The New York herald., 1870-04-24
WASHINGTON.
House Discussion of the Rev
enue Tax Bill.
THE INCOME TAX TO Be RETAINED
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A Substitute for the Funding Bill tt
be Reported.
The Senate Bill Defeated by the
National Banks.

The Senate Bill Defeated by the
National Banks.
WASHINGTON, April %, 1870.
The Income Tax-The Senate Resolution Non.
COncurred In.
The House was brought to q square issue to-day
on the question OF the income tax The Senate reso
luton on that subject came up, whereupon General
Schenck said he was instructed by the Ways and
Means Committee to move non concurrence, and not
to ask for a conference committee. There
was an unusual anxiety among members
to get themselves the record with regard TO this
measure and good deal OF display OF buncombe
and demsgoguery took place. Sargent, OF California,
tested the matter by offering resolution to abolish
the income tax after the 1st OF May next He first
moved to lay the Senate resolution the table and
demanded the yeas and nays After all the bluster
exhibited while 1t was safe to buster only twenty
members arose to second the demand, and the yeas
and nays were not ordered Sargent nen tried to get
the yeas and nays on the question Of nonconcur-
renee, but the bomb proof advocates Of aboshing
the tax did not come to his ASSISTANCE. Had there
peen enough to get the yeas and nays 1t is believed
eargents resolution to abolish the tax would nave
passed.
The Funding Bill-A Substitute for the Senate
Bill TO be Reported.
The Committee OF Ways and Means have ended
their general talk upon the Funding bill, and to-day
considered its several sections with o view to
speedy action. There is to be meeting Of the COM
mittee on Monday, at ten O'Clock, when it IS be-
eved the measure TO be reported to the House win
be agreed upon. The indications are that the Senate
bill VIII be discarded ana entirely new measure
I'm the nature OF q substitute, reported. Precisely
what this will be is not known even by the members
OF the committees but the understanding Is that the
national bank interest has far carried ITS point
that the compulsory features OF the Senate bill will
give place to something that will be more liberal
towards the banks The committee has discovered
that the Western and Southern members are so far
IN the interest of the banks that they would
vote solid against anything likely to nure the pros
perity OF those institutions The alleged reason Is
that the banks have loaned large amount of money
to the people Of those sections and in the event OF
unfavoraoe legislation they would be compelled, or
rather they threaten, to call In these loans. This
would result in monetary distress among the busi-
ness community. The Secretary OF the Treasury
has been urging the Senate BILL with one or two
m0dlncatlOns, none OF which look to what Is termed
the bank interest. The Ways and Means Committee
nnd 1t impossible however, to get favorable action
In the House on the Secretary's proposition.
Subsidies for American Steamship Lines.
The Select Committee on the decline of American
tonnage held meeting to-day and discussed the va
rfous propositions before them for establishing lines
of American steamships between New York and
European ana New York and Mexican ports. There
are at least half dozen bills OF this character and
the committee Is anxious to take the best points
Of all OF them and put them into one general bill.
They appointed Messrs. Washburn, Calkns, Bufling-
ton and Wells sub committee to frame such bill.
This committee Is to have charge OF only such bll s
a. ask subsidy from the government, and does not
include such proectEas the Mediterranean and Orr.
entail Steamship bill.
The WOOG.Howard Observation-Disclosures tiu q
COlOred Preachers ut Government Expense.
r. II. Stevens, one OF the trustees OF the Howard
University, and Rev. DR.. BOynton, formerly chap
lain OF the House Of Representatives, were be-
fore the Committee on Education and Labor TO.
day relative to the Howard investigation.
Mr.. Stevens testified that the original object
OF the university was to educate persons for the
ministry Of what is known the evangelical de-
nominations; that he did not understand 1t to have
any connection with the Freedmen's Bureau; that
the funds for purchasing the ground and for con-
sCructing the building were supplied by General
Howard out OF the Freedmen's Bureau. The institu-
tlon he said, is now in private hands, ana the gov
ernment has no interest In 1t and control over it,
Or. Boynt0n testified to the fact of General Howard
asking for and receiving an acre Of ground from the
trustees Of the university for BIS own house.
". The smnl'D 5x.Infecfed Buffalo Robes.
Information having been received at the War De-
pertinent that O large number of buffalo robes oh.
tanned from Indians, who mad been suffering from
smallpox, and the robes being undoubtedly infected
with the virus were packed with view TO early
shipment from home to the leading ports on the
upper Missouri, the department has gwen instruc-
tions to the commanders OF military posts on the
IN rho aphin Of boat
containing infected peltries by their posts.
Illegal Labels Manufactured Cigars.
Information having been received from the West
that manufacturers Of cigars In New York ana Phila
delphia are shipping cigars with labels or caution
notices attached to borders and doubling over the
edge OF the boxes, SO finely printed as
to escape observation except upon close scru-
Tiny, the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue orders
the seizure and detention Of cigars having thereon
any slch label; and ii the use of such llabels Is will
lul and in open violation OF the instruction con-
tanned IN supplement number three TO series i've,
numter eight concerning the FORM style and mode
OF afxng labels or caution notices, proceedings for
fines Will be instituted against manufacturers using
the labels under section eightyeigh OF July 30
1858.
Correspondence ON the Death Of Mr.. Burlin-
game.
The Department of state has prepared and viii
soon give TO the public all the official proceedings
and correspondence on the subject or the death of
Anson Burlingame, including letters Of Secretary
Fish expressive Of regret OF the government at the
event.
Weekly Currency Statement.
The receipts OF fractional currency for the week
ending to-day amount to $3.50, 500. Shipments Of
currency during the week-Legal tender notes,
15,439, 200; fractional currency, $6o6,5ss.
Mutilared bank notes burned during the week,
3272, ,So3; total amount burned, $22,611, SAG.
Bank currency issued for bills destroyed during
the week, $245,770; total amount issued therefor.
122, ,277, AGO. balance due for mutilated notes,
1884, 44e bank circulation outstanding at this date
@299, ,648,30s.
Treasurer Spinner holds IN trust for national
banks securty-For circulation, $342 542, $780, for
public deposits. $1e,673.00O.
Fractional currency redeemed and destroyed
during the week. $o24, 900.
Coin balance In the Treasury at this date.