioner Wells.
4. he Wendell Interview---Senator
Ross Enters.
Special Despatch 70 The Chicago Trtb3ue.
KASutSGraS. Ian. I.

boss Enters.
Special Despatch 70 The Chicago Tftbane
WAsn1SGroS, Jau. I.
THE INCOME TAX.
There is good deal Of ta!k among members Of
Congrras about The income tar, and some Of them
are receiving letters asking II The tax must he
pa.d this year. The la# Il SO plain that It would
secm as II no ore need raise this question. Taxes
cannot be paid on this yesr's lnc9me, but they
Icuat be laid this Eprtcg On last yearA Income,
and the REVENUE Dureao Is row having the
proper blanks printed. 1t IS not get certain wha.
action the Ways and Aeaus Committee will re.
commend 10 reference to the continuation OF the
tag, but 1t Is 1ot al all llkely Congress Will
te-era=t It at rcr cent The Democrats geE-
orally show q disposition 10 go 8gAtnat the whole
thing in any form, but The probabilities arc that
? per cent will finally be laid. With change IN ex-
erptlous. ....
TARIFF on 1Rox.
Tapers were rece{sed here today from the
iron manufacturers Of PENNSYLVANIA, which Will
be presented IN tse House on MoIday. They are
eisned By representatives OF about forty firms, and
deny ceE:au statements nude b7 Commissioner
Wells IN hts las. apDant resort. The point IN dis
pute Is the cos1 at WHICH pig iron Ia produced.
MIR. Wells said he was informed on good data that
the cost did not, urder favorable circumstances,
exceed $e6 per ton. This they deny, aud say 1t Ia
oger 50, and On this Showing they ask good
high tA1ln
REPRESENTATIVE ArroR7ioSXEsT,
General Paine has prepared an apportlonmcnt
LII, which has the approval Of manr members,
and will lie brought lit, the House nert week
its essential feature IL that It ruakea the number
OF Representatives 3e0 after March Of next Jear,
and provides thaI the apporrlonment for the For
ts-seco.d Congress shall be made by The Secretary
& the Interior. PECULIARLY Of the scheme Ii
that t does not TcdCce the representation OF apy
State ia the Forty-eecond Congress. and allows
Stalse entitled to additional ltelfeSen n1ttT1a 10
eject then on general ticket
THE Army TRANSFERS..
The rres.den,s order looking 10 movement Of
army of1lcels from here 70 the West, creates q
good deal OF talk 2norg those WhO hare had easy
places IN Washington for a lumber Of years. Some
Of them ue quite certain that the business Of the
War Department caupot he carried on properly II
they are ordered away, ard influence II being
ured with the Pr.tien, to save this man aud that
nun f1om hasltg his EaDt put On the transfer Lat.
THE wORLDs FAIR Project.
The c!uzEns here are Roiug to hold mass
ueetIug to- -uo1faT e5ettuY In MD Of the project
FIR Worldg Fair. General Garneld, General
Howard, and others ar,s announced as speakers,
aId .he attendance Hf tEe President and General
Sherman ls promised b. the nanagerA Tbs
papers to-day vigorously urse everybody to be On
lanJ, 20 shh, ConEress and the conntry mny uu-
trtta-d tina. the District Is dead IN earnest about
tits thing.
UNPARALLELED CuEEK.
some Of the shafntIs whuse letters were seized
~ order Of the PgssEAs'es General, have had the
face to so before the I'lstrct Court here and ask
:or rnandasnHs 10 cou.pe! him 10 give them up.
OF course they co1!d rot have got their correa-
tondence, for the letters have been returned TO
Tie persons who wrote them. Judge Cartier de-
r,ed the application for 1adhd1mua
ANOTHER RA1LK0Ap sC1I.
The city galr ed another suit to-day agalust tho
1alimcre 4 Ohio RslirGad rs q nuisance IN OBJ
structina streess. Thta case, ike the other one.
will te carried By the company before the f1l!
tencb. The city authorities profess willingness
10 con promise fhr difficulties wlth the company,
but It's onlcera sttu snow a stubborn spirit
SENATOR ROSS AND IArEACHNENT.
Senator Ross has addressed q letter TO Cornelius
Wendell, asking whether he really used The lsn-
Enase attributed to him by the New York Sun,
Implying that four Senators were Influenced BY
money IN their votes on Impeachment and Wheth-
er he tWendelD had any reason to suppose money
Ess offered 10 him Cross, Or to any other person,
with the understanding that his vote could be
tins 1nnaepced. Wendell replies that he did not
utc tic words thus put IN hfa roulh, and that he
has NO reason whatever TO believe that
any one 1eceived money with the
understanding 1htt IL was to be
cves, In bis reply, that Perry Fuller was offered
6evelAl thousand dol!arr, With the expectation
that he could nnDence Ross vote, but that Fuller
declined 10 receive It, the ground that nothing
could be accomplished With Ross IN that way.
DEFAMATION or 1CDGK wE77KT.
Judge Wl.hey, OF Michigan, lately confirmed to
The Clrcr.t JadGeshp for the Statea OF Ohio, Ten
nsssee. Kentucky. aud Michigan, has telegraphed
= positive decl.na..ou Ct the poeition.
EXPLORATION or THE COLORADO RIVER
on the reasfemtltrR Of Congress-, the report OF
Captain Samuel Adams' explorations Ct The Col.
orafo River will he laid sef6re the Senate, and q
RESOLUTION. offered to print considerable number.
nlCkEkLooPERH SUCCESSOR.
Colonel That, Private Secretary Of Governor
Hayes, appears 10 be the most prominent caudi-
date Tor successor u Marshal uckenioopcr, OF
Southern Ohio.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
FAy1L IrEMa.
ilafsetp sestrn cunvoJrtl the monitor Dictator 10
Key Nest, reports Is he result OF his experience
that MONT 1rs should cot te seoi to sea unless
lnoee Winds and pleasant weather Gun be re-
Commander Truax, on the United States an.p
Marq1csaa Island. SEPTEMBER So tnat aa attenpI Is
go16S 70 70 pe :i1 made o5 c:nnany Of Euglshasn to
q g7ani Of several thousand acres nf Iap1 1us has
M been made By the French Goseramaut to certain
-A4~AS
DEATH OF GENERAL HOVER.
The War Department has received q telegram
gestIou OF tie la5gs Of Hrese. Major General J.
4: Novel, commanding the Department OF
REyEscK REGULATION.
II ls proposed u the Internal Rerenue Bureau
70 tsae Instructions to So 'crrtsors, requiring
them to change the GsHgers lu The various tIst,i.
lcsJ districts once evety three mouths Ta.s II il
Thought, viii ald verr materially the proper prose
cnr:ou OF public hus1nesA-
TnR teut tf-JnL
zen; tatiructona to the Supervisor Of the t!lr.sIon
ssansa foae ,ae 3na1n IsEla5, ;o se4zs al un-
tobacco y taken shtther from Arkansas and other
eVadt FedefaI taxation, OF the thou1ht that |
neutral land Il exempt by treaty ffpm taxation.
eser rete1s to ali the TsFr,,oies Tne lob,oco aor
Wh!ca mss be seized will be brought INTO Arxan.
1Hcfion Ing coa5ts r. W sestle the question Of
out onig manufactured TOBACCO on which the fax
has not been Fald.
Adm'sal Foot sta'ea ;hat .oe6 Spanish tYocps |
had a!1tsed At 1iaEann recently; they were sent
has ordered the Cuban cruiser Anna se'zsd a.
Charleston, to be Released, the Cubaas having
made statement 70 hlrn showing that The SUB |
uldcr the American Tag.
4 BoGrs SENSATION.
-. rnmor va started here, yesterday. that dc.
Treasury. Treasurer Spinner made m lnyeatlgs- |
iaon, a1d prouounces the story false.
FAAAKA.
- understood that 4la,0o0 hAs already been
f9.t, fH !os nc lfAse Of tslnana, over which the
ta ustsa s.sses now has Jurisdiction. There Is no
nouu. hH,toa toa TIE President viii send the Senate |
tu1osI !s On Monday, secret message, With the |
,, GHIl5 - s1 y tae annexation OF St Domingo the
nnh,te ,1,ia1oo ,tsi0oo proposed to be given for the
nen.N ~ III Tue haa been the entire cx-
annnsyeH y ~ ~ naosadson. The county Ia TO be
t1ne1eo !" TERRITORY and not "a q Stale
INDIANA